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THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND THE MODERN HOUSEWIFE
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION,
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
HOGS AND COTTON IN 1922
A few months ago we had three
million hogs in Georgia. The num
ber is now said to have fallen to
about two million. At no time are
•V we ever able to supply ourselves
With the amount of pork needed.
It is easy to see that there is an
appreciable shortage at this time
which we should undertake to make
good. When we do this the sug
gested trouble about marketing our
90,000,000-bushel crop of corn will
disappear. Every bushel of surplus
corn we have in Georgia this year
can be fed acceptably to hogs, and
so enable the farmer to send a fin
ished product to market and supply
us with a part of the meat we will
surely have to purchase elsewhere
unless we can immediately take
steps to remedy the existing situa
tion.
As a matter of fact, we should
emphasize hog production under ex
isting conditions as strongly as pos
sible. Everyone who thinks realizes
that we must reduce our cotton
•* acreage aid handle this crop on an
entirely different basis in the future.
If we are able to reduce the land
planted to cotton by one-half or
more what shall we do with it?
' This is a very pertinent question
and one uppermost in the minds of
cur farmers at the present time. No
better use can be made of it than
to devote it to the production of
grain or the raising or grazing crops
adapted to the maintenance of hogs
for the greater part of the year
Why do we advocate the emphasis
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now 1 will raise as many as I can.’’ —Mrs.
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of pork production at this time? For
the simple reason that the purchase
of two brood sows can be made at
a relatively low cost. In other
words, the landowner will not have
to invest much money to make a
start in swine production. Two good
brood sows reasonably fed and
cared for should raise two litters
of pigs each year. There is no
reason why twenty head of pigs
fallowed should not be brought to
maturity. On the average farm
three of them would be needed to
supply pork for home consumption,
leaving seventeen to sell. If these
hogs reach a weight of 250 pounds,
as they should if properly handled,
then at ten cents per pound they
will bring in to the landowner $425.
This is equivalent to the amount he
would receive for four or five bales
of cotton, depending on market
prices. It enables him within the
course of a year to add to his In
come several hundreds dollars and
to make up a part of the losses he
sustains through boll weevil dam
age and the reduction in his cotton
acreage. Everyone who has had ex
perience with hogs knows that the
ends indicated may be achieved by
those who give this type of animat
husbandry a fair chance.
Someone will say that if this prac
tice were followed on every farm we
would soon overdo the swine busi
ness. That is not likely to occur
for a long time to come. One of our
packing plants in Georgia which
could handle six hundred or eight
hundred thousand hogs a year, is
now securing barely two hundred
thousand. There are many other
packing plants which have closed
up and are now rusting out of idle
ness because they cannot secure an
adequate number of hogs to enable
them to operate profitably. A pack
ing plant to succeed must do a big
enough volume of business to pay
for the overhead, which is of neces
sity heavy.
By following out the suggestions
indicated we can put millions of idle
acres of land to a profitable use next
year, keep our cotton acreage on
a safe and rational basis, provide
both our rural and urban populations
with a choice quality of desirable
meat, and develop a type of animal
industry in Georgia essential to the
maintenance of our agriculture on a
desirable basis.
If we ar egoing to engage in swine
husbandry there are certain things
to which attention must be directed
immediately. First of all, expensive
shelters are not needed, but there
should be a movable hog house on
every farm for each brood sow kept.
This hog house should be well floor
ed and shoul dbe built on runners
so it can be moved readily from
place to place. A roof of building
paper should be satisfactory. It
should be well ventilated by means
of a large window facing the south.
It represents about the only equip
ment needed to take care of the
brood sow and her young satisfac
torily.
Next an area of land should be
selected on the farm according to its
size and the number of hogs it is
desired to keep. For two brood sows
five acres should be placed under
permanent fence. For four brood
sows say seven and a half acres
should be placed under fence, and for
eight brood sows, fifteen acres. A
pasture should be contiguous to the
fenced-in land of five acres and up
wards depending on the brood sows
kept. The plats should vary in size
from one and a half to two and a
half acres. A strong gate should be
provided opening on a lane-way
which adjoins the permanent pasture.
