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EGAL NOTICE!
Notice.
This is to notify the public that
h a ve severed my connection
[ om the Scabrough Buggy .Co.
ho, the 27th day of December,
jjy and am not responsible for
debts made by said Company
ftei said date.
January 5, 1911.
2_4vv. R. M. Ware.
pplication for Homestead.
eokgia —Ben Hill County.
J. H. Roberts has applied for
cemption of personalty, and set
ng apart and valuation of home
ead, and I will pass upon the
me at 10 o’clock a. m. on the
th day of February, 1911, at
y office C. M. Wise,
*1-4 w Ordinary.
Citation.
eokgia— Ben Hill County.
[o All Whom It May Concern :
J. B. and R. R. Dorminey, hav
ng in proper form applied to me
or permanent letters of admin
stration on the estate of Jacob
)orminey, late of said county,
his is to cite all and singular, the
reditors and next of kin of Jacob
)orminey, to be and appear at
tiy office within the time allowed
vB B show cause, if any
stilBKhould .vhy permanent admin
not be granted to
. B.and R. R. Dorminey, on
acob Dorminey’s estate.
Witness my hand and official
ignature this 2nd day of Janu
ry, 1911. C, M. Wise,
l-4w Ordinary.
Public Sale of hand.
}eokgia—Ben Hill County.
By virtue of an order of the
:ourt of ordinary of said county,
vill be sold at public outcry on
;he first Tuesday in Febuary,
.911, at the court house in said
:ounty, between the usual hours
if sale, the following real estate
situate in Ben Hill county, to-wit:
Twenty-acre acre tract number
"orty-five Hundred and Twenty¬
mo (4521), of the colony domain
is shown by the recorded plat of
such subdivision, the said tract
leing a portion of land lot nutn
ier 248 in the 4th land district
>f originally Irwin, now Ben Hill
’ounty Georgia ‘Sale:
Terms of $25.00 cash,
balance in one year, with interest
it 8 per cent, on deferred pay
ment O P ' Webster
Administrator Estate W. S.
Lee. l-4w
Leave To Sell Land.
Georgia—Ben Hu e County.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has applied to the
ordinary of said county for leave
to sell land belonging to the
estate of Julia E. Benton for the
payment of debts and for mak¬
ing distribution. Said applica¬
tion will be heard at the regular
term of the Court of Ordinary
for said county to be held on the
first Monday in February, 1911.
This January 2, 1911.
J. S Benton,
Administrator Estate of Julia E.
Benton. l-4w
Citation.
Georgia—Ben Hill County.
To All Whom It May Concern:
Charles Benton having applied
for guardianship of the person
and property of William E. Ben¬
ton, minor child of Julia E. Ben
of said county, deceased,
given that said applica
tei^wock heard at my office-at
a. m. on the first Mon¬
day in Febniary next.
This Janury 2, 1911.
C. M. Wise,
I-4w Ordinary.
Sale of Real estate.
Georgia—Ben Hill County.
By virtue of an order from the
Court of Ordinary of Ben Hill
county, will be sold at public out¬
cry to the highest bidder for cash,
on the first Tuesday in February,
1911, at the court house door in
said county, between the legal
hours of sale, a one-fourth undi¬
vided interest in five-acre tract
No. 588. January 4, 1911.
L. A. Farnell,
Admistrator Estate O. J- Farnell.
Notice of Sale.
Court Agreeable to an order of the
of Ordinary of Ben Hill
county, will be sold at auction at
the court house door of said
county February, on the first Tuesday in
hours next, within the legal
of sale, the following prop¬
erty, to-wit: City lot number
eight (8), in square number two
(2), in block number five (5), in
the City of Fitzgerald, as shown
THE FITZGERALD LEADER, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18.
Keefer, deceased. Sr., iate of said county,
Terms cash.
This the 2nd day of January,
1911. E. P. Keefer, Jr,,
l-4w Administrator.
Citation.
