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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15

TEE Rose local option law in Ohio
has been in effect less than three weeks,
yet in that time thirsy-ons counties,
with population gilmore than q mil
lion people, have voted dry. Within
the next month Sl4 saloons and liquor
houses will have to close their doors.
And the good work has just about
commenced in that State.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15
Does the
BabyThrive

If not, something must be
wrong with its food. If the
mothers milk doesn't nourish
it, she needs SCOTS Emulsion.
1t supplies the elements Of fat
required for the baby. If baby
is not nourished by its artificial
food, then it requires
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15

A LEADING question in West Vir'
sinia: Shall the people rule, or shall
Senator Elkins be the boss !?
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURcH-Rev. Charles
Ghiselin, d. D., Pastor.
There will be no services in the Pres
byteriau Churches In Shepherdstown
and rs Kearneysville Sunday, as the
pastor Is absent from home, attending
the meeting Of Synod in Roanoke.
LUTHERAN OHuRoH-Rev. 81. o. Hath
COX, Pastor.
Uvilla II .. m.
ehepherdstown Z p. m.
Special Sunday School service at 2
p. m.
REFORMED CHURcH-Rev. j. David Mil
Ter, Pastor.
Sunday School at 9.45 a. m.
No service. Pastor absent.
EPISCOPAL OH0RCH-REv. O. e. A. MAR
SHALL, Pastor.
Morning service at II o'clock, and
evening service at 2 o'clock.
N. E. CHURCH SoUTH-Rev. 81. I.
Stephens, Pastor.
Shepherdstown at IL q. m.
Marvin Chapel at 8 p. m.
League at 6 p. N.
Mems Meeting at $40 p. m, will be
addressed by Rev. Mr.. Marshall, Of the
Episcopal Church. All the men Of
Shepherdstown are invited 10 attend.
M. e. OHURcH-Rev. w. A. Lytle, Pas
tor,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15

A oHAsas is needed in the State
administration. Anybody with half
an eye can see plenty of places for i'm.
provsment.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15

IITANTED-SUccEss MAGAZINE re-
w quires the services OF man in
W Shepherdstown to look after eTpir-
ing subscriptions and TO secure new
business by means Of special methods
unusually effective position permA
nsnt; prefer one with experience, but
would consider any applicant with good
natural qualifications (; salary sl.50 per
day, with commission option. Address,
with references, z. O. Peacock, Room
l02. Success Magazine Bldg, New
York.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15

FORAKER dead is likely to affect
the Republican ticket more than For
aksr living. It i, said that half the
negroes in Ohio, of whom there are
some 10000, sympathize with him
and will vote as he tells them. They
don't object to the smell of Standard
Oil, even if il does cause Mr.. Taft to
hold up his hands in holy horror.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15

TIE people seem to have had enough
Of President Roosevelt. Any more Of
Mr.. Taft would be . superAuity.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15
KEEP your eye on Hiner |

M. TAFT calls Mr.. Gompers liarl
This 10 bad habit that Mr.. Taft has
caught from his nurse.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15

There will be shown at Our Har-
per's Ferry store foremost exam
pies of the authoritative Millinery
of the present Season. Represen-
tative Models, from the smartest
French shops, together with origi-
nal American productions from
New York and Baltimore. This
exhibition has been arranged to
definitely confirm the supremacy
of the S. Gorfne & Co. Millinery
at Harper's Ferry and to afford a
basis for your unprecedented opin'
ion. You and your friends are
cordially invited to see this won
derful collection.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15

Hugh Simpson, one Of the oldest
residents of Hampshire county, died
last week from whooping cough, aged
90 years.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15

Senator and Mrs. Elkins both deny
that their daughter. Miss Katherine
Elkins' is engaged to be married to
the Duke d'Abruzzi.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15

James Q. Deener, a B. & o. brake.
man whose home was in Brownsville,
Md, was killed by the cars at Cherry
Run Tuesday night.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15

IT is quite likely that Mr.. Glass
cock will be sorry that he gave up a
sure thing for an uncertainty.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15

