The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-09-01
THE BAMBERG- HERALD
Thursday, Sept. 1. 1904
Short Locals.

Snort LOcalS.
The dispensary was closed here Tues
day on account of the primary election.
The Bamberg Cotton Mills Co. has {
nice lot of bagging and ties for sale cheap
Get prices before buying.
Next Monday is the first Monday in tht
month and sales day One lot in town i:
to be sold by the sheriff for taxes.
Ehrhardt lodge, Knights of Pythias, i:
on the boom and growing rapidly. Th'
brethren there tell US they have Initiation:
at almost every meeting.
A number of new telephones are being
put in business houses and private resi-
dences here, thus increasing the value OF
phones to those using them.
The election passed off quietly here
although much interest was taken. There
was a good deal of whiskey afoat, how
ever, as is usual on election day.
Mayor Gibbes, of Columbia, has employ
ed one of the best detectives in the Pink
erton service to work out the Maude AL
len murder mystery in Columbia.
The harvesting of cotton is going at a
rapid rate in this county now. and It is
opening in the fields right along. The
high prices make our farmers anxious to
get it on the market.
Capt. and Mrs J. E. Hair and DR.. and
Mrs. G. F. Hair left on Tuesday morning
for the St. Louis Exposition and were
followed yesterday by DR.. and Mrs. }. b..
E. Milhous.-Barnwell People.
Many of the negroes in town have gone
to the cotton fields and many people are
without cooks, nurses and other servants.
Yet these negroes will come back as soon
as the cotton season is over and we give
them their jobs back
Mr.. Thomas O. OFT, formerly of Colum.
bia. now of Jacksonville, Fla, is in the
city for few days. BE leaves on Satur-
day for Brooklyn, n. Y, where he will be
married on Sept. 1st to Miss Elizabeth
Dickson of that city.-Columbia State.
The pleasant presence of Gen. j: S. Bre-
land intown on Friday renewed the hap
piness of his friends and revived their
regret that Three Mile is no longer part
of Barnwell and that his visits to the old
county seat are so far between.-Barn-
well People.
CT. Rizer at Olar received last week
one car wagons and one car buggies and
expects another car in ten days buying
in carload lots enables me to sell very
cheap. Give me call and be convinced.
Rev. T. O.Reese, of Appalachicola, Fla,
will preach at the Baptist church next
Sunday morning and evening. Will pass
through this way on his way to Asheville,
NC, to see his father, and has agreed to
stop over here and preach.
The furniture is being put down in the
new graded school building. Mr.. N. NJ.
Salley arrived in town Monday IN order
to get everything ready for the opening
of the school, The fall session begins on
Monday, September 10Th. Be sure to have
your child ready to 60 on the opening
day, when the classes are formed and the
work begun.
MIL. Goodwin died at his home in
the Colsson section last Wednesday, after
an illness of several weeks with typhoid
fever. Mr.. Goodwin was about forty
wears old, and leaves wife and several
Children. He was an honest, hard.work-
ing farmer, and his community and coun-
tv has lost a good citizen. The burial
took place at Pleasant Hill church last
Thursday, the services being conducted
by Rev. E. NJ. McKissick.
I am daily receiving my fall line of
goods and expect to have the largest and
best selected stock I have ever shown.
Prices right. Be sure to see the new
goods at G. +. R1zER's, Olar, 5. Y.
The county campaign meeting at Ehr-
hardt last Thursday was the most largely
attended of any held during the cam
paign. it was the occasion Of big pic
mic, and the day was pleasantly spent:
Most of the candidates were present and
made speeches We do not report them,
as the election is over. The speaking and
picnic were held in the large grove at Mr..
G. Ehrhardt's residence Mr.. G. R. Clay
ton, president of the Ehrhardt club, pre-
sided and introduced the speakers. AS
usual with the Ehrhardt folks, the dinner
was an elegant one and there was enough
to have fed two such crowds.
The Bamberg Cotton Mills Co. has a
nice lot of bagging and ties for sale cheap.
Get prices before buying.
Ehrhardt lodge, Knights of Pythias,
will hold memorial meeting this Thurs
day) evening, September 1st, in memory
of the late Ben F. Brown, who was mem
Der of that lodge. The meeting will be
what is known in Pythian circles as a
lodge of sorrow. Eloquent speakers will
be present to deliver addresses, and 1t is
proposed to make the occasion one wor-
thy of the memory of their friend and
brother. The committee in charge OF the
affair consists of Dr. J. 81. Roberts, Frank
H. Copeland, Isaac w. Carter, Geo. j:
HERS, and w. D. Sease. Brethren OF
sister lodges are cordially invited and
earnestly asked to be present.
Notice to School Patrons.
The Graded School will open on the