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During the past few years farmers have been urged to bend
every effort to produce maximum crops without giving
much consideration to the effect on their soils. Established
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farm put into the most needed crops, while the poorer
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. By Andrew M. Soule
Some Facts About the TertUizer
Situation
The fertilizer industry with all
other industries suffered from the
exigencies which the world war cre
! ated. It was not possible, for in
stance, to man the mines up to ca
pacity from which we derive our
rock phosphate and hence the avail
able supply of this material was
greatly reduced. The blockade bf
Germany prevented the transference
of potash from one section of the
world to another. Much of the en
ergy which might otherwise have
been expended in the manufacture of
nitrogenous fertilizers was devoted to
the development and exploitation of
these materials for war purposes.
The countries of Europe which had
been importing large quantitiei of
nitrogenous foodstuffs for many
years were unable to obtain their
usual supply by reason of submarine
depredations and the scarcity of
ships. It is not surprising that con
siderable chaos should have arisen
in the fertilizer industry, under such
circumstances and that there should
now have developed a world shortage
of essential fertilizing materials.
The call for supplies of this char
acter from every civilized country is
very great at this time, and it will
undoubtedly take a considerable pe
riod of time to put us back on a
pre-war basis insofar as supplies
jof materials are concerned. In this
country, we are still not large users
of fertilizers when the vast area we
hav£ brought under the plow is tak
en into consideration. It seems rath
er strange, too, that those countries
where the most intensive forms of
agriculture are practiced have been
and are still the largest users of fer
tilizers. It is reliably stated that
the Dutch, who have specialized in
dairy husbandry and saved the re
sulting yard manures obtained as a
by-product with great skill and care,
use large quantities of high-grade
fertilizers. If this practice is desir
able in Holland, a country where
waste has been as nearly eliminated
as seems humanly possible, it will
evidently be necessary for us to
institute new types of agricultural
practice or increase our use of com
mercial fertilizers now or in the im
mediate future. The Dutch, it would
appear, in spite of all the quantities
of oil cake and other rich nitrogen
ous foods they import, use approxi
mately 200 pounds per acre of a for
mula analyzing 4 per cent of nitro
gen, 8 per cent of phosphoric acid
and 71-2 per cent of potash. They
save and use the refuse from their
land and barn lots to an extent wholl v
unappreciated by American farmers.
The methods they pursue are most
extraordinary to one from this coun
try who comes in contact with Dutch
agriculture for the first time. Hol
land is a poor country naturally, and
yet in agricultural production it
stands much above us. The average
yield of wheat per acre is thirty
eight bushels, ours but fifteen. In
this country we raise sixteen bushels
of rye per acre to the Dutch farm
ers’ twenty-six bushels of rye. We
grow thirty bushels of oats per acre,
while the Hollander raises fifty
eight bushels. Os potatoes, we avo
duce ninety-six bushels per acre
against an average of 280 bushels
for the Dutchman. It is self-evident,
therefore, that he is wise in his day
imd generation and the care and skill
he has exercised in the handling of
barnyard refuse and the material
from his dairy staples represent en
ergy well expended. His liberal use
of high grade fertilizers has also
proven to be fundamentally correct.
In America we have about. 850,000,-
000 acres of land capable of cultiva
tion. Os this amount approximately
500,000,000 acres have been brought
under the plow and are cultivated
in a rather crude way or used as pas
ture. Os the vast areas of unim
proved or uncultivated land we still
possess, two thirds is in forests.
About 60,000,000 to 80,000,000 acres
are in swamps and overflow areas.
The balance represents cut-over
lands which can be reclaimed, but
only at considerable expense. There
are about 30,000,000 acres of land
which will need to be irrigated be
fore it can be used profitably for
crop production.
The fertilizer business in the
United States is, therefore, in its
infancy, especially if we expect to
maintain and increase the average
yield of our principal farm crops.
It will be necessary for us to do
this for several reasons, among which
the following are the most impor
tant. First of all, present yields
are, in many instances, so low as to
be unprofitable. Doubling the yield
means better cultivation of the land
and the balancing up of its deficien
cies with essential food supplies. We
may increase our holdings of live
stock to the limit. We may use
barn manures and green manure
crops to the best possible advantage
and we will still need to use infi
nitely more commercial fertilizers
than we have ever though it neces
sary to apply in the past.
