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The Abbeville Press and BanneJ $1.50 A YEAR ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1915. ESTABLISHED INAUGURAL OF GOV.] i Mr. President, Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the Qeneral Assembly: In assuming the duties of governor I am mindful of the responsibilities of the position. I invoke Divine guidance and earnestly pray that wisdom, courage and strength" may be given me to see clearly and to do justly in all that may come to me as duty. Under our form of government we c," have, the executive, legislative and judicial branches each separate and distinct from the other, and each a check on the other. The governor of the state is at the head of the executive branch. It is his duty to enforce the laws as they stand on the statute boks. It is not his prerogative to decide whether a law is wise, or best suited to a community, but he is to see to it that the law Is obeyed. '. I have faith in our people; I believe that they want the laws enforced, and their conscience is awakened on this subject. The watchword of my campaign last Summer was the enforcement of the law. I now declare afresh my purpose to carry out in good faith, this pledge. I believe in home rule? ' local self-government, and I expect every one who Is charged with enforcement of law to do his duty. My ? ' : .v ... I X ' *, i* ' ' | % '' ,/ ^gSBBfi j>#i I x ^ f . HON. RICHARD I . _ - ., Governor or 8 desire is that In each community the laws shall be enforced by the local authorities. I take this, the very first occasion, to say to these authorities that I stand ready and eager to co operate with them in this work, and that they may be assured of- my aid with every available lawful means to attain thi? object Let me add another word, not as a threat, but as a waraiig^ - if In any community the lawful authorities fail tor enforce the laws, it will- then be ray duty to see that the laws are obeyed. This I In v tOliU vv UV? V The constitution provides that the governor' maj^ make such recommendation to^'the general assembly as, in his / judgment, are good and proper. The time, has pome' when we have to meet new conditions; we are living in a time of change and progress. This condition^ves us new problems to solve?ne? difficulties to meet. We ^ are to be congratulated in having at k/v the head of the natioir a man of great discernment, courage and ability, who is dealing with national questions I lTf statesmanlike way. May I - hope that we will seek inspiration - /from that example to deal with r.- 2 state questions with wisdom and courage. " . ,.y We are progressive Democrats and we must have the courage to do justly is^ to each and every class of our citi\t It ronii1r#?s legislation # fiCUO) vrvu u A V ? j hitherto untried by us. Primary Election Law. In my judgment, the people of this state, regardless' of party, owe a debt of gratitude to the last state convention of the Democratic party for adopting rules and regulations governing the primary elections. It Is due ' to the members of that convention to say that the apprehensions of those who opposed personal enrollment # were not Justified, and that personal \ enrollment, together with the publicity "V- given to the rolls of the clubs, saved ' v us from irregularities, and charges [? oT fraud. So far as I know, the last primary election was one in which the - will of the people was honestly expressed -by their ballots, and these w>re fairly counted. I recommend, therefore, that your honorable" body shallfenact into law for primary elec? tlonfl such provisions as controlled the mst Democratic primary election, in order that in all primary elections, each and every man entitled by law to Vote, shall hare the right and op? >1 """'r'-.'. T."*T!' ADDRESS 1 R. I. MANNING portunity to Tote once and tha/t no man shall be allowed to vote more than once. <Education. It is gratifying to know the progress we are making in education; it is ' even more gratifying to realize that ; our people are aroused to its paraj mount importance; that they are determined that the children of our state shall be educated. This is manifested in the spirit of self-help, and each year sees a substantial increase in the number of school districts that tax themselves for school purposes. Our institutions of higher learning have shown steady growth and are doing splendid work. We must provide liberally for their support so that their growth and development can be maintained. But the fact stares us in the face that we are in a period of general business, depression and we must jealously consider every item of expenditure, to save the people from unnecessary buYden. I suggest, therefore, that at this time we should not undertake any enlargement of these plants or any unnecessary expenses. Notwithstanding the progress we arfe making in educational facilities j ana tne general awakening mat no# . ?