returned last Friday from a pleasant visit to Milledgeville and Haddocks's Station.

G. H. Estes Jr. left last Friday for Sing Sing, N.Y. where he goes to prepare himself for admission to the West Point Military Academy.

The first Quarterly Conference for the Methodist church will be held on next Wednesday night. All members of the church are invited to attend.

Judge James M. Smith writes that he will be unable to hold an adjourned session of Talbot Superior Court during this month as he intended doing. Lawyers must await the regular session in March next.

Rev. W. E. Mumford is enjoying some hearty laughs with his Talbotton friends this week. His son, Leonard, accompanied him and like his father, is receiving a warm welcome at the hands of his friends.

20 February 1913

Mr. E. K. Leonard is reported much better.

Mrs. Mattie Maxwell has been right unwell.

Miss Mattie Mae Parker was here this week.

Mr. Silas Shipp, of Shiloh, was here Monday.

Mr. E. T. Dunn of Roughedge, was here Monday.

Mrs. J. A. Battle has returned from Thomasville.

Mr. H. D. Smith ahs been right sick.

Miss Burney Murphey is in Atlanta.

Mrs. G. T. Simpson is spending some time in Atlanta.

Mr. James Graham is spending some time at Leesburg.

Mr. C. K. Mahone spent Sunday night in Atlanta.

Mrs. William Mahone has returned from Woodland.

Mr. Harry Jones of Reynolds passed thru the city Tuesday.

Mr. W. K. Couch of Butler was here Sunday.

Mr. W. D. Stinson visited Col. J. J. Bull in Oglethorpe Monday.

Mr. Albert Baldwin has returned to Atlanta.

Mr. H. P. Weston spent the weekend with his family here.

Messrs Perry and Hamp Mahone spent Sunday with their mother near Woodland.

Rev. O. B. Chester will preach at the Methodist church next Friday night.

Mr. E. H. McGehee, a popular traveling salesman, visited his family here Sunday.

Col. J. Y. Allen of Thomaston, spent Sunday night with Mr. Benson Maxwell.

Dr. W. C. Douglass has a position as a house physician at the State Sanitarium in Milledgeville.

Mrs. E. K. Leonard has returned from Atlanta. she reports Mr. Leonard very much improved.

Mrs. Thomas Taylor and little daughter Marie of Marshallville, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Spivey.

Misses Bessie Neell and Eleanor McDowell were the guests of Miss Hattie Simpson Monday.

Col. A.P. N. Raiford Persons spent Sunday in Atlanta with Mr. T. H. Persons. They report his condition much better.

Mr. W. C. Thomas is spending several days at Sedalia, M. He has bought a Coca-Cola right out there and is getting his business opened up.

Miss Neomi Atwater has returned to her home at Thomaston after an extended visit to her sister, Mr. W. P. Leonard.

SAM ARENSON APPLIES FOR CITIZENSHIP
Sam Arenson, Talbotton's genial Hebrew, has decided to become an American citizen. Sam was born in the German Empire Sept. 24, 1879. He left there when a small boy and lived in London, England several years. Later he moved to Jackson, Ga in July 1902 and has lived in Georgia ever since. Sam is an unpretentious looking citizen but he owns a string of dry goods stores all over Georgia. He has had attorney John A. Smith to file papers to the Superior Court to make him a full fledged American Citizen.

27 March 1913

Dr. W. P. Leonard has been sick for several days.

Mr. W. W. Childs has purchased a new automobile.

Hear the young men sing Friday night.

Hon. W. H. Brannon has returned from Atlanta.

Mr. W. M. Parker of Reynolds was here Saturday and Sunday.

Mrs. J. M. Heath has returned from Macon.

Hamp Mahone spent Sunday at Woodland.

Miss Emily Leonard of Macon is visiting friends here.

Col. A. P. Persons spent the weekend in Atlanta.

Mr. W. K. Couch has moved from Butler back to Talbotton.

Hon. W. H. Brannon is spending some time in Atlanta.

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bryan went to Atlanta Sunday afternoon.

Russell Leonard of Macon spent the weekend here.

Mr. J. A. Johnson spent Sunday in Montezuma.

Mr. J. G. Spier is visiting at Zebulon.

Mr. W. J. Thornton spent Sunday at Opelika Ala.

Mr. Raiford Persons spent Sunday in Atlanta.

Dr. J. L. Lee and wife of Covington are visiting Mr. J. A. Bryan.

Mrs. G. G. Townsley, of Columbus, visited relatives here this week.

Carter Kimbrough of Atlanta spent Sunday with relatives here.

Mr. D. C. Phillips, of Waverly Hall, was here on business Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Moore of Junction City were here Friday afternoon.

Mrs. J. A. Johnson and little daughter are visiting in Montezuma.

Mr. Hugh Smith is able to be out again after a six weeks illness.

Mr. R. R. R. Aardwell, of Atlanta, visited relatives and friends here this week.

The class of little school girls in Miss Clara Spivey's room will sing a chorus Friday night.

Mr. W. P. Arnold has bought the interest of Mr. W. H. Slade in the firm of Spier and Slade.

Mrs. H. P. Weston and Dorothy are visiting Mrs. Fannie Rawls at Valdosta.

The many friends of Mr. T. H. Persons are glad to hear that he is improving.

A special feature of the entertainment Friday night will be the good music. Mrs. Edna Smith McCoy will sing.

Mrs. Nancy Jenkins, of Box Springs, has returned to her home after a visit to Mrs. T. F. Smith.

Miss Minnie Bishop is with Miss Rose Bishop at Wesleyan Female College in Macon.

Mrs. P. F. Mahone and Miss Mattie Lou Mahone were in Talbotton Monday.

Miss Myrtle Gilmer returned to Atlanta Monday after a visit to her father Mr. J. D. Gilmer.

Mr. W. H. Clements attended service at the Baptist church Sunday.

Mr. M. A. McCoy went over to Macon Sunday afternoon and returned Monday.

Mrs. Rylander Hall has returned to Albany after a pleasant visit to friends here.

Mrs. Thomas Taylor and little daughter have returned to Marshalville after a pleasant visit to Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Spivey.

Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Maxwell and family attended services at the Baptist Church Sunday.

Mrs. Annie Holmes Leonard, Miss Mary Holmes and Mrs. Yanks of Woodland, were in Talbotton Monday.

W. S. Dennis and E. H. Spivey went down to Junction City Wednesday to fish.

Mrs. H. C. Downs of Manchester was here this week visiting her sons Messrs. H. C. and D. A. Downs.

A good musical program will be given in connection with the play Friday night. Among others, Mrs. W. O. DeLoache will sing.

Mr. W. B. Baldwin writes from Indianapolis that he has signed a $6,000.00 contract to make several aero-plane flights.

Mr. and Mrs. T. A. McDowell, Miss Sadye Arrington and Mr. Ross Grant spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Baldwin.

Messrs C. M. Black, J. W. Graham, Robert Graham, Homer McDaniel, John Douglass, and David Marshall spent Sunday in Colubmus.

Messers W. W. Childs, W. H. Jameson and Otis Adams went up to Atlanta Wednesday afternoon to bring back Mr. Childs new automobile today.

Rev. A. W. Bussey preached two excellent sermons at the Baptist church Sunday morning and evening. While in Tal-botton he was the guest of John A. Smith.

Among those from the county attending church Sunday were Miss Robertson, J. H. Robertson, Mr and Mrs. P. N. Adams, Mr. Otis Adams and sister.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Freeman, Mrs. John Cahill, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Trussell, Mr. and Mrs. Neid McGehee motored to Juniper Monday and spent the day fishing.

Mr. J. W. Johnson is taking a two week's vacation on account of having a tumor taken from his arm Sunday. Dr. Spain per-formed the operation and Mr. Johnson's arm is getting along nicely enough.

REFLECTIONS IN THE NEW ERA

by Nelson Goolsby

These columns appear regularly in the Talbotton New Era, and we are so grateful to Helen Ponds for sending them to us! 11 Feb 1999

2 Aug 1923 Mrs. J. J. Pound of Woodland entertained 75 people at her home under the auspices of the Epworth League. Upon arriving, the guests were served punch by Misses Thelma Miller and Annie O'Neal.
Later, they were entertained with a vocal solo by Marie Pound, piano duet by Inez Mills and Annie Lou Pound, a clarinet solo by Pron Pound and a vocal solo by Myrtle Allen. A "stunt" was performed by Mrs. W. J. Braddy, Pyron and Ellison Pound, Ira Jordan and Olin Miller.
A second "stunt" was performed by Pyron Pound, Miss Mari-annie Griffin, R. E. Trussell and Miss Ella Braddy. The last "stunt" was performed by Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Braddy as the photographers, Miss Ella Braddy as the "Old Maid", Ira Jordan as the "Dude", Mrs. R. E. Pound and MIss Inez Mills as the "Society Belles", Irma Miller as the "Fretting Child" and Miss Mariannie Griffin as "Mother."

9 Aug 1923 President W. G. Harding died on August 2, 1923 in San Francisco, Calif. He had just finished a 7500 mile journey around the country, making 60 speeches. He contracted a severe cold, followed by ptomaine poisoning and pneumonia. This was followed by a fatal stroke of cerebral apoplexy.

Several years ago, Talbotton refused to join the Consoli-dated School District, choosing to remain independent, and a 5 mil. tax was levied to pay the cost of the school for Tal-botton only. Talbotton has now voted to join the Consoli-dated School District.

The value of Georgia's peach crop in 1923 is valued at 122 million dollars.

Mr. E. R. Smith, a native of Centerville, died of multiple injuries on the railroad tracks near Berry Monday morning. He was a bridge watchman for the AB & A RR. The cause of death was either foul play or a train accident.

Dr. Charles L. Watkins, reared in Talbot County, but practicing dentistry in Zebulon, will locate permanently in Talbotton begining Nov. 1, 1923.

--From the Talbotton Standard - Aug 1873. Capt. Henry Persons, on his plantation near Box Springs, has a 40 acre plot of cotton that has been completely destroyed by cater-pillars. The pests have now moved over to his neighbor's field, Mr. J. L. Dozier.

A pretty sight in Talbotton: A fine phaeton filled with lovely women and drawn by a stylish nag.

There will be a large masquerade ball at Chalybeate Springs on September 4th.

Grand Jurors - September Term: J. B. McDowell, Henry Bedell, William Mc Crorey, William Blanton, A.J. Perryman, H. C. Trussell, D. M. Biggs, Thomas Hall, S.W.B. Callier, William H. Elliston, Edgar Smith, J. W. Parker, H.F. Matthews, Daniel J. Carreker, R. P. McConnell, John Pye, Charles L. Smith, Jr., Edwin R. Nelson, William White, Matthew McCrary, A.J. Harris, O.V. Fuller and Robert Foster.

--From the Talbotton New Era - Aug 1903. Returning to Pleasant Hill from a delightful trip to Savannah and Tybee Island: Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pye, Mrs. W. A. Willis, Mrs. DeLa Woodall and daughter, Charlie and Hardie Matthews, Ben
Smith and Miss Carrie Murphy.

16 Aug 1923 Mr. I. C. Hall, employed for one week as bridge watchman on the AB & A RR (replacing the just deceased E.R. Smith) was killed by a train near Bell Station. Mr. Hall realized he had left his lantern on the tracks and in trying to retrieve it, did not get out of the way of a passing freight train. He is survived by daughters, Mesdames B.M. Starling, Arthur Jones, C.C. Carson, E.B. Nelson, W. A. Teal, E.H. Bozeman and sons Lloyd, Charles, and Cliff., Brother W.H. Hall, sisters Miss Bell Hall, Mesdames Susie and Julia Oliver, M. B. Edwards and Charlie Edwards.

Column dated 18 Feb 1999
The home of Mr. J.D. Lawson caught fire last week and the
Talbotton manpower fire department quickly extinguished the blaze.

Manchester has installed a steam laundry and organized a Kiwanis Club. Talbotton should do likewise.

--From the Talbotton Standard - Aug 1873. The Antonian and Cicerionan Society of Collinsworth was called to order Friday night by E.A. Brooks. The question "Is the mind of a woman inferior to the mind of man?" was discussed as follows: Affirmative V.A. Steed, C. Joseph Hunt and H. W.
Scoville. Negative - L. Wesley Singletary, James T. Shands and J.P.N. Dupont. Decision was in favor of the negative.

Californians are drying grapes into raisins. 100 pounds of grapes, worth $1.00, makes 20 pounds of raisins, worth $2.50.

A sunken steamer has been found in the Missouri River, loaded with 300 barrels of whiskey. The ship was lost 14 years ago.

Negro preachers, members of the colored Baptist Association, descended on Talbotton last week and could not find a place to stay. One elderly gentleman managed to house 25 preachers in his humble home. A total of 3,000 people, including 160 preachers, attended the meeting, the largest gathering ever in Talbot County.

The editor of the Columbus Enquirer, along with 19 other Columbus citizens, has donated $4,000 each to inaugurate an annual Columbus fair.

The postage on The Talbotton Standard is five cents per quarter. Come by the paper office and save five cents.
O.D. Gorman, Editor.

--From the Talbotton New Era - Aug 1903. H. J. Lawrence, Editor. Messrs. T.A. Martin, Carson and Tuck Baldwin, T.T. Ragland, Neid McGehee, Albert Gibson, Joe Lucas, Jack Vardwell, Pop McCoy, Walter Freeman, Charlie Althiser, Billy Splevins and Dr. C. L. Passmore, went over to Butler to participate in a ballgame.

Mr. Henry Greene lost a wagon load of shingles last week attempting to cross the creek near Bellview. The swollen stream flipped one wagon over and lost its contents, and turned the second wagon halfway over. The driver of one of the wagons, Elbert Parkman, saved the four mules pulling the wagons. When will the commissioners rebuild the bridge?

30 Aug 1923 Mr. Nute Samuels of Ripley, Tenn., died on August 26, 1923. His wife is the former Minnie Jenkins of Box Springs.

Hardy L. Matthews passed away at his home in Red Bone on August 23. He suffered a stroke while working at his sawmill and his nephew, Clayton Matthews carried him home where he died a short time later. Rev. E. C. Dell performed the funeral ceremonies at Collinsworth Church.

Talbotton's Methodist minister, Rev. J. H. Jackson, has resigned. He never joined the South Georgia Conference, leaving his membership in the Missouri Conference, his home, and will return there.

--From the Talbotton Standard - Aug 1873. A group of Talbotton citizens left Friday morning for the Warm Springs Camp Meeting. We passed through Talbot Valley, the garden spot of Georgia. Large fields of cotton and corn stretched across the valley to the mountains. We paused at Cunning-ham's store and reached Chalybeate Springs at 11:00 a.m. A little flirting, a little rolling of the ten pins, a little buggy riding, a little bathing, a little music and big eating is the way the folks have a good time. It was sunset when we reached Warm Springs. The Camp Grounds are over 30 years old and the 17 tents can accommodate many people. We stayed in Dr. Stinson's tent. At least 12 ministers gave a total of five sermons per day. At 11:00 p.m. on Sunday night we started our journey back home,
reaching Talbotton at 4:15 a.m. Monday morning.

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--From the Talbotton New Era - Aug. 1903 Misses Rosebud and Nellie Burt, Grady Burt and Eugene Gilmer spent Sunday with Mrs. J. W. Jones.

Attending Monroe College in Forsyth: Misses Mattie and Leila Baldwin, Jennie Lee O'Neal, Nina Bull and Lucy Allen.

Miss Mattie O. Kellum and Mr. Kenon Couch Jones were married last Saturday.

30 Aug 1923 Mrs. H. T. Cottingham is opening a hemstitching and picoting business. She will carry a fine line of art, kerchiefs, etc.

Mrs. J. A. Battle, Mrs. C. P. Calloway, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Greathouse, Mr. Carl Matthews, Mr. W. S. Dennis and Misses Virginia and Martha Dennis visited the Smith-Calloway-Battle house party at Oak Mountain Springs.

Miss Mary Slade honored Miss Grace Freeman and Mrs. Will Johnson at an al fresco party on Wednesday afternoon.

Misses Sallie Emma Butler and Daisy Miller of near Junction City were entertained by friends in Macon recently.

6 Sep 1923 The citizens of Box Spring, Geneva and Juniper gathered at a meeting on Aug. 30th at the Geneva Methodist Church to organize a Consolidated School District. They voted to erect a school building in Geneva and appointed a committee of Messrs. L. D. Johnson, M. M. Cook, Dr. A. W. White and Mr. John Jenkins, the district should have 125 - 150 pupils.

The home of Mr. Dixon Olive on Talbotton Heights was com-pletely destroyed by fire last Wednesday night. Neighbors aroused the family and all escaped injury.

A man was bitten by a snake 17 years ago and is still drinking whisky to cure the bite.

