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WOMAN POURS OUr STORY TO CRYSTAL Devotee of Ouija Board on Trial for Murder-Miss Clark rakes Stand -Tells of Shuffling Accounts to Cover Shortage in Florida Post ollice. Orlando, Fla., Nov. 28.-The jury hearing the case of Lena M. T. Clarke and Baxter II Patterson, charged with the murder of Fred A. M iltimore, lo cal restaurateur, today heard the wo man's story recited under the spell of a crystal. Unique in the annals of jurispru dence, the woman, an announced de votee of the ouija, had the crystal steadily before her in order that the could concentrate, as it was explained. She held Miltimore responsible for the theft of $38,000 from the West Palm Beach postoflice in 1918 which reflect ed on her brother, Paul. Her attempt to cover this shortage culminated in her taking $32,000 from a registered package late in July of this year. When postal inspectors waxed warm in their investigation she came to Or lando, accompanied by Patterson, in search of Miltimore. As to the killing of the man she suffered a lapse of memory. 1Her testimony exonerated Patterson as to having any part in the actual slaying. Elwell Mentioned Miss Clarke, who occupied the stand for more than two hours, told the same story she had given in a signed statement shortly after Milti more's body was found in her room at a local hotel. She mentioned Jo sepli B. Elwell, murdered New York sportsman, as having loalned her $38,, 000 in 1918 because of his friendship for her brother. To repay him she was forced to start on a career of doc toring the accounts. Her mention of Etwell's name shortly after her ar rest caused a flurry in police circles because of the fact that Ehvell's as sassins have never been arrested. It -was quickly established, however that the woman had not been north of At lanta, Ga., since a young girl. Ier testimony inl regard the theft Of $38,000 from tle postoffie disaprees with that of Postal Inspector W. B. Brandon, who told the jury Saturday of his investigation into the postoflice irregularities. These irregularities be gan before she assumed charge as postmistresses, lie testified, but there was never a shortage of $38,000. ''he shortages, lie said, exclusive of the $32,000, totaled approximately $5,000. As Miss Clarke neared the end of her recital of events during her inte(r view with Msiltimm'C ; her room lie took a flight into matters of spiritu alism. She remembered giving the man a drug, she testified, but from then on her mind was a blank until she met Patterson in the hotel corri dor and together they wlent to the of lice Of Chief' of Police Vestei. State's witnesses have testiflied that r;> tr%- of a dru- w er f. un I when an exai nat ion of AliItimore's viscera was made. .l iss Clarike climaxed heri testimony with the assert ion that "Au\ n t Sara'' taught her to ro, l and wr'it e bef ore she was horin. 31IANY TIRN EuI OWN FOl t ACK OF" FULNDS E'conomyi vl it*m at K ing's ('reek 1Has to0 D~eeHie Fou1r 111und1red and;t Eigh t y-I iwo A dmissionis. D)eclaring that the inst ituition has applieations fromn -18 chIiireni andl orphans for admiission whlichi it has been01 (compeltled( to tecline beecause of' t he tack of aeroamodationis for t heir the otficeris andi tru stees oft the E'oni (omy home, tocnted at King's Creek, nar B 'hlac kshurig, have issued ani a p pea to the people oif thle state to as sist them ini paying ott the indeb~ttdl neoss of the inst itut ion and in enim- . ing it so that it ray b~e ablte to re ('dve some of' the hundrects of' chi dIren knocking at its donir for adis sion. In a stateomen t isued y esteriday, it is dleclaredl that the finaniicial strin gencry has sn greatl Iy nut down the eon tibuittionis to the instituitn that it:s ver1y ex isteiice is thrtea tened'c. Therei arie 5>0 ch itldren in the home now wvho would he th rown ot on the woirld were the home~ diSerntinuedt. Statemnen ts fromn Governor' Cooper, ''t ' Will iams, secr'etar'y of the oaird of p~ublic' welfar'e, and .1J. K(iimb~alt of t hr .iu1von ile >f Columb hiai ind oisi ng the ' the i nsti tution were made konomy home was or'ganized ars ago andl is located at is formeirly known as Pied.. 666 aak a Cold, Fever and (quicker' than aniy we know, preventing amia. mont Spring neal' GalTney and Blacks burg. Dr. J. N. Nesbit, of Gaffney is president and the Rev. J. H. Spauld ing is superintendent ,and among the trustees of the institution are Dr. E. W. Sikes, president of Coker college, Hartsville; J. A. Carroll of Gaffney, C. S. James of