The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-03-02
Brief Items From
Town and County


throp Daughters will meet Tuesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home
of Mrs. F. B. McCrackin.
The many friends of Miss Arrie
Free are delighted to see her back
at her post of duty in the postofflce
after a recent severe illness.
Friends of J. B. Black, Jr., are very
glad to see him out on the streets
again after a recent illness of consid-
cradle length.
The many friends of Mrs. J. j.
Smoak, who is recovering from a re-
cent operation in a Columbia hospit-
al, will be glad to know she is I'M
proving rapidly, and is expected to re-
turn home soon.
Friends of D. Bowling at his old
home here will regret to know that
he has gone into bankruptcy in Char
lotte where he had gone into the au-
tomobile business some years ago af-
ter leaving Bamberg.
Friends of Mrs. w. G. Hoffman, who
has been quite sick recently are glad
, to know that she has about recovered,
and also that little Gordon, who has
been confined to his bed under spe-
cialist's orders for five weeks, is do
ing nicely.
D. e. Sauls has been commission
ed postmaster at Smoaks, succeed
ing John E. Smoak, who has held the
Office for more than 81 years. Mr..
Sauls secured the appointment fol-
: lowing a civil service examination
last April.
The Bamberg high school girls ov-
erwhelmed Branchville on the bas-
ket ball court here last Friday by the
score of 80 to IL. Branohville girls
accepted their defeat in good sports
manship, but clearly showed their
lack of experience, training and
coaching.
B. D. Carter spent Sunday in Char
lesion at the bedside of his wife who
has been ill in a hospital there for
some time, and her friends will re-
gret to know that while her condi-
tiop is not dangerous, still, Mrs. Car
ter is not improving as rapidly as had
been expected.
The friends of Joe Frank Brabham
will regret to learn that after leng-
thy illness his condition is not en-
couraging; Mr.. Brabham was ex-
amined Monday by DR.. Vance w.
Brabham, in Orangeburg, who advised
that he be taken at once to Char
lesion hospital for treatment, and
accordingly he was carried there
Tuesday.
E. F. Free has handed The Herald
copy Of ''The New Sentinel" pub
lished at Barnwell Court House. the
date of which is Nov. IL, 1902. The
editor at that time was Clarence L.
Brown, and the paper reflects the
many changes that have occurred in
Barnwell in the past 20 years. The
motto of the paper printed in the
masthead is: ''The wealthy can take
care of themselves; we will stand for
the interests of the Masses -
The people of this section will be
interested to know that Capt. Fish
burne on leaving Williston recently
attended great checker tournament
in st. Petersburg, Florida, lasting
for week. He was the honor-guest
OF the st. Petersburg Checker Club
which has over 500 members. In a
ten game match against R. P. Lay
ing, of Utica, N. Y, Central New
York champion, Fishburne won five
games and made draws of the other
five, handling the blacks all the way
through Wilhston Way.
fhe county OF AllendaIs, according
to the terms of a recent act of the
legislature, is transferred from the
second to the fourteenth judicial cir
cult, this change being made to sat
isfy all parties concerned. This
change affects Bamberg county, in
that the early fall term of court is
changed from the first Monday in
September to the third Monday in
September. The act also empowers
the court officers of this county to
empanel a jury for the July term of
court, if the same becomes necessary
to clear the criminal or civil dockets.