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Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-30

The Eighty-second General Assemb-
ly of Ohio came to an end this week
after having considered something like
800 bills that were introduced and
passing nearly 300 of them. There
are a few of these bills that are of
general Importance. Not much change
was made in the school code except
that the minimum salaries of teachers
were raised from $40 to $50 per month
and the county and district superin-
tendents are to compose a board for
the recommendation of text books for
use in the schools.
Ohio Bridgegrooms in the future
will have to have a health certificate
from some physician other than the
"old family doctor" before they will
be permitted to apply for a marriage
license. The quail has been placed on
the song bird list. Presidential suf-
fragewas granted to women. The State
and National ballot are to be sepa-
rate and names are to rotate on the
primary ballot. A Governors mansion
is to be erected at a cost of $125, 900.
A radical change has been made in
the law governing the Board of Agri-
culture. A secretary is to be chosen
by the Board of Agriculture which
consists of ten members who serve
without pay. The salary of the new
secretary is to be $4,000 per year and
his duties are many fold; among other
duties he is to be chief sealer@ of
weights and measures, head of the
fish and game division and will have
power and authority to establish many
bureaus. His term of office is two
years.
The New Tax law was passed as an
emergency measure after it had been
drawn by a bipartisan committee of
both houses and two attorneys. 1t
makes the country auditor the chief
taxing official of each county; he is
the assessor of all real estate m his
county and is required to list all pro-
perty real and personal annually.
Each tax payer must submit the
value of his property himself and
make a sworn statement thereto.
These lists will be subject to the in
quiry of the assessors who win ex-
anime the lists and ascertain if any
property has been omitted.
A new board of revision is provid-
ed for which shall consist of the
county auditor, county treasurer and
president of the Board of County
Commissioners.
Assessors are to be elected as here
tofore and are to receive $500 per
day for each day necessarily engaged
in the performance of their duties.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-30
NOTICE

The Fulton County Improvement
Association will meet at the court
house in Wauseon, Saturday, March
31st, 1917, at 10 o'clock. All persons
interested are requested to be pres
ent. o. M. johnson, County Agent,
will be there to explain the workings
of this law and answer any questions
regarding same.
c. A. KNAPP, Pres.
D. S. KNIGHT, Sec'y.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-30
WEDDING

Saturday March 18th at noon, the
home of Rev. and Mrs. Bowman 415
East Elm street was the scene of a
happy and interesting wedding when
Mr.. Herbert U. Grof and Miss C.
Fern Berry were united in holy matri-
nlony. Miss Fay Grof a niece of the
groom and her friend Mr.. Howard
Reed were present to witness the cere-
mony. The groom is a thrifty success
full young farmer, and the bride is an
accomplished young lady, graduate
of the Wauseon High School and a
leader in the public schools. The
happy couple will be at home to their
many friends at the Grof homestead
in Franklin township after April 1st.
The last public library story hour
of the season for little children will
be held Saturday afternoon at 2:15
O'Clock. Mrs. H. F. Davis will tell
stories. Children from Kindergarten
to Fifth Grade age are invited.
An Easter service Of Song is in
preparation by the Methodist choir.
1t will be given on the evening of Eas-
ter Day.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-30

mer will be laid aside because Miss
Rychener will be in demand for
higher service and when that day
comes she will have the satisfaction
of knowing that she has won her
training and equipment by her own
effort and rendered useful service
while she was winning it.
We are glad too, that Wauseon
Girls as well as Wauseon boys can
and do make successes and give us
reason to be proud of them.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-30
1917 CHAUTAUoUA

The local committee Of the Wau-
seon Chautauqua met in Judge VOLTS
office Wednesday afternoon with Mr..
Whitehead the Publicity Manager of
the Redpath Chautauqua Bureau and
received first information in regard
to the Wauseon Chautauqua for 1917.
The date set is August eth to 10th
and among the talent which viii ap-
pear in Wauseon this season are
Edwin Whitney, Reader, who capti-
waited the Wauseon people two years
ago; Dr., Ng Poon Chew, a Chinese
stateman; DR.. C. E. Barker; DIR. E.
T. Hagerman; The Killarney Girls;
Montague Light Opera Singers; The
Royal White Hussars and the Mur-
ray-Lane Light Opera Company.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-30

from two to five assistants. Mr..
Myers is proving himself master
sales manager and business execu-
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-30
NEW BOOKS IN LIBRARY
The public library has recently re-
ceived several new books.

