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The! Nugget,
DAHLONEGA, JULY 29, 1904.
Bnctred at the llahlonena, (>n. I*. <>
as Second Class Matter.
Official Organ of both City and
County.
Ashley Nominated f<>r Con
gress. Chairman Farrow
and Secretary I’ewitt
Dismissed,
A STORMY SESSION.
The house wants dealers in toy
pistols to pay a tax of $25. Good.
At Ashland, Gu., last week,
John Land shot and killed his fath
er about a dog.
Mr. J. M. Ashley, the ropnbli-
aan candidate for congress in the
Oth, is now in New York.
There are a number of republi
cans in Lumpkin county who say
that they aro going to vote for
Tom Boll.
/ In the recent special representa
tive election in Gilmer county Mr.
Simmons defeated Dr. Watkins by
a majority of 385 voles.
This week the committee voted
unanimously to increase the aps
propriation of the N. G. A. College
$5,000 except Mr. Hall.
The first number of the Bain-
bridgo Daily Argus is before us.
It is full of news and looks as
bright as a new silver dollar.
Tho fifty thousand butcher
workmen who <piit work July
12th, paralyzing the meat market
of tho whole country, are still out.
Up to last Saturday tho tax re
turns of twelve counties sent in to
comptroller’s otlice, show an in
crease of over a million dollars.
A motion was made in the legis
lature last week to allow the mem
bers to pull off their coats and
breeches, but as the majority of
thorn woro no slips the motion was
lost.
Last week Judge Bruy Is of At-
lant, bound over Mrs. Annie Solo-
man to tho Superior court in tho
sum of $100 bond, saying, “you can
not give, or even throw a cigarette
toa minor. Matters not whether he
has an order or not.”
In tho house last week tho lie
was passed between representa
tives Steed and Buchanan, and Mr.
Steed hurled u heavy inkstand at
his antagonist. Thou both left the
hall, and ought to have gone homo
and covered up their heads.
Mr. W. A. Davis, a democrat,
won the race in Fannin county a
few days ago over Mr. Thomas,
republican, by 815 votes. Old
Fannin is getting right. This
doesn’t show that there aro any
democrats “knocking at tho re
publican door” in that county.
A saloon keeper at Elizabeth
town, Ky., floored sister Carrie
Nation twice tho other day with a
chair for meddling with his busi
ness. A few days before that in
Guthrie, Ky., this meddlesome wo
man got slapped down because she | counter of
knocked a cigarette out of a boy’s bor °* .year
mouth. Carrie had better retire
to private life.
Work has already begun on the
broadening of the J. & S. railroad,
recently sold at Gainesville, from
a narrow guugo to a standard width
from Monroe to Social Circle.
Cross-tics are boing hauled to
Monroe and work will be done at
that end first. A charter for the new
company will soon be granted by
the state officials and the organi
zation of tho company perfected,
says tho Gainesville Eagle.
The Supreme court has decided
that clerks and managers of regu
lar elections cannot be paid out of
tho county treasury, that the act
of the legislature is unconstitu
tional. This would kill the pro
vision in the Australian ballot law
for the ordinary to erect booths for
voters and pay for tho same out
of the county funds. Old Bob
Toombs said when he drafted the
State constitution that he locked
the door of the treasury and threw
the key away, and it looks that
way. There is no doubt it has
saved the counties and cities from
being loaded down with bonded
indebtedness. State aid to railroads
was effectually killed by the pres
ent constitution.—Marietta Jour
nal.
According to a previous an
nouncement the republicans of the
Oth congressional dial riel met in
Dahlotiega last Saturday for the
purpose of putting out a candi
date for congress against Mr. T.
M. Bell, the nominee of the demo
cratic party. Chairman Farrow
called the meeting to order at 11
o’clock, and after stating its ob
ject and tolling that Secretary
I’ewitt wrote him that lie could
not bo present, announced that thu
nomination of a temporary chair
man was ready. Judge ,T. B. Gas
ton of Gainesville, was the choice
I of tho meeting. Then J. 11. FJ
ington of Ellijay, was elected sec
retary. All the counties were rep
resented except Milton Forsyth and
White, and on motion of Mr. Wil
cox Editor Davidson of the Cleve
land Courier was (fleeted to repre
sent White.
