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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1925
Page
2
The column reports on murder in Franklin County, indictments for prohibition violations in Best, Texas, and moonshiner testimony in Jones County. It notes Supreme Court rulings and enforcement lapses, plus citizen calls for parental restraint and criticism of misleading highway signs in the area.
The text describes Geo L Pratt’s long term plan to create a five lake complex by damming Yahoola Creek near the Baker farm, capturing Ward's Creek water and enlarging landholding holdings including Billie Davis, Wimpy mill, and surrounding properties. Pratt recently visited with attorney Mr Watkins and surveyor Mr Hall to finalize contracts for Baker’s and Davis farms, Wimpy mill area, and other parcels.
The April term grand jury includes Carl Shultz M H Kendall J F Barnes B P Gaillard J H McKee H C Burns W A Conner J H Peck W M Beck Sam Gooch J B Edwards Henry C Jarrard W L Sattesfield J H Sommeronr H W Turner J M Brooksher C N Fitts J A Barnes B A Wimpy M Meaders B O Jones W T Stringer J C Barnes Judge L Stringer Y B Abercombie A J Kanaday Joseph Townsend Ben J Anderson H H James Harrison Stringer Traverse M L Gaddis Alonzo Cain O B Sosebee R D Houser R E Free M C Chester W D Fields W L Peck Fred OKelley F M Abee F W Jarrard G S Anderson B S Marlow J S Speer B J Jarrard B H Lance Claude Chapman R R Meson Webb Parks J M Higgins J W Hawkins Wim Gooch T Y Barnes G M Christy Ed OKelley J S Jarrard T B Grizzle Hi King K C Edwards TSW Tate W M Edwards Jake Peck C E Anderson J Fields W H White
Court proceedings list verdicts and pleas in several cases in Dahlonega with Bank of Dahlonega plaintiffs and multiple defendants on notes and accounts. Also includes libel for divorce, misdemeanors, fines, and settled costs plus local notices on tornado damage, post office money orders, marriages, and community items.
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