OXFORD PUBLIC LEDGER, FRIDAY JULY 8, 1910
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Though the preparations for a form
al wedding' usually necessitate much
work, the bride and her family have
reason for thankfulness in that the ar
rangements are all prescribed by eti
quette. Of course the number of
bridesmaids and ushers depends en
tirely upon the wishes of the bride;
but, having chosen them, their duties
and even their manner of moving and
their places during the ceremony are
definitely defined.
It is taken for granted that a bride
to be has only her most intimate
friends as attendants, but it is a pretty
compliment to invite a sister of the
bridegroom, even though the latter
may live in another town and be un
known to tjie bride. That the effect
shall not be kaleidoscopic when the
attendants are together it is a custom
for the bride to choose the dresses.
Seldom are these bridal attendants'
gowns of more thau two colors. Some
times the bride, who always makes
her maids a gift, presents them with
their frocks, including material and
the cost of making, but this is ex
pensive. She has, however, the option
of deciding most positively all the tie
tails of their robes, even though she
may not pay for them. It is always
considerate of her to choose such fab
rics and trimmings as shall not be too
expensive for her friends.
The bride's parents send carriages
for her attendants, and that there
shall be no confusion it is a rule that
they shall previously assemble at the
home of the bride and all start for
the church together. It is not re
quired that carriages shall be scut to
bring the girls from their own houses
to that of the bride, but when the lat
ter knows that one of her attendants
has not her own carriage or motor it
is a kindness to provide one for the
occasion.
The bride's mother usually goes to
the church just before the wedding
party, though sometimes the maid of
honor accompanies her to the door and
waits in the carriage for the other at
tendants. The bride and her father
leave the house at the same time with
the maids.
This done, the ushers go to the door
at the back and, forming in a line of
two together, stand awaiting the be
ginning of the wedding march, which
is not until the bride enters on tho
arm of her father or the relative who
is to take her to the altar.
. At the first strains of music the
ushers start slowly down the aisle to
the chancel, and just behind walk the
bridesmaids, also in couples. Back of
them and just in front of the bride is
the maid of honor, walking alone.
The bridegroom and his best man
should have already taken their sta
tion at the altar steps, awaiting the
arrival of the bridal procession.
The bride and her father go directly
behind the maid of honor, and when
the chancel is reached the ushers turn
to the right side and the bridesmaids
go to the left side. The maid of honor
advances before them. It is she who
holds the bride's bouquet and after
the ceremony lifts the veil from the
face of the new wife.
As soon as the bride's father puts
her hand into that of the clergyman
lie steps back into the pew to join his
wife.
Directly after the ceremony the man
ner of leaving the church is reversed.
The bride and bridegroom go first
down the aisle, followed immediately
by the maid of honor and the best
man, walking together. Lastly come
the bridesmaids and ushers, each man
then walking beside a girl. After the
bride's attendants have been put into
carriages it is customary for the ush
ers to return to the church and escort
the family and relatives of the bridal
couple.
Ceremonious Luncheon.
The hour for a ceremonious luncheon
Is 1, 1:30 or 2. Use a white damask
cloth, plain or lace trimmed, with a
lace centerpiece. On the latter place
the flowers in any receptacle prefer
redbasket, bowl or vase. Doilies to
match are placed under each cover and
water glass.
The covers are laid as for a dinner,
except that a bread and butter plate is
frequently placed at the left of the
cover just above the silver. These
plates are not always used, but they
are quite correct and facilitate serv
ing for the entertainer with one maid.
The small silver knives or butter
spreaders that accompany these plates
may be laid across the plate itself or
on a line with the other fiat silver at
each cover.
For a spring or summer luncheon
candles are not required. The order
of courses for an elaborate luncheon
is as follows:
Grapefruit.
Soup or bouillon served in cups.
Fish or Lobster. With this serve
toasted biscuit or thin slices of bread
spread with butter.
Entree. Any delicate dish, such as
timbales of chicken or chicken or
sweetbread patties.
Poultry. This may be chicken, game
or squab or a filet of beef, with sev
eral vegetables.
