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RIVERSIDE CAFE OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. THE FINEST IN THE SOUTH WE SERVE THE BEST FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. Popular Prices and Polite Attention. Next to Stag Hotel 832 MARKET ST., CHAITANOOGA Telephone No. 274. STEWART BROS & GO Clothiers, Hatters, Furnishers EVERYTHING THAT fVIEN WEAR EXCEPT SHOES The genial John B. Hughes, a Dade County boy, to wait on you. Cali* and see your friends. 821 MARKET ST-. CHATTANOOGA, TENN BURKE & COMPANY TAILORS ; 825 MARKET STREET, CHATTANOO9A, TENN. “Theman with the shears” Who daily appears t In advertisin our work Is the man who knows What’s best in Clothes — _ If you doubt it call on BURKE. Office Phone 1493 • Residence Phone 134 y % H. B. HEYWOOD | 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 iin Georgia and Tennessee claiming to be agents of our firm. Such claims are FALSE and we denounce these parties as FAKIRS and IMPOSTERS and will prosecute any offend er of the above if *ve ean secure evidence against him. Broken Lenses Duplicated on Short Notice HARRIS & JOHNSON Mfg, ]0 p t ijc ian s 13 E Eicjlith st. Chattanooga, Tenn. PHONE, MAIN 676 Chattanooga’s Reliable Firms % WHO APPRECIATE YOUR TRADE. Stacy Adams & Go’s CELEBRATED LINE OF SHOES BEST ON EARTH ALL LEATHER, ALL STYLES PRICES $5.50 $6 00 . and $6.50 E. T. Wright & Go’s GREAT LINE OF MENS $4.00 &4.50 & SS.OOSHOES Chattanooga Shoe io. 803 MARKET ST. ARMY OFFICER’S REPORT Crops Were Completely De stroyed in the Section Be low Augusta. SCHOOLS MIL MIT OPENED Temporary Canal Banks Collapsed—- Spartanburg, S. C., Man Missing Since Flood. Augusta, Ga. —Captain A. IT. Hu guet, United States Army, here in connection with the flood conditions, has returned from a trip of inspection down the Savannah valley. He was accompanied by Congressman J. O. Patterson. He reports that the sec tion below Augusta suffered greatly. Crops are completely destroyed, and a number of houses were washed away. The people, mostly negroes, are in extreme distress. In some spots the damage was worse than at Augusta. Captain Huguet has ordi3r government supplies sent there. At Robins, 40 miles down, the water was 36 feet deep. Robins is in a ba sin, ordinarily protected from flood waters by a high (bank. Water got over this bank and did great damage. Asa result of the recent flood, the public schools will not open until the ilrst of October, two weeks late. The enrollment of pupils was made Mon day morning, and the schools were closed until the call of teachers is made. This measure is occasioned by a lack of water, and the consequent complications of crowded buildings. The work of cleaning up the city is progressing well, and nearly every vestige of the w’ork wrought by the flood has been removed. The im provement of the streets has been rapid and will continue until finished. William J. Oliver is now busily at work on the canal, and it is probable that the waterworks will be in op eration in a few days. The tempo rary canal bank, at the break, 400 yards above the pumping station, has collapsed. The collapse has caused a distinct disappointment. Meanwhile there will he a 2,000,000 gallon supply daily, just as there has been during the past. Spartanburg, S. C. —It is feared that D. S. Whitt of Macon, Ga., who trav els for the Southern Granite and Mar ble Company of this city was drown ed in the flood in Augusta, Ga., during the latter part of August, as nothing has been heard of him since August 22, when he wrote a letter to his com pany from Aiken, saying lie expected to leave within the next few days for Augusta. President Dodgen of the Southern Granite and Marble Company, is a,t a loss to account for the disappearance of Mr. Whitt unless he was caught by the flood in Augusta and drowned. RAILROADS BU NOT CONNECT. Citizens of Fitzgerald and Other Towns Appeal to Commission. Atlanta, Ga. —Chairman McLendon of the railroad commission of Geor gia has received numerous complaints from citizens of Fitzgerald, Abbeville, Rochelle and Ocilla about the failure of the Southern and Seaboard to con nect at Helena. It seems that the Southern, which carries the mail from Atlanta and all points north, east and west, leaves At lanta about midnight and arrives at Helena at 5:45 a. m. The Seaboard train from Savannah to Americus passes Heleiia at S:TO, or just thirty five minutes before the arrival of the Southern. The resultiof this failure to make connection Is to cause seri ous inconvenience to all the people west of Helena served by the Sea board and to cause an extensive de lay in the delivery of mail. These facts jiave been reported to the railroad commission. Chairman McLendon declares he is unable to make a ruling offhand on this point or until a full hearing before the full commission. *Te is willing to call this hearing, if desired. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER Is Candidate for Pension Commission er of Georgia. Ga. —W. W. Wilson of Bu ford, Ga., candidate for pension com missioner, is believed to be the last surviving non-commissioned officer of the confederate army. Mr. Wilson was for more than ten years editor of The Plow Boy, which paper was given a state and national reputation for its defense of the rights of the old vet erans. He has been a member of the house of representatives for the last two terms. His friends are sanguine of his success in the October elec tion. DEMORESTWAS SELECTED. North Georgia Association of Con gregational Churches Adjourns. O Oxford, GfO —At the annual meeting of the * North Georgia Association of Congregational Churches, which was in session at Cardis, 6 miles north of this place, it was decided to hold the next meeting of the association at JPemorest 011 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday preceding the second Sun day in September, 1909. Rev. W. O. Phillips, pastor of the Congregational Church at Demoiest; Rev. C. C. King, of Atlanta, and Rev. J. C. Forrester, pastor of the Congregational Church fl-t Hoschton, were named members of new business committee. STATE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD. People in the Moultrie section are watching Dry lake just now. Dry lake is a large body of water near Pidccck that has a habit of drying it self every seven years. This is the year for Jlhe lake to dry