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BOWSER AT CARDS' He Teaches the Missus How to Play Euchre and Loses. SHE IS ACCUSED OF CHEATING I After Winning Two Straight Games and Then Retires For the Night?An Unfortunate Alms Seeker Breaks a Marathon Record. I By M. QUAD. [Copyright, 1S12. by Associated Literary Press. J MRS. BOWSER bad said something at the breakfast table about doing some housecleauiug that day. but if Mr. Bowser beard be made no comment and took no Interest. After be bad departed she put in a hard day's work clean? L.j %f. DA,V ing one 01 uie ueui wms, nuu mi. >< - > eer might have patted her on the arm and said a few words of praise when he came home to dinner. He did noth lng of the kind, however. Some one had passed a lead nickel on him during the day. and. while he didn't exactly ache for a row. It was apparent that he felt edgewise. There was Irritation on the other side, but peace remained unbroken. Dinner had been over for an **TOC'VE BOBBED HE OF TWO GAMES, AND I HOPE YOU ABE SATISFIED." hour and Mr. Bowser bad skimmed over bis paper and finished bis cigai when he suddenly asked: "Why don't you learn to play euchre, so that we can go out for an evening occasionally?" "Why. 1 know how to play." replied Mrs. Bowser. "That Is. yon think you do." "But I'm sure I do. I believe I'm a pretty fair player." "Humph! Suppose you get the cards out" "All right." There had been several games of euchre played in the Bowser family, and in each and every instance there had been a row. ceused by Mr. Bowser's queer understanding of the rules of the gdme. On the last occasion Mrs. Bowser had said that she would never play cards with hlra again, and there-1 fore he was considerably surprised at! her present willingness. She got out | the table and cards, and as Mr. Bowser j looked more closely at her he didn't J feel easy in bis mind. According to Hoylo. "Is this game going to be according to Hoyle?" he asked as the cards were ready. "Just as you say." she replied. "Well, we'll make it Hoyle. and neither of us will do any kicking. In the best of good nature I warn you that I shall win at least five games out of six. I Yon are too aensible'to get mad over It. j As I'm the better player, we'll start off by giving you the first deal." "Thank you, but we are to go by Hoyle." she faugbed. "We will cut for thed^j." "I see. Doo't want any favors, eh? Well, the deal Is yours. Perhaps ^du'II get one irick of the first game. It's 3?ur lead." "As I deal. It's your lead." "So. Mrs. Bowser, you've begun al- ; ready," he exiflaimed as he held his i cards suspended. "It's a mighty queer | thing that wp can't have a game of ! cards without ^?r getting mad emit." "Stop right there!" said Mrs. Bowser as she laid down her cards. "It is your first lead, according to Hoyle or anybody else. If you don't know that, then you don't know how to play!" "I don't eh? Well, let it go. I'll give you all the advantage. Clubs are trumps, and you play to that ace of diamonds." "I take It with a trump." "You do? You have a diamond and mrio+ onlf TV\r?'+ nHamnf onr trickery here. Mrs. Bowser!" "I have no suit. Play to that trump." | "Are you leading trumps?" he i shouted. , "As you see." "But who ever heard of such a , thing? That shows you know nothing ; of the game! Take it back and lead a small heart" Mr. Bowser Loses. "1 know what I am doing, Mr. Bowser. That calls for a trump from your . band." "Well, take It, then," he growled, throwing down the only one In bis hand. "If a man plays cards with a child he mnst play as the child does. What are yon counting two for?" "Because I took all the tricks." "Oh. yon did? Well, yon needn't / chuckle over it and l?ob around like s hen with her head cut off. I simply pave them to you. Now I'll show you something." Mr. Bowser dealt the cards and turn ed up a heart. lie hadn't a trump in his hand and therefore passed for her to make it. She said spades, and he brought his fist down on the table and j shouted: "Spades! Spades! But you can't do that!" , "But why?" "Because you must make it next!" "1 can do as I like, Mr. Bowser, and I make it spades. Play to the joker- i and that?and that!" She had all the trumps, and he didn't get a trick. His tirst impulse , was to leave the table and call her a cheat, but something in her look quieted him down, so he only muttered: "I'll give yon a game Just to encourage you. It's your deal. Diamonds are trumps, eh? Well, play to that."' She played, and while Mr. Dowser got two tricks she scored her point and won the game, lie looked at her with a January expression, but had nothing to say. He had the four bowers and the Joker under his thumb and was stacking the hand. When the cards ran off and