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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-01

at home. so away he went, lipperty'
lipperty-lip, straight up to thai
young orchard. His one thought
was to get more of that tender young
bark. Imagine how surprised he
was and how very much delighted
when he discovered lying on the
snow a cabbage leaf. 1t was frozen,
but Peter didn't mind that. He sas
down right there and ate every bit
of that cabbage leaf. 1t was SO
much better than bark that he want
ed more end ct once started to look
for another He found some bits
scattered along on the snow. They
led him along until presently no
came to a queer-looking box. 1t was
open at one end. The last bit of cab
base leaf lay just within this box.
Peter stared at that box bit sus-
piciously. He didn't remember see
ing it there the night before. He
hoped around it. 1t seemed perfect
ly harmless. Very cautiously Peter
approached the open end. He reach ii
in and got hold of that piece of cab
bage leaf. Nothing happened. He
finished that bit of cabbage leaf, and
then polled his inquisitiVe little nose
into that box again to see if there
| might be another piece of cabba sc
| leaf in there.
That inquisitive, wobbly little nose
of his began to work in great ex-
element. "Carrotw exclaimed Peter
under his breath. 81 smell carrot.
It seemed too good to the true.
| But Peter knew that it was true
| for he knew that he could trust
that wobbly little nose of his. He
didn't hesitate a second. He hoped
| right inside that box. There was
carrot there! 1t was a small carrot
and it was stuck on a little stick al
| the end Of that box.
Peter sighed. 1t was sigh d
| pure happiness. A carrot in the mid
| die of winter! 1t was too good to b.
! true But it was true. 1t was the
= happiest kind of a happy surprise
I Peter reached out and set his teeth
| in that carrot. Bang! Something had
| happened! Peter was in complete
darkness. That box was no longer
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-01
Suit Over Lee Relics
Barred From Court in
District of Columbia

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The su.
preme court of the District of Co
lumbia has dismissed the suit filed
there involving dispute over the
of relics and personal
property which once belonged to
George Washington and Robert Z.
Lee.
The property is in leather trunk
in the custody of the National Saw
ings and Trust company. The parties
to the proceedings were Mrs. Mary
M. Lee, widow of Colonel Robert +.
Lee III. grandson Of The Confederate
leader, who attempted to prove that
her husband had given her his
share, onehalf of these relics, which
had been given MIN and his brother.
Dr. George Boiling Lee Of New
York, by their mother, Mrs. Mary
Tabo Lee, of Fairfax. Va,
Colonel Les died September q,
1922. His widow, it was alleged,
met with opposition from her moth
er-inlaw and iorother-in-law when
she demanded one-halt ofathe relics.
The younger Mrs, Lee filed a suit
in equity asking the court to decree
that she was entitled to her hus-
bands share, but the elder Mrs. Lee
questioned the jurisdiction Of the
court and contended her sons estate
was being administered by the Fair
fax county courts, and that any suit
against the estate should be filed
there. The elder Mrs. Lee also con-
tended her sons wife had not set
up a cause of action and demanded
the dismissal Of the suit
Justice Hitz dismissed the suit and
the younger Mrs. Lee noted an ap-
neal
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-01
Damage to the Boil Weevil by
Cold Weather

A correspondent, Philadelphia,
Pa, writes: We have heard ru-
mors that the very cold weather
you have had in the south will
subdue in large measure the
ravages of the boil weevil, and
we would like to have your opin-
ion in this matter.
The seed crop of the booi weevil
is carried over from year to year by
ALTERNATING insects. Only a compar-
atively small number of weeYils sur
vive in the average season, In
warm winter no doubt more come
through unframed than in a cold
one. It is to be presumed that the
weevtls during the winter season are
in a somewhat enfeebled condition,
and therefore not able to resist ad
verse weather conditions. Natural
ly, quite a number of them may
have succumbed during the cold spell
we have had. but it is a mistake to
believe that their number has been
reduced to such a degree that the
depredations of this insect will not
prove a serious menace to the cotton
growers of the south during the
present year. Any farmer who de-
ludes himself IN this matter is 10
be pitied. because unless he makes
an intelligent and vigorous fight
against the weevil, it is almost GER
tain that his crop will be seriously
damaged. if not practically wiped out.
We are advising and urging our peo-
pie to secure adequate supplies of
calcium arsenate. and to prepare
themselves with an array of equip
ment that will enable them most ef-
fectively and completely to dust their
cotton in the shortest possible time
and with the least outlay Of labor
and the smallest amount Of calcium
arsenate essential 10 obtain satisfac-
tory results.
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Mr.. RAST

