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FUEIK8 F?OM ST. MIN. GERMANS DRIVEN FROM FOR EST STRONGHOLD. They are Evacuating Chemin-des -Dames and Converging Attacks West and South of La on Makes v:^'TJbeir" Situation Perilous. London, Oct. 11, 1 o'clock?Today's advices from; the ba/tle front indi cate that it is virtually certain that the Germans have evacuated St. Go ;.' bian forests almost immediately. The Germans are evacuating the Chemin d es-Dames under the pressure of converging attacks on the west and south. ' The Hunding line near Laon. ?. between the Rivers Serre, and Sis sonne has been turned, making the German situation in the Laon area difficult. In Champagne the French and Americans joining hands north of Argonne in. Grand Pre-Gap occupied the Grand Pre station while patrols are said to have entered the town 5 itself. On the Meuse, north and ? west of Verdun the Americans clear ed a little pocket in the direction of . Siviy which held them up. ! HUN. AMMUNITION TAKEN. Great Store of Shells and Other Am munition Covered Acres of Ground. With the Anglo-American Forces. On the Valenciennes, Oct. 12.? (By Associated Press).?American and . British troops captured in the Bo hain region what was probably the * largest enemy ammunition dump ever taken. The shells, piled high, covered "a large area. This capture will greatly reduce the quantity of If?pnmunition available to the Germans on this section of the front. All the Bohain roads were found be mined when the Anglo-Ameri can forces entered the town. When v:tjbe German sentries discovered that fcthe mines failed to catch they shot fliijtt' a big one in the center of the place. -They made a direct hit and the explo sion" blew a hole in the ground big enough to hold a large chateau. Bscause the German divisions and regiments are so mixed up and deci "mated, the Germans are now suppos ed to have abandoned numbers on shoulder straps. Instead they are .Wearing different letters on their sleeves designating groups. . Since the beginning of the present .^operations the Americans have cap tured 46 officers and 1.900 men and since joining the British fighting iorces. they have secured 3,000 pris oners and more than 60 cannon. Officer prisoners say their orders were to stop fighting with infantry and to defend themselves solely with artillery and machine guns. They complained there was a great lack of ammunition and guns as a result of the- recent enormous captures by the allies and they added that the Isuzk J o# motor transportation was respon sible for such large numbers of in fantrymen being taken since the of fensive began. Troops from five divisions from 'other ^sections of the front have now appeared in the line opposite the ^British and Americans. The bulk of -them undoubtedly is being used to ?garrison the .positions known as the -Valenciennes hue. All, however, are believed to have been engaged in the ?recent fighting and are in low strength and poor morale. - It has now been established that -&? enemy divisions (215,000 men^f have been engaged on the Cambrai-j St Quentin front alone since Septem-, her 29. FLU IN^KESTERN STA Believed That Strict 'fk&X Effects of Closing Becoming Apparent. Washington, Oct. 13.?The epidem ic of influenza has subsided somewhat ?in Eastern States but continues to spread in the Middle and Far West. On the basis of meager reports re-! carved today officials of the public health service bureau were optimistic that the sringent measures taken such .closing schools, chuiches, theatres d forbidding public gatherings ^generally, had began to show a bene ficial effect. Health authorities of California today reported the malady to be spreading in that State. From Utah came a. similar report while numbers of new cases were reported in Lou isiana, Mississippi, Arkansas. Minne sota, Iowa, New Mcsiic?. iind S^uth Dakota- Information thi-- the dis ease was abatin* came rVom Massa chusetts, Ohio^ffew York and Mary land, jr . The oflfoMfof the surgeon general of the arjyrn,Kli: no statement today as to?Je situation in the army <g72Jps; but reports to the public J(?lth service told of subsidence at Chilicotte., Ohio, the site of Camp Sherman, and at Louisville, Ky., where Camp Taylor is located. Miss Benson Goes to Camp Jack sow Base Hospital. *' Miss Martha Benson, one of South Carolina's graduate nurses, has been >d through the American Red to Camp Jackson base hos iL and will leave in a few days to ime her work there. Miss Benson was graduated from Dr. Mood's Infirmary, and for a num er of ,years did-private nursing in ie vicinity of Sumter