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ASPIRIN
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Name "Bayer" on Genuine d
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Take Aspirin only tu? told in cach )p?clc" j 1
of genuine Bnver Tablet* of Aapirln. (
llien yon will be following the direction?
tuid dosage worked wit "by phynioiane t
during 21 years, and proved safe*mil- j
lions. Take no chances witk substitutes. (
If you see the Haver Cross on tablet?, r
you can take them without feAr for
Colds, Headache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, .
Earache, Toothache, Lumbago and for .
Pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve tablets i
cost few cents. Druggists also sell larger
packages. Aspirin is the trade mark of
liayer Manufacture of Mooooceticacid- j
?ster of Salicylioacid.
NOTICE
OF SALE 1
By authority of the Probate Court *
for 11. rry county, notice is hereby '
given tnat 1 will oiler for sale to *
the highest bidder for cash on Satur- |
day, A;>ril 8, 11)22, beginning at 10 1
o'c ock A. M. at the former shop of x
A. C. Small, deceased, .all and singu- {
lar a'l of the personal property in '
the said shop belonging to the estiite
of the said A. C. Small, consisting of I
a graphophone, electric irons protectograph
and pressing club furnishings.
An inventory of the said property can
be seen on application to me.
A. C. SUMTER, Executor
Conway, S. C? March 28, 1922. 3-30|4-G
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NOTICE.
A meeting of the stockholders of (
the Conway Sales Company will be
hold in the office of H. L. Buck at 1
Conway, South Carolina on April
30th, 1922 for the purpose of au- \
thorizinK the cancellation and sur- 1
render of its charter. <
Conwav Sales Company. k
March 80th, 11)22.' 3 30 22-5t. 1
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STREET TAX NOTICE. 1
Public notice is hereby tflven that
Street Tax of $4.00 is now due and
payable before April 1, 1922. Upon !
failure to pay before that date will '
bo subject to a penalty. A^e limit
2! !o 50 years inclusive.
3 23-4L ' C. H. Snider, Clerk.
NOTICE OF SALE 1
U'uler and by virtue of an exe- <
cut ion issued in the cane of Sherer- 1
Cillett Oompanv against J. M. Boyd
dated March 10th, 1922, and by vir- ;
tun of a cluittel mortgage by way of
contract of sale between J. M. Boyd
.and Sherer-Gi'let.t Company dated
ion or about January 23 rd, 1020; 1
have seized and will sell at public
auction at tbe courthouse door at
Conway, S. C., durinir legal hours of
* sa'e on salesday in May next, it being
(lie first day of said month, ail
and singular th^ following described
personal property to wit.:
One Patented SherejjrGillett d'sp'ay
counter,/ being the rame purchased
by .T. M. Boyd from said
company on or about said date.
Terms of sa'e cash.
T. A. LEWIS,
Sheriff of Horry County.
| For $150,000 a year Will Hays i;
finding what many people suspected,!
th.ii* there is room for improvement
in the moyies.?Toledo Ohio, Daily
I IJlade.
( To Ston a Cough Quick ^
rtako HAYES* HEALING HONEY, a
cough medicine whicli stops the cough by
1 I . aL.. !_./! 1 - J I
ucuung int; uiuameu ami lmiaieo ussncs. 1
A box of GROVE'S O-PEN-TRATE
SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds and
Croup is enclosed with every bottle of
HAYES' HEALING HONEY. The salve
should be rubl>ed on the chest and throat ;
of children suffering from a Cold or Croup.
The healing effect of Hoyos* Healing Honey inside
the throat combined with the healing effect of
drove s O-Pen-Trate Sclve through the pores of
the shin soon stops a cough.
Both remedies are packed in one carton and the
cost of the combined treatment is 35c.?
Just ask your druggist for HAYES*
HEAUNG HONEY.
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SUMMONS FOR RELIEF
(Complaint not Served)
The State of South Carolina Count.v
of Horry, Court of Common
Pleas
I). J. Hutler, Plaintiff, against
Thomas Ward and French C. Smith,
Defendants.
To the Defendants, Thomas Warl
and French C. Smith.
YOU AUK HEREBY SUMMONED
and required to answer the
Complaint in this action, which is
filed in the office of the Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas, at Conway,
S. C., and to serve a copy of your
answer to the said complaint 011 the
subscriber at. his office, Loris, S. C.,
within twenty days after the service
hereof, exclusive of the day of such
l service; and, if you fail to answer
I the complaint within the time aforeV
said, the plaintiff in this action will
apply to the court for the relief deA
manded in the complaint.
Loris, S. C.,
Hi Y Dated March 13th, A. D. 1922.
