The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-21
special Columbus Correspondent.


!" 1E supreme court will hear on
Jan. the suit brought to deter
mine whether the assistant ad-
jutant general and other officers
OF the adjutant generals depart
ment shall be given war or peace sal
ary, which raises the question of
whether or not this country is in a
state of war. Under an Ohio law, the
officers of the adjutant generals de-
partment get the pay of regular army
officers of their rank in time of war.
If the court holds that the country is
at war, Gen. Edward Bryant will be
paid on the basis of $4,000 year, plus
longevity pay, instead of at the rate of
$4,000 year for the time he served
as assistant adjutant general after
the president called out the troops
Recently he was promoted from assist
ant adjutant general to adjutant gen.
eral. Thes assistant gets the last
named salary in time of peace. No
court or official body in the land has
yet passed upon the status of the
country at this time.
Grownups TO Have Chance.
Grownups, as we'll as Juveniles, will
have opportunity to compete for
prizes in corn raising contests in Ohio
next year. The state board of agri-
culture has decided to offer $50 to the
man who raises the most corn on 10
acres of land in each county. The boy
or girl who raises the most corn in
each county gets free trip to Wash
ington. J. r. Clarke, director of the
juvenile contests of the board, report
ed balance of $500 in the money
donated for the Washington trip This
will be prO-rated and distributed
among those who gave money for the
trip and purchased tickets to go on
the trip. The board endorsed the pro-
posal for the erection of big coliseum
on the state fair grounds
Suggests Plan for More Room.
The prodigal and majestic height of
Ohio's state house ceilings may pro /
vide one means of overcoming the /
present crowded conditions in the I.
state capitol. At any rate, Clerk John
P. Maynard of the house of representa- /.
tives of the last session of the gen /
eral assembly, thinks so. Capt. May /
nard has suggested that mezzanine (
floors be built in as many of the rooms /
on the second floor of the state house /
as possible. The idea might be fol- |
lowed out in several of the chambers I
on the first floor. The committee .
rooms, press headquarters and other ,
chambers in the capitol are particu-
larly designated by Capt. Maynard as .
amenable to mezzanine enlargement.
The idea may be brought before the .
coming legislature for its decision.
Treasury 'Watchdogs.'
STAND at the treasury door with a
club and don't allow any improper
bills to be paid was the advice given .
the county auditors at their state .
meeting by Auditor of State Donahey. /
He told the auditors that they were
the watchdOgs of the treasury, stand |
ing between the taxpayers and the .
tay bpenders.
Want Pay for Stock Killed.
Ohio will be called upon to pay !,
something like 100000 for tubercular /
cattle slaughtered by veterinarians of !
the state board of agriculture during
the past two years. Claims for ami
mails killed are now being gone over !
by the board for approval before sub !
mic 10 hn IL
payment. Under the law of the state
owners of slaughtered cattle must be
reimbursed for their losses. Stockmen
are behind movement to get the
amount of damages allowed for stock
killed increased,
Hit at Insta allment Dealers.
A bill is to be presented to the leg
islature compelling furniture dealers
to label all secondhand furniture
which they sell. 1t strikes at dealers
who take back furniture from purchas-
ers who fail to pay all due on it. and
then retOuch it and sell it over again
as new. The measure will be offered
in the house by Republican mem
Der, who is coming back for a second
term Furniture men will fight the
measure, especially those who sell fur
hiture taken back for default in pay
ments.
Food Embargo Foolish /,
Speaking for the farmers at the an
nual meeting of the state grange at
Newark, L. ]. Tabor, state master,
says the proposed food esmbargo is ,
foolish. that there should be a state :
commissioner of markets to bring the t
consumer and producer closer to- t
gether, that more farmers should be S
placed on commissions on rural life, g
that a coliseum should be erected on i
the state fair grounds, that quail S
should always be protected, that there {
should be a stringent dog license law, {
prohibition and women suffrage. s
< Eager to Get Home,
Maj Robert D. Palmer. adtutant of
the I'd brigade, back from El PasO on S
a S0-day furlough, reported to Gen. I
Bryant of the adjUtant generals Of s
fee, that the Ohio troops at the bor- {
der are in excellent spirits and health, I
but are eager to get back home. They I
entertain the hope that they will be {
ordered north soon. The troopT are !
doing very little border patron'ng. |
They are putting in practically all of i
the time drilling and attending schools I
of instruction. They have been three I
and four hours at drill every morn t
ing. Il
Will Fight Plan.
Convinced that officers in the regu-
lar army and their friends are trying I
to put the national guards of the vari- a
Gus states out of existence, national $
guardsmen of Ohio have joined with q
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