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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-27
THE ToRRENS SYSTEM.
SimpIifies the Transfer Of Land From
One Owner to Another.

The State Farmers Union at it's late
meeting in Columbia gave the Tor
rens system of land tenures it's en-
dorscment and will ask the legisla-
ture to adopt it at its next session
The following synopsis of the law, TAX
en- from the State, gives a good idea
of what the system is and how it would
work:
The Torrens system was devised by
Sir Robert Torrcns, and first put into
operation in Australia, where so many
modern political and Legislative re-
forms have had their beginnings. The
system abolShes most of all distinc-
ti"ns between real estate and personal
property. and its chief object is to re-
move the difficulties, delays. and en-
pcnses incident to the transfer of real
estate under the old English system
developed out of the feudal tenures.
In Australia there is registrars
office with whom the owner of a tract
of land. held by the old tenure. de-
obtains Il certificate of ownership. The
registrars office examines the title
carefully and the certificate guarantees
it's legality whether as absolute or with
conditions attached. If the title were
Ia life cstat" the certificate would so
state Each applicant for certificate
pays a small fee out of which an in
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-27

surance fund protests itself when a IT,
tie guaranteed by the registrar is at
tackled and the state is called upon to
indemnify the holder Of the certificate.
After the land owner has exchanged
his muniments of title under the older
system and received n certificate from
the registrars office, he may transfer
the certificate by endorsement as he
would a share i'm bank or cotton MILL
OF course, he may pledge the Certifi-
cate for money borrowed as he would
a personal security. Registration in
the registrars office with each transfer
a small fee is charged. The necessity
for the examination of titles. it will
be seen is eliminated, because the state
guarantees the title described i'm the
certificate, and the expense and delay
of foreclosure proceedings are remov-
ed, because the certificate may be dis
posed of precisely as may a certificate
of shares in a corporation. The sys-
tenn, with modification, has been adopt
ed in Illinois, Massachusetts, Mime
sofa and possibly other states and al
so in New Zealand and several Of the
Canadian provinces. The argument in
favor of the system is obvious. Every
borrowing farmer is familiar with the
expense and difficulty attached to US
ing his land as security in a bank. A
bank, on account of the expense and
delays in foreclosure proceedings, is
reluctant to lend more than half or
three fourths of the value on a small
body Of real estate; and when a bor-
rover has paid the cost of examining
the title and drawing all papers, his
interest charges are in effect material
ly increased.
One argument against the plan al
though based on the weakness of hu-
man nature, is not without force. 1t
may be said that the very difficulties
of disposing of land work to keep it in
possession some times of men would
lose it If they could sell it as easily as
they sell horse or a hog. The man.
ifest answer to this is that the removal
of the obstacles to the selling Of land
would make it more valuable. Law
yers and courts fees under the pres
ent system are a heavy tax subtract
ing from the value Of the land itself.
Therefore as the land is made more
valuable the incentive to hold it grows
stronger. Besides. the progress of So
ciety ought not to he delayed for the
sake of the improvident man who can
not take care himself.-Orangeburg
Times Democrat.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-27

A. No Recount.-At a certain sea-
side town two residents happened to
be passing the local theatre one even
ing, when they noticed that the COM
missionaire was vainly struggling to
eject half a dozen unruly members of
the audience who were kicking up a
shindy in the hall. One of the sea
side kings" rather prided himself on
being a sort of little tin" Sandow and
therefore, realizing that the chance of
his life had come to show off his mus
cular development, he said to his
friend, I'll go and help that commits
sionaire; YOU stand outside the door
and count the men as l throw them
out"
Accordingly, the friend who had
been deputized as ready reckoner sta
toned himself in the road and patient
ly awaited the results of the strong
mans" efforts to eject the noisy thea
tre- -goers For the best part of a
minute, however, no one appeared
through the door, until suddenly, just
when he was beginning to wonder
whether his friends efforts had ended
in failure, figure with coat half torn
off his back, collar all awry and tie
hanging down his back, whiZZed
through the air and landed with a dull
thud on the curbstone.
"One," he counted, in stentorian
tones.
stop counting" he heard feeble
voice say, It's me!"-TitBi
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-27
Bark Up
the Right


