Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-04-07
POAG'S AUCTION.

The auction sale of the l. H. Nor
ris farm divided into small tracts by
]. Edgar Poag, the man who cuts the
earth to suit your TASTE" took place
at the court house corner yesterday, II
strict accordance with the advertised
announcement, and the event was full
of interest.
There was quite a crowd present
Some had come as buyers. Some hao
come to see if it was really fact
Iland-real eState-upon which there
was no mortgage, would be auctioaeo
| off for what it would bring like the
personally of a derelict estate, ano
others came out of mere curiosity
They had no notion of bidding fol-
anything themselves; but were curl
Gus to see what other people would do
The first thing Mr.. Poag did was tC
announce that he proposed to give
away a lot of valuable presents. Mr.
Getsinger the auctioneer made the an
nouncement. He assured the crowd
that the presents were absolutely free
without price. All that he asked was
that the people present should write
their names on pieces of cardboard
and explained that the present would
be given to those whose names should
be drawn, provided they should be
present at the drawing.
or course. there was nobody in the
big crowd who felt disposed to turn
down proposition like that, and af-
ter several hundred names were sent
up and shuftled. Mr.. Getsinger had a
boy to draw one from the box. Mr..
GetSinger read the name and called
aloud for the owner. He answered
What number of shoes do you wear?'
asked the auctiOneer. "'LeVen,' was
the answer, followed by general laugh
ter, and Mr.. Getsinger told him to go
right over to the Strauss Smith COM
pany. get a pair of s. shoes and have
them charged to Poag. Another name
was drawn. Mr.. Getsinger read 1t and
called it three times in a loud voice.
There was no answer. See what he
lost by not being here" said the auc-
tioneer as he tore the card with his
teeth.
Then the auction proceeded. Get
singer is Il good one. He knows his
business thoroughly. But the people
were timd and it took quite a while
to get Il bid When he did get one he
rang the changes on it in a way that
seemed calculated to excite interest.
1t was really very low bid, ridicu-
lousy low and well calculated to test
the nerve of the sellers, but he kept
at il and finally knocked down tract
No. ,. containing 30i acres at $3.50 an
acre. The other tracts sold: No. l,
containing 43 acres at 1918; No. 2,
containing "a acres at 1885; No. 4, 493
acres at $500. No. 5. 59a acres at $685.;
No. 6, 52a acres at 81 an acre.
Several times during the sale, Mr..
Getsinger drew more names out of the
box. When the owners of the names
were within hearing he gave them
presents. otherwise he tore up the
cards This liberal eXpedient held
most of the crowd to the end, for the
presents were valuable. They includ-
ed Il saddle and bride. pairs of shoes,
lamps, umbrellas, handsome pictures,
glass pitchers. rocking chairs, etc.
Several times during the bidding the
auctioncer offered Il saddle and bride
for another bid; but without effect
The auctioneer continued until the
last tract had been disposed of. and
while it would hardly be fair to say
that the property brought anything
like its value. still people who have a
fairly good idea of the situation con-
cede that under all the circumstances
il was IL decided success.