The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-12-28
THE BAMBERG HERALD
Thursday, Dec. %. 1905
Short Locals.

Several CI our meTCudutS arc uuSy
taking stock this week.
Most of the stores in town were closed
Tuesday, as we'll as Monday.
WANTED AT ONcE.-Your order for dry
wood. j. b. MURPHY.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Weissinger and Mr..
and Mrs. J. A. Murdaugh will occupy MIR.
Otis Brabham's residence.
Mr.. Charley Fielder has given up his
position at Brokers hardware store, and
is now working at the depot.
Episcopal services are to be held at the
Methodist church next Sunday, conduct
ed bv Rev. s. Carey Beckwith.
We print our paper little earlier this
week in order that our hard-worked
force may have little holiday.
The graded school suspended exercises
last Thursday for the Christmas holidays.
Work will be resumed the 3rd of January
WANrEp--Agents to solicit applications
for fire insurance. Good pay guaranteed.
Address Lock Box No. IA, SpartanDurg,
s. G.
Episcopal services will be conducted in
the Methodist church here next Sunday
morning and evening by Rev. 5. Carey
Beckwith. All are invited to attend.
The new Methodist church is to be ded-
icated in the next few weeks. 1t is to DC
regretted that this could not be done
Mr. Duncan's departure, but we all tr4st
he win come back to the exercises. A}
Christmas was observed 2ry q91 x
in Bamberg. Most Of the - .WR6
xssss ssaSs11 al a lsepxI y aq pep: sp-
boys.
We have discontinued The Herald to
some people because they have not palo
for it. Others will miss the paper in the
next few weeks unless they pay up. we
do not care for these good but slow pay
subscribers.
M. E. D. Fielder has returned from
Mullins, where he has been Tor the past
few months. and will be associated IN t9e M
grocery business with his brotner' N.
Burton Fielder.
The seats in the new Methodist church
are of golden oak and very pretty, but we
regret to see that they are getting badly
scratched already by those who VIII IN.
sist on putting their feet against the seat
in front of them.
Thereport of the census bureau mace
last week, of the number OF bales OF COT
ton ginned for the season of 1905, puts tne
total at 9,2S2, ,1S1 bales, against ll,9!l;;4T
in, 1904. This is more than two million
less than last year.
Miss Matte M, Dantzler has resigned
her position as teacher OF the thlrd ana
fourth grades in the graded school mere,
on account of continued i'll health. she
gave general satisfaction, and the patrons
Tegret her resignation.
For sALE-1OO pounds Georgia Rattle,
snake melon seed at 60c. the pound; oV
pounds Eden melon seed at 5Oc the pound;
loo pounds Kolb Gem seed at AUG. the
ponnd. All guaranteed pure, grown py
me. W.D. RICE, Denmark, 3. =.
& Rev. W. T.. Duncan and family VIII
leave this "Wednesday morning tor their
new home in Greenwood, and it is surely
strue that they carry with them the love
and affection of all Bamberg people, IRE
snectiye of denomination. Some OF the
strongest expressions we have heard IN
the mast week came from those who were
nds members of the Methodist church.
MT. Duncan has done good work hefe'
and all sincerely regret his departure.
News was received here last Friday, OF
the killing of Mr.. a. c. Craddock, OF
Umer, by negro. The murder was an
nnproyoked one. Mr.. Craddock went to
the negro's house to collect some money
due for ginning cotton, and the negro
put, his gun through q crack in the house I
and fred, instantly killing Mr.: Craddock.
Two negroes were implicated, iather
and SON, and they were shot by the en-
ragged neighbers who gathered next day.
MT. Craddock was a quiet, inottensive
man, and was well liked by many IN this
town who knew him.