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The £ Nugget.
DAHLONEGA, AUGUST
5, 1904.
Bnoireil At tin* llahlonegn, Ga.
1*. o
ah Second < 'Iakn Mai tor.
Official Organ of both
City
ami
County.
Owinnott county has forty sov
on candidates for county offices.
The senate didn't favor any tax
on proprietory medicine and killed
the house bill requiring it.
Tho Dalton Citizen says: Grow
Bermuda grass, raise stock, vote
for Parker and get rich.
The bill to increase the common
school fund from $800,000 a year
to $1000,000 has passed the house.
An effort is being made to get
an independent candidate to run
against Judge Gobor in tho Biuo
Ridge circuit.
A Savannah woman has taken
out an injunction to prevent a
certain young man from coming to
see her daughter.
The Georgia peach crop is so
largo that the growers have had
trouble in securing enough cars to
ship their fruit.
Last Friday the W. & A. R. It.
carried 125 cars of peaches into
Atlanta, which grew in Whitfield
and Floyd counties.
Tho first bale of Georgia cotton
was sold in Now York a few days
ago and the proceeds put into tho
Parker and Davis campaign fund.
Last Saturday was a big day in
Gainesvillo. Roth branches of the
legislature and hundreds of other
people took part in a barbecue out
at Warner’s Park.
Lightning struck a hollow tree
on tho farm of Capt. Smith near
Noilly, and killed a large rattle
snake, seven feet long, which had
taken refuge in the hollow.
The senate passecLtho Australian
ballot bill this week, and it becomes
alawaftortho 1st of January,
1905, in each county voting for it,
whore it receives a majority vote.
Those who voted in tho demo
cratic primary and fail to support
the nominees, either county or
congressional, can’t call those who
deserted the confederacy during
the war and crossed over to tho
enemy “hog backs” anymore.
Hon. Thomas E. Watson will
accopt tho populist nomination for
president, but it won’t cut any fig-
uro. Ho got defeated once for
vice-president, and a man that
can’t be elected vice is not apt to
be chosen for a higher position.
None of the republican editors
who attended the recent conven
tion in Dahlonega, had anything
to say about the racket that oc
curred. To read their accou nt of
it, everything appeared to be as
lovely, harmonious and enjoyable
as an old time basket meeting.
The City Council Meeting
Tho council, at its regular meets
ing last Monday night, fixed the
tax rate sumo as last yoar—57
cents on the ono hundred dollars.
Tho public school bond, No. 6,
being paid off, was burned in
presence.of tho council.
On motion it was resolved to
have the cemetery cleaned off, the
contract to bo let to the lowest
bidder, provided it is reasonable,
otherwise the marshal will hayo it
done.
The finance committeo made a
icport which was adopted and or
dered spread upon tho minutes..
The marshal’s report for July
was received, which was as fol
lows: Street tax collected $43.10;
Sanitary tax $21.25; Dog tax $3.00.
Total, $07.85.
Not Very Strong For Ashley.
News came from St. Petersburg
last week to the effect that M.
Von Plchve, minister of all the
Russians, was assassinated at War
saw station, by a bomb being
thrown under his carriage, explod
ing and terribly mangling the
minister, killing his coachman and
injuring a number of by-standers.
I he assassion is an unknown Jew.
The republicans of Lumpkin
at its recent meeting in electiug
delegates to the district convention
selected one who pays no tax
es and is on the insolvent list, be
ing an evident fact that they arc
running short of material, even if
those present did unanimously en
dorse Mr. Ashley for congress. A
man who is not allowed to vote
can’t cut much of a figure in poli
tics.
Last week Judge Gober and Mr.
M. Sessions had a war of words
before the legislative committee.
The lie was passed by both, It
grew out of the late primary, in
whiohj the judges were elected by
the people.
should over been nassod by
After Bro. Davidson, of Cleve
land. Ga., served as a delegate to
the district republican convention
hold in Dahlonega recently and ro-
turnd home, this is what ho says
about tho republican candidate
for congress, showing that ho is
not very strong in the faith of re
publicanism: “Now the peoplo
of the ninth Congressional District
have two duly nominated candi
dates to vote for Hon. J. M. Ash
ley, republican of Dawson county
and Hon, T'hos. M. Roll, demos
cratic, of Hall county. Both are
men of the highest standard of
ability and wo fear no bad or
careless legislation on the part of
either, hence our congressman will
be a good one whichever of these
two worthy gentlemen be elected
in November. They aro both men
of no legislative experience and
the ground upon which to stand iu
choosing our candidate should bo
taken from a political standpoint.
