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DAILY MEDITATIONS
What doth it profit, my
brethren, though a man say
\% he hath faith and have not
works? Can faith save him?
For as the body without
the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead
54Mx\lso.—\!nmes 2:14-26,
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Georgia Cavalcade
GOLD MINING DAYS IN GEORGIA:
OLD TIME GLAMOUR IN THE HILLS
By GUS BERND, Historical Assistant,
Office of Secretary of State
Georgia was one of the first states of the Union
fn which commercial gold mining was carried on.
1t is not known when the first bits of gold were
removed from the hills of North Georgia. Whether
it was by a white man, a Cherokee, or by a mem
ber of some departed race of ancients is all part of
the unknown past. It seems logical to believe that
the Cherokee Indians must have found and -become
familiar with the precious nretal in some way. The
discovery and mining of gold in Georgia is gener
ally associated with the area about Dahlonega in
northeastern Georgia. The name Dahlonega comes
from the Indian language and means “yellow
money” or “yellow metal.”” Thus more reason to
believe the Cherokees knew there was gold in the
hills and streams of their homeland.
In 1826, before the beginning of commnrercial op=
erations in the gold fields of Northeast Georgia,
gold was discovered near the present town of Villa
Rica in Carroll county in western Georgia. The
name Villa Rica meaning “city of riches” was thus
applied. The Villa Rica mines never proved as
profitable as those near Dahlonega.
There has long been a controversy as to where
the first great strike in northeastern Georgia occur
red, The claim that history tends to accept is that
of White county, since cut from Lumpkin and Hab
ersham. Gold was found there on Duke'’s Creek, the
old name for Nacoochee River, in July, 1829. Dis
coveries were made in Lumpkin county at about
the same time; and the old John C. Calhoun mine
just south of Dahlonega was soon opened. It be
canre one of the richest gold mines in America;
about four millions in the yellow metal being taken
from it. Senator Calhoun, the South Carolina nul
lification leader, came over with his slaves and ran
the mine for a number of years.
Many years after the Calhoun mine was first
closed as being practically exhausted, one Major
Graham Dugas made a strike there which he
thought was a profitable vein and celebrated by
riding to Florida in a gold-plated automobile. But
his bubble soon burst when the vein proved not to
be substantial. Many famous people, including the
late Samuel J. Tilden who had the presidency
stolen from him in 1876, opened gold miines in the
Dahlonega area, The Barlow mine is said to have
furnished about seven million dollars worth of goid.
Before the discovery of gold in California, the
Georgia mines were considered ameng the world’s
richest,
The discovery of gold in Georgia in substantial
quantities and the mflux of people to the avea fol
lowing the spread of the news in 1829-30 is tied in
historically with the Cherokee Indian question,
There was a stampede of lawless elements of the
white population into the Cherokee Country in
search of gold. The agitation for removal of the
Indians proved irresistible. Governor George R.
Gilmer tried to handle the situation by having the
legislature pass a law for regulation and by requir
ing white settlers of the area to secure residence
permits. This method of control proved futile as
many of the people would not obey Georgia’s laws.
Thus began the famous Supreme Court cases of
Cherokee Nation vs, Georgia and Worcester vs,
Georgia, When Wilson Lumpkin became governor
he moved faster than Gilmer., With the final re
moval of the Cherokees in 1838, the United States
Government established a mint at Dahlonega. It
was operated successfully until the outbreak of the
War in 1861 when it was seized by the Confeder
ates.
Dahlonega and the old mining town of Nuckolls~
ville or Auraria nearby were in ante-bellum days
wide-open mining towns amid a glamorous setting.
Mountain bandits cccasionally made raids and shot
up the town. Whiskey, gambling, and fighting were
commonly mixed in an uncivilized way in this early
Georgia gold-rush atmosphere.
The year 1843 seems to have been the peak year
at the old mint, more shan a half million dollars
being coined that year. In total production of gold
over the years Georgia ranks second in the South
to North Carolina. More than $17,500,000 worth of
the metal had been taken from Georgia’s fields
prior to World War 1.
Among oddities of gold-seeking in Georgia is the
apparently authentic story of the finding of small
pieces of gold occasionally on the grounds about the
Lumpkin county courthouse, and especially after
- hard showers,
Prior to the War Between the States many conr
panies for the mining of gold and other metals were
iormed in Georgia, They were granted special priv
ileges: and there was much promotion propaganda
too. The Georgia legislatures of the period did their
part .lnd left no stone unturned in the matter of
keeping before Uncle Sam the necessity of main
taining the mint at Dahlonega. Gold had become
Scarce in the State before 1861; and the war did not
(Continued in Column Seven.)
British Commonsense is
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Their Chief Strength
The British are a commonsense race. Speaking
before the National Press Club, Prime Minister Cle
ment A. Attlee said the British government recog
nized the Communist government in China because
the latter rules the whole Chinese mainland. In do
ing so, Britain has followed a rule that has gov
erned its foreign policy for centuries. There was a
time when we, too, recognized, for diplomatic pur
poses, that government which held the visible reins
of power. But in recent years ideologies have
strongly influenced our foreign policy, That is what
happened with respect to our attitude toward the
Chinese Communists.
We backed Chiang Kai-shek and lost. If we had
followed our traditional policy we would have
faced facts and recognized the victors over Chiang
as the real rulers of China. But domestic politics
ruled that out. Certain politicians in our country
were determined to convict the Democratic Admin
istration of having pro-Communist leanings and
began attacking it as being Communist-ridden.
