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FARM EDUCATION
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
The Future of the Poultry Industry
in Georgia
Has the poultry industry in Geor
gia a promising future? It certainly
has. What are the main obstacles
to overcome?
1. We must teach our people to
increase the output of poultry pro
ducts.
2. To improve the grade and char
acter of their birds.
3. To increase the number of hens
per flock up to at least fifty per
farm.
4. To guarantee the output so that
* Georgia egg, no matter where it
is sold, can be relied upon to be
fresh and prime as to quality.
5. To raise only one variety or
strain of chickens in a given com
munity. This is necessary that the
birds may be put on a quantity
production basis. Unless this can be
done, there will be an isolated farmer
here and there struggling to find a
market. Buyers will naturally be
scarce and difficult to find, and the
» ifcMJ?’ ness not Prosper.
TffVhen a poultry buyer desires to
detain a carlot of chickens, be they
broilers, friers, or hens, he would
liktejto find a locality where he can
obtain several thousand birds that
are upifoi t. as to size, color, and
finish. Points of this character do
not exist in our state at the present
time.
The facts recited above show how
comparatively little we have done
along the line of poultry husbandry
development. They indicate that we
have a long way to go, a whole lot
to learn, and many disappointments
to meet and overcome. On the other
hand, this resume’ of the situation
makes it clear that the field is prac
tically virgin and the man who
brings acumen, skill, and enthusiasm
Into the work will grow and prosper.
In addition to the things mentioned
nbove. we must teach our people
here at home to use Georgia poultry
. products. This industry shows a
turn-over, according to the best avail
able statistics, of about $41,000,000,00
a year.
The lowly hen and her product,
therefore, occupy a position of great
commercial importance in our state.
'Unfortunately, we are still permit
ting about $19,000,000 worth of poul
try products to be shipped into
Georgia each year. The states to
the north of us are the principal
benefactors. Each ; year sees a
stream of Georgia gold passed into
their coffers from poultry and eggs
which we should produce at home.
What can we do to change or ame
liorate this condition? A very great
deal, and it can be done in a com
iparatively short time. Primarily,
through the efforts of the extension
division of the Georgia State College
of Agriculture, the poultry products
of Georgia have been increased in
Value by $1,500,000 in a period of
one year. Next year we should be
able to make this $3,000,000. How
has this been accomplished? Through
the organization of poultry clubs,
egg circles, poultry sales, and edu
cational activities among the peo-
• pie of the state in general.
The shipment of poultry on a car
lot basis from our state may be said
to have begun in a practical way in
1922, and substantial progress was
made in this direction in 1923. Pre
vious to July 1, 1922, I am glad to
any that we had incubators in Geor
gia with a capacity for hatching
14)0,000 eggs a year. By November
1, 1923, our incubator capacity had
been increased to 532,300 , eggs.
Forty-two counties have organized
poultry associations to encourage
the standardization of production
and the development of the poultry
business on a community basis.
Twenty-nine counties now desire to
organize similar associations. These
facts and figures show how this in
dustry is taking hold upon the
imagination of our people and how
rapidly it is spreading and develop
ing on a state wide basis. Os course
there are some people who think
that the incubator capacity is al
ready too great. If these machines
were operated all the time they
would only be able to furnish seven
chicks to each Georgia farm. We
will never have a poultry industry
of proper proportions until we have
• from 50 to 100 cliicks per farm.
This shows that we still have a long
•way to go before we will overdo the
poultry business-, provided always
QA business is handled efficiently
marketing done on a proper
basis. If every man
a poultry business is to
operate as an independent factor,
we are not going to make very sub
stantial progress. Co-operation holds
the key to success in this business
as completely as any in which the
farmer may engage. The season of
the year is at hand when we should
be thinking about gathering to
gether the best eggs available and
having them hatched out so as to
Insure plenty of chickens to be f.d
out for market in 1924. On this ac
count I am sure that every chicken
fancier will be Interested to know
where incubators have been installed
and to learn something about their
capacity. It will be no trouble to
get in touch with the individuals
who are operating these plants,
many off which have been run suc
cessfully for one or more years past.
