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We require the name and ad- ol dress of the writer in every case. N'o si article which is defamatory or of-jttJ fenaively personal can find place in our columns at agv price. and j we are not responsible for opinions! expressed in any communication. w >:. DILLON, S. C? SK.CT. 1. HMO. ... ev. ? \ " It is to be hoped tiie cotton crop ' si this fail will be as large as the crop 1 :i of candidates was in August. J,*, If the farmers do no: main the \ Af mistake of rushing their cotton on ^ the market, September cotton should sell at a fancy price. The coui. tils experiencing .he greatest cotton shortage it bus known in years and there are thousands o: mills that f B 1 will barely be able to run until the j, new crop comes in. The farmer is ' c not compelled to sell his cotton r.n- 1 til October the first, and he should ' Pt . is wait until the manufacturers at.d i exporters get real hungry for cot- j j ton before placing any of his crop j f on the market. 1 i The state democratic executive je committee of North Carolina has ; s t settled the muddle in the sixth con- i a gressional district by ordering a ; . primary to be held before the gen- , c eral election. It will be recalled ' p that the Godwin forces bolted the 8 convention at Wrlghtsville Beach '" and nominated Godwin for Congress i ? u while the Clark forces kept the cor.- Z veution together and nominated'<1 Clark. The question arose as to which was the regular nominee, the j ^ state democratic executive committe< I ?i was appealed to and a primary was , t; i ordered to settle the question. Thisjc leaves the field open to any can- a didate who aspires to represent the j ^ sixth in congress and no doubt there ^ will be a lively scramble for the 1 o nomination. North Carolina can a .sily avoid such unpleasant differ- : a ices by a'dopting the primary sys- ^ m" A Robeson Gold Mine. i a The following is from the Char-j . >tt? Observer: i A single farmer in Robeson c ?orty has this season shipped [( .,000 barrels of potatoes, thirty ! 0 irs of cantaloupes and eighty) are of melons. He has not yet | _ nsihed shipping his melons and; xpects to get a bale of cotton er acre from the land which , j. ielded his potatoes. It looks as j ! Robeson might not be so deserately Interested in the high B ost of living after all,?Charlotte ^ )bserver. ' j, There is no estimating the value t >f such a man as this Robeson coun- s y farmer to a community. His n lellow farmers may not be progres- * t .slve enough in their ideas of farm-1 |ng to follow his example, but there | is no questioning the fact that every year he is adding wealth to his county. But what this Robeson ^ county farmer is doing can be done ; rfght here In Dillon cojuity. Cot- ti ton has a powerful grip on the e people, but experience has shown fe that success has followed in the foot " steps of every man who has had the courage to break loose from it. We n know of a man near Goldsboro who ^ plants his farm In truck every sprlr| A iand then raises a crop of cotton. J The richest lands on his place are f. the lands he uses for trucking pur- s poses and he makes more cotton on > the land that produced a crop o? *1 beans in the spring than he makes ^ on the idle lands?and this, too, >. without adding another pound of h fertilizer. He makes more than *' enough on his truck to pay for b planting, harvesting and markettng (.' Ik- his oottoo Hf \l? better wff than ^ |, the * Bfahfci k n^tiiMlVrii,, AftrtVf ' ' : v * ' r 'a- .* . Thf Tarrrns System. a As the State Farmers Union 1 y idorsed the Torrens System of j, II rja?4 t V/-\ ili\o/in? ov anation of what it is is repro- u iced from the Columbia State: tl The Torrens system was de- c sed by Sir Robert Torreris, and e rat put into operation in Auralia, where so many modern I ilitical and, legislative reforms f ive had their beginnings. The stem abolishes most or all disactions between real estate and irsonal property, and its chief , jjects is to remo\e the difficul-j^ es. delays, and expenses inci- j ?nt to the transfer of real es- , u .te under the old English sys- Q m developed out of the feudal 8 nures. a In Australia there is a regisar'a office with whom the . .viier of a tract of land, held by 0 te old tenure, deposits a desriptton of his property ar.d r stains a certificate of ownerlip. The registrar's office exmines the iltte carefully and ie certificate guarantees its (1 gality, whether as absolute or ith conditions attached. If the," tie were to a life estate. the! irtiiicute would so states. Bach pplicctit for a c-ruficAte pays a mull lee out cf which s_n ir.sur11 ce tund is created. From this I lnd the btute protects it s-c-lf n ; 'i:Ie guaranteed by the gioL.ar .5 attached and the is .i.'io i c, inch unity lie li.'id-'i* < i the certificate. Atttr t:.o i .nd o.viicr has e? !.ar (-(> 1 r.iuniiiK'Uts of title t.'