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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07

Search the lives of the men who have made
history of the men who have achieved true great
ness who have won fame, who have acquired
wealth.
The vast majority of them were married. OF
these the greater part married young. Their
wives instead of Transforming themselves into
shapely but heavy millstones and dangling about
the CALLED necks of their liege lords, have, in
nine cases out Of ten, done more than all other
Influences combined to crown their husbands
lives with success. Nearly all great who
have been married would confess they owed much
of their fame wealth to their wives.
There are, of course, obstacles to happiness in
married life. So also are there reefs and shoals
in the Atlantic. But the sailor does not for that
reason become andsman. He studies the shoals
and learns to avoid them The pitfalls in matri-
lnony can far easily be studied and avoided
by any couple possessed of moderate degree
of sense.
My belief. from observation, is that rs out of
100 marriages are happy, and that not more than
five out of that number are unhappy.
Apart from love itself there is a companionship
in married life that draws closer and more beau
tifu as the years go by.
During my last visit to Europe met distin-
guished man who expressed the deepest interest
in our country.
why do you not visit us, them" / asked him,
"if you have so kindly feeling for America and
Americans"
Because" he replied, simply, my wife could
not stand the voyage, and l would not for any
personal or selfish reason be responsible for one
days separation from her"
The couple had been married 40 years.
Again, many man maid postpones marriage
because in neither's heart has dawned that won
derful creation of the novelist known as "love
at first sight"
This is a mistake. Propinquity is the most
powerful factor in making two hearts beat as
one.
Many women form their ideals of husband
on novels and plays. Disusionment is bound to
follow They find that the once idealized husband
is only a common mortal without even pin
feather on his shoulder blade. Then the wife feels
she has been deceived. So she has. But by her.
self; not by her husband. '.
Another grievous blow to many a wife is that
her husband does not always remain her lover.
She forgets that he is toiling every day for her
welfare as lover would toll. She forgets also
the wide difference between masculine and femi-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
Mather Bill Defeated.

Columbus, O-Because the house of
representatives would not incorporate
an amendment providing that persons
or firms doing banking business in
Ohio should submit 10 state inspection
the friends of this proposition defeat
ed the Mather bill relative to the regu-
lating of the use of fictitious names in
business transactions. This measure,
which has passed the senate, sought
TO eliminate fly-by-night concerns by
requiring the registering of all ftcti-
tious partnerships with the county re-
cOrder.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
HIS CAPITAL
Found After Hager's Death To BE
Over Half a Million.

Youngstown, O.-After James Hager.
who lived at Manchester, Tenn, as
poor man, died here, March 20, at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Ross, who
thought him penniless, his executor
found that he was worth half a million
dollars. He had S1,50O in gold in his
trunk, with bank books showing de-
posits of $4,000. Securities and prop
critics will bring up the amount to
$5O0,O0O. Before the war he is said
to have accumulated fortune in Mex
leo, and, after a short time spent in
New York, he became incensed at the
action of q negro, and sent close to
hundred thousand dollars to the south
ern cause. He afterward bought a
farm near Manchester, and lived there
until he came here.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07

better of the argument. At the close
of the discussion the three judges
who had been selected held a brief
consultation, and decided in favor of
the negative.
why did you decide against us?"
subsequently asked one of the dis
putants. you know we presented
good arguments, while the other fel
lows didn't show any"
"That's all right" answered the
judge to whom this question was ad.
dressed, "but two of us had just
bought expensive copies of The
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
Good Roads Movement.

The good roads movement has
taken firm hold in the agricultural
sections of the middle west. Good
roads mean savings aggregating mil
lions of dollars yearly to the farmers,
and to the merchants of the towns as
well. The prize-ofFering for sections
of road leading into towns is a stimu
liant, and once interest is thoroughly
aroused the work demonstrates the
benefits to be had, and there is little
trouble in having the highways kept
I'D to a high standard.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
Wind Saved Village.

Bridgeport, O.-Fire destroyed the
general store of F, S. Johnson, at Pas
co, four miles west of here, and burned
the residence of c. H. Quinby and dam-
aged the residence of F. S. Johnson.
Owing to lack of fire fighting facilities
the flames did much damage before
gotten under control. But for favora-
BILE wind, which beat the fire back, the
town would have been destroyed. The
loss is estimated at $4,000, partially
insured
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07

Columbus, O.-Gov. Harris approvct
the action of the state board of par.
dons in the recommendation of com.
mutation of the sentence of Harry Ma.
pleson, of Cleveland, now doing life
sentence for murder, to 20 years. In
his statement the governor is of the
opinion that had not MapIeson pleaded
guilty to murder in the second degree
there was a doubt if he could have
been convicted of crime greater than
manslaughter. Mapleson will apply
for a parole.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
RESUME OF THE SESSION.
Much Important Legislation Enacted
Over 1000 Bills Offered.

