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LAURENS MAN KILLS ANOTHER T. T. Simpson Shot by T. R. Pitts in Btirnwell County. BOTH MEIN FROM HERE ?iiili .Men From Here Trouble Load, in:', to Tragedy Is Said to have Itcen Domestic Quarrel. Barn well. Sept. 25.- in an alterca tion at Robbins Friday afternoon T. T. Simpson was shot twice and killed by his father-in-law, Travis R. Pitts. Indications are that the tragedy is lite result of a domestic quarrel. Al ter the killing Pitts gave himself up to the authorities and has hen lodged in .tail. Moth Simpson and Pitts are Lau rens county men .the former of whom has been working for a lumber com pany at Robbins, in Baritwell county. Several days ago Pitts received sev eral tolograms from his daughter, Urging him to come to her at once hut giving no explanation of the urgency of the call, lie told several of his friends of the messages re ceived and lett for his daughter's home. Simpson is said to have ordered JPItta away which started a mw. Simpson 11 rod once hut missed, and the lire was promptly returned, two shots taking effect and result inn in death. Pitts is about ."?() years o! ago and is ii painter by trade, Simpson's body was taken to I.aureus Saturday afternoon and was buried at Pocky Springs church. Ho was a son of Thomas S. Simpson of Laurens county and was well connected, lie had been living at Bobbins about a year. Mil. II. V. PIN SON UliEtTKD Cotton Weigher for Cross Hill .1. A. Ciilberison Magistrate. Cross Hill. Sept. 19. Dr. .1, II. Mil ler ami Mr. .1. II. Name loft last Tuesday for New York to buy goods. Miss Kale Austin teacher in the Thornwell Orphanage school spent the weeka-end with homefolks here. Miss Mattie Mae Novlllo a teacher here spent Saturday and Sunday with her mother in (Million. Mr. Austin Leainan is at home lor a few days, lie expects to take a bus Inoss course at Draughans in Columbia this fall and winter. Miss Nan Doulwarc of Greenwood visisted friends in Cross llill lasl week. Cotton picking is being rushed and the ginns in town are kepi busy. Mr. II. W. Head of Decatur, Ca. stopped over here Saturday with friends on his way to college at Clin ton. Miss 1311a Mae Martin loft lor Win I hop last week; Karle Kasor will go to Pur man, Lyl Koamnn and Paul McGowan to Presbyterian college of South Carolina. Mr. ami Mrs. .1. .1. McSwnlll of Green ville wens Cross Hill visitors last week. Mis. Mary Nance Daniel and little Lucia of Saluda is with her father, Mr. It. D. Nam e. Mr. ami Mis. ><!. W. Llpscoiuh of Greenwood county wore Cross Hill Visitors Saturday. The contest for cotton weigher and magistrate at Ih" election last Tues day was settled in favor of Mr. II. A. Pinson for cotton weigher and Mr. .1. A. CtllbortSOII the present IllCtllllheilt for mnglsl rate. .1. WRIGHT N ASM IPPOIXTKB. Will Succeed ,1. p. (1 Ion ii as Member of Asylum Board. Gov. Ansel has appointed .1?, Wright Nash, of Spnrtauburg, as a member of the hoard of regents or the Slate Hospital lor the Insane to lake place of J, Perry (lletill, whose death occurred sevoral days ago. Mr. Nash Is a well known attorney ami was for a number of years a member of the house from Spartanburg county. The appointment of Mr Nash Is for n term of six yoars. The other members Of tllO hoard are Dr. W. W. Kay. Congnrce; Iredell Jones Rock Hill; W. .1. flooding, Hampton, and Dr. J, ii. I lay lor, Co lumbia. The State Have you seen the big value in lied room Suits that we are offering It Is sure to pleuse yon in price, quality and styles, ask to see it. It's only $'.{? 50 lor (he complete suit. S. M. & E. II. Wllkes A Co PRINCETON PERSONALS. Co H?ge Boys and Girls Off For \noth or Year's Work. Princeton, Sept. 19. -Services were Conducted at the Baptist church Sun day morning by Rev. T. V. McCaul of Clemson college. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Traynhain of llotion Path Bpeni Sunday with rela tives here. Rev. Foster Speer was called to the bedside of his sick father in iiowndesville Friday. Mr. and Mrs. J, R. Callaham and Mr. and Mrs. James Black of Honeu Path \isited the former's sister Mrs. .1. I,. Ilngweli last week. Mr. Archie Britl of Charlotte spent a few days with Dr. Britt. Miss Pearle McCuen entertained a lew of her friends Thursday. Among the number were Misses Annie Mc Cuen, Bessie Qalnes, Sara and Susan Britt, Mary and Lidle Bagwell. Mrs. \V. II. Monroe and children spent several days with her father. Mr. S. .1. Units near llonea Path last week. Mr. Kniest Machen of l.aurens vis Ited his lather last week. Master .1. P.. Artiold has returned home alter a pelasant visit to relatives in l.aurens. Mr. and