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the best interest of the whole people
of the county.
Purity of politics; purity of the bal
lot box, and clean administration of all
places of public trust. Only paper In
county.
R. J. TATUM, EDITOR.
VOL. XVI.
DIRECTORY OF CHATTANOOGA’S RELIABLE^
Who Appreciate the Trade of Dade County People^^l
ilstaitllta
MAX YUnD ffißS
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COUPON 1 — Heldman’s SIB.OO Wholesale Urtior
x&H grjasm made Overcoats and Suits. Bring this in
I with $12.45 and get a fine Union. Mad
' aS!v V&sz&sr g u j t Heldman wholesaled at $lB
Fine Saratoga Cassimere. They are superb in every way. Overcoats are long,
wool cloth and handsomely tailored.
WAX YUDD, 14 WEST NINTH STREET
COUPON 2 Heldman’s $20.00 Clothes. Yudc
•vkr ..; has P r l these Suits and Overcoats
L if- s&b alike - The Suits are all hand tailored,
union made, cut on perfect lines and
ov Ttop anything in Chattanooga for SIO.OO more. Yudd bought nine differ
ent kinds but all good winter weights.
MAX YUDD 14 WfeST NINTH STREET
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COUPON 3 Union Made Suits. Bring in thit
YES Coupon with $14.10 cash. You 11 get r
P Suit such as no tailor here or in an:
other town could turn out for you. Th(
H'idman firm certainly is to be congratulated on them. 29 different styles
MAX YUDD 14 WEST NINTH STREET
COUPON 4—* Overcoats and Surtouts. Unior
Babel. Luxurious Elysian Beaver Over
S jgy coats (you know them of course, $25.0C
■i* in ordinary stores) made in Heldman’s
own shops, and the very zenith of handsome workmanship. Bring in this cou
pon with $14.90.
MAX YUDD 14 WEST NINTH STREET
COUPON 5 The Finest Ever in Overcoats
• v -j uiium Tliey sold these Overcoats at $25.0f
I \.y w and no won< ter. They’re grand. T coulc
% C- g e t $25.00 for every one if I didn’t sel
f ni a- I bought. That’s why they’re $16.50. You’ll see the great value
it once. All sizes. Bring in this coupon and cash.
MAX YUDD 14 WEST NINTH STREET.
COUPON 6 Regular $30.00 Dress Suits. You
gumm can pick any one w ’th your eyes shut
JI Jpg and be sure of a beauty. All with Unior
e2> -$Kr Label, which means the very finest
i! diow a few in the window, but prefer you to try them on. Perfect tailor
n K and cloth.
MAX VUDD 14 WEST NINTH STREET
[Rewards of Life
According to Ability
By President Chase, of Bates College,
********** F individuals and the race are to progress, it must be in re
* f sponse to those same personal incentives that have lifted
W * men above brutes and produced those splendid differentia
* A $ tions of taste, talent, and genius that are the glory and hope
* of mankind. Human weal absolutely requires that the kind
********** and amount of the service that each of us shall undertake,
********** and the portion of our gains and rewards that we shall de
********** vote to the welfare of others, be left largely to our own
judgment and conscience. And could any attempt to have
It otherwise be permanently successful, the star of human destiny would
s-pfdily set in darkness. Happily the primitive instinct of self-preservation
and recognition will not permit such a result. Asa consequence, no one of
us can escape, through the virtue of any social or industrial mechanism, the
responsibility of deciding how and what we will contribute to the common
good. It is, indeed, a dangerous responsibility, fraught with awful conse
quences to ourselves and to others. But confront us it must and will; anc
*>>• host thine we can do is to convert responsibility into opportunity.
DADE COUNTY SENTINEL
When Heldman, Heldman & Cos., the
Great Makers of
Men’s Fine .Union
Made Suits and
I
Overcoats.-
Decided to dissolve partnership and
sacrifice their entire stock of
Winter Clothes
THEY TELEGRAPHED FOR YUDD
AND YUDD WENT.
YUDD GOT THE CREAM AT
YUDD’S PRICE.
