The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-03
Sale of Valuable Iron aIninQ
Property and City Lots.

BY virtue of the decree, ana puF-
suant to the orders of the Superior
court of CASTOR county, in the case
OF Ballard & Wiley, trustees of b. Il.
Duke VS.. the Bessemer Mining Conn
pany and others, the undersigned re-
ceivers and commissioners, appointed
by said court, will on Tuesday, tha
sth day of September, 1896, ct 10
o'clock a. m, at the office of the Bess@-
mer Mining Company, in BessemeE
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 as
sets of every kind and description, be-
longing to the Bessemer Mining Conn
pany, corporation, consisting of abOut
seventeen q,7O0) hundred acres OF
and in and near the town OF BessemsT
City, N. C., lying on both sides of the
Charlotte and Atlanta division of the
Southern Railway, and constituting the
valuable mining plant of said Bessemer
Mining Company, machinery, tools
and appliances, Office, furniture and
fixtures, ores on hand, etcs., to be sold
n body as a whole. A full, complete
and more particular description Cd
said lands and mineral and timbew
rights, easements and privileges may
be found on reference to the several
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 thG
Register Gf 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, towits
From the Bessemer City Mining q
Manufacturing COmpany;s from this
Consolidated Manufacturing Company;
from the Fidelity Bank Af Durham
N. c., trustees; from j. A.sSmtih and
wife; j. A. Pinchback; r, ID. Ormand
nd wife; BENJAMIN Ormand and wifes
Jacob Ormand and Others.
At the same time and place the un-
| dersigned will offer for sale at public
auction as aforesaid, a .egery largs
number Of city lots belonging to said
Bessemer Mining Company, located I'm
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 win
be designated and pointed out to pur-
| ehasers on the day of sale. Also thG
Fire Clay" tract of land in Cleve-
| land county, referred to and conveyed
to said Bessemer Mining Company by
said Bessemer City Mining & Manu-
| featuring Company by the deed regis
tered in book No. 90 (Deeds), page B23,
in the Office of the Register Of Deeda
of 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 Register of Deeds foR
| Cleveland county, in book No. "B. b.
| of Deeds, page 223.
Terms of sale: 0ne-third of the pu@r
chase money to be paid in cash on thu.
| day of sale, and the balance of the
purchase money to be paid withiR
twelve (12) months from and after the
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 DUR
chase money, and the purchaser to be-
thereafter responsible for and liabIG
to pay all taxes assessed against the
property purchased by him, and titla
deeds withheld as security for the de-
| ferred payment Tt will be optionarE
with purchasers to anticipate and pay
the deferred payments of the balances
of the purchase money at any tim@
after the day of sale, and within the
twelve months aforesaid, and thereby
stop the accruing of interest on tho
deferred payment.
Any further information desired
concerning said property, and the
sale thereof, may be obtained on aP-
plication to the undersigned.
Dated July 3rd, 1896.
j. S. CARR,
OF Durham, N. O.
IN IN NApDTNHTnN