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sfi» I l 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for com mitting a misdemeanor Every sale or contract of sale in violation of the law shall be declared void and mav be rescinded within one year.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. A 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. Wif v . Mi • O' ’ 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 UZ Education m ’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 ~T 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 burnished 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. V- ■ - .' • * •' T- f ,v.y 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. mm » W The Land of Promise, Profits, and .Golden Opportunity, @ 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) / V \' INFORMATION GIVEN FREE. i -i - We have a Land Information Bureau, where facts, figures and statistics from recognized authorities are kept constantly up to date. This information is yours for the asking. Write us. Address applications for information to TJErii'*- NC Georgian Land Information Bureau ’TEX- (LAI Atlanta, Georgia iiiHUiUI