They’re all new, fresh and up. to date,
suits and overcoats made by the best
tailors in Cincinnati, cut in nobby,
snappy fashion —and*-priced as Yudd
bought—that is, about half regular re
tail price. Now read your coupons
below and make your selections
the best plums are off the tree.
DOUGLAS
$3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 Shoes
BEST ON EARTH.
Cut off a coupon and bring it with
cash to
C 30.,
TAILORS
C. 25 MARKET STREET CHATTANOOGA, TENN
“The man with the Shears’’
Who daily appears
In advertising our work
* Is the man who knows z
What’s best in Clothes—
. If you doubt it call on BURKE.
M. M. Farrell Cos.,
•LEADERS OF LOW PRICES IN
Men’s Clothing 1 , Shoes, Hats and
Furnishings.
EVERYTHING REDUCED FOR THE HOLIDAY TRADE. GIVE US A
CALL ' 24 WEST NINTH STREET.
An Ixlison Phonograph or Victor Talking Machine is an
.Ideal Christmas Present.
THERE IS NO END TO THE FUN THAT YOU CAN HAVE WITH THESE WONDERFUL INSTRUMENTS.
R TERMS ARE EASY. BUY NOW, PAY LATER. WE ARE EDISON AND VICTOR’S REPRESENTATIVES
FOR CHATTANOOGA. CALL ON US, OR WRITE FOR CATALOGS AND P RICES.
O. K. Houck Piano Company,
920-922 MARKET STREET, AAA CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
Georgia Callings
Curtailed Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Wages Cut 20 Per Cent.
Beginning last Monday a reduction in
wages of nearly 20 per cent by all
the largest employing concerns in Tit
ton was put into effect.
While the reduction was made prin
cipally by the lumber manufacturing
plants, yet it was shared by nearly all
employers of labor, and was eaused by
the drop in prices of nearly all manu
factured products.
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Eubanks Heads Company.
J. G. Eubanks has been elected pres
ident of the SIOO,OOO fertilizer company
organized by the Farmers’ Union
His eminent fitness for the place and
his qualities for organization made his
selection practically unanimous.
Other officials elected were: J. T. M-
Daniel, Rockdale, vice president; J. W.
Burns, Bartow; Z. T. Taylor, Dodge;
J. T. McDaniel, Rcckdale; I. A. Smith,
Washington, and M. C. Wood, Ware,
were named as the board of director*.
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Paul Akin Elected Senator.
Paul F. Akin, the youngest brother
of the late president of the Georgia
senate, was elected senator to succeed
his brother from the forty-second dis
trict, on the 23rd without opposition.
Mr. Akin is only 30 years of age,
and this position of trust comes to
him unsolicited by himself, he having
consented for his name to be used
only after receiving petions from every
section of the forty-second district.
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Atlanta’s Taxable Property.
The total taxable property in Atlan
ta in 1907 is $91,993,864. The total
amount of taxes received by the city
of Atlanta in 1907 will be $1,238,593.24.
The total taxable property in Atlanta
In 1906 was $80,067,113. The total
amount of taxes received by Atlanta
in 1906 was $1,082,386.73. Thu3 increase
in taxable property this year over last
year is $11,931,551. The increase*.ln
taxes received this year over last year
will be $154,208.51.
Many to Attend Cotton School.
The arrangements for holding the
great coton school in Athens next Jan
uary are being perfected. From the
present outlook there will probably be
an attendance of not less than 800 far
mers at this school, and the figures
may go higher. The school will be in
session ten days, January 6-17.
Bvery possible phase of cotton grow
ing will be discussed and explained.
Special attention* is to be given to cot
ton grading. The marketing and hand
ling Of the crop will also be given at
tention, as well as testing the cotton by
the most approved methods.
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Prominent Atlantan Dead.
Walker P. Inman, one of the most
TRENTON. GA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29. 190?.
prominent and citizens of At
lanta, was found dead in bed at his
home, 478 Peachtree street, Saturday
i morning. Mr. Inman retired as usual
!at 11 o’clock Friday night, apparently
{ feeling in the best of spirits.
