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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1891-05-16
BEAUTY CONTEST.
Who is the Most Beautiful Afro-Amor.
lean Woman?
The Question to be Decided by tho Rsad-
ers of The Appea1-Beautiful and
Costly Prize to be Awarded
to the Winner.

~
The APPEAL has determined to have
its thousands of readers from the Allan
tic to the Pacific and from the Great
Lakes to the Gulf, decide who shall wear
the crown as the most beautiful Afro-A-
nerican women. The contest will not
be confined to any particular locality but
every respectable Colored women in
America will be allowed to compete for
the prize.
Two prizes will be awarded: One to
the most beautiful married woman, the
other to the most beautiful single wo-
man. T. ~ -. I.
RULES OF VOTING.
Any Acknowledgements of good re-
pute, not younger than sweet SIXTEEN"
in the United States, may be voted for.
Any person can vote who complies with
the following conditions:
Get copy of The APPEAL, cut out the
ballot you will find there, write on it the
FULL mana of the woman and her full
address and send it by mail, or bring it
to TIE APPEAL Office 1926 Dearborn street
Chicago.
You can vote for the same woman as
often as you please. Every time you
get ballot you can send in vote.
The only qualification for voting is to
cut out the ballot in The APPEAL and fill
it out as directed above. But one wo-
man can be voted for on each ballot.
Ballots containing the name of more
than one woman, will be thrown out.
See that your friends all get The AP-
PEAL, and if they do not wish to use the
ballot, ask them to save it for you.
Remember that every copy Of The AP-
PEAL contains one ballot, and that every
ballot means another vote.
Place your ballots in an envelope and
address it as follows:
THE APPEAL. CHICAGO.ILL.
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Cora Nero, K ansas City.
Leila Orange, Joliet, Ill.
Bertha Pittman. 81 Ponl

Cora Nero, Kansas City.
Leila Orange, Joliet, Ill.
Bertha Pittman, st. Paul.
Mamie Piper, st. Paul.
Emma Ponder, New Orleans. & I.
Flora G. Perry. Trenton, Mo.
Luella Pointz, Chicago.
Charlotte Perkins, Danville, Va.
Irene Quinn. Oberlin, Ohio.
Eva Relford, St. Paul.
Beulah G. Roots, St. Louis.
Sarah A. Ross, Cairo, Ill.
Cora Robinson, Chicago.
Eva Q. Rogers, Louisville, KY.
Maudie Rice. Minneapolis, MINI
Mamie M. Revels, Phila, Pc.
Ida NJ. Rogers, Chicago.
jamie A. Ross. Danville, Va.
D. s. Robinson, Washington, D. G.
Minnie Rollins, Tracy City, Tenn.
Octavis Smith, Denver, Colo.
Florence Smith, Boston, Mass.
Azalia Smith, Detroit, Mich.
Mamie Smith, Minneapolis.
Title Smith, St. Louis. :
Laura Shaw, Fort Robinson, Neb.
Pelagie Thomas, Alton. III. E5'S
Laura Thomas, Chicago, Ill.
Maria Thompkins. Chicago.
Susie E Tonnes, Danville, Va.
Emma Vashon, st. Louis. -
Vennie Vaughn, Cairo, Ill. I'll
O.. V. Woods, Minneapolis, MINI.
Emma Washington, Chicago.
Mollie Wilkins, Memphis, Tenn.
Gertie Wright, St. Louis.
Matte Watkins, Memphis, Tenn.
; Sara L. West, Norfolk, Va.
Jennie Warning, Yellow Springs, O.
Sarah Venable, Paris, Mo.
Josie Young, Junction City, Kan.
Angie Young, Junction City, Kan.
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M MINNEAPOLIS.

