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RIVERSIDE CAFE
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT,
THE FINEST IN THE SOOTH WE SERVE THE BEST
FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. ...
Popular Prices and Polite Attention. Next to Stag Hotel
832 MARKET ST., CHATTANOOGA
Telephone No. 274.
STEWART BEOS & CO
Clothiers, Hatters, Furnishers
EVERYTHING THAT MEN -WEAR EXCEPT SHOES
The genial John B. Hughes, a Dade County boy,
to wait on you. Call" and see your friends.
821 MARKET ST, CHATTANOOGA,JENN
BURKE & COMPANY
TAILORS
825 MARKET STREET, CHATTANOOGA, TMN.
“Theman with the shears”
Who daily appears
/In advertisin our work
Is the man who knows
What’s best in Clothes —
K f If you doubt it call on BURKE.
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I*,Office Phone 1498 Residence Phone 134^
H. B, HEYWOOD
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SUNDAY ENGAGEMENTS MADE IN ADVANCE
7111-2 MARKET STREET
PUBLIC NOTICE
We wish to notify the readers of this paper that there are
a number of unscrupulous spectacle peddlers traveling >in
Georgia and Tennessee claiming to be agents of our firm.
Such claims are FALSE and we denouncg these parties as
FAKIRS and IMPOSTERS and will prosecute any offend
er of the above If we can secure evidence against him.
Broken Lenses Duplicated on Short Notice
HARRIS & JOHNSON
Mf g . optTc ian s
13 E Elgnm st. Chattanooga, Tenn.
PHONE, MAIN 676 1
. Stacy Adams & Go’s
' Jf CELEBRATED LINE OF SHOES
fJyH BEST ON EARTH
m V ALL LEATHER, ALL STYLES
Jk PRICES $5.50 $6 00 and $6.50
yjl E. T. Wright & Go’s
great line of mens
$4.0054.50&55.005H0ES
Chattanooga
803 MARKET ST.
Chattanooga’s Reliable Firms
WHO APPRECIATE YOUR TRADE.
EXTRA SESSION OF LEGISLATURE PROCEEDINGS
IN THE HOUSE.
The house having adopted the Hol
der convict lease bill presented it t.o
the senate. The upper house killed all
the original sections of the Holder
bill and substituted in place the dif
ferent sections of the “skidoo” bill.
They then passed it and returned it
to the house, who refused to accept
it as amended.
A system of parole and conditional
pardon for the Georgia penitentiary
was passed by the house when the
bill providing for this by Mr. Persons
of Monroe was passed unanimously,
133 members voting. The bill provides
for all convicts except those convict
ed of two or three certain ‘crimes,
to receive the advantages of a parole
and conditional pardon, but it is pro
vided that each convict shall serve
the minimum sentence prescribed for
the crime of which he was convicted.
Mr. Persons made an interesting
speech and a good impression on the
other members of the bouse, and sev
eral announced that they had changed
their minds on the subject. As Mr.
Slater of Bryan later pointed out, it
gives the poor man —the man without
money or political influence —a chance
to redeem himself and have hope for
the future. The hill was by unani
mous consent transmitted immediate
ly to the senate.
The house of representatives pass
ed the Wise “near-beer” tax, by a
Vote of 99 to 32. A tax of S2OO is
placed on dealers and SSOO on manu
facturers of imitation beers.
The provision of the bill limiting
the amount of alcohol the imitation
beer may contain to one one-half per
cent was defeated.
The senate is committed to a tax
of SIOO on dealers and SSOO on manu
facturers of imitation beers, but it
is not apprehended .that the two
houses will experience a great deal of
trouble getting together on the ques
tion.
The bill passed by the house pro
vides that the funds derived from the
tax shall go to support the convicts.
The bffl by Mr. Perry of Hall tr
stop the convict lease system b.,
amendment to the state constitution
at the termination of the present
leases, March 31st next was lost by
a vote of 116 to 39. The bill not hav
ing received the requisite two*thrids
majority of 122, required for amend
ments to the constitution, was there-
IN THE SENATE.
Emasculated in proposed executive
features, but otherwise intact, the
substitute to the Felder convict bill,
known as the “skidoo” or “23” bill,
was passed iby the senate by a vote
of 33 to 10.
The bill is one of the most compre
hensive that has yet been offered in
solution of the question that is troub
ling the state, one of its most inter
esting features being the levying of
an income tax.
