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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-17
Notes and Personal Mention.

Mr.. and Mrs. Roland MedIicott are
the parents of son, born Thursday.
The baby is a grandson of Mrs Mary
Medlicott and of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Sharitt.
Mr.. Charles Mckee has cone 10 St.
Louis, Mo-, to enlist in n engineer
ing division of the army
Mrs. Sidney Godsman, If Burling-
ton, Colo, is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. j. F. Mitchell She was for
nIerly Miss June Mitchell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert stone and Mrs.
George NJ. Stone have motored to
I.eaYenworth for short visit.
Miss Annebel Garvey, who IS teach
ing English and journalism in the
iOia high school, and editing the high.
the weekend with her parents, AIR.
ard Mrs. H. o. Garvey.
DR.. Lillian Malone. Osteopath. sol
Mills Building.-Adv.
Mr.. Charles E. Wardin is i'll with
ncumonia at St Francis hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Gault have
returned from a trip of a few weeks
TO New York City.
Lieut. and Mrs. Charles c. Young
green will arrive early this evening
from Texas, and will be at the Throop
hotel for short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. WILDER Galloway have
rented their house in EImhurst and
are making their homie with Mrs. Gal
loway mother. Mrs. Genevieve VeaIe
of Topeka avenue. Mrs. Veale and
Mrs Galloway will leave a little later
for a trip to California.
Mrs. Philip Koontz, who has been
i'll at St Francis hospital. is recover
ing, and was taken to her home today
The big knitting bags with cord
or hoop handles that e popular
now, and so essential, are being made
/ by a group of Grace cathedral women
who are preparing them for then
annual sale which they will have De
| cember and >. They are making
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-17
CLUB NOTES.

The West Side Reading club will
meet with Mrs. S.. ]. Hodgins, ZIG
Tyler street, Tuesday afternoon, No
vember 20.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-17
DIG. UP FEATHERS!
Old Fashioned Willow PIumeS
Can Be Utilized.
Make .Up-tO-Date Fringe on
Latest Style FrOck.
BY MARGARET MASON.

written for the Topeka State JOurnal.)
The ostrich sticks his head in sand
And thinks his camOuflage just grand
But II he'd see some of his pluming
W hen we have finished with its grooming
He d really be forced to admission
His camouflage is naught to it's one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-17

The Travellers club, instead of hold
ing its regular meeting this after
noon, is spending the time at work at
the Red Cross rooms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-17

Mrs. R. L. Payne entertained the
members of the D. G. c. club Friday
afternoon. Guests of the club were
Mrs T. H. Barnes and Mrs. L. w.
Warner
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-17

Mrs Albert Knowles entertained a
few friends Friday afternoon for Mrs.
John Pullman of Bridgeport, Conn.
and Mrs William Curtis of Salt Lake
C!ty Utah, who are visiting their
aunt, Mrs. J. M. Meade.
Mrs Jonathan Thomas and Miss
Carolyn Thomas entertained at din
ner Friday night: Mrs. Pullman. Mrs.
Curtis, Mrs Charles Brooks Thomas
and Mrs. ]. V. Abrahams.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-17

Mrs. Cook. wife of Lieutenant Com
mander Merlyn G. Cook, L. s. N, has
arrived in Topeka to be the guest OF
Mr.. Cooks father, Mr.. S. a. Cook, arc
his sister, Mrs. R. w. White, during
Lieutenant Commander Cooks alb
sence at sea. Mrs. Cook has beer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Reed have
issued announcements of the mar
riage of their daughter, Bessie Hall, to
DR. Willard o. Clark, of Topeka, which
took place in Chillicothe, Mo, Satur-
day evening, October 6, at $3.50 o'clock.
The bride was a charter nurse with
the Topeka Public Health Nursing
association and a graduate of the
Christ hospital training school DR..
Clark was formerly an inferno in
Christ hospital, and is now one of the
practicing physicians in that hospital.
At home after December l, at 1856
West Eighth avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-17

Mrs. David Palmer will entertain
the Lakota club Monday of next week.
X X X
Dr. and Mrs. P. P. Womer gave a
dinner party for the Washburn foot
ball team. The twenty-six members
of the team and the coach, Mr.. Ken
nedy, were guests.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-01-11
CALLED TO CHESTER.
Baptist Churches Want Rev. W. r.
Mcmillan for Pastor.