When this has been accomplished
proceed to break and prepare the
land and sow th efollowing crops:
For winter pasture seed one area to
oats or rye. The sooner the planting
is accomplished the better. The
seeding can, of course, be done up
to November Ist in north Georgia
and as late as December Ist in
south Georgia. A much larger
amount of grazing will be obtained
from early seeding. Os oats sow
two bushels per acre, and of rye,
one bushel. We prefer to drill the
crops in whenever practicable. Some
times it may be necessary to sow
broadcast. In that event the seed
should be very carefully and uni
formly covered Hogs may be turned
on these crops when they are 6 to
8 inches high In a favorable sea
son much grazing can often be ob
tained from December on. An acre
of oats or rye will carry about ten
hogs. The length of time they can
graze thereon varies much with sea
sonal conditions and the richness of
‘he soil.
Rape is an excellent crop for hogs.
It may be seeded in the southern
part of Georgia any time from Octo
ber 15th to February 15th. We do
not consider it a satisfactory crop
for planting in the fall in north
Georgia. It may be sown in the
spring, however, about the first of
February. Use 6 pounds of seed
per acre and plant in drills 24 to 3C
’nches apart. We prefer a relative
ly narrow drill for this crop.
Hogs may begin grazing on rape
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when it is 6 to 8 inches high. In
south Georgia grazing may often be
available by December 15th and may
continue through the winter months.
In north Georgia this crop will sel
dom be ready to graze before April
Ist to 15th. An acre of rape will
carry about ten hogs.
Another excellent crop to plant in
one of the fenced-in areas is alfal
fa. It will not succeed on thin,
sandy lands, but when planted on
red lands it appears to do quite
well. This crop is rather difficult
to establish. The land where it is
to be planted should be liberally
limed. Use at least one to two tons
of crushed raw rock per acre. Har
row this into the soil after it has
been very thoroughly prepared. Top
dress the land with leaf mold or
well-rotted manure a few days be
fore planting. Put on 500 pounds of
a fertilizer containing 3.5 per cent
nitrogen, 9 per cent phosphoric acid
and 3 per cent potash. Sow about
20 pounds of re-cleaned alfalfa seed
obtained from the western part of
the United States, and cover in
with a weeder. Be sure to inocu
late it with an artificial culture. Fol
low the directions sent with the cul
ture very carefully and seed on a
dark day if practicable. Alfalfa
should be gotten into the soil as
quickly as possible. This crop will
probably furnish more grazing per
acre than any other crop which our
farmers can use for the maintenance
of hogs. If it is not over-grazed and
properly protected at certain times,
the stand of alfalfa will last for
many years. It has as large a car
rying capacity per acre as any crop
with which we are acquainted. The
fact that it is available for the
greater part of the year, and that
it is a semi-permanent crop after
it is established indicates the many
advantages it possesses. Alfalfa is
best seeded in the fall. We have
seen few cases where it succeeded
satisfactorily from spring planting.
We urge every farmer who possi
bly can to establish an area of al
falfa as an aid to the maintenance
of an adequate number of hogs on
his plantation.
Crops which may be used for fall
grazing in addition to the above are
cowpeas, soy beans, corn, velvet
beans, sweet potatoes and peanuts.
Where these crops, can be fed in
combination better results always
follow than where they are fed
separately. Peanuts by them
selves produce a soft, flabby pork,
which does not bring a satis
factory price on that account. On
most farms these crops may not be
available at the present time. There
fore, there is nothing now to help
finish off such hogs as the land
owner may possess. This deficiency
in food supplies of a desirable char
acter for use in the late summer and
early fall should be provided for
another year. Those starting in
business at this season will not
greatly miss these crops, though an
adequate supply of corn is a very
desirable adjunct for the hog own
er to possess at any season of the
year. In this connection permit me
to say that in the use of grazing
crops one should always remember
to feed a limited grain ration. Graz
ing crops at best seldom supply the
animals with more than food re
quirements sos maintenance. If
they are kept on grazing crops
alone the development will be un
satisfactory and the maturity of the
animals delayed a long time as well.
A pound or two of grain, according
to the size and weight of the animal,
each day proves a profitable amend
ment to use in association with all
the grazing crops. There is less
necessity of feeding grain with al
falfa than with some of the other
crops mentioned. It should be re
membered, however, that in produc
ing hogs the liberal use of a well
balanced ration is essential. Noth
ing is gained by stunting the food
supply of farm animals. They meas
ure back to us about what we meas
ure out to them.
