The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-03-25
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

Who wants to be alderman?
Don't everybody speak at once.
Note the new ad. of c. H. Dorsett
in this issue. He is selling lots at
Denmark.
J. r. Kinard & Co. conduct first
class livery business, and want your
patronage. ....
See the new ad. of E. Bart Price,
the grocer, in this issue. He has
lots of nice fresh things to eat.
Clean up your premises and help
to exterminate the house fly. Flies
are very numerous in Bamberg.
The ladies of the Methodist church
will have an egg hunt for the chill
dren at Mr.. H. J. Brabham's park on
Saturday afternoon, April 10th.
The Summerton and Denmark
base ball teams will play two games
in Denmark Monday and Tuesday,
March 29th and goth. The public is
invited.
Tuesday afternoon, March 30th, at
O'Clock, the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union will hold its
regular monthly meeting at the Bap-
tist church.
Other towns in the State are COM
ing up handsomely in the matter of
contributions to the monument for
the women of the Confederacy. Why
not Bamberg?
Bamberg cannot be clean town
unless everybody helps. Do your
~ hu L I-ooninO Your nrQmiC6c clean
Let's have less flies in Bamberg this
summer and fall.
See the new advertisement of Mrs.
X. I. Shuck & Co. in this issue. Their
spring opening of pattern hats will
take place Thursday and Friday,
April 1st and End.
Mr.. L. B. Fowler spent last week
in Branchville, experimenting the
removal of the ginnery purchased by
the Cotton Oil Company. The gin
merry has been shipped to Bamberg,
and will be erected at the oil mill
here.
Mr.. Jno. H. Cope has bought a
Buick touring car. The machine is
expected to arrive in a few weeks.
This makes sixteen automobiles in
the town of Bamberg, possibly a
greater number than any town its
size in the State.
We call the attention of our read
ers to the advertisement of ChaS. M.
Stieff in this number of our paper
and we advise every reader to follow
these ads from week to week and
you will undoubtedly find them in
teresting, especially those who are
contemplating the purchase of a
piano.
Hooton says he is in a position to
make a few more suits before
Easter, so if you want yours made
there, don't wait.
: The contract for furnishing the
lumber to rebuild the oil mill has
been given to Mr. D. H. Counts. The
work of rebuild ing will be pushed as
rapidly as pos 5ible. Most of the
damaged machinery, including the
two engines, has been shipped back
to the manufacturers to ba thorough
" overhauled.
The Herald Book Store received
this week very large line of the
latest and most popular copyright
books. These books formerly sold
at $3.50, but we are selling them at
soc. All bound in cloth, nice bind
ings. The titles are the best, and
you can be suited from the large
stock on hand.
When you want nice turnout to
take your best girl driving, get it at
]. r. Kinard & Co.'S livery stable.
C. F. Rizer's millinery opening !
will take place at Olar next Tuesday |
and Wednesday, March 30th and
21st Ladies, if you want to see the |
latest styles and the prettiest goods,
be sure to attend. Rizer has a first
class milliner and buys in the largest
Northern markets, thereby getting |
the latest fashions and best prices.
Short gloves for long sleeves
Hooton has them, also long gloves IN
evening shades.
In another column we publish a |
from the Adell News, in |
Georgia, giving an account of the |
death of Mrs. Sallie Croft. This lady |
was born in the Hunters Chapel Sec
ton of this county, near where Mr..
D. o. Hunter now lives. She was a
sister of the late J. Wilson Hunter,
being an aunt OF Messrs. D. O., j. B.,
and A. J. Hunter.
Work is going on at the oil mill
to rebuilding. The brick
are being cleaned, and things are be-
ing gotten in shape to commence
work. A ginnery, formerly operated
at Branchville, has been bought and
this will be moved here and
will be put up as soon as possible.
The company hopes to be ready for
business this fall.
Laces and embroideries of all
kinds in match sets, our specially.
E. A. HOOTON.
We are publishing in this issue
an advertisement which gives us
much pleasure. 1t is from Mr.. J. T.
Griffith, who has for sale about ten
tons of pea vine hay. This hay was
raised by Mr.. Griffith at his farm
near Denmark, and he put it up in