Chester, Jan. 5.-The Harmony
Baptist church along with the Lowry
Vile and Liberty Baptist churches
have extended a unanimous call to
the Rev. w. R. Mcmillan, pastor Of
the Baptist church at Bamberg, to be-
come their pastor. This is a strone
group of churches, paying salary of
$1,000 with a pastorium free of any
rent. The Harmony church enjoys
the distinction of being one Of the
foremost rural Baptist churches in
the State. 1t has large member
ship and a handsome building. If
Mr.. Mcmillan comes in all likelihood
he will make his residence in Chester.
He is an eloquent and popular Bap-
tist minister. State.
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Death of Mrs. E. H. Bowling.

Mrs. Laura G. Dowling, relict OF
the late DR.. E. H. Bowling, died at
her home in this city last Thursday
afternoon at three o'clock. Mrs.
Bowling had been i'll for about two
weeks. The remains were Inferred
at Restland cemetery at three O'Clock
Friday afternoon. The funeral was
held from Mrs. Dowling's late resi-
dence on Carlisle street, Rev. Jonas
Barclay, of Blackville, assisted by
Revs. w. R. Mcmillan and E. o. Wat
son. conducting the last rites.
Mrs. Bowling was Miss Cannon
before her marriage to DR.. Dowling.
She was born in Colleton county on
October 18th, 1914, being II years
of age at the time of her death. She
taught school until her marriage.
Mrs. Dowling was member of the
Presbyterian church, and was a wo-
man Of strong character, and many
strikingly admirable and lovable
traits. She is survived by no near
relatives. Her two brothers and one
sister died many years ago. She is
survived by three step-children,
Messrs. Decania Bowling, of Bam-
berg, and H. S. Bowling, of Ander-
son, and Mrs. A. R. Neal, of Roanoke,
Va. DR.. Bowling, her husband, died
in 1906.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-01-11
EAIBEZZLEMENT CHARGED.
Postmaster of Midway Held in the
Charleston Jail.

On a charge of embezzlement in
the office of postmaster at Midway,
Ernest w. Duensing was brought to
Charleston yesterday morning, and
committed to the county Jail in de-
fault of $1,000 bond.
The amount alleged to have been
missing was s1,170.7S, which was
found to be short in the cash in the
annual inspection of postoffice in
spectors. Duensing practically con-
fessed to having drawn this amount
from government funds, when given
a hearing yesterday morning before
United States Commissioner "A. NJ.
Huger. 1t seems probable that a
plea of guilty will be entered when
the case comes to trial in United
States district court in Columbia,
January 16. =
The arrest was made Tuesday by
United States Marshal Sims, who act
ed on information from postoffice in
spectors. Duensing, according to
testimony in the preliminary hearing
yesterday made no attempt to excuse
the shortage by any explanation, nor
to enter any plea in his own defense.
Although he was not required to
make a statement in his own defense,
he admitted all the evidence against
him. which was shown by his &C
counts and by the testimony of the
government agents.
Duensing has held his office for al
most four years, having been ap-
pointed at the beginning of President
Wilson's first term. There was ev-
cry probability that he would sue
ceed himself in Office, because of ap-
parent trustworthiness and residence
of many years in his section. The
penalty for this class of embezzle-
ment is imprisonment.-News and
Courier.
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cussion of the subjects before the
| meeting were: C.. w. Rentz, w. L.
Riley, DR.. L. A. Hartzog, D. NJ Co..
G. w. Goolsby, S. G.. Mayfeld, B. W.
Miley, ]. B. Guess, H. B. Grimes, L.
P. Mcmillan, w. S. Stokes, DR.. S. p
Rentz, Representative B. D. Carter,
Representative J. Wesley Crum, and
others. Senator J.. B. Black was un-
able to be- present at the meeting, as
he had to attend some committee
| meetings in Columbia Monday.
The following was the constitution
adopted:
This association shall be known as
the Bamberg County Good Roads as
sociation. :,
Any male white person above the
age of 18 shall be eligible to mem
bership therein.
The objects and purposes of this
association are to foster, develop, en-
courage, build, and maintain better
roads in the county of Bamberg and
thereby improve the road system.
That the officers of this assoc1a-
ton shall consist of president, two
vice presidents, and a secretary ana
treasurer, all to be elected at any
regular meeting, and to hold ONCE
for the term Of one year.
It shall. be the duty of the presi-
dent to preside over the meetings OF
this body, and to call such special
meetings and appoint such commit
tees as may be necessary to carry
out the purposes of the association,
and by influence and work to aid in
the promotion and the welfare of the
association and the development OF
better roads.
The vice president in the absence
of the president shall assume the du-
ty of the president and cooperate in
every way possible in aiding and en-
couraging the object of the assocla-
ton. -,
Secretary and treasurer-1t shall
be the duty of the secretary and
treasurer, which Office may be held
by one and the same person, to keep
a record of all persons who may join
the association and the minutes OF
the meetings, together with any
funds that may be paid into the as
sociation.
For the purpose of aiding the work
and furnishing funds, a membership
fee of soc shall be charged to each
person-to be dishursed according to
the direction of the association, in
|
That this association shall meet
every quarter, on the first Monday
in January, and the first Monday OF
each third month thereafter, at the
court house, Bamberg, S. G..
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-01-11
Dining Silver for Carlisle.

