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NUGGETi
The Schools an-d l'vuuh
l.oenl and Other Ntws.
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DAHLONEGA, G 1 . FEB. 17, ’28
Bnetrctl at the Dahloncga, Ga. I*. O
a«Second Clast* Matter.
Official Organ of both City and
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Mr. Iownsend: Linderbergli is still sailing
I am handing you herewith a afound through the »ir visiting
few items of interest to the parents foreign countries,
and citizens both of Dahlonega and You wiU see that Chairman Ash
Lumpkin county. You may select bas caOed the Democratic Execu-
It is claimed that Florida liquor
is smuggled into Washington for
congressmens use. These unm are
entitled to something good.
Prof. J. W. Twiggs, of Union,
got $T,S18.oo ot the equali/.atiou
fund for that county, and will
have months of school this year.
A county judge and county at
torney at Ardmore, Okln., were
both arrested last week charged
with appropriating part of the
loot taken in a bank robbery.
A farm of six thousand acres is
being reclaimed down near Dub
lin Ga., starting recently, after
having been lain idle for twenty
years, and grown up in bushes.
T ie m inager has bought sractors,
id ill other things need
ed.
A fellow was arrested in Macon
last week charged with selling some
kind of an intoxicant weich keeps
a person drinking it out of his
mind for twenty days. It it caus
es a fellow to forget to eat, a little
of it would be d Z n — ,hin " fn - “
poor man out of a job.
Although there is a lot of cotton
raised in Lumpkin county it never
gets any ginners report. A report
is promptly made by the guano
firms, but this is never made pub
lic unless some farmer fails tc
tnnke enough coilon to pay out
and the account is put into ftn of
ficers hands for collection.
Gov. Ed Jackson went on trial
at Indianapolis, Ind.. charged
with bribery. Yet large sums of
money are being sent off to other
countries to teach the beathans
bow to live in order to get to heav
en, when there is plenty to do at
home. The people of our country
are growing worso every day. Us
ed to a member of the church had
to liva up to its rules. Now when
a fellow with plenty of money
curses they juft laugh at him.
Judge Tilson, who was fought
rd • v Senator Harris when
vvrs appointed U. S Judge
by President Coolidge, said ap
pointment failing to receive the
confirmation of the U. S. senate
twice, has been named Custom
court judge. The Judge while
presiding in Georgia had no mercy
on blockaders, and the supposi
tion is that those who follow the
business and might have come be
fore Judge Tilson, had he remain
ed, are glad that he has received
this last appointment. We came
before him last summer who treat
ed us real nice. It was in the
Nugget office.
the most important items or if you
care to and have room, you may
publish the whole letter.
As you know Mr. J. O. Martin
met the citizens and teachers at
the College recently.
Again you remember that the
legislature set aside $1,000,000 last
year as a school equalization fuud.l U. J. Hassell, a confessed slayer
This fund- was set aside for those of thirteen, had to be eloctrocuted
counties that were not able 10 run Huntsville, lexas, had- to be
their schools as much as 7 months, i f° r ^ e:,r he might take a notion to
Doubtless when our representative ®i a )’ someone else in order to make
voted for it, he made sure that it even number.
tive Committee to meet here to
morrow.
Much time has been spent in
the trial of “Hickman for lunacy
down in Florida. Up here we gen
erally gut through in half or hour
or less.
Lumpkin would be one county that
would participate in the distribu
tion of this fund.
Those in authority investigated
the plans of other states having a
similar fund and found that the
best plan was to allow each teach
er to average 30 and to draw $6i3o
for seven tfibnths teaching. No
county is forced to average 30 to
the school, neither is any county
forced to pay any teacher $G3o for
seven mouths teaching, but they
use these figures as a basis to give
extra money to a county.
They take the average attend-
As the political advisers here
failed to get Uncle Charlie Fitts to
run against Townsend for Ordina
ry it has “leaked out“ that they
are trying to get a certain coun
tryman to uinku the race.
“Skirts four inches above the
knees, and boyish styles must go,”
says Paris. Causes the Dalton
Citizen to enquire what, if any
thing, does this mean? It will re
quire time to learn.
They found Hickman, the child
murderer sane and his Florida
lawyer has made a motion for a
new trial, claiming that the jury
We are informed that the author* -
ities will put in two toilets at the 1
court house. The oue on the lirst
floor will be maintained by the
city. And the upper one by the
county. We suppose their install
ation will begin before the Demo
cratic Primary.
On Thursday of last week Coun
ty Policeman Grizzle visited a dis
tillery in Auraria District, down
on the river. The two persons at
it passed on through the wood's
without leaving any information
about what station they meant to
stop at.
