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unty.
Mr. Jam s Smith (if
unty. was hound over
,|a v lieie last week, charged with
jioit distilliutj.
1,1 w , ,.k :i follow brought in
,.|](.||i : ral I in'tor t hat was nws
{l| | nil . : ,n. It looseneil up some of
Ms and remuve.l sever-
• iv day:
ild of
ft tel' t
m'mi a li 1 1le. live yet.r-
M v. .1 Mines 11e:i lain I,
of this con.n'y, "as
I !i\' into a
if water.
,|! lur will tie here
ilurdav. Then lie*
use and if you fail to
lie will look
i specie I man
A few more men's and youth’s
suits at 11. 1). Gurleys. Also
Indies’ wraps at neltial cost.
The Bignal editor announced Inst
week that his paper would not ap
pear any mure until (lit! first week
in January.
Gordon Walker, a brother of our i
city m u>hiil, returned hist week
from Texas, after an absence of
nine months.
Only eight more days until that
great holiday arrives and Santa!
Clause "ill come, Iml not to visit
lbo very poor.
Quit borrowing your neighbors
paper. It is dangerous. The devil
will catch every one that does it.
We mean the printers doyil.
The ordinary informs us that
llm vouchers for all Confederate
pt nsioners have heen received at
his olln e, and all interested are re-
tpiestet 1 to cuuie in at once,
Mr. Henry King cut his light
leg above the knee one day this
week so as to rentier him unable
to work. He was grinding his ax
and the sharp tool slipped out of
Ins hand.
Although il was very cold last
Thursday, a lady of this county,
drove an ox team herself and
brought a load of produce to town.
Lmnukin county can produce
... i'll • of the smartest, ladies on the
globe.
Kgg
The
. me 25 cents
otter from
next week.
dozen.
Mr. George Jenkins of this
Voter'’ will 1’h'co, has moved to Alabama.
Wo received fifteen new sub
at
appeal
Mr. J. H. McKee paid Gabion- j ^fibers by last Sunday’s mail
ega a visit last Saturday and Sun
day.
one time.
A few of llieks' 1904
for sale at this office,
they arc all gone.
Mr. Turner Qnillmn of
I county, visited relatives at
S, go-carts and Chinaware, j plnc0 j a8t Saturday
ino- rent nien for Christmas. I
Almanacs
Mining Notes.
The Nrnugr gives more reliable
mining news than any other pa
per published in Georgia.
In drifting from Xu. 2 to No. 1
At 'I'. J. Smiths you will Hud
oranges, coconuts and a nice fresh j
lot of candies.
Doll
} something real nice for Christmas,
at \V. 1*. Prices, J r.
Yon will find Zobolin and all the
latest dress fabrieks just received
at IT. I). Gurleys,
Remember that Santa Claus has
deposited some,of the nicest things
I in town at the drug store.
Nothing was done by the city
council last Monday except the
auditing of some accounts.
Next Saturday is the city
; tion. Let all come out and
whether you got your choice in the
mass meeting or not.
AtJ. 11. Moores you will find
cabbage, pork, beef, sausage, on
ions, sweet potatoes, beans, peas,
cow feed and every thing else you
need.
Call before I shaft at the Jumbo mine this
I week they struck another large
new vein
Hall
this
la mine itself. The party consists
of Chicago, Kansas City and N’«»
I i.'raska people. All are well pleas
ed and art* purchasing stork to the
iiqnn, declaring most omphati.nftK
i ly that “the half was never told.”
We haye been asked if tho res
| ports about the richness of Tho
| Jumbo Gobi Mine art! true. If wa
Foil Sai.k.—A yoke of cattle 5
years old, weighing about 1,000
pounds each. Apply to It. C.
Payne, Duhlonegn, Ga. 2t
One of our subscribers, whose
post office is at llanda, Ga., says
Mr. Campbell is still prospect- ] ' l!U ' lu) f known it. you would not
ing down on the Standard proper-, observed such mention in tho
ty, ami crushing what custom ore j oolnmns of the Ni'QQKT. Me ara
is sent to the Singleton mill, not ; ’"B interested a dollar in any of
having enough water to run th
mill and giant for the company.
the goltl mines of this country,
tu .d not partial towards a single opa
A number or Indies nccompan- of them. M e jj.ro very cureful
ied tho party from the north to about our milling reports, and of-r
see The Dahlonega Gold Mining | ton visitors find the properties
IjObl UJllUl l?' Ill LVtlllUdj VJtl., Ml > j") O “ I . , . . i . ir
that ho walks four miles and a hnlf Milling Ctj’a properties. They imi( ‘ h feher thanrepresented. Mo
. • i . i • , 1 i \ 1'o.Fi 11' i hie it) i \ !•/1 (» j* ti\.il' \m\ nnn
elec-
cveiv week to tho office aftoi
paper.
