The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-03
ThR Banthfrg Hrralh
Thursday, June 8, 1909
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout

Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.
Fine hard head cabbage for sale
cheap by j. H. Murphy.
See the new ad.. of Mrs. M. C.
Heidtman in this issue.
The beautiful kingsbury piano
has reached US and will be placed on
exhibition Immediately.
Several articles which we had in
type had to be omitted from last
weeks issue for lack of space.
Mr.. Jno. H. Cope has received a
handsome Buick touring: car. 1t ls
one of the handsomest machines IN
town.
The weather is pretty warm TOR
the time of year, but farmers say
this sort of weather makes the cotton
grow.
The capital stock of The Citizens
Exchange Bank of Denmark mas
been subscribed, and the bank will
soon open for business.
In remitting for another year,
lady subscriber writes: Il ENJOY
reading my home paper. and couldn't
think of giving it up
A car load of cucumbers was
shipped from Bamberg this week:
Those of our farmers who planted
truck this year are well pleased with
results.
The work of remodeling the
Methodist parsonage began last Mon
day. Mr.. Herbert and family Will
board with Mrs. Bronson while the
work is going on.
Buy fine hard head cabbage from
]. H. Murphy. They are going cheap:
Messrs. ]. A. Spann and .. A.
Simmons have bought the H. F. NC
Gowan stock of goods, and they are
opening up in the store formerly oc-
cupied by MCGOWAN.
Mr.. C.. w. Clayton, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Thos. Clayton, of the Colston
section, graduated in the literary de-
partment of the Orangeburg Collegl-
ate Institute last week.
sThe meeting of the Civic League
for last week having been postponed
for good reasons, will be held tnls
(Thursday) afternoon at the Fitting
School chapel. The ladies are asked
to be present punctually at nve
O'Clock.
See the new ad. of the Denmark
Machine Works in this issue. The
gentlemen in charge Of this enter
prise are first-class machinists OF
many years experience, and they
guarantee satisfaction on all WORK.
Give them trial.
At the commencement OF the 5. =.
C.. 1. in Edgefeld last week, Mr.. l..
M. Smith, of this county, won the
Sheppard medal, which was offered
to the elocution class for the best de-
bate. Bamberg county boys can al
ways be depended on to come to the
front.
In another column we publish
clipping from the Columbia State in
regard to the 'clean up day pro-
posed for that city. We republish
this article by request of the Bam-
berg Civic Association, who believe
this idea would be good thing to
be carried out in Bamberg.
Rev. L. E. Virgins, pastor of the
Norway circuit, will preach at the
Methodist church in this city next
Sunday morning and evening. Rev.
T. G. Herbert, the pastor, will preach
the sermon that day before the dis
trict meeting of the Woman's Home
Missions Society at North.
: The third week of The Herald,
great contest is on and there is still
the same unflagging interest display
ed by the people of the county and
the girls of the contest. There only
remains five more weeks and the
awards will 60 to the ones who prove
themselves the most faithful.
The board of health has recon-
mended to city council that a special
cart be put in service for sanitary
work exclusively. This is most ad-'
mirable idea, and if carried out prop
erly would do much for the health
fulness and cleanliness of our grow
ing city. BY all means let it be done.
Stick to Lombard for engines and
boilers. Read his ad on another
page. Better machinery makes bet
ter crops. They sell better machines.
Three generations of reliability dem
onstrates two things, quality and
equipment. Well tell you some
more about The Lombard Iron
Works, of Augusta, Ga, later on.
There will be an unusual and in
teresting eclipse OF. the moon this
(Thursday) evening just after sun
set. The moon will rise partially
eclipsed and as it mounts the heav-
ems the shadow of the earth will
completely obscure it's disc. Should
conditions be favorable this eclipse
will occur at time when it can be
viewed by almost everyone.
j. Ben Smoak Murdered.