The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-04-15
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief ite:aS OF Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

Brief ltetlS Oh Interest IHfOuSHouI
the Town and County.
Buy your stove and house wood
from A. Nj. Brabhan.
The graded school gave holiday last
Friday on account of Easter.
The walls of the new city hall
building are going up rapidly, and
the work will be pushed to compile
ton as soon as possible.
The Woman's Home Mission So
ciety will meet next Tuesday after
noon, at 4:3O o'clock in the ladies'
parlor of the Methodist church.
See that display of fine box paper
on the center table at The Herald
Book Store Some exceptional values
at &C., 10c., 15c., 20c., and 25c.
Remember the memorial meeting
at Rivers bridge Thursday, the 29th.
Hon. M. L. Smith, of Camden, Will
deliver the address. No doubt
good crowd from Bamberg will at
tend.
Work is progressing rapidly at the
oil mill. The ginnery is about COM
pleted, while work on the seed house
and office is we'll under way. The
work of placing the machinery IN the
ginnery will begin this week.
Capt. J. K. Risher is still soliciting
subscriptions to the monument to
the women of the Confederacy. See
him and give him your contribution
or leave it at The Herald Office. All
amounts will be acknowledged in The
Herald.
Andrew Baxter Herndon, who was
born near Smoaks, died last week at
the Cedar Springs Institute, the
State institution for the deaf and
blind, near Spartanburg.' He was
sixteen years old, and death was
caused from pneumonia.
Chief Hand with a force of hands
is cutting new ditch in the North
eastern part of town, which will add
materially to the drainage Of that
section. He has also been cleaning
out a number of the bitches. The
town will no doubt be well drained
this summer.
The Claflin Student Concert Com
pany, which will appear at the color
ed M. e. church in this city next
Monday evening, April 18th, is &C
companied by full orchestra, and a
fine program may be expected. This
company appeared at the Columbia
opera house this week.
We would appreciate it very much
If our friends would use our phone
oftener in giving us news items.
item of news which some one knew
for US to be business manager, editor,
printer, and various other things and
yet known everywhere that goes on.
The Herald has been asked by the
ladies to register complaint against
barbed wire fencing being allowed
along the streets of the town. Often
they get their best dresses torn on
the barbs while walking on the side
walks, and they hope the Civic
League will take the matter up and
obtain relief.
The case of Mike Fullerton against
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.,
appealed from this county, has been
decided by the State Supreme Court.
The judgment of the circuit court
was affirmed, which means that Full
lerton loses the case. S. G. Mayfeld,
Esq, represented the railroad, and
B. w. Miley, Esq, represented Full
lerton.
Read what DR.. Talmage says about
Ralph Bingham:
After the death of their father
some years ago, Misses Don Ella and
Maggie Rice moved to Sumter to live,
but they concluded there was no
place like Bamberg county and re-
turned to Denmark. Now they have
bought the handsome residence in
Denmark of Mrs. E. R. LaFitte, and
will occupy it. We understand the
price paid was $1,000.
Stove and house wood for sale by
a. M. Brabham.
Invitations have been received
here announcing the approaching
marriage of Mr.. L. L. Chartrand. He
will be married to Mrs. Annie G. Ty-
Ier, at North, on Wednesday evening,
May 5th. Mr.. Chartrand is we'll
known and has friends in Bamberg'
who extend congratulations. Mr..
Chartrand is now living at North,
where he is proprietor of the North
hotel.
Yes, it's worth a trip from Branch
vile, Denmark or Cope to hear Bing-
ham.
For some time past the telephone
service in Bamberg has been very
poor, many Of the phones being out
of working order. The subscribers
are complaining seriously, and steps
are being taken to secure better SER
vice or phones will be taken out.
The poor service is not the fault of
central, as the phones themselves
are out of shape, and the operator
cannot help this.
Ralph Bingham ought to have the
largest audience that has assembled
in Bamberg this season.
Easter services at the Methodist
church were enjoyed by good con-
gregation. There was special music
rendered for the occasion, and Rev.
T. G. Herbert preached an appropri-