Attend the big lot sale in Columbia Wednesday, October 19th and buy a lot on either of the following streets: Hindman Avenue, Wolford Street, Bramlett_ Avenue, Page Street, Alexander Avenue, Caldwell Street. Each man, woman or child who attends this sale will be given a ticket to the drawing of the lot, free of charge. See big "ad" on back page of this paper.

An effort will be made to start a new Columbia. A gentleman, who is a real estate dealer, was here last Saturday. He purchased Mr. S.D. Barbee's home and land attached for $4,700, the land to be cut into building lots and sold to the highest bidder. The sale will be extensively advertised and it is expected to come off in a very short time.

Columbia and Lindsey-Wilson Training School offers special inducements to the Homeseeker and Investor alike. The Graded School is quite an advantage to the City and Public and affords many people of limited means an opportunity to educate their children here just as well as they can by sending them away from home at great cost. By keeping your children in school at your home you have them under your own supervision and care, which in many cases is of great value in the formation of the character of your children.

Come to this Lot Sale and buy Lots and build a home where you can educate your children. A splendid place to locate and educate your children and spend your declining years. It enjoys more than a local reputation as being a moral and desirable place to reside.

Columbia's population is rapidly increasing, and real estate has doubled in value in the last five years. Within the past few years people have located here for the purpose of educating their children. They have bought homes and are satisfied. There's room for many more of these "desirable citizens."

Investment in Columbia Real Estate have proven profitable to others and will to you. We have a beautiful tract of land in one of Columbia's best resident sections. We think you will agree that this is a most attractive place to build a home. Investments in these sub-divisions have proven profitable to other inland towns, and it will here. We will also sell the mansion house with 10 rooms and about five acres of fine land at auction at same date...

The new sub-division in Russell Heights is the place to invest your money...

To every white man, woman or child who attends this sale we will give [a] free ticket which entitles them to participate in [the] drawing for the Free Lot at the close of this Sale. You must be present to win...

The conditions of this sale are that no lots will ever be rented, sold or leased to a person of African descent.

Big Land Sale

The lot sale which had been extensively advertised by the Carden Real Estate Company, composed of C.R. Carden and W.I. Meador, drew a large crowd to Columbia last Wednesday.

The land that was cut into lots is known as the S.D. Barbee property, located on the Campbellsville and Columbia pike, this side of the toll gate, and in the corporate limits of the town. The property was purchased by the Real Estate Company for $4,700, cut into building lots, making eighty-four in number, all desirable situations.

At 1 o'clock the Columbia Brass Band notified the vast throng that it was time to repair to the scene of the sale and hundreds of people at once started. At 1:30 the sale opened, Mr. J.T. Cowherd, of Shelbyville, an experienced auctioneer, doing the crying and in three hours every lot was sold. A great many of the purchasers, we understand, will erect cottages in the Spring.

The entire sale brought $7,978. Judge T.A. Murrell bought the residence and a little over five acres of ground for $2,400. Eighty-three lots were sold to various parties, and at various prices.

The first lot sold was purchased by Mr. Lem Smythe which entitled him to ten dollars in gold. He was also awarded twenty dollars in gold for having purchased the largest number of lots. Winnie Barbee, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.D. Barbee, drew the free lot...