The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-09-21
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

Read the advertisements IN Ine
Herald. 1t will pay you.
Remember that Bamberg buyers
are paying more than other towns
for cotton.
We are mighty glad to hear from
our Olar correspondent, and hope ne
will write us often.
AS usual Bamberg county's repre-
sentation in the various colleges OF
the State will be large.
Miss Addys Hays has bought a
handsome Hudson touring car. II
was delivered one day last week.
See the advertisement of G. H.
Dorsett in this issue. He will be
in Denmark September 2Srd to show
and sell lots.
G.. Frank Bamberg will receive
this week a car load of, horses and
mules. Mr.. Bamberg is now in the
West buying them.
The Civic League will hold meet
ing at the home of Mrs. W. P. Jones
this Thursday afternoon at half
past four O'Clock. Every member Is
cordially invited to be present.
Col. w. G. Smith, formerly of this
city, was elected last week as one
of the aldermen of the city OF Or
angeburg. Col. Smith has served
that city in the same capacity be-
fore.
Last Wednesday the best grade of
cotton was worth 11.60 in Orange
burg. In Bamberg the same grade
was worth liz. If you want the
best price for your cotton sell it in
Bamberg.
: The good roads train will visit
Bamberg and Denmark to-day, Sep
tember 21st. A good crowd should
be present to gain the valuable in
formation to be derived on the sub
iect of road building.
The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union will hold it's regular
monthly meeting next Tuesday af-
ternoon at the Methodist church.
The meeting will be called to order
promptly at 5 o'clock.
Bamberg buyers are paying more
for cotton than at other points, and
1t will pay farmers to haul their cot
ton from a distance in order to sell
on this market. Try Bamberg be-
fore you sell your cotton. -
We have been requested to call the
attention of parents to the danger OF
the practice some children have OF
jumping up on the running board OF
automobiles and riding a little dis
tance and then jumping off.
All who wish to attend the reunion
of red shirts, to be held in Columbia
the 9th and 2Sth of this month,
will please see Capt. w. R. Wright,
as he is anxious to have a full rep
resentation from this county.
Our subscribers will please re-
member that the subscription price
of The Herald is now $3.50 a year,
and in remitting for subscriptions
they will please send $3.50 instead
OF s1.00. If only s1.00 is sent they
will receive credit for eight months
instead of one year.
We were in error in stating last
week that all the graded school
teachers had arrived. Miss Mabel
Weber, who had typhoid fever dur
ing the summer, is not yet well
enough to teach, and Miss Belle Coon
er has charge of her grade. 1t is
expected that Miss Weber will be
here next week.
Last Thursday and Friday were
record breaking days at the ginning
plant of the Cotton Oil Company in
this city. During those two days
they ginned 202 bales, which is
breaking all records for ginning in
this part of the country. 1t is ex-
pected that the ginning plants of the
company here will gin at least 5000
bales this season.
Our subscribers are rallying to- our
support on the increase in the sub
scription price of The Herald. They
all appreciate the fact that we cannot
publish the paper at dollar any
longer, on account of the increase IN
expenses. We have not lost a single
subscriber, many are renewing at the
new rate, and we have put on a. lot
of new names during the past week
Mr.. J. Frank Fooshe, who has
been the editor of the Fairfield News
and Herald for about eleven years,
has given up newspaper work on &C