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832 MARKET ST., CHAITANOOGA
Telephone No. 274.
WE WISH TolltlCE
IHT OIJII FILL 111! OF
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THE MONTGOMERY AVENUE FURNITURE COMPAIX
257 MAIN ST. CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
Chattanooga’s Reliable Firms
WHO APPRECIATE YOUR TRADE.
REFORM FISCAL SYSTEM
Change Needed In The Finan
cial Conduct of the State
REDUCTION OF STATE TAXES
From Five To Two Mills Is Suggested
By Govenor Smith.—Much Property
Not Returned.
Atlanta, Ga.—That Georgia's fiscal
system is in need of seine kind of re
form is the opinion of every state
house official connected with the finan
cial conduct of the state. This was
very clearly brought out in the dis
cussion as to whether or not there
would be an unsual deficit to be as
sumed by the Joe Brown administra
tion next July.
At present the state’s fiscal year is
from January 1 to January 1. The
taxes for the year to pay appropria
tions made by the legislature, which
meets in June, come in mainly during
December and January following. The
delinquents continue to come in dur
ing April, May, June and even as late
as July.
Thus, for example, although the
state prohibition law went into effect
January 1, 1908, the proceeds from the
old tax on liquor received during the
present year has amounted to $14,600,
according to the figures in the office of
the comptroller general.
Yet to every suggestion of a change
in the present fiscal system there is
strenuous opposition. If it is pro
posed to change the fiscal year so that
it will stand from July 1 to July 1,
there is objection. If the proposed
change affects the time at which tax
es are to be returned, there is still
more vigorous complaint.
Still some system of tax reform is
universally agreed to be necessary.
Governor Smith favors the appoint
ment of a tax equalization board,which
will bring into sight for taxation,
property not now r returned, and which
there is no way of reaching.
It is his idea that the work of this
board would result in reducing the
taxes on the great body of the people
by forcing certain classes of people
to bear their full share of the burden
of carrying on the state administra
tion.
In discussing the evil of tax dodg
ing, Governor Smith said thq.t if some
system could be devised to force the
big corporations to pay taxes upon a
fair valuation of their property, the
state's tax rate could be reduced from
5 mills, which is the constitutional
limit, to 2 milles.
FINAL ELECTION RESULTS.
All Counties Have Made Official Re
turns—Brown’s Majority 104,052.
Atlanta, Ga. —The final consolidated
returns from every one of the 146
counties of the state show the final
results, in the recent election for gov
ernor:
Joseph M. Brown, democratic nom
inee, 116,801; Yancey Carter, nominee
of the independence party, 12,749. Mr.
Brown’s majority was 104,052.
In the table published giving the
result of the election, it was stated
that Mr. Brown’s majority would be
over 100,000. In that table the re
turns from the counties of Bartow,
Berrien, Hancock, Jenkins, Miller and
Towns were estimated, as the consol
idated figures from these counties had
not been reported, The official fig
ures have now been secured from ev
ery county. Those formerly missing
appear below:
County. Brown. Carter.
Bartow .. 1,006 285
Berrien .. .. .. .. .. 685 27
Hancock 620 4
Jenkins .. 201 5
Miller 365 14
Towns 369 2
140 counties in table ..113,555 12,412
Grand total 116,801 12,749
Carter .. .. 12,749
Srown’s majority ..104,053
BROKENTHE SOUTH”
President Roosevelt Could
Have Carried Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga. —President Roosevelt’s
only disappointment over the result
of the presidential election was the
failure of Mr. Taft to break the “solid
south,” and, according to Commission
er of Agriculture Hudson, Mr. Roose
velt thinks his desire would have beeu
fulfilled had he himself been the nom
inee of the grand old party. The pres
ident believes that he would have cap
tured Georgia.
“If I had been a candidate for pres
ident this time I would have carried
Georgia and broken the ‘solid south,’ ”
Commissioner Hudson quotes Presi
dent Roosevelt as having said to him.
Colonel Hudson has just returned
to Atlanta from Washington, where he
went to confer with President Roose
velt about the country life commis
sion. It was upon the occasion of his
visit to the white house that Mr.
Roosevelt voiced the belief that he
would have carried Georgia.
“Yes,” said Colonel Hudgson, “Pres
ident Roosevelt’s chief regret at de
clining to accept a third term seems
to be that he was denied the chance
to carry the state ol* his mother’s na
tivity.
“Mr. Roosevelt said he would have
invaded Georgia himself, made a few
speeches and captured the state
surely.”
Colonel Hudson’s reply was non
committal —he told the president that
he had many friends and adrpirers in
Georgia.
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
Sherman Thomas, white, aged 21,
was arrested at Rome on a warrant
sworn out by Southern railway detec
tives, charging murder, it .being alleg
ed that he deliberately wrecked the
northbound freight on the morning of
October 23, which resulted in the
death of Engineer Charles F. Pease
and Fireman Watts of Atlanta.
Cleaning day under the auspices of
the Civic Improvement Club was gen
erously responded to at Bainbridge.
