The St. Mary banner., 1903-03-07
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
23rd Judicial District Court Parish
of st. Mary.
Estate of Mrs. Alix Provost. Des
ceased. No. 1O,878.

BY virtue of an order issued out of the
Honorable 23rd Judicial District Court
OF date Feb. 13, 1903 l will offer for sale
TOR cash to the highest bidder in front OF
the court house door of the town of
Franklin, on
SATURDAY, THE 21sT DAY OF
MARCH, 1908,
between the hours OF IL O. clock o. m. ,
and o'clock p. m., the following des.
cribed property, to-wit;
l. That certain sugar plantation known
as the Alix Plantation. situated In Cy.
premort prairie, on the north side of the
public road leading from Baldwin, Par
ish of st. Mary, containing 61O acres
more or less and bounded north by the
old Fuselier place and land of NJ, Bos-
worth, east by Henry Penn. Damas Pre-
vost and D. ROdrig uez, west by M. Bos.
worth, T. Dumesnil and Ulysse Pitre
and south by public road together with
all the buildings and improvements there.
on situated.
2. Another certain tract Of land on the
south side of the public road leading
from Baldwin, consisting of 81 and $500
arpents. and another certain tract of two
arpents and one hundred and forty five
feet i'll width by depth of fifty six ar
pents, from which is to be deducted one
hundred arpents now owned by Beaure>
gard Rodriguez.
3. Another certain tract of land being
the south west<one quarter of section
thirty, township fourteen south range
nine east containing two hundred and
fifty two and 32~10O acres, together with
twenty four mules. four horses, three
mules, nine three-mule carts. one four
wheel timber wagon, one road scraper,
two one>horse carts, three cultivators,
two hay rakes. twelve two mule pl0ws
(nine D. 0. and three John Decree, two
advance No. two Avery, seven one horse
plows -four Avery and three John Deere)
two stubble shavers, four shovels, two
spades, one iron safe, 800 barrels Of corr,
thirty loads of hay (subject to deduc-
tiOn of the amount used for feeding
stock for thirty days from date of ad.
yertisemenD 158 acres first year stubble,
$50 acres of seed cane to be planted, one
lot of household furniture consisting of
four beds, three armoirs, one safe, eight
cen, chairs. one clock, one watch, one
kitchen set and one dining room set.
4. The undivided one-half of another
certain tract or parcel of land lying and
being situated in the Cypremort prairie,
parish of st, Mary, containing l80 and
S0llOO arpents, bounded north by lands
confirmed in certificate No. 721. east by
lands formerly of Mrs. M. A. de la Greve.
south by land of Euphemon Richard in
part and in part by land of Henry Pitre,
same being part of the land confirmed in
certificate B No. 1867, and a part of
land purchased by Edward Sillan at
Sheriff's sale May /, 1875, together with
the undivided one-half of all the build.
ings and improvements thereon situated,
as follows, to-wit:
5. Ten mules, three three mule carts,
one single cart, fifty acres stubble cane, !.
to plant, 35 acres. 1000 barrels of coruj
twenty five loads Of hay, one scoop, o6es
hay rake. three advance plows, five two
mule plows, five small plows.
: ARTHUR PROVOST,
Administrator
Franklin, St. Mary Parish, La, Feb,
Z 18th, 1908.