The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-05-06
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

are glad to see him out again after
an illness of ten days.
Last week President Wilson sent
to the senate the nomination Of E. D..
Grant for reappointment as post
master at Ehrhardt.
The friends of Mrs. LaVerne Thorn
as are glad to know that she is out
again after an illness Of several
weeks with influenza.
The Baptist Woman's Missionary
society will meet next Wednesday aft
ernoon at 4:3O o'clock at the church.
A full attendance is desired.
,. A. Reid is able to be at his
place of business again after an ILL
ness with influenza. Mrs. Reid is
also recovering, while little Margaret
is out again.
The annual picnic of the Duncan
vile school will be held next Satur-
day, which will mark the close of the
current school session. Prof. F. G..
Chitty, of Olar, will make an address.
The public is invited.
J. D. Brandon, Bamberg county
A campaign for club membership was
started this week which resulted in
thirty-one names being enrolled. The
pig club was the most popular with
seventeen names; the peanut club
came next with ten, and the cotton
club enrolled four.-Clemson News
Notes.
The recent epidemic of influenza in
Bamberg and community appears to
have about abated. No new cases
have been reported recently, and
most of those who have recently suf-
fered attacks of the disease are out
again. Very few cases of the dis
ease have been reported from other
sections Of the county.
That peanuts will be one of the
county's important crops is apparent.
Conversation with number of farm
ers recently has disclosed the fact
that hundreds of acres of peanuts are
being planted all over the county.
One farmer in the Denmark section
stated few days ago that he was
planting 120 acres of the crop this
season, and many others will plant on
large scale.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
erection of the Farmers Tobacco
warehouse, which will be the largest
building under one roof in this Sec
ton. The floor space in the building
is about one acre in size, and even at
that the warehouse authorities have
been advised by tobacco men that
there will likely be q shortage of
space. 1t is contemplated that in the
near future it will be necessary to
make an addition to the building.
LaVerne Thomas has purchased the
Willard service business from J. K.
Faulkner, and John Schwarting will
hereafter operate this battery SER
vice in connection with Mr.. Thomas's
service station. Until the new SER
vice station is completed MIR. Schwart-
ing will operate the battery business
in Mr.. Faulkner's place Of business.
Mr.. Schwarting has just completed a
two weeks course in battery service
in Augusta and will return to Bam-
berg today to assume his duties.
Three new citizens Of Bamberg
county were in attendance at the
county convention last Monday: ]. H.
Smith, J. M. Strickland and J. G.
Goodwin. These gentlemen are vot-
ers at the new voting precinct of Lit
tie Swamp. Formerly they were cit
izens of Colleton county, but this dis
trict has now been annexed to Bam-
berg. They Will vote in Bamberg
county the first time this summer.
The addition of this territory gave
some fine citizens to this county.
II. E. lee, who has had charge of
the work of reindeXing the records in
the Office of the clerk of court, has
returned to Charleston, and George
T. Murdaugh, Of North Carolina, is
now in charge of the work. He was
formerly register Of mesne convey
ance for eight years in his home coun-
ty and is throughly conversant with
this work. He is being assisted by
Miss Lake, of Quincy, Fla, who ar
rived in the city Sunday. The work
will be completed within the next
few weeks.
The H. G. Folk company experience
ed very narrow escape from possible
serious loss some time between Satur-
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