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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-13

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here comes
another North Carolina boy to join your happy
hand of hoys and girls | take The Journal and
enjoy reading the cousins letters all O. X
Bessie Beasley, the answer to your riddle Is
a newspaper. Am l right? So here go viii
a riddle sisters and brothers have none, yet
this mans father is my fathers son. If you
will unriddle this you are the smartest man I'M
der the SUM- Well I will go hoping Mr.. Waste
basket will he off on long visit when 1 ar
rive With love to all the cousins.
OVER LAMB.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-13

this time as | fear that monster waste basket
Aunt Julia, | hope you will print this as
want TO surprise papa and mama. win pes
wishes to Aunt Julia and cousins.
lila OSBORNE.
Abbevifle, s. c.. Il. L. ID. 3.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-13
Edneyville. \. C.

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here come to
Join your silver band. Don't you hear me
shocking at the door, please let me in If there
Led us march onward till we gain great lau.
erls of fame. 1 a little girl Of ten years,
have read about thirty books this year anu
would appreciate very much II any cousins
would send me TO read. l went to the
fair Thursday and was greatly disappointed be-
cause didn't get to- see Aunt Julia. en-
joyed myself very much. live in the coun-
try and am fond Of pet squirrels. I have two
grown brothers and one grown sister, so /
haven't got anybody to play with. get lone.
as nv other one was consigned to the waste
basket Cousins. what chapter in the Bib" DO
you like to read hcstf | like to read the four
tcenth chapter Of st. John best. Your Georgia
cousin, 7. NALNEY BISHOP.
Dearest Aunt Julia: l am sure you WASH :
expecting such an awful sorry present, but will
have TO ask you TO excuse it, I'm preparing
for school. hut will do better Christmas. This
lamp mat is the first one i have crocheted
of this kind. Best birthday wishes, I am your
loving niece, JESSIE MILES.
Atmore, Ala Route A, Box 147.
Dear Aunt Julia. and Cousins: Tap, tan.
tap open the door. please, for very cold
away up here from my southern homo. Give
me q box in the corner by Mary Lou
FOLD, of Note Ga. please.
| certainly did enjoy her letter about what
to do for our soldier boys. Mary Lou, ! have
n question to.ask YOU. Your name seems very
familiar to me. When first read II put my
head to work thinking who you were Finally
1 have decided that YOU are sister of one
of my former teachers.
hope you are for l would like to hear
through the letters what has become Of him.
Now, tell me if you have brother by the
name Of Vivian +. Folds? lie taught school
down here In Grady county in 1913 I am
one of the girls that attended his school. I
hope | am not asking too much of you. II
you are his sister. tell him to write to the
children OF the school he taught in Grady
through the columns Of this paper.
Say, how many of you cousins of north Geor
gia will down here and spend while
with me this winter while we are grinding
cane, cooking syrup and digging potatoes? You
all better come in n hurry. for we will get
through in about three weeks, we have only
about one hundred barrels to make Mary
Lou: you have a special invitation to spend
while with me.
Gee! | hear Aunt Julia coming with the
broom, hut | will describe myself before
leave: l am very fair when not sunburned.
light hair and, oh, horrors, eyes between blue
and brown. Some say that have yellow eyes
| am five feet and two inches and weight
162 pounds. new cousin.
GRADY GIRL.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-13
DocroRrNG YOUR CHILDREN.


Journal some remedies for children's all
ments. 1t is a timely topic. AS cold
weather comes along colds Will also
come along; Group also, not to mention
such ills as pneumonia, pleurisy and
catarrh.
A child taking on cold will usually
grow feverish as a starter. Sometimes 1t
comes with a chill. | was accustomed to
give babies a dose of castor oil with
sugar dissolved in the oil, grease their
feet after warm bath, and it generally
broke up an incipient cold. When it
lasted longer than twenty-four hours
with fever the doctor was sent for.
had heavy experience with Group the
sort that made one very uneasy. When
it seemed as If it would become neces-
sary to insert a tube to give easier
breathing l have given large dose OF
calomel, enough to vomit the patient
with success. When a sleeping child be-
gins to breathe hard and every breath
whistle, the time is come to work nero
ically.
We had a considerable negro family
before the war and during the war. l
doctored them, with syrup in which cook
ing soda was stirred 1t is an excellent
remedy still Baby collie / doctored
with catsup tea, warm and sweet. II
catsup was too mild, then poured lit
tie hot water over fragment of asso-
fietida and sweetened 1t with syrup or
sugar. That failing to check collie L
found a little calomel, followed by OIL
with a mild sedative, would do the
work.
l had a good deal of earache myself.
had one or more risings in my ear that
were exquisitely painful. few drops
Of sweet oil and drop or two OF lauda~
mum, heated and poured in my ear, gen
orally allowed me to 90 to sleep again.
That failing, my mother had the tea
pot filled and then she put the spout
in my ear, holding me in her lap with a
warm shawl about my head to keep the
steam, close to the ear. When my little
ones had growing pains" L massaSed
the little aching legs during the long
hours of the night. Mothers warm hand
with a simple liniment to rub in, gener'
ally made the little sufferer comfortable.
Ny remedy for collie that resulted from
eating too much and of unhealthy things
was a dose of salts or castor oil to
move off the unpleasant cause.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-13

