The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-06-25
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

The crop of county candidates con-
tinues to grow.
A number of Bamberg citizens at
tended the Senatorial campaign meet
ing in Orangeburg last Thursday.
There is some registering going on
in Bamberg these days, and good
deal of it is the registering of new
motor cars.
Mr.. w. L. Bessinger, carrier on
rural route No. 8, has been sick for
some days, and the patrons of the
route are being served by Mr.. ]. J.
Smoak, the substitute carrier.
The fiddlers' convention to be held
here during next month promises to
be even a bigger success than last
years convention. Big preparations
are being made for the convention.
The Herald's advertising patron
age has been larger this year than ev-
er before. Our merchants are be-
ginning to appreciate more and more
the value of space in The Herald.
Mr.. w. E. Free yesterday placed
a thermometer in the sun near the
passenger depot. In a few minutes
it registered 130 degrees, Fahren-
heit All of which goes to show
that the weather is quite warm.
Box rent at the postofice for the
months of July, August and Septem-
Der must be paid by. the last night in
' June. Boxes for which rent is not
paid by that time will be closed. The
postmaster has no discretion in the
matter.
The U. S. senatorial candidates
will speak here Saturday Of this week.
The meeting will begin at 1880 a.
M, and the court house will no doubt
be used for the speaking. The can
didates will each speak thirty to for
ty-ive minutes.
improvements are going on III
Bamberg steadily all the time. Those
who visited the town few years ago
would hardly know it now. In fact
people who have been away for year
or so are astonished at the growth
of Bamberg in the last two years ev-
en-.
Mrs. Chivalette Simms Rowe died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Buist, in Blackville last week. Mrs.
Rowe was daughter of the novelist,
William Gilmore Simms, and lived in
Bamberg for number of years. Her
husband, Judge Rowe, died several
years ago.
The civic league meeting will be
held with Mrs. Henry j. Brabham
next Thursday afternoon, July End,
at five o'clock. 1t is important that
every member should be present and
bring the amount collected from sale
of cook books sold by her, as the
money is very much needed.
Those who ought to know say that
in signing the club roll each voter
must, sign his full name, and this
being the case some who have signed
had best go and sign again. The full
name is required. If your name is
John Henry Jackson you must sign
that way, not John H. ar J. H. Jack
son, but the full name written out.
At a negro picnic at Edisto bridge
Monday of this week, Frances Brab-
ham, a negro girl of this town, was
shot with a pistol in the hands OF
Charlie Tyler negro boy from Bam-
berg. The shooting was accidental,
and the wound is not likely to prove
serious. Tyler has been lodged in
jail The bullet took effect in the
girls breast but glanced.
Some people get offended when
their boxes are closed at the post
Office, but they should not blame the
postmaster. We know it is only an
oversight on their part, but the de-
partment allows no discretion in the
matter. The rules are that box rent
must be paid by the beginning of the
quarter or the box must be closed.
The postmaster hates to close any
ones box, but he must comply with
the rules, so please pay in time.