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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-04
THE COUNTRY HOME
BY MRS. w. H. FELTON,

The county commissioners should
perform their duties or should be
impeached.
This enormous taxation Should be
stopped. There is no two ways about
this thing-it is obliged to stop or
the state will go into bankruptcy.
There are some good men in Oh
flee. DO give them the liberty to
reform these glaring evils.
The insane asylum is crowded. The
oVerplus, the poor, the friendless,
helpless and crazy are showed off, If
I am correctly informed, into the
overCroWded state prison. God help
US!
WALHALLA, S. c., June 20, 1922.
my Dear Mrs. FELTON,: Since read
ing your birthday piece in The Jour-
nal have felt a desire to write to
you, congratulating you on your age
and achievements; both are remarka-
BILE. You and I have much in COM
mon, even to birthdays, as June is
my natal month, too, and today is
my birthday. l am fifty-tWo. I
wouldn't mind the calendar marking
the years for me if I could look
back like you on life's panorama and
find l had accomplished so much.
You are so courageous, so faithful
to your convictions and so virile and
full Of interest to your fellow crea-
lures. Life has been so full for you
that I am sure in spite of trouble
you have been very happy and 1 am
glad to have met you in the writer's
world, and wish 1 could meet you
personally, as I feel sure 1 would
a nf fA
Perhaps you would care to know in
what way you and I have much in
common. I, too, am a writer, and
publish short stories in papers and
magazines. I have been doing this
kind of work for twenty years.
Like yourself, I have taught
school, also can hoe cotton, milk
COWS and even bind grain in an
emergency. Besides, I can deliver
lecture on any agricultural SUBJ
ject, from the base to the top. I
cast my first vote in the last cleo
ton. With you, agree that this
! country is top-heavy with too many
officials. May you write many more
! of your excellent articles in The
Journal"
Here's greeting to this excellent
and accomplished South Carolina
lady! May her days be many and
her life full of happiness!
1t is plainly evident that the wom-
en- of the United States must go to
the polls and vote in better officials
| than we have been burdened with
| under ring rule in politics.
| There are many professional poll.
| tlclanS who seek office because of the
profit in it. They all follow my
leader" They band together to hold
on to the offices, and they are very
harsh and illiberal in their comments
on woman as a voter. I am hoping
the women of Georgia will give suf-
ficient study to the subject of gov
eminent to vote for clean and up
| right men to make our laws and
expend our tax money wisely and
! economically. AS it isNat present, all
the ills of bad legislation can be laid
| at the feet Of our politicians of the
male variety. The national govern
ment is stranded with extravaganza,
our state government in like fix and
our towns are ruled by bosses who
eat up our taxes like the grasshop-
pers in Kansas.
Wake up, mothers and wives.
Save this land for the sake of your
children
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The Boil Weevil Situation

constant appeals are being re-
celVed relative to the best methods
vi combating the boil weevil. It is
t tiot surprising that this should be
t me case, for this pest which crossed
lne Rlo Grande river near Browns
VIile, Tex, in 1892 has now invaded
~ the territory in which cotton is
SWn except parts of North Caro-
Una and Virginia. The rate of
spread has varied anywhere from ap-
Proxlmately 5000 square miles a
year up to $4,000 square miles a
year yea In 1921, 100000 out of the
IVV,oOO square miles of cotton pro-
u,nu,clng territory had become infested.
1ne damage which this insect has
wrought is truly appalling. The bu-
reau of crop estimates of the United
states Department of Agriculture in
me fau of 1920 estimated the an
nual average loss from boil weevil
oepredations during the previous
Tour years at about 100000 a
year: Even if we consider the price
winch now prevails for cotton the
loss would in any event approx
mate $500 100000 annually. If we
spread this over the states infested
II is easy to- see that the damage
Slo each one of the commemorative
raising cotton is not far from $780,
ooO,0OO a year. This undoubtedly
represents in most instances more
IMAM twice the revenues which the
state raises for the support of it's
government and institutions of
learning. 1t constitutes a tremen-
oous drain on the resources of our
producers, and represents the great
est menace by which our agriculture
ic !,
WHILE therefore, to study every
phase of the weevil problem as ade-
quately as possible, and to put into
practice every iota of knowledge
which is likely to be of service in
controlling or minimizing the dam
age it is likely to do in our cotton
field.
In this connection it is we'll to re-
member the following facts. There
Is an impression, for instance, that
the Weevil has attacked various
parts OF the cotton producing terri
Tory and then apparently disappear
ed. This has led to the conclusion
that the Weeil is likely to be bad
ior time and then pass on. The
kllllng back of the Weevil from ter.
!rtory which has once been infested
Is due primarily to adverse weather
conditions. Whenever the season is
favorable it is likely to be less along
the northern borders of it's success
ful production than in some other
parts of the field. The history Of this
insect fails to show that it has ever
been eliminated from territory which
1t has once infested, and it would
be a great mistake for our growers
to lull themselves into a false Sc
curity under the impression that be-
cause it may not have been bad in
some particular year, or possibly for
one or two years that it will not
prove very destructive either this
year or during some subsequent
year. The thing to bear in mind is
that constant vigilance is the price
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WISCONSIN CONV1CTS GET
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

