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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1908
Page
2
The Dahlonega paper from November 6, 1908 reports on the Tennessee night riders and local responses, mentions 15 000 starving Chicago school children, Tom Watson’s presidential candidacy, farmers suing Tennessee copper companies, and a pension case involving J A Pope. It notes a festival in Macon, a gold vein found at Blairsville, and a preacher whipped near Dalton.
The article reports Taft winning the presidential vote in Lumpkin County with 261 to 218 after excluding four erroneous ballots in Chestatee and Nimblewill. It notes Republican gains in the South and Democratic gains in the North, with Georgia showing strong Republican activity. Local precinct tallies list Taft and Bryan tallies for Auraria Cane Creek Dahlonega Davis Frogtown High Tower Jones Greek Martin's Ford Mill Creek Nimblewill Shoal Creek Wahoo Yahoola, and minor totals for other measures like pensioning old soldiers and police amendment.
Col. W. P. Price died around 1 a.m. on Wednesday. The town closed schools and college doors in his honor. Born in Dahlonega he lived most of his life here except 16 years in Greenville S.C. He served in state legislature and Congress, helped found the N G A College and funded education. He led local schools and church temperance efforts. He married Martha M. Price. two sons and four daughters survive. Burial followed at the Baptist church yard with Masonic honors.
Gus Boyd Chapter, UDC, hosted a reunion at Mall's Villa last Sunday to award the Southern Cross of Honor to eighteen veterans and share a dinner with comrades who served in the Civil War. Recipients listed include E. Carroll, B. H. Campbell, C. M. Moore, J. B. Brown, and others from Georgia units and related groups.
Letters from J. T. Minter and Jere M. Pound discuss resignation from the county board of education in 1908. Correspondence claims Minter was not on the board when the Grand Jury dismissed him and seeks confirmation of resignation acceptance.
The quail hunting season began in Georgia last Monday while in Atlanta K V D Haskell died last Sunday from hiccoughs. The Augusta Herald acknowledges later news but notes Ned Parks, once a Dahlonega college student, is at the center of a liquor case. A man was caught with six gallons of liquor, claiming it came from a still Ned Parks owned and indicating its location. The still was found and other people implicated, with Ned accused of running a near beer saloon and possibly mixing swamp juice into the sale.
G H McGuire testifies he ran for Lumpkin County Tax Receiver in the October 7 1908 general election. He lists only two expenses: a $1.00 announcement fee and a $1.00 ticket fee. Sworn before D L Cox G S C on October 29 1908.
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