AN OPEN LETTER
JOWOMEN
Tells of Mrs. Vogel’s Terrible Suf
fering and how she was Restored
to Health by Lydia E.Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound
Detroit, Michigan.—“My troubles
were severe pains in my back and
ET|]l|ll 1 terrible bearing
down pains in my
right side, also
headaches and
sleepless nights. I
W fi rst began having
« troubles when I
|r was 15, and they
ij| have increased as
I||| I. grew older. A
’ll little booklet was
H J left at my door,
and I read what
Lydia E. Pink
“ ham’s Vegetable Compound has done
for women and decided to try it. Af
ter the first week I could go to sleep
every night and I stopped having that
nervous feeling and got a better ap
petite. Yhe doctor had always said
that an operation was the only thing
that would help me, but I never had
any faith in an operation. Since the
Vegetable Compound has started
helping I do not suffer the severe
pains, feel stronger, and am able to
do my own work lam more than
glad to tell my friends that it helps
where other medicines have failed.”
—Mrs. Gus Vogel, 6608 Pelouze St.,
Detroit, Michigan.
A record of fifty years service must
convince women of the merit of Lydia
E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound.
THE ATLANTA TRI WEI
'ilt has come to our attention that
large numbers of farmers were un-
■ able to secure space for eggs in in
' cubator plants last season. We sug
i gest, therefore, that those who are
concerned about this matter make
i their engagements as soon as pos-
■ sible.
Table Showing Location and Capac
ity of Georgia Incubators
County and town or city and ma
i chine capacity follows:
Bartow, Cartersville 10,000
Bacon, Alma 10,000
Bibb. Macon 2,100
Burke, Waynesboro 10,000
Butts, Jackson 10,000
Calhoun, Edison 8,000
, Campbell, Fairburn 10,000
Camden, Woodbine 4,000
Carroll, Carrollton 40,000
! Chatham, Savannah 10,000
Clayton, Stockbridge 20,000
Cherokee, Canton 2,400
Clarke, Winterville 10,000
’ Coweta, Moreland 10,000
Colquitt, Moultrie 10,000
Crisp, Cordele 10,000
Decatur, Bainbridge 10,000
1 Dougherty, Albany 10,000
' Dodge, Eastman 4,000
■ Elbert, Elberton 10,000
. Fulton, Kirkwood 20,000
. Glynn, Brunswick 6,000
I Gwinnett. Lawrenceville .... 5,000
i Henry, McDonough 10,000
; Jefferson, Wrens 10,000
Lowndes, Valdosta 40,000
• Laurens, Dublin 7,500
j Mitchell, Camilla 10,000
■ Morgan, Madison and Rut-
, ledge 20,000
Muscogee, Columbus 10,000
j Putnam, Eatonton 10,000
. Seminole, Donalsonville 10,000
■Spalding, Griffin 10,000
Stewart, Richland 10,000
Tattnall, Collins 3,000
1 Terrell, Dawson 10,000
1 Tift, Tifton 10,000
j Thomas, Thomasville 21,800
Toombs, Lyons 3,000
• Troup, LaGrange 10,000
Troup, Hogansville 10,000
• Walker, LaFayette 10,000
Turner, Ashburn 10,000
1 Walton, Monroe 5,000
Wilkes, Washington ,£0,500
Total 532,300
What about establishing an incu
| bator plant in your town to serve
I the needs of the people of your com
i munity? Have the merchants and
j business men of your section thought
about this proposition? Are any of
the civic clubs interested in putting
it over? What is the reaction of the
banks to this proposition? If you
are a live and progressive citizen,
take the matter under advisement
with some of the agencies suggested
and see that an incubator of reason
able size and thoroughly modern and
up-to-date is provided so that the
poultry industry may function prop
erly in your locality. The day of
depending on “Biddy” to do all the
hatching of the chickens needed in
Georgia has passed. There are too
many mouths to feed in our country,
too large a number of our people
live in urban centers for “Biddy” to
measure up to the requirements of
these times without the incubator
to help us out. And jn this conection
let me say that incubators should be
a locally owned enterprise. They
should represent a contribution to
the good of local society on the part
of the business men. They should
help to purchase them and see that
they are operated satisfactorily. It
will prove a good investment for any
commurity. There are lots of people
now who wish to come in from the
outside and establish hatcheries in
Georgia. They are igood folks, but
many of them will have only a pass
ing interest in an enterprise of this
kind. Moreover, they will expect to
, purchase their hatching eggs from
other sections of the country and
ship them in here. They 'will not
check the stream of money flowing
out of Georgia for poultry products,
but will, I think, tend to accelerate
it. Let the egg hatchery be a local
enterprise indeed and in fact.
