The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-12-22
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items Of Interest Throughout
The Town and County.

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The Town and County.
| An entertainment will be given at
Oak Grove school house, Friday night
December 23rd. No admission.
A reference was held Tuesday be-
fore J. J. Brabham, Jr., master, at
his Office in the court house in the
case of Jones A., Williams against the
Bamberg, Ehrhardt & WATERFORD
Railway company.
Mrs. Mary Williams died in Angus
ia Monday night, aged 6S years. She
is survived by a number of children
and brothers and sisters, among
whom is mentioned Mrs. Maggie Will
son, of Bamberg, sister.
Business prospects locally at least
must be looming up little brighter
because three stores on Main street
in Bamberg which have been unoccu-
pied for business for some time were
all opened by proprietors within the
past few weeks.
An Overland roadster automobile
sold at auction in Bamberg Saturday
morning for $35. 1t was not forced
sale either, and the car was in good
running condition, with four excel
lent tires, starter working and every
thing generally in fairly good shape
for an old car.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. j. Delk attended
the funeral and interment Sunday OF
Henry G. Delk at Double Pond Bap-
tist church near Blackville. Mr..
Delk died Saturday at the age OF 70
wears. He was widely related in
Bamberg county, where he was we'll
known and held in high esteem.
On account of the usual Christmas
rush, Postmaster knight announces
that the afternoon and night trains
next Sunday, Christmas day, will car
ry mail. Packages mailed on Christ
mas day will, therefore, be dispatch
ed from the Bamberg postoffice on
these trains as we'll as the earlier
ones Sunday.
According to the report of B. b.
Hare, agricultural statistician of the
bureau of markets in this state, Bam-
berg county this year produced an
average of $40 pounds of tobacco
per acre. The acreage is reported
at 500, and the total production
100000 pounds, the estimated value
of which was $23,400.
The many friends of J. J. Heard
who has been ill for some time in
Charleston hospital, will regret to
learn that his condition since being
carried there has not improved as
much as had been hoped for, and it
was discovered that a~serious opera
ton was necessary. The operation
was to have been performed either
yesterday or today, and just what
effect it has had upon Mr.. Heard is
as yet unknown here.
Patrons of the local postof1ce are
urged to mail the packages as early
as possible. The postofice is open
every afternoon until $50 o'clock.
The Office force will very greatly ap-
preciate it if patrons will mail their
packages in the afternoons, or after
the 1850 mail has been distributed.
By doing this, all patrons may mail
packages with reasonable promptness
whereas in the mornings the entire
force is busy between trains dispatch
ing and distributing mails for and
from the trains.
Lucius S. Bellinger, who was Sc
verely gassed in battle in France and
for quite while has been recuper-
ating under government supervision
at Johnson City, Tenn, and more re-
Gently at Waynesville, N. c., is at
home here for the holiday season.
Mr.. Bellinger has been getting along
splendidly, and appears to be vigor-
Gus, and if ever looks counted for
anything, in excellent health. He re-
ports that he expects the government
at an early date in the future to send
him as a student to either the Uni
versity of Tennessee, at Knoxville, or
| Georgia Tech, in Atlanta.