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THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND THE MODERN HOUSEWIFE
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR., AN DREW M. SOULE
Beautifying the Home
♦ Home should be the most at
tractive place on earth. It is the
I, institution that is most fundamental
to the welfare of society. In fact,
Without the home civilization on its
present basis cannot be preserved or
successfully maintained. May we all
have a beautiful home? fies, indeed.
It depends entirely on what our idea
of beauty and attractiveness may be.
Tnere are those who think that great
stone battlements and iron gates of
piagnificent proportions make a
home. In this they are mistaken.
There is a fine prospect, indeed, that
there will be not as much real hap
piness and enjoyment in a palace at
this time as in the cottage of the
hiost humble artisan, yet th artisan’s
cottage, though it occupies but a
small bit of ground, may be set in
a beautiful environment of trees and
shrubbery that will grow but for
the setting out. and certainly in this
day and generation the inside of the
home may be made attractive for a
piodicum of expense. Surly the ex
terior may be kept in a pleasing con
dition through the rational use of
paint from time to time. What we
♦ way hope to accomplish in this par
, ticular direction in adding to the at
, tractiveness and beauty of our home
is sometimes, I think, not generally
appreciated. Otherwise I think
many more rural homes would be
painted.
In order that the importance of
this matter may be more generally
understood and appreciated, the
method of procedure which should
be instituted for the attainment of
these ends is outlined below. The
recommendations made have been
simplified as much as possible. They
represent the views of experienced
workers. Let us put on a campaign
t>f home improvement in which the
paint brush may be made to func
tion to the greatest possible ad
vantage. Have you ever ridden
ter oss the country? If so you must
have been impressed with the drab
nature of most of the farm homes
with which you came in contact.
>There is no visible evidence of ex
terior decoration. Many of the homes
have apparently not been painted at
til. Irrespective of any other re
sult, this is a mistake because in
this day when wood has become so
scarce and costly the preservation
of the home from decay becomes a
matter of importance. We can do so
much along this line at such a rela
tively small expense that we ought
to direct attention more frequently
to this matter and try to emphasize
It with such force as to make our
people throw aside the lethargy
which possesses them relative to this
matter and go to work to paint up
their homes. The comparative iso
lation and the unattractive setting
of a home may be transformed fre-
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' For side dressing cotton, corn and other
Southern crops.
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/• 50 pounds of Muriate of Potash,
furnish the same amount of Actual Potash
which is so profitable in preventing cot
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cotton, corn and general crops.
These are the three Standard German
Potash Salts that have been used for gen
, erations to great advantage in the South.
Having planted the crop, one cannot afford
to let it starve. A good side dressing may
make all the difference between success
and failure.
Try it and you will find that
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quently through the use of a little
paint. It is said that the well
groomed man or woman has a feel
ing of superiority. It is natural
that this should be the case. The
very fact that one is well dressed ex
erts' an inspiring influence, and helps
to insure the maintenance of an
equilibrium and a degree of dignity
which otherwise might not apper
tain. It is equally certain that if we
paint up and decorate the exterior
of the home we create an interest
and pride in it which did not pre-,
iously exist. It makes an impres
sion not only on the neighborhood
but on all who come in contact with
it. It creates new impulses and de
sires on the part of the' boys and
girls who live in it and the adult
members of the family as well who
happen to be associated with its en
terprises.
These are but a few of the minor
benefits which accrue from the im
provement of the home,*,but surely
they are worth while and should
stimulate us to a degree of effort
along this line that has hitherto
been lacking. Some of the processes
we should employ, and some of the
materials we can use to advantage
are outlined below. If we can not
undertake to re-paint the home we
can often maybe use a creosote oil
on it that will at least preserve the
exposed timbers and add much to
the general appearance of the home
as well. We can often stain the
shingles on the roof for the outlay
of a comparatively small sum of
money. Most assuredly we can
whitewash the fences and outbuild
ings at a relatively small cost.
Those associated with the work of
our home economics division consid
er this r -tter of the exterior decora
tion and improvement of the home
of fundamental importance to our
people. They are the ones, because
of their constant association with
this problem and their study of rural
conditions, to whom this study
makes the greatest appeal. They
have assembled the data, which fol
lows. I trust that hundreds of peo
ple may be stimulated by these sug-
to make a definite effort
this year towards the improvement
of the general exterior of their
homes.