Ford Shoals Offer
Favored by McAdoo,
He Writes Newspaper l
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Jan. 23.
VV illiam Gibbs McAdoo, candidate
for the democratic presidential nomi
nation, today announced that he fa
vors acceptance of Henry Ford's of
fer for Muscle Shoals.
The announcement was made in a.
letter written by Mr. McAdoo to the
Birmingham Post.
Since Mr. Ford’s recent indorse
ment of President Coolidge's candi
, dacy, there has been much specula
tion as to what stand Mr. McAdoo
would take on the Muscle Shoals is
sue and inquiry was made of him.
( Mr. McAdoo's letter declared:
“Replying to your inquiry about
’ Muscle Shoals, I have consistent!}'
taken the position that this question
. was above politics, because of the
■ of the farmers for cheap fer
. tilizer. The democratic convention
, in South Dakota, which honored me
, with its indorsement, adopted a plat-
l form in December including the fol
’ lowing:
“ ‘We denounce the republican ad
ministration for its refusal to per-
• m.t Henry Ford to develop the Mus
cle Shoals water power project which
would enable him to furnish cheap
fertilizer to the farmers. We de
mand that the administration change
its attitude on this vital issue and
that congress, under proper guaran
tees, accept the Ford offer.’
“As you are probably aware, I ac
i cepted the principles of this platform
[and with it the proposal regarding
I Muscle Shoals. I, of course, stand
on this position and believe action in
accordance therewith should be
taken without further- delay.”
i Man Must Not Ride
; In Auto for 12 Months
, ROME, Ga., Jan. 23. —On a plea of
I guilty in superior court to the
r charge of driving an automobile
‘ while intoxicated and being drunk
: on a public highway, Roy Harris
‘ was sentenced to seven months on
the chaingang, and John Goodwin
1 was put on probation for twelve
• months under orders not to take a
> drink or ride in an automobile dur
ing that time. He is also to pay the
; probation officer $5 a week during
■ his probation.
> Charlie Wood was sentenced to six
. months on the chaingang for viola
i i tion of the prohibition law. Clark
• ! Grant and Grover Brazier, charged
| with stealing an automobile, were
I ■ sentenced one to three years each in
, i the penitentiary.
Mr. W. T. Bowen Buried
I QUITMAN. Ga.. Jan. 24.—Mr. W.
i T. Bowen, a well-known citizen of
i Brooks county, who died at his home
i in Valdosta after a lingering illness
l of several months, was buried at
his old home Monday in Dixie. He
was 55 years of age and had large
family connections in this county.
He was a brother of M. L. Bowen,
of Brooks county. He leaves a wid
-1 I ow. one son and two daughters. For
i a number of years he was employed ]
i in Brooks county as deputy warden. ■
CKLY JOURNAL
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"
Rules
No unsigned letter printed.
No letter written on both sides of j
paper printed.
All letter not to exceed 150 to 200
words.
Dear Children: As you read this
letter, I will be opening the last
batch of letters that may carry an
nouncements of birthdays on the
29th of Februay. Surely some of
our cousins have this birthday, and
we are all interested in knowing how
many of our circle are “Leap Year
Children.” ,
Remember, if you are looking for
your letter to appear in the Letter
'Box, you must write on ONE SIDE
of the paper only.
Here is your first 1924 Honor j
Roll. A good beginning, keep it up. |
We will be so happy next Christ- i
mas. Lovingly, AUNT JULIA,
Honor Roll
Claude Hinson, $1; C. M. Rhodes,
3c; iAfeiry Whaley, lc; Virgie E.
King, sc; Gertrude Griffin, sc; Essie
James McCim, 10c; Lillie Mae Goss,
sc; Mrs. Minnee Housard, 10c; Alber
die M. Pierce, 2c; AJattie Lou Stew
art, 10c; Leurilla Shewbart, 10c; Mrs.
