The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-01-07
THE BhhBERG HERALD
Thursday, Jan. 7. 1904.
Short Locals.

News is certainly scarce this week.
Winter weather we are having again.
The bank is busy lending money these
days.
The first snow of this winter fell here
Monday afternoon.
WANTED.-To buy about 1000 pounds
fodder. Apply at this Office.
The Fitting School and graded school
resumed exercises last Monday.
MI. Henry F. Bamberg is to move into
the store lately occupied as postof1ce.
Mr. W. W. Stewart has gone to Pied
mont to accept the principalship OF the
school there.
On account of the severe weather there
was not very large crowd in town last
Monday.
Let Us make 1904 record breaking
year for progress and improvement in
Bamberg.
The postofice was moved last Thurs
day to the new brick building near The
HERALD Office.
A number of our friends were in the
J city last Friday night to attend the Ma
sonic meeting.
Remember that Jones Bros. will receive
q fine car load of stock in few days. BE
sure to see them.
Mr. W. D. Rhoad will open business
soon in the store formerly occupied by
Rhoad & Bamberg.
The bank and dispensary were closed
on new years day, and the postothce
observed Sunday hours.
The officers of Bamberg lodge, Knights
of Pythias, are to be installed at the regu-
lar meeting next Monday evening.
Many of Bamberg's boys and girls have
returned to college this week, and the
town is quiet again in social way.
When you want job work, remember
that this Office does only one kind-the
best, and the price is reasonable, too.
We are constantly being asked about
the new graded school building. Our
people are anxious for the work to begin.
The new subscribers have made a fine
start for the new year. Let them continue
to comet! We want one thousand new
s ones.
Capt. W. A. Riley is employed at the
bank for the present. The month OF
January is always busy one with this
institution.
Mr.P. z. Rhoad and Miss Marie Folk
Z were married on Thursday, December
24th, at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. J..
G. Rentz.
Mr.. W. P. Jones is now in st. Louis
buying stock for Jones Bros. They will
receive load of fine animals the first OF
s next week.
For SALE.-A fye-room house on a
large lot, situated in the suburbs OF Bam-
berg, will be sold at bargain. Apply at
this Office.
Emancipation Day was celebrated by
the negroes at Denmark last Friday, and
q number from this community attended
the exercises.
Jones Bros. will receive car load Of
fine horses and mules the first OF next
week. Mr.. W. P. Jones, Of the firm, is
now in the West buying them.
Mr.. j. G. Folk, Jr., has moved to town
and is occupying the house next door to
sS Mr.. T. s. Rice, which was formerly
occupied by j., Fielder Hunter.
Bradstreet states that 80 per cent of the
merchants who fail have failed to adver-
tise. You might as well send in your
copy. You can't resist an argument ike
that
On account of the illness of Rev. NJ. l..
Lawson, there was no preaching service
at the Baptist church last sunday. He
has been sick ever since his return home,
but is better now.
The report that Capt. W. A. Riley was
to keep books for j. D. Copeland is a
Z mistake, and we do not see how it could
have originated, although several parties
told us about it.
A farmer who watches the weather
signs closely tells US that this year will
be very dry one. He expects 1t to be
very poor crop year, as he looks for a
long drought during the summer.
The annual meeting of the stock-hold-
!: ers of Bamberg Banking Company was
; held recently at which the same directors
and officers were reelected for another
year and a satisfactory dividend declared.
Among those here Monday we noted {:
DIR. s. D. M. Guess, E. T. La. Fitte, E.
p. Soiourner, J. G.. H. Guess, Denmark;
W. NJ. Walker, Geo. J. HERS, G. K. Clay
: ton, 81. L. Kinard, w. L. Mitchum, Ehrh-
/ ardt; j. F. Jones, Colston.
Mr.. J. A. Virgins has resigned the
! principalship of the Denmark graded
. school. and Mr.. J. z. Owens has been
j elected to succeed him. Mr.. Virgins
goes into the banking business at Den
! mark with DI. S. D. NJ. Guess.
We understand that the lease has ex-
4 pired for the convicts which the town
procured from the State penitentiary.
authorities and that there is danger OF
] our losing them. Efforts are being made
to extend the lease, however, and we
trust they will be successful.
There is strong probability that at
: least two or more brick stores will soon
be erected on Main street. While our
: business men are erecting new stores
they might also be doing something to
bring trade to Bamberg. 1t is certain
that you can't sell goods unless there are
buyers.
The annual statement Of the Bamberg
Banking Company is before US. The