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HOME JOURNAL, Perry, Ga., Thursday, Jan. 11, 1951
NELL’S RESTAURANT
I Mow Under Management of
1 MR. & MRS. R. E. SMITH
Our Friends in Perry
and Vicinity Are Invited
To Come By To See Us.
NELL’S [RESTAURANT
AT SAME LOCATION
1012 Ball St. Perry, Ga.
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It’s your cheapest insurance against moisture,
rot, decay and insect damage
You save hundreds of dollars clean and dry, has no lasting
in repair bills when you use odor. It puts an end to year-
Pcata-protected lumber for after-year expensive replace
foundation timbers, framing ment of water-rotted or insect
and sheathing ... in every part riddled timbers. Lumber treated
of the building that is exposed with moisture-resistant Penta
to attack by wood-destroying in- WR resists shrinking, swelling,
sects or rot damage from mois- warping, checking—and can be
ture or weather. painted perfectly. Call today
TOLLESON LUMBER CO.
Retail Sfore-Bti: St. Phone 15
Pit Your Equipment
In Tip-Top Condition
With Genuine I-H Parts
BATTERIES disk
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Get ready now for the season ahead- Hard, knife-sharp IH disk blades las
Install a new IH battery-buik to de- longer-do a better, faster job on th.
liver strong current and to hut a long toughest of soils. Get set now for th.
time. scason abeacL
I dl ||| OH^HITIRS
Protect your tractor engine
Ifrom metal-wearing dust and
rjs - dirt with quick-absorbing IH
oil filter elements. Change
them regularly, and be safe.
| brake bands and
BIfIFIfTONS Lllllll«^<®g& k
and Slave I ©]|
Give your Farmall Trac- '•
tor added power and vk~~~- V W
save on fuel costs with a a /iffifv'
matched set of IH Pis- 8 ®
tons and Sleeves. Install | —_|||
a set and be ready for | \ o o H S
the season ahead. | V|R| °
1 If your tractor brakes slip.
| chatter or grab, it's time lor
g a new set of bands or l.n.ngs,
h 3 Jp' have a complete stock.
| ANDREW TRUCK & TRACTOR CO.
Farmall Tractors - International I rucks
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| asos&iA war: health n| |
(MOTORIZED FOR HEALTH— The Georgia Department of Public Health Is prepared to take part of Its.
service througtout the State with a mobile testing unit (Inset) equipped to test citizens for five different
diseases and physical abnormalities. Shown above, In one of the unit’s testing stations, are, left to right,
| Dr. T. F. Sellers, Director, State Health Department; M. J. Hickey, Health Department Chief X-ray Tech- ,
= I niclan who designed the huge trailer; and Governor Herman Talmadge, shown giving the unit’s keys to the .
I designer following an Inspection tour. fj
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Georgia One oi First States
To Carry on Gold Mining
BY GUS BERND
Historical Assistant, Ottice ot
Secretary of State
Georgia was one of the first
states of the Union in which
commercial gold mining was car
ried on. It is not known when
the first bits of gold were re
moved form the hills of North
SGeorgia. Whether it was by a!
I white man, a Cherokee, or by a
; member of some departed race j
of ancients is all part of the un- '
known past.
It seems logical to believe that
the Cherokee Indians must have'
found and become familiar with i
the precious metal in someway.
The discovery and mining of
gold in Georgia is generally as- ■
sociated with the area about Dah
donega in northeastern Georgia.
The name Dahlonega comes from
the Indian language and means
‘yellow money’ or ‘yellow metal. ’
= Thus more reason to believe the j
Cherokees knew there was gold (
in the hills and streams of their
homeland.
In 1826, before the beginning
of commercial operations in the
gold fields of Northeast Georgia,
1 cold was discovered near the
present town of Villa Rica in
Carroll County in western Geor
gia. The name Villa Rica mean
\ ing ‘cit yof riches’ was thus ap
i| plied. The Villa Rica mines never
' proved as profitable as those
' near Dahlonega.
White County Fair
There has long been a contro- i
versy as to where the first great
strike in northeastern Georgia
occurred. The claim that history
tends to accept is that of White
** County, since cut from Lumpkin
ie nr ’d Babe-sham Gold was found
fV mre on Duke’s Creek, the .old
come for Nacoochee River, in
.Tiilv 1829. Discoveries were made
in Lumnkin County at about the
samo time: and the old John C. j
Calhoun mine lust south of Dab- \
lenorrq vrq s soon opened. If, be. 1
came one of the richest gold |
mines in America- about sour 1
millions in the yellow metal be- !
ing taken from jt. Senator rS]. I
houn, the South Carolina nullifi- I
cation leader, came over with
his slaves and ran the mine for a
number of years.
