The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-08-11
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
The Town and County.

The Town and County.
The days are forty-eight minutes
shorter now than they were during
the middle of June.
R.H. Jolly, of Bamberg county, has
been appointed a game warden by
Governor Robert A. Cooper.
Downpours of rain started in again
in the vicinity of Bamberg last week,
and are continuing at this writing.
Regular Sunday services at the
Methodist church were resumed last
Sunday morning, Rev. S. o. Cantey
having returned from his vacation.
Announcements have been receiv-
ed in Bamberg of the marriage of
Ola j. Zeigler, of this county, to Miss
Mary Moore, at Edinburg, Va, on
July 18th.
The friends of F. o. Brabham,
deputy clerk of court, missed him
from his Office for the past several
days. Mr.. Brabham is confined to
his home by illness.
The Jenkins negro, who is alleged
to have shot George Wright, Sunday
a week ago, has been arrested and
placed in the county jail. The wound
ed negro, who was shot through one
lung, is said to be recovering.
Mrs. H. L. Hinnant has the thanks
of The Herald force for a nice new
crop potato pie. We are glad Mr..
and Mrs. Hinnant live IN walking dis
tance of town, for we are likely to
chance that way about meal time any
day. \
Rev. A, J. Foster, former pastor
of the Bamberg Baptist church, now
connected with the Baptist general
board in Columbia, will occupy the
Baptist pulpit here next Sunday
morning at II o'clock. The public
is cordially invited.
The third district convention of
the Knights of Pythias will be held
at Bowman, Orangeburg county, on
August 26, beginning at 1890 a. m.
All the lodges of the district, which
includes Bamberg. county, are re-
quested to send full delegations.
; George Rivers, a colored farmer
on H. G. Folks plantation, presented
The Herald with some fine sweet po-
tatoes, 1921 crop, last week. They
are of the famous Nancy Hall variety,
and George says the prospects are
that he will make a fine crop of the
tubers.
The many friends of Mrs. Gladys
Quicker, now recuperating from an
operation in New York, will be de-
lighted to learn that her condition
continues to improve, and that she
and Mr.. Ducker are expecting to
leave New York next Monday for
Asheville, N. C.
The Charleston Auto Top COM
pany, which carried display adver-
tisement recently in The Herald,
write: eve are enclosing our check
covering your statement of August
1. We duly received copy of your
paper carrying the advertisement,
and wish to thank you for the man
ner in which this copy was handled
The Sunday evening union vesper
services were held last Sunday on the
lawn of the Baptist church, Rev. W.
J. Snyder preaching a short sermon.
The singing was fine, and the address
of Mr.. Snyder's, on the subject of
.'service," was one of the best heard
in some time. The audience was the
largest, it is said, that has yet at
tended these community services.
w. A. Fender, of Ehrhardt, was
visitor in The Herald Office Tuesday
morning. Mr.. Fender has only re-
Gently returned from Sumter where
he was operated on for appendicitis.
He has about recovered now. Mr..
Fender says that in his section it has
failed to rain only about three days
in the last six weeks, and that the
crops are suffering greatly from ex-
cessive rainfall.