Sallie Graham, 25c; Mrs. Roy B.
Reeve, 10c; Rachel Harris, sc;
Charles D. Kinsey, 10c; Bernice
Hughes, sc; George R. Long, 10c;
Vance Heath, sc; Clemmie Sutton
10c; Daisy Smith, 10c; Mrs. Rosa J.
Reed, sc; total, $2.56.
Louise Knowles and P. L, Holmes
no money inclosed.
Dear Aunt Julia: I would like to join
your band of correspondents. 1 am a
school teacher and am sending you a little
poem I have written for your page.
1
Thoughts are the seeds that grow into deeds
In the soil of love or of hate.
And when they're sown, like fruits will be
borne,
Controlled by the laws of fate.
A word may go, and we may not know,
What sorrow or cheer it may bear,
Along its way, to drive care away,
Or shadow a life with despair.
3
Wk may not know, if the seeds we sow,
Will be born with life anew,
Nor may we see what the fruit will be
Till the harvesting time is due.
4
A thought, a word, a whisper unheard,
A thoughtless deed that is done
May fill with pain or sweetly sustain
A life that is struggling alone.
5
Then sow no seed that you have not freed
From the tares, in word and in thought,
That all you sow, in virtue may grow,
Into deeds with gentleness fraught.
Sincerely,
(MISS) EULA V. STINNETT.
Lynchburg, Va., R. F, p. x O . 5.
Dear folks: Seems like most everybody
is writing to the letter box and I decided
I'd be in style and write, too, although
I’ve not a single thing to write about.
Ruth Pickard, I enjoyed your letter very
much, but I’ll not attempt to tell you ail
about my ideal husband, for it would take
up too much space, but I’ll just tell how he
must look: He must be six feet at least,
not weigh more than 150, real curly hair
(don’t make much difference about the
color), big blue eyes and a pretty mouth.
Don t you all think he'd be a real good look
ing?
George McDonald, I hope you get lots
of letters and I'll just het you did get
more than you'll ever have time to answer,
for you wrote such an interesting letter.
Guess you all are wondering what I look
like, so I 11 try to tell you. I've got brown
eyes, dark brown hair and I’m rather tall.
Guess I will stop for this time. Heaps o’
love.
Your new cousin,
. (MISS) VERA DUGGAN,
Hahira, Ga., Route 3.
Dear Auntie and Cousin?: Will you please
admit a North Carolina girl into your happy
band of boys and girls, for just a few sec
onds? I wrote to the Letter Box once
before, but was not admitted.
Well, Cousins, what have you all been
doing for a good time? Going to school I
suppose. I have been going, and like iny
teacher. Her nr.me is Miss Gertrude
Daughtry. I go to school at Jackson col
lege. about two miles from home.
I hope you Cousins enjoyed Thanksgiving
day. I had a real nice time. Christmas is
coming in a few weeks, and T guess Santa
( Jans will come If he can carry all of the
toys.
LIVE TODAY
Yesterday is a memory.
Tomorrow is an imagination.
Today is eternity.
Live today an I live forever.
Gut out two days of your life
Yesterday, with its mistakes and follies.
Tomorrow with its fears and dreads.
And live only today.
1 , m " St K °’ tnr te * r 1 will break
Auntie s rules, i, : >m e again. Bernice Beaty.
er \ arp . ■ inP ’ P,pasp wri »e to me.
All of you Cousins, please write to me, for
,ini .nisi a blue-eyed 15-year-old country
£irl. A new Cousin,
r .. tt h x- v IOLA MORGAN.
Gold Hill, N. C.. Rt. 1.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: I have, for a
1°“/ * een ! "f pn, ’ inß to write but
* harp b o pn I’l'ttlng It off. T hope I am
fo -’ ct,p o by .very one. anrwav.
her wrn,p to mP will "mem-
It PP np ’„ 1 tbank Ril ,liat wrote, especially
those whose letters I dod not answer.
