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I RK SCMTEIl WATCHMAN, Estab ? Oorisolidated Aug. 2, Ii ??aa-^yTillHIIMani .IHM Ii I II???? mi? '_ i - BE?ENEY ANB BERTHCLET IXj ACTION. Endurance of Allies Over Such an Ex tended Front Proves Surprise toj Hons. - With the French Army in France, j Oct. 4 (By the Associated Press.)?| The four great battles which have; been in progress since September CO i from Flanders to the Meuse were, in- j creased to six by the entry into ac-i tion of General Debeney's men around i St. Quentin and General Berthelot's! forces northwest of Rheims and ail continue with great intensity. Blow j after blow is being dealt the Germans; in their strongholds of the Hinden-i burg line and subsidiary lines. The endurance the allies have; shown in sustaining with undiminish- j ed ardor the severe struggle over so 1 extended a front against such formid-. able works surprised\the enemy. There I are . many indications that the Ger- ! mans expected that exhaustion would 1 have obliged the allies to stop for a; breathing spell long before this. The Germans knew they were to] be attached, but they appear not to; have rightly gauged the reserve forces the allies were to throw into the fray.; This hypothesis partly explains the German confusion which has been noticeable at various times and places lately. j The Germans have been obliged to make an entirely dirferent use of their j reserves than that pl.tnned. Each time j the results have been negative.; further complicating the general sit-! uation behind the German lines. j One of the most important success- j - es yesterday was in the fighting on ! the heights of which Medeah Farm j is situated. (This point was captur-j ed by American troops aiding the I French in Champagne). This height; gives the allied artillery command of j a wide stretch sloping eastward to-1 ward the River Suippe and the Suippe ; valley and the River Aisne, north of i Morronvillers. Guns on the slopes of Medeath height will be able to bom- j bard the rear.of the German positions! ^on the mouth of Champagne, east of Rheims, and to infilade their lines; of retreat towards the north. The German 'reserves brought up j to defend that height and who oould j not do it are continuing today to rr.arte vain counterattacks in an effort | to stop the allied advance. ? West of Rheims, General Berthe- j lot's army now holds the entire line cf ? the Aisne Canal between Rheims and ^ the River Aisne excepting bits in th ; salient of Sapignuel-Moseou and nearj the road from Loufvre to Courcy. The- j <ahai has been crossed at La Neu-; vilie, La Godat and Loivre whiie the! positions in the region of Betheny j _^^have^been improved. In the region of St. Quentin the ? army of General Debeney is driving a; wedge into the Hindenburg lino; around Lesdins. Even' gain of ground there increases the danger to the j German troops in the St. Gobian foi ! est; and the entire region east of La Fere. f,With one after another of their lines of communication cut by the al- ; lljedV forces operating in Champagne.j combined movements northward i" ! fft?t region and eastward from St i Quentin would make their positions gravely critical. The enemy protc.e-! t*oh J against such a manoeuver is a line secondary to the Hindenburg po-1 ?ition that passes by Fresnoy and Sis eonhe with a sharp angle from Lu Fere along the valleys of the Rivers Serre and Oise. j? -- ' SHOW HIGHEST C OURAGE. Australian Officer Praises South Car olinians. .With the British Forces in France. Oct. 4, 11 a. m. (iiy the Associated . Press).-?A Xew York division cooper ating with an Australian corps north of St. Quentin encountered the se verest opposition, and. although stC ffcring heavy losses, fought with the greatest bravery, according to an of ficial, of the Australian troops in a; fcfelegram which he sent today to th'v general in command of the Xew York; soldiers. ! The Australian officer said that from a personal reconnaissance made by htm over the battle fields east and rjonheast of Duncan Post it was evi dent the Americans of this division1 from the outset had met with deter mined opposition. They pushed for ward in the face of an enfilading fire from German machine guns. " "The dead of whom there were large; numbers." the Australian officer wrote, "were all