Local notes recount visitors and village life in Dahlonega
The column surveys town events including visits by Hon. Dick Black and Col. J. J. Kimsey, farm news, crop yields, wood economy, and a call for safer lighting on Main Street. It notes school and church activity, court listings, and local trades and personalities, with a mix of humor and caution about roads and public works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Payne
Dahlonega
Illinois
Mr. Payne
Sammie Rider
Sammie
Cooth Perdew
Hughes Moore
B. R. Meaders
Will Howell
Chris McGuire
Atlanta
Road trip notes point to new dirt road in Lumpkin Hall area
A writer describes a Monday visit from the county line to Cleveland Georgia praising a new Brookton dirt road, light labor, and government funds. They cite Pyrites Mines investors driving progress, comment on local amenities, and mention meeting Allen Stringer and Marion Calhoun before closing with a marriage license note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
Cleveland
Lumpkin
Hall
Georgia
Sam
Commerce
Hall County
Brookton
Lumpkin County
Allen Stringer
Dahlogega
Col. Rytle
U.S
Marshal Landers
Gainesville
Henderson Hotel
Marion Calhoun
Cary
Also Mentioned on This Page
Liocal News
Dick Black
Dawson County
Joe McGee
South Georgia
Collier's Weekly
NuGawr
Col. J. J. Kimsey
Superior Court
Snyder
Sarsoco
N. M
the Nueser
Yellow Creek
Clarkesville
Hopkins
Lumpkin Superior Court
Mays
Bes Smith
J. B. Satterfivid
White
Nusgar
Commandant Henderson
Garland Gooch
Lizzie Stargel
H. P. Smith
N. P
Robert L. Evans
This
Union Counties
Nucerr
Jeff Findley
Soldier Boys
Chattanooga
Col. Wier Gaillard
U. S. District Court
Marion Woody
George Kerns
Auraria District
Kerns
Holland
Marietta
Auraria
Bill Patrick
Martha Duckett
Jim Lance
Cox
Superior Court of
White County
Bank of
J. B. Pruett
T. J. Smith
Meaders Store
Methodist Church
R. C. Meaders, Jr
Mr. Josiah Stargel
Stovall Bros
Christian
Uncle Sam
Crown Mountain
United States
Hoke Smith
Knights of Pythias
Masonic Fraternity
Robt. Stuard
Cavlender’s Creek
Prof. Nicholson
N. G. A. College
Gaddis
FE. B. Crissons
Bank of Dahlonega
J. F. Sargent
Virginia
Statesboro
John Sargent
Lumpkin Camp Ground
Hell
Clevelan
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