G. no. O. OF.
ST. ANTHONY LODGE, No. 2S7 meets the
first and third Wednesday in each month, for
second and fourth Wednesdays
for business at No. ITO Washington Aye: s.
JASPER GIBBS, N. G.
M. W. WEAVER, P. S.
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WILLIAM J. SIMMONS,
CANE SPRlNc.kY.
KNOXVILLE COL ECE,

courses.
Fifty-fve Dollars will cover all expenses of
BOARD. tuition, fuel, ght, and furnished room
Tor nine months Separate building and ma
irons Tor little boys and for liIule girls from
toI4 Years s - -,
Term begins Sept e. Send for free eata.
PaEs. Is. McCULIocH. Knoxville, Tenn.
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PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH

Cor. 18th and Cedar.
Sunday Services: Preaching at n:Gv A. II.
and 500 p. M. Sunday School at R:45 o clock,
Wednesday evening preaching service and
ing general prayer meeting. Funeral ana
weddings promptly attended. Visiting days
Tuesdays and Fridays.
REV. L. c. SHEAFE, Pastor, SOB st. Anthony
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INVESTIGATION

VIII show in every case why the road
named below is popular among the
travelling public. 1t is operated
through Central Iowa, Central and
Southern Minnesota, extends from
st. Paul and Minneapolis to Water
town, S. D., and forms a direct line
from Mankato to Red Wing, Mimi, on
all Of which lines are located the manv
prosperous cities of Iowa, Minnesota
and South Dakota.
ITS throughtr service couples the
Twin Cities Of the Northwest with
Chicago, Peoria, St. Louis, Kansas
City, Denver, Pueblo, Colorado
Springs, Council Bluffs, Des Moines,
Cedar Rapids, &C., &c.
Pullman Buffet S|eepers, Free Chair
Cars, lig hit and CHEEKY Day Coaches,
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DAUGHTERS OF TABOR.
QUEEN OF THE WEST TABERNACLE, Order OF
Twelve, meets the first and third Tuesdays in
each month at Odd Fellows Hall, ~ E. Third
street. -;
MRS. ADDIR HENRY, G. p.
MRS. D. ADAMS: G. r. GIL Robert st.
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T.H..E

Twin Cities and Chicago take this line
particu arly tayoring the "Vestibule Linn
ited," which carries the finest sleeping
cars and coaches ever built, and also all
classes of passengers, without extra fares.
On the Like Superior portion of the
line, betwe en- Minneapolis, St. Paul and
Duluth, and St. Paul and Ashland, Pull
man sleepers are run on night trains, and
reclining chair cars on dav trains
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MEsDAMEs,

