The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-06-09
Tbe Bamberg Deraln
THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1921
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

A call meeting of the Woman S
Missionary society of the Methodist
church will be held Tuesday after
noon at 5 o'clock at the church.
Some new awnings are adorning
Main street, and The Herald reneWs
it's suggestion that awnings ought to
be put high enough for tall people
to pass under them without having
their "blocks knocked off,
The Herald is requested to an
nounce that there will be Sunday
school picnic at Colston Branch
church on Wednesday, June 18th.
The public is cordially invited to
come and bring we'll filled baskets.
Most of the oat crop of the county
has been harvested, and the crop gen.
orally appears to have been good.
The acreage in oats and other grain
is much larger this year than usual;
in fact, it appears that the planters
of the county will have grain for sale
this year.
A cool spell struck town Monday,
and Monday night sent folks scurry-
ing after the covering that had been
laid aside or packed away during the
warm preceding days. The ther-
mometer suffered a considerable
drop, all of which, the farmers say,
is bad on the crops.
The warehouse of Thomas Ducker,
formerly occupied by the Gulf Rein
ing Co., has been rented to Kirsch
Bros, of this city, for wholesale
blishment. The warehouse has
been remodeled and fitted for the
business, which will be operated by
C. o. and Norman Kirsch.
The Baptist Woman's Missionary
society will meet as follows next
Wednesday at 5 p. M: Circle No. 1
with Miss Margaret Jennings; circle
No. 2 with Mrs. j. H. Murphy; circle
No. 3 with Mrs NJ. E. Aver. A full
attendance of members is urged, and
visitors are cordially invited.
The garage and sales room recent
ly erected on Railroad avenue by j.
J. Smoak for James r. Burch & Co.,
have been completed. The building
is of brick and galvanized iron, and is
a most attractive establishment. The
floor is concreted, and wide display
windows are placed in front.
A troop of boy scouts from Colum-
bia passed through Bamberg Tuesday
en- route to B1uffton, where they will
camp 'for a while. A large number
of boys was in the troop, and they
were travelling by bicycle, motorcycle
and automobile. Ten of the boys
were making the trip on wheels.
The Bamberg tobcaco market is ex-
pected to open about the tenth of
July. Both local warehouses will
soon clear the decks for action. About
nine hundred bales of cotton are
stored in the tobacco warehouses, and
the owners are somewhat put to it
to know what disposition to make of
it.
One of the largest insurance deals
Bamberg has put across was recent
1y negotiated by one of the local
agencies. A gentleman from another
town came here and asked to be
written up for 100000. The
agency could not handle the entire
amount and had to call in assistance
from another agent It is stated that
the amount may be be increased to
100000.
J. H. Hutto said yesterday that
log had been sawed at his mill from
which several pounds of bullets of
all calibres had been extracted. The
log was cut from a tree that had re-
Gently been killed by lightning, and
during it's career had been located in
a convenient place for target prac-
tice. 1t is said that the tree had fur
nished the background for many tar
get contests in past years.
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