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o ' v . 1 i i ,t I WW THIS PAPER ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS, ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Volume XV Lenoir, N. C, Tuesday, June 10, 1913 No. 62 k TORRENTS LAND TTTLL Will be of Much Benefit to Far. men an4 Other Land Owner. (Pr6ffreMic Farmer.) And now, perhaps, we had better explain once again just what is meant by the Torrens system of registered land titles. We have done so before, but the subject is so new to many read ers that we must follow the pol icy of "line upon line and pre cept upon precept." Let us re peat what we have said before. Without the Torrens system, every time a piece of real es tate is sold or offered as secur ity for a loan, some lawyer must examine into the legality of the title. Old records running back sometimes for hundreds of years must be searched at great labor and expense; and the next time the property is sold or offered as collateral, and the next, and the next, the same work must be done over again, at the same expense as before. Now, the Torrens system pro poses that instead of this ever lasting investigation of the same thing, this perpetual marching backward and forward over the same ground with no purpose save that of supporting lawyers who might better serve their fellows in some other way in stead of all this, we say, the Torrens system proposes that the State shall examine the tit le once for all, guarantee it, and register it and henceforward it may be transferred about as easily as a share of stock in a corporation, or a bond issued by State or municipality. The o riginal cost of getting a Tor rens deed will be little more than the present cost of once in vestiiratinn the title and with a Torrens deed once secured, land titles may be transferred at from one fourth to one-tenth the present expense and with im measurably less worry and un certainty. ' At present, moreover, a deed is only the registered certificate of a claim; the State does not guarantee your right to the land described, and even after the lawyers have pronounced the title sound, you cannot be abso lutely sure. A deed under the Torrens system, on the other hand, is an absolute guarantee from the State of your right to the property mentioned against all comers until judgment day So a Torrens deed, unlike a regular deed, is easily negotia ble and right here we come t upon the one supreme advan tage of the Torrens system that ought toinsure its adoption ev erywhere.'even if It had no oth er attractions. As things are now, land (which should be the finest of all securities) by reason of the uncertainty of titles and the cost of investigations, is one of the most troublesome, ex pensive,' and unprofitable of al forms of collateral for borrowing money a fact which largely accounts for the present Nation wide agitation for a better sys tem of , "rural credits." The farmer, in other words, although ' he has the better security o: the two, is, at a great disadvan . tage in borrowing money as compared with the city business man. And because he Is i. this disadvantage in borrowing, s the farmer from time lmmemor ial haa been a prey to : merchants" and Shylock "time . mon extenders, bloodsuckers , of ag rlculturat prosperity. ; But with a Torrens system title, not even a registered Government '.- bond HawCmoIum Bt Not Brunt. (Raleigh Times.) The idiots and boneheads are not all locked up yet. A few of them are running around loose in automobiles. You can spot them without any difficulty at all. For Instance some of them were roaming around last night. at an hour when most respecta ble working people , ought to be in bed; giving a very realistic mitation of a steam boat whistle without the boat. They did tine too. In a great many cities such things as steam boat whis tles, siren horns, screach owls, braying jackasses, cannon crack ers and the like are relegated to the has-been class. But in Ral eigh oh! no! ! All young men of Raleigh with more gasoline than brains are requested by a few gentle people who value their lives as well as their slumbers to kindly drive on the right hand sideof the street always and to use just an ordinary old honk honk horn when it is necessary to remind folks of their all-important presence. Remember that it is better for you to go through the streets and over the country roads unnoticed than for every body to say "There goes that d-dear f-fellow again!" Muck Bear Wasted. (Greensboro Daily tfews.) Durham, June 7. Five hun dred bottles of sizzling beer was wasted this afternoon in the jail yard when the police officers and other avowed prohibitionists, in eluding two newspaper report ers smashed the confiscated pro perty of J. W. ' Ferrell against the walls of the courthouse. .1. W. Ferrell is proprietor of the "feed" store on Parrisli street and the beer was seized in tin general raid of all the joints in town two weeks ago. Me was fined $150 and costs. The police still have in their possession about 500 more bottles, thecoii fiscated property of A. T. Fow- er and others. This will bi broken up during the next few days. We received a poem yester dav entitled r arewell. it is a good thing that the gifted au thoress said goodbye to the lit tle gem. lor she will never see it again. would be as attractive to the bank as land would be because the Torrens deed would be as much guaranteed by the Gov ernment as the bond itself, while Nature, having made land far more indestructible than governments, would better guar antee the safety of the deed and the farmer could, therefore, borrow easily and cheaply. uGet a general adoption o1 the Torrens system of register ing land titles," Dr. , John Lee Coulter, of Washington, D. C, remarked to the writer a few weeks ago, "and your Southern farmers can borrow money at 5 per cent." And while the first cost of getting a. Torrens title may seem a little large to some farmers, remember that as a rule, It costs no more to get a