though every branch Of learning is
opened to them if desired.
Warden R. M. Coles, speaking of
the "a who had chosen to devote
themselves to the textbooks and les
sons which boys and girls who are
in the world seek to escape, de-
clared:
every man within these walls
has his own choice. Don't confuse
what may have been done by any
of these men with the so-calIed
prison reform movements. Those
who have attempted to pace their
own way to that point where they
can go straight if and when re-
leased, have not been influenced in
any way to take that stand.
Neither must it be understood
that good influences are thrown
about these men. The association
is Of the most evil"
The phenomenon may also be
viewed from the standpoint Of the
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A Request
Mrs. W. II. FELTON,,

A Request
Mrs. w. Fl. FELTON,,
The Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal.
Dear Mrs. Felton-Will you please
publish through The Atlanta Tri-
Weekly Journal your lemon con-
sumption cure" as mine got de-
stroyed.
Thanking you in advance, I am,
Mrs. j. A. B.
Clemmons, N. c., Box 80, Rt. 1.
Answer. Boil dozen lemons un-
til they are soft enough to squeeze
all the juice and essence out of
pulp and rind. Have water suffi-
cient to cover the lemons in the
boiler. Add sugar to taste. Sugar
is good for coughs and inflamed
threats.
Every time you cough take at
least a half teacupful I never
had to use it except for bad colds,
but it is gratefully soothing.
MRS. w. H. FELTON,
CAN ANYBODY INFORM HER?
Meridian, Miss, June 16, 1922.
Mrs. w. H. FELTON,,
Atlanta, Ga.
MY GEAR Mrs. F'elt0n:
L am writing to you for a little
information, during the Civil war.
Do you remember any of the Indian
agents, who paid eff the Indians for
their land? My great grandfather,
Colonel John or Jack Johnston, was
one and on his last trip to the White
House Mr.. Lincoln would not pay
him for his service on account of the
war coming on; said would take that
money and buy ammunition to fight
the north with. He owed him a
large sum Of money that he gave
him script for. You know what that
was, and he paid out eight hundred
dollars $500 Of his own money to
take the last squad of Indians to
the territories and lost that. Now
Mrs. FELTON,, if this is not asking too
much of you, please answer soon. I
will inclose a self-addressed envel-
op. Thanking you for the great
pleasure in reading The Country
Home. Trusting that God will bless
the evening of your life and thank.
ing you in advance for favor, 1 beg
to remain.
Your friend,
MRS. L. B. E.
MERRIAM, BOX II.
P. S.-The government still owes
us this money.
What Should the Legislature Do?
AS I write these lines the general
assembly Of Georgia is seating it
self in the capitol in Atlanta. It is
the regular session and can set fifty
days. If these legislators understand
their business they know that 6
heavy debt was left on tax-ridder
people when Governor HardwicH
went into office. He promised to raise
that debt, in every direction where
money was being wasted. Let these
men help him, at this time. 1t is
their sworn duty.
From data in my possession,
know that the tax assessor law has
be<8 o. terrible scheme-to Cypress
the poor and ignorant taxpayer an6
to place the rich ones-woh prefer
lower taxes.
speak only for my own county
The record is fearful, and the facts
are fully exposed. 1 have not time
or space to give the proof here.
This Internal scheme should BIZ
wiped from the taxbooks. The state
prison Is needing a rigid inspection
and reform. That is apparent.
The useless officials should be cur
tailed by abolishing their offices.
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BY VICTOR LOWELL

