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Yt u?LiK?rn?it an-, r-jutlur, The "umtw Watchman was found? ed in 18(0 and the True Southrea In lift. The Watchman and Heuthron now has the combined circulation and tail uc ace cf bath of the old papers, and is manifestly the beet advertising medium la 9a ait er TDHKKNs s\sn.M ll>\OCATi;i>. Hill Will m? Introduced for I.und Hog. Ut ration. Columbia. Jan. IS.?A bill provid? ing for the adoption of the Torrens system of land registration will be In? troduced iato the house this morning by J. Archie Willis. member from Leurens county, and the following Is a lynjpils of the bill: A r#feree. who shall be appointed in each county. shall constitute ourta of land registration, for the purpose of the settlement, registra? tion, transfer, and assurances ef tith e * 'ends within their respective Juris lon." The Jurlsdlctl >n of tho reg? le?' itlon courts shall be the same s? hat over which the registrar of county shall have Jurisdiction as k ol court. Mer the p.>titi<>n has been made to the court for a registered title, and the dear no haa been granted, a peti? tion for a rehearing may bo Bled within one hundred and twenty da after the granting of said decree. It Is provided In the Pill to be Introduced that the clerk of the court ? of each county shall b? the registrar of the land registration court. The "amid registrars and their deputies shall i?e authorised and required, un? der the direction of their respective courts, to storue process and to enter the decree of the court touching lands , In their respective counties or corpo? rations, and to enter and Issue cer? tificates of title, as provided herein. ? to afftx the seal of the court to such certificates and their duplicates"**** and generally to perform such other acts and duties as the court may prescribe." The clerks of the court when ap? pointed registrars of the land courts shall qualify and give bond for the faithful performance of their duties. Two or more lawyers of the county In which the court has Jurisdiction ihall be appointed as examiners of lee. and these may also be appointed referc ? * In the cuf^s flVrV it shall bo tp?lr duty t.> search the records sod to investigate all facts stated In petitions for registered tit Petit' ns for registration 01 any land or lands may be made by the "person or persons claiming, singly or collectively, to own or to havi the power of appointing or disposing of an estate in fee simple in any land, whether subject to liens or not" The petition Is filed under the oro vUlon of the bill In the registrar's office, after which the court shall cause notice of same to be sent to "all whom It may concern," same being sent by registered mall, and catee of these notices shall be with the petition, and shall be conclusive proof of service. Any per- ' eons having an Interest In or claim against the land for which the peti? tion as been filed, may answer the petition before the final decree has been given. The court may have the land in question surveyed, If It thinks It necessary. j With the exception of executors and ! admtnistiators who are winding up estates. P. la left purely optional with all landowners aa to whether they shall have their land registered, but j It Is believed by many that, should the bill passw and became a law, the I saajorlty of landowners will want their titles registered as soon as they can have them registered. The decree of registration Is final. It quiets the title, and binds against all the world, subject to appeal, as provided by the bill. When a tract of land has bean reg? istered an original certificate Is kept in the office of the registrar, and a duplicate certificate Is given the hold? er of the land registered. The crlglnul end duplicate each iho* a'! the In eumbrances. if there are any, against the land registered, and any one may tell at any time the exact condition of the title. All Incumbrances placed on the land after registration must be recorded on both the oilglnal and duplicate certificates of title. Under the provision of the bill, the land when once examined by the examining attorneys and regis? tered In the court of land registra? tion shall be guaranteed to the holder of the title, the State muking the