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VOL. XV—NO. i 9 .
Devoted to Local, Mining and General Information.
DAI-ILONEGA, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14. i 9 o,
One Dollar Per Annum
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W. B. IOWNSEND, Editor and Proprietor
C L O T H I N G.
Thomas
J erterson
Atheist.
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Largest, Best k Cheapest Stock
Ever Brought Here.
Abundance of Dry Goods and Groceries.
Livery
Moore Bro, Propr’s.
d U N D AIL Y TIA C Iv JL TXIt
to and from O ainesyill©
FARE, $1,50-
Leave Dahlonogu 8, a. m., and arrives 4:30 p. m.
FHmat
:e ol September, 1904.
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He following is furnished
l' of ' H - P. Gail lard, of the X.
1 Co!lege of Dablooega:
|-Montli!y Mean 70, which is nor
I' 1 ■ ^ Highest temperature 91, on
I* ~ 111! ■ Lowest temperature IS
1 'he 10th.
l ] Liinta11.—51 one Imndredtlis of
wllfe h is 8 and 77 one linn- |
filths he*low normal, and the low 1
September record for 12 years, j
tl( xt lowest was 05 one hun
j 1 ls ' n *st)7. I ll0 lowest ruiu-
; 0 !' an .y month recorded in the
‘^.liiiie Wa s47one hundredths in
7°b 1892. The highest Sop
,bcp record was
D ehundredths
find 1st 1903. The average date
for the killing frost is November
8th.
The following correspondence
we know will prove interesting to
! our readers. It is not to be found
in any volume of letters, or life of
Thomas Jefferson, that, wo have
seen. The article was furnished
to ur l>v Col. Wm. B. Hamilton,
of San Antonio, Texas, who has
been in Dahlonega for a short
time on a visit to a relative, and
to rest and recuperate. Ho is a
grandson of Col. John Hamilton
‘‘layman,” who wrote the docu
ment which we now publish:
The Chowan association in 1807 1
met at Cashie Meeting house, i
Bertie county, on the 2nd, 3rd and !
4th of May. At tha meeting the
year previous at Salem church an
address to Thomas Jefferson, who
was then President of tho United
States, wns presented to the asso
ciation by Col. John Hamilton, a
prominent layman in tho associa
tion, which was approved by the 1
association, and by its order sign-
od by the Moderator and clerk, !
j and forwarded to the President. 1
The address was as follows:
I “To the President of the
United States:
“Sir: — Under Divine protection, j
I the ministers and messengers of j
{ the several Baptist churches of
I the North Carolina Chowan asso- !
ciation, held at Salem, on New-
biggin Creek, in Pasquotank I
county, in the district of Edenton j
and State of North Carolina hav- j
ing met by appointment to offer
up tho sacrifices of a broken and j
contrite heart to the Great Autdior ;
of t heir being for the unbounded I
display of goodness and of tender j
monies bestowed upon the chil- j
dren of men; and while rendering
adoration, prayer and thanksgiv
ing with deep humility, for the
great and unspeakable Gift, that
brought life and immortality to
light through the Gospel, they
feel a profound sense of the bounty
received by the hands of the Su
preme toward the several churches
of our connection, by the outpovv-
ering of the Spirit upon them; not
only effecting a great increase of
members, but in the substantial
interest of tho churches, being
supported and strengthened by a
1807. I
Gift to The College.
phest
12 inches
in 1898.
and
The
yearly rainfall recorded for
11 , <l , 11,11 "’hs 19 inches in June
highest yearly rainfall
'" !< ^ 84 hundredths inches
L IJ . ^he lowest, 54, and
( - Slx ° n <' hundredths in 1895).
L 1,11 1 Ilosts are recorded in
f’ ‘901, 15)03, all light
11 ■) in low places,
<)( to he tt Weatiieu.
L 1111,1 ' Ginperatnro for Octo-
r - Vl ‘«w L 59. The high-
Ll' u ^ ‘ n lhat period was 89
f\‘- Lie lowest, 28 in 1803.
