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ATION BY PUBLICATION plaintiff has mailt- diligent impury NOTICE OF APPLICATION
To The Sheriff or any Constable of
Shackelford County (1RKKTINO:
Vou are Hereby Commanded,
FOE copy of tfir original citatum row in
ami effort to locate the said Helton1 SAI.E OF EEAL ESTATE j n.\ hands.
Cooley, inquiring at the lust known fl,,. State ot Texas
resilience, ami has been nimble to oh ! To the Shcnlt or anv Constubli
!'
tain anv information with
That on summon, by making publira to the said Helton Coo
tion ol this Citation in some nevvspn-
|K>r published in the County ot' Shack
l'i crenel
that tlr
last I lie family heanl from tin saiil
Helton Cooley whs n lellei vvrittci
el ford, if there be a newspaper pub-i from Denver, Colorado, iiImmiI the year
li hct' therein, ..lit if not, then in the 1910; tliut in said letter the stud Hel
newm.puper published in the nearest ton Cooley stated that lie w.i- goim;
County to said Shackelford County,' to Laiamic, Wyoming; ami that it i-
lor <hii consecutive weeks previous known to the plnintift that l.i nevir
to the return day hereof, .lolm Smith had any children and flint In mil In
Coolev and Helton Cooley whose rcsi- wile were separiited, mid it i known
denoe is unknown, to he and appear! to the phimtilt that lie wn niipimi
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Shell
before the -Honorable Counts Court -I dent, anil it is believed tliut he is
ut the next tegular'term thereout', to dead bccaiM- he discontinued •< i i'in'.-
he holtlen in the Couny ol tSimekcl
ford, at'the Court House thereof, ii
Albany, Texas, on the first Monday
of December, A. D., 1021, the same
bciiu the 1st day of December V l>.
1024', then and there to answer a pi
titirttl filed in said Court on the LMril
day of October, A. D., IO'J-1, in a suit
numbered on the Docket 01 said
Court No. 587 wherein D. T. Cooley,
is plaintiff, and (lus Cooley, (trover I
to his lather and mother. Therefore
the plaint 11 f charges and hclicvi
that the said Helton Cooley ^ dead,
and that he died prior to tli" death
of the said .1. .1. Coolev and Mary Ann
Coley, and that he left no heirs 01
legal representat i v e-
The |>liii 111i11 would "hem In H e
Court thai there i-> now on • lf|'t■ ^ 11
witfc the Clerk of the District Court
>1 Sli'lekcllord Cnuny, Texas, the
-.In eutsh rtao->heta lloslirii
of j
Shinkellord County, OHKKTINOS: Taftlay
Vou are Hereby Commanded j —■■ - .
to ran>1 In he posted for JO days, in NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS FOR
three Ot the most public plan -. 11. STATE ROAD AND BRIDOE WORK
your county, one of which shall be at
the < ourt House Door, and no two in Sealed proposals addressed to tlit
the >.inie city, town oi vollnge copies ' oiiuty Judge, Albany, Teuts tin the
ol tin following notiee, ami also to improvement of certain hiurli'ays in
l.avc n copy of this notice puhli-licd Shackelford County, will he itecivcd
111 some weekly newspaper 114 ennui 1,1 office ol the County Indue at
ci 1 "iil.i I ion 101 mol t t Itnn one \ 1 ;i 1 AI haiiy, I exits, 11 util 10 o 'clock A M. |
cont 1 irloiisl\, next In fori lie filing of ^ovcmhei——nil, 1021, and then public |
tin notice for 20 day.- prior to f lie n
I urn day heieof, which not ice 1 .1 - j
followfo-wit;
ATI. ill Tl . \ \N,
erson.s I lit tie id III in I lie
low
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All I
tali
ly opened ami read.
I 011 s11 fiction ol grade and .r:t 11 ill'
inclines on l.i 1") miles of tic Al
I linny Moraii road on which the lollow-
j i 11 g are the principal approxiiiintr
ol I,. M. Sexton, Deceased 'fuautitit s:
Know ye, that T. C. Sexton,I Description of Work to Be Done
.1 the I'.state of I,. M. 70,050 en. yds. earth excavation;
.•eased, limine on 1 In list "Mm *'"• lo,,M' ">ek; 10,000 cu.
Cooley, Mary Hall, wile of Hid Hall, sum of Four Thousand Three linn
John Smith Coolev and Helton Cool dreil Th ee and 5.1-100 ($l(:i03.5.1)
Dollars and four notes for the stun
of Five Hundred and 00-100 (|500.00) i
i v ure defendants.
