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^ * . "jtfm fmW&Tji "Hp* S MP tif Jt /$ EVERT visitor to the field of Waterloo knows the Lion Mound, but not one in a thousand Is acquainted with its true history, and the great majority of British tourists at least regard it as the British Lion. In 18*29, shortly after Its erection, a French visitor named Salntine described it as "the Beigic Uon looking towards and apparently threatening France." That description seems not to have been forgotten, and probably lies at the root of the suggestion just made in Brussels to turn the lion round so that the threat?it needs a very lively imagination to see ?ny at all?in the pose may be diverted from France in the direction of Holland, writes Demetrius C. Boulger In the Graphic. What was the origin of the mound and the lion? In the first place, the animal represented is neither a British nth* n Belgic emblem; it is the Dutch lion, and somewhere in a corner, If It has not been obliterated, will be found, I imagine, the motto of NassauOrange. "Je Maintiendrai." Whatever is done with it, then, the susceptibilities of neither Belgians nor British are involved. The British government have certainly no inherited claim to a voice ;u whatever solution may lie i adopted. It is not their concern. How the Mound Was Built. In lSl'U William I of the Netherlands, the great-grandfather of the present Queen Wllhelmina and one of the most obstinate personages to he found in the whole range of history, conceived that the field of Waterloo required u memorial to establish the heroism of his eldest sou, who' had received a wound on the occasion. The king was 4 actuated entirely by dynastic consid erations, unless he also wished to proTide the foundries of Cockerill, In I which he was the lurge?t shareholder, ft with a profitable commission. At all J events it Is quite clear that the BelR flan people took no interest or part in the matter, which was decided by a vote of the states-genefal at The Hague. The vote being passed, the governments of Britain and Prussia were then invited to make a contribution to the memorial. They compiled to a certain limited extent, the British consenting, for their purt, to the removal of certain French cannon in Wellington's Belgian fortresses in order to provide the material for the proposed lion. By that time William had decided on the form of the memorial. It was to be the erection of an enormous mound ome 200 feet above the crest of Mont St. Jean, at the spot where his son, le prince of Orange, had been wounded, the mound to be crowned by the Lion of the Netherlands. The clay for the mound was brought from the steep Bides of the famous "sunken roud," which disappeared in the process, by women of the.district, who were paid 4Via fnio rvf lit,If n fpnnf n hnskot. and the site marked by Wellington's tree was included within the radius of the elevation?so that when the duke revisited the scene in 1S29 with his daughter-in-law, Lady Douro, he made the expressive comment, "My battlefield has been spoilt." Legend of the Lion's Tail. The memorial, completed in 1828, had been in existence two years when the Belgian revolution broke out in August. 1830. A year Ifiter a French army advanced to Louvoln to repel a Dutch Invasion. It was said that some of the Fnench corps in that advance crossed the field and took offense, not at the mound or the lion, but at the ahape of its tail, which, erect In the air, seemed to express defiance! The ?tory went on to say that in their wrath they broke off the tail, and that the complaisant Belgians supplied the lion with a new one, no longer erect, but made gracefully dependent. I went to considerable pains in 1901 to show that this legend could have no real basis, because the contemporary drawings in the Brussels Museum of Prints showed the lion being hoisted into its position with the tail in precisely the same form as it wears today. There is no evidence of any change having been made at that time or any other. In December, 1832, the French army rendered n second sienal service to the Belgian people by the siege and cap-: ture of the Antwerp citadel, and oncej more a French regiment traversed the scene without doing any damage. A proposal was then made in the Belgian chamber by a patriotic leader, M. (lendebien, to the effect that the nar tlonal gratitude should be evinced by : the removal of the lion monument ulfbgether. He called it. and justly, as has been shown, "the hateful emblem of the despotism and violence which made ns subject for 15 years to the iouniliating yoke which we cast off in I1 September, 1830." I could not ask for a more authoritative corroboration of my view that the Lion Mound Is a monument to Dutch megalomania without any