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The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-13
Effect of Deep Flowing Produced
Upon Shell Torn France,
Says American.
VEGETATION IS LUXURIANT
Vigorous Crops Are Growing as Re-
suit of French Patience and In
dustry-Stck to Anticipated
Tools and Methods.

New York.-The thought of deep
scars left upon the land in France
and Belgium by the trenches of the
allies and their foes has been one of
the gloomieSt of postwar reflections.
To those who have feared that per-
manent harm to the agriculture of the
war-torn areas would result, the
special report made to the American
Committee for Devastated France
recently by Hal B. Fullerton, agricul-
tural director of the Long Island rail-
road, will come as a relief. For in it
Mr.. Fullerton declares that the
trenches and shellholes have accom-
plished the one thing dearest to the
farmers heart-deep blowing.
IF a farmer here in America" said
Mr.. Fullerton to reporters recently
manages to pillow to depth of four
inches he thinks he has done exceed
ingly well. For the most part, he gets
down two inches. Inc best ever done
in this country is nine. Now what
has happened in France? Trenches
eight to ten feet deep, shellholes and
mined areas from fifty to a hundred
feet in depth and often 200 feet square
have brought to the surface, without
disturbing 1t, the deep soil, containing
valuable minerals Of which the top
soil, used for generations, has been
depleted. Added to these minerals Is
the organic matter furnished by the
fertilization of dead beasts. Thus the
upheaval wrought by the trenches &C
tually represents the type of cultiva-
Zion advanced by practical agricul-
tural experts in America and England.
81 remember one former battlefield
where the trenches had been filled in
and wheat planted. The lines of
trenches-French on one slope and
German on the other-could be clearly
distinguished because the wheat grow
ing over them was higher than the
rest and had rich green color that
showed it to be the best in the field.
1t was plain example of deep plow-
ing"
Luxuriant Vegetation in Shell Holes.
Among Mr.. Fullerton's many photo
graphs was one showing a huge shell
hole, perhaps a hundred feet deep, all
over the bottom of which luxuriant
vegetation, including clover, corn
flower and alfalfa was growing. An
other snapshot showed untitled
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-13
Double Meaning,

Or. Alonzo Ethelbert Watkins, the
memory expert Of Chicago, said the
other day in an address:
another way to cultivate the men,
DRY is by pictures-by the pictorial
method, as we call it. For instance,
suppose you want to remember the
poet, Robert Burns Well, then, you
picture to yourself a policeman in
flames. Bobby Burns, see? Fla, ha,
haw
Doctor, a question: yelled a man
in the gallery.
"Well, what is it?" asked the men,
DRY expert.
"IEow are me to know" yelled the
gnlleryite, that your picture doesn't
represent Robert Browning?"
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-13
1t Cost S6,403, 343,481
to Run U. S. for Year

Washington. - The govern
ments ordinary expenditures
for the fiscal year, ending June
~, amounted to $6,403,343. 4S1.
according to preliminary state
ment issued by the treasury.
Payments on the public debt
amounted to $17,038, O39, 1913,
making the grand total for the
period covered 500, AL, 1888, 2O4.
The war department led in the
ordinary expenditures, disburs-
ing $1,610,5S7, $3.50, with $1,O36.-
672,157 charged to federal con-
troll of railroads next. The navy
ranked second among depart
ments, expanding $736,O21, 456
and the shipping board third
with $530,565,649.
Ordinary expenditures were
heaviest in July, 1919, when
S976,273,570 was spent, and
lightest in February, when they
totaled $295, 457, 433.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-13
The Good Samaritan.

1t isn't even safe to trust even to a
good Samaritan any more. The
Tarkio Avalanche reports the case Of
one who turned out to be thief. He
discovered DR.. William Cunningham, a
local physician, having trouble with his
touring car, and promptly offered to
help him. After the doctor had CRATE
fully accepted the man got in and
tinkered the car bit and then started
off to- ride up and down the street a
time or two to see how it worked. To
date he is still seeing.-Kansas City
Times
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-13
SCARS OF WAR
IMPROVE SOIL

