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In Sumter.
The Torrens System.
Newa and Courier.
The Wall Street Journal, one of the
leading busl.iesa newspapers of Amer?
ica, la convinced that "modern civiliza?
tion demands Torrens methods and
Torrens legislation." Land, it says, is
the fundamental of wealth; and be?
cause this la true the history of the
human race is the history of a struggle
en the part of mankind to protect land
and to assure possession of it for him?
self and for his descendants. As civ
lllsatlon has become more complex,
and as delays In business actions have
become In consequence costlier, the
cumberaomeneaa of the old methods of
establishing tend transferring titles has
grown increasingly burdensome. The
demand for a simple system existed
even before 8lr Robert Torrens evolv?
ed that which bears his name. The
spread of the Torrens aystem has been
due to a recognition of its practica?
bility. It "cuts the Gordian knots of
land Jurisprudence and furnishes a
trenchant Instrument, whirl after its
use aa a weapon, can be tin ned into
the ploughshare of modern economic
Ufa."
The reasons which have led this
able financial Journal to stu b a conclu?
sion are set forth In a series of sixteen
article* the last of which has Just ap?
peared. In these articles the history
"f Torrens land registration acts is re
iwod, the workings of the systein Nil
tn ?! oper.ithni ? re, ? J. ll ?* -
?ti -n? le* il ?nd ? !o ? ? i a ???? !
tve beau ial*ed against it an con-id- ,
t^areaV A reading of these articles t* >
tlflBSanSj, The opposition to the
rrens system, an opposition foun b <l
gely upon self-interest of title com
nlea and owing such successes as It
has achieved, to the Ignorance of the
public, la crumbling. It cannot pros?
per indetlnltely. The Torrens system
has proved its ' It has hern
put to the test under the most diverse
? nditions and has established Us
practabtltty and ita advantages. Tl
are obvious. "It abolishes einlies.?
feee. It eliminates repeated examina?
tions of title?. It reduces reeords
enormously. It Instantly reveals own?
ership. It protects against encum
berances not i on the Torrens cer.
liflcate It makes fraud almost 1m.
possible. It assures. It keeps up the
system without adding to the burden
of taxation. The beneficiaries of the
aystem pay the fees. It eliminates
'tax titles.' It furnishes State title in?
surance It makes possible the trans?
fer of titles or of loans within the
compaaa of bourn Instead of a SSettOf
of days and weeks. Transfer and reg?
istration oan !??? redgand to 11."
This last claim for the Torrens sys?
tem, that it make* possible the trans?
fer of loans easily und promptly,
should prove an especially effective ar?
gument for It In this section of the
Cnlted States. The new banking laws
are far more liberal as to land loans
than those which formerly prevailed
in this country. Rut under the pres?
ent complex and unsafe .-nstem "f c.-i ?
tabllshlng and maintaining titles there
who have money to lend are riot eager
to accept land as security. The Tor?
rens system would not only "make
possible for th*' poor man a simple
and cheap transfer of his property."
but. says tho Wall Street Journal, "it
will reduce the mortgage situation to
one of cheapness and one of speed.
Hanks will not refuse mortgages nor
will they charge | and per cent for
loans on mortgages Instead of t to r>
per cent for loans on securities. The
fault Is the difficulty of the title ex.
amlnatlon. the search, time, expense,
and uncertainty of tin- present sys?
tem. When polletag are simplified,
wh?r. as in lire Insurance, they are
standardized, when th? y are transfer?
able and when they are eheap tin-re
will come a change in the realty sit?
uation and hardly before. This Is
what the Torrens system will accom?
plish."
Those who block the adoption of
the T??rrens system are largely re?
sponsible for the fact that loans cost
so much in the South. Tlnre is no
good reason w hy the rate ^m monev
should ??e so much higher here than
It Is in many other places except that
land, which forms the basis of our *e
lurlty. cannot be transferred in this
MCtiOII ft rtainly and expedltiously.
Make that possible and this is just
whit the Torrcns system would ac?
complish?and not only would the
VeJne of lend show an Immediate in
l >? |M but its acceptability as security
tor loans would be so enhanced as
promptly to brlntf down the rate of ln
tercst charged upon such loans.
IIAgooD" i>isctssi:s FARM?
ing.
Offer* Some Advice and Tells Sonic
1/ocal News of Horden.
