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Warm weather. Don’t forget it.
I’at Welch entered a plea of
guilt for getting on the warpath
the other night and was given five
find cost.
Mr. doe Hatfield, who whs bom
pnd raised in Lumpkin county,
died in Augusta, Ga., on Friday
last, who is survived by a wife and
seven children.
Mr. K. J. Woodward and Miss
Lela Davis were married by Ordi
nary Townsend last Saturday
night aud they left for Alabama
the uext morning,
Three or four car loads of peo
ple came up from Atlanta late in
the afternoon Saturday and spent
the night and most of next day in
camps down near Wimpy's mill.
Col. John W. West, President
of the Cqlloge here, and some 20
jteacliers attending the Summer
SohQol, visited Tate, Ga., last
Sunday, and looked over the mar
ble works.
Rev. Mr. Hale, of Hapeville,
who had been in ‘camps out at
Cane Creek Falls with some fifty
J}oys and girls, preached an inter
esting sermon at the Methodist
church last Sunday.
II. Benton, the sixteen-year old
boy, who was arrested and carried
back to Atlanta recently, charged
with being one of the parties cqn-
liectrd with the stealing of several
cars found in this county, took it
all on himself and Gravitt, who
was also under artest and in pris
on on the same charge, was re
leased.
Last Sunday was a beautiful
bright sunshiny day all over the j
county, with the exceptions of a
light shower of a few minutes
in about a mile of Dalilouega and
the many parties from Atlanta and
other places, enjoyed themselves in
riding around and- going to the
mountains. Some bringing their
lunches and eating at the springs at
the foothills of tho mountains, so
.delighted that they are coming
back next Sunday again if the
weather is favorable.
Wo had a pleasant visit from
Mr. Howard L. Butler, of Los An
geles, Cal., last Saturday, who said
he had read and heard so much
about the editor of the Nugget
that he wanted to see him is why
he called. Mr. Butler operates a
flying machine—an aviator, who
has ridden high and long distances
in the air and had many narrow
escapes before reaching his desti
nation. Not being any pia.ee to
land at or about Dahlonega Mr.
Butler couldn’t bring his airship
with him.
The boys up in Porter Springs
District have what they call the
“tongue game or play,’’ and. when
those who have . played it see or
meet another one will grab him by
the neck and tell him to stick his
tongue out. It he does this ends
it. If not they press down on his
throat until the tongue is seen.
Recently Uncle .Jimmie l'Vfguson,
who has a boy, moved up iuto that
settlement. IIw sou. was
another boy and told to stick his
tongue out. Not knowing what
it meant no tongue was seen. So
the Ferguson boy was grabbed and
choked until his tongue was 9eeit,
causing a fever to set in and a phy
sician to have to Ye sent lor.
The pension check fur the sol
diers and widows was received by j
Ordinary Townsend Friday by the j
| last mail.
Tom Jenkins ami his wife had a
little trouble last week made it up
without any court trial, which is [
best.
We notice that the pastures are]
growing up in daisies. But cattle
don’t cat them. And girls don’t !
care for these flowers like they
used to.
I
We notice that the Sons of Rest
were all put the Other day doing
roadwork causing their old stamp
ing ground at the court house to
look real lonesome.
A piano dealer was here ftom
Athens last Friday trying to sell
pianos. Bread and meat sells too
high now for a fellow to buy a pia
no. We bad rather have bread
now thanja piano.
An old man from the country
one day Inst week showed us his
swollen wrist which one of his sons
while mad caught hold of and gave
it a twist. Children used to love
their parents, but it seems to be
to the reverse with this son.
We noticed last week where a
child down the country swallowed
part of an alarm clock. There is
a young man in Dahlonega who
was given a clock by his father to
play with to keep him from cry
ing when a child. He tore it up
wtlvout swallowing any part of it,
aud is too old to cry now.
Several weeks agv a man eatne
to Dahlonega who claimed to be a
representative of the Atlanta Jour
nal. He took a lot of pictures of
different buildings in town, sold
many of them, lie said the Jour
nal man would be here later to give
a write up when the pictures
would appear in that paper. It
proved to be a false alarm. Just a
scheme to get mouey.
We were in the presence of a
couple of lady acquaintances the
other day and they didn’t speak to
us. We judge it was because they
had ,on breeches. Now when we
put .0.1 our dress and meet one
of them we mean to speak. We
never was ashamed of any thing
we wore except a pair of pants we
had on one time and the bottom
was knocked cut of them.
