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TITE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
TD'STDP FRAUDS
■Ef! "BLUE'
SlMUGHTS on
GEORGIA,
POLITICS
Measure Regulating Stock Ma
nipulations Goes Into Effect
January 1.
"Blue sky Manipulators who have
made a harvest field of Georgia for
many years have hut one more day of
grace, since the law which the At
lanta Chamber of Commerce worked
so, faithfully to have the legislature
enact goes Into « ffeot January 1.
Under ita requirements, the Cecre-
tary of State, Phil Cook, ' ill have
direct control of sales of stocks arid
bonds. Every* dealer will be required
to flle a sworn statement of assets
and earnings of the company whose
stock he la offering for sale. In filing
the initial statement the dealer must
pay a fee of $2F>. and for every report
following an additional fee of $5
The reports must contain full In
formation of the stock offered for
sale, including all circulars and other
selling methods. If the Secretary of
State is dLssatttfflod with the showing
he, has the right to stop the sale. No
tice to the dealer to discontinue his
sales will be given by registered mall.
Violators of the blue sky law will
be subject to prosecution for com
mitting a misdemeanor Every sale
or contract of sale in violation of the
law shall be declared void and mav be
rescinded within one year.
United States bonds, or any State
or Territory, county, city or township
bonds, or evidence of debts running
not more than twelve months from
the date thereof: bonds, stocks or se
curities of any insurance company or
any other quasi*public' corporation
which a/e regulated by a public serv
ice commission or board of any State
or Territory of the United States or
any other foreign government, are ex
cluded from the terms of the “blue
sky” act.
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JAMIS B.NEVTN
01 CANDIDATE
FDD S CITI JOBS
Builders Call New
Crematory 0. K, Now
The new crematory' plant now is j
'' Whm
iVanHouten Likely to Seek Presi
dency of Park Board—Other
Places Go A-begging.
Shevlin, Yale Star,
Made Sheriff’s Aide
ST PAi;j„ MINX., Dec. 29 -Thom-
;,s 1,. Shevlin, u famous Vale foot-
k.fl star, has been sworn in «s a,,
Deputy Sheriff of the plcturesnue vil
lage of Ferndah*. near here. Shevlin
Mv'nds much of Ills time at Kern-
dale, and was recruited by the Sher-
.T In assist 111 suppressing vandals.
He will serve without pay.
XMAS RATES
Reduced over N., C. & St.
L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R.
Apply any Agent.
The present difference* of opinion
and trouble Inside the State Military
Department «< m lo arise from the
difficulty of adjusting the State troops
to organization under the Dick law,
which is a Federal statute
The Stale law undoubtedly provides
for a Quartermaster General, but the
Federal law just ns undoubtedly does
not.
The State may accept the provi
sions of the Dick law or reject them—
that is entirely optional with the
Slate. IT the State elects to organ
ize under the l)l< k law, however, Il
ls aided under a Federal fund.
In <b>»rgi:i this amount* to some
thing lik** $90,000 pci annum, and
that, with the $2 .">,000 appropriated by
the State, makes up the annual budget
for the support of the Georgia troops.
Governor Blease of South Carolina
recently declined to accept some pro
visions of the Dick law, and the South
Carolina troops were promptly cutoff
the Federal payroll. Subsequently,
Governor Blease thought better of the
matter and agreed to do what he at
first refused to do. The troops were
promptly reinstated.
“Uncle Sam” doesn’t seem to care
particularly whether the State troops
come under the Dick law, but If they
do choose to come, they must come
all the way!
Georgia is organized under the Dick
law, and if that law specifically fails
to recognize the office of Quartermas
ter General of State troops, it is dif
ficult to see bow the office la to he
recognized in the Adjutant General’s
office.
The question is: Does the Dick law
actually ABOLISH the Quartermas
ter General’s Office'* If so, then —!
It is ei right pretty, and certalnb
fretting, puzzle that has been put up
to the Governor!
It has been suggested that the
Adjutant General's office might, If it
chose, recognize a Quartermaster,
under appointment ns major, but that
would Involve some doubts and diffi
culties.
The Dick law aims eventually to
bring the State militia so close to
the national military organization
that, after a while, it will be all but
Impossible to say wherein a volun
teer differs particularly from a regu
lar. This would mean pay for the
volunteers, of course -but it also
would mean more rigid terms of en
listment.
It has been necessary to cut off
many officers in other States, besides
Georgia, in getting the State military
organizations in line with the Dick
bill -in one State a round dozen ma
jor generals were abolished—and the
situation in Georgia may not be dif
ferent from the situation heretofore
set up in other States.