Thoso gentlemen will later discuss
their platforms before the peoplo
and leave it for them to say which
man they think wilj do tho most
good for the district.”
Wanted Mr, Ashley to Run.
It has been said that Col. Far
row never did want Mr. Ashley to
run for congress in the 9th, but it
is a mistake. In a circular of Col.
Farrows to his republican friends,
dated Juno 4, 1904, when no ques
tion had been raised about Mr.
Ashley’s ehgibilty, Col. Farrow
said this in tho last paragraph,
proving the report that the Colonol
promised Mr. Boll, the demo
cratic nominee for congress, that
there would be no republican can
didate put in the field against him,
to be incorrect. Here it, is:
“And in conclusion I will add
that Hon. Win. T. Day, of Pick
ens county, and oue or two others,
whose life-long Republicanism has
endeared them to all truo republi
cans throughout our mountain dis
trict, have in response to our eu-
treaties assured us of their inabili
ty to make tho race, and now tho
general sentiment of the Republi
cans of the district is in favor of
Hon. J. M. Ashley, of Dougherty,
Dawson county, if we can prevail
upon him to cousent to make the
race. He has the matter under
consideration and has promised to
give us an answer at an early day.
If Mr. Ashley will couscnt to be
our candidate wo will have just
such a campaign in tho mountains
as has seldom been seen in Geor
gia. Tell your Republican neigh
bors, those true and tried Union
men of tho “sixties” who aro still
lingering on this side of the river,
that we will give them a most
worthy candidate to vote for, and
I have reasons for hoping that it
will be lion. J. M. Ashley, of
Dawson county, and that I hope to
be able to make such an announce
ment very soon.”
Mining Notes.
I he last Hall county grand jury
recommended the pardon of John
Phillips, the constable who got
dmuk and murdered a negro that
ho had under arrest, and was sent
No such a law as this j to tho Penitentiary for it. What
been passed by the noxt - There will bo no decrease
legislature. It’s had enough foi in murders as long as so many aro
donfin^loM 91 ’ 1 l ° th , in -T lhat P ar< l°ned out of the clmingang.
uono in elections, and when they
get to fighting or giving people The Jups whipped iu two differ-
x the lie. it is worse. ent buttles this week.
Huff & Moose were ablo to run
their placer work two full days
this week and among the nuggets
found one worth $1.75.
At tho Calhoun mine they have
cross cut a body of auriforious
gravel for a distance of 200 feet
which measures in depth from two
to eight feet, and the indications
aro that tho channel will bo some
150 feet wider yet.
The fixed time for the thorough
testing by Mr. Ewing on the Hand
is already up and tho gentleman
is preparing his report for the
company now. In the meantime
work continues at tho mine, and
as giving very satisfactory results.
The heavy rain of Sunday swept
away the dam of tho Me A foe-Lind
mine and nothing can be done in
the way of mining there until the
dam is rebuilt. Mr. McAfee tells
us that this will bo done right
away and it will only require some
two woeks after it is commenced,
being across a branch.
The company is having the Bar-
low mill repaired and put in good
shape which will lie completed
this week. Mr. Bainbridge has
been giving the work his personal
attention. When the work is done
some practical miner will be put
in charge of the mill. Mr. Tre-
gent tho placer diggings. A fine
lot of ore is already out ready to
lie crushed.
Never in the history of the coun
try before has the Chestatee riv
er been so low that it couldn’t be
worked by a dredge until recently.
The plant of the North Georgia
Electric Co. is located on this riv
er which furnishes power to run
the street cars in Gainesville, and
last Saturday it got so weak that
they could barely hold the cars
down, but since then heavy rains
have fallen on the river and it is
hoped that dredging for gold will
begin again within the next few
days. Later.—Tho boat com
menced operation yesterday.
After the rain the gate at the
Gorge dam was shut down at 3
o’clock Monday morning and some
time during Tuesday night the
water commenced pouring over.