Columbus, O.-The gavel fell on the
second session of the 77th general as
sembly, the recess to continue until
Saturday, May 8, when the details OF
the session, the signing of the enrolled
bills by the president of the senate and
the speaker of the house, will be con-
cluded.
The second session of the assembly
convened on Monday, January 6, and
has been constructively in session one
hundred and sixteen days.
In that time there were introduced
in the senate 324 bills, and in the house
ESQ.
The record now closed will show
that of the numerous recommendations
made by Gov. Harris to the general as
sembly, in his message on January 9.
all have been substantially enacted
into laws.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
OF INTEREST TO THE JUDGES.

The debate was fierce and prolonged,
but, as frequently happens in such
cases, the disputants on one eide had
informed themselves thoroughly, while
the others. relying upon their having
the popular side of the controversy,
depended solely on their oratory
Hence the "Baconians," having learned
all that could be said in favor Of their
contention, made really very plaus.
ible case and had decidedly much the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
BURGLARS TOOLS
Found on the Man Who Aroused Con-
ductor's Suspicion.

Norwalk, O.-Keen perception on the
part of Conductor Thomas on the S.,
n. & M. electric line was the means
of the capture of Tom Brannon, want
ed for attempting to blow up the safe
in Carter's jewelry store at New Lon
don. Three men were routed by the
night watchman, who fired four loads
from his shotgun. Brannon and one of
his pals boarded Thomas car in the
country. Their appearance and actions
aroused the conductors suspicious and
when he arrived in town ne notified
Sheriff Snyder Brannon was nabbed
just as he was boarding another car.
Nitroglycerin fuses, caps, burglars
tools and an ugly looking revolver were
found on Brannon when searched, and
he had several gunshot wounds in the
back of his head and neck. The pal"
escaped
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07

lSyNNTAH HOW 40 you Ike matlmOnN! l
ESS@zs asked.
AA lam utterly wretched" she replied
| asked her why.
Because did not try it sooner"
And that speech of hers, frivolous as it may
appear, sounded the keynote of the marrying
question far more truly and reSonantly than could
the sneeTing epigrams of world full of cyncs
bear unqualified testimony to the fact that
the man who passes his life in what is mscalled
single blessedness has missed most of ife's
pleasures
Life at 20--even at 30--may seem pleasant
enough to without a wife to share its
triumphs and failures. The world is Young. There
is much to distract and amuse. Home perhaps
seems "a place 30 go when all the other places
are closed" Friends are plentiful: relatives and
Immediate family are about him.
But when man reaches middle or old age?
Friends are not so many perhaps disin-
tcrested as at 20. Oldtime pleasures lack their
Z"st.
Blessed, thrice blessed. then, is the man who
has home, wife and children to that last
stage of lifes long climb Most miserable of NOR
tails is he who must look forward to a lovelesS
aud lonely old age.
AnneXing wife and family in youth is merely
a higher and wiser form of putting money in
bank No other investment yields such interest
in later years.
Let a man marry just as soon as he sup
port wife. The youth who puts off this great
step in order that he may search through the
world for affinity" is foolish In the search
he is more than liable to pass by his true affinity"
and to choose at last wife whom no stretch of
imagination could twist into an affinity for any
one The traditional man who wandered for days
through forest looking for material for cane
and who at last picked up a crooked stick, was
fortunate If that crooked stick did not turn out
10 be snake
is just as likely to hit upon his ideal
early i'll life later My advice, then as
the supposititious mans lawyer, is: Don't wait"
Marriage halves ones privileges and doubles
ones troubles is an idiotic saw probably invented
by a bachelor. There is too much talk of this
sort. Men speak of matrimony as milestone
tied about the neck of youth. The lives of the
worlds most successful men give the lie to this
faiIacy. t.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
Power of the Home Press.

One of the most powerful influences
Of the country is the home press. the
local papers. The editor can, do Inuch
for his town If he only will, and il
he receives the support that he merits
from the business interests of. the
place where he may reside. His in.
terests are the peoples interests; the
peoples success his success
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07

