The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-10-07
BamrbergDeraln
Thursday, October z, 1920.
SNORT LOCALS.
Brief Itsgas of Interest Throughout
tho Town and County.

tho Town and County.
C.J. S. Brooker is erecting wood
en- building in the rear of the May
flower Inn, in which will be located
three stores.
Married, Sept. 23, Leon Utsey, OF
Bamberg, and Miss Mamie Risher, OF
Grover. After a short wedding trip,
Mr.. and Mrs. Utsey are now residing
in Bamberg.
The Baptist Woman's Missionary
society will meet next Wednesday ait
ernoon at the church at 4:3O O'CLOCK.
All members are urged to attend, and
visitors are cordially invited.
The many friends of Miss Bette
Steedly, who was recently operated on
at Steedly's hospital, Spartanburg,
will be delighted to know that she IS
rapidly regaining her usual strength.
The Excelsior academy (colored)
onened it's 192O-21 session Monday
morning. The school has just COM
pleted the erection of very attract
i've school building on west Church
street.
Tuesday morning the mortgage on
the parsonage property of the Bap-
tist church was paid in full and mark
ed satisfied in the clerk of courts
Office. The church is now complete
ly out of debt.
Miss Julien Easterling has been
named by Mrs. Robert A. Cooper to
receive contributions to the Demo-
cratic campaign fund on behalf of the
ladies. She will welcome any con-
tributions to this cause.
Speaking of nerve, The Herald
telephone rang the other day. lis
that the jail?" inquired masculine
voice. We admitted that we some
times thought so, but we didn't have
bars on the windows. "Wrong num-
ber.''
Much cotton is open in the fields
of Bamberg county. Practically the
entire crop, with the exception OF that
already picked, is now open. The
farmers are very uneasy lest bad
weather set in and injure a large
part of the crop.
The F. M. Bamberg chapter of the
u. D. C. will hold it's next meeting
at the Carlisle school auditorium on
Thursday afternoon at o'clock. Al
full attendance of all members is ear
nestly urged, as there is important
business to be transacted.
Rev. George P. White, pastor of
the Bamberg Baptist church, was
recently extended a call to the pas
torate of the Williston church. The
Baptist congregation and numerous
friends in all denominations in Bam-
berg were delighted Sunday morn
ing, when Mr.. White announced that |
he.had definitely declined the call.
) James P. Browning, convicted some
time ago Of the killing of. Laurie B.
Fairey, has been granted new trial
in Orangeburg county, on the ground
that the trial judge, Hon. H. F. Rice,
was related in the sixth degree to the
mother of the deceased. 1t is stated
that Judge Rice was not aware of
the relationship at the time of the
trial.
According to a statement issued
from the Democratic campaign head
quarters in Columbia this week, Bam-
berg county has contributed to date
s144.00 to the national campaign
fund. Other nearby counties are
credited as follows: Aiken, 1927;
Allendale, $500; Barnwell, 1882;
Colleton, s5; Hampton, s1S2.75; Or
angeburg, S422.25.
A meeting of the Bamberg branch
of the American Cotton association
was held at the court house Tuesday
for the purpose of discussing the pres
ent cotton situation. The meeting
was attended by a number of far
mers from various sections of the
county, all of whom are thoroughly
aroused over the critical conditions
new existing. B. F. Mcleod was the
principal speaker.