The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-28
Program for Farmers Week.

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over 5000 visitors that are expected
Over 100 speakers are listed ON the
program. Among the most prominent
are: Herbert Quick, member Of the
federal farm loan board; ]. G. Lip
man, dean of the New Jersey college
of agriculture and experiment station
H. c. Thompson, specialist in vege
table gardening. U. S. department oi
agriculture; Rose Morgan, soloist, oi
New York city; Isabel BeVier, head
of the department of household
science, University of Illinois; S. w
Fletcher, professor of horticulture
Pennsylvania State college; W. H.
Tomhave, professor of animal hus.
bandry, Pennsylvania State college;
H. W. Collingwood, president and ed.
itor of the Rural New Yorker; Sen
ator Henry NJ. Dunlap, Savoy, ILL.,,
president of the National Apple Grow,
ers' association; E. c. Eikenberry,
president of the grain dealers ma.
ton association, Camden, O.; Ju.
nus 4NdILs CUNl vi lIlC NdIlOudl
Dairy council. Chicago; Virginia Mere,
dith, president of the Indiana Home
Economics association, West Lafay.
cite, Ind; Moses Breeze, board OF
home missions of the Presbyterian
church; c. w. Waid, extension spe.
cialist in truck gardening, Michigan
Agricultural college.
Speakers for Dry Convention.
How Michigan financed the sue.
cessful drive against the saloon, will
be told at the annual convention of
the Ohio Anti-Saloon league at its
convention to be held in Columbus
Jan. 16, II and 1S, by S. s. Kresge
of Detroit, man who gave more than
$4,000 and was instrumental in other
large contributions being made. Mr..
! Kresge comes to give the Ohio drys
expert advice and promises that he
will make some people sit up and
| take notice." to quote from his letter
of acceptance. The last afternoon of
| the convention Is to be known as
Michigan day. In addition to Mr.
Kresge there will come from that
state former Gov. c. S. Osborn,
father of the dry movement in Michi-
gan; R. H. Scott of Lansing, of the
REQ Motor Co; Charles Carson, De-
troit, of the Cadillac Motor Car Co.;
FIR. Hayes of Detroit, and several
other well known Catholic clergy.
ErnwpIIpS RI HaUa Hhanca
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 a free trip to Wash
ington.
Liable for Exemplary Damages.
In decision handed down, United
States District Judge Safer of Colum-
bus held that Thomas L. Sloan, an
attorney, is eligible for damages from
the American Issue Publishing Co., a
Westerville publication and organ Of
the "dry" cause. Judge Safer held
that newspaper is as liable for exem-
plary damages as an individual. He
further held, however, that former
award of $3.50 damages to Sloan was
exhorbitant, and announced that he
would shave the award to $4,000
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
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.
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 ovef
by the board for approval before sub
mission to the general assembly for
payment. Under the law of the state
owners of slaughtered cattle must be
reimbursed for their losses. Stockmen
are behind a movement to get the
amount of damages allowed for stock
killed increased.
Hit at lnstaIIment 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 a Republican mem.
ber.
New Colonel for Seventh.
Col. Thomas o. Crosson of New Lex.
ington, o., new commanding officer Of
the 7th regiment, o. N. G., has quail
fed for his new position. Col Cros.
son announced that he had plans
under way to strengthen the regiment
materially.
Cannot Charge for Hospitality.
1t is not proper for villages to
charge townships for boarding tramrs
over night. This is ruling of the
state bureau of accounting in holding
that this form of entertainment must
be borne by the Hospitality inclined vii.
lagos themselves.
Student Should Have Experience.
No man should enter an agricul.
tural college until after he has one
years experience on the farm, so
Dean Eugene Davenport OF the Hi.
nois State Agricultural college de.
clared in an address he made at the
Ohio State university.
Former Newspaper Man Marries.
Mr.. Frank H. Ward. former Colum.
bus newspaper man, nov manager OF
the Cleveland Office Of the Inter ma. |