guarantee. An assurance fund of one tenth of one per cent of the assessed value of the land *s paid In to the registrar when the land Is registered. This amount Is kept by the registrar until turned over to the Stite treas? urer. It Is held by the State treas? urer to pay off any loai* that may come to the State from <uaranteelng the titles that are registered in the courts pr sided for that purpose. If at any time the assurance fund Is In? sufficient tc satisfy any Julgment cer? tified aged.ist It as aforesaid, the un? paid account shall bear Interest at the legal rate and be paid in. its order out of the moneys coming into said fund. t Kl KsHWV DESIRES TO HOLD TERRITORY. ( .?nid? n (hum tier of Commerce Fights Proposition of Allowing Cit? izen* to Come into Sumter Count.\. llagood. Jan. 1 ii. In regard to tili proposition to annex a considerable portion of Kershuw county to Sumter county, the Camden Chamber of j Commerce held a special meeting this week and sent out invitations to the I farmers within the territory voluntar? ily offering to come into Sumter coun? ty requesting the parties wishing to leave Kershaw to attend a meeting in Camden in order to see if induce? ments might not be offered to keep so many very desirable citizens in Kershaw. , Scretary E. I. Reardon, of the Surnter chamber of commerce, who has been Interesting himself in hav? ing the petitions sent lo those desiring to come into Sumter county, and oth? erwise assisting towards accomplish? ing the annexation, said Saturday night, that he bad received no co-op eralh-n >?r backing fron, the Sumter business men, although he had last week requested a special committee from the Sumter chamber of commerce to go t() t\,i, iri.y's place and meet the citizens who ?vish to ha\< ?v?r shaw for Sumter. Camden is "hot In the collar," as a citizen from that city expresses it, and is going to put up a pretty si light feo hohl her territory. Hut il Sumter wants that very desirable slice of Kershaw land with a number of the most up-to-date, intelligent and clever land owners, the business men will have to cooperate with Messrs. Irby. B. II. Hoykin, Heardon, and oth ^ era by showing the Kershaw- citizens ' that Sumter county will welcome them in our midst. l ixi) REPORT <;ooi). Dr. Joy no* Commend* Work of Edu? cational Commission. _ To the Editor of The State: A few days ago The State said, In effect, that he would be a bold legis? lator who should venture to oppose, or even to arnemd, the report of a commission on education composed I of such men as J. E. Swearingen, W. ?: H ind, D. i Johnson, 8 !? Bd?! mutlos u..?l Mendel 1*. Smitl ' ? whl- h T will i">w add, that it ;, j ?QINtlly al:> ost Sn tmperur.cn. e to ^ouiUicud the Work -i fe ch a corn mission. But of that almost or quite impertinence I venture to be guilty, l becaus/ I know there are some mem? bers of the 'eglslature who (perhaps because they know no better!) have respect for my experience and opin? ion In matters of education. I may, therefore, say that I had read in advance the entire report, and discussed in detail with Mr. Swearin? gen many of its recommendations. It Is a document Ol great?even monu? mental?ability, conceived and ar? ranged In *he full light of experience and wisdom. If adopted and enacted Into law, It will not only correct old errors and abuses, but will put South Carolina in tho forefront of the States in educational legislation. I may therefore, with deep gratitude to the ! men who have made this report, ex? press the hope that it will be adopted and enacted, entirely, "without the crossing of a T, or the dotting of an I." Edward S. Joynes. University of South Carolina, Jun uary 15, 1911. s< \LI?KI? WOMAN WILL RECOV? ER. Mrs. Heasle Hassell, Whose Scalp Was Tor? From Her Head by Machinery i.etiing Along Well. Newberry, Jan. 14.?Mrs. Bessie Hansell, whose scalp was completely removed while she was under a ma? chine In the carding room of the Mollohon cotton mill two weeks ago today. Is likely to recover. Attend j Ing physicians will not say that the ( woman will get well, but they are of the opinion that her chances of rocov I ery are even. Mrs. Hassell continues ; in great pain, owing to the nature of j the accident, and Is not able to be up j at