The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-02-02
THE BAMBERG HERALD
Thursday, Feb. 2. 1905


Short Locals.
,, The. weather is very different this weet
from that of last week.
The man who can see no good in Others
is generally pretty sort of fellow him
self.
Bamberg county farmers will plant les
cotton and use less fertilizer this yea
than usual.
Mr.. P. W. Sandifer, who suffered
stroke of paralysis about two weeks ago
IS improving.
: DR.. j. B. Black spoke in favor of tht
compulsory education law in the Senate
: last Wednesday.
Some fertilizer is being hauled out by
Y the farmers this week, but not near sc
much as usual,
rs See the advertisement of boarders want
=, ted, in another column. This Office will
J. furnish full information.
Next Monday Is the first Monday in the
month and salesday- There is one tract
sof land to be sold by the Master.
It Is true that the outlook. for this year
Is gloomy, but our people as rule are
nearer out of debt than they have been
since the war.
The Young Peoples Missionary Society
sWill meet at the home of Mrs. 81. j. Brab-
ham on Friday evening, February 10th,
at four o'clock.
Mi. LaEitte's bill to increase the pow
ers of magistrates will give them the right
8 TO impose sentences Of ninety days in
\ stead ef thirty, as at present.
Mr. ). B. Padeett had the misfortune to
have his barn and stables destroyed by
I FIRE recently. There was no insurance,
and the loss is several hundred dollars.
The house has passed bill giving 8
part 1of the money from the privilege
tax on fertilizers TO Winthrop college.
zAl the money formerly wentto Clemson.
The legislature has passed bill for
bidding the sale or giving away OF NOR
gphine, opium, laudanum, cocaine, ETC.,
except on prescription of physician.
This is good law.
81 The many friends OLA. McIver Bostick,
ESQ, will be glad to know he is much
better. He has been sick at hospital In
sSaFannah for several weeks, but Is now
son the road to recovery.
No one it seems will take the Initiative
5in organizing q company to establish an
siron foundry and machine shop. Nihere
s IS GOOD money in such an enterprise, and
sis Is badly needed in Bamberg. =,
The Woman's Foreign Missionary So
s,ciety Of the Methodist church Will meet
next Tuesday afternoon at four O'Clock
Sat the. home Of Mrs. W. A. Riley. A full
I attendance of the members is expected.
& The smart young man who remarked
!. ia one Of our bright women, 1--WE do not
& read in. the Scripture that seven devils
& were cast ont Of any man" was met with
tie reply: 'sNo they have got them yet
All Who have not paid taxes will do
well TO bear in mind that one per cent.
! penalty is added during January; two per
{ cent. penalty during February and seven
DIR cent. up to and including March 10Th.
The telephone exchange has the largest
snnmber of subscribers since the system
/. wss established in Bxmberg, and new
spkones are being put in allthe time. The
exchange now has nearly 100 subscribers.
We regret to learn that Miss Pet Stew
ems Has rendered her resignation as teach.
!. er IN The w Walterboro graded school on ac-
I count .of her i'll health. She will return to
her home at Bells. Walterboro Press and
STANDARD.
S Gorton's New Orleans minstrels carry
fheir own band and orchestra, and VIII
Il oiye h:gh-class performarc CO in Folks
Z opera house in this city Monday evening,
{ the 18th instant. Seats are now on sale
Eat Hohman's.
The county auditor has finished his
4ropnds and is now at his Office IN the
court house for the purpose OF taxing your
tax returns. The penalty attaches II you
;sdo not return your property by the SOtn
sof this month. Remember this and MAKE
syour return before that date.
The legislature last Saturday decided
! TO postpone action on the biennial ses-
sions matter until next year. The reason
given is that there are several changes IN
{ he constitution to be worked out and It
will take some time. A committee will
work on the matter and report at the next
session.
Here is what an appreciatiye advertiser
saws Of tn. HERALD: 81 am pleased with
svour service. Your ads are always well
displayed, and yonr paper is good one.
81 wonder if the Bamberg people appreci-
ate your paper as they should. We are
afraid that they do not, but we keep on
trying to improve, and maybe things will
get better after awhile.
The barn and stables of E. T. LaFitte,
Eco, were destroyed by fire last Sunday
night. The horse and buggy OF Capt. ".
sR. Wright was being kept there, and mar
rowly escaped destruction. No live stock
WAS burned, and the loss is confined to
the building and some oats, corn, etc.
There: was insurance on it OF $100, but
sfhis will not near cover the loss.
@ In the fire at Union last Wednesday, the
Union Carriage Works, belonging to Mr..
WE. Hughes, formerly OF this place, was
totally destroyed. The building belonged
ato another party, but the loss :. OF I: MT. a5
tools. etc, was nearly $4,000, with only
$3.50 insurance. His many friends here
win regret to learn of his misfortune.