find the best mixture to use in order to
get the most profitable yields of cotton on
the Lee Wilson plantation. The field
was planted with Express cotton seed
April Is. Every sixth plot was left I'M
fortified as a check.
No one can fail to note the uniformly
good results obtained from the use of
nitrogen. Especially is this true where
nitrate of soda was used. 1t seems to
be superior to the sulphate of ammonia.
Two hundred pounds alone OF nitrate
applied to plot No. Is showed an in
creased yield of 573 pounds.
1t is interesting to note how the nitro
gen increased the yields at first and
second pickings.
The fertilizer was all applied by hand
directly on the beds before planting, en-
cept plot a. which received 200 pounds
of nitrate of soda as a side dressing,
May %. The increased yield is not so
great as when applied before planting,
and shows that the earlier application is
better.
The outstanding feature of the COM
binations is that mixtures OF nitrate OF
soda and kainit, which contains potash.
gave better results than did the same
proportion of nitrate and acid phosphate.
Four hundred pounds of kainit alone
gave better increase than did the same
amount of acid phosphate The
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-01

Farm Labor Problem in Georgia
C. L. p. Athens, Ga, writes
Is the migration of the negro a
menace to the prosperity Of the
south? Can they be supp!artc@
by desirable immigrants ara
scientific machinery? .WUl the
psychological effect of the exc
dus stimulate progress?
The negro migration, from my
point of view is not a menace to
the prosperity Of the south. 1t will
benefit us in many ways. All the
problems which rcvolve around the
handling, treatment and manage
ment of the negro now become ma
tional issues and no longer section.
al. On that account, many Of those
who have gone in a sense represent
ed surplus labor. We can easily
replace their hand labor with adj
vantage by the use of more eff
cient !abOr.saVing ~5Vices and ma
chinery than we have hitherto en-
ployed upon our southern farms and
plantations. Our plentiful supply
of labor made us careless as to Its
proper supervision with the result
that it was not always es efficient
us II S1Oulu nave DGcl. / ne VIII
drawal of a considerable proportion
of it menas that better methods OF
mana cement must now be institute
ed and followed and neCessitates the
handling of our lands on a more
up-to-date and scientific basis. In
other words. the time has about ar
rived when we must undertake to
mix brains with our agricultural
operations to a degree that was not
considered necessary when an
abundant supply Of negro labor was
available.
The migration of the negro will,
in my judgment, tend to increase
the movement of desirable white inn
migrants into the south. Some of
the objections they have hitherto
had to living out in the open coun-
try have no disappeared. L think
also there will be some tendency
for southern white people to move
back to the farms. Undoubtedly.
the exodus of the negro will slim
ulate progress along many very de-
cir l,1o 1inoc
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-01

The End of Pleasant Surprise
An empty stomach dulls the
wits,
And sense Of caution often quits.
Peter Rabbit.
Peter Rabbit was back in the dear
Old Briar Patch before daylight
after his feast on the tender bark of
some fruit trees in Farmer Brown S
Young orchard. 1t was the most sal
isfactory meal he had had for some
time, and of course he told little
Mrs. Peter all about it. The next
night he started back to that young
orchard, He did his best to get lit
tie Mrs. Peter to go with him. But
little Mrs Peter was too timid. She
did her best to keep Peter at home.
you'll get in trouble one of these
nights. Yes, sir, you'll get in trou-
bic as surely as your ears are long, "
said she.
Pooh" replied Peter scornfully.
I'm old enough and wise enough to
keep out of trouble, my dear. You
ought to taste that young bark. 1t
is worth risking a lot for. But really
there isn't any risk. Come along
and see for yourself"
But little Mrs. Peter wouldn t
leave the dear Old Briar Patch, and
Peter wouldn't heed her pleas to stay
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FARM EDUCATION
BY DR.. ANDREW NJ. SOULE

