The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-09-25

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Mr.. Maddox Is one of the members
of the state moving picture censorship
board.
thinks he has been rejected without
just cause, he has the right of appea
to the state board, which may, If il
chooses. reverse the finding of the
county board. The task confronting
the county boards is not an enviable
one. Just how to decide who should
and should not get license, in many in
stances, will be a difficult job. 1t will
be easy enough to refuse salooniSts
who have not obeyed the law, but the
trouble will be encountered in differ
entiating among those who have made
an honest effort to conduct their placeI
of business properly.
The only man who is pleased with
the situation is Wayne B. Wheeler
leader of the anti-saloon forces, who
| is delighted at the prospects of finish
| fight among the liquor forces. He said
the situation meant that applicants
will file charges and protests against
each other and that the situation may
develop into sharp war. His organi
zation, he said, is ready to file protests
! against scores of men who have ap
piled in all of the large cities.
Use Ohio Laws as Models.
The Ohio laws for licensing Of sta
tionary engineers and inspection OF
steam boilers are so we'll thought Of
by the stationary engineers of the
United States that they will use then
as models for similar laws which they
will try to get enacted in a number
of states which are without such meas
ures. This was decided upon at the
annual convention of the National AS
sociation of Stationary Engineers, JUS
ended at Springfield, Mass. The Ohio
laws are looked upon as being the bes
of the kind in the country. Charles II
Wirmel head of the two Department.
which enforce these laws, who was
delegate to the convention, for thu
third time was elected chairman of the
committee on laws. A boom has beel
started to land the convention for Co
lumbus two or three years hence.
was held here some Is or 16 years age
Puts Ban on Slit Skirt.
The ripple of excitement caused b.
the announcement at Delaware, o.
that the officials of Ohio Wesleyan uni
versity have put the ban on the sli
skirt is spreading rapidly. Agitation
| that the same ban be promulgated TO
the girls of other colleges and univer
stiles has resulted but thus far with in
different success. There are some re
formers in Columbus who are seekin!
to have Ohio State university follow
| the example of Ohio Wesleyan to tht
end that the puritanic dress modes 0
Yesterday may be made to live agail
among the state institutions hundreds
of girls, but the authorities are rayint
no great attention to the proposed SO
called reform. Usually the girls 0
| Ohio State are left free to follow thei
own desires as to social customs, ant
there never has been any great com
. plaint of their overstepping th
bounds.
Talks on Modern Auto Craze.
Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden's ad
dress asking the rich to slow down OF
their lavish spending of money and t.
think of the problems of the poor il
being copied by the newspapers al
over the country The Washington
sermon. probably the most striking
ever delivered by the widely know
! Ohio Congregational divine AYERS tn
modern auto craze eClipses the wantol
luxury of Rome's halcyon days. Her
is an excerpt of the sermon:
"A man spends $4,000 for cal
With the upkeep, the changing of moo
els, the roadhouse dinners and othe
attendant expenses it is reasonable t
suppose that he spends some $4,000
in a period of 10 years. Nothing ar
proximating the luxury Of the mOto
car has ever been seen, even in tn
days of Roman decadence. If three
fourths of the people who are en-
ployed in raising grains, vegetable
and fruits, in producing clothing, shoe
and houses, the prices of the neces
saries would not be so high
To Stem Av+o Death Tide.
Agitation for statewide regulatio
Of automobiles has been begun here
owing to the recent auto death tol
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