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THE OKHilN OF PAWNSHOPS I hoy were Founded in Italy by St. iteruardine of Siena. The legacy of 4,000 pounds recently bequethed by the Marquis de Guerry 1'or the redemption of objects pledged by the poor at the Paris pawnbroking establishment, is an act of charity of a kind by no means uncommon in France, and one which is worthy of the religious origin of the Mont-dePiete. Wlien M. Santos-Dumont the pioner of nuchanical slight , won the M. Deutsch dp la Meurthorse prize of 4, 000 pounds, he gave half the amount for a purpose similiar to that to which the Marquis de Guerry's legacy has just been devoted, only g stipulatin that the money should be used for the redemption of articles of actual necessity, such as wearing apparel and bedclothes. In France the state pawn offices? V and every establishment of the kind is istate property in France?still retain their title of Mont-de-piete, or Mount of Piety, although it is doubtful it the general public pauses today to think general public pauses oday. oo hink how they orginated. One of the symbols of St. Bernardine of 4 Siena, the founder of pawnshops, is a green hill composed of three, mounds, with either a cross or a standard hearing an image of the dead Christ on the mound for which the remaining two forms, as it were, are a pedestal. The Italians call this image j Pieta. J i Tn every large city in which he gave a sermon St. Bernardine mounted a j Mount of Piety, or society for lending small sums to the very poor on thriftingpledges. Before his death, branch . soieties had spread all over Italy, and he saw the system adopted in France1 as well. The honor of founding a pawn office is said to have been shared with St. Bernardine of Siena, by another monk of the same name?Bless- j ed Bernardinee of Feltrj. Indeed, some writers seem to place him first in. the field. Mention is made of him as preaching ~n the year 1488 in the Church of Santa Croce at Florence on the necessity of having a Mont-de- j Pieta in that town. The word pawn is derived from the j French term pan, meaning a pledge and there is probably some connection between the three golden balls used as a pawnbroker's sign in England and the three mounds of St. Bernardine of Siena. Another explanation of the English sign, however, is often given This is that the custon of using three golden balls for the purpose alluded to, can be traced to a wealthy Italian banker who, was a member of the j princely house of Medical and had rViomlHon n11 c in hia nnaf-nf-nrn'lS ! v-r * V* V. ^1**^ *** ? ~~ ~ ~ S As the reputation of the Italian bank- | ers grew, the bankers of other lands England among them, also assumed the sign of three golden pills. Today the national flag floating from i the doorway and the w^rds Mont-dePiete placed above the entrance, alone indicate the pawn office in France; but something of the charitable scheme of its holy founder is still evident in the system followed by the administration. For instance, if an object has been ir? pledge for twenty years and the inter- j est has been paid regularly, at the ex- j piration of that period it is returned i to the owner free of all cost. If a deDositor fails to redeem a! I pledge or pay the interest it is sold at the expiration of fourteen months from the date of pledging, but even i then he has three years in which?it | the pledge has been sold for more j than the sum origiinally leant on it? i he can claim whatever was paid in! excess by the purchaser. If 110 such I claim is made the money is given to! I the Asistance Publique, a chartiable j institution, for the relief of the poor, j ?Ave Maria. Crown Priiiress Rebuffed. The crown princess of Germany j takes the greatest interest in women,: and their work. Apropos of which there is a story that she one? applied , in person :n behalf of a protege of; hers to a leading firm of dressmakers | for the post model. ; "I came," she said, "because I saw j your advertisement and I thought?"