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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1905
Page
2
Dahlonega weekly notes local items from May 26 1905 including Oglethorpe and Gilmer counties murder acquittal, Texas flood losses, Dahlonega commencement at North Georgia Agricultural College, real estate purchases near Gainesville, and a review of Georgia Resources and Advantages by Commissioner Stevens.
Over five ounces of Mr. Crisson's gold last week yielded about a hundred dollars amid busy activity at Briar Patch canal and Calhoun mine purchases. Nonresident owners risk losses to unseasoned workers while local miners push sluice boxes and new machinery at Barlow mill. The Barlow operation, aided by Mr. Bainbridge, is set for strong ore output as steam power gives way to electricity.
The Athens and Jefferson railroad will bypass Gainesville and extend to Dahlonega with a gauge broadening from Jefferson to Gainesville. A merged electric railway owning Gainesville to Dahlonega will back the expansion, including a spur to Mr Baldwin's pyrite mines on Chestatee three miles from the main line. Baldwin, in New York shelving finances, will return soon to push construction and secure right of way along the route. Athens Banner.
General Program for Commencement lists events from Saturday evening through Wednesday evening including exhibitions sermons concerts debates and graduating exercises with speakers such as Governor Terrell Clark Howell Lon W G Brantley and Bishop Nelson. It notes readiness of Ready Debaters Contest and Medal and Diploma awards. The page also adds a political note on anti jug laws and a wartime casualty claim in a separate line.
Notice announces an application by BE Crisson guardian of John Fields for leave to sell land number 162 in Lumpkin County to reinvest proceeds for greater income. The filing names G G Evins as Ordinary and cites a hearing on the first Monday in June 1905.
A. G. Lamar & Co. advertise Georgia land prices in Oglethorpe Green and Hancock counties promising well watered, healthy land for cotton corn wheat oats and fruit. They claim land value will double in a few years and urge buyers to relocate from rocky up-country to establish homes for families with favorable terms.
Local report says Kim Gibson of White County was bound over by Com. Baker this week. Eyelones visited several Georgia towns Tuesday but caused no fatalities. A Savannah trolley car was blown two miles. The preacher’s blessing of crops last year led to discontent and fear of interference with farmers business. Farmers expect limited grain and farm products this year based on current outlook.
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