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ll Xc\V«\ V«M 1 No' you Ho; son, l Jil ' to tbc ■ school I Last iel'hi Ht 1 ' was ora' hnUSC, l On T1 couplo ' words horse cd this Mr. pick'd hi onn liking about. B. H so he cun stau' been in church, tin Food England is now behind the .... wVvai am liter at W„ P. Price’s store. Martin Wohuut, g e n or ally barters left for Danville, known here as “Red Fox,” loft Fiidoy. last week for Oklahoma, so we are i • ,i , „ , informed, bring lie that wood Some of the public roads cf MeChiro of Daw Lumpkin county ure said to be in i Ms family here in- lm<1 con<liU,m wl»eh "’ill give the road commissioners trouble if they don’t mind. Mrs. B. O. Jones died l ist Fri day at her homo a few miles above Dnhlonega, leaving a husband and many other relatives and friends to mourn her loss. Mr. J. W. Robinson, formorly I of ibis county, hut now of White, who has been engaged down on the Seabord railroad for the past three months. Was up last week in search of teams and hands, Mr. T. C. Magucss hr night to j our office last week a couplo of peas raised on his farm, measuring 24 and 2(! inches. They were among some bean seed purchased uud are the longest ever produced in this county. ..nd house children. ursday little Bob Dau- i large rattle snake as it ing under his mother’s , miles from town. .lay afternoon a happy W( .,v so busily exchanging ,|, [ |>nt even the runaway ,,, )] H . public square attract I atietitirtn. .1. II. Moore has just corns In nice large ham on Col and it. if the most sub I 1 convenient building of mu cvi M la r of iiilt in Dnhlonega, ■collection. cresting meeting has : miss at Nimblowill his county, for some • counts there were a i la.iessions and sever- • Revs, were A tin Mr. Sosbee of originally Hall but now of tins county, the color the church. Revs. of the 43rd Georgia in the ; v ; and West were rlvl1 Wlir ’ P ai<1 our 1<nvn il vis,t in attendance, l!ns woek > fu,, . tho Vm™o <-f wit nessing a pension claim for some v ago Mis. II. D. in | i,l,i comrade. Mr. Sosbee still has ' ‘ 11 ' 1 donated t<>, the f ,l(l Hag containing many bul- "ivga public school , ol !u)ll . s> ('lalice hooks, which much interest to the i A few days ago Mr. \V. J. Il.igh- i| a thi . institution, and the j lower of this place, visited two feel very thankful to this large saw mills over in Fannin Dal twenty To will l»e of P ll l trust im. nit county, where thoy are sawing lumber and shipping it north. One is fifteen miles from the rail road and the other is ten. Certain lumber that is worth only ten dol lars per thousand here, they re ceive fifty dollars per thousand. If we only had railroad facilities here, many persons who are now without any ready money would soon be worth many hundreds of dollars These saw mill men over I hero make from six to seven buu> dred dollars per mouth. “Polly,” the wild man, recently found to be a lunatic by a jury, after eating some soon after his trial, is fasting again, being one of the cheapest prisoners Sheriff Da vis over had in jail. Hast Saturs day thc"sheriff received a letter from a gentleman residing in the lower part of the state said that “Folly” had visited that section first of the year and after remaining around in the woods for awhile left out. Ho stated down there that ho was from Germany. About six or eight weeks ago this same man ate dinner at Mr. Forest Barret’s in While county, also saying there that he was from Germany, and when asked what he followed re plied that he didn't work. His hands are as tender as a childs, proving that lie told the truth about this. Any way you take him, he is a strange being. The legislature will have to give each county tax assessors so as to make taxation more equal. The way ii is now, a few men of each county pay a big majority of the taxes where the receiver fails to do his duty by not making all come up alike. Now, in Lumpkin county, we know of men returning 325 acres of land, including their farm, for only ten dollars. Anoth er 800 acres for two hundred dol lar.