| trenches, with discarded ammunition
belts and rifles strewn around the
whole place covered with grass, ferns
and shrubbery.
Another theory that Mr.. Fullerton
has exploded is that of the great harm
done to the soil by chlorine gas sci
free in military operations. On the
contrary, he declared, If it has any
effect at all it Is a beneficial one, fol
the chlorine will attract to itself sodi
um and potassium as chemical bases
the result being some of the very salts
that are used in the making of fer,
tilizer.
Mr.. Fullerton was full or enthusiasm
over the French genius for farming
While amused by some of the anti
quated tools and methods the peasants
employed, such as hoes with eighteen.
inch handles, forcing the user to bend
his back at right angles as he works,
and obsolete scythe sharpeners, he
failed to find that conservatism and
distrust of new things with which the
Frenchman is so generally credited
He told of introducing to some Of them
the wheeled hoe, or automatic seeder
device that may be used for all sorts
of work, from narrowing to weed
cutting.
Il took it out to a field" he said
'where some of the French were work
ing, and started in with it. None of
them came up to loOk-they are toe
canny for that--but | could see them
watching every motion out Of the
corner of their eyes. A few days later
one old man decided to try it, and
soon he was getting so much more
done in a day than the rest that he
was the talk of the town."
'The problem of restoring French
soil" according to MI. Fullerton's of.
fetal report, the result of three
months in the Aisne department al
the request of the American commit.
tee for devastated France, sis one OF
engineering. With the needed tractors
and implements it can easily be
brought back to its original fertility
Among none of the farmers did | fine
the slightest pessimism about their
land. l noticed also that both mer
and women had unusual mechanical
ability. They are hard workers, as
well. 1t is a common sight to see
men who have worked in factories
laboring in their kitchen gardens until
or 10 O'Clock at night, making the
most of the long twilights.
His Only Salvation.
"The French countryman is a strona
individualist. 1t is with great diff
Guilty that he is persuaded to cooper
ate in n community enterprise. The
present conditions, however, make thi.
his only salvation. With the lack OF
man-power and machinery it is essen
tial that the farmers form themselves
into agricultural syndicates. The
American committee and the French
government are both fostering this
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-13
nended by leading physicians.

mended by leading physicians.
Mr.. Fl. B. Converse, of McEwen,
Tenn, writes: II had been working
very hard, and was getting weak and
rundown from hard work. When l
commenced taking Ziron, in a few days
l felt stronger, and now I have taken
two bottles I feel as strong as ever,
although I have kept at work all the
time"
You cannot lose anything by giving
Ziron trial, but very likely will gain
much.
Your druggist will sell you the first
bottle on money-back guarantee.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-13

system, and the formers work, with
the loaning of tractors, has met with
a great deal of success.
"The inhabitants of the devastated
regions are in urgent need of shelter,
and next to that variety of food, eggs,
milk, ETC., and domestic farm animals.
For the tilling of the soil, they need
most a good supply of hand or small
motOr-driven cultivators and seed
drills, to be handled on a community
basis and directed by practical agri-
culturists in the various localities. The
use of the tractors, which has already
proved of great value, should be con-
tinued."
Mr.. Fullerton went to France last
April accompanied by his daughter.
He confined his tour to the Aisne dis
trict, living in the town of Bieran-
court, where the pair occupied house
used as division headquarters by the
Germans. Mr.. Fullerton's main work
was to establish a model demonstra-
ton farm, introduce American tools
and investigate conditions.
The character of the French soil,
weather conditions and articles of
food in the Aisne area Mr.. Fullerton
has discussed at length in q separate
report submitted TO President Peters of
the Long Island railroad, for which
road, by the way, he conducts a dem
onstration farm at Medford, L. l.
Fine Grain Country.
This northeastern section" the re-
port reads, 'is a superb grain coun-
try. Wheat, rye and oats are very Wig
orous, stalks and heads large and we'll
filed; apples and pears are fair; on
ly one variety of grapes, but 'yigOr-
Gus; lettuce, sugar beets, asparagus
Swiss chard, peas, broad beans and
carrots all fine; string beans, onion
at all grass, such as red top, meadow
grass and fescues, very vigorous, in
Guiding red, white and crimson, or
Swiss clover Therefore cattle do
we'll and much cheese is made. The
farms run mainly from three to fifteen
dCLSS. NulllN dNCd OIlCll anu VIII lJdlIlS-
taking care. Intensive work is the
rule.
1.-THE country is much like Ohio
| long, gentle rolls and many small
streams which the French call rivers.
The soil is of the clay loan type, very
| tenacious when wet and having many
small Jumps when ready for planting
Much lime, mostly in fossil shell form,
with heavy applications of thoroughly
rotted manure, tells the story.
1.-THE rainfall was only about twenty
inches but extremely well distributed,
with brief, gentle showers at intervals,
Dewfan and mist were continuous :;
there were no gullies or washouts on
! hillsides Oh account of the presence of
/ heavy rains.
Bread is made mostly of mixed
/ dark flour. Radishes constantly
munched in the field and at home,
cheese, salads of many wild plants,
/ chard and sugar beet tops are the
main food. Chicory coffee once a day,
/ with light, sour, red wine, diluted
one-half in water. The people in the
devasted area are patient, cheerful
and persistent. slow moving but con.
I stantly plodding."
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-13
The Greatest

