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m$TTj<n:EJ> advances be TWEJBN CAMBRAI AND LENS. ti&fc: fSaigr Announces That Posts Have Been Established on Cross ings el Scheldt Canal?Pushing Forward Toward Lille. ; London, Oct. 7.?Further progress was made by the British last nighl between J^ens and CambraL Gen. Haig ahnooTiced today that posts had been established on the crossings ol the. Scheldt Canal, north of Auben sehuel an Bac, and east of Oppy. The; British also pushed forward f?rther towards Lille on the and south-west and progressing soniiewhat north of Wesmacquart. AMERICANS MAKE PROGRESS. Gen. Pershing Reports That His ^oops Are Pushing Forward in the Ihsee of Heavy Infantry Fighting Washington, Oct. 7.?Slight ad vances wore made by the Americans ^^terday between the Meuse and ?ois Des Agons in heavy infantry lighting; Gen. Pershing reported to day. He also reported increased Artillery activity everywhere on both ar/ies. FRENCH CROSS SUTPPE. -ttiey Win New Ground After Severe Fighting. Paris, Oct. 7.?The French have .crossed1 the Suippe eastward of Oratovillei and have reached the outskirts of Baseancourt Bould Su-Suippe, after severe fignting, it is officially announced. NORTHEAST OF RnEIMS. French Driving the Enemy in Cham pagne Region. Paris, Oct. 7.?The French last night captured St. Masmes, northeast Of Rheims, and penetrated Hauvine, Isrfher east and north of the Arnes river, it is officially announced. . SERBS. CHASE THE HUNS. Austro-GernaEin Forces Run and Fight to Get Out of Serbia. London, Oct. 7.?The Serbians who are energetically pursuing the Aus tro-Germans north of Vranje in the direction of Nish, have taken fifteen hundred prisoners and twelve guns, according to the Serbian official state ment. POINT OF HINDENBCRG LINE SET AFIRE. Paris, Oct. 7.?Laon, the strong hold to which the Germans have been elihging -as a key point of their line os t&e southwest, apparently has been set afire by the Germans. The town xtes reported ablaze yesterday and the hMte is stlH burning today. Rheim? has been finally definitely; cleared from the menace Of German j cannon, j Tke Germans" are in retreat along the whole front from the Siuppe to the-Arnes, as well ?s in the region B?uxk of Cam b rai. ALL DISTRUST GERMANS. No One Has Any Confidence in Theii Good Intentions. j London, Oct. 7.?Distrust of Ger | man intentions and skepticism over 'jthe result of the peace overtures of ' I the Central Powers are reflected in ? j newspaper comment here. The Mail says the German offer "means not peace, but trickery." 5 "The peace that is coming is not ? going to be a bargain peace." says ? the Telegraph, which declares that [ the German proposal as a whole to be impossible. COUNTY HEALTH SURVEY. Several Subscriptions From the Coun ty Announced. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Dabs, Sr., o.r Salem section, Mayesvilie township. Sumter county, have subscribed one j hundred dollars to start the move ment among the white citizens of this county for the proposed county health survey and twelve months' campaign of education. These two i public-spirited citizens give $25 each j towards the health survey, and j j $25 each towards the county trained j nurse fund. Dr. Richard B. Furman, of Priva j teer township, also subscribes ten | I dollars, and Mrs. R. B. Furman five j dollars for the heaith survey fund. Coming as these volunteer sub I scriptions do from four well known j and intelligent citizens of the strict I ly rural sections, it looks as, thougn j j the progressive and educated ele- j j r. ent of the rural districts are heart! I ly in favor of doing something to I ! wards accepting the generous offer of \ j five thousand dollars from the Inter ; national Health board and the Sotuh : Carolina State Board of Health for J this health survey and campaign of ! education, provided Sumter county j raises two thousand and five hun i dred dollars additional. A profes j sional nurse for the rural districts to i do just what the Sumter Civic League j nurse does for the poor people ap j peals immennsely to Mr. and Mrs. j Dabbs, and many others. J I Leading negro men and women of I this county have already subscribed / a minimum of six