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AGRICIMALf®! Education few Successful S> Andrew M- Tais iieparinieui .t< i caeu.*< uu? cou««vor to XurxiusU any inTt>. rnatloog Letters ahou'.d be addressed to Dr Andrew M. 8o»:le, president State Ajri cultural Athens. Ga. THE GIXX.S CANNING CLUB EX HIBITS The county or school t.’ir is al hand and the e:ris who have put up canned products as men:lx rs of the • aiming clubs are looking forward V* ,nv con tests which will be held in association with the . • ■ pleasure. They have been RetUUg ready for this occasion for several mouths past. They have exercised patience and worked assiduously and patriotically throughout the loin: hot summer in or der that they might make a creditable display of the products raised and pre served through their own individual ef fort. They are to be congratulated on the valuable service they -■ have set in lheir communities, and it is to be hoped that every girl who has performed a service of this character v will make a display at her county or school fair. By doing so she will in crease her persona! interest at sinh an occasion, at-d she will help educate her friends and neighbors as well as her self •It is an old and trite saying, of course, that we do not always gain the most bv success. Sometimes a failure teaches’ us more than we would gain through winning the victory. Because things did not turn out right last year, or because the exhibit is not just as comprehensive as one might desire must not be allowed to constitute grounds sufficient to keep tht earnest club mem ber away from the fair. In order that every irdividual may have the best opportunity to do herself full Justice and to make the best dis play possible under the existing circum stances it has been (Denied advisable to set forth at this time a resume of the rules and regulations governing such contests and indicating the nature and character of the work which the *. girls who aer first, second and third • year members should be expected to dis play. The method of judging the merits of exhibits is also set forth for the i information of our readers. 1. Girls must not be under twelve years of age nor over eighteen years ’ old on January of the year in which they enter the contest. Girls older than j eighteen and the ladies of the communi ty may receive all Instructions just the same as club members, but may not enter the contests It is among the old er girls and women that home dem- i onstrat.on clubs are organized. 2. Girls ten or eleven years old may • have one-twentieth-acre plot. Crops should be chiefly those to be used fresh on the table or to l>e stored dry; canning not to be stressed, these girls to he junior members of the canning clubs. Exceptions to this rule may- be made by the county agent where the small girl is the only- member of a family eligible for club work and is certain of enough help from her parents or older sisters to Insure success. 3. Every member must secure a tenth-acre for her garden and agree to attend, if possible, al! mr“tings called for instruction and in tne interest if the club. Sb- must read and study all the literature sent her and must ) follow instructions sent out front the Stat" College of Agriculture and the; V. S. Department of agriculture. 4. As soon as her gz.rdet has been selected and measured, she club mem ber must begin a record of her work. ■ time spent, cost of crop, yield of veee-j • tables and all information rsked for in the daily record book which «.11 1 be sent her soon after s<t» enrolls. This ■ daily record hook, which should be • submitted together with th-- exhibit of | ’ her canned goods, with the canning ■ dub can and apron, or uniform dress I and a story of the years work at the; contest count® 1* points «n the I(W*| points that make up the score for Judg- | ing. 5. A committee of two responsible, disinterested peonle mu«t be secured to Inspect the garden from time to time, see all canned goods before disposed of and sign report at elose of season. , -»nd T-irt’c-- o r the for*>l cO.n- An Open Letter to You Farmers With Farm Produce to Sell You have raised something on your farm this year that you want to sell, and sell FOR THE VERY HIGHEST PRICES YOU CAN GET. The pocketbooks of the people in Atlanta and other cities and towns in Georgia and the South are open to buy all that you have to sell, AND THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY HIGH PRICES, TOO. The only thing necessary is for you to let the people who want to buy what you have tor sale know that you have it. And this letter is published to tell you HOW you can let them know in the QUICKEST, EASIEST and CHEAPEST manner: The LAND AND INDUSTRIAL SECTION of the big SUNDAY ATLANTA