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AUNT JULIA’S COUNCIL
A Friendly Meeting Place for All Tri-Weekly Journal Readers
THE LETTER BOX
FOR THE HOIS AND RIRLS
“Help for the Helpless—Kindness to
All Dumb Things’’
Rules
No unsigned letter printed
No letter written on both sides of
l paper printed.
F All letters not to exceed 150 to
\ 200 words.
< Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here we
are, Kripple Krew, asking for admittance
into your lively band of boys and girls. \Y.>
have been readers of The Journal for a
N great long while and dote on it very strong.
, We all enjoy reading the Letter Box very
TTtrr?*., especially the letters from Georgia
and Florida. 1 guess some of you are won
dering by this time who K. K. are. Well,
listen! We are just a bunch of about
twelve of the liveliest boys you have ever
heard of, all living in tlie country, lovers
of all outdoor sports and games that have
pep and fun in them. We play baseball and
basketball and generally are pretty hard to
beat. During the summer, when the farm
work is off, we go camping. Take it from
me. we always have a jolly good time. We
wish some of you cousins could be with us
on these trips, though I guess it would be
mean to ask you to join in our games unless
* you are rough and tough, as wo have a rep-
* Utation of being pretty rough, but we don't
think so. at least, we have never quite
killed anyone yet. Well, as our letter is
getting rather long, we guess we had bel
ter slow up a little. We guess, before, we
beat our retreat, some of you would like <o
know what we look like. As space will not
permit us to describe ourselves separately,
v we will say most of us haye fair complex
ions, with blue eyes and either dark or
black hair, though two or three have brown
eyes and are brunettes. None of us are
over the average height, and all are be
''tween the agea of fifteen and twenty-five.
Here’s hoping all you cousins will write ns,
i especially the girls, as all our girls are
• way from home, either teaching, in offices
or at college. To the firat girl that writes
, to us and sends her photo, said photo will
wbe enlarged and placed in the parlor of our
Seltib house. To the first dozen that write
I we will send a photo of the crew. All who
I care to write us please write separately
' and address our mail to Blakely, Ga. With
best wishes to Aunt. Julia and all the
cousins, we are. the crew,
T. T. SWANN.
CLINTON WILLS,
HALL SWANN.
CHARLIE HAMMOND.
ROBERT SWANN.
WALTER ANGLIN.
RALPH SWANN.
i SANFORD WILLS.
X TUCK SWANN.
* JACK ALEXANDER.
EDWIN SWANN.
OWEN WILLS, Secretary.
Blakely, Ga.
Dear Julia and Cousins: Will you
Please, admit four little Georgia girls into
your happy band of boys and girls? We
live on a farm and like it just fine. Well,
cousins, we will describe ourselves. I,
Mildred, have brown eyes, brown hair, fair
I complexion, (bobbed) hair. I am nine years
y old and my birthday is the 27tli day of
* October. I, Ernestine, have brown hair
(bobbed), curly hair, blue eyes, fair com
plexion. 1, Vida Mae, have brown hair
(bobbed), brown eyes, dark complexion. I,
Myrtle, have light red hnlr (bobbed), fair
complexion. All you cousins write to us.
but please write separately to us. I guess
we better be going.
(MBS) MILDRED ROBINSON.
Tifton. Ga.. Route 5.
(MISS) ERNESTINE CONGER.
Tifton, Go., Route 5.
(MISS) VIDA MAE ROBINSON.
. Tifton. Ga., Route 5.
\ (MISS) MYRTLE CRGMBLEY.
Tifton, Ga., Route 5.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: How are
you all this cold weather? I am all right
and going to school. I am in the fourth
grade and enjoy going tn school. I will
tell you cousins how I look. Fair complex
ion, blue eyes, light hair. Will leave mv
age for you to guess. It Is between one
•nd one hundred. I will close. All you
cousins write to me.
(MISS) RUBY SHOAK.
k Ringgold. Ga.. Route 2.
\ . I’- s.—lnclosed you will find 5 cents for
'■.lnez.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: Will you please
• dmit two Mississippi girls into your bappv
band of boys and girls? What are you ail
doing for pastime? We are at school and
enjoying life fine. We go to Power’s Con
solidated school, located about ID/j miles
from Llaurel. It is a beautiful little city.
Population about 20.(100, Gnes» you all are
l wondering how we look! wo wil Itry to dn
k scribe ourselves. I. Annie, am a blonde,
’blue eyes, fair complexion, light brown hair
' (not bobbed, though). 5 feet 3 inches tall.
weigh 123 pounds and ain sixteen years of
age. I. Rachel, am n brunette, brown eyes,
fair complexion,j black bobbed hair, weigh
103 pounds and am fourteen years of age.
We are striving for an education. We will
fell you all what we intend to do to settle
j our future station. 1. Annie, intend to be a
bookkeeper. I, Rachel, Intend to be a
nurse. Hoping to hear from all the cous
ins. Two new cousins,
(MISS) ANNIE SMITH,
(MISS) RACHEL PLOWMAN.
Laurel, Miss.. R. F. I». 4.
k P. B.—Both have the same address.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
plen«e let two lonesome Kentucky kids join
your happy circle? We live in a little town
in the heart of the Cumberland mountains,
near the border of Virginia. The little town
ts very picturesque. With the Big Sandy
river flowing through the center. We will
not take a subject this time bitt we enjoy
reading the descriptions of ideal wives and
I husbands. We are in favor of bol'bmi hair.