hearts came trumps, however, be had only one In his hand and was obliged to pass. She made It next and took every trick. "Why?why did you make it next?" he demanded. "To suit my hand," she replied. "Are you playing euchre or booby?' "I'm playing to beat you." "Oh?ah! After the cheating and swindling I have witnessed on your part I should be Justified in refusing to go on. But I'll play the game out Just to show how easy it is 1x> beat you." Hs Mislays His Temper. Mr. Bowser was a fair player, but the cards ran against blm. Ho didn't ! ? ? lnnlr hnnrsrop hilt In Mrs Bowser, and shoring back from the table be said: "You've robbed me of two games, and I hope you are satisfied!" "That will do." she answered as she rose. "The truth of the matter is that you are no player!" "You are talking to me?" "To you. sir." "And I'm your husband?" "Yes, sir. Don't shout yotir lungs out or pump the blood to your head. You are always bragging about what a player you are. but you barely know one card from another. If you want to spend half an hour taking lessons nr"Woman, such talk to me! Whywhy"? "Re rfllm. Mr Rowser. If vou don't want to learn the game you needn't But If you are as poor at poker as you are at euchre the men at the club must have a soft snap. What were you about to say ?" "I?I was about to say that I re malned at home this evening to enjoy my own fireside, and you?you"? "Beat you two straight games at euchre." she finished. "I also remained at home to enjoy mf own fireside, but you seem anxious for a row. There is no occasion for one. You simply play enchre just well enough for me to beat you. Why don't you let me give you some pointers?" "I'll be hanged if I'll stand this!" shouted Mr. Bowser, as he rose up and began throwing his arms about. A Rac? For Life. "Well, we are all through for tonight," she answered. "I have some work to do upstairs, and as It Is still early you might run out and take a few lessons somewhere." When she bad disappeared Mr. Bowser put on his bat and coat and walked out to cool off. The cooling process hadn't had time to set in when an old man walking with the aid of crutches struck him for a dime. "I'll dime you. you old fraud!" shouted the victim of euchre. The belated pedestrians witnessed a curious sight T^old man threw away his crqtehes ^niRlhd. and Mr. Bowser took aflPhlm at top speed, and as they went clattering along the sidewalk at a gait of ten miles an hour the sound thereof was like the rush and roar and clatter of many waters suddenly let loose upon the land. A man may run at the gait of twen ty-flve miles an hour, but if the pur sued is making thirty be cannot be overhaul^. Mr. Bowser steadily lost ground ijr half a mile, and tb^i stop ped under? tree to get his breffth and mutter: "So I ought to take lessons card | playing, had I? Think of 4be feall of her! And to me?me. her husband! Why. I'll go back home and beat ber""Who'll you beat?" asked a police man who had softly slipped up on him. "Tour wife. I suppose? Well. I've had an eye on you for some time, and you'd I ^ -I ? I'll ? oetier go Blow, or 1 u umite ;vui ucria break your neck! More on wtth yon!" IHead Over Heel*. ? When a girl throws a fellow x o\pr he realizes that youth must |> hare its fling ? Philadelphia % Ledger. |> Case of Necessity. First Chappie?My dear boy, you should never laugh at your own Jokes. Second Chappie?Oh. confound It all. I've got to. I could never stand the everlasting silence that comes after them unless 1 did.?Fun Magazine. Waiting. "When she wasn't looking I kissed her." "What did she do?" "Refused to look at me for the rest of the evening."?Wasp. Long Stable Cotton. I notice in the Nashville Banner.a piece frorr the Advocate, stating how the farmers of Marlboro county 8re improving their cotton staple by crossing sea island seed with ordinary short staple upland cotton seed. I became interested in the matter, ami would be glad if you would write me where I can buy from one to five bushels of pure sea island seed and what they will cost me per bushel. If you will do this you will greatly oblige. T G Bell. Our reply to the above is as follows: "Dear Sir: There is no pure sea island cotton planted in this section now. We have referred your letter to W H Dunkin, clerk of court, Charleston, with the request that he give you the desired information or get some planter of sea island in that vicinity to do so. "We would advise you, however not to undertake to breed an upland long staple. It is a long, tedious process, which has already been worked out by others. You can get the upland long staple seed at one dollar per bushel from any of the following Marlboro farmers: Webber variety f rom E W Evans, Bennettsville, or R D Rogers and Elro, Bennettsville; Allen variety from C P Hodges, Brownsville, and Ppeler variety from Napier Bros Seed Farm, Blenheim. All of these are good varieties that have been carefully bred up by years of selection. They have sold here this year from 18 tc 32 cents a pound and produced about the 'same as short staple."