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J and 8atarda] ING COMPANY ft. O. ? advance* Advart tat ineota. first lnaartoin .tl.Ofl afebeeouent Insertion .6C ?ts for three months or long be made at radiioed ratea tin indications which subseret interest* will he charged for uiverttseruenta us rise and tributes of res poet I charged lor. Buenter Watchman was found In lilt and the True Southron In if. Ths Watchman aad Southron the combined circulation and Inencs of both of ths old papers, li manifestly ths best advertising I um In Sumter. a PROFITABLE WATERWAY. The Joint International Commission li making a thorough /tudy the proposed Lekcs-to-Ocean ship route recently completed a three hearing in Detroit There is opposition to this project in the East, where it Is feared that the new weAerwey will Injure Atlantic ship? ping ports and render the New York barge canal useless, Kaperte supporting the plan believe that theee dire resulti will not follow Its accomplishment. There is plenty Of commerce to keep the railroads, the J^er*?ye and the Atlantic seaports e>U obey It is obviouc that the pres? ent ?ongeattor needs relief. The conference at Detroit found much enthusiasm for the project all through Mir bias a. The Hoard of Commerce estimated the annual sav Hfto the state as f 80.001,000. Thtre is another phase of the Great Lakes-Atlantic waterway project which baa not bscn discussed so gen? et-ally aa the new .transportation fu? tilities It will afford That is the de? velopment of water power which Would be a natural accompaniment, according to engineering experts the eater power alens would pay for the whole construction within a compara? tively short time. interest In ths commission's Investi? gation la fslt in states and communi? ties far from ths lake region, because it will open new outlets' to world mar? kets; for their products. If the plan !s> worked out honestly and with due regard to the beet interests Of the Whole territory It ?II serve, both In Canada and the Cnltei' Htutes. it Bt?ms impossible that t*' could damage any bot strictly selfish Interest*. It Is far mere likely to Wnefb. everybody com earned '^"^^^^J^^^^*^41" now* A fair practices committi:!:. ? v ? Coal operators from all over the United States who have been In ses ?ion to discuss prices and distribution bave Arrived at some very satisfac? tory results along both lines, but their most telling stroke wss the formation of fair prabtlccs committees for all bituminous 'districts. These commlt wlll co-operste with the operators the Department of Justice to se? cure fair practices in ths handling of coal from the mines to the bin of the consumer Wh%re they find traces of profiteering they will lay It bare to'the gerernmeot and the public. Now we are getting somewhere. Fstr practices are the first requisite of fair prices, and when those respon? sible for supplying the public with any Itty pledge themselves, to ob fair practice the end of profi? teering la In sighi During the nr most of the coal handled for tills country and Europa Went into a fieat coal pool. Any op? erator caught at any kind of trickery or any attempt to grab off a llttVs ' elvst" for bis o\\ n concern was post - ed publicly and roasted privately. There were fair practices committees that functioned. Why not have ibem right along? And why confine them to coal? bTM'UAOE AND MANNERS. Must masculi.no gallantry go as wo? man suffrage comes? Opponents of esjual euifrage have always said so. eJbd hsld up the prospect as an Intol? erable loss to society. Now some of the suffrage leaders are saying the same thing, and 'ar from tearing this dlftriorStlon cf male manners as a ca? lamity, are inviting It as a hlessmg. Alice Paul, one of the foremost feminists announces that a direct on? slaught is to be mads on the afore sakl male msnners, when the women's psrty holds ittt national convention in Washington next February. Along with demands ltu>t women be allowed retain their name after marriage, refuse the wed Inn ring ss a "yoke ft servitude." th* re will be an arraign rnt of such tims-henored customs Oofflng one's h.i' t<> < woman and SJ la her presence. attentions are not shown to gny the^f^mlnlsts; why then to men's equals, and d rights insist on ?s7 r.c*tdc*. they derred to sre not dl. but are renl ;temptuoiis, luv plying woman's inferiority. The tired business man finds these prescribed acts of courtesy a nuisance, say these feminine critics, and "so does the self respecting woman." All this may be true, though it would be more convincing to have some kind of feminine referendum on the subject. It has always been sup j posed, by ignorant males, that women in general liked such marks of respect, tit may bo well to eliminate some of the old-fashioned courtesies from business life, whero they do seem rather out of place, provided the men retain the spirit of courtesy and help? fulness, which is the main thing. But isn't it going pretty far to treat vener? able social institution'- as if they were criminal? And If It is forbidden to show these accustomed marks of re? spect to a woman shah the prohibition apply to an old iady as well as a young one? And then, perhaps, by natural progression, to An old man? Shall > th.ere be no deference for either sex j or age? A LABOR BANK. The first labor bank in this country has Just been established. It is also said to be tfeo first co-operative bank. It is known as the Brother of Locomo? tive Engineers Co-operative National Bank of Cleveland. Its capital is $1,- 1 000,000, its paid-up surplus $100,000. 