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DOESN'T KNOW HER WEALTH
Mrs. Hetty Green Would Have to
Take Stock" to Determine
Her Millions.

How much are you worth now"
Mrs. Hetty Green was asked on her
birthday.
i haven't the least idea" She said
1t very frankly. She left little doubt
as to the truth Of her statement.
Can it be ;lo.OoO,ooO. s27.OoO.O0O or
100000. .OOO"
Il am an old Quaker, and when
say don't know what am worth |
mean that. You see, II l sell a piece
OF property in Chicago for 100000
keep the money on deposit in the
banks there. II sell bonds in st.
Louis for s5OOooo | keep the money
with the bankers there. In that way
the banks help me to dispose Of what
! don't want"
is there no way in which you can
arrive at an approximate value of
your wealth."
Yes; could take stock Of what I
have"
viii you do that, or do you intend
doing so?"
u had not Intended doing 30, but IL
you want me to. will" Mrs. Green's
old straw hat, covered ith black silk
lace. which she has worn many years
tottered back and forth on her head
as she called for her son. When
Colonel Green arrived she said:
Eddie, this gentleman wants to know
how much ! am worth, ! guess we
better take stock" Eddie" whis.
pered with his "mom," and then Mrs
Green said: I'VE will take stock OF
everything we own on January l.
Not until then will we know just
what we possess"
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Mr.. william A. Radford win answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject OF building. for the readers OF this
paper. On account OF his wide experience
as EDITOR. Author and Manufacturer. he
is. without doubt. the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford. No. lis West
Jackson boulevard. Chicago. H.. and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
There Is no question about 1t that the
best investment the average man can
make is to buy home Of his own.
Put your rent money into home Of
your own has been good advice
which the real estate men have been
giving for years. 1t has been main
tanned that this is the simplest and
'asiest method of making a real saw
Ing. and 1t does seem that for the man
VINO is paying out s25. $50, or s35 ev-
cry month for rent no saving could
De more easily accomplished.
Resident property is considered
such good security that 1t is very sell
dom that any difficulty is encountered
in arranging for the financial end OF
a home building proposition. In al.
most every locality, especially in the
suburbs adjacent to our large cities.
there are real estate operators who
will build exactly as the home buyer
desires. according to his plans. Pos
session OF the property is secured by
comparatively small amount down
and a monthly payment thereafter no
larger than would be paid out as rent
for the same house.
The only difference between rent
ing and buying. according to this
plan. is that after seven or eight
years the man has in one case a bun
die Of old rent receipts to show for
his money and in the other case a
deed to the property.
II the building Is properly located In
growing community. the natural ad.
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NJ yood or evil. and particularly as h"i ''"e''
OF pestilauce and war. To poetic eastern peo
ple who revered the stars as symbols especaiH
sst IN the heavens for the guidance OF men
oona,s woro undoubtedly awesome visitors Ths
Cbaldeans Persians and Jews were astronomie
slIy mn more enlightened than the mediaeva
Christians and II at the fall Of Constantinople
in 1i53 all Christendom was alarmed at the ap
pearance Of a comet Ia comet which we now
know to have been Halley's), 1t is highly prob
able that the Orient was no less impressed BY
these sudden visitations. Comprising. as 1t does
a nucleus. a coma" or envelope surrounding the
nucleus and measuring from twenty thousand
to one million miles In diameter. and long tall
which streams behind the nucleus for sixty tc
a hundred million miles or more. comet Is one
OF the most mysterously beautiful celestial ap
partitions that ever meets the eye. But whether
or not the Star OF Bethlehem really was such an
apparition no one can affirm with certainty. An
astronomer can merely state that the idea Is not
untenable and that II is less Objectionable than
the conjunction hypothesis.
Lastly, the theory has been proposed that the
Star OF Bethlehem was what Is called new"
star or nova" star which suddenly flares up
In the heavens and fades away again to it,
former magnitude after the lapse OF weeks or
months. Such new stars are not altogether rare.
Ten appeared between b. C. 1874 and the end Of
the fifteenth century Since the fifteenth cen.
tury no less than sixteen have been recorded.
In our own time they are discovered with fair
frequency
Even before the invention OF the telescope
such new stars we're studied by astronomers,
Apart from the astronomical evidence In favor
Of the theory that the Star Of Bethlehem was q
nova. POLITICALLY. at least, It seems singuarly A.
ting that matchless orb blazing forth in sud.
den magnlhcence should have marked not only
the birth OF Messiah whose des.iny It was TO
save mankind by his own suffering and to make
this new world by purging It Of evil. but also
the birth OF n new sun with embryonic planets
wheeling about It In shining clouds Of gas ard
stellar dust.
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vance in its value will counter-tal.
ance It's depreciation.
By means OF this method of home
buying an astonishing number Of fam.
lilies are working up every year from
the renting to the home owning class.
A great many have purchased two
or three different homes by these
methods, starting In with small. in
expensive cottage. and as the needs
OF the family grew larger have sold
the Smaller house. using the money
30 received as first payment on the
larger. more costly structure.
This Is probably the ideal method
OF saving money through home build.
ing, for, at the end Of twenty or TWEEN.
ty.five years, really fine property
has been acquired. Each one OF the
series OF homes has been adequate to
the needs OF the family at that time
and all the way through no extra sav.
ing was needed in addition to the or.
dinary monthly rent.
The design shown herewith is very
suitable for the house to begin q
series Of home building, such as has
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been mentioned. This Is flve.room
story and O half cottage, which ought
to appeal to any two young people
Just starting out In LIES highway to.
gether. Although small and simple In
design 1t has that coy. home-like air
which is most desirable. II Is plenty
large enough for two people. with q
guest room to spare.
A house Of this kind always com.
mands ready sale and never stands
vacant II offered for rent. Even where
there are number Of large houses
standing vacant It Is very seldom that
. desirable I've or six.room house can
70 found.
The Raymer enterprise., 1912-12-19
Under the Table,

