The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-08-14
Ube Ban1berg Deram
Thursday, August ID, 1919.
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

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the Town and County.
Cotton picking will start in this
county as soon as the weather clears
up. 1t is expected that some cotton
will be ginned in the county this
week.
The pastor of the Baptist church,
the Rev. George P. White, is now en-
joying a vacation, and there will be
no services in the Baptist church for
the next few wee.,.
The lack of houses continue to be
acute in Bamberg. There are num-
Der of parties here who are unable
to get houses to live in, and even
rooms are very difficult to secure.
Mr.. Carroll Mobley, the young man
who was seriously injured in the pis-
tol duel in Denmark recently, has
sufficiently recovered to leave the hos
pital in Columbia, where he has been
under treatment.
While no announcement has been
made public, we understand that a
business deal has been consummated
for the purchase of valuable lot on
Main street, and that in the near fu-
ture a modern business building will
be erected.
The bridges of the county have
been repaired and put in condition
for travel. While not all of them
have been permanently repaired, they
may now be crossed in safety. For
a week or more the bridge over the
Edisto leading to Orangeburg was
impossible.
Supervisor Mcmillan is pushing
rapidly the work of getting over the
roads of the county, which were torn
up by the rains two weeks ago. Most
of the roads have been temporarily
repaired, and are now in fairly pass
able condition. AS soon as possible
all the roads will be gone over and
repaired.
Rev. G. w. Jones, of Denmark, has
been made organizer for the Baptist
rs million campaign for the Barnwell
association, which includes Bamberg
county. The quota of the associa-
ton is slightly more than 100000,
and the quota of the Bamberg Bap-
: tist church will be about S25,000.
The campaign is to be conducted in
November.
The w. G. Hoffman company has
been chartered by the secretary of
State. The firm is composed of Mes
srs. W. G. Hoffman and C. H. Mitch
ELL and is conducting the business
formerly conducted by Mr.. Hoffman.
Mr.. Mitchell has retired from his po-
sition at the Southern station, and is
devoting his time to the grocery es-
tablishment.
Mr.. J. T. Shuler, of Aiken, who was
in the city last week, stated that he
had field of about fifteen acres of
cotton that had been almost complete
ly destroyed by the red spider. He
reported this pest alarmingly preva-
lent in Aiken county. He also stated
that acres upon acres of cotton on
the finest lands in Aiken county had
been drowned by the rains.
Prof. Robert L.. Meriwether, ne
phew of Mrs. A. Mob. Speaks, of this
city, and who taught several years
ago in Bamberg, has been elected as
sociate professor of history at the
University of South Carolina to fill
a vacancy existing in that institution.
Prof. Meriwether has many friends
in Bamberg, whoNcongratulate him
upon his recognition by the universi-
ty.
In the death of Col. J. r. Owens
The Herald and The Herald force
lost a good friend The colonel was
always very much interested in this
newspaper, and The Herald Office was
one of the places he always brought
his friends when they visited him,
delighting to show them a modern
printing Office in a small town. He
was one of our strong personal
friends and we deeply regret his
death.