The press and standard. [volume] (Walterboro, S.C.) 1890-current, October 21, 1908, Image 7
Torrens Sys?
tem of Land
Registration.
In pnrsuancce of n solution
iuloptf'tl at- a joint meeting of the
Richmond •’hamoer of Conum-ree
and I’ost A of the Travelers’" Tro-
tecti e Association, held October
lt>o5, endorsing the Torrens System
of l^and Registration, and instruct
ing the undersigned Committee "to
circulate such literature through the
JStutes as they may see tit for the pro
motion of this cause,” with a view of
securing the necessary legislation hy
the next General Assembly, the
earnest attention of the people of
Virginia is called to the subjoined
article.
L Zu.MORRIS,
John Murphy,
Robert I>ecky, Jr,
W T Rad,
R W Spilmm,
Committee.
1. A title ia examined ONCE offi
cially, and confirmed by order of
1
Court. That ends the matter, and
It impoeea no liability on the Com
monwealth.
It will mc*-e than pay tor itself.
There is no valid reason why auy one
cuts out the endless examinations of shouM object.
titles now necessa-v. Your title is Section loo of our new Constitution
registered, and vou have made a ^P^ally authom e the Legislature to
i i -ii adopt the Torrens Svstem lu \ irginia.
permanent improvement, which will , . . ..
f It has been approved bv the \ iigtniJi
last as long a* the law prevails, and State Par A.— ciHiion. ihe Har Assocta
will never call for betterments or re- tion of ;he Cit v ot Ku-hmood, the Vir-
I j'-airs.
Yon are then given a certificate
of title, which guarantees to till the
world that you have such trie as is
set forth therein to the-lands therein
irinm Ilniiker* ihe Virgin-
in BCurd ol Trade, the Virginia Beal
Keiate AMocintinu. and tha Chamber ot
Commerc. ot ihe Cits ot (tichmoud.
It is aup| ente.i by ti e Times-Dispatch,
the News-Leader and the Kveuiug
described—for example, a life estate, Jourod, of Richmond; the Landmark
or a fee simple, in who'e or in part, and tiic Virginian Pilot, of Norfolk.
the Petersburg Index Appeal, the
Frederick burg Star, the Charlottesville
] Daily Progrea*, the Staunton Daily
i News, the Harrisonburg Spirit of the
Valley, the Virginti Law l'*-gister, ami
oilier influeutul pa[>ers throughout the
State.
The Land Question
in Virginia.
(EUGENE C. MASSIF)
The State claims to be the owner
—the original and ultimate owner—
ol all her lands. This ownership
first appears in her land grants, and
is now found in the exercise of the
right of eminent domain, of escheats
and in the levying ot taxes.
Claiming and exercising these
original rights and soverign powers,
it is tbo dnty of the State to grant
good titles to her citizens and to en
able them to keep their titles good
under the just administration 1 of
equitable land laws.
This plain dnty has never hereto
fore been performed by the State,
and the time has now con e when she
must meet her high obligation.
In 1000 there were 103,800 male
citizens of the CommonweaLh as
sessed for taxes on real estate, valued,
in each instance, at not less than
free from encumbrances or subject to
suqh encumbrances as are mentioned
in the certificate.
3. You can deal with 9 this certifi
cate of title almost as freely as with
a certificate of stock, because every
body can see from the certificate
exactly what your title is.
This wi'l put your real estate ou a
, footing with your jn-rsonality, and
will add millions to the business
capital of Virginia.
i The Torrens Act will help the
farmers a,nd everybody who owns real
estate in the country, as well as in
the city.
It will kill the business of the
land grabber in Virginia.
It will enable the State to collect
her taxes promptly, and no man’s
land, when registered, can be sold
for delinquent taxes withont his
knowledge.
It will help everybody who deals
in real estate.
It will lessen the cost of treansac-
tions in real estate, stimulate and
enlarge the market, and thns increase
vainer, and when a peor man buys a
home he will get a good title to it
and no oue can take it away from
him.
It will promote development ol
<the whole State by settling ^titles.
And it will invite immigrant n, be.
Cause strangers wilL not hesitate to
buy such guaranteed title.
The Torrens System is no Experi
ment.
1SLANDTON ITEMS.
Islamlton, Oct. 17,—Special:
could not get seats at all.
Willie /eigler was the guest
of Mr. Sineath Sunday
night last also \Y illie Valen
tine of Grace community.