As we are now a world power and
competing with the producers in ev
ery known land, we must be pre
pared to provide raw materials at a
relatively low cost to our industries
and to increase our output of food
crops to any extent which may be
found desirable. This cannot Ind
should not be done at the expense of
the producer. In fact, I doubt in
the present temper of land-owners if
this could be accomplished even were
it tried. To attempt such a thing
would be undesirable and disadvan
tageus to the nation and the world at
large. On the other hand, one of
the ways in which we can insure
larger profits to our land-owners is
through the introduction and appli
cation of more intelligent methods of
practice on our farms, thereby insur
ing increased yields at lower costs.
When this is done, the farmer will
derive a proper increment from his
labor and the ends to be achieved
on the part of all the interests con
cerned will be served to the best ad
vantage.
At the present time, the south is
credited with using 7,000,000 tons of
fertilizer annually. Even if we as
sume that only 200 pounds is ap
plied per acre, this represents the
application of commercial plant food
to only 70,000,000 acres of land. This
is a small proportion out of the 500,-
000,000 acres under cultivation. There
are those who say we are using 400
pounds of fertilizer per acre. In
that event, we are only applying
commercial plant food on 35,000,000
acres of our present cultivated do
main. In any event, it is clear that
w® still growing crops on 400,-
000,000 acres of land to which we
apply no fertilizer whatever.
Some tatempts have been made to
determine the areas on which fertil
izers should be used with certain
highly specialized crops. These fig
ures were worked up by Dr. Lipmann
or the New Jersey Station. They
represent at best only general es
timates. In the south, it is presumed
that practically all of our cotton
land should be fertilized. We de
vote 37,000,000 acres a year to this
crop. We should also use supple
mental plant foods, let us say on at
least 20,000,000 out of 46,000 000
a-cres w e devote to corn. In the
states> jt is believed
rum aa«’ oo0 ’ 000 „ acre sos wheat, 10,-
000,000 acres of oats, 20,000,000 acres
°£ c ?L n . an< 3 10,000,000 acres of hav
should be fertilized l n the north
Atlantic states, 1,000,000 acres of po
aaa O aaX 3 ' ooo '°oo acres of oats, 2,-
000,000 acres of wheat, 3,000 000
acres of corn and 11,000,000 acres of
hay should be fertilized. A summary
o tthese figures indicates 123,000,000
acres of land which are definitely
in need of nitrogenous fertilizers A
of „ this land W ‘H also no
doubt be benefited by applications of
phosphoric acid and of potash as
i Aw °nly two hundred pounds
of fertilizer be applied per acre,
it would take 12,300,000 tons to
supply our present needs. Even
then we would have only begun to
supply a part of the fertilizer which
will ultimately be consumed each
year on the farms of the United
Otc 11 eS. ■
These facts being true, it would
appear that the fertilizer business is
destined tp play a more- and more
important part in bur agriculture. It
is not going to be an easy matter
for instance to secure all the fertil
izer materials neded and manufac
ture and distribute them with expe
dition. The chances are that prices
will remain relatively high fol some
time on account of the long distances
over which some of the materials
must be carried, the demand for
certain food stuffs abroad and the
fact that the supply of potash in
Germany and France has still to
be transported long distances at
high ocean rates.
The American farmer is intimate
ly concerned with the prosperity and
success of the fertilizer industry.
He will become more and more de
pendent on it for supplying his soils
with those amounts of supplemental
plant food necessary to keep them in
proper equilibrium. Unless this is
done, there will be no substantial
increase in the average out-turn per
acre of our farm crops. It is well
known to every one that the out
turn obtained from a given crop is
measured largely by the limiting
factor in the food supply. Occasion
ally, this may be calcium. As a
rule, it is either nitrogen, phospho
ric acid or potash The time has
come, therefore, -when we need to be
taking forethought for the morrow,
when we must study our soils more
carefully and definitely. When we
must determine and ascertain their
plant food requirements so that we
can supply these deficiencies more
cheaply and effectively. By this
means we can increase production
and at the same time use more fer
tilizers with greater profit and ad
vantage.