.y tiu? (ddtr system and r.elvcd a ce: tiiiCtite i'.om tlie rciitrar s office, he in. y cn.us/cr no <?.; ' Ii -cote by endirsemeut as ic or.id r shore in u bank or otton mill. Of course, he may ledge the certificate for money orrowod as he would a personal < ecuriiy Registration in the egistrui's office vita each trans-, er cf the certificate is required, or which a small fee is charged, flic- necessity for the examina-; ion of titles, it will be serii, is eliminated, because the State; piarantees the title described in he certificate,and the expense md delay of foreclosure proceed- | ngs are removed, because the ertificate may be disposed of irecisely as may a certificate of hares in a corporation. The ystem, with modifications, has 1 een adopted in Illinois, Massa-; ' there states and also in N'cw t ieaiand and several of the Caria- f iar. provinces. f i lie argument in liivoi *:i cue ystem is obvious. Every bor- ? owing farmer is famihar with . ? tie fexeer.se and difficulty at iclied to using his land as se- i urity in a bank. A bank, on i ccount of the expense and do-; lys in foreclosure proceedgins,; \ , reluctant to lend more than i 1 alf or three fourths of the value ? n a small body of real estate: 1 nd when a borrower has paid .ie cost of examining the title t nd drawing all papers, his in- j | sresc charges are in effect mater- 1 illy increased. I One argument against the plan i 1 though based on the weakness of uman nature, is not without force. 1 t may be said that the very diffiulties of disposing cf land, work o keep it in possession sometimes ' f men who would, lose it if they c ouldsell it as easiiy as they can : ell a horse or a hog. The manifest.* nswer to this is that the removal ' f the obstacles to the selling of 1 and would make It more valuable. 1 .*wyers and courts' fees under tho ' iresent system, are a heavy tax 1 ubtracting from the value -of the ' and itself. Therefore a3 the land ' s made more valuable the Incenive to hold It grows stronger. Betdes, the progress of society ought lot to be delayed for the sake of 1 he Improvident man who cannot ' ake care of himself. ( w < TRKD SHOT AT WO- < MAN KILLS HIMSELF. 1 I'oniun Through the Hand ami ' the IjoIh? m( One Ear. Knoxvllle, Tenn. Aug. 25?Pedes- 8 rians on south Broadway late this f vening saw Heary Gardner, aged ' 6, approach a woman, fire two shot 1 t her, then turn the weapon upon j? lmself and commit suicide. c Gardner is the son of a farmer 8 Iving three miles from the city. The v oman he tried to kill was Mr3. 8 dlen Ball, who came here less than a week ago*from Pelzer, S. C., and N revious to that resided at Spar- ; irvburg, S. C. The woman was 1 lot through one hand and the lobe ' f one ear and though removed to c hospital, is only slightly hurt. ^ ardner fired two shots into his 11 rft breast and died almost Instant- a r. He left a note stating that he * ad rather die than live without the 1 oman, adding that she had gone ? ack on him. Gardner's friends ippose he met the woman in South arollna, where he had been work- b if, and tkgt. he .became lnfatua|e4 la "'his ' i rli'friilfif i rnp, m iv '?J iiijjy i The editor apollgises to The Her- m Id's readers this week both forjfl lie late hour at which the paper E i published and its mechanical ap- K ea ranee. We had made arrange lents to publish a day ahead of P Ime this week in order to give the I omplete returns from the primary J arly Wednesday morning, but it H ) always the unexpected that bap- E ens, and everything combined tOiV rustrate our plans. The editor E as been sick all the week, the It- B otype, which has been working moothly ever since we put it in, B ot contrary and refused to work. I he office work get out of system. C ne of our printers got into trouble ud instead of being a day ahead E f time with rhe most Important is- I uc f the year we are more than day behind time. Of c;urse it s P acrtifying to see other payers com- jjfl ? ;: ii: v*?t full returns from the lei tiv>i. while The He:.: Id is delayd conveying information to lis e.:u- r , but when a i:.;::; dots the est can t- > o\ e< av. obstacles in', then falls he must bow to the laudato of the fates*. 