NOTICE TO DEBTORS
              AND CREDITORS
State of Georgia
Lincoln County
  All persons indebted to the estate of Audrey
Boatwright Ruff, deceased, are hereby notified
    to make payment of same to the undersigned
        and all persons having a claim against
said estate are notified to make claim to the
    NOTICE OF INCORPORATION
  Notice   is   given   that   articles   of
organization to incorporate McWhorter Land
& Timber, Inc. having been delivered to the
Secretary of State for filing in accordance
with the Georgia Business Corporation Code.
The   initial   registered   office   of   the
corporation is located at 1196A Augusta
Highway, Lincolnton, Georgia 30817 and its
initial registered agent at such address is J.
Price McWhorter.   5 17 2tp
                    NOTICE
Probate Court of Lincoln County
  Re: Petition of Barney Bussey to probate
in solemn form the will of Wayne J. Hawes,
deceased, upon which an order for service
was granted by this court on May 2, 2007.
  To: All interested parties and all and
singular the heirs of said decedent, and to
whom it may concern:
  This is to notify you to file objection, if
there is any, to the above referenced petition,
in this Court on or before June 11, 2007.
  Be notified further: All objections to the
petition must be in writing, setting forth the
grounds of any such objections. All pleadings/
objections must be signed before a notary
public or before a probate court clerk, and
filing fees must be tendered with your
pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file
as an indigent party. Contact probate court
personnel at the following address/telephone
number for the required amount of filing fees.
If any objections are filed, a hearing will be
held on June 14, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. If no
objections are filed, the petition may be
granted without a hearing.
                        Honorable Lee D. Moss
                                    Probate Judge
                            By: Jaime Littleton
                    Clerk of the Probate Court
                            Post Office Box 205
                    Lincolnton, Georgia 30817
                                  706-359-5528
Hammond & Hammond
Attorneys at Law, P.C.
Post Office Box 1137
Thomson, Georgia 30824
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    NOTICE OF INCORPORATION
  Notice   is   given   that   articles   of
organization to incorporate JPM Homes, Inc.
having been delivered to the Secretary of
State for filing in accordance with the Georgia
Business Corporation Code. The initial
registered office of the corporation is located
at 1196A Augusta Highway, Lincolnton,
Georgia 30817 and its initial registered agent
at such address is J. Price McWhorter.   5 17
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                    NOTICE
  The Lincoln County Board of Education
will be destroying Special Education records
this summer of students that are over 21
years of age. If you would like your records,
you may pick them up from the Lincoln
County Board of Education Office, 423
Metasville Road, Lincolnton, GA between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Monday -
Friday, until May 18, 2007.   5 10 2tc
            NOTICE OF INTENT
            TO INCORPORATE
  Notice is given that articles of incorporation,
      which will be Johnson Equipment, Inc.,
will be delivered to the Secretary of State for
filing in accordance with the Georgia Business
      Corporation Code. The registered office
    of the corporation will be 1073 Augusta
Highway, Lincolnton, Georgia 30817, and
its initial registered agent at such address is
Ronald Johnson.
                            Michelle R. Harrison
                      Michelle R. Harrison, PC
                                    PO Box 1150
                    Lincolnton, Georgia 30817
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            INVITATION TO BID
  Termite inspection, treatment and
          repair of High School
  The Lincoln County Board of Education
is currently seeking bids for the inspection
and repair for possible termite damage to the
High School.
  Contact Larry Rice, Director of Maintenance
      at 706-359-3121 for further details or
to inspect the buildings.
  Bid proposals will be accepted until 2:00
p.m. Monday, June 15, 2007 at which time
all bids will be made public. 5 10 6tc
            INVITATION TO BID
  Retaining wall and landscaping of
                Middle School
  The Lincoln County Board of Education
is currently seeking bids for the building of a
retaining wall and landscaping to the front
area of the Middle School.
  Persons interested in information on this
project should contact Larry Rice, Director
of High/Middle School Maintenance, for
details.
  Bid proposals will be accepted until 2:00
p.m., June 15, 2007 at which time all bids
will be made public. 5 10 6tc
                    NOTICE
Probate Court of Lincoln County
  Re: Petition of Barney Bussey to probate
in solemn form the will of Wayne J. Hawes,
deceased, upon which an order for service
was granted by this court on May 2, 2007.
  To: All interested parties and all and singular
  the heirs of said decedent, and to whom it
may concern:
  This is to notify you to file objection, if
there is any, to the above referenced petition,
      in this Court on or before June 11, 2007.
  Be notified further: All objections to the
petition must be in writing, setting forth the
grounds of any such objections. All pleadings/
    objections must be signed before a notary
    public or before a probate court clerk,
and filing fees must be tendered with your
pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file
as an indigent party. Contact probate court
personnel at the following address/telephone
number for the required amount of filing fees.
If any objections are filed, a hearing will be
held on June 14, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. If no
objections are filed, the petition may be
granted without a hearing.
      Honorable Lee D. Moss, Probate Judge
  By: Jaime Littleton, Clerk of the Probate
                                              Court
                            Post Office Box 205
                    Lincolnton, Georgia 30817
                                  706-359-5528
Hammond & Hammond
Attorneys at Law, P.C.
