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Nugget
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.
DAHLONEGA, GA., JAN. 6, ’28.
Bnntreil at the Itahlonon*. G». 1'
a* Second < Iiirh Matter.
Official Organ of both City and
County.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICK t
$1.50 - - 12 Months
80o. . - 6 Months
50 c . «, - 3 Months
Office Phone 8.
Residence Phone 5-1 .1.
Quite a number of killings,
burnings, and robberies occurred
during tlie holidays. One fellow
killed his brother, for a Christmas
trick.
In Montana is a good place to
buy turkeys, as we see where one
was killed up there a few days ago
which had $3 worth of gold nug
gets in its craw.
The Tate High School building
was burned down a while before
Christmas, caused by a defective
flue. It was a large modern
building, well furnished.
We notice where i,8oo dogs
were burned at one place in Ken
tucky. No danger of such a “ca
lamity” here. The most of them
are turned at large to bark and
suck eggs.
Pick up egg cars weekly, on the
same plan that the poultry cars are
now being run, whereby Georgia
poultrymen will be able to sell
their eggs at stated dates and at
their home towns.
Home Demonstration Work
in Our District,
Some results in the monetary
value of Homo Demonstration
club work ns well as an education
al value arc shown from tho fol
lowing facts: There are 17 or
ganised counties of this territory.
Hall, White, Stephens, Haber
sham, Towns, Gwinnett, Jackson,
Morgan, Newton, Walton Wilkes,
Richmond, Columbia, llurko, El
bert, Clarke and Franklin. Two
hundred communities in these
communities carrying on a definite
program under the leadership of
the Home Demonstration Agents,
with an enrollment of l,8oo girls,
2*63 woman, the smallest enroll
ment of any county being ?5 girls
and 35 women. White comity
lias 140 girls and 35 women ;
Towns 116 girls, 65 women; Hall
200 girls and I12 women. 2O9
girls have bank accounts, the
money being used to defray the
girls school expenses.
Last year more than $15,000
were realized from canned pro
ducts, $180,037.00 from fresh veg
etables ; $0,00.00 from flowers •
$15,000.00 fresh fruits; $2,080.10
from needle work; $2,24G from
clothing, and on and on through
all the activities under the leader
ship of the Homo Demonstration
Agent. As a result of this work
there were over 125 girls in High
School, and 50 in college last
year; educating themselves for
leadersdips in whatever work they
choose for a life profession.
Ti e tax payers of Lumpkin coun
ty are being taxed by the State of
Georgia to keep these Agents ir,
County
of this
Mr. Zimmer, Proprietor of the j Fred Minccy was accidentally
Mountain Club, has three more shot in one arm during the hpli-
deer for visitors to look at next! days. The load passed through
summer. [the fiesh of the under part just
We learn that J. II. Hill, who
was sent from Lumpkin to Hall
county chaingaug to book keep, is
going crazy. Wish he had done
this before he lied 11s out of over
$250.00.
Rev. L. M. Jones S79 Gaston St.,
Atlanta, Ga., wants a white wo
man of good morals to live in good
home Four in family, two chil
dren school age. For further in
formation apply to name and ad
dress given above.
Mr. Brooksher, who lias been
runuiug a dairy for some time,
has sold his cows and gone out of
business, 0:1 account ot the road
being so bad he can't get to town,
although he lives within the cor
porate limits, pays his part of the
“blessed” sanitary taxes, which
were going to bring so mano peo
ple to our town, but if started are
lost.
We often receive tfie Universi
ty Items, published in the interest
of the State institution. Being a
“father” of the N. G. A. College
and other stato colleges it ought to
have something to say in behalf of
all its branches. So far it has
had nothing to say in behalf of the
N. G. A. College, one of its
“sons”, for this reason we drop
the University Items into the
waste baket without reading.
Dr. Head having lost his rooster
by miring up in the mud on the
public square during a long rain,
and losing its life before he could
get his gum boots and wade in to
it, his cow presented him with
twin calves for Christmas. Now a
Some mornings ago. between 4
and 5, a fire at Mttrrayville de
stroyed the Post Office, store and
building of tlie widow Whelchel,
and a building of Mrs. Mar
tin. Caught from fire left in the
Masonic Hall the night before.
Jim Benfield a farmer, and his
nine-year-old son were recently
Killed in Gwinnett county and tli e
fat her relieved of $5oo. Some
people are afraid of banks. In
case a bank breaks you only lose
your money. Otherwise a person
often lose their lives and money
tco.
other counties, and if the
Board of Commissioners
county would put an agent on in p erS0 u who has not studied cowol-
Lumpkin, our people would be
State Agricultural Commission
er Talmadge reported last week
that a saving of $5o,2ob.T5 in un
spent funds out of the appropria
tions made for] the operations
of the Department under him du
ring the first six months which
closed December 31st. No De
pariment has beeu overdrawn since
Mr. Talmage assumed office.