1 *
We were pained to learn oP
the accident of Fletcher Hari-
son who oot his le<r broken
Saturday the 10th inst with a
brogi*. nn the railroad ol the
Salkhatchi** Lumlw r P077
Mr and Mrs Hmmetr paid
Varov,!!** a pleasant call Sat-
nrda\ last.
„ Olympia.
I RI K III’LI.ETIN.
Washington, < »ct. it*.
Editor The Frees and Standard, |
. ■ ~ 1
I >ear Sir : l Mie ot the missions j
of the farmer’s Co-operative
Demonstration Work is (o bring j
an 3
Fall and Winter *
HATS
All tine latest and. new: 9
est styles in HATS and
the l>ef»t,
, througlly
proven methods of tillage.
As I see old 1 lard Times is so
far behind time I think Olym
pia will try' and be in time.
We are so glad to see Mrs
Hannah Sineath out again
after a brief illness.
Miss Vinitia Godley return
ed home Sunday after spend
ing sometime with her brother
Calep Godley of Tobie’s Bluft
s. c.
Mrs Charlie Murdaugh
spent a few days last week
with her mother, Mrs Harriet
Stone. a
Henry Rent/ was the guest
of E. C. Polk Saturday night
last
The Adventists held their
conference at New Hope Ad
ventist church ot this comunity,
beginning their meeting Wed- We heard the other day that they
nesday night last. Conference found an editor in heaven. How he
Opened Friday morning and got there is not positively known,
was carried on until Sunday 1 but it is conjectured that he passed
night.
Dinner was spread Sunday
and alter dinner the congre
gation returned to the church
and quite at interesting ser
mon was preached by Rev.
Died
seed
selection, cultivation, etc., to
each community, in the form of
demonstrations or object lessons.
In addition to this, short circu
lars are issued frequently out
lining the methods which science
lia« approved and the most sue
cessful farmers of the world have
tested. There are now one hun
dred and sixty agents engaged in
this Demonstration Work in the
Southern States.
Inclosed you will find a copy
of our latest circuit which we
will be very elad to have you
bring to the atteution of your
readers.
Yours very truly,
S. A.JKnapp,
Special Agent in Charge .
$300.00. These citizens represent Jt has been tested in South Aue-
the thrift and intelligence of the tralia since 185h. and soon spit^ul. to
Commonwealth, aud their right*J gueenshiod, Victoria, New J>outh
must be respected by our law makers. Wales, aud West Australia It hag | \yj]|j arns 0 |' Augusta The
, r, he real * aUite o1 ' Vir K inia 18 113 ' long been in operation iu Tasmania, c h urc h was packed and some
svssed at *43 3 4 millions, or nearly New Zealand, \ ancuuv. r, ami British
three times as much as all the j*er Columbia; also in Manitoba, Ontario,
sonal property returned for taxation
in the State.
You can sell your personal proper
ty or bonow money on it quickly
and at little expense. Yon do not
have to employ a lawyer to examine
the title to your horse or cow, to
your oats and hay, nor to yonr stocks
and bonds.
If yon try to sell yonr land or bor
row money on ii, the first question is:
HAVE YOU GOT A GOOD
TITLE?
No one will buy nor lend yon
money without being satisfied about
your title. It must be examined by
a lawyer, aud you have to pay the
bill.
It does not matter how often the
title has been examined before, it
has to be re examined every time a
new deal is made.
The same old titles are examined
over and over again, and every time
you have to pay the bill.
A conservative estimate, based
upon the returns from the County
Clerks throughout the State, shows
that the people of Virginia paid
more than $120,001.0° ior abstracts
of title• to lands in 10( 4.
This is nearly as much as was
spent upon all the public schools in
tho 100 cou uies of our State, and
more than half of what was spent for
public education in every city and
county ol 'he Commonwealth.
This heavy and perpetual tax ou
the people will be saved by the Tor
rens System of Land Registration.
It is not only expensive, but it
takes days and weeks to make an
examination of title, and to many
and the North-West Territory of
Cauaita, comprising the fmr pro
vinces of Athabasca, Alberta. Assine-
boia, and Saskatchewan. Even con
servative England has been testing it
since 1*62, and in 19b0 Fariiament
appropriated $1,325,000.00 tor a
Land Registry Office in Liucoln’s-
Inn-Fields. Registration of possess
ory titles has been compulsory in
London since May 1, lyoi- Nova
Scotia has recently adopted the sys
tem; and a simikr system of title
registration has been in operation in
Prussia since 1872. It has been
proven to be suited to old as well as
new countries, to monarchical as well
as democratic institutions, to large
and complicated holdings, to exten
sive estates and wild lands, as well as
to small tracts and city lots.