The officers of the Civic Improvement
Club feel greatly encouraged, and
they assert that no diseases will show
up in this city which cleanliness can
subdue. From mansion to hut the re
sponse for “cleaning-up day’’ has been
uniformly respected. Notice from the
Civic Improvement Club that cleanli
ness of premises was desired met with
bonfires from city limit to city hall.
The biggest fire in the history of
Norcross occurred in the freight de
partment of the Southern depot. The
depot was completely destroyed, to
gether with a large amount of freight
and over three hundred bales of cot
ton. There were about five hundred
bales of cotton on the platform. Citi
zens helped to save a portion of the
cotton. Three freight ears were burn
ed. There were eight freight cars on
the sidetracks. The citizens pushed
five of them away and saved them.
The loss, which falls almost entirely
on the Southern Railway is about $50,-
000.
Mr. and Mrs. Landon A. Thomas, re
siding on the Sand Hills, a suburb of
Augusta, have received a telegram
from President-elect William Howard
Taft, accepting an invitation to be
come their guest. Mr. Taft and fam
ily will arrive in Augusta December
18. For the first few days they will
be entertained at the Thomas home.
Mr. Taft will personally select one of
The Hill cottages that has been offer
ed him. He and his family will take
their meals at the Winter Resort Ho
tel on the Hill, near the cottages. Wil
liam H. Taft, Jr., and Miss Helen Taft
will join the family during the holi
days. Mr. Thomas is a prominent and
wealthy citizen of Augusta, .being pres
ident of the Jno. P. King Manufactur
ing Company, one of the largest cot
ton mills in the south. He and Mrs.
Thomas entertain elegantly. Their
home is one of the most exquisite
on the Hill. The cottage, which Mr.
Taft will likely select is a very short
distance from the leading hotel.
St. Paul’s Church, Atlanta, was chos
en as the meeting place for the North
Georgia Conference next year by the
delegates of the conference in session
at Gainesville. The contest for this
distinction was spirited, and several
short and witty speeches were made.
votes were cast for
Madison, and 116 for St. Paul’s. Dal
ton withdrew and Rev. R. A. Edmond
son moved to make it unanimous for
the Atlanta church.
The current rumor that Tallulah
Falls is to be absorbed by a financial
syndicate and devoted to manufactur
ing purposes has been the cause of
renewed activity in the effort to stir
up such popular interest in the mat
ter as to cause either the state or the
federal government to acquire the
property and make it a park or simi
lar leservation.
On the 29th will be celebrated at
the home of his grandfather, J. R. Lee,
at Redan, the first birthday of a re
markable baby. The child, notwith
standing the fact that he is not yet
a year old, is both walking and talk
ing. He first began to talk when he
was only five months of age. His
name is Theodore Lee Wilkinson, be
ing named for President Roosevelt
and mother’s family. His father, R.
A. Wilkinson, is a well known young
farmer, who lives about five miles
from this place.
The state of Georgia will soon be
gin litigation to compel the lessees of
the Western and Atlantic railroad to
pay an income tax to the state.
Valdosta and Jacksonville have
made application for a charter for the
Valdosta, Moultrie and Western rail
road, anew line to be built from Val
dosta to Moultrie. The new road
will be about forty miles long and will
run through the counties of Lowndes,
Brooks and Colquitt. Its building is
practically assured, and the incorpo
rators state that the work will begin
immediately after a charter is secured,
probably within sixty days.
The old idea that it does not pay
to raise corn in Georgia as a money
crop has again been knocked out by
the practical demonstration this sea
son of a Wilkes county farmer. “I
have just harvested and housed 800
bushels of good corn,” remarked R.
A. Almand, a successful farmer and
business man of Washington. ‘‘l kept
pretty close account of expenses and
labor and I am certain that the 800
bushels did not cost me over $65.”
Besides having been produced at the
remarkably low cost of 8 cents per
bushel, the corn which Mr. Almand
spoke of was as large and fine in ev
ery particular as the best bottom land
of the state canproduce.
Warren A. Harrison has been ap
pointed rural carrier and W. T.'
Chamblee substitute route 5 at Gum
ming, Ga.
When the Macon Voluteers, Hus
sars and Floyd Rifles are inspected by
Major Palmer anew method of grad
ing the national guards will be adopt
ed. News has been received in Ma
cofl that in the future the companies
will be graded according to the aver
age attendance throughout the year,
the conditions existing about the ar
mory, in both the officers’ quarters
and locker rooms, the condition of the
uniforms and guns, and also the at
tendance on the night of inspection.
STEVART BROS & 0
Clothiers, Hatters, Furnishers
EVERYTHING THAT MEN WEAR EXCEPT SHOES
Call and see your friends,
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BURKE & COMPANY
TAILORS
825, MARKET STREET, CHATTANOO&A, UM.
“Theman with the shears”
Who daily appears
In advertisin our work
" Is the man who knows
What’s best in Clothes —
If you doubt it call on BURKE.
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.
Suoh claims are FALSE and we denounce 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
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