! powder and lipsticks, which are being dis
-1 enssed among the boys. lint, of course, we
don’t uso too much. As our letter is getting
rather long, we will describe onrslves an I
k leave you all in peace: 1. Sally, am a
brunette, weighing IPJ pounds. 5 feet
tall and eighteen years young. I. Lee, am
• blonde, weighing 111 pounds. .1 feet 4 1 -j
inches tall, and am seventeen years young,
and of course, we both have a ’’shingle"
bob. We will be glad to hear from any one
who cares to write. Please semi pictures if
possible. With love to aunty and all the
couins, two i»nl«.
(MISS) SALLA’ PttWTI L.
(MISS) LEW DEMPSEY.
Praise, Ky,
p S.—Please semi mail separately.
\ Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here
comes another kid from the dear old state
of Georgia ’asking for admittance into your
happy band of boys and girls. 1, like most
of yon, live on a farm. I like farm life
fine, though there is a lot of hard work to
do, isn’t there? Girls, don't yon all think
Aunt Julia is a good aunt? I do. and I
believe all of you will agree with me. I
\will not attempt to take a subject, as this
is my first letter. Well. 1 don’t want to
break nuntie's rules, so I will describe my-
i self and go. My ace is between fourteen
' and sixteen. 1 have blue eyes, light brown
hnlr (bobbed, of course), fair complexion,
weigh 11'2 pounds, am five feet Inti. All you
boys and girls write to a Georgia girl. I
will assure you an answer. Oceans and
oceans of love to auntie and all. A new
4 cousin,
k (MISS) CLARICE TERRELL.
College Park, Ga.. It. F. D. 2.
Dear Aunt Julia: Here comes a jollr kid
ft •i'm the dear old state of Alabama asking
for admittance Into your happy band of
boys and girls. What do you cousins do for
pastime? I go to school, and think every
boy and girl should strive for an education.
Conte on. cousins, describing your ideal hus
band and wife. I think that is a good
subject. Wake up. Alabama cousins; the
other states are getting ahead of ns. As
most of the cousins describe themselves. 1
k will do the same, so here goes Blue eyes,
®ls:ht (bobbed) hair, fair complexion and I
fourteen years old. Cousins, come on
with your letters, and I’ll assure you an
answer. With love to all.
(MISS) ELMA PFRSAI.L.
Cullman. Ala., Route ft. Box 29.
Dear Aunt Julia and All: Will yon puca«e
open tiic door for a little Georgia girl? I am
eleven years old and in the sixth grade. As
I am a net- cousin, I will not stay long. I
live 'n the wantrjr on a farm. 1 go to school
every day • Iko my tea. her fine. 1 w 1
not descript myself this time, for I am tn a
hurry for the door to be opened for me. 1
% wish you all n very merry Cliistmas. 1
• must g>. I mav have broken Aunt JuL-s’s
rule* EDITH SELF.
Greensboro. Ga.. K F. D. 4.
Dear kunt Julia and Co 'ins: Please open
the d 'or and let a jo’lv dr.ir;.a g rl get near
the fire this cold morning. I am a new
cousin, have never written before and 1
want letters from every state in the un- n.
Cousins, don’t you think Aunt Julia a dear
old lady for go ng us a corner for amuse
ment* I '( i'!y do. Come on. North Caro
lina boys and g > Georgia is getting ahead
s of '■ D r anders ' ■ ■ ■
\ this in pr or w r (e ne. as I haven’t heard
1 from you :■! f vo a .'a-a. I. ' on. e ,xl looking
hoys and girls, don’t run and I’ll des ribo
m| pretty self. I bare auburn. curly hair
(nobbed, of course), brown eves and fair
complexion, weigh l.'t pounds. Throne guess,
mv age will got a photo, it is between
fourteen and e.ghtcen. my birthday Is Oc
tuber IS. Have I a twin? I .«<•«> mo«t of you
cousins describe your •’ldeal.’’ so I believe
I alll describe mine. He must be a nice,
polite Ch! 'tian, tba- rs, « n.q show tobae
c*' <*r?nk «tron£ "tka u* vri'f.’vp hit
>C’ »I* Hi ’ ' I"■"r e
ifcwhat th» color o' Sa ey. . •-< a • tear b»
Jt-ry. eonama. I want to ask a favor of some
THE ATLANTA TRLWEEKLT JOURNAL
of you, it you have the song of "Good
Night, Angelins,” please send to me, I have
several songs I will exchange with any one
caring to, ’’The Message That Came True,”
"Titanic,” “Oh, Nita, Oh. Nita,” "A Beauti
ful Light on Hie Sea.” "Tell .Me Why lias
Your Heart Grown Colder,” and several otli
ers. As my letter is getting rather long, I’ll
hang my cio-e on next line. So all you
good looking girls and boys who care to
correspond with a jolly girl let your letters
fly to
(MISS) BEATRICE CONNELL.
Autreyville, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Please open
Hie door and let another Georgia Cracker
in for a short while, for it is raining so
hard out here. What are you cousins do
ing these winter days for pastime? I road,
help mother witli the housework. lbiv>
many of you cousins like to rend? I have
read "The Light of the Western Star'
and "The Border of the Legion'* and lots
more good books. Weil, 1 will describe my
self aiid go. 1 am a blond of 18 years
■ with bobbed hair. Am five feet five indies
I tall, weigli 128 pounds. My birthday is
June 3(1. If I have a twin please write me
soon. All you good-looking boys and girls
write to
(MISS) CORINE FRICKS.
