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We were pleased to meat Mr. R. The old hens have made a strike
J, Swain in our city again this and our citizens are without eggs,
week.
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need any shingles
Urns. All or
Freda, Ga.
We noticed an old gentleman
toting one of his son in laws wood
the other day while tho young
kinsman loafed about. Such is
life.
vfcoiiie
already
Claus.
of our merchant!
had a visit from
hava
Santa
tf
,1:1m say y»« ««y
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Wo have it. Either blue
& S m:
ban* ‘
have just
(Jo at once and Oconee county, Georgia, was tin
nil <
jfivliitr-
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fcnii'i'il a now
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e t, sonic of it.
,, Mr. .1. E. McGcO IllOVitlg to
home down on Park street
i'l,.,ivi"< a vaeancy m the city
| .|i) l j| in the 2nd Ward.
]■! /n it throe weeks 1m doubt a
| ()t( ,f pi o' mis will lay aside their
jlisfion. if they have any, and cel*
liu'nte Ciiri'tmas as usual, by lid
||i n g ( dancing and drinking.
Mi. C irtor, the turner of Tnc
The Methodist people gave a box
j supper sit the girl’s dormitory, we
♦earn, to get funds for a Christ
i mas tree. It is said that they
made ten dollars or more.
Now hoys still
Mrs. Marion Rrooksher loayes
for Braver Ridge, Tenn., this
week, where she will reside for
awhile.
keep coming m
f South to college. Mr. Aniens Sims of
Mr.
that
col
last addition to the roll.
Sims is the first man whom
county has ever sent to this
lege.
Mr. John Chapman leaves this
week for Atlanta Heights, for the
purpose of following truck farm
ing iis a livelyhood. Ho has not
sold but rented his farm in this
county, to which ho may return in
a year.
Some of the wood haulers have
The Thanksgiving services at
the public school hero by the pu-
! pils are said to ho very interesting
by all present.
Tlie mail on the upper route to
| Gainesville leaves a half an hour
eihTuT now and arrives here at
i 2:30 o’clock.
Don't forget that the tax collec
tors hook closes on the 19th inst.
and fi. fas. will ho issued against
all defaulters on Monday follow
ing.
Santa Claus arrived here this
week and delivered his Hist load
of goods to P. L. Reese.
W. P, Price, .Tr., has received
his Christmas goods. They are
nice. Something for both old and
young.
Mis. J. F. Castleberry went
down into Dawson county last Sun
day to see her mother who was
vety sick.
Wc had Hie pleasure of meeting
Mr. J. T. Hubbard rtf Asheville,
X. C., yesterday, who is here on a
s hurt visit.
M r. John Craig, of Toledo, ().,
has been here this week inspecting
Mr. Ashley’s mica mine, a few
miles above Dahloticgu.
The city registration hook closes
on the )2th inst.
Sheriff Davis carried Miss Sat
terfield, recently adjudged a Innas
tie, to the asylum yesterday,
Mr. Will Rickets of Dahlonoga,
has contracted to build a dredge
boat for a company at Iiarrando,
Fla., about three hundred miles
below Jacksonville, Ho will leave
in a short time to begin his work
which will require some four or
five months. Mr. Rickets is a first
class mechanic and will do a good
Job.
The property belonging to the
B. Graham estate, was pur-
,m! last. Tuesday for Judge W.
We trust that the city authori-!
■ Gs will not. allow any fire works
here this Christmas. It is too
, f Dahlouega, came over, . , ......
, , such small loads or wood that they
took charge oil . J
iirlc
i ll :
wot k an
Ihimp long enough to allow Mr. j
Era«ford, the cashier, to take a '
Lv days off and go to see his 1
Units over at Blue Ridge, Ga.
re in demand last
| iv. They sold at. $1.25
ii.| sonic coul In I get them
!,,y nor money. Wo didn't
ipI oho lint ate the country editors
did rice and com bread,
i : i,| fvi I just .as wi ll today as if wo
in I eaten a tm key.
yearly every cold, windy night
|l;ii>!iiil Walker stays up longer
limn usiiiil watching for fire. If
jeople would burn out their ohitn-
al die proper time, during a
inn (here would not be so much
are ashamed to come through town
with tIn-111 for fear of being criti-
| dangerous about lire. Thousands
of dollars damages are some times
done by a single fire cracker.
