The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-20
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COMMISSIONERS SALE
OF "
VALUABLE PROPERTY.

day OF April, 1908, In the consolidated
cases. Metropolitan Trust Company, OF
New York. and the American Box Com
pany and others VS.. the North Caro-
lima Lumber Company and p. L. Ira
Wis and others, receivers, the said COM
missioner will. on
THURSDAY. THE 2sTH DAY OF
MAY. 1908,
bidder. on the premises upon Which
the sawmill plant Of the said lumber
company is l2fated: near Tillery, II
Halifax county'N. G.. the said sawmill
plant. with all the real estate, timber
rights and privileges and the personal
property Of the said lumber company
and Its franchises. as whole. The
property is situated in the said Hall
and timber rights and privileges are
registered In tie Office Of the register
of deeds of said county. and reference
TO such records by book ana page Will
be hereinafter made for complete
description OF the real estate and tim
Der rights OF the said company.
The real estate Is as follows. az A
certain tract of land known as the
MCGEE tract of 2S2h acres: (2) Ger
tain tract known as Mary Ann Smith
tract known as the Clark place.
containing five certain pieces Of land
'(including the Smallwood tract the
Pope tract and the Tillery tracD; the
MFRS tTdCt, tNe ltHVenS Nest, or NOR
gan tract. the Lewter tract and the
Nash tract, containing 1,4ss acres,
more or less: "a the Lewter tract,
the Orchards tract. the Slash. or Join
er tract, the Pope tract, the Spiers
Of Tiliery, s2oxsoo feet, containing
2.115 acres. more or less; (5) tract
of land in the town of Tillery. contain
ing " acres. more or less; (6) two
tracts of land, the Westry tract and
Ta, 10 fro rt int,
more or less; (O the John Devereaux
place. containing 500 acres. more or
less; (S) the B. Fl. Bum place, con-
tanning $50 acres. more or less; co.
the Claudia Redmond tract. containing
$50 acres, more or less; t1o) those
certain tracts. containing 400 acres,
more or less. conveyed by Fl. a. Gude-
err, trustee, to A. J Mcdonald by deed
registered In book 81, page 222. all
which were conveyed BY the said "A. ].
Mcdonald to the said North Carolina
Lumber Company by deed registered
IN book 1o2 page l. ct seq: G1)
B. Harris to "A. ]. Mcdonald. contain
Ing 2SS acres. more or less. the same
having been conveyed by the said
Mcdonald to the said lumber company
by deed registered in book 1o2. page
~: u2) certain tract known as the
Mayo tract, containing 321 acres, more
or less, conveyed by Edward Alcott
to the said lumber company by deed
registered in book 81, page 4s4; ds)
and wife OF 200 acres by deed regis
tered in book 129, page 81; d4)
tract of land of 200 acres conveyed
by George B. Curtis and wife to the
said lumber company By deed regis
| tered in book 1874. page 24S.
The timber rights and privileges Of
the company are such as are conveyed
and now unexpired in the following
deeds: o. certain deed made by n.
MacRae Robinson and Harold II. Prizes
to the said North Carolina Lumber
Company. registered in book 80, page
462; co a certain deed made by a. j.
Mcdonald to the said lumber COM
pany. and registered in book 1o2, page
l; CD certain deed made by the
Der company and registered in book
| 102, page II; C4) certain deed exc
cuted by a. II. Pope and wife and reg
lstered In book 125, page 434; 90 a
and wife and registered in book 1875
page 521;I go a certain deed executed
by w. + Herbert and wife to the
lumber company and registered in
made by Edward de Brule to the said
lumber company and registered in
book 132. page 10: (S) certain deed
made by Claude Kitchn and wife to
the Said lumber company and regis
t tered !, in aoa book k 1873; page 4s5; 90
and others to the said lumber com
pany aud registered In book 15S. page
53S; u0) certain deed made by W.
W. Kitchin and others to the said
book 1ss. page 800; o. as 5z a 'et certain in
deed executed by G. j. King to the
said lumber company, conveying tim
Der privileges; G2) a certain deed.
conveying timber right known as the
granted by r. H. burlington, deed
registered in book 1872, page AIS; a
deed made by p. S. Hargrove and wife
to the said lumber company and reg
istered in book 1872. page 6s.
The personal property includes two
locomotive engines. eight miles, more
or less. of thirty-pound rail laid and
on the track and cross-ties, trestles
and other property used with the rail-
furniture and equipment in managers
house. machinery used in connection
with the sawmill plant. including
boilers, engines. saving machinery,
drying and planning machinery. hang
ers, pulleys, tools, fixtures. Implements
and all timber. lumber manufactured
and manufactured, the books and
accounts OF the lumber company sta
tionary supplies and materials and
all other personal property Of the
TERMS OF THE SALE.
The property, real and personal, OF
the company, including It's corporate
franchise. will be sold as a. whole. for
cash. The commissioner. however, Is
authorized In case the bondholders of
the company should become the
purchaser OF the property to require
such bondholding purchasers to pay
at least. $4,000 in cash and to receive
the balance of the purchase money in.
bonds of the company alta percentage
to be ascertained By ogo dedneting from
paid in cash and dividing the remand
err by the amount of coupons and bonds
mentioned in the report as due by the.
defendant lumber company, the quo
tient being the percentage at which
the bonds shall be receivable in pay
ment.
Mr. ]. II. Durham. who lives at the
managers house at the plant, viii
show the property to any persons who
may wish to inspect the same with q