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The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-11-30
Commissioners Sole.

Under and by virtue of a decree of
the Circuit Court of the County of
Mason ang State of West Virginia,
made and entered on the 18th day of
October, 1910, in a certain suit in
Chancery therein pending, in which
DR.. J. F. Baldwin, who sues on be-
half of himself, and all other credi-
tors of Mrs. F. R. Mcknight, is
plaintiff, and Mrs. F. r. Mcknight,
and others, r defendants, the I'M
designed Special Commissioner, will
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commissioners NOTICE.

Jonn r. AUSTIN, trustee IN bankrupt-
cy for NJ. A. Williams, doing BUSH
ness as Southern Ohio Gas Supply
Co.,
Point Pleasant National Bank, a cor
poration, and Sam Myers and Alex
Myers, partners, doing business as
Myers Bros,
In Chancery.
All persons interested in the above
entitled cause now pending in the
Circuit Court of the County of Ma
son, West Virginia, will take notice
that the undersigned Commissioner
of said Court, will, at his office in the
Mutual Realty Co.'S. building, on
Main street, in the town of Point
Pleasant, on Wednesday, the esth
day of December, 1910, proceed to
carry out the requirements of a GER
tain decree of reference made in the
said cause on the 18th day Of Octo-
Der, 1910. BY the provisions of the
said decree, the said Commissioner is
required to ascertain and report as
follows:
lst. What is the date of the filing
of the petition in bankruptcy against
NJ. A. Williams, doing business as
Southern Ohio Gas Supply Company.
cd. What debts were due and
owing by said NJ. A. Williams for the
four months Immediately preceding
the fling of the said petition in bank
ruptcy and the value thereof.
Sd. What PERSONAL property was
owned by the said NJ. A. Williams at
the time of the filing of the said pc
tition in bankruptcy and the value
thereof.
+th. What personal property was
levied upon by John P, Austin, IN
der the action at law brought by
Point Pleasant National Bank against
the said NJ. a. Williams, Alex. NY
ers and Sam Myers by virtue of at
tachment proceeding, and what be-
came of the goods so levied upon by
him.
5th. What personal property notes
or accounts, if any, owed by NJ. A.
Williams as aforesaid went into the
hands of the Point Pleasant National
Bank, its agents or employees, within
4 months preceding the fling o fsaid
petition in bankruptcy, and whether
or not any of SAID goods were sold by
said Point Pleasant National Bank,
by or through its agents or employ
ees, and if so the value thereof and
the amount received by said bank
from such sales or otherwise. Also,
what accounts were turned over to
said bank, the amounts thereof and
what has been paid upon the said ac-
counts, if any, to the said bank, its
agents or employees; and what dis
position has been made of said prop
erty and said money.
9th. And such other matters as
any party in interest may require,
the same being pertinent, or such
other matters as said Commissioner
himself may deem pertinent, wheth-
er so required or not.
H. R. HOWARD,
Commissioner in Chancery.
B. H. Blagg. Sol. nov. 3o-+w.
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TRUSTEES SALE.