The exterior woodwork of a house
needs repainting once in five to ten
years, according to climate and oth
er conditions, although if not done
with proper material or sufficient
care it will not last as long as this.
The interior should, with good care,
stand from fifteen to twenty years,
and then may not require complete
renewal. Exterior paint sometimes
loses its luster, while the body of
the paint is still good, and in cases
of this kind it is sufficient to wash
the surface and then give it a coat
of oil. This replaces the oil which
has superficially perished, imparts
a gloss and brings out the color. .If
the paint is worn off so as to show
the wood in places, or is peeling, it
must be very carefully examined. In
extreme cases it is necessary to burn
off the old paint. This is done with
a painter’s torch, a lamp which
burns alcohol, naphtha or kerosene,
and which furnishes a flaring blast
of flame, which is directed against
the painted surface just long enough
to soften the paint which is at once
removed with a scraper while still
hot. The paint is not actually burn
ed, but only softened by the flame.
It may, however, be removed as well
as softened by this method. Houses
covered with pitch}' wood, like
southern pine, sometimes require
this treatment, and the next paint
ing is found to be more lasting. In
many cases it is sufficient to thor
oughly scrub the surface with a stiff
steel-wire brush. Interior surfaces
may be cleaned (if the removal of
the old paint and varnish is neces
sary) with varnish remover. This is
a mixture of solvent liquids, which
penetrates the old paint or varnish
and softens it, when it may be re
moved with scrapers or brushes.
There is less danger of fire with this
method than with the burning off
method, but it is slower and costs
more. It must not be forgotten that
varnish-remover is volatile and high
ly inflammable and must not be used
in a room where there is a fire. It
is especially suitable for cleaning
out moldings and all irregular sur
faces from which the varnish may
then be removed with stiff brushes.
It is not convenient to use (scrapers.
It is especially desirable to have
floors occasionally cleaned in this
way, but if a house has been var
nished originally, with a first-class
varnish it may be necessary only to
wash it thoroughly and then apply
another coat of varnish. Smoke and
dirt may often be thoroughly re
moved from ceilings with the crumbs
of fresh bread, where washing would
not be desirable. A 10 per cent so
lution of carbonate of soda (sal soda)
in hot water may be used to remove
old floor wax.
Carbosota liquid, creosote oil is a
highly refined and specially process
ed coal-tar creosote particularly
adapted for surface treatments
(brush treatment or painting, spray
ing and dipping), and the open tank
process (hot and cold or hot and
cooling treatment). It is a nut brown
color and a fine wood preservative,
costing about 80 cents per gallon
and one gallon will cover 300 square
feet and is very easily applied. It
is especially useful in painting sills
of buildings and any exterior surface
exposed to the weather.
Shingle stains come in red, brown
or green shades, and are used for
painting shingles, weatherboarding
or any rough surface. When siding
is exposed to salt air, it is better to
turn the rough side out and use
shingle stains,’ as it will last longer
and is cheaper. Cabats stains are
standard, but there are others just
as good.
A formula used by the United
States government in making white
wash for lighthouses and other pub
lic buildings is as follows:
Unslaked lime, two pecks.
Common salt, one peck.
Rice flour, three pounds.
Spanish whiting, one-half pound.
Glue (clean and white), one pound.
Water—a sufficient quantity.
Slake the lime in a vessel of about
ten gallons capacity, cover it, strain
and add the salt previously dis
solved in warm water. Boil the rice
flour in water; soak the glue in
water and dissolve on a water bath,
and add both, together with the
whiting and five gallons of hot water
to the mixture, stirring all -well to
gether. Cover to protect from dirt,
and let it stand for a few days, when
it will be ready for use. It is to be
applied hot, and for that reason
should be used from a kettle over a
portable furnace.
Whitewash is so commonly used
around the farm that it is advisable
to know just how to make it proper
ly. The following receipt for a ce
ment whitewash is made use of by
owners of cold storage warehouses
who desire a snowy whitewash that
dries quickly, adheres strongly to
cement, brick or wood, and does not
rub off on the clothes.
Slake one-half bushel of lime with
boiling water, adding the water slow
ly and stirring constantly until a
thin paste results. A five-foot piece
of 3-4-inch iron pipe makes a good
rod for stirring. The lime will be
lumpy if the water is added freely
and the mass is not properly stirred.
