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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-02
Was Possibly the Most Impor-
tant of the War
GIVES FRENCH AND AMERICANS COMMANDING POSITIONS AND
PUTS THE SITUATION MOSTLY TO THE GOOD
(Assoca Press)
Associated Press)

London, August 2.-Yesterday's
Franco-British attacks on the west
erly side of the Marine salient on a
front of five. miles penetrated to a
maximum depth of three miles, ac-
cording to news received here today.
These attacks resulted in the capture
of the entire ridge between the Ourcq
and Aisne The French also captured
the Meuniere wood, north of Gous-
sacourt, at, about the center of the
salient.
ADVANCE WAS OF THE GREAT
EST IMPORTANCE
London, Aug. 2.-The advance by
the Allies is described as being ex-
ceedingly important, possibly the
most important thing accomplished
since the Germans retired from the
Marne. It's Importance lies in the fact
that the Allies in their new positions
command the area to the northward
and take in the flank and rear the
entire westerly gate thru which the
Germans have been retiring This
area is a nest of German reserves
and field artillery. The advices state
that Ginsuncourt itself has been TAX
en- by the French. The situation is
considered extraordinarily good, being
described in the advices as the turn
ing point of the summer campaign,
possibly of the whole war.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-02

Don't fail to call for Maxwell House
Coffee. Kept at all grocery stores tt
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-02

Don't fail to call for Maxwell House
Coffee. Kept at all grocery stores. If
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-02
DENIAL BY DANIELS

The submarine is no longer a de-
termining factor in the war, and
statements by Emperor William in a
proclamation to the German army
and navy that submarines "are ten
aciously attacking and fighting the
vital forces which are streaming
across the sea- are without founda-
tion, says Secretary Daniels.
sThe reduction in sinkings has
been steady" Mr.. Daniels said. "The
submarine as leading, important
factor in the war is ended. 1t is al
ways a menace as long as there is one
in the seas. and we are losing ships
and will continue to lose ships now
and then, but as for its being a de-
termining. factor in the war, that
fear is ended"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-02
AMONG OURSELVES
If Any of Us Know the Whereabouts
of a Ship, We Mustn't Let 1t
Leak to the Enemy
tAssociated Press)

Washington, August 2.-Secretary
Daniels today amended his previous
request by asking the newspapers to
eliminate any mention, in their ad-
vertising or news columns, of the
sailing, departure, or supposed loca-
ton of any ships in American or any
other waters.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-08-02

Weather Forecast: Probably local
rains tonight and Saturday, not much
change in temperature.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-23
SING TO SELL WELL
RU II Addin otOn RrUce

F. as a salesman, you are not making the sue
cess you should, if you find you are losing
ground, if the fear of Unemployment is begin
ming haunt you, here is suggestion that may be
worth a good deal to you:
Take few singing lessons.
No l am not Joking | honestly recommend
the practice of singing as an aid in efficient sales
manship.
sing.
In the first place, if he goes to good teacher
he is taught how to breathe. That is most valu-
able acquisition in itself.
Most men do not breathe properly. They
berathe rapidly and shallOwly. Slow, deep breath
ing is the right way to breathe. The singing
teacher will insist the right way being adopted.
An immediate result will be to improve the gem
eral health. Through this improvement there will
follow strengthening of the salesman's mental
powers a whole.
Because the blood supply to his brain is of bet
ter quality than formerly, he will be able to think
quicker harder, more accurately He can assemble
his selling arguments more persuasiyey, meet Cd
jections more convlnclngly.
reeling physically and mentally more vigorous,
setbacks will be faced by him more cheerfully'
favorable openings taken more energeticaLy.
The singing teacher too, will effect an improve
ment in his saesman-pupls posture:
To sing well, one must of necessity stand well,
that the lungs shall have free play. But stand
ing we'll also has important psychological eHects
Merely to assume a correct posture-shoulders
back, chest out, head erect-helps one to feel more
of a man. Waning confidence is restored, deter
mination to succeed is quickened,
Correct posture, indeed, counts appreclably IN
checking tendencies 10 tlnldlLy ana nerNOuSAeSS'
And, as every salesman knows, timidity and nery-
business are heavy handicaps on efficient selling.
Helpful likewise in overcoming timidity is the
training in voice production that the singing teacher
will give.
Some statesmen are timid because they know
that they speak badly. Others speak badly because
they tinid their hating, faulty utterance being
a symptom that betrays their lack OF nerve control
In either the singing teachers lessons IN
voice production will be of real developmental
value.
The moment a finds himself speaking
clearly resonanty, forcefully that moment greater
confidence in himself Will be enkindled. He VIII
begin to think and act with punch" as we'll as
to speak with punch.
Besides which prospective customers will be
more inclined to do business with him, just be-
cause they will find it pleasanter and easier to do
business with him than in the days when he dead
ened blurred and generally mishandled his voice
The voice. for that matter, is in some degree
shaper of the personality. As the voice improves
the personality will gradually become more mag
netic an invaluable adjunct in craftsmanship.
Sing, then, to sell we'll Sing as an aid in max
ing yourself more cheerful confident, alert, vigor-
GUS magnetic. All these are qualities of which you
as salesman stand in constant need.
Copyright, 1918, by the Associated Newspapers
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-23
As to Our BHttLepLGneS.