.). I. ALLEN, JR.
* Plaintiff's Attorney
To Thomas Ward and French C.
Smith: Absent Defendants.
TAKE NOTICE That the complaint
in the forep:oinK stated ac\\on
and the Summons of which the
forpproin^ is a copy were filed in the
office of the Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas in and for Horry
Cc-Mnty, at Conway, S. C., on the
l^day of March, A. D., 1922.
V. L. BRYAN, (L. S.)
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IB Plaintiff's Attorney.
NOTICE OF SALE . |
Under and by virtue of ^,he decree!
,nd judgment of the court made by
-lis Honor, T. S. Sease, presiding
udge, in the case of George J. Hollilay,
plaintiff, vs. A. L. Jolly, R. K.
oily, Sr., R. K. Jolly, Jr., Louisa
oily, Rosada Jolly, Sylvester Jolly,
rlonroe Jolly, Enterprise Grocery
Company, a corporation; M. C. Harelson,
Dora Harrelson, et al., deendants,
and dated the 10th day of
ilarch, A. D. 1922, I, the underiigned,
W. L. Bryan, Clerk of th*-?
Uourt as Special Master of Horry
bounty, will sell at public auction to
he highest bidder, before the court
\ouse door at Conway, in Horry
ounty, and state of South Carolina,
luring legal hours of sale, on saleslay
in April next, it being the 3rd
lay of said month, all and singular
those certain lands situate in Horry
ounty, and described as follows, tovit:
All ?nd j>11 flint, rovhnin
)iecc, parcel or tract of land lying
incl being in Floyds Township, Coun
;y and State aforesaid, containing
eighteen (IS) acres, more or less,
nd bounded as follows: North by
ands of Frank King, east by lands
>f William Phillips, south by lands of
>. S. Jolly and west by lands of E.
3. Lewis.
This tract of land being n part of
he lands of R. K. Jolly, which was
leeded by him to his son, A. L.
folly, and is the place on which A.
-Jolly now lives and resides. There
s no other claim or incumbrance
vhatever on the above described
>roperty other than such claims as
leld by Leon Lewis
Terms of sale cash, purchaser to
>ay for papers.
Conway, S. C., March 14th, 1922.
W. L. BRYAN.
Clerk of Court as Special Master.
L H WOODWARD,
Plaintiff's Attorney.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
All persons having claims against
he estate of the late A. C. Small, of
Conway, S. C., are hereby notified to
ender their accounts, properly veriied
according to law, to the undersigned,
or to his attorneys, Sherwood
i McMillan, at Conway, S. C., and
ill persons indebted to the said A. C.
small are requested to make imnediate
payment likewise.
Ulv.3|?2|3t * A. C. SUMTER,
Conway, S. C., Feb. 28. Executor.
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To Cure a Cold in One Dny .
fakti LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE (Tablets.) It
itoi ?the Cough and Ilcndache and works off the
Jold. E. W. GROVE'S signature on earh box. 30c
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SALE UNDER EXECUTION
By virtue of an execution issued
upon the judgment in the case of S.
F. Bowser & Company vs. J. M. Boyd,
lated October 1, 1921, and by virtue
of a chattel mortgage held by the
said plaintiff, I have seized and will
sell at public auction at the courthouse
door at Conway, S. C., during
legal hours of sale on salesday in
May next, it being the 1st day of
said month, all and singular one G5
gallon (figure 172) lubricating outfit
and transfer pump, being the same
purchased from S. F. Bowser & Company.
Terms of sale cash.
J. A. LEWIS, (L. S.)
Sheriff of Horry County.
H. H. WOODWARD,
Plaintiff's Attorney.
Dated March 27, 1922.
SALE UNDER EXECUTION
Under and by virtue of an execution
issued upon the judgment in the
case of J. C. Hodges, plaintiff, vs. .J.
I\. Harbour dated March 10th, A. 1).
1922, and by virtue of an attachment
levied in said action, 1 have
ei/.ed ind will sell before the courthouse
door at Conway, South Carolina.
during legal hours of sale on
salesday in April next, it being the
3rd day of sa-id month, the following
described real estate to wit:
All and singular, the following
described real estate and persona1
property:
Ail that certain tract of land of
500 acres, more or less, on the north east
side of I.umber River in Horry
County, South Carolina, bounded
North by Coleman Worley land, Eas4.
by Gurdine Floyd, South by Jas. Rattle
land and West by the said Lumber
River; being ,the same tract of
land conveyed to J. E. Harbour by
W. L. Bryan, Clerk of Court of Common
Pleas, September 1st, 1919, excepting,
however, from the above
stated boundaries 25 acres thereof
conveyed to J. R. Rattle by the defendant
on December 2nd, 1919, an>1
also 125 acres thereof which he conveyed
to H. J. Floyd December 2nd,
1919, as will appear by reference to
the records of Horry county.
