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ago by the death of her mother, and
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In the Jackson Chancery Court:
The Adler-Goldman Commission Com
pany,
vs.
Lots 7-8-9 of Block 33, Daugherty’s
Addition, Newport, Ark.
Notice is hereby given that there
has been filed in my office, as Clerk
of the Jackson Chancery Court, a
petition for the confirmation of the
title of complainant to Lots 7, 8 and
9, of Block 33, of Daugherty’s Addi
tion to the original town, now City o
Newport, Arkansas, and the quietini
sf the same in Adler-Goldman Com
mission Company.
All persons claiming said lands, o
any interest therein, are hereb;
warned to appear in the Jacksoi
Chancery Court on the first day o
its next November term for 1918, an<
■how cause why said title in sai<
lands should not be confirmed in sai<
Adler-Goldman Commission Com
jany.
Witness my hand and seal as Clerl
>f the Jackson Chancery Court oi
;his the 12th day of June, 1918.
I Seal) R. W. Bandy, Clerk.
3y J. B. Parrott, D. C. 9w6t
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ASSESSOR’S NOTICE.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the undersigned, as Assessor of Jack
son County, will meet the people of
the different Townships at the places
and times below given for the purpose
of assessing all the Personal Property
and per capita or Poll Tax for the
year, 1918:
Village Township, Littleton’s
School House, Friday, June 28.
Union Township, Diaz, Saturday,
June 29.
Cow Lake Township, Gourd Neck,
Monday, July 1.
Cow Lake Township, Proctor School
House, Forenoon, Tuesday, July 2.
Cow Lake Township, Beedeville,
Afternoon, Tuesday, July 2.
Cow Lake Township, Eight Mile P.
O., Wednesday, July 3.
Jefferson Township, Hickory
Grove School House, Friday, July 5.
Jefferson Township, Jacksonport,
Saturday, July 6.
Bird Township, Elgin, James Store,
Monday, July 8.
Bird Township, Kenyon, Tuesday,
July 9
Bird Township, Goetz’s Store,
Forenoon, Wednesday, July 10.
Bird Township, Dunn’s School
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10.
Bird Township, Tuckerman, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, July 11,
12, 13.
Union Township, McLain’s Office,
East Newport, Monday, July 15.
Union Township, Island School
House, Tuesday, July 16.
Union Township, City Hall, Wed
nesday, July 17.
Glass Township, Swifton, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, July 18,
19 and 20.
Union Township, Court House,
Monday, July 21 to 26.
You are required, by law, to meet
me at your voting precinct and at
tend to your assessing in person, or
at the Township in which your prop
erty is located, otherwise, you will
be placed on the delinquent list, for
failing to assess.
Eight Mile, Arkansas, April 12th,
1918.
D. J. NANCE,
4wtf Assessor, Jackson County.
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NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION
In the Jackson Chancery Court.
W. H. Rice, petitioners,
vs. No. 3818.
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Notce is hereby given that W. H.
Rice did on the 18th day of June,
1918, file a petition in the office of
the Clerk of the Chancery Court of
Jackson County, Arkansas, claiming
to be the owner of and in possession
of and praying for the confirmation
of the title and to have the same
quieted in him to the following de
scribed real estate situate in Jackson
county, Arkansas, to-wit:
The EAST HALF of the SOUTH
EAST Quarter; the SOUTH WEST
Quarter of the SOUTH EAST Quar
ter; and, the SOUTH EAST Quar
ter of the SOUTH WEST Quarter;
all in Section Nine (9), Township
Ten (10) North, Range Four (4)
West.
And that said petitioner will ap
pear in said court on the 5th day of
September, 1918, or as soon thereaf
ter as said court will hear and deter
mine the same, and ask to have his
title to said lands quieted, establish
ed and confirmed.
| Now, therefore, any and all per
sons, firms or corporations who have
or claim any interest whatever in said
lands, are hereby warned to appear • -♦
and present their objections at the
said time above mentioned and set up
any right or claim they may have in
said lands and show cause why the
said title of petitioner should not be
quieted, confirmed and forever set at
rest.
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand as such clerk and.
affixed 'he seal of said court on this
the 18th day of June, 1918.
(Seal.)
R. W. Bandy,
Clerk of the Chancery Court of Jack
son County, Arkansas.
By J B. Parrott, D. C.
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