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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-12-21
Weaver Station.

Other matters have claimed
our attention for some time,
which prevented us from gath
ering any items of news that
would be of general interest.
The Greenville Gravel Co. is
making some needed repairs and
arranging for the installation of
some new machinery at their
plant near here.
Sherman Koons, whose illness
we have mentioned from time to
time, died Sunday morning, De-
cember 10. The funeral took
place at Palestine, conducted by
Rev. c. Plack, pastor of Mt.
Zion church at this place. In
terment in Palestine cemetery.
The usual crowd went to Green
vile Saturday to do the weeks
shopping.
We are glad to note that our
Sunday school is improving in
interest and attendance. Rev.
wv. E. Michael, Township Super
'intendent of Teacher-training,fo
lNeave township. addressed the
school on that subject Sunday
morning a week, emphasizing the
Importance Of organizing a tea
cher-training class in order that
our Sunday schools may be sup
piled with trained teachers. We
hope to see the officers and schol-
ars cooperate with him in his
work.
W. B. Fellers and Charles Drill
each lost a horse week before
last.
Dec. IS. BUD.
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VOL. .so-EstabIishedi 1892.

be discouraged by the result.
There is always in demand work
for the cause of temperance, and
if the late defeat at the polls
will drive temperance advocates
back to moral and scientific eff
fort it will prove a blessing in
disguise. The moral forces ought
never be abandoned for more
law. Our temperance laws may
need some amendment and so do
our temperance advocates in be-
half of fellow-man.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-12-21
Wins Fight for Life.

It was a long and bloody bat.
tie for life that was waged by
James B. Mershon, of Newark,
N. j., of which he writes: Il
had lost much blood from lung
hemorrhages, and was very weak
and rundown. Foreight months
I was unable to work. Death
seemed close on my heels. when
| begap, three weeks ago, to use
DR.. Kings New Discovery. But
it has helped me greatly. 1t is
doing all that you claim" For
weak, sore lungs, obstinate
coughs. stubborn colds. hoarse-
ness, la grippe, asthma, hay-fe-
yer or any throat or lung trouble,
it's supreme. Soc and ST..
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed
by VIM. Kipp's Sons Co.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-12-21
Crop Conditions.

AhS NOlANAbAOh VI WAOoI 10 Ia
from satisfactory or encouraging
The extreme and long continue
wet wealth er has prevente,
growth, and the plant is now
very generally, weak and thin OF
the ground, and far from being
in proper condition for going int
winter. While there are some
fairly bright and healthy looking
fields, a great many are still bare
and some with no prospect of
life. The plant has gone back
13 per cent since the report of
| Nov ember /, and fly is now re-
ported from every county in the
state. except Ottawa, damage
ranging from to 16 per cent.
The average for the state is a
per cent. The present prospect
for the wheat harvest of 1912 is
quite disc ouraging and should the
winter be severe there will prob
ably be another reduction of
wheat area by plowing up in the
spring.
The corn product for 1910 as
returned by township assessors
was 1O5,512,245 bushels. The
estimated product for the pres
ent year as shown in this report
is 11O,618,9 956 bushels, an in
crease as compared with last year
of 5, LOG, I'll bushels. The esti-
mated average yield per acre is
35.9 9 bushels. Corn husking was
greatly retarded by the contin-
ued wet weather, and reports
are general of mold and rot. 1t
is estimated that 5 per cent of
the crop was put into silo. The
average date of cribbing was Oc-
tober 20.
Clover seed reported in many
sections as a complete failure.
The average yield per acre is re-
ported at 1.25 bushels.
Lack of killing frost in spring
and failure previous year, allow
ing good fruit bud development,
and increased interest in spray
ing, are responsible for large ap-
pie crop this year. Probable to-
tai yield compared with last year
165 per cent.
Tobacco production per acre is
estimated at 887 pounds.
Owing to high price of feed,
cattle have been sold off close.
Compared with an average the
number of cattle being fed for
spring markets is estimated at
SO per cent.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-12-21
CREENVILLE. OHIO, THURsDAY. DECEMBER q IeM
sus Ira E. Bickel; for divorce and
injunction.
REGISTER OF DEEDS.

