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FIRST TRACT

Jackson township, ueScrlDeu as iohoNS'
-o-wit:
Beginning at the southwest corner
'.ange Ten; thence running north Fifty
nine and ne-third rods; thence east fifty
three rods; fifteen feet and four inches;
rods; thence west tifty-three rods fifteen
feet and four inches to the place of be-
ginning containing Twenty acres.
All those parLs or portions OF the
southeast quarter of Section Nine and
of the northeast quarter of Section
Twelve and the northwest quarter OF
Section Eleven, Township Five, and
hange Ten bounded and described as fol-
lows: Beginning at the northeast cor
ner of the ten acre tract, in the south
north 87h degrees West 1923 rods to q
stone; thence south 21s degrees West
1915 rods to a stone; thence north S7h
degrees west AZ rods to stone; thence
south degrees west 1850 rods to stone;
thence south IS degrees east 43 rods;
thence north degrees east 96-10O rods to
stake; thence north 81 degrees east 6S
rods to a stake; thence north degrees
east 7S.6O rods; thence west u rods to
stone; thence north 2h degrees east 40.16
rods-to the place of beginning containing
65.46 acres. Saving and excepting from
the above described tract all that por-
tion of same lying and being in Lot Elev-
Hardesty and wife to Charles II. Clark
by deed dated January 21st, 1S99 and re-
corded In Vol. 1O2 at page 5lS of the Deed
Records of Knox County. Ohio. Also
right of way to Charles II. Clark twelve
feet wide extending from the north line
OF Section IL about ten rods along the
Section line between Lots 9 and 10, refer
red to in the deed from said Thurman
Hardesty to Charles III. Clark.
The land remaining In both the above
described parcels after deducting all that
part of the second tract lying In Lot ii,
being Seventy and one-half acres be the
same more or less.
This farm is about hve miles East of
Bladensburg in jackson township, Knox
County, Ohio.
Appraised at Thirty-Two Hundred
Dollars, ($3200 00)
l. Terms of sale-One-third cash on day
! of sale. one-third in one year and one
third in two years, the deferred pay
ments to be secured by mortgage on the
tereSt from the day of sale.
JOHN NJ. WOOLISON,
Sheriff Knox County o.
p. A. Berry attorney for plaintiff.
1920 ;1t-3, ,10,17S
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Kelly viii Filed

The will of Michael M. Kelly has
been filed for probate. It was exc
cuted on Oct. 8, 1913, In the presence
Of James F. Lee and Cora M. George.
Testator bequeaths to his wife,
Nary e. Kelly, life estate in all his
property. In case of remarriage, she
Is to receive her dover rights, ac-
cording to law.
On death Of this beneficiary, all
property is to be divided equally be-
tween two children, Charles M. Kel.
ly and Margaret M. Kelly.
A further bequest is made to Cal.
vary cemetery In the shape OF per-
petual care fund to be used in caring
for lot of decedent, while st. Ann's
Orphan asylum of Columbus is given
donation.
Mary E. Kelly Is named executrix
without bond.
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Marriage License

Albert II. Christensen, colporter
Bloomfield, Conn, and Emma NATL
da Thaler, teacher. Rev. G. C. Web
ster.
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ExecutrIx Appolntsd--.

Mary E. Kelly has been appointed
executrix OF Michael M. Kelly with
no bond required. Appraisers arb
Sterling Johnson, Harold Heron and
Wiley Smith.
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First and final

Alfred II. Horn and Lecta G. Rood
executors OF Morgan Pipes, have flleC
first and final account, showing: re
oeipts s5SS.13, disbursements $713.27
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BANNER WANT ADS. PAY
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-10-27
Saturday, the 25th day
OF November, 1916

)etween the hours Vi 1 y. IN. and p. m.
and tenements, to-wit Situated in the
,ounty of Knox, the State of OHIO and in
Jackson Township, described as follows,
O-Uits
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SHERIFF'S SALE
Mattie Rlue, Guard!an