The Torrens System has found con
genial soil in the United States in Illi
nois, California, Massachusetts, Min
nesota, Oregan, and Colorado. and .the
Federal Government has estuth-bed it
In Hawaii aud the Philippiue Islands.
In addition to this, Arkansas, the Dis
trict of Oolnmbla, Georgia, Iowa, Ken-
tacky, Louisiana, Maine, Micnuuu, Mis
sissippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,
New York. North Dakota, Pennsylva
nia, Porto Kico, Rhode lalan 1, Tennes
see, Texas, Ujah, Washington, West
Virginia, and Wisconsin have taken
steps more or lees pronounced for its
adoption. The question la:
tshall Virginia keep np with the pro
cession, or, halting, lag behi.ni ?
If Virginia wishes to preserve an
honorable place in the m^rch of pro
gress. she most do justice to uer land
owners. The spirit of our laud
cwners Tie spirit of our taru iawa is
the spirit of mediaeval oppr »sion and
restriction. We are living uu .er a
snperaunuated system, m ■gn au d by
himself off as something good .and
slipped in unsuspected. When the
dodge was discovered they searched
the beautiful realm of that city to
all its length and breadth for a law
yer to draw up the pajK'rs of eject
ment. hut they couldn’t find one.
and of course they let the editor
stay. Carolina Citizen.
difficulties are encountered that boo- i ^ ormRn lawyers under ■: nui the
ness men frequently have not Hie ( conqueror, and veyerabl. n!> n* a
time to both, r with transactions i > I relic of au antique
volving so a *y problems. ' , f ^ ma le whcQ Uud8 v , . lr u U n-
eents
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Seaboard Land Company.
Office Over Press and Standard.
0 FOR SALE.
A desirable residence in Walterboro,
500 acre farm near Walterboro.
Several good timber propositions.
If you have property for sale, a lot, a farm, land im
proved or unimproved, a business or manufacturing
plant. Let us place it on the market for you.
It will cost you nothing.
S. N. HAWS.
isaoei!
dome to the
cm FILL
FESM.
AND VISIT THE
n*l
All thb makes land hard
slow to ha"die, and men hesitate
buy capital in lands.
The TTrens System will make
your land meicbantable. P * l11
convert lands into a quick asset a^d
render tbein available as a sour* ' f
ready*com nercial credit.
It operat e in tbe following man
ner
au
methods are not suited
Laws made when lauds v •
der royal grants and sold r
an acre sre not suited to
methods and commercial
of this day and generation
See that your represeu
House and Senate lav- r
Bill in the next Ueneral A
It !■ entirely voluntar),
gory. It simply give* you
ty to register yonr lands 1
ate lit to do so.
Feudal
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DON’T FORGET THE DATES.
NOVEMBER Ibth-2Ist, *08.
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This is the Time of the Year to Visit the City by the Sea.
WEDNESDAY “SHRINERS DAY"
Military Parade, Fantastic X Trades Display, l ire De
partment Parade and Hose Reel Contest, Automobile
Floral Parade, Foot Bail Game, Charleston vs. Savannah.
Aquatic Carnival in Harbor. Street Carnival.
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In the first place, you can’t select
only the food which your stomach
can digest.
There is always some food undi
gested, to irritate the stomach
lining.
In the next place, dieting means
partial starvation.
The body requirts many food
elementi. To omit some means to
starve some part.
When you are weak, or an organ
is weak, you particularly need your
full quota of food.
Eat what you need of the food
you want, and let Kodol, for a
little time, do the digesting.
Kodol does all that other di
gesters don’t da
Most digesters depend mainly on
pepsin, and pepsin digests albumen
only.
Kodol digests starch, fats and
phosphates just as well as albumen.
It does, in addition, all that thn
bowels do toward digestion.
The result is complete relief.
No pain, no irritation, no un
digested food.
You get your full nourishment,
yet the stomach has no work.
The stomach recovers, just like
a lame ankle, when you completely
relieve it Nature does all the
curing.
Our Guaruiew
On the first dollar bottle of Kodol
your druggist gives a signed guar
antee. If it fails to do all we claim,
your druggist returns yonr money.
You take no risk whatever. This
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