Blackwell, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please move out and let a new Georgia
| girl come in and join your happy band of
boys and girls? J will promise nut to slay
long. I have been a silent reader of The
Journal for some time and certainly do eti-|
joy reading the. many letters fronij the
cousins and also Dorothy Dix’s talks, anu '
the Sunday school lesson more especially. 1 ,
will describe myself and go before I break
some of the rules. I am feet tall, weigh;
10C> pon.ids, have light brown hair (bobbedl,
blue eyes, fair complexion. 1 will let you 1
guess my age. It is between 13 and 20.1
To the one who guesses it I will send
my picture. AH of yon write and send
photos if you can. 1 am looking for just
oddles; of letters from all of you good-look
ing boys and girls. Love and best wishes
lo everybody.
(MISS) GEORGIA LAIRD.
Statesboro, Ga.. Route B, Box 133.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Plea***
open the dour and let me hi, (or it is cold
out boro. I enjoy reading the cousin’s let
ters very much and think Aunt Julia is a
kind, sweor lady. I am a married lady and
hnre a dear, sweet baby )>oy who is the
pride of our homo. I have dark hair, hire
eyes, fair complexion. My hair is bobbed,
of course. Am five foot tall and weigh
About 110 pounds and am 21 years of ago.
Who has rny birthday. November 27? Want
do you oousins do for pastime? I sit by
the fire and take care of baby and read. I
have a dear, kind hubby who is as good
to me as a hahy. Christmas is nearly here.
Hope Aunt Julia and the cousins have a
merry Christmas and a happy Now Year.
All you cousins write to me. Ixivingly,
your new cousin.
MRS. CLARA SPEEGLE.
Cullman. Ala.. Route 6.
Dear Auntie and All: Will you please ad
mit two South Carolina girls into your
band? We have been reading with pleasure
the letters that you cousins write, and de
cided that we would try our luck. We hope
that we will ho admitted. Daddy has boon
taking The Journal only a short.‘while, but
we think it the grandest, paper there is.
I’he letters are Interesting, especiallv those
ihat take a subject, but we will not take
one this time. We notice that lots of voli
write about your ideal. We think it. great
fun reading them, hut we won't describe
ours, for we’re afraid we won’t find them.
No doubt you are wondering who we are.
We are just two country girls. and
wouldn’t exchange for city life. Wo ar
fond of reading, and for pastime read and
play music. Who has our birthdays? Em
ma s is June 2. and Alma's February 29.
I. Alma, am in school and in the eighth
grade. I have brown hair (bobbed), blue
eves and fair complexion. I. Emma, have
art turn hair, gray eyes and fair complexion.
Who can guess our ages? Emma, between
fifteen and twenty-four, and Alma, between
twelve and eighteen. All who see this write
ns, and we'll assure you an answer. All
who can, please send a photo, as we ar A
starting a cousins' album. AH who care to
write lot your cards and letters come to two
jolly girls. Well, we guess we’d better go.
Lovingly,
(MISS) EMMA HARDEE.
r . (MISS) ALMA HARDEE.
Laris, S. C., Route 4, Box 69.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
admit a lonely Alabama girl into vour
charming circle? Cve been a silent reader
of the Letter Box for a long time. but. just
haven't, bad courage to write. s n v, cousins
don't you think Aunt Julia is real sweet iii
giving the young people a chance to gain
friends by writing to the Letter Box? I
only wish I could see her and every one of
you cousins. Well. I see the talk is about
your Ideal husbands, so I will say just this
about the one in my mind: He' must not
drink or use tobacco or profane language
It doesn’t matter about the color of his
hair or eyes, for you can’t tell what is in
anyone s heart by looking nt the color of
Ins hair or eyes. Well, ns mv letter is
getting long and Aunt Julia says be brief.
I will describe myself and go. Now, please
don t run. I'm 5 feet 8 inchek, weigh i|J
pounds, have light hair (bobbed), blue eyes,
fair complexion and am twenty summers
old. August 28 is my birthday. Who is
my twin? All you boys and girls write me
and 1 will try and answer all mail received
lour new cousin.
T , (MISS) ANNIE RICHARDS.
Evergreen, Ala., Houle b, Box 137.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I guess that
you all will be surprised to hear from me
again. My other letter wits printed, and
letters have been coming hr the ten* and
■'rh" S .. P 7 r ,' lf "' ai,p of
the Pied Piper of Hamlin,” there wore so
many of them. I would have liked very
have answered every one of them,
hut didn t have time, although everv one „f
wX W " S a 1 , ’' ,recin "'<l- 'n.L as | cannot
tt.iL . ' 8 a Personal letter, please take
n IrlnTa / 1,,K ' st everyone asks „,e about
>n.' tup to the mountHin*. i n vprv
nice time, but did not get .many chestnut?
uent on top of fort mountain. There i« 9
wl'if? , D'<>t f "> 1 i <n ,o,> nf 1 llp nioimtnin.
« uh DeSoto l.utlt against the In ns. |,
■"rely was some rough country up there
there "t” "' P ! ""' f ‘ 1 l,pp "
wet ! -’ p t fired, but think I
Hease nrtut Hi f ° r ”' V ,riP ’ A "" t
would i’ll ,hi ’ a ' «o»n "s you can. as 1
d PC r 81 "’ e rO "' ins ,pk whv
botl er A ,,S " ~r l' ,eir letler "’ " nd ' "i" "■•’
W be?" i’b " ” ' ,,n '’ b "’- 'i"’ p -
and ,h c<X W,U '*‘ S ,0 ,0U 811 ’ -’-w
p fMR I CHESTER HANNAH.
