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»I Williams Says Business Is Increasing;
125,000 People Pass Corner In One Day
• .....—— By RALPH R. SILVKR _— --
Williams Says He Can Find
- No Business Depression
"For the past several months I have
heard talk of business depression In Bir
mingham,'* said H. D. Williams, a well
known real estate man, yesterday, with
offices in the Jefferson County Bonk
building "But I have been absolutely un
able to find any signs of it myself,
"My business has grown steadily for
the past three months, and for those three
months shows also a good increase over
the year previous. I have Just closed a
SMI on South Twentieth street, between
'Avenues A and B, for a price ct 117,000
Air a lot 20x100 feet. Can you see any
thing like bard times in that?
"There is some depression in other parts
of the state, owing to the cotton situa
tion, but Birmingham has not been af
fected to any appreciable extent aa yet.
Things have been at an absolute stand
still at Montgomery, Selma and similar
towns. A friend of mine who Is a travel
ing salesman, a few days ago came back
from an eight-days’ trip through south
Alabama and without a single order. The
men to whom he sold last year. Instead,
were asking for extensions of their time
to pay.
“But I understand that the cotton situ
ation is fast righting itself, and as soon
as it does I believe confidently that busi
ness will boom. And I believe further
that the cotton situation will be cleared
up within two or three months. 1 under
stand that we consume about 8,000,000
bales in this country, and have been ship
ping the rest to Europe to be made into
the finished product and sent back to us.
Instead of that we will soon be making
all of our cotton into finished product and
sending our surplus to the fighting armies
of Europe.
“Other sections of the country where
the staple crops are something other than
cotton. I understand, are In the midst of
prosperous conditibns. They’ve sold their
crops, and as soon as we sell this cotton
crop we’ll feel the same prosperity.
“But conditions here in Birmingham are
fine, at least so in my business. I do
not believe all of this business depres
sion talk is Justifiable. Within two or
three months, at the outside, I believe
the real estate market and business con
ditions in general will be entirely nor
mal.”
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1 DIRT DEALERS’
j DAILY DOINGS
The big red card Is on the job!
Through the agency of one of the
red placards furnished by the Birming
ham Real Estate exchange to its mem
bers and offering a reward of $10 to
anyone catching a person damaging or
stealing from a vacant house, a negro
plumbing thief was caught on the
Bouthslde last week.
The negro was noticed about the
place by a disinterested party. The ob
server, however, had noticed the red
placard tacked on the house by the
Yancey Real Restate company, and se
curing a club he held the negro thief at
bay until a policeman was called and
the thief carted off to Jail. The cap
turer Incidentally received the first re
ward to be paid by the Real Estate ex
change under their new system.
■ This move of the Real Estate ex
change Is expected to place a complete
rheck on the vandalism of small boys
throwing rocks through windows of
vacant houses and negro thieves who
rob vacant houses and stores of plumb
ing and similar material.
Bulletin No. 6 of the Birmingham
Real Estate exchange, Issued last week,
Is as follows:
The other day one of Birmingham’s
big property owners was heard to re
mark, that there was less real estate
talent among the agents of Birmingham
than any other city In the country!
We will not enter into any argument
here to disprove this statement or to
FOR SALE
Modern 6-room house, hardwood floors,
beam celling, furnace heat, nice elec
tric fixtures; bltullthlc paving.
64250
Terras Reasonable
Why Pay Rent
When we can give you a modern 8
room home well located on South
Highlands. Price only
•5500
Terras Reasonable
E. J. BURNS CO.
406 American Trust. Phone 766.
For Sale
aqnsA—Extra large lot, 70-foot front,
W4UHDU full depth, near 24th street
and 12th avenue, north. Must have cash.
• isAA—9-room dwelling, good condl
w4DUv tlon, corner lot, 60x120, South
j 13th street. Easy terms.
ANGLIN-WHITE R.&I.C0.
2016 Third Aveaae
_
FARMLANDS
140 acres, 6 miles from Hartselle, Ala.,
Morgan county, all level, 2 good
■ dwellings, 60 acres under plow, fine
red and black land, price for 10 days
$24 per acre. Terms one-third cash,
balance 1. 2, 3 and 4 years.
