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Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State A*rl*
eeltural College, Athena. Ga.
Th* Duty of th* Xour
\ The producers of the United States
have been called on by our government
to plant 45.see.eeo acres to wheat this
fall While the great bulk of this acre
age will be planted north of the Ohio
rtver, the south has been called on to
production greater areas of land to wheat
protection than ever before in her his
tory. In one state alone, namely. Geor
gia we are asked to plant 500.000 acres
of wheat, the object and purpose being
to supply our own people with all the
bread they will need to maintain them
adequately during the year 19191 While
a great variety of food -is needed to
maintain the human body satisfactorily,
th* one almost universal food of our
own people and our allied is bread made
from wheat Me may substitute various
• cereals for a part of the wheat we nor
mally consume and we may live for
considerable periods of time without
consuming wheat but it is the basis
> of the ration of the white populations
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of the yorld it is said by those who
have had a chance to study the situation
that the one thing most important to
supply our allies with is an adequate
amount of good wheat bread. They
will suffer deprivations and live on re
stricted rations of meat and other prod
ucts with far greater composure than
when the ration of bread is restricted or
cut down below a certain amount. It
is for this reason that the use of a
universal loaf of bread throughout this
country and that of the allies with whom
we are associated has been provided for
through the activities of the inter-allied
food council. By this arrangement our
people are expected to live on a bread
made of 80 per cent of wheat and 20
per' cent of other cereals. If barley
or corn meal be used irr place of the 8U
per cent of wheat normally consumed
a bread equal in color, volume and
wholesomeness, if the dough is properly
handled by the baker, will be obtained.
In other words, as we are partners in
the great world war now and desirous
of carrying our full share of the respon
sibility, we are to eat the same bread
as our allies.
It is self-evident from the foregoing
that if the supply of wheat should be
restricted by reason of a partial crop
failure in 1919 we would face the most
serious menace which the war has yet
brought home to us. Therefore, while
duties and responsibilities vary in de
gree there is no more important matter
to which the attention of the landowner
and producer can be pointed than that
of planting a sufficient amount of wheat
to insure an abundance of this funda
mental and essential bread food for our
, own armies, our own civilian population,
and the armies and civilian population
'of our allies. To accomplish this end
here in the south it will be necessary
for us to plant two to five acres of wheat
|to every plow. Have you arranged to
Ido your bit? Are you going to plant
your full quota? If not you are neg
lecting an opportunity to serve your
country just as effectively as if
don the khaki and occupy a front line
trench. In fact, it is more important
that every individual landowner in Gfeor-
I gia produce his quota of wheat than
that he go to the front, for if the wheat
supply fails the men in khaki at the
front also fail because they have not
been properly sustained with essential
i foods.
It is a habit and a custom of our
i people to take out life insurance. Our
J government recognizes the importance
| of this matter because it has arranged
' for soldiers to insure themselves. This
was a wise and proper course for. the
j government to pursue. By this plan
they are attempting to provide support
for the friends of the soldier who may
be killed in action, or for the individual
who may be wounded and crippled and
! thus become a dependent. In other
words, the government is attempting to
provide against exigencies which may
arise in the future. Therefore the wise
and provident farmer will not confine
his acreage to jukt the allotted quota,
but will double it so that in case of
disaster overtaking his wheat crop he
may still hope to harvest enough to
supply the needs of his family and those
who are dependent upon him. Even if
we plant 500.000 acres of wheat this
fall in Georgia and it makes as good an
average as we have obtained in the
history or the state we would not pro
duce more than about 5,000,000 bushels.
This would hardly supply more than 33
per cent oY the normal needs of our
present population. It is plain, there
fore, that the government has not asked
us to bear an unreasonable burden by
I devoting the above area of land to the
cultivation of wheat. In any event, it
is self-evident that if we obtain a nor
mal supply of wheat we will then be
depending 'on some other section of the
country to supply us with two-thirds of
what we normally consume.
Investigations made at the college of
agriculture and on various .test areas
throughout the state indicate that under
wise management, proper fertilization
-rnd the use of carefully selected varie
ties of wheat, it is possible to get from
twenty to forty bushels of this impor
tant cereal per acre. If this be true it
is natural that the government should
expect us not only to grow not one
third of the wheat that we need in the
south, but all that is required to abun
dantly supply our present population.
