The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-11-18
NEWS CUELED
in THE CAPITALS
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART
MENTS-OTHER HAPPENINGS
Special Columbus Correspondent.

her first Agricultural day." and
if records available here are to
be credited, she is leading every
state in the Union in the formal pay
ment of homage to the Goddess Ceres.
In so far as can be determined no
other state ever set apart a day to
pay honors to the deity of the har-
vests. All reports from various Sec
tons of the commonwealth showed
that the cities as well as the rural
communities joined hands in the cele-
bration. And more important still, the
success Of the day insures the success
of the idea of having one day set apart
every year to show the people how
much they owe to the goddess Of the
fields and orchards.
1924 Prisoners in Pen.
Here is a little thing Ohioans may
boast about or not boast about, accord
ing to their individual way of looking
at things in general. The fact is that
the Ohio penitentiary has today the
largest population she ever has had
before in her history. There are 1924
men and women within the walls and
220 outside; that is, distributed among
Ghe various state farms and elsewhere
as TRUSTEES" And more are coming
every day, owing to the fact that this
is court season and convictions seem
everywhere to be piling up The other
6QU II ChnUn thot tho faf 70
was the healthiest in it's history for
the reason that there was not a single
prisoner on the sick list. That made
the people who read it smile with sat
isfaction and pride in the thought that
a state could reach such state of med
dcal perfection. Most people won't
smile about the large population that
Us developing among the prisoners.
Still it may mean much or little. 1t
may not necessarily imply that Ohio
ans are getting any more criminal.
For the facts may be that few judges
have been more severely inclined dur
ing the last few weeks and that before
long they will be seized with proper
tionate leniency.
y, The Salary Is Appealing.
The fact that a $4,000 Job appeals
with powerful force to the women of
Ohio is indicated by the number of ap-
plicants for the examination that will
test the fitness of those aspiring to be
appointed matron of the new woman's
reformatory at Marysville. Some
weeks ago the state civil service com
mission conducted an examination for
eligibles, but there was so much OBJ
lection when the results were an
nounced that a new examination was
scheduled. The trouble incident to the
first test gave the event much pub
licity and now there is a marked
clamoring on the part of those who
want to take the test The number
already has mounted to more than a
half hundred and there is seemingly no
end to the lists of those who would
like to try their hand at the two-thou-
sand-a-year berth.
/ Will Not Eat Turkey.
! Turkey isn't going to be the piece
de resistance of the Thanksgiving
menu in the state institutions unless
the price of that particular bird ceases
to soar before very long. The purchas-
ing agent of the state administration
board, that has charge of the institu-
lions, says that he can't find turkey
anywhere that can be bought even in
carload lots for less than "a cents a
pound, and when it comes to feeding
tons Of meat the price of "a cents be-
comes prohibitive. In most of the
places where state wards are housed
and kept other viands will be used to
replace the more seasonable turkey.
Many of the institutions have their
own chickens and these will be liber-
ally given in such cases. Roast pork
will be served at the penitentiary.
! Tools Show the Business.
II q person is found with gambling
paraphernalia in his possession ne can
be convicted of being known gam
bier. This is the effect of decision
OA SAC oup1 SOu1l III LuIO"luk Oul
an appeal of Samuel Hirsch of Cincin-
natl, who was convicted in that city of
being a known gambler because the
police found gambling equipment in
his house. The high court dismissed
the appeal because 1t involved no con-
Rtitutional question Hirsch must pay
he fine or go to Jail.
S''%FT,--, An Epidemic Of Fires.
There has been an epidemic of in
cendiary fires in Columbus during the
past few weeks and the state fire mar
shals force has been busy trying to
and the culprits. Some of these fires
have been In apartment houses, and
the timely discovery of the fires has
prevented loss of life as we'll as heavy
loss of property. The department has
been unable to fasten any of these
crimes yet, but is working on several
important clues.
viii Head Loan Bureau.
Wilbur C. King, colored, for many
years assistant prosecuting attorney
OF Franklin county, has decided to ac-
cept the position Of head of the new
loan shark bureau of the state bank
ing department, rendered him by
Harry T. Hall, state bank superintend-
ent. The position pays $2,5OO a year.
Furnished the Money.
! The Ohio Home Rule association
furnished nearly all of the money
spent by county home rule associa-
Lions in fighting the dry amendment,
80 reports fled with the secretary of
state show.
! Campaigning Is Hard Work.
Campaigning is no fun. George J.
Karb, reelected mayor of Columbus
FOR the third successive time last Tues
day, is the latest and best witness to
that fact. Mayor Karb, big, husky and
full of pep" before the beginning of
the late campaign, is now in northern