190 acres, 2 dwellings, 3 tenant houses,
130 acres under plow, fenced, red and
black land, located at Faulkvllle, Ala.,
price $65 per acre. This Is one of the
up-to-date small farms in Morgan
county, $2000 cash, balance 1, 2, and 3
years
180 acres, located In Morgan county,
Ala., all level, fine red and black
land, 4 good dwellings, outbuildings
and good Improvements, on terms
one-third cash, balance 1, 2 and 3
- years- Price $25 per acre. This land
Is worth $60 per acre. See Stewart,
. with /
James Bailey & Co.
Phone Mala $8) SSI 14. Sl«t St., Birming
ham, tlx, or call Snaday. Weal End
164-W.
Country Homesites
SWEETWATER PARK
The moat picturesque and attractive
homesite anywhere in the suburbs
of Birmingham. Three miles from
the Brown-Marx building, south, on
the southern slope of Red mountain.
Come in and examine plat and have
our salesman show you the property.
Price *800 a Lot—Terms
Fine Corner For Sale
Qn 8th Ave. North
100x100 with 3 houses on It, for $8600.
There is no mortgage on this prop
erty. $2600 cash
Balance Eaay Terms
>Per Sale—Pine Lot 20x106—On 23rd
, street, south, between F and Q. The
•' right place for a store. Price $2000.
Terras
MEYER, GOLDMAN
& TERRY
mmmt*** ■
show how much real ability exists
among our forces, but we do think that
this careless remark quoted above
should remind us that we are not doing
all we can to Improve our talents and
increase our usefullness to our clients,
which means the increase of our earn
ing capacity.
With this idea In view, your trustees
have decided to Introduce from time to
time, at our weekly luncheons, talks
of educational value to the real estate
fraternity.
All of you agents who feel that you
have nothing else to learn, should of
course, stay away from these lunch
eons.
Those, however, who feel that none
of us are too old or too experienced to
learn spmethlng from the other fellow,
should certainly be on hand.
We will also have a five minutes talk
from a prominent member of the Board
of Trade, on a matter vitally affecting
the rental Interests of Birmingham.
I am sending you several copies of
the booster folder. You are requested to
enclose one of these in each of your
letters that you send out from your
office. If your supply runs out send
for more.
Would like to see the members take
a little more interest in the matter of
listing property on the exchange.
Send down some of your bargains. Per
haps there is some one that is waiting
for just the piece of property that you
have listed. Let's try it.
What kind of success are you having
with your vandalism signs? J. L.
Yancey’s office reports this morning
that through this sign a negro was
caught on the Southslde cutting out the
plumbing on a vacant house. Some
help, eh?
Listing of for sale property on the real
estate exchange got well under way dur
ing the week, something like 15 different
pieces of property being listed.
No deals were closed through the ex
change, but such transactions are expect
ed now most any day. Big things are ex
pected by local real estate men from
this new movement In the local real es
tate world.
The plan has been in operation in other
cities for sometime, but started here only
about 10 days ago. By this system, any
member of the exchange Is privileged to
sell a piece of property after it is listed,
the agent listing it, the real estate ex
change and the agent making the sale all
FOR SALE
Norwood Bungalow
$3250.00—5-room bungalow, on shady
lot. Best Norwood neighborhood.
This house was built for a home,
and is one.
$130.00 Front Foot
Avenue D, between 19th and 20th
streets. 50x140. This is good ren
tal property, close to 20th street.
Sidewalks and streets paved.
$6500.00 Highland avenue home, large
elevated lot. Seven rooms; large
porches. Price has been reduced
from $7500.00 to $6500.00. Let us
show you this home.
For Sale or Trade
Norwood home. Will sell or trade for
vacant lots or farm lands.
Truck Farm
42 acres, highly Improved. Good 6
room house and outbuildings. Five
miles from Bessemer, on splendid
pike road.
Sale or Exchange
Large Southside Home
East of 20th Street. Lot 50x150
Eastern exposure. Six large bedrooms
and three smaller ones; three baths;
sleeping porch and good furnace,
Convenient'to good car service. The
very thing for a large family or
boarding house. Price $7000.
Will sell on easy terms or accept good
city property as part payment.
W. H. BASON
Moseley, Henderson
& Davis
312 N. 21st St. Phone 2781
ALABAMA ABSTRACT CO
Land Titles
2109-2111 Third Ave.
