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5f? ?UM'l'KH WATCHMAN, IMM i'BkM|Idft(e4 Aug. 2, 188 Cfcf tttitcbnun anb Soutbron. Wednesday and Sstarday ?BY? ??TUN PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTBR, 8. a ?1.1? par annum?In advance. Advert lease an is: Square ?rat insertion.tl.te subsequent Insertion.It for three months, or win be made at reduced rates. AM oowmunicatlons which sub? net rate laterests will be charged tat as advertisements, and tributes) ef reap ecu for. TIE PHIS FLOOD. PERIL OYER B17T TATION IB FEARFUL. ?njuBun Seine Mas Fallen Only Fif? teen lachen end Use Ravages el the Waters s* the City Seem to be Creator Than stiee?lioocets Shot Without Warning. Pasta, Jan. 10.-?While the moat Imminent peril Is over, the fall of the Seine since yssterday morning his man an re fl only 16 1-t inches. At this gate * would require a fortnight for the river to reach Its normal level. Fortunately tidings from the flooded above Paris give hope of a rapid subsidence after tomor In the meantime the situation in Farts and in many placea through? out the country shows little Improve? ment Indeed, the ravages of the within the city seemed actually Increase today. The water was in some* of the streets, while ItnatJon at the Inundated towns and St Germain was sswaditda are i snorted with? out fa*- ? and shelter, and all day an y of troops and ctviHans worked Che flooded territory, bringing to the distressed, and distrib? uting provisions by boats to the thousands ut victims surrounded by water, who refused to quit their Within the city itself great throngs of stght-seers In the bright sunshine b sat aged the cordons of troops which fringed the flooded districts. On account of the danger of cave has from ths pressure of the boiling waters beneath, hung reds of points were rigorously guarded. Pumping anginen, belching forth smoke and sparks, added to the thrill and gave an Impression that a universal con? flagration was raging. Tonight the city was plunged in darkness, relieved only by the camp Area ef the soldiers at the water's or the nickering torch of some Plaut sentinel. The Champs Elysees, ordinarily a iway of brilliant light, tonight had hand lanterns strung along ths curbs. The usually gay boulevards wrapped In silence and dark end the restaurants and cafes reduced to dim candlee and Ve? netian lam pa. Mont of the theatree were closed, but the Corned I e Francalse, with both its slectiiclty and hsat gone, was open, Jules Claretie, the manager, explaining to ths meagre audience after rhe curtain rose that he consid? ered tbst the National Theatre of France should not cloae Its doors. Although there Is no Intention on the part of the government to de? clare martial law, the completely submerged districts, such as Javel, are In the hands of the military, to prevent pillaging. The soldiers have orders to give short shrift to crimi? nals caught In the act of looting. Thus far there havs been no such caaee within the city, but the danger Is great, ss the French usually keep their money and valuables In their homes. IWth Expired. Ths charge was one of keeping a dog without a license, and the de? fendant ?nlnced a tendency to Inter? rupt the evidence. He was sternly hush od. but eventually his turn came. The clerk of the court turned to him: "Do you wish the court to under? stand that you refuse to renew your dog license'*" "Tee, but"? "We want no bute You must re n?w ths license or you will be fined. You know It expired a month ago." "Tee. but so did the dog. Do I have to renew hin too?"?London Tatler. ehed April 1860. 'Be Just at 1*_SUMI STATE HOUSE GOSSIP. THE FIGHT ON COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS, Many Legislators Are Opposed to Spending Mpre Money on State Colleges and High Schools?The Prohibition Bill Looks Like a Win? ner and All Other Legislation Will Be Side Tracked. I f Columbia, Jan. 29.?The charge was made during the debate on the bill to Increaes the number of schol? arships in the University that the State Is' already doing too much for higher education. There are still n great many people who do not regard higher education as of any "practi? cal value." It was said that a great? er part of the appropriations of the State went to this cause. If all Is given that is asked for this year the appropriations for higher education, including foe ?Ridings asked for, which are permanent investments of the State, would amount r.o a frac? tion over $3&e<eee, or Just one-third more than ie given for pensions and about the same^porportion of the amount given to the Insane. It la argued that the> coming generation otgbt to be Oo,dally entitled to con? sideration in $j|e provisions of the State government*b the insane and the old sol dient The disposition to fight higher education as represent? ed by the h!gh"?ehoo)s, ait well as the colleges Is very