injunction.
REGISTER OF DEEDS.
John Murphy to Ira Miller, lot
285 in Versailles, 5000.
G. W. Baker to Elizabeth
Bright, acre and SO rods in
Monroe township, $3.50.
Clifford L. Carpenter to Har-
vey j. Carpenter, undivided one
! half of 163 acres in German
township, $500.
John F. Maher to o. R. Krick-
enberger, part lot 7 in Green
vile, $4,000.
Sheriff to George F.. Myers,
part lot 65 and lot &C in Brad
ford, $4,000.
George F. Myers to l. B. Mil
Ter, part lot 65 and lot 66 in
Bradford, $4,000.
Greenville Gravel Co. to VIM. |
Patty and others, II and 285-
1000 acres in Neave township, |
$2O41.
John C. Burns, as Commits |
sioner, to Eliza Wright, II acre
in Adams township, $4OO.
B. F. Hart to Ida M. Wahl, lots
37O and 371 in Union City, $4,000. |
Purl l. Turner to John W. Far
abee, lots 2O9 and 21O in Union
City, $4,000.
Emma N. Smith to Jacob S.
Smith, quit claim to lots "a, 35,
36 and 81 in Bradford, 81 and
other consideration.
VIM. H. Coffman to Frank G.
Collins, lot 172 in Union City,
81 and other consideration.
W. R. Cox to P. H. Maher, lot
1866 in Greenville, $500.
Lewis Erisman to Frank Eris-
man, 5 acres in Adams town.
ship, $25OO.
0. E. Richardson to L. S. Beam,
part lot 27 in Rossburg, $1275.
Christian Appenzeller to Roy
E. Wilt, 10 and 32-1OO acres in
Butler township, $3.50.
John Fields to Ettie Fields, 3
acres in Wayne township, $500.
Elihu B. O. CIawson to Amir
eta Clawson, 80 acres in Brown
township, 81.
Elihu B. O. and Almiretta
Clawson to Henry A. Clawson, |
10 acres in Brown township, 5000. |
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-12-21
Washington Letter.

All the anti-Taft talk, whicI
was one of the features of tn,
hotel gatherings that preceded
the convening of the Republican
National committee, is traceablt
to the same sources.
A lavishly financed conspiracy
against President Taft has been
exposed. Hired as well as high
representatives of the trusts
which have offended the law
have been present in Washing
ton. Their allies from other
states arrived in Washington, as
one gentleman put it, "by way
of New York; Their mission
was to impress on the members
of the Republican National COM
mittee the necessity of changing
candidates, because Taft can't
be elected" They filled the ho-
tel lobbies with their buzzing.
They pressed their contentious
through the public prints.
Wherever anyone of these en-
issaries of Wall street spectators
came out into the open, he found
his Taft opponent ready to meet
him. The open work that was
done by them was of slight i'm
portance and was readily met.
Misrepresentation speedily en-
countered refutation. And the
underground work failed quite
as miserably, for it's impotency
was quickly manifested. 1t be-
came obvious that the hotel buzz
zing deprecatory of the Taft can
didacy emanated from but few
dry throats. 1t made not the
slightest impression on the vet
Grams that compose the Republi-
can National committee. A S
soon as the committee had the
opportunity to get together it
spoke out and it stood firm. 1t |
lined up to a man behind the
President and gave constructive
notice to the conspirators that
his rights would be respected and
protected. Newspapers that had
been misled by the re-echoing of
the conspirators' whispers, be-
gan to retract and explain. And
the sum total of result achieved
was to let the country know that
President Taft stood stout-heart-
ed to his task and that the COM
mittee, equally stout-hearted,
was prepared to hold up his
hands against those who would
band themselves together to Sc
cure revenge for men who could
not induce the President to vio-
late his oath to uphold the con-
stitution and the laws of the
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No. "a.
Nlnevah.