•• s.—Here is H dfnte for Inez.
Pl’«7e r admH -?" 1 V"V’onsins: ’ Will v„o
«e just wonder what T „,, cousins are doing
Yourselves t |„. R o cold davs WA
eiril ’.o’Ti vuon k'sters to Santa Claus, the
girls to the parties, the boy, to hunting,
t.nr ' n not tßkp ’ ’"Meet th , time,
but will take one next time We want to
ask a favor of yon all. If any one has the
miici tr g *<’nSD- «e would appreciate it verv
’ 'ein h o r "° n '■ Sel,d ""' n ' *” us fln d will
I ini 17 ''’ w IV l " W: ' V we can. " I’lm
t ps 1 hat loueh I.lqnar Shall Never Touch
> ‘'sr
Hrßvrnl.x King. \Vn will dpsofibp our
and STo; don’t anv of vnu
i frightened and run: I, Ronnie, blue
i ; a"; a ffl,r eon, ple*ion. brown, curlr ha r
■ Ibol.bed). 5 feet 4 inches tall and' weigh
pounds: my birthday i, Januarv ?*S
| Have la twin? If so. please write me «s
, I would be delighted to know you. I. Myr
tle. have bine eyes, fainr complexion, brow n
wavy hair (not bobbed), 5 feet ft inches tall,
and weigh 115 pounds: my birthday is July
ti. if I have a twin. I would bed Kia to
I hear from you. Our ages are between sis
, teen and twenty-one. AU o f you coiisms
write to us. we will answer every letter «o
roeeiv. All who can plase send pictures
" slung you • merry Christmas, tour new
niece and cons n«,
I MISS) BONNIE I ONG
. (MISS) MYRTLE TAYLOR.
I nmnvtlto. x. C . care High „ boo’.
I s Please send mail separately a, we
wish to see who receive, the most letters.
Dear Vint Julia and Cousins; W ’ von
admit another Georgia girl Into vour i appv
band of N'l, and girls? 1 have been a
reader of The Journal for three years, hut
could not pick up courage t" write before
My father ttake. The Journal a .1 I 'ii-e en
joy reading the Letter Box and a" Dorothy
Dix ' talks. I aye *n<''t of you take
s subject. My subject is "Mother.” For
'i •' a the greate't friend on the earth. Tn
a . vour ups and dooms, mother ■ in under
'-ant and srtupa; r .. n th us. So let's
of 'on , o-;s ns mother’s birthdaj try
I and give her seme little g ft to brighten her
up and on Yalentine and Chr stmas give her
■ a Piesent to let her know we still remember
he-, and always think what would we do
■ without our mother. Well, as A -nt Julia
«a I be brief. I w:',i describe myself and g
i ’ I have light brown hair (bobbed) bine eves
j light complexion. I am 5 feet 2 inches
I iUsh. weigh Tl 5 ponnds mv ace < between
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Hxlvjoßdale, Ga.
LOVE, AS CHAUFFEUR, PILOTS
TAXI KING THROUGH ROMANCE
TO FORTUNE AND HAPPINESS
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MR. AND MRS. JOHN HERTZ.
Newsboy of 30 Years Ago
Made Millions in Operation
of Cab System-Says Wife
Is Cause of It All
CHICAGO, Dec. 20.—Many suc
cessful men can write a decalogue
on success and say:
"Do so and so and you’ll be rich
like I am.’’
But John Hertz here is not like !
the average, successful man.
He has but one rule to win. It’s
a rather composite rule and he
practiced it himself. It's this:
“Marry the girl yon love and
work like the devil and then keep i
on working.”
Today, at 45, Hertz is a multi
millionaire. He's the man back of
all those yellow taxicabs you see
running about the country.
Yet, no more than 30 years ago, :
Hertz was but a half-fed newsboy !
who used to sleep in Chicago door
ways in, the early morning while I
waiting for the presses to turn out '
their daily grist of "huxtras.”
Hertz started working at 12-driv
ing a newspaper delivery wagon for
$1.50 a day. Later he was a cub
reporter on the Chicago Tribune.
Then he became a prizefight man
ager.
He might still have been a man
ager of prizefighters had not love
appeared in lhe offing. But the par
ents of the comely young lady who
had caught, his fancy did not ap
prove of prizefighters nor prizefight
managers.
Became Auto Salesman
Therefore Hertz bid adieu to the
ring and set off for more desirable
worlds to conquer.
While the world was looking in
awe at the first automobiles. Hertz!
surmised there was something more
respectable in the higher calling of !
auto salesman than ballyhooing a
prizefighter.
Cupid was shooting his darts i
CHILDREN OF YOUNG COUPLES
FOUND MORE IRRESPONSIBLE
I
Early Marriages Are Blamed
for Much of Nation's Crime
Wave in Statement of Chi
cago Scientist
CHICAGO. Dec. 23.—1 f one doesn't
want to run chances of being a
moron, one should arrange to he horn '
to an elderly couple. Ami if you do
arrange to be the offspring of per
sons well along in life, your chances ,
for greatness are excellent. This is
the conclusion of Casper L. Redfield, i
Chicago scientist, who today an-,
nounced an educational campaign to
have state legislatures enact laws
prohibiting marriage under the age
of 21.
In a statement to the United Press.
