The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-26

..fred. forever To carry out their wishes
my executors are ordered under penalty
of forfeiture Of all moneyed interests III
my will and estate to have nothing more
to do with these lands, but to leave them
severely alone.
my father, being a military man. set
aside a portion of his money devised IS
reserve or contingent fund to save his
children. from poverty, not my children.
but his children. BY the said will am
left the sole executor. That fund, II any
left. belongs to. my living children, and
must be sacredly paid. About five thou
sand Cs5,0nO) dollars of the fund was paid
me by brother Sidney Payne Clay, 1irst
executor. Part of said fsve-thousandrdol-
lar fund has been paid to Cassius Curran
Smith and others. reducing II. SO my eS-
ecutors are amply able to pay all owe
on that fund and all other dcbts. When.
all my property has been sold and my
executors are ready to pay creditors my
children will be paid as others on n
basis Of equity and proof of debt as re-
uuired by law. give and devise to my
former wife. Dora Clay, ten thousand
dollars. (slO,CtO). to be held in trust for her
sole use and benefit during her natural
life, and fat her death TO go to her
children on the same conditions and un-
der the same restrictions as the mining
stock herein referred to. / devise $4,000
to- build q Methodist Church within one
mile Of Dora Clay's residence. near
Pinkard, in Woodford county. Kentucky
II devise to James Bowlin. son of Polly
Bowlir1. deceased, and to his wife. Mary
Bowlin, their two children, ohm and Her
bert, the sum Of two thousand dollars
To each of the following devise two
hundred dollars (s2oN. viz. Elijah Bnrns.
David Shanks. George Shanks, zach
White and Tom Williams.
WAS A FRIEND.
"My friend. John Cabell Chenault, came
to me when l was in distress or mind
and body and has counseled and ADVISED
me and has been of great service and
comfort to me and devise to him the
sum of $4,000. 1 give my friend, George
W, Pickles, 500. He has beeh kind to
me and has done me many little acts
of kindness. devise to Joe Chena ult,
whose mother, Florence Dillingham;, was
my stcadfast friend my shotgun. which
has done me such good service for seV-
hnty-iive years. I give Barney Kelly,
who has always been polite and kind to
me, $50 To Mrs. John D. Harris give
the portrait of my son, Warfield Clay. ]
devise to John Watson, son of my niece,
the daughter of William Rodes. and my
sister, Pauline Clay Rodes, an old paint
of my boudoir. l devise the marble bust
of myself donated to me by Joel T. Hart,
which Is now in the possession of Bill-
tus j. Clay, to tho Corcoran Art Gallery.
Washington, d. G. l appoint John C.
Chenault, D. Bates shackelford aud Geo.
w. Pickels trustees for Dora Clay and
they are directed to invest the fund de-
v!sed to her in trust In United States
bonds and pay her annually the income
from said fund save the expense of man
aging same.
II devise a decent burial at an expense
not greater than 500 near by mothers
grave In the Richmond Gky) cemetery,
with n plain inexpensive headstone to
mark my last resting place. Finally,
should anything remain after the forego-
Ing bequests and deyises are paid off
and settled, + devise same to be equally
divided betwespl tho Filson Club. OF Louis
VILE. of which my friend, Hon. r. r.
Durrett. Is president and the Society of
American Authors, located In the city of
New York
DISPOSAL OF WHITE HAIL.
"Haying previously given directions as
to the sale of my property In general
terms, / now specify White Hall and 800
acres shall be sold at different sale from
that of my other property.
WITNESS my signature at White Hall,
Madison county, KY. this MAY 18th. IN
the year OF our LORD one Thousand nine
hundred, ,,,,
"s,pned by Cassius Marcellus Clay in
orr nresence, and at his request signed
by us In his presence and In the presence
of each other. May II. lmo.
"cLARENC,E EVERETT WOODS.
uyV HAII"