Their campaign, whicn continues even in the pres
ent crisis, foreclosed any possibility of the Execu
tive Department trying to get along with the pres
ent rulers of China, so step-by-step there has been
developed an enmity between our government and i
that of China until today there is a strong possibil
ity this enmity will lead to general conflict. If war
is staved off, it will be largely due to the fact that
India, Britain and other nations have not been in
fluenced by political emotions in their dealings
with the existing government of China but have
sought to keep diplomatic contact with that gov
ernment, I
When one government recognizes another gov- |
ernment it does not mean that either of them enr- ]
braces the political ideologies of the other. This}
fact has been demonstrated throughout history. It
is being demonstrated again today. We are about to |
give financial assistance to Communist Yugoslavia,
but that does not mean we are embracing Com
munism, On the other hand, we are about to extend
financial aid to Fascist Spain, in political ideology
about as far from the present government of Yugo
slavia as the White House is fromr the Kremlin.
Expediency is dictating our attitude toward the
governments of Spain and Yugoslavia. We are
helping them because we hope to make them our
allies in event of further international trouble, or
at least neutralize them. Had our State Department
been given a free diplomatic hand in China, it is
possible that by this time Britain and the United
States might have done considerable work to mag
nify what is believed to be a basic clash of national
interest between Russia and China. But domestic
politics prevented commonsense from prevailing,
so we face war, We do not say that a different pol
icy toward Communist China would have resulted
in their nation and eurs being on a different foot
ing today than they are. We do say that things
could not be any worse had we, as the British did,
faced the facts.
Mr. Attlee announced to the Press Club that the
British government does not favor appeasement of
the Communists. However, while he did not say so,
the British government does favor working out a
solution to the Korean situation that will be accept
able to all nations involved, before resorting to war.
The British apparently are determined that United
States domestic politics shall not involve them in
an interminable war with China. Mr. Attlee assures
this country that “in fair or four wealth, where the
Stars and Stripes fly in Korea, the British flag will
fly beside them. We stand by our duty, and we
stand by our friends.” At the same time, the Brit
ish apparently are not disposed to allow the polit
ical emotionalism of their friends to bog them down
fighting China for years to come.
Unfortunately, the present government of the
United States which is conducted by a combination
of Republican and Democratic politics, is not able
to keep to what should be its main objective: the
protection and preservation of our nation. Unfor
tunately, there are too many who are demanding
that the country be protected, but only by applica
tion of their own formula.
* There are too many different peoples in the
world for us to persist in the notion that we can
make them all think and act like us. We have got
to learn to face facts and, no matter how muech it
goes against the grain, to get along with other peo
ples and other natiens, Comnrunists, Fascists or
whatnot. If we do not make up our minds to that.
we may as well make up our minds to fight war
alter war in a futile effort to re-create all man
kind in our own image. It is entirely possible that,
as the British and Indian diplomats appear to be
lieve, China is not in the clutches of Russia. The
fact is that we have not tried very hard to find out
whether the British and Indians are right in be
lieving that the Communist rulers of China can be
weaned away from Russian influence. As long as
we persist in refusing to give the British theory a
chance to prove its rightness or wrongness we are
acting as if we believed that war is the only way to
solve the differences between the United Nations
and China,
Those guys (G. L’s fighting in Korea) are won
derful. .. . I'm going to look up by income tax and
see if I paid enough.—Singer Al Jolson, on his re
turn from Korea, . :
This nrakes it look as though talk of peace peti
tions and peace campaigns is reaily a kind of (Rus~
sian) propaganda barrage tc weaken the victim be
fore launching the attack.—British Foreign Secre
tary Ernest Bevia.
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ed to protect Tripoli from hot
summer winds and the full effect
of the Ghibli sand storms which
last for days at a time. Trees also
are used throughout the territory
to control drifting sand dunes.
Another pre-war Italian project
is just arriving at maturity. Mill-
ions of olive trees planted in the
early ’3os are now reaching full
production throughout the area.
Machinery is lacking, however, for
pressing and canning, so much of
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Cavalcade
(Continued from Column One,
Editorial Page.)
drop the curtain too soom on the
glamorous part of gold mining in
Georgia.
There has been some recent
nrining of gold in Georgia on a
barely paying basis; and hope
springs eternally in many breasts
for another great strike, However,
Georgia’'s mineral production is
now about 97 percent non-metal
lic. About a dozen counties in the
State have shared in Georgia’s
production of gold since the dis=
coveries of the 1820 s,
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Mutiny on the County. Atom Man
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Sat, — “Brothers in the Saddle,”
starring Tim Holt, Steve Brodie.
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when dropped-—a dull thud—and
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SEABOARD AIRLINE RY.
Arrival and Departure of Traing
Athens, Georgia
Leave for Elberton, Hamlet and
New York and East—
-3:35 p. m.—Air Conditioned,
8:45 p. m.—Air Conditioned,
Leave for Elberton, Hamlet ang
East—
-12:15 a. m.—(Local).
Leave for Atlanta, South and
West—
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CENTRAL OF GEORGIA |
RAILROAD
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Sunday) 12:33 F %
Leaves Athens (Daily, Exeept
Sunday) 4:15 p. m,
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g East and West 4
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