Georgia—Ben Hii.l County.
By virtue of an order from the
Court of Ordinary of Ben Hill
county, public Georgia, will be sold at
outcry on the first Tuesday
house m February, door 1911, at the court
in said county, be¬
tween the legal hours of sale,
Five Shares of the Capital Stock
of The First National Bank of
$100.00, Fitzgerald, Georgia, par value
certificate number 221,
and five shares of the Capital
Stock of the Travelers’ Insurance
Machine Company par value $5.00
certificate number 678. Terms
cash. January 4,1911.
Clayton Jay,
2-4t Administrator of D. B. Jay.
Notice To The Public.
You are hereby notified that
we, the undersigned, have select¬
ed The Fitzgerald Leader, a news¬
paper published in Ben Hill
county, Organ Georgia, as the Official
or and Newspaper for said
courty ; that beginning -Jan¬
uary 1, 1911, and until further
notice Legal Advertisements for
said county will be published in
said newspaper.
This 31st dav of December, 1910.
J. W. NORRIS, Sheriff Ben Hill
Countv.
C. M. WISE, Ordinary Ben Hill
D. County.
W. M. WHITLEY, Clerk of
Superior Court Ben Hill Co.
Adminstrators ’ Sale---C. 11.
White estate.
Georgia—Ben Hill County.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned administrators of the
estate by of C. B. White, deceased,
virtue of an order of the Court
of Ordinary of said county, grant¬
ed at the January Term, 1911,
of said court, will sell at public
outcry to the highest bidder or
bidders for cash, within the legal
hours of sale, on the first Tues¬
day in February, 1911, at the
court house door in said county,
the following . described property:
Twenty shares of he Capital
StocK of the Travelers Insurance
Machine Company of the par im¬
™ 01 UveDohars each; ten shares
shares of the Capita Stock of the
South Georgia Building and In
vestment Company of Fitzgerald,
Georgia, oi the par value of Fifty
Dollars each; seven shares of the
Capital Stock of the Fitzgerald
Cotton Oil Coup any of Fitz¬
gerald, Georgia, of the par value
of.One Hundred Dollars each;
twenty-two shares of the
Capital Stock of The First Na¬
tional Bank of Fitzgerald, Geor¬
gia, of the par value of One Hun¬
dred Dollars each ; also the fol¬
lowing city lots of land located
in the City of Fitzgerald, Geor¬
gia, as shown by the original
town-site plat of said city, to¬
gether with the improvements
thereon:
Lot Number One, Square Num¬
ber Twelve, Block Number Five.
Lot Number One, Square Num¬
ber Sixteen, Block Number Six¬
teen.
Lot Number Eight, Square
Number Seven, Block Number
Ten.
Lot Number Nine, Square
Number Seven, Block Number
Ten.
Lot Number Ten, Square Num¬
ber Seven, Block Number Ten.
Lot Number Twelve, Square
Number Seven, Block Number
Ten.
Lot Number Thirteen, Square
Number Seven, Block Number
Ten.
Lot Number Fourteen, Square
Number Seven, Block Number
Ten.
Lot Number Eighteen, Square
Number Eight, Block Number
Ten.
Lot Number Nineteen, Square
Number Eight, Block Number
Ten.
Lot Number Twenty, Square
Number Eight, Block Number
Ten.
Also aone-half undivided inter¬
est in City Lot Number Eleven,
Square Number Seven, Block
Number Ten, and also a one-half
undivided interest in Lot Number
Seventeen, Square Number Six,
Block Number Ten, in the City
of Fitzgerald, Georgia.
Also Ten acres, more or less,
of land, being a part of lot Num¬
ber Ninety-two in the Third Dis¬
trict of Ben Hill county, Georgia,
and known as Five-acre Tracts
Numbers Thirteen Hundred Five
and Thirteen Hundred Six of the
lands surveyed and platted by
the American Tribune Soldiers’
Colony Company. of land Number
Also city lot
One, in Block Number Ninety
seven, in the town of St.
