The Robesonian., 1908-08-31
BIG LAND SALE.

Conducted at St. Pauls Thurs
day-Notwithstanding Wet
Weather, Large Crowd Pres
ent and Land Sells Well-Mas-
ter Dorson Northrop Wins
Free Lot-The Progress of St.
PauPs.
The American Realty & Auc-I
ton Company, of Greensboro,
conducted a successful sale of
building lots at St. Pauls Thurs
day afternoon, in spite of the
inclement weather and overflow
ing streams which made it i'm
possible for many to attend the
sale who would have attended
under other circumstances.
Mr.. Oakley, the advertising
manager, spent about a week
prior to the sale travelling over
this and adjoining counties ad-
vertising the sale and Messrs. G.
T. and J. C. Penny and c. E.
Thomas, who conducted the sale,
arrived at St. PauPs Wednesday
from the State of New York,
where they conducted success
full sale of 100 lots on the goth.
The Rockingham brass band was
secured to furnish music for the
occasion. The band came to
Lumberton on the morning train
and went from here to st. Pauls
on a special train, which was run
in the interest of the sale.
' The property sold was laid off
and put in fine shape some time
before the sale. The main street,
which runs from McEachern,
Johnson&McGeachy' sstore across
the railroad, is about half-mile
long and eighty feet wide and
gives the property a good appear
ance, and several of the side and
cross streets were opened up,
which also added to the looks of
the property. Il,
About 2 O'Clock the band as
sembled in front of Mr.. McInnis'
store, which is now considered
about the center of the village, and
played a selection, after which
Mr.. Geo. T. Penny made a speech
on the wisdom of buying property
in St. Paul's, and then he and his
twin brother, Mr.. J. C. Penny,
started to auctionering and con-
tinued until the last lot was sold.
At the conclusion of the sale the
crowd, which numbered about
500, assembled in front of Mr..
McInnis' store to take a chance
at the lot which was given away
and to make a grab for some of the
five dollars in nickles and dimes
which were scattered among the
people. Every white man, wo-
man and child present was al
lowed to take a chance at the
free lot. All entering the con
test signed their names or
cards, which were gathered W
and placed in a hat, and ther
a little girl drew one which
bore the name of Dorson Nor
throp, a five-year-old son o:
DR.. Northrop;and when the lit
tie fellow received the intelli-
gence of his success he smiled as
if he knew just how much tn
lot was worth.
Messrs. L. Shaw and A. R
McEachern, owners of the prop
erty sold, were looking somewha
blue before the sale, as the croWC
present was not as large as the,
expected; but after the sale the.
looked as pleasant as the fuI
: moon. The lots sold, with tn
exception of a few pieces, wer
so feet wide and $50 feet dee
and brought from SIS to $20(
and the IS lots sold for some
thing over $1,000.
Among the many towns an
= villages in the county, there
f hardly one which gives NOR
:, evidence of progress than doe
St. PauPs. In addition to tn
factory buildings, three ne7
! stores have opened up since tn
, first of the year, and a handsom
high school building is now b.
ing erected on Main street; an
the Virginia & Carolina Soutl
esn Railroad Company has bui
r as fine a depot there as can
found on the Seaboard betwee
Hamlet and Wilmington. A
soon as the V. & C.S. road is col
nected with the Coast Line
; will hardly be long before tn
n place will be as large as tn;
o other St. Paul's we sometime
, read about.
: Thursday was certainly bi
day in st. Paul's and it was.
physical impossibility for tt
: Robesonian man to take it a
in. Much to his regret he mis-
ed the wedding, which too
e place in the Presbyterian churc
h at $3.50 o'clock in the Afternoon
G and there is no telling what els
he missed.
NNTl Fr