The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-01-29
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

front yard.
The editor of this newspaper is
getting to be rather large employer
of labor now. We now have seven
men employed.
It is a wonder what goes with all
the horses and mules sold in Bam-
berg. Fifty car loads or more have
been sold here already this season.
A charter has been issued by the
secretary of State to the Enterprise
Bank of Bamberg, with H. NJ. Gra-
ham as president and c. E. Black
as cashier.
The income tax matter is causing
considerable interest in and around
Bamberg, as the blanks sent out by
the government are rather compl-
Gated to fill out.
ANY of our subscribers in the Ehr-
hardt section who wish to renew can
pay Mr. Jacob Ehrhardt, and new
subscribers can also leave their sub
scriptions with him.
Mr.. J. Frank Brabham has sold his
residence on Railroad Avenue to Mr..
r. M. McCartha, who has moved in
to it, and Mr.. Brabham is boarding
at DIR. E. Kirkland's.
A commission has been issued to
the Ehrhardt Telephone Company,
with a capital stock of $1,000. j.
l.. Copeland and S. w. Copeland are
the board Of corporators.
Mrs. Hattie Virgins, who has been
keeping house for Mr.. J. F. Brabham,
has rented the house next to Car
Isle School, formerly owned by Mrs.
]. H. Armstrong, and has moved to
it.
MIR. w. Frank Johnson left Sun
day for Leaksvile, N. c., where he
was married yesterday to Miss
Bertha Inez Trent. The young cou-
ple will arrive here in few days
and make Bamberg their home.
Bamberg has made a fine record
for Improvement during the past
year. A number of handsome new
buildings have gone up, including
the new brick dormitory at Car
Isle School and the postoffice build
ing.
8 The Herald has added fifty or
more new subscribers to its list
during this month We have room
for plenty more and would like to
have the present rate of increase
keep up all the year. They are all
cash-in-advance, too.
Work is progressing nicely on
building the brick culvert in the
large ditch which runs down Elm
street. When this work is finished a
( sidewalk will be built on that side OF
the street, and it will be great inn
provement. all round.
The friends of Mr.. C. H. Mitchell
will be glad to know that he is get
ting .along very nicely at the hospi-
tai in Charleston, where he recently
was carried for treatment, and that
he will be home before long, if he
continues. to improve.
1 Martin Grant, who shot and killed
: Andrew Bennett some weeks ago, mas
. been released from jail on a bond OF
!. $1,000. He is recovering from the
! wounds inflicted by Bennett, and al
though his arm was badly shot up,
. he will not be permanently injured.
The new dormitory of Carlisle
. School is a beautiful building and
one that adds much to the town in
every way. 1t is a monument to the
efforts of few men, and shows what
. can be accomplished in Bamberg
when the proper effort is put forth.
When the movement for this building
was started many thought it would
never be built.
An out-of-town customer, for
whom we did some job print
ing, writes that he is very much
pleased with it, and thanks us for the
splendid work we did: The Herald's s
out-of-town business reaches consid-
cradle proportions. We must do a
pretty good business to work five
men, besides having linotype,
which does the work of several men.
Since the present postmaster has
been in Office, a little more than a
year, two new rural routes have
been ordered, new building erected,
and the Office will advance one grade
at the close of the present fiscal
year. The postmaster is little proud
of the record, for these things were
obtained through his efforts. Had he
not taken the Initiative, none OF