In other words Buy Your Furniture,
Furnishings, ETC., at the Right Place.
The YORK FURNITURE CO., has the
Goods, the Quality, the Quantity, the
Style, the Variety and the Price, and
surely this must be the Place for you
to come to buy your Furniture and
Furnishings.
1t will give us pleasure to show you
our stock of Bed Room Suites, Parlor
Suites, Wardrobes, Iron Beds, Mat
tresses, Sideboards, Hall Trees, Din
ing Chairs, Rocking Chairs, Mattings,
Carpets, Rugs, Art Squares, Stoves,
Ranges and everything else that you
may want for your home. If you want
the highest quality, we have it or
will get it for you promptly. If you
want the lower grade goods, we can
furnish that. Come and see us for
your wants. Our Prices will interest
you. That's certain.
And we sell for Cash or on Credit,
as you prefer and give you a Square
Deal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-27
Humorous department.

The Trouble.-A small, quiet but
sorrowful. if not disgusted, man sat
by the side of a medium sized auto
mobile drawn out of the road as a
large touring car came along, driven
by a man with an interrogatory as
pect. The man in the touring car had
seen that auto every time he passed
that day, so he slowed up and leaned
over
How long have you been here?"
Several hours"
Cant you find out what the matter
is?"
NO"
inlet valve all right"
Yes"
Trouble with spark plug?"
Think not"
How are your batteries?"
80. X"
"How's your commutator?
Great"
Perhaps your worm gear is clog
ged."
mo; not at ALL"
Got any gasoline in your tank?"
Plenty"
How about your circulation?
Cylinder isn't bound. is it?"
mo. sir
"Tires seem all right?"
Never better"
well. maybe your vibrator isn't
adjusted"
That's all right"
"Have you looked at your carburet-
orr"
yes"
How about the cam shaft?"
Grand"
Have you frightened your connect
ing rod, examined your clutches and
gone over the differentials?"
Yes, yes"
The man in the touring car paused
a moment and then. looking at the
stranger by the roadside. said at last:
Whats the matter with that machine
of yours?"
There isn't anything the matter
with this machine: but since noon my
wife has been in that house over there
kissing her sisters first baby goodby
When she gets through. if you are
not more than 1000 miles away and
will leave your address, I will tele-
graph or cable you the glad news
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-27
"I shall buy Whatever Won saw"

Il shall buy whatever you say"
She did, and the money was invest
ed in securities which yield a regular
income of $500 year and which are
regarded as eminently safe.
Here is a legacy saved intact" says
the Worlds Work. Not a dollar of II
got away. If she keeps to the classes
of securities now in the fund she will
enjoy for her lifetime an income OF
about $500 year and will have the
fund intact to hand down to somebody
else. But it is too rare a case. | think
that it is no eXaggeration to say thai
more than half the small legacIes
given to unprotected women in thi.
country go wrong"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-27
Joke on the Other FeIlow.-Sev

Joke on the Other FeIlow.-Several
years ago PatrOlman Grampke was
detailed at a circus that was per-
forming i'm Camp Washington. One
of the features of the show was the
falling into the ring of one of the ac-
tors. who pretended to be drunk. He
would then pick himself up and fin
ally mount one of the most spirited
horses in the ring. One by one he
would then throw off his garments
until he stood forth resplendent in
pink tights.
The first night that Grampke was
on duty the stunt was to be pulled off
as usual. but no sooner had the APP
parently drunken one gotten into the
ring than Grampke was in after him
He jerked the performer to his feet
and hustled him outside. where he
proceeded to administer a good beat
ing. The other employees of the show
rushed out and finally separated
Grampke from his victim and eX-
planned that it was all a joke.
"A joke. is it?" said Grampke. a
he looked at the dishevelled man
well it isn't on me. me."-Cincinnatt
Commercial Tribune.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-27
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
THE PROBATE COURT.

IN THE PROBAIE COURI.
BY L. r. Williams. Esquire. Probate
Judge of York County.
VIZ HEREAS S. c. PURSLEY, has
w applied to me for Letters of Ad-
ministration, on all and singular, the
goods and chattels, rights and credits
of Mrs ELIZABETH c. PURSLEY, &,
late of the county aforesaid deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite and ad-
monish all and singular the kindred
and creditors Of the said deceased, to be
and appear before me at our next
Probate Court for the said county, TO
be holden at York Court House on the
eth DAY OF OCTOBER, 1910, to shew
cause, II any, why the said Adminstra-
ton should not be granted.
Given under my Hand and Seal. this
10Th day of September, in the year OF
our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and ten, and in the 135th year OF
American Independence.
L. r. WILLIAMS,
Probate Judge Of York County.
T5 f ct
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-27
A Lonesome Place.

