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AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
When Is It Advisable to Graze Win
ter Oats?
M. B. 8., Devereaux, Ga.,
writes: What about the advisa
bility of grazing oats that were
planted this fall? My oats were
sown rather thick, anticipating
a certain percentage being
killed by cold weather. When
should the grazing be done?
The grazing of winter oats is a
practice which should not be gen
erally indulged in. Most of the land
we devote to crops of this charac
ter are not sufficiently fertile to jus
tify the herbage being eaten off
through the winter season and leave
enough plant food available in the
soil to develop and mature a heavy
crop of grain. A certain amount
of grazing will occasionally do good,
as oats and other cereals may make
too much top. They are less lia
ble to be destroyed by freezes where
moderate amounts of top are de
veloped than where the tops are
very luxuriant. The practicability
of grazing oats in north Georgia is
frequently governed bv conditions.
Our red lands.will not stand tram
pling when they are wet. Turning
* animals on them under such con
ditions simply means to puddle
them. Then, when they dry out a
little later, they bake so hard as
to minimize the growth of crops.
Moreover, it leaves the land in bad
condition for succeeding crops.
Where the land is very hardy, graz
ing can be practiced with better
success and with less chance of fre
quent injury to .tjif soil. Animals
may be turned on cereals at almost
any season up to February l-sth.
We doubt the advisability of later
grazing than that in north Geor
gia. It is about the season of the
■ year when the plant will need all
* of the food and energy it can se
cure in order to develop and ma
ture a satisfactory crop of grain
from that date forward. We do not
advise grazing, as a rule, except
on land that is in a high state of
fertility and so capable of having
a certain amount of plant food dis
seminated and still leave a suffi
cient amount to properly nourish
and develop the crop.
J. J. F., Atlanta, Ga., writes:
Please advise me the shortest
agricultural course one can take
and the cost complete, and when
one would have to begin. Is it '
possible for a boy to work his
way through?
The time required to take an ag
ricultural course depends on the
purpose you have in view. One who
wishes to prepare for the highest
type of service will ordinarily
r to give four years. First, it would
be necessary for him to be a grad
uate of a standard high school so
that he could present the fifteen
units required for entrance. By tak
ing work in the summer term, he
can probably complete the require
ments for a degree in three years.
If a man has had good practical
experience, and simply wishes to se
cure as much general and practical
information relative to agriculture
as possible in a short time, we
would advise him to take a short
course. This may vary in length
from three months up to two years.
Such courses are offered by practi-
* cally all agricultural colleges in the
south. The longer a man pursues
1 a definite course of information, the
greater the amount of information
he will secure. A man can secure
much valuable training through the
one-year instruction on the three
large number of men desiring to
specialize along this line for a com
paratively short period of time
we have arranged the basis of our
one-year instruction on th ethree
months’ plan. This enables student*,
to enter in September, January or
March. They can pursue specia’
work in our demonstration field and
farm during the summer months.
f The cost of 'spending a year with
. us varies from S3OO to S4OO, depend
’ ing on the individual taste of the
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student. The principal items of cost
are board and lodging. Book and
laboratory expenses will cost ap
proximately $35 to $45. The main
tenance fee amounts to SSO.
One taking an intensive course In
agriculture would have compa.a
tively little time for labor. It is
best,- therefore, to either accumulate
the money before coming, or to se
cure a scholarship appointment or
borrow such funds as may be neces
sary. Many students earn a part
of the cost of their courses of
study. A few exceptional men are
self-sustaining in this respect. Those
who are putting themselves through
college, as a rule, study eight
months and work four months.
Care and Cultivation of Kudzu
Plants
H. L. H., Moultrie, Ga.,
writes: Please let me know
when is the proper time 1 to set
out kudzu plants, in the fall or
spring. Any information you can
'give me in regard to the plant
ing and cultivation of this crop
will be appreciated.
Kudzu plants should be set out
during the winter months. You may
put the plants out from now for
ward. Plant on thin and worn land.