apparent. There Is a demand for What Is called "practical education" though the users of the term d * not eeejp to be able to thor? oughly define their meaning, and they limit it te> Industrial and agri? cultural training of the boys and girls In the eQOntry. anything that Is not to be actually used today and tomorrow* ItjtfRSae to be argued, is g. That is what artth the education of the State Hospital WL seems very queer recommendation* of *mno? minority of the are metaly along the line of room, and ft Is admitted that there are a number of patients there who onght not to be here/ and though many bills and resolutions are offer ad, none of them seem to Include in their provisions any suggestion as to sendlag home as many as possible of those who ought not, by right, to be there. The prohibition bill looks very much like a winner this year, but it Is noted that the prohibition poli? tician will be sadly out of a Job when he gets rid of that nefarious traffic that he has been exciting the State about for so long, and if there he no proposition to revert to some form of! sale of liquor he will have to fan the air with no visible antagonist whsn he gets on the stump. There being nothing for him to fight there s/IU be nothing for him to do to appeal for the suffrage of the people on. There will be mighty little chance for any? thing else in the general assembly this year than the debate on that question, and the minority will be as unyielding as the majority Is domi? neering, which promleee a long, hard fight The refusal of the senate to provde for the p reservat on of the birds and game of the State has been a sore disappointment to the people of the State who are interested in these matters. It was thought that afer the very clear exposition of the situ? ation by Secretary Rice, the general assembly would gladly do the very little that was asked of them to pro? tect the best friends of man, but the senate did not see their responsibility In the matter, and suffer >d the bills to be killed by silly amendments de? signed to bring It Into disrepute. The general assembly is a queer body, U shies at small responsibili? ties, but rushes with alacrity into the responsibility of regulatng to the minutest detail the affairs* of county and State offices and corporations and official boards created with the ex? press purpose ef exercising their Judgment to some exterr. in public matters. The railroad commission seemfc to be one official body whose duties are most easily pre-emptled. That body has few fiends, the railroads say that they have little show because the public get behind the commission so hot that they have frequently to plead lack of Jurisdiction to get out of hot water, and the people com? plain that they get no showing. The great bulk of the trouble comes from the lawyers who are disappointed In collecting claims. In this matter of railroad legislation as well as that directed against corporations gene? rally and even the code of the State the disappointed lawyer frames a bill to meet every condition that has upset him In court, and wants It all id Fear not~~Let all the ende Thou Aim ?EH. S. 0., WEDNES THE VISIT TO CLEMSON. RAIN PRE115NTS FULL ENJOY? MENT OF THE DAY. Acting President Riggs, Mr. Allan Johnatone, Chairman of the Board Of Trustees, and Lieutenant Gov? ernor McLcod Deliver Speeches? The Plant Inspected and an Excel? lent Dinner Enjoyed by the Vial ton*. Clemson College, January 28.?The legislative body, two hundred strong, consisting of legislators, members of their families and friends, arrived here on a special train at 12 o'clock today, nothing daunted by the rain. The dress parade, which had been arranged as a part of the welcome, had to be dispensed with, and the party proceeded immediately to the chapel, where the faculty and the students were assembled to greet the visitors. Acting Prsidnt Riggs made it brief and Atting address of wel*| come Inviting the visitors to a close insepctlon of the College, and Intro? duced Col. Allan Johnstone, chair? man of the board of trustees, who briefly reviewed Celmson's work and spoke of what the institution la do? ing and trying to do for the State. The response on the part of the legis? lature was made by Lieutenant Gov? ernor McLeod in a happy little speech. The party was then piloted from one department of the College to an? other by officers, teachers and mem? bers of the senior class, and an in? spection of the actual every-day work of Clemson was made. Classes wre at work in the textile school, card? ing, weaving, designing, dyeing, etc., in the engineering school, In the wood shops, forge and foundry, drawing and designing machine shops, mechanical laboratory, electri? cal laboratory! In the chemical de? partment. In analytical and other practical chemistry work, and in the agricultural school In such forms of practical agricultural