A little friction having arisen
from a circular issued by Col. Ear-
row a few days ago doubting the
eligibility of Mr. .T. M. Ashley,
tho proposed nominee, caused a
split in ranks, and on the previous
evening two caucuses were held.
Col. Farrow, the negroes and a few
whites met in tho grand jury
room, and Mr. Ashley’s friend so-
looted a private room at Hall’s
Villa as their place to moot and tix
things. The proper resolutions
wove drawn up and Col. Day and
Deputy Collector Spence were
selected to introduce and second
motions and engineer the next
days meeting generally.
At the opening of- the conven
tion the two negroes from Jackson
and the three from Hall, ono of
them a preacher and one an edi
tor, occupied prominent seats be
hind the bar, to the left and near
die chairman. Col. Day took his
seat to the right of the chairman
closo to Col. Farrow, who occupied
the first chair he carao to after va
cating his soat. Collector Spence
sit in front of Chairman Gaston,
and through the courtesy of tho
body the city press and other news
paper men present, were extend
ed front seats, which were accept-,
ed by Bro. Ilichers of the Gaines
ville Eagle, and ye editor of The
Nugget, and we sit upon the right.
A better looking and a more rep
resentative body of delegates than
these never assembled in the
;9th district. It was composed
| of office holders, office seekers, ouo
J lawyer, three editors, a few far-
] mors and five negroes. Tho office
! holders had grown fat from what
Ithey had received from the pie
Uncle Sam for a num-
The seekers looked
bloated from anticipation. The
lawyer enjoyed himself because lie
had helped to run political convene
the other by Mr. Moss, both chair
mans, a credential committee was
appointed by the chair to investi
gate their claims, composed of the
following gentlemen: Messrs.
Spence, Johnson, Anderson, Land
ers and Warlick, all said to be
Ashley men. Mr. Hill, one of tho
contestants, being for Mr. Ashley
and Mr. Moss against him. so we
understand.
After being out for some time
the committee returned and Mr.
Spence road a resolution request
ing that Mr. Hill be seated. Mr.
Most arose and in bis limit of live
minutes bogged that lie be allowed
to present tho testimony to the
body for an investigation. He
said that his meeting was much the
largest; ho was born a republican
and expected to die one. That Mr. j
Hill was only a new convert who
had met with just a handful of
men. But the body didn’t want
Mr. Moss and voted for Mr. Hill.
Mr. Moss snatched up his hat mot
oring something back as ho went
out at tho door and it is not record
ed whether ho will die republican
now or not, as a sock was found
afterwards at the bead of the steps
which is supposed to be Mr. Moss’
left as a subtitute for evergreens
sometimes used on funeral occa
sions.
Nominations were then called
for and Col. Day presented the
name of Mr. J. M. Ashley, formerly
of Toledo, O., but who has been
located in Lumpkin and Dawson
counties for about five years—now
of Dawson. Col, Day made quite
a nice talk about Mr. Ashley,
President Roosevelt and the res
publican party. Defending Mr.
Ashley against Col. Farrow’s
charges, showing receipts from
the collector of Dawson and a cer-
titieate from her ordinary to the
effect that he had registered and
paid his taxes for 1902-3, together
with a letter from the Distrsct At
torney saying that the proposed
nominee was eligible. Mr. Day
pictured off many wonderful
things the republican party bad
done and would do, in case it held
the reigns and Mr. Ashley is elect
ed. Judging from what he said
the streams of this country would
flow with milk and honey and tho
streets all be paved with gold, and
even the lazy man would live in
luxury.
The nomination was scconed by
Collector Spence, who consumed
a good deal of time in telling
also what groat things were in
store for the people if his party
should succeed again. This he
didn’t appear to doubt. lie was
the first one that asked Mr. Ash
ley to run, after failing to get Col.
Day to make the race, and said so
many nice things about Mr. Aslis
ley that this gentleman is sure to
put Mr. Spence on his list and
cause him to get a government
peach if he has any say so in the
distribution of the fruit—Col. day
being too old to enjoy any tiling
of the kind now. Mr. Spence’s
remarks were very appropriate.