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Slade are returning to Talbotton from Butler. They will occupy the residence opposite the new Baptist Church.

Good news is being received from little Flournoy Matthews who had a successful operation in City Hospital in Columbus.

13 Sep 1923 Jury verdict in the case of Dr. C.M. Black: "We the jury find the defendant guilty of voluntary manslaughter and set his sentence at a minimum of 19 years and a maximum of 29 years. M.H. King, Foreman. Sept. 12, 1923. Counsel for Dr. Black immediately filed motion for a new trial.

Mrs. C. W. Thomas died at her home last Tuesday. She is survived by her husband, son, Florrie Thomas and daughter, Mrs. Allen Olive.

Mr. Albert P. Smith, Sr., died on Monday, Sept. 10, 1923. He is survived by his wife, children Mrs. Jewel Morgan, Mrs. Sallie Kyle Griffin, Messrs, A. P., Jr., Jesse, Donald and Frank Smith.

Little Lurline Williams has returned from Columbus where she had a pin removed from her throat. Doctors guessed she had swallowed the pin at least a year ago, with no problems except her voice was growing weaker month by month. She will fully recover, they said.

Mr. J. C. Blount, former citizen on Talbot County, died Thursday, Sept. 6, 1923 in Atlanta. He was 86 years old.

Last Saturday afternoon in Woodland, little Miss Frances King celebrated her sixth birthday. Those invited were Gladys Trussell, Miriam O'Neal, Edith Daniel, Margaret Woodall, Maejoe Boswell, Carolyn Miller, Vera Jordan, John Woodall, Jr., Evans Boswell, Homer Starr, Jr., Hinton Smith,
Ralph and John Rice, John Pye, Jr., Billy Collier, John Daniel, Jr. and Richard Russell.

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20 Sept 1923 - Many improvements are going on in Talbotton. The old Opera House above two stories has been torn down leading to much improvement to the stores underneath. The handsome new brick church being erected by the Baptists is progressing nicely. Mr. Frank Freeman has built a beautiful bungalow near the residence of Mr. P. F. Mahone. Others, trying to keep up with the Joneses, are putting on new roofs and paint.

Sept. 1873 Mr. I. A. Leonard died last night. He suffered from a terrible disease for many years and leaves a wife and five children.

Mr. E. H. Harvey, our hotel proprietor, was married to Mrs. Susan Claiborne last Sunday evening.

Sept. 1903 - Miss Emmie Lou Richards entertained a number of young people Friday night in honor of Miss Mary Richards of Americus. Those invited were: Misses Clara Freeman, Marie Spivey, Mary Baldwin, Hattie M. Wind, Ida Mae Matthews, Alice Grant, Nina Bull, Messrs. Ben Jordan, Carson and Martin Baldwin, Walter Freeman, Walter Wilson, Clifford and Frank Perryman, John Lawrence, Tom Beall, Robert Kimbrough, Hamp Weston and Olin Freeman.

27 Sept 1923 - The Georgia Supreme Court last Monday denied Maj. Lee H. Coart a new trial. Maj. Coart was convicted over a year ago of murdering Prof. A. B. McNiece.

Miss Carrie Mae Jordan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jordan, Sr., will be married to Mr. LaFayette Henry, Jr. of Atlanta, in December.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Cartledge, Mr. Robert Cartledge, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Parker were dinner guests of Mrs. T. F. Smith Sunday.

Mr. William C. Jordan died at the home of his granddaughter, Mrs. John Pye, in Woodland on Sept. 22, 1923. He was 90 years old and has the following grandchildren in Woodland: Messrs. W. B. and Ira Jordan, Early and Hoke Smith, Misses Annie Clarke, Elizabeth and Willie Theo Smith.

4 Oct 1923 - Letter to J. A. Braddy and C. W. Matthews from the Fruit Inspector in Chicago: The best Georgia peaches we have ever received arrived in Chicago this week. If more Georgia peaches landed like these two cars, the Georgia peach would enjoy a much better reputation away from home than it does.

Woodland Senior Class elects officers as follows: President Catherine Martin, Vice President Ola Collier, Secretary Johnnie Joe Pearce, Treasurer Collier Allen, Critic Louise Cauthen, Class teacher Pro. W. B. Savage.

Oct. 1873 - To W. E. Ragland, 2nd Lt., the Southern Rifles. From Gov. J. M. Smith, Ordered: That an election be held in Talbotton on the 11th day of October 1873 for a Captain and Lieutenant of the Southern Rifles.

A Farmer's Grange has been organized in Pleasant Hill with Hon. J. W. Woodall as Master. Current membership is 25. Captain Frank Matthews is attempting to organize a Grange in Prattsburg.

The Antonia and Ciceronian Society of Collinsworth met last Friday night chaired by Mr. P. M. George. The question: Which was the greater invention, paper or gunpowder? For paper: L. H. Adams, J. F. Shands and C. Joe Hunt. For gunpowder: L. W. Singletary, H. W. Scoville and B. M. Blount. Decision in favor of gunpowder.

October 1903 - Misses Helen Hall and Myrtle Gilmer came in Monday to enter school.

11 Mar 1999

October 1903 - Many improvements have been made on the Talbotton Railroad, enabling better time to be made between Talbotton and Paschal.

Miss Samantha Grace and Miss Hattie Simpson are spending the week at Moore's Chapel.

Miss Jennie Bell McCoy returned home from visiting her father in Pleasant Valley.

4 Oct 1923 - Baldwinville: Mr. Rudolph Butler and sister Annie Ruth of Talbotton spend Sunday with friends here. Miss Louise Smith spend Wednesday night with Miss Pearl Teal. Mr. Jesse Lucas of Atlanta spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Lucas.

11 Oct 1923 - Talbot County Commissioners and eleven members of the Major Coart jury have requested that Major Coart be placed under the charge of the Talbot County Warden for the purpose of serving his sentence. The State Prison Commission has tentatively assigned Major Coart to the State Farm at Milledgeville, stating that they were afraid the Major would not be safe in Talbot County. The Talbot County Warden stated that is a petition was circulated in the county, 90% of the citizens would sign for the Major to be returned to the county. Commissioners W.G. Freeman, R. L. McBryde and H. L. Trussell stated that Major Coart would make an excellent road man to assist Warden Goodroe.

Mr. J. Hardy Mahone and Mrs. W. C. Jameson, Jr. were married on Sunday Oct. 7, 1923. They will reside in LaGrange, where Mr. Mahone owns a business.

Woodland will have a special election on October 20 to elect two Trustees for the Woodland Consolidated School District to fill the expired terms of E. C. Garrett and H. S. Buchanan.

Mrs. Kelly McManus died last Friday morning. Since her marriage 30 years ago, she has lived in Prattsburg or Red Bone communities. She is survived by sons Jim and Hoyle, daughters Mrs. Carl Adams, Misses Sallie Emma and Ethel McManus and three step daughters.

Miss Julia Harris and Mr. William McCoy were married in the home of Rev. B. E. Donehoo Sunday afternoon.

The Arlington, Ga. Baptist Church received several patches of cotton from various members. Not one boll weevil has been seen in any of the church's cotton.

--From the Talbotton Standard - Oct 1873 The yard of W. T. Holmes in Pleasant Valley contains at least six varieties of grass, most of which are ready for hay.

Deer hunters are having good luck in the woods south of Geneva. Henry Snellings killed two last week.

The Talbotton Methodist Church Sunday School is now averag-ing 100 pupils each Sunday.

--From the Talbotton New Era - Oct 1903 I can fix you nice meals from 10 cents to 50 cents during court and all other times. I have cooked for white people all my life and know how to fix good meals. S/Soply Lamar.

Progressive Flinch was the game at which Misses Rose Carsley, Mary Chapman and Mrs. E. H. McGehee had to cut for the prize, won by Mrs. McGehee. The party was a weekly event at the home of Mrs. M. Weston.

18 Oct 1923 - Geo. D. Miller of Woodland, Talbot County's Game Warden, warns people who hunt before and after the hunting season opens and closes, that they will be prose-cuted if caught.

Maj. Coart was officially transferred to the State Farm at
Milledgeville. Mrs Coart immediately filed for divorce. It seems there are powerful politics involved; no one listens to Talbot County.

--From the Talbotton Standard - Oct 1873 A man was awarded $1,000 for the best bale of cotton at the fair in St. Louis. His daughters had hand picked the lint from the seed and carried it in sacks to the press to be baled.

At a school gathering in Talbotton at the colored school, a young lady had fizzled her hair into a large hairdo and placed open bolls of cotton all around her hair.

A group of rowdy boys are going around town at night, pull-ing down various signs from stores and shops and attaching them to the front of houses. We hope our municipal law can put an immediate stop to this.

18 Oct 1923 - Mr. and Mrs. John Al Buckner of Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Will Braddy and family of Daviston, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Greathouse.

Mrs. J. M. Downs and Miss Tommy Bussey visited their sister, Mrs. H. P. Teal.

25 Oct 1923 - Miss Fannie Russell died at her home in Wood-land on Oct 23, 1923. The last years of her life were spent caring for her invalid sister, Mrs. Emma Caldwell. Miss Emma died about one week ago.
Miss Fannie was a teacher for many years in local schools, beginning at Jackson Academy in what is now Woodland.

Mr Thomas J. Davis passed away at his home in Prattsburg. He is survived by children Mrs. A. H. Riley, Mrs. B. W. Boggs, Mrs. B. G. Jarrell and Messrs. John, Clarence, Albert and Arthur Davis. He was a farmer and owned considerable real estate in Prattsburg.

A two column article appeared in the Macon Telegraph about Maj. Coart on Oct. 18, 1923. The article supported the Major, saying "he was caught in a maze of circumstances that precipitated his unfortunate predicament." The best adviser is not he who tells you what you should not have done, but he who foresees your danger and warns you in time.

--From the Talbotton Standard - Oct. 1873 - Our friend Montgomery Dennis brings in a crabapple weighing two ounces - largest crabapple I have ever seen. And our friend Frank Matthews brings in two seet "taters" weighing 7 1/2 pounds each.

The dog of our friend Tucker Persons was sick one day last week and went into the woods to eat grass. (Known far and wide as the best medicine for a dog.) A pack of blood-thirsty hounds came by, thinking the dog was a fox, caught and killed it on the spot.

Officers of the Pleasant Hill Grange: J. D. Woodall, Master; D. G. Owen, Lecturer; Dr. J. H. Bryant, Chaplain; D. G. Evans, Steward; C. P. Miller, Steward; A. J. Chunn, Assistant Steward, J. H. McCoy, Treasurer; W. K. Clay, Secretary; Hiram McDaniel, Gatekeeper; Miss E. J. Burt, Ceres; Mrs. C. E. Woodall, Pomona; Mrs. T. M. brooks, Flora and Miss Claudine Miller, Assistant Lady Steward.

1 Nov 1923 - On Oct. 23, 1873, in the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Lumsden of Upsilanti, Miss Della Lumsden was married to Mr. John Allen Carter of Prattsburg. On Oct. 23, 1923, in their own home in Prattsburg, the Carters celebrated their golden wedding anniversary.

--From the Talbotton Standard - Nov. 1873 Mr. E. H. Harvey, whose reputation as a good feeder and careful tavern keeper is known world wide, is refitting the old Claiborne (hotel) in Talbotton. He is doing this in a handsome style that makes this part of Talbotton look bright and new.

--From the Talbotton New Era Nov. 1903 Uncle Wesley Wright, the affable porter of the Weston House, lost his nineteenth child last week. Uncle Wes has been married three times and fathered forty children, twenty-one are still living.

1 November 1923 - Miss Mary Groman Patterson of Geneva was married to Mr. Olin Adair of Lake Wales, FL on Oct. 24, 1923.

A Halloween social was sponsored by the Woodland Epworth League on October 26. The quartet of "Spooks" rendered favorite and appropriate songs. The quartet consisted of Ira Jordan, R.E. and Pyron Pound and W. J. Braddy. A continuous ghost story was started by Miss Annie Lou Pound and each Leaguer had to add to the story. apples, peanuts and candy were served upon the completion of the story.

15 November 1923 - Mr. Capers Hightower of Thomaston died on Nov. 8, 1923. His wife is the former Lizzie Leonard of Talbotton.

Miss Myrtle Allen and Mr. Cullen Miller were married on Nov. 10, 1923 by Rev. Dell of Woodland Methodist Church at the parsonage. They left immediately for Ocala, FL where they will live.

Rosa Frances Brooks, daughter of the late Dr. S. W. Brooks and Mrs. Rosa E. Brooks will marry Mr. Frank James Morgan the 12th of Dec. 1923.

22 November 1923 - During the past years, Talbotton and Talbot County have helped tremendously in populating such towns as Macon, Columbus and Atlanta.

Now comes a letter from Texas telling about the Bishop of the Central Texas Conference, J. E. Dickey. Bishop Dickey's daughter, Jessie, has visited in Talbotton many times. They were born in Griffin. also, Mr. Ben Hill Calhoun is a pro-minent Methodist in that Central Texas Conference and is a very prominent grocer in Temple, Texas. He is the brother of Talbotton's J. D. Calhoun.

Mr. C. S. Woods, founder of Woodland, is in Talbotton from Texas, visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Dennis.

Mesdames Collier Mills and Will Leonard spent last week in Atlanta.

Rev. and Mrs. B. A. Pafford of Butler had as their Sunday guests, Mr. And Mrs. W. J. Braddy, Ira Jordan and Inez Mills of Woodland and Miss Fannie Mahone of Talbotton.

Mr. and Mrs. John Woodall are erecting a handsome residence in Woodland and hope to have it completed in time for Santa Claus.

Mr. C. W. Matthews of Woodland lost his garage and Ford car to fire last week.

--From the Talbotton Standard, Nov 1873 The Williams Lot in Talbotton where the Williams Shop stood has been sold to Capt. Gammage, who immediately sold it to Judge J. M. Matthews.

The cane syrup made by Mr. J. F. Little cannot be exceeded.

From the Talbotton New Era, Nov 1903 Talbot County superlatives: Largest lumber mill in the area - Perkins Lumber Co. in Paschal. Most money ever made at a sawmill: J. T. Broadnix of Box Springs. The largest coffin factory in this area: Posey and Sons in Juniper. The kindest hearted proprietess in this area: Mrs. J. W. King of Box Springs.

The largest apple grower in this area: A. M. Mulholland of North Talbot county.

Mrs. W. H. Culpepper and daughter Lovie spent Sunday with Mrs. C. F. O'Neal

Mr. Ben Jordan was thrown from his buggy and received injuries to his head and shoulders.

Messrs. M. A. McCoy, Carson Baldwin, Thornton, Russell and Dr. Passmore are taking in the ball game in Atlanta.

22 Nov. 1923 Guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Parker in Upsilanti: Mr. And Mrs. Norman Parker and Norman Jr., Mrs. Lucy Suggs, Mrs. Milo Parker and Parker Wimberly of Poplar.

Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Ingram announce the birth of a daughter, Elanor Jean on Nov. 5, 1923. Mother and daughter are due home from Jacksonville at an early date.

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November 22, 1923 Mr. J. M. Heath is suffering from two broken ribs as a result of an automobile accident.

Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hill and children Curtis and Glydis spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. H. P. Teal in Baldwinville.

Mr. and Mrs. Mercer Caudle of Cataula, Mrs. Jennie Caudle of Box Springs were called here last week on account of the death of their uncle and brother, Mr. John Mallory. Mr. Mallory was buried at Mt. Zion where he had been a member for 60 years.

November 19, 1923 Mfr. and Mrs. Joseph Brown Mathews announce the marriage of their daughter, Frances Louise to Thomas Peter Callier, Jr., on Nov. 28th at Prattsburg.

November 29, 1923 - Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Mahone, Dana Brown and John Persons spent the weekend with relatives in Talbotton.

Mr. Henry Brannon of Columbus and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Bulloch dined with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brannon on Sunday.

Under a proposed new law, Talbot County could build fifty miles of roads and turn them over to the state for mainten-ance. A Federal Aid Allotment plus gasoline taxes would pay for the road building.

From the Talbotton Standard, Nov. 1873 Mrs. S. K. Welch is the moving spirit behind the cantata which will be presented here New Year's Eve. Proceeds will go to the Methodist church. A handsome pocket knife will go to the best looking man in the audience and a tin cup will be given to the ugli-est man. Five young ladies will be the judges.

From the Talbotton New Era, Nov. 1903 A most enjoyable entertainment was given Friday night at Pleasant Hill by Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Sewell. Mr. Hardie Mahone spent Sunday after-noon in Pleasant Hill looking into the light of a pair of blue eyes.

From the New Era November 1903 Mr. Ben Blanton and son George spent the weekend with his sister, Mrs. Garrett, in Midland.

