The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 24, 1913, Image 7
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We Make Good
Wo do not claim to W? a big
duck. and yet we are too old In
tho meat buttlne?* to bo at y led
a duckling! Wo are therefore,
jusi it medium alied duck in a
medium alted puddle! /daklug
a big uolae about our war?a. tJ
a big notao about our warea. He
good, come here for good meata
and we will make good with the
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Campbell Bros.
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Worses and Mules
We have just received a car
load of fine HORSES and
MULES and want you to call
and see them
W. C. MOORE
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SEL-1?
? ( BUY
Do You Want to \ loan "
borrow
1 May Help You.
LAURENS T. MILLS,
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CAMDEN, S. C.
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? fRtCTPROOF CMBAGE PWn8?^
' THE OHHU.N OF l\\ WNHllOl'H 1
Tlu7 Wtw htuiutr<| |u Italy by Ht,
ih?ru#nliuo of Kieua.
The legacy of 4,000 pounds re
cently bequethfA. by tho Marquis do
Uuurry (or the redemption of ob
jecta pledged by the poor at the
I'aria pawnbroking cstabliahiuent*
l? uu uct of cburlt> of a kind by
no mwuitH uncommon In France,
and out) which In worthy of tho re
ligious origin of the Mont-dcl'lete.
When M. BantoaDumont the pio
tiM^r of muchanical Hlight, won tho.
M. Deutsch d? lu Meurthortie prise
of 4,000 pound*, be gave half the
amount for a purpoae nlmllar to
that t<j which tlu? Mai n nl. i de Guer
*JF'? *lega<> luiM juHt been devoted,
only stipulating that the money
should be used for the redemption
Of articloa of actual neceaBlty, such
as wearing apparel and bedclothes.
In France, the atate pawn offices
and every establishment of the
kind is utate property in France
still retain their title of Mont-de
piete, or Mount of Blety, although
it is doubtful if the general public
pauses today to think how they ori
ginated.
One of. the symbols of Bt. Bernar
dine of Siena, the founder of puwn
ahops, 1h a green hill composed of
three mounds, with either a croas
or a standard bearing an image of
the dead Christ on the mound for
which tho remaining two fbrms, aw
it were, are a pedeatal. Thb Hal
ting call this Image l'ieta.
lu every large city in which ho
gave a aermon Bt. Bernardino mount
? ??I a Mount of l'iety, or society for
lending small auma to the very
poor on thrlfting pledgets. Before
hi? death, branch societies hud
Bpread all over Italy, and he saw
the ayatem adopted In France aa
well, The honor of founding a pawn
office ia Hah} to havo been ahared
with Bt. Bernardino of Blenu, by
another monk of the aamo name
Blessed Bornardlnee of Feltri, In
deed, HOino wrltera aeem to place
him first in the field. Mention is
made of him as preaching in the
year 14J48 in the t'huroh of Banta
Croce at Florence on ih? necessity
of having a Mont-de-I'iota in that
. town.
The word pawn 1h derived from
the French term pun, meaning ft
pledge and there 1b probably fiome
connection between the three gol
den balls qsed as a pawnbroker'**
algn In England and the three
mounds of St. Bernardino of Siena.
Another explanation of the English
sign, however, is often given. This
1b that the custom of using three
goldeii balls for the purpoHe allud
ed to, can be traced to a wealthy
Italian banker who was a member
of the princely house of Medical
and had three golden pills In 1i1h
eoat-of-armu. As the reputation of
the Italian bankers grew, the bank
ers of other lands, England among
them, alfeo assumed the sign ot
three golden pills.
Today the national flag floating
from the doorway and the words
Mont-de-Plete placed above the en
trance, albno indicate the pawn of
fice in Franco, but something of tho
Charitable scheme of its holy foun
der is, still evident In tho system
followed by the administration. For
instance, if an object has been in
pledge for twenty years and the"
interest has been paid regularly, at
the expiration or that period it is
returned to the owner free of all
cost.
If a depositor falls to redeem a
pledge or pay the In-teMfet it is sold
at tho expiration of fourteen months
from the date of the pledging, but
oven tl\en ho has three years in
which? Hi the pledge has been sold
for more than the sum originally
lent on it? he can claim whatever
was paid in excess by the purchaser.
If no such claims is made the mon
ey is given to the Assistance P.Ub
lique, a charitable institution, for
the relief of the poor.< ? Ave Maria.
4 'PltOI 11BITION ' ? IN TENNESSEE}.