,tortmr ouo l ''n?nm-y? /■-trcti-w'-'’
mine was first closed as being |
Many years after the Calhoun
| f-raham Dimas made a strike
wH-i- tie thought was a
j profitable - 'ein and celebrated h ,r
ndiri te F'nrida m a eold-nlated
V rutomoh’le, r>nv hi = bubble soon
)] I'urst "'her the vein proved not
' to Kp substantial. Manv famous
nponle. including the late Samuel
«J. Tilden who h°d the n r esid O r ntr J
stole from him in tggn. ononod
gold mines in the Dahlonega
area. The Bario wmmes is said
to have furnished about seve n
million dollars worth-of co’d. Be
fore the discovery of gold in
California, the Georgia mines
" r or e considered among the
'■•orld’s richest.,
Lawless Elements
cia in substantial quanties and
j the influx of people to the area
following the spread of the news
in 1829-30 is tied in historically
with tlje Cherokee Indian ques
tion. There was a stampeded of
lawless elements of the w’hite
population into the Cherokee
I Country in search of gold. The ,
! agitation for removal of the In- ,
idians proved irrestible. Gover
! nor George R. Gilmer tried to
i handle the situation by having
Kho legislature pass laws for re- '
; filiation and by requiring white
•settiers of the area to secure re-'
permits.
This method of control proved j
ifutile as many of the people
.would not obey Georgia’s laws.
| i’hus began the famous Supreme
Court cases of Cherokee Nation
: vs, Georgia and Worchester vs.
i Georgia. Whe n Wilson Lumpkin
; became governor he moved fas
ter than Gilmer. With the final |
j removal of the Cherokees in,
(‘B3B. the United States Govern-I
merit established a mint at Dah-j
,; nega. It was operated suecess
i fully until the outbreak of the
|War in 1861 when it was seized by
the Confederates.
Dahloneva and the old mining!
town of Nuckollsville or Auraria
nrsrby were in ante-bellum days
wide-open mining towns amid a
"'amorous setting. Mountain
bandits ocassionally made raids
j-ard shot up the town. Whiskey,
gambling, and fighting were
icommonly mixed in an unciviliz
ed way in this early Georgia
1 gold-rush atmosphere.
1843 Best Year
The year 1843 seems to I
been the peak year at the old
mint, more than a half million
dollars being coined that year.
In total production of gold over
the years Georgia ranks second
the South to North Carolina.
"'Tor- than <U7.500,0n0 dollars
j worth of the metal hnd been tak
-1"“ w, m Georgia’s field prior to
, World War I.
I /' TV, ong oddities of gold-seek
ling in Georgia is the apparently
jauthentic story of th" finding of'
| ‘■mall o'o-nc of gold ooeasional- j
I’v on the grounds ahont the j
I Lumpkin Countv courthouse, and
I r;"npoi a l] v V.O-H r.poitT-'fS
T ’rior to the W - r Retween the
j manv companies for the
mining of gold p,nd other mota 1 s
were formed in Georgia. Th°v
~ror|f"d ppcejal nrivileeec;
and the"p was much promotion
’oi-ongcanda too. The Georgia
pf th" perio'd d’’d
t'-e.r. nrrf nod left no stone u* 1 -
'••-ned m the of keeping
u "fore TJpe]o the necessity
o' the mint at Dah
-1 one <ra r, old had beennae scarce
m D-o State hef ore jf>f;j. an d the
" n r did not dron the curtain too
"oen on the glamorous part o c
"old mining in Georgia.
has heen sone recen+
mining of gold in Georgia on a
barely paying basis; and hope
springs eternally in many brests
for another great strike. How- j
metallic. About a dozen counties •
in the State have shared in Geor- ■
gia’s production of gold since the I
discoveries of the 1820 s. J
Trie Cocke Calls j
For China Bombing ;
ATLANTA (GPS) Back in j
,his native state after a whirl- «
wind speaking tour across the ,
nation, Georgia’s Erie Cocke. Jr., *
of Dawson, National Command
er of the American Legion, did
some straight-from-lhe-shoulder
talking to his homefolks.
