The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-07-11
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Thursday, July II, 1912.
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughou
the Town and County.

The Herald will receive and
acknowledge all contributions 20 the
Woodrow Wilson campaign fund.
The Herald's rate for political no.
tices is one cent a word. Count the
words and send check with copy.
The entries for county candidates
close next Tuesday, the 18th. The
first campaign meeting is to be held
at Ehrhardt Wednesday.
Mr.. L. B. Fowler has been made
Superintendent of the Denmark OIL
mill, and he will likely move his fam
ily to that town in the near future.
We received this week from Coils
ton a news letter signed blue j.
If the writer will give his or her real
name, we will take pleasure in pub
fishing it.
We were in error in stating that
examination for Clemson college was
to be held at the court house last
Friday. 1t is to be held Friday of
this week, the 18th.
The Bamberg Guards, under COM
mand of Capt. w. R. Wright, left
last Friday morning for encampment
at Admission, Ala. The boys will be
away about two weeks.
The county campaign opens at Ehr-
hardt on Wednesday, July 18th, and
the candidates might as we'll be get
ting their speeches ready. The peo-
p)e will want to know something
definite this year.
Presiding Elder NJ. L. Banks, OF
Orangeburg, came over last Sunday
afternoon and preached at the Meth
odist church Sunday evening. He
held the third quarterly conference
Monday morning.
The State campaign meeting is to
be held here next Saturday, when the
candidates for governor will address
the people. Let us have none of the
disorder and bowling down of the
speakers which has characterized
other meetings.
The State campaign meeting,
which is to be held here next Sat
urday, will take place in the court
house, end the speaking will COM
, mence PROMPTLY at ten o'clock. This
is made necessary because there are
a number of candidates to be heard.
The Fourth of July was not observ-
ed very generally in Bamberg. The
banks and post Office were closed, but
many of the stores kept open all day.
A fish fry was held at the river, which
was attended by good crowd, and
picnics were held at various places
in the county. The annual Bessinger
reunion at Spring Branch was well
attended.
Mr.. Will Sorry and other young
men of the town gave picnic at
Segars's mill Wednesday night OF
last week in honor of Misses nellie
Riley, of Union, and Ruth Byrd, OF
Bamberg. There was a beautiful
moon which lent it's radiance to the
happiness of the occasion. 1t was
delightful evening and there were
several young ladies and gentlemen
present.-Hartsville Messenger.
Mr.. Pearce Sandifer was in the city
last Saturday, having come here with
the body Of his wife, who died in
hospital in Savannah last Friday, af-
ter an extended illness. The burial
was at Spring Branch church. Mrs.
Sandifer was daughter of Mrs. Sal
lie Sandifer, but she and her husband
had been living in Collins, Ca, for a
number of years. She leaves hus-
= band and two children.
The new telephone directory for
the Southern Bell Tel. & Tel. Com
pany has been delivered to the SUBJ
scribers in Bamberg by Manager r.
N. Pfaff. The new directory is very
attractive and contains all the
changes and corrections in listings
that have been made since the last
directory was printed. The number
of name appearing in the new dlrec-
tory would indicate that there are
many additions to the number OF
subscribers to this exchange and that
the telephone development is rapidly
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