Redfield said he had been making j
his investigations for almost 50 years !
and hopes that every state legislative ■
body will enact laws against wed- t
lock for minors.
“Last year there were 3.000 mar- j
rlages of couples under fifteen years
of age. “Redfield said. “From this
class come the principal part of our
criminals and paupers. In twelve
states it is legal for 12-year-old girls
and 14-year-old boys to marry.
“Chicago's crime wave would not
have reached its present peak if mar
riage laws had been passed in Illi
nois 30 years ago."
To prove his theory that many of
the most distinctive men of history
were born of parents well along in
years, Redfield names Sir Francis
Bacon. Charles Darwin. James Wall.
John Wesley. Benjamin Franklin,
George Washington, Abraham Lin
coln. Robert E. Lee and Henry Ward
Beecher.
“The investigation has brought out
another geneological phenomenon.'
he declared. “The grc • ;tgg: ss:ve
war leaders have been the sons of
voting fathers, whose fathers before
them were older mon. Alexander the
Great. Napoleon Bonaparte and C-
S. Grant are among these.“
In his research. Redfield has found
that the eldest child is lighter in
> weight, dies at an earlier age and is
more apt to t'ocome a criminal than
any other children in a family.
DIFS \T 112
(SHEFFIELD. Eng.—Nathan La-
> i patnick, a Russian, who lived
ves: s in E’; cla n 1 without Vat n; tg tn
' st -‘ak Et glisit, il;-. i at the age of
—
straight and truCand within a short
lime he slipped away to be mar
ried.
The honeymoon was spent in San
Francisco. Forgiveness was pro
nounced after they returned to Chi
cago to live.
This forgiveness was made endur
ing after the first child came. It
was a girl—Leona. That was when
] Hertz says he first woke up.
He had to work and succeed.
! There were his parents-in-law stand
i ing by with a doubtful look in their
! eye. And there was the girl he
! loved and had married and the wee
! bundle that was helpless and had
come to make them happy.
An Idea Came
Hertz one day, while selling cars.
! came to ponder over the many old
I junks of cars that were being traded
for new machines. He decided to
! put some of the old wrecks into con
j dition and after he had done so,
! formed the first regular motor hack
company in Chicago.
Several years ago Hertz took his
,first vacation. On his way home
from Europe he read in a scientific
paper that a certain shade of
orange yellow could be seen far
thest and left the greatest impres
sion.
Ho proposed a fleet of yellow cabs
to directors of his original taxi-com
pany. They laughed but permitted
him to go ahead.
Chicago shied at the yellow
visions bouncing down the streets —
but soon the city took to the inno
vation and Hertz “was made.”
Today he has millions, fine homes
and lias made a number of men
who came with him in the begin
ning rich like himself.
To his wife, Hertz attributes all
! his success.
She provided him his first real
ambition.
He has realized it. And he is not
only a good husband but the heft
j son-in-law in the world. The whole
(family agrees on that.
Mr. J. Bradley Howard
Dies in Cartersville
CARTERSVILLE. Ga., Dec. 24.
, Funeral services for Mr. J. Bradley
Howard, 4S. were held Wednesday
j afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock, at his res
| idench here, with interment at Oak
Hill cemetery, with Rev. Richard C.
’ Wilson. Jr., past.. • of the Presby
terian church. In charge.
Mr. Howard died late Tuesday
! night after an illness if several
days, pneumonia being the immedi
(ate cause of his death, lie was as
sistant c_ ...er of the First National
bank, a past master of Cartersville
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! and three daughters. He was a
I brother ff Will and Albert Howard,
of Atlanta, and of Horace W. Ho ✓
i ard. of Cartersville. H's mother,
i Mrs. W. H. Howard, of this city,
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THE HUNDREDTH WOMAN
BY HAZEL DKYO BATCHELOR
(Copyright, 1924-, by Public Ledger Company)
Lyra Graham Is to be mar- (
ried to Peter Griswold in three
weeks. Thomas Hunter, a friend
of Mr. Graham’s, is invited to
come on from the west for the
wedding, and in spite of Lyra’s i
scornful treatment of him, falls
desperately in love with her.
Eyra despises him for his lack
of polish and misses no oppor- j
tunity to iet him know her feel
ings.
CHAPTER NX
Tex Returns
IN the tiny fishing village at the
end of Hong Island, Tex had j
plenty of time and opportunity to I
face what had happened to him and
decide what to do. Never before in
his life had his thoughts been so
chaotic, never had he been faced
with anything that he could not de
cide; but the thought of Lyra was
like an obsession; he could not seem
to put her out of his mind; and, feel
ing as he did, the idea of handing
her over to another man, of know
ing that even so clean-cut a boy as I
Peter Griswold would possess her,!
cut in on his consciousness until he '
felt that he would go mad.
There were times when he felt
that he was already crazy, for it ;
seemed to him that he saw Lyra
everywhere. In the pale gold of ’.he!
sunrise, her hair streaming out be
hind her, her starry eyes filled with
a divine light; in the pale light of
the moon, the icy regularity of her
features softened with silvery mist.
He loved her, he loved her! And]
yet, when he tried to bring reason >
to bear on this thought, he realized
that what he loved was a dream
woman, not the real Lyra Graham.
But he simply could not be rea
sonable. The thing had struck him
too suddenly. And so, when he fish
ed or lay on the sands, his face
turned up to the blazing sun, or read
and smoked with Harrington in the
parlor of the little inn where they'
were staying, he thought of Lyra.
