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Transcribed by Carla Miles
Thursday, April 8, 1909 Page 6
The Home of Mrs. Laura Leonard Matthews Burned April 8 1909
Joined by two traveling men, they hastened to the scene and forced an entrance into the hall. Flames had enveloped the stairway and were issuing from the dining room. To their alarm a crowd gathered quickly, but it was too late to accomplish anything, the building was doomed before the fire was discovered. The well ropes had been cut, and to procure water was impossible.
A few chairs, a sideboard, the family Bible and some pot plants were the only articles saved.
The home was one of the most beautiful and picturesque buildings in Talbotton. it was the ancestral hall of the Leonards for generations and was
adorned with relics, oil portraits and historical works of art, whose value was far above rubies. They represented the skill and taste of a noble race.
A collection that can never be replaced. Mrs Matthews was absent and the home was unoccupied. The sympathy of the whole town goes out
to the family in this great loss. An insurance of $2,000 was carried.
Capt. & Mrs. W.J. Raines Wedding Anniversary Celebration May 6 1909
An affair fraught with tender sentiment and rare charm was the celebration of the wedding anniversary of Capt. and Mrs. Wilkins Jackson Raines on Saturday. This was a beautiful courtesy planned by their loving, loyal daughter, Miss Nannie Raines. And while it was not the fiftieth anniversary, it was a golden one. The years that have fallen across the pathway of this noble couple have been crowned by a devoted family, whose usefulness and influence have been felt, not only in these United States but also on foreign shores. To them their hosts of friends would inscribe these words:To love and be
loved ' ah, this,
Of human fortune, human bliss
This truth, by love divinely taught,
Your hearts, like threads of gold have wrought.'
The dainty luncheon table was very attractive. The table, with its snowy napery and great bowl of Mareschal Niel roses, the cream that rivaled the blossoms in golden tint, and so rich and mellow in flavor, the rare old fruit cake brought to mind that old wedding day long gone by when all the beauty and chivalry of Talbot County assembled to rejoice in the happy union of Miss Elizabeth Dixon and Mr. Wilkins Jackson Raines, members of two of Georgia's most distinguished families. About a half century has past since that brilliant occasion, and 'where is now the merry party, some have gone to lands far distant and with strangers made their home. There are still some few remaining who remind us of the past.' The company was not so goodly, as in those other days, but the wishes for them were as whole-souled and heartfelt.
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Thursday, June 10, 1909 Page 3
Reading Circle Organized June 10, 1909
A delightful little Reading Circle as organized in the home of Miss Juliet Wilkerson, Tuesday. Miss Wilkerson was elected President, Miss Mary Gullet Smith, Secretary and Miss Susie Earnest, Treasurer. The aims of this ambitious organization are to while the summer hours away, profitably and pleasantly. Books will be read aloud, music will be discoursed. Light refreshments will be served. This lovely 'rosebud garland of girls' never looked prettier than on this occasion. The pink, white and blue frocks so airy and dainty, were infinitely becoming. Lemonade was dispensed. The lamplighter will be read at the next meeting.
The members of this club are: Misses Juliet Wilkerson, Mary Gullet Smith, Susie Earnest, Birdie Dunbar, Louise McGehee, Emily Heath, Lucie Kimbrough, Annie Laurie Cunningham and Sadie Slade.
Thursday, July 8, 1909 Page 3
The Talbotton New Era
Transcribed by Carla Miles
Letter by H.P. Quin - Memories of
Talbotton July 29 1909
In Reminiscent Vein
Harry Brooks Going To Talbotton Brings Up Memories to H.P. Quin
Mr. Editor:
You noted the election of Prof. Harry Brooks as Superintendent of the Public Schools in your last issue of the Gazette Chronicle. We all rejoice in Harry's success and we, who used to know old Talbotton, rejoice that he is going to such a cultured town. You mentioned a few names of noted men who once attended school at old Collinsworth Institute, notably Chancellor Walter B. Hill and Oscar Straus. You failed to mention Bishop H.N. McTyerre, who was by far the greatest man turned out from that institution. You should have mentioned Nathan Straus, my old desk mate, whose picture adorns the pages of the August Delineator. Nathan has grown to be a great philanthropist, has done great good, and is still accomplishing great things for the poor. If I am correctly informed. He was the organizer of what is known as the Modern Department store, and practically owns the gigantic concern, R.H. Macy & Co.
Collinsworth went down long ago and with it, Talbotton began her rapid decline. That school was evidence of what a school will do for a town.
Some times little things bring about great calamities. That April fool we played the teachers was the prime cause of the downfall of Collinsworth, andwith it Talbotton. A little yielding on the part of the teachers, on that occasion could have avoided all the innumerable woes that followed. I think the teachers should have said 'now boys you have had your innocent fun, we will get down to business harder than ever until next April,' all this would have been avoided. But it is hard for the teachers to see their authority trampled upon, and dignity must be preserved, they think.
I visited Talbotton last year for the first time in forty years and saw evidences of great decay. Many of the old houses are just as they stood then, but weather beaten, and gone to ruin. There is a bright out look for the town as the AB&A runs through the place and new buildings of all kinds are springing up.
It was the habit to prefix 'old' to each other's names, and I overheard one tell another, that, 'Old Hugh Quin' is in town, and I thought how true that is this time. All asked after 'Old Jim Chapman.'
Yours truly,
H.P. Quin
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The Home Beautiful of Col. & Mrs. Augustus Persons
August 26 1909
The Home Beautiful
Col. and Mrs. Augustus Persons with their lovely children are now at home to their friends in the new cottage recently finished on College Street. The attractiveness and beauty are at once pleasing and inviting. There is a harmony of grounds and buildings that carries it with the happy delusion that it all grew up together. Trees reach out in loving benediction, sprigs of grass green peep up saucily, and ferns greet you in all sorts of unexpected nooks and corners. Green, nature's own color, hovers in softened tenderness, verandas encircle invitingly, and comfort is the elemental feature in finishings and furniture. Restfulness aptly describes it all.
Miss Sallie Fannie
Gorman was hostess at a dinner last Friday given
complimentary to her aunt, Mrs Fannie Bryan of
Woodland.
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The occasion was in celebration of Mrs.
Bryan's birth anniversary. She was seventy-five
years young on that date. Her loved ones
rejoiced in her youthful charms and invoked many
happy returns of the day.