Geo. Alexander, Chicago.
Mamie Archer. New York City.
J. D. Bryant, Chicago.
Annie Bright, Chicago.
Fannie Bryant, Chicago.
Mary E. Bowman, Chicago
Lulie Booker, Chicago.
Melissa Brown, Chicago.
Mamie Blackburn, Chicago.
Fannie Brown, Chicago. .
Emma Bryan, Chicago.
Fannie Bently, Minneapolis.
H. Butcher, Chicago.
A. L. Boldon, Chicago.
Alice Crutcher, Louisville, KY.
W. A. Calhoun, Oberlin, Ohio.
Wright Quincy, Galveston, Tex.
Matte Duncan, Chicago.
K. T. Easton. Cincinnati.
Eleanora Franklin, Chicago.
Carrie D, French, Chicago.
Gonzales Fields, Denver, Colo.
Hattie Gordon, Chicago.
Jasper Gibbs, Minneapolis, MINI,
Mary Gaines, Chicago.
Ruth Graham, Cincinnati, @.
Lille Henderson, Cincinnati, O.
J. L. Henson, Chicago.
Mary Hatcher, St. Paul.
R J. Harlan, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Ida Howard, Chicago.
Minnie Hayes, Chicago.
VIM. Henderson, Chicago.
E. A. Hereford, Memphis, Tenn.
John Harper. Chicago.
R. c. Jones, Vicksburg, Miss.
John johnson, Chicago.
Capt. H.,Jones, Chicago.
Hilton Joseph, Chicago.
G. A. Johnson, Washington, D. c.
Lizzie Kelley, St. Louis.
Fannie Kennett, Chicago.
Mary ]. LEONARD, Chicago.
Maria Lewis, Chicago.
Lolita Morgan, Chicago.
Maggie Morris, St. Paul.
T. J. Miles, Chicago, Ill.
J. R Marshall, Chicago.
Garrett Morgan, Chicago
Belle McKoin, st. Louis.
Elizabeth Miller, Chicago.
S. w. Newton, St. Louis.
Dora Newman, Portland, Ore.
Julia Perry, Chicago.
Nora i. .Poindexter, Milwaukee.
]. W. Phelps, Chicago. e..
Katie f. Paris, Chicago.
Louise Phillips, Denver, Colo.
Geo. Quinn, Oberlin, 0.
Lucy Rankin, Chicago.
M. H. Rollins, St. Louis.
Josie Robinson, Alexandria, Va.
Ida F. Robinson. Alexandra, Va.
Nellie Rogers, Chicago. ..s
w. H. Steward, Louisville, KY.
Amy Smith, Louisville.
Jerry Stewart, Chicago.
George Shaw, Chicago.
Hannah Shaw, Chicago.
James Stewart, Chicago.
Rebecca Sims, Chicago.
Jennie Turner, Chicago.
Julia Townsend, St. Louis, Mo-
Louise Webb, Chicago.
Carrie Willard, Springfield. Ill.
Nancy Washington, st. Paul.
Cora H. White, New York, N. Y.
Cora Waring, Chicago.
Carrie R Wilkinson, St. Louis.
John Williams, Chicago.
Lulu Wilson, Chicago.
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LIME