The first and easiest way for us
to institute a new type of farming
in Georgia that will enable us to
meet the boll weevil’ is through the
emphasis of hog production. We
can lay plans for placing this in
dustry on a basis that will enable
us to add at least $25,000,000.00 next
year to the revenues of our farms.
Now is the time to take action look
ing to the consummation of this es
sential undertaking.
MARY MEREDITH'S ADVICE
TO LONELY GIRLS AT HOME
Here comes a lonely girl to you
for some advice. lam not like most
of the girls, crazy about the boys,
although I go with them to pass off
the time.
I am a home-loving girl. I stay
at home and help my parents. We
live on a farm and like farm life
fihe. I have been going with one
boy about two years, but don’t care
about marrying yet.
I am 18 years of age. Do you
think I am too young to go with
the boys? I want to get a job this
winter to work some where. What
kind of work would you advise me
to do? I am afraid I have written
too much now, as this is my first
time to ask your advice. Will ap
preciate it very much.
A HOMEWARD GIRL.
I don’t think you are too
young to have young men oom
pany. Am glad you like farm
life; to make yourself contented
with your lot until you can bet
ter the conditions is an admira
ble trait. I hope better times
are in store for you. I can’t sug
gest any form of employment
to you, for I do not know what
you are capable of doing to make
a few dollars extra. Just now
labor conditions are not so good
in Atlanta. Many men and
women are out of employment.
I am an old subscriber coming to
you for a favor. Can you tell me
where I can obtain the address of
some place where they sell small
dogs. I wish very much to give
my small daughter a toy poodle for
Christmas, but don’t know where
to find one. Have been told I could
get them in Atlanta. Will be very
grateful to you if you can help me.
I always read with pleasure your
helpful advice to girls. Address me
through the Journal,
J. A. T.
If you will write letter to
Southern Pet Stock Dealers, 37
South Broad street, Atlanta,
they will be glad to secure for
you the kind of dog you desire.
Sorry I couldn’t answer your
letter sooner.
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Dear Children— l saw such a pretty, simple sewing bag the other
day; just the very thing for a Christmas present to somebody who
is likely to go visiting with their bit of handwork.
It sounds so simple that until you make one you cannot picture
how pretty and stylish it is. The bag was made of flowered cre
tonne, lined with a solid color, in this instance pink to match the
roses on the outside, it was 18 inches deep and 12 inches across.
On the lining, before it was sewed up, were put different sized pock
ets that snapped at the top to the bag. These pockets held papers
of needles; two were large enough to hold spools of thread; one for
the thimble and one long enoqgh for a medium size pair of scis
sors. In this latter was a cork for the point of the scissors. This
lining was sewed up and the outside was sewed up and then they
were put together no raw seams showed. The top edges were
turned together and in sewing up the sides an opening was left,
like a placket, about four inches deep. The top was then put to a
pair of rings, bracelet size or larger. These were brown, and the
top of the bag was sewed to these, or rather over these rings, with
heavy brown crochet thread with a stitch like a button hole stitch,
that you see let them slip on the rings. The little bags inside kept
the small things in place and left generous room for the sewing. The
outside had no trimming, the cretonne was pretty enough without.
You see, a quarter of a yard of cretonne and a quarter of a
yard of lining, a bit of thread, a cork and a pair of rings make a
lovely, useful gift and a very inexpensive one, too. Os course, if you
want something more elaborate, fill up the inside of the bag with
the thread, scissors and thimble. I
Write me if I can help you with your Christmas work.
Lovingly, AUNT JULIA.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I have been
a steady reader of your letter box for some
time and now desire to join your happy band
of boys and girls. When I get my paper
the first thing I look for is the letter box.
I also like Mary Meredith's advice. What
do you cousins do for pastime? I read good
books, such as the Bible and a chosen
novel; go in swimming and go horseback rid
ing. 1 live on a farm and like farm life
fine because I can have lots of fun and
enjoy being loose In the country where I can
go when I get ready and come back when I
please. I know a little about the Bible I
would like to discuss if you will allow me.
