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Section One ~Pagesl1 to 8Paeit VOL. XLI MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30.,1921 CLARKE WOMAN 'INSANE' SAYS DOCTORIO JURY Former Postmistress, Charged With Murder, Described as Being "Abnormal" and "Peculiar" RELATES HERt EXPERIEN CES Afflicted With Evarything From a Fractured Skull to Scarlet Fever, Declares Florida Physician Orlando, Fla., Nov. 29.-The testi mony of eight witnesses called by the defense in the tyial of Lena M. T. Clarke, charged with the killing of F. A. Miltimore, in which the for mer West Palm Beach post mistress was described as "insane," "ab normal," "peculiar," and as a "con stitutional psychopath," was con cluded before Judge Andrews today and indications were that it would be several days before the case would be ready.for the jury. Dr. Ralph Green, former State health officer, one of the defense wit nesses, testified that Miss Clarke "did not know the difference between right and wrong" at the time of the killing of Miltimore in a hotel here and that if she were sent to an in sane asylum "she would remain there for the rest of her life." With a paper, written in the cell of the defendant during the time of his Investigations, allowed him to re fresh his memory, for over an hour and a half told of the woman's Ie euliaritkes and the deductions he had made based on his long experience with patients suffering from mental and nervous troubles. He recited the stages of her early chilhood, from the age of nine months, )vhen she learned to walk and to talk at the age of one year, and of a blow from a well handle which had fractured hei skull when she was but three years old; of the diseases including scarlet fever, dengue fever and influenza, also a nervous break-down she hald once suffered; of an attempt made to kidnap her at an early age; of a fireworks display which had left her with a fixed dread of fire though it fascinated her to such an extent that she wanted to walk straight into it. An abnormal fear of water had ben peculiar to her also, all her life, he found on investigation and the fact that she had never been permitted to sleep alone due to periodic at tacks of nightmare, was spoken of by him and testified to by her sister, Maude on the witness stand. Of her religious beliefs he found that "she took the best out of every creed and religion and applied it to her own life." le recited the ideas peculiar to her case that she imagined she had a group of enemies, always sneering at her and sending her threatening mes sages and otherwise, persecuting her. le said that such ideas of persecu tion would indicate in his experience an unsoun'l mind. What he termed as grandiose idleas, the belief that she had p~assedl through a number of lives before the one she lived pointed to the fact that she was' unbaalIncedl. In his investigations he stated that he had made a bloodl test seeking traces of hereditary insanity, Hie said that her blood had testedl pure from any taint, but stated that her mother had suffered from rheumatism at the time of her birth an (lone cousin had dliedl of insanity. Miss Maude Clarke, sister of the (defendant, took the stand (luring the morning session of court. She told of her sister's gradua'lly becoming more and more absent-mindled and of night mares, from which she has suffered for a long period of time, gradually becoming more frequent. She said that her sister had learned to read so early that she did( not know Just at what age she had learned, but that she was able to read and digest the Waverly novels before the age of four. She said that her sister stated that it seemedl as if "a grays cloud wvere hanging over her all of her life." She mentioned two instants of her sister's life, one when a big* theater fire had occurred at West Palm Beach her sister spoke of hav ing received a message "your turn wvill come next," and another incident following her brother's death when her sister had gone to ist on his grave at midnight. George W. Smith, assistant post-. master .under Miss Clarke at West Palm Beach, was the first witness call WEAKENED BY LACK OF FOOD FAMOUS SURGEON COLLAPSES Scores of Cripples, Supported by Crutches or Leaning on Canes, Wait in Rain All Night to See Specialist. New York, Nov. 29.