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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 11'HENS LAYING 221 EGGS£M° nth Almost Gave Up Raising Chickens. Then She Tried This Plan. ••When I first tried Don Sung, I was get ting 1 or 2 eggs every other day. The next month, using Don Sung, my 11 hens laid 2-1 eggs. I almost quit raising chickens, but now 1 will raise as many as I can.’’ —Mrs. F. C. Young, Bellefonte, Pa. ■p*" —n easily start your hens laying and • keep them laying, even In coldest winter. To prove it, try this: Give your hens Don Sung and watch re sults for one month. If you don’t find that It pays for itself and pays you a good profit besides, tell us and your money will be cheerfully refunded. Don Sung (Chinese for egg-laying) is a ‘ scientific tonic and conditioner. It is easily given in the food, improves the hen's health and makes hens stronger and more active. It is guaranteed to get the eggs, no matter how cold or wet the weather. Dqp Sung can b® obtained promptly from your druggist or poultry remedy dealer, or send 60c for a package by mail prepaid. Burrell-Dugger Co., 214 Columbia bldg., In dianapolis, Ind.—(Advertisement.) ofTRAPSBBkM freeWO ' mJ | • IWOJ ftJ BIG FUR SEASON STARTED For half a century this old reliable fur . house has promptly paid top prices to thousands of satisfied fur shippers. Fol- ■ low their lead. Every old-timer traps for j Taylor. Big fur money on even; farm. Write today for F»ee Book of t Traps. 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S You can’t set WKj; t.TTr, 1 i'fZprnrWK S along without tt S our Fur p rice lict jmßw a j txuggja v and catalog of K trapper*«cuppllec. S Write today b ThR 11 PSkUW# TTo Boys and Gtrlc or erown people ■bsoiutflY W/ free for dUt-ributinp our f ■jsragin hfffh-rrcde vegetable and flower seed at ten cents a larce pocknee, or, 70U mav have cash ■ ’ ns w>n( l Catalorneand 40 pack tees of our tested card en seed. B » When von hsve dietri- l|gEaS£ZSnifl br.ted tbp parkan-eFftt ten cents each, send money to ns nnd we -<lll send ■ j the premium yen select, ■hKTJgeS orepild ,b«>!ntMy free. Pequea Valier Seed Byjqsg®;.: M Farm.. 14S-r r'/Z™ Pa KwttWM.SM ■K/SrZaEI PremiumSrrd KsSjagf Eoute <n tarrld PEACH AAPPLb TR SELeS-S B3DUCED IBICES ■ direct to Planters Small or Large Lots by Express. Fre'.uht or I’, cel Post. Pear. Plum. < berry. Berries, Grape Nuts. Shade and Ornamental Trees. Vines an Shrubs. Catalog FREE TENN. NURSERY CO., Box 25, Cieveland, Tenn. 'JLxAE AIiAa'AA Juiiv.AU 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 MOM! love Child’s Bowels with “California Fig Syrup” Hurry mother! Even a sick ohild loves the “fruity” taste of “Cali fornia Fig Syrup” and it never fails ’o open the bowels. A teaspoonful today may prevent a sick child to morrow. If constipated, bilious, fev erish, fretful, has cold, colic, or if stomach is sour, tongue coated, breath bad, remember a good cleans ing of the little bowels is often all that is necessary. Ask your druggist for genuine "California Fig Syrup” which has directions for babies and children of all ages printed on bottle. Moth er! You must say "California” or you may get an im (Advertisement.) 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. Stuffed Tomatoes Stuff the tomatoes with chopped onions, tomato pulp and bread crumbs and then bake them. They’re good. ... Letter dox “Help for the Helpless—Kindness to All Dumb Things” 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— 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 tfil (g) PUOUC LEDGER CO y 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. Creaming It Add a little cold water to the bu* ter and sugar which you are crear ing. It makes the process muc easier. Get a FEATHER BEU Save sll. WK M* 1 P-SS , ” Full Biie; 1 counterpane large size; all for $13.95. (Retail value $25,00). Sam as above with 80-lb. bed, $14.95; with 85-lb. bed sls 95; with 40 lb. bed. sl6 95. Bed; alone, 20-lt $8 95; 30-lb. $9.95: 85-lb. $10.95; 40-lb. sll 95. Tw< 2 1-2 lb. pillows, $1 75. New feathers, best ticking $1,000.00 cash deposit in bank to guarantee satis faction or money back. Mail order today or write for catalog Sanitary Bedding Co., Dept 105 Charlotte, N. C. 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 tanooga. It has a wonderful loca tion as to railroads. And the noble stream—that promises much to the city—will always make the city in teresting to visitors. The Tennes see river is a grand river. bVaseline-i Viseline R«gUS.Pat.Off. 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