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Newspaper
Dahlonega Nugget
Location
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1903
Page
3
Dahlonega area reports include a Danville trip and a high school donation, a runaway horse incident, new barn completion, church gatherings at Nimblewill and surrounding towns, and a civic focus on taxes and road conditions. Local residents face legal cases, mining talks, and social happenings from schools to quarries and sermons.
The writer recounts a Sunday trip with family and guests to Blood Mountain and nearby slopes. He praises the scenery 4500 feet above sea level, recalls a day of fishing with a memorable meal, notes hospitable locals, temperance, and strong schools. The town’s rail link is debated as essential for local prosperity.
The Timber Dealers visit includes A H Isbell of Murphy North Carolina M W Low of Young Harris O G Cowan of Webster and Chas T Rawls mayor of Asheville North Carolina. They show interest in a 55000 acre county timber tract recently optioned to Anderson Jones and Pate of Dahlonega and sold to United States Leather Co. Low is the original promoter. Cowan, aided by Gol QO J Lilly of Dahlonega, is examining titles while Isbell and others push the sale process.
Last Thursday Prof. C H W Willoughby of the Georgia Experimental Station and Ton Harvie Jordan, with Prof. C W Davis of the N G A College, spoke to local farmers in Dawson, White and Lumpkin counties. The audience mainly included nonfarmers, while census data show Lumpkin's school age population and literacy details by district and race.
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