Matte Blue, Guardian
VS..
Lena Mcdonald ct al
Knox Common Pleas
BY virtue of Order of Sale in Partition
issued out of the Court of Common Pleas
Jf Knox County, Ohio, and to me direct
ID, l will offer upon the premises In
Jackson township, Knox County, ON
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court, and whatever the court sees fit to do with Price will be satisfac- tory to me-"
 T was afraid that Price would stay in jail until the next term of court" answered the man. "Now that he is going to be let out on bail intend to kill him before that time comes. He shot my brother some time ago in a very cowardly manner and without cause. My brother will die from the effect of the wound before long, and intend to kill his murderer"
 'If I were in your place." I an swered, 'I do not believe would talk about what I intended to do, as you are liable to get into trouble"
 "A1l right! I am just telling you this," answered the man, land don't intend to talk any more about it. I just want you all to know how feel about the matter"
 had feared that the man intended to make trouble for me, and was great ly relieved to learn that he had no grudge against me. AS for his threat to kill Price, did not take it very seriously. When he had concluded these remarks he extended his hand to me.
 Watch out now, and remember what have told you," he said.
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About four or five weeks leter, when Price was out on bail, he came out of his house early one morning and took his stand on platform that extended from the rear of the build ing, where he began washing in a ba- sin. This platform stood about three feet above ground, and had hollow space under it. While Price stood there a man who was under the plat form crawled from his place of con cealment and shot him through the head, killing him instantly. A man was subsequently arrested for the crime and tried, but acquitted.
 After the arrest of Knight and Price I returned to St Louis, where I re- ported the success of my undertaking to MT. Hoxie. When I entered MT. Hoxie's office to make my report ex- Gov. John c. Brown, then general solicitor of the Gould railway system, was in his office, and he was invited to return there to listen to my re- port When I had concluded Mir. Hoxie turned to him and said:
 Governor, this is a remarkable case, and the only case that know of where a terrier has beaten a pack of bloodhounds on a man-trail.'
 I, being an Irishman, presume that I was the terrier referred to.
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ton, as I have said. I left St. Louis early the morning following the at tempted hold-up, reaching my destina- tion some eighteen hours later. Here learned, in addition to the facts bound passenger train from Galveston that night. There was a water tank about three miles south of Overton, and here the north-bound train was to meet and pass Conductor Frazier's train. conjectured that the masked men had intended to steal ride on the south-bound train to the water tank, and there to board the north-bound train from Galveston, hold it up, and rob it between the water tank and Overton. Owing to their discovery, however, and the unexpected shooting affray, they left the train and, taking a circuitous route, made their way to Overton.
 They could easily be traced back thus far, owing to their tracks in the snow, but when they reached the main street their tracks were lost among the numerous other tracks there. concluded that the men were residents of Overton and not tramps, and contin- ued my investigations on that hypothe- sis.
 In the meantime, as soon as the news of the murder became generally known, a special train had been sent from the town of Marshall, Texas, to Overton, with a pack of bloodhounds, which were owned and kept by the Texas & Pacific Railroad company, and were in charge of a man named Mundon, who accompanied the hounds everywhere they went. Mundon brought a posse of several men with him, in addition to the hounds, and as soon as the train reached Overton all the citizens thronged to join the party.
 The hounds were taken to the spot where the masked men had leaped from the train, which was about a mile and a half south of Overton. Being unleashed, they at once took up the scent, following the tracks to Over ton, where, like the men, they became confused by the large number of tracks on the main street. However, there was one wise old dog in the pack
 
 track in the street and began below ing, and continued until he arrived at a high picket fence which surrounded the home of a man named John Price. The hounds were being followed by 8 large crowd, and when they arrived at the fence, which was too high for them to leap, Lee kept up his bowling until Mundon Silenced him.
 The hounds were then taken back to the spot at which Lee had scented the first track that led to the home of Price, and, after good deal of barking, old Lee scented another track which he followed to the house of a certain John Knight.
 Knight and Price were brothers-in- law, and both of them were among the crowd that was following the hounds, so that the crowd burst into jeers and
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Copyright by W. G. Chapman