Torrens title, good for a thousand years, ? than it wil cost to have your title examined two or three ; times under the common sjstem, ' Mr. Farmer, get ,,a Torrens title for your land. ' It is the first and surest step toward get ting free from the credit system, getting cheaper . money, and toward establishing '-.'a - better system of "rural credits." ... Chkkea tighten Want Pardoa. (News & Observer.) Former Lieutenaut-Governor W. C. Newland, of Caldwell county," and Marshall Yount, of Catawba county, appeared be- bre Governor Craig one day ast week asking that the gov ernor extend the pardoning pow er in behalf of Frank Propst, of Alexander county, who was con victed of second degree murder three years ago. Propst is serving a seven years sentence, along with a man by the name of Bowen, on the charge of conspiracy leading up to the killing of one Hoffer while in an altercation over a chicken tight. The apiearance of these gen tlemen before Governor Craig on yesterday, is the second time since Propst has been serving his penitentiary sentance that mercy has been begged of the governor in his behalf. Propst was not accused of killing Hoffer but of conspiracy in connection with the killing. Sentenced To Twelve Year. Haircut Every Clearfield, Pa., June 7. One of the oddest sentences ever re corded in this state was imposed on Harry Lawson Drew, a young member of a prominent family of this city, by Judge Smith yesterday. Drew was charged with larceny and bail jumping. The judge was disposed to be lenient and intimated that he felt like suspending" sentence. Attorney Marshall, Drew's counsel, then whispered to Judge Smith, who turnad to Drew and said: "I sentence you to have your luxurious shock of black hair clipped once a month lor the next year."' Drew, who is very vain ol his lair, begged the court to send him to jail, but spare his hair. The judge refused and Drew sobbing, left the courtroom. Mr. Thos. J. Curlee was found dead in bed yesterday morning at his home on Allison street. Mr. Curlee worked all day Wed nesday at the Statesville furni ture factory and was in hiusu al health when he retired Wed nesday night. Members of the family heard him up in his room about midnight, but gave the matter, little thought. Yester day morning he failed to get up at the usual time and when his daughter went to his room she found him dead. His position was natural, there was no signs of a. struggle and the physician who was called stated that death must have come very suddenly while he was asleep, probably due to some heart trouble. (Mr. Curlee was' known to many readers of The News as he lived here at 'one time sever al years ago. News) In the death of the venerable Dr. T. B. Kingsbtry atWilming ton Wednesday North Carolina journalism loses a gifted and honored member. For a nuni ber of years he. was the editor of the Wilmington Star and lat er the. Messenger while during his later years he was a fre quent contributor to the state and southern press. He was a man of strong convictions, a great student of political and historical matters and a pleasing and forceful writer. Greens boro News. The most difficult thing to ao quire In the game of lawn tennis la the lawn. Jack Johntoa Given Jail Sentence; FumL Chicago, June 4. Jack John son, negro heavyweight cham pion, today was sentenced to one year and one day in the state penitentiary at Joliet and fined $1,000 for violation of the Mann "white slave' act." Sentence was pronounced on Jonnson after Federal Judge Carpenter had denied a motion for a new trial. Johnson ob tained two weeks' time in which to prepare a writ of error and ! le bond of $iJ0,000 on which he as been at liberty since his conviction was allowed to stand. Half a dozen deputy United States marshals, who had group ed themselves about Johnson in anticipation of resistance when ie prison sentence was given, eft the room when Judge Car penter announced that the fight er would continue temmrarilv at liberty. The sentence to the state pen- tentiary is owing to the crowd ed condition of the federal pris on at Leavenworth. Johnson eft the courtroom declaring he would not give up his fight for iberty. The William Liquor Case Finally Settled. Washington, fJune 5. By mod ifying the action of former Com missioner of Internal Revenue Cabell in the famous N. Glenn Williams whisky case, Commis sioner of Internal Revenue Os- born has practically ended a controversy of eight years tanding between the govern ment and the claimants to2",- 000 gallons of whisky stored at Williams, N. C. The new commissioner lias permitted Williams to give a bond for the internal revenue ax and extended until January 1, I ill 4 the time of going into ;ffect of his predecessor's order for the removal of the whisky from Williams, N. C, to aban doned warehouse at Louisville, Ky. Around the case raged a bitter controversy between United States Judge Boyd, of Greens boro, N. C, and former Com missioner Cabell, which was in vestigated by a committee of Congress at the last session. In a report to former Secretary of the Treasnry MacVeagh, Mr. Cabell caustically criticised Judge Boyd for issuing injunc tions first against the seizure of the whisky for taxes and then against removal to Louisville. A master appointed by Judge Boyd to take testimony on the injunction against removal of the liquor recently reported ih favor of Williams and severely criticised the former commis sioner. Commissioner Osborn's action will permit the withdrawal and sale of the whisky with the pay ment of taxes to the govern ment aggregating $25,000. He said he modified Mr. Cabell's order so that the government may receiye the taxes and be Spared, the expense of $12 day in keeping a guard at the Williams distillery. It is alright to see upthe-riv- er folks in North Wilkesboro on week-ends. The train was loaded last Saturday and a num ber came from the edge of Cald well. Contrary to some rumors Wilkes may want a slice off Caldwell. "We move that the line, be carried around Grandin fust." Lenoir is asleep with Its fathersthe colonels and the patriarchs. North Wilkesboro Hustler. ' Word Of Praia. 