TIE Republicans of West Virginia
profess to be much distressed at Dem
soratic advocacy of the Jim Grow car
law. And yet at the Republican head.
quarters in Clsrksburs they have jim
Grow practice right along. Separate
apartments have been fitted up for
colorsd callers, and they are not in.
yited into the rooms for white visitors.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15

TIE question that now sgitats' the
patriots in West Virginia is, who will
get Glasscock's fat job? There is talk
Of handing it to Charlie Tseter, and
thus quench his rsbsllious spirit, but
Senator Joe McDermott wants it for
himself, while Will White thinks that
he is right in the line Of promotion.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15

Nh. HtsER made strong point in
his speech in Shepherdstown Friday
night, when he declared that Mr..
Glasscock was not in reality the can
didats of the Republican party for
Governor Of West Virginia. Although
there were two Republicsnoonventions
he was not nominated by either Of
tAsm.
The fact is, Mr.. Glasscock Is Sens.
tor Elkins's candidate.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15

DsWitt's Little Early Risers, the IA
nous little liver pills. They are small,
sure, safe pills. Sold by Hills Pharma'
Cy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15
Shsrpsburg 1880 .. m.
Shepherdstown 2 p. m.

Order OF preaching services. Shenandoah
Junction Circuit, N. Z. Church South: WILL
liams Memorial LIST and Srd Sundays In each
month IL q. M, ID and 5th Sundays 7-90 y.
m, 9TH Sunday combined with League ser
vice) 6.30 p. m; Bakertou lst and Bird Sun
days 7.90 D. M, ID, 4th aud 5th Sundays II ..
m; Halltown every Sunday (excsps lst)
$50 p. M; killville lst Sunday, $50 p. m :,
Tuesday after Srd Sunday. 100 p. m.
r x. NEyTTT, Pastor,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15
shepherdstown Markets.

Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs
quickly. strengthens the lungs and eI-
pels colds. Get the genuine In = yell
low package. Sold by Hills Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15

Send this advertisement together with name
Of paper in which II appears your address and
four cents to cover postage. and we viii send
you a Complete Handy Atlas Of the World
SCOTT s. BOVINE. 400 Peal St, New York
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-15

Winchester fair October 10th to 2sd.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-10-19

liens existing. there would not be any
mortgages filed, but all liens would
show themselves on the face of the
certificate. The transfers made would
cost the ordinary fee of so cents or
$1.00, of getting certificates of any
matter or copies OF ordinary certifi-
Gates OF any matter Of record. 1t Is
Just simple, and indeed works on the
same plan OF transferring stock in a
corporation on the books OF the com
pany, except the land is transferred
onthe books of the Torrens' Land Rec
ords by bonded officer of the state,
usually made by the register of deeds.
Now opponents of this system when
they make an argument against 1t they
begin to recite that it is declared un.
constitutional in Illino.s and Ohio.
Yes. that Is true. True because there
was some kind of sympathy. In one
instance, between the lawyer and the
court; in others because the state con-
stitution, but II has been tested before
the supreme court of Massachusetts
and has gone 20 the supreme court OF
the United States in the case where
In the supreme court of the United
States has said that II complied with
the due process OF law OF the land
and that Il did not violate the consti'
tuition OF the United States. II 1t did
not violate the constitution of the
state 1t was declared unconsitp'
tional In Illinois because there was ji'
dicial powers placed upon the CLERK
although 1t Is in force In a detectiye
way in Cook county. Illinois, and yei
hold before nc book from real
o.tatn daaler of Ininois in which there
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-10-19
State Question No. 2 \
The 7orrens SystemS
M * y: X X y! y; g Il Il s sIs s s q ne