The greatest man is he who chooses
the right with invincible resolution;
who resists the sorest temptations
from within and without; who bears
the heaviest burdens cheerfully; who
is the calmest in storms, and whose
reliance on truth on virtue, on God
Is the most unfaltering.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-13

If water sold for 10 cents a glass It
would be more satisfying to some men.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-13
Paris to London FLIGHTS Grow

Paris, France.-The Matin calls at.
tention to the recent increase in aerial
navigation, saying that there were 372
flights between Paris and London dur.
ing June
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-13
LESSON FOR AUGUST is
The SINS AND SORROWS OF
DAVID.

LESSON TEXr-II Sam. 12:9-1O; 1918.
GOLDEN TEXT-Whatsoever a man
soweth, that shall he also reap.-Gal. Ga.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-u Sam
u-20.
PRIMARY TOPIC-David's Grief Over
Absalom.
JUNIOR TOFIC-David and Absalom.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
-Aosalom's Selfish Life and How 1t
Ended
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Elements of Weakness in David's Char
acter.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-13
Profit by Mistakes,

To make no mistake is not in the
power of man; but from their errors
aad mistakes the wise and good learn
wisdom for the future.-Plutarch
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-13
Her Way.

Belle-Did you enjoy the play?
Nell-Oh, l had q perfectly lovely
time. cried straight through the
whole four acts.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-13
IMPROVED UNIToRM INTERNATIONAL
SUNlYSQIOM
LESSON

10y REV. =. B. FITZWATkR, d. D.,
Ieacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago)
coop! ght, 1927. Western Newspaper Union)
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-13

Many man used to ruin his eve
sight looking for work in a saloon.
Evening star., 1920-02-15
IN WASHINGTON WITH A PLAN
TO SAVE REMNANT OF THE HAWAIIAN RACE

establish them in the open stretches
of the country under living condi-
tions similar to those of their fore
bears.
Americans who judge the Ha-
Waiian by a ukulele and a grass
skirt, as seen in some musical show.
are making grave mistake. ac-
cording to Gov. Mccarthy. native
of California, but resident of the
islands for thirty-nine years. Few
people in this country know that
the islands have had compulsory
education since 1899, that they have
had a constitutional form Of gov
ernment for eighty years. and that
having gotten their first lessons in
can missionaries the ten command
ments formed the basis of their
code of laws.
The life Of the average Hawaiian
native in the days before civiliza-
ton began to swallow him up was
a simple one, but even in that IA
vorable climate 1t was no small
task to wrest a living from nature.
His chief article of food was taro.
a vegetable with a large pulpy
root, cultivated in small patches
kept flooded with water. When
mature 1t was placed in a heavy
wooden bowl. followed out with no
small labor. and thoroughly pound
ed with a heavy pestle, water being
thrown on it during the process to
soften 1t. From this was made
pol" the Hawaiian's staff of life.
The natives were great fishermen.
but other flesh was not on their
menu, and orchard fruits also were
unknown. Their loosely construct
ed huts solved the problem of
ventilation, and following this
mode Of life the man grew strong
and the women graceful.
Then came the white men. bring
ing beef ana mutton, measles and
smallpox, alright houses and too
many clothes for such 4 climate.
with the American boys and girls
Evening star., 1920-02-15
by LEONARD ORMEROD.

