The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-09-11
SHOR" LOCALS.
Brief Items Of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

1t will pay you to read the new
ads. in this issue of The Herald.
Remember to observe next Tuesday
and Wednesday as rat killing days.
If your subscription has expired,
let US have your renewal promptly.
Several young gentlemen from
Bamberg attended dance in Orange
burg Monday evening.
Mr.. D. J. Delk is erecting new
residence on Church street, near the
home of his son, Mr.. Robert Delk.
The dry weather still continues.
While it is fine weather for gather
ing cotton, still we all would like a
little rain.
Mr.. Wilson Johns, son of Mr.. W. |.
Johns, of Baldoc, who attended the
Bamberg graded school last year, will
enter Wofford Fitting School at Spar
tanburg this fall.
Mr.. c. c. Rowell brought a sweet
potato to The Herald oficelast Thurs
day which weighed three pounds. 1t
was grown by him, and was the Two
to the Hill variety.
Mrs. J. H. Armstrong has pur-
chased the OFT residence on Railroad
Avenue, recently occupied by Sheriff
S. G. Ray and family. She will
move into it in a short time.
Numbers of our subscribers have
renewed recently, since money be-
gan to circulate, and we hope that
all will renew promptly. as their
subscriptions expire. We need every
dollar due US. !
Sheriff S. C. Ray and family, who
have been occupying the OFT resi-
dence on Railroad Avenue, moved
back to Denmark last Saturday, as
the place they were occupying was
sold to Mrs. Armstrong.
Building operations in Bamberg
are progressing rapidly. The new
6ormitory at Carlisle School is go
ing up right along, while the many
other buildings being erected will
be completed before a great while.
The gins of this section have SIM
DIV been overrun with cotton for the
past two weeks, as the dry weather
caused it to open rapidly and to be
gathered at once, while the high
prices made the farmers rush it to
market.
Rev. w. H. Hodges, who has been
spending some time at Henderson
vile, n c., with his family, returned
to the city last week, and preached
at Trinity church Sunday morning
and evening. His son, Willie, re-
turned with him.
A telegram was received by Mr.. V.
J. Hartzog last Saturday stating that
his son, Robert, who lives in Atlanta,
had been operated on at hospital
in that city for appendicitis. Mrs.
Hartzog and Miss Mamie left for At
lanta Saturday night.
With the fall season here and the
negroes having more money than
usual, they begin to celebrate by get
ting drunk and trying to raise rows.
Seven were arrested here Saturday
afternoon, and as a consequence the
town treasury was enriched to the
extent of $500.
The county dispensary board will
not have a bottling outfit to buy, as
much of the apparatus needed for
bottling is still on hand from the time
the county dispensary was in opera
tion before, having never been sold
because there was no demand for it.
Now it comes in handy.
We are issuing this week our
regular size paper of eight pages. The
six-page paper was lots of trouble
to get out, but we had to do it on
account of practically no advertis-
ing patronage during the summer,
and we gave as much or more read
ing matter with six pages than many
papers do with eight.