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Tltt S'rttt4ftttltt4?tfTlt (L'Uv.MUlUllMVivaWvP . ' 1 Entered axing to postal regulations at I the postofficc at Southport, N. C, as second ; w A IC -1 class matter. TKBM OF HtlWCniPTION. niRKK MOKTHS. 35 Cent. six Moirrns .60 Cents. DXK TEAR. . . 1 00 Sent by Mali. Payable in advance. Give postofflcc address in full .including I county and State. Remit by draft, postofflee order, or re I gistered letter, at our risk. r-AdrcrtWnff rtcn furnishl on nppli. i catUn j No comnninlcntlon will le printed n the I Lkadeji without the name of the writer, Idng known to the iditors. , " n...7 , I .i.-i nr. fiiwwr.it iuii"i muni Keapeh cannot manuscripts, no matter what their diame ter may lie. To t hi rule no exception will be made with regard to either letters or in- closures. Nor will the editor tter into ; sDondenee resneetlnif rejet-twl ' AAfinAniljjtirMl rfturu.-t n tr Pit communications. All matter not inserte! Indotroycl. , r."x :rrn OTEVEHS & FABBELL Editors and. Proprietors. HOUTHPOItT. Drnnswlck CoN. C. Sournroirr, N. C, Jancaky 1. 1891. 1 HAPPY NEW YE41L unuusiimuay-jicignuiennunareu ; and ninetyone, the Lkadkr sends r .!.. 1 . 1 l. 1! greeting to lU many friends, wishing them, one and all, a very UaPJ,u a,l , .iTWjxrouu itw tear. ! Another bxk has ben addtnt to the world s history, a volume marked, 1890. The past year was marked j with the usual vicissitudes of crimes, casualties, storms j on sea and land, commercial agitations and failures. The principal disturbances at home and abroad have ocourred during the latter half of the year. The Argentine Republic craze, with its speculative inflation of values, and the issuance of a fiat currency, was suddenly ended, causing monetary disturbances in Kurppo and the United States. Tis was followed by loss of confidence in this country, causing a depression in values, less .commercial activity, and the failure of many leading houses, j General business shows improvement At the close of tin year, however, with signs of renewed confidence. Congress has attracted more atten tion than usual during tho past year, as the legislation has affected the interests of all classes in this country. Tho chief legislative discussions on ! tho increased Pension listthe Mc-j Kinlev anil Fi-dond F.Wtimi billu i , j . ...... x..... were follower chsely by the voters. I whoexpresscHl themselves forcibly in tho Novemlxr election, .-nationally j consideretl. the South shows the greatist advancement, and her com- mercial interests were never in as good i condition. Todav. Southern rtsourcis. i mineral, agricultural and industrial, ; command the attention of the world, j Tn the political world,, a new ant fur . .ffw. ic nvrwonn.l l..v .iii.i., in 1.;. i nxini ll illl j ranners Alliance rartv, winch tccu- moiaie ineinseives 10 me various neeus , , T . - . . . " , , : . v. .i f wealthy Irish-American, has just given pies a verv strong place, ami threatens f commerce. None of them, we are ' . . . , li , ' . ,x . . ii . .i r i r.. . , ;her splendid residence in Charlotte- the formation of a new party. Death told bv the Ijondou Matist. has during . ... ... ,,, , , i , ..:". i i . i i town. Prince Ldward Island. Canada, has removal many persons, familiar the year lornc the tests of the fluctua- , . . , ' to tlu-publio, wi,.', will l.Mt. tiHK .'.lnn.nl Mt.