The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-06-13

= These are the days that try mems col
lars.
WsNTED-To buy some country hams
and bacon. Apply at this office at once
Master Frank Johnson fell from wag-
on last Friday, and sprained his right
arm. 3
1t looks as if we are going to have some
dry weather now, and the farmers are
killing grass at a rapid rate.
1t is announced that Mr.. NJ. r. Cooper,
now Secretary of State, will be candl-
date for governor next year.
MIR. Robert Black, son of DR.. }. b.
Black. graduated last week at the Co-edu-
cationaI Institute at Edgeheld.
Mr.Jno. NJ. Jennings, of Bamberg,, was
in town recently and received the con-
tract for boring an artesian we'll here
Fairfax Enterprise
The annual Sunday school picnic will
!. be held at ST. Johns Baptist church next
Saturday, at which Senator'S. Z. Mayheld
will deliver an address.
a communication, written in rhyme,
was sent to US this. week for publication,
but has been mislaid in our office, and
consequently We cannot publish it.
am now running the Hughes saw mill,
and am prepared to furnish all kinds OF
lumber at short notice. Give me call.
J. A. SPANN.
Mafor E. R. HAYS presented US last
week with the largest onion we have
ever seen. It weighed p lbs. and
measured eighteen inches in circumfer-
ence.
In the town election at Ehrhar ardt last
week, Messrs. S. w. Copeland and j. A.
Chassereau tied for the position OF war
! den, but Mr.. Copeland resigned in favor
of Mr.. Chassereau.
At the moot court of the law class OF
the South Carolina College last Tuesday,
Mr.. III. j. Brabham, Jr., who has Just
graduated In law, was one of the attor-
neys for the plaintiff.
See Brooker for basaball goods OF all
kinds. His prices are right.
Work has been commenced on the mill
chapel, and the building will be pushed
forward to completion as rapidly as pos
sible. Mr.. Wilson has the contract for
the wood work of the building.
Try the Model Steam Laundry. 1t gives
gloss or domestic finish. NJ. Moye,
agent, Bamberg, S. G.
Miss, Minnie Zeigler, who has been at
tending Os6Orne's Business College in
Augusta, has accepted a position In SUM-
ter as stenographer and typewriter for
firm of architects and engineers.
We have received an invitation to the
forty-irst annual picnic at Goose Pond
Park and ball at Williston, the same
evening. 1t will be held Thursday June
10Th, 1901, and promises to be avery large
affair.
Brooker is offering special prices for
this week on ice cream churns, water
coolers, and other seaSonable goods.
We realize that this is the season of the
year when there is. not much money in
circulation, but We would appreciate it if
those owing us would make some effort
to pay what they owe. We need the
money due US.
As will be seen by the notice from The
: State, published in another column, MIR:
n G. Sheridan has been elected Head
Master of the Carlisle Fitting School. Mr..
Sheridan's father was the first Head Mas
ter of the school.
Messrs. J. Arthur Virgins and W. E.
= Willis have been appointed on the county
board of education, but Mr.. Willis will
not be here another year, and consequent
ly another appointment will have to he
made to fill his place.
Mr.. J. p. Murphy is going ahead with
the work on his telephone exchange
Several wires have been strung, the
phones put in, and he expects to to put
things in working order rs soon as the
switchboard arrives. 1t is expected al
most any day.
Mayor Hays had rich case before him
last Monday afternson. The eparties were
Mrs. Mary johnson and Mrs. T. Z. Viii
liams. 1t seems they had quarreled over
he attentions of Mr. Williams to Mrs
Johnson, and the testimony heard at the
rial was highly amusing. Each was finet
ESQ. All parties work in the cotton
ILL.,
The construction force of the Soutl
Carolina Long Distance Telephone Com
paEy has arrived in town, and work OF
rebuilding the exchange here has begun
The new switchboard has arrived, anu
full metallic system will be put in. Thl
will necessitate the practical rebulldln:
of the lines, and the work is going for
ward.
We understand that Mr. F. Eldon Dib
BILE. who was last week elected to tn
chair of mathematics and astronomy il
the Columbia Female College, has accen
ted the position, and will therefore no
return to the Carlisle Fitting School mex
wear This will be disappointment t.