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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. | I*,Office Phone 1498 Residence Phone 134^ H. B, HEYWOOD K-1 Dentist' | -}\ 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 ',. • * 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. to m n-ttffi s; aa sra iieT For The Same Money? Call on us for repair work, bridles, collars, oils, whips, or anything in the harness line. • 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. * 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