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CHANGING NATU HE'S PLAN. Always Attended with Trouble, as t he Paris Flood Shows. What Julius Caesar said about Paris. In his "Commentaries on the Gallic War." Is not without rslevancy on the present disaster. The lsls?1 on which the Palace of Justice now stands?wss not a pretty Incident of the city, ss It Is now. It then held the whole tribe of Parish. Nearby them. Caesar explained, were low lands described as palus perpetua, which may be translated as "ever last Ins; swamp." It was evidently brood enough to carry all excess of water. But the modern liver, recti? fied and walled In. has no such re? course when the water rises pheno? menally. It simply rushes through Paris as best It can. It Is astonishing how much trouble the human race meets In attempting to limit the free expression of nature's own topographic purposes. These swamps were evidently what were needed for the periodic overflow of the stream. Just as the hair pin loops of a river, flowing through a region In which the descent is very slow, prove a necessary "shock absorber." Through one of these, In the James River, the famous Dutch Oap was out first as a military measure, but long ago turned to the use of peace? ful commerce. It reveals today na? ture's disapproval of any attempt at Interference. To cut the ditch through the embankment and let the river resume its Journey was not enough It at once began to pound out anoth? er loop on the opposite bank of the stream, sgalnst which the water poured at it greatly accelerated pace, on emerging from the short out. Government engineers were celled In and at a huge expense they built a great stone break-water to protect the bank from the punishment which disturbed nature sought to Inflict. In the Ashevllle region, by damming a mountain stream, a valley among this hills, very high above sea level, '^as been turned Into a beautiful lake, the higher points of the land being allowed to remain as wooded hills; but no sooner had this been ac? complished than men found that hill? tops as slevated by nature would not tolerate being backed with the water even of a restrained lake. It took dif? ferent kinds or soil and vegetation to stand as an Island, and nature Insist? ed on making the readjustment. Whenever, as in Parla the natural means for the diffusion of flood 21st? Is cut oft, man must provide ns substitute, or In times like this, suffer very levers penalties. That Oaasar, nearly 2,000 years ago, ob? served with such accuracy these to? pographical conditions on ths very spot where Paris now stands, shows how fundamental was the risk whloh m?n ran In founding a city there. His Position. "Tou have been with your Arm for long time?" said a man to his old schoolfellow "Yes." anuwered his friends, with a patient expression of countenance. MWhat's your position?" "I am an employee." "Tee. but what do you do?" "Well. I am a doer and the others are tellers. It's like this. When the guv-nor wants something done he tells the cashier, and the cashier tells the bookkeeper, and the bookkeeper tells the assistant bookkeeper, and the assistant bookkeeper tells the chief clerk and the chief clerk tells 4 me." "And what then?" "Well, 1 haven't anybody to tell, so I have to d<i it."?ladles' Home Jour? nal. TAX RETURNS FOR 1910. OFFICE OF OOUNTI AUDITOR SUMTES CO.. PUMTER. H. Oh Deo. 8. 1809. Nettes, I? hereby given that I will attend. In person or by deputy, at the following places on the days In? dicated, respectively, for the purpose of receiving returns of real estate, personal property, and poll tsxes for the fiscal yea* commencing January 1st. 1910. Tlndslls. Tuesday, Jan. 4th. Privateer. (Jenkins* store,) Wed nesdny. Jan.* 6th. Manchester, Levl's, Thursdf.y, Jan. ?th. Wedgefteld. Friday, Jan. 7th. Ctaremont Depot, Monday. Jan. 10th ?asjaasV Tuesday, Jan. 11th. Remberts. Wednesday, Jan. 12th. Dalsell. Thursday, Jan 13ttl. W. T. Brogdon's Store, Friday. Jan. 14th. Msyesvllle. Tuesday, Jan. 18th. Shlloh. Wednesday, Jan. 11th. Norwood's X Roads, Thursday, Jan 20th. Oswego, Friday, Jan. 21st. All persons whose duty It Is to make returns should be prcmpt to meet me at these appointments. All returns most be made before Feb. Mb 1910. J DIOOS WILDER. Auditor for Sumter Cj. 1-8-1-1-21-10. TRUSTS IN CANADA. In Dominion Effects of High Duties Are Provided Against. It Is the fashion of our protective tariff atateamen to contend that ex? cessive dutiea on Imports have noth? ing to