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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS GEORGIA CORN CLUB BOYS’ EXHIBITS TO BE DISPLAYED AT THE DALLAS NATIONAL SHOW IH BORDER Federal Soldiers and Civilians, Starving and Dying, at Goal of Safety. Group of Georgia Corn Club Boys who took part in great annual parade through Atlanta streets. PRESIDIO, TEXAS, VIA MARFA, Dr —Couriers traveling in advance , he caravan of refugees from Chi huahua rode into Presidio to-day with tragic stories of hardship and distress. They said that the main body of the fugitives would reach the border late this afternoon. The flee ing Federal soldiers seized whole families along the way as hostages to prevent any attack by the Constitu tionalists. For more than a week the refugees, soldiers and civilians (men, women and children), have plodded over the 180 miles of Mexican desert and mountain land>Jying between Chihua hua and the border. Exhausted men and children, foot- »orp and worn out by hardships and lack of water and food, were left by the vayside to die slowly of thirst and 'unger. Treasure Left in Flight. Some of the rich members of the fleeing army—for there are a number of wealthy Mexican families among the refugees—were compelled by General Mercado’s soldiers to kill their horses and mules for food. Even the pack animals carrying a treasure in bullion and plate owned by the Terrazas and other rich Mexican fam ilies were slain for food. Straggling bands of soldiers flanked the caravan and acted as advance and rear guard to prevent any attack by bandits. When the flight started, many of the wanderers threw away arms, pro visions and clothing in panic. When the mountain country was struck, the weather became very cold and exposure added to the distress of the; fugitives. U. S. to Aid Refugees. Examples of noble sacrifice among the civilians were common. Fathers and mothers discarded their own clothing that their children might be warm. The United States military and civil authorities are co-operating to rare for the hungry and penniless refugees. An emergency camp has been established by Captain Going, of Troop E, Fifteenth United States Cavalry. Throughout the night a number of Mexican residents of Ojinaga crossed the border of Presidio because of re ports that Constitutionalists were ad vancing upon the town to attack the Federal soldiei^. wm ■v ' wm CLIFFORD SNIIII 100 Busbfb IIaihiy Stafford f 1 o v If .v ■mmi YPli; LEVI T.6F1LAH JEN 146 *** 113 KKINj Ocilla Carries Rate Fight to U. S. Board WASHINGTON. Dec. 5. The Chamber of Commerce of Ocilla, Ga.. petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission to-day to require the At lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic and the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroads to extend to Ocilla the same freight rates from points outside the State of Georgia as arc given to Thomasville. Quitman. Valdosta, Boston, Moultrie and Fitzgerald, all Georgia towns. The present rate adjustment, it is doolared, is discriminatory against Ocilla. Open Every Evening Third Man Declines French Premiership Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian PARIS, Dec. 5.—The French polit ical situation became more acute to day when Felix Ribot refused Presi- j dent Poincaire’s offer to form a n» w Cabinet because of his advanced a and ill health. He was the third statesman to refuse to form a min istry to succeed the Barthou Cabinet, I which resigned Tuesday Political leaders said the next men i in line for the Premiership were Jean i Dupuy and M. Doumergue, ex-Min- j ister of Commerce. Liner Goes Aground; 800 Pilgrims Aboard BOMBAY, Dec. 5.