~ UTILIZATION, the boast Of
the white man, but a Jug
gernaut to many aborigi-
nal peoples. seems about to
sacrifice another race on the altar
Of progress.
The oblivion that has swallowed
SO many Of the Indian tribes, who
formerly peopled the Atlantic and
middle western states. is threaten
ing the remnant of the Hawaiian
race, and a commission from the
territory of Hawaii. headed by
Gov. Charles J. Mccarthy. is now in
Washington at the behest Of the
territorial legislature to ask Con-
gress to. interfere.
1t is not the white mans bullets
nor his cheap whisky that Is prov
ing the enemy of the Hawaiians.
The unscrupulous trader that capi-
talized the ignorance of the Ameri-
can Indian has little part in this
drama of the Pacific. In this in
stance it is new diseases, new
modes of living. new articles of
diet and the lure of the white mans
towns and cities that has caused
the Hawaiian race, which once
numbered 1900 souls, to drop to a
bare $4,000.
Il + X 4
Senator John H. Wise, a member
of the upper house Of the terri
torial legislature and himself part
Hawaiian, is father Of the plan
which has been laid before Con-
gress, and as one of the commission
he has deeply impressed members
Of both houses Of the practicability
of his proposal. His plan is de-
signed to take the natives out OF
the cities and towns, where they
have largely gathered, and re-
Evening star., 1920-02-15

leaving the farms and fiocking to
the cities by the thousands every
year it is hardly fair to criticise
the Hawaiians for doing the same
thing. In consequence of these revo-
lutionary changes in their mode of
living the native population be-
gan to shrink with rapidity that
has not abated.
Measles have never threatened
the existence of the white peoples,
because centuries of exposure have
enabled them to build up
resistance to that disease, and be-
cause the treatment is understood.
But it has proven a serious scourge
to the Hawaiian, who, when he
feels himself getting too warm.
follows the custom Of his ances-
tors and plunges into the sea for
a two-mile swim. If his trouble
is measles his recovery is mat
ter of grave doubt.
The largest number Of deaths in
the islands last year was due to
infiuenza. another imported all
ment. Smallpox is continual
threat to the native islanders. as
are pneumonia and tuberculosis.
The natives are eating meat in
way that their grandparents would
not have dreamed of doing. and
their constitutions have not been
bettered by the diet. They have
learned to build tight walled
houses. but have not learned the
necessity of ventilating them. and
pulmonary diseases are increased
in consequence.
The last report of Gov. Mccarthy
shows the death rate in the islands
to be 6.26 per 1000 among the
white races, 1886 among the
Japanese there, 1885 for the Flip
pinos and ss.42 per 1000 among
the pure blood Hawaiians. The
birth rate Of that group for last
year was 29.16 per 1000, that being
the only group where the birth rate
was lower than the death rate.
Contrary to the belief Of most
Evening star., 1920-02-15

Americans. there is very little inter-
marriage between the HaWaiians
and the Japanese.
+ X +
To save this race. distinct from
any other on the globe. a race
whose origin is a matter Of wide
speculation. there has been sug-
gested a scheme to get the remnant
back to the living conditions to
which they are suited. There are
in the islands thousands Of acres
not under cultivation, but capable
Of yielding abundantly with some
work and care. 1t is proposed to
allow every person to take up
home on such land, with the
wooded hills behind him and the
sea in front. each homestead to be
leased from the government for
a period of 999 years at a rental
of 81 per year.
From government lands now
under lease to sugar growers and
cattle raisers, comes a generous
revenue. and it is further propos-
Gu ~ ocI dSiOS OV. per CCll Oi SAoe
money for a revolving fund" out
of which the Hawaiians might be
loaned enough to construct small
house. buy a pig or two and
horse. II necessary. and get estab-
lished on his Farm" This loal
could be paid In initallments COW
ering a period Of thirty years. and
would place only q nominal burden
on the native.
If Congress authorizes this ex-
pertinent Senator Wise Is sure the
Hawaiians will turn again to the
life of their ancestors. modified and
made more pleasant by contact
with civilization. The taro patch
will flourish, the canoes Of the
fishermen will again cleave the
blue Pacific AID healthy children
will play about the thatched huts
clustered along the beach ~ they
did In the innocent 6aye ef .
century ago.
Evening star., 1920-02-15

The biggest feature Of the week broke in the
closing hours too late for adequate treatment in
this column. The virtual dismissal of his Secre-
tary of State by President Wilson. announced
yesterday. had the effect Of a giant hrecracker
upon the nation From any point Of view this
act signalling the return Of the chief executive
to full participation in the business of govern
inert. is far from fortuitous Jim and Jane.
amazed and-if first impressions may be trusted
not inclined to approve the course Of the Pres-
dent. will eagerly follow those further develop
ments of the case which, in the light of the
inadequacy Of existing facts, must be forth
coming.
Evening star., 1920-02-15

Continued on Fourth Page.)
Evening star., 1920-02-15

A MULTITUDE of party organi-
~ cations have arisen in Japan
n in the last thirty years. SO
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-21
MULE ALWAYS MuLISH.

