The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-05-09
TlrR Bamthrrp Mrralh
Thursday, May 9, 1912.
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

Inc CarllSlS lllllS oSAOOi oet9S
ball team is making a good record
this season.
Work is going forward on the
new residence of Mr.. G. o. Simmons,
on Bridge street.
The Orangeburg district confer
ence is to meet in BarnWell to-day.
Several from Bamberg will attend.
A number of our friends from all
over the county were in the city Mon
day to attend the county convention.
1t is time to swat the fly. The
tribe is getting entirely too numer-
Gus in Bamberg already this spring.
Mr.. J. C. Copeland announces him
self in this issue as a candidate for
reelection as magistrate at Ehr-
hardt.
The Mite Box Brigade will meet
Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock in the
ladies' parlor of the Methodist
church.
Mr.. G. P. Harmon announces him
self in this issue as candidate for
reelection to the office of Judge OF
Probate.
The protracted services, which had
been held at the Methodist church
in this city for the past two weeks
closed last Wednesday night.
The regular spring examination of
teachers was held here last Friday,
and there were several applicants,
most of them being young ladies.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Brabham went
to housekeeping this week. They
are occupying the house of Mr.. M.
w. Brabham, next to the home OF
Mr.. J. w. Stokes.
Some people have an idea that The
Herald can live on wind and prom
ises, but this is not the case. We
have to pay our debts just like other
people and it takes considerable
money to keep us going. If you owe
us, pay us.
The Carlisle Fitting School base
ball team played a game here last
Saturday afternoon against a team
from Branchville, and the Fitting
School boys won by score of ten to
two. The Branchville boys were
clearly outclassed.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Oxner left
Wednesday to attend the funeral OF
their little grandson, Lake Wither-
spoon, the six-months-old child of
Mr.. and Mrs. Zeigler, near Bamberg.
Sympathies are extended to the par
ents in the loss of their only child
Leesville News.
While the tellers were counting
the votes for delegates to the State
convention, in the county convention
last Monday, County Chairman H. c.
Folk, by invitation, addressed the
convention, and urged that honest,
competent, and energetic men be
elected to public Office in Bamberg
county.
Last Thursday morning the Pearl
stine house, situated just in rear OF
The Herald Office and occupied by
Mrs. M. L. Johns, caught fire. The
fire originated from the stove fiue
in the kitchen, and while the fire de-
partment turned out, no water was
thrown, as the flames were extin-
guished by the use of buckets and
tearing away some Of the roof. Lit
tie damage was done.
Next Sunday will be observed by
the Sunday-schools of Bamberg as
mothers day. Appropriate exercises
will be held in the Baptist church at
ten O'Clock Sunday morning. There
will be songs, etc., and several ad-
dresses will be made by different
speakers. This movement is ma
tional one, and is intended to honor
the mothers, living and dead. This
will be permanent feature of the
Sunday-schools here, the exercises
being held each year at a different
church. Each person is requested to
wear a white flower.
J. A. Nimmons, Bamberg's worthy
colored barber, left last week to c
tend the general conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, which
meets at Minneapolis, Mimi, he be-
ing one of the four lay delegates
from the South Carolina conference
The trip will be most interesting
one, and his election was quite
compliment to him, as it was the first
time he had been member of the
annual conference and he defeated
some of the older and more promi'
nent members of the conference fol