The last issue of the Nugget for
J90I will appea" on tho 24th inst.
Then we will lake a weeks rest
vote ! and you will not see tho Nugget
any more till the first week in 1904.
Capt. J. W. Woodward went
down to Gainesville last week to
attend the funeral of his mother.
He lias the sympathy of the entire
community in the loss of his much
loved parent.
were certainly as enthusiastic as
the gentlemen participating in tho
panning of gold,
ml or t lint no ojija
It is to our interest
and to tho interest of the couptry.
prefer this in
be deceived,
Mr. Joel T. Miller, Tho Dnhlon- ,n clipping articles from other p*-
| ega Gold Mining and Milling pvrs written by parties visiting
I Company’s Superintendent, n res- !l,| y ''*** "iines hero wo first sat-
j ident director, had “his hands ; ' 8 0’ ourselves f lint tIn* author is
I full” taking care of the large par- exagerating. Me do this to
ty brought to seo the mines by
Messrs.-Disney and Rush.
The DahUihegu Gold Mining and
Milling Co. recently cut into
placer mining several dollars to
the yard. When they smeoed in
Mr. mi l Mrs. Frank Worley of
Gainesville, returned to Dahlon
ega, their old home, this
M’c understand they expect
move to Tennessee
At B. R. Meadors & Sons you j getting a sufficient amount of wa-j
will find a nice Hue of fresh stick, ter to hydraulic tho deeper part)
week, i bucket and fancy candies. Also; of their placer, oltl miners and all
to
by that time
matter ill
v. n ”i' I to !“ it il
i:i In press I bat .J <
■ little two-year old
,| Mrs. .1 A. Ho war.
'lit.
j ust, befo11!
;ii Aw try;
rhihl of M r.
I. died last
When the family of Rev. J. 1).
Turner arrived last, Thursday the
lathes of the city had a nice, warm
supper prepared and gave one and
all a hcarlv welcome.
Rev
A ide:.on A Jones have just ro-
>ivi 1 a nice line of men and boys
li,!,-: vi ar. \Iso fascinators both
ittii'i iim! wool. For quilts and
|pes call and si
of : nvlliiu
Idle ni.-est Iitii! of Xmas g jotls
i i town at H. D. Gurleys. tool
chests, \ aces, books, Ac. Many
suitable presents for both ladies
and gentlemen. Also fresh nuts
and candies. All at very low
j i r i cis.
Gentle reader, some times it is
yery unpleasant for ns to use
the name of a friend in giving the
news, nevertheless we do it in or
'R °“L w,r church ill
lhobc*inmo«ottbc|)i.blic.il. l inof|
Mr. T’aylor of Blue Ridge,
Ga., will preach at the H:iptisst
church in I Vihlouoga next Sunday.
It may be that Mr. Taylor will bo
called to preach at this church
(luring tjio coming year.
toys for the babies, and the nicest
line of jewelry over brought to
ibi! city. Also a beautiful Kuo of
pictures, and don’t' forget that
South Georgia syrup. It is fine.
M r c received a letter last week
from our old friend and former
townsman, Mr. S. A. Kelley, who
still resides in Texas. It will he
remembered that he was reported
hero as being dead once, but wc
are glad to sav that ho is still alive
acquainted with the ground claim
that this will be a daily occur
rence.
Dr. Garver, of Nebraska, is
spending several days «t. Auraria.
The Doctor is interested in The
Duhlonegn Gold Mining and Mil
ling Co., and dotjs not miss an op
portunity to visit the Company’s
property. Doctor lias not only
^ 1 increased his holding from time
to time but advises his friends to
Rev. Mr. T
the now
, XT _,, invest all their surplus capital m
and a weekly reader of the Nug- 1 ‘
1 the company s treasury stock.
Just before Mr. Ainsle,
!hem - when in t
crowded
preached
him and
Monday morning Mr.
ps' dog acted ill such
t as to cause the owner to
ii was mad an l when the
I'orl of his shotgun was heard
dwa lull dead, causing all mi"
tine s to come to an end.
this place, has had a
house every time he
get. The people like
love to hear him talk.
