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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-25
Don't Write 1t Xmas"
Editor The Georgian:

Editor The Georgian:
4 MONG all the Christmas
n "donts' advanced, no one is
more worthy of attention
than Don't write it Xmas"
There is no such word as Xmas.
1t is a meaningless tumble Of mere
letters, and signifies nothing what
ever TO an intelligent person. Ra-
Their IS it an affront to intelligence,
and a shock to appreciative minds.
Christmas is Jesus Christ's birth
day. Christ is a word that means
''anointed.' Jesus Christ is the
"anointed' Jesus-the consecrated
One. TX" does not mean "anoint-
ed"-and Xmas" can not be a
word that signifies His birthday.
IN some sort Of a far fetched
fashion, to be sure, Xmas" has
been held to mean Gross mass"-
the cross signifying Christ But
Christmas has nothing whatever to
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do with the Gross" save ln .'
very general application of the sa-
vtor's death years after He was
brought into the world
Christmas brings Jesus to MIND
as little babe-an innocent child
far removed from thoughts of his
tragic taking away 33 years after
ward. Why, then, "Cross mas"
Why the suggestion of the asqn.
on Calvary in the celebration q.
His coming into this world
The cross may attach specif1caA|
to Easter and Good Friday, but no.
to Christmas.
Don't write it Xmas" Tt 'o7
the Savior's natal day of TOO nue"
sweetness-it is all but Dia-p'-'
nous, indeed!
Christmas Is the iestival o. ..s
Amounted Jesus-the Christian
vior-and His birthday IS
Grated 10 It, J u D.
Atlanta, Ga
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-25

DID you know that when q
chick. that is 10 become a
hen. pecks open the shell
and steps out to salute the king of
day with its wise little eye. 1t brings
with It into the world, in embryo
form. every egg that it will ever
lay2
That is a small fact, FOR whose
truth biologists vouch, which pos
sesses q great Importance.
You may have supposed that by
good feeding and careful treatment
hen could be Induced to lay a
larger number OF eggs in the
course OF her life than she would
have laid If she had been left to
her own gallivaceous, or hen-like,
preferences and fapoles. But If so,
YOU were mistaken. Every hen
has a hxed capital in eggs handed
out to her at the beginning Of her
life. She can not add to the NUM-
Der, and when she has laid them
all her usefulness in the world is
ended. and she win not long sur
vive.
The bearing OF this on the prob
lem of the egg supply IS plain. You
can hurry up the production by
special feeding, forcing and select
ing processes. but you can not in
crease the total number of eggs ca
pable Of being laid 10y any one hen
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-25

grander scale, ana with mastery
of details which we can not attain,
In the case Of the Arizona forests
the trees We're submerged, possibly
a million years. or more ago, in a
soil which was subsequently pene-
trated by not waters containing
silica in solution. Silica is a min
eIal which is familiar to all in the
form OF flint. Hot water can hold
large quantities Of it in solution.
As the water comes to the surface
and cooIs the silica is deposited in
n Kind of rnrk
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-25
Should Run Own Estate.

The great Chicago philauJu-oy-s.
DR. Parsons, declared that every
man should oe his oWa execute
and administer his estate while Hl
is still alive This is a wise way o.
looking at the subject When
man grows old he should see TO 81.
that he has secured a sufficient iu-
come 10 himself to provide com
fortably for his own and his vile
old age and then If he would be
happy. he should divide his proper
ty among his children in such %
way as will help them best al q
time when they need it most
Surely there can De no happiness
more perfect and complete than
that of the old man who sees abou
him his family comfortable am
prosperous, and feels that his Low
and his efforts have helped smooJ
the pathway for them, and who's
children and his childreu's children
rise up and call him blessed.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-25
Don t Trust Gratitude.


therefore, lhere can De no iolS
greater than that of parents Who
turn over their entire estates to
their children on rbe assumption
+bo+ +hair cbildran,s gnnraciation
ond t,onI,f,,lpa.s and sanea ~ dIial
dut, will nrornnt tb4,n II. do ava,v-
thi,o. ~ossihia For rho pnonni,a.,
and ,,.a1I- haing oe +neir o1d ratpar
a.',,,atI,ar.
- H.. t,,,, .l.e,,..7
1i,,aI1, sarso of r,vo,,. f., COM, a,,I
+bis l. Incl -. t,,,o il, ona.. ov,,r,
fon,il,. os Il l.. o1san-Lara g. =
whom Won are oId vnu want ~ NJ
srra If an aver zcaIcor7o rls,ra ~
vo,,,. .or.e or da,gbta,,. 5raei,7s II
I-o,, want vo,,r orinion li.tanad -
y.itb raenact and to ba treated Wien
tandar. sideration Keen yo,,r
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-25
Want Parents Independent.