Ine puD1c library mas recently re-
ceived several new books.
Representative F. H. Reighard has
presented copies of the rosters of Ohio
Soldiers in the Wars Of 1872 and 1898.
H. P. Wenzel has presented copies
of E. P. Poe's "Day of Fate" and
Near to Natures Heart" and Rus
sells "Divine Plan of the Ages"
"Time is at Hand" and Kingdom
Come"
Other books accustomed are "Mr
Britling Sees it Through" by H. G
Wells, called by critics one of the best
books that has been written about the
European War; Connolly's "Head
Winds; Halls "Clover and Blue
Grass; Longs "Lilac Fairy Book
and "Violet Fairy Book" and the
World Almanac for 1917.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-30
SUCCEEDS AT HOME

It's fine thing when Wauseon peo-
pie make good' in other places and
we always are glad to hear about it
also to extend congratulations; but
someway it seems a finer thing when
our people stay right here. at home
and make their successes; certainly it
means more to the town. D. W.
Myers, Distributor of the Hinman
Milking Machines for Ohio and Mich
igan is one of the latter kind. He is
building up a business that means
much not only for himself but as well
for the town as whole. Mr.. Myers
has eight men on the road and has
recently enlarged his office force
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-30

Rev. Wharton will preach Sunday
morning at the Christian church on
"Sanctifcation" and in the evening
on "The Second Chance for Salvation
Beyond Death"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-30

Bank failure, no. Not if looked
after as carefully as the compound
ing of Burgoon's Celebrated Family
Remedies, you can bank on them.
Sold by all dealers. Size
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-30
PREPARATION

The Gathering of Men and Munitions
Only Part of The Preparation
Necessary To Meet The Emergen-
cies Which The American People
Are Likely to Faee-LOyalty and
Conservation.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-30
GENERAL ASSEMBLY

General Assembly of
Ohio Pass 300 Bills Out of Nearly
500 introduced New Taxation
Measure and Other Important Laws
-Sundry Claims Bill Fails to Pass.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-03-30
EASTER SOCIAL

The Ladies Aid Society will hold
an Easter Social at the East Chester
field Church Wednesday evening
April 4th, all are cordially invited.
For your spring tonic take Bur-
goons' Alternative Syrup, SOC. 51-2-c
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-10-06
EVOLUTION OF A SUPERIOR RACE
(Literary Diegst)

''ln the American muattO the evolution
of superior race may be seen in process. -
This is the concluding sentence Of an ar
tcle on ''The Superiority of the Mulatto,"
contributed by E. B. Reuter-, of the Uni
versity Of Chicago to The American Jour-
nal Of Sociology (Chicago). By superior"
the writer means superior to the pure Ne
gro race. At the same time, it should be
noted, he denies any essential racial infer
iority Of the Negro to the white. That the
mulatto is gaining ground he deduces in the
first place from examination of a list
entitled "Who s Who in Colored America
compiled by Negroes and containing the
names Of 139 of the best-known American
Negroes In this list, Mr.. Reuter- says, there
are not more than four men of pure Negro
blood. The successful men Of the race are,
in fact, he asserts, nearly all Of biracial an
cestry. An examination of many other Ne
gro lists Of successful colored physicians,
writer's artists, musicians, and business men
bears out this statement and he believes it
to be true OF the past as well as the present
and OF other countries than the United
States. He goes on:
''ln all times in the history Of the
American Negro, and in all fields of human
effort in which the Negroes have entered,
the successful individuals, with very few ex-
ceptions, have been mulattoes. The black
Negroes, either past present. who have
made any marked degree of success are de-
cldedly rare exceptions.
''Nor is this a popularity of the Ameri-
can racial situation. The same thing seems
to be true in other countries in which a
mixed-blood race exists alongside pure
blood native race. Boaz, pointing out the
relative high degree of culture attained
by certain African tribes in western Sudan,
owing to their contact with the invading
Arabs, remarks: The invaders intermar-
ried with the natives; and the mixed races,
some of which almost purely Negro,
have risen high above the level of other
African Negroes In South Africa the mu-
lattoes are on a distinctly higher cultural
level than are the natives Of unmixed blood
In the British West Indies the more cul-
tured mulattoes have been formed into
middle-cass group, separated from, and SUI
perior to, the black peasantry The individ-
uals Of the race who have risen to promi-
nence in political or professional affairs
have been members CT the mixed-blood
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-10-06

