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GREENVILLE, OHIOTHURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1916
No 21
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Political Gossip from
Washington.
Washington, Nov. 22. (Special
Correspondence). The unsatis
factory outcome of the recent
campaign from a Republican
standpoint and the very general
disposition to criticise the man
agement has started considerable
discussion in favor of a change
in the method of selecting the
' national campaign manager. It
has been the practice for a great
many years for the nominee to
select the chairman of the Na
tional committee, who is also
campaign manager. This has
been done upon the theory that
the nominee himself has the most
at stake in the campaign, and,
therefore, should have absolute
control.
But on several occasions there
has been a feeling that this meth
od of selecting a chairman has
not been satisfactory. Although
a man may be a good judge . of
politics under ordinary 'circum
stances, yet few men are good
judges of their own political cam
paigns. The candidate, there
fore, may make a poor selection
for a campaign manager and give
unwise instructions as to the
management. From the stand
point of efficiency, therefore,
there is serious question whether
best results are likely to be se
cured by turning the campaign
management over entirely to the
candidate and his appointee.
At any rate, as a result of the
recent contest, there is very gen
eral inclination to dispute the
proposition that the candidate
had the chief interest in the out
come of the political contest. Ev-'
ery member of the Republican
- party had a deep interest m the
overthrow of an administration
that had proven itself to be gov
erned by unwise economic prin
ciples and entirely lacking in any
definite and fixed policies with
regard to our relations with for
eign countries. Yet the duly e
lected representatives of the par
ty had a minor part in the cam
paign management.
It is safe to say that if the com
mittee had exercised its func
tions, Mr. Willcox would not have
been chosen as chairman of the
committee, and Mr. Hitchcock
would not have been his chief ad
visor. While it is recognized
that Mr. Willccx is a man of un
questionable integrity and good
intentions, he was entirely lack
ing in political experience.
"v-Republicans regret . to make
this criticism at this , time, but
feel it necessary in order that
similar mistakes may be avoided
in the future. It is contended
that if the members of the Re
publican party are to be called up
on to work in the campaign and
to make contribution to the cam
paign funds, their represent
tives, the members of the Na
.tional committee, should have an
. effective voice in the selection of
the men who shall .. manage . the
campaign.
While it is aot likely that the
National committee - would ever
select a chairman in direct oppo
sition to the wishes of the candi
date, or would select one without
consulting him, yet discussion as
it now proceeds, indicates that
hereafter the National committee
will be something more than a
figure-head and will participate
effectively, not only in the selec
tion of the chairman, but in shap
ing the policies of campaign man
agement.
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XXX
Representative Warren Worth
Bailey of Pennsylvania, who was
one of the leaders in opposition
to military preparedness, is a
mong the list of Democrats who
went down to defeat in the re
cent election. While his defeat
may have been merely an inci
dent of the general Democratic
defeat in his state, yet there are
many who interpret the result as
a repudiation of his attitude to
ward preparedness by the people
of hia district.
XXX
it is confidently expected in of
ficial circles that since the Wilson
administration now has four years
more in control of the executive
branch of the government, a few
more places will be filled through
a loose administration of the civil
service law, and then more strin
gent rules will be adopted and
more strict observance of the law
will be enforced with a -view of
making the new appointees more
secure in their positions.
XXX
The deficit in national finances
jumped about a million dollars a
day during the week the election
was held.
Rheumatism Follows Expo
sure.
In the rain all day isgenerally
followed by painful twinges of
rheumatism or neuralgia. Sloan's
Liniment will give you quick re
lief and prevent the twinges from
becoming torture. It quickly
penetrates without rubbing and
soothes the sore and aching joints.
For sore, stiff, exhausted muscles
that ache and throb from over
work, Sloan's Liniment affords
quick relief. Bruises, sprains,
strains and other minor injuries
to children are quickly soothed
by Sloan's Liniment. Get a bot
tle today at your druggist's, 25c.