Greenville, W. H. Felder of Sumter and J. B. Talbert of Rock Hill. The statement sent the executive board of the home by Governor Coop er follows: "I am glad to state that according to the information -I have your insti tution is doing a good work and ier its the enlarged support from the public. The state board of publie welfare after making a thorough ex amination of the Economy home, in forms ie that your superintendent is conducting a worthy institution and conducting it well. I trust that you will be successful in your efforts to raise money and thus pay off the debts an( also enlarge the service which the Economy home is now ren dering motherless children." G. Croft Williams, secretary of the state board of public welfare, issued the following statement in behalf of the institution: "The state board of public welfare has inspected the Economy home situ atel at King's Cree kand is satisfied that this home is conforming in good faith to all the laws of this state ap plicable thoreto, that the members of the board nd trustees and the super intendent are reputable persons 'and worthy of public confidence and that the work being done at this institu tion is (csirable for the public good. The Economy home holds annual li cense No. 19 from this board for the year 1921. 1 understand that it has at present about 50 children and that it has applications for the entrance of many more. The site of this insti tution is the ground of the old Pied mont Springs hotel and is surround ed by wooded hills and valleys that are picturesque and of great worth for recreational and traii-ing pu poses." LIQUOR REVENUE STILL VERY LARGE $82,000,00 Taken in by Government Last Year. All From Legal Sources--More Than One-fourth Amount Collected When Prohibi tion Was Not E'ffective. Washington, Nov. 28.-With na tional proh ibition in effect, it might naturally be assumcd that the reve nue of the government from alcoholic liquors would be very small. Under the law, the only permissible manufacture or sale of intoxicating li quors is for medicinal, sacrificial, and manufacturing purposes, all within strict limitation and regulation. Nevertheless, during the last fiscal yiar, ending June 30, 1921, internal revenue was collec'ted by the govern ment on intoxicating liiuors to the extent of over $82,000,000. This is more than a fourth of the internal rev enue collected from intoxicating Ii qiuors in the fiscal year, 1917, when prohibit ion was not1 in efl-ect, Thew coimpa rison shows that. the Un aited States is consumining legally, or cert anly andeIr legal forms, a much hiarger amount of alcoholic liquors than woul be assumed by the aver age cit iz'en . lBootleg liqunor t ra0ic, of cou rse, is. :uw ful anad escaipes allI taixa t ion. Intiiryi today broughit forth the ad dli iciinal fact that Uncle Sam11 collectedi $1 ,f00,00 duiirinig the (alendair year of? 1 920 iin culstomisi duties on impo )(rtedl alIcohoIic ie be irages. The revencue from that soiurc'e, however, has fale in much(1 grea terI prioport ion thain.thle in.. t(ernal reenuie on1 lquors. Be'for na t ioal 1proh1ibitfion went info effect the Iustomis duties col'Ileefled i a yeari Oi mllpolted alcoholic beverages ran from $1 ,)00,000 to $10,00)0,000. It would iIPpeari from this Ithat we arie making Il 'cur own countrly ai large prop)1 icn icf tle liquors which are non. ccraband no~w than wc wrie biefore we ado~ptdl lnt ional priohlibit ion. But thIe suriingi faect is the exteiit oif Iche legao Iliquo1r rcvenule undier theI Iprob i ton aimelinmant andc Volstead extenioni~ s. REPIORTl DElNpID By JU [DGEl Denver, (Colc., Nov. .28.-Judge RoyalRI. Graiham0 of Gehorgetown, to.. clay denied thait lie had r'ecommendedi im coiiit an Ooirtion fori Mrs. Clyde rassidente, of Denver, that would ima ke it im)possible fior her' to bea r alny moriie children, decllring he oinly to1ld a report~fer thatI such an ordeir might bei enOtered uinder ('ertainl cir ''A fter the (case hadii been ad .ourinedl,"' said t.he jndge, "I did re marik to a r'epor'ter that ani oirder' di.. rectinag cuch ian operation amigh t be ecntecred if an investigation dlisclosed co~ndliticins that wouldl make it neces sar1y and if the consent of the parties concerned'c conld be obltined1(1, hut as to forcing Mrs. Cassidente to submit to such ani operation, that was farthest fr'om my mind." Mrs. Clyde Casilntias- haile SPECIAL SAL.E Re-Built Willard Batteries HLL MAKES OF CARS Lexington, $16.50 Ford, . . $13.25 Buick, . . $16.50 Chalmers> $16.50 Chandler,. $16.50 Velie, . . $13.50 