The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-07-11
Tbe Bamrberg Deraln
Thursday, July II, 1918.
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items Of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

Charity Rice, negro woman Oh
Lees, was sent to the State hospital
for Insane Monday by the Bamberg
county authorities.
Don't borrow your neighbor's Her.
aid. He does not like to lend IT,.
Subscribe for yourself; it costs you
only $3.50 a year-in advance.
The regular monthly meeting OF
the Woman's Missionary society OF
the Baptist church will be held at
the cruhch next Wednesday afternoon
at five o'clock.
The Rev. DR.. Sprunt, of Charles
ton is conducting a revival meeting
this week at the Presbyterian church,
to which the public is most cordially
invited. DR.. Sprunt is preacher
of ability and those who are not
attending the services are missing
much.
A heavy rain, accompanied by con-
siderable wind, visited Bamberg and
surrounding country Monday AFTER
noon. The rain was badly NEEDED IN
some sections and was welcome vlsl-
for. Some damage was done by the
wind to the growing crops. There
was also a vivid display of lightning
during the storm.
Nose Daniels was arrested Satur-
day on a charge of violating the pro-
hibition law. He was caught in the
act of selling whiskey by Chief of
Police Kirkland and Sheriff Ray. He
had already been seen to accept the
money for the whiskey, and was in
the act of pouring it out of a bottle
when he was interrupted by the Off
GERS. Daniels was sent to the chain
gang for thirty days.
There is now, law requiring all
business houses not incorporated to
register with the clerk of court. The
names of all partners, owners, etc.,
must be filed, and the law also pro-
vides penalty of $40 per day after
July 1st for each day that elapses
before registration. The fee for reg
istration is 81. The law further
provides that sign must be dis
played with the name of the business
and the owners printed on it.
The farmers of the county are now
busy gathering and curing their to-
bacco crop. While it was hardly to
be expected that so new crop would
be very profitable the first season,
many of the planters report excellent
crops, and some of them bid fair
to make a splendid profit on their
first crop. 1t is believed that an
other season Bamberg will have a
warehouse, with the possibility of a
good market being established here.
Sheriff Ray and Chief kirkland
on Sunday discovered Will Johnson,
an escaped convict from Georgia, in
a negro house in the city and went
after him. They succeeded in get
ting close to the house before being
seen by the negro, but as they were
about to close in on him, Johnson
made a dash for liberty and sue
ceeded in escaping through corn
field. The sheriff fired at him, but
the negro evidently had something
else on his mind, and did not stop to
argue about the matter.
The attention of our subscribers
is called to the fact that we are now
required to pay postage according
to zones. AS this causes consider
able increase in postage rates on
papers going to certain zones, all
subscribers are requested to send in
their renewals promptly. We are
now sending some papers out at loss
on account of the increased postal
rates, and If you want Tne Heralo
to continue, you must renew prompt
ly; otherwise we shall presume that
you do not want it longer.
Although the official report of
sales of war savings stamps for the
week ending June 29 does not do
Bamberg county justice, it does show
a much better position for the coun-
ty. This report places the county
18th in the sales for the week ending
June 29, with accredited sales of
$19,141.75, or SO cents per capita.
The total sales shown for that date
amount to s1.76 per capita, or to-
tai Of s34,312.75, putting the coun-
ty 21st in the total sales. A full re-
port to July / is printed in another
column.