between these principal cities, the Chi
cago & North Western system of lines,
composed OF the Chicago, st. Panl, Min.
neapolis & Omaha, Chicago & North
Western, and Fremont, Elkhorn & Mo.
Valley R'ys (all advertised as .'Thv
North-W estern Line'') offers the quick
est means of reaching all cities and towns
in the territory intersected by it. In
connection with Union Pacific the c., St.
p, NJ. & O.. Ry. also. forms a new system.
the only through car line to the Pacific
coast. All particulars, with maps and
time tables, may be obtained at any sta
ton, or at following principal offices:
ST. PAUL: 159 East Third street.
MINNEAPOLIS: Is Nicollet House Block.
DULUTH: 1872 Hotel st. Louis Block.
CHICAGO: 2os South Clark Street.
or address,
7. W. TEAsDALE,
General Passenger Age1t. st. Pask
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81 dis "atCn TOR an
nouncement Of open
ing of the Sisseton
Reservation, South
Dakota, by the Gov
eminent. L a n d
Office locat e d at
Watertown, S.. ..
u Ask any Railroad
Agent for informa-
ton and maps, which
will be cheerfuIlyf fur
nished, or address
c. NJ. PRATT, Gen.
Ticket & Pass. Agt.,
Minneapolis, MINI.
w. II: TRUESDALE,
Receiver.
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G. q. o. OFO. r.
MARS LODGE, No. 22O2. meets second and
fourth Wednesdays in each month at Odd
Fellows Hall, No. ~ E. Third street.
ANDREW JACKSON, N. q.
]. W. SMITH, P. s. 562 L'Orient.
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Votes in the beauty contest have bee
eceived as follows:
Mary M. Anderson, Chicago.
Mamie P. Anderson, Chicago,
Sadie B. Anderson, Chicago.
Ida Ackley, Chicago.
Lottie Bryant, Louisville.
Fannie Brooks. st. Louis.
Maggie Burrell, Philadelphia, Pa
Zoe Ball, Chicago .....
L. c. Brady, indianapolis, Ind.
Ida Bedford. Cairo, Ill.,. .. e.
Carrie Burnett, Qberlin, Ohio. 49, *.
Mildred E. Bailey, Chicago.
Annie Bell, Atlanta, Ga.
Alice Brown, Butte, Mont.
Lucy G B'itton, Lexington, KY,
Oracle Bond, Cincinnati, O.
Erminie Bell, Cincinnati, o.
Title Bishop, Gallatin, Mo. 49,
Amanthis Brownsmith, st. Louis.
Anna Barton, Joliet.
LIZZIE Burris, Plaquemine, La.
Acnie Bell, Birmingham, Ala.
Minnie Clay. Chicago. .-..
Minnie Cordin, Oberlin, O..
Ida Christv, Cairo, III. .~.
Mary Champ, Oberlin, Ohio.
Rose Conrad, Chicago.
Dollie chatham, Joliet, I'll.
Susie Crawford, Portland, Ore. -
MYRTLE Craig, Grand Rarids. Mich.
Rachael Davis, Louisville, KY.
Minnie Dyer, Joliet, III.
Matte Davis, Louisville, KY.
Lucy Evans, Joliet, Ill.
Bertha Eavertop, Kansas City, Mo-,
Matte E. Fowles, Louisville.
Mary Godette, Kipton, Ohio.
Marcie Goodin, Denver, Colo.
Lucy J Can't, Birmingham, Ala.
Serena Harris, Cincinnati.
Gusta Hopkins, Boone, Iowa.
Belle Hackley, Chicago, Ill.
Katie Harrison, St. Louis.
Lulu Hayes, Montgomery, Ala.
Alberta Harvey, Chicago.
Ida Hamilton, Chicago
Efie Hoggett, Helena, Mont.
Mary E. Hill Norfolk. Va.
Irene M. Harris, Linneus, Mo.
Jennie jackson, St. Louis.
Mamie jenkins, Oberlln, O.
Lizzie johnson. Wooster, O.
Clara Jones, Washington, D. c..
Laura B. Jones, Louisville, KY
Sophia Johnson, Louisville, KY.
Lille johnson, Chicago.
Addie Kinley, Chicago.
Bessie Love, st. Paul.
Lillian Lee, st. Louis, Mo.
Cora Lynthecome, Chicago.
Lillian L. Morris, Louisville. KY.
Lille Miller, Schenectady. N. Y.
Melanie Macklin, st. Louis, Mo. 52
Minnie Moore, New Orleans, La.
Virginia Mordecai. st. Louis.
Mamie V. Maxwell, Chicago.
Lucy Moten, Washington.
Verpie Morris, Cape Girardeau.
Emma Manley, Chicago.
Laura Med Joliet, III.
Anna A Mason, st. Louis.
Edith Mason, st. Louis.
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fast through trains with Pullman Sleep
ing cars are also run between Minneapo-
Jig, st. Paul and Kansas City, via Sioux
City. Day trains between St. Paul and
Sioux City have elegant parlor cars.
Dining cars are run on all through trains
over this line between Minneapolis, St.
Paul and Chicago. Besides being the
best : -
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EuuEATIuNAL.

HOWARD UNIVERSITY, w5hsaH ns
tent Professors and Instructors: Theoioricai
Medicai Legal, College, Preparatory. Normal
and Industrial: For Information address
: = nEv:J: n. RANKIN, d. D., IL. D., President.
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:CKSTEIN NORTON UNIVERSITY

