The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-02-23
Thr Bamthrrg Grralh
Thursday, Feb. %, 1911.
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

the Town and County.
IN and after March 1st the penal
ty on town property taxes will be
increased to per cent.
The banks and post office were
closed yesterday, as it was legal
holiday, Washington's birthday.
Our representatives in the legis-
lature are at home again, the gen
eral assembly having adjourned early
last Sunday morning.
Miss Camille Price is managing
the millinery store of Mrs. A. Mob.
Speaks, while the latter is in North
ern markets purchasing spring goods.
The time for making tax returns
expired last Monday, and yet a num-
Der of tax payers in this county have
not made returns. Why will people
neglect this important matter?
Mrs. B. H. Carter, of the Ehrhardt
section, sent us yesterday bunch Of
garden peas in full bloom. These
were grown right out in the garden,
and it sure is early gardening.
The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union will hold it's regular
monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon
February %, in the Baptist church.
The meeting will begin promptly at
4 O'Clock.
Clarence Mixson, who has been a
barber at j. A. Nimmons's barber
shop for the past two years or more,
has returned to Fairfax, but Arthur
has secured another good barber from
Orangeburg.
The books Of registration for the
municipal election to be held May 2,
are now open at the office of the
clerk and treasurer of the town. All
qualified voters can get their GER
tificates by applying to M. w. Brab-
ham at the Bamberg Banking Co.
BY the way, how did you like the
design of the Confederate monu-
ment, a cut of which we published ed
last week? Pretty, wasn't it? Well,
come across with your subscription
right away and make the monument
q reality. Now is the time to give.
One of the members of the boys
corn club in this county is only IL
years old, and he is son OF a
mighty good farmer, Mr.. Thos. Clay
ton. This little fellow is enthusi-
astic and like as not he'll carry off
a prize.
Work has commenced on the two
stores occupied by G.. 0. Simmons
for his furniture and hardware busi-
ness. Plate glass fronts will be put
in and the improvements will make
them handsome stores. They are
the property of Mr.. G. Moye Dickin-
son.
It might be well to compare the
tax levy of Barnwen county for the
present year with Bamberg. In this
county the levy is 5 II mills, and in
Barnwell it is seven mills. This
county is out of debt and yet Barn
well has considerable back indebted
ness. Does this look like taxes are
lower in Bafnwell than Bamberg?
% Secretary B. D. Carter, of the busi-
ness league, has received a letter
from the railroad commission in ref
erence to the poor railroad and mail
service Bamberg is getting under the
new schedule of the Southern Rail-
way. The commission said that the
matter would be taken up, and we
trust they will be quick about it, for
we want relief promptly.
Mr.. w. T. Riley, Jr., of Allendale,
was married in Columbia yesterday
to Miss Katherine Allen. Mr.. Riley
Is a son of Mr.. w. T. Riley, who for
merly lived here, and he has many
friends and relatives in Bamberg
who extend congratulations. The
youg couple left for a trip soon after
the ceremony. Mr.. Riley is cashier
of the Bank of Allendale.
We had hoped this week to pub
lish a list of the subscribers to the
Confederate monument fund, but,
on account of the absence of Mr..
Bomar, who has been in Spartan
burg for several days, we are not
able to do so. Mr.. Bomar, who is So
liciting funds for this purpose un-
der the direction of the local Chap
ter Daughters of the Confederacy,
states that he is getting along nice
ly and that the monument will GER
tainly be erected.
Married at Ridgeland.