Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-02-16
THO SUPPORTING
 FAMILY SHE BUILDS OWN HOME
Little Rock Girl Bought
 Home in Face of Many Difficulties.

To many pcoiple who have the de- sire to own their own home and who have suffered many discouragements, there is message of courage in the story of Miss Ruth Fairmon, young lady of Little Rock, who in the face of almost unsurmountable odds, and with innumerable discouragements finally succeeding in buying lots, and building beautiful home
 The Arkansas Democrat tells the story as follows: ./
 Less than five years ago 15-year old girl to whom fortune had denied most of the advantages and privileges enjoyed by and considered essential to the welfare of the average American girl, was left the sole support of a large family of children, all younger than herself-a responsibility the burden of which would weigh heavily on most men.
 Her first employment was on the telephone desk in one of the large lum- Der offices, and necessarily her earn ings were small. But by accounting for every penny the family held to- gether, food, raiment and shelter pro- vided and the children large enough to go, kept in school Not only this, but in the course of a year or two enough was saved to pay the cost of a course in stenography and accounting the completion of which rendered her ca pablo of doing the better paid for class of work, which her employers promptly gave her. Buys Three Lots.
 l With most people increased earn. i ings mean increased spending in pro- portion, but with her it meant increas- ed saving, and in due time the oppor- tunity to buy three lots at a real bar gain in price came and they were paid for in cash. A year later, June, 1918, the car line had been extended to with in three blocks of the homesite. In the meantime building fund had been growing month by month, and with the conveniences available the deter imitation to proceed with construction grew, notwithstanding the high cost of building. The manager of North Little Rock Building and Loan Asso- citation was consulted and arrange ments made for loan of $2,O00 and the home here pictured, planned by and built under her personal supervis- ion, is the result. Realtors appraise the place at $4,0O0 The payments on the loan amount to $33.34 per month and now that younger brother and sister are at work, it goes without saying the loa nwill be fully repaid in very few years.
 /! Miss Ruth Fairmon, for that is the young lady's name,e would not admit to the secretary of the Real Estate Bureau that there was anything un- usual about her plishment. She said it seemed to her to be quite the natural thing to do, and which good business dictated she should do. "Of course, it has not been neasy job" she said, ,"but then anything that's worth having. the nosseosion of it re- quires sacrifice, and the ownership o a home ought to hold for anyone the greatest of all incentives nor persist
 ent systematic thrift"
 the place now occupied by the Eagle [ Store. The old building will be torn 1 down however, and an entirely new
 building erected. Work will begin as
 soon as the present building is va cated by the Eagle Store.
 l The latter will move across Fourth
 avenue, and will occupy the building
 vacated by McCain's grocery store.