JOURNAL is read each Sunday by approximately EIGHTY THOUSAND FAMILIES in Georgia and the other Southern States, and these 80,000 families have the money with which to buy your surplus farm produce. YOU CAN DO WHAT OTHER FARMERS ARE DOlNG—you can make THE JOURNAL’S LAND AND INDUSTRIAL SECTION your market place. The cost is small, but The SUNDAY JOURNAL reaches so many people who want the particular farm products you have to sell that YOUR RE SULTS WILL BE SURE. It makes no difference whether it be a few hogs, cattle, chickens, eggs, or such farm products-as corn, potatoes, velvet beans, peas, peanuts, pecans, or whatever else that you may have a surplus of (even though you have just a small amount) YOU CAN SELL IT FOR THE HIGHEST PRICES BY ADVERTISING IT IN THE ATLANTA JOURNAL’S LAND AND IN DUSTRIAL SECTION. TRY THIS JUST ONCE AND SEE HOW PROFITABLE IT IS. Just write to us what you have, how much, and the prices at which you are < willing to sell it. Mail it, together with your check or postoffice money order for $4.20, to the Land and Industrial Department The Atlanta Journal Atlanta, Ga. And we will publish your advertisement in next Sunday’s Land and Industrial Section of The Sunday Journal. Then get ready to sell what you have to sell. DON’T PUT THIS OFF UNTIL TOMORROW—DO IT TODAY, and sell sour surplus farm produce fdr the VERY HIGHEST PRICES. Address your letters plainly to the jb Land and Industrial Dept., The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Ga. B; - linittee are frequently called upon to t’o this. I | •». From time to time brief reports I : will »e called for on cards furnished for this- purpose which may he mailed ‘ wlthi ut stamp to the address of the ‘ countv agent asking for report. Giris who Io not till out these reports when called lor and keep the records asked fur. cannot compete fur any prizes at the contest. 7. The written report of the year's work in gardening and canning Counts lo taunts, therefore every girl should put the report in the form of a pretty, i 'illustrated booklet Directions or sug ‘ gestions for making this booklet will ; , : be given by the agent in each county. X. All tirst-year members should specialise in the study of the tomato, planting the larger part of their tenth acre gardens in tomatoes. but may select a few otiier early vegetables for home use or market. Successive plant ings are desirable and the garden should be planned with reference to having i: succession of crops which will yielu ; the best returns for the space allotted., | In this way not only will the profit be ■ j greater, but the family dietary will be I improved. [ Canning for market should be limited | to plain canned tomato, although girls may can string beans and soup mix- j lure for home use. Second-year girls may plant two, main crops, dividing the plot equally ■ between them if desired. Good coni-; : are tomatoes and string beans, tomatoes and okra, tomatoes »iad j pimentoes. A sufficient number of other vege-j I tables may be grown to make standard) ! soup mixtures or Creole sauce. Canned ; string beans, pepper products, soup mixture, fruits oi dried soup mixture | ' may be- put upon the market. Perennial gardens should be started not later than the spring of the sec- j end year. Perennial crops may con- i sist of Thomas and Imola varieties of i muscadine grapes, asparagus and either : ' dewberries, raspberries, blackberries, or j figs. If asparagus, grapes and beriicx, are chosen, a demonstration should ' eventually consist of 10 vines each of the two varieties of grapes, 10 or 12 j crowns of asparagus and about a dozen ’ terry vines. If grapes, asparagus and tigs are chosen, the number of aspara ' gus crowns and grape vines shall be i the same and in addition there shall. ibe four fig bushes planted. Other coin- ■ binations may l»e made under the difep ' tion of the county- agent. Third-year girls may have three vegetables. Tomatoes, peppers and ; string beans, or some other eombina-1 tion under the guidance of the county: ’ agent. Other crops may be cucumbers; cr chayotes for pickling, corn for diy-l ing. or vegetables for nfitking standard soup mixture. The perennial planting, must be continued and if as much as' . vne-twentieth acre is in perennials, a girl may cultivate only one-twentieth ■ acre annual garden and may plant such food crops as peanuts or soy beans or but!