Add one-half peck of salt to the
lime paste, stir thoroughly, and add
water to bring the whitewash to
the proper consistency. Throw a
good handful of Portland cement in
each pail of whitewash, and a tea
spoonful of ultra-marine blue. Add
the cement and the blue powder just
before the wash is to be used and
stir in well, otherwise the whitewash
will b e streaked. The cement makes
the whitewash adhere strongly to
any surface and the bluing coun
teracts the grayish color of the
cement and results in a white ap
pearance.
Take as much air-slaked lime as
is needed to make up a creamy
paint, adding oily cold water. Add
THE COUNTRY HOME
BY MRS. W. H. FELTON
Who Began the Reformation Move
ment in Georgia?
In the years to come there may
be some discussion as to the begin
ners or originators of various re
form movements in Georgia or in
other states of the federal union.
There is likely to be conflict in
testimony.
While some of us aged persons
are still living it may be well to
furnish our recollections. It is the
safe thing to do. Also the proper
thing to do, as one old body sees it.
In the year 1884, my husband, the
late Dr. William H, Felton, was
elected to represent Bartow county
in the Georgia legislature. He had
previously served in the United
States congress for six years. I
take no risk when I say he was,
therefore, one of thp best "equipped
of legislators when he took his seat
as representative from Bartow coun
ty in the year 1884.
It is also a matter of proof that
he was urged to go to the Georgia
legislature to oppose the sale of the
Western and Atlantic railroad. He
had represented Cass county (now
Bartow), in the state legislature ten
years before the Civil war, and I
have an old letter written to him by
Hon. Francis Bartow showing the
latter’s confidence and regard for
the Cass county legislator in 1851-2.
Long before he was elected in 1884
I had been writing for newspapers,
and urging the law’makers of the
state to abate the horrors of the
convict lease system, then in force
in this state and other southern
states. Also the necessity for re
moving females, of both colors, from
the chaingartgs, wnere they were
permitted to associate with male
prisoners and lustful guards. At
one time there were twenty-odd lit
tle children running around in Geor
gia's prison camps under three years
of age. Measuring my words as I
now write them down, I consider my
service on this line as perhaps the
most effective and the most daring
(I will not say heroic), of all my
many struggles for better civil gov
ernment.
When Dr. 'Felton was elected to
the Georgia legislature in 1884, I
was in the “thick of the fight.” He
made a pledge to me that he would
introduce a bill to remove these un
happy females; also a bill to create
a reformatory for the young crimi
nals, who were kept in constant con
tact with hardened veterans in
crime. I was selected by a resolu
tion, adopted in state W. C. T. U.
convention at Macon, Ga., to pre
pare a memorial on these matters,
urging the big men of the state to
secure these needed reforms. Dr.
Felton introduced by memorial, all
of which is a matter of public rec
ord. While the canvass was going
on in Bartow county Dr. Felton re
ceived the following letter from Gov
ernor Henry D. McDaniel, which will
explain itself:
one handful of salt to the bucketful
of whitewash. Stir thoroughly and
apply evenly. It is necessary to keep
the above mixture thoroughly stirred
to get the best results.
Drying Fruit and Vegetables at
Home.
R. D. Bladenboro, N. C.
writes I would like to dry
peaches like those on the mar
ket. Are they sun dried or dried
some other way?
Fruits and vegetables lean be
dried in various ways. Most of the
fruit put up commercially in the
eastern states is dried artificially
and on a commercial scale. These
dryers are specially constructed and
operate on the basis of a draft of
hot air being driven through them,
which carries off the surplus mois
ture the fruit contains. Home-made
dryers of various kinds can be se
cured without much difficulty
through the agency of any of your
local hardware stores. There are
two types which may be used, the
sun-dryer and the stove-dryer. The
one is used out of doors and the
other is used on top of the kitchen
stove or range.
A sun-dryer can be easily made
at home. It consists of wooden
trays, which can be supported on
a table or any sort of satisfactory
rack. These trays may be made of
any size that can be conveniently
handled. They need not be over
two or three inches in depth. They
should have wire serening on the
bottom and over the top. The top
screen should be removable so as
to permit the ready emptying or
filling of the trays. The screen on
top is used, of course, to keep flies
from getting into the fruit.
