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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-12-26
A Spissitudinous Intellect.

If some ore told you that you had
a "spissitudinous intellect" what
would you do to him? The pertinent
use of the expression by Mayor Gay
ner of New York has probably sent
more persons to the dictionary than
anything that has happened since
Mr. Cleveland spoke of 'innocuous
desuetude. But it is merely a
cumbrous way of saying that you
are slow-witted. A young woman
put the same thing vividly and pic
turesquely when she said that her
brain worked like June-bug in a
dish of oatmeal. - The 4onth's
Companion.
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Notice of Sale

Notice Is hereby given that tie un-
dersigned, by virtue of warrant OF at
tachment issued by H o Britton, Clerk
of Court, in the matter of ] L Nexsen
against r E Ward and Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Co, to me directed i have
levied upon two bales of cotton and will
offer for sale and sell the same on the
first Monday in January. 1913, the same
being the 9Th day of January, 1918, to
the highest bidder, for cash, and apply
the proceeds of such sale to the pay
ment of the amount due ] L Nexsen for
advances. GEORGE ] GRAHAM,
12-12-3t Sheriff Williamsburg county.
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Summons for Relief.
COMPLIANT SERvED).
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG,
Court of Common Pleas.
4 - Kinds Plaintiff

Court of Common Pleas.
AC Kinds, Plaintiff,
against
William Lucas, Defendant.
To the absent Defendant, William
Lucas:
You are hereby summoned and re-
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 Kings
tree, s C. within twenty days after the
service thereof, exclusive of the day of
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 %, A D 1912.
KELLEY & HINDS.
Plaintiff 8 Attorneys.
To the absent Defendant, William
Lucas:
You WILL PLEASE TAKE NOTICE.
That the complaint in the above-entitled
action is filed in the office of the Clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas for Will
liamsburg county.
KELLEY & HINDS,
1l-28-6t Plaintiffs Attorneys.
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GreelyVllle4
All parties between the ages of 81
and so years, inclusive, are liable, unless
exempted by law, to a poll tax of 81. 90.
also Communication tax Of $500
Levy for special school districts as
Moss Nos 8, 10, 25, 80, 81. 40, 4s, At. 40, SO,
SIS and $50 mills.
Nos 6, 1s, 22. Is, %, %, 3s, 81, 80, Al,
AZ, 45, 46, 48, so. 81 and 52-4 mills.
No 23-12 mills.
No "a 6
No 27-7
Stock law fence on all stock in SUIT
tons and part of Anderson and Penn
townships - mills.
Upon all unpaid taxes after Decem-
Der 81 a penalty. of 196 will be added
for January, 1% for February and so
to 18th day of March next, after which
the books will be closed and executions
issued upon all unpaid taxes.
By an act amending Sec 397 of the
Code of Laws of South Carolina the
county Treasurer is prohibited from
leaving his office for the purpose Of COL
lecting taxes. therefore can make no
outside appointments for the collection
of taxes.
Those who desire to pay their taxes
through the mail would expedite mat
ters by dropping the Treasurer postal
asking for the amount of their tax, so as
to avoid sending the wrong amount, also
stating the township or townships (if
property is owned in more than one)
and if possible give school district where
property is located; also state whether
poll or road tax, or both. are wanted,
After paying taxes examine your re-
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.
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Trespass Notice.

Allpersons are hereby warned against
trespassing on lands of the undersigned
in Hope and Laws townships, either by
cutting or removing wood, hunting any
kind of game or allowing stock to run
at large. Violators will be dealt with
according to law. w N CLARKsoN,
125-4.tp Heinemann S C.
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Notice to Creditors.

