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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
BIG CONCERN 10 [Sidelights
GEORGIA
POLITICS
l 4/ JAMES B.NEVTO
Installation of Heavy Machinery in
Factories Throughout South
To Be Handled From Here.
<’la»\ I’. R e. head of the Rice Con
tracting Company, came to Atlanta
for the first time a few weeks ago
to install the heavy machinery in a
lead mill at East and Bishop streeta-
the only plant of the kind south of
Cincinnati—for the Georgia Lead
Works. The work virtually was com
pleted Saturday afternoon, when the
last of the 150 tons of machinery was
put in its place.
So impressed was Mr. Rice with the
industrial activity and possibilities of
Atlanta tliat he is now making prep
arations to establish a branch office
of his company in this city, and make
Atlanta the headquarters for the. in
stallation of heavy machinery
throughout the entire South.
"Atlanta, being the industrial cen
ter of the South," said Mr Rice Mon
day morning, “is the logical location
for the Southern branch of a busi
ness such as ours. There appears to
be a lack of facilities for the moving,
installation and erection of heavy
machinery in this section of the
country'. I understand that frequent
ly it is necessary to send to the
North and East for apparatus when
ever it Is necessary to move some
kinds of machinery. We expect the
Atlanta office to become one of our
largest branches and furnish us a
goodly share of our business.
“We expect to keep here the heavy
derricks, hoisting apparatus and
other rigging that we used on the
lead works Job, and will bring other
apparatus to Atlanta as the need for
it develops. When our Atlanta branch
is opened wo probably will employ
)>*tween 50 and 60 men to handle
and care for our apparatus, and that
number will be increased as we ex
pand our territory and more appa
ratus is brought here. We will be
prepared to handle and move and
erect any kind of machinery, no mat
ter what Its size, for our equipment
is the most powerful .made. In the
work on the Georgia Lead Company's
mill, we installed 150 tons of ma
chinery in 18 days, and one of our
derricks lifted easily one load that
weighed 42 tons."
Mr. Rice expects to go to Chicago
within a few days to make the final
arrangements for the opening of his
Atlanta office, and probably will re
turn within a few weeks. During his
absence T. S. Van Stone, one of his
assistants, w’ill be in charge of the
apparatus that is here, and will look
after the local Interests of the com
pany.
The lead mill which Mr. Rice has
lust completed the installation of the
machinery is expected to be in full
operation on February 1, to supply
the Georgia Lead Company’s South
ern trade with sheet lead, pig lead,
lead sewer pipe, etc. The plant will
employ between BO and l oo men.
2 FUN HURT Til STOP FUNDS
UNDER ‘INF
SKI” LI
Blaze in Hay and Feedstuff Build- Measure Regulating Stock Ma-
Prayer for Aged Is
Sent by Mrs. Morgan
NEW York Dee 29.—A special
prayer for those who have passed or
nearly retched the allotted span' of
life has been sent to Rev. Earl Rel-
land, rector of St. George's Episcopal
Church, by Mrs. J. IMerpont Morgan,
widow of the financier.
Mrs. Morgan asks for divine help
to “make the noblest use of mind and
body in our advancing^ years.” to
“take from us all fear of death and
ail despair or undue love of life.”
The present differences of opinion
and trouble inside the State Military*
Department seem to arise from the
difficulty of adjusting the State troops
to organization under the Dick law,
which is a Federal statute.
The State law undoubtedly provides
for a Quartermaster General, but the
Federal law Just as undoubtedly does
not.
The State may accept the provi
sions of the Dick law or reject them—
that is entirely optional with the
State. If the State elects to organ
ize under the Dick law, however, It
is aided under a Federal fund.
In Georgia this amounts to some
thing like $90,000 per annum, and
that, with the $25,000 appropriated by
the State, makes up the annual budget
for the support of the Georgia troops.
Governor Hlea.se 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 Hlease 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
iwrtlcularly 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 sfiecifloally fails
to recognize the office of Quartermas
ter General of State troops, it is dif
ficult to see how the office is to be
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 a right pretty, and certainly
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 as 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 i>ny for the
volunteer*, 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
is not calculated to make the sailing
any easier for the friends of the State
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 Rev. J. M.
Cash.
The election is scheduled # or Fri
day, January 9, and has so far failed
to arouse any startling degree of in
terest. It Is to fill the unexpknd term
of Representative Sam Berry, de-
ceased.
Laurens County’s pfmak’n roll will
be 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
a net increase of exactly one, with a
total of 186 pensioners in Laurens
who will receive money from the State
in January.