-. She may have only one-twentieth cere garden and in addition take poul- ; try ciuo work. In canning she should | hold to products standardized in sec- j ohd year. Pickles and dried corn may; be new work introduced If a grape ] oeinonstration is being carried on. the; standardized grape products may t<e; prepared, using scuppernongs if new 1 grapes are not bearing. These grape ( products include told pressed juice, . ’syrup, paste, mince-meat and grape) • sauce. If work has been undertaken, with berries and asparagus these prod- I | ucts shall be conserved also. Fourth-year gifls may have a full. 1 one-twentieth acre perennial garden and I its products rnav consume all time ex-1 I cept that devoted to a twentieth-acre I with such vegetables as peanuts, soy I beans, or some special vegetables for , use in a canned product which the girl may- have adopted for marketing. H perennials have not hex., planted con tinue one-tenth acre. If perennials are being grown, put on market standardized grape, berry and fig products. Every girl who er’rolls in the clubs may ecn- THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL", ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1918. tinue work in Hie fall -'<’■•l v, inter and have winter gardens. Direction for this work will be vjii at the proper time. Third-year yitls may do poultv; clu. work. No canning e)ul> dertake this work, however. f.-.X.i she i has had the full two years experience . w th a tenth acre :Uld is at least tour ) teen years old. Full directions for tins ! work are sent out by the Slat" Poultry •Club Agent, working in co-operation I with the County Home Demonstration I Agent. , 9 The yield <n all vegetables in ' pounds should bu xept lor the entire season. . ~ Hi, All canned goods put on the mar ket bv club members must come up to a huh standard, bear the club label, and must be of a uniform quality and weight, tinlv standardized recipes fur nished or approved by the Cnited States department oi agriculture. Washington, D. C„ or bv the State College of Ag riculture, Athens, Ga.. shall be used by club members in their commercial club work. The name and address of the packer and the net weight of the can in pounds and ounces shall -be put upon every can sold by the club members. Every girl thus guarantees her own work. 11. Salicylic acid anti boric acid are often used as preesrvatives, but no club ■ member will be allowed to use such • preservatives. 12. All first-year girls who are regu lar canning club members must make the canning club cap and apron holder and cup towel. The second-year girl will be entitled to weae the emblems on ' the cap and apron provided she em broiders them herself, and she shall tn addition make a canning club dress of pink or blue chambra with collar and cuffs of white pique, and stencil a port folio. book cover or wall pockets. The third-vear girl shall again make the uni form dress, cap and apron, embroidering ! emblems, and may make napkins and suqare lunch cloth embroidering them in i cross stitch with fruit or vegetable designs for use at dub entertainments. If these are not completed in the third , year, they may be finished In the fourth year. Cap, apron and dress may be ) made again in fourth year, if needed, the dress to be the white uniform worn I bv the county agent. During the period of the war it may be wise to leave oft ; the sewing outlined for third and fourth vear and substitute some form of war relief work as knitting or Red Cross work. Instructions for the work in sew ing will be given by the county agent. I This work counts 20 points in the «100 . points that make up the score for judg ' ing. 13. All awards shall be based on the I folowing score: i 1. Business showing 30 Yield 10 Profit 10 Businetss management 10 IT. Exhibit of canned products 30 111. Daily record book 10 IV. History of work 10 V. Cap and apron or uniform dress. .20 Total 100 Os the 30 points alowed for exhibit, 15 points shall be given to products ex hibited at the contest and la points to those things which were left at home. This the agent will determine in her visits to the homes of the club mem bers. Under quality will be considered the following: la) Flavor. <b) Apeparance of products as to size, color and uniformity of pieces. (c) Texture, whether firm or too soft. <d) Proportion of liuid and solid and the consistency and clearness of the liquid. (e) The pack, whether full or scant, well or poorly arranged. if) Workmanship in sealing and la beling. Storing and Saving First Crop Irish Potatoes B. I- 8., Mitcliell. Ga.. writes: How can I store and handle potatoes in order to keep them through the winter? The potatoes saved from our first crop are sprouting. It Is difficult to keep Irish potatoes of the spring crop through the winter in our climate because of the relatively high temperatures we have. When Irish potatoes are first dug and in a sappy condition they do not sprout readily and if placed in a cool, dark cellar may be kept through the summer satisfac torily. As soon as they dry out a little, however, the temperature in