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Nearly three years ago ctisens of Park View acho.l dlatrlct In ehtngtoii. l> C. sont the following Snmumcatn n ;o tht. h.?ard of educa ?ton "We may compr? hend the purpose Of the public school within tho word ^education.' font m ing the development of. the capacity of individuals for ef f gcient participation an c it Isens of our : dem? < i i:\ i fly this la the prl I mary pucyo*e < f the postal service. Going pus. Ita seoendary and Inclden ; tal luactn n as a convenience of prl ? vate in recourse, the United States I: Portal <'->m mission of 18 44 declared ] the fundamental purpose of the pos | tal sarvico to be education, defining thai, purpose in these words: * To r> |..K'i the i it:?en worthy, by ; p . flA* ieug* and inielligrnee, of hla. imixAhfrl ^rlv?SSJie aa a sover ? > 'v -i ..t.e government; to <.f *V, usagat, social 1m /? ,i, national affinities, elovat 1 l.'ig ' la^-P'e in the Mcale of civilIsa tb ( . an .' ringing them together in pa-. mic affection." The Phi*k View clttsens therefore r ? < hment of a poa ^H}1 si. y> ? xv ?cho?l building. Tii m > 'N< ? ? i ? vn ?no. ? Hp SUC<1 34ft it . 1*he sellout pup.la attend largely to the posts*" sgfairs of their fantiliea. *hc [fall leterj. insure packages, irn w* ra*it" ind rates of different sfj ? s? ?v matter, register let jsayu* out money'-order applica iqara ai nit postal sums, and are brought into direct personal re? lation wfth th - greatest institution Of v ntt iehangt, acccrdlng to a in? tent issue of School Lite. Iu s dW when the average citizen's ? t t^oblfrtt Cf the postal se vice is ?# of Imp tie*ioe and adverse D* thls'\.r?w o." its pesiibil.vbs a> > purl of ? lue*Ii? n i* a.r.u L i re\ LtloU. Af\ir u\\ id bot? " HMce that somo of tue ai.eg. a iu. ?ncy of the postal servlqo toda> |s due to the fart that the public is so little educated In Its purposes and ways ' Any ona who stood in line ? almost any portofflce In the o?anu, acisimas mailing seaso.. admit in honesty that a gtn.i or tp onion ot thj de;a>s and ta ? UK e ncy were due to the private citl gena who wer.) Ignorant of every step of proced are. The officials v. h Weighed and Insured and etamped packages hours at a time made rare mistakes aftd explained details to the mailing throng again and again with almost superb iman patience. In fsdrn >*s to citizens and posts evrvlce alike. It might bo well to have more postal station schools for every? body I okhm \U ItCPAHATlON. ? When It came to settling up the war, French i nd British extremists Wanted b> nuke Germany pay 140. ?00,000.000 lo $50.000.000.000 reparo r. mi. |. -\el-beaded economists ex i ?tned that, although Germany Was moral y responsible for greater dam ag< i thin 'hit. it v. as impossible to impose any such a huge obligation on her wl.ii an r? atonal.te h?.po <m se ? ing it fuiniled. 'the total wealth of the German Ire, less state and aatloaal debts >re the war was only |||,ttt(? < Th it u ilia was coniiiderably shrunk bv the war. If the nation's own domi wtlc war debt wer? consl l I n v% is d nib ful whether the nrl w aith of the country at the lime of the armistice amounted to fiO. oie>.i.no.Fii, ,.con miialN point Sd out that yog ?ann??t tal<e from u debtor apy more than that debtor has, and \h the ease of a csuntry you cannot take as rnm h. because so large a part* of a nation's wealth Is Im SB ? .? i esfate'. ? Ti g on?> possibil i> Oi ge t,i.g a.n lerg. taiin irom Germany wa.H h> leaving the nation i s "plant" to Work wbh. anl merely levying on the p? ' fr?, n year to year until the Itekonlng was paid. And It was rec? i>gnis"d that euen then there were limns bey tad which the p i.-s rould not oafely go. bcv^ause if tht obbga tlens w? re ^o large as It I ankrnpt Oerman indur.tr and finance or ut? terly dsfeentraojt iho spirit <>( the Oi ?i aa people they would not peg d? ? ? ?n'. hint; gtOyoa a bare hvigSJ fsjg tbemselvfs.' snd s>> there would ft* m laiag to make rtparaieoa with. It was generally felt, however, ? year ago, that Germany might be abu to pay as much at 100.000,000,00' marks, or about $24,000.