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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1909
Page
2
A colonial newspaper clippings review notes a wounded deer killing a hunter in North Carolina, Taft will attend a possum supper in Atlanta, and Georgia debates near beer taxes. It cites convicts pardoned in 1907 and 1908, U.S. troops leaving Cuba, and a looming rise in farm prices. It laments farmers’ earnings, bird laws, and insect losses while praising Americans’ agricultural impact.
The Dah Lonega council reorganized after expiring terms, electing W B Townsend mayor pro tem, W H Jones treasurer, and W J Worley secretary. Marshals salary $27.50 monthly, other pay scales unchanged, taxes adjusted, committees named, and a bid to run the cemetery by yearly hire. The body adjourned to hear W W Crisson’s appeal of a prior fine.
December shows a mean of minus 45.74 with record highs of 68 on the 17th and 18th and the greatest rainfall 2.92 inches in 24 hours on the 7th. The piece notes Taft’s plans to break the Solid South, urging independents, and mentions Judge Frank Parker of Worth County to provide 100 dollars for Taft’s Atlanta dinner.
The City Marshal and Treasurer reports show Dahlonega's finances in good shape. Total receipts 1163.80 across funds. general, street, sanitary, cemetery, and dog tax balances listed. Notes mention Atlanta crime rise, Milledgeville near beer tax, and Georgia hog trades tied to stock law in Jackson County.
A niece title list shows new subscribers and renewals for the Nugent. Names span Georgia towns such as Dahlonega, Athens, Cumming, Dawsonville, Murrayville, Gainesville, Nicholson, and Apalachicola. Route numbers and scattered states are noted for several individuals.
Lumpkin County Georgia to sell before the court house on the first Tuesday in February 1909 at cash auction. Property includes Westinghouse motors a 100 horsepower unit and other equipment of Georgia Gold Mining and Power Company plus several land tracts in the 12th District First Section lying west of Yahoola Creek. The sale satisfies a tax execution and a separate court writ against C O Head and others.
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