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HOW’S YOUR CROP?
Mr. Farmer says his is growing, and you can see that it is.
WORK AND FERTILIZERS DID IT.
HOW’S YOUR BUSINESS CROP
MR. BUSINESS MAN?
IS IT GROWING, TOO?
You are furnishing the work for it every day.
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FURNISH THE FERTILIZER.
We have the highest grade, the kind to make things grow.
TRY IT NOW AND OFTEN.
Come to See Me. - - - Write to Me.
F R ANK REAGAN,
Editor and Publisher - - McDonough, Georgia.
Telephones : Office 23; Residence 15.
GOLO IN THE APPALACHIANS.
Success in Early Western Mining
Nlay be Largely Attributed to
the Adoption of Eastern Meth
ods and Mills.
In the early days of American his
tory the Appalachian Mountains
were noted for their deposits of
gold—in fact, very little was known
of gold anywhere else on ti e North
American continent, according to
Bulletin 293 of the United States
Geological Survey, entitled “Re
connaissance of Some Gold and Tin
Deposits of the Southern Appala
chians, by L. C. Graton.
When the early Spanish explor
ers came to America they were
shown by the Indians rich nuggets
and ornamets of gol l which came
from the southern Appalachian
region. Later, in the seventeenth
century, the Spanish mined for
gold in Georgia. During the
eighteenth century very little at
tention was given to mining any
where in the Appalachians, al
though it was supposed by some
that gold was found in North
Carolina before the Revolutionary
war.
Just at the close of that century
placer gold was discovered in Ca
barrus county. N. C.. and after that
prospecting was carried on with
considerable vigor. The first re
ported production from South
Carolina mines was in 1829 and the
gold produced was said to be worth
88,900. From that time until the
civil war mining was an important
industry ot' the region, and al
though the rich fields of California
lured many from these deposits of
lower grade, the indirect result of
the California excitement was a
stimulation of miuing activity in
riie East. Daring the war aud for
several years afler little gold min
ing was done in this section, but in
the seventies, eighties, and nineties
the condition of the industry im
proved. At the present time gold
mining in the central portion of the
Carolinas is not flourishing on ac
count of the decreasing supply of
free-milling ore and inability to
extract the gold from the lower
grade sulphide ore at a profit. Pro
duction will probably continue,
nevertheless, for many years.
A PRODUCER OF MUCH WEALTH.
Waldemar Lindgren, m his
‘•Notes on the Dahlonega Mines,”
published as a portion of Bulletin
293. states that the total production
of gold and silver in Georgia, from
the discovery of gold near Dah
lonega in 1828 to 1900, was between
sixteen and seventeen million
dollars, and of this amount the
largest portion was produced by
the mines of Lumpkin county, in
which Dahlonega is situated. The
total production' of gold in the
Appalachian States from 1800 to
1900 is considered to be $47,000,000.
For the last few years the total an
nual production has been about
8300.000. while the production of
Georgia has varied from 800.000 to
8130.000, the former figure being
recorded in 1903, The value of
gold and silver mined in Georgia
in 1910 was about. 820.000.
It is an interesting historical fact
that the earlier stamp mills of the
Rockies and the Sierra Nevada
were modeled after the successful
mills first set up and perfected in
the Southern States. Thp best gold
miners of the country, at that
time, were all t.h‘ »se of the Southern
States, and the success m mining
and milling gold in the Fai West in
these earlier days is largely to be
credited to these pioneers from the
South.
A copy of Bulletin2o3may be ob
tained on application to the Direc
t ->r of the Geological Survey. 'Wash
ington. D. C.
Locust Grove.
(Too I.ate for Last Week.)
A most delightful occasion was
the “Progressive 12” party given
by Miss Sadie Missie'Combs at- her
home Tuesday evening in h nor of
tier charming guest, Miss Nannie
Kate Rosser, of Hogansville.
