The age-herald., 1900-03-23
IN HOTEL HOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE

ing, which is slightly impaired. She is
 very gifted. woman and Intellectually very
 brilliant; and that much can be easily un- | derstood when 1t is known that she comes
 of the famous Crawfords of Georgia, her i maiden name being Crawford. A daughter 1 of hers married David B. Culberson, who
 also resided in Ta1apoosa, but removed in
 early life to Texas, where he became | judge, was subsequently, elected to
 gress, and reelected for many terms: be- 1 came chairman of the judiciary committee l of the house: and is now a member of the
 commission for codifying the laws of the | United States-withal one of the abest and
 most eminent of living southerners. Mrs. | Kimball is, in consequence of her daugh- l ter's marriage to David B. Culberson, the | grandmother of United States Senator | Charles Culberson of Texas, formerly gov | ernor of that state, and who Is one of the
 most promising of the younger senators. | Charlie Culberson was scarcely more than
 a Boy when he was first elected governor of Texas, and he passed from the executive | office to the national senate. He bears re-
 markable personal resemblance to his l grandmother; and he has inherited much l of her bright intellect and her energy, as | there has descended to him the rare gifts
 of the profound mind and sturdy character
 of his distinguished father. Mrs. Kimball is a perfect type of the noble gentlewomen of
 the south of other years; and, considering | her great age and experience, her lineage,
 and the place she has so long adorned in | the life of this country, it is an almost l inestimable privilege to be in her presence. | .1.rxn ,,fY,a l of life in doing good She is truly a noble 1 woman. A protege of hers by the way, is l Congressman Robert Emmet Burke of the | sixth Texas district. Burke was born in I Talapoosa county in 1S47, and was reared | by Mrs. Kimball. He fought with the Con- | federates throughout the civil war, and
 moved to Texas in 1866. Like Dave Culber-
 son, he was a judge, and then became a | congressman All of Mrs. Kimball's sons
 were killed in battle during the war be-
 tween the states. This venerable mother of
 heroes and statesmen takes lively interest
 public affairs; and she is most hospitable | at all times.
 | Colonel Williams at seventy-five is | rosy and jolly as he was twenty-five years l ago when he was accounted the best all- 1 around stump speaker in the state, and | when he aroused the 'twool-hat boys of | the old Fifth to frenzy of democratic en- l thusasm. He is the embodiment of good | health and contentment. His keen eyes | are as bright as ever; his laughter retains | the old familiar ripple; his happy, round | clean-shaven, pink face is unchanged his l benign benevolence loses nothing from his 1 snowwhite hair. pleasing figure to look
 upon is this veteran of congress and the | plantation. 'It is but seldom that I get | away from home," Colonel Williams said | in answer to old friends question con-
 cerning himself. "As the years pass I be- | come~more and more attached to my own | fireside. That is the happiest place in the 1 world for me. What get to eat at home
 tastes better than any other food, and my | old bed is to me a downy couch of ease | which I'd not exchange for an emperor's | place of sleep. My fields are my kingdom, | my home where my wife abides is my | earthly heaven. It Is not often that get | even as far away from home as Montgom- { cry, only sixteen miles from my door.
 Twenty years ago I'd go to the capital once
 a week, but one's tastes and habits change;
 one grows old, you know"
 |
 "I notice that Joe Willett has just been l in Birmingham" said Thomas M Owen. | formerly of Jefferson but now of Pickens | county, and who has been in the city a
 day or so on business. "As you know. Car | rollton, where I now reside, is the birth | place of MT. Willett Since his long talk l before Tammany this little village has | come to view with unusual pride and inter-
 est the career of this gifted young Ala | baman 1Carrollton is the county town of l Fickens, one of the finest cotton counties
 of the state. Here, since it was first laid
 out, have resided the ancestors of MT Will | lett. These are the Whites Woods and | Bostlcks His father Major E. tD WiIlett. | came, prior to the civil war,~from Wash l ington county, Tennessee, and fin short | while married Miss Candace the daughter
 of General F. w. Bostlck Major Willett
 was a gallant Confederate soldier and
 served in the Fortieth Alabama regiment
 as a captain and major. After the war he
 served the county as member of the con-
 stitutlenal convention of 1875. When he
 died his mantle fell on the shoulders of | his sons. They are a fine-lookng hand
 some lot of men-of striking intellectuality
 and gifted as lawyers and In oratorv | George is a prominent physician of Allan | ta. Ebert and Arch M compose the firn,
 or Willett x Wllett of the Carrollton bar
 while Joe Wilett has acquired a justly
 merited national reputation. The Wllletts
 own large estates in Pickens, also the conn., | ty newspaper, as well as the political ma | chine.'"
 Ut has been some years since Joseph
 Willett left the village for his Anniston
 home, but he comes back to his old range
 annually" continued Mir. Owen "When ba
 comes there is general rejoicing, and a | Brunswick stew must be had. This is the local form for stag gathering. Located
 on the Willett estate, in bit of English I meadow, is a famous spring. The spot | abounds in giant oaks and weeping will | lows. Here the stew is breWed | The component ingredients of this
 en semble are birds, chickens, squirrel,
 green corn, tomatoes, butter salt, red pep per and so on. Each participant brings d