Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-01-09
Building Owning and Living in
Your Own Home.
(Third Prize, Out-of-City Compost
tion.


line are home-builders and home low
ers. The European Empire was in
vincible as long as the homes were
pure and upright. When the homes
became corrupt, Rome fell. No gov
eminent is better than homes of the
governed, because: "There is its
majesty and strength. There is the
beginning and the ending of its re-
sponsibility."
/ There is no home unless you own
it. Tie rented house is merely the
place you live in. The home compels
the owner to save. 1t compels him
e be careful with his property, to
Improve it or repair it whenever it
is-necessary. Not so with the man
VINO rents home. Break out
glass? Tear off board? eyes" "Let
the owner pay for it." Build fence
or improve the property in any way?
''No, it is none of my place. l pay
rent" is his motto. 1t develops a
spirit of wastefulness and anything
save economy and usefulness. Yet
there are millions Of people in the
United States who live in houses that
they do not own. They are willing
to pay rent month in and month out,
living from hand to mouth, not car
ing or preparing for the "rainy day."
This condition should be remedied.
To build the home you are to live
in is the corner stone to your life.
The dream of home of your own
will come true if you save every doll
ar that yau can. Build your home to
suit your bank account not your fam
cies. Do not turn up your nose at
the little cottage that you are able
to pay for and pine for lordly man.
sion. No! Because a home is ele-
CANT, luxurious, and beautiful is no
proof that it is a home. "Marble
walls do not constitute a home, nor
iron bars a jail"
1t is an easy matter to borrow
:SsSey. But even to borrow money
You must have basis on which to
start. If you have saved you can
obtain the balance from the "Build-
ing and Loan Association" This
method is the best for the poor man
and small builder. With 100000
am to buy my lot and build my
home. The land outside the town
limits is just as well suited for build
ing purposes as the land in town.
1t is much cheaper than the town
lots and is free of town taxes. The
lot l have selected is one acre IN
size, level and we'll drained. The
cost for the lot is moderate, only
S150.OC, which is drawing card for
me.
have considered many plans fol-
building houses. l have read the
building sheets in the current maGa'
zines. I have read books describing
the one just suited for the small
builders. studied over book by the
name of "Convenicnt Cottages al
moderate prices" But to my minc
they were not convenient. The
prices were far from moderate. The
houses that were anything in the
neighborhood of the prices that
was willing to pay looked like dol
houses. What l want is home,
place to live in, not fancy little
play house to look at. The structure
| have in mind is one-story building
with four large rooms and kitchen
Around the front of the house Is
large and broad piazza. The win
dows are large and the ceilings Of
the rooms are high. The piazza, large
windows and high ceilings are a ne
cessity in this part of the country.
The outside of the building is yer!
plain. The roof being sGaare, hu
the squareness broken by two win
dows. The whole house is large
strong and sturdy, built not only tt
withstand the summer breezes Du
the wintry blasts, to be a shelter
from the heat and cold outside. 4
place in which to live at all times
and in all weathers. The rooms alsf
are square and large. They are wei
lighted and ventilated. Each has
closet which is lined with cedar, thl
to keep out moths and insects. The
rooms are heated by coal CRATES an'
are to be lighted by electricity,
hope. The hall runs the entire Length
of the house, two rooms being OF
each side of it. The front door opens
upon a beautiful eastern view; tht