The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-05-30
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Thursday, May 80, 1907


captured.
Mr.. H. G. Delk has finished Mrs.
D. F. Hooton's residence and is ready
for another job. Give him trial.
The Bamberg Banking Company's
furniture has arrived, and they will
move into their new building this
week.
The annual meeting of the State
teachers association is to be held
this year at Chick Springs, commenc-
ing June 24th.
The Bell Telephone Company will
soon rebuild the line from this place
to Ehrhardt. The work will COM
mence in week or so.
A mass meeting of the citizens
will be held in the court house next
Monday to elect a trustee for the
graded school and fix the levy for
next year.
We trust that our people will take
steps to organize a high school de,
partment in the Bamberg graded
school, under the recent act OF the
legislature.
Mr.. L. N. Bellinger has been en-
pIoyed to survey the new county to
be cut from Orangeburg and Lex
ington, with St. Matthews as the
county seat.
The many friends of Headmaster
w. S. Hogan, of the Carlisle Fitting
School, regret to learn Of the death
of his father, which occurred near
Columbia last week.
Prof. Hand did some straight
talking in his address last Friday
night Interference to unframed teach
ers. Many schools suffer from just
this sort of teaching.
Will the friend who loaned us
half gallon churn and received from
us a gallon churn, please notify US
that we may correct the mistake?
H. G. SHERIDAN.
Rev. Pierce F. Kilgo, who preach
ed the annual sermon at the Metho-
dist church Sunday morning, was
forced to return to his home in Co
lumbia Sunday afternoon, as he was
not well.
Attention is directed to the scholar
ship offered in the College Of Charles.
ton. The examination will be held
at the court house here, Friday, July
5th. Some young man ought to COM
pete for this scholarship.
It is matter of regret to his many
friends in Bamberg that Mr.. W. D.
Roberts, first assistant in the Carlisle
Fitting School, will not apply for re-
election. We understand that he will
take up graded school work.
No announcement has been made
as to the holding of the dispensary
election in this county. The check
ing of the nameson the petitions has
not been finished yet. It might be
good idea to also revise the regis
tration books.
The third quaterly conference of
Trinity Methodist church was held in
the ladies' parlor of the church Mon
day morning at nine o'clock, Presid-
ing Elder J. w. Kilgo presiding. The
various interests of the church were
inquired into, and the reports rem
dered were very encouraging.
Mr.. Eugene M. Cope, a brother of
Mr.. Jno. H. Cope, of this city, died at
Cope, Orangeburg county last Thurs
day morning. The burial took place
at Old Oakland Methodist church
Saturday morning. Mr.. Cope was
about forty years old, and had been
sick for several weeks. He leaves a
second wife and two children by his
first marriage, also a large family
connection.
q There was an incendiary fire in
the Ledger building at Gaffney last
Saturday morning. Some damage
was done in the newspaper Office.
amounting to about $500. Two ply
sicians had Offices in the building, in
one of which the fire started, and
their loss was heavy. The postofiee
was in the same building, and it was
flooded with water.
We have received an invitation to
attend the commencement exercises
Of Winthrop college, Rock Hill, June
End, 3rd, and 4th. The sermon be-
fore the Y. M. C. A. is to be preached
BY Rev. Mark L. Carlisle, of Marion,
and the baccalaureate sermon by
Rev. Donald Mackay, of New York.
The address to the graduating class
will be delivered by A. J. Montague,
of Richmond, Va. The graduating
class numbers sixty-siX.
The closing exercises Of the Den
mark graded school will be held on
the nights of Thursday and Friday,
May 3Oth and 31st, at $50 o'clock.
Thursday night will be devoted to
music, and drills by the lower
grades. On Friday night there will
be an address by Hon. A. F. Lever,
congressman from the third district,