Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-31

a. NO unsigned letters printed.
No letter written on both sides of
paper printed.
80 All letters not to exceed $50 to 200
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g., Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins Here comes
Two South Carolina cousins to join your
# happy band of boys and girls. We are
brother and sister. We think the Letter
Box is very grand, don't You, cousins, think
so. too? We will tell you cousins where
- We live We live a very large farm,
- seven miles south of Mullins line in about
81 one mile Of the Pee Dee river. Some. of you
cousins come spend the with us
- and you, too, Aunt Julia, for think you
: are the dearest lady We have heard of,
don't you cousins, think so, too? TSe will
ten our ages and go. Zeke is twenty three
years old; Beulah is eighteen years young.
saw where one Of the girl cousins wanted
the song or Little frankie Was Good
Girl" l have it. will send 1t to her if she
will write me- If any of youcousins will send
r. me the song, The Blind Child's Prayer"
We surely will return the favor and good
many thanks. Who has our birthdays,
: zeke's, July IS. Beuahs, June g. Aunt
- Julia, we hope TO this in print. All you
cousins write. l, Beulah will send by pic
tsre to the first to write Cousins
both boys and girls write. Lovingly yours
h. ZEKE JONES.
MISS BEULAH JONES.
Mullins, s. c., Route 3.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Here Gomez
Tennessee girl to join your happy bA@S II
boys and girls. 1 have been a s.1Ae reader
d of the Letter Box for long time, and sure
-, ~ da enjoy reading the letters from all the
different states. l am country girl and
enjoy country life fine. l live twelve miles
southeast of Cleveland. I will not describe
. myself this time for fear you will all run.
Who has my birthday, January 81? If
O. hayp rEVi fn m close
as this is my first letter. l will appreciate
letter from all You cousins. Lovingly
LILLE SANDRIDGE.
Cleveland, Tenn. Route 4.
20 Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins I have been
reading so many nice, interesting letters in
. the Letter Box that 1 thought 1 would
write to see if any of you cousins will write
L. to me. guess you boys and girls are
going to school now: 1 am; and like it fine:
Journal, and 1 enjoy reading it, but most
eof all Aunt Julias Letter Box. What do
you cousins do for pastime? l go to school,
read and go flower hunting. Are there any
q OF you who have my birthday? 1t is the
25th of December. 1 hope my letter will
q g be printed, and would be glad to hear from
all the cousins in the Union. 1 will answer
NV EVA swERINGEN.
Chester, Ga.
Hello, Aunt Julia! 1 just wonder if you
will admit another Georgia girl into your
happy circle of boys and girls. l have been
: q silent reader of the Letter Box for quite
a while and have read many interestin~ let
tiers. 1 am going to school every day, but
our school will close May Is. and. in a way,
1 will be glad when it is We are going to
have fair the last day of school, and also
A. O barbecue. 1 will be delighted when that
r. day comes. But, my! there will be many
lonesome hours for me to spend at home
- alone. Well, as this is my first attempt to
10 70 1nf
in print. 1 will leave my age for you to
guess; it is between fourteen and eighteen
Tell all the cousins to write to me. Yours
lovingly, CLARIECE WEBB.
~. P. 81 am in the seventh grade.
- Dearest Aunt julia: So many times have
tried to muster M courage enough to
write to the Letter Box and at last have
% succeeded. l am a second-year high school
= kid of fourteen However. 1 have missed
almost four months on account of a broken
g leg. II the cousins are like / am, they
don't enjoy hearing people forever com
planning and telling their troubles, there
fore, l won't annoy the cousins with any
n more of mine my first visit. am
great lover Of music and playing the piano
Is my greatest pastime. Probably some OF
you are wondering if 1 live in town or in
- the country. 1t isn't exactly either one,
or rather it is the latter. The place is very
young, but is rapidly growing. 1t Is only
d about three and One-haf years DID, Slate
&
so it bought the land and went to work
d. The quarry now is close to 100 feet deep
and nice green slate is the product. A part
of it is crushed into granules and the rest
is ground into dust. A certain per cent OF
1t is potash and the dust is shipped and
used in fertilizer. The granules are shipped
:, north and used on roofing. l had almost
frgotten to tell you the name Of our little
town. 1t is Flaxatile. We have our
> streets named too, but I don't want to
waste Aunt Julia's space with them. Every
body write to a new cousin, cou,pr
Fairunount, Ga.
Z; Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will some
of YOU cousins move over and let me have
a place by Aunt Julia for a while, as TINS
IL my first letter to the Letter Box. have
been silent reader OF the Letr boz t toa
auiate while, sure do enjoy reading all the
nice letters. I think Aunt Julia is such
sweet auntie for letting us have the Letter
- sgree with me. l am girl of fourteen sum-
mers, am in the eighth grade, we are 60
ing to receiev diplomas at Lake City those
that pass. 1 live in the country and like
Box. How many agree with me LOOK
the hands going up think they must .t an
/" cousins I go to Sunday school and like IL
q fine What do you cousins do for pastime ;
/ sew, read and help mamma. am afrald
4 have broken one of auntie's rules. Will
n answer all letters received. Your cousin and
jece' ALwILDA SUMMERS.
Lake City, Fla, Route B, Box ia.
Dear Aunt Julia: L thought I would
write a few words to see if 1 could get
- some letters from. the dear cousins. l am
a little girl, age thirteen, and in the sixth
grade. My eyes are brown, my hair is real
dark red. I go to school at Simcoe. My
teachers name is Miss Myra Kitchen, from
Tennessee. Ny home is in the dear old
state of Alabama. 1 never lived anywhere
else Who has my birthday, March Z? If
' I have twin, I'd like to hear from you.
- Cousins. have you all been in any storms
this spring? There was a cyclone went
near here last night. 1t hurt several people
and tore their houses and barns all to
. pieces and left the poor people without
clothes or anything. All of US people are
helping them all we can. If anybody knows
where Miss Cecile Prince is, please write
me. I haven't heard from her in long
time. She in south Alabama. Aunt
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