—The Holt liner j Theus, bound from Swansea, Wales to Shanghai, with 800 pilgrims from j Port Said on board, lost her pro peller and went aground near he island of Jibel-Ter, in the Red Sea, to-day. — ■ ■ - - Stork and Cupid Cunning Plotters Many a New Home Will Have Little Sunbeam to Brighten It. Lads Leave for Home Elated Over Great Atlanta Show and Parade. Georgia boys will be represented at the National Corn Show' next Febru ary in Dallas. Texas. This announcement was made Fri day by D v an Hughes. Assistant Com missioner of Agriculture. It was the Boys’ Corn Club Show at the State Capitol that did it. Heretofore the big National Show has been practically monopolized by the grown-up farmers. This year one State at least will have a big exhibit to show what the young citizens can do in the way of raising prize-win ning corn. T. O. Plunkett, manager of the farm department for the Southern Rail way, will have charge of the exhibits EISEMAN BROS., Inc. from all of the Southeastern States. He was at the Capitol Friday to pro cure the pick of the boys’ exhibits to take with him to Dallas. Boys to Get Credit. With J. Phil Campbell, the prime mover in the boys’ show, he will go over every exhibit on the first floor of the Capitol and select the best ears on display. These will be placed with exhibits obtained by Southern Railway agents in their travels about the State and will be grouped at the Dallas show' as Georgia’s display. Every boy will be given credit for his work. His name will-appear on his exhibit at Dallas just as it did in | Atlanta. The yield per acre and the cost of production also will be noted. One of the interesting exhibits that will go from Georgia will be an ear of corn raised by Aaron Moon, of New ton County. It represents the ideal type of corn and probably is the most nearly perfect ear in every respect at^ * the show. Boys Go Home Elated, Georgia Corn Club boys were re turning to their homes Friday with the happy thought that they had participated in the most successful Our Furnishing Goods Section Is now converted into a wonder ful “GIFT SHOP.” Exactly what to get for “HIM” can be selected HERE from amongst this mar velous collection. Eiseman Bros., Inc. to the acre he had succeeded in coax ing from Mother Earth. Proudly at the head of the 85 strode young Edward J. Welborn. Well he might be proud, for he had eclipsed the State record and had raised 181.72 bushels to the acre, a mark that any veteran farmer in the land might try for yearfe to surpass. The canning club girls were not for gotten. They were in the parade in a mammoth sightseeing car in charge of Miss Lois P. Dowdle, a district su pervisor. Miss Clyde Sullivan, of Ousley, and Miss Eron Dooley, of Bishop, winners of the first two canning club prizes, had the distinction of riding in a pri vate carriage with Miss Mary E. Cresswell, of Washington, D. C.; Miss Elizabeth Holt, of the State College of Agriculture, and Mrs. J. H. O’Quinn. A platoon of mounted policemen ied the marchers. After the officers of the law followed the Fifth Regiment of the Georgia militia with the Fifth Tnfantry Band. The Marist and Georgia Military Academy cadets made a fine appearance with the;r nobby uniforms Prominent Persons in Parade. Superintendent Slaton rode at the corn show and the best parade since j head of the division made up of the the organization of the corn clubs in com club boys, the boys of the public the South. j schools and the Boy Scouts. It was a great parade. It obtained The boys had prominent people its pre-eminence from the great I with them in the big parade. In the crowds that watched it as well as from the hordes of Joyous corn club and high school boys that had a part in it. Traffic halted. The street railway company was powerless. The boys simply pre-empted the streets and the crowds did the rest. There was no piercing the solid blocks of nu- carriages were General Robert K. Evans, Colonel C. H. Barth, adju tant general in the United States Army; Lieutenant Hornsby Evans, Lieutenant Albert Sidney Johnston Tucker, Dr. A. M. Soule. Wilmer L. Moore, retiripg president *of the Chamber of Commerce; Mel R Wil kinson, the new' president of the manity that congested the crossings j Chamber of Commerce; Pr. William and refused to move until the boys ! Bradford, of < edartow n; V\ (i Coop- had nassed bv i Pr - secretary of the Chamber of Com- ‘ Winner. Lead Parade. | merce; H. C Fisher J . Phil Camphell. The 85 husky farm lads who had I H. O. Hastings. Miss