Dahlonega Dec 24 1903 local notes and events digest
Dahlonega and region report a miscellany of incidents from December 1903. Chicago seeks the Democratic National Convention site. Rome officials clash with toy guns and pistols. arrests in Athinta for toy thefts. Lumpkin County public school funds reach 4728.74. suicides and murders noted in Hawkinsville and Doug las. a Hearst Democratic club forms in Olney. a high profile hanging in Douglas for murder tied to whiskey. a tramp disrupts Atlanta churches. Georgia teachers receive 2500000 in salary funds. Ball Ground to become dry after January. Gainesville winners in the Northeast Georgia oratorical contest. a Macon resident found dead from exposure. a child found in cinders in Augusta. a $20000 saddle shown in Mexico. a Berkeley official under arrest for theft. Daw ton jeweler G H McGuire moves to Dawson County. Rockefeller birthday gift via higher fuel prices. Pension blanks mailed statewide with nearly 1 million total disbursed. a Rabun county colored man jailed for murder of a white railroad worker. lynching attempt thwarted and suspect moved to Gainesville.
Letter on race and separation from a southern subscriber
A reader condemns racial equality and endorses separation of the races. He cites E W Watkins and argues blacks should not hold office, predicting conflict if integration continues. He recalls past dispossessions and urges repeal of amendments, asserting white supremacy and white dominance as the solution.
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Mining Schools Proposed To Boost National Industry
The Atlanta Constitution reports demand in the west for a Department of Mines and Mining with a cabinet secretary. It favors Congressman Tate’s bill to create mining schools in states with mining, funded at 10 000 dollars annually until state totals reach 50 000 dollars. Georgia, with growing northeast gold interests, would gain educated mining experts to direct and expand operations nationwide.
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Old Slave Labor and Free Negroes in Postwar Policy
A fragmentary 19th century letter argues the old slave labor is gone but calls for removal of free negroes born after 1865. It favors replacing Black workers with Irish and German labor to boost Southern prosperity, urging Congress to pass a policy moving freedmen to new possessions.
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South
Dry Campaign and Prohibition Urged in Lumpkin County
A reader urges a dry election year in Lumpkin County for 1904 urging a prohibition ticket led by Joseph Brown for treasurer. He calls for a mass Democratic and Republican turnout, criticizes liquor in elections, and notes Dahlonega’s Nuclev newspaper growth and a local shooting death near Dallas.
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Malitia
Joseph Brown
Democratic Party
Grand Old County
Lumpkin
Court House
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Georgia Coalitions, Timber Plans, and Notable Deaths
New Orleans cotton reached 14 cents this week while Athinta merchants face prosecution for selling firearms to minors. Peter Vickers, Georgia's wealthiest Black resident, died in Coffee county owning 50 000 acres and an estimated worth of 860 000. Brown & Co of Oglethorpe buy 6 000 acres of pine timber in Decatur county for 25 000 to build a saw mill. A Gainesville posse pursues two dangerous Hall county brothers linked to multiple crimes including burglaries, killings, and store looting. The Brooklyn New York bridge dedication costs 20 000 000 and took seven years. Athens hosts Republican Central Committee on December 81 to plan the state convention.
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Peter Vickers
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Coffee County
Sheriff Sale in Lumpkin County Georgia Lot 165 11th District
Lumpkin County sheriff to sell at the courthouse door on the January first Tuesday the farming interest in lot number 165 in the 11th district formerly Hall now Lumpkin. Property levied to satisfy an attachment in favor of The Frank W Hall Moss & Co H D Ingersoll vs Mrs Louisa Crisson. Levy returned December 2 1903.
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