When the Carlisle students and
teachers went into the. dining room
last Sunday morning, they found the
tables all made attractive by set of
beautiful new silver-the gift OF
some ,Bamberg friends. The friends
of Carlisle are frequently doing nice
things, but they have done few things
more appreciated than this.
The big box that went up to the
campus on Saturday contained six
hundred and twenty-four pieces
knives, forks, tea spoons, table
spoons, butter knives and sugar
shells-each piece marked in script
carlisle. The, design is the very
attractive Exeter" pattern of the
Community silver.
All this adds much in making Car
Isle more attractive and home-like
and is highly appreciated by the
school authorities.
What is finer than to have thought
full and generous friends?
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-01-11
ENGINEER KILLED IN WRECK.
''Flaminso Flyer" in Smash-up.
Several Others Injured.

Special to The Herald.
Schofeld, Jan. 9.-Seaboard pas
senger train known as the "Flamln-
go Flyer" going South between New
York and Jacksonville, was derailed
here Sunday morning at 7:46 o'clock,
while running at the rate of flfty
miles per hour. Engineer Henry Pc
tit, of Savannah, and his fireman,
James Campbell, also of Savannah,
were fatally injured. They were TAX
en- to a Columbia hospital, accom-
panied by Drs. L. A. Hartzog and Ce-
Gil Ray, where Mr.. Petit died in the
afternoon and the fireman is not ex-
pected to live. Baggage Master ).
E. Anderson, of Jacksonville, and the
negro porter were painfully injured
but not expected to die. None of the
passengers were injured, with the ex-
ception of one lady, who received a
slight flesh wound.
The train consisted of seven cars,
one baggage, one express, one ac-
comodation, diner and three pull
mans. The accident is said to have
been due to concealed defect in the
throwing rod connecting the switch
stand, which was broken loose by the
jar of the engine passing over the
switch point, causing the rear truck
of the express car and balance of
the train to take the side track. The
engine was completely overturned
and the baggage and express cars
were thrown directly across the
track. The Pullman cars and diner
were not derailed.
Two wrecking crews were ordered
here at once and the track was clear
ed for traffic at six o'clock in the af-
ternoon.
Railroad officials placed the dam
age at $4,000. The train was in
charge of conductor E. H. Rhodes, of
Jacksonville, who was slightly. in
iured about the face by flying glass.
The accident drew quite crowd of
spectators, there being approximately
1000 people here during the day
from this and adjoining counties.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-01-11
Observed Week ct Prayer.

The Woman's Missionary society
of the Baptist church observed the
past week as the week of prayer.
Despite the inclement weather the
average attendance was about TWEEN
ty. Several afternoons the attend
ance was much larger. ~
We ppreciate very much the inter
est taken by some of our friends from
the Methodist church. We are al
ways glad to nave visitors and give
them a cordial invitation to meet
with us at any time.
On Wednesday the envelopes, dis,
tributed some time ago, were brought
in, and the special offering for China
amounted to s27.35.
The Y. w. AS and G. AS hao
charge of the meeting Thursday. I'VE
are proud of these young workers
and feel that they are going to &C
complish much for their Master II
the coming months. Mrs. Coonel
and Mrs. Hit are the leaders of these
bands and they are very. enthusias
tic over their work.
Friday and Saturday the meetings
were conducted by special leaders ap'
pointed by the president, Miss Annie
HartZog.
AS a whole the meetings were
good. and we are sorry that even
more did not meet with us. AS the
new year is upon us, let us take on
new life and strive to make the year
1917 the best in the history OF our
society.-Contributed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-01-11
New Advertisements.