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cox of Griffin are spending Thanksgiving with Mrs. R. W. Blanton.

True or false? Near Sydney, Australia, a monster sea leopard, sixteen feet long, attacked some fishermen after he was wounded. The managed to kill the monster, whose fur coat was worth a small fortune. A man in France won a million francs in the Credit National Lottery. When notified of his winnings, he dropped dead. An eighty-five year old man in New Jersey had all his teeth extracted. Before he could get new dentures, he started growing a perfect set of new teeth.

The motorist, coming to a fork in the road and seeing no signs, asked a man walking along the road the way to Stump-ville. The man pointed to the correct road. The the motorist asked how far it was to Stumpville. "Taint far," replied the man, "but when you get there, you'll wish it was a durn sight farther."

6 Dec 1923 Mr. Reuben Bussey died on Nov. 28, 1923 at the home of his son, Mr. Tom Bussey. He was born in Pike County in 1833, moved to Talbot County at age 13. A Confederate veteran, he was one of Talbot County's most successful farmers. Survived by five children, Mrs. R. U. Brawner, Miss Vanna Bussey, Mrs. B. C. Starling and Messr. Tom and F. C. Bussey.

We worried about a $9 billion war debt. Now we spend $5 billion per year for automobiles.

--From The Talbotton Standard, Dec. 1873 Mr. D. G. Owen of Pleasant Hill brought in a rare product - green cane syrup. It was as clear and thick as honey, and I have never tasted better syrup - the Editor.

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--From the Talbotton New Era Dec. 1903 Miss Ethel Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Morris ranks 2nd in her class in Columbus School. This is evidence of a splendid mind and good background schooling in Centervile Academy.

Col. O. D. Gorman has opened a school at Paschal. Miss Mat Miller donated the ground and the Perkins Company donated the lumber for the building.

The Georgia Tech student body has asked for the resignation of eight students, who attended the Georgia-Auburn game instead of the Tech-South Carolina game.

Dec. 13, 1923 Homer Downs, Woodall Bussey, Gus McCrary, Vollie Brown and Leon Posey were injured when a train hit their auto as they left the Woodland School ground headed for W. J. Braddy's drug store. They heard the train blow but thinking it was coming from the north where they had a good view, the train was coming from the south and hit them.

>From the Talbotton Standard Dec. 1873 The inmates of LeVert College will be turned loose for a vacation soon.

Prof. W. H. Woodall is Principle of Franklin Academy, one of the best institutions of learning in Talbot County.

Dr. John W. Kaigler has opened an office south of Public Square in Talbotton.

F. McLoughlin and Charlie O. Rush have opened dentistry
offices in Talbotton.

Calvin Calhoun and J. M. Matthews, attorneys-at-law,
will practice in all the courts in the Chattahoochee Circuit.

From the Talbotton New Era Dec. 1903 Messrs. T. H. Martin and Bob Collier have delivered a large number of fruit trees to Talbot county.

Messrs. Nathan, Oscar, and Isadore Straus and Mrs. Hermione Kohns sent $10.00 to Talbotton to help in the erection of the Confederate Monument.

Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Pye, Mr. and Mrs. Hinton Pye and Mr. Gardner Pye of Butler were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller in Junction City.

Misses Mattie Mae Edwards and Ruby Hall were guests of Mr. Roy Starling in Woodland.

Wife: "I was so proud of my husband when he told everyone I had made him what he is." "Then why are you crying?" "He was just charged with embezzling $10,000 and lays it to my ex-travagant spending."

A man in England was so determined not to pay income tax, he asked for a cut in salary so he wouldn't qualify for the tax.

A bunch of camels imported from Africa became panic stricken upon getting the scent of a white man. Imagine what will happen when they smell a white woman covered with the latest $3.00 per gallon perfume.

Dec. 1923 An operation on the right leg of Thomas Wills was rendered necessary after playing basketball at Talbotton High School.

--From the Talbotton Standard Dec. 1873 Talbotton is always ahead of the neighboring towns when it comes to social gatherings. The first Christmas party was given by Miss Alice Kaigler at Mrs. Blount's home. The 2nd party
at Judge W. J. Weekes' home, the 3rd at Mrs. F. D. Spain's. Then a 4th was given by Mrs. P. E. Dennis and the last party by Mrs. R. S. Welch, who entertained the members of the Cantata at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Bethune.

The Peabody family of New York has taken over the Warm Springs property and plan to spend one million dollars to convert this into a winter tourist attraction, erecting a winter hotel, cottages, bathing facilities, golf links, etc.

Miss Mattie Lou Mahone and Mr. Joseph H. Collier were married December 21, 1923.

Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Starling have purchased and remodeled and moved into the Nesmith house.

Mrs. Clayton Matthews is recovering from an operation in the Columbus City Hospital.

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20 Dec. 1923 The P. F. Mahone residence is being remodeled and they are staying with Mrs. Lou Baldwin.

Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Worthen are making their home with their son and daughter Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Olive. Mr. And Mrs. Olive recently purchased the Thornton residence.

J. W. Pye of Woodland was in Ypsilanti recently, installing a Delco lighting system for Mr. S. C. Ingram.

A. C. Chancellor Co. in Columbus is having a sale on men's wear. Socks 59 cents; ties 69 cents; suits $39.50; shirts $2.95; overalls $1.95 and overcoats $23.75.

3 Jan. 1924 Miss Virginia Posey of Juniper received injuries Friday while attending the prom party of Miss Mary Slade. She was riding in an automobile when it collided with another car, giving her painful cuts and bruises.

At the sheriff's sale on Tuesday, the 156 acre Thornton estate sold for $500. The lands of Mrs. Edna Edwards sold for $3,000. Neither sold enough to cover the mortgage.

--From the Talbotton Standard Jan. 1874 John Gorman's Florida oranges sold like hot cakes here during Christmas.

Dennis' store had the largest crowds of the holiday season, having a hand organ there and attracting crowds from morning to night.

J. B. Gorman has purchased Kimbrough's mill near Talbotton and will install improved machinery throughout. He will have one of the finest water gins in this area, ginning and packing four bales of cotton each day.

He: "What would you think if I stole a little kiss?" She: "What would you think if a burglar had an excellent chance to steal $100.00 and only took a penny?"

10 Jan. 1924 Talbot County is in the grip of a terrible blizzard. Temperatures started dropping Saturday afternoon and by Sunday morning it was five above zero, with a strong northwest wind. The streets were deserted; several cars had burst radiators and all water pipes were frozen. Mr. E. H. McGehee has a cook stove with a large water tank on back; the tank froze and ruptured, destroyed the stove.

Georgia is rapidly becoming the "truck garden of the south-east." According to the AB & ARR, Georgia shipped more strawberries, cabbage, cucumbers, potatoes, peaches and apples than any surrounding state.

City vs. country: City boy to his brother in the country: "Thursday we autoed out to the Country Club where we golfed "til dark. Then we trolleyed back to town and danced until dawn. Then we motored to the beach and Fridayed there." Country boy's reply: "Yesterday we buggied to town and baseballed all afternoon. Then we went to Ned's and pokered until morning. Today we muled out to the cornfield and gee-hawed until sundown. Then we supped and piped for awhile. After that, we staircased up to our room and bedsteaded until the clock fived."

"It is when a man is dead earnest that he is most apt to be alive to his opportunities."

"Wisdom does not so much consist in knowledge of the ultimate; it consists in knowing what to do next."

--From the Talbotton Standard Jan. 1874 Franklin Academy will open next Monday. With such teachers as Prof. W. H. Woodall we see no reason why success should not belong to the enterprise. Its location in Talbot Valley, one of the richest sections in Georgia, will help.

A. J. Perryman and Co. have opened a new drug store in the Weekes Building on the Square.

A number of planters in our area grow their own meat and
bread. We should place their names on a Roll of Honor.

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10 Jan.1924 We visited Geneva Saturday and were told there was plenty of money there. We came near to stopping over there for several days.

Mr. and Mrs. Legg are the proud parents of a baby boy. Mr. Legg nicknamed the boy, "Boot."

Ambitious young lad: "I am looking forward to 20 years from now." Twenty years later: "I am still looking forward."

Clothes make the man. For women, clothes are like salad. It depends on the dressing.

When a mule makes up his mind, I'd as soon try to change it as to argue my wife that she married a bargain.

Mrs. Sewell Williams, the former Miss Lydia McCoy, is visiting Mr. Caesar McCoy in Talbotton.

Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Spivey and daughter Beth, and Miss Mary Graham are visiting Dr & Mrs. J. R. Grogan in Tallahassee, Florida.

Mr. R. D. Foster, a native of Talbot County, is visiting his sister Mrs. R. M. McFarland. Mr. Foster now resides in Longview, Texas.

17 Jan 1924 - Miss Mary Thomas Brown died on December 8, 1923. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Brown and was the sister of Mrs. E. L. Bardwell, Mrs. John Waterman, Miss Ella Brown, Messers Dana and Harry Brown. She was 80 years old.

Mr. J. A. Matthews of Reynolds died last Sunday. He is survived by his wife and several children, brothers T.F., C.D. and W. F. Matthews, sisters Mrs. J. B. Matthews, Mrs. A. W. McClellan, Mrs. C. L. Smith and Mrs. C. M. Atwater.

Mr. Ralph J. Jones, a Talbot County native, writes from Duluth, Minnesota that the temperature there was 35 degrees below zero, and there was enough ice on the lake to keep Georgia cool for 16 years.

The freeze has killed all turnip greens, collards, lettuce, most of the oat crop. We hope it killed most of the boll weevils.

--From the Talbotton Standard January 1874--Talbot County has three of the best institutions of learning in the state:
Collinsworth Institute, LeVert College and Franklin Academy.

In 1873, Talbot County produced 5,832 bales of cotton, 145,500 bushels of corn (down from 500,000 in 1862), 11,727 bushels of wheat.

Mr. Tucker Persons has been elected Town Marshall.

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24 Jan.1924 - The laziest people in the world - A tribe living the mountains between the Black and Caspian Sea have not changed their lifestyle in 2,500 years. They observe four holidays each week, with specials thrown in extra on occasion.

Modern mothers: The nursemaid rushed into the sitting room and exclaimed that the twins had fallen down the airshaft. The mother very calmly said: Go over to the library and bring me the book on "Bringing Up Baby."

Little Frank Smith, son of A. P. Smith Sr., is critically ill with pneumonia.

Mr. Talmadge Hudson is out after a period of illness that lasted several weeks. His little daughter Maude is still ill with the fever.

Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Downs were in Atlanta last week visiting their son Homer who was injured in a train-car wreck in Woodland.

A woman advertised for a caretaker for her large home, stating she would consider married men only. The successful candidate for the job asked why she wanted a married man - did she have work for his wife also? No, I just wanted to be sure the man would be used to taking orders from a woman.

Sgt. Smith was inspecting his squad and their equipment. When he came to Pvt. Tibbs, the sergeant asked if everything was in order. "Yes," stated Tibbs. "Yes, what," roared the Sgt. "What do you think I am, a dog or something?" Yes, Sgt," said Tibbs.

31 Jan.1924 - Talbotton's Lee Bryan writes glowingly of his tour of Spain. He will be leaving for Cuba at an early date.

J. W. Jordan and son George returned from Atlanta where George received medical treatment.

Mr. Gough B. Grant, owner of the famous Chalybeate Springs property and a native of Talbotton, died Sunday morning.

The Talbot County Executive Committee has been appointed: R. W. Turssell, R. W. McBryde, W. C. Patterson, N. G. Cul-pepper, W. G. Freeman, R. E. Trussell, A. S. Fryer, J. D. Daniel, A. P. Wimberly, E. G. Freeman, Jr., J. B. Matthews, W. C. Lumpkin, W. K. Morgan.

George Remus, convicted millionaire bootleg king, has been sent to Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. He was delivered by private government vehicle, and is expecting clemency in a short time, since he has no one to sweep his floor or make his bed.

On both roads out of Columbus leading to Talbotton, many bungalows are being built. How long will it be before Talbotton becomes a suburb of Columbus?

In the middle ages, sugar was called "indian Salt", and was only available to doctors and the very rich. It became a food staple when tea and coffee began to be used.

We can get along with the holier-than-thou guy better than we can with the more important than you guy.

Lady: I like that umbrella stand over there but I don't want to pay $5,00 for it. Salesman: Lady, you can make more money than $5.00 on the first umbrella left there.

Wanted: An experienced designer to design the latest designs for carpets in my carpet factory. Clear?

A young man asked Socrates if he should marry or not. The answer - Whichever course you take, you will regret it.

The woman orator stood upon her platform and looked out over the sea of faces. "Where would man be if it were not for woman? Again, I ask the question - where would man be?" From the audience: In the Garden of Eden.

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(Note: You may have noticed that "fillers" have been used quite extensively lately. The Editor of The Talbotton New Era started this about the first of 1924. It had been used many years ago, with more"fillers" than local news. Then a new Editor was able to get a correspondent from almost every area of the county. Once again, county-wide news is scarce, with the Talbotton correspondent going above the creek on rare occasions and regular items being turned in by Ypsi-lanti and Baldwinville. Also, the Editor has reduced the paper from 6-8 pages to four. So, if you wonder why I don't mention various areas of the county, "It just ain't there." -Nelson)

7 Feb 1924 - Mrs. Joseph B. Lampkin, long-time teacher of art at LeVert College died at the home of her son in Elmira, N.Y., on Jan. 28, 1924. She was the sister of Mrs. W. C. Jameson of Talbotton.

Pres. Woodrow Wilson died in his private residence in Washington D.C. last Sunday morning.

The Woodland High School and Faculty will present the play "Merchant of Venice" in the School Auditorium in Greenville on Feb. 7, 1924, and in the Woodland School Auditorium on Feb. 8. The play is under the direction of Miss Loyce Williams, English Department and Miss Mary Alice Chapman, Music Department. Admission is 50 and 25 cents.

Raiford Kimbrough, 54 years old, died in Ft. Valley, where he was in the mercantile business. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Kimbrough of Talbotton. He is survived by his son, Edward, and brothers T.A., C.W. and W.K. of Talbotton.

Ladies hats in Germany are equipped with hidden springs, so when a lady slightly bows her head, the springs cause a rush of blood to the cheeks.

A lazy man is one who never touches a hoe unless it is a hoecake.

What a woman hates most: To prepare for company and no one comes, or to have company come in when she is not expecting it.

Manners, anyone? Noble families of the middle ages shared common plates and cups, ate with their fingers and licked them clean, then licked their plates clean and wiped their hands on the tablecloth.

Thanks goodness, our son didn't get his orneriness from me, said the father. You are quite right said the mother, you still have all of yours.

14 Feb 1924 - Homer Downs and Woodall Bussey have returned home from an Atlanta Hospital where they spent the last two months after being involved in a train-car wreck in Wood-land. They left the ball field at Woodland School and started across the tracks toward W.J. Braddy's drug store, they heard the train whistle and thought it was coming from the north, where they had a clear view, but it was coming from the south and knocked the car from the tracks.

Edgar "Tuck" Baldwin, native of Talbot County, married Miss Annie Connally of East Point, Ga. They were married in Stewart Avenue Methodist Church in Atlanta.

From the Talbotton Standard Feb 1874. The spring Term of LeVert College will begin on February 10, 1874. Tuition for 20 weeks: College classes $26. Academic Department, $16 to $21. Music Department $25. There are no incidental expenses and no extra charge for Latin Drawing or Vocal music.
Ministers' daughters received free of regular tuition.

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A Special Hound Dog Is Lost Near Centerville
24 Feb. 1924 - In 1923, four white schools in Talbot County - Talbotton, Woodland, Geneva, Junction City - had a total enrollment of 864 children.

The County Board of Education is considering consolidating all negro schools, paying close attention to the locations so each school will be nearer its pupils.

We have 1500 bushels of Salisbury cotton seed for sale at two dollars per bushel. This is a long staple cotton and brings a premium price on today's market. S/Manchester Cotton Mills.

Centerville Flashlight: Miss Pauline Blanton spent the weekend with her aunt, Mrs. Alva Kelly. Messers Tom and Clay Morris and Miss Ethel Morris were weekend guests of their parents. Mr. R. L. J. Smith received a painful accident last week, falling at the sawmill and injuring his hip.

The Seniors of Woodland School were entertained by the Sophomores on Feb. 15. They enjoyed the Valentine theme throughout the party and the prom cards were red hearts. A delightful salad course was served.

6 March 1924 - Miss Irene Askins and Mr. Jarred J. Bull were married Feb. 26 in Fort Valley. Present for the ceremony were: Mr. and Mrs Charles Matthews, Miss Charlie Matthews and Carter Matthews of Fort Valley.

Georgia and Georgia Tech are about to kiss and make up with the resumption of athletic relations, suspended five years ago.

