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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-07

TO the Virginia and North Carolina Con.
struction Company, plaintiff, IS.
The Roanoke Development and Guar
antee Company. the Roanoke and
Southern Railway Company, Roa-
noke Land and Improvement Com
pany, Inside Property Company, S.
w. ,Jamison, trustee, VI. NJ. Rogers,
Roy B. Smith, trustee. Lucy Halle
wood, j. ID. Watts, T. w. Miller
trustee, p. Is. Gallaher L. II. Stew
art, j. b. Traynham, X. W. Berry
II. w. Spindle. trustee, +. NJ. Wade
y. p. FCard, T. r. Kindred. II. c.
Cole, c. Marx ley, c. u. Grimes JOS
=. Doran, trustee, +. &. Maginnis, r.
+. Scott, trustee, II. l.. Valentine,
Maryland Real Estate Investment
Company, a. G. Mcnamara, w. f.
Winch. treasurer and trustee, PEG.
pies Perpetual Building and Loan
Association, II. j. McGran, c.
OIeary, Mary + Forbs, s. w. Jam
ison, Home Building and Convey.
ance Company, defendants.
In the Hastings Court for the City of
Roanoke:
TAKE NOTICE:-That pursuant to
decree in the above styled cause,of March
10. 1897, / shall on the 2d DAY OF
APRIL, 1897, ut my Office, room ,05
Gerry building, Roanoke, Va, proceed to
inquire into and make the statements
concerning the matters mentioned in the
said decree and thereby referred tn me rs
one of the commissioner in ch"ncery Of
the said court
First, to state and settle the account Of
y. w. Huskc in this cmusc, aud
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COMMISSIONER,S SALE-BY VIR.

COMMISSIONER SALE.-BY VIR-
tue of decree .of the circuit court of
Roanoke, Virginia, entered on the Sec
ond day of February, 1897, in the chan
Gerry cause of Jno. P..Hudson vs.. The
Life Insurance Company of Virginia, the
undersigned special commissioner ap-
pointed by said decree will sell at public
auction to the highest bidder at the front
door of the courthouse at 10 o'clock m,
of MONDAY, THE BIRD DAY OF MAY,
1897, the following described real estate:
First. Beginning at point on the
southeast corner of Brooke and Walker
streets. and running in an casterly lirec-
ton along the south side OF Walker
street 1871 feet to corner of Common
wealth avenue, thence in a southwest rly
direction along Commonwealth avenue
about "a feet, thence in westerly direc-
ton about 10 feet to a point on Brooke
street, thence in II northerly direction 90
feet to the place of beginning.
Second. Beginning at point so feet
from the southwest corner of Walker and
Brooke streets, and running along the
south side of Walker street in westerly
direction 20 feet to point, thence in
southerly direction 100 feet parallel with
Brooke street to IL point, thence in an
easterly direction 90 feet to point,
thence in IL Eortherly direction 100 feet
to the beginning.
Third. Beginning ut n point 20 feet
from the southwest corner of Walker
aud Brooke streets, and running along the
south side of Walker steeet in u westerly
direction 20 feet to II point, thence in IL
southerly direction 1C0 feet parallel with
Brooke street to II point. thence ia an
easterly direction 20 feet to point,
thence in a northerly direction 100 feet TO
the place of beginning.
Four. beginning at point on the
qast side of Brooke stIeet 90 feet south of
Walker street and running in an easterly
direction about 70 feet parallel with
Walker street to a point on Common
wealth avenue, thence in southerly di-
rection along Commonwealth avenue
about % feet to n point, thence in west.
erly direction about 65 feet to point on
Brooke street, thence in Il northerly di-
rection 30 feet to the place of beginning
TERMS OF SALE:-Cash us to the
costs of this sale, an approximate esti-
mate of which will be given mt the sale,
and taxes, which are about $3l.6l on
each lot, and the sum o; 800 with in
tcrest from the Both day of April, 1904,
on each lot, and the balance payable in
one and two years, evidenced by interest
bearing bonds of the purchaser. Title to
property retained until all of the purchase
money is paid ami deed ordered by the
court.
PERCY NfOIR,
Special Commissioner.
i, S. s. Brooke, clerk of the circuit
court for the city OF Roanoke, do certify
that the bond has been given by the com.
missioner as required by the decree in
the chancery cause of j. p. Hudson VS.
The Life Insurance Company of Virginia.
Given under my hand this 1st day of
April, 1897. S. S. BROOKE,
4.2.td. Clerk.
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TRUSTEES SALE.-WHEREA BY
n certain deed dated March l, 1895, re-
corded in deed book 81, page so, in the
clerks office of the hustings court o.
Roanoke, Va, X. a. Smith, in order to
secure a certain debt therein mentioned
due the Traders Loan, Trust and Deposit
Co., conveyed to the undersigned trustee
all of the following described property
Beginning at point on the south side
of TaZewell street 40 feet east of Sim
mons street, thence with said TaZewell
street north "A degrees 80 minutes 45 Sec
onds east 40 feet to Al point, thence south
Is degrees % minutes 10 seconds east 1870
feet to point, thence south IA degrees
30 minutes 40 seconds west 40 feet to II
point. thence north 10 degrees 80 minutes
II seconds west 40 feet to the begin
ming and known as lot No. ., section 5,as
shown by the map of the Belmont adj
dition to Roanoke, Va, default having
been made in the payment of IL portion of
said debt and being required so to do by
the holder thereof, / shall. on MONDAY,
APRIL 26, 1897, mt IL o'clock noon, in
front of the courthouse of said city, offer
for sale mt public auction to the highest
bidder, the above described property with
appurtenances, upon the following terms:
TERMS: Cash sufficient to pay the
costs of executing this trust, including
II trustees commission of five per cent,
To pay off the l past due notes of Sl2. 30
each, with interest thereon, and to pay
NIL past due taxes and insurance of 81. 30,
the balance to be paid $3.50 per month
with interest from.Mnrch 1885. the first
payment to he due and payable May LIST.
1877, and one payment on the lst day of
each month thereafter or Until So pay
ments shall have been made and the resi-
due, if any, payable in one and two years
or as the said II. y Smith shall direct.
&. MARkLEY.
- til Trustee.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

