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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-18

der command wind kacaderm.' He
hasn't answered it?
UNLESS by letter. And they
wouldn't get that till tonight"
Babbing said: He'll not go to
the telegraph desk asking questions
because he won't care to identify
himself to the man there. That's
why he goes out to send his mes
sages."
Suppose he doesn't let the kid
into the room at all?"
"Well, he opens the door. The
boy gives him the telegram and asks
ANY answer?' He reads it and sees
it's the same message that he had
last night. That'll make him forget
! the boy. He'll be trying to figure
out what has happened. And the boy
can stand at the door and watch him.
It's worth trying anyway. Go and
get the telegram ready, JIM"
The operative-whose name was
Corcoran-departed with the I'M
busting celebrity of a man accus-
toned to quick and noiseless move
ment. Babbing went to the bath
room door. "That's not so bad he
said Of Barneys uniform. Turn
around" He settled the coat collar
with tug and friendly pat.
Come in here, now, and let's go
over this again. ! have an improve
ment to suggest"
He went to the window and stood
looking out. Barney waited in the
center of the room, excitedly alert.
you're bellboy recently employed
here" Babbing said. THE man at
the telegraph desk has said to you:
Take this up to Mr.. Cooper, Room
81s, and see that he gets it this
time. It's a repeat That's not &C
cording to Hoyle, but it will have to
do. Cooper won't know any better,
anyway. So when you deliver the
telegram at Cooper's door, you say ::
4 was to be sure that you got this
this time. It's repeat Step inside
when you give him the message so
that he can't shut the door. And
then watch him as told you be-
fore"
He stopped. He eyed Barney
skeptically. you couldn't possibly
be as innocent as you look, could
you? Because you'll have to do some
quick lying, you know, if he suspects
anything"
Barney looked sheepish.
Here" Babbing said, suddenly.
He took letter from the table and
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everything. We can figure out q
word here and there. The names are
easy. But that's as far as we can
get. 'Kacaderm,' for instance. That's
MURDOCH He's one of the men
they've been bleeding, out there.
They take the consonants 'm-r-d-c-k, ,
reverse them 'k-c-d-r-m,' and fill in
vowels. But they do that only with
the proper names. For instance, this
last one: Thunder command wind
kacaderm.' That can't be solved by
reversing consonants."
The operative studied the page
"Search me-" he said. HAS Acker
worked on it,"
eyes. 1t was he that puzzled out
the names. It's not a cryptogram.
They have some simple method of
writing one whole word for another.
There's no use wasting time on it..
Well have to make our plant to
catch him writing a message"
81 see"
Babbing took off his spectacles
and began to walk up and down the
room, twirling them by the ear bows.
He stopped in front of Barney.
"Young man." he said, "Iin going
to send you into the next room with
a telegram. There's a man in there
registered as Marshall Cooper
Remember the name. You'll give
the telegram to him and say, Any
answer? Watch him. 1t will be a
cipher telegram that will look as if
it had been received downstairs. See
what he does to make it out. He'll
probably want to answer it; and, if
he does, you may have a chance to
see how he makes up the answer.
He has writing table over at this
window-here. If he sits down at it,
he'll have his back to you. Try to
see what he does. Don't try to do
it by watching him quietly. He'd
notice that Move around and look
at the pictures. Don't try to whistle
Or anything of that fool sort. Try
to act as you would if you were a
bellboy." He had taken the suit
Of clothes from the foot of the bed.
go in the bathroom and try these
on"
Afterward, when Barney thought
of this moment, it seemed to him ro-
mantle and exciting beyond all his
widest young adventurous hopes.
1t seemed to him that he must have
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That last was in response to a
knock at the door; and man en-
tered on the invitation, nonchalantly
with his hat on, carrying what
proved to be a suit of black clothes
on his arm. He was a large, dark,
hreezy-looking, informal sort of in
dividual, about thirty-fve; and
Barney at once misplaced him as
Broadway type of ''rounder" and
racetrack "sport." He ignored
Barney and proceeded to d1ape the
clothes over the foot of the bed, as
if he had come merely to bring the
suit.
ANY one been to see him to-day?"
Babbing asked.
mot SOUL" he answered.
"Snider has picked up some more
kilograms Babbing held out the
report to him. "In cipher"
Got their code yet?"
"No. If we had that, we'd have
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Barney explained that he had