Any son, Or daughter who has the
right sort OF love for his, or her.
parents will want the old people to
have the happiness of being indie
pendent, and the freedom that hay
ing money OF ones own gives. Then.
no matter how good and duuiu,
ones own son or daughter may be.
there is always the in-law problem
TO consider, and it is utterly beyond
the power Of any woman to suar-
antee that her husband will tra2.
her parents with proper considega-
ton, or Of any man to prevent his
wife from making the lives If his
father and mother utterly misara-
bic if he takes them to live in his
own house, ana his wife happen
to be OF mean and catfish iispo-
sition
Hence il is the proof Of semlo
imbecility for parents 10 oeggar
themselves during their lifetime for
their children, but, ON the other
hand, it is monumental 7eltisuuess
and folly that make parents hold
on TO every cent they have with
such a miseriy grip that nothing
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-25
Arizona's Wonderful Agate Trees

a MONG the greatest natural
II wonders Of our country are
the petrihed forests forests
turned to stone-of Arizona Six
separate forests of this description,
all lying in the state Of Arizona,
have recently been surveyed and
mapped by the geological survey,
and a large area containing these
Inarvels Of transformation and pres
ervstion has been set aside by ex-
ecutive order as a national park, in
order 10 save the petrified trees
from the grasp of commercial
greed. which can see nothing in
such things except the opportunity
30 put money in somebody's pocket.
The map OF this wonderful region
has just been issued at Washington.
When the first reports of the eX-
istence Of great tree trunks turned
TO veritable jewels began to come
from explorers Of the far West dur
ing the latter half of the nineteenth
century, many readers refused to
believe them. They sounded too
much like fairy tales. Even go
great an authority as Professor
Marsh could hardly find credeucc
for his story when he told OF see
ing gigantic tree trunk, twelve
-,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-25
By DOROTHY DIX.

TINE other day the newspapers
told of a suit brought by an
old woman against her son
to recover from him the property
she had given him in consideration
of his agreement to provide for her
as long as she lived. The woman
had been comfortably off, but no
sooner had she decided her home
and her bank stock TO her son than
he began to neglect and mistreat
her, and was finally about 10 send
her TO the poor house when she APP
pealed to the law to give her back
the money out of which she had
been virtually defrauded by his I'M
kept promises to cheer and comfort
her old age.
Not many sons, let US nope, are
SO avarlcious and heartless as this
one, but the case, unusual as it is,
sounds note of warning that ali
parents would be wise to heed.
while humanity is constituted as ii
is, money will always be charm TO
conjure with and as long as any
one possesses it he, or she. is aDso-
luteIy certain OF consideration from
those about her, or him, whether
these others be the menials OF
hotel or ones own children.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-25
Like Another Aladdin.

IN the petrihed forests of Arizona
the mineral that has replaced the
wood is a many -colored agate.
which is very hard and susceptible
OF q high polish. In a bright light
it CLEANS with red, yellow, blue.
purple, ant a hundred modified
tints. so that the first discoverer,
on stumbling upon these transhg-
ured trees. must have cried out iu
astouishn ent and delight. believing
that ricues without Iinit were
within his reach.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-25
Council Catching Step With
Progress

Recently Has Given Concrete Evidence of Real Inclination
To Go Forward Toward Bigger Things for Atlanta
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-11-08

WXNTED-Gf5 for cashier and candy
case attendant, and also first class
cook and two walters or Mattresses
at the New Olympia Cafe. Grafton,
W. Va, at once Apply to John
Nassos, Prop.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-11-08
~ sHAPEs. SIS 80 s

Half OF the people you see On tho
streets are going to or from starosa
and OF the women. perhaps thFee.
fourths are! And. OF these. the great
majority are going to stores to luvols
uEate advertised offers. Some Of them,
every day. secure bargains which
you MIGHT HAVE SECURED
things you NEED. and Cat the re-
duced prie4s1 you could nave Az.
FoRP-D TO BUY.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-11-08

