The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1917-09-22
OF The BOARD
Regular September Meeting
Held In Cleveland.

PETITION FOR PUBLIC ROAD.
The State of Mississippi,
Bolivar County,
Second Judicial District.
To the Honorable Board of Super
visors of Said County:
We, the undersigned freeholders
or householders, residents of the
said county, and interested In the
road hereinafter named, respectfully
pray that your Honorable Body will
appoint commissioners, as provided
by law, to examine and view the
route of the road hereinafter named,
and if they think the same practi-
cable to lay out and mark the road
as follows, to-wit: j.,
Beginning at the point where what
If, known as the Blue Cane road in
township "a, range west, and ne e2e-
tending thence due west on a line
between lots % and 27, and lots 21
and 20, in said section 4; thence
west on a line between lots "a and
25,, 23 and 26, % and 27, and 81
and 28, of section five (5), town.
ship "a, range west, to what is
known as the Stocking and Shelby
public road. All of said land and
said road being in Bolivar county,
Mississippi.
And we respectfully represent and
show that the public interest and
convenience require that the said
road be laid out and opened as here
inbefore prayed for; and we further
show to your honorable body that
said road will run through lands be-
longing to the following named par
ties, to-wit: A. ]. Gregory, J. W.
Thomas, C. s. Morri son and Carrie
E. Stocking, and that all of the said
parties have had notice of this petit
tion for the establishment Of the said
road in the manner and form re-
quired by law.
Respectfully submitted,
D. P. Shelby, ]. w. Yates, Carrie
E. Stocking, A. J. Gregory, H. L.
Wilkinson. A. j, Day, Geo. T. Rob-
erts, Louis Caesar, Albert McKin-
ley. H. D. Causey, H. A. Rogers, c.
T. Jacobs, B. D. Champagne, l.. B.
J. P. Cruise. r. L. Coker,
C. S. Fugler, D. D. S., julius Shorter.
State of Mississippi,
Bolivar County.
Personally appeared before me,
Wayne Thompson, notary public
in and for the aforesaid county and |
STATED the within named H. l.. Will
who, being by me first duly |
sworn according OF law, deposes and |
says that he presented the petition
attached hereto to ]. w. Thomas,
whose land the proposed road passes |
and requested his signature |
thereto; that the said j. W. Thomas
declined to execute the same; that |
,hereupon affiant gave him personal
notice that said petition would be
presented at the next meeting of the
Board of Supervisors of Bolivar
Mississippi, which meets In
Monday, September 3,
1917, with request that the prayer
hereof be granted, and that If the
aid Thomas desired to oppose same
t would be necessary for him to
meet said Board at that time and
inter his objection thereto; that said
lotice was given the said Thomas
nore than five days next preceding
he date aforesaid at which said Pc
ition would be presented to said
Board of Supervisors.
Affiant further states and says
hat he caused written notice to be
iven the said G. C. Morrison by
eaving there herein written notice
t the place of residence Of the said
!. S. Morrison, by mailing him a
opy thereof to him, and also by
ausing same to be posted on the
lnds of said Morrison; said notice
iven him being as follows: 1
SHELBY, Miss, I
August 27, 1917.
Mr.. C. 8. Morrison. Shelby, Miss.
"Dear Sir: You are hereby noti-
ed that petition will be presented I
the next meeting Of the Board of I
npervisors, to be held at Cleveland, c
ississippi, on Monday. September /
le Sd, praying for the establish C
ent of public road as follows: a
Beginning at the point where what Il
known as the Blue, Cane road in f
rsects the main Shelby road, at the 7
,rthwest corner Of lot 26, section t
i, township 24,' range 5 west, ana g