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Xii.e place where all good men should sto The Stag Hotel lioom O lean tind Gp-to-Date European Batin* in Connection Every Modern Convenience STANLEY 4 BOGENSHOTT, PBOP’R 834 ■ MARKET ST. PHOtSE 2598. 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 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 on bottom. Take no substitute. Sold by the best shoe dealeis everywhere. Illustrated catalog free to any address —W. L. Douglas, Brookton, Mas. Q¥ VIIHH le ' Distributor * West 9uh St. Ifl and A 1 lilillj Chattanooga, Tenn. CHATTANOOGA MARBLE W’KS, 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. 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. WE WISH TolltlCE IHT OIJII FILL 111! OF FURNITURE Is now complete and we can furnish you with amything yon need in our line. Call in and see our Heaters and Ranges, we have the Best Chunk Burners at the Lowest' Prices found any where. Our line of Bed Room Suits Odd Beds, Dressers, Side boards, Extension Tables, etc., is Complete. Call and see when in the City. ♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ \ 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, 821 MARKET ST-, CHATTANOOGA. Tend. 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. 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