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• - r • a • -■». • t■• •♦,«• nfwflajy|!w- -v- if®' ,-cppa>' j?, •7 7 .9" ; '.UL tV-f‘i • . 7; y, ; '■Bii amy / y /t <■ v <w ;::t:sing Devoted to Local, Mining and General Information. One Dollar Per Annum VOL XIV—NO. 20. DAI 1 LON KG A, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 1903. W. 15. TOWNSEND, Editor and Proprietor t S 0 6 «4«r»\imrau.'ar.*»'. the Veil. OKALEI! S IN- Dry Goods, lotions. Shoes. Hats; Clothing SPECIAL prices in groceries. eed Stuff A SPECIALTY. ipring Goods Open. HfcLLU r' 7«t-*• '* . ZZ 51-SWET ^xmmUainSSSii a t tv t nn r\ t~n, m ♦ J ones. !A.ilMMBBBIMMUaBIBBJMilEMBiMBgSBH6W?l£BWK3BSE3l CLOTHING, fShoes, Hats, Furnishings, I jury tioous, Notions, Guns, Machines, Groceries. ♦ t Clothing a specialty.$ I I'tiey will sell you clothing for cas!i$ jet Gainesville or Atlanta prices. A | *mee line of sumples and will take 2 tyour order for tailor made goods. ♦ > •/ v\vVv7'Vvv^4'j 1 9 , 'j^ : t'vY0C Ar.AA-^v •£ D AH L 01ST E G A A loo V( 4 IJt*o*, 1? l *0] > 1 Dealer 111. FAMILY sr re V/ AND General Merchandise. “One eyoniog as they sat The moon's soft rays so beneath pale, I have, as a rule, evinced greater!?^ proficiency for advancement, and in some of their studies have pro- j grossed considerably beyond the Moved by an impulse, born of love, work heretofore required In this Vwwiti m I H «®a mm 4 ^ 11 er i ix r% 1 lie kissed her through her .veil Next evening, as before, they sat Beneath the star flecked dome; ! since Yet not exactly as before— She’d left her vale at home.” . particular the j been regular Annual Report of Dahlonega Public Schools. To the Hoard of Commissioners Dahlonega Public Scliools, G HKTI.EM iln*; Persuant to your requires meat, ! have the honor to sub mit the following report of the work of tlm public scliools of Dah- 1 onega for the year ending May IK), 1908: STATISTICAL ABSTRACT — WHITE SCHOOL. Number of males enrolled dur ing the year 96 N u mher of females 99 Total enrollment . . .195 Number of days taught 181 Average number of pupils in daily attendance throughout the year 126 Number in bona fide attend ance at close of school 119 ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE BY DEPARTMENTS. PRIMARY, FIRST GRADE. (Miss Fannie Gai 11 ard.) Enrolled 67 Average number in attendance entire year 25.7 Present at close ....... 26 PRIMARY AM) INTERMEDIATE SEC OND AND SECOND DIVISION OF THIRD GRADE. (Miss Kate Faver.) Enrolled . . . . 59 Average attendance 89 Present at close 85 INTERMEDIATE—FIRST DIVISION OF THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE. (Miss Belle Tharin.) Enrollment *19 Average attendance 3o. < Present at close 88 G RA MMAR DePARTM ENT—FIFTH and Sixth Grades. Enrollment 19 Yverage attendance 27 Present at close 22 Colored School. Males enrolled... 15 Females 22 Total enrollment .. 8i Days taught 181 progression has j and well marked | the organization of tho school system: but the proficiency evinced for advancement in these grades was more pronounced this I year than heretofore, and necessi tated a readjustment of some of the courses to accommodate ithis increased capacity of the pupils. A “side feature” so to speak —of the work this year meriting speoial mention, was tho course in manual training -raffia—conduct- j ed by Miss Tharin. The course ; was entirely optional and open to j pupils of the four higher grades. | The work was done after regular j school hours. In addition to the ; advantages accruing lrom its dis- j tinct educative feature and the in- ; terest it stimulated in the general j works of the pupils who took the j course, the practical value of the : work in tho cultivation of a! “home-interest’’ and the arts of j home embellishment was distinct- ! ly manifest. It is my opinion that the con tinued efficiency of the school sys- j tern demands the retention of tho j present number of teachers. To i ( render clear my reasons for this | | recommendation, I have placed j 1 near the beginning of this report— ; j under the caption “Statistical Ab- | i street”—the enrollment and at- i tendance by department for the j year just closed. A glance at | General LwfMSjj ^ x Merchandise. La Senorita. DRY GOODS \Sjjr ( ALL KINDS SEE OF ALL THAT THIS \t Xv OF KIN.D. / J\ SHOES NOTIONS A SPECIALTY. 