Ho has been attending republi
can meetings for years and knows
tions so long that he felt like he
was at home. Editors always look | how to cheer up his friends even if
well. The farmers, as usual, were there is not the least bit of hope,
just used to till in with, and their Mr. Spence said every thing lie
could think of, even bringing
the name of the Lord and St. Pe
ter in his remarks, endeavoring to
show that He was with the repubs
li'can party, causing us to think
for a moment, according to what
tho speaker said, that Roosevelt
and Ashley were agents of the Lord
and all wo would have to do here
after when it cot dry, in caso they
were endorsed by the people, was to
call on them, and Mr. Roosevelt
would send general rains and Mr.
Ashley local showers.
At the close of the speech Mr.
Wilcox of Habersham county, rose
to his feet with a Farrow circu
lar in his hand. On account of
cheerful appearance was not caus-
| ed by any thing they had or ex-
] pected from the government. It
j was the prospect of good crops at
home as tho result of hard labor
and they enjoyed this little outing.
And ub to tho negroes they felt
pround of being sent up here in
the mountains so as to tie among
their white brothers at this mcet-
and sit on the front seats.
Now back to the proceedings.
Col. Farrow and his friends, when
allowed to speak, were required to
consume not more than from four
to live minutes, while either Col.
Day or Mr. Spence were permitted
to talk as much and as long as they
claimed that ho had met all these
charges. Col. Farrow wanted to!
talk a little and read a letter lie
had received from Mr. Ashley, but 1
it was all declared out of order,
and Mr. Ashley received the en
tile vote with the exception of
Col. Farrow. Mr. Hughes and the
five negroes. They said no.
While a committee was out in
Bearch of Mr. Ashley to notify
him of his nomination, Mr. Spence
made a motion to remove Col.
Farrow as chairman <rf the district
executive committee and elect in
his stead J. R. Allen of Pickens co.
Also to elect Mr. Ellington secre
tary in place of Mr. I’ewitt, for
tho sake of harmony. The motion
was seconded by Col. Day, who
stated during his remarks that he
was informed that Col. Farrow
had said that he would not sup
port Mr. Ashley if he was chosen.
As quick as lightning almost Col.
Farrow was on his feet and with
his linger pointed towards Col.
Day said: “Whoever told you
that is a liar and a d—n liar. I
said I would not support him in
tho nomination.” The chairman
asked if they were ready for
the question before them and Wil
liams, the colored delegate of the
Gainesville Messenger, cried out
no. He said in his limit of four
minutes talk that he wanted har
mony, that they had not met there
for that purpose. That it was con
trary to all parliamentary usages
to do so. There are five thousand
colored voters in tho district, said
he, and if Col. Farrow is removed
there will bo a new organization,
but what he said had not a feath
ers wait and when the question
was called Col. Farrow and Mr.
I’ewitt were both reduced to ranks.
As soon as this was done all the
negroes left the room followed by
Mr. Hughes. Another sock was
found, together with a garter hav
ing an elephant engraved on the
buckle, considerably soiled, sups
posed to belong to the white dele
gate which he woro while on raids
some years ago in search of illicit
distilleries.
Col. Day was then elected
elector tor tho district.
After this Chairman Gaston
arose and said that he did not pro
propose to use any curse words,
but would say before his God that
Col. Farrow did remark before
him and several others (giving
their names) (that he would not
support Mr. Ashley. This renew
ed the confusion. Mr. Spence mov
ed that further discussions bo clos
ed. At the same time a man ap
peared and endeaved to still tho
troubled waters by distributing a
big batch of Dawsonville Adver
Users, but this did but little good
and many left the court room be
fore Mr. Ashley appeared to make
his speech of acceptance.
Tho conduct of this gathering
doubtless convinced all present
that the Lord has nothing to do
j with republican conventions.
It has been rumored since the
' meeting that an effort will ho
; made by Col. Farrow’s enemies to
i have him removed from the post-
office at Gainesville. If this is done
it will produce a lot of fun, for
some of those fellows up here that
day had commissions in their pock
ets signed by Rucker, the negro
collector in Atlanta, who will lift
them from their boots and have
their official uniforms removed,
for what they have already done,
and as far as getting rid of the ne
groes now, even if their superiors
were willing, it will do them no
good, for no democrat is going to
take these negroes shoes and their
Thu Battle of Manassas.
