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4 12 THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. QUIT HUERTA SENTIMENT STILL PLA YS BIG PART IN CHRISTMAS GIVING Desperate Fighting Still on Near Wexico City Without Advan tage to Federals. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian MEXICO CITY T>< 10 Hromn of Federal noldlnr« upon whom General Huerta bad relied to keep hl« cnplti<: out of the hand a of the Zapatista- are deserting: dully and Joining the rebels. It became known to-day that *ome of the most trusted men of the Mexico City and Cuernavaca Karri eons had decamped with large quan tities of ammunition This was a severe, blow to the Government, whose resources are steadily dwindling. TVsperate fighting Is still going on I south of Cuernavaca This Is th* fourth dav of the battle there Th-. Feeders Is under General ( astro have ’hus far held their own, but have been unable to gain any decided ad vantage A large rebel force led by the bandtt Nerl is marching from Puebla to aid Zapata, and if he ar rives In time the Government army will imdoubtedly have to retire. The action of Congress In declaring the election of Huerta Illegal la ex parted to make no change in the sit uation here, an he was directed to hold office until after next year's ^lection in July, but intense interest was displayed to-day by foreigners, who anxiously inquired what action the United States would take in view of the latest developments Gen. Villa Wires Loyalty to Carranza. HERMOSJLl.O, MEXICO. Dec. 10. General Carranza to-day received a dispatch from General Renevldes. the rebel commander at Juarez, de larlng that Genera! Villa recognized the Provisional President of the (’onstttutlonallsts as supreme In all matters relating to the revolution This message, coming after Carranza bad refused to send r» inforcements to Villa, whs received with reserva tions by the Constitutionalist leader. It was marked that Villa himself sent no message pledging his loyalty, although Renevldes declared he had been delegated hv his superior to send the dispatch. Thin is the Ural time that either Villa or any of his agents have rer <>gnlzed Carranza's claims to he *h* actual leader of the northern revolt since the capture of Juarez. Mexican Gunboat Holds U p Mobile Fishing Boat. MOBILE, ADA . Dpi 10 That the Mexican Government Is on the look out for a filibustering expedition out of Mobile and Is keeping a sharp wgfcch on every vessel leaving any point on the Mississippi coast is the belief strengthened by a report from Pensacola of a Mexican gunboat stop ping a fishing vessel off the Mobile Har near Cat Island and searching her. (’at Island is an ideal place lor a gunboat to remain concealed and at the same time keep a close look-out on all vessels leaving. The revenue cutter Winona left here hurriedly last night. Mexican secret service men here are watching all suspicious Mexicans Federals Fortify For Battle on Border. PRESIDIO, TEXAB (By U. 3. Army telephone to Marfa), Dec. 10. General Salvadors Mercado's exhausted Fed eral soldiers who fled northward when the < 'onstl tut Iona Met army under. Gen eral Villa, moved on Chihuahua City, were to-day set to work constructing fortifications south of OJlnagn. These preparations for defense were dispatched from Chihuahua <’lty -with 1 600 Constitutionalists to give battle fo the Fester;»is st Ojinaga General Villa feArs a surprise at tack on Juarez unless the Federal army at Ojinagw Is either captured or annihilated. HV MARY LEA DAVIS Well. Some of the letters which I am printing to-day should contain a few suggestions to the husbands and wives who are still baffled by the question What Is the best Christ- man present? Not a few of them proved an in spiration to me when I read them, but maybe I'm m trifle sentimental At anv rate, I like to read that wives really win]) to give their husband* presents which The\ have made them- Helves something that will bear tin- mark of personality. And I also like to know that bus bands snatch enough time from their business cares to think up some ap propriate gift for their wives. J*'« a good sign when we can get both sides of the family thinking and planning It means the quick solution of the whole problem of Christmas present giving In case you haven't written a letter, please glance over this offer end make a suggestion : HERE IS MY OFFER. 