A ghost has made its appearance near a school-house in Manor township, Lancaster county, Pa. It was first seen one night by Rev. Daniel Witmer and M. H. Kauffman, the latter at the time being in the company of two ladies. They were returning from attendance at a religious meeting which had been held in the school-house where Mr. Witmer had preached.

A short distance away from the fence dividing the fields the reverend gentleman separated from Mr. Kauffman and the ldaies and started homeward on a near cut across the fields. He had only gone about one hundred yards, carrying a lantern, when Mr. Kauffman and his lady friends saw approach what they supposed to be another man, who also carried a lantern, walked on a short distance, and finally  disappeared from view. The following day Mr. Kauffman met the minister, who siad: "After leaving you I started across the field and had gone but a short distance when I saw the approach of what I supposed to be a man carrying a lantern. He came directly towards me and when near enough I was almost paralyzed with horror to perceive that no head crowned the body. The object was a moving body without a head, but when it came quite close to me my terror was increased still further by seeing the head in one of its hands. The fearful object took its place by my side and accompanied me to my door. How I managed to retain consciousness and reach home I don't know. It was the most fearful experience I ever had, and I hope I may never have the like again." This same object, whatever it may be, has been seen several times.

This is the story as related by Mr. Kauffman and corroborated by oters of the vicinity. Of course ther is some natural cause for this spectral appearance, but it would be difficult to make some people of the neighborhood believe it was anything else than supernatural.

Several other members of  Mr. Witmer's congregation also saw teh onject, btu ran for their lives. Other reputable citizens have also been accompanied home by the apparition. It is popularly supposed to be the spectre of a rich minister who was found dead recently and known to have large sums of money hidden.

Lancaster, Pa. A 101-year-old law which provides for the use of the ducking stool to punish a common scold was involded against a 57-year-old woman yesterady by six of her neighbors.

The defendant, Miss Mabel McCombs, was released on a $500 bail after a preliminary hearing before Alderman John K. Shenk. The plaintiffs accused her of cursign them and otherwise being abusive. She replied that thecomplaining neighbors and their children had badgered  and termonted her.

Since last August seven charges of disorderly conduct have been lodged against her by neighbors..

Miss McComs said she had a vague notion of the 1860 law concerning common scolds, but when told of the penalty provision she cried, "Oh, my God,"

As enforced in the old days, a person, usually a woman, convicted under this law, was fastened to a short stool, then dunked in a pond, lake or stream. It ws a treatment frequently given to those accused of practicing witchcraft.

The last time the law was invokded here was in 1945 when the Lancaster Court Court placed the defendant on probation for a year and ordered her to pay the costs of prosecution.

Lancaster, Feb. 23.  That the voodoo cult now being investigated by the State allegedly operated from headquarters in this county as well as five other parts of the State was disclosed here following an all-day investigation in this city by Jacob R. Heilman, investigator of the State Board of Licensure and Constable David Balmer, of Palmyra, Lebanon county.

Climaxing thier activities with a general exodus during the last two weeks, the ring of voodoo artists disappeared with large sums collected from the superstitious, Heilman claimed.

The  alleged base of operation in this county was located along the Lincoln Highway, three miles west of this city. This was operated,. officials say, by Mrs. Frank Lane,a sister f the famous Madame J. Burton of Palmyra, the investigaotrs claimed.

Lane House Deserted

Upon visiting the Lane home they found it deserted, with practically all of the furniture removed, exactly as they found the four other alleged bases of operations of the "hex doctors", the two invetifators explained.

Expressing the belief that many persons here were duped by members of teh "hex ring", Heilman declared, but few of the victims have come forward because of their desire to avoid publicity.

According to Heilman, data obtained shows that the ring was well organized and operated efficiently, well timing every detail of its plot from the beginning to the very exodus.

Madame Burton and her three sisters fisrt attracted their victims through palm readings, and in this way found many willignto give them real money for "hex remedies" and weird treatmetns.

the first trewatments were administered for sums ranging from $50 to $500. When these failed to work the "hex queens" agreed upon new treatments which required the "use" of sums ranging from $2000 upwards.

When the money first was produced the "hex doctors" cleverly refused to take it, insisting the victim take $50 of their own money, add it to the larger sum and keep it in the home of the victim for periods ranging from one month to two days. Then the money was returned to the witch doctor who agreed to keep it in her possesson for a similar perios and then return it safe to the owner.

Heilman and Balmer will return to Lancasater for the purpose of concluding thier investigation of the operation of the ring in this vicinity, they said.  Police are investigating the disappearance of Miss Kleiser fo Lebanon, a store clerk, who was said to have been among the victims duped by Madame Burton of Palmyra.

According to the mother of the missing woman her daughter has been despondent since police began investigating the actions of Madame Burton. The two were close friends and often appeared together in public, she said.

She had paid $125 to Madame Burton, investigators declared.

Lancaster. Fed 9. While driving to this city to visit a "powwow" doctor to receive treatment for rheumatism, a woman was instantly killed and husband and their two children were injured.

The dead woan was Mrs. Walter Rice, 47, who resided near Green Tree, Lancaster county. The husband and two children were brought to a local hospital.

Rice suffered cuts about the head while his son, Harry, 11, received probable fractures of both legs and his daughter, Blanche, 9, was bruised.

The accident occuree on the WIllow Street pke near this city. Rice attempted to pass a truck and his car skidded from the road into three telephone poles.

Mrs. Rice had been taking powwow treatments from teh local"doctor" for the last year.