Texa7 n h, I it W T r - n,P i' J J. 0! ' P 1 awa - v nut ln
V 1 ’ 1 Itn glad to say lam enjoying
nvinL f |n". 'Vr ° d Genr S ia "Stain. We are
'w.n ’ rP? - r °u m abaCk ,bat ha " cracka
in the Avail an inch wide, and In the ceil
"’.'•'7/7. »; pbe 777 p ’ bnt ' vo arp hay *"*
n, it is almost like camping out. We
hope to be m a better house soon, though.
Dor.nie Benson. I haven’t seen anr letter
Hom you in a good while. Whv not write
some more of your good, advising letters’
Im sure letters like yours were are of
be ot °ur paper.
sees tl i7 ni r a w ß 7 n T' Alston. Fla.,
cares In. ‘ ll ®'® WOUl<l write> ,f she
I am having to study pretty hard In
th7° 7? kPPp my V( ”t n st p r sister from get
ting higher grides than I g e t
WA P E , rp <T PI J :l ' SSPrt " irb vbnrehes here
° " n "' lv s,i,rn ' "’e morning and
afternoon, too, cltl.ough we have no nraver
I hXX ; "‘' " P t 0 " isbt ofte7
i nnven r grown any since I was with
no ov^n'v7' r r (i " " Mnall
nor o\cr years old, but less.
MISS) LAURA SAMPLER.
' iseo, (,a.. Route 1.
Dear Aunt .Tulin and Cousins: Do roti
•idmit strangers into your delightful circle?
ni, S °r' 1 ' vo ! lld ,lke *° enter. Who am I?
b. just a jolly country boy. whose father
hai pened to subscribe for The Journal along
seve . ral otli er Papers, and how i enjev
lading it. especially the Letter Boy’
n in 77' S > n A A " nt J " lia ’be dearest aunt
n the world. I think it so nice of her to
J ave a place for ti s boys and girls to write.
• i t think how much pains she takes with
■ill her nieces am] nephews and new ones
coming in every day. How manv of vou
hands"* 'vr P rP,ld ?V ' 1 b "t s' 'the
r-.J ~ rp atest delight is reading.
\e read several good books by different
n.rsl tk. \ 7 a ‘ 'r I,VP t 0 rpa<1 ' b,lt 1 love
v r 77 ' T " PVPr lirP of bearing it.
mi's/. t 7- r S Tlol >n is G *° I hear
• e aery day. he are having some
7’7l7'?'?'• lPr !t is cold and ">e ram
is almost ice. [ wish some of you cousins
'ere here with me. as r m rather lonesome.
'77,77 io ' v nia,,y of yo>i like to go to
7? ' eertainly do, for I think every-
one should have an education, and I know
exer.ione wants one. too. Now don’t you.
<o>.sms. Listen and 1 II tell you all about
one of our great men. Abraham Lincoln
was born in Hardin (now I.anell conntv.
Rentuckv. Tebruarv 12. ISO:); ri i Prt a t Warn
ing on April 15, VS6S As a child he moved
with his father to Indiana and later to Illi
nois. Reared in extreme poverty, the bov
hsd a hard struggle j n wl , at WBS then „
wilderness. He went to school verv little.
?, ut ?”*.bt himself to read and cipher hv
t.ie firelight after working at odd jobs bv
day. The few books that he got he read
over and over. Lincoln’s early life was
not successful. He followed one business
and then another. His neighbors appre
<•*• ed his genuine worth, however, and
e.eeted him. while a voting man. to the
Illinois .cg:s. attire. During his service in
the legislature he was admitted to the bar.
and h:s rapid rise in the legal profession
showed that he had at last found the call
ing for which he was suited. He was the
r.tand auiun j the best presidents.
\;I thp who have the name Tuet'i*
write to me. fo r i would 1 kp to know f I
have » namesake. ] won’t describe myself
rbi* but will all whn wish kn >w
bow I lock just write and send photo and 1
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FOB EVERYBODY
Utiles
■ ■■ ■
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names and addresses signed. If it
is desired that names do not appear
in the paper, add your initials or
some chosen name in adition to your
full name.
2. All questions must be written
on ONE SIDE of the paper only.
3. No legal or medical advice can
be given, either in the Question Box
or by personal letter.
4. All letters requiring personal re
ply MUST inclose stamped, self-ad
dressed envelope.
