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The & Nugget
PUBLISHED EVFHY FRIDAY.
DAHLONEGA, Gl, NOV. 30, ’28.
Eno*r«il at tltc liHlilouriji, Cii. I’. O
ax Second CI»h» Mailer.
Official Organ of both City and
County.
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Last Thursday was Thanksgiv
ing. We are always thankful.
J. L. Fleming,Jan J, Emory’ stu
dent, lost hisdifejn ‘a fire recently
trying to save a trunk.
1/iquor and gas mixed jjon cars
take theJives of prohibition offi
cers same as any one else.
R. M. Cobb, a Justice of the
Peace down at Hawkinsville, Cn..
stands charged with killing a
man, thus exercising too much au
thority.
A man started off the other day
in search-of Santa Clause’s home
nt the North pole. Now why dis
turb Santa when he is preparing
presents to'make the children hap
py.
Those belonging to the Georgia
Automobile Association can buy
gas at many Service Stations at 2
per cent discount on the gallon.
Smith’s Service Station at Dalilon-
ega is one of them.
We suppose that while Mr. Hoo
ver is out enjoyiA'g himself
viewing the different countries will
have to make out on grape juice.
It’s a pretty cool drink too at this
seft9on of the year.
The Macon negro Conference met
in Forsyth, Ga. t last week. Of
course they were all well pleased
over the way many white people
voted w tli them recently in the
selection of a President.
.John Camron, who was convict
ed of killing ft policeman and es
caped fourteen years ago, was re
cently captured. Ho is now a rich
man ancV has nineteen years to
serve. This was in North Caroli
na.
Locals aiui Othei News.
The Tax Collectors
is in this issue.
No inan’*who diinks liquor Mr. Dugas is running the Find-
should lie appointed to^fill a prohi- icy Mine both day and night,
bition office. | Mrs . j dhu Ricku.-sj went down
1 lie first quart of strawberries t0 Florida ,i,j s week to see her son.
down in Florida last week brought
l ist rouJit! Ti e j ;i 1 is clear of all inmates
me moie time except the crazy
m n n ■
This week while tlie uieicury
was playing around 2o Col. Pruett
lost his overcoat.
\Ve learn tlint Mr. Frank Chris- awa y t - no biggest
tian lias bought the West farm
down on Clay Creek.
Tl ost school loys innnirg mile
races with nothing on excej t their
bathing suit- have found it light
chilly.
This is one year we never saw a
single chestnut in Dahlonega for
sale. The ground squirrels stored
portion of the
crop.
$1.25. An editor didn’t get it.
It was reported that Hoover
carried Dawson ebufity. The Ad-
verffserjsays that Smith got the
majority.
Receipts] show that the na- ‘" Those who wont frem Dahlonega
tional democratic committee 1 lie eclipse of the moon statC.-d t0 (jj.j 0 came back last week, re-
spent ^4,8q 5 - 7**” 7 during the late 1 uesday morning at 2 :15. lotal porting the weather pretty cold up
eampaign for Smith. at 3’ 2 6> at, d 5'5 0, there, too much so for a fellow
The Ninth District P. T. A. 1 Some of our farmers catried 1 from the Southland,
meets nt New Holland tomorrow at 1>or k , 0 Gainesville where they ou
tlie recreation building at 10 A. M. ]y got ten cents a pound tor it.
An interesting program has been ^ ^ ^ Wafd hag moved l0
pn pared. [ Clermout. He is a good
We wish to thank each and ev
ery one for the kindness shown us
All Georgia’s woods have been
full of hunters since the quail sea
son 0fienc ! the t9:h, and we have
been listening for several persons
to be shot or killed while out after
a fewHittle birds. It happens ev
ery season.
we noticed when an Indiana
man was cleared the other day he
hugged each woman juror. Now
the supposition is that all other
defendants are wanting a trial at
this term of the court. We would.
If a fellow happened to be found-
guilty lie might do a little hug
ging any way.
The election returns for Georgia
were nil received at the state cap-
itol last week and after the repub
lican, anti-Smith, Social, Cum-
nninionists were all consolidated,
the democratic majority was 30,-
234 votes. The democratic vote
in the stale uas i2c),0o’2, republi
fan 6342s, anti Smith 115,370,
Socialist 12! and Comnuinioni t
24.
during tne sickness and death of
our dear mother. Carrie and Nan-
cv Head, Mrs. Sallie Early, Mrs.
Annie Andersou.
