The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-04-06
Brief Items From
Town and County


master at Walterboro, succeeding {.
D. G.. Adams.
The friends OF Victor Kearse, OF
the Olar section, will be panied to
know of his serious illness at his
home, following a relapse from an
attack of influenza.
Our good friend A. w. Brabham,
of Olar, advises us that his family is
eating new crop Irish potatoes from
his garden. This is the earliest date
we know of for Irish potatoes.
The Allendale high school base ball
team played very interesting game
against Ehrhardt in Ehrhardt Tues
day as scheduled. The game was
called at 5 o'clock; Allendale lost by
a score of Z to 3.-Allendale Citizen.
The friends of J. Frank Brabham
will be pleased to know that his con-
dition is very much improved. Mr..
Brabham has been under treatment
in a Charleston hospital for several
weeks past, and he cas- seen critically
ill.
The Apollo Music club presented
the play 'Cinderella" in Blackville
Friday night to a large and appre-
ciative audience, the proceeds of the
evening going to "a worthy object fos-
tered by the Blackville D. A. R. chap
ter.
DIR. P. J. Mclean, of Aiken, and
DR.. C. E. Burts and DR.. Derieux, of
the Baptist general board, were
scheduled to address meeting at
the Baptist church Wednesday after
noon in the interest of the seventy
five million dollar campaign.
The next meeting of the local U.
D. C. chapter will be held next Tues
day afternoon at four o'clock at the
home of Mrs. r. C. Jones. A full at<
tendance is requested, and all m9m-
,bers are asked to notify Mrs<Jones
of their intention to be p5esent.
J. A. spann returned to the city
Sunday from Washington, where he
has been under the care of physi-
clan. Mr.. SPAIN was treated in Bal
timore and Washington during the
past four weeks, and his friends will
be glad(to know that his condition
is very much improved.
~ The bureau of markets and crop
estimates estimate the horses in Bam-
berg county as of Jan. 1, 1922. at
900, value $4,000; mules 3,400,
value s43S,60O; milk COWS 2,400,
value 100000; other cattle 1000,
value $500; sheep $50, value $3.50;
hogs $1,000 value s193,200.
An epidemic of influenza is raging
in the Olar community. Citizens
from that place reported Monday that
there were perhaps 100 cases of the
disease in and around Olar. Most of
the cases are reported as being of
mild form, although two or three
persons are reported as being suite
i'll.
At the Monday evening convention
of Bamberg lodge No. SS, Knights Of
Pythias, H. c. Folk and c. W. Rentz,
Jr., were elected delegates to the
grand lodge which convenes in May.
H. L. Hinnant. and DR.. j. 3. Black
were named as alternates, and DR.. J.
B. Black was reelected deputy grand
chancellor of this lodge.
In the mention of the death of Mrs.
j. Y. Hicks in the last issue of The
Herald, it was stated that she was
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. r.
Smoak, of OrangebHrg county. This
was an error. Mrs. Hicks was the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard ST.
meath. Mr.. Sineath died in 1917,
while Mrs Sineath survives her
daughter.
Considerable asparagus was ship
ped from Bamberg during the past
week, and the prices received have
been most flattering. The farmer in
possession of a good yielding field OF
asparagus this season is in good for
tune, as the California crop is prac-
ticalIy a failure. The Truck Grow
ers association is receiving from s6
to $40 crate of twelve punches for
all grass shipped from this place.
The following postcard from l. B.
Fielder, who is at Lake Saranac, N.
Y, for his health, was not intended
for publication but we are sure Mr..
Felder's friends will be interested to
know of his condition.: Il missed my
herald for last week. I did not know
it was such a great paper until now.
ON doinc fine and getting fat Give