Evening journal., 1917-02-15
DOLES OUT PUNCHES
OF stock FOR SONG
Peru, Colonial and Mac
Kinley Values Melt Under
Auctioneer'S Hammer
REAL SECURITIES
BRING GOOD PRICES

The executors sale of the real and !
personal property of Lindley c. Kent,
conducted by former Sheriff Harry j.
Stidham. auctioneer for the Equitable
Guarantee & Trust Co.. executor of
the will, in the county building, this
morning. drew one Of the largest
groups Of buyers of any sale held re-
Gently. The real estate bought fair
prices, according to real estate men,
and the securities brought about their
market value The demand for real
estate was for the small income bear
ing properties however, Mr.. Kent's
residence property at No. 1411 Van
Buren, street, getting a bid of only So
5000, when It was withdrawn. 1t was
said after the sale that the property
was easily worth $4,000.
Even on the real estate the bids Of
ten went up only So at a time. Blocks
Of some securities went for less than
the cost Of engraving the certificate.
Among the latter were 200 shares of
Peru Gold Placer Mining Company,
the stock which figured in an inter
esting swindling case tried in the Fed
eral Court in this city in December
Following is a list of the property
sold:
Nos. 1919 and 1921 Maple street. 2
story brick dwellings, sold to George
Hutton for S1725 each.
No. 1917 Oak street, two-stOry brick
dwelling, Margaret Quill, $500.
No. PA West Eighteenth street, two
story brick dwelling, Hymen KAN
ofsky, $3675.
~ 1000 ,,a 1ooc cL,1forc-. o,-o
nue., John c. Jackson, S2115 each.
Nos. zoos and 1910 Shallcross ave-
nue., j. Rankin Davis, S20S5 each.
The residence property at No. AL
Van Buren, street. containing fifteen
rooms and three baths. the property
having a frontage on Van Buren,
street OF 70 feet and a depth Of las
feet, with an irregular shaped lot in
the rear. 69x75x5S feet in dimensions,
was started at $1,000 and arose to
$4,000. No further bids being heard,
Auctioneer Stidham was directed to
withdraw the property.
The best prices realized on Securi-
ties were bids OF S26350 a share for
ten shares Of the Equitable Guarantee
and Trust Company. which were
bought by Robert d. Kemp. There
was allowed TO take all or a number
of them. The remaining ten were taken
by w. NJ. Dillworth. who got them fol
!, 1852 a share.
There was no bidding Tor a bond oil
the North Springfield Water Company
per cent, par value, 500, or for Z
, bond of the Citizens Water Company
81 Philipsburg, Pa, 8 per cent. pal
value. $1,000.
Twelve shares Of the Delawarl
Hardware Company went to Morris
d. Crossan at $3.50 a share.
, Lilburne Chandler bought twelv
| shares Of the Kennett Trust Company
at S72 a share.
w. Scott Vernon bought twent,
I shares Of the American Vulcanizet
: Fibre Company, common. at s.
20 share. one share Of the Wilmington
, | Institute, for So, and four shares o
Y the Wilmington Whist Club, for 81
: share.
I Twelve shares Of the Wilmington
- Trust Company went to Lilburn
- Chandler for S126.50 a share.
Y No satisfactory bids being received
4 for twenty shares OF the ]. S. Ken
4 Company. that stock was withdrawn.
}, william T. Smalley paid s.
!. share for ten shares of the stock o
the Industrial Improvement Compan
Of Wilmington.
Fifty shares Of Hercules POwde
Company, preferred, were sold in tw
lots. Robert ID. Kemp paid S11750
! share for twenty shares, Will
|, George P. Bissell got the remainin
thirty shares for S117 a share.
For one dollar John B. Pietuszk
t. bought so shares of the Kent lrO
.e & Hardware Co.; for $3.50 he bougt
$500 shares OF the Colonial Cope
ig Company; and for another dollar h
Of bsecured 800 shares OF MacKirby Nil
t. ing Company stock.
n George Hutton was given one shar
lg OF the Wilmington Horse Show ASS
N citation stock for S125.
IL James G. Bonner bought 1000 share
Id of St. Joe Mineral Farm Consolidate
Mining Company for SIPS, and ami
le much laughter and good natured raj
s- lery handed over a Quarter-dollar
lie payment for 200 shares Of the Pei
Geld Placer Mining Company stoc
which started at ten cents for the ],
E, and was knocked down to Bonner (,
20 cents.
10 The sale consumed one hour.