Peaches may be dried with tha
skins on, or they may be pared. It
is desirable to take the skins off
whenever this Is practicable. The
peaches should then be put in lay
ers in the trays. A relatively thin
layer is the most desirable for sun
drying, and in no event should the
tray be filled to a depth of more
than two inches. As soon as some
of the water has dried out stir the
fruit from time to time. You can
tell when It is sufficiently dry by
equeezing it between the fingers. If
it is spongy and falls apart it is
dry enough.
When this operation has been
completed the fruit should be put
up in clean paper sacks which have
been made as insect-proof as pos
sible.
Information Relative to Calcium
Arsenate
R. G. W„ Winder, Ga., writes:
What per cent of actual poison
is contained in a hundred pounds
of calcium arsenate, and do you
think it would be advisable to
buy the actual poison where
same is to be used in liquid form
, and mix it leaving out the white
How To Raise
Baby Chicks
Put Avicol In the drinking water
Most people lose half of every hatch,
and seem to expect it. Chick cholera,
or white diarrhoea, is the cause.
An Avicol tablet In
the drinking water will
(save your chicks from
all such diseases. With
in 48 hours the sick ones
will be lively as crickets.
Mrs. Wm. May, Rego,
Ind., writes: “I was los
ing 10 or 15 chicks a
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day from diarrhoea before I received
the Avicol. I haven't lost ohe since.”
It costs nothing to try Avicol. Use It
for preventing or treating white diar
rhoea and all bowel diseases Os poultry.
If not satisfied, your money promptly
refunded. Sold by druggists and poul
y remedy dealers, or mailed postpaid
25c. Burrell-Dugger Co., 417 C‘J
iunbia Bldg., Indianapolis, Inu.
“Atlanta, Ga., October 20, 1884.
“Hon. W. H. Felton,
“Cartersville, Ga.
“Dear Sir: Your letter of recent
date came duly to hand. A press of
official work has prevented a reply
before this time.
“I have given much thought to
the subject mentioned by you, a
reformatory for juvenile criminals,
before your letter came. In my
message to the legislature I will call
attention to the importance of the
subject, and the legislature. in its
wisdom will doubtless pursue a
course for the best interests of the
class mentioned, and of society and
of the commonwealth.
“Permit me to say I feel sure that
your experience in legislation
will be of great service to the state
during your service in the general
assembly. Should you visit the city
before the assembly' convenes, I
would be pleased to discuss with you
several matters of importance that
will come before the legislature, and
which are of interest to the state.
“For your kind expression upon
my re-election, accept my thanks.
“Very respectfully.
(Signed) “HENRY D. M’DANIEL.”
Dr. Felton presented a bill and de
fended it heroically during his six
years after 1884.
He did not care a copper what the
opposition said in reply to his bill,
but when a representation from
Sumter county decided to attack me
as the “political she” of Georgia, he
work up an "old lion” (to use the
words of Charles A. Dana, in the
columns of the New York Sun), who
did not permit such an attack on his
wife to pass.
I went from home that day, had
a time of it to procure a seat high
up in the gallery, and my husband
had no notice that I was in the
building at the time. He was speak
ing on the floor of the house when
I contrived to secure a place to
stand or sit in the tremendous ex
citement of the hour. I could hear
his wonderful clarion voice down on
the street as I was trying to get up
the steps of the old capitol building
on Marietta street to hear better.
The story is too long to copy it
down at this time. All the papers
were full of it next day, and it was
an impromptu speech, and will
mark a day in Georgia history, long
after the actor’s stalwart frame has
passed into dust.
To him belongs the credit of the
reform movement (for reforming ju
venile criminals) In the state of
Georgia.
The lessees were strongly in
trenched by reason of political in
fluence and plenty of money. They
fought to the limit to hold on to the
vast profits of the convict lease.
They employed lawyers and influ
enced ambitious legislators by meth
ods generally employed to hold them
to their support, but the faithful old
member from Bartow county not
only influenced public opinion on
juvenile criminals, but saved to the
state the Western and Atlantic rail
road, the best paying property any
state ever owned.
lime, thus eliminating the freight
charges on the same?
Calcium arsenate of a grade satis
factory to use for the dusting of cot
ton should contain not less than 40
per cent of arsenate pentoxid, and
not more than three-fourths of 1 per
cent of water-soluble arsenate. It
should possess a density of 80 cubic
inches per pound. These matters
are of the utmost importance, and
no material should be purchased
jvhich does not come up to these
specifications. Buy it only on a guar
antee and subject to test. You can
have it examined free of co-st if you
will sent a sample to the laboratories
of the federal department of agri
culture at Tallulah, La.