7b the wife who writes the best *b>'et totter tolling what is the most useful gift for a husband, one $10 gold piece. Three nwards of $5 each will hr given the wires whose Irtteis are adjudged thr next best Also, I trill award the same prizes to husbands who write brief letters outlining the most appro priate gift for a husband to giro his wife. For the husband's letter that is adjudged thr best the writer trill receive a- tto gold piece. Hus bands who write the fhiee next best letters will receive, each, a $5 gold piece for thf ir thoroughness. Send your litters addressed to UAHY TEA I»A VIS, Editorial Department, The At Innta Georgian. Some letters Just received A TITLE OF HONOR Miss Mary I/ea Davis The best and most wonderful gift for a husband is the title of father, It is »< gift til at will bring Other titles. For instance, grand father Either title will insure a happy old age MR? J. H Atlanta, Oft. A MORRIS CHAIR Mum Mary Dea David: When hubby comes home from a long day's work, And tries *o hard all cares to Khirk, Here's something he’ll like—sold everywhere A nice, large, comfortable Morris chair MRS K. C Igyuat Grove. Ga. A HOME. FURNISHED. VI is* Mary lien Davis 1 think one of the most appro prlato gifts for a wife 1s the presentation of a. clear title, deed to a nice home well furnished, given in cheerfulness and love A E H Lnrane. Ga. A SUBSCRIPTION. Miss Mary Lea Davis For a Christmas gift, to mv husband I will give him what l think will plen.se him most—a subscription to The Sunday American. MRS. A. E. B Atlanta, Ga. A BOX OF SOCKS Miss Mary Lea Davis: I think about the most accept able and pleasing present a wife can give her husband Is a nice box of socks, hs they are useful, and no matter how many pairs he may have there la always room for more, and when he wear* them he will often think of the giver. MRS M P W. Fitzgerald, Ga FOR A FARMER’S WIFE. Mias Mary Lea Davi- The most useful present for a wife would be a nice range stove and a year n supply of good dry stove wood stored away, for this Ik something the averagf farm er’s wife has to i-o .?*T. days In a year, and three times at that Of course, people in different walks of life require different gifts. If I win the $10 gold piece I'm going to give this to mv wife, for site has the range and wood already. W A R Clem Ga WELL SERVED DINNER Min* Mary Lea DavL I think husband would enjoy a nico F'hristinas dinner served vs ith love, kindness and respect, an easy chair and a good news- pa per MRS. S. L. Iieidsvllle, N. C A CHRISTMAS DINNER. M Mary l^a Davis. The moat appropriate gift for the husband m a dinner prepared by the wife’s ow n itands and . u < ;i -toned with . vi ferns l s Atlanta. Ga CONTENT MONEY. Miss Mary Lea Davis: My wife would appreciate the money I would win in thla contest more than anything else, wouldn't yours? A. R. Atlanta. Ga. SIMPLE REMBRANCE. Miss Mary l/ea Davis: Don't buy hubby an expensive present and turn around and have it charged to him. If yon can’t gave enough out of your allow - ance to pay for a nice present Just make something that he real ly needs and I am sure he will enjoy the simple remembrance, more than- he would a costly one with the blU staring him in the face. MRS. .1 W N Newnan. Ga. FOUNTAIN PEN Miss Mary Lea Davis: The gift f find the most appre dated is a fountain pen. It is one suitable for purses of any size There are good ones cheap and also the sliver and gold ones for the more expensive ftp Cornelia, Ga. 1 M O. SOME SILVERWARE. Miss Mary Lea Davis; First, I shal ltry to make this Christmas just h little happier than last For presents I have bought a set of silverware she greatly needs, and for the rest I will buy some perfume, candy, toilet water, etc., the little frivoli ties that every woman loves, and at last I shall breathe a prayer that 1 will be able to make her happy till the coming of another Christmas. A. N. D. Atlanta, Ga. GOLD WATCH FOB Mias Mary Lea Da via: What 1 am going to give my dear husband this Christmas is a gold watch fob engraved "From Your living Wife.’’ Also I will give him my prayers and beat wishes for the continuance of our happy married life. MRS. C. J. G Orangeburg, 8. C. CHRISTMAS DINNER. Miss Mary De a Davis: I think the best present a wife • an give her husband for Christ mas is a nice dinner, prepared by her own hands; following that be a true devoted wife—always ready to share his burdens. We an all do this, and not coat one extra cent, and I am sure it would be far more appreciated than anything elaborate. MRS W. A W Dover, Ga. A "MADE” PRESENT. Miss Mary Lea Davis: For my husband's Christmas present I have embroidered one dozen linen handkerchiefs with his initial on them. I am also making a nice warm bath robe, as he appreciates things I make more than anything I could buy M US. L. M A Atlanta, Ga A WRITING DESK. Miss Mary I/ea Davis: Of all the presents I think best for my dear husband Is a writ ing desk and a fountain pen fill ed with ink MRS. A Y. PL West Point, Ga. A SEWING MACHINE. Mies Mary Lea Davis: Will sav the most useful pres ent a man could give his wife would be a sewing machine J. H. J Siloam. Ga. NEW TESTAMENT. Miss Mary I^ea Davis: My suggestion as the most use ful Christmas present, to a hus band would be a New Testament and a family prayer book. MRS. C. E. A. Decatur, Ga. A WORKBASKET. Miss Mary Lea Davis: As my wife sews a great dea . I think she would appreciate t workbasket containing needles, thimble and thread, J. V Decatur. Ga. Maj. Black Speaker For Kentucky Dinner Atlanta Kentuckians will gather at the Hotel Ansley Thursday night for the annual banquet of the Kentucky So cictj Major .1. C. C. Black, of Augusta, former Cognremman from the Tenth district, will be the orator of the even ing, and Judge J. T. Tendleton will pre- toe KentifcTilans desirous of attending thr banquet are Invited to communicate with W. C Warfield, chairman of the executive committer. No. 706 Fourth National Hank Building S. L Rherer. .1 .V Spa Ming, Scott Hudson. W. C. lenkins, .1 I >. Puckett. Dr. J C. White, W. S. Elkin. Jr.. W. W. Gaines and Isaac Schoen are the officers of the society. THE GEM VACUUM CLEANER A REAL XMAS GIFT Eliminate, the Use of Broom, Du.t-Pan and All the Drudgery of Houaakeeping No Cleaner does better work; 87 CA none gives longer service Phone call will bring demonstrator. The Ozias National Selling Corporation 605-607 Empire Life Building Phone Ivy 8235 I. HD VA TU atlahta-s to oat 2 30 ivIVjI 1 u THE WHIRLWIND VIOLINIST. YVETTE! Direct Prom FoMee Bergere. tatralian Boy Scout®, G A Hoppe. Hickey Bro». Berge Australian Boy Scout®. GoTdamlth A Hoppe. Hlckev Br<>® , Nlchol 8'ster*. the Roaairea, Eldrldge A Barlow. LyricTheater p £ The Right Way Is The Easy Way With ELEANOR MONTELL ATLANTA TO ™ HT Klaw A Erlanger Present Robert HILLIARD In the Great Detective Play, “THE ARGYLE CASE” Aleo Tue*., Wed. Mat. and Night. Nights 25c to $2; Mat. 26c to $1.60 THURS..FRI..SAT, ^ H. H.'Fraxee Presents Famous Ail-Star Cast FINE FEATHERS By Eugene Walter. Robert Edeeon Rose Coghtan Wilton Lacksye Lydia Dickson Max Figman Lolita Robertson SEATS NOW SELLING Nights. 25c to $2; Mat. 25c to $1.50 To reach the land of sunshine and song, fruits and flowers, where winter winds are never known, and every day is a summer's day. The trains of the Central of Georgia Railway, operated daily, on through schedules from the big cities of the north and west. They are DERNIER CRT in railroad elegance and safety to FLORIDA DIXIE LIMITED DIXIE FLYER SOUTH ATLANTIC LIMITED DIXIE LIMITED, a palace on wheals, leaves Atlanta at 9:47 A. M. and makes a wondei fn! daylight run through the ptne tree section of South Georgia through Macon. Tlfton and Wavcroaa. arriving at Jacksonville at 8:10 P. M. This train carries coach. Pnllman sleepers, dining car and observation library car. DIXIE FLYER and SOUTH ATLANTIC LIMITED leave Atlanta at 8:80 and 10:10 P. M , daily, and arrive at