itself, and the water is now disappearing through an opening in the bottom of the lake. The process is a little slow, and it will take a week or ten days for it to get low enough to catch the many fish that it contains with nets and seines. The fishermen are getting daily re ports from it, and at the right time will swoop down on the fish that are said to be in great size and quantity. Elbert county, Georgia, will rebuild wooden bridges recently destroyed by the flood with steel structures. The Georgie and Alabama Industri al Index says: “In the industrial de velopment of Georgia in recent years a feature that has been prominent is the great progress made in wood working industries turning out pro ducts of a highgrade character. Con tract has just been closed to furnish several of the modern high school buildings being erected in Alabama with desks and other school supplies made in Columbus, Ga., right in the heart of Dixie. The shipments made by a show case company in Columbus during the mid-summer month of Aug ust w r ere the heaviest for any month in its history.” In Dorougherty county, Georgia, a company has applied for charter with $40,000 capital to engage in peach cul ture. The Merchants and Manufacturers’ association of Atlanta, have asked the Northeastern Passenger association to allow stop overs of three to four days on all travelers passing through Atlanta. It is believed the request will be granted. By omitting the final letter “r” from the word manufacturer in the Wise “near-beer” bill the bill was made to require the “manufacture” of the im itation beer to have his name appear on the label. The legislature passed the bill in this shape without any change, and the lawyers are now spec ulating *on what effect the strange omission of a letter will have in case a manufacturer chooses not to label his bottles sold in this state. Work will begin within the next month or so on an extensive, mill fac tory that is to >be established in At lanta by a number of capitalists from Lynn-* Mass., the big manufacturing center. The new enterprise will be devoted to the manufacture of cotton mill machinery. It will represent an initial investment of about $75,000. Sam T. Whitaker, Jr., who was in charge of the ginnery at G. W. Tru itt’s near West Point had his ann literally torn from his shoul der by machinery and physicians say there is no chance for his recovery. E. H. Cannon, a young man em ployed as a piano player in a vaude ville house at Savannah was stricken blind while en route home. He to have a nervous trouble which ef fects his optic nerves. Judge James A*. Pitman, re-elected ordinary of Douglas county for a sec ond term, makes a unique, in fact, a startling announcement in a Douglas ville paper. He puts the voters of the county on notice now that hfe will not be a candidate for re-election at the end cf his present term. While the judge does not intimate that it is a case of “turn the rascals out,” he believes in the Andrew Jackson pol icy of rotation in office. New ginning companies have been organized at Broxton and Lavonia. The bond commission of Fitzgerald opened bids for the $130,000 bond is sue recently voted by the city of Fitzgerald and awarded the bonds to the Providence Savings Bank and Trust company of Cincinnati, Ohio. The bonds were sold at $101.62 1-2, making the total of the sale $132,- 112.50. Postmasters appointed for Georgia: Gaddistown, Union county, John C. Cavender, vice S. E. Jones, dead; Kin law, Camden county, Ada Roberts, vice G. R. Gowen, resigned. R. W. Bishop, patent attorney, re ports the issue of the following pat ents to residents of Georgia: Over biioe fastener, J. T. Hearn, Victory, electric heat unit, G. H. Wade, Atlan ta- anchorage for telegraph poles, J. X) ’Self, Hamilton; window, B. A. War lick, Atlanta; feed and quick release valve, J. A. Hicks, Atlanta, assignor to Hicks Improved Engine Brake com pany, same place. The sum of $184,64.00 has been ap propriated by the Bibb county board of commissioners for operating expen ses this year. This is an increase of about $7,000 over last year. It will take all of the above amount to run the different departments of the county through the year, as there are more bills to be met now than before. The commissioners raised the county tax from 7 1-2 mills to 8 mills, making a difference of 50 cents upon each thousand dollars of property. Athens has awarded contract tot a handsome high school building. The commissioners of roads and rev enues of Dougherty county have de cided to carry forward the extensive road improvements to be-made in that county during The next few years. The commissioners have immediately available a fund of $30,000. About $5,000 of .this amount will be utilized for the purchase of a heavy steam roller and other machinery to supple ment that already on hand, and the remaining $25,000 will be expended upon actual work. Two of the main roads leading out of Albany have al ready been built up with the hard limestone similar to that to be used in the further improvements, and have proved in every way satisfac tory. Tine place where all good men should sto Room O lean and Tp-to-Date Europ m x. Baths in Connection Every Modern Convc,: , o STANLEY & BOGENSHOTT, PROP R 834 MARKET ST. PHONE 2598. CHATTANGQS& _ , A , , .... .... . CHATTANOOGA MARBLE W’E A. W. HASSELL Prop. Li f)ark ud Granite Monuments 1149-51 MARKET ST We have monuments in stock from $8 to $3,000 Call on or write us. ii w non ,V 1” z Em m ——— ii i— ■■ f For The Same Money? Call on us for repair work, bridles, collars, oils, u dis or anything in the harness line. Second hand harness bought and sold, work guarani* ci, prices right. . ANDERSON HARNESS CO. 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, tit better, wear longer, and are of greater value than any other shoes in the world 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 < bottom. Take no substitute. Sold by the best slice dealers everywhere. Illustrated catalog free to any address —W. L. Douglas, Brookton, Mas. * Sole Distributor. 14 West Dili st. I Hull | Chattanooga, Teim. m * 0 m When the Honeymoon is over And you’ye 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 that are the best?. W ell, 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 bright. • i THE MONTGOMERY AVE, FURNITURE CO, Telephone! Marin 4379 257 Montgomery Ave. Chattanooga Tc.