The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 26, 1907, Page 8

z = A LAL PRED cs ry a ee eee b 2 MRS. THOMAS C. FLETCHER IS EEAD. She Was the Widow of the War Governer of Missouri. Globe-Democrat Mra. Thomas Clement Fletcher, wiie of the first elected Republican, and first native-born governor of Missour!. died Thursday afternoon at her home, at 2837 Russell avenue, after an {llaees of several weeks. The end, which came after a rally on Wednesday, wes peaceful, and her two children maiden sister were at ber bedslde. They are the only close relatives surviving. Mrs and ft Lincoln and the Demon Rum. Is might naturally be supposed that the last Lincoln story had been told, yet a new and delightful one fs always cropping up, and apparently the public never tires of reading them. vary McCLvure’s, has some new and amusing first-hand etorles by George P. Floyd, proprietor of the Spring- field hotel where Lincoln stopped in 1858 while “stumping” the state of Iinois. The strain of speech-mak- ing was great and one night Lincoln was carried home to the hotel ino state of collapse. Mra, Floyd pro- posed a “rum sweat” after an old- fashioned formula. ‘ Well,” satd Mr. Lincoln on bearing that the rom was Fletcher was known ip most of the large citles of the East being a lead erin Washingson society when there With er haste until the time of his death, oun March 25, 1899 Gov, Fletcher was elected curing ihe a year of the civil war, belng the first of the reconstruction governors of the state Mrs. Fletcher was born in Jeffer son connty, Mo. Her parents settled there; the father, Capt. J. W. Honey, Was a oriver steamboat captato Mra. Fletcher was born February 23, 1827, thirteen days after the birth of Gov. Fisteher who was born ia] an vdjolnifa house. Both the wove ernor at Vir Fletcher wbttended | sehool toyert wad when young | people were lowers | Houchins is Sued By Democrat Co. Jefferson City, Mo., \ Dow —Suit wos i | | tiled in Just toodall’s court here thy the Bemoer, Printing Company to collect SELT.25 alleged to be due from James Houchin for printing wend wd sing. ‘The sceount dates | foom January, 105, op to the pres ens tine, | “We brought shis suit,’-sald Mr Gold van, “because Mr. Houchto owes ne the money. He has offered | bo pay a pare of it, bueclatms thes are cf it fant reeet. This we lispnte, and onr hooks show tha he Owes Os tle stount sued for” Spel 4 deelised to diseuss the suit “Lt ism company matter,” | he eald © ‘al baveno individ nal interest Mr. Houchin was out of the etey The filing of this suit revives inser est in the suit brought several days ago by Mr. Honchin to recover $500 on # note given by Mosby and Gold wan in January, 1904. for money loaned them to secure the influence of the Democrat for the nomination of Folk for Governor. His Married Life Was Brief. K. C. Times, 3 For a qalek divorcee, John F. How- ard, 57 years old, the owner of @ sales barn for horses ot 1211 East Ninth street, probably holds the ree ord of the Jackson county circuit. November 7 he married Myrtle Moore, 20 years old. The wedding ceremony was performed in Leaven- worth. Day before yesterday, orfor- ty-one days after the wedding, he brought sult in the elreuit court for divorce. Yesterday his wife’s attor ney appeared in cour’ and sald the divorce might be granted immediate ly without @ contest ff the judge would take It up. On the witness stand Howard sald bis happiness in matrimony lasted only about ten days. They lived at 4324 Olive street. Stoessel Ran Under Fire? St. Petersburg, Dec. 23 —Charges of cowardice under fire in two {n- stances were made against General Stoessel, who is belog court-martial ed for surrendering Port Arthur to the Japanese. Colonel Gurko, ald to General Kuropatkin, testified that twice General Stvessel bad ordered his staff to scatter under fire and In both instances the general headed the dash for @ place of safety, he sald. Speaker Cannon, on lasts Thureday appointed Judge DeArmond on the Rules Committee. The following fs the full committes on Rulee—The Speaker; Dalzll (Rep ), of Penneyl- vania; Sherman (Rep ),of New York; John Sharp Williams (Dem ), of Mis- eissipp!; DeArmond (Dem.), of Mie- | sour. - ' DeWitt’s Kidney snd Bladder Pills! afford quick relieffor all forme of kidney and bladder trouble. A week’s treatment 25c. Sold by Clay’s drug _ shore, jonly join us fn this eampaygn and jelenn,’’ ) attitude toward the South: to be applied externally, “if you think It will do me any good, just erack your whip and go ahead Any