Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-27
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| Dear Aunt Julia: Here We come, two jolly
school girls. 10 Join your happy band o..
| l, Maud Power fourteen years old, have
/ brown hair. gray eyes and am ip.sthe etghth
| grade. |, Fannie Harrison. also fourteen
years old, have brown hair, blue, eyes apd am
liz the eighth grade. We. are deskmates and
| thery school Our teacher Is Miss 'lIacta' white
hurst We live in tho country, and would not
change for city life at ALL We want all You
| cousins TO write to us, and we will answer
| all eards and letters received.
I With best wishes 10 Aunt Julia and the let
| MAUDE POWER AND FANNIE HARRISON.
/ Curinth, Miss. Route 3.
| Dear Aunt Julia: J decided | would try to
write you and the cousins and let you 81 hear
/ from our part Of the country. Papa takes
| The Semi-Weekly and we all think 1t is a
| grand. paper. Am sure glad you started a
| cousins corner, and hope II will be a great
! success. | live in the country about three
miles from little town called Eastman.
have lived in the country all my life, and
| think IL a fine place to live. | will describe
myself: I am eight years old, have light hair,
| light complexion and brown eyes. ! know you
all will say am lust fine looking, now won't
third grade. win be promoted to the fourth
grade this term. We have a nice, STANDARD
school with two teachers. Ny teachers name
is Miss Mamie Sue Quillian from Tennille,
Ca, and just like her fine. We have about
one hundred pupils in roll. As this is my
first attempt will stop and give somebody
the waste basket; if so, will write again
With love to Aunt Julia and cousins will close
Eastman. Ca. R. f. d. s. - =. ,
Dear Aunt Julia: will make my letter short
II is q very beautiful summer resort up here.
! live in northeast Georgia and am. in the sixth
grade. My teachers name is Miss Martha
O'Shields.. We bave many wild flowers up
here; live in the country by a creek and
we have a grist mill. 1 like The Atlanta
Journal very much We couldn't do without
II. i live three miles of the Beckley Memo
rial Institute, named in honor Of Logan h..
BIeckey. l will close Hope to this in
'GARYBELLE YORK.
Clayton, ia. r. F. u. No. ?.
Dear Aunt Julia: / certainly am glad the
children are. having a. part in this good old
paper. The time has come when the young
people are having such grand opportunities
for improving, their time and talent in so
many educa tional ways. live on farm
about three miles from Greensboro. We have
three horses, one COW, a mother pig and sever
mouth Rock chickens. enjoy feeding the
chickens and gathering up the eggs. 1 be-
lonsed to The Tomato club foE sge' years aud
had. l have one sister and four brothers.
We all 60 to school except the two smallest
am in the eighth grade and my teachers are
Miss Berta Melvin and Mr.. w. re. Mounts. II
have brown eyes, light hair and fair complex
Ion and will be fourteen years old the, tenth
of August Wishing you much success with the
letter box, remain, your friend, .-
Greensboro, n. r. F. d. No. 1.
Dear Aunt Julia; | am a little farmer boy.
and like the farm fine l like to ride the
torses, and mules. l. like to help papa and
mamma do anything l can. ! have no broth
ers and sisters 10 play with; me, sol play
with my little friends, but l think l have n
fine time the farm. ] stay busy all the
time playing and visiting my little playmates
letter in print, as take The Atlanta Jour
nal. and have been taking IL for long time
and think il fine. With best regards. .....rs.
ODiOUS c. DRIGGERS.
Hope Mills n. c., R. F. D.. No. l.. 49,. .,.,.
Dear Aunt Irla: / am a little, boy eight
years old. / like the letters In The Journal
fine. / Shohght would write and tell you my
condition. Ny mother died when I%was only
five YEARS cid I am the only child. My
papa lives at Statham, Tia. l. stay with hiD
during the school months. We have seven
teachers. like to go TO school. i am. y
the fourth grade. when there is no school
going on. I stag With my Grandpa Cogburn. He
lives near, Alpharetta,s Ga. He is farmer;
l IKE to work on the farm.
For fear ] may gee my letter too long | will
close. Love 10 Aunt Julia and ali the cousins
with much success. Your little friend, ..,
WILLIE J. t. COGBURN.
Aiphafetts, Ga, Route 2.
Dear Aunt Julia: will you admit a cousin
from North Carolina, The Land OF the Long
and live on a farm. 1 have blue eyes, brown
hair and fair complexion. | would not live
In the city for anything. / enjoy the fresh
air and good water, and these the country f.
ford / think people do not appreciate coun-
try life as they ought TO. ... -.
I like farm work, but would rather cook.
crochet or make tattting.
/ go to school at Chapel Hill. J will take
the eighth grade next year.
/ would IKE to exchange cards and letters
Before leave / must say that we have taken
The Journa for years and find 1t a fine paper.
: love to read land, would like to exchange
reading matter with the cousins. T. hope the
Letter Box will be a success and useful.
&c.: - MARY GRACE, WACASER. ;
Marion. v. C.rn-
Dear Aunt Julia: am 50 glad that you
are to have a page In The Journal for little
folks. am little girl ten years old. My
home is in North Carolina, right near the Geor-
the nth grade. We have only five months
school and our. school is out now, but | take.
music lessons when We have no school; ~
ward DO and Dare" and two esther Books
lately.
tell you about my mountain home. for l live
CARMEN KING.
Murphy..rN. C., F.. D. ?.
Dear Aunt Julia: will you please make room
for a South Carolina girl. l have. been q
reader of your paper for years. and am glad
We are permitted to have small space for our
letters. liam not attending school This ses-
sion, but am spending my spare time in GRO
cheting. tatting and helping mother. I have
read some good books since Christmas. How
many of, you like to, read novels? My fayorite
is "a Thorn in Her Heart have a fair
complexion. brown hair and also brown eyes,
and my age lis between IL and 21, can you
guess it2 \. guess had better hush and go
feed my pet calf. Every time | get busy it
comes salloping, and comes up on the steps
and bellows. 80. ..
would he glad 10 exchange cards or letters
with some of the cousins If this isn't printed
I'll try my luck next time: love TO all the
cousins. - UNA McABEE.
Cherokee, s, G. R. No. 3. ....s p.
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