reference to Britons or Belgians whatever. Certalnfy the Belgians would never have thought of erecting such a memorial to themselves, and as to this country. It is not its way. It Is quite clear, then, that the mere reversal of the lion's position affords no adequate solution to the problem of satisfying those French sentiments which M. Saintine expressed 90 years ago, and which I do not doubt are still entertained. Once the matter Is taken into consideration, there can he no dispute that the position and the pose of the lion are offensive and provocative to the French people, who. on three historic occasions in less than a century. have contributed of their best Iiwl hfnrost tn tb?? snvini? of Belgian independence. WORKS OF ART PRESERVED Art World Interested in Uncovering 4f Old Paintings in the Mosque of Saint Sophia. An important result that may he looked for whenever Constantinople and the mosque of St. Sophia pass from under the control of the Turks is the verification of a belief, not generally known, that the Interior walls of the building still hold in practically perfect condition the ornamentation with which the Byzantine nrtlsts decorated them, says a writer in Christian Science Monitor. The statement is made with convincing detail h.v the Italian urchitect, Fossatl, who was employed by Sultan Abdu-ul-MeJId to put the mosque in complete repair. To do this work Fossatl removed the matting thut lined the walls and took down the huge disks, covered with Arabic inscriptions, that here and there ornamented them; and behind these coverings he found the work of the ancient Bvzantlnes. Haeia Saphia, taken by the Turks in 1453, was converted to their own uses by the addition of minarets and by covering the walls, the religion of its new possessors fopbidding them to make or destroy any picture or statue of man. Fossa 11, with the ancient glories of the Christian edifice temporarily uncovered, made the notes for his book, and painted colored facsimiles of some of the mosaics; then he sealed them from view'by replacing the coverings. 1 He Might. In summer time the boy scouts roll down their socks and follow the Scot- j tish custom of cool knees. Down at Camp Kinneumn, in Sullivan county, | the scout executive, who is both very tall and very boyish, follows the custom of his boys. It is picturesque and the grown-up visitors understand it, but the other night a tiny girl did not. She stared at the executive most of the time of her visit. Then when the 1 femlly started home she turned to her | her father. "The chief of the scouts is terribly tall, isn't he?" she asked. "Yes," answered mother. "I suppose other men's pants would \\a 4aa cKnst f.-vr him " chp pnnti nnPfl. "But don't you believe that if he saved j up a lot of money, mother, he could find a pair long enough for Sundays so his knees wouldn't show?"?Indianapolis News. Detects Concrete Defects. An x-ray outfit .for Inspecting concrete ships Is stated by A. C. Freeman to weigh about 90 pounds. The radio-, graphs taken by the apparatus are expected to show whether the concrete mixture has been kept uniform and compact; to detect any holes or voids In the structure; and to reveal any displacement of the reinforcing material. Such defects, when brought to notice in time, can be remedied before the work Is completed. Blank Expressions. Flatbush?I see a recent Invention is a hand telephone with a push hutj ton In one side with which telegraph- i ing can be done. Bensonhurst?flood ! Now when the voice with a smile tells .vou the line is still busy, you can use the telegraph button and make a number of blank fliarks. The owner of the voice with a smile will know what the blanks mean, all right. * Doomed. Moving Picture Actor?If you dont soon give me a "part"' that has a larger salary connected with it, I shall die of starvation. Director?If you don't die in the next scene yon won't even hare a "part." I CAROLINA YOUNGSTERS j ARE PILING UP MONET Savings Sooleties In 8choolt Making Excellent Progress.?Splendid Support Given United Stataa Treasury Department. From the small folks learning t? pell "cat" In the primary gradea up to the big boye and girls who take Latin and algebra. 