In the meantime, the present trou
ble inside the military establishment
i*f riot calculated to make the sailing
any easier for the friends of the>Htate
military before the next Legislature.
Copy for the tickets for the ap
proaching special election to name a
representative from Whitfield to the
State legislature has been turned
.over to the printers, the race having
narrowed down to two aspirants
Judge G. G. Glenn and the Kev. .1. M.
Cash.
T he election is scheduled for Fi i
day, January 9, and has so far failed
to arou ?e any startling degree of in
terest. It Is to fill the unexpired term
of Representative Sam Berry, de
ceased.
Laurens County’s pension roil will
he increased this year only one, al
though several new names have been
added to the list.
There were nine deaths among the
pensioners of the county this year,
and one was transferred to an ad
joining county. Nine new names were
added to the list, and two were trans
ferred to Laurens from other coun
ties, making a total increase of eleven
As the decrease was ten. this leaves
o net increase of exactly one. with a
total of 186 pensioners In Laurens
who win receive money from the State
in January.
K. W. Frye, formerly of Marietta,
now of Oklahoma, who was reading
clerk of the House of Re presen ta-
tives under the late Clerk of the
House, “Uncle Mark’’ Hardin.-, called
at the Capitol to-day to see "my old
friend, John Slaton, now Governor.”
Frye will be remembered vers
pleasantly by many of the older mem
bers of the Legislature, as he was a
•very efficient reading clerk, and pop
ular among the statesmen. He called
upon peveral of the statfehouse offi
cers known in the old days, and talked
things over pleasantly with Secretary
of Srate Cook, Treasurer Speer and
others.
Mr. Frye is now *m'aking his first
visit to Georgia since he left for the
West, fourteen years ago, and ex
presses himself amazed at the won
derful growth of Atlanta.
Judge Alvin V. Sellers of the City
Court of Baxley, is being urged for
appointment to the Appeals bench, in
succession to Judge Pottle.
The Baxley man is situated right
geographically for this appointmen’.
and is well known and popular in his
section. Ho Is just beginning his
fourth term in his present position.
Judge Sellers has the distinction of
never having been reversed in a
criminal case. His record of af
firmances probably Is unsurpassed by
that of any judge in Georgia. He was
State Senator from the Third Dis
trict in 1909 and 1910. Find , is the
author of “Classic of the Bar," a well-
known legal publication.
It isn't often that political jobs go
a-begging, but Atlanta has the
unique distinction of five offices of
honor open and but one candidate.
These plat es are on the Park Board,
whit'h will have that number of va
cancies by ihe resignation of Presi
dent J. (). Cochran and other mem
bers of the board.
President Cochran will resign Jan
uary I Ben Lee Crew has been
named by the Eighth Ward delega
tion to succeed to the place made va
cant by the transfer of Frank Rey
nolds to a seat In the City Council.
Mr. Crew is the only candidate men
tioned so far Other ‘places to be
made vacant are those held by Charles
I. Branan, of tlie First Ward; T. K.
Bond, of the Fourth, and C. A. Pitts,
of the Fifth.
Rumors are rife as to who will be
the man to succeed Cochran as Pres
ident of the board. William Van-
Houten is being mentioned, while if
Branan is returned it is regarded as
certain that he will be a candidate
for the place.
The Tenth Ward vacancy to be
caused by Cochran’s resignation from
the board still is without a candi
date.
free from its dff'-ps,' according to
Engineer Canharji^3ho ha* had i
charge of the wofrk since it began. ’
‘However, Councilman Claude L. Ash
ley, chairman of the Sanitary Com
mittee of the Board of Health, de
clares that when he visited the plant
Saturday he found it in worse condi
tion than ever before. *
The city baf assumed, the role of
dictator as to when the test shall be
made and thf* builders, the New York
Destructor Company, has sent Its
sales manager, W. D. Dowd, Jr., to
\tlanta, to agree on a dat« for the
official test. He will arrive Tuesday.
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Francis Scott Key's
Descendant in Want
Court Makes Maine
Launderer Nobleman
SKOWHBGAN, MAINE, Dec. 29.—
Charles J. Wendell, a local laundry-
man. became a nobleman to-day, ac
cording to a decision handed down
by the Massachusetts Superior Court.
Wendtdl won a suit against his sis
ter. Mrs. Mary MacDonald, of Rock-
prrt. Mass., for the custody of the
patent of nobility and geanalogical
table which he claims was grknted
his ancestor, Adolph Wendell, from
King Carolus of Sweden. It was
given in 1690 for bravery.
Farmers Curing Pork
By Cold Storage Plan
VALDOSTA, Dec. 29.—Many of the
leading farmers and meat raisers in
Lowndes County this year are curing
their own meat by cold storage and
are thus independent of weather con
ditions, which heretofore have caused
the loss of much pork.
