Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-12-13
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE
TIMBER AND BARK LANDS IN
HIGHLAND COUNTY. VIRGINIA

Sale will be made at Franklin,
Pendleton County, West Virginia.
The undersigned Trustee by virtue
of authority vested in him by an Or
der made and entered by Judge Rose
Of the Federal Court, Fourth Dis
trict, on the 26th day of November,
1918, in the matter Of F. Merten,
bankrupt, and others, will on
WEDNESDAY, the 18th day of Dec
1918 at twelve o'clock noon, in front
Of the Court House door at Franklin.
Pendleton County, West Virginia,
offer for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder, the following de-
scribed real estate, to-wit:
A large tract of land containing
about 5000 acres, situate in High
land County, Virginia, not so very
far from Monterey, on both sides OF
Jack Mountain, and on both sides of
Doe Hill and Monterey road, and on
the waters Of Halterman Run, Peck
Run, Ransel Run, and beginning aA
or near the line between the counties
of Pendleton and Highland, and eX-
tending south therefrom along said
Jack Mountain. The plat showing
the boundry of said tract made by
l. L. Beverage, surveyor of Highland
county, gives the acreage at 1898
acres more or less. 1t is the same
land which was conveyed by James
r. Cation, Special Commissioner, to
Frederick Mertens and Park Agnew,
by deed dated November 30th, 1901.
which deed is of record in the Clerks
office Of Highland county among the
land records thereof in Deed Book
No. II, page Is. In which deed said
tract is described as containing
about 5000 acres, more or less, and
being the same land of which Lewis
Mckenzie died, seized. The heirs at
law of the saidPark Agnew, now de-
ceased, having conveyed their inter-
est to the said Henry Shriver, Trus-
tee in Bankruptcy of the firm of F.
Mertens' Sons, of Cumberland, Mary
land, and Of Frederick Mertens, VIM.
III. Mertens, Henry F. Mertens, and
John H. Mertens, Individually by
deed dated July 31st, 1918, which
deed Is Of record in said Clerks Of
fee in Highland County in Deed
Book No. 21, page 1875, to which two
deeds reference is hereby made for a
further description of said tract of
land. The plat of said tract of land
made by Mr.. I. L. Beverage is on file
iii said Clerks office in Highland
county; also in the office of the said
Surveyor, and in the Office Of e. B.
Jones, Attorney at Law, at Monter-
ey, in said Highland county, where
the same may be seen; also at the
office Of NJ. S. Hodges, Attorney at
Law, at Franklin, w. Va, and the Of.
flee of L. ]. Forman, Attorney at
Law, at Petersburg, West Virginia:
and also at the office of Mr.. Walter
c. Capper, Attorney at Law, No. 10
Water Street, Cumberland, Mary
land, where the same may be in
spected. 1t is thepurpose to sell
said entire tract Of land as a whole,
but without any guarantee as to the
acreage, The said Trustee selling
all or his right, title, and interest in
and to said tract of land, under said
deeds hereinbefore referred to and
and under the order of sale made by
the Federal Court, the purchaser to
step or stand in the shoes of those
who are now interested in saidreal
estate and to acquire all their rights
and privileges and interest in all Of
said real estate, whether embraced
within the boundary specified or not
| but without any guarantee on the
part OF those whose interests are be-
! ing sold, The sale being made SUBJ
ject to any superior right brittle to
any of said real estate, but with the
right to the purchaser to reclaim
and recover any of said land in the
possession of others.
TERMS OF SALE: 100000 of
the purshase price in cash on the dav
of sale; the balance of the one third
of the purchase price to be paid upon
the ratification of the sale by the
United States District Court for the
district of Maryland; one third in
six months from day of sale, and the
final one third in twelve months
from day of sale. The purchaser to
execute notes with interest from day
of sale for the deferred nav
mentS, to be secured to the satisfac-
ton OF the Trustee, or the purchaser
may pay the entire purchase price
cash if he desires.
HENRY SHRIVER. Trustee, !;