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: MEN ARE SO QUEER ,
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Z By R. S. JONES. 2
"Tom was terribly annoyed," said | .
the young woman with the Huffy hair ; 1
and the hint of a baby stare- "It it- j ^
perfectly funny tho way a man acit- j j
just because he is your husband?did j
you ever notice it?"^ j |
"It is, indeed!" said the others in
chorus.
"How was I to know that sensible I
business men would take me so seri- j v
ously?" pursued the fluffy youn^; \ t
woman. "1 thought they were sup-' ^
nnBOf| f n |lQvn i
rv?vw vv ut*t v UiovviUlUCUb ailU 6CUM5 |
At least, Tom is always preaching
about their superiority in that respect. *
Tom explained to me very carefully ^
betore we went to the automobile r
show last month that we couldn't buy ^
a car. He said we couldn't afford it,
considering my hat bills and his cigars .
and the notes coming due on the j 1
house we bought last year. I am 1
sure I had it all perfectly clear in I i
my mind, so I am positive I was not i (
to blame.
"But did you ever notice what per- ^
fectly fascinating young men they put B
in charge of tho exhibition cars at an s
automobile show?"
"I should say I have noticed them!" ]
said the brunette girl.
"And, anyhow, Tom had no business
to run across two college friends
the minute we got inside the show ^
and pay so much attention to them that
he couldn't pay any attention to
me! Those three would cluster to- |
gether over a chassis with a lot of
crazy machinery stuck on it and talk ^
like mad. So I simply had to do
something to kill time."
"Of course you did!" agreed the
others.
"So when at the first booth a good
looking man who saw mo Ktitfivinw ? <
touring oar asked me if I was inter- 1
ested I said 1 was. Then he was just ]
as nice as could be. He told me (
everything about the car and made t
me get in it and explained just how I
could run it myself and wanted my (
address to send me & catalogue. He '
said he'd be pleased to come out some <
day with the car and show me how it
ran and give me a lesson. Ho was so
set on coining that I hnted to hurt
his feelings, so I did not refuse. '
"It was just the same way at the I
next place and ever after. Torn and j
his friends were so busy over horrid (
old machinery that I was considerably
left out. However, I made lots of ?
friends among the agents. I
"All of them wanted to bring out <
their cars to demonstrate to me how i
superior they were and, as I had told
one man he could come, it didn't seem 1
a bit fair to the others to refuse any 4
mm of them, so I said I'd be delighted. It i
Jiftii^^-urleu' to .w.n that I owed a ter- \
rlble tot of calls and that it would* Oe ^
such a nice way to get around and
pay them. '
"I didn't think it necessary to men- ('
tion the matter to Tom. He did re d
mark that a huge lot of cataloguer. ^
was coming to our house and it was '
a wonder where those fellows got
people's names and, anyhow, thank
goodness, he didn't have a machine
eating its head off and making him ^
poor! Men are so selfish.
"The Zero automobile man came out 1
the very day after the show closed (
and we had a beautiful ride. I made 1
six calls. However, I quite changed c
my opinion of him, because when I ]
came out of the last place he seemed
actually cross and said things about *
waiting in cold weather. I don't t
how he exnects to sell enrs witVirm* <
shoving a little consideration for cus- (
tomers. I told him I didn't think I j
liked his car at all.
"Then there was the Largo car man (
and the Allegro man and the Fortis- 1
simo man and the Solendiferous man <
and about six different electric com- ]
panies and a lot more whose names
I forget. When they came one at a
time it was lovely.
"I did two teas one afternoon in the
Largo oar. but the man lost his tern- (
per, and when 1 came from the second
tea the wretched creature had
driven off and I had to go home on <
the street car'
"The queer thing was that every
one seemed so indignant when I refused
to give an order for a car and
said tilings about my leading them on
The worst of it was that Tom came 1
home ill with the grip one afternoon ]
just as seven different cars arrived all
at once to take mo out! He said he
thought I was giving & funeral or a
tea.