FOR sAI-One ana one-half acres.
near car line at GrasselIi, VIII sen
cheap II sold at once. Inquire OF
]. w. Watts, IS Third street, Haz-
el Atlas ddttion-
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THOMSON SHEET

THO llS0.s St8EE
Two story frame,
IeiulIt rooms; hath
basement, fine mamie
finish, Tot 1896 feet
PRICE 5000
0ne-thIrd down, one a
two years.
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SETU ATOMS WAITED
WAMTEDEemale Help

WANTED-A good girl for general
homework, with references. Apply
at 6lS West Main Street
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I'D BERRY STREET
ELM AVENUE

ELM AVENUE
One story frame, SIate Cue
brick foundation, six rooms
bath, cabinet and base Ilaail-
teIS, oak finish, lot 40X1 q
PRICE So, 600
81 900 down, one, tN5,
three and four years.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-11-08

FOR SAILS milk cows. two full
blooded Jerseys; one will be fresh
December /: one fresh in August;
one three-fourths jersey and one
fourth Holstein. Apply at sam
mel Gordon's residence, Buckhan-
non road.
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FOB SALE

FOR SALE-FuII blOoded Shetland
pony and runabout buggy. Call
or or address H. B. Winter, $lS
North avenue, stealey. Add
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oRRElTT

FcR KEXT-Large shed on Month
cello avenue. Apply to Monticello
Auto and Garage Co.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-11-08

HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT has
taken the place Of mere HOUSE.
KEEPING. And thrifty managemen.
IS obviously impossible unless the
housewife is a student OF the ads Ia
the Telegram, watching for BUYING
opportunities with as eager 1ntereSt
as the husband (if the husband b
the mouey-earner OF the 9amlly), a
watching for money MAKING opp0t.
tunIties.
-AdVeRttgen1eut
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-11-08

WANTED-Dining room girl and
good cook. Apply at once at Com
mercial hotel.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-11-08

FOR sALE-A farm Of 215 acres and
1o2 acres. can sell together for sep
arately. the former has two sets %
building all in hne condition. 3Oo,-
OLO 1eet Of timbe9, three miles from
railroad and boat Write for par
tIcuIars and price. E. S. Byron.
Lock Box 6. Stuart, o.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-11-08
Tramps at Sea and Ashore

Whoever first named the wandering
cargo steamship tramp" did it in a
moment of inspiration. A sea tramp
and shore tramp have more in COM
mon than the name. These steamers
go everywhere in the same slouchy,
aimless way without knowing with
er they will sail from the next port,
and neve. knowing when they will get
into the lane that leads home. Tramps
ashore and afloat carry with them
enough to cover their nakedness; the
bare necessities Of life suffice; they
are involuntary ascetics. Tramp
steamers have the pinched, hungry look
of city newsboy, for they were bon
in adversely, and the chill breath Of
economy constantly blows over them
They are the undermined, underfed,
overloaded lshmaelites Of the sea.
Every seaman's tongue is against
them, and the merchants of the world
conspire to get their goods carried in
them for nothing. 1t is seldom one
hears anybody speak respectfully Of a
tramp. Men in liners, deep water yes
sells, and regular trades will allude
with an infection of pride to my
ship" coasting men speak Of them
tramps" with sniff of scorn that de-
fles Interpretation. Those who go in
them, especially the officers, speak in
a deprecating, half apologize way Of
their being on q tramp, as though
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for. Every Saturday night regular he
paid his board, that is, up to last week
.-fhat's ctill ouippo

