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Mlili ?Elf {EDM. ARMY DRIVING NORTHWARD STRATEGIC POINT. TO Men 1 tire Pressing The Day. and Night and May Off Their Rapid Re Ereat. ? ? " """"""". _ i.WSth. Americans, on Sedan Front, Xov. 4, ^2X-A. M ?The Americans led northward, toward Sedan, last _ ft .,and had reached Sdnrmanthe, fv# miles north; of B?zay, a?rd thir teen ml^sotftih of Sedan, at last re ports from tne advanced front. TAKE 4,6bo GEBSL&SV American!? Sweeping Forward North of .Terdmot," AmericaMs Northwest Ver -, ^P; jj^ Srada?--More than tihousand prisoners were cap the-Amwei^ in this sector and: the number of guris and ?_ -"bopry -is steadily growing. The flimk of the American line is at $a3fesV on the heights over the Meuse. ' R?rTHlE* ^^CEESXJE D?IVE.' Atfack: at Dawn on Wide Front South of Scheldt, tendon; Nov. 4:?At dawn this morning die British south of the SCK&?t attacked on a wide front progress is being made, i? 3s> officially reported. LAN? AT TRIESTE. Taking Possession of Austria's Prin cipal Adriatic Seaport Rome;-Nov. 3.?-(By the Associated P^ssL-^ltalian land and sea forces are landing today at Trieste, the prin *^ttlv seaport of Ai^tria-Hungary on tfcV Adriatic, according^ to an official announcement made thjs: evening, by *be Italian war office. The Foch Fund. * i H. C, H?yiisworth, Who is act 4||yes- the "treasurer of the Marshal F?ch iibery Bond Fund, expects to #ose the tti&in ike next ' few days:;. All who wish to share in thisj Irgtlfe to %e great leader of W vie-, $&Qi&_kr'myof".the' allies should send] at once. The list to x.. .... .. . -$1.00 ;. loo .. ... .. .. 1.00 . .-. ... 1.66 .. l.fco .... .. .... 2.00 Jr... 1.00 .... 1.00 i.oo 100 i.6o i.eo lM 1.00 ?NS" ??y^wori BTW.. Segars . R. B. Belser . . S. A. Harvin .. , g. H. Foaby ^ ..' J. M^?^urfn, i?Stow W??fi" .;. j. *: mm.. . . v? J. ?wson, Jf X Cooper.. .. ^m. ?ynsworth ^?Bfk "W? B?attfe T..MajsoB~ ;V . . C. T. 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Jr., died Friday af ternoon at 5.30 o'clock, aged 24 years, after an illness of two weeks The funeral services were held from the residence on Haynswortli Street at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon. inffli of i it WITH SURRENDER OF' AUSTRIA ONLY GERMANY REMAINS. Allies are Dealing Swift and Furious Blows on.Retreating Hu as in France and Belgium, i ??? Austria-Hungary is out of the war. Deserted by her last alfy, Germany fights alone a battle which means ul timate defeat or abject surrender. After days of pleading an armis tice, has been granted Austria-Hun gary whose badly defeated armies in the Italian theatre are staggering homeward under the violence of the blows of the entente troops. Trept. in Austrian Tyrol, which the Italians always have claimed was their own, has been captured oy them; Triest, Austria's principal sea port on the Adriactic, over which v. iere has been such bitter fighting, now flies the Italian flag, and Bel grade, capital of Serbia, has been re ?ccupied by the Serbians. In France and Belgium the Ger mans are being sorely harassed by the British, French, Americans and Bel gians, and there are indications that ? debacle is about to occur. The ArgOhne massif, which, has proved a great obstacle to the ad vance of the French arid Americans, at last has been cleared of the ene my, and the entire line appears to be crumbling. American airmen re port that the enemy in front of the Americans is retreating northw.'ird and that the roads are densely pack ed with troops, artillery and trans port Likewise southeast of Valenciennes the Germans are retreating before the British, who are in close pur suit and taking numerous prisoners. North of the Aisne in Champagne the French continue their pressure and have taken several .important villages, large numbers of prisoners 1 and great quantities of war stores.. The advance of the Americans and j the French on the southern part of the battle frphV taken in cohju^hctibr with the operations of Field Marsha. Haig and the Belgians in the north, threatens to prove the culminating blow to Germany's attempt to hold ground in France or in Belgium. In deed it is not improbable if the ad vance from the scruth continues as rapidly as it is, the greater portion of the Germ?h ?r^y will be trapped be fore the men Can reach their border. The situation of the Germans seem ingly is a critical one. Although the ??stxo-Hungarians have been given an armistice they are still being bitterly attacked by the Italians, British, Frehch, American and Czecho-Slovak troops in the mountains and on the plains and will continue under chastisement until Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, when a cessation of hostilities will take place. Entire regiments are surrendering to the Italians In the mountains and large numbers of the enemy are being made prisoners on the plains. Heavy Casualties are being mulcted on the retiring troops. Many additional towns have been reclaimed. In their swift drive against trie A?stro-Hungafl?ns the allied forces have up to the present taken more than 100,000 prisoners and have captured more than 2,200 guns. So rapid has been" the advance over the plains that Italian cavalry already has crossed the Tagliamento River and entered Udme. STtJDENTS7 TRAINING CAMP. % Government Has Issued New Ruling as to Entrance Requirements. The