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Mrs. Minnie Rice lias gone to
Alalia ilia to stay a while.
plains every <lay some where in
the county, doing a lot damage.
Mr. Joe Walker lias been work
ing up at the college twenty-two
years.
Both the Baptist and Methodist
people here have flourishing Sun-
pay schools.
Jvlrs. W. H Ricketts, of Chatta
nooga, writes us tha.t she has been
a weekly reader ot the Nugget fur
thirty years.
Mrs. A. L. Kruger, the eldest
daughter of Mr. Hughes Ander
son, who used to live in Dahlone
ga, died in Atlanta last Saturday.
Jt didn’t rain here the lith. But
.came a ground soaker and a trash
mover that night, washing away
one of the abutments of the bridge
down at Wimpy's Mill.
Some of the Rural Carriers take
along a shovel to ditch out with
when they get stuck up. Do not
need any pick. But some times a
pump could be used at a good ad
vantage.
Mr. Johnson was 'up from the
Saprolite Mine, located near Aura-
ria, a few days ago. They have gi
ants, plenty of water and are mov
ing a lot of stuff, aided by several
old native miners.
If any one down the country has
been busy and needs rest let them
come up to Dahlonega and spend a
few weoks, or all the summer and
they will be surprised how they
will improve and feel.
Look out for counterfeit silver
dollars. One was passed on some
one at John II. Moore & Sons’
store not long ago. You can tell
one by dropping it on the counter.
Has a dead sound.
Sheril! Housley and Deputy
Sheriff Garrett went up to Cris
Clarks and arrested Loyd Wailice
who escaped from the convict
camps in Raburn fust of the year.
They came after him Wednesday.
We understand that Sgt. Char
lie Rice was here last week. His
time was up in the army and he
retired on a salary, but we under
stand that Mr. Rice, by request
will remain 2 more months in ser
vice and be given more. He
Is out on a furlough now for a few
days.
A vast amount of money has
been spent over at the Pyrites
Mine since work started there and
its recent closing down will be
greatly felt by the entire section.
Besides the big plant, stcre house
and many cottages causing the
place to have the appearance of a
small town. It also lias a railroad
and when all thase building aie
vacated and the train ceases mol
ing it is going to make a wide dif-
auce. There yet about 20 hands
theie helping -to ship the large
piie of crushed stone that was on
hand.
One night last week Quinton
Pendland, Lige Wilson, Wylie
Walker and Henry Caldwell seem
ed to have been out for a night of
pleasure mixed with a lot of fun.
And in making their rounds came
to the home of Bob Daniels, who
resides a shdrt distance beyond
Jeukin Store. Bob not wishing
to bo disturbed, caused a racket to
begin, and for a while things were
lively, by the fighting, scratching
gnd cutting. When it ceased Bob
Came in and swore out warrants for
an assault for the men, and on
each for Mrs. Hester and here
dangler, who live near him, for
keeping a disorderly house. All
the men except Caldweil, was ar
rested that night and lodged in
jail. Caldwell got away. The
women were arrested the next day
whp made bond until the commit-
ail trial. At the trial all the men
were released except \\ ilker. His
bond was fixed at $-,00. i he
mother and daughter waived ex
amination and made a bond
.of $100 each for their npp: ... mce
at the next term of Lumpkin hi
per tor comt.
Thote without gardens, having
to buy their vegetables, find it
pretty high living.
They got another still and fix
tures out in the country last week,
but the operator didn’t show up.
Wo were sick on our birth
day, ami it was not necessary for
the business houses to close up to
c lebrate it.
Mrs. Vaughn, of Williamson,
has been up on n visit. The lady
went from Dahlonega to that place
ai d always likes to visit her old
home.
It is strange that, some people
are unable to buy and pay for a
pound of coffee,.yet they can find
the money to get. a gallon of li
quor or more.
Much damage was done .on the
grade of the new highway last
week. In some places the fills are
washed out fifteen feet deep, so we
are informed.
Mr. John Moore went down the
country the other day who said
they had had much less rain down
in that section than wo have had
up this way. We seem to be in a
very wet streak.
Country people make some mon
ey cutting crossties and hauling
them to town, but the mud and
rain have been a drawback to this
kind of work same as everything
else done out of doors.