portin a storm; and, | tell you, [om mighty near overboard.” Mr. Floyd tells how his wite went shead and the perspiring patient was finally put to bed. "The next morning, to our surprise, Mr, Lincoln made his ap- pearance bright and early. We ask- ed how he was feellog. ‘Why,’ sald he, ‘Lam feellag like a two year old. Lean jump a five-rail fence rizht now, Tawanny! I've heard of folks drink fog liquer aod rubblog thelr bodtes with the botele for ailments, but I} never yet heatd of driving the stuff through the pores of the bide to get full, If Mrs. Floyd would % tna prescribe for me, 1 think we could beat out Judge Donglos slick and There are one or two characteristic Lincolo stories in this sketeh, whieh closes with a paragraph on Lineols's South,’ he said: have not sulfered by the ‘T have suffered with the south, Their pain has been my puln; thelr loys has been my loss, What they have gatued | have gaits Here's Good Advice. O. 8 Woolever, one of the be known mereiaauts of LeRaysville, Y .saye: “if you nce ever troubled with piles, apply Buckiea’s Arnica Salve Lt cured me of them for good ) yours ago.” Cures every sore wound, barn or abrasion. 25¢ at F T. Cluy’s drug store : Iv ts not enrprising tht the price of food-stuffs {s stiff and more Hkely to go up than dowa, The Depurt- ment of Agriculture has made »care- ful estimate of the production of corn, buckwheat, potatoes, ete , and in almost every instance reports that the average yleld per acre is less thie year than last, with the exception of tobacco which can hardly be called ‘food-stuff.”. The preliminary —re- turns for corn indicate a yield of about 2.553,732,000 bushels or an} average of 26 bushela per acre, com | pared with an average yleld of 30 3 bushels fn 1906 when the final esti mate placed the crop 2,927,416,000 | bushels. The preliminary estimate for potatoes fs given as 95 3 bushels per secre agains’ 102.2 bushels in! 1906; buckwheat 179 bush+le per! acre against 186 buehels tn 1906; | flaxseed 9 bushels against 10 2 bush- els per acre last year. The produc- tion of rice shows a8 matertal in- crease, 33 1 bushels per acre against 31 bushels last year, which gives a total estimated production of 21,-/ 412,000 bushels against 17,355,000 | in 1906 The Department estimates | there will be 645,213,000 pounds ot | sobacco produced, the average yield being 858 3 pounds per acre. The; “Lincoln’s Rum Sweat,” in the Jan- | By jJetration upon t | of Nov we TES i Order of Publication STATE OF MISSOURI, } .. |" County of Bates. _ In the Cirenit Court, February term, 1908. Oct 7th, 1907. J. Burl Holland, Piaintig, vs. | Leota Ohio Holland, Defendant. Order of Publication. Now at this day comes the plaint.fherein b~ ttorney, DeWitt C. Chastain, and sles bis Whereupon, it is said defendant be notided by publi-stion that plainti@ bas commenced a sult against her in this court, the object and general nature of which is to obtain . decree of divorce from the defendant on the grounds that she has offered the plaintiff such indignities as to render his condition in !ife intolerable in this; That de- fendant, without the knowledge of the plain tiff, knowingly recived the attentions of lewd and immoral men: that ehe permitted and i »- vited men to visit her in the absence of the lainti®. That deferdant on the —— day ot anuary, » committed adultery with one John Doe, whose real name is unknown to plainti®; That defendant on Fed 19, Ivey, without any cause or warning left plaintid’s away with one Croce n to e of Washing’on and there lived togeth husband and wife, and that unless the ta Oh'o Holand be and appear at this court, atthe next term thereof, to be began and boldeh at the court house in the city of Butler, in said county. on the firet Monday in , 148 ard On or before the frst day of «aid term, answer or plead to the petition in a » same will t en as confessed, nt will be rende: cordingly, it is further ordered, that a copy hereo! ablished, according to law, in Tuk BoTLen Wrexvy Tiwks, a newspaper published in said county of Bates for four weeks successively, published at tonce a week, the last inser- tion to be at least thirty days before the iirst day of said next February term of this court, T. D, EMBREE, Cireutt Clerk A true copy from the record, Witness my hand, and seal of the Cirenit Court of (shat) Bates county, this 2rd aay of Nevem- ber, HAT, Tr, D, EMBRE feat Cireult Clerk Order of Paobiieation STATE OF MISSOURI, 7 County of Bates \ In the Cirenit Court, to the February term, 18, In Vacation November