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LEGAL NOTICES.
Notice.
This is to notify the public that
1 have severed my connection
from the Scabrough Buggy Co.
on the 27th day m December,
1910, and am not responsible for
any debts made by said Company
after said- date.
January 5, 1911.
2-4w. K. M. Ware.
Application for Homestead.
Georgia—Ben Hill County.
J. H. Roberts has applied for
exemption of personalty, and set¬
ting apart and valuation of home¬
stead, and I will pass upon the
same at 10 o’clock a. m. on the
6th day of February, 1911, at
my office C. M. Wise,
l-4w Ordinary.
Citation-
Georgia—Ben Hill County.
To All Whom It May Concern: hav¬
J. B. andR. R. Dorminey,
ing in proper form applied of admin¬ to me
for permanent letters
istration on the estate of Jacob
Dorminey, late of said county,
this is to cite all and singular, the
creditors and next of kin of Jacob
to be and appear at
office* within the time allowed
and show cause, if any
they can, why permanent admin¬
istration should not be granted to
J. B.and R. R. Dorminey, on
Jacob Dorminey’s estate. official
Witness my hand and
signature this 2nd day of Janu-
ary, 1911. C. M- Wise,
l-4w Ordinary.
Public Sale of Land.
Georgia—Ben Hill County.
By virtue of an order of the
court of ordinary of said county,
will be sold at public outcry on
the first Tuesday in Febuary,
1911, at the court house in said
county, between the usual hours
of sale, the following real estate
situate in Ben Hill county, to-wit:
Twenty-acre acre tract number
For tv-five Hundred and Twenty
one (4521), of the colony domain
as shown bv the recorded plat of
such subdivision, the said tract -
being a portion of land lot num¬
ber 248 in the 4th land district
of originally Irwin, now Ben Hill
county, Georgia.
Terms of'Sale: $25,00 casn,
balance in one year, with interest
at 8 per cent, on deferred pay¬
ment. ()• P. Webster,
Administrator Estate W. S.
Lee. l-4w
Leave To Sell Land-
Georgia—Ben Hill County.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has applied to the
ordinary of said county for leave
* belonging to the
to sell land th
estate of Julia E Benton for
payment of debts and for mak-
ing 'distribution. Said applies- regular
tiou will be heard at the
termof the Court of Ordinary
for said county to be held on the
first Monday in February, 1911.
Tins January
v
Administrator Estate of Julia E.
benton '
Citation.
Georgia—Ben Hi Aj
for guardianship of the person
and property of William E. Ben-
1$ minor child of Julia E. Ben¬
ito of said county, deceased,
that said applica-
i tion will be heard at my office at
‘ ten o’clock a. m. on the first Mon-
' dav ip February next.
This Janury 2, 1911.
C. M. Wise, r
I-4w Ordinary.
Sale of Beal Estate.
Georgia—Ben IItll County.
Bv virtue of an order from the
polity, Court of Ordinary of Ben Hill
will be sbld at public out-
cry lo the highest bidder for cash,
on the first Tuesday in February,
1911, at the court house door m
said countv, between the legal
hours of sale, a one-fourth undi¬
vided interest in five-acre tract
No. 588. January 4.1911.
L. A. Farnkll,
Admistrator Estate O. J. Farnell.
Notice of Sale.
Agreeable to an order of the
Court of Ordinary of Ben Hill
county, will be sold at auction at
the court house door of said
county on the first Tuesday in
February, next, within the legal
hours of sale, the following number prop¬
erty, to-wit: City lot number
eight (8), in square two
(2), in block number five (5), in
the City of Fitzgerald, as shown
THE FITZGERALD LEADER, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1911
by the recorded plat of said city.
Sold as the property of E. P.
Keefer, Sr., late of said county,
deceased. Terms cash.
This the 2nd day of January,
1911. E. P. Keefer, Jr.,
l-4w Administrator.
Citation.
