The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-12-18
Sale Valuable esReaI.EState

euH Nv pup,lC OutCtys III IrOnG Oh Inc OOufG
House in the city Of snntcr, SO Ca !, on
Monday, the Fourth day: OF; January, 1904,
at eleven clock III the forenoon, 3 TO the
highest bidder. IS +.
All that piece, parcel or tract !. OF land 4,
situated in Lee County, State Of South
Carolina, .on the waters ef Black River,
known as "The Cednrs. plantation, con: 5
tanning one thousand aud eighty .nine q ,oS9)
acres, more or less, bounded on the North
BY lands now or formerly Of w. =. Mills;
East BY lands now or formerly OF D. D.
Barber; on the South BY lands Of e. M.
Wilson; and on the West by lands now or
formerly Of 81. w B,ndloy.
Terms of SALE, $4,000 90 cash, Of which
$z5o 90 must be deposited when sale ia
made. Balance to be secured by Bond and
Mortgage Of the purchaser, payable $4,000
on Nov Iet OF each year. with interest en-
balance from date of purchase at the rate
OF eight (S) per cent, per annum; purchaser
to have the privilege to pay all cash or as
great IN amount in excess Of So 900 ns he
may elect .is
Buildings to be insured and policiez ms
signed.
Purchaser to pay $as for papers, aud
taxes for 1909
Possession to be given purchaser upon
date cf sale.
The above plantation ia offered for salo
because the subsoriber has moved from the
State, and ia engaged in business elsewhere
1t lies il the splendid cotton belt 30 we'll
known to the farmers of Sumter and Lee
Counties, aud ia on the public road leading
| to Bishopviile, s.. 9. 1t Id about three
milea from the banking town of Mayes
vile, 8. O., and abont twelve milea from
the thriving city Of Sumter, s. c., which
ia one OF the largest inland cotton markets
iu the State
Churches, sohoola, aud post-cfflce are
convenient. This plantation has been in
the possession of the subscribers family
between twenty-five aud thirty years; and
during that time no pains have been spared
to mako it an ideal, productive prope,ty
Il is perfectly healthy, in good neigh
borhood, and is admittedly one of the finest
drained plantations in tho State, most of
it's bitches leading into la &c canal on
tho plantation, which was dug Mt heavy ex
penae. 5f .
There is o f,wng arteaian we'll on the
plantation, the water Of which has been
a1alyzcd by the Ohief Chemist Of Clemson
College, mud pronounced very pure
| The property is now in IL high state of
cultivation having been heavily fcrtiizei
for n nurnber OF yea5n. !,
1t cccupica spienIii. i.poation forf !,
store and npublG
tion OF bctween 400 nni SEQ trees which
| | .@sas @ set cut about Jau /, 1895. sorne of
which have Just begun tolting, The grove
il surrounded ny barbed wire fenos, and
some of the trees cost 81 as; eaob.
There is also an orchard which was set
ont January 1909, Of choice peaches, pears,
plnma, figs, grapes and pomegrauntes,
which were selected with view of their
adaptability to tho location and succession
Of bearing 5
The main dwelling was burned in Aug
uat r9o3 but ita sito ia among splendid
grove Of oaks, and lis garden act out with
choice cedars, roses, orlcanders and other
plants.
The buildings on the plantation consist
OF ehingle roof, weather boarded dwell.
ing with piazza and brick chimneys. The
dwelling is Of four rooms and hall, is lath-
ed and plastered and was built in 1895
Kitchen and washroom, poultry houses and
fences. The gin house is a threc-atory,
weather-boarded, iron roof building It is
about forty feet long, and has all doora on
iron rollers. 1t also has iroa rooted sheds
at each end.
The saw mill shed and blacksmith shop
is building about 60 feet long, covered
with iron roofing. The stable is two
atory, woathe: boarded building with iron
roof. It ls one hundred feet long, and
thirty feet wide, with iron covered sheds,
10 feet wide, its entire length It is divided
into len foot square box stalls harness
room, corn room, tool room, 80 30. All
of its doors with the exception Of its four
main doors, are slidiEg doors on iron track
and rollers. Its loft is fitted with track its
entire length for hay carrier. 1t has
trough and water in the stable
All Of the buildings described above, OK
sept the poultry houses, nre on brick pil-
lars. There are also in tho stable lot two
weather boarded sheds, eaoh 90 feet long,
which are also on brick pillars and covered
with iron locfing.
There is an abundance Of wood on the
plantation.
The plantation is well supplied with
tenant hoeses, all of which, with the cx.
ception of one double house of hewn tim.
ber, nre weather boarded shinglo roof
houses of two rooms, with brick chimneys
and brick foundations.
There are between 500 and GOO acres of
cleared lnnd, and largo area of fine land
which can be cleared at light expense
The land is gently rolling, most OF it
having clay subsoii.
G. EDWARD SALINAS,