Mr. (t. II. McGuire expects lo
leave Dahlonoga first of January,
\V, Murray, of
Tenn., for #812.50.
We understand
Huntingdon,
that Nolim
oisoil. It is j.ist'as much harm to lv, l'"-' sls »«•«"* *»*
cheat any one in wood matters as
any thing else.
The year 1903 is coming
close and every body wliA
should settle their accouuts
to a
can
tint'
elry work to call at once and par
ties having any work at his shop
arc asked to come and get it.
Rev. Mr. Bell of Atlanta, filled
(Joudlock, col., who is wanted in
this county for cursing in the pres
ent of females, was given a sen
tence down in lower Georgia of
12 months for carrying a pistol.
The Masonic Lodge held its an
nual election for officers last Toes-
day night, resulting in the selection
| of Dr. II. (,\ Whclchel, W. M.,
1 and M. J. Williams. Sec’y. After
Several pavties residing in the
upper portion of the county, who
had optioned their timber land to
Anderson & Jones, for the United
States Leather U.i., were in last
Tuesday for their money. TI10
time was up first of the month but
none of the Lent hoi* men appeared
with either their greenback or
silver, causing these land owners
to he very much disappointed.
Shelled corn sold from the wags
ons hero hist week at 55 cents per
bushel—meal 00,
Mountain cabbage sold hero nt a
cent and a quarter per pound frorq
the wagons last week.
It looks very tmjcb like a cer
tain mania going to lose his son,
although it js pot leap year.
A largo yoke ,of ojcojj, weighing
2,900 pounds, for sale by M. J.
Williams, Dahlp&egn,
Dahlonoga was visited by the
coldest wave of the season last
week— regular hog killing weath
er.
ivcv. iur. Den m iuiituitt, une* 1 , tie*
„ , . , 1 , • tills an oyster supper was had rat
the pulpit at lhe Baptist church in
the Villa
Our friend, Mr. It. W. Walker
you arc,"10 us unytl.me «. '™>' I ^Ih'inkch intercut liy u good nine Inf Ellijay, » boro on a few .lays
it, and if wo are 'tun anytlno<j yon ] visit. He ia a bur. trend hearted
. ... ., „ i, i Dahlonega last Sunday and Sun- 1
begin even with the new year. 11 ,.
, i day night, who was listened to
you are due us anything wo want 1 J ^ ’ . . I
will get it
We arc informed that three j
young men of this county left foi
California last week,
Sargent, Will Tate and Marion |
Ducket, who reside near Porter
Springs. From there they will go
congregation both times.
Marlin Wehutit (Red Fox), was
anger. One at
the old Hall House to Washington Territory.
■aught at a late hour the other jr or
short time Mr. Bruce
light and great chunks of burning Crawford, cashier of The Bank of
iotfell on the side walk for some j Dahlonoga, had a notion of locat
ing at Blue Ridge, but after Ins
visit thgre last week he has decids
ins talks after taking up his ed to remain in Dahlonoga. We
jliotlc in Tennessee: “Dahlonoga { ill ‘ e pleased at this as Mi.
ps been criticised a whole lot hot i Crawford is such a big,
towns | hearted fellow that every
likes him.
line afterwards.
This is the way ono of our
citi-
pe is one of the host little
all this country. It seems hard
|>r the Dnhlimegaites to stay away
fom that good old place.” Wo
live always known this and neyer
P|>ect to leave the place until
piled
Lust Saturday a team ran away
with Wilie Carroll while coming
down the hill the other side of
Yahoo la creek. The horses ran
in Dahlouega last Saturday. It
being Tom I Wl19 reported awhile that ho went
to the far west, but Red Fox tells
us that he has only been over to
Blue Ridge, Ga., and Inis no idea
of leaving this country.
There is not a merchant in Dah-
lonegu but what is afraid of lire
crackers and other fire works being
exploded in hero for fear of
setting the town on fire. Now
why <lo they bring them up for
sale? If they do, they are to blame
to some extent.
A woman, who recently went
from Dahlonoga to Tennessee,
stopped into Mr. Cicero Wallace’s
store the other day, so we are in
formed, and said that she wanted
visit. He is a big, good hearted
gentleman, and makes every thing
pleasant wherever he goes and wc
are always glad to see him in our
; midst.