There is only one poison which we
are in position to recommend that is
likely to be of any service to the
cotton growers in this section of'the
state in fighting the weevil, and that
is calcium arsenate of the grade in
dicated in a dry or powdered form.
It must be applied as a dust spray.
It can not be used as a liquid to
any advantage or satisfaction. This
matter has been fully tested out.
A Well-Balanced Fertilizer for
Peanuts
P. R. G., Nona, Ga., writes:
What is the best-balanced fertil
izer for peanuts, both for red,
stiff clay and the gray lands
which prevail throughout midd’e
Georgia?
There is a general impression that
no fertilizers need be applied to the
peanut crop. This is a mistake,
however, as this crop makes a rela
tively heavy draft on the plant food
supplies of the soil, particularly on
the mineral elements, phosphoric
acid and potash. In sections where
the peanut has been grown it is
charged with being hard on the land
on this account. It is not an espe
cially exhausting crop to the soil
provided a proper rotation of crops
is followed and a rational system of
fertilization pursued. An attempt to
grow peanuts without the use of fer
tilizers will soon result in unprofitable
yields. On good loamy land the most
important element to use with this
crop is acid phosphate. It should be
applied at the rate of 200 pounds
per acre. On light gray lands a
formula containing 12 per cent phos
phoric acid and 2 per cent potash will
be found satisfactory. For thin lands
probably 10 per cent phosphoric
acid, 2 per cent nitrogen and 2 per
cent potash will be a desirable for
mula to use until the soil is builc
up. It is rarely necessary, however,
to use nitrogen in the production of
peanuts, and particularly is this like
ly to be true throughout middle
Georgia. When you use a combi
nation of phosphoric acid and potash
we suggest the use of 200 pounds
acid phosphate and 100 poundy
kainit.
There Are Various Grades of
Cotton Seed Meal
W. E. C., Attalla, Ga.. writes:
I inclose tag from bag of cotton
j seed meal. Kindly tell me if
this is a high-grade meal.
A choice grade of cotton seed meal
is presumed to contain 37 per cent
digestible protein, or 42 per cent say
of gross protein. All of this ele
ment, as you know, is not complete
ly digestible. Then there is a prime
grade of cotton seed meal which con
! tains 33.4 per cent protein, and a
I good grade of cotton seed meal which
j contains 31.6 per cent digestible pro
! tein. A good grade is supposed to
i contain a minimum of 36 per cent
j of gross protein, of which presum
i ably about 31.6 per cent would be
| digestible.
We presume that the tag to which
you call attention is absolutely cor
rect and complies with the law. This
is not, however, the highest grade
of meal. If we understand it, the
law permits several grades of meal
to be made and sold in Georgia. We
think there are several lower grades
on the market than the one about
iwhich you inquire. These are known
las feed meals.
AUNT JULIA’S COUNCIL
A friendly meeting place for all Tri-Weekly Journal readers
. THE LETTER BOX
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS
“Help for the Helpless—Kindness to
All Dumb Things”
i 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:
I am copying below a clipping
sent us by Bonnie G. Adams. It is
so in keeping with our motto that
I am copying it for you to keep.
Lovingly,
AUNT JULIA.
Kind Words
Speak kindly in the morning; it
lightens the cares of the day and
makes the household and all other
affairs move along more smoothly.
Speak kindly at night, for it may
be that before dawn some loved
one may finish his or her space of
life, and it will be too late to ask
forgiveness.
Speak kindly at all times; it en
courages the downcast, cheers the
sorrowing, and very likely awakens
the erring to earnest resolves to
do better, with strength to keep
them.
Kind words are balm to the soul.
They oil up the entire machinery of
life and keep it in good running or
der.
ANONYMOUS.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes
four lads knocking for admittance. Farmer
lads, as we happen to be are companionable,
if not as handsome as thee town dudes, and
we openly challenge them as to a display of
polished manners. All four of us are be
tween nineteen and twenty-one years old.
Our weights varying from 120 to 240 and all
have dark hair and eyes. We go kodaking,
fishing, boating and campigg for pastime
ad amusemeut. We are members of the Au
dubon society and are ardent boy scouts.
