The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-11-17
THE BANBERG HERALD
Thursday, Nov. IL, 1904
Short Locals.


Those dark tan shoes for ladies at
Rhoad's look we'll with brown suits.
Court convenes here the first part OF
December. A number of civil cases are
to be tried.
Remember the play at Folks new opera
house next Thursday evening. Proceeds
for benefit of Epworth League.
Oman lodge, A. F. NJ, will hold a reg
ular meeting tomorrow (Friday) evening
The Masters degree is is to be conferred
Ex-Governor Hugh S. Thompson is
very i'll at his home in New York, and is
not expected to recover. He is suffering
from asthma.
\ Watch our advertising columns and
patronize those who advertise with US.
Every dollar spent with our patrons ben
eits the paper.
The oil mill ginnery here has already
ginned three thousand bales of cotton
this season. Not many more bales are to
be ginned, however.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society
willmeet at the home of Mrs j. W. Stokes
next Tuesday afternoon at four O'Clock.
All;members are urgently requested to be
present.
. After this date the Cotton Oil Company
will gin cotton on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays. Parties interested will
please take notice.
Mr.. F. NJ. Pooser and family have NOV
ed to Swansea, and Mr.. NJ. Moye hasmov-
ed into the Fitting School cottage, which
they were occupying.
Work on the new Methodist church is
progressing slowly on account OF the
scarcity of hands. The wooden sheeting
is being put On the walls at present.
= Principal N. NJ. Salley has moved his
family to town, and they are now occupy
ing one of the Folk cottages, opposite
>Mr. J. A. Byrd's, on Midway street.
s. A. McIver Bostick, Esq, has sold his
residence on Railroad avenue to DR.. Geo.
F. Hair. 1t will no doubt be occupied by
the Baptist minister, Rev. j. B. Holly.
Z Something new at N. Burton Felder's.
Bamberg now has as handsome little
opera house as any town in the State of
8 our size. Col. Folk has spent lot of
money on his house, but he certainly has
an up-to-date place.
Even the small town of Fort Mill, in
Yorkville county, has electric lights.
Bamberg is the only town its size in the
State without modern advantages In the
matter of lights and water.
There is considerable buying and selling
of real estate here these days. Dir. b. W.
Z Adams has recently purchased the Shellle
Miley place near town, from Col. Counts.
) This is q nice plantation, and is we'll sit.
.euated.
Billy Laval, the baseball player, was
Z married in Greenville last week to Miss
Lizzie Dorroh. They will make their home
Z in Columbia. Mr.. Laval is we'll known
! in Bamberg, having played with our team
part of season.
!. The State Supreme Court, in reversing
the decision of the circuit court in the
case of Pearlstine VS.. Insurance Co., grant
s ed a new trial, and the case will no doubt
be tried again at the December term OF
Z court for this county.
x Fruits very cheap at N. B. Felder's.
1t rained here all day last Saturday and
during the night, and Sunday the wind
blew very hard all day. The weather De-
came much colder, but we did not have
8QV SNOW. CQON ID Sdfo W heaS y A>AASH *A
Aiken Sunday, but it was light.
There will be Episcopal services at the
Methodist church in this city this
\ "wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock. This
will be communion service, and will be
conducted by Rev. J. c. Waring. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
. Miss Corrinne Searsou, daughter of Dr.
: and Mrs. R. P. Searson, was married at
4 the home of her parents in Allcndale last
Saturday evening to Mr.. John B. Atkln-
son. of Spartanburg. Rev. G. E. Burts, OF
Edgefeld, was the officiating minister.
Bamberg county's people are prosper
Gus. Few mortgages are toreclosed IN
this county, fewer no doubt than IN any,
county in the State. Even few personal
property mortgages are being toreclosed
{ this year, and our dealers have taken IN
very few horses and mules.
Come in and see that new line of can
ned goods at n. Burton Felder's.
The Bamberg graded school will start a
library under the Aull library act. The
school already has some books, and the
children were out last week soliciting
funds in order to get the appropriation
from the school district and State for the
purpose of buying additional literature.
Many of our farmers have already be-
\ gun to make arrangements for next years
crop. Lands are being rented, share crop
contracts are being signed, and wages
hands hired. This Office has already sold
a lot of legal blanks used by farmers. No
liens are being signed as yet except rent
liens.
The election is over, but not the bar
gains in clothing at Rhoad's.
The date of the farmers institute to be
held in Bamberg is Saturday, December
: 17th, and not November 18th, as we an
nounced last week. No month was men
toned in the letter to Mr.. Free, and we
{. naturally presumed it was November.
Parties interested will please note that
the date is Saturday, December 18th.
Invitations have been issued announc-
ing the coming marriage of Miss Florrye
C6assereau and Nj. Charles E. Kinsey,
the ceremony to take place at the home OF
the brides parents in Ehrhardt Wednes-
= D,,,,,bor 9Th The hride.t0.he is q