Mrs. Reamcs of Greenville etil.lowil in their auto to spend Sunday witli the former's sister Mrs. \v. I. Freeman. || Messrs Clarence Hurls and Clarence lllack id' llonea Path \isited friends Thursday evening. itov. Luther Mitchell of Greenville spent Sunday here. The young people were given a lawn party at the home of Mr. James Scott on last Thursday evening. Several of our young people leave this week. Miss Sara Britt for Lime stone college, Mr. Hen C. Pramblett for Ornngeburg and Mr. Henry A Freeman lor Clemson college. Mr. Jeter McCuen who has been at home lor several weeks on account of sickness, leaves today lor his work in llonea Path. WHERE Tili: SOUTH LOST. Inn or Three Ways by Which New Imgland Forged Ahead of Us. New Hngland was wise enough to sei' that buying negroes to do poor work did not pay. and that educating her own children to do good work did pay. The South, has fallen be hind because it has had the wrong end of both these propositions. Thank God, however, we are at last waking up and are beginning to train our own people, and we shall soon In ein to give our Southern chil dren Hie same educational advantages that the New Hngland children have had. ami so have our agricultural and manufacturing development such as will make us worthy rivals of New Hngland even in material prosperity. .lust in this connection, moreover. I am reminded that while Nesv Kng lnild has been far too wise to allow her Children to bo worked in cotton mills, or any other manufacturing en terprises, thousands of our own white children have been stunted in body and mind in order to make dividends for New Hngland capital Invested in the South, in Massachusetts no child under fourteen is allowed to work in a factory under any circumstances whatever; mi child tinder, or between fourteen and sixteen, unless able to read and write, and not only to read and will.', but to read ami write well enough to enter the fourth grade,? ami no child Is allowed to do night work under any circumstances. More than this, no child can be employed by any factory unless a sworn cer tificate ns to Its age be given by Its parents, and this certificate approved ns correct by the local school commit tee or their agent, and kept, on file for Inspection by truant officers whose duty it is to see thai all children who ought to be are in school. doing further, the manufacturer must keep posted, a list of the names of all minors employed by him, and t lie Slate employs fourteen factory in spectors, n part of whose duties it Is to see thai these laws are enforced. Massachusetts is far too wise to sacrifice her future by grinding out the lives of little children, however much the Yankee may be said to care for the dollar. It Is with shame that we confess that the same can not be said of every Southern State.- Clar ence Poe. :;i Raleigh t.v C.) Pro gressive Farmer and Gazette. Beautiful line of Lace Curtains just recolved, they are reasonable in price and the quality Is sure to please von k J-k M. & K. If. Witkes & Co. THE TORRENS SYSTEM. Mr. Editor: Now that the smoke of battle, polit ically speaking, has cleared away, tin people will lei the liquor question rest temporarily at least, ami. po haps eon shier other matters. There is evidence that our people are heg inning to see the necessity for reforms in laws other than those that an- merely police regu lations. The interest ??entered in pro posed legislation as to morals has re garded, more or less, agitation concern ing economic burdens. Wo haven't been much concerned about hindrances to our commercial and social development but at last wo see signs of a growing "insurgency" against the "stand pntism" of our pre sent system of superanunted principles of law relating to real estate. This is patent in the fact that the Farmers' union, and many of our papers, among them heing your valuable publication, have endorsed The Torrens system of Land registration and transfer, which by the \va> is the exact technical name of the system. Ami this is well. The present system has not developed far from the principles applicable in the days of William the Conqueror, whose mormon lawyers devised it. \\'c ought, therefore, to shake off (In- last vestige of Feudalism. This more modern law. known as the Torrens System, is not an inno vation of experiment. In practice it dates bac% to LS58, and takes its name from it originator Sir Robert Richard Torrens an Irish gentleman, horn in the good old County Cork, who was for years collector of customs at Ado. laide, South Australia, ami who. be coming familiar with the British Mer chant Shipping act began to wonder why the title to land could