Phone 380 Main
Abstracts furnished promptlj
and for a reasonable price. Pro
gre88ive young men in charge
D. P. ANDERSON
McCleery Shows How Shopping Center of City
Was Located By Counting People On the Street
The talk of George McClerry, Bir
mingham manager of S. H. Kress and
company, before the Birmingham Real
Estate exchange at the .weekly lunch
eon Thursday has caused so much com
ment that officials of the excnange
feel assured that the series of edu
cational talks at the weekly lunch
eons, of which that of Mr. McC^leery's
was the first, is going to prove a big
success.
Mr. McCleery’s talk hinged about the
text of what should be the duties of a
real efctate agent to his tenant and in
cidentally how real estate values are
dependent upon the location of & city’s
business center and what a city's bus!
ness center is.
Mr. McCleery gave some startling
figures in his short address. For in
stance, he illustrated how the Kress
company determine upon a location for
one of their stores.
“The value of a site for a store de
pends upon its location in reference to
the ‘shopping section’ of the city,” he
said. “The business section is deter
mined, not by men, but by the women,
w'ho do the great percentage of a city’s
shopping. Men come downtown, go to
their offices and only leave them to
go to some other man’s office or to the
bank. They only go to these places
when they have to.
"Women, on the other hand, come
downtown and visit the stores—the
women’s furnishing stores, the depart
ment stores, the groceries and so forth.
Therefore, where you find those stores
you wilt find the business center or
shopping section of a city. In locating
the business center of tills city for
the determination of the site of Kress'
new store on Second avenue we sta
tioned men with a counting apparatus
on the different downtown corners to
see how many people passed.
"On Norton’s corner at Second ave
nue and Twentieth street that man
counted 125,000 people passing there
in one day during business hours and
going but two directions, either up or
down Second avenue. That figure de
termined the business center of Bir
mingham and we located our store ac
cordingly. We employ similar means
in many ways. For Instance, men with
these counting devices counted during
the business hours of one day r.0,000
people entering our two stores during
the business hours of one day. Now,
notice this. Of those 30,000 people 21,
000 entered the Second avenue store
and 9000 the Third avenue store.
"That deetrmlnes Second avenue as
the shopping center of Birmingham at
tlie present time. In this connection
there is a duty that real estate agents
owe a tenant that often Is violated. A
man passes another man's store and
notices he is doing a good business.
He feels he could do better at this
stand, goes to the agent and tells him
he will pay more rent for the place
at the expiration of the tenant's leuse.
The tenant is ousted wrongfully.
“Agents and owners should be care
ful about raising rents merely because
the tenant seems to be doing a good
business. The man who offers more for
the place often.is not able to do a good
business at the same stand on account
of the nature of his business or for
many other reasons. Often the man who
is forced to move out draws a shop
ping center with him.
“I have known towns where we have
been forced to move our stores in this
way and as a result the entire shopping
center of the town was changed. In one
place the agent signed up a man who
offered him more rent for«our place and
we were forced to move. We went Into
the next block. Within two years the
entire business center of the city had
followed our store into that block and
the place we had been ousted from
actually stood vacant for 12 months.”
It is the plan of the real estate ex
change to have talks by men like Mr.
McCleery from time to time at the
weekly luncheons at the Newspaper
club, believing that the real estate men
will derive much benefit therefrom.
getting a pro rata share of the commis
sion.
“Birmingham real estate is not effected
so far as my business is concerned by
the reported business depression," states
E. J. Burns. "I have closed several big
deals in the past two or three months.
"By February 1 I expect to see real
estate and every other business better
than it has been any time since 1907.
Inquiries have never been better than
right now in the real estate business.
By February 1 confidence will be abso
lutely restored, and that's all that's wrong
now. Real estate has not depreciated
in value at all.
“The prospects of this country for the
exportation of our products is what I base
my confidence on.”
"Inquiries are much better this week,”
states Gus Pope, Jr. “There has been lit
tle actual improvement in conditions but
better Inquiries always means better busi
ness.”
The real estate men of Birmingham are
inclined to protest against the regional
bank charging a higher rate of Interest
in the south than in other sections of
the country.
“I think it is an outrage,” said T.
Ij. Anglin of Anglin & White. “The south
has been chopping the wood and carrying
the water for the past 50 years and it's
about time tve are beginning to be treated
on an equal basis with other sections of
the country. The excuse that there was
danger of us borrwing too heavily is
ridiculous. They control that.