Good water power on the flint River could easily be develop-ed. Think what a distinct advantage Talbot County would have if electricity was available to all of the county.

All of the available sites for power are now owned by corporations. What are they waiting on?

Mr. H. T. Lumsden purchased a fine Duroc Jersey hog in Berryton Thursday.

Georgia will produce 11,782,000 bushels of sweet potatoes this year - more than any other state.

Miss Sadie J. Oliver, Miss Jessie Jameson and Mrs. M. A. Byrd motored to Geneva Sunday to visit Mrs. Ben Gibson. Mrs. Emma F. Pye is spending the weekend in Woodland with relatives.

13 March 1924 - The area around Muscle Shoals, Ala., has been sold by the Federal Government to Henry Ford. The area includes nitrate plants number one and two, Waco Quarry and dams number two and three.

Baldwinville: Misses Lillian Hill and Mary Mallory spent the weekend with Mr. Abb Woodall near Mauk. Several from here attended the play "Son John" in Talbotton Friday night.

Employer to employee: It is none of my business what you do at night. But if dissipation at night affects what you do the next day and you do half as much as I demand, then you will last half as long as you hoped.

I lost my special hound dog near Centerville last week. I will give a ten dollar reward for his safe return. The dog has a collar with my name and address. S/Bill O'Neal, Woodland.

Miss Maude Jordan entertained the younger set at Rock recently in honor of Miss Cornelia Jordan's birthday.

Miss Lula Howell of Metter, Ga., died recently. She was the niece of Mrs L. P. Sewell of Talbotton, formerly of Pleasant Hill.

An individual, accused of robbing a bag of money from an insurance salesman, pleaded not guilty in court. The sales-man was asked how much money was in the bag and he replied "about $20.00." "That's a lie," stated the accused, "there was only $15.00 in the bag."

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RASCALITY IN WASHINGTON SHAKES THE FAITH OF THE

MOST CREDULOUS

13 March 1924 - Box Springs is losing residents Mr and Mrs A. W. White to Whitesville, Tenn.

Mr. J. W. Hudson and daughter Miss Bessie Hudson are seriously ill with typhoid fever.

Mr and Mrs Walter Bell and daughter and Mrs Susie Leonard of Atlanta spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs T. A. Kimbrough and Mrs. Emma Phelps.

24 March 1924 - Quarterly conference will be held at Geneva for Talbot Circuit on March 29 and 30. And at Sardis of the Woodland circuit on April 26 and 27.

Mr. J. W. Hudson passed away at his residence in Talbotton on Friday morning.

A snow flurry that lasted for several hours hit Talbot Co. and covered the ground with about three inches of snow.

The seeming rascality that has been going on in Washington is enough to shake the faith of the most credulous.

If all the high officials in Government are guilty of one-tenth of the highhanded crimes with which they are charged, they should be imprisoned for the remainder of their natural lives (Does history repeat?)

Ypsilanti News: Allen Matthews of Woodland was in our community this week. Mr. Clayton Matthews was kicked by a mule but was not seriously injured. Mr and Mrs J. C. Lumsden and Mrs T. B. Lumsden spent Sunday in Woodland with Mr. T. F. Matthews.

Baldwinville News: Miss Rudy Garrett is visiting Miss Julia Teal. Mr. Lee Lumpkin is spending several days with his brother Mr. J. C. Lumpkin. Mrs. Y. A. Olive, Miss Nan Noel, Miss Mary Matthews and Mrs. R. C. Battle motored to Thomaston Saturday and returned with Mr. Y. A. Olive a recent employee of Upson Bank and Trust Co.

Miss Vera Mary Rogers of Box Springs has visited Mrs. S. H. Boggs, Miss Margaret Greene and her sister Mrs. Averette in Junction City.

27 March 1924 - Mr. J. F. Starling, a passenger in a truck driven by Mr. Frank Wilson, his son-in-law, was thrown from the truck and under the rear wheels when Mr. Wilson missed the railroad crossing hitting the high rails and bouncing Mr. Starling from the truck. Doctors have not yet determined
the extent of his injuries.

Monkey glands are coming to prominence these days. We believe the "Quacks" are attempting to make monkey's of all of us.

Mr. and Mrs. Grady Sinclair, Misses Grace King and Clara Alexander, Messers Miles Green and George Lowe, Jr, motored from Box Springs to Columbus to see the play "Blossom Time" at the Springer.

3 April 1924 - Talbot County Board of Commissioner has elected Mr. Emmett Helms of Webster county as Warden of the Talbot County chain gang. He replaces Mr. J. T. Goodroe who secured a job elsewhere.

Mr. A. N. Rogers of Box Springs died on March 26, 1924. He is survived by his wife and six children.

Mr. A. J. Perryman has sold the Talbotton New Era to Mr. Brooks Culpepper. Mr. J. L. Taylor has been named Editor and Manager.

All grammar schools in Talbot County will close on Friday, April 6 because the state only pays for seven months of schooling for this group. The high school will continue for two more months.

Miss Louie Pou, daughter of Mr and Mrs Felder Pou, became the bride of Mr. Henry Lee Dunn, Jr last week. They will reside in Murphy, N.C.

Mrs. J. F. Irvin, Talbot County native, passed away in Orlando, Fl.

3 June 1999

J. T. BARRETT IS ELECTED AT A SALARY OF $1,800

3 April 1924 - Mr. A. P. Persons of Talbotton, one of the most brilliant men in Southwest Georgia, will deliver the address at the Memorial Day Exercises in Butler on April 26.

Four men died in France in a distillery when they were over-come by fumes, fell in a vat of brandy and drowned.

Atlanta thugs are becoming very accommodating these days. One thug accosted a citizen, asked for his glasses, then robbed the man and beat him up, and with a thank you, returned the glasses.

Talbot County natives W. C., M. M. and A. M. Woodall have published the first edition of the Industrial Index, called "Columbus Number."

Mrs. Charles Watkins and children of Zebulon are spending the week with Mrs. Mollie Watkins in Ypsilanti.

Mrs. H. C. Matthews" dinner guests recently were Mr and Mrs T. P. Callier, Jr., Mrs. T P Callier Sr., Mr Maro Callier and Mr and Mrs H. C. Callier.

Talbotton News: Misses Mary Slade, Dorothy Weston and Mary Stinson spent the weekend with Miss Virginia Posey in Juniper.

Mrs. C. A. Alford of Sylvester is spending some time with her father, D. J. B. Douglas.

Lost between Talbotton and Woodland, a delf blue shawl with herna bands and frize. Made of knitted wool and silk. Return to Mrs. W. B. Freeman.

For sale at $l.50 for fifteen, Everlay Brown Leghorn eggs from the Everlay Leghorn Farm. S/Mrs. J. M. Heath.

Messers Sim Maxwell, William Parker, H. B. Heath, Robert Slade and Wimberly Bivins motored to Box Springs Country Club Sunday.

Domestic lumber production is three times the annual replacement through new growth. All reserve timber will be gone in ten years. Ninety-seven percent of the lumber mills operating in the south control all available virgin timber.

10 April 1924 - Professor J. T. Barrett has been elected Superintendent of Talbotton Consolidated School at a salary of $1,800 a year. Other teachers elected: Professor J. L. Taylor, Mrs. W. K. Kimbrough, Mrs. T. J. Barrett, Mrs. T. P. Callier, Jr., Miss Jessie Jameson, Mrs. P. F. Maxwell.

Mrs. W. E. Butler of Talbotton died on April 8, 1924. She is survived by her husband and seven children.

Miss Eva Mae Childre and Mr. Clifford Hall were married in Reynolds.

The Consolidated School of Box Springs-Geneva presented a series of comedy plays on "The Sweet Family" and "The Dixie Jubilee Minstrel."

Mr. H. M. Ligon of Geneva married Miss Johnnie Mae Stokes of Alabama Wednesday morning,.

One inch of rain on the roof of a 3,000 sq. ft. house equals 2,000 gallons of water.

An American inventor predicts that in twenty years (1944) television will be in common use.

Cincinnati women have the shapeliest feet and are the best shod of any women in the world. The average size is 5 1/2 to six, according to that city.

The public is invited to attend an old-fashioned spelling bee at the Centerville parsonage Saturday night. Admission - 5 cents and 10 cents.

17 April 1924 - Veterans of World War I will meet at the Talbotton Court House on April 24 to organize a post of the American Legion.

10 June 1999

WELCOME TO THE EDITOR

17 April 1924 - The Editor, The Talbotton New Era: I was shocked when I noticed that my lifelong friend, A. J. Perryman, had left the newspaper game. At the same time, I congratulate the new Owner and Editor. If there is any way I can contribute to your paper, please let me know. S/Clifford
Walker, Governor of Georgia.

Baldwinville News: Messers Mercer Downs and Brady Wilson of Wesley visited here with friends Sunday. Mrs. Charles Ray, Misses Rudy Kersey, Inez Greathouse and Ruby Garrett spent Sunday with Misses Pearl and Julia Teal.

Mr. R. S. Baldwin spent Sunday with his Uncle, Mr. Henry Searcy at Wesley.

R. L., Albert, Clyde and James Butler and Mr. C. W. Moore returned to Junction City after attending a funeral in Chase City, Va.

"I see you bought a grammaphone - I thought you hated them." "I do. My mother-in-law came to live with me and she hates one more than I do."

Woodland News: Mr. J. H. Woodall, Chairman of the Woodland School Board, conducted a meeting last Saturday evening, asking the District voters to approve a "Maintenance Tax" in order to give every child in the District a chance to get nine months of schooling. Col. J. H. McGeehee, County School
Superintendent, stated the only way the county could have nine months of school for the grammar school kids was with outside help from each District.

Mr. Dan Owen of Pleasant Hill died on April 8, 1924. The funeral was held at the home of Miss Emma Owen.

Jim Woodall of Carrolton and John Pye Woodall of Tech came home for the weekend.

Mr. John W. Pye spent several days in Dayton, Ohio, courtesy of the Delco Corporation. Mr. Pye is an outstanding salesman for Delco.

Mr and Mrs. J. H. Ferguson and Miss Ernie Miller are visiting friends in Florida.

Mr. Olin Pound of Eastman is visiting his mother Mrs. J. J. Pound.

Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Weatherly have returned after a visit to Athens, LaFayette and Atlanta.

24 April 1924 - Mrs. S. T. Duckworth died on April 17th. The funeral was held at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H. C. Downs and she was buried in the family plot at Horeb Church.

Misses Julia Kate Hanson and Mildren Lane of Shiloh were guests of Miss Thelma Hanson in Geneva for the weekend. They were joined by Messers Clyde Hanson and Talmadge McDonald on Saturday.

Woodland News - Dr. J. E. Peeler was called to the bedside of his daughter Mrs. Wiley Smith, Jr. of Tennille. We hear Mrs. Smith is improving.

Miss Mary Alice Chapman spent the weekend with home folks at Tazewell.

Mr. Ira Jordan has recently put in a nice filling station.

Mr. John R. Braddy of Butler narrowly missed being injured when the radius rod on his car dropped down and the car plunged headlong into the railroad cut near the Couch place.

We are glad to welcome Mrs. J. T. Martin and family who have recently moved back to Woodland.

The people of the nation are witnessing a mudslinging con-test in National affairs which is disgusting the average American with overdone Partisan Politics. These policies may cripple or destroy prosperity by destroying the peoples’s confidence in our Government.

"How did the accident happen?" "He got run over when he stopped to read a safety first sign."

Why does a woman keep a man waiting 30 or more minutes when she says she will be ready in a minute? Because she picks out a minute that is at least a half hour away.

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24 April 1924 - Messers Will Woodall and Gilly Miller were in Junction City on business last Friday.

Mrs. JU. B. Wimberly and Miss Mattie Maxwell entertained their Sunday School classes with an Easter egg hunt last Saturday in Centerville.

1 May 1924 - Mrs. Sarah E. Lumpkin passed away at the home of her son, E. B. Lumpkin, west of Talbotton.

Miss Violet Drenna and Mr. John Douglas were married on Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Graham.

Dr. J. B. Douglas died on Monday. Most of his adult life was spent in Talbotton where he also served as Mayor for sixteen years.

Mr. John T. Stephenson died Tuesday in Macon. He lived most of his life in Talbotton.

Talbot County veterans have applied for a charter to organize the Slade-Leonard Post of the American Legion.

Mr. and Mrs. Grady Sinclair, Mrs. Ellis Story, Mr. George Lowe, Jr and Mr. Miles Green from Box Springs, spent a day in Columbus shopping.

8 May 1924 - Miss Edna McCrary and Mr. J. Earl Morgan were married Saturday afternoon at the home of Mr. W. C. Lumpkin.

Mr. and Mrs. Garnett Heath and Mr. Woods of Junction City, spent Sunday with Mrs. Charlie Spinks of Prattsburg.

Mr. and Mrs. Weeks Adams of Carsonville spent Sunday with Mr. R. E. Olive.

Miss Ruby Couch married Mr John Hodges of Perry Thursday afternoon at the Talbotton Baptist church. Mr. F. R. Spivey played "Narcissus" on his cornet, accompanied by Mrs. E. H. McGeehee, Organist.

Friends are congratulating Mr and Mrs J. K. Wimberly on the arrival of a little son, Charles Norman in Centerville.

8 May 1924 - In 1633 Gov. John Winthrop brought the first fork to this country.

Miss Mildred Woodall of Atlanta was called to the bedside of her sister, Mrs. John Daniel, in Woodland.

Screen sides and canopy tops have been added to one ton Ford trucks built with all steel body and cab. This has greatly increased the number of sales, since this enables a complete enclosure of the load.

Geneva - Mr J. T. Goodroe and Mr. Fred Bulloch left for South Georgia where they have accepted a position with the Hightway Dept.

Miss Telma Hansen, Miss Mabel McCrary, Messers Regan, Moore and Willis motored up to Woodland Sunday.

Mr and Mrs B M Starling, Marion and Bishop from Talbotton visited Mr and Mrs J. T. Goodroe, Miss Marion McCrary and Mr Ed Rigell and were dinner guests of Mrs Isabelle Bulloch Sunday.

Miss Ansell Maund and Ansell Jr of Columbus were the weekend guests of Mr and Mrs W. T. Turner.

The supper given by the Geneva-Box Springs PTA Friday night was a great success. Col J. A. Smith was the featured speaker and Mr John Boswell of Junction City sang several selections. $65.50 was cleared at this time.

Visitor: What a wonderful sermon your husband preached on "One Day's Rest in Seven" last Sunday. "I didn't hear him," said the wife, "I was home fixing his dinner."

A Sunday School teacher asked her pupils to name two great men of the Bible. One boy's answer, "Genesis and Adenoids."

Woodland: Miss Loudie Smith of Atlanta spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Ben Smith, Mr and Mrs W W Collier and Mrs Lucy Mills attended Memorial exercises in Talbotton.

Miss Annie Clark Smith is studying music at Chase's Conservatory in Columbus.

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9 May 1924 - Woodland News: Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Peeler, Will Woodall and Mrs. Johnnie Woodall attended Commencement Exercises at A & M School in Carrolton. Mrs. John Pye and Mrs. J. A. Rice attended the B.Y.P.UI. Institute in Griffin.

Mr. Clyde Russell of Hampton Roads, Va has been with home folks for several days.

Mr. J. H. Woodall and Mr. M. H. King visited friends in Newnan last Friday.

Mrs. Charles Tidwell and Mrs. Huette Powell of Woodbury were with their mother, Mrs. W. T. Holmes, Sr. last week.

Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Woodall of Atlanta, are with Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Woodall; also Mr. S. W. Woodall, Jr. of Batesburg, S.C. They were called home because of the illness of their sister, Mrs. John Daniel.

We regret to hear of the illness of Mrs. S. H. Birdsong in the valley.

Junction City News: Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Lumpkin and Ernie Mae were in Columbus Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Flen Gill are with Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Gill. Friends are congratulating Flen on winning his bride, Miss Etta Sanders of Manchester.

Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Moore, Mesdames W. A. Blyte, E. M. Lucas and J. H. Jackson attended the WMU meeting at Waverly Hall.

Mr. W. E. Greene, Jr., Mrs. William Keller, Misses Lois Head and Nellie Lumpkin motored to Columbus Friday.

Miss Lena Higgerman, agent for Central of Georgia Railroad at Box Springs and Miss Polly Seay, who is learning the
agency, were at home this weekend.

Baldwinville: Messers John Caudle of North Dakota, Boyd Caudle of Box Springs, and Mercer Caudle of Cataula were guests of Mrs. C. A. Mallory and family Sunday.

Messers Wilson Downs and Grady Wilson of Wesley were in our midst Sunday afternoon.

Mr. H. P. Teal spent Sunday with his uncle, Mr. V. A. Steed and family.