It seems clear, therefore, from a
review of the situation that fertili
zation is essential to our agricul
tural development -md that the suc
cess of the fertilizer manufacturer
is dependent upor the progress of
our farmers. Hence, those concerned
in these two industries should be
associated in a co-operative relation
ship, the one working for the ad
vantage and expansion of the bus
iness of the other. If a co-ordina
tion of this kind could be brought
about, it would be a fundamental
advantage. Let us hope that our
achievements in this direction for
the sake of all the, interests in
volved may be substantial and rap
id.
Plan to Instruct
On Diversification
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 18.—As an
outgrowth of the movement for re
duction of cotton acreage, agricul
tural experts and extension agents
in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennes
see, in session here today, discussed
plans for instructing the farmers of
their states in crop diversification.
A committee was named to sur
vey the agricultural situation and
report recommendations for crops
that may be grown to best advantage
on land heretofore devoted to cotton.
The recommendations, it was an
nounced, are to be made public In a
few days.
The Tri-W eekly Journal 9 * Own Serial
The Only Thing That Counts
A Mystery Romance of Modern Bohemia
By the Famous Novelet
Carolyn Beecher
(Copyright, 1920.)
Chapter XXHi
ELEVEN melodious strokes of
the clock and Helen stirred
uneasily in the depths of her
chair. Could it be possible an
hour had passed? Kato had played
almost constantly, standing in shad
ow, the light falling only on his face
and on the bow of the violin as it
swept back and forth across the
strings.
“I. must go,” she murmured, half
rising.-
“Not yet!” and again at a nod Kato
played, this time a weird, passionate
wail that seemed to come from a
tortured heart, then to lose itself in
the joy of fulfilled anticipation.
To hide her emotion Helen sipped
her cordial. Then Kato laid down
his violin. Sloane talked. He told
her the origin of the music she had
just listened to, explained its mean
ing. Kato had disappeared. They
were alone.
Something like fear stirred in
Helen. She had declared often that
she was afraid of no one, that she
would hold her own against the
world. But the subtleties of the
evening had weakened her. Faintly,
ever so faintly, she realized this.
It made her uneasy.
“I am going now. She rose from
her chair.
As she rose, Sloane also stood.
"My cloak, please,” Helen said
tremulously, angry that she could
not hold her voice. “Then may Kato
telephone for a taxi.”
“I shall not let you go. You don’t
really want to, do you?” his voice
an insult.
Nothing could so quickly have
aroused Helen to a sense of her
danger, to the necessity for getting
away. For just a moment the clov
en foot had shown through the silky
cloak.
“I shall go at once. I can get a
taxi in the street,” her coulrage
mounting as necessity arose.
“You shall remain with me. It
is now 3 o’clock. Yes, twelve by
that clock. Kato arranged that.
Your reputation is gone if any one
sees you leaving here at this time
in the morning. Come, be reason
able!”
The clock had been set back while
they were eating. Helen distinctly
recalled looking at it when she first
came in and that it compared with
the time she had left home. The
table arranged so perfectly for two,
when four had been expected—the
music—everything had been planned
to lull her into confidence.
She ran to the door. It was lock
ed.
The Country Home
BY MRS. W. H. FELTON
After the Civil War—and Now
I met an acquaintance yesterday
who said to me, “How was it after
the Civil War? How did the people
plunge down into .poverty? We are
about broke in this country now. You
know —you have a good memory.”
Yes, I have keen remembrance. I
know we had to work for the bread
we ate and whatever else we had,
after the surrender in 1865.
But there was this difference: We
had towns and cities, of course, but
the people of large wealth and prop
erties generally lived in the coun
try. The bulk of the south’s esti
mated wealth was invested in land
and negroes. When the surrender
came, the negroes went, of course.
This left the land idle, and where
it had been overrun by Federal
forces, thoroughly dismantled. But
the bulk of the common people were
not heavily in debt. Unless there
were “security debts,” the farming
classes generally made a settlement
when cotton was sold in the fall.
And there were no profiteers to run
up provisions to famine rates, as we
have seen lately.