Let US celebrate, but temperately."
said Simeon Ford. the humorous hotel
man OF New York Let us not emu.
late the colonel.
THE colonel you know. came dow,
to breakfast, one morning with a
bandaged hand.
why, colonel, what's the matter
with your hand?' they asked him.
"'Confound It ALL the colonel an.
swered. We had little party lnst
night, and one Of the younger men got
intoxicated and trod on my hand Al
he was walking across the ROOM"
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This house is twenty-five feet Six
inches wide by twenty-six feet 1t is
covered on the outside with narrow
siding put on over tar building paper
and seven-eighths inch rough sheaung.
The interior is finished in birch down
stairs and yellow pine upstairs. The
living and dining room floors are best
quality red oak, maple flooring being
used for the kitchen, pantry, back en-
try and bath room. For the remand
er OF the second floor yellow pine
flooring is used.
For house OF this size surpris-
ing amount of room is secured down.
stairs by the arrangement Of living
room and dining room opening to-
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day. was Chaldea, Persia, and that Arabian des.
ert where the sons OF lshnael roamsd In that
east OF which they spoke. starsaz!ng was to
some nations a religious observation to others a
mystical traditional rite, The pseudoscence O,
astrology out OF which our modern science OF
astronomy was slowly evolved was thus engen.
dered. Exegetes OF the New Testament narra.
tive hold these Magi to have been astrologers,
members OF that strange, non.natlonal. pryi.
legged priesthood whose Office 1t was to watch
the sky each day and each night to note the
position and apparent motion OF the sun from
dawn to dark. and TO predict those changes in
planetary positions which In that day OF as.
trological superstition were supposed to shape
and reveal the destnles OF kings and nations
In them science came an early worshlpper a,
the feet OF Christ
To ancient rs well as mcdiaeval astrologers.
certain, groupings OF the stars and planets had
fixed prophetic significance. The planets
were named In accordance with their supposed
Influence. Mercury. always lurking near the
SUM- furtively cleaning In the morning or eve.
ming. was the patron Of trlCksters. knayes and
thieves. Mars, flaming in red. was the symbol
OF war the guardian OF heroes and warriors
II the Magi were astroogers who believed In
stellar influences. the apparition OF the Sta.
OF Bethlehem must have been an astronomical
phenomenon But no ordinary astronomical
phenomenon could have enticed these practced
star.gazers from their temples, We must there
fore. find some celestial event sufficiently extra
ordinary to warrant q Journey from Chaldea or
Persia to Bethlehem
When the Magi arrived In Jerusalem. Herod
was within n few weeks OF his death. The mas
sacre OF the babes Of bethlehem was one OF his
last cruel deeds when ho inquired diligently
what time tho star appeared the reply was cv.
IDENTIFY such that he felt II necessary to kill all
male infants from two years old and under"
II Is probable, therefore, that the Magi Nrst saw
the star two years before their arrival In 1eru.
salem Herod died in b c, T. Hence the Star
Of bethlehem must have appeared about two
year. ae,nre that date We must discover. II we
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gether with columned archway. The
fireplace nook is a cozy feature that
will be appreciated in house Of this
kind. There should be a cemented
basement, or cellar, under the entire
house, and a warm air heating plant
is to be recommended. A square.
compact house of this kind is very
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When they were questioned where the king was
10 be born they answered: IN Bethlehem OF
Judea; for thus it is written by the prophet. ana
thou, Bethlehem. in the land OF Juda, art not the
least among the princes OF Juda: for out OF thee
shall come governor that shall rule my people
Israel" According to the authorized version II
Is then stated in the New Testament ina.
"Herod. when he had priviy called the wise men,
Inquired OF them diligently what time the star
appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem. ana
said, Go and search diligently for the young
child; and when have found him. bring me
word again. that ! may come and worship him
also. When they had heard the king they de
parted; and 10, the star which they saw In the
east. went before them, till It and stood
over where the young child was When they saw
the star. they reioiced with exceeding great Joy.
That is the whole story OF the Star OF Bethle-
hem 1t is simply and directly told in the sec
ond chapter OF the gospel according to st. Mat
thew
1t was n clolster fancy OF the dark ages. hand
ed down through centuries. that led the Chris
uon world to regard the Star Of the East as
miraculous lumnary. akin to the pillar OF FIR.
that guided the children OF Israel In the wilder
ress-a uminary especially created for the sole
purpose OF leading the Magi to the birthplace
OF Christ. The modern Christian Is more apt
to regard the star natural phenomenon and
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slaughter of the infants was issuet
some time before Herod's death. Pro
fessor Stockwell advances the suppo
sition that this conjunction was th'
Star OF Bethlehem. Since conjunc
tons occurred so frequently. It II
difficult TO understand why more o.
them did not call forth Chaldcan o.
Persian deputations.
Because OF these fatal objection,
to any theory which regarded th'
Star OF Bethlehem merely as a con
junction OF two planets. the lat
Prof. r. A. Proctor cast about TO-
other celestial phenomena and fnal
" decided that the wise men nigh
have been guided by comet. There
ia much to be said In favor OF thu
supposition. Comets are discovere'
nowadays at the rate OF two or thre>
n year. Not all OF them are particu
larly brilliant: but 1t Is not incon
ceiyable that in Biblical times com
ets occasionally appeared that wer
brilliant enough to strike terror Int
superstitious hearts. Indeed, befor'
Edmund HALEY proved that the Law
Of gravitation applied to the come
which bears his name and whicl
has revisited the earth at intervali
of seventy.one and one-half to sev
enty.nine years. comets were regard
cd as divine messengers. as omem
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HE reign o, Herod had nearly ended
when the Magi arrived In Jerusa'
lem and asked: Where Is he that
is born king OF the Jews? For We
have seen his star In the east. ana
are come to worship him"
The news that true king OF the
Jews" possible rival, was born
and that his birth had been herald
ed by celestial phenomena. caused
Herod much concern He summoned
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10 seek scientific explanation OF
its sudden appearance, not for the
purpose OF casting doubt upon the
narrative OF Matthew, but OF CIV.
Ing 1t astronomical support
Who were these wise men, these
Magi. OF whom st. Matthew speaks?
They came from the east. they said.
and the east. according TO the geo.
graphical knowledge OF Matthew'S
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WE BUY old accounts. notes, Judgments
el6 Temple Court Bldg. Main 1892.
7-l9-17
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+ for a case Specific Blood Poi
son we fail to cure Raney
q Medicine Co, 513 Austen
D%OH Bldg Phone GA. once
n " Hours: a. m to p. m
Sundays, a. m to II a. M ~
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Laundry Work.