The better it can be prepared, the
more rapidly will the kudzu plants
establish themselves and develop a
vigorous growth. The distance
apart to plant depends a good deal
on the amount of money one can
afford to invest in an undertaking
of this kind and the length of time
in which you wish to develop a
pasture which will afford consider
able grazing. Kudzu cannot be pas
tured in the spring of the first
or, in fact, during,the early
spring season of any year. It furn
ishes the largest amount of graz
ing during the summer and fall. It
is valuable for dependence upon for
pasturage purposes after Bermuda
grass, for instance, has been cut
down by fr.ost. Bur clover will fur
nish much earlier grazing in the
spring than kudzu. When kudzu is
planted relatively close together,
and a large number of fine, up
right branches are developed,
very good quality of hay can be
made from this plant. If the plants
do not branch profusely, but produce
coarse stems, it will prove of no
value for hay production. A yield
of from two to four tons per acre
have been obtained from kudzu
in some places in Georgia. From
our point of view, it has merit for
the reclaiming of waste or rough
land. It also has merit for utiliza
tion as a supplementary pasture. It
is of some value' for hay produc
tion. We believe there are areas on
practically every farm where kudzu
could be planted to some advantage.
The Percentage of Good Meat in a
Hog
W. E. P., Nashville, Ga.,
writes: How much waste is
there in a one hundred pound
hog, where you grind up the
meat: also how much sage and
pepper will it take to season it?
A fat hog dresses out about eighty
per cent of its live weight. Those
that are not properly finished will
probably not dress out so well. In
exceptional cases, the waste may be
twenty per cent of the live weight.
With the average Georgia hog, it is
more likely to be twenty-five per
cent. When you grind up one hun
dred pounds of meat, the waste will
be determined by the care with
which the bones are cleaned and the
size and weight of the bon.es. No
one can tell you off !'*■■» fbst how
much meat you will secure, because
the bones vary in size with different
breeds and grades of animals, as you
doubtless know. Age also influences
the nature and character of the
bones. The type of feed used affects
the size and composition to some
extent.
The best way for you Is to weigh
the meat carefully, and, if you wish
to make good sausage, then pro
ceed as follows:
Pork sausage should be made from
clean, fresh pork only. One pound
of fat to threp pounds lean is about
the right proportion. Mix fat and
lean before chopping. Put the meat
through the cutter twice. At the
second grinding add the seasoning;
one ounce of fine salt, one-half ounce
ground black pepper, one-half ounce
powdered sage to each four pounds
of meat. To preserve the red color
of the meat, add a small amount of
salt-petre.
Sausage for immediate use may be
packed in crocks of stone jars. A
good method for preserving sausage
consists of packing tightly in jars
or crocks then baking in an oven
until sufficient fat has been meletd
out to form a covering of one-fourth
inch thick over the top. The pack
age is then covered with a cloth
over which .melted paraffin is poured
to close the pores of the cloth. If
kept in a cool place, sausage thus
preserved may be kept fresh for sev
eral months.
Many farmers prefer to stuff sau
sage in casings. These may be
made from the small Intestines of
the hogs, or muslin may be made
info long bags about three inches in
diameter. Stuffed sausage may be
preserved in brine and smoked, or,
if put in muslin bags, may be dipped
in melted paraffin and hung in a
dry, cool place.
Mixed sausage may be made in
the proportion of two pounds of lean
pork, one pound of pork fat and
one pound of lean beef chipped fine
together. Season and cure same as
pork sausage.
Varieties of Pecans and Apples for
Alabama Conditions
A reader, Dadeville, Ala.,
writes: I am thinking of setting
out a few pecan and some fall
apple trees. I would like to
know which are the best varie
ties, and where they can be ob
tained, and what 'they will cost.
The best varieties of pecans to
plant for general cultivation in the
northern part of your state will
probably be the Stuart, Rome, Mon
ey-Maker, Schley, Curtis and
Frotscher. In the middle section,
practically all of the varieties men
tioned above will also give very good
results. In the southern part, you
will probably find the Stuart, Cur
tis, Bradley, President, Pabst, Alley
and Success the most desirable va
rieties to set out.