Especial Cable to The Atlanta Journal and
Chicago Daily News-Copyright, 1927
WAUPUN, Wis, July 1.-"Stone
walls do not a prison make, nor iron
bars a cage"
Pent up behind the great stone
walls whose barred doors never will
swing open for some Of them, "a
inmates of the Wisconsin penitenti-
airy here have discovered that al
though the body may be chained by
laws which society enforces, the
mind ever is free.
With none of the friviloity of
campus life to enhance their hours
of study; no frats, no class rushes,
or 'fussing"-with even little pros
pect Of putting into industry the.
store Of knowledge they have
gleaned-these "a men are burning
midnight oil' to complete the very
courses that the more fortunate uni
versity men and, women are skim
ming over.
Under these trying conditions
these prisoners are proving more
capable students than regular col
lege men and women at the state
university.
Their Study period is a three-hour
interim between the end of the days
toll in the prison twine plant and
the big gong in the "cell hole"
which gives them 10 minutes to
doff their denim uniforms before
lights go out.
Taking Regular Courses
The prisoners are taking regular
college courses offered by the Uni
versity of Wisconsin extension divi-
sions. Records of the ~" rate all
of the "a as very good scholars.
Most of them have attained excel
lent" in every subject. Twenty-eight
have already completed the course.
On the other hand, surrounded
with every facility of freedom and
in many cases of ease, few regular
students at the state university at
Madison have done better or even as
we'll as these prisoners. Most Of the
5000 men and women attending the
gu" are far below the convicts in
their marks.
The very isolation which is part
of the punishment of the criminal is
given by heads Of the extension divi-
sion as the reason for the extra
ordinary record set by the prisoners.
Studying is a recreation as well as
work for them, and above all it
holds the golden promise Of leading
to a new life.
The main requisite for a student
is a will to learn. Once the prisoner
has evinced his desire in that line
there is no more difficulty and with
few exceptions the applicants make
model students. So intense is the
interest evinced by the convicts that
some whose terms expired before
their course was completed, con-
tinued through other extension
branches, after they regained their
liberty.
A representative of the extension
departments visits the prisoners
periodically and offers his services
for consultation as to possibilities in
their future work when they are
free.
Every Man Has Choice
Business studies, English and
grammar, bookkeeping, mechanical
engineering, business law and the
study of the automobile are the
most popular courses among the
prisoners, according to statistics. al
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rectly on the grain, it is best to put
it in shallow pans to facilitate evap-
grafton. The grain may be covered
with heavy sackCloth. The treat
ment should be continued overnight,
and should be repeated in the course
Of a few days so as to effectively de-
stroy any Weevils which may have
been in the egg stage at the time of
the first treatment. The process, as
you will see, is comparatively easy.
Carbon bisulfid is inflammable, and
those handling it should be eau
toned against smo!1ino, or handling
lights of any kind while performing
the treatment. 1t is advisable to do
this work in the day time.
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|IIIIIIlQJIIlIlUIIII.