not be as easily and quickly transferred as the title to a Cargo of treasure. After much study of this problem, in IS50, j he succeeded hi having his idea enact ed Into law. In practical operation I it has been wonderfully successful, It is In operation in many countries and states among them being England, Prussia, parts of (lormany, Tasmania, New /calami. Vain over, British Co lumbia, and other parts of Canada. California, Colorado, Oregon, Minneso ta. Illinois, Massachusetts, Progress has been made towards ils establish ment in Virginia, Tennessee, New York ami Georgia. The Federal Government has put it into operation in the Phllll pines, Porto Rico and Hawaii. So we find that experience shows that It i WOll adopted to old as well as new countries, to inonarchlal as well as democratic institutions, to large and complicated holdings, wild lands, small tracts and City lots -and It follows the good old democratic principle oi conferring the greatest good on the greatest number. The object of the system is to roil der the title to laud trausferrable with certainty, celerity, case, and cheap ness. a title is examined once olllcial ly. It is then confirmed by decree ol [court. Then the title is registered. A duplicate certificate is issued which is an absolute guarantee to the world that the owner has such title as is forth therein to the lands therein de scribed. For instance it may be a fee Simple, or a life estate, flee from encumbrances or not as mentioned in the certificate, This Certificate is dealt I With as freely as a certificate of bank stock, or a registered bond. Anybody can at once see just what a man's ti I tie really l.s without. Consulting a law yer. By registration a new starling point is obtained, nml the State |s wiped (dear of all past transactions. Once registered, a man's title is con clusive against ail the world and no other examination is ever necessary. Real estate is placed on (he same prin ciple as personal. A'registered title is the best possible collateral lor a loan, short or long term. Your owner ship is guaranteed ami is absolutely safe. These arc some of the facts and advantages of the Torrens System. There are many others, space alone forbids their enumeration. I am thor oughly convinced that such a system is vastly to be desired to the present slow, expensive, uncertain ami some times, hazardous, methods of transfer ring titles t ? land. By a system of laud tenures ami laws superanunted, and a relic of the days of Feudalism I trust the subject in all its phay.es1 Sd details will continue to be agi fed to the end that our legislature II enact a Torrens law. because 1 mn Satisfied, that a system that offers ab solute safety, certainly, celerity ami cheapness will benefit everybody di rectly and Indirectly, a. c. Todd. ^?JLT*N OF SULU VISITS HEW YORK Cl 1 Y Oriental Potentate Mill Kiijoy (lie Sights of New Vork for SO ?Till \\ i'OkSa Now York. Sept. 21, 11 ad j I Mohn in mod .itunliil KIrani II, sultan of Sulu, titular Ik .nl of thu Mohainmodan faith in tlio Phflliplno Islands nml pun sinner of tho United States, arrived today ou hoard the steamer SI. Louis, accompanied hy Data llnjo Moda, his personal advisor; Diaries .1. YVorhle, an interpreter, and .1 retinue of four Jolo attendants. Uoi'o lo inect 11.o sultan and givo liim forntal welcome t<> (ho t'nitod States w.-is Major Hugh L. Scott. Pour, teenth United States cavalry, formerly governor of tho Sulu archiiielago. The oriental potentate will remain in Now York several weeks and will later visit tho principal <? iti?-s of tho United sen- s. KIrani II througli the Interpreter, said that 111? - visit to America Was lite fulllllinoui hi ? niosl cherished wish, and lio foil thai Ins most extravagant (Irenins concerning Ihe i'niled Stales would fall short of the reality. On tho question of :i plurality of wives tlio sultan said he wnnlod ii un derstood thai In' has at Hie present linn .insi one wife. "I helievo it is host now to have hut one wife," he said. "An iiliundahcp o!" wives niakos one a loi poorer and in oilier ways causes ton much l rouble " 'lin s t Man l ^-i no tpc.e in plunging into the exploration of New York and found more and more to marvel at as his Investigation proceeded, "It is greater a million times than I cvor dreamed," was his common! tonight.. New Yorkers found the sultan almost as much of a wonder as the city was to him and when and where he appeared on the street mi enormous retinue of the curious followed h's party. The first request of the sultan was for a view of the city from one of the skyscrapers, Prom the tower of a building he spent an horn- in vlowing the