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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1909
Page
2
A Friday issue from Dahlonega Georgia reports on national politics, census numbers, and local incidents. It notes 65,000 volunteers needed for the next U S census, a girl allegedly choked by gum, school-teacher pay prospects, and local politics with new aldermen potential. Also covers a fatal dance accident, a mob killing, pension rolls, weather blizzard chatter, and Dahlonega Collegian launch.
A former contributor recalls a mock plan to import cats to fight plague in the Philippines and jokes about old maids. He narrates a personal misadventure with a self administered disinfectant and reflects on Filipino behavior, labor, and social habits, ending with notes on a recent American wedding and local life.
The Premium List reports awards granted by the committee across Rabun Towns Union Fannin White Lampkin Dawson Gilmer and Pickens counties for top yields and implements in fairs. Honors include B M Cox White county for heaviest 25 ears up land corn and a 2 horse hickory wagon. C M Courtney White for second heaviest 25 ears bottom land corn. J M Bell Rabun for heaviest ear of corn. W E F Brittain Union for a heavy pumpkin stock. and other prizes for cabbage apples turnip sweet potato and more. Premiums may be readjusted due to contest rules on multiple prizes per product. At Dahlonega Uncle Joe Brown recalls old Dahlonega and Nathan Hawkins bar and ten pin alley near the Presbyterian church. Phonographs and graphophones advertised at Horer Haxr’s Vira Dahlonega Ga.
A weekly tally shows new subscribers and renewals including T F Jackson H D Gurley J H Moore Mrs Moore O J Lilly H D Ingersell I Underwood Dr Glenn Anderson Head Meaders Co Montie Moore J B Houstey Rev HD Pace Bill Anderson Wylie Carroll Dahlonega RB McClure Dawsonville J M Brooksher Mt Vernon Daniel Davis Hedwig J H Summerour Auraria G P Lance S St Mathis Dahlonega Route 3 J J Seabolt Dahlonega Gene Underwood Edgewood Andy Grizzle N D Jackson Dahlonega Route 1 Hy Jarrash Porter Springs Mia John Wood Tate W W Satterfield BOO Jones Cane Creek L G Stowers Dougherty W M Dowdy Dublinoga Route 1 T S A Runaway Dublinoga Route 2
By decree of the Superior Court of Lumpkin County Georgia dated October 19 1909 the property of W W K P Head now owned by J M Head is to be sold at public auction to satisfy the court decree. The sale occurs on the first Tuesday in January 1810 at the Lumpkin County courthouse with cash to the highest bidder. The tract lies along Yahoola Creek and includes half of the two were bottom and land on the east side of the creek within the original Head land lines. Special Commissioner J P Sarceni conducts the sale.
By decree of the Superior Court of Lumpkin County dated October 19 1909 the suit of Rebecca Conner and Elizabeth Anderson against J M Head executor of W K P Head and C M Head legatee is to sell at the Lumpkin County courthouse doors on the first Tuesday in January 1910. The sale includes two old tracts known as the Cooper and Crawbar places on the west side of the road to the creek, the half of the Indian Grave lot, land from the scrubby post oak to the new cross fence with I M and C M Head as bounds, the west side for T M and east side for C G M, the Schoolhouse Spring branch line to Anderson line then toward Henry Grizzle house, one half of the two acre bottom with the big walnut, all in Lumpkin County Georgia, part of W E P Head’s farm, conveyed to C M Head under W K Head’s will, to satisfy the court’s demand.
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