Second?All and singular all oi
the certain timber which was conhour
by W. A. and M. A. Prince by
deed dated July 10th, 1917, recorded
in Book C-4, page 215, records of
Horry county, said timber being on
185.73 acres of land in Green SejTownship.
Third?22 head of cattle described
as follows: Four bulls, one red, one
white and black spotted, one brown
one black; six old cows, two red and
two dunes, twe yellow spotted, twti
black; two small steers; balancc
small heifers.
Terms of sale cash, purchaser to
pay for papers and stamps.
J. A. LEWIS,
Sheriff of Horry County,
Dated March 14th, A. D. 1922.
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NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the decree
and judgment of the court, made by
his honor, T. S. Sease, presiding judge
in the case of Eva May Hardwick
plaintiff, vs. J. H. Carter, Tower-Binford
Electric & Manufacturing Company,
a. corporation, A. R. MofTatt &
Co., a corporation, W. M. Rhodes and
B. B. Anderson, W. H. Bell, Lettie L.
Gore, et al., defendants, and dated
the 10th day of March, A. D. 1922, I,
the undersigned, W. L. Bryan, clerk
of court as special master of Horry
county, will sell at public auction to
THE HORRY HERALD. CC
the highest bidder before the courthouse
door at Conway in Horry county
and st-ite of South Carolina, during
legal hours of sale on salesday in
April next, it being the 3rd day of
said month, all and singular those
certain lands situate in Horry county
and described as follows towit:
All that certain piece, parcel or lot
of land 'ying and being' situate in the
town of Loris, Horry county, South |
Carolina, lying on the west side of i
Patterson street or Todds Ferry road, j
and lias the following shapes and
boundaries towit: Beginning at a
stake corner of M. C. Butler on the
south side of Patterson street or
Todds Ferry public road, and runs
thence south 28 Mj, west 223 feet to
stake corner, thence north 64. west
125 feet to stake corner, thence south
30, west 300 feet to stake corner in
ditch; thence south 59, east with
ditch 220 feet to stake corner, thence
north 28 Va, east 5<15 feet to stake cornm*
t'Aii f n/l rrn /\f
il^l wit o\/u til V / I X liltti OWII oil vvl
or Todds Ferry public road, thence
a westerly course with Patterson's
street or Todds Ferry public road,
80 feet to the beginning corner, the
same being known as Lots No. 1 and
No. 2 of plat made by N. E. Hardwick,
surveyor, and is better known
as a part of a certain tract or lot of
land conveyed by Mary F. Jenrette
to I). J. Butler and H. R. Todd by
deed dated June 23, A. D. 18!)S, and
recorded March 0, A. D. 1911, in Hook
LLL, page 285, and then conveyed by
D. J. Butler and H. II. Todd to W.
H. Stevens by deed dated March 1(5,
A. D. 1901, and recorded April 2, A.
D. 1901, in Book MM, page 52, and
then conveyed by W. H. Stevens to
D. J. Butler by deed dated January
10, A. D. 1902, and recorded March
13, A. D. 1902, in Book OO, page 21,
and then conveyed by D. J. Butler
to G. C. Butler, Sr., by deed dated
December 10, A. D. 1904, and recorded
April 23, 'A. D. 1900, in Book YY,
page 15, and then conveyed by G. C.
Butler, Sr., to G. C. Butler, Jr., by
deed dated December 8, A. D. 1900,
and recorded April 1, A. D. 190 , in
Book BBB, page 221, records of Horry
county, South Carolina.
This being the identical piece, parcel
or lot of land conveyed to me
!>., n n Kit ,lr>rwl Mn.
U V VI. \J. 1HUII.I V1V.V.V4 v * c* vvv* *1 V
vember 28, 11)10.
Terms of sale cash, purchaser to
pay for papers and stamps.
Conwav, S. C., March 11, 11*22.
W. L. BRYAN,
Clerk of the Court of Special Master.
H. H. WOODWARD.
Plaintiff's Attorney.
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EXECUTION SALE
Under and by virtue of an execution
issued in the case of J. M.
Clause, plaintiff, against A. J. Harrelson,
defendant, 1 have levied upon
and will sell to the highest bidder
for cash at the home of J. M. Gause,
in Horry county, South Carolina, on
salcsday in April next, being .Monday,
the third day of April, 1922, at
3 o'clock p. m., about five thousand
(5.000) feet of lumber, now near the
home of the said J. M. Gause.