overheard the instructions to the
telephone girl
The detective had begun to take,
from his satchel, letters, kilograms,
typewriter reports and packages of
papers strapped in rubber bands,
which he proceeded to sort into little
piles on the table, as they came. He
appeared to be giving this business
his whole attention, but while his
hands moved deliberately and his
eyes read the notations on the
papers he pursued Barney through
an examination that ran: "How did
you know who I was?"
~ delivered kilograms to your
Office and"-
"For what company"
"The Western Union"
"Why did you leave them?"
II wanted to work fer you.''
Glow did you know we wanted a
boy?"
II saw the ad."
Chow did you know it was ours?"
Il delivered it to the news
paper"
care you in the habit of opening
letters that are given you to de-
liver?"
"No, sir"
Don't smile so much. You overdo
it," Babbing said, without looking up.
And his merely professional tone of
matter-of-fa advice sobered Barney
as suddenly as if he had said: IT
understand, of course, that you have
found your smile very effective, but
it doesn't deceive me. You're not so
bland a child as you pretend, and
shall not treat you as if you were."
Babbing asked Unexpectedly:
"How tall are you?"
About five feet" Barney an
swered at guess.
"How much do you weight"
"About a hundred-an' twenty
five"
Babbing glanced at him apprais-
ingly, went on with his papers again,
and said: "When you don't know
thing, say so. 1t saves time. What's
your name?"
Barney. Barney Cook"
"Where do you live?"
Barney gave the number of his
home in Hudson Street.
Irish Catholic?"
eyes, sir"
What does your father do?"
"He's dead. He was a policeman.
He was killed."
What was his name?"
Robert E. Cook"
Robert Emmett"
eyes, sir"
"When was he killed? How long
ago."
"About eight years.
Babbing was still at his papers.
"Is your mother hving?"
eyes, sir"
what does she do?"
Looks after me an my sister,
what does she do for a living?"
"She rents furnished rooms. Her
an Annie. That's my sister,"
"What does she do with your
fathers pension?"
"She puts it all in the bank"
What bank?"
"I-Iadunno."
"She doesn't own the house,"
"No, sir"
"Who owns it,"
CT forget"
"You went to the parochial
school?"
eyes, sir"
Babbing had found typewriter
report for which he had evidently
been looking. AS he crossed the
room to the telephone he asked: "Do
you smoke cigarettes?"
"No, sir"
Babbing took down the receiver
from it's hook. "When did you quit?"'
Barney hesitated guiltily a mo-
ment. Then he answered: "This
morning"
'"Give me Room $780," Babbing
said, into the phone. He added,
to Barney: "You can't work for
me if you're going to smoke. 1t
will spoil your nerve" And while
Barney, dumb with incredulous
hope, was still staring at the impli-
cation of that warning, Babbing
said: Hello. This is 814. Can
you get in to see me for few min
utes? Yes. Have
you received that uniform yet?
. Bring it in with you"
He hung up the receiver but kept
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ly, to scrutinize Barney cysr his
spectacles. And Barney, seeing him
self engaged if his references
proved satisfactory, did not attempt
to suppress his triumphant grin.
"Sit down." Babbling said, "your
troubles have just begun. Come I'M"
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Next week 1.-The Case Of Padages
Palmer" another Barney story.l
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MS pocket.
"Got WHAT"
/ "His-his book"
"What?" Corcoran grabbed him
roughly by the shoulder and snatched
the volume from his hand. He
glanced at it's brown cloth cover
"What?" he cried. And that seccn nd
"What?" expressed the extreme of
incredulous disgust.
Babbing looked at it. 1t was a
pocket Webster" cheap abridged
edition, on cheap paper. "Where
did you get this?' he asked: and
there was no kindly personality
showing in the cold malevolence of
his fiat eyes.
"On his desk. p
ooh, hell" Corcoran muttered.
This kid business
"That'll dow Babbing fared out
at him. ''I'm in charge of this
case Babbing rounded on the boy
again. "Why did you bring this?"
well, gee," Barney defended him
self. GAS soon as he got the tele-
gram he beat it to his desk an
yanked this book out of drawer,
and began to hunt the words up in
it, an" -
wait minute. Corcoran. get on
watch out there. If you hear any
thing, come back for this boy. Take
him in to Cooper and tell him you're
the house detective-that you caught
the boy with this book and he con-
fessed he'd stolen it from 8l8. Give
it back and ask him not to prosecute
because it would hurt the hotel.
He won't, anyway. And that'll hold
him quiet till we can get time to
turn around. Otherwise, we've
tipped our hand"
Now" Babbing said, with perfect
suavity. "take your time. Show me
exactly what he did"
Well, look -here". Barney took
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-08-24

