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?hr lamberg lerali Thursday, August 28, 1911 SHORT LOCALS. Brief Items of Interest Throughou the Town and County. A large crowd from Bamberg spec last Sunday at the Isle of Palms. Our people ought to wake up o the subject of good roads. Xothin will enhance the value of farmin lands more. Several bales of cotton were sol ^ on the Bamberg market last weel Cotton is opening rapidly in this sec tion, and the receipts here will soo be large every day. Our merchants are back from th Northern markets, having bought in mense stocks of goods, which are a] riving daily. A fine fall and winte business is expected. Next Monday is the first Monda in the month and salesdav. On sale of real estate is to be made b Master H. C. Folk, in the case of I C. Dukes against Geo. W. May et a The cotton crop in this section ha been much damaged by the recer dry weather and the yield will nc be as large as was expected som weeks ago. Never have we see cotton shed more than for the pas three weeks. The pool room will be moved Sepi 1st from the Hoffman store into th 6tore now occupied by Mrs. A. McE Speaks & Co., this firm moving int the Pearlstine store, next door t their present stand. A barber shoi run by two white barbers, will ope in the front part of the pool room. Persons who live on the rura routes and who happen to be in tow any day before the carriers leave ca get their mail by calling at the post office and asking for the carrier o] the route they live on. It is a pleas ure for the postmaster to accommc * date the public, and persons wh want their mail as above can get i for the asking. Building operations are lively i: Bamberg just now. The handsom residence of Dr. Robert Black, th biick building on Main street bein .erected by Dr. J. B. Black, the larg dormitory at Carlisle School, and th new building for a post office make the town have a busier appearanc than usual. Bamberg is not a fin ished town by a long ways. Work has commenced on the ne^ dormitory for boys at Carlisle School dnd the work is going forward rapid . ly. Messrs B. E. Grandy & Son hav the contract. It will be remembere< that these gentlemen built the grade school building and the city hall this structure being Bamberg's "sky scraper." The work on the dormi tory will be pushed as rapidly a possible. The first dance at the river pa vilion was held Tuesday of this week Good music was furnished during th afternoon and evening by Bearden' band from Augusta. The weathe was delightfully cool, and the danc ers enjoyed the dancing in the opei air. A number of young lady visitor from Orangeburg, Barnwell, am other points were present, as well a a very large crowd of young men. The law now authorizes the sen ator and members of the house t recommend three members of th county hoard of control, instead o the old plan of one being appointei by the mayors, one by the delegation . and one by the county board of edu cation. We understand that our dele gation will recommend the very bes men they can find for the position in order that the dispensary in thi county may be conducted on a busi ness basis. Commencing with Monday, Augus /25, the carriers on the rural route out of Bamberg changed their sched ules. This was done on applicatio: of the postmaster to the departmenl as the daily papers are now arrivin here on the early trains, and ther is very little mail coming in on th 11:07 train. They formerly left a 12 o'clock, but their leaving time i now 10:30 a. m., and they will arriv in the afternoon at five o'clock. In terested parties will please take nc tice of this change. In conversation a few days ag with Mr. Jones A. Williams, who i building the railroad from Bamber to Ehrhardt, we asked him how soo track laying would begin, and h stated that all he was waiting on wa the right of way into Ehrhardt, : appearing that there is a piece c property in Ehrhardt for which n right of way has been obtained. H says as soon as the right of way i secured track laying will begin at th Ehrhardt end and will be pushe rapidly to completion. As the peopl of the town of Bamberg are to fui ? - ? rv ^ at? r>n fl"t Ar + 1115X1 1X115 rigllt, U1 w a ? , vl imuci iii subscribers to the railroad fund, n doubt this matter will be attende to at once and the work of track la? ing commenced. ^ BACK TO BAMBERG TO-DAY. - Gen. and Mrs. Owens Leaving After 3 Stay on Sullivan's Island. Greatly improved in health and spirits, Gen. and Mrs. James R. tt Owens, Sr., are returning this morning to their home in Bamberg, after a stay of a couple of weeks on SulliLt van's Island, where they enjoyed the splendid surf, the refreshing breezes and the jolly company of many of their fellow guests at the delightful <X & and famous resort. Gen. Owens, a or & native of Alabama. w*as for forty-two years a resident of Charleston. Seven ^ years ago he and Mrs. Owens pur w* chased the Denmark Hotel, which they conducted for quite a while to 11 the delight of hundreds of traveling men in South Carolina. Giving up e the hotel business about two years, i- ago, they removed to Bamberg, > where, as a