Mr. Samuel Anderson of Wicr,
Ga., this county, left last week
with his wife for new fields in
Kentucky. Some few days ago he
had throe lights with Jap Grizzle
who he believed had—wotll wo will
not say for feat it might shock the
modesty of some ono and
them to go into spasms. So don’t
say anything about it for fear some
of the old women get hold of it.
If they do they will talk so much
that they might not enjoy Christ
mas.
Some one left an overcoat at
M. J. Williams store court week,
Tho owner is requested to call for
it.
Jho article on agriculture, by
Prof. Davis, was sent in too late
for this week’s first page, Will
appear next.
Mr. A. D. $hut>uq who has been
teaching school in this county for
some time, has finished up here
and gone down to Gillsville, Wa.,
to teach. Ho is a nice, clever
young man and wo wish him suc
cess.
There was a big corn“sh,uc<kUig
up in Chestateo district (yro day
cause I'igt week and not y dr.QP ,o£ liquqr
used on the place by a,uy ono. All
good
bod v
upon by the highest authori- f ol . about a quarter., turned the
tm existence.
IF«r the past thre
sines? house in Dahlouega has j
pen closed on Thanksgiving Day.
■ "'11s started by boys cairyingl
fatind a petition to this effect and
continued ever since. If any
P e (iin show us where there is any
f llSl ' in suspending business on the
I'bday of November, picking up
I£ ,U1 nu 1 going out and
Slow bird and not
bn even think of
ji ; l treat to Hu
Vii or
I hack top side up, leaving only a
years every | few pieces of the top to the bed.
A glorious old time revival has
been going on out at Last Chance
two weeks or more, under the sus
pervision of Revs. Blackburn anti
West. Several have been convert
ed and much good is being done.
Let the good work go on.
It seems that every one is at
liberty to hunt in Lumpkin county
now on apy ones property ns but
one has .yet registered according
to law under the late act. Isn’t
itstrauge that the small cost of
only 25 cents will make land own
era so backward?
A little child of Mary Hunter,
Mr. Henry Seabolt of this coun
ty, was brought in by Marshal
Grizzle and carried before Com.
Baker last Monday, charged with
operating a still which was de
stroyed near his premises not long
ago. Mr. John Ash assumed the
responsibility and Mr. Seabolt was
discharged, and as soon as a war
rant is procured Mr. Ash will bo
required to come forth and explain
why he carried on the business
contrary to the laws of Uncle
Sam.
some of “those butter.” Although col., was badly burned last Satur
The driver was only slightly in
jured by being thrown out on the
ground. The holding back strap
broke.
persimmon beer
rce tnnci-
I hist Thu
flock tw<
hid)
lay morning about 2
cribs cm the Briar
property, belonging to Mr.
T * Mill >'i'imt| Mr. Mat Ohum-
1 '''’■Paining about 350 bushels
" 111 u ’ere discovered to he on
’ 1,11 i all lost except about
h'diels. p way || le work of
'■•"'iidia-y and its owners have
I' 1 "'1'" the guilty party was.
" to .Mr. Miller’s ci i!>, eon-
Ti.) ininhcls, bad been nailed
1,1:1 when the fii
11 "as open. l’he party had j bouse.
' " it lie wanted and set fire to
11 '‘riband the
I"* 1 ' nuugh to t
Wlci
ltd
othci crib
ike fire.
l ); rt of last week
* put 1 itk colt,
I'Ve I km
Imi
■Mil
till.
Ill:
As our name has been mention- j
ed for alderman from the second
ward by some friends we
wish to express our thanks, but
shooting b C w leave to state that it doesn’t
for a single matter a straw with us whether we
the Lord, wc ;U 'c nominated or not, as wo are
not seeking office, especially for
one that brings in no money but a
big lot of “cursing.”
In speaking of Col. Charter's
speech in the case of the state vs.
Mrs. Onie Tanner in Hall Superior
Court last week, the Atlanta Con-I
stitution’s Gainesville correspond
out makes these complimentary re
marks of our fellow townsmen:
“The speech ol Col. M . A. Char
tors, the solicitor general, was
pionouneed one of the best argu
ments in a criminal ease ever <le
was discov> liverod in the Hall county court
He made a great plea for
the conviction of Mrs. Tanner, aud
ios conclusions were adroitly and
skillfully handled.”
The Rhi Mu entertainment hist
Monday was a splendid success.
