The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-06-17
SHORT LOCALS.

SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.
Mr.. Fred. w. Free has purchas-
ed a handsome Buick touring car,
which came in last Monday.
The editor of this newspaper has
not been well for several weeks, and
we hope to go away in few days to
rest and recuperate.
Free. One 25c. article given away
with each purchase of $1.00 cash,
June 18th and 18th at the sc. and
10c store. Don't forget the date.
See the ad. of Clifford Seminary
in this issue. If you have a daugh-
ter to educate, you should investi-
gate the advantages OF the school.
Dr.. o. D. Faust has rented the
Headmaster's residence at the Car
Isle Fitting School, and will move
his children here from Georgia and
go to housekeeping.
The number of automobiles in
Bamberg continues to increase.
There are more machines here than
any town it's size in the State, and
it. seems that hard times does not
affect our people.
Miss Mozelle Copeland, of Bam-
berg, is in the city as the guest OF
Miss Gertrude Smith. Miss Smith
had a few friends at her home last
evening in honor of Miss Copeland,
and a musical program was carried
out.-Orangeburg Evening News.
There will be an eclipse of the sun
this wednesday, afternoon par
TALLY visible to this section. The
eclipse will not afford much of a
spectacle in Bamberg as it is not
scheduled to begin until nearly seven
o'clock and the sun will set eclipsed.
Every subscriber to The Herald
ought to renew their subscription
during the contest and help out some
of the young ladies. Just send us
your renewal for as many years as
you want and say who you want the
votes given to, and we will attend to
1t.
The harvesting of oats has been
engaging the attention of our farm
ers for the past few weeks. A large
acreage was planted in this section,
and the yield was very good. Cotton
and corn crops are also looking fine,
and the present outlook is for good
crop this year.
One night last week Policeman
Moody accidentally shot himself with
his own pistol. His weapon fell out
of it's scabbard and fired, the ball
striking Mr.. Moody in the arm and
going through. The wound is pain
full but not serious, but he had a
narrow escape. 3
Up to the hour of going to press
there have been no new develop
ments in the search for the slayer
of Mr.. j. A. Nix, of Denmark. Eff
forts are being made for the appre-
hensien of Isadore Stevens, the muir
derer, and it is hoped that he will
be captured in short time,
II you want to reach the people
of Bamberg county with your adver-
tisement, you need to place it in The
Bamberg Herald, the paper with the
circulation. The Herald goes into
the homes of its subscribers, and is
the most closely read paper in this
section of the State or anywhere
else.
A writer in the Columbia State,
from Denmark, who signs himself
Merchant" calls attention to the
numerous robberies and other crimes
in this part of, the State recently,
and says if the local authorities are
inadequate to rotect us would it
not be we'll to all on the chief ex-
ecutive to do
Chief Hand US his record as q
policeman for = ny years was brok-
en- Tuesday, as he had to arrest a
white man tn, times in one day
for drunkenr :. The man was a
stranger her> and as fast as he was
turned ou e the guard house sober,
he woultsset drunk again and have
to be locked up.
For the last few weeks The Herald
Office has not been able to deliver job
work as promptly as we wished to,
but this will no longer be the case
from now on, as we have increased
our force. Send us your printing be-
cause we will do it in first-class style
and every dollar you spend with us
helps to build up and advertise your
town and county.
The Bamberg Local Farmers
Union met at the court house last
Saturday afternoon and elected dele
gates to the county convention as
follows: J. D. Fielder, ]. T. Griffith,
Jno. J. Zorn, A. E. H. Simmons, j.
P. O'Quinn, Jones A. Williams. The
county convention will meet at the
court house in this city Monday,
June 21st, at eleven O'Clock.
Capt. w. A. Riley was painfully
hurt a few days ago while getting in
to freight car near the depot. He
fell from the car and struck heavily
on his right hip, which is either bad
ly bruised or fractured. His condi-
ton is as good as could be expected.
His many friends hope that the acci-
dent will not nroye serious and that