The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-04-04
Thr 8amthfrg Nrralh
Thursday, April 4, 1912.
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

were in session here last Monday
but only routine business was trans
acted, the approving of claims, etc.
See the advertisement of the Ford
Sales Company in this issue and write
for catalogue and prices. They carry
cars in stock and are selling them,
too.
A friend writes US: "The Herald
is a welcomed visitor in our home.
We subscribe to three county papers,
but The Herald is decidedly the best
of them"
We trust the ladies of the Civic
League will name a cleanup day for
Bamberg this spring. Last years
cleanup day was a great success,
and it should be repeated this year.
There was one public sale here
Monday, by Master H. G. Folk, of a
house and lot in the town of Den
mark, in the case of Virgins VS..
Kirkland. 1t was bought by ]. A.
Virgins for sS50.O0.
Next Sunday is Easter, and as
usual the Methodist church will be
decorated for the occasion. There
will no doubt be special music and
Pastor Hodges will preach a sermon
appropriate to the occasion.
The insurance commissioner has
turned over to the State treasurer
for distribution the one per cent. fire
department fund collected from fire
insurance companies doing business
in the towns of the State. Bamberg
gets from this fund s112.59, which
will be used for better equipping the
fire department of the city.
See the new ad. of Mr.. Isaac M.
Loryea in this issue. He represents
the New York Life Insurance Com
pany, one of the strongest and most
liberal companies in the world. His
Office is located over The Bamberg
Herald, and you should call on him
for rates and full information if you
want a policy on your life.
If you want to go to Columbia
Thursday of next week, leave your
name with Mr.. J. R. Owens at the
Bamberg Pharmacy, or notify The
Herald Office. The rate is only s1.55
for the round trip and a special car
will be provided to leave here early
Thursday morning and connect with
a special train at Branchville.
Miss Grace Vandiver, field secre-
tary of the South Carolina Sunday
school association, will be in Bam-
berg, Wednesday, April 10th. She
will be glad to meet the Sunday
school workers of Bamberg county
of all denominations at the Methodist
church at $3.50 o'clock p. m. All
are cordially invited to be present.
The fund from the dispensary was
distributed to the various counties of
the State this week. 1t goes to the
schools on the basis of enrolment,
each pupil enrolled getting 2S cents.
Bamberg county, with an enrolment
of 1854 children, gets from this
fund s1,277.92. Barnwell county,
with an enrolment of 1896, gets
s2,219.2S.
A negro committed suicide on Mr..
Berry Carter's place, in the Ehrhardt
section, Monday 1t appears that he
was working for Mr.. Laurie Lawton,
who reprimanded him for something
and the negro went to his house and
shut himself up, and soon afterwards
a gun shot was heard. He had killed
himself with shotgun, the entire
load taking effect in his body near
the heart.
City council held a regular month
ly meeting Tuesday evening, at
which it was decided to place light
in front of the guard house. A reso-
luton was passed forbidding the
Southern Railway from running
trains faster than six miles per hour
within two hundred yards of depot.
The town hall was rented to the
hodge of Woodmen of the World one
night in each month.
J. F. Carter, Esq, of this city,
who has had under advisement the
matter of becoming a candidate for
solicitor of the second circuit, has
decided not to make the race. Mr..
Carter had many assurances OF
strong support from all over the cir
cult, but he finds that the demands
of his extensive law practice at this
time are too great for him to offer
for public position, and he feels that
the interest of his clients should be
his first consideration.
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