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M7HTKK WATCHMAN, Consolidated Aug. 2,1 0 dtjgfffifattbman anil *outbr?n. Wed hps day and Saturday ? BT? ?STEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY lUaTia, a c ll.lt par annmaa?In advaaee. ar?r Insertion.Sl.tO Mlwequent laeertloa.ft far thrae months, ar will ee made at redeoed rata?, aaaaaauntcatlana welch ?ab private tatmses will ee aa edvertlessaeae* aad trioutee of far. aAKUER IN IX>VK of DRESK Yttnett UM f That da? Average Bi Qnrl afaoa id Be Moat Careful < AH n A clerk In California volcad the average anUi&<*nt. "There are very tew man who have good tense. A goad figure, a pretty face, or clothes, ta about all most of them consider." V Now. If the business girl were only paid all she earns, this dressing up to ratet* a husband would be far from the aarious affair that It la says Rob art Haven Schauffer In gucceee Maga ekee. But. because her usual wage is so pitifully low. she is often tempted beysed her strength. I do not mean a aap that most business girls are beyond their strength, for moat of them live at home and earn a saere contributory wage. Surely tneae girls lead as pure lives as those of any class In America. They pay abeermally low rats* for board to haar mothers. Many pay none. They pat a aar I y everything they earn upon their backs, and thus are enabled to set the pace for thoae less fortunate slates'e who live In furalihed rooms aad have to make scanty earning** award, clothes, and everything go It comes about that th? business lift earn ins: far leas than her factory slater, spends on* bo-.dred und fifty dollars a year on clothes a against the Jaotary girl's eighty dollars. This ?stiemte fully recognises what a mer >*t >mi n art,ifar thV workfng girl often W la how cleverly she buys, how indc- j rattgaety she sews after hours. This widespread belief, then, that dreea helps a girl's chances of mar? riage often defeats Itself by leading her astray and absolutely ruining her chaacea The greed of store owners % la paving starvation wages, and the cowardice of men In taking advantage of this circumstance, these things have *urned the business girl's lov<9 of dreea into her chief danger. T. <;itr<;<>RY CONV1CTKI?. r Jery Hays Cal fr'urr's Slayer Is Guilty of Manslaughter. Laurenn. Sept. If.? Guilty of man? slaughter, with recommendation to mercy was the verdict found at ?.30 o'clock this afternoon by the Jury In the ease of the State against West T. Gregory, harged with the murder, in July, of Csl Furr. Notice of a mo? tion for a new trial wss given by de? fendant's counsel. VV. \KIjH on cocoanuts. Tesgwe Discovery la Reported From Malay Peninsula. I (Washington Correspondence New York American.) Paarls are growing on cocoanut treaa In fhe Malay Peninsula. The discovery has been made the subject of a special report by Consul-General Oeaet* The pearls are said to be not unlike those of th* oyster, contslnlng cal? cium carbonste and a little organic matter. Certain concretions from Just beneath the stem of the cocoanut shell, and the result Is a purr white pearl, which brings a high price. The pearl Is supposed by the Malays to pease as sonv kind of charm. \ <'orre<ilon. The habit of contradicting some? time* "o'erleaps Itself" enwltttng. "I've heard It said." remark^' i lounger at the crossroads *t?re, ??tu ,r John Henderson over by Woodvllle p was one of eighteen sons." "That's whar he heerd wrong." con trlhuted the chronic kicker. "T'wan't I -bri I f??nd.-r-?. n if ?!' Tw .-t t brother o' hls'n."?fjlppln^ott's. MeNin ? h. with righteous Iridigni 'ftlon. refuse* |g t.ik- ggvted from the '-..?inly pl?? nun hiro>. preferring to consult the St ?f.. p|o rn o hine. head? ed by that gfaal potttl ?I Uplift, Miry \nn Bntler, < !hirlolle News It rasjatfeo more weakness than ??r*?ngth to brenk pr-mU". NlMd April. IMO. K.. jut m 881. SU] TAFT SMS TIME TO FORTIFY. WILL RK(OMMKM) PROTECTION ON PANAMA CANAL. I*ro*klent Announce* Before De? parture from Beverly that Two Million Dollarn will be Asked of Congress In Message. Beverly, Mass., Sept. 18.?Before leaving Beverly for Boston tonight by automobile to take the midnight ?rain for New Haven, President Taft announced that in his message to Congress in December he will rec? ommend the appropriation of $2, 000.000 to begin the work of fortify? ing the Panama Canal. Mr. Taft has always favored the protection of the canal with groat guns, and he thinks the time has arrived to begin work. The