1-Jut this is 'no of the joys of newspaper work. A"' v ''us Bbacti .o?Q]';TS . .? . r -.>.<??-> ?i ?* \ cuoosos cuii :r.:< > > a -#1 ' sonal beauty *j '' f little effort * ^ - orc:c;*iase. | , v.-oar an V ; ' }' AMERICAN ? V/ A ^ liEAUTI )\v : / \ si.co 10 ss.co A // \ A ..... /Al^uL\ ' \ il wlU linProve T, 'J 1' if1 '< w the appearance j j of any gown that jp y VA'< ^ i= worn over it. L KALAMAZOO CORSET CO. ? Exclusive M-'kcs u KALAMAZOC . MICH. Because we ^elieve i:i then "? J. sell and reconimend them. j| FOR SALEBV U E- L- MOORE & O i Widowers. J It is a sad thing to be a widower. 1 if a widower mopes around and ^ von i mingle in society and refuses ^ o take part in any little innocent i imusement the women say he is put i ing it all on for fear folks will ^ hink his gritf is not real. Jl if lie mourns for the convention- ? il period and then begins to sit up ^ tnd take notice, the women say he ^ s a callous brute and they pity the J voman who is foolish enough to ^ narry him. L if he puts in all his spare time ?1 vith the children, they say it Is too ? >ad he doesn't pick out some moth- ^ ;ii.< wuuiau aaa marry ner and get % lis children a real home. ^ If he doesn't spend all his spare ^ ime with his children, they say the J. ?oor little things are cruelly neg- J ected, and that's what might lie ex- ^ let ted of a man anyhow. i A J KIIjLKI) BY TRAIN. f lYhite Woman Thrown Fifty Feet 1 and Ha> Her Neck Broken. Florence. Aug. 28.?Phonie Bai- ^ ey, a white woman about 65 years : k if age, was struck by a northbound ^ rain about a mile from Mars Bluff o ?arly this morning and instantly F. tilled. The woman was walking I fl ip the track and was wearing a ^ lonnet which prevented ber from I tearing the approaching train. She was thrown about 50 feet up the rack and her neck broken, resultng In instant death. ? m ? ? Ira Wallace's Fine v Crops. Your correspondent. In company with a friend had the pleasure af'orded him a few days ago of a irive through the country. About linner time we met with our genial 'riend, Ira Wallace, who as he always is, had on a broad smile, and leing invited called t-o examine his 'ine crops. Mr. Wallace has from unall beginnings and honest method lecured a nice farm from which he ?ains a livelihood and each vear ays by in store a good margin of K >roflt. We found eotton planted ,p rom well selected varities of seed, : ultivated In the most approved ityle on lands that yield under faorable conditions two bales per icre, and corn looking as luxuriant is the farm regions of the Nile alley. We think any one would do well o talk with our friend and get rom him his p4ans and study them losely with a view of improving con litions on the farm. We could in aany Instances Increase our yield nnually by the systematic and inenslve methods employed and In his way be able to live under our *n vine and fig-tree. H. B. The first bale of new cotton sold j ijr J. W. Rowland In Dillon on 31st ] nd wag bought by The gtubb* fCo. | ',1 .. . s ' >., ! I Morris B \ >9 mWrHMKMHSH '?^jV# sVy*^Aj I SI.50 to SI-'.50 I ?r/^ ^9^ It you will come, see ! / and try on a few of /.? ~ the unusual ready-to Fk^ wear garments, we i !{ _ . Iyour UTTLS'MARY* k cl. L III) v\ S.ll )V\ tll^, \ Oil t>i 7-1 f T/ *? _ ?-? ri a r\ a -r ^ DL-5K. NCT FAR A\n i surely will be favora- ANOTHER LITTLE (SIR YOU REMEMBER WhE ftj blv impressed #bv AND WERE YOU EVER iff Din NnT HAVF Nirr r J IS their attractiveness TO JCHftoL? IF YO \ MARY JANE-5' WELL, J of pattern, stvlc and LE<5<50N<5 BETTER. \ \ WHAT THE DRE<5<5E<5 i workmanship. We THEIR BOOK<5, E-5PEC J A HAT FOR $ J00 A I f like to show them. oR A CoRT FOR $5.0 \ LITTLE MARY JAN > JANE<5' WARE. BRII \ . RI6 THEM OUT. CHIt J OUR -5TORE. I-- co?v?i??*t l?O STROUSt a BROS, autimqhc If your will come, see and try on ( unusual ready-to-wear garments, u showing, you will surely be favora ed by their attractiveness of pati | and workmanship. We like to [Dept. S Fass'jj JRNE I.S NOW AT HER. 'AY FROM HER WAY .SIT 41 -0, .L SETTER. DRESSED. Do }/ # :n you were a child, a x l ashamed because you if Lotheas when you wint / % u clothe your ll\fl'e, / THEY WILL .STUDY T?^ VILL IT NOT BE WoRl COaST TO HAVE THEM Lo\ ? IALLY WHEN YOU CAN C? ?air or ^hoe-5 tor * i f m 0. WE have everyth* E-5' AND BIGGER MAIL !l MG THEM IN AND LET /. #,DREN ARE WELCoMT f ^ I #" ? i)r Smart Clothes 1 $20 to $27 F t Clothes | ^ 1 SIR tn *9!R 1 3 ^ waw l?v vmv f m ^ CO * a- d Clothes ^ & f~m $10 to $15 ? O f |3* I lolly warranted - p. i lew ol the ?|L I ire are nowfl ||j * bly impress- 4HR/ t gj M 1 j. ip i x