Post Office Box 1137
Thomson, Georgia 30824
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undersigned or be barred from participation
in said estate.
  This 2nd day of April, 2007.
    Executor, Estate of Audrey Boatwright
                                                Ruff
                          Harry Olin Hamlet, Jr.
                          3214 Biscayne Drive
                    Lincolnton, Georgia 30817
Hammond & Hammond
Post Office Box 1137
Thomson, Georgia 30824
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    LINCOLN COUNTY BOARD OF
                  EDUCATION
          OF LINCOLN COUNTY
  Sealed proposals from Roofing Contractors
    will be received by the Lincoln County
Board of Education at offices at 423 Metasville
      Road, Lincolnton, Georgia 30817, until
3:00 p.m. prevailing time on, June 7, 2007,
locally for the construction of: Lincoln
County Elementary School, School Code
0176, Project No. LCES-R07, Re-roofing
Building Nos. 2010, 2011, 2020, 2030, and
2031, Lincoln County, Georgia.
  The bidders' primary location must be
within 100 miles of this project.
  At the time and place noted, the bids will
be publicly opened and read. No extension of
the bidding period will be made.
  Bidding documents may be obtained at the
Office of the Architect, Hughes/Beattie/
O'Neal/Law & Associates, P.C., Architects
AIA, 1201 Broad Street, Suite 2A, Augusta,
Georgia 30901. Applications for documents
together with a deposit of $50.00 per set
should be filed promptly with the Architect.
Bidding material will be forwarded; shipping
charges collect, as soon as possible. The full
amount of deposit for one set will be refunded
        to each prime contractor who sub-

  NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER
GEORGIA, LINCOLN COUNTY
  This law firm is acting as a debt collector
attempting to collect a debt. Any information
    obtained will be used for that purpose.
  Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale
contained in a Security Deed given by Stacy
Hardy to Mortgage Electronic Registration
Systems, Inc. as nominee for Home America
Mortgage, Inc., dated July 11, 2002, recorded
in Deed Book 126, Page 208, Lincoln County,
Georgia Records, conveying the after-described
        property to secure a Note in the original
    principal amount of SEVENTY-EIGHT
THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND 0/100
DOLLARS   ($78,200.00),   with   interest
thereon as set forth therein, there will be
sold at public outcry to the highest bidder for
cash before the courthouse door of Lincoln
County, Georgia, within the legal hours of
sale on the first Tuesday in June, 2007, the
following described property:
See Exhibit A attached hereto and made a
                    part hereof
  The debt secured by said Security Deed has
been and is hereby declared due because of,
among other possible events of default, failure
    to pay the indebtedness as and when due
and in the manner provided in the Note and
Security Deed. The debt remaining in default,
this sale will be made for the purpose of paying
    the same and all expenses of this sale, as
provided in Security Deed and by law, including
    attorneys fees (notice of intent to collect
    attorneys fees having been given).
  Said property will be sold subject to any
outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes
which are a lien, but not yet due and payable),
      any matters which might be disclosed
by an accurate survey and inspection of the
property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances,
          zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants,
        and matters of record superior to the
Security Deed first set out above.
  To the best knowledge and belief of the
undersigned, the party in possession of the
property is Stacy Hardy or a tenant or tenants
      and said property is more commonly
known as 2187 Loco Church Road, Lincolnton,
            Georgia 30817.
  The sale will be conducted subject (1) to
confirmation that the sale is not prohibited
under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to
final confirmation and audit of the status of
the loan with the holder of the security deed.
                      Exhibit A
  All that lot, tract or parcel of land, together
        with improvements thereon, situate,
lying and being in the 184th G.M. District of
Lincoln County, Georgia, situate on Old Crook
Road and containing 5.62 acres, and being
shown and designated as Tract "B" Lot 1 on
a plat prepared for Graves Mountain Mini
Farms, by John A. McGill, Georgia R.L.S.
dated January 15, 1995, and recorded in the
Offices of the Clerk of Superior Court of
Lincoln County, Georgia, in plat B, page 158,
on January 24, 1996. Reference is hereby
made to said plat for a more complete and
accurate description as to the metes, bounds,
courses, distances and location of said property.
  The above property is conveyed subject
to a 100 feet minimum building line on said
property.
  Said above property is subject to the following
        restrictions/covenants for a period of
ten (10) years from closing date:
  (a) Residences shall be limited to two per
lot.
  (b) Residences must be at least 720 square
feet of living area, may be a home or a mobile
    home.
  (c) Mobile Homes may only be 1983 or
later date of manufacture.
  (d) Property will not be used for the storage
    of inoperable vehicle, industrial equipment
      of supplies.
  (e) No swine may be raised or kept
thereon.
  (f) Other agriculture is permitted.
  (g) All restrictions, right-of-way, and easements
      as shown on the aforesaid subdivision
plat of said property.
