The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1915-08-19
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governor of New York are exchanging
notes. The executive of Ohio wants
the executive of the Empire state to
see to it that the errent husband is
duly returned to Cleveland to face the
charges that have been
filed against him. Just now the hus-
band is sojourning in New York city.
According to the complaining wife his
name is Louis BloOmburg. She says
that she married him on July % Of
this year, but not long afterward
found in his possession the photograph
of another woman. Tracing the pho
tograph, the aggrieved wife declares
that she found its original, only to be
told that she, too, was married to the
man.
Has Interesting Career.
James L. Hampton, the newly Sc
lected secretary Of the state liquor Il
cense commission, has had an inter.
esting career. Back in 1890 he was
made secretary of the old state board
Of equalization. Hardly more than a
year later he became assistant state
law librarian and served in that ca
pacity for four years. Then he re-
signed to become the executive clerk
to Gov. Bushnell. Meantime Mr.. Hamp-
ton had been graduated from Ohio
Northern university at Ada, where
Gov. Willis later became a teacher,
and he had married the daughter of
the founder of the university, H. c.
Lehr, for years a teacher also but now
retired. Until Sept 3, when the new
license law will become effective, Mr..
Hampton will get salary at the rate
of $4,000, but under the new law his
salary will be $2,4OO year.
Crop Report Is Optimistic.
The heavy rains of July and their
damages to crops are not taken into
consideration in the latest crop report
of the state board of agriculture for
the reason that estimates of the dam
age done are not yet definite enough
to be computed with any degree of &C.
curacy. 1t is not believed, however,
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affect very materially the outlook as
now indicated. The reason is that the
floods were for the most part localized,
although in sections the extent of the
ruin was great. The crop report is
particularly optimistic as to the wheat
crop, which showed prospect on Aug,
/ of Ill.
Reports to Gov. Willis.
Claiming the saloon business had
been kept the cleanest in the history
of the state during the two years it
has been under the Greenlund liquor
license law and that at no previous
time had such rigorous prosecutions
been the portion of the unlicensed
dealers, the state liquor license COM
mission just filed with Gov. Frank B.
Willis it's second annual report, The
fiscal report shows the board had on
hand Aug. 8, $26O,721.41. During the
present year the board turned into the
state treasury the sum of $750,000
The total cost of administering the
law the past year was $242,799.80,
which is an increase over the pre-.
vious year of $3,2S6.39 Inspectors en-
ployed by the board have certified
state auditor amounting to $67,631.75.
Treasurer to Collect State Money.
After the beginning of the month of
September not penny of state money
will be collected excepting through
the office of the treasurer of state
This is the result of the new law ad.
vocated by State Auditor A. V. Dona
hey, who had in mind a system which
would give his office the power alwavs
to check up upon state finances. UI
to this time the sum of about $4,000,
900 was collected every year by state
departments that did not clear through
the state treasurer. The effect was
more or less confusion insofar as any
cerned. With the new measure in eff
| feet the state auditor will be able tt
tell at any hour of the day just where
every penny of the states funds are.
Controls Saloon License Bureau.
Another state department has JUS
come completely under the rule Of the
new state administration. 1t is the
state saloon license bureau. M. M
Rose, Republican, of Marietta, sue
ceeds j. H. Secrest, retiring Democrat
as license commissioner. Recently
Frank Hay, Republican, of Canton
succeeded Charles Allen, Progressive
This leaves only one Democrat, Byron
L. Glendening, on the commission
One of the first duties Of the new
body will be the hearing of The
charges filed some time ago agains
the license commissioners of Belmon
county. These charges, preferred b!
former Attorney General Hogan in be
half of certain citizens of Belmon
county, are to the effect that the Bel
mont commissioners showed favorit
ism in granting licenses and other
wise abused their authority.
How Long Will Goose Live?
Here is an interesting question tt
conjure with if the reader has nothing
very serious to do: How long will
goose live? Now, this isn't a silly
captious question after all, for 1t il
something with which every visitor tt
the state fair will come face to face
In other words, there is going to be
gander at the fair on exhibition, anC
he has the reputation of being a.
years old. At the state fair AZ year.
ago a Madison county farmer bough
a gander and goose. The goose diet
two years ago, but the gander still
lives.
Bars Women Flyers.
The state fair management is goini
to prevent flying at the fair, at leas
by women. This decision was reached
by the management after much delib
Grafton and in the interests of safety
first" In putting the ban on aeria
stunts the state fair people were
forced to turn down the requests Of a
least three daring women aeronaut,