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
all persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make payment to the un-
dersigned. l. W MOORE, >
Administrator Estate of w A j
Moore. 12-12-4tp
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Final Discharges

Notice is hereby given that on the
4th day of January, A D 1913, at II
o'clock noon, l will apply to P M Brock
inton, Judge of Probate for Williams :
burg county, for Letters Dismissory as
Guardian of the person and estate of
Alba M Parrot. w M MCELvEEN,
12-5-4t Guardian.
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you've ROBBED NE OF TWO GAMES. AND
HOPE YOU ARE SATISFIED

''YoU'vE ROBBED NE OF TWO GAMES AND
HOPE YOU ARE SATISFIED
hour and MIR. Bowser had skinned
over bis paper and finished bis cigar
when be suddenly asked:
"Why don't you learn to play euchre,
so that we can 60 out for an evening
occasionally"
why. | know how to play" replied
Mrs. Bowser.
THAT Is. you think you do"
'sBut I'm sure do. l 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 q row. caused by Mr.. Bow
ser's queer understanding Of the rules
of the game. On the last occasion Mrs.
Bowser had said that she would never
play cards with him again. and there
fore he was considerably surprised at
her present willingness. She got out
the table and cards. and as Mr.. Bowser
looked more closely at her he didn't
feel easy in his mind.
According to HoyIs.
'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 nei-
ther Of US will do any kicking. In the
best of good nature warn you that !
shall win at least FIVE games out Of six.
You are too sensible'to get mad over 1t.
As I'm the better player. We'll start of
by giving you the first deal"
'sThank you. but we are to 60 by
Hoyle." she s4aghed. I'VE will cut for
the deal"
81 see. Don't want any favors. eh?
Well. the deal is yours. Perhaps you'll
get one trick Of the 1rst game. It's
Rur lead"
"As deal. it's your lead"
$50. Mrs. Bowser. you've begun al
ready" he exclaimed as he held his
cards suspended. Its mighty queer
thing that We can't have a game of
cards without 3eur getting mad ever
it."
stop right there" said Mrs. Bowser
as she laid down her cards. 1T Is your
first lead. according to Hoyie or any
body else If you don't know that, then
you don't know how to play"
II don't, eh? Well, let 1t 60. I'll
give you all the advantage Clubs are
trumps. and you play to that ace Of
diamonds"
Il take 1t with trump"
"You do! You have diamond and
must follow suit. Don't attempt any
trickery here. Mrs. Bowser"
IL have no suit. Play to that trump"
Are you leading trumps? he
shouted
LAS you see"
but who ever heard of such
thing? That shows you know nothing
of the game. Take 1t back and lead
small heart"
Mr.. Bowser Loses.
81 know what l am doing, Mr.. Bow
ser. That calls for a trump from your
hand"
"Well. take 1t, then" he growled.
throwing down the only one In his
hand. IF a man plays cards with
child he must play as the child does.
What are you counting two forT'
Because took all the tricks"
-Oh, you did, Well, you needn't
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Notice..

Notice is hereby given that the Au-
diting Board will meetin annual session
on Thursday after the first Monday in
January, 1913, at 10 o'clock a. m. All
persons having claims against the coun-
ty are hereby required to present the
same on or before that date.
J N HAMMET,
12-19-3t County Commissioner.
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Final Discharge.

Notice is hereby given that on the
9Th day of January, A D 1913, at11
o'clock in the forenoon, will apply to
P M Brockinton, Judge of Probate Of
Williamsburg county, for Letters Dis
missory as Administrator of the estate
of Scott, deceased. F SCoTT,
12-12-4t Administrator.
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Head Over Heels.
When a girl throws q fellow
over be realizes that youth must
hHe its ding. - Philadelphia
Ledger.
Case Of Necessity.

Case OF Necessity.
First Chappie-My dear boy. you
should never laugh at your own Jokes
Second Chappie-Oh. confound 1t all.
I've got to. could never stand the
everlasting silence that comes after
them unless did.-Fun Magazine.
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Waiting.

Waiting.
"When she wasn't looking I kissed
her"
What did she do"
Refused to look at me for the rest
Of the evening.
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Tax Notice.

The tax books will be open for col
lection of taxes for year 1912 on the
18th day of October next. Tax levy as
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-12-26
BY M. QUAD.

