The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-16
UNIQUE LAND SALE
MANY ATTEND AUCTION AT CAPT.
 TOL MELGHTs.
ETama.ome pr~renfa Given f0 Persons Who were Hm1enemsea fn As@eSsA n BeautffuH Addition
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 rrohahlv 200 men and wonaen took advantage yesterday of the opportunity ta visit without even the expense VI a street car ride, Capitol HetR nts, tns hieh and airy addition to tne clty ot Montgomery, upon which improvements were started about three years eso' anS vhere tha innovation of an aue- tian sale of real estate was begun.
 Tn order to attract a crowd. Messrs. rsav,nor and Simpson, who have con tract to sell the lots of the addition which remain unsold. had arranged to give away large numpeF oI nanosome , presents, including fine plan0ss Soid watches, numerous very handsome vaaes pieces of furniture. pictures, statuary and bric-a-brac.
 F.. T. Connor of Hartford. Conn., acted as auctioneer. He alternated be- tween giving away the beautiful pres ents and the sale of the lots., making every endeavor to be fair in the former and to realize a good price in the sale of the latter. That heksucceeded in his effort at fairness In the matter of gifts was admitted by every person present, but the prices obtained for the lots were entirely too low to be called sat- isfaetory, as they were under the mar ket value of the property.
 The exercises were opened about 2:30 o'clock by the giving away of. per- haps, a dozen gifts Little Miss Annie Laurie Mcbride of Montgomery. was selected from the crowd present and escorted to the carriage from which Mfr. Connor operated. All the stubs of the tickets distributed among the wis. itors as they aliahted from the street cars had been placed in a vaifse from which the girl picked, one by one, the lucky numbers that called for prizes The first two were won by men in the crowd. while the succeeding three were 0n " li~ cate tickets.
 Later in the afternoon. after some of the lots had been sold. other gifts were made. The grand prize, a plano. was won by !. L. Fitzpatrick. Two fine gold watches were given away during the afternoon. All the pres~ ents were given away entirely without conditions, being offered with the sole purpose of attracting gathering of people.
 About fifteen lots were sold. owing. in part, to the low prices that were offered. Fine eorner lots. in the imme- diate neishborhooa of other lots that had been sold only few days before for $500, $500 and even higher, brought at the auction less than $500. Inside lotss 50x150 feet. were sold for a little over $200. The average price received for lots during tha afternoon was per- haps not over S250, that figure attest 5 were offered. Two persons who bought lots ground the highest figure sold them on the grounds to I.kS. Pinckard. who is interested in the Capitol Heights Company at q handsome profit.
 The sale is to be continued this af- ternoon and tomorrow afternoon, begin- ming about 1 o'clock. and free trans prtation on street cars is to be afforded those wishing to go, as was the case yesterday.
 The distribution of presents, upon the same plan as yesterday, will be continued \ There stu remains five pianos to be given awax. besides some ten. or a dozen gold watches Other prizes of beauty and value, but of lesser consequence, will be given away in great abundance.
 Capitol Heights Addition, which is owned by the Capitol Heights DeveI- opment Company. Hes east os the city and within easy walking distance Of the State Capitol The lots lie very -prettily, with an excellent view. nat uraI drainage and are high enough to be thoroughly beahtiful A double track car line runs through the property and number of handseme resldences have been built there bS prominent cftfzens