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The i Nugget PUBLISHED EVFRY FRIDAY. DAHLONEGA, GL JUNE i, ’28. EiiotroU at. tlio DaliloncKA, tJa. 1*. O ait Second Clans Matter. Official Organ of both City and County. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $1.50 SOc. BO c. 12 Months i Months 3 Months. Office 1 hone S. Residence Phone 0-1 ,1. Still cold rains and farmers idle. here this week Wonder if Mr. Upshaw is go ing t.o make any campaign speech es? lie enjoys it, whether Ids au dience does or not. Four bills were passed over the veto of ehe President last week — three in the senate and one in the house, which shows that they wide ly differ with each other. We notice that the officers made a raid in Macon the other night and seized one quart of liquor, just the amount old women used to require in preparing camphor to use for :he headache or a bee sting. Smith is called a “wet” man be cause he favored doing away with the local officers in New York and let the government men attend to it and thus save a heavy expense. Just like we are hero by the coun ty. This is the reason we like him. Greene county after tho school census have been taken find a loss of yl&. What’s the matter with Greene? It is a prosperous coun ty. It may be that many of her citizens are disgusted with the combination of school teaching and ball playing and decided to let their children stay at home and help work. From what we learn Senator Rivers won’t create much of a stir in the race for governor. He may make a good senator but he is too young to wear the gubernatorial harness yet. Governor Hardeman has the required age and business experience and is entitled to a second term. lie might have made a few mistakes. But we all do this. The preachers tell us that the Bi ble teaches that you must love your neighbor as thyself. If there is no provisions to this there is a lot of people who will never even get in sight of the pearly gate much less be admitted. As a proof of this take the person with a gar den and no chickens. While his neighbor has chickens and no gar den who lets them run at large and scratch up the stuff planted by the other fellow. The members of tho Georgia eis Convention have returned from their long trip and sight seeing. All quit vomiting from the effects of riding on the ocean, and have again taken up their pens telling of the many interesting things they saw. At a big recep tion in New York one of the mem bers arose and read something of interest to him that he saw in the Nugget. So all strangers will hereafter know that there is a beau- itful little town in Lumpkin coun ty, Georgia, which away back in the thirties was named Dahlonega. Why don’t the highway people of the state finish up more of the highways as they go'{ As it is now where p rtly finished they art- no benefit to autoists wishing to make long sight seeing trips through the country wli-.n a disa greeable spell sets in and they From Mr. J. II. Jenkins. Mr. W. 13. Townsend, Editor of the Nugget. Dear Sir: As an article appeared in a re cent issue of the Nugget, criticis ing the Finance Committee’s re port to tiio last grand jury, being a member of this commistee will ask permission through the columns of vour paper to explain. We were dilligently engaged | days examining the different county officers books, finding them correctly kept, especially he tax digest made out by Mr. Ray, our efficient 'lax Receiver. It was plain and comprehensive, for which Mr. Ray' should have the commendation of all. We next came to tho books .of Heads .V Revenues of thecounty. These you know are the most im- poitant officers because they re ceive and disburse all county funds. My colleagues and self dis agreed as to the extent of our du ties. 1 insisted that we embody in nur report the amount of foad funds which members of the Coun ty Board were drawing from the Treasury lor services rendered by them. John II. Moore, Chairman of the Board, has received pay ments on several large statements signed ‘‘J.H. Moore, Chairman.” Also for J. H. Moore A Son, and Smith’s Service Station, partly owned by the Chairman, charging the county 2b cents per gallon for gas that cost IS cents, and ,So cents for motor oil that costs less than 16 cents. W. L. Ash, member of the Board, has several hills for differ ent kinds of work. Service O Kd and paid. A member of the Fi nance Committee, October Term, iyv6, informed me that Mr. Ash had received from the county near $Ioo for services rendered, mostly for building a ware house during his vacation from his College du ties. When the legislature passed an act creating a Board oi County Commissioners in 1919 for Lump kin county defining their duties. Also fixing their remuneration at $3 per day for attending their monthly meetings, or they are au thorized to meet oftener, if the in terest of the county demands it. Of course tins legislative act was a local matter, hut I don’t be lieve the one who drew the bill ev er intended for the members of this Board to employ' themselves to build roads