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AND LIBRARY To.
GET $1,000 EACH
According To Special Be.
quests Under will OF Late
Frank Moore
BAPTIST CHURCH ALSO
GIVEN SUM OF 900
Other Provisions Of The will; ;
Items Of Interest From
The Court House

According to special bequests un.
der the will of the late Frank Moore
OF Mt. Vernon, which was filed in the
n probate court Of Knox county late
Monday afternoon, the public library,
the Home for the Aged, and the First
Baptist church of Mt. Vernon are
each given the sum OF $1,000, to be
paid 30 months after the probating of
the will in the Knox county probate
court.
Ry the terms of the will the tes-
tator gives all his personal effects to
his wife, Eleanor Moore, with the ex-
cept'on Of his diamond, which goes to
his brotherin.law, Ralph Y. Struble
OF Fredericktown.
To his wife, Eleanor Moore, the tes.
tator gives the sum of $4,000.
Item of his will provides that the
sum OF $4,000 shall be paid to the
testator's brother. Riley Moore; $4,.
600 to his sister, Mary Elizabeth
Moore; $1,000 to his brother, George
A. Moore; $1,000 to his brother, Aaron
r. Moore, to Mary Grayson Rose, ST.
900, to Ralph Y. Struble $1,000, to the
public library Of Mt. Vernon $1,000, to
the Home for the Aged $1,000, to the
First Baptist church of Mt. Vernon
$1,000.
All the bequests in Item are to be
paid so months after the probating Of
the will. All the rest and residue of
the property, real and personal, goes
to the testator's wife, Eleanor Moore
Further provision is made that
should any of the beneficiaries in
Item be dead or not in existence at
the end of 30 months after the pro-
batting of the will, then the shares of
the beneficiaries shall go to the tes.
tator's wife, Eleanor Moore.
The executrix hereafter named
shall invest the money going to the
testator's sister, Mary Elizabeth
Moore, in U. s. bonds.
The wife, Eleanor Moore, is named
as the executrix of the will, which
was signed Feb. %, 1911, in the pres
ence of w. A. Alderman and l.. H.
Ackerman.
Appointment Made
Eleanor Moore Of Mt. Vernon has
been appointed executrix of Frank
Moore by the probate court of Knox
county. No bond. The appraisers are
William A. Alderman, w. A. Hosack,
and C. F. Colville. In the application
the personal property is estimated at
$12,6OO and the real estate at $1S,6O0,
making total of 1900.
o.
Motion overruIed-
In the matter of the estate of AL.
exander Reams, wherein citation
was issued in the probate court
against ]. o. McArtor, executor OF
Alexander Reams, to file his final ac.
count as executor, an opinion has
been handed down in the court of
common pleas by Judge Blair. The
court overrules the said motion and
holds that the executor Is not required
to file an account as such executor
and that a copy of the opinion be Ger.
titled to the probate court. w. A. Ho'
sack is the attorney for the plaintiff
in this action.
Entry Is Filed
An entry has been filed in the com
mon pleas court OF Knox county In
the case OF Harriet 7. Miles VS.. Har
riet T. Swetland ct al. The entry, as
filed by C. H. Workman for the de
fendant, shows that the matter came
up for hearing on demurrer of the de
fendant to the petition. The court
overrIles the said demurrer to the
first cause, but sustains it as to the
second cause. 1t is held that the
plaintiff has no capacity to maintain
the action, and that Charles l.. Ber
mont, as administrator of Phoebe
Thompson, is the proper person tc
maintain such action. The cause IL
to proceed to final determination up
on the claim or cross petition Of the
said administrator.
Contracts Let
The Knox county commissioners, al
their session Monday. awarded two
q contracts as follows:
Clarence Clark, piling, $193.49.
White & Scholes, bridge plank, $40
Appraisement Order
In the matter of J. o. McArtor, ex
ecutor of Alexander Reams, VS.. Frank
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