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Show doubts the sincerity of the State legislature or Covernor Simon Bamberger, but there seems to be some unseen force working on the lower house to cause them "to take the action they did the other day. when they passed the e "prohibition bill with the commissioner Young State-wid' clause in it. It there wHs really any good reason for the commissioner we would not object to same, iut the law can be drawn in such a stringent manner that the sheriffs and other peace officers cannot get out of enforcing the law. If they do not the governor can call them before him and demand that they either perform their duty according to -timir riMih nf nffirr fr that tbty resign. In extreme case-. he can have them removed from office. On the 'other hand what guaratee have we that the prohibition commissioner and his deputies might not. turn tittle and decide to graft a little' and allow certain ones. to pass the booze out in some sections?. Should the commissioner prove unscrupulous in this particular there would be no higher authonfC: W peace officers will enforce this new law which should be em the1 edurts are-ba- ck tfiheyH to see that they do their duty or they can be called to task for same. ... The Democratic party of this State are pledged to an economy platform and if the commissioner clause is ac- ctpted as it now stands in the holise bifHt will mean that our platform is flung to the winds. Governor --Bamberger is sincere in his plans to remove the indebtedness from this, State, but this bill with the joker in it will abolish his plans- - completely. But our friends say we are pledged to prohibition first, last and all the time, buLwe are certainly Abolition of .Dish Towel Is Forbidden "by Traditions of "Good House- - ; to Indifferent keeping" Washing Machines. kNb one Women who "just love to "cook" often "j list hate to wash dishes." And uo nmn blames IheuV- Domestic science, teachers have new methods of dishwashing which are shorter and easier than "the way uiotlier Hid, but. really intelligent women fail to adopt them. There are no stronger -- luminn tradiiioaBltonl . The most sanitary way of washing dishes takes the fliKh towel out of the hotels kitchen. In t f anil .hospitals aie atet'itigttflSy- sleam and dried without handling. The nearest approach to this meth- to wash j od in the "average kitchen-Ithe dishes with plenty of clean hot i ma4ush-Jor-Stat- e 4n-o- ur ioose-our-reaso- tv -- That part ofjur platform pledge is VMe prohibition. sured lets ptct to be perputated in office. wa'ter and sonji, to rinse them with ttinnrjn edgjH in a wire basket, pour a kettle of boil ing water over them and set them j i aside to drain dry. Butihe feminist who abolishes the I dishcloth from her kitchen too frequently is sharply denounced by all the conscientious "good" housewives of her neighborhood. It takes a woman of courage and daring to adopt any innovation in do? mestlc management as opposed to iaJ tr berlted practice. It takes "a woman with the faith of Aladdin to buy a 'Small mangle which 4 will "do up" the bed linen and other Hat work of a week's wsash in 3t Wbmefc thinliuUiddln credulous This acrather than iiiiagiiiative. counts for their indifference to wash- ing machines which, loosen the dirt ly steam instead of hand Tubbing, and to vacuum cleaners vvTircTT 'colle.cF the redi. dent sweeping process. " '"Hut labor-savinmachines. cost, too inuch," explains the housekeeper. On the other hand, It may be argued devices which will that labor-savin- g wear ten years cost less than Presses g THE PRESIDENFS MESSAGE. of-th- The Columbia, even with its large' seating capacity, will be unable to u commodate the immense crowds that will see 1in ' ac- TT 1 1 1 ! it yv;'.:... I 5 - dust- - from carpets instead 'of President iavoringjL As we read the message e league of nations to maintain peacfirfe are overcome with 4 '4 Thrills in 5 Parts d , as- A Selig Play of s very-tringeiitra- not -- going-to The Country GotfForgdt"- - di.-h-es of-th- nd p tlrose whteh govern "good housekeejF " -- S ' ,' - . -- Presents Tom Santshi In S. & A. ft -- dis wMea-m4f-be--fn- rtf-f carded-i- . n three months ; ami "that the use of such conveniences will do away All-St- ar 300 1 Vitagraphr Cast People 1 r $ j Featuring 1 600 and Earl Williams P Scenes 1 J I tlM'feelf-qeated'HHiaid-aUoget- message certainly-take- s rank side the ith' messageformer PidentMonroe -- statesmanlike when inced his famous doctrine for the new world, and also the w'th emancipation proclamation of Lincoln. Eventually -- therCTftte-aTc same great service our courts perform for individuals. But the working out of the plan may require much.time and it will come step by step instead of being suddenly, thrust upon the world. This is, indeed, the most daring enterprise of sta tesmanship in the history of civilization. As an intellectual feat it is among individuis an e less than of rulers for it ti nations, nothing al's attempt to fix the terms upon which the world shall be reconstructed and operated. Although the President offers his plan as the spokesman of the nation, it is manifest that trie plan isJiis, however insinuatingly Jhe may suggest that he is merely voicing the principles upon which our government is founded and the sentiment and views of our people regarding the war Down deep, the. disturbing thing is not militarism or -- ffavalism, but the selfishness,, the clannishnesa. which makes . German territory exclusively German; British jurisdication wholly British, etc., and ignores human rights regardless ' : of country. . A German colony should be open to all peopleTon the same terms of equality given to Germans.