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If i i N » if \ ! fflf ! Cfet Swss anJ> Staniart w. w. SMOAK. JR. EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. —TERMS— ALWAYS II AOVAICt. Pmhlhhxl «T«ry W®dne»d*y. at Walter boro, 8. C. JL Xoiered at the Walterboro, 8. C, Poatoffice aa aaoood-claaa matter March S, 1879, under Act of March S, 1«79 to secure from the young men of Walterboro a generous number of volunteers to command this ire department. At leaRt. the effort should be made at once, and with the hook and Jadder it will be a| comparatively easy matter a little later to secure a tire-engine. THE TORRENS SYSTEM. r Through the courtesy of the Hon. D C Sanders, we have been permitt ed to read some exhaustive treatises Land WEDNESDAY. NOV. 4. 1908. Here will The Press and Standard the people's rights maintain, Qnawed by influence and unbnbed bargain. Tfet election is over djpctffl. and Taf*s on the Torrens System of Registration, and the more we study this question, the more firmly con vinced are we that it is a sensible, plain and practical way of register ing land titles that will forever do away with uooertainty of titles and the expense of examinations. This system was devised by Sir Robert. Richard Torrens, "an Irish gentle* men born in the good old county of Cook in 1814, who, with the genius ol* hi* race, M lild the world under Of course the Civic Leagtit »S £?* | Mother obligation to the Emerald CO toett-ahd-tod meet. jlale." Sir Robert was for years Collector of Customs at Adelaide, The flowers planted by the Civic I Australia, "and. becoming League in the new park are growing fami ]iar with the operation of the beautifully-joke! | British. Merchant Slipping Act of w „ vc . .4- r* » i 1®4. he began to wonder why the Well, there’s one consolation. Cot- ' , , . . . , , . ... .. , . . title to hands might not be transfer- tageville, Dr. Kirbye s town, went 1 Do you want to buy a Pair of Shoes That “WILL v> • LAST THIRTY DHYS LONGER” Than The Last Pair You Bought? ' ’If so, call and -see our new Craddick*Terry line, which contains all of -the latest styles in lasts, leathers and patterns. Call to see us at your earliest convenience and we v «’ will be glad to explain to you why “Long Wear o° Shoes” actually wear longer than other shoes. TERRY & SHAFFER, WALTERBORO. S. C. L EXCURSION RATES TO Columbia, s. c, and return via SOUTHERN RAILWAY Account South Carolina Colored State Fair the Southern Railway announces very low round trip rates from all points in South Carolina to Columbia, S. C, tickets to be sold SAVE BY USING THE ; £ti® Deering Mower and Rake, 1 L Democratic. iSTTe-dly the title to a .November 7 th to .Jth inclusive and for trains scheduled to or treasure." He had hia idea enact- arrive in Columbia before noon November 14th, 1908, limited No, Lady Vere de Vere, Walter*)©-1 ed into law by South Australia in for return until November 16th, 1908. ro surely has a Civic League for it 1858. "The object of the system ia, Ferrates, detailed infonnation, etc, apply to Southern met about a month ago, and it met. ) in a word, to render the title to land I Railway ticket agents or address tranaferablewithcertainlty celerity, J L MEEK, J. C. LUSK. >ase and cheapness. In order to do Asst Gen. Passenger Ag int, this the title is first judicially ascer-1 Atlanta, Ga. This Yes, Anxious Inquirer, Walter boro has a Business League- Don’t you remember the last meeting held? I ^ registered. Division Passenger Agent Charleston, S. C. gives We now have in Stock the INTERNA- TIONAL CO’S Reliable Disk Harrows. We are always glad to show these implements'to our friend* when in town. Parts of each always in stock. Parts of Os born Machine also carried in stock to supply purchaserofs these macnines. A. Wichman & Son "HardcKramble” should be con-1 you * cerUin ,tirtln * P° int “> d county, and to l»y oft and auperin- wipes the slate clean of all part tend the work done ? what officer. touuaetiona. No other examination I in ^ township wil) look of title will ever be necasary, be- u * « .. . after the local work in such town- cause the registration of t tles is »inal and conclusive against all the ship? Can a township