lying with faces to ward the front. Xot a man was mov ing backwards when h^ was killed." > The telegram then goes on to say that owing to the nature of the coun try the, Germans were able to get in an enfilading fire, and it was evident - ly a gallant action that enabled the men from Tennessee and North and South Carolina to do what they sei oiu to do. namely, to break the first part of the Hindenburg line, fn con clusion the telegram said: "I am convinced that the officers and men did all that it war? humanly possible for brave men to do and their gallantry in action must stand tinvugh all times m American his tory-" HUNS ATTACK AMERICANS. Attempted Night Raid in Lorraine Re Hulth in Repulse and Loss. . With Americans in Lorraine. Oct. .5, 11.30?After a forty minute bar ege the Germans last night made an! unsuccessful attempt to raid theJ American lines easuof Gerardmer in Lorraine. Five wounded prisoners re mained in the hands of the Ameri- j tans. . ' ?ed April, 1850. ?Be 3nxi ?3 J81. SI - HUNS IS! SUBMIT, j ? DISCUSSION OF PEACE BASED OX SURRENDER ONLY. ______ America Will Not Consider Armistice; Proposed by Germans?Allies' Terms Stated by Wilson Only j Ground Ujx>n Which Washington; Will Agree to Cessation of Kostili- j ties With Central Empires. - Washington, Oct. 6.?Germany's j newest peace offer?proposing an ar mistice while President Wilson con- j siders' and conveys to the allies a pro posal on the basis of terms laid down by the president himself?had not reached Washington in official form tonight and. there was, therefore, no; authorized statement of hew it was \ regarded by the United States. Plainly, however, it was recognized i as the next step in the continuing ef forts of the German statesmen to save j something from the wreckage of their j dream of world domination, the step which might be expected from a los ing trader who makes his proposition has it rejected and offers his next best, each time coming nearer to the demands of his. adversary, meanwhile s endeavoring to hold out in the hope j of getting the best terms he can. It hardly is taking a position in ad- j Vance of the American government to say that if the present proposition , signifies Germany's unqualified :-.c ceptar.ee of the four principles of j peace laid down by President Wilson j >n his Fourth of July speech at th j tomb of Washington, it will be con-) sidered. If it does not; if it is an ac ceptance "in principle" with saving: diplomatic language paving the way j for quibbling around a council table, it will not be considered. Those terms accepted by all the al lies as their own, the president con;-1 pressed into a single sentence: "Reign of law based upon the con sent pf the governed and sustained by [ the organized opinion of mankind." They provided for the destruction or reduction to virtual impotence o; any arbitrary power capable of dis turbing the peace of the world; the settlement of every question on the j basis of the interest of the people con- j cerned and in effect a league of na- j tions to enforce peace. If in the offer of Prince Maxmil- j ian, the new imperial, chancellor I Germany is willing to accept these terms, and the remainder of the world j ft satisfied that he speaks not alone j but with the military masters of Ger- i many in acquiescence, the next logi- j cal step would be the withdrawal o; j every, German from every foot of oc- j cupied territory. From ;hat point th'- j allies might begin to test the sincer- j Sty of Germany's willingness to con-1 form to the world peace preserving program. j No one in Washington even a-; much as gives a thought to any uro- j posal that the victorious troops of I Great Britain, France, Italy and the] United States should .halt in an ar-; mistice while a "discussion", is con ducted. There might be an armm>- j tice of the same nature as was given [ to Bulgaria, an armistice of uncondi- j tional surrender. When Austria pro- j posed peace negotiations the official j view was summed up this way: "Austria is breaking, this is the | time to hit her hardest, not the tim? j to talk peace." There is nothing to indicate that the; view has been changed. No one here doubts that sooner or later German is going to make a peace offer that may be worth considering. None o; the allies wishes to assume the re