The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-05-28
Thr Bamthrrg Grralh
THURSDAY, MAY q, 1905.
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.
Only a few from here attended the
Masonic meeting at Blackvllle last
Wednesday night, on account OF the
Copeland reception.
Mr.. Clarence Black, son of Dr.
and Mrs. J. B. Black, of this city
graduated this week at the S. e.
C. 1. at Edgeield.
Work on the new graded school
building is getting on nicely, and will
not be long now before the finishing
touches will be put on.
Corn is now worth more than one
dollar a bushel 1t would pay our
farmers to increase the acreage this
year and reduce on cotton.
See the ad. of College of Charles
j ton in this issue. The scholarship
examination will be held at the court
house in this city on Friday, July 3rd.
y The Sunday-school picnic at Mt.
Pleasant Lutheran church near Ehr-
5 hardt takes place to-day, and the an
nual ascension day picnic will be held
at Howell's mill.
Mr.. j. A. Byrd got bad fall one
day last week while assisting in un-
loading some hay from wagon. He
5 was considerably bruised about the
( body, but is up and out again.
Rev. T. N. Galphin, of Hartsville,
4 Ca, preached at the Baptist church
lin this city last Sunday, both morn
ing and evening. The church is
considering calling Mr.. Galphin, as
pastor.
Rev. T. G. Herbert came home
last Saturday from Sumter, and he
preached at the Methodist church
Sunday. He will remain here all the
week, If his little daughter continues
to improve.
The Orangeburg district confer
sence of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, will meet at Dem
mark, next year. By that. time the
handsome new church now being
erected will be in use:
Mr.. John H. Dixon and family are
now keeping house. They are occu-
pying the cottage on Midway street,
lately vacated by MIR. P j. Quattle-
baum, who has gone to Sylvania, Ca,
ito manage an oil mill
Mt. J. F. Copeland, of the Ehr-
hardt section, was in the city last
Friday. He was here to meet his
I daughter, Mrs. T. ]. HERS, with her
children, of Dunbarton, who are
now visiting his family.
A. w. Knight will entertain a num-
Der of his friends to-day at a fish fry
at the Gum Log club house at the
Edisto river in honor of Messrs. Thos.
"A. Ratliffe, of Anderson, and P. w.
Sullivan, of Honea Path.
Mrs. Eva Boyles Harrison, widow
OF the late B. S. Harrison, gives no
tice In this issue that she will apply
to Judge of Probate Harmon on Fri
day, June 5th, for letters of admin
istration on her husbands estate.
81 Next Monday is the first Monday
in the month and salesday. Some
sales of real estate are to be made
by the sheriff which are advertised
In this paper Most of the land is
to be sold under execution for
taxes.
e. D.. Smith is getting to be a
great school commencement speaker.
He is to deliver the address at the
closing of the Carlisle Fitting School,
/ the Denmark graded school, and he
spoke at the school closing in Branch
vile Monday.
When our readers patronize those
merchants who advertise with US,
they would confer favor If they
Meuld say they saw the advertisement
in The Bamberg Herald. 1t pleases
the merchants and helps us to get
2pther advertisers.
The grand lodge knights of Pyth-
= las is in session in Aiken this week.
F. Carter and w. D. Rhoad are
attending as. the delegates from
Bamberg lodge; F. E. Holman and
y. B. Gillian, from Denmark; and
u. O.. Sanders and C. F. Rizer, from
Olar. a
The Bamberg Herald covered the
local field pretty thoroughly last
week. We endeayor to publish as
much home news as possible, and If
anything has to be left out we omit
State or general news. But seven
columns of purely local stuff is pretty
good for dull week.
Rev. and Mrs. w. c. Kirkland
and Mrs Stokes left this morning
for Mr.. Kirkland's home in Bam-
berg county to attend the 50th
wedding anniversary of Mr.. Kirk
lands parents. The anniversary
will be celebrated by a reunion OF
the family.-Dillon Herald.
The commencement exercises OF
the Carlisle Fitting School in this
city this week will no doubt be
largely attended. This institution
has a warm place in the hearts OF
the people in this section and their
interest is always manifested at
commandments by their presence.
The county dispensary board OF
Richland County says that the Bam-
berg board did not buy liquor cheap
er than the Richland board, and the
apparent discrepancy in price is ex-
uiained by the fact that while the
Iiauor is of the same brand as that