The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-19
First Monday in January, 1896,

Git being the 9Th day of January, 1885,
Bessemer Mining Company IN Bessemer
City, N. u, 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 (1,700) seven
teen hundred acres Of land in and near
the town of Bessemer City, N. c., lying
on both sides of the Charlotte and At
lanta division of the Southern Railway
and constituting the valuable mining
plant of said Bessemer Mining Com.
pany, machinery, tools and appliances,
Office furniture and fixtures, ores on
hand, &c, to be sold ia body as "a
whole.
a full, complete aud more particular
description of said lands aud mineral
and timber rights, easements and priv
ileges may he 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 fer the county Of CASTOR,
in the State of North Carolina, obtained
by said Bessemer Mining Company FROM
the following named corporations and
individuals, to.Wit:
From the Besserner City Mining and
Manufacturing Company; the OonsOli
dated Manufacturing Company; the Fl
deity Bank, of Durham, n c., trustee;
j. A. Smith and wife; j. a. Pinchback;
r. d. Ormond and wife; Benjamin NJ.
Ormond and wife; Jacob Ormond, and
others.
At the same time and place the un-
dersigned will offer for sale as aforesaid,
very large number Of city lots belong
ing 10 said Bessemer MIMI e Company,
located in said town of Bess emer City,
N. c., and suitable for building lots for
residence and business purposes, laid
down upon w. r. Richardson's survey
and map Of Bessemer City, ~ 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 Bessener Mining Company
by said Besaemer City Min ng and Man
ufacturing 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
ister OF deeds for Cleveland county in
Book B B of Deeds, page 1913.
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 20 90 given the purchasers
on receipt by the undersig ned 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
It 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. q.
J. S. CARR,
of Durham, N. c.,
Z T. DARLINGTON,