Georgia Paper Notes Local News and Events
The Dahlonega audience notes state topics from county and city affairs. Headlines mention a new clock from England, a call to retain a railroad, and a Dawsonville reunion for the Ashworth Regiment.
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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1905
Page
2
The Dahlonega audience notes state topics from county and city affairs. Headlines mention a new clock from England, a call to retain a railroad, and a Dawsonville reunion for the Ashworth Regiment.
The report notes startup plans for the McAfee-Lind mine and ongoing fine ore extraction at the Barlow. It mentions Craig R. Arnold heading to Georgia to resume work, Bainbridge and Jackson inspecting a Cherokee smelter for a five ton roaster at Hand, and crews at the Chestatee river dredge and Briar Patch canal work. The article discusses Crown Mountain shaft delays, water-connection plans, and unsettled ownership at Etowah and Josephone.
A letter to Mr. Kiser, agent at the mines, reports Van Syckle's May 25 communication claiming his finances are improving and he hopes to resume work within one or two weeks with renewed vigor. The writer has no further details on the situation.
A mob seized seven Black men and one white man from the Watkinsville jail, shot them near a fence, and dispersed. One victim survived with a mouth wound. the night’s atrocity followed the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook, with a robber on a separate home invasion. Local outrage is stated as responding to murders and assaults.
The Gainesville Eagle argues that the halted dam project on the Chattahoochee River at Wilson Shoals by North Georgia Electric Co. threatens development. It notes damages could have been settled with landowners if discussed beforehand, citing Chestatee and Gorge dam cases as precedents and urging agreement before proceeding.
Local notes report visits from Abbott of Dawsonville Hutcheson of Friday and Jones of Gainesville. Reverend T L Robinson preached to a large Baptist church crowd. Brackett and Rickett brothers plus John Anderson of Dahlonega attended singing. Brackett to lead a singing school August. State topics include tax assessors, corporation taxes inheritance tax and Australian ballot system while flag preservation and immigration receive attention. Odessa dispatch notes June 29 riots with hundreds shot and harbor burned including warehouses and five Russian steamers.
John D Rockefeller donates nineteen million dollars to support education in the United States. The gift advances the cause and its credit rests with Rockefeller while the public ultimately bears the burden through kerosene taxes.
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