It was “hard sledding” until the
first crop was made and put on the
market. But everybody was poor,
and they did not waste money on
anything. I had a fairly nice pair of
winter shoes, home-made, that I
wore for dress-up in winter time,
and we had some low shoes we could
buy at reasonable figures for sum-’
mer wear. We were glad to have
plain frocks, plain shoes, plain every
thing else, when money was as scarce
as “hen’s teeth” in Cherokee, Ga.
We were mostly troubled about
something to eat, and to get chil
dren started to school.
Some people took the drop down
very hard. A few killed themselves,
and a few tried to, but were walked
and walked, every minute to keep
the morphine from getting the bet
ter of thepa*—and they came out of
it better satisfied to live and live
poor, than before they made the ex
periment.
The trouble at this time has been
heavy extravagance when cotton fig
ures were high, and big, overgrown
salaries, made people lose their
heads.
About two years ago I went to a
shoe store in a town that shall be
nameless. Two colored young women
were getting or rather pricing and
trying on fine ladies’ shoes. I got a
pair of standard make—low heels—
and good quality for four dollars.
The colored young ladies turned
down twelve dollar boots and went
elsewhere to pay fifteen. Perhaps
that illustration will suffice—but I’ll
give another. A very tony young
lady was going to New York to
take some sort of lessons, and in
company with perhaps a dozen oth
ers that were about as tony or
thought they were. The railroad
ticket man told me that the young
lady’s bonnet trunk was valued at
one hundred dollars, and she said
they were all bought that season.
That was going some—but I was not
a proper judge of millinery—perhaps
•—because I took off the trimming of
my last summer black milan straw
-—dressed it up with shoe polish un
til it looked about new—bought a
clean set of ribbons, and made it db.
I am thankful I haven’t a dozen old
bonnets bunked on me to look at,
now, when a bale of cotton has to
look uncommon nice to bring fifteen
cents a pound—and may go to fifty
dollars a bale before it stops.
Think of two bales of cotton vs.
a hundred dollars worth of turbans—
narrow-brim, wide-brim, sailors and
all the other sorts and shapes—and
no pleasure with any. And the mul
titudes took a vacation from hard
work—or if they worked at all, they
must have 60 cents an hour, or no
trade. You had to beg them to listen
to you on the subject of work, and
then they could turn down your
money by saying, “So and so will
give us 70 cents an hour—or $6 for
an eight-hour day.” But all that
wouldn’t make them save a dollar—
if there was an automobile beckon
ing them to come across, and there
never was such a trade heard of in
farm implements, tractors, and six
and eight-hundred-dollar pairs of
mules.
Street dresses were thought to be
cheap at S9O to $125. A hat wasn’t
fit to wear under sls, and the whole
country went wild on spending.
Little children would scream for a
dime to buy an ice cream cone, or
they’d pout and sulk and beg all the
time their tired mothers were walk
ing down the street with them, all
dressed up in fine and very costly
clothes. There were some “get-rich
quick Wallingfords” in the land,
also. They just could sell anything
at almost any price. It was a wild
craze to buy, to spend and to go!
We are just paying the price. It is
going to make lots of us miserable
for a while—perhaps we will keep
it in mind some years.
But like bad-tasting medicine, it
sometimes works a cure. I am not
much acquainted with the high and
mighty class, that charged the gov-
“Let me out,” she said between
clenched teeth. “Let me out or I
shall scream.”
“No one will hear you, my dear.
And a wise woman knows better than
to scream where it does no good.
If you could make yourself heard
no one would believe you remained
here unwillingly until 3 o’clock in
the worning.”
Her cloak lay on a chair. With a
movement so uicqk it caught him
unprepared, she snatched it and ran
to a window which was open a tri
fle. She threw it up before he could
reach her and would have sprung
out.
White as chalk with fright. Sloane
caught her just in time. Ten sto
ries! He shuddered.
“I will open the door.” he said
shaken. “But my advice to you is
to keep tonight to yourself. You
see my reputation is pretty well
known. No man in the world would
believe you if you told him that
after remaining nearly all night
alone with me, you went away—as
you came. That is my revenge for
your treatment of me.”