Mr. and Mrs. Oits Adams of Buena Vista spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lem Adams.

8 May 1924 - Miss Edna McCoy and Mr. Earl Morgan were united in marriage Saturday afternoon.

Mrs. J. W. Watkins, Leon and Martha Watkins, Mrs. Amorette Callaway, Winfred Coogle, Rev. and Mrs. W. P. Leonard, Mr. F. C. Lewis, Mr. Howard Stinson, Mrs. Jennie Stinson, Annie and Mary Stinson, Cornelia Jordan spent Monday in Columbus.

Mrs. J. W. Slade was called to the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Reeves because of illness.

Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Sparks of Shiloh visited Sunday afternoon with Misses Louella and Mattie Robertson.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Earl Morgan, Mr. Winton Morgan, Mrs. Henry Wilson and daughter Emmie spent Sunday afternoon in Buena Vista with Mrs. Henry Wilson.

Miss Ruth Moore of Waverly Hall and Mr. J. D. Clements of Talbot County were married in Buena Vista Saturday.

Master Leonard Morgan entertained a number of friends at a prom party at his home near Junction City Saturday night.

New anti-skid chains for automobiles are clamped directly to the spokes in the wheel without the side chains we now use.

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22 May 1924 - Mrs. Kate Burt, Talbotton native and graduate of Le Vert College, died last week in Athens. She was the former Kate Chapman.

Four states in the South have passed a law requiring all vehicles to stop ten feet from a railroad crossing.

If you want your dream to come true, you must first wake up.

Contentment is when you pass your neighbor in your flivver while he is driving his twin six.

Doctor to patient: Go to your druggist and fill this prescription for Foldhyrargyrate of Iodine of Potassium, some Ankydrygyincochar Loral and some Dioxyaniclodoraene-benezol. I guarantee this will help your memory loss.

"I’m in deep trouble. My wife heard I had two misses in my car last evening."

"But that's no reason for trouble - everybody has misses in his engine from time to time." "Yes, but only one of my misses was in the engine."

29 May 1924 Congress passed a bonus bill for four million war veterans over President Coolidge's opposition. The bonus will not be in cash but will be in the form of an insurance policy that will accumulate cash values and will be redeemable in 20 years. The value of the policy will be
determined by the length of service of each soldier based on a rate of $1.00 per day for domestic service and $1.25 per day for service overseas.

The first car of Mayflower peaches was shipped from Ella-ville last week.

Talbotton has now voted in favor of a tax increase to pay for nine months of school.

Messers F. R. Frreeman, J. B. and Thomas Mahone will open a modern drive-in filling station on the corner known as Thornton's Mill Lot. It will be known as "Sudden Service Station."

There are two sides of every quarrel and every quarrel can be settled by thinking of the other person's side.

Tuesday evening June 3rd, the Collinsworth and LeVert literary societies will debate "Resolved that the soldiers Adjusted Compensation Bill should be passed by the Sixty-Ninth Congress." Collinsworth will be represented by Levi Smith, J. W. Jordan, Jr., while LeVert will be represented by Wellborn Slade and Frank Jordan.

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5 June 1924 - Mrs. T. P. Callier, Sr., had as her guests Sunday Mr. T. P. Callier, Sr., of Columbus, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Callier, Jr.

Misses Mattie Mae Collier and Miriam Smith have returned to Centerville from college.

Misses Atholine Childs, Elizabeth and Miriam Riley and Sara Searcy were guests of Mrs. J. C. Lumsden Sunday in Ypsi-lanti. Misses Leoline Chapman, Linda Hatley, Myrtice Garrett and Mr. Duncan Chapman were guests of Mrs. J. T. Goodroe in Geneva.

Mrs. Snell and children Frances and Jospeh, MIss Margaret Shipp of Reidsville, Mr. Perry Shipp of Albany and Mrs. J. W. Shipp of Crawford, Ala., are home for the graduation of Miss Nellie Shipp in Talbotton.

The Talbotton Board of Education entertained at a six o'clock dinner at the Weston Hotel in honor of Mr. N. H. Ballard, State School Superintendent. Present: Messers J. H. McGeehee, J. W. Woodall, J. A. Smith, J. W. Jordan, N. G. Culpepper, Rev., B. E. Donehoo, Prof-essor T. J. Barrett and Mesdames J. W. Jordan and A. J. Perryman.

Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Boyd and Mrs. L. P. Rutledge left Sunday to visit Mr.and Mrs. C. H. Downs. On Monday, Mrs. Rutledge and Mrs. Downs drove up to Due West, S. C. to attend the graduation of Miss Mary Louise Downs from Due West Woman's College.

12 June 1924 - Georgia taxpayers will receive a twenty-five percent reduction in their income tax payable in 1924.

Miss Eugenia Lowe and Dr. Oscar Spivey were married Saturday.

Centerville community was shocked and saddened by the death of Mr. Walter S. Maxwell Saturday morning. He was laid to rest in the family burial grounds on the T. P. Callier place.

Miss Florence Childs, a graduate of Talbotton High School, was married to Mr. J. D. Rambo Sunday. They were supposed to be married early this fall and caught everyone by surprise by their early marriage.

Southern Boy Wins Honor in East
Thomas B. Fielder, Jr., won honors as an orator. The young lad is the son of T. B. Fielder, Sr., of Atlanta and New York.

The Woodland Seniors were entertained on different dates by Miss Inez Mills and Miss Maggie Collier.

Members of the class: Catherine Martin, Ola Collier, Laura Cauthen, Carrie Mae Buchanan, Thelma Ingram, Mattie Bryan, Rachel Marshall, Johnnie Jo Pearce, Hoke Smith, Collier Allen, Clarence Williams.

Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Brooks of Columbus, and children Edward, Charles and Annie Rose were the guests of Mrs. James Graham in her parents home, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cody in Box Springs.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dukes of Atlanta spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Downs. They were accompanied on their return home by Misses Clara and Louise Downs for a few days visit.

19 June 1924 - What is wrong with Talbot County? People here are constantly lamenting over the conditions here. Let's take a look: Four railroads are available to Talbot County - Central of Georgia, AB&A, Talbotton Road and Southern. Woodland has more pep and hustle than most little towns four times her size. The Excelsior plant, Lumber plant, good
schools and abundant peaches keep them busy all the time. Peach season is in full swing with good prices - 60,000 crates will be packed.

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19 June 1924 (Talbot County continued from last week) Talbotton has a large lumber plant, two banks, two churches, a large number of up-to-date stores and garages and a school of 300 pupils.

Junction City is a lively little town with Junction City Manufacturing Co., and Butler Lumber Co., a bank, a garage and good stores and the best school building in the county.

Geneva has three churches, a splendid school, six stores and a garage. Box Springs has a large lumber plant, eight stores that allegedly do more business than any other town in the county.

Add to this the communities of Pleasant Hill, Centerville, Prattsburg, Upsilanti, The Valley, O'Neals, Flint Hill, Baldwinville and Roughedge. What's wrong with Talbot County? Nothing.

Woodland Excelsior Mill is running 15 hours a day trying to keep up with the demand for peach pads.

Talbotton has voted three to one in favor of raising the school tax. Now Talbotton joins other school districts in the county having nine months of school.

Mr and Mrs. Fred Griffin of Manchester, Misses Lila Harris and Cora Bell Carter of Shiloh were guests of Mrs Louelle Robertson in Talbotton Sunday.

Mr and Mrs Roy Starling of Woodland visited Mr and Mrs Cleve Edwards Sunday afternoon.

Dr Neal Kitchens of Warm Springs, Mrs Fred W. Denham of Lubbock, Texas, Mrs Adams of Slayton, Texas and Mrs Ella Lunsford of Knoxville, Tenn., are visiting their old home place, the Steed place.

26 June 1924 - Mr D. A. Chapman, born in 1860, passed away recently. He is survived by his wife and children: Mrs T. T. Starling of Texas, Mrs. R.T. Garrad of Alabama, Mrs W. A. Anson and Jewell Chapman of Manchester, Messers J. R. and H. D. Chapman of Florida, Messers Robert, Theo and Elijah
of Manchester and Bennie Chapman of the U. S. Army in Texas. He was buried in Sardis Church Cemetery in Flint Hill by the side of his wife and little daughter.

Mrs. George Allen of Rough Edge died on June 16, 1924. She is survived by eight children and was buried in Matthews Chapel Cemetery.

Mr J. W. Slade, a resident of Talbotton for sixteen years, passed away recently. He is survived by his wife and seven children.

Peaches are an excellent food, containing calcium, magnes-ium, potassium, sodium, phospo\horus, chlorine and sugar, starch, proteins and vitamins.

A large fish fry was given by the young men of Talbotton last Friday night at Upatoi Bridge. Present: Bobby Baldwin, Mary Gresham, Louise McGeehee, Eleanor McCoy, Mary Mahone, Elizabeth Imbrough, Imogene Smith, Martha K. Smith, Katherine and Frances Calloway, Jean Battle, Mr and Mrs A. J. Grantham, Mr and Mrs E. K. Leonard and Mr and Mrs J. A. Battle.

Woodland - Misses Ola Collier and Mildren Woodall are representing the Woodland League at the annual assembly at Wesleyan College in Macon.

Mrs. Robert Fryer of Atlanta, is visiting Mr and Mrs T. W. Ferguson
Mr and Mrs W. D. Miller of Waycross are spending some time with Mrs W. J. Braddy.

Messers Eugene and Cullen Miller of Orlando, Fla, are visiting Woodland relatives.

Miss Nellie Barron of Thomaston is visiting her aunt,
Mrs. Carson Powers.

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26 June 1924 - Mrs Norman Parker of Prattsburg had as her guests Sunday, Mrs Vic Parker, Mrs Lucy Suggs and Jack and Mrs J. K. Wimberly and children of Centerville.

Mr and Mrs Ben Adams and family have returned from Ohio where they lived for several months. Welcome back to Talbot County!

Mrs Emma Pye has been quite ill at the home of her sister Mrs Fannie Webster in Woodland.

3 July 1924 - Mr P H. Raiford of Ludowici, formerly of Talbot County is propagating the Pineapple Pear and is urging farmers here to purchase some trees immediately. He said the pineapple pear will equal the peach crop in a few years.

Mr W. E. Butler of Junction City has returned from a trip of several weeks to Eastern Lumber markets. He fell and broke several ribs at one company and was involved in a car wreck on his way home, receiving several cuts and bruises. He has decided to sell lumber by correspondence from now on.

10 July 1924 - A county gentleman, hearing some rather unpleasant messages and talks on his first visit to a radio, says it must be unhealthy for that much gargage to be spread through the air we breathe.

Mrs J. D. Coogle passed away at the home of her sister, Mrs John Watkins, last Thursday. She was born thirty-three years ago in Upsilanti and is survived by one son, Winfry; mother Mrs Emma Matthews; brother L. P. Matthews and sister Mrs John Watkins.

Miss Clara Miller, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Miller of the Valley, was married to Mr Vernon Floyd Taylor of Atlanta Monday.

Mr and Mrs J. O. Fryer of McKinney Texas are visiting Mr and Mrs R. C. Fryer in Woodland.

Maywood News: Miss Sarah Hendrix spent last week with Miss Ruth Moran. Mr and Mrs C. C. Buchanan and Miss Kansas Buchanan spent last Sunday with Mr and Mrs R. G. Hendrix. Mr and Mrs L. H. Wynn spent Sunday p.m. with Mrs C. E. Garrett. Mr and Mrs Clyde Garrett spent last Saturday night in
Manchester. Messers Lester and Emmett Hendrix, Mr Holmes Chapman and Charlie Grant visited here last weekend.

Mr and Mrs Alvin Moran spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Jesse Moran.

Mrs L. H. Wynn, Misses Louise and Helen Foster and little Fred Gorman of Woodland visited here this afternoon. Mrs Clyde Garrett spent Wednesday with her mother, Mrs H. D. Chapman of Shiloh.

Miss Elizabeth Culpepper and her cousin Miss Ruby Kellum returned to Junction City after a visit to relatives in Woodland.

Miss Marie Fielder is visiting in Box Springs.

Mr and Mrs H. L. Ligon of Macon spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs J. B. Maund. Miss Ella Ligon Maund returned home with them.

17 July 1924 - The C R. Culpepper family probably was saved from electrocution by being away from home Sunday afternoon when lightening struck their home and caused considerable damage. Luckily, no fire was started.

Mr Marion Wilson Harris of Centerville was married to Miss Frances Lovejoy in Lovejoy.

Mr Henry J. Benson died in Geneva last Thursday. He is survived by his wife, daughter Mrs J.E. Tillman and sons R.H. and W.F. Benson.

A visitor from up north, after spending several months in Talbot County, stated that all Georgians are "living high." He named watermelons, cantaloupes, peaches, plums, apples and other fruit plus a side dish of butter beans. One with good health and a chance to make a living have little to make him discontented. Georgia has 43,000 acres planted in
melons.

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24 July 1924 - Mr and Mrs B P Sappington gave a picnic and invited Mr and Mrs C. D. Matthews and family, Mrs. W. F. Matthews and family, Mrs. Alma Smith, Mrs. J. C. Smith, Mr and Mrs Robert H. Matthews and family and Mr Carl Matthews. After the picnic dinner, they all played Hide and Seek, Drop the Handkerchief and Stealing Sticks.

Messers T. M. Matthews and S. C. Ingram gave a picnic for their employees in the peach orchard near Mr. H. C. Callier's house.

Mr and Mrs Jerry Hill of Junction City and Mr and Mrs W. T. Worthen of Atlanta were guests of Mrs. H. Pl. Teal in Baldwinville.

Those spending the day in Warm Springs Thursday from Centerville were: Mrs. H. L. Trussell, Henry and Isabelle, Mr and Mrs Tom Carter and children, Misses Maxine Parker, Malvina Trussell, Clara Moore and Mattie Maxwell.

Mr. Charlie Morris, Mr. Perry Morris, Mr. A. P. Wade and Misses Lillian and Edith Wade were the guests of Miss Nettie Morris in Geneva.

Woodland: Mrs. R. E. Pound of the Valley is visiting her mother, Mrs. J. T. Cook. Mr. DeLa Woodall continued ill in Atlanta. Mrs. R B. Woodall left Sunday for Blue Ridge where she will spend the summer.

Messers F. R. Spivey, Henry Persons, Cecil Edwards, Frank and J. W. Jordan and R. A. Barnes spent Friday and Saturday in Brunswick, attending the opening of the Brunswick-St. Simons Highway.

Misses Cornelia Jordan, Martha Maxwell, Edith and Lucille Moore, Annette and Julia Branson, Christine Watkins, Mary Stripling, Mattielu Maxwell, Sarah Robins, Messers Felton Allen and Volley Bowman are camping at Juniper.

31 July 1924 - The little community of Woodland, smallest member of the Georgia Peach Growers Exchange, produces the best well-packed, good quality and good size peaches than any other town in that area.

The Federal Government will pay one half or more of the salary of any good teacher of agriculture or home economics.

Of one-thousand students attending Mercer University in Macon, 34 percent were farmers, followed by ministers, physicians and lawyers.

Boll Weavil Blues:
Gaws made de bees and de bees make de honey.
Black folks and mules make de cotton and white folks made de money.
Boll Weavil hiding hisself in de woods,
Taking things easy "til de cotton is good."
If dis summers gwine to be mighty dry,
Old Boll Weavil will hab to dry up and die.
If it rains a heap and jest stays wet,
Old Boll Weavil will eat the crop up yet.
How it's gwine to be, dere's no way to tell,
We might get rich or we might ketch hell.
I'se got de Boll Weavil Blues- From the New York Enquirer

Out of town news has tripled since Mr. Culpepper bought the Talbotton New Era. Thanks to all our correspondents.

Messers H. T. Carter and Robert Cartledge, Misses Ruth Weed and Christine Carter have been employed by Triple Hill Peach Farm in Thomaston for the season.

The remains of Mr. W. M. Fowler were interred at Wesley Cemetery last Friday.

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31 July 1924 - Mr and Mrs M. M. Cook and son Gaston motored to Lake Wales and Miami to visit relatives.

Misses Gladys and Grace Glawson of Hillsboro are visiting their aunt Mrs Henry Benson in Geneva.

An auditorium and Sunday School rooms are being added to the Junction City Methodist Church. The two churches in Junction City loaded a large truck with members and enjoyed a picnic at Juniper. The lemonade and peaches were the hit of the hour. Recreation consisted of bathing, swimming and fishing.

Miss Lois Hand, whose upcoming marriage is a future event, was honored at Junction City Friday afternoon. A large heart was suspended from the chandelier, pink streamers emerged from the heart and tiny hearts were attached to the end of the streamers, bearing prophecies for each guest. The honoree received many gifts of lingerie, linens and hand
work. Seventy five guests were present.