Dear Aunt Julia. As I have forgotten when
YOUR birthday is I will send you a small pres
mt I happened to think about your birthday
this afternoon. I may be a little ahead.
You are so good to all of children, i
you.
Ny mother is sick in bed and as am the only
child and Just eleven years old. will have to
as you TO excuse this. Aunt Julia, as
don't know your home address, will address
thiS to The Journal. Hoping 10 hear from you
svsr,. y0ur niece. ORA LEE SMITH.
Tetford Ga
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-13
SICK WOMAN HAD
CRYING SPELLS
Restored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Enhaut. PA was all run down and
weak inwsrdly. had female troubles
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-13

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Flowering DogwoSd). The
white flowers, borne in ear
" spring, are 2 to-4 inches
across, and remain many
weeks. Foliage become:
brilliant in autumn. Re-
bark and berries make ::
pleasing sight In winter.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-13

Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: I wish 70 be
admitted IN the circle Of cousins. I am from
north Georgia. In town we have nearly
two thousand population. | go TO school--am
taking the third year Of high school. ] am
sixteen years Of age, five feet and three inches
tall and brown-eyed. I enjoy school life, be-
sides I have q garden in which I raise beans,
tomatoes. pepper. peanuts and other things.
Cousins ] would like 90 correspond with you
girls and boys. especially the former With
love IN Aunt Julia and the cousins.
RAY KING.
r.r,enrcvfIle ca
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-13

Dear Aunt Julia: ] am writing tonight for
"a slime, for there Is nothing but silence out
here, even the little stars are hidden in the
nshulous skies. And the big Mr. Moon is
shining in some far land" The wind Is blow
lnC and the night is weary. 80 ! will spend my
time writing a rhyme 70 you, Aunt Julia. cause
I feel that are lost
LITTLE BROWN JUG.
2 title borvn iug, full Of rcd wine.
! kiss your lips, you kiss mine.
I little brown jug. never goes dry,
ird Il makes man fool and red In the
EYE"
.,l. wine! how precious YOU are
ION make q man laugh. ha, hs, ha'
rut you always up in the night,
you want msn 70 or you want him to
fight"
little brown jug, how many are dead7
That we're killed nv the wine whose color was
red
So. little brown jug, I pass you by
Never TO drink never 70 buy"
7 have been writing To Aunt Juiia's Letter Boa
for a good while, as Travelled over the states.
| have seen q little In most every STATE and
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-13

One xanthoxrhiza- yellow
Root). Dwarf, spreading
with bright yellow roots
nd branches. Dainty, deep
V indented, fern-like leaves
make a delightful appear
ance throughout the year.
Dropping purple flowers.
One Rhus Glabra- Grows
10 to Is feet high, with open
,rown and compound leaves.
Flowers in July, in creamy
panicles. followed by Grim
son fruits, which remain
all winter.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-13
LESS TRAVEL WITH HIGHER RAIL
ROAD FARE,