Walter P. Inman was one of the
wealthiest, as well as one of the most
prominent and prominently connected
i men in Atlanta and Georgia. In ont
way or another he was identified with
nearly every big enterprise in Atlanta.
He was 79 years old, being born In
Huntsville, Ala., June 18, 1828.
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Suburban Rates Withdrawn.
Since the Terrell rates went into ef
fect naming the fare on the Atlanta
and West Point road at two cents a
mile, that company has withdrawn the
commutation rates of a half ernt a mile
which have been given for years be
tween Atlanta and Palmetto. This mat
ter has been called to the alt ntion of
the railroad commission, and it may
be that the commission will be a k' and
to have the commutation rates restored.
This involves the question of right in
compelling people beyond Palmetto to
pay two cents a mile while those in
that city can get a ride for a fourth
of that sum.
Western Union Taxes Declined.
Comptroller General Wright has pre
pared a circular letter for the tax col
lectors of the several counties of the
state, directing them as to the course
to pursue in the matter of the taxes of
the Western Union Telegraph company.
He .requests that they decline to ac
cept any payment of these taxes until
they have been furnished by his of
fice with a statement of the amount
due, and then In no instance te aoeept
anything but the whole amount.
The comptroller’s letter is the result
of the litigation the company has in
stituted against the state, attacking the
validity of the franchise tax. Pending
the settlement of this case, the state
will not accept any taxes from the
company.
AH Up in the Air.
Until the attorney general has re
ceived and read a copy of the decision
handed down by the supreme court of
the United States against the state in
the famous “back tax case,” Judge Hart
will not give out a statement as to
whether the c’aims for $3,000,000 for
back taxes are forever lost to Geor
gia.
Comptroller General Wright, who
brought the suit against the Central
of Georgia railway and the Georgia
Railroad and Banking company, takes
an altogether hopeful view of the sit
uation, and says:
“When we won our victory in this
case in the United States supreme
court several years ago, one of the
counsel for the railroads stated that
the corporations had just begun to
fight, and It would be a long time until
we got the money. Well, we feel the
same way today. It will be a long
time before we ever let up on this tax,
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DADE COUNTY.
GLENN CLOTHING STORE,
816 MARKET STREET CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
—FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS
We are Giving Big Discounts
—ON ACCOUNT OF SCARCITY OF MONEY
T. H. PAYNE & CO.
Holiday Books, Pictures, Frames,
Kodaks, Engraved Calling Cards,
Fine Stationery, Etc.
823 MARKET ST.
and we will get it, for the courts have
never held that we are not entitled it,
| but that our procedure of getting to
it was wrong. The case won’t get out
of court for years yet, for we are going
to keep fighting for this just claim.”
No State Rewards *or Cops.
In the future members of the police
force of any city in Georgia will not
be paid rewards offered by the state
for the apprehension of criminals.
Such is the opinion of Attorney Gen
eral Hart in a case referred to him by
the governor. Patrolman T. E. Moore
of Columbus applied to the executive
department for a reward of SIOO of
fered by the state for the arrest of
William Thomas, colored, charged with
the murder of Prince Hollis, colored.
Patrolman Moore captured Thomas
in Columbus, and applied for the SIOO
reward. Then the question arose
whether, as a paid servant of the law,
he wa3 entitled to payment for doing
something he was already receiving
pay for doing. Attorney General Han
decided against him.
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Sturdy Let of Immigrants.
The first lot of immigrants to be
sent to Georgia through the efforts of
the Georgia Immigration Society reach
ed Savannah on schedule time, and
after remaining in the city several
hours were sent to different sections
of the state, where they will be put
to work. They weer mostly Austrians
and Bulgarians. They came to Savan
nah from New Orleans, where they
were carried on a ship.
Mr. John A. Betejaman of Albany,
who has had the shipment of immi
grants to Georgia in charge, notified
those interested with him in their ar
rival that they were coming and they
were met by an interpreter. The immi
grants were a strong, healthy look
ing set of men and women with* some
sturdy children.