- - British lands should welcome the German, thf. Frenchman, the American - with the same open arms extended to the Englishman. JThe--- " prime purpose should be home buikiingIf that were the and colonizing would have inspiring motive, of the na attradions for thO : would disappear. past " " It is the narrowness 'of : race which : has brought - the calamity of war upon the worlds Here are a few expressions from other newspapers of rte.: The Springfield Republican says:. j "In the stateliness of its expression, as well as in the' elevation of itshought and the grandeur of its theme, the President's address is one of the most notable in the history of modern statesmanship.".. ; . . . lL An impartial opinion is found in the St. Louis Globe-. Democrat, which says : "President- -- W llson's addresstoTthe senatewsssrc extraordinary evntr amazing in its suddenness spectacular in g, disquieting in its potentialities, admirable in its purposes It is either a monumental mistake or an act tf at will fill a glowing page in history. -- It is likely'to be c instrued as an appeal in behalf of the Teutonic powers, almost-unparallel- ed - -- . land-grabbi- ng -- . . 4, . V"'-- - " its-settin- althoughtJsladdMssejLtaJMt closely the uncompromising declaration of the allies .that it can hardly be considered less than a reproof of the' " st verity of their demands." Secretary Bryn glares the league would involve us in the quarrels, of Europe, that our army and navy would hi put at the service of thelnternational council controlling tl.fi league and that the international counciljyouldbejeon trolled by the European powers. In that case our army and ravy would be directed by the powers of Europe, . P. 1 Many people would like to choke the weather man who prophesied more cold weather. His prophecy , will not &f-- Z feet the weather, so why be so mean? er by enabling the housewife to do her own work. 'This will soon bejhe only solution of the servant probleni If manufacturing conditions continue to attract woman's labor to the shop and factory: Of reourse "saving herself by any process, has never been part of the average woman's theory of duty. Un-- 1 less she can complain every Jiight that TStatiairTrfnWseTf ' oQtTrPtBe serv ice of her dear ones, she feels that she has" somehow failed as a wife and mother. TJiisr too, is &n "old lamp" which ought to be swapped for a new one. Atlanta Journal, Radio Picks Up Australia. From the huge federal wireless tdw ers a wireless record, the second within a week and wnicu wTnrstandTotirini the tiistory . of radio telegraphy, was mude recently. Messages weresent across 4.4G8 and 4,546 miles ot ocean space to the Uners Sonoma .and Ventura, between Pago l'agoQjdaeyustraljjiFor more, than I M Photoplay which will he on theUboards at Eight-Ac- t JlheMupendous, . . i t 1 1 1 1 1 1 popular ineaire jor ine one aay . thisfflI M S Friday Jan. 26, Matinee and Night Mat. 4 c p.m 1 m -5c- Night -lQc. ' 'V-- Pallas 7:30-9:3- 0, , 5 ;.: 7 I 10c-15- ! F, Vivian Martin In Pictures-Present- s U i - half ad hour the shore operator .and the operators on the two vessels conversed, exchanging the news of the day and making rec Lords of the weather both here and In the waters In which the liners were located. Through the messages came back and forth clear and-truu?--- ' x k few da jn before the local Marconi operator was able to converse with a Japanese government - station near Yokohama, and a regular service' bfr tween the Is soon to be Installed. San. Francisco Bulletin, r an original and sympathetic photoplay that leads through a adventure and romance to paths of true happiness. route of 1 zig-za- g 0! ' e. ni-- i- . The-LisleBaiLm k mm u two-station- s Country Lowest Death Rate. The lowest death rate on record for the registration area of the United States Is shown In the 1915 figures Just compiled by ,theL United States bureau of. the: census.'. This rate Is 13.5 per 1,000 estimated population. It was based on "009,155 deaths returned from .25 states (In one of which,. North Carolina, only municipalities of 1,000 popu latlon and over In 1010 were Included) therplstrlct of Columbia and Jljcitles tff nonregistration states. The total population of this area In 1915 was estimated at 67337,000, or 67.1 per cent of the total estimated population of the United States. , The most favorable year prior to 1915 was J914, for which the rate was 13.6 tt was markedly lower than the aver age rateJortheJBie-yea- r period 1901 to 1905, which was 16.2. Ni - . , Homes for Rural Teachers. Though the Idea Is apparently new to this country, it has long been the eustom In England, the Scandinavian eountriejs, Germany, France, Denmark indTSwltierland to furnish xesjdences for the teachers who are employed by . same school. . The teacheiV cottages greatlr . lata the 4evlopmeat -- Hal-cen- ter 1 MTO 11 11 in i BrrDametlfehman-Present- tzs Tn s 11 mi 1 ii IV li iif y rwi '' -' Sipiiprli mm 1 : ; ill n m ind lead, 16 the use of the schoolhouse for many community purposes. The oolnon9 thus becomes a continuous ly operativ plan for better citizen ship. rriiwtin iiiwi B- . : fairy tale v wfflfjs i . .. j' j ' 1 U i . 1 fa :' ln7iparls, in whkh she appeared , fbflwo ycan at Winlhtop Ames Little Theatre, .NewYorf( . Niy Advarice4n-Pric- e 0 III1 ,".MrtA UMITt" . :'! '.-- .TU |