but for the year and a-half has been con lected with me Columbia Graduate Curses' Association and registry. Her many friends wish her much iccess in her new work. Married. At the homt of Mr. and Mrs. W. Reynolds, 21H West Hampton Ave ie at 7.30 o'clock Saturday evening their eldest daughter. Aline. w;js mnr. ried to Lieut. Eugene Sory. Rev. K S. Truesdale perform :ng the cere mony. On account of the illness in the family the marriage was a v^ry euiet affair, only the immediate iarnily being present. PROHIBITION LAW UPHELD. SUPREME TRIBUNAL RENDERS UNANIMOUS DECISION. Case Brought in Sumter County Against Judge of Probate for Not Issuing rermit. Columbia, Oct. 11.?The prohibition law of South Carolina was yester day declared to be constitutional by unanimous opinion of the State su preme court. The opinion \%as writ ter: by D. E. Hydrick, associate jus tice, and concurred in by Chief Jus tice Gary, and Associate Justices Watts, Fr?ser and Gage. The case was first brought by Sin gleton Bradford, citizen of Sumter county, who made application to Thomas E. Richardson, judge of pro bate for a permit with which to order Whiskey, the permit being denied by Mr. Richardson to test the constitu tionality of the law. Arguments in the case were made before "udge Thomas S. Sease of Spartanb.. g in March. 191S, at which time judge Sease overruled both grounds of con tention and declared the law constitu tional. From this decision Mr. Rich ardson appealed to the supreme court. In his opinion Judge Hydrick says: "The respondent applied to the probate judge of Sumter county for a permit, and filed the affidavit requir ed, but the probate judge refused to issue the permit, alleging that the j act is unconstitutional on two grounds: First, because it violates section 17, which says that every act shall relate to but one subject and that shall be expressed in the title. And second, because it violates sec tion 19 of article 5, in that it attempts to extend the jurisdiction of the pro bate court. The circuit court over ruled both grounds and the probate .;udge appealed. "The subject expressed in the title of the original act, which is incor porated into and made a part of the: title of the amendatory act, is the regulation of the importation of li quors into the State. Under that ti tle it was clearly competent for the legislature to enact any provision having a reasonable relation to the subject, including penalties for viola tions of the provisions of the act, for that is clearly a means to the end proposed . . . 'Clearly the issuance of permits may be regulated by specifying the conditions upon which they may be issued, and by penalizing the issuance of them, except upon the conditions specified. ... "The duty imposed upon the pro bate judges is not an extension of the jurisdiction of the probate courts. While the probate judge is required to exercise judgment and discretion in issuing permits, in that he must be satisfied of the truth of the state ments contained in the affidavit be fore doing so, it by no means fol lows that in doing so he is performing a judicial function. 'It is rather onej of a ministerial nature. He is requir" ed to exercise^udgment and discre tion in taking bonds, perhaps to a greater extj-r'mw ?-jgg^ln issuing per mits. Nevertheless^*10 taking of a bond is & ministerial act- ? - ? There is no deference, so fgr as the judicial quali*es of act aVe concerned, in grafting licenses to spH liquor and in issuing permits to import liquor. The ppwer to issue permits might have b*en conferred upon the sheriff, clerk (4 court or any oth er ministerial of *eer. The legislature ' in express terms, imposed the dutly on the probate rudg-e and not upoin the probate court, i^fj^^uage us?fed clearly manifests tnM5me*ftwm tha>K the duty should be performed tyy^fne probate judge, per sonally and ministerially, and not by him as the court.'* LAST LINE OF DEFENSE. German Front Cracked for Many Miles?Pin Faith to Woods. Paris, Oct. 13.?The entire German front from St. Gobian to the Argonne has cracked on a 60 mile front and it now appears that the enemy will be forced to retreat to a depth of some SO miles before finding a suitable line of defense. At the best, his po sition will be menaced at its flanks on the Oise to Sambre Canal tc Diebmont from Landreois, which lines are very near the Belgian fron tier. There will be nothing here like the enemy's strong defense on the Hindenburg line.. Ine Germans are expected to cover their retreat, as usual, with the best of natural de fenses the country affords, the prin ciple enemy asset in the