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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1917
Page
2
The Dahlonega publication reports national events as Congress adjourns with drafts and postal changes, plus local notes on crops, prices, taxes, and a round of anecdotes about notable figures and incidents reflecting wartime strain and economic shifts.
The piece notes a broad labor shortage affecting business across the United States, with truck freight costs down ten cents per hundred and workers scarce in many sectors including newspapers. It reports drafts depleting skilled labor, impacting farming, industry, and education, plus concerns over future drafts and economic costs. It also mentions a court house fruit display by the Girls Canning Club and reflections on community life and bashfulness.
Professor Ruge urges a Dahlonega cotton knitting factory to provide paying work for locals. He cites cheap living, available buildings, and rail access, with Mr. William Parker of Cedartown prepared to finance and install a first class plant if local shares are raised. Up to two hundred women might be employed.
Mrs Marion Williams Mrs Fulton Williams and family thank friends who ministered to them during the sickness that removed from their home a devoted son loving husband and tender father God bless you all with fervent hearts
A petition filed in the Lumpkin County ordinarys office asks abolishment of John Evans Road from Hughes Smiths store to Tester Ingrams residence. The ordinarys court will decide on November first 1917 at 10 a m. Also notice of public sale at the Lumpkin County Courthouse November first 1917 from 10 a m. to 4 p m for 800 feet of spiral riveted twelve inch piping and one valve levied on as property of W K E Lemley to satisfy a court execution.
Public outcry sale authorized by deed to secure debt from RE B Orisson. Located Lumpkin County Georgia North half of Lumpkin District land lots 148 and 208 totaling about 80 acres. Court house door November first 1917 at public hours for cash to satisfy note of 882 20 due four months after August 16 1914 signed by E E Crisson and sureties H D Gurley W B Townsend T F Jackson M G Head. Bank of Dahlonega J F Priest president.
The article notes a defect in all tick bills brought to light by Col W B Gaillard in the Superior Court. It mentions two parties convicted on similar bills tried before the issue emerged and references Judge Jones facing a difficult position. It also includes local items about gas wells in Birmingham and notes on Dahlonega, a two horse crop rental, and inquiries from residents such as Mrs J T Awtry of Powder Springs.
The notice cites debtor locations and times across multiple sites including Auraria Mill Creek Nimblewill Jones Creek Hightower Davis Gane Creek Yahoola Porter Springs OChestatee Frogtown Crumby Martin's Porch Wahoo and Shoal Creek with court week in Dahlonega and a Portree T C designation.
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