J. A. LEWIS,
Sheriff, Horry County.
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NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the decree
and '? dgment of the court, made by
his honor, T. S. Sease, presiding judge
in the case of Rank of I,oris, a corporate.
plaintiff, vJuli/i E. Prince,
T). J. Prince, E. B. Milligan and Loris
urocery uompany, a corporation, defendants,
and dated the 10th day of
.March, V. D. 1022, 1. the undersigned
e'erk of court as special master of
Horry county, will sell at public auction
to the highest bidder before the
courthouse door at Conway, in Horry
county and state of South Carolina,
during legal hours of sale, on salesdav
in April next, it being the third
day of said month, all and singulai
those certain lands situate in Horn
county and described as follows towit
All and singular all that cortaii
piece, parcel or tract of land situate
lying and being in Horry county
South Carolina, Simpson Creok town
ship, bounded and described as fol
lows towit: Beginning on state lin<
and on west side of Society Brand
on spring ditch runs then south 45
degrees, each fifty chains to a stak<
on the state line, thence south 58' de
grees, west 22 chains to a lightwooc
stump, thence north 48' degrees, wes
30 chains to a pine, thence to a stak<
at bridge on road west of residence
; thence north 10' degrees, west i
chains, thence north 17 chains to i
. stake, thence 88* degrees, west <
chains and 2f> links to spring ditch
thence the said spring ditch to th<
beginning, containing eip:hty-fiv<
acres, more or less, and is known a:
, the late A. R. Prince homestead, ref
erence to old title papers will mon
fully describe, and is better known a:
the identical tract of land conveye<
i to me by C. C. Gore, Sr., under hi
deed dated January C>, A. D. 1910, an<
1 filed the 2C>th day of January A. D
1 1016, and recorded in Cook F-4, pag<
, 131, records of Horry county, Soutl
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Terms of sale cash, purchaser t<
' pay for papers artel stamps.
Conway, S. C., March 11, 1022.
; * W. L. BRYAN,
Clerk of the Court of Special Mastei
H. H. WOODWARD,
Plaintiff's Attorney.
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NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the decre
and judgment of the court, made b;
his honor, T. S. Sease, presiding judg<
i in the case of Bank of Fair BlufT, ;
- corporation, plaintiff, vs. J. L. Hous
! and, defendant, and dated the lOtl
, day of March, A. D. 1922, 1, the un
dersigned W. L. Bryan, clerk of cour
as special master of Horry county
; will sell at public auction to the high
I est bidder before the courthouse doo
, at Conway, in Horry county and stat<
[ of South Carolina, during legal hour
, of sale on salesday in April next, i
: being the 3rd day of said month, al
r and singular those certain lands sit
uate in Horry cpunty, and describe*
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>N WAY, S. C., APRIL 6, 1922
us follows towit:
A:1 that certain piece or parcel or
trac4: ^>f land lying aval beiiur in Floy vis
township and containing one hundred
i(100) acres, more or less, and com-,
inencinjc at lightwood stump corner
on the e te lands of I^inson,
thence northward direction with smalt
slash to a stake corner on the Mary
Foxworth Grant line, thence the Mary
Foxworth line around back to Kitchen
Bay, thence bordering on the east side
of Kitchen Bay back to the beginning
:orner, this being the southeast part
of the Mary Foxworth grant.
Terms of oale cash, purchaser to,
^ i *
jjii.v iut papers ana stamps.
Conwav, S. C.? March 11, 1922.
VV. L. BUY AN,
Clerk of the Court of Special Master.
H. H. WOODWARD,
Plaintiff's Attorney.
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the decree
uid judgment of the court, made by
his honor, T. S. Sease. presiding judge
in the case of Merchants National
Bank of Raleigh, N. C., a corporation,
plaintiffs, vs. W. D. Mills, W. B. Roberts
and Armour Fertilizer Works, a
corporation, defendants, and dated
the 10th day of March, A. D. 1J)22, I,
the undersigned W. L. Bryan, clerk
cf court as special master of I lorry
county, will sell at public auction to
the highest bidder before the courthouse
door at Conway, in Horry county
and state of South Qarolina during
legal hours of sale on salesday in
April next, it being the third day of
said month, all and singular those
certain lands situate in Horry county,
and described as follows towit:
All and singular that certain tract
of land lying and being in Green Sea
township, county and state aforesaid,
and containing twenty (20) acres,
more or less and bounded and described
a,s follows: On the north by
an agreed line between the lands herein
mortgaged and John lluggins, formovlv
I T.nwiy* mi frhn *?!?< K\? flio
public road and lands of Lottie Currie;
on the south by lands of S. H.
