The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-05-04
Farmers Are Wastcful.

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crop of the nation in 1912. 1t results
from the fact that the farmers either
do not know how to care for the ma.
nures produced on their farms so as
to preserve their values, or knowing,
do not put their knowledge into effect.
The loss estimate is said to be conser-
vative, but it is annually sufficient to
build feet of 100 dreadnaughts or to
construct 25O,OOO miles of highway
Dean Vivian urges farmers to con
struct manure sheds, protecting ma
nures from teaching and seep losses
by which treatment a return Of as
much as $5 a ton in increased crops
has been secured.
Want to Be State Auditor.
Now that the primary election is odt
of the way, the candidates for nomina-
tions for state offices will become art
i've. Speaker Charles D. Conover, who
wants the Republican nomination for
auditor, expects to file his declaration
of candidacy within a few days. The
other candidates will probably follow
suit within a short time. They are
former Auditor E. M. Fullington, pres
ent state budget commissioner; Sen
ator ]. j. Wise of Stark and S. A
Stillwell of Lebanon, who was can
didate for the nomination eight years
ago when Fullington captured the COW
eted place. Auditor of State Donahey,
Democrat, will have no opposition in
his party for a second term nomina-
tion. The authorship is attracting
more attention now than any of the
other places except governor.
Lived Outdoor Life so Years.
A record of not having lived in a
house in so years is claimed by Alfred
Montgomery, a septuagenarian who
was arrested here and sent to the
workhouse for vagrancy. Il have done
no work for half a century" he told
the police judge, "and / am too old to
begin now" He is a native of this
county, but went off to the Civil war
and did not return until long after the
war was over. He had acquired the
tramp habit and, finding all his rela-
tives dead, returned to the road.
when l get out l will take the road
again-for no place in particular" he
said. Unlike most tramps, Montgom-
cry shuns the railroads. He says he
never rode on steam cars in his life.
Will Have Plenty of Signatures.
Information received from various
parts of the state indicates that no
trouble is being experienced in getting
signers to the petitions for the initia-
ton of bill to provide free text books
for the pupils of all grades of public
schools, including the high schools
Some $4,000 signatures are needed
and in Cincinnati alone. it is said 1O,'
600 of these will be obtained. The
petitions are being circulated in near.
ly every county in the state. The bulk
Of the signers will be obtained in the
larger cities, where sentiment seems
to be strongest for the measure. Work
ingmen are the most active supporters
of the proposed law.
May Stop Sunday Movies.
That municipalities may close NOV.
ing picture show houses on Sunday
under the law prohibiting theatrical
performances on that day is indicated
by ruling of the supreme court, over
ruling the appeal of Clarence Myers, a
Chillicothe proprietor, from the de-
cision of the Ross county court of ap
peals, affirming his conviction for al
| vic ~ chic 1n hU 1ynnnivO O
open on Sunday.
Boosting Accident Prevention.
More than one-half of the states are
represented at the safety congress be
ing held in Columbus to boost the
movement for accident prevention
Wallace YapIe of the Ohio industria,
commission, the chairman, called at
tention to the fact that two-thirds Of
the people of the United States are
now under the protection of work
mems compensation laws.
Claims Record.
County Prosecutor Robert W. Dun
can claims to have set new record
for the administration of justice in
criminal court when he had Harry
Fisher tried, convicted and sentenced
to two years in the penitentiary in one
hour from the time the jury was i'm
paneled. Fisher threw stone through
a plate glass window for no rationa
reason. He is colored.
Was o. S. U. Student.
Frank Bohn, the lecturer who was
protected by women from a menacing
party of Spanish war soldiers wher
in New York he charged that
there was gross immortality in the
United States army camps at Tampa
during the Spanish war, was student
} at the Ohio State university here from
1899 to 1901, taking both the M. A. and
the Phi. D. degrees.
Veterans Bid Farewell to CoIors.
J Aged soldiers from all over the state
|, wept when they bade final farewell tC
the flags of their regiments at the eel
ebratinn held at the state house, mark
ing the removal of the flags from un
protected quarters to alright cases
installed in the rotunda of the Capi
LOlI "uClC LACy VIII uAAII ~
the fullness of time they shall disap
pear. The veterans carried the flags
around Capitol Square in parade End
then listened to patriotic addresses in
which the glorious history of these
standards was given. The principa
address was by Gen. J. Warren Keifer
Romance Ends in Marriage.
The wedding of Assistant Secretary
William H. Guyton of Lima and Miss
Dot McGhee, a clerk in the secretary
of states department, just announced
from Lima, where it was held, was
the elimination of romance which
began after Mr.. Guyton came to Co
lumbus year ago last January to take
his Office and met his bride, hold
over appointee in the department from
the preceding administration. She is
sister of Joseph McGhee, who was