The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-13
THE BANBERG HERALD
Thursday, July 13, 1905
Short Locals.

Short Locals.
Great Scott How Murphy's wood
burns.
Too much rain is falling in this section
now for the good of the crops
When barefooted 60 to shoe store.
When in need of wood 60 to Murphy's
wood yard.
The painters, timers, plumbers, ect,,
of Greenville, were organized into
unions last week.
CITY council held regular monthly
meeting last week, but only business OF
q routine nature was transacted.
An ice cream festival will be given
this Thursday evening by the Epworth
League on the Fitting School campus.
The Home Mission Society will hold
it's regular monthly meeting next Tues
afternoon at $50 o'clock at the parsonage.
In another column will be found the
notice of opening books of subscription
to the capital stock of the Edisto Lumber
Company.
The editor left Tuesday to attend the
meeting of the State Press Association at
White Stone Springs, and will be away
all of this week.
The rise in the price of cotton brought
many bale to town during the last two
weeks. The platform was crowded with
bales like unto the fall season.
The putting in of the electric wires for
the new Methodist church is now under
way. 1t will be matter of short while
before the building will be completed.
The merry 60 round packed up and
left town this week, let US hope never to
return. City council ought to pass an
ordinance prohibiting these things from
coming to Bamberg.
1t has been fine weather recently on
growing crops, and they have improved
very much. If cotton bringsa good price
Ibis fall our people generally ought to be
in fine financial shape.
Judge James Aldrich last week grant
ed an Injunction against holding the
election for Hayward county. The courts
will have to pass on the matter before
the new county movement can proceed.
Rev. Mr.. .Walker,a AN Episcopalian minis
te,, of Charleston, preached two splendid
sermons here Sunday. The morning
service was held in the Presbyterian
church, and that of the evening in the
Methodist.
The Simmons Hardware Company
received last week nice iron lathe and
shaper for their machine shop. These
machines will be run by gasoline
engine, and will be ready for work in a
few DAYS, as soon as the necessary shaft
ing can be erected.
The examination for scholarship in
Winthrop college was held at the court
house here last Friday. Several young
ladies competed for the scholarship, and
the result will be announced as soon as
the examination papers can be examined
by the college authorities.
Mayor Dickinson has made a fine
record since he has been in office in re-
gard to fines The fines IMPOSED have
been sufficient to pay the policemen: The
mayor does not hesitate to fine evil doers
heavily, and he notifies each offender
that for a second offense the fine will
be doubled.
The good work of cleaning the streets
still goes on. Council will keep force
of hands on the streets until all the
thoroughfares of towp have been gone
over and the weeds and grass thoroughly
cleaned off. Much needed ditching is
also being done. 1t is the intention OF
our city fathers to drain the town well
before they quit.
It now seems that Bamberg will not
have electric lights and waterworks for
the present at any rate. The franchise
voted by the people some months ago
expired last week and the parties who
were given the franchise had not COM
menced work. This renders it null and
void and council will not pursue the
matter further with these parties.
The county chain gang is now at work
on the main ditch which drains the town.
1t is being widened and deepened, and at
one point a new ditch is being dug for
some distance in order to straighten it.
The county gang is doing this WORK IN
order to pay the town for nVlcts sent 10
it by the town. A fine piece OF work Is
being done, and it will be of great good to
the town.
Our good friend, Jones Lane, of the
firm of F. M. Young Co., stole a march
upon US last week. He just went of in
buggy, called on his best girl, asked her
to take seat with him, drove her to the
parsons house and the Indissoludle mar.
rage knot of South Carolina was tied.
MIR. Lanes bride was Miss Lizzie Padgett,
of Ehrhardt. The happy couple are
boarding at Mr. Frank Harter's.-Fairfax
Enterprise.
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