The murder of Conductor Frazier by bandits occurred while was chief spe- cial agent for the Missouri Pacific rail- way, and MT. Hoxie, the vice-president and general manager, notified me to take action upon the case. I was to proceed to Overton, Texas, whore the attempted hold-up had occurred, and make my investigations immediately
 This episode happened in the year 1885. It was in the month of Febru- Rry and about midnight. The weather was unusually cold for that section, and the ground was covered with about two inches of snow. The train, which was bound south from Long view to Galveston and San Antonio, was in charge of Conductor Frazier.
 Just as the train was about to pull put of the small station of Overton the colored porter, whose duty it was to see that no tramps or other intruders boarded 1t when it was leaving sta tions, noticed two men climb aboard what is known as the blind" end of the baggage car. from the north side. Or. seeing them, the porter boarded
 
 the baggage cars of that period all had doors at each end, he entered the car by the rear door and opened the front door from the inside, thus coming upon the men suddenly from within. The train had not yet fully got underway and the porter, peering out, ordered the tramps, as he supposed them to be, to get off the train. Immediately they turned upon him, each man hold ing two large revolvers. The porter then perceived that they were wearing masks, and he was thoroughly fright ened. Slamming the door shut, he fastened it and rushed back into the car, where he met Conductor Frazier, whom he informed that there were two tramps on the front end of the bag gage car and that, when he ordered them of, they had pointed revolvers at him. He did not tell the conductor that they were wearing masks, how ever.
 Conductor Frazier, believing the men to be merely tramps who had got upon the car for the purpose of steal ing a ride, concluded that he would in- vite them into the smoking car out of the cold, where they would be more comfortable, and put them off at the next station. They would be more comfortable in the smoking car than out on the front platform. He went to the front end of the car, accompanied by brakeman named Powers. He opened the front door and the men i'm mediately opened fire on him. Frazier fell forward dead, his body rolling of the train into a ditch.
 The men now caught sight of Pow CTS, the brakeman. who was behind the conductor. AS soon as the firing be- gan Powers turned to run back into the coaches. He was shot in the body and seriously wounded. The men then sprang from the train and disappeared.
 Upon receiving my instructions from MT. Hoxie, I departed for Over
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O'cONNELL AND THE WITNESS
Sample of the Great Irishman's Intui. tion and Quiekness of Per.
 eeption.

Daniel O'Connell, in his career at the bar, says Judge Parry in the Corn hill Magazine, was rightly acclaimed by the people as 'The Counsellor" He remained stiff gownsman to the end; he never asked for silk, and re- fused the judgeship offered to him. No government ennobled him. He had two titles, but they were given him by his fellow men. In the greater world of politics he was "The Liberator;" in his own demesne on the Munster cir cult and among the peasantry of the West he was ''The Counselor"
 Of The Counselor's intuition and quickness of perception in guessing the secret in a lying witness heart many stories are told. He certainly had a very intimate knowledge of the thoughts and feelings of the lower classes, but in the following story it is difficult to believe that he had not re- ceived some inkling of the real truth before he went into court. The story is told, however, as an example of his marvellous power of insight, and is in any case a curious record of humor, villainy and superstition.
 It was a will case, and the validity of the will was in dispute. The wit nesses for the defense all swore that the testator had signed the will while life was in him." Other counsel had cross-examined the witnesses, and the last witness was handed over to O'Con- nell. He, too swore by the same phrase that life was in the testator when the will was signed"
 By virtue of your oath, was he alive?" asked O'Connell.
 "By virtue of my oath, life was in him."
 "Now," continued O'Connell, with great solemnity, and assuming an air of inspiration, 'I call on you in the presence of your Maker, before whom
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Poor Dolly.

Jean is a very lively little person of five, who hardly knows what the. e.word quiet" means. One afternoon she came into the house merry and noisy after her afternoon nap, and as she burst in like a firecracker she caused quite a commotion. Her mother, think ing to give a gentle hint, said, "Your dolly has been so good while you've been out. She hasn't talked nor made a bit of noise nor broken anything. She has just sat here as quiet as a mouse"
 "Poor Dolly !" said Jean, who did not fail to understand her mothers re- mark. "Tm sorry. Some day I'll stay home and give her a good time."
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A Child Equipment.