for. Every Saturday night regular he
paid hfs board, that is. up to last week
that's still owing"
did he have any visitors"
mo, don't recollect that there was
ever any one here to see him, though
occasionally he used to bring the boy
down here to lunch on Saturday or
Sunday. He hasn't had him here,
though, for the last three years"
"Did he receive any mail?"
"Ain't it queer. now, that you
speak of that! The first letter he had
in months came only last week. The
police found part of the envelope on
the floor beside him. Them and me
both looked through all his things, but
never a trace of the letter could We
find. can't for the life of me think
what he could have done with it.
know the letter must have had some
sort of good news for him, for after
he received it, for several days he
was as bright and clipper as could be,
mere like himself than he had been
for years. Then yesterday somebody
telephoned to him-I don't know who
1t was, for l was out marketing-and
he never had any phone calls before
that know of. Right after lunch he
went out and was gone until after
three. Soon after he came in he
killed himself in this very room"
To my mind things were beginning
to look blacker and blacker for Gran
dali. The parallel between the cases
of Katharine and Elser was entirely
too strong for it TO have been mere
coincidence. We knew it was Gran
dali who had telephoned Katharine. 1t
must have been he who had called
Elser. There was much to be ex-
planned. What it was that had driv-
en- them both to seek death was still
a mystery to me- My mind reverted
to my original theory that there was
child, whose existence had been
kept from the world, that was in some
way connected with the Parrish fam
lily. Old Elser was the guardian of a
boy. Suppose this boy was the child
1t would establish a possible connec-
tlOn DeLWSeu Inc t"o ouiCioeS. IL
would explain why Katharine might
have known old Elser yet never have
mentioned the man to Louise.
took it for granted that Davis
would ask the landlady further about
the child OF course. lie would want
to know the boys name and the
name of the school where Elser
kept him, but he made no further
inquiries. Telling the landlady he
would let her know in a day or
two about the room, he turned to me
with:
Come on, Kent, it is time we had
some luncheon" ....
I'VE must find Crandall." said as
we left the house.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-11-08
The siEplicity Of his logic amazed
ne. It was like a conjurer's trick aft

The steplicfty Of HIS logic amazed
me. 1t was like a conjurer's trick aft
er It has been explained, or like one of
those puzzle pictures with hidden
faces. You work hours trying to find
them, and after you have found them
you wonder how you ever happened
not to see them.
We now arrived at Mrs. Trask's
boarding-house-one of those dingy
ex-residences that proclaimed its ret
repression by white slip of paper on
the door frame. l had supposed that
here, too, my friend would introduce
himself as Inspector Davis" on &C.
count of the prestige it would give
him in searching the rooms, but to the
slattern maid who came to the door
wiping her hands he merely said:
Tell your mistress couple of gen.
tlemen are inquiring about room and
board"
Mrs Trask was the old-school board
ing-house mistress fast disappearing
before the inroads of the family apart
ment hotel. Better days" was writ
ten all over her, though somewhat OBJ
scured by years in boarding house
grease. Eying us sharply through her
spectacles, she inquired how much we
were willing to pay, meanwhile debat-
ing with herself whether 1t was neces-
sarys to ask for references.
Davis mot more than twelve dol
lars a week each" apparently con-
Gnced her that references were un-
necessary, for she at once led the way
to what she described as the second
floor front, the room in which Elser
had killed himself only the day before.
Probably she had no intention of tell
Ing us this, but garrulity overcame
her caution. She had been expatiat-
ing on the advantages Of the room
Heaven knows it needed an eloquent
advocate!-when suddenly she low
cred her voice to a mysterious whis-
Der.
Zone gentleman has occupied this
room for fourteen years-ever since
I've had the house, and fine old gen.
tleman he was, too. / wouldn't have
the room vacant but what happened
to him yesterday" She let her voice
sink still lower. "If it was a couple
of ladies looking at the room.
wouldn't be telling 1T, but l know you
gentlemen won't mind. 1t was in this
room yesterday Mr.. Elser killed him
self, not on the bed, but right here on
the floor. 1t was poison he took--cya-
hide of mercury. the doctor said"
you don't say!" exclaimed the in
spector. as If he had heard the news
for the first time. why did he do ?"
Its more than I can say" said Mrs.
Trask, evidently well pleased to talk
about the tragedy. 81 did everything
could to keep him comfortable and
happy. He spent all his time here
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-11-08
DANDRUFF 20 YEARS

743 Third Ave-, New York, N. Y
Having been troubled with dandruff
or twenty years and trying numerous
lotions, washes, etc., without any eff
tect, I thought would give Cuticura
Soap and Ointment trial. The scalp
always had dry skin on it which did
aot itch as l gave it good brushing
every morning and evening, but
through the day the dandruff would
show badly on my coat collar l used
the Cuticura Soap to shampoo my hair
and rubbed in a little Cuticura Oint-
nent. After few treatments / found
the head clean and healthy, free from
all dry scales. Cuticura Soap and
Ointment cured the dandruff, and now
use Cuticura to keep it from return
ing" (Signed) w. Dyke, Jan. 2, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept L, Boston"
Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-11-08
Fewer Fogs in London.