present in stance being the forests in the area of the backward movements. Between the Oise and Berry-au-Bac the German army has been forced to abandon the line of the Ailette. retir ing its right in the forest of St. Go- j bain. In the Champagne Gen. Gou raud is continuing his onsluaghts on his disorganized adversary. For 17 consecutive days General Oouraud's men have been pounding the German positions and continuing] to make inroads on- the defenses. To th*> nor+h the British armies are pushing their advance almost to the point of liberating Douai which is one of the great objectives on their front. Virtually all the German line is in movement and there seems now to be no chance for the enemy to re organize his forces for resistance. Japs to Investigate American Schools. Tokio, Sept. 25 (Correspondence)? The Tokio municipality has dee ded to send the principals of six municipal elementary schools to the United States on a tour of inspection. The party, headed by Mr. Moriya, chief of the educational section of the To kio Municipal Board, will visit va rious parts of the United States, re turning to Japan after ten months. The group is the first of its kind to be sent abroad by the city of Tokio. Tooth Paste for Soldiers. Clean teeth rank nigh with the Y. M. G. A overseas management. 36r?. 0(?0 tubes of tooth paste having been shfpped to soldiers in France and England during the past ten months. dill! OF SEHSEE. BlUTISH ADVANCE AT NIGHT F?ll M?HE GAINS. Several Towns in The Region Beyond J>otKii Captured During yuglxt ami Morning. London. Oct. 12.?The British last night continued their advance north of the Sensee River, it is officially an nounced. The advance in the direc tion of Douai. resulted in the capture of the villages of Hamlet, Brebieres and Cuincy. Further north the Brit ish pushed to the east of Henin-Lit ard. Northwest of Douai, they are in the environs of Ennay. BEHIND SENSEE CANAL. Germans Withdrawing From Douai Seek Temporary liest. London, Oct. 12.?German troops in the region of Douai are retiring behind the Sensee Canal. Their withdrawal across the canal has been more or less completed. It is believ ed Gen. Haig's men will be on the outskirts of Douai by tomorrow morn ing. IN BITTER STRUGGLE. Gen. Pershing's Men North of Ver dun in Fiercest Battle of War. With Americans Northwest of Ver dun. Oct. 12 .(Noon)?Gen. *Per shing's forces continued their at tacks against the Germans on thi; front today. The opposition proved even more bitter, if possible, than it was yesterday. The fighting this morning was especially violent on the center and on the left center. St Juvin and Cun, both of which re now in No Man's Land, are aflame. RELIEF COMMITTEE ORGANIZ ED. Oik League Creates Committee it> Relieve Distress. The Civic League this morning organized a committee to try to re lieve some of the distress occasioned by whole families being sick at one (ime and having no one to wait: upon i hem. Already many of the school teachers and other ladies of the city have gone into these homes and rendered what asistance they could. The league realizes there are many who are willing to help take care of these stricken families but do not know where to go or what to do, and 50 it has made the following arrange ments: All those wiping to help with nursing will please phone one of the undersigned committee and at the same time state whether she is able to give v her services or needs remuneration for her time. Training is not necessary. Willingness to help in time of need is the only require ment. The nurse will be sent to the home needing her with a trained graduate mrrse who will give her in structions as to what to do. . Families that are in real need of some one to nurse or care for their well children during the sickness of the parent will please notify the undersigned committee in order that it might endeavor to find nurses. Families in need of nourishment will please notify the committee thai t might arrange to h: ve nourishment supplied. Any one having milk or eggs for sale please notify the undersigned :ommittee as these things are great ly needed by the sick and they do lot know where to turn to get them. Apply to undersigned committee for information about masks for protection in nursing in^uenza: Since the formation or the commit tee this morning it has had several cases reported to it and it is doing ill it can to give relief in these cases. The committee is working in cooper ation with the Tuomey Hospital. Mis> Gibson and the doctors, it has been able to 'communicate with so far. Mrs. Horace