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The i Nugget
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DAHLONEGA, G '. JUE 8, *28-
Enctrcil nt lltu l’nhloncga, (in, 1*. O
an Socoml < Ih.ns Matter.
loom Mr. J. IT. |c;ikins, The College Commencement.
Official Organ of both City and
County.
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Congress adjourned last week
after making 923 laws.
The first car of peaches shipped
to the north from the poach belt
left last week from Byran, Ga.
The revenue officers do not want
everybody to quit making liquor.
If they did tlie officials would be
out of a job.
The “woods will soon be full”
of candidates for state house offi
ces, having much love and many
promises for the dear people.
Lightning struck an airplane up
in Pennsylania. It didn’t kill but
one of the occupunts. The other
was crippled in iiis free jump.
A man who drinks sugar liquor,
smokes, chews tobacco and uses
snuffi so he can’t kiss a baby nor
any one else is in u devil of a bad
shape.
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| Continued from last wick | The college commencement
Nevertheless our last grand jury pan Friday night with
in their deliberations saw (it to champion debate between
commend our commissioners for Decora and the Phi Mu
the faithful manner in which they cietias. Tho subject lor
had looked after the county’s in- cession was: “Resolved, Thai
(crest. Also they lin t investigated the United .States should cancel
witnesses under oath and find no all its war ilebt3.“ The nflirum-
evidence in any way reflecting on tive side of the question was up-
the Board. held by .1, D. Geddens and R. S
I hud not heard of any charge:. McDonald of the Phi Mu Society,
being filed against the Board, but while the negative was debated by
had there been they could have Henry Grady Jarrard and Juan M.
looked over the Board’s records Jnirard of the Decoro Society. The
which are filed in the Ordinary's debate was a hard fought contest
office. They might have changed but the decision was to the nega-
their opinion. live.
The records would have shown Saturday morning tho big can
that llie Board spent $14,840.61 non at the college boomed out 1
A good many people have lost
their lives recently by flying across
the country like birds. We 'will
never get killed or crippled this
way. We aie satisfied with the
ground floor.
The blockader and bootlegger are
very well satisfied with the pres
ent eo called probation law . Be
cause they get a better price for
their liquor than they did before.
\ ery often we notice where edi
tors instruct farmers the best way
to till the soil when maybe some
of them are raised in a city and do
not know ho\v to plant a peck of
potatoes.
A negro was lynched one night
last week up in Missouri for kill
ing another negro. They found it
less expense and trouble to pre
pare him for the graveyard than to
send him to prison.
During the last war the postage
rates were raised on letters’ and
newspapers. The letter rates were
reduced but the papers let go until
the last session of congress mado a
cut. Glad they thought of us-
When members of the legislature
or congress take up timo in fili-
bursteriug to keep a measure from
being acted on, the people should
vote for them to stay at home
where they can’t misrepresent the
public any longer.
1 hey recently lynched a r.cgn^
in Texas by hanging him to the
limb of a tree, from which
one started oil to the unknown
world with a broken neck five
years ago. And the treo is still
standing, ready for another vic
tim.
DeKalb county's county primary
comes of! the same day of
the state primary. It is for demo
crats alone and not mixed with any
other political party. Entrance
fees for candidates were fixed at
from ten to two hundred and fifty
dollars.
The Methodists of the Dublin
District, being their annual ses
sion, voted against A1 Smith for
president. The republicans are
sitting back saying nothing but
very much tickled over such ac
tions, because it, will give theta
less trouble in electing their man
for president.
Occasionally superior court
judges pass sentences oil defend
ants to pay a fine and go to the
gang so long and then suspend
the gang sentence in c-oo the fine
is paid at any time. The Prison
Cornmis- on will not receive any
inoie suspended sent md prisoners
in compliance wiih a ruling of At
torney Gem. t .1 Geo. N.. N er.
during a period of six months.
Their Chairman, J. II. Mooie, act
ing as foreman of building a road
on some High Tower, while the
people who lived on the , country
roads were forced to use the neg
lected roads during the rail y win
ter months. If tBe same amount
of funds had been applied to haul
ing rock and gravel filling and lev
eling the low places on these roads,
as were wasted on the above men
tioned new roads, it would have
been worth thousands of dollars to
those who use them and this would
have been permanent. Your
Chairman, John Moore, while se
curing rights of way agreed to
build certain fences running
through the bottom lands without
paying any damages. This he af
terwards repudiated. And 1 have
heard of similar cases. In each
case widow women were involved.