hundred dollars J for this purpose, and their subscrip I tions will probably amount to more j than six hundred dollars, j Mr. E. I. Reardon, secretary Cham | bcr of Commerce will act as receiv i er of all subscriptions tendered- for ; this purpose. Committees of ladies and gentlemen will be appointed for every school district in the county to i schcit subscriptions in a few days. -,??4-: ARMISTICE ABSOLUTELY ABHOR RENT. Washington, Oct. 7.?Discussing the German peace offer In the senate, Senator Hitchcock, chairman of the i foreign relations committee, declarer5 "absolutely abhorrent" even th*. thought of suspending hostilities now, : and recommended that additional .to the president's principals, one provid ing that the allies deal only with the real representatives of the German people, i _ . CUBAN DOCTORS PUZZLED. Epidemic on Spanish Steamer Arriv ing at Habana. Cuban Port, Oct. 7.?Cuban medi cal authorities are not able to diag nose the malady that caused the death of twenty-four on the Spanish liner Alfonzo Nil which arrived Saturday. Two persons, crazed by suffering com mitted suicide. Forty of the twelve hundred passengers are in a serious condition. Attention Knitters! Yarn for knitting sweaters has been received at Red Cross headquarters. Knitters will please save these in structions and follow them, paying strict attention to measurements: Cast on 72 stitches. Knit 2- purl 2, for 3 inches. Knit across and purl back for 10 inches. Knit 1 row. (A) Knit 6, purl across, and knit last 6 stitches. (B) Knit all the way across. Repeat (a) and (b) for 8 inches. Knit across and back S times: (making 4 ridges). Bind off 26 stitches for neck. First Shoulder. Knit 6; then purl 1, knit 1, for 11 stitches; knit 6. Knit 7; then purl 1, knit 1. for 1& stitches; knit 6. Continue to knit and purl back and forth in this way 14 times, which leaves the wool at inner edge. Break off wool and tie it on at nee* opening for Second Shoulder. Knit 7: then purl 1, knit 1, for 10 stitches: knit 6. Knit 6; then purl 1, knit 1, for 11 stitches; knit 6. Continue to knit and purl back and forth in this way 14 times, which leaves the wool at inner edge. Cast on 26 stitches; knit 6; ther purl :?, knit 1, for 11 stitches; knit. 6. Knit across and back S times (making 4 ridges.) (C) Knit all the way across. (D) Knit 6; purl across; and knit last 6 stitches. Repeat (C) and (D) for 8 inches. Knit across and purl back for 1C inches. Purl 2, knit 2, for 3 inches. Bind off loosely. Sew up sides leaving 9 inches for armholes. Single-crochet 1 row around neck and armholes. Measurements: Neck (when stretch ed), 11 1-2?12 1-2 inches. Across chest (not stretched) 17?20 inches. Those who expect to knit are urged to save these instructions as our sup ply at ? headquarters is exhausted. , On Calling Terms. Mrs. Riley?Are yez on callin' terms wid our neigbor? Mrs. Murphy?Oi am that. She called me a thafe an' Oi called her another. Speed the Day. " j No sweeter sentence could be clicked | Just now than this: "The Huns are licked." ?ii ?Mil.ill ?mi ?????um.iihim.in im i in ??????? ii iin nuiMwiiMBwwTfli nr. nirr 'immmmwmvmtrmaatmema We are having a good many inquiries about fertilizers for small grain and even for next year's crop, and it is our pleasure to be able to advise that we are prepared to quote prices on any of this material, except Nitrate of Soda, and any of our friends who are interested in buying for im mediate or future delivery, we invite them to come see us. The Government has placed an embargo on the sale of Nitrate for agricultural purposes, which we hope will be released in time, at lea^t, for next year's crop requirements. Our contracts have been placed, subject to the adtion of the Government, and we may be depended upon to be in a position to offer this material at as early a date as any one and we are prepared to take orders subjedt to the ac tion of the government. O'DONNELL 6 COMPANY Sumter, S. C. , THE STARVELING BELT. German View of Food Shortage Translation of Article From Berlin Tageblatt. "Shortly beforr the goal the sporta man collects the whole of his strength together to make one wild plunge to obtain victory. The whole German civil population, as