The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-10-09
Tbe Ban1berg Deran
Thursday, October 9, 1919
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

The many friends of DR.. F. F.
Johnson will learn with much regret
of his illness at his home in the city.
The sidewalk construction on
Main street has been completed ano
the street is now being cleared away
for paving.
The capacity of the Denmark Ice
plant has been increased from 10 to
Actions per day. MIR. R. A. Easter
ling of Denmark, is the manager OF
this concern.
The Bamberg 6ottling company
has been commissioned by the Sec
retary of State with capital stock
of $4,000. The corporators are
Thomas Ducker and B. F. Free.
We are requested to announce
meeting of the U. D. c., next Tues
day at 5 o'clock p. M, at the home
of Mrs. A. NJ. Brabham. All mem
bers are earnestly urged to be pres
ent.
Mrs. Welcome Adams Moore, of
McColl, announces the engagement
of her daughter, Nancy Mozelle, to
Mr.. Laurie C. Smoak,. of Bamberg,
the wedding to take place on Novem-
Der 4th.
The Denmark Wholesale Grocery
has been commissioned by the Sec
retary of State, with a proposed cap
ital stock of $4,000. The corpora
tors are Messrs. P. E. Dukes and F.
A. Bruce.
The friends of Mrs. E. F. Free,
who was carried to a hospital in
Charleston last week for treatment,
will be glad to know that she was
successfully operated on, and is now
rapidly improving.
Up to September 18th there had
been gined in Bamberg county H.
256 bales of cotton, against, 14,127
to the same date last year, according
to the preliminary announcement of
the census bureau.
George Kearse, the negro convict
who escaped from the county chain
gang few weeks ago, has been ap-'
prehended at Ulmers, resident of
that place reading the advertisement
of a reward for his capture. Kearse
has been returned to the gang to
complete his sentence.
Franklin, the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. F. Eaves, died in this city
Saturday morning, following a very
brief illness. The body was carried
to Denmark for interment Sunday.
He was very bright little fellow,
and his death was quite a shock to
his many acquaintances.
According to the Insurance Bulle-
tin, $4,000 was paid by the various
life insurance companies to beneh-
ciaries in Bamberg during the year
1918. The largest policy paid by
any company to resident of this
place was s20,05O, which was on the
life of the late Dr. J. J. Cleckley.
Modern business methods were ex-
emplified a day or two ago when the
Cotton Oil company, of this city, re-
ceived by express from Springfield,
o., a heavy piece of oil mill machin-
cry. The total express charges
amounted to $53.21, but as it was
necessary to get the part immediate
~, express was the only sure and
prompt way to get It.
The Kearse-Padgett company has |
been commissioned by the secretary
of State The corporators are Mes
srs. H. L. Kearse, G. c. Padgett, J.
M. Grimes and R. L. Kearse. The
concern will be capitalized at $4,000
and will conduct general merchan-
disc establishment in the store at |
present occupied by Mr. F. K. Gra-
ham on Main street.
Mr.. A. E. Padgett, president of
the South Carolina Bankers associa- |
ton, has requested the appointment |
of Mr.. A. NJ. Denbow, president OF |
the Peoples Bank, to attend the
World Cotton conference in New Or
leans in his stead. The appointment
has been made, and Mr.. DenboW |
states that he will attend the confer
ence on the 18th to the 18th of Oc-
tober.
Ere in the seed house of the Far
mers Ginning company last Thursday
night did a very small amount of
damage. The lint that had collected
on the ceiling in some way caught on
fire, but the fire did nothing more
than flare up. The fire alarm was