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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1907
Page
3
Local issues dominate Dahlonega notes with stock law debates in Lumpkin County, tick inspector talk, and farm labor plans at Betz mine. Reports cover school salaries, business moves, mining interests, railroad village life, and community events in a period voice.
A group of six parties visited Yahoola district last Sunday for a Concord church singing led by John Anderson and John Ricketts. The Sunday School, with Geo Keith as Superintendent and Ricketts as assistant, hosted singing before and after. Members recount changes since thirty-one years ago, note a stock law stance with one tick captured, and describe social scenes including two newly escorting youths and reflections on singleness.
A reader from Auraria defends attending a performance featuring an actor and a young lady described as a damsel of Egypt. The letter mentions encounters with an Egyptian neighbor and a prior Dawsonville show, arguing no harm was done and challenging others to justify criticisms.
Farmers in Auraria area plant and move toward mine work as mining activity grows. Beta mine at Piedmont Betz is praised. Battle Branch drifts under old works chasing rich pockets. Wages rise and the Texas fever issue is defended. local election hints at shifting duties for the county commissioner.
A local owner lists multiple properties for sale in Dahlonega including a seven room residence at Water and Singleton, the White place on a hill with 125 fruit trees and a vineyard, two small cottages on Hill and Singleton, a Ferguson Cottage on Singleton, a large livery stable with barn, 40 acre Mahen lot on Cooper Gap road, and an office lot with a four room cottage. All properties are in good repair and some are rented for 1907. Debts urged to settle promptly.
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