""Wtien lie understood?my dears,
have you ever seen a man suffering (
from bad temper and grip simultaneously?
i
"I explained to him most carefuly
that It wasn't my fault at all, but be
roared that he was ashamed to look a
man in the face from that time on for
fear he was one of the automobile (
agents I liad shamefully deceived?
yes, that's what he called It?and that
he'd lllro fn 1/nmn ?'*>? 1 * ' "
W ........ I.imi nomeil I1BC1 in
place of consciences anyhow. What
do you think of that? Aren't men utterly
queer?"
"They surely are!" the other yout^
married women agreed. "When you
hadn't done one single thing, either?"
Unusual.
"Anything new?" asked the reporter.
"Yes," replied the desk sergeant.
"A man and a woman were badly
smashed up In an automobile accident
a little while ago."
"That happens every dny."
"Rut. this is an extraordinary case.
She was his wife."
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WOriEY VERY MUCH WASTED
*
'roprletor of Traveling Bag May Have
Meant Well, But He Didn't
Make a Hit.
Oliver* P. Newman, chairman of
he board of commissioners of Washngtorv,
and Louis Brownlow, &
vorld-wide traveler, are boon cominnimis.
After the last presidential election
Newman, ihen a political writer, was
trdered to accompany President-elect
IVilson to Bermuda. Tie promptly
vired Brownlow for the use of a
raveling bag which had been round
he world several times and was enirely
covered with foreign labels.
Possession of the hag, Newman felt,
vould show him to be eligible for
nembership in the "Bound the
rVorld club."
In due time a crate was carried
nto Newman's apartment in New
fork. \\ ith pleasant thought of the
nipression the bag would make on
lie presidential party, Newman un>aeked
the crate. Before him was
l hag as immaculate as his own new
unease, .\ewman wired jsrownlow :
"Where the blazes are the foreign
abels?"
Brownlow's reply was:
<fYou are an ingrate. T spent two
lollnre to have the labels washed ?If."
?Sunday Magazine.
HUNGARIAN MEAL IN DEMAND
Considered Among the Beet in the
World It Is One of Country's Great
Sources of Wealth.
Flour milling is generally considered
the most important industry in
Hungary. There ere 21,000 tlour
nills in operation, about ninety per
'ent of which are small mills that
mpply only the demands of the localities
in which they are situated.
The remainder are steam mills"
equipped with the most modern machinery
and prepared to compete in
he world's markets. Uunsjarv crow*
arge quantities of wheat, and cerain
grades of it are among I lie best
m the world. It sometimes happens
that so large a percentage of Hungarian
wheat is bought by the Ausrian
mills through the co-operation
if the Austrian railways that tlu^
Hungarian mills are forced
sort Russian wheat.
oal mines, operated by
meat, are inV>*v4' UKUi
rasHe^timatjd* based on pas^^fflrsT
hat tlie net loss to the government
>n all the coal mines it owns and oprates
would be at least three hunlr<
d thousand dollars for the present
'ear.
TRAINED WITNESS.
This story is being told of a coram
lhiducah barrister: The lawyer
n question was defending an old coined
woman who was bein? arraigned
icfore one of the local magistrates
harmed with the theft of a chicken.
Fie had called the accused to the
land to testify in her own behalf
ind in order to help her out instruct?d
her thusly: ''Now, Liza, tell the
;ourt whether or not. you have, or
lave had, in your possession a fowl,
)r chicken, answering the description
or appearance of the fowl you
dole."?Paducah (Ky.) NewsDemocrat.
AT AN ADVANTAGE.
"I Rhould think," remarked Mr.
Glrowcher, "that the chef of this res
:aurant would be envious of the orchestra
leader."
"Why?"
"Because if people don't approve
if the food they can make a protest.
But they've got to sit up and take
the music whether they like it or
lot."
PLENTY LIKE HIM.
Qahe?Old Titewad brags that he
lasts his bread on the waters.
Steve?He docs. But only when it
is too stale for his own use.
HIS DIFFICULTY.
