The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-09-22
BLACkVILLE BUDGET.
An Interesting News Letter From a
Flourishing Town.

WITH an enrolment or 19Z' pup1lS.
Mr.. n. H. Fender Is principal of the
high school, and Miss Mabel E.
Waters is assistant in the high school,
having the seventh grade also. Mrs.
C. r. Kelley, Miss Julia kirkland,
Mrs. Verona Daniel, and Miss Kath-
leen Minus are the graded school
teachers. Prof. G. W. Coggins is the
superintendent. He was with US last
year and proved himself very worthy
Of the position. Miss Waters and
Miss kirkland were with us last year,
and Mrs. Kelley has been teaching
in Blackville for years.
Our school will run nine months.
On account of not getting any reve-
nue. from the sales of whiskey, the
school funds were a little short, but
the trustees met and decided to
charge an entrance fee of one dollar
for each pupil now, and also when
they enter after Xmas, in order to
lengthen the school term.
Prof. Coggins made a new depart
ure'' here i'm the sanitary line. He
requested that each, pupil bring an
individual water cup.
Mr.. Fullerton Buist offered prizes
to the first, second, third, fourth and
fifth grades-one dollar to the first,
two to the second, etc., to the pupil
making the highest average in each
grade, but said after they passed
the fifth grade they ought to take in
terest enough in themselveA to study
without prizes.
Everybody seemed filled with the
spirit Of cooperation, and we predict
a very successful session.
Sunday afternoon at o'clock at
the residence of the brides mother,
MIR. Willie Sanders and Miss Annie
Gribben were Joined in holy matri-
mony. The ceremony was perform
ed by the Episcopalian minister, Rev.
Evison. Immediately after the cere-
mony the young couple left for Co.
lumbia and other points, amid show
ers sof good wishes, "rice and old
slippers"
The many friends of Mr.. Cleveland
Risher were surprised to learn Of his
marriage last week to Miss Margaret
Clarkson, of Atlanta. Mr.. Risher
was formerly of this place, but has
been holding a position in Atlanta
for some time, but we hadn't an idea
he was so welded" to the place un-
til he telegrphed his mother last
week of his marriage.
Miss Jennie Connor, Of Branch
vile, is the guest of Miss Sarah Ham
met,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Sanders and
family, from Columbia, who came
down to attend the Sanders-Gribben
marriage, have returned home.
Miss Lula Backley and her two
nephews, Carl and Raymond Ketch-
ums, of Savannah, who have been the
guests of Mrs. E. G.. Sanders for sew
eral weeks, have returned home.
Miss Carrie Allan, of Savannah, is
the guest of Mrs. H. Fullerton Buist.
Misses Lucille Molony and Caroline
O'Gorman, two charming little girls
from here, have gone to Aiken to at
tend school at St. Angela's Convent.
Edmund Walsh, Mike Groves, Kel-
ley and Wyatt Browning, have gone
to Belmont, N. c., to attend St.
Mary's College.
Carlisle Altman and Lewis Free
left last week for Clemson College.
Mr.. Willie Briggs, of Athens, Ca,
visited his brother and sister, DR.. H.
K. Briggs and Mrs. j. B. Hammet
here last week.
Our town was saddened Saturday
by the death of little Marjorie Brown,
the eighteen-months-old child of Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Brown. The little
one had been delicate all Of her life,
and everything was done for her that
love and money could do, but God
saw fit to take her.
The funeral services were conduct
ed from the house Sunday morning.
The Rabbi, from Augusta, conducted
the services, and made a beautiful
and comforting talk to the bereaved
family. Immediately after the funer-
al services, the body was taken to Au-
gusta, on the 1880 train, for inter-
ment.