The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-12-23
NEWS CULLED
in THE CAPITAL
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART
MENTS-OTHER HAPPENINGS
Special Columbus Correspondent.

clplJate anOther statewide pro
hibition fight next year. Ac
cording to information obtained from
reliable sources, it has been learned
that the Anti-Saloon League will post
pone to 1917 at the earliest the next
campaign to try to put Ohio on the
water wagon. Prohibition workers
throughout the state seem to be OF
the opinion that another contest with
the vets should not be held before
that time. The drys In Cincinnati
and vicinity are strongly of the be,
lief that 1916 would be too early for
another fight to try to put the Buck.
eye state on the water wagon. One
of the reasons of the Cincinnati drys
for postponement until 1917 is that
a Billy Sunday campaign is contem,
plated for Cincinnati in the winter
OF 1851 and that they believe that
Sunday will make such a change in
the city that its dry vote would be
materially increased. So they favor
putting off the statewide contest un.
til after the city can be Sundayized
The Anti-Saloon League some 10 days
ago sent out cards to precinct dry
workers in every county in the state,
asking them to express their senti-
ments as to whether or not a contest
should be held next year. 1t is under
stood that many of these workers
think that the fight should be put off
for another year. Many drys think
that an attempt should be made to
repeal the new home rule amendment,
which was adopted year ago last
November, and thus revive the coun-
ty local option law, which was wiped
from the statutes by this amendment.
I'VE should first retake some of the
trenches we have lost before attempt
ing a further assault upon the wet
forces" is the way one prominent dry
leader expressed it. There will be
six statewide prohibition contests on
in 1915. These will be held in Yer
mont, South Dakota, Montana, Ne
braska, Michigan and California.
Those who think that the fight should
be renewed in Ohio in 1916 point out
in support of their contention that
the fights in other states would di-
vide the wet forces and make it diff
O1lt for them to fight as vigorously in
Ohio next year as otherwise would
be the case. The decision of the dry
forces as to when the next fight will
be held in Ohio will be made early
in the next year.
Says Contract Was Illegal.
Whether or not saloon license can
be bartered and sold in the open mar
ket is question which the supreme
court is asked to pass upon. The case
in which the question is raised comes
from Cleveland, where one man
agreed to sell his license to another
for $4,000 and then backed out of the
agreement The prospective purchaser
bought a license from another man
for $2,S00 and then he sued the first
man for the $500 he was out because
of the breaking of the first agreement.
The lower courts held he was entitled
to such damages for the breach of con-
tract. The litigant who lost asks the
supreme court to hold that the con-
tract was illegal on the ground that
no license can be lawfully bartered
and sold. In this way he plans to es-
cape paying the judgment returned
against him in the lower courts.
Attack School Code.
The members of the Plain township
school board, this county, have at
tackled the new rural school code from
another angle. The code repealed
law under which the members of that
board were receiving So for each
They claim that it is con-
trary to the constitutional provision
that a salary shall be reduced dur
ing term of Office, but Prosecutor
Duncan rules that they have no case,
for the 50 per could not be regarded
as salary in the meaning of the law.
Child Killed by Warts.
Warts are usually harmless phys
ical ailment, but a fatal case was re-
ported in Columbus, the victim
being the two and half year old
daughter of Mrs. L. K. Spencer. The
warts in this case grew in the child's
throat and had been giving trouble
for some time. Her mother intended
to have them removed, but a severe
cold settled in the throat and the in
aammation caused swollen parts,
which, with the warts, closed the air
passages and suffocated the little girl.
Increase Their Salary.
Because the legislature last winter
failed to pass the election bill, the in.
1ucement to county election boards to
Increase the number of precincts and |
thus add to their compensation still
stands and county boards are redraw-
ng the precinct boundaries. The |
Franklin county board has Gre
ated 81 new precincts and by that ac-
ion added $204 to the salary of each
of the board.
Only 5000 Are Idle.
John Moore, president of the Ohio
Miners, said that there were only
lbout three thousand idle miners in
1hio now and that If the Sunday
Creek mines should open up there
would really be a shortage of mine
abor.
Will Commemorate Flood.
The people who went through the
,reat food of 1918 in Columbus are
ot likely to forget it, but nevertheless
he city council is going to commemo-
ate it by the establishment of me-
lorial.
Call for Meeting.
A call has been issued for a meeting
I the State Horticultural society
ere the first week of February. The
ate was chosen because of the fact
nat that will be farmers week at the
tate university, when many OF the
lembers will want to be here any