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Mad le sasoifestty tha heat advertising la Sumter THE TORRENS LAW. - The legislature haa finally enacted the Torrens land regia- rut ion law, af? ter having dilly-dallied with it for twenty yeara The loss the people of South Carolina have differed, directly and indirectly, through the refusal of successive legislatures to grant this necessary reform m the archaic, cumbersome and expensive methods of recording and translerring titles to real estate can never be estimated, and the vexatious part of the whole proceeding is the voll-cstabllshed aad generally admitted fact that there J?aa never been any argument worth consideration against tie Torrens sys? tem. The most that has been said against ths Torrens system of land registration is that it would work al revolution In old practice, that It is pnodcrn, simple and efficient and in many rase.* would render the service of a lawyer leso Indlspeiisible in trans? actions involving the sate or mortgage of land than heretofore. The oppo? sition to this reform that has persisted lor some twenty years and has blocked every attempt c f Its advocates to gain for It a full ar.d fair consid? eration of Its merits, ct.n be attribut? ed to nothing more than an obstinate, If not an Ignorant, didncllnatlon to changs In ths dlrectloc of simplicity and efficiency by those who regard custom and precedent as more im? portant than common sense and the needs of modern business conditions. H Is to be hoped that the Torrens law that hoe been ensctad has not been tendon! red wi'. . grurhdone gad tadente inherit, a from the eld meth? ods. ]f It has beau h>u led down with **~lutfceiltlea and Jokeie the real ob < ta of tha Torrens system may be iporarlly defeated and In the minds of superficial observers the system It? self may be for a time discredited, but the enactment of any ?ort of law bas upon ths fundamental principles of ths Torrens system hi so great an ad ice that any minor imperfections and short-comings In the act itself, are not fatal. One provision that tho law should ntain, if It does not. Is a method by Which a person who has held title to Iland for a sufficient longth of tlmo to give him a perfect title, may register als title under tl. new law at noml v 1 coat and wtthou. complicated irt proceedings. A man who has1 a vfect title should iiot be forced to cuiergo a troubleeorao and expen? sive process by law to obtain a Ton ans law title. A provision of this charac? ter would tend to Immediately popu? larise the new law and encourage all land owners to register their titles. BL'YINU WESTERN STOCK. The habit of depending upon the wast for live ideas] Is so long estab? lished and so firmly Inbc tided in the States of North Curollna, South Caro? lina and Georgia that It Is not surpris? ing that tho efforts that have been made In recant years to develop llvo stock raising as one of the staple In? dustries of thoso States have not met with greater success. Tho custom of making cotton growing the paramount agricultural industry of the South Atlantic States is not the result of the wsr between the States and tho abo? lition of slavery, as is so often assort cd. but antedatei; the war by forty or fifty years, i'he harmftri effects af raising cot on and buying other things nseded on the farm v.'Ofi reconnlte?! and deplored fully one hundred years ugo. and the conditions of which we complain now were complained of in the early years of tho nineteenth cen? tury. Cotton was King In 1*20 as It Is today and our people neglected oth? er cropa and farm producta to tin i? financial damage as obatlnately as they do now. The subjoined article, clipped from a Charleston newspaper of May 1, 1824, contains Information of Intercut and the comments on UN tacts are as trul> appreciable to conditions that now exist as to the conditions nearly a century ago: Columbia. S. C, May 18. In the autumn and winter of 1820 xnd 1811, an account was taken of tho horses and mures which passed the ?mo :ntalr?i from Tennessee ?nd Ken tucky, to North Carolina. South Caro? lina and Georgia, for sale. From tho 1st October. IS20. to 1st April. 1821, the whole number exceeded 10, . no. In 1822, the hogs passing Ashcvlllo, from and io the same States was 73,000. Tho number of beeves phas? ing in one season, has not been ascer? tained, but they arc computed to be at least &,')00. The annual amount, therefore, received by two western, frcm thrco Atlantic States, in the tale of horses, hogs and cattle, may be thu3 estimated: !0,000 horses and mules, av aglng $76 each.$75,000 73,000 hogs at $10 each .... 730,000 P.000 be*veu at $20 each.. .. 