Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-27


| Dear Cousins: Will you admit me into your
| happy bRnd;?' go to school, am in tne fifth
grade. My teachers are Miss Fredinhagen Miss
! ,IIavener and, Mr.. Brown. Today, while the
girls were playing baseball Miss Fredenhagen
got hurt.
f. + have one Brother land two sisters. My
sisters off at school. Their names are
Msybelle and, Della, Ny brothers. name is
I homas. ! am little girl nine years of age.
! have been going barefooted and like to play
in water. I have nine dolls and lots of paper
dolls. | have r garden. Mamma helped me
plant it I have for pets a pig, two turkeys,
a cat and some chickens. l will close. With
WILLIAM McJUNKIN.
,JqpPa. AlaRamas ........
l.. Dear Aunt julie, I have Just read the
letters in the letter box corner. think ii just
grand to have little chatty corner for one
another. Don't you? / live four miles south
of Dothan. 1t is a small city of about 35,OOO
inhabtants and only 25 years old We have
n white way, flve-story building, and four
nice schools, FIVE up-to-date churches, and ev-
erything that a city has.
] live on my grandpas farm. He has just
bought a. nice bg'ca | have only one sister
and no brothers living. For pets ! have three
cats and little white bulldog. His name is
Tige. We have jolly times together, Tige aud l..
/ am ten years old and am in the fourth grade.
must stop before my letter gets too long.
GLADYS WATFoRD.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: As ! am much
interested in your letter box 4 will write.
live in Calhoun county, Alabama and am a
country life. to city life? l have never lived in
the city, but think i would rather stay in the
country. Come again, Ola Mae Addison, tell
our new cousihs sbout Piedmont. think it a
fine little town and enjoy going there. How
many 3of you like music2 i, do for one. have
organ and can play little.
Who. has, my birthday. FEBRUARY -? Will
leave my age for you To guess-its between
sixteen and twenty. Wishing Aunt Julia much
HESTER HENDERSON.
,.Chocoloccs, Ala, Route l. .-,~..
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: / read your let
tiers in the last issue of the dear old Journal and
thought ! would write to you. Our school is
much. | thirteen years of age and am
in the seventh grade. My teachers name is
MIR. Cogland, and | do like him. l have
little biddies for my pets and ! enjoy feeding
them very much. Your little niece,
/ ,~Poulan, Ca i. "a LUCILLE CHAPMAN.
/. My Dear Aunt Julia; have just read
the boys and girls to write you letter.
r. sqlittles girl seven years old. This is my
second year at school, School will soon be
Gqt, and then la@ going to learn how to tat n
/ going to finish my quilt. | have 200
blocks made and ! have to make 100 more.
'"Frhfs is all FOR thfs time. l remain as ever,
Your loving niece,
Ebay Ridge fla. =. -sJANlLENE, TAILOW.
Dear Aunt JWliar am a little girl, ten
years old. and am in the third grade. We
live. the farm two miles from Dover and
yards of our H6,isc' There are six trains
passing here in the day and two at night. One
of them passes sat midnight and wakes me up
sometimes
My papa runs a.-store and big farm. We
nave lots Of chickens and some turkeys. | am
hn1n and VoFnfiV otCn
chickens this simmer. have a hen and
thirteen biddies.
went to school. at Kingston before we moved
down here. We had a nice school there. There
were ABOUT thirteen hundred pupils. shall
go to school at Dover now but don't think
am going to like il we'll as Kingston.
There are eight I'm our family, SO there ism
much time to get lonesome.
/, Lowe. to Aunt aHtia. s-:.@ - -
Dover, n. G." r. F. D.. 49,, ~.
Dear, Aunt Lulia1 'sI- glad to know that
you going to make letter box for US.
= am ten. years .ofcage. i have light hair and
blue eyes,
Our school closed the last Of February. l
VIII be- IN tRe''fiftha grade next session.
We have canning club out here. ] am a
members One Of my sisters Iris, won three
state prizes last year, the 500 scholarship,
best record book and "a registered Jersey calf
for best al-round record for 1915.
One of my sisters is married and has two
l live in the country. | like it Just fine.
.We,raise chickens. hogs, horses and cattle. Well,
| will close. our friend,
Pickett. Miss. ,,. MYRTLE SUMMERS.
|: Dear Aunt Julia$ Will you admit a North
Carolina girl into your paper? sure enjoy
The Journal My, father takes it, and the
stories are just fine, think.
ma ines are Mr.. Joseph w. Hamilton and Miss
Emma Leach My desk-mate is Miss lila ClOd-
fetter: We are going to give an entertainment
the last day and night of the school. Would
sure like to meet some. of. your COUSINS. live
on a farm and like farm and country life fine.
| go to church on sunday to preaching and
Sunday school, | am hoping that Aunt Julia
will have great success wNh her letter box
and l. hope te see letters from North
Carolina as ! haven't seen one yet If any
year-od girl. let your cards and letters fly to
wharrie, n. c. GERTIE MORTON.
Hello Cousins; Here comes little Earl AL
edkrinah from fake Park, Ga r Papa, Mamma and
my two brothers and sister all live out on
grandpa $ big farm I'VE right near Georgia
and Florida line. am ten years old, and
Papa gave brother and I one dollar to
feed the stock during Christmas holidays.
We invested our money in three goats. Grand
pa gave one heifer calf apiece for being
smart to milk the cows every morning.
Brother Clarence and ! are getting our
ground ready, to. plant cotton. We, are not
picked off. Mammals turkeys will help keep
them off This is my first talk with the
Cousins Good-by.
.-.-, .... , 80. ., EARL ALDERMAN.
Dear. Aunt Julia. viii you let a southern
girl join your happy band of boys and girls?
thought would write little daddy
takes the dear old Journal am so glad
to know tNat have a corner. |
'Florfda- -gi =, and my home is In Tildenville
We have fine school here. Have about four
hundred and ten pupils and have eight good
teachers.
| enjoy the. story Cat appears in each issue
of The Journal. We have only been taking
The Semi Weekly Journal for a short while
Don't think we could do without il now. What
do most OF you cousins do for pastime? l
crochet and am learning to tat.
Guess had better stbp and give some other
hoy or girl change. Come on, Florida Crackers,
and don't let other states get ahead of us.
With lots Of love to Aunt Julia and cousins,
II will shush my racket. A friend.
INA WILKINSON.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: l am a reader
OF The journal, as my father has taken the
dear old paper ever since ] remember.
JUST think Ii is grand paper.