(00,000 In gold, under favorable conditions. Thi second ftniuclai conference which is to resume its sessions In Brussels oi. January 1, Is Kid to ha doubtful about that figure. Thero Ls a genera' Impression that the sum will ulti matoly be fixed at something like $lf>. 000,000.000, and 11 is believed that if it were made aa low as that Ger many would make a sincere e.Tort t< pay it. The situation is bitterly disappoint? ing to th" tilled nations that suffer-d so sever* iy at Germany's hands, par- ; ticularly Franc? and Helarium; but they may reconcile thsmSSrYSS on the ground that a SjtNUrlOI of a loaf is better than nothing, and that they dure not drive Germany into com? plete bankruptcy and despair lcU their own finance and industry col? lapse ulong with hern. ROYAL PRICES. President Wilson is said to have been offered $150,000 by a syndicate fo ra sltuyle newspaper article, to be the first article written by him after leavlug the White liouue. It Is a princely offer. 11? Is said to have refused It, however, on the ground that no article written by him or any other living man could be worth so much money aa that. If the rtory la true, It does the president high honor. It also QOrVQl as an example oudly needed in thea days. Can anyone Imagine Theod n o Hoosevelt declining such an offer? It Is the literal truth that no nows paper article, <or no magazine article, could be worth $150,000 if its rea. value were reckoned. Any syndicate making euch an offer must have had .n mind an artificial value, partl> created by a historic Situation partly trumped up by Bpeotootllar ad? vertising. There have been aj er too many inflations of the son ia the newspaper and magazine do da, in the theatrical and operatic iields i od many others. The offer- ls of a piece with the whole complex system of in? flation for which the country ha* pal so grevloualy In the la3t few years, and la still paying. While we are getting "back to nor? malcy" It Is Just as well to g< t bait all such matters an thete, as well AS in the more obvious phases of indus? try and government?back to rea values, with no man getting several im s as much, for any article or any ?erriet as l hV worth. Ta< ba uni'ie of auch absurd payment* hn ?-a l as mi er. !?? r...; i ?? .kb t*ie i^eiierai ?u .? ,? a.l sorts of commodities. BUYING HOMES. The great home-owning era which was to follow the war can e to a sud? den standstill when real esta t and building prices began to soar, hu. here and there it is showing sign, or life again, especially where prices j have been reduced a little. One real estate concern which had done little business for months, and expected to do llttlo for months more, found Us sales for the wuok preced? ing Christmas the largest it has ever recorded. The idea of a homo as a family Christmas gift showed un? expected popularity. The company argues improving business conditions from these increased sales. Induatrlul readjustments have tem? pered the housing situation and brought rents down a little in most communities, hu* ap'?rer.tly the pub? lic has not forgotten Its lesson. Since nothing argues permanency or pro? motes stability like horn '-ownership. artlvltv in this liu>- may be considered a bright omen for the future LINOTYPE SPEED RECORD BROKEN On a Model 3 Linotype that has been m continuous use for sixteen years, r. Prank Patton Thursday morning made a typesetting record th: t ls DOltOVOd to be the world's rec? ord tor s,x hours, using seven point type In that time he si t 1,1 H lines newspaper ma ter. 13 ems, 7 point on ft point slug ?an aver age of 5 id llAOg an hour and a total of 69.2H0 ems. or an average of 1 1.548 ems an hour. The OOpy was the reguiar run of copy fr ?m the hook and the oper? ating conditions were the same*as obtala every day in lbs week, the machine running nine and one-half lines per ml a Ute. The record run was mad" between I a. m. and I p. m. Ihr Linotype on Which this record was made wa-4 th.? tlrat Linotype pur < I d by I he I an Item and was in IhtslUd about tin Ural of .November, lilt, it las boon In dully operation ?Ton d.'iv, exeept Sunday since ,t was installed, and for many months at a time it his been operated night and day