President will also recommend to Congress that provisions be made for two new battleships of the dread? nought type. Mr. Taft does not be? lieve that the economy plans should preclude the construction of at least two battleships a year until such time as the Panama Canal is com? pleted. He believes the canal will have the effect of doubling the effl clfncy of the navy and that after it Is in operation the building of new battleships can be cut down to one a year. The President will reach Wash? ington next Sunday, the 25th. The Cabinet will begin a series of daily meetings on Monday morning, the 2?th. It is expected that the Cabinet will meet every day while Mr. Taft is in Washington. Secretary Bal llnger. It M said, will attend all the meetings. And so far as Beverly is informed, the Balllnger-Pinchot cane will not be taken up. Economy of the Administration in all parts will oe one of the subjects considered by the Cabinet. EstimateH for the.coming fiscal year also will be considered at great length. The President's Supreme Court sppoint ments will be discussed with his Cabinet advisers, although the Presi? dent has announced that he will not make these appointments until, after Congress is in session. MAJ. R. R. BRIOCJS DEAD. Oldcet Citizen of Siimmerton Parses Away. Summerton, Sept. 17.?MaJ. Rich? ard Ragln Briggs, the oldest citizen of Summerton died at his home here early today. At hi.i bedside were as? sembled many of those most nearly related to him. 8ince the raws of MaJ. Briggs' ill? ness, due to heart trouble, which manifested Itself for the first time on Wednesday of this week, hun? dreds of people have gone to his door to tender their assistance. One strik? ing feature of his illness was the fact that while mary friends were exclud? ed from his bedside, scores of ne? groes, present tenants and old family servants were permitted to shake his hand and say a few words of hope and comfort to their friend and former master. To each and all of [them did MaJ. Briggs say some kindly I words and admonish them to live up? right lives. He was universally re? spected and admired by all who knew him. Ktchard Ragln Briggs was 70 years of age. Coming here when this place was nothing more than a few remotely scattered summer residen? ces, he has lived to see it assume the foundations of a prosperous and growing town, in which he had many interests and much faith. He saw service in the Confederate army. He is survived by five half-broth? ers?Dr. A. J. Briggs and E. P. Hriggs. of Summerton; Hardey Briggs, of Silver; Asley Briggs. of Greenville and half-sister. Mrs Henderson, of Charlotte, N. C. The funeral services wore con? ducted at his lute residence this af? ternoon at 4.30 o'clock by the Rev. W. S. Porter of the Presbyterian church, of which MaJ. Briggs was a <l.?w>ted and energetic member. His remains were carried to Charleston <>n the, afternoon train, where they win be interred by the side of his wlfo. who preceeded him but a few months, dying May 18. Ho married Miss Elizabeth Miller Caldwell, of Charleston, Their golden wedding Was List November. Thi Democrats af this Stats should welcome Representative MoKlalay and Vies Pnni Sherman with wide open srms. Every State where they have mads Speeche has res? ponded with either In nvx ratlc or in surgent victories The Democrats In this Stats eaa get along without tbein, yet their presence wl\\ help. Smd them tlong (Jreenshoro lic< erd, td Foar not?Let all the cads Thon Ala MTER, S. 0., WEDNESE THE T01IEWS SYSTEM. QllSKJfVlIXE REPRESENTATIVE GIVES STATEMENT OF THE PROPOSED BILL. Mr. Wilson II. Earle, Who Has Ad v oca ted the Torrens System of Land Registration Through the County, Gives Interview Stating the Advantages From the Proposed Statute-?Saving of Attorney Fees,1 and Simplicity of Handling Land Deads. Mr. Wilton H. Earle who waa re? cently elected to the House of Repre? sentatives f om Oreenville county, was Interviewed yesterday by a re? porter of The News, and had the following to say with reference to the Torrens System of land registra? tion, which he advocated upon the stump throughout the county: Our American system was 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 office within the reach of everyone. The idea permeating the system is, if the record title is cor? rect, everything is all right. Bui 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 an attorney, and have the title ex? amined. The attorney charge a fee, which to a