We h i\e vi) much to thank God for.
prominent among w hich Is a State ami
nation that our chief executive. State
and nation, walks in the fear of God.
And that means they have a hack
bone. Our governor Is bringing things
to pass that help to restore to our
State its former prestige and glory.
Abroad it has gone that South Caro?
lina has a elean governor, a man of
affairs and power.
If there is power in prayer then at
this time Christians should pray
much. "God, blessed forever, is over
all." Jesus taught us to say "Thine is
the kingdom and tbo power, and the
glory forever."
The most surprising man in power
is he who, with a smile, says :'No,"
and means It
As has been noticed, small grain on
light lands suffered from extreme cold
and in many places Is quite Inferior.
"Bob" Atkinson, S. W. Allen and W.
J. Spencer have good oats.
In conversation with D. V. Keels of
Bembert he told me the other day
that he averaged close to ninety bush?
els of oats per acre on his crop last
year and 33 bushels on his wheat. We
all know he is a No. 1 farmer, what
we all can be If we have the sense
and energy, nnd too, if we do not do so
well as that we can a close second.
And what ? That sort of thing beats
cotton and gives all save the fools a
chance to escape the difficulties we
were found In last year. Just here^I
remark that our best farmers the
country over are paying attention to
diversified farming.
A while ago your correspondent no?
ticed In your columns how Mr. Isaac
Cato corrected blight on some of his
land and suggested that our farm
demonstration agent, Mr. Williams, In?
vestigate, but he has not dono so.
That is a matter of great importance,
. i ,?i - feilt ?o the whole country.
ar i ihoul i be looked Inte I y no n
eosspetcnt to do so. x did not report |
hosi ii >. I i.i . i in I e\ ?dorne. Long
ago your writer noticed in the col?
umns of your excellent paper that a
prime cause of blight was the sheep
bur and that peas, while they might
encouiage. never occasioned blight.
Another thing noticed in your paper In
those days was the lady hug as an
enemy to llco .and still another was
the red spider on cotton.
I mention theso matters to show
'li it our wide awake farmers are of
tener thaa otherwise discoverers of
the beneficial things In agriculture.
Experiments? All his farming (I am
talking about the wide-awake farm?
er like Vornon Keels) is experiment.
And cotton is going up? When it
goes abroad that there is scarcely
half a crop making, you will see it
sour. I fear folks have planted too
heavily in tobacco. IMant corn. Hogs
will always come to corn. How many
of us make our own meat. Those of
us who do are better off, because we
are obliged to pasture to do so.
Our good friend Hasting Freeman
w ho was so sick a while hkd was able
to attend District Conference at
Bethune last week.
And that young man. Mr. Bam
Shirer, was able to be at Sab hi. th
school yesterday.
Miss Kdith Mitchell of North Cane
line has been visiting friends and(
relatives here
The many friends of Mrs. Mary
Emily Gantt of your city w ere glad to
have her with them again last week.
Miss Carrie Mitchell, one of the
liiiest women ever reared in these
parts, is With us ugaln.
Mrs. W. J. Spencer. Miss Viola, and
the children were all in attendanes at
the school exercises In Sumter Satur?
day, April 17.
"Hagood."
R< nbt it. April It,
i vaminalion for Anna |?olis.
Prom The Dally tern, April 10,
An examination for Annapolis was
lodd at the 'oiirt house today, tak?
ing the pliee of the entrance evimi
natlon Which has formerly been held
if AnnapOlla The examination was
.ducted by the local elvll service
rd, There Wae only one person
f.. lake the examination, the alter?
n i |es 11 llim to appes r,
Pabllc Notice.
The regular spring examination for
p m hi i ? will take place In the County
? ii..use Friday, May 7th. begin*
nine ;it s o'clock, The questions win
be taken from the text-books taught
in the piddie schools of the State.
J. Ii HAYNHWORTM,
County superintend'tit oi Education.
GIANT NEGRESS IX COLUMBIA.
Columbia Polks Had Right to Be
Startled?Seven and Hall Pect Tall.
Columbia. April 17.?One of the ce?
lebrities of English music hails and
European variety theatres is in Co?
lumbia. She is BUa Williams, a negro
woman, whoso height is seven and
one-half feet and whose weight is 860
pounds. She created a mild commo?
tion when she walked up Main street
yesterday morning.