We need more such officers.
Recently it came to light that a
New Yorkorh id $26,000 in his
bed eighteen years ago. Ho pass
ed on to !lie unknown world. Be
ing scarce of funds and desiring-
to break up house keeping and go
back to stay with dad and mam his
wife sold out including this bed.
She found it out when it was too
late. Always look in your beds
before a sale. And some
times it pays a husband to look un
der the bed when ho comes home
unexpected at night, because lie
might find a “treasury” there
without any government stamp.
When you are traveling keep
an eye on new acquaintances. A
relative of ours recently coming
down from Oklahoma struck up
with a new acquaintance in At
lanta, who was tired and sleepy
and when he decided to take a
nap until train time and when he
woke, ready to resume his jour
ney to Dahlonega his $60 was gone.
So was his new “friend.” Since
then we noticed where a young
man was on iris was home in
Rockmart, struck up with two new
friends. One told him that lie us
ed to live in Rockmart, and later
suggested that all three take in
thesightsof the city unt'l train
time. He accepted and as soon as-
they got out of sight of the depot
ono caught and held him while the
Other relieved him of his money
and wtRcU.
iletting some results from the
money they are spending. Our
Lumpkin county girls arc just as
bright, energetic, capable and
worthy and as the girls from any
other county in Georgia, and it
costs tho tax payers, who pay tax
on $1,000.00 less than I4 cents pet-
year of his tax money to keep a
Home Demonstration in a county.
And at this rate, there is no rea
son why our girls and women
should not have the advantages
that these other counties have.
Wc hope at the coming meeting
of the Board tliatit will decide
to place Lumpkin in the front rank
with the other progressive coun
ties by putting on an instructor
provided one can be found in
Lumpkin to fill the place. If not
from some other section in Geor
gia whose people are a friend to
Lumpkin and her citizens and
their interests at heart.
Cit}' and State Registration
Laws.
Upon seeing a publication some
time ago that the supreme court
had recently decided that when a
person had become a tax defaulter
they had to reregister and pay
their poll tax before they could
vote, we sent the clipping to At
torney General, lion. George M.
Napier and enquired if it was cor
rect, who replied that he had made
a dilligent search and enquiry and
did not find any such a decision.
But showed what the law did re
quire as fol'.owt: Code Sec. 3!,
Par. 3, and also Code Sec. 38, lat
ter Sec. provides that:
“No one shall be allowed to reg
ister for said election unless ho
shall have paid all taxes due by
him at least six months before the
election.” Thou gave Sec. 4?
providing for a permanent regis
tration.
To a letter of enquiry, Comp
troller General Wright, in refer
ence to women voting, says:
“A woman before she can vote
must pay the poll tax requited.
When a woman has registered and
qualified, should she not want to
cast a vote for a number of years
and then decides she would like to
again cast a vote, she must regis
ter and pay all back taxes during
the time she first registered and
voted.”
Dahlonega City permanent reg
istration, Acts 1921, page 033,
includes all who registered back to
Dec. 14, 1891—just ones and 110
more.
gy might think this was a blessing
to the Doctor. Yet it isn’t, be
cause the owner of a cow generally
gives a young calf the milk from
two teets for a while. But in this
case the two calves take the milk
from all four of the teets and there
is none left for Dock.
Prof. F. Ruga, a former citizen
of Dahlonega and teacher of the
N. G. A. College, now residing in
a far distant state, sent us $40 for
the paupers of Lumpkin county
with instructions that we divide it
equally between the 22 needy of
the county, after doubling
the amount between the
two blind ones on the list. In
order that these unfortunate peo
ple might receive the benefits of
the donation of this kind hearted
gentleman in the far away land
wc issued checks to each and had
them ready by 5 A. M. on the
morning of the 24th. While here
we prosecute the poor women who
are alone in the world, with no
work and some times no sbelter,
compelled to do wiong to keep
from starving, yet tried, convicted
and given sentences, when the
guilter man goes tree, the girl or
woman cast aside besides being
punished. Yet money and mis
sionaries are seut abroad to help
the poor heathans.
More than once we have receiv
ed notices from tiie In
dustrial Home at Macon and other
like institutions in Georgia, for
contributions to help the orphans
and unfortunate ones picked up
mostly from cities to take care of.
