The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-27
Sale ct Valuable Iron Mining
Prosperity and City Lots.

By virtue of the decree, ana pur>
suant to the orders of the superior
court of CASTOR county, in the casa
of Ballard e. Wiley, trustees of B. L
Duke vs.. the Bessemer Mining Com
pany and others, the undersigned 70
ceivers and commissioners, appointe6
by said court. will on Tuesday, the
sth day of September, 1896, at IL
o'clock a. m, at the office of the Besss
mer Mining Company, in Bessemea
City. N. c., sell at public auction to
the highest bidder, on the terms here
matter named, the entire property
real and personal and mixed and -
sets of every kind and description, be
longing to the Bessemer Mining Com
pany, corporation, consisting of abou
seventeen 1.700) hundred acres o4
and in and near the town of Bessemr
City, N. c., lying on both sides Of tbs
Charlotte and Atlanta division OF ths
Southern Railway, and constituting .ls
valuable mining plant of said Bessems-
Mining Company, machinery, tool.
and appliances, office, furniture and
fixtures, ores on hand, etcs., to be solo
body as whole. A full. compler4
and more particular description o
said lands and mineral and timhe
rights, easements and privileges msy
be found on reference to the severe
deeds to said Bessemer Mining Com
pany for the same, which are in the
possession of the undersigned, and are
duly registered in the office of the
Register of Deeds for the county OF
CASTOR. in the State of North Caro-
lima, obtained by said Bessemer Min
ng Company from the following nam
ed corporations and individuals, towit:
From the Bessemer City Mining q
Manufacturing Company; from the
Consolidated Manufacturing Company;
from the Fidelity Bank of Durham,
N. c., trustees; from j. A. Smith and
wife; j. A. Pinchback; r. d. Ormand
and wife; BENJAMIN Ormand and wife;
Jacob Ormand and others.
At the same time and place the un.
dersigned will offer for sale at public
auction as aforesaid, very large
number of city lots belonging to sai6
Bessemer Mining Company, located In
said town of Bessemer 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, N. c., which viii
be designated and pointed out to pur-
chasers on the day of sale. Also the
"Fire Clay" tract of land in C1eve-
land county, referred to and conveyed
to said Bessemer Mining Company by
said Bessemer City Mining e Manu-
featuring Company by the deed regis
tered in book No. 90 (Deeds), page 6z3
in the office of the Register of Deeds
of CASTOR county, and also describes
in the deed to said j. A. Smith from
r. n. Patterson and others, dated
March oath, 1891, registered in the
office of the Register of Deeds for
Cleveland county. in book No. "B. b.
of Deeds, page 223.
Terms of sale: One-third of the pa.
chase money to be paid in cash on It's
day of sale, and the balance of ths
purchase money to be paid within
twelve (12) months from and after tbs
day of sale, with interest from the
day of sale on the deferred payment
Possession to be given the purchasers
on receipt by the undersigned OF the
one-third cash payment on the puT
chase money, and the purchaser to D~
thereafter responsible for, and liable
to pay all taxes assessed against the
property purchased by him, and title
deeds withheld as security for the de-
ferred payment. 1t will be optionary
with purchasers to anticipate and pap
the deferred payments of the balancs,
of the purchase money at any tins
after the day of sale, and within the
twelve months aforesaid, and thereby
stop the accruing of interest on the
deferred payment.
Any further information desireA
concerning said property, and tbs
sale thereof, may be obtained ON ap~
plication to the undersigned.
Dated July Bird, 1896.
J. S. CARR,
of Durham, ". O..
e. r. DARLINGTON,
of Bay City. Mich,