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. ??????????/ $2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 22,1920. Established in 1891 THE HOBO ALMOST CONEFROMCOUNTRY OLD TIME ARMY OF TRAMPS THING OF THE PAST. Result of Prohibition? Prosperous Times of Past Few Years Cut Big Figure?Xo Loafers Except Those Who Prefer Idleness. The American hobo is rapidly becoming extinct. Reports from western railroad centers indicate that at the present rate the genuine Weary Willie, hordes of whom traversed the country up to a couple of years ago, rvMAAt r\ nnrirtoifv O O Will SUUU ue US gicai a tui juouj uc the buffalo. His passing has been from a vastly different reason, however. No tragedy lurks in the background; no pathos tinges the tale on the disappearing knight of the road. The hobo has not been hunted to death. H? has been transformed into an industrial citizen, or at least is nowT so classified. Incredible as it may seem to some, thousands of men who a few years ago were full fledged tramps, beating their way from town to town, filling county jails and working spasmodioailv nn farms when compelled by J necessity to do so, are today in prosperous circumstances. They have deserted the life of wandering to take up steady, profitable work in cities. They have exchanged the tattered habiliment of the scarecrow for modish, costly clothing, "purple and fine linen." Instead of crowding around the jungle fires in railway yards, skulking from the police, they are today living in hotels or in their own homes, many reunited with families whom they had deserted years ago. "Mulligan" doesn't fill the soul of the transformed/hobo with content today. In its place he is living on the fat of the land. What Put Them on New Road. The great war, which brought such incalculable suffering and desolation to the civilized world was very kind to the American tramp. It proved a melting pot in which many of them, enlisted in the ranks as fighting men, were refined. Other thousands were literally taken by the throat by, military necessity and put to work. After a few months, the habit of industry formed, life looked differently to them and they graduated once ana for all from the vagabond to the producing element of society. A small i number have dropped from the ranks, -faithful to their old lazy instincts. The good fortune of the hobo has spelt despair and great vexation of spirit to western farmers. In "the good old days" the farmers largely depended upon the itinerant help that dropped or was thrown off the freight trains, or who happened to like the look of the place in passing. Today the farm is looking in vain for such help. The tramps who once were willing to work for him for a week or two are now working at trades in cities, drawing big wages, or in business for themselves and flourishing like a green bay tree. It is impossible to get tramps to work in the country now. The fewr tramps on the road, if they feel like working, head for the nearest big city, and there find work at pay two or three times as big as the farmers can offer. Communities such as Aberdeen, S. D., report that the tramp farm hand is no more known in the land. He neither works there nor is he arrested onH nut in tho "cooler" as was his \ MUU ? - - - - wont of the dear dead past. Jailer Neuman, custodian of the "Hotel Abandon" at St. Paul, reports' that his old customers are few and | far between today. He gives the war I credit for the change to a large extent, and says that the passing of the saloon has also helped in the work of reclamation. Captain James Hussey, special agent of the Pennsylvania railroad at Indianapolis, takes the same view, holding that when the hoboes who went to war learned that they were useful and acquired habits of cleanliness and regularity and discipline, they passed through the door into a new life, and closed the door, behind them. Social welfare workers at Lincoln, Neb., report that they receive an avIerage of only nine appeals for help a month from tramps as against two hundred calls three years ago. They say that prohibition and shortage of labor have already been responsible for the improvement. Chief of Detectives Mooney, of Chi HOME DEMONSTKATIOX DEPT. .Miss Emma Jane Yarn, Home Demonstration Agent. Now that the hatching season is about over, one way in which our housekeepers can save money is by preserving the surplus eggs in water-glass. This is a preparation that seals the egg and prevents contact with the air, thus preventing spoilage. The idea is to put these eggs up when they are cheap for use during the fall and winter months when they are scarce and high. The best results are obtained when the eggs are added to the solution each day and one is sure then that they fresh. The quality of the eggs must be good as one bad egg will spoil several dozen or all in the container. If there is any doubt as