ICopyright, 1872. by Associated Literary
Press.
"A KRS. BOWSER had said some
" thing at the breakfast table
IA about doing some houseclean-
ing that day. but If Mr. Bow
ser heard he made no comment and
took no interest. After he had depart
ed she put in hard days work clean
ing one Of the bedrooms, and Mr.. Bow
ser might have patted her on the arm
and said a few words Of praise when
he came home to dinner. He did moth
ing Of the kind. however. Some one
had passed q lead nickel on him during
the day. and, while he didn't exactly
ache for a row, 1t was apparent that he
felt edgewise. There was irritation on
the other side. but peace remained un-
broken. Dinner had been over for an
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BOWSER AT CARDS
He Teaches the Missus How to
Play Euchre and Loses.
SHE IS ACCUSED OF CHEATING

After Winning Two Straight Games
and Then Retires For the Nisht-An
Unfortunate Aims Seeker Breaks a
Marathon Record.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-08-01
BAND OF HORSE
THIEVES At CROSBY
Two Horses Stolen at Crosby and
Taken to Canada-One Suspect
Arrested IN Montana.

Crosby, N. D., July 29.-A band
Of horse rust IT'S were busy in this
vicinity Monda niSht and tw" horses
We're stolen, one horse and a saddle
from the barn of the meat market in
town, and one from G. E. Erickson :
pasture north OF town. Tuesday
morning the authorities were notified
and it was soon learned that three
young men had left the community,
and about five o'clock that morning
had been seen with the horses north.
west of town on their way into Can.
ada. Wednesday Officer Wedding
arrested a young Bigley who is thot
to have been one Of the party, at
Redstone, Mont and he was brought
to Crosby to await further develop
ments. Sheriff Nelson and deputies
are hot on the trail of the other two
members of the party supposed to be
implicated in the theft.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-08-01
TING IN N. D.
Barley an Exceptional Crop In Many
Sections.

Valley City.-Harvesting of rye and
wheat in Barnes county has been com.
pleted and farmers are cutting oats,
the entire crop of which will be in
shock within the next two days. Pres.
ent indications are that Barnes coun-
ty will produce a crop this year that
has not been equaled in the past IL
years. Barley Is an exceptional crop
and in many fields was so heavy that
It fell Of it's own weight before the
harvesters could reach it.
Oats are splendid, save for the mum.
Der Of wild stalks that infest this sec.
ton, but this will not materially Of.
iect the total yield. Wheat 10 ripen.
ing slowly, owing to the large number
Of cloudy and rainy days of the past
two weeks, but with q few days Of hot
sunshine the crop will soon b ready
tor cutting.
Wheat as 2 bumper crop 10 thina
Of the past IN this state, but Barnes
county VIII reach top figures in yield
his year, the average being between
10 ana IL bushels to the acre.
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q. N. IS TO BUILD.
Agent Buying Right Of Way for Line
From Alexander to Shafer.

Shafer.-Purchases of the right-of-
way in Mckenzie county for the new
extension of the Great Northern rail.
road are being made by D. ]. Hill,
who has already been here several
weeks. In most instances the com
pany has been able to close deals for
the property desired without a great
deal Of troublS, but 1t 10 expected that
there will be several condemnation
suits launched to obtain some prop.
<srty. X, u 3 f5s Aria Of, a. III
d In the vicinity Of Alexander the
company has bought property from
A. F. Bell "A. E. Maderson, Paul LAM.
M. g. Donovan, Robert Norheim and
Mrs. Ira Brown. Some purchases
have also been made in the vicinity OF
shafsr, and It IL expected the two
towns viii be connected by the rail.
road.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-08-01
DAKOTA BOYS IN CAMP
Youthful TiIIers Of Soil Live In Army
f. ....s-.,.. Tents. S.

Fargo.-The desire to learn to swim
often expressed by the farm boys Of
North Dakota, but sometimes not rea.
lized because Of the distance from any
large body of water, is being gratified.
One hundred young farmers were in
military camp at the North Dakota
state fair in Fargo and received swim
ming lessons.
Not only did they learn to swim,
but they went through army setting
up exercises every day and did a
plumber of military maneuvers. Every
day speaker Of note addressed them
on agricultural TOPICS
A camp of so tents was established
Ut the fair grounds, and an officer
from the regular army was in charge.
It is proposed to bring 100 boys from
farms In the state to the fair each
year.
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\. D. Pro -1sSS|yES CONvlN:
QUESTION OF QUALIFICATION
CAUSES CLASHES IN coNvEN. !,
TON.
Endorsement Of State Ticket Deferred
TIL Another Meeting In
August.