vote any world." After a title is registered ditional tax if it sees fit? Then what •~u deal with it nnd not with the | j s to become of the chain gang? Moled by the fact that other places had a hard scramble in this election, loo. Wonder if frost in this climate ev er kills flowers planted by Civic Leagues in towns as far south, say, m Walterboro? mere "evidence" of The County Teacher’s Association will meet Saturday Nov. 14. This is to give notice that *e shall pub- hgh the names of those present. Titles, I According to Mr Crosby’sstatemeht, lowers etc. remain just as at present, the chain gang is not self-supporting, ut the certainty of title is establish- vVe do not know how much it lacks d and expense for examinations of 0 f being a paying investment (?) :t!es f jrever ceases. Then, too, nor w hy. We should be glad to -yal estate becomes as easily handled have p r0 hby enlighten us. If it It is a *>ity some people in thisl ^ certificates of 8tock * and may ** does not pay now, and cannot be town and county could not have bad '° ,d or * iven 88 purity as simply. put on a paying basis, why not abol- the courage of their convictions and I We trust Mr Sanders will he able igh it? This is a matter on which have voted a straight republican I 0 P** rect ^ bin ^ it* I we presume Mr Sanders would like ticket—Proileau and all. | ' ,po,lce * | some information, ao that it might be dealt with in his poposed law.— We wonder if by usihg Sam Web I MR SANDER’S ROAD LAW. I Mr Crosby can possibly enlighten ler’s "forty million hextra magnify-1 There is no question of more . im- him and us? tog" microscope one could see the I portance just now to Colleton county J ^ We approve of Mr Sanders’ "pub- flowers planted by the Civic League ] ^an that of good roads. Every Ucity plank" everything pertaining to the "park"? This is not a joke* The Civic League has some of the beat and sweetest person in it is affected by the roads to public work should be done in the of the county and every business is open, and the people kept informed, either helped or hindered by the w<e also commend his desire to have condition of the roads. It is a ques-1 a free and open discussion of this tion this paper has been hammer- matter befor it ia made law, and to ladies we know as members and if we knew just what they wanted to ^ on ^ or | ong (j me( and it is with that end we offer our columns for do—rbtom their heyta—we d advo- pj e ag Ure we no te that Hon - D C1 8U ch comments as any it with all our ability. desire to Sanders in his proposed road law I make. In justice to Mr Sanders and has incorporated some of the the other members of the delegation changes we have been advocating. we would urge those not agreeing We approve of his optional commuta- with him to tell him now of their tion tax, and we iwlieve everyone i objections and not uae it as a ham- agreed that whatever personal tax mer to knock with after the propsed is paid should be optional between jaw is passed. In a multitude of paying and working, the only differ- counsel there is wisdom, we are ence between the people bring the tald, so if there is anyone who has a amount of the tax. There are those better law than Mr Sanders’ pro- who advocate an $8. tax .'-others $6. posed law, let us have it. We are to YOU uni if 70a do not with j other, yet »4. »nd»Ull other., poJ , ure he will appreciate it. In the rtn , Mun.”eendu.Toordu«.»nd wh ” , * vor » *2- mem time we would Mkndieemuon TO SUBSCRIBERS. We ore engaged in sending out Matements to those of our subscri bers not paid in advance. We know Cbere afe thoee who dislike to have "’duns" sent them, but we are sure ■one of them hate it as badly as we 4k>. The truth of the matter is we •’need the money." Now it may be several days before we get round we will save a stamp and you a f’dun." We hope for a generous jmsponse from our friends, whom we regret to annoy. NEEDFUL KNOWLEDGE. Walterboro People Shook Learn to Detect the Approach of Kidney Disease- Tbe symptoms of Kidney trouble are so unmistakable that they leave do ground for doubt. Sick kidneys excrete a thick, cloudy, offensive urine, full of sediment, irregular passaged attended by a sensation o ‘ scalding. The back aches constant ly, headaches and dixsy spells ma; occur and the victim is often weigbe down by a feeling of languor am fatigue. Neglect these warnings am there is danger of dropsy, Bright's Disease, or • diabeates. Any one these symptoms is warning enough to'begin treating the kidneys at onos. Delay often proves fatal. You can use no better reined than Doan’s Kidney Pills. Here 1 Walterboro proof. W. R. Hickman, Police Officer, Walterboro, 8. 