The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-02-11
SHORT LOCALS.
fsrt-f Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

duced a bill in the house to reincor-
porate the town of Denmark.
If any of our readers can supply
us with copy of our issue of Sep
tember -, 1912. we would greatly
appreciate their handing it in to US.
The sales of the Bamberg county
dispensaries for the month of Jan
uary amounted to S9,525.7o. The
operating expenses amounted to
s450.41.
Sunday was the first Sabbath in
manv weeks it has not rained in
Bamberg. The day was fine and
balmy, and both churches had good
congregations.
j. X. Mayfeld and w. D. Mayfield
(of Denmark) have. planted about
1000 acres of grain. For the last
few years they have planted LOO
acres of cotton.-The State.
Treasurer Jennings wishes it un-
derstood that the payment of taxes
will be received up to April first
without penalty. After that date a
penalty of. FIVE per cent. will be add
ed.
The new furnace for the graded
school has been received and is now
being installed M the Gibbes Ma
chinery company of Columbia. The
furnace of the school was destroyed
some weeks ago.
Mr.. Samuel B. Ray, of Denmark,
has been appointed by Congressman
James F. Byrnes third alternate for
scholarship to the Annapolis Naval
Academy. Mr.. T. P. Jeter, of Aiken,
is named as principal.
The Spann Mercantile company, of
Bamberg, has been chartered with
capital of $4,000. The officers are:
J. K. Spann, president, secretary,
treasurer and manager, and c. H.
Spann, wee president.
1t appears to us that it would be
a good idea for the safety OF the
public to have an under crossing at
the intersection of the Coast Line and
the Denmark road near Denmark.
This crossing is very dangerous one:
Mrs. B. R. Loadholt, of Sycamore,
S. c., one of The Herald's valued
readers, in renewing her subscription
says: Enclosed please find check for
$3.50 to renew my subscription to
your paper. l don't see how We can
do without The Herald
1t is to be noticed that the portion
of the Denmark road within the cor
porate limits of Denmark is in very
bad condition. If the town cannot
maintain the road, it would be good
thing to turn this section Of the road
over to the county so that it can be
worked.
The Cotton Oil company has closed
down for the season, though the mill
will be operated as occasion demands,
but the regular run has been COM
pleted. 1t is stated that the output
of the company this year is consider
ably less than last year, when the
mill was operated up into the sum-
mer.
The Herald is constantly having
nice things said about it. We deeply
appreciate the words Of encourage
ment we receive. Here's a letter
from Mr.. NJ. Blount, of Fernandina.
Fla, former resident of Bamberg:
Enclosed you will find $3.50. Please
send me the paper another year, as
it is always a welcome visitor"
1t is costing The Herald lot Of
money to keep the paper up to its
usual standard Our friends know
that every sort of business is off now,
so if you are due us your subscrip-
IlOu, we WOulu SlSettis oPPi S>ioeN -
remittance. Our readers will find
that The Herald contains a great
quantity of mighty good reading.
Work has been begun on the flour
mill of the Farmers Gin company.
The mill is being erected by Mr.. T.
J. Rentz, and is located right adJoln-
ing the ginnery. The engines of the
ginnery mill will be used for the
-four mill. The WORK is being push
ed, and the building will soon be
ready for the installation of the ma
chinery.
Sunday seems to have been bad
day for automobiles. Several ma
chimes from town got stuck in the
mud, but this has been usual hap
pening recently, as the recent bad
weather has caused the roads of the
county to get cut up very badly and
have numbers of bad holes. They
should be worked in the bad places