Each one of us are members of the Pig
club and as corn is cheap we intend to raise
some fine pigs. All of us agree it is an ad
vantage to be a member of such a club. We
would like to correspond with the cousins.
We are
ELBERT PAULK. LOY DeBERRY, ROB
ERT DeBERRY and LONNIE DeBERRY.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Please let
me in for a moment. I want to thank the
cousins for so many nice letters. I couldn’t
possibly answer all, so please take this let
ter for an answer, for they were each ..nd
every one highly appreciated. How ntany
agree with me that “our corner” is getting
more interesting and full of good letters? I
can’t write nice, sensible letters like some
of the cousins, but I’m such a chatter box I
can’t keep quiet. Listen, folks from North
Carolina! Tell us more about your country
up there, as I’ve never had the opportunity
of visiting there. I can imagine it’s the
loveliest place in the world. Wo have some
beautiful scenery here in Georgia, and a
few mountains worth noting. Stone moun
tain, sixteen miles from Atlanta, is a solid
mass of granite, 1,688 feet high, and those
who have never been there have missed see
ing some beautiful scenery and one of the
wonders of the world. The soil here is gen
erally fertile. In the middle section it is
usually red, the southern sandy. Georgia
watermelons, peaches and other agricultural
products are widely known. I’m proud to
know so many of our cousins have the "Bible
reading disease.” I wish it were more con
t a geons. For fear I overstep our "auntie's”
rule, I’ll go. Lots of love to the Letter Box
and Aunt Julia.
BONNIE G. ADAMS.
Norcross, Ga., Route 2.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here’s a
"howdy” to everybody to start off with!
I’ve read the Letter Box for a long time
| and think it is great. Some of the letters
I are very interesting. What do you boys
' and girls do for pastime? In the winter I
like to hunt and trap and in summer I do
everything I can think of—go on hikes, fish
and—oh, boy! how I like tj go swimming!
Os course I like to read good books, too.
My favorite authors are Zane Grey, Gere
Stratton-Porter, Harrold Bell Wright ».nd
Jack London. I’ve read mosr all of their
books, and a few besides. I’m seventeen
years of age, 5 feet 9 inches in height and
weigh 145 pounds. Won’t some of you
cousins write me? I will try nnd answer
them all. FRED S. HILL.
Bolingbroke, Ga.
P. B.—All Boy Scouts write me. I'm a
scout, too.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please give me a seat by some of those good
looking cousins? How are all the cousins
this beautiful sunny morning? Believe me, I
certainly am glad to see the beautiful sun
shine. What yre you cousins doing for pas
time? I am going to school. I certainly do
like to go to school. We are going to have
an entertainment some time soon, wish so
much you cousins and Aunt Julia, too, could
be with us. I certainly would try to make
you have a nice time. Well, well, did you
all have a jolly time Christmas. I should
say I did. I went to a dance almost every
night. Well, this is my first time, I sup
pose I had better close. If you want to
know any more about a jolly Georgia girl,
just mail a letter to (Miss) Florence Poole,
that’s all you have to do. With oceans of
love to all, I am a new niece and cousins,
FLORENCE POOLE.
Dallas, Ga., Route 2.
My Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will
you let two Florida girls into your happy
baand of boys and girls this rainy afternoon?
We have just been reading the letter box
and think it just fine. We live in a small
town and go to school and are in the ninth
grade. What do you cousins do for pastime?
We go to school and play the piano and
read, we enjoy reading very much. Mamie
is 5 feet 4 inches high, blue eyes, fair com
plexion, auburn hair and sixteen years of
age. Ruby is 5 feet 3 inches high, brown
eyes, fair complexion, black hair and six
teen years of age. We would like to corre
spond' with all the boys and girls. As our let
ter is getting long, we will go for this time.
Your nieces and cousins,
MAMIE McINTOSH,
RUBY COOK.
Noma, Fla.
Dearest Aunt Julia: I have heard of you
and your letter box for a long time. I
think it is so kind in you to have a letter
box for the young boys and girls. I am a
girl of fourteen, and am in the seventh
grade. I live in the country, it is a very
pleasant place to live, or at least I think
so. One reason is because so many good
boys and girls live here. I like to be with
young boys and girls. I am asking all you
boys and girls to write to me. With much
love, a new cousin,
EVOLA HARRIS.