Former Camden Boy Gets in
and Writo? of Politics.
Publishers The Chronicle:
Since 1 have been in Nashville I
have made it a point to study the
political situation of Tennessee
and compare it with that of . Soilth
Carolina. My reason for doing this
was mainly to satisfy myselt that
the declaration of some of my
friends "Under Gov. Blease, South
Carolina politics are the rottenest
in the Union" is false.
After much deliberation, consid
eration >and investigation, I am
NEW CROP
Everything for the Spring
Garden. Guaranteed to
germinate by T. W. Wood
& Sons.
W.HZemp
Drug Store. Phone 30.
proud to bo iible to say that the po
litical aUualiott la Houth Carolina is
a Heavenly dream compared tu that
of Teuaeseee L .
The legislature is now in t??Ht,lon.
the election of a I!. N Henatyr and
the liquor question are tho ^Impor
tant subject* of debate. ihel>iMH
ocraMo nominee, lion, "limn" Pat
terson. huu wlth-drawn from (he
race, leaving the ItepubllcauH, Hull
Mposeii, and FllHoolitt to fight Jt.
out. No uiiiitt?t* how bitter the pill
the people will have 'to ?wallow It
without * chauce to way who Hhall
b? their Senator. "A llovorument
by a chosen few."
Aa we ull know, TenueBHeo la
HUppoaed io Im a prohibition state,
with Hit* Excellency, Gov. lieu W.
Hooper, (Republican,) a? the pro
hibition leader. Whether ho haa
"made good" hid promltio to the
people to enforce the prohibition
laM^f will quote from "The Demo
crat:"
"TenneB?ce has 6,70 4 licensed re
U|| dealer# In liquor. Before tbl
Htate wan bleaBod with prohibition
they numbered only 2,008 and yet
?the advocate* of a policy which inul
tlpllti these dsalors call tbdr ?p
ponentn cmiBbarles of the rum pow
er."
What nay ye, friendu, hae prohi
bition proven the beet solution of
the liquor question in Tennessee?
For fatter or worae, a Hepubllcan
Governor, a few Republican And
"Bore Head" Democrat Legislators
came to Nuahvllle passed thin law,
called the people together and said
unto them, "Wo have given you a
great biennis Prohibition- go yo
to all corners of your State all(l
reap the rich bloBBiiigH from our
gift." The people wont forth and
reaped more liquor, worse liquor.
The "Hill Top IiOrds" , have also
done some reaping- -Graft.
Only a few daya ago 1 had occa
sion to call on a wnolesale liquor
dealer, and 1 asked him if ho had
any fear of tho prohibition law be
ing enforced, ho laughed and' said:
"Why, Sonny, l luidn't thought abou
It, but they may glvo us somo
trouble ten yearn from now, if they
last that long."
If Tennessee had n few "Simon
Puree," who would prrtctlco aa well
as preach prohibition, ehe might
some day realize a little good, but.
fto long as the law la used for the
purpose of Hpllttlng tho Democratic
party and not for tho good of the
people as a whole, I fall to see
wherein TennoHBoe can ever realize
any good results from having tho
prohibition law on the statute books
Tho question 1b, can our five-thous
and "Simon 1'ureB" handle the
"Prohibition Law" In South Caro
lina with more succobb than tho
*4H111 Top Lords" of TennesBee have
done? Personally, I believe they
can, but i* there not Hanger In forc
tQfc one man to take anothora rnedi
jPlfli&H. v;:.
I have boon quite fortunate i?
having Mr. Chis, O. Taylor, a law
yet, an my friend sinco I have been
in Nffgtivltte; III 1i1h "Summing up"
of the clown fall of the 'Democratic
party In Tennessee he, and all the
"Regulars'' start afe the point where
the Legislature under Iloopcr, abol'
iBhed the "Four mile law" and in
its stead forced the prohlbtlon law
on the people.
[ I, for oner am convinced that our
dear beloved Hlster stato", Tennessee,
can go South Carolina one bettof
"when ii comes to rotten politics,
and the only way for us to keep
the dear old party intact in. South
Carolina is to profit by Tennes
see's mistake and support the ad
ministration, to a man.
Wilbur W. Rolling.
Nashville, Teton., Jan. 19, 1913.
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laitCJKST HHI1* IN WORIiI>.