Speaking before Atlanta’s
Iborthside Kiwanis club, the 29-
\ear-old World War II veteran
called for removal of all re
| strictions under which Gen.
jDouglas MacArthur has been
fighting. Said Commander Cocke
“The United Nations forces
must be authorized to bomb
China and do anything else
necessary to r’lofoat the enemy
and protect themselves. ... As
it is now our commanders in
Korea cannot bomb China; can
not blockade Chinese ports; can
mot use weapons and tactics
necessary to support their es-
I forts to defeat the Communists
?nd stay alive.
"The United Nations must im
mediately give General MacAr- ;
|thur full authority to do what
ever is necessary to defeat the
enemy and protect UN troops.
That includes bombing China. If
the UN does not do so, the Pres- 5
ident of the United States should
reject such restrictions and or
der General MacArthur to go
ahead without UN sanction,’’
Two Georgia 4-H’ers
Win State Honors in
Achievement Program
Charles S. Ward Adrian Short
STATE-WIDE recognition has
been accorded Charles S. Ward,
17, Cairo, and Adrian Short, IC,
Chipley, for having a brilliant
record of achievement in 4-1
I Club work. Each recc tved an r
ttstic pair of statues symbob-
I achievement from the Na
| Committee on Boys and O
Chib Work.
Charles, in his five years
chib work, has completed 45 r
ects including soil conservat
forestry, field crops and lives!
He has given 21 individual < ,
castrations, and has made
county, five state, and two
tional exhibits. In 1 719 b
district and state winner in
conservation, and in 1949 retc
two trophies at the All-Amoi
Jersey show in Columbus, O
The youth also received mod:
for his work in gardenir", dais
projects and rural
In 1949 he was club leader and
he has been a junior loader tvc:*y
other year since 1946.
During seven years o f ebb
work Adrian has completed <sl
projects, given 47 speeches ,r.r !
made 285 district and 69 ?; ■
exhibits. In 1950 she has b i
state winner both In project
achievement and in bread con
(test. She won a trip to the poul
try science club Short Course,
and she won a college scholarship
for General Excellence. Adrian
wants to be a Home Demonstra
tion Agent and her 4-H achieve-
HOTBED OOMSTKUCTION
Since most crops require fre
quent moving of hotbeds as a
sanitary precaution against dis
ease, it is more economical to
use wood in constructing the
teds. For construction of wood,
it is preferable to use boards two
inches i n thickness.
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ii MACHINE SHOP and GARAGE i
i TRUCK BODIES BUILT i
<i « i
Wrecker Service
: Complete Line of Hardware
; and Auto Parts ;;
: LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE MOVING 1!
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| Phone 42 Perry, Ga. •!
General and Specialized i|
WELDING and REPAIRING ji
All Makes Tractors, Internal Combustion I;
Engines and Farm Machinery ;j
\ J. C. HELLER & SONS \
£ 1-4 Mile South, Perry, Ga., Hwy. 41
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WE ARE OUT FOR MORE BUSINESS! !
We carry a full line of Hardware in addition
to Groceries, Fruits, Candies and all kind
of Chicken and Hog Feed.
Keep warm this winter; cover the outside of
your house with Brick Siding. It keeps the
house warm, preserves the lumber and
takes the place of paint.
We carry Brick Siding, Roofing. Nails, Wire
Fence and a thousand other items.
Give us a trial!
J. V/. Bloodworth
Groceries, Hardware and Feed
Phone 94 Perry, <.«.
WINTERTIME is
OVERHAUL time
Machinery Care is Part of Good Farming ,
After a heavy season particularly If your tractor is -
several seasons old —a complete overhaul will make
your engine work “like new.” This is the best time of
year to have your tractor overhauled
BECAUSE
t
• We can give you faster service
• You can spare your tractor now
• You won’t have to wait next spring
• You reduce the chance of a breakdown during
rush seasons
Our factory-trained mechanics work on your tractor.
Schedule your job by phone, or stop in and talk to us.
(auss cHf iB/lERs')
Every Saturday NBC SALES AND SE RVICE J
GRAY-WALKER
TRACTOR COMPANY
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EXCITED ANIMALS
DON’T BLEED
At the time of killing a hog,
the animai should not be unduly
excited. Badly excited animals
do not bleed out thoroughly.
Consequently, tne meat is likely
to be bloody. Such meat looks
bad and spoils easily.