do with the formation of "trusts and combines," in spite of the obvious facts; but in Canada that effect of high duties is recognized in the tariff law itself and provided agalnat. A bill haa Just been intro? duced in the Dominion Parliament by the government to make this pro? vision more effective Under the present Fielding tariff the govern? or general In council may grant re? lief by a reduction or removal of du? ties when it is shown by judicial pro? cedure that a combination In res? traint of trad? exists and enhances prices on account of protection against foreign competition. Complaint haa been made that thia la ineffective on account of the difficulty and coat of the judicial pro ceedlnga necessary to obtain relief. The proposed bill provides a more expeditious and less expensive meth? od. Any six persons may present their grievance before a high court judge, and if they make out a prlma facie caae, an Investigation will be ordered by the court to be made by a board, consisting of one representa? tive of the complainants, one of the alleged combination, and a third chosen by those two. If either parly fails to act, the matter will be acted upon by the minister oi labor, so far aa i eceasary 'n consulting the board. The board is to have the powers of a court of record, and Us findings are to be published in the official gazette and furnished to th-: public press. The relief will be af? forded by a reduction or removal oi dutiea If an enhancement of prices la found to be cauaed by a combi? nation In restraint of trade, duo to protection from foreign competition. In addition to the loss of protection a penalty is provided for a contin? uance of the combination or "trusts," after the expiration of ten days from the publication of an adverse finding In the Canada Gazette, In the shape of a fine of $1,000 for every day that it Is continued. If this amendment should be adopted, aa It la altogether likely to be, as a government measure to strengthen the tariff act theru* will be a prompt and effective way of dealing with trusts formed to raise prices under the shelter rf protection against foreign competition Is left free, the benflt of protection may be enjoyed, but when it la put under ie stralnt by combination the protection may be taken away.?New York Journal. Kangaroo Joe. "Farming on the Murrumbldgee river, down Noo South Wales way," said the sailor. "I was peatered to death by kangaroos. Every moon? light night they'd come and eat my grain. "Well. I put out aome traps, and one night I landed a fine big kanga? roo that I named Joe. Joe got to be quit a pet. He learned to eat out of my hand, and when the cold weather came on I rigged him up in one of my old aallor suits?blue blouse, flat hat and wide-legged trousers, all com? plete. "The kangaroos, what had kept away al! thia time, turned up one evening, and Juat to see what would happen I fastened a big dinner bell around Joe's neck and let him loose. " 'Clang! clang! clang!' "Joe made for his friends like a Are engine. And In the moonlight he look? ed so weird In his loose suit, flying through the air with great, free leaps that the herd took to Its heels with squeals of fright. "Like the wind they made off, and Joe clanged after them. They never tn.ubld my grain no more. In fact, I never seen them again but wunst. That was a morning two days later. "I was eatin* breakfast, when past the house flew that whole herd of kangaroos, 100 or more, at a speed I never have saw equalled by man beast or motorcar. Their tonguea lolled out, their eyes rolled and their bones fair stuck out of the skin. They was wrecks. Now and then they turned their haggard heada to look back, then tore on at a faster clip than before. And behind them, with his clang! clang! and his loose blue togs, came Sailor Joe. "Well, the bunch disappeared in a grove of gum trees, and that waa the laat I ever heard of them. True, 1 did *ee in the paper the following spring that a mound of kangaroo skletons had been found 800 miles north of my dugout, and the skeleton on top of the mound had a dinner bell around its neck. Could It have been Joe?"