The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-03-14
Tbe Banberg Deralo
Thursday, March IA, 1918.

streets Monday, after an illness o.
several weeks.
A large crowd of Bamberg peo
pie motored over to Orangeburg Fri
day night to witness the play at the
opera house that night.
On last Thursday Miss Addys
Hays entertained few friends IN
compliment to Mesdames Garland
Wooding, Cabell, and Smith, of Dan
Vile, Va, who are her house guests
A most enjoyable hour was spent b!
all present.
A meeting of the central commit
tee of the council of defense and the
community chairmen has been called
for this afternoon Thursday at
$3.50 o'clock. Business of Importance
is 20 come before the meeting and a
full attendance is requested.
All persons are reminded that
partnerships whose net income Is
$4,000 or more are liable to income
tax. If there are any such prosper
Gus partnerships in the county, it
will be we'll for them to communi-
cate at once with Revenue Collector
D. G.. Heyward at Columbia.
The Cope telephone company, of
Cope, Orangeburg county, has been
commissioned with proposed capi-
tai of $4,000 to operate and main
tain telephone lines at Cope and ad-
Joining communities. The petition
ers are: n. J. Thomas, J. c. Shuler,
J. F. Cleckley, and E. E. Ritter, all
of Cope.
The Woman's Missionary society of
the Methodist church is called to meet
on Tuesday afternoon next at the
church at 4:3O o'clock. The subject
will be THE Humanitarian Law
One Days Rest in Seven" Mrs. G.
Frank Bamberg will be the leader.
A large attendance is very earnestly
desired.
The Domestic Science club will
hold it's regular meeting Friday,
March Is, at p. M, with Mrs. G. j.
Field. The subject for the month is
poultry keeping and a demonstration
will be given on preserving eggs in
water-glass Every one interested in
home demonstration work is invited
to be present.
Ben All, a negro deserter from the
national army, was arrested Tuesday
night. All was drafted into the ar
my and sent to Camp Jackson last
fall. In company with several 9TH
ers, he escaped from camp in Vir-
ginia about a month later: Two of
the other deserters were captured sew
eral weeks ago.
The Bamberg A. R. G. chapter
shipped to Atlanta on Friday after
noon 49 sweaters. All of these came
from the different circles in town ex-
cept three which were contributed by
the Olar branch. The transportation
committee expects to make larpe
shipment of hospital shirts the latter
part of the week and asks the chair
men of the circles to send in the ones
that are finished.
Supt. E. P. Allen and his assist
ants, of the Bamberg graded school,
and Supt. E. NJ. McCown and his
assistants. of the Denmark school,
have made an occupational index of
about 900 or 700 of the registrants
of the county, most Of whom are in
the first class. This card index is
for use in selecting men of special
training for various occupations con-
nected with army work during the
war.
Rev. H. H. Matthews on Sunday
addressed two large crowds in the
county in the interest of food con-
servation and other matters con-
nected with the war work of the
colored branch of the council OF
defense. Sunday morning he talked
to seven or eight hundred colored
people at church in the country
and Sunday night he addressed the
congregation of st. Johns Baptist
church, in Bamberg, where several
hundred were present.
An attempt was made one night
last week to break into the hardware
store of Mr.. G. o. Simmons, on Mair
street. The night policeman was at
tracted to the rear of the store ir
time to prevent the entrance of the
would-be burglar, however,. No trace
of the night prowler was found, bu
evidence of the attempt was seen a