The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-25
Tyusfees Sale of Ldrge SotU MIL
 Timber and Railroad PrOnerfu

Notice is hereby given that. pursuant to Hon R. T. Erwin. Referee in sanktuptey. in the matter of vastfne J. Herlong, a bank. sSs un.d ss.s a the the Sssssn Win offer for sale S at sonsoeviIls. % N xlaSsais. at the court house door of Monroe County, Alabama. at public, auction to theshishsst bidder for cash between the hours of and p m; ; on tne 4th day of October 1909. rhpt estate. the chief items of which are as follows:
 large single circular saw )miiI having a capacity of 125, 900 feet per day for Ii hours. complete with blaming mill and dry kilns together with an electric lighting plant All comparatively new and of modern con- struction and in good condition.
 Nearly the entire village of Manistee Ala % ,nR ali iA of % tSe i buiIdinTs % nscesssry in the operation of said mill and for the furnish- ing of quarters for the employees. and also including railroad offices. consisting of a substantial brick building.
 About one hundred million feet of stump age located on about s6,ooo acres of land. about 10000 acres of which is owned in fee simple. and will be sold, and about 15,- 900 of which consists of timber rights.
 About eighteen miles of main line raii- road from Manistee, Alabama. to Manistee Junction, Alabama, where it connectes with the Louisville Nashville Railroad. laid with 5s pound steel rails which are leased from the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company and will not be sold. but the road bed. right of way and all .Sth Sther s pssrt. ef
  fic arrangements. will be sold.
 About twenty miles of spur track for logging purposes laid with 80 pound steel rail This 90 pound steel rail belongs to the bankrupt and will be sold
 well-equipped machine shop at Manis- tee. Alabama, serving both the railroad and sawmili.
 Five locomotives and about fifty logging cars; one cabooso one passenger motor car. and several camp cars.
 About $7.000 worth of lumber stacked up on the yards and in the blaming mill at Manistee.
 A stock of general merchandise in the commissary at Manistee which cost about H.700.0o
 stock of mill supplies of at least S2, 900. 00 Six mules one horse. and about eight oxen. and several logging wagons and ears pliances ordinarily used in connection with railroad and lumber plant of the kind above indicated.
 having been operated up to the End day of June. 1909. and may be put int1 immediate operation. The transportation facilities for manufactured material are unusually favor able. The acquisition of considerable stumpage in addition to that ownsd 1.S by the the railroad presents e good proposition As common carrier. that all bids be subject to rejection by the Referee. and further that the bidder to whom the property is knocked down at, the auction must deposit SS.000 % lin cash or certified check with the Trustee, to be re turned if the bid is rejected. to be applied upon the purchase price if the bid be ac- cepted and the bidder comply wth the terms thereof. and to be forfeited to the bankrupt estate in the event that the bid be accept ed and the bidder fall to comply with the terms thereof. The order requires the Trus- tee to report the highest bid to the Referee immediately and provides that the Referee shall act thereon within three days thSre- after . -, ,
 The sale being a judicial sale. I call the attention of ali prospective bidders to the Rac If xyfl include warranty guaranty of any kind as to quantity. quality Or title, except that the property will be sold free from any encumbrances created or suffered by the bankrupt and. therefore, all prospective bidders should investigate 10 their satisfaction, in advance of the sale. as to the quality and quantity of the property, as we'll as the bankrupts title thereto All information within my possession Will De furnished by me to all bona ftde prospective bidders upon application to me at Manistee. Alabama. and I will facilitate as much as possible any and all examins tions by or on behalf of prospective bidders.
 ARCHIE HEPBURN. Ned-6t Trustee.