considerable extent is proportionate to the value o' the land. Just as often as the land is sold each new purchaser must have the title examined by an attorney and 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 after 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 patents from the government, deeds and judicial proceedings re? lating to the property, like petition suits, petitions to quiet title, all no? tices of Ileus, execution sales, Iis pen dens, mechanics liens, and notices of special assessments. A great many defects might be on the title to prop? erty, and yet the record is correct. For instance the recording of a forg? ed instrument has no effect upon the title, and the innocent purchaser takes 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 be defeated because I one of the grantors was an infant. | I And the question of a subsequent i 1 will having been made, may defeat a good record title. ! To remedy the very many defects of the so-called American system sev? eral of the most progressive States have adopted what is known as the Torrens System of registration of land titles. This system was introduced in j the South Australian Parliament inj 1857 by Sir Robert Torrens, and wasj enacted into law. Massachusetts hasj this system, so has Illinois, Minne? sota, California, Oregon, Colorado and some other States. 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: (1) Certainty and facility in the proof of title, and (2) 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 specific estate in a specified piece of land. All boundary disputes, it is hoped, will be settled once for all. The first st< p is to procure the issuance of this Important document called the certl tlaete of title. This Is a new docu? ment in the law of real property in English speaking countries. No such document has been known to the Knglish or American law of real property until this system was adopt? ed. The proceeding to procure this document is set in motion by an ap? plication. The applicant makes ap? plication by a sworn Statement. The drei thing to be shown when the ap? plication Is made is to give notice to those who may be interested i" the land adversely to the applicant. Afler the application, the true state of tii. t'ti" ih reported to the court, and then Is ? hearing upon this mat lor, and i decree. This decree Is a v' rj Important thing. it Is hoped by thi.< decree to settle the Important t ??'? M Im tby Ooantry'j, 1117 God's m >A.Y, SEPTEMBER 21, 1 matter of title to land once and for all and make it conclusive. The court orders that the title is in a certain man; it orders thht it be entered on the books, and that a duplicate of what is entered upon the books be given to the man taking the title, which is called the certificate of title. | In Massachusetts this Is conclusive ! against all the world after 30 days, f except In a few cases where one year is allowed. In Illinois, the d ? cree Is conclusive only against those who are parties, and two years are given tflj those who desire to present adverse claims. If the decree Is conclusive, and If this certificate establishes the title indefeaeibly In the person named, then purchasers may regard this as ocncluslve and rely upon the simple record of entry. Indefeaslbly 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 whole sys? tem. The Torems acts provide that the obtaining of a decree of regis? tration, and the entry of a certificate of title shall be regarded as an agree? ment running with the land, and binding upon the applicant, and all hia successors. And that the land shall be 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 only 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 with the land must be upon the registery. 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 land vests In 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 heirshlp. There is another characteristic fea? ture, and to many this seems to be the chief characteristic, the insur? ance feature. Torrens suggested an insurance bond. In Illinois, it is one tenth of one per cent., and this Is to be used to indemnify those who thereafter may prove their claims to be good against the land. The general principles of the sys? tem are as follows: (1) Public ex? amination of title; (2) Registration of title after this examination; (3) The issuance of the certificate of ti? tle; (4) The re-registration of title on each subsequent transfer; (5) Notice upon this