Fruit or vegetable salad or lettuce
with dressing.
Dessert. This may be ices or a spe
cially good pudding or any fancy gela
tin preparation.
Coffee. Bonbons. ' "'x1 '
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Getting into Morai Debt.
Philip D. Armour, millionaire and
philanthropist, continually warned
young men against getting into debt,
lie loved free men and despised slaves.
When asked if he admired a certain
brilliant orator he said: "lie may h:ive
a superb voice and fine presence, but
can't you hear the rattle of his ehainV
That man is not free. He is under
moral obligations that demoralize him
He is not speaking the deepest thing
in his soul, and I haven't time to hear
any slave talk. I want a man to bo
just as free as 1 am."
On another occasion he said: "lV.n'i
get into debt I mean moral debt. It
is bad enough to get into debt finan
cially. Torero goes a young man who
is mortgaged. That young matt is leg
ging it along with a debt, and it will
take twice as much power to get him
along as the man without a debt.
There are other debts ami -'igatiotis
that are embarrassing i: t:.. .r entan
glements. Don't get into debt morally,
my boy; don't get into debt so that
you may not exercise your freedom to
its limits."
Tha Code cf Slsrrg.
It is rather a clever notion in a re
cent story to make two Americans
eonnnunieate wit h each tit her by
means of slang in a Central American
republic at a time when all telegrams
are carefully inspected. If they used
Spanish, that, of course, would be im
mediately understood. If they used
English the ejllcials would find some
one to ranslate it. As they had no
cipher cede prepared in advance, they
could not resort to it. Consequently
the first American telegraphs to the
other American, in "the great and po
tent code of slang." Here is a tele
gram which slipped through the fin
gers of the curious Central American
officials:
"His nibs skedaddled yesterday per
jack rabbit line with all the coin in the
kitty and the bundle of muslin he's
spoony about. The boodle is six fig
ures short. Our crowd in good shape,
but we need the spondulics. You
collar it. The main guy and the dry
goods are headed for the briny. You
know what to do. Bob." Bookman.
The Voracious Cormorant.
ITow a cormorant dives for sea trout
and gets them is told by a writer:
"I had the cormorant under observa
tion only for the space of four or five
minutes, and during that short period
it had captured four sea trout, all of
considerable size. After being under
water for a few seconds the bird
would reappear with a sea trout wrig
gling in its bill. But in spite of the
victim's desperate efforts to escape it
was deftly swallowed, and after a few
gulps the cormorant would resume its
fishing operations. One of the sea
trout gave it considerable trouble, how
ever, for the fish struggled violently
for some moments, but was deftly
placed so that its head pointed down
its captor's throat, and thus its own
struggles assisted the bird to swallow
it. After a time the cormorant raised
itself in the water, flapping its wings
vigorously, as tkoiurh to help it pack
away its heavy repast, and then rose
heavily and winged its way up
stream." Simple Transaction.
"I like de 'pea ranee o' dat turkey
mighty well." said Mr. Johnson after
a long and wistful study of the bird.
The dusky marketman seemed strange
ly deaf.
"How could I What arrangements
could a pusson make dat wanted to
buy dat turkey?" Mr. Johnson asked
after a pause.
"Easy terms 'nough," said the mar
ketman briskly. "You get him by
means o' a note o' hand."
"A note o' hand," repeated Mr. John
son, brightening up at once. "Do you
mean I writes it out and pays some
time when" But his hope in this glo
rious prospect was rudely shattered by
the marketman.
"A note o hand means in dis case,"
he said, with disheartening clearness,
"dat you hands me a two dollar note,
Mr. Johnson, and 1 hands you de tur
key in response to dat note."
All Is Not Lion That Roars.
A negro was arrested for stealing
coal and employed a lawyer of loud
oratorical voice to defend him in a
justice court.
"That lawyer could roar like a lion,"
the negro said. "I thought he was go
ing to talk that judge off the bench
and that jury out of the box. I got
one continuance and hurried up to
burn all that coal and hide the evi
dence. Then came the day of my trial.