and have taken it. l feel so well
and strong and can do every bit Of
my work and not pain in my back
now. l recommend your medicine
and you can use this letter as testi-
monial." - Mrs. PHIL. MAsER, 801
Winslow St., ST. Paul, MINI.
Just another case where a woman
found relief by taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. Many
times these tired, WORKOUT feelings
and pains about the body are from
troubles many women have. The Veg
etable Compound is especially adapt
ed for just this condition, The good
results are noted by the disagreeable
symptoms passing away one after
another.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is a Woman's Medicine for
Women's Ailments. Always reliable.
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convict-student, at Waupun. One of
them, youth who at IS years had
heard the double sets of barred
doors clang with no prospect of
ever opening, for he was killer"
discussed it in his own way.
eyes, I'm going straight. Before I
came to the big house was not pre-
pared for life. Now am ready and
fit-prepared as I never would have
been had I remained outside and
not gone through the six years of
silence.
81 don't think ever felt hopeless
about it. They tell me that first my
sentence is to be committed to Is
years, and then, if some one outside
offers me job, will be pardoned,
am going to get ready"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-04
EASY NOW TO RID
YOUR PLACE OF FLIES
Widely Known Scientist Discovers
Wonderful Chemical That Is Fatal
to Flies. Not Poison
Harmless to Stock

Flies are one of the most dangerous ana
annoying things with which the farmer has
TO- contend. Now, through the discovery Of
Z. K. Alexander, widely known scientist
you can rid your house and barns and live
stock Of these pests almost instantly, and
with no trouble at all. This discovery is in
the form of an organic chemical that 3
fatal to flies and similar pests, such as
chigGers, mosquitoes and moths.
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WOMAN could
NOT WORK
Made Strong and Well by
Lydia E. Pinkharn's Veg
etable Compound
St. Paul, MINI. took Lydia E. Z
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for

q C1L GU, WO14A-OuO
feeling and pain
full periods. fused
to get up with a
pain in my head
and pains in my
lower parts and
back. Often Twas
not able to do my
work. I read in
your little book
about Lydia E.
Pinkham's Veg
Co1aoo,,~I
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In growing chufas, use the same
method of cultivation and handling
you would accord peanuts. 1 am
sure they will benefit by the applica-
ton Of two hundred pounds of acid
phosphate and one hundred pounds
Of kainit per acre. If this crop does
we'll, it makes a heavy draft on the
foold elements of the soil. We
have comparatively little land in
Georgia that is too rich naturally
for the probable production of any
of our field crops. Our failure to pro-
duce large yields is more frequent
ly due to a deficiency Of the essential
elements of plant food than to an
oVer-supply. Make the rows PIP to
feet apart. Drop the seed a foot
apart in the drill, Cover to the
depth of 2 inches. 1t is we'll to use
1 IL pecks per acre. Seeding may
be done any time from April to June
LIST. The crop will mature near Sep.
TENDER 18th to the first of October.
and should be left in the ground until
such time as you can turn your
hogs in to gather and harvest the
crop. Hogs appear to have made
very good gain by eating chufas, es-
pecially if they are fed some grain
as a supplemental ration. Corn
used in connection with chufas
make a good ration
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This new discovery. which is called Alex
ander's Rid-O-Fly, is not a poison Though,
it kills flies like magic, farm animals and
human beings not affected by it at all.
In addition to killing these insects, Rid-O-
Fly is a strong repellant Flies will not
come near stock buildings where Rid-O-
Fly has been used. Rid-O-Fly is partic,i-
larry valuable for cows and horses, as it is
known fact flies do untold harm to these
animals.
So confident is DR.. Alexander that his dis
covery will rid your house, barns and live
stock of these pests that he offers to send a
$500 supply for only $1.00 on the guarantee
that If Rid-O-Fly does not solve your flv
problems it will cost you nothing. Two big
Kansas City banks guarantee the reliability
Of this offer.
SEND NO M0NEY-just your name am
address to the Alexander Laboratories, 1910
Gateway Station, Kansas City. Mo-, and this
Introductory offer will be mailed at once.
advertisement J
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TREATING CORN TO PREVENT
WEEVIL DAMAGE


A correspondent, Shiloh Ca,
writes: 1 have box containing
325 cubic feet and which is fairly
air tight. 1 am film this box
with shelled corn in order to pre-
serve it from weevil damage.
How much bisulphide must 1
use and how often should the
application be made?
Carbon bisulfid should be used at
the rate of two pounds of the LIQUID
to every thousand cubic feet of
space to be treated when the tenn
perature is about 70 degrees f.
This applies of course to tight bins.
If the containers are loose and open,
then more carbon bisulfid should be
used. Even as much as six pounds
to every thousand cubic feet is
sometimes necessary. A high grade
OF this material will not injure
clothes, and in any form it will not
affect the terminating qualities of
seed or render any product unfit
for human food. Of course aeration
is necessary to get rid of the odor.
While the liquid may be poured di-
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CULTIVATING CHUFAS IN
SOUTH GEORGIA

