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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-30
TO BEGIN WORK AT ONCE
ON ST. MARKS CHURCH

Work viii begin at once on tho
construction OF st. Marks Epi- copal
Church at 5l4 North oulcvard
Building Inspector Butler yesterday
issued permit for the erection OF
the building nj cost II 500, 500. The
congregation OF st Marks Church is
worshipinG in the auditorium Of
Robert l. Lee School. having dis
posed Of the old church building at
First and clay Streets.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-30
Discuss Merger Tonight.

Mcinbcrs nf the medical. dental and
pharmaccutiCal profession have been
called to meet in the auditorium O:
the Chamber Of Commerce tonight a,
$50 o'clock for the purpose of dis
GUESSING The. merger OF the medical
schools Of the state as recommends
by the commission on medical educ"
ton in Virginia. DR.. VI. u. Rudd. D.
f.nn;on q. Williams. W. l.. i:udd and
t.ppa IluutOn will bc among the
speakers. Julien II. i'm viii pre-
.iI
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-30

Mcmbcrs of Myrtle lodge. knights
Of rythias. viii hc addressed tonight
by the retiring chancellor. Aubrey j
smith on When is q Man a Failure"
Dr + Il. McFadcn viii deliver the
memorial sermon for the lodge on
SUNDAY Juiy q. .; the First Prcsby-
terrain Church
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-30
Judgment for piaintin.

Judgment was rendered in the Law
and Equity Court yesterday in the
case Of Baushan Motor Sales COM
pany against Frank George and
Frank George. Jr.. for $500
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-30
r.iks Enjoy n Grail Fcn.t.

Members OF Richmond Lodge. No.
A.. f. l.. -. T.. enjoyed crab feast
At the hoEnc. Eleventh and Marshall
streets. last night. Two hundred
men were present, and a musical
nrngrnm was rendered
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-30
|. INT. finder Abatement.

SJsfxurnents on the motion 10 set
Rtide sthe verdict in the cases OF Ida
YSfsiSS. administrators. against the
99xif,ia Railway & Power Company,
&ssxfnaeur 6; CO. agains: the Same,
heard by Judge Scott in City
INC Court yesterday. che matter
SksaSpnder adyisemcnt.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-30
Mig Property Transfer.

y deed of bargain and sale has
been recorded in the Chanccry Court
by which tho Virginia Housing Cor
poratlon trans1crs to Benjamin L.
Purcell. property at 27O3. 2707 and
I2711 Chaffin street, for $4,000.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-30
Unusual!
Beautiful Beaded Georgette Crepe
DRESSES $19.75

This is the seasons most extraordinary SALE
tor nothing to compare with such Frocks-at
such hgllre--has been seen heretofore, either
here or elsewhere.
More than two hundred garments are included in
this unusual purchase wonderful types Dresses for
afternoon and street weal-twelve distinct models to
select FROM in the popular coors of brown rose hello
beige, navy blue, black, flesh, white and gray-in all
Womens and misses sizes.
These just the Dresses one is looking for but to
of them should make an carly selection
On sale this morning at o'clock in the Dress Salon
on the second floor.
The Clovis news., 1921-06-30

He, with his parents, lived in Curry
County, n. NJ, at intervals during his
entire life He was very obedent
and gentle child, and had an eXcep-
tionally good memory, and was farth-
er advanced in his books than children
of his age usually are. He was a
favorite with all who knew him. He
had an attack of appendicitis and
was taken to the Baptist Hospital
where he underwent an operation
which revealed the fact that his ap-
pendix had already burst, and after
suffering nine days, succumbed to
death His parents and his grand
mother, Mrs. Isler, and the families Of
Cleveland Johnston and A. A. Deth-
The Clovis news., 1921-06-30