-r tlmuthat o Oer' ' thanty to tic .. . r. , , ,IM . t, i A i . as a lxardinghouse for lahes. In medicine. Dr. koeh s consumption ; many. I his fact has led the Matist to cure marks the most notable discovery Kve t8' r-018 a" elaborate account Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes' remark of the year,, i of the monetary arrangements of that ; able vitality is ascribe! to his regular From distant lands have come from ;mipi re. The Hink of (ermany has habits. ' Tlie rooms he occupies are tune to time, rexrts of famine and an authorize! issue of alout $70,000, j equipped with barometers, thermome distresa, which are usual each year i uu0- It tan increase this sum to any j ters, and various other ometers to pre ol though tin- Christian world con' amount by issuing notes against the vent his incurring the slightest risk of tributtw largely lowanls the amthora. ! oiu and bullion it holds, and it may. taking coll. 1 tion "of existing evils in those countries. addition to these, issue notes to auv 5 ' " ' 11 . . . . ... l,nsidered from all sides, the oast year has dealt kindly with the world- -I, .. . ! and while the new year may not treat US as well, the world looks hofullr, - . f and with confidence for a new and better year, in which tho doubts of the past will bo dispelled, with a fub Cllment of its promises. The year 1 890 ; isnomore. ii iu iwd miiui.irutrliu experience ... ...w . " ouut-.i uui -"'- ,4 1 bo enteral with, aoubt or hesitation, j bullion he carried out of tho ctmntry but with a determination on the part j and nctes issued on bullion have to bo ; of all maukind'to make 1891, lear aiwJrawn from circulation, and grander and nobler part in tho world a ; histor)' tlian any previous year. m flAl.lU lllli L1AU1U 11. B LIABILITY. tioi reganling the e CoiHity .CoinmU - Tlie able exposition position which the noners occupy, anu ine siuiauon oi ; .r 1 .1. . .. a , Brunswick County's records, published j .wi-. wnaiiu, i man. Mi. Irede.l Meare. ol Wilmington, inot Uil 10 iinPre8S every propertyj fcrtMr in th' I Vmntr who reads and i thoughtfully considers the subject. ; . Meares, in his article, clealy shows j tne nrefient existing sute of aflaire in 1 vw.rf ' ; our County Kecords,and the necessary j remedies. Tnc Commissioners are elected to ; jsefvethe interests of the people and j ;!catryoutthe laws. Their duties are; i clear. It uncertain tney can easily ; consult the law. And yet our Com-; ' - a 1 .- . I. A n aV, '. mwwionera uium ub wwrr i.u u,B, laws, if actions are any indication. 1 o ,r county commissioners amenable? Appointed by the Magis- j trates, they have ignores! instructions from them. Electetl to work for the j interests of the ieopIe, .wo - una no; interest servel. What ' benefits do! I tax'payers receive? year by year from Ue Commiioners? Tha County buildings are going to decay, and only prevented from falling ; - - - 10 pieces .uy-a.svmi-occasionai paicn. . Th. tmbbV rwnnlH rn 'kent in a piit- :ch. board, to Ihj stolen or dest roved. 1 Criminals 2ro put Jnt0 a bunding, dis- .. . , . . , .imttultln lhj.inrf al m t 1 .11 u nil " .w.. -....w... their confinement becomes an outrage; on ureency, a ire uu .iiiipuaou-. ,m'nt' theirstav linga qtion left to their individual wish. Our poor, i pldl at a distance, as though their ; j untortunate comlition was a enme. j With these conditions existing, what i . ... . ' 1 tax-payers receive for the money, j which year after year is paid out, but ; nothing to show in return. 11 iiiuv,oiiiiiiissiiieiaaiuiiiui.-KH-l ting oth the wishes of those who? If it, P.H.n..'....,. .... K..n .w.,.1A 'gave them their office, and the people ; whose intercuts they should protect, j wm,M5 u,lu,lsa,u lv,:u; the coinnussioners autocrats, without , responsibility to any one? Or is it j simply a per diem office, with mileage j attachment? . 