such a lo cation becomes so high that it causes the potatoes to sprout. All that can be done, of course, is to watch them every few days and rub off the sprouts very carefully. In this way they can be kept in good condition and satisfactorily for food purposes for several months. A more effective method of storing and handling potatoes will be to place them in cold storage where the tem perature could be kept say around 50 OH 11 ®' i Dear Children: First, let me ask space to tell some of the new cous ins some of our rules: First, no letters with initials only can be published, j Second, no letter without stamps enclosed can have a personal reply; next, : the letters must be brief. You can realize • how few letters would be I printed in the space allowed us if they were all long. 1 will have to say j again that the letters must be written "only on one side of the paper.” So ' many good letters come that do not follow these rules. Try to remember, j won’t you? Here is another splendid Honor Roll; goodness! but I’m proud of you; we will need to do our very best work from now on. A fine pillow afid two lovely cases were received from Hettie James and Pauline Parker, of Murphy, N. C. Thank you so much, girls. Lovingly, AUNT JULIA. I have been delayed in sending some buttons that have been requested, but they will go forward this week. ( Amount previously acknowledged for A. J. S. R. C $25.31 Additional contributions 6.35 L:iiieash>r. S. Ainu* llmrington. 2.‘c; Bet tie Diiiis, Ilk-; Oran Pisliop, Pi< : Boris Moeller. We. Vienna, Ga.—E. IL, Hallie Pilkington, 1«<-., I.inwooil, Ga.—Miss Blamlie Kerr. pie. Riehhiirg, s. Louise Montgomery, 25e. Ailel, Ga.—Lizzie Euiil, U»< . I.awreneeville, Ga. —Leo Bailey, 10-. Pink Hill, N. —Mary Southerland. l<le. Orangeburg, S. —Loretta Edwins, lite. Palatka, I la.—l. 1. Hall, 10< : Missei Mattie anil Mollie Hall, 20e. degrees. This would prevent their dry ing out and losing moisture, and it would also prevent them from sprouting. How ever, we have very little cold storage space available at tt\e present time, because the requirements of the gov ernment for the storage of food necessi tates most of it being turned over for that purpose, hence available storage space is now almost impossible to ob tain. On the other hand, this is a mat ter to which our attention should be di rected when more peaceful times ar rive. as there should of necessity be a good cold storage plant available for purposes such as indicated, in every medium-sized town or community in Georgia. We produce vast quantities of perishables which could .then be stored •at certain seasons of production and made useful in off-seasons or when there is a scarcity. In this way a great deal of money could be saved and we coula become practically self-sustaining in the matter of perishable food products throughout the year from the products of our own fields and orchards. I ntil this is done we will have seasons of plenty as now pertain, and then seasons when many products which our climate and soil produces under more advantage ous conditions cannot be secured except through importation from distant local!- ties at excessive prices. I do not happen to know off-hand of any place where one might wish to use as small a quantity of potatoes as you indicate having in your posses- 1 am gratified to know that you are making such thoroUgh-going efforts to conserve and that you are also engaged in gathering peach seeds, walnuts and hickory nuts tor the use of the army. This is an important and very desirable thing for you to do ail your efforts in this direction are to be commended. The Best Meane cf Controlling John son Grass W O S., .Ailriiin. Ga., writes: Is there nny way to get rid of Johnson grass? Johnson grass is one of the most difli cult grasses to eradicate. This is due to the stoloniferous root it possesses. , hence when the land it has infested is broken and the root is cut up ‘»t° smaller pieces, the tendency tor it is to multiply and become more troublesome than ever. Some people prow Johnson grass for hay and find it a valuable crop. There is objection to its cultiva tion however, because of the character It possesses, which has already- been pointed out. Since it seeds itself free ly' when cultivated for hay ana live stock the tendency' is to spread )t still further, and on this account we cannot advocate its cultivation. The next ques tion is as to the advisability of buying land which it has infested. For our selves, we would not hesitate to do this. When the college farm here at Athens first came into our possession Johnson grass was growing more or less all over it. We have not succeeded in eradicat ing all of it, but through thorough and persistant cultivation we