The nature of the plaintiff's de-
mand being as follows, to wit: The Dollars each, executed by W. C. Hci-
plaintiff, D. T. Cooley, alleges and rington, dated the 25th day of
would show to the Court that J. «f.
Cooley, father of the plaint 1 I and
March 1024, and due on or before
January 1, 1027 to 19110, inclusive,
defendants, died intestate 111 Shack which .said notes were given by tin
elford County, Texan, January 28,
1020, and thai Mbry Ann Cooley, wife
of J. J. Cooley, and mother of the
pontiff and. defendants^ dwd mt—
tat* in Skackeltord County, Texan,
January 1J, 1022; that *he plaintiff
saiil W. C. Harrington as purt of the
pur* base luouay fur the three hundred
thirtjr-fonr and 46-100 (.TW4A) acres
mt land sitnatad in Sbaekettnrrt Coun-
ty, Texan, and described as the north
one-half of Fast Texan Railroad Com-
and defendants arc all the heirs of ' |*any Survey No. 208, Patent No. 343,
the said J. J. Cooley and Mary Ann Volume 2, which said land coui|>osed
Coooley, deceased; that there hai
been no administration had or ji«nd
ing upon the estate of J. J. Cooley,
dMMksed, or upon the estate of Mary
An*, Cooley, deceased.
The plaintiff would show to the
Court that John Smith Cooley litis not
1hen heard from by any of the mem-
bers of the family since 1010 or 1011
and that the plaintiff and his brotl.
era and sister, whose residence is
known to the plaintiff, have made
diligent inquiry as to his whereabouts
and that they have been unable to find
him since the death of their father
«uid mother; tliut the only in forma-
tion they have received in regard to
him is that lie was married some jCooley, deceased, and has ordered that
the estate of J. J. Cooley and Mary
Ann Cooley, deceased.
The plaintiff would further show
to the Court that the above-described
inony and an undivided two-sixths
interest iu the four above-described
notes were set aside by order of the
District Ccuut of Shackelford Count?
T( kits, as tl.e shares of the said Johu
Smith Cooley and Helton Cooley in
the estat of their deceasetl fathe-
and mother; that said District Court
of Shackelford County has ordered
the sale of the above-described land,
and the payment of one-sixth thereof
to each of the known surviving cliil
dren of J. J. Cooley and Mary Ann
years ago, and had one child by said
marriage; that said child died in in-
fancy, and that the wife of said John
Smith Cooley also died prior to the
death of J. .1. Cooley and Mary Ann
Cooley. And the plaintiff would
further show to the Court that until
shout the year 1011 the said Jol.n
^mitli Cooley was at Republic, in the
State of Washington; that he former
ly lived in the State of Idaho, 'ind
that lip until the year of 1010 or 1011,
the f-imily had frequently lm I letters
from him and knew of his wliert
11 bout- and his family conditions, 11ml
were advised of the death of ms wile
and ehiltl, mid it is believed 1 >x this
plaintiff that the said John Smith
Coolev, from the liisl iiiforiu.ition rt
eeived from liiin, intended to let urn to
Texas to sec his fiithei and mother
evidenced liy 11 letter written llecein-
her 10, 1010, in which he sliued the I
he contemplated shipping his house
hold goods to liis mother and lutlici
ami that he contemplated -ning to
llu- mines to work since which time
110:11 of the members of tin family
have hoard from the said lolin Sunt I
Cooley, and therefon your plaiutifi
A • I uii 11 i -
Sevton, ilci-rnscd, liming on I lit 'ilsli
day ol (icfohctl, 1021, Iiled hi the
( 011 nt Court oi Shackelford County,
Tevas, application to sell the follow
inn described land belonging to saiil
est ate, a s follow s, lo w 11 .
All those certain two tracts of
land situated in Shackelford County,
Texas, ile.scrilieil as follows:
1st Tract. 150.25 acres ol
laud out ol the Southwest part of
the 320 acre survey patented to the
Texas Kinigration and Hand Company,
by Patent Noo. 500, Vol 14, Abstract
No. 505, described by metes and
bonnils as follows: fteing n part o'
Survey N« . 590, and brfftuiuuK at the
S. corner of T. K. 6: I,. Co., Survey-
No, 500, which is also the W. corner [
of Survey No. H17, patented to T. K.,
Ac 11. Co. Thence N. 45 W. 950.40
. rs. to 'he Albany and Crystal Fulls
road; Thence X. -.0 K. 04.3.7 vrs. along
said public road to a stone set 111
ground marked M. 590, for the N.
corner of this tract; Thence S. 45 W.