E. W. Frye, formerly of Marietta,
now of Oklahoma, who was reading
clerk of the House of Representa
tives under the late Clerk of the
House, “Uncle Mark" Hardin, called
at the Capitol to-day to see “my <dd
friend, John Slaton, now Governor."
Frye will be remembered very
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 several of the statehouse offi
cers known in the old days, and talketf
things over pleasantly with Secretary*
of State Cook, Treasurer Speer and
others.
Mr. Frye is now making his Ar^t
visit to Georgia since he left for the
West fourteen years ago, and ex
presses himself amazed at the won
derful growth Atlanta.
Judge Alvin V. Sellers, of the City
Court of Baxley, is being urged for
appointment to the Appeals bench, ir
succession to Judge Bottle.
The Baxley man Is situated right
geographically for this appointment,
and is well kn »wn and popular in his
section. He 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, and is the
author of "Classic of the Bar,” a well
known legal publication.
When the State Sanitarium author
ities undertake to give the Inmates of
that institution a Christmas or a
Thanksgiving Day dinner, it Is a
strenuous proceeding.
For the Christmas dinner this year
the following articles of food were
required: 167 turkeys, 502 chickens.
40 ducks, and the total pounds of
meats was 3,242. The fruits were as
follows: 65 barrels of apples, 70 boxes
of oranges, 1,000 pounds of dates,
1,400 pounds of nuts and l,000ypounds
of candy.
ing Burns All Day Sunday—Ad
joining Factory Damaged.
A pile of smoking ruins Monday
morning marked the site of the
building of the National Warehouse
Company, at No. 319 Decatur street,
which was razed in a fire that started
at 3 o’clock Sunday morning and
burned stubbornly throughout the
day. Considerable damage was done
also to the annex plant of the Na
tional Pencil Company, which adjoins
the Warehouse Company’s building.
Two hosemen of the fire depart
ment, McConnell and Smith, of en
gine company No. 4. narrowly escaped
serious Injury when the w*alls of the
warehouse fell, and both were se
verely cut and orulsed by the falling
timbers. Smith was pinned to the
ground by a heavy section of iron
plate, on top of which were severil
burning bales of hay. He was res
cued by his mates before the fire
could reach him.
The blaze was one of the most
stubborq the firemen have fought for
several years. Falling walls and tel
egraph wires imperiled their lives
half a dozen different times, and at
several stages in the fight it 9eemed
the fire had conquered and would-
sweep the entire block. The entire
downtown fire-fighting apparatus an
swered the first call, and several ad
ditional companies were brought in
from the outlying districts Before the
blaze was subdued. In spite of the
early hour, large crowds gathered to
watch the spectacule.* blaze, and a
detachment of police was necessary
to prevent the orowds hindering the
firemen in their work.
The loss to the National Warehouse
Company Is between $30,000 and $40,.
000, according to the statement of Jo
seph Gregg, president ol the compa
ny, and it is estimated that the plant
of the Pencil Cor pany was damaged
about $10,000. The losses are under
stood to be covered by insurance.
Firemen have yet been unable to
determine the c..vse of the fire, but it
is thought it caught from sparks from
switch engines.
The burned building was construct
ed of sheet iron and wood, and was
filled with grain, hay and feedstuff3.
nipulations Goes Into Effect
January 1.
“Blue sky" manipulators who have
made a harvest field of Georgia for
many years have but 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 effect January 1.
Under its requirements the Secre
tary of State. Phil Cook, will have
direct control of sales of stocks and
bonds. Every dealer will be required
to file a sworn statement of assets
and earnings of the company whose
stock he is offering for sale. In filing
the initial statement the dealer must
pay a fee of $25. 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
sellii g methods. If the Secretary of
State is dissatisfied with the showing
he has the right to stop the saie. No
tice to the dealer to discontinue his
sales will be given by registered mail.
Violators of the "blue sky" law will
be subject to prosecution for com
mitting a misdemeanor. Every saie
or contract of sale In violation of the
law shall be declared void and may 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 are 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.
Queen’s Portrait for
King George’s Xmas
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. Dec. 29.—Queen Mary
and the Prince of Wale* prepared
* surprise gift for King George for
Christmas. It was a full-length por
trait of the Queen in the robes of
the Order of the Garter, by William
Llewellyn.
Shevlin, Yale Star,
Made Sheriff’s Aide
ST. PAUL. MINN., Dec. 29.—Thorn
es L. Shevlin. a famous Yale foot-
l»all star, has been sworn in as a
Deputy Sheriff of the picturesque vil
lage of Ferndale, near here. Shevlin
spends much of his time at Fern-
dale, and was recruited by the Sher
iff to assist in suppressing vandals.