Georgia.
Said property will be sold as
the property of the estate of C
B. White for the purpose of pay-
8 b n
tio n of said
will pay for titles. This
2iy 1911. L. Kennedy,
T. E. White,
Administrators C. B. White Es¬
tate. 2-4w
Georgia—Ben Hill County
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned will sell at public out
cry, to the highest bidder for cash
“*? within court-house the legal in said county, sale,
nouis ot on
the First Tuesday in February,
1911, City Lots of Land Numbers
Nine and Ten, in Square Number
Eight, Block Number Eleven, in
the City of Fitzgerald, Georgia,
in said county, as shown by the
original town-site plat of said
City. Said property levied upon
and to be sold as the property of
Mrs. S. E. Fields to satisfy two
executions issued from the City
Court of Fitzgerald, Georgia,
against Mrs. S. E. Fields, in favor
of M. Kutz Company and the
other one in fa^or of E. M. Buc
hanan. This January 14th 1911.
J. W. Norms, Sheriff,
Ben Hill JJounty, Ga.
Jan. !4-4wks.
Notice
To the Public:
You are hereby notified that
the Board of County
ers have changed their time of
meeting from the second Tuesday
in each month to the first Tuesday
in eaph month. All bills against
the county must be in the hands
of the clerk of this Board, on the
first Monday by 12 o’clock. All
bilis not in the hands of the Clerk
at this time will go over until the
next regular meeting of the Board.
A further notice is given that
the County of Ben Hill is not
liable for any supplies sold them.
unless requisition the parties properly selling O. them K. has by j j
a
one or more of the County Com-;
missioners of said county. By
order of the Board, this 10th day
of Jan. 1911.
J. G. Minshew
IT. M. Warren
Wesley R. Walker—Clerk
of Board.
County Commissioners,
4-4vv It Ben Hill Co.
Public Sale of Laud.
Georgia, Ben „ TT Hill County.
Will be sold at the court house
door in said County on the first
Tuesday in February, 1911, with
in the legal hours of sale, to-wit;
City lots Numbers 7 and 8 in
square Number 13 in Block 11, in
the City of Fitzgerald, said County
and State; said land levied on as
the property of G. M. Hooker to
satisfy an execution issued on the
10th day of September, 1908 from
the Superior Court of Irwin
County, said State in favor of W.
N. Fiveash against W. D. Barnett
principal,G. M.Hooker, M. Luke,
L. Clute and I.M. Cripe. Sureties.
This 13 th day of January, 1911.
J. W. Norris, Sheriff.
Jan. 14-4wks.
Application for Guardian¬
ship.
Georgia—Ben Hill County.
To all whom it may concern:
Edna Rebinson, a resident of
this county and state in due form
applied to the undersigned for the
guardianship of the person and
the property of Mary Louis Robinson,
minor child of Curtis R.
Robinson, deceased, notice is here¬
by given that application will be
heard at the next court of Ordi¬
nary for said county on the first
Monday in February 1911.
Witness my hand and official
signature. This 14th day of Jan¬
uary, 1911.
C. M. Wise,
Ordinary Ben Hill County.
Jan. U-lvvks.
Notice To Tax-Payers.
I will be at my office at the
county jail from 9 a m. to 12 noon t i
and 2 p. m. to 5 p. m„ for
the purpose until of collecting delin¬
quent taxes Feb. 1, 1911,
when additional costs will be added.
3-tf Sheriff Ben J. W. Norris,
Hill County.
r J' % THE BUYERS’ GUIDE i 0
Look tlirough The Leader’s Advertisements
if you are undecided
_ f^WHERE TO BUY
Mortgage Sale .
Georgia -- Ben Hi l l County.
