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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
SEAL CAMPAIGN ENDS;
1912 RECORD BROKEN
en List Is Down Is Time to
Invest Your Money—Some
Suggestions,
By B. C. FORBES.
,-n everything is going to perdi-
nvest your money. *
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me tell a little story before I
Simmon up courage to submit a list
eood securities, ill response to
importunities to do so.
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country was suffering from a
M of rain that wm threatening to
: iv everything. The farmers and
•ry folks were becoming much
nod. Day after day the rain con
ed to fall. The inhabitants be-
alarmed. They feared ruin. At
- they grew panicky. What was
i,<- done? What could be done?
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i* y ( ailed a prayer meeting. Ev-
*tiult. male and female, attended.
T excitement was volcanic. The
^ men wept, the men shook their
- and wrung their hands.
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The patriarch of the countryside,
ting 90 years of age, alone was
i!n. They turned to him to address
h m They even berated him for
- , ving so little emotion.
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■Well, my children." he began.. ”1
:,;ive lived longer than any of you.
at i in all my life I have never known
mi! mie rain that didn’t stop."
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were puzzled. "When?”
Wl ; one was that?” they asked
anxiously.
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"Tliai was this one—and l have all
• i that it will stop, too."
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111 lhat he sat down. The peo-
loked at one another foolish-
numbled and muttered a little,
~n got up and went home.
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\i,. 1 the rain? Yes. it did stop.
>: as the old man was sure it would.
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\n«, when you read and are told
.i everything in this country is
ning loward wreck and ruin, that
■lings are all going to smash, just
ill the adamantine faith of the
ii rch. Kvery period of bad times
l ie past has had an end—and the
mres are that this one, too. will
■ ■ 11 ■ last forever. No tree sends its
branches quite to heaven or its roots
e to the other place
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Please do not lush to the conelu-
- on. however, that I have performed
■i mental somersault, that 1 have sud
denly concluded we are not to have
depression, after all.
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Were the probabilities otherwise
investments could not be picked up at
le extremely low prices now quoted.
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Whether prices will go much lower
mortal can foretell. Very prob-
they will sag further. The*#
om eivably, bfc a. sharp, painful
;-et. That is more likely than a
But the investor who buys outright
can now select sound securities yield-
ng higher returns than have been
available at any modern time with
the exception of rare panic moments.
Solely because beseeched to do so.
- ibmit a varied list of bonds that
are reckoned safe under all reason-
tide circumstances, and I also ap-
< nd a number of high-grade stocks
‘ Li in high regard as more or less
speculative investments.
RAILROAD MORTGAGE BONDS.
Per cent
Price. Yield.
I'nion Pacific 1st mtg.
4 per cent 94% 4 Vi
hirago. Burlington and
Quincy, joint 4 per cent 94 4 %
Reading gnl. mtg. 4 per
ent 91% 4%
At -hison gnl. mtg. 4 per
- ent 92 4 %
Ontral Pacific 1st and re
funding 4 per cent 90% 4%
Baltimore and Ohio 1st
mtg. 4 per cent 90% 4%
'Missouri, Kansas and Tex-
■ s 1st mtg. 4 per cent.. 86% 4%
CONVERTIBLE BONDS.
L in. conv. 3% per cent,
1915 97% 5%
nion Pacific conv. 4 per
•ent 91% 4%
B.iNmore and Ohio conv.
4% per cent 91 5
Lne conv. *B" 4 per cent 71% 5%
s itl ern Pacific conv. 4
t»er cent 84% 4%
MISCELLANEOUS BONDS,
nited States Steel 5 per
ent 99% 5
•Vntral Leather 1st 5 per
^nt 96 5%
American Telephone col.
* per cent 85% 5%
Brooklyn Rapid Transit 5
per cent 99 V* 5
HIGH-GRADE STOCKS.
Pays. Yield,
Pr-ce. P. C. P. C.
bison pfd. . .98% •*> R - 10
R >L; & Ohio pfd.80 4
Brooklyn Rap. Tr.87% 6
& Hudson .151% 9 6
Northern pfd. 126% 7 5.60
1 nsylvanla . .108% 5.70
Notional Biscuit .122% 7 6
A n Tobacco pfd. 101% 6 5.90
Steel pfd .105% 7 6-70
■ neral Electric .138 8 5.80
Norfolk & W. pfd. 85 4 4.70
Reading 2d pfd. . 86% 4 4.60
f) id you notice that the value of
' year’s crops is not at all bad?
‘"true at this summary:
1913. 1912.
'■-at. $ 610.124,000 $555,280,000
. . 1.692,092,000 1.520.454,000
439,596,000 452,469.000
95,731,000 112,957,000
227.903,000 212,550,000
797,841,000 780,224,000
121,597,000 104.063.000
797,077,000 856.695.000
fourteen crops foot up to the re-
s P f - table sum of $4.940,000,000.
Barley .
Potatoes
r ouon.
Tobacco
Hav .