ahtfis. Mr. Pstton. who has lonfl had a reputation in this Section of the Couth as s l.notype ?grifft, has boon n'ifh the Dally llem sin<"e 1 )06, ex i l pt for a few months la-<t sum? mer when he was wirh trie Ashoville. N. C , Cttlgeft. lie learned to Operate OS the agme machine that he used in making the record run. too Much Calms la New Yorl liya a headline ,i<i.t how murli would r?e enough? Qroonvllle IB, C.) Piedmont. AROUND THE WOULD IN SEVEN NEW YEARS Washington, Doc. 31.?"The Amor- I lean is apt to regard Iiis New Year | as The Now Year. Had lie a pen-j Chant for celebrating holidays hs 0OU14. travel in a more or less leisure- j ly way around the world, and In the! course pf the year could participate in hiX or seven New Vear festivities, adding a couple of Christmas eolebra- j tloni for good measure." according to a bulletin from the Washington. 1 >. c, headquarters of the National Geographic society. "Our American might start his progressive holiday Jaimt by yoing to some western European country for the approaching New Year wide hthe United States too will celebrate. He OOUld then travel to Greece, Jugo? slavia, Rumania or Bulgaria in time 'for Christmas in those countries. Christmas is also December 26 in the countries named, according to their nalendard, but correspond a to Jan? uary l in America. A Five Day New Year Period in China. "By remaining1 a week In the same country ho could also spend New Year day called January 1 but Correspond? ing with the American and western European January 14. By purhing on and making good connections he rnlKht bo able to reach Singapore, or by supplementing steamers with air? planes could rea oh Chins Itseif to j take part in the most thorough go? ing New ? Year celebration In the world, the Chinese New Tear which will bo observed in t Uli 1 for the live days from about February I Id 13. "After the OhlnOSO Now Year cele? bration tho traveler could pursue bis holiday hunting less strenuously for i a while. He could arrange to arrive j In Slam in time for the BlameSe New j Year on April 1, and afterward could have, five months of sightseeing be? fore reaching Arabia for the Moham? medan New Year on September 4. He could then cross the lied Sea and make a quick Journey into Abyssinia to take part In tho New Year festi? vities of that country on September 10. Returning to the Red Sea and taking ? steamer ncrth he could easi? ly roach Jerusalem In good time for the ? kew fear, October 3. i'lc holiday hunter would not have taken part in all the principal NSW Yia: COlobrstlonS of #thc world and could return to the Western H?.mi&prnVro to spend the Christmas with which he is most familiar a: his own hearth side. In six days lesn than a year lie would have chalked UP sevt.n .stw Year and two Christ? mas cel. brutiens to his credit. WcsAd's calendars In a Tangle. Ti.o voile's multiplicity of New . ? ;r Dgyc ard Chi :.>tmasti lee is due. to tho faci th.a our calendar is i J ':* an arbitrary device, The earth re? volves around the sun in M6.1422 days, which makes the true year a very odd measure of time. And It is a n.ost iP IllrtiU to OhOOOf a logical In t ? a- a j< i;? ?? 1 id the year to be o, eiigiUi) ai.u-. ... j lengths This has not only resulted In the years tfegrnning at different timed but has aii.o caused the times of beginning to vary in their relations c ope . n thcr from ear to year. It s as ihOUgJi a clock had half a aozen i :? i?iOr hands a.i moving around tue ?dial from cil'feren starting points, at ft i| eat speeds. "The n.o^t logical starting poinic tor tue gear WOUld seem lo be sum? mer and win .er solstic es and the spring and autumnal cqu'noxes; and all of them have been made to mark the beginnings of the years in some parte of tho world. The Gregorian calendar, that is now in use in the United, States and throughout most of the Christian world, la the Julian cal? endar sjlghtly modified, When Julius CaCggr caused it to be cons:ructecl, the beginning of the year, January 1, vsas placed BOven days after the win? ter tolstice, and not in conjunction \sith it as lo^ic WOUld seem to dle tato. The Julian year was made, by means of the 'loop