following telegram in regard to change in qualification of students en- j rolling in>S. A T> C. unit has been ( received by President /W. S. Currell of , the University of South Carolina from j the Committee on Education and Special Training: *Tn. view of the fact that existing 1 educational requirements have pre- } vented induction of men in. collegiate , sections S. A T. C up to authorized strength and pending completion of < new system for recruiting these sec- , tions Committee oh Education directs , that institutions in which present , number of inducted men is less than ; authorized may certify for induction . such students who do not have the , prescribed number of units but whom the heai. of the institution and the commanding officer jointly believe to , be competent to pursue one of the programs prescribed in Circular C. A. 5. (That is S. A T. C. programs of study.) In determining this com- , petence commanding officers and col lege authorities should cooperate and selections should be based on their joint judgment Due consideration should be given to such high school training as applicants have had, also to vocational and business experience to previous military training and to such personal qualifications as are relevant to the making of ah officer." "After October 30th, induction will be through request for competent or ders, using form 2006-A. This applies to Section "A" and to radio telephone electricians, duplex telegraphers and meteorologists, or section "B" as re quired in letter to commanding offi icers of September 11, 1918." This new ruling by the committee oh education and special training will enable a number of applicants to en ter the S. A. T. C. collegiate section who were rejected because they were: unable to offer the twelve units orig-1 I inally prescribed by the committee. JUGO-SLAVS SEIZE FLEET. ~~???-"???? Paris, Nov. 3 (British Wireless).? j It was. not Austria who abandoned j her fleet to the Jugo-Slavs but the j Jugo-Slaves rising in revolt who tooK I possession of the Austro-Hungarinn ! warships, according to the authoritr. j'tive statement here. As soon as this was done the Jugo-Slav leaders :?ent i the following wireless message io I President Wilson: i j "We have seized the whole Aus'ro-, ' Hungarian fleet, except the Viribir; j Unitis. recently sunk by the I ta liars, land are ready to hand over these vu?-j I sels to the United States government or representatives of the allied navies. ! The Viribus Unitis was torpedoed while still flying the Austriaa flag.'* gebmy's hies unbeaten SO SAYS STAFF OFFICER RE CENTLY CAPTURED. Separatist Movement in Empire Be comes Acute, Bavaria Wishing to Be Done With Prussia. French Headquarters in . France, Nov. 3 (By the Associated Press).? Germany's armies are unbeaten, ac cording to a German divisional staff officer recently taken prisoner on the Freneh front, and Germany's, request for an armistice was the result ol the influence which pessimists have gained in the government and over the emperor. This officer, an intelli gent representative of his class, said: j "The Germans' request for an ar I mlstice is proof to me that the grand headquarters has been submerged by the crisis in the interior of Germany The influence of the general staff ovei the emperor has been exaggerated. "The emperor is surrounded by peo ple who feel and talk defeat of the species of Schiedemann (the German Socialist leader). They are continual ly setting before the emperor the un favorable situation of Germany from their point of view and painting in sombre colors the frightful responsi bility he has incurred, as well as the possible consequences to his person in case of defeat which appears to them to be imminent. "There are days when ho officer of the general staff can gain access tc the emperor. These are days of acute pessimism, passed by the monarch almost entirely in prayer and Bible reading. "The German people want peace at once and at all costs. They have had enough of war. "Another cause Of anxiety is the separatist movement which has be come very serious lately. The talk through all South Germany now is: ?Let us separate from Prussia.' 'Bavaria is the worst. There every one, even the soldiers, may insult, Prussia without provoking a word o' defense in our behalf. The Bavariar government employs the same torn and we' are beginningto think thai this is desired by the Bavarian army which will make no further effort. Their attitude is an enigma. 'There appears t? be no military necessity for the conclusion of peace now, in spite of the constant retire ment of our forces since the middle of July, and this is the opinion o* the majority of my comrades on dif ferent staffs. "We thought generally that our re treat upon the Segfried position* would continue till winter, the mean time weakening .the enemy by our stubborn resistance. We would have utilized the winter . in reorganizing and regrouping our forces, while our diplomats'would have entered into ne gotiations that would surely have ter minated In a favorable peace for us ''The abandonment of ?lsace,-Lor raine territory, the evacuation of" Rus sian territory and the creation ,of^ ? Polish kingdom are equivalent to .the1 ruin of Germany, taking from us thf raw materials of Alsace-Lorraine which are indispensable to our Indus tries and the markets that we aimed to create in the East. "In consequence there will be a stoppage of a great part of our indus tries for several years; an impoverish ment of the working class, interioi troubles, separations arid a complete upheaval. "Then bur enemies will have what they have desirCd?