5. Letters for the Question Box
MUST NOT be included in letter for
; Aunt Julia’s Letter Box. The ques-
I tions must be sent separately and
I must be addressed to Aunt Julia’s
! Question Box, The Atlanta Tri-Week-
I ly Journal, Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Folks: I have sent for a book
on Valentine parties, and just as
soon as I get it will give you a de ;
scription of the one I think most at
tractive.
A Leap Year party given by a
clever girl who had kept a kodak
book was something like this:
There were sixteen girls and six
teen boys present. On the sixteen
place cards to be drawn by the boys
was pasted a small kodak picture of
the girl who was to be his partner
at dinner. On the reverse side of
this card was a number, and the
places at the table were marked with
the heart-shaped cards bearing a
number that tallied, the girls using
the cards as score cards after the
dinner. /
At another partj- a contest •was
held. The girls had to write in the
few minutes given them a proposal
of marriage, headed “To Any Boy I
Like.” The boys had to write an
acceptance to a supposed letter re
ceived from “Any Girl I Like.” Os
course the two best letters received
the prizes.
Cordially yours,
AUNT JULIA.
Georgie Mae, Evie C., Hazel H.
and Fannie L.: The verses you sent
are too long for publication in this
department.
Bertie Lee M.: Send me your best
candy recipe for the Question Box
cook book.
Motherless: I wish you would get
your father to write, to me. Talk
the situation over with him, then
tell him that your Aunt Julia is in
terested in all young peonle and ask
him to talk things over with me; pos
sibly I can help you both. I'would
like for you to stay in your place at
home and as nearly as you can fill
your mother’s plhce, but I would
also like for you to have some young
life, and it is possible to do both.
“Savannah”: Write to the Berry
School, Mount Berry, Ga.
I am going to have some “Fashion
Hints” shortly; watch for them.
L. A. C.: See answer to part of
your questions under “Savannah.”
Your blood is probably out of order,
or you are eating too much rich or
greasy food. A daily bath, and a
cutting out of too much greasy
will help, but I’d go farther than that
and ask a doctor what he thinks.
yon will soon know. As auntie says be
brief, I’ll stop. I hope I haven’t broken
any rules. A new cousin, *
THETUS BOWMAN.
Dallas, Ga., Route 2.
Dear Aunt Julia: Will you please admit
a lonesome Georgia boy into your jolly band?
I, like most of the other cousins, lire in
the country, and like it fine. Well, as most
of the other cousins describe themselves, I
will do likewise. I am 5 feet It) inches
high, have black hair and dark brown eyts.
and am twenty-six years of age. My bjtth
day is November 11. Have I a twin? I will
le gla.l to correspond with all w.:o rare to
writ’. .1. W. LAWSON.
N< rristewn, Ga.. r. D. Box f-i.
Dear Aunt Julia: It is Sunday night, and
I'm quite lonesome. I couldn't think of a
better way to pass the hours away than
here, so I just hitched up ray pen to my
“tab,” and here I am. I suppose every
one is expecting old Santa very soon (?).
I am a little bit scared he'll forget me.
Um planning for a grand time. We school
kids are going to have a Christmas tree next
Friday afternoon. I’ve made a few little
gifts. I -like home-made gifts better than
bought ones, don’t you? I'm just a school
kid: have just passed my sixteenth land
mark. I’m a 100 per cent blonde, with the
freckles and temper put in. I go to school
at Dime and am studying the eighth
Mr. R. L. Janies is my teacher. He surely
is a, good one, 100. 1 see almost all the
cousins like to read. I do. I’ve read lots
of books. I would like to get the book,
“Sister Sue,’’ If anyone has it and will
lend it to me, I'd certainly appreciate it
and pay postage both ways, or return the
favor in any way I can. I like music, too,
but I don't know much about it. I've writ
ten to the Council before, and made some
good pen friends. I hope I will be lucky
with this one. Papa has taken The Journal
ever since I can remember. We couldn't do
without it. I've certainly enjoyed my stay.
I'll come back again some day. Everybody
write to a niece and cousin.
MISS EVELYN HALE,
Phil Campbell, Ala., No. 1.
