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MRS. SUSIE McCARVER WEBSTER

Kistoric City —

Cfiattan ooga

containing

Views and descriptive matter
of historic points of interest,
scenery, pictures of old and
new buildings, leading men,
etc., all artistically and pleas-
ingly intermingled

\ i UC

COPYRIGHTED

MRS. SUSIE McGARVER WEBSTER

1915

CHATTANOOGA

TENN.

M -8 1916

©C1,A418378

THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY

BY THE

AUTHORESS

TO ALL

LOYAL CHATTANOOGANS

PREFACE

This book contains two parts; in the first part you will find
information regarding Chattanooga, Tennessee, the beauties in
and around the city, and historical facts compiled from various
Histories together with information received from some of the
prominent A'eterans who took part in the struggle of the Six-
ties. You will also find pictures of some of the various build-
ings and eminent men wdio have helped to make Chattanooga
famous. Of course, I could not enumerate all the lovely places
or all the noted men of Chattanooga, as that w^ould have made
my book entirely too large, but 1 must give myself the pleasure
of saying that this is only a small percentage of the vast throng
of intelligent men of our city who think and do things worthy
of record.

The true aim of Part First is to give the world, at large,
an opportunity to know more of our city, to arouse the desire
in the hearts of all to see her many beauties. I am confident
that many Northern capitalists would locate here, if they could
only know^ the many advantages our city afifords. Chatta-
nooga is destined, unquestionably, to be the leading city of
the South.

I trust that this book will find its way into the homes
of many people and cause them to visit Chattanooga, and see
for themselves her magnificent scenery, wonderful possibilities
and splendid opportunities for advancement.

Part Second is composed of poems on various subjects. In
my own way I have written this in the hope of assisting my
readers in living an honest, upright life for, in so doing, they
will be happy, thereby giving happiness. A friend once said
to me, "Be good and you'll be lonely;" this is not true, for the
good can have sweet, sacred communion with God and their
own souls, and thus pre])are themselves for their daily tasks.

I am aware of the fact that any writer, branching out
along new lines, receives criticism, but I am willing to try
the uncertain waters of public opinion, and hope that the
truths in this volume will be beneficial to a few toilworn trav-
elers, and help them to reach a higher plane of haDpiness. If
only this can be accomplished, I wdll feel that I have not
labored in vain.

I have called this book : "Historic City — Chattanooga."
MRS. SUSIE McCARVER WEBSTER.
7

TABLE OP CONTENTS

PART I.

Chattanooga in a Xutshell 9

Cliattanooga 13

Lookout Mountain 15

Battle Above the Clouds 16

Hon. Z. C. Patten 18

Hotel Patten 22

Read House 26

The "Park" 28

Ear of Chattanooga . 30

Afedical Profession 38

Herman and J. Fred Ferger 41

C. V. Brown & Bro 43

Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway 46

Terminal Station 52

Military History of Chattanooga 53

Public Buildings 62

Banks of Chattanooga 12>

Points of Interest 81

Commercial Chattanooga 96

Distinguished Citizens 120

Municipal Chattanooga 140

PART II.

His Dream Came True 160

There Is a God 161

More Blessed to Give Than to Receive 164

Christian Associations 167

Resignation 168

Clouds and Sunshine 169

Houses of Worship 170

"An Inspiration" 172

L. R. Robinson 173

My Bible 176

Chattanooga Churches 178

Xo Excellency Without Labor 178

Be Good 180

Duty 182

Letters 183

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Mrs. J. J. Phillips _

Continue

184

Experience

187

Churches and Old Ladies' H
Our Cross

ome

-. 188
190

Love

191

How Shall I Know?

193

Memory

193

Mrs. M. E. Smith __

195

Lend a Hand

196

Alusie

197

My Dream of Heaven

198

Eriendship

199

To the Editor of The News.
Kindness

._ 200
201

Patience

202

Prayer

203

To the Violets

204

Gospel Tabernacle

204

Not as I Will __

205

How I P.elieve Heaven Will
Henrv and Charley

__ 206
207

"Ambition"

209

Character

210

Reason She Xever Wed

Castles in the Air

__ 211
212

Bunch of Violets

213

Talents

214

Daddv and Tom

217

J. W. Webster

219

"l>e True "

97-[

Life Is a Struii^a^le

2??