! The manager laid his hand on her; shoulder. ; "My dear girl," he said. "I am sorry, but it is no use. You are not quite good looking enough. Still, you have a pleasant face, and I'll tell you what i ll go. uome m a mourn s nme ana then I will see if I can fix you up as a junior saleswoman." His consternation was only equaled by the tact of the crown princess in making him forget his discomfiture when she discovered her idenity.?NewYork Sun. Knowing how To take a hint is 3 va:r all men n^ed to learn. 1 WitJIBALI) ( OXYHTEI); DKPKIYFl) OF OFFICE j | Vote on First and Main Charge Kc- j j suits (ts to 5 A gainst Impeached Judge. i " t. -i O AX' I wasmngion, .January 10.? auuci i . j Archbald, of Scranton, Pa. for twenty-! nine years an occupant of judical positions upon the Pennsylvania State ! bench, the Ftd-ral District bench and j . the United States Commerce court, I was to-day adjudged guilty by the: j United States senate of "high crimes i [and misdemeanors;" was stripped of; i his office and forever disqualified from j ; holding positions of public honor or j { public trust.. j' The conviction and judgement came j as the conclusion of the impeachment j I trial that has been pending in the sen- j | ate since last summer on charges that | Judge Archbald had been guilty of misconduct and misbehavior as a i judge and that he had corruptly used j1 his judical power to further the pri-! i vate interests of himself and his! ffriends in the acquisition of coal land' properties in Pennsylvania. >'ot Guilty on Eight Counts. Upon five of the thirteen seperate j | charges brought against him by the j house of representatives, Judge Arch- j' bald was found guilty. (Tpon the other |; 1 eight the senate voted him not guilty, i '9 i , ; the majority in some cases being j i against hiim, but failing of the two! I thirds necessary for conviction. Any i; i one of the five verdicts of guilty was j enough to bring about the punishment i * i imposed upon him 11 The end of the long fought struggle, 1 in the senate came early in the af-11 ternoon, when the vote was taken on 1 the first article of impeachment. With!1 gallery doors locked to prevent the | ' movement of spectators, and an unac- j1 "customed hush prevailing throughoutr ' the chamber, sixty-eight senators rose I' i in their places as their names were |i called and pronounced the word: ! "guilty" in almost inaudible tones. j' The vote on the first charge that J I Judge Archbald had courrptly influ-;* j enced officials of the Erie Railroad to [' | sell him the Katydid culm dump, at 1 j Scranton, resulted in his conviction by { j a vote of 68 to 5. Receives Xews from Sod. 4 In a little committee room off the * j gallery floor, behind a guarded door, j1 [ Judge Archbald, his wife and his son, i i Hugh, sat throughout the afternoon as j ! the senate voted upon the charges j j j against him. The first vote of convic- j | tion was carried to him by his son 1 | from the gallery. After sentence had | been imposed upon him, Judge ArchI'bald and his family left the capitol. ! to go at once to the family home at J ! Scranton. < | "I have always known that I have]: done no wrong and the vote of no one; < ; makes it otherwise," was his only j 1 | comment upon the Senate's action. ' Sentence was imposed by senator 1 Bacon, of Georgia, the presiding officer, '< : after the senate had, by a vote of 39 j ! to 35, upheld a resolution offered by j 1 j senator u Gorman, ot Aew YorK, au- i < thorizing the full penalty provided by j ' the constitution. ; ] Senteuce Pronounced. < "The senate, therefore, do order and < ! decree," said Senator Bacon, "and it is * hereby adjudged, that the respondent, Robert W. Archbald, Circuit Judge for ] the United States for the third judical ) circuit and designated to serve in the < j Commerce court, be, and he is hereby, * removed from office and that he be, 1 and hereby is, forever disqualified to hold and enjoy any office of honor, < trust or profit under the United 1 States." 