< " \ ' ' v h'W??p'. h ^ OTm, v kSfiE EVING MANNING UAII^VI r*nt?AliTl O 9VUHU vai uuiia I come to us, we must frankly admit that we are still far short of the position we should occupy in the work of education. It stands to our shame that the percentage of illiteracy ~?<iong our citizens is so great;. This stain "must be- wiped out; and to'do this, we must tax .ourselves liberally for the public schools, in order that their usefulness may be increased, and that the opportunity for education may be given to all of our boys and girls. We must encourage the spirit of selfhelp and every district should first impose, a local tax by the vote of its resident voters before receiving state aid. Yet, the IV .? IV~ , V, 1 ! ? _tll 51UWLU l/L LUC puuiiv; OgUU49 Win uo determined largely by the amount of state aid. Weak country schools must be helped and every community must be encouraged to have at least a seven months' term, and 'no teacher should be required to teach more than fifty pupils. Slhe state cannot have an educated and efficient citizenship unless it extends help to weak and undeveloped districts. Any community voting a liberal tax and enrolling forty or fifty children, should be assured of adequate educational facilities. It is the duty of the state to make up deficiencies In such > districts. The right-thinking people of South Carolina will stand for this expenditure of public money and will indorse the position that we cannot spend public money better than In educating the citizen. The people realize and demand that the shame of illiteracy must be blotted out from us forever. 'Mill Town Schools.The problem of -publjc schools In manufacturing centred and mill towns demands attention and study. The state cannot longer overlook the needs of children in such communities and should encourage the spirit of self-help and public responsibility that will bring substantial and marked results In public education, civic 'growth and community cooperation and development. I reoommend that the state department of education be given such additional help In its force*, that will enable It to do in mill schools what has been done so effectively in high sohools and rural schools. Attendance. As soon as ample school facilities shlall havo been provided, the welfare of rnir people demands that our children shall be required to attend the ' i %. ; iv ;.. ' schools. The policy of the state Is to educate all the people at the expense f all the people for the welfare of all the people. I recommend, therefore, the enactment of a compulsory attendance law with local option feature. We must strive to bring each and every community to the point of having school facilities; and, wherever these facilities are acquired, to require school attendance. Picture to yourselves what it would mean to South Carolina if all of her citizens were educated, and for the attainment of this object we give our best and unfaltering effort. Child Labor. I recommend, as a companion act to the compulsory attendance law with local option feature, that you will amend the law on child^abor by raising the age limit from twelve to fourteen years., Taxation and Assessment. We all agree that change is needed in our tax laws. We have, in the past, given more attention to appropriations than to revenue. We must increase our revenue or decrease our expenditures in order to stop the evergrowing deficiency. The reports of the departments reveal the fact that {here is now a large accumulated deficiency that must be provided for. Assessments are now unequal and unI just. Much property escapes taxation; different classes of property are assessed at different percentages of their value. Increased expenditures for- educational and charitable instituiwaII rtm ATflMlllflfl in \ivut3r /OO ncii no mwoaoou ? the judicial department, necessitate the deviBing of progressive and more modern methods of raising revenue. I would therefore recommend that a tax commission be created to examine into this subject and suggest a bill embodying a plan of revision of our tax laws. In order to acquaint this commission with existing conditions, the duties now imposed upon the state Board of Equalization and the State Board of Assessors, should be devolved upon it Supervision of the enforcement of existing tax laws, should be given, temporarily at -least, to 1Jiis commission, with power to equalize the assessed valuation of property between county and county and between tax district and tax district, Incruas tag or decreasing assessed valuation, may be found necessary- Aiinual appropriations should be made by the legislature for Btate, county, and school purposes.and the tax commission should be authorized to impose such levy upon the assessed valuation of property, -when ascertained by It, as will raise the amount necessary to meet the appropriations made by the legislature. 