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? PHOTOGRAPHS The McCord Studio I will copy any Photo, en- | large any picture und ? make High Grade Pho- | tographs for you at the $ very lowest prices. No photographer can do more nor offer any more special inducement than the ricCord Studio has always done. The HcCord Studio's motto is "Best Pictures, Lowest Prices" Come to see us. Styles in Jewelry Change as w.cll as other styles. If you want up to date Jewelry, you can be sure of getting the very latest and most cor rect thing here. What ever you buy, you can feel sure that you are right, i ?r if yon have anything that needs to be altered, repaired, or reset, bring it to us. We'll do the work well, and charge you but a moderate price. Fleming: Bros Jewelers School Time! Now is the time to buy School Books, Pen cils, Inks, Tablets, Spon ges, Slates, Rules, Copy Books and Drawing Books. A full line of state adopted books always on hand. Buy your School needs here. I Dr, Posey's Drug Store Hoard of Registration. Tho board of registration meets on the first Monday in each month. Ail who desire registration certificates must come before the board on that day. J. Pat ('a Id well, tf Chairman. the torrent system. Mr Wilton H. Earle who was re ?ently elected to the House of Repre sentatives from Greenyillo county, was interviewed yesterday by a re porter for The News, and had the following to say with reference to the Torrent* System of land registra tion. Which ho advocated upon the stamp throughout the county. Our American system. WUB suggest ed by the statute of enrollments at the time of Henry VIII. The Amer ican idea is to place a record of title in a public ofllco within tin; reach of everyone. The idea permeating the system is. i?' the record title is cor rect, everything is all right'. Hut the record is simply a copy of an or iginal instrument. When an individ ual desires to purchase real proper ty, It is necessary for him to go to j nn attorney, and have the title ex amined. The attorney charges a fee. which to a considerable extent is proportionate to the value of the land. .lust as often as the land Is sold each new purchaser must have the title examined by an attorney, ami there Is this constant attorney's fee upon the land: and if a parti cular piece of property is transferred very often, the aggregate attorney's fee is considerable, and aller the title is examined, and is pronounced cor rect, there Is a great chance that there is some defect. The abstract that an attorney should make should contain pan nts from the government, deeds and mortgages, private pro ceedings ami judicial proceedings re lating to the properly, like petition suits, petitions to quiet title, all no tices of liens, execution sales, Iis pen- . ileus, mechanics liens, and notices of special assessments, a great many defects might lie on the title to prop erly, anil yet the record is correct. For instance the recording of a forg ed Instrument has no effect upon the title, and the innocent purchaser lakes the risk of forgery, and the record title certainly cannot show this. The records do not disclose the infancy of the grantor, nor whether the grantor In the conveyance was or was not of unsound mind. A good record title may he defeated because ? one of the grantors was an infant. And the question of a subsequent will having been made, may defeat a good record title. To remedy the very many defects of the so-called American system sev ernl of the mos progressive States have adopted what is known as the Torrens System of registration of land titles. This system was introduced in the South Australian Parliament in IS.">7 by Sir Robert Torrens. and was enacted into law. Massachusetts has this system, so has Illinois. Minne sota, California. Oregon. Colorado and some other Stales. The system pro vides for the registration of title ra ther than the recording of instru ments affecting title. Under this sys tem title passes by the entry of the transfer upon the official register and not by the execution and deliv ery of a deed. The system is very simple in comparison with what we now have. The two prime objects of the system are: (It Certainty and facility in the proof of title, ami CM simplicity In dealing with lands af ter the title is first proved. The first way in which this is hoped to be accomplished Is by the Issuance of the certificate of title. This is an instrument which authoritatively shows on its face that the person named therein has a specitled estate In a specified piece of land. All boundary disputes, it is hoped, will be settled once for all. The first step is to procure the issuance of this important document called the certi. ! flcate of title. This is a new dncu cent in the law of real property In English speaking countries, No such document has been known to the English or American law of real property until this system was adopt ed. The proceedings to procure this document is set in motion by an ap plication. The applicant makes ap plication by a sworn statement. The first thing to be shown when the ap plication j, made is to give notice to those who may be Interested in the land adversely to the applicant. After the application, the true state of the title Is reported to the court, and'here Is a hearing upon this mat ter, ami a decree. This decree Is a very important thing. It Is hoped by this decree to settle the important matter of title to land once and for all and make n conclusive. The court orders that the title Is In a certain man; It orders that it be entered on the hooks, and that a duplicate of what Is entered upon the )>ooks be given to the man taking the title, In Massachusetts this Is conclusive against all the world after 30 days, except In a few cases where one year Is allowed, In Illinois, the de cree Is conclusive only against those who ore parties, and two years are given to those who desire to present adverse claims. If the decree Is conclusive, and if th's certificate establishes the tltlo Indefensibly In the person named, then purchasers may regard this as Conclusive and rely upon the simple record of entry, indefensibly of title Is aimed at under the Torrens sys tem. The next, important feature is the subsequent