The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-05-23
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Thursday, May %, 1907
Short Locals.

Vacation time is almost here and
the boys and girls are delighted that
this is to be the last week OF school.
Business is dull these days. Money
and news scarce, and the country
newspaper man is not having an
easy time.
The opening of the Edisto river
would reclaim a lot of land in this
county which cannot now be cultl-
waited because of overAows.
It is stated that the city of Green
vile and it's suburbs now hasa popu-
lation of 80, 900, of which 10000 are
whites and 10000 negroes.
For SALE.-Two buggies and two
sets of harness, cheap for cash or on
easy terms. E. 7. LAFTTTE,
= Bamberg, S. G.
There have been no developments
in the Warn murder case. Addison
johnson is still in Jail and Frank
Nimmons is in the asylum at Colum-
bia.
Mr.. S. w. johnson is putting ma
terial on the ground to rebuild his
sample rooms, which were burned
some time ago. They will be OF
brick.
Long black silk.'gloves at Hooton's.
We cannot urge too strongly the
importance of keeping your premises
clean at this season of the year. Sick
ness is likely to result from unsani-
tary premises.
The fine weather of the past week
has enabled the farmers to make
good headway with their crops.
S Corn and cotton is growing nicely,
still it is very backward.
The third quarterly conference of
the Bamberg Methodist church will
be held next Monday morning. Pre-
siding Elder Kilgo will likely preach
in the Methodist church Sunday
night.
Midshipman D. Graham Copeland
has been transferred to the Cleve-
.. land, and is now on his way abroad.
He will first touch at Bordau, France,
where great naval exposition is
being held.
Mr.. Eugene NJ. Cope, of Cope, a
brother of Mr.. John H. Cope, Of this
city, who has been very i'll for week
or two, is in a critical condition at
this writing. It is feared that he
cannot recover.
The board of visitors of the Citadel
held a. meeting Tuesday to consider
the petition of several cadets for re-
instatennent. The board sustained
the faculty as was right and proper,
and the cadets will not return.
Just received line of tourist ruch-
ing at Hooton's. :
Last week the comptroller general
distributed the last of the dispensary
money to the schools, this being the
amount left over when the State dis
pensary went out of business. Bam-
berg county received $718.87, and
Barnwell 81, ,468.55.
Mr.. H. j. Brabham has worked
earnestly on the Confederate monu-
ment project, but it seems that our
people do not care to honor the Con-
federate soldier by erecting a monu-
ment to his memory. Mr.. Brabham
has secured subscriptions amounting
to 81 200, and a creditable monument
cannot be erected for less than
$4,000.
Don't fail to get you suit of that |
45 inch lawn Hooton is selling at l8
cents.
We have received an invitation to
the marriage of Mr.. A. Shep Pearls
tine and Miss Phoebe Wolff, daugh- |
ter of Mrs. Johanna Wolff. The
ceremony will take place on Sunday |
afternoon, June 9th, at five o'clock, |
at Willoughby Mansion, 667 Will
loughbyAvenue, Brooklyn, New York
Mr.. Pearlstine is we'll known and has
many friends in this section, having |
formerly been in business at Branch
vile.
The closing exercises of the Den
mark graded school will be held on
the nights of Thursday and Friday,
May 30th 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,
and a play by the members of the
10th grade. To all Of these exercises
the public is cordially invited.
Come and see my line of laces. l
have them to match at correct prices.
E. A. HOOTON.
Congressman Lever at the last ses-
sion of congress secured an appropri-
alton of $1,000 for the purpose OF
making survey of the Edisto river
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