Elisabeth G succeeded in reaching or passing the I Holt, Athens: Mrs. J. H. Quinn, 100-bushel-per-aere mark were the recipients of the most generous show ers of cheers and applause from the Crowds that lined the streets all the way from the Capitol, where the pa rade had its beginning, to the point where the happy marchers broke ranks. Each of the envied boys was rep resented by a large white sign held aloft to tell his name to all the world and to relate just how many bushels Buster Brown Camera $2.00 A perfect machine—satisfaction guaran tee* I. Size picture 2LX4 1 2. Leather cov er* d; all metal parts highly polished. Loads in daylight. 6 or 12 pictures on a film. Mail ed on receipt of price. Send for catalog G. E. H. CONE, Inc., 2 Stores, Atlanta. Mrs. J. H. O'Quinn, if Lowndes County; Mis: Clyde Sulli van, Ousley, Ga„ winner of first can ning club prize; Miss Eron Dooley, Bishop, Ga., w inner of second canning club prize; Miss Marv E Cresswell, Washington. D. C.; Brooks Morgan. V. H. Kriegshaber, J. R. A. Hobson. B. M. Hood. John S. Owens, Roland G. Lynch. H. II. Robinson, Mayot Woodward. Dr. J. M. Pierce. Daniel W. Green. Walter TT. Rich. Secretary of State Philip Cook, F. J. Merriam editor of The Southern Ruralist: P. B. Latimer, Commissioner of AgricuL ture J. D *Price. State Superintendent ■of Schools M. L. Brittain, Dan Hughes. Colonel George M. Hope and W. H. Terrell. course* at the State College of Agri culture. value $25. Third prize to Leila Dixon, Forsyth County, $15. Fourth prize to Macey L. Slade, Pike County, $10. Fifth prize to Martha Fite, (Jor don County, $5. Sixth prize to Lucy Wood, Floyd County, $5. Seventh prize to Marie Daniel, Hen ry County, $5. Eighth prize to Willie Lee Cole, Pike County, $2.60. Ninth prize to Minidine Arline, De catur County, $2.50, Tenth prize to Ada Lane, Jenkins County, ^2.50. Eleventh prize to Jessie Monroe, Thofnas County, $2.50. Twelfth prize to Nuel Myers, Hart County, $2.50. The ranking in the county club prizes was awarded as follows. Pick ens, $50, Bibb. $40; Fayette, $30; Gor don. $25; Floyd, $20; Bartow. $15. Honorable mention was given the Hart County club for its fine record. Corn Parade Marchers Get Letters of Thanks. Secretary W. H. Leahy, of the in dustrial bureau of the Chamber of Commerce, Is writing letters Wednes day to the commanding officers of the Fifth Regiment, Georgia National Guard, the Georgia Military Academy, the Marist College and other organ izations thanking them for aiding in the corn show parade Thursday aft ernoon. The letters express especial appre ciation of the work of the Fifth Reg iment members, who left their busi ness and work to march in the pa rade. Thursday was the first time the militiamen have paraded in their new olive drab overcoats, and their fine appearance attracted consider able attention. ii. .v is usually a cv-ia... uc*ree <.7 urutu in 1 atpry .inmin'i mind to th« probable pain, ills- | tress and danger of child-birth. But. thank* to a j most remarkable remedy known as Mother's Friend, all fear is banished and the period is one of un bounded. joyful anticipation. Mother's Friend is used externally. It is a most penetrating application, makes the muscles of the stomach and abdomen pliant so they expand easily and naturally without pain, without distress and with none of that peculiar nausea, nervousness and other symptoms thst tend to *»eaken Uie pros | pective mothers Thus Cupid and the stork are held up to veneration: they are rated as canning olot ters to herald the coming of a little sunbeam to gladden the hearts and brighten the homes of a 1 host of happy families. There are thousands of women who have used Mother's Friend, and thus know from experience that it is one of our greatest contributions to healthy, happy motherhood. It la sold by all drug gists at $1.00 per bottle, and la especially recoin j mended as a preventive of raking breasts and all | other such distresses Write to Bradfleld Regulator Co., 131 Lamar ; Bldg., Atlanta. <Ja.. for their very valuable book ' to expectant mothers. Get a bottle of Mother's Friend