The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-12-24
BAMBERG A GOOD TOWN.
Some Excellent Reasons Why This Is
a Good Place in Which to Live.

Editor the Bamberg Herald:
Your invitation of several weeks
ago for the citizens of Bamberg to
come forward and tell why this town
is a good place to live, has not re-
ceived any printed responses that
have observed. This condition is, l
feel sure, due to reticence rather
than lack of reasons, for have been
waiting for the same reason. So
here goes a few of the many rea-
sons, and hope that others better
qualified to write than / will join in
the good cause of telling why this is
really a desirable locality for man
to live and move and have his being.
The first reason that strikes me
is that the educational facilities are
uneQualled by any other town In
the entire State The public schools,
both graded and high, are doing a
wonderful work. The attendance is
the largest in the history OF the
school, and when this is said it
means the bona fide attendance and
not mere enrolment. With ten
grades, including commercial
course, the public schools afford an
excellent opportunity for educating
our youths and maidens. In addition
to this the Carlisle Fitting School OF
Wotford College is located here, and
the plant there is so fitted as to do
lasting and wide spread work.
With well equipped faculty, all OF
whom are graduates of high stand
ard colleges, the work at that inst1-
tuition deserves to expand. SO as this
first reason Is given, it is in order
to pass on to the next.
The health of Bamberg: In years
past this entire low country was
considered a pest hole and one not
fit to live in. That day has passed.
There is no community in the lower
part of South Carolina which has
better health record than Bam-
berg. It is true even now in some
sections of the country where the
drainage Is poor that the health is
not good at some seasons of the year.
But then this can be said of any To-
ca1ity in South Carolina. Pure, flow
ing artesian wells have been bored
in all sections of the town and there
is no better water to be found. The
mineral properties are such that
many travelling men make it a
point to come here so as to spend
Sunday, getting the benefit of the
water and also of the excellent hotel
facilities. With two first class hostel
ries and several first class boarding
houses the accommodation for the
public is good.
AS business center Bamberg con-
tinues to expand each year. Cotton
from all Of the neighboring coun-
ties is brought here in great quanti-
ties. The reason for this is evident
when it is remembered that here
there are always several buyers for
exporters from cities such as Angus
ia, Charleston, Wilmington, and Sa-
vannah. In addition to these, there
are number of merchants who buy
cotton and ship to exporters. The
public platform, where man may
haul his cotton and there meet the
various buyers is not known in a
great many towns, but it has been an
stablished fact here for number
of years, as has been the employ
ment of a public cotton weigher. The
local market is nearly always above
that of the adjoining towns, the meT-
chants often giving more than they
actually get for the cotton. The mar
ket for grains, such as corn, oats,
hay, and peas, is always active, and
the farmer who comes to town with
his by-products is always certain to
obtain full market value for them.
Chickens, turkeys and eggs are al
ways in demand.
First class mercantile establish
ments are here, many of them doing
credit business and others solely
cash. Specially stores are here, such
as jewelry, five and ten cent store,
drug, music, book, and others.
Bamberg is a good place to live.
Lands are very reasonable, cons1d-
ering the improvements. New dwell
ings are going up daily, and new
buildings for business establish
ments are being erected. New inhabi-
tants are moving here. Old residents
who have moved away are returning
and all together are making it worth
while to live here.
There is no mush room boom, but
there is a steady increase in the
sundry interests of the town. There
are churches, both for white and
colored denominations, and all are
paid for. There are two banks, both
doing successful work. There are
two weekly newspapers, one Of
which will likely be made a semi
weekly in a short while. There are
good men here who desire to live
here always and there are bad men
who do not find it congenial and are
either leaving or staying with the
sheriff.
These are a few of the reasons
which occur at random thought, and
they are all facts which are substan-
tiated by deliberate thought and in
quiry. NJ. w. BRABHAM.
Strong Plea for Statehood