sponsibility of prolonging the war a day longer than is necessary to insure the future peace of the world. There fore, it is realized that offers of peac* arc not to be rejected before they are examined. -.Prince Maximilian's of fer, with those said to be coming sim ultaneously from Austria and Turkey will go under the same acid test which has been applied to all the others, k it fails to stand the test it will go the way of all the others. Germany herself is participating formally now for the first time in an open and direct proposal of peace. The move is believed to mark the be ginning of the last phase of the of fer "to substitute diplomatic discus sion for military operations before ihe allied and American armies cross the Rhino and give German sod a taste o: what happened to Belgium and northern France. The proposal even may be a little more specific than of ficials of the American government had expected as a sequel to Presi dent Wilson's flat rejection of Aus tria's request for secret and non binding discussions, but apparently no one here is ready to conclude iha; the kaiser's government has reached the point, where it will accept with-! Cut more fighting the only terms up on which their enemies are willing to lay down their arms. Officials who. informally, say they find no reason for thinking peace will be broughl appreciably nearer bv th' latest developments point to the pres ent situation in Germany and at the f aille fronts. They s.-.y there ha been no real changi in control In Germany. <P\si>;t.- the call of Prince Maximilian to the chancellorship with a cabinet including Social Democrat and Clericals: that reverse on the West front and the defection of Bui garia brought about these superficial changes, but that actual power still lies with the kaiser and his war lords who will keep any promises made en paper or around the council table on!\ so long as they ere cowed by superior military power. They emphasize tin- fact that th German armies still are followhiT their old Hun-like course, destroying cities and towns in their retreat more ruthlessly then they did in iheir ad vance, and showing no evidence of a realization that the day of reckoning is a hand. j The kaiser's address to the German d Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Aim JMTER, S. C, WEDNES Si pe?ge OFFeT I i TEXT OF NOTE SEXT TO WASH-: J INGTON BY IMPERIAL GEK- j MAN CHANCELLOR, - Requests Wilson to Consider Peace ; ] and Accepts Program Laid Down by American President as Basis for Restoration of Status Quo Ante. J Amsterdam, Oct. 6.?The text ofj the note forwarded by the imperials German chancellor. Prince Muximil-' Ian. to President Wilson, through the Swiss government, follows: ?"The German government requests j, ihe president of the United States to ] :;.::c in hand the restoration of peace,; acquaint all the belligerent States of j this request and invite them to send plenipotentiaries for the purpose oi l opening negotiations. ? j "It accepts the program set forth j by the president of the United States j in his message on January S and in j his later pronouncements, especially ? his speech on September 27, as a ba sis for peace negotiations. "With a view to avoiding further| bloodshed the German government, re- ! quests the immediate conclusion of an ; armistice on land and water and in the air." It is announced that Turkey will j take a similar step. WHITE FLAG TRIC K PARIS PA-1 PER THINKS. Temps Discusses German Peace Note j ?Beast Offers Bloodstained Paw. Say? The Journal. Paris, Oct. 6.?"The white Sag trick" is the caption of the editorial in The Temps on the peace proposi tion of the central powers. "What j Germany has done, says the newspa per, "is to invite the United Stales v. .o are belligerents as much as Ger many7, to play the role of mediator, as if they were outside our alliance." In leturn, continues The Temps. Germany is willing to admit as th? basis of negotiations President Wil son's program for a general peace. "Admit as a basis is vague," says The Temps. "The question is what does Germany accept and what does she reject? Germany only invokes President Wilson's principles to make let lall our arms. It is easy to un derstand that the kaiser's staffs ap prove of Prince Maximilian's policies but Maximilian with Ludendorff and Schiedemann are mistaken in attrib uting so much naivette to President j Wilson. "The cornered beast draws in it^l claw> and offers us its bloodstf ?ned j paw," says The Journal des Debars. I It declares that the suspension of hos- I tilitics will be acceptable only on conditions offering the same advan tages as the continuous victorious ad-1 ?anc? of th^ allied troops?the evac- j uaticn of territories occupied in Bel- j gium, Luxemburg, France, Russia, j Italy, Rcumania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro. We shall keep our program of res titution, reparation and guarantees.'