-the complete an nihilation of Germany. That would be a peace due to Scheidemann. "We thought our present retreat would end upon a position chosen by us; that the war would to^'y ter minate by the success of our A..ns at 3ome part of the front with the aid of our new,, tanks and would bring about a conciliatory peace favorable to us." The divisional staff officer revealed that it was the opinion of the mili tary caste in Germany that but for untoward events Germany, after a suc cessful termination of the present fear, would have put her industries in ?hape to furnish war material to both sides in a hypothetical war between the United States . and Japan, arid then, "after both sides had become exhausted, would have joined hands with one country to crush the oth er." The officer said: "Japan and the United States would surely clash some day and we would, then furnish both sides with enor mous quantities of material and mu nitions. We would have extinguished our debt, armed ourselves and at mo ment when the two parties were ex hausted, wo.uld have joined one of them, probably Japan, and would have imposed conditions which we are unable to obtain at this tim*. "The sole hope that remains to me is that the present German offer is nothing but a feint to sow discord in the camps of the allies and to gain time to reassemble and regroup our forces." Profiteering in Coupons. London. Sept. 25 (Correspondence of The Associated Press)?London waiters have been added to the long list of war profiteers and their me dium for gouging is the food coupon. Unless one carefully watches his coupon book he will lose enough of the precious tickets at one meal to last him for a week. Most restaurant managements havej a rule that the waiter cannot ? re move a meat coupon?it must be done by the cashier?and the coupons will not be accepted if clipped by the customer. Very few cashiers take too many coupons but they disappear during the trip of the waiters from the customer to the cashier. The stolen coupons are used to ex-j act good tips from strangers who! have not been in town long enough to get a coupon book. Meat is ordered; by the stranger. the coupons de-j manded, the lack of coupons explain- j ed and then comes a hint that it may! be arranged withor+ the coupon. If; the tip is satisfactory, the meat Is] produced. The. stranger and the] waiter profit by the theft from the' permanent resident. ' MUST CONFESS DEFEAT. ONLY THEN WILL WAR COMJE TO CLOSE. Tfirdieu Gives View?French High Coinmissicner to United States Talks of Armistice Being Framed. Washington, Nov. 2.?In answer ing the terms of armistice to be sub mitted by the allies and the United States, the Germans "must say wheth er they confess that they are beaten," Andre Tardieu, French high commis sioner to the United States declared in a statement issued tonight. "Should they confess it," said Com missioner Tardie*!, the war will end and through the acceptance of ourj conditions. "Should they not, we shall enforce that acceptance by means of a last ef fort, the outcome of which can not be doubtful." The armistice being, framed by thej supreme war council at Versailles, M.1 Tardieu said, will in his opinion, 'in clude everything it ought to include." ".All questions will be stated with the necessary clearness," he said. "In order to state them in that way, no better position in the opinion of. our; government could have been found than the one created for the allies by the diplomatic correspondence of the "last three weeks." American troops, said M. Tardieu.. returned this week from France and from a visit to the Western front, have brought to the understanding of Germany "already doomed by our re sistance, the realization that their downfall was unavoidable arid would be a speedy one." "From July 18 till November 1, our successes on every front , have been uninterrupted and decisive," he con tinued. "The armistice is signed with the Bulgarians, is signed with the Turks. Austria is asking for it, Ger many begs for it From the military and political standpoint our situation is excellent "On the military side you know all about the 300,000 prisoners we have taken and the territory we have re conquered. I wish, however, to bring j out two points that have not been sufficiently emphasized as yet "First: We have henceforth and we shall have?and more, and more so?