"I am not competent to pass upon the
question,’’ said H. D. Williams, "but I
have read about the matter In the news
papers and it looks like discrimination
to me. It lies within the discretionary
powers of the regional bank of this sec
tion to loan a man money or refuse
him, so they would have control over
how much the south borrowed without
charging from 1 to 1V4 per cent more
Interest, so it looks to me.”
Many other real estate men expressed
indignation over the matter, but stated
they were not sufficiently informed to
be quoted.
Nearly all stated that they were under
the impression that the amount of money
loaned to the south rested absolutely with
the discretion of the officials of
the regional bank and therefore could
not understand why the excuse for the
higher interest was reported as the dan
ger of the South overborrowing.
For Sale—West End
No. 402 Tuscaloosa avenue; 10 rooms;
two separate apartments; two
baths, two dining rooms, two
kitchens; large lot, faces south.
Price $5500. Terms, $1600 cash, bal
ance to suit.
No. 1705 Tuscaloosa avenue, 100x150.
Seven-room, modern. Room for an
other house. Price $4200. $600
cash, balance one and two years.
Talk With
Alan Jemison
10th Floor Jefferson County Bank
Main 100
For Sale
$10,000—-Fifth avenue. l^ot 60x190
Few blocks west of 20th street.
Price cut from $12,000.
$10,000—Southside corner, 100x140,
fronting on paved sy'eet. One block
from two car lines. Close In and
rents for about $75.00 monthly.
$2000 for Qlenwood lot, 60x176, fronts
paved boulevard; water, gas, sewer
age all into lot line. Twenty pet
cent discount. Desirable location
for a home.
$5750.00—New Southside bungalow
East of 20th street. Fronts east and
strictly modern in every way. You
couldn't wish for more in a bunga
low.
$2500-00—Five-room cottage, on 60th
street; faces east; half block from
East Lake care line. Will trade.
Big Sacrifice Sale
Owner needB relief and must have it
Offers to take $5800 for his $15,20(
equity. Act now if you want thh
bargain.
Malone-McContiell Co,
*S10C lot Avo. Main 1231
. -■». ....
OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF
THE FALL OF TSINGTAU
GIVEN OUT BY JAPANESE
•
Toklo, November 11.— (Correspond
ence of the Associated Press.)—The
following detailed official account of
the storming of the German fortress
in Tslngtan was issued today. As al
ready cabled the accounts show that
the Japanese soldiers brought it to be i
known they would play with the same
recklessness as seen at the assault on
Port Arthur.
“On November 6 the weather in Shan
Tung was superbly fine in the morn
ing, with bright moonlight in the even
ing,” the report says. “The besieging
army had arranged to occupy the third
position near the German fortress on
this night, but a detachment of our
first line had already occupied the po
sition in the course of the day and
commenced the preparatory work for
the final assault.
“At 4 p. m. the commander of the
besieging army gave orders to push on
the work preparatory to the opening
of a sudden charge, and on the com
pletiton of the work to wait for fur
ther otders before commencing the
charge.
“The Germans destroyed the Taisich
eng batteries in the front of Kiauchau
bay with explosives during the day.
Moreover, the enemy stopped bombard
ment at all other batteries. The be
sieging army observed an apparent
change in the enemy’s defense lines at
this sudden turn of the situation.
Destroy Outer Trenches
‘‘The left wing of our second center,
which pressed on the central fortress,
easily destroyed the first outer trenches
and wire entanglements of the central
forts without resistance. Soon our
troops destroyed the wire entangle
ments in front of and Inside the sec
ond outer trenches, successfully open
ing the way for the assault of the
army.
“The commander at once Issued or
ders to the second central party to
storm the enemy’s central fortresses
and at the same time ordered all oth
er parties to carry out close rccon
Money to Lend
$1000 for 1 Loan
$3000 for 1 Loan
Immediately Available
$2700 for 1 loan
$3000 for 1 Loan
$5000 for 1 or 2 Loans.
Available Jan. 1st
I Invite Applications
JEROME TUCKER
Main 379 207 21at Street
I shall also be In position to plact
applications for large loans at 6 pel
cent, on business property January 1
I solicit applications.
“READ THIS”
It Souads Good
| Looks Better Than It Sounds
6-room, newly painted dwelling. On*
block from West End car line: 220 ft
front. Including five adjoining lots
totaling atyout 1 1-2 acres of ground
all under fence. Fine garden and
truck land. Nice young shade trees
10 pbach trees, 2 grape arbors. Good
outlet for chickens. Can keep a cow
Worth $6500. Will take $2760, $30<
I cash and $25 per month.
