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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1911
Page
2
Local Dahlonega weekly notes state politics in Georgia, governor Smith vetoes railroads and newspaper exchange bills, and field reports show road workers, convicts, and governors’ races. Mentions Ellijay death, Dawson mule theft, and a growing candidate field as the 1900s era stir continues.
The fifth annual Fiddlers Convention drew record crowds at Park Springs in Dahlonega. Visitors arrived early by wagon, buggy, car, and auto from Gainesville Winder Atlanta and Canton. Judges tallied fourteen contestants while a large audience enjoyed singing and a top prize of fifteen dollars plus gold.
Prize money for children aged six to fifteen was split between Ellen Ridley and Joe Stargel for spelling every word. The sth annual fiddlers convention closed peacefully with no arrests, and plans hint at a next gathering. Deaths include Mrs. Ida Ray wife of City Marshal M Stay, with funeral at Mt Hope Cemetery.
J M Brooksher has applied to be appointed permanent administrator on the estate of John W Rider of Lumpkin County Georgia. The application will be heard at the regular Court of Ordinary term on the first Monday in September 1911. Witness J B Proerr Ordinary with official signature dated August 7 1911.
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