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Local Nov/.\
came up
short time
Mrs. 0. J.
at T. .1. Sm«iufe &
,| ML. Julian
, t wcpH ami sp< i»t >*
villi their dtingh,u*i\
plly,
Mr. C. W. Satterfield, who sold
Kj s residence last week, informs us
(hat he may ""I mo *' c nw ’".y from
PiihdolH-'Sra al all.
Mr. Craig H. Arnold, superin
tpylont of tho WAV, mine in this
county, spent a short while in Dah-
louog i while going to and returning
from a visit to White county last
week.
Mo see from the D.twsonvillo
Vdcerti'cr that (J.d. H iker of Dah-
lotiuga has formed a law partner
ship with Col. A. W. Vandivero of
Dawsonvillo as to Superior court
practice in Dawson county.
fl’ho Decora society electod as its
champion debators Messrs. J. R,
Henley and L. G. Former, but
Mr. Henley decided that he would
not till the place and resigned. The 1
champion debate for this year is
expected to be bettei than it ^as.
ever been.
Theaunu
Pbi Mu society will come off ou
February 22nd. Mr. J. F. Broach,
who has been chosen as speaker on
this occasion, has selected for his
subject “The Patriot of To mor
row/’ It is expected that a large
crowd will lie present;
Don't forget that our stock
powders are guaranteed to give
satisfaction by ourselves—not by
some one a thousand miles away.
Nice covered sugar and butter
dishes 15c. A full lino of tlavor-
jugextracts 5c. Nice fresh crack
ers and ginger snaps 10c.
P>. R. Headers & Sons.
lino
any i
has
Shoemaker James Phillips
-"he to Alabama in work.
Gall and set* our j r ew
.stationery if you need
j"!> work cheap and quick.
Judge Huff goes down to Atlan
ta 1 uesday to draw ,l,l;o pen
moncis money of Lumpkin coun
ty and will return and be able to
pay off on Thursday.
M i s. John Woody, who use to
live in 1 hi*county, died in Union
Um Wednesday night of last week
aged 80. A few minutes before this
good old lady died she asked those
present to sing for her. This was
done and when the song was finish
ed she shut her eves and the light,
of the wo Id was closed to her for-
j ever.
Please bear in mind that we do
not publish obituaries free. They
do ijcft interest but few outside of
relatives and all you can write will
do the dead no good. 1f just one-
fourth of the good ihingd written
about dead people was said before
they die it might cheer them up,
relieve them of a heavy burden j
and cause them to live* longer.
Mr. John Mcoro proposes to sell i
Another singing at the Baptist
< hureh last .Sunday afternoon.
Me notice ihyn some of our eiti-
/.i iis have already commenced sow
ing their early seeds in hot beds.
Miss Neelv Mays entertained a
few of her friends last Saturday \
night by a sociable at Mrs. B. R j
Mendei s.
Mr. Robert Patton, formerly of
Lumpkin county, but now of
Banks, was married a few days
ago to Miss May Belle Wood.
lion, G, I). Bruce is utjhome on
a Visit.
Mr. Ben Shed returned »o £.las
bamn tins week.
pr. J. D. Purdy of Mansfield, j
O., who spent some time in Dah
loncgn last spring, is back again ;
on business.
Miss Bessie Weaver has gone tor®.®® ol ’ 9* them.
Alabama on a visit.
In my
PpUf:
HVh if pumpkin county had rajp
i'.oad coRnectjon with .ti\o AUlfli.4p
world sf\e w.cyjM soon ship ciy
loads of frujtp tyn,! yegqt^hyles, fop
no Boctjo# is nnlnpajly a^p'ptq^
to these industries .as yoiir
county is, could long ,re(naj,o Uljr
John MMoolaf U>» oonnly, ym undo'rtSko'to^vSo^’Swftl^.
Georgia day here was appro
priately celebrated at the college.
Always let us know when you
fail to receive your paper prompt
ly.
was married to Miss Martha Duck
et, a daughter of Mr. Henry Duck
et ,o£ this county.
1 hose indebted to me by note or
account for last, year will please
come forward and settle llie same
at once, as I need the money,
John H. Moore.
flic department is advertising
for bids on the Dahlonega and
Stay mail route again, to begin in
july J, 1904 and end Juno HO, 1008.