to the freshness of the egg do not use it. Use only those that you are sure are absolutely fresh. This is very easy for those who have their own eggs, but the housekeeper who has no hens and has to get the eggs from others must use more care. It is usually possible to get them from some reliable person and put them in the solution a few days after they are laid. The freshness of the eggs if doubtful can be determined by candleing. A^siean stone jar is the best container, although the .Mason fruit jars may be used. An eight-gallon jar will hold about eighteen dozen eggs. One part of water-glass is mixed with ten parts of water that has been boiled and cooled. The jar is thoroughly cleaned and scalded and filled half full of the mixture, then the; eggs added as they can be obtained. Dirty eggs should not be used. They should be put ^n until with about i three inches of the top. Great care j must be exercised that they are al-j ways covered with two inches of the solution. It is not necessary that the container be tightly sealed, but \ it should be shut so as to prevent evaporation. Should sonjte evaporate simply add more boiled water that has been cooled. Eggs will keep from eight to twelve months and can be removed from the container at any time for use and more added.. They should be kept in a cool place in summer ana in some piaee wueiei they will not freeze in winter. Children's Programme for April. 1. Meeting called to order, president. 2. Roll call by secretary, each member reporting work done since last meeting. 3. Minutes of last meeting by secretary. Song. 4. Talks by agent. A. Gardening. B. Poultry?(1) Care of baby chicks. (2) Control of lice and mites. C. Peanut?(1) Planting. 5. First lesson in sewing. Now that organization work is completed I shall begin my regular monthly meetings with the different clubs. We shall take up our first lesson in sewing and the first article to be made is a sewing bag. For this a piece of cloth 28x10 inches will be needed. The selection of this material is left to the individual children and they may have any kind of cloth but I would suggest cretonne, linen, chambray, or something on that order. I shall write the secretary of each club the day I shall meet her club and she will tell the other mem UC1 o. Just a word about control of lice and mites as this is the time of the year they begin to become troublesome. The fight to get rid of them or to prevent them should begin during this month. If this is not done a great many of the little chicks will die from them and the vitality of the whole flock lowered. Sometimes we feel there is no effective remedy for these evils but sodium fluorid has been found to be very effective. Sodium fluorid is a white powder which can be had from any druggist. One pound of this will treat 100 hens. Apply a pinch of the powder at the base of the feath ers on the head, breast, back, wings and base of tail. Of course all poultry houses should be cleaned thoroughly and sprayed with kerosene or crude oil. White wash should also be used. I shall be glad to supply anyone interested with bulletins or order direct from Washington farmers bulletin Xo. 801. cago, said that there is a great falling off in the number of beggars in that city. "Two years ago we had 2,000 beggars here, and today I doubt if there are 100," he said in discussing the passing of the tramp. WIGGINS'S SLAYER CAUGHT LAST WEEK ARTHUR DAILKY TAKEN IX BERKELEY COUNTY. Don Woman's Apparel Man Hurried Away to State IV nit en tentiary for Safe Keeping. After a chase of more than a week Arthur Dailey, gunman, who mortally wounded Magistrate Jeff D. Wiggins in a fight at Elloree on the night of April 7 is now safely lodged in the state penitentiary at Columbia. The capture was made about -1 T?-! -I-v.. O foir a ay urea k r nua> uiuiuiug a ?. miles north of Pinopolis in Berkeley county more than 60 miles from the scene of his crime of a week ago. The negro was taken in hand by a group of men among whom were Policeman D. L. Sanders and Gordon Wiggins of the eastern section of Orangeburg county. At the time of his hiding in the county to the south Dailey was garbed in a woman's clothes and masquerading as a fe-j male in his attempt to make a get-j awa;- from the power of the law. Shortly after his capture Sheriff Den- j nis, of Berkeley county, and others; rushed the man to Summerville, I where he was placed aboard a Southern train and taken through this city to the penitentiary in Columbia. Vigil Kept. Officers had been on the alert for * the man and Sheriff R. F. Dukes, of this county, and other county officers had been constantly watching every avenue of escape for some clue of the man's hiding rlace. It appears that he made good his escape from the border of Orangeburg county early last week and that staying with friends in die northern portion of Berkeley county he later