Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-06-24
Appreciated Letters


May. rs, 1 have been "shut-in'' for
several weeks, and a. good. deal Of
the time on a sick bed day and
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The, malady has been overcome,
| but it has left me weak and lottery.
| I have been much blessed as to my
locomotion in days, past and, gone.
and 1 must rememherafit is a gra-
cious Providence> which has spared
my life to nearly four score and terT
hand, / am, glad to be able to return
Thanks to my Heavenly Father for
HE'S preserving mercy. We are hay
Fling a torrid spell of weather., and
fhat"is of itself debiitating. :, j 7,.,,
feel: so much sympathy; with
mothers who are trying to- nurse
4 their little ones through the crises
! of teething. during the second sum-
mer. o.. -, =. .-r.i :. $:3
| / wish. might copy. even a little
/ part of the letters which have come
to the old grandmother at this time,
but space forbids. 20 ''f' " 'G III
II have received r'"a belated one
which, reads this way:"EWeS fad for
Egotten the date of your birthday
/. untikywe read Of it'in the last Nri4
Weekly. DO not forget We 7ah love
you. and. look forward to- the day
when the Tri-W eekly comes to rus.
N,'You have been a great blessing
I'to many Of us, and we want you to
Il1n0w of it while youffiNeyl We want
4 to pin a great big bouquet on you
while you are here to see us do 1T,
May God SPARE Nopi many years to
j thsc poorer class of our own people,
and 7 know there fs'aa reward MfOF
You--Where there isGno inore-sorpows
SIN or suffering. =" EN- = L. <: ai'g
f rive have wanted to look I'M your
denr face and seq Won in, person
4 THIS pleasure we may never expert
ence,. but we wifi know, each other
fin that Better land 9T 0s'Ji'l3I !;
Dear lady, we trust the remainder
I-ef your days here may be strew4s
with, Rowersa and sunshine. yrQnr
boy, Felton, your nanesake, isa eight
years old: He is very prourra of his
name. - ::fWe. have, two sWeet lit
title girls. also a small; farm, where
1--WE ve.49sAgainf T want TO 3tell' you
how, much we; enjoy what you write
for The Country !: Horle,a particularly
Foff the ahte-bellum2 aaayso..i We send
Z you FOUR lows from every member Of
tour, family" '.."
The reward that comes to me from
the rural sections, from the farmers
and their. wives, land the comfort
,ltake in the feeling lnthat j have
COZ cd FSlyY tuna tut n111,
years in The Semi Weekly and The
lTri-Weekly, and the satisfaction At
gives me to know that I have been
devoted to them and their interests,
! is so great, am hardly &ab1e1 to
frame. it in suitable wordsg III have
been richly repaid in receiving their
prospect and confidence. AS far as in
ffne lay no heart was ever truer to
4 their cause, or moro eager to help
I pathy..s; y 7'&@ ~ F-f%9 ~2Fs "'
"Far " from the madding :, crowd"
they see life, from a plain common
sense view, and am praying and
hoping there will be granted to them
assistance. and helpful s,eenc9lra gee
mept in the near future. ...
foE4 he burdens of taxation fall very
1dieavy, on their homes and domestic
! interestss entirely cut OF proportion
to-. the burdens ION financial endeavs
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But God is in, His Heaven, and He
twill take care Of the world. Let us
11ay our burdens and our anxieties at
His feet, and ask Him to direct. us in
the right way. I wifi close. this Nv
copying a bit Of rhyme from ANEW
York paper: 3'H rs "'&& >S% Fl q.
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= On Being an sAncestress 49,,
FLO My Great-great GRANDCHILDREN
I shall not care for it, I'm. sure
The Gss45 being dead. X oqa knsoSw. =
EAnd hanging pritn1y on a wall -
Is just loking on for years and years.
All, no, I'm sure I shall not like ,s .
:. To be Imprisoned there in paint: -.
f4II wh61o*e Being uptto;dates%.,, 1S''''
f;shalllnever like just ,being--quaint!
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LOT course, I'll do the proper thing,
=, And hang. serenely i'm nay place. y
Beside your great4great; grandpapa---s
"a ~ifely Smile HEpone my 'faceIL a.
And you. will all look up to ,tiie,---'tE
/ Believe, no doubt, I was a saint, /
For all my faults, of;tcourse, will be-
Quite blotted out by1.:ti time 1and--.t
~ paint! -sEt>81 vatf NH;
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