When the two men drove back to!
Brightwaters, Tex had come to no;
conclusion. (There was but one
thought in hils mind, the thought!
that he was to see her again. It silt-i
ed him with a fire that all his!
reason could not quench. Strange!
that so fragile a thing of white flesh !
and icy perfection could move him'
so tremendously, that he could want I
her so terribly.
“Why couldn’t he see her for what
she was? Why couldn’t he make
himself realize that she was cold ana
selfish, ultra-sophisticated and quite
without feeling? Reason told him
that all this was true, and yet his
dreams went endlessly on and on,
and imagination painted her as some
thing different.
Suppose that worldly manner of
hers were merely a veneer? Suppose ,
that underneath she was a warmly
passionate woman, capable of emo
tions as strong as his own?
It was with such thought that Tex
tormented himself, and when at last
he saw Lyra again he stood before
her in silent agony, waiting for her j
to greet him, knowing that she had i
the power to hurt him, and would;
not hesitate to use that power.
A gay crowd was gathered on the '
terrace. Tea was being served, and )
Lyra, in a cool gray frock, had de-[
tached herself from the group and'
walked to meet Harrington and Tex |
as they came across the lawn. She
had smiled up into her father’s eyes, j
holding her cool, white cheek fori
him to kiss, and then she had turn
ed to Tex. For a moment he held
his breath as the starry gray eyes
met his. For, instead of the coolly
contemptuous look he had 'expected,
instead of the amused smile, her
gray eyes were warm and ingenuous,
innocently wide,* like those of a child;
and, as his big hand closed over her
slim fingers, she said, sweetly:
“We have missed you a very great
deal, Mr. Hunter. Dad had no right
to carry you off like that.”
His blue eyes blazed and Lyra’s
lashes fell, it was a studied piece
of coquetry, but s-o artlessly done
that no one. least of all Tex Hunter,
would have suspected her at that
moment. Inwardly she was filled
with amusement, tinged with malice. ,
That expression in his eyes! Why, ■
it was there for the whole world to
read. No wonder Cynthia had no
ticed it. Well, the enemy had been
delivered into her hands, and he ha 1
only himself to blame if she took
her revenge. To think that lie had
actually touched her with those big.
clumsy hands, to think that he had
FARM EDUCATION •
BY DR. ANDREW M. SOULE
Acceptable Fertilizer Formulas for >
Cotton
I. M. T’., Torreon, Mexico,
writes: I wish some information '
in regard to the fertilization of
cotton. I have learned from ex
perience that it is not necessary
for me to use nitrate of soda on
my land as the stalk will grow
to the size to carry from 60 to
125 bolls, but I believe it pays
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phate would you advise me to
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ise the highest grade on account
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cerned with hastening the maturity i
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in all soils in which it may be lack- |
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ern part of our country are deficient j
in this element, and I presume the
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therein. Hence, we feel that its
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able and desirable thing. Here in
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i use formulas carrying from 8 to aii
i high as 12 per cent phosphoric acid.
| As we use fertilizers at the rate of
I 500 to 1.000 pounds per acre, you
j will see that an application of 40 to
| 80 pounds of available phosphoric
I acid per acre is made in most in
stances. We apply less phosphoric
i acid on heavy, clay lands than on
i. sandy soils. In other words, the
I ratio increases as the soil becomes
i thinner and sandier in character.
I This is due to the fact that the sandy
soils contain less phosphorus. The
’ same practice is pursued with refer
i ence tn potash. We advise the use
* of from 3 to 5 per cent of this ele
ment. In a few instances. 7 to 8 per
i cent may be used to advantage. The
rate at which potash should be ap
| plied increases as the soils become
I sandier and thinner. In other words,
i we believe that the minimum amount
i of potash to use is about fifteen
j pounds per acre, though as high as
i eighty pounds per acre may be used
| with advantage under certain con
ditions.
Potash has to do with building up
the stems of the plants. It gives
I rigidity to the plant structure. It
I corned n the elaboration of starch:
I therefore, it plays a very fundamen-
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1924.
held her in hig arms, J.i:nd her lip-.
The memory filled Lyra with coll
fury.
CHAPTER XNI
The Country Club Dance
D’JRING dinner that evening,
Lyra, conscious of Cynthia's
dark eyes fixed upon her from
across the table, and of Peter's grow
ing displeast* <•, flirted delicately
with Tex
Ton ! >rft she was seated between
Tc* and Peter. She wore white, a
misty thing, making her look at
times like a slim young nun. But
when she lifted her lashes her gray
eyes were alluring, provocative, it
seemed' to T6x that each time she
looked at him she was more aching
ly beautiful than ever before.
Lyra was deliberately playing with
fire, but she had no intention of get
ting burned. It was all right to en
courage Tex just so long as there
was no danger of being alone with
him, and she knew that such a thing
was impossible.
They were all going* to a reception
! and would dance at the country club.
She would go there and return in
Peter’s roadster. At the clubhouse
i she would avoid Tex as much as pos
sible, because she did not want to
dance with him, but here at the
i house, with a lot of people present,
she was perfectly safe.
As they were all thronging out of
the dining room, Mrs. Graham came
up to Lyra, a troubled look in her
eyes.
"Do you think it wise to encourage
Mr. Hunter as you were at dinner,
! dear? He may misunderstand you
inasmuch as he isn’t one of us.”
Lyra raised wide innocent eyes to
her mother’s face. "Don’t be foolish,
mother,’ ’she returned coldly.