all. She has been twice married ! and has three small children depend 1 ant on her for support. The accl ' dent was the most horrible that has J occurred in Newberry for years. In the Police Court. John Woods was tried In the police court Saturday for riding a bicycle or a forbidden sidewalk and was lot off with a tine of $1.00. Abram Itarnos plead guilty to the charge of indecent exposure of his person on the sidewalk and was given a tine of $10. Just \ Little Wh.h?Then! The white sale at Sc hwartz's. Tucs <l.i \ m Item w ill tell you som, thing. \\ h and wait. Schwartz liros. CARVING KERSHAW COUNTY. Favorable Report of Annexing Ker? shaw County Territory to Men- I land. I Columbia, Jan. IS.?a favorable re? port On the question Of annexing 10 square miles of Kershaw county to Ettehland county has been made by the commission chained with the work of investigation to Governor! Ansel. It is expected that Governor i Ansel will tomorrow order an elec? tion. The members of the annex? ation commission are: Elmore Brown, j. a. Grtgaby, J. I. Baum and C, W. Moorman. Accompanying the report, stateiug that all constitutional require? ments have been met in the petition, Is a survey by C. W, Wannamaker and A. T. Jones. The report of the commission says that should the territory in question be annexed to Kichland county that there will remain In Kershaw county j more than 15,000 inhabitants, that the value of the taxable property will exceed $2,000,000 and that the coun- | ty Uns Will not run within eight miles Of a QOUnty court house. j The territory which it is proposed to annex to Kichland county from 1 Kershaw Is describ? d as follows: "Be? ginning at the point where the Ker shaw-Fatrfleld county line Lnterssots the Kichland county line; thence i south, 46-30 east 60,547 feet, along the Kichland-Kershaw county line to Uaglins creek; thence down Kaglins , CrOSk, with its vaiiOUl courses and distances, to ths point where IfcOord'g Ferry road crosses tin median line of d er? sk, thence northemly, along the IfoCord's Kerry road to a stake at crosing of' neighborhood road at Mount Prospect colored church; thence east 46 feet, west 72,733 feet { to a stake>on the Kershaw-Fairneld county line, which is also on the Bear cre"kffl thence south 23-30 feet west, 19,490 feet along the Kershaw-Fair fleld county line to the point or place of beginning and containing 45 square milts." NEXT CORN EXPOSITION. Eight Thousand Dollars Already Pledged?$1,000 from Charleston. Columbia, Jan. 12.?The sum of $8,000 has heen pledged fur the sec? ond South Atlantic Corn Exposinon, which will be held in Columbia dur? ing the week of December 4, this vnar Th*? utim of J20.000 will be s.-1 cured, which mil bs offer d o prises the best corn shown. r' an? nouncement has ? si Enade by A. L>. Hudson the pre dent of the Expo? sition Company. President Hudson has Just return? ed from Charleston, w here lie raised over 11,000 in one day for the success of the Exposition. LAND FOR HOSPITAL PURCHAS? ED. Lot Formerly Occupied by Catholic Church on West Liberty Street Se? lected. ? The executors of the estate of T. J. Tuomey and Mrs. Ella Tourney have decided upon and purchased a lot on which to erect the hospital provided for in Mr. and Mrs. Tourney's wills. The ^ot is the one on W. Liberty j street where the old Catholic church ' was situated. Just to the rear of the residence occupied by the presiding elder of the Methodist church. The lot was purchased from the Bishop of Charleston, Rev. H. It. Northop, who has had charge of the land for the Catholic churoh, and was made a few days ago, aid recorded In the clerk's office today. There will be no work commenced on the hospital until the latter part of the present year, when the income from the lands belonging to the es? tate come in. Until that, time the lot will remain unoccupied, waiting tor funds to come to start the work. Social Club Organized. On Wednesday evening several of the young folks of the city mot at the residence of Mr. Thomas Chiluz on West Calhoun street with the Misses. Childs' as hostesses for the occasion, and formed a social club to be known as the Friday Evening Dance Club. The officers elected for the club were: President, Miss Alice Childs, treas? urer. Murray