-Weakened by lack of nourishment, due to a malady of the stomach, Dr. Adolf Lorenz, the noted Austrian surgeon, fainted three times today while atending patients in his charity clinic here. Then after recovering from the succession of collapses, which took place within a few minutes of each other, the famous specialist, deaf to the pleadings of his American col leagues, insisted upon going to an other hospital where new scores of poor people were clamoring for his ministrations. Later hi the day, and with the ut most reluctance, Dr. Lorenz yielded to the arguments of the physician whom he consulted yesterday, an nouncing that next week, unless he was stronger, he would hold out one clinic each day, in his effort to repay part of his countrys debt to America for food and medical aid. , "It is too much-all this work," he said. "I can not do it all with my strength. I'm sorry." When the great bone specialist saw his first patients at 8:30 this morn ing, hundreds of men, women and children were waiting in line outside the hospital. A milkman and a sand wicli vender had served breakfast to many. - Scores, hospital attachea declared, had waited there in the rain all night -mothers and fathers with crippled children in their ayms, unfortunates on crutches or leaning on canes. They had been told the surgeon could not possibly see them today. But still they had waited, undespairing. The patients selected for examina tion were placed in small compart ments. Witnesses expressed the opin ion that lack of air in them might have caused the surgeon To be over come. After fainting the first time, Dr. Lorenz saw applicants in groups of five. In this way he examined about 300. RED CROSS NOTES Because of the fact that it has -been necessary to give an unusual amount of bedside care for the past six weeks, the work of school inspec tions has had to be partially given up. It is hoped however that in a short time the school inspections may go on as plaied. 'he results of school inspections made thus far for Nevember are as follows: Silver No. Pupils enrolled ------------- 28 No. inspected ---- -------------- 25 No. vaccinated -----------------11 No. defective eyes --3 Enlarged tonsiles ( Defective teeth -----------------7 Annemie--.._.. - - -4 Poorly nourished-- 4 Defective skins and scalps Miscellaneous- -- - - 5 lig Branch No. pupils enrollcd 51 No. inspected-._..... - 49 No. vaccinated D~efective eyes---------21 Enlargedl tonsils .~--- - .14 D)efective ears .. - - -1 D~efective teeth---_. ---.. 3J4 Anaemic--_.... ---........- -7 Poorly nourished---------8 Ground itch -..---..--36 AlIcolui No. pupils enrolled---.. ----115 No. inspectedi-------- ---- 113 No. vaccinatedl ........_-37 D~efective eyes -----15 D~efective ears---......... --- 4 Defective nose and throat-----42 D~efective teeth---------53 Anaemic--..... -------1.8 Poorly nourished-- ........---48 D~efective skin and scalps ....-13 Ground itch--...........-...... 62 of court this morning. Hie testified that Miss Clarke seemed to lose all interest in life after her brother's death, and that she told him that she often had communication with the spirit of er dead brother. Other pecu liarities ad convinced him, he said, that the postmistress was not of soundl mind. Asked by the State's attorney on cross-examination why ho had not reported Miss Clarke as a person of unsound mind~ to the post al authorities, he said that to report her would have been insubordination and added that the inspectors who visited the West Palm Beach post.. office had known of her peculiarities. Eight Witnesses Called Eight witnesses were called to the standl by the defense (luring the sev enth (lay of the trial to testify as to their opinion regarding the sanity of the defendant. The testimony of the seven witnesses was a chain of cor roborative testimony declering that Miss Clarke was crazy. NEW IDEA COMPANY DESTROYED BY FIRE Thanksgiving morning about three o'clock our town was awakened by pistol shots, siren blowing and the big fire bell ringing. Just abouat this hour rhe New Idea Co., one of the largest mercantile concerns in Mann ing was discovered to be on fire. The fire department responded promptly, but it was found that the fire had gained such headway, that it was im possible to save the stock of goods or the building. In fact, it looked as if the entire block might be wiped out by the flames. After playing three streams of . water into the building for over two hours the fire was got ten under control. D. Hirschmann on one side and Dickson Drug Store on the other were in great danger but suffered practically no loss. Mr. Hirschimann's only loss being by smoke getting into his store. The New Idea Co., stock was owned by Mr. Morris Ness, of which we learn he had about $35,000 insurau.:e, and the building was owned by Capt. W. C. lDavis and insured for $12,000. The origin of the fire is unknown. The blaze was burning from one end of the store to the other when discover ed, therefore making it almost impos sible to determine where or how the tire caught. It was first thought the stdre had been robbed and then fired, but this theory is hardly true, as the firemen, who were the first to reach the building found it closed up secure ly. The cash register was supposed to have been robbed, as money had been left in it the night before, and on examination of the register im mediately after the fire was subdued had no money in it. But since then money has been picked up on the floor, showing that the register broke from the hot fire and the money fell on the floor. WILL TRY TO SAVE SON Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Nov. 