Their rights ignored. But in mak
ing his t*rips to the Gate City our
Chairman never lost sight of the $
mark. One trip he charged ex
penses and per diam to the county
where the county was no more ob
ligated or even authorized to pay
than you or I. Yet he collected
it. The two widow women gave a
strip of land fifty feet wide and
were denied the benfiot of a few
conveniences as were agreed upon.
The grand jury also approved the
Commissioners suggestion that
they fix the road tax at $8 per
year if paid August ist. If not
work four days. This would be
70 conts per day, it for any cause
the road bauds would be tardy.
Why not-allow these mou while
working the same wages you pay
the men you hire to do the same
class of labor?
The County Board, after having
full control of the roads for near
ly nine years, received in recent
years front the stato of Georgia
the sum of $1 1,000 per year, while
ihc State Highway Board keeps up
•I5 miles of county roads at that
time, together with money and la
bor paid by men who arc subject
to road duty, and act these roads
never in any worse condition than
the past winter and spring.
1 have given you some facts and
figures from having served with
the Finance Committee two or
three times since the County Board
has beeu handling the cumty af
fairs. Also from obervation on the
outside. J. H. Jknkins.
In Gilmer county they pay
the ordinary and sheriff for their
postage, as you will see from this
paragraph in tho last grand jury
presentments: “R. J. Goble, ordi
nary, has filed a claim for holding
ordinaries courts, postage and re
cording, etc., $<‘>0.45. Also R. L.
Milton, sheriff, claim lor postage.
1 he same lias been examined and
recommended that the same be
paid.”
1 here was a big crowd here at
the sham battle, but not as many
as were present last year, on ac
count of the rain that morning,
and more expected during the day.
And the battle didn't creato as
much interest as the ofte they had
last ycnrjbccause this lime bullets
were used ‘and tin y < nly fired from
one side.
Chas. II. Win irlou, of Chicago
former congressman, has been in
dieted as plotter 1:1 a big mail rot)-j ed by each. B ic’iejor .of
bery. I his might not have occur- in Mine E lgincering : \Y
salute of 21 guns in honor of Gov
ernor Hardman'who arrived here
for the exercises of ,the day, ac
companied by Mrs. Hardman and
the official staff of tho Governor,
t he battaliion met the Governor
at the outskirts of the town and
accompanied him as an escort of
honor to the hotel where his party
was quartered.
At ii 130 the Governor address
ed tho crowd from thoa front porch
of the college. His address dealt
mainly with military and agricul
tural education. However, he fi
nally laid aside his manuscript and
spoke straight from the shoulder
with considerable force and vigor.
He defended his politics as Gover
nor, saying that he owed a duly to
God and the people of Georgia,
but not to the politicians. The Gov
ernor advocated a business admin
istration and deplored the fact that
his efforts to secure such nil ad
ministration had been largely off
set by the politicians who “tied
his hands” aud then blamed] him
for not doing whati they had pre
vented.
Saturday afternoon the sham
battle took place on the campus
and the adjoining fields. The bat
tle opened with a firing demonstra
tion in which tracer bullets were
used. These could be plainly seen
as they darted across the range and
peppered targets several hundred
yards away. A little cannon called
a one-pounder, was fired several
times at a mark a mile away. Ev
ery shot either went very near or
hit the mark. There were of
course the rockets, the hand gren
ades, and the big cannon booming
away so rapidly that the field was
sometimes hidden by smoke. There
were many people here from the
surrounding country and a consid
erable number from a distance.
Sunday morning the commence
ment sermon was preached at the
college chapel by Rev. A. T. Cline
of Toccoa. IIis subject fallen from
the Bilile, was: “When there is
no vision, the people perish.” Tho
sermon was full of solid informa
tion and good advice; but it was
mainly intended to inspire the
young graduates who have finish
ed their college careers and are
now going out into the world.
The graduating exercises were
held in the college chapel at noon
Monday. The following students
received medals and honors as
shown below: 11. J. Camp, best
individual drill medal. M. E.
Thompson, best in inarkmanship.
“B” Company was considered the
best drilled company, Capt. A. L-
Peyton was awarded a fine saber.
A. II. Glasure won the Freshman
declamation medal. Miss Berta
Davis and J. (J Driskel won Soph
omore declamation medals, a first
prize having b e e n given
for girls and another
for boys. Juan M. Jarrard won a
gold medal for the best oration in
Junior Cass. The Rice Latin med
al was won by Miss Genevieve
McKee, with Mrs. J. M. Royal on
ly one-til teen 111 of one per cent be
hind the winner. G. L. Burden
won ihe mathematics medal. The
same student won this medal last
year.