The Bible contains 3,5t>6,480 letters, 773,4.6
words, 31,173 verses, 1,189 chapters and 66
books. (The word “and” occurs 46,277 times;
the word “lord” occurs 1,855 times; the
middle verse is the Bth verse of the 118th
Psalm. The 21st verso of the 7th chapter
of Ezra contains all the Letters of the alpha
bet except the letter j. The 19th chapter
ot IX Kings and the 37th chapter of Isaiah
are alike. The longest verse is the 9th
verse of th*, Bth chapter of Esther, and the
shortest verse is the 35th verse of the lltli
chapter of John. Well, as it is my first
time to write, X guess X had better describe
myself, as it is a rule. But I’ll put it off
and say tl.is: The one who writes me the
most interesting letter before Thanksgiving
will receive one of my pictures and also a
Thanksgiving present. I will tell my age—
nineteen years old. 1 would have described
myself, but it is too early for Santa Claus
yet Now, if any of you good cousins want
to’ write me, just let your lettera fly. 1
will try to answer them all. Hoping all of
you cousins and Aunt Julia a hearty Thanks
giving and a merry Christmas and best
wishes to all through the future, from a
new cousin,
JEROME R. HOUS AND.
Tabor, N. 0., Route 2, Box 84.
p. S. —Inclosed find 25 cents for the help
less.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: I wonder how
many ot you cousins remember me? What!
No one? Yes, I see One or two who re
member me. Say, what have you cousins
been doing for pastime? I am in school
now. We have a party once in a while,
play basketball, etc. Oh, aren’t you cousins
glad winter will soon be here? Ou my way
to school and from I just can’t pass so
many wild flowers without gathering \a
boquet, there are so many. I guess I had
better ask forgiveness for not answering
letters and cards received. X said I wuold,
but there were so many X just couldn’t,
although I was very sorry; but if you cousins
could see me you would say I’m glad she
never answered mine. Although I appre-.
c'ated all of them so much. Aunt Julia,
pardon me for coming again so soon, but I
uad to thank you for printing my other
letter.. Good night to all.
LORENE MITCHELL.
Live Oak, Fla., Route D.
N. B.—Here’s my bit for the baby.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: Will you wel
ume a “sweet girl graduate” as another
ousin? I find the graduates’ supposed
pinion that they “know it all” is not true
i my case, though. I am living in "The
ose City of the South” at present and
link it is a grand old town, but) I love
e free country. Most of my seventeen
■ars have been spent with nature, and,
■using, she is a beautiful teacher. These
lies suit me:
The foolish fears of what may happen
I cast them all away
\mong the clover-scented grasses,
Among the new-mown hay;
Kmong the rustling of the corn,
Where drowsy poppies nod,
’here ill thoughts die und good are born,
Out in the fields with God.”
Cousins, are we doing our best for the
Uaster? We, Christians, can'* all be Billy
'iindeys, but we can help make God's world
better and happier. It has been said, "The
l est part of anybody’s religion—gentleness
and cheerfulness.” Literature has always
been my favorite study. People tell me 1
had rather read than eat, which may be
true. Anyhow, most of our minds have
nom to develon, and you will agree with
me that my body does not need food as bad
as my mind when you know I am 5 feet 7
inches. "Freckles,” "Laddie,” "When a
Man’s a Man,” "The Sky Pilot,” and the
Bible ate a few >f my favorites. Cousins,
when you’ve nothing better to do, let me
hear from you. Sincerely yours,
CLARA V. TUCKER.
754 Cherry St., Maeon, Ga.
Hello, there’ I hope the line isn’t busy,
but there! X believe Claud B. Mallory is
envesdroppir g. Say Claude, please hang u-»
the receiver: but before you hang up I will
say your suggestion would be grand for us
ecttsins to have a reunion. Eleanor Adams,
your poem was good. Thank you, Gladys
Stuart; your letter cn the Bible was great.
Geneva Brown, I think it’s about time you
were telling us about your home town. They
are getting teady to pave the streets here,
and, believe me, they are torn up badly.
Aunt Julia and all you flower lovers, both
boys and. girls, I wish you could see my
salvia and ageratum beds; they are beau
tiful. T had the pleasure of hearing Rev.
C. K Dozier, of Tokio, Japan. Mr. Dozier
has spent fourteen years there. Cousins, I
had the pleasure of going to North Broad
viaduct, on the Southern railway, near here:
length, 1,500 feet: height from water. 195
feet; finished 1919. With every good wish
to Aunt Julia and all the cousins, s’neerely
„ „ BERNICE BEATY.
Toccoa, Ga.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
admit two more Georgia kids Into your happy
circle? Wonder what you cousins are donlg
these cold days? We are just Jazzing
around, having a custard time. Well we
will describe ourselves and go, before” Mr.