retired capatalist, the T General is known as "the youngest 70-year old man in captivity," famed v for his general joviality and his Edis*e to River fish fry speeches. His presy ence is indispensable at one of these > notable events. Although one of the j public leaders in his adopted county, ever working to promote her moral s and material interests, the General Lt never misses an opportunity to visit the City by the Sea, view again the e points of interest in the harbor, n which were so familiar to him in the !t '60's, and meet again friends and acquaintances of years ago, and they t. are always delighted to see him; oee sides, to quote him, "love old 5. Charleston." o Gen. and Mrs. Owens will leave o for their home at 8 o'clock this morn>, ing via the Southerrf.?News and n Courier. Minors in Pool Rooms, il n The criminal code of South Carols lina. paragraph 3IS, reads as follows: > "It shall be unlawful for any keeper er or owner of any pool or billiard >- table to allow any minor under eight? teen years of age to play pool or o billiards in any place where tables t are used and such games played, or to allow such minors to frequent or q loiter in any billiard or pool room. e Any owner, keeper or person operate ing such gaming tables, violating this g section, shall be deemed guilty of a e misdemeanor, and upon conviction e thereof, shall be fined not less than s twenty-five dollars nor more than one e hundred dollars or be imprisoned at L_ hard labor for not less tnan ten nor more than thirty days." v Bamberg Graded School. U The 1913-1914 session of the Baml berg graded school will begin Mone day morning, September 8th, at 9 d o'clock. All who expect to attend this d session are urged to be present the U opening day and enroll. Pupils who have lost their proi motion cards will please call at the s school building Thursday, September 4th, and get duplicate cards, if they are entitled to them. Pupils who . expect to enter from other schools e will please come to the school builds ing on Friday morning, September r 5th, and bring the books last studied, so that classification can be arranged a before the opening day. Those who s wish to enter the high school depart^ ment must furnish satisfactory proof s of having completed seven full years of work and in a school of the same grade of the Bamberg school. Pupils " who cannot furnish such proof will 0 be classified by examination. On e Thursday and Friday, September 4th * and 5th, those who have back work ^ to bring up will be given examina L> tions on their work. Those pupils ~ will please see the superintendent as early as possible, t Parents will please see that their l? children carry out the above instrucs tions, so that they can go regularly to work the first day. The following is a list of the teach i ers with their work: s Miss May Zeigler, first grade; Miss [_ Ruth Dibble, second grade; Miss Q Alma Black, third grade; Miss Gertf trude Davis, fourth grade; Miss Irene g Bryan, fifth grade; Miss Louise Mare tin, sixth grade; Mrs. J. A. Mure daugh, seventh grade, t In the high school department s Miss Leona Thomasson will teach e English and History; Miss Sara LesL. lie, Latin and History; Miss Hattie Newsom, Mathematics and Science; and E. P. Allen, Geometry and Physics. The public is cordially invited to 3 the opening exercises, g n WOMAN RAILROAD PRESIDENT, e s Mrs. Cora B. Williams Only Woman 11 in South Head of Road. >f o Bainbridge, Ga., August 23.?At a e meeting of the directors of the Geors gia, Alabama and Florida Railroad e here to-day, Mrs. Cora B. Williams d was elected president, succeeding her e husband, the late Capt. J. P. Williams. Mrs. Williams is believed to e be the only woman in the South presio dent of a railroad. All other officials d were re-elected, including the vice r- president, Col. Green Thompson, of Sandersville. New Postoffice. Work was commenced Monday of this week on the erection of the new postoffce building for Bamberg. Mr. J. J. Knopf, of Fairfax, is the contractor, and he has promised to finish the building in six weeks. It is being erected next to The Herald office, on Main street, A. W. Knight being the owner, who will lease it to :he government. It will be a handsome building of two stories, having the same style front as The Herald building, in fact it will be a twin structure. The stairway nowused in the Herald building will be used for the new place, the upstairs of both buildings being connected by a hallway. The postoffice will have a concrete floor all through, except the lobby, which will be laid in tile. The build ing will be 24 feet wide and 85 feet I long, which will give ample room for a postoffice. The fixtures will be of the latest pattern and highest quality. There will be 260 combination boxes and no call boxes. All boxes will have the latest combination locks, no keys at all being used. The floor plan calls for five windows, as follows: Money order window, general delivery window, stamp window, registry, parcel post and postal savings window combined, and a carrier's window, from which the rural carriers will deliver mail to