so, 107 Barnett F Chilters and Edith May Childers, by their curator, John C. Hayes, Plaintitts, vs Ailey Wainecott, Vina Ray, Rebecca Ray, Lee Wainscott. James Wain- seotr and Alice Wainscott, Defendants. Now at thia day come the pla oti’ herein bed F, smith, Uhelr attorney, and dle the r petision, alleging, among other things that des fendants, dames Wainscott acd Abee Wain. scott, are non residents of the State of Mise sourt Whereupon, it is ordered by the Clerk in Vacation, thet sald defendants be ne wd by publication that plaintit have commence * & suit against them in this court. the object and general pature ot which is to have set off and assigned to Ailey Watnscott, widow of Barnett W>inscott, deceased, her homestead and dow erinterestin eighty acres of land, being the west balf of the northwest q -arter of section 23. township 4l, ra ge sv, in Bates county, Mis- souri, and to partition the remainder of sald Jand among the parties hereto, Barnett ¥ Childers and Edith May Ch'biers, plaintits, and Vina Ray, Rebecca Ray, Lee Wainscott, James Wainscott and Al ce Wainscott, Cefend Ants, a8 their interest may appeag, and iv need be to sell said land and partition the prooer is less the costs of suit among said parties, anc that unless the said James Wainse ttand Alice Wainscott be and appear at this court, at the hext term thereof, to be begun aud holven at the court hover in the city of Butler, in said county, on the tirst Monday in February, lv's, and on or before the Sret da’ of said term, an- eweror plead to the petition in +aid cause, the same will be taken as confessed, and judgment will be rendered accordingly. And it is further ordered, that a copy hereof be published, according to law, in THE BUTLER Weewiy Tinks, & newspaper publish @in said county of Bates for four we ks successively, published at least once a week, the last ina r- tion to be at Jeast thirty days e the first day of said next February term ofthis court, T. D, EMBREE Cirenit Clerk, A true copy trom the record, Witness my hand, and seal of the Cirenit Court of (Seat) Bates county, this 0th day of Novem- ber, 17 T. D, EMBREE 6 at Circuit Clerk. Notice. Notice is hereby given, that letters of admin- estate of John D, Woody, deceased, have been granted to the undersign- ed, by the Bates County ProbateCourt,in Bates County, Missouri, bearing date the 30th day mber. 1907. All persons having claims against said estate gre required to exhibit them to us for allo’ ance, Within one year from the date of said let- ters, or they may be precluded from any bene- fit of such estate; and if said claims be not exhibited within two years from the date of the publication of this notice, they will be tor- ever barred, MARY J. WOODY, Cc. W. Wooby, Administrators, edt Druggist Shoots Preacher. Harrishury, Mo, Dee 16—The Reverend J. T. Osvorae, a Baptist minister, was shot and seriously wounded here to-day by Doctor VO M. Long, & physician and druggist ot Harrisburg, during an argument Over & temperance sermon, preached by the former yesterday. Shot Through Wall. Clinton Democrat. Funeral services tor a young man named West, of near Brownington, were conducted Monday at 2 p. m., production last year was 682,429,- 000 pounds at an average of 857 2 ; pounds per acre.—Missouri Agricul-' tural College Farm. Col. Pace Re-Elected. | At arecent meeting of the board of managers of the Confederate Home at Higgineville, Col. James L. Pace was reelected superintendent, Judge RK. H. Benton, Asst. Supt., Dr W. C. Webb, physician and Mrs.’ Mary H Pace, Matron. The board found the condition of the home sat- iafactory. The Lexington News says | that Col. Pace and bis agsietante are to be congratulated on the splendid manner in which they have couduct- ed the affairs of the institution. | Mr. R. F. Walker, of St. Louie, has suggested to the Missouri Bar asso-! ciation that a commission of lawyers be appointed to reviee the entire body of the state laws. The sug: gestion isa good one, agd if the le- gal profession refuse tot.ke some such step before long a people’s com mission of just “plain folke,” with nothing to guide it except old fash- foned common gener, will take up the work and carry it through without evena “By your leave” tothe Jaw- yere.