STEWART
with
JAMES BAILEY Sl CO.
Pkaae Mala 2K 221 N. 2f*t St
Caa Call Sunday West Ead 164-W
For Rent
We will rent either upper or lower flooi
of 2-.tory house, grate heat, In good lo<
cation, chaap.
Malone-McConnell Co.
2106 1st Ave. Phone 1238.
For Sale
12060—6-room, modern cottage, corner, 13ft
Hayes at. Place coat owner |8I00; force*
to sell. This Is one block north o;
car line, Juat below Owenton.
ANGLIN-WHITE R. 41. CO.
I 102* Sd At*.
' ' . .lx
nafssance of the enemy’s position in the
front of their respective lines. The
enemy in the lines other than at the
centr^ fortresses, however, w ere hold- |
lng their positions and began a strong
resistance with their machine guns.
“At 1:30 a. m., November 7, the de
tachment of the second center, which
wras commissioned to attack the central
fortress, carried out the charge on the
enemy with two companies of infantry
and a section of sappers and dashing
on the enemy’s position succeeded In
occupying the important part of the
fortification and in capturing about
200 Germans.
“When the fortification fell Into our
hands the enemy's battery, wrhich had
remained silent up to this time, sud
denly opened fire along all lines and
centered their fire on the central fort
resses now in our hands. Our detach
ment which had Just occupied the for
tification last many killed and wound
ed in an instant by the enemy’s shell
ing. But we undauntedly pushed on de
fiant of the enemy’s fire and secured
the occupation of the fortress.
“The commanding officer of the sec
ond central detachment saw the ad
vantage of carylng out a sudden at
tack on the astern fortresses of the
Tattungcheng fort and believed In lta
unmistakable success. At 6:15 a. m. the
command of the whole army gave or
ders for an Immediate charge on tho
fort. At 4:30 a. m. the right w’lng of the
second central detachment carried out
the charge on the eastern fortresses.
Stubborn Resistance
“The chargo met a stubborn resist
ance of the enemy, who poured a show
er of bullets and shells, causing casul
ties of over a hundred killed and
wounded to c**r troops. The detachment
BARGAINS IN
FARMS AND CITY PROPERTY
For Sale and Exchange
I have some dandy farms now, both
small and large, for sale cheap, or will
exchange for good Birmingham prop
erty. Get busy now and get you a
farm anil quit hollowing hard times
Also have some fine war bargains in
city property for sale and exchange
See me for bargains; can save you
money.
A. L. YORK
With
MALONE-McCONNELL CO.
2106 let Ave. Phone 1238
For Sale
Nearly 3 acres on A. G. S. R. R., Elyton,
' cheap for cash.
For Sale at a Bargain
79 acres near Clay, $800 cash, $900
terms.
For Sale
40 acres, 9 miles south of city, cheap for
cash.
L. G. PETTYJOHN
1702 Bth Ave.
The Name
LEEDY
means the same in the real es
tate world as “sterling” on sil
ver. The public, in the selec
tion of an agent, should look tc
“Safety First.”
Twenty-seven Years of Busi
ness Success
W. B. LEEDY
REAL ESTATE * INS. CO. ,
Incorporated
Rentals, Loans. Stocks and Bonds
WE DO NOT BUY
But sell and exchange real
estate at owner’s price. Come
look over our list. It It’s a
farm or city property, W'E
HAVif IT.
HILL & ARNOLD
M14 4th Avs.
I
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Salaried Men Refuse
to Pay Honest Debts
••One of the worst phases of the
present times Is the refusal of sal
aried men to pay their honest
debts,’* said F. P. Morrison of the
Morrison-Allison Heal F*tate com
pany. “This thing nlone Is more
responsible for depressed business
conditions right now In Hlrming
ham, I believe, than an> thing
else.
**I know from my own experience ami
from talking to other business men of the
city that there are literally hundreds of
men in this city who are working on sal
aries and are making the same money
they made last winter this time, yet they
absolutely refuse to pay outstanding
debts. They are prompted either from
a motive of fear and wish to horde their
money for what they believe Is hard times
ahead or else they are ineriy taking
advantage of the situation to perform a
bit of rascality. I suppose the former
reasons is most responsible.