* says this newspaper. "There will be no armistice before we possess guar antees." AUSTRIAN'S APPEAL TO POPE. Recently Demanded That Vatican Undertake Steps Toward Peace. _ Paris. Oct. 7.?Austria recently j again insisted that the Vatican un- ! dertake steps toward peace, it is re-i ported in Rome, according to a Hava" | despatch. The Vatican, it is added j rejected the demand. I FIFTY KILLED IN EXPLOSION. Three Times That Number Injured. Perth Amhoy, X. J., Oct. 5.?Army! officers investigating the explosion j which wrecked the great shell loading plant of the T. A. GiUespie Company ! at Morgan, estimated tonight that the i dead would not number more than 50 and the injured 150. The property j loss probably will approximate be tween $15.000,000 and -$20.000.000. Late today it was declared danger] of greater devastation the blowing] of stores o'' trinitrotuo! was virtual-j ly over. All that'is left ?nexploded is buried underground along the bank of Gheesequake creek, on which the! plant is located, or is loaded on four; barges tied up at the company dock* alonpr hat stream. Army officers reported after a re- j connaissanee by airplane that the lo-J iwtion of the boats and storehouses is j such that they believed there was slight probability it would be explod ed either by fire of concussion. . "With the passing of the menace an j explosion around the plant, the prob-: lern of caring for the homeless be came the most serious tonight. j army and navy announcing the peace] Offer probably attracted more atten tion here than the offer itself. Ti spite of his still arrogant tone, it was realized this was the nearest thing to; a renunciation of sabre" rattling that ever has come from him. His admis sion that the Mae<-donian front has! "'?rumbled" was looked upon as. sig nificant and even his declaration that "our front"' will not be broker wa ? calletf singularly modest from such a sou 'co. One thought that found expression in many quarters today was thai the Germans in launching their.: offensive ;'- tills time probably hoped to affec the Fourth Liberty Loan by creating an idea that the end of the war is bann. There was no belief, howevc that any such catastrophe would re sult because tin- heads of the govern ment are confident that the America*; public realizes the necessity for pro viding tho funds essential to the up building of Iii,- nation's cause and the danger of accepting at fare value any! advances by the enemy. J il't at be thy Country'*. i_y ?od'B K 1DAY, OCTOBER 9, 193 MM BEAST STILL BOASTS. KAISER WILLIAM ATTEMPTS TO | HIDE DEFEAT UNDER GRAN- j DILOQUEXT WORDS. - Issues Proclamation to Army and Navy Announcing That Allies Havci Been Asked to Consider Peace and to Agree to An Armistice. Berlin, via Basel, Oct. C.?Emper-1 or William today issued a proclama-j lion to the German army and navy in which, after announcing that thei Macedonian front had crumbled, he declared that he had decided, in ac cord with his allies, to again offer peace to the enemy. The text of the emperor's proclama tion reads: "For month past the enemy with enormous exertions and almost with out pause in the fighting has stormed against your lines. In weeks of strug gles, often without repose, you have had to persevere and resist a nu merically far superior enemy. There in lies the greatness of the task which has been set for you and which you are fulfilling. Troops of all the Ger man States are doing their part and are heroically defending the father land on foreign soil. Hard is the task. "My navy'is holding its own against the united enemy naval forces and is unwaveringly supporting the army in its difficult struggle. "The eyes of those at home rest with pride and admiration on