'News and Observer.) If the man who scrubs your Interesting Reading Matter of windows, for a little dough, toils ! Local and National Affairs like forty-seven Hindoos till in Condensed Form. they're clean as snow, when I you go down in your raiment for j The United Commercial Trav the .coin that pajs, give him elers of North and South Cro- more than money payment, give him words of praise. If the dame who does your washing! J washes passing well, all dav long in soapsuds slashing, till the evening bell, show her you've been keeping cases on her winning ways, and before she hotneward chases hand her words of praise. Nothing stiui mates the shirker in tins mun dane mart; but some praise jor ; willing worker cheers his hon est heart; he who toils in weath er sunny and on gloomy days, needs a little more than money needs some words of praise. We're so stingy with this guer don we might freely give! Sigh ing 'neath a heavy burden scores around us live; and that burden we might lighten as we go our ways, and so many pathways brighten, with some words of praise! If the man who shines your brogans shines the best he can, humming cheerily the slo gans of the bootblack clan, show him that his course will tickle all right-minded jays: hand him, with your pewter nickel, sundry words of praise. Walt Mason. Scholarship to b Given Away. Several worthy boys and girls in this section will be given free scholarships in a number of the leading educational institutions of this State by the Greater Western North Carolina Fair Association. The management of the Fair. which will be held in Asheville on October 7 to 10. inclusive, is working out the details of a scholarship contest whereby a little work at spare moments will enable a number of deserv ing voung men and women to enter college and enjoy educa tional advantages which they perhaps would not otherwise receive. Those in charge of the Fair work are laying great stress on the Educational and Boys and Girls Department and in order to insure earnest co-operation and provide adequate reward for same, boys and girls will be awarded free scholarships for making or securing entries in these departments. A basis on which points will be scored by the contestants is being worked out and the con test will be waged in August, as a result of which each of several contestants will be given choice of a scolaship in a number of business and literary colleges in North Carolina. A plan will be effected whereby a contestant in a remote rural district will have the same opportunity of wining a scholarship as a contestant in or near Asheville. The work to be done by the contests will consist wholly of making, and securing entries and the selling of season tickets to the Fair, full instructions concerning which can be obtain ed from the Western North Carolina Fair Association at Asheville. A recent article condemns the use of chicory. Don't touch that word. It's the only one we can find that rhymes with Ter psichore. It's natural that when a girl finds a beau that she should be all as quiver. NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST. lina convened in annual conven- tion at Salisbury Friday. rl. .. e liy a recent iolice census of . , ; i .. . lireensboro, it is shown ttiit there are twice as many dons ia the city of Greensboro acows. The sixth annual session of the North Carolina confWencH Epworth League convened in Front Street Methodist church, Burlington, Thursday. The annual con vention of the Elks Association of North Caro lina convened at Wrightviile Beach Thursday night. There were 300 delegates in attendance. Dispatched say that Maj. E. Hale, of Fayette ville, ai d Mr. Whitehead Klutz, of Silioury, nave both been given J1U.UU appointments in the diplomatic service. Major E. J. Hale, of Fayette ille, N. C, has been of fered the post as minister to Costa Rica, by President Wil son, and it is quite likely that he will accept the position. Hugh Long, a memher of the South Corolina Legislature from Aiken county was acquitted hursday of the charge ot hav ing murdered Picken N. Gunter, a banker of Wagner, S. C. last fall. An electric car line is to be built between Canton and Waynesville. The line will pass the White Sulphur Springs Hotel, Hazel wood and the Meth odist Assembly Grounds at Lake unaluska. At a meeting of the board of trustees of Catawba college on Thursday, President Buchheit tendered his resignation and lew James David Andrews of Burlington was elected presi dent in his place. Becoming suddenly enraged at Mrs. Sallie Goldsmith, Hel en Miller, her neighbor, slashed, her neck with a razor, cutting a five-inch gash and wounding the jugular vein, Friday morn ing at Asheville. In a recent interview in Wash ington, Ex-Congressman Charles H. Cowles of Wilkesboro gave out the statement that the Re publicans, Progressives and oth er factions would get together and sweep the country in 1916. . t F. C. Thompson, a student in the Princeton Theological semi nary made a new world's record as an athlete on last Thursday by scoring 7,41)9 points in ten e- vents. This surpasses the rec ord of the Indian, James Thorpe by more than 20 points. A severe electrical and rain storm visited a section of Robe son county surrounding Lumber ton Thursday night. One house was struck and the end torn out, and a clock on the mantel was knocked into the center of thei room and completely demolish ed. Eckie Baukus and Robert) Hayes, two white men of Wilkes county, were convicted in the Federal Court at Greensboro on Friday of the charge of con spiracy to injure Charles Shat- ley because he had gone with deputy marshals and pointed these two men out for arrest. Small injuries viewed through the microscope of borrowed trouble become great calamities. ! 1 1 1 I i 4 1 i 4 "4 4 r ! 4 4
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