He opened the door. Without a
word, head high, but trembling so
she could scarcely stand, Helen
walked out, into the elevator, down
to the street.
“Oh. I shouldn’t have taken the
elevator,” she said to herself as she
hurried along looking for a taxi,
thankful that her cloak was dark
and made her less conspicuous.
“That man looked at me queerly.”
But she i, coWiforted herself with the
thought that she never would go
there again, never see Sloane.
A stage rumbled down the street.
She hailed it and got in glod of
the chance to get home. One or
two sleepy men were the only other
passengers.
When she reached the Square it
■was gray dawn. Never had the
Square looked more beautiful to her
than it did that morning. It spoke
of safety, of the little home only
a few feet away.
She locked the door, then threw
herself on the bed. fully dressed as
she was. There she sobbed out her
misery and shame until, exhausted,
she fell asleep. She did not waken
until Adele, returned from Yonkers,
stopped at her door.
“In a little while, Adele, I am
not up yet.”
“All right, lazy bones. I suppose
you were out awfully late, I know
I didn’t get much sleep. I’ll be down
in an hour or two and we’ll compare
notes.”
(To Be Continued.)
QUIZ
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can get the answer to any ques
tion puzzling him by writing to
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Bureau, Frederick J. Haskin, di
rector, Washington, D. C., and in
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turn postage.
NEW QUESTIONS
1. What parts of a soldier’s uni
form are men prohibited from wear
ing after leaving the army?
2. What is the salary of a rural
free delivery inspector?
3. Was the name, “California,” first
applied to Lower California?
4. Please state the names of the
presidents of the United States who
were members of Masonic lodges?
5. What grapes are the largest and
what are their size?
6. What causes moisture to collect
on the inside of window panes and
what will prevent it?
7. When was the salary of the
president of the United States in
creased.
8. Where is the oldest university
in the world?
9. How many cables are there from
America to Europe?
10. What was the real name of
Bertha M. Clay?
QUESTIONS ANSWERED
1. Q. What is the signagraph?
A. It is a machine that has just
' been installed in the Southern Pa
cific railroad offices in San Francis
co. The chief clerk, E. A. Van Wy
non, can sign 2,000 pay roll checks
an hour by means of this device,
which is his invention. Five foun
tain pens are worked at the same
time, four being connected with the
one in the worker’s hand. The pens
are guided by an imitation pen hold
er attached to the end of a bar.
2. Q. Why is the word Christmas
abbreviated Xmas?
A. Xmas is used as an abbrevia
tion on account of its symbolic sig
nificance, the “X” or cross stand
ing for “Christ.”
3. Q. Kindly tell me the correct
pronunciation of the word “Italian.”
A. “I-tal-ian” is accented on the
second syllable, and the first “i” is
short, as in the word “it.”
4. Q. How much gold is there in
the world today?
A. The estimated supply of gold in
the world at the present time is about
$9,000,000,000. The greater part of
this is not pure gold, but has been
alloyed.
5. Q. I often see reference to the
“corn belt.” Just what states are in
cluded?
A. The region including Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, lowa, Missouri, Kan
sas and Nebraska, which are the
chief growers of corn, is known as
the corn belt. ~ , s .
6. Q. Will the government sell life
insurance to all classes of people ?
A. Civilians are not permitted to
take out government insurance.
7. Q. What determines the pitch of
the voice?
A. The pitch of voices is determin
ed by the length of the vocal cords.
These cords are shorter in women
than in men, therefore the former
have higher voices.
8. Q. Which state elected the most
women to its legislature?
A. The National American Wom
an Suffrage association says tha.t
Connecticut stood first in this respect,
electing five women to its general
1 assembly. Kansas came next, with
four; California and Utah, three, and
New Hampshire, New Jersey and
Oklahoma, two each. Several states,
elected one woman, 29 women being
entitled to serve in the legislatures
of 15 states.
9. Q. What has become of Solo
mon’s temple? , x ,
A. Solomon’s temple was destroyed
by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B. C.
10. Q. Where is Jefferson Davis
buried? ,
A. Jefferson Davis died on Decem
ber 6 1889, and was buried in New
Orleans. In 1893 the body was moved
to Richmond, Va.