OF Wednesday. Not much do
ing out of doors, all are busy
stripping tobacco.
Clarence Unger is running his
tobacco box factory overtime to
keep up with the rush in bust
ness.
The stork passed by here last
week and left a girl baby at AL
bert Gains. Mother and babe
are doing we'll and Grandpa Paul
is stepping high.
Theodore Horner, one of the
carpenters at the church, in pla.
ming a window sash Wednesday,
in some way let it fall ard broke
the glass and in trying to catch
it cut his hand very badly, which
bled considerably and will lay
him off for a while.
James Marker and wife were
Greenville shoppers Wednesday.
Mr.. Fulton of Indianapolis was
here last week putting the fur
mace in the church. He worked
on the Panama Canal for four
years at one time.
The Sunday school here will be
given a treat next Sunday after
the morning exercises.
The old church not being in
shape to hold a crowd at an en-
tertainment, it was cut out for
this time.
The most of the carpet has
been purchased for the new
church and the ceiling is about
all frescoed.
In our judgment the people Of
Darke county, or those who vot-
ed wet, have taken a step back
ward by letting the saloons come
into our midst again. This should
not have been done.
W. O. Small and family took
dinner with P. H. Delk and fa-
mily Sunday.
The Van Buren, Township Sun
day School Convention was held
at Jaysville Sunday afternoon.
Hanford Honeyman of the
Beech was in this vicinity today
after calves.
W. G.. Ludy, wife and daught-
er Thelma, called on H. E. Wea-
yer and family Sunday after
noon.
Lloyd Eshleman and wife, nee
Edna Huston, who were married
a few weeks ago, have moved on
George Fourman's farm, near
Oakland school house. They had
for their guests Sunday, Clar-
ence Miller and wife, also recent
ly married.
We take this opportunity of
wishing the Editor and all of the
readers of the Journal a Happy
Christmas and a prosperous New
Year.
The little folks are all looking
for Santa Claus. This is the sea-
son of the year when it is the
custom to bestow gifts on one
another. Let your gift be some-
thing useful.
Dec. is. GAIL.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-12-21
Work Will Soon Start

after you take DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. and you'll quickly en-
Joy their fine results. Constipa-
ton and indigestion vanish and
fine appetite returns. They reg
ulate stomach, liver and bowels
and impart new strength and en-
ergy to the whole system. Try
them. Only 25c at VIM. Kipp's
Sons Co.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-12-21
Wet Again.
BYLEO.

.'r Dafk0 county NOISu W .SO wei a
gain by a majority of over six
hundred. Three years it had
been dry-not very dry. howev-
er, for the bootlegger was abroad
Why did the county change SO
quickly? And why have so ma
ny counties, that three years ago
voted out the saloon, this year
voted them in again?
We suppose that the real rea-
son lies in the ineffectiveness Of
local prohibition. The law could
stop the local and lawful selling
of intoxicants by closing the sa-
loon, which was done, but no law
can stop people from drinking if
the stuff can be had. It was
shipped into dry territory in
great abundance by the express
companies, and in other ways,
and therefore drinking continued
under the dry regime.
This convinced the average
citizen that county prohibition
was futile while liquor came in
in great quantities and people
kept on drinking. When county |
prohibition was voted in few
people thought of the various |
ways of getting the stuff, even
when there is no open saloon,
but in three years. experience
men had an eye opening. They |
concluded that if whisky drink
ing is to continue that better
have an open saloon under regu-
lation than concealed ones be-
yond control.
This is probably the principal
cause for the change. We hard
ly think that temperance is on
the wane. Generally, the people
of Darke county favor any and
all real temperance work, but
local prohibition did not work
out satisfactorily.
County prohibition can easily
be enforced in a county where
temperance people form the
great majority of the voters, but
where a county is about evenly /
divided enforcement is difficult.
Three years ago our majority in
favor of dry was something over
two hundred-too small for ef-
fective work, And. especially
when the countyseat and other
towns showed a majority in fav-
or of wet. No wonder that pro-
hibition was generally futile.
Another difficulty was the ease
whereby liquor could be procured
and the almost impossible task
of finding out where the intoxi- |
cants were to be had. There is
no law against shipping in the
stuff and no one could tell wheth-
er the purchased liquor was for
home use or for distribution. |
Before county prohibition will
prove effective a law must be |
made to prohibit shipping Of in
toxicants into dry territory.
How will matters go now? We
presume the liquor dealers will
have some care for a while to sell
within the law. The fear Of an
..other dry vote will have some
effect on their doings, but ere
long things will go the old ways.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-12-21

Mems and Boys Sweater Coats
SOC to $500 at
The PROGRESS.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-12-21

We've so many things that are
Just right for a Mans or a Boys
Christmas that there will not be
the slightest difficulty in making
a fine selection.
THE PROGRESS.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-12-21

Collars, Hosiery, Etc, ETC., Etc.
THE PROGRESS"
Broadway, opposite Court House.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-12-21

Cuff Buttons, Stick Pins, Links,
Watch Fobs, Pins, Tie Holders,
put up in sets in a Beautiful
Xmas Box; Combination Sets of
Suspenders, Carriers, Arm Bands,
Ties, &c. Prices, 25c to $1.50.
22w3 The PROGRESS.
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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-12-21
A Dreadful Wound

from a knife, gun, tin can, rusty
nail, fireworks, OF of any other
nature, demands prompt treat
tment with Bucklen's Arnica
Salye to prevent blood poison or
gangrene. It's the quickest.
isurest healer for all such wounds,
as also for Burns, Boils, Sores,
Skin EruptiOns, Eczema, Chap
ped Hands, Corns or Piles. 25c
lat VIM. Kipp's Sons Co.
h --e-s-s-
Mems and Boys Fancy and
White Shirts. Soc to $500.
The PROGRESS.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-12-21
COURT HOUSE NEWS.
PROBATE COURT.