T J
2 i st July, iSUi.
M
ming
Although this remarkable bat
tle was fought forty-three years
ag<q its anniversary is celebrated
by a few’veterans who “still live.” i
It was celebrated in many towns]
and cities in the South last Thurs
day, 21st July. The recurrence of
this anniversary, brings to mem
ory, not only in Southern minds,
but in many Northern hearts, the
wonderful deeds of daring in the
first great battle of the war. Col.
Sidney Herbert, who writes
charming letters every week for
the Savannah Morning Nows, and
was an officer in the Northern
Army, has furnished for that pa
per a lengthy letter of much that
he saw in that memorable battle.
Every line of the letter will be
read with interest by the survivors,
as well as those who have since
come on the stage of life. We
have asked Col. Price about kill
ing Col. Herbert’s horse from un
der him. He only pleads the
statute of limitation, and says
that as his Captain, tho lato Dr.
A. T). Hoke, of Greenville, S. C.,
had been shot down by his side,
and the Federal lino constantly
increasing in length, his onW
chance for life seemed to bo for
him and his men to keep on shoot
ing. The Second S. C. Regiment
(Kershaw’s) was occupying the
extreme right of Beaurgard’s ar
my, and Col. Price, then the Or
derly Sergeant of Co. B, was com
manding a section of the com
pany, and he, himself, was on the
most extreme right of the line.
It was this moment, Gen. Sher
man’s Brigade of Tyler’s Division,
made their most fearful attack.
They rushed on the Confederates—
with their new uniforms and bright
guns gleaming m the morning
sun-light. For a short time it
was four regiments against one.
But the South Carolinians (who
occupied a higher position on the
hill-side) poured round after
round of deadly bullets into their
ranks—killing men and horses,
until they were forced to leave the
field, and in less than one hour
afterwards the whole Federal
army was in dire confusion and on
its way to Washington. Bartow’s
Georgia Brigade had withstood a
previous charge and waB being re
formed under Gen. States
Rights, of Beauregard’s staff.
But to Col. Herbert’s letter, we
copy only its last paragraph, as
follows:
“And now, after forty-three years, I
look back upon those bloody scenes at
Bull Run and wonder that the Confed
erates I fought against there have
been my most intimate friends for
thirty years. Gen. Longstreot, whose
artillery wounded me for life at Black
burn’s Ford ; Col. W. P. Price, of Dah-
lonega, who shot my horse from under
me at Bull Run, when I was unable to
walk; Col. Estill and poor Johnny
Griffin, my escaped prisoners, all have
been, and the living still are, my
friends. Gen. Gardner and I met but
once after the war, but our meeting
was a tearful and tender one. How
little I thought at Bull Run that I
should ever live in Georgia and be
friends of Gartrell and Anderson and
Foreacre and Ballard of the Seventh
Georgia, and Lamar, and Towers and
Magruder and Shellman of the Eighth
Georgia, against whom my division
was pitted in that bloody battle. And
on the eve of the anniversary of that
event what memories cluster around
the name of Bull Run, or Manassas.
To-morrow, i n Savannah, the gallant
Oglethorpe Light Infantry will cele
brate the day, and Col. Estill will be
an honored participant. But how
many, alas! how many, places will be
vacant, and what sad memories will
mingle with the cheers and gaities of
the oocasion. if J were not so much of
Jiart
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how t.r
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; in at tlm
I toutioo of tile co m .
power enough from Me
plant, on the old
to run tho mill ( ] ny ni|
IlMdoaraom.tofoki,
P'lmp in I
desired, and that was nearly all his prominence in the ranks, pub-
the time, for they never sit down, fishing the only paper in tho dis-
long enough to make their seats tnet containing the legal sales of
warm unless it was while search- the U. S. Collector and Marshal,
ing foror finishing some of their j his time was not limited to either
resolutions. [ four or five minutes. Mr. Wilcox
There being a contest on account 1 came with the intention of voting
of two different sets of delegates for Mr. Ashley, but when such
being sent up from Banks county, charges are presented he wanted
one represented by Mr. Hill and , them to be investigated. Col. Day
beds before they -get cold, furnish- an invalid I should enjoy being there,
ed and made up by the republican r or !l m0re gallant corps never, fol
lowed a more heroic leader than did
the Oglethorpus under Gen: Bartow at
Hull Run or Manassas. But from old
Colonial times until the Spanish-Amer-
ican war, Savannah never sent out
any but heroic, patriotic soldiers, who
always honored themselves and the
cause for which they fought and the
flag under which they marched. 1 am
hopeful that such will ever be their
reputation in the future of our great,
expanding country and world-power
nation. Sidney Herbert.