Nearly two-thirds of the world’s
telephone systems are in the United
States.
It is said that there are only three
mats of ivory in existence.
The Chinese have a peculiar rev
erence for printed matter.
eminent only one dollar per annum
to manage the government’s heavy
business. It now looks like one dol
[ lar a year was more than a plenty,
: when they helped along the big con
| tracts that put across five hundred
j or a thousand per cent profit on their
i own giant undertakings.
But the country has got something
! to learn, whether we go up or go
' down; but the igssou Is Aarder to
j go down-
TUESDAY, DECEMRER 21, 1920.
AUNT JULIA'S
LETTER BOX
“Help for the Helpless—Kindness to All
Dumb Things 99
RULES
No unsigned letters printed.
No letter written on both sides of paper printed.
All letters not to exceed 150 to 200 words.
Dear Children: Here is a nice rule for making Christmas candy:
One pound rbown sugar, one-half pound shelled nuts, one spoon of
butter, four tablespons of water.
Set the sugar to boil. As it begins to boil add the nuts. These
should be broken into halves and smaller pieces; let this boil until
it gets thick and begins to bubble, stirring constantly. When it is
quite thick pour by tablespoonful on buttered plate or marble; shape
into round cakes. This is best done with curved side of fork. Let
cool before removing from plate. Don’t put too much grease on
your plate; just enough to keep from sticking. These are called
pralines, and are quite expensive when bought from a candy shop.
The rule calls for pecans, but any nut is good, especially the black
walnut.
/ Hope you will have some of this for Christmas and enjoy it.
Lovingly, AUNT JULIA.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes
another soldier from tiie good old state of
Georgia. Have been reading the letter box
for a long time but this is the first attempt
I have made to write. I hope Aunt Julia
will let me in for I want a seat by the
little Tennessee girl, Claudie Aldridge. Why
didn't you give your address, Claudie?
If it was not for Aunt Julia’s rules, 1
would tell the cousins about Camp Benning.
It’s a wonderful place and there’s lots of
things to talk about, but it would make my
letter too long. Wish all the cousins could
visit me and see how the big infantry school
is conducted.
My letter is getting long, so I will_ have
to describe myself and go: Brunette, 5 feet
.1 inches tall, weigli 150 pounds, age 22
rears. Now, cousins, come on with those
letters. I want to hear from every one of
you. Will answer all mail received.
Thanks to you, Aunt Julia, hope to see
this in print.
Love to all, a new cousin,
ELMER R. BAGGETT.
Infantry School Detachment, Camp Ben
ning, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I am a very
-mall little girl of nine years old, but like
lo go to school.
Will you please pardon me for not writing
>n “Christmas,” when I noticed it in our
tear auntie’s column. But have just been
putting it off. Just think, Christmas is
ilmost here, and I know not what 1 am
40ing to do, but let’s all try to do some
hing that will comfort some poor little
•hild’s aciiing lieart. There are just lots
>f children that don’t know Christmas is
just around the corner. A very small, little
,'ift of some kind will cheer some of their
aciiing hearts.
There are so many children that have
never heard of Santa Claus. We should be
so thankful for what God has done for us.
Now just suppose your parents (perhaps
vou have none) or guardian could not get
vou fruit, candies, nuts, etc., would you
iiot appreciate some little gift from so ™ e
one? We that know a bit more about the
subject. If we have a good time let s think
of the reason we are celebrating it. Lis
ten’ It is the birth of Christ. Did you
think of the reason we celebrated Thanks
giving? Now, do let’s try to cheer some
poor little child’s heart if they are not of
the very first class of people. Why should
we think of that for the child cannot help
lt T promise to give and try to cheer
some aching heart.
Yours for remembrance,
VERA M KAY.
Pelahatchee, Miss., Route 1, Box 11.
Hello, Aunt Julia and Cousins! Will you
admit a Florida girl into your happy circle
of girls and boys? As this is my first let
ter, I will promise not to stay long. I
guess you all remember Bertie Mae Spivey,
of Nicholls Ga. I am writing this in her
behalf. I am corresponding wi &** r j2o*.
and she asked me to write to the letter
box and tell the cousins that were klnd
enough to write to her why she had nut
answered their letters This Is the reason,
she was married Sunday, the 28th, to mt.
