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State of Mississippi,
Hancock County..........Whereas on the 1st day of February, 1897,Eliza P.
Cowand,F.Gertrude Cowand,and Sidney L.Cowand executed a certain deed of trust upon a lot of land situated in the City of Bay St Louis in the county and State aforesaid,to Louis Leonhard,trustee,to secure Miss A.C.Schnui^ in the payment of a certain promissory note for Five Hundred (500) Dollars payable in one year from February 1.1897,with interest at eight (8) per cent from date,which deed of trust is recorded in \ol' U,page hb et seq, Record of Deeds of said county,*and default having been made in the pay-
----a Tint a -an.-j tha same being still due and U™* ) fl r 31 nri-
signed,as Trustee in said deed of trust,having been reauested by said Miss A.C.Schnurr to execute said trust deed according to its terms,as said Trustee,I advertised the land therein described as shown by the proof of publication hereto attached and made part hereof;and whereas on the 27th day of October,1900,within legal hours,I exposed said land for sale at the front door of the court house in said City of Bay St Louis,at public outcry to the highest bidder,for cash,when and where t§. jZtnmsYwU,	^	became	the	hi	pest
and best bidder therefor at the sum of * r-uisL/	(j-t&cj
Dollars;and said land was struck off and adjudicated to	.Now	there-
fore in consideration of the premises and of the payment to me Dy the said	of the said sum of
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tue
and convey unto the said	TSS	X
the land encumbered by the aforesaid deed of trust and therein described as follows,to wit:a lot of land lying,oeing and situate in the county of Hancock,State of Mississippi,and within the corporate limits of the City of Bay St Louis and described as followsrbeginning at a stake at the southeast corner of land now or formerly owned by A.-\.Aken and H.J.Crow-ell;thence in a southerly direction Seventy five (7b) feet along the nigh Paw nf St T.niHs to the northeast, corner of land of Ar-
Dollars,I,Louis Leonhard,by virtue of the authority vested in me as Trustee as aforesaid,do hereby sell