973 vrs. to the place of beginning;
Being (lie same land conveyed to Daw-
sou Davis by M. ('. (Iraliam and wife
by deed dated Dec. 20th, 1015, and ro-
eordecl in the Deed Records of Shack-
elford County, Texas.
2nd Tract, Being 12H.75 acres
of land out of the Northwest 1-2 of
Texan Immigration & Hand Company
Survey No. HIT, described as follows,
to-wit: Beginning at the \\\ Cor. of
said Sur. H17, which is the S. Corner
of T. K. it L Co., Survey No. 500, at
11 stone set in the ground for the W.
Cor. of this tract; Thence R. 45 E.
513.04 vrs. to .1 stake in the public
load on the S. W. line of said Sur.
No. 817, for the S. Cor. of this tract,
Mime being the W. Cor. of a 100-acre
tract sold by M. C. Graham to C. \V.
(irahnm; Thence N. 15 K. 1392.02 vrs.
to the N. K. line of said Sur. No. 817,
for the Fast Cor. of this tract, same
being the N Corner of said 100-acre
tract sold h\ M. C. (iraliam to C. \V".
(iridium; Thence North 45 \V. 513.34
\ 1 s. to a stone set in the ground for
yds. solid rock; 7(i,400 cu. yds. bor
row; 1,100 cu. yds ('lass A concrete;
1,835 I in. Type II rail; 370,000 lbs
reinforcing steel.
Bids may be submitted on fin grad-
ing and structures separately or oil
the entire project.
Detailed plans and specification--
ot the work may be seen for examina-
tion and information at the office of
James K. Pirie, County Engineer, ut
Albany, Texas, and at the office of
State Highway Department, State
Office Building, Austin, Texas.
A certified cheek for eight thous-
and five hundred ($H,500.00) dollars
on some State or National Hank of
Texas, made payable to the order of
Richard Dyess, County Judge of
Shackcltord County, must accompany
each proposal, as a guarantee that tho
bidder, it successful, will enter into
contract and make bond in accord-
ance with the requirements of the
s|x>cifications.
The righ is reserved by the Couuty
to reject any and all proposals or to
waive all technicalities.
Pro|H)sals shull be submitted in
1 eedevnelsp,-S.fi w2 npK., stshrdr
sealed envelopes and marked "Bids
for the Construction of the Albany-
Moran Road in Shackelford County."
All bids received by the County will
be retained and will not he returned
to the bidders.
to the bidders. i0-20
the shares of John Smith Cooley and
Belton Cooley be paid into the Court
subject to further orders of the Court.
Whereas, the plaintiff prays that
citation issue in terms of the law
ami that upon a hearing hereof, the
plaintiff, D. T. Cooley, and the de-
fendants, (ins Cooley, (trover ('ooley
anil Mary Hall, wife of Hill H.ill, be
declared the heirs, and the only heirs
of J. .1. Cooley 11111I Mary Ann Cooley,
deceased, ami tliut they shall each
take 1111 undivided one-fourth inter-
est in such sums of money as may
have been set aside as the shares ol ,the N. corner of flit- tract, same Iteinti
John Smith Cooley and Helton Cooley the V Corner of Surve\ No s 17, and;
iu the estate of their deceased father the Cor of Sur. No. 500; Theni
and mother, I J Coolci am 1 Mar. S l'i W. 1302.02 \ rs. to public road
Ann (ooley. in t Iu* place of beginning. i , Mollie M
"I'M.IN I-AIL NOT, \ 1111 11 a x 1 Said I wo tracts of land containing ||)(, Ww* oihci
you before said (ourt, 011 the saiil m the ag-n-gnte 28s ncrcs nl lantl • Imndetl the editoi
first day ol the next term therein, and bene.: the same land conveyed by
this Writ, with your endoi semen: K I! (I reeii and will In L. M Sexton
thereon, showing how you have exe deed dated (let. "itli, 1020, record
eiifeil I he sume. til in Hook I > i, Page iu.3, of flu Deed
(liven under my hand ami seal of luconls of Sliackelftutl Countv. Tex
SPECIAL KATY TO MEXICO
Frank Reedy, the noted tour con-
ductor, will take his third mid wfcitci
social train party to Mexico via M.
k. T. railroad leaving Dallas Janu-
ary 31st.
