The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-10-08
NEWS CULLED
IN THE CAPITAL
WHAT LEGISLATORS ARE DO
ING AND OTHER HAPPENINGS
Registrations Heavy.

/ tically all or the places In ONO
where annual registration prevails
indicates a lively popular interest
in the coming election. Thursday
was the first day of the four regular
registration days that are provided for
by law for the larger municipalities,
and in nearly every instance last
years record and the record of two
years ago were broken by the showing
made. In many quarters the seeming
increase of public interest is at
ributed to the influence of the spirited
wet and dry fight which has been pre-
cipitated and which now is reaching
its most interesting and spectacular
stage. In other circles, although the
temperance fight is given some credit
for the active interest being shown, it
is held that the public keenness is the
result of the active campaigning that
is being done by the candidates and
to the vital nature of the various is
sues involved in the general fight.
Anyway it is interesting for the stu
dent of public affairs to reflect that
even in the face of the European war,
which is monopolizing newspaper
space and clamoring for public atten-
tion, the importance of the campaign
is not being lost upon the people of
Ohio. OF course there are few cities
which report slight or normal registra-
tion for the first days showing, but
the contrary reports are so numerous
that an especially heavy vote is fore
cast for Nov 3.
Has UnenviabIe Distinction.
The unenviable distinction of having
than any other county is held by Ham,
ilton county, which has 1877 of it's citi-
zens incarcerated there. Cuyahoga
county is second with 169 and Frank
lin third with 1863. Lucas with SO and
Summit with So are the next in order
Two counties have no prisoners in the
big prison, Morgan and Delaware.
These counties are dry. For a number
of years Logan county was without a
single representative in the peniten-
tiary but year ago bad man from
Cincinnati showed up in the county,
committed a felony and was sent to
the penitentiary. In eXculpation of
this the residents point out that he
man was not a citizen of the county,
not having been there long enough to
get legal residence.
viii Fight Picture Show Tax.
The Ohio Motion Picture Exhibitors
league, according to M. A. Neff of Co
lumbus, the president, will fight the
picture show war tax in the emergency
tax bill now before the United States
senate for concurrence on the ground
that it is class legislation" Neff says
that this tax would cost the exhibitors
of the nation $1,200,O0O, of which
100000 would fall upon the Ohio ex-
hibitors. He said that a suit to have
the tax declared unconstitutional
would be brought Immediately after
the bill had been signed by the presi-
dent.
Gambling Cause Of Downfall.
Many things are taught at college,
but the art of gambling usually does
not appear in the curriculum. But
now there comes forward a young de-
falcating bank teller testifying in his
confession of theft that gambling was
the cause of his downfall and that he
got his first lessons in college. The
teller in question has Just been ar
rested in Ohio's capital. He has stolen
nearly $4,000. Every cent of it went
in gambling, he says. my first gam
bling experiences were in college,
where we played 25-cent limit poker"
his confession says. The college he
mentions happens to be an Ohio insti-
tuition, too. But, of course, this is not
of the institution in question. Doubt
less the gaming that went on was not
known to the authorities. But 1t does
go to show how such little thing as
an innocent college game may bring
disaster overwhelmingly. 1t shows
also how diversified are the possibili-
ties of some colleges in the way of
learning.
Ohio.Michigan Land Show.
The state agricultural commission
will have an exhibit of Ohio farm prod
ucts at the Ohio-Michigan land show,
which will be held at Toledo from
Nov. 23 to Dec. 5. State Nursery and
Orchard Inspector N E. Shaw has ar.
ranged for the exhibit 1t is the one
the commission has been showing at
county fairs. This is the best display
of farm products that the state has
ever put out" said Inspector Shaw.
Many Automobiles in Ohio.
When the state automobile depart
ment a year ago contracted for 10000
sets of automobile license tags for
1914 it was thought this number
would be more than enough, but it will
be insufficient. Already $4,000 IL
censes have been issued, and probably
before this month ends the 10000
mark will have been passed.
Good Positions for Teachers.
There are good positions open for
teachers in some of the county normal
schools that have been established this
fall under authority of the new school
code, and applicants for these places
may obtain information about them by
getting into communication with the
state department of public instruction.
Because of the fact that practically all
teachers in the public schools have
made contracts to teach in these
schools during the coming year diff
Guilty is being experienced In finding