The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-10-27
THE BkMBERG HERALD
Thursday, Oct. 27. 1904
Short Locals.

Killing IrOSLS Iell ueTe IuiS Weeh.
The harvesting of hay is going on now
There was small dance in the towr
hall Tuesday night.
Very little grain has been planted yet
as it has been too dry.
A street carnival will make Bamberg
its headquarters next week.
For all sorts O. stationery and Office
supplies, visit The Herald Book Store.
WANTED.-Ones second hand stump pull
er. Apply to Box 29S, Greenwood. S. Z
A number of persons from Bamberg arr
Z attending the State Fair in Columbia thl
week.
& The tax books are open and Treasurer
Folk is ready and anxious to write you
& receipt.
Governor Hayward is receiving many
letters commencing his action IN pardon
ing Hoyt Hays.
Well, the rain has come at last, and we
! all feel better for it. Farmers can now
60 to planting small grain.
Cotton is not coming in as fast as it
did some weeks ago. Many of the farm
8 ers seem to be holding back.
News is pretty scarce this week, and it
/ is hard job to get out readable news
paper under such circumstances.
ss LosT-Pocketbook containing two rail
road passes and some money. Reward II
I left at G.. E. Bamberg's Jewelry Store.
Most of the cotton in this section was
gathered without drop of rain on it, and
in consequence the staple has been un-
usually fine.
The carnival company, which is to De
here next week, tried to go to Aiken, but
/ the city council of that town refused them
9 license.
It has been long time since the cotton
crop was as near gathered as at this date.
3 Most of the cotton fields in this section
are almost bare.
Some beautiful holiday goods have just
been received at The Herald Book Store
The dust is laid at last. A fine rain fell
here Tuesday night. 1t commenced rain
ing about midnight and continued stead
lily until the next morning.
ss Don't forget the Fall Festival and
Carnival at Savannah Oct. 31st, to Nov.
9th. The Seaboard Air Line is offer
ing cheap rates for same.
If one wants to invest in Bamberg real
estate, now is the time to do so. Values
are increasing every day, and town prop
erty will be much higher in a year or so.
LosT.-A pocket book containing nine
" dollars in $5 and so bills, in the town
Of Bamberg last Friday, the 21st. Reward
! if returned to Isham Padgett, Jr., Smoak's
IS. C. ;,
Only one fare plus 25 cts. to Savannah
Oct 31st to Nov. 5th, account OF Grand
Fall Festival and Carnival, via Seaboard
Air Line R'y. Seaboard agents will give
!. you complete information.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isham Padgett, Jr., OF
Smoaks, we're in the city last Friday
i While here Mr.. Padgett lost his pocket
book containing ninety dollars. DE
offers reward for its return.
sS Some of the prettiest stationery ever
seen In Bamberg is now at The Herald
Book Store.
Last Saturday about noon the old home
6 stead of the late F. A. Lawton, near Law
tonyille, was destroyed by fire. Mr.. Maner
y Kirkland, who had rented the property,
s saved most of his household effects
Hampton Guardian.
Up to last Wednesday the oil mill gin
nery here had ginned one hundred more
bales of cotton for this season than for all
s last season. The total number for this
year will no doubt be one-third or more
larger than last year..
The commissioners of State and Fed
seral elections request US to state that the
I managers must return the boxes on Thurs
ssday, November 10th, as that Is the day
the commissioners will be at the court
Z house to receive them.
See those holiday goods at The Herald
Book Store. Handsome goods-nothlng
shoddy or cheap.
Hunters who shoot partridges before
& the first of November should be prose
cuted. The young birds are said to be
very small this year, not being much larg-
Ger at present than sparrows. The hunters
should spare them while longer.
The residence of Sheriff Owen Alder
!. man in Aiken was burned last Monday
night. The fire started in the kitchen,
and burned so rapidly that but little fur
niture or household goods were saved.
& The loss is about $4,000, with insurance
4 of s., 800.
The regular fall examination of appli-
cants for teachers certificates was con-
] Quoted by County Superintendent of Ed
ucation Rowell at the court house last
7 Friday. There were thirteen applicants,
seven white and six colored. Of the whites
there were two males and five females,
: and of the colored applicants three were
male and three female.
* - There will be numerous Pike attrac-
tions. Troop 81 Of the 7th U. s: calvary
win give daily exhibitions at the Grand
Fall Festival and Carnival, Savannah,
Ga, Oct. 31st to Nov: 9Th. The Seaooard
Air Line will sell tickets to Savannah and
return at the rate of one fare plus 70 cts
i for the round trip on Oct. 31st, Nov. lst
l2nd, 3rd, 4th, and for trains arriving IN
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