The Ozark spectator., July 04, 1917, Image 1

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Army Nerve* *
Recently the news service cor
respondents sent long stories to
the American newspapers tell
ing of the real reasons for the
German retirement in the Ancre
sector. In the main, the corres
pondents asserted that the troops
were withdrawn because human
nerves no longer could stand the'
incessant poundings of the Brit
ish guns, and because the seas
of mud, the water-filled trenches
and the hundreds of unburied
bodies had demoralized the
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forces holding the trenches.
This story was not the first
which has been published reveal
ing “nerves” as a factor in the
^war, and it may be that nerves
will be a greater factor in the
smashing of the German forces
than Allied gunnery. German
ingenuity has developed many
things which have made the
Germany army more effective,
but even Germany ingenuity dan
not invent substitutes for worn
out nerves. The human factor
again is entering into the war,
and it must be respected.
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From the start of the war, the I
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German army has been a driven
machine. It is composed of men ,
who have been driven even into
slaughter-house charges by the
fear of the officers’ pistols in the
rear. But the time may come
when nerves will conquer all oth- j
er forces and when officers no;
longer will be able to drive. lf|
that day comes, the German1
lines will crumble with a j
speed greater than can be ac
complished by any other factor1
in the war, and if any large di- j
vision of German forces gets an :
attack of nerves, ir is certain to
spread throughout the army.
Nerves armv men call it mor
ale -may be a big factor in the
European War. No commander
can conquer or check an army
suffering from nerves, and if
nerves become a deciding factor
in the war, the German armv is
in for a grand licking.
When a German gets down on
his luck he goes deeper than any
one else. In Cincinnati, Saint
Louis and Milwaukee in time of
panic and unemployment they
won’t sell a clothes line to a Ger
man with a doctor’s prescription.
The Girl; Who
Had NoiGod
Br MART ROBERTS > RINEHART
, A pulse-stirring tale of a
! beautiful young? girl who
• succeeds her father as
leader of'a band of intel
ligent anarchistic? bandits.
A Narrativefof Mystery,
f Courage, Loveland Sacrifice
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Watch for land Read .
OUR NEW| SERIAL
Texas Ships First Bale.
Corpus Christi, Tex., June 25.
- The first bale of cotton of the
season was shipped yesterday
from Lvford, Texas, to Houston,
where it will be sold at auction
today on the Houston cotton ex
change. This was the fifth con
secutive year that Lyford. which
is situated 110 miles south of
Corpus Christi, has shipped the
first bale of cotton. This year’s
bale weighs 457 pounds and
was grown by W. P. Webb.
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LIBERTY BONDS WILL BEAR
PICTURES OF PRESIDENTS
Engraved portraits of presi
dents of the United States will
embellish the various denomina-1
tious of the Liberty Loan bonds, j
according to a statement of the'
treasury department. The bu
reau of engraving and printing
is working day and night to have
the bonds ready for delivery by
July 1.
The words, “Liberty Loan of
1917,” will appear in the upper
border of the bonds. The de
nomination will be indicated in
the lower border and in each
corner. The face of the bond
will be printed in Jblack with
over-printing in color, the vari
ous denominations having differ
ent colors with corresponding
backs. An engraving of the
Bartholdi Statue of Liberty will
appear at the right of each bond
and on the left will appear a pre
sidential portrait. Colors and
portraits will be as follows: .
Fifty dollar bond. Jefferson,
blue: $100, Jackson, blue: $500.
Washington, orange: $ltkHk Lin
coln. carmine; $5000, Monroe,
green: $10,000, Cleveland, blue:
$50,000 McKinley, carmine:
$100,000, Grant, orange.
The back of the coupon bonds,
will have the title and denomina
tion in the center, and on the
right a vignette of Crawford’s
figure of the Goddess of Free
dom, which stands on the cap
ital’s dome. The colors of the
backs will be: $50, brown: $100.
orange: $500, light blue; $UXH),
green: $5000. red: $10,000 brown:
$50,000, olive: $100,000, dark
blue.
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Questions The Kaiser.
The Houston Post in speaking
of the success of' the Liberty !
§
Loan, asks these pertinent ques
tions:
“Does Germany know how the
thirteen colonies fought England
to a standstill, despite their lack
of credit and despite the fact i
that they had to deport lOU.OOOj
Tories?
“Does Germany know how the j
Alamo was paid for at San Jac
into?
“Does Germany know how
Dewey sailed into Manila Bav?
“Does Germany know with
what ease Cervera’s fleet was
wiped oui at Santiago?
“Does Germany know that we
can count dollars just as long as
she can count marks?
“Does Germany know that we
can cast cannons faster than she j
can. and shoot, them straighter?
“Does Germany know thati
right now our Navy matches j
tiers ship for ship and gun for1
gun. while practise and tradi
tion make it. superior in every
other quality?
“Does Germany know that we
have been hardened by Kansas
tornadoes. California earth
quakes. and Galveston storms?. .
