The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-02-21
SALE WAS A SUCCESS
Thousands Of People at woodmar and
Lots Went Like Hot Cakes

Star OF Wednesday afternoon " oou-
mar had its day OF days yesterday. and
| ii looked like almost half Of Ocala ad-
1ourned to that place for the day
The special free train, engaged by
the Partridge-Neyille Company to take
Its guests to the great auction sale of
lots. was an hour late in starting, and
the equipment was very Inadequate
three coaches, a caboose and two box
cars, in which seats were placed at
| the last minute Every aisle, platform
| and seat on the train was filled with
passengers, standing or reclining as
best they could and every seat held
from two to three passengers. In adj
EDITION to this crowd, many automo-
biIes went down from Ocala and others
came up from below the lake, while
some passengers went down on the
regular train from here and quite a
number came up from south of the
lake as far as Leesburg on the noon
train. It is needless to add that al
most every one from around the lake
was also on the ground.
| The Partridge Neville Company had
placed the properties it had for sale in
nice shape. cleaning up and making
them look attractive. Every lot was
staked and graded and good deal of
grading had been done. The first i'm
/ pressions on the big crowd were good
and everyone was delighted with the
Iplace.
The big crowd climbed the great
BLUM at Woodmar and scattered over
the property. not neglecting to any
extent the ripe oranges and fragrant
lbloom on the pretty orange groves
Most of the crowd followed the band
to the scene of the barbecue on the
hotel site in Woodmar. Perry Ed
wards and his wife, who have often
prepared the meats and other eats for
a barbecue, had made preparations to
feed a big crowd, but Perry's jaw
dropped a little when his wife asked
him to "look whose here
Over the pit, dug the day before
several carcasses of mutton, pork and
a great quantity of beef had been bar
ibecued as only Perry can do it. There
was an unlimited supply of bread
pickles, canned beans, crackers and
two huge pots of chowder and one oil
4 coffee, with a water faucet handy
which had been connected with the big
tank Dinner was ready and the as
lsistants began serving it at 1880 and
by 1870 all had been supplied, and they
II sure ala eat some.
The ane band from Leesburg played
for the crowd before dinner and after
that feast was concluded, accompanied
by Auctioneer Morris, went to the first
lot to be sold, and by the way, Mr.
Morris is one of the best auctioneers
who ever came to these parts. He made
a short talk and introduced Commo-
Idore Goodwin of the Lake Weir Yacht
club NH IN RI
lquests from the crowd made a short
but eloquent talk. He told of the at
} fractions of Lake Weir and especially
! of Woodmar and how. after travelling
all over the United States he had Sc
l1ected that place for his old age home
} The commodore waxed eloquent, as he
always does, when talking on his fav-
orite theme, "Woodmar" and Lake
Weir and was warmly applauded. He
, said he could not close his remarks
without tribute to the man who pui
Woodmar on the map, who had dream.
ed, thought, wrote and talked Wood
mar for several years, and now Wood
mar was big thing and would be &
great place some day, and investors
would make no mistake in putting
: their money into it.
The auctioneer then started the
sale with one of the eight remaining
lake front lots in Woodmar and this
went to Mr.. Lege for $3.50; the next tt
Mr. w. D. Coggins of Weirsdale fol
1918; the third to Mr.. C. S. Cullen oil
l0cala, for $500, and the fourth to Mr.
lChambliss of Ocala, for $500. DR.. ]. E
Chaee of Ocala, bought two, at $500
and 1926. Mr.. Partridge bought one
himself for $3.50. and Mr.. Lawrence
Miller of High Springs, the other one
for 1926.
Next, some of the lots in that Sec
ton not fronting the lake were sold
ranging in prices from s122.50 to s275
and the very cheapest lot sold in the
Woodmar tract, almost at the extreme
back side of the property. brought SS5
3 Had the sale started on time. every
lot in the Woodmar addition would
have been sold. it is thought by those
who attended the sale. Every lot in
the three different properties that was
: offered was sold quickly and the bid
ders were never lacking, and in the
Snow tract and Anthony Grove tract
! every lot was disposed of. making a
| clean sweep sale.
Some OF the other purchasers of lots
lin Woodmar were F.. w. Sprado, who
Jeanne here a few weeks ago from
Tucson, Arizona. Mr.. Sprado had
bought a large lot in Woodmar be-
fore the sale and during this sale
bought several other lots. Mr.. Sprado
like Commodore Goodwin, has been all
over the country and prefers Lake
Weir to California or any other place
he has seen. He will build a home
there and spend his remaining days
there. Mrs. Messett of Oca1a; r. w.
Brown of Leesburg; l. F. Ballard and
E. P. Rentz of Ocala: Messrs. Halter &
Baxter of Gambler, two lots. Mr.. c. L
IGonyon, who is spending the winter in
Ocala. his home being in Oak Bluffs,
Martha's Vineyard, Mass, bought two
lots in Woodmar and two OF the or
ange grove lots in the Anthony Grove.
He is delighted with this country and
Especially with Woodmar, and was one
of the many new corners and visitors
who were so favorably impressed with
the property there as to put their
money into 1t.
Mr.. B. Goldman and Mr.. George F.
Williams, who usually invest when an
opportunity is offered, each bought
lots there. Mr.. Spielberg of New York.
bought lot, as did Mr.. Thomas Need
ham, Of Ocala. Joe Potter, the Oeaia
carpenter. now owns a home there
Mr.. Jackson. the travelling man from
lOcala. also bought one J. c. Hazelton
bought another and r. r. Carroll
bought corner adjoining the lots he