grees east 90 l-2 feet to point, thence
south ~ 1-2 degrees west 112 feet to
Commerce street, thence with Commerce
street north IA degrees west % 1-2 feet
to the beginning.
TERMS: Cash sufficient to pay the cost
of executing this trust, the sum of So 800
with interest on $1,000, part thereof,
from January 5, 1897, till paid; the resi-.
due, if any, payable in two equal annual
instaliments with interest, to be evil
denced by bonds of the purchaser and Sc
cured by trust deed on the property
w. ID. WILLIAMSON,
3 I'd Substituted Trustee.
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TRUSTEES SAI.E.-BY VIRTUE OF
II deed Of trust dated December 10, 1891,
and recorded in the clerk $ office of the cor
poration court for the city of Roanoke,
Va, in deed book IS, page 23S from Rob
ert f. Boiling and Ida Boiling to the UNI
dersigned trustee to secure to Thomas a.
Boiling the payment of the sum Of 5000,
divided into two notes of $3.50 each due
in one and two years from date ANA bear
ing date with said deed, default having
been made in the payment of said notes,
and being required so to do by the bepe-
fciarv therein secured, | will on MON.
DAY, THE 18TH DAY OF APRIL, 1897.
ut IL O'Clock NJ, in front of the courthouse
of the city of Roanoke, offer for sale the
following described lot or parcel OF land
with impr ovements thereon, consi stine,
of dwelling house and described us fol-
lows:
beginning at the northeast corner of
Blaine and Park streets thence with Park
street north 81 degrees 30 minutes east
50 feet to an alley, thence with said alley
south 10 degrees 10 minutes east 81 feet
to point, thence south , degrees 20 min
utes west - feet to Blaine st,eet thence
with Blaine street north 81 degrees 10
minutes west 30 feet To beginning
TERMS OF SALE: Terms cash RS to
cost OF sale and the sum of $500. with i'm
ltltSJ lIpsl tluSt vi iioltS. l1ullnCt. III
any, upon credit of one anil Two wears
secured by deed OF trust upon the prop.
erty. WIN. LUNSFORD,
II I'd Trustee.
POCAHGNTAS COAL COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, That the stock
holders of the Pocahontas Coal Company
iii general meeting of the company held
ut Roanoke, Virginia, on the 2Sth day OF
January, 1897, the SAID company being
out of debt. ordered reduction OF the
capital stock of the said company to 500.
GOO, making the par vaiGe of the shares
of the capital stock $4,000 per share in
stead of $4,000 per share and, in carry
ing such reduction OF the capital stock
into effect, ordered, among other things,
dividend Of $3.50 per share out of the
capital stock of the company, payable on
the 18th day OF May, 1897, st the Office of
| the company in the city of Roanoke, Viz
| ginin, To the shareholders of record on the
2Sth day of January, 1897, on the produc-
| ton and surrender of the certificates OF
stock in exchange for new certificates
showing the amount Of the reduced cap
| ital OF the company.
II. G. JAMESON, President
Roanoke. VA, january esth, lSg,.
20 u w-3 m
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Commissioners in Chancery.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE
improved real estate.-By virtue of deed
of trust, dated LIST October, 1896, and duly
recorded in the Office Of the clerk of the
hustings court for--the city of Roanoke,
Va. in deed book No. 104, page 2OG;
whereby A. A. Cannaday and wife con-
veyed the real estate hereinafter referred
to. and more fully described in the said
deed Ito which reference is hereby made),
to the undersigned trustees, to secure a
certain bond or obligation of A. A. Cam
naday to the Iron Belt Building and Loan
Association, of Roanoke, Va; and default
having been made therein, and being di-
recred by the said beneficiary so to do,
the undersigned trustees'will, on THURS.
DAY, 18th DAY OF APRIL, 1897, at 12
O'CLOCK NJ, proceed to .ell in front of the
courthouse in Roanoke city, Va, at pub
lie auction, to the highest bidder, GER
tain lot of land, with ~ desirable dwelling
house and other improvements thereon,
beginning at a point on the east side Of
Belmont Boulevard, in the city of Roam
oke, Va. 30 feet from Sands street, and
measuring in front ON Belmont Boule-
ward 40 feet, and extending back of that
width $50 feet to an alley; being known
and designated rs lot No. 2, of section
No. 80, according to the map OF Belmont
Land Co.'S addition to the city of Roam
oke, Va
TERMS CASH. There is due ON said
bond $2,43S, rs of April s, 1897.
C. y. McHUGH,
j. r. TERRY,
y lG td TruStoac
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3 ID I'd

