The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-24


ing trips and pleasure excursions.
The pupils of the ninth grade of the
graded school will give a reception at the
School building next Thursday evening,
May 31st.
Mr.. O. D. Faust, Jr., has bought the
stock of groceries formerly owned by Mr..
A. G. Griffin, and is conducting the busl-
| ness at the same stand.
No prospects of freight warehouse
yet. Frankly it begins to look like the
building will never be erected. Our citi-
zens should take some steps in the matter.
Our people generally are taking some
interest in the school meeting, and it
seems that representative board will be
elected at the mass meeting the first Mon
day in June.
The mass meeting in the court house on
the first Monday in June to elect trustees
for the graded school is an important
meeting, and every patron of the school
should atteHd.
A number of people in town are having
their residences and places of business
wired for electric lights. The prospects
arc that the plant will start off with a
nice patronage for private lights.
The walls of the addition to the cotton
mill are going up rapidly, a large force OF
hands is at work digging out the reser-
voir, and work on the engine and dynamo
room will soon De commenced.
We would be glad if OLE advertisers
would change their ads. often. we 90
not care to be printing the same ads.
week after week, and it costs nothing to
change them-in fact we are only TOO
glad to do it.
A small organ is to be placed in the
Sunday.school room at the Methodist
church for use at prayer meeting, Sunday
school, Epworth League meetings, etc.
The pipe organ will then be used only for
preaching services.
Work is going forward on &. Frank
Bambers's large stables. 1t is to be of
brick. two stories, with 100 feet frontage
on Main street and 100 feet in length. 1t
will be the largest building for the live
stock and vehicle business in this section.
The special train bearing a private
party of Southern Railway officials, pass
ed through here last Thursday afternoon.
The party contained General Manager
Herbert Spencer, Supt. Heether, OF the
Charleston Division, and several others.
We have the prettiest lines of organ.
dies in white and colors, also silk mulls,
in town. When you want your COM
mencement dress give US a call. Prices
to suit any one.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Co.
Among the attractive guests in the city
are Miss Llewlie Bamberg, of Bamberg,
sponsor for the South Carolina division,
3. G. ", and her maid of honor, Miss
Bess Henry, one of Greepville's most
charming young women.-Columbla State
Cards are out announcing the ap-
preaching marriage of Miss Essie Free,
daughter of Mr.. G. B. Free, to Mr.. Emory
A. Hooton, the ceremony to take place
at the aptist church in this city on
Thursday evening, June 7th, at seven
o'clock.
Mr. L. S. Mattison was elected this
week as grand prelate of the Knights OF
Pythias, this being the first step toward
grand chancellor. Mr.. Mattison is well
known and has many friends in Bam-
berg, who rejoice at his recognition by
the order.
A little daughter of Mr.. Allen Free, OF
this county, was carried to Charleston
last week and operated on. She had SUI
fered for several years, and hairpin was
removed from the bladder. She is now
doing we'll, and the physicians say this Is
one of the strangest cases on record.
Mr.. J. NJ. Jennings has secured a t1oW
at the well he was boring for the cotton
mill, to supply water for their large reser-
yoir, for use in connection with their new
steam plant. lie is now at work restor-
ing the flow in G. Frank Bamberg's we'll.
He will bore a new we'll at the Fitting
School in short time.
You can sing ''shoo fly, don't bother
me-" if you will use the wire doors and
window screens I am selling. Call at
Brickle's bicycle shop and see them.
L. B. FOWLER.
We have received an invitation to at
tend the commencement exercises OF
Winthrop college, to be held June third
fourth and fifth. The bacca!aureate ser
mon is to be preached by Rev. Geo. b.
Eager, D. D., of the Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary at Louisville, ky,
and the address to the graduating class
will be delivered by Rev. David NJ. Ram
sey, D. D., pastor of Citadel Square Bap-
tist church in Charleston. The Carnegie
library is to be dedicated on Monday,
June 4th. The graduating class is unusu-
ally large.
Get Felder's prices before buying your
groceries.
While in Atlanta last week Mayor G.
Moye Dickinson, in company with Mr.
J. B. McCrary, engineer for Bambergs
electric light plant, called on represen'
tative of the Southeastern Tariff Assocla-
tion in regard to establishing water.
works system here for the protection OF
Main street and adjacent property. The
matter has been taken up in earnest, and
it is likely that system covering this
territory will be put in before very long.
The plan proposed will reduce insurance
rates considerably as well as give protec-
ton from fire. while the cost will De very
little. 1t is hoped to install the system
during the summer
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