I Those who intend to plant wheat
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1918.
should lose no time in preparing the
ground for it. All our experience indi
cates that early planting Is the most
profitable. Seeding in north Georgia
anywhere from the 15th of October to
the Ist of November will be found most
satisfactory. In the southern part of
the state wheat may be planted from
the Ist of November to the 15th. Os
course, there are those who maintain
they can plant later and obtain good
results. These, however, are the excep
tions to the rule. The fact of the mat
ter is that we would obtain much larger
yields of wheat and find it a far more
profitable crop if we would only plant
it earlier. This advice is not based on
theory, but on the results of a large
number of tests made In various parts
of the state. Remember also that wheat
can be cultivated to excellent advantage
on the better types of soil south of the
fall line. There has been an impres
sion for a long time that people in the
southern part of the state could not
undertake the cultivation of wheat «sat
iaractorily. This is without foundation
in fact, as the results last year demon
strated.
In planting wheat it is important,
first of all, to select well drained land
and prepare a good seed -bed. If the
land is broken immediate plowing is
essential because the soil must be al
lowed to settle and a rather firm seed
bed obtained before the wheat is plant
ed. This crop can often be sown to
advantage on land devoted to cowpeas
and which can be prepared under fa
vorable seasonal conditions by cross
disking it. Onr experience and obser
vation has clearly shown us. however,
that the man who expects to succeed
with wheat must put plenty of time
and effort into the proper preparation
of the land. It is little better than a
waste of energy to seed wheat in the
Indifferent manner followed by so many
of our farmers. It Is no wonder they
feel it unprofitable and claim it cannot
be cultivated satisfactorily. They are
not doing themselves justice in seed
ing wheat in this manner, and at the
present time such practices are to be
discountenanced. When land has to he
plowed. It can often be sufficiently com
pacted by the use of the roller and a
firm seed bed may be obtained through
the use of the disk and the harrow. If
wheat is to be seeded on land where
eotton was grown last year as in the
sections infested with the boll weevil,
the stalks of cotton should be plowed i
under immediately and to the greatest |
possible depth. Someone will say that i
the cotton has not all heen harvested. I
In this they are mfslaken. as there is I
no second or top cron of cotton in
areas infested with the boll weevil. '
Burying the stalks of cotton to a good
depth insures the destruction of the
weevil and is, therefore, a means of
minimiking the damage he would oth
erwise effect next year.
Os the varieties of wheat recommend- j
ed for planting in Georgia the follow- ;
Ing stand high in our list of the large
number of strains tested: Georgia red, I
sometimes known as blue stem, Ful- |
caster, Leap’s prolific, and Mediter- |
ranean. These are standard sorts of,
wheat, not new or fancy varieties. They j
have stood the test of many years.
They produce well under a great vari- |
ety of soil and climatic conditions and.
therefore, we advise the planting of
well selected strains of wheat of any
of the varieties mentioned.
Remember that wheat for planting
should be treated with formaldehyde to
prevent smut. This is a matter of the
utmost importance. One pound of a
40 per cent solution of formaldehyde !
should be dissolved in 50 gallons of I
water. The formalin should be sprin- |
kled over the pile of wheat so that all |
the grains will be thoroughly wetted. I
It should then be covered with a tar-1
paulin and allowed to stand for two or
three hours and then uncovered and
spread out to dry.
Remember that it is needless to pay :
fancy prices for wheat There are all '
sorts of unscrupulous people traveling
all over the state asking farmers 95. !
$6 and 97 a bushel for wheat. Do not
pay these exorbitant prices. Purchase j
your wheat through a reliable seeds
man. Consult your county agent for j
further advice and information. He I
has no interest to serve save that of j
the public welfare and he can aid you j
,in securing the kind and variety of seed >
wheat you need at a reasonable price. I
Turning Tender Green Crops
C. E. V.. Macon. Ga.. writes: I have
a piece of land which has been allowed
to lay out for the past year and is covered
with hos weeds six to eight feet high. I
have another piece covered with a green
crop of peas and’ grass. Now I want to
turn all this land with a disk plow es
I do not intend cutting the peas. Would
it be better to turn it now or wait until
after frost? Would you advise my planting
wheat or oats on this land?