E6kSIEIn UkIUn UNIVERSITY
CANE SPRING, Ky.
Rev. WIN. J. SIMMONS, A. B., A. NJ D.:
IL. D., Chancellor -
Rev. c. q. PARISH, A. B., A. M, Presidents
DEPARTMENTS.
Literary, intermediate, Scientific. Music.
shorthand. Photography, Oil, painting. Crayon
ing. Prlnting, Poultry raising, Sericulture,
1elegraP1y, Tailoring, Carpentry. ApiacuI
ture. cabinet making, Barber shop Work
ment
EXPENSES.
The Board of Directors have put the AZ.
penses of the students at the lowest FIGURE.
and 1T 1s Intended to benefit those who are
anxious to get an education. Poor scholar.
snlp, lazaness, disregard Of rules and regula-
uone Will not be tolerated. The opportuni.
1es here given are for the deserving students,
Inc expenses are as follows:
Board. room, fuel per month. . .... 50 90
Way Pupils, tuition only, per month. 90
Tuition nLlterary departments, per month I IN
washing, per month";. ... N
Girls can do their own washing.
HELP FOR STUDENTS.
Any female student who can sew well or
Who is willing 70 learn to sew, can have az.
penses reduced in proportion to the work Az
70 able and willing to do. Only faithful and
Industrious girls will be allowed tEe nrivfia1a
OF making this extra reduction Sewinn No
chimes " II be driven by steam.
Send for Catalogue to
WILLIAM ]. SIMMONS.
CANE SPRING. KY.
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ALWAYS ON time. !"

There is no line SO handsomely equip
ped tor Through Passenger Service rs,
The North Western Line" &C, st. p.
M. & O. Ry.
All we'll posted travellers between
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ST. PETER A, M. E, CHURCH.

Cor. I'D street and 10th avenue South.
and 7:2O P. M. Sunday school at 800 P: N.
Glass meeting ~ A. M. Thursday evening
prayer meeting, Friday evening class meeting.
Days for PASTORAL visits, Monday and Tues.
day. Days at home, Wednesday and Thurs
day. Weddings, funerals, and the sick,
promptly attended to upon notice.
REV. r. H. WILLIAMSON, Pastor,
ESQ 10th Ave, 8.
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lo's II llie gto@ at Stone 2an. Ell
,as s,i 10Y ~ be necessary IL also sell lot ~
~ sfssef 70 dcre: wiish IA Tor Sa2es,
Win interest or 80 ifor, aun,isaI. ,-oo and
ny fsss e Sla from tnt,sst ~, l3e AID he coats
Oh sald acsiST aud cf ho.ns ,iis eele mif .a com
Missions gu amour, bid.
TERMS Of s,.sss.
oac lai cash resdse On a credit al four .ion!lls
From day OF sab, ecscdii iMz;ai,eut carrying aier-
es isam Tie saie .r purchaser giving his bond
LOT tEe credit nssalIment The ttie 10 be Retained
until the purchase neaey i. Initi and conveyance
directed ~ Che court. II. g. GcEnwELL, il.
Spccia! Commissioner
| Wise
Bank q Zig StoDc G,p, i'aintif, against J. ].
Caldwell, q. Ell. hefeHd1n,s. In chaAce.y.
j. T. y. lipps, clerk Of tue said courtio certify tha
!seaond required u tila special commissioner ~ III
decree rendered rsaid caa4e OR 2it deg Of sept
1851. has been daily given.
Given t,ndrr my fand 81 ce.., y: he said court
this 10th day Of October, 1921.
j st-la-,l TeSte II: LIFTS. Clerk.
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~ 70 the Graft nctesr.

io s 'sts' fsssssor ef &c fbss.
~. sir:-~In your issue Of the
s ss ulssmo, find IN the report Of the |
discussion Y between Mess. Mills anu Graf.
ts'ss sentence. reported Of Craft:
. haic says said anything else, Inc
'eteer IS bogus and . black falsehcod,.
The letter MS published IN the Ro,narg
B ana reproduced in the posr, IS tr,sc So far
Us l.s authenticity is concerned From
ssarioas letters received by me from Craft.
Previous to tllis, il the handwriting and
signature is not Crafts, then IL Is the
most clever sorgcrYever peypcn,rated
s.ana ready to prove its authcntics
ana that never have charged more than
the letter states.
~ PANIED me TO find ms former friend
{ nao entered into this great mistake and
- ENHANCEMENT" and had he not shown
an utter disregard Of my personal feelings
at our joint discussion al Stoncy Creek.
aosasny more than his avowed Republi-
cahssm IN an issue between Democracy
would have ever been madc public by me.
Even the taunts and insults OF his
wnisky-prmed adherents on that occa-
sion, was not enough for me TO publicly
read the letter then ill my picket Not
untii heard his deuia, of almost The
entite letter did give it s.to thepublc
1t was not marked confidential.
For the sake of the unity of my party
have in most instances kept out of prin
many. very many things that would vim
dicase my past course in this county re-
garding differences made personal agains
& me. Involving dishonesty. fraud, deception
and chicanery against me. Many things
the evidence Of which have and ca,
proye.as plainly as | can tic identity o
Crafts letter. So Stay on McDuffs'
One word more: Republicans Of Scott
rho have NOS the courage of their con
{ victions, Democrats Of Scott, who hay
swallowed the Alliance: Intelligence an
patriotism will not sleep forever.
d. S. HALE.
Hale's Mil. Va, Nov. 6th 1891
lBanner please copy.i
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PuaIic sale

