The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-04-11
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Thursday, April II, 1918.

of the Baptist church will meet next
Wednesday afternoon at the church
at 4:3O o'clock A full attendance
is requested.
Thos. Ducker & Co., are having
their upper Main street store remod-
eled, and will combine their two
grocery stores in the near future,
occupying the upper store.
The many friends in Bamberg of
DR.. Ed. Kirkland, who resided here
few years ago, will learn with much
regret that he suffered stroke of
paralysis last week at his home at
Olar
Much needed rains have fallen
throughout the county this week, the
rains being followed by disagreed bly,
: cold weather. The grain crops and
gardens were very much in need of
the rains.
Mrs. John H. Cope and Mrs. Glenn
Cope will be hostesses to the U. D.
G.. chapter next Tuesday afternoon,
April 18th, at 4:30 o'clock. All the
members are urgently requested to
be present.
Henry Zeigler & Co. is the firm
name of new dry goods and furnish
ing establishment just opened in the
store formerly occupied by MIR. D. A.
Reid. Mr.. Henry Zeigler is the head
of the new concern.
Monday was salesday in Bamberg,
but there were no legal sales to be
made. The county commissioners
held a short session, at which the
regular monthly routine of business
was gone through with.
Sheriff S. G. Ray officially destroy
ed a quantity of wfiskey this week,
by pouring it out on the ground. The
whiskey was confiscated some time
ago at Denmark, while in transit,
it's ownership being unknown.
All persons having mortgages,
deeds, etc., to record in the clerk of
courts Office are reminded again that
revenue stamps must be affixed be-
fore the clerk can record them. Many
papers have lately been received with
no stamps on them.
In the statement of sales. issued
by the director of war savings stamps
to March 80, Bamberg stood 4th in
the State, with per capita sales of IL
cents. In sales for the week ending
March 30th the county stood 35th
with per capita sales of, .006.
The sixth grade at the Bamberg
graded school has purchased up to
date $12396 worth of war stamps.
This is a fine showing, and it every
grade in all the schools of the coun-
ty will do as we'll the standing of
Bamberg county will go up rapidly.
The Cope Telephone company, of
Cope, has been chartered by the
secretary of State, with a capital
stock of $4,000. The officers of the
new concern are: President, A. J.
Thomas; vice president, w. H. Zeig-
: ler; secretary and treasurer, E. E.
Ritter
Ten per cent. of the county's allot-
ment of nitrate of soda has been dis
tributed by Mr.. C. w. Rentz, distri-
butter for this county. This soda
was shipped in for immediate use on
the grain crops The remainder Of
the allotment is expected to be ship
ped here soon.
The people are gradually becoming
accustomed to the new time, although
some confusion still prevails when
people attend public gatherings. The
meeting of the liberty loan committee
at the court house Monday afternoon
was nearly an hour late on account
of some of the committeeman arriv-
ing late.
Mr.. NJ. Zimmerman who former
ly operated a dry goods store here, |
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Mr.. Zimmerman denies that he is
dead, as was generally reported sew
eral months ago. In fact, he is live
ly looking corpse. He has been quite
sick, however, in a sanitarium in
North Carolina, but his health has
greatly improved.
The chain gang On Saturday COM
pleted the Ehrhardt road to the town
limits of Bamberg. This is now one |
of the finest roads in this part of the
State We suggest that city council |
should now work Carlisle street to-
connect with the new road. The
gang is now starting work on the
Hunters Chapel road. which will re-
quire probably several months to
complete.
:. Mr.. A. NJ. DenbOW calls attention |
to- the fact that the Peoples Bank
during the last liberty loan handled
their subscriptions through one of
the Columbia banks, and for this rea-
son the county did not secure credit
for these subscriptions. 1t is like
ly that other banks of the county
handled subscriptions through their
correspondents which doubtless &C
counted for the low standing of the
county in the second loan.
The stores of Bamberg have agreed
to close on Saturday afternoon from
four to five O'Clock, ON account of
the patriotic rally to be held at the
court house. The people are asked
to bear this in mind and transact
their business before the stores close
rather wait until after the meeting.
All of the visitors in the city Satur-
day afternoon are invited and ex-
pected to attend the meeting at the
court house in the interest of the
sale of liberty bonds.
A few nights ago while returning