The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-09-22
First Monday in January, 1896,

Git being the 9th day of January, 1885,
at 10 O'Clock a. M, at the office of the
Bessemer Mining Company IN Bessemer
City, N. O., sell at public auction to the
highest bidder, on the terms hereinafter
named, the entire property, real and
personal and mixed, and assets of every
kind and description, belonging to the
Bessemer Mining Company, corpora
ton, consisting Of about Q,700) seven
teen hundred acres of land in and near
the town of BessemeT City, N. O., lying
on both sides of the Charlotte and At
lant8 division of the Southern Railway
and constituting the valuable mining
plant of said Besseuer Mining Com
papy, machinery, tools and appliances,
office furniture aud fixtures, ores on
hand, &c, to be sold in a body as a
whole.
A full, completes and more particular
description of said lands ana mineral
and timber rights, easements and priv
ilsges may be found on reference to the
several deeds to said Bessemer Mining
Company for the same, which are in the
possession of the undersigned, and are
duly registered in the Office of the reg
lister of deeds for the county Of CASTOR,
in the State cf North Carolina, obtained
by said Bessemer Mining Company from
the following nam-d corporations and
individuals, to wit:
From the Bessemer City Mining and
Manufacturing Company; the Consoli-
dated Manufacturing Company; the Fl
deity Bank, of Durham, N. O., trustee;
J. A. Smith and wife; J A. Pinchback;
r d. Ormond and wife; Benz NJ.
Ormond and wife; Jacob Ormond, and
others.
At the same time and place the un-
deTsigned will offer for sale as aforesaid,
a very large number Of city lots belong
irg to said Bessemer Mlni9g Company,
located in said town of Bessemer City,
N. O., and suitable for building lots for
residence and business purposes, laid
down upon W. r Richardson's survey
and map of Bessemer City, n. G., which
will be designated and pointed out TO
purchasers on the day of sale.
Also the Fire Clay Tract" of and in
Cleveland county referred to and con-
veyed to said Be8semer Mining Company
by said Bessemer City Mining and Man
ufacturiDg Company by the deed regis
tered in book No. 20 deeds, page 523,
in the Office of the register Of deeds for
CASTOR county, and also described in the
deed to said J. A Smith from r. N.
Patterson and others, dated March gath,
1891, registered in the Office Of the reg
lister of deeds for Cleveland county in
Book B B of Deeds, page 1928.
TERMS OF SALE: One-third Of the
purchase money to be paid in cash and
the balance of the purchase money to be
paid within twelve months from and
after the day Of sale, with interest from
the day of sale on the deferred payments.
Possession to be given the purchasers
on receipt by the undersigned of the
one third cash p yment on the purchase
money, and the purchaser TO be there
after responsible for and liable to pay
all taxes assessed against the property
purchased by him, and title deeds with
held as security for deferred payments.
1t will be optionary with purchasers
to anticipate and pay the deferred pay
ment of the balance of the purchase
money at any time after the date of sale
and within the twelve months aforesaid,
and thereby stop the accruing of inter
est on the deferred payment.
Any further information desired con-
corning said property and the sale
thereof may be obtained on application
to the undersigned or to their agent,
Charles L. Lawton, of Bessemer City,
N. O.
J. S. CARR,
of Durham, N c.,
E T. DARLINGTON,
of Bay City, Mich,
Receivers and Commissioners.