When stage coaches were the only
public convenience for passenger trans
portation, I was a small girl. The stage
coaches that came from Augusta and
Savannah, going north, went on to Nash
vile. Tenn, by connecting stage routes.
Ten cents a mile was the universal
stage fare long or short haul. 1t was
a necessity, because the public roads
were not made smooth. to hurt There
were ferries to cross streams and four
horses to be kept in good trim-to run
ten miles at a time.
I was very familiar with those stage
coaches in my childhood. They had a
stopping place at my fathers house
and there were meals to be furnished
to hungry passengers 1t was the heavy
rates on stage coaches that made the
legislature of Georgia pass an act to
build the Western and Atlantic railroad
withthe peoples tax money. There was
a stock company called the Georgia
Railroad and Banking company that was
building a railroad from Augusta to
the initial point at Marthasville, now
Atlanta Another railroad from Savan-
nah was constructed to Macon. THESE
roads had to charge high rates for
long time for transportation of passen-
gers and freight. Five cents mile
was charged on railroad tickets long
after the civil war on the western anu
Atlantic railroad. But the rates came
down and down, until finally the price
declined to two cents a mile-and like
letter postage the increase in revenue
was great. The lesses of this state road
have been paying a rental Of thirty-tive
thousand dollars a month for nearly
thirty years-and made big money. They
will pay forty-five thousand a whelA
the present lease expires. When rail-
roads raise their rates there will be
higher ticket and freight rates and few
e people will travel. I paid tariff OF
sixteen cents over the usual rate when
went to Atlanta on yesterday ana
returned. It may be a war necessity to
tax letters and railroad fare, but the
common people will economic on Doth
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-13

cairo. Ga. Il. r. ID. A, Box 22O.
Z. S.-Enclosed find 20 cents in stamps. for
q. licb please send me two OF your buttons that
vol have for the members Of the Aunt Julia s
q lub With love and best wishes, ! remain,
,rrr uephew CRAWFORD SASSER.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-13

little brown jug, how many are dead7
That we're killed ny the wine whose color wa
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-13

One A1norpha Pruticosa-
CFalse Indigo). Grows 8 to
10 feet high and forms a
large spreading bush, with
compound leaves. Slender
spikes OF deep violet-blue
flowers are borne in sum-
mer. Red and gold in au-
tumn.
Two Roses Of Sharon.
Beautiful shrubs of rapid
growth, making the most
gorgeous show of large,
brightly colored, double
flowers, which remain all
fall. Grows IL feet high
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-13

Two ,Box Elders. (Ash-
leaved Maple). Fine, rapid
growing ornamental trees,
with handsome light green
foliage, greenish yellow
bark, and q spreading head
Succeeds everywhere and 10
not effected by drought.
Grows 20 to 80 feet high.
One spirea. The handsom-
est shrub that blooms. The
long. slender branches are
so loaded with flowers IN
the spring. they droop to
the ground; giving the ap-
pearance of a fountain of
white flowers. s to 10 feet
high. Foliage yellow in
fall.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-13
| Our"Home Beautiful Collection

This massive collection composed of twelve one-year
shrubs and trees of varieties described below They are
about foot long, the very best size to plant They make sur
priSngy rapid growth producing very pretty effect the mrs.
will succeed everywhere,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-13

Two. R1owef1nH CaSaIpes
(Catalpa Speciosa). Very
hardy, with heart-shaped
leaves, measuring s
inches across. Beans In
mense clusters of fragrant
white flowers, tinged with
purple. Blooms in June,
and rivals the towering
shrubs.
One spice Bush. (Laurus
Benzoin). In early spring,
before the leaves appear,
every branch is covered
with fragrant yellow now
ers. The bright red ber-
ries which follow, remain
through the winter. Leaves
turn bright yellow in the
fall
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-13

10. little brown jug. pass you by"
Never TO drink or never TO buy"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-13

I have been Writing % Aunt JuIfa'B Letter Bon
for a good while, as travelled over the states
/ have seen q little In most every state and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-27
Austro- German Drive Ex-
pected by Italian War
Leaders.
ITALY is PREPARED
TO MEET ONSLAUGHT
General cadorna Expects Early Attack
IN Force and Expresses confdencs in
Ability Of Troops to Defend Lines
Or. suedekum. Declares Ruthless
ssubnarins Warfare Will Not starve
British Isles Into Submission.