Under and by virtue of a pow¬
er of sale contained in a mortgage
executed by E. G. Fletcher to the
Citizens’ Bank, a corporation, on
the 10th day of April, 1908, which
mortgage was duly transferred by
the said Citizens Bank to the First
National Bank o( Fitzgerald, Goor
& fSis
to the First National Bank ;
which mortgage is recorded in the
office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of Ben Hill county in book
3, folio 75 ; the undersigned will
sell at public sale at the courthouse
door in .said county on the first
Tuesday in February, 1911, during
the legal hours of sale to the
highest and best bidder for cash,
the following property, to-wit:
A one-half undivided interest in
City lots 15 and 16, square 2
block 10, known as the school
house property in the City of Fitz¬
gerald, as shown by the map of
said city on record in the dark’s
office of the Superior Court of Ir¬
win county, with Georgia, at Ocilla,
together Said all improvements
thereon. mortgage was given
for the purpose of securing the
payment of a certain promissory
note, bearing date of April 10,
1908, payable July 15, 1908, to
the Citizens’ Bank of Fitzgerald,
Georgia, said note made, executed
and delivered by the said E. G.
Fletcher; said note being for
$369.10, stipulating for interest
from maturity at the rate of 8 per
cen ^* P cr am uun; the total amount
due on said note being$369.10 prin¬
cipal and $73.81 interest, together
with the cost of this proceedings
as provided in said mortgage. A
conveyance will he executed to the
purchaser by the undersigned as
was authorized in said mort¬
gage. This 6th day of January,
1911.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
FITZGERALD.
By E. K. Farmer, Pres.
As Transferees of Citizens’ Bank of
Fitzgerald, Georgia,
Hay-good & Cutts. Attorneys for
First National Bank,
Mortgage• Sale.
Georgia—Ben Hill County.
Under and by virtue of a power
of sale contained in a mortgage
executed by J. II. Quinn to the
Citizens’ Bank, Fitzgerald, Geor
gia, February, a corporation, on the 26th day
of 1908, and recorded
in the office of the Clerk of the
Superior Courtof Ben Hill county,
in book 3, folk? 56, which mort¬
gage undersigned, was duly transferred to the
The First National
Bank of Fitzgerald Georgia; and
Ull . . WGgned. '>•« First Nation
al Ban •: oi E : tz c ■, aid, Georgia, as
aforesaid, will sell at public sale
at the cov* house in said
county, during the the legal hours of
sale, on First Tuesday in Feb
ruary, next, to the highest and
best bidder for cash, the following
property, to-wit:
All that tract of land known as
five-acre tract 515, located west of
the City of Fitzgerald, as shown
on the recorded plat of the Amer¬
ican Tribune Colony Company,
on record in the Clerk’s office
of Irwin county, Ocilla, Geor¬
gia; also rive-acre tracts Nos.
676, 677, 678, 679, in land lot
No. 149, being northwest of the
City recorded of Fitzgerald, as shown by
the plat of the American
Tribune Colony Co., on record
in the Clerk’s office, Irwin county,
Ocilla, Georgia. It is understood
that this is a second mortgage on
the five mentioned five-acre tracts,
there being a first mortgage on said
five acre tracts of the sum of $600,
Said property will be sold for the
purpose of paying two certain
promissory notes, bearing dates of
February 26, 1908, each due No¬
vember 1, 1908, payable to the
Citizens’ Bank of Fitzgerald, Ga.,
for the sum of $1100 each, princi
pal, stipulating for the interest to
be paid said at the J. end of each month
by the If. Quinn; the total
amount now due on said notes
being $2,220.75 together principal and in¬
terest, with the costs of
this proceeding The as provided in such
mortgage. power to sell said
property and execute titles thereto
is given by the said .J. H. Quinn
in said mortgage to the Citizens’
Bank of Fitzgerald, Georgia.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
FITZGERALD, GEORGIA.
By E. K. Farmer, Pres.
As Transferees of Citizens’ Bank of
Fitzgerald, Georgia.
Haygood First National & Cutts, Attorneys
Bank.
Public Sale of Lands.
Georgia—Ben Hill County.