Loganville Man Came Here With
Large Sum for Xmas Shop
ping—Police Search.
T. P. Weaver, of loganville, Ga ,
has asked the Atlanta police to join
in the search for his brother, Clinton
G. Weaver, a wealthy I.oganvillt
merchant, who has been missing since
! 11 i • lose all faith in a country
an show a record of this kino:
HEALTH PRODUCTION ON
FARMS, including live
STOCK, ETC.
$9,299,000,000
8,819,000,000
9,037,000,000
8.498,000,000
7,891,000,000
7,488,000,000
6,704,000.000
6,274,000,000
6.122,000,000
o,SS7,000,00?
Will Seek Injunction, Charging
Violation of Federal Constitu
tion—Unique Points Raised,
he came to Atlanta last Friday to do
his Christmas shopping.
R. L. Campbell, a local represen
tative of the New York Life Insur
ance Company, has been asked to join
in the search. Mr. Campbell roomed
with Weaver at the University o1
Georgia, and is his warm personal
friend.
Chief Beavers has detailed detec
tives to search for the missing man,
and also has notified the officers on
the downtown beats to keep a close
watch for him. Mr. Campbell, it is
understood, is assisting the police in
their attempts to solve the myste
rious disappearance, and spent several
hours on the streets Wednesday try
ing to find some trace of Weaver.
The missing merchant’s brother
wrote Chief Beavers lhat he fears
Weaver has met wtyh foul play, as he
had a large, .sum, of money on him.
Mr. Weaver saief thafnis brother does
not drink and has no other question
able habits, and that his disappear
ance can not be accounted for in that
wa y.
With the exception of the informa
tion that he visited McClure’s store
and the shoe plant of J. K. Orr, no
trace has been found of Weaver’s
movements after he came to Atlanta
Early Friday he was seen by ac
quaintances on Whitehall street, with
several packages under his arm.
The missing man is 26 years old. of
medium height, weighs about 145
pounds, has black hair, brown eyes,
and wears glasses.
Miss .Maggie Fields, one of the fair young Red Cross stamp sellers.
The new Municipal Court of Atlanta
will be made the object of a deter
mined attack from the Justices of the
peace who will be ousted January 1
by the incoming tribunal, according to
statements made by the law firm of
Gober & Jackson, who have been re
tained by a number of the justices to
lead their fight. Two other justices,
W. T. Jordan and G. W. Seeley, will
make separate attacks on the new
court
Although none of the justices r r
their attorneys will give any inkling
of their plans, it is generally under-
| stood In court circles that the legal
action will be brought in the Federal
Court, since the Justices and their
attorneys consider their strongest
card the allegation that the new court
violates the Fourteenth Amendment
to the Federal Constitution.
It is thought probable that an in
junction to prevent the new court
from organizing and starting its work
will be asked, which would allow the
old justices of the peace to remain in
office until the case is finally settled
Justices Seeley and Jordan, white
they will base their fight also on the
alleged constitutional violation, will
depend more largely for success up)u
the assertion that their territory is
partly in and partly out of the city
limits, and that therefore they are not
affected by the new court.
"ft will take an induction to pre
vent me from running my court." said
Justice Jordan. "I shall continue to
operate after January 1 just as I \m
operating now. and I don’t believe they
will make any effort to stop mo."
Justice Seeley declared that lie
would, take the same stand.
"My fight against the new court.’ j
Justice Jordan continued, "is in the ,
hands of attorneys and will be >
pressed. We shall make a number of
allegations in our petition, among ;
them that the court is unconstitution - i
al because it proposes to discrimi
nate. For instance: If a person lives
outside of the city and brings a suit j
against a person living in Atlanta, it
will cost the non-resident $3. But if a
1 person living in the city brings a suit
against a person living outside of the
city, It costs the. plaintiff nothing."
A New Rex Beach Novel
R EX BEACH, virile and forceful, writes a story
that throbs with the teaming activity of our great
metropolis. When he tells you of New York life, lie
shows you the people who actually walk Broadway.
That is why his latest novel,
“ The Auction Block "
Is so intense, so realistic. That is why the next five
years of Rex Beach’s work has been contracted lor
by Cosmopolitan
Charles Dana Gibson,
whose dashing pen has so well caught the
charm of the youthful heroine, is drawing the
Illustrations.
Lorelei, dainty, piquant, and unspoiled,
seeking recognition on the stage of a
greedy city. If she were your own daughter,
you would follow her fortune no closer than
you will when you read this story Get it
in January
(osmopolitan
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This Sample
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The Red Cross seals were off the
streets Wednesday morning, the gen
eral canvass having dosed Tuesday
night, though the booth in ine postof
fice still was maintained, and stamps
could be had at most of the big stores.
While the results of the 1913 sale
will not he known accurately for some
days, two things are sure. The million
mark was not reached, but the sales are
ahead of those of last year. It is be
lieved. however, that the per capita
sales will be relatively higher in several
other Georgia cities than in Atlanta.
