French Progress Toward
Reconstruction Is Amazing
^ork Don*' in Five Yearn Toward Kecoiistrurtion of Dev
astated Areas i* Monument to French Thrift and
Kevclation of French Spirit
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Paris, July 10.?When Woodrow Wilson stepped ofT the train
in Paris five years uko the lirst man who met him was Raymond
Poincare, then president of France and now it's premier.
The first words that M. Poin
care whispered in Mr. Wilson's
ear wfre a plea that the Presi
dent of the United States should
visit the devastated regions of
France. Mr. Wilson did not ac
cept the invitation and the
French were very much hurt.
He did go many weeks later af
ter the bulk of the work on the
treaty of Versailles had been
completed. Had he gone sooner
there might have been less
wrangling at the conference and
the whole course of European
history might have been
changed.
So the first tiling thai anyone who
wishes to study the European situa
tion ought to do Ih to examine the
physical aspects of France's prob
lem. It was nearly five years auo
when the writer last saw the battle
fields with the ruins of cities and vil
lages. The changes that have taken
place since then are so heartening
that the average American will nof
realize what has been done unless he
saw the destruction when the guns
ceased booming oil TfiS Western
front. I
The process has been gradual and
only when some one makes a com-1
parison based on France today and,
France five years ago can the pro
gress be measured satisfactorily.
For France is rebuilding and Is |
making a splendid job of it. Even
the Cathedral of Rhelitui which one
might have believed had been dam-!
aged beyond repair, is being restored
rapidly. Hopeless ruins with piles
upon piles of dehris whlWOie visi
tor saw Ave years ago. have been re
placed with thousands of new houses
and buildings. The old foundations
have beeii and here and
there-portions of the original wall
remained so that the patch work can (
be discerned even through coats of
paint.
When the writer saw Hheiius af- ?
ter the German evacuation hardly a
single house remained Intact. The
same was true of Solssons, for exam
ple, and other cities and villages
where shell fire had been Incessant.
To look around today Is a revelation
Indeed of the French spirit. The
business sections of the cities have |
been almost entirely rebuilt and rows
of roofless ruins are- the exception
rather than the rule.
Even in the fields picturesque
patches of diversified farming are
rapidly overspreading the landscape
once burrowed with trench systems
and shell holes. The sunshine of j
peace has seemed to cast a halo of
glory on yesterday's battle fields.
Here and there a ploughman still
turns up a hand grenade or a bomb
or perhaps the body of an unknown
poilu asleep these five years as the
world moves onward, but the aspect
of war is pnssing out of the picture
and In its place Is the work of re
construction that speaks eloquently
of French initiative.
The embattled areas still remain,
of course, as they were left five
years auo. These were regions
where habitations were few as. for
Instance, outside of Verdun. From
these the sightseer will always be
able to get some Idea of what the
war was like The famous bayonet
trench at Verdun attracts every year
thousands who need only to gaze a
moment on the fourteen bayonets
sticking out of the ground In order
to realize how often soldiers in the
trenches were burled alive by shell
fire. The French will preserve this
trench a.< a memorial to the heroism
of the men who were killed as they
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Barnyard Golf Is
Annual Picnic Sport
ln?t ruction \1<m)k Farming Lines Al
ho KfHiutf of State?\ille
Event
Statesville. July 17.?Amusement
and Instruction from a horse shoe
pitching contest to addresseu by Dean [
II. W. Kllgore of the North Carolina'
Experiment Station and Extension
Service and President E. C. Brooks
(of the State College, will feature the
annual picnic to be held at the Pled
jmont Branch Station farm near here
on July ID. A special program for
'.both the men and women attending
this picnic has been prepared by F.
T. Meacham. general chairman, andi
jit. W. Graeber, secretary. Franklin
I Sherman will make a talk about the
boll weevil Hnd K. W. Scott of Haw
! River will talk on "Home Life" and
| Allen G. Oliver will tell about the
["American Hen."
I Aside from these main addresses
there will be an address of welcome ?
with responses from local farmers
were about to go over the top and
who remain standing below Kround
in exactly the same position as they
occupied when the fatal shell en
tombed them. The trench will ever
remain as a symbol of modern war
fare and a terrible picture of what
the war really meant to the French.
America has* been three thousand
miles from the French in spirit as
well as distance since the war but
the FfrScL jonpln y<? near ellOUgjL.
to Verdun to worry about a repeti
tion of 1870 and 1014 When tiny
want reparations from German} for
damage done, when they talk of se
curity aualnst another Invasion.
Their economics may not conform to
those of the rent of the world but
their mood is still one of vivid war
recollections. That is why the stu
dent of French policy must start
with the battle fb-lds in ofder-lu uun
derstand the diplomatic problems of
Europe today and to penetrate the
future of European reconstruction. I
and then the meeting will be turned
ovit to spfcial trips about the experi
ment station grounds and demonstra
tions on the grounds by the scien
tists o| the State College and Depart
ntent .or Agriculture. One feature
will be an exhibit of handling all
forms of livestock. The work with
field crops at the station will be
shown by the results of tests of ex
periments conducted on the farm
and will be handled by members of
the agronomy division of the State
Department of Agriculture.
The first I>rt*e in the "hartiynr.l
,KolI" contest will be a nickel-plated
set of horse shoes, with a japanned
l?air coinu to the winner of second
place. The *?l*l?-?t man at the plcnle
will l?e glv? n a box of choice clears
and the oldest woman a-eomf??rtabh
rocking chair. The most l:?autiful
girl present will receive a dressing
table.
According to secretary It. W.
Graeber. the meeting will be one of
tlo* largest gatherings of farmers In
North Carolina this year. Special ar
rangements have been made for tak
ing a moving picture of the occasion
to be released* throughout the South.
KKTl'KNH FROM MKKTIXCi
JUNIOR OKDEH COUNCIL
J. E. Corbett has returned from I
a meeting of the Junior Order Coun- '
cil. Number 7. at Knott's Island, and
reports that he passed through ter-'
rltory Id Virginia where as yet prac
tically no rain has fallen since the
June drouth.
MRS VANWICK IS
MOST GRATEFUL
Says She Won't Have Any Oth
pr Tnnir in Her House But?
Stella Vitae
"I consider Stella Vitae the best
all-round tonic in the world and
wi?n t have anv oth^?r kind in my
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Walhalla. S. C.
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me right and I am now feeling bet
ter than I have in many years. I
have tried all kinds of tonics and
other preparations and Stella Vltae
is the only one that stood the test
and proved out all right."
Stella Vltae may be obtained from
any druggist and the purchase price
will be refunded If it fails to bring
relief. adv.
COOKS with the GAS TURNED OFF?
Insulated Oven and Hood seal
the heat for hours
Cuts gas bills in half.
Cooks better food.
Saves time and labor.
Let us demonstrate.
M. G. Morrisette & Co.
After all
it's EXPERIENCE
that counts
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good.
But requirements in automobile lubrication alone
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constant study to produce high-quality, dependable
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we can conceive of for motor car lubrication. It it
kept up to the minute by every chemical, physical
or mechanical test known to science. It will pay
you to be guided by the Polarine chart.
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(New Jersey)
The Polarine Chart
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