Took Wife ard Then Took Vacation
Health Officer S. T. Matthews told
the reporter on Saturday that ne
would leave on Monday for weeks
vacation. He never said Word
about getting married and taking ms
bride with him. At yhe eleventh
hour on this press day we were IN
formed that our health officer got q
move on by a quick trip to the mar
riage license bureau, thence lmme-
diately to the residence of the FIRST
Baptist church minister, where the
Rev. T. V. Babb married him and MS
bride. Miss Lizzie Moore, the couple
at once taking automobile, driven by
Mr.. S. w. Hodge, to Prosperity, ano
boarding a train for their trip. SO /
turns out that Health Officer Mat,
thews will share his vacation with {
bride. We hope they will both en-
iov it and that the health officer Will
return all the better prepared te
look after the health Of the town.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-08-24
THE OPENING OF NEWBERRY
CITY SCHOOLS. =

The Newberry City Schools will
begin the session 1920-21 at 3
o'clock Monday morning, Septem-
ber 18th.
Conditioned students are expected
to report at their. respective schools
for examination at 10 o'clock Fri,
day morning, September 10th: AL
conditions must be removed before
promotion cards are given. -,
Students, entering the schools Tor
the first time except for first grade,
will please report at the superin-
.tendent's Office in the high school on
Thursday morning from 9 to IL
O'Clock. The state law requires that
every. student attending the public
schools of the state be successfully
vaccinated. Parents are requested to
attend to this important matter be-
fore the schools open so that the
students may not lose any time from
school.
Students, wishing to do some re-
viewing in Algebra before entering
the eighth grade of the high school,
are requested to meet at the high
school on Monday morning, August
%. 50
o. B. Cannon,
Superintendent.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-08-24
COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL
ASSOCIATION MEETS

The County Sunday School as-o-
citation held the annual convention a %.
Smyrna church Sunday, August %.
There were 2z3 delegates represent
ing 26 schools. The banner for the
best attendance was awarded thc
Zion Sunday school. This school ha9
Mr.. T. NJ. Mills as superinteno ,@t
who had 46 members Of the schcc.
with him.
The officers for next year are a
follows: President, Prof. 0. 8. Car
non; vice president, Dr.. w. {.
Brown; secretary, James c. kln2cd !;
treasurer, Mrs. H. L. Parr; dlFis-
ional superintendents: children, Mrs
H. L. Parr; young people, Miss Luc<E'
Sem; adult, Arthur Kibler; admin
istrative, James F. Epting.
The finance committee consists c.
John C. Neel, H. L. Parr, George v.
Summer, ". H. Hunt, E. E. CkIc,
George D. Brown, Jr., DR.. ". L.
Sem, T NJ. Mills and John c. Cog
gans.
The districts were divided as fo..
lows: Township No. !, Arthur Lib
Ter, chairman; No. 2 and 3, DR.. W. T.
Brown, chairman; No. 5 and 6, D.,
W. D. Sem, chairman; No. 4, E. Z.
Child. chairman; No. Z and 8, ). L.
Fellers, chairman; No. 9, ". L. M ilz,
chairman; No. 10, II and II, Gee ;yo
I. Kinard, chairman.
The place for, the next mee.'nS
will be Betheden. Two days of the
convention was decided upon inst q d
Of one day. 1t was also decided ma.
the convention should arrange &C. ?
state worker for two days ard taa:
these should be days in the week.
Resolutions were adopted thanking
she Smyrna community for the co.,
dial welcome and the splendid enc
;ainment, thanking the officers t1!
their work during the past year, ard
expressing the gratitude of the cor
yention to Miss Cora Holland, state
Sunday school worker.
The sum of $50 was raised and IN
oledge for the county next year to
carry on the ELECTROMAGNETIC
Sunday school work was $500. at
wear s4oO was pledged ard S45:':9
has been paid in.
c.. NJ. Wilson,
Secretary.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-08-24
All, DEMOCRATS ARE CALLED
,!PON TO CONTRIBUTE TO MA
TIONAL CAMPAIGN FUND.