caste. In north Brazil the mixed-blood
group Of Portuguese, Indian, and Negro an
cestry are on a distinctly higher social
and intellectual plane than are either the
Negroes or the native Indians. In Mexico
and elsewhere in Central and South Amer
lea the half-breds form more or less dis
tlnct and separate class somewhat inferior
to the whites and distinctly superior to the
pure-blood natives. In the Philippines the
half-castes Of Chinese Moro, as we'll as those
OF Spanish-Moro origin are we'll in adj
vance, Intellectually, Of the pure blood ma
tives. Every man of the Filipino group
who has risen above mediocrity under the
Spanish as under the American occupancy
Of the islands has been man Of biracial
ancestry. Elsewhere the same thing is true.
The mlxed-blood race everywhere occupies
higher status than does it's darker-cOlOred
racial parent, and it is from the ranks of
the mixed bloods that the superior indi-
viduals who appear from time to time
among the backward races have sprung"
This superiority of the mixed races can
not be explained, Mr.. Reuter- thinks, by
showing that one Of the races contributing
to the mixture is superior OF the other. In
the case of the mulatto he denies that we
have any proof Of the ''inferor racial ca
pacity' Of the Negro, tho the fact that he
Is I'LL lower CULTURAL Stage is OBVIOUS. In
vestigators have tried to calculate the prob
able ratio of successful mulattoes to sue
cessful pure bloods on the theory of hered-
ity, but Mr.. Reuter- asserts that the facts
show that the mulatto is nearly ten times
as able as could be expected on this theory
alone He goes on:
"a different explanation would seem to
lie with those who approach the problem
from the point Of view Of ethnology and
folk psychology. Here the weight Of au-
thority has, until recently at least been on
the side Of an unequal native capacity and
possibility Of mental development among
races. But the consensus Of scholarly opin-
ion at the present time seems to be to re-
gard the backward races, not only as not
having been proved to be inferior in mental
ability, but as being in so far at least as
their inherited mental capacity is concerned,
substantially equal to the culture races
Some who admit this racial equality
would account for mulatto superiority solely
on the ground Of superior oportunity That
such opportunity exists, Mr. Reuter- Denies
The superiority is due, on his theory, en-
tirely to selection, and we have here, there
fore, stage Of evolution in actual progress
the development of new racial product
Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-10-06