Situated as you are We would advise
you to turn under the mass of green
material on your land as soon as prac
ticable. Turn it under to the greatest
depth possible. You should be able to
accomplish this satisfactorily with a
disk plow. Weeds of the character you
describe will help to enrich the soil.
The cowpea crop will also be valuable
for this purpose and Will enrich it more
than the crop of weeds because the cow
peas have the power under normal con
ditions of assimilating nitrogen out of
the air. When you turn this mass of
materia] under you should roll the land
and then harrow or cross disk it thor
oughly to insure the obtainment of a
fine and uniform seed bed. We would
then advise that you plant either wheat
or some other cereal crop. In your sec
tion the wheat should be sown about
the first of November. This would give
you thirty days in which to prepare the
land and secure a fine, uniform and sat
isfactory seed bed.
In planting wheat on this land we
would recommend the use of a formula
containing 100 pounds of cotton seed
meal and 200 to 300 pounds of acid
phosphate. It is important that these
ingredients be mixed together and thor
oughly distributed through the soil so
they will not come in direct contact
with the seed, as cotton seed meal
some times on coming in contact with
the wheat grains affect their germina
tion adversely. The government has
asked us to produce in Georgia two to
five acres of wheat to the plow and to
devote 500.000 acres in this state to the
crop. They have informed us that, we
must produce a considerable part of
the wheat we use for bread making in
1919. This is to be a part of the patri
otic contribution of the southern farmer
and landowner to the national cause of
freedom. It is very desirable and essen
tial. therefore, that you devote as much
of your land as possible to this worthy,
essential and national undertaking.
Smut la Wheat and Its Control
W. J. W., Cuthbert, Ga.. writes: I am
sending yon a sample of tome wheat which
I raised this year. I sent It to the miller
but he refused to grind it on account of
it containing ao mucii smut. What dis
position should I make of tuls wheat? I
have forty bushels of it.
The sample of wheat you sent us was
carefully examined in our agronomy
laboratory and was found to contain a
very large percentage of stinking smut,
which makes it unsatisfactory for food
purposes and fully justifies the miller
in refusing to grind it. If you could
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My Dear Children:
There is so much to talk about, yet I want to take as little of your
space as possible.
Have yotf heard of collecting peach stones to be used by the government
in making gas masks? Seven pounds of the stones make enough carbon
for a mask. I believe it takes about two hundred stones. Nut shells, such
ar walnut, black or English, hickory nut, Brazil nut and butternut shells,
pits as prune, plum, apricot, olive, cherry, are also used. This work as you
will see requires no expense except that of shipping to Red Cross supply
depot in Georgia. That depot is 81 North Pryor street, Atlanta, Ga. The
express company makes a rate on all prepaid Red Cross packages. These
stones and pits must be clean and dry. I know where there has been can
ning and under the fruit trees in the country, many pounds can be collected,
if you want to do this work. Send your collection directly to the supply
uepot, but write me the quantity and time of sending, so that the cousins
may know the work you tire doing. If you have any tin foil, save it, for it
is greatly in demand and will help the Red Cross in its work. There are
many places buying this, but the list is too long for me to publish. Send the
foil to me and I will see that it is properly disposed of.
Forgive me for taking so much space, but this seemed such a splendid
way for you to help. Lovingly, AUNT JULIA.
*
Dear Aunt Julia: It bas been some time
since I wrote you, but I come this time in
favor of your Soldiers’ Relief club. I think
it is grand. I want to do all I can to help care
for the w->nnded soldiers, for I have two dear
brothers ’ the army, one in France, the other
at Camp Gurdon. lam very sorry I can’t make
the comfort pillows, for I haven’t any feathers,
but I am sending 25 cents for the surgical
dressings. Well, cousins, guess most of yon
know about how I look and I will not scare
you again. I don't believe 1 told you all my
age the other time. I will be 18 years young
on October 16. Would love a card shower
from the cousins. I want to thank Aunt Julia
for printing my other letter. Also the cousins
for the nice letters I received. Now. I must
hush. I beg to remain, your cuosln.
LILLIE CARVER.
Rome. Ga., Route 5, Box 50.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I wrote once
before and as I succeeded I thought I would
write again. I am busy picking cotton now.