"There's no reason why I shouldn’t
exert myself to be nice to one of
dad's friends.”
Mrs. Graham was silent. Lyra
had away of instantly disarming
I her. But she had watched her daugh
! ter during dinner, and she had seen
I Tex Hunter's blue eyes as they had
rested on Lyra's face. The expres
sion in them had frightened her,
i stirred sn emotion in her that she
i had thought long dead. Why did he
; look at Lyra that way, and why did
Lyra encourage hint? Os course.
' young people thought nothing of
1 these things today, but Tex Hunter
1 was different. He might do almost
anything if he were encouraged
enough.
“I thought I’d speak to you, dear.
Os course, I know that your encour
aged him unintentionally,” Mrs.
Graham went on lamely. But Lyra
only laughed a high care-free laugh,
and with a slight pat on her mother's
shoulder, left the room and ran light
i ly upstairs.
j Later in the excitement of leaving.
I she did not see Tex. She and Peter
left ahead of the others and after he
had handed her into the car Peter
did not speak. He kept his eyes fixed
glumly on the road ahead, and drove
the high-powered car at a reckless
speed. Lyra, resolved to pay no at
-1 tention to his sullenness, but when
' they reached the clubhouse and he
I helped her out, his fingers closed
■ around her arm, so that she could
not escape from him.
It was the custom at the country
. club to park the cars in a semi-circle
lat one side. This made it easy for
I couples to use the machines between
I dances, but before parking, Peter al
] ways deposited Lvra at the entrance.
Tonight he had driven directly to his
parking space and for the time being
the two were practically alone.
‘ Lyra,” Peter said sharply, "what
has come over you lately? You flirted
abominably with Tex Hunter during
dinner. I've never known you to do
such a thing before.”
Lj ra lifted her eyes to his face.
They were very cold and still and
expressionless.
“Take care, Peters, ” she said
warningly. “I’ve never known you
t oknow jealousy before. Because
I am engaged to you doesn’t give you
the right to tell me what to do. Per
haps it might, be just as well to come
to an understanding now.”
She was watching Peter closely,
and as she looked at him his expres
sion changed. He was abject, terri
fied of what she had been.going to
say. quick with a mumbled apology.
It camp to Lyra in a flash that he
would give in to her rather than take
the chance of losing her, and for the
first time in her life she realized
that in spite of his bigness and
brawn, Peter was weak.
(To Be Continued)
i tai part in plant economy. It has
; always been our purpose to use only
' the highest grade of phosphoric acid
we could purchase. The general
rule is to purchase that grade which
contains 16 per cent of availably
plant food. We suggest that you us"
only coneentrated materials on ac
count of the freight charges you will
have to meet in your situation.
While there are a number of car
riers of phosphoric acid on the mar
| ket, we have concluded as a result
of our long experience and observa
| tion that acid phosphate probably
supplies this element in as cheap and
effective a form as we can obtain it
i from any other source. We do not
s believe you will make a mistake,
therefore, in purchasing acid phos
phate for the purpose you have in
mind. We think these conclusions
will apply with as much force to the
| conditions which exist in Mexico as
J they do to ours here in Georgia.
Claim to Fortune
Os Atlantian Made
By Washington Girl
LIVINGSTON, Mont., Dec. 24.
Reaffirming her story that she is
beneficiary of a fortune estimated
at approximately $2,000,000 bequeath
I ed to her by the late W. p. Cham
bers, who, she says, lived in Detroit
an ( ] Atlanta, Ga.; Miss Esther John
son. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron
Johnson, of this city, said today she
expected to get additional proof of
her story.
Miss Johnson, a student at the
i Diversity of Washington, met
Chambers in YeliovVstone park in
1921, at the Lake Camp, where he
was ill. Miss Johnson cared for
the patient as an employe of the
i camp, she says.
Efforts Wednesday to confirm the
report that W. p. Chambers. me*n
tinned in the above dispatch, for
merly was a resident of Atlanta,
failed. There is no “W. P. Cham
bers ’ listed in the city directory or
the telephone book. and various
members of the Chambers family j
interviewed failed to recall W. P.
Chambers.
F ..eer Rubber Maker Dies
NEW YORK. Dec. 24.—Fritz Ache
lis 81, pioneer hard rubber manufac
turer. and one of the founders and j
for 44 years .president of the Ameri- |
can Hard Rubber company, which I
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DOROTHY DIX DISCUSSES LIFE
TALKS ON HEART AND HOME !
(July Dt'unlienness, Immorality or ;
Laziness Are Incurable; Therefore,
Parents Who Prevent Their
Children Marrying for Any
Other Reason Arc Almost
Certain to Bring Unhap
piness Upon Them
JUST how far have parents a
right to interfere in their chil
dren’s love affairs? How much
right have parents either to make
ot break a match? Os course, in
continental Europe and the Orient
practically all marriages are ar
.... ranged by the
fathers and
X. mothers. A n <1
/' '' they seem to
\ turn out very
''i "* well, but that is
because they
‘ Jk look upon mar
riage front “the
business instead
\ *' ie se ntimen-
■ ta l point of
■' v ’ e "'* an, l con-
/ ’ s'! s ider the good
HBpT® of the family in
stead of the hap-
Diness' of the in
dividual.
Therefore, while it may be all right
sot a French or an Italian or a
Chinese mother and father to pick !
out the husbands and wives for
their children, it is all wrong for
American parents to try to select
the life partners of their sons and
daughters.