Talbotton Night will be observed at Warm Springs Hotel tonight. A dinner dance will be given in honor of the Talbottonians.

Mr and Mrs. Frank Searcy of Fort Benning and Mr William Searcy of Cairo were guests of Miss Mattielu Maxwell Sunday.

27 Aug 1924 - The ladies of Buena Vista, representing the Christian leadership of that town, presented a play "Kitchen Cabinet Orchestra" at Jordan auditorium in Talbotton last Tuesday.

The play was an explanation of the evolution of music, mingled with romance in music centering around "Sweet Adaline" and "Robin Adain."

Miss Iona Downs became the bride of Mr George Powers of Manchester.

Mr F. C. McKinney of Ypsilanti was fatally injured in an automobile accident near Rutherford, N.C. He is survived by his wife and one child, his parents, one sister and three brothers.

First Tuesday is always a busy day in Talbotton. Last Tuesday, Sheriff Watkins received a call about a drunk in front of Cahill's store. The sheriff and Mr Butler jumped in Butler's car and headed that way. In the meantime, friends of the drunk had placed him in a car and took off. After a chase of three miles on the Butler road, the suspect was
apprehended.

Miss Jessie Bussey of O'Neals and Mr Julian Page of Lumpkin were married Saturday afternoon.

Here's to the chigger, the bug that's no bigger than the point of a pin. But the point that he raises sure itches like blazes, and that's where the rub comes in.

Last Thursday morning the truck of Mr Basil Allen, loaded with gasoline drums, burned in front of Starling's garage of Woodland. While Allen was transferring gas from the drums, someone nearby struck a match and the gasoline exploded. No injuries were reported.

I am more powerful than all the armies of the world. I am more dreadful than bullets. Each year I steal three-hundred million dollars. My victims are rich and poor, young and old, widows and orphans. I am everywhere. I bring sickness and death. I destroy, crush and maim. I give nothing but take all. I am your worst enemy. I AM CARELESSNESS.

The Georgia Legislature wishes to withhold state funds from schools that teach evolution. One does not have to believe that humans descended from monkeys. Evolution means develop-ment, improvement, refinement. Look at agriculture, horti-culture and animal husbandry. They constantly practice evolution. As long as evolution is taught as development,
growth and improvement, there is nothing to fear.

19 Aug 1999

Prof. Royal Arrives

14 August 1928 - Mt. Olive News: Ice cream suppers have been given by Mr. John Welch and Mr John Quinn. A pound supper was given Mrs. J. E. Chalkley.

Woodland: Professor J. M. Royal, arrived in Woodland Saturday, to become Superintendent of Woodland Consolidated School.

Prof. Royal had an apartment with Miss Sarah Smith and one of his young sons was accidentally killed while playing with a gun. (Royal was superintendent when I entered the first grade in 1925).

Dr. J. E. Peeler has erected an up-to-date office in downtown Woodland. Dr. Peeler's office is well equipped and he is his own druggist, mixing various ingredients to cure whatever ails you.

Mr and Mrs Flem Morgan have returned from their wedding trip and are at home with Mrs William Keller.

Mr R. A. McKinnon was painfully injured while cranking his truck when the motor backfired and the hand crank broke his arm.

Miss Grace King and Mr Miles H. Green were married in Box Springs Thursday night.

Mrs Susan Colquitt died last Friday in Geneva. She is survived by five children.

Much fun was at the Centerville church picnic last Saturday afternoon. Contests included the Potato Relay, Cracker Eating Contest, Button Contest where men threaded needles and sewed on buttons. The losers had to freeze and serve the ice cream.

"It is hard to think that a lovely young animal had to be destroyed just to satisfy the appetite," said the landlady. "Yes, it is tough." said one of the guests. "I am just a poor, hungry artist." "Chop me some wood and I will feed you." "Sorry, wood cutting ain't in my line."

14 Aug 1924 GREAT LIQUIDATION SALE AT WATSON'S IN COLUMBUS
shoes 9 cents and up; dry goods 10 cents to 19 cents per yard; work shirts 59 cents; overalls $l.39; union suits 39 cents to 59 cents; straw hats 79 cents; ladies hats 50 cents; ladies union suits 48 cents; men's suits $18.50; ladies oxfords and slippers $1.98; men's shoes $3.98; automobile tires $9.95 to $17.95.

WOODLAND CHEVROLET SALES AND SERVICE: Tires, tubes and accessories, Woodland, GA.

Mr R. F. Riggs has opened the Quality Shoe Shop in front of the Post Office in Talbotton.

21 Aug 1924 Mr Munroe Heath of Alabama was buried in the Heath Cemetery near Junction City Tuesday. His sister is Miss Nannie Heath and his brothers are H. B. & M. C. Heath.

Miss Pye Smith, daughter of Mr and Mrs B. A. Smith of Woodland, was married to Mr Carl P. Smith of Hapeville on Sunday, Aug. 17th.

Mr O. P. Youngblood was seriously injured while working at Flynns' sawmill. He had stopped to eat watermelon, knocking the carriage out of gear but leaving the motor running. He noticed a loose bolt on the carriage and stepped across the belt to tighten it when the carriage jumped in gear and
made a round or two with Youngblood attached. He received seven fractures in his hips and legs plus numerous cuts and bruises.

Woodland: Mrs Estelle Pye, Misses Mattimaude and Willie Estelle Pye spent several days with Mrs Joe Pye.

Mr and Mrs J. H. Woodall, Dorothy and John, Jr., Mrs H. T. Woodall and Mrs. Lucy Mills spent Monday and Tuesday with
Mrs. Josie Lee in Parrott.

Miss Mary Ross of Barnesville is spending some time with Miss Willene Webster.

26 Aug 1999

March 1897 -New subscribers to the Talbotton New Era: J. P. Leonard, Grenada; Miss Jennie Woodall, LaGrange; H. C. Buchanan, Shiloh; Henry Butler, Max; John Pye, Pleasant Hill; R. C. Fryer, Shiloh and Ike Watkins, Ypsilanti.

Woodland School Debate. Question: Which is the most beautiful, Newspapers or Books? Speaking for the newspapers: Miss Lidy Birdsong and John Braddy. For the books: Miss Sallie Woodall and Virgil Gant. Judges decision: Books.

Talbot Valley News: Miss Clifford Miller went with the Uncle Rowan Miller to Providence Church on the fourth Saturday. We are well pleased with our new preacher, Brother Clark.

Miss Fannie Holmes and Miss Marie Holmes are back home after visiting relatives elsewhere.

Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Kendrick returned from Columbus Sunday. Miss Ada Seay returned to her home in Woodbury after visiting friends at Valley Grove.

Sale at W. J. Weeks and Co. in Talbotton: Long Island cotton percale, 10 cents per yard. Lappet Lace dress goods, 15 cents per yard. Covered tin bucket, 5 cents to 15 cents. Coffee pots, hinged covers, 10 cent to 25 cents. Dippers, 5 cents. Pie plates, two for 5 cents. Jelly cake pans, 4 cents each. Iron wash pans, 22 cents each. Dish pans, 18 cents each. Muffin pans, 10 cents each. Cook stoves, $5 and up. Hand saws, 62 cents to $l.3l. Claw hatchets and drawing knives, 45 cents each.

The Legg Brothers of Kansas City have released a new song "In the Shadow of the Pines." Records are selling for 25 cents each.

Talbot County school enrollment for 1896: White males, 541; white females, 587. Colored males, 809; colored females 953. Total enrollment: 2,890.

Popular jurors for March term of Talbot County Superior Court: J. C. Pye, J. F. Pye, J. D. Pye and C. W. Pye.

Mrs. Nancy A. Collins died October 26, 1896. She was the daughter of Abner and Sarah Woodall, the wife of Willie S. Collins and the mother of ten children.

The current correspondent for the Talbotton New Era from Valley Grove: Juvenis Homo. From Talbot Valley: Agricolae Filia. From Social Circle: "J." >From Pleasant Hill: "G." From Max: Melvina. From Baldwinville: Jack. >From Bellview: Bonniebel.

Pleasant Hill news: Heavy rains have caused the Catcatchee (Celeotchee) Creek to overflow and damage Owen's mill and gin.

Mr. D. F. Woodall of Pleasant Hill gave an April Fools party Friday P.m.

More correspondents: From Prattsburg: "M." From Geneva: "Z:. From Marshall"s Academy: Puella.

Mr. James F. Marshall (Uncle Jim and Aunt Resie) has a good business in the valley. Don't know how, unless there is a still up there.

Mr. Claibe Foster was buried in Fosterville on the 14th of April, 1897. He was the brother of Mr. L. S. Foster and Mrs. J. C. White.

Little Miss Mattie Woodall was the organist at Ephesus Church in Pleasant Hill Sunday as friends from all around enjoyed an all day singing.

Mr. W. H. Foster, oldest son of Mr. Samuel Foster of Talbot County, died in Panola County, Texas. (Reported by Mr. Silas Foster).

Rev. Leonard Rush, age 91, died in Barnesville, GA., on April 20th, 1897. Buried in Sardis Cemetery, he had preached for 75 years.

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21 Aug 1924 -Mr. John Russell of Woodland has been called to the bedside of his daughter in Columbus, Mrs. Burt.

Juniper- The family of E. L. Nelson has enjoyed two weeks here camping.

Miss Cynthia Ward and Miss Elizabeth Woodard are guests of Miss Virginia Posey.

The building on the Y.M.C.. is progressing nicely. The Child's Welfare Bureau is planning on bringing 100 poor children here for a few days.

Mr. Jasper Turner and Master Dixon Maund were the guests of Mr. John M. Taylor last week.

28 Aug 1924 - Mr. G. D. Adair, former resident of Talbotton died at the home of his daughter in Thomaston.

Miss Julia Calhoun will marry Mr. Joe Morgan at an early date.

Automobiles seem to make life faster for some people and shorter for others.

Joseph DeLa Woodall, son of Mrs. D. F. Woodall and the late Rev. DeLa Woodall, died at his home in Atlanta Monday. Rev. V. F. Agan conducted the funeral at Woodland Primitive Baptist Church. He is survived by his mother and brothers James F., J. P. and W. C. Woodall and his sisters, Miss Mattie Woodall and Mrs. W. B. Jordan.

Mr. W. J. Hester has added electric lights to his store in Junction City.

Mr. H. E. Lumpkin has also added electric lights in his barber shop

Mrs. E. M. Lucas escaped serious injury when her car overturned. While driving, she turned to adjust some packages on the back seat when the car swerved, throwing Mrs. Lucas out, then the car plunged over an embankment and
overturned.

4 Sept 1924-Revival at Junction City Methodist Church was a huge success. All services were well attended and 20 new members were added.

Mrs. Retna Carson, Julia Boswell and Virginia Black spent the weekend with Claudia Keller.

Robert L. Moore and James N. Lucas will enter school at Locust Grove this fall.

Miss Edith Moore will resume her studies at Girls' High School in Atlanta.

The fall term of Talbotton Consolidated School will open Monday morning, Sept 8, 1924. All pupils and teachers will assemble in their respective rooms at 8:30 a.m. and will march to the courthouse auditorium for opening exercises.

Centerville-Miss Lynda Morris of Atlanta has returned from a visit to Washington, D.C., and will spend the balance of her vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Morris.

Coming home for the weekend from Atlanta: Messers John Trussell; Thomas, Clay and Jack Morris and Elbert Trussell from Columbus.

Talbotton-Miss Joe Thetis Smith is home after visiting relatives in Winder and Athens.

T.H. Person, Sr., has returned from an extended visit to
Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver and places in Canada.

Miss Marion Pitts of Locust Grove, sister of Mrs. Thomas Mahone, has accepted a position with the Butler Lumber Co.

Thomas Mahone Jr. age 4, entertained 30 of his friends with a birthday party Wednesday. Miss Carolyn Leonard is home this week after an extended visit to New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Richmond.

Ypsilanti-Mrs. Kate Watkins is in Barnesville this week before returning to her home in Bullard. She has been the guest of Mrs. C. D. Mathews.

Prof. Grady Watkins has returned to Oklahoma after a visit with his mother.

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Sept. 11, 1924 - Mr. Louis J. Matthews left Thursday for Blakely, where he will be with his sister, Mrs. Wade Watson, for the school year.

Messers J. W. Hesters and Garnett Heath apprehended two boys from Columbus driving a Hudson automobile. The boys were attempting to trade the Hudson for a Ford.

Misses McCoy of Woodland and Hushee arrived Saturday to begin the year's school work in Ypsilanti.

18 Sept 1924-Miss Sallie Birdsong passed away lasts Friday morning. She was born in Talbot Valley in 1863 and spent her entire life there. She is survived by sons Sam H. Olive of Talbot Valley, Y. A. Olive of Woodland and E. B. Birdsong of Woodland.

Juniper-Miss Velma Taylor is attending school in Columbus and Messers George and Leon Posey and Miss Virginia Posey are attending school in Talbotton.

Mrs. Walter Blackman of Columbus is building a neat cottage on the hillside just in front of Mr. Posey's house.

The Family Welfare Bureau of Columbus has given a ten day outing at Fresh Air Camp in Juniper to 60 poor children. When these children return to Columbus, they will be replaced with 65 other children for ten days.

Mr. and Mrs. Golden Watkins of Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Adams and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kellum of Manchester, attended the funeral of their nephew little Grady Braddy in Centerville.

Mr. Wesley Spinks spent several days the past week with Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Mallory in Baldwinville.

25 Sept 1924-John A. Smith reported that he spent $70,000 during his candidacy for the Legislature.

Mrs. E. A. Blythe of Junction City was in Tallahassee, Florida and reported 9 1/2 inches of rain in 27 hours.

Mr. Sam Mitchell, born in Ypsilanti and spent most of his life in Talbot County, died on September 16, 1924.

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Goolsby of Dawson visited relatives in Baldwinville last week.

Mr. Henry Foster, Talbot County native, has been elected
Superintendent of Longview, Texas, public schools.

2 Oct 1924-Mr. J. B. Russell of Bullochville was found dead in his bed at the home of Mr. Sam Buchanan in Woodland, where he was visiting. He is survived by his wife and daughter, Mrs. Matthew Carlisle of Muscogee County.

Miss Mattie Grant of Centerville passed away last Tuesday. She was buried at Conquest Thursday. She is survived by brother M. F. Grant.

Mrs. C. W. Hendricks and daughter Jean of Pleasant Hill spent the weekend with Alma Smith in Ypsilanti.

16 Oct 1924-Mrs. B. H. Watson, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Mahone and Marion Mahone were involved in a wreck at the covered bridge between Talbotton and Woodland. Mrs. Watson, driving, met Mr. Sidney Cook coming out of the bridge, lost control of her car; tumbled down a steep bank and overturned twice. All sustained minor injuries.

Woodland Chevrolet Co. is now one of the outstanding car dealerships in Talbot County. Their services are one of the most complete in this section.

Slocom Brothers of Juniper are operating the complete store in Juniper. Groceries, farm supplies, feed, dry goods, notions, shoes, clothing and the manufacture of the celebrated Juniper Unbolted Water Ground Meal.

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16 Oct 1924-Judge: "When did you last see your husband?" Woman: "I have not seen him?"
Judge: "What do you mean you have not seen him?" Woman: "I am not married."

What is a collection: A little bit to eat served with a lot of style.

Woodland: Mrs. J. H. Daniel is in Atlanta for treatment. Misses Annie Clark Smith and Fannie Mae Slaughter and Mrs. J. A. Rice are studying at Chase's Conservatory of Music in Columbus.

Mr. and Mrs. Early Smith have moved into their attractive new home.

Mrs. W. J. Allen is spending several days with her daughter, Mrs. Cullen Miller, in Ocala, Florida.

Mr. C. V. Mills has a successful variety store in Woodland, in addition to a twelve horse farm and 100 acres of peaches.

23 Oct 1924 -Mrs. Lula Bryan Carreker was born in Russell County, Alabama, in 1852 and passed away in Talbotton April 14, 1924.

The Haunted Hills of Talbot County - Two Americus business men were traveling from Talbotton, they encountered a down grade in the road and were driving at a good rate of speed when the car slowed and eventually choked down. The car immediately started rolling backwards up hill. Thinking people would think they were nuts, they said nothing about it.

A few weeks later, a couple were driving this same route in a high powered car when it slowed down on this same grade and came to a stop. The driver put the car in low gear, but could not get it to go forward. Getting out to see if he had a flat tire, the car started rolling backward up hill. Ghosts? Spooks? Magnetic power? When this couple told about the incident, the Americus men admitted the same thing happened to them. From the Atlanta Journal, repeated in the New Era.

Mules and men are alike. They work better when they stop kicking.

