Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-05-01


and one sister. I can crochet and tat. I like
10 crochet the best. I live in the country
and Ike it fine. because We can have plenty
81 fresh air and flowers, fruits Of all kinds
am certainly interested in the letter box and
il will he lots Of psstime 10 us children a.
all the county, schools out. ] have never
lived IN town. ! don't think | would like it,
some ono. remain. LAURA NJ. BARTON. .
Marble. y. e.. 4. ? y. No. 80.
Dear aunt IlIia. !. like the other children,
very much Interested In the letter box.
i GsorCia hoy. thirteen years old. live
in the town 81 Buwmsn. My mother died when
I was fourteen months old. 80 you see ! don't
know much about mother.
wish the boys could come and play with me-
I have a football. baseball. mits, gloves, mask.
breast protector. and you know we little boys
have . good time.
! help father on the fern Also help cook.
Would like for some Of the cousins TO write
70 me- With best wishes 10 Aunt Julia and
the cousins. remain, CARL DUNCAN.
Bowman. Ga.
Dear Aunt JuIis and Cousins: ] sm very
glad that Aunt Julia has started letter box
I have just finished reading the letters and
DO enjoy reading them all.
Say. Vender Wright, your letter was nice.
glad you have Joined the tomato club.
have Joined IL and think ] will like IL fine.
Hattie Mae Williams. you have my name. Your
letter was nice.
some OF you cousins said you crocheted and
(
can make Il snd certainly do enjoy 1t better
than anything else.
Well. : viii tell you something about mySef'
I will NJ thirteen years old the 31st Of May:
snd would like to have shower or cards ana
letters weight. ITO pounds. have dark, curly
hair. light complexion and DARK eyes. 90 70
school and am in the seventh grade. have
two sister and three brothers. ! have one
brother in West Virginia and one in virginia,
the latter having recently Joined the navy and
I live in the country and like ii fine. all ex-
ecpt the school. would like better schools:
/ Well. As any letter is getting long, ] Will
close. II this escapes the wastebssket ! will
come again. With love to au. ,,,,,.o>. 80
ravo Ga. Route l. ....-. .
Der Aunt julia: see the letter boz has
beeu started. ! think IL awfuly good OF the
lind editor 10 allow US a page for our letters.
We all must try to make il as interesting as
How many Of you cousins can crochet or tat'
I ,annot do either, Sut | am trying 10 learn.
/ spend the most Of my time going 10 scnool.
l am in the seventh grade, but viii be pro-
noted to the eighth. grade for next year .
am thinking of going off TO school next year.
Our school will close next Tuesday night. Sure
wish all Of You cousins and Aunt Jula coulu
Come on. Georgia girls and boys, don't let
Alabama get ahead of Us.
Well. guess | had better describe myself and
20 I am about five feet tall, have light blue
ewes. dark hair and fair complexion. ! sure
am cute you bet. And j will leave oy age
| for you all TO guess. | sm between Twelve
\ hone to see my letter in print. and if it
escapes Mr. wasteSasket will write again.
wishing Aunt Julia success Win her IeIter
tor, lovingly. BLUE Is
Ty Ty, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: am little
/ tveIve-year-old boy. / 20 to school at the
Hawkins schoolhouse. ! am in the fifth grade
/ / like country life fine. help papa On lne
/ farm ] am fond of reading i've on Looh7
ont mountain. We have been living mere
/ IttI. over a year. Our old home is In Gordon
county, Georgia. l hope TO so back 10 Geor7
sia this summer ON Visit d dslrribs tbis coun1
/ 80 - Ton, JAMES ". MILLER. .
Round Mountain, Ala, R. +. d. No. l.
Dear Aunt suIa and Cousins: lm glad %
see the Letter Box such q great success Lass
one Now girls and boy. come on don s.op
writing enIireiy. Cousins, how are you al Gu,
joying this fins weather. Ana WhAt az 10 ~
doing to pass time these days! l Sauer W.
flowers and feed the little chicks and rea !.
