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THE CHRONICLE . Strives To Be s Cleon News* paper. Complete, Newsy end Reliable. ©Iff (Eltttbm (Efjttmirlp If Ton Don’t Reed THE CHRONICLE Ton Don’t Get The > News. — VOLUME XXIV CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1924 NUMBER 6 = PHYSICIANS PREDICTED (Hi REAPER CUT WILSON DOWN FIRST TERN Indomitable Spirit Refused as Parties Stormed Against the Tightly Woven Veil of Secrecy in Fruitless Attempt to Ascertain If “They Had a President atr AH.” Washington, Feb. 3.—The real cause of Woodrow Wilson’s death was a stroke of paralysis which fol lowed his collapse in the late sum mer of 1919. Like Warren G. Hard ing, he was stricken while on a speak ing tow, of-the westf - -—- —• Up to the time of his collapse healthy man, but he was" far from it. He entered the White House a well developed s^art toward Bright’s disease, which caused his physicians to predict that he never would finish his first term. But by careful de votion to his doctor’s orders he fought off the malady. He was practically blind in one eye from a retinal hemhorraee which came while he was still at Princeton University, but the country never knew it. Years before he had suffered a throm bosis—a blood clot in his arteries— but it was in one of his legs and never developed any serious trouble. The same thing in his brain later on laid him low, and led to his death. By his own personal directions, the exact nature of his fatal illness was .concealed from the world for months because he feared public knowledge of. it, while he was presi dent, might lead to a stock market panic, and possibly far reaching con sequences to a world then passing through the first stages of post-war reconstruction. Some of the details came outpiece- meal and over a long period of time. Others have not been hitherto pub lished. ft is appropriate therefore to give them now that he is dead. The first indication of serious ill ness came during the night of Sep tember 26, 1919, while * the presi dent’s special train was between Pueblo, Colorado, and Wichita, Kan sas, coming eastward on the return part of his speech-making trip. The increasing strain upon his physical resources had been growingly appar ent, but none of his party suspected the breaking point was so near. There was not truth in rumors that the president had become incoherent during some of his last speeches al though it was true that he had dis played great emotion, which was unusual for his manner of speaking. When Mr. Wilson finished speak ing at Pueblo that afternoon he was exhausted and covered with clammy perspiration. An examination by Dr. Grayson, his physician, disclosed the facial muscles on the left side. Recognizing immediately that a stroke of paralysis was impending, Dr. Grayson warned Mr. Wilson of his grave condition; strongly # g ug- Later in the evening tne prc^. gested that he cahcel the remainder ftlr-ftretar tbot a turtPfct Grayson prescribed a routine of 4< no work and no worry.” visit of the king and queen of Bel gium to the White House was post- E oned and business of all forms was ept from him. The regime of rest seemed to be making good progress, and on Sep tember 30, when Dr. Grayson an nounced he had passed the best day since the beginning of his break down, he was permitted to sign some bills and congressional resolutions and dictate some brief letters. Every thing went encouragingly until Octo ber 1. That afternoon Mr. Wilson went for another motor ride with his wife and Dr. Grayson. During the even ing all assembled and enjoyed a fam ily motion picture show. Later in the evening the presi- of-^tfae-teur amb-mrinwHatefy return to Washington; and in conclusion, that he try and, get sqme sleep put to bed. Mrs. Wilson remained up with him as he complained of restlessness. Soon after midnight he complained of feeling ill and Dr. Grayson found him in a state of nervous exhaustion, with the right side of his face twitching, as it often had done before when he was very tired and worn out. But the physician was ahrnned pnd shocked to note a drooping of saliva from a corner of the presi- dbnt’s mouth and also a drooping of worrr neiroie w steep at aff; doctor, if you say I must cancel the frip,” Mr. Wilson responded. “Even if giving my own life would accom plish this object, I gladly would give it” The physician quieted his patient as best he could and took steps to cancel the remainder of the speak ing engagements and bring the presi dent to Washington. Mr. Wilson, yielding to the en treaties of Mrs. Wilson, acquiesced, and the facts were announced to the country in an official statement which said: - . “President Wilson’s condition is due to overwork. The trouble dates back to an attack of influenza last April in Paris, from which he never