have gotten rid of a good deal of it and brought all of it under control so that we can han dle it quite successfully. Our practice has been to grow smother crops on the iand which it had infested. We have used for this purpose rye and vetch sown in the fall, and followed by cow peas or velvet beans in the spring. If this practice is persistently enforced for three or four years, the spread of this grass can be prevented all together and it can be quite effectively smother ed out. Another good plan to fellow is to plow the ground in the late summer when the season is likely to be very dry. Shallow- plowing is to be advised. The land should then be harrowed very thoroughly and the roots brought to the surface, raked up and burned. Plow ing the land shallow in the early fall is also a good practice, as this brings many of the roots to the surface and exposes them in such a manner that the winter freezes destroy many of them. It often happens that land which is in fected with Johnson grass can be bought at a considerably lower rate per acre than land in a higher state of cul tivation. By purchasing on this basis and handling as indicated it is possible to control and eliminate the Johnson grass and thus insure a good return on the money invested. Grasses Suited to Bottom Land 1. W. It., Tiftou. Ga., writes: 1 have eight a<res of low. level, saud.v land. The soil is fine, dark sand. Corn and oats do well on this land in an ordinarily <try year. Rtee does well any year. I want to plant this in some kind of grass for sum mer hog grazing. Please advise what kind would be best to use. You will probably obtain better results on the land in question if you plant a mixture of grasses and clover rather that to rely' on the use of a single variety The best summer growing grasses foi your section of the state would be Ber muda grass. Carpet grass and some o' the Paspalums. The Bermuda may In started from sets put out now or prob ably better early in the spring. It can of course, be developed from seed. Pos sibly you can obtain seed of the other varieties mentioned through the medium of any reliable seed house. These arc the best summer growing grasses yot can rely on. In addition you should en deavor to establish Japan clover o: this area of land. This is a summe: growing legume, starting rather late ir the spring, and being cut down by' the first frosts of autumn. For winter an. spring grazing- the addition of som< burr clover and white clover to you: mixture will be found desirable. Amon: the best of the tame grasses to be useii under circumstances such as you de scribe would be orchard grass. Italia rye grass and tall oat meadow grass The orchard grass is best adapted fo growth under semi-shaded conditions It will make you valuable pasturage i the early spring. Italian rye grass i valuable’ for fall, winter and sprin; grazing. It has the disadvantage, how- , ever, of being an annual and would have io be reseeded every year. Tai' i meadow oat grass is valuable for spring . and summer gracing- It stands th> I midsummer heat am! drought probably > better than almost any of the meadow : grasses which are available. Rhode: , grass has been advocated as of som< i value in many sections of the south i ' Its cultivation is probably still in tin I experimental state, and we would hardly i feel justified in making definite recoin- , mendations relative 'hereto as yet. Under the circumstances, we would ! suggest that you try, say, a mixture oi . eight or ten pounds of tall oat grass I five pounds white clover and eigh , pounds Italian rye grass. When thi: i sod dies down in the spring we would; I nut out Bermuda sets and sow .ibou; | five to eight pounds to the acre of es- . I pedesa, working the -«ee<l well into th< surface soil. A liberal fertilization of the land, unless it is exceptionally rich will be desirable. X mixture of old j 1 phosphate and cotton seed meal used at ; 1 the rate of .TOO to 500 peunds per :>rr , should prove satisfactory. You <iP have the best success in the cultivation of grass on rather low, moist areas oi land in your section of the state. $31.66 Cornwell. S. f'. —Jessie Wilson, 10c. Cairo. Ga.— yiatnie Mills, 10c. Vidalia, Ga. —Sara 1,. Smith, lo<-. Silver Creek. Ga.—Martha Washington. 10e; Ella Mae Wasiiinuton, lO>-. Tarrytown. Ga. —Inez Drew. 10c; Alice Drew. lOe. I’bini Branch, S. C. —Thelma White. 15c. Glade Springs, Va. -G. 11. Carmack, file. Lillian Goforth, lOe: I aura Grant, 10c: Net tie Cok. 10c: Elizabeth Seritt, 10c: Editli La nier. 10e: I‘ollie Fortinberry, 1w: Maggie Swinnie. Ilk-; Garnett Scott. 25c: Lucie S Dick erson. Ilk*; Daisy Smith, ilk-; Tuouier Hurst, 10c: Gussie Mae Melvin. I<k-; Elsa Lee, 10c; Annie Gooding. 10c: Essie Cnriniehael. 