A small pad, one or two pencils, . box of crayons and small scissors are part of the children's equipment for a journey. There is lots of fun with a magazine and scissors for young per sons. If you spread out a large news paper so that papers won't be dis tributed all over the car, little Johnny and Mary can snip pictures out of the magazines without discomfort to any one and with great joy to themselves. The crayOn and pad which they can use to copy pictures or write letters on will keep them pleasantly absorbed for hours.
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you must one day be judged for the evidence you give here today, solemn ly ask-and answer me at your peril was it not a live fly that was in the dead mans mouth when his hand was placed on the will?"
 The witness fell on his knees and confessed that they had indeed placed a fly in the mouth of the deceased that they might swear that life was in him."
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Another Cause,

is the sporting instinct which inspiresI people to see whether they can cross the street ahead of an oncoming au- tomobile.
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u / a mn O nd
Gill m t S

Joe Bennett appears To be a homer
He has pitched four games, two at home
and two abroad His two starts at Sar
atoga have been ShutoutS. while he has
been hammered hard on foreign soil.
Washington's Young lefthander Har
per. was badly outpitched by Dayen
por, oi st Louis Yesterday and the
Browns won a handy victory over the
Senator's
It was al IIornsby and Watson a.
St Louis yesterday Watson'S pitching
held the Giants away from the plat
and IlornSby's three base hit drove ~
the only run of the game
Red Sox gained a full game on Oh,
cago and Cleveland, the two closes
contendcrS, Monday Detroit and ~
Louis. however, each climbed up.
Philies dropped a doublehcadcr tC
Pittsburgh Monday In the first game
the Pirates hammered the mighty Mex
ander hard and IN the second they bea
Dcmarce out Of a pitchers battle
After leading in the American aSso
ciation race for several week, the Kan
Sas City Blues were showed out OF frs
place Yesterday by Louisville The Col
onels, PLAYING against the Blues in IN
Kansas City lot. have taken tou
straight from the MissouriauS
ST Louis fans are anxious for tn
Browns to get to Bostpr. They bel,ev
Col Fielder Jones and his men will b
able to check the Red Sox in handsom
style.
A scribe suggests it would be apprc
pirate for somebody on the kaw I
write words and music for song ,
be entitled The Kansas City Blues
Only doublcheader for the big league
today was TO be played by Philadelphl
and Pittsburgh in the National.
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GLADNESS REPLACES DARK
GLOOM AT ST. LOUIS WHEN
BROWNS FINALLY START UP

a.
lun' ~. ~ Nf'''' "'' N""'' '' '
'ht ',"1>' Oh 'o,I' w l"l''''l ,
ana 'hrh came 'or I"'" ''''t8N,,, 4"
the Nf"Nl, me 'u'''N anu VIA, ''"N
Uan ''ii'l'V"" ""' "PI', "' ;,'',,., p',,
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Ii'n''r' N''l'r u',N '' ,..'' ".''' .,,, ,u'
if'"nlc' '' 'o'' era came very very
Close 10 winning the '"o"uH H.,
Nhrn 'he> winning N,t''N "' lu. m
hroWn> was ch''Nr' A. ',Nt'''n SOM,
OF the lanlheAf'cd lrl ,nA' 'neAn
me rnd 'i 'n, 'Nt,'' n'' Nl'' wv.
htoNn' 'lAr''1 Ilsn' "n' "E''N ''''.
that >ciha'N. putting W'N.'''., 'R''n'l
the ''ronGc'l teams NJ ''' i"Il''.'''
circuit lnl steam ROLLING "u "l 'h''n
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LOUIS.
The Jones crew SlllI rs several
uutchr> from the top and the PAIN
way Is NOT smooth line IfoNues
may reach tive crest hu' even ~ 'nrN
do u isn't m any WAY certain mat
they'll bold It indefinitely he Rcd
NoN, White NoN. indians. Yankees AMI
. Tiger, all must hc rcghoNc1 with Nnl
+ I'm 81 lWl, tine towustoIk tannot agree
with that viewpoint The, won't admit
the existence oi any other club but
the Browns m the final drive to the
pcnnant
'Wcll win sure. IS the 81 LOUIS
sentiment tones has ms team on ITS
way now and nothing can stop It per
wlncntly until 1t has c'nchcd the pen
ulnt The old huy ha, the ntCher'
rhc ha'tcr,, the baScrunuetS and ,h,
fielder, and he's got the team playing
with machine like regularity that
nothing can stop
Bali Gets Golden Reward
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Charlie White Says Nate Is
Real Ranking Bantam.
Jog Moyse Shows q
Punch That Ple0ses