Tn this land of the free and home
ot divorce, every youth and maiden
claims the right of self-determina
tion in the matter of what domestic
cza,rs shall rule over them, and
when they are forced into allegiance
to one not of their own choosing
they are pretty apt to stage a re
bellion that ends at Reno.
I have known many gentle, meek,
spiritless girls who let papa marry
njem to nice, fat, rich middle-aged
widower?. And I have known many
spineless men to permit, mamma to
pick out a nice, homely heiress, or
a good, domestic girl for their wives.
But I have never known one of these
marriages that turned out success
fully.
AVhatever parents’ prerogatives
are, match-making is not one of
them. Neither have they any right
to break off a match, except for the
most drastic reasons.
Parents are justified in moving
heaven and earth to keep a girl from
marrying a man who has led an im
moral life, because the wife and
children harvest the biggest part of
the rounder's wild oats crop. They
are justified in keeping a girl from
marrying a drunkard, because the
chances of his reforming are too
small for a woman to stake her life
upon. are justified in keeping
a girl from marrying a ne-er-do-well,
because a lazy man drags his wife
down into poverty and the woman
who has to work to support a shift
less husband soon comes to have a
contempt for him that kills her love.
Parents are justified in keeping a
son from marrying a girl with a
past, because j.he woman who does
Slayer of Officer
Succumbs to Shot
Fired as He Fled
IC.?1 TOP>I LE ’ A,a ”. D<? c. 24.—George
Laton, a negro, giant in stature, be
ing over six feet tall, was found dead
in bed at home Tuesday where he
lived alone, with a bullet wound in
his right side. Eaton has been iden
tified as the murderer of Police Offi
cer James J, Shaw, who was stabbed I
to death early Sunday morning as
he surprised the negro in the'act
of robbing a grocery store. Shaw
was accompanied by four other po- f
licemen, who tired at the negro as
he was running away, but. Eaton i
escaped in the darkness, after hav- !
ihg been hit at random by one of the !
A dirk, 8 inches In length and as '
sharp as a razor, was found in pos
session of the negro. The death
dealing instrument was covered with
blood. The dead negro was found
ny another negro who called at his
home early today on business. Shaw
was twenty-eight years old and
leaves a widow and three small chil- !
dren. Several rewards had been of
fered for the capture of the mur
derer.
Capital of Albania
Reported Captured;
Government Flees
ROaFe, Dec. 24.—Tirana, capital!
of Alban’a, has fallen to the rebels |
and the government of Premier Fan I
Noli has fled, according to advices
direct from that city.
Insurgents, who supported the re
volt under Achmed Zogu, occupied
Tirana, the messages said.
ALBANIANS RE< APTUHE
KROU.MA, CONSULATE SAYS
SOFIA, Lee. 24.—A statement is
sued by the Albanian consulate here I
alleges tint Albanian government
troops, retaking Krouma in the Kos- !
sevo district from the insurgents, I
captured a detachment of Serbian ■
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not go straight lacks cither principle
ot intelligence, and because a man
seldom ever forgives such a woman
or trusts her, or finds any real hap
piness with her. And also because
a loose-living woman is no fit
mother tor his children, and because
a woman who is taboo with other
women Is almost an insurmountable
handicap to her husband.
But beyond these objections to a
prospective son-in-law or daughter
in-law there are very few causes
that justify parents in refusing their
consent to a marriage of their chil
dren with the man and woman of
their choice.
Certainly parents have no right tn
break off a match because of a. dif
ference in religion.
A man and woman who Ipve each
ether can walk hand-in-hand along
separate paths to God. And those
who are so narrow and so bigoted
and so intolerant that they cannot
concede to each other any individual
right of thought or conscience would
quarrel just as much over politics
or pie as they do over creeds.
Nor does nationality justify par
ents in breaking off a match.
No one race has a monopoly of all
the virtues, and the men and women
of one race are just as honorable
ard true and faithful) and make
just as good and tender husbands
and wives as of another.
Family is no reason for breaking
eff a match in this country.
In America the wheel turns per
petually, and the aristocrats of one
generation are the truck drivers of
another, and the denizen of the
slums move in twenty years up on
Fifth avenue.
Nor are parents justified in for
bidding the banns because of the
lack of money. Nine-tenths of the •.
women who are wearing real pearl
necklaces and riding around in
limousines had their wedding rings
bought on the installment plan, and
took their bridal trip on a street car
acros; town.
AVe have all seen too many poor
boys become millionaires, too many
humble clerks rise to place, too
many extravagant girls turn thrifty
when it was their own money they
were spending instead of father’s,
100 many butterflies become grubs
to feel that anybody can prophesy
surely enough what a young man
"for woman is going to become to
niake it safe to venture a preflip
t’on about how any marriage will
turn out.
For, after all, the success or fail
ure of a marriage depends on the
spirit that is put into it. If a man
and woman love each other, they
can work miracles, but if they do
not love, and bring only to mar
riage a dull distaste, it is doomed
from the very beginning.
That is why parents have no right
to break off a match because they
do not like the man's or woman's
family, O r the color of his or her
complexion, or his or her politics,
or the color of his or her blood, or
the size of his or her bank account-
They should bear in mind that
tlrnir judgment is fallible, that tastes
differ, and that it is more important
ot their children to be pleased with
the ones they marry than it is for
them.
( ertainly, those who have to liva
together should have the right of
(hom-e—which is a fact that parents
will do well to bear in mind
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