?HennettsviUe Advocate. A Spissltud Inous Intellect. If some or e told you that you had a "spissitudinous intellect," what would you do to him? The pertinent use of the expression by Mayor Gayner of New York has probably .'sent more persons to the' dictionary than anything that has happened since Mr Cleveland spoke of "innocuous aesueiuae. out 11 is mereiy a cumbrous way of saying that you are slow-witted. A young woman put the same thing vividly and picturesquely when she said that her brain worked "like a June-bug in a dish of oatmeal." ? The Youth's Companion. Offer Extraordinary! Here is one of our most literal clubbing offers: Uncle Remus Magazine. Six Months Southern Ruralist One Year Good Stories One Year The County Record One Year The Gentlewoman One Year All five papers and magazine for only $1.50. 10-&-tf COAL! COAL! Don't wait until the cold blasts of winter are upon you to order your supply of coal. Give me your order now.. Order your Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls for cow feed from i r> iinuTPnurDV Li Li. muniuumtni, 7-is-tf KINGSTREE, S. C. we THRICE A-WEEK EDITION OF THE New York World. ( Practically a Daily at the Pr:ce of a Weekly. No other Newspaper in tlie world glvA ?o much at no low a prise This is a time of great events and you will want the news accurately and promptly. The Democrats, for the first time in sixteen years, will have the , Presidency and they will also control L->L 1 1 ..t Tko rv^Kl-." UUU1 UrtUlCI.CS * '1 VUH^lcoo. a tit pvuvical news is sure to be of the mo3t ab sorbing interest. There is a great war in the Old World, and you may read of the extinction of Ihe vast Turkish Empire in Europe, just as a few years ago you read how Spain lost her last foot of soil in America, after having ruled the empire of half the New World. The World long since established a record for impartiality, and anybody can afford its Thriee-a-Week edition, which comes every other day in the week, except Sunday. It will be of particular value to you now The Thrice-a-Week ' World also abounds in other strong fea- 1 tures, serial stories, humor, markets, , cartoon 3; in fact, everything that is to be found in a first class daily. The Thrice-a-Week World's regular subscription price is only $1.00 per year, and this pays lor 156 papers. We offer this unequaled newspaper and The County Record together for one year for $1.75. The regular subscription price of the two papers is $2.00, CHICHESTER S PILLS TIIK DIAMOND BRAND. A y/vRtN Ladltal Auk jour I>rn?Ut for A\ it I'hl^bw-ttr^i Dlanoiid nr?d/A\ I IMlla in Red tad Bold metilllcXNr/ Vy boaes, sealed with Blue Ribbon. \/ M 9^ H1] Take do other. Bay of your " |-/ - Af I)mfll>u AskforCIII-firKH-TPRS I L Jg DIAMOND BRAND FILLS, for t& if 6 years known as Best, Safest, Always Reliable r SOLO BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE . I Pale Faces 1 Pale-faced, weak, and J Shaky women?who suffer p every day with womanly a* weakness?need the help gjj of a gentle tonic, with ftji a building action on the wr.rrinnlv svctpin Ifvouare ts: I weak?you need Cardui, [Ij the woman's tonic, because fi Carclui will act directly on y| the cause of your trouble. || Cardui has a record of |1 more than 50 years of II success. It must be good. " ICARDUI Th? Woman's Tonic I Mrs. Effie Graham, of B Willard, Ky., savs: *1 I was so weak I could hardly go. I suffered, H nearty every month, for 3 \\r\ l k.... u H| yctis. VY11C1I UC)??II tu H S take Cardui, my back hurt M awfully. I only weighed H || 99 pounds. Not long after. H H I weighed 115. Now, I H U do til my work, and am || in good health." Begin H Bl taking Cardui, today. ! FOR SALE. i I Farm of 116* acres, five f miles from Greely ville, S C. | Very productive land. ? Healthy and Rood neigh- j borhood. Location very convenient to town, mar- * kets, railroad, schools, 1 churches. This is an excel- j lent bargain, oneasy terms t of one-fourth cash and bal- | ancein 1, 2 and 3 years. | 1 For full particulars apply 4 1 i J. D. GILLAND, f Attorney-a t-Law, 4 KINGS TREE, S. C. | ~ \ JUVENILE BICYCLES ] ? The very thing for the * ? boy's or girl's Xmas gift. ^ ? A lasting pleasure which J ? makes the remembrance of ^ ? the giver linger in the heart < ? and mind of the lad or las- i ? sie until the last spoke is J ? gone?and that will be con jj i? a gcod long time f'" ? TIRES GUARANTEED 3 t * * < ? Eve.ythlng in Sportman's