The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1904-02-27
WEDNESDAY THE BOTH, DAY
OF MARCH, 1904,

cash to the highest bidder, at the door
of the scourt house of the Parish of
ST. Mary. state of Louisiana, in the
town of franklin in said Parish, upon the
terms hereinafter set forth, all and singu-
lar the following described property men
toned in said decretal order, viz:
\ certain sugar plantation, known as the
Shadyside Plantation, situated in the said
Parish of st. Mary, State Of Louisiana, com
posed of the following described tracts of
land, To- wit:
LIST. tract of land formerly known as the
Fairfax or Joshua Baker plantation, having
twenty-five arp"nts front on both sides of
| the Bayou Ieche by a depth Of forty arpents,
bounded above by lands of Zoos 4 Barnett
hereinafter described, and below by lands
of Mrs. S. c. Palfrcy.
Sparks Plantation, adjoining the above de-
scribcd tract, and measuring twenty-eight
81 leo arpents front on the West side of
bayou Tecne, by forty arpents in depth. the
side lines converging to the rear, bounded
above by lands of Dancy, and below by the
above described tract, and having seventeen
Teehc by forty arpents in depth, the side
lines diverging to the rear. bounded above
by lands of Mrs. George Sennett and below
by the firstly above described tract, and con
tanning in all one thousand eight hundred
superficial arpents, more or less.
3rd. tract of land formerly known
RS the Dancy Plantation, being composed of
the.undivded five sixth $50 OF fourteen ar
penis front on the East side of Bayou Teche
by forty arpents in depth, bounded North
by lands formerly of Turner and McMasters,
East by Grand Lake South by lands above
secondly described, and west by Bayou Tcchc
of three hundred and twenty-Une s4-1O0 acres
of land on both sides OF Bayou Tcche, Doun
del avove on both sides OF said Bayou BY
lands of Mrs. Mary Duncan below on West
side by lands above described, and East by
lands of George Sennctt; and of one hun
drcd and ninety one acres of land, more or
less. on the west side of Bayou Tcche and
one hundred and thirty one Si-l0O acres of
land on the east side of Bayou Techc, more
or less, the side lines running back from
Bayou Teche, with the depth belonging to
the same.
4th. Another tract of land, situated in the
said Parish OF st. Mary, being the upper or
Northern portion of the old KicOhoc planta
ton presently known. designated and de-
scribed as lot No. one on map or plan of
survey made by ". W. Johnson. surveyor.
duly recorded by draft and inscription in
Book "B b." page 7S4 of convcyances of the
office of the Recorder of the Parish of st.
Mary.
Said tract having front of twelve Ia acres
on the west side of the Bayou Teche, by Il
depth that belongs to the same being bound
ed north by the Fairfax plantation of james
succession of John Il. Guidry deceased, east
| by said Bayou Teche, and west by the; Sea
Marsh and having an area OF four hundred
and ninety one and S0-l00 superficial acres.
Including all buildings, machinery, rail-
| ways, cars, engine. works, Appearances. and
| Improvements of whatsoever. character
thereon, cane uOlStS racks lu1nDcr, anllnalS.
! mules, wagons, carts, harness; plows, cult
! vatOrs. and all OF the agricultural i'nple-
ments belonging ito and for the use of said
plantation of every description, together
| with the corn, grain, hay and other fodder
| and feed stuffs thereon of whatever Kind.
Nothing properly belonging to and forming
J part Of said plantation shall be considered
! as excluded by the foregoing enumeration,
| Under the provisions Ut said dec retail order
said property will be offered and sold upon
! the following terms:
| Iy above described, will be first offered AS an
entirety, to the highest bidder for cash, and
| then the tract fOurthly above described will be
| offered to the highest bidder for cash, after
| which all OF said tracts composing sa i'll plan
| tation, will be offered as q whole to the high
| est bidder for cash and if the highest bid for
the whole shall exceed the aggregate of the
! bids for the tracts offered separately, such
bid VIII be accepted, otherwise the highest
! bid for said separate tracts will be accepted.
SAID property will be sold subject to the
taxes of 1894, which the purchaser will be re-
/ CURED to assume and pay, over and above
! the price bid, and also subject to the right Of
the Receiver i'll said cause to continue the
| storage OF the masss.-cute where it now. is
| i'll the sugar house on said plantation until
/ the same is in condition to be nanufactu red
and converted into sugar, and to the right of
! the Receiver, his agents and servants to en-
ter upon said plantation for the purpose of
| caring for and preserving said masse- cutie
| and also to the right of the Receiver to use
the sugar house and machinery on said
i
| ing said masse-cuite into sugar, free of cost
And the purchaser will be required to fur.
nlsh such fuel and other necessary material
| if he has any, as may be needed ior the pur
J pose OF operating said sugar house and
manufacturing SAID masse-cuIte, for which
| lie VIII be entitled to Il fair and reasonable
price, t. be fixed by the Court.
The Complainant and Intervenors or other
parties to said cause, will have the right to
Dtd at the sale, and the purchaser may turn
| III, III payment or part payment of his bid,
| any OF the notes secured by the mortgages
on the property, as cash, to the extent of
the distributive share applicable to the pay
nent OF the principal, interest and attorneys
fees due on said LOtes.
Inc successful bidder will be required to
deposit with the Special Master, ten per
cent on. the amount of his bid as earned
money, and to pay the balance of the price
| immediately upon the approval of the sale
bythe court, or at such time as the court
may designate.
A. &. BRICE,
Special Master.