fully recovered. The president’s acti vities on this trip have overtaxed his strength and he is suffering from nervous exhaustion. His condition is not alarming, but it will be neces sary for his recovery that he have rest and quiet for a considerable period.” [It is a fact that up to this time Mr. Wilson had not suffered a stroke, but the danger of one was recog nized.] With that announcement the coun try got its first information that the president had broken down, and on Sepember 26 and 27 his special train rolled toward Washington. The president rested and slept, while Mrs. Wilson and Dr. Grayson took turns being with him. They arrived home Sunday morning, Sep tember 29, ~at 11 o’clock. For tha first time in three days Mr. Wilson arose from his bed and walked to the White House motor car which awtoited him. He looked pale and drawn, but he walked with out assistance and returned the greet ings of a small crowd of travelers w fcch he passed in the railway sta tion. Although there was no crowd to welcome him outside the railway ter minal, Mr. Wilson, as his car drove off, solemnly raised his hat and bow- nothing markedly wrong an^l he was ed as if returning greetings from a great throng, as he riafl done so many times in the past. The incident was explained by physicians as being a case of abstraction heightened by his exhausted condition and suggested by habit. But it was magnified into a rumor that Mr. Wilson had lost his mind: Subsequent events disproved it conclusively, but it lived long and was used freely by political enemies. That afternoon he was well enough to take a motor ride in Rock Creek Park, and for the next few days Dr. billiards but they did not play long. For the first time since tne illness at the White House but Went home. During the night Mr. Wilson was up 'and about and told Mrs. Wilson he was sleepless.. About 4 o’clock on the morning of October 5, Mrs. Wilson heard him in the bath room calling in a weak voice. Dr. Grayson was summoned and to his horror found the presi dent prostrated on the bath room floor. In a semi-conscious condition he had fallen as if wounded in the left leg with the member crumpled under him on the bath mat The physician rolled the prostrate form fully on to the rug and then grasping it by two corners dragged his burden across the hall into t bed chamber, and finding himself un equal to the task of lifting the presi dent into bed alone called Mrs. Wil son and together they succeeded During all this ordeal the president’s wife was cool and offered sugges tions to the physician. Once in bed the president seemet to regain his senses and murmured that he felt sleepy. Dr. Grayson mada a hurried examination of pulse and heart and found them very low The tell-tale drooping of saliva from the president’s mouth and the twitch ing of the face were there again They wrote their own diagnosis Woodrow Wilson had been paralyze* on his left side and lay in the shadow of death. With the first movement of his lips he extracted a promise from doctor and wife that his condi tion if serious, must not become known. Dr. Grayson summoned from Philadelphia Dr. Francis F. Dorcum, a foremost specialist, and one of the only two Americans ever received in to the Societe de Neuroloig of Paris, the membership of which is confined to less than fifty of the World’s fore most scientists. He also called in Rear Admiral E. R. Etitt. of the navy medical corps, a distinguished diagnotician, and Dr. Sterling Ruf fin, of this city, Mrs. Wilson’s fam ily physician. A two hour consultaton developed the agreement that Mr. Wlson had suffered what is medically known as cerebral secret, had excluded from his room all but members of the family,-the doctors and two trusted nurses from the naval dispensary. The valet who shaved him was barred, and Wood- row Wilson grew a beard and ittus- ache. He had not worn whiskers for thirty years, not since he was a stu dent at Johns-Hopkins, when he wore “burnsides.” He accounted it a rath er good joke and used to carefully brush the adornment' every day. Meanwhile the secrecy which sur rounded the details of the President’s illness gave rise to some complica tions. Congress wanted to know whether fie had suffered a constitu tional disability to perform the func tions of his office', Mr. Wilson and his wife were determined that con gress should not find out. Members of the cabinet found it fruitless to ask for an aodterree m^the-sick room They sent inquiries in writing and Ka-nu-ga Smoker A Good Cigar 5c A Mild Cigar FULLER GROCERY CO., Distributors .H-H-fr-fr ❖ * V*❖ <>* -I- -fr 4-4'■{■ *-b*■?