1 RACE MARK fo y BkaNOED nk. FOR ON EVERY ag f f* shoe. F ^'"""yD'yk Ladies and Gents. i Art in Shoemaking. Exact Reproduction o[ this Style Shoe. If O l <U R E A fv> good will have contributed in no small degree to the inspiration of the teachers and tho success of the years work. Respectfully submitted, Joel Mann Martin, Supt. and l’rin. Electric Car Line for Homer. these statistics will show that, i Average attendance. . Pay Pupils. White. Non-resident Under age Total Colored. Over age although the number of pupils en rolled this year was 195 against 248 for the preceding year—a fall ing off of of. 48—, the average at tendance for tins year was 126 against 152 for last year—a falling off of but 26. Furthermore, the percentage of tho total enrollment in daily attendance throughout the present year was 64:6 per cent, against 62.5 per centage for last year—an increase of 2.5 per centage. This shows that the attendance of chose enrolled this year was more regular than for any preceding year. It will be observed that the average number of pupils to the teacher for the year just closed was 81 (126-1), the average attendance in two de partments being slightly below ) | this number—26 and 27 respect— ■lv— while in the other two de- attendance [ ively- j partments the average 6 | COMMUNICATED.] The J. P. Morgan Electric Car system is all the talk in North East Georgia now. Morgan, fnr seeing as he is, has conceived tlve idea that some day all cars and machinery will he propelled by electricity. lie therefore is se curing rights of way for his car system as rapidly as possible. His agents sav Morgan knows where the money is in the future. They have already surveyed one line from Athens to Carneaville. Rights of way from Gainesville to Gillosville, Homer and Carnes- j ville, were secured sometime ago I in the guise of a telephone line which will connect Gainesville I and Athens. From Gainesville j the line is to extend to Dahlonega j and into Tennessee and from I Carnesville into South Carolina i and the Atlantic coast. Tho line I will also be extended from Carnos- ville to Toccoa. Homer will at last have the latest mode of transportation to the Coast and the grain states. !t, is his purpose to have a com peting line over the entire South. He sees the rapid development <>f the South and the certainty of the Nicaragua canal, and the final sur- premacy of cotton factories, coal I fields, and iron industries in the CITY DIRECTORY SUPERIOR /COURT. 3rd Mondays in April and Octo ber. J. J. Kiinaey, Judge. Cleve land, Ga. W. A. Charters, Solici tor General, Dahlonega, Ga. COUNTY OFFICERS. John Huff, Ordinary. John II. Moore,Cleik. .Tames M. Davis Sheriff. J. Waldon, Tax Collector. James I/. Ilealan, Tax Receiver. R. Mix, County Surveyor. Joseph B. Brown, Treasurer. C. Stow Coroner. E V D. CITY GOVERNMENT. R. 11. Baker. Mayor. Aldermen: E. S. Strickland, J. E. McGee, V G. Jones. J. W. Boyd, T. J. Smith. W. P. Price,Jr. Win. J. Worley, Clerk. James Y. Ilarliison, Marshal. RELIGIOUS 0 SERVICES. Baptist Church — Rev. J. R. Gunn, Raster. Services Sunday at 11 and at night. Prayer meeting Thursday night. Sunday School at 9 o’clock. Methodist—Services every Sun day at 11 and at night. Rev. E. C. Marks, Pastor. Prayc. meeting every Wednesday night. Sunday School at 9 o’clock. Presbyterian—Services only on 1st and 3rd Sundays. I). J Blackwell, pastor. Sunday School 9 a. m. Total While and Colored.. . . 9 Jn general, the work of the, schools during the year just closed | this respect was < losely lias been harmonious and profit- I mated. 