P. S.—My bit for baby.
Dear Aunt Julia and All the Cousins: I
wonder what you can be doing these rainy
days. I guess most of you remember me. I
have had an accident since I visited you.
Yes, I knew you would like to know what
it could be. Sly little sis and I were riding
horseback. We both fell off, though I was
the unlucky one to get my knee hurt. I
have been walking on crutches for about
nine months. Oh, yes, I have had my hair
bobbed and will have another birthday Sat
urday, the 15th. Don't you think we have
a sweet auntie? 1 do for one. We take
The Journal, and I enjoy it so much. I
must thank all who wrote me. I surely did
enjpy getting and answering letters. I tried
to answer all; if I didn't, it was because
they didn't get to me. All you boys and
girls write to a lonely girl. I'll promise an
answer to all letters and a photo to the
five first ones who write. Pardon me,
auntie; I didn't intend to stay so long. Bye.
(MISS) MAGGIE DEVINE.
Vaiden, Miss.
Dearest Aunt Julia and All: I will tell you
a little about “Our Flag.” On June 14,
1777. Hit years ago. the continental congress
of the United States adopted the ensign of
the United States flag. On the same day
a committee, composed of General George
Washington, Robert Morris and George
Ross, railed on Mrs. Betsy Ross, wife of
John Ross, a nephew of on» of the commit
tee members, and asked her to undertake
sewing of the flag. She agreed to the task,
but made the suggestion that the stars in
the field of blue be made of five points in
stead of six. as had been originally planned.
She made the first flag, and it was ac
cepted. After making the first flag, she
received the contract to make all govern
ment flags. This contract she retained until
her death, and the business was then car
ried on by her daughter until 1857. “Our
flag,” “Old Glory,” made from the blood of
our heroic dead, cleaned by the blood, of
our fathers and the tears of our mothers.
Now. dear Aunt Julia. I hope I will see
this in print. Come on, all good-looking
boys and girls, and write to me, for I sure
do get lonesome. I nm a jolly girl and n
lover of all kinds of sports. I hope I
haven't broken dear Aunt Julia s rules. I
will be going. With lore to all.
(MISS) SARA EDNA JONES.
Barney, Ga., Route 1.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: Wil) you please
lot me in just a few minutes? I tgk® The
Journal and certainly enjoy reading the
Letter Box. I also like to read the serial
stories and Dorothy Dix's talks. S®me of
the cousins describe themselves, but I’ll
leave that off. for fear of giving you a
fright. Willile Hamilton. I guess your age
to be nineteen. I’m your twin. My birth
day is June 6, too. I notice most of the
cousins like to read. I surely do. Hare
read several good books, and there’s noth
ing I enjoy better. I haven’t taken a sub
ject this time, for I fear I couldn't dis
cti-s it. I must go now. If Aunt Julia
will print this. I’ll com® again some time
next year. Listen, cousins, 1 want a'l of
you who will to write me. I’ll try to an
swer all I receive. Sincer»lv.
MISS NELLIE MASSENGALE.
1 Jay, Fla., Route A.
DOROTHY DIX DISCUSSES LIFE
TALKS ON HEART AND HOME
Girls Fall for Married Men Because
They Are Out of Reacli and Be
cause a Hidden Ixive Adven-
ture Seems More Ro
mantic Than an
Honest Court
ship
AMAN wants lo know why mar
ried men have such a fasci
nation for girls, and wherein
a benedict’s wooing differs from
that of a bachelor.
The first part of this double-bar
reled question was answered by Eve
in the Garden of Eden, and every
girl takes after her greatest grand
mother. Married men are forbidden
fruit, and that alone whets the ap
petite of the foolish little Evelyns
for them, and makes them seem the
prize pippins pf the whole matrimo
nial orchard.
The thing that
a woman can
r’ot have > that
/ : she has no
■- have,
and especially
-■ thing that
some other wo
jjffilffi possesses,
* s always the
thing that she
wants most. If
you have ever
watched women
S ’W fight over a
U 71 common pla c e
KU unattrac-
tive article on
a bargain table, where each was de
termined to have it just because
the others desired it, you have the
psychological explanation of why a
girl falls for a married man that
she wouldn’t look at if he were sin- I
gle.
