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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1918
Page
3
The Nugget notes a severe cold season with power shortages and road work delays while reporting a new mayor and three aldermen. It highlights economic strains, charity actions, tax and road overseer issues, and local incidents from Lumpkin County including Auraria and Dahlonega.
The weekly honor list includes J. H. McKee of Bartsboro Mrs. J. H. Satterfield Route 5 I. Y. Chapman No. 5 R. A. Ledford Route 2 Bill Anderson of Dahlonega West Calhoun Route 4 Charlie Christian Tate J. E. Loggins Santoy O. W. Miller Route 4 Cader Barnes Murrayville Win Etres Cleveland J. M. J. A. Smith East Point D. H. Hollifield Chamlee Mrs. C. H. Jones Dahlonega Miss W. G. Barnes Athens J. J. Dowdy Route 5 E. V. Shelton Jefferson R. E. Free Auraria.
City Council members and Mayor elect R H Baker were sworn in last Monday after the old council finished its business. J F Pruett chosen Mayor pro tem. EK B Vickery clerk. T F Jackson treasurer. J C Barnes city surveyor. The marshal’s salary set at 40 dollars monthly. no new marshal elected this time. Council to meet again on the 16th. Committees named with chairmen: Street J F Pruett G W Vaughn E B Vickery. Finance E B Vickery G W Camp A B Keith. Relief G W Vaughn J F Pruett G W Camp. Cemetery G W Camp A B Keith G W Vaughn. Sanitary Dr Head Dr Cantrell A B Keith. Tax Assessors T F Jackson J F Pruett A B Keith.
The article lists appointive road overseers for districts Auraria Cane Creek Chestatee Crumby Davis Hightower Jones Creek Mill Creek Nimblewill Porter Springs Shoal Creek and Yahoola with named overseers. It notes further appointments for remaining districts may follow and includes a humorous aside about a dream of revenue officials and a Martha Washington dress joke.
Partial roster of Class 1 drafted soldiers from Lumpkin listing Isaac Alston William R Dowdy John W Sullens Thomas D Mote William A Carney Oscar R Waters and others. Remainder to be added after next board meeting with many names including Dowdy Gaddis Walden Ridley Calhoun Pennington and Reeves.
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