patrons on their routes who may be in town. The fixtures will be of oak, highly polished, and everything about the office wil be of the best. The building will likely be heated by steam or hot water. Other towns may have larger post offices than Bamberg, but none will have a handsomer one. There will be a light court halfway the building, between the post office and The Herald building, which will give plenty of light for the workroom, but the front of the building will occupy the entire lot. The front will be of gray pressed brick and plate glass, with stone trimmings. matching The Herald building exactly. In connection with this new building it might be well to state some improvements in the service to be made when it is occupied, which it is hoped will not be later than November 1st. The stamp window and the parcels post window will be kept open while the mails are being distributed in the morning so that persons may buy stamps and send off and receive packages and due letters. But positively no person will be served at any but the proper window. Money orders will be issued at the money order window, stamps sold only at the stamp window, and general delivery mail will be delivered only at the general delivery window. Patrons of the office will please bear this in mind and get reay for the change. This is done to accommodate the public, and to relieve the congestion at the general delivery window so that patrons can be served promptly. We think it also well to state that this new building and equipment is going to cost the postmaster a lot of money, entirely too much for the * _ return on the investment. But the government would not pay enough iciit iu give a. yiupei xetuin un uic investment and nobody else in the town would take the lease, although a number of parties were solicited. Therefore, the postmaster, as a matter of patriotism and for the good of the town, has made the investment, which he trusts the people will appreciate. Had he not been holding the position he would not have taken over the lease. It will be a nice place, and we want to keep it nice, and in our efforts we hope to have the co-operation of the public. Throwing papers and trash on the floor of the lobby, spitting on the floor, or in any defacing the walls or furniture will not be allowed. U. D. C. Scholarship. At a recent meeting of the committee on scholarships it was decided to award one of the two offered by the Francis Marion Bamberg chapter, at the Carlisle School, to Miss Hilda Kearse, of Olar, S. C. No one was fhci hnvc' etnh nl ca rch i n JlV/i tiiv WVJ hJ UVMVAWH4 W4*?yy and applications for same may be sent to Prof. Guilds, chirman of the committee. As these scholarships are valuable, there will doubtless be more than one who will apply. Death of Mr. B. R. Hair. Mr. Benj. R. Hair died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. B. D. Bolen, of this city, Monday night about eight o'clock. Mr. Hair was seventy-six years of age and had been in bad health for some time. The immediate cause of his death was paralysis. He was buried at Calvary church, near Elko. He is survived by an aged wife and five children, four girls and one boy, and will be sadly missed, not only by his immediate family but by the large number of friends who Knew ana lovea mm. But a life of suffering has given was to etrenal peace and rest. ....TH1 n . * Of Buggies in Runabouts, Open gies and Surreys, a carload of Rock ney Buggies. T rlatp in cfvlp and can't beat the pi Come and give n We have also just received a ca BAMBERC AN ENJOYABLE AFFAIR. New Advertise Given Near Cope in Honor of >Ir. and The Victor Oil Mrs. Cope Livington. Wanted. Ehrhardt Banki Cope, August 21.?What might be Win th? Harvest Be? called a family reunion, or picnic, C. H. Gattis, As was held to-day at Beech Grove, near Manager?Excursion the New Bridge, between here and Ga. Bamberg, the same being given in W. Gilmore Simmshonor of Mr. and Mrs. Cope Livings- q Frank Bambe: ton, of Washington, D. C. The day tiest L0tt was an ideal one for an outing and , the table was .filled to its capacity Mr. and Mrs. L. M. . with the nicest things that go to joyable T make up a fine dinner, and there was enough to feed two or three times Editor, please p the number present. press through the cc Rook and other games were play- valuable paper my i ed, and as it had been ten to twelve the hospitable and r years since some had seen each other., nient extended myself the day was most pleasantly spent visit to places of intei recalling old times. ago. Those present on this occasion Saturday morning, were: Mr. and Mrs. Cope Livingston, v*e left our home in of Washington, D. C., Mesdames cjty of Bamberg for Laura Livingston, Jervey Smoak, Ida and our first stop was Schwartz, and Miss Mary Livington, fUi home of a friend of Bamberg, S. C.; Mrs. Dave Felder, that overlook the "SI of Florence, S. C.; Miss Elizabeth ieyf (Bamberg Coun Roberts, of Ehrhardt, S. C.; Mes- spent Saturday night i dames J. Archie Livingston, J. M. entertainment of this Knotts, William Senn, Wolfe Livings- elegant home. Sunds ton and Carlton Dougherty, of