The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

More business and less booze is
wanted in Bamberg.
Enjoy the holidays all you want to,
but have a due regard for the rights
and personal comfort of others.
1t is certainly quiet enough so far
this week. Let us hope it will re-
main so during the Christmas holi-
days.
The boys and girls are coming
home this week from college to
spend Christmas, and the town will
be lively during the holidays.
If all the money that will be spent
in Bamberg county this Christmas
for booze were put in home comforts
many homes would be happier.
We appreciate very much indeed
the expression from Rev. w. c. Kirk
land. He says continue his paper.
Cant do without The Bamberg Her
ald.''.
Mr.. w. H. Patrick happened to a
painful accident Sunday while crank
ing an automobile He had his right
arm broken, and will be unable to
work for while.
Mr.. J. A. Byrd has sold his mer-
camille business to Messrs. c. w.
Rentz and I. B. Fielder, who will con-
tinue the business at the same stand
under the firm name of Rentz &
Fielder.
Col. w. G. Smith went to Bamberg
last Sunday to attend the funeral of
an old colored woman, who was the
colonel's nurse when he was an in
fant. She was 10 years old.-Or-
angeburg Sun.
Mr.. E. Dickinson has been elected
night policeman by city council, he
taking the place of H. w. Moody,
who resigned. Mr.. Dickinson has
held the position before, and made a
most efficient officer.
Be careful with fireworks during
the holidays. 1t would be terrible
recollection of Christmas if disas-
trous fire was started because of the
carelessness of some one with fire
works, and especially SO if the par
ties burned out were not able to
stand the loss.
Many of the small ginneries in
this section have closed down, and
in consequence the large ginneries
are being kept busy. The gins at the
oil mill here are running steadily.
Last week they ginned bale which
had been hauled here from within
two miles of Blackville.
Mrs. Thomas Black cordially in
vites the members of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union to meet
with her next Tuesday afternoon, De-
cember 26th, at four o'clock. A
most interesting program has been
prepared, and a delightful hour is
promised to all who attend.
The graded school gave holiday
last Friday to the pupils in the high
er grades in order that the high
school teachers might attend the
conference of high school teachers at
Denmark. School was in session
last Saturday, in order that exercises
might be suspended Thursday after
noon of this week for the Christ
mas holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hammond
Bamberg, have just returned from
Bamberg, where they went to attend
the wedding of Mr.. Creation E. Bam-
berg to Miss Bessie Weathersbee, OF
Williston, Thursday night. During
their absence from Charleston, Mr..
and Mrs. Bamberg visited the sister
of the latter, Mrs. William Raymond
Johnson, in Augusta Charleston
Evening Post.
Mr.. Frank Kinsey, of Ehrhardt,
son of DR.. C. E. Kinsey, died this
week after an illness of typhoid fe7
yer. The burial took place Tuesday
afternoon. Frank was fine young
man, and had many friends in Bam-
berg, where he and his fathers fam
lily lived for several years. For sew
eral years he had been in business
with his brother at Ehrhardt. He
was about twenty-five years old.