0., says; M I had suoli severe pains through my back and loins that if I sat down for n short time I would have to grasp some thing when getting up. I could not rest well at night and felt miserable in the morning. My kidneys were weak and the secretions contained a heavy sediment Since using Donato Kidney Pills procured from tbs Walterbor Drug Go n I have been free from tee above asen Honed annoy ances. My wife used Doan’s Kidney Pills and the results in her oase were just as satisfactory." For sale by Ml dealers. I’rioe 50 oenta. Foater-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Rene ember the name—Doan’s— and take no other. Complete Stock) commutation tax. Perhapa a com-1 by Mr Sanders of the qnestions promise on all these amounts and j aaked in this . ditorial, as they are vital. FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDED. making it $4. or eight days will be just and equitable. Ae it is now the heaves* tax any man pays ia the road U\ not the direct but the indirect One of the greatest needs that I m loads, broken vehicles, tim* Walterboro has just now, since the j V t vte. thank has beet) filled with water, is M ** Sander’s proposed law is ail ■ Fire Department. With the right so far as it goes but it does not present condition of things, Walter- go f i: enough, if he gives the main boro ia as much at the mercy of the ints. For instance hia law di* s' out to the bereaved parents, firms an before any move was made .-ot j -vide for overseers, engine* r. for securing any supply of water, t * - id working machinery nor does What is needed no is, -et least, a it i* - > mate the nature of the wo. k goad supply of hone, end n hook 1 to be done m each township— ladder company. It is hoped whether permanent or "mud-fill- UutowntuthoritaryiU *» to in -’” Don he con^mptato oboe. [enuMoyment oil a. toed engineer to' of the roads to the! DEATH OF INFANT. Hendersonville, Nov. 2.—Special: The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. H. Moore died Saturday night, Oct. 24, and was interred at Live Oak Cemetery, Walterboro, Sunday. The sympathy of the community goes notices. NOTICK—The tax books lor the town of n el'* boro will be open for »be ootketi n of town tax** et my otto* from November 1 to to, 1900, from# o'clock n tn , to t o’meek p. m j.U.LBMAOU. THE CAROLINA RICE ASSOCIATION. The above named association was formed October 14, in Charleston for the purpose of advancing the rice industry on the Atlantic coast, and for the better protection of the Carolina rice against adulterations, and for the purpose of discussing better agricultural methods. The officers are Samuel G. Stoney, president. Charleston; S. A. Marvin, vice-president. White Hall; W. E. Haskell, Jr, secretary and treasurer. Executive Committee-h amuel G. Stoney, S. A Marvin, W. E. Haskell Jr, J. StClair White and Jac. D. mi confidently to pMk * great daal for the of this entire Most complete stock of dry goods ever gotten togeth er in Walterboro. We have just finished getting together the most choice stock of dry goods, shoes, Gents Furnishings, Ladies Dress Goods, and other things too numerous to mention, ever shown in Wal terboro. These goods were bought at the right time of the market and can, therefore, be sold at the pro per figures to suit low-priced cotton. Our friends will be cordially welcomed. Come and look over our stock whether you buy or not. If there’s anything you want, you will find it at TAYLOR'S WALTERBORO’S POPULAR STORE. CALL AND GET Seeded Raisins in Pck. . > Currents in Pck, Citron, Buck.Wheat, Oat Meal. Full Line of Fancy and Heavy Groceries •• Grace & Warren. 1 9c ere eftte there will be no trouble 1 Lave charge 1014 to 11 25 ^ •' yAwg «■;- jg