The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-08-26
The Simmons cemetery, on Rail-
road avenue, is being cleaned up this
week and put in good condition.

Inc SlmmOuS CeIuSLeIy, VI Idli-
road avenue, is being cleaned up this
week and put in good condition.
Hon. C. w. Garris, of Denmark,
was one OF the speakers at the
educational rally at Aiken this week.
Night Policeman C. C. Rowell has
been sick for several days, and Mr..
B. F. Pearson is acting as policeman
in his stead.
Cotton is beginning to come to
market, and if this fine weather
keeps up, the receipts at this place
will soon be large.
Mr.. J. B. Watkins, uperintendent
of the oil mill, has been forced to
take rest, and is visiting relatives
in Anderson county.
The weather has been rather cool
in Bamberg all week, which was very
welcome after the extremely hot spell
of the past two weeks.
Our merchants are receiving lots
of new fall goods, and the salesmen
are busy opening them up and get
ting ready for the fall trade.
Mr.. Stanwix Mayfield, son of
Hon. and Mrs. S. G.. Mayfeld, has
been sick for more than two weeks
with typhoid fever at their home in
Denmark. but is improving.
Mr.. G. Lewis Kinard, who has
charge of the dispensary bottling
plant, has been suffering for the past
few weeks with badly sprained
wrist, in fact it was knocked out of
place, and he suffered considerably,
but is about all right again.
The county board of canvassers
met here Tuesday to officially declare
the result of the recent dispensary
election in this county. The totals
were the same as previously publish
ed, and there were no protests or
contests over the election.
Some people in the country are
still under the impression, so we
have heard, that license is charged
in Bamberg for selling chickens,
eggs. and other country produce.
This is mistake. No license at all
is charged to farmers, and sellers
of produce are gladly welcomed.
At the reunion of Company G at
Bethesda church to-day Thursday
Mr.. F. H. Creech, sheriff of Barnwell
county and an old Confederate vet
eran, will deliver the address on the
part of the veterans, and Mr.. B. D.
Carter, of Bamberg, will speak as a
of the sons of Confed-
crate veterans.
The ginnery at the oil mill is about
ready to run, and work on the install
lation of the oil mill machinery is
going forward as rapidly as possible.
The mill has been delayed on account
of non-arrival of material and ma
chinery, but it is hoped everything
will be in readiness to crush seed
when the season opens fairly.
It is a right singular coincidence
that the first bales of new cotton sold
in Orangeburg and Bamberg were
raised and sold by colored farmers
living in two adjoining counties.
These thrifty colored farmers know
where to sell their cotton to get a
good price and square dealing.-Or-
Times and Democrat.
AS the town will have to organize
a fire department and have large
bell to give the alarm, it would be
good idea to divide the town into
fire wards, obtain the old Metho-
dist church bell, and erect it on a
tower in rear of the city hall build
ing, and give the alarm by wards.
We suggest that city council take up
this matter.
Taxes in the city of Orangeburg
were 5 mills last year, and this week
city council raised the levy to seven
teen mills. However, this will not
make up the loss in revenue from
the dispensary, and the Times and
Democrat says it will take eleven
mills to make up the deficiency. That
paper also says the city of Orange
burg received about $4,000 year
from the dispensary.
Work on the water works is pro-
crossing rapidly this week, and no
doubt the system will be completed
some time next week. Of course it
is a little inconvenient to have the
streets dug up, but our people should
be patient. The inconvenience will
not last long, and when we have fire
protection, we will all forget the
little inconvenience suffered during
the installation of the system.