Dahlonega Whispers of News in May 1905 Column
A Dahlonega May 12 1905 column reports on diverse items from local life and regional affairs. It notes Clark Howell as the first gubernatorial candidate to visit, a mistrial in Nan Patterson's case, a Decatur youth fatally injured by an elevator weight, and a Jackson County editor’s improved paper after legislative service. Also covered are barbed wire theft, Georgia treasury surplus, cotton sales at 34 cents, a near embalming death in Atlanta, a city lawsuit for lost wages, U.S. court of claims payments to Spanish American veterans, and a controversial rainmaking claim in Southern California. The piece mentions Confederate monument fund drives, a Hall county moustache anecdote, and critiques of the Southern Cotton Association’s finances. Cotton exports and shipments data from Col. Henry G. Hester are included.
Mining notes show Dahlonega mines expanding operations
The Barlow dredge and pump setup near Dahlonega move toward active mining as the Briar Patch dam repairs. Promoters including Nova P. Riddell and J.T. Miller push for new consolidation plans uniting McAfee Lind and Etowah mines into the Southern Power Milling and Mining Co. Crown Mountain Gold Mining Co. faces mill and vein challenges. calls grow to reroute ore from the Wallace vein to the mill and extend the flume for steady output.
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Barlow
Briar Patch
Nuccer
Georgia
United States
Canada
London
Bracketts
Thomas R. Lombard
Dahlonega Golf Mining Co
Thomas R. Cravens
Chicago
Nova P. Riddell
Bunker Hill
Lillard
The
Atlanta Constitution
Constitutions
Lumpkin County
Dahlonega
White
W. J. Haerther
C. Lentz, Jr
M. P. Lind
J. ¥. Betz, Jr
Philadelphia
H.C. Elliott
New York
R. Arnold
Etowah
Lumpkin Country
Tw New Company
Southern Power Milling and Mining Co
Bay W. J. Burts Siw
Turkey Hill
Boley Fields
Price
Chestatee River
This
Loud
McAfees Lind
Ktowuah
Crown Mountain Gold Mining Co
J. C. Rogers
Columbus, O
A. J. Warner
Wallace
Stown Mountain
Money for Lumpkin Convict Funds Divides Opinion
In Lumpkin, a few hundred dollars of convict money sparks debate. Most favor using it for roads over boosting the public school fund. Two grand juries from different areas urge road spending, noting road needs and existing school funds. A bicycle contract for 85 wheels to convey Atlanta police this year completes the report.
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Lumpkin
San Francisco hosts Japanese baseball team in city limits
A disparate jumble of items notes a Japanese baseball team in San Francisco, a fine for gambling in Savannah, a looming gubernatorial race affecting votes, a fatal hanging in Newnan, and various minor reports from Georgia including baptisms, skin of social commentaries, and legal actions in Atlanta.
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San Francisco, Cal
Widow seeks year’s support from late husband’s estate
Georgia Lumpkin County public notice notices that Millie D Cannon widow of John Cannon has applied for a year’s support from the estate. appraisers filed their report. the ordinary will rule on the petition on the first Monday in June at his office. dated May 2, 1905. G G Evins Ordinary.
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
Millie D. Cannon
John
Cannon
G. G, Evins
Atlanta police wagon carries headstand woman to lockup
A Black woman was carried to the Atlanta lockup while standing on her head in a patrol wagon. The item questions hanging the load and notes racial tension in a crowded week of news. Other items mention school funding disputes in Athintu, 1,009 children attending without tuition or taxes, and a sensational murder case in Conyers with a pending gallows date in June. Additional notes cite a shootout near Covington and political friction involving Harvie Fordon and C. L. Stevens amid Georgia farmers’ disputes.
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Atlanta
Athintu
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Scott Swanton
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F. M. Blacker
Joseph Gibson
Atlinta
United States Court of Claims
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Hall County
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John Underwood
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Southern Cotton Association
Henry G. Hester
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J. Wallace
Savannah
Jim Smith
Harvie Jordan
Whcle
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Newnan
Greely Phillips
Pegro
Dablonega
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Turkins
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Jol. Parrow
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Dahslonega
Joe Wiley
Wiley Gibson
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