The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-04-17
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

The Civic league will meet Thurs
dav afternoon at $50 o'clock at the
Red Cross rooms.
The United States navy recruiting
Office is now open in the rear OF the
postoffice building.
The past week has been most ia
yorable for the farmers. Cotton is now
being planted. The grain crops are
senerally reported to be good.
Some of the tobacco farmers are
now setting out tobacco plants. There
will be a large increase in tobacco
acreage this year, and the present
prices are good.
The hour Of meeting of the bap-
tist Sunday school has been changed
from 1880 to 10 o'clock. Church
services are now held in the fore
noon at II o'clock instead of 1880.
Evening services are held at $3.50.
The secretary of State has issued
a commission to The Cotton Oil COM
pany, of Bamberg, with proposed
capital stock of $4,000. The petit
tioners are E. L. Price and J. A.
Wyman. The books of the concern
will be open April 19.
The following young men were
among members of the thirtleth dl-
vision who arrived on transports
from France last week: Alva A.
Finn, Denmark; Louis M. Zeigler,
Cope; Eugene L. Padgett, Smoaks.
They are now at Camp Jackson await
ing discharge.
If the reader wants to settle in
progressive, wide-awake community,
he is invited to consider the possibili-
ties of Bamberg county. There are
no better farming lands in the world
than those of this county. Almost
any crop grown in America can be
grown in Bamberg county.
This paper is anxious to issue each
week a spicy and interesting local
newspaper. If each one of OF. sub
scribers should hand us one item of
news (and you probably know sever
all what newspaper we elwould have!
Suppose you try it one week and see.
Mail or telephone us items of news.
Mrs. B. F. Folk has received word
that her son, Mr.. Perry Folk, is suf-
fering with broken leg in the base
hospital at Hampton Roads, Va. Mr..
Folk, who has been serving in the
navy for several years, happened to
an accident about three weeks ago,
which resulted in the breaking of his
leg.
The last meeting of the county pen
sion board will be held on April 18th
for the purpose of enrolling Con-
federate veterans and widows of vet
erans for pensions who have not
heretofore been on the pension lists.
All those who are qualified under
the new regulations should meet with
the board next Saturday.
Revival services will be held at the
Baptist church beginning next Sun
day morning. The Rev. George E.
Davis, pastor of, the First Baptist
church of Orangeburg, will do the
preaching. He will not be present
at the Sunday services, but will be
here on and after Monday. He is one
of the strongest preachers of the
Baptist denomination in the State.
Private William E. (BilD Hutto
returned home Tuesday morning
from Camp Jackson, where he was
discharged from service Monday af-
ternoon. Bill returned last week on
the Powhatan from service in
France. He was a member of the
old Orangeburg national guard COM
pany, and before his European SER
vice had served more than year on
the Mexican border, being volun-
teer. Bill is in robust health, and is
mighty glad to get back home. He
was in the military police branch of
the service.