The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-01-06
Special Columbus Correspondent.

ceptable New Years gllI lToH
the state. This will be their 1916
pay, which they get in advance. On
the first day of the new year Auditor
of State Donahey will send each leg
islator a voucher for $1,000. That is
each member who turned back his set
of the law code at the close Of this
years session, will get that much. A
score or more kept their sets, and
each one of these will be "docked" $50
by the auditor. The auditor has just
sent a third notice out that he will de-
duct such a sum from each voucher In
case the copies Of the code are not re-
turned before the close Of the year.
The members wanted to draw their
next years salary right after the close
Of the session last June, but Attorney
General Turner and Auditor Of State
Donahey set their brogans down upon
this, and SO they have been obliged to
wait little more than six months for
the money, which, however, should not
be regarded as much of a hardship in
view of the fact that it is being paid
at the beginning of the year and not at
its close.
No Sure Preventive.
Columbus physicians unite in say
ing that there is no sure preventive OF
the grip nor is there any sure and
specific cure. But they do generally
suspect that so far as the girls are
concerned--and here, at least, the dis
ease is more severe with the females
they have brought much Of it on
themselves by wearing the fashionable
high fur collars in the day time and
low necked gowns at functions in the
evening. The best precautiOn against
grip, they say, is warm clothing, good
ventilation in homes and offices, warm,
dry feet at all times. AS to medicine,
they fight shy the question by saying
that If a person is sick enough with
grip to need medicine he is sick
enough to need doctor to prescribe
and the best thing for such patient
to do is to go to bed.
May Be Two Contests.
There is a difference of opinion as
to whether or not the fight which has
broken out between the state board OF
agriculture and the state department
of education as to which shall manage
the boys corn growing contest will be
much of a benefit to the project. Each
side is determined to go ahead, and
the prospect now is that there will be
two separate and distinct contests
The state department of instruction is
relying on the assistance of the So
county school superintendents to en-
able it to make a success of the un
dertaking, while the "ag" board figures
that the $4,000 appropriation it OBJ
tained from the legislature will enable
it to successfully work up and push
the contest to a conclusion. Gov. VIII
lis has taken no hand in the contro
Versy.
Should Have Professional Advice.
C. w. Belless and Herbert B. Briggs
vice president and secretary of the
Ohio State Association of the Ameri
can Institute of Architects, laid before
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communication in which the com
mission was assured that the or
ganiZation desired to be helpful to the
commission in its work and suggested
that the commission select a profes
sional adviser for their guidance, the
person to be selected not to be the
architect employed by it to have
charge of the building to be erected
They pointed out that subsection 6 o.
article LV of the act under which tht
commission is operating is authority
for employing such professional
adviser.
Declines Appointment.
Because the position carries with il
no salary and much work, Benjamin J
Mckinney of Marietta has declined the
appointment rendered him by Gov. Will
lis to be a member of the board o.
state charities. Mckinney was a mem
Der of the True Democracy. He wal
state oil inspector during the Harmon
administration. He was not reap
pointed under the Cox administration
He wrote the governor letter thank
ing him for the tender of the position
but stated that he did not think hi
could afford to accept 1t. He was al
applicant for salaried position anC
was disappointed when he did not ge
one.
Not a Free SilVerite.
Before he left for New York to en-
ter his appearance following his in
dictment in the federal court, formel
Attorney General F. S. Monnett en-
tered a denial to the statement in {
published report that he embraced tht
doctrine Of free silver as taught by
VIM. ]. Bryan in 1896 Although hi
Joined the Democratic party soon aftel
that time, Monnett says he never be
lieved in free coinage of silver.
Ritter In Pen.
DR.. E. W. Ritter, known as thu
liquid fire" inventor and war plo
hero" who was denounced as a men
ace to the American government b!
| OWCll VI LhO SOulS a
Cleveland when sentencing him, hal
been brought to the Ohio penitntiary
to begin his term. Ritter faces othel
indictments in addition to that OF
which he was convicted. He is charged
with obtaining money under false pre-
lenses and with forging the names O
Baron E. Zwiedinek and Capt. Guy
Gaunt to checks on a Washington ma
tional bank
10000 Hunters.
Chief Game Warden J. C. Speaks es
Inmates that the number of hunters
licenses issued for the year 1915 will
reach 100000 Last year the number
was $4,000. The foot and mouth cat
tie disease epidemic kept down the
number of licenses considerably ir
1914. This has been good hunting