The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-06-05
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.


That will be the next big event for
Bamberg.
Equal rights to all and special
privileges to none" Let us have this
rule applied in Bamberg.
The United Daughters of the Con-
federacy will meet next Tuesday af-
ternoon at 4.30 o'clock with Mrs. j.
D. Fielder.
The tract of land sold at public
auction here last Monday by the judge
of probate was bid in by R. c. Hard
wick as attorney for s951.0O. This
was the only public sale.
Mr.. w. S. Miley arrived in the city
last Saturday and at once assumed
his duties as chief of police. That
he will do his duty without fear or
favor all who know him are assured.
Bricks are being placed on the
ground preparatory to the erection OF
the new dormitory at Carlisle School,.
It is hoped to have the building COM
pleted in time for the opening of the
school this fall.
The annual Sunday-school picnic
of St. Johns Baptist church, not a
great ways from Ehrhardt, will be
held on Thursday, June 18th, and
the public is cordially invited to at
tend. Hon. S. G. Mayfeld will de-
liver an address.
The dispensary petitions circulated
in this county, asking for an election
on the dispensary question, have
been turned over to the county su-
pervisor, who will check over the
names. We learn that there are be-
tween six hundred and seven hundred
names on the various petitions.
We have received a news item in
a lettep postmarked at Cope, but as
no name was signed we cannot use it.
We require the name of the writer
when any communication of any kind
is sent to US. We will not publish
the name unless the writer so de-
sires. but we must know the name
of the author.
We received this week a COM
munication from the St. Johns Sec
ton with no name signed. We re-
gret that we cannot publish it, but
we must know the name of the wri-
ter in every case. If our kind friend
will give us their real name we will
be glad to print whatever they may
send us in future.
The date of the closing of The
Herald's piano contest has been liked
for Saturday, June 21st. The con-
test will certainly close on this date,
so the contestants had best get busy
and keep busy until the close. There
will be no other counts until the
final count, and no one will know
how any contestant stands until the
close
In accordance with notice hereto
fore given, a meeting of the taxpay-
ers of Bamberg school district was
held in the town hall Monday after
noon at four o'clock. Mr.. D. F. HOO
ton was unanimously elected to sue
ceed himself as a trustee of the
school, and the levy was fixed the
same as last year, nine mills, without
a dissenting vote.
The postmaster at Bamberg has,
at his own expense, placed a large
waste basket in the lobby Of the post
Office. 1t is there for patrons to use,
and into it should be put all waste
paper of every kind. Kindly do not
throw papers all over the floor any
more, as the basket is plenty large
enough and you can't miss it. Help
the Office force to keep the offlce as
clean as possible.
The New York trip of the editors
has been abandoned because not
enough people signifed their inten-
ton of taking the trip. Only about
sixty people applied for reservations
and sent in checks, and eighty was
the minimum. We regret that the
trip was abandoned, as a number OF
our friends had applied for reserva-
tions. Checks will be returned to
those who sent them in.
Mr.. C. H. Mitchell, assistant at the
passenger depot, was carried to Char
lesion on the afternoon train last
Sunday afternoon for an operation
for appendicitis. The operation was
performed the same night, and he is
getting along nicely. DR.. H. j.
Stuckey and Mr.. C. J. Curry accom-
panied Mr.. Mitchell to Charleston
His many friends hope that he Will