The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-04-13
Britons Selling Old Estates

TORONTO, Can. April ia Lon
don newspaper. in Il single issue FEW
days ago carried advertisements OF
over so square miles Of farms for
sale. practically all in England.
II is only necessary 10 observe the
real estate advertising TO understand
in Il general way what is going on.
Here is a single column OF announce
munla from which one gathers mat
the Duke Of HuCcleugh is selling
500 acres of his land in Warwick
shire; that Lord Scarborough Is put
ting Is square miles Of his Lincoln
shire land on the market in parcels
of various sizes: that Lord de Hauin-
erez will sell LawShall Hal! and l'o0O
acres of land near Bury ST. LID
1uunds together with lot OF 40
Joining property; that Lord Nlnchel-
:, sea has directed his agents to dis
pose OF large area i'll freehold par
GELS At Harlech which "overlooked
the royal ST. Dayid'S golf course
that Lord Holden's seat, Nun'apple
ton Hall near York, with $500 acres
will he sold in one parcel, while
number of smaller parcels later VIII
be sold separately.
Lord Combermerc is selling 200
acres OF his estate on the Shropshire
border Of Cheshire. and M immense
area Of lands owned by the Marquis
of CreWe went under the hammer
The Crewc lands We're offered in lH'
parcels, each parcel being farm,
residence or pasture area; while 4
large share OF the Sandbach village
was also included in the Offer.
The disposal Of these great English
estates results from many curious
, causes. Thus. when the Earl Of scar.
horough's Lincolnshire properties We're
offered ii was explained that the cS-
tate had been managed for 80 many
wears by IN agent who recently had
died. The parcels We're so numerous
and scattered that although they lay
in the same district it required jour
ney Of over one hundred mlrs TO visit
all Of them. Lord Scarborough, there
fore. decided To dispose OF the land,
and issue instructions that in every
case the tenant occupying the land
was 10 have preference rs the pur-
! chaser.
Whether one goes 70 thrlStic'S IN
Linden. whore paintings. S'aluaTy, iurn-
iturc. iapeStr v$. rugs. Ill manner OF ar:
and household effects arr sold under
the humm":. or To the real estate AUG
,iuns. where estates many centuries old
are diSperS"h i'm 4 tcw hours. precisely
the SAM Phenomena are 1" h" observed.
The inhcrilnnrcS OF In" old ariSt"crncr
are RAISING into I'll" hands al people
WIN hrircr can afrmrd tn OWL them:
haudS indeed. that lHtrly huv" urrn cal
louScd by real labor or Soll,d in the
process al trade. War taxes and the
high cost OF living have brought the
ariSlurracy to the point wh"r" It's easy
going. casual. comfortable and inefficient
method Of management will not stand
tn, strain
/ England is full OF new millionaircs.
Lively. rnf"rrrlSinr. ambitious people
who CAR afford thu noble old estates
much better than IN" noble old estates
can afford them. So they ar" getting
the estates now. and 4 lii:l" later on the
degradation will hC wipcd out. FOR
;hrr" will h" Il general election. IN" par
. lies will need funds. and To" new mil
linnaireS in their newly acquired ma!"r
houses and castles viii exchange tat
,l,nraisn checks inr till"s: wh"r"In"n
the manor will rrsum" the rnl" of emf
nrnt responsibility a. the scat OF IL
tied family.