The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1909-09-23
HENRY BROS. LOT SALE.

ihe tenry BIOS. lot sale, emDfac-
Ing a new addition 10 Hickman, was
pulled off Friday afternoon, accord
Ing TO previous announcement. Their
were IN the neighborhood of from
500 to 1000 people on the ground
when Mr.. Henry announced that the
sale was was ready TO commence
Just 10 get folks In n good humor, he
handed out tickets TO the crowd and
proceed to give away ten dollars to
the holders OF ten lucky numbers
The same tickets were also used In
giving away the free lots. Mrs. II.
l.. Amberg drew the first dollar Civ
en- away. and her twin brother, Ed
win Fuqua, drew the last one-a
singular coincidence.
After announcing the terms of the
sale. etc. Col. @. s. Moore. of Spring
field. Tenn. the auctioneer. took
charge OF the sale This big. Jolly.
szO0-a-day man has the art of auc.
pioneering down to what might be
termed a fragile" He can do as
much talking and say as little as any
man we ever heard in fact, his
rapid fire spell gets the desired re-
suits. He paints. and retouches the
dreary landscape until the awe-struck
and dumbfounded listener fancies he
is standing on the sunny slopes of
southern Italy with n strata of Alas
kan dirt beneah his feet, and that
fortune is at last knocking at his un.
lucky door. Generally someone Is so
moved by his argument that the 99c
bargain is snapped up. and the auc-
tioneer tells the driver to "Gid-ap.'
The hack sails away. and the fast and
furious talk is again resumed on an
other lot-the cream of creation-and
the struggling. dust. begrimed crowd
follows i'm mad haste. like a crowd OF
school children in the wake of coin
dispensing patent medicine man, and
are, for the moment. lost in a cloud
OF dust arising from newly graded
streets But the regiment OF fortune
seeking soldier is soon on the firing
line and business Is again resumed
at the new stand Thus the battle
Is waged.
II was one OF the Henry Bros. rules
In giving away lots TO cali the mum
Der drawn only once and the holder
had 20 be present TO get the prize.
Willie Bondurant was the only one
so unfortunate as TO hold a lucky
number and not be present TO claim
his lot. When the crowd began TO
lag behind a little. Mr.. Henry would
take up and shake the box contain
ing the duplicate tickets--thls brought
all the stragglers back to the fold
all could answer present. free lot
was going to someone.
It was happy good natured crowd.
and as they gathered in the cool
shade OF the chestnut grove. IL look
ed more like a good. old fashion pic
mic than anything else The band.
composed OF Hickman and Union City
musicians. discoursed patriotic airs
anon. and Percy Jones. equal to all
emergencies. kept the inner man re-
freshed with CONNECTIONS and "red
emonade"-that pleasant reminder
of the first and best circus we ever
saw.
The sale continued.
Five lots were given away between
sales instead OF one as advertised.
Those drawing free lots were c. f.
Baltzer. ]. C. Ellison. Mrs. u. S.
Elliott. Green Adams and Mrs. b. G.
Hale.
Al this sale no lots were sold TO
negroes; though we understand this
rule has been broken since the sale
The six-room brick house was pur-
chased by Julian Choate for $1,000;
the locust grove by Miss Marie Bre-
ward for $3.50; the beech grove con-
tanning sulpher spring was bid in by
Hon. r. T. Tyler for $500.
Lots were bid by "A few who were
unable 10 make satisfactory financial