Under and by virtue ofthe author
ity vested in me, the undersigned
Trustee, by that certain deed of trust
bearing date on the e6th day of Sep
TENDER, 1901, and of record in the
County Court Clerks Office of Mason
County, West Virginia, in Trust
Deed Book No. e5, page 81, &C.,
and signed by John T. Someryille
and Lucinda Somerville, to secure
the payment of one promissory note
for the sum ofS46o, with interest from
date, and bearing date on the e6th
day of September, 1901, and pay
able to the order of Robt. 7. Saul
and signed by the said John T. Som
erville, and due in two years after
date, and default having been made
in the payment of said note accord
ing to its tenor and effect, and being
required SO to do, by the owner and
holder of said note, | will on
FRIDAY. The BOTH DAY OF DECEM-
Der. 1910,
commencing at l O'Clock p. M, at
the front door of the Court House of
Mason County, West Virginia, sell
at public auction, to the highest bid
der, for cash, the following described
real estate conveyed to me by said
deed oftrust, namely: The follow
ing described lots or parcels of land,
situate in Robinson District, Mason
County, West Virginia: The first
tract is bounded and described as fol-
lows: Beginning at a rock in the
out line of lands of Mary NJ. Somer-
vile and Maria S. Rayburn, corner
to Lot No. 9, thence with said out
line S. 81 deg. E. Z poles to a rock
and small pine, thence S. 7 deg. As
min. E. go poles to a hickory, thence
S. so deg. As min. W. &c poles to a
stone and oak tree, thence S. &c deg.
E. SO poles to a rock and rock
oak, thence S. 2S deg. 10 minutes
f. go poles to a rock lettered
7. B., thence E. 8 rods to a rock
lettered 7. B., thence S. ga deg.
Is minutes +. 8 rods and Is
Ii ks soa rock, thence S. As min. w.
rs rods and Is links to an elm and
beech on easterly side of Old Town
creek, south by side of branch to
lands of late Henry Weaver, thence
with bis line S. 7e deg. rs min. W.
Us rods to a stake top of ridge,
thence n. 81 deg. E. 1893 rods to
place of beginning estimated to con-
tain IS and 10 rods.
Also a lot of land described as fol-
lows: Being Lot No. 9 and bound
ed as follows; Beginning at a rock
in the OUTLINES of lands belonging to
Mary NJ. Somerville and Maria S.
Rayburn, corner to Lot No. / and
with division line of said lot 81 deg.
E. 1913 poles to a rock on top of
ridge in outline of lands of Henry
Weaver and with his line S. 7e deg.
Is min. W SIS rods to a rock, corner
TO Lot No. g thence with division
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ermS OF Sale:-CaSh.
L. c. ~SoMERvlLLE,
Special COMMISSIONS,

Register $ LOO a year.
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TRUSTEES SALE.

Under and by virtue ofthe author
ity vested in me the undersigned
Trustee, by that certain deed oftrust
bearing date on the 9th day Of April,
1906, and of record in the County
Court Clerks Office Of Mason County,
West Virginia, in Trust Deed Book
No. e4, page 40, ct seq, and sign
ed and executed by Margaret E.
Whetzel as grantor to the undersign-
ed as grantor to secure to Point
Pleasant Building and Loan Associa-
ton the payment of one certain
promissory note for the sum of $500,
which note bears date on April 9th,
1906, and is fully described in said
deed of trust; and default having
been made in the payment of said
note according to its tenor and effect
and according to the provisions and
conditions required by the said deed
of trust and being required so to do,
by said Point Pleasant Building and
Loan Association, the undersigned
Trustee, will on
MONDAY, The 18TH DAY OF DECEMBER,
1910,
commencing at 10 O'Clock a. M, at
the front door ofthe Court House of
Mason County, West Virginia, sell
at public auction TO the highest bid
der for cash, the following described
lots or parcels of land, conveyed to
me as Trustee, namely: One tract
Of land situate in Lewis District,
Mason County, West Virginia, con-
tanning about 3-S acres more or
less and being the same property
conveyed to said Margaret E. Whetz-
el by Morgan Mcdaniel by deed
April "A, 1901, and Of record in the
County Court Clerks Office of said
Mason County, in Deed Book No.
70, page $50, &c.
Also two certain lots situate in
said Lewis district in what is known
as the mill extension and known and
numbered on the plat of Hamilton &
Powell's purchase, recorded in the
Clerks Office of the County Court of
said Mason County, in Deed Book
No. IL, page ele, &C., as Lots Nos.
IS and SO. Lot No. IS being Al
feet front on Main street and rum
ming back 100 feet to an alley, and
Lot No. Sc being 40 feet front on
Main street and running back 100
feet to an alley.
The said Margaret E. Whetzel
other debts secured by trust on
some of the above described proper
ty; some of said trusts are of date
before and some after date, of the
trust above mentioned and under
which said sale will be made. The
purchase money, by agreement of
the said Margaret E. Whetzel, viii
be applied to the payment of all
trust debts existing in favor of said
Point Pleasant Building and Loan
Association on said property or any
part thereof.
Witness my hand this the 18th
day of November, 1910.
JOHN EDWARD BELLER,
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THE REGISTER
SUNDAY WEEKLY.
THE NEWSPAPER
OF WEST VIRGINIA