The following is a list of the
graduates, with lire degree recoiv-
Seience
Science: II. II. Bonner. Bache
lor of Arts in Education : J. \V. j
Blackwell. Bacholor of Science in
Edueition: J. Id. Moore. Bath 1
elor of Science in Commerce: \V.
D II Hand. Miss Shultz is from 1
D.ih’onega and Mr. Holland is
from Santa Ana. Texas. The oth
nr graduates are from various parts
of Georgia.
One of the finest prizes ever won
at the college was a trip to Wash
ington and other places of interest.
This was donated to the college by
Hon. Sam Tate, upon the sugges
tion of Capt. R. C. Hamilton. The
prize went to the Captain of the
c )tnpauy that showed up best in
military matters, scholarship, and
every other respect. Cadet Cap
tain A. L. Peyton won the covet
ed prize and is now enjoying the
trip. As he could not be here to
receive his diploma and the saber,
his mother was present and receiv
ed ii for him. This was one of the
most beautiful and impressive cer
emonies ever witnessed in the col
lege chapel.
W. A. HOUSIEY
Shoe ansi Mai
itil
had another dance
Hall before they
And it rained, it rained,
ed. Who-ee, how it has rained.
Mrs. Docia Beck leaves for De
troit, Mich., to see her daughter.
The rain ceased Tuesday uiglit
and Wednesday was pretty and
clear.
The student:
at the Athletic
separated.
II. E. Watson was effected City
Marshal by the council last Mon
day night.
Mr. M. G. Head, of Waynes-
ville, N. C , spent a day or two
here this week.
The County Policeman got a
still up in the edge of Davis’ Dis
trict last Friday.
Mr. L. G. Griues, the new For
estry man came in Tuesday and
is ready for business.
We will publish Gov. Harde
man’s address delivered here last
Saturday, in full next week.
We learn that a certain woman
in Cane Creek District recently got
mad at het husband and took spite
out of the dog by knocking its eye
out.
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l^ing Yoni'Work.
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it tain- 1 nm h0ndquarters for CLOTHING ip Dahloncga. If I have no*
the color, style and size you want in stock I can order n ready made
suit and have it hero in three or four days. If you want a Tailoy
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days. 1 have aline of samples.
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P' F- ANDERSON
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re d had he been returned to con- lock, iff. Ii. II iwkin-q I. T. Me-
gre-s because herd be would have Curley, \V. i. McKee, A. !
been under the wntc care of the ton. Bachelor of Arts:
lest of t he bp 1 v.
Sharlev F.iv -Shu!
Mrs. Millie Miller, nee Miss Mil
lie Parker, and her son, of Grove,
Okla., is here on a visit to her sis
ter, Mrs. Ada Evans, after being
absent forty years
They rearrested .Jack Duff and
Stevie Walker, who escaped from
the calaboose recently, an l Mayor
Moore gave liiem Jo days each and
to stay in the calaboose at night.
Mr, Arthur Woody, of the For
estry Department, has been fur
nished with a lot of pheasant eggs
to lie hatched by hens and turned
out on the government’s land when
they get large enough.
The Bank of Dahlonega held its
annual meeting last Tuesday when
the old officers were elected, find
ing that tho business of the Bank
had increased, and the number of
depositors had gone over the 400
notch. Net earnings $2704.24,
passed to surplus $1000.00, passed
to undivided profits $1.24, declar
ed 8 per cent dividends.
The annual meeting of the
Board of Trustees of the N, G. A.
College was hold here last Monday
when A. S. Hardy, of Gainesville,
was reelected President. Then the
Faculty were also all reelected ex
cept Prof. Peyton, of the Mining
ing Department, and Prof. Gurley,
of the Department of Business.
Neither applied. Miss Birdie Mc
Gee was elected to fill the latter
chair. The other is yet to fill.
Fred Gravitt, who resides out in
Mill Creek District, was shot last
Monday i.i one shoulder entering
the lung, as he was passing the
Proctor home. This seemed to be
done by a pistol. Then the back
of his car, it is said, was hit by the
partial load of a shotgun. Don’t
know who did it. The other side
is that Gravitt kept running up
land down the road by this houso
j # J
I with a gun. The wounded man
] * 1 was able to be out at McKee’s
.-Jis- .store since, though he was spitting
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