Punch was served and a delicious
salad course. Those present were :
Misses Nannie Kate Rosser, Leone
MoVicker, Gussie Castellaw, Annie
Mae Williams. Carrie Lee Combs,
Lorena Combs. Floy Parr, Lois
Parr, Mat ie Joe Pitts, Esther
Smith, Hester Combs,Nannie Har
kins. Margaret Hetlin, and Eunice
| Ragsdale ; Messrs. Filbert Parr,
! Julian M’cKnight. Carey Ragsdale,
1 Lon Pitts, John Harkins. Jim Hub
bard. Bryant Hubbard, Ernest Col
vin, Lon Castellaw, and Mr. Merritt.
The prizes, boxes of candy, were
won by Miss Heflin and Mr. Pitts.
Misses Fannie Ellis and Lueila
I Midd lebrooks are visiting Mrs Clitf
Ellis at Woodstown.
John Harkins, yielding to the
magic influence of Locust Grove,
has given up his position in Macon,
and come back home to stay.
Miss Valley Pitts accompanied
her friend,Miss Ela Bedgood.on her
return toiler home in Arabi, and
will spend some time visiting her.
Misses Stella Gardner and Tretla
j Castellaw leave Finlay morning for
New York via Savannah, to study
; in the summer school of Columbia
t University.-
Mias Daisy Cray is home from
Meridian. Miss, where sin has been
teaching for the past several years.
Messrs. Filbert Parr, Julian Mc
: Knight, E. T. Peek, W. T Wall,
Stuart Combs. Woods Colvin, Mr.
and Mrs. E. !. Drtuvry, and Misses
Hattie and Nannie Wiggins were
guests at Indian Spring last Sund ty.
Mrs. Claude Gray and cbildrer
are on a visit to Mrs. Gray's mother
at Indian Spring.
Mrs. John Brown is visiting at
her old home. Lagrange, Gn.
Mr. and Mrs. Crnmbley, from At
lanta, are visiting their Castellaw
relatives in this community.
Mr. Lon Pitts spent last Sunday
very pleasantly at Juliette.
Mrs. Burl Bailey, from Jackson,
was the recent guest of her sister,
Mrs. Alex Price.
Mr. Jno. Snead is home from
Mercer, but will tarry in Locust
Grove only a few days. He returns
to Macon to fid a position there,
Mrs. W. M. Lewis, from Atlanta,
is the expected guest, at the home
of Mrs. R. F. Smith.
The younger set of young ladit $
j have farmed themselves into «
social (lnb. which they cull the
“T. E. C/ The first happy meet
ing was at the honteol Miss Bessie
Williams, on Jackson street. Much
pleasure and benefit is expected
I from T. E. meetings
Card of Thanks.
1 desire to express iny heartfelt
thanks to the good people of Mc-
Donough for the gqpd and kind
attention that was shown to my
loving and kind wife during her
sickness and death,and Ido tjjank
the good and kind ladies that were
so faithful and kind to her, and
may the good Lord bless them for
their good deeds, those that
watched over her till the blessed
Jesus came and took her to that
glorious home above, where I
hope some day to join her. •
W, A. White.
Twenty-One Pounds of Rice for
SI.OO at
W. B. J. Ingram Company.
Sheriffs Sale.
Georgia, Henry County.
Will be sold at the Court Mouse door in
the City of McDonough, Ga., in said
County, on the first Tuesday in July, 1911,
between the legal hours of sale to tin
highest bidder for cash, the following
property, to-wit:
One-fourth acre of land with houso
thereon, in the 7th land district of Henry
County, Ga., bounded east by Griffin road,
south by lands formerly owned by William
Groves, west by estate of William Groves,
and north by Fannie Crookshank’s place,
being the land sold by A. A. Lemon t<>
Fannie Latham. Levied on as the prop
erty of Wm. and Fannie Latham to satisfy
a fi-faissued from the Justice Court of
the 498th Hist. G. M. in favor of W ]).
Nelson vs. William and Fannie Latham.
Tenant in possession notified.
This May Ist, 1911.
A. C. Sowell,
d-'i’i, 4. Sheriff.
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