''Whatever talent there is among the null
attOes remains among the mulattOes what
ever talent there is among the black group
marries into the mulattO caste'' He goes
on:
''In either event the talent of the whole
race finds it's way into the mulatto group.
The descendants Of these talented men are
mulattces, and whatever Of the father
superior mentality and energy they may
show or carry becomes an asset to the mu-
]atto group, and the full-blood group is cor
respondingly impoverished. The mulatto
caste is constantly reinforced by the adj
dition to it Of the best Of the variant types
which appear among the numerically larger
group.
''When this fact Of marriage selection
is recognized, it becomes possible to account
Tor the demonstrated superiority Of the
mulattO group without assuming anything
in regard to the inherent inferiority of the
black race and without exaggerating the
opportunities which the mixed bloods have
had to assmilate the culture of the white
group. The selective influence operating
through the channels of conventional mar
rage would, in the course of few genera
tons, undoubtedly produce a somewhat SUI
perior group.
but the validity of the present position
Is III no way dependent upon the hypothesis
OF race difference. 1t rather reenforces the
position Of those who while maintaining es-
sential race equality, have not been able to
account satisfactorily for the superiority of
the mulattoes without placing an undue en-
phasis on the better opportunity they have
had to assimilate the culture Of the white
group. The white mans assumption Of the
miXedblOods superior capability, entirely
aside from any question as to the accuracy
of the assumption, created in the Negro
race the tradition of mulatto superiority.
The social superiority of the mulattoes in
the presence Of their inability to form
closed caste has operated, through the in
fuence of marriage selection, to bring into
the group the favorable variant types pro-
duced by the entire race. The effect on the
whole and through the course of genera
tons, has been to build up on the basis of
the cultural class divergence a group that
is not only culturally and additionally SUI
perior, but one whose ancestry contains
practically every superior man the race in
America has produced and which is, in con-
sequence group Of greater inherent posi-
bility than is the branch of the race from
which the favorable variant types have been
successfully abstracted."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-05
AVERAGE-SIZE FAMILY CAN BE
FED FROM -1OO-FOOT GARDEN
Possibilities Large in Plots Available in Suburbs in
Vacant City Lots-Why Not Gardening Club?
Canning and Storing for Winter
By JOHN BARTRAM

Possibilities are almost unlimited on the
scale Of needs for an average-size family
In a typical suburban plot, say, of fifty or
seventy-five feet by one hundred feet. These
| same possibilities can be realized to the full
| in the city by any one with the enterprise to
| obtain permission for the farming" OF a
vacant lot. Possibly two or three neigh
bors could get such permission and conduct
a community gardening club, insuring not
only the crops to reduce the cost or IiVing'
but also healthy exercise
On a plot so constituted as to area every
thing for the summer needs could be raised
In large abundance" and enough Of GER
tain things garnered to can and store away
for a liberal winter supply.
Tomatoes. string and wax beans and
beets can be canned. II 1t is possible to
secure absolute sterilization. corn and gar
den peas can also be canned, but experience
has proved that under the ordinary methods
of canning these do not prove such good
keepers as tomatoes. In case the combina-
ton is liked, tomatoes and corn and even
lima beans can be canned together. The
acid Of the tomatoes acts as a preservative'
This makes a nice mixed vegetable simply
cooked and seasoned and slightly thickened.
Or 1t can be used as the vegetable basis for
vegetable soup when vegetables are at their
high-water mark.
Pickles, ketchups, chow chow and a null
titude of sour stun can be made with
cucumbers, beans, cabbage and peppers at
hand. Tomatoes. and particularly the yell
low egg or plum tomatoes, make very
delicious preserve.
Cabbage. celery beets, turnips. carrots.
satisfy (oyster plant) and parsnips keep
well over winter IL stored in boxes of dry
soil or sand and kept in q dry, dark, cool
part Of the cellar away from the heater.
A very slight sprinkling of water should be
applied once week or SO to the soil in
order to maintain the natural quantity of
moisture in the stored vegetables.
Today's diagram gives in graphic and
easily understood form an idea Of what can
be planted. how much to plant of each and
distances in rows. 1t Is the result OF practi-
cal experience in garden covering the
range Of territory specified. Everything is
provided for except potatoes. These take
up q considerable amount Of ground for a
long season, and are not usually planted in
suburban garden. II the family is small
the amount Of other things may be re-
duced, on the reckoning that the diagram
provides for family of five and the sur
plus space devoted to potato Culture Half
the area should give several bushels crop,
A garden 75 by 100 feet permits the Use
OF wider rows. This is something of an
advantage in some respects. 1t allows more
room for cultivation and is guarantee
against crowding the plants for space to
spread and for nutritive elements from the
ground. There is the trifiing disadvantage
tnat mere is more open. non-producing soil
to be kept free of weeds and in finely
pulverized condition than when the rows
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-05
RED CROSS WOMEN
AWAIT DUTY'S CALI.
New Division Will Be Formed
Here to Cooperate With
Mayors Committee