Fargo. - Some very stormy scenes
marked the convention of North
Dakota Progressives, which met
here to select delegates to the third
party convention, which will meet at
Chicago on August 5. The clashes on
the convention floor grew out Of the
question of qualifications to member
ship in the convention. Judge w. s.
Lauder Of Wahpeton, La Toilette
delegate to the Republican national
convention, was permanent chairman.
The gathering was made up of dele
gates whose affiliations have hereto
fore been with the Republican and
Democratic parties. A committee was
appointed to determine the eligibility
of delegates with the understanding
that none but those whose progressive
ness was known to the committee
should be admitted to the councils of
the new party.
Aside from the selection of delega
ton to the Chicago convention, but
slight reference was made to tho ma
tional ticket to be nominated at that
time.
The names of both La Toilette and
Roosevelt were loudly cheered.
The Endorsement of state ticket
was deferred until another convention
is held in August, Immediately follow
ing the Chicago meeting.
Chairman Lauder has announced an
executive committee of seven which
will have charge of the third party's
activities in North Dakota.
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STORM SWEEPS \. D.
HAIL At ST. THOMAS AND WIND
At uENSEL 90 BIG
DAMAGE.
BARN BUR1Es 6 HORSES.
One Man Also Under the Debris
Aailstones Three and One-half
inches in Diameter at
st. Thomas.

Grafton.-Terrific damage over q
wide strip of country was wrought by
hail storm which swept from north.
east to southwest with St. Thomas as
the center of the storm belt. 1t ia
the second storm to hit that district
his year.
A bad wind storm which at times
reached cyclonic proportions was re.
ported west Of Hensel, and consider.
able property was destroyed.
The farm territory about three miles
north of Hensel was also visited by
a hail storm, but the extent of the
damage cannot be learned a. tele-
phone connections could not be Sc
cured in that vicinity. 1t was report
cd that there were bad storms all
along the line to Glasston and Hamil-
ton, but the telephone lines were out
OF order and nothing could be learned
regarding it.
The st. Thomas hail storm did the
greatest damage, wiping out the crops
and doing big damage in the town.
Practically all of the windows in St.
Thomas were broken by the hailstones,
while the wind worked havoc with
some of the poorly constructed build
ings. The roof of the livery barn was
blown off and several other buildings
were blown down. A number of gran
aries on farms in that territory were
also blown over. The hailstones meas
n i,,1
diameter.
The storm cut swath about ten
miles wide and fifteen miles long. It
started at point about seven miles
northwest Of st. Thomas and swept
straight east for short distance,
when it turned to, the south. 1t trav-
eled in that direction for short time,
then swerved east again, ending at
point about nine miles southeast of
st. Thomas.
The windstorm west of Hensel was
one of the worst that section of the
state has had. 1t was reported as
terrible cyclone which left a number
OF overturned barns and granaries in
Its wake. On the Joe Simonson farm,
located about seven miles northwest
OF Hensen, the barn was blown over,
burying six horses and one of the farm
hands in the debris. When ) man
was extricated, it was found that bis
hip had been dislocated. The horses
were removed from the wreckage un-
injured. AS far as could be learned
the one man is the only person in
3ured. Bowesmont. N. D., reported
heavy rainstorm but no hail. Rain
was reported at Hoople and Cavalier.
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out a few scores .

out a few scores.
At the end of the ninth inning the
score stood s to 5 and at this point
Auten was relieved by Ira Rush, a
young college twirler, but Ira had
tut little time to warm up and as a
consequence he was found for several
hits and Douglas brot in the winning
run. ...., tEs....- , .
From the fact that Douglas had q
picked team consisting of a Garrison
battery, the Commercial youngsters
we're up against fast bunch OF
diamond goers, but were game to tho
last and took the defeat like true
sports. .%.4. :
A future game is prophesied and
this should prove hummer in every
respect and as both teams are evenly
matched a good game can he assur-
3D. ~s.-.s. 49,. e.. -,
Mcfarland Smith, for the CONNER
cials, was at the receiving end and
put mp classy game.
The commercial line up was as fol
lows: ~.
Smith, catcher; Auten, pitcher;
Lodmell, list base; Lee, End case,
Rush, 3rd base; Robideaux. left
field; Cooper, center field; Pierce,
right field.
From AN ONIjOOKER.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1912-08-01