■*+**■D-i»» documents for signature and Mrs. Wil- uMfelfr 4h*-AeeiM»h ag-in. whithen :he President should see them. Some members of the Wilson family sus pected that some of the inquiries ransmitted were designed to test i whether the President’s mind was working on public affairs and some times these were gone over in family council with the object of defeating such a purpose—if a purpose it were —in returning the answer. There were long days when even Mr. Tumulty, the President s secre tary, was exclused from the sick room, so closely was the veil drawn to conceal his real condition. Political opponents in Congress who w-anted to develop Whether the president was in mental condition to consider a state document arranged to have sent up to the White House which actually required a signature. Mr. Wilson signed them, with great effort, but the pen strokes were the wavering, wandering lines of a pal sied hand, quite unlike the positive bold strokes with which he usually wrote “Woodrow Wilson.” It was reported on seemingly good (Continued on Page Twelve) jpfr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr^-fr-fr-frfrfr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr-fr'fr-fr-fr’fr'fr'frfr’fr SouthernChoir^ancL ? Ciaoral-Com petit ion CONVERSE COLLEGE AUDITORIUM SPARTANBURG, S. C. Saturday, April 12, 1924 Under Control and Management of Spartanburg Music Festival Association This competition is open to all Churches and Sunday School Choirs, Men’s and Women’s Choral Clubs, Graded and High School Cho ruses, and Schoolboy and Schoolgirl Soloists in the South At lantic States. 10 Silver Cups—$175 In Gold • Banners, Silver and Bronze Medals and Season Tickets to Spar tanburg Music Festival, will be Awarded to Prize Winners ENTRIES CLOSE MARCH 15th, 1924 Write at once for booklet giving full- particulars to— PROF. FREDERICK W. WODELL Director Spartanburg Muaic Festival SPARTANBURG, S. C. Don’t Blame the Hen! Whose fault is it if your hens don’t lay eggs? Before you blame the hen, ask yourself these questions: 1. Am I feeding a proper egg-making ration? 2. It is manufactured by scientific authorities? 3. Am I sure the feed is always uniform ? 4. Has it been proven by others in practical tests. The way to answer “yes” to all four questions is to feed Purina Chicken Chowder and Purian Hen Chow—made and guaranteed by feeding authorities, proved by mil lions of poultry raisers. Sold in checkerboard bags by Edgar Todd a cerebral tromhosis—a blood clbr in one of the blood vessels in the right side of his brain—its effects tn impair the motor nerves of the left sjde as well as the sensitory nerves. The physician concluded there h.\d been no lession but that there was danger of one If the clot were ff hard one and should be swept in the blood circulation to the heart and jam a valve the result probably would be death. If it were a soft clot there was hope.of absorbing it. On that slender hope the battle of life began. An official bulletin informed the country of a serious turn in the pres ident’s condition but did not disclose the cause. For the next week Mr. Wilson hov ered between life and death. Every thing it was possible to do was done. The country finding for the first time that the president was in danger of death fell into a gloom. It was re ported that Mr. Wilson lay uncon scious for a week. Truth was that he never was unconscious at any time during that illness. It was reported that he had be come a maniac. Truth was that his • mind always was active and he con stantly gave directions to those about him. In a few days there was some re- spone to treatment. Mr. Wilson’s spirits rose. Always a lover of music. Mr. Wilson wanted some. Dr. Gray son ordered in a talking machine which was supplied with the latest records of lively tunes. Mr. Wilson wanted to read and couldn’t do it in bed with nose glasses, so his occulist was ordered down from Philadelphia and fitted him with spectacles. Mr. Wilson had suffered the reti nal hemorrhage in his right eye years ago and Dr. Grayson wanted the occulist, Dr. George de Schwei- nits, to examine it. “I want to look at your pupils,” said the occulist. “Yoq’ll haVe a long job,” shot back the sick President, “Fve had many thousands of them.” He was thinking of college days, but the remark was an example of how he always joked his doctors even when he was desperately ill. But sick as he was, he chafed at confinement to bed and wanted to get up. “Your temperature is exactly nor mal this morning,” said Dr.^itray- son on one occasion, soon thereafter. “My temper won’t be normal if you keep me in this bed much long er,” returned Mr. Wilson^ But anxious as he was to “try his legs,” his physician knowing the true condition, dissuaded him from risking t. Up to this time, Mn Wilson, in- sis^ng that his conditfm be kept RecentRoadRuns Showing Franklin Road Ability 200 MILES IN 4 HOURS 22 MINUTES Averaging 45.78 miles per hour E. A. 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