Wi(TCT WIlU (lun'f l/All wUla
-on J J
and take a wife?
Wagg?I don't know whose wife
to take.?Club Fellow.
DOMESTIC HARMONY.
The Minister?Do you play any
instrument ?
Sandy (sadly)?Aye, second fiddle,
at home!
THE GUY.
"My, hut We^pslev does make
money out of that sohstulV <?f his."
"Sure pop. lie's the guv that put
the pay into pathos."
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SOMETHING WENT WRONG:
: ~ - I
I By SADIE WOODS. J
? ,
"My, but you've got a cold!" said
the girl with the accentuated robespierre
collar at the enamelware counter
as she paused in the act of putting
a nicked saucepan under the pile out
of sight.
"Gold?" echoed the girl at the small
hardware counter in a tone of infinite
scorn. "Got a gold? What I've got
is as an iceberg to a small icicle when
it comes to golds! Hut I thought I
had a good time getting it, M'ree!"
"Howjuh do it?" inquired the girl
with the robe8plerre collar. jm
"Why, the Jolly Rover Social clob
gave a midsummer party the other
night," explained the afflicted one.
"In zero weather!" cried the girl at
the enamehvare. "For the land's sake!
Were they crazy? S'pose you had,a
beach party and went for a swim, and
had ice cream for refreshments afterward!
B-r-r-r!"
"Nod exactly," said the Bufferer.
"Of course, it was zero, but that's
what made It interesting. It's always
interesting to do things people don't
> uu iu uu, lbII L ll[
"Maybe," agreed the girl at the enamelware
counter. "But there are limits!
Now, >f any one requested me to
go on a violet picking expedition in
January it would be unexpected, but
nevertheless crazy. I hope I hiue
sense enough to know a snowbank
fruni a steam radiator. 1 don't wonaoi
you have a cold!"
"We had the party at the ball," explained
the girl at the hardware counter.
"And it would have been all rigln
only something seemed to go wrong
with 1 hheating plant. The president
of th3 club said he told the Janitor to
have it hotter than usual, but the Janitor
must have got mixed and done the
opposite. So when we came in dressed
in white organdies and such things
everybody turned purple almost at
once.
"Now, it doesn't help a girl's temper,
to know that she's a light heliotrope
tinge and she can't be her own sweet
self when she realizes that she has a
bright red nose and goose pimples on
her hands and arms! So everybody
started with a bad temper. Jimmy
said i stepped on his feet, but I didn't
?it was his last summer shoes that
were too small for him and his feet"
were numb from cold, anyhow. He
didn't listen kindly to my explanation,
because when we sat down to talk
there^^^BB|^^last from the win^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ tdrafts.
So he
to
aet
"To get even with Jimmy I smiled kit
Percy Wagner and he took me to ha?e
some lemonade that ought 'a' been
boiled, it was so cold, and then he ant
me down in a corner and talked to
me, and Jimmy could see us, and I
wouldn't 'a' moved if I'd frozen to the
spot. I 'most did, too, because there
was a cold air radiator in the floor
right there and I know the other end
was connected with the north pole. I
had on my ruffled dimity and white
shoes and hosiery and my teeth were
chattering. Percy's nose looked frostbitten
and his knees knocked together.
When we tried to dance we sort of fell
around like clothespins.
"Then we sat in a circle and ate Ice
cream and our throats froze up till we
ought 'a' called a plumber and everybody
said, 'Ain't we having a fine
time?' And Jimmy glowed till I was
afraid his face would crack with the
cold and everything. Then finally,
just as Percy and I were getting some
more lemonade, Jimmy grabbed me by
the arm.
" 'Say,' he hissed, 'I've had enough
of that sissy fellow trailing after you!'
"Just as I drew away, indignant like
?for nobody can boss me even if U is
Jimmy?Percy sort of fell against the
lemonade bowl and It tipped over and
soaked Jimmy and me. I'd hate to
think it of Percy, but I can't see how
he could have upset that bowl without
planning It.
