The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-04-15
SHORT LOCALS.
Briei Items of Interest Throughout
rhe Town and County.


ENJOYABLE musical at the Carlisle au-
ditorium on Tuesday evening.
The Denmark Oil and Fertilizer
company closed its Oil mill on last
Saturday, after very satisfactory
seasons run.
The Bamberg fire department Will
receive from the one mill insurance
tax the sum of S126.90. This is the
tax for 1914. which is now being dis
tributed
In the aggregate. thousands OF
miles of hauling have been saved to
farmers along the line Of the B., E. &
w. railroad, who secured their fer
filters over the new line instead OF
hauling them from either Bamberg
or Ehrhardt.
Tuesday Mr.. G. Moye Dickinson
sold 135 bales of cotton on the local
market to Mr.. G. P. Harmon, the
price paid being nine cents per
pound. The cotton was shipped to
Charleston yesterday by Mr.. Harmon.
over the Bamberg, Ehrhardt and
Walterboro railroad.
While not officially observed in
Bamberg, last week quite number
of persons in the city took occasion
to clean up their premises. 1t IS.
reported that throughout the State
there was much activity oward max
ing the State cleaner and more sanl-
tary.
Messrs r. E. Smith and J. g.
Black have opened motion picture
show in Denmark, in connection with
Mr.. T. P. McCrae. under the name
of Diamond Theatre. The show is
operated at present three nights
week, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday,
in the Bush building.
At meeting Saturday last of Camp
Jenkins, No. 627, L. c. ", the fol-
lowing delegates were named: 10
the State reunion, Messrs A. R.
Dempsey and R. C. Dempsey; to the
general reunion in Richmond, Col.
James R. Owens. Mrs. James r.
Owens was named as sponsor for the
camp.
The department of commerce an
nounces that on March 20, 29,466
bales of cotton had been ginned in
Bamberg county, against 27,641 on
the same date last year. The total
for the State was 1,550.700 against
1,41S,704 last year on the same date.
The Barnwell figures are: 1914. Co.
639, against $3.50 for 1913.
There are about 200 automobiles
in the county. and at least half OF
them should be entered in the auto
mobile parade the last day of the
chautauqua festival. The ladies of
the civic league are working hard to
make the parade a success, and the
owners of cars should assist them by
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ton of carrying off first prize.
The friends in Bamberg of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. F. Gilchrist, of Florence, Will
be interested to know that their resi-
dence was struck by lightning few
days ago. during a thunderstorm. No
one was hurt. They had been away
and had just returned when a bolt
of lightning struck the house, setting
it on fire. = The fire was soon ex-
tinguished with but little damage.
An effort is being made to revive
the artesian we'll in the rear Of DR..
Blacks store. This we'll afforded fine
water several years ago, when the
flow ceased. Recently a petition was
presented to council asking for
well in the business part of town,
and an attempt is now being made
to again secure a flow from this we'll,
which is the property of the town.
The Herald Book Store now car
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are handled more as a convenience
to the people than for money-mak-
ing purpose, for there is no money
in handling magazines in a small
place. If any of our friends desire
a magazine that We do not handle
and will tell us, We shall be glad to
secure it regularly for them each
month.
1t is very unpleasant for US to call
attention of our subscribers to their
failure to renew when the time eX-
pires, and we wish everyone would
pay promptly so that it would not be
necessary for us to mention it. But
the fact is We have many whose sub
scriptions are past due. Cotton is
now worth nine cents, and the news
paper man needs the money. We
hope everybody can see the moral.