-Adv
Brief Items.
Clean skimmed milk is a valu
able food, but it should be sold as
skimmed. ,
" The Chinese make an. appetiz
ing table sauce out of soy beans,
wheat and rock salt.
The melting point of southern
made butter is higher where cat
tle are fed cottonseed products.
Fortyfive thousand dead ducks,
victims of wild duck disease, were
picked up on one marsh near
Great Salt Lake.
In 1904, out of the total road
and bridge expenditures, $20,
000,000 of the $80,000,000 was
paid in labor that is, worked out
on the roads..
The so-called. u u anty legend
on packages tf foods and drugs
does not mean that the United
States government has passed on
the quality of the product.
Concentrated , cider, which
keeps better and is much less
bulky than the ordinary product,
can be made by freezing and
centrif ugalizing, which eliminate
water and leave behind sugar
and flavor.
The sense of direction in mig
ratory birds is a3 marvelous as it
mysterious. The familiar inhab
itants of our dockyard martin
boxes return the next year to
these same boxes, though mean
while they have visited Brazil
Fur-bearing animals are now
protected by general law3 fixing
close seasons in 26 states and Al
aska, and in all the Canadian
provinces except Yukon. Thir
teen additional states have close
seasons for one or two species of
fur animals. Federal laws pro
hibit the shipment in interstate
commerce of wild animals killed
in violation of state laws or the
shipment of the skins of such an
imals. Flies can be kept from breed
ing in manure piles by the addi
tion of a small quantity of cyan-
amid, which kills the larvae and
at the same times adds to the fer
tilizing value of the manure.
When alfalfa is stacked the
center of the stack should always
be kept full and well packed dur
ing the whole time of building,
and the top cf the stack should
be well covered with canvas,
marsh hay, or some kind of fine
grass which will turn water, and
then be weighted to resist the
effect of the wind.
Fine-Tar Relieves a Cold.
Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey con
tains all the soothing elements of
the pine forest. It heals the ir
ritated membrane, and by its an
tiseptic properties loosens the
phlegm you breathe easier, and
what promised to be a severe
cold has been broken up. For
that stuffed-up feeling, tight
chest or sore throat take a dose
of Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey and
prevent a wearing, hacking cough
dragging through, the winter. At
your druggist, 25c Adv
DOCTORS FOR PROHIBITION
Detroit Medical Society Declare
Against the Use of Liquor.
Detroit. Mica. A short time before
the wet and dry election, which planed
Michigan in the dry column, the Do
trodt Medical society endorsed state
wide Prohibition by a vote of 13 1
to 31.
The society declared that as a re
sult of the technical training and ex
perlence of its members, their scien
tific knowledge of the deleterious ef
fects of the moderate and immoderate
use of beverages containing alcohol,
that the elimination or decrease of
the use of alcoholic beverages would
be of the greatest service in prevent
ing and curing diseases. The society.
therefore, declared in favor of state.
wide prohibition of the- manufacture
and sale of all alcoholic-beverages.
War Beats Aloehol.
Cleveland, O. For ' the first time
alcohol takes- second place as the
cause of insanity among patients in
the Cleveland State Hospital for tin
Insane, according to figures complied
by Dr. Hyde, head of that institution
During the past-year 131 patients, or
33 per cent of the total number ail
mitted, eae from bo-mes . rendered
desolate by the loss of relatives in
the European war. Heretofore alco
hoi stood at the head of the list of
causes of -insanity. It required
world war to be more destructive than
John Barleycorn.
' Palestine.
We have to record this week
the death of ou loved neighbor
and friend, Mrs. Hattie Harris,
who passed away very suddenly
last Wedpesday evening. She
had beeny in active connection
with the Grange for years, was
a faithful Pythian Sister, a mem
her of the F. B. C class of the
Disciple Sunday-school and tea
cher of the sej.t class. Now,
having: finished her course, she
rests from her labors and her
works do follow her."