"Wearv"

223

Waitint? for You

.. 224

A Chain

224

\\ hen Our Lessons Are O er
A Eatal Meeting

225
. 226

"Our Christmas Gift"

. 227

The New Year

979

Daily Reflection

?30

Chattanooga in a Nut-Shell

Chattanooga has a commission form of government — De-
partment of Public Afifairs and Finance, Jesse M. Littleton,
Mayor; Department of Education and Health, H. D. Hufif-
aker, Commissioner; Department of Streets and Sewers, E.
D. Bass, Commissioner; Department of Public Utilities,
Grounds and Buildings, E. D. Herron, Commissioner; De-
partment of Fire and Police, T. C. Betterton, Commissioner.

Chattanooga's population in 1915, including suburbs, is
estimated at about 100,000. The directory, using a multiple
of 2 2-5, makes the number 97,584.

Chattanooga is (ignoring small fractions) from Cincin-
nati, 10 3-4; St. Louis, 15 1-4; Chicago, 18 1-2; New York,
26; Knoxville. 3; Atlanta, 4; Nashville, 4 1-4; Birmingham,
4 hours.

Chattanooga has a complete educational system, from
kindergartens to the L^niversity, including preparatory schools
for boys and girls, and fine business colleges. One of the
very best indices of growth of Chattanooga and its imme-
diate environs is the fact that every phase of the educational
system — public schools in city and county, and all import-
ant private schools — has increased its facilities recently, is
engaged in doing so, or planning to carry out this kind of a
measure.

Chattanooga's courts of record are seven in number, viz. :
United States District Court, Chancery Court, Circuit Court,
Criminal Court, County Court, City Court of Chatttanooga
and Juvenile Court of Hamilton County.

Chattanooga's public library is the subject of special no-
tice in this volume. There are also the library of the Uni-
versity of Chattanooga and the Law Library of the Chatta-
nooga Bar and Law Library Association.

Chattanooga has the Associated Charities, seven hospitals,
the Florence Crittenden Home, the Frances Willard Home,
the Vine Street Orphans' Home, the Children's Refuge, the
Steele Home for Needy Children (colored), the Old Ladies'
Home, and the directory shows in Chattanooga and suburbs
one hundred and twenty-nine church organizations, besides

H I S T (3 R I C CITY: : C H A T T A N O O G A

four bodies of a mission nature, including the Salvation
Army.

Chattanooga and suburbs have twelve banking institutions
and several trust companies. In the spring of 1915, the cap-
ital and surplus of the banks was $4,900,000; deposits, $17,-
300,000; resources, $24,700,000. Clearings for 1914 were
$119,640,745.

Chattanooga's Post Ofifice receipts for year 1913 were
$488,500.

The Chattanooga Manufacturers" Association owns a
four-story building on Broad Street, housing a splendid per-
manent exhibit which citizens and visitors will do well to
examine and which gives ideas mere figures are unable to
convey. Members of the Association make about 700 of the
1,137 articles manufactured in Chattanooga.

Chattanooga is hcadcjuarters of the Dixie Highway Asso-
ciation, promoting a permanent, connected system of high-
ways from Michigan to Florida, tapping the Lincoln High-
way near Chicago. The Automobile Club and other organ-
izations in Chattanooga including the Rotary Club, were
responsible for successful promotion of the Dixie Highway
idea. Chattanooga is also southern valuation headquarters
of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Chattanooga's journals are numerous— The Times, morn-
ing daily, including Sunday issue; The News, afternoon
daily, except Sunday, and over twenty other publications
of various kinds, including church and school journals.

Chattanooga has as business organizations the Chamber
of Commerce, Chattanooga Builders' Exchange, Chattanooga
Society of Architects, Chattanooga Retail Furniture Deal-
ers' Association, Chattanooga Jobbers' and Wholesale Deal-
ers' Association, Chattanooga Manufacturers' Association,
Chattanooga Master Plumbers' Association, Chattanooga
Underwriters' Association, Retail Grocers' Association and
Retail Merchants' Association of Chattanooga.