to-day. Canning Club Winner To Visit Washington. Here is the list of prize winners in the Girls’ Fanning d^ibs: First prize for best record in all four points. Clyde Sullivan. Ousley, Lowjides County, a trip to Washing ton, D. C., value $60. Second prize, to Eron Dooly, Oco nee County, scholarship in short THE SILTS IF !0IIS BUCK HITS SMS DRUGS EXCITE THE KIDNEYS f 11-13-15 17 WHITEHALL Salts Harmless to Flush Kidneys and Neutralize Uric Acid, Thus Ending Bladder Trouble. When your kidneys hurt and your back feels sore, don’t got scared and proceed to load your stomach with a lot of drugs that excite the kidneys and ir ritate the entire urinary tract. Keep your kidneys clean like you keep your bowels clean, by flushing them with a mild, harmless salts which removes the body’s urinous waste and stimulates them to their normal activity. The function of tfoe kidneys is to filter the blrod. In twenty-four hours they strain from it 500 grains of acid and waste, sc we can readily understand the vital im portance cf keeping the kidneys active. Drink lots of water—you can’t drink too much; also get from any pharmacist about 4 ounces of Jad F’alts; take a ta blespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast each morning for a few days and your kidneys will act fine. This fa mous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been need for generations to clean and stimulate clogged kidneys; also to neutralize the acids in urine so it no longer is a source of irritation, thus ending bladder weakness. Jad Salts is inexpensive; can not in jure; makes a delightful effervescent lithia water drink which every one should take now and then to keep their kidneys clean and active. Try this, also keep up the water drinking, and no doubt you will wonder what became of > cur kidney trouble and backache.— Advt. Use Our Xmas Plan —Our charge account plan will make your Christmas money go far ther. If you come here and choose useful cloth ing gifts for some of your friends and relatives, you will not have to pay us until after Christmas, and then only in small weekly or monthly sums. —We offer you the sea son’s best styles in men’s, women’s and children’s clothing, hats and shoes; and we guar antee everything. Remember Our Address : 78 WHITEHALL ST. MOVING PICTURE SHOWS ALAMO No. 1 Saturday. “Broncho Bifly’s Squareness,” an Essanay drama full of human In terest and pathos. “Colonel Heeza Liar from Africa,” a Pathe novelty comedy that Is one of the greatest hits of the year. It is a scream. Franklin Four, the beat quartet in Dixie. ALAMO No. 2 Saturday. “A Lessnn in Jealousy,” a good Vitariraph comedy. “The Element al World,” a Biograph drama. “The Footprint Clew," a splendid Ralem drama. Auriema and the Monarch Harmony Four. ALCAZAR THEATER To-day. “CheJsea 7750,” a Metropolitan mystery picture, with Henry E. Dlxey In the title role. This great production of the Famous Players is one of the best pictures seen In the South. SAVOY THEATER To-day. King Baggot and Ethel Grandon in “Love vs. Law,” a great two- reel Universal. Jack Kerrigan In “The Barrier of Bars,” a thrilling drama. THE MONTGOMERY Saturday. “A Thousand Dollars Short,” a Pathe feature that abounds in In terest and heart throbs. The Mont gomery Is the only house In Atlan ta having contract for General Film Company’s exclusive service. THE ELITE Saturday. “For the Love of the Toreador,” a two-reel Kleine-Cines drama that abounds in thrilling climaxes and situations—a picture you can not afford to miss. VAUDETTE Saturday. “THE LEGACY.” Kay-Bee Feature. “WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.’ Thannhauser Special. Steinway Four. BUY A. Christmas Bargain in Our CLOSING-OUT SALE Everything Must Be Closed Out At Once Pianos and Players Regular prices of which range from $350 to $850, are now going a! $135 and Up $450 Player-Pianos from $225 and Up Including free ac cess to our 5,000- roll library—all the latest popular tan gos and songs, also complete list of the classics. Easy Payments R. R, Fares Paid to out-of- town pur- Weatherholt Piano Co. 72 N. Broad St. u