29. Abandonment of the counter attack upon the conduct of James A. Still man by Ms. Anne U. Stillman in the divorce proceedings institiuted by .the New York banker was forecast to night after adjournment of one-day hearing before Referee Daniel J. Gleason. Mrs. Stillman, it was said, probably would not call any miore witnesses in support of charges that her hiusballd was guilty of misconduct with Flor ence II. Leeds, former Broadway show girl. Future testimony it was explained, would be devoted to defend ing Mrs. Stillma nand the paternity of Baby Guy Stillman, whom Mr. Stillman seeks to have adjudged ille gitimate. Counsel for Mr. Stillman announe ed several times that the banker would not contest evidence touching upon his own behavior. Testimony at today's hearing was understood to have set forth that Mr. and Mrs. Stillman and two of their childlreni stayed at a suite in the St. Regis Hotel, Ne w York, for two weeks during February, 1918, ninOe months before the birtlli of Guy Still mal. It. wias said to have been brought out that Fred Beauvais, the Indian guide employed by the Still mans and named co-respondent in tlhe hanker's complhint, w%,,as a guest at the hotel luring that time. .John IF. Brennan, counsel for Mrs. Stilhulan, and1( John E. Mack, guardlian adl litem for Guy Stil lman, will leave for Montreal tomorrow night, it wVas sa id, to pirepare for taking testimony there regarding thle relations of Mrs. Still man and Beauva is aut and( near the Stillmnan sum11mer camplI at Three Rivers, Quebe. MISS G1RAY HO(NOREE OF BRll)GE P'ARTY Mrs. TI. M. Mouzon enitertainedo at at a Bridge Party Monday evening in honor oif Miss Claude Gray of Gray Court, who is visiting her bro thier, Mr. WV. R. Gray and family. The rooms wvhere the three tables were pilaced were beautifully decorated in fall, flowers and~ plottedl plants. Tlhose imvitedl to meet Miss Gray wvere: Misses Addie and Irma Weinberg, Corinne Barfieldl, Rose Ervi n, Tfora Bagnal; Messrs. .James Sprott, Thomas Balgnal, Sam Barron, John Biagnlal, Taylor Stukes andl J. G. Dinkins. A lovely salad course with coffee was served the guests after the game. INJUNCTIION D)ISSOL~VED Orangeburg, Nov. 29.-The matter of enjoining the counity highway com mission of Orangeburg County from borrowing any more money andl from continuing their program) of building improved roadls and concrete bridges came up before Judlge J. W. Devore at St. Matthews this afternoon. Aft er a long hearing Judge Devore dis solved the injunction, whichl leaves the highway commission free to bor row money and continue the work of building improjved highways and bridges HAPPENINGS Of TWNTY -YEARS AGO November 27th, .1901 Died yesterlay, near Manning, Ashley Dyson, aged 28 years. Mr. Myer Krasnoff of Bishopville, spent last Monday night in Manning. Mrs. Lizzie Duncan and children from Gaffney, are visiting Mrs. L. E. Iluggins. Mrs. Sallie Burgess of Quitman, Ga., is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Stukes. W. E. Jenkinson has had his store front very much improved by the ar tistic touch of Painter Brown. Mr. C. J. Gibson met With a painful accident yesterday, by the breaking of a grind stone, striking him on the arm and cutting so severely that Dr. G. L. Dickson was called and per formed a surgical operation on it. Prof. J. P. Inabnit, principal of the Pine Grove Graded School has been quite sick and came to Mvnning to rest. He went to- Orangeburg to see his relatives and he is now back suf ficiently improved to be at his work. Krasnoff wants everybody to take advantage of his removal sale. le is offering big bargains, and he is de termined to get clear of his stock be fore January 1st. le wants the cash and he is offering big inducements. Come to town and see what he will do for you. Yesterday morning Abraham Dun more, an aged and much thought of colored man, While at work in the seed rom of the Oil Mill, accidently came in contact with a belt and it mangled one of his arms. H1e was placed in a Wagon and brought down to Dr. Geiger's operating room, where the arm was amputated. Governor McSweeney has appoint ed Supervisor T. C. Owens a dele gate to the Good Roads Convention wvhich assembles in Greenville. We hope Mr. Owens will attend, and he should do so at the expense of the county. At this Convention there will be all kinds of road machinery a.nd expert road builders where prae tical d emonstrations in road building Vill be made. Rev. P. B. Wells left yesterday morning to attend the ann ual confer enee which conven(es in Columbia. Rev. Wells says he carries with him the very best report he ever carried with him to conference and he is as proud of it as a small boy with a brand new toy. 'ERJURY CHLAR1GEID IN ARIUCKLE CASE lrosecutiont Presents Rebuttal Evi dence-Medical Experts Called. San Francisco, Nov. 29.