BUa is probably the largest woman
in the world. She said yesterday that
she had heard of only one woman in
the show business whose height was
anywhere near her seven and one-half
feet. Ella has undoubtedly traveled
more than any other negress ever
born in South Carolina. She has
made three trips all over Europe,
tours through Australia, New Zealand,
South America and other countries.
She is known professionally as Ar
boma and is "headlined" by managers
of European theatres.
The giant negress has returned
from England because the war broke
up her tours of the " 'alls." She said
yesterday that she was going to open a
dress making shop on Gervais street
"to pass away the time" until the war
ended and she could go to Europe
again.
"I was born neai CrOM Hill In Lau
rens county," said Ella yesterday.
"None of my sisters or brothers are
unusually large. For years every
time a show man saw me he would
want me to sign a contract, but I nev?
er could make up my mind to leave
Columbia. Finally in the fall of 1896
while I was cooking for a prominent
family in Columbia, Manager F. C.
Rostock got me to sign up for a tour
He took me to New York and sent me
to England. I worked in the theatres
over there until 1897 when I came
back to Columbia. I went to Europe
again in 1898 and stayed until 1899.
Then I returned to Europe in 1900 and
have been there, in British colonies
and In South America for the last 15
years. I will never stay away from
Columbia and my people as long as
that again."
'In the European theatres Ella sings
"coon" songs which arc especially
popular in France and England. Then
she shakes hands with people In the
audience.
"The children like me, and mana?
gers are always glad to get me on
?lni*.' bills because it moans that the
boxes uill bo filled With whole fand-1
lies," said yesterday.
'11;. negrey ; has a locket given her!
as a SOUVOntf of the du> ..hen hie
majesty, the King of Saxony, came to
a theater in Berlin to see her.
HONOR HOLL.
Concord Graded ami High School for
Sixth Mouth.
Ninth grade?Pearl Brunson, Mag?
gie Seymour.
Eighth grade?Mario Brogdon.
Seventh grade?Lever Brunson,
Clinton Brown,
Fifth grade?Mary White.
Fourth grade?J. J. Brunson, Milton
Newman, Harry Brown, Lizzie Brog?
don.
Third grade?Elite Brunson, Henry
Brown, Willie Brogdon, Benjy Fort.
Second grade?Viva Dennis, Erline
Brown.
First grade?Mablc Prescott, Azilee
Brunson.
OARRANBA CAPTXRE8 TOWN.
San DtegOi April II,?A wireless
from LapaS, Mexico, reports that the
Important city of Guadalajara has
been captured by the Carranzistas.
Water, Water, Water.
Editor Item:
Oh yes, we have plenty of water,
hut where oh where is the man who
is supposed to drive the water wag?
on? Asleep at his post you say? Well
why doesn't the somebody who is paid
to keep him awake prod the "Sleep?
ing Beauty," with some sharp instru?
ment? Or is it that we need another
paid position to be tilled by a "Man
with a I?k' Stick."
"Yes I dearly b ve to come to Sum
Iter to Shop, but dread to do so because
I of the clouds of dust, and I never do
j go there unless I contract a had
(add." These and similar remarks are
heard on every side, they are not ex?
actly flattering remarks, and not a
very good advertisement for our pros?
perous up-to-date city.
Health is generally the first consid?
eration in a well regulated commu?
nity, and ? progressive city cannot
progress as it should under prevail?
ing circumstances, Germs breed,
live, thrive and scatter in dust, pone ?
tr?te to the Innermost ceils of your
lungs, If you are strong enough to
throw of these disease germs, good
and well, il not, well the result is a
long lingering illness, and eventual?
ly a little green mound out at the
cemetery. The old saying "An
ounce of prevention is worth a pound
Of cure," is well typified In this cast'.
It We have no one who is supposed
to attend to this matter, lei us llnd
someone w ho can and will do so.
11. K.
MILLER SUCCEEDS ANDREWS?
Georgian Prints Statement That At?
lanta Man Will lie Officer (?I* South
era*
Atlanta. April 20.?The Atlanta
Georgian today prints a statement
that H. W. Miller ol Atlanta will suc?
ceed Andrews as Brat vice president
of the Southern railway.
JAPS ATTACK CHINA.
Kcport Reaches Pekin of Battle ?u
Sunday.