The varieties of apples best adapt
er to the mountainous section of
your state are the Ben Davis, Early
Harvest, Kinnard, Shockley, Terry,
Winesap, Yates and Yellow Trans
parent. For the middle section, the
Yellow Transparent, Horse, Yates,
Terry, Winesap and Ben Davis are
recommended. The only varieties
that are likely to prove satisfactory
for cultivation in southern Alaba
ma are those recommended for culti
vation in the middle section of the
state. Commercial apple growing in
southern Alabama would not prove
profitable, according to our judg
ment. We would advise you to se
lect only a few standard varieties,
depending on the nature and charac
ter of the ground you wish to utilize
for orchard purposes. Lowlands are
to be avoided as most fruit and nut
trees prefer a well-drained area of
soil. High elevations with apples
are to be preferred because of the
better air drainage W’hich is pro
vided for this class of fruit and
which is essential to prevent the
destruction of the crop through the
occurrence of late frosts. The vari
eties mentioned can be secured from
standard nurseries. I would pur
chase these trees with a guarantee
and subject to examination by your
state entomologist. The price varies,
of course, according to seasonal de
mands. Among the largest and most
reliable nurseries are the Fruitland
nurseries, Augusta, Ga.; Smith
Brothers, Concord, Ga., and the Ash
ford Park nurseries, Atlanta, Ga.
BURGESS
BEDTIME
STORIES
Peter Sees a Race for Life
Danger which is not suspected
Gives greater fright than when ex
pected. —Peter Rabbit.
When Peter Rabbit left Old Jed
Thumper, the big gray Rabbit, in
his bramble-tangle in a far corner
of the Old Pasture he didn’t hurry.
He hopped away slowly. As he hop
ped along he kept watch behind him.
He saw Old Jed Thumper poke his
head out of that bramble-tangle
and look after him. Peter chuckled
down inside. “He’ll come,” said
Peter to himself. “He’ll come. He’s
thinking of that cabbage and those
carrots and apples. He can’t think
of those things and stay up here in
the Old Pasture. He simply can’t
do it. His stomach won’t let him.”
Peter began to run fast so as to
get out of sight of Old Jed Thum
per. Then he sat down behind a
bush and watched his back trail. He
didn’t have to watch long. In fact,
it was only a moment or two before
he saw Old Jed Thumper coming,
and Old Jed Thumper was begin
ning to hurry. There was an anx
ious look in his eyes. Inside Peter
chuckled again. Then he stopped
chuckling. He had noticed that
though Old Jed Thumper was trying
to hurry, he wasn’t moving very
fast, and Peter understood why. He
understood that that big, gray Rab
bit was weak from lack of food.
Peter started on again, but he
went slowly. He didnt’ look hack.
He suspected that Old Jed Thumper
didn’t want him to know that he
was being followed. So he hopped
along through the Old Pasture as
if he had nothing in particular on his
mind.
Now in the Old Pasture there is
quite a broad stretch in which there
are no bramble-tangles. There are
plenty of bushes and young trees,
but no brambles. Old cow paths
wind in and out among these bushes
and trees. It was along one of these
paths that Peter hopped. He was
almost through that broad stretch
and very near to a bramble-tangle
on the lower side when he heard
some distance behind him the thump
of a Rabbit’s feet on the hard crust.
It was a danger signal. Peter didn’t
Reddy could run faster than he
could, so there was nothing for
Old Jed Thumper to do but
dodge
even stop to look back. He did just
what a wise Rabbit should do at
such a time; he bounded for that
bramble-tangle as fast as his legs
could take him. The instant he was
safely in among those brambles he
sat up to look back. What he saw
made him hold his breath.
Dodging this way and that around
the bushes was a big, gray Rabbit.