--Prosecu tion) rebuttal evidence occupied the en tire session today in the trial of Ros coe C. Arbuckle onl a manslaughter charge in connection with the death of mliss Virginia Itappe. The prosecution anoun~ed at adjournment, that it would continue this character of evi donce tomorrow. Alilton 'T. UJ'Ren, assistant district attorney, said that the commission of threeC medlicalI experts who had been selected to exam ine the bladder of Miss Ra ppe wvould not replort. be tore Tuesday. Th is comis sion will de termine, if p~ossible, if' the organ wvas ini a heal thy cond it ion before the fa tal rupture, which the plrosecution al leges A rlluckle causedl by the appli cation of ex ternal force. The Major oprtion of the prosecu tion's rebuttal was intr'oducedl through a number of witnessmes to con rtradic't ividence that Miss Rlappe had been in 1)00r health for several years prior to her dleath. Refuses to Act Anl attemplt by the prosecution to secure a plrejury wvarrant for Mr's. Min nie Neighbors, a dlef(ense witness, was temporarily abandoned wvhen the lpre sidling judge of the Superior Court re fused to act andl judges in the Crimi nal Court departments withheld ac tion "udtil both sides could be heard." Early tonight, however, Mrs. Neighbors was placedl under arrest on the felony charge of prejury for wvhich under California laws, no war rant is required. She was released on $2,000 bond to appear in police court, probably to morrow. Mrs. Mary Paulin, hostess at a Los Angeles resort where Mrs. Neighbor had testified she met aidl aidled Miss Rappe during an illness, testified that Miss Rappe had never registered at the resort and that she could not ro& call having seen her there. Following this testimony the State charged the deofense witness with perjury. HARDING PROPOSAL MEETS WITH FAVOR London Press Gives Increasing Atten tion to Iidea of International Con ference. London, Nov. 29.-In rreasing at tention is given by the London Press to President Harding's suggestion of an "Associations of Nations" through a series of international conferences, the conclusions of which would be ob served under a "gentleman's agree ment" rather than by treaty. The Times today says "that Mr. Harding's conception of the princi ples underlying such an association has in itself a tonic effect." The news paper adds: "It is heartening to know that the President, inspired by reports of the Washington conference, is already looking forward to a future from which the possibility of active coop eration by Americans inl the solution of acute international problems is not excluded." The Morning Post says: "The President's aspiration demand serious and respectful consideration. Any method whereby America can bring to bear her vast influence for the restoration of civilization is most welcome. We have always maintained that, had the United States found her self able to enter the proposed de fensice aliance with F'rance ai.. Great Britain, the peace of the world might have been assured for fifty years. America Needed 'As for the existing League of Na tions, in default of the adhesion of America, it is impossible for it to ful fill the purlpose of its existence." The Post, however ,expressed itself as being not a strong believer in any league or association. It disapproves Great Britain suspension of warship building and says: "T.'he debates in Washington begin to bear a disquieting likeness to Tie Hague, conferences which ntearly brought disaster to Gr.eat Britain." Interest in and sympathy with the ''growing movement in our greater plarticipation in the worl( afairs" is expressed by the Daily New s which says that the refusal of the United States to enter the League of Nations was never regarded in England as proof of her intention to return per mniiently to the policy of isolation which the war temporarily made im possible. SEAHOAlD FIGIlTS LEAy Raleigh, N. C., Nov. 29.-h'le Sea board Air Line, seeking to reduce the assesseI value of its property for tax ation in North Carolina 22 per cent. tolay filed injunction procee-dinigs in United States District Court similar to the action already started by the Southern, Atlantic oCast Line amd Norfolk Southein. It will prol)a hI y he hear id in Greensboro with other siiia cases January 17. T'he proceeding is d irected against A. ID. Watt .s, coinnnissioner of rcveiiue for the Staite, and other State andi, coun)ty oflic ials, and : aimis to restria in them fromi the collection of the tax. which, the comnplaint asserts, is ex cessive ani con fisen tory. It is set forth that in 1 921 reduc tioiis app~jroxima~ting 22 per' cent on the basis of 1920 valua tioni were : a lowed piroperty generally ini the coon. tics th rough which the Soot hern oip erates in North Carolina, whereas nlo such reduictionis wer:' allowed the rail - road. In addition, the comp~llaint at tacks the North Carol inn franch ise tax as double taxation. ASKS ED)WARIDS 'TO SPEAK Columbtia., Nov. 20.