N%EI[ acquainted WIN every lIem vi Ch0A
-=S9S@s=z real life, their surroundings their vi
cissitudes, than anyone could possibly
be who did not go into their homes and live with
them their daily life.
Marriage conditions among the poor have
formed the theme of much of my personal re-
search and of many of the reports made to me.
1t is one of the great-one of the very great and
very grave-questions of the day.
Marriage among the rich may mean any one
of many things. 1t may mean social or fnan.
cal advancement; it may be mere matter OF
convenience; it may be the outcome of idleness
and prOpinquity.
But marriage among the poor is the most
cogent means Of reform. By making marriage
universally possible among those who are not
blessed with abundance of this worlds goods
the most deadly blow imaginable would be dealt
10 vice. The greatest step would by such means
be taken toward vices utter elimination.
Marriage is an honorable estate" and mot to
be entered into lightly" But, too often, under
present conditions the poor man cannot afford
10 enter into it at all Yet he, perhaps far oftener
than his wealthier brother, recognizes the hon
Orable' condition of that estate"
say this advisedy. Among the poor infdelity
is far less frequent than among the rich. The
poor man and his wife hold the marriage relation
more sacred than do those of greater worldly
wealth.
1t is therefore dOubly unfortunate that class
so worthy of the blessings of matrimOny should
ne so frequently debarred from those blessings:
that the people who maintain the sanctity Of the
marriage tie and who, moreover, bring up larger
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
Esov Senate Bill Passed,

Columbus, O.-The Espy senate bill,
allowing county boards of examiners
to renew school certificates at their
option without re-examination Of the
teachers, passed. An amendment
makes a certificate issued in one coun-
ty good in any county Of the state.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
Col. AmmeI To Retire.

Columbus, O.-Col. C. S. Ammel.
commanding officer Of the Fourth regi-
ment, o. N. G., has filed his request
with Maj. Gen. John C. Speaks to be
placed on the retired list of the Ohio
National Guard, and has relinquished
his command of the regiment.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
Miss Hall Wins Suit.

Columbus, O.-Miss Annie S. Hall.
of Cincinnati, daughter of the Arctic
explorer, won her suit against her
brother, c. w. F. Hall, in the supreme
court, the decision of the lower courts
being reversed by that court. The
suit grows out of a bitter quarrel over
the settlement of the estate of their
father.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
For Extending canada's Trade

A special commissioner sent over
by the British board of trade to find
means of extending Canada's trade
with England reports, says Consul.
General Bradley, Of Montreal, that 1872
of the leading manufacturing firms in
the United States have operating
branches in Canada, and that from
$25.000,000 to $75,O00,000 of American
capital is invested in Montreal alone.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
Schedule Filled.

Norwalk, O.-Trustees Gallup and
Barnes have filed their schedule OF liza
bilities of the defunct Ohio. Trust Co.
The total liabilities are given as $31l.-
1850. The appraised assets are SAT-
646.OS The depositors of the bank
number about 1000.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
Back To First Owners.

Columbus, O-The Toledo & Ohio
Central Railway Co. relinquished con-
troll and operation of the Marietta,
Cleveland & Columbus railway and tine
line was turned back to the original
owners. Failure of the owners to im-
prove the property is given as the
cause for the Ohio Central's action.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
Toledo Horseshoers Out.

Toledo, O-Because the proprietors
of horseshoeing shops in the city d.
cided to use only machine-made shoes
hereafter, SO union horseshoerS, repre-.
senting Is shops, quit work, refusing
to handle machine-made goods. The
open shop policy was adopted by 10
shODS
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
Judue shauck Retires.

Columbus, O.-Judge John A. ShaucR
retired as chief justice of the supreme
court after a continuous service OF
three years, and was succeeded by
Judge ]. l. Price, who, by virtue of the
proposed West law, is enabled to, as.
sumo the position of chief Justice.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
Agricultural Board Assured.

Columbus, O-The house committee
on agriculture capitulated. and the re-
organization of the state board of agri-
culture passed the house, with parts
incorporated by the senate and taken
out by the house committee replaced
and other strong features added.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07

families as a rule than DO persons better able to
afford to do so, should be forced to remain single
while men and women whose marriages Of
no advantage to the community nor to posterity
may wed at will.
Conditions among the poor are in many cases
such that the rearing and the keeping together
of family are rendered impossible. On every
had the poor mans efforts to establish and
maintain the sacred relations of matrimony are
discouraged.
How, for instance, poor take to HIM
self wife when the cost of living is so high that
he can barely support life in himself? How can
he ask woman to share his lot when he knows
he may at any time be thrown out of work and
perhaps be obliged to watch her starve? How
can rear family when the chances may
be all against his being able to maintain it? For
mal cannot maintain family when he has no
work. The sight of a starving wife and children
has driven many man to desperation-even to
crime.
Yet it is the right of the poor to have home.
With them that right is as inalienable and per-
haps more precious than with the rich. And So
cial conditions should be so arranged as to allow
the poor to escape from the burden of vice
through the blessed bonds of matrimOny. These
conditions, which are rendering marriage among
the poor more and more impossible, are every
day bringing more and more sin into the world.
maintain most strongly that there is a remedy
Tor VICE ana tnaC remedy consists In making
marriage possible among the poor and in provid-
ing for such people a home.
In this country, it is true, there is brighter
side to the question than in Europe as may be
proved from statistics
In London out of every 1000 manageable per-
sons 729 are unmarried. More generally speaking,
less than One-third of the marrageable population
of London (he largest city of the world) enter
the state of matrimOny. More than two.thirds are
single. The conditions for marriage there are all
against the poor and woman. They may fall
in love as utterly could any millionaire, but
the gates of the Eden of matrmony are closed
against them and guarded by the flaming sword
of poverty They may sigh for marriage but
they realize that such a luxury is far and away
above their means.
In this country the marriage statistics are al.
most exactly the opposite of Londons. Here about
two-thirds of the manageable population are
married. leaving barely third unwed
The explanation of this difference between the
two countries is, of course, easy to find 1t con-
sists in the better wages the increased chances
for work, the general conditions which prevail
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
All over the state.