1 he tax -pavers of Hrunswick County ! cannot afford to ignore the present state of their County affairs. They are taxed, but not benefited. It is not the tax which the people dread, simply i i . i i l - as a tax, but thev demand some equi- valent return for the money which they pay out for improvements.." At present, property holders' interests an; endangered by the neglect of the Commissioners to carry out the law for Jhe protection of the County's j records. Tho Commonwealth - is dis-1 graced by its jail and ioor house. The i remedy is known. It only needs carrying out. unui i ne commissioners iuimi tneir duties, they, and they alone will 1h held liable for injuries arising from a T ' " t . I g inn . I neglect to provide safeguards for Hrunswick County's interests. The Magistrates have instructed, the people desire protection. 'Tho Commissioners ..... i. . 1 ...:u iv. n. 1 iiuii nuiiicMiiiiu ri K)ii!i oiu iiiio. iiaoie, i thoy must answer for the shame which ! attaches to our jail and r house. and the dangers which threaten our ! records. THE BANK OF UER3IANY. The recent o-fitinipnt .'in thu mmmv ! 71 m m m m u I markets of the world has led financiers i to observe closely the various monetary j claim-.systems of Eurojie in order to note the, : I'l.'ltilM'tV' U'ltll U'liwll tlwiv nn a...n,i. ! " ... .. . v ..i. vwin- .. .1. .1 1. l i amount it ph-ases, provided that it 1 . . - pays a duty of ." piT cent iqion the excess tinder t hese provisions i; will be seen that when money is plentiful i , . . i 'and interest is less than per cent the! . lank will withdraw ny notes that it ay liave issued in excess of the amount authorized, for it cannot then : affordtoiiay the duty imposed ly the j rm uw escesa. uui money incomes scarce and interest high, the bank can at once proceetl to iut any amount ot notes that tt Ipleases until rates drop once more j j Wlow a per cent, when aelf-interest . fwill dictate -an end to the expansion. r 1 l i . I inis ssiem nas Deen put to a severe j test during the year, but it has not j vaatt ninis.fi, Ape c;aii?i can-isay; "In thry. nu doubt, thre i; much to be said against the system, I but nractice nroves that it works well. t The Berlin I Jourse has not Ixsen thrown into utter alarm, and trade has notj been nndulv harrasscd. Not onh did ) I A f the German system save the German i market irom a severe crisis, it avaueu ' - -.......... also not merely to stop the serious t drain of cold, but it turned the current j and attracted a large amount of metal." J l ne wruer uungs inai money maiicrs . in Kngland would have been much j lu.)ti. anil tra1a lnca t lrnn fan iannHl , aunng me recent crisis u ine nans 01 r.nKiaou hkc ot empowered to issue notes in excess 01 j its authorized issue and its com and bullion, on condition of payment of a i overnmeni nuiy. "an joseiercury. ' - - m:m PRESS COMMENTS. The IUrang ttAW r, of tho third quarter, is at hand. We notice us conunueu goou apprance, aiso : . . , 1 - -' , i are glad to learn of' the . increased j prosperity of the school, (Kinsey Semi nary), which it so ably n-presents Mn al W Ay4;r city cditor of tlie j Kaleigh Ae C.romce, has accepted j n the first place, the register of t!u. I)OSition of private sicretary for'eeds books are not properly indexed. pl t t, pf,u- Pni.bMit of the. mi : .... .u ;. .... Farmers Alliance. Our lxst wishes go wjth l,1In i his new position, Htr.,4ion of tl.o offi,, of or ' j friend the Winston, N. C, Tain City Daily, we heard with great regret. TJlo )(Xlhj win only temporarily . ra , . however, and will tin- tiubtodlv arise from the ashes with n.aU;r ronrXx and enterprise. r'jre ; i cannot 'HlowirMhe a REVIEWS. lu-Kords Magazine for Januarv con- tains the usual mterestimr vanetv of i articles, both prose and poet r v. Under . , : , . . ", . tne neal ot t livsical culture, '. ; . ". : Sexagenarian writes enthusiastically i on "The Fine Art of Walking." He! the Commissioners, (See Code, Section i i , i , i . !.,.,... . .l .i r . describes the mental, inoral and phv-1 -J6G.J), "at the expend of the Countv, sical effects of the habit of taking