The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-04-28
Tbe Banrberg Deralo
Thursday, April %, 1921.
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.


illness at a Charleston hospital.
Mrs. Hattie NJ. Stubbs is conflned
to a hospital in Charleston for treat
ment, and her many friends trust
that she will soon be able to return
home.
Wilmot Compton, who has worked
at the power house for some ten or
twelve years. died Saturday morning.
Compton was good workman and
his death is a matter of general re-
gret among whites and blacks.
Carlisle played the Wofford Fitting
school in Spartanburg Tuesday to a
tie, 5 to 5. The local fans were very
much elated over this result, as the
Fitting school is one of the most for
midable Of the teams Carlisle is 60
ing up against this season.
The ladies of the Baptist mission
ary society have invited the ladies Of
the Methodist and Presbyterian So
cieties to meet with them Tuesday
afternoon at the Baptist church at
4 o'clock. There will be discussions
of such nature as will tend to uplift
the community and create Christian
fellowship.
The annual memorial exercises OF
the Rivers Bridge Memorial associa-
ton will be held today at Buford's
Bridge. Hon. J. F. Carter, of Bam-
berg, Hon. George Warren, of Hamp-
ton, and Mrs. Lawton, of Charleston,
are speakers on the programme. A
large number, as usual, expects to at
tend the exercises from Bamberg.
A number of Bamberg people went
to Williston Monday afternoon and
to Blackville Monday night to hear
Gypsy Smith, Jr., the famous evan
gelist who made addresses at these
places. Mr.. Smith is conducting a
great revival in Augusta, and Monday
being his off-day, he was induced to
come to this state for two sermons.
Solicitor Hydrick, Of Orangeburg,
stated Tuesday that the case against
G. w. Land, under charge of misap-
preparation of funds, would be call
ed at the spring term of criminal
court, which meets in Orangeburg on
Monday Land was the former man
ager of the Palmetto Business COL
lege. = A number of former patrons
of Lands school in this county are
interested in this case.
The election on the question of Civ
ing the commissioners of public utili-
ties the authority to sell the power
house and water system of the city
will be held on May 18th, according
to the notice of election elsewhere
in The Herald. Voters may register
for this election ten days. before the
election date, and those who have
registered for the regular council
election next week need not register
again for the special election.
A letter from colored subscriber
contains such good logic that we hope
he will pardon us for printing it just
as written: Thanking you ever so
much for sendin my paper on for I
rally love to Read The Herald while
am at Kline for few month but
when gets Home all ways Reads
The Herald first so j in close so. cts
in Stamps to Keep it com ing. Yours
troly." He might not write as we'll
as some folks, but he certainly knows
good literature when he sees it.
The Carlisle base ball team left
Monday morning for Spartanburg,
where the boys engaged the Wofford
Fitting school in mortal combat
Tuesday afternoon. From Spartan
burg the boys go to Greenwood,
where they play two games with
Bailey Military institute, and from
there they will go to Augusta and
play two games with the Richmond
academy. The band and the school
battalion saw the boys off, and gave
them rousing send-off at the train.
The Ehrhardt base ball team play
ed three games during the past few
days, with the Santee Mills team,
the Denmark team, and the Dunbar
ton team. The game with Santee
Mills resulted in a verdict for Ehr-
hardt 16 to 1, like the proverbial
free silver plank of William Jennings
Bryan; the Dunbarton game was lost
by Ehrhardt to 6, while Ehrhardt
won the Denmark game II to 6. The
Herald regrets it's inability to print
detailed accounts Of these games, but
owing to a delay this week consid-
cradle matter is omitted.