The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-03-18
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

Brief Items of Interest IhrOughOut
the Town and County.
Read the new advertisements IN
this issue 1t will pay you.
Sunday was a wet, disagreeable
day. 1t rained practically all day
and most people stayed indoors.
If YOU want a fine horse or mule,
see the load C.. F. Rizer, at Olar,
will receive next Saturday night.
They are sure good ones.
A good man mas been nominated
for MAYOR, but a mayor can't run the
town alone. 1t is time for our people
to begin to think about members OF
city council to serve tor the next two
years.
The number of automobiles in
Bamberg continues to increase. Mr..
". G. Hoffman recently purchased
a Buick car, and this week Mr.. +. NJ
Simmons brought in a Franklin
touring car.
The new subscribers continue to
come in right along, but there is
room for more A paper like The
Herald ought to have 1000 subscrlo-
ers, especially in a progressive
county like Bamberg.
The Bamberg Guards were inspect
ed here last Wednesday afternoon Dy
Assistant Adjutant and Inspector
General Brock, representing the state
and Capt. Cabaniss, representing the
United States government.
C.. F. Rizer, at Olar, will receive a
car load of horses and mules Satur-
day night of this week, and he says
this lot has been carefully selected
and are the best lot of stock brought
to this section in long time. II
you want a first-class animal, see
this load.
Our folding machine arrived last
week, and our friends are invited to
come in on Wednesday afternoons
and see The Herald folded on this
machine. We use labor-savlng ma
chinery in every department OF our
business, and we do this in order tc
give our patrons better service.
The Woman's Home Mission So
ciety will meet next Tuesday after
noon, at 4 o'clock, in the ladies' par
lor of the Methodist church. A large
attendance is urged, as at this meet
ing special arrangements for the an
nual egg hunt on Good Friday, will
be made. Let every member be pres
ent.
The Herald has bought folding
machine which will be used here
after in folding our paper. While
we have the best equipped office IN
this section, we are continually max
\ ing improvements. In fact we keep
hard up all the time buying new ma
terial in order to give our patrons
better service.
Our Ehrhardt subscribers will IND
a CODY, of our subscription list at
that postofice in the hands OF Mr..
Jacob Ehrhardt, who can tell them
how their account stands and is au-
thorized to receipt them. All those
who wish to renew or new subscrlo-
ers can call on Mr.. Ehrhardt, who
will attend to them.
Two nice young mules for sale.
Will sell cheap for cash or on time
with gooC security. They are SIX
or seven years old, and worked here
about one year.
C. R. BRABHAM'S SONS.
The ladies of the Civic Association
have inaugurated most admirable
thing in their rest room for ladies
from the country or elsewhere, who
may be in town shopping, waiting on
trains, or for any other purpose. The
Civic Association proposes to estab-
lish a rest room at some convenient
point, which will be well furnished
with chairs, rockers, tables, lounge,
child's bed, etc., in which ladies and
their children can be comfortable.
The ladies hope to soon have the
room stabliShed.
A few days ago travelling man
from the North was in our book
store, and in commenting on the
handsome manner in which 1t was
fitted up, remarked that people gen
orally didn't appreciate a nicely fur
nished and well-kept store. We took
him back and showed him our print
ing Office and he was still more sur
prised that such plant should. be
found in a town the size of Bamberg
We were glad to tell him that many
of our people appreciate a good store
and printing Office, as was shown by
our increasing patronage for both en-
fornricpS