100,000 $1,370,000 It may be asked why do North Car ollna, south Carolina, and Georgia, pay this annual sum of ono million apd a half dollars to Kentucky and Tennessee for live stock? Not that the former States arc unable to raise them; but bocause the price heretofore given for cotton, renders it more profi? table for trem to raise cotton, and buy lurses find meat. But in case the proposed tariff should destroy the hopes of th-j cotton planter, as it in? evitably must, it It should pass, the farmers of the Southern Atlantic States, instead of purchasing, must raise their own hog3, horses and cat? tle. Tennccjeo and Kentucky will then bo deprived of a trade in these articles, of $1,500,000. And what do thvy oxpect to receive in exchange for it? Why to supply the cotton planters with their bagging*. But tho whole amount consumed in tho United states docs not exceed'$900,000 per annum. Will Kentucky and Tenncs }sec supply tho whole of this, even if the foreign article Is prohibited? Certainly not. If the price of cotton is much depressed, the planter of it must and will raise his own hemp und muhe his own bagging. It was done during the late war and will be done again. Why then should Tennessee and Kentucky desire tho tariff.?Gazette. TuEVHR 18 PLEASED WITH BILL. Gratified That His Aniednments to Farm Loan Measure Have Been Ac? cepted by Committee Washington, Feb. 16.?Representa? tive Lever today expressed himself as greatly pleased with the fact that the rural credits bill reported by tho I oat* ?"mmitteo yesAeVdsy contislnsj s'.h manually the .wo amendments] *hlch he pressed for insertion in the Joint commit tee bill- -the amen dim its which nave to do wit a the limited guarantee of the bonds and the mak? ing available of a part of the postal savings for Investment in farm loan bonds. It U noted that Mr. Lever's proposition to provide propaganda work for the Inauguration of tho sys? tem has been inserted In the senale ,blll as It cones from the committee. "I am greatly pleased," he said, "with the action of the senate com? mittee In the Insertion of there amendments which I tried to get Into the bill before !t left the joint com? mittee and with minor amendments I believe the bill reported by the sen? ate committee will furnish a work? able system of rural credits which will mean the beginning of the revo? lutionising ot farm financing in this country. I shall fight for these fun? damental propositions on the floor of the house if tho bir reported from the banking and currency committee of the house does not carry thorn and I fool hopeful of having tho large majority of the membership of tho house with me." It is known thnt Senator Holl.s, who reports the sen? ate bill, anl Mr. Lever have been working in the closest cooperation. They recently called upon the presi? dent to urge these amendments to the Joint committee bill and both came away very enthusiastic over the attitude of the president. Invitations Out for Marriage. Invitations have been issued an? nouncing tho marriage of Miss Ro? berta McFadden of Sardinia to Mr. Larry T. Glltesple of Hrcvard, N. C, to take place February 20th, at Sar? dinia. S. C. Mis.': McFadden spent the fall in Sumter, where she S/OS employed in MoCoihlaH IJio?. store, and made many friends during her stay. Mr. Glllespie is manager of tho United States Wool? en Mills Company storo in this city, having been In Sumter for about a year. U If Ml 1 UdmmmxmaA Gowim bwng^ more pene? trating make" it prefertJJe. You simply rub il on >our. throat, cheS or parts affect? ed and it is absorbed thru the skin, stop? cough, croup and colds promptly. Re? lieves] pneumonia by reduc? ing congestion and rover. Fol tali hy all dealer* in 23c. 50c and 11.00 L.ttlrs. . Write for lanple tnd testi -e^sJV-ll ?Dtcn.nd Cow.ru because Cowan* is more penetrating* IHM NfJICAl CO. Concord, N. C. COCA-COLA PLANT CHANGES HANDS. J. K. croswcli Sells Out to En I>. Cole, Who Will OpcrfttO Bottling Works. E. D. Cole of Cnrtersvillc, Ga., has pnrohassfl the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. from Mr. J. K. Crosswell of this city, tho trade having been completed the first ol this month. Mr. Colo is now head of the Coca-Coia Bottling plant as president and treasurer with the detail management in the hands of Mr. John S. Pluck, as formerly. Mr. Colo i<* a native of Scranton, S Ci but has been in Georgia for many years. He hai been engaged in the bottling business at Cartersville for the past twelve years and has made a financial success of the business. Mr. Cole happened to meet up with Mr. Crosswell at the recent meeting of the Coca-Cola Bottling Association in Atlanta and after hearing Mr. Cross well's proposition, he came on here with the result that tho purchase was consummated. Besides being engag? ed in other business Mr. Colo is a politician to some extent, being vice chairman of the ways and means com? mittee in the