I have earned 92.70 picking cotton and 92.00
cutting corn. I think this war is awfnl! I have
no relatives In the service, but papa and five
uncles have registered. I hope the United
States will soon win the war. I will be 12
years cld the 16th of November and would
Hike a letter shower. I am sending 10c for
the Soldiers’ Relief club. Your little niece and
ctH.gjn, ETTA BELLE MEAKER.
Fitigerald, Ga.
Cottdndale, Fla.,- Sept. 15, 1918.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins—Here comes a
west. Florida girl to join your happy band of
think your Soldiers’ Relief club is just
fine. I will do all I can to help the soldiers
and sailors by sending a dime each month that
1 A» n ’my letter is getting rather long. I will
close for this time. With much love to Aunt
Julia and Cousins. Hoping to see my letter In
print, . ..
Your new Niece and Lousin,
GERTRUDE PHILLIPS.
P. S. I enclose a dime for ou rSoldiers’ Re
lief club.
Dear Annt Julia: Here I come again. It lias
been quite a while since I last wrote, but per
haps you all remember me. Anna Kleff, your
letters are certainly interesting and I, like your
self, believe I could be wave enough to put a
shot through the kaiser and some of bis serv
ants. As terrible as Hie war seems to us.
yet we know it is the one and only way to
crush Prussianism. Peace: Peace! we cry. but
do some of us consider, that peace is not
wanted until we have gained that which we
are fighting so we shall win in time.
It may take several months, nay years, but
in the end we will be well paid. Os course
In some way treat this wheat so as to
remove the smut balls from It then pos
sibly the remainder might be made into
Hour satisfactorily. The best way of
separating the smut balls from the good
grains of wheat would be through im
mersing the grain in water. The smut
balls will then rise to the surface and
can be skimmed off. The wheat will then
have to be dried. The only other .tlung
vou could do with this wheat would
be to use it for stock food, as you wul
not find it satisfactory for flour pro
♦pp t, foil.
In planting wheat another year you
should treat it with
vou do this you should be able to
prevent trouble of the character you
have experienced this Y ear - it
pound of formaldehyde and dilute it
with 50 gallons of water. Immerse the
grain to be treated in water and skim
off the balls. Then dry it and next
apply the formalin. A watering pot
can be used for this purpose. It is
important that every grain be wet thor
oughly. though the use of an excessive
amount of the solution is to be> avoid
ed About one gallon of the solution
should be sufficient to treat a bushel of
grain. Leave the treated grain in a
pile for two or three hours covering
it with a tarpaulin or any other heavy
covering which may be convenient.
Then spread out to dry and when it
has dried thoroughly seed immediately.
Do not use wheat of the type you have
on hand now for planting.
heading Varieties of Winter Cereals
L R R.. Savannah. <la., writes: hnt
variety of seed do you rbcomrgend for wheat,
rve. oats and vetch?
There is, of course, no one best va
riety of. wheat for planting in
but our experience indicates that the
Mediterranean. Australian Red. Leap s
Prolific, Mammoth Red, Fulcaster and
Georgia Red are all good varieties for
planting in the different sections of the
state The Georgia Red has done par
ticularly well in the southern part of
the state, but the other varieties men
tioned press it closely.
As for rye. we suggest Abruzzi
for earlv pastures and grain production
in your section. The Virginia and South
Georgia varieties are better adapted
for grain production alone. There is
not much to chpose between these va
j rietias as to yield.
• Os the varieties of oats the Appier,
! Texas Rust Proof and Fulghum are
standard sorts.
Hairv vetch of the Oregon variety
mav be nlanted in your section of the
state There Is only one variety of
crimson clover In which you would be
Interested and the seed of which you are
. likely to find available at this Hn»e.
There should be no difficulty tn obtaln
; inr good strains of seed of any of the
varieties of cereals or legumes men-
Data About Lime n»d Its Us* in Agri-
• culture.