-., and yet they have the most of it optioned to a timber com pany for otio dollar per acre. One | ot the best farms in this county is only given in at $1.00 per acre,! and much other property is not j returned at one-fourth its value. What do these people mean ( Don't they know that it. is just as wrong to make false returns as it is to swear a lie about anything else? !low would they fee! if they Miliary and now his 1 had a case in court and some one kir l lady for the very valuable do nation. \ What is the matter with the Sig nal is nr. One week he states that dec:, mining won’t pay here, and tin.-n the n> xl ii( i says that the only way to mine Mieccssfully is to go ,j. •,a from ■> to a 1000 feet. We ( a ell you. If he gets mad with : ]■ : in this man’s mine won’t p:i'-, while his friend's operations an dir li i. !! is a very poor way to seek revenge and this man ner of blackmailing will not make that paper any money or friends. Contrary to la v, the local trus tees of the public school here have adopted a rule, allowing all chil dren nearest this school to attend it just the same .as those in Dah- lonegn, free of charge, which has -wollen the attendance so that anotli a teacher is being called for. Heretofore the outsiders had to pay a d liar per month. Should a now teacher he added it will bring nliout a law suit by some oue enjoining the city authorities from collecting the taxes, is the tall; is now. Fn Thursday afternoon Mr. brace Crawford’s horse got scared !ll, d ran across the square from dore to the corner at Sat. tertiolil. '. There it made a turn an i went on to Dr. Jones’ and around the roar of J. F. Moore & Gi. tore before it could he stop I"' 1 b\ I 1 ::;ier Tolbert, who was in !ha buggy. Borne times there "'('!■■ only two wheels on the - |: l|! ' at once, but the boy held F place .an I guided the animal in ::,i ‘ a manner that the driver cs- r ' 1 11 •■•ing hurt and the lmggy l:,! ! 1 rse only slightly injured. ■' ; i:e four years ago Win. Shed, ' ' 1 ' ■ Joel Slic’d, formerly of l: ' ; but now of Jackson • commit ted some offdnsn " :!; ' ntenced to two years : dunenl in the penitentiary. 1 "die means his relatives sue- ‘ '* hi netting him into the t long ago he reniark- 0 r ihat he had rather '■! to the penitentiary and hh time out then*. So, of that circuit, upon -■ this lias ordered him re !| ' ) ni the asylum and sunt to ■m to got him pardon- m die < at. the asylum vi-i'or that he was as u received us he is v hoc nothing wrong! ms we imvo'oflon said, Hie would swear that they wouldn’t believe them on their oaths? Fv CM . V tH an returning property at such prices should he dropped from the jury box, because it is not supposed that they will do lv numbers of persons sent j U stico between man and man, 'sylum that ought to be in j when they are guilty of making ni 3'ing and this goes to Loch false statements about their t. taxes just to save a little money. New fodder opened up here at $1.50 per hundred. Now stildeuts to the N. G. A. College continue to come in every day. There are now nearly 100 pupils attending the Dnhlonega public school. We have certainly had rain this week, causing all out door work j to suspend. Mr. N. W, Cripple of Cordele, Ga., came up lust week to take a look at the mines. When you want a good nice suit of clothes, drop into the store of '1'. J. Smith & Bro., where they can suit you both in price and quality. Hutcheson Bros., Freda, Ga., manufacture shingles of every de scription. Write or call on us. All orders promptly filled. tf Dr. Pftlmonr is hero with his dental tools and long experience ready to wait on any ono needing work in his line, to be found at Hall’s Villa. Marshal Hurbison is going to commence enforcing 1 ho vagrant law as soon as he receives a copy of the same, so as to know how to act. Mr. and Mrs. James Elliott of Andrews, N. C., relatives of Col. Bryson, Messrs. M. J. William?, Win. England and others, are here on a visit. Mrs. Strickland has gone to At lanta this week to lav in her fall and winter millinery, and will bring back the same lady who ass Sisted her last season. Miss Annie Maud Burt, daughter of Mr. WT J. Burt of Burtsboro, died in Atlanta last Sunday night at 10 o’clock, whose remains were brought home for