"Collections are bad and I think every
business man will admit it. And tho
principal reason lies in tho brain of the
salaried man. There are men who are
affected by their business so that their
Incomes have been greatly cut down. Not
so with the salaried man. He is making
as much as ever, and yet in reality he is
harder to collect from than the man at
the head of his own business.
“Something should be done. I don’t
know what. There Is Uttle recourse, l
guess, in law. Yet the money being held
by the man of salary is affecting dozens
of other men In all lines of business who
cannot pay their bills because he does
not pay his bills. These times are extra
ordinary. of course. We are not in the
midst of a boom, but neither are we in
the midst of a depression. There is no
reason for the action df many of our
people, who through fright more than
anything else, are largely contributing to
the very thing they are dreading.
“About the only remedy Is to get them
to stop ami think, for they must not real
ize the real effect of their actions.
“When one man holds up payment on a
bill of $50, say for example, he is prob
ably tielug up the settlement of $1000
worth of debts; for the man he owes can
not pay his debts, the third man cannot
pay his debts, thus affecting a fourth
man, who cannot pay his, and so on and
on in un almost endless chain.
“The people of this city and of this
country, I believe, haw plenty of money.
What we need i« to put it in circulation.’*
was undented and securely took pos-1
session of the fortress at 5:10 a. m.
“The commanding officer of the sec- '
ond central detachment determined to
capture the enemy's fortresses in the
rear and with the sanction of the com
mander of the whole army ordered de
tachments to the Moltke, Bismarck and
litis forts. The detachments bravely
advanced on the enemy’s forts In forced
march in the face of the enemy's fire ,
who sent showers of bullets and shells.
The detachments reached the foot of
litas heights at 8:30 a. m.
“The detachment forming the right
section of the left wing, which ad
vanced on the northern fortresses of
Hsiaokangshan with the object of
breaking up the trenches of the for- !
tiflcatlon on the night of the 6th, aban
doned the preparatory work, owing to ;
the raeky condition of the soil, and see
ing the swift development of the battle
in the direction of the central fortresses,
suddenly made a charge on the enemy,
and took possession of the fort at 5:10
a. m. on the 7th."
WEEKLY COTTON
GOODS REVIEW
New York, December 5.—Although cot
ton goods trading has been generally
quiet for the week some steps have been
taken to revise the prices of goods to a
laris nearer the levels at which cot
ton Is selling. Denims have been sold
at a decline of ll&lVfcc a pound from the
top for this year, but the sales have been
followed by a notice of withdrawal of
the goods through Inability to secure
more dyestuffs than will be required In
filling orders In the next 60 days.
Wide sheetings were revised downward
2Vfcc a yard on some leading numbers.
Sheetings, print cloths and convertibles
have been quiet with prices allowing a
tendency to further ease.
About 1000 bales of standard drills have
been sold for shipment to India at 7c
For Sale
Modern B room bungalow, one block of
car line in West End. $22011.00.
Good terms.
Lot 50x114, two blocks of the car
line; West End. Sidewalks. $350.00;
easy terms.
Have client with $13,000.00 worth of
unincumbered Birmingham and sub
urban property, renting for $135.00
per month, that will exchange for
good farm of equal value, well lo
cated.
75 acres in small town, 30 miles from
Birmingham with several railroads,
near state highway; with good
water mill on It. Only $1800.00;
Termd.
Tarrant Realty Co.
2111 3d Avenue
Three Farms at Sacrifice
Price But No Trade Will
Be Considered
170 acres. 7 miles from Athens. Ala., ami
two miles west of Tanners, Ala.. 80
acres cleared, balance timber. Kufi
ning water through place, two houses
and barn on place. Price $4500. Terms
$2000 cash, balance assumption of
$2500 mortgage which can be carried 5
years.
160 acres. 25 miles of Birmingham. Ala.,
facing flpringvllle pike, 00 acres level
and under cultivation and very fine
land, balance timber. There arc
two houses and barn on place, spring.
Will sell tills for $4500 Terms $1500
cash, balance can be arranged.
680 acres. 3 miles of Greenbrlar, Ala., on
Southern Railway, 8 tenant houses,
at once for $25 per aero and make
good terms.
FRED ANDREWS
with
RKTHEA R. 10. A INN. (70.