Instructions es were not prohibited by the Inclement weather. ' * ' # The visitors seemed greatly inter? ested in the scope and variety of the work covered by the various depart? ments, and many were the expres? sions of surprise and approval as to the broadness and thoroughness of the industrial training given here especially from those who have not been here before. After an hour or two of Inspection the visitors were Invited to the cadet mess hall, where a dinner had been prepared for them and the cadets. Along with the enjoyment of the good things to eat, there were some good speeches. Col. R. W. Simpson, a life member of the board and a warm personal friend of Thos. G. Clemson, the founder of the College, spoke Interestingly on personal recol? lections of Mr. Clemson; Dr. Geo. W. Dick responded to the toast, "The Legislature," and Prof. D. W. Dan? iel, representing the State Teachers' Association, spoke on the "Import? ance of Legislation for tue Schools." The dinner over, carriages were provided for the visitors to ride about the grounds, visit the experiment sta? tion and other places of interest be? fore leaving to take the train for An? derson, where the party stopped over for two hours, from 6 to 8 o'clock, at the Invitation of the Anderson peo? ple. In spite of the bad weather, which put Clemson at a great disadvantage in showing her guests the institution and its work, the party seemed to catch some significant idea of what the school really is, and everybody wished for more time to see more. Certainly Clemson is glad to have had the legislators. Maybe ex-Bunker Walsh, who whistled on his way to the penltcn tlury, took lessons from his creditor??, who whistled for their money.?Da' las News. By comparison with the awful Pgril floodf our Christmas blizzard was a mere love tap.?Philadelphia Record. OOrrreoted in that manner. He Is honest, because he is Interested, but it makes a hodge podge of our laws. After the Clemson trip is over the legislature will get down to business and long discussions will not be tol? erated, on anything except the liquor bill. All the balance of legislation will be rushed to meet local condi? tions und general legislation will be out of the Question. The chairman of the ways and means committee did not insist on the rule proposed to give the appropriation and supply bill the right of way, so that every? thing #111 wait on that liquor ques? tion. is't at be thy Country'3, Thy God's am DAY. FEBRUARY 2 REPUBLICANS ABE ANGRY. THEY RESENT CRITICISM OF POSTAL EXTRAVAGANCE. Congressman Smith, of California, Says Newspapers Are Guilty of Treason When They Expose the Shortcomings of Management of Postomce Department. Washington, Jan. 28.?"The Amer? ican republic can't stand forever with this sort of thing being rung in the people's ears?these anarchistic staements," angrily declared Repre? sentative Smith of California otday, addressing Herbert Myrick. repre sentiye of the Agricultural Press League, a witness before the house committee on postofflces and post roads at its hearing on the subject of increasing the postal rate on sec? ond-class mall matter. He was re? ferring to an editorial which Mr. My? rick acknowledged came from one of the publications w;hich he represent? ed. "I protest that the farmers of the country are not anarchists and I pro? test that I am not a traitor,' hotly re? torted Mr. Myrick, who shortly be? fore had been further alluded to as being responsible for traitorous utter? ances. Asked by Chairman Weeks if he had been canvassing the country with circulars and editorials in an endeavor to defeat the raise of rates on second-class matter, Mr. Myrick gave an affirmative response. Mr. Weeks then produced several of the circulars and editorials and Mr. My? rick acknowledged authorship of them. They were entitled, "A Fresh Attack Upon Liberty," "Still Another Tax," and "New Taxes and Fresh Robbery." "Are these your conclusions? Do you think there Is any robbery?" ask? ed Representative Smith of Califor? nia. "I saw that the postmaster general had reported that It cost 9 cents a pound to carry aecond-class matter while the '?government receives but 1 cent a pound. If the government in? tended to raise it to 9 cents, It would constitute robebry. in my opinion," replied Mr. Myrick. "Your editorial refers to fresh rob? bery. Do you mean that there have been other robberies?" asked Mr. Smith. "Some people,' answered the wit? ness, "consider the tariff a robbery, and If this raise In rates occurred, it would be a fresh robbery." Mr. Smith replied by saying that there was no Intention of raising the postal rate to 9 cents, but merery enough to make up the $17,000,000 postal deficit. One of the editorials referred to "scheming" and "graft" going on in congress In connection with the pro? posed increase and Messrs. Weeks, Smith and Fassett, members of the