Allowance for your old battery. Willard Servic Slahol Clarendon Motor Co. MANNING, S. C. before Judge Graham, sitting in the juvenile court here, Saturday on coi plaint of Denver social workers to show cause why her children should not be removed from her custody, the omplaint alleging that the Cassi Iente home was filthy and that the -hildren had been neglected and were Under-nourished. At the hearing, one of the witnesses I medical student, statedl he believed the only remedy for conttitions in the Cassidente home would be a steriliz ng operatttion for the mother, as, ae fording to the witness, the wvoman ~vas bea rinrg chiildr ien too fast. There ire live C'assidente children, the old st eight years old1 and the youngest bout. a yea r old. Discussinig the case after it had ecen given wide publicity. Jfudge "'As to the justice or adlvisabil ity f such ian olperiation 1 do0 not care to onmmnent . Certa in'ly there is no law hat woulId permiit such a rinrg."' SOUTII IIA'TEIIS Wash ingtoni, Nov. 28.-P-Iresiden t I a rig againii gave'( vidlence this norn ing that (luring hiis admiiin is rat i on there will be no~ sections. Ic unqualifiedly appro)10ved a bill greed u 0poln by thei hous 110i~ commi it ('C (on irriigationi which would ap riopr'iate $250,000,000 for redemip mn and reclamation prlojects in he U ni ted States, and in so doing -obuked Senator AleNary of Ore 'oni anrd Rlepresentat ive Smuiith of al ich igani, who had st riven for a necasurre in which the South would inve no possible benefit. To the 'it tre commniittee, which v'isited innr today asking that he recom nled the passage of the bill in his ust message to corngress in regular (essioni he ex pressed his appr~ioval >f the substitute ini which the outh was given consideration. Hie esi tated, however, to agree to ree >m mend .the appropriation because, is lie said, he (lid not knowv exactly rhat state the treasury would be ii at the tim e congress reconvened, ml lie was ini doubt as to the pas ~age (If the administration measure e fund inrg the debt (of the railroads. G. C. COOPER, Licensed Optometerist EYES Carefully Examined, Glasses Fitted, Broken Lenses Duplicated. Satisf action Guaranteed. SUTMER, S. C. There is every reason to believe however that the bill as agre d upon will eventually be enacted' inlo law. Similar legislation has trans formed western areas from des erts into garden spots, and pwamp and overflowed lands in the south are today twice as extensive as un redeemed lands in the west. What has been accomplished in the west may be accomplished in the south, the committee contended and with such contention the president agreed; at any rate, he took the position that every section, during his administra tion, must share in an equality of op portumity. DEATH LIST OF THE NEW HAVEN FIRE New Haven, Nov. 29.-Two more I persols who were burned in the Pialto theatre Sunday night have died, making the death list six. The coroner has eliminated the name Timothy Ilanlon, who was a victim of heart disease. Everett Case and Victor Corteller are the latest to die. BANK CLOSED The Merchalits? and Phinters' Bank at Mayesville, S. C., was clos ed Monday morning by its directors. State Bank I-xaminer Craig will arrive in Mayesville on next Wed nesday, November 30th, to audit the accouns. ONE MORE PAROLE Columbia, Nov. 26.-Clrence Geddings, convicted of forgery in Sumter county in February of this year before Judge Peurifoy and sentence to serve one year, was yesterday paroled during good be havior by Governor Cooper. The trial judge, solicitor and pardon board recommended the parole. MAKE FARM SELF-SUPPORTING Produce Staple Food and Feed Crops for Landlord. Tenants, and Livestock. Clemson College, Nov. 29.--"Under boll weevil conditions it is considered extremely important for each farmer to raise as nearly all of the staple food and feed crops as possible to supply all needs of the landl'-rd, the tenants, and the livestock. A survey which was made of South Carolina in 1920 reveals the fact that this state does not produce enough syrup to sup ply the needs of the rural population of the state by something like 3,000, 000 gallons; that there is a deficit of wheat of more than 8,000,000 bushels, of hay of over 900,000 tons, of hogs of 229,000; and that we (10 not have dairy cattle enough to supply the needs of the rural population by 240, 000. It was found also that there were a number of counties in the state whikh did not produce corn enough to supply the home needs. "All of these things can be grown at home much