The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-05-19
Ube Bantberg Dtrab
Thursday, May l9,l92l.
Brief Items OF Interest Throughout
the Town and County.
SHORT LOCALS.

The Colston rural graded school
closed a few days ago, after a sue
cessful session. Miss Belle Nichols
was principal, and Miss Marie Steeo-
ly assistant teacher.
G. Frank Bamberg, John II. Cope'
2 D Carter and R. NJ. Hit were
named as delegates from bamoer5
to attend the good roads conference
which was held in Columbia yester-
day.
II is said that more rain has fallen
in Ramberg during the past week
than during the previous SIX months
combined. Torrent after torrent mas
descended, and the farmers are blue
and more rain appeahs imminent.
At the regular convention of Bam-
berg lodge of Knights of Pythias Mon
dav evening a class of nine young
men received the rank of knight.
The lodge has class of six to receive
the first rank at an early meeting.
The graduating exercises of Win
throp college will be held On May
29 to 81. The following young ladies
from Bamberg are included among
the 1S9 graduates, all with the de-
gree of B. A.: Florence Lerlene Hern-
don. Eunice Elizabeth Hunter, and
Ethel Strom.
The worst storm in months passed
over Bamberg Wednesday noon OF
last week. Wind blew fercely for
a half hour or so, interfering with
the electric lighting system of the
town, but doing no damage so far as
learned. The storm was accomp-
anied by a light fall of rain.
Wednesday night the robbery OF
the First National. Bank in this city
was attempted, it is said. Parties
were seen al the back door evidently
their intention being to gain admit
tance to the bank Parties inside the
bank at the time gave the alarm. The
attempt to rob was frustrated, but
the parties made heir getaway with
out their identity becoming known.
The recent death in st. George of
Carl Fielder was sad news to many
friends in Bamberg. Mr.. Fielder was
a student last year at Carlisle school,
where he was catcher for the Carlisle
base ball team. He was a most hk-
able young fellow and was an all
round athlete. He was i'll only few
DAYS. Cadets Ayers, Board, Arant
and Fairey, of the school, attended
the funeral and burial, and perhaps
others from the school.
The crop prospects throughout
Bamberg county are anything but en-
.couraging. Cotton is described as
being the poorest for the season in
wears, despite the efforts of the farm
ers to get an early crop to beat the
boil weevil. Very little has been
chopped yet, and the plants appear
to at positive standstill. Warm days
and warm nights are required to
make cotton grow, say the planters,
and there have been very few of eth
er this spring so far.
The county tax books closed last
Saturday might. Mail remittances
were received until Monday morning.
From the first of May seven per cent.
penalty was added by the treasurer.
Many taxpayers waited until the last
day to pay their respects to Mr.. Jen-
nings. His Office was crowded
throughout the day, and Monday
morning Mr.. Jennings had several
thousand dollars to deposit in the
banks to the county's credit. Unpaid
taxes now go into the hands of the
sheriff for executions.
Agents of the cotton corporation
have been in Bamberg during the
past few days buying cotton to be ex-
ported to Germany, it is said. Quite
a large quantity of the staple was
purchased for this purpose at pre-
yailing prices, and the farmers gen
orally feel very much encouraged be-
cause the crop is being exported to
foreign markets, the belief being that
this will take care of large percent
age of the visible supply Of cotton
now in the possession of the farmers
and warehouses of the south.
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