committee, waxed angry over these characterizations. Mr. Myrick stated that he referred to the relations of the railroads to the government in the carrying of mail, and did not intend to reflect upon the memebrs of the committee. "Didn't you use the word 'robbery* to mean something wicked?" Inter? jected Mr. Smith. "Didn't you mean a slur upon congress?" "No," said Mr. Myrick. "That Is the impression you con? vey," said Mr. Smith. "I don't think so," answered the witness. "Then you think the word 'rob? bery' is a polite form of criticism, I suppose," continued the California member. "I merely had reference to the pro? posed heavy Increase In the postal rate," replied Mr. Myrick. Mr. Smith said that he was getting a large number of letters speaking of anarchy and giving the impression of growing hatred against the institu? tions of the country. He declared such ideas were fostered by the edi? torials in qeustlon and others like them, and that they constituted trea? son. Mr. Myrick hotly denied that the farmers of the country were anarch? ists or tha*. he himself was guilty of treason. Representative Murdoch, of Kan? sas, another member of the commit? tee, called attention to the fact that the covernmen was paying $50,000 a year lor carrying mails across an old bridge at St. Louis when it might be carried for a much smaller sum across a new bridge which was now receiving only a part of the business. "I think this is what you mean by your charges of graft, isn't it?" said he, addressing Mr. Myrick. "That's is. exactly,' said Mr. My? rick. Chairman Weeks then stated that \ S Truth's." THE T' . 1910. Nev # i BALLINGER-PIHGHOTINQUIHY. MATTERS TAKE OX A SOME? WHAT LIVELIER ASPECT. Glavis Claim? Balllnger Once Asked Him to Hold Up on His Coal Claims Investigation on Account of The Fact That Hol linger Was Hav? ing a Hard Times Trying to Collect Campaign Contributions. Washington, Jan. 28.?The pro? ceedings in the Ballinger-Pinchot Inquiry took on a livelier aspect this afternoon when Louis R. Glavls, con? tinuing his testimony against Secre? tary Ballinger, told of various inter? views he had had with the Secretary of the Interior at various times while he was in and out of the government service. Mr. Glavis declared that in one of these Interviews in October Mr. Bal linger told him he was having a hard time trying to collect campaign con? tributions, and that two men invol? ved in the Cunningham claims, who had been liberal contributors in the past, had declined to contribute be? cause they were angry at not being granted patents for the Alaska coal lands. Glavls said that Mr. Baliinger ask? ed him to hold up on the Alaska cases until after election. He agreed to do this because he had his hands full with another case. One of the most interesting devel? opments of the day was the distribu? tion at both the morning and afer noon sessions, of a quantity of press matter which purported to interpret and point out the significance of the testimony thus far given at the in? quiry. The morning matter came in an envelope of the American Conser? vation Association, of which Gifford Plnchot recently was chosen presi? dent. The afternoon matter began: "The important developments of the morning session today were," and then went on to recite that the pro? ceedings had placed Secretary Ballin ger in an adverse light. It was said that this servlc^ Would continue ?throughout the investigation. The morning session was devoted to an endeavor by the "prosecution" to show the ha*te in which Mr. Bal Unger, as commissioner of the land office had urged the Cunningham Alaska claims to clear listing for pat? ent. Aside from the documentary evidence read, the afternoon session was taken up almost wholly with Glavls' story of his various interviews with Mr. Balllnger, in which the Cun? ningham land cases always formed the topic of discussion. COLD WAVE PREDICTED. Weather Bureau Predicts Moderate Temperature TJntil Latter Part of Week. Washington, Jan. 31.?Moderate temperature until the latter part of the week, when a cold wave is likely to appear, is the weather forecast for the present week. The weather bu? reau tonight declared that present barometric conditions indicate mod? erate temperature generally over the country until near the close of the week. Then a cold wave Is looked for from the northwest which will advance to the Atlantic coast. Storms reaching the Atlantic sea? board about the middle and close of the present week will be attended by sharp fluctuations in temperature from the lake region and Ohio valley over the middle Atlantic and New England States and precipitation generally east of the Mississippi in the middle and northern district, partly in the form of snow. In the Missouri and western Mississippi val? leys and the plain States the precipi? tation will be light. TARIFF ON BIBLES. Price of Bildes 20 Per