year' device, 365.25 days long, which was an excess over the true year of 11 minutes and 11 seconds. This excess caused the nominal January 1 to creep gradual? ly farther and further beyond the winter solstice so that by the tlm? Of the Church Council of Nice in 225 it was eleven da ... beyond the solstice Instead ' i seven. New Year Day Moving Toward Sum? mer. "By the tim i of Pope Gregory's correction in 1682, January 1 was 2 \ days beyond the solstice and Christ? mas 14 beyond, if the calendar had rema ued uncorrected. New Year day wouldhave gone on creeping for? ward, Rret into spring then into eum mor, and finally completely around I the y< ar. "When the rorroctlon was made j the Calendar Was turned buck no: to I its original position4 In the time of ljullui Caesar, but to its place at the time Of the Conn il of Nice. Decem? ber 2o, which became Christmas, then toll four days after the winter solstice Instead of coinciding with it aa Julius Caesar Intended; while New Year Day woe eleven days beyond the solstice Instead of Caesar's almost equally arbitrary seven, The calen? dar Is now kept practically at its n i Ing place by the expo bent aillltg to add the extra h ap tar uuj ihre? limes in the course 4'ui years-?on the century years not divisible i y 400. The remaining error is so slight that. it would amount to little more than a day hi i oo.ouQ years, Grooks stick to Faulty Calendar, ' In the meantlmo, the countries in which the Greek Church is dominant have refused f> accept the Gregorian corrections and continue to use tin* Old Style or Julian calendar. The differ nee, which was ten daya in i ?' L\ ba? now increased to thirteen da e. viet Kus;ua has officially adopted the Glegorian calendar for civil pur? poi?es and tho same step ha* been ?Ml liik'n by mod of the Eaitie states undo up of territory of the former Russian empire. The Gregorian or New style* calendar uIho is coming UtO more general Use is Asia due to the commercial penetration of wco Lern countrlea Ai a result of the great war, dbreotly or Indirectly, tin world la now closer than at an: time in its history to having a single, astronomically correct system 01 measuring time." KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS TO INSTALL OFFICERS The following is a list of the offi? cers, who were elected nt a recent meeting of the K. pf p. to serve for the ensuing term In the Gamecock Lodge No. 17 Knights of Pythias. The annual Ins u'.latlon ceremonies will be held tills year at the lodge room on Monday night, January t. The officers- who are to lake their oath offfpfilce follow: C. C.--J. O. Harwick. V. C.?E. L. Brown. ' Prelate?C. P. Walsh. K. of Ii s.?It. B. Wilder. M. of F.?R. E. Wilder. M. A.?D, W. Cuttino, Jr. M. W.?lien Blovls. If. E.?J. A. Middleton. I ntCf Ou*. rd?J. A. Smith. '? n ; ard?M D. Werner. Marriage Idccirsee r.TarrlaSe licenses have 'been issued o the following Colored couples: .lames Spann of Dateell and Hattle Cdbbaga stalk of Bumter. James Walker and Martha A. Mil ef o Rembert. Ben Walker of Mayesvllle and Mat* tie Dwyer, of Bumter. .lames Yates and Jennie Carter of 0 wego, Wille McFadden and Zola May . rson of Brogdons. J. v.". Brunson and Carrie A. Y/or Icy of Bumter, (>:>.! Cu<r?t:t of Belgium Increased. Brittle Us, Dec. li?The pre-war ii*put pf Belgium was exceed < . rn during the The fa Ue Eddie Bit ken baker who has been making trouble In Flor la s a living example of the unpleas? antness generally caused by the turn B" extra ace.?Philadelphia h \m 1- n hat Denver sheriff i? not so bad. a lor all. He .Tets them and lose bei i. Our Sheriff doesn't get them at all ?Buffalo Express. MISSING BALLOON FOUND INCANADA r>ij? Bag Landed in Remote Ter? ritorv in Ontario Hockawny, \. ST., Jan. The miss- 1 Ins navy balloon, A-B6D8, landed 10 miles norihoaet of Moose Factory, Ontario, Deco ml* r 1 I, and the crea of three men is safe at Hudaon bay trading i??.