The long continuous wet weath
er in this section has caused t lie
price of corn to doul.de. It is report
ed that it is selling at 85 down be
low Gainesville, aud some of cur
citizens are speaking about going
after a few truck loads.
The good road and autos causes
Gainesville to get a big retail trade
from Dahlonega and Lumpkin
county. It used to take a couple
of days to make the trip. Now
persons can go there, do their trad
ing and be back l*.y noon.
We received a copy of Georgians
Year Book, by Eugene Tal-
tnage, Commissioner of Agricul
ture, a few days since. Jt con
tains 28 i pages of valuable infor
mation about every county in
Georgia, making it a very useful
document.
The first six weeks session of the
Summer School closes this week
and a number of the teachers will
not attend the next, beginning
Monday, on account of having
to begin teaching right away.
The public schools in Lumpkin be
gin this mouth. Likewise in a por
tion of the other counties.
It is not a pleasant drive to
Neel’s Gap now either bv Dahlone
ga or Cleveland when wet because
they are grading on our road this
side of the Ash bridge, when any
thing can be dune, and working
on the other road, being necessary
for a detour of ten or twelve
miles. All this will end by and
by and tourists will have a nice
hard finished road to travel either
way.
We are told that the receiver of
Gilmer comity puts the wild land
tax returns in the back of the reg
ular digest which is filed in the
Ordinary’s office. It would he a
good idea to do this in Lumpkin
because the wild land book is a
little one, but a small amount of
returns made on it and very often
gets misplaced. All the returns
placed on the large digest would
be much better aud more conveni
ent.
In speaking about so much of
our trade going to Gainesville on
account of goods being .cheaper
in that city than they aro in Dah-
lonega, we must consider that the
purchaser pays cash for what he
gets and buys in large quantities.
We eau’t help but believe that if
any 0110 doing this . would go to
either of the merchants in Dahlon
ega, buy supplies for two weeks or
a month, pay the cash down for
the goods, that they would get just
is good bargains right here in
Dahlonega, counting time, gas and
wear and tear of auto, besides the
danger of being ctipp'ed or k i 11 -
1 d Now try this before makiug
! un\ more criticisms.
Mr. Dugas says he is going to
organize a company ami put up an
ice plant.
Mi. J. S. Speer gut bis dwel
ling flu shed and moved into it
last week.
Tourists have not been out
much. Nor won’t unless the
weather changes.
We heard of one farmer a few
days ago in this county plowing
with bis rain coat on.
Some the llural Carriers were
unable to make the full trip with
their mails last week on account
of the small streams that were as
large ns rivers. *
Col. West, President of the col
lege informs us that he expects a
large attendance at the coming ses
sion judging from the applications
that are coming in.
Tom Roberts got on the war
path at home the other night and
did enough to make Mayor
Moore believe the disturbance wi s
worth ten dollars and cost.
The weather has beon so unfa
vorable that the produce purchas
ers have beeti unable to visit the
farmers homes with money to buy
everything they have for sale, and
the farmers miss them.
The schedule of the Gainesville
& Dahlonega mail changed last
Friday, and the mail now leaves
Gainesville half an hour earlier
and will arrive here at 'J, so as to
give the Rural Carriers more time.
Uncle John Sain, who lias lived,
high up on the Blue Ridge for
many long years, will not likely
see Dahlonega or be away from
his home any more, as he is grow
ing feebler all the time and has to
send for bis pension check.
If the stormy weather doesn’t
cease many of the little children In
the couutry who live a mile or so
from a school house will not be able
to attend in this county. In many
counties the children are carried
to and from school in trucks, but
the bottom has about dropped out
of the roads in this section.
The four hours down pour cf
rain the other night came near
carrying off the bridge at Wim
py’s Mill when it destroyed the
abutment, and more rain fell af
terwards keeping the creek up so
that no work could be done on the
abutment until Monday morning,
stopping for several days the pas
sage of all vehicles.
Notwithstanding the heavy
rain Tuesday night it didn’t in
ter ere with the business of Mayor
Moore’s court. AH of the follow
ing were given ten ond cost: Joe
Woodward for being loo noisy
while dl inking ; Cliff Adams and
Charlie Tolbert for crap throwing,
and Fred AbeeSand Cariton John
son for allowing il to be done in
their place of business.
Saturday morning we heard a
fiddle, the one in charge was turn
ing out some fine old time music.