There were several lady visitors
present. The subject debated was
Resolved, “That the coming wo
man would he a man. 1 he at
tirmative speakers were: J. D. G ir-
tatowsky, G. M. Barns and R. F.
Smith. Negative were: J
Br >ach, J. IV. Brown an
crs. The affirmative presented a
masterful effort to prove that the
coming woman should be a man
and actually prot
she went from this place wo are
glad to say that she didn’t get her
education(?) here.
Wo regret to learn of the death
of Mrs. Garrison, nco Miss Anna
Chastain, which occurred at her
home in Jackson county some
weeks ago. Mrs. Garrison was
horn, reared and wedded in Dah
louega, and left here with her
husband for Jackson county many
years ago. We understand that
day. Mary Strickland, upon see
ing the little one run out of the
house in flames and hallowed until
her false tooth dropped out. We
not mention ttic latter in the way
of sport.
Our friend and patron, Mr.
Seth McGee of White county, who
is agent for the Garnet Mine in
this county, paid our sanctum a
pleasant visit last Tuesday. The
Garnet is valuable gold mining
tho deceased had bcei\ postmistress j property hut its owner i-n New
\r . 1 M 1 .... * 14- «.. 1 ^ * Ua
at Dry Pond for about 20 years.
Rev. J. D. Turner, the new pas
tor of the Methodist church at this
place, will deliver his first sermon
next Sunday at 11 o’clock. Quite
likely he will l>e greeted with a
large congregation, as but few
here are acquainted with Mr.
Turner and have not had an op
portunity of hearing him preach
before. Wo trust that he is the!
right man in the light place and
will accomplish much good in oui
midst
York will not work it or let it be
Rev. Mat Grizzle, who has re
sided in this county for many
years, pulled up stakes between
midnight and day the other morn
ing, so wc understand and left for
another clime, Jackson county
likely. For many years he has
been losing much time every
year preaching the gospel for
nothing, causing him to get so
badly in debt that lie believed it
best for him to leave out when
they sold his hist horse last week.
No doubt Mr. Grizzle has sayed
several souls, but at the same time
has injured himself or creditors.
We know of other preachers in
this county who are getting in the
same fix. They get all the credit,
when tho men who furnishes their
meat and bread should share <1
wont and come away ns sober as
tho soberest of judges. This shows
that a reform movement has struck
that part of tho county.
The Nuggets are all in the Dab-
loncgn postoffice by 10 o’clock
every Thursday, and if you fail to
receive them promptly it is not
our fault. Those for Auraria a
few weeks ago didn’t roach that
place till Monday following al
though it ( is 111st six miles away,
The farmers of this county have
recently got to producing about
enough hay nudifeed to supply tjio
demands of the county, and wo
trust that the former custom of
having to haul thousands of
pounds of Western hay here every
winter and spring is a thing of the
past.
Instead of wanting to explode
fire works on Christmas, why not
make up enough money to get the
company to light all tho arch
lamps in the city.during the holi
days? There would be no danger
in this, bcsixf.es it would be nice as
well as beneficial to those wishing
to make Christman calls, and a
little benefit to a company that has
expended thousands of dollars
here.
! worked until he completes an in^ j portion <>f ■>■ Very much like
for
venticn he is at work on now
the saving of fine gold.
All parties indebted to T. J.
Smith & Bro, by note or account,
who do not settle or make satis
faction, wiM find their notes and
accounts in the hands of officers
after December 25th. Do not
wait and have a hill of cost run up
on you. We have to meet our oh**
1 ligations, therefore wo must col
lect, T. J. Smith & Buo.
Rock teller when he makes a gift.
The price of oil advances anti oth
ers suffer.
There is a widow lady residing
in Dahlonoga receiving three dol
lars per month from the county as
a partial support, haying two liv
ing brothers plenty able to take
care of her who ought to he
The sheriff of Dawson county.,
armed with a warrant, made a call
on Ross Duff, residing a couple of
miles from Dablonega, ono day
last week. Ross had failed to pay
for a shot gun ho purchased in
that county from some one not long
ago. The gun was sold 10 him for
$5.00, tho cost in the case was
$5.15, is the kind of a .weapon
Ross now possesses.
