The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-12-24
The BhNBERG HERALD.
Thursday, Dec. 20. 1908
Short Locals.

The oil mill closed down Tuesday, for
a holiday of two weeks.
Several mercantile changes will occur
here the first of January.
Wedding bells are ringing in several
sections of the county this week.
The graded school suspended exercises
Tuesday for the Christmas holidays.
There has been the usual Christmas
scarcity of eggs, and the price is high.
The Fitting School suspended exercises
last Friday for the Christmas holidays.
Attention is directed to the notice of
Bamberg Banking Company, in another
column.
The HERALD would like to have about
one thousand new subscribers as Christ
mas present.
Give G. Frank Bamberg call before
buying mules and horses. He has eighty
head on hand.
Many a man spends money at the dis
pensary which had best be used in payin g
his honest debts.
d.. Delk will not grind corn next
Saturday, but will run his grist mill on
Monday instead.
The indications are that Bamberg will
have an electric light plant in the course
of the next few months.
Calendars have gotten to be a popular
form of advertising, and this office has
received several beauties recently.
MEAT SALT-Good for cattle or ferti-
lizer, at IS cents hundred or $400 ton.
W. D. RHoAD.
Our readers will have to excuse us this
week. It is Christmas, and our hard
worked force must have little holiday.
Property is cheaper IN Bamberg than
any town its size in the State, but it will
not remain 80. 1t is wise man who
buys now.
This is the season when it seems to be
the aim of many of our people to spend
all the money they have and trust to luck
for the future.
For SALE.-A four-room house on an
acre lot, in the suburbs of Bamberg. This
property will be sold at bargain. Apply
at this Office.
From the crowds on our streets this
WSSh, OuC WOulo hOt oOPPOSS SaS1S "SNS
any such thing as scarcity OF money IN
this section.
Mr.. J. E. Brown and family will move
to Florida in a short time, where they
will live in future. His mother will &C
company them.
Many of our boys and girls are at home
from college for the holidays, and the
town will be lively in social way for the
next few weeks.
We trust all our correspondents will
make a resolution to write US every week
during next year-and keep it. Wehave
plenty of room for their letters.
How many days will the merchants of
Bamberg close their stores for Christmas ?
In some towns in the State the stores will
be closed Friday and Saturday.
The amount received by Confederate
pensioners in Bamberg county for the
year 1908 was S1,5s6.15. Some counties
received over ten thousand dollars.
G.. Frank Bamberg has just received
eighty head of mules and horses. He has
more stock in his stables than any dealer
in this section. See him before you buy.
(, Next year is election year, and you will
want to keep up with the campaign news.
The HERALD will keep you posted for
only one dollar, so let US have your name
. and dollar.
We trust that work will soon commence
on our new graded school building. Our
people are not pleased at the delay, and
are anxious to see the walls of the build
ing 60 up.
For SALE.-One gray mare and one
nearly new top buggy. Mare is fine
driver and perfectly gentle. Will sell
cheap. Apply to Rev. W. G. Valentine,
Bamberg, S. G.
Our merchants have had fine Christ
mas trade this week. The stores have
been crowded with shoppers, and the
crowds on the street have been as large
or larger than in previous years.
A years subscription to The BAMBERe
HERALD would be a good present for
some of your friends. Send US your dol
lar and the name of the person to whom
you want it sent. Well do the rest.
Mr.. Otis Brabham is able to be out on
the streets again, after a confinement to
the house of many months. His condition
is mucn improved, anu his lnduy lTleuuS
trust he will be all right again before long.
You are missing great bargains if you
are not attending the cost sale at Mrs. N.
L. Counts's store. She is closing out her
lines of dress goods, notions, ETC., at cost,
as she will handle millinery exclusively
next season.
The families of Rev. J. 81. Stouden-
mire and Mr.. J. B. Black, of the Farrell's
Store section, moved to town last week,
and they are occupying the Grimes resi-
dence on Railroad Avenue, which they
have purchased.
Have you ever noticed the number of
buzzards that seem to be very much at
home in and around Bamberg? There
must be something wrong with the sani-
tary condition of the town, or they would