The electricians have been adjust
ing and connecting the wires with
Crown Mountain plant this week
and it is expected to start the mill
some time next week. The mill
has a capacity, of 300 tons every
24 hours but the most ore tram
med to the mill in a day was 152
tons, thus showing that it can
not be kept running on full
time with the proper drop of the
stamps unless the ore bins are
moved nearer the mill, yet tho ex
penses are about the same.
Down at the Etowah Gold Min
ing and Milling Co’s mine work
continues as usual. Main atten
tion being given to the Thomas
vein workings. Having comple
ted the raise from the South drift,
another was started from the north
drift last week, at a distance of 09
feet from the shaft. This raise is
passing through ore of good quali-
ity and will with a few more days
work expose and block out anoth
er body of ore. Meanwhile drift
ing will continue in both direc
tions. On Sunday afternoon that
section was visitod by a heavy
rain, which caused all the branch
es, as well as the Etowah, to swell
to large proportions. No particu
lar damage resulted except a tem
porary inconvenience caused bv
the swollen streams.
Our sanctum was visited last
Friday by Mr. Craig It. Arnold, of
the Etowah Gold Mining Co., in
this county, who informs us that
lie is getting things in readness
for business at his mine. He lias
new gold saving machinery which
lie feels confident will fill a long
felt want in this section. It is an
invention of his own, having spent
a good deal of time and money
before lie succeeded. Mr. Arnold
says that lie can handle the ore at
about two dollars per ton and
save from 90 to 95 per cent of the
gold. He certainly has our best
wishes for success. Mr. Arnold is
also on a trade for the celebrated
Loud mine in Whits county, be
longing to Judge Reeves, of Ath
ens, which he says he expects to
soon own, We are glad to know,
that this gentleman is becoming i
largely interested in some of the I
best mines of Georgia, and \w
trust that he will meet with sue—i
cess in all his undertakings.
Once again our popular Cane
Crock l' 1 alIs was visited by a large
crowd recently, who went out in
a moonlight picnic. The time
passed off very pleasantly. Those
present were: Mrs. C. 11. Man
sion. Atlanta; Misses Flora Owens-
by. \Vayne8villc; Noma Anderson,
Atlanta; Mamie Tillson, Maggie
Crisson, Dahlonega; Paulino Wil
son, Baltimore; W. Lewis Crus-
•selle, Atlanta; Mary Moore, Dah-
lonog; May Wilson, Baltimore;
GraceTregent, Elizabeth and Clif
ford Castleberry, 1) a h 1 o n eg a.
Messrs. It. R. Crowford, Henry
Tregent, Wharton Anderson, Mon
tie Moore, Howard Stanton, F.
P. Charters, Logan Castleberry,
Rev. Taylor, Dahlonega; Emmit
Wilson, West Point, N. Y.
In his aooeptancc speech Presi
dent Roosevelt declared that tho
wages of the country were never
higher than ‘they are at present.
It is barely possible that the presi
dent has been so busy writing his
speech during the past two weeks
that lie has not learned that strikes
have occurred throughout the
country on account of a reduc
tion of wages. But whether ho
has or not, the fact remains and
this part of his speech will fall
very flat.—-Columbus Sun.
City Tax Assessment 1904.
At a meeting of the city council held
on August 1,1904, the following tax
es were levied for the support of the
city of Dahlonega, Ga., for the year
1904, to-wit:
To retire school bond 1904 and pay
accrued interest, 12 cents on each ,one
hundred dollars assessed.
For the support of the city public
school for the years 1904 and 1905, 30
cents on each one hundred dollars as
sessed.
For marshal’s salary 1904, 8 cents on
the one hundred dollars assessed.
For general expenses of said city for
1904, 7 cents on each one hundred dol
lars assessed, making a total of 57 cents
on the one hundred dollars assessed of
property in said city.
Done by order of council, this Au
gust 1, 1904.
Rufe H. Baker, Mayor.
Wm. J. Worley, Clerk.
NOTICE.,
The Teachers Institute for Lumpkin
county will be held in Dahlonega, Ga,,
commencing on Monday Aug. 8, 1904,
and continue for live days.'
