The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 21, 1916, Page 7

. Page, has been notified. j « humanity kin. TO OLD FRIENDS, TO NEW FRIENDS, friendly greetings for a Merry Christmas and best New Year. ‘ : To All---Greetings: With a full appreciation of the Yule-tide spirit which makes all TO FRIENDS WE HOPE TO CLAIM, the Officers of this Institution of service for all and to all extend ORDER ‘OF PUBLICATION. = State of Missouri, - County of Kates, {ss. In tif Circuit Court, February Term, 1917, In Term November 29th, 1916. Alexander W. Watson and Mitehell EB. Sweeney, Plaintiffs, against Harry W, Custer, Omar N, Custer, Jehn CG. Hall trustee, The New England Securities Company, a corporation, The Ottauquechee Sayings Bank, & -corporation, Don Walden, Henry Sellers, Lewis, and Fred Laurson and Fred Hultgren, partners doing business under the firm name and style, of Larson-Hultgren Grocery Co., Defendants. The State of -Missouri to the named Defendants, Greeting. Now at this day come the Plaintiffs herein, by their attorneys, Marsh & Martin and Silvers & Dawson, and show to the court that, heretofore, bove wishes for the ian Christmas and New Year's Day are both legal aud January Ist, 1917. Institution will be closed all.day Monday, December 25th, 1916 - PEOPLES BANK ‘The Bank on which you can always bank.’’ Plaintiffs filed herein their petition, alleging, among other things that De- | fendants Harry W, Custer, Omar. N. Custer, The Ottauquechee Savings Bank, a corporation, Fred Larson and Fred A. Hultgren, partners doing busi- ness in the firm name and style of Larson-Hultgren Grocery Co., are each and all non-residents of the State of Missouri, and can not be served with the ordinary process of law herein. Whereupon, it is ordered by the court jin term, that said Defendants be noti- fied by publication that Plaintiffs have commenced a suit against them in this Court, the object and general na- ture of which is to obtain an_order, judgment and decree of the court as: certaining and declaring the respective rights and interests of the parties plaintiff and defendants in and to the following described real estate, situate holidays. This Ze | QUVALL-PERCIVAL TRUST C0. i CAPITAL and SURPLUS, $250,060 FARMERS BANK BUILDING, BUTLER, Farm Loans Abstracts examine and perfect titles to same. ) Investments interest on time deposits. W. F. DUVALL, President, Arthur Duvall, Treasurer. W. D. Yates, NN ——_——=———— ; "and that unless the said non-resident | PROFESSIONAL CARDS | defendants be and appear at this Court | m thereof, to be begun SSS MOUNTA Reb Ber ' TIME TABLE . North side square B; F. Butler Station AttoFney at Law ‘ > East Side Square CORRECTED MAY 7, 1916 BUTLER, We have money to loan on real estate at a low rate of interest with privilege to pay at any time.: We have a complete set of Abstract Books and will fur- nish abstracts to any real estate in Bates county and | We will loan your idle money for you, securing you reasonable interest on good security. We pay J. B. DUVALL, Vice-President, lying and being in Bates County, Mis- {} | souri, to-wit: |’ All of Lots Eight*and ‘Thirteen and the west half of lots Nine, Ten and Bleven of section Five: and all of section Six lying north of the mid- die line of the Main Ditech of Drain- District Number One, In said except lot Twenty-one_ ai in Township Thirty- Range ‘Chirty-two; Also, all of the st half of Section One, in Township Thirty-nine, Range ‘Thirty-three, in said County, lying north of the middle line of the Main Ditch, and Eust of the middle line of Lateral Iiteh Number One of the Drainage District aforesaid, containing in all 47 acres more or age 0 MO. | i i i | | | | | | less; {and directing a division and partition jof the said real estate between the | | 1 | i i i i | | i | varties in interest, in accordance with the finding and judgment of the court, if the same can be done without preju- dice to the rights of the parties inter- ested, and if not that the whole of the aforesaid rea) estate be sold, and the proceeds of the sale first applied to the payment of the costs and expenses of this suit and sale, .and the balance of the proceeds paid cut and distributed 'to the parties plaintiff and defendant herein in accordance with the respee- the said relief Title Examiner. and interests in tive rights and for all proper 1 estate, in the premises, lat the next t iand holden at the Court House in the tty-of Butter, tn Said county, on the first Monday of February, — 1917, T. HULL and on or before the first day of said ror plead to the Petition i ri Term, answe Dentist jin said cause, the same will he taken .9,| a8 confessed, and judgment wW. re Entrance same that leads to Fox’s| tendered accordingly. : tudio. -| “And St is further ordered, that a copy i , | hereof be published, according to law, Butler, Missouri in The Butler Weekly ‘Fimes,-a news- paper published ~- said County of Bates, for ‘four’ weeks successivel | published at least once a week, th last insertion to be at least thirty days before the first day of sald next Feb- JETER, t lruary Term of this Court, Notary Public jsuary NO Saga Phone 186 Circuit’ Clerk. | A True Copy From the Record, ‘Witness my hand, and seal of; MISSOURI All freight ft torwuralie must be at depot not later than 10:30 g’clock a, m. or will be held for following day's forwarding. Freight for Inter- state Division must he delivered be- fore 5 o'clock p. m. No freight billed Phone or Farm and Stock Sales a Specialty . My terms are one per cent on the: dollar i pomierccahi | (Seal) the Cireuit Court of Bates No. 0 K. C. 315 a, m. \ county. this 2th day of No- No. 2088 K. C. & 8t. 00 a, m, ‘ | vember, WE ey NO Hb #6 & & Rt Lo Spm} T, J, HALSEY,M.D.0.0. |... » 9 MAXEY | SOUTH ‘ = | : 5 oplin assenger. . u . m. ali: i re - 7 AY N. No, 25 Nevada Passenger... 8:00 p, m. / ‘e ya ond the Attlng of Glassce ORDER OF PUBLICATIO: INTERSTATE | ss BUTLER, MO State, ot Missouri, jos. No, 68 Butler Patierper 10:25 a. m. Offiss Regan cite iiare Phone No, tb In‘the Circuit Court, February Term, No, 6H Local Freight......... 4! at — sort, In, Vacation December 8th, 1916 “ees " IL, C. Redford, Plain i weer D. L. ARBOGAST against (Leave) |The Bank of Carterville, a corporation, No, 83 Madison Laocal...... General Auctioneer | Jacob 'S. Weaver, Margarct hy Rag: “ No. A888 i , and the unknown heirs, - Na ber? vara sorte devisees, donees, alienves, im- mediate, mesne or remote, volun- tary or involuntary grantees of John 'T, Weaver, deceaged and Caroline Penewell, deceased, Defendants. Tho State of Missouri to the amed defendants, RRETING: above write me at fessed and judgment will be rendered accordingly, And it is further ordered, that a copy f be published, ‘according to law, he Butler Weekly ‘limes, a news- published in’ said County of Tor four weeks successively, at deast once a week, the tion to be at least thirty the first day of said next rm of this Court, H. 0. MAXEY, | . Circuit Clerk. | A True Copy From the Record. Witness my hand and seal (Seu) of the Circuit Court of Bates County, this 8th day of De- cember, 1916, H, O, MAXEY, 9-4t Circuit Clerk. CATION, State of Missouri, County of Bates, { In the Cirenit Court, ebruary ‘Term, 17, In Vacation December bih, WI16, James W. Harrison, Plaintiff, vs. Richard Davis Bullock and Anna Maud MeLeod, Defendants, The Stats of Missouri to the named Defendants, Greeting. Now at this day comes the Plaintiff herein, and’ files his Petition alleging, wmong other things that Defendants Richard Davis Bullock and Anna Maud above | Mcleod are both non-resideny of the State of Missourt. Whereupon, it is ordered by the Clerk in Vacation that said Defendants Le notified by publication that Plain- tiff has mmenced a suit against them in this Court, the object and gen- eral nature of which is to have a judged and defined the respective in- terests of plaintiff and defendant, in and to the following described real estate to-wit: North half Quarter (1-4) (1-2) of the South of Section Six- (16), ‘Township Forty-one (41) of Range ntynine (29) Bates county, Ms: i And to obtain an order and Judgment tie court for the sale of said real the partition of the pro- suid sale among the parties and defendant according to t tie their respective interests, after pay- ment of the expenses of the proceed- ings, Plaintiff claiming tno bh peti- tion to be the owner of an undivided Four-ninths (4-9) of said premises, and that defendant Richard Davis Bullock iy the owner of a like umount and the defendant Anna Maud McLeod is the owner of the remaining undivided Ninth, And that unless the said Richard Davis Bullock and Anna Maud McLeod be and appear at this court, at the next term thereof, to be begun and holden at the Court House in the of But- ler, in said county, on the First Mon- of Febrnary, 1917 and on or before » first day of said Term, answer or ad to the Petition in said cause, the ume Will be taken i on fess and iudement will t rendered accerding- ly ys And it is further-ordered, that a copy hereot be published, according to law, in The Butler Weekly Times 4 hawspaper published in id County Lot Hates, tor Tour weeks successively, publish at least once 2 week, the last insertion to be at least thirty da: betore tl t day of said next Feb- ruary, MMT, m oof this Cour H. O. MAXEY, Cire Clerk. A True Copy From the Record. Witness my hand, and seal of (Seul) the reult Court of Bates county, this Sth day of De- vember, 1914, H. O. MAXEY, $-4l Circuit Clerk, ORDER OF PUBLICATION, ‘ounty State of In the Circuit Court, Oetober Term, 1916. In Vacation November 2, 1916. Carrie Winchester, Plaintiff. vs, Alaska Winchester, Defendant, Now-at this day comes the Plaintiff herein, by her Attorney and files her Petition and Affidavit, alleging, among other things that Defendant Is a non- resident of the Statesof Missouri, Whereupon it is ordered by the Clerk in Vaeation, that said Defendant be notified by publication that Plaintift has commenced a suft against him in this Court, the object and general na- ture of which is to obtain a judgment and decree of diygrce from said de- fendant founded Bren the following among other allefations: That plain- tiff and defendant were lawfully mar- ried in Butler, Missouri, on June 8. 98; that the defendant, «without any reasonable cause abandoned this plain- tiff on December 38, 1907, and from said date to the present time has absented himself from this plaintiff without any reasonable cause, for this train in the morning. i % pete 5 arry S- i Now at this day comes the Plaintiff _ Madison and local freights carry pas Foster, Missouri jnereln, “by. attornes and Hes herein = TWY —— — his petition under oath, alleging, aes MAN: Saeet Lee. famong other things that Defendant ORDER OF PU | Jacob S Weaver, is a non-resident of State of Missouri, County of Bates, In v 1917. cation, against Harry W. Custer, FARMERS BANK of Bates County named defendant, Now comes the his attorneys, and is alleged that the in vacation, that has commenced 2 this court by . cover a judgmen + « fendant for the sui Dollars, as a bala: Capital - $50,000.00 Surplus - $50,00000 chase price Undivided Profits $10,000.00 Lots Eight and west Five; and all th: line of the Main } District | Missouri, (excep! + all in the east half o Start your Savings account with the bank that sets the ex- a tubiy three, ly) Ditch aforesaid center line of shows we have saved money, will help you to save money. fendant in and tu estate hi = % We Pay Interest on Savings tered accordingly. ii ee Se eee Allies to Let Envoys Through. London, Dee. 15.—The Entente Powers have decided to grant!’ safe conduct to Count Tarnowski A True © von Tarnow, recently -appointed | Austro-Hungarian ambassador to} _ the United States. lev The foreign office made this \ announcement today, saying the} Entente had decided to grant the | 1 safe conduct in consideration of|rose pioneer, the representations made by the}days since, his American government. The | pined away unti American am! , Walter H./ed. The County, When Edwin W. H. Allen, Plaintiff. The State of Missouri, to the above; to him affidavit heretofore filed, Custer is a non-resident of the state of Missouri, it is ordered by the clerk notified by publication, attachment, and general nature of which is to re- of the following real e tate situate, lying and being in Bat County, Missouri, to wit: half of lot Six, which Hes north of the center No, One, Township Kange Thirty-two, and also, al Township Thirty-nine, center line of the center line of the i One, of said Drainage District. land to charge said judgment as a spe- (cial lien against the interest of the de- and in which suit the aforesaid real been attached as the prop- erty of the defendant, and unless the sald defendant appear at the next term of this court, to be held Monday in February, 1917, and on or before the first day of said term and answer or otherwise plead to the pe- tition of plaintiff, the same will be taken as confessed. und judgment en- It is further ordered, hereof be published according to law, in The Butler Weekly Times, @ news- paper published in Bates County, Mis- souri, as and for service of this notice. ? H. O. MAXEY, y From the Record. itness my hand, and seal of | or decree of said court, defining and (Seal) the Circuit Court of Missouri, day of December, 1916.’ H. O. passed away some his pet dog, body was buried at the | foot of his masters grave. ‘the state of Missouri, and can not be served with the ordinary process of liaw herein, and further alleging, that fs. In the Circuit Court, February Term, { he verily believes there are persons in- terested in the subject matter of the suit, fed, and the subject matter of his petition, whose names he can not jinsert therein because the same are unknown: that such unknown pérsuns derive their respective inter- ests or apparent interests therein, as the consorts, heirs, devisees, donees, alienees, immediate, mesne or remote, voluntary or involuntary grantees of John T,. Weaver decvased, and of Car- oline Penewell deceased, by reason of a conveyance made to them of an undivided one sixth interest each, in and to the real ‘estate in his petition and hereinafter described, which deed is dated December 9th, 1859, and re- corded in the office of the recorder of deeds in and for Bates County, Mis- sourl, in Book H, at page 400, which interest so conveyed to them, was not thereafter properly conveyed so far as shown by the records, there being nu conveyance of record from said December 13th, 1918, Defendant, GREETING: plaintiff herein by on the petition and in which it |. defendant Harry W. suid defendant be that plaintiff suit against him in the object t ‘against said de- m of Kight Hundred nce due on the pur- Thirteen and the Nine, in Section {Jolin T. Weaver, but oly from his at part of Section | reputed heirs at law; in 1 and |which deed was defectively executed Pitch of Drainage | by the said Caroline Penewell, who | claimed an interest as heir at law of t Lot Twenty-one) |suld John T. Weaver deceased and as thirty-nine, of well, and interest by purchase and 1 of | conveyance, under the deed dated Le- of [cember 9th, 189%, aforesaid. And further alleging that the inter- ests of such unknowa parties can not be more specifically described or set in Bates County, f Section On of Range of the ing North and Kast of the rth by the plaintif¢ in his petition Lateral Ditch No. r the reason aforementioned, but [such interest appears to be adverse nd prejudicial -to the claim and title of the plaintiff, said plaintiff claim- ing to be the owner of the real estate in the petition described in fee, to wit: - The East half or the South east quarter of Section Thirty-one (31). Township Forty-two (€), of Range the aforesaid land, the First Thirty-one (31), im Bates County. Missouri. Whereupon, it is orderéd by the Clerk in vacation, that the defendant Jacob 8S. Weaver, and the unknown defendants mentioned herein, be noti- fied by publication that plaintiff has commenced a suit against them in this court, the object and general na- ture of which is to try, ascertain and determine the respective rights and . 4 interests of the parties plaintiff and Circuit Clerk. | defendants, in and to the aforesaid real estate and to obtain a judgment that a copy Bates | adjudging the intere&ts of the parties, Bth| severally, in and to the land afore- said, and declaring that defendants . MAXEY, have no interest therein, should the Circuit Clerk. | court so determine the proof, 50 that the title of piRintiff in and te said land be quietsa, pleted of rec- ord and set at rest. And that unless the said Defendants be and appear at. this Court, at the next term thereof, to be begun and holden at the Court House in the City of Butler, in said Eonnty, 08 the First Monday of February, and on or before the first day of Term, an- swer or plead to the Petition in said cause, the same will be taken as con- this Taylor, a Mont- Gyp, 1 his:death result- And that unless the said defendant be and appear at this Court, at the next term thereof, to be begun and holdeifat the Court House in the City of Butler, in said county, on the first Monday of February, 1917, and on or before the first day of said Term, an- swer or plead to the petition in sald cause, the same will be taken as con-. fessed and judgment will be rendered accordingly. 3 And it is further ordered, that a co; hereof be published, according to law in The Butler Weekly Times, a news- ‘paper published in said County of Rates, for four weeks successively, published at least once a week, the last insertion to be at least thirty days before the first day of said next Feb- ruary Term of this Court. HH. O. MAXEY, Circuit Clerk. A True Copy From the Record. Witness my hand, and seal of (Seal) the Circuit Court of Bates County, this 4th day of De- cember, 196. ~« H. O. MAXEY, 8-4t Circuit Clerk. ORDER OF PUBLICATION, State of Missouri). County of Bates, { i In the Cireuit Court, February Term, 1917. In Vacation December 12, 1916. Lora EB, Miller, Plaintiff. vs. t G, Miller, Defendant. ow at this day comes the Plaintiff herein, by her attorneys and files her petition under oath, alleging among other things that Defendant is a non- resident of the State of Missouri, Whereupon, it is ordered by the Clerk in Vacation tnat said Defendant be notified by publication that Plain- uff has commenced a suit against him in this Court, the ubject and general nature of which is to obtain a decree of divorce, and dissolution of the mar- riage relation {existing betwéen the plaintiff and defendant, and wherein plaintiff asks the sole custody and contro) of the infant child born of the marriage between plaintiff and de- fendant. And that unless the said Defendant be and appear at this Court, at the next term thereof, to be begun and holden at the Court House in the City of Butler, in said county, on the First Monday of. February, 1917, and on or before the first day of said Term, an- swer or plead to the Petition in said cause, the same will be takén as con- fessed and judgment will be rendered accordingly. And it is further ordered, that a copy hereof be published, according to law, in The Butler Weekly Times, a news- paper published in said County of Bates, for four wecks successively, published at least once a week, the ast insertion to be at least thirty gaye before the first day of said next Feb- ruary Term of this Court, H. O. MAXEY, Circuit Clerk. Record. A True Copy From th Witness my id, and seal of (Seal) the Circuit Court of Bates county, this Leth day of De- cember, 1916. H. O. MAXEY, Circuit Clerk. oat ORDER 0) In the Circuit Court, February Term viz, In Vacation December H, M. Wilson and Maude Wilson, Plaintiffs. against Willlam Page, and the unknown con- -, heirs, devisees, donees, alien- immediate, mesne or remote, y or involunta srantees of Perean, Thomus Linley, William Brigham, and the un- known al representatives or us- signee of Samuel Burge, Defendants. The State of Missouri to the above named defendants, GREETING: Now at this 4 come the plaintiffs ov involuntary Perean deceased, part of the gsrante who voluntary Alexinde tide tu a held real estate de- seribed in the petition and hereinafter forth, by deed of record, in the of- fice of the recorder of deeds in and for bate ¥, Missouri, in book Thomas Linley de- i Tax deed to a part Jand shown of ord in said in Tax Deed reco No, 1, at Page 6); and William A, Brignam who weld Tax deed which is of vecord in the office aforesaid in Book Y, Page Wi, and the sald Samuel Burge, who teok a Mortgage on a part of the land, forth by the plaintiff: Whereupon it is ordered by the clerk of this court in vacation, that said de- fendants be notified by publication in The Butler Weekly Times, a news- paper published in Bates County, Mis- souri, that plaintiffs have commenced a suit against then in this court, the object and gereral nature of which is to cancel of record and declare void and of no force or effect the mortgage deed made to Samuel Burge aforesaid and to try, ascertain and determine the rights, and interests of the _ parties ntiff and defendants, in and to the Nowing described real estate to wit: Lot one of the North-west quarter, and the west fourth of Lot one of the North-east quarter of section Four, of Township Forty-one, Runge Thirty-two, in Bates Coun- ty. Missouri, and to declare the title and interest of each of the parties therein severally, the plaintiffs claiming the absolute ttle thereto, and being in possession thereof and f¢ And said defe nts are appear and answer or otherwise plead to the ition of plaintiffs, at the next ourt to be begun and Missouri, on the First in February, 1917, or the alle- contained in. plaintiffs’ peti- N proper relief, tion will be taken as confessed and nidgment entered accordingly, H. O. AXEY, Clerk of the Cireuit Court. A ‘True Copy From the Record, Witness my hand and the (Seal) seal of the Cireuit Court of Bates County, this Ith day of December, 1916, H. O, MAXEY, erk of the Circuit Court. edt 4 ORDER OF PUBLICATION, State of Missouri, do. County of Bates, etd In the Cireult Court, Wiz. In Vacation December Dalton, Plaintiff. against The unknown consort, heirs, devisees, donees, aliences, immediate, mesne or remote, voluntary or involuntary grantees of Boston HL Bowman, de- ceased, Defendants, The State of Missouri to Defendants, GREETING Now at this day comes the Plaintitt herein,by his Attorneys and files herein hix Petition under oath alleg- ing, among other things that the 1ames of the persons whom plaintift verily belleves to be interested in the February Term, 1916, the above subject matter of this sult can not be set forth in his petition because they are to him unknown, such un- konwn ns being the consort, helr donees, alienees, im- med » or remote, voluntary or nwo! dntees of Boston H. K 1, Bowman dec That the in the subject matter of the suit, of such unknown defendants or whence derived can not be more specifically deseribed or forth In the petition than to si such interest is derived directly or in- directly trom Boston H, Bowman, de- ceased, who entered the real estate in plaintiff's petition and hereinafter de- scribed, from the United States Gov- ernment, as shown by the certified i book of original entries, on file in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in and sor Rates County, Missouri, and hid a Patent there nd subsequent- ly died without having conveyed said Teal estate to any one. Whereupon it is ordered by the clerk in vacation that the said defendants be notified by publication that plain- i has commenced a suit against m in this court, the object and gen- feral nature of which is to .obtain a judgment, ynd decree of the sald court defining, judging and determining the title, estate and interest of the parties plaintiff and defendant, in and ty the following real estate, to-wit: ‘The South west quarter of the South east quarter and the South yest quarter the North east rter (except. the west twelve of the north half of the last forty aere tract) all in | Seetion Thirty-one, (31) Township yrty-one (41) of Range Thirty 1), in Bates County, Mis- souri, in accordance with the law, and for all proper relfef, the said: plaintiff chiming to own the whole of the real jestate, in fee. And that unless the said Defendants be and appear at this Court, at the next term thereof, to be begun and (holden at the Court House in the City of Butler, in said County the First Mond: February, 1917, and on. or © the first day of said Term, an- or plead to the Petition in said ‘ause, the sume will be taken as con- fessed and judgment will be rendered accordingly. And it is further ordered, that a copy hereof be published, according to law, in The Butler Weekly Times, a news- paper published in said County of Bates, for four weeks successively, published at least once a week, the last insertion to be at least thirty days before the first day of said next February Term of this Court. H. O, MAXEY, Circuit Clerk. n-the Record. A True Copy Fre Witness my hand, and nl of (Seal) the Circuit Court of Bates County, this Mth day of De- vember, 1916. , H. O. MAXEY, 9-4t Cireuit Clerk. ORDER OF PUBLICATION, County of Bates. {.. State of Missouri, ‘ In the Circuit Court, February Term, 197. In Vacation December 4, 1916. Elonedous Kile, Plaintiff. vs. Ottie Henry (herein referred to as Ottie Kile), Defendant. Now at this day comes the Plaintiff herein, and files his petition under oath, alleging among other things that Defendant Ottie Lg es a@ non-re ident of the State of uri. Whereupon it in ordered by the Clerk heréin, by the nd file their petition und leging, among other things, endant William Page non-resident ef the state of yuri, and further ingy that verily believe the oa pers sted in the subject mat- tev of their petition whose names they cun not insert therein becau un- known to them, that so as plaintiff's know or can ascertain such unknown persons derive their interest’ in the | ibject matter of their petition, as the Conserts, he devi aliences, immediate, ime which is of record in Book 6 at Page a4, in the office aforesaid whereby his legal representatives or assignees ap- pear to be inlerestec the premises, but the interests of the unknown de- fendants and whence derived can not | he more particularly described or set notified to | lswer Petition in said cause, the same will he taken as con- fessed and judgment will be rendered accordingly, i} | i | | i | bas th, 1916, | | marr v My Defendant be notified by publication that Plaintitf commenced- a -sait against her in this Court, the object and general na- ture of which is to have found and adjudged by court that a certain ize ceremony in the county of Cherokee, State of Kansas, wherein de- fendant pretended to marry plaintiff was null and void for the reason that defendant, Ottle Henzs, was then the lawful wife of James Henr. nd with- out lawful right to lawfully marry plaintiff, And to have adjudged and decreed that, plaintiff by reason of aid cerémony did not ucquire any rights in the property of plaintitf then owned by him or sine acquired, and no right to the use of the name Otte in cal that said Kile, Suid) mariage ceremo being conducted in said county of Cherokee on or about the day of December, 1911, And that unless the said Ottie Hen- pat this Court, at the sof, to be begun and Jen at the Court House in the City of Butler, in said county, on the first Monday of Fy B) and on or before the first da d Term, an- ov plead to the be and appe: of And it is further ordered, that a copy hereof be published, nccording to law in The Butler Weekly Times, ® news- published in per County of AST to be & first day of at least said nex days before the Mebruary, 197 ‘erm of this Court H, O, MAXEY ireuit Ch S True Copy From the Re Witness my hand, and seal of (Seal) the Circult) Court of Bates county, this 4th day of De- cember, 1916, H. O, MAXEY, S-4t Cler& ORDI : State of Missouri Hat { se. suit Court of Bates County, 1916, County 0 In the € Mi ssouri, in Vaeation Dee, 20th, The State of Missouri at the relation note the use of J. H, Stone, Ex- Collector of th County. in the $ of Deferidant Jelinquent comes taxes, the plain- r attorney before the Clerk of nit Court of Bates ity in’ the. State of Missouri, in tion and files her petition stating mong other things that the above named defendant Payton Weithers, ts ident of the State of Missouri a non- Whereupon it is ordered by the clerk in vacation, that the defendant .be no~ plaintiff has him in this and gen- tified by publication thi commenced suit against court by petition the object eral nature of which is toe enforce t lien of the State of Missouri for the delinquent. taxes of the years — 1912 and 191 amounting in the aggre- gate-to the sum of ) tozether with interests, costs, commissions and fees upon the following ¢ ned tracts of sftvated in Bat sOunty, Mis land ti unless the said be and appear at-the next t court to be begun and holden city of Butler, Rates county, on the first Monday in and on or before the third de and plead to said petition to law the same will be taken fessed and judgment rendered neccord- ing to the prayer of said petition and the above deseribed real estate sold te satisfy the same, And it is further order aforesaid that a copy. lished in The Butler Weekly newspaper p lished in Bates coun four weeks successivel the last in- sertion to be at least thirty days be- fore the first day of the next term of sald court. A True Copy Witness aforesaid rding d by the clerk reof he pub kly Times, a nted| and pub- Missouri, for =e) arene of the Record, my hand as clerk with the seal of said court hereunto affixed. Done at office in Butler on this, the 20th day of Dee,, 1916 H. O. MAXE Ctreult Cl (Seal) 1-41 TIE UP ST. CLAIR FUNDS Creditors Granted Temporary Re- ; .straing Order Against County. Kansas City, Mo., Dee. 15-—-The St. Clair County bond fued, fol- lowing the rejection by an oe overwhelming popular vote Tuesday against a eompromise i of the indebtness whieh has hung over the eounty for forty five eee years, took another tum in’ the ti federal court. A temporary rt training order tying up unapp. tioned county funds was granted . hy Judge Arba S. Van Valken- ao burgh, Pane The order is against the eoun- @ ty clerk, the county judges, the Tee se members of the Johnson-Lueas hanking corporation at Osceola pare Mo., which has money on dep- ? osit. The amount named in the se. order is $18,176.55, It represents ae that portion of the county funds, the | ion states, that, has not Deen apportioned to any special county use, 7 James Pureell, deputy United 2 States marshall bas gone to Os la to serve the papers that wilt tie up the money, Beng In 1871 St. Clair county—-voted $300,000 in bonds for the building of the Tebo & Neosho Railroad. The road was never built. Te evade payment of what they call- ed an unjust) debt) the eounty court for years held secret meet- ing ‘*the brush to evade service of the papers in the judgement —se- enred against the county by the purchasers of the bonds. Prineipal and interest now amount to mo than 4 million dollars, which is greater than the total assessed a2 valuation of all the property in? . the county. The compromise settlement vot- ed down this week was for the payment of $630,00, about 15 per cent of the debt. : Todays action was instituted by Joseph Townsend jr, of Phildel- phia and his brothers. trustees under the will of the late Charles C. Townsend. whose. estate iu- eludes a one million-dollar share > of the inbebtness.