North, made our way over t S. C.; Mesdames J. C. Gray, Carry E. Rest," on the side o: Cope, Walter D. Cope, R. K. Hener- where we spent the ? ey, and Misses Julia and St. Clair lovely home of comfi Cope, Rita Barton, and Evelyn Hen- ment. And on Mond: erey, of Cope, S. C.; and Messrs. J. M. were speeded across Knotts, C. 0. Dougherty, J. A. Liv- (on b., E. & W. R. R. ingston, of North; J. H. Frank, E. mained for awhile o and Walter D. Cope, R. K. Henerey grounds upon which a and Charles S. Henerey, of Cope, and thriving town will Jas. McGowan and Bert Carter, of Then, our trip having Bamberg, S. C. we returned to our hoi ? feeling much better Reduced Parcel Post Rates. trip and grateful to tl the hours we spent so People on the rural routes should L. take advantage of the reduced parcel August 26th, 1913. post rates for local delivery and the first and second zones, which are DIRECTORY OP TRI now in enecc. ine weigm. iux yaciv- OJLUSX UHli ages has also been increased to twen- _____ ty pounds when it is for local deliv- Preaching every Si ery or in the first two zones. For at 11 o'clock, other zones the limit remains the Preaching every S same, eleven pounds. Country pro- at 7:30 o'clock, duce can be sent in from the country Sunday-school evei now at a very low rate, and it is to be ternoon at 5 o'clock, hoped the people in the country who Mid-week prayerr have produce for sale will use the Wednesday evening a parcel post. Now two pounds can Epworth League < be sent in the second zone for six evening at 7:30 o'clo< cents, and the rates get cheaper as Everybody is cordi the weight increases. For instance, attend these services, ten pounds was sent to Charleston a W. H. HODGE few days ago for fourteen cents, less Raili than half the express rate. I ] EL.. M BL ^ BB Bffi fl h H |m ^ In H 1 the County i 4 i and Top Bug- | Just received ; Hill and Hack- ^ ? hey are up-tofinish, and you ice and terms, le a look. ? i 4 r load of Hackney Wagons. S. C. i ements. U. D. C. BENEFIT. Pn ^flipsmfln Tuesday night, September 2nd, has ~ oaiesman b en selected as the time for the benefit to be given at the Rex The ng Co.?What atre for the local chapter, U. D. C. Special pictures will be run, and the proceeds will be donated by the man>sistant Traffic agement to help the daughters defray from Augusta, certain expenses they have incurred. There will no doubt be a record breaking attendance at the Rex, and , ?For Rent. it is certain that all who attend will rg xhe Pret- n?t only be helping a worthy cause but will be getting their money's worth. ???? 1 Ayer Take En- SPECIAL NOTICES. np. Advertisements Under This Head 25c. ermit me to ex- For 05 Words or Less. ilumns of your ; ippreciation of j For Sale.?Twenty-five share of oyal entertain- stock. JONES A. WILLIAMS, 0 _ Bamberg, S. C. and wife on a ^ rest a few days l For Rent.?One seven-room dwell! ing, convenient to business part of Ancnict 9 9-r 1 t0Wn* App!y t0 J* T' ?'NEAL> Bam* August -d.r., berg> c > the prosperous j a little outing, ! Cattle Wanted.?I will pay 3 % , . .. cents the pound for all feeding catj at tne oe ut - deiivere(i at my barn on the on the "Hills" | Matheny place. J. A. SPANN. lenandoah Val- -?" , Salesman Wanted to look after our * i}) w ne e v,e interest jn Bamberg and adjacent / ind enjoyed the j counties. Salary or commission, hospitable and Address THE VICTOR OIL COMly morning we PANY, Cleveland, O. ;o "Wanderer's Farm for Sale or Rent.??Four hunC the "Ocean," dred acres one mile from Cummings Sabbath in this Station in South Carolina. Fine lands . . . for farming. Will sell on easy terms, ort and enjoj- c M CHOVIN, 527 East Broad St., ay morning we Savannah, Ga. to Ayersville, ?The farm consi6ting of ) where we re- $2% acres, known as the J. M. Felverlooking the j der homestead, situated just outside , prosperous, and the corporate limits of Bamberg. an ho coon Price $3,000, cash. Apply to J. M. : been "finished!! FELDER' Jr" Bamberg- s- c- me in Bamberg, For Sale.?Pair of nice large because of the matched bay horses which will weigh , about 1,100 pounds each, one an exnose who made tra nice saddle horse_ both gentIe pleasant. enough for any lady to drive, are now M. AYER. on exhibition at our stables. Come quick if you want something nice. JONES BROS., Bamberg, S. C. NTTY METHO- For Rent.?Simms plantation, XfcCH. "Woodlands," twenty-four hundred acres. Brick dwelling, large barns nr inir an(* out-buildings, nineteen tenant in y morn n? bouses, occupied. Twenty-horse farm j open land. Five miles from Bamunday evening berg, two miles from Midway. Apply I to W. GILMORE SIMMS, Barnwell, - . . S. C. *y sunaay ai- ] . p I .For Sale or Rent.?Twelve-horse neeting every i farm, five miles South of Denmark, t 7*30 o'clock s- c- Also: eight-horse farm, 5^ every Tuesday ! miIes South of Denmark> S. A. L. J - [ Rv. Also: three-horse farm, three i miles South of Denmark. Also: ally invited to six-horse farm at town of Govan. If interested in farming lands in this S Pastor section write Box 66, Blackville, S. C. oad Avenue, Full line of blank books at The %" Bamberg, S. C. Herald Book Store.