This tour will afford a most won-
derful opportunity for pleasure, sight-
seeing and educatioon, at the lowest
possible coM. The purtv will be lun
ited to 125 people. Katy timer serves
all meals. Heseivations are now be-
ing made mid can be secured by ad-
dressing Frank Reedy, 1013 Main
Street, Dal'us, Texas, or any Kilty
Agi .it.
PAYS PER SUBSCRIJTION
Friedly tailed at
Wednesday, and
11 check fin the li
111111lation of her subscription lo the
old home pa (mm* for another yen 1.
Thanks, Mr Friedlv.
■aid ('ourt at offico in Albany, Texas,
| this the 28th day of October, A. D.,
' 1024.
JF.SSK 1, FN 1ILISII.
a-. Also an iiiuliv iili'il intci-'nt iu all
oil, gas, coal and other mlnerms.
Now, therefore, these are to no
SENT US TWO DOLLARS
Mrs, N. .1 Drown, ot Woodson,,
sent us a check tor two dollars llns
clnilfges and believes flint (he said Clerk, Couty Court, Shiickclford
lohn Smith Cooley died prior to the
death ot the said J. J. Cooley ami
Mary Ann Cooley, and that lie left no
surviving heirs.
The |tlain'ift would further show
to fehm ^Jourt that Belton Cooley has
not heard froaa hy tha pbdatlff
or by
hfa My
Count v, Texas.
COME TO DRAUOHON S
youiiK people vvholiave followed
this advice have been placed in good
positions with four banks alone, 100 lst ,,uv ^24, and then
with one big wholesale concern, and and there to show cause why such
Did label \ I)., 1024, same being the im;
' indreds of others throughiiaf the
Southwest. Scholarships guarantee
positions. Write today for fs|tecial
Position Offer to 9 young lien and
lour young women DnuiL.li' 1 ' Cot
lege, Abilene, Texas. Up.
whose reaidanaa ia
year 1910 or 1911,
plaintiff and the other mambera of
the family have made diligent ;nquin
and search, they have never lit i n al>! •
to locate him. It is the i 1.1'orination
of th" plaintiff that he saiil Helton
Cooley never had any children; flial
many years ago he married and that
siMiii after his marriage he and his
wife separated, and that 110 childii 11 '71, Mis (I II Bernard, Itesii
were born to said marriage; thai the 1'uclt Jack it 'ones, Walnut S
I'OR SALE FuIUblood lay iic
I ington pullets; price reasonable
Or-
Call
ee at
lily all persons interested In said week, and the News will continue to
■ tnte, to be and personally appear at !„■ mailed to In 1 address at Woodson.
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the next regular term of the Hon — —
01 able Couuty Court, to be holtlen at VISITING FORT WORTH
the Court House in (he City ot' Al |
linny, Texn-'. on the 1st Monday ill' Mr. and Mrs. J. I!. Webb are wsit
1 Fort Worth and Dallas thi-
week.
RANCH DEAL
A good-sized ranch deal w is con-
summated this week, when Dick Mn-
berlcy bought the A. J. Center ranch.
This is among the best ranches ,11 the
county, an ideal location, out about
ten miles from town; lias 11 fine farm
on it eon isting of about 500 acres,
ami Foyle creek, 11 never failing
streuui, runs through it. Considera-
tion $62,000. We congratulate Dick
on the purchase of this ranch, a mark
of good judgnuut.
sali should not be untile should they
choose to do so.
(liven under my hand and seal of
ol l ice, this the 31st day of October,
A. D. 1924.
Jesse li. English,
Clerk, Couuty Court, Shackclfotd
County, Texas.x
By Frouie Clausell, Deputy.
1 liercbv ecrtifv that the above
Itp and longing is 11 true uinl correct
1fcM>
The Most Car For
The Least Money
Buick Standard Sin $1,335
Buick Master Six SI,575
Shelton Motor Co.
Authorized Buick Service
ABILENE TEXAS
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constantly in mind.
This bank is a "Public-Service" institution serving its
purpose to fully measure up to every expectation for the
customers in a closely confidential way, with an unfaltering
individual good of each customer and the permanent up-
building ot this community,
Albany National Bank
ALBANY, TEXAS
Read our message in this week's
Farm and Ranch
Albany Furniture Co.
(Home Furnishers)
Funeral Directors Embalmers
Albany, Texas
$200,000.00 TO LOAN
At Six per cent interest—why pay more?
Payments on the Amortization Plan
Let us Explain It to Yon
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McCarty, Richard H. The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. [19], Ed. 1 Friday, November 14, 1924, newspaper, November 14, 1924; Albany, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth393915/m1/3/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Old Jail Art Center.