Harby, President, Mrs. C. H. McMahon, Mrs. Ferdinand Levi, Mrs. E>. W. McCallum, Mrs. Walter Cheyne, Mrs. I. A. Ryttenberg, Mrs. Ansley Harby, Miss Armida Moses, Civic League Committee on Relief. Wrould 3T6u be a Slacker? Editor Daily Item. There has come a pathetic appeal right to our doors to lend a hand of mercy, to so many suffering just in sound of our own voice. This is the first time our physicians have asked our aid. Anybody with a little com mon sense, and judgment, can follow directions and give medicine. There is not a finer corps of doctors in thr state than Sumter has; but the de mand on them is so great and the: are powerless to do the nursing. Woman has longed to be patriotic? now is your chance. Just as you sent the boys over seas to fight for what is right, can you sit at home and be content. "We haven't influenza at our house and I hope to the Lord none of our folks will take it." Women of Sumter. do you know the one that runs from duty is the one that suffers most? Can you deaf en your ears to this heart-rending appeal. In some cases, it has been contagious, but not half as much a5 our brave boys on the firing line. i> it in justice to those boys who toda are gladly giving their lives, that you can be content and let their loved ones here suffer for, and even die for want of attention. Can't there he some Florence Nightingales, and brave Joan of Arcs? 1 know of a ease right here when one of the family has influenza and some of the neighbors are actuall? afraid to phone to the house for fear of inhaling the germs. Notwith standing they never hesitated to asfc help of this very family in different contagious diseases, which this goo< Samaritan might have carried to he; little children. When a boy refuses, or is rathei slow in enlisting hew quick yon elass ify him as a slacker. If we do no respond to this emergency call who: \\t- can so easily help a day at a tinio then too. we are worse than slackiffr! and '*L?. 1 called, but ye wouha^Tnt One Who is Now Hffmnng. WIR HOT EHOED. BAKER ROME AGAIN SAYS ON I WITH DRIVE. I Secretary of War Declares Liberty j Loan Must "Go Over the Top" lie- i gaidlcss of Result of Peace Propos- j als. Way Paved for Fighting on Greater Scale. Washington, Oct. 13.?Secretary Baker returned from the Western! front today with the message that the Liberty Loan "must go over the top," whatever the result of peace proposals. This was the only comment the secretary would make on the peace overtures. His own explanation of his trip shows that it was taken to pave the way for war on a greater scale. "The army has done and is doing | all that a proud and grateful coun try could ask." Mr. Baker said on reaching Washington tonight, "and the time has come for us to put in ev ery ounce of our strength to assure its complete victory. The people at home have a solemn responsibility for their share in the final result. "The Liberty Loan must go over the top. its success is both our mes sage of gratitude to the boys who are braving war's worst perils in defense of our liberties and a message to Germany that our people at home are as resolute as our soldiers are brave. "Whatever the result of the peace proposals, the war department must proceed at full speed with men and supplies, and the people must sup port the army until the boys are" back with the fruits of victory safe and assured. if every American could have seen our boys in khaki as they stormed the German trenches, assailed with shrapnel, high explo sives and machine guns, he would be .^ager to subscribe his all to the Lib erty Loan, the success of which after ill is the measure of our support of the cause for which these boys are giving their lives." As to the purpose of his six week's visit to Europe, Mr. Baker said: "My trip abroad was principally for ihe purpose of arranging further co operation in the matter of shipping ."or troops and supplies. It was en tirely successful and a complete un derstanding was reached which as sures the American army adequate jargo tonnage for its support. The .natter was taken up with the inter allied maritime transport council and [ the cooperation of the British, French xnd Italian governments was hearti ly given. "Many questions involving cooper ation on the part of the several gov ernments were taken up and satis factorially settled," the secretary con tinued. "The attitude of both the governments and peoples of the' Eu ropean allies toward America is cor dial and every question is approach ed from the point of view of uniting our strength in the common cause md with the understandings which iave been reached with regard to