and ^warehouses unless impossible to secure the services of practical competent men who are familiar with this class of work. I believe men holding pub lic office of trust should legat'd that higher ethicalt standard rather than let their selfishness for gain control their acts. T also contend that it was our duty to report the exact finan cial condition of the county. Our report to the grand jury shows that we had in the Treasury' to the county’s credit nearly $12,000, which is correct so for as it goes. This was up to April ist, I92S. The county road bonds unpaid amount to i5ff)2,ooo With the $12,ooo taken from tiffs little sum it would leave a bonded indebted ness of if-So.ooa against the count v, or the same amount of indebted- edness as when the bonds were sold. And. the Commissioners of Lumpkin taken over the man agement of the county in njtff, nearly nine years ago. Notwith standing tiffs county receives from the state about $i4,ooo a year from what is known as the gas tax sales, specially for the purpose of improving the roads of the county, not the highway. The state main- will ask for competitive bids when buying material for county purpo ses. They may decide to lmvea g is tank put n the county’s ware house. 'This would be convenient, and the Gas Company puts these in lice. 'Thus saving dealer’s prof it tot lie county. I also believe that instead of making so many trips to Atlanta at the county's expense, that they will use a post card or a two cents postage which might answer the purpose, or possibly belter. Below I will give you Dr. Stan ley' Andrews’ version of politics, the definition of which is given by the Dictionary the science or art of government. But for he last part of the explanation in the Dictionary as of the linguist seem cd conscience stricken at such a pure definition is noted the words: “A method of managing public af fairs especially party management or support. Sometimes party or clique intrinque.” A few years back a foul crime was committed. The public de manded action. The law seized upon a negro, who many believed innocent. But officers for politi cal reasons had to arrest and con vict him. They railroaded him to the pen for life. After long efforts leading'men and women of the state the negro’s innoceuse was es tablished arid he walked out of the pen a free man. But the state can never repay even to a negro*, the debt that good politics obliga ted the slate to pay. Politics leave river beds. When the state may as well profit by any gain that might come. Politics'build roads where trails should he, and leave trails where roads ought to be built. Don’t deny it because it is true. It will continue to bo true to long as fifty per cent of the na tion and less than thirty per cent of our state citizens report to the polls It will continue so long as we persist for political reasons up on elevating city ward heelers and unfit men to places where capable men should be. | To UK co.vri xuicn xii.xt wkek.] J ,oc;il and Other News. tains all hie!) ill every county in the state. Eveiy year the Commissioners levy a tax from the tax payers of tlie county (not the road funds) to retire the road bonds standing against the conn- The Dahlonega High School Commencement is over, tho bell has ceased ringing and the pupils will have rest from their studies until the fall session begins. It has had a very successful year just closed and every citizen seems to be well pleased. Yet were only two graduates, caused by the addi tion of nth grade only recently. The exercise.-, began on Wednes day night of last week, held at the College this time, were well attended —a full house from be ginning to ei ding, each pupil ap pearing on the stage showed that he or she had been receiving the 0llr proper training. The literary ad dress delivered by Col. 13. P. Gai 1 - lard, of Gainesville, on Friday night was pronounced a very fine one by every person who heard it. The Colonel is an able man \s ho can deliver his message on the stage, in the court room or any where else in a manner that will get the attention of everyone pres ent, be they old or young. The sermon was last, but not least. It was*i reached at the Baptist church by Rev. A. C. Johnson, its Pas te, to a large and attentive con gregation. Though a young mm, comparatively speaking, Mr. John son can rUo and tell and explain his subject in an interesting man- 11,r without having to delay anv time in grunting, caughing, spit ting to fill in for words that can’t be thought of, or throw his hands up behind his ears to learn if his ! voice lias the right tone. Neither! does l.r snort to try t-> get some | body to Mr. Charlie Heck has moved tom Dahlonega to Atlanta. We have a lot of large and strong No. 10 Manilla envelopes at the Nugget office. Can we sell you a pack or more? Mr. Ii. F,. Baker, located at Newark, N. .)