Rome, March 27-A great Austro-
German offensive on the Italian frcnt
Is being predicted freely thruout Italy.
Information reaching the Italian p-ess
from Switzerland has convinced the
! newspapers that such campaign has
been planned !. by the central powers
for this spring.
There is no uneasiness apparent,
however, but general evidence tha!
Italy is fully prepared General Ca
dorna Is quoted by the, Giornale
Nd'Italia as saying to Salvatore Barza-
lai, governor of the occupied Austrian
territory:
Whether they come or not, am
acting on the principle that they will
come, and in force. am conscious Of
having neglected nothing that past ex-
perience has taught me and am GER
tain OF having at my command
splendid army. strengthened rather
than, worn by war. / have put at its
head chiefs possessing the greatest
aptitude for their posts.
.srhe first element OF success Is the
active faith of the nation in itself. For
the army to resist the country. whose
every feeling u reflected By the army.
must resist also. Let 1t have faith in
Itself and It will have victory.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-27
CUBAN REBELLION
BELIEVED CRUSHED
Government Dispatches 1900 Troops
From Santiago 70 ousntarame--No
\ Fear q Serious Resistance BY Rebels
-AmsrieIRs 10 Withdraw.

Santiago,- Cuba, March PA long
step in,the dissection Of reesta ablishment
Of government control was taken to-
day IN the dispatching Of about 1000
soldiers from Santiago to Guantapamo.
Neither Aurelio Hevia, secretary Of
the interior, who is still here, nor Off
GERS Of the army professed to fear
serious resistance by rebels in the
Guantanamo district, Notwithstanding
the fact that it is the headquarters of
Rigoberto Fernandez, the rebel leader,
who has q considerable force with
him..
Several hundred American marines
and bluejackets are at Guantanamo,
but the government has been given to
understand they will be withdrawn as
soon as government troops can main
tain order
Unimportant skirmishes have oc-
CURED, but no determined effort has
been made thus far TO dislodge them
Reports from Manzanillo and other
points near Antilla are that all is quiet
American naval guards are still on
shore duty.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-27
Belgians Held In Germany
Write Of Ffightful Com
ditions n Camps.
MANY STARVING IN
DETENTION CAMPS
Exprsss Hope Fer Dslivsranee ~
Pr>rspt Offensive u iNss-Oslaian
yAnsmsn Issue Appeal e Wesk.
Of Neutral Natlsns-clalm Tkey
SsArs Victims Of slavssy System In
ausuratsd by 0srmans.

Havre. Trance, March 27.-rhe Bel
gian government has received letters
from responsible Belgians deportsd 70
Germany. The letters dated late In
February or early in March were WRIT
ten from camps whore they arc con-.-
fined. Some passages follow:
'Since Feb. we have had but tvo
meals day. The evening meal has
been discontinued"
From another letter:
1T Is frightful hero. We are dying
of famine. We have diet Of bread,
water and beets. We are skeletons COW
cred with skin. Thirteen were counted
in the morgue yesterday and fourteen
today. That Is from the 5000 or 1000
here. Conditions are more frightful In
the - and 80 camps. II any one
gives us soup he is sent to prison for
five days.
From another letter.
Every morning two or three dead
are found in the huts. The doctors de-
cline all responsibility. Today 12o arc
dead at Camp .. We hope Tor our
deliverance by the great offensive"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-27
City News:
PAGE TWELVE
SENATE DELAYS
JUDGESHIP FIGHT

Postpones Action on Bills to Enlarge
Supreme Judiciary Until Thursday-
Senate Passes Bill Calling For Re-
vision Of Code.
Des Moines, March 27.-Further con-
sideration of the Epps bill and the
Kimball bill providing for an extra
Judge Of the supreme court was post
poned today until Thursday at 2
o'clock by the senate of the Iowa legis-
lature. The information asked for in
the Holdoegel resolution Of yesterday
as to the amount of work being done
by the supreme court and by individ-
ual justices was answered In part by
the high court today. No information
as to the work done by the individual
judges, however, was Furnished. Sem
ator Kimball. and others favoring an
additional judge fought postpoping
consideration Of the bills and sought
to have the measures put to a vote to-
day.
The Van Alstine bin providing for
revision of the code by a commission
of three appointed by the supreme
court was passed by the senate by a
vote Of 80 to 8.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-27
SUNDAY ADJUSTMENTS
HIT BY IOWA HOUSE
Legislators Refuse to Repeal or Amend In Any Way
So-Ca1led blue La,vs" and Question Of Enforce
n,e,t Is Put Up to ATTORNEY General

on Saturdays as their form OF religion
are excused.
The house refused to change or
modify the existing statute in any way.
Refusal by 50 large majority to
amend the law will 1t is believed. dis
courage any attempt on the part OF
the senate to amend the law.
II the attorney general holds to his
recent statement that he will strictly
enforce the law, motion picture shows,
theaters, baseball games. amusement
parks and any other enterprises not
necessary or for charity can not be
operated II the state on Sunday"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-27
sELelANs APPEAL TO LABoR.
Call For Financial Assistanes From
Workers Of Neutral Nations.