W. B. gets tiß. I, Ira, have light hair,
"™ wn eyes, fair complexion, weigh about
100 pounds, age sixteen. I, Tomie, have
light hair, blue eyes, weigh 112 pounds,
age twenty, fair complexion. Say, cousins,
all of you be sure and write us, we will an
swer all mall receivd. Well, we will go
with best wishes.
ORA BURT.
t TOMIE VAUGHTERS.
Dawsonville. Ga., R. F. D. 2.
Dear Aunt Julie and Cousins: Here comes
two good looking North Carolina girls to join
your happy eirele of boys and girls, as there
is not many letters from this part of the
state, we thuoght we would write. We will
describe ourselves: I, Myrtle, will describe
myself, here it goes, catch it: Dark hair
fair complexion, 4 feet 4 inches low, brown
eyes, weigh 85 pounds, age thirteen. I Gar
tba, will deerihe myself, so here goes: Dark
eurly hair, dark complexion, blue eyes, 5
feet 5 inches low, weight 117 pounds, age
between 14 and 18 years. We will have to
hush for we are afraid Mr. W. B. will -te 1 .
in. Please print this in the next issue.
Well come on, all of you good old North
Carolina boys and girls, with your letters.
Would like to correspond with some of you
new cousins. From your sincere friends,
GARTHIL WEST.
Andrews, N. C., R. F. D. 1. Box 57.
MYRTLE WEST.
Andrews, N. C., R. F. D. 83,
L9OKE4OAK
VOOMAK
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR
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CHAPIEB LIU
ANOTHER MAN’S WIFE
DWAHUE had made the most of
his scoop for the Star and,
it was needless to say, the
truth came as a terrific blow
to Mr. Harmon. He had not even for
a moment suspected his son. To be
sure, he had never credited Charley
with much business ability, but the
knowledge that he had stolen the
bonds from the safe and allowed an
innocent man to go to prison was
almost more than he could bear.
At first his anger was so great
that he determined to prosecute to
the full extent of the law, but Mrs.
Harmon prostrated with grief, per
suaded him to be lenient. He finally
compromised by sending Charley out
west to his uncle’s ranch, where he
was to work hard for small wages
until he had made good.
Charley was too weak in his make
up to protest. He knew that his abil
ity would never bring him in any of
the good things of life; he was too
easy-going to work his way out of
difficulties himself, and he comforted
himself with the knowledge that in
a few years the excitement would
have blown over and he could come
back to New York again.
Alone with his mother in the big
house on Madison avenue, his head
buried in her lap, her fingers strok
ing his crisp, fair hair, he told more
of his inner feelings in a few words
than he had ever revealed before in
his life. She loved him, she would
stand by him, for in spite of what
he had done he was still her boy.
There were tears in nis blue eyes
when he finally raised his head to
look at her, but his glance did not
falter.
"They all think I’m bad clean
through, and I deserve it. Dad will
never forgive me and I’ve disgraced
you all, but I’m sorry, mother. I want
you to know that.”
Mrs. Harmon was crying softly and
Charley went on speaking as though
he had to tell her what was in his
heart. 1
"I got into a tight hole gambling,
and I was desperate. For the time I
didn’t think, and then I was sure they
would let Neil off because of his good
standing. But dad was hard; he in
tended to prosecute. Then she came
into the office and, mother, I loved
her. She was different from anyone
I had ever known. At first I liked
her because she was beautiful, but
afterwarde I Idved her for what she
was. I had never met anyone like
her before. She made me fight for
everything and one night in a taxi
when I held her in my arms against
her will she cried. I felt that if the
time ever came when she would come
to me willingly, I’d ask nothing more
of life. I know I’m weak,l know I’m
rotten, outside the pale, but if I could
have had a woman like that thing*
might have been different. Ever since
that day when I learned who she was
I’ve tortured myself with the fact
that she belonged to Barry Neil al!
along; that she only endured me be
cause of him. It’s been hell moth
er; all the rest has been nothing in
comparison with that.”
And Mrs. Harmon looked at her son
and suffered and understood in spite
of herself She had come to the place
where she was forced to realize that
her own love was not enough; that
her own loving care and tender
watching and understanding heart
were not sufficient to- hold her boy’s
heart. She was learning the lesson
that all mothers learn sooner or later,
that her boy was a man and his
heart cried out for a mate to whom
he would give a love far stronger
than any filial devotion he might feel
for the woman who had brought him
into the world.
