Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1917-04-21

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March Term, l9l to wit April L..
iW7.
be object of this suit is 10 procure "A
divorce a mensa et thoro of the plain
tiH from the defendant. the guardian
-hlp and custody Of the infant children
of the plaintiff and defendant, alimony
and counsel fee for the plaintiff
The bill states
That on thc It'll DAY Of august.
lHF the plaintiff Wa married to the
defendant in Wicomico County. MARY
and. and resided with him pa Worcester
County, Maryland from then uutii the
last part Of September l'lG
T. That ever since the said marriage
the plaintiff mas behaved herself a, u
faithful, atFectionate aud chastc wife
towards her husband and her conduct
has always been above reproach
That the -aid defendant about the
last part Of September l2l6. without
any just causc or reason abandoned and
deserted the plaintiff and went to the
city Of Chester. In the State Of lcnnsyl
yhnia, leaving the plaintiff. and their
four children. namely Margic Bowen
age about seventeen wears George
Bowen, age ahoUt fifteen Years Conrad
Bowen. age about ninc Years. and Ben
ton Bowen. age about two years. with
Oh; any means u support except hy her
da IS labor
That the said defendant IL Il non
resident OF tho State Of Maryland and
Is engaged 2 lucrative employment in
a factory IN or near Chester pcunsyl
vsnia, and il we'll able 70 contribute 10
tht support of the plaintiff and Of the
sad children. but notwithstanding that
far; he has contributed to the support
ai the plaintiff and their said children
>.Hce the time Of hI- abandonment and
dcsertion aforesaid. the sum OF only
ta.rteen dollars
That the said defendant has de
cared that IL j. not his intention to
re;Irn to the plaintiff but that il j. his
intention % remain permanently IN his
new location j.. the State oi Peuusyl-
sanla and 10 permanently abandon the
plaintiff and their said children
That the said Waiter Bowen u
addition 10 his earnings in the factory
hereinbefore act out Is the owner of an
undivided onehlf interest in parcel
o.; land on the state road leading from
Snow Hill TO Berlin and near the town
* snow Hill IN the second Election Dis
trlct Of Worcester County containing
about eighteen acres improved by
snail dwelling. ald property being
worth approximately the sum Of eight
hundred and tfty dollars
That the plaintiff ls also advised
that the said Walter Bowen has an in
terest in the farm on which the plain
t!'E lives in the Third Election District
of Worcester County IN the State Of
Maryland. subject however to certain
lights Of Ann Barnes. the mother OF the
sad Walter Bowen. but the plaintiff l.
ignorant Of the extent Of the interest Of
tae said Walter Bowen in laid farm or
hc rights OF the SAID Nm Barnes. the
mother u the said Walter Bowen,
therein.
:. That the plaintiff resides Oh said
farm and has resided there since the
abandonment and dcserton by the said
defendant but has had no reYcnuc from
the said property other than that derived
10y her own personal labor IN cutting
and selling a small amount of cord wood
farm said premises IN order to get the
necessary money for the food needed by
herself and their children
u - thereupOn TINS eighteenth day ui
April, nineteen hundred and seventeen,
ordered by the Circuit Court for Wor-
cester County. Maryland. sitting in
Equity, that the plaintiff by causing a
copy Of this order to be inserted in
some newspaper published IN said Wor-
cester County, once in each of four sue
cessive weeks before the fourteenth
day Of May, nineteen hundred and
seventeen. give notice to the said absent
defendant of the object and substance
Of this bill, warning him to appear in
this Court in person or by solicitor on or
before the sixth day of June. nineteen
hundred and seventeen. 70 show cause,
II any he has. why decree ought not
70 be passed as prayed,
OLIVER d. COLLINS, Clerk.
True Copy. Test
OLIVER b. COLLINS. Clerk.