The lmperator to Sail for New York
on May 7tl?,
Tim Hanburg-American Compa
ny's new liner Imperator will sail
on May 7 on her maiden voyage to
N cvr York. The Imporato? Is the
largo&t ship in the" world. She Irf
an 11-story floating palace 919 feet
long, with engines of 80,000 horse
power. Her displacement is 50,000
tons and she* can accommodate"
5,000 passengers. 1
Among other luxuries the imper
dtor Is fitted with three electric ele
vators, a winter garden, Bummqr
houses, a theatre, a gymnasium; a
Kit z restaurant, swimming baths, a
ballroom, telephone and a jiottage
cafe. The swimming bath Is the
copy of one unearthed at Pompeii,
with mosiac pavements that are re
productions of thOBe discovered at
Treves. - The first-class dining sa- 1
loon is in the Louis XVI style, it
is 300 feet long. i
Weird Story of the Wires.
That is ft weird story that u cor
respondent^ has put on the wires
from Tjarayette, Ind., to the "Eastern"
papers. As a narrative runs, Evans,
Jones, who is beginning to recovor
from a cough that has made his life
miserable for the past two yeare,
says the Qause was nothing less than
a lizard three inches loug.
Jones declared that he brought up1
tho reptile while out driving lh?
other day. Ho had a paroxysm of
coughing on the road. At the end
of it h9 chofced.he said, and reached
down his throat for relief. He seiz
ed the lizard and drew it to the
light of day.
The lizard seemed to bo as happy
as Jones to dissolve partnership
and was wriggling a way as faat as
it could, when Jones decided he
would capture it and Bhow it to his
doctor, Edgar Allen. The doctor
dropped the wriggler In alcohol.
- Jones got ' the doctor's theory,
which was that Jones must have
be^ > drinking at a well or spring
ar . taken a lizard's egg Into his
stomach. The grateful warmth
hatched the lizard.
The agony of coughing that Jones
endured Is ascribed to tho frantic
effort* of the lizard to liberate It
self. ? Augusta Ghtoiticle.
POLO PONY KILLED.
In a practice game of polo yesterday
afternoon at the polo grounds a pony
owned by one of the tourist and ridden
by Mr. Sydney Smith had it* left hind
leg broken and had to be shot to end its
suffering*. The accident happened as
rider and pony were making a quick
"lOmv
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Iihh a b^tt<?r (IruKKlHt itud hotter (IruicA. Our i>nwcHp(|oiiH aro
, filled only by an oxperleiu-ed wglN?wxJ plmnnuiM j ^ggt
wo urn) htm tlio highest quality (hut ran l?o jjot, and they aro
ulwuyw fnwlrf
No matter who your doctor In, bring your |>rt??crl|jtionN C?
us ami know you will K**t them filled ri|{ti(.
Make OtJlt Drug Htoro YOUH Drug Store.
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OURI SPRING AND SUMMER FABRICS
In great. varloty, aro ready for your inspection. You could
hardly look thorn over without finding something to suit yott/(
and you yan't procure a more satisfactory suit than tho ono muija'
to your measure. WK CAN SUIT YOU 111 fabric, pattern, color,
style, fit and price. '
On and after Feb. 1st, wo will discontinue the membership
fee and- all work will bo charged for at the regular rates. Work
guaranteed and prices reasonable. Everything C, O, D.
CITY PRESSING CLUB
Standard Live Stock Insurance
Company
Insures Horses, Mulesand Cattle
Against any Disease.
Horses, Mules and Cattle must die?You can't dispute
this fact. Knowing this no owner can afford to' be
without insurance of this character.
"Let Us Be Your Agents"
WILLIAMS INSURANCE & REALTY COMPANY
(incorporated.)'
1012 Broad Street Camden, South Carolina
IT'S GOOD TO
sbe warm
especially when tlvo thermome
ter is hovering around the aero
mark. That 1h the thne that
you wftnfe-coair*ad-plenty of if.
Send us your order for any kind
of coal you want, and it -will bo
delivered promptly, and you
will get full value for your mon
ey. That 1b our .fcuarafltee, ' -
CAN SUPPLY YOUR WANTS
Any. Kind - Any Size Any Kind Ally Length
COAL COAL WOOD WOOD
Special prices madft on Coal, Wood, and . Coke, by the car.:
Am 1iow sawing wood in lota of 5 cords and iip. A limited sup- _
ply of the best Johnson Grass Hay baled fop 'sale. Phone your
order to
S. M. MATH IS
Office Phone 68.' Residence Phone 257-L?.
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