The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-06
CONG, G, GOING, GONE !!
The ivory City Sold at Auction
Thursday.

tllI Sudy
In the presence of eighty mine per.
sons, which included three small boys
and one decrepit old negro, Col. Henry
Schaehte, IN obedience to an order is
sued bY Judge George w. Gage, sold
at auction yesterday TO divers bidders
the Exposition buildings and every
thing Of value on the Exposition site
for the sum OF $40, ,105. 50 It was 8
public sale, Of course. The property
had been advertised and the highest
bidder got the prize, but some people
said it was not unlike those transfers
Of real estate g for love and affection :
which are sometimes recorded IN the
auditors Office.
= TIE property disposed OF included
buildings, bridges, fences, race track
stables, band stand, grand stand, cast
and wrought iron pipes, booths, ticket
eMces, wire, dairy stables, toilet
apar everEthing, In fact, ex-
cent personal property, such as type
writer's and Office furni6ure and the
e7eesric wires In the buildings. These
effects, unless disposed Of at private
sale. viii be sold at auction August 5.
he cotton palace and the State
building were not On the list or sala-
HE property for obvious reasons. The
Cotton Palace belongs 20 the City OF
Charleston and it has not yet been
dahsrrnined what disposi ton shall be
made OF the State building. Il
The sale was conducted in the TO-
sunds OF the Admin nistrasion building:
was begHn at IL a. m and lasted
until LIS n. The bipding was
very, very tame. Col. Schaehte vas
Hueat and aggressive but the would
be purchasers were sleuthlng for bar
srains III. John E. Eicken, Capt.
Wagener and Alderman Samuel
Taphan kept q Watchful eye on the
proceedings and Mr.. M Rutiedge
Rivers, attorney for the receivers Of
5he EXPOSITION Company, was present
30 disenSangIe legal snarls that might
prove annoy5ng -
But it was a glad day for the lucky
nurchasers. Think Of the Palace of
Commsree, with IFS IS, eco square feet
Of aoor space going, going, going,
three times, and gone, for 500 to
Oliver IS And the Auditorium
Tor Slo5!. The Adninis istration building
for SlIo Then there was the Crescent
Inn, which brought sI5. The board
and wire fencing and posts around the
Expesi5ion site sold for S3-and the
original cost of The wire alone was
l,S0 The cast and wrought iron
pipings above and below ground, was
doubtIess sold for nearer its real value
than anything that Col. Schachte had
stock It was disposed OF for
81 1875, It's first cost being about
These isems indicate what a richand
fful day it was for those who were
looking FOR bargains.
When Col. Schaeh5e called for bids
Tor the fence around the race track
Cart WAGNER came forward and In
formed Mr. iicken that there we're
certain conditions governing the sale
of this fence which must be consider
ed He directed Mr.. Ficken's atten-
5ion to the fact that he loaned this
property on which this fence was
erected to the Exposition Company,
only stipuiatIng that at the close of
the show it should be returned to him
in the same nnencEmbered condition
iE Was before il vas placed at the COM
pany's disposal. He wanted this mat
Ter thoroughly understood before the
sale Of the fence was consummated.
Mr.. Ficken hesitated about having
the fence sold until the possibility Of
nisunde nderstanding was eliminated,
bit Attorney Rivers averred that this
fence was being seld IN compliance
with an order Of the Court, and if it
were not disposed OF with the other
property itweuId be clesr case Of
contempt Of court Whereupon .Mr.
Ficken directed, after q eonsultation
with Capt. Wagner, that the fence
be sold TO the highest bidder.
- g What am offered for this race
track fences'' cried Col. Schachte in
persuasive tones.
Fifty cents T shouted man, who
had just made up his mind to squan-
der his money.
The fence was sold for s33.
al OF the buildings, bridges, pip
ing, fences, etc, were disposed of on
cogdifion that they be removed with
ont delay. So the work Of demolition
viii be prosecuted now with all posi-
HE speed. In a few days the beauti-
fuI Ivory City will be heap OF lum-
bsr and debris and every yestige of its
gpaendor viii be bIesSed from the things
that be. News and Courier, July 81.
RuHians Hired TO Disable Non
Union Men.