The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-04-26

a respite for a month. and l think your
minds will be free from one care.
know our dear editress will appreciate
our generosity in so doing. l am also in
sympathy with Mr. L., and Scroggs, but IL
I can be instrumental in getting Bllnker
pardoncd I'll bid YOU forever farewell.
Augustine Parker, Lewiston. N. C-Dear
Junior: Allow mo TO write my opinion
subjects. l think them very nice for the
larger cousins. but why Is It that so many
take Education" and "Kindness?' Would
It not be better 10 change subjects? Why
not the cousins that are living in pretty
towns near lakes etc. describe them?
Also. having TO write on subjects throws
many of us little ones out OF The Junior.
Enclosed find 10 cents for furnishing
Aunt Susies room at the Grady hospital.
Dear Aunt Susie-Here comes another 1T
tie cousin wishing to join your happy band.
I am nine years old | haven't many pets.
like to tend tho chickens and goslings and
turkeys. 1 like TO work with tools. I
want to make carpenter when l get
grown. | have lot of marbles and like
20 play with them hope my letter will
not find the wastebasket. / inclose cents
for tho Grady hospital.-Henry Turner.
lloyd r.. Byrne Luna Landing. Ark
Dear Junior: | enjoy reading the children's
Wood" live I'm the southeastern part OF
Arkansas. In Chcot county. right on the
Mississippi river. The river has been up to
the top OF the levees. but Is falling now.
live near one of the battefeds of the
civil war The battle field of Ditch Ba-
you" IL il called. [ am going down there
this summer and get some relics. \ gentle
man In our neighborhood guessed the mis-
sing words for the first and secosld con
tests but never sent them in, but he is
going TO try this time and send IN his
guess. 70 any one sending mo the most
''IIoe Cake soap wrappers (any number
over hfteen). | will send a book. The
Prairie" 10y Cooper. AS this il my first
letter I viii close with best wishes for
Aunt Susie
Ola Beall. Hay. Ga.-Dear Junior-This
IS my first attempt to write to The Junior
so ] will take for my subject Company"
Let us all keep good company. Good COM
pany not only improves our manners, but
also our minds, for Intelligent associates
VIII become II source Of enjoyment as well
Of edifcation. If they be pious they will
improve our morals; If they be polite. they
will Improve our manners; IL they DO
learned. they Will add to our knowledge
and correct our errors. Boys and girls, let
Us keep good company. II We can't keep
good company. let us not keep any at ALL
Best wishes to Aunt Susie ana The Consti-
tuition.
r. r. Cannon. Austin Springs. Tenn
Dear Young People: This Is an ideal
spring day. and Oh. how It fills the soul
/ with poetry and song. II has a special
! charm for me. because l am just recover
| ing from q long and serious Illness but
now It seems that the sun shines brighter
than ever before. the birds sing sweeter
songs and the whispering breezes beam
/ on their balmy wings the odor and fra
| GRANGE Of flowers on! dear young peo-
! pie. l have realized I'm the fullest extent
! that Affections are intended to soften and
! subdue our natures and remind US Of tho
! bright beyond that there "a a silver lining
TO every cloud and Il not revealed in this
world It viii be revealed IN the world to
| come.
| j have only been subscriber to The
! Constitution short time. I would like to
| correspond with some Of the girls for
| pleasure ana Improvement
Emily Wayne. Washington Ga.-Dear
! Junior: James Edward Oglcthorpe was
! born December Fl. 1855. a more illustrious
/ man never lived. Seeing the suffering Of
! the poor prisoners of Great Britain who
/ most of them were imprisoned for debt
and as 1 sa lrl.h l' mob , Of A0'' fs''''
I Together thos n addressed q memo
/ rial TO the priyt = Incl of the king, ask
ing a grant OF Ia p over in America pro-
| vi1ing homes FOR saese unhappy prisoners.
! This being granted. he collected u great
/ number of these debtors ana started on
! their voyage 10 America on November IT,
/ 1872. reaching Charleston. January p, 1913.
/ OglethOrpe, after making q fun and sol
/ omu treaty with al the neighboring tribes
/ Of Indians visited Charleston where he
| WAS received as an honored guest The
/ first settlement of Georgia was at Iama-
craw Bluff. which was reached February
! p 1883
In 1870 the war with the Spaniards oc-
] CURED in which they We're completely de-
/ feated. In that war the GeorgIans fought
with patriotic pride. on juno 80. 1915,
! James OElethorpe died IN the ninety-seV-
/ enth year OF his age. amid great mourning.
/ Several years later the Indian war took
! place; still later the great revolutionary
! war. in which the Americans freed them
/ selves from the imposing British control.
and ia 1860 the great civil war. Slavery Is
After enduring many hardships yet with
/ prosperity iu view, Georgia mas reached
/ The Aouorcd and elevated position 1t now
! holds
Druc,e Josephine. Good Hope, Nlss.-Dear
! Junior: AS ] glance over the young folks
/ department / see several interesting let
tiers from BOYS and girls of different states,
| Writing on different subjects. l Will take
for mine 'KndneSs." Wrist. we should ask
] ourselves what is kindness? Goodness Is
] kindness. Tho person who SIS good and kind
! IS the one who Is most apt to got along
/ best. In order 10 ice kind We must practice
! Il ln youth. for what we practice In youth
/ the same wc win practice in after life. Il
/ We only average one word a day ii IS
! that much. Watch that word and see what
| f. will Go. We should be kind 10 every body,
/ especially to tine aged. BE not simply kind,
| be kind Tor something
| "a little word la kindness spoken
Has often healed the heart that's broken
Tho Bible says. "A soft word turneth
! away wrath" Remembar this when you
/ are at play with your playmates. Always
! let your words be soft and kind. Perhaps
some may say that these are little things.
| SO they are: but We must not walt for Occa-
sious 10 do great things, but begin with
sn al acts.
Grady Hospital List.
Henry Turner, Georgia. cents; Miss
Flva Petcrs Timothy, Ca. 10 cents BERTHE
and Tuia BCclswith. Amcricus Ca, % cents
augustine Parker Lewiston, y. G., 10
cents.