Circulates in every county OF
the state; also adjoining counties
of Eastern Ohio and Western
Pennsylvania.
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FRIDAY, At 10 O'CLOCK, A. H., DECEM-
Der, 50, 1910,

sell at public auction, to the highest
bidder, at the front door OF the Court
House of said Mason County, the fol-
lowing described real estate, situate
in the State ofWest Virginia, Coun-
ty of Mason and District of Lewis.
First: a certain lot of land known
and numbered upon the plat of North
Point Pleasant, recorded in the
Clerks Office of the County Court of
said County in Deed Book No. 10.
page l6s, as Lot No. 6, in Block H;
it being the same lot or parcel of
land conveyed to the said j. F. M.
Hill by W. M. Duffy, and wife, by
deed bearing date the 4th day of
October, 1901, and recorded in said
Clerks Office in Deed Book No IL,
page SEQ.
Second Two certain lots of land
situate in the State, County and Dis
trict aforesaid, and known and num-
bered upon the said plat of North
Point Pleasant as Lot No. 81, in
Block NJ, and Lot No. 10, in Block
NJ said lots being the same that
were conveyed to the defendants, J.
F. NJ. Hill and and J. Marion Hill
by Somerville s. Somerville and
II. L. Robey, by deed bearing
date e5th day of January, 1907,
and recorded in said Clerks Office
in Deed Book No. IS, page le5.
In making sale of the three above
described lots ofland, the undersign-
ed Special Commissioner will offer
for sale each lot separately, as pro-
vided in the decree of sale.
Terms of Sale:-cash.
L. c. SoMERvlLLE,
Special Commissioner.
L, hereby certify that the above
named Special Commissioner has
given bond, with good security,
before me in the penalty of Fifteen
Hundred Dollars, as required by the
decree of sale.
cHAs. BU3ToNr Clerk.
nov. So-4w.
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SEQ. G. S~oMERvILLE,
Special Commissioner

l, hereby certify that the above
named Special Commissioner has
given bond, with good security, before
me, in the penalty of Six Hundred
Dollars, as required by the decree of
sale.
cHAs. BUXTON, Clerk.
nov. Sow.
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STATE LEGISLATURE FOR 1911

1t is a magazine in itself.
Non-political. Containing spec:
tally selected articles of interest.
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GEO. G. S%oMERvILLE.
Special Commissioner.
The Difference.

A fool is unable to see his own
faults A wise man, seeing his own
faults. is able to keep other people
from noticing them.
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FRIDAY, AT 10 O'CLOCK, A. NJ, DECEM.
Der, 80, 1910.

sell at public auction, to the highest
bidder, at the front door of the
Court House of said Mason County
West Virginia, the following describ-
ed lot of real estate, situate, lying
and being in the state of West vir-
ginia, County Of Mason and District
of Wagsener, and in the town of
'Grantsburg, which is described as
follows:
Known or the plat of said Town of
Grantsburg, as Lot No. So, said lot
being ninety feet on front and run
ming back on First Street below Rail-
road Street, three hundred and four
feet, this being the same lot or parcel
of land conveyed to Mary NJ. Troe-
ger, deceased, by SamuelP P. Holland,
and wife, by deed bearing date the
18th day of April, 1884,, and of re-
cord in the Office of the Clerk of the
County Court of Mason County, West
Virginia, in Deed Book No. So, page
S44.
Terms of Sale: one-half cash on
day of sale, and the balance one-half
in n year, the purchaser giving his
note with good security, and the
Special Commissioner taking a deed
of trust upon the said property to
secure the deferred payment.
L. c. S0MERVILLE,
Special Commissioner.
|, hereby certify that the above
named Special Commissioner has CIV
en- bond, with good security, before
me, in the penalty ofSeven Hundred
Dollars, as required by the decree of
sale.
cHAs. BUXTON. Clerk.
novS0.4t
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wv "aS - 40 Sllil
small voice.
So the messengers OF God come to
you in the still small voice of daily
experience. Memory bears In her
arms the sheaves Of the yesterday.
and 1t is to you a messenger Of COD.
Alone in the desert, Jacob remem.
bered his past life with all its sordid
meanness. The faces Of his aged par.
ents and of his wronged brother came
up before him. Some mems sins 20
before them into judgment and some
march like caravans under the guild.
ance1 of memory.
What an Illustrated volume Is the
book Of memory. In this very mo-
ment you may open It upon your lap.
There is the old house where you
were. born, and here are the faces OF
your playmates. Now you walk old
paths, and now you look upon the
faces of friends separated from you
by many years. What magic Is here.
Yet what sacred ministry.
In the desert Jacob feared the con
sequences of his misdeeds, and fear
may also be a messenger OF God. A
wise man Of old said: The fear Of the
Lord issthe beginning Of wisdom" II
Is wisdom indeed that fears to do
wrong. that turns man from evil pur.
poses. Such fear may save a mans
soul. even as the warning Of danger
at the edge of a precipece may save
. mans LIE.
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Sg}Gd Commissioners Sole.