The provision abolishing the pris
on commission and creating in its
place a board of control, consisting of
the governor, commisisoner of agri
culture and atteorney general, was
stricken from the substitute.
The provision for an income tax of
one-half of one per cent on all in
comes was eliminated.
The proposed tax on imitation beers
was reduced from one to two hundred
dollars; the tax of SSOO on manufac
turers of imitation beeds remained un
changed.
An amendment requiring the mem
bers of the prison commission to give
all of their time to the discharge of
their duties was passed.
The essetnial details of the substi
tute follow:
The state has direct supervision of
all felony and misdemeanor convicts.
The misdemeanors may, however, be
worked by the counties.
The lease system terminates on the
night of March 31, 1909.
The money derived from the hire of
convicts in the meantime shall be
set aside as a prison fund.
The money already appropriated for
the support of the prison department
is made immediately available.
The money from the imita
tion beer tax shall go into the fund
to maintain the convicts.
The felony convicts now hired out
to lesses and used by the counties
shall be givenu over to the commis
sion on April 1, 1909.
The commission may, in its discre
tion, purchase one or more farms.
The convicts shall be divided into
gangs or squads, and, under the su
pervision and management of the
state, shall work in the 1 several coun
ties of the state upon the public roads
or other public works.
The work to be done in the respec
tive counties shall be apportioned by
the commission in proportion to pop
ulation.
The material used in road improve
ment shall be furnished by the coun
ties for which the work is done.
The action of the directors of the
Savannah board of trade in abolish
ing the grades of C and A of rosins
amounts to a decided innovation in
the naval stores world. Ever since
naval stores have been marketed
there have been three low grades, A,
B and C. They have In recent years
been bunched together so far as quo
tations are concerned and some of
the foreign buyers have been kicking
recently that when they bought low
grade rosins they got more A’s than
anything else. To overcome this ob
jection it was decided to abolish en
tirely the A and C grade and bunch
the rosins that have been placed un
der one or the other of the three low
er grades as B’s. It is expected this
will stop the kicking of our English
and Germar cousins.
Vicious and long term men shall be
held on the farm or farms.
None of the products of the farms
are to be sold in convpetition with
free labor. The convicts are to raise
such products as will be used by the
state institutions and road gangs, also
the convicts shall make tools, machin
ery, etc., such as will be required by
the road gangs.
The money for the purchase of the
required land and the road equipment
will be taken from the special prison
fund, to lie accumulated as indicated.
STATE NEWS BRIEFLY TOED.
Beal Brothers bottling works at
Monticello werre entirely destroyed
by *fire. The origin of the fire is un
known. The loss is estimated at
$4,000, with SI,OOO insurance.
Contract was awarded for a jail in
Polk county, Georgia, that will cost
nearly $20,000, and for the building of
a $50,000 fertilizer factory at Cordele,
Ga.
Meigs enjoys the distinction of hav
ing a bank whose deposits have doub
led in the year 1908, notwithstanding
that the year was ushered in amid
sadly troubled business conditions.
Owing to the 6 weeks’ drouth dur
ing July and August, the cotton crop
in Hancock county will not be over
60 per cent of last year’s yield, ac
cording to estimates of close observ
ers of the crop.
W. B. Spence, who attempted to
commit suicide at Columbus, by cut
ting his throat with a razor, and who
is in the hospital for treatment, is im
proving slowly. His physicians say
he will recover.
The city of Hartwell held an elec
tion to determine whether or not the
city should have public schools, re
sulting in a large vote and only four
against public schools.
The Georgia and Alabamma Indus
trial Index says: “Another interest
ing testimonial of the superiority and
growing popularity of southern mar
ble is found in the beautiful Girard
building, which has just been com
pleted in Philadelphia. Of Georgia
marble it is, within and without, and
it is regarded a® one of the hand
somest structures in the Quaker me
tropolis. While the New England
marble is soft, white and beautiful,
it absorbs readily the smoke and im
purities of a great city. The marble
found in the hills of north Georgia
being of a harder and more crystal
line formation is non-absorbant and
is regarded as peculiarly adapted for
construction purposes in large cities.”
Fourteen fires occurred in Macon
during the month of August, while in
August, 1907, only nine alarms were
answered by the Macon fire depart
ment. During the past month only
one bad fire occurred and that was
Huhn’s hardware store early in the
month. The ether fires were
ones and the damage done amounted
to very little.