notice that on ts Z. 10y q egs, s, 'sal
~ ~ t:;r,;,,5t tisc r16nrGignml trrst-e .il
"s..r for .is ~ public outcrg 20 he highest biter
,, IN .rsesited y.ntriy. tn-yii, one boiler
81 e. s s.I, ht s Elk: s'sis i' ss
err ,tsal viii sai machine ard there, atlnc7t
Wy, lii. sheds and beildins ceRecied viii SID
hr;s alif. ALL, quantity Of vond, ell d wick
n,a,erfv having been couTey.ti stey Is 1877. bJ
.anr, r:snsrdt aud e. B. Lanis to x IN. MAJ
:, 60 gecIlre " H. NcJes and others IN the
nar,,le.t Of divers Sums Of motley
errs az sale viii be for cash IN harathis I've 2isi
day of-ortehsr lssi' =, .-s.,s.aa
Dgai.dsI. Tirgini,
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Built & MepowclI, p.q ~


VYlRGINIA lin the clerks office OF the Circuit
court of the county OF Wise Oh the nth, day Vi
November, 1891. In vacation.
}. M. Charleston, ct ais, Fl.intlt!s.
against
Edward Whit, Ct ais, Defendants,
The object OF this suit Is to have set asic cancoet,
and ann,cti an alleged decd, date June 23rd, 1875
from, said j. H. Charleston to said Edmond Whit.
which purports convey to saii Witt tract ofinr@
where said j. NJ. Charleston ti.cn and now lives a.
Pigeon cret wise Va containing lo2 acre mo
or less. The estate ot nj OF sc defendants VIII h'
affected by this suit. And an affidavit aiHi:lS Dce.
m ide and filed that the defendants Edmond Whit,
Eliza Whit Polly Ann Whit, and Isaac " HIT, ar
no. residents of the State ofiirna, ii or'eredlhat
they do appear here wiE 10 days after Gls 'oiico-
Oh hereof. and do what may be necessary To ,fo'cc!
tlsir interest in this suit. And J., is further orderio
shat copy hereof b. published enc, week ior itu!
v.cks In the Big Stone Post and that copy be post
r. the front door of the c0rrtcse OF tis county on
the first day OF the ncNt crn OF tho county court o.
slid county. A copy Teste
Burns Fulton and Rntt 4 Mc Dow.ll,'p.q l314-9
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~ IRGlNlA AT rules held in the clerks Office OF
ss the circuit court for the county of Wise OF the
18th dry OF Nov. 1891, In Vacation.
.trhrnsinn TrIsfnp..
In Chaucery.