He will serve without pay.
First Cold Wave of
Winter Hits Europe
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Dec. 29.—The first se
vere weather of the winter prevails
to-day over the greater part of Eu
rope. Heavy snow has fallen over
England, France, Switzerland and
Northern Germany, while the tem
perature during the night in London
was the lowest of the season.
Osborne Tries Plan of
“Pals" for Convicts
AUBURN, N. Y., Dec. 29.—Thoma*
Mott Osborne, chairman of the Com
mission for Prison Reform, announced
the formation of the Prisoners’ Aid
League, known among the convicts of
Auburn as "The Pals." a name de
rived from the initials of the league.
Tin Can, Cotton and
Stove His Incubator
NEWTON, N. J.. Dec. 29.—George
Schaefer hatched an egg on the
kitchen stove, using a bakuig pow-
i; “ r can and cotton The chicken is
FOR 5 CITY JOBS
VanHouten Likely to Seek Presi
dency of Park Board—Other
Places Go A-begging.
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 places are on the Park Board,
which will have that number of va
cancies by the resignation of Presi
dent J. O. Cochran and other mem
bers of the board.
President Cochran will resign Jan
uary 1. Ben Leo 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 the First Ward. T. K
Bond, of the Fourth, and C. A. Pitts,
of the Fifth.
Humors 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 bourd still is without a candi
date.
THE PLAYS
THIS WEEK
Dr. M. D. Lanier, in III Health,
Takes Ether and Chloroform
Sufficient to Kill.
Lump on Her Neck
Cost .Painter $750
HACKENSACK, N. J., Dec. 29.—A
lump on Mrs. Emil Klug’s neck in
her portrait by Charles C. Hayes led
the jury in the Circuit Court here lo^‘
decide against the painter in his suit
to recover $750 for the work. The
defense held the painting was not true
to life.
McAdoo Recovering
From Grippe Attack
WASHINGTON, Deo. 29. Secre
tary of the Treasury McAdoo, who is
suffering from a mild attack of the
grippe, to-day sent word to his office
that he was much better, but will
remain indoors until to-morrow.
JACKSON. I>ec. 29—Dr. M. D. La
nier, aged 62, was found dead in his
room at the Baptist pastorium to
day. He had been missing since Sat
urday night. He committed suicide
by taking ether and chloroform, a
bottle of each drug being held in his
hands. Ill health is supposed to have
been the cause.
Dr. Lanier came to Jackson sev
eral months ago from Sylvania in
search of health, lie had been prac
ticing jlentistrv. of the several notes
found one said that the grave was
better than his present condition.
Dr. Lanier was a native of Oliver
and belonged to a prominent South
Georgia family. For many years \e
practiced dentistry In Savannah, go
ing from there to Sylvania. He leaves
a wife and several children at Syl
vania. five brothers and one sister.
Coroner Mangham will hold an in
quest to-day.
Augusta Folk to Get
$300,000 Dividends
AUGUSTA, Dec. 29.—January 1 will
be dividend day and a large amount
of money will be turned loose In divi
dends by Augusta banks and industrial
corporations.
On July 1 and January 1 dividends
are paid by many local institutions. A
lum in the neighborhood of $300,000 is
turned into the local channels of tratio
twice each year by the dividend method.
Let Women Imbibe,'
Says Police Chief
SAN DIEGO. CAL., Dec 29.—"A
woman has the right to drink all she
pleases with her meals, as there Is
no distinction in the law between the
sexes." said Admiral Manney, super
intendent of police, regarding reports
that women are served too much
liquor in restaurants and cafes.
The admiral says a cafe owner has
no right to sell or serve liquor to a
drunken woman, however
MILWAUKEE HOTELS IN PERIL.
MILWAUKEE. Dec. 29 A loss of
$150,000 was caused to-day by fire
which destroyed the sash and door
plant of the Mi’ler Manufacturing
Company. The firemen devoted their
efforts to preventing the flames from
communicating to the Republican
House and the Gilpatrick Hotel across
the street.
Maeterlinck’s exquisite fantasy of
happiness, "The Blue Bird," will have
Its first local presentation ij-night at
the Atlanta Theater, where it is to
stay out the week. The occasion
should be a brilliant one, botlf social
ly and artistically. Society and the
arts will be w’ell represented in the
audience, on tin other side of the
footlights will appear the .ame com
pany and the same production that
were recently seen in New York City.
The big “Blue Bird" organization,
consisting of a hundred people and
four carloads of scenery and effect;?,
arrived from Nashville by the Nash
ville, Chattanooga and St. I>ouis Rail
road last evening. Manager Nat Roth
and the members of the company ex
pressed themselves ao heartily pleased
with the idea of staying a week in
Atlanta. The company has Just fin
ished a record-breaking Christmas
engagement in Nashville, and the out
look is for packed houses throughout
the entire Southern tour.
