The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-02-08
NEWS CULLED
in THE CAPITAL
ACTIVITIES OF STATE DEPART
MENTS - OTHER HAPPENINGS
ProvIdes for Absent VOTING. Z

Senator MONEYS bill provides
that persons who expect to be
away from home election day
may go to the board of elections
and secure ballots, and affidavit blank,
and return envelope. Some time be-
fore election day he will mark the bal
lots, make afidavit before any author
lied public Official that he is voting
away from home, and mail the ballot
and affidavit to the board Of elections.
When precinct election officials get
their ballots from the board of elec-
tions the day before election, the board
give them the ballots of the absent
voters of the respective precincts, to
be deposited in the precinct ballot box.
If the ballot is received on election
day, the board itself will add 1t to the
proper precinct. In case of the ma
titonal guard, any officer is authorized
to administer the oath to a soldier
voting.
The Mooney act also provides for
university students voting. Clerks OF
board of elections shall go to a col
lege or university several days before
election and take ballots of the stu
dents. The ballots then are mailed
back to the home counties Of the stu
dents.
Farmers Gather In Capital.
The Ohio farmer with his sisters,
his cousins and his aunts were in the
capital for Farmers week" at the
Ohio State university. There were
100 lecturers, each a specialist, and
that there was omething for sisters,
cousins, aunts and children. too, may
be seen in the brief statement of the
first days bill-of-fare, which follows:
9 a. m.-"Soy Beans" ]. r. Park;
County Poultry Association" F. S.
Jacoby.
10 a. m.-'Producing Milk at Prof
it," o. Err; Pruning to Improve the
Quality of Fruit" Vernon H Davis;
Poultry Associations" M. G. Kilpat-
rick.
II a. m.-Address of welcome, w. o.
Thompson.
IL m.-Moving pictures, '"The Story
of Two Pigs"
p. m.-Boys' livestock clubs state
contest-judging beef cattle.
2 p. m.-"Building Up Worn-out
Soils" F. E. Bear; Rural Play Pro-
gram" Coach Jack Wilce.
3 p. m.-"Running Wa,er in the
Farm Home" Virgil Overholt. Live
stock exhibition, judging pavilion.
4 p. ma Farmers Trip Around
the World"-Furope (illustrated), Al
fred Vivian; practical Farm Drain
age" w. l. Chamberlain.
Z: 80 p. m.-"Between Two Lives"
a rural comedy by C. w. Burkett, act
ed by members of the University
Grange, University hall.
Elect officers.
The Ohio Dry Federation. meeting
here at the headquarters of the Ohio
Anti-Saloon league, organized by elect
ing the following officers: President,
]. W. Deffenbaugh, Lancaster; vice
president, Rev. E. L. Gillian, Colum-
bus; secretary, Rev. w. E. Fetch,
Columbus; treasurer, G. L. Dickey,
Columbus.
Tackle High Living Cost.
Members of the Ohio assembly are
to tackle the high cost of living. The
fight will be under the leadership of
members from the minority, the reso-
luton for investigation being offered
by Judge Clark of Warren.
In a speech, Reighard Of Fulton
aimed particularly at the high prices
and limited supply Of coal, intimated
that coal spectators and indifference
on the part of the railways were large
factors in the coal shortage.
Just after Reighard had induced the
members of the lower house to make
the Clark resolution a special order,
Chester of Spaulding sent in a reso.
luton complaining Of the high prices
Of gasoline in Ohio, much higher than
in Indiana or Michigan, he said, and
he wanted a committee of six to in
vestigate and see if the fuel for the
buzz wagons could not be forced down
in price in Ohio.
Votes for Women.
The interesting features Of the leg
islative week were two public hear
ings in the house chamber-that for
the suffragists on the presidential
vote bill, and that for the both sides
on the issue Of putting the quail in the
song bird class. so that he will abe
protected from hunters at all times.
Terrell Has Another Bill.
Although a trifie less drastic than
the first bill drafted by Tatum OF
Springfield, the second Of the series
credited to his authorship, which was
presented by Senator Terrell Of Guy
ahoga, proposes to tear large holes IN
the Smith 1 per cent law. The tax sit
uation will receive attention in the
meeting of the cities committee Of the
senate when a hearing will be held or
the first Terrell bill.
Free Bricks for Farm Roads
Warden Thomas Of the penitentiar1
recommends that a bill be passed pro
viding for the erection Of a $300,00(
brick plant which will give employ
ment to 500 prisoners and do ava!
with the population Of tie idle house
About 100000 bricks could be manu-
factured daily.
School Teachers Rejoice.
The senate has passed the bill o
Senator Galbreath making the mini
mum wage for school teachers $5|
instead Of $40. It is expected that thu
bill will be lust as well received IL