Dillon Wallace. on his trip through
the Rockies. encountered unusual ex-
periences, many of them humorous. He
discusses the first stage of this TRIP
and says regarding his introduction to
the west: 1T was Sunday evening
and probably because it was not Gus
tomary for the limited to stop at Hol-
brook, AriZ., the usual assemblage o1
townfolk was not there to meet tht
train. While stood, uncertain which
way to turn, two young fellows. spur
red and booted, in shirt sleeves and
wearing jaunty sombreros, observed
me from a corral opposite and good
naturedly came to my assistance.
""I reckon you want a hotel said
one of them, taking possession of my
suitcase without further introduction
and with a self-reliance and air OF
proprietorship quite refreshing.
81 reckon l do I assented, as we
turned up the street to the northward
"'Buyin' broncs? he asked.
mo
"'Steers?'
"'No'
"Wool agent?'
"'No. 1 just came to look around
He was silent for a few yards, then
expressed his opinion of my visit in
accents of disgust.
well, you've come to a hell of a
place just t look around. Reckon
you've had time since the train left t
see most all there is t see here. It's
a plumb lonesome town '"-Outing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-27
New Rifle That Discharges 500 Bull

lets Per Minute.-Rilemcn assem-
bled at Camp Perry. ohio. for tn"
target competitions under the aus
piceS Of the Federal government.
the state of Ohio and the Ma
tiumal Rifle association last month
watched with interest the exhibitions
of the recently invented Benet- Mer-
Cicr gun. which combines the rapidity
of fire. range and effectiveness of a
machine gun with the lightmcSS and
ease of action of magazine rifle. The
gun is fired from Il rest and is held
against the shoulder of its operator.
who can either fire from Il sitting pu-
Sitiun or lying prone. The regulation
cartridge is used i'm clips that hold
fifty \ good riilcman can discharge
from 300 Ia 500 shots per minute. if
assisted in feeding by man tn fill the
clips. The gun iS at present undergo
ing Il series of tests by army officers
with Il view to its adoption by the
guvernment-Popula Mechanics.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-27
AT THE BRATTON FARM.

WE are offering thoroughbred
w Guernsey Heifers at from $40 up
and we have also a number Of Berk-
shire Gits with thoroughbred Pigs
that we will sell. Will deliver pure,
clean milk at 10 cents quart. Cream.
butter and fresh eggs on orders
Pure Berkshire Pigs at from SO to
S. each. Pure Buff Orpington eggs al
81 a setting Of Is.
]. MEEK BURNS. Manager
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-27

AS He Understood It.-Paul Morton
the president of the Equitable Life,
was speaking To gathering of in
tiOn blanks.
"In filling out blank recently a
man i'm Ohio put after the age of
father. if living l20 years. and after
age of mother. if living. 10 years,
The agent was a little surprised and
started an investigation of his own.
In answer To inquiries the applicant
said that both father and mother had
died several years before. but If liv-
ing would be at til" ages given. ~
Judge.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-27
Buying Lumber

If you need any come to see us. We
can supply you and give you just the
kind of Lumber you want. We carry
all kinds, sizes and qualities of Lum-
Der in stock. Besides Rough and Dress
ed Lumber, we can also furnish you
with Doors, Window Blinds and Sash,
Frames, Moulding, ManteIs, lintels'
BaIustrades, Rails, ETC., and it is to
your interest to see us before you buy
Also see us for Metal and Compost
tion Roofing, Cement, Lime, Glass,
Putty, Paints, Oil, Varnishes, etc.
But be sure to see us for Lumber.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-27
CHARACTER OF EXPOSITION.