I sl,nns,se aU 81 you cousins love flowers, d0a
you: ! sure 90. Niolets are oloI J.a Sr,,n
North Carolina Now, North Carolina DosS
and girls com, on. / am sure we would all
be glad to hea- from y3G. would We siau =. 70
| - yrrite ne Will answer any cards and let
| tens receivsl. Please don't let Nc Waste
Basket get ,tis. Lovingly ry,Nc,1D
| Marble. y. I.
Near .yot Jslia. and Cousins: Will you sd.
| mith another Georgia girl in your happy oand
/ If bovs and girls: father takes the dear olo
semi Weekly Journal aud enjoy the dear o."
l fine an exceedingly glad mat 'heE az
lowed Us .hillren space IN II for the cousins
corner I live on a farm about four miles
from the little town Of Roswell, shu 20 70
| school at Uardscrabble. am just completing
the seventh grade Our school VIII not ne
OUT until May 80. -. ,..a
For psstime ] crochet. nave Jus! lear II.
| to make hitting. but ] don't ike lt mucn
NV favorits is crocheting. My birthday II
| next Sunday, April %. ] will leave my age
| FOR YOU 10 sriess. II is between fourteen and
/ morning and enjoy it,.
Gertie Norris. / agree with you. l. 100
would Ike to see Aunt Julia S picture at tue
I top OF the column and she 10 write nice iettE
/ for Ms 70 rad every week. 1t would make IL
/ 50 much more interesting TO us
2. V Boswell. the reason girls ike 10 look
At the moon is because there's a man In IL
I would Ike TO exchange letters or CARDS w'ta
anv of tho cousins. ! will close by asking
riddle: What shape is k nRErA DANIEL.
RI. .. IS. Roswell. Ga.
Hello. Aunt Julia and Cousins: have
beeu silent reader OF the letters, and have
enjoyed them very much. | think the letIer
.o5 hone enough Of them viii take an interest
/ IN IL 10 make a great big page. I am farm
/ er's son. % years Of age have black hair and
hounds ] live on farm Of 200 acres, owned
nv nv father. I like country life tlne-don :
think 7 would Ike 20 live in the city. We
I've seven miles from White Springs, which
4 nice health resort. People come from
everywhere to bath in that spring. During the
/ SIMMER months the C. s. & F. railroad puts
/ on an excursion train on Sundays. from val
/ dosta 10 White Springs, and II is loaded every
sunday What do all you boy readers think
| 81 the war Arc YOU ready to face Germany :
! I am not II Uncle Sam VIII furnish the men
and the money ! will do my part IN FURNISH
ing food Well, this is my first attempt l
viii make nv note short. say. Hattie Mae
Williams did you receive my letter. maven I
heard from You. Rubie Wilkinson, write again.
| I would Ike 10 correspond with some of you
/ cousins Write one and all. Eddie Milton. ]
| vrorId ike TO read letter from You. II this
/ misses the waste basket I will come again.
\ Here I 20 TO chopping cotton. Bye, bye
! WILLIAM II. GREENE.
/ Genoa. Fla. r. /.
/ Dear Aunt Julia: Here comes n little North
! Carolina girl nine years old. have light
/ hair blue eyes. Our free school Is out at
/ yellow Hill. ] am in the sixth grade. MY
/ teachers names are Mr.. Walter Green and
F. Mis- Versie Helch. ] will always love my
I teachers. -, ,
( We have Sunday school at Yellow Hill and
I ., every sunday 7 never miss question in
nv lesson. I have just got through reading
the cousins letters. and none Of them say
[ anything about singing. We have two singing
{ cIaxseSIs large class and a small one. The
/ snail class is from 5 to 10 years old. and
! an in H. Nr. r. G. Lee is our leader. lie
class IN WiIkpShorO y, c. la ST