On Wednesday, November 29,
the Palestine school will hold a
Community Day. Let all who
can assist in any way to make it
a great success, do so.
Ralph Klase, one of the young
citizens of .this vicinity, took un
to himself a bride, one of India-
ana's fair daughters, last Wed
nesday. The Rally Day and Home Com
ing of. the Disciple Sunday school
was certainly a great affair.
There were ninetyeight who ate
dinner together at the Junior
hall, and more could have been
feisted on the great abundance
of food provided. Visitors pres
ent were John Roland and wife
of Fountain City, Ind., Mr. and
Mrs. Hiatt of Lynn, Ind., C. A.
Wilt and family of Greenville,
Wm. McCartney and wife of
Nashville, Mrs Nan? Noll and
Mrs. Ella Noll of Turkey Center,
Herschel Jeff eris and family, Nor
man Teaford and family, and
others. A programme was given
in the afternoon and all departed
feeling that the day was well
spent.
Nov. 20. From Palestine.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR I A
Road Repair Work is Not
Emergency.
Ordinary road repair work does
not constitute such an emergency
for which a tax may be levied in
excess of the Smith law 1 per
cent limitation, so the Supreme
court holds in a decision uphold
ing the contention of Attorney
General Turner.
In Jane the Cuyahoga county
commissioners adopted a resolu
tion levying a tax to repair, re
construct and maintain certain
roads, under the emergency pro
vision of the Smith act, the pro
posed levy amounting to $600, 000.
The county auditor refused tc
place the levy on the duplicate
unless ordered to do so by the
court Attorney General Turner
argued that if repairing could be
considered an emergency, thro'
neglect ,of roads, emergencies
could be created for which the
tax limit could be evaded in eve
ry county.
The ruling of the court is of
. ... . t V
considerable importance, as some
thing like 20 counties, following
a Miami county eourt decision,
which is upset by the high court's
ruling, proceeded to make levies
outside the Smith law for road
repair. Ohio Journal of Com-
iiK rce.
COURT HOUSE NEWS.
PROBATE COURT.
H. S. Arnett was appointed
guardian of Henry L. Fitzwater;
bond $1000.
Inventory and appraisement
filed in estate of Christian Liv
ingston. Deed of assignment filed from
Lawrence V. Keel to Losh O.
Harbaugh and latter filed appli
cation to be appointed such as
signee. Order of public sale of real es
tate issued in estate of George
Coleman.
Second account filed in estate
of Carry S. "Jones.
Statement in lieu of an account
filed in estate of Nancy Walker.
Eighth account filed in guard
ianship of Gust A. Schellhouse.
Losh O. Harbaugh v. as ap
pointed assignee in trust for the
benefit of the creditors of Law
rence V. Keel ; bond $3500.
Answer of Nancy E. Shuff filed
in estate of Earc 3 E. Shuff.
Secord account filed in guard
ianship of Mary J. Kendall.
Fust account filed in guardian
ship of Chester W. Welbaum.
Last will of Moses Holhnger
was filed for probate and record.
Inventory and appraisement
filed in estate of Elizabeth Schn
eider. First and final account filed in
estate of Sarah L. Nevel.
Petition filed to sell real estate
to make distribution according to
the terms of the will in estate of
F. M. Lamb.
Third and final account filed in
guardiajaship of Hernley Tim
mons. Inventory and appraisement
filed in estate of Lewis Kley, al
so petitioii to sell personal prop
erty at private sale and order of
sale issutd.
Order of appraisement of real
estate returned in guardianship
of Benjamin Hagedorn.
Inventory and appraisement
filed in estate cf Adam Hill.
First and final account filed in
estate of J. C. I. Kelch.
Inventory and appraisement
filed in estate of Winfield Ver
million. First and final account filed in
guardianship of Lola E. John
Eton. Second and final account filed
in estate of Matilda Roll.
