The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-05-17
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

presented by the primary children OF
Trinity Methodist Sunday-school Sun
day afternoon at ) O'Clock.
The governor has appointed
Messrs. H. C. Folk. A. l.. Kirkland
and ]. J. Brabham, Jr.. as the con-
scription board for Bamberg county.
Bamberg will receive the sum OF
S113.S2 from the one per cent.
special tax on fire insurance prem
iums. This fund goes to the fire de-
partment.
The Methodist Woman's Mission
arv society will meet in the ladies'
parlor of the church Tuesday after
noon at 4:30. All members are
urged to be present.
Prof. j. c. Guilds will make the
address before the graduating class
of the West Middle school, Orange
burg, during the commencement ex-
ercises to be held on May 18th and
18th.
Special revival services are being
held this week at the Presbyterian
church. DR.. Melton Clark, of Char
lesion. is conducting the meetings. to
which the public is most cordially in
vited.
The Bamberg Baptist church has
extended call to the Rev. c. Lewis
Fowler. D. D.. of Atlanta. Ga. DR..
Fowler is one Of the ablest preachers
in the South. He has been for some
years president OF Cox college, hav-
ing recently resigned.
A few days ago MIR. w. E. Stokes
found several insects in his cotton
fields which closely resembled. it is
said. pictures of boil weevils. The
insects were forwarded to the proper
authorities for examination.
At the meeting OF the South Caro-
lima Dental association held in Co.
lumbia last week, DR.. George F. Hair,
of this city. was elected member of
the board of dental examiners of this
State. Dr.. H. B. Hair. of Columbia.
was elected directing secretary Of the
association.
We do not know whether or not
any other bank in the county has sub
scribed to the Liberty Loan" but
the Citizens Exchange Bank. of Den
mark. is the first one to advertise the
fact. Attention is also called to the
fact that this bank is receiving sub
scriptions to the loan.
The cold weather continues-al-
though little warmer now than it
has been for the past two weeks.
Veteran weather prognosticators say
that this is one of the longest sum-
mer cold spells We have ever expert
enced. We are promised change in
temperature pretty soon now.
Last Sunday the home and barn of
Mr.. ]. H. Hadwin near Bamberg
were completely destroyed by fire.
Mr.. Hadwin says no one was at home
at the time. and no fire was left in
the house. He believes the fire was
of incendiary origin. All contents
of the house and barn were lost.
The many friends of Capt. G. 0.
Murray, conductor on the Southern
from Augusta to Branchville. are
glad 20 see him on his run again af-
ter an absence Of several weeks. He
returned a few days ago from the
Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore.
where he has been under treatment.
Business is picking up i'll the Office
of the probate Judge. The Judge
says ne issued u permits to order
quarts" the first u days after the
new law went into effect. The
Judge says. however, that things
are mighty quiet in the marriage IL
cense observation-disclosures being
very few and far between these days.
The year 1916 was dry one IN
this county. According TO the clim-
atological bulletin, just issued. the
total precipitation during the year
was 39.71 inches, a departure from
the normal of minus 9.+4 inches. The
precipitation during March of the
present year, the1ast month reported.
was 4.30 inches. "a inch below nor
NAL.
Mr.. W. D. Bessinger, of Denmark,
was in the city a while Tuesday
morning. He says the cold weather
of the past two weeks has done a
great deal of harm to the crops-es-
pecially cotton Mr.. Bessinger says
cotton does not look as large as 1t
was ten days ago. SO severe has the