Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-02-14
AUNT JULIA'S COUNCIL
Friendly Meeting Place for All TrWeeky Journal Readers

Dear Aunt julia and Cousins: Would You
move over and give bachelor from the old
Tar Heel state seat? l take the good old
Journal, and have for eight or ten years.
enjoy reading the letters from the cousins
live a farm by myself, and have for
fourteen ears. My father and mother
dead My father died when | was nine
years old. I get lonesome sometimes, 81
thought would write to pass the time
7 feed milk churn and cook My pets are
three fox hounds When l get the blues l
90 fox hunting. l have dark hair and blue
eyes. My age Is between thifty-fiye and
forty five. My birthday is July ~ Have
L twin! All you cousins write me. l will
try to answer all received Your new
nephew and cousin, w, L, IRWIN.
Stratford, n. c.
Dearest Aunt Julia and Cousins: I am
just little girl from dear old North Caro-
ina, and | want to join Won good friends
IT'S so cold in this part of North Carolina
This is one time L would like to be in Flor
ida, where it is warm. You friends who
live where it isn't cold, you'd better stay
there and not come toward North Carolina
You'd freeze Wen, Aunt Julia. this is my
first time to make you all visit. and |
hope I viii be welcome. What? Yes, in
deed, I'm a country girl, and I'm proud o.
1t. | was born and raised in the country,
though [ work in town. Yes, l love music
too. we have an organ and piano The
piano is mine. l paid 1884 for it. / pail
it all myself. can play it, though NIT as
we'll rs / intend to in the future. An
Listen! Here it Is 1924, But don't the
years fly? Honest. 1t doesn't seem long
since 1923 came in. mean 1928 went 80
quickly hardly had time to enjoy it. Let's
just see If we can't be better thisS than
we were last. Why. OF course, we can,
and | believe Will. Girls, do you all
enjoy being at home? l do, and I'm the
only girl at home; but have three single
brothers at home yet. One brother and four
sisters arc married. There were twelve of
US children, nine living, three dead. Father
and mother both are living, and am thank
full for that. 1t seems to me lf father aud
had dear brother to die in 1918. He
seemed to be the dearest brother in the
world. He was eighteen when he diei
Then have little brother dead. Then
my sister died and left two little children,
boy and girl Aunt Julia, my brother
tJoseph Cooper wrote to the Letter Box
the other week. 1 would just laugh if
auntie would print mine first. He said [
didn't have the nerve to write. / just wait
to say I've certainly had dandy time with
you all and hope to come again when it gets
warm. Cousins, greet your new cousin with
card and letter shower. Ill surely al
sWer every letter [ can. Good-by. Yoar
(MIss) ETHEL COOPER.
Drexel. N, c.
L
once more into your happy band of boys and
girls? Many thanks to auntie for printing
my other letter. l am school girl going
to school, and like it fine. Georgia Cannon
ana Maude Yates are my best chun1s. My
father takes The Journal. l don't feel like
| could do without it. How many of you
cousins read the continued stories in The
journal? l do, and like them fine. 1 see
some Of the cousins are taking a subject.
lf l were to take subject it would be on
Mother" I think mother is the dearest
name earth. I wonder if 1 have a twin
IL So please write me. am twelve years
old. My birthday is April 81. We have
beautiful scenery from our school. We can
see the Appalachian mountains and Grand
father mountain. | must close. I am going
to be disappointed if I don't get three let
tiers day for a month, so let the letters
and cards come. lovingly, your cousin and
niece,
CMIss) MILE JONES.
Lenoir, n. G., Route 5.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: Will you
please admit me into your happy circle for
Few moments? l have been reading the
letters with much interest for some time. l
especially enjoy the long ones. What have
you cousins been doing this winter? I have
peen going to school, and enjoy going to
some extent, although it is hard. l think
we all ought to go to school regularly and
study hard If we have the chance. / won
der how many of you study and like Latin.
ooIue ueSplSe 10 study II and say 1t Will
never be OF any use, but I have found it a
help to me in many ways. So many words
OF the English language derived from
Latin words. 1 am in the ninth grade this
year and hope to finish the grade this
spring. I wonder how many of the cousins
have some recitations suitable for a COM
mencemeft. If all those who have good
ones will send me one or more I VIII return
the favor in any way I can. I have some
very good ones, but they are sad pieces, and
L I
wonder who 1 am. Well, I will try to tell
you. l have medium brown hair, blue eyes,
falr complexion and wear glasses. I will
be seventeen years old in, few DAVIS
With best wishes to all,
(MIss) NELLIE BOWMAN,
KimesVille, N. c.. Route l.
Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: viii you
let me in for just few minutes, as 1 want
to find my sisters? l have read the letters
tor "a good while, and enjoy them very
much, but have never seen letter from
my sisters, Ada Cooper was last heard from
in Texas, and had one girl named Maggie.
Lucy Williams was last heard from in
caro- caro- III. II, any Of You cousins know
Julia, l will not say much this time, for
this is my first letter to the page, and hope
you will print this, for surely want to
hear from my sisters: Your friend.
Bel Green, Ala, Route 1.
Dear Aunt Julia: May 1 come in? It Is
cold out here. I am almost frozen. knew
auntfe would sympathize with a midd1e-aged
Alabama mother. Thank you for your kind
ness. l have been silent reader Of The
Journal for several years and enjoy the Let
ter Box best Of ALL as it seems to get bet
ter and better. This being my first at
tempt, hope auntie will be kind enough to
print my letter. l live on farm of 500
acres In Fayette county, located between
GOWN and Belk, Ala, ON the Southern rail-
road. l am the mother OF seven sons and
ons daughter, and guess some of you re-
member my daughter, Mrs. Gertis W. Bank
head. She wrote to the Letter Box some
time ago. l have three sons dead and four
living. My husband Is dead; he died In
1919. and am sure auntie and the cousins
can imagine about how much trouble I have
seen. Like most of the cousins, read,
crochet, tat and do all kinds Of fancy work.
/ make flowers out of paper--in fact. can
do any kind of work that can be done with
the hands or course, in the spring and
summer I am kept quite busy looking after