It was Old Jed Thumper. Os course
Peter knew that it was he who had
give that danger signal. And be
hind him was Reddy Fox! It was
clear to Peter that Reddy must have
been coming down through the Old
Pasture behind Old Jed Thumpe”
and surprised him. Old Jed Thum-
DOROTHY DIX
DISCUSSES
LIFE
THE CRUEL STEPMOTHER
BY DOROTHY DIX
THE most tragic situation in
which any woman is ever
placed is that of the mother
who sees the child of her first
marriage—her beloved first born —
mistreated by her second husband.
llt happens very often. In the
course of the year I get dozens of
letters telling this pitiful story. A
widow with children has married a
man who has promised to cherish
her children as if they were his own,
but instead of that he resents them,
and is hard and unsympathetic to
them,, even when he is not actually
brutal’
Sometimes a boy or girl is wild
and wayward. If he or she were his
own child the man would have the
patience and love to deal wisely with
the situation, and save the foolish
youngster. Byt lacking this, he
metes out stern punishment, and
turns the poor, little blundering sin
ner out of doors.
“My girl is just young and silly,
and pleasure mad, but she will go to
the bad if she is turned away from
home.’' "I know my boy is wild, but
he loves me, and how can I influ
ence him for good if I am not al
lowed to see him, and if he feels that
even his mother has cast him off?”
wail these poor women, and then
they ask desperately, “How can I
choose between my husband and my
child, when I love fhem both, and
when, except for this one thing of
his cruelty to my' child, my hus
band is kind and good to me?”
How indeed shall a woman choose
in such a case, especially when it is
complicated, as it often is, by her
having a second family which she
cannot desert? One may well pity
a mother with her heart torn be
tween conflicting loves and duties.
Curiously enough, men seem to be
seldom troubled by this problem,
though more women‘than men mis
treat their stepchildren, for the very
good reason that stepmothers are
brought into more intimate contact
with their stepchildren than are step
fathers. But when a widower mar
ries he seems somehow to lose in
terest in the children of his first
wife. It is always the children of
the second marriage who are ’the
favored ones, who are given advan
tages the first children never had,
and who come in for the lion's share
of his estate when he dies.
Why a man should turn his chil
dren over to the tender mercies of
his second wife, and never even
look to see how they are treated,
why he should always take the step
mother’s part in any disagreement
between them, nobody knows. It
simply is a fact, and in every case
of a cruel stepmother you will find
a negligent father standing by con
senting.
Yet the man has means of protect
ing his children that a woman has
not.
He could save his children, if he
would, from having their young lives
ruined by harsh treatment from a
cruel stepmother, but a poor wom
an, who is dependent upon her hus
band for the very food she eats,
can do nothing to protect her chil
dren from the cruelty of a brutal
stepfather.
Doubtless the cruel stepparent will
be with us until humanity reaches
a degree of perfection that is far
from it now, for the basis of the al
most instinctive hatred that men
and women feel toward their step
children is nothing but an animal
jealousy. They hate the little crea
tures that are a visible reminder that
the men and women they love have
loved and married before. They hate
the little heads that lie on the
breasts where they feel their chil
dren’s heads should lie, and the lit
tle arms that cling about the necks
that they feel should belong solely
to their own children, and they visit
this ignoble passion on the helpless
little creatures that fate has de
livered into their hands.
Besides this, it takes great patience
to bear with children. They are
noisy; they are naughty; they are
unreasonable, and as they grow up
they are guilty of a thousand fol
lies.
It takes love to give either a man
or a woman the forbearance, the
sympathy and insight to deal with
any child.
It takes love to enable a woman,
who is tired and overworked and
nervous to answer a fretful child
soothingly, instead or spanking it.
It takes love to make a man help
a boy out of scrapes, pick him a
when he stumbles, and give him a
helping hand until he gets his feet
started firmly in the right road, in
stead of reading the riot act to him,
and turning him out of doors the
first time he gets into trouble.
Men and women have this love
for their own children, but they do
not have it for their stepchildren.