regular walks, and asserts that any attack of '-the blues" will Imj cured by thin Irufltmuiit An uumniif f tlm ' i v . , -if . ! Henri Hrown is interesting and full of anecdote. The complete nuvrTthts " ' . ' month is -Sarz: a story of the Stage" by Celia Logan. Uelford's Magazine j $2,40 a year, -Hel ford Company New York. PERSONAL AND 1 91 PERSONAL. James Anthony Fronde declares thut the late Cardinal Newman bore a striking resemblance to Julius Cajsar. lord rundel, heir of the Du1e of Xorfolff is afflicte1 wih m triple misfortuno of. lwinK eaf, dumb, and bliml J. M. SourWr has purchaaml the ! Parsons i'KasA Journal and will r,,., it as a Prohibition no..r A mn whniavnrlianUI ami a imor ;.,.iv t.r. - ------------ - w - has carried a name like that all his life should not U blametl for leing a Prohibitionist . i - v". auv.. Iluikn fd in ii-! 1 1 .l.iil.-kii- n K -v-.....y o4 w,o. w no has !een receivimr an unusual sham of ! public attention lately, entered the aImateand rose by successive stem to Hninilir.l on-rttl t tVi close of the war he studied law ami has since practiced at the lar. Mr. Walter Potter, the "vmm-! XapoWn" of the lately-exploded firm oi Loveu trotter, was one of Hoston s i.u iwiwti?. ii, u his uengni io give fine dinners and jollifications at one of RostonsV best known hotels; and at one of these banquets, given in celebration of the success of a deal in Texas lands, it is told that at 3 o'clock tnthe morning tho memher nf th Germania orchestra were summoned from their bed. Not A single glass of wine and a cigar were thought . 5 sufficient, but a bottle aud a box. This dinner, which has never been equaled in coston ior srrntpt-o-sres?. :s s:i to hrive coi Mr. Potter $V (Hi. QUE COUNTY KECOBDS. I -:o:- An Opinion in Rfganl to the Safety and Correetnefw of Our c,,r tr,.-! - M Viliixotox X. 0. December 22. - ' . : i iuu a&aw wruiexuresiuuuui iu views , condition and dantrer of the Brungwick Contv J and of the Com mis-j ; : declining to act uoon the- rcJHlution of atHstrates to issue ? - ... i,, to repair the Court- jjnust, bnjj a p House and to construct suitable vaults for the pre-! tutt r ,tt. rrA I 1.1.-11 confine mv remarks to the ' comlition () Vecords and the j necessity of their proper preservation. iln the fall of 1889, I was employed j ibv a northern svndicate which had f 1 . "t .1 - : ontanxl mtn ct innlatinna until i-prtam . K)rationgj and bound itself to the ; ,.ie ennnan i. ? . . 1' uuituon; ui uunaiuui uv.vvu nuii.ii of property in the neighborhood of ... r. . . Southport, to examine certain titles to projierty upon which tiiey had options. j I stcnt sixty days in a close exannna i tion of vour records and feel therefore to gpeak of their condition. tuin , tr iflrl, into offir was kent j com ja rati vely well, although it is full not consolidated as required. There are eight or nine volumes of the books, which I am informed were kept by Mr. Kuark, that are not cross-indexed at all, and through which it is im- possible to trace the chain of titles to any property.. 1 was put to the necessitv, in order to find the chain of I title to certain property in Brunswick, L ' . ' , . . w tl , ;to ignore the index altogether, and j. i . . i ' I Wginning at book A to turn page by page of all the books in the office, and to examine the description of each convevance on the records in order to .. i .i i i i ' umi me ueeus l was in searcn oi. mm i i .i i j . ihe law makes it the plain duty of to-cause to be made and consolidated into tne bM)k. a ceneral index of all i , , , i . .i the deeds and other documents in the rtmiifiiM irrw anrl thfl thi- roiristftN i , . i i i a i ...11. 