1 The sentence of the senate became i - operative at once and directions were! given that the president and the house; of representatives be notified of the j verdict and the punishment imposed. I < Of the ten men who have been im-, peached before the senate since the or-1 ] ganization of the government Judge j i Archbald is the third to be convicted j and the only one convicted who ap-j'i peare(J to make a personal defense j against the charges. j 1 ^ 11 $p*!in? j! The possible customer? You Iaimi ! j i this is a geni'ioo Turkish n:u. do youi The Wilv Dealer?Eeet ees true, ? madam. Zee rug is very genuine Tur-j ; kish. J ( The customer?It 'ooks old and j ragged. Just see that stain and these r holes! 1 The Dealer?Yes, madam. Zat eesji ze proof. It shows zat ze rug ees vary | genuine Turkish rug. Look, maadam, i j What you call ze stain ees powder j j burn, and all ze holes are bullet holes! \ Vary genuine Turkey rug direct from j ze seat of war. Only $90, madam. The customer promptly softens and buys the rug. j ??.? 1 Heck?Were you ever injured in a 1 runaway? - Peck?Yes. I e'oped with thf* woman who is now my wife.?Boston 1 : | Transcript. I ; j Y?mh5i in A The other day Andrew D. White 011! clebruting his eightieth birthday an- j nounctd that he had takf.-n up the in-j vestigation of criniinology and expect-1 od to make, possibly, some important j contributions to the subject before he j is ninety. I When a man can take up a new j study at eighty he has the spirit of! youth. I , \Ia11y men at Andrew D. White's; . age, who have done but a fraction of j j the good he has accomplished would i be willing to rest on their laurels. j ( This man, it must be remembered,: practically founded a great university, | of which he was for many years pres-' . ident, was a distinguished ambassador to an important foreign nation and \ i . has been for years a publicist and! leader of thought. Yet he has no intention of stopping, He sees an opportunity oi" further \ good by studying the treatment of the, outcast and the criminal. The world owes much to its young1 old men, those who keep the heart of youth when they have the wisdom of j age. ; The trouble with some old men is fossilization. They are unwilling to! keep abreast of progress. They talk about the good old times and become j a clog against making tre present j ' times better. They are not receptive1 to new ideas. I 1 It was Byron who hit off that retro-j5 ijpective turn of mind when he said: ' * "The good old times! All times when ! 1 :>ld are good. The inspiring outlook is forward, not, 1 backward. Even though we may not i i understand all the currents of our age, j thb day is the best in the world's his? 1 tory. Tomorrow will be better. j 1 The man who keeps a young spirit: in an old body and whtf looks to the j 1 sunrise rather than to the sunset is! ibout the finest and most inspiring;! spectacle seen in our human world. J 1 Thi age is full of such men?also of! i such women. There was William \ ] Ewart Gladstone, leading a new cru- j1 sade at eighty. There was Julia Ward j; Howe, keenly alive to the reforms of j j the present and the future up to her j , Jeath at ninety. j \ It is a matter of whether the spirit I < 1 3r the body dominates. The. spirit is ! ] 3ver young. If that leads us we are! ilso young. ] Keep the neart youtnrui oy living m i . present day joy, present day progress, j ] preset day work. In our thought we should hold eter- { lal youth. ^ His ^Taster's Voice. A man down in North Carolina { lived with his wife for seven years, j j ind during that time he came to have i very healthy regard for her physical superiority. After meekly submitting to all the kicking aand cuffing < hat he could stand he left home and j ( :ook up his residence at the home of j . i farmer about seven miles distant. j < One day he was working in the | Seld when his employer brought him j :tie message that some one wanted to | speak with him over the telephone, j ] presumably his wife. He didn't dis-j] i 3bev the authority of the woman, even j t it a distance, and he hurried to ans- j swer the call. * ! i He had no experience with the tele-1 ? phone, and it was with wonder and j hesitation that he