McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-06-02
NONRESIDENT Notice

L. r. White ct al. No. 1888.
Leila White ct al. at at se In"G.i Tenn.
To Ara C. Ashcroft and others,
Heirs of Ariel Hopkins, and the
Heirs of e.. o. White and of Mary
White:-
In the above styled cause it appearing
TO me, .. V. Erwin, y. 4 NJ, from the
Bill, which Is sworn to, that the defend
ants nee.as FL! FL: mons, Mary harris, Jonn
Harris, her husband, Bell Needham,
Ara q. Ashcroft, her husband John d.
Ashcroft, 5. Il. Powers and her husband
p. l.. Powers, and viii Crabrree, are all
of unknown residences and their resi-
dences cannot be ascertained Upon dill
gent enquiry; and it further appearing
that the Defendants, the unknown heirs
of Ellen EmmOns Wren, the unknown
heirs of Dave Needham, the unknown
heirs of Elizabeth Murphy, the unknown
heirs of Ara q. Ashcroft and the I'M
known heirs of S. K. Powers, are I'll
defendants whose names and residences
are unknown and cannot be ascertained
upon dilligens enquiry; and it further
| appearing from the said sworn Bill that
the Defendants Doeia Emmons, and the
unknown heirs of Ellen Emmons Wren
are sued as heirs of Matilda Emmons
who was daughter of Ariel Hopkins;
defendants Mary Harris and her husband
John Harris, the unknown heirs of Dave
| Needham, and the defendant Bell Need
ham are sued as heirs of Il. j. Needham
who was a daughter Ariel Hopkins; the
| lafapd ha 4 A..
beth Murphy are sued as heirs of Eliza
beth Murphy, daughter of Ariel Hop
kins; the defendants Ara C. Ashcroft
and her husband John D. Ashcroft and
defendants 5. Il. Powers and her hus-
band L. l.. Powers are sued in right of
the said Ara C. Ashcroft and of Defend
ant ). e. Powers, both of whom are
daughters and heirs of Ariel Hopkins.
deceased; Defendant Will Crabtree il
sued in the right of his wife Laura White
Crabtree who is a daughter of Il. 9.
White and Mary White; the defendants,
the unknown heirs of Ara G. Ashcroft
VINO was daughter of Ariel HOpkins.
anu defendants the unknown heirs of \.
y. Powers are sued as heirs of said =. r.
Powers who was daughter of Ariel
Hopkins; and it also appearing that sniff
IN TINS case is brought for the partition
OF the lands of E. c. White and of his
VIE Mary White who was daughter of
Ariel Hopkins, said lands lying in Nc
Marry County, Tenn; and the said suit
Is also bfonght to raLify partition of
the lands OF Ariel Hopkins made by and
to his heirs of his lands lying in Me-
Nary County, Tenn, and further TO
correct certain defects in deeds executed
In the said partition of the lands of
Ariel Hopkins, and the interest the said
parties have in the subject matter of the
suit is as the heirs of ARIEL Hopkins. de-
ceased, late of McNairy County, Tenn,
or as the heirs of Mary White or of E..
.. White in said lands in McNairy
County, Tennessee.
Ii Is therefore ordered by me, o. v.
Erwin. C & M. of the Chancery Court
at Selmer, Tenn, that each and all of
said above named defendants enter their
appearance herein, before me at my
office in the Court House in Selmer.
Tenn, on or before the First Monday of
July, 1916, and make defense to the
tComplainants Bill herein fled or the
allegations of the same will be taken for
confessed and the cause set for hearing
exparte as to them.
| 1t is further ordered that a copy of
this Order be published in the McNairy
| County Independent, a newspaper pub
lished weekly at Selmer, Tenn.
This May /. 1916,
0. V. ERWIN, c. & NJ.