The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-04-23
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o. A. DONOVAN,
Special Columbus Correspondent.
Columbus. Ohio.

} uLne. AdJutant General Wood ha!
: received no intimation from tn,
war department that a call will
be made for troops, but if on,
should come it would find the Ma
tiona1 Guard in readiness to respond
Immediately. The guard is fully
equipped for service, and it is an open
secret that its officers and men are
eager for the opportunity to get a
taste of real service. So If a call
should come it would be welcomed
There are two brigades in the guard
one commanded by Gen. w. V. Nc.
Aaken of Toledo and the other by
Gen. John c. Speaks of Columbus, and
they would be in command of their
respective organizations if the govern.
ment should call out the guard.
Hearts Beware, Is Warning.
Deaths from smallpox are rare in
ohlo. This is shown by the an
nual report of DR.. A. c. Hol-
land, state registrar of vital sta.
tistics. OF the 68,37S deaths that oc.
Cured in the state in 1913 but s were
caused by smallpox. Deaths from
rabies are also rare. There were but
Blk during the year. Measles caused
672 deaths. Tetanus or lockjaw caused
81 and scarlet fever 324. Heart dis.
ease is the most frequent cause of
death. Some $500 persons succumbed
to this trouble. Dreaded tuberculosis
caused the second largest number OF
deaths, 6,555. This is a decrease of
2O9 cases from the preceding year,
indicating that the fight being waged
against the plague is successful. For
several years the number of deaths
from the disease has been diminish.
ing. Cancer is on the increase. There
were 4,O49 deaths from this cause, An
increase of 1913 cases. Suicide is on
the increase. There were 735 such
cases during the year, an increase of
l5. The most popular agency for
shuffling off the mortal coil is poison.
Some 270 resorted to this. One hun.
dred and ninety-eight showed a pref
erence for firearms as a means of
ending their existence. There were
296 murders, gain of IS over the |
year before. Lightning killed 80 per-
sons and sunstroke 329. There were
1,OO6 deaths from railroad accidents, |
State Wants Moral Men.
Moral attributes, if you please, must
be possessed hereafter by those
who would aspire to civil service
positions under the state of Ohio
according to the state civil serv,
ices latest ruling, the applicant
Tor job in future will have to
have at least reputation for "sobri-
ETY., veracity and general honesty"
The commission adds also the word
integrity" to the list of prescribed
requisites, but since it is so closely in
volved with the others, it may we'll be
omitted. OF course, the new require
ments are to be in addition to the /;
literary and educational requirements
mat are now determined by more or
less careful examination. But since
mere is no known examination that s
VIII test adequately the extent of an I
applicants veracity, for example, to {
suit the purposes of the state commits I
'lon, the examiner or other agent of {
ne commission will be called upon
o gauge the subject by reputation and t
learsay. Wherefore the applicant Il
With a bad reputation in his commu- a
lity will be barred even from taking V
he mental examination should the O
knowledge of his reputation come to n
he ears of the examiner. n
Lands State Position. "
w. A. McCurday of Coshocton, s.
or nearly three years state high u
chool inspector, has just been ap. IL
ointed supervisor of rural schools. u
nder the new school code, the u
lral schools are to be graded ~
nd standardized and Mr.. McCurdy u
ill be in charge of this work. 1t will
necessary for him to visit every
'Wnship in the state. Each school u
lstrict will receive from the state !!
easury $25 year for each one.room III
iral school, $50 for each consolidated cs C
'hool of the second grade and $1OO IL
n each consolidated school of the W
rst grade la
er
Rare Sentence Imposed. N
One of the rarest sentences i'm dc
'sed by an Ohio court has been i'm ~
'sed by the juvenile court of Frank bo
county upon Edgar Collins, TO- ar
'ar-old colored lad, who was accused ~
hitting playmate with stones. The IN
ntence is that Edgar be compelled M
throw stones into the Scioto river
r hours at a time in order that he
ay have enough of the throwing Oh
actice Judge Black, inaugurating 80
e new plan, declared that it was the 80
ly way he could, think of to prop M
ly punish the lad -,
Refuses to Review Case.
The supreme courts deafness to the :
peal Of Mrs. Charlotte THOMPSON mai
own, well-known Cincinnati woman SAT
once social favorite in that city, Sta
ngs her within the shadow .of the a
litentiary walls. In fact, her ac- not
u Imprisonment is now a matter of tho
hrs only Mrs. Brown in her hal. far
IN days was a rather prominent fun
ok broker in the Queen City and mar
8 one of the few women In Ohio be
'aged in that sort of business. One Tbi
her fellow townspepole were bid
rtled by the charge that she had NOS
bezzled a large amount of stock. mo,
'ubllc Meetings With Taxpayers.
TX county auditors have notified s
state tax commission they are kno
lning public meetings with taxnav. wbi