Also, women are the adventurous
sex. They love to play with dan
ger as a child plays with fire, and
a large part of the lure of the mar
ried man consists in the fact that a
girl knows that when she has an
affair with one, she is risking every
shred of her reputation, and gam
bling with her happiness, and that
any minute she may be cited as a
corespondent, and dragged into the
slime of the divorce courts.
Also, the average girl jg simply
slopping over with romance, and
somehow she gets more kick out
of being’ wooed under the rose than
she does in an above board, honest
to-God courtship. There is some
thing about the secrecy of a love in
trigue with a married man, about
the surreptitious letters, about the
stolen rendezvous, that thrills her to
the core of her being. It makes her
feel so desperately wicked, like one
of the grand passion heroines of her
favorite novels, who cried “All for
love, and the world well lost,” as '
she chucked her bonnet over the
windmill.
It is because the married man is
the only man in the world who is
out of her reach, and whom she has
no right to try to grab; it is because
some other woman has set her seal
of approval on him by marrying
him; it is because an illicit love epi
sode is a streak of lurid romance in
her drab days, that the little Totties
and Flossies are able to see the hero
of their girlish dreams In the fat,
bald-headed, middle-aged men for
whom, they work, and the Mauds
and Gwendolyns imagine that they
have found their affinities in some
ordinary, commonplace married man,
who would bore them to tears if his
wedding ring did not give a fictitious
value in their eyes.
And also to this, vanity and cruel
ty. In. the man hunt, women, look
on the married man as big game, and
when they bring one down they feel
if thgy had captured an elephant in
stead of having shot a tame rabbit.
There are girls who boast of their
conquests among married men, and
who have no little heart that they
delight in watching the agonies of
jealousy that they inflict on the poor
defenseless wife.
Many young women are likewise
gold-diggers, and these virtually con
fine their attentions to married men,
as wealthy bachelors are few and
well-to-do, middle-aged married men
are plentiful and also easy.
Why the married man who starts
out as a Lothario is an easy winner
of feminine hearts is perfectly ob
vious. To begin with, he has the
same advantage that the widower
has over the single man. He is a
professional, so to speak, instead of
an amateur lover.
He has the education In women
that only marriage can give a man,
for he has had a. wife and, like the
wise man of Kipling's poem, he
“learned about women from her.”
He has found out that all women
are so hungrj r for love that they l
swallow any soft talk without exam-j
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that you can jolly a woman into
anything. He has found out that
women melt doxxn into a mush that
you can do with as you will under a
little understanding and sympathy.
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As Four Georgians
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CORDELE, Ga., Jan. 24,—One
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another was seriously wounded, a
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lung and is said to be in a serious
condition, while James Russell was
slightly wounded. Paul Wood had
bullet holes through parts of his
clothing. The negro escaped.
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Mrs. Justiss Denied
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Os Killing Sweetheart
The motion for a new trial for
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The order dismissing the motion
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Boy, Playing in Mine
Shaft, Killed by Blast;
Brother Alsd May Die
FORT SMITH. Ark., Jan. 23.
John Shilling, thirteen, is deaxl and
his brother Clyde, nine, is near -
death in a local hospital, as the re
sult of an explosion in a mine shaft
at Jenny Lind, Ark., 157 miles from
here early last night.
The boys were said to have been'
playing in the deserted mine with -
their father’s torch and stuck the.
light inside a barrel partially filled
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Carolinian Convicted
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COLUMBIA, S. C., Jan. 23.—Wil
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farmer, of this county, was found,
guilty of the murder of Arthur Ped
ins, his neighbor, on November 23,
ty a jury in court of general sessions
here early today. The verdict auto
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by electrocution, but Judge Mendel
L. Smith deferred setting the date 8f
execution until later in the day.
Haithcock, on the stand, pleaded
self-defence. He was unmoved when
-the verdict was read a few minute*
before 2 o’clock this morning.
Mrs. Haithcock, who was in th*
automobile with Pedins when the
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DALTON, Ga., Jan. 24.—Phil Stone
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Dobbs & Co.’s local wholesale gro
cery branch, succeeding Ralfch Stam
per, who has purchased a drug store
and will enter business for himself
at Cleveland, Tenn.
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