interment. A. AY. Anderson, by ringing the wrong door hell on last Mon day night and causing tlio inmate to ho alarmed, was fined one and cost by Mayor Baker Tuesday. The ice cream festival Saturday night at the old boy’s dormitory by the Corona Society, was enjoy ed by all who attended. About $20 were raised to pay on a piano re cently purchased by the society. We are glad to learn that Capt, Iugersoll, who had an operation performed on his foot a few days ago in improving rapidly. Tie wound is healing up nicely and the doctor thinks the Captain will be itble to get out next week. A few days ago a spelling match occurred between the pupils of-the Palmour school of Dawson and those of Fairview of this county, resulting in the later defeating the former. Miss Cinda Chap man, a very small girl beat them all. The spelling took place at the Etowah school house. Rev. J. N. Austin will preach at Shady Grove every first Sunday at 11 o’clock, a. m., Jones’ Chapel 3:30, ]). m., (same day), Soul’s Chapel 4th Sunday at 11, a. m. Rev. AY. G. Spencer will preach at St. Paul Second Sunday at 11, o’ clock; Peck’s Chapel 3:30, (same day); Auraria 3rd Sunday at 11. and Davis’ Chapel same day at 8: 30. The case of Mr. W. J. Loveless ys. The Consolidated Gold Mining Co. has been settled by the com pany paying Mr. Loveless $2.25— attorney receiving half. This suit was brought about when Mr. Love less was injured in a shaft while at work for the company some time ago and Col. Dean of Gaines ville, entered suit for the sum of $1,000. There was preaching out in the country last Sunday night at Si- loam church by Revs. James Higs gins and Jim Wehunt and we un derstand that the wine used by some who attended and conduct attracted more attention than the ministers. The Jaw compels no one to attend church hot requires those attending to behave them selves and stay sober, and the peo ple present that night should make the facts known to the next grand jury. Mr. John Ricketts and Mr. Will ! Weaver are back no a visit from Alabama. i Mr. Matthew McDonald aims to have turnips for all. He sowed eight acres. Mr. Paul Castle.bu.r,ry ,\ve.ut to Gainesville .this week 4o accept n bookkeepers place. A oil will find the college letter heads at .). F. Moore A Co.'s, for students and professors both neat and cheap. Last Sabbath at the Baptist Sunday School, Claud England was awarded a nice Bible for good ! attendance. Dr. AY. AA'. McAfee of Atlanta, who has recently interested him self in mining in this county, came up last Tuesday. Mr. J. V. 1 jiineo, one of Lump kins best and highly respected cit izens, died at his home out in the country yesterday morning of pa ralysis. Clothes eli janeil and pressed by Alonzo Benson. Prices from 25 to 75. Located in the Clark House, at end of bridge near Dr. Stowe’s office. $oet Lust Sunday night at Pleas ant Ridge church after services had closed a boy and girl fought, ms they were leaving. No one in* terfered and they fought till they got tired and quit. The Dahlonega district has but one road commissioner since Mr. R. \Y. AYalker has gone to Ellijay and Mr. Logan Campbell has moved to Dahlonega. Their places should bo tilled by Judge Hull' at once so there will be no ex cuse for the roads of this district not being in good condition by the time court convenes. Our friend, Mr. AY. H. Court ney of White county, remained in Dahlonega awhile lootli Saturday and Sunday last. \A r e scarcely ev er disagree on any business except the stock law—he is for it and we arc against it. Mr. Courtney owns hundreds of acres of land and it costs big money to fence it. AYu own but little land and have a cow, which we couldn’t keep if the stock law was in force here, explains why we differ. Occasionally we send out sample copies of the Nuggkt, and ibis is what a gentleman who had never seen ono before says, under date of September the 12th: “En closed, please find $1.00 for sub scription to the Nugget for a year. I received the copy sent me and must say that I was ycry highly pleased with it, and if the copy is a fair sample it is one of the very best papers in North Georgia. Dahlonega is fortunate in having so bright an exponent of her many virtues and you should be proud for giving so readable a paper. It is tersely written avid your paras graphs show a very high order of the newspaper art. A\ r e need more papers like yours, edited at home and speaking what the writer feels and thinks.” Last Sunday at 11 o’clock was the hour fixed by Preacher Marks to set himself right at the Metho dist church here for things he had said about Dahlonega and her col lege while off down the country some weeks ago, but the old man’s heart failed him. He felt that he had made a wc!