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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1907
Page
2
A compilation of regional news items includes remarks on local candidates for solicitor general and re elections, the Blue Ridge copper market outlook, and Lumpkin county finances. Accompanying items report a Gainesville tent fund, a police visit in Atlanta, and resignations at state schools. The piece also covers hunting season dates for migratory birds, small game limits, and upcoming openings for partridges and wild turkeys.
September showed a mean of 70.11 degrees, 5 degrees below normal, with a high of 92 on the 2nd and low of 49 on the 80th. Rainfall reached 2.24 inches, 2.61 above normal, and the greatest 24 hour fall was 2.42 inches. Historical highs and lows include a monthly mean of 64.01 in 1899 and a monthly low of 66.84 in 1899. The maximum temperature reached 95 in 1896 and 1898, while the record low was 4 in 1899. The greatest monthly rainfall was 12.18 inches in 1898, with the smallest month recording 51 inches in May. The single-day rainfall peak was 5.12 inches in 1898. Light rainfall years include 1896 1899 1901 1908.
The County Union for Lumpkin county of the F B E U of A will meet at Cane Creek Union No 728 at Cane Creek school house on Saturday the 19th inst at 2 o clock p m All local Unions are to be represented by delegates elected by each lodge Delegates must show certificates of election Let every Union member be represented M J Williams President W D Sranonr Secretary
The following names comprise the grand jury pool for Lumpkin Superior Court October term: John Wacaster, T. S. Littlefield, J. M. Ashley, Homer Head, A. J. Cavender, W. B. Davis, An N. Early, T. Muller, L. Ash, G. McGuire, H. T. Lee, B. P. Gaillard, A. J. Edge, Chas N. Fitts, T. J. Smith, W. T. Dowdy, B. F. Anderson, W. H. Early, K. E. B. Vickery, Miller Davis, W. J. Hightower, J. H. Chapman, John H. Summerour, Thomas Davis, W. P. Price Jr., J. W. Boyd, F. J. Williams, M. J. Williams, J. K. Bearden, O. G. Stephens.
Henry Clay Frix paid one hundred thousand dollars for a choice seat in a New York theatre. The city hosts many in need while others spend generously on entertainment. A Kentuckian, John Yanks, was caught running an illicit distillery near West View Cemetery by revenue officers. Milton A. Smith sold The Anniston Hot Blast to W. T. Edmonson Jr. A 12 year old boy near Dublin, Georgia killed his father during a beating of his wife. Seah Wright’s name is floated as a U S Senate candidate by the Rome Herald. Roosevelt campaigns publicly while bears are hunted. Blairsville farmers sell green apples at 50 cents a bushel. Lumpkin county reports an excellent cane harvest.
During a Athens visit Representative Huff praised Georgia and its state university as top in the nation and urged a one million dollar annual appropriation to raise the university to par with peers. Other legislators and officials backed the view, while local notices promote Shields brand suits and other goods and note legal actions involving copper companies and a city liquor license renewal.
Notice given for a public sale at the home of W. J. Burt deceased, October 18, 1907. One stock of general merchandise to be sold by executors Jas R Anderson and Jon M Burt with cash terms. Sale to continue daily until all items are sold.
Sealed bids for building a public road in Lumpkin County Georgia are due by 6 pm October 11 1907. Plans by Prof J W Boyd on file in the Ordinary’s office. Road width ten feet earth bed with rock and plank culverts. completion by February 1 1908. Bids by lienel rod. bonds required. right to reject bids reserved. September 17 1907 G G Evass Ordinary.
A fragment from a Vernon Texas Call letter recalls a tragedy in West Virginia where a corpse stirred fear, and mourners leaped from windows while visitors offered kind words. A public thanks from W. P. Price and family expresses grief and gratitude for support during bereavement.
A local notice from B R Meaders and Sons promoting a wide selection of coffee priced from 10 to 90 cents with fresh roasts ground free. The ad highlights Aragon coffee at 85 cents, 90 cent flour, patent flour at 75 cents, and canned goods including Elberta peaches. It promises stock updates as prices rise and invites customers to view stock or place orders.
Executors James R Anderson and Joe M Burt along with Craig R Arnold and Southern Power and Milling Co are summoned in Lumpkin Superior Court in an equitable petition. The company is described as a corporation with no known place of business or officer for service. The court requires appearance on the 8th Monday in October 1907 or justice will proceed. Witness Judge J. J. Kimsey. October 8, 1907. Clerk D. L. Cox
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