picked up the re-! reiver. About that time lightning j? struck the line and the shock threw j aim to the floor. j t e il. -ii UT, _ 1 nWlr I i msmg u um uie uuur w uu a jwn. i * amazement and with a dubiousj Look at the instrument, he said soft-; [y. "I'll be doggoned if it wasn't her."; ?National Monthly. j( -IT? _ Heaping1 the Harvest. j r Tn the long run we all get what is j :oming to us. We are paid in our own coin. We. reap as we sow. Our chickens come I lome to roost. : , : J This is true of nations as of indiv- ( ials. ! ^ s>. /%1^ i m tVi a rvn K1 ' . i uei'tr Uil? UCC 11 111 li V, u ill cue Jiuuiiv ^ J prints concerning the horrors of the; ( Balkan war. Yet these horrors are j c 3ut the bioody harvest of long cen- r2 :uries of oppression and cruelty. : t Turkey is reaping as she has sown. ! r There is positic justic in th fact1 x hat the little nations hat have be-: ? x>me the messengers of justice were I s :ormerly, with one eu\ceptioi\, under ? Turkish rule. The execution is Mon->$ :enegro, and she suffered much from i * ittempted Turkish aggression. j 1 Thus the avengers have arisen p'rac- i :ically from the offender's own house-1 lold. ( The Ottrnan empire sowed the wind { and is reaping a whirlwind finish. 2 History is fall of such instances. ; j "\Ye shudder over the reign of ter-jt ror of the French revolution, but fail 11 to recall the years of despotism i blotched red here and there with St. ( Bartholomew massacres, 01 wmcu mr j <. of ''-rror was but the ripened' S uovAi/rv ix rni: sitiho. ?o? Occasionally Princes are Willing to be Mere 5Ien. -0? Iii Paris not long ago the English tu*or of a prince, a younger son of a mi- j nor royal house, took the young man, lj who had expressed a wish to see some- 1 thing of the artistic life of the city, to call upon an American friend in his studio, says Youth's Companion. Xo ~ ~ ^ ori i'nn c\f thf? t'!t 11 ' UUL1V.C: II a VI UCVU v/4. vwv, v^?., (he artist was found at work under; difficulties, for his model had failed to j keep an appointment. "Won't I do asked the prince. ' "Please let me try! It is the figure with the point-d pistol you are working on,*it is not? Well, I am a soldier; I ought to be able to pose for that, and; I hould be delighted to feel I had! really helped an artist paint a picture." i He was so eager that the American j consented, draped tne military cloak j upon hjs shoulders, posed him and fell1 i to work. Once or twice he inquired of j him politely if he were not tir-d, to! which the prince?although he was? j replied stoutly that he was not; then; the artist forgot alt about him in the j ardor of work. Bui the post was; wearisome, and presently the extended arm with the pistol showed the strain.: "For heaven's sake, man, don't wob-;| ble so!" cried the forgetful artist,! sharply. "Hold your aim! You're not; supposed to be shooting circles in a jam door!" The prince burst into a laughter, 121; which his scandalized tutor and apologetic host presently joined. j "Give me a little rest and another! ;rial, and I will promise not to wobble j :ill you have finished my pistol hand," j >aid the prince, good naturedly, and he I -cept his word. The studio is one in wh:rt* nous French painter Decamps, cvorked, and possibly, as his American ! successor pointed out, that in which lad occurred another little adventure svith royalty. It is on the top floor j md a visitor paused one day before [ ;oing up, to inquire if Monsieur De-1; 3amps were in. Receiving an affirma | Live reply, he was just startiqg up the itairs when the concierge called after trim. "As you are about visiting Monsieur Decamps, perhaps you will be so kind j a.s to carry up these trousers that I have just brushed." When, a few moments later, the bell of the studio rang, Decamps opened :he door and found on the threshold lis friend and patron, the duke of Orleans, heir to the French throne, who smilingly gave him his newly brushed :rousers. ? First Snow in Years. Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 8.?The first | snow storm witnessed in this part of "alifornia in years began last night md still is in progress in the lower Sacramento valley. -MB "How Often, Oh, How Often V* "And how is Rogers getting on? He always declared that he would leave foot-prints in the sands of ;ime." "Yes, but ynfortunately he got stuck j 11 the mud."?Boston Transcript. The Greater of Two. r f n 1V-1-1 ol 111 r>C 1 1 UilLfc? ii um uci iiiai lams > ill the time, don't you?" ' . . "Can't say I do. I'd rather have him ' :alk politics than hair tonic."?Wash- j ngton Herald. v j For Keeps. Ifi?I want some winter under I ilothes. Clerk?How long? 16?You boob! I don't want to rent ( em, I want to buy 'em! Princeton! riser. i , . "If I Had Enott-n." [ You can't get away from regret if j ,-ou fail to do your duty. Regret hangs 1 >ver you, clings to you, a^d therefore j .'ou should always* do your duty?saver he blame of the sin of omission, i >oup and colds and pneumonia often; j jet under headway before the doctor; irrives. A bottle of Gowans Prepara- j ion, King of Externals, dispels fear,; Liid causes you to rejoice to know that f ou have done your duty. Gowans; icatters inflammation. It is all ab-' >orbed. Buy a bottle today. All drug- !, rlsts. Thousands- of testimonials. ; >1.00, 50c., 25c.?Adv. JIG Sl'RPRISE TO 3TA!*Y I> NEWBERRY j Local people are surprised at th? j i 3UICK results received from simple mckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as j, nixed in Adler-i-ka, the German ap-j jendicitis remedy. W. G. Mayes states; nat mif, simple remeu.y iunibfiniuics i lie digestive system arid draws off the! I mpurities so thoroughly tha A SIX-: .rLE DOSE relieves sour stomach, gas >ii the stomach and constipation IX-; 5TAXTLV. STAXTLY. For .-al- by \Y. G. Mayos. MULES and I We have just r< carload of fine Mi at our stables. 1 shipment are a n mares, heavy with Our stables are 1 fine animals. Cor show you. Our p: oiTMMrn nncr dUMMJV-mOE Newberrj MP W1NT: 1 Now is your time our high class Clol Our $12.50, $15.< $18.00 Men's Sui Our $10.00 Men's Our $5.00 and $7 tor A 4 JT\ AA 1 Uur $iu.uu ana Suits for Our $7.50 Ladies' Our $6.00 Ladies' Ladies' Long Coats to A few more M at Otlipr Winter Gnnds R( V IUV1 If u*%va w v ww ? ?. The above pric one week only, beg January 20th and day night, January * /*wr /I w T\ ? 7 BLACKS UK If Prosperit ES3 n i* mentioning this JOHN WHITE & CO. LOUISVIL STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. j la; COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. i Cc J. E. Crymes, Trustee of the estate of j Cs Miss Nannie J. Simpson, Bankrupt, j on Plaintiff, I against -30 i Ki S. D. Duncan, J. B. Duncan, Mary E. i I so Duncan and Claude C. Duncan, Der} i fendants. j an Bv order of the court herein, I will! an * n.'ithin the leeal hours of sale at; O W li TV*v ?.j.* _ _ w public auction, to the highest bidder, j pa before the court house at Newberry, j S. C., on salesday in February, the same being the 3rd day, 1.913: I HORSES jceived another lies and Horses ncluded in this umber of brood fnal. A X# ?* w headquarters for ne in and let us rices are right. : STOCK CO. 7 S. C. I ER SALE! j. Select any of thing as follows: )0, $16.50 and ts for a $10.00 bill _ Suits for $7.50 \50 Men's Suits / $3.50 $12.50 Ladies' - - $6.00 Suits for $4.5U Suits for $3.50 ?at from $1.99 $5.00 en's Overcoats $9 sn ~ yMIW iduced Accordingly. ;s hold good for ginning Monday, i ending Saturr 25th. See us. i GOODS CO., * / y, S. C. HIDES KET PRICE PAID ^ as AND HIDES on. Write for ^ __^__ \ *11 + V?-.*- na^flin fro /if fir Til 3 T1 tP ti f>Tl Of AII til a L lci tain uv,v> nd lying and being situate in the >unty of Newberry, State of South irolina, the same being three and le-half miles from the town of Prosrity. on the Ridge road, and adining the lands of S. J. and J. D. nard, Mrs. Alice Long, A. M. Cro?sn, W. M. Bobb, J. P. Kinard, E. L. rauss, L. A. Bobb, J. D. H. Kinard id others containing two hundred d sixty (260) acres, more cr less. Terms of sale: Cash. Purchaser to lv for papers. H. H. Rikard, Master Newberry County. Master's Office, January S, 1913. % /