The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-08-18
Sale of Valuable Iron Mining
Property and City Lots.

Property and City Lots.
By virtue OF the decree, anu ,pur~
suant to the orders of the Superior
court of CASTOR county, in the case
Of Ballard q Wiley, trustees of b. L.
Duke VS.. the Bessemer Mining Coma p
pany and others, the undersigned 70
ceiyers and commissioners, appointed
by said court, will on Tuesday, the
8th day of September, 1896, at &c
o'clock a. M, at the Office of the Bessa-
mer Mining Company, in BessemGE
City, n. c., sell at public auction &c
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 Com
pany, corporation, consisting of about
seventeen G,700) hundred acres OF
and in and near the town Of Bessemer
City, N. c., lying on both sides OF the
Charlotte and Atlanta division OF tbs
Southern Railway, and constituting tnxs
valuable mining plant of said BessemeT
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 OF
rights, easements and privileges may
be found on reference to the. several
deeds to said BessemeF Mining Com
pany for the same, which are in th9
possession of the undersigned, and ara
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 Mir
ng Company from the following nam
ed corporations and individuals, towit:
From the Bessemer City Mining g.
Manufacturing Company: from the
Consolidated Manufacturing Company;
from the Fidelity Bank ~ Durham
n. c., trustees; from J \ Smith and
wife; j. A. Pinchback; r II OrmanG
and wife; Benjamin Ormand and wife,
Jacob Ormand and others
At the same time and place the uEs~
dersigned will offer for sale at public
auction as aforesaid, a very largo
| number of city lots belonging to said
| Bessemer Mining Company, located ina
said town of Bessemer City, N. c., and
| suitable for building lots. for residences
and business purposes, laid down upon
W. K. Richardson's survey and map
of Bessemer City, n. c., which will
be designated and pointed out to pur~
| chasers on the day of sale. Also the
Fire Clay" tract of land in Cleve-
| land county, referred to and conveyed
| to said Bessemer Mining Company bvs
said Bessemer City Mining & ManUS,
featuring Company by the deed regis
tered in book No. 90 (Deeds), page $685.
in the office of the Register of Deeds
| of CASTOR county, and also describes
in the deed to said J. A. Smith froRs
| r. n. Patterson and others, dated
March cath, 1891, registered in tho
| office of the Register of Deeds for
| Cleveland county, in book No. ''B. R--ss.
| of Deeds, page 223.
Terms of sale: One-third Of the pGIsS-
chase money to be paid in cash on ting
| day of sale, and the balance OF the
purchase money to be paid within
twelve az months from and after tk9n
| 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 tho
| one-third cash payment on the purA
| chase money, and the purchaser to be-
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-
TERED payment. 1t will be optionary
with purchasers to anticipate and pay
the ueferred payments OF the balance
of the purchase money at any time
after the day of sale, and within the"
| twelve months aforesaid, and there5ys
stop the aecruing of interest ON the
deferred payment.
Any further information desired
concerning said property, and thG
sale thereof, may be obtained on APP
plication to the undersigned.
Dated July 3rd, 1896
J. S. CARR.
of Durham, N q,
E. T. DARLINGTON,
of Bay City, MieIr.,-
Receivers and Commissioners