Supplies 3 \ B.H.Worthen Arms Co. j I Charleston, S. C. 3 i 10-3-13t J AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA B. Wallace Jones HEAL ESTATE FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE. Cotton and Cotton Seed Buyer. Dealer in Far m Supplies and Fertilizers. LAKE CITY, - IS. C. 2-22-tf T.TGHTNING RODS. II. L. Whitlock, Lake City, S.C. Special Sales Agent. E.epreseuting the Largest Manufacturers of All Kinds Improved Copper and 6alvanized Section Rods Endorsed by the Highest Scientific Authorities and Fire Insurance Companies). PURE COPPER WIRE CARLES, ALL SIZES. Our Full Coat Guarantee Gl? e i"with Each'Job." I I sell cn close margtn'of profit, di riding'comnlssion frithlmv 'customers. 3-7-tf i I Legal Advertisements. | Auditor's Notice. For the purpose of taking tax returns for the year 1913 the Auditor's office will be open from January 1 to February 20, inclusive, except on the days mentioned below, when I or my agent will be to take returns January. ? . r> i :n - 14 A i C vireeivviiie, a* auu to " Gourdins. 16 " Suttons, 17 " Andrews, 2! 44 Trio, 2! " J L Gowdy's store 28 44 Mouzon. 29 44 Cadps, 80 44 W C Wilson's store, 81 February. " Benson 4 44 Bloomingvale, 5 4 Morrisville, 6 " RD Gamble's store, 7 44 W R Graham's store, 10 44 Rome, 11 44 Hemingway, 12 44 Ard's X Roads, 18 44 Johnsonville, 14 44 Vox, 15 All personal property, poll, commutation road tax and dogs must be returned in township and sbhool district in whirh the taxpayer resides. J J B Montgomery, 12-12-t2-20 County Auditor. Summons tor Jienei. (complaint served). STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, county of williamsburg, Court of < ommon Pleas. a C Hinds, Plaintiff, against William Lucas, Defendant. To the absent Defendant, William Lucas: You are hereby summoned and re- 1 quired to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to said complaint on the subscribers, at their office in Kingstree, S C. within twenty days after the i service thereof, exclusive of the day of j such service; and if you fail to answer < the complaint within the time aforesaid, ] the plaintiff in this action will apply to ; the court for the relief demanded in ; the complaint. Dated November 28, A D 1912. Kelley & Hinds. Plaintiff's Attorneys. To the absent Defendant, William Lucas: You Will Please Take Notice? ' That the complaint in the above-entitled 1 action is filed in the office of the Clerk ! of the Court of Common Pleas for Williamsburg county. Kelley & Hinds, ll-28-6t Plaintiff's Attorneys. Tax Noticei The tax books will be open for col- , lection of taxes for year 1912 on the , 15th day of October next. Tax levy as , follows: For State 5% mills { 44 Ordinary County 3^ " " Roads 1 44 44 Chaingang and Bridges 1 44 44 Con Sch 3 " A tax of 50c on dogs. For High School in Kingstree..2 44 44 retiring bonds 44 4* . 2 44 j 4 1 44 4 4 4 1 Greelyville 4 44 , All parties between the ages of '21 , * ^ -1..? i:?uL ana ou years,inclusive,arc uouic, umcoo j exempted by law, to a poll tax of $1.00, also a commutation tax of $2.00. i Levy for special school districts as follows: Nos 8, 19, 25, 32, 34. 40, 43, 47. 49, 53, 55 and 56?2 mills. No 31 ?3 mills. Nos 6,16,22. 26, 28, 29, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 45, 46, 48, 50. 51 and 52?4 mills. No 23?12 mills. No 24- 6 " No 27- 7 " Stock law fence on all stock in Suttons and part of Anderson and Penn townships. ? mills. Upon all unpaid taxes after December ?1 a penalty, of 1% will be added for January, 1% for February and 5% to 15th day of March next, after which the books will be closed and executions issued upon all unpaid taxes. By an act amending Sec 39? of the Code of _Laws of South Carolina the | < county Treasurer is proniDiiea irom leaving his office for the purpose of col- < lecting taxes, therefore I can make no outside appointments for the collection of taxes. Those who desire to pay their taxe9 through the mail would expedite matters by dropping the Treasurer a postal asking for the amount of their tax.so as to avoid sending the wrong amount,al3o ( stating the township or townships (if < property is owned in more than one) J and if possible give school district where i1 property is located; also state whether '' poll or road tax, or both, are wanted, 1 After paving taxes examine your re- J ceipts and see if all your property is covered; if not. see about it at once. By following the above suggestions . complications and additional cost may be avoided. J Wesley Cook, 9-19-tl2-26 County Treasurer. ^ AA DmA J 1 ^A?tn nuutc IU UlCUltUlO* Notice is hereby given that letters of administration on the estate of W A J Moore, deceased, have been granted me, and all creditors are hereby