6outh Carolina school children have been adding a new study to their liBt; and they have been winning honors in It. Their new work is the study of the subject o 1 thrift, taught In connection with the 'Twit Books Of Thrift" which are sent to all the""teachers desiring them by the War Loan Organization of the. Fifth Federal Reserve Diatrlct, at Richmond, Va. But South Carolina boys and girls In their patriotic work and in learning how to save and get ahead are going the teaching of thrift one better. Already In the schools of the PeJmetto State many eavinge societies and thrift clubs have been organised, and the children not only In South Carolina but all over the district are busy earning money and buying useful things with it or Investing It la Thrift Stamps and War < Savings Stamps. Money put in War Savings Stamps bears Interest at the rate ol 4 per cent, compounded quarterly, and grows rapidly. Laid Money Aside, lad in one of the schools in this district has laid the foundation of a prosperous career by plowing and by selling vegetables. When all the work was done he counted up the money he had put in bank and found that It amounted to twenty-five doV lare. Many of the world's richest men began life on less than twenty>flv? dollars. But they saved their money regularly nad invested H wisely, thus assuring success. The teacher in one of the S-A grades has reported that one of hei pupils has earned no less than twenty dollars by helping around the house, while members of a savings society that flourishes in a 1-A grade havs made about twenty-five dollars doing such odd jobs as feeding the chickens, tying tdbacco and chopping grass. 8overal boys who are members ol school saving societies which ar? particularly active have bought ctothes with money earned in simllai ways. One little fellow did so well helping hie father that he was poid ten dollars. As he received ths money he bought Thrift Stamps showing that he already knew how to savs and Invest what he made. Hslp Thsm Savs. Popular among these smell Invest ors are the Penny and Nickle Savings Books issued by Uncle Sam to all school pupils desiring them. In ths days when, to many tots, the pries .of even a Thrift Stamp may be too huge to be paid all at once, and whea one just must buy an occasional all day sucker or a cent-aplece bite oi candy, lots of youngsters find it 'wise to save a penny or a nickle at a time. The coin is deposited with the teacher for safe keeping, and she stamps the savings card to show how much the child has put in his account When the total is large enough, it goer into the purchase of a Thrift Stamp. Piling up money of your own is a great game, played in this fashion, and a game that is daily growing in favor in South Carolina schools. PILE UP YOUR DOLLARS SO YHAT NO ONE CAN KNOCK THEM DOWN. Many a tired lad has slipped his < coat on when the whistle blew and: dni.lciv?lv " Anntlier Hnv nnnthprl dollar. A million days, a millionaire."! He has said a mouthful in bitter jeift and without knowing it. For the dollars do pile up if the stack is not knocked over. Borne financial sharpshooter is always gunning for your dollars. They can pick them off at a mile like A% nie Oakley cracking clay pipes in a hooting gallery. But if you put some of your dollars under cover before any one can draw a bead on them, you leave a slim score for the profiteer and the grafter. The safest protection from those sharpshooters is War Savings Stamps bought every pay-day. If you give them your whole roll to shoot at they will hit it for a perfect score. Make them waste a little ammunition. War Savings Stamps are absolutely safe. They pay a high rate of inter-1 e?t and you can get your money IN FULL when you need it. When they pile up, nobody can knock the stack over. / HKUVfcKBS. Sport thou & man dilligent in his buslneas, he shall not stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men. Prov. 22:29. It Is the moral support of capital back of him that gives the diligent man dignity In the presence of the king. Buy W. S. 9. He also that Is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. Prov. 18:9. In fact, the slothful iuan is not only brother to the waster, he Is IT. Put what might be waste Into W. S. 8. GIRL SCOUTS BATTLE TO MAKE PRICES DROP Many Troopa in Thi? State Are Interested in Deferred Spending Plan Outlined by National Director. More than seventy thousand Girl Scouts, according to an announcement made recently at National Girl Scout headquarters, 18'J Lexington Avenue, New /ork, have adopted the j principle of deferred spending as a means of combating hysterical prices of the present day and "doing tneir | bit" to help put the nation on a stable economic basis. Instead of spending all of the money that they earn or get from parents as gifts or allowances, hundreds of these patriotic girls in each of the eighty-three local councils throughout the United States are investing in Treasury Savings Certificates and War Savings Stamps, obtainable at the majority of banks and trust companies, or at local postoffices. South Carolina Girl Scout Troops interested in this announcement are as follows: Andrews, Miss Frances Pegram, captain; Columbia, Miss Adele Minahan, Miss Neal Thain, Mrs. A. T. Gibbs, captains; Troop 1, Estille, Mrs. D. Lewis Husbands, captain; Graniteville, Miss