Lansford is famous for her fine
streets.
Some Of the publishers think that
McCumbers vote favoring Lorlmer.
has spelled his political ruin.
lightning struck the Methodist
church at Lansford last week AID the
spire was wrecked.
Dennis ]. Cunningham was found
dead at the Columbia hotel In VIII
liston. He was a single man IS
years of age and owned a farm near
Springbrook. t,*
Ten th7usanA new box cars are
icing built for the railroads ha, ing
terminals H. the Twin Citia,. They
Will all tie "eec ed to move The north
western crop.
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RECORD DAY AT FAIR,
Fargo and Moorhead Swell Attend
ance to $4,000.

Fargo.-Fargo and Moorhead day at
the North Dakota state fair marked q
new record for attendance. Twenty
five thousand persons visited the ex-
position and the greater number of
them stayed until the last good
night" was flashed by fireworks. The
old settlers reunion and the jollifica-
tons of the different fraternal orders
were additional features of t0day's
program. At the old settlers picnic
Governor John Burke was the princi.
pal speaker Several hundred per.
sons, among them the first settlers Of
the state, attended the reunion.
North Dakota saw a flight in a
monoplane for the first time when
George Mestach, an eastern aviator,
circled the fair grounds, did spirals
and volplaned for nearly an hour.
Governor Burke gave short talk
to the hundred boys encamped at the
grounds. They received agriculture
lectures from men Of the North Da,
kota Better Farming association and
North Dakota agricultural college.
Governor Burke praised the encamp-
ment highly and urged the boys to
continue their study of agriculture.
o. D. Center of Grand Forks, repre-
sentative of the Better Farming asso-
citation, lectured to the boys on alfal-
ia. .. ..a. h.. .-n .. 81
At night long list of free attrac-
lions preceded a wonderful display of
fireworks, which lasted more than
two hours and ended the third day of
the fair in blaze of light. a-
A new record was also made for At
tendance when $4,000 persons visited
the exhibition on the second day.
The free attractions proved excep-
final. -.. -,,. ....... +.. MI
There were more and better, live
stock exhibits than In the history OF
the fair association. The new stock
barns have, been erected and the seven
stock barns were all filled. Several
champion animals from the Interna.
honal Livestock show are on exhibi.
don.
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10y ovsrcoms by Hest.

Fargo. MRS. G. Peterson reported
TO the police that her son, 81 years
old, had been overcome by the heat
and wandered away from his home.
After . search the police found the
man in demented condition AID re.
turned him to his home. The young
man has not been well for some time
and the heat affected his mind. caus-
Ing him to lose control Of his actions
WHEN discovered he was unable T.
Ill his name.
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COMMERCIAL coLTs-5
~ &, DOUGLASS

Last Sunday, at Douglas, in a hard
fought 10 inning game Of ball the
Commercial club colts were forced to
eat the dust of defeat by the score
OF to 6. Costly errors, inability to
connect with the Douglas mound
artist at critical times: proved IN.
undoing Of the Manot athletes. Coop
err, manager Of the Colts, also thinks
that the "Minot Baseball Hoodcc"
was present and that It was abso.
lutely impossible to win under sucl,
circumstances. However, the Com
mercials put up a classy article IT
baseball and Douglas certainly had
to work hard to bring in the deciding
score.
!. Auten, the Commercial hur1er, was
very effective at times and squeezed
through several tight pinches sue.
cessfully. Auten SAYS that the s.
mile tr1p across the country via
auto was enough to to take the base
ba1lism out Of any player" and well
do we uphold his statement, taking
into consideration the condition Of
the roads, and the long, tiresome
ride.
n The first two or three innings
looked rather dark for the Minot
boys, as Douglas gathered in a cor.
pie Of scores to start with, but Au-
ten evidently had not gotten tNe
motorttis out Of that good right arm
OF his, for after the first two innings
he tightened up and held the Doug.
iasites to : few scattered hits and