But he was telling her about it,
that was something; and some day
when all this had blown over he
might meet another woman who
would mean as much to him. But
she did not tell him that. She sim
plv sat there listening with all her
heart to what he had to tell her. She
was a wise mother.
CHAPTER LIV
The Fledge of Faith
OF COURSE. Mr. Harmon want
ed to reinstate Barry. He
came himself to Mrs. Baxter’
boarding house, where that es
timable woman, all smiles now and
highly flattered by the amount of
publicity given to her housh through
Harriet’s presence there had in
stalled Barry and his wife in a larga
fairly comfortable room in the front.
"I don’t konw that I can ever make
things up to you,” he said when Bar
ry met him In the ugly front parlor.
"But your iob’s there, the one we
talked about before this thing hap
pened. I’d like to think that you’d
take hold of it and m»’— -"ourself o
real value to the firm ”
But Barry shook his head. In his
heart of hearts he knew that his
presence in the office would be a
reminder to Mr. Harmon of what had
happened, and the connection would
not be a successful one. He had
talked it all over •with Harriet, and
she had advised him not to go back,
and Barry would have taken a job as
a lion tamer these days if Harrie'
had suggested it.
And so the two men parted Mr
Harmon thankful that Barry lyd
turned the job down, and Barry ac
cepted an offer from one of the larg
est backing houses in the city at a
salary three times what he had re
ceived in the capacity of underclerk
at Harmon & Graves.
The new apartment was the joy of
Harriet’s heart, for she had discov
ered herself three old-fashioned
high-ceilinged rooms, on one of the
side streets off lower Fifth avenue
They furnished it piece-meal, haunt
ing auction rooms together and
'JLiuEoDAY, NUVnihIJuEH 1, lb2i.
The Country Home
Bl MRS. W. H. FELTON
The Confederate Reunion in Chat
tanooga
According to the printed schedule
of the approaching reunion, this will
mark the thirty-first of these memo
rial celebrations by the old-time Con
federate states.
I have attended a considerable
number of them, but my imp-es
sions now are that they are a heavy
tax upon the vitality of the ayjed I
men who served in the fateful six
ties and who are now seventy-six
years of age, the youngest of them.
I remember well a boy between sis
teen and sixteen who volunteered
in July, 1861, for the army in Vir
ginia, and he would have been sev
enty-six years old in September last
if he had lived to 1921.
The great majority are over sev
enty-six and all are obliged to be
aged survivors, who will take the
trip to Chattanooga this week.
I attended a reunion in Nashville,
Tenn., about 1887, when a great
many of those who have passed
away during these intervening years
were hale and hearty at the- time
here mentioned.
I remember Hon. Mr. Reagin, who
was postmaster general of the Jef
ferson Davis administration and per
haps the only survivor of the admin
istration then.
I had become acquainted with him
in Washington City, where rM. Rea
gin was a member of congress from
Texas, after the war, during the sev
enties. It was a real pleasure to
me to meet him and his excellent
wife in Nashville. I was in Wash
ington in 1918, when the Confeder
ate reunion was held there, and I
could mark the decrease in the ranks
of the old southern veterans.
I was in Atlanta in 1919, when
the reunion was held there.
I took the trip to Chattanooga a
few days ago, and while I did not
attempt to go to any gathering, be
cause I am so advanced in age, I did
see great numbers arriving on trains
and walking the streets.
It was a great treat to the thou
sands of people of Texas and other
western states of the old south to
be able to come this way to see
their kinfolks—because of the rail
road rate of one cent a mile.
A man who lives in Fort Worth,
Texas, was on the same train with
me, and his father’s people lived
in my part of the county long ago.
He had two children with him the
small boy had no railroad fare and
the little girl only a half ticket. His
railroad ticket will transport the
father and children for a little less
than twenty-five dollars for all
three of them the round trip. When
you recollect I would have to pay
nearly a dollar for a Pullman chair
to bring me to Cartersville from
Chattanooga, less than a hundred
miles, besides my regular train tic
ket, you can understand the value
of the “cent-a-mile” opportunity.
Chattanooga was gaily dressed in
old Confederate flags—along with
the regular United States flags
intertwined.
The friends I visited were lovely
to me and we rode miles upon miles
in their fine auto car to view the'
city and its environs. lam eighty
six years of age, and I was three
years old when the Cherokee In
dians were finally moved to Indian
Territory by the military in 1838.