Mr. M. J. Williams has a hick
ory stick that is more than thirty
years old. It used to belong to
Mr. Tobias Woody of Union coun
ty, now deceased. A long time
, , A.i . i-r 1 i ago Mr. Williams told Mr. Woody
ashamed ot themselves. Her buss ,
, , , ... • , , * , * ho wanted the stick after bis death,
hand who had been in bad healin ,, .,
for a long time, passed away a few
He said till right. 80 thexold man
’go hoys,
the
who
l(l ' in lhe dnll
' : j *'"■ s, " , ie time, wen
’ ‘btiildjiijr properly
1 he next
Chick
ii 1 1<i-■ Id iG'.ikc.out with
with small
released
fntni-
tiy a Mr. Hunt
'iiomauga, hoarding at
d House. In
- 1'est‘inhling smallpox.
i: 1 i"d hack to the cottage
' ■' it might be the dis-
di 1 to has nut felt a bit
! l *' r. Thu supposed
' i "o tnrne i out to Ue
i’ 1 "' 1 '- And in addition
. Hunt
,J U not
to
has mumps. So
" single case of small
111 Bubluuc
ra,
iced a woman
into court who swore that when
vlie lift home her name was
“\Warv v >mt that now iter name
was “B! ’ However the negative
I won the dccLiuu by a large ma
I jority*
Mr. J. T. Miller of Auraria, and
Dr. Boekius of Chicago, w ho came
to this county a few days ago,
were registered at Hall’s \ ilia last ;
Sunday and remained here foi
some time. The Doctor before he
started south, stated that lie had
an idea of purchasing a piece of
property in Dahlonoga and build
ing him a nice comfortable winter
home provided, lie could get suited
in a place. We trust that this
gentleman is still in the notion and
IT the day is not far distant when
p ue can call him a citizen of
l> py. I our beautiful mountain city—dur
ing (lie winter season at least.
Later. — Dr. Boekius was expect
ing to spend some lime in Dab-
I,mega hot Sunday night he
Although there is an ordinance
months ago.
I(o was unable to .lo , l’ as8ed " . “'""l"*' ?*.
to punish those who through
negligence, let their chimneys
burn out at dry times, no attention
! is paid to it and the town is often
j endangered by this ordinance not
lining enforced. Enforce it or re
peal it. There is no use of haying
laws unless they are enforced.
This one is more important than
any little fighting or dniken scrape.
It will be seen by an official no-
‘ tice elsewhere that Mayor Baker
bus called u mass meeting of the
legal voters of Dahlonoga to be
held on the Kith inst. for the pur
pose of nominating four aldermen.
All persons 21 years of of age,
living within the corporate limits
of Dahlouega, having settled all
anything and also had to be assist
ed by the county. As stated above,
this poor woman has two brothers.
They are preachers. According to
the tax digest ono possesses over
three hundred dollars and the other
near nine hundred. The poor
woman’s brother possessing the
most, a-kod the ordinary during
ago and a few days since his wife
brought the stick to its owner as
requested by her husband before
his death.
At the last term of our Superior
Court Elias Woody was prosecu
ted for deserting his wife. His
wife upon being promised by him
that he would live with her and
his brother in-laws life time, to , care for her and his child, refused
giyo them $10 per month. Yet to swear in the court what she did
they favor foreign missions
one stopped his
wo opposed it for just
and | before the grand jury when the
Nugget because bill was returned against him, and
reas' the result was be was aoquitted
such
sons as the aboyc. We wouldn’t and a verdict of malicious prose-
lmve brought up this subject had jculion returned agaiust the woman
it not been that the ordinary was, and a good size bill of cost had to
dreamed about his little
he. had left at home now
j alarmed him so that he
j departure early Monday
I for Chicago.
taxes, both state, county and mu
nicipal, up to tho present year are
requested to come out and partici
pate in this meeting and i>t in
( the selection of 11 good ticket foi'
morning »| u . approaching election theSatur-
girl who
Ml and it
took his
olio*,vini
called upon this week by a distant
1 rel live- asking for clothing for
this lady who has the cold-hearted
brothers. One of tbeso men has
1 been preaching here occasionally.
We never go to hear him, for if
' such actions as this is religion, we
1 don’t want iL
lie paid to save the wife from bos
ing imprisoned. He paid this, but
*ve understand that he lias gone
anti loft his wife again and refuses
to live with her, although she
saved him from going to the chain
gang. Ob, how easy some women
can ho deceived.