The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-08-29
Thr Bamthfrg Heraln
Thursday, August 20, 1907
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of cotton, attend the meeLlng III lile
court house next Monday.
See the advertisement of F: W.
WAGNER & Co. in this issue. They
want to handle your cotton.
The session of 1907-l908 for the
Bamberg graded school will begin
Monday morning, September 10th.
Sickness among our force has bad,
" demoralized affairs in The Herald
Office and put us behind with our
work.
We understand that Capt. W. A.
Riley has traded his house and lot IN
town to Mr.. j. T. O'Neal for his Ce-
dar Springs farm.
Farmers, market your cotton at
Barberg this season. Our buyers
intend to bring the cotton here II
highest prices will do it.
Most of our merchants have re-
turned from New York where they
went to buy fall goods. Look out
for new ads. in The Herald.
Bamberg's second nine played a
game of base ball at Denmark last
Friday afternoon with the team OF
that town. Denmark won, the score
being 4 to l.
An extra communication of Ornan
Lodge. A. F. NJ, will be held this
Thursday evening, at which three
candidates will be raised to the Mas
ter's degree.
In another column we publish the
lists of purchases of liquors recently
made by the county dlspensary
board. These purchases are. for the
quarter ending October 1st, 1907.
DR.. J.P. OFT, a prominent physic-,
ian of Bamberg, will spend several
days in the city. He comes to take
charge of the Kelley institute In the
absence of DR.. Poe.-Columbia Rec
ord.
Rev. P. E. Monroe, of Ehrhardt,
who has been spending vacation IN
North Carolina and Virginia, return
ed home Yesterday, and will preach
at Ehrhardt and St. Nicholas next
Sunday.
Work las begun on the cotton
warehouse for the cotton mill, which
is to be built on the lot opposite. the
mill. The capacity of the warehouse
is to be one thousand bales. Mr., L.
B. Fowler will superintend the build
ing. >
Mr.. G. B. Kearse writes us to
change his paper from Olar to Bay
ard. Fla. He and Mrs. Kearse left
last Monday for that place, where
they will be located for while any
way, as MIR. Kearse has moved his
saw mill there.
Orangeburg's first bale of cotton
was marketed last Saturday, and it
only brought eleven cents. This is an
indication of how much higher Bam-
berg's cotton market is than other
towns. The first bale here the same
day sold for IL cents.
Next Monday is the first Monday
in September and salesday. There
are no public sales to be held, but the
cotton association meeting is to be
held in the court house. Let every
farmer in the county be pres
ent, as this is an important meeting.
The Hays stores on Main street
are about completed. B. S. Harrison
has moved his stock of groceries into
one of them, and the other will be
occupied by Mr.. MCGOWAN with a
stock of general merchandise. The
store vacated by Mr.. Harrison will
be used by H. G. Delk as a grocery
and meat market.
The first bale of cotton for Bam-
berg county was sold here last Sat-
urday morning. 1t was grown by
Mr.. A. J. Hunter on his farm near
Midway. The bale weighed SOB
pounds, and was sold to H. G. Folk
for 13 cents the pound. Mr.. Folk
SlfppGO LllS COCCoil W L. w. " e@SOIiSA
&Co., Charleston.
Mr.. S. J. Hunt, assistant to Mr..
W. B. West, State dispensary audi
tor, was in the city and county for
several days last week, checking up
the various dispensaries in this coun-
ty. Mr.. Hunt is very thorough in
his work, and seemed we'll pleased
with the way affairs are being man.
aged in this county.
The board of canvassers met here
Tuesday to declare the result of the
recent dispensary election. There
was change of only one vote from
the figures published last week, the
majority for the dispensary being 26
instead of 27. We understand that
some of the anti-dispensaryites at
Ehrhardt have started a movement
for a contest, but whether it will ma
terialize or not is not known.
,oootipor of tho Ronobaro county,