7 have been selected by Mr.. ICE
sparks. financial director of this
state. as county chairman Of No.-
ar Democracy campaign. l have a.
'eady appointed the executive CON-
nitteemen from each club to solicit
sunds from the members Of his club.
I have suggested that they can eltAe"
see each member of the club Ee"-
sonally before the primary election,
or if it is more convenient, to be &t
the polling precinct that day, or nave
someone else there, to see each D2nl-
ocratic voter as he comes to vote. /
hope if the executive committeeman
of any club can not be present he Will
arrange some way to give each DEM
ocrat the privilege of contributing to
this fund. In some counties they are
arranging to place a box at eaca
polling precinct in which each per-
son can place his contribution ard
write his name and the amount on q
list placed with said box. If any Or
the executive committeeman think
this plan better and desire to adopt
it they are at liberty to do so. we
are very anxious, however, to keep
list of all contributions and we hope
this will be done, it makes no dlf-
ference how the contribution IS OBJ
tanned.
hope that all voters in Newbecry
county will contribute at least one
dollar. Larger amounts are desired
where one feels inclined to give
same. Two parties in the county
have already voluntarily handed me
= cont,ibution--one of SO and the
other of S25. We would be glad to
have some more contributions like
this, as we'll as some Of s.. II any
event. we want at least s. from every
voter in the county. N my opinion,
this is one OF the most important
campaigns the Democratic party has
ever had on its hands. There is more
at stake than there has ever been
since the days Of radicalism. None
Of US want to see another world con-
(1;ct, ard the Democratic party is the
one shat is trying to avoid such q
The peace and happl-
ness Of the world largely depends
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-08-24

ried persons there and some Of them
came to hear the candidates speak.
In fact we believe that we can name,
if called on to do so, at least two
single persons who came to hear t&c
candidates speak and at least :Wo
married persons. and there weEe
several from Saluda who would have
heard if the candidates had spoken.
But it was a good meeting a..C
these good people at Chappells VII.
be on hand when the voting tine
comes. We heard several Of thcn2
speak and they said that they k2C
their minds made up as to how the!
would vote and they did not thill.
any amount Of speaking would
change them.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-08-24
AN ELECTION TO REDUCE THE
TOWN LIMITS OF LITTLE
MOUNTAIN.

Whereas, majority Of the free
holders residing within the incorpor-
ate limits of the town Of Little
Mountain, S. c., having pe5itloned
The intendant and wardens to order
an election to reduce the present
limits of said town to its original or
first area, viz:
Commencing in the center Of the
c. n. & L. railroad at the c. n. & l..
depot, at Little Mountain, S. c., and
running one-half mile north, east,
south and west, SO as to embrace an
area of cne-half mile square.
Therefore, we, the town council Of
said town acting upon said petition,
an election is hereby ordered To be
held at Little Mountain, S. c., on the
4th day of September, 1920.
Voting place to be at r: 7. Huff
mans store from q. m. till a p. m.
R. P. Huffman,
D. Boland,.
E. C.. Shealy,
Managers.
Each voter will be required to pre-
sent his registration certificate and
tax receipt.
By order of town council.
w. A. Counts,
T A Wheeler, Intendanu.
Clerk S-24-3t.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-08-24

21 years in the Fork school district
No. SIS, the county Of Newberry, state
of South Carolina, have filed a petl-
ton with the county board of educa-
tion of Newberry county, South
Carolina, petitioning and requesting
that an election be held in said school
district on the question of levyirg a
special tax of four ca mills on the
taxable school property within the
said school district.
Now, therefore, we the under
signed composing the county board Of
education for Newberry county, s.aate
of South Carolina, do hereby order
the board of trustees of the Fork
school district No. SIS to hold an
election on the said question Of levy
ing a special tax Of four (4) mills to
be collected on the property located
within the said school district, when
said election shall be held at the
Fork school house in the said school
district No. SIS on Saturday, the 4th
day of September, 1920, at which
said election the polls shall be opened
at 7 a. m. and closed at 4 p. n.
The members of the board ct
trustees of said school district. SHALL
act as managers Of said election;
Only such electors as reside IN SAID
school district and return. real or
personal property for taxation, and
who exhibit their tax receipts and
registration certificates as required IN
general elections, shall be allowed to
vote. Electors favoring the levy OF
such tax shall cast ballot containing
the word eyes written or printed
thereon, and each elector opposed to
such levy shall cast ballot contain
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-08-24
COL. D.slH. WISE DEAD.
Auditor Of Aiken County for Two
Score Years.

