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S> Andrew M-
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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
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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
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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
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Letter Box and the Soldiers' Relief club great
success, best xvishes to all. lovingly
Your nieces and cousins.
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Palatka. Fla.. Route A. Box 57.
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