The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-06-06
STATE SIFTINGS

Thirteen persons we're graduated
by Union county normal school. Rich
wood.
Mrs. Floyd Treux is a candidate
for postmaster at Sarahsville, Noble
county.
Fayette county's war chest con
tains $1S5.OOO. A minimum Of $780,.
900 was sought.
f. B. Hopkins. 20, wholesale grocer
and civil war veteran, died suddenly
at Yellow Springs.
Private John P. Gearin Of Tippe-
canoe City died OF wounds received
IN action in France.
Postmaster j. F. Bauer, Crestline,
has rendered his resignation, to be-
come effective July 10.
Mrs. Carrie F1atter, w. c. T. L.
worker, was injured probably fatally
in a runaway at Yellow Springs.
First class Of 5S2 officers for small
arms firing school arrived at Camp
Perry from all parts of the country
Rev. Jeson KOvacs ard two con-!
panions were injured seriously when
their automobile struck fire plug at
Lorain.
George Bennett, 36, died from in
ternal injuries received in a fight
at Massillon state hospital, where he
was patient.
Ashtabula's war chest goal of $780,
900 was oversubscribed by nearly
$25,0O0, with 10000 people contribut-
ing to the fund.
Court sustained the will Of Mrs. Re.
becca Williams, giving the city of
Bellefontaine $125,0O0 for support Of
Mary Rutan hospital
Special officers of the Hooking Val
ley railroad threaten 10 prosecute 81
persons at Lancaster for stealing coal
from company's cars.
An auction sale held at North Lew
isburg. Union county, uetted $4,000
for the Red Cross. A large quilt
brought 81 100 of this amount.
Abram w. Agler, Canton attorney,
filed papers with the secretary OF
state as candidate for the Republican
nomination for lieutenant governor.
D. r. Kious of Mt. Sterling, state
representative from Madison county
filed notice of his candidacy for the
Republican nomination for lieutenant
governor.
Four children Gf the family of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Holden, near Mari
eta, died within the past eight days
of scarlet fever. Two others are criC
ically i'll with the same disease.
Secretary of State Fulton officially
became a candidate for a second
term nomination. He filed with him
self as state supervisor of elections
his petition for denomination for sec.
retary of state.
An argument which followed the
refusal of Mary Leasure Fox to re-
turn and live with her husband,
Loney V. Fox, resulted in her muir
der and the suicide Of her husband
at Mrs. Fox's home, in Chillicothe.
Declaring that the price set on
fleece wool by the war industries
board Is too low for Ohio producers,
action was taken by wool growers as.
sembled at Columbus to ask the
board for a hearing on simplifying
selling conditions.
At Columbus Donald Wolford. 16,
attempted the rescue of Joseph Muir
ply, 16, who had been seized with
cramps while bathing in the Scioto
river Both were drowned. John
Howard Thomas, 1S, lost his life
while bathing in Alum creek.
Several Ohio counties, including
Butler and Wyandot, now are with
out wheat hoarders and others rap
idly are approaching that goal. State
Food Administrator Croxton is send.
ing a personal letter to each person
reported to him as having wheat on
hand
Ohio's 2-cent fare law is probably
abrogated by the new freight and
passenger schedules promulgated by
Director General McAdoo, who an.
nounced passenger fares would be
increased to 3 cents a mile June 10.
Freight rates will be advanced about
rs per cent June 25.
Mrs. T. w. Thomas went to the
railway station at Canton to see her
son, Harry Thomas, entrain for Camp
Gordon. Suddenly she fell to tho
sidewalk. A physician was summoned
and found her dead. The son was
given official leave of absence to at
tend his mothers funeral.
John Evans, II, son of John E.
Evans, former Niles merchant, and
Noble Woods, 10. son of Henry
Woods, we're drowned in Me
ander creek, near Niles. Evans could
not swim and, getting into the stream
beyond his death depth, he clung to
the Woods boy until both sank
Ohio State Telephone company
must pay Columbus a Judgment o.
$93,043. This sum is held by the su.
preme court to be due under the COM
pany's franchise contract executed in
1899, by which the city was to re.
ceive / per cent on the first $4,000
of the company's gross receipts, z
per cent on the second $4,000 and 3
per cent on all over 100000.
Howard Michael, married, an auto.
mobile salesman from Miamisburg,
was found dead in a Dayton garage
while sitting at the wheel Of his ma
chine.
Anthony Frazer, 40, was instantly
killed and Murrell Crissett, 81, was
seriously injured when they were
struck by lightning while digging a
ditch near Oxford.
Ablelbodied youths Of Canton be.
tween 18 and 20 must work 36 hours
every week, under new ordinance
introduced by Assistant Solicitor
Ruff Those attending school are ex-
empted.
Body Of Miss Harriet NJ. King, 6S.
a magazine writer was found On a