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o TJTK ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS 100 GIRLS WORKING TO SETSEAL RECORD BIS 30 CENTS I POUND REBELS ROUTING HUERTA'S IN JT TAMPICO lust now the all-absorbing question - What is that Christmas dinner goirg to cowt^" The little unpleasantness down In Mexico President Wilson’s controver sies with hia critics and all such things will have to be dropped from consideration until the dinner is x b< tight, prepared and consumed. Well, here « n little grain of com fort for the Head of the Family, who comes into some degree of im portance once every year when • hriatmas presents and Christmas dinner* are to he purchased the cost of the dinner has not Jumped out of reach in the twelve months that have elapsed since the last Christmas buy ing was done On the authority of a leading gro cer on Peachtree street, prices may average just the tiniest shade above those of last year, or and this will he music to many year*- they may be just a wee bit lower. But there won’t be much change either way. A few foodstuffs have gone up others have gone dow n Dinner 50 or 60 Cents. But to get down to figures This grocer said Saturday that if the din ner was being prepared for one of those Christmas gathering*- where eight, ten or a dozen persons are clustered about a big table it ought not to cost more than 50 or 60 cents a plate That estimate included a first-class turkey with ‘’trimmings” ami a menu that would be a delight to the family in the brownstone mansion as well as to the more humble laborer in his cottage As every housewife knows, there is a difference in butter, in canned goods, a very distinctive dif ference in egg 1 , dependent upon their mge, and in, practically everything else one buys to eat. But one must have the best in a Phrtstmas dinner, and that is what the estimate of the Peachtree grocer supposes. If it is a small family that par takes of the dinner it will cost more per person For example, if a dinner of the same sort is prepared for a family of three or four as that which cost 50 to 60 cents for eight or ten. the cost will be very close to $1 a plate Xmas Dinner Bears Burden. ■ Now, don’t go to making the men gluin with the thought that their Christmas dinner is going to cost them a small fortune.” cautioned the grower, with an angle eye to business “The trouble is.” he continued, and not without a show of logic, “that people are always told what their • 'hristmas dinner is going to cost them and it is forgotten that many of the provision* that they buy are not used up in preparing the Christ mas dinner and help out in the meals that follow. Yet the ‘'hriatmas din ner has to take the blame for the whole expense "You buy a peck of potatoes The whole peck is charged up against the Christmas dinner, when, as a matter of fact, only a part of the potatoes are used And who ever heard of a i turkey being entirely devoured at the ‘ first onslaught? Why. many a turkey has not v.i;d its farewell until nearly a week after Christmas when It has 1 taken It** thin departure in the form of soup." Mr Grocer was called from his < philosophizing* on the persistence of ! the turk by a demand for more fig urea How much of a financial set- I hack, for instance, is the purchase of ,i turkey going to give the before- ! mentioned Head of the Family? Best Turkeys 30 Cent*. Turkeys, the answer came, are around 30 cent* a pound, killed and dressed These turkeys at 30 cents are select, the aristocrats of the flocks You will he able to get some for 1 c*»s, but they w ill not be so good Turkeys were right plentiful around Thanksgiving and the prices were not big : They were throwing them away in New York 100,000 of them on account of the warm weather. There are not so many of them now. but there is no danger that the prices will soar. And oranges haven’t been so low' for years They are running 10 and i5 cents less a dozen than la*t year They can be bought for 15 cents a dozen at many places in Atlanta From this price they range up to 50 cents for the finest Indian River or anges. Perfectly good Florida or anges and except for their size they are as good ns the Indian River are selling for 30 and 35 cents a dozen. Cranberries Plentiful. Cranberries have established them selves in a place at the Christmas feast almost as honorary as that of the turkey itself. They are plentiful and may lie purchased at 15 cents a quart. Irish potatoes are 40 cent* a perk, higher than last