The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-08-04
UaR Bamberg Dtraln
Thursday, August 4, 1921.
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

The union meeting Ol Inls oi'io1o
of the Barnwell Baptist association
was held last Sunday at Georges
Creek Baptist church, near Olar.
E. L. Price, Jr., who has been
with G. O. Simmons for several years
past, has accepted a position as
travelling representative of the Geor-
gia Supply company, Savannah.
D. K. Sandifer, farmer on Bam-
berg R. F. D. 8, Tuesday presented
The Herald with three open bolls of
cotton, the first of the season. The
bolls are fine specimens and show no
injury from the boil weevil.
The -four mill of the Farmers Gin
company is being run regularly, and
quite a quantity of delightful Bam-
berg county flour is being turned out.
It appears that the acreage in wheat
was considerably increased last win
ter.
Letters from Thomas Ducker are
to the effect that Mrs. Ducker, who
recently underwent most serious
operation in New York, is regaining
her strength. Mrs. Ducker has writ
ten a short note herself to Bamberg |
relatives.
Work On boring the new artesian
we'll for the commissioners Of pub
lie works is progressing we'll. The
we'll is about fifty feet in depth at
present. This will be one of the
largest wells in this section. 1t will
be eight inches at the bottom.
The Johnston correspondent of the
Augusta Chronicle says: y. Y. Jack
son, J. P. Hite and w. P. Cassells
carried tobacco to Bamberg and re-
ceived from so cents to $3.50 per
hundred" This was probably the
first tobacco grown in the Johnston
section.
The rain has ceased, apparently,
In Bamberg there has been no down.
fall for ten days, and most of the
planters say a shower would be
good thing. However, in some Sec
tions of the county there has been
rain during this period, though the
heavy and incessant rains seem to
have passed for the time being.
Some folks say that Monday was
the hottest day of the year to date.
The thermometer in front OF The
Herald office registered 100 degrees
about three o'clock in the afternoon,
this being the first time this season
it has reached this figure, although
instruments in other sections of toWr
have gone we'll beyond the century
mark.
4 little improvement has been not
ed in tobacco prices on the local mar
ket this week. Careful grading or
tobacco appears to be very profitable
as one farmer was offered four I
cents for lot of the weed, which was
declined, and after grading the av-
erage was much higher, some of the
lot bringing as much as ten cents a
pound.
A list of road contracts was re-
Gently published in the State. In
cluded in the list is the following
paragraph of local interest: y. X
Mayfeld, of Bamberg, was awarded
The contract for constructing approx
imately 20 miles of roadway IN
Orangehurg county. The road runs
from Orangeburg to Bowman. The
price was sS5,00O.'
The farmers are now in the midst
of what is known as fodder pulling
time" Although the corn experts
advise against pulling fodder, it is
practice that the planters do not give
up, and the weather so far has been
very favorable to proper curing OF
this farm product, and the indications
are that a large quantity of this for
age crop will be stored.
Many fields of tobacco are seen in
various sections of the county appar-
emily abandoned. Some of these
fields have not been touched and from
the appearance of the weed there is
no intention of even attempting to
harvest the product. This is due,
doubtless, to the prevailing prices,
which are far below the cost of pro-
duction of ordinary grades.
The government crop report was
issued Monday, indicating a yield
of s,2O3,000 bales. This estimate
was 100000 bales less than the pre-
vious estimate. The condition of cot
ton was given as 64.7, a deteriora-
ton of 4.3 points since the June re-
port. Local planters say the condl-
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