E. M. McCown-Lost.,
J. T. O'Neal-For Rent.
H. L. Hinnant-For Sale.
Peoples Bank Aust Put sc.
J. H. Kinard, Asent-Notice.
Cotton Oil Co.-Last Gin Day.
Paris Medicine Co.-Lax-Fos.
Peoples Bank-It is Not Too Late,
Enterprise Bank-A Joint Account
Mack's Drug Store.-You Need
Not.
Standard Oil Co.-The Weather
Man.
Mutual Garage-Around Your
Neck.
H. NJ. Graham-Lost, Strayed, or
Stolen.
H. G. Hastings Co.-Half Your
Living.
Bamberg Banking Co.-Does Money
Burn?
Bamberg Banking Co.-Briefy
Speaking.
J. B. Brickle-The Bike We Can
not Repair.
Standard Oil Co--While the
Stitches Fly.
Thielen Theatre-A Packed House
Saw Billie Burke.
Farmers & Merchants Bank
What Are You Thinking Of?
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Another Account.

Seaboard Air Line passenger
train No. Z, going South; known as
the ''Flamingo Flyer between New
York and Jacksonville, was wrecked
at Schofeld at 1885 o'clock Sunday
morning when Engineer Henry Petit
was fatally injured and the negro
fireman, James Campbell, was seri-
ously hurt. J. E. Anderson, baggage
master, and E. H. Rhodes, conduc-
tor. were slightly bruised about the
face. The injured engineer and fire.
man were taken to Columbia early
Sunday afternoon to hospital, ac-
companied by DR.. L. A. Hartzog, of
Olar, who in response to a. tele-
phone call went to the scene of the
wreck soon after it occurred.
The cause of the wreck has not
been established. The train split at
the switch gate, the engine and ex-
press car keeping the main line,
while the combination car and the
cars following took the side track,
which resulted in the express car
being jerked across the main line,
the engine turning over on the sid
ing. The combination car quit the
siding and plunged into field, plow-
ing into the ground so deep that the
front end of the car was buried. The
trucks under the passenger car fol-
lowing the combination car and those
under the dining car were crushed,
but the three Pullman cars remain
ed on the track. Two wrecking
trains, one from each end of the
line, were soon at the scene and be-
gan clearing the track, passage at
that point being reestablished about
8 o'clock Sunday night.
Henry Petit, engineer on the Sea-
board Air Line train No. Z, going
South, which was wrecked at Scho-
field shortly after Z o'clock Sun
day morning, was carried to Colum-
bia Sunday afternoon to hospital
where he died about $50 o'clock in
the afternoon, after an operation
which had been performed in last
effort to save his life. The negro
fireman, James Campbell, who was
also injured and who was carried to
Columbia on the same train, is not
thought to have been fatally injured.
The deceased engineer was about
50 years of age and resided in Savan-
nah. He is survived by three sons
and two daughters, J. w. Petit, E. T.
Petit, H. A. Petit and Misses Terrace
and Elizabeth Petit, all of Savannah.
The body was sent to Savannah at
midnight Sunday night, accompanied
by the five children, who arrived in
Columbia Sunday afternoon. From
Savannah the body was taken to Au-
gusta for interment.
Henry Petit is said to have been
the oldest engineer on this division
of the Seaboard Air Line, having
been employed by the road in that
capacity for about 25 years. An Of
fetal of that railway said that Mr..
Petit was one of the best liked and
most trustworthy engineers on this
division, being distinguished by his
sunny disposition and strict atten-
ton to his duty. He was a member
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, enrolled in Savannah
lodge, No. 500.
The wreck Sunday was the third
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-01-11
SHORT LOCALS.
Brief Items of Interest Throughout
the Town and County.