L*’ 081 ruinfaI1 was 8 and 32
|. ,C . ll,n< h‘e(Uh inches in 1898.
i 1 ^ on <5 hundredths in
[1. V ,,n 2 1 r osts occurred in
[ ‘ ‘ U ls ' J 3, 1891, 1390, 1898,
A few days ago Col. W. P. Price
presented to the N. G. A.. College
a bronze facsimile of the seal of
t lie Confederate States. It bears
the legend, “Tho Confederate
Stales of America, 22 Februray,
185)2—Duo Vindice.”
Col. Price is an enthusiastic
veteran of the lost cause, and loses
no opportunity to preserve its tra
ditions. It will be an interesting
thing for students of the coming
generations to see this represents-,
lion of the cause for which their
Gtlyrs went through the real mu- j nmv Rroat lvasou
nueuvers of Manassas. And tho
college has as good a friend in Col.
Price as the confederacy had.
I he library has also received
lately another gift of books from
Mrs. II. D. fngorsoll, who fre
quently favors the college in this
'v»y. _
It is'clainfed that 390,000,000,s
000 campaign documents, aggre
gating 15,000,000 tons in weight,
are to be distributed from Demo
cratic headquarters. This repre
sents the work of two months. As
the Republican distribution began
very great and uncommon meas- . .
ure of Christian love, union and i fching8 ’ <fcl - iere 18 none * ho
harmony among the brethren,
) While we have great cause of
’ thankfulness for all these bounties
and mercies, we have felt the
deepest gratitude to bo due for the
civil and religious liberties we en
joy under tho administration of
the government ovei which you,
| t J 1
! sir, at present, preside; for which
I liberties our fa!hers have in time
I past suffered at the stake, have
bled and died.
“The sense of contrast between
the present moment and a late
period, when we were feeling
0,1 I hi terrestrial globe, and in
the midst ot natural wealth, pro>-
p< rity and peace, added to extent ;
of empire Under tlm wise policy!
of your administ ration, we feel no !
danger of you violating your trust !
or attempting to endanger tho
happiness of the people who have
chosen you as their chief and
head. And while our prayers and 1
praises are due to the Sovereign
Ruler of the Universe who has!
made you an instrument in His j
hands to give such blessings toj
such a people, we pray that the
God of Battles may bo your sun;
a nd shield, that He may give you
grace and glory, and that lie may
withhold no thing from yon. And
may we devoutly permitted to add 1
our prayers to the Great Disposer I
1 of- Evens, if it is His will,- that
! your life devoted to public good
from the commencement of our
! glorious Revolution to the present
! day, may be prolonged with blese-
I in gs to yourselves and common
country.
I “Signed by order of the associa-
: tion.
j ‘George Out law, Moderator.
| “Lemuel Burkitt. Clerk.
“May 20lh, 1800.”
At the meeting, May 2,
! before referred to, the President’s
reply was read.
“Washington, June 24th, 1806.
“Sir:-—I have duly received the
address signed by yourself on be
half of the ministers and mossen- j
gers of the several Baptist'
churches of the North Carplinn !
Chowan association, held at Salem,
and I proffer my thanks for the
favorable sentiment which it ex
presses towards myself personally, j
“Tim happiness which our j
country enjoys in the pursuits of |
peace and industry ought to on- j
dear that cause to all its citizens !
and to kindle their hearts with !
gratitude to the Being under j
whose Providence these blessings |
are held. We owe to Him es
pecial thanks for the right wo cn- 1
joy to worship Him, every one in !
his own way, and that we have I
been singled out to prove by ex- i
perience the innocence of freedom
in religious opinions and exorci
ses, the power of reason to main
tain itself against error, and the
comfort of living under laws
which assure us that, in these
shall
make us afraid.’ I am peculiarly
gratified by the confidence you ex
press, that no attempt will ever be
made by me to violate the trust
imposed in me by mv fellow oili
zens or to endanger their happi
ness. In this confidence you shall
never bo disappointed. iMy hcai t
never felt a wish unfriendly to the '
general good of mv fellow citizens.