more cheaply than they can be purchased from other sections, and producing them should not inter fere with the production of staple cash crops bit should round out a well balanced cropping system. On any farm on which a good rotation is followed for the purpose of build ing up the soil fertility of the land and maintaining a system of diversified agriculture, all of these crops can be Prince A] note Talking about r your own cigarettes, tell you right her< Prince Albert tobac< 'em all lashed to the You've got a hand happiness coming y< rection when'you pal P. A. and the mne papers! For Prince is not only, delight your taste and pleas its ref reshingaroma,1 exclusive patented j frees it from bite and #RIN( tihe grown economically to good advant age." So says the Extension Service o, Clemson College in Extension Bulletin 48, "Farming under Boll Weevil Con ditions," Ivhich has been issued re cently and is free to any citizeni who asks for it. Farmers who are seeking information and suggestions regard ing safe farming for 1922 should ob tamt copies from their county agents or from the Extension Service, Clem son College, S. C. SUBSTITUTE CORN PRODUCTS FOR BEANS, POTATOES, RICE In view -of a serious shortage this year in potatoes, beans, and rice, oth er starchy foods will be needed to take their place on the tabel. The United States Department of Agriculture points out in conenction with this situation that there is an abundance of corn, and that not enough of it is- bein gused for human food, al though it may, to a large extent, take the place of the other three products in the diet. Corn products are not exact equivalents foi notatoes, beans, or rice,.but may be used in combina tion with vegetables to suoply a maxi mum of nourishment at alow price. 'here is opportunity, particularly in the Northern States, for an in crease:] use of such products as hom iny grits and corn meal. - Specialists in corn utilization state one reason corn meal is used more in the. South ern States than i nthe North is that it is made only from sound grain properly cared for, and has a fine flavor which justly gives it popularity. SHACKE] SA Starting Thurso An event that v dressed woman of ands of dollars Watch the Papers for "The Store of Cou 1513 Main St., C Ibert 's a new in the joys of: oiling And, for a fact, we'll up Prince Albert is: 1 that easy!i P. A. is crimp 4 co has stays put and you a mast! into shape before y ful-of.- count three!i And, t: m'r di- i'nstant you're puffin it with to beat the band!i Lkinl's Prinice Albert is s Albert that it has led four fuli to smoke Jimmy pipes ing in one was smoked befo: utour the greatest old b, >rocess smoke that ever fot parch!t way into a pipe or cig E ALBEI national joy amok. [f those wio save corn for grinding it home, or who send it to be milled, would see that -it is pr9mptly drie, md stored in rat-proof, dry rooms or :ribs, the finished products woul :ome into 4a. greater demand as arl inexpensive., and suitable ' food to serve as the starchy element in d, rreal. The potato crop' for 1921 is esti mated by the department at 15,000, 000 bushels less than the average for the five years immediately preceding, according to the November 1 forecast, and 72,000,000 bushels less than the 1920 crop. This year's crop is esti mated to be 366,074,000 bushels; the 5-year average from 1915 to 1920 was 371,283,000 bushels, and the 1920 crop was 428,368,000 bushels, estimated on December 1, 1920. To offset this shortage of potatoes there is a surplus of 21,092,000 bu shels of sweet potatoes over the 5 year average. The sweet potato sur plus is unlikely to displace the potato shortage completely in spite of the encouragement by the department of the proper conservation of sweet' po tatoes, because the transportation charges on watery products are heavy in comparison with grains. The freight transportation costs of rice and beans are fairly vomparable with corn, but the rice crop for 1921 is 4, 169,000 bushels below the 5-year av erage, an(d the bean crop is also about 4,000,000 bushels short. Corn is abundant, cheap, nourishing, palat able, and transportable; it offers the best means of meeting these short ages in other crops. fOrdez ..FORD'S LE clay, Dec. 1st. ill save the well the State thous on fine apparel Columbia details. rteous Attention" OLUMBIA, S. C. rolling 'em! rolling nighty; :tit and hisk it rene, An,.,., , ou can: as N#tidy 'e'ItIn. handsome pound ie next and,^ ilpound ti g away ',;; , sponge moistene top. o good men to mnd its arette!t . .eod