The lots sold here the first Tues
day by the state as the property of
Adcock, didn’t bring but ten or
t velve dollars, and wheu the pur
chasers found that it was Mr. J110.
Whitmires, who has had a title to
it. being his home place, the pur
chasers would not have any more to
do with it, and no deed was made
to it by the Sheriff.
nnce of last year and |di\ide that reil( j ere j their verdict from what
by 30. 1 his gives the number of Wl3 fi e; ird on outside. Refused,
teachers needed. Then they mu!- ; Sentenced to die April sf.
tiply the number of teachers by
630. This gives the money need
ed to run the schools 7 months.
They next take the taxable prop
erty and multiply by o mills. This
shows what the county can legally
raise for school purposes. Next
they add to this amcuut the coun
ty's prorata of the alate school
fund. If these two sums make as
ns much as is needed, as is shown
by multiplying the number of
teachers by 63o, then that county
does not receive any of the equali
zation fund.
Thus Lumpkin county, under
that pj.au, will not receive any
equalization fund until another
count is made.
Mr. Martin said all llie force were
in favor of Lumpkin’s participa
ting but could not 011 accouut of
condition as stated above.^
The last school census shows
Lumpkin county to have more than
1O00 children, yet last year less
than 800 were in school. This
shows that the children do not go
to school quite half their time.
If all these children had attended
school every school day last year,
this county would have received
more than $10000 of this equaliza
tion fund. Of course we all know
the children cannot go every day,
Monday night Gainesville had a
$5o,ooo fire^starting iu H. C. Jar-
raref’s furniture store, destroying
it and practically destroying throe
other ^buildings—Davis Bakery,
Smith Bros, lunch rooni and part
of the roof of theSpainhour Motor
Company.
Miss Emma Woodall, aged about
70, who iiyed alone in Dawson
county, was recently burned to
death in her home. Some of the
neighbors smelling rags burning
burst the door open and found the
old lady lying on the floor her
clothing all burned off and also a
bed cjuiR she had been wrapped in.
- No charge of neglect of duty
has been made against Townsend
as Ordinary of Lumpkin county
in any manner whatever, it is just
because he won’t dance wheu some
of them here in town blow the po
litical harp. They f'oi'get that his
services in looking after the'roads
nor anything else cost the county
a sii gle cent before the Board of
Roads and Revenues took charge,
not even car hire when he visited
every District, and in addition let
the residents near by have the
contract of building small bridges,
much cheaper than is being done
today, notwithstanding there were
but they could go 70 to flo of their 1 over forty miles more roads to keep
time if the parent realized the im
portance of regular attendance.
Tc would have given this county
about $4,000 of this fund.
Here in town last year of those
who entered school attended only
a little over six days out of ten.
The children in the consolidated
territory attended seven days in
ten.
The Jackson Herald says some
times the cost of not being a sub
scriber to the county paper is 10
to I5 times more than the subscrip
tion of $1.5o or $2.00 per j r ear,
which tells of a man whose proper
ty was sold for taxes without him
knowing it, which cost him fifteen
to to twenty dollars to redeem his
farm. He liad the money to pay
his taxes but waiting for a conve
nience to come to town, not know
ing it in the meantime his farm
was being sold. The same thing
occurred in Lumpkin county a
number of years ago. The far j
mer had paid his taxes, but one of.
his lots had been returned by some
.one else, who failed to pay and the
property was sold. The
had pecfect titles to (helot, yet
To get it clown to dollars and
cents, whenever 30 children fail to j p , aut it " aml ‘ April vviu
go to school this county loses $4,50
Since it has gotten cut that ye
editor is such a fine dancer, we
received an invitation from the
city of Asheville, N. C. t together
with a ticket, for us to attend the
Historical Costume Ball at Kenil
worth Inn, taking place February
22, 192S, nine o'clock. Regret
that we can’t be there, as we no
tice that thirty-two young Indies,
have already accepted, and nearly
as many young men have agreed
to be present which will make it
an occasion of much pleasure, one
which we regret to miss very
much.
In passing in sight of the school
hatise the other day we stopped
and watched the pupils run up on
and slide down a “what you lii'ay
call it” for exercise. We gave a
Btnall contribution some time ago
to help buy the concern but had
never seen it in operation. It cre
ate* a lot of fun but is pretty se-
v;re on the bosom of their pants.
Something that was not in exis-
tauce during our school days, and
we would not been allowed to go
near it if there had. There was
nothing doing iu school then on
Saturday. The off day was on Sat
urday. The boys exercised at
that time by cutting wood, going
to mill with a turn of corn ou their
^lioulders and such other things as
were needed. While the girls large
enough, washed, ironed patched
anl darned stockings. Sunday at-
t:: d?d church with their parents,
if it was meeting day. Eveu in
town the church bells were not
heard so often as they are now
unless there was a revival on hand.