“Be so kind as to present my j
thanks to the churches of your as
sociation, and assure them of my !
prayers for the continuance of ev- ,
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And All Other Kinds ot
lens, Ladies & Childrens Shoes
EVER BROUGHT TO
DA JET LONEGA-
Tail !»,<] Winter Dry Goods in Abuudance,
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Dealer in
FAMILY
GROCERIES
A N I)
General Merchandise.
follow.-: Received #5,346.39.
Paid out #5,846.39. Salary of
Comity School Commission! 1 #300.
Salary of members of board of
education $88. Postage, printing
and other incidentals, including
teacher- institute 8259. School
supplies and budding #198.11.
Amount paid to teachers #1,559 95.
Lumpkins school census bet ween
six and eighteen tears: 2,092;
while 1,959, colored 72. Enroll
ment 1,35)1; of this number 81 e >1,
alarmed at the threatened invasion
upon the genera! toleration of a
free conscience in the worship of
a God of our fathers; we have
to shout with
j loud acclamation > of joy and
praise, that we can live under our
own vine and under our fjg tree in
peace. And while we pray that
the sous of liberty may bo long
held at the helm of goverment to
rule and govern tho United States,
we feel the strongest emotions to
lie thankful that under your pa
tronage and administration there
is none shall make us afraid.
“Living under a government of
our own choice, where the right of
men find an equal and impartial
distribution, how much ought we
, , . . . ! orod. Average attendance 796;
cry blcasmg to thorn now .uni horc-! f , 7 ot t l,j» c „|„ rc „|, Av .
nftor;.ftml .iccopt yottraolf my 1 era*, cost ol pupil. 96 cent,
filiations and assurances of great I month
l>er
respect and consideration.
“Thos. Jekfkkson.
“Mr. George Outlaw.”
Lumpkin County
Statistics.
School
It will be seen
that several humlr
this county do not
all.
>.v the report
I children
i to school
of
at
Stale School (Commissioner Mer
ritt's report for 15)03 shows the fol
lowing statist ices concerning the
public schools of Lumpkin county
which will be of much interest to
many of her citizens: Number of
school houses belonging to count v
board 27, 25 white and <>/»)*
Having Its Troubles,
Die Dillon (YVyo.) Double[4 .k
'is having its troubles. Thft editor
says: “Editing a newspaper is a
nice thing. If we publish jokes,
people say ive aie rattlebrained.
If we don’t, we are fossils. If we
publish original matter, they say
colore
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a month earlier, its literature will j to rejoice at the envied happiness
aggregate at least 459,090,009,009 ' and freedom of our fellow citizens
documents, or 22,509,990 tons. 1 throughout these States, unrival-
There is a total of 37,599,990 *ons. : led and unequalled l-y any nation
, 've don't give them enough sc Ice -
Value of white school houses #5,- ; lions. If we give hem selections,
299; colored 8399; total value 85,- they say wo are too lazy to write.
599. Number of school houses | If we don’t go to church, we are
belonging to board of education 4, hypocrites. If we remain the in of.
3 whites and 1 colored; total value lice, we ought to be out looking
#450. Only I school house built | for news items. If we „m~
)aH year; value #300. j then we are not attendin'' to busi-
Receipts and disbursements as nes« If
I!
. . ,....
wear
oil clothes,
tiny laugh at us. If wo wear
good clothes, they say we have a
pull. Now, what aco we to do?
dust as likely as not some one will
say that we stole this from an ex
change. So we did. It’s from
the Wyoming Derrick.”
Georgia Marriage Said to Be
Illegal.
An attorney here has discovered
that I here existed in Georgia many
years ago, and in force as late as
I-S54, a law requiring every male
applicant for a marriage license
to give a bond to the county show
ing that ho was financially able to
properly support tho woman he
was intending (o mm rv. At clif
: for cut times « different sum was
j named, ranging from 500 p< uu Is
i sterling to #500.
I Later research revealed that
tiiB law was never repealed and
consequently that all marriages
made since ’54 aco not «ti icily lo-
gai.
Prominent attorneys snv that
all kinds of legal complications
may ensue.—Forest Blade.
A banana peel on the sidewalk
is a nuisance and the man who
steps on one generally tumbles to
the fact.
Don t laugh at a girl because
she can’t hit the side of a barn
with a brick: you might many 5 or
some day, thou you’d be glud.
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