Getting better every day In the third
round he sent Burns to the floor with
hard right TO the Jaw, and III the
fourth a similar blow again had the
Dallas youngster in distress Jay also
used to advantage the body attack he
had planned for Young Mckee
or course it was no disgrace for
Bobby to he shaded by MaySe, tor Jay,
lightweight was several pounds
heavier than the Texas bantam.
In the final bout Andy Red" smith
and Ioe Coleman secured draw, al
though Smith would have won a hair
line decision had one been awarded.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-22

Jay Mayse gave a hot entertainments
in honor of Bobby Burns OF Dallas
last night, the occasion being the SIX
round exhibition they boxed before the
h. NJ. A. A. preliminary to the Andy
Smith Joe Coleman teu-round bout,
1t is the firm belief of JAYS friends
that the local lightweight has shown
more Improvement IN the last three
months than in the preceding three
years
Jays solid right joltS and stiff lett
labs were more than pleasing to hli
supporters. His steam appears to he
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-22
Jackson
H0md1lY
Defeats
C.Hoyes
Nate Wins in Every
Round; Praised
by White.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Aug
q -(Spccial)-Natc Jackson Of ok
lahoma City. the SouthwcstS entry in
the hantamwclght class, declslvcly
bcstcd Chick Hayes OF indianapolis here
last night in every round oi their ten
round bout Nate was awarded the
referees decision, and he clearly earned
il
In the very first round the Oklahoma
City lad opened up a hot attack and
drew blood before the period was well
under way by cutting a big cash under
Hayes lett eye He then proceeded to
give the indianapolis boy a protcgc ot
Ray Bronson, good lacng IN every
succeeding round
Charlie White Praises Nate
Charlie White the lightweight who
|, to meet FREDDY Welsh in twenty
round bout here Labor day ior the
lightweight championship ot the world.
was ringsld" spectator After watch
Ing Iackson'S work IN the ten round,
against UavcS White declared that tive
Oklahoma CITY bantam undoubtedly IS
one .of the hest boys in the country IN
that class Promoter tluklcStcIn IN
charge OF the NclSh-Whltc 60, also
was loud IN his praises of Nate.
Sammy Samson, manager OF Jack
son, asserted in telegram to The
Times that Nate as a matter OF fact
should undoubtedly have had a clean
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-22
Hope Despaif-and Hope Again.
A PROTEST.

N6ANAGER Clarence Rowland.
NWI of the Chicago Americans.
N'" ha, protested the second game
OF last Wcdn ,,daNs double header
the contest IN which the White SoN
were beaten, y to lu SIX innings
The protest was ON the ground that
the rule which provides that no
games may he started within less
than two hours oi sunset. had been
violated Wednesdays game was
started At slS with the result that
darkness made !, impossible 10 play
to a finish The sun set, IN Boston
at GA, which mean, that the latest
a game could be legally started was
"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-22
BEARS FIGHT GAMELY,
BUT LOSE A BATFEST
Locals Pound Stewart and Allen, Over
coming run Lead, Only to
Be Beaten.

Seven runs in the first two innings
were no, enough to win Yesterdays
bs,ieSt a, Muskogcc for the Met, Hard
and timely hitting IN the fourth and
fifth enabled the Hcarcat, to tie the
count. They pounded Stewart and Al
len unmerciiully Then howcvcr Sail,
bury, their old llnN. went m and held
them hitlcsS the rest OF the way In
the eighth the Met, gathered a couple
more markers. finally winning by the
count OF Q7
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-22
M0NNET AND SPEICE
WIN AT KANSAS CITY

Both Eugene Monnct and Charles
Spelce, Oklahoma representatives. i'm
the Missouri Valley "A emerged
victorious Yesterday from their irr
matches
Monuet handily defeated John Foules
OF Kansas City, h.l. o. Spelrc WON
from lowner Phelan. kansa, City. o..
a..
Monnet ,"Wnh Paul Dattough HI,
doubles partner, probably will cut a biz
figure IN the two-man events
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Results Iest~rdny--At Pittsburgh SO
Philadelphia 81 At ~ Louis l. New
York At chicago 5g brooklyn At Cin-
ciunpu Boston >
Games Todny-Boston at Cincinnati
Brooklyn at Chicago New York at IT
Louis Philadelphia at Pittsburgh