That roarin' lawyer went up and whis
pered to the judge. Then he came
back and whispered to me:
" 'You better send that coal back or
you'll go to jail.' "Kansas City Star.
Rusa That Worked.
Roundsman How did you keep all
of those girls from rushing out of the
moving picture show when the lights
went out? Policeman It was dead
easjT. When they started to rush 1
said: "That's right I Old ladies first I"
And the way they held back was a
caution. Chicago Xews.
Got on His Nerves.
Frugal North Briton (in his first ex
perience of a taxi) Here, mon, stop!
I hae a wepk heart. I canna stand
that hang't wee machine o' yours
mark in' up thae tuppences. London
Punch.
The Others.
"I have kings among my ancestors."
said the boastful visitor. "Yes," re
plied Miss Cayenne, "and also knaves
and two spots." Washington Star.
Base gains are the same as losses.
Hesiod.
Cookery
; v. .
.Just what to have for dinner, that
query as old as the eternal feminine
:inl as much of a puzzle, has been
answered, at least partially, by Mrs.
Alice (Jiiehell Kirk, who has just is
sued a comprehensive, bulletin for the
housekeeper.
The question is not alone "What
shall we eat?" but what two, three or
four things shall we eat at the same
time in order that they may do us the
most good and conserve our diges
tions? Since most housekeepers either can
not or will not find time to take a
course in the chemistry of food or in
dietetics, the question of correct food
combinations must be answered for
them. The schedule Mrs. Kirk has
published is a large wall placard, con
taining a classified list of approxi
mately all the dishes which a house
wife would be apt to serve for any
meal.
In order that the housekeeper may
know how to combine the proper
foods these dishes are arranged in
numbered groups, and the dishes in
each group of the same number may
be served together.
With this wall placard comes a little
pad, also meant to hang on the wall.
On this the housewife jots down what
ever leftovers may be on hand, as she
puts them away.
It is then possible to build up a good
meal from what food is on hand.
If cold roast beef is the principal
leftover it is easy to find its number
among the meats.
To plan a good menu one then sim
ply looks under vegetable salads and
desserts of the same number.
The method will at least serve to
save the gray matter of the house
keeper, whether or not it saves the
digestions of the family or the house
hold allowance.
The Cook Born and Made.
"If yo' common sense don tell you
what to cook, honey, den go 'long to
de cookin' school. 1 does it out o'
my head, and somehow the folks fat
ten on it."
So spoke the old aunty whose black
face bent over the cook . stove and
whose hands turned marvels from the
frying pans.
"Bless yo' heart, honey. I don' meas
ure; 1 jest know. 1 don' taste; 1 know
how it ought to be with a shake of
pepper and a pinch of salt. 1 know
when it ought to have butter, and you
can't fool dis chil' with any recipes.
I know directly jus' what's in 'em."
This is the born, the inspired cook,
whose imagination runs ahead of her
tongue in the cooking art. Of course
we are not all born that way, but
luckily some of us are. Such a cook
knows how to balance a dinner per
fectly. The heavy foods and the greasy
ones will be offset by tender, crisp
salads and refreshing vegetables, and
the dessert will cap the climax.
The tactless, unimaginative person
would have grouped a lot of things she
liked and probably begun with whip
ped cream on the soup and carried it
through regardless of satiety until
whipped cream made foam on the des
sert and the coffee cup. This is the
person who needs the bill of fare of
the cooking schools and must have a
cookbook at her elbow.
French Terms Used In Cooking.
Chateaubriand Name of a French
viscount, whose favorite dish, a thick
cut from the center of a large fillet of
beef nicely broiled, hands down his
name. The steak should be cut to
weigh one pound and a quarter.
Chaufroid Name given to cold dish
es, also to the sauce that masks them,
of chicken, game, cutlets, masked or
covered with a cold gelatin sauce, dec
orated with truffles, white of egg, etc.,
and the decorations covered with a
thin layer of aspic jelly. The word
means "hot-cold."
Chiffonade Fine shredded, cut in
narrow ribbons, often applied to sal
ad, as "salad chiffonade." a salad in
which all or a part of the ingredients
are shredded or cut in ribbons.