> and was caught in it himself and had no way to ex tricate a single limb, and therefore failed to come to time. After singing “Amazing Grace” and asking the Lord to “keep us from walking crooked and forgive us of all mistakes made,” he arose and said that upon consultation with friends he had decided to say nothing of a personal nature today, and if any one had come for the purpose of hearing it and wished to retire could do so without being considered disorderly. This gave us an opportunity of getting out, for we don’t wish to hear anyone preach who is guilty of going off among strangers and endeavoring to injure either the town or college, and at the same time being kept up by the former. ■ i ' AnutHtv' Letter About The • Mountains. (Jurreu, Canada Disr., Sept. 1st, 1303. EniTon Njjugbt-: As promised, J will tell you about.nuy trip to Bli nd MoiiiPsdn and second day’s fishing. Sunday morning, bright and soon, in company with wife, chil dren and two very pretty young ladies, started out on sight-seeing Ac., and of course had good well tilled lunch baskets with every thing that was needed on a trip like this, and we didn’t) forgot to take some glasses with us either, and I want to say right hero that : I never aaw a more promising out* I look for snakes in my life, and I I tell you, I kept close to t he Unwell basket too. Mr. Editor, a good [ preventative taken in time, is worth a whole lot of curatives. 1 believe in being very cautious and well prepared for any emer gency, especially snakes. AYoll, we had a very nice time, indeed. Blood Mountain is grand and beautiful. It is worth the time and risk of snakes to anybody to make the trip and view the beau tiful scenery from this loft\ height. Grand, beautiful, glo rious and Heavenward this stately old mountain is standing 1500 feet above the sea. AYe had a glorious timo. I would like to camp on this piece of earth ono night and see the sun rise the next morning. It is said to lie more beautiful than .words can paint, and I will not attempt to describe it. Now, wo fished next day at the foot of Blood and Slaughter and had line luck, and went prepared to fry our fish on the spot, and we fried them too, und Mr. Editor, such a feast, no mortal ever hud. Chick en, bacon, coffee, fish, eggs, bread, glasses and a good hot tiro to fry our fish, and didn’t we eat? AYoll, just ask Grant, and he can lelj you. In looking over my notes in my form r letter, J find that 1 some what stressed the full glass story, ;u)d some of the brethren may think .that J have fallen from grace and 1 asked Grant if all the people who visited his hotel ac cepted his hospitality as I did and ;he suit] yes, and J want to say that some very prominent people have been stopping with him too, and the ladies were no exception to the rule, either. AVhy, there is n good old dutch family just he- fiow us on the creek who, after the blessing is asked, puss around the pitcher well filled, and nothing thought of fit, and you never see one of them down in the mud. I havn’t seen a single person un der the influence of strong drink while here. I think nearly all use it, but are very temperate in its use; You find here good schools, well attended both week ly and Sunday schools, and I nev er saw more clevier people as a whole in my life. This is a beau tiful rich country, and the state ought to help build good roads across the mountain gdps, so the people could more easily get out and in. In conclusion I wish to say that you ought to make ono trip over in this country, and you will nev er try any other place. You will always be