The bond required is four hundred
dollars.
or rent the residence property be
, . , now occupies and will give possess
j sion first of March. I his prop
erty can be had cheap. The house
j contains 10 good rooms. On the
satire lot is a cottage with 4 rooms,
j Good size lot. All outside houses
j and splendid well water. Ca’I or
write him at once if you wish to
live al one of the most desirable
places in town.
VVe have tysciiivcd a letter from
Mr. A. .J. Ash in reply to one pub
lished week before last, asserting
that he had posted his lands to
keep the school children at Pisgah
from using any wood off of it. This
letter most too hitter for public
■ cation. We don’t allow corres
it’s gotten to bo a frequent occur-1 poudents to use language in The
Nugget stronger -than we do.
However we will state that Mr.
Ash says that the charge is false
rencc for our citizens to have their
electric light globed stolen where
they can be secured to after the
owners retire, sometimes by boys. he had sold a certain lot to another
who sell them at from five to ten'Ash. Nevertheless if Mr. Ash
cents. Whenever a boy offers you ; will put bis reply in a little mild
a good globe for five cents you
ought to refuse to purchase it.
Under a now law men who serve
on the grand jury at one term of
the Superior Court are disquali
fied to sit ou the special jury at
the next court, and those drawn
for the spring term of our court
who served on the last grand jury
er form we will publish it with
pleasure.
In the Grizzle-Free trouble last
week Mrs. Grizzle had a plea of
guilty filed by her husband and
was fined one dollar -and cost by
Mayor pro tern Vickery. Miss
Free was found guilty and fined
the same, and upon failure to pay
will not be summoned, according ' the fine, to work on the streets
miss your Nugget this week. If
so your time has expired without
being renewed.
Last Saturday was Justices court
()a \\ cdnesdn\ of last week Mr. day over in Martin’s Ford and sev-
l’rcwil, the tax receiver of Union, I oral candidates were present, mix-
j ing and mingling with the “dear
people.”
We understand that Mr. John
Rediuoud, who went down to
Florida some weeks ago to help
Mr. V illiam Ricketts build a boat,
is very sick.
Isiyvc Rucker, the only colored
government pensioner in this
county, is trying to get his pension
increased a little. He now re
ceives eight dollars per month.
A little eight or ten-year-old boy
of Mr. Billie Grizzlo of this
county, was badly hurt bust Sun
day by falling on a corn stalk that
was sticking up in the ground.
Mr. Joe Dan Miller of Auraria,
Mr. Tregent of the Barlow Mine,
and Mr. Wharton Anderson of tho
Calhoun, all spent last Saturday
night and Sunday in Dahlonega.
Mr. Ashley told a friend, while
jin Dahlonega last week, that he
j was not aspiring for office and
| would not make t'he race for con-
j grcss in this district, as predicted.
Col. Charters and Mr. H. D.
j Gurley left for Atlanta last Sun-
The Colonel went to argue
a case before the Supreme court,
and Mr. Gurley went to purchase
new goods.
Sheriff Davis went over to Mar
tin’s Ford law ground and took a
bond for Arthur Hulsey, who is
wanted at tho next term of the Su
perior court for a misdemeanor
last Saturday.
It may bo that some of you will brought in Tuesday on a charge of j tries others would locate there np^
Mr. M. Chester Dft last Monday
in company with his son, Harry,
some point on the railroad
1 for
near Talking Rock, Ga.,
they arc employed by Mr.
of Atlanta, to superintend
out rock.
where
Pratt
taking
Mr. Hutch Wimpy of Cane
Creek, has received notice that his
son, Frank, is very sick with
measles down at Bessemer, Ala.
Mr. Joe Moose also Icarus that his
sou, Will, has both measles and fe
ver at the same place.
Old Mrs. Mary (Grizzle, who is
being cared for by tho county in| ( ( av
Dahlonega, is very bad off and the
attending doctor says that she
can’t live loug. Several of her
kinfolks have been notified by
Judge Huff but they don’t come to
see her, not even a sister or broth
er.
The only excitement occuring
this week was last Monday when
two negro .women got into a bug
ry to take an afternoon ride. In
front of Mr. M. J. Williams’ store
the horse got unruly and turned
the buggy in such a mauQur as to
drop one of them out, causing her
to squall like a panther when a
wheel ran over her neck.
blocknding and discharged
Postmaster Furrow of Gaines
ville, spent Tuesday night in J}nh-
lonega while on his way to Porter
Springs.
A son of Mr, AI Roberts show
ed us a ten cents silver pieco bear
ing date of 1705, which ho found
on top of Crown Mountain.