landed with some negro families near Cooper's store in that section. It was here that officers were given a tip that the man was in hiding and took prompt action to apprehend the outlawed man. Policeman Sanders and Mr. Wiggins were notified Wednesday night of the reported whereabouts of the negro and hastened to assist in the taking of the outlaw. About break of day yesterday the men surrounded a house on the farm j of Louis Harvey a few miles to the: * i north of Pinopolis and ordered the man to come from his hiding. A few minutes later he emerged with both hands above his Lead and gave up to the guardians of the law. Prior to his emergence from the house at the command of the officers, Dailey was told that in the event of his surrender without a fight that if? would be cared for and that the law would be allowed to run its course. In Overalls. When he came from the house with both hands above his head Dailey wore a new suit of overalls and a new cap. While it was adimtted by many in that section that he had been wearing the female apparel he was at that time garbed in the denim. 1 / It was found that two shotguns and a heavy calibre revolver were in the bed from which the man had just arisen at the command of the officers. A reward of $500 had just been offered by Governor Cooper and citizens of Eutawville had also offered a like amount making a price of $1,000 on the head of the outlawed negro. While officers of this counand citizens of the neighboring county participated in the capture it is not decided just yet to whom the reward will go. Sheriff Dennis, of Berkeley county became a party to the affair only after the negro had been captured and he had been sent for by members of the party, it was said hero today. The taking of Arthur Dailey ends a hunt which was started last week when the negro in a fight with officers at Elloree shot the late Magistrate Wiggins when he and associate officers were about to arrest Dailey on a warrant. After the affair feeling about that portion of the county became inflamed and efforts were made to find and lynch the negro. Many stories were told of his whereabouts and hunting parties were on the vigil for him in the swamp land to the south of Parler. Denies Shooting. Dailey steadfastly denied any knowledge or connection with the the shooting of Magistrate Wiggins, officers said and declared that he TELLS OF POISONING FOR BOLL WEEVIL 1 OPIXIOX BV PltOF. A. F. CONKA1>I, j CLEM S( >N ENTC>M()L(Mil ST. I Position of the Experts , " I Conservative Cse of Mixtures Kecommended for Farmers of Tliis Section. Clemson College. April 17.?Answering inquiries from merchants as well as farmers from Charleston and other points in the coastal counties, Prof. A. F. Conradi, entomologist for the State Crop Pest Commission, has written the following carefully preI r\o i?a/1 f-tniAmAnf O nrvl hln n C TTflPI Ck 1 1 V pai cu oia Lciucii l a^^iivu to the coastal region. Prof. Conradi, representing the commission, has had opportunity to gather information from all angles and of course desires to interpret and present it in a way to serve the best interests of the state. He is not unmindful of the mercantile interests as well as the agricultural. He says: | "1. The conditions in the Missj issippi delta, where experiments for | a number of years have been conduct | [ed, are very different from those ob-| j taining in this state and we must therefore compare them with great reserve and great care before deciding on recommendations for 1920 in South Carolina. The foremost experts are not prepared to recommend a definite procedure for our state until a series of experiments have been completed under our conditions in 1 920. These tests and experiments are now under consideration and preparation. For Charleston County. "2.* 'We recommend very conser-f* vative poisoning in those coastal and near-coast countries where the wee% vil is now entering 011 the third and fourth year, including the fall when it first appears. This includes Charleston county. Undertake from a few acres to not exceeding twentyfive acres. Get the best equipments absoultely safe cal-arsenate, and the necessary labor. Begin poisoning when infestation has reached approximately 20 per cent, as determined by standard methods, and proceed strictly according to the recommendations of the most experienced men on the subject. We understand what these recommendations are and will be glad to furnish them with the distinct understanding that they are recommendations only and not based on experiments and experience in this state. Be thoroughly prepared to j that when once begun the schedule will be correctly completed and that not a single step is.missed; otherwise, we feel sure that you are courting entire failure. "3. Calcium arsenate may be boueht from anv reliable Derson who sells it but it should not be used ?y anyone until a