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Mail the coupon for our free booklet, ‘‘How to Judge Southern Mortgage Bonds,” together with a circular describing a recent 7% issue. Denominations $1,000, $500 and $100 Adair Realty & Trust Company The Souths Oldest Mortgage Investment House Dept. I-10 Healey Bldg., Atlanta Gentlemen: Kindly send me your booklet, “How to Judge Southern Mortgage Bonds,” and descriptive circu- lar of a recent 7% first mortgage bond issue. Name Address Secrets of Wise Investing Thirty-nine years of sound, con- servative financial experience were necessary before we acquired the in- vestment knowledge given in this book. It gives the three secrets of wise investing which everyone should know. HOW TO SELECT SAFE BONDS A postcard or letter pill bring gone copy of this book, “How to Select Safe Bonds,” "For 39 years no investor tas ever lost a penny on any investment purchased from us—an unsurpassed record. Send y for your copy of this valuable book. No obligation. GEORGE M. FORMAN & COMPANY | INVESTMENT BUREAU T ir Doc Subscriberatodence: are entitled to an- icers to inquiries on financial questions ‘and in emergencies BANKS to answer by tele- HIS eS -_—> graph. No charge is made for this ser- tice. All communi. cations are treated confidentially. A tico-cent postage stamp should aliays be inclosed. Address DeYou e all inquiries to, the Financial Editor, vue, 627 West {3rd St, New York, giving full name and ezact street | address.” “Anonymous communications will in no | case be answered A Notable Performance by Theodore Williams Cosstventne that it was the dull summer season, and that this is a Presidential year when usually polities puts a brake on business, the recent rise in many securities was a notable perform- ance. hat it should be followed by some irregularity and recession was inevitable. The advance had been comparatively rapid, and the temptation to take profits which in many instances were hand- some—was hard to resist. In- certain 7 es there were stiff reactions, but n body of the list held remarkably well. Selling, both for the long and the short account, clarified the technical situation and prepared the way for a fresh start. Suspension or cutting of a few divi dends by prominent corporations natur- ally had an adverse influence on their . but this did not indicate impair- ment of the fundamental soundness of gem trinsic issue: business conditions, or less in- alue in issues of the investment class. Numerous fluctuations have not weakened the standing of the better sort of stocks. They can still be bought. on declines with confidence in their future. Conjecture is rife as to the outlook for securities. Will there be a long and pro- nounced forward movement? Careful observers do not admit that there is ar danger of a return to the low level of a fe months ago, but they do not believe that a regular boom is near at hand. They hold that the course of business and the trend of securities prices depend largely on a vie- tory for conservatism in the national elec- tion, A radical triumph or a deadlock in the electoral college would, they declare, throw the country into uncertainty and anxiety. They hope that the good sense of the nation will avert any action that will endanger prosperity. Should their hope be verified by events, to-day’s stock quotations may appear very low looked at from the standpoint of January 1, 192 Answers to Inquiries You might distribute your $3,000 ig such the following: Union Pacific, uthern Pacific, New York Central, Rock Island R. R. U., Snoox, Ky Dept.48, 105 West Monroe St. Chicago, Ii, 39 Years Without Loss to a Customer 7 per cent. pfd., American Waterworks & Electric 7 per cent. pfd. Betis hem Steel 7 per_cent. pfd., Standard Gas & Electri per cent. pfd. or 7 per cent. prior pfd., 28 American Woolen pfd., Chalmers pfd. S. Batiwore, Mo.: You did not buy the bond without due warning from this Bureau. take for any person of limited means to invest in securit « that are speculative and uncertain. While Mexico re mains politically unsettled she will continue unse ccononically and Euancally. When conditions, 6: her borders become stable, her bonds way acquire an | vestment quality, but not’ before. Recent suspen: interest payments on should deter the investor from purcha: vubtful foreign ‘The following are ame preferred stocks now in | market per cent. pfd., American Le motive 7 per cent. pfd., American Waterworks & Ele: 7 per cent., American Steel Fo in 7 per cent.. Atel . Balt General Motors pfd per cent, Mt ‘opeka & Sant é vent, Bethle $7 per cent Johnson 7 p Montana Power te first. pr cent rs below but they a well regarded. ividend paying i to buy the first mort real estate bonds vou refer to, even if you have te change Government bonds for them. “These bonds 7 per cent, and have a condition governmey tractive at this time Germany's in to mak ipal or industrial Heads is too much of Austria, too, ‘rehabilitated i issued under the auspices of the League of Nations, ma be regarded as reasonably But_anything else in that country would be. speculativ ghtest value. jar from bei onds are gaining Stil speculative money into some seasoned Americ New Yous, August 4, Free Booklets for Investors Few » gage real € areas popular as 7 per cent. first mor bonds dealt in by houses of good rep: Adair Realty (& ‘Trust Compan, This company house, ha ars. Hts bons ndisput popular partial of Washingt and shows the proper setae the company. e can be investment savings plan whic more on each partial payment “Why the South Offers Investment Opportunities” is test folders put out by G.L. Miller & Co. 15 "a & Carbon Bldg., 30 E econ New York. It tells of the wonderful progress. which the South has made and is sti je folder may be obtained on yy. together with circular d Miller bond issue. Miller bonds are first mort estate securitis ing up to 7 per cent. and. th income pr properties market for sever Ss past 1 in denon nations of 8100, 8500 and 1,000 and are purch , the instalment plan. 2 per cent. oF YOU CAN BUY Good Securities in Small or Large Lots Partial Payments Ath for Booklet L.-7 which explains our plan and terms James M. Leopold & Co. Members New York Stock Exchange 7 Wall Street New York Established 1884 comicbooks.com