The State.
Aiken, Aug 17.-Col. Dave 4.
Wise, for the past 43 years auditor
,of Aiken county and well known
through South Carolina, died this
afternoon at hospital in Florence
from paralysis. Death was wholly
unexpected. His brother, John WISE,
of Augusta was with him at the time.
Colonel Wise was in his 68th year,
the son of w. Henry Wise. His
father was mayor Of Aiken during
the Confederate war and was auditor
of the county before his son was first
chosen to fill the place. For many
wears Colonel Wise has been Demo-
cratic chairman of Aiken county,
serving with satisfaction to all fac
tons during the most trying periods
ard partisan fights. Born in Aiken,
Colonel Wise has lived here all his
life. He married Miss Kate Jordan
of Aiken and to this union two chill
dren were born. Besides his widow
one daughter, Miss Rebecca Wise,
survives. A son preceded him to the
grave few years ago. Colonel
Wise was known to county officials
throughout the state. In recent years
he has done great deal Of work for
the comptroller generals Office and
at the time he was taken il ~ Flor
ence was there for the comptroller
general. Funeral services will be
held in Aiken Thursday afternoon at
5 O'Clock.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-08-24

The city of Charleston is given a
population by the recent census of
67,957, a gain of 9,124 during the
last decade or 1916 per cent. Of
course Charleston is not satisfied
with the count and is demanding a
recount. The city is claiming at
least 10000 people and thinks there
are 100000. That is natural. 1t is
the case with all cities, but we have
little doubt when the recount is made,
if one is ordered, that it will be found
that the figures by the enumerators
are practically correct.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-08-24
The Carolinian of Calhoun count,

The Carolinian of Calhoun county,
the new paper recently organized
there under the management of Cliff
Langford as editor, has recently in
stalled complete new printing out
fit, but like The Herald and News has
been having trouble in getting the
plant installed All Of US have cur
troubles and somehow it is always
some consolation to know that YOU
are not alone, and while We regret to
learn that any one should have trou-
BILE one will feel like maybe he is not
altogether to blame when he IS not
the only one to have similar trouble
1t has been some job to get our press
to work, but we are coming and the
last paper was sent out OF time and
the print was much better and We
hope to keep improving. Ciiif Lang
ford will give the ST.. Matthews peo-
pie and the people Of Calhoun d good
newspaper because he knows how
and has the energy to Go i.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-08-24
MATTERS EDUCATIONAL.

We publish in another column a
very sane and sensible article from
the Anderson Daily Mail on the state
colleges and the common schools by
ga Friend of Both.
We are printing this because it
gives the figures and because this
subject is receiving attention in the
speeches of the candidates in the
county campaign, but mainly because
it gives the figures Of cost so far as
the state legislature is concerned.
We have not had opportunity to
verify the figures which this writer
gives, but we are inclined to think
that in one or two particulars, while
the figures are correct so far as they
go, they are just little misleading.
We are inclined to the opinion that
the total of s1,549,5S9.39 does not
include the correct amount given to
the state institutions of higher learn
ing. It may include the total Of di-
rect appropriation, but does it in
clude the indirect income which
Clemson college receives from the
fertilizer tax, which is just as much
part of the income or more than any
other? We are inclined to the opin-
ion that it does not.
And then the other figures as to
the amount which the common
schools receive from the tax levied
by the districts themselves should no
be used in the comparison made a:
to the appropriations by the leglsla
ture for the common schools, be-
cause that is paid direct by the peo-
pie of the several districts themselves
and should not be used in compar-
ing the appropriations by the legis-
lature.
Upon the whole, however, the ar
ticle is very clear and unbiased
statement of the facts. It is neces-
sary in order to successful SYSTEM
of common schools that the state
should maintain system Of institu-
tions of higher learning.
We want the readers of The Her
aid and News to note especially the
figures as to the pay we are giving
our very faithful teachers, and ther
they will readily agree that it is ar
outrage that they are not paid more
money, because they have to do witE
the building of the future citizens
of the state. They are the most i'm
portant factors in the development
Of the commonwealth, and yet are
the. poorest paid of any of the work
ers in the state And we will have tc
pay them better If we expect to re
tain those who are worthy to be
trusted with the important work OF
training the citizens and the home
makers of the future.