wanting to come back here, for there is no place like this beautiful Canada district. Yours, J. T. M. If we were just a little nearer-to a railroad our farmers could make money furnishing tan bark. They arc hauling it from Dawson conns ly over into Pickens now to the railroad and receive $(i.5Q per cord, the price recently advancing from $5.50 to $0.50. Old chest nut logs at the railroad arc worth $1.00 per cold. This is why far mers and others living near the railroad are more prosperous than those residing in this county. AVo have plenty of hark, logs and tim ber but are too far from a rail road for it to be worth any thing to us now, but we hope the day is not far distant when a chaugo will come about by the big iron horse being put to moving through this county. y— The Timber Dealers. Our city lias been visited this week by Messrs, A. H. Isbell of Murphy N. C., M. AY. Low of j Young Harris, Attorney 0. G. j Cowan of Webster, N. C., and | Clins. T, Riuvls, Mayor of Ashe ville, N. C., all interested in the | timber deal in this comity that j Olivers about. 55,000 acres of laud, j recently optioned to AmLrson A Jones and Tate of Dahlonega, and i sold to the t nited States Leather Go. Mr. Low is the original pro ipoter. While here some time ago, acting as a commercial drummer and seeing so much tine timber in tins county told certain gentlemen that ho would get a purchaser if they would secure the lands. La-> ter on he sent over Mr. Isbell and the ball was set to rolling. Attor ney Oowan is engaged in examiu ing the titles now, assisted by Go*. O, .). Lilly of I)ahlonoga. They Spoke I lore. According to appointment, Prof. C. II. Willoughby, of I In; Georgia Experimental Station, and lion. Harvic Jordon, director, together will) Prof. C. VV. Davis of the N. G. A. College, spoke here last Thursday m the interest of the iiirmer, gardnur and dairyman, in tended for those, interested resids ing in the counties of Dawson, White and Lumpkin, Imt wo re grot lo say that the audience was composed mostly of others than tillers of the soil or cattle men, not, being over 2d or 25 farmers .pr.es - out. Most of the fanners ol this section appear .to have as much knowledge of the business as they wish and take no interest in things liko this whatever, which would certainly benefit them and make the country more prosperous if they would only lend a little of their time. The School Census. The recent census show Lump kin county to have 2,080 children of school nge, 1,053 mules and 1,037 females. 138 of those are colored, GO males and 72 females. Out of the 2,080, 18(5 can neither read nor write nod 17 never (its tended a school. There are with in the corporate limits 297, a gain of 25-ainee the last census, 18 of these are colored, 23 males and 25 females. 4 of the 297 can neither read nor write. By districts--Auraria: Whites, 121 males and 122 females. Col ored: 9 males and 10,females. Cairo Crook Whites: 33 males and 30 females. Crumby -Whites: 25 males and 3(5 females. Colored: 2 males and 5 females. Chestatoo— Whites: 53 males and 79 females. Dayis—Whites: 18 males and 58 females. Colored: I males and 5 females. AYahoo—Whites: 51 males and 51 females. Colored: .12 males and 1 I females. Frogtown Whites: 23 males anil 10 females. Martin’s Ford Whites: 1.1 males and 13 females. Nimblmviil—AYliites: (51 males and 51 females. Jones’ Creek- Whites: 29 males and 25 females. Mill Creek—Whites: 15 males and 17 females. Colored: 55 males. Dahlonega, out side of town limits—Whites: 75 males and (53 females. Colored: 13 males and 13 females. Porter Springs AYliites: 17 males and 38 females. Colored: 2 males and 3 femnles. Yahoola—Whites: 75 males and (52 females. Shoal Cueek—AYliites: 58 male*: and (50 females. Hightower -Whites: 03 males and 57 females. Auraria bus 27 that can't reud nor write and (5 that have never attended a school; Cane Creek, 7; Crumby’s, 12; Chestatee, 11; Davis, 12 and 1; Wuhoo, 8; Frog- town, I; Martin’s Ford, 11; Nim* blewill, '9; Jones’, 1 I ; Mill Creek, 14 and 8; Dahlonega district, 13 and 3; Porter, 7; Yahoola, 0; Shoal Creek, 13 and 1 ; High tower, (5: City of Dahlonega, 11 and 3.