Application filed for appoint
ment of an administrator of es
tate of Matilda Pearce and a
guardian for Hilda M. Pearce
and others.
MAKKIAGE lJCESSttb.
Hernley E. Timmons, 22, lab
orer, Greenville, son of John A.
Timmons, and Lillian B. Orrison,
20, Van Buren township, daught
er of Benjamin F. Orrison.
OrvilleH. Baker, 22, farmer,
Neave township, son of Levi Ba
ker, and Mary McKhann, 18,
Greenville township, daughter of
James McKbann.
Riley Dunevant, 44, laborer,
Adams township, son of William
Dunevant, and Mabel G. Warren,
19, Adams township, daughter of
, George Warren.
John W. Hartzell, 40, laborer,
Webster, son of George W. Hart
zell, and Mrs. Lulu Timmons, 33,
. Greenville, daughter of John H.
I Harter.
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j. riiwuou Armacost, iar
mer, New Madison, son of Jos
eph M.' Armacost, and Ethel M.
Noggle, 23, New Madison, dau
ghter of George M. Noggle.
Walter E. Schiller, 31, cleik.
Richmond, Ind., and Mrs. Maude
Weadick, 27, Savona, daughter
of Elmer T. Death.
W. H. Morgan, 71, minister,
Mansfield, O., and Mrs. E. Flor
ence Peters, 59, Yorkshire.
COMMON rLEAtfoOUKT.
NEW CASES.
20997 Emanuel Lorton versus
Peter t. Lephart and others; to
recoyer $500, foreclosure of mort
gage and adjustment of liens.
20998 J. W. Roberson versus
Ida B. Roberson : for divorce, ex
treme cruelty charged.
20999 State of Ohio on rela
tion of Lottie Neargarder, versus
Arnold Meyer; for bastardy.
21000 H. H. Davis versus
Frank Cole and Stanley Hartzell;
on a cognovit note for $90.
REGISTER OF DfcEDb.
Wallace Plessinger to John
Dispennett, lot 1462 in Green
ville, $2650.
Clarence E. Barga to Alfred A.
Barga, 40 acres in York town
ship, $2200.
E. C. Wright to Augusta Lor
ton, part lots 1164 and 1165 in
ville, $550.
Charles G. Herman to Abe
Bloom, lot 295 in Arcanum, $1.
R. R. Winters to The Winters
Dairy Co., 200 acres in Richland
township. $20,941.
B. C. Pasteur to V. Robison.
80 acres in York township, $8050.
Hester C. Strait to Rosa B.
Shook, 2 and 41-100 acres in New
Weston, $950.
Benjamin T. Hughes to Wm.
Livingston, lot 902 in Greenville,
$2500.
Mary F. Wallace to N. S. Wal
lac, part lot 391 in Union Citj),
$3200.
Mary Cordon to Mary F. Wal
lace, part lots 228 and 229 in Un
ion City, $3100.
Murteous B. Kinkead to Daniel
A. Finfrock, lot 692 in Green
ville, $1200.
Lurton Emrick to Lottie Em-
rick, 21 acres in Wayne town
ship, $1550.
James Johnson to Martha Kro-
nour, 62 acres in Franklin town
ship, $1.
CASTOR iA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 30 Years
Always bears
the
Signature of
In Wet Belmont County.
sst rinirsviile. o. Within a few
months' time this year the mayor o!
m imvii ngsnitfied fines aggregating
132.000 against bootleggers and speak
easies operating In tne counij. tn.n
i. f tho wettest counties in Ohio.
population considered, and boasts or
the biggest saloon in the state. Al
though Home Rule liquor shops aro
plentiful, the county is overrun with
Illicit sellers. This proves the failure
of license in stamping ut lawless u
Quor selling.