This is why they are patient and
forbearing with their own and why
they are cruel to other people’s
children. Yet the debt of honor
owed their stepchildren is far great
er than theii' obligation to their own
children. For heaven sends them
children not as it pleases, but they
voluntarily assume the responsibil
ity of stepfatherhood and step
motherhood.
They know what this means, and
if they fail in giving to the child to
whom they undertake to be father
or mother one jot, or title, of A;he
love and tenderness and patience
that a real father or mother would
give to it, it were better for them
that they had tied a millstone about
their necks and jumped into the sea
than to have offended one of these
little ones. For assuredly the deep
est depths of the deepest hell is re
served for cruel stepmothers and
stepfathers. ,
A man or woman does well to
think a long time before he or she
assumes the role ov stepfather or
stepmother. And widows and widow
ers with children should think even
longer before they put their chil
dren into the power of a stepfather
or a stepmother.
(Copyright, 1923.)
per was making for that bramble
tangle where Peter was, for it was
the nearest place of safety. But he
couldn’t run straight there. Reddy
could run faster than he could, so
there was nothing for Old Jed
Thumper to do but to dodge. And
how he did dodge!
But dodging this way and that
way around the bushes took
strength, and Old Jed Thumper was
weak from lack of food. Two or
three times Reddy missed him as he
dodged. Would he be able to reach
that bramble-tangle in Would
he? Peter forgot how he had once
hated Old Jed Thumper. He forgot
how Old Jed Thumper had always
tried to drive him out of the O’ !
Pasture. He could ih’n!: of noth
ing hut how terr Me ' • .-■■:'-l he if
K-ddy shcu’d catch OM .i»<i Thum
r-pr.
I (Copyright, 1923, by T. \V. Eurgessi
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FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS
“Hein 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: Have you noticed
that our editor is giving us space
every now and then in the mid
week paper for letters?
When I showed him letters bear
ing dates weeks and sometimes
even months back, and told him
that so many of the letters were
just, too good to discard and that
I was just keeping them and slip
ping them in along with the late
ones, he very generously decided
that we should have bigger type
for setting our letters and more
letters in each week.
Do you think I was happy to
hear this good news? You and I
have been chums for a good many
years and you must know by this
time how anything that adds to
your pleasure adds to my happi
ness. Show your appreciation by
sending in your pictures. Remem
ber the first two letters in the
Tuesday issue means that the
writers of those letters are asked
for their pictures for the album.
Lovingly,
AUNT JULIA.
Dear Children:
Quite a few requests for poems
suitable for Washington’s birthday
and a request for the poem we pub
lished last year, “A Toast to the
Flag,” made me think that this
poem would be fine to recite at a
celebration of Washington’s birth
day. So here it is. I wish I knew
the author.
A Toast to the Flag
Here’s to the red of it —
There’s not a thread of it.
No, nor a shred of it
From foot to head.
But heroes bled for it,
Faced steel and lead for it,
Precious blood shed for it,
Bathing it red.
Here’s to the white of it—
Thrilled by the sight of it,
Who knows the right of it,
But feels the might of it
Through day and night?
Womanhood’s care for it
Made manhood dare for it;
Purity’s prayer for it
Keeps it so white.
Here's to the blue of it —
Heavenly view of it,
Star-spangled hue of it,
Honesty’s due of it,
Constant and true.
Here’s to the whole of it,
Stars, stripes and pole of it,
Here’s to the whole of it.
Red, White and Blue.
—Anonymous.
The spirit of the flag is here. I
want everyone of you to read it and
take it to your hearts.
Lovingly,
AUNT JULIA.
My Dear Aunt Julia: Will you
please allow another North Caro
lina girl to join your happy band
of boys and girls? I hgve num
bers of times read the letter box
and enjoyed it. I have a sister who
is an old cousin. She has received
numbers of interesting letters from
the cousins which we have en
joyed reading.
We live on a mountain farm in
the country, where all kinds of
fruits, vegetables and flowers grow,
and all things necessary to make
life happy for boys and girls, though
I don’t stay at home very much.