Under and by virtue of a decree of
the Circuit Court of the County of
Mason and State of West Virginia,
made and entered on the 1s day of
October, 1910, in a certain suit in
Chancery therein pending, in which
A. n. Frv, Administrator of the
estate of Sarah c. Fry, deceased, is
plaintiff, and Adelphia Roush, and
others, are defendants, the under
signed Special Commissioner, will on
FRIDAY AT 10 O'CLOCK, AM, DECEM-
Der, 80, 1910,
sell at public auction, to the highest
bidder, at the front door of the Court
House of said Mason County, West
Virginia, the following described
tract of real estate, situate, lying and
being in the State of West Virginia,
County of Mason and District of
Graham, which is bounded and
described as follows:
Beginning at a stone in the Yahr
line and also a corner to Rebecca
Hudson; thence South 16 1-e' West
Sc poles to a stone in Richards line;
thence with the same North 81 l-e'
West 40 poles to a stone in Yeagers
line with a persimmon for pointers;
thence North l6 1-eo East sc poles
to a stone with an oak bush for a
pointer; thence South 81 l-e' East
10 poles to the beginning, estimated
to contain twenty-one acres.
Terms of Sale:-Cash.
GEO. G. SOMERvILLE.
Special Commissioner.
l, hereby certify that the above
named Special Commissioner has Civ
en- bond, with good security, before
me, in the penalty of Five Hundred
Dollars, as required by the decree of
sale.
cHAs. BUXTON, Clerk.
nov So-4w.
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GODS !
MESSENGERS
By REv.sTEPAENPAulso


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e @Hu 9oo- n stars him
" pierce INTO MS soul like
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Anu seemed 10 MN mat a
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IN the story Oh a mans sou. It might
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eeIs Is hoe gone lhere is no lie SO
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pose. IN tue rlVer that flows to the
sea, .ne lnoivleuai crop loses its idea-
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Room for Conjecture.

NSSH w S'H3SSea'C. :
On a tombstone In an old Massachu
sets cemetery IS engraved "Edward
Jones. borr, 1905. died 1925" followed
by the Inscription God knows why
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SlGIlI Commissioners Sole.

Under and by virtue of a decree of
the Circuit Court of the County of
Mason and State of West Virginia,
m de and entered on the 7th- day of
October, 1910, in a certain suit in
Chancery therein pending, in which
Geo. G. Somerville, Administrator
ofthe estate of Mary NJ. Troeger,
deceased, is plaintiff. and John T.
Troeger, and others, are defendants
the undersigned Special Commission.
a. ,,.;ll
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-16
NOTICE

Whereas, the Quarterly County
Court at Its October term, 1910, rass-
ed the following resolution:
Whereas, the outstanding indebt-
edness of Maury county excepting the
bonds issued for funding the county
indebtedness Is not ascertainG BILE
from the records OF the county; and
whereas, 1t Is to the interest OF the
county that the actual indebtedness
be ascertained; Therefore, be. &c re-
solved that the Judge of the County
Court advertise in The Columbia Her
aid and the Maury Democrat calling
on all parties holding county warrants
to file the same with the Judge OF the
County Court for payment or reissue
before the LIST day OF Jan'y, 1911, or
the same will be barred. and that the
Judge OF this court DE authorized to
take the necessary steps to ascertain
the financial condition OF Maury coun.
ty and report to the April term, 1911"
Now, therefore, /, ]. t. Mcknight,
County Judge, DO hereby call upon all
parties holding Maury county war
rants to file the same with me By Jan.
LIST, 1911, for payment or reissue.
This Dec. End, 1910.
pat ]. T. M'KNIGHT, Co. Judge.
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MAKE ATTEMPT TO
ROB A RESIDENCE
A REAR WINDOW OF HOUSE ON
SOUTH MAIN STREET IS
BROKEN OPEN.