OFFICIAL REPORT
FULL OF INTEREST
Smashes Claims of Ohio Llpr
MsIL
LAWLESSNESS ON INCREASE
Report of Inspection Department o'
the State Liquor Licensing Board
Shows That fn the Ten Counties
Having Vajority of Saloons of the
State Were Two-thirds of All Li
quor Cases Prosecuted and Two
thirds of All Fines Assessed For Li
quor Law Violations.
Columbus, O. If Ohio's license law
tends to discourage speakeasies an!
bootleggers, 1 saloonkeepers are men
f "good moral character," as the law
says they must be, and if lawlessness
on the part of licensed and unlicensed
dealers is decreasing, there is nothing
in the annual report of the inspection
department of the state liquor licenn
ing board to show it.
Oii the -contrary, that report shows
that during the past year 123 saloon
l.cupers were prosecuted, and an even
100 were convicted. The year previ
ous there were 83 saloonkeepers pros
ecuted and 57 convicted.
During the past year, covered by
the report of the board, the state in
spectors prosecuted 902 cases against
illicit dealers and secured 726 convic
tions, as compared with 696 cases
prosecuted and 433 convictions the
year previous. The fines assessed
during the year covered by the report
aggregate $143,327 as against 186,919
for the previous year.
The cases prosecuted included
speakeasy keepers as well as licensed
dealers and totaled 1,027, or nearly 3
for every day in the year. The total
convictions were 826 or more than
2 for every day in the year. The
cases covered by the report are those
only prosecuted by state inspectors,
and do not Include the cases prosecut
ed by local officers.
The seven largest counties in Ohio
in point of population are Cuyahoga,
Hamilton, Franklin, Lucas. Montgom
ery, Summit and Stark. These coun
ties have big cities and these cities
are full of licensed saloons. Three
other unusually wet counties are the
river counties of Belmont, Jefferson
and Columbiana. These ten counties
constitute the paradise of the wet in
terests of Ohio.
As these ten counties have more
than a majority of all the saloons in
the state, and as the liquor men argue
that saloons decrease illegal selling,
one would expect to find few prosecu
tions and convictions in these wet
counties.
However, according to the report of
the inspection department, in these
ten super wet counties there wern
679 cases prosecuted out of 1,027 in
the entire SS counties. In these same
10 counties there were 333 convictions
cut of S-fi in the entire SS counties.
In these 10 wettest counties the fine
aggregated $9S,0S3 out of the $143,327
assessed in the entire estate. In other
words, two-thirds of all the-total f.nes
assessed are in these 10 counties,
where more than a majority of the
model saloons of the stats are located.
During this same period covered by
the report of the inspection depart
ment, there was not a conviction in
Harrison county, considered the dry
est county in the state. Neither was
there a conviction in Morgan county,
said to be about as dry as Harrison.
If Prohibition increases bootleggers
and speakeasies and saloons decrease
these pests, why are prosecutions and
convictions more numerous where sa
loons are thickest, and why do they
dwindle 'to practically nothing where
there are no saloons?
The report of the inspection depart
ment proves the contention of th
drys that license increases bootleg
ging, that speakeasies are most pro
lific where saloons are most numer
ous, and that license and lawless
ness go hand in hand.
LARGEST DRY CITY
MAKES GOOD RECORD
Statement From Chief ot Police
ol Ontario.
Toronto, Canada. This city wif.t
its more than 400,000 people is now
the largest dry city in America, Ac
cording to Chief of Police Grassett, in
an interview in the Toronto Globe, the
passing of the saloon has made a
wonderful change in the city. The
chief says:
"Since Prohibition has been in
force Toronto has become a different
place from the point of vie.v of
the police. The stations are almost
empty. The streets are quiet and po
licemen are free now to attend to
other duties which before, to a cer
tain extent, were neglected. Prom
Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. last year, there
were 1.039 arrests for disorderly con
duct resulting from drunkenness,
while rn the same months this year
that number had decreased to 214.
Kvldence of satisfaction with this era
of Proiiibltlor is being given con
stantly by men who we:- never
known to be teiaperau.i' advoc&teV
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