One of the escaped conviets
from Habersham called at tli.c
Banks county convict camp and
called for food. lie Jsoon learned
to his sorrow that lie had gone to
the wrong pew.
We noticed where a negro was
iucited to break the law by a game
warden down in Florida and ilien
arrested. For which the warden
was fined $2$ and co^t. I he may
or did him right.
Jehn I)."Walker,^former head of
a chain] of lo7 South Georgia
Buks and once a member of the
state senate, was captured in New
York last week. So the usual lu
nacy trial may he expected.
Four carloads of auto tags have
been received by Secretary of State
Carswell for 1929. It being nec
essary for each cai 1 to have two.
Many failed to buy one. Do not
know what they will do about it
neAt year.
A negro undertook to make his
escape down at Columbus one clay
last week by leaping from a bridge
forty-five feet and seven inches
high. But he didn’t ruu on ac
count of breaking a wrist and
an ancle. A small pair ’of wings
would do him.
Some foolish fellow remained up
on a little platform about i7o feet
high in Atlanta from Monday un
til Saturday noon, both day [and
night, for five thousand dollars. A
Chinaman would have had more
sense than to exposed himself this
way.
An exchange says the loafer
should he taxed instead of the la
beling mail. They would then
fail to pay and he put on the in
solvent list, and lo trouble for
nothing. Unless some candidate
comes along and pivs it off so he
can vote for him. •
The white applicants for federal
positions hereafter will not have to
seek the endorsement of Ben Da
vis, the negro socalled State Cen
tral Republican Committeeman,
having resigned because Senator
Harris and some of the rest of
them insulted him in their speech
es during the campaign.
Mrs. Thompson, whose sen
tence of death was cr.mmuted last
citizen,
and we hate to give him up,
Mr. Fred Jones returned a few
days ago from South Georgia
where he found times fairly
good.
You will see by ad 011 first page
that Mrs. Lizzie West is selling
out. She is going to move up to
Clarkesville.
We aie asked about the expen
ses of holding the Justices election.
Not the comity because it is not
a ioufi'ty office.
There will he a box supper at
the Garnet school house Saturday
night Dec. 8th, to raise money for
a Christmas tree.
Mt. Gillard Cemetery will he
cleaned off on Saturday Dec. Sth
Everbody invited to come and
bring their dinneis.
Several of our citizens contribu
ted Mrs. Sutton money this week
to buy her some more corn, hav
ing lost hers tecently by fire.
City Marshal Watson arrested
Leslie Anderson, a dark complect
ed colored woman Tuesday night
charged with being tight, intoxi
cated and drunk,
Mrs. W. B. Townsend killed 2 tine
hogs this week and put tip tiven-
one pounds of pure pork sausage,
besides a whole lot of backbone
and sparerihs. And ye editor is
still hoarding there,
Mr. Jake Pruett had a corn
shucking recently. Our friend
forgot lo invite 11 s up to sing jolly
around the corn pile, and place our
feet under his table atul eat chick
en dumplings for him.
\\'e wcrelplea-ed to have a visit
from Prof. Krucu Ray and lady
from Clarkesville, last Tuesday.
The Professor is a J graduate of the
N. G. A. CffLge, and hns
been a member of the Faculty of
the Ninth Congressional School for
thirteen years.
At the Dah'cucga Cash Store—
Housleys, you will find Blue and
Red Tag Flour at $ Loo for 25
pound sack: Point Laco $1.46;
Sever Best $1.40; Four Rose $1.20.
Lard—Compound, i5 cents per
pound, and Pure 20 cents. Bacon
20 cents. Freight huffed from
Gainesville to Dahlonega at 25
cents per loo.
A while after sundown last Sab
bath the repoit- i 1 several pistol
by Gov. Hardman fof life, I shots’was to give notice that there
The death sentence of Eula El
rod Thompson, who was convict
ed of murdering Coleman Osborne,
a merchant in Mun ay'county, and
was to have been electroc. led last
Friday, was commuted for life.
Her husband and a negro have al
ready had to give their lives for
the same offense, lb was doubtless
believed by the Governor that two
lives for one was sufficient.
We are now able to hear from
all parts of the country except the
one ubove. It may be that St.
Peter will get a radio later so that
tlieunknri’
from. B
n world cm
1 ihni’t wu '.
i.oi to ..ei 1--
hare on earth
heard
; best
' 1 ir - : "• ■ .iglit
:-i ■ in. •> ,.b j.i and
iich a man::' r u hile
to bo side 1 racked j boru
and never see tlie place.
soon became engaged to inirfy D.