shipping, aircraft, ordnance, and oth er parts of the allied program, the jontribution which the United States :-an make is rendered definite and the neans of accomplishment are ar ranged. "The American soldier has won his way in Europe and has helped to ce ment for all time the good will and good feeling which unites our coun tries. In England, France and Italy .he knightliness of America and her ;oldiers in this war has won the ad miration of the people and in turn the .?alor and sacrifice of the European allies and their great armies have >een an inspiration to Americans." Of the military situation he said: "The battle of St. Mihiel started he present triumphant advance of the allied armies. From a fortified hill overlooking the battle field, ! aw General Pershing's army ad vance into the salient while more than 2.000 big guns silenced the Ger man artillery and pointed the wedge which finally cut off the salient and rescued from German occupation French soil which for four years had been in their possession. "The next day I went into St. Mi hiel and saw the people at the end jf their captivity singing the nation al songs of France and having a fes tival of thanksgiving for their de liverance. The blow was sudden and the victory complete. "For a few days there was a lull. Then by a concerted movement, the French and Americans opened a new attack from the Meuse to the west, covering the Aigonne forest, and la ter the battle was taken up on the entire front, sti etching to the chan nel. "I witnessed the stari from one of the forts of Verdun and again saw divisions of American troops pressing forward with irresistible dash through defenses which had for three years seemed impregnable. The stream of German prisoners and the captured war material told of the sur prise and rout of the enemy. The cheers of our soldiers as they pressed on into the battle, and the brave hap piness of our wounded in the hos pitals back of the line, told the same story. Tne American army had shown it is irresistible and its spirit is un conquerable." In summarizing his views of the military situation. Secretary Baker said: "The allied armies are now in the lull tide of victorious advance. Amer ican divisions are fighting with the1 British, with the French, and in their own sectors, and everywhere the ?re-iny is in retreat and disorder." Accompanying Mr. Raker on his re turn trip were Assist.)nt Secretary John D. Ryan, now at the head ol the army aviation program in whicl connection be. visited France an< England. .Brig. Gen. Hines, chie of the embarkation service and Wal ter Giffojrtf, director of the Counci of National Defense, who has been ii Fra^a*^ some months in eonnectioi witin the formation of the interallie? anw Amerihan economic council. Sai gon General Oorgas. who accom V.anied Mr. Baker to France, will re main abroad for somo time. Subscribe to The Daily Item. On! jlOc per week, delivered. ARMISTICE NOT POSSIBLE. PRESIDENT HAS NOT INDICATED NATURE OF REPLY TO GER MANY'S LAST NOTE. Unofficial Opinion in Sliarp Division ?Indications Found That Germany Having Failed to Win Victory Seeks to Have Civil Authorities Arrange Peace ami That Failing Revolution May be Expected. Washing-ton, Oct. 13.?The govern ment asks the American people to withhold their judgment on Ger many's note until President Wilson has received the official communica tion and has had opportunity to con sider it. The official document had not been received in Washington tonight when the president returned from New York. It probably will be here to morrow when the president with his advisers, among them Secretary Ba ker, who returned today from the Western battle front, undoubtedly prepared to give him some inside in formation on the broken condition of the German military power which the world necessarily does not know at this time. Tonight, as last night, no official of the government felt justified in speaking to guide public opinion in the direction of the views which are being formed. The Associated Press is enabled to say, however, that these views are rapidly crystalizing and the next step will be taken promptly probably sooner than may be expect ed. President Wilson is expected to first decide if Foreign Secretary Solfs reply to the inquiries, addressed to Chancellor Maximilian, warrants him in presenting Germany's original pro posal to the entente allies. It should be borne in mind that the president's inquiry merely was a move ad inter im, in which he proposed nothing, bound himself to nothing, and merely asked some questions which, he de clared, required an answer