The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-12-25

The graded school and Fitting School
have suspended exercises for the Christ
mas holidays.
Be sure to attend the school mass meet
ing in the town hall next Monday after
noon at three O'Clock.
! Miss Clara Riley, formerly of Bamberg,
has been elected teacher in the Green
wood graded school.
Do you want baby, not a noisy, cry
ing oneg Well, you can find it at the
Bamberg Pharmacy.
Miss Moore was here this week, repre-
senting the Pythian Lodge Secret, which
is published at Atlanta, Ga.
Compliments of the season to all the
readers of this newspaper. May they
have very merry Christmas.
IS Be sure to attend the mass meeting IN
the town hall next Monday afternoon,
land vote for the new graded school,
building.
| On account of holidays, the Bamberg
Banking Co. will be closed Thursday and
Friday of this week Parties interested
will please take notice.
The cotton mill will shut down this
"Wednesday afternoon at four o'clock,
flor the Christmas holidays, and will not
start up again until next Monday morning.
You can get anything in the holiday
line for old folks, young folks, and the
little ones at the Bamberg Pharmacy.
A special communication of Ornan
Hodge. a. F. NJ, was held Tuesday, at
(which J. Crum Smoak was installed as
&Senior Warden and A. W. Knight as
Junior Deacon.
Lots of cypress timber is being shipped
from this place now. Every day or so
5eyeral fiat car loads are shipped. 1t is
being used for piling by the Southern
Railway at Congaree.
A new rural route is to be established
bnt from Ehrhardt, and is to take in a
cope of country below that town. The
government agent is daily expected to
rriye to lay out the route.
Nicest line of holiday goods ever seen
b Bamberg at the Bamberg Pharmacy.
Our representatives in the general as
Eembly are arranging for meeting with
khe county officials, to go into all matters
pertaining to the welfare of the county
oO tudt tuCS luoJ hhOW "AtesS w Wv Nv VAN
coming session of the legislature.
There will be a target shooting al
Charles Salley's on Friday, December 26
81 II o'clock. One steer, two turkey
sobblers, half dozen chickens, and silver
watch are the prizes. All are cordially
snyited. WESLEY BANKS.
Rev. Marion Dargan, the new prcsld
sng elder of the Orangeburg district
preached at the Methodist church last
Surtiay night, and held the first quarterly
conference for the new year Monday
morning.
City council is laying out new street
out towards the Bamberg Nurseries, OF
rather Strengthening the street which goes
out by Mr.. Henry Brabham's. The
Strengthening of this street is quite an Inn
proyement.
A little son of Mr.. F. NJ. Pooser hat
his eyes injured last Monday while play
ling with powder, but the sight is no
gone, as was first supposed. The littl
fellow made cannon out OF an empt.
shell and it exploded, the powder burnin!
his face and eyes.
Up to this writing our streets .ar
Quletef Cnan we nave efei scSh IheiAi q
Christmas We have not had our nerve
Jared by the sound of the cannon cracke
and bomb, and there seems to be les
drunkenness than usual. The sales a
the dispensary last Saturday were onl.
$500.
At q special meeting of city council
held last week, Mr.. W. NJ. McCue wa
elected marshal to succeed Mr.. A. T
Gray, who has resigned. Mr.. McCue Wi
assume his duties the first of January
He is capable man, and will make
fine officer. There were number OF al
plicants for the position.
Prettiest baskets ever seen, right troi
the Indian Reservation, at Bamberg Pha
macy.
City council should put heavy licen:
on these travelling people who come hel
and sell merchandise on the streets. W
merchants who live here and pay IL
taxes to run the town should be protecte
from these people, and We hope counc
will at once enact an ordinance licenslr
these travelling merchants heavily.
WANTED-S0,O0O tobacco tags in ii
next Is days. Will pay from 25c. to 70
per hundred for them. W. 6. HoFFMA
It is an old saying, and a true one, tn
ssall work and no play makes Jack dr
boy." In accordance with our usual Gu
tom the Office force of this neWspap
will be given few days holiday at IL
glad Christmas time, and they will 40
work from to-day until next Monds