The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-09-16
NEWS CULLED
in THE CAPITAL
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART
MENTS-oTHER HAPPENINGS
Special Columbus Correspondent.

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result of the new state rural school 4
code as he has officially observed it. !
In it he says hundreds of new schools :
have been built, old ones repaired, /
walks built and grounds graded; all |
counties have adopted some system of /
school records; supplies are purchased |
at wholesale rates by county superin |
tendents; courses OF study have been
revised everywhere and dead matter
eliminated; county uniformity of texts
has been adopted in many counties
and is coming in the rest; some coun-
ties are arranging for health inspec-
ton; there is a better enforcement of
the compulsory school law; there is a
marked increase in school attendance;
much more interest is taken in read
ing circle work; more school work is
being shown at county fairs than ever
before; the county institutes show
marked improvement; many of the
rural schools have been standardized;
Capitalization projects are being dis
Cussed in all parts of the state; the
method of promoting pupils to the
high schools is much improved over
the old Boxwell provision; rural ac-
tivities of social nature have been
increased and quickened; there has
been an awakening on the part of the
teachers to the responsibilities Of the
profession as attendance Of $4,000 of
them at summer schools shows; the
personnel of the county boards of ed
ucation is uniformly high and there is
a practical consensus of opinion
among school men that the educa-
tional problems to be worked out will
more readily lend themselves to solu-
ton by the methods prescribed by the
new code than by the old hit or miss
methods.
Thanks Buckeye State.
In a telegram received by Gov. Will
lis from Charles c. Moore, president
of the Panama exposition board of
managers, Ohio is thanked for it's part
in making the big show success.
The other night there was an "Out of
Debt" celebration at the fair. This
was in honor of the wiping out of all
the financial obligations incurred in
providing for the big exposition. On
behalf of the people of the Buckeye
state, Cox. Willis wired the board of
managers of the fair congratulations
on it's splendid financial achievements.
"The country is proud of the exposi-
tion and its management" said the
governor.
Man Has Police Guessing.
The police are at loss to know
whether they have lunatic, joker
or an ordinary hard-up honest man to
deal with in the robbery of the restau-
rant of John Thomas, 314 S. 7th-st,
some time after closing time. AS they
were investigating the matter hotel
messenger brought note to Thomas
reading, 81 took Sc, 40 boxes of cigar
cts and a suit of clothes and have
gone to Lincoln, Neb. l will repay
you some time, maybe" 1t was signed
S. I. Izano, a former employe of
Thomas.
Gov. Willis Western Trip.
The chief executives Office will be
deserted between Sept 81 and Oct. 18,
because Gov. Willis will be absent
during that period. On the first date
he will start on his western trip,
which will have as its objective the
Panama exposition at San Francisco.
He will reach the latter city Satur-
day, Oct. 2, and remain there until
Oct. 7. It is understood that Lieut..
Gov. "Jack" Arnold has given assur-
ance that he will not attempt to usurp
the functions of the chief executive
during his absence.
Think "Coke Fiend" Is Thief.
The police believe that a woman
"coke fiend" is resorting to burglary
to secure the drug. Two weeks ago a
policeman saw a woman apparently
trying to force an entrance at south
side drug store. She saw him and es-
capped in the darkness. Sunday night
entrance was secured to the drug store
of c. F. Beck, 413 S. High-st, by a
woman who used stone in a newspa
per to smash the glass in the show
window to get at drugs in the window
She got away.
Brings Fuller Explanation.
Newton M. Miller, executive com
missioner of Ohio at the San Fran
cisco exposition, brought in person
Thursday to Gov. Willis fuller ex
PLANTATION of charges for liquors at the
Ohio building than was sent by wire
but along the same grounds. A much
more important statement brought by
Mr.. Miller was that former President
Taft will not be candidate for the
Republican nomination for the presi
dency next year. That information
Mr. Miller said he had direct from the
former president himself. He regards
the decision of the people as expressed
at the polls in 1912 as to himself al
final.
Old Soldiers Back In Pen.
Dan Smith, Dayton, and Joseph Lang
Greenville, two old soldier-prisoners
who were transferred by order of Gov
Willis to the Soldivrs' home at San
dusky last Memorial day, have beer
returned to the prison by superin
tendent Burnett as ungovernable al
the home. They drink and are quar-
reIsome, he says. Smith killed two
comrades at the Dayton Soldiers
home and Lang assaulted the super
intendent of the Darke County mfr
mary. The inmates of the SanduskI
home resented their transfer to tha
place by the governor.
Feeds Tramps, Must Pay Bill.
Councilman H. L. Gutter Of Moscow
Clermont county, is ain bad" because
he has a soft heart. Some trampI
stopped in Moscow in making theil
rounds and put up such a pitiful ples
to Sutter for food that he ordered
rannlr fnr than and had the hill