Chinois A pointed strainer with fine
holes used to strain soups and sauces,
often called Chinese strainer.
Queenstown Potatoes.
For Queenstown potatoes cut three
or four peeled potatoes into small
wedge shapes, soak them in cold water
for an hour, drain and dry them and
fry in deep fat until they are a golden
brown. Then drain, turn them into a
frying pan with a tablespoonful of
melted butter and a couple of sweet
red peppers cut into shreds and cook
until all are nicely browned and very
hot.
Raised Eyebrows.
There is little use to massage for
wrinkled forehead when lines are con
stantly formed from the habit of rais
ing the eyebrows with every word.
Often one is unconscious of this trick
and should ask to be reminded. This
may provoke unpleasantness, so a
safer way is to use adhesive plaster.
Whenever one is to stay in the house
for several hours at a stretch paste
lengthwise strips ot adhesive plaster
at outer corners of eyebrows and just
above the nose. Paste with face in
repose, and each time the brows are
elevated the drawing of the plaster
jogs the memory.
MISS WISE SERVANT.
She Was Too Weil Posted to Suit the
New York Woman.
"Some girls may be green and easily
imposed upon," said the woman, "but
just as many more can give their em
ployers points cn law. The girl that
came to my house the other day from
an employment agency knew mere lu
a minute about the rights of employer
and employed than I would know in a
year. About the first thing she did
was to look out at that big hole in
the ground at the other end of the
lot, where they are preparing to build.
She said:
" 'If I should break any dishes while
that building is going up you couldn't
make me pay for them.'
"I asked why not. and she informed
me that a giri working in a building
that is likely to be shaken by blasting
is protected by the same rule that gov
erns employees in a dining car. Owing
to the insecurity they are allowed $20
a month for breakage. Dishes valued
at less than $20 may be smashed with
impunity. She gave me a printed ac
count of the trouble of two friends
who had thrashed that matter out in
court and had been sustained in their
contention for a twenty dollar leeway.
I didn't employ that girl. I don't want
to impose upon any girl, but I didn't
want to hire one who knows that she
can smash my best dishes up to $20
worth and get off without paying dam
ages." New York Tress.
ANCIENT BRIDGES.
Some Built Before the Christian Era
Stii! Standing In China.
Suspension bridges which were built
in the time of the Han dynasty (202
B. C. to 220 A. D.) are still standing,
striking examples of oriental engineer
ing skill. According to historical and
geographical writers of China, it was
Shang Lieng. Kaen Tsu's chief cf com
mand, who undertook to construct the
first public roads in the Flowery em
pire. At that time it was almost impos
sible for the province of Shense to
communicate with the capital. Lieng
took an army of 10,000 workmen and
cut great gorges through the moun
tains, filling up the canyons and val
leys with the debris from his excava
tions. At places where deep gorges
were traversed by large and rapidly
flowing streams he actually carried
out his plan of throwing suspension
bridges, stretching from one slope to
the other.
These crossings, appropriately styled
"flying bridges" by early Chinese writ
ers, are high and dangerous looking in
the extreme. , At the present day a
bridge may still be seen in the Shense
which is 400 feet long and is stretched
over a chasm more than 1,000 feet
deep. How those early engineers
erected such a structure with the tools
and appliances at their command is a
mystery which will probably never be
explained.
Birds and Insect Life.
Men of science are generally agreed
that birds are nature's great check on
the excess of insects and that they
maintain the balance between plant
and insect life. Ten thousand cater
pillars, it has been estimated, could
destroy every blade of grass on an
area of cultivated land. The insect
population of a single cherry tree in
fested with aphides has been estimat
ed by a prominent entomologist at no
less than 12,000.000. The bird popula
tion of cultivated country districts has
been estimated at from 700 to 1,000 per
square mile. This is small compared
with the number of insects, yet as
each bird consumes hundreds of in
sects every day the latter are prevent
ed from becoming the scourge they
would be but for their feathered ene
mies. Harper's Weekly.
A Paper Restaurant.