That's right. Drop $2.50 in the
slot and have .your name nnuouue
ed in The Nugget. If you wish
to run for an office don’t lie ashain
ed to let the people know it.
Corn meal has been a scarce ar
ticle in Dahlonega for some time,
but Mr. \\. J. Hightower is going
to put tip a mill hero in town
which will grind corn and supply
a long felt want.
'The transformer near the col
lege, costing $85, burned out last.
Saturday night during the girls
valentine dance, causing oil to
havo to be used at the Gill’s Dor
mitory and college till another
transformer can bo bought.
After the Signal has been rest
ing for three weeks Messrs. Carl
Shultz and John A. Howard have
recently leased it for a year
with the privilege of getting it lon
ger for tho purpose of trying to
revive it. 'This makes the third
set of editors the Signal has Imd
since we have been running The
Nugget. Wo sympathize with
these gantlemon in their effoits to
rcstoro a dead newspaper. It’s a
big job. We hayc experienced it.
it takes a whole lot of energy and
money and time to do it. As wo
have previously stated two papers
can’t thrive in a place like Dah
lonega. There is a very good living
for one Imt not for two. As to
The leap .year valentine dunce, j ,ho future prosperity of The Nug-
to the direction of Judge Kimsey
t. J. Smith & Bro. have receiv
ed their spring stock of clothing—
the largest stock in Dahlonega.
Don’t place your order till you see
their complete lino of mens, boys
and youths suits made to fit and
the very latest styles. They come
direct from the manufacturers and
their prices are right—selling as
cheap as Gainesville and Atlanta
prices, or any other clothing house.
Mr. Ed. Miucey of Ball Ground,
Dn., likes The Nugget. This is
his letter of last week: Enclosed
find check for another years sub
scription, I have been a regular
subsreiber since 1900, and am well
pleased with The Nugget. 1 like
d because it is newsy, gives facts,
nnd especially because it is not
Voiced upon me. It stops when
D, y time is out.
| for a period of forty days. The
| girl said she had no money and
I would go to jail but would die be-
j fore she would work on tho treets.
j Mr. John Moore and preacher
Turner felt sorry for tho girl on
account of having no male rein -
: tives present to help her in distress,
j paid the bill so as to saye further
| trouble. Mrs. Free and her other
daughter were discharged for tho
trouble they had with the Marshal.
Several months ago many of the
citizens of this county signed a pe
tition and sent it off to the postof
fice department at Washington,
asking that a rural mail line lie es
tablished in this county beginning
at Dahlonega and to go by way of
j Wild, Stay, John Sargents and
across by D. W. Coldwells, Wil-
j low, Porter Springs, Tube and
! back to Dahlonega, a distance of
It may be that the land deal with i
Messrs. Anderson & Jones in this 1
county, and the United States j
Leather Co., will be in such a
shape that the money will be paid
over at an early day, as wo under
stand that the company’s attorney
notified these gentlemens attorney
at Dahlonega this week of the
deeds of the property he had O
Kd, asking that he fill in with
given by the young ladies last
Saturday night at the Girl’s Dor
mitory, was a brilliant affair. A
Methodist gentleman called and
everything went off smoothly.
Although Dahlonega is away
up here in the mountains, 25 miles
from a railroad, her school facili
ties cannot bo surpassed anywhere
in Georgia, and one of the health-
est places on earth. Mild winters
i and pleasant summers.
An election was held in Porter
j Springs district last Saturday for
| a justice of tho peace and bailiff,
j There was but one candidate for
leach office, being James Ducket
. ,, , . , for justice, who received 14 votes,
other property. If th.s sale does L n(Uubn G for l)!limf> , ,,
go through it will scatter a large
I twenty-live miles. No one signed
Andersou & Jones have one of it excopt those along the line. The
jr instructions have been carried out
Die best lines of clothing
hi ought to Dahlonega—best
terns and latest cuts—up to
goods
pat-1 to a letter but the partition has
date I been pigeoned holeikwhore it will
' m every respect. Notwilbs remain unless it is looked after by
finding the advance in prices they
)0l| trht at lust years figures which
'nuhles them to make their prices
n -lit. For cash you can get goods
j 11 -iml below Gainesville and At-
1,11:1 Prices, but you need not ex
pect them to sell you goods as
CKa P° n time. They represent
| ),le Dio best clothing houses in
Die country and
can take your
our representative in congress,
Hon. F. C. Tale. Why don’t he
do it? Our sister county Hall has
already seven routes established
and will likely have more. Can’t
our county be given one? Some
say it’s because we have no rail
road, while others say that it is on
account of the condition of our
public loads. No. This is not it.