?Philadelphia Bulletin. ?Do you know that croup can b? prevented? (;ive Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as soon as the child I eeomes hoarse or even after the croupy cough appears and It will pre? vent the attack. It Is also a certain cure, for croup and has never been known to fall. Hold by W. W. Si berk Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.?Seneca. EGYPTIAN COTTON IN ARIZONA. Soil and Climate of the Territory Adapted to its Growing. Washington, Feb. 21,?The soil and climate are adaptable to the successful growing of Egyptian cot? ton, according to the announcement of the bureau of Indian affairs of th; accomplishment of Its experimental station at Sacaton, near Phoenix, Ariz. The work has been carried on for the past two years by the Indian bureau in connection with the bu? reau of plant Industry. Several acres were p anted and as the result of raising two crops there is now in the hands of the superin? tendent of the station 9,000 pounds of the long staple cotton, which will be shipped to the Indian bureau In New York for marketing. lias President Tuffs Gold On Pub? lic Confidence Been Weakened? Now that the first year of Presi? dent Taff8 administration Is drawing to a close, members of his party are asking thlemselves whether the Presi? dent's record measures up to their expectations. A certain amount of disappointment exists, it seems, parti* cularly in the West. This is indicat? ed forcibly in the results of a poll of 3,037 Republican editors living west of the Alleghenles. The Chicago Tri? bune put to the editors the query: "If you could vott for President today, for whom would you cast your bal? lot?" No names of candidates were suggested. The editors voted Jhus: Roosevelt, 1,360; Taft, 1,093; La Follette, 197; Hughes, 122; Cummins, 66; Plnchot, 30; Cannon, 14; Bryan, 40; scattering, 16. Thie figures are remarkable, If not surprising. The actual President lags In popularity far behind his prede? cessor. The suggestiveness of the un? favorable vote Is emphasized by the votes favoring Plnchot, La Follette and Cummins, who are prominent ex? ponents of policies opposed to those of President Taft. In two-thirds of th* States it is Roosevelt, no Taft, who Is endorsed. In the Lake group of States Roosevelt has 486 votes to Taffs 427; In the Prairie States, 617 to Taffs 475; on the Pacific Coast, 164 to Taffs 90. Only in the Mountain States does the President lead, with 66 votes against 64 for the ex-Presi? dent. Even In Ohio Taft has but 19 votes more than Roosevelt. Mr. Roosevelt gained In strength to the close of his administration. Why is President Taffs hold upon the pub? lic weaker and weaker as time goes on? What particular deficiencies has he shown? The reply, in brief, Is that he has wabbled in regard to the tariff, has seemed disposed to secure 'harmony" in the public land ser? vice by ignoring serious charges, has proposed centralizing legislation in regard to Federal Incorporations of an alarming character, and generally has failed to exhibit the discretion, the judicial fairness and higher statesmanship expected of him. Very unfavorable Is the view taken of his Lincoln Day speech at the Re? publican Club, in which even Republi? can papers charge that he defended the Payne tariff like a stump speaker, not like a statesman. His effort to show that his party had not promis? ed "downward revision" smacks of insincerity. Votes were s:ot for the party by leading the public?Particu? larly In the West?to believe that the tariff burden would be lightened. No popular enthusiasm could have been excited by an Intimation that tariff revision was to be in the interest solely of the stand-patters. The New York Journal of Commerce finds the President's Lincoln Day argu? ment for the Payne tariff "merely an echo of the pleas which Aldrlch and Payne have been proclaiming ever since the tariff bill was enacted, and there has been sufficient exposure of the superficial character of the de? fense where It is not wholly falla? cious." The New York Times de? plores Mr. Taffs "using again the trumpery figures exposed in all their falseness long ago, and many times, to show that the new tariff is a revi? sion downward." The Philadelphia North American confesses that two years ago it hailed Mr. Taft as "a great American," and "did not begin to yield to the fear that the Presi den did not measure up to the re? quirements of his time until we read his speech of Saturday. It proved to be a good stump speech. It was par? tisan. It was a defense of the mach? inery and not an appeal to the prin eiples of the party. It was a national proclamatlt?u utterly devoid of Ideals. What Is worse, it was a confession of probable party defeat In next Novem? ber's election. Quotations l'ke these could be mull plied Indefinitely. They all have this burden, that the