The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-10-16
DOCTOR ASKS SI2O,
HUBBY THEN BALKS
Physician Who Saved WOm-
ans Life Sues.
WINS CASE IN THE COURTS
Wife of Hooking County Man Tries
to End Her Mortal Existence
by sIashina Throat From
Ear to Eear.
D. A. DONOVAN.
Special Columbus Correspondent.
Columbus Ohio

Special Columbus Correspondent.
Columbus, Ohio.
wF mans wife tries to commit
suicide and he calls in a physi-
clan, who saves here life, is $l2O
too much for his services? Such
q question was raised in a case just
passed upon by the court, and the
ruling was that such a fee was not
excessive. The wife of Charles Will
liams of Gore, Hooking county, tried
to end her mortal existence by slash
ing her throat from ear to ear, and
she nearly succeeded. DR.. c. A. Bar
rows of New Straitsville was sum-
moned to attend her and she recov-
cred. Her husband thought 500 was
enough to compensate the doctor, and
he refused to pay more. The physi-
clan sued for $50 more, and the courts
have decided in his favor.
Can't Be Sold in Open Market.
Road making material produced by
convicts cannot be sold in the open
market. This is what Attorney Cen
eral Hogan holds in a ruling given to
the state board of administration.
This, in effect, declares invalid the
law enacted some years ago which
authorized the board of managers OF
the penitentiary, since superseded by
the administration board, to employ
convicts in the operation OF stone
crushing plant and sell the material
in open market. The ruling is that
the new constitution annuls this act,
Treasurer Calls for Funds.
State Treasurer Brennan 10 writing
county treasurers, advising them
that all funds in their possession
which were collected under the old
| blind pension act, which was re-
| pealed by the new blind commission
act passed by the legislature this
year, must be sent to the state treas
ury. These funds will be merged
with the money to be available for
distribution for the blind by the new
commission.
Ball In Penitentiary.
| "A Udll lo W Dc GINSll ttI tllS pShlISA'
tiary. This exclusive function will be
held in the female department on
Halloween. There will be 38 debu
tantes present, and they will all be
from Warden Thomas registered, list
of guests. 1t will hardly be in the
nature of coming out party, but il
will be some smart affair, all right
The ball will be strictly for the
ladies" "One-Eyed" Connolly, "Gyp
the Bloke," Light Fingered Jack
and other we'll known strong arm mel
of the penitentiary will not be per
mitted to attend the function. The
women prisoners begged the wardel
to allow them to have the dance, anC
he consented. However, the tango
bunny hug, grizzly bear will b.
tabooed. These modern examples o
terpsichorean art might shock thu
women inmates of the penitentiary, 81
they will not be allowed. This will
be the first time the penitentiary will
be the scene Of a ball.
Wheat Crop Good.
This years splendid wheat crol
will atone for the failure of the frui
crop. According to the report of thu
state agricultural commission tn
wheat output for 1913 will be nearl,
three times as great as that Of 1912
The yield aggregates 27,297 ,457, or l
bushels to the acre. The oat crol
was also very large, the output bein
close to 45,000,000 bushels. The III
dications are that there will be
corn crop of S3 per cent of an avel
age. The late frosts in the sprin
ruined the fruit crop.
Mustn't Hunt on Sunday.
In revising the game laws this yea
the legislature forgot to specify tina
squirrel could not be hunted on SUI
day. But this is not fatal omi'
sion. If any one hunts these frisk
little animals on the Sabbath he wi
,un up against the law providin
punishment for desecration of tn
day. And Chief Game Warden job
G. Speaks says that he will invok
the aid of this law if there is an
disposition on the part of hunters
try to bag squirrels on Sunday.
Case of Spotted Fever.
A new case of spotted fever" ha
been reported to the state board {
health. 1t developed in the family {
a farmer named Bout of near Gan
bier, Knox county, and caused tn
death of his four-year.old son. TIL
is one Of tn, deadliest diseases tn;
there are.
marrying Parson" Near Death.
Rev. S. X. King of Columbus, know
as the marrying parson," who hs
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