Eight members of the Boy Scouts
turned out to help the sales the last
day. little Henry Moyer, of Troop 7,
making ine best record with $2.34.
Gets $500 for Work
Done 40 Years 4go
BOSTON, Dec. 24.—Ex-Alderman
John Handrahan, of Waltham, has re
ceived an unexpected Christmas gift
from the Federal Government in a
communication stating that his claim
for $500 overtime pay. for work done
at the Watertown Arsenal 40 years
ago. has been allowed.
XMAS RATES
Reduced over N., C. & St.
L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R.
Apply any Agent.
15c
of
Any
Dealer
January
Cosmopolitan
Use Georgian Want Ads For Results
Woman Fights Jail
Sentence as ‘Tiger’
Atorneys for Mrs. Ellen Bryant, an
attractive young woman of No. 140 Raw-
son street, are endeavoring to-day to
have repealed a thirty-day sentence
imposed upon her by Recorder Nash R.
Broyles along with a $200 fine for hav
ing whisky in her residence. Two and
one-half barrels were taken in a raid
on the house and introduced as evi
dence in the hearing before the Re
corder Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Bryant is one of the first white
women to be arrested on a blind tiger
charge since the prohibition laws went
into effect several years ago. Her ar
rest resulted after a long watch by De
tectives Moon and Kilpatrick, it is said
52 Fishermen Die
In North Sea Gale
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
CUXHAVEN, GERMANY. Dec, 24.—
Heavy loss of life has accompanied the
terrific storm which has prevailed over
the North Sea for forty-eight hours.
The gale wrought deadly havoc
among the fishing fleet on the banks off
the mouth of the Elbe. ,
At least fifty-two fishermen perished.
More than forty bodies were washed
ashore to-day.
Milk Famine When
Peddler’s Nag Dies
CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N. Y., Dec.
24 —A milk famine ensued when the
horse of the town’s only milk peddler
committed suicide by walking ofT a
bridge.
Municipal Tree for Belmont's Subway
Fitzgerald Children Fee Is $4,500,000
FITZGERALD. Dec. 24. —Fitzgerald
will celebrate the Christmas season by
having a municipal Christmas tree at
the courthouse Thursday afternoon, un
der the auspices of the Woman’s Club,
assisted by the young ladies from the
Fitzgerald High School.
Every child in the city is invited
and each one will receive a gift off the
tree.
NEW YORK. Dec. 24. -The services
of August Belmont and those associated
with him in constructing and organiz
ing New York’s subway system were
valued by the Supreme Court to-day at
$4,500.000.
Stock for that amount was given, to
Belmont and the other defendants as a
bonus. Their tight to it was sustained.
GEORGIA
A CHEERFUL XMAS
Is there anything so cheerful for a
Xmg4i gift as a Singing Bird?
We have a nuni her of guaranteed
Singing Canaries at $2.75.
Caggs from 50c up.
j. c McMillan, jr., shed co.
23 S. Broad St Main 940
Agricultural Rank
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Good Roads
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Education
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Parents of 22 Mourn
Death of Last Born
MIDDLETOWN. N. Y., Dec. 24 —Mr.
and Mrs. Stephen LaForge. 72 and 46.
respectively, are mourning the loss of
their twenty-second child, born a week
ago.
Fourteen of the twenty-two children
are living
XMAS PENS.
Jno. L. Moore & Sons have the
•Tdea. Waterman Pen. sold, silver
and piain. Let their pen salesman
help you make your selection. Jno
L. Moore & Sons.—AdvL
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To get the latter start the former by
starting to use the “Want Ad” col
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Hearst’s Sunday American
and Daily Georgian
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Soil Diversification
Wealth of Products
It Awaits You
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Information
burnished
’Tis that Dotninion of the South that ranks
fourth in the Union in the value of her agri
cultural products—exceeded only by Illinois,
Texas and Iowa.
'Tis that progressive South Atlantic State
that slands only second to New York in the
matter of good roads construction.
’Tis that educational commonwealth which
gives more to public schools from the State
Treasury than any other Southern State, and
maintains entirely by State aid twelve Agricul
tural < olleges.
'Tis that Empire of the Souhteast which guar
antees by Constitutional provision the impo
sition of a State tax of not over five mills, the
most moderate in America.
Tis that land of diversified soil, with its
mountains and rich valleys of the North, its un
dulating hills of the middle section, and its
broad alluvial coastal plains of the South.
’Tis that rich country where the Cornucopia
of Plenty pours into the lap of Industry its
wealth of cotton, corn, potatoes, vegetables,
fruit and nuts, enriching the growers during
PIT! an amount exceeding $300,000,000.00.
’Tis that hospitable land that awaits your
coining to stir its virginal soil, to fallow the
earth, to sow the multiplying grain, and to reap
a bountiful harvest.
If there is anything you would like to know
about Georgia, a letter to the Farm Land Ex
pert of Hearst’s Sunday American and Daily
Georgian will bring just the information you
desire without cost to you.
Come to Georgia, where life’s worth living!
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