The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-09-12
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

The Woman's Missionary society OF
the Methodist church will meet next
Tuesday afternoon at the church at
4:3O o'clock.
Mrs. Isham Goodwin received a
card on the 9Th inst from her son,
J. Leighton Kinard, advising her OF
his safe arrival overseas. Mrs.
Osretta Beard also received a card
from her son, Geo. c., Beard, stating
that he had arrived safely with the
overseas forces.
Most welcome rains fell in this
county Saturday and Sunday. While
some parts of the county have been
visited by rains recently, there had
been no rain to amount to much in
the city for about four weeks, and it
was extremely dry. The crops have
suffered considerably from lack OF
rain in this vicinity.
Up to Saturday night there a
been sold on the Bamberg market
and shipped from this point more
than $500 bales of the 1918 crop of
cotton. This is far in excess of the
number marketed to this same date
last year, due to the crop being har-
vested considerably earlier this sea-
son. About 1900 bales were weigh
ed at this market during August.
The bureau of crop estimates has
estimated the condition of the cotton
crop in Bamberg county as SO,
against "a on July 25th. Estimates
for other counties near Bamberg are
as follows: Aiken, II against 81;
Barnwell 6S against S3; Colleton, 81
against 50; Hampton, SO against S3;
Orangeburg, 6s against "a. The av-
erage condition in this State is placed
at 81 against 80 a month ago.
Mr.. ]. F. Jennings has moved into
the residence formerly occupied by
MIR. A. w. knight, which he recently
purchased from Mrs. NJ. A. Bam-
berg. Mr.. knight and family have
moved into Mrs. Garland's residence
on Railroad avenue. Mrs. Garland
leaves soon for Coker college, where
she has accepted a position as ma
tron. The residence vacated by Mr..
Jennings is nov occupied by Mrs
w. G. Hutto and family.
Mr.. W. M. McCue has sold his
farm near Bamberg to Mr.. w. B..
Smoak, and Mr.. McCue has purchas-
ed a farm near Mccormick. He and
his family expect to nov to their
new home about the first of the year.
Mr.. McCue's farm here is one OF the
finest in this section. He bought
this place about ten years ago, pay
ing SIS per acre for it. The land
was wonderfully developed, and it is
understood that Mr.. McCue received
a very attractive price for the plan
tation.
The request on the part of the
part of the fuel administration that
people abstain from riding in auto
mobiles on Sunday as far as possible
was adhered to rather strictly in
Bamberg last Sunday. Very few
cars were seen on the streets, and
most of these were occupied by COL
ored people. 1t would be we'll for
the colored leaders to remind their
friends that to aid the government
they should leave their cars at home
on Sunday, so far as pleasure riding
is concerned.
Mr.. NJ. G. Cooner is now a full
fedged U. S. A. soldier. Mr.. Cooner
was recently called as a class one
man, but failed to pass the physical
examination at the training camp,
and was discharged. Later he was
placed in the limited service class,
and a few days ago he was called to
the service again; this time as clerk
of the Local Board of this county.
Saturday he went up to Columbia to
be indicted into the service, re-
turning Tuesday morning logged out
in his uniform.
The graded school opened its;191S-
1919 session Monday morning with a
very good enrolment. Short exer-
cises were held in the auditorium,
at which brief addresses were made
by Rev. R. H. Jones, Rev. Geo. P.
White and Prof. E. P. Allen. The
pupils were assigned to their classes,
and other preliminary steps were
taken to get down to work, and regu-
lar class work was entered into Tues
day. All of the teachers we're in
their places, and the outlook is fine
for a most successful session.