certificate of any matter affecting the title to the land; (6) Indemnity fund providing for loss. Mr. Earle 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 sys? tem has been endorsed by the Far? mers' Union of the State. Mr. Earle will introduce a hill 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. SUMMER WEATHER AGAIN. Bureau Predicts Warmer Weather Than Average in Next Few Rays Fair In South. Washington. Sept. 18.?Tempera ture above the normal will prevail over the greater part of the country during the present week, according to the forecast of the weather bu? reau. Tomorrow a change to some? what lower temperature will over? spread the New England and Middle Atlantic States, followed by rising temperatures. A disturbance now covering Alaska will begin its east? ward advance alone; the northern border i>t' the country, attended by unsettled weather and showers and followed by cooler weather, reaching the Atlantic states by Thursday or Friday. Pooler weather will appear In the Northwestern states by Wed? nesday, For the Southern States gen? erally, fair weather for the week la Indicated. d Traars." THE TRU 9iO COTTOH MARKET BULLISH. SEVERAL FACTORS COMBINED TO STRENGTHEN TONE. Think That Consumption Will De Crease and Public Will Remain Out of Market. New York. Sept. 16.?Large exports together with other bullish features, have caused the advance of the latter part of the week. A bullish spot report on Friday had a more or less bracing effect. More? over, the New York stock has falten! to a small quantity and threatens to be nearly wiped out before it can be, replenished. Moreover, the short in-J tcrest has considerably increased in the last few weeks. Liverpool opera tors were short here on straddles.! Spinners have been buying more freely. Some incidental inquiry for exports has been reported. This might be the outcome of a renewed discus? sion of the question. It seems that London bankers will refuse after Oc? tober 31 to accept the validation of such bills by the retailers and will re quir^ a guarantee from American banks. This might cut both for the time being, causing Increased receipts and decreased exports. At the same time a good many people are against the market. They believe the crop is larger than the current estimates, that consumption Is going to be se? riously affected by the high cost of living and also by the relatively high price of cotton judged from the view point of former years. They think the weather has been -emarkably fav? orable for a month past. They believe that when receipts increase, as they are expected to shortly, they will find the spinners indifferent and the specu? lative public out of the market and a very trying time to bull speculators. Yet today the tone was firm. Shorts deemed it prudent to cover. Active buying by bears and also by Liverpool and spots caused a sharp advance. The buying was stimulated by the Gile's report stating a deterioration in the last two weeks of 7 per cent, in Texas. 12 per cent, in Louisiana and 13 in Oklahoma and the average condition at 66 against 73.1 two weeks ago and 61 a year ago. The crop is so backward that it is believed an early frost would dc a good deal of harm. Prices, it is believed, would have gone higher but for heavy realizing. DISPENSARY OR NOT? Darlington Citizens Circulate Peti? tions Asking for Vote. Darlington, Sept. 17.?Petitions ad? dressed to the county supervisor, praying for an election on the ques? tion of dispensary or no dispensary, are being circulated and freely sign? ed in this county. There are those who profess to see in the recent re? turns in this county a willingness, on the part of the people to abandon what they term the "howling farce" of prohibition, and return to some saner way of regulating the sale of alcoholic drinks. Some of the strongest anti-dispen? sary men of former days are inter? esting themselves In behalf of the present effort to have a vote and, it is said, that the petitions are being more readily signed at this time than when an effort was made, about two years ago, to have an election on the question. Messrs. A. G. Kollock, T. E. Sligh, George O. Lee, D. D. Wit cover, C. Alexander and others are looking after the circulation of the petitions. Jl'RY COULDN'T AGREE. Mistrial in Davis-Hursey Murder Case at Dillon. Dillon. Sept. 16.?The case of Richard S. Davis, charged with the murder of S. D. Hursey, which has been in progress since Wednesday, resulted today in a