1 he attendance j n ble. With but one or two minor j the first term (three or I exceptions, there has been no j months) is, however, always | abatement of the whole hearted siderably in excess of the average cooperation of patrons with teach- 1 attendance for the year. At the ors—a condition very essential to | opening of tho school last year the tho success of any school system, i average number of pupils to tho was about this number—39 and 36 respectively. Thirty pupils usually being regarded as the »»-| Weh.il his enterprise erase number winch one tenehei , ^ th(j in dove lop,ng the can successfully manage and in- * r A’ ... f „ greatest country on the globe, struct, it is seen that with four » , , • .,, , . , ’ , . , , .... • Tho electricity will be genorat- teachers the ideal condition in i * . , • ed i rom Hurncaue Shoals andoth- approxi- : . . , ,. *duriii' r 1 er different points—from the four ! Tugalo, Hudson, Chattahoochee and Chestatee rivers.—Banks County Journal. Tlie late MASONIC. Blue Mountain Lodge No. 38, F. cfe A. M. v meets 1st Tuesday night of each month. | R. If. Baker, W. M‘ K. of P. Gold City Lodge No. M7, meets l every Monday night in their Castle i Hall, over Price’s store. Wharton Anderson, C. C. J). C. Stow, R. It. of S. I). J. Blackwell, P. II. II. BAKER, Attorney at Law, Dahlonega, Ga. All le^al business promptly attended to con- Whatever o'.' friction may have arisen between patrons and teach ers has, without doubt, been the result of misconception regarding the conditions pertaining to the particular cases of school govern ment concerned. I have no hesitancy in com mending the work of the teachers, who have ' a-actuated not. only j by true professional spirit, but by i a distinct human interest as well, } and by personal zeal for the in- i tellcctuai and nUra' advancement ; of their pupils individually and collectively. The beneficial effects off the four years of graded instruction have been especially observable in the three higher grades, in tho fact lev. Hyatt Smith of Brooklyn used to tell 1 lie story of his little daughter: While walk ing along the street one day the child, who had the happy faculty j having ' of looking on the sunny side o( . been at that time about 160 pu- > things, saw a wagonload <if sheep-' pile in actual daily attendance. , skins. “What arc those things teacher was about 40, and three teachers would have between 50 and 60, there with been Will. J. WORLEY, Attorney at Law, ANI) REAL ESTATE AGENT, Dahloneqa, Ga. The attention of the committee j papa?” she asked. “Sheepskins, nn repairs is respectfully called to , my dear, the condition of the lattice-work ! sheep, papa? under tlie school building, the j plained that the i , 1 .. . 1 ...L./Lmit r-v.•.»>£» Iril Inn fm* TADM l)r. H. C. Physician <fc Surgeon, Dahlonega, Ga. BARBER SHOP. gutters, a broken window-pane, and the condition ol one or the out . buildings. Another area of plas- j tering has also fallen—another of j numerous evidences that the bel fry and adjoining weather-buui’u- j mg is not water tight. In conclusion, 1 desire to ex- j press tho appreciation of the teachers to all those—both pa trons and school board—whu»e j “But where are the l >” The father ex sheep had been killed for food. Looking after tho wu g un, with the tails of tU “Wp- skins wagging as they dangled over the side, the child remarked: 5 eor „ ia) Lumpkin County. “Well, papa, the sheep may be j To all whom it may cone dead, but the tails seom to bo having a good time-.” Statistics show that sineo 1871 the south has spent $650,000,000 W HEN wanting a nice clean shave, hair cut or shampoo call ou Ilcnry U nderwood First class barber shop in ever) 1 respect next door to Duckett’s store on main street where they will be found ready to wait on you at any time thi I the pupils of these grades hearty cooperation.and expressed for public education. Of this sum $121,000,000 was appropriated to tlie negro public schools. ay concern: I, W..T. Burt, administrator of John I p. Corn, have applied to the Ordinary j of said county for lea ye to_ sell the i lands of said deceased. And said ap- | plication will come on to be heard at ! tlie regular term of the Court of Ordi- I nary of said county, to be held on the , 1st Monday in July, next. W. I Burt. Adm’r. of the Estate of John F. Corn, dec, <sm