J. B 8.. Maeon. Ga.. write*: I have
under option some hlgb-gmde arrl«iltnral
i lime land* near Memn. and would liße to
get da tn on nse of same. Are there any
mines in active operation in this stae? If
' so what is thoir location, prices (if known).
and kind of soil on which it is nost ane-
I ,'essfnl? What is the emoint used In
J Ceorria and location of snpplf out of
"According to our experience, finely
! ground raw limestone rock fs quite a
I valuable amendment to any of our
: Southern soils. It Is especially fateable
I when applied previous to seeding a le
gume. such as cowpeas, soy beans, pea
: n „t«: velvet beans, crimson clover or al
falfa It can be used to good advantage
nn a cereal crop sown In the fall and
which precedes the laying down of the
land to one of the crons mentioned
above. Lime mav be applied of course
at anv time and in any fashion hat
views of the land owner. We
believe that the most economical way to
distribute It in large quantities Is
. through the emplovment of what is
1 known as a lime snreader. We think it
nroper to applv at least one ton per acre
nnce In three to five years Tn the or
dlnarv course of crop production, when
rhe cultivation of leguminous crons are
-mphasired. we advise the use of two
tons of lime in the period indicated. If
alfalfa is to be grown, we believe two
tons of lime should be spread on the
land to its bcfnpr Rowed down
to ijCrcn of cowneas. preparatory to Its
cultivation for alfalfa. ’Tn ail cases we
-epurumend the uniform distribution of
the raw relatively finely crushd rock as
a top anplicatinp. Tt should be harrow
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with other fertilizer It Is a very val
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gome people think we need not have been in
this war, but at the same time, how was there
away to avoid being In it? There was no
way “except to give up our rights to the
German people.” but God forbade it. We would
rather die fighting a thousand times than to |
yield to German ruling. Cousins, am I not
right? Some people were not In favor of draft
ing from 18 to 45, but my opinion is If It
takes them to win the war send them into the
ranks, or If some prefer staying at home and
raising the crops to feed their brother sol
diers, I am sure plenty of women would be
ready to take their places. How about it,
girls? I have a dear uncle "over there,’’ and
I am more than proud, because he is a volun
teer. Well, auntie warned us of lengthy let
ters. so I will ring off. Auntie, lam inclosing
a dime for the Relief club and am going to
help all I can. Lovingly.
MARGIE WERNER.
Cassia, Fla.
Dearest Auntie and Cousins: Here comes 'wo
“little sisters" from the dear old state of Mis
sissippi. We are writing you all a poem, and
we hope our dear auntie thinks it worth print
ing. This is our fourth attempt to write. So
here we go.
“Our Boys.”
May God blest you. dear
Bovs, one and all.
While you are away,
It makes our hearts
Ho sad. to bear the call
That rakes you away today.
"Our Boys.”
But then it makes us glad to know.
You are not afraid to go.
With hearts so brave and true.
How could we not love you?
"Our Boys.”
When we look at the vacant chairs.
Our eyes fill with tears.
And in our sad and lonely days
We will not forget to pray for you.
"Our Boys.”
With love to the cousins and bushels for
auntie. Your Mississippi nieces and cousins. ’
CASSIE MAE AND GERTRUDE WEST.
Waynesboro, Miss,, Route 1-
P. s. Aunt Julia, inclosed find 10 cents for
the Soldiers' Relief club.
Dear Aunt %lia—Here I come asking admit-I
tance once more. 1 live on a farm and enjoy
life fine I am sending ten cents to help win
the war. This war Ls dreadful. I have one
brother in the war, and 1 help fa } he ' f “ r ™
and I like to farm. My mother is dead. She
died when I was one year old. I have a step
mother. Sue is as good to me as she can be-
I have six brothers and one sister. I am ten
years old. 1 '.'ill be eleven the 15th of No
vember. I go to school. I am in the fourth
grade. 1 have three brothers married and three
single. I have four half brothers and two half
sisters. I have one brother already in the
war and two that are old enough to go.
Lovinglv to Aunt Julia,
’ J CLARA BRI J. BARLOW.
Dublin. Go., R. F. D. 11, Box 52.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins — Move over and
give me a seat by some of you cousins once
more. As J saw m.v first letter in print, thought
I would come again, but will promise not to
stay long. Aunt Julia, you ask us what we
were doing with our days. I- for one, am pick
ing cotton. How many of you cousins like to
pick cotton? Auntie, find enclosed twenty
cents in coin for Soldiers' Relief club. I know
Aunt Julia feels proud of her nieces and
nephews for being so willing to help our sol
dier boys. Sister is also sending In twenty
cents for the Soldiers’ Relief club.
With much love to auntie an dall the cous
ins, will go. Hope to see this in print.
Your cousin and niece,
FLORENCE WILLIAMS.