+ = i = = = : y :" y y y y
Mr.. and Mrs, J. D. Cameron and
Flo Cameron made a short call at
T. NJ Jordan's Sunday.
Grandma Wilson, who is suffering
from q broken rib, is slowly improv-
ing.
A. A, Dethrage and W. NJ, Hubble
made a business trip to Clovis Mon
day.
Mrs. Isler, Della Bolding and H.
l.. Caughran were dinner guests of
Mr., and Mrs, J. B. Scott Sunday
A. W. Cameron, ST.. made a busi-
ness trip to San Jon Saturday.
Burchell Tillman is recovering
from an attack Of the shingles
J. W. Shaver made a trip to Clo-
Wis Saturday.
A. A. Dethrage is assisting Virgil
Dunn in making a cistern.
W. Ratlff is stopping with Bur-
chell Baker,
Clyde Isler had two yearling calves
killed by lightning last week.
Mr.. Taylor from Upshur County,
Texas, is visiting the Dunn and Till
man families.
Carl Wilkinson came in Saturday
. from Mineral Wells, Texas, to at
tend the harvesting Of the wheat
!, crop he has on the farm he sold to
j. d. Cameron.
Mrs. B. +. Cogdil has been quite
sick for the past week.
Mesdames Gladys Rutledge anC
Will and l.. c. Tillman called on Mrs
Sue Mote Saturday.
!, Johnston brothers purchased a new
combine at Clovis last week.
Mrs. ]. c. Woods and son, Harry
spent the day with Mrs. A. w. Cam
? eron, Jr., Sunday,
Park Woods, who has been working
| for Chas. Gam, was visiting hom,
folks Sunday.
i Another girl arrived at the hom
of Mr., and Mrs. Chelcy Cogdill las
week.
Rev. A. W. Cameron conducted tn
funeral of Guy DUNCAN and Home
Stith Monday, who were browne,
while playing in a tank Sunday a
Il Hollene
III Lonnie Johnston is on the sick lis
i this week
l Harold and Arthur Cameron mad
/ business trip to the Valley Sunday
III Coy Alexander Nichols was Dor
January IS, 1918, at Hollis, 0kl'
l Died at Clovis, N NJ, June 25, 1922
: age Q ye~r5, ) m0A.a and I dag
The Clovis news., 1921-06-30
THE VALUE OF SMILES

Why be spreader Of gloom? Rise
In the morning with heart filled
with the beauties Of life and carry
that spirit into all business dealings
Do what you are paid to do and
then some-lt's the "Then Some"
that attracts attention and gets the
salary raised.
The Clovis news., 1921-06-30

rage watched over him during his
days Of suffering He was laid to
rest in the Grady cemetery Saturday,
Rev. Garrett having conducted the
funeral services at Grady. The scene
of his death was most touching, he
having pointed upward and said he
saw white dove. The memory Of him
will ever be cherished, fresh in the
lives of his loved ones who are
waiting their call to join him.
The Clovis news., 1921-06-30

damage, the gardens and truck
patches were especially needing rain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kenzie are the
proud parents of a baby boy. His
name is Harold D.
Some Of the people from Moye
have attended the big revival which
closed Sunday night.
Misses Gladys and Ethel Hopper
spent Sunday with Miss Cora Will
oughby.
Mr. and Mrs, Durand, Mr. Trent
man, and Mr.. and Mrs, Hopper were
visiting the Corn" members Tuesday.
They reported most all Of the ccrn
fine while some Of it has just been
planted.
The club members are going to
have a picnic as soon as the wheat
harvest is over so everyone can at
tend.
Mr. Dodson's sister and brother-in.
law have been visiting him but left
Sunday for points in Oklahoma.
Mrs. Akers is visiting her brother
near Holene.
Slim.
The Clovis news., 1921-06-30

Folks that never do any more than
they get paid for, never get paid for
any more than they do,
One can create cheerfulness just
the same as one can generate steam
or electricity.
All good Americans are now throw
ing their hooks into their jobs, in
stead of throwing them into each
other.
The Clovis news., 1921-06-30
Card of Thank

We wish to thank those who so
kindly assisted US in the sickness,
death and funeral of our precious
son, grandson and nephew, Coy Mic
hols.
Signed: Mr.. and Mrs. J, A. Mic
hols, Ella Isler, Paul, Phil and Floyd
Mote,
The Clovis news., 1921-06-30

News Classified Ads bring results.
Try them-phone 81.
The Clovis news., 1921-06-30
CAMERON NEWS

. + 49, @*****$*' +
The Washington times., 1921-02-27
Lunat;c's Pen and Ink Sketch Of the Visit of the
Asylum Doctor.