T. Nelson; Chairman, M. W. Seabrook; general manager, W. M. Scott. It was decided that the club should meet at the residence of the lady members of the club every Friday evening to enjoy the evening in danc? ing and other agreeable amusements. During the evening card games were played by those in attendance upon the opening session of the club and Miss Beatrice Sumter and Miss Allee Childs charmingly entertained the other gUSStt with music and re? citals. All Of the guests of the evening were well pleased with the Initial meeting Of the Club and decided that this WOttld be one of the most suc? cessful social clubs ever formed In the city. MRS EDDY'S WILL INVALID. Her Boqueal of $2,1)00,000 to Christian Beienoe c hurch Declared Void l u? ll r New Hampshire Law. Concord, N. H., Jan. 12.?That the residuary clause In the will o? Mrs. Mary Baker Q. Eddy, founder of the | Christian Science church, Is null and void, is the opinion of ex- United States Senator Wm. E. Chandler, Hannis Taylor of Washington, pro? fessor of constitutional and interna? tional law of George Washington university, and others, as given tor publication here today. The caluse provides for a gift of about $2,000, 000 to the First Church of Christ, Scientists, of Boston, known as the "mother church." A statute of New Hampshire pro? hibiting a bequest to a church of over $5,000 annually is the basis of the opinion, which is written by Prof. Taylor. The $2,000,000 covered in the void j clause, says Mr. Taylor, Is to be dis? tributed by Mrs. Eddy's next of kin 1 in accordance with the laws of New I Hampshire. He advises the heirs to I have the*Will probated and then leave I it to the OOUrtI to decide whether the ! residuary clause is valid. 1 I - -? - -?- ! MR, E. I. REARDON AT BORDEN. Special Health Officer for Sumter <onnt> Doing Much Vaccinating* I _ I 1 Borden, Jan. 13.-?Mr. E. i 1 Reardon, special health officer for Sumter counts-. suddenly in - j vaded this section yesterday afternoon! and there was a considerable exodus I of the colored folk to the woods. Mr. ! Charles L. Emanuel, a prominent J merchant and extensive land owner, 1 however, got with the health officer ; and by 2 o'clock this afternoon Mr. \ j Reardon had vaccinated nearly four j hundred people of all sizes, color, age and sex. Those who had dodged were sur priaad last night by Mr. Reardon and j Mr. Emanuel who visited home until 1 after 10 o'clock vaccinating generally. Mr. Emanuel who visited homes until voted one and a half days to driving the health officer around from house to house. Several white men refused to be vaccinated and the health offi? cer will have warrants issued for j their arrest. There is no small pox | in this section but one white man j from this section broke out with the ' disease about one week after leaving hero. Supervisor Pitts ordered Health officer Reardon to vaccinate around i 1 lordeni ind Dalzell. Mr. Reardon ? fcr llagood to? night bul will resume vaccination around Bordens and Dalzell next ' 1 week. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Saundcrs En? tertain. Hagood, Jan. 16.?One of the most enjoyable social events of the seascn 1 was the entertainment last F. iday af? ternoon of the Social Club of Hagood, and a number of its guests by Mrs. Charles Saunders. The magnitlcent t and spacious residence of Mr. and Mrs. Saunders, who are delightful hosts, was brilliantly illuminated and decorated for the occasion which had been looked forward to with such pleasant anticipations by those so fortunate as to be included in the list of guests. Progressive whist was indulged in. The grand prize was captured by Mrs. John Ashe Alston, of Hagood, and the consoltatlon prize was awarded to Miss Bessie Dargan of Stateburg. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Saunders, Colonel and Mrs. Thomas Polk Saunders, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Hildebrand, Mrs. G. M. Saun? ders, J. M. Allen, Mrs. Lou Whittaker, Mrs. L. K. Couturier, Mrs. M. S. Kirk, Colonel and Mrs. J. L. Irby, Mrs Ashe Alston, the Misses Georgia, Thedosla, Bessie, Whllhamenia and Julia Dargan, Mary Hale, Florence and Ellen Ellerbe, Mary Kirk, Sarah Saunders, Mary Saunders, Ida Saun? ders, and Miss Eva Patterson, of Pennslyvania, Messrs. B. F. Myers, T. P. Saunders, W. A. Alston, C. E. Saunders, W. J. Saunders, John Frler bcn, Kmmett I. Reardon, Robert Moody, C. A. Ellerbe. During the afternoon tho guests were most delightfully entertained with Instrumental and vocal music by Misses Georgia, Theo. and Bessie Dargan of the General Sumter Me? morial Academy, of Stateburg. Light refreshments wero served by the charming hostess who made her guests at home and happy during every minute of their stay in her beautiful country home. The binder of oil with its covering of crushed rock on Liberty street seems to be making good so far, but it is impossible to say what it will do when it is put to tho test of rain and freezing temperature. At pres? ent people tire speaking more of the odor of the street than the looks of it. N'<?w is the time for some of those in the Sheriffs office to take a nice little trip to Cuba ;<t the expense of the county. Farmers' U l -A! M Practical Thoughts f R (Conducted by E. W. DaJfrOS, Pros X Cot THE BOLL WESYTL PROBLEM. Bs Care und Its Solution. (By W. A. Reynolds.) Approximately eighteen years ago the Mexican Boll Weevil crossed the Rio Grande and ever since has stead- j ily spread eastward over the cotton belt No natural enemy of the pest has ever been found nor has any artificial means been discovered to exterminate or control his advance or multiplica? tion. The ablest entomologists who have studied his habits and life lend no hope that he shall be destroyed i s the grasshopper, army worm or cater? pillar by some natural calamity to the genus or from a gradual weakening of the vitality of the breed. To successfully meet his inroads up? on the cotton plant, we should learn what he Ih like and something of his habits. The follt r/ing pertinent facta have been I arnod after ?>?. ars of careful study and are the basis for sensible and successful war upon tho destruc? tive pest. First. Only a Em V. per cent-sur? vive the winter SeSft n. Second. Each female lays about two thousand eggs in a lifetime. Third. The period of eggs to weevil is about seventeen days. Fourth. Eggs are only deposited in f.l:i squares or forms of the cotton nlt-nt. Fiftn. Heat is his enemy and when knocked from the plant onto a hot dust mulch he likely dies. Sixth. Wet weather and abundant shade in the field favor his propaga? tion. To put the matter plainly, the only way to produce a profitable cotton crop in any locality where the boll weevil exists is to produce and ma? ture the forms and squares into bolls faster than the weevil can infest the squares. Your cotton must beat the weevil in the race for life. To do this two methods must be f illowed. First it. duce a quick growing, heavy fruiting eott< n thai will leave a surplus after th< weevil takes his bare. Second. To use such means that prevent his rapid multiplication, thus giving the plant a handicap in the race. In this brief paper we will touch only upon the first, as the second method is now generally known^in all infested sections and is not yet'perti? nent information for the Atlantic States where the weevil has not yet come. Unfortunately, each State or section that has become Infested was found without previous preparation with which to make a successful light. The natural result has been an enormous loss and utter tempoiiry discourage? ment. Let the states east of Mississippi commence the battle now, for a fight well planned is half won. Fighting the boll weevil merely means beter farming. It is needless to think that the weevil is not going to take his yearly toll of cotton. The farmer only gets the surplus. How shall w,e produce these favor? able conditions in advance? We take the liberty of suggesting these few ideas for your consideration. First. Be equipped In advance with the proper type of plant that will beat the weevil In the race for exis? tence. This means a plant of the following characteristics: One that does n\d af? ford an abundance of shade to shel? ter him. One that matures its crop in the shortest possible time. One that is very prolific in Its tendency so that it will produce enough squares for both fruit and weevil. How shall we get this type of plant? Breed it. Don't pay fabulous prices for ques? tionable seed shipped from