Hamburg, Germany, has an eating
house made of paper. Its walls are
composed of a double layer of paper
stretched on frames and impregnated
with a fire and water proof solution.
A thin wooden partition affords fur
ther protection from the inclemency of
the weather. Roofs and walls are fas
tened together by means of bolts and
hinges so that the entire structure may
be taken apart and put together again
The dining room itself measures 30 by
G meters and is capable of accommo
dating 150 people. There are twenty
two windows and four skylights, and
the heating is done by two isolated
stoves. A side erection contains the
manager's office, kitchen, larder and
dwelling room. The total cost was
$350 Detroit Free Press.
Kis Altsrnsitivs.
Even at the tender age of four little
Benny was considering his future oc
cupation. "Mamma.-' he said, "when
I'm a man I'm going to have a wagon
and drive around collecting ashes."
"Why, Benny." exclaimed his mother
in horror, "mamma doesn't want her
little boy to be an ash man."
"Well, then." replied Benny with a
very self sacrificing air. "I suppose -I
could collect swill." Delineator.
An Anomaly.
The average young woman doesn't
like to see her thirtieth birthday. Yet
when she has seen it she would lilie
to see it again. Smart Set.
Ths Pets.
Wifey (at the hotel office) The clerK
says they don't take pets, Algy. so 1
rnppose Fido r.nd you will have to put
up in the basement. Life.
So Femir.ir.e.
wouldn't be
Lottie
in Kitties
shoes for anything in the world. Hat
tie Of course not. They hurt you ter
ribly. Harper's Bazar. ; . .
Mr. Litchfcrd's Speech.
The following. is an address on the
Torrens Land Registration system
(ma.de by Mr. E. Litchford, cashier of
the citizens National Bank of Raleigh
North Carolina Banker's: Association
Friday, June 24th.,
He said of all the classes of secu
rity requirde by the Banks and the
moi-cv lender, rone
nice
. t-ii
li-coe more stable thau oiv gv,ate.t
asset real estate. And still, because
of the many difficulties surrounding
it is the slowest and least available
Think of .it, the national banks of. the
country, which represent so many ink
liens cf dollars of capital and re
sources, are absolutely prohibited
from lending maney cn real estate, n
are they permitted under the law to
acquire real estate except for the pur
pO9 of providing themselves with
houses. They are allowed tc
"Luy
n" rc-ai estate to secure them
selves from losses cn account of
"debts previously contracted" but in
such cases they are required to dis
pose 'of such property as early as
pratctiable.
Banks doling business under State
charters- lend money on realty, but
no well regulated bank of this kind
will invest more than a small per
centage of its assets in this way
There are reasons for thiiis state of
things, Willi: dh are sound, and com
mend themselves to the judgement of
the . business public, but there aire
many who do not understand them,
and in consequence criticize the bank
national banks especially. I take
cnis cccaision to endeavor to make
pi a i-ni some ofthe-se reasens.
Disquieting uncertainey attends
every real estate transaction even
though the most careful and respo.nc
sible attorney may spend many days
in laborious efforts to ascertain, the
title to be clear. The laws in regard
to real estates are praticcally the
same today as they were mere than
a hundred years ago, while the com
mercial laws are ever changing,
kesuing pace with the great strides
our country is making in all lines
of activity. That these laws govern
ing real estate are inadequate and
confusing is Wrelil known to every one
Evils of the Present Land Laws.
Only evidences of title are record
ed. Hence all the evidences must be
examined every time and the diffiicull
danger and labor increases with ever
transfer. This causes (increasing de
lays and costs, besides augmented nm
certainty.
Much important evidence is not re
corded, but is altogether "in parls"
p articular Ijy evidence concerning the
true heirg of descendants. This adds
to the uncertainty and fills the past
with ghosts that not only haunt, but
frequently take actual possesion of
lands trajnisf.er.ed to their detriment.
There is no certainty of idenity to
parties. The examine relies wholly
upon seeming idenity shown by index
to deeds, but there may be many
"John Smiths."
There is no proof of legal capacity
of parties ut tae deed was delivered.