4
Ellen Mccarthy ct al
TIE object OF this suit is to recover Judgment
against Mrs. Ellen Mccarthy, administrative of es-
tate OF +. L. Mccarthy, decd in the sum OF S3OO0'
with interest thereon from July 26, 1889, to enforce
same By personal decree and by foreclosure Of :he
lien reserved in u decd from the Big Stone Gap I'M.
provement Company ard r. &. Ballard Thruston,
trustee to E.P. Mccarthy, oil lots 4, ard Of Block
e, Improvement COMPANIES Plat No. Is, in the town
4 OF Big Stone Gnps Va. And affidavit having been
made that Edward J. Mccarthy, a party defendant
in this suit is nonresident Of this State, the sao
defendant is required 10 appear within 10 days after
due publication OF this order, in the clerks office OF
our said court mt rules TO be holden there for, and
do what is necessary protect his interests And II
Is ordered that copy Of this order be forthwith pnh-
lished once week, for four successive Weeks in The
ZIG SroSE Posr, newspaper printed in the town ol
Big Stone Gap In the county OF Wise, and posted at
the front door OF the courthouse of said county, OF!
the first day OF the county court for the s.i'
county after the date VI this order.
s. A copy, Teste: j. f.. LIpPS, clerk
by e.. p. Addingt0n, d c.
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u. 3. Cock. G. al. 49,
Tie ob.cc. Of this salt, Is 10 recoycr juds,ncni
against Il Is. Cook il, the sam OF $iS,.3j with inter
css teEeoi from JAM Isl 1850 asd also ir The fur
sher snni % 1899 due Ian. llh ls9s, With Interest
thereon froia Jan LIST 1880 should the sane he cue
before decree herein, and costs. aud to enforce III.
came by personal dccrec against the said took ane
hy foreciosprs Of the lien reserved il, q deed sycn
Big Scene Gap improvement Company aud II. G.
ballard ThTuston, Trustee to l.. b. Cook, on lot IL.
Block gsa Improvement Co.'S Plat NJ. l. In the tow,
OF Bis kt0nc Gaps Wise County Va. AID affidavit.
having beesa made that H. q. Cook aM,i Il. r. Bryan
parties defendant herpp are iion-residcnis of this
state, tie said defendants are required To- appeat
here within 1itee, day afserdnc publication of t
order, M the eieg asiice afgur said court at rn.e
70 es holden efe for, ard sc VIA; Is necessary
protect their Interests tits ordered that ce;.
of fhis order be soFthwisk ptblisied once u week
for four sncessssy Mseks, ii, the Ba STosk posg,
rintes Al TIE tea,l of Big Stone Gap,
fEe 9olsnt gila I0sted al the font door
fsc casrl inf SKID county on the first dry OF ID.
spsat scr sae sud county after the dat.
sof i. e. III FPS, clerk.
sslilssasts Il p.s II Il-Iasst z
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~ OF Wise
Southwest Virginia Mineral Land Company. plant
iii against W. II. Bingham. defendant.
|, J. L. Lpps, clerk, Of the said court do certify
that the bond required Of the special commissioner
by The decree rendered in said cause on thc 24 d.,
OF Septcmber 1861 has been duly giveE,
Given under my hand and seal as cerNol the said
court, this 9Th day OF November 1891.
1873, Tes;c j. L. LiprS, clerk.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-11-13
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

The, annual meeting Of the stockholders
of the Big Stone Gap Building and In
vestment Company will be held at Up. NJ.
on Friday, November 2Sth, 1891, in the
directors Office of the Appalachian Bank,
! Big Stone GAP, va. The election Of Off
GERS for the ensuing year, and all other
and general business will he transacted.
r. II. IRVINE, President.
G. II. BEEEYMAN, Secretary
N ~ D.
The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-11-13

In the Clerks O.ice u. lie Great Court Of Il
County OF Mise.
Charles Kerr, T;Gstec, r.ai:i,ii aganS! j. b. T.
Mills, et. al, defendants. !nrhancery
lie. Iipps c!crksi The said Court GO certify tha
The bond required o. the special commissioning ~ III.
decree rendered In sad Cause on the 18th day III Sept
1881, has been daily given
Given under my hani Us clerk OF tie SAID court, .is
9th day OF November, 1891.
At-aS.ll Teste: J. r.. l.lrPs, Clerk.