^tt according a telegram received at the naval air station here tonight. The A-5698 left here shortly after noon Monday, December IS. No defi? nite destination was planned, hut tin wind blowing northwest Indicated a landing somewhere in Canada. With .lie exception of a report thai the balloon was seen passing over Wells, x. v., late that some night, no den nite word was. received here Of the ? progress of the flight. The balloon carried a crew of three men. Lieut. Walter limton of Calle Ha bor, x. Y., a pilot under Com? mander Alben C. Reed, on the xc-i's trans-Atlantic Might was In charge. His companions were Lieut a Stephen a. Farretl, a.line officer of this city, | and Louis a. Kloor, Jr., of New Or- i leans, naval reserve force, pilot. The three officers were supplied with nor ? mal rations for three days which would servo them for t<-n days In emergency. They pad furlined gar? ments and electrically heated warm era to make their voyage more com? fortable. Nmety-six hours after the balloon's departure, when fears w< re flrs felt for the safety of the eeroiusats, wire less stations anil forest rangers in northern N< w Kork and southeastern Canada were notified to be on the lookout for the balloon. A few days later two army air planes were sent from Mitchell field to Albany to begin an aeronautical search over the Adirondack moan Utlns. One of the machines met with a mishap on the night from Albany to Gienns Falls, thed- proposed baas n ? ? Ions. and the other con a ^...v aiS U i.o Were u",) prised of the Bight, first advanced the theory that the aeronauts had land< I in some remote section and probably would make the1.:- way to a lumber ?a mo or trading poet. ws o. the aeronuats safety was received in the following telegram from them from Mattlcc, Out.: Driven by storm Men day, 12-13, w st by north, at lower Hudson bay ?reed to land S p. m. 12-11. about HI ? Z^"* sW# Vi w 51 (ST* ff *jJUt?v*<a>"* Ic PEDIGREED h .in- <;f both 'i iUt.l \..i it :i?> <u rotton ?< (?,!. BREEDERS OF COTTON Ill-HIS Dtifft Carolina *9 $ Hi ten miles north by cart Of Moose Kacto.v, Oi>:ar:o latitude tongi n. i<> 81.o. i.-s- in forest tour days. ? r. w sat< at Hudson comiian ynoet. \\ ill |eav< on tlrsl available means Di' irannpor!: lion to raiaroad ertlich Is bj l< :.??;'< .1 ;..s.i w ill tnl<?- sboul nine fleya Leaving ><? Monday, Decent* ber 27." Moos; Factory, a here the .leitloon Iij del. la lo atcd on Jeines Hay at the niptitli " the Moose river and la eljoul 8 ? <? miles distant from New fori on a direct air Ijae. The place i.; a trading post and out-port <?.' the Hudson Bay company. Officers at the naval station to? night expressed the opinion that the balloon was protKibly wrecked. They pointed one thai although the erat I may have descended without dam* ace, after deflation the Wieda would navo lashed i: to pj ices against the trees ??t the northwoods. N?? att? mpts will be made to sal? vage the aircraft if intact, (be) mid, until spring when the snow disap? pears ,and traveling over the hasnrd ous trails hi comes sate Forn er Ka'srr Has Private Detective. Doom, Holland, Dec. II.?The former* German Rmperor WlQlem, has personally engaged a private de? tective lo !;>?? i> an eye on atratuters Id the village of Doom. This is in addi? tion to the srate police who guai I tbe Hoi Be ol ) ? >orn, los n< a home Now is a Rood time to buy and move I>es. 1 have some that I am willing lo se!! at reasonable prices. They are in improved hives, movable frames, and the bees all fight. There is nothing thai will pay more profit on the Investment, with as littie work, v- a hive of bees. If ycu want any rej a ring tc move the location of my apiary ind w ould like to dispose of what I h:;ve for sale before moving. N. G OSTEEN 320 W Hampton Ave., Or At The Item Office r Walsh Insurance Agency i SUCCESSORS TO CONSOLIDATED INSURANCE AGENCY Note Change of Name Thecr is no other change. The same quick, hones* ser vice in writing your Policies at the lowest possible rates ?the same satisfactory adjustment of Losses, and Quick Payment of Claims. No business allowed to remain in complete Overnight. Try us if you haven't done so and sec that our Service is Perfect. We represent twenty companies, among them are the largest and second largest in the business. With New Year's Greetings and Gratitude to our friends. WALSH INSURANCE AGENCY "We Insure Anything Against Everything"