The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-08-05
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

A big lot of the latest style vehicles
just received by G. Frank Bamberg.
Some one has left an umbrella at
The Herald Office, which they can get
by calling for it.
The prettiest lot of buggies and
carriages in South arolina at U.
Frank Bamberg's.
Remember the address on prohibit
ton here to-day Thursday by Hon.
Seaborn Wright, Of Georgia.
The Methodist parsonage was COM
pleted last Wednesday, and Rev. T.
G. Herbert and family moved In on
Thursday.
The building of cotton mills in the
Piedmont section of this State has
begun again, and several new mills
are projected.
The Sunbeam Band will meet Fri
day afternoon at five o'clock, at the
Baptist church. A large attendance
is earnestly requested.
Rural Route Carrier E. F. Free is
taking his vacation, and Mr.. H. w.
Adams is delivering the mail to pat
rons on Route No. 2.
Mrs. y. D. Jones, of Ehrhardt, is
selling her stock of millinery at cost
preparatory to moving to Augusta.
She expects to move August 10th.
See the new ad. of J. A. Hunter in
this issue. He has just moved ir,::o
his handsome new store, with bran
new line of everything in the hard
ware line.
See the new ad. of the Cable Com
pany in this issue. They sell the
Kingsbury pianos, one of which was
given away by The Herald in its
great popularity contest. !
In the amounts contributed to the
monument fund, we had it last week
as 8. G. Ray, s1.00; when this was
mistake. It should have been H. A.
Ray who contributed $1.0O.
It is time for our merchants to be-
gin to think about fall advertising.
Cotton will soon be coming to mar
ket, and the man who advertises is
the man who gets the trade.
Mr.. ]. E. Mcmillan, of Ehrhardt,
D. H. Rice, of Buford's Bridge, and
J. w. Stewart, of Bamberg, attended
the meeting of the State Farmers
Union in Columbia last week.
If you want the most up-to-date
vehicle, you'll have to see G. Frank
Bambergs line.
Rev. T. G. Herbert spent a few
days in Georgetown last week, and
was away Sunday. Rev. J. P. S1mp-
son, pastor of the mill chapel, preach
ed at Trinity church in the morn
ing.
Read the advertisements in The
Herald. They are interesting, and the
merchants who advertise have bar
gains to offer you. Mention The
Herald when trading with our adver-
tisers.
The license tax is a good thing, for
it not only raises revenue in a way
which is not a burden, but it fur
nishes protection to the dealers here
as well. Every town that we know
Of has a license ordinance.
City council held regular month
ly meeting Tuesday afternoon, but
mostly routine business was transact
ed. Chief Hand was granted vaca-
ton of two weeks on full pay, and
he left yesterday for North Caro-
lima.
J. NJ. Steedly is no longer the
rural mail carrier on Route No. /, he
having been dismissed from the ser
vice. Mr.. S. Harrison is now the
carrier. Mr.. Steedly and his family
have left town, but it is stated that
he left no address.
Three games of base ball were
played here last Wednesday, Thurs
day, and Friday afternoons between
Bamberg and St. Matthews, all three
being good exhibitions. Bamberg
won the first two, but st. Matthews
took the last one. The games were
well attended and well worth seeing.
The st. Matthews boys are gentle
manly set of young fellows, and we
shah be glad to have them here
again.
The town council of Bamberg
wishes to make plain one phase of the
business license tax, concerning !
which the public seems to have a
misconception We wish it dis
tinetly understood that no tax has
been levied or will be levied upon
the produce of the farms, and the
farmers are invited and urged to
bring their produce to Bamberg, |
where they will find ready market
for it, and good prices will be paid,
without one cent of cost to the farm
ers.
Attention is again directed, by re-
quest of the town authorities, to the
ordinance recently passed directing
the removal of soil or refuse from
the premises of private parties. Mr..
A. M. Brabham has the contract to
operate sanitary cart, and all citl-
zens are urged to see Mr.. Brabham
at once and make arrangements to
have their premises kept clean, and
thereby avoid the penalty which will
attach for unsanitary premises. Coun-
Gil is determined that the town shall
be kept clean, and they must have the
cooperation of every citizen.
ORDERS HIS OWN EXECUTION.
Wounded Officer Slain by Subordi-