land owner TO procure an abstract,
which usually costs Sl.O0 a page with
the minimum price OF $500: there is
one page for every transfer, hence
in the course of a hundred years say
there may be 20 or 100 or more OF
these transfers each costing so cents
TO $lO0 page; every step since the
beginning of the sale OF that land is
recited in an abstract. A friend Of
mine recently told me of one abstract
in the state OF Kansas that cost him
$l.400.00 There was an abstract
made out in the City OF Mexico short
while ago that weighed 500 pounds
and cost many thousands of dollars.
The next step OF the purchaser Is to
present that abstract to a lawyer and
retain him to look II over and render
an opinion as TO the ,tle. The law.
yer does SO and gives an opinion that
may be good and II may be absolute.
~ worthless; the man goes upon the
land (perhaps it is unimprOyed) he
builds home upon Il aud after he
Is fixed and feels that he Is safely
anchored once In home. Years rolled
by: a defect IN the title Is discovered;
the real owner sued him for posses
sion: he goes into court, Is defeated
10 the first trial. he sells some of his
personal property and appeals the
case and hires additional counsel; bc
loses again and goes TO the supreme
court where he loses not only the per-
sonal property which he had to spend
for attorneys fees and court costs. but
loses his case aud his home. This Is
mol overdrawn, hundreds OF occur
rences OF this kind have happened. 4
Is not an exception even 10 the rule
Il Is tho rule, Again, under The ab
| slrlct system a nIdn desires 10 Dor
row some mouoy quickly 10 save him
% erhsps from financial ruin; he gors
10 the bank. the bank Is afraid OF thy
tide. the bank has no certain means
az knowing especially az the moment
perhaps by reason of not helng able
lo.Eet the ioau when he had landed
security he meels With financial ruin
Now. the Torrens' system Is The rc
verse. itis not registration Of deeds
and eyidrpce OF tile, It is an absolute
registerpi title First, however, there
2enust b&a feTEl ~ hlqsTtaiIie tlas
Ownership aud then all deeds are can
celled aud all except loans or Hens
upon the land; q certificate Is issus d
10 the owner for the decree aud after
that there is never bur one 0utstand
ing certificate and that certificate
shows every condition OF title. An,
man as soon as he sees the certlfl
cate aud it Is marked ''Torrenssi.and'
knows that Il is good, Il is isst n
sound and as safe as buying a govern
mcnl honl; in fact the Wall Stree
loafHal lasi eprips said "fnat 49,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-10-19

| lnstbo recent primary the Democra
tie itomlnec for the sllied5Ststos sP1i
| ath received more t&sffEG. 900 volks
and the Republican $4,000 votes
The demand oi the Republicans in
their state platform, adopted Aug. 20
! 1908, TO place the names OF such
nominees on the official ballot Is eth
er a staggering blum of a cheap trick,
with the sinister design and purpose
OF invalidating the election this Fall
and Withholding the electoral vote nt
Oklahoma from MIR. Bryan the splen.
did standard bearer OF Democracy. and
/ thus aiding in the election OF Mr.. Taft,
the confessed enemy Of self govern
ment and the proved enemy of the
man who tolls
we congratulate the Democratic
party for the inserting In our constl-
tuition the two-cent fare provision on
railways in this state and the placing
of the same into practical operation.
Such operation shows that 1t has
come to stay. The railway reports for
the fiscal year 1908 show that the pas.
senger earnings under the two-cent
basis is in excess Of that of the pre-
yious year under the three-cent fare
basis BY this provision alone, the
Democratic party has made an annual
saving to the people Of Oklahoma
more than the taxes necessary to sup
port the state government
We congratulate the Democratic ad.
ministration now Ia power In the State
OF Oklahoma. for having administer
ed the affairs of the said state at less
than two thirds of the expense at
which our Republican sister state,
Kansas. Is being administered, the
same being practically equal in area
and population.
We point with especial pride to the
following lcvs enacted 10y the leglsla.
ture:
Flrst-The creation Of banking
board, and the deposi,ors' guaranty
fund, making o bank deDcsit in the
state OF Oklahoma as gooG as cash
In hand, and thereby bringing into
this state FROM neighboring states, de-
posits equal 10 10 per centum OF all
OF the money owned by the people
of our state.
Second-Making provision for the
loan OF school moneys OF the state
upon high class securities, and giving
preference for the same to the farmer
OF our state.
Thlrd-Thc enactment of stale
printing board and state printing sys
tenn by which the price Of statutes OF
the state are reduced from $2t.00 TO
$3.50. and the Session Laws from $500
and $500 10 $3.50.
Fourlh--The enactment of Fcpa.
rate coach law for white aud colored
races.
F1fth--Tbe enactment OF primary
election law by which The people
choose their own candidates and
through which candidates for the Uni.
ted States senate must pass the OK
preston of tho viii Of the people,
Sixth-The Initiative and llclercn'
dunn Act Is the most complete and
finished product Of the kind ever writ
ten into law.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-10-19