'The method of taxation, the levying of the burden so as to secure justice between the tax payers, is of as great importance as the fixing of the appropriations by the legislature. In this connection, as there is now In force a Federal tax on income, and as the operation of the present state income tax has been so ineffectual In obtaining true and just returns thus. Increasing rather than decreasing the inequalities of taxation I recommend the repeal of the state law taxing incomes. < ' 1 ' .* i Workmen's Compensation Act. I realize the hardships and delays and the frequent miscarriage of justice In suits for cl&mages tor- bodily injury. Damage suits intensify bitf Ann a# j/v/^1 ZMM ici ucos ui ltroiurg utjt'wetsji eiiipiuyer and employee without #a satisfying and just settlement between them. Frequently a hardship Is Imposed upon the employer; and just as Irequnetly injustice and unnecessary deJays in settlement of these eases tire I imposed upon the employee. I recommend the appointment of a commission to study this question and to report %y bill or otherwise to the legislature to convene in 1916, a measure that will bring relief to plaintiffs and defandanta, by a workmens' compensation .act. Land Registration. The delay in congressional action, on the establishment of a rural credit system, makes it necessary for us to* look to ourselves for help in this matter. As the first -and necessary step towards the development of such a system, I recommend the enact jueiii oi a lauu r^giairauon act mat will guarantee ttt% and fix boundary lines. This would. enable the laudowner to obtain loans on his real property with as little trouble and expense as he is now able to do 011 his personal property, by removing the necessity of repeated examinations of title. This Is a necessary step before vre can provide a system of land banks for rural credits. I deem these measures important, if properly planned and safe-guarded, in order to increase tbe number of home owners in the country and towns, and to furnish means for improvment of rural homes and the conditions of life in the country. Ownership of home means permanency of tenure; permanency of tenure means improvement of conditions of life and surroundings. If every farmer owned his .piace ana uvea upon u. me promeioa of rural life woul^ automatically solve themselves; Isolation removed, homes would be more comfortable; there would be better churches, better schools, better roads, and community life more attractive. I realize that this may be classed as progressive legislation, and we have limited preced-' ence for it in the country, dating back only to 1910. I do not advise these land banks as state Institutions, but that they should be developed .by in-' dependent organizations under state supervision, \ Fertilizer?, Under existing laws regulating the manufacture and sale of commercial fertilizers, our fanners have not adeI y > * *' . v> \ -r V }V*> <;iuate protection, nor do they y< lnow what iniErredients in fertilize! sire best udefied to their lands, an what Ingredients should ho a vol do IPhis matter should be considered wH great care; the interest of the fart ?r who is the consumer, as well c the interest of the honest maqufaotu r, should be carefully guarded, would recommend, therefore, the cr ation of a commission to consist < representatives of the fertilizer d paitment at Glemson College, of fa mers, and of representaliies of tl manufacturers, "to revise oir^ fertlli er laws and to. report by bill to tl next siission ol the legislature. Auditing. I reoommeml that all etete lnstit iSons should l>e examined and a counts audited, regularly. I sugj;e that you devolve this duty upon ti state l>ank examiner, and give thi depiirtment the necessary addition force to enable it to do this work tlio ooghly and effectively. I re<x>mmen<l the enactment oi!low providing fo rthe n?e<lical lnspe tion of pupils in the public school under the supervision ol! the etai board of health in co-ope ration ^ri1 the state boarl of education, an with due proviEiion for thu protect of the pupils. Penal and Charitable InstttutlonB. ' * It seems to me that It would ^ wise to consider our penal and cfaai ts.ble problems as a whole. There a lack of co-ortilna&on in the ayttiei ol! management of the state pebfttt tl iry, abate hospital, reformatory, Ji.il chainganga anil alms houses of tt state, counties and cdties. We shad develop our thumanltarioa under) al inga. In this wortc. we have the' a am pies of othor smtes, notably VJ ginia, illustrating what may be a dtanplished by having a stata board < charities. I y ?commend, therefor that yon consider