transfer and dealing with the land. This is one of the essen tial characteristics of the winde sys tem. The Torrens acts provide that tin* obtaining of a decree of regis tration and the entry of a certificate of title shall he regarded as an agree ment running with the hind. and. binding upon the applicant, and all his successors, and that the land shall he and ever remain registered land, and subject to the provisions of the act. The land Is dealt with thereafter as registered land. We have an analogy to that in the trans fer of stock in corporations. The stock Is transferred upon the; books of the company. The Certifi cate is only evidence of the owner's title. When title to stock Is transfer red, the certificate is surrendered and cancelled. In adherence to this prin ciple, all dealings witli the land must be upon the registry. Another feature that exists in the system is in regard to the transmis sion of the property upon the death of the owner, where it is transmitted by operation of law. The hind vests 111 the devisees, or heirs. The dif ficulty is removed by letting the prop erty pass on the owner's death to his executors or administrators to be dealt with the same as personal property. The act provides that up on the death of the owner, the land shall go to the personal representa tives the same as the personal es tate, and be subject to the same rules of administration, except as other wise provided by the act. The execu tor or administrator shall file in the court a certificate of heirship. There is another characteristic fea ture, and to many this seems to be the chief characteristic, the insur ance feature. Torrens suggested an ' insurance bom'. In Illinois, it is one tenth of one per cent., and this is to he used to indemnify those who there after may prove their claims to be good against the land. The general principles of the sys teni are as follows: (1) Public ex amination of title; (2) registration of title after this examination; (3) the issuance of the certillcate of title on eacli subsequent transfer; (5) notice upon this certificate of any matter affecting the title to the land; (G) indemnity fund providing for loss. Mr. Bearle says that men of experi ence are in favor of changing in some way our present system, and in the recent canvass of the county for the , House of Representatives he advocat ed the Torrens system, and the sy.; tem lias been endorsed by the Far mers' union of the State. Mr. Karle will introduce a bill embracing the! best, feature of the different acts of the different States that have adopt ed the Torrens act. at the next ses sion of the legislature.?Greenville News. ALMOST BEACHES Till: LIMIT. South Carolina Has Borrowed $500,. 000 Since JailUlirj First. Columbia, Sept. 10.?The stun of $550,000 has been borrowed by the state treasurer since the first of the year to pay the necessary expenses of the State government. This mon ey has been secured in three loans of $200,000, $200,000 and $1,500,000. The several loans were made through the Palmetto National bank, of this Olty. At the last session of the general assembly the State treasurer was authorized to borrow the sum of $(100.000. This was an Increase of $100,000 over the amount borrowed In 1000. The statement was made at the treasurer's office that it would not be necessary to borrow any more money for the present year. The first tax money will be received by November 15. Your complexion as well as your temper is rendered miserable by a dis ordered liver. By taking Chamber' Iain's Stomach and I.Ivor Tablets you can Improve both. Sold by Laurent) Drug Co. lion he Escaped. (From Truth.? Two Americans were disputing as to which had experienced the greatest cold in winter. Said one: "In the par! of Iceland where 1 was last summer the ground Is frozen so hard all the year round that when they want to bury a man they just sharpen his feet and drive him In with a pile hammer." The other replied: "Yes, I know that place. Didn't stay there long -found It not bracing enough for me. Went on to a small town further north. The hotel where I was staying caught fire. My room was on the top story. No fire escape or ladders In that primitive settlement. Staircases burnt away. Luckily kept my presence of mind. Emptied my bath out of the window and slid down the Icicle." We have just received a shipment of Axtnlnlster Hugs, in beautiful new patterns, both floral and oriental, they are regular $2.">0 rugs. W'a offer them while they last at $1,00. S. M. K- K. II. Wllkes & Co. Each Department Rapidly Filling With GOO ? ? e ? ? ? With the arrival of new merchandise the in terest in new goods is manifested on the part of the public. We shall make this the most attract ive place to buy in Laurens. Our stocks are larger and more varied, each department is a store within itself, the new Dress Goods and num bers of Ready =to= Wear Hats, in fact new goods have been coming in the past week for every de= partment. Now is the time to buy your Ginghams, Per cales and Suitings for School Dresses. We have just what you want, come in and look through this department. Shoes for school wear, the kind that boys and girls like and mothers and fathers want. Come and look through our stock and you will find just what you are looking for and the prices much lower than you would expect at the present price of cotton. SWITZER CO. m m m # e If it's a surface to be painted, enameled, stained, varnished or fin ished in any way, there's an Acme Quality Kind to fit the purpose. sronsr Reasons 'aintiftg 1. The wood is thoroughly dry. Summer*s sun has removed all moisture. 2. Paint penetrates deeper into dry wood. The deeper it goes the better it holds. 3. A. Fall weather is warm, dry and dependable. hit tic dlinger of cold, damp, rainy days* which endanger the durability of the paint. Wet weather decays and de stroys unprotected surfaces. Lack of paint means unsightly and less 'valuable property. 5. Fall painting keeps out winter moisture. The greatest enemy to the life and beauty of all structures. Ask us about ACME QUALITY HOI)SR PA TNT It insures the greatest pro tection and beauty, at the least cost per year of service. Questions cheerfully answered. NICHOLS & ROPER, Laurens S C