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Dahlonega letter reports mining, mills and a lively camp meeting
The column covers Lumpkin and surrounding counties detailing Lampkin and Lumpkin residents moving southward, the Barlow mine upgrades, the Old Handle Factory, timber prices, and social notes. It recounts camp meetings with liquor issues, local politics, pension news, church visits to prisoners, and a murder trial outcome involving Bud Jarrard and three brothers in Lumpkin county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dablonega
Mainy
Tegret
Wylie Carroll
Texas
Wylie
Armicalola
Dahlonega
Lone Star
Lumpkin
Dawson
Thomas
Hepsedam
Bro. Ponte
Commerce
Bud Jarrard
Carl Jarrard
Wash Jarrard
Cage Baker
Squire W. J. Worley
Floyd Walden
Lumpkin County
Patridges
Davis
Atlanta
Tennessee
Cols. Baker
Hoff
Col. Lilly