—Star. “ atthe Catholic church by Rev. Fr. Peters, Fr. Sheridan being absent trom the city. Mr. West was killed on Sunday at the home of his father by the acct dental discharge of a rifle, Mr. West's brother and sister were in the | next room cleaning a rifle when itex- | In the Cireult Court * term, 198 In ploded and the bullet went through the wall into the next room striking young West equarely fh the f rebead just us he arove from his bed. He -died almost inetantly The body was brought to Clinton Monday at noon. Interment was in Englew.od cemetery. Attorney Acquitted of Bribery Charge. Versailles, Mo , Dec. 15 —The jury in trial of the care against F. M. Carter, an.attorney of Versatles, to- day returned a verdict of acquittal upon the charge of bribery. The case war tried before (. A. Denton, of Butler, Mu.. epecial Judge. N. T. Gentry, of the Attorney Gen- eral’s office, prosecuted the case. The defeage was presented by Attorneys Joha F. Gibbs and HE. Nevill, of Versailler, and Sid C. Reach, of Linn Creek > Order of Publication. | STATE OF MISSOURI, } ,, County of Bates. ig In the Circutt Court of sald county, in Vacation December loth, 1907. A.M. Parsons, Guardian and Curator of Jacob Hines, Jr., ® person of unsound mind, Plaintiq, vs. John Kerr, if living, and the unknown heirs of John Kerr, deceased, Detendants. Now at this day comes the plaintiff herein by his attorney before the undersigned Clerk of the Circuit Court within and for the county of Bates in the State of Missouri vacation and files his petition verided by affidavit, alleging among other things that the defendants are not resideots of the State of Missouri: Whereupon it is ordered by the clerk in vaca- tion thateaid defendants notified by pub- Neation thet plainti® has commerced a suit against them in this court the general nature and object of which ts to obtain a decree of satd court declaring the title to the west nalfof the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section thirty-two (82), in township forty-one (41), of range thirty-two (2), in Bates county, Missouri, t be vested in plaintiff by limitation under the provisions of Section 4268 of Chapter 48 of the kevised Statutes of Missouri, (1899) and divesting the defendants of all title to said real estate and vesting the same in plaintif, and that unless the said defendants be and ap- war at this courtat the next term theresf, to be begun and held at the court houee in the city of Butler, in said county and state on the iret Monday io February, 18 and on or be- for. the firet day of said term, answer or plead to the petition in eald cause, the same will be taker as confessed and judgment will be ren- dered according, And it is further ord red by the clerk afore= said that a copy hereof be padliched accord- ing to lawin Tue Borten Weexiy Times, newspaper published in eaid county of Bat for four werks successively. published at once a week, the last insertion to be at thirty days before the rst day of said next February term, 1s, of said court, T. D. EMBREE, Cierk of the Cireutt Court of Bates Co., Mo. A true copy of the record, Witness my hand and the seal of said (seab.) court this loth day of December 1907, tT. D. EMBREE, Tat Clerk of the Cireuit Court Order of Publication STATE OF MISSOURI, ) NLT County of Bates, — In the Cireuit Court of Kates County, Missouri, in Vacati n December 7th, 107, The State of Missour! at the relation and to the use ot Yaney © Comba, Collector of the Revenue of Mates County in the State of Mis- souri, plaintif® vs, Henry Walter, defendant, Vivil action for delinquent taxes, Now a} this day comes the plaintif herein by her attorney before the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Bates County in the Stat» of Missouri, in vacation and files her petition, stating avong other things that the above named de> fendact, I Walter is a non-resident of the State of Missouri Whereupon it is ordered by the clerk in vaca- jon that the defendant tithe! by publica~ tion that plaintiff has commenced a suit against him in this court by petition the object and xeneral nature of which is to enfore the lien of the State of Missourt for the delinguent taxes of the year hid staounting in the aggregate to the Sumi oftzcents together with interest, costs, commissions and fees upon the following de- keribed tracts of land situated in Bates county, Missvurl, to-wit Lots ¢and 5 in block 26 in Rieh Hill Town fon vo Kieb Hill, and that untess nt be and appear atthe next term of th's courtto be begun and holden in the city ot Buller, Bstes coonty, Miseo ti, oa the first Monday in February, 198 and on or before the frst day thereof, and plead to said peti tion Accoroing to law the eame will be taken as confessed and jndgment rendered according to the pr yer of sai petition and the