The Cabling Senators who said that only
one battle plane had been shipped to the Ameri-
can forces in France well informed, 1t
now turns out, those who previously proclaimed
that the military establishment Of the United
States had broken down" For obvious reasons.
the Government will not disclose all that has been
done in the way of preparation; its officials
would rather endure ignorant and malicious crit
icism than answer at the risk of giving the enemy
the surface to show how absurd is the charge that
virtually nothing has been accomplished IN the
production of airplanes.
AS fast as the American squadrons reach
the front and are ready for duty, they are sup.
piled with planes That is the essential point OF
the situation IL is of material Importance
whether the machines shipped fully con
structed from American factories or are shipped
in parts to be assembled and put together on the
other side. The latter plan, IT seems, mas Deen
pursued to a large extent because of the valua-
BILE shipping space it saved. 1t appears, too that
last spring, soon after we entered the war, our
Government arranged with France for the con-
struction of sixty-one hundred battle planes at
French plants vast quantities of material and
seven thousand skilled mechanics being sent over
from the United States for that purpose 1t is
matter of common knowledge, moreover, that all
the airplanes needed for the thousands OF aVia-
tors in training in this country have been duly
forthcoming Further, the principle OF standard
izing the Liberty motor that its parts could be
manufactured at different factories throughout
the country and with much of the speed OF auto
mobile production was worked out and put 10
practice months ago.
These facts the Governments detractors
might easily have ascertained; and they might
we'll have reasoned that with the countrys best
task the production of airplanes would not be a
failure Yet they chose to cry failure and predict
calamity Rather a poor brand Of politics and
still poorer sort of patriotism, isn't it?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-23
Co-operation on the Farm.

An excellent idea for cooperation among
farmers is set forth in bulletin sent out by the
farm management office of the U. s. Department
of Agriculture and is so practical that it can be
applied in any farming section of the country.
As the bulletin states, the aim on every farm
should be to conine all efforts to those crops and
live stock which contributing directly TO the
food program. and to dismiss all work which can
be postponed until the crisis in food production Is
safely over.
To promote the maximum food production OF
which every farm is capable, therefore, 1T is suS-
gested and urged that all farmers in a neighbor-
hood should consider the most essential farm
operations as a whole and all work together to-
ward completing those operations before engag-
ing in less essential work
For example: In group OF fourteen farmers
situated in community in one OF the best farm
ing sections of the corn belt, where records were
kent of every detail of farm work, it was found
one spring that FIVE out of the fourteen failed
to get all their corn planted by the last week In
Nav They had worked as hard as their neighbors
INT various circumstances beyond their control
prevented them from finishing as early as they
should have finished On the other hand, several
farmers in the fourteen who were more fortunate,
cot all their corn planted early as May 20
Here is an instance where the cooperative plan
couId have been applied with fine results BY
nooing their resources at the start of the planting
season this community of fourteen farmers could
have done a great deal more work in a given
length of time, by working together, than the sum
total of work by each one separately
What is true at the planting season is equally
true at the harvesting season. Neighboring farm
ers in any community show their patriotism
and their good hospitality by joining together to
compete essential farming operations on schedule.
nv so doing they not only help to win the war but
help to build up their friendship for one another
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-23

The American Y NJ. c. A. at the front is re-
sponsble for the following story:
An American sailor went to Scotland YARD TO
renort that he was changing his place of abode,
inasumuch as he his way to the hospital
for a stay The sergeant behind the desk looked
IN at him and said Are you going down to
die?"
The worried Sammie looked more doleful than
ever and replied: well, if do will not be any
more trouble to you except that you will have to
ship my body back to the State
GloomiIy he started to leave the office, when
clerk iaughingIy told the American that the
sergeant-who was cockney of cockneys-had
merely asked. Are you going down tOday?'
II was during the daily lesson patriotism
and the teacher had finished telling the children
of the duty to ones country and the blessings of
And, now. children" she said, what is it that
binds us together and makes us better than we
Little Evelyn raised her hand
well Evelyn, you tell?" asked teacher
Yes, ma'am; corsets, said Evelyn.
The Joneses rented the Smiths house for three
months Before the JOneses moved in Mrs. Smith
had the house cleaned She had four women and
4 vacuum cleaner working for four days. Then
Mrs. Jones moved in.
saw" ,,
So she had the house cleaned. She employed
four women and a vacuum cleaner. 1hey were
the same women and the same vacuum cleaner.
Now. said Mrs Jones, 1.-The place is fit to
to live in - -
ND and they moved out.
- CT must clean the place up" said Mrs Jones
hefore she left So she employed four women and
a vacuum cleaner and they worked four days
Then Mrs- Smith moved in. She took one
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-23

