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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
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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
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>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.
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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??
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