Adairsville, Ga.. Route 2.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you ad
mit another Alabama girl into your happy band?
I’ve come as a "booster” for the Soldiers Re
lief club. 1 think it is just fine, and I’m
going to help all I can. I’m so glad to aee
the girls (even if I am one) showing their
patriotism as they are. But our "all * is noth
ing to compare to what our “khaki clad ’ is
sacrificing for us. I can certainly sympathize
with you who have loved ones in the awful war.
I have a brother in camp at Little Rock. Ark.,
and a dear sweetheart "over there,” also many
friends and relatives. I only wish I could go.
too. I want to get me a Hun. I heard a l*“y
sav that if she were “over there” she wouldn t
shoot to kill. Believe me, I would. I know
I haven’t got much nerve, but I would cer
tainly earn what little I did have along. Un
derstand that I don’t believe in killing but
just think how they have done the helpless
women and childien of France and Belgium.
It’s enough to make the blood get hot in any
one’s veins. I want this war to end as bad as
anybody, but not till It’s ended right As
long os Prussianism existl the war will
to go on. for freedom and justice are y 11 *!
we are fighting for and the whole civilized
world knows it. Won’t, there be a “shout in
th» camp” when Old Glory shall wave triumph
antly over the black flag of Prussian oppres
sion? My. look at my letter! I’ll not des’-ribe
myself, as space will not permit. Aunt JuHa.
I please find enclosed 91.00 for the Soldiers Re
lief club Wishlpg you much success in your
great work. teve to .IL
Route A. Florala. Ala.
P. s.—Here is a little song that perhaps some
of the cousins haven’t heard. I hope to send
my pillow in soon.—L. H.
Dearest Annt Julia and Cousins: Here comes
the "Tnrheel” again. I guess my other letter
was used for fuel, as coal is so scarce. I think
the Soldiers’ Relief club la a grand thing, and
every cousin ought to send as much as a dime.
Surrty you can spare that much. My oldest
brother left for Camn Jackson Friday, the 6th,
and I am very proud of him. I am 13 years
old and am in the seventh grade. Our school
was out last Friday and we will b*ve t 0 P* o *
cotton a while now. I believe I had rather
pick cotton than go to school. tb° u S h ’ •’ J
don’t like to study very much. Cousins, let s
write short letters ap<! then more will get their
letters in and I believe short letters are far
mo " interesting. I believe Aunt Julia said
to have about 160 words in your letters, and I
am going to make this one just shat ’ong.
Good-bye. From DEANE RITCH.
Matthews, N. C.. R. 26. B. 25. ,
p. g.—Enclosed find 10 cents for the Soldiers
; Relief club.—D. R.
Dear Aunt Jnlia and Cousins: Will you please
' move around and make room for a north Geor
; gia boy in your happy band ? Say. cousin*-
: what do vou think of this war? I think it is
I jusF awful, and my dear cousins, the Solders
' Relief club is just fine. Am enclosing 10 cents
and will try to send more. Well, as you all
tell how ugly you are. here goes: Am five feet
nine inches tall, brown eyes and hair, weigh
150 pounds. As for my age, I will let you
guess It is between seventeen and twenty,
: and vou know I will be a soldier of Uncle
' Sam before long, as 1 had to register the 12th
of September. I would tell where I live in
town or country, but don’t know, as I live on
the line. So you see It is fifty-fifty. So
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cousins from town or country, write me and
I will try and answer all received.
Well, as this is my second letter, and I
guess Mr. Wastebasket got my first, will close
by saying "may the Yanks yank Kiser Bill up
a tree.”
Your cousin and nephew with love.
FLOYD J. SUGGS.
Gainesville. Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you ad
mit another cousin to your happy band? Well.,
as I came from Georgia to Arkansas last year,
in September. I will try to write to you. I
like Arkansas a? it is my home now but still
I like dear old Georgia. Well, I joined the
navy the twenty-seventh of July but have not
been called yet. but expect to be called about
October 1. I will be glad when Uncle Sam
calls me for I want to do all I can to whip
the kaiser so this war will close. I have one
brother on his way to France now. Will close
by describing myself. I am five feet five
Inches high, weigh one hundred and thirty-five
pounds, black curly hair, brown eyes and
eighteen years old. Hope this will escape the
wastebasket. From your nephew and cousin,
JOHN RAWLS.