the deeds of the army and navy. I ex press to you the thanks of myself and the fatherland. ?The collapse of the Macedonian front has occurred in the midst of the hardest struggle. In accord with our allies, I have resolved once more to offer peace to the enemy, but I wili only extend my hand for an honorable peace. We owe that to the heroes who have laid down their lives for the fatherland and we make that oui duty to our children. "Whether arms will be lowered is a question. Until then we must not slacken. We must, as hitherto, exer all our strength unwearily to hold our ground against the onslaught of our enemies. "The hour is grave, but, trusting in your strength and in God's gra cious help, we feel ourselves to be strong enough to defend our beloved fatherland. (Signed) "Wilhelm." QUARANTINE IN CHARLESTON. Board of Health Orders Schools Churches and Theatres Closed. Charleston, Oct. /7.?Following a: order of the board of health, al schools, theatres, churches and othe: places of public gatherings have clos ed, due to the epidemic of influenza About seven hundred cases have beer reported. ANTI-TRUST SUITS CONTINUED Prosecution Under Sherman Law Suspended on. Account of War. Washington, Oct. 7.?Upon the gov ernment's motion the Supreme- Cour will be asked to postpone considera tion at the present tc rm of all pend ing anti-trust suits, because of wai conditions. FIX CLOTHING PRICES. ! War Industries Board Takes Action tc Protect Public. ! Washington, Oct. 3.?Prices anc [ distribution of practically ail article; i of wearing apparel are to be con ! trolled by the war industries board ! Regulations issued yesterday prescrih ing certain fixed prices for shoes con stituted only the first step in a gener al policy for price control of clothing j This was disclosed today by Chair j man liaruch of the board in an ad I dress at a special meeting of the Nat j ional Retail Drygoods Association j Referring to the putting into effect ol the agreement between the board ant the shoe industry. Mr. Baruch said; "After that will have to come the regulation anc distribution of most ol all things which you. gentlemen have to deal with. I den't want you tc say it can't be done, because it musi be done. It is unthinkable that onl?. the man with the longest pocketbool< can get the things that he needs. ' Though no details ol" the plan to be followed in controlling clothing prices have been announced, it is believed rhat the general policy adopted in fixing the price of shoes will he fol lowed. Standard prices for standard grades of men's and women's suits, hats and other articles of clothing pro*haoly will be established by agree ment with manufacturers a:e.l re tailers. By the ng'-eeinont reached by th: board and ths shoo manufacturer:: additional details of which were made public today the program and style: of shoes under the regulated price plan will conform to that announced by the board in June whereby both styles and colors were restricted. A number of manufacturers al ready have started work on the stand ardized grades. To prevent loss to manufacturers of hhrh priced shoe; the agreement provides that shoes re tailing for more than $12, the max imum fixed price, which already have been manufactured, may be sold un til June 1. ;:d!'. After that date it will de impossible to buy ready made shoes for more ihen Sil'. For low ?Imes of the type usually worn in the summer months the maximum price will be $11. l Prices of children's shoes which kvere not announced yesterday wili Ire as follows: For the class A or Fkighest grade: Boys, misses' and youths', si; no to $7 and $8: little gentsi $5 to $(\; infants. $4 to ?5. and babiesvi^2 to $3.50. For the medium and Iow\riced grades in the four di visions theXprices will be accordingly. ad Trash's." THE TRUE L8. GEUN NOTE DELIVERED. ATTACHE OF SWISS LEGATION*i j DELIVERED HUN'S PLEA FOR .?PEACE INTO PRESIDENT WILSON'S OWN HANDS. This is Said to Indicate That The ? Peace Proposal Comes Directly From Kaiser Wilhelm, the Beast of Berlin, Himself. Washington, Oct. 7.?Germany's, j peace note was delivered to President J j Wilson personally today by Frederick j j Oederlin, attache of the Swiss lega- j rtion. This gave rise to suggestions) ! that it came directly from Emperor I I William himself. Minister Ekengran j ' of