the. advfciability < establishing, In this state, eueh board, lor, though the proposition ii vojves iin evpendtture eacli, year, ] this work is piopprly done, It woiid moan greater eoonomy and efficienc in thesei institutions. National Guard. ' I favor a strong, well-m aintaiue< well-disciplined National* Guard, a& urge that adequate appropriation b made for ft, to make it on eoectiv factor lit the state government. Sout Carolina must have an efficient aad ? MailAnfll Annr/l I will,, at a later date, submit tc your consideration, by special met eage, eugestkras relating to tha eta/t Institutions, especially the Hospits for (he Insane, to whlcb I am deTotin special consideration. I will also communicate with 70 later, on the subject of roads,; tbe Coi federate Home, the Confederate ve erans, and the neads of the ftfaite boar of health; also <the Leirer hfll, cattl tick eradication, and other subject pertaining to the interest of on people. Permit me to remind yon thai ir are face -to face with a situation t business for which we have no prw edfent. The European war has clecu ly shown how closely allfcd and k terlocked are the interesta of the ns tiona of the world. The geneie shrinkage In values and in bualnet:f has added greatly to Che anxieties cares, and suffering of cdl our pecpk and lias greatly increased' the nuii: ber of tho8e. without employment Under these conditions, we must, <i: the o:ae hand, jealously guard the ?i pendfcurea of tho public moneys; ha on the other, wo ahould 'be -slow i atop public work that la deeirablc whilch would farther increase th number of the unemployed. The tint is propitious for'the state and corn ties to undertake carefully conducts work on the public highways. Tiii would accomplieli a greatly needo improvement and would give emploj ment to many wtio have no means ? making a living. It {s not a time fo us to be discouraged and to look u only the depression around us. If w think that condi t;ioas now are grui some, pause for a moment and ooi: alder the conditions under which w labored In the sixties and early seve;: ties. Faith and hard work brougli us through these trials, and I am och: ftdent that solf-rollance and raeourcfulness will dominate and :tmprov this situatior. With self-deal iL, wit economy, with energy and courag we will meet our difficulties bravel and we will work out our sal vat lor and will bring about a restoration c business and enterprise to a norma condition. Let me urge you to bea in mind these xl!a:ts; and let us urg you to that cool consideration of a] matters that will bring you bo really that economy .t oes not <jonstltut merely in cutting off Items in the ai propriation bill, but rather In seoln that the peoples' money is judlciout ly spent and that for eveiT apprt praition the atato' will receive a ful and adequate return. Conclusion. In conclusion; permit a personal refer ence. , From my earliest youth the am bition to te the governor of South Caro llna has filled my breast. To sAleve m: state is my ardent deslre-^-to Joiin all oth er painouc ciiizoiib in uio eiiun w u their service and help In the upbuildln of her resources and in the character c her citizenship. I appeal to all citixen to Join me In the determination to plac and to keep South Carolina In the fore front amorg her sliter states in progresi in moral tone, and in an enlightened am educated citizenship. I am confident tha I voice the desire of a large majorlt of South Carolinians when I urge ou people now to turn their hacks on pas factional bitterness: and dissension, t look forward, turning their facen reso lutely to the future. The vision oif a poo pie reunited must be kept befors us; i people determined to take advantage a the resources which God hab put wlthl: our grasp, to dev&lop these rtoources to buiki up our waste places; to dlverslf our crops and induiitrles; to educite am uplift cur citizenship, and to .that end pray that <5od may itfve to me an 1 you. i wise and understanding heart, that w may be able to discern the evil ft tun th good, and tihat He may give us tta splrl to thinlc, to say anc to do such tt ingv a are light, and that His blessing mar b upon uii In our effoi-ts to serve our * Quiet Around SejssensE i May Be Storm ' ? Prelude r I London, Jan. 18.?The German of:>f ficial report's omission of reference to tJ] ?" Soissons, the scene of the recent r- e< ia marked German success, and the J. French statement that there has been ^ I* no change in that region lead to the ^ belief that the renewal of the violent struggle is impending ,the tem- ^ c. porary quiet being due to the fact rt that neither side cares to risk an of- ^ ie tensive in the present circumstances. At widely separated points elser fc where in the West there have been v- p< eneaeements. but the weather aeain a Is playing an important part. The storm in Belgiam prevents operations ^ except artillery duels, and snow in ^ jj the Vosges at the other extremity of ^ the line makes manoeuvres exceeding? ly difficult. 