"Well, of course, Jimmy and I tad
to go homo then, and mv! the Ikjiguage
that man used was someth ng
wonderful! I didn't see how there
could be any more language in the
world, but I founyd there wns, for wlen
we started to get off the street ^ar
Jimmy found his duck trousers that
had got soaked with lemonade wire
frozen to the seat. The condu<tor
wouldn't hold the car while Jim ny
tore them loose! He said there wpre
no rules 'n' regulations requiring a c inductor
to delay service Just becaxse
a hffuunncrAP ant frevon /-v nook
? nvfb i? \y?i\,u iv tuv oc?u
"Hy the time we got home my dhnlty
drees skirt was bo frozen with
lemonade that it rattled like tin, and
when I hit the doorpost it cracked and
ruined Itself. I s'pose I must 'a' got
my gold somehow during the evening."
"It looks that way," agreed the girl
at the enamelware counter.
Scared to Go Home.
"Do I look like a milkman?" asked
a tango dancer of a patron, as he was
leaving his temple of tango about four
o'clock this morning. "Why, no;
what an idea." was the ri'?nnn.o
"Well. I'm clad of It." said the tangolst.
"My wife took a ahot at a milkman
the other morning, and I'm kind
of skittish about going home at this
hour. Rest little woman In the world,
you know, but hasty, and I'd regret
^ any mistake In my case."
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Tax Notice
The books will be open for the
ollection of taxes from the 15th
lay of October 1914 to Decem>er,
31st 1914.
Tax levy for State (? mills
Constitutional School 3 "
Ordinary County 5 1-2"
Interestson R.R Bonds 1 1-2"
Road and Bridges 2 "
Total levy 18 mills
School Bonds
Jheraw School 3 mills 4 mills
tfarlburg 3 "
Drange Hill 8 "
3ats Branch 4 "
3ee Dee 3
Stafford 4 " 21-2 "
iethel 4
Center Point 4 "
Chesterfield 4 "3
Special School 21-2 "
Parker 4 "
Pine Grove 3
Shiloh 3 4t 5
snow Hill 4 "
Dusley 7
Vaughn 3 44 2
Wamble Hill 3 44
White Oak 4 44
Center 4 44
Cross Roads 6
Mt. Croghan 3 44 4
Special School 5 44
New Hope 7
Ruby 5 44 4 1-2"
Wexford 4 44 5
Buffalo 2 "
Dudley 3
Five Forks 2
Man gum 3 "
Pageland 6 44 5
Plains 2
Center Grove 5 "
Friendship 3 44
Jefferson 5 44 4
Long Branch 4 44
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Middendorf 3
McBee , 8 44 4 1-211
Sandy Run 4
Union 4
Bay Springs 4
Bear Creek 2
Bethesda 2
Juniper 3
Patrick 3 41 4
P\9(tthm 0 ? ^-*? ??? i.
Lewis 3 44
Palmetto 3 44
Wallace 3 44
Special road Cheraw
Township 2 mills
Special road Alligotor
Township 5 mills
Will Collect at Following Places.
Cheraw Tuesday Nov 3
Cash's Wednesday Nov 4
Dudley Thursday Nov 5
Pa gel and Friday Nov f>
McBee Monday Nov 9
Plains Monday Nov 1(>
Jefferson Tuesday Nov 17
Angelus Wednesday Nov 18
Cioss Roads Thursday Nov 19
Ml. Croghan Friday Nov 20
Middendorf Monday Nov -3
Cedar Creek Tuesday Nov 24
Sandv Davis' Wpdnosdav " 25
Patrick Thursday Nov 26
John Wallace Nov 27
W. A. Douglass
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capital stock of The Cotton
Warehouse company, of Pageland,
are open.
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Claims Paid
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paid by health and accident
companies through the S. J. Sol
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R. E. Richardson 59.25
J. V. Thompson 50.00
M. J. Deesc 9<>.f>5
B. T. 1 ,ong 68.00
J. A. Sellers 12.00
C. M. Tucker 7.50
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