We first thought that maybe John
Carson bad conte to town. But
upon investigation found it to be
one of the Summer School teachers
interesting the other teachers with
a few tunes a while before the bell
wrang “for books.” We do not
know who it was but are satisfied
when he returns home and resumes
teaching if he will announce that
his school will open every morning
with music that none of his pupils
will be late.
Postmaster Fitts went to Macon
last week to attend the Postmas
ters convention, who enjoyed the
trip very much. We visited Ma
con once many years ago, and
found it to be a nice, clean, pretty
city, with broad streets and beau
tiful shade trees. Yes, aud large
mosquitos. Our skin was tender
then. Oh how they did enjoy
themselves. We know they did
because they would stick their big,
long bill deep into our face, like
a purchaser with his rod examin
ing a farmers bale of cotton, and
sing the loudest. But as man
grows weaker and wiser we sup
p >se it is the same way with those
mosquitos—have lost part of their
strength and voice.
See notice of Slate Teachers ex- j
animation in this issue.
A phone line has been built from
Dahlonega to the light plant out at
Cane Creek Falls.
“Coot” Rice ran up home front
Alabama but didn’t have time to
slay but a little while,
A visitor told us Monday after
noon that high priped board charg
ed here was hurting Dahlonega.
Prof. Amslor, who used to teach
in the College, came in this week
with his wife and twin baby boys
Mr. Tom London, formerly of
Lumpkin county but a resident of
North Carolina, is back on a visit.
Mr. Harry Summerour and Miss
id attic Gurley were married last
Monday night by Ordinary Towns
end.
We sell type writer and other
paper cheaper at the Nugget office
than it can be bought in Gaines
ville.
We met Mr. Mourty, of Tampa,
Fla., last week while he and liisl
wife were stopping at the Smith
House.
Messrs. G. W. yaughn, P. W.
’Vaughn, B. C. Vaughn, Cliford
Yarbrough aud Miss Margret
Vaughn, were all up a short while
from Williamson last Wednesday.
The wedding last Monday night
made two hundred couples the edi
tor of the Nugget have married.
Can any other editor beat this in
the way of weddings?
Jplficer Davis visited another dis-*
tiilery in Mill Creek District on
Monday and got the copper but
no one was present, ns only a night
shift was run at this place.
Mr. Henley Wimpy and crew
left early Monday for Woody’s
Gap to repair a wash out in the
road, damaged by the rains. It is
thought that the government will
soon take over this highway.
Sheriff Crawford, of Dawson
county, who is also Marshal of
Dawsonvtlle, informed us a few
days ago that the Mayor makes it
a rule to double the fines of de
fendants every time they come be
fore him.
The delegates who represented
tli2 Dahlonega Methodist church
in the District meeting at Monroe
this week besides Pastor Smith
were : Prof. M. C. Wiley, Mr.
Henry Burns, Mrs. M. G. Head
and Miss Mamie Jones.
There are two .electricans here
now from Akron, 0., working for
Mr. Tinker, who recently bought
the power plant. Mr. Pat Welch
and Mr. Geo. Pierce aro the lo
cal men. Wo all.feel proud that
we are going to have more light
on the subject.
We saw a right nice pair of
pants the other day that only cost
$1,50 here in Dahlonega, but it is
known to but few because noth
ing is advertised here scarcely, aud
people send off orders or go down
to Gainesville or up to Cleveland
whore they do advertise. The
big business that Sears, Roebuck
Co. do show that it pays to ad
vertise.
We are informed that the gov
ernment people are thinking of
building a 25 mile road from the
Woody Gap on top of the Blue
Ridge west. This will take in
Grassy Gap, Cooper Gap, High
tower Gup and all the rest of the
Gaps as far as the road extends.
Then tourists can enter this road
at different points, run along on
top and look at the grand natural
scenery on either side until their
eyes grow tired.
Hon. Jown W. Clark, the State
Pension Commissioner, who is a
candidate for reelectiou, having
spent Saturday night here, was in
to see 11s Sunday morning. He is
an old Civil War veteran. This
is the first time \vc bad ever met,
b it as Ordinary have done a lot of
business with him, which t has al
ways been pleasant. His oppo-
n.-at is also an old veteran. Both
went to the front in time of trou
ble and fought and suffered for
what they believed was right, and
wish it was so we could vote for!
I both.
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