The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-08-06

80 Mr.. N. n. Salley and family arrived III
town last week, and he took charge OF
the Cope House as proprietor last Sat
urday.
Mr.. N. P. Smoak has accepted a posi-
zion in the store of Rhoan q Bamberg,
where he will be pleased to see and serve
his friends.
q Rev. Aug. L. Yates. OF Charleston, was
in our city on Sunday and Monday: he
conducted services at the mission chapel
on Sunday evening.
- Several of the soldier boys came bgck
from the Isle of Palms last Saturday.
Camp was struck and the company came
home Monday morning.
The cotton mill will shut down the lat
ter part of this week for the purpose OF
making extensive repairs. The shutdown
will be for several weeks.
Mr.. John Cooner brought US last Mon
sday the first boil of open cotton OF the
season. He plucked it on Mr.. Miiey's
farm down in the Farrelrs store section.
S. Messrs. NJ. Move and David Kinard
went down to Branchvil)e on last Friday
To play in game of ball with Smoaks
apainss Branchyille. We hear that our
our boys played league ball.
The State Fair affords q fine opportu-
nity to sell and to buy. The variety IS
from peck of pease to PAIR OF PAGERS; !;
help swell the variety by making an ex-
hibit at the next fair, October S7-3Oth.
For thirty days for cash / will sell at
cost my stock of summer goods, consisting
of drv goods. clothing, and low cut shoes,
tn make room for fall stock leave on
I Monday for New York. j. A. BYRD.
s. The new exhibitor at the next State
Fair will not be stranger In a strange
land. The officers will make him feel at
home and will give him all the aid and
information he will need. Be there
October 7-30th.
DR.. BID. Bronson has been honored
with military honors within the past
week. he having been promoted from
surgeon of Company g, to assistant sur
econ of the Second South Carolina regi-
men. of infantry, with the rank OF cap
tain.
The building committee of the new
graded school has sold back to Mr..
ONeai the buildings on the lot purchased
from him. He has purchased the lot
next to Mr.. G. A. Rice's from Mrs:
Hartzog, and is having the house and
other buildings moved sse.
Mr.A. M. Brabham left last Monday for
Hendersonville, n c., where he has gone
to ioin team of base ballists. This team
is being organized by Mr.. G. Marshall
Moore, formerly teacher in the Carlisle
Fitting School, and it will be made up
entirely of college players from this State.
Mrs. E. S. NJ. Hammett, mother of Mrs.
D.J. Auld, died at 12 O'clock last Tues
day night at the home of her daughter,
on Calhoun street. She had reached the
advanced age of 81 years, and had been
sick for long time past. The funeral
services were held at the residence at
10 O'Clock Wednesday morning and the
remains were taken to Blackvllie, the
: former home of the deceased, on the 2
o'clock train, where they were inferred
Sumter Herald.
In the third game of the series played
between Laurens and Bamberg, the visi
tors were outclassed by the fast playing
of the home team. Hoffman pitched q
splendid game, allowing few hits and
showing good head work at critical mo-
ments. Had it not been for one or two
errors made by the home teams infeld
the result would have been string OF
goose eggs for Laurens. As it was, Bam
: berg won by 8 score of 9 to 2. This game
was played after We went to press We'd
nesday afternoon, and it made three
straight victories for our boys over tn
Laurens aggregation.
Three years ago Mr.. H. j. Brabhan
planted grated pecan trees, of the cele
brated Stuart varieties, on about fourtl
of an acre of land at his residence. B.
special attention they have all lived am
done we'll. Several days ago he decided
Z that they needed some trimming. From
the limbs he took off the Nursery got 5N
buds for budding on common stock
These trees will bear some of the iarges
nuts that grow in the world, and th
buds sell in Mississippi for 1Oc each,
which price Mr.. Brabham would hav
realized $50 from only dozen tree
three years planted.