Now that voters are beginning TO
study state propositions to be voted
on November 8. the speech OF lion.
Wm. II. Murray on tae rorrens lana
system. sia,e urSsaoa 80. 2. Sll' be
II lntert,,
Gentlemen: I desire 10 explain that
system OF land registration known as
"The Torrens' Land System" a sys'
tenn OF registering titles as distin.
guished from registering evidence OF
title such as deeds, which system
brings about our cumbersome, expea'
sive and uncertain abstract system.
The Torrefis' system had its origin in
Australia IN 1854. II first came TO the
United States and received official
notice by Governor Russell. OF Massa-
chusetts, where II is In force in its
fullest yigor OF any state In the Amer
lean Union; although It is In force IN
modified form iG the states OF Cal4'
fornia. Colorado. Minnesota, Ore'
gon and Washington and by the
Philippine commission aud acts o.
congress has been adopted in Hawaii
and the Philippine islands, copy OF
which last laws l have in my posses
sion. II was extended Throughout, the
German empire by the code OF i9O0.
IL is also Ia Denmark, Apstrin and
llungarla aud most OF the cantons OF
Switzerland, The county OF London,
England. aud Ia most Of the provinces
OF Canada; Ia fact. In my opinion the
law as Il Is IN force in the province
of Ontario Is he best on this conii'
ncin. II ia IA force In some form
ia ali OF these states Notwithstanding
he stubborn opposition with when u
has been met by the abstract com.
panies aud By land attorneys NheH
once understOOd n Is Irresistible, be
cause II Is tbp pirei laH, aud the only
ons With wbleb ain acquainted. upoh
Nhltb the richest man IN the state as
wen a. the poorest Ia The state uOliV
their endorscnlcnfs " Is true II Is
hnrtful 10 the abstract system aud
tbey fight It. IL Is glurtiul TO me
land lawyer. aud bkrshrse. he fights
n. however. for the first generation
(, ycill assist Che lalld,lsYycr and give
hiul an increased shiDunt IA litigation
that IS. until the system iSfRplp pleie.
ir installed. after which Mn4 fHF,
involving title Is practically unknowh
suits. Of course. win occur 10 fore
close liens for taxes and for the ioan
81 money. and also 70 probate wills
ana estates. bn. the title Is al every
siage known 10 every eliszen wot
can read--not so with the abstrae'
syslem. By the method OF abstract
Ing eenerally In force In the United
etaies. everything Is uncertain and al
tended with great expense An,
f.r,asr III hueineee man desirlns q
euftHaEe lana lllsl ash'aAaa ~ lp'
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-10-19
What State Democracy Stands For