Miss Eugenia Maxwell of Centerville complimented her friends with a "possum hunt" last Saturday. They caught nothing and returned home to a refreshing display of apples, apple cider and cake.

Talbotton: Mrs. J. W. Slade, Robert and Thomas Slade spent Sunday in Thomaston with Mrs. R. B. Reeves.

Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Edwards, Mrs. O. D. Edwards, Mrs. Isabelle Allen and Felton Allen attended the fair in Columbus.

Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Weston, Dorothy and Hamp, Jr., Mrs. Cornelia Allen, Mrs. P. M. Weston, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Boswell and Julia motored to Columbus

Gus Persons, Jr. William Leonard and Martin McGeehee spent last week in Columbus with Mr. Frank Martin and attended the fair.

30 Oct 1924-Last Sunday, the handsome new Frances R. Butler Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church was officially opened. It replaces the old Pleasant Valley M. E. Church (Junction City.).

Collinsworth Literary Society had it's regular meeting Oct. 24, 1924. The program included a debate "Resolved, that the office of Game Warden should be abolished." For the affirmative: Clara Downs and Wisham Smith. For the negative: Mabel McCrary and Gus Persons. Judges declared the affirmative winners. May Williams, Emmett Adams and Ruth Collier also participated in the program.

The Le Vert Literary Society says that George Washington deserves more honor for defending America than Columbus for discovering America. For the affirmative: Fannie Lou Gilbert and Henry Persons. For the negative: Juanita Smith and Deweitt Allen. The affirmative won, according to Judges Mary Slade, Dorothy Weston and Mary Stinson.

Mr. W. T. Nelson of Pleasant Hill was painfully injured when a bale of cotton knocked him off of the gin house steps in Woodland.

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30 Oct 1924-Marshall Frank Gallops of Box Springs shot and killed Floyd Bridges last Saturday night. Bridges had been drinking and was ordered to leave town by Marshall. Bridges became enraged and attacked Marshall, when the Marshall shot him.

Mr. Jim Owen Holmes escorted Misses Ruth Wilson and Mabel Smith to Woodlbury Thursday afternoon.

6 Nov 1924-Collinsworth Literary Society, at its last meeting, debated the question: Resolved, that one session be abolished from the public schools. For the affirmative: Vera Williams and Nina Edwards. For the negative: Mildred Edwards and Herman Matthews. Judges Mattie Mae Edwards, Mabel McCrary and Mildred Searcy gave their decision to the affirmative.

The Annual Institute of the Leagues of Columbus District will be held in Woodland on Nov. 7, 8, and 9th. Mrs. William Jackson Braddy will be the welcoming address on Friday, after which the local Leaguers will entertain the visiting Leaguers with a party at the Pye Hotel.

Messers James and Zach Adams of Talbotton were guests of Misses Mamie, Ethel and Vivian Hand at Mt. Olive Sunday afternoon.

A small child's essay on cows: Four legs on the underside, born very young. So is calf. Bigger than a calf but not as big as an elephant. Some are brown and others can't blow their horn. Milk is good to eat if you freeze it. Cow's milk straight is too strong to drink, so we put water in it. All cows give milk and bitter but not eggs. Cows can't lay eggs but can lay down. Cows like red and will follow you all over the field to get to it.
Cows have tails hung from one end, which they swing to and for, mostly for, and swat flies. A dead cow can't hurt you, neither can a live cow after it is killed. That's all I know about cows.

In South Africa, men buy their wives from her father. If the man defaults his payments, the father takes the daughter back and puts her on the market again.

Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Woodall of Woodland visited their daughter, Mrs. John Daniel at the Davis Fisher Sanitorium in Atlanta.

13 Nov 1924-Miss Pearl Very and Mrs. R. J. Hall met at the home of Mrs. Julia Culpepper to plan for the Christmas party to be held at Farmers Academy Sunday School in O'Neals District.

4 Dec 1924-Radio fans from 20 states have elected J.H. Persons of Talbotton as Georgia Tech Official Announcer for the 1924-25 radio season.

Mr. E. H. Spivey died last Thursday morning in Columbus. He is survived by his wife and children Mrs. T. L. Taylor, Mrs. A. J. Perryman, Mr. Edmund Spivey and Mr. Felder Spivey.

13 Dec 1924-Miss Mattie Gertrude McLendon, age 23, from Box Springs, died Sunday evening.

Mr. Ernest Worthen, Carvill, LA, visited by his aunt, Mrs. H. P. Teal in Baldwinville last week.

Miss Isabelle Bullard, Miss Lilah Godwin of Warm Springs and Mr. Owen Kellum of Atlanta, visited Mr. and Mrs. McBride in Geneva Last weekend.

Miss Marion Pitts, Mr.. Thomas Mahone, Thomas, Jr. and Mr. Paul Lucas from Junction City visited relatives in Locust Grove last weekend.

Mr. M. C. Heath came by the New Era Office with a 25 pound watermelon which he says he will keep until Christmas.

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13 Dec 1924-Mr. J. B. Wimberly is suffering intensely with a bone felon.

Mrs. M. E. O'Neal of O'Neal's District had as her guest Mr. and Mrs. Howell O'Neal, Mrs. Robert Couch and Mrs. Walter Gibson, all with her children.

Mr. Paul Jones of Tennessee is the guest of his mother, Mrs. J. W. T. Jones.

Mr. O. J. McCrary of Geneva entered nine birds in the Winter Poultry Show in Carrollton. He was awarded eight ribbons, and took two sweepstakes for best Pen and best Cock in the show. Mr. McCrary is an outstanding breeder of S.C.R. I. red chickens.

Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, Mrs. J. H. Holmes, Miss Virginia Holmes and Mrs. Ophelia Storey spent Sunday with Mrs. D. A. Downs.

18 Dec 1924-Misses Jessie Mae, Ida Lee, Mattie Seal and Mr. N. Jones attended an entertainment at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Holmes near Woodland.

Mr. J. D. Drew, Sr., passed away at the home of his son, J. D. Jr., in Junction City.

25 Dec 1924-Mr. John Shippe and Miss Velma Ligon were married Sunday night at the Methodist Parsonage in Centerville.

Visitor: "By the way Bob, where is your stenographer? I didn't see her when I came in." Bob: "She got married." Visitor: "That homely Bat got married? Who was fool enough to marry her?" Bob "Me."

Jan. 1920 -Edmund H. Spivey of Talbotton has been elected Color Guard for the Georgia School of Technology. He was selected for this rank and duty on account of his special fitness as shown by his scholastic and military
records.

The Road Committee of Talbot County has petitioned the County Commissioners to seek a bond issue in the amount of $30,000. This money would be used to hire 15 free laborers for road work in addition to the chain gang.

J. B. Clements, Talbot County native from Lott, Texas, reports that he has a fine farm there, with most of the work done by machinery. Crops for 1919 were excellent.

Oak Mountain Academy: Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Hawkins were with the Walter Culpeppers last Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Kellum were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Kellum.

Woodland: Miss Ollie Mae Pafford is the guest of Rev. and Mrs. B. A. Pafford. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Pound, Mr. Olyn Pound, Mr. Pyron Pound and Me.

Alwyn Pound were the guest of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Pound.

Home for the holidays: Willene Webster, DeLa Woodall, Alwyn Pound, John Pye Russell and Jim Woodall.

Christmas marriages: Mrs. Belle Lowe Smith to Mr. White in Box Springs; Miss Ruth McGeehee and A. P. Smith Jr.; Miss Bertha Smith and Mr. Walter Hendricks; Miss Garnett Smith and Mr. Ralph Heath; Mrs. Laura Belle Blanton and Mr. Alvah Kelly; Miss Gladis Gertrude Worthen and Mr. Jesse C. McCargue of near Woodland.

Mesdames Matilda Boyd, Ben and Clarene Bussey, Misses Lina Dunn, Willie Boyd and Mr. L. Rutledge enjoyed Christmas dinner with Miss Eugenia Wells.

Miss Gussies Pearl Childs, Mary Graham, Messers Will Woodall and B. G. Jordan were a congenial party motoring to Geneva to visit Miss Lucille Cox.

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Feb. 1920 - RUB-MY-TISM Good for cuts, bruises, sores, tetter, sprains, neuralgia and rheumatism.

The month of February 1920 will have five Sundays - the first time in forty years. And think of all the people that won't go to church one single Sunday.

Roughedge: Mr. and Mrs. Barney Hawkins visited the Walter Culpeppers for the weekend.

Miss Maggie Ingram is at home, having completed her work as
census enumerator in Pleasant Hill.

Mr. and Mrs. George M. Allen have moved to Manchester.

Mrs. Hamp Allen and children visited Columbus relatives last
week.

Mr. James Graham of Talbotton and Miss Annelu Jones of Leslie were married on Valentine's day. Miss Jones is the daughter of a very wealthy couple in southwest Georgia.

The young friends of Marvin Starling enjoyed his tenth birthday party on February 15. Skip the Rope, Hide and Seek, Clap in - Clap Out and many other games were indulged. Mesdames Cleve and E. H. Edwards assisted Mrs. Starling.

Mrs. B. M. Shumate and Jackie spent the week with relatives at Spinks Chapel.

Mr. J. J. McDaniel announce the birth of a son, John, Jr. on January 28, 1920.

Valley: Mr. Charlie Garrett and Corrine spent Monday with the J. B. Miller family. Mr. H. B. Kendrick and sons spent Sunday with the J. P. McCoy's.

Miss Louise Holmes has returned from a visit with her sister, Mrs. John Beach. Miss Udora Slocum is visiting her daughter, Mrs. D. O. Holmes.

Mrs. William Holmes Gorman, formerly of Talbotton, died last Saturday afternoon in Atlanta.

After only a few hours sickness, Mr. Farnett Smith passed away at his home in Red Bone. He is survived by his wife, the former Alma Simmons, four children, Mesdames Hendricks and Heath and Messers Clifford and George.

Mr. John C. Baldwin, born in Baldwinville Talbot County, passed away in Atlanta on February 17, 1920.

Mrs. Tyler, daughter of Rev. Leonard Rush and kinswoman of the Jenkins and Kellum families of Talbot County, died in her home in Barnesville this week.

Sunday School Superintendents of Talbot County, S. W. Woodall, A. J. Webster, W. F. Matthews, C. E. Garrett, J. H. Morgan, R. A. Maxwell, John Trussell and R. E. Olive will participate in the coming Sunday School Convention in Talbotton on March 21, 1920.

Mt. Zion school news: Sickness has ravaged our school - flue and pneumonia. Those afflicted are Miss Mary Mallory, Miss Eugenia Wilia, Miss Julia Teal, Huel and Curtis Gilbert and Ruby Adams.

Mrs. Felder R. Spivey is ill in an Alabama Sanatorium becoming ill while visiting her sister. Mr. E. H. Spivey and his maid drove over to bring his granddaughter, Elizabeth, home.

March 1920 - Mr. Henry Jones and sisters have moved back to Talbot County after living in Thomaston.

Miss Catherine Callaway entertained at a unique party recently. Her grandmother had built a doll house with every convenience dear to the hearts of children. The guests were invited to play in the doll house. The house is one of the show places in Talbotton.

Miss Marie Carpenter of Talbotton and Mr. James Henry Shaw were married in Centerville last week.

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March 1920 - Roughedge: The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hamp Children was buried in the Carlisle cemetery. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Mitch Alexander was buried Monday in the Hawkins burial ground.

Talbot County Sunday School Convention will be held at the Talbotton Methodist Church on Sunday, Mar 21, 1920.

Death visits two Talbot County homes in one day. Mr. Clay Starling and Mrs. Robert W. Blanton both died of pneumonia on Monday, Mar. 8. Mrs. L. A. Sanders passed away at her Marion County home on Feb. 28, 1920. She was the former Leila Smith of Talbot County. Talbot County is suffering from the flu and pneumonia. Every district has been hit by these illnesses.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kellum and little son have moved to Woodland.

Walker Academy: Mr. Stephen Howard spent Thursday with his daughter Mrs. Jim Hawkins. Miss Thelma Ingram a student at Woodland School, spent Sunday with her sister, Miss Maggie Ingram. Miss Ruth Hawkins and Mr. Jesse Hawkins spent Sunday in Geneva with the Marvin Anthonys.

Friends sympathize with Mr. Jack Spinks in the loss of his wife and baby.

Mr. and Mrs. Thad Buchanan attended church in Roughedge and had dinner with the Mat Carlisles.

Misses Frances and Maggie Ingram had as their dinner guests Sunday, Messers Ed Chapman, Sam Jones, Andrew Grant and Miss Thelma Ingram.

Talbotton ladies are enjoying life with weekly meetings of various Rook, Bridge and Sewing Clubs.

The wireless transmission of messages and the human voice is a growing business. Many young men in Georgia are now studying this new vocation.

Messers R. J. Alsobrooks and J. William Firor, agricultural agents for the A.B.&A. Railroad, are in our county and are greatly impressed with Woodland's peach industry.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hall and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hall of Lineville, Alabama are visiting Mrs. Sallie Hall in Talbotton.

Talbotton stores will close each day at five o'clock from now to August 27, 1920.

J. F. Edwards, convicted of murder by the Talbot County

court in 1919 has been denied a new trial by Judge William Harrell.

Indiana University seniors were constantly picking on freshmen by going to the freshmen's room, lighting their pipes, closing al doors and windows, and smoking until the freshmen became ill. One night they entered the room of a
country boy from Kentucky, lit their pipes and puffed away. Lo and behold, the Kentucky boy pulled out his corn cob pipe and joined in. Near midnight, the seniors started staggering out; the country boy opened his locker and showed several pounds of Kentucky tobacco and invited the boys back anytime.

A midwestern farmer has obtained a zebra, crossed it with his mare pony, and has a zebrule, far out performing the local mules.

Miss Anna Hime of Macon and O. C. and Mary Nix of Talbot County are applying for a charter to mine sand in the Junction City area, called the Hime Sand Co.

Talbot County's financial condition is so poor, they may have to abandon the chain gang and return the prisoners to the state and sell all their mules and machinery and let the roads go. We desperately need a bond issue.

Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Turner and Elizabeth spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Woods at Spinks Chapel.

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Jan. 1920 - The A.B. and A. Railroad has shown a loss of 1 1/2 million dollars in the last year. Efforts to scrap the railroad are now underway.

Dr. W. C. Douglas has been discharged from the Army and will return to his former practice in Talbotton.

Side track is being laid to the Talbotton Trap Rock Company and the company hopes to be in business shortly.

Mrs. S. Barnes of Junction City spent a busy week entertaining her seven daughters. The C. W. Moores, the Blythes, the Kellums and the Greens all helped entertain the young ladies.

Miss Bessie Collier will wed Mr. Henry Clayton Matthews in the early spring.

Miss Vera Rawls and Mr. Clifford McBride will marry on Jan 14th.

The American Refining Company has set the wholesale price of sugar at 14 ¾ cents per pound. We hope the retailer will be able to sell at about 20 cents per pound.

Talbot County is rapidly turning into a non-farming county. It is losing its white farmers at an alarming rate. For a healthy economy, we need to attract more farmers to our county.

Messrs. J. C. and William Miller, Lynn and Grady Butler, Elmer and Johnnie Beverly visited the Spinks Chapel Community.

Woodland parties given during the holidays: John Pye Woodall; Miss Loudie Pye Smith; Miss Katherine Martin; Miss Mildred Woodall.

Miss Nannie Mae Chapman and Mr. C. M. Barksdale were married Sunday afternoon. Miss Eleanor Wilson and Mr. Rollin Hall were married last Sunday. Mr. W. P. Sparks, formerly of Talbot County, passed away in Baltimore, Maryland, Sunday evening. Dr. Dorothy Bocker will open an office in Talbotton on Jan. 19, 1920.

Little Laverne Witt, only child of Dr. and Mrs. M. S. Witt, died early Sunday morning.

The Talbotton Sewing Club composed of Misses Margaret Collier, Mary Stinson, Clara Downs, Cornelia Jordan, Carolyn Leonard, Margaret Rutledge, Virginia Dennis and Mary Stephens met at the home of Miss Collier last Monday.

Miss Willie Lee Moore of Junction City married Mr. W. N. Newton of Atlanta last week.

J. T. Stephenson, local express agent for the A.B. & A. Railroad was hit by an engine as he was handling a large amount of express near the tracks in Talbotton Friday morning. He was carried to Macon and was found to have a
dislocated shoulder, a broken hip and severe cuts and bruises.

The State Highway Department has proposed a new highway from Talbotton to Thomaston. Citizens of Meriwether and Talbot County have petitioned the Department to change the route to go through Woodland and Manchester.

Mr. J. L. Taylor, owner of a grocery store, blacksmith shop and a general merchandise store in Geneva, is installing two new grist mills there.

