The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-07-30
Gettysburg.

Mesdames Jennie Spidel and
Mint Dershem, of the city, were
visitors here last Friday.
The Misses Fulkerson, visitors
at Ada for a week, returned home
last Saturday.
Clay Choate of Greenfield, Ind.
spent Sunday here with relatives.
H. M. Dershem and wife were
visitors at Ed Swinger's of Paint
er Creek yesterday.
It was with deep regret that
we learned of the sudden demise
of DR.. L. C. Anderson. A few
of our people attended the burial
today at Greenville.
Rev. L. E. Smith of the city
treated our people to a discussion
of the work of the Anti-Saloon
League. The Reverend is a for
chile speaker, presenting some
very cogent reasons why the sa-
loon ought to be suppressed. He
showed very clearly that missing
to get the $1,000 tax levied on the
saloon business would be no loss
at all, but an actual gain of sew
eral multiples of the tax by hav-
ing no saloon. 1t is a matter of |
easy arithmetic to figure the gain
upon the nOn-existence of the sa-
loon. Let there be some sound
thinking upon this question, and
see if it is not a matter of easy |
solution, No one would think it
good financiering to give two dol |
lars and get back one dollar. |
Rev. Smith demonstrated that it |
was not a matter of giving two
dollars and getting back one dol
lar, but it was giving several
times two dollars for one dollar
in suffering the saloon to exist |
for the sake Of getting the $1,000
tax levied on each saloon doing
business, and that demonstration
does not include one cent for the
moral injury done to individuals
and families. Rev. Smith dem
onstrated that there was no need
for the saloon and it's tolerance
rendered the community in which
it was allowed to exist particep
criminis in the ruin it wrought. |
Those who failed to be present
missed treat, not of the ardent,
but against it.
The Adams Township Sunday
School Association will meet in
convention next Sunday at two
O'Clock p. m. in our M. E. church.
An excellent program has been
prepared for the occasion, among |
which is docs Darke County |
Need Saloons" to be discussed by |
Rev. Brokaw of the M. E. church
of Greenville. We have the as
surance that this discussion will
be excellent. Let everybody at
tend and be educated on this i'm
portant subject.
The Adams Township Board OF
Education met here today, and
among other things completed
the hiring of teachers for the
township schools. Spencer StoItz
secured the last vacancy existing
in the schools of the township.
But the most important thing
done was the employment of
Prof J. S. Royer as superintend-
ent of the schools of the town.
ship for the year. This action
Will be approved by the people as
eminently fitting.
On last Saturday a Lecklider
reunion was held on the farm of |
Charles Lecklider at Horatio. |
About sixty persons, it is said,
were present and a good social
time was had, and an excellent
spread of good things was served
to the attendants and heartily
partaken of and relished. Mr..
E. Hershey and wife, an aged
couple, attended, riding there in
an automobile, and seemed to be
pleased with the sensation exper-
fenced in the ride. J. T. Leckli-
der. ESQ. of Indianapolis. was