At an early age I began teaching,
therefore, I don’t stay in any one
place more than eight months. (
I think teaching is grand. I think
it is next to foreign field mission
work. No, I am not an old maid,
between the ages of 17 and 22
years, and very jolly. My motto
Ist. “Have a smile for every one
you meet.”
I will enjoy very much receiving
a letter from any of you boys and
girls at any time. I promise you I
will do my best to answer. Address
my mail to English, N. C. If I am
not at home I assure you it will
be forwarded to my address. Very
sincerely, EULA Z. ENGLISH.
English, N. C„ Dec. 5, 1922.
Dear Aunt Julia end Cousins:
Will you please admit a South
Carolina boy into your jolly band
of boys and girls? What do you
cousins do for pastime? I help my
father on the farm. I go to school.
I am in the fifth grade. I am be
tween ten and fifteen. I want some
of you cousins to write to me and
I will try to answer all mail re
ceived. Your new cousin,
EUGENE H. BUSBIA.
Beech Island. S. C., Route 3.
Dear Aunt Julia: Hello! How are
you this afternoon? I am fine and
dandy. Aunt Julia, you certainly
were kind to me to allow me space
in your column of the dear Journal.
I certainly thank all of the cousins
for writing to me. I have got lore
of nice letters of late from new
cousins. I just thought I would
answer all of the letters through the
letter box. I have gotten so many
I could not answer all received. It
would be almost impossible to do so.
I get four and five letters a day and
undertook to answer all of them,
but failed, but I hope none of the
cousins will think badly of me for
not writing.
Sincerely your cousin,
TITUS ROMINE,
Jasper, Ala., Box 333.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: 1
have been a reader of the letter box
for a long time and have decided tc
join your happy band. I do not live
on the farm as most of the cousins
do, neither do I go to school, but I
like farm life fine. I wrote to some
of the cousins and sure did enjo.v
reading those nice letters. I will
highly appreciate and answer all
cards and letters received.
A new cousin.
GUY DAVIS.
Wilson, Miss.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins:
Will you admit a little Florida £irl
into your happy band of girls and
boys a .few moments? As this is
my first attempt I won't stay long.
Who has my birthday, March 12?
If any one has it write me a letter,
and I’ll assure you an answer. I
will leave my age for some of you
to guess. It is between ten and thir
teen. Jessie Mae M’Mahon, I guess
your age to be fifteen. Am I not
right? ' All you cousins write to me.
Au revoir,
INOS KNIGHT,
Wellborn, Fla._,_Route 3, Box 112.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins:
Will you please admit a Georgia girl
into your happy circle? I live on a
fr.rni’ and Eke farm life fine. What
do you do for pastime? I
TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1023.
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MUST NOT be included In letters for
Aunt Julia’s Letter Box. The ques
tions must be sent separately and
must be addressed to Aunt Julia’s
Question Box, The Atlanta 'iri-Week
ly Journal, Atlanta, Ga. .
Dear Folks:
The month is slipping by so fast,
I think as I write of a bit of verse
I read the other day.
“ we a re nearer spring than we
were in Steptember—Sang the little
bird in December.” —and here we are
a whole month nearer —the jonquils
in my garden are showing at least
two inches of lovely green. A friend
said the other day, in reply to some
one .zho refused to look on the sun
shine of today, but moaned over the
prospects of a possible uncomforta
ble February; “Why worry? Each
day means one day less of winter
and one day nearer spring.” That
was real philosophy. Let us, here in
the Question Box, look forward to
the coming spring, get our houses in
order and enjoy each season as it
comes.
Cordially,
AUNT JULIA.
Mary:
1 have given the “Toast to the
Flag,” in the Letter Box as several
children asked for George Washing
ton recitations. Do hope you will
copy it from the Letter Box and ex
cuse us for giving it to the “littler
ones.”