Homer Ad“ms? She thanks each /very
one of you cousins for writing to her. 11
not describe myself. I am seventeen years
cl<s ’ .HATTIE MAE JONES.
Tallahassee, Fla-
Dear Aunt Julia: Please let a Mt«e Flor
ida girl join your band. I do not go'to
school. I live too far to SO. Mamma
teaches me at home. For P et ®.L,^ ve T
sheen five pigs and some biddies, so i
am not lonely. I am sending a dime for
the little orphan.
McDavid, Fla.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please let me In once more to it r
6 I guess it been
nZberTf letters,“and appreciated
otth 1 : J
E? s x
tag for tire last week and believe me I
ami. believe me. I am sure we a.l will be
glad, for Xmas is a lovely time. Say,
cousins, do any of you like to _ read .1
do and I especially enjoy reading the
letter box. Well, guess I I,ad C
before Aunt Julia gets mad with me. All
vou girls and boys write me. Will try to
answer all letters, duke
p. ei S^ V Here N is my dime for the orphan.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I am ask
ing for admittance into your happy _ ‘
of boys and girls. I want a 6ea ... it
Aunt Julia and some one that will wute
tome. Well, I will describe myself. I am
thirteen years of age ’. t nl o 0 c .°xninds iii
blue eyes, light hair, weigh 80 pounds,
the seventh grade. . . q,. n ,ia V
F»ow manv of you cousins go to ruin lay
i ari S tOn Win a -knswer e an’ tatteVand cards
received.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins. Mill you
S
a ” y Of ol^° U - I VvVl\^e a n n a t^7rmy n
One rS of my brothers
Wertin France, but they both returned
safelv. What did you cousins do Thanks
givtag? I certainly did enjoy . myself. I
think Aunt Julia and the cousins are do
inggrelt work. Some of yon cousins come
to see me. We would have a nice time.
If anv of the cousins want to write to a
HW. • wTJ' >5 i.”'
lia and all the ooa^“|g ) ’jrenE !W RL , ST.
Morganton, N. C.
Good Morning! Aunt Julia and al >
cousins seem somewhat surprisedl to' see
Georgia girl this morning although if 1
reallv look like a new cousin, I have writ
ten once before, but guess it wasn t wor
thy of printing. What have you cousins
been doing this beauitful November day .
I have been busy making tatting for my
first doily. I have just finished it How
many of you cousins make tatting. Oh,
most of you I see do fancy work! As tins
is my second attempt, I will tell my age,
it is between fifteen and nineteen. I will
hush. I will try and answer all cards and
letters if written to by cousins of my
aee- DOLLIE JONES.
Fayetteville. Ga., Route 1.
Hello Aunt Julia: I thought I wouhl join
your happy band of boys and girls Hope
vou will let me in. Say, cousins, what are
you all doing these cold days;! lam sit
ting by the fire. It sure is cold out here
How many of you cousins like t 0 raad
Aunt Julia’s box? I for one. That is the
first thing I look for when The Journal
arrives. Well, as most of the cousinss de
scribe themselves, I will do likewise: Au
burn hair, brown eyes, fair complexion, five
feet eight inches high, weigh 130 pounds
and am seventeen years old. Now if any
of you cousins would like to hear from a
Georgia boy, let your letters fly and I will
promise to answer all I receive. Your new
COUSI “’ CLIFF MITCHELL.
Carlton, Ga., Route 2, Box 38.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
admit a southwest Georgia girls into your
(•harming band? My mamma takes The Tri-
Weekly Journal, and I lyike to read the
cousins’ letters. I was fifteen years of
age June 29. Who has my birthday? I
attend Cedar Springs public school, and we
ride five miles each day in a Ford, as Ce
llar Springs is our nearest school. My
teacher is Miss Ruth Floyd .and we all
love her so much. As it is the custom to
describe oneself, I believe, so here goes: I
am 5 feet 3 inches tall, have brown eyes
and hair, brunette and weigh 119 pounds.