First account filed in estate ot
George W. Monks, showing re
ceipts of $2291.76 and disburse
ments of $1675. .33.
Margaret ], Ruff was appoint.
ed Administrative of estate of D.
F. Ruff; bond $1,000.
Last will of Godfrey Heddrick
was filed for probate.
Petition to sell real estate filed
in estate Of John H. Houpt.
Final account filed in estate of
VIM. Bashore. showing receipts
Of $3.50 and disbursements of
$16.14.
Last will of Margaret Mohler
was filed for probate.
John G. Bayman was appoint
ed administrator of estate of Sa-
rah J. Bayman; bond $500.
Inventory filed in estate of
John Studabaker, showing per-
sonal property valued at $573. II.
John H. Martz was appointed
administrator of estate of Rob-
ert S. Milne; bond 500, 900.
Order of appraisement of real
estate issued in estate of Catha-
rine Shumaker.
Last will of Frances M. Har- |
nish was admitted to probate.
Account of final distribution |
filed in estate of C. w. Heironi- |
mus.
James H. Ardinger was ap-
pointed guardian of Walter E. |
Lutz; bond $1,000.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-12-21
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

M
Grover S. Martin, %, farmer,
Adams township, son of Eli May
tin, and Alice Miller, 10, Adams
township, daughter of David
Miller.
Edward Coleman, 26, farmer,
Ronney, Ind, son of George
Coleman, and Dora Dunn, %,
Union City, daughter of William
Dunn.
Elmer Hanes, "a, farmer, Twin
township, son of George Hanes,
and Onda Corwin, 20, Twin town
ship, daughter of Ed Corwin.
Ira Avra, %, farmer, Missis-
sinawa township, son of Albert
Avra, and Cora Hampshire, 18,
Mississinawa township, daught-
er of John Hampshire.
Frank H. Pickens, 25,. farmer,
New Madison, son of Robert
Pickens, and Sarah E. Wiley, %,
New Madison, daughter of f. G.
Wiley.
Erwin Mckay, 33, farmer,
Woodington, son of Wesley Nc,
Kay, and Margaret Martin, 80,
Washington township, daughter
of Hugh Martin,
Jacob G. Maurer, Sc, clerk,
Bradford, son of Henry Maurer,
and Mrs. Lydia Vandever, 40,
Bradford, daughter of John Mar
tin.
Chalmer Hangen, 25, railroad
employe, Arcanum, son of Philip
Hangen, and Goldie H. Fout, 21,
Arcanum, daughter of John Fout.
COMMON PLEAS COURT.
NEW CASES.
1908 Matte L. Clark versus
Arthur L. Clark; for divorce,
gross neglect charged.
1901. C. Spidel versus S.
G. Alexander and John Bolt; suit
for S1O5.25.
1910 = National Mausoleum
Co. versus J. H. Feltman; suit
for $3.50.
19711-John B. Begien versus
Caroline E. Begien; to set aside
, deed.
1912 Joseph B. Fleming yer
sus L. H. Dohme; suit for $238. 80
| 1918 Frank M. and Charlie,
E. Townsend versus Daniel S
Hime; for an accounting.
I 1914 Frances M. Bickel ver
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-27
"The Honorable Ferayv

AS long as the Vermont Anti-Sal-
Don League stands for Clarence j.
Ferguson, upholds his methods, or ex-
cuses them, and insists on his remain
ing in Office even when he is willing
to retire, just so long will the league
itself forfeit the good opinion IL
Graves and must have to do good
work. When influential pulpits are
closed against league speakers be
cause of dts attitude, il cannot be said
that the feeling against the league is
merely that OF the "rummy opposit-
ion" and must in no wise be recog-
nized Ferguson's latest attack on
Speaker Howe, the House committee
on temperance and the legislature
generally is quite worthy of its au-
thor for its mendacity, misrepresen-
tation and ill-merited abuse. II was
iittingly and completely answered in
these columns by Rev. j. Wesley Mil
Ter, the representative OF Bethel In
the House and Speaker Howe follows
with a cutting rejoinder in his OWL
paper. BY the way we note that Fer
guson is frequently advertised al
Honorable" which is in fair keep
ing with the disgusting self-concei
OF a small mind. He has no RICH
or claim TO the title. according to Gus
tom. but he swings il as a handle
or permits 1t to be swung-as Thenar
der did the Hero OF Waterloo. -
Randolph Herald and News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-27
The License Argument