Harrelson and on the west by lands
of A. M. Mills.
The foregoing described tract of
land ib the same tract deeded to W.
D. Mills by Wilson Harrelson by his
deed dated April 1, 1907, to which
reference is hereby luul, and is made
a part of this mortgage.
Terms of sale cash, purchaser to
pay for papers and stamps.
Conway, S. C., March 11, 1922.
W. L. BRYAN,
Clerk of the Court of Special Master.
H. H. WOODWARD.
Plaintiff's Attorney.
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NOTICE
Notice is hereoy given that the
Ward-Bate Company is not responsible
or liable for any debts or obligations
contracted by F. A. Addington.
Mr. Addinirton is onlv onornt
ing certain equipment of the company
under a contract which he had with
the company to manufacture the company's
timber on contract; said Addington
having only the use of said
equipment, including sawmill for use
in his operations. The Ward-Bate
Company is not responsible for any
accidents or damage of any kind securing
under the management of the
said F. A. Addington and does not
stand responsible for any debts for
labor or anything else.
W A R D - B A T K C O \I P A N Y,
3-23-3t By J. B. Wachtman, Mgr.
J. A. Clifton, !U. I)., specialist in
diseases of eye, ear, nose and throat,
' at Conway Drug Co. on Tuesday
afternoon and Wednesday only...Please
. call as early as convenient. 11-3-tt
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FOKKCLOSTRIS SALK
Under and by virtue of a decrec
of the Court of Common Pleas ol
Horry County in the case of R. 1.
. Sttwkhouse, plaintiff, against A. J
VlnrrAlcmi nrul \T I? Hnvrolsum. ili>
, fondants, dated March Glh, 1922,
will soli to the highest bidder foi
\ cash before the court house door a
I Conway, S. 0., on salesday in Apri
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' Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails
to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
- Piles. Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you
can get restful sleep ufter first application. (>0c.
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' i furs. I am paying best cash 1
q prices. Bring me your goods at j
s Lewis' Fish Market or my store 3
1 * on Race Path. Correspondence Z
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next, being Monday, the third day
of April, 1922,
All and singular that certain tract
or parcel of land containing* thirtynine
(89) acres more or less, the
same being in Simpson Creek township,
county and state aforesaid, and
lying on the north side of the Star
Bluff and Cowpen Bay public roads.
Described and bounded as follows:
Beginning at a stake corner on the
i north side of the Star Bluff road,
thence running to a stump corner on
the W. M. Hardee line, thence running
the W. M. Hardee line a little
Southeast to :? stliko fnvnpv nn nirl
ditch, thence down said old ditch
to a stump corner, thence the same
ditch down to a stake corner on the
we<t edrre of Cowpen Swamp, thence
the ed^o of Cowpen Swamp to a
stake corner, thence running: east
across Cowpen Swamp to a stake corner,
thence the edge of Cowpen
Swamp down to a stake corner on
the Vaught line, thence the Vaught
1'ne near west to a stake, thence
running near south to the Cowpen
Hay road a stake corner, thence the
Cowpen Bay road west to a staly
corner on the Star Bluff road, tb'-ace
running the Star BlufV road up to the
beginning corner. Hounded north by
land of W. M. Hardee and M. J.
Fa-ircloth, east by J. C. Jacobs, south
by N. C. Faircloth, the Cowpen Bay
and the Star Bluff roads and west
by lands of AV. M. Hardee.
The above premises will he sold
subject to the lien a third note
mortgage securing a third note
MVif liriinr .Tonn?i?? 1 10OO
? l?l..? -I ?>Hl
interest thereon.
In the event the purchaser at such
sale shall not comply with his bid,
the premises will be resold on the
same or some subsequent salesday
at the risk of the purchaser without
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Clerk of Court and SpccS^^^^^H
NOTICE OF S A Lg,
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jvfres, more o less,
mows: Beginning at a staB^^^^M
mn?i.U /.n..../N.. ..r r>.
111 iiwim mi nfi <.m i>i vituway
north 24 W 11 ch. links to
thence due east 20 ch. 19
Warn pee & Myrtle Beach public
thence with the Wampee &
Reaclt road to where it crosses^^^l
Star Bluff and Windy Hill
thence with said Star Bluff and
dy Hill road to Broadway avei^^H
thence N G(> E with said avenu^^^f
beginning corner. The same
my home place at Wampee. .
Terms of sale cash, purchaser^^|
pay for papers and stamps.
w. l. bryan,
Clerk of Court as Special
sherwood & McMillan.
Dated March 14th, 1922.
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