above de- seribed real estate sold to eatisfy the same. And itis further ordered by the clerk a said that a copy hereof be published in BeTLeR WREKLY Times, & Weekly newspay printed and published in Bates county, sourt for four weeks saceeesively, the Isat in- sertion to be at least thirty days before the frst day of the next term of sald court, A true copy of the record, wi S my band as clerk sforesaid with the seal of said court hereunto nf- lixed, Done at office in Butler ou this the oth day of December, 1 Tat T D EMBREE, Circuit Clerk, Orcer of Pa STATE OF MISSOURL, (, a unty of tates, ¢ 8. ‘ireuit Court, Feb, term, 1008, Oct, (sKAL Hombloa, Ashby, Mollie P. Ashby, ow Ashby, Etta J, Ashby and Martha M. Ashby, Plaintiffs, ella &. \shby, Sena E, Ashby, John Db. Ashby and Silas Ashby Defe>dants. Order of Publication Now atthis day come the plaintiffs herein, by their attorneys, Silvers & Dawson, and file their pet tion and affidavit, alleging, among other things ‘hat defendants, ‘Tella L, Ashby, Sina E Ashby, John D, Ashby and Silas Ashby, are not residents of the Stateo Mis- souri: Whereupon, it is ordered by the court, that said def ndents 10 ited by publication that plaintiffs have commenced a suit against them in this court, the object and general nature of which is to obtain a decree of said court finding and declaring the rightg, title, interest and estate of the respective pirties, plaintiff and defendant, as above name! in and to the south half of the northwest quarter of section seven (7) township thirty-eight (8) of range thirty- two (82) in Bates county, Missouri, (save and except the railroad right of way as located on, over and acro-s said land) and for a decree in partition thereot, and for an order for the sale , WMIY® IS The Kind You Have Always ASTO WOON Bought, and which has been im use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of Clik: and has been made under his per- sonal supervision since its infancy, Allow no one to deceive you in this, All Counterfeits, Imitations and “ Just-as-good” are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare. goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. Tt is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance, Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. I¢ cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Cor It assimilates the ood, regulates the ing healthy The Children’s Panacea—The Mother's Fri and Flatulency. Stomach and Bowels, gi ipation nd natural sleep, ad, cenuinE CASTORIA Atways Bears the Signature of ¢ he Kind You Have Always Bought a in Use For Over 30 Years. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, TT MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY, Rs gee, ote Order of Publication In the Circuit Court of Bates County, Missouri, February term, os, ATE OF MISSOURI, /,. In vacation De~ anty of Bates. 9°" comber Lith, Ii Dewitt Co Chastain, Assignee of the Bay County Inve nt Company, Plain it, versus Fann e Bainha t, E known heirs of Am Kussell, Alparetta Russell, executor of tl jamin Barnhart, the un- Krwn A. W, Ml, Joshua R. i and testa- vd toe unknown heirs Russel, deceased, R Ru: sell, Bats County Loan and Land Bother Reeviver of the da A, Brown, if living, Defendants, Order of Publication, Now at this day comes the plaintif herein by his atton y, Silvers & Silvers and Dewitt C. Chastain, and files his A. Brow’, if living, A, 8 1. Joshua R Russell, exeeuior of th lLand testament of Mary Kuseell, de RK cnssell John Elliottand W J. viverof the Bates National Bank, | idents of Missouri, and that he lieves there are persons interested in ot matter of said petitio the heirs da A. brown, if d a the heirs of Mary Rusell, who: Ames CADNOL ‘ec insert- tion because unknown to plain- ed by the clerk in aid defer ants be notified by publication that plaintiff! has commenced an action aga nst them in this court the object and rs tur: of which is as set outin said petition as follows: That Mary Kussell at o ¢ time held a mort- gage aga nstsaid eighty acree, Thai said mort age has not been properly released of record Thatin fact said mortgage has been long since aid off and that no claim of any interest in or lies, againet said land ha- ever be n made for mere than 10 years last past vy ¢aid Mary Rus- sell, who has been d over ten years, nor by any of her he!rs or by the executor of her estate foresald. That A. W. iiuseell and Alparetta J, Russell and Joshua R. Russell, executor of the estate of Mary Russell, are non-residents of Misgouri, That