The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-01-06
NEWS CULLED
IN THE CAPITAL
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART
MENTS--OTHER HAPPENINGS
Brush up, on Spelling.

superintendent, Columbus, tOr tne ohl-
cial list of words he has prepared Tor
the big statewide spelling contest, and
then get someone to try you out on II.
The list is a long one. 1t contains
some 1000 words Every pupil wish
ing to enter the contest will be tur-
nished a list, and Supt. Miller feels
sure that there will be some contest
ants who will be able to spell correct
ly every word. An additional list will
then be furnished to determine who ls
the champion speller in the state.
Spelling has become very much of
lost art in Ohio, but the state school
superintendent believes that these con-
tests, which are to be made a perma-
nent feature, will restore this art.
Each county will select its champion
to compete in the state contest, which
will be held in Columbus Friday
June 2.
Good Hearted Photographer Robbed.
w. E. Wood, commercial photog-
rapher here, has just met with the
usual result in playing the good Sa-
maritan with strangers. Two weeks
ago two young fellows came along
with hard luck story, and listening
to it, Wood gave them permission to
sleep in his place of business and paid
them little something for helping
around in the work. Yesterday morn
ing when he opened his shop5he found
that it had been sacked and about 5000
worth of Photographic supplies ana
apparatus missing. A note tackled ON
his desk, signed Jack and Russell,
expressed regret at what they were
about to do, but 1t could not be helped.
They assured him that he would re-
ceive a check from them soon cover
ing the loss, wished him a merry
Christmas and closed hurTiedly TO
catch the train south"
Gander Saves Christmas Dinner.
The goose was held in high honor in
old Rome because on a certain occa-
sion they gave the alarm upon the
ramparts of the city when an enemy
was trying to slip up and sack the
town as it slept, and thus saved the
city. Mrs. Andrew Bevetty, who lives
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think we'll of the watch dog qualities
Of the goose, for but for an old gan
der that she harbors in her yard she
would have been out one ham and
sundry viands that she had in hand
for the Christmas dinner. The shrin
piping of the gander caused Mrs. Be-
vetty to take survey of the premises
just in time to discover the negroes
coming out of a cellar window with
the ham and other eatables.
Thought ohioans Too Busy.
What do you think of the Ford
peace expedition" was the question
put to DR.. Charles William Eliot, for
40 years president of Harvard univer-
sity, who is in Columbus to attend the
annual meeting of the American AS
sociation for the Advancement of Sci
ence. "Pitiable," was his terse reply.
He said that he did not think that
Ford had any knowledge of conditions
in Europe when he started for that
country. He expressed surprise that
Ohioans we're as much interested in
the war and preparedness as they
seem to be. He said that he thought
the people of the Buckeye state were
too busy to be thinking Of such
things.
Prominent in Public Life.
Col. John w. Harper of Cincinnati,
former member of the Ohio senate,
who has died at the age of S6, was
prominent in public life for many
years. He was member of the SEN
ate in the memorable fight over the
election of NJ. A. Hanna to the United
States senate IS years ago this COM
ing January. He was a Democrat.
He was trustee of the state hospital
for the insane at Columbus for num-
Der of years and also served for many
years as a trustee of the Ohio Arch.
geological and Historical society.
Form New Town.
BY a vote of 80 to 80 the voters of
Ralston, suburb of Columbus on the
east, decided Monday to form q sepa-
rate organization, to be known as East
Columbus. The community has grown
up around two large plants-the Rails
ton Car works and the Independent
Packers Fertilizer plant. 1t will be
one of the richest hamlets in the state
as it starts with a tax duplicate Of
over 100000 and very restricted
area
Getting Light on Light Business.
The members of the Columbus city
council and most of the city officials
are attending municipal school at the
State university this afternoon, where,
before the Science convention, F. w.
Ballard of Cleveland will tell of that
city's municipal light plant and its cur
rent at cents per kilowatt hour. Co
lumbus is about to establish a new
electric light rate.
Looking for His Relatives.
The adiutant generals oflce is try.
ing to locate the relatives Of Private
Henry Stickney, who served in Co. H,
1880 regiment, Ohio National Guard
volunteer infantry, to turn over to
them the discharge of Stickney,
which is signed by Abraham Lincoln
as president and Edwin M. Stanton as
secretary of war, which was found in
the archives of the office by Col. JO-
seph Bishop, Civil war roster clerk.
The records of the Office do not show
where Stickney came from. He en-.
listed at Camp Chase, Columbus, the
last year of the war.
Robbed Mail Boxes.
Two young men who undertook to
raise the wind" by robbing rural mail
boxes Of parcel post packages during
the Christmas season, when most Of
these were laden with Christmas
packages. are in serious trouble with
the postofice department. They went
out on the Weber road early Christ.