The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-02
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS.
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.

News Items Gathered All Around
the County and Elsewhere.
Country Correspondence.
The farmers in this community have
about finished plowing, though they are
still hacking at grass to certain extent.
Mrs. ]. W. Hill spent several days last
week with her parents, Capt. and Mrs,
J. C. Mcmillan, at Ehrhardt.
Mrs. J. L. Smoak, of Binnakers, spent
few days last week in this and Clear
Pond vicinity, incidentally attending. the
reunion at Bethesda.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Sandifer, of Augusta,
are at their parents, Mr.. and M-s. P. W.
Sandifer, for pleasant sojourn.
Mrs. R. NJ. Hughes and little sons, of
Loughman, Fla, vino have been visiting
her mother, Mrs. O. E. Hughes, at Clear
Pond for the past week, are now in our
midst.
MIR. G. ". Folk, of Clear Pond, is
teaching singing school at Sassafras.
He says they are progressing very nicely.
Mr.. Wilmott Sandifer took trip to
Georgia week before last, looking after
the farming industries that are far-famed
there, but Willmost says he loves old
South Carolina farms better.
Mr.. J. ". Hill spent Saturday and
Sunday in Augusta.
Miss George Jordan spent Thursday
night with Miss Stella Folk at Clear
Pond and attended a very pleasant social
gathering at Mrs. Della Folks, (Miss
Stella's grandmother). A goodly number
of her grandchildren, neices and nephews
were there, and Mrs. Folk is still young
when her young relatives and friends
gather around her and never tires of their
games of fun and mirth. A very pleasant
evening was spent with the relatives at
"mamma's," and long may she live and
be blessed.
The old Confederate soldiers of Co. G..
held their reunion at Bethesda last Thurs
day, and truly it was reunion, as every
body was there so to speak. The morn
ing dawned with just enough clouds to
cause a glorious sunset, and early the
folks were seen gathering from far and
near till the church and grove were
filled and still they came. A very inter
esting program was carried out, consist
ing of music furnished by the choir, and
two very instructive lectures were deliv'
cred. Capt. Gilmore Sims delivered an
excellent address which was adapted to
all present and drew some plain pictures
by his eloquence of the hardships that
our fore parents were involved during
the dark and heavy struggles Of the CO.'S
Mr.. J. F. Carter also delivered an address
that was sensible and humorous and
promised the soldiers that the present
generation would ever glorify in the
noble cause for which they fought, suffer.
ed and died.
Two recitations by Misses Deborah
Zeigler and Ursula Walker on temper
ance was part of the afternoon session,
which speaks we'll for the training of
Miss Gertrude Oxner, who taught at
Clear Pond last year. But let us speak
of the spread that was rendered the old
comrades and their friends. Truly Be-
thesda must have been trying to surpass
it's former hospitality, for the dinner was
we'll selected, plentiful and we'll served,
to say nothing of the tender chickens that
Capt. Hunter referred to in the afternoon.
Messrs. Charlie Mitchell and Jasper
Zeigler were the committee on entertain
ment and acted their parts we'll. The
same officers were reelected, Capt. j. B.
Hunter, Messrs. J. C. Copeland and w.
T. Beard, and they have been invited and
have accepted to meet at Bethesda next
year. May it please the Great Omnipo-
tent to spare the old gentlemen whose
heads are blossoming by the sprinkle OF
years to not only meet here and at Be-
thesda at these their pleasant reunions,
but when the roll is called up yonder, as
they call it here, may each and every one
be able to answer "here."