Cent. Higher Than Ever Before and Another Rise Iv\*>eoted in March. Chicago, Jan. 30.?The price of Bi? bles will go up on March 1, accord? ing to an announcement today by a large Bible publishing house. The cause for the advance is the enforce? ment of the new tariff on imported leather and papers. "Bibles are now about 20 per cent? higher than they have ever been be? fore." said a member of the firm. "The materials for the lw?st Bibles have gone up so high in price on ac? count of the tariff that we can not afford to sell our output at prices now listed." a subcommittee engaged In drafting the postoffice appropriation bill had discovered this evil and would cor? rect It. It was th ? only one of the kind they found, he said. * OCTHRON, Established Jone. IM? es?Vol. XXX. !io. 46 CONGRESS BLOCKING TAFT. WHITE HOUSE LEGISLATIVE PROCRAMME FARING BAD? LY. All the Administration Measures so Far Introduced Are Meeting With Considerable Opposition, and All The Republican Campaign Pledges Stand Lit iV Chance of Fulfillment. Washington, Jan. 30.?Little head? way has been made in the two months Congress has been in session, toward the enactment of important legislation demanded by President Taft, yet on every side are heard pre? dictions of an early adjournment. Thoughtful members of Congress are asking each other what kind of re? ception they will meet if they go to the White House on April 15 or May 1 with plans to quit work for the summer, If the administration pro? gramme is unfilled. The question is one which Con? gressional leaders admit is giving them deep concern. The absence of ' unaminity of thought on almost all of the President's measures is such as to make exceedingly difficult the work mapped out for those who have the bills in charge. Bills to create a Court of Commerce and amend the railroad rate laws, to establish postal savings banks, to validate withdraw? als of public lands wanted for con? servation purposes, which have been placed at the head of the "White House schedule" have all met with determined opposition. From a polltlcial point of view Re? publican waters seemingly are be? coming muddled by the several In? vestigations, which are in progress, and the minority members appear not willing to let this procedure con? tinue Indefinitely. Inquiries such as that being made Into the affairs of the interior department and the for? est service naturally are having some effect upon the plans to amend land laws and enact legislation for Alaska, and even to bear to some extent up? on the Arisena and New Mexico Statehood bill. Other investigations* such as those relating to second-class mail matter and the postofflce de? ficit, and the causes of the incret d cost of living, all tend to mir* ,e the chances of a complete redemp? tion of Republican campaign pledges. The plan most In favor with Re? publican leaders Is for a rearrange? ment of the Taft policies, placing them in order of executive prefer? ence or in such sequence as It Is thought would most benefit the ma? jority party. It has been declared that no progress would be made as long as some of the leaders are push? ing Inter-State commerce legisla? tion, others conservation policies, still others postal savings banks. Federal incorporation laws or yet other of the numerous measures on the White House Calendar. At the present time the House is occupied with appropriation bills, and in the Senate there are two Ad? ministration measures?the postal savings bank bill and the Alaskan ex? ecutive council bill?being played against each other. Opposition has developed against both bills, and Re? publican leaders say that the present tactics affect the chances of both. The Statehood bill also is ready for con? sideration, and in addit on the army appropriation bill will be reported to? morrow. Committees of both* branches of Congress anticipate a busy week. Several important hearings will be continued In the House. They in ' elude that in relation to the post office deficit. Inter-State commerce bills, Including the Administration bill, which, by the way, will receive attention by the Senate committee as well; charges of extravagance made by Representative Hitchcock. of Nebraska, against Secretary Ballin ger. as well as the joint hearing In relation to the Ballinger-Pinchot controversy. SHE PREFERS TO BE BEATEN. Otherwise Woman Would Think Husband Indifferent. Chicago, Jan. 2S.? If he didn t beat me once In a while I would '.?unk he didn't love me any more, and maybe was running around with pome other woman," said Mrs. Mary Duffy to Municipal Judge Crowe to v'.ay, in pleading for the release of her husband, Peter Duffy, arrested on complaint of neighbors lor beat? ing his wife. Judge Crowe discharged Duf*y with the remark: "I have often heard it said that WO men love best the hand that beats them, but I have never before heard a woman admit It."