I have one brother seventeen years old,
one sister twelve, and my youngest brother
is ten. My papa died in 1913. I am learn
ing tlic use of the typewriter, and I find
it quite fascinating. I believe I have about
reached the limit allowed us, so I will move
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and give another cousin my chair. Will
answer all letters from the cousins.
Your new niece,
NORA NEWBERRY.
Saffold, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here
comes two little Georgia girls to join your
jiappy band of boys and girls. We are two
little playmates and thought we would try
to get in this morning for a chat. Wish you
cousins were here to play with us. We
sure would have a nice time. I guess we
had better go. So you cousins write to us.
We will answer all. Your new nieces and
cousins.
RUBY BARTON.
INEZ WOODS.
Tilton, Ga., Route 1.
Dear Aunt Julia and Friends: Will you
let two Mississippi girls .join your happy
band of boys and girls? We have been
reading Aunt Julia’s letter box and enjoy
reading it fine. We only live three miles
from McCall. We go to school there. We
have a consolidated school, five teachers,
225 pupils, and like to go to school fine.
Our fathers are farmers. Well guess we
had better describe ourselves: I, Ruby,
am fourteen years old, in the seventh grade,
have dark brown eyes, black hair and dark
complexion. I, Ester ,am fifteen years old,
and in the ninth grade, have dark brown
eyes, dark hair and fair complexion. We
play basketball at school. We each have
a cute little sweetheart, but, however, we
enjoy corresponding with girls. Aunt Ju
lia, please print this letter ‘as this is our
first. If any of you boys and girls wisli
to write to us Miss girls, let your letters
fly to,
RUBY COWAR.T,
ESTER ADAMS.
McCall Creek. Miss., R. F. D. 2.
Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes an
ol her Alabama girl to join the happy
band of boys and girls. This is the sec
ond time I have written to the A. J. S. 8.,
but by some msifortune my first letter was
not printed, so I hope that Mr. W. B. is
enjoying a walk and will not return until
I have finished this short chat with Aunt
Julia and the cousins. As it is a rule, I
will describe myself. Now don’t get scared:
I am five feet tall, weigli 108 pounds, have
light hair, blue eyes and medium complex
ion. Now, Jessie Richards, come from be
hind the door. Aunt Julia, please print
this and I will come again. Will send
something for the orphan some time soon.
Would send it now but I haven’t yet fin
ished tiie article that I am going to send.
Oh. pardon me if I have stayed too long.
Aunt Julia, do please print this. All you
cousins write to me and I will try to an
swer all letters I receive. So will say
good-by. I remain your new cousin,
NELLIE KELLEY.
Black, Ala.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: How are
you all getting along these dark, rainy
uays? I guess you are going about your
duties with a light heart.
How are all the cousins progressing with
their studies? I guess they are all like
me, trying to make the l>est of them.
I have been a constant reader of The
Tri-Weekly Letter Box for quite a while,
although a silent one.
How about a description of Yours Truly?
Here goes: Five feet 2 inches tall, brown
eyes, fair complexion, and my age is six
teen years. Have I a twin? I will answer
any letters or cards.
As this is my first attempt, I had better
run home or I will wear out my welcome.
So, Aunt Julia, please print this, as I want
to get better acquainted with my many
cousins.
A West Virginia Cousin.
CARL B. HAMRIC.
Frametown. W. Va.
P. S.—lnclosed please find a dime so!
the baby.
Dear Aunt Julia: We are two lonely
Georgia girls knocking for admittance. Will
you please let us in? We are. in the eight!)
grade. We will describe ourselves: I.
Pearl, have black eyes, fair complexion,
brown hair and five feet high and sixteen>
years of age. I, Verdie, have blue eyes,-
fair complexion, brown hair and five feet
tall, sixteen years of ago. We both weigh
115 pounds. We take Tiie Journal and we
enjoy reading Aunt Julia's letter
box. We like music, flowers, good books
and most everything. I hope Mr. W. B.
will be full without this letter. Well, we
will close with lots of love to Aunt Julia
and the cousins. I hope to see this in
print. It is our first time to write. Your
loving cousins,
PEARL DYER.
VERDIE DUCKWORTH.
Blairsvillf, Ga., Route 2, Box 33.
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