The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-07-06
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

the Town and County.
A commission has been granted by
the secretary of State to the Edisto
Public Service company, of Denmark.
The petitioners are B. B. Easterling
and M. P. Dobbs.
Two Recruiting officers were in the
CITY Saturday and Monday enlisting
recruits for the machine gun COM
pany now being organized. Several
recruits signed up with the officers.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Newsom have
moved into Mr.. Thomas Blacks cot
tage on Carlisle street, formerly oc-
cupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Black, who expect soon to build a
home on Midway avenue.
Our readers are reminded of the
fact that printing paper is going
higher every day. The Herald does
not want to raise it's subscription
price. If our readers will pay up
promptly this will not be necessary.
The regular semi-monthly conven-
ton of the Bamberg lodge, Knights
of Pythias, Was held Monday even
ing. DR.. S. G. Bruce, of Anderson,
was a visitor at the convention, and
made an interesting talk to the local
lodge.
If you are in the habit of borrow
ing your neighbor's Herald, you
should stop it. We don't have any
idea your neighbor likes to lend it
to you. Subscribe now and get all
the county and State political news
this summer.
Mr.. J. A. Spann is the first water
melon grower in this vicinity to ship
q carload of melons to the Northern
markets. Mr.. Spann made his hrst
shipment Monday: Several wagon
loads of melons were brought to the
city last week by local growers.
If any subscriber happens to have
q copy of The Bamberg Herald OF
May %, 1914, we will greatly ap-
preciate it if they would forward the
same to US. We will be glad to give
q six months subscription to The
Herald in exchange for this copy.
s. The price of printing paper has
again advanced. The Bamberg
Herald's paper jobber notified this
ONCE last week that the price had
been advanced to four and a quarter
cents per pound. The price before
the advance was $2.65 per hundred
pounds.
. The club rolls will be closed one
month before the first primary. Be
sure to see that your name is en-
rolled. It will be necessary for each
voter to enroll in person. If the
voter cannot write his name, he must
make cross mark in the presence
OF a witness.
Through an oversight, a portion of
the article on page six headed ''Im-
provements at Asylum" was printed
without correction. 1t will be noted
that it is stated the salary of the su-
perintendent was fixed at "s6,000,-
COO" This is, of course, an error.
It should be $4,000.
J. Pluvius has at last raised his
Eoodgates. Last week heavy rains
fell all over the county. There were
two or three ''trash-movers, and
now the farmers are fearing the con-
sequences of an excess of rain, which,
they state, will cause the cotton to
shed much of it's fruit.
Lieut.. j. Wilson Riley, U. S. A.,
stationed with the third field artil-
lery at Tobyanna, Pa, is spending a
furlough at his former home in the
city. Lieut.. Riley states that his fur
Tough will last until the oath of July
If he is not called upon for Mexi-
can service before that time.
The fourth of July was observed
in Bamberg Tuesday by the closing
of most of the stores and places of
business. The postofice observed
Sunday hours, and the carriers did
not make their usual trips. Several
barbecues, fish frys, and picnics were
enjoyed in various sections of the
county.