1 ... . further made his and their dutv, (Iee i , , o o.r. i . .u" ,! I SLii-tinii -tl.lljl that thn unu V--'1V, VV'lIV'll ( V l.lltV l.ll- IlUH. index "shall state in full the names of all parties, whether grantors, grantees, vendors, vendees, obligors or obligees, and shall Ik; indexed and cross indexed, so as to show. the name of such arty under the appropriate letter of the alphabet." The County of Hrunswick is without any such look as required by law and made the absolute Uuty ot the Com missioners to provide. The effect is to depreciate the value of every man s , , , . property in the Lountv, for it gives . 1 J . ' . , , rise to uncertainty as to titles, and rri.fltf iinttrKin hrna,. t int the Countv titles are not gcxd. My !.,.n nnini.m i .bt. if tlu.c liL- rn oroner index tiro- i vided. that this feelinir will he seen to W Vi IV M Ulll 1 ' W lX. 4 1 lie unfounded. I have reason to know that in consequence of this confusion ami ltM!eness in your records that vestclin the County within the last ! two years, not less than $100, 000, and; this investment would have been fob ! i i i... : i i 0f lowvn. o u.u grraier ue eiopmem oi ! industries b)r which the land would ' hr l-n nrM,n,id Thoro ;c o-rttt,- danger which the County incurs in ! are the tlm grtit sources of ill man- - H resldeiiee prIM?rty permitting these records to remain as j ners wilhout om one of these de-j . ' h nlwillt Klllltll- . . . fecta. no man 'will lehave himself ill : HO niUCCT UlMllIl' iMMIall" they am Supj)ose A were to sell his j Ietu no man itnae mmscu m. m fanu to M at! a good price. irsjfor want exrience or what, in j j0jrfi H mOVit attnU attorney cannot find the title of AJ the language of fods, is calUnl knowing - v ' Wause the records are not kept pro-! the world. Swifu . , - perly and therefore IJ declines to com- plete the purchase. Now, it transpires . . , , . , - , a 1 ... . . . 1 1... . . j muexeu, anu a nas sunemi oy uot j q I v- The jj County will be liable to A in damages i for the loss he has sustained. And I I iui nit hkvj uj IUI9 tUSUtr'Ut. AUU 1 ; do not know any suit I would press with Lrntr nWim and in tb U j tliat ft would awaken public officials! $ to the sense of their duty. j i lounu mat mcir nas never rjeen f in the Clerk's office a proper system of j indexing, the records of divisions of ! lands between tenanU in common, the iccords of wills, and oarjers effertintr 1 land, which operate in law as convev. anees In arMiin f.w -jti-MmiM I have frequently found original re - porta of ciraraissions,-dividing Und, ; which had never been recorded, and 5 in one particular case to a tract uoon j which now rests twenty or mare title. It is smpiva cm me agates: the pnrpny jbohb-rs and people wf Urunwick County, that this condition of thins8 should remain, and it seems to me that action should be taken at once to jcorrect the eril. Mr. Dasher, than ! whom no man could be more faithful U(,coraPetent' during bis incumbency i I 1 11 I 1 1 nas overnauieu ana enaeavorea 10 strai5hten out the original pa era, as j far as can be done, but what is needed 18 the careful mord of W" in yiutu uv ia, muuuu this' gPeci.al compensation should be tTJHif Att It. invnlt'bc tilt nvorlltlllinrr n?cu,uluK ami maexing ot papers, lor "v - u' irauBCk' Anere ls another matter of still j raore vilal iniportance and that is lhcre ,ould l Prided" proper safes j aims Ior u,e prestrvauon 01 these ; mrrds- SuI firo were o break; out in the Court House..' What means liave 10 chock U? If " houM f 4 occur, records and court house would! be destroyed before the records 'could possibly be saved. If a tug boat can burn at night to its waters edge, at the ; wharves at Southport, without scarcely ' any one knowing of it, how much more so could the unprotected Court stroyel and your litigation alnmt titles, i ' . 