mans Tor success. material success, regardless
81 how Il Is won or what shame II bears Ihey
have stood by Hohenzollern autOcTacy these many
years because il has brought them booty AMI
power They have borne its tyranny and con-
dOned its crimes because il has come home VIC
torious and spOils-laden from all its adventures
There is no length of outlawry which the German
people will not sanction in their Government as
long il succeeds: and there is no length OF
Outlawry to which the German Government VIII
not go long its military power remains I'M
crushed. Ii will hold Flanders and northern
France. if il can; and the German people Will APP
prove its 1t will swOOp upon America, IL
il triumphs in Europe: it will visit our shores and
homes with all the atrocities it heaDed upon Bel
GUM. if il can. And the German people Will shout
their approval as they did when the Lusltanla was
sunk with its hundreds of women and childen.
There is but way to divorce the German
people from autocraCy and militarism, and that
is TO demonstrate to them that their miitarlsm is
longer profitable but disastrOusly Improbable
When their armies beaten out of Belgium and
France and their Russian plumber restored TO Its
rightful owners. when their lords are cast
down to the dust and the penalty of their national
crimes breaks full upon their heads, then will
they be ready to forswear Prussianism, but not be
fore And not until then will the world be safe
either for democracy or for civilization
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-23

Somebody said sharp thing when he said that
we also have Ito make Democracy safe for the
World
Democracy undoubtedly is good or Will De
when we get it, but at present 1t is rather raw anu
in some places, and taken by some peoples, IL Is
liable to like unto the eating of green apples IN
Mexico, for instance, and in certain other young
republics it doesn't seem to set very we'll
And even in the U. S. A. there are improve
ments that could be suggested. We have lew
profteers that ought to be hanged, politicians tnat
need the cold pack, and unwashed Bolshevlkl that
somehow get into print. And neither Wall street
on the one hand nor the Labor Union on the other
has yet succeeded in cleaning itself OF It's Quan-
trells and Jesse Jameses.
How are we goins to make Democracy safe Tor
the world? ,,..,5
Well the first thing to do is to undestano
what is the matter with it. -.
And the matter with it is this: 1t lacks CIVIC
Consciousness. And, of course, Civic Conscience.
All we have now. that which in our evolution
we have developed, is certain varieties OIL
Group Consciousness.
we have a captalistic class and working
class and a good deal of fine loyalty and co-opera-
ton within each of the two. Which is goou as lar
as if goes but it not Democracy. which is loyalty
to and consciousness of the whole people.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-23
OUIPS AND QUIDDITIES

look and raised her hands in horror
MY gracious." she said What dirti''
So she employed four women and vacuum
cleaner.
Jonas Getrichquick staying with his friend
jeremiah Pluckem at a somewhat fashionable no.
tel and remarked:
What on earth makes them call this hotel
the Palms? I've never seen palm anywhere
the place"
jeremiah had evidently been there before
You'll see them before you co." he said
Its little stunt the walters keep for the guests
on the last day of their stay"
A schoolmaster received the following note one
morning from pupil:
Dear Sir: Please eskcoose little Tommy for his
absens yestiddy as he kwite il, and the doctor
toed me to kepe him in bed So / let him stay
home Yours Tesptively, Misses Smith
The master trifle suspicious.
Tommy said he, sternly, who wrote that
note?"
''My-er-mother did, if you please sir
We'll l must say that some of that spelling is
remarkably like the spelling you generally give
Ives. sir" said he cheerily Every one saws
that far as spelling is concerned, I'm the image
of my mother.
AS Paddy jogging along day with his
and cart to market he was accOsted by
having a marked Lancashire accent, who, think
ing it would be great thing to have joke at Pad
dy's expense, said:
How much would you charge for driving
all the way to Cahirciveen?'
''Begorra, sir" said Paddy. Il would be only
too glad to drive you there and long piece fur
Their for nothing but I'm afraid I can't oblige you
this time, l don't think the harness would fit
you"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-23
GeOYQj1'S PecuU resources.