CHARACTER OF EXPOSITION.
1.-The Ohio Valley Exposition will be
an Industrial Exposition, NOT A
TRADE SHOW.
2-It will be NINETEEN STATE
FAIRS rolled into ONE.
3-It will typify the best that FORTY
ONE MILLIONS of people produce
and use.
4-The WAR, the NAVY, the TREAS
URY, the AGRICULTURAL, the
POST OFFICE, the INTERIOR,
and other Departments Of Govern
ment will SHOW you their
GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS
here
5-You can SEE and HEAR and
FEEL Of those BIG WORLD
THINGS here which the stay-at-
homes can only READ and Dream
about.
ct will EDUCATE YOUR Chill
DREN and their PARENTS
1T will SEND YOU BACK to the
old home, the plow, the office. the
school and the factory WITH A
LARGER VIEW OF LIFE.
Detailed Additional Information
Upon Application to Agents.
w. f.. MCGEE,
Div. Pass. Agt., Charleston, S. G.
j. Il. MEEK,
Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Atlanta, Ga.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-27

'rH' An international congress of all
the Indian tribes of the United States
and several tribes from Canada and
Mexico is planned to be held in Musko-
gee, Okla, early this fall.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-27

- Your business correspondents
Judge you by your Stationery. Use
The Enquirer kind.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-09-27
j. j, KELLER G. co.

- Bring us your logs if you want
them sawed.
Arizona republican., 1910-02-05
HEADS OF I'M MIGRANTS.
Not Shaped Like Our Own, Perhaps
 But Their Children's Are.

The interesting changes which take place in the skulls of the children of immigrants to America have already been noted in the New York Sun, but the report of the immigration commis- sion contains further details. The first instalment of this report deals with the heads of Jewish and of Siciian ; children.
 As is well known. the Jews of Eu- rope are of the type known to .an- thropologists as brachycephalic; that is, broad headed, with the breadth of the skull more than 82 per cent of its length. If you could make a general iZatiOn the average brachycephalic in- dex of Jews of Europe is about S4 per cent. On the other hand Sicilians are known to be dolichocephalic. or long headed, their average index being 76 per cent
 Dr. Boas. professor of anthropology at Columbia University. who conduct ed this inquiry. has found that where as Jewish and Sicilian immigrants have the average skull index Of Jews and Sicilians in Europe. their chil- dren have in one case d smaller and hA tii' DeAi'+ l more closely to the general index Of Americans, which is about Sl per cent In other words, Jewish children. in- stead of having an average index of 84 per cent. have one of S2 per cent, whereas Sicilian children, instead of having long heads of 76 per cent. have broader heads of 19 per cent
 The tendency which will be seen in both cases of Jewish and Sicilian chil- dren is toward assimilation toward the general physical type of the in habitant of the country The envir- onment. says the American Hebrew, is thus shown to have much greater influence upon the physical type than heredity, which in the opinion of the anthropologists in general is all i'm portant in this regard.
 This result has a wider bearing, in- asmuch as it confirms the hopes of those who think that human beings can be modified by education and en- vironment and are not born vicious or virtuous. as the school of Lombroso las been cOntending for the last quar- ter of a century
Arizona republican., 1910-02-05
A MANS 4 MAN FOR A THAT,

Is there for honest poverty
 That hangs his head, an a that The coward slave. we pass him by; We dare be poor for a that, For a that, an a that:
 Our tolls obscure, an a that: The rank is but the guinea's stamp The mans the gowd for a that. What tho on namely fare We dine. Wear hodden-gray. an a that: Gie fools their silks and knaves their
 wine
 A mans man for a thatl For a that, an a that:
 Their tinsel show, an a that: The honest man. though e'er sac poor. Is king of men for a that You see yon birkle cad a lord, What struts. an stares an a that. Tho hundreds worship at his word. He's but coof for a that; For a that, an a that,
 His riband star. an a that; The man of independent mind. He looks an laughs at a that. A prince can make a belted knight marquis, duke an a that; But an honest mans aboon his might Guide faith, he mauna ia that, For a that, an a that.
 Their dignities, an a that. The pith O sense. an pride O worth, Are higher rank than a that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will, for a that, That sense an worth. OCT a .he earth, Shall bear the gree, an a that For a that. an a that.
 It's common yet for a that. That man to man. the warld OCT, ~. Shall brothers be for a that.
 Robert Burns.
Arizona republican., 1910-02-05

Bronson-Talk about your monopo- lists, the chap l buy coal of has the rest of the bunch beaten to frazzle.
 Woodson-How do you make that out?
 Bronson-Why. he has taken up plumbing as a side line for the win ter
Arizona republican., 1910-02-05