VVili be sold before the court
house door in said county, on the
first Tuesday in February, 1911,
within the legal hours of sale, to
the highest bidder for cash, the
following real estate, to-wit: Five
acre tracts numbers 1090, 1091
and 1092, being a portion of land
lot Number 300, in the 4tli land
district of originally Irwin, now Ben
Hill county, said tracts numbered
according of the to the plat of the lands
American Tribune Soldiers’
Colony 1 Company, of lile in the
office of the clerk of the Superior
Court of Irwin county, Georgia.
Said lands levied on as the prop¬
erty of T. A. Burden, to satisfy
or. execution issued at the Decem¬
ber term, 1910, of the city court
of favor Fitzgerald, in said county, in
of the Third National Bank
of den. Fitzgerald, against T. A. Bur¬
This the 10th day of February,
1911. J.» W. Norris,
Sheriff.
t
Txeeutor’s Sale—M. lluice
Tstate.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, executors of the last
will and testament, of M. Buiee,
deceased, by virtue of the power
vested in them under the Will of
said deceased, will sell at public
outcry to the highest bidder or
biddeus, between the hours of ten
o’cli ck forenoon, and four o’clock
afte; r .00 i, on the 7th day of Feb¬
ruary, 1911, at the courthouse
door in said county, the following
described city lots of land located
in the City of Fitzgerald, Georgia,
as shown by the original town-site
plat of said city:
Lot Number One, Square Num¬
ber Thirteen, Block Number Six.
Lot Number Two’, Square Num¬
ber Thirteen, Block Number Six
Lot Number Ten, Square Num¬
ber Ten, Block Number Seven.
Lot Number Eleven, Square
Number Ten, Block Number Seven.
Lot Number Twelve, Square
Number Ten, BlockNuraber Seven.
Lot Number One, Square Num¬
ber Eleven, Block Number Seven.
Lot Number Two. Square Num¬
ber Eleven, Block Number Seven.
Lot Number six. Square Num¬
ber Eleven, Block Number Seven.
Lot Number One, Square Num¬
ber Two, Block Number Nine.
Lot Number Two, Square Num¬
ber Two, Block Number Nine.
Lot Number Eight, Square N um¬
ber Five, Block Number Eleven.
Lot Number Eleven, Square
Number Twelve, Block Number
Twelve.
Also thirty-eight acres, more or
Eighty-Nine less, of Lot of Land Number
in the Third District
of Ben Hill County, Goorgia, and
known as “The Race Track” prop¬
erty, and more particularly de¬
scribed in a deed from John A.
Phillips to Madison Buice, dated
March 20th, 1902, and recorded
March 3rd, 1905, in Book “Z,”
page 552, in the office of the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Irwin
County, Georgia.
Said property will be sold for
the purpose of paying the debts of
said estate and making distribution
among the beneficiaries under said
will. The terms of sale will be
cash as to each item or piece of
property unless otherwise stated
before such item of piece of prop¬
erty is offered for sale. The right
to reject any find all bids is ex¬
pressly This reserved.
January 5th, 1911.
L. Kennedy,
W. R. Bowen and
F. T. Buice,
Executors of the Last Will and
Testamentof M. Buice, deceased.
Libel for Divorce.
Mrs. -Hie W. Tarver l
vs. j
Joe W. Tarver.
In Ben Hill Superior Court, April
Term, 1911.
Georgia—Ben Hill County.
To Joe W. Tarver: You are
hereby commanded to be and ap¬
pear at the April 'Perm, 1911, of
the Superior Court of Ben Hill
County as defendant in an action
for divorce, to answer the petition
and complaint of Mrs. Joe W. Tar
ver. Witness the Hon. U. V.
Whipple. Judge of the Superior
Court of said County, this 12th
^ of ’’^WM
Whitley.
C1 ?, rk ; Su P e rior Court Ben Hili
Gounty, Georgia. , - 4-2tjan
2tfeb
Subscribe for the Leader. 1
Mortgage Sale.