And often the preachers or those
in charge of these institutions
get good salaries, come around and
preach, what for? Money, And
talk and criticise the local people,
when they have many subjects in
their own towns and cities who are
just as guilty. Yet they say noth
ing about It. We do not favor
sending our own home women to
the chaingaug or penitentiany for
violations of the laws of both God
and mail, release some fellow who
is just as guilty, and at the same
time strain until it brings
a severe pain in the stomach to try
to save some foreigner, who is no
benefit to himself nor any c ue else,
who if put up on the block in
America would not bring 15 cents
a dozen, because those working so
hard to save them would be absent
above the wrist.
In December the State Highly j
Board let a contract for a brjdge
in Lumpkin county between Biairs;
villo and Dahlonega to.I. B.. Me-
Ciary, Atlanta, for $2(1,182,75.
And nine miles between Tate and
D ivvsonvillc; Wallace Construc
tion Company, Atlanta, for
$137,001. J)5.
Mr. Cris McGuire, of Atlanta,
visited the Nugget office on Mon
day, the holiday, and handed 11s
$r .50 for the paper. Also Mr. J.
G. and Mr. Earnest Seabolt, of
Birmingham, Ala. It is the first
time the former young has
been back home in four years.
They are sons of Comity School
Superintendent, J. J. Seabolt,
where they had a family reunion
Christmas day, and five sons
and one daughter all met and din
ed together wit li their parents It
was a happy occasion.
Mr. W. F. Hayes, who left Daw
son county when a young map
many years ago and went west,
called on us on the 27tii ult., to get
some marriage records filed and
recorded in the Ordinary’s here
O7 years ago. Mr. Ilnyes is now
located on Rural Route 2, running
out from Vinson, Okla. It is the
first time the gentleman lias been
back to this country in about 49
years. He informed us that it was
his grandfather, Mr. John Hayes,
who built both Lumpkin and
Dawson county’s court houses,
each still being used today. Mr.
Hayes, after looking around a lit
tle at his grandfathers work de
parted, likely being his last visit to
Dahlonega.
As we stated in our last issue
that Mr. Frank Meaders had ac
cepted a job as salesman for the
Miller Rigly Company, of Chicago,
the largest candy manufac
turers in the world, and is now
out traveling. Mr. Meaders, to
gether with more than 300 other
represontotives were guests of the
company at a hotel forty stories
ITgli, the largest hotel every con
s'ructed any where. He was a
stranger in a strange land, but be
ing a mixer Mr. Meaders soon got
acquainted with the company and
its representatives. Later found
Mr. Ritner, a native of Union
county, who married a young lady
in Dahlonega. Not long ago Mr
Meaders treated a gentleman, of
that city courteously while he was
on a visit to Dahlonega. He had
his address, found him, who took
great pleasure in showing Mr.
Meaders many things of much in
terest during his weeks stay iu
that great city.
Mr. Boyd and wife, came up
from Florida and spent a night at
the Smith House just before
Christmas. Many years ago Mr.
Boyd was engineer for the Cnven-
der’s Creek G. M. Co., anticipat
ing doing a big business. He
owned stock. At tlrat time it
took water and lots of it to oper
ate goid mine. The present dry
mining process was unheard of. A
long canal was cut to supply this
mine with the necessary water to
do a successful business. When
the canal was finished and the wa
ter ready to lie turned on Mr.
Pratt, who owned and was or ex
pected to use the water for power
to operate his pyrites mines in this
county, enjoined the Cavender’s
Creek Co. from using the water.
And as we have said before, peo
ple didn’t know then how to dry
mine in those days, work was sus
pended, 1 lie buildings and other
improvements "were left for the
occupancy of the owls and bats,
and but little signs of any pros
pecting ever having been done,
and 1 lie- yellow metal that was at
this mine then is still there, and
most all the natives |\vho were en-
gagnd, helping to do development
work, have crossed over the river.
M.r Boyd, who has also seen many
summers, went up toihcold stnmp-
ing ground from here, and from
there to Porter, but not a single
W. A. HOUSLEY
Shoe and Harness Shop.
Bring* YourWcirk.
Next to store of John IT. Moore & Son
We mean to Please
CLOTHING
I am headquarters for CLOTHING in Dahlonega. If I hnye ^io.t,
tlio color, style and size you want in stock I can order a ready mad,®
suit aiul have it hero iu three or four days. If you want a Tailor
Made Suit I can have it made to order and ready for you in ftbou,t 10
d#ys. J have aline of samples,
CO MR AND SEE MB
I will sell y.ojjJ clothing as cheap as you oan buy it $qy wfyore
for/yisJi. jSatisfinetion guaranteed. I will appreciate yopr bpg^pess.
Ft F- ANDERSON
Your Attention a Moment
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J. M. BROOKSHER, Vice-President,
T. F. CHRISTIAN, Cashier.
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