“This Liberty Loan is but a
marker We have only begun
to fight. ”
The water problem is uiving
the railroad officials a deal of
trouble to solve. With al! the
pumpers on a strike and the traf
fic over the road very heavv, it
is almost impossible to get water
for the boilers. The superin
tendent’s special went up the
road Monday evening n- carry
the officials who were looking
into the condition of water sup
ply an.l road bed.
Onions can make even heirs
and widows weep
The hftirf of a fool is in his
mouth, but the mouth ot the
wise man is in his heart.
As sore places meet most rubs,
proud folks meet most affronts.
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CITIZENS SERVICE
COMPANY
Self-Sacrifice And The War
—
After all, suffering is neces
sary to wise and moral living.
Very few people can stand the
test of uninterrupted success.
Thie is true of the individual;
it is true of nations. For one.
I believe that in this respect at
least the war will have a tremen
dous effect in the future for a
long period of time. Of course,
the answer will be that the price
is too great. No doubt it is.
The same triumph should be
achieved without the price. Hut
the fact is that it never is.
homewhere 1 have read that
in 181A a young German poet,
Theodore Koerner, full of prom
ise in the great literary field,
offered his services as a soldier.
The attempt was made to dis
suade him, because the country
could not afford to lose so prom
ising a man. His answer was
that of a true man —his country
could not- afford to harbor any
man who would accept such an
excuse. He went forward and
fell in battle. No one would say
that if he had not gone to the
front his poems and songs would
be treasured by his people as
they have been ever since. * No
contribution that he could have
made to literature could possi
bly have had the influence with
lus people that the triumph of
his spirit has exercised through
out the century.
This is true now in all the w ar
ring countries. Whatever the
cause may be, the spirit of sac
rifice nas come into recognition
as never before in history.
There will be a triumph of soul,
and an appreciation of what is
true, fine and worth while; and
a willingness and ability to dis
miss that which is sham, show
and self-indulgence. —Southern
Woman’s Magazine.
RE-UNION OF W L.
HUGGINS’ FAMILY
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A very enjoyable affair was
the re-union of W. L. Huggins’
family* which took place at their j
home in this city last week.
For some time plans have been
made for the home-coming of
the children, who were to make
their regular visits to their par
ents at the same time for the
tirst time since the boys began
going away to attend college.
The youngest boy, Frank, was in
knee pants when they were all
together the last time. They
were all present on this occasion
except Mrs. Will Huggins. She
was prevented from coming on
account of not being able to take
her baby on the trip.
Thursday was the day set for
the re-union dinner, and there
was nothing lacking in prepar
ing and serving this excellent
meal, Randle Reed doing the
work under the direction of Mrs.
Huggins, who understands tho
roughly the art of serving good
dinners. 1
Friday morning was devoted
to a trip through the country in
automobiles. Saturday the party
went to Manitou springs for a
picnic supper.
Mr. and Mrs. Huggins’ fam
ilies were among the first to set
tle in this county. They were
married thirty-seven years ago.
Those present were Solus, of
Porter, Okla., Will, of Sallisaw,
Okla., Edgar, of Vian, Okla ,
Frank, of Warner, Okla., and
their families and Miss Luna, the
only daughter.
Russian Army Makes
Great Gains In Galicia
Prisoners exceeding 10,000,and
the capture of the village of
Koniutchy and strongly fortified
positions southwest of Brzezany
are the first fruit of the new
Russian drive begun Sunday
north of Koniutchy. The Rus
sians have attacked, and fresh
battle are in progress.
The Russians have artillery,
long inactive from lack of shells,
played an important part in the
defeat of Austro-Germans at
Koniutchy. For two days a
rain of iron was thrown into the
German positions, and Berlin
says officially that they were
turned into a crater field.
The Russians carried three
lines of German trenches and
Koniutchy, which was strongly
fortified, and also advanced to
the Koniutchy streams south of
the village, which is on the /lota
Li pa r: vej\
Minister of War Kerensky led
the attack in person, and the
army showed the greatest brav
ery. They were well supplied
with arms and amunition, and
are making steady gains.
0 n the second day* the Rus
sians captured 6.UUU additional
prisoners and a large number of
canon.
A newspaper which extends
credit on subscription to people
n four corners of the country is
much the same ease as the farm
er who would peddle out his
wheat crop b\ the bushel, here,
there and yonder—and on credit.
What would they do to such a
farmer? You know they
would appoint a guardian for
him, real quick. And, believe
us. that’s what ought to be done
to a newspaper which does a
credit subscription business.
Pleasant Hill (Mo.) Times.
So we have been thinking
pretty hard. too. For more than
a year we sent the Spectator to
some of our subscribers asking
that they remit arrearages and
in advance, assuming that they
wished to continue as readers of
this paper, and, as this is writ
ten. two months later, not one
has replied. They are mostly
ail asleep, it would seem.
Now, if t’was not for abou t
two-thirds of our sbuscribers
who pay in advance, wdth the
high cost of print material, we
could not continue in business.
Perilous does not express the
conditions in this office. Now,
what would vnu do to the fel
lows to get them <flit of their (to
us) somewhat painful somnolent
state? Common sense says use
a lit! le dynamic.
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