Does the Scriptural commandment,
"Thou shalt not kill' have bearing on
this very serious matter? Bible scholars
point out that this commandment means
'Thou shalt not commit murder" The
death penalty was used in Bible times for
many crimes.
But the man on the cot was not the only
case In the Norwich Asylum Nor was 1t
the saddest or the worst case which the
Connecticut statesmen could have seen In
a tour OF the great institutions for the in
sane in New York, Massachusetts, and other
states Not oil the hopeless cases are vio-
lent or homicidal The delusions Of their
poor, disordered minds are many and pecu-
liar. Insanity is most frequently accom-
panied by dreadful depression, and even
those who have no murderous impulses
have delusions and ambitions and are dis
tressed and unhappy because they are not
permitted 10 carry them out
The cofAmonest general delusion OF the
insane is what DIR. Wilcox terms perse.
cutory, and some of the saddest cases he
cites are OF this nature. Especially pathe,-
fc is the story OF a woman about forty
years old, well educated and showing the
traces Of former beauty. whore PARENTS
people in good circumstances and above the
average in culture4Once requested DIR.
Wilcox not to interfere with nature when
II seemed that the woman was about to die.
This woman is hopelessly insane She
can never leave an asylum and there is
now no reason to believe that her mind
will become SO blank that her sufferings
VIII cease Her persistent de,usion Is an
unselfish one, hut ia none tho less distress
ing, for although she has never married.
she imagines that she Is the mother OF
several children sometimes two, some.
times five or six-and that thess children
are locked up In cellar not for from her
and are being horribly maltrca'Sd.
Night and day their screams ring IN her
ears and her poor. shattered mind pictures
them beaten and starved and shockingly
abused She calls aloud for help. appeals
to anyone rhe may see to save them. and
when her crying has exhausted her, sinks
into moaning, gasping, troubled sleep.
Not thought for herself She seems to
have forgotten her own existence; a strik-
Ing example OF the maternal instinct sur
.iyins the wreck Of all else that was human
In her.
The Washington times., 1921-02-27

her parents wrote DR.. Wilcox, asking that
he do nothing to save her life
"Fortnnately, or unfortunately" DR.. VIII
cox says "the woman lived. 1t is doctors
business to save life. not destroy 1t, and so
I did all I could for the poor woman and
pulled her through. II is one of the. ironies
of life that sane person in her situation
probably would not have lived"
Another sad story is that of woman
now in the hospital whose delusdh IS that
she is possessed Of great beauty which
her imaginary prosecutors are seeking TO
destroy She was admitted at the age or
fifteen and has been an inmate for twenty
years. and in all that time her delusion has
never varied Always she feels that her
beauty is 80 supreme as to make her al
most godlike, and the thought that some
one would, mar that beauty seems to her
bordering on the sacrelIgious She viii
never be cured She cries all day and
most OF the night
Then there is the man who had a large
family dependent on him, family which
he could not support because of bis slowly
developing mental disease. But he strug-
gled earnestly 10 play his part as man,
and the tragedy OF his failure remains in
his mind when almost everything else has
been wiped from II. He will tell ''fiow
patient or an attendant or the supe.Ds md
ent himself that he has just reat ~ the
newspaper that some one has stolen all
the coal from the cellar Of the hors in
which his family lived, will beg that iley
be supplied with fuel that the thieg be
pursued and Vpat be be allowed to work
for their support. Vie is in great distress
oil the time. and his delusions and wretch
edness are growing worse with the years.
His family have long ago forgotten him.
and many years have drifted awayl No
body calls to see, him. Nobody asks how
he Is getting alonN
The instances just mentioned are deln.
sional cases where the delusion itself IL
depressing. Obviously these unfortunates
suffer agonies OF mind in their deusions,
which are very real to them>
sr. mn
The Washington times., 1921-02-27