Georgia— Ben Hike .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
in February, 1911, at the court
house door in said county, be¬
tween the legal hours of sale,
Five Shares of the Capital Stock
of The First National Bank of
Fitzgerald, Georgia, par value
$100.00, 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 Newspaper for said
county; and that beginning Jan¬
uary 1, 1911, and until further
notice Legal Advertisements for
said county will be published in
said newspaper.
This 31st day of December, 1910.
J. W. NORRIS, Sheriff Ben Hill
County.
C. M. WISE, Ordinary Ben Hill
County.
D. W. M. WHITLEY, Clerk of
Superior Court Ben Hill Co.
Adminstrators' Sale---C. B.
White Estate.
Georgia—Ben Hill County.
. Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned administrators of the
estate of C. B. White, deceased,
by virtue of an order of the Court
ot' 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 the Capital
Stock of the Travelers’ Insurance
Machine Com pany of the par val¬
ue of FiveDollars each; ten shares
shares of the.Capital" Stock of the
South Georgia Building and In¬
vestment Company of Fitzgerald,
Georgia, of the par value of Fifty
Dollars each; seven shares of the
Capital Stock of' the Fitzgerald
Cotton Oil Company of Fitz¬
gerald, Georgia, of the par value each:
of One Hundred Dollars
twenty-two shares of the.
,
Capita. Stock oi -tne I net Na-
tipnal Bank of Fitzgerald, Geor¬
gna.^of the par value of One Hun-
dreu De.lars each; also the iol-
lowing city lots pi iand located
m the City of Iutzgerald, Geor-
gu». as shown by the original
: own-site .plat ot said citv.to-
gether with the improvements
^Number One. Square Num-
by Twelve Block Number hive.
ber Sixteen, Block Number Six¬
teen.
Lot Number Eight, Square
Number Seven, Block Number
Ten.
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
ie n -
Lot T Number .. , ,.. Nineteen, . Square c
Number Eight, Block Number
Ten.
Lot Number Twenty. Square
Number Eight, Block Number
Ten.
Also aone-half undivided inter¬
est in Citv 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. land Number
Also city lot of
One, in Block Number Ninety-
seven, in the town of St. George,
Georgia. •
Said property will be sold
the property of the estate of
B. White for the purpose of pay-
ing debts and making distribu¬
tion of said estate. Purchasers
will pay for titles. This January
2, 1911. L. Kennedy,
t. E. White.
Administrators C. B. White Es-
tate. 2-4w
Public Sale of Land.
Georgia—Ben Hill County
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned will sell at public out¬
cry, to the highest bidder for cash
at the court-house in said county,
within the legal hours of sale, on
the First Tuesday in February,
1911, City Lots of Land Numbers
Nine and Ten, in Square Number
Eight, Block Number fEleven, 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 tojbe sold as the property of
Mrs. S. E. Fields to satisfy two
executions issued from the City
Court of Fitzgerald, Fields, Georgia, favor
against Mrs. S. E. in
of M. Kutz Company and the
other one in favor of E. M. Buc¬
hanan. This January 14th 1911.
J. W. Norths, Sheriff,
Ben Hill County, Ga.
Jan. 14-4wks.
Notice
To the Public:
You are hereby notified that
the Board of County Commission¬
ers have changed their time of
meeting from the second Tuesday
in each month to the first Tuesday
in each 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 the parties selling them has
a requisition properly O. Iv. by
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
II. M. Warren
Wesley R. Walker—Clerk
. of Board.
County Commissioners,
Ben Hill Co.
Public Sn Land.
'Georgia, Bex II ill .Cou nty.
Will be sold at the court 1
door in said County on the in
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
property of G. M. Hooker
satisfy an execution issued, on the
10th day of September, 1908 from
the S u p e r i o r Court of Irwin
County, said State in favor of W.
ii. Five'ash against W. D. Barnett
principal,G. and M.Hooker, Gripe. M. L
L. Clute I.M. Sureties.
This 13 th day of January, 1911.
J. W. Norris, Sheriff.
Jan. 14-4\vks.
Application for Guardian¬
ship.