sample has been sent to the U. S. Delta Laboratory, Tallulah, La., and the material reported by the laboratory as meeting the government specifications. This material is examined free of charge and blanks, together with instruction sheets are furnished by the above laboratory or this office. "4. We have at this time not sufficient reason for considering the hand dusting machines seriously in cotton dusting. They have not the covering power of the traction machines. They have very limited acreage ability and in practice they are laborious and it is very difficult to keep laborers to operate them. They j are mainly intended for the nooks j and corners of fields which are not j accessible to the traction machine, j For the present they are the best j available substitute for the small iarnier until tne less expensive uac-j i tion machine for one horse can be perfected for use. None of the old types of hand! dusting machines are recommended.! ; j There are several machines built on late principles which may be employed for such work for which was not on the train at the time of the tragedy. His appearances however, it was said, indicated that he had been in flight of the law and the cuts and scores over the man bore testimony to his reputation as a "scrapper'' in the eastern section of the county. His trial will be held in the local courts, it is said, and will' be a feature of the summer or later terms, according to statements here yesterday.?Orangeburg Times and Democrat. SCHOOL LEGISLATION' AT J LAST SESSION*. Education fared better at the lands of the last legislature than with any of its predecessors. In general attention may be directed to the following fgcts. The growing shortage of- teachers has been caused by the high cost of living and better pay in other lines than teaching. This condition has been partly met by providing inducements for higher sal- 1 aries in both the graded schools under the Equalizing Act, and in the high schools. Trustees are asked to avail themselves of these advantages at once. Another important act is that which permits a district ^ to raise a tax of fifteen mills for cur- b rent expenses. Formerly eight mills 1 was the limit. In round numbers v state aid for education as provided 1 by the legislature amounts to $1,- s 000,000. c State Building Aid. This has been so changed as to s grant $.">0 state aid for every $100 6 raised by the school, by gifts, taxes 2 or otherwise. This increased aid is ' modified by the following conditions; 1 for a one room school house not c more than $400 is available, for a * two class room building not more than $600: a school of three class- c rooms shall not receive more than ? $S00. While a school of four or ? more class rooms shall not receive c more than $1,000. Not more than one school in a district shall be aid- i ed during a year, except on an ex- t cellent showing. A $50 bonus is granted in cases of consolidation, r This of course is exclusive of aid t crro n f nrl l\v t ha nnnntir KaoivI at' dH 11- \ aiiicu if > L11^ v uuniy mwu.au. m l wiu- i cation. A second allotment of state It aid may be gTanted when additions f are made to the building. A new i feature added is a condition that at s least four acres must be in the school a lot except when this is not possible, i Medical Inspection of Teachers. c A new provision to prevent the t teaching in public schools by teachers suffering from tuberculosis or other infectious disease provides r that each teacher must under a pen- a alty of not more than $~>0 fine or p imprisonment of 30 days, secure a \ certificate from a physician stating c that the teacher has no open case of s any infectious disease. The certifi- c cate must be in the form provided e by the state board of education. c Physical Examination of All Pupils. In order to prevent infection, all s children in the public schools must t be annually examined for any infec- ? tious or contagious disease by a phy- t sician or registered 'nurse. A simi- t lar examination must be made by a ? dentist of the teeth of all pupils. The reason for this act is that when the j state sets aside any money for pub- j lie instruction it has a right to ex- r pect that each child shall get fair re- a turns. This would be impossible ei- \ ther in the case of a child with a con- c tagious disease breaking up the t school or in the case of a child with r a remediable defect losing the ad- t vantage from public instruction. ^ A Dog Tax. j Somehow the news has gone abroad c (Continued on page 8, column 6.) t the hand machine is intended. In practice and for the beginner not over five acres per hand machine are < recommended. "6. There are several responsible manufacturers building traction*dlisting machines intended to be ready < for use beforet he dusting machines i begins. # ; "7. It appears at present that the ] dusting machine will to a very great