COMMISSIONERS SALE.-BY vIR-
vir OF IA decree entered by the hustings
court for the city of Roanoke at it's Feb
ruary term, 1897, the undersigned ms com.
missioner appointed by said decree, will
offer for sale to the highest bidder at pub
lie auction, in front of the courthouse, on
the 14TH DAY OF APRIL, 1897, Mt 12
o'clock NJ, the following described real
estate, together with the unfinished i'm :
provements thereon:
Beginning at II point on the east side of
Henry street 100 feet south of Spruce
street, thence south SO degrees 80 min
utes 30 seconds east 140 "a feet to point
thence south 6 degrees 81 minutes west
90 feet to point, thence north SO degrees
BE- minutes 80 seconds west 140.34 to
Henry street, thence with Henry street
north degrees east so feet to the begin
ming.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash as to the
sum sufficient to pay OF the cost of this
suit and sale and the past due taxes upon
said premises, as we'll as the sum of
$904.34 rs of December >, 1897 The re-
mainder of said purchase money to I've
upon Il credit of one and two years from
the day of sale, with interest from that
date r. w. GOODWIN,
Commissioner.
l, S. S. Brooke, clerk of the hastings
court for the city of Roanoke, do certify
that Il. w. Goodwin, commissioner in the
above styled cause. has executed bond
before me, with good security. in the
penalty..of 81 ,500,as provided.in the decree
above mentioned :. 5. BROOKE,
3 II I'd Clerk.
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IN PURSUANCE OF a DECREE
entered in the chancery cause of the Vir-
ginia and North Carolina Construction
Company VS.. Roanoke Development and
Guarantee Company aud others, on the
9th day of January, 1897, in the hnst-
ings court for the city of Roanoke, Vir-
ginia, the undersigned, rs special commits
sioners appointed ny said decree, will on
MONDAY. THE 18TH DAY OF
APRIL, 1897, at twelve O'Clock NJ, offer
Tor sale ut public auction to the highest
bidder, in front of the courthOuse in the,
city of Roanoke, Virginia, the following
real estate situated in said city, as fol
lows: 1. Lots 16 10 20, both inclusive
section |, MS shown 10y map OF Roanoke
Development and Guarantee Company's
property south of Mountain street; each
OF the above lots fronting 21 feet on South
street and running back 100 feet to right
of way line of Roanoke and Southern
Railway Company. .. beginning ut u
point on the southwest corner of Noun
tain street and Wheat street; thence with
Wheat street the following three courses:
South y degrees 10 minutes west 261. 53
feet TO n point; south rs degrees 40 min
utes west S3.6 feet 70 point: south 53
degrees - minutes west PA 30 feet to the
east line of South street, thence along
South street north D degrees 30 minutes
west 52S12 feet to the south line of
Mountain street. thence along same 50 de-
grees - minutes east 1888 feet to the
beginning, being lots to IS, both incln-
sive section of said map. 3. Lots % to
26, both inclusive, section l of the same
map. For fuller descriptions reference is
made to deed book &c, pages 22l, 22j, 227
and 22S of the clerks Office of the hust-
ings court, Roanoke city, Va. 4. Lots
to -, both inclusive, section | of the same
map reference for fuller description be-
ing made to deed book Ct, pages l69 to
l13, of the same clerks office. D. Begin
ming ut Il point on n line parallel TO and
lS.S feet ut right angles east of line
drawn through the water valves, the one
located near the river and the other near
and north of Spruce street, where said
line is intcrSected by II line parallel to
and 10 feet at right angles eaS5 of The
center line OF the Roanoke and southern
railrond thence north 2d degrees 50 min.
utes east 1913 zee toU point ON Roanoke
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THE WORLD IN WANT.

