The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-07-30
EHRHARDT ETCHIN6S.
Picnic and Baseball Game-Alm0s1
Race RfOt-Other News
and Personals.

Picnic and Baseball Game-Almos
q Race RiOt-Other News
and Personals.
EHRHARDT, July 27.-The drought il
this section is getting to be a serious thing
with the farmers. Cotton is turning
yellow and dropping its fruit and lat'
corn can't mature unless the rain come!
soon.
The protracted meetings are about oVel
for this year, the one at Nit. Pleasant clos
ing last Sunday. Several new members
were added to the church. which already
has very large membership.
There will be preaching in the Methodist
church here next Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock. As Mr.. McKissick missed hi:
last appointment here, he will no doubt
have large congregation present.
Some drunken rowdy fired his pistol of
last Saturday night on Main street, bu1
had sense enough to get away before the
marshal arrived. This is an abominable
practice, only INDUCED in by people who
have no respect for themselves or any
body else, and the council should take
steps to have them brought to their senses
before some innocent person is hit by q
stray bullet.
There came near being serious diff
Guilty between the whites and blacks neal
Lodge last Sunday. 1t seems that negro
from here and one from Lodge became
involved in fuss and the one from hero
cut the coat of the other and then offered
to pay for it or buy another. The negro
from Lodge then went home and got his
white friends to come and arrest the negro
from here, but didn't tell the other negroes
at the church what he was up to, and
when the white men made their appear
ance there small crowd of negroes got
together and the whites would have
Jared badly if some of the older and
cooler heads among the negroes hadn't
interfered. In the meantime the negro
from here fed, and must be fleeing yet
as nothing has been heard from him up to
this writing. We do not vouch for the
correctness of this report, as We were not
an eye witness. Then this is the negro
report of the affair, and may or may not
be true
Miss Marie Sease is spending time with
Mrs 8. W. Copeland.
Miss Rebecca Jenny is spending the
week with her uncle's family, Capt. W.
f. Sease.
Misses Blanchard and Murray, of
Walterboro are the guests of Misses
Minnie and Maggie Copeland for few
days.
There were so many visitors in town
last week that when we are asked who
were here We say everybody which is
(nearly) correct. Last Thursday has
come and gone and the old town is still
doing business at the old stand. The
crowd began to arrive before breakfast
and continued until nearly 1000 people
were present. 1t was beautiful day, the
only discomforts being the heat and dust.
Mr.. E. T. LaFitte, of Denmark, made a
nice address, and Holmes band from
Charleston discoursed sweet music.
Promptly at l o'clock the large bell of
Messrs. G. Ehrhardt & Sons was rung,
and the vast throng repaired to the
tables in the large grove in front of the
residence of Mr.. G. Ehrhardt and did
ample justice to the tempting viands
spread thereon. After everyone had
satisfied their appetites We had some more
music, and then everybody enjoyed them
selves as best they might by talking,
promenading, visiting the soda fountains
where cold drinks of all kinds were
served in manner to satisfy the most
fastidious At 5 o'clock the whole
crowd betook themselves to the baseball
grounds, where in battle array stood
Kearse pitted against BranchVille. At
515 Umpire Ritter gave the order and
Kearse's twirler let 60 with his left and
two of Branchville's men clawed the
circle and bit the dust; the third was
more successful and BranchYille scored.
Kearse failed to cross the coveted spot
until the third inning and got in more
runs in the fourth. Branchville had got
in two more runs, and at the beginning OF
the 5th inning the score stood to for
Kearse. The game was without note un-
til the 9th inning, when errors and lost
ball gave Branchville runs more in the
9th and 9th innings. Kearse came to the
bat and errors and fumbled balls gave
them runs in the two last innings. The
score was thus 9 to when the game
ended and could not be continued, as
some of the players were obliged to leave
They have arranged to meet at Howelfs
old mill and play another game soon
The BranchvilIe boys are jolly, manly
fellows, and play good, clean ball. The
game was quiet except for the "rooters. "
We come now to the last act and the cur
tain will 60 down on July 23rd, 1903. AT
9. 80 O'Clock Holiness band marched into
I. D. Copeland's hall and struck up a
lively two-step, and at once the ball room
was crowded by those versed 10 the art OF
dancing. 1t lasted until o'clock a. m.
and those who were fortunate enough to
have a;place to sleep gave themselves uI
to morpheus, and those who hadn'l
started homeward in the I'VE sma' ours
of the morning.
Mr.. Lawrence Wilson, who left u
sometime ago, is travelling salesman fol
a wholesale book house in Philadelphla
Pa. His territory is Georgia with head
quarters in Atlanta.
Mr.. G. B. Kearse has again embarked
in the cross-tie business. Success to him
The machinery for J. NJ. Dannelly &
Sons ginnery is arriving daily, and large
force of hands is putting up the gin house
They will be ready for the fall busines, sc
bring your seed cotton along and get
good staple and better turnout. They
propose to do the right thing by those
who give them their patronage.
Look out, oh ye of the finny tribe. Tht
fishermen will be after you in few days
as the swamps are now low enough tt
fish for the first time this year.
Some of the young folks are looklnl
forward to the Crocketville picnic, which
comes next week. ANXIOUS.
HartzOg Happenings.
| HaRTZoa. ,July 2S-Mr. Editor, bust