Some OF our friends still persist in
adding together the vote for nolic-
ense in all the 246 towns In the state.
comparing IL with the total vote OF
the same towns for license, and then
proclaiming that the contrast shows
an overwhelming vote against the
present law. IL is strange how long
IL takes some people to understand
the local option principle. to appreci.
ate the fact that the annual vote un-
der the present law is 2i6 separate
tests of local public sentiment about
local conditions In 246 towns, and Is
not an expression OF public sentiment
upon statewide issue or general
principle. Many a man that votes
NO because he lives In n small town
would vote Yes" Il he lived in a
larger one. Many a man that votes
Yes In large town would vote
NO II he lived in smaller one
There is no conceivable way In which
these figures OF the yes" aud no"
votes in the 2i6 towns can be reduc-
ed to common denominator, and
because OF that, the totals cannot fair
ly be said to be reliable indications
OF prevailing public opinlon.-St Al
bans Messenger.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-27
Temperance

President Taft has done good
thing Tor the temperance people by
advocating total abstinence. In
recent letter. to be read to Sunday
schools. he expresses his opinion that
Intoxicating liquors should not be
used at all: and that any one who alb.
stains altogether from the use OF liQ.
uor avoids dangerous temptation.
He quotes Lincoln. who wrote n
pledge OF total abstinence for his boy
friends. Some OF us can remember
when this total abstinence principle
was Endorsed by President Jackson.
and Congress formed n total abstin.
ence society. We believe this is stlll
in existence. but how often the assoc.
iatlon holds meetings Is another Ques.
ton. President Taft tells us that to.
tai abstinence ought to become a ma.
tional principle His letter has been
read to three thousand Sunday
schools and is Endorsed by three thou.
sand Sunday school superintendent.
Il contains good philosophy. A calm
presentation OF total abstinence as the
only really safe principle Is we'll
worth the while and the president OF
the United States cannot do better
thing than to take the position of
leader-New York Independent.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-27

A penniless Scotch boy who came
to this country with no assets save
pluck, ambition and determination,
and in time came to be one OF the
best known merchants of southern
Vermont, president of bank and a
man of force and character in the
community was Alexander X. Richie,
whose death Bennington mourns to-
day. His death comes as a blow to
the community for he was man of
such activity. strength and virility
that. even with the knowledge that
he was seriously i'll, il was generally
believed that he would throw OFF the
disease. Mr. Richie was in every
respect self made man for there
are few boys who do not have oppor-
tunities equal or superior to his. An
incident of his career that is typical
as showing the stuff of which he was
made was the way he started his ap-
premiership in the dry goods bust
ness at Perth, Scotland. The pay he
got was too small to enable him to
board near his work so he walked
three miles back and forth to the
store in order 10 live within his
means. Few men in this section OF
the state were better known or have
made their impression more strongly
felt in the community.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-03-27
"rhe White Plague

A well-known University professor
of economics in recently published
article says: I'VE look with horror
on the black plague OF the Middle
Ages. That was but a passing cloud
compared with the white plague"
waste visitation of today" He fur
Their states that eight million of the
people living today in the United
States are doomed to die of tubercu-
losis, and that a like number from
pneumonia, unless this destructive
waste of human life and happiness is
vigorously combatted by public and
private safeguards. Individual ne.
glect of the early symptoms OF these
and other pulmonary disorders, is in
a large measure responsible for raw
ages of these, in many cases prevent.
able diseases The timely use OF
| Slrolin, the famous Swiss prescrip
ton, now being widely introduced in
this country, Will prove household
blessing in warding off the serious
consequences of sudden cold, oil
other acute congestions OF the throat
and lungs Sirolin is natural heal
ing and antiseptic agent, the active
principle of which is recognized by
the highest medical authorities, and
by this Swiss formula rendered agree
able to the taste safe and absolutely
free from any admixture of harmful
or habit-forming drugs.
1t Is handy home remedy for
coughs and colds and invaluable as a
preventive of consumption.