j extent at least replace the spray \ pump, and while the various types i of dusting machines will very likely ( become in greater demand from year j to year, we cannot see at the present i time that the hand machine deserves ( very serious consideration for cotton t dusting for boll weevil control. < "S. Owing to the seriousness of ] the weevil pest, farmers are inclined < to be over-responsive to dusting projects. In the absence of definite in- i formation to act on in 1 920 there ( should be a strong tendency to hold ! back instead of pushing the poison-1 ing. Conservatism in 1920 will mui-j tiplv sales in 1921 and thereafter,! while the opposite course we believe j will cause many disappointments and a lack of confidence not justified. "9. Proceed slowly on a small scale with a full knowledge that poisoning is still in the experimental stage. Otherwise it is better to let1 it alone and await developments this season. "10. Have cal-aresnate examined as directed before using. Dusting will very not likely begin until latter June or early July. "A. P. CONRADI, ] "Chief Entomologist." ] / e YORKER KILLED AT CHURCH SERVICE )K. JAMES MARKOE SHOT WHILE TAKING UP OFFERING. Insane Man Charged 'honias W. Simpkin, Who Escaped From Asylum, Held?Tragedy at Fashionable St. George's. New York, April 18.?Dr. James larkoe, a well known surgeon, was hot and killed today while taking ip the offering at the morning ser'ice in the fashionable St. George's 5rotestant Episcopal church, 15th ;treet and Stuyvesant place, in the Id aristocratic district of New York. His assailant was captured after a ihort chase by a group of parishonts. The prisoner gave his name first, is Thomas \V. Shelley and later as rhomas \Y. Simpkin. The police said le told them he had escaped Thurslay from tlr& Eastern state hospital or the insane at Williamsburg, Va. jji\ .uarKoe, a weaitny vestryman )f the church, was a friend and personal physician to J. P. Morgan, also i parishoner there. He was 56 years >Id. The church was crowded with parshoners, many of them representaives of the wealthiest families in f sew York, when the shooting took dace. Dr. Markoe was walking down lie left aisle taking up the collection vhile the choir \^as singing an anhem. As he reached the 12th pew rom the rear and leaned over to >ass the plate, Simpkin, who was seated next to the aisle, whipped out l revolver and fired at the physician t is said. The bullet struck him- , >ver the ^eft eye, and he collapsed in he aisle. Choir Sings Oil. Several women screamed and men ushed from their seats some to the id of the physician and others in >ursuit of his assailant. Simpkin, vith the revolver in his hand, leaped >ver the body of the physician and \ tarted to run out of the church. The Va!?? 1 a/l kt* o t?1 o o ff livn , uj V/uanca oauuiu, cuutiuud singing in an effort to quiet the, ongregation. Simpkin continued shooting. His econd shot, directed at members of he congregation who were pursuing lim, went wild. John C. Tideman, he sexton, dropped to the floor in / ime to escape the third bullet which grazed the cheek of J. Morgan Jones. Simpkin then ran from the church nto Stuyvesant square. George E. Brewer, M. D., was the first man to a each him. He grabbed the man's irm but Simpkin managed to wriggle limself loose long enough to fire an!ther shot, which grazed Dr. Brewer's high. By that time several other nembers of the congregation had hrown Simpkin to the ground and vere holding him down when a po- / iceman arrived, handcuffed the pris>ner and took him to the police staion. ^ Itl ?' DEMOCRATS TO ORGANIZE. Clubs Called on to Meet Saturday April 24th for Organization. County Chairman J. F. Carter is calling on the democrats of the county to meet in their various clubs on Saturday. April 24th, for the purpose of organization, etc. The meeting of the clubs will formally open the campaign for the summer. As ret there is heard no talk of politics, ind so far as we have learned there is no politics adrift in the county ip to this time. The prospective candidates will now begin to groom themselves for the campaign this mmmer, and inasmuch as everybody *uns this year, there is bound to be some lively politics. The clubs will meet at their various meeting places and elect officers, delegates, executive committeemen. etc. Tt is very necessary that 5very club in the county shall meet it the appointed time. Two new clubs have been petitioned for. * The county chairman urgently rejue?ts that there shall' be a full rep esentation of the voters at all of the club meetings. The county convention will be held )n Monday, May 3, at the court louse. The advertisement of the county chairman appears elsewhere n this issue of The Herald. We suggest that all interested read the advertisement carefully. ^ ? Just received, line of Westinghouse electric irons. FAULKNER ELECTRIC SERVICE CO. tfn