Chattanooga was known as Ross’
landing. John Ross, was a notable
chief of the Cherokee tribe. My
friends drove out to Rossville, partly
in Georgia and partly in Tennessee,
it will not be long before the city
limits of Chattanooga will be at the
Georgia line. I had seen the old
Ross home, many years ago—but
it was pleasing to me to see it again
in fair state of preservation—the
other day.
The Ross faction never gave con-
S e ho t s T„ y 01 '' k,ren
.AVW’Sl.“let
wake in the night with a start of ter
r°Jo’. a t nd . sit bolt u P r, £ h t In the dark
r.® flays of a s on y were over, that
was . and they were to
gether again. Once she had cried for
time there in the darkness at
the blessed relief of waking up from
k t^ rib l e dream to find Barry there
beside her, and afterward she had
curled up like a kitten, one of his
hands held tight in both of hers, and
her eyelashes lying long and wet on
her warm, flushed cheeks.
Late tn the afternoon on the day
before Christmas, Harriet was alone
in the living room of the apartment.
She was kneeling on the hearth coax
ing a fire to burn in the old-fashion
ed fireplace, when the bell rang and
she went smiling to the door.
A woman stood outside, a strange
woman, richly dressed, .with a calm,
proud face, and beautiful sad eyes
She smiled at the radiant girl before
her, and said softly:
"May I come in a moment? I am
Mrs. Harmon.”
Harriet led the way into the living
room, wonderingly, and the two wom
en sat facing each other on each side
of the fireplace. The fire which had
decided to burn was leaping up mer
rily and it was attractive in the large
old studio room. Harriet herself was
like a rare old painting in her
straight red dress, and the eyes of the
eflder woman took in every detail of
her charm. Then she spoke.
“I suppose you are wondering why
I came, but for a very long time I’ve
been wanting to see you, and now I
have a message to you from my son. ’
Harriet stiffened a little and Mrs.
Harmon leaned forward Impulsively
and took her hand.
“My dear, he loved you very much
and in, a very big way. Perhaps you
find that hard to believe, but I am
his mother and he told me so. He’s
making good out there, and I want j
you to know that, in my belief, your
influence on him is .largely responsi- |
ble. He wanted me to give you this !
little gift, and he felt that if I i
brought it to you myself you migh‘;
be persuaded to keep it.”
Mrs. Harmon drew a small box
from her handbag and put it into
Harriet’s hand. Then she rose to
her feet, drawing Harriet with her,
kissed the girl on the forehead, and ■
in a moment was gone.
In the stillness of the big room
Harriet opened the box, and there
softly embedded in pink cotton wool,
was the topaz bracelet that Charley
had bought for her long v ago. She sa
there for a long time looking at it,
but somehow the gift no longer of
fended her. It seemed to her now
like a pledge of good faith, and her
eyes were wet as she put it back intc
the box. Poor Charley, he had so lit
tle. and she had Barry! Which to a
one-man woman was like possessin;
all the world.
The End.
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sent to the removal of the Cherokee
Indians The Ridge faction signed
the agreement—over the violent pro
test of the Ross faction.
Ridge and his son were assassinat
ed before they could cross the Geor
gia line—going westward to the ter
ritory.
Our school children understand
that Indian territory is now the state
of Oklahoma—one of the richest of
the United States in oil and mineral
production. There are large num
bers of Indians, well marked as to
complexion, in Oklahoma today, as I
was told several years ago by
an Indian who came back to Bar
tow county. I chanceed to see him
at our depot the day he bought his
return ticket to Oklahoma.
The train was delayed and we
were comfortable in the depot, and
I had the opportunity of a chat with
him. His mother was born in Bar
tow county, and as he put it up, "in
the bushes.” She had so well lo
cated the place in her direction that
he had found the spot.
He also said he was born in a
tent—and in the west, but I conclud
ed he was about as old as myself
when we chatted together. He said
his mother made him promise be
fore she died that he would visit her
birth place. She was devoted to
Georgia and still resented the forci
ble removal. I saw his big roll of
money when he peeled off a bill to
hand to the ticket agent, and from
what I saw as to money and what
he told as to land in Oklahoma, the
latter must be a great state, with a
great future.
I greatly enjoyed my trip to Chat
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stream—that promises much to the
city—will always make the city in
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