Goto Ouvcnder’s (’reek Mcr-
('handiso Co., at M ild, Ga , for
fir. Joseph Grizzle
in this county,
tfortuiio to lose his
jilerits Uv lire, lust
who re-
hud the
on sc and
week while
'tun home. As usual in
|h accidents I he people of Dali-
'"-■i were appealed to for help
I Bley re ponded.
1 r ' from a postal ear I that
h"v-!t"s, alter working in the
•oK'r olliee for about two years
:l s b('it time ago moved to
1 nvi!le, has gone to Marine,
i wh re lie lias a brother
,s heen in that stale for sev -
1 Ill'S.
the Nugget several years ago.
The recent change of fast lime!
slow at the postoffico at this
place caused our citizens to get;
their mail from Gainesville half ail
hour later than when fast time was I
kept at both the Gainesville and | bargains. They carry a nice line
Dahltmega post offices. So it hasj'T <''T ^’<>ds, notions, ready made
been changed back to fast again.
A lady residing in Alabama |
writes as follows about the Nl'ti-
okt: “Blouse dun I tail to send
ni\ paper as long as il cun be paid
for. 1 think can make a little
money any way a dollar for the
Nugget. We must have it if we
do without bread. Send it on and
do not fail.”
GET.
Hast week a fellow brought in
some awful mean chemical liquor.
Those who drank it pretty freely
: suffered considerably. One fellow
Vomited u)) tho lining of his stom- ; sol | ] iere that if he got well
clothing, guns, ammunition, and
in fact everything kept in a goner
! al store, at the lowest price ever
known for cash. Go and sec
ach, another had his nose turned
up side down. Wo took a drink
of it and a big corn was soon re
moved from our little toe.
“Bully” Strickland died in Mill
Greek district a few days ago,
aged near 80. A number of year
Ln „ (M ago “Bully” killed a negro in self j elected.
1C 101 J .. i. I... l.i.nMi.in.l MM. ..
the
president of the Duhlonegn, Con
solidated Co., went into the hos
pital to have the second operation
performed, he wrote Capt. Inger-
he
would come down and start up
tho mines, but if he didn’t he
would resign and let some one else
take his place. Mr. Ainsle died
last week and nothing can be
done in the way of the company
mining until a new president is
i yourself.
A. M r . Anderson,
Gen. Manager.
After next June all mail carriers
will have to He able to read and
write so they can deliver people’s
mail all along the line. This will
throw some carriers out of employ
ment that we know of in this
jcounty. Such as this should en-
During Christ mas we are going
to transfer the names of our sub
scribers to a new hook and those; . , > ,
... . courage the children to go to school,
wlm have failed to renew will lie ” . ...
so as to he able to ride the tide of
j life when they grow older.
The Royal Arch-
-''a It'd school :it this
-Bilished more than
dace,
four
left uff. This means you if you
have neglected to comply with
our request. Wo are not in the
htiHnes : alone for pleasure. Now i their election of officers last Tucs
do not neglect tins matter if you j day evening. Col.lt. H. Baker
and Mr.
The olh-
ivo not vet
defense, yet he imagined that he
could often sec him. It seems
that the deceased was a very wik-
ed old man, as ho cursed nearly
all the time, either sick or well.
A case of smallpox developed
at Maj. Tillsons last Monday, he
The mi'll down at the McAfee-
Lin mine is moving right along
with splendid success. The ore
is good and the machinery moves
show our readers that we are not
excited, for ail, both far and nour,
seethe value of the properties
that we report upon aliko aft r a
personal investigation. And iij
giving u-tytho news should any one
misinform us about any mine in
this county our readers wi 11.cer--
tainlv he made a ware of the fact
indue tinjw.' fv&me tiims bad
i man ago mwi-t causes mines to fail.
Such is tiro case in all other Inisi-
iimss. For this we are not respon
sible, $s it occurs in some of
(Ji,a richest gold mjtung countries
in the world.
Last; week was a week of active
work at the Josephine Mine. More
1 men were put to work on tho dam
which is nearing .completion, and
ns soon ys himhe? c,an he luuifled
it will be finished. Then work
will ho resumed on the water way,
which will be large enough to car*
ry the entire IS to wah River direct
to tho mill. Then it will be pump
ed by waterpower to an elevation
three hundred feet above tho riv
er to a reservoir for t he storage of
water for hydraulic purposes.
This week work will be done on
raising and repairing the mill
preparatory to placing machinery.