No certainty about marriage or
divorce.
Right of dower courtesy may spring
up.
Lands may be subject to rights by
adverse possesion cr prescription: of
which there is absolutely no record.
Rights may arise under wills im
peached or established years after
ex parte probate; and the statute
gives an adtional reservation in favor
of 'tafamts.
There is aio cretainty about bound
caries uniier our present system.
The law of title by eminent domain
may not appear by ordinary examina
tion cf the deed books.
Conflicts of patients, and '-nterlocks
wilR not appear by ordinary exami
nation. The cha'n may ba faultless,
wHvile the original link is wrthHess
Lawsi of title by reversal decrees ol
court may not be sjhown by the deec
bocks.
Indexes are imperfect and fatal mis
takes may be made by omniif&ions or
other defects.
"Court
titl;
-those passing
suits ar enot even certain..
Questions cf proper parties and
procedure must be determined by
each' examiner, thereby caus'n.g case
less examinaticr: of titles, enatiling
delay and expense.
Titles are dc-prrirJert up cm tne
cpifc.ioni of each examiner, and doubts
may be raisaed and clouds caet by
each one. The character of every
man's property is, therefore subject
to destructive or costly libel or slan
der by any irresponsible examiner.
One may buy on the opinion of aan e
pert and be prevnsted from selling
by the cpriruion of a nvice.
The difficulties, dangers and cost cf
examining titles grow with increasing
records.
No certainty can be attained with
rare exceptions, a;n.d absolutely none
can. be maintained.
Tihcugh all) questions of title be ju
diciously settled today, ethers may
arise under the present system with
every transfer.
Real estate is sold for non-payment
of taxes, but even then the
State does not guarantee to protect
the t:t:j3 of the Hand sold.
The State should not take no more
than her just dues. She should give
absolute titles to the prperty sh,e
undertakes to sell. Tlie sale should
be mads cn t-hs premises after prop
er advertisements and the precedes
should be dealt with as if ariseing
from the enforcement of a deed of
trust. Under these circumstances a
sound article being sold, the property
would bring its full market value,
and the surplus proceeds of the sale,
after the satisfaction of taxes and
every cost charge, should be paid
over to the previous owner. This is
equity, and would prevent legalized
robbery of the por and do away with
a system to which the state is now
a parts', but from which she derives
no particular benefit.
The consequent results cf our pres
ent system are:
(1) Transactions in real estate are
curtailed by the uncertainty and the
insecurity of titles by delays in Iran
ferring titles by costs of transferrin
tities.
(2) Uses of real estate are lessenec
(3) Values of real estate are low
ered. (4) Unnecessary burdens are im
posed on real estate and the large
body of the pepls; thesmall owners '
are the chief sufferes.
These evils mas'- be cured by the
adoption of the Tor reus System cf
Registratin, which has proven a suc
cess in Australia, England, Germany,
Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Russia,
tha Germans Cantons of Switzerland,
and in several States of our Union:
Illinois, California, Massachusetts,
Montana, Minnesota, Oregan, Col
rz-lo, and has been- S3n-cti.c-n.s-d; by err
Government in the I'MlipPines, Ha
waii and Porto Rico. It operates in
the following way.
A title is examined once officially
conformed by orber of court. Thjt
t-nctcj the matter and cuts cut the end
les3 examination of titles as is new
the case. The State guamtees tiie
title, standing as an immense bar
rier between the owner of the prop
erty and all possible harm. The State
is paid a reasonable fee to cove r
th.3 expense-3 cf investigation and
a small premium on account of an
insurance fund or guarntee fund. Eve
ry time a transaction! is now made
in real estate a new Lawyer has to
be fjmployed to examnie and pass uj.
on a hundred times before, each, time
at great expense with attendant tedious-
delays, a 111 of which labor, ex
pense and delay go to waste so. far
ersas future puchases or future loa
ders of money are concerened. And
the fee of the attorney is uncertain
as it is a matter of private contract
not regulated by law. And by the
wy, aa lawyer passes upon a title
and declares it to be good makes his
own estate liable in the event of
difficulty arising from any oversight
on his part. This is why lawyers ap
pear to be charging too much for in
vestigating titles when really they
are not.
