The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-08-26
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.


Nice feather busters, Csc. and soc.
at The Herald Book Store.
Nothing succeeds like success. -
Try an ad. in The Herald.
My residence for sale.
J. A. WYMAN.
Sheriff J. B. Hunter has been right
sich for some days, but is improv-
ing.
WANTED.-To buy a good milch
cow. Apply at The Bamberg Herald
Office.
The new residence of Mr.. H. j.
Brabham, Jr., is about completed, |,
and he will soon move into it.
The small boys of Bamberg went
down to Branchville Monday and
played a game of base ball with the
boys of that town. The Bamberg
boys won, the score being ten to six.
The reunion of Company G is to
take place to-day Thursday at Be-
thesda church, near Ehrhardt, and
will no doubt be largely attended by
the Confederate veterans and their
friends.
Lumber and other material is be-
ing placed on the ground for new
residence, which Mr.. Emory A. Hoot-
on will have erected on Railroad ave-
nue., just below Mr.. Henry F. Bam-
berg's residence.
The fire at DR.. Hoover's residence
broke up the meeting of the Knights
of Pythias Monday night, as so many
of the members were at the fire that
q quorum was not present when the
time of meeting came.
Mrs. F. E. Price will continue to
handle the newspapers heretofore
sold by her father, Mr.. Jos. Dickin-
son, and all customers can obtain the
papers at the store of L. G. Price,
where they will be on sale.
Mr.. Grandy, the contractor of the
new city hall building, knocked down
some of the overhead plastering on
the stairway this week and had it
put up again. We presume it was
not standing we'll was the reason.
The first bale of cotton for this
season for Orangeburg county was
sold in that city Thursday. The price
paid was 121a cents the pound. Bam-
berg's first bale brought 13A cents
the pound. Comment is unnecessary.
Mr.. j. j. Simmons advertises in
this issue that he will exchange pure
Toole cotton seed for other seed on a
basis of two bushels for one, ex-
change seed to be delivered at Bam-
berg oil mill. See the advertise
ment.
Insurance Adjuster Johnson was
here last Thursday and adjusted the
and j. Fielder Hunter, occasioned by
a recent fire in which Mr.. Hunters
dwelling and Mr.. Battley's furniture
was destroyed.
Magistrate J. C. HERS, Jr., at Ehr-
hardt, has resigned, and Mr.. j. G.
Copeland has been appointed by Gov
ernor Ansel to fill the vacancy. Mr..
Copeland was formerly magistrate at
Ehrhardt, but was not a candidate in
the primary last summer.
81 We are requested by Mrs. E. A. So
sjourner, superintendent, to announce
that the annual meeting of the w. M.
u. of Barnwell Association will meet
with the Blackville Baptist church on
Friday, September 10th. Each So
ciety is requested to send a delegate.
The Herald Book Store is getting
In this week an unusually large and
complete stock of stationery, blank
books, Office supplies, etc., etc. We
expect to do the stationery trade of
.Bamberg this fall, for we carry ten
times the stock of any store in Bam-
berg and buyers can find what
they want here.
The dispensaries in Bamberg coun-
~ will open for business tomorrow
sfFriday.) The State board of can
vassers will meet to-day to officially
declare the result of the dispensary
election and as there is no contest in
Bamberg county, the dispensaries can
open for business as soon as the re-
suit is declared.
= The first bale of new cotton for
sBamberg county was received here
last Thursday, having been brought
from the farm of Mr.. A. P. Beard, of
the Colston section. The weight of
the bale was 459 pounds. 1t was
graded strict middling and bought
by the Planters Mercantile Company
for 131 cents the pound.
Mr.. J. C. Wilson, Of the Smoaks
section, was in the city last Saturday
and called at our Office. He told us
that few days ago, on the planta-
tion of Mr.. A. w. Wilson, in his Sec
tion, he killed another rattlesnake.
The snake was found by the wife of
Mr.. j. D. Carter, and while it was
five feet long, it had only three rat
ties and button.
At it's meeting last Monday the
county dispensary board reduced the
prices on some brands of liquors
which have proved to be slow sale.
The board is anxious to get rid of the
stock on hand and wind up the dis
pensary affairs as soon as possible.
While they have until November
18th to sell the stock on hand, still
tie dispensaries in this county will
close up just as soon as possible.
E. G.. Redford, a young negro of
this town, was an applicant for the