President too nar? rowly conceives his relation to public Interests, and falls to measure tip to the demands of a situation which, while full of difficulties, is full of op? portunities for a mnn of strength, wisdom and patriotism. Baltimore Sun. Investigation of the high cost of living makes food for thought abundant. ? Washington Star. CORRECTING A MISTAKE. Mother* of Edgefleld Did Not Send Wreath to Senator TUlinan. To the Editor of The State: In your last week's issue you had a news item which I wish you to cor? rect. I refer to the sending of a wreath of hyacinths and crepe to Senator Tl'lman. This is positively untrue so far as the mothers of Edgefleld are concerned. If such a thing has been done It came from some Irresponsible source. The unwarranted use of the names of Edgefield's mothers Is serious in? deed. I hope the whole thing is a mistake. However, as the item has gone out, please follow It with the In? dignant denial of the Christian motherhood of Edgebleld. Mrs. W. L. Dunovant, Edgefleld, Feb. 23, 1910. The Edgefleld corresr- lent of The State, In regard to ie above communication, wires that he was misinformed in regard to it and re? grets sending the St:.re inaccurate in? formation. A Flood Of Light On The Alaskan Situation. The remarkable testimony given by Stephen Birch, managing director of the Guggenheim syndicate, before the Senate Committee on Territories must have opened the eyes of those who have minimized the importance of the disclosures In regard to Govern? ment lands try Alaska. Time and again have those Interest" ed denied that the Guggenheims were backing the Cunningham claimants for Alaska coal lands. Mr. Birch admits that the Guggenheims had agreed to back the Cunningham claimants. Furthermore, he states that the Guggenheims were to put up but $250,000 in money for half the lands, but were to build a rail? road to transport the coal to tide? water. As the claimants were to pay the Government only a trifling sum for the lands, It was vehemently denied that they were of any great value. Mr. Birch states that the coal on the Cunningham lands alone is worth at the lowest estimate $250, 000,000, and that there is $200,000, 000 worth of coal In sight on the public lands in this one Alaska field alone. Mr. Birch's testimony also reveals the working of "high finance." The Guggenheim syndicate, he says, was to put in only $250,000 for a half In? terest, but the company was to be capitalized at $55,000,000 at once. He also reveals the method by which f laimants have been securing Gov? ernment lands containing valuable copper deposits. Mr. Birch admits that entries were made by various officials and employes, patents to the lands obtained and then turned over to the company. The presumption is that Government lands of Immense value have thus been secured for a song. Mr. Ballinger Is known to have been the attorney for the Cunning? ham interests. As soon as he re? signed as Commissioner of the Gen? eral Land Office he began, it is asserted, to press these claims. Ac? cording to the testimony of Agent Louis R. Glavis. on'y the most vigor? ous protest prevented Ballinger's "clear listing" the claims when he was Commissioner. It is, at least, an unpleasant coincidence that Mr. Bal? linger was appointed Secretary of the Interior, an official whose special duty is the protection of the public domain, and that the effort to push through the Cunningham claims was renewed so actively as soon as he got i Into office. With Senator Simon Guggenheim, one of the members of the syndicate, in the United States Senate; with the former attorney for the Cunning? ham claimants Secretary of the In? terior; with Mr. Ballinger's close friend, Fred Dennett, Commissioner of the General 7.and Office; with Senator Heyburn. who . had partly promised to act counsel for Mr. Cunningham, in the Senate, and a sprinkling of Congressmen casting longing eyes toward Alaska, the Cun? ningham claimants were not likely to suffer for lack of friends at court. ?Baltimore Sun. ?If troubled with Indigestion, con? stipation, no appetite or feel bilious, give Chamberlain's Stomach and Liv? er Tablets a trial and you will he pleased with the result. These tab? lets Invigorate the stomach and liver and strengthen the digestion. Sold by W. W. Slbrt. Any way, woman will never amount to much in politics until she gives up the idea that hiding her door key un? der the foot mat baffles burglars. 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