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pib'd up in the mill ready'
During Mr. Braid’s visit t fl „
city he has been up at. tho j,,,,.!' 1
mn.e in thi. county, and
will become interested ,
speaks in the highest , 0flns J.*
mine. Mr. Braid ii», • ‘
state of Ohio, and „wi 19 ,h#
interests in Mexico, >| mt ha „
seen anythingjnthewayof,,,;*
that suits him like tho Jumbo
At the Singleton, 0 q the Stan
dard property, they have heen M
pairing the mill this week, getfi'l
every thing in good trim for mo 3
active work. The ore 1
heretofore, is splendid. p or J’ 1
ernl days they have been
in putting the hoist and
position at the shaft near theSi n -|
gleton, and likely by this time tha|
work is about completed
Abundance of rain has fallen mi
and at the foot of the Jfine Rid J
in this county, but as it is off ofl
the mining Holt it does those 0 J
erating for gold on and nenr thel
Chestatee river and YahoolacreJ
no good, only wry light ghowS
visiting this part of the oonnM
but all aro hoping that it will Dq J
continue this way much longer,
Many beautiful nuggets haul
been taken from the lied of the!
Chestatee river bj the Iugeraollfl
Crisson dredge boat and used fori
scarf pins. We saw one in tjial
hands of a gentleman the other!
day weighing over four penny-!
weights, which lie was going tol
have a pin attached and then send!
it to a relative in the Philippine!
Islands. The boat is still idle and|
cannot be operated till the water!
of that stream gets strong enough!
to iloat it.
Matters aro moving along ini
progressive way on the Etowah,I
At the workings on -the Xhoma»|
vein on Logan hill, both tlw north
and the south drifts are beingl
driven day and night. Last 8at-|
urday saw the completion of
raise, driven from the south di;iftj
to the surface. This affords goo
circulation of air throughout tbo|
entire workings as well as bloc
ing out considerable ore. To
shaft has already been drive
down quite a distance in the
rection of the second level. Thu
work will soon afford access to ex*!
tensive bodies of ore. It is > n *:
tended to resume work at the Sum* |
merour shaft soon as the neces-
ary pumping outfit can be install
ed.
The operations down at
Hand are continuing about as an
ual. Sometimes a little rainfsw
up the creek enabling them m 1D I
crease the speed of the mill for >|
while. Their is already abundanjl
of ore in sight just above the uu I
to run the entire plant if sufficient
power could be obtained. I
body is forty by fifty feet. » lre */|
stripped for a considerable (l |
tance. It is good milling ere,*
portion of it being rich enongi
show gold nicely. This o ( * I
be milled doubtless for aLmt |
cents per ton, much cheaper 1
crusher was put up at the • j
it is the ore has to lie conve |
from the vein to a bin at the i
Then in the crusher down '
the mill, where it is lifted “J 1
run on a belt and ,
the batteries. Beside. tb» Mg
round of the ore through 1 ®" 1
and on belts, the
party. Yet, 51 r. Speuco says hun
dreds of democrats are knocking
at tho republican door for admit
tance. This is only one of Mr.
Spence’s dreams. The republicans
can’t make it work by trying to
have lily white conventions in the
ninth, as long as they hold offices
| under negroes and the president
favors these negro leaders with fat
positions in preference to good
i white men.
Thirty thousand mill
Mass.
the
The senate committee killed
$200 tax on petunia.
operators! The bill to pay the governor
stiuek this week at hulls River, $5,000 per annum has passed the
house.
ry
tear
r uf both are quit 0 an
wear
item ‘"I
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the way of expenses. I
wayitwouldgodiroc j
teriesand be much less e. |
in handling. Any ^
this.
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H. 1). Ingersoll, Tv0 J
Black and J.C.r>ntb»H* '
of these, wlm
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