And they had them annually, con
ducted by the Pastor assisted by
home preachers. Preachers in
those days were not as well educa
ted as they are now, yet they told
what they were preaching about
so plain that both old and young
could understand it. Then at the
Close of services the Pastor would
then announce that services, giv
ing the time, if at night, “at early
candle light.’’ And when the time
came everybody nearly, were pres
ent to hear the good man talk
who got through, unless it was a
revival meeting, and back at home
by the time they begin now, ne.ar-
!y. The females then wore bon
nets with tai's as long as most of
the dresses worn now—cotton or
calico dresses. While the men
were dressed in jeans suits manu
factured by the mothers, and
daughters who were large enough
I and we farmers can set the time operate a pair of cards, wheel,
ud then than we have today.
This number of miles now being
kept up by the state. There was
no big sum of auto taxes coming
in then like there is now.
lb ear Ediior : I learn that the
Town Ring is aiming to set April
J3U1 for the primary. Well any
time would suit the town people.
Blit if a farmer makes anything
he lias got to prepare his land and
be
W. A. HOUSLEY
Shoe and Harness Shop.
Eriug YotirWork.
Next to store of John IF. Moore &. Son
We mean to Please
I am hoadqunrtcrs for CLOTHING in Dahlonega. If 1 have not
the color, style mul size you want in stock 1 can order a ready made
6uit and have it here in three or four days. If you want n Tailor
Made Suit I can have it made to order and ready fof you in about 10
days. I Piavo a line of samples.
comha-Tstd see me
I will sell you’ clothing as cheap as you oan buy it any where
for cash. Satisfaction guaranteed. I will appreciate your bustnei*.
JV.F- ANDERSON
the
j hardest month to work in the
per day, and for this number | ytar, because he has not only got
Stay out of school all tho tune, ! Lo break up his Jatld> but haul ins
means a loss to this county of *630. ;^ liano- Nobody except town folks
So Mr. Townsend, you see how CU1 inake a race for anything and
important it is for the children to , hey hope to be elected. There
be in school regularly, from the arc s j x t een Districts in the county
money stand point. And this is
the smallest reason for regular at- j whe „ we please if a)1 thc commit-
bo
tendance. Children
trained and
are not regular with their attend
ance, any more than you could run
your business Without being regu
lar with your work.
Yours truly,
Caul Shultz
cannot ue {ec w j|j turn out anc j gtj c k togeth-
eoucated when they er art d no t be bosse d b y any Town
Ring man. There is plenty of
time for a primary. Any time in
August would do. Then thero is
■mother thing. The r31 h comes be-
foro court. There may be several
candidates asking for reelection,
You will see by looking on the an< I by not being in a htlrrj it
is i- *he council room , could be learned then if all such
r't
loom and use a needle. There was
no face powders and paint at that
time, and girls got ready to go to
church when their parents did—
had to’, and if a daughter had a
sweetheart she had to go along to
church with the rest of the girl’s
family. Now back to the school.
! 0n Monday thc pupils returned to
their studies. Boys cut wood nud
records tr. the council room 1 ,V “*.‘ ,VVI ‘" vu “ ““ j.oiiilt the fires. The girls kc^t the
.there T’ljC.e Berry Forester took 1 Candidates have discharged their ! S o b(1 cl room clcau with a straw
the ontract to keep the public I duties and spent the county s mon-j broom At recess the pupils play-
square here cleaned off, taking e >’ economically and properly. ei j b jde and whoop, mumblepcg
farmer I 111010 i nterest in the cleanliness of This cannot be learned before ani j pitched a yarn ball made from
be I the town then than they do now, court. By having the primary at an 0 id sock leg raveled out, at
h d to pay several dollars to get i because no one scarcely keeps any st >ch a busy time is just to keep the eacb other without any oue being
^straightened out. This caused Hash box and pieces of paper get farmer out. So let us farmers all hurt, and were just as healthy
him to subscribe fpr the Nugget scattered about wheu the wind stick together, have a primary to . am j happy as they are today with
and continued taking it until he j blows, which doos not look well, suit ourselves and put this town a u the big expense for so much
( jied. j showing carelessness.
Your Attention a Moment
THE
BANK of DAHLONEGA
is the
STATE DEPOSITORY
CITY DEPOSITORY
and the
People’s f>epo»itoi*y
Can take care of your money, or loan yoti some.
NEARY 400 DISPOSfrGite
0 F F I C E R S:
J. F. PRUETT, President,
J. M. BROOKSl'l^U, Vice-President,
t. F. Christian, c*raiM.
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