The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-09-14
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Town and County

wv. O. Guess. who recently dlspos-
of his interest in the mercantile es-
tablish of Guess & Bruce to E. c.
Bruce, has opened grocery store on
Railroad avenue.
Charles H. Mathis, one of the best
known citizens of Blackville, died at
his home there last week in his 69th
wear. The funeral and burial were
held at Blackville.
Sunday afternoon some sixteen
young converts were baptized at the
Baptist church as additions to the
Cone church during the revival held
there last" week by the pastor, Rev.
o. B. Falls. =
The Embree and Olar schools have
opened for the new session. Prot.
Brannon, of York county, is princl-
pal of the Olar school, and MISS
Pearle Brabham, of this city, is the
teacher at Embree.
J.K. Mayfeld, of Denmark. was
the second lowest bidder for the con-
struction of the Orangeburg-Cameron
highway in Orangeburg county. Mr..
Mayfeld's bid was for S22,5S1.5o,
while the successful bid was for s21,-
35O.72.
GooIsby and Son, Of Denmark, in
corporated, was chartered by the Sec
retary of state last week, with a cap
ital stock of $4,000. Officers are:
G. w. Goolsby, president; j. B.
Guess, Jr., vice PRESIDENT; K. A.
Goolsby, secretary and treasurer.
w. B. Chitty, Of Olar, and j. W..
Browning, of Govan, were among the
visitors in town Monday afternoon.
Mr.. Chitty has been i'll for some time
past. his friends will be sorry to hear,
and he intends leaving this week for
a stay at Glenn Springs for his health:
A mad dog chase on New Bridge
street Tuesday occasioned some ex-
citement. The citizens armed with
sundry weapons, bricks, pistols, etc.
made a valiant effort to slay the ca
nine, but it finally escaped, with sew
era1 nistol wounds and other injur-
les.
The Bamberg Lumber company,
owned largely by Bamberg business
men. has been awarded the contract
for the erection of the new colored
school in Orangeburg. The contract
price is approximately $4,000, and
the building is to be completed in
six months.
The friends of Aaron Rice will re-.
gret to learn of his injury some days
ago by falling on a box of goods at
his store on Main street. In moving
a heavy box, he stumbled, and struck
his side on the box, inficting pain
full internal injury which has confin-
ed him to his home for several days.
Robert Lide, ESQ.,, prominent mem
ber of the Orangeburg bar, has been
designated by Governor Harvey to
preside at the general sessions court
to be held in Bamberg beginning on
next Monday. Judge Prince and
Judge Shipp are both physically un-
able to hold any of the sessions at
which they were scheduled to pre-
side this fall.
A. G. Rogers, who farms on D..
Dowling's plantation a few miles
from town, is one of the county's
good citizens. He was away on
business trip, some 400 miles from
Bamberg. but came home to vote in
the primary Tuesday. He left again
on a business trip Tuesday afternoon.
It cost him money to vote, but he be-
lieves in exercising his right of citi-
zenship.
The knights of Pythias of the
third district met at Blackville Fri
day. The Convention was we'll at
tended, and much interest was shown
in the affalrs of the order. Governor
Earyey, Past Chancellor P. F. Hen
derson and other speakers made ad-
dresseg The convention was invit-
ed t 60 20 20 Bamberg in February,
but E,rall1eyille was chosen as the
net mee:i.,g place. The Blackvilie
Kpights served a splendid dinner to
visiting knights, the dinner being
pa :: i i. 1t 1 in by the local Pythians
ant ttci- "ives.
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