before he could go further. If the president puts the proposi tion before the entente it probably will draw a quick reply. Dispatches last night from London, quoting the London Express as announcing the British, French and Italian govern ments had reached a unaimous de cision for a line of common action, were regarded as being deeply signi cant. Lacking official guidance on which to base prediction, observers are iorced to record indications. The indications are that there will be no armistice, and that if the en tente allies were disposed to agree to one they probably would demand as guarantees of German faith that such idaces at Metz, Strasburg, Trieste, and possibly Essen be placed in the hands of entente forces to guarantee ful iillment of Germany's words. If Germany expects that by agreeing to the evacuation of occupied territories she will exact the evacuation of Ger-j man colonies occupied by entente] forces, Germany's statesmen havej made another mistake. A reference to President Wilson's inquiry shows' that he spoke distinctly in reference to invaded terrtiory occupied by troops of the central powers. When the American capital recov ered its balance after the surprise of Foreign Secretary Solf's note it found its unofficial opinion divided into two distinct lines. One, shared largely by the Repub licans in congress, is inclined to the j view that Senator Lodge's prediction of a situation which may threaten the substitution of deliberation of diplo macy for victories at arms has been fulfilled. The other confident in the success of President Wilson's diplomacy and probably forming its conclusions from close knowledge of what the government is planning is very certain that the president has created a sit uation where he now can deliver an other stroke which will bring about unconditional surrender or throw the kaiser and the German militarists completely out of any power they may retain. There is a general feeling that the next move will confront the military party with the choice of such an un conditional surrender as will be ac ceptable to all the allied cobelliger ents or a genuine political revolution in Germany which will bring about one. It has been pointed out that President Wilson's inquiry to Chan cellor Maximilian to develop wheth er the chancellor merely was speak ing for the German leaders who have been conducting the war probably svas skillfully framed to pave the way for an opportunity to inform the Ger man people directly that no covenants of peace can be made with the men who have betrayed the world. The present German government which as Secretary Solf says, was supported of the majority of the reich stag, was formed through an im perial decree which permitted it There is nothing before any of th? allied governments, so far as is knowr to show that there has been an> change in the German system whicl" would prevent the autocratic powei which uttered that decree front revok ing it. when its purpose had beer I accomplished. In other words, an al ! lied diplomat considering the arrange ! ment of an armistice, or arrangemen i of the practical details to carry ou I the application of the arms of peace ; President Wilson has laid down migh j ask: "What, guarantee have we tha ; fhese arrangements will not be re j garded as a scrap of paper." j A close reading of all of Presiden Wilson's pronouncements on the sub j ject. when all else has been eliminat ! ed. shows him repeatedly laying dowi I the fundamental principle that n ? peace can be made while the Ger man people endure kaiserism. In hi j reply to the pope's note August 2' ; 1 HIT. the president said: "We can not take the word of th present rulers of Germany as a guar antee of anything that is to endun unless explicit?: supported by sue ; conclusive evidence of the will an I purpose of Che Herman people then: selves as other peoples of the worl ; would be justified in accepting." In his subsequent pronouncement 1 finally coming down to his New Yor BATTLE I jjp LIBERTY LOAN MOVES DESPITE OBSTACLES. Gcirnan Peace Talk and Spanish In fluenza Make Task of Raising Six Billion Dollars Harder But; Success Will be Registered if People Con tinue Efforts. Washington, Oct. 13.?German peace talk and Spanish influenza, the two great obstacles encountered in the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign, will not be permitted to defeat plans for obtaining more than the $6,000, 000,000, although IWf of that amount must be raised in thO next six days.. Reports from all parts of the coun try tonight indicated that the Amer ican people were fully aroused