The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-01-20
Corner Lot owners Hit Hard.

state, corner lot owners are hit hard.
1t is held that interior lot owners can
not be required to pay assessments
made against them under the old as
sessing rule, which was wiped out by
the high court two years ago, for the
improvement of corner lots. Under
this old rule the inlot owners paid a
part of the expense for the improve
ment of the corner lot. When this rule
was knocked out there were hundreds
of assessments for street improve
ments running under that rule. 1t was
supposed that these would not be af'
fected by the annulling of the rule and
that the assessments made thereafter
would be by the new method. The
court now indicates that the wiping
out of the old rule also abrogated all
the old assessments, and that if since
interior lot owners have paid anything
for the improvement of the corner
lots that they can have this credited
on the assessments against their own
lots for improvements In the light OF
this holding it is probable that scores
of suits will be brought throughout
the state for the recovery of money
paid by them for the improvement of
corner lots as provided for by the old
rule.
Of Interest to Newspapers.
Newspapers in small cities and in
villages will be interested in ruling
which Attorney General Turner has
given the state accounting bureau. He
holds that when there is but one news
paper in a municipality that an officer
of the municipality does not become a
lawbreaker because the paper carries
public advertising. Here is the sylla-
bus of the opinion: When but one
newspaper is printed in a municipality
in which said newspaper, under the
provisions of section 1928 G. c., as
amended LOG o. L., 493, the publica-
! ton of ordinance and other matters
therein specified is required to be
made, the fact that an officer Of the
municipality is interested in said
newspaper does not disqualify it from
making said publication nor does said
publication make said officer liable
under sections 3S0S and 1912 G. G.
Manufactures Must Pay Half.
Congressman Clement Brumbaugh
of the 18th district has informed the
new peace league formed at the state
capital and which purposes organizing
branches in the leading cities of the
state, that he favors making the man.
ufacturers of munitions of war furnish
one-half of the cost of the proposed
preparedness. To cover the other half
he would increase the income taxes
and tax inheritances. Because Of the
enormous profits made from the manu-
facture of munitions he thinks that
those interested in such profits should
assume most of the burden of provid'
ing for preparedness. Brumbaugh
says he will favor a national law turn
ing over the manufacture of war mu'
nitions to the government.
"oId Boys" Contest.
There will be an "old boys" corn
= contest this year, too. At least four
counties have already announced
prizes for the most bushels of corn pei
acre to be raised by men over 70 years
= of age. The counties in which these
contests have already been arranged
for are Scioto, Harrison, Butler anC
Crawford, and it is expected thai
others will come in when the plan is
made generally known. The "olt
) boys" who win in this contest will take
: the excursions to Washington anC
: New York just as the young boys do.
f A New Candidate.
: A new candidate for appointment a.
member of the state administrator
9 board to succeed DR.. A. F. Shepherd
J whose term expires in few weeks
e was presented to Gov. Willis re
D Gently by Col. G. w. C. Perry of Chilli
y cothe. He is G. E. Robbins of Chilli
e cothe. DR.. Shepherd has given Gov
e Willis to understand that he will no
be candidate for appointment t
succeed himself.
l. Falls on Same Day.
:, Unless the supreme court can b
It prevailed upon to change the date Sc
it for the midsummer bar examination
e the seniors in the law school of tn
l. State university will have to be e1
e cused from the commencement eXel
n cises, as the date of the examination
e falls on commencement day, June
, Once before this happened and tn
court moved the examination up to a
earlier date.
y Compensation for Deaths.
|. The state industrial commission
j. yesterday made three allowances @
e the maximum amount under the worE
V mems compensation law-$3,744 eaci
D. The allowances were for the death
IT and to the surviving families Of Fran
o Acholtz, Columbus; Nelson w. Wa
e kins, Portsmouth, and Ray Jones, 122
Horst street, Dayton.
Suspends Judging Contest.
d The state commission appointed III
e der act of the legislature last winte
o to prevent the duplication Of work /
h the several different state agriculture
IS agencies, composed of DR.. W.
IS THOMPSON of the State university, D.
o Thorne of the state experiment ST
If ton and Secretary Dunlap of the stat
IS board of agriculture, met here recen
e ly and suspended stock judgin
e contest that was projected by j. T
e Clarke, director of junior agriculture
n contests, for the reason that it woul
e conflict with such contest that ha
been promoted by State university"
Champion TaIker.
II Humphrey Jones, whose death o.
p Cured yesterday, was known in tn
d late constitutional convention as tn
t. champion long distance talker of tn
# body. While making no claims to or;
o tory, he could speak indefinitely o
n any subject, and it was quite a FRI
e 1uent thing for him to speak contin'