Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-05-27
THE LETTER BOX
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS
"Help for the Helpless-Kindness to
All Dumb Things"
Rules

Help for the HelpleSS-hln0ness 10
All Dumb Things"
Rules
| No unsigned letters printed.
No letter written on both sides OF
paper printed.
All letters not to exceed $50 to 200
words.
Dear Children: Come along now,
how many of you will play our
health game; I'm going to play 1t
with you?
If you could only know how deep
ly interested I am in your welfare
and how everything, no matter how
little, that interests you interests
me, you'd play this game with me.
AUNT JULIA.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: l am
an extremely lonely south Georgia lad, Knock
| ing for admittance. At present l am stay.
| ing in Irwin county, named in homo rot
Jared Irwin, formerly a governor or georgia
The county seat of this historical little coun-
| ty is DELLA, named in honor OF Chle1 oceo-
| la, of the Seminoes in Florida and under
whose rule they reached the height Of their
| glory. At the farm where l live there is
a great pit which has been washed out by
falling water and is surrounded by yellow
mine cave. Over this farm DeSoto and his
men are supposed to have marched. In the
northwest corner of the county is Twins
vile, the place where Jefferson Davis was
captured. Near my home are two creeks,
one called Reedy creek, because Of its great
many reeds, and on either side groves OF
palmetoes. These creeks furnish me amuse-
ment in kodaking, boating, fishing, hunting,
! etc. All you cousins come and see me, or
at least write your new cousin.
| ROBERT DEBERRY.
OcilIo, Ca, R. F. D. /, Box ITO.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Won't you
please admit another girl from the wire
grass region into your happy circle! nave
read the letter box for several years put
never attempted to join before, although
my sister wrote about three and one-halt
years ago, but it was not printed. II any
| of you cousins have the poem, 'CurteW
Shall Not Ring Tonight" and ASLEEP at
! the Switch and will send them to me
will appreciate them and return favor If
can. If any of the girls and boys want TO
| know about my home and my description,
L will leave my age for you to guess, IT is is
between fifteen and twenty years: Write TO
| (Miss) BSSIE BARTON.
SO shipp street, Triton, Ga.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins am or
| ganizng Bible club, the purpose OF when
is to promote general study OF the Bible
and to help the needy and comfort the
| shut-in with CHEEKY letters.
! This will not be a UNCONVENTIONAL club,
\ but clup open to any one who cares TO
study and know the Bible and to try to
| make life worth while, whether you are
! member of any church or not.
| [ would be glad to hear from every Cou-
sin interested in a club like this. Write
| me and ! will send you full particulars OF
| the club, how organized and how conducted.
A tWo-cent stamp will be appreciated TO
Your ministerial Cousin,
LLOYD HARPER.
| Mt. Pleasant Texas.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: 1 note in
recent issue of The Journal letter from
! Bernice Beatty, something about William
Penn. 1 should like to tell the cousins
about my visit to the wonderful city Of
| London, Eng. During my career as menu
Der of the A. E. F. waf
much in and around London of special in
terest to Americans, but the trouble OF
| sitting it out from the mass of other equal
| ly interesting subjects renders 1T almost i'm
| possible for a stranger in a limited amount
| of space. OF course / had many sight
| seeing trips, but no doubt the most inter
esting was taken on the 18th Of May when
| party of some dozen or more of A. Z. +.
| members accompanied by Y. NJ. G. A.
| guide. We boarded an early morning train
, to q little town of Slough, the remainder of
| the trip to Stokes Pokes made by hik-
! ing. We passed number of boys and girls
| on bicycles going to town to shop. Stokes
| Poges lies about three miles north of Slouth.
| Gray has immortalized its quaint church
and churchyard in his beautiful Elegy on
| country churchyard.
Beneath these rugged elms, that few trees
shade
| Where heaves the turf in many moulder-
ing heap.
Each in his narrow cell forever laid
The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep"
Apart from the connection with this
Slopes PGses would M have ssa much
the founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn,
whose descendants occupied Stokes Park.
| house situated in the fine park adjoining
| the church. William was norm in 1854 and
| his grandson. Granville, the last Penn to
| own Slopes Park, died in l1844-the three
| lives Civilian, Thomas and Granville; ia
ather, son and grandson), covers exactly 200
| years.
The church contains many interesting OBJ
jects, among them being the family pew of
| the Penns. In the opposite corner is Il
| table on which are inscribed the names of
| many of the Penn family. The entrance to
| the Penn vault is close to the front. Though
WillHm is not buried here, but at little
quaker burying ground Of "Jordans'' six or
| seven miles away,
The tomb of the Poet Gray and his moth
er are near the last window of the church.
In the grounds of Stokes Park close to the
| churchyard and the roadway is monu-
| ment to Gray with an inscription.
| Would like to hear from some of the Cou-
sins. Am an old bachelor of 81.
| NILES CRAIG CLARK.
| waterloo, ,. u.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
let Chickasaw boy in your band of cous-
ms? l live on a farm and as 1 the old
est boy at home, and daddy is not stout, so
| l have to do all the heavy work. We raise
corn, cotton, sorghpm, peanuts and lots of
potatoes, both sweet and Irish, lots of hay
so you see / am kept busy. / have one
brother and two sisters married. l am man.
mas dishwasher. don't mind that so
much but don't like to churn. will not
describe myself only say 1 am seyentene.
| Would like to hear from some of the cous-
ms about my age, who is my twin will be
eighteen June 3. If any of you cousins wish
to write will answer all. Your new cousin,
| E. F. KIRKPATRICK.
Houlka, Miss. Route Q, Box IA.
Dear Auntie and Cousins: wonder if
you will let me come into your happy band
! am a little girl from Alabama. Sister
Is writing to the band and I must write also.
l go to school and have a good time. My
teacher is going to take my chum and l to
the fair in Brewton this week We expect
to have a mic etime. l am twelve years
FLORENCE AGEE.
Mccullough, Ala.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please admit an Alabama girl into your hap
lpy band? 1 enjoy reading the letters from
the cousins and have wished so much that
I could be a member, Aunt Julia, please
admit this so that l may be one of the cous-
Inns right away. 1t is so nice and interest
ing to hear from cousins in other states. We
have a beautiful home here in south Ala
bama. Wish some of you cousins could
visit me. We would have a Jolly time Am
a blond and am twenty-one years of age.
Wonder if some of the cousins will write
me. Would like to hear from every one.
Hope that Aunt Julia will enter me as one
of the cousins.
CATHERINE AGEE.
Mccullough, Ala.
| Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: have been
an interested reader of the Letter Box for
the past month. l have often thought of