Geo no i a—Ben H ill Cou nt y ,
To all whom it may concern:
Edna Robinson, a resident ot
this county and state in due form
guardianship applied to the of undersigned the for the
person and
property ot Mary Louis Robinson,
th* minor chud of Curtis
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.
(J. M. Wise,
Ordinary Ben Hill County.
Jan. 14-4wks.
Notice To Tax-Payers.
I will be at my office at the
county jail from 9 a m. to 12 noon,
and 2 p. m. to 5 p. ni„ for
the purpose of collecting delin¬
quent taxes until Feb. 1, 1911,
when additional costs will be added.
J. W. Norris,
3-tf Sheriff Ben Hill County.
THE BUYERS’ GUIDE
Look through THE LEADER’S Advertisements
if you are undecided —«»»iaf^WHER.E TO
BUY
Mortgage Sale.
Georgia--Ben Hill 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 of Fitzgerald, Geor¬
gia, with all the rights given in
said transfer by the said Citizens
Bank to the First National Bank ;
which mortgage is recorded in the
offii e 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 the legal in February, 1911, during
hours of sale to the
highest following and best bidder for cash,
the 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 clerk’s
office of the Superior Court of Ir¬
win county, Georgia, at Ocilla,
together with all improvements
thereon. Said 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,
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
cent, per annum; 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 be executed to the
purchaser by the undersigned as
was authorized in said mort-
•gage. This 6th day of January,
1911.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
FITZGERAL1).
Transferees By E. K. Farmer, Pres.
As of Citizens’ Bank of
Haygooci Fitzgerald, Georgia.
A Cutts, Attorneys for
First National Bank.
Mortgage Sale.
Georgia—Bex 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, a corporation, on the 26th day
of February, 1908, and recorded
in the oliice of the Clerk of the
Superior Court of Ben Hill county,
in book 3, folio 56. which mort¬
gage was duly transferred to the
■ der,signed, The First National
. ink of Fitzgerald < Jeorgia ; and"
the undersigned, the First. Nation¬
Bank of Fitzgerald, Georgia, as
aforesaid, will soli at publi ill
atj the court house in
county, during the ^ legal ho
sale, on the rirsc 1 uosdav ii
ruary, next, to the
best bidder for cash, tl *■ .on
property, to-wit:
All that tract of land known
live-acre tract 5 cateu west oi
the City of 1 tzs Id, as shown
on.the record t; >f t!m Amor-
ican Tribune y Company,
on record ir 10 Jerk’s oliice
Lrwm la
" lfK iliSO tract XS Oh
676, 6i7, in land lot
No. 119, being northwest of the
City recorded of Fitzgerald, -us 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 live mentioned five-acre tracts,
there being a first mortgage on said
live acre tracts of the sum of $600.
Said property will lie sold for the
purpose of paying two certain
- notes bearing dates of
^ ebruai . y fir, 1908, each due No¬
190s, Fitzgerald. payable to the
Citizons > Barvk of Ga¬
foJ . tbe suni? f $1100 each, princi¬
pal, paid stipulating for the interest to
be at the end of each month
by the said J . FI. Quinn; the total
amount now due on said notes
being $2,220.75 principal and in-
terest, together 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.
January 6. 1911.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
FITZGERALD. GEORGIA.
By E. K. Farmer, Pres.
As Transferees of Citizens’ Bank of
Fitzgerald, Georgia.
tlaygood First National & Cutts, Attorneys for
Bank.
Public Sale of Land s.
Georgia—Ben Hill County.
Will lie 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 4th land
district of originallylrwin,now Ben
Mill county, said tracts numbered
of according the to the plat of the lands
American Tribune Soldiers’
office Colony Company, of file in the
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
an execution issued at the Decem¬
ber term, 1910, of the city court
of Fitzgerald, in said county, in
favor of the Third National Bank
of Fitzgerald, against T. A. Bur¬
den.
This the 10th day of February,
1911. J. W. Norris,
Sheriff.
