The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-11-13
Nearly so Per Cent Fail to
Secure Certificates.
FRANK W. MILLER REPORTS
State Official Unable to Assign Any
Reason for Reduction In the
Number of Applicants in
the Past Year.
D.A.DonoUan,
Special Columbus Correspondent.

N who apply to county boards
for teachers certificates do,not
receive them because of their
Inability to pass the examinations.
This is shown by reports compiled by
Frank w. Miller, state superintendent
of public instruction.
During the year ending Aug. 81 a
total of 36,623 men and women ap-
piled for certificates and 1906, near
ly one-half, we're rejected because of
failure in the prescribed tests. The
male applicants numbered 1913, with
5,249 reflections, and the female appli-
cants PATIO, with 11,S47 reflections.
The total number of certificates to
teach granted during the year was
1880, of which 6,653 were granted to
men and II, 1867 to women. There is a
pronounced falling off in the number
of certificates granted as compared
with the preceding year.
In 1912 the county boards granted
24,24S certificates, nearly 5000 more
than in the year just closed The
number of applicants in 1912 was
43,607, some 5000 more than in the
past year. There were 1852 rejec-
tions.
At the office of the superintendent
Of public instruction no reason could
be assigned for the reduction in the
number of applicants in the past year
from the number of the year before.
The county boards hold examina-
tions IL times a year, the first Satur-
day in the month being the time for
the examination. The total expenses
OF the county boards for the year
amounted to $55,O5O.
The state library is now in a posi-
tion to answer all kinds of questions,
Librarian ]. H. Newman having in
stalled a bureau of information for
such a purpose. A hundred times a
day a great variety of questions are
asked and this prompted the creation
of the bureau. 1--WE are prepared to
tell you the age of Adam, who stole
Emmeline Pankhurst's cat, the name
of the man who struck Billy Patter-
son and why is a suffraget," said Mr..
Newman.
Will Receive Large Sum.
Within the next few days the state
liquor license commission will be
more than half million dollars "to
the good" 1t will have received from
every licensed saloonkeeper in Ohio
the sum of $10O for the maintenance
of the saloon license department,
and since the number of licenses ex-
ceeds 5000 the revenue will be moth
ing to scoff at. The payment of the
$100 per saloon is, in fact, the first
money that the newly licensed saloon
keeper has to pay under the new
license system. His license fee of
$1,000 he pays in two installments,
the first before the end of this month
and the second in May.
Captured by Ruse.
Detectives bent upon the arrest here
Tuesday of man wanted for murder
used an unique ruse that was possible
only because it was election day. The
detectives knew that their quarry
was desperate and wouldn't submit to
arrest without a struggle. So they
called at his house in the guize OF
ward workers and urged him to hurry
out and vote. We'll take you in our
machine If you're ready" they said
The victim fell for" the ruse and
gladly accompanied them. He saw
the trick too late and fought viciously
but in vain. The man is Eliza Irwin
who was wanted in Huntington, w
Va, on the charge of numbering a
man for his money and throwing his
body in the river
New Pen Site Chosen.
Gov. Cox has just made definite an
nouncement of the selection, tentative
ly forecasted some time ago, that the
new penitentiary farm will be on a
tract of 1850 acres, known as the
Ellsworth farm, formerly the Thomas
farm, in Madison county. 1t lies along
the Big Four railroad and the Ohio
Traction Co. line and is within a halt
mile of the Pennsylvania railroad. It
is a we'll watered, fertile tract of land
Six hundred acres are virgin forest
which will furnish all the lumber
needed in building operations and
much will be used in manufacturing
office and school furniture for use oi
the state and it's subdivisions. There
is an abundance of sand, gravel and
clay from which the state will make
concrete, brick and tile. 1t is not far
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Say Coal Will Soar.
That there will be further advances
in the prices of coal Dec. /, just as a
rs cent ton increase was effective