E. M. T., bonneville, Ga,
writes: I have some new land
that has been we'll broken and
is in good condition. I also
have 200 pounds of 16 per cent
acid phosphate and 200 pounds
Of German kainit to use on the
- land. I wish to grow chufas on
this land, and wish to know how
to proceed, and how they should
be fertilized and cultivated.
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we would go fishing and in bathing, buck
LIBERTIES will soon be ripe and could pick
berries. Wonder how many of you cousins
like to go to Sunday school? I sure do and
wonder what has become Of you. I will not
describe myself this time, my age is fifteen
years young; who has my birthday, March
4? If any Of you cousins wish to correspond
with a lonely country girl I'll assure you
an answer. With much love to Aunt Julia
and all the cousins. remain an old cousin,
LOIS PEBBLES.
swainsboro, Ca, Route 8.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: How are
YOU all today? I am fourteen years old. 1
am sending a poem which l hope you all
will like.
'LADDIE OF NINE
There's little house on the hilltop,
Struggled closely among the trees
And every eve at twilight
A song watts on the breeze.
A song that is glad, yet lonely,
But filled with hope divine;
It's the little old lady singing,
Laddie. Dear Laddie of Mine"
VIII YOU come home in the springtime
Or will it be in the fall?
But laddie was many mile away
And never came home at all.
He sleeps in the land of the lilies
With other lads, stalwart and fine,
The little old lady keeps singing,
"Laddie, Dear Laddie of Mine"
Her hopes and her dreams all die
Though she knows she will meet her laddie
In the sweet, sweet bye and bye
Far away from the lands of lilies
Far away from the battle line
Still she keeps singing and singing
"Laddie, Dear Laddie of Nine
He sleeps in the land of the lilies;
He sleeps in the land of the free
For death called and he answered
Gently with sweet humility.
And she never knew that her laddie
In France meath a sheltering pine
Heard her sing as he dreamed in the shad-
'Laddie, Dear Laddie of Mine"
would be glad to hear from some of
the Cousins. l will close for this time.
WILLARD CHEEK,
Martin, Ca, Box %.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: VIII Won
ADMIT two girls from the Empire State !?
Although we are not strangers, as we have
written before. wonder if you cousins are
having any rain? This part of Georgia IS
having plenty at present. We are not going
|, Ihelma, was fifteen the 26th of anu a-y.
L, Esther, will be fifteen the oath of this
month CJune). Who has our age and birth
day? We go to school at Wheelan and are
in the eighth grade. Do you cousins like to
read? We certainly do. We have read
lot of good books and have no favorites.
We like to read The Journal. especially the
of you Georgia Crackers write? What do
you cousins do for pastime? We read. go
to the field, and lots of other things. Your
cousins.
THELMA AND ESTHER WIGLEY.
Dallas, Ga, R. F. d. L.
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No unsigned letters printed.
No letter written on both sides Of
paper printed.
All letters not to exceed $50 to 200
words.
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DOYLE, Ga.

Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: Just
wonder what you all have been doing these
awful rainy days, as I so lonesome to-
day decided l would try and write again.
as my last letter failed to be printed. 1
have been going to school but it is out now.
passed to the eighth grade. Wish you
cousins and Aunt Julia could be with me,
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Jewell Vowell: I have sent your
letter to Louise, enclosing your
stamp; you will no doubt shortly get
the information you desire about the
song. She has been very busy, that
that is why the answer did not come
sooner.
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Dear Children
Please read carefully our lead let
ter this week.
Jesse Neel leads our list Of mem
orable dates for May and the one
Of the burning of Joan of Arc
brought from him this splendid let
ter about her life and heroism.
Here are some July dates, let's
see. who can send us a good letter
about one of these dates.
Jesse we want your picture for
our album.
Lovingly,