Sweden presented the note fromj j Baron Buri?n, Austro-Hungarian for- i eign minister, to Secretary Lansing j at 10.30 this morning. mm - COKER DOORS CLOSE. {Influenza Causes Two Weeks' Suspen- j sion at College. Hartsville, Oct. 5.?On account oi the appearance of 16 cases of Span j ish influenza in the student body of i j Coker College, this institution has j j been closed and will remain closed j for a period of two weeks. Thert are, it is reported, 3 9 eases in town, i Every precaution is being taken by j the health authorities to prevent a I spread of the disease. Circulars! bearing on the disease are being dis- j tributed and have been posted in j conspicious places. No announce ment has been made public as to the graded schools, but a similar step to that taken by the college will nrobab ly follow. GEN. DOYEN DEAD. Commander of Marine Corps Suc cumbs to In linen/a. Washington, Oct. 7.?Brigadier4 General Charles A. Doyen, com mandant of the Marine Corps train ing Camp at Quantico. Virginia, died 3a st night of influenza. American Casualty List. Washington, Oct. 4.?The follow ing casualties are reported by the Commanding General of the Ameri > i can Expeditionary Forces: I Killed in action. 103 j Missing in action. 172 " Wounded severely'. *74 j Died from wounds. 67 Died from airplane accident .. 1 Died from accident and other causes. 0 Died of disease. 24 Wounded, degree undetermined 14 Prisoner.. 1 Total. 962 Corporal Clyde C. Pittman, Cam nobello. S. C, Ernest E. Porter, Pick ens, S. C. and Clery D. Curtis, Gaff ney, S. C. are reported severely wounded and Ben Phillips, Lancaster, S. C, missing in action. j Washington. Oct. 5.?The follow ing casualties are reported by th: Commanding General of the Ameri can Expeditionary Forces: Killed in action... 113 Missing in action.^.-^ 60 Wounded severely.>. . .^$9$ Died from wounds. 31 Died of disease. 11 Died from aeroplane accident.. a Total. .. 532 Ransom I. Holden, Walhalla. S. C. is reported severely wounded. Vashington. Oct. 6.?The following casualties are reported by the Com manding General of the American Ex peditionary Forces: Killed in action. 155 Missing in action . .. .. 20) Wounded severely. 295 Died from wounds. 6!* Died from airplane accident. . 1 Died from accident and other causes. . 10 Died of disease . 2o Wounded, degree undetermined 3 Wounded slightly. 1 Prisoners.*. 7 j Total.y. 74>1 { Lee Grant Johston. Cordova, S. [C, is reported killed in action, and j Albert Barnwell. Port Royal, S. C. : severely wounded. j Total number of casualties to date. including those reported above: j Killed in action, (including 291 I at sea). 7,990 ! Died of wounds. 2,580 [Died of. disease. 1,992 i Died of accident and other I causes. 960 ? Wounded in action. 21,922 ; Missing in action (including ! prisoners). 5,221 Total to date . 40,671 The following casualties are report ed by tho Commanding General of the American Expeditionary Forces today: Killed in notion. 212 .Missing in action. S3 Wounded severely. 4SI Died from wounds. 1<Hi Lied from accident and other causes. 12 Died oi' disease. 4N Died from aeroplane accident.. 3 ?"ounded. degree undetermined ?! Prisoner. 1 Total. 944 Xie! >. Harrison. Ratter. S. C, died of wounds received in action and Lieut. < 'oi. Robert H. Willis. Simpson ville. s. C. died of accident: Wm. F. j Caldwell, Chester, S. C. Joel E. Ilac relson, Sanford, s. <\. Alvin Sizmcre, Langley. S. C John H. Hunter. Or angeburg, S. C, Walter A. Stone. Hampton. S. C.. Grogan J. W. Brown Gregg, S. C, and Levi Barrineau. Charleston. S. C, are reported se ?erely wounded. , SOUTHRON, Established June, UNt Vol. XLVH. No. 16. REPLY WILL BE PROMPT. PRESIDENT WILSON WILL A>T? SWER GERMANY'S PEACE PLEA AT ONCE. Prince Maximilian's Peace Proposal Reached Washington Last Night President Retired to His Study This Morning to Prepare Answer. Washington. Oct. 7.?A prompt and decisive reply to the German's latest peace proposal was indicated by developments in Washington early today. President Wilson cancelled hi susual morning recreation hour and remain secluded in his study. Prince Maximillian's note was re ceived during the night at the Swiss legation, where the arrangements were made for its delivery at once to the State Department for transmis sion to the president. Quite irrespective of