long as the war lasts?every year from about the middle of May up to the end of July?is in a similar position. When the old harvest is about finished and the new harvest not yet brought in, in this pause in supplies, after a tur nip and potato winter of dissatisfac tion, the housewife does not know which way to turn. Then the stom ach and nerves are put to a very hard test. The authorities know this ?the authorities whose wisdom and care for us fan us daily like a soft wind?or they should know it. Herr von Batocki, (German food adminis tor) at least, with whom speech was like liquid honey, thought of this cer tainly, and in the past year about this time, when potatoes and flour be came rare, we received a handsome extra portion of meat for a low sum. Barley and barley-groats were to be had as well as sugar, fruit and vege tables, so that one helped himseli over the few hard weeks as best one cold. "How now? If Herr von Batocki will take pity, he who after building jp our victualling arrangements is now far out of range as over-presi .lent in Konigsburg, completing the restoration of East Prussia. This time we are living on shortages all iround, our ration of bread has been cut down; meat, potatoes and fruit have been taken away from us alto gether, and vegetables can only be ob tained by those who keep the proverb in mind "Learn to line up ("anste hen") without complaining." "All that are left to us are barley and barley-groats, and a little sugar in addition has been granted, so that :he present sad condition of food stuffs may be sweetened a little for us. "Recklessness is a swimming belt of life," wrote Ludwig Boerne once, wittily and carelessly. Without re garding the heavy losses, which the strength, health and rearing of the German people have to bear in con sequence of our continually miser able victualling conditions, we dance away over this period. Our children will be the first to be able to judge n their own bodies and spirit the consequence of war famine which has lasted for years. One need only com pare coolly the simple daily menu ol a middle-class citizen during the years before the war with the present "small midday" as it is called in Low Jerman, in order to recognize what ,ve expect today from our stomachs, ,m([ thereby from our whole bodies. "Once upon a time the, compara tively speaking, well-situated Ger man consumed on an average daily in May, June and July: , 1 pint good coffee with a grain oi ;ubstitute, 1-2 pint miik and a little cream, I- 4 pound butter, II- 2 pounds bread, 1-4 pound sausage or other cold ??eat, 1- 2 pound meat, 1 pound of potatoes, 3-3 pound of vegetables, 2- 3 pint of soup, 1 pound of fruit, 1-3 pound of pastry or cake, 1- 4 pound of sugar, 2 eggs, 2- 3 pint of tea. Certainly everyone may not have kept to this daily menu. Some com plained of loss of appetite, which i> only known of today from hearsay. Some ate. however, double th tmount, with all the tricks of gastro lomieal art. "And today? Daily we have to bor. new holes in our belts, in order that they may fit our ever contracting waists. We would not consume daily in Berlin, if things went in accord ance with the rationing: 1 pint of bad substitute without a gram of coffee, Milk (quality unknown), 1-50 pound of butter and marga : ine, - 1-2 pound of bread, 1-7 pound of sausage (apart from 1-11 "neighing" cold meats), 1-25 pound of meat (together with ."?0 grammes of bones), 1-2 pound potatoes, 1-4 pound of vegetables (when on? is lucky), * 1 pint of soup, i -8 pound of barley and barley groats, 1-4 pound fruit ("Polish at 2.10 marks per pound"), 1-4 pound of pastry (slime and froth), 1-10 pound of sugar, 1- 4 of an egg, 2- 3 pint German (Camomile) tea, "Naturally one cannot simply add the number of ounces together and compare the result witi out further ado. But still one arrives by this method at at least an approximate comparison between former days and now. Formerly a hundred ounces and now 33 ounces. Therefore only a third of the quantity of food in peace June. A calculation free from any ob jections would naturally have to con sider two further factors, the work ing out of the total daily quantity of foodstuffs of various kinds in the