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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
2
Heat claims 40 children and seven adults in New York dominate grim national tolls while Georgia debates taxes and reforms. The Good Roads Convention is set, indictments pass, and legislators clash over income tax, tick eradication funding, and appointments. A Taft club forms in Lumpkin County amid racial tensions and political rowdiness. An attack at Arlington Hotel ends with a suspect jailed after a window escape.
The item notes Dahlonega will get a bakery and reports on a Denver visitor Mr Goodwin testing a simple gold ore process in Georgia. It describes his 52 years of mining experience and aims to prove a scalable method for extracting gold in the state’s belt, potentially elevating Georgia as a gold producer.
A list of premiums for county agricultural displays in the Ninth District is announced. Awards include wagons, plows, and buggies from Atlanta and nearby firms for top corn yields and largest ears, with counties Rabun Towns Union Fannin White Lumpkin Pawson Gilmer Pickens. Cash prizes to follow with officer selection by local citizens.
By request of H B Jackson chairman the Taft Club of Georgia invites all Lumpkin county Republicans to meet at the court house on August 14 the second Saturday at 10 o clock for organizing a Lumpkin Taft Club. All who wish to join invited regardless of past affiliations. Signed B F ANperson executive committee member 9th District Georgia.
The Wimpy and Anderson families express gratitude to the people of Ficklin Georgia and Dahlonega for aid during illness and the burial of a son and brother. They remember the kindness with a tender pledge in their hearts and thank the community for support at home and during funeral exercises.
Resolutions from Blue Mountain Lodge No 88 F and A M honor James F Head born March 14 1837 in Hall County Georgia died May 23 1909 after over three score and ten years. He served as a Confederate soldier in Georgia and was Lumpkin County Tax Collector in 1876. The lodge notes he was a loyal Mason husband father and citizen and pledges a memorial page and sympathy to his family.
Georgia Lumpkin County administrators sale under Fulton County court order of 1909. Mary P Harris deceased. Undivided half interest in Land Lots 199 6th Dist Ist Sec 160 acres and 1064 12th Dist Ist Sec 40 acres. Also half mineral interests in Lot 11380 12th Dist Ist Sec 40 acres and Lot 177 5th Dist 1st Sec 40 acres. Cash terms.
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