When all is completed in this lino
mill runs will be made until Hie
hydraulic works are ready, as the
latter plan cheapens tho cost of
production, and in fact is the on
ly way to work the Josephine, as
the great water supply can bring
j down hundreds of tons daily di<-
! rect to the miH and lessens .the
like clock work. Dr. McAfee and
Mr. Lin were both present last
il vi-i iinsuuo i«5i mummy weekwheti the mill was started
inJ'hia eon^Joha" 3 'which "wo «c|»'> d ««» «•«»>»’» '? Iwttr!r I ing this mine by hyd ran I icing and
... „.i Ao e,/> iinnoinnivvont ' vr ' r -ho .says it-can bo mined and mi'll*
cost of mining to only a few cents
per ton. Capt. Jaquish lias care*
| fully estimated tho cost, of work-
0.1,.,1 to slate, is of a very u.iUlK A “ tl10 f velo l >nwnt
form. However, tho house has *>»• progressed, more valuable
, isli your paper continued.
All parties indebted to
T.
was elected High Driest
5 ; \V. II. Jones Secretary.
elite
art 1 vi ct!
and Mil
1' of Mr. and Mrs. William
■ ' never as much as missed
- T'y from school during all
ll] ". Is there any other pu»
1 K'orgia. that has attcM-icd
1 ;1S steadily as Miss Pearl?
1 V' i . I
, or officers names wc In
OmitH & Bro. by note or aceount, . , . ,
Mining tot. 3 \ learned. After the meeting the
i(!V j I members and their families met at
Hall’s Villa and partook of an oys
ter stew and spent several hours
in a sociable manner.
week our sain tum w
I" 1 ' 'he first time by tl
IIH " S I uiiuisitet
J. D. T
at this
inier, who cam
mid had his name re
(HU ' (i| lifc as a twe.lv
n "th,!Ni
K'ins to 1,
in
new
place,
w i! i i
- islel'-
„ ho do not settle or make satis
faction, wiM find their notes
accounts in the hands of officers
after December 25lh. Do not
wait and have a bill of cost run up
on you. We have to meet our ob
ligations, therefore wo must col-
1(1^ T. J. Smith & Bro.
The state commission at its re
cent meeting adopted one book
An old time
at 11 io Baptist
been quarantined and the Major
passes off the time in feeding his
turkeys and chickens and riding
Masons had olll ‘ ()J! * lis horses around in the lot.
At the request, of parties no
prayer meeting was held at the
Methodist church last night. Tho
pastor said that ho would give way
for the town meeting, ns it was
a very important thing to have
good city government. Mis only
request was for all to come out to
the church next Wednesday. Let
all that can attend.
Old Uncle Billie MDitkins died
last Friday night in the western
meeting was
church here
held
last
veins have heen discovered. The
last one struck is an eye-opener,
as it pans from one to two penny
weights to the panful. It is one
of the best gold mines in
the
oil at- 70 cents per ton. Dr. Her
bert Toney of the 1". B. Assay of
fice at 80 Wall Btreet, New York
City, who has been connected with
this office for the Inst forty years.
Sunday by lb vs. Mr. Blackburn portion of this county and Ins body
— 0 - and who has held the position as
county and being in charge of Mr. j c hwf assayor for;twenty-five years,
W. H. McAfee, an old native i examined this property. His re-
miner of many years experience j^, or k is.valuable, as ten years pro -
' ' 4 “ ! vious to his examining the Jose-
j plaino, he reported on the tinted
Hand Mine in idi-H county, and
Disney have again broken tiie-ir | the open-ulmi of this mine has
record bringing investors to Geor- | since demonstrated the correct-
gia that they might be giyen an inessof his report, Dr. I’oney re-
opportunity to thoroughly inves-j ports from samples be Bupenn-
tigate The Dahlonega Gold Min- j tended taken from the Josephine
ing and Milling Co's great prop-1 averaging *4.17 per ton.
m the business, it is bound to
pay.
Messrs. W. I. Rush and
and West, who have boon conduct
incr services in the outskirts o
that is UM'.d in the schools of this | town at residences for some time
being Fields' History of! The orpin was let rest mm every
j ertics. Mr. Rush and Disney are
!certainly pursuing the proper
course ir. bringing these gentle
men down to see for themselves,
n\
; months
Mr. Tur-
be I i !<o l by every
' :l ' had the pleasure t,)f
;i1l Jb m:d a gentleman
, with ihe, people in this
l " ! !:! 'i >o accimiiilish much
that. Anderson &
''' best clothing for the
1 ' of any one in town.