11-1 ana oiner inauers, wouiu oe never ending. Col. Saunders, Secretary of State, told mo sometime since that records and litigation in certain Eastern Couu-j ties, tho court houses of which had j been burned a half century or more! ago had not yet " lieen settled and' straightened, and only two years ago ' did the Court House in Moore Count v burn, destroying all the County Records, and tho county and Kople i - j Vt xl uir m v. .Sk.l in av i t h . ; . ' trouble and litigation in conseiiuence. . , ! It seems almost criminal indifference , .. . . . i tne part ot county omcials, wu, into roc t c rtf tint rwiTtln ti lirxsitatn 111 . . 1 1 ' i taking action to correct tins evil, and i - . i 1 am su ni there is not a property holder l ; . , " . j j ww"1' ., ! realizing t he imimrtance. of the work i . . . 1 - J t ; completing it at tnce. l$ut even if! Ithev did object, the law is plain and i ' 4 1 l lllliliill oi.ltil...! A l-K . . k-x . . . 1 dexmg and preservation of the records, ' . 111 ' is a "necessary expense." 1 Ihkdeu. Mkaukh. LAt'ONIClSMS. He that calls a man uugrateful, sums up all the evil that a man can be guiltv of.' Swift. Tho brightest blaze of intelligence is of ilMalt.lllaWv Wss value than Uie j 8lnallesl spark f charit v. Xovins. The cluvrful heart, like tho kalcidos eorw tnKt. it i nlji ti t. nisttoriul ! , , , to arrange 'tliemselves int harmony i , -, i and ljeautv. Anon, j - . 1(UV".' ' "w j of a11 huu,an knowltnlge, human ( thoughts, human passions, emotion. ! language. t.olendge i Tho years write their records -on! ; human hearts as they ' do on tree in j ! hidden inner circles of growth w hich j . no eye can see.- Saxe Holm. convt;rsatil.n is aowe,Uv C1Ceru him. who -There is not only'an . ; ' -v '-i - , IIannah McKjr1 ie, ill nature, and want of sense. Tliere is inestimalile blessing in a i 'cheerful spirit, when the soul throws j t . n. I . I .1 ...... t ... . i . . I i sunshine ana presenting to au who t-e ; it the evidence of it glad nest, it is not j jonly happy, but it has an unjjxsakable j ! power of doini; irood. To all the other i j JJOtr UL tlOlUj ( beatftudes may be, added.' "IHesed j I th tv.m.tr. - . - J -Miss wizaueth uates is tlie nenm s vnu iu uuuiu. jun I Gate, by good business management, ' added very considerably to the i$I.000f0O0 left to her by her father, i at one time President of the Western S New York and Pennsylvania railroad ! p-.nA v;-t-,.f i-,,r An.Atr 1 of the lato '.Emperor Frederick and ! granddaughter of Queen Victoria, is Ubout to marrv a German Prince, and ! will have ado wrv of 10 000 000 marks. I Her annnal allowance will be 73.000 1 marks. U ide nuch graiuiiU-s a Em- i iror Willum mav Uiow on b-r. CHEAP LOTS. j TJ AT Til fj J1 JL I 1 IlUllllJU 1 Ull IlliL ! An attractive siil di vision is now beiiiff made of the projrty known as the COTTAGE hkCEr U)is 66 feet front by 165 fot deep. : Each Lot Contains 1-4 of ! j rtM 4 4111 .IMt. Ten Lots to Each JJlock. Streets and Avenues are 80 fat wide, ex cept the cent nil ave nue which is 100 feet wide. - 1 i 1 k T11TX TD A T4 17 ; rUDLlU rAi of 5 acres is resen ed near centre of tract. Two lots si veil for . icliurcli and school pur poses. PItI(Iv()F IXTS $10 TO $100 According to location TERMS OF SALE Csush or Monthly;. Pay meiits to Suit Purcluuser. . This line property lies 20 to SO feet above tllC CalK' 1 1 111 I Wltll U fOOll VleW of i . . Fort Ciiswell, isaici Heart and the Ocean. As an investment tlu-se lots are safe and sure to advance in price. The ritrht to 'adrance. i I ! DOCeS WltOOllt IIOIICC IS t... fh( fiWTiPr TITLES PERFECT. Abstract of title free to Ly ! , every purchaser. For further inlbnnatioa call oa W. B. STEVENS. AGEHT.
The Southport Leader (Southport, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 1, 1891, edition 1
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