Georgia—Ben Hill County.
Under and by virtue of a pow¬
er of sale contained in a mort¬
gage executed by W. J. Lewis to
J. H. Dorminy on the 24th day of
September. 1907, and recorded in
•the office of the Clerk of the Su¬
perior Court of Ben Hill Countv,
in Book one (1). Folio 317, the
undersigned will sell, at public
sale, at the court house in said
county, sale, during the legal hours of
to the highest bidder for
cash, on the 18th day of Febru¬
ary, 1911, the following property,
towit: All those certain tracts or
parcels of land lying and being in
the county of Ben Hill, said state,
as land, follows, to-wit: 100 acres of
in the more 4th or less, of lot No. 194,
district of said county,
bounded as follows: Beginning
atsoutheast corner; thence north
original line to first branch;
thence down said branch to the
middle line; thence south middle
line to original line; thence east
to starting point. Also ninety
acresof lot of land No. 172, in
the fourth district of said county,
bounded as follows: Beginning at
southwest corner; thence east to
an agreed line between H. M.
Peacock a n d R. M. Peacock;
thence up said agreed line far
enough to make ninety acres;
thence w ost to original line;
thence back to starling point. The
said sale will be made by the un
dersigned for the purpose of pay¬
ing a promissory note, to secure
which the said mortgage and
power of sale was given,, which
said note bears even date with
said mortgage, is for the princi¬
pal sum of $700.00, matured Oct.
1st, 1908, specifying for interest
at 8 per cent, per annum from
date, with all costs of collection,
including 10 per cent, attorneys
fees, which said note is credited
with a payment of $368.50, or
October 1st, 1908, and with the
exception of said credit the whole
of said note and interest is now
due. Said mortgage creates a
lien on property above described,
and itself embodies the power of
sale, authorizing the undersign d
to make said sale, and the said
mortgage and note were*.both
signed by W. J. Lewis.
A conveyance will be executed
to the purchaser by the undei
signed, as authorized in the said
mortgage. ,
This 18th day of January, 1911.
J. H. Dorminy,
Agent and Attorney in Fact
for W. J. Lewis.
Elkins & Wali
Attorneys for J. H. Dorminy.
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Mortgage Sale.
Georgia—Ben IIiu. County.
Under and by virtue of a power
of sale contained in a mortgage
executed by W. II. Kendrick to
the Third National Bank of Fitz¬
gerald, on the 16th day of Feb¬
ruary, 1909, and recorded in the
office of the clerk of the superior
court of Ben Hill county, in Book
2, Folio 505, the undersigned will
sell on the 16th day of February,
1911, at public sale, at the court
house door, within the legal hours
of sale, to the highest bidder for
cash, the following property, to
wit: City lot riumbereleven (11).in
square number four (4), in block
number ten (10), as shown by the
recorded plat of the city of
Fitzgerald, made by the Amer¬
ican Tribune Soldiers’ Colony
Company, of record in the
office of the clerk of the superior
court of Irwin county, for the
purpose of paying a certi in prom¬
issory note bearing date of Jan¬
uary 3, 1910, ar.d payable on Jan¬
uary 1, 1911, and nude and
executed by the said W. H.
Kendrick. Said note being for
$2,000.00 principal, stipulating
for interest from maturity at the
rate of 8 per cent, per annum, the
total amount due on said note be¬
ing $2,0O0.00 principal. $7.48 in¬
terest, together with the cost of
this proceeding as provided in
said mortgage. A conveyance
will be executed to the purchaser
by the undersigned as authorized
in said mortgage.
Third National Bank.
By A. B. Cook, Cashier.
Attorney in fact for W. H. Ken
drick. 5-4w t
ESTRAY—One Red sow shote,
marked, at the Meacfiam Place.
Owner can get same by applying
to A. S. Simpson and paying for
expense of keeping hog and for
this ad. 52.2t