-An invita tidon has been extendled Governlor E. . Edwards, of New JIersey, to address the South Carolhna Automotive Tlrad< Trade A ssociation at its ainual miee t ing at Greenville Tlhursday, D~ecem her 8. The Greenville Chamber of Comnmerce will join ini the invitation and Governor Cooper will lie asked to urge acceptance. Governor Cooper has also been invited to address the association. Governor Edwards, wvho is interested in an automobile company in New ,Jer sey, will be in Charleston December 5, 6 and 7 in attendance oil the con ference of G;overnoris. Offeials of the automotive association believe that he will accep~t the invitation to stop) over in Greenville on the 8th and address the association. Santo Sottile, of Charleston is associated with the New Jersey Governor in business in Now 11 Ui. %0 MILLION POUNDS OF TOBACCO SIGNED Largest Day in Canlpaign Had by Association FOUR INTENTIVE DAYS lore Than 5,000,000 Pounds Expect.. ed to Be Pledged By Farmers of State. Florence, Nov. 29.-Approximately 1,000,000 pounds of tobacco were sijgned today under the fTri-State To bacco Growers' Co-operation Mar keting Association contract at tenl meetings held in Horry, Marion and Dillion counties, headquarters of the South Carolina Tobacco Association, announced tonight. The net results represent the biggest. day's work and achievement for cooperative market. ing of tobacco in the record of the campaign in the South Carolina belt, officials of the association added. The campaign of four days length that will cover every county in tihe tobacco belt of the State. It will be continued tomorrow in Florence and Darlington counties, where the field forces are moving tonight. Ten to twenty meetings are being held every day during these four dayas. T. Ben ton Young, secretary of the South Car olina Tobacco, Association, announcel incident to today's vork, the oflicials of the association expect the current four days campaign vill bring direet ly not less thani 5,000,000 and very probably as much as 10,000,000 p'-und of South Carolina tobacco under the contract of the Tri-S'tate Bright Leaf Association. Such results wouldl put the South Carolina belt far more than half way on its quota. The results to(ld-iy now give near ene-third of her minimum amo1unt which is re(uireld to make the cooperative contract valid and binding in conjuiction with Vir giniai and North Caro ina. "We are enlcourave d particularly," M1r. Young said tonight, "by the fact so many of the signers now are small planters. They were the overwheliba ing majority wh osigeld the contract at the iieetings. Several promi nent and influeital growers s iguned the con tract, also, but the somal planters re sponlded by the hundreds. "W'e hope these meetings are goiig to give the movement the i petus wh'liicl will put it over. With 5,000, 000 to 10,000,000 pounds reIt ing directly from the meetings, there is littE doubt these will he frl-thcoiming quickly as an indirect result." Officers of the South Carolina To bacco Association are clated beyond expre5ssion at tle results today and th) present promis;e. There have been im:iny encoirIaing days in the en:n imigi but. today is the O iatest of ai, tle ysay uianiimouisly. The cn.) Imignl is rapidly ai n-impetus -. Dl)S. .JOYNEI? AND PO E 'T) BE IHEll TOA lO OW W. It. ( iav, ( uny A.'g nt, states iiuariter sthit lD. -l. Y. .I'ovner andI Dr . ClWarienic Poec would he here to torirow- for the imeetinigs; at \l ann ing andI New Zioni. D r. dIoynier will speak ini thle (courn Ilouse at II i 'clock and IDri. Pot New Ziont at the msame hoot. Hig crowdls are expicted to aivail them selves of thb' 'oupoituniiityv of' het-im these distiinguishied speaikeas. 'These lion will s peakl on the C . opter-ative Mark-et ing of 'Torbacco . A subject that is of the nit mos mpr lanlce t. imany farmiiers and busintess mteni ini the county. lTomorret-tw is (Co--oplerat ie Market. inig lay"' all over the toibaccot belt oft South ('arolinia. L et ntothing keep youl from on (te of thlese' meet igs. Hit1(GE P'AIITY M~lrs. G eorge Williams was lost ess to thle Neighbor-hoodl Club whln The enite'rta inted at a Brtid ge part y lans t Wi-dlnesday afternoon.- A lovely saladi course with1 coiffee was servedi the guests who wvere: Mesdamies T1. Mt. Mouizon, .J. W. Widlemani, Jolhni Slat-er, J. II. Or-vin, , 1. C. 'Thomas, Jake Weinberg, Leoin Weinber-g, W. E. Reardoin and~ Allan Bradham. P'INEW(OOD ANNEXAT ION Columbia, Nov. 2t;.--A n)etition ftrom the citizens of the Pmnewood section of Suterci county askinig the governor- to order an election on the question of this section annexing to Cla renont county wais tiled with Governor C'oopier yesterday. The pe tition wvas signedl by only a fewv voters and the sectioni is saidl not to be such a large territory. The governior' appointed~ the follow ing commisison to examine injo the p~rop~osedl atnexationi: Jn fav~or of annexing to Clarendon, J1. Rt. Grimfn, Pinewiood; Rt. S. DesChamnps. Pine wood; opposed to ainnexing to Claren (Ion, O. D. Iiiarvin and~ D. IR. Lidle, both of PinnwoodI.