Columbus, O.-Reports received here
Indicate that the snowstorm prevailed
practically throughout the state. Pros
poets of bumper crop have gone glim-
mering. The early gardens have suf-
fered heavily and thousands Of shade
trees have been ruined.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
Sultana Survivors.

Sandusky, O.-The twenty-ninth IN.
nual reunion of the National Sultana
Survivors association was held at tho
Soldiers home. S. H. Radebaugh, of
Fremont, was reelected colonel; VIM.
Flies, of Marion, lieutenant colonel.
and A. w. King, of Defiance, major.
The next reunion will be held in Find
lay in April. 1909.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
Hand Torn Off BY Bomb Explosion.

7aho iorh UT ny Somp explosion
Cincinnati-A bomb was exploded in
the front door of the Phoenix club.
The explosion occurred just as Fran1
8ueget, the night bartender, was leav,
ing. AS he opened the door there was
4 deafening report and he was hurled
several feet. His left hand was torn
away and the hallway was spattered
with blood. The cause of the outrage
is a mystery.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
100000 For Ohio COLLEGE.

Springfield, O.-President Heckert,
of Wittenberg college, announced that
John w. Bookwalter has given the col
lege $4,000. This makes 100000 Sc
cured by President Heckert for the col
lege during the last five years.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
Barn Burned ey NIGHT Riders

West Milton. O.-The tobacco barn
belonging to Ora McCarth was burned
almost to the ground. The fire is sup
posed to have been the work Of night
riders. Loss is $4,000 to SIT, 5,0O0.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
Ihey Were Concerned in Authorship
of shakespeare's Work.

The question for discussion before
the debating society that had met in
The little schoolhouse belonging to Dis
trict No. Is was this: Resolved
That the works published under the
name OF William Shakespeare were
really written by Lord Bacon"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07

Works of William Shakespeare that
cost us SIS. Do you suppose We were
going to acknowledge that Shake
speare didn't write em?"-Youths
Companion.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
Fruit Trees Crushed.

GAINESVILLE, O.-One of the heaviest
snowstorms Of the season fell here.
Telegraph and telephone service was
paralyzed. street cars were put out OF
business periodically and hundreds OF
dollars worth of fruit trees crushed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
Church to Re RuiIt Of Paper.

Paris is to have a new church
made entirely of paper, rendered im-
permeable by means Of coating of
quicklime mixed with curdled milk
and white of egg. 1t will accommo-
date 1000 people.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
Auto Bill Is Passed.

Columbus, O.-The Ward automobile
bill passed the house IA to 6, with only
one important amendment, which Is
that person injured by an automobile
may sue in the county In which the In
fury occurred.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
Thev'll Return.

Findlay, O.-Tnspired by the glorious
advantages of the west, as pictured
in advertisements, Frank Tarbox,
Charley Purdy and William WiseIey,
all 12 years old. are missing. It is
known they have S1S together.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
Martial Law a Possibility.

Columbus, O.-The state authorities
are considering the plan Of declaring
martial law in the Burley tobacco dis
trict of Ohio in order to protect the
people from the night riders who make
frequent dashes from Kentucky.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
FOREIGNERS Demand Free Food,

Niles, O.-One hundred and fifty ur-
employed foreigners caused small
riot in the business district by making
demonstrations in saloons where they
had previously spent their money,
claiming they were starving and de-
manding food. Police restored order.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07
A Handicap Now.

What sort of telescope do you use for seeing
things on Mars?" The eminent astronomer habitu.
ated to scanning the heavens at magazine space
rates, stayed his pen but an instant. Il have
learned" he replied, mot to rely on any telescope
The best of them badly hampers the play of the
imagination"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-05-07

ECENrLH a young lady who had just
come back from a months honey
moon called on me.
How do you like matrimony?" l
asked.
81 am utterly Wrpt ched" she reDIicd