-in reserve more divisions than the enemy and the decision of the battles j belongs as you know to the reserves. "Second: The German army, rough ly dealt with by Foch every single day for three months and a- half, can not reorganize itself even by shortening its front, and it is already being steadily weakened by a defi ciency in munitions and in numbers. "Thus our diplomatic position has brought to Completion the work of bur armies by compelling our adver saries to acknowledge what the pres ident so aptly called 'the military su premacy of the allies.' "The frame of mind of the allied troops may be expressed in one word; they are ready to fight till victory be complete. They want this victory to be complete. They know it will. be. "But they are pleased, likewise that every guarantee having been tak en against the German ruse and de ceit, no chance has been neglected of insuring by a safe peace the victory of right. "In Short everything which states manship, crowning the success of ourj arms could have done in order to hasten the decision has been done) and well'done. All that is needed :s to go on. "Two weeks ago I was with your; ardent and gallant soldiers. By a bond of perfect brotherhood they are united to their French and English comrades with whom since March last they have, night and day, been fighting without respite. One single army on one single front. This has been the secret of our victory. "This unity is the most precious of our possession. Let us eagerly hold to it in view of the construction of peace. Let us hold to it for the ma terial and moral reconstruction of a bleeding world." GO NO FARTHER, The Evidence Is at Tour Door. Sumter proof is what you want and the statement of this highly re spected resident will banish all doubt: E. W. Vogel, proprietor furniture store, 20 E. Liberty St, says: "I suffered with kidney trouble and pains through the small of my back several years ago. Sometimes I would be so bad, I could hardly stoop over. My back was weak and I had to give up work several times. I tried many different kidney remedies, but they didn't do me any good. At last I read about Doan's Kidney Pills and got some at Zemp's Pharmacy. After using oae box, all the pains disap peared and six boxes in all cured me." Mr. Vogel gav* the above state ment February 8, 1908 and over ten years later, or on February lit 1918, he added: "I still have great faith in Doan's Kidney Pills. They certainly have ?une me worlds of good and 1 am glad to confirm the jrtrtement I gave some time age." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't j simply ask for a kidney remedy?get j Doan's Kidney Pill3?the same that Mr. Vogel had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfgrs.. Buffalo, N. T.?Advt (64) I-'-'-? Geo. H. Hurst, Uiutertaker and Embatmer Prompt A Kent In to Dc and Night Calls At J. 0. CRAIB Old Stand. H. Main Phones: StfS, The Y. M. C. A. at the Front. One of the many grateful services . lich the Association renders is in the front line trenches. There the typical hut of the cantonment is reproduced in so far as conditions make it possible in a dug out under shell fire. Men weary of trench duty find their way during off hours into this little haven of res:, where hot chocolate, chewing gum, cigar ettes and the like are supplied them. And when the battle is on and the men cannot leave the trenches or when they have "gone over the top" and are lying wounded in No Man's Land, there the Y. M. C. A. secretary is found, bringing a bit of food, a word of comfort, an expression of sympathy and rendering any service possible in the hour of direst need. A secretary from this country, when visiting the French front not long since, was somewhat embarrassed to notice that the nearer he got to the front the more frequently he was sa luted by the soldiers.. One day a whole platoon was brought to atten tion as he passed. When opportun ity offered he inquired why this courtesy was shown him; whereupon the soldier whom he had addressed rr' Med, "We know that you men do not have to come to the front and risk your lives for us, but that you do it {voluntarily and because you want to help us. Therefore we are proud to salute you.' At the time of a recent trip to the : front which a friend of mine made, two Y. M. C. A. secretaries were kill ed in No Man's Land during an en gagement, and not infrequently they are wounded as they go on their mis sion of brotherlinese in the places of danger. Many a Y. M. C. A. dug out has been destroyed by the shell fire. ? With all the difficulties with which the association has ; been confronted in getting buildings, equipment, and men for service with the American army in France, the work has been j so successful that the French ajid j Italian armies have both asked the I association to conduct work for their ! soldiers along similar lines, for they I recognize its immense value in de j veloping and maintaining morale. ?; Not only are the representatives or i the Y. M. C. A. Constantly working for the man in uniform in camp arid trench, but they are found answering questions, giving otit chocolate and ready to be of service on the train which takes him to the training camp. They accompany him to the points oi! embarkation, go with him across the sea in the transports^ supplying him with literature, entertainment, and friendship. They will .stay with hiin, play with him, work with. him until they come back home with him, un less in the meantime they have , died with him on the field of battle.?From "Service to Our Soldiers and Sailors^ by \ John i). Rockefeller, Jr., .in 'the American Review of Reviews -for Oo. tober. - ? ?* The National Bank of Ssuth Carina | *_^ Z - ' - Plant Mote Grain and Lick the Hun! We have helped to put ail Liberty ? Loans over. ?To make all Crops. ?And are still at your service, WITH j THE GOODS. C. 6. ROWLAND, President F E. HI NN ART, BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS Our Total Resources in 1917 Were $900,000. OUR RESOURCES NOW AN INCREASE OF $600,000. 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