The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-06-15
THE BANBBRG HERALD
Thursday, June IS, 1905
Short Locals.

burns.
When barefooted 60 to shoe store
When in need of wood go to Murphy
wood yard.
Mr.. W. NJ. Brabham, youngest son of
Mr.. C. R. Brabham, graduated at Woford
college this week.
In another column Col. Jno. F. Folk
offers his opera house scenery, chairs, etc.,
for sale. See the ad.
The Herald Office is kept very bust these
days. We are getting good run OF work
for this season of the year, but money is
mighty scarce.
Six teachers from Bamberg county
have enrolled in the State summer school
for teachers to be held at Clemson COL
lege next month.
DR.. C. E. Kinsey is preparing to open a
drug store in the building next door to
the bank. He expects to be ready for
business in few days.
The Home Missions Society will meet
next Tuesday afternoon, June Goth, at
$50 o'clock with Mrs. R. L. Risher. A
full attendance is requested.
Remember that the young ladies of the
juvenile missionary society will serve ice
cream and cake on the Fitting School
lawn this (Thursday) evening.
Mr.. E. b. Hall, of Chester, who has
successfully managed the Denmark
graded school for the past two years, has
been reelected for another term.
Last Saturday we received a cotton
bloom. which was grown by Willis Brab-
ham on Mrs. Essie Henderson's planta-
ton in the Buford's Bridge section.
The young ladies of the juvenile mis-:
sionary society will serve ice cream and
cake on the Fitting School lawn Thurs
day evening. Everybody is invited.
Mr.. E. A. Brabham, of the Buford's
Bridge section, sent US cotton bloom last
week, which he plucked Tuesday. 1t did
not reach us.in time for mention in last
weeks paper.
If you made any wheat this season, send
OF carry it to Traywick's -four mill near
Cope. he has up-to-date machinery and
an experienced ller and will turn out a
fine grade of flour.
There is no more delightful place to
spend the summer months than Chick
Springs. We understand that several
from Bamberg will spend time at this
resort next month.
The bad practice of discharging fire
arms in order to give the alarm of fire
was well illustrated in Laurens one night
last week when somebody shot and
seriously wounded horse.
There should be number of houses
built in town for rent. There IS always
good demand for them, and more people
would move here if they could obtain
desirable places in which to live.
We see by the Columbia State that
Bamberg county has borrowed $4,000
from the sinking fund commission. This
is wisely done in, order that all claims
against the county may be paid cash.
Miss Mabel G. Brown, of Belton, who
was elected as one ofthe teachers in the
Bamberg graded school, has declined the
position, saying that she bad already &C
cepted position in the Blackville school.
Crops generally in this section are now
free from grass and in good shape. Rain
is needed, however. The dry weather
was blessing, for it enabled many far
mers to save crop which, with. rainy
weather, would have been ruined.
The new Methodist church caught on
fire last Friday about two o'clock, but the
flames were put out before much damage
was done. The fire started way up near
the top of the tower, and was caused by a
soldering pot used by the timers.
The summer school for the teachers Of
Orangeburg and Bamberg counties will
begin in Orangeburg next Tuesday, and
continue until July 18th. Several teach
ers from this county will attend. Mr.. n.
M. Salley is one of the instructors.
Several prominent citizens in town are
having a nice lot of water works put IN,
both hot and cold. Mr.. G. b. Jennings is
doing the work, and he is albright when
it comes to plumbing. He is Bamberg
boy, and don't forget him when in need
of water works.
The following teachers have enrolled
for attendance upon the State summer
school for teachers at Clemson college:
Miss Rosa Hutto, Govan; W. @. Roger,
Bamberg; Miss Narcissa Matheney, Den
mark; Miss Clara E. Riley, Bamberg; Miss
Hattie NJ. Smoak, Bamberg.
MI. ~. n. CaiuouH, WIZ "oS toAA!.eA
principal of the Bamberg graded school,
has been reelected as principal of the
Walterboro graded school, where he has
taught for the past two years. He has
also been appointed as principal OF the
summer school for the teachers of that
county.
No services will be held in the Metho-
dist church in this city next Sunday,
either morning or evening, as Rev. W.
T. Duncan will be away attending the
Orangeburg district conference at Elloree
Messrs. W. M. Cauthen and b. G. Sheri-
dan are the delegates from this church to
the conference.
Magistrate W. Russell Wright, of Bam-
berg, who is by the way an up to date
military man and the popular captain OF
the Bamberg Guards, is in the city today
on business. Captain Wright is well
known here and his many friends kept
him busy this morning shaking hands
with old acquaintances.-Orangebur
Evening News, June 10th.
It does not speak well for Bamberg..s
merchants that The Herald's largest ad-
yertfser should be an out-Of-town mer-