Show 1ST H LITTLE CHATS f on Public Notice by James E. Pollard THE WIDOW'S PLIGHT X 38 In a 9 L In a case some years ago tho i sheriffs sale of a piece of property was set aside on the technical ground that it wasy i. not properly the suit turned on er the foreclosure had been in accordance with law in such The house question belonged to a Presumably she had fallen f behind in her mortgage pay- and the holder finally took steps to as ho had a right to the law tf provides in such notice of the forced sale was duly pub- J in what purported to a The property in K h time was sold at public i the woman then brought suit toty void the sale on the ground that j the publication In question wast in point of legal a bona fide I When the issue came before ft the lower it held that the t f advertisement was that t it satisfied the legal rc-J But upon the next higher court found that the publication did not cornel jf within the definition of a The one Involved ad- blanketed the but it was primarily an had no editorial and only one of its eight h pages was devoted to This incident illustrates the s importance of full compliance r with the laws governing public j It also emphasizes the i preferred status enjoyed by the bona fide whose i mary purpose is news and in- j formation and which has built 1 up a voluntary paid following In j the j i The place of like i that of is I Francis Quarles |