Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-08
Cassia, Fla

a dime for the RelleT cluD ana BOihB "
help all I can. Lovingly, nom urpNup
Cassia, Fla.
Dearest Auntie and Cousins: Here comes two
s'IittIe sisters from the dear old state or Mis-
sissppi We are writing you all a poem, and
we hope our dear auntie thinks 1T worth print
ing This is our fourth attempt to write SO
here we go.
May God bless you, dear
BOYS, one and all.
While you are away,
1t makes our hearts
So sad, TO hear the call
That takes you away today.
"Our Boys"
But then it makes us glad to know,
You are not afraid to go,
With hearts brave and true
How could we not love you?
'0ur Boys"
When we look at the vacant chairs,
Our eyes fill with tears.
And in our sad and lonely days
We will not forget to pray for you
'Our Boys"
with love TO the cousins and bushels for
auntie Your Mississippi nieces and cousins;
CASSIE MAE AND GERTRUDE WEST
Waynesboro, Miss, Route l.
p. S.-Aunt Julia, inclosed find 10 cents for
the Soldiers Relief club.
Dear Aunt .Julia-Here I come asking admit
lance once more l live on a farm and enjoy
life fine. am sending ten Genus 70 nenP VIII WIZ
the war This is dreadful. l nave one
brother in the war, and l help father farm
and I like to farm Ny mother is dead. She
died when was one year OLD: IL h she can a s' he
I have six brothers and one sister; l am zen
years old. l. will be eleven the 10Th OF NO
vember. i go TO school. l am IN the I0urIn
grade have three brothers married and three
single. have four half brothers and two mar shI
sisters. l have one brother already In 'ne
war and two that are old enough TO 60
Lovingly " AO1 CLARA BELL BARLOW.
Dublin. Ga, r. F. d. IL, Box 81.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins Move over and
give me a seat by some Of you cousins once
As saw my first letter in PT11s not To
stay long. Aunt Julia, you ask us what We
were doing with our days. l. for one. am pick
ing sdtton ho Eun mhn' find enclosed twenty
cents in coin for Soldiers Relief club. know
Aunt Julia feels proud Of her nieces anu
der boys Sister is also sending in twenty
cents for the Soldiers Relief club:
ms, will 90. Hope to see this in print.
FLORENCE WILLIAMS,
Adairsville, Ca, Route 2.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you ad-
nit another Alabama girl into your happy band!
I've come as a booster for the Soldiers Re-
lief club. l think it is just fine. and I'm
going to help all l can. I'm so glad 10 see
the girls (even if l am one) showing thelr
patriotism they are. But our All is noun
ing to compare TO what our KHAKI clad Is
sa crificing for us. I can certainly sympathize
with you who have loved ones in the awful war
/ have a brother in camp at Little HOck' ARK
and dear sweetheart over there' aIso many
friends and relatives. only wish l could CO.
too I want TO get me a Hun. l heard lady
saw that if she were lover there" she wouldn
shoot TO kill. Believe me, l would. l know
hut
tainIy carry what little did have along IN
derstand that I don't believe in killing. put
lust think how they have done the heIpIess
women and children of France ana belsluin
It,s enon1h to make the blood get hot In any
one's veins / want this war TO end as bad as
anybody, but not till it's ended right as
long as Prussianism exists the war VIII nave
70 90 on, for freedom and Justice are WhaI
we are fighting for and the whole civilized
world knows il. Won't there be "shout IN
the camp when Old Glory shall wave triumph
antIy over the black flag of Pruss1an oppres-
sion9 NV look at my letter! I'll not describe
mvself as space will not permit. Aunt Jula
please find enclosed S1.OO for the Soldlers ne ne
lief club wishing you much success In your
great "0'A ~ LETHA HICKS.
Route A. Florala. Ala.
p S.-Here is a little song that perhaps some
of the cousins haven't heard. nope !" so"N
nv pillow in soon.-L ID.
Dearest Amt Julia and Cousins: Here comes
the '"IarheeI' again. L guess my VthSl
was used for fuel, coal is so scarce: thlnK
the Soldiers Relief club is grand thlng, anu
every cousin ought to send as much as dime:
Surely you can spare that much. MY OLDEST
brother left for Camp Jackson Friday, the 9TH
and / am very proud of him. am 10 years
oId and am in the seventh grade. Our school
was out last Friday and we Will have TO plck
cotton while now. 1 believe l had rather
nick cotton than 90 to school, though, as 1
don't like to study very much. cousins, iets
write short letters and then more VIII get their
letters in and / believe short letters are -Iar
moro interesting. 1 believe Aunt Julla sald
10 have about 100 words in your letters ana
am going to make this one Just that long
Cd i've From DEANE RITCH.
Matthews. n. c., r. 20, B. %.
P S.-Enclosed find 10 cents for the soldiers
Relief cIub.-D. r.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: viii you please
move around and make room for a north Geor-
gia boy in your happy band? say, cousins,
what do YOU think of this war? l think IL Is
inst awful and my dear cousins the Soidlers
Relief club is just fine. Am enclosing 10 cents
and will try to send more. Well, as you all
tell how ugly you are, here goes: Am five rect
nine inches tall, brown eyes and hair weigh
Ruess 1t is between seventeen and twenty
and Won know / will be q soldier OF Uncle
Sam before long, as had to register the lZth
of September I would tell where l live in
town or country, but don't know. as live on
the line SO you see it is fifty-ffty. SO
kPENsG NAl vonrn