About 30,000 pounds of meat have
been cured already at the cold stor
age plant of the Valdosta Lighting
Company this season, and there are
now 10,000 pounds in *he chilling
rooms.
GEORGIA
Agricultural Rank
"HIM
’Tie that Dominion of t.he South that ranks
fourth in the Union in the value of tier agri
cultural products—exceeded only by Illinois,
Texas and Iowa.
Good Roads
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Education
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’Tis that progressive South Atlautic State
that stands only second to New York m 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 Colleges.
State Taxes
’Tis that Empire of tile Southeast which guar
antees by Constitutional provision tl^e impo
sition of a State tax of not over five mills, the
most moderate in America.
Soil Diversification
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Wealth of Products
’Tis that laud 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 Lndustry its
wealth of cotton, corn, potatoes, vegetables,
fruit and nuts, enriching the growers during
1913 an amount exceeding $300,000,000.00.
It Awaits You
Tis that hospitable, land that awaits your
coming to stir its virginal soil, to fallow the
earth, to sow the multiplying grain, and to reap
a bountiful harvest.
Information
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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 von.
Come to Georgia, where life’s worth living!
REAL ESTATE INFORMATION
BUREAU
Hrarsr's Sunday American, or Atlanta Georerian.
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Own Story 1
is an- intimate, personal ac- E
count of the militant move
ment told by the intense,
human, misunderstood Mrs
Pankhurst herself.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Mrs. .
.McDonald Blair, used granddaughter
Of Francis Scott Key, author ol "The
.Star Spangled Banner," is In desti
tution in this city. •
President Roosevelt' discovered
romance between the woman, then
holding a minor Government job, and
.Mr. Blair, sweetheart of her youth.
He fodtjd Blair a place in the' De
partment of Justice, and they were
married. »
Knder President Taft BJair lost his
position. .Maryland Democrats ap
pealed to President Wilson. Attorney
General MeReynolds refused to-day
to reinstate Blair.
T. H. Elicit, Well
Known Here, Dead
News has reached Atlanta of the
death of T. H. Ellett, retired mer
chant and prominent citizen of Rich
mond, Va. He was well known here,
having frequently visited his daugh
ter, Mrs. Dunbar Roy. Dr. and Mrs.
Roy are on their way to Richmond
to attend the funeral, which prob
ably will be held Tuesday.
While on his last visit to Atlanta,
Mr. FJIett was taken ill with heart
trouble, but had recovered sufficiently
in August to return to Virginia. He
is survived by his wife and Mrs. Roy.
Treat Children's
Colds Externally
Don't dose the delicate little stem
ach with harmful internal medi
cines. Vick's ‘ Vap-O-Rub’’ Croup
and Pneumonia Salve is applied ex
ternally over the throat and chest.
The body heat releases soothing an
tiseptic vapors that are inhaled all
night long, loosening the tough
phlegm and opening up the air
passages. For all inflammations of
the air passages from head colds
and catarrh, down to bronchitis and
incipient pneumonia, Vick’s is
quicker than Internal medicines.
Can be used freely with perfect
safety on the smallest child. At
druggists—25c, 50c and $1
XMAS RATES
Reduced over N., C. & St.
L. Ry. and W. & A. R. R.
Apply any Agent.
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The Land of Promise, Profits, and
.Golden Opportunity,
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Here are figures that tell their own story of Georgia. While the won
derful development of the South has attracted the attention of the whole
nation, so rich is Georgia’s marvelous versatility of resources and such
has been her unquestioned leadership in progress, that she has worthily
won the undisputed t itle of the “Empire State of the South.” The figures
speak for themselves.
Values of Georgia's 1913 crops, conservatively estimated.
Cotton. Cottxm Seed. Cotton By-Product*. $232,090,90#
Llv# Stock. Poultry’ ... 88.000,000
Oat*. Wheat lO,OOO.0uO
Sweet Potatoes. Irish Potatoes 4,280 »*00
Corn 75,000,000
Vegetable* and Truck 8,000 000
Nowhere on earth is a more varied or more healthful climate to be found than Georgia boasts.
Interest yourself in some particular section o f Georgia—in general farming, fruit culture, cat
tle or poultry raising, truck growing, timber, tur pentine, marble, building stone, minerals, cotton,
corn or in any of the marvelous varieties of Geor gia’s crops, products and resources.
•The Empire State of the South
Sugar Cane and Products J2,600,000
Ray 3,000.000
Fruits . 1 S00 000
Peanuts ■ aifSO.OOO
Other Products i 6,000,000
Minerals 6,500.0tk)
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