The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-10-27
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
= Ehrhardt Etchings.

write the Ehrhardt dots last week,
as l was in the up-country on busi-
ness. Along with the business
looked to see what was going on in
the way of crops. All along on uy
route saw quantities Of hay stacked
up in the fields. This is an indica-
tion of poor cotton crop. To see if
my surmise was correct, I inquired
as to the condition of the cotton crop
away from the railroad. While the
up-country is better off in this re-
spect, still they are short-will not
reach more than three-fourths Of a
general crop year.
We will not reach more than one
half of an average crop in this imme-
date section. Then too, our corn
crops are not what was expected
when, growing.
Conrad Ehrhardt Co. have not
ginned near so many bales as last
year same date. The shipments from
this point are only about one-third
as much as last year same date. This
means a great deal to our farmers,
who have used so much commercial
fertilizer to make banner crop.
Some hunting sports went after the
fleet deer more than month ago,
While there was no scarcity of the
game, they could not down any OF
them. One party got as many as
seven shots at ranges from 20 feet
to, so yards and did not bring any of
the bucks down, not even drew any OF
their blood. The excuse was laid upon
the gun and shells as the reason of
the poor work, 80 the gun was tried
at b mar, on the side of house, and
this experiment proved that it was
the man behind the gun that was at
fault. The party says he is not dis
heartened but will try again and
hopes to have better success next
time.
Autos seem to be gaining ground
as the travelling device OF to-day.
The cost of producing them seems to
be the only thing that holds them
back for general use. Then the cost
of keeping them in order is another
feature in making them generally
used. The farmers can't use them for
pleasure and to advantage on their
farms, so only our well-to-do men in
the country can own them simply for
pleasure. Good roads will help the
more general use of them also.
Mr.. H. A. Hughes has the frame
of his dwelling in town partly raised
and hopes to soon have it looking
housy. Think it will be ten-room
dwelling.
1t is rumored that Mr.. Charles
Ehrhardt intends to build one on one
of his lots soon.
The carpenters are kept busy all
the time, as soon as one job is off an
other is on.
The Bell telephone has reached
here with the wire, but have not put
in their phone as yet. 1t seems as if
they intend putting in only one
phone. If this is true the line will
not be of much use to us in busi-
ness way. No one will attend to busi-
ness over same when all can hear
on the line what is going on. What
we want is a central here so every
conversation can be private, and they
will have to do it or another line
will come from the Walterboro side
that will give us this service; then
the Bell people will simply be out.
The up-country is we'll up so far as
phone service is concerned. You can
talk anywhere and get information
from all over the counties at short
notice. You see lines and poles
: everywhere. Don't have to write so
many letters. When they want to
talk they call party to the phone and
have it over in a short while.
Several parties want to send their
children to our school but board
seems hard to get. This should not
be. Some one should take the stu
dents, and by so doing build up our
school to what it should be.
Mr.. Ralph Bingham entertained
quite a crowd the other night in the
new hall over Mr.. Karesh's store.
While the hall is not yet completed
as vet, still it is near enough that it
can be used. Another is booked for
next Saturday night.
Jack frost came very near us last
night. JEE.
There will be special term of
court in Richland to try the negro,
I'D Rvrd who assaulted a white lady