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TRUSTEES SALE


Property of the Columbus Manufacturing
company. Complete and fully equipped
COTTON Factory, together with nearly mile
OF the finest water power on the Chattahoo-
tchee river. Just above the city of Columbug.
STATE OF GEORGIA, MUsCOGEE COUNTY
~ By virtue OF the power vested in us un-
der the terms and conditions Of n certain deed
OF trust executed to the undersigned, J.
hhodes Browne and A. Illges, trustees by the
columbus Manufacturing Company, of Mus
cogee county, state OF Georgia, dated March
ISL 1881, whereby the said corporation con-
Neyeu 10 us all of The property, real aud per-
sonal herein after described, in trust, to
secure the payment of its certain issue Of
bonds and the interest coupons thereof as in
said trust deed specified and enumerated (al
OF which appears duly of record in Mortgage
Decd Book "A" foliOs 367 to 1913, MSrch 9th,
1884, IN the Clerks Office of Superior Court
Muscogee county, Georgia, and In Record
Deeds, Volume ., pages s. to 81 inclusive.
March 22d, 1884, Office of the Probate Court IN
the county of Lee, State of Alabapa, and in
conformity with the directions and terms
prescribed In the resolutions passed by tho
holders of said bonds, on April Path 1886, un-
der the authority conferred by said deed OF
trust
We VIII sell In the city OF Columbus Mus
cogec county. Georgia, on the 81 day OF Au-
gust, 1886, between the legal hours OF sale, in
front OF the Auction House Of f. NJ. Knowle
Co, on the northwest corner of Broad
street and Tenth formerly Crawford street,,
(belng the usual place for Snerii's sales in
SAID CITY OF COlumbusl, at public outcry to
the highest bidder, for cash, the following de-
scribed property of the Columbus Manufac-
turing Company, to-wit: An those lots and
parcels of land situated, Iylng ana Deng IA
follows; Fractional section number twenty
ak $3.50 and the north half oil fractional sec
ton number thirty-nve 1897 both in frac-
tlonal township number eighteen u.s.
range humber thirty 1907, in formerly
Russell, now Lee, county State Of
Alabama. Also the following lots Of lands
lying and being in the eighth Jsth) dis rlcI
OF MuscORee county, State of Georgia known
~ lots numbers eighty six tS6I and eighty
seven go and the west half Of lot number
seventy four t74l and iracuOns numbered
ninety-one (9D and nlnety-twO 1927, and
Island number three 80 in Chattahoochea
river and small enclosure situated east Of
the residence formerly occupied by j. r.
Clapp, used a residence and grazing lot
containing seven ~ acres more or less
All Of said lands last described lying and be-
ing IN the county of Muscogee and State Of
Georgia, and together with said lands in Lee
county, Alabama, containing eight hundred
and thirty tS80l acres more or less
Also, all of tine said Columbus Manufactur-
ing Company's buildings on said land in
Mu>coRee county, Ga, operated as Cotton
Factory, and with all OF the improvements in
any manner appendant and appurtenant
thereto, inclusive, OF the cards, spincies,
looms, machinery and fixtures Of every kind
whatsoever contained in said buildings; also,
all and singular the other improvements on
all of the lands aforementioned and
described; also the entire water power
owned and controlled by said Columbus
Manufacturing Company on and in said
ChattahOochee river, together with all and
singular the rights and franchises by the sad
the Columbus Manufacturing Company held
and possessed therein under the laws OF
Georgia
The p ant of SAID cotton factory consists al
present Of 4,544 spindles, lI9 looms and other
suitable machinery, AL in good condition aud
producing good work. Present capacity
1900 yarda a day OF heavy sh ceilings and shirt
ings, three yards to the pound.
The operatives houses and improvements
generally in excellent condition, labor aDun-
dant, lands elevated and location OF property
Unsurpassed for health, convenience and eco
nOmiOAl productlon-frae from the burden OF
muDiciDai taxes paid by All the other Column
bus mills, yet within three miles OF the city of
Columbus and three quarters OF u mile of
Columbus and Rome railroad. The water
power 10 the finest in the South, controlling
and embracing the whole bed Of the Chatt9-
hoochee river for the distance Of about one
mile along the lands of said company, said
lands extending along its banks upon the
Georgia and Ahs8Rma sides OF the river
Only q small portion OF the water power ia
required and utilized in running the present
mill, ADD the natural falls In the river render
but simple inexpensive dam OF
logs and plank necessary. This
water power is easily controlled
and has a fall OF f0rty-twO and a half 1870
feet within three quarters - Of mile.
With comparatively small expenditure
upon new dam one hundred and twentY-
five thousand u25,00e) sptndles with looms
in proportion can be driven by tins water
power. Capital for the erection OF additional
mills and utilization OF the immense power
now wasted is all that is needed to make this
lOus manufacturngv village. The personal in
-pcctiOn OF capitalists is Invited. Full and
details viii be furnished upon
j. RHODES BROWNE,
a. ILLGES,
Trustees