All teachers who are employed in the
public schools of the above named
county are required to attend said In
stitute. The law further requires all
teachers who arc holding a license and
who have not permanently retired from
teaching to attend Teachers Institutes.
A week will be taken off the school
(term-of Lumpkin county for the week
‘the teachers attend said Institute*.
In connection with the Institute an
educational rally will be held on Fri
day Aug. the 12th. Addresses will be
delivered duringsaid educational ral
ly by prominent speakers. The citi
zens of the county, school patrons es
pecially, are earnestly invited and re
quested to be present at said educa
tional rally. Dr. Glenn, ex r state school
commissioner of Georgia,’will be in
charge of the Institute.
J.J. Seabort, O. S,-C.
THE
Dahlonega Gold
Mining
and
Milling Co.,
6t Tlie Briar ”
s
Auraria, Gta.
100 BIG MINES
IN ONE.
100 YEARS
Of the most persistent mining can
not exhaust the immense
Ore Bodies in Sight.
V isit the Placer where Two Gi
ants are already washing out the
Precious Met a l.
ANNOUNCEMENTS^
W e are authorized to announce the
following names, being the nominees
of the democratic party :
tor Clerk Superior Court,
D. L. Cook.
For Tax Receiver,
0. M. C’alhoun.
For Tax Collector,
R. J. Walden.
For Ordinary,
G. G. Evans.
For Sheriff,
•L M. Davis.
For Treasurer,
J. A. Hollilicld.
Dyspeptics
V made every day by their own v
' carele ssness Cure that case of ConstiX
. ation and Indigestion ere it’s chronic Try'
OVER
and tonic PBLLsTS—a remedy that assists
- Nature and does not get in her way. Strong j
^purgatives gripe and make confirmed i n -
’’A Vall iP Kamon ’ s act gently and
„ effect permanent
^ Con
cures, *,«■ - ^
riplete Treatment
.’5 els.
New
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FOR SALE Br DP. C. H. JONES.
A “special from Dahlonega” ap
peared in last weeks Dawsonvillo
Advertiser purporting to he an a as
count of what happened al the re
cent republican convention at this
place, bid things are reported as
having occurred that novor took
place. The writer stated among
other errors, that there were ono
hundred and four delegates. A
complete list of the representatives
will be found on our first page,
which shows that the number pres
ent was just a few over half the
that given, and as to the cheer
ing there was nothing said to cause
any stir, for either Mr. Spence or
Col. Day were talking all the
time—some times both, and tho
body had no chance to cheer for
them had there been any thing said
to create such a feeling. JVtr. Ash
ley wasn’t present at the meeting
except when he came in to make
his talk of acceptance, and this was
a very light affair, and the gentle
man couldn’t be expected to write
a correct report of the meeting.
Near Statesboro, (hi |T,„ a
led bodies of Henry H,Y, cg "T
wife ancUlHceoUiUl,-on
‘■"lay morning in lho r(|j
then- country home, | lcin „ ,
work of robbers.
All who are iuclobtetl tn n>
Ducket estate, either hy C '
count will please call at AndeZ/i
Jones’ store and settle at one,. 4
b- Vkdkrbon, Adm’r,
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS,
Georgia, Lumpkin County
Office of Ordinary ' ‘
Scaled proposals,will be received bv
the undersigned at the above named
Cftco until 12,". „„ Thursday 1 "^
1th day of August, 1004, for th*
building of a wooden truss bridge
aci os8 the Etowah riycr, near Freda
post-office, in said county, 72 f P( .f
long, with 20 feet approach, ami three
rock piers to begun on bed rock and
be built above high water,mark. Plans
and specifications for the bridge and
piers may be seen 011 file in the office
of Ordinary, as aforesaid.
The right to reject any and all bids
is thereby reserved.
This July lltli, 1904.
John IIitk, Ordinary,
Established 1875,
|H. D. GURLEY,
THJE OM> HKLf iBLE
-DEALER IN-
fGeneral Merchandise,
Dahlonega, Gra-
(Watch local column for special bargains.)
CLOTHING
YOU ALI,
I now have
the prettiest,
cheapest and
best lot of
CLOTHING
ever brought
to Lumpkin
county.
My other
line of Goods
is complete.
Call and
G
T H E M.
” 1TA *
J. T. MILLER,
^Inraria, Gra,