The water softens the dry roughage
and the salt adds greatly TO its pal
atability.
A good grain ration for dairy cows
may be made up Of one-third com.
one-third cotton seed meal, and one.
shird bran or shorts. You may USE
choppest oats in place of the corn,
if YOU prefer. Peanut meal may
take the place Of cotton seed meal.
Corn meal may also be replaced wit!
velvet bean meal. A cow giving
three gallons Of milk per day will
probably consume from seven to
ten pounds of grain with advantage
and profit 1t is good practice to
feed from one to one and one half
pounds of grain per each one hun
dred pounds of live weight.
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the romance of commerce; no game
so absorbing as the business game.
And it thrills me to the finger tips
to know that I have part, even II
it is a small one, in this great adj
venture that sends men and ships to
the uttermost parts Of the earth and
lahat CANDLES for fortunes.
hit gratifies my vanity to know
Yh4t [ have worked up from the
bottom to my present fine position,
and it pleases my ambition to know
that [ can climb still higher, and
that every year 1 will be more eff
ficient and more valuable to my
employer.
81 enjoy the money I make, and
the luxuries it brings me, as only a
woman can who comes of a poor
family, and whose girlhood has been
barren of all the pretty things that
girls crave. 1 find a lot Of solid
satisfaction in watching my bank
account grow, knowing that, II
keep on with my job for a few
years, 1 will have put by enough to
safeguard my old age.
$50 far, so good. If I were 60
ing to remain perpetually on the
sunny side of forty 1 would ask
no life better than that of the sue
cessful business woman. But the
dread hour will strike for me, as
it does for all other women, and I
am wondering if, when it does, L
will not find myself lonely old
woman, and wish that I had mar
ried and had children.
81 am thirty now, and have got
to decide the question in the next
year or two. Shall L give up my
mahogany desk for a gas range?
Shall l forfeit my fat pay envelope
for a job where I shall have to toll
ten times s hard for only my board
and clothes? Shall 1 give up the
occupation for which I spent years
in preparing myself, for which
have talent and which is joy for
me to perform, for domestic service
which I loath, for which [ have no
aptitude and in which L am utterly
unskilled?
when I see my sister shabby
bedra ggled, overWorked, with her
crying babies ard grouchy husband
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-01

this nice. cool weather? l like 1t tlne II
the mercury doesn't stand between zero ana
20 degrees above The holidays are over,
and / guess most OF the cousins are back n
school am not going to school this year.
/ have taken training and intend to be
bookkeeper and stenographer when grow
up What did you all do for Christmas
l had a very good time and Santa was Hpefal
enough | suppose He brought real cute
little kewpie doll along with the rest Of
my presents l think a doll Is very nice
present for niueteen-year-old girl, don
Won? l love it though If l have not ~.
ready overstepped the rules of bregity ! viii
go and come again next year. and maybe
Them l can tell voG something interesting
about stenogra phic work. / would be gao
to receive letters from some OF you cous-
ms who care to write to me. Lots Of love
TO all. eau reyoir'' for this year.
BARBARA MORRIS.
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Home Curing of Meat in Georgia

Home Curing of Meat in Georgia
c. G.. c., Allentown, Ga,
writes: I wish information on
the curing of meat. Should pea
nut and corn-fattened meat be
treated any differently from any
other?
There is no reason why meat
should not be successfully and sat
isfactorily cured on the average Geor-
gia farm The method of procedure
to follow has been outlined in many
articles which have been prepared
and sent out by this institution. Bull
Ietins dealing with this subject have
also been prepared not only by the
Georgia State College of Agriculture,
but by the United States department
of agriculture as well. These publ
cations can be secured free of cost
by any citizen of the state who cares
to apply for the same.
AS a rule. when hogs are finished
on corn they Kill out hard. BY this
is meant the fact that the meat, and
particularly the fat. is fairly firm
and hard Where peanuts are used
extensively, the meat may be soft
and unduly oily. 1t does not produce
as firm flesh and fat on that account.
The method of curing the meat de-
rived from animals finished in diff
ferent ways. however. would not
vary materially.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-01

|IOre my last CWt
babies came. l.
keeps me in per
feet health and /,
am on my fee;
getting meals ant
d DIN G all m,
|h ouse work unit
an hour before thu
baby is born. A
friend told me tt
take it and l hav,
used ten bottles
|cipco1haord nI,S,11,
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Mrs. Nicola Paluzzi Says

