The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-11-05
$1,000 Is Given Missionary
Society Of The N. c. Church
And $500 To The Trustees
OF Odd Fellows Home
Other Notes Of Interest From
The Court House

Henry b. Disney, late of Milford
township, Knox county, has been filed
in probate. BY the terms of the will
the testator directs that all his real
estate and personal property be sold
and converted into money and that
the proceeds be divided as follows:
To Or. Larkin L. Disney $500, to Rev.
B. A. Disney $500, to George r. Dis
ney $500, to Mary A. Orme $500, to
d V. Disney $500: all of the above
being brothers and sister of the
testator.
the testator further directs that
the sum of $500 be paid to the trus-
tees OF the Odd Fellows Home at
Springfield to be used for the support
Of destitute Odd Fellows, $1,000 to
the George s. Miner Special Gift Day
Schools of Foochow. China. for the
support of the Henry b. Disney school
cr a school to be known as the Henry
b. Disney school.
TO the Woman's Home Missionary
Society Of the Gay Street M. T..
church of Mt. Vernon the sum of
$1,000.
To the trustees of the Home for
tho Aged of Mt. Vernon the sum of
81 900.
Should there not be sufficient funds
to make the above distribution then
It is to be made pro rata.
If any of the above named brothers
or sister die before the death of the
'estator, then their share goes to the
trustees of the Home for the Aged at
Mt. Vernon, and If any of the above
named organizations close or cease to
exist at the time Of the filing OF this
will, then the share as set forth In
the said will shall 60 to the Home for
the Aged at Mt. Vernon.
Any balance that might remain az
ter all special bequests are paid shall
go to the brothers and sister.
Che will was signed December IL
1907, in the present Of H. A. Mackay
and Lewis B. Houck.
Local Stock involved
James Westwater, In a petition sup
Elementary to suit asking for an ac
counting, fled In 1910 against his
brother, David Westwater, who. waf
killed in an automobile accident last
summer, asks Judgment against John
Westwater, executor of the estate oi
David Westwater, for $4,000.
1t is alleged that David Westwatel
borrowed the amount from him II
March, 1911, and promised to give al
surety property at Oak Street ant
Grant Avenue and property in Nagh
ten street. Just east of Pearl.
1t is alleged that the last namet
property never was transferred ant
that the first was encumbered by I
" ortgage for $4,000. which was II
violation Of the agreement. It is ais,
said that promise was made u
.-ansfer $95.000 worth of stock in tn
Mt. Vernon Bridge Company, but tina
only $4,000 worth actually was trans
ferred. is.
The original suit for accounting al
legged that David Westwater had con
vertcd to his own use collateral whicl
Was held as security for q loan o
Westwater g. Casey. Columbus jour
nal.
Common Pleas Court
The November term OF common
pleas court convened Monday morn
ing at 8 o'clock at the Knox count
<court house with Judge Seward o
Newark ON the bench. The member
OF the grand jury reported for duty.
The members Of the petit jury will
report on Monday, November IL.
All members of the grand jury re
ported for duty Monday morning. MI
Lafe Strang was made foreman o
the grand Jury. TIE grand jury will
nor be in session Tuesday and Wed
nesday on account of the election
Prosecutor Cromley expects to hav
eli the work completed by Friday 8