Executor's Sale—M. linice
Estate.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, will executors of the last
and testament of M. Buice,
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
bidders, between the ho rs of ten
o’clock forenoon, and fo r o’clock
aito. ... the *ih day of l ,
noon, on e -
ruary, 1911, at courthouse
door in said conn
described city lots of land located
in the City oi' 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, BlockNumbor 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, Iilock Number Nine.
ber Lot Five, Number Block Eight, Square Eleven. Num¬
Number
Lot Number Eleven, Square
Number Twelve, Block Number
Twelve.
Also thirty-eight acres, more or
less, of Lot of Land Number
Eighty-? 1 ii 10 in the Third District
of lien Hill County, Georgia, and
known as "The Race Track” ptop-
and more particularly
scribed in
Phillips to — 1 c
March 20th, 19( , ant recorded
March .3rd, 1905, i Book "Z."
nave 552. in the o <oo, . t.u: . C.en* ,,, .
;•] onrt of lap
y >u
1 pro If be sold for
ig the debts of
1 mak ig distributi
rms under said ‘
ICl >i<*ce tl
U1 Be stated
M "'t
erty i« offered f&r sale. r-
to reject ary and all T3 IS ox ‘
pressly 1 reserved.
This January 5th, 1911.
L. Kennedy
VV. R. Bowen and
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,, C Wl?Vlr,! . r T „ Q i
T lestanacntol M. I.uice,tlecraawl.
Libel for Divorce.
Mrs. Joe W. Tarver 1
- vs. j
Joe W. Tarver. •
In Ben 11 ill Superior Court, April
Term, 1911.
Georgia Ben Hill County.
To Joe W. Tarver: You are
hereby commanded to lie and ap-
pear at the April Term, 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 Countv, this 12th
day of January, 1911.
D. W. M. Whitley,
Clerk Superior Court Ben Hill
County, Georgia.
Elkins & Wall, W. H. Horne,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
4-2tjan 2tfeb
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 County,
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 states
as land, follows, to-wi : 100 acres of
in the more 4th district or less, of lot No. 194,
bounded of said county,
southeast as follows: Beginning
at 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
acres of 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. Mi
Peacock and R. M. Peacock;
thence up said agreed line far
enough to make ninety acres;
thence west to original line;
thence back to start ing point. The
said safe will be made by the un¬
dersigned for the purpose of pay¬
off a promissory note, to secure
the said mortgage and
power of sale wa W given, which
IE nid note bears <T> ven date with
CO aid 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, on
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 undersigned-
to make said sale, and the
mortgage and note were both
signed by W. J. Lewis.
A conveyance will be executed
to the purchaser by the under¬
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 & Wall,
Attorneys for J. H. Dorminy.
5-4w
Mout gage Sa le.
Georgia- Ben Hill Cot XTY.
Under and by virtue of a power
of sale contained in a mortgage
executed by W. B.
j i rnt * -s .in a y , • i
an
on the 16:h r. of Fab-
P.09, and recorded in flu
g- i i.uo cier kT or cue superior
court of Ben Hi!i county,in Boole
2, Folio 505, tl lersigned will
sell on the 27th dor of F ibruarv.
1911, at public aw, at the court
house door, within t Hega! hoi
of sale, to the h t hidcl tor
cash,- the followin' property, to-
wit: Cit num Per e I e ven ( 11 ), in
square number four (4), in block
number ten (10), as: hownby the
orde cl Pkt of the city of
r itzgerald, 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 certain prom-
issory note bearing date of Jan-
nary 3. 191«, Mid payable »iU«n-
uar y j 191 ], an d made 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 he-
ing $2.0* 0.00 principal, $7.48 in-
this terest, proceeding together with the cost of
said as provided in
mortgage. A conveyance
will he 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.
Elkins & Wall,
Attorneys for Third Nat’l Bank.
5-4w
KSTRAY—One Red sow shote,
marked, at the Meacham Place.
Owner can get same by applying
to A, S. Simpson and paying for
expense of keeping hog and for
this ad. 52.2t