., is down spending two weeks here with the old folks at home, and just as clover as ever. Mr. C. S. Woody, of Hall coun ty, and Mr. U. A. Summerour, of Lumpkin, have bought some real estate near from Mr. H. D. Gur ley, of Marietta, Ga. Iu our list of towns and cities the' .Nugget visits regularly, giv en last week, we failed by an over sight to mention Chicago and a few other places. The new dredgfe boat down 011 Cane Creek having a tendency to sink on account of some parts of it being too heavy caused them to cease operation lon^f enough this week to regulate it, F. M. Jarrard, Jr., was given a sentence last week in Atlanta of 27 months to (1 years in the gang for taking other people’s cars with out their consent or hnowledge. The defendant formerly lived in Dahlonega. .Mr. A. A. McDougald, while here from Gaddistown this week, informed us that they had two weddings over his way Sunday— being Mi. John Head and widow of Chas. Scisnm. And Mr. Jack Cochran and a Miss Grizzle. O11 Saturday night the cars of Earnest Harkins, Wier Curley and Earnest Seabolt got mixed up on the corner near Smith’s Service Station when Mrs. Boyd Gurley was slightly injured and the cars damaged but little. Harkins ran into the others by accident and no one to blame. Being loo wet to plow Mr. A. A. McDougald came over from Union Monday with a lot of home raised tobacco to ship. Part of it to Mr, Win. Marlow, at Auburn, who he has been supplying with tobacco for the last twenty years. And 100 pounds were shipped to Brannon, at Gainesville Always busy is why Mr. McDougald is such a successful farmer. Miss Marie Carpenter, of Corne lia, was crushed to death last Sun day by a car on the highway near Beliton, driven by Walter Merck, of Gainesville, the one who was .•■lightly shot iu the neck by a ne gro during a wreck in that city not long ago. Miss Irene Wuthritch, also of Cornelia, was in the car, suffered a sprained back. Merck suffered slight cuts and bruises. Merck seemed to he doing some very wreck less driving that day. 11 is car struck tho one driven by Gus Housley, of Dahlonega, in company with Bill Littlefield, al so living here, and Miss Edna Free and Miss Durr, of Clarkes- ville. In passing Merck’s car struck this one knocking the caps off both of its hubs on one side, the rear of the fender, light and tag. Then ran on 6-1 steps where the j car struck the concrete header of a 1 culvert, changed ends aud plunged 27 feet where the girl’s skull was crushed and the other occupants were injured. Although neither Hensley or Littlefield were to blame they made arrangements for the dead body to be carried away besides looking after the comfort of the injured. Carried the two young ladies hack to their homes in Clarkesville. returned to see if there was anything else they could do. Afterwards starting home when they were followed by a po liceman and sent to II.ill county j ill ; i.ff iu] l until next evening, Shoe and Bring* Your Work. Next to store of John IT. Moore & Soi) We mean to Please .■Bta-LaiTr^ mmm 1 am headquarters for CLOTHING in Dnhlonrgn. If I have not the color, style and size you want in stock 1 can order a ready made suit and have it here in three or four days. If you want a Tailor Made Suit I can have it made to order and ready for you in about 10 days. 1 have aline of samples. COM TO AND STS TO ME I will sell you" clothing as cheap as von oan buy it any where for cash. Satisfaction guaranteed. I will appreciate your business, B F- ANDERSON NEXT 10 Smith*:-!Service Sfcal ion COME and EAT rxM'VS 'fer::cMi THY TOWNSK.N OS’ I'P nsro PEICE GJ.OO W • B, l O W N S L. i \! D Dahlonega ■SCCTSJ TE52E Z -trriaar.'YrTWBEHi 23 Cents per Billion by et IE D 0 ON ES limit All these things ffuing no wai rant sworn out tluy ropcrly g-n:e through with made were teU-asccl. Befoie Merck hit it a very meat. nner-.stuig commence reach a missing link in the road which can’t he traveled for the 1 *)’- mud. Is as disappointing to then in - Lad year tin y lev.1 .:. i ff the travelor having neither horse, looted £0,200 fer th.- purp - c: buggy or carriage when he reaches. tiring 52,000 of these hone's will, a stream and the footlog washed _ ! the accrued interest to ' away and the water too deep to’p .. wade. Finish up some of road.-, so visitors can travel and see the! country at any season of the ye .- they cun leave their homes. , On Be Tin t v ot Joe w lio at t fic tile inunry 1, year. I r.iiher think when the new Board take:; over the management jf the county tint its members last week, til county, bid year nfJenH-d Coi!cg< Dulffoneg.j, was drowned in lake at DetuafH.-it by taking tramp. lie ini 11 attending Died moat College, and was going to teach in tho humming High School next year. We ret bib death very much. the 1! tiJey-I.iltiiTield car tho dri vers of two other cars —deputy sheriff of Hall and a Mr. Franklin, j of Ail ii t.r, had to inn out on the- e- - 1 : she road to keep from b.- j ing h;t by the auto in charge of, t b;> w r. ckle-s drive-. The acci dent occ-iiii-d in Banks whose sher iff? is i.-ffn\eyffg!iting it. Liter.— i Ilo'uiJey .iinl Littlefield have made : a $200 bond each until-i he commit- ! al trial next Friday the Nth. 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