some far off section that may be totally unfit for the soil on your farm. Almost every section of the Atlantic States has a few farmers who plant the ear? ly varieties. Get the seed from them. T earn the first lesson of seed selec t. n and breeding and raise your own planting seed either by selection from the field or by means of a seed patch of cotton. Write your State Depart? ment \>f Agriculture, or the General Fertilizer Department of The Southern Cotton Oil Company at Charlotte, N. ('. and you can get the information. The second method to be Introduced In advance of the arrival of the weevil is to build up the land you hope to put into cotton. Always keep in mind that from necessity you must produce enough cotton for both yourself and the weevil. How can you do this? Frist, by putting the land in the nion News | or Practical Farmers g Jflcat FariueiV Union of Suimer J uitiy.) u ; best mechanical condition by starting i now to plow deeper so that in three i ytars you will have doubled the depth 1 of your soil. Second, by adding humus to your soil, which is not frtilizer, but only 1 the fertilizer available to the plant, j Third, by rotation of crops to pre I nt the exhaustion of humus con ' serving the fertilizer and to help kill fungi disease and to destroy the nat i ural pests which only multiply and 1 thrive when the same plant conditions ] are furnished them each succeeding m?: son. Fourth, by the use of commercial fertilizer. I Our Southern lands uro practically * xhausted of plant food. Years of f uming have stolen from the soil more ferti! z?r ingredients than we have placed back upon the land. To get the maximum production per acre you must have an excess of plant ti od. You can not ecx nomieally by ' ono maximum application in one year 1 replenish the soil. i ! You must gradually increase the t i nount of fertilizers in your worn-out s. il and by proper attention to rota I tion in a few years biitig up the pro ; dactivoness of your soil to a point Where a bale per acre would be the ' rule and, not the exception, 'i It will not pay you to raise cotton under the adidtional expenses incurred In lighting the weevil on any land that [ does not produce as much as one-half j bale to an acre, in spite of the weevil. The prospects are that the advent of the devastating enemy will continue to keep the price of cotton to a high figure, and that those who can pro : duce cotton in spite of the weevi i j still find it a most profitable cr The whole key to the situation j in renewing the vigor of your Rotation and high fertilization I your only means; one can not suc I ceed without the other. This is the South Georgia and South Alabama proposition today. You have only a few seasons at best to prepare. Note?The above article was writ ,nn hft?ed upon Personal interviews \ ! % number >^ Southern nt i who I ar devoting theii time to \.h~ bell , \ii problem, and after a pafaousA isir and ttud t boil weevil condl I tion in Texas and Mississippi.?Cotton Seed. The blind tiger drag net caught the same old fish, mostly. MON E Y M AKER ( (>Tr(>X?Improv? ed and selected by T. J. Kirven is the best. Seed at one dollar per bushel. T. J. Kirvm, Providence, S. C. 1-16-lmWltaw LOST?On January 11th, one red hound dog. Has gray mouth and mole on chest and front foot. Wears collar and answers to name of Bill. Three dollars reward if returned to Philip Conyers. l-16-2t-W LOST?Large white pointer dog, with lemon colored ears. Answer to name of "Sport." Reward for re? turn to R. J. Bland or A. G. Flsh burne. l-9-I-3t-W-2t. MONEYMAKER?We can supply a limited quantity of selected and Im? proved pure "Moneymaker" cotton seed, raised on our farm where there has never beeu any blight. Small lots, $1.26 per bushel; better price on large lots. Booth-Osteen Co., Sumter. S. C. 12-18-tfW SEED CORN?The committee for the Boys' Corn Club has remaining on hand about fifteen bushels of the selected corn entered for seed cern prize. Each buahel was selected with care and la the beet seed corn to be had in Sumter County. It will be sold for $2 per bushel. Ap? ply to S. D. Cain, County Superin? tendent of Education. will cure and skin disease. That's the price of Hunt's Cure, and It Ig absolutely guaranteed. SI BERT'S DRUG STORE.