Call For Financial Assistanes From
Workers Of Neutral Nations.
Washington. March 27.-An appeal
from Belgian workmen for organized
assistance by neutral governments and
laboring classes in neutral nations was
made public at the Belgian legation to-
day. It says 100000 men have been
thrown out Of work and kept In forced
idicness which he: led the Germans 10
decree that either you must sixn 4
contract for work in Germany or you
will be taken as slaves" AS re-
sult," 1t adds. "the whole Of the work.
ing classes of Belgium are threatened
with slavery or starvation.~
The Belkians have been f0ycsfa "a
pay a war levy which has already
amounted to $20o.00o.0oo and which il
increasing $1o.ooo.oo0 monthly.
Germany has carried of by piilaEa"
says the statement "foodstuffs and
merchandise to the valuation Of more
than $1.000,000 She has seized and
sent to Germany the raw products and
the products Of our factories; she has
thus stopped our industry and caused
an enforced idleness of tho labortng
classes"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-27
eeIqian k;na Takes Air rr;s

London. March 27.-King Albert of
Belgium on March is made long aero
plane flight under fire over the fighting
front, according to La Metropole, a
newspaper published here. While Wis
iting the new flying grounds the king
expressed desire to act as an obser-
vation officer. Accordingly he as
cended with the famous Belgian air
man. Captain Jacquet. Preceded by a
squadron Of fighting planes. the king
flew over the whole Belgian User front
at a height OF about 5000 to 5000 feet.
He made observations and took photo
graphs with success. German ant-air
craft guns kept up "a sustained nre, hut
no German airman vtntured in tho way
Of the kings aeroplane.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-27
Need 5000 Medical Officers.

New York, March ~. - Twenty Ave
thousand medical officers Is the goal
of campaign by the medical commit
tee of the National Association of Ma
tional Defense. The medical corps now
numbers about 5000.
A committee Of ten physicians will
be appointed to study the systems of
England and France In which the doc
tors entering the service give over their
practice to civilian physicians and take
it back when mustered out of service.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-27
BIG BRIDGES MENAcEp.
Flood at Des Moinss Endansers Tive
Structures, Ono Now,

Des Moines. March 27.-Two bridge
structures in Des Moines, one under
construction and the other being re-
paired. were menaced today by the Des
Moines river, which reached fioou
stage last night. Workmen were EN-
ployed today to strengthen support OF
both bridges.
Anxiety was felt for the bridge being
built across the Des Moincs at Grand
avenue. One block down the river. AT
Locust street, stands a concrete bridge
which. It Is feared. will suffer severe
damage. II the Grand avenue structure
should be taken out. Industrial plants
on the river banks have employed
guards to protect their property from
the rising food. Bottom lands NORTH
OF the city were submerged today.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-27
Farmer Killed .sy Train.

IaVuOV sU<WvU ~ sVOUs
Blairstown. March 27.--While driving
into town with horse and buggy Sum
day morning at 10 o'clock. Charles
Thorman, son of Mr., and Mrs. John
Thorman, Of this place, was caught on
the Northwestern railroad tracks by
the second division Of the fast passen-
ger train No. 10 and instantly killed.
Coming from the north the view is OBJ
structed by buildings, making, II im-
possible to see the approach OF a train.
For some reason never to be known,
needless Of the warning Of pedestrians.
Mr.. Thornan did not realize the dan-
ger until too late, The horse gave q
leap and cleared the track which
brought the vehicle and occupant di-
rcctiy in front OF the engine. The
buggy was demolished and Mr.. Thor
man was thrown about twenty five
feet. bruised and broken. II
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-03-27
VALUABLE JEWELS STOLEN.

JeweIry Worth $4,000 Taken From
Bedroom Of Mrs. William MeNair.
New York, March 27.-An offer OF
$4,000 reward for information leading
to recovery Of jewelry taken from
house on Seventy ninth street re-
vealed today tkat Jewels valued at
about 100000 were stolen Thursday
from the bedroom of Mrs. William Nc
Nair. They include pearl necklace
worth 100000. Mrs. McNair is daugh-
ter Of the late Isaac Brokaw.