1 Its stock is held entirely by members ] of the Brotherhood The popularity < of the idea among the railroad men is \ shown by the fact that the stock is? sue was greatly over-subscribed. Stock 1 dividends are limited to 10 per cent, j If there are e:ccc?s earnings, they will i be shared with ihe depositors. I It Is expected that thes.-i depositors ] will be mainly of the Brotherhood, ] which numbers 85,000 men, with a considerable mixture of other union 1 workmen. But though the bank is , ? listin. tfreTy a labor Institution, It has 1 no intention of confining Its activities 1 to labor. It wlir do a general hank- j ing business, with commercial savings . and trust co*npany departments, wel- 1 coming everybody, and handling for- j eign exchange for immigrants. Its 1 chlei Interest, however, will bo in j ministering to the needs of railroad workmen. 1 ?The fact Is." says Grand Chief Warren (>. Stone, president of the bank, "that labor tnvds kinks of its own rnofe than any other class, unless ] it is the farmers. The wages of labor In this country amount to $30,000, 000.000 a year, yet the average work? ing man has no 'place to go to do his banking, in the eitler at least. Ids de? posits ane of ton not wanted In the commercial bank. There Is often no , place the workman can go to get a ? loan.' save the loan shark. where he | often pays lflo to 200 per cent inter* ( est. There should be hanking facili- . tte% for the workers the same as for other classes. There are such banks In every other country. There are . 55,000 co-operative banks In Europe. . many of them small, and they rarely lose a cent " This statement probably exaggcr: ates the plight of the American workj 1 man as regards the lack of banking ! facilities. In nearly every city there are banks that welcome his deposits at least, though it is often hard for him to get loans. There is. however. ; an obvious gap in American banking , which such Institutions as this may succeed in filling, to the great advan? tage of a large and thrifty class of cltisens. and with no hurm 10 banks of other types. The locomotive En? gineers' experiment ?rill be therefore welcomed, and watched with much in? terest This labcr organization should succeed, if any of them can. for it has never yet failed in an enterprise, and has had conspicuous success with its Insurance business, which will be han? dled hereafter through the new bank. CHILD PRODIGIES). There has Ijc'I much in the papcra I lately about Edward ft. Hardy, the "child prodigy" who entered Colum? bia University at the age of twelve, and who Is credited with know'- dge of a dozen languages and remarkable advancement in various sciences and arte. As a matter of fact, he is prob? ably not a freak of nature at all. The New York World aptly suggests that there may be thousands of lads In New York who could do what young Hardy hu done if thev had had the I same educational opportunities, The ordinary boy or* girl doesn't realty get much education except what he picks up for himself. Most bright children are ' I rigaded In class? rooms with less precocious children and handicapped by absurdly long va? cations." With most children. too, whatever system of teaching may bo applied, there is not very good psychology in the mode of teaching In th? case of a boy like Ilnrdy. there is reason to inquire whether he or his parents deserve the credit Like Bons bidis and Ihe Winner wa N'T nn?Posit Ion as overseer of a farm. Thoroughly competent, and experienced in all kinds of binning. Including stock, truck, poultry and power farming. :ik years of age. married and can furnish the best of references W |?. Arnold Ma yes vi He, S i\, R \,, :t. Foil HALE One Vapoi .ooklng stove, used about six weeks. 1<\ M. M ojso, I children, the Harvard "prodigies," he has had unusual parental advan? tages. Both father and mother aro university graduates and college in? structors, and have devoted particular attention to their son's education. They have taught hint personally, and they have supplied the books, environ? ment, travel, etc.. to accommodate his 1 i every phase o fmental curiosity, at the time when it manifested Itself. Al ! most any child would develop with surprising rapidity under such condl-I tions, and a child somewhat brighter I than the average might easily appear to be a "genius." A great psychologist is credited with ; the remark that most people use only one-tenth of their brain-power. Ed- 1 ward Hardy, besides having a goi I ! brain to start with, seems to have i been encouraged to use pretty near al! Of it. That may be the only import ant difference between him a>nd other boys of the same age. MURDEROUS INCOMPETKNCY. How long will the public continue to allow the inexperienced or the other? wise unfit to drive