directed to , present statements, duly attested, and i all persons indebted to said estate are J requested to make payment to the un- , dersigned, L W Moore, j Administrator Estate of W A J Moore. l2-12-4tp Notice of Sale , Notice is hereby given that tie undersigned, by virtue of a warrant of attachment issued by H 0 Hritton, Clerk of Court, in the matter of J L Nexsan against R E Ward and Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co, to me directed. I have 4 levied upon two bales of cotton and will offer for sale and sell the same on the first Monday in January, 1913, the same 4 being the 6th day of January, 1913, to the highest bidder, for cash, and apply . the proceeds of such sale to the pay- ? ment of the amount due J LNexsen for advances. George J Graham, 12-12-3t Sheriff Williamsburg county, c Partition SaleTHE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY. In the Court of 1 ommon Pleas. Sophie Tisdale and Benjamin Scott, Plaintiffs. vs Rachel McBride.Thos Mcllride, Charley .TnVin MpRHHp MopIt V<*. Bride;Dave McBride, Daniel'McBride, Viola McBride, Dock McBride, Daisy McBride, Heyward McBride, Jury f Scott and Orrie Scott; The Bank of I s Kingstree, a corporation duly char-Ai ^ tered under the laws of the State of J South Carolina, and H M Cooper, T V M Cooper and J F Cooper, co-part- *\ ners tniding under the nrm name of \ Cooper Brothers, Defendants. NOTICE OF SALE. Pursuant to the judgment in the I above entitled action, dated December 18, 1912, I will offer for sale before the I court house door in Kingstree, South Carolina, on salesday in Janu^ry,^^^ J the same being the 6th day~<6MH { month, between the legal hours / I to the highest bidder for cash, therw- W lowing described premises, to wit: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, lying, being and situate in the i... _ ? tfTMli t ? 3 Hi.i 1 county oi vy wuamsuurg anu state ot South Carolina, containing one hnndred (100) acres, more or less, and bounded and described as follows: On the North by lands of Joe Scott; on the East by lands of the Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation; on the South by lands of T A McOrea and on the West by lands of Mitchum. Purchaser to pay for pacers. h O Britton, Clerk of Court for Williamsburg county. 12~ld-3t Final DischargeNotice is hereby given that on the 6th day of January, A D 1913, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, I will apply to r* as r? ?_ a, r S A n L _ a" - m r m nrocKimon, duage 01 rroDace 01 Williamsburg county, for Letters Dismissory as Administrator of the estate of J F Scott, deceased. J F Scott, 12-12-4t ' Administrator. Trespass Notice* All persons are herebv warned against trespassing on lands of the undersigned in Hope and Laws townships, either by i ' cutting or removing wood, hunting any kind of game or allowing stock to run J at large. Violators will be dealt with according to law. W N Clarkson, 125-4-tp HeinemannaiS C. Final Discharged S' Notice i< hereby given that on the * . 4th dav of January, A D 1913, at 12 o'clock noon, I will apply to P M Brock-v~ inton, Judge of Probate for Williams^ burg county, for Letters Dismissory as Guardian of the person and estate of Alba M Parrott W M McEi.veen, 12-5-lt Guardian. Notice. ? -> Notice is hereby given that the Auditing Board will meet in annual session on Thursday after the first Monday in January, 1913, at 10 o'clock a. m. All persons having claims against the county are hereby required to present the same on or before that date. J N Hammet, 12-19-3t County Commissioner. ??? -__ Registration Notice. The office of the Supervisor of Reg iatration will be open on the 1st Monday in each month for the purpose of registering any person who i9 qualified as follows: Who shall have been a resident of the State for two years, and of the county one year, and of the polling precinct in which the elector offers to rote four months before the day of election, and shall have paid, sis months before, any poll tax then doe ind payable, and who can both read ind write any section of the constitution of 1895 submitted to him by the Supervisors of Registration, or who can show that he owns, and has paid ill taxes collectable on during the present year, pioperty in this State issessed at three hundred dollars' or nore. H A Meyer,. <".Ierk of Board r t d n r i iv jd ; 1866 19& J I am pleased to fc announce to my old patrons and the IT* i 1 il. _ J_ puoiic at large tnat After the lOth inst. | I will be fully pre- I pared to carry on fl the practice of DENTISTRY S Jyf V in all its depart-3 ments. Call on me if you want t First Class Work * & Prices to Suit. # A. M. Snider. Ilflce ovir Gamble & Jacobs' Drag Store, Opposite The Record Offiey