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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1895
Page
3
The column records a tax registration reminder, weather quirks, and assorted notices. It notes a Tax Collector Bhack closing books, mentions Moore Bros. in Gainesville Ga, and lists residents such as Mrs. James Glen in Nacoo chee visiting Kemmer. It reports Joel Coffee of Lula cleared in a grand jury arsony case and Mr. Joh Baker’s return from Detroit with mining investments near Cleveland.
A local seller announces numerous mules available for sale with good security and low cash prices. The listings promise quick availability and mention a Cinco de Mayo timeframe for bringing the stock to town.
Sheriff Brown of White county visited our town pursuing Frank Hunter who is wanted in his county. A number of local notes include marriage by Rev. W. R. Power and a correction about John D. O Kelley, plus welcome news of W W Price from Columbia S C settling in Cleveland and his connection to Col Price of Dahlonega.
The White Creek correspondent reports on social tensions as the new year begins. Gossip mentions a bachelor, potential suitors, and mockery from the girls. Weather notes include high water, deep mud, and cold conditions. Joe Chapman moves to Jackson county. Chas Ervin and Ed Barrett reach Tidion Perpitoey and report all well.
The Quarterly Conference for the Porter Springs Mission was held at Loudaville last Saturday. Presiding Elder Underwood preached two sermons. Rev. Wm. Spencer of Porter Springs attended. Sr. C. Crespo gave candy to the young people. Jim Adams of Mossy Creek visited. Mrs Evaline Ash moved from Lumpkin county to join Mr. Tom Clark’s household. Marshall Helton traveled to Lumpkin county for business. The piece questions church turmoil and vows to seek God at the altar.
A dated state describes damaged church conditions with broken window panes and a poorly arranged stove pipe causing smoke. The piece questions allowing owls and bats to take over God’s house, likening it to ancient Jerusalem.
Mr S N Black compiled county voter lists last Monday with about 140 names registered. Registrations are weaker in Nacoochee Blue Creek and Chattahoochee districts. totals by district include Town Creek 63 Blue 46 Mossy 122 White 58 Chattahoochee 20 Nacoochee 72 Tesnutere 77 Cleveland 1 Blue Ridge 28 for a county total of 698. Names may be struck by registrars disabling certain voters.
The Blue Creek budget scene includes moves by Messrs Winn and King to their steam mill site and Mr Ras Henderson relocating to Cornelia. A infant child of Robert Edwards died last Saturday and a Beaufort-related blaze where a child narrowly escaped and Mrs Moore was burned. A noted raid by R D Pruitt and Lee Potts followed actions by Blue Creek youths. A wedding occurred as Will Ervin of White Creek wed Miss Sarah Gibb y of Habersham.
ILvinson Winkler was bitten by his own dog last week. Sanderson Smith, son of IL P Smith, fell from a log and dislocated his hip. CG Tate bought a young mare from W D Harkins. Rev C Spence purchased a farm from T J Winkler. J M Dyer and Coke Allison are at Young Harris chopping cordwood. A lively school started at Antioch Monday. Mrs Kate Seabolt and children are ill. Mr and Mrs Allison visit their daughter at Young Harris. Blue Ridge expects few votes as many failed to register.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions McEiree's Wine and Cardus with Thedford's Glack Draught tied to a White County line, referencing a merchant context and incomplete item list. No clear event or outcome is readable.
Town Creek notes visiting Blue Ridge residents Mr David White and wife and Miss Teenie Davidson of Loudaville. Miscellany includes thanks to a kind friend for sweat bread, a shovel incident, weekly snuit box, Kings ton move, a returning sweetheart, illnesses improving, mining expert Chahoon at Nacoochee, and scant TV mentions. Quarterly meeting at Loudsville, Mr Overseer questions, Uncle James Allison praised, efforts of local farmers, and a brisk social scene among young folks on Sunday night.
Mining news reports John Thurmond unearthing a rich gold vein near Parks in Georgia. The vein runs five feet wide, with quartz ledge, decomposed sand and promising yield. Thurmond plans a stump mill to crush the ore. Also updates on Salt Mountain Asbestos, canal repairs after a landslide, Longstreet mine progress, and notable local figures including Col. H S Benjamin and Prof E T Whitley recovering.
A Confederate era note explains a grading mistake in D T Payne s exam for teaching license. The grader says seven questions appeared in English Grammar but only six were present, misnumbered as five one and seven, leading to an incorrect division. After correcting the error Payne would have qualified, and the writer asserts Payne s competence independent of patrons.
Send your collars cuffs and shirts to W. Leons Laundry in Gainesville and get them back like new. Shirts ten cents and dollars two cents cuffs and collars de.
The New Year finds Wood's Sarsaparilla leading in three main areas. It claims the world’s largest sale, the greatest cure, and the greatest laboratory. Its celebrity and virtue are noted as unique, with Hood’s Sarsaparilla also praised for effectiveness.
Charles Roberts Tal Jmund Roberts and Joseph Maury et al petition the Superior Court of Bald County for incorporation as Nacoochee Hills Gold Mining Company. The plan covers purchasing and owning property in White County Georgia, mining gold and other metals, constructing mills and factories, and operating mills and associated works. The group seeks power to acquire, build, lease, and run real and personal property and ancillary facilities for mining and manufacturing.
Petitioners seek to form a corporation in White County Georgia named Capital Steel of Education to engage in manufacturing trading and development of lands and property. The charter authorizes extending corporate power including borrowing issuing bonds and increasing capital up to 500 000 with initial paid in capital 100 000 and a principal office at NaNe Valley White County. The petition asks for twenty year corporate life with renewal and authority to establish additional offices as needed.
An old advertisement offers Blood Balm Co products from Atlanta Georgia. It claims blood and skin cures and urges readers to send $1 for a free bottle or $5 for six bottles with freight prepaid. The ad includes a book of wonderful cures and asks readers to advertise in another column.
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