Talbot COUNTY GA Newspaper Abstracts 1921 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by "Helen Pond" http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/talbot/newspapers/1921.txt News From the New Era by Nelson Goolsby June 23, 1921 Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Watson started the summer picnics by taking their Sunday School Class to Juniper. Miss Ruby Couch and Mrs. Clara Perryman carried their Sunday School Class to Dennis Woods, to study nature. Woodland: Mr. and Mrs. A. B. McNiece, with several friends, spent two weeks at Mountain Pass Farms near Woodland (the old McNiece plantation). Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ferguson of Atlanta are with Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Ferguson. Sunday's paper carried the announcement of the approaching marriage of Miss Marie Blanford Cook to Mr. Ellison Plumd. Messrs. George Lowe and Fred King have been entertained at Juniper several days this week. Mrs. R. A. Maxwell and children, Eugenia and Sewell Maxwell, worshipped at Mt. Zion Church Sunday. June 30, 1921 Former Talbotton native Judge James L. Willis died in Wynnton on June 22. The latest fad for women is wearing ostrich feathers on the tops of their shoes. We may see shoe tops and skirts meet again. Miss Ida and Annette Brannon were hostesses at a "tacky" costume party last Wednesday evening. Miss Annetee Brannon, dressed as a society girl, and Professor C. C. Fuller dressed as a combination clergyman-farmer. Simple Simon won prizes - a string of beads and a red tie. Excitement was in the form of apple dunking and peanut shelling. An unknown party, driving a Chevrolet car, escaped injury when the car caught fire and burned on the Geneva road. The southbound passenger train lost a coach in the city limits of Talbotton when a wheel rolled off. There were no injuries. While slowly coasting down a hill near Talbotton, Miss Mary Gresham lost a front wheel on her car; which came to an abrupt stop. No damage was done. The local public water fountain has been a "hitching post" for the men of leisure in Talbotton, leaning against the fountain as they swap stories. July 21, 1921 The train wreck near the McNiece place in northern Talbot County was caused by someon tampering with the switch. The ensuing wreck damaged two boxcars to the point they had to be burned on the spot. Intended or not, severe thunderstorms in the are are causing many citizens to examine their spiritual inventory. Miss Louise McGehee entertained her guests, Mesdames Hal Lambdin and H. M. McGehee of Atlanta, Miss Mary Graham and her guest, Miss Celeste Furlow, at her card club Thursday. Miss Minnie Martin of Woodland left Monday for summer school in Athens, where she will specialize in Dramatic Art, Story Telling and Community Work. Mr. Owen Bickley and Miss Fannie Bickley entertained their young friends at a prom party Friday evening. Uncle Hill Stinson, venerable colored man, died at his home on the McCrory place Thursday. He was a familiar figure on the streets of Woodland and had a multitude of white friends. The little Methodist Church on the hill near his house stands as a monument to his untiring efforts to live a good life. The tennis courts in front of Mr. C. D. Matthew's store have added a good deal to the social life of the community. Those attending Mrs. Baker Baldwin's house party in Baldwinville include Misses Gladis Haywood, Jessie Heath, Jewell Adams, Sarah Williams and the Misses Moore and Favors from Junction City. July 28, 1921 The Georgia General Assembly just passed a law providing equal civil privileges for women, but exempted them from jury, police and road duty. Mr. John S. Jones of Woodland passed away Monday night. He is survived by daughters Mrs. Hardy Kellum, Mrs. Tom Conkle and Miss Agnes Jones and sons Luther, Harry, Roy and Will Jones. The 1919 legislature created a Department of Welfare. The necessity of this sprang from a discovery of the "Horror Home" in Macon, a home for orphans. The home was nothing but a cruel and heartless place to make money for its promoter. Only $15,000 is spent by the state each year for the new department. A swimming pool, known as the "Fern Dell", has opened one mile south of Talbotton. There will be a picnic and barbecue all day on August 3, 1921. A law has been introduced to take all guns from the citizens. Said Uncle Bill, "I'm glad of it. They should take all guns away from bootleggers and auto bandits."