preston, knowing that she is soon to suf-
fer another attack OF violent delusion.
Another woman, the wife of well.
known musician. thinks any one she hap
pens to see is prosecuting her. II It should
be a man she invariably imagines that he
has offered $40 reward to any one who
will destroy a bag Of eggs she has left on
the mans desk.--And the idea causes her
mental torture that sane person can
not understand.
One Of the cases brought on, by shell.
shock In the great war is that of man
who probably had q streak of insanity In
him from birth and who became hopelessly
demented while in France with the Amerl-
can Army Somewhere ne read OF the
unsolved mystery of the Man 10 the Iron
Mask, and his delusion is that he himself
is the Man. He fancies that he wears an
iron mask and cannot get any one to take
IL of Merely In an incidental way he as
serts that he Is the rightful King OF France
but HIS claim to the throne does not bother
him SO much as the iron mask. The imag-
mary helmet on his head is so painful that
he screams at intervals all through thu
night and sleeps only when his rawlings
have exhausted him.
There is no hope that he will recover.
As in most cases Of severe shellshock ac-
cording TO DR.. Wilcox. latent insanity was
present before the shock and was merely
brought to the surface by the strain OF
the war
A peculiar case is that Of the man who
always wanted TO be foreign missionary
and who failed OF his ambition. He per-
sists in thinking that his room Ia filled
with smoke and that he ia smcthering to
death Even In. the open air he chokes
and gasps as though he were suffocating.
The Washington times., 1921-02-27
A Rather Creditable Statu-
cite Of a Musician Made
by = Crazy Man.


Dr., Wilcox cites woman OF near hfty
years who fancies that she represents all
the law firms in the world and that she has
important business which she Is being kept
from attending TO. She is woman OF
considerable education, and but for the
one deluson would be thought normal and
weil above tho average in intelligence.
Yet day after day she frets and worries
and cries because she is not allowed 10
attend to her important affairs. Just now
she thinks she is suing the Prime Minister
OF England In the interests of an important
client. She sees the case called. the at
torney for the defense answering Ready.
Your Honor and herself, attorney for the
prosecution missing and the case going by
default. Such is her deusion and she
will never ouigrow t. She is In excellent
physical health and may be expected to
live for twenty years or more.
Some of the delusions would be amusing
N Il were not that their insane possessors
usually take them SO seriously and so
sadly. Not long ago boy of twenty-ore
knocked at the door of house In Hartford
about o'clock in the morning and, crying
bitterly. asked the startled householder,
who had never seen him before
"Why do you keep on saying things
about me? Don't YOU know you are keep
ing me from getting work and that l am
starving? What have you got against
me2"
so far az expert opinion goes. that boy
will never leave the asylum. His delusion
is fixed. He thinks that, people are con-
tinuaily slandoring him and are saying.
all over the world--that he was dis
charged from n position OF clerk In gro
Gerry store for getting orders OF canned
goods Understanding corn to customers
who had ordered asparagus.
The Washington times., 1921-02-27

This, even II true. would not seem very
serious 70 normal mind. but TO him II m
eternal disgrace which he can never live
down. He would XIII himself II he had the
opportunity because he thinks people 40
cuss him Of losing his position in grocery
store.
1t is curious fact that this poor boy
has never worked In = grocery store.
Another persecutional case into which .
delusion Of slandcr enters Is that Of q
woman about forty years OF age who once
sued her neighbors on . charge OF mali
cious gossip. 1t seems that her nsighbors
actually had talked about her. probably
because she was "a bit queer" Her friends
were surprised at her action and at tho
venom with which she testified against the
offending neighbors, for she was woman
OF refinement and had always lived in
peaceful. cultured surroundings. She
imagined that they were calling her un-
speakable names.
The Washington times., 1921-02-27