CURTAINS, blankets and quilts washed
by hand. 81 Parson street. 39-7-27
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Want AID Rates and Rules
in The Atlanta Georgian

One cent word each insertion.
No ad taken for less than the price
Of ten words. Ads in larger type.
&c a word.
Out-of-town d vert / sements
must be accompanied with cash.
Agencies discounts 10 and per
cent.
The Georgian will not be respon-
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insertion Of any ad ordered more
than one time.
Closing Hours: To secure prop
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the day of the issue.
All ads must be ordered out in
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Every word in the advertisement.
including the name and address,
should be counted. Each initial
counts one word compound words
are counted as two words.
Telephone your Want Ads to The
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IL - more convenient TO DO so, ana
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afternoons. Good wages
and chance for promotion.
Call at circulation depart
ment The Atlanta Georgian,
20 East Alabama street.
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Teachers Wanted.

M 'Nr>o-o->~~-~~~~~~~~- ~~-o~~oo>~o
lEASHERS for Georgia schools. rural
and graded; many splendid onenines.
mus have Georgia certificates; guaran-
e 9,3t service; openings in other states also.
9hefldans Agency, Greenwood, S. C.
- 59-7-27
TEACHERS PROFESSIONAL COL
LEGE, AUSTIN. TEXAS,
needs the services of one ambitious
teacher in each county good proposition.
! uIt Information free. 1926
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Board Wanted.


BOARD and room in north side, modern,
private home of strictly first class peo-
pie by refined business woman, who wants
permanent location in real home atmos-
phere. Prefer some distance out on car
line. Best of references given and re-
CURED. Give phone number and full par
ticulars in reply. Box 1876, care Geor-
gian 1911 20
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For Sale Miscellaneous.