Rawls, Ark., September 14.
P. S.: I am sending ten cent* for Soldiers’
Relief club. J ,R-
Dear Aunt Julia: Will you please admit a
little Georgia girl into your happy circle? I
have been a silent reader of the letter box for
some time, and it certainly has been improv
ing. What do vou cousins think of this war?
I think it is just' awful. I have cousins and
also and uncle serving for Uncle Sam. I feel
■tire that they can help whip Kaiser Bill. I
will describe myself, as it seems the rule, so
that yon can form an opinion of how I look.
Now don’t get scared: 1 have blue eyes, dark
hair, fair complexion, five feet four inches
I tall, weigh one hundred and ten pounds Will
I leave iny age foV you to guess. As this is
my first attempt. I will c]pse with all good
wishes to everybody. Your new niece and
cousin.
VERA BRUCE.
Martin. Ga.
P. S.: Inclosed you will find ten cents for
our Soldiers’ Relief elub.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I will try
to write again as I have written once before,
and’ I guess Mr. Wastebasket was hungry and
he ate It up. Well I will describe myself, as
I am so beautiful: I have brown eyes, brown
hair, dark coxplexion. weigh a hundred pounds,
and am five feet tall. I will leave my age
for you to guess. It is between twelve and
twenty. I am the only girl at home. I have
two sisters married. I sure have lots to
do, helping mamma can fruit. We have near
ly three hundred cans and plenty of dried
frtiit. too. Well, I have a dear brother i*
France. Inclosed you will find a quarter for
the Soldiers’ Relief club. Your new cousin.
BEULAH HANSON.
Jefferson. Ga., R. T. D. No. 2, Box 65.
Dear Aunt Julia: I have just finished read
Ing the letter box and there were sure some
good letters in it. Aunt Julia, I have been
picking cotton every day. I am enclosing
20 cents for the relief club. I have one brother
in France and one in Fort Monroe. Va. I
think this war is awful. I think the cousins
■re doing all they can to help win this terrible
war. Well. I guess you cousins and Aunt
Julia are getting tired of my big mouth, so
I had better quit. I still remain, your rousim
ALICE DEMPSEY.
Norcross, Ga., R. F. D. 2.
Dear Aunt Julia and cousins: As I haven’t
seen any letters from this part of Georgia. I
thought I would surprise the letter box by
writing. I think this war is a sad thing, but
we have got to whip the kaiser. I have sev
eral cousins And a lot of friends over there.
As I want to help gain the victory, enclosed
you will find a dime for the Soldiers’ Relief
club. As this is my first attempt. I will de
scribe myself and go: I have light hair, blue
eyes, medium complexion, weigh 110 pounds
and am 15 years old. Your new niece and
cousin.
ERNIE MAY CHRISTMAS.
Cordele. Ga.. R. F. D. B.
Deur Aunt Julia and Cousins: I have been
a silent reader of the letter box a long time,
so I will write. I have written once but did
not see my letter in print. Auntie. I think
the Soldiers’ Relief club is just fine. I have
no brothers in the army but I have one in the
navy. Come again Cora Carico, your poem is
just 'fine. Come on you soldier and sailor boys,
your letters are fine. I like to read them. I
will describe myself. Don’t get scared and
nin: I have dark hair and blue eyes, and
fair complexion and am fifteen years old, and
weigh 105 1-2 pounds. Come on South Caro
lina cousins and let's don’t let the rest of
the states get ahead of us. Well, as my let
ter is getting long I will close, hoping to see
this in print, as Mr. Wastebasket got the
other one. Best wishes to all your new cou
sins.
NELLIE POWER.
Walhalla, S. C.. R. F. D.
P. 8.: Enclosed find 10 cents for the Sol
diers' Relief club.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I have just
been reading the cousins’ letters. I have been
a silent reader of the letter box for a long
Mme. Papa takes The Journal and I like it
fine. How many pf you cousins like to go to
school? Ido for one. I am in the fifth grade.
How many of you cousins have relatives in
France? I have one uncle and one cousin.
Aunt Julia, please print this. I am sending
10 cents for the Soldiers’ Relief dqb.
Love and best wishes to Aunt Julia.
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Carters, Ga.. Rout* 1.
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