year, and the sweet potatoes bring 30 to 35 centH a peck. Celery, selling last year for 12 1-2 rents a stalk. Is two and a half cents lower this Chriftma*. Lettuce is 10 cents a head. Good bananas may he bought for 20 rets a dozen, and grapes at 25 cent* a pound about the same as in 1912. Applet average 1ft cents a peck higher, selling at 50 and 60 cents for tlie good ones arid 50 cents for wind falls and culls. Many Christmas candle* are cheap er because of the lower price of su gar. One grocer was celling sugar Friday at 19 pounds for 97 cents. Flour is cheaper at 70 to 90 cents a sack. Canned asparagus, one of the favorites in the canned goods line, is much <henper than formerly. Once asparagus was 40 cents a can. Last year it was 35. This Christmas it may he bought for 25 cents. Nut* and raisins are slightly high er. owing to drouth in some sections of the country and unseasonable rains- in other**. Of course, there are other things that will find a plade on the Christmas dinner table, but it 1s not an easy matter offhand to npproxl- mate their cost for the one meal. Cof fee is one of them. The best coffee Is selling at 35 cents a pound on an average. Second Battle at Port Disastrous to Federal Forces—Faith in Gunboats. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. MEXICO (TTY, Dec. 20.— 1 That Gov ernment troops are being worsted in a second battle at Tampico is indi cated by reports received here to-day The War Department admits that the rebels have captured the outskirts of the city. Only fragmentary reports of the Typewriter* rented 4 mo*. $5 up. Am. Wtg. Mach. Co. Parrot’s Cries Save Couple From Blaze Christmas Spectacles. Solid gold frame*, in a beautiful gift case The greatest of all S. P C G. gifts The correct lenaes fitted efter the holidays without cx'ra charge A. K. Hawke* Co., opticians. 14 Whitehall street. Advt. FREMONT, OHIO, Dec. 20. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Real were awakened this morning by the screams of their pet parrot, to find their house in flames. They barely had time to es cape in their nightclothes. The house was destroyed. OUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. - vlted O’Shauffhncewy to automobll- ng with him. The invitation was ae- ! vepted. The Americans who were freed are William Krause, Howard J. Kidder and John Parker. The first two | named were held on flimsy charges of sedition and Parker on a charge of attempted murder. Gen. Salazar’s Baby Son Held for $5,000. K1. PASO, TEXAS, Dec. 20.—The 5- j tar-old son of General Jose Salazar, the Mexican Federal leader whom iien»ral Villa threatened to “hang in Chihuahua as a traitor," has been kid- raiied and is held for $5,000 ransom. The child was stolen from his moth er. who had sought refuge in the f'nited States after the retreat of the Federals from Chihuahua. She received a letter to-day, say ing the hoy would be tortured unless the ransom was paid at once. Senora >alazar accuses followers of General Villa of kidnaping the boy, but the t onstitut'onalist Junta disclaims re sponsibility. Villa to Indemnify Outraged Foreigners. JUAREZ, Dec. 20.—The following dispatch was received to-day by Gen eral Benevide?, commandant of the Juarez garrison, from Chihuahua City- over the “military" telegraph: “General Villa has appointed a committee to investigate the amount of damages suffered by foreign resi dents since the Constitutionalists took trie city and all will be indemnified. It was necessary to expel the Span iards because their lives were in danger.” V Chi Phi Alumni to Hold Its Largest Banquet Saturday What promises to be the largest anil most successful annual banquet in ;iie history of the Chi Phi Alumni | Association of Atlanta will be held at | the Georgian Terrace Saturday even- installed that end of the work, at lea*t will have to rest. Major E, C. Lewis, who is chair man of the board of directors, i acting president until April l, wh*n John Howe Peyton will assume *h position. Mr. Peyton, however, * join the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis on January 1 as genera' manager. Mr. Standard Oil Archbold, of mor or less political fame, “aiy Dear M - Archbold,” you know, is in our mi L in Georgia! He is sojourning at Chinqua; Plantation, his magnificent esta* near Thomasville. mg. General Peter W. Mcldrim, of Sa vannah; Chancellor David Barrow, of the University of Georgia; Judge Ham ilton McWhorter, of Athens, and General Herbert Olay, of Marietta, are among