A NICKEL AINT WORTH A DIME ANYMORE - For decades the men of Dublin were used to have their shoe shines for a nickel. When the bootblackers began charging a dime a shine, that was it. Shaves were no longer a dime and cigars cost more than a nickel following the end of World War I. The outraged men took their case to the Dublin City Council. The council quickly enacted a new ordinance, which provided an additional annual business license fee of $50.00 to shoe shiners who charged more than a nickel to shine a pair of shoes. The raising of the fee by a factor of 1000% had an immediate effect on the rates.
Shawnee News 2.24.22
A MUST READ BOOK - Since 2002, the Georgia Center for the Book has honored the achievements of the Georgia Literary community through the books which all Georgians should read lists. Compiled annually by the Advisory Council of the Georgia Center for the Book from recommendations by publishers, librarians young Georgians Should Read” lists are a celebration of Georgia's rich literary heritage. The purpose of these lists is to promote reading and discussion across genres, to drive readers to libraries and bookstores, and to cultivate an appreciation of the literary arts. The Advisory Council for the Georgia Center for the Book named, “St. Eom In The Land Of Pasaquan” to list. The book was writen by former Dubliner, Tom Patterson in 1987 and republished in a hardback edition in 2018 by the University of Georgia Press. Self-taught Georgia artist Eddie Owens Martin (1908-86), known as St. EOM, created a visionary art site called Pasaquan in the mid-1950s in Marion County, Georgia. Covering seven acres, this evocative and fanciful site has captured the imaginations of thousands of visitors. Pasaquan includes six buildings connected by concrete walls, all of which are adorned with the artist's vibrant, psychedelic folk art of bold, transfixing patterns, spiritual and tribal imagery, and exuberant depictions of nature. University of Georgia Press.
Winston Salem Journal, Winston Salem, NC., November 23, 2019.
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NOWING IN THE SPRING? - Snowfalls in Laurens County usual come during the winter. In some cases there are reported snowfalls there have been rare snow events in November or March. In this case, a moderate snowfall came on April 6, 1834. A considerable fall ol snow took place in Dublin, Laurens comity, and the vicinity, on Sunday as churchgoers were worshiping. The early morning rain turned to snow as the temperature plummeted. The snowfall, composed of large, cotton boll like flakes, continued for two hours. Those who reported seeing the unusual whirling storm had never witnessed anything like it.
Ga. Messenger, 4.10, 1834. WHERE DID ALL THE BAD GUYS GO? - For the first time in the history of the county, since the jail was nothing more than a rail pen near a log courthouse, the county jail was absolutely empty of prisoners Friday night and Saturday, and Sheriff W. N. Watson had nothing to do but sleep soundly, without fear of jail delivery. There bpve been very few prisoners jn the jail here for the past year. During the last week the number gradually dwindled down to two and finally just oije Friday. Friday night this one, a negro boy, gave bond and left the jail empty. Sheriff Watson arributes the big decrease in prisoners to bone-dry pro hibition, to the scarcity of labor, caus ing farmers to give bond for every hand possible, and the fact that in the rural districts there is a disposition to have less crime, and more order. Three years ago the number of prisoners in jail here averaged thirty-five at all times. Post Searchlight, Bainbridge, June 5, 1919.
WE’RE LIVING HERE IN ALLENTOWN - Allentown, Georgia, one of five Allentowns in the United States, is situated at the intersection of U.S. Highway 80 and Georgia Highway 112. It was founded in the early quarter of the 19th Century as simply “Cross Roads.” “Crossroads was centered at the intersection of the ancient Indian Trail running from Macon to Savannah (U.S. Hwy 80) and an old Indian Trail running from Ball’s Ferry (Wilkinson County) and Hartfored (Hawkinsville,) which roughly followed the Upper Uchee Trail. A stone marker at the center of town marks the spot today.
THE FIRST KINDERGARTEN - The first private kindergarten was established in the late summer of 1905 by educator and businessman, Zollicoffer Whitehurst. The first public kindergarten was established by the School Board of the City of Dublin in 1901. Professor Joseph Wardlaw, who went on to an outstanding educator in state circles, appointed Lizzie Mae Duncan as the city’s first kindergarten teacher. Dublin Times, 4.8.1905, Dublin Courier Dispatch, 9.19.1901.
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