Measure and have your suit taler The matter will never he taken up
111 l, l(' tor about one-third less than j unless Mr. Talc looks after it. 1 he
° leis ca n get it up for you on ac
," ln * having the work done at
j ^ te'nse they buy all their cloth*
n ~' besides having your suit
11,11 f ‘ and returned in five to
d days from the time it is or
dered.
jaw does not intend for us to have
railroads before we can have rural
routes. And as far as the roads
are conncerned ours will average
up with any of the mountain roads ' went dooper dowD, through a
and are as good as some where ■ of other money till ho reached
I rural routes have been established, handkerchief.
amount of money in this county
for awhile, and a good deal will j
go to those needing it.
Letters written by parties in
Dahlonega to men on business at
other places, seem to be delayed in
some manner somewhere, and in
one or two instances have failed to
reach their destination entirely.
Nothing ago a gentleman bb r c!
I
wrote to a man down in Rome,
Ga., and after a number of days
waiting got no reply and wrote
again, and was told that the first
letter was not received. The let
ter or envelope had the proper re
turn card on it but failed to either
go or come back. This looks very
much like some one., somewhere is
tampering with the letters.
One of our merchants deposited
four hundred and four penny
weights of gold in the bank last
Monday, which he said was pur
chased in less than two weeks from
different ones here who are engng
ed in placer and vein mining on a
small scale. This merchant is un-
doubtly doing well, for while he
was showing ns, together with two
other gentlemen, Ins package of
gold, he pulled out a ten dollar bill
from his coat pocket to wipe his
nose with. He discovered his mis
take however, before doing so and
lot
his
The colored people had a sup-
I per at the Methodist church last
i 'Tuesday night for the purpose of
repairing the building. Only $8
was taken in and after deducting
the expenses of buying and halt
ing the rooster and cake and cus
tards there wasn’t much left for
church purposes.
It seems that a portion of the
Lumpkin county men who go
away to work have had bad Jack.
Some months ago Mr, Tom String
er decided to try it. Me went out
into Tennessee, where ho took sick
with fever, and after getting well
located in Alabama nnd there got
one of his legs broke.
Wo learn that it is a mistake
about Mr. Tom Ray of this county,
being sick with smallpox at Beav
er Ridge, Tenn., but was vaccina
get we have no fears of it contin
uing as bright us ever. We have
lived in Dahlonega nearly 49 years
and followed the printing business
the largest portion of this time.
The Nugget is ours alone. Wo
have no partner to divide profits
with. No man has any mortgage or
any kind of a claim amounting to
as much as a single five cents
against the paper or the property
where it is located. And a good
j deal of the work m the office we do
ourselves, which alone is quite iw
item of economy in the weekly
newspaper business. However,
peace nnd harmony will reign be
tween tho two newspapers under
i t s n o. w m a n a go mi vud.
Mr. A. W. Meadors Talks
About Lumpkin Count)'.
j de.vc.lop them.
Very truly,
A. W. Readers.
Wanted: 50 Men and Wometj,
Dr. C. II. Jones, the enterprising
druggists, is advertising to<j(iy fqr
fifty men and women t,p ,take ad
vantage! of the special half-price of-
j for he is making on Dr. Howard’s
! celobratod specific for the cure of
I constipation and dyspepsia, and gqj,
a fifty cent package at half-price
j 25 cents.
So positive is lie of the remark-
1 awlo powerthis specific to cure
those diseases, as well as sick head
aches and' liver troubles, that ho
agrees to refund the money to any
customer whom this medicine do.-g
not quickly relieve and euro.
With Dr. Howard’s specific i\l
hand you can eat what you want
and have no fear of ill consequence^.
It strengthens the stomach, gives
perfect digestion, regulates thebow-
qls, creates an appqfifc, find mfike^
life woifth the living.
This is ay unusual .eppoBtaiffty
to obtain 00 doses of the best modir-
eine ever made for half its regular
price, with the personal guarantee
of a well known business man to re
fund the i.upney if it does pot give
salisfactiop.
If yop eappot enff at ,J*)r. (Lyie?’
bLoi;c today, send him 2$ .centp by
mail, nnd die will send you a package,
promptly, charges paid.