10c; Winnie and leone Bishop, fO< ; Oscar Pannell. 25c; Eisda Akins. lOe: Willie Belle Fulton. lOe; Mettle Mae Dill. 10c: Georg.e Wilson, fi'e: i Evelyn Barber, ph-; Romain Vollrath. 10c: l.oreiie Tallent. Uh-; Claude I-crow. 20e; Ma nila Ballenger. I’k-; S.-donia Wolf. 10c; Julia Rhodes. 10c; Reuben I’reslar, ICc; Ruth Gray, Ilk-; Hosey Wilkerson. 10c. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you let me in for a minute? Well, cousins, what are you all doing? I am doing all I can to help win this war. 1 feel sure that we will win. We must buy X\ar Savings Stamps and Liberty bonds. I’nele Sum says that will win the war. I sine love our good old I'. S. A., and we must keep it. Inclosed you will find ten cents for ihe Soldiers' Relief club. I will ask a ridd'e and go: What is it that is always behind time? With love anti best wishes to all von cousias and Aunt Juliln. ORAN BISHOP. Brunson. S. C.. R. F. I). 1. Box 75. j>. s.—Come again, Winnie Bishop, your let ter was fine. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I have been a silent reader of the letteer box for a good while, so 1 decided to write at last. What Js ri<- matter with yon. Florida boys and girls'*l don't see many letters from Florida. We have been living here thirteen years, and like it fine. We came to Florida from South Carolina. I live ib lite country. I think Aunt Julia's re lief club is a good thing. So 1 am sending a dime to help. I think like the other cousins think this war is awful. We ought to do all we can to help win. I haven't any brothers old enough to go. I hope they will soon whip Kaiser Bill, don't you all? Well as this is my first visit. I will close, hoping, to see this in print. Best wishes to all. A new cousin, BETTIE DAVIS. Alachua. Fla. Dear Aunt and Cousins: Permit another Geor gia girl into your quiet baud of boys and girls. I'm only a little country girl, have written to vol! onee before but it happen 'd to reach Mr. Wastebasket first. What do you all think of the war by this time? 1 have one brother ami he is in service now. he volunteered July. 1917. Well guess I would have been in service, too, but you know I tide ijam won't have babies. Auntie 1 think the soldier relief club is just splendid. And now enclose lit cents and will send more soon. Well like others will tell how | uglv I am. So here goes. Blue eyes, dark hair, fair complexion end 4 feet !» inches high, weigh 111) pounds. You can guess my age. between fourteen and eighteen years. Cousins, come tip or down, which ever it may be. Perhaps I am Staying over the limit, so will go. Your new niece and cousin. (Miss) WILLIE BELLE FULTON. Byromville. Ga. p. s.—Will ausweer all cards and letters re- 1 ceived. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you pledse move back and give room for a crip pled boy from South Carolina for just a little while. I will promise not to stay long. Will try ami tell how I am crippled: I have both' legs off above my knees. I got crippled at Elberton. Gu.. live years ago. Have had to sit around all this time, but I haven't been . idle. AU this time I can Hud something to do most all the time. Yen know the old say- 1 ing. Where there’s a will there's away. and r 1 have found it so. I am in need of some > funds to live on and if any of you cousins can ' help me a little I sure will be thankful for j it. Aunt Julia, please print this, as it is tny I first letter. Yes, Auntie, 1 think that you ; are doing a fine work, and the best part , of it is the Soldiers’ Relief club. I will close ! by asking a riddle: On which side of a , ciinreh does a gum tree grow? Your new cousin. CLAUD FARROW. Westminster. S. C., R. F. I). 1. P. S.— Enclosed find 20 cents for the Sol diers' Relief club, nil 1 van do this time. Dear Aunt Julia aud Cousins: Will yon please I move over and give me a seat by Aunt Julia?; Tills is mv fourth attempt but come this time ; !in favor of the soldiers’ relief club. I think it ( ;is a grand thing. You will find enclosed 10 sents for S. R. C. Lovingly. DAISY SMITH. Newnan. Ga. Dear Auntie and Cousins: Hen 1 eomes an ) other Georgia girl Io join your golden circle ; iif hoys and girls. First. I will describe my- ‘ self, so here goes: Fair complexion, light hair . blue eyes, and am eleven years old. will be . iwelve’the tenth of February. I live on a farm of 2SO acres and sure do like farm life fine. I Cousins, isn't this war awful? I haven t any i brother old enough for the war. hut I hare a lot of cousins in the war. Father bought S2OO 'I to wu will be higher 1 .Ssg - ** MJi Wmr tka i; evertbtsW scn<ou. We pay ■ wkw ■» top prices for a all kinds. Write today for FREE price list ■ 2 and shipping tags. We keep yon ported. ■ M MARX-ADROHAMS FUR & WOOL CO., Inc. J Pept. u 816 W. M.