to the danger of failure through belief that Germany's offer to agree to Presi dent Wilson's peace term" meant an early end of the war. Committees everywhere set out to dispel this feeling among the people while thou sands of other workers met the sit uation created by the influenza epi demic by house to house canvasses. A message to lo&? campaign offi cials from leading workers in the Cleveland district reflected the sen timent in respect to the German peace proposals. "The measure of our over subscrip tion," it said, "will be the measure; of our efforts to make the roar of our steam drown out the peace and vic tory shouters." From other districts there came as surances that the people, equal to every test heretofore, would respond patriotically and liberally and pro vide the tremendous sum needed to* carry on the war to a successful end. From scattered official returns re ceived here today on subscriptions taken shortly after noon yesterday the treasury announced that approxi mately $2,500,000,000 had been sub scribed through incorporated banfos and trust companies. With reports in previous campaigns as a basis it 1 was fair to assume, the announce ! ment said, that the total was not far ! short of $3,000,000,000. Thousands J of new volunteers will begin work in every district tomorrow and while it is realized here that the task assigned for the closing week is stupendous . there was a hopeful feeling at head quarters that the country woulu go over the top. Youth 8 Feet 1 Inch Ready to Go to War. Des Moines, la., Oct. 12.?The ex J treme height of Bernard Coyne, of this city, is expected to keep him out of the army. Bernard, who is just twenty-one is eight feet one inch tall and still growing. He weafs a No. 23 shoe. When he registered in August, military men told him because of his extreme height he would not be ac cepted by tne army. Hi^ parents are of ordinary height. Home Demonstration Work; - * Club members are urged to make up their annual reports of work done in gardening, canning, poultry raising, butter making, cooking and the mpt^ ing of labor-saving devices and turn in at once on blanks already supplied them by the Home Demonstration Agents. The production of food is just as important as the production of mu nitions in the carrying on of the war, and at this time when every man, woman and child must exert every ef V>rt to aid our government in every possible way to bring a speedy and notorious peace, no community wants to be branded as a slacker in' any line of service; so send in your reports to the agent in time to prove what the patriotic women, girls and boys are doing. Every pound of food pro duced or saved for home consumption adds a pound to the national supply. In Sumter county the following prizes are offered to home demon stration workers: 1. To the club making the best ail-round record, a beautiful silver trophy cup (to be kept by the club for one year). 2. To the club making the best record in conservation of food, $10 given by the county fair association. 3. To the woman making the best individual record, a ten day's scholar ship to short course at Winthrop College. 4. To the woman making the sec ond best individual record, a ten day's scholarship to short course at Winthrop College. 5. To the women making the 3rd, 4th and 5th best individual records each, a ten days' short course at Winthrop College. 6. To the Poultry Club girl mak ing the best individual record, a ten days' short course at Winthrop Col lege, i 7. To the Canning Club girls making the 1st, 2nd and 3rd best in dividual records each, a ten day short course at Winthrop College. Subscribe to The Daily Item. Only 10c per week, delivered. * speech of September 28. the president drives home the same point each time with a new emphasis. The conclusion, in the opinion of close observers, would seem to bo, that the military party failing to make peace by the sword as it prom ised gives way to a political party. I'pon President Wilson's estimate of how far the present peace party in Germany represents the will of the German people themselves, and of what guarantee there may be that (he military autocracy will not be in position to undo at will their work, the nevt step depends. There seems little doubt that un less the German people themselves. ?o use the language of the president, de stroy the autocratic power which of its own choice can disturb the peacs of the world, or at least reduce it to virtual impotence, the allied armies will continue the work of destroying that power on the battlefields of France and Belgium and probably Germany. -j