Smyrna times., 1941-08-21
SATURDAY, August 30, 1941

Al TWO O'CIOCh L. Nj.
Eastern Standard Time
{ ON THE PREMISES OF THE SOCIAL
ED AIMS HOUSE OR COUNTY FARM
Situated in Kent County and State of Del
aware on the road leading from Wyoming
to Hazlettville,
The following described Real Estate. to-
wit:
/ PARCEL No. l. All that certain tract.
piece and parcel of land lying and being on
the south side of the aforesaid State High
way leading from Wyoming to Hazlettyille
via. Union Church, and aso LYING and be-
ing on the east side of the public road
leading from the said State Highway to
Willow Grove, bounded on the east by
! lands of T. c. Slay heirs and lands for
merly of Alfred Downham and now of
Howard Short and on the south by lands
formerly of Frank Gray. Edgar C. Wetzel
and now of John d. Berry; and on the
west by the aforesaid public road and Par
eel No. 8 containing 1858 acres of land
being the same more or less.
/ The improvements thereon being the
4 former superintendents home, which is a
two-story frame house with improvements
and a three-story brick house formerly
used as an inmate home with electric and
water available.
! PARCEL No. 2. All that certain tract.
piece, and parcel of land lying on the north
side of the aforesaid State Highway lead
ing ITOHl wyoming 10 t1dZleIINllle as nere-
inbefore described, bounded on the west by
lands now of the Cleveland Smith heirs,
on the north by the public road leading
from said State Highway north to Wyonl-
ing via. the old Conn Pond, also by lands
now of Yost ID. Mast, formerly of James
Coudright and Robert Conn, and on the
east by lands now of James Coudright. for
merly of Willard M. Harris and a branch
known as Barnes Branch, and containing
1883 acres of land being the same more or
less.
The improvements thereon being the
buildings that once served the whole tract.
such as wheat bins, corn cribs, silo, wagon
sheds, etc., also containing and having
thereon one small tenant house and one
larger tenant house.
PARCEL No. 8. All that certain tract,
piece and parcel of land lying on the
south side of the State Highway and the
west side of the aforesaid public road lead
ing from the State Highway to Willow
Grove, and on the south by lands now of
Newell Boggs. formerly of ]. G. Melvin
and James Pratt. and also on the west by
the aforesaid State Highway, and contain
ing 90 acres of land with no improvements
thereon.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE
/. Each of the above described parcels
shall first be offered for sale individually,
and then the three parcels combined, and
comprising OuOso ACRES Will pt SOlu DIS q
whole, and which ever method of sale
brings the greater price will be the man
ner in which the property will be declared
"sold" subject. however. to the other con-
ditions of sale as herein set forth.
2. The Levy Court shall have, and does
hereby reserve the right to accept or reject
any and all bids made at said public sale.
8. Whereas the United States Govern
ment has relinquished its easehold interest
in and to that portion of the farm which
has for number of years been used as
CCC Camp. said release of interest to take
effect as of September 80. 1941, said por-
tion of land which has been used in the
past as CCC Camp will be made available
to the purchaser of said portion of land as
of October l. 1941. No portion or part of
the CCC buildings or any other property
of the Government located on said land
shall pass unto the purchaser of said land.
such property being reserved by the Gov
ernment of the United States
4. Twenty per cent of the purchase
price will be required to be paid to the
President of the Levy Court on the day of
sale, and the residue on or before Tuesday
the 7th day of October A. D. 1941, at the
office of the Levy Court in the Court
House, Dover, Delaware. The percentage
paid on the day of sale will be treated as
part of the purchase price if the other
terms of sale are complied with; other
wise, it will be treated as liquidated dam
ages and forfeited for noncompliance.
DAWSON G. MINNER, President,
JOSEPH FREEMAN CLARK,
RALPH THOMPSON,
Commissioners of the
Kent County Levy Court.
ERNEST V. KEITH, Attorney.
JOHN C. WALKER, Auctioneer.
]. E. HADDAWAY and
FRANK S. PRITCHETT,
Engineers and Surveyors.