\ pee. zee WnIch painted Il, Cairo,
Ga, i'll 1879 is now siXIy-sIx leet high thirteen
around, and yields annually than nun
dred dollars worth oil nuts. This is one among
hundreds OF striking facts to which the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce directs attention in its move
ment TO bring the States resources for pecan
raising into wider The acting secretary OF
the organization, writing in the Manufacturers
Record, explains that from ten acres in pc
cans, properly cared for, will provide substantial
family income Throughout the pecan belt he
says, there many trees worth from five hun
dred to thousand dollars apiece, based on an eight
per cent annual income on those amounts Twelve
to twenty trees are planted to the acre, and while
they reaching maturity the ground can be
yielding revenue from cotton, corn, peas or other
crops planted in between
One of the country's highest authorities on
dietetics says that a pound of peCans contains
more nourishment than any other known food
much protein half pound of meat, as
much fat as three-fOurthS of pound of butter
and as much starch carbohydrates as one
fourth of pound of bread, SO that pound OF pc
cans is the full equivalent of pound and halt
of highly concentrated and highly nourlshlng
food 1t is to be expected, therefore, that as the
public gives thought to food value the de
mand for pecans will steadily increase; and as the
demand already is well ahead of the supply the
future prosperity of the pecan industry is aoun-
dainty assured
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-23
no MAKE DEMOCRACY SAFE FOR THE WORLD-Bt

We have religious denominations and lot of
hard workers and earnest workers in each, but we
haven't yet got religion.
We have schools of all kinds, public and
private, state universities and privately endowed
colleges, but haven't yet reached the grand pas
sion for education, and never will, until we come
the point where every boy and girl in the United
States will be kept in school and given thorough
training up to the age of twenty-one.
Our educational system is all right as far as it
goes but it is not Democracy, and will not be un-
til it realizes that is not for the superior child
nor the exceptional child but for every mother s
son. every human being, black or white, rich or
DOOR bright or dull, and for future bricklayers,
carpenters and plasterers, we'll doctors. law
yers preachers, and teachers.
Trusts and financial gettngs together are neces-
sary and useful, but they are not going to be De-
mocracy until the capital Of the country is held
and controlled by the people.
Labor unions good practice toward Democ-
racy but they will not become the kind of De-
mocracy that is safe for the world until they in
clude us ALL brain-workers and handworkers, white
shirts and red.
The only kind of Democracy that is safe for the
world is the kind that means not only universal
liberty but also universal organization.
copyright, 1918, by Frank Crane)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-23
Builder of Sk1DS.

The appointment of Charles M. SchWaD as
Director General of the Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton augurs we'll for the future of the Governments
shipbuilding program. Mr.. Schwab is truly cap
tain of industry, who has earned that tltle'
not by adventures in finance but by steady achieve
ment in actual production. The nation is indeed
fortunate in having his services In the tunda-
mentally important business of producing ocean
tonnage On the speed and thoroughness with
which that great task is carried forward, the WIN
ming of the war largely depends. We must nave
ships to transport our troops to France; we must
have ships to keep them provisioned and equipped
after they get there; must have ships to carry
the grain and other necessaries, urgently needed
by our Allies: must have ships, and have them
bv hundreds If we are to make our resources fully
felt at the battle front and save America, along
with civilization, from the Huns. On the Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation rests the immediate task
of seeing to it that these ships forthcoming in
due time. Hence the value of having at its head
an executive and producer of Mr.. Schwabs
ability
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-23
The Allied Reserves.

There is good reasoning in the comment of the
military correspondent who writes that IF linden
burgs bloody effort to reach the Channel ports can
he permanently checked without disturbing the AL
lies reserves, the Germans will have met one of
the most serious defeats of the war.
The Huns chief hope, next to overwhelming the
British army. IS to force the Allies to a major
counter offensive before they are ready and while
conditions generally are least favorable to them.
The Allies now are engaged largely in recovering
from the first shock and displacement of the Ger
man onslaught Their stores Of munition and other
necessaries are probably reduced and their new
lines of communication unsettled or incomplete
For them to undertake the great counter offensive at
This moment therefore, would be less advisable II
would SEEM than to wait until the enemy had worn
of the full edge of his strength and their own strlk
ing mower is at its keenest. This policy OF course
there by the French, or even far-reaching stroke
on their front
Rut the condition of highest strategic import
inst now is the STAYING power OF the British against
whom Hindenburg is hurting his legions. If
Eaig's line holds until this onset is spent, and
holds without requiring any great number OF the
Alice reserves then indeed may the Hindenburg
offensive be counted a costly failure. So far there
is no sign that the Haig line will fail to hold 1t
has bent backward but at no point has broken or
really weakened. On the contrary, 1t is becoming
straipbter and shorter and stronger for the de-
tense of the Channel ports. The greater part of
the ground il has yielded will prove OF no military
Importance in the final struggle. though It's cost
TO the Germans this drive has been tremendous
The hattie is not yet over the menace TO the Allies
K still serious. But if the situation works out
on lines OF present probability the net result of the
Germans greatest offensive will be distinctly favor
able to the Allies.
We at least don't have to dread what Russia