The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-07-06
Short. Items From
7oun and County

Lieut.. S. G. Mayheld, Jr., VINO mas
been stationed with headquarters in
New York, writes that he has been
ASSIGNED to duty at the navy yard in
Charleston.
Circle No. l of the Baptist mis-
sionary society will entertain circles
Nos. 2 and 3 on the lawn OF the
Baptist church next Wednesday af-
ternoon, at 4:30 O'Clock.
The Herald is requested to say that
the vesper services will be held next
Sunday afternoon at o'clock, in
stead of 7 o'clock, and that Rev.
Peter Stokes, of Orangeburg, is ex-
pected to preach.
Splendid progress is being made
in the erection of the new H. J.'Brao-
ham hall on the Carlisle campus.
Brick laying is now going on on the
third story of the dormitory, and 1t
is said that the building will be COM
pleted by September l.
E. w. Watson and L. P. Mcmillan
are engaged in building fine high
wav from the Columbia-Savannah
highway leading to the town of Cope,
in Orangeburg county, at a cost or
$500 The road will provide a fine
thoEoughfare to and from Cope when
completed.
Supervisor w. B. Smoak gave the
chain gang, which is camped in the
Little Swamp section, a holiday
Tuesday, the same being fourth OF
July. The convicts were served iced
lemonade and given a good dinner,
as we'll, in celebration of the glori-
Gus fourth.
The many friends of DR.. Robert
Black will be glad to know that he is
improving from a very serious. ILL
ness. DR.. Black was taken Ill IN
Chicago while returning from a
pleasure trip to San Francisco re-
Gently, and has been confined to his
home since.
The county commissioners held
the usual monthly meeting Monday.
No special business came before the
meeting. Two new paupers were
added to the list, and three were
taken off the payroll, two having died
since the last meeting, and the other
having removed out the county.
No work has been done on the
bridge over the Edisto river on the
'Colum mbia-Savannah highway in sew
eral weeks on account of the high
water. Some Of the pilings have
been driven down considerable
depth, which is about the extent OF
the work to date. AS the river is
now nearing normal again, it is like
ly that work will be resumed very
soon.
The fourth of July, Tuesday, was
observed by the closing of the banks,
postofice and most of the places or
business throughout the day. In the
country there were numerous picnics
and family reunions. J. G. kearse
addressed the Bessinger reunion at
Spring Branch, and Candidate E. F.
Free was on for a talk at the Spring
town picnic. Several other gather
ings were held in the county by white
and colored people.
An attempt was made-and per-
haps with success-Sunday night to
enter the grocery store of c. B. Free
on Main street by thieves or thief.
A pane in a back window was re-
moved, and through the opening it
was attempted to open the back door,
but without success. The opening
through the broken window was
large enough to admit small per-
son, but Mr.. Free did not miss any
articles from his store.
The other day as C. w. Rentz, Sr.,
was passing the big ditch on Elm
street he heard splash, and looking
into the ditch saw big bull frog
catch a sparrow, which was evidently
ar;ntino in the ditch Mr. RentZ
doubted the wisdom of pub
fishing this, as nobody will
believe it," he said. How
ever, the writer can vouch for
it as a fact, as he saw the bird in
the frogs mouth, and when a chunk
was thrown at the frog it made
dive into the water, carrying the