the out-of-town alumni who will be present. Covers for more than 100 have been planned. Governor Slaton and Bob McWhor ter, the star football back* of the Uni versity of Georgia team, will be guests of honor. Miss Wilson Offers Advice to 'Sprigs’ WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson, chair woman of the Washington "Spugs," ed a plan that might ‘‘alter the whole in a public statement to-day suggeat- Christmas spirit all over this mighty and prosperous land.” She suggested that each “Spug’’ "find some one destitute, deserving person and give him or her a happy Christmas," and furnished addresses. Former Governor Joseph M. Brown had little faith in the substance of the State’s claims to the Tallulah Falls property now held by the Geor gia Railway and Power Company, and strongly advised against the suit re cently settled in the power company’s favor by the Supreme Court. The then Governor believed sin cerely that the State had not even the shadow of a claim to the property involved, and that the State had no substantial right to embarrass the present holders of the property by proceeding against them. When he saw, however, that a. de termined effort would be made to keep alive indefinitely the fight un less it was passed upon by the courts, he rgreed to the Legislative resolu tion making possible the suit, and in structed the Attorney General to go ahead. The House Committee on the Judi ciary also had little faith in the State's claim, but took the view tha i the matter might as well be cleared up for all time, and reported the res olution, therefore, favorably. The re sult of the suit, however, was not much of a surprise to the State. There is no doubt whatever that this suit cost Mrs. Helen Longstreet, its inspiration, a pretty penny—It cos* her her job as postmaster at Gaines ville, for one thing She made a brave, if bitter, fight, for the establishing of the view of the question she entertained, and al though she went down in defeat, she went down in no sort of dishonor. She simply had no real case—as the decision of the Supreme Court abu/.- dantly shows. The power company never doubted the outcome of the suit, for it never stopped a day's work because of it. and its securities suffered little In consequence of the State’s proceeding ARE THEY WEAK OR PAINFUL] Do your lu»fls fvor Wood? Do you havo night *weat»f Have you pains In chMt and •Jdoo? Do yon spit yellow and blaok matt art Are you continually hawking and ooufhingt Do you have pains under y©w shoulder Modes* Tbeoe are Regarded Symptom* of Lung Trouble mi CONSUMPTION You should take Immediate steps to cbm* _ Jt fl» crogvees of '.hr so symptoms The longer yos allow them to advance and develop, the more deep oeat*<i and serious your condition becomes. PC STAND READY TO PROVE TO YOU abanlnt# - ' "" Sermlne. the German Treatment, has cured complete and permanently oase after oaae at Co> ty and permanently oase after oeae of Consumption (Tuberculosis). Chronic Bronchttla. Catarrh of th* Lungs. Catarrh of the Bronchial Tubes and other lung troubles Many sufferers who had lost all how and who had been riven up by phjaiolans hen been permanent* cured by Lung Genuine. If lungs are merely weak and the disease hag not ytt manifested Itself, you can prevent ito development, you can build up your lungs and syrtam to rhdr normal strength and capacity. Lung Genuine hi cured advanced Consumption, and the * io aplen “ 1 ' main strong and _ he patients re* Dlendld health to-day. Let Us Send You the Proof ! —Proof that will Convince any Judge or Jury on Earth The death of President Thomas, of the Nashville, Chattanooga and S ; . Louis Railroad, likely will cause some delay in the work of the Georgia leg islative committee having in hand the matter of advising the General As sembly with respect to the re-leasing of the roa.i. The committee was working with that gentleman to an extent, and until his successor is SELL THE UNUSED THINGS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE HOUSE Old Clothing, unused pieces of Furniture and numberless other articles that can he found in nearly every household can easily be converted into cash if advertised in the “For Sale" columns of TlieGeor- pian’s classified section. Costs only 30c to run an ad like this: Determined efforts to break all rec ords in the sales of Red Cross Christ mas Seals are being made Saturday by the workers of the Atlanta Anti- Tuberculosis Association, which is in charge of the local