Attie Phillips, captain; Troop 1, Greer, Mrs. J. Porter Bailes, captain; Hardeeville, Miss Dreka Wilder, captain; Heath Springs, Miss Alma Van Landingham, captain; Newberry, Miss Blanche Davidson, captain; Troop 1, Pickens, Mrs. L. C. Thomley, captain; Ridge Spring, Mrs. Jerrold Watson, captain; Troop 1, Rock Hill, Miss Sara Marcum, captain; Saluda, Mr-. Colon Wise, captain; Spartanburg, Miss Marjorle Potwin, captain; Trenton. Mrs. Lola Eidson, captain. "One of the ten Scout laws is that a Girl Scout must be thrifty," says Mrs. .lane Deeter Rippln, national director <sf Girl Scouts. "This means that a Scout must avoid all useless, waste of every kind, must be careful. when spending her money and must alway* remember that she should save every penny that she can invest in a safe manner. This habit of saving, if practiced regularly in youth " > - ? 1-" Will mate lor oeuei nuinauuuuu anu| will also give to the Girl Scou$ a iur-| plus in time of need. "Reports coming into National Girlj Scout headquarters show that the idea behind the government's "work and save" movement appeals to Girl Scouts. They like the Treasury Savings Certificates, for they are forward looking girls. That the investment now of $82.40 means the return in January, 1925, of $100, with the money meanwhile absolutely safeguarded from loss through accident or theft, shows them that the certificate is sound. And where are the girls of America who do not have dreams of the days in the near future? Some want to give a present to their mothers; some wish to save for a trip; others desire to start a fund for educational purposes. These are only a few of the many reasons prompting girls to save and to invest now in government securities." What Wes Did. Wes Whittle, a teamster down hi Lowell, Ark., was so patriotic during ; the fall of 1918, before the Hun was j finally vanquished, that he put a mortgage on his team and wagon for $50 and bought War Savings Stamps 'in his desire to do his duty by the government. Some thought Wes was doing more than his financial strength warranted. But he just went down into the woods, cut up fuel and sold it and the mortgage was soon lifted. Now Wes is buying more stamps, because he realizes their value and finds he can save. Crew Demanded Stamps. ? " nn tho New V/lcaii uy \Mt*j vu v>?v vm.?.Vw?r Jersey means something more than hard work to the gobs on board that craft. It means a decided addition to the ahip'8 fund that is drawing interest in the form of War Savings Stamrts. While the war ship was anchored in Boston harbor recently, tha crew gathered up all the obsolete b.... .iUia.s, cast off jumpers and oiher clothing, books and papers and sought out a junk dealer. The dealer was willing to pay cash for the junk offering but the crew demanded payment in War Savings Stamps and got it. All condemned material on board is being carefully stored away in preparation for another clean up. Must Work and Save. As a portion of its campaign against high prices, the National Association of Credit Men has directed a letter to each member, declaring that the remedy necessary to change present conditions rests in increased production and stimulation of personal savings. The letter was sent through J. H. Tregoe, secretary and treasurer 01 me orKanmnun. Members of the association throughout the country have bean extending hearty co-operation to the Savings Division of the Treasury Department to popularize thrift through the sale of government savings securities such as Thrift and I War Savinga Stamps and Treasury Certificates. ? Hlppety Hop. Hippety hop to the Government shop To 'a War Savings Stamp dandg) Oae for /oh and one for me, And abc for Brother Sandjl VOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that Sarah lane Page, administratrix of the estate of Hector Page, deceased, has made application unto me for finl discharge as such administratrix and that Friday, February 27, 1920, at 10 a. m. in the forenoon has been appointed for the hearing of said petition. All persons holding claims against (he said estate are requested to file (hem with the administratrix on or before 10 a. in. in the forenoon on Friday, February 27th, 1920 or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. JOE CABELL DAVIS. Judge of Probate, 1 29 4t Dillon County. WATCH THE BIG 4 S tomach - Kidneys-Heart-Li ver Keep the vital organs healthy by regularly taking the world's standard remedy for kidney, liver, An/1 ?<? ??/* frnn Kloo ? line Direct from ^Ito L^H BH Shoo war hot of th? World! I Corn ( I Everj I A complete ct ? every modei I ment, extra lat B We grind evei 8 day and ever I week. Built < I grinding corn. I Your corn is you wait and or grits from y J. 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