The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-10-06
Tbe Banberg Dtrm
Thursday, October 6, 1921.
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
The Town and County.


tablishments in the county were clos
ed on Monday and Tuesday of this
week for the Jewish new year holl-
days.
J. F. Roberts, state highway engl-
neer in charge of the road construc-
tion: on the Observation-Disclosures high
way has returned to his college stud
les, and in his place R. M. Powers is
now in charge of this work.
Next Saturday, Oct. s, will be OBJ
served as Epworth orphanage work
day. Every one interested in the in
stitution should share this privilege.
Bring or send your contributions to
the Methodist Sunday school on next
Sunday morning.
Next Sunday, October Sth, is rally
day at Trinity Methodist Sunday
school. A very attractive programme
has been arranged for 10 a. m, and
everyone is most cordially invited to
be present at the Methodist church
next Sunday morning.
Hon. w. l.. Riley, of Denmark, has
been appointed a delegate from Bam-
berg county to the meeting OF the
American Cotton association in Bir-
mingham, Ala, to be held in the near
future. w. o. Tatum, of Cope, is also
a delegate to this meeting.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Pres
.byterian church will be hostess to
the Baptist and Methodist Womans
Missionary societies next Wednesday
afternoon, October -, at four O'Clock.
All members of the various societies
are cordially invited to be present.
A special programme with attractive
music will be rendered.
The work on the Johnson hotel
building has worked wonderful
change in the appearance of this
building. The entire front has been
Temodeled, attractive plate glass dis
play windows have been installed in
all the stores, and the building has
been treated to a coating of plaster
all over. The building was erected,
it is said, about forty-fve years ago,
but it now has been transformed into
a modern structure with stores on the
ground floor and apartments in the
second story.
H. F. Spann, who has extensive
farming interests in Alabama, stated
Tuesday that the Spann Brothers
farm at Dothan this year would pro-
,duce about 200 bales OF cotton, COM
pared with $50 bales last year. The
Messrs. Spann have been farming
there for years past, and the boil wee
vii is nothing new to them. The vice.
vii first made it's appearance in their
farm ten years ago, and in spite of
the pest they have made wonderful
crops, although the weevil made deep
inroads in their production. The farm
produces large crops of all kinds, and
is not dependent entirely on cotton.
"Well, how's things?" inquired a
friend of w. o. Tatum, of Cope, Sat-
urday. "Oh, pretty well,' he replied.
/ am making three bales or cotton
on forty acres this year, but We'll get
along. 1 have plenty of hogs and six
Or seven acres Of sweet potatoes. I
expect to put up thousand d-bushel
potato curing house. 1 think Y can
cure something like that quantity of
good potatoes for market: the rest
will feed to nv hogs. I cut my cot
ton ACREAGE this year to four acres
to the plow. which saved me from
further loss on cotton" Mr.. Tatum
is a prominent Oranseburg county
farmer. and usually produces a fine
cotton crop.
Last Saturday night a mule and
hnuev. heloneine to W P. Herndon.
driven hv Tenant on his farm. was
stolen from Main street. about 1920
o'cloct The driver he'd loft the team
IN front Of the Fl. G. Folk comnanv
store for few rninntes. and when he
returned there was no trace of the
+n-non+. There was not the SLIGHTEST
c1nn 70 the identity Of the thief. and
n, me was found who saw the team
"s+erward. Nr. Herndon has notified
the officers In nearhv towns and II is
hore1 +ho +eam will he located and
tho hoId thief arrested. Tater. Mr..
Uo-ndon learned Yesterday that the
+e"m hod heen located At Fhrhardt.
h"+ rone of the narticulars were
riven)
Col. Frank R. Lang left last week
for Dewitt Clinton high school, New
Work whore he has heen assigned for