Ex-Councilmen Involved.
Through T. J. Ripley, his counsel,
A. O. Marbut, a local stockholder of
the now defunct Georgia Redemption
and Loan Company of Atlanta, and
an intervenor in the original petition
against the company for a receiver,
Saturday filed an amendment asking
that M. M. Turner, formerly an Atlan
ta councilman and the company’s sec
retary and treasurer, now under In
dictment for embezzlement, he enjoin
ed from disposing of any of his prop
erty, real or pearsonal, that John E.
McClelland, the receiver, assume
charge of it, and that Turner bo
bi*bught into the suit.
Marbut alleges that Turner appro
priated $96,749.65 of the company’s
money which should have gone into
the reserve fund.
Marbut also says that the former
councilman took the redemption fund,
and he said that it was fraud and neg
ligence both on the part of the secre
tary and treasurer, and the president,
M. T. LaHatte, also a former council
man, although po "wilful wrong” is
Stewart Bros. & nil
Clothiers, Hatters and lure®
821 MARKET STREET, AAA CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
charged to the latter officer.
Judge Pendleton' sighed a temporary
order restraining Mr. Turner from dis
posing of any of his property, real or
personal, and citing him to *&ppear in
court on December 14th for a hearing
on the petition.
BANKERS LOCKED IN VAULT.
Fishy Story of a Sensational Robbery
in Clinton, 111.
The State bank at Clinton. 111., was
held up and robbed of $2,200 in coin
shortly before 5 o’clock Monday after
noon by two men, who made their es
cape. With drawn revolvers the rob
bera forced Cashier George Argo, As
sistant Cashier Murphy and Bookkeep
er John Young to enter the big vault,
which they locked. The bulk of mon
ey had already'been placed in the cur
rency safe in the vault and the time
lock set, but $2,200 in gold and sil
ver remained on the counter. This
the robbers shoveled into a bag. and
took with them to the Hotel Hanlon,
where they had previously engaged a
room. They were just about to leave
the hotel when officers learned o? their
presence and attempted to break in the
door.
Before they siWeeded, however, the
robbers jumped from a window on to
an adjoining roof, taking only the S7OO
in gold, and leaving $1,500 in silver.
A posse was organized and started hi
pursuit.
Before the highwaymen left the bank
building they^called up the telephone
operator .and requested her to send
some one to the bank and reh ase the
three bank officials imprisoned in the
vault.
When Charles Parker, collector for
the bank, opened the dcor the men
vere almost ’suffocated.
WOMAN WITH REVOLVER.
Marched Negro Thief, Whom She Cap
tured, to the Calaboose.
After pursuing a negro thief for
half a mile along the railroad track
at Tybee Island Friday morning, Mrs.
A. Short, wife of an engineer residing
there, overtook him, and at the point
of a revolver marched him to The cala
boose.
The citizens took him in hand later,
meted out punishment of some sort,
just what has not been clearly set
forth, and told him to decamp. He
did so.
STOBHAR FOUND GUILTY
Of Embezzling $7,500 from the Sea
board Air Line.
After deliberating sixteen hours in
the ease of the state against J. N.
Strobhar at Gainesville, for the alleg
ed embezzlement of $7,500 of the Sea
board Air Line railroad funds, the Jury
rendered a verdict of guilty.
This was a hard fought trial in sev
eral courts in Canada, Georgia and
Florida.
Anisier m
226 MARKET STREET VH
s2snfl
TO ALL PURCHASES AM®M
PRICED STORE IN TENNeS^B
fe 111
m Hats, SMp
FurnH
8-10-12 WEST NINTH STREET. '
TO DATE IN OUR LINE. CALL aB&S
THE COTTON CROP
Of 1907 is 11,412,829 Bales
■ Say Commissioners,
J
FINAL SESSION IS HELD
Commissioner Hudson of Georgia Elec
ted to Succeed Commissioner Wat
son as President—Next Meet
ing in Nashville.