mistrial. At the last term of Court, just as young Hur? sey left the Court room. where he had been conducting a case, he was shot to death by Davis. Davis said he killed Hursey because Hursey had ruined his home. The trial has attracted a great deal of attention. The best legal talent of the Pco-Dee section was employed on both sides and the case was hard fought from start to finish. Davis, who lias been confled In the Florence .iiiil since the killing, was today re? leased on bond. The ease, was given to the jury yesterday afternoon, an 1 Miter an all night session they an? nounced to the court this morning that it was Impossible for them to agree upon a verdict. The case will probably be called again at the spring t< rm of Court. ) SOUTHRON, K?taK in.-. ISM Vol. y o , No. 8. ______ Blf> ^?J?RITy 5,645. ??; C - ^-? * +h FIGURES ANNOUNCED RY STATE CHAIRMAN. ?or Adjutant and Inspector General Moore Haa Majority of 36,138. While Hampton, for Railroad Commissioner, Leads Opponent by 3,304?Byrnes 58 Votes Ahead and Ellerbe 2,413 for Governor?De ealre Results Tuesday. Columbia, Sept. 17,?The oracial returns of the second Democratic primary rive Cole L. Bleaae 6,145 majority. The report, handed out tonight by State Chairman Wille Jones, Is as follows: The votes as tabulated by Chairman Wille Jones and Secretary John D. Bell, of the State Democratic executive commit? tee, on September 17, 1910, is as fol? lows: t For Oovernor, Cole L .Bleaae, 86, 250; C. C. Featherstone, 60,605; ma? jority for Blease, 6,646. For Adjutant and Inspector Gen? eral. W. W. Moore, 71,331; $. M. Richardson, 35,193; majority for Moore, 36,138. For railroad commissioner, 6. McD. Hampton, 54,637; James Can sler, 51,233; majority for Hampton, 3,304. Second Congressional district, J. F. Byrnes, 6,248; J. O. Patterson, 6,190; majority for Byrnes 58 Sixth Congressional district, J. E. Ellerbe, 8,916; P. A. Hodges, 6.603; majority for Ellerbe, 2.413. State Chairman Jones says he has no protest of any kind and has no official information of any protest. The committee will meet Tuesday night to declare the results of the second primary. COTTON IRREGULAR: RATHEB LATE. Late Frost Will he Only Salvation In Most of the Southern States. Memphis, Sept. 18.?The following summary of cotton crop conditions will be published by The Commrr* cial-Appeal tomorrow: "The cotton crop is coming to maturity in an irregular manner. In all parts of the South save the most Southern cotton growing sections there are fields which are thrifty and growing and a late frost to permit maturity. In all sections there are. fields which have apparently conie to full growth and will make no more cotton. In such the bolls are opening rapidly. It appears that, on the whole, the past two weeks have brought the crop toward maturity more rapidly than the farmers had anticipated. FIRE IN BISHOPVILLE. DuRant Hotel Burned Sunday Morn? ing?Loss Estimated $10,000. Bishopville. Sept. 19.?The Durant Hotel was burned to the ground Sun? day morning, the building and con tents being a total loss. The build? ing which was valued at more than $10,000 was insured for 67,000 and the furniture and fixtures were in? sured for $1.500. The total loss 19 estimated at about $13,000. The fire, which was discovered about 5 o'clock, is supposed to ha^e originated from defective electric light wires. The flames had gainedl considerable headway before the alarm was given and despite all that could be done the building was total? ly destroyed. On the same day the large two story school house at Ashland and the Advent church were burned. The origin of this fire is not known. A light frost was observed here Sunday morning, but no damage was done growing crops. ASYLUM REGENT DIES OF PED LAG RA. J. Perry Glenn Succumbs to Dlseaee After an Illness of Two Months. Anderson, Sept 19.?J. Terry Glenn died at his home here at 6 o'clock this morning after an iPne&H of two months from pellagra. He was 60 years old and one of the prominent and substantial citizens of the county. He had been in failing: health for two years and recently re? signed as a member of the board of regents of the State Hospital for the Insane on thi? account. He is sur? vived by his wife and one adopted son Roosevelt is reported t<- 1? keen!) ? urious t<> know .ins! how la rmier look his. Roosevelt's spectacutai Mini-, is the vain politician longing t.? Know just how d. , ply be insulted a man who nevei insulted him?? i: reenvllle, (8 ?' | News