~ln LoulsvUle, By. g Send • we »hip y*» w I < U *>« this high grade , I Guaranteed Sewing Machine 1 G Upon arrival if you are pleased with it, pay ■ balance of $19.95 and take machine home. If ® Uj at the end of !M days you and your family arc M . 1 not entirely pleased, return machine and wc E refund your money and the freight. Our E t Sewing Machines are guaranteed for 20 j years. They will please you. Scnds2to- K , day and let us ship you Mr. apodals-arau>- U r er, automatic lift machine ■ complete with full set of attachments. g’ I B. W. MIDDLEBROOKS CO. R Sewing Machine Dept.llo BARNESVILLE, GA. —Why Pay Retail Prices? £ ree . , . , . . K tV Catalog Wholesale factory prices on bug- II \/ i wt gies anti surreys are from J 15.00 to $50.00 less T A UzurkJ IxOW than your local dealer’s prices. ' Jy Why pay retail prices when you TO -- ---£»■ >*»**- can buy direct from our factory at whole- Z-. VA-wyjcy Sfile prices and keep every cent of the mid- / /X dlemen’s $15.00 to $;>0.00 profits in your own /\\ A/ / pocket for other purposes? I All the value that’s FVer in a vehicle f ■-< is put there by the manufacturer —middle- aT/ X. / /'> ■ / 'I men’s profits only add to the cost without /kvX/ U-. 7 (V/V/ I \ y increasing value. X. 1 L r >| ” IT COSTS YOU NOTHING TO FIND OUT •Just xvrite a post card for free catalog showing all the latest styles and giving full details of our money-saving factory-to-user plan. Your copy is ready to mail now. It’s FREE, and we pay the postage. GOLDEN EAGLE BUGGY CO., 266 Means St. Atlanta, Ga. t— > worth of War Savings Stamps and a SSO bond, and we also help the Red Cross some. I tiuuk the Soldiers’ Relief club is just fine. Am sending ten ecu's for it. Well. 1 had better close for this time. I want some of your cousins about my age to write me. Will an swer all received. Hoping to see this in print. From a loving .cousin. LEOLA AKINS. Nashville. Ga., R. 1. Box 1. Dear Aunt Julia. Here is twenty-five cents for the A. J. S. R. C.. for I want one more shot ak the kaiser before he surrenders, and allow ine to stay long enough to compliment the letter written by Anna Kieff. It was Jttst fine. The life of one of our soldiers is more precious tlian every foot of German soil, then 'vho can count the cost of this war or who would dare say make peace with the kaiser! I don’t believe the allies will stop until they rem h the citv of Berlin ami I don’t believe there will ever be peace except through vic torv. Now. listen! Some one is wondering what I look like, so I will give them an idea: Ditrk brown hair, brown eyes, red complexion, five feet ten inches high and registered June 5. You can guess my age. Will tie glad to correspond with any of the cousins who wish. Barden me for staying so long and will bid vou all a happy adieu. OSCAR PANNELL. Bangor. Ala., R. 3. My Dear Aunt Julia anil Family: We did so well on our relief club last month we teel encouraged and I hope will do better this month. Gee, didn’t our Georgia cousins come across. Aunt, we are proud of our boys, the way they are licking the Huns. Hello, Julia Baker, won’t you move along and let me get by the i side of Oran Bishop? Guess I go. Aunt Julia. I If I don’t you will get tired of me. Find en- I closed 20 cents each. Your nieces and cousins, WINNIE AND LEONE BISHOP. Aucilla, Fla. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you admit another Florida girl into your happy circle? I think your soldier relief club is just fine. I have a brother somewhere in France, and have many friends and cousins in service. I think this war is dreadful. Will close as this is my first attempt, hoping to see this in print. Your new- niece and cousin, GUSSIE MAE MADDEN. Cottondale. Fla. P. 8. —Enclose 10 cents for S. R. C. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes a bboy from dear old Florida. I have not seen seen any letters from my imrt of the state, thought 1 would write. I live on a farm and we are sure doing all we can to help raise food, we grow rice, corn, potatoes, cane and a lot others. What do you cousins think of the war? It is a terrible thing, but we have got to . put Kaiser Bill behind the burs. I have one brother in France, one at Miami army. I also ; was in the army blit was given a discharge. I | was sent to Syracuse recruit. Camp Syracuse, i N. Y. I wish I could have gone on to the fir ing lino. I feel like a soldier yet. My heart | and hand is with my comrades in arms and I wish 1 could be with my old Thirty-ninth com- j panv when the. Stars and Stripes fly over the | kaiser’s palace, as my letter is getting lengthy anti 1 want this printed, as it is my first letter, will describe myself and go. Have blue eyes, fair complexion and brown, curly hair, am 5 feet 8 inches tall, weight about 135 pounds. If any of the cousins care to write me. will try anil answer all letters and cards. Will send some money- to the Soldiers* relief club next time. Will close hoping this misses the waste basket aud we will be in Berlin before long. A new cousin and nephew. FRANK PARKER. York, Fla., Box 53. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: This is my third attempt. I guess Mr. Wastebasket got mv others. I like the rest of the cousins, think the Soldiers’ Relief club is just great. I am trying to do my bit to help win thia i great war. I am a member of the Ixine Scouts lof America. I have a war medal awarded me by Mr. W. I). Boyce, chief totem of tl Lone i Scouts. Row many of you cousins plained a war gqrden this year? 1 did. for one. 1 will not describe myself as space is precions. I i would like to correspond with any of you i cousins. Will closej with best wishes to all. Mv age is fourteen years. ; ROMAIN VOLLRATH. Walhalla. S. C.. Route 3. p. S.—Please find enclosed 10 cents for the Soldiers’ Relief dub.— R. V. Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I read your letters in the Semi-Weekly Journal every week, and enjoy reading <!nm very much. I think it is so nice to have •• Soldiers’ Relief club. I have two brothers and an nude in the army. ! As this is mv first time to write to t)ie letter I i»ox 1 will mnke my letter rather short. Aunt ‘ Julia, find enclosed ten cents for the Soldiers Relief dub. Your niece and cousin. KITH GRAY. Cleeland. Tenn. Hello, Aunt Julia aud Cousins: Will ytm all admit a North Carolina boy into your corner for a few minutes? 1 have written once before but Mr. Wastebasket got it. Hope he will be i off fighting Germans when this arrives. XX hat i have you coiisins been doing these fine autumn 1 days?’ I have be-n working on Hie farm. Aunt Julia. I think the Soldiers’ Relief dub is a ; grand thing. We cannot all be soldiers, but we can support those who are soldiers. 1 hope the Allies will never stop until "Old Glory” waus over Berlin. The kaiser knows that his militarv jiower is broken but be has another weapon which is as dangerous. He is already starting peace campaigns, not for peace but to I divide the Allies. We must rememlier that lie is not to be trusted ami must be knocked off I his throne. Why don’t some more of you Tar- ; hed kids write t> .Aunt Julia' Hurry up. Vi r k"l WONDERFUL EGG PRODUCER Any poultry raiser can easily double - his profits by doubling the egg produc i tion of his hens. A scientific tonic has | been discovered that revitalizes the Hock ; and makeF hens work all the time. The 1 tonic is called "More Eggs, (live vour liens a few cents’ worth of "More Eggs, and vou will be amazed and delighted with results. A dollar's worth of "More Eggs" will double this year’s produc tion of eggs, so if you wish to try this great profit-maker, write E. J. 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Selected. New. X '%jpr lhe r - eio> Sanitary Feathers. Be«t Tick nr. Sold op money-back guarantee. DO KOT fc BUY from anyone at any price. cntil yon get th- BOOK OF TRUTH, cur bi r. new catalog, mailed FREE. Jte Write a postal eard TODAY. Agents wanted everywhere. MAKE 818 MONEY. “• American Feather & Pillow Co. Desk ZO. Nashville, Tenn. Haile, and write again. I will not take space to <leseril>e mvself. bnt I am pretty.- just the same. If any of yon pretty girls think you ca-t write more letters than I can answer, just trv it. Aunt Julia. 1 would like to see this in" print, but if it isn't worth it, don’t print it. XX’ith love to all. 1 am a new consin. REUBEN PKESLAR. Peachland, N. C.. Route No. 2. t>. s.—Find enclosed a dime for the Soldiers Relief club. Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here we tome again. Guess you all have forgotten us in this time, although we hope y«n have not. Say. cousins, isn't this war awful? Let's all do onr bit to help win. Say. we think Aunt- Julia's Soldiers' Relief club is grand, and we hope to see it a great success. Auntie, en closed find 10 cents each in coin for the Sol diers' Relief club. Say, we have two dear brothers and several cousins and friends in the army, and we are sure glad to know they are willing to do their bit. Say, come on, soldier l»oys. and write olten, for we are alxrttys glad to read letters from you. Come again, Anna Kieff. Your letter was fine. Wishing the Letter Box and the Soldiers' Relief club great success, best xvishes to all. lovingly Your nieces and cousins. MIBSES MATTIE AND MOLLIE HALL. Palatka. Fla.. Route A. Box 57. P. S.—Letters and cards would be appre ciated from any of the cousins. 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