We, the repres entetlves OF the De
niocyHcy ~ the Stai8 of Oklahoma, ~
state conven,ion Rsstnfblcd, affirming
our belief IN, and rcntwinc our ahegii
Ance ~ the principles OF the party
cognizsst OF the increasing signs OF
the awBhenihg OF the public consci'
ence throughout the nation on account
OF the deprcdaticns and cncrOacn.
meuts OF prsdaiofy wealth not only up
on the political but also economical
and industrial rights OF the people
take pride In that. the Democratic par
~ OF the Republic has aligned itself
IN the pending national political con-
test With the cause OF the people, for
the remedylne Of such wrongs
In the early life OF our national
existence in the contest between cen
trallzed power and the rights Of the
masses, the necessity for the exist.
ence OF the Democratic party arose
and with the approval OF the people
Thomas Jefferson, its founder, was
placed at the head OF the administra'
ton OF our national government an
nouncing the doctrine OF equal rights
10 all and special privileges to none.
There never was time in our mis-.
tory when the application Of this doc
tfine was more necessary; and u can
never be truly applied, except when
the people rule, not only in letter
tut In spirit.
IA long-sunerlnr people In the two
territories, when .hcy came into their
own, by securing the right to govern
themselves, In adopting the constitu.
tlon of this state, readily embraced the
obportunity TO write In such law, prin-
ciples by wLich the people rule, ard
notwithstanding the fact that there
were prophecies OF dire Commercial
and economic disasters as the result
OF It's adoption and application.
though co-incident with such adoption
and approval, by the manipulation ot
this same predatory lower great
panic was precipltated without any
cause for existence. under the RepuD-
hcan administration. contrary TO their
claim, that panics came only under
Democratic rule. yet, VIC are proud
10 say that we have our commcnsnr-
ate share of prosperity, under such
constitution, laws and Democratic gov
crnmenf. Notwithstanding such panic.
Adbcring 10 tho Jeffcrsonian idea
that lthe people have the capacity as
well az the inherent right. TO rule.
the Democratic party stands Tor the
election of United States senators by
direct vote Of the people, and Ia pur'
suance OF that idea the Democratic
members OF the first Legislature of tho
state of Oklahoma tulemorialiIed con
gress ia submit an amendment to The
Constitution of tho United States. re-
aulring the United States Senators
10 be so elected; and We endorse and
commend the Democratic members OF
the United States senate and house
OF representatives from Oklahoma Tor
introducing measures in cacn house ot
congress. submitting such amendment
ard We charge the responsibility for
its defeat 10 The congress- which -
now. and has been Tor a he past four
teen years. ReDublican In bo'h houses.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-10-19

Segeuth-The anii-lobbying Law
whiGhIArevenis and Furnishes coffupl
lion before legislatures. board Of coun.
| ty commissioners, city councils and
school boards.
\ Eighth--To make ample provisions
, for the punishment of public officers
for accepting passes and other favOrs
/ from railroads, telegraph. express ard
other companies In this state.
Ninth-Tho graduated land tax pre-
vents land monopoly In the state.
Tenth--The graduated inheritance
tax, placing proper burdens upon large
estates.
Eleventh--The enactment OF the
, gross receipts tax upon oil, gas. ex,
press. telegraph, telephone and other
companies owning intangible property
and incomes. required them to pay
their Just portion OF revenue.
Twelfth-For the enactment OF the
eight hour provision for labor in the
public service.
Thirteenth--For having provided
for a full state government and the
purchase of state supplies at one-half
the cost Of the state of Kansas for
inferior seryioe.
Fourteenth--For having enacted a
complete system Of agricultural and
mechanical education for the children
of the state TIE same being the most
complete and thorough of any state
in the Union.
We commend the legislature OF Ok
lahoma for passing the separate school
law which provides for separate
schools for the white and negro races
We further indorse the provision per-
mitting the negroes to select THEFT
own school trustees from their own
race, for theh- own separate schools;
at the same time the converse 10 be
natural that the white race, which IN.
der our law includes the Indian race.
are permitted TO select their own
trustees for their schools
We favor the purchase og the seq
grcgatcd coal and asphalt lands at a
fair price, to be agreed upon between
the said state authorities and Inc
Choctaw and Chickasaw people. sub
iect to he approval OF the people of
this state. at the ballot box, before the
contract OF purchase shall become ef-
fective.
We favor the fullest developments
of such land in the interest " the
schools and charitable institutions and
IN the production of the cheapest fuel
for the people of such state.
We favor, as soon as possible aud
practicable. the sale of the surface #
such segregated cod and asphalt
lands in small tracts TO actual settlers.
We strongly oppose the passing OF
the timber lands and other natural
resources OF this state into the hands
of private monopolles
We believe that The various federal
bureaus IN this state should be i'm
mcdlately terminated.
We believe that the estates OF those
mentally incompetent, OF whatsoever
race, should be protected by our
state courts.
we believe that Il Is OF the great
est Importance in the development Of