number of calories, and furthermore the additional quantities, which nearly every one can obtain "at the back door," in addition tot he quantity ra tioned by the authorities. If we were only to be allowed the quantities ac cording to the Foodstuffs Card File, there would not be sufficient hunger paws to suck, not .after the confisca tion of woven materials still fewer hunger-cloths at which to knaw. Th? quantities^* products, which are dis posed of by illicit trading ("Schleich handel"), however, defy all statistical ^aps and one is only left to suppo rt ion. How large these must be U Indirectly evidenced by the total quan tity of food-stuffs which is rationed tc the people efficially. and which is u die on and too little to live on. "Last year Dr. Michaelis endeav ored to control the production of food Muffs better by means of the im per fal Economic Card ("Reichswirt ichaftskarte"). t? no purpose. He onl: I added another bureaucratic link in f the endless chain of decrees, enact-1 ! ments and provisions, without attain- ! ing even the slightest advantage. On i the contrary conditions have only be- j come worse. Evidence: the very flimsy menu which is served up to us] daily. "The Greater Berlin Victualling Un- j ion yetserday decided to allow the j people 49 ounces of foodstuffs and 49 ' ounces of jam as a substitute for the. smaller ration of bread. This (?03s not mean much, as in the first place this consolation prize is only intend- ! ed for the time up to the 15th of; August, and secondly in the extra quantities are included the baker's i goods substitutes which were expect ed and which have been partly de-1 livered already. j "It would be of far more value if! the supplies of fruit and vegetables j were made more accessible to the j public. Fruit is practically impos- j sible to obtain this year. Neither I cherries bilberries and currants nor I gooseberries. It is as if the fruit! trees had declared a general strike [ and everywhere had borne no fruit, j On the other hand Polish fruit has; arrived in such quantities as if the I whole attention of the Polish agricul turists had been paid to fruit grow ing. The Old Testament tells us thatj when the prophet Elijah, in the days | of King Ahab, came to the widow Sarepta tired and hungry', he asked j her to give him something to eat. When she shrugged her shoulders and! called his attention to her own want, j he promised her that her cruse of oii j and her sack of flour would never j give out. Apparently it is the same with the distressed fruit dealers. There is no end of the "Polish" fruit.! But only the better situated public are able to buy it. It is the same in all things. Always the same old story. Only the themes change. Th? housewife waits in vain for the "Magic Table" ("Tischleindeck dich.") When, however, the miracle knocks at the door "for servants and tradespeople," then she has to pay the illicit traders so much that she experiences her "blue marvel." "We have now sworn peace and friendship (or what one understands by the words when alone) with all sorts of countries and peoples, with Russia, Poland, the Ukraine, Rou mania, the Caucasus and Finland. We have entered into commercial trea ties and contracts for supplies and continual promises. We have fat tened ourselves on hope, either boiled or baked. All delusive conclusions. Already it is beginning to dawn on the housewife that even after a gen eral peace, considering the complete derangement of the economic condi tions in all countries, things will not be altered, will not improve much. I What, therefore, remains for her to j do but to make a few more holes in i her belt and resignedly accept the in. j evitable? "Herr August Kopisch was quite I correct when he sang: "Oh, were it as in by-gone days. \ but the beautiful times will never j come back." "Once the griomes carried on the j illicit trading in an unselfish manner, j gratis, and out of pure goodness ofj heart and love of mankind. Today love of mankind is quoted at a very high figure, much above par." Subscribe to The Daily Item. Only 10c per week, delivered. FOR BILIOUSNESS TAKE A CALO TAB. The New Calomel Tablet That is En tirely Purified of All Nauseating and Dangerous