C Harrison, Atlanta newsagent,
meeting for tLo first time only a
fe.v weeks ago. Mrs. Thompson
said Harr.son is the only man she
over loved or ever will love.
Adjutant General Homer G.
PaiUcr, Atlanta, has completed
individual li'cord cards for t'no
Wo: 1 1 War soldiers
the State of Georgia
proposes to furnish each county
with a list of its soldiers within a
reasonable length of time gratis, if
desired. Lumpkins has been ap
plied for.
John W. Wright, colored, has
been made county treasurer of the
county in which Topeka, Kansas,
i it rated, Chicago sends a c lrr-
ed ir-n to c< t’grev. and i’> m D; vis
red ■ 1 5. ' 1 e ! 1 • r - * • •>,
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Ilenud-Jouroa'. Didn . r.
negro have his wife along?
was a (ire in town, which proved
to h_- the roof of Mr. Nix’s house,
down in the lo.ver part of town
which had caught from a spark
falling 011 it from the chimney.
The Fire Company responded hut
so in el oily was up on the house and
had thi) fne extinguished with
buckets of water tiom the well lie-
accredited to! fore the hose coiffd he connected
by counties, up
Rev. A. C. Johnson returned
from the State Baptist Convention
a few days ago. As Mr. Johnson
does not talk jolilics we failed to
a k him if the body passed any res
olutions thank ing the Lord for the
election of Mr. Hoover like the
Methodists did. We have been
watchTg to see u: Pear if any of
W. A. HOUSLEY
Shoe and Harness Shop.
Bring YoulWork.
Next to store of John IT. Moor© Sc Son
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There are lots of ’possums being
caught now and sold and take the
place of chickens. But wu do not
take any 'possum. Wili wait un
til a new crop of chickens got ripe.
Prof. Vickery took the flu soon
after his wife recovered and was in
a few days. But lie is hack ns us
ual in the College room discharg
ing hi? duties as he Las been do
ing for many long years.
If the fai-mersin Lumpkin equi
ty would sow more of tlieii land in
grain, like older ones used to and
then turn the land after harvesting
time, they would enrich the soil,
save buying so much high priced
guanoaud make just as much or
more.
Groceries are being sold and
delivered to our merchants by a
wholesale house in Gainesville
now. If our old merchants, who
did business here years ago, when
it took a week or ten days to or
der and get their goods from At
lanta, coiffd wake up, wouldn’t
they be surprised to find that such
goods can he gotteu in less Ilian an
hour now?
C7ne day last week here when the
thermometer registered 41, some
of the boys went up on Neel’s Gap
and found ice where a day’s sun
bail not melted it. This shows
Imw much cooler it is on tlie Blue
llidge than it is down here,
being a most delightful place in
the summer. You might take a
man who h ul been on a protracted
spree, tired of drinking water and
let li m go up there and take in
some of that pure fresh air and lie
would get the desired relief and
return to the low lands perfectly
happy.
We used to print a college pa
per for the students, which took
nearly as much time and trouble
to get it out as the Nugget, al
though it was not near as large
It was caused by having to refer
to the dictionary often to see that
every word in it was light and
proper. \\ u had to have it arn't.
And-in speaking of a person’s
parents it had to he papa and ma
ma. Now if we happen to set it
up ain’t, or dad or mam fir the
Nugget every bedy knows what
is meant and the sun rises in the
east and sets in the west just the
same.
On Friday Mr. George Moore
phoned up that some one had tak
en his Ford c\r from where it was
standing in front of the Bank at
j Gainesville and left out In a
very sliott while Sheriff II ms-
ley ami (J unity Policeman
Davis heard of thu car and two or
three occupants/ in a westerly
direction of Dahlonega. They
started and traced the parties as far
as Kllijay, where it was learn
ed that the parties were traveling
too fast and so far ahead that they
could hot he overtaken, when the
officials turned their car towards
Dahlonega .and were soon back at
home. Upon hearing of the car
the next day the officers went out
again. Tiffs time they found the
car in Daw son county and at rested
Arthur Strickland one ot the par
ties who had been seen in the un
to. Arthur informed the officers
that the parties went 12 miics the
other side of Kllijay and in pass
ing he ).vi asked to ride and not
kr.o.1 i' lj4 . it it was stole n ncccj t-
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I ana headquarters for CLO’111ING in Dahlonega. If I have not
the color.'style ami size you want in stock I 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 a line of samples.
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I will sell you clothing as cheap as you oan buy it nny where
for cash. Satisfaction guaiantecd. I will appreciate your busineiB.
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