Dies Just as a Long Expensive Suit Over
Him is Settled
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-21
THERE WILL Be NO WET"
PLANK IN PLATFORM
Liquor Interests Likely to Meet
Defeat if They Force an Issue
in Convention.

San Francisco, June 21-WhiIe some
persons predict a wide division on the
prohibition question IN the Democratic
National Convention when it meets
here week from today, it may bc stated
authoritatlvelv that the wet" extremists
will meet defeat should they be bold
enough to press their fight. The conven-
tion viii do nothing that viii give q grain
Of comfort to advocates or apologsts for
the saloon.
What it probably will do will be to
emphasize. State rights as q traditional
Democratic policy, and III that light
place an Interpretation on the concur
rent jurisdiction clause Of the Federal
prohibition amendment which will pave
the way for plank recommending amend
ments to be Nolstead act, with view to
its liberalization. Even IN proceeding
along these lines, there will he further
restraining influences
4 Democratic Convention, IL is urged
by some, will not be in q position to over
look with safety to itself the fact that
national prohibition had It's genesis in the
''s0hd South where Democratic ma jor tiles
in Presidential contests have their origin
For that reason, dry victory in the
convention in the form Of an omission OF
any reference to prohibition would not
necessarily spell triumph for William J.
Bryan on the issue.
Mr. Bryan will come as delegate st
large from Nebraska. and il is admitted
that he will control the Nebraska dele
CATION That will l'mean that he will have
the power TO make himself member Of
the Committee on Resolutions, in which
the first and probably decisive fight over
prohibition enforcement will come. Ao-
cording 10 an estimate. which NAV be re-
garded ss based on reliable information,
the Resolutions Committee will have
two-thirds bone dry majority and
oniy from sixteen TO twenty out OF ffty-
three prospectivem members viii have wet"
or Liberal leanings, but should the fight
shift from the Committee on Resolutions
to the floor of the convention, Bryan may
find himself in a minority
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-21
SUFFS TURN TO TENNE SSEE
Ask Governor to Call Legislature
in Special Session to Act on
Ratification.

Washington, June 21.-Tennessee is
the next hope of the suffragists in their
effort to obtain a tbirty-sixth and final
State TO ratify the Federal suffrage amend
ment
Announcement was made yesterday
BIZ officials of the National Womans
Party that an effort would be made to
have q special session Of the Tennessee
Legislature called Immediately.
Such q session for ratification has been
considered illegal, due to q provision in
the Tennessee Constitution requiring
that the Legislature must be elected on
the question at issue in a constitutional
amendment before it can vote on ratiflca-
ton The decision Of the Supreme Court
in the Ohio referendum case, however, is
interpreted to invalidate that constitution
al requirement.
A letter was sent yesterday TO Governor
Roberts, Of Tennessee by Miss Sue s.
White, Tennessee State chairman Of the
Woman g Party, calling attention 70 legal
opinions based on the Supreme Court
decision, that the Tennessee restriction
is invalid, and requesting the calling Of
a special session.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-21
BABE ABANDONED.
Parents Leave Touching Plea Calling on
Help of Others.

Philadelphia, Pa, June Unfortu-
nate parents, evidently compelled 20 aban-
don their infant, at least for the time being
left an affecting note pinned to the dress
Of the little one which was found on the
steps of the du Pont Chemical Co, Sixth
and jackson streets, Camden, early
Saturday morning. The note follows:
"Our Dear Little One:
"Owing to financial circumstances we,
your loving parents, are compelled to let
you out to some kind person or persons
for period Of three years or less.
Your parents are both ia i'll health
and one alone cannot support the three
Of us, 50 we are taking this means OF
keeping you alive while we both strive
TO earn and save enough money TO make
us a home. We shall only fail to claim
you within stipulated period if both of
us are dead.
Il, the father, am afflicted with heart