An attempt was made Saturday
night to enter the residence of Nose
Lazarus on South Main street It was
unsuccessful, as Mr.. Lazarus heard
the noise made by the burglar in
breaking open one Of the rear win
dows of the house and came down
stairs, frightening the housebreaker
away. 1t is thought the person who
made the attempt was negro al
though no clue can be obtained as to
his identity.
One of the windows in the rea- of
the house had been priced open. and
was found In that condition Sunday
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MADE TN
CONSULAR SERVICE
EXAMINATIONS WILL BE HELD IN
WASHINGTON NEXT MONTH
FOR CANDIDATES.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-Anothsr
opportunity for college graduates to
enter the consular service will be
afforded on Jan 80 and 81 and Feb. /,
next, when an examination will be
held at the State department OF can
didates for appointment as consular
assistants or student interpreters.
The consular ASSISTANTS receive a
salary OF $1,000 per annum for the
first three years, an dthereafter 5000
a year more until a maximum Of
81 800 is reached. The student inter-
prefers assigned to duty in China and
japan and Turkey receive g salary
Of $1,000 per annum, with an allow
ance Of $125 for tuition.
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WE ARE SENDING
FOODSTUFF AWAY
THE UNITED STATES EXPORTED
OVER HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS IN NOVEMBER.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-More than
$113, 100000 in domestic breadstuffs.
meat and dairy products, food ami
mails, cotton and mineral oils we're
exported from the United States dur.
ing November. This was slightly be-
low the expectations for November OF
last year The year 1910 to date
shows decrease OF approximately
$4,000, 900 in exports, compared with
the first eleven months OF 1909.
Wheat, wheat -four and dairy products
show the largest decrease for the
year. The total exports for the elev-
en- months were nearly s6Ss,OOO.OOO
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CONGRESSMAN OF
CUBA In FIGHT
MoLEoN AND GEN. FIGUERA,THE
LATTER A NEGRO, PUT Bull
LETS INTO EACH OTHER.

HAVANA, Dec. 9.-Senor Moleor
and Gen. Sanchez Figuera, both mem
bers of the house of representatives
and the latter a negro, had an i'm
promptu duel with revolvers today
in crowded street in the rear of the
palace and within a stones throw of
the scene of the recent attempted
assassination Of Gen. Pine Guerra.
Senior Moleon received bullet IN the
neck and died shortly afterward in
a hospital, while Gen. Figuera was
wounded in the stomach, probably
fatally Two passers-by also were
sthuck by bullets. but were not NOR
tally wounded.
Senior Moleon had just left the pal
ace, where he was in conference with
President Gomez, and meeting, Gen.
Figuera, Immediately opened fire on
him. Figuera vigorously replied.
A long standing political feud be-
.ween the two congressman was the
:ause. Senior Moleon represented Pr
lar del Rio and Gen. Figuera MAINTAIN
.as In the house.
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REVENGE WAS The
MURDERERS MOTIVE
SECTION or a wHITEWAsHED
WALL SAWED OUT As A PIECE
PIECE or EVIDENCE.

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 11.-Reyenge
and not robbery. is now believed to
have ben the motive for murder OF
four persons on the Bernhart farm. in
Kansas, south of here. The bodies
were examined closely today and it
was found that Mrs. Emaiine Bern
hard and her son, George. had been
terribly beaten about the head, while
Tom Morgan and the hired man be-
lieved to have been named Worth
had evidently been killed by one or
two blows.
Edward P. Boyl, head of the Kan
sas City detective bureau, assumed
charge Of the hunt for the man or
men who committed the crime. Dur
ing the inspection of the premises
Boyle found the bloody imprints of
four fingers and thumb of a mans
left hand upon the whitewashed wall
of the closet in which it is believed
Mrs. Bernhard was murdered The
section of the wall was cut out and
brought to Kansas City. Inspector
Boyle said tonight that the first step
will be to find six men, all OF whom
have recently worked at the Bern
hard farm. The imprints of their left
hand will be taken and compared with
the bloody finger prints found on the
white walls Of the closet