The Philadelphia Red Cross women are
already thinking of relief work which will
have to be done in case there is war
A new division of the American Red
Cross, to be known as Department IA. is to
be established this week in Philadelphia to
work in conjunction with the Mayors SOL
ders and sailors committee, which was
appointed last summer, according to an
nouncement made today by Red Cross OFF,
cials.
The new division is to be known as the
civilian relief committee of the Red Cross.
1t is to work in the same quarters as the
Mayors committee. Rooms have not been
designated yet. Stevens Hecksher is chair
man Of the new Red Cross department Mrs.
John C. Groome is the vice chairman.
Relief work is also to be taken up by
the War Relief Committee of the Navy
League, which was installed in the south
section of the American Red Cross House
today 1t occupies five rooms. two of
which have been used to take care of the
infantile paralysis relief work. the work.
rooms Of the Red Cross. the art gallery of
the old mansion and another room.
AS a result or the occupation of these &!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-05

Ave rooms, the third floor Of the REQ
Cross house will be thrown open to Red
Cross work this week Red Cross classes
In elementary first aid surgical dressings
and workrooms will be on the third floor.
Registration Of nurses for Red Cross serv-
ice will be taken care of on the second
floor by Miss Susan c. Francis
Eighteen thousand dollars have been re-
ceiyed in contributions to the 100000 fund
requested for the Red Cross work, accord
inc 10 a announcement made today. These
funds are TO be used for furnishing sheets,
blankets, pillows and pilowcases. sleeping
garments and other things needed in a base
bosnitaI which can be made by women for
relief work and other needed Red Cross
activities.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-05

of this man coming from Alabama "a u
brate this anniversary, but from ali =
of the country.
A program suitable. for such an oco. ).
has been arranged by Emmett J. Sea-.
who was Doctor washington's secro,S'N
A part of this program VIII consis, =, ~
reading of letters written by Doctor wv
ington and extracts from the Boot.. n'
Washington biography. written bv -.
Scott in conjunction with Lyman Bs.,su
Stowe and recently published. e'
1t was never possible to determine :,
exact date of Doctor washington's b,r,A ~
so his friends gave him birthday. se,,,'t
the date at April 6.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-05
GARDEN QUERIES ANSWERED
Spireas After Easter

0. f. G.-Spireas and hydrangeas, of the
raster plants, may very easily be kept for
future use. AS. soon as their period of
indoor bloom is past they can be removed
from the pot. the matted roots (Which will
then be found) soaked in water to un-
tangle them from their potbound condition.
and the plants put into the ground. a gem
erous hole much larger than the original
pot peing ready for their reception. Both
spireas and hydrangeas are likely To droon
and lose leaves and display withered flow
ers after being brought home This condi-
ton can be prevented by keeping water in
the saucers which can be placed under the
pots: This means plenty of moisture from
the bottom ''
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-05
lSPECT GIRLS FATHER
,.OF KILLING HER LOVER
tonk Di Vincenzo Held for Staying of
Fruit Merchant-Daughter
Testifies .

Suspected Of having been the man who
~ and killed Vincenzo Stampa, fruit
34rchant whose body was found on Ram
@lph street near Ellsworth on Sunday eve
IND, Frank Di Vincenzo. forty-one years
Mole street below Dickinson, was held
11out ball by Magistrate Coward at the
Eveuth and Carpenter streets station this
|nFning. He will have further hearing
<n6ay.
yincenzo, who Is cement worker, is
~ by the police to.have been incensed
~ attentions Of Stampa to his sixteen
oid daughter Julia. Florence, an
daughter, seventeen years old, came
hearing this morning and declared
@er father had nothing to do with the
and that he could prove an alibi. De-
Henecke arrested Di Vincenzo