Historic Finds Spotlight Gold Wealth In White County
A Progress representative spoke with J. Lumsden, famed local miner, recalling 1880s finds near his property seven miles from town. He described 900 pennyweights from a small trench in two hours and 3,500 pennyweights mined in two months, plus large nuggets including 41 and 307 pennyweights. Lumsden asserts vast gold potential remains with proper funding.
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J. 2. Lumsden
Tuk
Mr. Lumsden
Arave
Mgr
Lumsden
John Yharmond
Whit
White & McGee
White County
Linusden
County Board Meeting Debates Jail Bridge and Hall Work
The County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday and approved several orders. They discussed building a new bridge over the creek beyond A. M. Dean's, planned hall floor replacement, and night doors to the courthouse hallway. A $4 reward was offered for proof identifying the person who used the courthouse hall for a nuisance a few nights ago.
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County Board of Commmissioners
A. M. Dean's
Court House
Curious Custom Among Road Workers Reported In County
An envious local custom has emerged this year where tardy road workers are chastised by fellow laborers. If an overseer sets a start time and workers miss it, late hands receive punishment while the overseer may also be targeted for arriving late, indicating a strict, informal discipline practice on the road crews.
Unclear fragment on old punitive custom and rituals
Fragmentary text describes a group practice where one or two elders administer punishment with a hickory to a man bent over a log. Mentions a few prices and a custom believed to exist in a few places. No clear individuals, dates, or locations identified.
Nearly One Hundred Oldest Man Henry Turner of White County
Henry Turner, about two miles from town, is the oldest man in White County. If he lives until July he will be 98 years old. He is very feeble but persists in trying to do some farm work. He is a veteran miner who has yielded thousands of pennyweights of gold in the county.
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White County
Henry Turner
Tie
Arrest of Boy on Theft Charges in Lutsden Court
Constable Sylvester Allen of Justice Lutsden's court arrested a small colored boy named Thary Brown on Stan day, charging him with stealing coin from William Lawrence and with other petty thefts. Brown was jailed for detention, alleging a white informant urged the act.
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Sylvester Allen
Fire threatens mill near town as workers save building
A fire nearly destroyed a local mill four miles from town on Saturday. Henry Crumley was awake at a kiln when flames spread from burning stalks to the mill, burning a post but the prompt work of nearby bystanders saved the structure.
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Henry Crumley
Castleher
Fire Ravages Cirove House in Clarkesville
Early Friday morning a blaze at the Cirove House in Clarkesville, owned by Dr. Ed P West, destroyed the structure. Firefighters reported the pie fire discovered around 4:50, with 43,000 in house and furniture lost and all guest valuables ruined. cause remains unknown.
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Cirove House
Chirkesville
Ed. P. West
Westbound Youth Steals Money and Items from Father
Fifteen year old Playa Irvin of White Creek appropriated a sizable sum and several articles from his father G D Irvin. He fled toward Atlanta with pistols and a Winchester rifle, but was pursued through Athens to a paint shop named Roms where he was overtaken and brought home by Saturday.
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Playa Irvin
G. D. Irvin
White Creek
Atlanta
West
Athinta
A Strange Hog In Towns County Tale
A local report describes a peculiar hog owned by George McPall. The aged animal, said to be a year old, allegedly has four front hoofs with hard projections near their centers and four rear hooves like a hog.
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Towns
Dave
Joe Underwood
George McPall
A Happy Marriage in Lund as Leona Underwood Weds Dr Norton
Leona Underwood daughter of Dr J W Underwood and Dr J E Norton were married at the residence of Dr A P Underwood with Rev W R Power officiating. The couple, popular in the county, begin life together as a physician couple and are cheered by many friends.
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Lund
Marriing
Leona Underwood
J. W. Underwood
J. E. Norton
W. R. Power
A. P. Underwood
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promise of a Past Health
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a cure asserting the past guarantees the future health. It urges readers to trust the product's proven effect rather than words and repeats a convincing claim that Hood's cures ailments.
