The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-11-24
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4aaNs NtAkr uttHNEH tilt uuuts HEEtcEiu-
ed By law proceed to sell at the South
door Of the court house Of Lowndes
County, Mississippi, at public auction.
to the highest bidder for cash, the
following described tracts Of land
situated, living and being in the Coun-
ty of Lowndes, State Of Mississippi,
described as follows:
/. The South half (Sh) Of the
Southeast Quarter (SEh) of the
Southwest Quarter (SWh) of Section
Three 90, and the Northwest Quar-
ter tNWh) Of Section Ten (l0}, con-
tanning one hundred and eighty acres
more or less and the following tract:
Beginning at q point in the middle
of the public road, known as the Gill
mer Road, where said road crosses the
Southern boundary of the North East
Quarter (NEH) Of said Section Ten
(10), and running thence West along
said Southern Boundary seventy-six
one hundredths (76-l0O) chains to the
central point Of said Section Ten (l0),
thence North along the middle line
of said Section Ten, twenty-five and
five and one-half (25&5is) hundredth
chains to a stake, thence East parallel
with the Northern boundary of said
Section Ten, fifteen and seventy-seven
hundredths (15&77-l0O chains more
or less to the center Of the Gilmer
road; thence Southwesterly along the
center of said road to the point of be-
ginning containing twenty and twelve
one hundredths t2O&l2-100) acres,
which constitutes the two tracts of
land formerly purchased by DIR. ID. d.
Griffin on February 23rd, 1912, from
the heirs Of Mrs. A. +. Lyon; Feb
ruary s, 1915, from Mrs. Elizabeth L.
Stuart, and recorded in Books 80, page
294, and 102 page BOG respectively, ex-
cept one acre heretofore sold to Lown-
des County from said lands for the
purpose of white school, which shall
revert to the owner of the land at
that time, if it ever ceases to be used
for the purposes of white school. All
of said lands are in Township eighteen
(1S), Range seventeen (17) East,
.Lowndes County, Mississippi; also,
2. An undivided one-half interest
in and to tract of land in Lowndes
County, Mississippi, described as fol-
lows, to-wit; Commencing at a stake
40 feet north Of Northeast corner Of
the Odd Fellows Cemetery in the town
Of Columbus, Mississippi; thence
North in middle of St. John street
five 90 chains to Southeast corner
of lot at one time owned by DR..
Smith; thence North SO degrees West
six chains and thirty links; thence
North seven and q half (71s) degrees
West, five (5) chains and thirty-hve
1861 links to the Southeast corner Of
lot one time owned by s. P. Morrow;
thence South eighty-six 1861 degrees
West twenty (20) chains to river
along the line of a parcel of land con-
veyed by Charles w. Brown to Mrs.
Cornelia Richardson on 18th day Of
December, 1872; commencing again at
the stake forty (4O) feet north of
Northeast corner Of said cemetery;
thence North eighty-seven (S7) and
half IN degrees West Thirteen
(13} chains and twepty-six f26) links,
thence South Sixteen, l1G chains and
five (5) links; thence East seven ~
chains and fifty (5O) links; thence
North forty (40) feet; thence East
five 81 chains and fifty (50) links
to Southeast corner Of said cemetery;
thence South one (1) chain and sixty
six (66) links; thence South forty
three (43) degrees East nine (9)
chains and twenty-three (23) links;
thence East two (2) chains and five
links; thence South twenty-one (21)
degrees East fourteen (14) chains and
fifty (50) links; thence South four (4)
chains and fifty (5O) links; thence
South seven (7) degrees West eight
90 chains and six (6) links along the
Huddleston Spring Road to Northeast
corner of the Laws Plantation; thence
West one (1) chain and fifty (50)
links; thence South thirty-five 1851
degrees West five 90 chains; thence
South ffty-two (52) degrees West,
three 80 chains; thence South sixty
three (63) degrees West nine (9)
chains, thence North eighty-one (Sl)
degrees West, twenty-one (21) chains
along North boundary of said Laws
Plantation to the river; thence up and
along the said river to the point first
intersecting said river; all in Sections
twenty-one (21) and twenty-eight
(28) and fractional Sections twenty
(20) and twenty-nine (29) all in
Township eighteen (18), Range eigh-
teen (18) West, and containing two
hundred and eighteen (218) acres more
or less; and also,
3. The South half Of South East
quarter of North West quarter and
the West half of North West quarter
and the West half Of South West
quarter and the East half of South
west quarter and South part of the
South East quarter, being thirty (30)
acres more or less, except four acres
about bored well in said South East
quarter described as follows: Begin
ming on the North bank of Tombigbee
river at low water mark, running due
North from a point 156 feet West Of
the bored well 416 feet; running due
East 416 feet; thence, running South
416 feet, thence running West along
bank Of the river to the point of be-
ginning, all of said land being in Frac-
tional Section seventeen M; and the
East half of the North East quarter
and the Northwest quarter of North
East quarter and the North East
quarter of North West quarter Of
Section eighteen, all in Township