panoramic display. "We don't have any buildings like these i soe." ho | commented. "Why don't you erect a skyscraper when you return lo Jolo?" he was asked. "I think I will, What do Ihoy cot t ?" was his response, h'ccdlllU Ml Corn Kxpciishe ami \\ iistcl'ul. \|an.v readers liave heeded our ad vise and have s?j\Vod or planted pasture crops, There are probably j more, however, who will fatten tho I hogs in the old way, on corn in a dry |pt. Wo feel sorry for (hose people, for every pound of pork made during tho fattening period, will he made al a coat of front v 12 cents n pound live weight. To those who have I lie cowpens, soy henna or peunul . we wish lo state thai ihoy v. ill IIlid ii prw?tnblo lo feed a litil?' corn, oven al a cost of from CO to SO cents a husliel. to the hog i while Ihe.v lire grazing these legiiino chops that are rich in protein. While it Is dillicull t<> ohtiiln HO cents a husliel foi corn alum- fed to hogs in a dry lot, IMofei . or Cray, of the Mnhamn Kxporlmcnt Station, suites i that he Iuih obtained ns much as si a husliel for n little corn fed while the hogs Were grazing legume erops like soy bean and |ieannts, Tho tllf ferenccH in t vulin ohlainetl from feeding corn uudei tin e ?lifferenl con ditions arc 'im' to the. fne| thai corn alone Is deficient in protein, while the legniine crops are deficient in carbo hydrates, and ii reipiin < llie two feed> to balance eacdl other and ohtain the hesf growl ll We would not advise feeding more than one-fourth or one flft.li as 11:11? Ji corn when llio hogs are '?a cowpohs, soy beans, or poapiits, as would he necessary to miiko a full feed of cprii, lialolgh (N. t'.? Pro gressive l-'nitner and Ca/.'iic. < m:vi:it womi \. "?I%\ii.t Keep Their Hair I'iiscIiiiiIIiik and I ree from IhindriiiY. Almost everybody in Laurens know. tliat thoro is no preparation for the hair that can compare with 1'niisian Sai^e. It cures dandruff, stops falling hair and Itching scalp in two weeks, or money hack. it puts radiance ami Insloi into that dull, lifeless i.air that niah> women possess, and does il in a few days. On March IttlO, Lulu i>. Klx of Itaphlne. Vn., wrote; "Parisian Sago is a Wonderful hair restorer; .-top ped my hair from falling out and stop? pod my sonlp from itching; also cured ihe dandruff, Parisian Sage e sohl hy Lauren;-. Drug Co. for [>u centu a largo bottle. As Easy as a Moccasin Foot muscles that rebel at being bourn up in stiff shoe leather should never be forced. Feet that fret make work, fun, or even rest, impossible. If your feet are sensitive, <ro to our dealer in your town and ask to be shown The SOUTHERN GIRL $2.00 SHOE $2.50 made flexible?made with the stillness taken out. It has solved the shoe problem for thousands of women to whom new shoes are simon-pure torture. The sole is solid ami toujrh, hut it bends like a moc casin. The vamp is oi kid, soft but tough as a board. You'll vote this shoe the most comfortable you ever slipped on. Style all you care for. Wear?it's a Southern Co'rl and the Southern Girl shoe has a reputation in that line. Wade in all Styles slippers pumps lace anil button boots. CRADDOCK-TERKY CO., I V\( IIIUIUC,, VA. ! School Outfitters With the opening of the city and county schools we are prepared to meet your needs for the school room. A complete line of Tablels,|lnks, Pencils, Books, Drawing Materials etc. Let us fill your wants Palmetto Drug: Company, Laurens, S. C. FOR * AT ONCE ^ The condition < >l \\v In ill Ii makes il necessary l"i me ? lo leave the stale in <pu I i l i in-.:- suitable climate Therefore, I wish to ell immcdiateh tli< property here V listed. Jfc One two-story t 2 room dwell in;;, cornet of I lampion and Laurel streets, electric light . sewerage and bath. Cm One one-story ?s room fI\vc*l 1 iiijlv Laurel street, elec trie lights, sewerag? liolh of these residcnei ; arc tut vet ) desirable lots, close in, and convenient, and in the best neighborhood of \ ( it\ . Three brick stoic- rooms, with lory above, now occu? ^ pied b\ the Rarbei Shop. Mahafl'e\ \ llabb and one being \k remodeled, This is quilc likelv the only properly on the square that can he had at any price, grasp this oppor ?2 lunity. Will sell as a whole <>: separately. ^ One-half interest in lvnlcipri.se bank building. It is ''L not necessary lo describe this modern properly. Ask the ^2 price if you mean business. Now occupied by Swilzcr Co. lP One one-horse farm of 2X acres, just one-eighth of mile out side of city limits, very desirable, ?2 1 can make satisfactory terms 011 any of above des ^ erihed properly. .Send in yoiti bids al once as I mean 1 business. . W. MARTIN Laurens, S. C.