You’ cerainly can, by good sys
tematic, reading secure a fine edu
cation. Please write to Miss Char
lotte Templeton, library commission,
state capitol, Atlanta, Ga. Tell her
that you are ambitious to obtain a
good education, explain your in
ability ta leave home, ask her ad
vice about the books you should
read. Tell her how far advanced
you were in school. She will give
you the best advice obtainable and
will tell you just how to secure the
necessary books from the library
commission. The best of success to
your efforts.
L. M. T.:
The young people of today certain
ly have, and take, more liberties
than the young people of our day,
but if they are approached in the
proper manner they are just as
amendable to advice' as young peo
ple of any other day. Make a COM
PANION of your girl and boy try
+ get their point of view and talk
to them as you would wish someone
to talk to you. I certainly think
there is too little chaperonage these
days.
Ho remove ink spots from any whi
J. T.: To remove ink spots from
a y white article of cotton o? linen:
soak the spot in Darby’s Prophy
latct>. fluid —this turns the spot
brown then soak in lemon juice and
rins-J well in cold water.
Young Girl:
It is always good style for a young
girl to braid her hair. If your hair
is most becoming parted on the side
vqu can wear it that w r ay and still
have your braid. I most certainly
C.j not like the style of holding the
hair with a metal curler.
play the organ and read books. I
am eleven years old and about five
feet tall, and weigh ninety-six
pounds. I go to school and am in
the fifth grade and like to go to
school fine.
All of the cous’ins write to a new
Georgia cousin. ,
VELMA GIBSON,
Hiawassee, Ga., R. F. D. 1, Box 14.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here
comes another Georgia girl asking
for admittance. I wonder what all
you cousins are doing this morning.
It is raining here today and I am
sitting by the fire crocheting. I go
to school and am in the eighth
Vrade.
f I am not going to' describe myself
for fear some one will say she is
so ugly I am not going to write to
her, and I want every one who will
to write to me for I love to corre
spond with new friends. A new
cousin.
FRELLA GIBSON,
Hiawassee, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins:
Will you admit another Georgia
cousin into your happy band of boys
and girls.
Most of you cousins are going to
school, are you not?. I am for one,
and sure do enjoy going. I think
it is the duty of every boy and girl
to strive for an education.
I wish some of you cousins could
come an be with me for I get lonely
sometimes, as I am the only child.
Listen did I not hear someone say,
“I bet she is petted,” Oh, no, I think
not.
What do you cousins do for past
time? I .read, tat and crochet a
little, but reading is my favorite
past-time.
Let us make a rule to describe out
homes: I live about six miles north
of Calhoun, on a road which will
be a. highway soon, and between two
rivers.
What are you all planinng for
Christmas? I think the school is
planning on having! a Christmas
tree, hope we can have it.
Oh, Mercy, there comes the waste
basket, give me my old sun bonnet
quick, lam gone: lam fifteen.
Write to AZZIE M BRAYER,
Calhoun, Ga., Route No. 3.
Madisonville, Tenn., Dec. 7, 1922.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins:
Would you admit a Tennessee girl
into your happy band of boys and
girls. I am a sophomore in high
school. For pastime I go to societies
and sewing circles. To the one that
guesses my age I will send a kodak
picture. le is between fourteen and
seventeen. I am a reader of the
letter box. All you boys and girls
write me, and I will try and answer
all letters and cards received.
Good-by Aunt Julia and cousins.
ADDIE LEE KENNEDY.
Madisonville, Tenn., Dec. 7. 1922.
I am a Tennessee girl and would
like to be admitted into your band
of boys and girls. I am a sopho
more in high school. I will be six
teen years old in January. I enter
tain myself many times by going to
parties, sewing circles, moving pic
ture shows and picnics. All you
boys and girls please write to me
and I will try to answer youb let
ters.
Good-by Aunt Julia and boys and
girls.
NANCY KEFAURIER,
Madisonville, Tenn.
