The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-06-28
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

DR.. E. O. Watson has been appoint
ed by the State Council of Defense
as county chairman for Bamberg
county.
At the recent grand lodge conven-
ton of the Order of the Eastern Star
in Columbia, Mrs. H. S. kearse. OF
Ehrhardt. was elected grand marshal.
The Sunbeams are requested to
meet at the Baptist church Friday
afternoon at five o'clock to practice
for a public meeting. All are ur-
gently requested to be present.
One thousand five hundred dollars
is reported from Bamberg as this
county's contribution toward the
s1OO,0O0,0OO Red Cross war fund.
The county was apportioned $4,000.
The regular meeting of the Young
Ladies' Missionery society will be
held at the home of Miss Catherine
Klein. All members are requested
to be ppresent and others who wish
to join are invited.
Two weddings of much interest
take place this "wednesday evening.
At $50 Miss Kate Rentz will be be
married at home to MIR. ]. ]. Heard,
and at I o'clock Miss Jerolyn Bruce
will be married to Mr.. W. D. Cole
man.
The Sunday-school conference of
the Charleston district was held at
the Ehrhardt Methodist church last
Thursday and Friday. A very at
tractive and instructive programme
had been arranged for the conference
which was we'll attended.
Mr.. Alvin NJ. Wright and Miss Eliz-
abeth Robertson were married in An
derson on June 14th. Mr.. Wright
is pleasantly remembered by nu-
merous friends in Bamberg, having
been a member of The Herald staff
for some time three years ago.
Fire Sunday night did a small
amount of damage to Rentz & Eel
der's store on Main street. The fire
occurred about midnight, and the
cause is not known. When dlscov-
cred the fire was in one of the dis
play windows. The blaze was extin-
guished before much damage was
done.
Notice has been given of the re-
moval of the first regiment guard
units from bridge patrol duty. For
several weeks a Spartanburg COM
pany has been located at Denmark.
SQUADS from this company have been
performing guard duty at number
of bridges on the Atlantic Coast Line
and Seaboard Air Line railways.
President Wilson has appointed
Messrs. H. C. Folk and A. L. Kirk
land and DR.. ]. J. Cleckley as the
county conscription exemption board
for this county. The president ap-
pointed all county boards on the rec
ommendation of Governor Manning,
the governors recommendations being
appointed without change in each in
stance.
Little James Bessinger, eight-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. D. Bessinger,
was operated on Wednesday of last
week at the Baptist hospital, Colum-
bia, for appendicitis. His friends
and acquaintances will be glad to
know that the operation was success
full, and he is rapidly recovering. A
few weeks ago Miss Meta Bessinger,
brother of Master James Bessinger,
was operated on at hospital IN
Charleston for appendicitis.
The demonstration of an army ma
chine gun on Main street Monday
attrasted considerable attention. A
detachment from the second regl-
ment machine gun company is tour
ing the State in automobiles securing
recruits; and to assist in recruiting a
machine gun is carried along and
demonstrated. The gun is geared
I'D to fire twelve hundred times a
minute, and was operated on Main
street to fire six hundred times this
being entirely fast enough to show
how it works.
The Red Cross Campaign.