Pekln. April 20.?Unconfirmed hut
believed to be reliable reports are
current that the Japanese fired on
Chinese troops near' Tsimo on Sun?
day. The Chinese retired after losing
twenty killed and wounded.
Hours of Service at the Tabernacle.
Sunday. 25th, 3 and 8 P..M. '
There will be no service in the
churches Sunday night.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
no afternoon services will he held but
there will be evening services on
these days beginning at 7.30 and clos
oing not later than ten minutes to
nine o'clock. The superintendent of
the Chautauqua has kindly consented
to fix the hour for the evening enter?
tainments on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday at 9 o'clock.
Beginning with Thursday, the
29th, there will be two services at
the tabernacle every day, except Sat?
urdays, at 3 and 8 P. Iff.
J. P. Marion,
Chairman Executive Committee.
Forest Fires in Kentucky.
Frankfort, Ky., April 21.?Forest
fires are sweeping upon Pineville, a
town of five thousand, after spreading
over six mountain counties. Thous?
ands of acres are aflame. Help has
been asked from other sections of the
State.
Mothers Day at Rcnibert Church.
Mother's Day will bo celebrated at
Kembert church on the 2nd Sunday
in May next, at It o'clock.
Every one is expected to bring
flowers.
After the usual exercises in church,
all will march to the cemetery, and
every mother s grave will he decorat?
ed.
J Edwin Rembert,
Sunday School Superintendent.]
[toberl 1' HertOt,
Becretai j. j
Apr*l 20, lo. I
Petitions are to be circulated for
ordering an election to pass upon tho
question of a bond issue to provide
funds for the erection of a new build?
ing for the girls' high school and the
modernization of the other school
buildings. The school improvements
contemplated will require between
$50,000 and $75,000, and while this is
a large sum, it is safe to predict that
there will be practically no opposi?
tion t<? the bond Issue. If there is
one thing that the people of Sumter
take more pride in than another and
believe in supporting as generously as
their needs require, it is the city
school system. If the city Board of
Education and Supt. Edmunds say
the schools need $75,000, the taxpay?
ers will cheerfully vote that amount.
DU. E. F. HIGH8MITH?Eyesight
specialist, is at 10(5 West Hampton
Ave., Dr. Baker's old infirmary,
every Monday. Eye examinations
and glass Utting a specialty.
Athletic
Underwear
Ever Wear Athclctic Under*
wear? If you've not, you'll
never know what SUMMER
COMFORT you've been missing
until you arc inside of a Suit.
Men's Union Suits, 50c to $1.50
Boys' Union Suits, 50c to $1.00
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CLOTHING CO.
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Geo H. Hurst,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
Prompt Attention to Day or
Night Calls;
AT J. D. Cralg Old Stand. N. Main
Phones Sfght^ot
GALVANIZED CORRUGATED AND V GRIMPED ROOFING
1,000 Squares in Stock
Write us for prices.
COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY, 823 WEST GERVAIS ST., COLUMBIA, S. C.
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Spring Neckwear
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Charmingly Reflects
the Military Influ?
ence : : : : :
C| The closed and semi-closed col?
lars which set high about the neck
are distinctly military in style. They
fit in admirably with the smartly
tailored fashions in suits, coats and
dresses.
Cf But these are by no means ijb
only popular styles for Spring wear.
There are many new shapes in roll?
ing and flare collars, many cleverly
worked out V-Neck effects. Some
of the best styles are finished with
oddly shaped points, tabs, turnovers
and flares. The soft materials, ba?
tistes, voiles and Georgette crepes
are used most effectively.
t| All of the newest and prettiest
neckwear styles are contained in our
assortment which we are now show?
ing.
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In every transaction It is the aim of the Officers of this Bank to
serve its Depositors in a distinctive and careful manner; to keep
in mind the individual requirements of each and leave nothing
undone that will better serve and protect the Customer's Interest.
Those having financial matters to transact are cordially Invited
to avail themse? s of our assistance and advice.
Bus .less und personal accounts arc welcomed.
THE GROWING BANK
The Commercial & Savings Bank, i
:: GEO. D. SHORE, J. K. CROSSWELL, R. A. BRADHAM. h
:; President. Vice-Pres. Cashier. SI
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Lumber, Lime, Cement,
BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY
AND FEED OF ALL KINDS.
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Successors to Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. and CentraPLumber Co.
Geo. Epperson's OM Maim! Opp. Court House