Mishawaka, Indiana. -" I tool
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for weakness before my babe.
were born. / was weak and tireC
out all the time and it helped me.
When ! had inward inflammation the
doctor treated me, but did not hell
me, so / tried Lydia E. Pinkham'i
Sanative Wash and it helped me al
once. - Mrs. NICOLA PALUZzI, All
E. Broadway, ,Mishawaka, Indiana.
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Robbed of Sunshine

MARGATE, England.-It has just
been discovered that a sunshine re-
cording instrument installed here in
1892 was defective and has failed by
an hour day to record the actual
sunshine.
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A BEDTIME STORY
BY THORNTON ". BURGESS

open at one end. In panic ct
fright he tried to back out. He
couldn't. He was a prisoner. He
was in a trap. Yes, sir, he was II
q trap That innocentlooking box
was trap.
fCODvrioht, 1924. bv r. w. Burgess
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EASY office position with both hands.
Then rises tha- specter of the future
in my pathway, and l wonder If in
staving single | will miss the best
that life has to give to a woman, and
if [ will regret it if l refuse TO fol.
low the traditional career of my
sex.
"Of course, [ know that there are
women who try to have their cake,
and eat it, too; who grab matrimony
with one hand, and hold on to their
Jobs with the other, but my obser
walton is that they always fall be-
tween the stools They are failures
both as business women and as
wives and mothers, for to succeed
in anything you have TO give every
thing that is in you to it.
mo woman is of much use in an
office when nine-tenths of her brain
and all of her interest is back home
in a cradle and she is worrying over
whether a hired nurse is giving the
baby it's milk. Nor can any woman
who comes back home at night, with
a WORKOUT body and frazzled nerves.
be anybody's ideal Of a wife and
mother.
80 as far rs | am concerned L
have to decide the question which |
am going to be, business woman
or a domestic woman, before [ take
the fatal step. ard for the life of me
can't make up my mind which to
do. To marry or lot to marry, that
is the problem that I ann acquiring
gray hairs and wrinkles debating.
"Of course, if Il fairy prince should
come along nd say, Come and be
nv queen and ride beside me in my
limousine and tour the world with
me on my yacht, l should doff my
Cinderella working suit and put on
my glass slippers, and step out with
him.
"But it is only in novels that mil
lionaires espOIse poor working girls.
The men who come accounting me
are just ordinary young chaps on
small salaries, whose wives will have
to do their own cooking, and wear
hand-me-doWns
Nor would there be any difficult
ty in settling the question if l had
an overwhelming passion for some
man. Then 1 would cry, All for
love and my job well lostn and
two-by-four flat would look better
to me than 20 be president of the
Steel Trust. But am not really in
love. I have merely an affection for
a certain chap that l might pos
sibly cultivate into a warmer emo
ton if I decided that it was better,
after all, to marry.
But it is cruel, isn't it, that a
woman has to choose between mar
riage and her ti.reer. When a man
marries he merely anneXes a home
and wife and children, to the pleas
ures and interests of his work, but
woman has to sacrifice one or the
other. And don't know which one
to choose"
"And whichever way you decide
you will be apt to regret it," 1 re-
piled consolingly.
Copyright. 1924
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and treats me
with every cour-
tesy, kindness
and considera-
ton. I feel it a
privilege to be
In daily contact
with such a bril-
liant mind as
he has.
at love my
work. 1 have
what they call
in men a bust
ness head. To
me there is no
other romance so
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it. recommend the Vegetable Com
pound whenever / can. Just yesterday
a friend was telling me how miser
able she felt, and l said, If you star
taking Lydia E. Pinkham's you will
feel fine Now. she is taking it. -
Mrs. P. j. OSWALD, JR., 406 Wesi
OGDEN St. Girardville Pa.
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BEFORE BABIES
WERE BORN
Mrs. Oswald Benefited By
Taking Lydia E. Pinkham',
Vegetable Compound
IIIIIIIINIUlIIIIII

Girardville, Pal took Lydia e
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound be
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fert GER expert
mcnt | ever con-
Quoted. since the soil
is more uniform than
commonly f oun d
where work of this
kind is being. done.
Various c O m b i ma
tons of fertilizing
materials were used
in order to try and
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THE LETTER BOX
FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS
Help for the Helplcss-IKindness to
All Dumb Things"
ned letter printed.