Efforts of the Coal Smoke Abate-
ment society, in greatly reducing the
volume of smoke, have been instru.
mental in making black fogs rare in
London. A few years ago these fogs
were quite frequent in London in win
ter, and for several days at time
the city itself and the outlying
suburbs were covered by dark, black
pail. sometimes high in the air, but
more frequently descending and form
ing thick, dirty and greenish-yellow-
ish substance through which the peo
pie had to travel. Fogs still occur In
London, but only occasionally, and
not for several years has there been
an oldfashioned fog when torch
bearers had to be employed to indt
cate the way.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-11-08
THRILL 0o70'~ MzzaliMNXRnzes
SYNOPSIS.

Harding Kent calls on Louise Parrish to
propose marriage and finds the house in
great excitement over the attempted sui
ride OF her sister Katharine. Kent starts
an investigation and finds that Hugh
Crandall, sutton for Katharine. who had
rish, had talked with Katharine over the
telephone just before she shot herself.
torn piece Of yellow paper Is fosn6.
at sight of which General Parrish Is
stricken with paralysis Kent discovers
that C-andall has left town hurriedly.
Andrew Elser, an aged banker. commits
suicide about the same time as katharine
affemnted her life
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-11-08
An Exaggerated Comparison.

What makes you think that mar
is necessarily a great statesman"
asked Senator Sorghum.
Because he is a clever lawyer"
my dear sir, to assume that .
clever lawyer is necessarily a great
statesman is the same as taking 1t for
granted that numismaticiau q o
fnancier." saa.-.5
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-11-08

since he gave up his Office down
was a complaint out of him. On Sat-
urdays he used to go up to Westches-
ter to see boy that he was guardian
town. He read the papers every
morning in the parlor. Every after
noon he took a walk He was always
on time to his meals and there never
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-11-08

caught where they should not be-
George Mcpherson Hunter, in Survey.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-11-08

I'VE must find who wrote the yer
low letters Davis responded.
ut must have been Crandall," I as
serted with conviction.
st may have been Crandall." the
inspector replied. Was Crandall left.
handed?"
CTO BE CoNTINUED)
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Objections,

Objections.
You give up too easily. Why don't
YOU get grip"
Its the other way. The grips got
me-"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-16

! death Of the young woman" he said
/ Without regard to the merit OF the
! fathers charge it dramatically calls
/ the councils attention TO need that
| has been neglected"
Board Asked For Heating Plant.
Mr. Daley told how the board Of edu-
cation had requested the council for
funds for new heating system as an
immediate necessity. and urged an en-
tirely new Girls High school building.
Funds have not been provided for
either He said he denounced the con-
dton of the school at the graduation
exercises.
An investigating committee from the
board found that there are fourteen
separate heating systems and four
stoves in the building" he said. Last
year it was necessary to dismiss school
on number Of days on account Of
inadequate heat. The whole building
made up Of several separate buildings
is an old trap and should be torn
down"
No appropriation has been made for
ditions will obtain next year unless
something is done soon
Alderman Warren said that there
was no doubt that the condition of the
building is very bad He recalled a
statement made by Miss Nettie Sar-
gent former principal. that one Of the
young women contracted pneumonia
rt-p L.,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-16
CoNFEssEs KILLING NEGRO.

MACON, GA. Aug. 16.-Three weeks
ago negro was found dead in one of
the suburbs Two negroes and two
white men were subsequently arrested
All denied any knowledge Of the killing.
Now one Of the white men, viii cato.
has confessed that he fired the fatal
shot in self-defense. After telling this
at a preliminary hearing he was re-
leased and the other three also given
their liberty
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-16
$500 900 ELEVATOR FIRE

CHICAGO, Aug. ia number Of fire
men were overcome, one was seriously in
jured early today in a fire that did $780,
600 damage. The fire broke out in the
grain elevator Of j. j. Badenoch & CO.
and spread to a row Of frame houses. The
hremen who were hurt were caught under
the wreckage when the south wall Of the
elevator fell