A woman with two small chil
dren came walking into town the
other day tired ami maybe hungry.
Without any ho’mc, friends or
money. Yet money and preachers
are sent into foreign countries to
teach and help people who are no
more worthy than this poor wo
man. And if such a person was to
go into one of our churches and
sit. down By a lady to hear the
preacher talk the lady would turn
up her uose doubtless and go to
another seat.
There once were dealers in driv
ing cattle to market would camp
a few miles this side of Atlanta,
give them a lot of salt. The next
morning they were given all the
water they could d-rink, driven in-
*o the City, weighed and sold, caus
ing the purchaser to pay a high
pi ice for water when he believed
Cime Creek Falls aud the elec
tric plant changed hands l’uesday
night at id we u.ai dl day current
the 4th under tho direction of the
manager of the purchasers, al
though it will be run under the old
name of Ilowser Bios Inc. until
an order can he obtained from
eout t to change it. 1 lie purchas
ers reside in Cleveland, Ohio, who
expect to begin ator.ee and spend
four or five thousand dollars in
overhauling the line and plant in
order to give D.ihlouoga a good |
current both day and night. 1 he
public square will have ostia ordi
nary lights jf the City Council sees
met } j he was getting fat beef. Others
with chickens to sell when corn
was fifty ceuts a bushel would feed
their pullry all they could eat be
fore reaching the city limits.
When chickens were sold at so
much apiece and not weighed,
there was no way to swindle the
purchaser.
A young fellow and his sweet
heart came to town the other day.
He bought some stick and fancy
candy and put in his pocket before
leaving. As .so >n. ns they got out
in the edge of town the lover pull
ed out a stick of bis candy and af
ter nibbling on it a whilo stuck it
to the girl’" month, but she failed
to bite. Then he reached down in
to his pocket aud brought up some
of the sweet sitill finished nicer
which he \Vas saving for Sunday
and presented it t > her. This she
could not turn down. Then they
the town can ulLui
inittee has beerrnpp
mi investigation
a wav.
com-
I locked bauds and began swinging
! Lliem ba
it. A
inted to make
„ ul ifp'-rt right | town tint way, which w
i is called the level’s march
and forth, went out of
suppose
\Ye have had 110 show here this
wnk.
If jou wish to buy Mr. Brad
ford's house, lot and store, read
his ad and then go to see him
Miss Cleo Stargel, who lias been
in Macon for some time, is back
at home on a two weeks visit.
There were only four Ashes at
the reunion at Pisgah last Satur
day, but a big crowd of other peo
ple and lots to eat.
The last Acts of the legislature
have been received by the Ordina-I
ry, ready to be distributed among !
those entitled to them.
We have had some real summer
weather this week, causing vege
tation to grow, and the weeds too,
giving the farmers plenty to do.
We celebrated the 4U1 by stick
ing type. Less danger than being
out with a bunch of boys shooting
at rabbits and some times hitting
a person.
Mr. Lewis Walden and Miss
Blanche Lemly were married in
Aururia District last week we are
told, but do not know ^vho by
as the license have not been re-
! turned.
Mr. Rans Davis, who has a can
cer on lii9 neck, went to the hos
pital in Gainesville a few days ago
to see if lie could be given any re
lief. Later.—Couldn’t do Mr. Da
vis any good.
A short time ago Mr. Millard
Shelton had his wife’jp tgnsjls tak
en oot. Her throat got to bleed
ing so that she had to be carried
back to Gainesville Sunday night
for it to be stopped.
Col. and Mrs. R. H. Baker at
tended the Asbury reunion at the
old homestead in White county
last Sunday. There were one sis
ter and four brothers and more
than fifty other blooded relatives
present.
It is very important that the li
cense be returned to the Ordinary
as soon as the wedding is perform
ed so they can be recorded and the
license forwarded to the ones
married, so they can have proof of
their wedding in case they are call
ed on.
A government Inspector, while
here the other day,. informed us
that when a widow was drawing a
pension and married again then
her name was .dropped'- from the
roll, and could never'- b(S restored,
not even if her husband died, or
they separated and were divorced.
'I'he parties operating a dredge
down on Cane Creek have aban
doned the gold saving machine
they were experimenting w.ith. So
tfar the different kinds of so called
gold saving machines tried in this
country have been a failure.
