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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1910
Page
2
The Official Organ reports on Georgia politics including resignations and candidacies for governor, biennial session debates, and calls for public disclosure of legislator pay. It notes Hoke Smith and Perry in gubernatorial talks, while voicing opposition to voter disenfranchisement measures and urging stock laws amid hog counts and district comparisons.
A long roster lists qualified voters in Lampkin County and the registrars approving the list. Names include WAMOD Abercrombie Y. G. and many others such as Lampkin residents with various spellings, followed by registrars John H. Moore G. G. Evans and John H. Jenkins.
J N Holt writes to Ellijay Courier arguing stock law harms landowners and renters. He cites fences, higher rents, and rising cattle prices, noting grazing should be free and land should not be fenced for stock. He warns meadow policy shifts ruin meat and land markets and cites Texas homestead changes as precedent.
H B Suven defends past charges of liquor drunkenness and church non support as political issues. He warns against double minded candidates and calls for higher living standards. He says he has no personal vendetta against Lumpkin county figures and will publish proof of wrong doing.
In Georgia during the year 2,548 convicts were in prison or on work gangs. Of the total 51 were pardoned, 185 escaped, 70 recaptured, 88 paroled, 875 discharged, 602 committed and 82 died. The year’s total handled reached 8,288.
Report notes the Houston arrestee is not Wendling, the Louisville child murder suspect, implying supporters may face arrest if they travel abroad. The fragment cautions readers about mistaken identification and legal risk abroad.
A mixed local advertisement lists clocks hardware wash pots Oliver plows wire fencing Dove brand meats trunks and values. It promotes clothing for men and boys underwear shoes dry goods and notions with school suits and a range of brands for men women and children.
Petition in Lumpkin County Georgia asks the Superior Court to incorporate EB and partners as New Findley Gold Mining Company for 20 years with 25000 capital, up to 200000 authorized, nonassessable shares, broad powers in mining, utilities, real estate, and general business, with principal office in Dahlonega and branch offices as needed. Administrator sale notices follow for Sarah A. Lance estate including multiple land parcels in Lumpkin County to pay debts and distribute heirs.
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