Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, October 08, 1918, Page 5, Image 5
An»EW M. ThU ocpariment will eueu/luiiy enGearor to furnibu any information* 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 SAVT4OZ diflfeußTißES 3800 H* l * Gu*r*nt«*’ lF'Z\X7f I Manufarturere of hi«h- IftzK A Tree 08 Is'/'/X //fTsHBil ,urp :»»tork» of "firsts ’ »'Z\ . U •* roek-Fettoea pr-.ree, foe IT I '/ /&Wh3el spot We wIIYOU ■ /\/\ FtUSH'I tbeee brand new Tire, »• ■ A A J ; f.' JmKSU "Seeoorf.." at u »x«ra*r IV'/ REDUCTION OF W%. (Y'll \ j}3 GearaatseS X /\, Efe 1 tgglj SIZE Plate H.SkIS Tutof V\/\ 38x3 p 43 |I« « 1145 AX . 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PLANTS HUNGER POTASH The South’s cotton crop is short this year, due to the absence of potash, a most vital element of plant food, so necessary to make plants fruit heavily. “Potash* Hunger” is the name given this condition of plant life. Plant life is a prey to * plant diseases when not strengthened to re sistance by potash. You can get potash now! Demand Potash in jour fertilizer next Spring. Write today for a free copy of ‘TACTS ABOUT POTASH” Address ASHCRAFT-WILKINSON CO. C&ndler Bldg. Atlanta, Ga. WATCH, CHAIN AND TWO RINGS 8 *» premiuEu—«end no matey —(imply n*me and address—merely give away I 8 FREE 12 Bsautiiu] Art Picture* with 12 Boxes ol our famous White 'fl Clowerine Salve, which you sell at 25c each Return the $3.00 col- ! and we will send you • Genuine American Watch.al(o Chain and ■ I two Gold Shell Ring*. Millions are using Cloven nafoi cult, burns.etc. I AISiPQf YOU CAN ALSO EARN • A BEAUTIFUL DINNER SET I 08 SIX LACE CURTAINS 8 W according to our latest offer in new premium list. Our plan is the k —Pictures and Salve sent WL £ pronpdy, post-paid. Be first m your town. THE WILSON CHEMICAL CO., ws« COMMSSIM T 9 MfWT$ Dert. J-13 Tyrone, Fa. ■«gg F R E ntf* eSssrrf Leckrt and Mask Ctoals. Pss- < ’! »'d Heek Chaia. imitation Wrtot JkTL., » :h ad.’i'tsble leather strap • ■MEMBMKiar _-~rs- , ’• ew Four lovely Rin;t. ' •ob‘7 ftfF'-z < rfFx. ' I ’EE IO aurone for Seiling —• «*?RLjk Ae r -4'•»' .’re. r» Notelues *: IlkdßiL- . — —e .vui 7—. Be ia sash. ** - * - l - **• •*. >**•■*-juaJWMBBP*’ 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 GET A WITTE” iieroaene Engine Ca*b. Farmer tn, or No Mcn-y l*wn. half tho ent., S Srvc sls to S2OO, proven In my ■■ OMMrjij J book, "Dow to Judge Eogine**—FWEE. Money berk If not satisfied ©n my new PO-Day offer.—ED. U. WITTE, Praa. I ; Witte Engine Wcrtß»g.a. , KSS:ft: | WALL PAPER 1,000,000 ROLLS 41 Per r sample | . catalog of 50 new **’’ ** Roll designs and colorings. ' SAMPLE BOOK MAILED FREE Martin Rosenberger, S o'hio._ ITS BAKER BLACK FREE BEAUTY HAMMERLESsS^T.YV 5 ? - Gun at $26.50 is the most WONDERFUL value of tho season. Fine Dbi. Barrel Gun at $13.90. Be sure to get OUR prices on Hunting Coats and all Snorting Goods. BOURNE i BOND, 313 Market, Louisville, Ky. M4W To Promptly Clear Out Rats mice and-bugs. Simply Not* which foodstuff they are after, and stir Rough on Rats into a removed portion of it. Having no odor or taste :* • v t. -rurally eat it. “Don’t D’ie In Th * ’i ',,v>7.s Z)o-» the H-’-zrk <t»u! Zk>« ■ •r; • - m all to-night with a :> >c c: A’ Drug and General Stores. Used jver. Used by U. B. Govt. Try u. 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 ed into the land Tt should not be mix«*d with other fertilizer It Is a very val uable amendment to us on soil Intended for peanuts. and Particularly where »u P ro is a tendency for the cron to pro ,i. r, n^rccrtn r\f tnne nr un- 1 v.»-z-1 4b n •• n— fl < • *h'"‘'*e v (LrP distribution!in * * 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 B KOGER MIDDLEBROOKS’ ... d SSTHRESHER 1 VINES -x i, '" ' 1 11. TY' JL ' l ;r* r J 1 T '1 ie .lL4bl6v.fr’ WPyX 7 mie 'Wof Threshes Peanuts. Does hrs. wheat, oats, rye, etc. h°> break the pods r~—- :■ P’t-ned make this Thresher SUPERIOR TO ALLOTH- A" - ’ r ,• f. r circulars and direct from factory prices. ♦B. Vi', .i CO., Dept. 21, BarnesviHr, Ga. Don’t Send a Penny /I These Len-Mort work snd outdoor shoes wsuch. wondcrf “J I v^"t X glyujly wend money down. 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X 1279 Chicago tbe Len-Mort Shoes No. 15012 send them back prepaid I will pay $3.85 on arrival, and we will return and examine them carefully. If lam your money. No nO f satisfied, will send them back and you 11 , " 1 ' refund | - ”■* - Only th* eoopoo—no money. That brings I these splendid shoes prepaid. You are to be ■ Name - the jodfte of quality, style and value. Keep ■ them only If satisfactory in every way. Be sure a give size and width. Mail the coupon now. ■ Married or single. Leonard-Morton & Co. J D*pt. X 1279 Chicago I 1 Address 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. NYDA WHITTEMORE. Carters, Ga.. Rout* 1. 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