campaign. The Children of the Confederacy, under the supervision of Miss Mary Griffith, president, is in charge of the selling campaign Saturday, and more than 100 young girls are enlisted for the day’s work. Miss Griffith, besides having her aides stationed at the regular selling stations, has also placed a number of solicitors on the busiest downtown corners and along Peachtree and Whitehall streets. It is hoped that the Indicator which Is registering the sales will have reached the 800,000 mark tty Saturday night. According to a statement made by one of the workers of the anti-tuber culosis association. Atlanta is not making the showing she should in the sale of the seals. Many towns throughout the State are leading us in per capita sales," she said, "and unless better records are made from now on Atlanta will be beaten Many people have not yet purchased seals, and It is those that Kodaks. Kodaks ami Brownie Cameras from $1 up. A. K Hawke* Co., 14 White hall street.- Advt. FOR SALE—Laurel ba*«* burner stove used two month® will nell cheap Phone Main 2619 415 Cherokee avenue Phone Main 100 or Atlanta 8000 and give in your ad and you will have no trouble in selling anything you have. ^jocooooooooooooooooooooooooo < i I 1 L we expect to go after from now to the close of tlie campaign.” The Woman's Club, under the di rection of Mrs. A. p. Coles, was in charge of the work Friday. Exact figures are not yet available, but a good record was made. Companion of Bryan's Father Meets Wilson WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.—Secretary of State Bryan to-day introduced a venerable friend of his father, J. 1£. Roberts, of Chicago, to President Wil son. Mr. Roberts was a college class mate of Mr. Bryan’s father, and had not visited the White House since the days of President Pierce. Boycott on Theaters That Caricature Jews LOUISVILLE, KY. Dec. 20.—A boycott of theaters which permit acts caricaturing Jews was advocated by the Council of Jewish Women of Louisville. fighting have been received here, but | these show that the rebel troops, led j by General Aguilar and General Blan- j co, number 8.000 men. reinforce ments having been received from . Victoria. The .Federals have about • 5,000 men. Despite tHe news of reverses in the ; early fighting, General Blanquet as- ! serted this morning that the Federal gunboats would be able to prevent the capture of the port. Americans find other foreigners in the capital are becoming more anx ious daily, as the Zapata rebels con tinue their attacks on towns sur rounding Mexico City. Look for Massacre. They believe that a massacre will follow the fall of the city and car rying out of Zapata's threats to hang General Huerta and General Blanquet from the balcony of the National Pal ace. Government officials declared to-day, however, that the Zapatistas would be unable to win their way to the capital. General Huerta is leaving nothing undone to preserve amicable relations with the United States. By his or ders three Americans who had been held on flimsy charges were released to-day. This action was taken after Charge d'Affaire* O’Shaughnessy had made a personal appeal to the Pro visional President. Replying to the request of the American official, General Huerta said: "You tell me these are cases of persecution. I won’t have such practices as long as l am President.” He then issued orders to have the three men sent to the American em bassy and immediately thereafter in- King George to Keep Up Racing Stables Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, Dec. 20.—The King has intimated to Lord Marcus Beresford, who has control of the royal racing stud, and to his trainer. Richard Mar tin. that he proposes to continue an active connection with the turf for at least another twelve months, thought the amount His Majesty won during the flat racing season just ended, between $20,000 and $25,000, has by no means sufficed to cover the expenses of his training establish ment. OCONEE TO BE BRIDGED. GREENSBORO. Dec. 20.