Your title is registered and you
have made a permanent improvement
which will last as long sa the law
prevails, and will not call for better
ments or repairs. You are them given
a certificate of title, which guamtees
to all of the world you hav,e such
a title as is set forth. You can then
deal with this certificate of title
as freely as with a certificate of sto
or a bond, because every body ca.nj
see from the certificate exactly what
the title is. The State guarntees the
work of its examitniers. You hold an
unquestionable certificate of owner
ship of yur property. All doubts and
dangers are removed. If you desire to
sell your prperty, no further exami
nation of the title its necessary. The
certificate itself shows the condition
of the title. Tlhe purchaser practical
ly bus's your certificate. He carries
it to the proper transfer office with
your deed t him, surrenders the
certificate which is cancelled and a
new one is properly issued in the
name of the buyer. Should S'ou desire
ato borrow money cn; property f'rcni
a bank in practically the same way
as it would if a certificate of stock
ain a cotton milil, a railroaad co-mpan
cr any other corporation a trans
action which should consume only a.
tew moments cf time.
This will put srour ireal estate cm a.
footing with your personality, and mo
only so, but give opportunity for
adding m'iliiioiiis of doliars to the Ian!
img and capital of North Carolina
Land grabbers will have to go out of
business. The State will be enabled
to colllact her taxes promptly and no
man's land, when thusregistered, can
be sold for delinquent taxes with
out his knowledge. Everybody who
deals in real setate will! be benefited
The cost of transactions in realty
wiili be lessoned. The market will he
stimulated and enlarge rl and values
will, of course be greatly increased.
An influx of immigration would be a.
result. 4
I estimate to have the title tO' ones
real property tin North Carolina reg
istered under the Terr en's ss'steVi.
should average $2o, plus the premium
of, &ay $2,00 for insurance or guaran
tee. The cost of future transfer;'
should be only about $1.r0 to pa
A small inventer will be greatly
transfer and insurance charges,
encouraged to deal in real estate for
he will then be able to procure smalT
loans on short time from ths banks
with trifling expense, whereas now
the same is impossible.
Another thing is to be considered
is a man thus borrowing money can
do so confidentially and not have the
public know, as new the case, when
ho executes a mortgage enj his prop
erty. A mam today to pledge his
realty injures hi is credit, as it is re
garded as a rather suspicious trans
action, evidencing financial weakness
It should be made so that he can use
his real property in like manner as
his stocks cr bends, or notes or ac
counts quickly at little expense, foi
short time, and for suoh ammounts a.
his demand require and confident
ially. The introduction of the Torren's
systehi inNorth Carolina would mean,
to hte people and the banks an in
crease in banking rescources of three
hundred million dollars six times th
present rescources of all our banking
instutions, and I believe the saving
in five years wc-uld be a sum suffi
cient to macadamize every country rc
in the State.
The greatest geed to be derived,
however, is encouraging the. purchase
of land for the small land hellers
are the most precious part of a
State.
The State claims to be the owner,
the original and ultimate owner of al
of her lands. This ownership first
appears in her Ior.d grants and is no
found -in the exercises of the rigiht or'
eminent domain,, escheat and the lev
ing of taxes. Cliuming and exercising
these criginr.l rights and sovereign
powers, it is the duty of the Gtac
to grant good titles to her citlzen.s
and to cnablo them to keep their tub
good under the just admlnstraiiora
of equitable land laws. This, plain clue
lias never hereto fere been performed
by the State, and the time has- r.ov.
come when sho should m?t her hU'i
obligation, in this regard.
Time of Lodge Meetings.
Oxford Lodge No. 103, I. O. O. F.
Tuesdasr night .
Granville Camp No. 49 1st and 3rd
Friday nights
Junior O, U. A. M. 2nd and 4th
Friday night
Masonic Lodge A. F. & A. M. 1st
Monday night.
W. O. W. No.17 Thursday night.
R. P. Hackney fills prescriptions
at Lyons Drug Store.