This the problem which l. hsing Of the
Legislature Of the State Of eo, nf e Legihaure
has recently visited the State Asylum for Norwich
Connecticut where nearly
nstee i now eonsdng drafting which VIII permit commission
Of medical relieve the nurably insane a. their
fukdeath when there l. hsiisvsd them
Are we more erctu e mad dog than % mad bengs'
Are minds guided by rather than intelligence the
matter Of poonging the lives hopsIessly
And is there
violent lun.ic his balance Of nand'
On the other hand M the unat often his
duons1 And after ALL how the Anapc burden of
taking
Bible warnings which should usa
All this discussed elsewhere this
and episodes from within waleof told
The Washington times., 1921-02-27

This preyod on
her mind until she
suffered a collapse
and now IL a visitor
to the asylum were
permitted to see her
she would tell him
with all appearance
of great suffering
how women were
pers ecutin & her
dreadfully and tell
ing unpri ab Q
things about her.
And she would tell
It 30 gently and 50
despairingly that the
visitors sympathy
would be d 9 epiy
stirred and he would
feel extremely sorry
'fot such q helpless
unfortunate.
In q corner Of the
great institution 10
an epileptic woman
with occasional lucid
moments. who thinks
that she is being pur.
sued by every man
who knows her. Her
delusion was brought
on by an experience
too distressing to re-
late here. At times
her delusions reach
such heights OF vio-
lence that 1t is neces-
sary to restrain her
by force from mutt
lating herself. Even
in her calmer NOM
ents she Is the VIC
The Washington times., 1921-02-27

A few years
ago the unfortu-
nate woman sui:
fered from a
malignant inter-
nal growth and
The Washington times., 1921-02-27
! - Should the Iope|essIy InsdneBe
Distressing Cases Of Maniacs Chained to Their

YF mad him II leg
snty killed hosse SUCCESSFULLY
spsre these dumb snas In the ese te miserable etsnc Of
confined In
ring useless existence
the line Of reasoning ana
beings?
Should the hopeles:y ns.a the violent hoid
fed
Insane ssylums public expense put of sxsncei
The Washington times., 1921-02-27

But there is another
form of delusion which Of
itself is not so depressing,
but which makes of its
possessor a tortured being
because the delusion Is in
the nature of a craving
which can never be salts
The Washington times., 1921-02-27

<<TvHIs. gentlemen. is one Of our
worst cases. He is a hopeless
= maniac and we are Obliged to
keep him strapped to his iron bed. fie is,
as you see, gentlemen, man Of great mus
cular strength. He is sponged and cleaned
somewhat every day and once In three
months is given bath. On these oc-
ssoasions, when the straps are loosened, it
requires four OF our strongest keepers to
hold him."
1T was Doctor Franklin Wilcox. the very
experienced and able head OF the Connecti-
cut State Hospital for the Insane at Nor
wich, speaking. He was guiding through
the institution joint committee of mem
bers OF the Connecticut Legislature on
their tour OF inspection.
AS the legislators pressed through the
door Of the little padded cell and gazed
sadly on that writhing form strapped to
the bed, the chairman remarked:
II would rather be dead than lead such
an existence"
Certainly. death would be preferable"
a meInDoT VI tuc OcudtS dSiScu.
'Is 1t not, perhaps, humanitarian duty
to put such a pitiful object out of his mis-
ery?" queried another member of the COM
mittee. looking into the glistening eyes of
the madman.
"You are quite right" said another.
"What we have seen here today raises
the question in my mind II we ought not
to present BIN to the Legislature provid-
ing that the hopelessly insane may be law
fully put out of existence"
"But with proper safeguards, Of course,
to make sure that no one who might by
any possibility recover his mental balance
should be sacrificed" interrupted mem
ber
"Oh, certainly, all that should be,.most
carefully safeguarded in the bill had in
mind. What do you think Of such law,
Doctor Wilcox"
IL agree with you. My experience of
somewhat more than twenty-five years in
this and other institutions for the insane
has led me to the same conclusion.
Il feel that chronic cases, which would
have to be passed upon by commission
OF experts. should be relieved of torture
mental torture. W. zen in many cases. gen.
tlemen. is worse han physical pain--'men-
tai torture 30 acute thai the normal mind
cannot conceive OF Il. | have been asked
by many relatives of patients in this and
other institutions II some merciful method
could be adopted to end the torture OF
some of the unfortyo-tes who have been In
institutions for Yeas and with no possible
hope for frie'"
This was the origin OF the discussion
which has been referred TO in the news.
papers recently and is now occupying the
attention Of members Of the State Lcgis-
lature of Connecticut But IL Is a compli-
Gated question.
mad dog is put ont OF hisuniscry by
common consent. Nobody thinks II Is an
act OF mercy to prolong his life with foam
ing mouth and gnashing teeth and glaring
eyes in "a barred cage.
Is II a true act Of mercy to hold that poor
man, strapped to his cot year after year,
writhing In mental agony when he might
he made 10 breathe few inhalations OF
chloroform and painlessly pass to eternal
peace?
, 1921-07-21
A Sermon on short skirts.

