The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-10


contingencies.
This office is spending, and has been
for some months past at home and abroad
combined, an average of about $1,000 a
year or more for advertising and other
office expenses, alone with the one sole
purpose in view of giving the patrons,
buyers and sellers, of this office practical
results, and as We conflne our business
exclusively to buying, selling and ex-
changing real estate, on brokerage or
commission, it is easy for thinking
man to see, that with nineteen years
experience devoted to this one particular
line of work, that If We are satisfied
with the manner in which property is
listed with US, and start our system and
it's mills to grinding away for results, you
may expect to reap the fruits of such
unremitting effort If your property has
merit, and is listed at the market prices,
Where property Is properly listed at
this office; where we can guarantee de-
livery and protection of fees of other
brokers, one of the first things we do, is
to send list of such property so listed
to the several hundred other agents in
this city and other points, and you there
by secure the service of several hun
dred agents. and with safety to yourself,
instead of from merely three to a Dozen
who may get their lines and yours tangled
on the home stretch, and cause trouble.
This office also keeps a careful record
with the name and address of every APP
plicant of real estate, showing what
they have inquired for, and to this list
of probable buyers now on our tles, sew
eral thousand in number, the accumula-
ton and result of thousands of dollars
worth Of advertising at home and ABROAD
to whom a personal letter Is sent de-
and nraSnntinR lis
merits, usually with our personal eff
forts does the work, and when a prop
erty goes through our system persistent
ly in this way, and is followed by per-
sonal effort and 1t does not sell, then
rest assured there Is a screw loose
somewhere, either about the property, or
the price you ask, and face about and
change it, or take 1t off of the market
for IL this active treatment to move it,
fails, the machine" just won't work, and
it had better be sent to the shop for re-
pairs, or to the scrap pile, or put on
our bargain counter, with a plain, honest
label on it, known and read Of all men
shop worn" CLOSING out" ito make
, room," for new stock" and Wen get rid
of 1t at last, any way. some way, some
how, SO you can set your mind at rest,
and ply your energies and attention to
something more worthy of It,
Try us. l don't mean the kin of "try"
that will give us the exquisite pleasure
co of spending our time and money to
sell a property, with only the comfort
/ ing assurance %, that If our efforts have
procured a buyer, an owner will gladly
permit the fruits of this service to be
diverted into other channels, that have
merely Caught on" we have had all
of our ellis pulled out long ago by
the Caught on process, and Hard
Shelf owners rejoice that there haint
emmy more "giIls' left fer err hook ter
! hook, and hold on to, with such a string
to ~, and I'm going ter quit de ole,
shaky, Hard Shelf Church ennyway.
fer 1 won't wash feet" fer emmy SIGH er
crowd emmy longer, Il don't have teri, so
help me, Sarah Jane, Cthank the Lord,
and I Jest won't; ana we say unto all
them unregenerate sinners who wants
the ole man to do the work, and then
run foot ball race to get the benefit of
1t, either repent or scat. Yea. my bs1uved
brethren, scat! We say unto thee scat!
| Amen. UNkLE RASTUS.
P. S.-Tell Aunt Dinah and all de chill
luns, nebber mind all de dust we raise,
Jess KUN on home, where de pot am
always kept err bilen'. wild de latch string
| er hangln on de outside. Always glad
to see you RAS.