Dr. Jones lias been able to secure
only a limited supply of tho specif
ic, so great is the demand, and yqp
should not delay taking advantage
of the liberal older he is making tjitp
week.
Anno u nc-em-e-n t-$-
F0l TAX COLLECTO^t. ~
To the voters of Lumpkin county:
I am a candidate for re election to the
office of lax collector, subject to tho demo
cratic primary, and respectfully ask the
support o( all. Thanking each and every
one for their assistance in the past. I re
main Most respect
“Vu)*:*.
Tffe
YVatkinsville, Ga.,
Feb. 12, 190L
Mg. W. B. Townsend,
Dahlonega, Ga.
Dear Sir:
J scud you herewith money or
der to pay my subscription in ad
vance. it seems that I can’t find
time to leave my business for Dah
lonega. I had the La Grippe at
the time 1 set to co ne and can’t
set off now.
I see many new names in The
Nugget and miss many old ones
from it. While I have only been
away only a short time no doubt
many changes have taken place.
1 would like lo see the farming
interests of Lumpkin county de
veloped. 1 believe if the farmers
FOR TAX RECEIVER.
To the .voters of Lumpkin county:
i hereby .announce myself a candidate ,fpr
the office of [fax Receiver, subject ,lo jl|ie
De-Hiocrjitlc primary.
Respectfully,
C. R. Odom.
FOR CLERK.
4 hereby announce myself a candidate
fur Clerk of the Eupcoiqr Court of Lumpkin
county, subject to (he democratic ptfipp-
ry. Respectfully
E&apk (!/• lRkesk.
I take this method of announcing to the
people of Lumpkin county that I am a can
didate for Clerk of the Superior Court, sub
ject lo the Democratic primary. Thankiqg
all for their support in the past. I am
Very respectfully,
D. C..@poy.
ted and lias a had arm. There is j Dmt county could get their pro-
said to be more than 200 cases of
smallpox at Knoxville, Tenn., and
Mr. Charlie Daniels, who use to
live in this county, has them, to
gether with his family.
The following is the canvassing
committee appointed for Dablon
ega by tho John B. Jordon Modus
merit Association, recently held in
Atlanta: Col. W. P. Price, Hon.
G. D. Bruce, Prof. B. P.Gaiilard,
Prof. E. B. Vickery. Any persons
wishing to donate any money for
the - John B. Gordon monument,
can hand or seud it to either oue of
these geutlemeu.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
I 1 hereby respectfully announce my candi
dacy fur Representative of Lumpkin co«u-
ry in the General Assembly ofqtcorg'a, sub-
' j^ct to the democratic jinunary election..
I ernestly solicit the support of the voters
of (Lumpkin .county at said prirpary elec
tion . 'Very .respectfully,
It. M. Rkyso.s.
J am a candidate .before tbe Democratic
primary for Representative of Lumpkin
county in the next General Assembly <F
I Georgia. I will appreciate your support,
j and promise you if elected 1 will do my full
j duty as your representative. I will appre
ciate it if you give me your support and in-
ti lienee. Respectfully,
tV. S. Hms.
I am a candidate for Representative of
Lumpkin county in the qejet General As
sembly of the btute of Georgia, subject to
the Democratic primary, and earnestly ask
the support of the voters.
Respectfully,
Carl Siiult/.
FOR SHERIFF.
I am a candidate for re election to the of
fice of Sheriff of Lumpkin county, subject to
the coming Democrat primary, if again
ducts into market over railroad
that her fruits and vegetables,
such as Irish potatoes, cabbage,
turnips, etc., tins industry would
be of more importance than her
goldmines. 1 have seen some of I clewed * promise to till the office in the fa
ns fine potatoes, • turnips and ou^
ions on the streets of Dahlonega,
and all grown in the region just
above Dahlonega, as 1 have ever
seen in any market, yet Georgia
cities sell car loads of imported
goods every year. If 1 lived in
Lumpkin county I would study
these subjects uud at least make an
effort to profit by growing some
ture with the same fidelity as I have in the
past. Thanking the voters for past favors
and earnestly soliciting your support in tRe
comiu.g primary, j am
.Respectfully,
iL M.. Davis.
I respectfully announce myself a candid
ate for the office of Sheriff, subject to the
Democratic primary, and solicit the kiud
consideration of the vofeis, and all may be
assured that their aid will he greatly appre
ciated. Respectfully,
W. T. Ward,