Georgia house of repre? sentatives. While he will not move his family here at .present, as he is still operating his plant in Georgia, he expects to move them at some time in the not distant future. In tho meantime Mr. Colo will divide his time between tho two places. WILLIAMS FOB SECOND TERM. .Manning Rcappoints Asylum Superin? tendent. Columbia, Feb. 19.?Gov. Manning yesterday reappointcd C. Fred Wil? liams, M. D., of Columbia as super? intendent of the State Hospital for the Insane for a term of two years as provided by law. Dr. Wrilliams was Prat appointed early last year. He will reeclve a salary of $6,000 per year as provided in the appropriation bill, which was amended by the sen? ate. The house provided only $5,000 and the increase was made upon the recommendation of the senate finance committee. APPOINTMENT CONFIRMED. Senate Passes on Dr. Williams as Su? perintendent. Columbia, Feb. 19.?The senate in executive session this morning con? firmed tho appointment of Dr. C. Fred Williame as superintendent of Lhe BtSt< Hospital fOi the Insane for the tern) provided by law. Dr. Wil? liams was named yesterday1 tu su< rtoii himself by Gov. ifanntnj CONFIRMED TESTIMONY . The Kind Sumter Renders Cannot Doubt. Doan's Kidney Fills have stood the ' test. The test of time?the hano tefll of all. Thousands gratefully testify To quick relief?to lasting m - , Sumter readers can no longer doubt the evidence. It's convincing testimon> ;\ told and well confirmed. Sumtor readers should profit h those experiences. E. W. Vogel, 401 W. Hampton \v\. Sumter, says: "For several ir I suffered from pains thfbugh tl small of'my back and When* stooped, I was in misery. Ify became very weak and sever ' ItVi " I had to give up work. A phyuit I treated me, but his medicin? as w 11 as a number of others, brought no relief. After using one box of Doan's Kidney Pills, tho pains die:;. , and six boxes completely cureU me.*' A Permanent Cure. Over two years later, M r "\ ? said: "Doan's Kidney Pills ma le permanent c ire in my case." ? Price 50c, at all dealer simply ask for a kidney remedy -v Doan's Kidney Pills?the eam< Mr. Vogel has twice recon, :i Foster-Mllburn Co., Props., I N. Y.?Advt. (21) Candidate's Cards. Announcements of cand dal be printed in this column closo of the campaign fot cards acceptod on credit. At the request of my fri nounce myself as a candldl 7th Magisterial District, sut rules of the Democratic p;? In tho race to a finish if I but one vote. T. l\ BAND] ? FOR SALE? Small hoivc. harness, at ? bargain. H. SEASONABLE BtJGGUsTIO 90 day seed oats, land Iii necessary article sinco it I slble to get potash. Bo Lood, Inc. i^pynsni um oy J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. If TOBACCO IS c .tP?RED r ItORSMOKF'.o UNDER THf? ?f PR0CESr UIStOVERED 1*1 '? rVIAKIKj EXPERIMENTS'T? M;PRODUCE THE MOST,DM jiVtl'jKf EUE AND WHOLE - r. 1 r? 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And smoked in a makin's cigarette, Prince Albert is so refreshing and delightful that it gives you a new idea of cigarette happiness. Any way you fire-up Prince Albert, it w?l win you quick as a flash?it's so good and so friendly! R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Winston-Salem, N. I Prince Albert can be bought everywhere tobacco ie mold? in toppy red bogt, Sc; tidy ted tint, 10c; handsome pound and half-pound tin humidor? and in that classy pound crystal-slate humidor with sponge-moistener top that keeps the tobacco in such fine condition! GOV. THREATENS JUDGE. . 1 ._,_ i lye Says That He will Call I>?isla- j ture to Ini)>cacli Eilgington Unless Lntttr Resigns. Nashville, Feb. 21.?Gov. Rye tc lay threatened to call an extra se;; :ion of the legislature to consider i iharges of malfeasance In office made i I the Memphis liar against Criminal I Court Judge Jesse Edgington of that city unless Edgington resigns before night. ? Edgington's friends declared that he had reconsidered his intention to resign and will fight the case to the Hntsh. Washington, Feb. 21.?The Supreme Court has upheld the Florida law mak Ing it u miS Icmeanor f *r able bodiod males to refuse to work the roads. APPEALS FOR MONEY. Secretary of Treasury Asks for Ap? propriations. j j Washington, Feb. 18.?The secre j tary of the treasury today sent a I communication to congress asking for [immediate emergency appropriations of $r.,000 foi Lancaster and $29,000 i for Marion oetoffice buildings. Always ? DELIGHTFUL to the taste and the most REFRESHING drink in the world. Carbonated in one of the cleanest plants in the State, which has recently changed hands and is now under new management, ? @ ? Visitors welcoBia at all times and your inspection invited. The (mS Bottling Company, E. I). COLE, President and Treas. Phone 358. Sumter. South Carolina.