The Country Home
BY MRS. W. H. FELTON
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Mob Law
Those of the Country Home read
ers who have kept up with the re
ported trials in Louisiana, where
hobded men enter homes, drag out
the inmates, beat them, murder them
or drive them out of the county, are
obliged to ask the following ques
tion: "What's become of the courts
and the officials who were elected
or appointed to preserve law and
order?”
If Louisiana has gone over to any
species of mob law and citizens can
not be protected in either life or
property, the military should be call
ed out for that purpose when sworn
officials have failed in the state.
I hear all sorts of things about
Georgia, and I have been told by
those who profess to know that a
similar organization exists in Geor
gia, but is now under cover since
the last general election. It is also
reported that the Ku Klux organi
zation has a list numbering 80,900,
and that a county I could name
has about 900 enrolled members.
Speaking for myself, I am absolute
ly ignorant, knew nothing. There
fore, what is being unravelled in
the state of Louisiana may be ready
to develop nearer home, and the
time has arrived to know “where
we are at.” I am an old lady, was
here during the Ku Klux times
which came along at the close of the
Civil war. But that organization
was largely political and was used
to elect leaders to office as well as
suppress negroes and hold down car
pet-baggers. I still own two well
worn volumes published by order
of congress, and printed by what
was called the “Poland investigating
committee,” which held meetings and
called -witnesses to testify as. to the
prevalence of mob law in the south
ern states. While a good deal was
set down that was exaggerated, theie
was aplenty that decent, law-abiding
southern men have always been
ashamed of. , .
If those volumes could be repub
lished at this time it would create a
disturbance, to state it mildly. In
Texas the hooded klans have been
exceedingly active, and when the
next congress assembles there is go
ing to be a good deal said and the
people who are going to act as pros
ecutors will get the ear of the sen
ate, if nothing more should definitely
result.
Oklahoma has had some tragedies
lately which indicate a strong or
ganization in that particular local
ity. Women as wellxas men have
been, maltreated in a violent man
ner. "
New Jersey has broken out in
one or two places that seem to .in
dicate considerable activity, which
has had nothing to do with either
southern negroes or the foreign
born. More indications have been
found in New York, and, without
going further into the subject, there
are symptoms that go to show that
the Pacific slope is more or less af
flicted in a similar way and likely
to erupt.
All these things indicate laxity in
the courts —and a general let-down
as to law enforcement. This is to
be deplored as a result. Hon. Alex.
H. Stephens was emphatic on this
one point, and it is well enough to
recall his words and seriously con
sider them in this era of our his
tory. He insisted that the judiciary
of our form of government should
be kept apart from both its execu
tive and legislative functions. “For,”
said he, “when our courts are used
for the purposes of politics and our
judges fail to rebuke crime and fail
to protect life and property, these
United States are tottering to their
final destination as a republic.” I
can never forget his words of warn
ing when I listened to him over
forty years ago.
He emphatically opposed know
nothingism when it threatened to
sweep over the entire country.
His rencontre with Hon. B. H.
Hill, and their long personal
estrangement grew out of their dif
ferences -on know-nothingism before
the Civil war.
Among hte relics I have saved in
my long lifetime is a small book
which contains, with positive accu
racy, the names of the prominent
Georgians who embraced the tenet
of knownothingism in 1854-55, and
who were themselves elected as
delegates to the Macon convention
in 1855 as advocates of what they
declared to be pure Americanism.
It had its chief attraction in this
idea. It is, therefore, not at all sing
ular that the present Ku Klux Klan
has adopted the battle cry of pure
Americanism to get members. There
in dies its attraction to draw all per
sons who are hostile to certain large
classes of society in the United
States, notably Catholics, Jews, for
eigners and negroes.
Know nothingism before the Civil
war lived but a little while and went
out. Klu Kluxism of the 60’s died
out after it spent its political force
after the Civil war.
It remains to be seen whether the
present excitement will also spend
itself, when the public gets in pos
session of all the facts, such as are
being developed in the state of Lou
isiana at the present time.
A free government depends for its
existence on proper law enforce
ment and protection to the lives and
the property of all law-abiding citi
zens.
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