J. A. Bagwell of Lawrenceville, Ga.,
has bought the Marietta Courier. Mr.
Bagwell recently sold the Gwinnett
County Journal, of which he was edi
tor and came to Marietta.
One of the most successful revivals
ever held in Tallapoosa has just been
brought to a close by the Baptist
church. Over, a hundred members
were added to the church by letter
and profession of faith. The ordinance
of baptism was administered to the
new members at the Tallapoosa river
and one of the largest crowds ever in
attendance upon any occasion was
present, it being estimated that there
were two thousand people at the
river.
The resignation of Judge J. H. Mar
tion of Columbus of the superior
courts of the Chattahoochee circuit,
which was sent to the governor some
time ago, took effect, and Honorable
S. Price Gilbert, who was apponted
by. the governor to succeed him, was
sworn in, Judge William Redd, of the
ordinary’s court of Muscogee county
officiating. At the same time that
Captain Gilbert was sworn in as
judge he vacated the office of solici
tor general of the circuit court and
Honorable George C. Palmer, who had
been appointed by the governor to
succeed him, was also sworn in as so
licitor general. Judge Martin retires
with the confidence, esteem and good
will of the people of the entire cir
cuit, and the new officials enter upon
the discharge of their duties under
most favorable auspices.
More than $6,000 was subscribed in
Savannah for the relief of the Augus
ta flood sufferers. This is the largest
amount raised in any city. Heavy
contributions were made on the floor
of the Savannah cotton exchange. The
American Naval Stores company sent
the Press fund SSOO, and Spencer H.
Shotter, chairman of the board of the
same concern, sent the Morning
News’ fund, a similar amount.
In a determined effort to rid the
city of blind tigers the city council
of Albany has offered a standing re
ward of SSO to any citizen, policeman,
sheriff or deputy or any other city
or county officer who will supply in
formation, with evidence to convict,
of the operation of any blind tiger.
The permits issued by the building
inspector of Atlanta shows that dur
ing the month of Auguts just closed
there were issued permits aggregating
over a third of a million dollars, or
to be exact $389,305, a clear gain of
$46,633 over the month of Aug., 1967.
With this appreciable increase th*
total increase for the eight months
of 1908, over the same number for
1907 is $226,026. The total for the
year 1908 up to date being $3,796,573,
as against $3,569,547 for last year.
Tire place where all good men should sto
The Stag Hotel
Room O lean and Up-to-Date European
Baths in Connection Every Modern Convenience
STANLEY & BOGENSHOTT, PROP'S
834 MARKET ST. RHONE 2598. CHATTANOOGA
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CHATTANOOGA MARBLE W’l
A. W. HASSELL Prop.
Li ߣ“ d Granite Monuments
1149-51 MARKET sT
We have monuments in stock from $8 to $3,000
Call on or write us.
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For The Same Money?
Call on us for repair work, bridles, collars, oils, whips,
or anything in the harness line.
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SecoTid hand harness bought and sold, work guaranteed,
prices right.
ANDERSON HARNESS 00.
gOl Main st. Chattanooga,
W. L, Douglas
< $3.00 . SHOES $3.50
Shoes at all prices, for every member of the family.
Men, Boys, Women, Misses and Children
W. L. Douglas makes and sells more men’s $2.50,
$3.00 and $3.50 shoes than any other manufacturer
in the world, because they hold their shape, fit
better, wear longer, and are of greater value than
any other shoes in the w orld today.
W. L. Douglas $4 and $5 Gilt Edge Shoes Cannot Be
Equalled at Any Price,
caution, W. L. Douglas’ name and price is stamped or
bottom. Take no substitute. Sold by the best shoe
dealers everywhere.
Illustrated catalog free to any address
—W. L. Douglas, Brook ton, Mas.
WqV VIIHH Sole Distributor. 14 West 9ih St.
ill (LA X IXUUj Chattanooga, Tenn.
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When the Honeymoon is over
And you’ve settled down at home
Where forever you’ll be happy
Never more you’ll want to roam.
Don’t you think it will be nicer
In that little “Feathered Nest,”
If its furnished to a finish
With the goods th&t are the best?'
Well, a secret we would whisper
If you hear don’t treat it light
Come to See us when you marry
And Your future will be blight.
THE MONTGOMERY AVE, FURNITURE CO,
Telephone Main 4379
257 Montgomery Ave, Chattanooga TeflS