"The Blue - ird" is here for eight
performances, including the special
matinees Thursday (New Y r ear's Day)
and Saturday.
Original Bill at Forsyth.
A wonderful novelty act will be the
headline feature at the Forsyth this
week, an act that will probably cre
ate more genuine interest than all
the wonderful features that have
been offered at the popular theater
"Neptune's Garden and the En
chanted Pool,” with a combination of
remarkable scenic and mechanical
effects and a company of 25 people,
make this feature. The act is a
spectacle large enough and great
enough to be the best of its sort in
all modern vaudeville.
Among the other numbers that
promise to make this bill one of the
most interesting of a brilliant sea
son will be the contribution of George
McKay and Ottie Ardlne, who will
present their specialty*. "On Broad
way." There are other fine features.
Norm«n Hackett’s Company.
When Norman Haekett presents his
new play, “A Double Deceiver," at
the Lyric this week, he will be sup
ported by a company of unusual ex
cellence. 'A Double Deceiver" being
a play of atmosphere and types, the
utmost care was required in selecting
suitable actors for the various char
acters. '
Mr. Hackett’s leading woman this
year is Ilka Diehl, a charming young
actress who bears a striking resem
blance to Ethel Barrymore and has
been with the Charles Frohman forces
for several seasons. The company Is
well balanced.
"The Volunteer Organist."
The first of the real big film dramas
•produced in America in which the
characters are portrayed by Ameri
can artists and the technical work
executed by American experts will be
presented at the Grand this week.
The story Is founded on the well-
known and popular theme. "The Vol
unteer Organist," the principal scene
of which is an organ loft in the
village church, where one of nature’s
misfits, unkempt and ragged, stag
gers to the organ, which responds in
soulful melody to his magic touch.
The film is more than 8.COO feet in
length, and fairly sparkles with
thrills, humor and gripping incidents.
Good Comedy at Bijou.
The nineteenth week of the Jewell
Kelley Company’s engagement will be
inaugurated this afternoon at the Bi
jou with a splendid performance of
the labo* play entitled, "A Slave of
the Mill. There is some good com
edy and sensational features are not
lacking. "A Slave of the Mill" will
undoubtedly be one of the best hits of
the engagement, and should draw
large houses the entire week. Ladies
will be admitted free to-night when
accompanied by an escort holding n \
paid 30-ceni ticket purcahsed before)
6 o’clock.
Net in Skyscraper
Shaft to End Suicides
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.—Work was be
gun to-day on another “safety” net
in the Masonic Temple, where yester
day John Kowinski leaped from the
eighteenth floor to his death in a net
on a level with the ninth floor of
the building. Kow’inski was the
eighth Masonic Temnle suicide. He
left a letter in which he requested
that his body be used for scientific
purposes.
“I could live longer if I wanted
to, and perhaps become a burglar,”
he wrote. "It is in the interest of
society that I take my life."
Advice
From a
Master
Designer
**ITJOIRET is an artist, not a dressmaker,” My*
I Paris. “Poirct’s fashion* are advanced bet
thoroughly practical” is the opinion of the
American woman. If you wish to be smartly attired.
Poiret’a suggestions and Harper's Bazar, the magazine
which publishes them each month, will be of iaeaUr**,'
ble value to you. Read what this daring and original
designer says on graceful styles in his January article.
Profusely illustrated with his sketches and photo
graphs of his gowns displayed on living models. - Get
your copy today.
S OCIETY new*, the doings of the
smart world, told in a personal,
intimate way, and illustrated
with beautiful photographs. The
latest, most charming, practical
ideas on gowns, hats, shoes, corsets
and every accessory of the stylishly
dressed woman. This, in short, is
Harper's Bazar, the highest class
iashion pictorial published.
GEORGIA
Good Roads
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Education
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State Taxes
Soil Diversification
Wealth of Products
It Awaits
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’Tis that Dominion of the South that ranks
fourth in the Union in th§ value of her agri
cultural products—exceeded only by Illinois,
Texas and Iowa.
’Tis that progressive South Atlantic State
that stands 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 Colleges.
’Tis that Empire of the Southeast 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
1913 an amount exceeding $300,000,000.00.
’Tis that hospitable land that awaits your
eoming 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 cort to you. <
Come to Georgia, where life’s worth living!
REAL ESTATE INFORMATION
BUREAU
Hearst’s Sunday American, or Atlanta Georgian.