Qualities. Of all medicines in the world, che doctors prize calomel most highly, for it is the best and only sure remedy for the most common ailments. Now that all of its unpleasant and danger ous qualities have been removed, the new kind of calomel, called "Calo tabs," is thoroughly delightful. One Caiotab at bedtime, with a swallow of water?that's all. No nausea, no griping nor unpleasantness. Next morning you wake up feeling fine live, wide awake, energetic and with a hearty appetite for breakfast. Eat what you please, go where you please ?no restrictions as to habit or diet. Calotabs are sold only in original, sealed packages, price thirty-five cehts# Your druggist recommends and guarantees Calotabs. Money back if you are not delighted.?Advt. No true American wants or will consent to a German made peace. The only terms that should be grant ed the Huns are unconditional sur render, complete disarmament and the occupation of all German territory by Allied armies to enforce and exe cute the conditions of peace impos ed by the victorious allied govern ments. The first and chief condition of the peace terms granted should be the immediate and public execution of Kaiser "Wilhelm and his advisers chiefly responsible for the crimes committed in Belgium, France and Serbia. That is the sort of peace and the only sort that Germany deserves. SUMTER MAN'S LUCKY FIND. Will Interest Sumter Readers. Those having the misfortune to suffer from backache, urinary disor ders, gravel, dropsical swellings, rheu matic pains, or other kidney and blad der disorders, will read with gratifica tion this encouraging statement by a Sumter man: J. R. Wingate, blacksmith, 5 Sum ter St.. says: "Some time ago I was troubled with my kidneys. My back ached and terrible headaches came on. I thought my head would split, the pains were so bad. My nerves were II unstrung and I often couldn't work. Dizzy spells bothered me a good deal and I always felt tired and languid. My kidneys bothered me at night and I had to get up five or six times to pass the secretions, which were scanty. Doan's Kidney Pills were highly recommended, so I bought some and used them. I tell you, it certainly was great relief that - I secured in a short time and finally T was entirely cured." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy^-get^. Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mr. Wingate had. Foster-Milburn Co.. Mfgrs., Buffalo. N. Y?Advt. 20 FAR?MER-'S SPECIAL FAR Ml N C DALE LONC ISLAND ' The most economical truck on the market today. Why? Be cause every ounce of fuel energy- is turned into useful driving power, due to the "Triple-Heated" gas feature. The FULTON is equipped with the Herschell-Spillman motor, the same motor used in the Curtis Airplane. The Standard Oil Company, Texas Company, John Wanamak er and other big fleet Operators are using FULTONS. Why? There is a reason. Mr. Levenberg of The Franklin Hardware Company of New York City writes: "We have been thoroughly convinced from actual operation of Fulton Trucks in our business, that the FUL ton is without an equal for economy and general serviceability. We have decided to make them our standard truck equipment." * * * "We can make longer, quicker and more profitable deliv eries with a FULTON 1 1-2 ton truck because it is just the size that is most useful." Under date of August 12. 19IS, before Hazel* E. Kurtz. Notary Public, Mr. W. E. East, President of the East Transfer Company of Herrin. 111., made a sworn statement that he drove a FUL TON truck 114 miles over ordinary dirt road loaded with 3,500 lbs (500 lbs overweight of its capacity) on seven gallons of gas oline, showing an average of 1C 1-5 miles on a gallon for the trip. The FULTON is the truck for the Southern farmer. Price of FULTON 1 1-2 ton chassis. $1.795.00 Sumter. Any style Body or Cab furnisht-d. Compare this price with the prices of other trucks of a s'milar capacity, not overlooking the economical features and construc tion of the FULT< >N. Let us demonstrate the FULTON on your farm without obli gation on your part. Phone or write us and we will bring a FULTON. Anchor Auto & Truck Company, STATE DISTRIBUTORS 37 W. Liberty St. Phone 942 Sumter, S. C