When one makes a single misstep the world is too prone to eXaSgerate his offense. Here is the case of Count" Von Mueller. who has lately been taken from Los Angeles to New York to answer a charge of bigamy. The New York police, ever willing to possible flight. started the report that the count" had twenty-six wives when the fact is he has only nine teen.
Arizona republican., 1910-02-05

it will be remembered, settled the sil- yer question for the whole country
 There is just one danger which at tends the statehood legislation now pending in congress. Democrats of the Bryan school may oppose the senate provisions to such an extent that the bill will be defeated. By taking a stand against the senate measure the democrats are doing ex- actly as New England republicans would like them to do, for the New England element in congress, taking it as a whole. would be pleased to see all statehood bills defeated.
Arizona republican., 1910-02-05
ALICE PAUL TALKS.
Hunger Striker Describes Foreible
 Feeding.


 Philadelphia-"Revo is the word Miss Alice Paul, the American suffragette, who recently returned by the steamer Haverford from exciting adventures in England. applies to the forced feeding which she endured in Holloway jail Miss Paul. by the way, doesn't look at all like the popular conception of an agitator. She aston ishes persons who see her for the first time, after hearing of her doings, >Dy her exceedingly feminine appearance She is a delicate slip of a girl. whom no one would suspect of being an in terrupter of public meetings and victim of prison hardships.
 II resorted to the hunger strike method twice" she said to Tribune reporter. 'l was clapped into Jaii three times while in England, and dur ing my first and second terms l re- fused to eat. once 1 didn't touch food for five days. Then the authorities decided to feed me by force. l refused to wear the prison garb, too. and l would not perform the labor l was sentenced to do; so, of course, had to spend my days in bed. When the forcible feeding was ordered l was taken from my bed. carried to another room and forced into chair. bound with sheets and sat upon bodily by a fat murderess. whose duty it was to keep me still. Then the prison doe tor assisted by two women attend ants. placed a rubber tube up my nostrils and pumped liquid food into the stomach. Twice g day for a month. from November l to December l, this was done"
 When Miss Paul was asked if she ever threw stone through a window, she said
 No, indeed. I never did and l nev- CT shan I think such deeds belong to rioters, and women are seldom riot CTS"
 Miss Paul merely threw words at the prime minister, Mir. Asquith. and frightened him, she says, nearly to death It was during a meeting at Guild Hall Miss Paul. who seems not to mind going without food for any length of time. got into the hall the night before, disguised as q scrub woman, and secreted herself until the meeting began.
 Tt was a weary vigil" she said. but it paid. The prime minister made a most eloquent speech. and listened. waiting for chance to break in. At last there came a pause. Sum moning all my strength. ! shouted at the top of my voice: How about votes for Women@
 You would have thought l had thrown bomb. There was serious disorder. but MT. Asquith was the most startled of all. You see. the hall was guarded by a cordon of police. and he felt safe from interruption. While the officers searched for me he stood like a statue. after one great .start I was found and arrested. and Imprisonment followed
 Miss Paul left Philadelphia for her home in Moorestown. \. J., immedi- ately after landing and intends to give her attention for the present to the recovery of her health. which suf- fered somewhat from her stormy ex- perience. She is graduate Of Swarth- more college and had gone to Eng land to continue her studies. when she was drawn into the militant suf- frage movement.
Arizona republican., 1910-02-05

Fra Ebert writes so many things that necessarily many of them are not essential, but he observes with accu- racy and force: T admit that the moral rsbismus of the cigarettist is not always caused primarily by his smoking. I admit that it is a fact that the idle, slipshod. inert. secretive, untruthful take to the habit very kindly In short, admit that be- cause a thing goes with thing, the thing is not necessarily the cause ef the thing. The cigarette smoker is not degenerate because he smokes cigarettes. Quite often he is a cigar cite smoker because he is a degen- .erare,, =,
Arizona republican., 1910-02-05

Notwithstanding the lessened con- sumption of meat in New York. in consequence of the meat boycott. prices have advanced. The packers explain that this is a natural result of the diminished volume of business. Their profits cannot be diminished. so that the meat eaters must pay for what the boycotters do not eat. Thus we perceive a phenomenon in the suspension of the law of supply and demand which has hitherto been re- garded as fixed as the natural laws.
Arizona republican., 1910-02-05

We pay 'Kash" for eggs. Crump Hay & Grain Co. m