The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-06-16
TIE BANBERG HERALD
Thursday, June 16, 1904
Short Locals.

AuuiSudys ouA0 AOs A0SH
Short Locals.
Crops are growing nicely, but the cool
weather of this week was bad on cotton.
For SALE.-I have fifteen bushels
Spanish peanuts for sale. A. j. HUNTER.
q. S. Dowling, Esq, announces himself
as = candidate for the State Senate in this
issue.
Two negroes were brought before the
mayor Monday for gambling and fined
five dollars each.
Want an organ? Buy it from 7. Black.
!, He sells the best organ for the price, cash
or long installments.
: Work is still being done on the town
artesian well. As to whether the flow
: of this we'll will be restored, We are not
prepared to say.
It will be noticed from the card in
another column that Mr.. S. W. Copeland,
of Ehrhardt, will not be candidate for
the House of Representatives.
While working at the artesian well last
week, Mr.. Henry Q. Jennings had the
misfortune to get his left hand badly
mashed. One finger is broken.
Master b. G. Folk held references last
Thursday in the land case of Rice against
Beard, Bishop, and others, looking to the
adjustment of rents and profits.
Persons going to the Worlds Fair at
st. Louis will find the train service OF the
Illinois Central, Western & Atlantic and
N. C. & St. Louis Railways Of the very
best.
FoR SALE.-A lot of nice cotton seed
hulls. Apply at once at oil mill Office.
The alarm of fire was sounded about
eleven o'clock to-day, the Mouzon house,
occupied BY Mr.. Antley, being on fire 1t
was put out before much damage was
done.
An interesting game of baseball was
PLAYED at Denmark last Friday between
the Blackville and Denmark teams, which
resulted in score of 20 to 6 in favor of
Blackville.
The small boys of st. George and Bam-
( berg played game of baseball at the
park here last Thursday afternoon, Bam-
berg winning after hard struggle BY s
score of Z to 6.
Mrs. 8. E. Pullen announces the mar
/. fiage of her daughter, Matilda, to MIR. 6.
Madison Neely, Wednesday, June 22nd,
1904, at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. G..
IF. Rizer, olar, s. G.
x car load organs at T. Blacks.
Marshal Kirkland has been sick for
about week With fever, but is improving
now. he will no doubt be all right again
in few days. Mr.. w. N. McCue is act
ing as marshal during the illness of Mr..
Kirkland.
Abe Simmons, colored tenant on Hon.
d, G. Folks plantation few miles from
Z town, brought in the first cotton bloom OF
the season last Thursday. Simmons has
brought the first bale of cotton to this
market for several years past.
81 There was small attendance at the
( meeting of Bamberg lodge, Knights OF
i Pythias, last Monday evening. The breth.
sfren ought to take more interest in the
order or let it drop. The lodge here is
doing absolutely no good now.
i. s.: FoR SALE.-A lot of nice cotton seed
hulls. Parties needing same had best
apply at once at oil mill Office.
O.: We understand that our young friend,
Willie NJ: Brabhan, who is attending
Wofford College, will not spend his sum-
mer vacation at home, but will remain IN
Spartanburg, where he will be engaged In
: newspaper work on the Spartanburg
Daily Herald.
s& The board of trustees of the colored
graded school in this city have reelected
e. w. Moore as principal, and now desire
applications for assistant teachers. The
election is to be held in about two weeks,
and applications should be filed with
Cesar Bowling.
WANTED-A competent housekeeper to
take charge of hotel. Apply to John b.
Cope, Bamberg, S. c..
s The Bamberg baseball team is out on
I trip this week. Tuesday they played in
Barnwell, against a team OF that town:
Bambers was defeated, the score being 10
to9. They played Blackville to-day and
!, tomorrow they 20 to Aiken, TOR one
game with that team.
We have received from our young
friend, Harry N. Bellinger, handsome
;nyitation to the thirty sixth annual COM
mencement of Porter Military Academy,
Charleston, to be held Friday morning,
June 18th. Mr.. Bellinger is member OF
the graduating class, and holds the office
of treasurer.
If you want piano, get Blacks prices
and terms before buying.
THos. BLACK. Bamberg, s. g.
Miss Bertha Wells, who taught in the
graded school here few years ago, has
been elected by the board of trustees to I'll!
the vacancy caused by the declination of
her sister, Miss Ida Wells. The faculty
. of the school is now complete, and is as
follows: n. M. Salley, principal; Mrs. j..
A. Murdaugh, Misses Gertrude Hamilton,
Emma L. Rasor, Jessie W. Black, Clara
E. Riley, and Bertha Wells.
The program of the annual meeting OF
the South Carolina Press Association has
been issued by Secretary c. c. Langston.
The meeting is to be held at White Stone
Springs, July 1914. The editor OF this
newspaper is on the program to read a
paper on "The Job Office in Conjunction
with Country Newspaper" The annual
address is to be delivered by John Temple
Graves, editor of the Atlanta News.