No unsigned letter printed.
No letter written on both sides OF
paper printed.
All letter not to exceed $50 to 200
words.
Dear Children: This week we have
our Honor Roll. 1t certainly fills
me with pride and happiness to see
the interest you take in little Inez
and while | do not for one moment
fee! that you do this for a reward
surely the thought of the good you
are doing and the hope and happi-
ness you are giving this little girl
must bring you reward in itself.
I civ
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+ Y. MARSH.
Bangor. Ala. R.

Ny Dear Aunt Julia and Cousins: As
have made Il iabit % write 20 this pa 20
annually. I guess had better get busy.
We are not taking The Jou-na. ~ present.
and I surely dc miss Il. Wei, cousins
now are You IN lhe cooler climates liking
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I feel like clinging to my good, soft,
easy office position with both hands,
Then rises thai specter of the future
in my pathway and l wonder if in
staying single | will miss the best
that life has to give to a woman, and
if [ will resr@t it if l refuse TO fol-
low the traditional career of my
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-01
Scarf and Hat

Scarfs and hats to match frequent-
ly come in plaid woods or silks In the
most vivid of cOlOrs.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-01

Sport Dresses
Silk broadcloth in wide Roman
stripes is chosen for the fashioning
of sport dresses for southern resorts.
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Cordially yours,


AUNT JULIA.
IT. o. D.: | could not give you
any definate information as to the
sale of your writings, but wSuld sug-
gest that you send them to THE pub
fishers of different magazines, you
can tell by looking over the current
would be likely to accept your
for return.
NJ. c.: The WORD Marry" in
Shakespeare S plays is used as an
exclamation and as an exclamation
is defined by the standard dictionary
as follows: can exclamation of sur
prise or observation: A corruption of
Mary or by Mary (he Virgin)' This
is much used in Shakespeare plays,
but is no longer used in ordinary
speech Gosh" IS a similar express
sion, minced oath" used for God.
So is "jiminy," which comes to us
from the latin word "gemini'' mean
ing twins, and refers to the twin
heather gods Castor and PolluX.
Carrie A., North Carolina:
A library commission only sup
plies books for the state in which
the commission is located. For in,
stance, if you have a library com
mission in North Carolina it would
be located at Raleigh, your capital.
If YOU have a commission of this
kind address your letters to Library
Commission, State Capitol, Raleigh,
n. C.
Mrs. Jenkins, Dahionega, Ga:
Thank you for your sweet letter.
| am going to write you personal
letter soon, and will certainly fol-
low your advice about my flowers
! I do not know why [ did not get
your first letter, sorry I missed It.
/ like your idea of Book FIX,
change" but greatly fear we could
not have the room required. How
ever, if YOU have some special books
| that you desire. just send a snort
list at a time, say three or four,
then those that you would exchange
in return, the same number, ana
ask that the reader having them
write you before mailing, How
would that do?
Suffragette:
T agree with you some times in
feeling myself a "sufferingette, Wheh
it comes to some political issues
but you know we have very grave
responsibility in our franchise, ana
we do want to do our share. IL
isn't always easy not to let person
al prejudices sway us, but If we
are to "do our bit" then we must
get right to the bottom of the Is,
sue in question. Suppose you had
a big business, would you be will
ing to entrust it to the care OF
man or woman whose character you
knew held a flaw? I do not believe
YOU would trust your affairs to PEG
ple that 1 have mentioned, well your
government, county, city, state and
national is much bigger than any,
personal business, and your persona.
business is most certainly attecte'
If your government is affected. "A
man or woman should be ready 10
serve an entire community, not just
one clio of people if he or she is to
hold office.