For Sale or Lease
840 acre, alfalfa, Johnson grass farm
Improved residence and 10 tenuni
houses, all this property ready foi
plow excepting 75 acres, which ii
timber. There is about 40 acres Ir
Johnson grass now. This ideal stock
farm or grass farm will make Ion*
lease or sell at $40,000 on terms tc
suit. The houses need little repatr
Thls Is considered the finest farm Ir
the alfalfa regions. Located 2 mllei
of Arteala, Miss. Would like to talk
to you about this.
FRED ANDREWS
with
BETHEA R. tC. A INS. CO.
W. N. MALONE & 00.
Real Estate Bought and Sold
Loan* Negotiated on Firat Mortgage!
at •, 7 and 8 Par Cent
High Claaa 8ecurltlea Handled
•401 Jeff. Co. Bank Phone Main 232
a yard, a reduction of *gc from the last
price paid. Prints are dull and somo lines
of colors have been withdrawn. Ging
hams are quiet.
Fine and fancy cottons are being reor
dered in very moderate lots and fine yard
mills need business. Tho duck markets
continue firm as a consequence or somo
large domestic and foreign orders. Mills
are curtailing production on cotton goods
In several directions, but In lieu of or
ders, other mills are being directed to
work tn stock goods because cotton is
cheap.
Prices continue nominal and Irregular
as follows: Print cloths 28-lnch 64x60 s.
3 cents; 64x60's, 2%c; 38-inch 64x64’s,
4c; brown sheetings, southern standards,
6‘a(ft6‘4c; denims, 0-ounce, 32Vfcc; tickings.
8-ounce, 12Vfcc; standard prints, o^c; staple
ginghams, 6i4c; dress ginghams, %%v.
$3000
Apartment House
Site
Or, suitable for two houses, alley cor
ner lot 60x100 feet, elevated and level,
near loop and 16th street car lines. Ask
us to show you. Will consider a gno£
trade.
“We Sell Lots”
McDAVID
Investment Company
2105 Tlilrd Ave * Main 26'iM
Farm For Sale
An Extra Big Snap for a Little Caah
147 acres, 22 miles from Birmingham;
one mile to school nnil church.
Mostly level. Half In cultivation.
Creek runs through. New 5-roofD
dwelling tind new barn. flOTID cash
and easy terms for balance, or
might take some trade. See us for
price.
Tarrant Realty Co.
Farm Department
2111 3d Ave.
Farm Bargains
220 acres, 2 miles of Livingston, on a good
road, 100 acres In cultivation, 30 acres In
pasture; running water; good 6-room
dwelling and 5 tenant houses; a bargain
at $27.50 per acre.
48 acres on the Sprlngvllle pike, one mile
south of Sprlngvllle. nearly all level;
35 acres In cultivation; red land; 4 room
house, spring, all under fence; a liar
gain at $14*30.
27 acres on the Huffman pike, all I val,
about one-half In cultivation; 6 miles
above East Lak*»: pike runs through It;
land In that section recently sold for
double what we are asking for thl*.
Price for quick sale. $M per acre, fee
simple.
25<> acres of level valley land on a good
pikp road, close to a good town, 40 miles
of Birmingham; creek on the land; rents
for $40o per year; one of the best farms
in tlie state, a bargain at $4000; can
make terms.
Write me for a list of the best farms In
Alabama, yours for the asking. I deal
exclusively In farms and am in bitter
position to fill your wants than any one
elsf.
JAS. B. DRAKE
28 N. 19th St. I'hone 2417 Main
For Sale
$2500—A 5-room house and bath, all im
provements; lot 50x190; located Tus
ealoosa ave.
$2100—Takes 6-room house, water, gas,
sew'er all paid for. This property la
worth $3000. Party holding mortgage
is foreclosing is reason for this re
duced price. Located 47th *t.. north,
Woodlawn. Act quickly.
H. H. Schrader Land Co.
Chamber Commerce Bldg.
Phone Main 7971.
Why Pay Rent?
LOOK
And Read This
Wa hava ona corner lot and on. In
side lot located on the southwest cornar
of 84th Bt.. and 1st Ave.. East Lake,
l'aved streets and sidewalks: gas and
all city conveniences. On Tidewater
car line and one block from East Lake
entrance. Three f«ev above street.
They are beautiful. We will build your
houae on plana to aull. on terms of (300
cash and $35 per morth. See Stewart
James Bailey & Company
Fhoae Mala 3a M <31 3. »let »(.