Asheville, Ala., Route 3.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Move over
and admit another Georgia girl into your
happy band. I am, as cousins generally are.
a school girl, I am In the eighth grade. I
am a blonde. What do you cousins do for
pastime? I crochet, tat and read. How
many of you cousins like to care tor flow
ers? I do for one. Sudie Hall, come again,
we enjov reading your letters. Some of you
cousins write to me. Your niece and cousin,
MARIE HILTON.
Vidalia, Ga., Route 1.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Open the
door quick and let me in. I am getting
cold. Awake up Georgia and don’t let the
other states get ahead of us. I bare been
reading the letter box quiet a while and de-
I cided I would write. Rosa Belle Barfield, I
guess your age to be fifteen-' if I am right
send me a card. Like most ot' the other cous
ins I go to school. I am in the eighth
grade. What do you all do for pastimeZ I
read, crochet, tat and practice musie. How
many of you like to read? I do. Some of
vou cousins write to me. Your new cousin,
EVA HILTON.
Vidalia, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you let
a little Georgia girl in your happy band? I
have fair complexion, blue eyes and light
hair, ten years old. I live on the farm and
like'it fine. Igo to school and am in the
fourth grade. I would like to correspond
with some of the little cousins. Mamma
takes The Journal and I enjoy reading Aunt
Julia’s and the cousies’ letters. I will close,
with love to Aunt Julia and cousins.
OPHELIA DEAN.
Cochran, Ga., R. F. D. 1.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please admit a South Carolina girl into
your happy band of boys and girls? I live
in the country and like it fine. For my
pets I have two little pigs. I will de
scribe mvself: Black curls, blue eyes, dark
complexion, weight 89 pounds, height 3%
feet, age 13. I study the eighth grade.
Who lias my birthday—January 23? I
would like to hear from some of the boys
nnd girls. LEONIA GANDY.
Society Hill, S. C„ R. 2, Box 10.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
let an.tMS A'our happy
SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1922.
THE QUESTION BOX
FOR EVERYBODY
Rules
1. All questions must have full
names and addresses signed. If it
is desired that names do not appear
in the paper, add your initials or
some chosen name in addition to
your full name.
2. All questions must be written
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3. No legal or medical aavice can
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4. All letters requiring personal
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Dear Folks:
I am copying several requests for
information about friends and rela
tives. Remember this is as far as
our paper can or will go. We are
not responsible for either questions
or answers. If anybody can or
will answer these questions through
our question box or to the question
er personally, so well and gqpd.
, Cordially,
AUNT JULIA.
Mrs. W. B. Mcßorie, Ambrose, Ga.,
Rt. 1.
Wishes information concerning
the whereabouts of her two sons,
Earl and Olin. Father , mother,
sisters and brothers anxious to have
them home. Want them to come
home or write where they are.
L. H. Farrior, Richlands, N. C.
Wishes to locate a friend who
lives somewhere in Atlanta. He
was with him on the U. S. S. Dixie
and his address has been lost; his
name is A. G. Sowell.
Mrs. Pittman, Rockingham, Ga.
Asks for the address of Rosie
Odum, last heard of in Atlanta
about four years ago.
Jessie Moody, Ball Ground, Ga.,
Rt. 1. Box 11.
Writes for her grandmother ask
ing for information concerning rel
atives by the name of Potts whose
mother before her marriage was
Cilla Jackson.
Eva Mae Crow, Cornelia, Ga., Rt. 1.
Wants a copy of "Tell Me.”
Miss Grane Heard, Cumming, Ga.,
Rt. 4., Box 109.
Has chrysanthemum cuttings that
she would like to exchange for other
flower cuttings.
Flossy:
If a girl has a small hand and a
well turned weist, narrow black
ribbon tied close around the wrist
with a small “perky”* bow on the
top is quite becoming, but beware
if your wrist bone is large or your
hand awkward.
band. I have been reading the good let
ters in the letter fox for a long time and
enjoyed them fine. I am 5 feet high with
light blue eyes, light brown hair, age be
tween 12 and 15; guess it?
I live on a farm nnd we have ft pretty
home and lota of shade trees around the
house. I nm going to school and sure
have a good time. I have about 2% miles
to walk and I sure don’t like to walk s>
far to school.
Your cousin.
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