1 In the Argonne. however, fighting 21( _ is almost continuous and each side W ^ ' Q( u. claims minor successes. For the time ? ' * . di fa being the Germans seefa to be more i . ' iyI m on. the offensive than the defensive. B" The German reports -of all the East- . ern operations are brief, but those id from the West are more in detail, e? It- and it is believed the Russians again ai *- menace East Prussia and Posen. r* The Tprks, according to reports; ^ ^ have been dealt another staggering lo blow after their determined stand In to >f the snow at Kara Urgan 'in the Cau- rc a casuB. " They are fighting rear guard le ?! actions but are being -pressed... back T IW : t ' ot in' disorder toward Erzerum. y The Turkish garrison at Adrlanople w the partial withdrawal of wtifch was previously reported, has * now com+ pletely withdrawn, according to an ^ q Athens- dispatch, which'gives no ex- *n o planatlon. tb 11 The tiondon papers print a forecast ?1 l' appearing In the Paris Figaro ' tllat e; )r Italy, Greece, / Rottmania and rc j-. garla will join the allies, but there,Is <o nothing more definite relative to this fr ^ turn of affairs than there was a fort- ? g night ago. W ??. t Extra Commnhlcatlon. t- ro (j There will be an extra communication! of Clinton Lodce No. 8. A. P. M., at 7j8d _ o'clock Thursday evening, January. 21fet. ^ . Third degree. By order of the Worship- ,W( ful Master. < Cf Otto Bristow, Secretary. . pe a ; mi 2- List of Prize Winners. . 1 m r" The Merchants Co-operative Contest l" came to a close last Saturday nightx.abd 20 l" the'.following Is av list of those winning ll prizes and the number of votes they re?f ceived:! ' ' ' Se [' Miss Elizabeth MqCord 6,618,195 Mrs. J. E.;Whlte.............. 8J>47,365 Ca t- Hiss Eliza Lindsay 1,711,500. t. Mrs. "V5T-E. Owen 1,628,115 ?* Q Abbeville Fire Department... 1,278,740 >- Of the other contestants, Mrs. Lewis i0 it Perrin received 1,138,495, a?d the U. D. C.'s ^ t received 1,259,705 votes. Each of theothers received less than a million votes. ev e s Sfl ? MEETING OP THE U. D.C.'S l- ' . d' ~ B The regular monthly meeting of the d U. D. C.'s was held at the home of r' Mrs C. C. Gambrell Tuesday afternoon * Jan. 12th, at 4 o'clock.'The president, T* J Mrs. Lucy Thomson, being absent, the 0< e vice-president, Mrs. Gambrell, presid- de 3- ed. The minotes were read by the l* secretary and approved. A report from pr ? the treasurer was heard, this report ut I* . < Uo ^ stated that all obligations for the past i' year, 1914, had been met and a small of '> sum left on hands. - w< x ; _ ? Arrangements for memorial exer- co B p* a dses were discussed and. the Chapter 1 A y decided to again offer two medals, one i, to the boy, and one to the girl, having p0 * the best essay on some subject ,to be 1,1 suggested by a committee consisting tn' I of Mrs. C. C. Gambrell, Misses Kate II Marshall and Mae Robertson. e A letter was read by Mrs. Gambrell 0 from- Miss Earl, State President U. D. re; g C.'s, requesting the Chapter to sign a m< petition asking the delegation from sp >- Abbeville county to the Legislature to ^ 11 vote for a bill which is to come before tei the House this session, to the pur- wc - pose - of instituting a circulating li- c1' _ orary. y I rei This year the chapter is taking up J! historic subjects and members who 1 J wish, volunteer to write on them, and ? others join in the general discussion. j, The* Idea being to cause the members no t to make extended research concern- E w ho 7r ing matters of local historic interest. t A poem was read by Mrs. R. E. Hill. O fl'| During the social half hour, Miss a Renwick, of Roanoke, Va., sang severn al selections, accompanied on the ll piano by Miss Fannie Harris, which P 5 were gretly enjoyed. 6 . Delicious refreshments of chocolate e and cakes-were served by the hostess ' * assisted by her young daughter, Miss till Elizabeth, and Miss Georgia Edwards, Br ' sister of Mrs. Gambreli. , da * - . / > '' V earthquake Stricken District Beginaiif to Help Itself . V Rome, Jan. 18.?The uninjured is te earthquake zone gradually pre.relining their composure and lending d to volunter workers, in'an enjaveor to ameliorate conditions in ie ruined towns. Food supplies and clothing haye 3en distributed nearly everywhere id huts are being constructed for mporary housing of the homeless. Work in the ruins is being carried rward as speedily as possible. Many Arsons were rescued alive today in umerous towns from beneath the r ' : ? t 1 ibris of fallen buildings, where-the; id lain without food or water for six lys. Nineteen were taken alive'from ie ruins of Avezzano today, six, unart ..' '. It still is impossible to state with jcuracy the number of lives lost' 01 > more than estimate the monetary image. One - unofficial estimate laces the property loss at above >0,000,000. Relief subscriptions are being raisl throughout Italy and, the people *e responding generously. The king Fain has gone Into the stricken reon. Queen Heleha today sent a trainad of provisions and other supplies ?. the ruined town. Members. of the >yal. family, high'officials and leading gialators are engaged in relief work, homas Nelson Page, the American nbassador, was. among those who ent to the. earthquake region to^ay distribute relief, stores. At Avezzano all the dogsvhave been ilea Because mey7 nave ueen pruwig in the ruins among the bodies' of ie dead. In some Instances wolves e said to be so vicious that they ren attacked automobiles on the >ads.* ' A dispatch to the Giornale dltaila on Citta Ducale, in the region ol ngolano, reports 150 persons were Jled and many injured by the earth lock. At Borgo Collefegato a numir.of bodies were taken from the tins. v.k- \y The Tribuna says Salmqoa. Castro ueva, a town of .500 inhabitants as destroyed and that the town of inlstro also was wiped out Sixty irsons were attending mass at, the oment^ of the qpftke there and 60 rekin under the ruins of the church. Victims at Capletrello number abotit Or : > Rome observatory officials say the ismic activity Is dlmlnlshing,The Idea Nazionale says the techqi* 1 commission has found that ~ the I- t ' th block of the column of Marcus irelius Antonius on the Piazza Conna was displaced about'four inches. le stability of the monument, hower, is understood not to have been fected. * pmC LEAGUE MEETING. . The regular monthly meeting of the vie Club was held at the club r6om lursday afternoon, Jan. 14th at 4 ;lock. The meeting was called to orr by the President, Mrs. ?m P. eene. Rev. H. W. Pratt lead in ayer. After the reading of the mines by the secretary, a report was ard from the treasury. The month January being devoted to juvenile >rk, a report was heard from this mmittee, consisting of Mrs. W, R. adley, Mrs. M. T. Coleman and Mrs M. Stone, which committee rerted that a "Camp Fide Girls" club d been organized with Mrs. Colem a sthelr leader, and that steps ;re being taken to organize a Boy out club. Rev. Pratt was asked to make some marks concerning the Boy Scout >vement Mr. Pratt thought this a lendid organization and was glad at the Civic Club had taken the matr in charge, and hoped that they >uld be successful In organizing a lb. v Mr. Williamson also made a few marks on the subject, stating that a young boys of the town were anxis for such a club. Mrs. Coleman as chairman on ecomlcs had on exhibition twelve tempig plates gotten up by the girls In J r cooking school. At each meeting the civic club these young ladles 11 have on exhibition a different mu. During the social hour hot choco;e and cakes were served by Mrs. J. .Bradley and Miss Maggie Brooks. - . t ' 'TtTAQTWP MTNTV' ft HDlendid Die re in five parts, featuring Edmund esse, will be the big picture for Friy nig&t. Don't miss it 8 reels in all. The Water. j| fa "" points and the estBbllBmtf^nrt./^ Th ^1 waited ' ^the l "Home Sweet Home," a maste^eg|| I with six reels of heart appeal; and vital thrill, with 25 pick of the world,.will W ISH ture at the Opera House . Sat^HI night. Don't miss this wonderful pic- .^OMj ture. 9 reels in all. ^ Mfl Olympia Candy Kitchen. Nick Kapetanakos and Grigorloog Veffl-^^^H etsankas, of Columbia, now pwn the 01ym-f$3HB pia Candy Kitchen, formerly operated N. G. Meros, and with their families have moved to Abbeville. They are well known < and endorscd'by Steve G. Parthemos, and we are sure that with Steve's assistance fl they will become good citizens. They will appreciate a part of your patronage. , 3 On Friday night at the Opera House Jesse L. Laskey presents Edmund. Breese, the eminent star in the blfttnjHH "--A J? limit Ui illLLtttlVJ uiuuuci uyift " Mind," with 212 scejies, in five parts 1 will be the feature picture. 8 reels. ' -yjjjSM "George" Now at Hot Hostler. ;l Mr. Geo. C. Gambrell, who has been tile J9H efficient and popular book-keeper forMr/'j^^B W. A. Calvert, has resigned that position*J5| and is now manager of the Hot Hustler . . IH Kacket, where he will be pleased to see bis 91 many'friends. A look at the attractive 'M display of goods in the show windows will that the old adage MA new broom sweepii clean" is true in this case, for he.haa'-^MI slashed prices on every artiole In the jstore; "Home Sweet Home," a six reel ; J drama, starring 26 of the world's beat'^jJ actors and actresses, will be the feat' j3H ure picture for Saturday night, alsf ' ' a splendid drama, "The Exposiure" a : ,<fl| newspaper adventure starring Irene . Hunt, 9 reels in all.