The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-11-29
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

Ford. It was very painful injury,
the large bone being broken and the
small one being knocked out of place.
The graded school basket ball team
leaves Friday for Orangeburg to play
the high school team there. Satur-
day night the team will play the
Memminger high school in Charles
ton.
Congressman James +. Byrnes will
speak at Blackville and Denmark on
Saturday, December 1st, in the inter-
est of the wheat planting movement.
The public generally is cordially in
vited to be present.
The dark gray khaki uniforms for
the students of the Carlisle school.
arrived this week and they present
a very neat appearance and give the
boys soldiery military bearing. The
SQUAD at drill will now probably be
sight worth reviewing.
Saturday was the coldeSt day Of
the winter season up to that time,
and the big change to the cold wealth
er must have kept many people away
from town, as neither the stores nor
the streets presented as busy an ap-
pearance as usual for the last few
Saturdays here.
Mr.. A. ]. Eaves, Of New York city,
writes: please change my address
to 463 West street. room s65, New
York. have accepted position
with the above company (Western
Electric company as telegraph de-
velopment engineer with headQuar-
ters in New York city.
It will probably be interesting to
his friends here and elsewhere in the
State to know that Lieut.. G. D. Ryan
sailed about two weeks ago from an
Atlantic port for France to expert
ence actual service there in the
American army. He has probably
landed safely by this time.
Up to November Ia there had been
ginned in Bamberg county 22,S7O
bales of cotton, against 1S, ,4S4 to the
same date last year. AS will be noted
this is an increase Of more than s.
600 bales over last season to the
same date-and the price is about
double what it was last fall.
MIR. Edwin l. StearnS, a repreSen-
tative of the anti-saloon league of
America, spoke in the court house
here to a good audience Tuesday
night, using as his subject, 'The
Armageddon of Booze" His argu-
ments in favor of prohibition we're
clear and forceful and he is a splen-
did entertainer.
Coach Major, in charge of the Car
Isle football squad. Is strong, left
this afternoon by way of Denmark
and the Atlantic Coast Line for Dar-
lington, which place they will reach
early tonight. Tomorrow they will
line up against the strong Darling
ton high school team, one of the best
in the Pee Dee. for the last game of
the season.
News has been received in the city
I that Mr.. John Simmons, eldest son
of Mrs. c. E. Simmons, who is
in the employ of the United States
government, is now doing construc-
ton work in France. A letter to
friends here states that he expects
to return to the United States in time
to spend the Christmas holidays with
his mother in this city.
Mr.. Raymond NJ. Matheny, former
ly citizen of Bamberg, and son of
the late D. r. Matheny of this place,
was awarded his commission as
second lieutenant in the army at the
completion of his course at the Off
GERS training camp at Fort Ogle-
thrope last week. He was placed in
the infantry department, and was as
signed to duty at Camp jackson near
Columbia
Some progress is being made in this
county and section in the movement
IN iniuce the farmers to plant more
wheat next year. Monday morning
ar. H. G. Bovleston, of Blackville,
county demonstration agent for Barn
we'll county, came down to assist
County Farm Demonstration Agent
J.. J. Heard in the matter here. AS
Mrs. Heard is i'll, Mr.. Heard could
not 90 ovt very much. but still, some
good results have been accomplished:
NOTICE.