piaindtl verily believes that there are other persons Interested in the ea j ct matter of this suit 9s heirs of Mary Kusrell whose names can not be ineerted in said petition be- cause they are unknown to plaintiff. That of record one R. RK. Bustell appears to have a possible claim of inte: in the south haifo the sour of said real esiate and division of the proceeds of sue! je between the ‘ties, plaintiff and defendant herein in accordance with their re- | spective rights and interests in said real estate ; as found and declared by the court, and that | unless the said Tella L. Ashby, Sena E. Ashby, | John D. Ashby and Silas Ashby be and appear | at this court, at the next term thereof, to be | ae ind holden at she court honse in thecity | of Butler in said county, on t'e first Monday | in February, 198, and on or before the first day of eaiiterm, answer or plead to the peti- tion ip said cause, the same will be taken as con‘essed, and judgment wili be rendered ac- cording! And it be published, according to law, in Tue Butter WEEKLY Times 8 newspaper published in said county of Bates for four weeks successively, ' published at least onze a week, the last inser: tion to be at least thirty daye before the fire day of next February term of this court. | T. D. EMBREE, Ctreult Clerk, | A true copy. from the record. Witness my q hand, and seal of the Circuit Court of | (skaL.) Bats county, this 27th dav of Novem- ber, 1907. T. D. EMBREE, 6-4 Circuit Clerk, Order of Publication STATE OF MISSOURI, County of Bates, ‘Vacation Nov-mber 27, 1907. Florence Roper, Plaintiff, ve Louis Roper, Defendant Order of Pablication. Now at this day comes the plaintiff herein, | by her attorneys, Silvers & Daweon, and fi} her petition and affidavit, slieging, amon; other ey that defencant is not a resident oj the State of Missouri: it de- and fall- farther ordered. that scopy hereof J: dated April third, 1 book P in the office of Bates County, Missouri, Isebella McCulloch and her husband conveyed id eighty Geo. W. Russell and R R_ Russell. deed from BR R. Russ ll conveying the interes’ thus acquired appears of record. ‘That a deed however of record at pi in the office of eaid recorder of deeds dated January sth 1881, whereby Rosella R. Ri Hy and George W, Russell conve acres That R. R session of ald land or made any claim there- to for.more than ten years. That R, R. Russell is anon-resident of Missouri. That of record hn Elliott appears to have a possible claim of title to tre northwest quarter of the southwest uarter o: section 4 - enty-seven aforesaid id e northeast quarter of the southeast quarter d the south half of the southeast quarter of tion twenty-eight aforesaid. as follows: That on Jacuary 18th, 1858, said Defendan John Elliott owned the land last descrited. That on said date by deed recorded at page 509 of book D in the office of the recorder of weeds of Bates Co . Mo,, he attempted to convey the same to Milton T. Peters That said deed is defective in thi which was tak: n before the clerk of the County Court of Bureau county, Illinois, does not have attached thereto the seal of said court, it said Etliott is a non resident of Missouri. T! said Eliott has not been in ion of raid land nor made any claim thereto since the mak- ing of eaid deed. That on hon pete 8rd, 1902, the Bates Coun- ty Kank, which was then a co: tion organ ized and doing business under the laws of sis- a8 8 bank of discount and deposit, owned the land last above described. That on said county, Mo., executed by F. J. dent of said Bates County Bank, conveyed to the Bates County Lnvestment Com- any That there appears of record no evi: of the authority of s-id Tygard to make veyance. Bnt that the same was really that the acknowledgment | [ signee the plaintiff brings this suit that prior to the assignment aforesaid said Bates County Investment Company the owner and ia possession of the following lant in Bates County, Missourl to- wit: 7 east twenty five acres of the northwest ter of the southeast quarter of section twenty eight, and the south b east quarter Of section twent heast quarter of the southeast quorter of wenty-elght, and the south hi quarter of section twenty-sev and the nortowest quarter of the southwest quarter of section twenty-seven, all in town. ship thirty nine, range thirty-two, That said land, tog: ther with the other assets and prop- erty of the said Bates County Investment Com- pany ed to the plaintiff’ in the as- cignn and that the plaintiff! be- signee of tha Bates County ow owns and is in pos- plaintif® and those under whom h claims have been in the open notorio..s, continuous, exciustve and adver Oebeesicn of said land for more than ten years Lpast, paving the ta es thereon and exer- ing ownership thereover; during which time nants nor anyone for or on ‘ vebalfof them vor claiming under them nor anyone of them has been in the possession of said laud, paid any taxes thereon or made any im whatsoever theret rX That on July 10th, 1868, Amanda A, Bro vned the northwest quarter of the southeast yuarter o° section twenty-eight aforesaid. That on said date she attempted to convey the same by deed recorded in vook M, at page 173 in the office of the recorder of deeds of county, Missouri That said deed appear: record to be detective in this that the ratd deed was acknowledged before the clerk of the Co! ty Court of Ba es County, Mo. That the seal of eaid court is not affixed thereto That from sail reeord it appear that the heirs of said Amanda Brown, she, as plaintiff believes dead more than ten yi , may havea pessibie claim of interest in eaid forty acres, ‘That plaintiff verily belives that there are per sons interested in the subject matier of this suit as heirs: f said Amanda A. Brown whose cau pot be inserted herein because un- known to plaintiff. That if not dead, said Amanda A. Brown is a non-resident of Mis- sourt That the defendants Fannie Barnhart and Benjamin Barnhart appear of record to have a possibie claim of interest in the east five acres of the west half of the northw st quarter of the southecst quarter of section twenty-eight afore- 88 follu: That at one time and during lifetime said five ecres belonged te John in. That-prior to the 13th day of March, 1883, said Cain diced leaving a will whereby he devia- ed all his property to the said defenoants, ex- cept ceriain land which he directed should be sold by his executor in said willnamed. That sald five acres was not included in the real estate described in said will and directed to be sold by said executor, but that the execator of said will did sell and convey the five acres 4 aforesaid by deed dated October 3rd, 1883, and recorded at page 305 of book 65 in the ofics of the recorder of deeds of Bates That tnrough mesne cenveyances from the grantee in eaid deed plaintifclaims. Thatsaid defendants bave never been in possession of id iand or made any claim thereto since the king of said deed by saidexecutor That said will was duly probated in the Probate Court of B: County, Missonri. “hat said County, Mo, the defendants A. W, Russell and Alpa- retta J, Russell and the unkvown heirs of Mary Russell and Joshua RK Russell, executorof the es ate of Mary Russell, deceased, appear of | Tecord to have a possible c'aim of lien against the south half of the southwest quarter of seo- tion twenty-seven aforesaid, as follows: That the said A. W. Russell and Alparetta J. Russeli and the other unknown hétrs of Mar; Russell constitute all the heirs of Mary Cuseell, and id. defendants be and ap- atthe next term thereof, by en at the court house in the city of Butler, in said county on the ls: Mon- day in Feb’y 1908, and on or before the first day of said term, answer or plead to the petition in said cause, the same will be taken as confessed, and judgment will bs rendered ee And it is further ordered, that a copy Ll be published, according to law, inTur BUTLER WEEKLY Tims, & newspaper published in sald county of Hates for weeks suce esively, ubliched at least once a week, the last inser- ion to be at least thirty days before the first day of eaid next |, 198 term of this . D. EMBREE, court, uit Clerk, A true copy of record, Witness my hand, and seal of the Cir- aL) cuit Court of Bates County, this 11th day of December, 1907. At T. D. EMBREE, Circuit Clerk. ie RICH HILL BRICK ri said Bates went Into liquidation and the d pedeat J. Butler x ly and aforesaid, and none of them have or has interest, title or claim in or any lien agsinst ae or any part thereof, and for all prop- Tach ase cOtles. Sold hy Clay’s drog store. AND TILE.Co. 906, | 100,000—8, 4, 6, 8 inch tile now ready for the market. 3 inch...§12 50 4 ioch.....$16 50 6 luch...$30 00 —_ 8 inch.....850 00 10iuch...$85.00 12 tnch...$100 00 Will soon have vitrified hard build. ing brick tor sale at factory prices. Aatres H, M. BOOTH, Mgr. Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrap. ing CHUSES & frre yee wentle action of the company.| towels througn which the cold fe — foreed out of the system, Children eit. Contains no opiates nornar