Jacksonville at 7:50 and 8:60 the following morning. The South Atlantic Limited has brotler Ruffet car which serves breakfast between Tifton and Jacksonville Both trains carry comfortable coaches. Pullman Sleeping cars, with large bertha, drawing rooms, tn- dividual berth lights, vestibnled steam heated and electric lighted CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY 4TH NATIONAL BANK BUILDING PHONE MAIN 490 FREE XMAS TOYS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS Big Dolls, Teddy Bears, Tricycles, Trains and Rocking Horses Absolutely tree to Children Under Ten Years of Age =BY= HearsfsAmerican^AtlantaGeorgian CLIP THE NOMINATION BLANK AND GAIN 1,000 VOTES. Send In Thl® Blank at Once. M D MINATE A CANDIDATE FREE CHRISTMAS GIFTS DISTRIBUTION. NOMINATION F'_ANK—GOOD FOR 1,000 VOTES. HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERICAN AND THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. I Nominate Address Phone No Signed Idreas * Only the First Nomination Blank Cast for Each Candidate Will Count as 1,000 Votes. SEND IT TO THE DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT 20 E. ALABAMA STREET. PARENTS—THIS IS A CHANCE TO MAKE THE LITTLE TOT HAPPY ON CHRISTMAS EVE WITHOUT ONE CENT OF COST TO YOU. CONTEST OPEN TO ALL IN ATLANTA, AND WTTHIN A 20-MILE RADIUS. 1,500 VOTES GIV EN FOR EACH CONTRACT SUBSCRIPTION. No Money) To Be Collected Is Your Child’s Name on This List? If NOT, WHY NO I? DISTRICT NO 1. Fred Moon 8,000 Carl Young 5,500 Paul Phillips 1,000 Estoll Price 6,500 Mary Jenkins 8,000 Mary Cloud 1,000 Howard Roberts 5,500 Beuford McDennwood 1,000 Clyde Wood 1,000 Harry Gilen 4,000 Charlie Watts 5,000 Ehnna Whillen 1,000 Robert Hilderbred 6,500 Archibald Little 5,500 W. B. Ware 4,000 Davis McCollough 6,500 DISTRICT NO. 2. Frank Lichtenwalter Morgan Roberts Charles Felix Inez Britton Elizabeth Carr .3,000 .1,000 .1,000 ,. 1,000 .3.000 Sam Gotlieb 1,000 Addie Lautzk 2,500 Arthur Johnson . ■ 1,000 Laura May Garner 1,000 Charles Jones 1,000 Charles Stanton 5,500 Harry Hill 4,000 Morris Cumberworth 4,000 Gertrude Scott 1,000 Lewis Seigle 1,000 Joel Rogers 1,000 Eugene Walker 4,000 Howard Bussy 1,000 Reginald Rives 8,000 Neville Y’oung 5,000 Emory Welsh 1,000 Edwin Welsh 3 t 000 Calvin Jones 4,500 Joe Robkins 1,000 Mabel Hartsfield 1,000 Rebecca May Moses 1,000 Dorothy Lawshe 4,000 Evie Lee Rasser 1,000 Margareita Heck 1,000 J. C. Edwards 5,500 Hubert Whidley 1,000 Marion Smith 1,000 Charles Hall 3,000 Sadie Gordon 1,000 Gaines Mann 1,000 Joe Deitch 3,000 Morris Everett 1,000 Ruth AlleD 1,000 Paul Briggs 1,000 Margaret Miller 3,000 Lueille Mann 1,000 Herdon Thibaldisn 2,500 Gnssie Dash 4,000 ! Marguerite Martin 6.500 ! Gertrude Iaacoff 2,500 Leroy Handle 1.000 Nathan Fagle 1,000 DISTRICT NO 3. Mary Wheless 2,500 Evelyn Burke 8,000 Wymer Marion 1,000 James E. Hudson 1,000 Julia Bogwell 2,000 Edna Bradley 1,000 Lillian Greye O’Connor 5,500 Eva Adams 1,000 Ruth Sorrows 1,000 Howard Park 1,000 Fred Lichtenwater 1,000 Willie Lee Wilson 1,000 LeGrande Murphy 1,000 Virvial Baxton 1,000 Clara Adams .5,500 Rosalyn Macks 1,000 Irene Georgie 4,500 Mary Whellis 1,000 Elizabeth Bender 1,000 Doris Fresh ; 2,000 Fredrick Schoen 1,000 Jimmie Warner 3,000 Annie Bell Long 1,000 Jack Roaker 1,000 Eddie Sinclair 4 500 Erma Fisher 2*000 DISTRICT NO. 4. Annie Grady McDade 2,000 Thomas Crow 2,500 Clifford Smith 2,500 Frank Holloway 2,500 Fred Lyon 1,000 Frank Alwise 1,000 Ellis Alexander 1,000 Roiland Goodroe 1,000 Heggie Evans ..l’000 Nell Brantley ..8,000 Katie Barrett .1,000 Olivia Watkins i’oOO Willie Mae Watson i’oOO Harry McLaughlin 8,000 Carl England i’oOO Sam Hilman i’oOO Nellie Kate Butler i’oOO Ward Dimsey .1000 Mrs. McMaulding 1,000 Mattie Simmons .1 000 Fred Pittman 1000 Ruth Ham 1000 Gladdis Mullin i’oOO Nellie Hawkins 1000 Earnest Pratt 1000 Estelle Tinsley 1000 Hazel Johnson i’oOO DISTRICT NO. 5. John L. Harper 2 500 Wright Hudson 2 500 Ganovieve Stanger L000 Florence Simonson 1,000 Ann Mayer l'oOO Mary Harman L000 Garnet Foreman 1.000 Florence Free ] oqo Helen Haug 1.000 Mattie Warren 1000 Miss Mary Pinkston 8.000