Mr.. F. X. Graham. of Kingstree,
has accepted a position with the En-
terprise Bank.
Miss Sallie Rentz, of Ehrhardt, has
been i'll for the past three weeks, her
many friends will regret to learn.
Mr.. E. B. Price, who for the past
year has been farming near Olar, has
moved back to his cottage in the
city.
Mr.. Ben Pearson has accepted po-
sition with Mr.. w. G. Hoffman as
salesman, in place of Mr.. Henry Eel
der, resigned.
The comrades of Camp jenkins,
No. 527. u. G.. ", are requested to
meet at the court house on the 10Th,
inst, at ten o'clock.
Mr.. Pierce Watson, who has been
with C. R. Brabham's Sons for sew
eral months, has accepted position
as salesman for Mr.. B. W. Simmons.
Mrs. M. NJ. Carter, of Augusta,
writes: 81 am sending you $3.50 for
my subscription to The Bamberg
Herald. We cannot do without your
paper"
" Mr.. C. ]. Fields and family have
moved into Mr.. Thomas Blacks cot
tage on Carlisle street, recently va
Gated by Mr.. B. B. Still, who has
moved to Blackville.
The Woman's Missionary society,
of the Baptist church, will hold its
regular meeting next Wednesday af-
ternoon at $3.50. Everyone is cor
daily invited to attend.
DR.. ]. B. Black, senator from Bam-
berg county, has been assigned to the
following committees: Police regu-
lations, commerce and manufactures,
medical affairs, mines and mining.
Messrs. A. NJ. Denbow, vice presi-
dent of the Peoples Bank, of Bam-
berg, and Joseph w. Norwood, of the
Union National Bank, of Columbia,
are interested in the organization of
a new bank at Blackviue.
The many friends in Bamberg of
Rev. L. E. Virgins were glad of his
election as chaplain of the house,
to which position he was over
whelmingly elected Tuesday. Rev.
Mr.. Virgins is former pupil of Car
Isle school, and is well known here.
In the statement of the election of
officers of the Peoples Bank in the
last issue of The Herald, it was stat
ed that Mr.. A. M. Denbow had been
made 'active president" This was
a typographical error Mr.. Denbow
is active vice president.
The Southern train due here at
1887 a. m. was delayed for about
four hours Monday on account of a
wreck near Ridgeville, 29 miles from
Charleston. Fourteen cars of freight
train No. 73 left the track and turn
ed over, delaying all traffic for some
time. None of the crew was injured.
Mrs. w P. Jones and Mrs. J. G..
Lewis will entertain the F. NJ. Bam-
berg chapter, U. D. c., on January
18th, at 4 o'clock, at the home of
Mrs. Jones. The final programme
for entertaining the veterans on the
18th will be announced in next
weeks paper.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-01-11
Report on S. A. l.. Wreck.

Columbia, Jan. S.-Railroad Com
missioner Frank w. Shealey filed an
official report of his Investigation OF
the Seaboard Air Line wreck at Scho-
field yesterday, in which he said the
wreck, in his opinion, was due to a
defective switch, which caused the To-
comotive of the train to split the
switch as it was going over. He says
that the wreck was pure. accident
and that the Seaboard road was not
at fault.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Cope are
spending some time in Florida.
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time an engine driven by Engineer
Petit had turned over. Some years
ago a serious wreck occurred when
train No. 35, going South, driven by
Mr.. Petit, collided with train No. 80,
going North, driven by Fred Bell.
The engineers were brothers-in-law.
Frank w. Shealy, member, and j.
P. Darby, secretary of the railroad
commission, left late Sunday after
noon for Schofield to investigate the
wreck.
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Cotton Ginnings to Dec. 13.

Bamberg-1916, 21,25S; 1915
1928.
Barnwell-1916, '41,103; 1915
34,766.
Colleton-1916, 12,457; 1915
1914.
Hampton-1916, 1886; 1915
1901.
Orangeburg-1916, 56,124; 1915
5S,729
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-01-11
Baptist Church Services.

Every member of the Baptist
church is earnestly requested to be
present Sunday morning, as a mat.
ter of vital Importance to the church's
interests and work will be brought
before the body.
w. r. MCMILLAN. :,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-01-11
Notice to Farmers.

All persons interested in the Bam-
berg Farm Loan Association are re-
ouested to meet at the court house
next Saturday at II o'clock.
- J. J. O'NEAL,
Secretary-TreaSure
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-01-11
Petit Jury, January Term.

The following 6 are the jurors for
the January term Of the criminal
court. which conYenes next Monday: