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i PAGE TWO . CAMPAIGN FOR ERECTION OF NEW MONUMENT STONE MOUNTAIN CONFED- ERATE MEMORIAL | COIN CAMPAIGN GETS UNDER WAY IN FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE, March 20.— It was reported at state head- quarters today that the first mem- bers to register in the One Hun- dred Thousand Club of Florida, are Col. E. H. R. Green, Star Island, Miami Beach; Hon. Carl G. Fisher, Miami Beach; Hon. Chas. E, Young, St. Augustine and Mary Theresa Burgoyne, Daytona Beach. Intensive steps are being taken during the next two weeks, or un- IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL IR CUIT OF THE STATE OF FLOR- IDA, IN AND FOR MONTOR COUNTY.—IN CHANCERY. Charles J. Curry, Complainant, pies John W. Simonton, if alive, and if dead, then his unknown heirs, devisees, legatees or grantees; Jacob D. Rodgers and Charlotte E. Rodgers, it alive, and if dead, then their unknown heirs, devisees, le- gatees, or grantees; Rafael Fernandez O'Halloran, if alive, and if dead, then his unknown heirs, ‘devisees, legatees or grantees; Jose Valdos Velasco, if. alive, and if dead, then his unknown heirs, devisees, le- gatees or grantees; Tomas Borges and Tomora Morales Borges, if alive, and if dead, their unknown heirs, devisees, legatees or grantees; Estanis- lao F. O'Halloran and Busta- quia 8. F. O'Halloran, if alive, and if dead, then their un- til the close of the campaign, on April 1st, to build what will be known as the One Hundred Thou- sand Club, ‘ One thousand men and women of Florida, who believe in the state; who wish to see her promises kept; Who have a deep feeling and sentiment as régards the erection known heirs, devisees, le- gatees or grantees; O'Halloran and Company, a partnership, its successors or assigns, and others, » Defendants. To: John W. Simonton, whose residence is unknown if al@e, and if dead, then to his un- known . heirs, devisees, _ le- gatees or grantees, whose residences are unknown; of the proposed memorial to the valor of the Southern Soldier, and who can afford to do so, are be- ing asked to join together in the purchase of one hundred thou- sand Stone Mountain Memorial Coins, thus completing the quota assigned the state. The club is open for member- ship to anyone in Florida who de- sires. The only qualification be- ing that a check for one hundred dollars—the price of one hundred coins—must accompany the ap- plication. Upon receipt of check the coins are immediately shipped to the applicant. In Memorial Hall, which is to be excavated just below the Cen- tral Figures of this gigantic monu- ment, will be kept for all time, the records of the different states in this campaign, ax well as other historical data, particularly ap- plicable. In that part of Me- morial Hall assigned to Florida willbe 2 book of parchment, upon which will be enrolled the names of the members of the One Hun- dred Thousand Club. ‘ Applications should be made to Governor John W. Martin, di- rector, Stone Mountain Con- federate Memorial, Tallahassee, Florida, prior to April first, as af- ter that date coins ean no longer be obtained at $1.00. On April 15th the price for these. coins will ago today the American troops entered . Boston, following the evacustion of the city by the Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president of Harvard and one of America’s most distinguished edu- eators, reaches the age of 92 to- « day, Maj. Gen. Charles T. Menoher, U. & As who commanded th Rainbow’ Division in France, to- reaches the age for statutory Representatives of three famous women's. colleges—Smith, Vassar, and Mount Holyoke—are to en- gage in an intercollegiate debate on the subject of the free- of in shipbuilding will be establichéd at Newport News, Va., today, when nine ships, widely different in type, will be launch- three hours. Thirty been invited Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president ‘emeritus of Harvard University, born in Boston, 92 years ago to- Maj. Gen. Charles T. Menoher, U. S. Ay who commanded the Rainbow Division in France, born G4 years ago today. William J. Locke, a popular English novelist and playwright, born 63 Years ago today. Martin B. Madden, representa- tive in Congress of the First Ili- nois district, born in England, 71 years ago today. TO ESTABLISH SERVICE (BY Asscciated Press) | WASHINGTON. March 20.— Establishment within the nex month of a radio weather informa-/ tion service for airplanes while in} flight insthe New York-Washing-} ton-Norfolk area has been decided} upon by ‘the navy department. | tee Blisters on Hands or Feet | wpear after a few applications pertal «= Eczema Remedy. All @rugeiets are authorised to refund | your money if it faiis.—Ady, ; : Jacob D. Rodgers and Char- lotte BE. Rodgers, whose resi- dences are unknown if. alive, and if dead, to their unknown heirs, devisees, legatees or grantees, whose residences are unknown; Rafael Fernandez O'Halloran, whose residence is unknown if alive, and if dead to his unknown heirs, devisees, legatees or grantees, whose residences are unknown; Jose Valdos Velasco, whose resi- dence is unknown if alive, and if dead to his unknown heirs, ‘levisees, legatees or grantees whose residences are unknown; Tomas Borges and Tomora Morales Borges, whose resi- ences are unknown if alive, and if dead, to their unknown heirs, devisees, legatees or grantees, whose residences are unknown; Estanislao F. Halloran and Eustaquia 8. F. O'Halloran, whose. residences are unknown if ive, and if dead, to their unknown heirs, devisees, legatees or grantees, whose residences are unknown: O'Halloran and. Company, a partnership, its partners, mem- bers, successors or assigns, whose place of business was formerly Key West, Florida, but whose present residences are unknown, and to all per- sons having ‘or claiming any interest iy the hereinafter de- scribed lands whose residences are unknown. You and each of you are here- by notified that Charles J. Curry has filed his sworn bill in chan- cery, to remove cloud from and to quiet the title to the following de- Seribed real estate: In the City of Key West, Monroe Coun Plorida, and more particularly described as follows: Part of Lot Two (2) of Square (5) of Tract Four (4), aecording to Simonton and Walt's Addition to the City of Key West. Commencing at a int on Petronia Street One undred thirteen (113) feet distant from the corner of Pe- tronia and Duval’ Streets. Run- ning. thence along Petronia Street in a N, Bily direction Sixty-two (62) feet, Six (6) inches; thence at right angles . in » 8. E’ly direction One hun- dred thirteen (113) feet; thence at right angles in a 3. Wily direction Nine (9) feet. Six inches; thence at right angles in a E'ly direction BSeventy-six (76) feet; thence at, right angles in aS. W'ly direction Fifty-three (53) feet; thence at right angles in a N. wy direction One hundred Blghty-nine (189) feet out to Petronia Street, to the point of beginning. That it is alleged in said dill that the places and residences of the said John W. Simonton, his heirs, devisees, legatees or gran- tees, are unknown; that the places and sidences of the said Jacob D. Rodgers and Charlette ers, their heirs, devises, or grantees, are unknown; that the places and residences of ithe said Rafael Fernandez O'Halloran, his heirs, devisees, legatees or gran- tees, are unknowns that the places and residences of the said Jose Valdos Velasco, his heirs, devisees, lewatees or grantees, are unknown; that the places and residences of the said Tomas Borges and Tomora Morales Borges, their heirs, de- visees, legatees or grantees, are unknown: that the places and res! dences of the said Estanislao F. O'Halloran and Eustaquia 8. O'Halloran, their heirs, devisee: legatees or grantees, are unknown: that the places and residences of the O'Halloran & Company, a part- nership, its partners, members, suc- cessors Or assigns, are unknown, and that he has not been able to ascertain said residences, places of abode or wherenbouts of said de- fendants after diligent search and inquiry.” ‘That he is the owner and in possession of the aforesaid real estate; that he and his predeces- sors in title have had said real es- tate for & period of more than fifty years; that his possession has been ‘open, notorious, adverse and ex- elusive as against all of said de- fendants, and as against all other whatsoever. That there Heged clouds on the title of said property, and that the purpose of said bill is to remove the alleged clouds from gnd to quiet @ to confirm, legal- complainant's title to sald property. Therefore, you John W. Simon- ton, your known heirs, devisees, lewatees and grantees; Jacob D. Rodgers and Charlotte E, Rodgers, your known heirs, devisees, le- ®atees and grantees; Rafael Fer- nandez O'Halloran, your unknown heirs, devisees, legatees and gran- tees; Jose Valdes Velasco, your un- known heirs, devisees, legatees and Srantees; Tomas Borges and To- mora Morales Borges, your un- known heirs, devisees, legatees and srantees; Estanisiao F. O'Halloran and Eustaquia & F, O'Halloran, your known heli and gra and Company, a part partners, members, assigns are hereby ordered to ap- ar to said bE of complaint, ‘wesday the 23rd day of March, A. D. 1926, otherwise the allegation in said bil will be taken as con- fessed. Tt is ordered and adjudged that this notice should be published in the Key West Citizen, a newspaper published in Monree County, Flor- ia, once each week for four con- hb. March 13th and Mareb 20th, A. D. 1936. Done and ordered this 19th day LEGAL NOTICE ODOC OC COCOS ESOC OEEOOCOECODESESEOORE | interrogatories for a commission to o-| oe} fof February, A. D. 1926. (SEAL) D. Z. FILER, Clerk Cireuit Court of the 20th Judicial Circuit of ‘the State of *lorida, In and for Menroe Coun- WILLIAM H. MALONE, Solicitor for Complainant. * feb20-27; mar6- fae etait IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIR- CUI OF THE STATE OF FLOR- IDA IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA. lIn Re: Testimony In Re Perpétuam of J. LANCELOT LESTER and J. VINING HARRIS re- lative to all that certain real estate Monroe County, Florida, described aa follow: The SW% of the SE% of Section 29 and Lot numbered 2 of Section 32, all _in Township 67 South of Range 26 East, Tallahassee Meridian, Flor- a. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Notice is hereby given that A. Louis has filed an application and 3-20 issue to take the-testimony of. the following named persons: | J, Laneelot Lester, J. Vining Harris. The subject matter of the ex- amination of the witness J. Vining Harris is to establish that one Barry J. Bulmer was sometimes known as Barry Bulmer; that in making conveyances and’ transact- ing business said Barry J. Bulmer usually dropped the initial “J;” that he was the husband of Lilla D. Bulla and that during the year 1895, and prior thereto, there was only one Barry 1 Bulmer who was also. known Barry Bulmer, a resident of Ky West, Florida. The subject miatter of the ex- amination of the witness J.-Lance- lot Lester is to establish that one Joseph. C. Walton,- Jr., acquired title to the following ‘described jand situate, lying and. being in Monroe ,County, Florida, to-wit: TheSouthwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section Twenty-nine and Lot number- ed Two of Section Thirty-two, all in ‘Township Sixty-seven South of Range Twenty-six East, Tallahassee Meridian, Florida, under the name of Joseph C. Wal- ton, Jr., at which time the father of said Joseph C. Walton, Jr., living and the father went by’ t name of Joseph C. Walton, Sr., and the son Joseph C. Walton, Jr, and that said Joseph C. Walton, Jr., was the husband of:one Susan B. Walton. ‘That on or about _ the sixth day of December, : 1898, Joseph C. Walton, St, departed this life and thereafter Joseph ©, Walton, Jr... became and was Joseph C. Walton and from’ thence- forth signed his name as such. That said witness was on the 24th day of October, 1915, @ Notary Public in and for the State of Florida at Large, dwelling in the City of Key West, on said date acted” as sub- scribing witness nd took the acknowledgment Notary“ Pablic to a deed executed by Joseph C. Walton and Susan B. Walton to ¥ M.. White conveying the above ai scribed lands, which deed was duly recorded in Book A-2, Page 286, Monroe County, -Florida, . records, and the original thereof ‘is attach- ed to the application filed in this cause. That said witness was well acquainted with the signatures of Joseph C. Waltor Walton: that the original deed are the signatures of said Joseph C. Walton and Susan B. Walton and that ‘sald Joseph C. Walton was the same person as Joseph C. Walton, Jr., the grantee in a certain deet trom Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund o: the State of Florida, dated January 4th, 1896, recorded in Deed Book S, Page 2 Monroe County, Flor- jida, records, and grantee in that jcertain deed from Isaae Mitchell, bachelor, dated the 15th day of October, 1895, reeorded in Deed Book QQ, Page 279, Monroe County, Florida, records. ; NOTICE is given ‘that said A. Louis will make application at the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, Monroe County, Florida, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon on the 30th day of March, A. D. 1924, for isstance of said commission by the undersigned Clerk of said Court. Dated February 26th, 1926. (SEAL D. Z., FILER, Clerk, Circuit Court, Monroe Coun- ty, Florida. feb27; mar$-13-20-27 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIR- CUIT OF THE STATE OF FLOR- IDA, IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY—IN CHANCERY. e Edward Payson Johnson, Complainant, —vs— Martha Emily Curry; Robert Frederick J. Sawyer; Ida Saw- yer; John Roberts; the heirs, devisees, legatees and .gran- tees of Benjamin W, Kem} deceased; Willigm J. Johdson, and the unknown heirs,, de- visees, legatees or assigns of John Whitehead, deceased, and others. To The unkriown .Qeirs, devisees, legatees or grantees. of Ben- jamin W. Kemp, whose resi- dence are unknown; and the unknown heirs, devisees, le- gsatees of John Whitehead, whose residences are un- known. You and each of you are hereby notified that Edward Payson John- son has filed his sworn Dill in chancery, to remove ¢loud from and to quiet the title to the follow- Ing described real estate: In the City of Key West, Monroe County, Florida, and being part of Lot Four (4) of Square Twenty (20), according to Whitehead’s “map of the Island of Key West, delineated in February 183%; and more particularly described as fol- jOws? Commencing at a point on James Street 156 feet, 9 inches from the corner of Margaret and James Streets, and running thence N. Ely along James Street 50 feet, 3 inches, thence at right angles in a S. E'ly di- reetion 100 feet; thence at right angles in a S. W'ly direction Se feet, 3 inches; thence at right angles in a N. W'ly direc tion 10@ feet to the place of ginning on James Street. That it is aleged in said bill that the places and residences of the heirs, devisees, legatees and gran- tees of Benjamin W. Kemp, are un- Known; that the places and resi- dences of the hélrs, devisees, le- gatees and grantees, of John White- head are unknown, and that he has able to ascertain said residences, places of abode or whereabouts of the heirs of said @efendants after Giligent search and inquiry. That he is the owner and in possession loresaid his | real estate, im tithe have had said Teal estate fer a period of over fifty-five years: that his possession bas been open. notorious, adverse and exclusive as against all of said defendants, and as against all other Persons whatscever. That there are alleged clouds om the recor title |Foley & Co., 2835 Sheffield Ave., THE KEY WEST CITIZEN { REQUESTS CONTROL is (Ry Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 20.—/ » The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad! asked the Interstate Commerce: Commission for authority to ac- quire ‘control of the Columbia,| Newberry and Laurens Railroad) ‘by purehase of its capital stock.} The Atlantic Coast Line now holds} 9,016 shares out of a total of 20,000, with par value of $25 a share. cuT THIS oUT— IT 1S WORTH MONEY | Send this ad and ten cents to and address clearly. You will re-| ceive a ten cent bottle of} FOLEY’S HONEY AND TAR COMPOUND for coughs, colds and hoarseness, also free sample | packages of FOLEY PILLS, aj diuretic stimulant for the _kid- neys, and FOLEY CATHARTIC TABLETS for Constipation and Biliousness. These wonderful remedies have helped millions of people. Try them! Key West Drug Co. mari-lm NOTICE The State and County Tax Roll for the year 1926 is now being prepared and all persons, firms or corporations are notified to make and file their returns, whether real estate or personal property, not later than April 1st, 1926. Blariks for filing returns can be had by applying to the un- dersigned at the County Court House. EUGENE L. ALBURY, Tax Assessor, Monroe County. mar15-17-20-22-24-27-29-31 ‘District Attorney Asa Keyes, of Los Angeles, goes to Boston in new investigation of slaying of William Desmond Taylor, motion picture director. of said property, and that the pur- pose of said bill is to remove the alleged clouds from and to quiet the said title, and to confirm, legalize and validate complainant's title to said property. Therefore, you, the unknown heirs, devisees, legatees, and gran- tees of John Whitelread, and you, the unknown heirs, devisees, le- gatees and grantees of Benjamin W. Kemp, are hereby ordered to appear to. said bill of complaint, on Tues- day the 23rd day of March, A. D. |}; 1926, otherwise the allegations in said bill-will be taken as confessed. It is ordered and adjudged that this notice should be published in the Key West Citizen, a newspaper published in Monroe Covmty, -Flor- ida, once each week for four con- secutive weeks, as follows: Febru- ary 20th, February 27th, March 6th, March 13th and March 20th, A. D: 1926. Done ‘and ordered this {19th day ot February, A. D. 1926. (SEAL) D. Z FILER, Clerk Cireuit Court of the — 20th Judicial Circuit of the State -of Florida, In and for Monroe Coun- t ¢| WILLIAM H. MALONE, Solicitor for Complainant. feb20-27; mar6-13-20 IN THE COUNTY JUDGE'S COURT, IN AND FOR MONROE COUN- TY, FLORIDA, Im the matter of the estate of ‘Thomas Thompson, deceased. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will bring on‘for hear- ing before the Honorable Hugh Gunn, at_ his office in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, on the 23rd day of March, A. D, 1926, a petition for judicial ascertainment that the said Thomas Thompson is dead; that he died intestate; that he left no debts outstanding against his estate, and that Caro- line Thompson was his widow, and that E. Lawton Thompson, Loraine Morton, Sarah Gardner and T. ‘Thompson were his sole and only heirs at law; that said heirs have amicably divided the property own- ed by said estate, among them- selves according to the provisions of Section Na 3724, General Re- vised Statutes of the State of Flor- ida. " Key West, Florida, February 19th, 1926. T. T. THOMPSON, feb20-27; mar6-13-20 NOTICE TO CREDITORS In Court of the County Judge, Mon- roe County, State of Florida, Im re extate of J. H. Sands, deceased. Te All Creditors, Legatees, Dis- tefbutees And All Persons Having Claims or Demands Against Said Estate: You, and each of you, are here- by_nottfied and required to present any claims and demands which you, or either of you, may have against the estate of J. H. Sands, deceased, late of Monroe County, Florida, to the County Judge of Monroe Coun- ty, Florida, at his office in the ‘Court House of said County, at Key West, Monroe County, Florida, with- in twelve months from the time of the first publication of this notice, to-wit, January $3, 1926. NINA L. SANDS, Administratrix of the estate of J. Sands, decease. i. Jan23-30; febs-13 maré-13-20 DR. HARRY N. S. JONES DENTIST 532 Fleming Street OFFICE HOURS: 8:30 to 12.30; 2:00 to 6:00 PHONE 3643 ‘Doors, Blinds, Carey’s Cement Reofing. H. B. Davis 100 Per Cent Pure Paint and Oils. WORLD. | Union in Philadelphia decides juse fund: raised | Christy Mathewson’s mother promote senatorial campaign Gov. 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