S| ,(, f' and the best line of
‘ yi'Utlis pants ever
batiliincya. TIk-v ala,i
'! h»r suits. Gan get
" 1 scvcTi or eight days
• '■!'dm ortler. They
' - ' -i om sample just
desire-. Don't
11 'hem when in need
-• ' iiey also liavo a nice
neckwear, hats
county,
the United States, which is quite a
compliment to the state as well as
to Ltimpki.il county, as the author
used to live in Dahlonega. Swans
ton’s Word Book and Lynns’ His
tory of Georgia, used in Lump
kin, was also adopted.
A rood deal of sui.ll use to he
uinnufnc.t ured from old
slumps, picked up on the streets
hy boys ill cities, ami wo guess it
j.. ( |, iu- ye'.. Now what about la
pies using a stuff made from pieces
body assisted in tho singing
good old songs. 1 ho door
church was opened and
Joined-four by letter, being the
largest number that has. joined
any one church in Dahlonega for
many years.
was laid to rest in the cemetery at
f ! Hightower church last Sunday in
the presence of many people. The
deceased was born in G24, nn( ' | w i Jflre everything i# turned oyer to
of has many acquaintances ttn q them and every possible assistance
,f (bp friends who will regret to hear of
eleven his death.
Upon an
examination math
;! them and every possible assistance
! is rendered, that they may satisfy
themselves beyond doubt of the
The fire fiend seems to lie pretty great value of th-e immense bodies
successful up in the western por-i of saprolites and the small ex pen-
lion of tho county. Only a few | see and great profits mining them
uiedits ago a dwelling belonging to i with water. 1 lie Company s gteat
‘ ' * the
by Rev. j. L. Blackburn was burned, placer is already a sight foi
( JIUI .HI l A.mo" . t . .
Dr. Jennings the other day, it was j Later a stable belonging to Mr
discovered lliat one of our eyes
was much lamer than tho other
j \v. A. Fitts went tho same way,
inti on last Sunday night a dwell
la- However, he fitted us up with a j ing kitchen and u store bouse he
pair
>f gbusses (please
of cigars
ctmsmnpl i v
residing in
ifUm thrown down by I the ladies !■
i? now
that
don’t let
wo weal
longing to Sam Anderson wore
laid in ashes. Sam left a few
Gods. Already they have a giant
washing out the beautiful yellow j
metal. Are now constructing a|
canal that when completed will j
bring a large body of water on a I
high elevation on tho Company’s i would
! Wishing to carry out a portion
of the.Scripture which says, “Love
; thy enemies,” wc spoke to one the
I other day when we met him, but
not a word did lie utter. 1 he
.-hock was ■ o sudden and so great
j that it caused ns to take the cramp
colic. Whether it was a jiulgo-
meet sent on us for being so
foolish or the magnetism he pos-
! sesscs, which he uses on such oc
casions, wc arc at a loss .to know,
i hut if the Lord will forgive ua for
speaking io ium this time we will
not do so any more. The unpleas
ant feeling he lias towards us wa#
caused by the ! Lksu-Nugget con
troversy. Lyitv time Mr. Gunn
bat
.? We know of ladies speck-) till we cun givt
ilonega who pass both rigli
1 lie
ws days ago for Kentucky and was property i
in t<
*,il t he 11n*c - * - ,.
whose husbands arc not aware of
q and vet tl ev would whip one ot i off
their chi Id i(u if they were *'« ’
id which will enable
‘5 to 5 more gi
also build a no ot
,,i-x""«**»
more or less, Try us when I sous who are cither rented or leased j out gold from that p.ut o- ..
'B backward and accused of reporting illicit distil-! tin
\ J\\ iiuinjiu ” ,,u i | wguj i i-ok ‘ i . i
It 1 wni;. dipping snuff, forward, going and coming and set! Id's. A reporters propci y u;yii:
' ‘ 11 r . .i.i ,i.. n m.i. ..o M-..U •!< nfti't,. rite I
<»perat(
hey wi
i'k 1 hit
hen we
iiim mad.
man would growl,
growled back it
tobacco, which is
habit.
more cleanci
11 wanting the Ni-ui-kt 'mil see if wc U> tbow making a bnsiuuss ot r«s| Cbcstntoo river ninning ""“S'
; ufc J vurnvt. • ! portiag «> uciobi-.n,-. I v » w •*
polling iuc;r neighbor
I’.K
m a do
W'amtki) —A car load ot mules,
from four to eight years old.
J. M. BrookSHEU,
Dahlonega, Ga>
Dec. 1G, iiniG. >?