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Hood
Local notes mix with cures and court notices
Local items report April Fools Day not observed, court week in Cleveland, Road work, and Rev Power’s pastoral call. Notices announce guardian appointments, land sales, and pension exams. Vendor ads include Parks cures and millinery by Mrs Price, with community events and school updates compiled from Cleveland and Rabun County observers.
For sale a beautiful buggy and a fine Cornish organ
We have a beautiful buggy and a fine Cornish organ for sale up this office on terms at which anybody can buy. Call and see about them if you want a buvey or an organ.
Satirical Noise and Town Gossip Echoed in Monday Night
In a lively Monday night, residents described odd sounds resembling saw mills and railroad engines. The chatter mentions locals Freeman, Siammourd, Kytle, Kentner, Underwood, Norton, and Parks amid hints of a growing county mining boom and a judicial air over Plat Ordinary.
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Freeman
Siammourd
Cleveland
George Kytle
Dr. Kentner
Town Creek Topics and Local Notes
Town Creek section reports miners prospecting in nearby mines and notes on the Spring term public school led by J Ed Stancel. Miss Nora and Martha Palmer from near Cleveland visited relatives, with a Sunday School at Lood's chapel. Loudaville correspondent quips about Rev Robert and Bob Allen, while Maguire G I Allen and wife visited Loudsville and nearby households.
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Town Creek
J. Ed, Stancel
Political Balance After Saturday Trip and Meetings
Ed Staneel paid Cleveland a business trip Saturday. J.S. Satterfield provided the boys with an avail splitting list Saturday. The present division of the U S government is peculiar with an administration that is democratic the house Republican and no party has no majority in the senate. For two years neither party will bear sole responsibility for elective measures. The senate holds a Republican plurality while the Populists control the nomination of power and can shift influence to either major party.
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United States
House of Representiatives
Senate
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promotes Spring Restoration
Don’t put it off The necessity of spring medicine is universally admitted This is the best time of year to purify the blood restore appetite and build up the system Hood's Sarsaparilla is popular for real merit and success It cures scrofula salt rheum and all humors biliousness dyspepsia headache kidney and liver complaints and catarrh with low vitality Take Hood's Sarsaparilla now for benefit
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Waniny
Hood
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Cleveland Progress
Cleveland, GA
W. . Prive
Clarkesville
Saly
Tins Progress Office
7. J. Nichols
Nacoochee Vadley
Nm Athiutta
C. Crespo
Clevel
A. Allison
Blairsville
We A. Parks
Vicksburg
Lafayette Arendale
Rabun County
Sheriff Brown
M. O. Giletrip
de. AL 2. Underwood
Frank Nix
Willow
Trost Henderson
Leaderson Please
Hota
Fai
Sam
W. W. Purer
Clevelund
Cleveland — Frea
Belllis
Free School
County Board of Education
Kytle
TH. B. Underwood
Mary KE. Ienson
James A. Ash
G. W. Shuter
W. BR. Power
Cleveland Baptist Church
Justice Court
S.C. Dinkins & Co
Gimnesville
NoFiree
Gardui
Pleasuee
Parks
Parks’ Sure Core
W. W. Prien
Chavinano
Toelnee
Ieee Ak Ne Eco Rem Pe
Weiss Sal
Norton
Oper Geovent
J. A. Cantrell
James Haines
Nacasechee
Nora
Martha Palmer
Isaood
Lood’s Chapel
J. N. Nix
Lampkin
Loudaville
Robert
Bob Allen
Maguire G. I, Allen and Wife
Loudsville
Iaving
Piedmont
H. J. Brandon
Gainesville, Ga
Ed Staneel
J.S. Satterfield
Ayer
James Way
Livery Stable
Roseville
Cal
Peice
Newy
Quaker City
Richmond, Indy
Georgia
Edwards
Bersie A. Bare Vett
Tle
Avid
Wilwarda
Bessie A. Barrell
Ordinary
Cipation
George W. Shulay
Janes A. Ash
J. H. Freeman
H. B. Underwood
Mary Ki. Henson
J. HH. Preeman
WicElree
Cardus
Thedford
H. A. Jarrard Cleveland
Northen
J. W. H. Underwood
Kor White Co
Wrenn
Ulant System
Savannah
B. Craven
HH. Perry
Gainesville
Dahlonega
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