The third and final session of the
convention of Commissioners of Agri
culture and Agricultural Workers in
Columbia, S. C., was held Thursday,
closing at 3 o'clock. Just prior to the
conclusion of the meeting, after two
ballots between Atlanta, Asheville and
Nashville, the latter place was chosen
as the next place of meeting.
Commissioner T. H. Hudson of Geor
astebgia was unanimously elected*pres
ident, with Commissioner Blakeslee of
Mississippi, as first vice president, and
Hon. R. E. Rose of Florida as second
vice president .
Dr. B. W. Kilgore of North Carolina
was re-elected secretary and Dr. Mac-
Gruder of Virginia, was re-elected as
sistant secretary and treasurer.
During the session the special com
mittee apointed to canvass the reports
received several states of
the coton the 1907 cot
ton south, reported,
through BBHmissioner Hudson <of
Georgia, who, in presenting the re
port, stated that the material differ
ence between the 1906 and*the 1907
ctop rested'in the telegraphic estimate
of Commissioner Milner of Texas, Who
had reported the Texas crop at a
maximum of two and one-half mill|on
bales, with a minimum of two and
one-quarter million, against over four
million in 1906.
Commissioner Hudson stated that
Texas was the one state in the south
having a complete system of reporting
the cotton crop.'- The report, estimated
upon the basis of carefully gathered
data, from all the states, fixed the 1907
crop, at 11,412,829 running bales,
against 13,439,734 running bales as
reported by the federal government for
the crop of 1906.
The chief feature of the final ses
sion was an elaborate addiess upon
the subject of immigration by J. H.
Patten, secretary of the American Im
migration Restriction League, who
dealt with this broad subject as af
fecting the south in the most exhaust
ive manner. He suggested changes
that he considered absolutely necessa
ry in the federal laws. In this con
nection, he said:
‘ First and foremost, the federal law
should not only allow absolute freedom
for the of immigrants,
but should insteadoi
every nfl
C\rcM
Tennesseß
Scattering
States ajJ
hamper work along the lines of a
picked immigration.”
Another feature of the convention
was the address of Commissioner Wil
kinson of Alabama, along the line of
work not now undertaken by the state
departments of agriculture for the bet
terment of the agriculture of the sev
eral states.
During the afternoon session there
was a vigorous debate in regard to
the endorsement of the bill pending in
congress as to intermediate agricultu
ral education, proposed by Congress
man Davis of Minnesota. Finally, a
resolution urging the passage of this
bill by congress was adopted.
Resolutions weer also adopted in
dorsing in heartiest terms the Appa
lachian forest reserve.
The association re-enacled its hearty
endorsement of the policy of selection
of immigrants at their own homes and
of+the effort being made to open trans-
Atlantic service between the cotton
belt and Europe for the purpose of
putting the agricultural product of
the south on direct export. These res
olutions have been adopted by the as
sociation for the last three years.
The draft of the uniform pure food
law was submitted and approved, the
association referring such draft to
the different states for their consider
eration.
There were numerous addresses du
ring the day, relating principally to
uses of fertilizers in the southern
states.
The association reached an adjourn
ment sine die at 3 p. m., and the bal
ance of the day was devoted to a
ride over the city of Columbia and
her suburbs, being enter
tained Country Club
oy of South
Carolina.
CASHIER IS FOUND GUILTY.
He Accepted Deposits When His Bank
Was Insolvent.
J. H. Hoffman, former cashier of the
Citizens’ bank of Jennings, La.. • was
found guilty In court at Lake Charles
Friday of accepting deposits after he
knew of the hank’s insolvency. The
bank suspended operations in 1904.
Sentence was deferred.
FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL
Editor Hearst is Held on SSOO Bond
by New York Jv Ige.
Justice Watt, in the court of spe
cial session at New York Thursday,
held William Randolph Hearst for the
grand jury in SSOO on a charge of crim
inal libel preferred by William As
ton Chanler.
The charge against Mr. Hearst
grew out of a publication in the New
York Evening Journal concerning the
case of Raymond Hitchcock, the ac
tor. Mr. Chanler’s name was men
tioned in connection with the article.