the nature of the reply, it seemed to be agreed that the German note called for a prompt reply so that the American people may not be misled into relax ing their efforts for the Fourth Lib erty loan, so that the American troops in the field may know at once the position of their government, and so that the offer of peace may receive such diplomatic attention as it de serves. * ;$;AL-__ _ PRESIDENT OF $100,000 CLUB. C. II. Wilson of Sumter Makes Rec ord as Writer of Insurance. C The following article taken from j the September issue of The Jefferson ! fan will be of interest to the many friends of Cecil H. Wilson. Had you been asked at the 1917 meeting of the $100,000.00 Club, who the 19IS president would be, the . chances are you would have made a wrong guess. Yet Cicil H. Wilson, of the Sumter. S. C. agency was already blossoming for the place, and might; i have been regarded as a 'dark horse'.' Every month, with exceptions so I few as to make them notable, Mr. Wil son's name would appear on the page ?j: leaders. It would occupy one po-% . siticn one time, another the next and so on. We were careful to keep be' { fore our readers the knowledge that I in him they had to reckon with a'sev- ' eral times prize winner. It would seem j that he was forever annexing honors j of various and sundry kinds. ? As the months passed, rounding out the memorable year of 1917, the question "Who is Wilsen" did not have to be asked for he was making himself famous and Writing never to be forgotten figures in the history of the Jefferson Standard. All too late, the top notchers began to tighten their belts and the serene highnesses who live in altitudes that place them among, the elect, where angels have j to work all day and every day in or-. ! der to tread, began steaming up. j C. H. Wilson beat the whole bunch ! at their own game. He broke rec ! ords. He made himself President of j the $100,000.00 Club, although _he i did not know it, and came oj; J flags flying and bands playin^f j What is the secret? Tw^thingsrIf Wilson were taj]>to*vnii he would startle you^fTth this advice. "If you Jare goins/ro succeed in the insurance l^usines^ it must be your companion i acMj|^r meals, when you go to bed; j yoiWe got to eat it, sleep it, work it, I love it. It must be your religion, your j pastime, as 'well as your work." - That is Wilson's first secret. The second is opportunity, the Company j gave him that. Wilson says, there are ? more opportunities for ambitious J agents than an opium fiend could j dream of. That energy can dig them out, and sell business by the thou sands anywhere. His score is a won derful affair. It was great enough to place him among his fellows and above them, and it is great enough to ! serve as a stimulus for further achievement. Wilson has triumphed and we glory in his victory. MA YES VI LLF, HEALTH MEET ING. Sumter Council of Defense Endorses Health Campaign. The importance of the public health campaign under the auspices of the. National and State Council of Defense ! in connection with the State Depart^ ; ment of He:>lht. has been emphasized ; by the present epidemic of Spanish ; influenza throughout the State and j nation. j On Tuesday evening at S.30 at I Mayesvilie. there will be held a big j public health meeting. The meeting will be addressed by Dr. J. A. Hayne, I State Health Oificer. and Dr. Vance ; W. Brabham, director of Rural Health work. The. people of Mayesvilie un | der th* leadership of the Home Dem I onstration Club are alive to. the sit uation, and have maele preparations tor a iarge meeting. Every resident ; of Sumter and Sumter County who >can attend this meeting should do so in the interest o" the general good, and back up the wide-awake people of Mayesvilie in their efforts. As Chairman of the Council of Defense, 1 -sis for the Council that the meeting be as largely attended as possible as there is no more important public work than the preservation of health and ihe improvement of health con dtions. Kespertfullv. A. C. PHELPS, 7 Chairman Council of Defense. TELEGRAPH OFFICE HOURS. Western Union Office Will Close at 8 o'clock P. M. Until further notice the office of the Western Union Telegraph Company will be closed at S o'clock p. m. This is rendered necessary by the illness of several members of the office forcev