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LEGAL NOTICES.

Second, to inquire into and ascertain
and rerort what will be reasonable COM
rensafion to.be allowed said receiver for
his special services in the discharge of
his duties as such receiver.
a. BLAIR ANTRIM,
Commissioner in Chancery.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

river, thence with the said river az 1T
meanders the following three courses:
South degrees minutes east 395. SIS
feet; south % degrees 30 minutes west
o34 OIL feet; south ST. degrees .43 minutes
west 3l2. IL feet, thence on a line parallel
TO and 1873 feet at right angles east OF
the above mentioned line drawn through
ehe water valves, north Is degrees "a min.
utes east l.112.30 feet to the point of be-
ginning, containing 3.84 acres. g. Begin
ing at point, the same being the
northwest corner of Spruce and Wheat
streets, thence with the north side of
Spruce street north 20 degrees "a minutes
west 225.O3 feet to n point on the east
line OF the Roanoke and Southern Rail-
way Compuny's right of way, thence with
the said line north Is degrees ..23 minutes
east l4O. ~ feet to a point on same, thence
leaving said line south "a degrees 6 min.
utest east SOL feet to point on the
west side of Wheat street, thence with
said Wheat street south 90 degrees s min
utes east 190.5S feet to the beginning,
containing Fl, $50 square feet. T. Begin
ming at point, the same being the so,4th-
west corner OF Wheat and Spruce streets.
thence with the south side OF Spruce
street north % degrees 03 minutes west
26l.3l feet TO n point OH the east line of
the Roanoke and Southern Railway Com
pany r1ght OF way, thence with said line
south Is degrees 90 minutes west 400. AZ
feet to point on same, thence south
"a degrees east 256 CO feec to a
point on the west side of Wheat street,
thence with same north 16 degrees east
400 feet to the beginning, containing
2.676 acres. The above parcels of land
will be offered for sale in the order above
given. No parcel to be sold if that prior
to it shall realize sufficient TO pay the in.
debtetiness set forth in the above men
toned decree
TERMS OF SALE: One.third cash
and the balance in two equal instalments
at six and twelve months from. date %
sale. to be evidenced by interest bearing
negotiable notes, secured by deed of trust
upon the property sold, or, at the election
of the purchaser, the whole of the pur-
chase money may be paid in cash.
EDWARD w. ROBERTSON,
WM. A. GLASGOW, JR.,
Special Commissioners.
l, S. S. Brooke, iclerk of the hustines
court for Roanoke city, Va, certify that
the bond required of the commissioners
under the above decree has been duly ex-
ecuted. S. S. BROOKE, Clerk.
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TRUSTEES E.-wHEREAS BY
certain deed dated November 90. 1892,
recorded in deed book 80, page 200, j. j.
Murdoch conveyed II certain lot therein
mentioned to F. +. Cole, trustee, to Sc
cure u certain debt to NJ. ]. Andrews for
deferred purchase money on the said lot
or parcel of land, default having been made
ina portion of said debt, and said f. f, Cole
having removed from the State of Vir-
ginia aud having resigned said trust. and
the undersigned having been substituted
and appointed trustee in his stead by an
order of the hustings court of the city of
Roanoke, on March g. 1897, and being
requested so to do by the beneficiary un-
der the said deed, I will, on WEDNES-
DAY, APRIL 1887, Mt noon, in front OF
the courthouse in the city of Roanoke,
Va, sell ut public auction to the highest
bidder ali of the following described lot
or parcel of land with it's appurtenances
lying in the city of Roanoke, Va, andd
bounded and described as follows: xS
beginning at II point on the north site8a
OF Dale avenue 40 feet east of Simmons
street, thence in a northerly direction
parallel with Simmons street 1870 feet to
an alley, thence in an eastery direction
with said alley 40 feet to point, thence
in n southerly direction 1870 feet to Dale
avenue, thence in a westerly direction
with Dale avenue 40 feet to the place of
beginning and known as lot No. 13 in
section Of Belmont addition TO Roam
oke, Va, being the same property de-
scribed in the first above mentioned deed.
TERMS: Cash sufficient to pay the
costs of executing this trust, including /.
trustees commission of legal per cent,
to pay all past due taxes and to pay off
the past due notes secured by said deed
amounting to 5000 with accrued inter
est amounting to $1,000. n credit as to
the amount of 5000, payable $50 per
month the first note being due aud pay
able April 20, 1897. for S25. and one note
of SEQ on the 22d of each succeeding
month until the said 5000 is paid; bal.
ance, if any, payable in twelve months
a deposit of $50 will De required,from the
successful bidder.
GEO. +. MARKIEY,
Substitute Trustee
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