Scant summer styles. as exhibited In
these parts lately. has inspirsl a we'll
known minister 10 pen a poem which
is going through its second edition in
the public prints, as follows:
MARY had a little skirt.
The latest style, no doubt:
But every time she got inside
She was more than half way out
In a ecent sermon this minister de-
clared that while he did not admire the
prevalent styles in women's skirts.
neither did he advocate a return to the
old street-sweeping styles.
There Is a style for women's dress
es.' he said. which is in harmony
with the laws Of sanitation as well MS
the principles Of modesty."
, 1921-07-21

back vas weak and lame or the action
of my kidneys was irregular. Doan's
Kidney Pills have never failed to re-
lieve these attacks and benefit me in
every way"
Price COO, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Clark had. Foster-Milburn Co,
Mfrs, Buffalo, n. Y.-Adv.
, 1921-07-21

Frank. Bert and Miss Frances Hea-
ton were in Saratoga Saturday from
Encampment III their way to North
Gate, Colo. where they are going to
work on their felspar claim.
, 1921-07-21
ANOTHER LINK WITH CHEYENNE.
Cheyenne Citizens Add Their Praise.

Another link with our ncighboring
town Of Cheyenne Is provided In the
following grateful and generous state
ment OF a wcll-known resident there,
Mr.. c. A. Clark, 2i17 Warren Ave,
Cheyenne. Wyo. He says; Il am al
ways glad TO say a good word for
Donn's Kidney Pills and / never miss
a chance to recommend them. / have
used DOan's on and On for years when
eve my kidneys troubled me and my
, 1921-07-21

DR. w. j. Scoggin of Denver arrived
here last week with his family and ex-
poets to remain permanently. DR..
Scoggin is a dentist. highly recon-
mended by DIR. L. A. Avery and others.
n he will no doubt enjoy a good
patronage. He has rented the Brent
man residence and will have his office
there for the presnt.
, 1921-07-21

DR.. J. ]. Cullen. eve specialist of
Rawlins. has an advertisement in an
other column calling attention to the
fact that he will be at the Sisson
Hotel in Saratoga on Friday and Sat
urday, July % and %. prepared to care
for all who may have need Of his
services.
, 1921-07-21

w. G. Ledbetter and NJ. E. Ames
made a business trip to Rawlins Tues
day bringing back with them James
Blackhall, who went on to Encampment
Wednesday.
, 1921-07-21

Mrs Harry Evans arrived yesterday
from Cheyenne to pack her furniture.
They are moving to the Rawlins oil
fields, where Mr.. Evans will be en-
ployed.