February, 1920 - The former Miss Katherine Giddens, now Mrs. Katherine Bussey, born 88 years ago near Talbotton, died at Waverly Hall Tuesday, Jan. 27, 1920.

Mr. and Mrs. Olin Oliver announce the birth of a son, Hugh Olin on Jan. 25, 1920. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Parker announce the birth of a son Norman, Jr. on Feb. 2, 1920.

Mr. Levi Smith, son of Col. Levi Smith and Mary Gullet Smith, died Monday at the home of his sister, Mrs. J. I. Johnson.

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March 1920 Vineville: Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Weems spent Sunday with Mr. John Weems. Lawrence Callier spent Sunday with Eugene Burt.

Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Alexander spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Alexander. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Turner and Elizabeth spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wade at Spinks Chapel. Mrs. Arthur Mallory and daughter Lucy spent several days with Mrs. Della Cox in Baldwinville.

Mrs. Margaret Cartwright passed away March 20, 1920. Born in 1829, she was one of Talbot County's oldest citizens. She was buried in Mt. Vernon burial grounds near Baughville.

Misses Lucille Norris and Myrtle Smith of Raleigh were guests of Mr. And Mrs. W. L. Russell at Tax.

Messers. John Pye and Robert Page are busy installing light plants in Tax. Mr. Edmund Foster and Mr. Charley Blanton
were visitors in Tax Sunday.

April 1920 Snow and freezing temperatures Monday played havoc with the young vegetables in Talbot County. Great apprehension is felt for the peach crop.

Talbotton has an Overall Club, joining many other clubs around the United States. Men, rich or poor, have promised to wear overalls from now until September 1, 1920 as a protest against the profiteering in the clothing industry. Dress clothes have gone sky high resettle, and many men
are no longer able to buy them. The only problem (?) is, you can't tell the rich from the poor as you move around town.

Bishop Joseph Key, former pastor of Talbotton Methodist Church and District Superintendent of the Columbus District, died at age 91 in Sherman, Texas.

The United States is now spending at the rate of six and one half billion dollars per year. This does not include a one billion bonus for soldiers.

Sugar is now selling for thirty-five cents per pound. If the price keeps rising, sugar will be sold by the grain.

(Note on the Overall Club) This drive has been so successful, the largest overall manufacturer in the United States has just sold his plant for 1,000 percent profit and retired to southern France.

5,000 peach trees in the Ideal area are dead from the freeze in early April. Reports from local peach growers report some trees dying form the freeze.

After spending several days with the W. G. Freeman family in Roughedge, Mr. S. A. Freeman has gone to Pleasant Hill to spend some time with the W. T. Nelson family. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Allen of Columbus visited Mrs. George Allen and the Will Chapman family in Roughedge.

May 1920 - Heavy rain and strong winds have caused much damage to buildings and farms in Talbot County. One person had a barn and small building destroyed on the left side of his house, several small buildings destroyed on the right side of his house, but the main dwelling was untouched.

Accidents are plaguing Talbotton. Mrs. Mary Graham and Mrs. L. W. Smith are suffering from falls. Mr. Marvin Starling was severely injured when his car ran amok in his garage and pinned him to the wall.

A new planing mill is being built in Talbotton over on Railroad Hill, just beyond the cemetery.

Messrs. Emory and Willie Buchanan worshipped at Matthews Chapel Sunday and had dinner with Mrs. Jim Kellum.

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20 May 1910- Mrs. Myra Posey assisted by Mrs. G. W. Posey and Virginia Posey, entertained in Juniper Friday in compliment to Misses Bettie Worthen and Margaret Maddox. Guests enjoyed moonlight proms and then went inside to
progressive table games.

Frank Jordan and Henry Persons attended Scout meeting in Macon and visited Robert Jordan, returning to Talbotton with Mrs. Lilly J. Persons.

Mr. Clifford Smith, severely injured by a falling scaffold in Thomaston a few weeks ago, is now mingling with Talbotton friends.

TO THE PEOPLE OF TALBOT COUNTY: Buy your cokes, cigars and gas on Saturday because there will be no more selling on Sunday. S/Sheriff McDaniel.

A picnic and dedication ceremony was given at Mahaffey's Mill in Juniper on May 29th. The program: Catch the greasy pig, dinner, dedication of mill, swimming, baseball, boating and fishing.

Talbot County had the wettest Spring in 49 years. Maybe we can have plenty of good food this summer. Rainfall for Central Georgia averages fifty one inches per year.
Tax: Mrs. R. J. Alsobrook and son Preston spent Sunday with Mr. Emmett Miller.

Baldwinville: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mallory spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ebb Cox. Mrs. Sarah Lumpkin is with the Clarence Lumpkins’.

Spinks Chapel: Mr. Crawford Royals and family spent Sunday with the B. F. Helms family. Mr. and Mrs. Will Beverly and family spent Sunday with the Henry Butler, Sr. family. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Turner announce the birth of a daughter on May 15th.

Talbotton: Miss Annette Calhoun gave a pound party recently. Games were enjoyed by Misses Julia Calhoun, Annie Stinson and other friends.

The D. B. Searches', Mr. Sidney Baldwin, the Baker Baldwins, W. A. and S. B. Baldwin enjoyed an outing at Ficklin's Mill.

A special train on the AB&A RR called "The Hummer" will run from Fitzgerald through Talbotton to Atlanta daily.

27 May 1920-Mr. Cuthbert Columbus Dunn, formerly of Talbot County, died in Oakman, Alabama. He is survived by his wife, sons Henry and Cliff, daughters Miss Rosa, Mrs. Anna Carr and Mrs. Fannie Coogler.

Mrs. Gaines Freeman of Collinsworth leaned against the banister on her back porch causing the banister to break and giving Mrs. Freeman a nasty spill to the ground breaking her hip.

Lady to her maid: "I will tell you something if you exercise discretion."
Maid: "Shucks, I've exercised everything from lap dogs to society climbers. Just show me the discretion."

Old friend got together at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Sewell. A mid-day feast was served to Mesdames A. J. Perryman, J. W. Slade, and Miss Johnnie Robbins.

Mr. and Mrs. James R. Calliers home was the preachers mecca Monday evening. Mrs. Callier's dainty charm, Mr. Callier's ready wit and the presence of the splendid young son rendered the occasion delightful.

The P. M. Westons entertained Rev. Harry Allen, Rev. and Mrs. T. G. Lang, Mesdams Lula Mahone, L. W. Spivey, J. A. Bryan and Thomas Mahones.

3 June 1920-Talbotton Public Schools will close this week and the teachers are asking for more money before returning for the fall term. They certainly deserve a raise, but where is the money coming from? The mileage rate is at it's upper limit, so property values will have to be raised to bring in more money. (Sound familiar?)

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1 July 1920
McNiece Community: Mr. Sheppler from Ohio was a welcome visitor at Mountain Pass Farms. Miss Alton Key of Montgomery is the guest of Mrs. Cade Cunningham. Miss Estelle McNiece has returned to Lennox Hill Hospital in New York.

Mrs. Ella Mae Lucas and sons James and Paul of Baldwinville spent a week with relatives in Waverly Hall.

Miss Mary Shipp and Mr. Abraham Golden were married at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Shipp in Geneva on June 20th, 1920.

Miss Katherine Trussell spent last week with Miss Frances Matthews in Woodland. Pleasant trips around the country and to Thomaston were made.

Miss Rossie Hendrix, enroute from Blakely to her home in South Carolina, was the guest of Miss Sayde Arrington.

8 July 1920-Miss Annie Forbes Proctor, born and reared in Talbot County, daughter of George and Lucy Pou Forbes, died in Jonesboro. She is closely related to the Pou, Heath and Persons families in Talbot County.

Miss Emma Downs of Junction City married Mr. Oscar Rogers of Box Springs Sunday.

The Radcliffe Chatauqua is coming to Woodland July 13, 14, 14. Adult season tickets are $2.50 and children $1.25.

Mr. James J. Wood of Paschal passed away Monday. He is survived by his wife, son Will and three daughters. He was a life long member of Pleasant Valley Church.

Mrs. Mary Lou Fell Bussey entertained for her sons, Eddie and Woodall. Games and proms featured the amusements.

Miss Myrtle Hall and Mr. Dewey Reynolds were married at Cragford, Ala., on July 6th, 1920. Mr. Reynolds is employed by the railroad at Lineville, Alabama.

Mrs. Willis, formerly of Pleasant Hill, but now residing in Thomaston, visited Woodland friends.

Mr. Gus Stinson and son Jack of Jacksonville, FL. are with the Jack Griffin family for awhile.

Woodland: Miss Ruth Bowles and Todd of Gay are visitors of Mr. and Mrs. H.R. Bowles and are attending the Chautauqua.

Miss Katherine Rainer was the honoree Monday afternoon when Miss Inez Mills entertained five tables of Rook. Mrs. D. H. Starr was hostess at a tea in honor of Miss Rainer and
Mrs. Irwin. Mrs. J. W. Pye also entertained Miss Rainer at a Rook party.

Mesdames L. A. Foster, Lucy and Cecil Hogan, the Emmett Kellys and Mr. Barney Blanton were guests of Mrs. Robert Blanton last week.

The Spinks Chapel community was heavily damaged Saturday by an electrical, wind and rain storm. Messers M.G. Parker and Jack Suggs visited relatives here.

22 July 1920-The presence of Misses Meadows, Birdie Hall and Mary Baldwin has been the inspiration for a number of informal affairs, including Theatorium party, the Junction City pond, Juniper, Warm Springs, Chalybeate Springs and the Flint River. All have figured in the resort of the young
people.

Mt. Ida: Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Dent spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Arrant.
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Storey were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Dent. Mrs. John Dent and son Joiner enjoyed a weekend with Mrs. Joe Foster.

29 July-Mother to three year old son: "How did you like the barber?"
Son: "Fine. He just ran the electric iron over my head."

The person who makes the most noise talking makes the least noise thinking.

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9 July 1921-Dr. S. W. Brooks of Geneva passed away on June 24, 1921. Born in Meriwether County 58 years ago, he is survived by his wife, sons Drs. R. L. and H. W. Brooks and daughters Janie Mae and Rosa Frances Brooks.

Woodland: Mr. Cline Russell, employed by the Bank of Newington, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Russell. The members of the B.Y.P.U. entertained their friends with a wiener roast on the lawn of the Baptist Church Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Matthews of Ypsilanti were called to Dawson due to the death of his brother, who was killed by lightening.

Mesdames C. D. Matthews, Kate P. Watkins, Wade H. Watson and Mr. Robert Matthews spent Wednesday in Barnesville with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Swatts. Miss Mary Lou McManus is home for a few days. She is Matron of the South Georgia Orphans Home in Macon. Sixteen ladies and a group of young men from Talbotton were numbered among the dancers at Warm Springs Saturday.

Some of us remember the "cut outs" on the cars of the twenties, a device attached to the exhaust to make a very loud noise. Towns in the Talbot County are passing ordinances to prohibit these devices.

"Dobson was very upset last evening." "Why?" "He was dining with his fiancée when her mother and three sisters joining them, uninvited. Dobson wondered if this was an isolated instance, or a regular thing."

14 July 1921-Messrs. T. A. Bardwell, C. K. Mahone and T. B. Smith shipped ten car loads of peaches last week from Talbotton. The peach industry has grown to be quite an enterprise in the Woodland area.

Talbotton has had an independent school system since 1907. Now that the county is being consolidated, it will be able to give our children the same advantages enjoyed by the big city schools.

Girls in high schools of Chattanooga, Tenn., have been known to wear silk stockings, peek-a-boo waists and high heel shoes. Uniforms will be issued to all high school females.

Two cars loaded with watermelons jumped track and overturned at Cook's bridge on the AB& A RR. Many locals visited the site before the cars could be placed back on the tracks.

Of great interest to their many friends was the marriage of Miss Marie Blanford to Mr. Robert Ellison Pound on July 7, 1921 at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John T. Cook in Woodland. Misses Lizzie Mae Owen and Mattis Woodall and Mrs. Annie Holmes Leonard were in charge of the decorations. Music was furnished by Miss Annie Lou Pound. They will honeymoon at Tybee Beach and will live with Mrs. J. J. Pound.

Mr. Carl Allen has accepted a position in Manchester and will play baseball with the Manchester Team. Mrs. Witt and Miss Maxie Witt of Lake City, Fla., are visiting Dr. and Mrs. M. S. Witt in Woodland. Mr. Joe McCrory of Atlanta will spend the summer with his Aunt, Miss Sallie McCrory.

Mr. Zollicofer Adams gave a large fish fry for his friends in Box Springs.

Amp Peeler of Macon spent last week with Gus Persons Jr. in Talbotton. Mr. T. A. Bardwell and his daughter, Mrs. Amp Peeler returned to their home in Macon after visiting relatives in Talbotton. Mr. Eugene Hollis of Columbus, picked up his nephew, Mr. T. H. Mahone to spend a month in Asheville, N.C. area. A dance of unusual interest and attendance was given by the young men of Talbotton for their friends in the Talbot County area Monday at Persons Hall. Music was by the Slaughter orchestra of Columbus.

Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Moore, Mr. Joe Collier and Miss Margaret Collier have returned from Atlanta where Miss Collier has been recuperating from an accident.

The United States produced 503,000 bales of "snaps" and "bollies" cotton last year. This is the lowest grad of cotton and was previously sold to markets in Europe. But that market has now been closed to the United States. This cotton was selling from three and one half cents to five cents per pound.

Ladies have been causing clerks in dry goods stores to run around in circles; the clerks often have to bring out every piece of goods before the customers are satisfied.

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1 Jan 1925- Ad: In hundreds of thousands of home, housekeepers keep Black Draught on the shelf, handy for use when needed as a household remedy to relieve constipation, biliousness, indigestion and many other simple remedies.

Lost: Sunday, between Prattsburg and Thomaston, Vacuum Cup Balloon tire and rim. Return to Dr. E. W. Carter in Thomaston and receive a reward.

Centerville Flashlight: Mrs. W. S. Maxwell and family, Mr. Robert Harry Callier and Miss Eugenia Maxwell motored to Butler Sunday and spent a few hours at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Fickling.

Messieurs Clay and Jack Morris were entertained at six o'clock dinner at Howard Saturday evening by their sister, Mrs. H. Vanlandingham.

A full and interesting program was rendered by the Frances Butler Memorial Church during the holidays. At seven P.M., a beautiful Christmas program was put on by Miss Julia Butler, director of Sunday School. Every member was remembered with a bag of fruit. A handsome overcoat was given to our pastor, Rev. F. L. Coleman by all the churches on the Talbotton Circuit. Mr. Tobe Gill, in his role of St. Nicholas, delighted the audience with his wit and humor.

Mrs. S. F. Hart, a former resident of Junction City, died in Columbus Monday. Before her marriage, she was Miss Susie Fielder. Survivors are her husband, daughter Miss Susie Frank Hart, and brothers Mr. Mark Fielder of Junction City and Mr. L. P. Field of Andalusia, Al.

O'Neals: Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Avery, Miss Pearl Avery and Mr. James Adams were dinner guests of Mrs. Boynton Adams in Woodland, last Thursday.

Mrs. N. G. Culpepper has as her guest her brother, Mr. Ed Brooks of Blakely, Ga.

Rural Mail Carrier Examination: The U.S. Civil Service Commission has announced examinations to fill vacancies for rural routes. Women will not be considered for appointment unless they are the widow of U.S. soldiers, sailors or marines; or are the wives of service men who are physically disqualified by reason of injuries received in the line of duty.

8 Jan 1925-A wedding of much interest was that of Miss Susie Helen Bethune of Atlanta and Buena Vista, and John Paul Jones, a former Talbot County boy, now residing in Memphis, Tenn.

Mr. Carlton Fleming of Tulane University in New Orleans, was at the Weston Hotel for the weekend.

Mrs. A. J. Perryman, Sr. complimented her Sunday School class with a New Year's party last Thursday afternoon. The girls engaged in a geographical conundrum contest with zest, evincing a ready knowledge of Geography.

Miss Cornelia Jordan entertained at a delightful party Wednesday night. The following guests were present: Miss Margaret Collier, Mr. Basil Allen, Miss Julia Brannon, Messieurs Frank Jordan and Marvin Hall.

In the Talbotton City elections: J. W. Jordan defeated J. B. Douglas for Mayor. Councilman elected were: E. L. Bardwell, J. A. Battle, T. H. Persons, F. P. Freeman, J. W. Watkins and C. C. Carson.

Junction city: Among those entertaining at dinners during the holidays were Mesdames William Keller, Charles W. Moore, W. A. Blythe, and W. E. Greene. The "piece de-resistance" at each occasion was turkey. These delightful hostesses are famous for their hospitality.

Services were held at the Baptist Church by the pastor, Rev. B. E. Donahoo, who delivered inspiring sermons at both services.

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