FOR SALE FOR CASH-Nine pieces Old
English mission living room or office
suite In perfect condition. Apply 1916
Peachtree. Janitor. 7-3Q-6
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Statesmen Wanted.


W ANTED-Two experienced industrial
insurance statesmen WIN make libefai
oRtract and give exclusive control tpr
tlduta. Address Box coo. care fepl a
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CAMPAIGN BOOK!
o. nlted States to sell our campaign book.
o2V pages, 100 pictures and portraits of
an III me candidates and leaders, The lives
administrations. The platforms and prin-
clpIes of all parties An impartial and
superior book. Price only ST. This will
GENE 0e me most exciting campaign since 1861
age. Titanic outfit also Sent free ' on ire re-
sept of 10c for postage Best terms
01raer outfits by return mail Phillips
0oyo publishing Company, Atlanta, Ga.
6-26- IL
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Miscellaneous.


WANTElD--Oil cook stove and baker, coal
stove, water heater, wood cook stove,
good refrigerator by Friday. Cheap, Box
30. care Georgian. 7-30-21
WE BUY old accounts notes, Judgments
6lo Temple Court Bldg. Main 1892.
BEST price for furniture of all kinds
We buy contents of residences, fats and
offices. Phone Main 1877. 143 South Pryor
street. Pembroke Sales Company 7-20-14
DROP A CARD-Wil bring cash Tor o1d
clothes and shoes The Vestaire, 1876
Decatur street. 6-27-42
| BUY mems old clothes and shoes
Drop a card. |. Book 80 Bell st. s-1-14
WANTED--We pay highest cash prices
on household goods, pianos and office
ments. Springers Auction House, rs
South Pryor street. Bell phone Main 1926.
4-10-10
WE PAY HIGHEST cash prices for house
hold goods, pianos and office furniture
Cash advanced on consgnments. Cen
trail Auction Company, IL East Mitchell
street. Bell phone Main PAPA $685. 26
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ATTOS REPAIRED

MAGNETS AND STORAGE BATTERIES
RECHARGED. MAGNETIC AND CAR
BURETOR work a specially. We give
careful attention to electric auto and bat
terry work Hartrampf & Yarbray Co.
Phone Main 1910. So Edgewood avenue,
Just below Equitable building. 422-5
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DROP A CARD-Will bring cash Tor o1d
clothes and shoes. The Vestaire, 1856
Decatur street. 6-27-42
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Situations Wanted-Male.

WANTED-Position as soda clerk; rea :
sonable salary Must have work al
once. Write ME. j F. Dickinson, New
nan, Ga. 4S-7- 80
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Closing Hours: To secure prop
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The Georgian office before O'clock
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THE RANDOLPH

COOLEST. cleanest rooms in city. 1s W;
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Automobiles.


WANTED-Slfghtly used 2-passenger car.
Must be bargain. p o. Box 308, Adairs-
Vile, Ga. 10 IA
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Boarders Wanted.

COUPLE or two young men can secure
nice room and board at 102 Bryan street,
three blocks from Grant park. If taken
this week. rates will be 50 per week for
two, including use of phone. Main 4259 L,
AT 20
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Motorcycles.

ALL MAKES, $50 AND UP-Largest mo-
torcycle dealers in the South; exclusive
Southern distributors for Indian. Elyea-
Austel Company, IS North Pryor street.
1919
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Contractors and Home Builders.

TT WILL PAY YOU to get our estimates
on steam heating and plumbing before
letting your work; 35 years experience
in city puts us in position to give you
best work at minimum cost. Bashlor
Heating and Plumbing Company, AZ Car
rafrie Place M 455 7-20- AS
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Agents Wanted.

II, rN~~rnS,
n ZEN a - wanted for private Christmas
cards; any one; samples book free: large
bR[ ,S, Chipchase, "Cardex," Darlington,
Ln6Idnd, 50-7-25
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Auction Sales.

-->>~~~~~>~~~-~-~>~~~~>~~>~
PAWN BROKERS AUCTION HOUSE, 81
Decatur street. We buy and sell any
and everything. Atlanta phone 1885.
1890
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Situations Wanted-Male and
Female.

WANTED-By Bohemian couple, man
gardener, married. one girl II years
old. wife to do house work; just arrived
south. Apply German Cafe, 2s South
Pryor st @o-f~zS
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Help wanted-Male and Female.


MEN AND WOMEN WANTED for gov
eminent positions $4,000 month. Write
lor list of positions open. Franklin In
sutute, Dept AR, Rochester, n. ]. =.
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YES, Professor O. o. Branning will teach
you the barber trade dts easy. we
leach In one-half time of other colleges
course, tools and position IN our shops
only 800 Why pay more? Thousands OF
our graduates running shops or making
good wages. Atlanta Barber College, 10
East Mitchell street 5-11-l7