The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, March 20, 1918, Image 12

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OWN your Own. Your landlord isn't a man who rents his Property at a loss. He's a wise, sound, sensible, business thinker. He knows that Real Estate is the only real estate. He doesn't have to look at the financial page every night to find out what he's worth. The ticker tape never fritters away his fortune. When a man owns his own home he owns a Tern n ieo etr smd po h big wad of his self respeet-he's a real membermewhnvrkeptirNwYa'rso of his community. People know he stands for tin.Te'etogt.bu oeo hi something. He's consulted about the new sod onsvrltms u ee aebce hi on the boulevard and the new golf links in the cnlso ihato.Te nwhwws park. He has a voice in saying what his city i st ehm-wes hyev h a shudloklk.woclso wihato.Te-nwhwws it is t be hom-owners The eny hema should lok like who is. If you are content to pile up a magnificent stock of rent re ceipts to leave your family when you die, well and good. That's your business; but it is mighty poor business. It is the kind of business practised by men who seldom close their careers without knowing what a Bankruptcy Court loo s like.0 It isn't a bit difficult to "'own your own." You Don't let the dea of a gage scare -you. can buy a lot or farm where you like---and nine Some people t ink ey're a disgrace. But if times out of ten, it costs less than you think. Your bank will lend you money on mortgage to they're good e for the biggest corporations complete your home, and you can pay off the and the United'States government, they needn't mortgage in small amounts at long intervals. frighten you. Talk it over with your wife. Pick your lot. Select your architect. Choose your contractor. Visit your banker. Be a property-holder instead of a lease-holder. It's the .wisest thing you can do. B. M. WOLFF REAL ESTATE, STOCKS AND BONDS LAURENS, S. C.