  Additionally a Mega 28 foot wide by 76
feet in length mobile home, year 2002, serial
number GMHGA6110202367AB, located on
the afore described 5.62 acre tract is included
in this conveyance, along with all encumbrances,
          attachments, structures, and other
improvements now or hereafter located on
the property herein described, not limited to
but including: vinyl skirting, porches, well
and pump assembly, electrical pole, and normal
    service hookups as prescribed by code
and law.
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems,
                                                Inc.
                        as Attorney in Fact for
                                      Stacy Hardy
Morris Schneider & Prior, LLC
1587 Northeast Expressway
Atlanta, Georgia 30329
www.msplaw.com/foreclosure sales.asp
MSP/mh3 6/5/07
mits a bona fide bid upon return of such set in
good condition within 10 days after date of
opening bids. All other deposits will be refunded
        with deductions approximating cost
of reproduction of documents upon return of
same in good condition within 10 days after
date of opening bids.
  Contract, if awarded, will be on a lumpsum
      basis. No bid may be withdrawn for a
period of 35 days after time has been called
on the date of opening.
  Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Bond
in an amount not less than 5% of the Base
Bid. The successful bidder will be required to
furnish Performance and Payment Bonds in
an amount equal to 100% of the contract
price.
  The owner reserves the right to reject any
and all bids and to waive technicalities and
informalities.
  Bids shall be submitted and addressed to:
Lincoln County Board of Education, 423
Metasville Road, P.O. Box 39, Lincolnton,
Georgia 30817, Attention: Dr. Randall Edmunds,
        Superintendent.   5 10 5tc

                    NOTICE
Probate Court of Lincoln County
Re: Petition of George Scouten for discharge
as administrator of the estate of William
Wiser Scouten, deceased.
  To whom it may concern:
  This is to notify you to file objection, if
there is any, to the above referenced petition,
in this court on or before May 7, 2007.
  Be notified further: All objections to the
petition must be in writing, setting forth the
grounds of any such objection. All pleadings/
objections must be signed before a notary
public or before a probate court clerk, and
filing fees must be tendered with your
pleadings/objections, unless you qualify to file
as an indigent party. Contact probate court
personnel at the following address/telephone
number for the required amount of filing fees.
If any objections are filed, a hearing will be
scheduled at a later date. If no objections are
filed, the petition may be granted without a
hearing.
            Hon. Lee D. Moss, Probate Judge
By: Jaime Littleton, Probate Clerk/Deputy
                                              Clerk
                                    P.O. Box 205
                        Lincolnton, GA 30817
                                  706-359-5528
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    IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
            LINCOLN COUNTY
Carline M. Ramsey, Plaintiff
Vs
Jason A. Ramsey, Defendant
Civil Action No. 07CV9175
Divorce Action Filed: March 28, 2007
Order for Service by Publication Dated: March
28, 2007
    Notice to Non-Resident Defendant
                to be Published
  The Defendant, Jason A. Ramsey, is hereby
commanded personally, or by Attorney to be
and appear at the Superior Court to be held in
and for said County within sixty days of the
date of the Order for Service by Publication,
as above set forth, then and there to answer
the Plaintiff's Complaint in the above captioned
        case, else the Court will proceed as to
Justice shall appertain.
  Witness the Honorable Roger W. Dunaway,
      Jr., Judge of said Court, this 28th day of
March, 2007.
                          Bruce C. Beggs, Clerk
Kopecky & Roberts
James I. Roberts
Attorney for Plaintiff
P.O. Box 128
Washington, Georgia 30673
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                  NOTICE TO
      DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
State of Georgia
Lincoln County
  All persons indebted to the estate of Joel
Ray Myers, Sr., deceased, are hereby notified
to make payments of same to the undersigned
and all persons having a claim against said
estate are notified to make claim to the
undersigned or be barred from participation
in said estate.
  This 17th day of April, 2007.
    Executrix, Estate of Joel Ray Myers, Sr.
                  Linda Marie Myers Bentley
                    1151 Ralph Goolsby Road
                    Lincolnton, Georgia 30817
Hammond   & Hammond
Post Office Box 1137
Thomson, Georgia 30824
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                    NOTICE
Georgia, Lincoln County Probate Court
To: Ginger Queen, Jeannie Bolden and any
heir whose current address is unknown:
  Kelly Diane Bolden has petitioned to be
appointed Administrator of the estate of
James Bruce Bolden, deceased, of said County.
The petitioner has also applied for waiver of
bond and/or grant of certain powers contained
in O.C.G.A. 53-12-232. All interested parties
are hereby notified to show cause why said
petition should not be granted. All objections
to the petition must be in writing, setting
forth the grounds of any such objections, and
must be filed with the court on or before May
25, 2007. All pleadings/objections must be
signed before a notary public or before a
probate court clerk, and filing fees must be
tendered with your pleadings/objections,
unless you qualify to file as an indigent party.
Contact probate court personnel at the
following address/telephone number for the
required amount of filing fees. If any
objections are filed, a hearing will be held on
May 30, 2007 at 10:00 o'clock a.m. If no
objections are filed, the petition may be
granted without a hearing.
                        Honorable Lee D. Moss
                                    Probate Judge
                            Post Office Box 205
                    Lincolnton, Georgia 30817
                                  706-359-5528
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