Official Organ Signals Local News and Elections
The column reports local happenings from Gainesville to Savannah including a lawyer fined for carrying a pistol, appointments and election results, a major fire in a blacksmith shop, and commentary on public figures. It notes postal workers, a controversial sheriff and court leadership, and sketches a religious incident in Piedmont, South Carolina, plus criticism of orphan home practices and a suggestion about a convict guard role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.D. Smith
South Georgia Orphans Home
Macon
Local and Other News Highlights From Dahlonega Era
Cotton tops at twenty seven cents a pound while Forsyth suffers a stable fire that burns twenty four mules. U S officers on the Rhine ordered home. local taxes for dentists rise to twenty five dollars per county. new auto tags urged before March first. a Franklin county boy crops record corn on one acre. arrests include a colored man for theft at a national bank in Atlanta and others for liquor. discussions on Wesleyan College move and pension lists. flu deaths follow early mild warnings. farm notes praise potato cabbage crops and cautions on apples. Crown Mountain gold plans draw visitors. a tractor accident injures a Dahlonega youth. local cemetery records urged for better lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
U. S
Rhine
Habersham County
Rhode Island
J. O. Ross
National Saving’s Negro Bank
Atlanta
Athens Jersey
Weekly Press of Georgia
Washington City
Congressman Upshaw
J. A. Brown
Sparta
Augustus South
Franklin County
Congress
Wesleyan College
Macon
McMichal
Marion County
Lida Cole
Chicago
For Sale Georgia Plant Prices Offered by DORRIS PLANT CO
Sale notice from Dorris Plant Co Valdosta Ga lists cabbage and collard plant prices per 1000 and strawberry plants bot for Georgia setting. Immediate shipment available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Wekefield
Flat
Georgia
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Dahlonega
Claes
Otice Shone
Col
Pierce Matthews
Gainesville
Dabloneg
P. E. Seabrook
Savannah
M. M. Stewart
Flovilla
Capitol
Upshaw
Col. Glark
Lindsey
Major McGregor
Clarke
Piedmont
S. C
Church of God
Forsyth
Prof. Angelberg
Virgo Parks
Dotsons
Frogtown Gap
Hi. H. Stephens
Ht. C. Stephens
Hill County
Manuel Garrett
Manuel
Hardwick
Jess Stancil
Porter Springs
Stancil
Jess
Gordon Head
Canlton, N. G
J. E. McDonald
Clermont
Lumpkin County
Wallace Wingfield
Clifford Adams
Davis
Frank Meaders
Fannie Baker
Decatur
Margret Glenn
Mumper
Johnnie Rider
Johnnie
Crown Mountain
Wilks
W. B. Loggins
Dawsonville
Fordson
W. F. Hart
ATSC
Cherese
Flish
Housley Bros
H.F
F. M. Abee
Pros
GROCE
Stu
Fitts’ Nursery
Dahlonega, Ga
O.N. Fitts & Son
Lambew
J.R. Rigretts
Dealex
J. R. Watkins & Cos. Supplies
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