The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-09-24
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around
the County and Elsewhere.
Ehrhardt Etchings.

L,
your writer did not feel like giving
YOU any of the local dots last week
from this place, as the founder ana
father of our little town lay corpse
In our midst from Sunday morning
about ten o'clock until Monday after-
noon. when he was placed to rest IN
q new cemetery, one of his last pro-
iects for the town and surrounding
community.
He was IS years and nine months
old when he died, and was conscious
M to the last minute Of his life. was
standing up in his bedroom talking
and fell dead in his youngest son 8
arms, who happened to be the only
nerson in the room with him at the
time. He was aware of his condition,
hut did not expect to pass of so soon.
Was expecting his daughter to come
on Sunday, the 18th, just before MS
death, and think he was look1ng g out
of the door (which had glass IN the
upper portion) to see II he could see
any trace of them coming.
He mapped out what he wanted
his children to do, and what portion
of the property was to go to each one,
and then his wishes as to his business
for the public-how and who was TO
carry it on, so as not to discontinue
it or cause the public to be dissapolnt-
ed by his death.
He did not want his lifetime work
to end with himself.
He left an aged wife, two years
older than himself, three sons, and
one daughter, with several grand
children and two great grand chill
dran to mourn for him and see that
his memory is perpetuated. His
friends were numerous, as was SHOWN
|by the attendance at his funer-
al, which was conducted by his
pastor in the Ehrhardt Lutheran
church-a church that he practically
built and planned and gave to the
small, congregation who worship In
it.
Thus one of our most influential
business men passed away, leaving q
gap to be filled by younger man.
One hundred and one bales OF cot
ton was marketed here on Saturday
at 9 1-16 cents average.
OuI SIduCu SC1OOi WALL NPSA hS@ "
on Monday, the 2Sth instant, with
Prof. William Fulton HERS as princl-
pal and Miss L. F. Epps as assistant.
Our town should pay more attention
to it's school, as good school is es-
sential to the growth of any town.
The town council received their
guard house on Saturday morning.
Our town council is busy making i'm
provements and working up the
streets of our town. Let the good
work go on, as lots Of it is still need
ed.
Miss frankie Folk is spending some
time with her grandmother, Mrs. A.
D. Bbrhardt.
Our merchants should send in a
petition to the railroad company to
build us a larger depot and cotton
platform. Both are too small for
the present business of our town now,
and the town is expected to grow
each year.
Miss Margaret Taylor was buried
at Carter's Ford grave yard on last
Wednesday at 3 o'clock. She was
about eighty-six years old.
Mr.. B. B. Best is very i'll, and is
not expected to be with us much long
er. He has been sick for a long time,
and recently got worse.
Charles Ehrhardt, Jacob Ehrhardt,
and Wilhelmina S. Folk will take
charge of the business formerly run
as c. Ehrhardt & Sons, and will con-
duct the business hereafter under the
name of Conrad Ehrhardt & Co., and
will be so announced later. They
hope to receive the patronage of the
former firm, and will try to please
the public in every respect as did the
old firm of C. Ehrhardt & Sons.
Miss Maggie Copeland and Mr.. Wy
man Chassereau were married on yes
terday. JEE.