automobiles? The other day in one of the eastern cities a man turned his machine out to pass another. He got by all right but he failed to straighted up quickly enough afterwards. His car jumped the curb and killed a little baby whose mother had it out for an airing in its carriage. When the matter was in? vestigated it was found that the license was a temporary one. issued io the Jriver until hia permanent U ens, should be delivered, and that he was j fc novice at driving a car, lacking both ths knowledge and the experience to : handle his machine sai'ely in any com- i plicated situation. This sort of thing will continue as long as no suitable tests are requir? ed to prove the fitness of the driver before he is allowed to operate a car in the public sheets. The driver win, is competent has 10 reason to resent mch an examinatior ; rather, he will welcome it. The person who does ob lect to it is the one who should be forced to take it, in the interest < J public safety. The Garners Ferry Bridge Plan for Elimination of Grude Crossings and Other iMatters To De Considered Columbia. Nov. 4?Tie- Wat eres river bridge between Richland and Sumter counties and the settlement of < misunderstanding between groups of citizens regarding the construction of v road in Hampton county will be two principal matters before the State Highway com drslon at its meeting: in Columbia next Tuesday. Matters per? taining to the bridge to be erected i?ver the Savannah river at Savannah. Ua., will also probably be discussed. A delegation of citizens from East cver will appear before the commis? sion in connection with the Wateree river bridge, their Interest being in the location of the proposed span. High? way officials are working on the sur? vey and plans for this bridge, and at an early date the site for the big bridge will be located. The bridge will be somewhere In the vicinity of East over. The misunderstanding over a road in Hampton county has to do with a proposed hiffhw ty between Estlll am Hampton. It la stated that a foYmer 1 misunderstanding bed wren the State j Highway department and the Hamp? ton county highway officials includ? ed this road In the st.it- system, but I that now it is proposed to leave it out, because of the fact that it Is not a main highway. lit order that a sat? isfactory understanding may be reach? ed regarding the road the stale com? mission has invited a number <>f prom? inent citizens of the territory affect? ed, to be present at the meeting next Tuesday. Amoiuv these is Stab- Sen. ator W. F. Lightscy, Captain William? son and others. Regarding th< highway connection with the Savannah River bridge Sen? ator Christens-vn, of Beaufort, county officials of Jasper, among them Sup? ervisor <iill and State Senator Purdy, ind highway officials from Savannah have been invited to attend the meet ting in Columbia. Oranard. Ireland. Nov. 4. ? Repris- I MARRIAGE LICENSE, als for the killing oi a police inspec- j - tor was made last night when eleven | A marriage license has been iaj motor lorries ailed with uniformed to W. M. Whitfleld of Andrew! men lired Into the town of Longford ? Anna Hazel of Fairfax, colored, and burned the hotel and mat Let I_. house Washington. Nov. 4. -All govern? ment restrictions ovet sugar were re? moved by the signature of Presi lent Wilson to the proclamation providing restriction to November Hit 11 of the licenses hchl by wholoraldcrs, refin? ers, exporters, ami importers. We'll Buy Your Cotton. And allow you 1 1-L'c per poj ;.lio\< beat market price. Head large ad. Schwanz Bros.?Advt Turkeys are said to be more p i ful this year than last und nj peopi,. Will bo aide to enjoy tUI ? r Thnnksgivsng and Christmas Tin farmers of Sumter county are holding cotton more firmly and more generally than ever before, and when prices go up la4er in tne season they will real? a proiit. 1.' prices <lo not advance substantiallj before the plant? ing season, they will then surely be boosted as Is customary as an incen? tive to the planting <u a larger acre? age. To the Farmers of Sumter County Many oi" you are going to hold your cotton and surely you are not going to leave it in the weather. Storage room is becoming scarce. We have room yet for a con? siderable amount in the Palmetto Warehouse, Columbia, S. C, and will be glad, to funv.sh terms and information to any desiring them. W. GORDON McCABE & Co., S. J. Smith, Agt SUMTER, S.C. Office over Barnett's Store, Phone 304 in UWm wisp settle right now! No man ever smoked a Letter cigarette than Camel! You'll find Cameb unequalled by any cigarette in the world at any price because Camels combine every feciure that can make a cigarette supreme/ Camels expert blend of choice Turkish and choice Domestic tobaccos puts Camels in a class by themselves. Their smoothness will appeal to you, and permit you co smoke liberally without tir? ing your taste! Camels leave no unpleasant ciga retty aftertaste nor unpleasant cigaretty odor! You'll prefer Camels blend to either kind of tobacco smoked straight! f I AH E perfect con struction of T HORNHILL WAGONS insures long wear, light drift and complete satisfaction. W. B. Boyle C Sumter, S. C.