Not long ago we heard of ten pen
nyweights of gold being put in a
machine for a test and all of it ex
cept seven grains were lost. So
you see it won’t pay to feed a ma
chine like this on gold.,
The Woody Gap is far ahead .of
Neel’s Gap in the way of scenery,
besides being much higher. You
can stand in this Gap and see
points in Tennessee, and also look
at Stone Mountain. Many acres
will be enclosed by a wire fence for
numbers of deer can be kept. And
a lot of pheasants, etc., will be kept
there and protected at their high
home among the clouds. Also
turkey. Aud when tho road al
ready graded, is hard finished, you
will see people going and coming
by the hundreds. There is a bright
future for this mouutain section.
We were told that when a spe
cial tax was passed for concrete
side walks that the town would be
crowded with visitors during the
summer—didn’t happen. Then if
bonds for a sewerage and water
system were voted for the col
lege would be crowded with stu
dents and more boarding bouses
would have to lie built to accom
modate the hundreds of people
who would come aud spend the
summer These changes have been
made, but there are ample college
and hotel room. Some delay.
But. let us hope that everything
will cume alri ght yet.
V he cell red people enjoyed a
barbecue here the <lth.
Quite a number qf people from
below spent the 4th at the Woody
Gap.
If Ilowser Brp. owe you any
thing be governed by a notice to
be found on first page.
The teachers attending the Sum
mer School here, enjoyed a pic
nie at Noel’s Gap the 4U1.
Mr. Gus Jlousley has gonp down
to Mt. Vernon to take charge of n
ball teama t a right good salary.
The Cleveland Wholesale Gro
cery Co. sell and deliver goods to
some of the Dahlonega merchants.
Mr. Will Rice and Mrs. Fearl
Davis and Mrs. Floy Townsend
went to Augusta and spent Sat- r
tirday night.
The new contractors in charge
of the Gainesville Dahlonega
mail line are Messrs. C. G. Barnes
and Eugene Wood.
Mr. Joe Duyis is the only Coun-i
ty Policeman here now, and the’
expenses are only J 100 per month.
Just half as much as before.
It i$ said the banks of the streams
were crowded with fishermen the
4th, causing many of the finny-
tribe to dart under the banks and
hide.
We are authorized to state that
there will be an all day singiug at
Wahoo next Sunday. Everybody
invited to come and bring well fill
ed baskets, f
Messrs. Barnes aud Wood, the
new Gainesville & Dahlonega
mail contractors, took charge last
'Sunday. Mr. Wood moved in a
few days previous.
County Davis Policemen wept
Tuesday and brought in a still aqd|
Hufiert Rider, who gave a two
hundred dollar bond. Jerry Liu-
gerfelt made a temporary foot
bond.
Messrs. Frank Fitts end C. W.
lyemp have bought out Mr. Fred
Jones’ Gararge business and have
Also taken charge of his Service
Station on the corner next tr> the
Masonic building. Ad will ap
pear uc^t week.
At the regular monthly meeting
of-the County Board of Education
last Monday the time fixed for the
opening of the schools was in the
present month aud continue six
weeks. Then open in time to fin
ish for the holidays.
Kev. Mr. Davis, of Acwortb,
Ga., after conducting a meeting
at the Pouteoost church, has clos
ed it and gone. IJe said he wish
ed to organize a s,uro .enough
House of God. We do not know
whether he made it or not. It
looks like we have enough church
es. But we do need more religion.
Smith Reese has opened up a
Cafe on the highway just beyond
,the Ash Bridge. And a uew|stor.e
Rouse will soon -be completed this
side of the bridge with six bed
rooms on second floor where Wes
ley Turner will move his store.
And Miss Dessie Jarrard is having
a new store house built in Porter
Springs District. AH on No. y
highway.
Mr. Roily Wimpy died at his
home up in Yahoola District last
Monday afternoon after a brief ill
ness, aged 38, and was buried at
Salem the following day. Funer
al services by Rev. Coleman Ash.
Survived by a wife and two small
children. The deceased had been
a member of the Baptist church for
a number of years. Was a good
citizen who leaves many friends to
mourn his loss.
A short time ago we had a
chicken to crow a few times when
it was only six days old, but was
ashamed to tell it for fear that
there might be some doubting ones
and we didn’t want any one to
get to disbelieving a quill driver,
especially the editor of the Nug
get. This week we read of a ha-
i by down in Alabama having a
chat when it was only a week old.
Didn’t learn wliat it talked about.
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