Various Local News Items Include Death of Murrayville Postmaster
The Murrayville postmaster D Payne Smith died last Sunday night. Reports note San Francisco had a light earthquake lasting nearly a minute with little damage. John Temple Graves withdrew from the U S Senate race leaving Bacon as the candidate. A New York man allegedly fled home over his wife’s request to kiss his mother each morning. The paper urges rural route preservation to avoid losing service. Mrs Standifer plans divorce proceedings after being acquitted of killing her sister. A Rabun county murder occurs over a bull dispute in Clayton. The Atlanta Georgian starts daily publication and Graves is editor in chief. Thomas Sherman travels the old march to the sea route with U S officers, raising tension about northern-southern grievances. The president recalls the priest’s bodyguard and hints at potential trouble if the priest travels the route.
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Thomas Sherman
U. S
State Democratic Primary August 22 and Dahlonega meeting
The state executive committee fixed the State Democratic Primary for August 22 with a September 4 convention in Macon. County committees will meet August 28 at the courthouse to consolidate returns. each county gets two delegates per House member. The primary enforces strict party loyalty and non purchasing voting, with registered voters from 1905 and 1906 eligible if prepaid ten days prior. Meanwhile The Dahlonega Gold Mining & Milling Co. held its annual stockholders meeting in Dahlonega with S. P. Shope, B. L. Payne, and others present and elected a new board of directors for the coming year.
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Macon
Court House
House of Representatives
Atlanta
Lumpkin County
Democratic Party
State Committee
Dablonega Gold Mining & Milling Company
Dahlonega
S. P. Shope
Chicago
B. L. Payne
Lincoln
Nebraska
Willard I. Rush
Kansas City
Robert 5. Disney
Marcelone
Missouri
William S. Haff
Judge
P. Shope
Robert S. Disney
Marceline
Willard J. Rash
Frederick W. Munson
William 8. Hull
Briar
Pateh
Calhoun
Mining Notes Update From Regional Mines
The report details activity at several mines around Auraria and Blue Ridge. Rogers advances a machine at his mine below Auraria. Lockhart site cutting new drifts. Henry pushing mica mining near Blue Ridge. McDonald and McGuire report a clean-up at the Columbia placer with abundant gold. Bunker Hill prepares to start once water returns. Singleton work paused amid shaft plans. Findley vein leased by Wash Jenkins with steady ore, totaling about a hundred tons mined to date.
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Placer
Columbia
McDonald and McGuire
Bunker Hill Co
Singleton
Breyman
Lockhart
Wash Jenkins
Findley
Jenkins
The Cripple at the Gate and Words on Charity
A reflective piece urges daily kindness to those near us and cites William Penn and Jesus as examples. It notes many lives touched by generosity, urging readers to share help while possible to lift those in need. The article closes with San Francisco earthquake casualty estimates and a relief fund target of 25 million dollars.
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William Penn
Jesus
J. E. Asumorn
San Francisco
Memorial exercises speaker cited as Col Benj. G. Parks
The report notes Col Benj G Parks officiated at Memorial exercises in Waycross on the 26th. It mentions violence in Haton Ga with a woman killing her sister over a hen egg and criticizes the Atlanta Journal for partisan bias after the state democratic executive committee barred Republicans and Populists from the primary. It also covers drunken incidents, populist party tensions in Atlanta, and a Macon Telegraph claim that high southern prosperity hampers U S Army recruiting as enlistment falls due to wage competition.
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Col
Benj. G. Parks
Waycross
United States Army
Georgia
Atlanta
Macon
South
It Is Dangerous to Neglect a Cold
A warning against ignoring a cold with pneumonia risk and promotion of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for quick, pleasant relief. Sold by Dr C H Jones, Druggist, Dahlonega, Georgia.
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Chamberlain
C. H. Jones
Dahlonega
Hart Fights Mine, Seeks Injunction in Ducktown Case
Attorney General John G. Hart returned from Washington after arguing before the Supreme Court for an interlocutory injunction against the Ducktown copper mine owner. The aim is to bar four new furnaces until the three in operation prove they do not injure Georgia property. The outcome will be watched nationwide. The North Georgia Co began stringing wires on a Gainesville to Atlanta tower line, with weather affecting completion and power delivery to Atlanta.
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John G. Hart
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Ducktown
Hart
Georgia
Atlanta News
North Georgia Co
Gainesville
Atlanta
Chattahoochhee Park
Eagle
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Ee Wee
Dahlonega, Ga
P.O
A Ian A
D. Payne Smith
Murrayville
John Temple Graves
Senator Bacon
New York
Ac- Worth Post
The
Commerce News
Smith—Russell
Russell
Lumpkin
Clay County
Texas
Bellone
Stoneberg
Hamilton
Hico
Atlanta Georgian
Flore
Mrs. Standifer
Rabun
Bill Jiles
Mation Hopper
Clayton
Jiles
Hopper
Rogers
Auraria
Ull
Haton
Atlanta Journal
Bill Dotson
Bill
California
Judge Hines
Tom Watson
Jones’ Creek
Nimblewill
Mill Creek
Martins’ Ford
Wahoo
Shoal Creek
G. H. McGuires Jewelers Store
Ayer
Alsa
B. R. Meaders
B. R. Mavens & Sosy
Fairmount
Fairmount, Balryouny
Gordon County
Auc Ton
Fairmount Real Estate CO
Mann Enyrn
T. J. Smith
TS. Liptge Reed
J. E. McGees
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