The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-04-13
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Thursday, April 13, 1911.
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

the Town and County.
O'Riley is delighted with this town.
If everybody will do their part
Bamberg will be cleaner and sWeeter
and healthier this summer.
Get rid of all tin cans and decaying
matter of every description, and that
will help to get rid of flies and mos
quitoes.
The Woman's Home Mission So
ciety will meet next Tuesday after
noon, at O'Clock, in the. ladies' par
lor of the. Methodist church.
Fight the house fly now and every
tomorrow. 1t causes more Sickness
suffering and death every year than
all other winged and crawling crea-
lures in the State combined.
The money for the pensioners of
this county will soon be received by
Clerk of Court Free, and as soon as
he gets it he will begin the work of
paying it to the old soldiers and
their widows.
At a meeting of the State board of
education last week county board
for Bamberg was appointed. The
same members, S. G. Mayfeld, OF
Denmark, and j. H. A. Carter, of
Ehrhardt, were reappointed
A letter from Mr.. w. D. Hand,
son of Mr.. S. A. Hand, of this city,
gives the pleasant news that he is
Improving right along. Mr.. Hand is
sick in Asheville, N. c., where he
has been for some months.
A. reference was held here last
Thursday before G. NJ. Greene, Esq,
referee in bankruptcy, in the matter
of H. C. Copeland & Co., against
whom bankruptcy proceedings were
instituted some time ago. Several
attorneys from out of town were pres
,ent.
There will be preaching services
at the Presbyterian church in this
city next Sunday morning and even
ing, by Rev. Jno. A. McMurray.
The morning service will be at IL
o'clock and the evening service at 8
o'clock. The public is cordially in
vited.
The Herald acknowledges a sub
scription of $500 to the Confederate
monument fund from Supervisor J.
b. Kearse, who turned over the cash
with his subscription. All should
do this way and save the committee
of ladies the trouble of collecting the
many subscriptions.
In a letter to the editor OF The
Herald, Capt. J. w. Jenny, of Jen-
nv. speaks of how much he enjoyed
3 recent visit to Bamberg. We are
sure his many friends here were
Just as delighted to have him as he
was to be here, and we only wish he
would come oftener.
At a meeting of the State Board
OF Education last week the final ap-
preparation was made to the high
schools of the State under the act
for this purpose. The high schools
at Bamberg, Denmark, Olar, and
Ehrhardt, in this county, were in
cluded in this appropriation.
The bad season of last fall seems
to have struck the merchants OF
Denmark heavy. There have been
several firms of that town forced in
to bankruptcy in the past few
months. We regret this condition,
and hope those affected will be able
to straighten out their affairs and re-
sumo business.
We might as well remind our peo-
pie right now that announcements
for city Offices are charged for. II
you want to nominate ticket our
columns are open to you at reason
able rates. The Herald is glad to
publish all the news possible, but ad-
vertising candidates for any posi-
ton is not news, and therefore be-
longs in the advertising columns.
The Confederate monument has
arrived, and the work Of erecting it
will be begun at once, SO as to have
it ready for the laying Of the corner
stone on Wednesday, May 10th. The
stone laying will be with Masonic
exercises, which will be in charge OF
Grand Master J. R. johnson, OF
Charleston. The grand master will
deliver a short address, and the
chapter will invite another speaker.
One Of the handsomest floral trib-
utes at the funeral of J. Norman
Walker here last Wednesday came
from the Charleston lodge of Elks,