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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1905
Page
2
A mixed month of items notes teachers’ pay delayed until fall, a Missouri execution for a husband’s murder, melons shipped from Thomasville, and cross national tensions. Other items cover births, deaths, politics, education plans, and local incidents in Georgia communities.
Porter Springs buzzes with visitors as farmers prepare to lay by crops. Local tales include James Anderson killing nineteen rattlesnakes, John Ridley’s mail routes, and a near-snake incident with Sherman Anderson. Lebanon hosts a large anticipated gathering with preparations, box dinner, and singing led by Gaddis. Also mentions a deadly train wreck at Lake Shore line, crop failures in the area, mining interest, local court injunctions on Wilsons Shoals dam, and upcoming Masons event with the Chattahoochee High School.
Mr Frank Jones visits. Mrs Tom Strickland died at Shoal Creek district this week. Mrs G M Edwards visits Gainesville. Mrs W F Ducket travels to Pickens county for a few weeks. Fiddlers convention program delayed for next issue. Some deeds recorded by Lumpkin Superior Court this week dated 1840. Donations requested for park pavilion via Mr G D Brice. Auraria post office delay on a parcel. Revenue agents found items at Pate Seabolt’s distillery. In four weeks Howard Stanton of Dahlonega will move to Cartersville Ga as bookkeeper, will stay in Gainesville meanwhile. Luther, son of John H Anderson, died by shotgun in Alabama on the 8th. W P Lunsford, Union county, named Livonia High School principal at 000 a year.
A violent attack near Buford targets Thomas Davenport of Toccon Georgia as three Black men try to kill him for refusing to reveal Mason secrecy. Davenport left unconscious and gravely injured.
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