The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-11-17
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
The Town and County.


The Town and County.
The Springfield high school defeat
ed the Carlisle foot ball team in
game at Springfield Monday. Score:
2 to 0.
Rev. Geo. P. White, the local Bap-
tist pastor, filled the pulpit of the
First Baptist church of Aiken last
Sunday.
Jacob D. Fielder, who for some
time has been seriously sick at the
home of his son, l. B. Fielder, in this
city, is still very sick, but possibly
improved somewhat.
A number of Bamberg gentlemen
enjoyed a deer hunt the first of the
week, leaving Monday for Jackson
boro. Among them were: ]. Frank
Folk, L. P. Mcmillan, E. w. Watson,
E. C. Hays, and others.
Quite a big. crowd of out of town
people witnessed the Porter-Carlisle
foot ball game at Rhoad park here
last Friday, and the attendance was
probably the largest even seen at a
foot ball game in Bamberg.
Sunday morning was the coolest
of the fall, the temperature dropping
to but a few degrees above the freez-
ing point in Bamberg during the very
early hours. However, the mercury
quickly took a shot upward and the
snap was followed by rain.
Prior to Nov. /, 1921, there had
been ginned in Bamberg county 3,7l4
bales of cotton. To the same date
last year there had been ginned 49,
365 bales, which indicates a yield
this year of slightly more than 20
per cent. of last years yield.
The numerous friends throughout
the state of Senator J. B. Black will
be delighted to learn that he has
sufficiently improved from his re-
cent severe illness to return to his
home in Bamberg from a Charleston
hospital. The senator is not on the
streets yet to greet bis friends, but
his condition is such as to indicate
that he will soon be out again.
Ernest Lewis, who formerly lived
in Bamebrg, but for several months
past has been in eastern North Caro-
lima tobacco markets, is in Bamberg
again for short while. He reports
that the prices paid for tobacco up
there were equivalent to about six
times those offered in Bamberg the
past season, and consequently busl-
ness is good and prosperity abounds
in eastern North Carolina.
Charlie D. Free, who for the past
year has been in the United States
army, stationed for the most part at
the city of Honolulu, Hawaiian Is
lands, and for short while at Fort
Mcdowell in California. near San
Francisco, has concluded his one year
enlistment period in the military SER
vice, received his. honorable dis
/, charge and is back in Bamberg for
few weeks among friends and rela-
tiyes.
j. A. Richardson, who for some
time has been operating the Central
hotel and boarding house in Ramberg,
has Just returned from an automobile
trip to Florida points. Mr.. Richard
SON expects to move witt bis family
about December 1st to Plant City IN
that state. He will engage in truck
gardening. Plant Lity is also di-
rectly in the orange belt, being 10
Gated on the west coast in the south
ern part of the state near Tampa.
During the past week or two large
acreag ges in grain of all kinds have
been planted in this vicinity. Grain
planting this fall has been delayed
several weeks on account of the very
dry weather that has prevailed since
the summer months. The grain
acreage is said to be very gratifying,
and it is evident that the planters are
preparing to grow their own food and
feedstuffs on the farms of the county.
The Bamberg lodge Knights of Py-
thias is preparing to serve an oyster
supper at the next. meeting, Monday
evening. On account of the revival
services at the Baptist church, the
lodge will meet at 9 instead of 8
o'clock, as usual. The lodge is fur
nishing the supper, and all members
expecting to be present are asked to
Immediately notify the keeper of rec
ords and seal, in order that it may
be known the correct number to pro-
vide for. In addition to the supper,
there will be some after dinner
speeches, and a pleasant evening is