The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-10-29
D. A. DONOVAN,
Special Columbus Correspondent.
Columbus, Ohio.

cause the proverbial eleventh hour
of the campaign is beginning to arrive,
bringing with it its panic, its despera-
tion, its confusion and turmoil 1t is
the time for final campaign move
ments, for final charges and counter
charges, for old fashioned roor-backs,
for overt and covert attacks, for flank
ing sallies, for all manner of things
known to modern political warfare.
. The time has arrived when the cleo
tion is so near that the campaign man.
ager will begin to appeal directly to
the voter, that is. by letters or cards
directed personally to the voter to
draw his attention. Such cards and
letters will be sent and are being sent
by both mail and special messenger.
In the larger communities they are
often found on the doorstep in the
morning in order first to greet the
voter as he begins his daily routine
and seize his attention before other
things. But, generally speaking, the
mails will have to bear the burden of
most of the literary fight now growing
or an unsealed letter for one cent to
any part of the state and a sealed let
ter similarly for two cents. Under GER
tain restrictions one can place a cap
ton upon the outside of the letter
better to corner the recipients inter-
est. And almost every campaign man.
ager has the hunch that it pleases the
voter to be appealed to personally.
So in the last days of the fight the
manager starts his real literary bu-
reau and the avalanch loosens and be-
gins to thunder down. Most of the
managers already have begun their
direct appeal" You will see and feel
the evidences SEEN Your wife or your
sister or your boarding mistress will
be complaining of the litter" in the
front yard and you will undoubtedly
consider yourself growing in your
sphere in the community by the rapid
increase in your daily mail. But just
remember that it all only betokens the
last big effort of the political forces
to grasp your attention, to argue you
into certain lines of thought and then
get your vote. In these days, there
fore, it's no small job to be voter, to
become the center of interest for so
many so-called brainy politicians, to
hold the fate of so many public men in
the hollow of your hand. The serious
minded voter won't take his job too
lightly. He will receive the final ap-
peals deliberately and thoughtfully,
but not pompously. He will above all
consider carefully before he votes.
Predicts Longevity for People.
That the time will come when people
will live to be 100 years old is the be-
lief of Prof. Thomas Scott Lowden,
head of the department of psychology
at the Ohio State university. Such
longevity will be common when people
come to properly understand the laws
OF life. He says that man to succeed
must have the faculty to fit into his
environment and to succeed greatly he
must compel his environment to be
what it should be. The mind is de-
pendent upon the body, but the two
are practically one. A good liver,
good stomach and good kidneys are
the basis of the mind.
Did Much for ohio Miners.
Ohio miners owe much to Andrew
Roy, Ohio's first mine inspector, who
died at his home in Glen Roy, Jackson
county, Tuesday. Roy worked up the
sentiment which resulted in the estab-
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ing inspector department. When ap-
pointed he had neither an Office nor
any force. He had little authority at
the outset to order conditions in
mines improved, but he paved the way
for the enactment of regulatory laws
many safeguards which formerly did
not exist. Roy was born in Scotland
and came to this country wheu 16
years old He was Civil war soldier
Thomas b. Bancroft, one of his sue
cessors In the mining department.
died at Springfield several months
ago.
Decision Causes Some Uneasiness.
The laying down by the supreme
court in the Cameron case of the prin-
ciple that any public official who has
accepted interest on public funds for
his own use may be held for embezZle
ment has caused no little uneasiness
among former treasurers of such
funds who profited by this practice,
which was carried on generally by
such officials up until few years ago.
The statute of limitation does not af
feet the right of the state to begin
criminal proceedings against those
officials, according to the ruling, the
only thing necessary being to present
the evidence showing that such illegal
use was made of the funds.
Tribunal Throws Out Custer Suit
George H. Phelps, the Findlay
lawyer whose custer suit against
the Standard Oil Co. was thrown
out by the supreme court Tues
day, has been fighting that big
corporation for 10 years or more
He has brought number of actions
against the company, but thus far has
not won, any of them, He lost the suit
annulled by the supreme court Tues
day because of his failure to file
printed record of the action. Phelps
charges that the Standard forced him
out of the oil business and that it is a
trust.
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Four Examinations Annually.
The state board of pharmacy here
after will hold four instead Of three
examinations annually. This decision