The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1920-04-08
BOOM In REAL ESTATE
MUCH ACTIVITY IN CHESTER
FIELD REAL ESTATE AT
HIGH FIGURES
B. G. Moore Sells His Home And
Adjoining Lots-Farmers Hard
ware Company Buys Store
Hon. C. K. Laney Acquires
Main Street Lots

! Inere nave OF late been many ru-
mors of big deals in Main street prop
erty, but, until the last few DAYS
these rumors have been based on un-
finished deals. Within the week,
however, several of these deals have
been made and the deeds recorded.
On Tuesday Mr.. j. M. Redfearn
bought from Mr.. B. C. Moore the
residence and large plot adjoining
that has for some time been the
home of Mr.. Moore, for a consider
alton of $1,000. Mr.. Redfearn then
sold to Mrs. joint. Hurst the lot ad-
joining the Hurst property, about
which there has been a dispute be-
tween Mrs. Hurst and Mr.. Moore, for
$4,000. The Moore residence contains
eight rooms on the ground floor, with
a possibility of several rooms being
added upstairs without the necessity
altering the roof. There is a good
frontage on Main Street and alto
gether about five acres in the plot
much of it extending well to the rear
of the premises.
The Main street property of Miss
Sally Chapman was sold at auction
on Monday. 1t was bought by Hon.
G. X. Laney for $4,000, the next
highest bidder being Mr.. G.. C. Doug
lass whose last offer was Sl1,5OO.
This property has frontage on
Main street OF S5 feet and is about
100 feet deep. Mr.. Laney was al
ready in possession of the adjoining
lot, which has a frontage of 40 feet.
Mr.. John T. Hurst has purchased a
large building lot at the corner of
Main street and Paige avenue for the
purpose of erecting business house
for his mercantile business. While
Mr.. Hurst has signed and delivered
the deeds to the owner, Mrs. l.. F.
Stratton, of Charlotte, they have not
been returned with Mrs. Stratton's
signature, so this transaction is not
completed, but there is little proba-
bility of its not being consummated.
Mr.. c. c. Douglass has purchased
the lot on which the C. A. Hendrix
store stood before the recent fire.
This is small parcel but it's location
makes it very valuable one.
The Farmers Hardware Company
has purchased the new building which
1t now occupies, from Mr.. B. c..
Moore for $4,000. The sale in
cludes the warehouse in the rear of
the store building. The store has a
Main street frontage of 40 feet and
the lot extends back 16O feet from
the street
Hearing that the property had been
offered for sale and that several part
les were bidding for it, Mr.. G. M.
Smith, manager of the Farmers Hard
ware Company, quickly got in touch
with the other members of the cor
poration and made Mr. Moore the
proposition. 1t was accepted and the
deal was consummated. This enter
prising and rapidly growing concern
is to be congratulated in securing one
of the finest locations in Chesterfield
at very reasonable price. The
building, which Mr.. Moore erected
just previous to the famine in build
ing materials and high cost of build
ing would undoubtedly cost more to
construct to-day than the sale price
of both buildings and lot
The Farmers Hardware Company is
a corporation and is composed Of Mr..
G. M. Smith, Chesterfeld; DR.. r. l..
McManus, Chesterfield; Messrs. l.. ].
Watford, Pageland; James A. Stew
art, Monroe, and w. F. Mastin, Char
lotte.
Messrs. Paul II. and Fred G. IIearn
have recently purchased the building
and lot on Green street which is now
the Office Of The Advertiser. They
have also acquired the property next
door to the North, in which Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Melton are now residing.
They had previously bought 35-foot
lot adjoining The Advertiser build
ing on the South. 1t is hoped to make
extensive improvements on this prop
erty in the near future.
Mrs. l.. F. Stratton has decided to
the town of Chesterfield strip of
ten feet running from Main street
down Paige Avenue to within a few
feet of Railroad street. The town of
Chesterfield then purchased from Mrs
Stratton an additional five-foot strip.
This fifteen feet will be devoted to
widening Paige avenue, giving that
thoroughfare width of 40 feet.
Mrs. Stratton owns about IT'S feet
on Main street between the property
which Mr.. Hurst will acquire and the
new picture house of Mr.. B. C. Moore,
which she has announced she will
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