—The con tract for a steel bridge over the Oconee River, near Watson Springs, in the northern section of Greene County, has been awarded to the Virginia Bridge Company by County Commissioner J. J Sanders, at a cost of $5,325. Eat All You Want We will gladly send you the^proof of jnaay reman? able cures, also a FREE TRIAL of Lung Geraina. together with our new 40-page book (in colors) on tha treatment and care of consumption and lung trouble. .JUST SEND YOUR NAME ^uag Co* 7H Km Biock, Jackson, Mien. When You Take Tyner 's Dyspep j sia Remedy—Drives Out the Gases from an Over loaded Stomach. Cures Indigestion—Cleans Out the Bowels. Jf your stomach Is sour, gassy, up set and chuckfull-of-food-feeling and you feel like your food is all lumps and refuses to digest, take a dose or two of Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy. The diz ziness stops at once, the gases are belched out, you feel comfortable, your clogged bowels get to working right. Eat all you want. Enjoy your meals by taking now and then a liberal dose of Tyners Dyspepsia Remedy. There is nothing like it on the market to day. Made In Atlanta for years by John B. Daniel. If you lack an appetite, your tongue is coated, nerves on edge, have risings of sour and undigested food and ex perience distress after eating you are suffering from indigestion ' or sick stomach. To cure, take Tyner’s Dys pepsia Remedy. It is a truly wonderful medicine as it acts quickly and helps you out of all disagreeable feelings due to overeating. Sold by druggists for only 50 cents a large bottle—Advt. DR. LINCOLN M’CONNELL to lecture on “COLORED FOLKS’’ at the BAPTIST TABERNACLE Monday, Decem ber 22. Special music by Tabernacle choir. A treat you can’t afford to miss. Reserved seats $1.00. What ordinary soaps do to the skin O RDINARY toilet soap make3 your skin look white and clean to the naked eye—but look at it through a magnifying glass. You will find that the “free” alkali, which ordinary aoap contains, has roughened, irritated and parched your skin; and this may in time cause blotches, pimples, black heads and other skin troubles. Resino! Soap cleans, soothes and protects the skin You need a soap which not only cleans your skin, but also soothes, heals and protects it—that is why you should get a cake of Resinol Soap from your druggist. This pure and delightful toilet bos p contains the same medication as Resinol Ointment, the standard prescription for skin troubles. It therefore affords an antiseptic, protectiontothe skin, which merely pure soap does not do. Resinol I Soap keeps the sldn in a clean, healthy condition and insures a clear, natural complexion. ReefnotSoap and Festnol Ointment are aoM by all druggists. For trial slsa of each fre* - write to Dept. 16-S. Resinol, Baltimore. Mi SALVAGE SALE—-FOUR BIG BANKRUPT STOCKS! The Greatest Selling Out Event in the Mercantile History of Atlanta Begins SATURDAY MORNING, Dec. 20, at 8 o Clock, at 20 WEST MITCHELL Every Item and every article absolutely forced on the market, *b*°- ally without limit or reserve. No trash. Good dy staple merchandise, y without limit or reserve, serviceable wearing apparel for all the family, fur^ ntshlngs. shoes, furniture—BARGAINS’ BARGAINS!! Thousands o them, literally thrown at the feet of the masses, regardless of cost, at whatever they will bring. WATSON DON’T CARE! IRA A. WATSON & CO. FIRE, SMOKE. WATER BANKRUPT SELLERS Men’s Elegant Suits sold up to $2.50, all go for $9.99 The biggest, best bargain ever sold in Atlanta That sold for $25. $27.50 and $35 Men’s Finest Suits $27.50 Suits from t lie Bullock stock. $12.48 Unde rwear Union Suits— men’s fine $1.50 Unions, 98c Bargains for every Man, Woman and Child Over- Over- coats coats $4.99 $9.99 MEN’S SUITS that sell for nn $12.50, all go for .98 That's going some. "Wat son don't care’ Overcoats sell for $25, $27.50 and $35 at $8.39 and $12.48. A GREAT BIGLOTOF 25c ARTICLES bunched to go for a 10c piece. A great big galxanized buck et 10c. Graniteware—10c. and 40c to r»0c size graniteware, all goes for Snatch-and- grab lot Ladles’, Misses’, Chil dren’s Shoes. 49c That’s a gift price sure. One lot Ladles' Shoe*; good. s u b * t a nti&l, well made shoes 99c Bl*f lot Men’s very fine brand- new. fine Shoe*, that sold up to $5. All go for $2.99 Millinery Bargains and $3.00 Hats $5 Hats 98c $1.98 20 W. Mitchell DON T MISS THE PLACE $6 011 Heating Stoves, $1.99 Other lots of Shoes, $1.89 & $1.66 One big lot of very fine ladies’ Shoes; sold up $4. All to go for Men’s fine Tans, Patents, Vicis. etc., that sold up to $3.50. go for You save half. $1.99 $1.99 MEN'S HATS Ffrve "BONAR" and "STETSONS’ 1 All $2.50 and $3 Hats for 99c All $4 Hats and $5 SI,99 Fleisher’s Yarns for knitting and crocheting 10c skein Be 25c skein 9c Hosiery Handk’fs Ready- to -wea: of all kind J u st simply can’t tell yo 1 all. Come and see. _ WATSON DON’T CARE. FREE! A fine soirven - to the first IP" lady customei Saturday morn ing. wm