Twenty-five trade unions appear in the Chattanooga di-
rectory.

Chattanooga has of Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges, and
various lodges, clubs and organizations, including military,
charitable and social, something over a hundred.

1-riSTORIC CITY

CHATTANOOGA

Railways entering Chattanooga are Alabama Great South-
ern ; Central of Georgia ; Cincinnati Southern ; Nashville,
Chattanooga & St. Louis ; Southern, Atlanta Division ; South-
ern, Knoxville Division; Southern, Memphis Division; Ten-
nessee, Alabama and Georgia; and Western & Atlantic. In
addition, there is the extensive Belt, Railway of Chattanooga
and the wide-reaching electric system of the Chattanooga Rail-
way & Light Company, connecting at the foot of Lookout
Mountain with the Incline and by it with the Railway on
Lookout ; also a trolley line through from the city to Lookout
Mountain top without change. The Chattanooga Traction
Company operates fine steel cars to the all-year-round resorts
on Signal Mountain.

FOUMTAIN SquMRE.

''Chattanooga"

Chattanoog"a, the Gateway to the South, has many historic
points of interest, and the beautiful scenery in and surround-
ino" the city is unsurpassed. In any direction, as far as the
eye can see, you o-aze on the works of nature ; and from the
ver}^ pinnacle of majestic Lookout, to Chickamauoa Park,
and from Rossville, Ga., and Missionary Ridge to the pinna-
cle of Sio-nal Mountain arc located the homes of a contented
people.

No city of the South offers more advantages to the home-
lover and home builder than does Chattanooga. Tennessee.
From every viewpoint, healthiness, cleanliness, police and fire
protection, car service, water, lights, parks, schools, churches,
etc., it towers above all others in the estimation of many.

It has a mild and equable climate, without the rigors of
winter, or smeltering heat of summer, and is guarded from
the serious storms by the surrounding mountains. It offers
a place of residence where peace, prosperity and happiness
can be enjoyed. Property values and rentals are more reason-
able than in many cities of equal population, and the class
of structures is far superior.

Chattanooga has been built more from a standpoint of
civic pride and beauty than from the cold-blooded view of
commercialism. As a result, there is no crowding and herding
of the citizens, but, on the other hand, each family can enjoy
that privacy which is so essential to the happiness of home
loving men and women.

Educational advantages are unexcelled here, from the pri-
mary to the higher branches. Beautiful church edifices adorn
various parts of the City, and all denominations of the Meek
and Lowly are well represented. With adequate parks and
playgrounds, beautiful scenery, a spirit of corduality and unity
among citizens, and a hospital welcome to strangers desiring
to locate here, Chattanooga offers everything to be desired as
a residential city. It can be truly said that, once a Chat-
tanoogan, always a Chattanoogan. Few people leave for
other sections, for they realize that it will only be a few short
years until Chattanooga will be the leading city of the South.

HISTORIC CITY: : CHATTANOOGA

Lookout Mountain

This is one of the most l:)eautiful mountains in the United
States and is located near the City of Chattanooga, Tenn. The
incline leading; to the top of this great mountain is 4850 feet
long' and rises 68 feet to the hundred. It is the steepest incline
in the world; from its top it is 1700 feet above Chattanooga
and 2400 feet above the sea level. Lookout Mountain is from
one-half to twenty miles wide and eighty-five miles long". It
runs through three States : Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama.
At Point Lookout, the historic "Battle above the Clouds" took
place many years ago. Looking east from this point, you can
see the Battlefield of Chickamauga, on which the famous
"Battle of Chickamauga" was fought on September I'-hh and
20th, 1863.

When Prince Henry visited Point Lookout he stated that
it was the finest view that he had ever beheld in his life, that
there was nothing to equal it in the foreign country.

On top of Old Lookout there is a Government Park, the
arch at the entrance is designed from Moro Castle. On the
right-hand side of the park is a peace monument to the Fed-
erals and Confederates. It is 57 feet at the base and 90 feet
high, and was erected at a cost of $100,000.00. Looking west,
you can see two Confederate cannons in th« same position
they were during the battle in 1863, and are the only original
cannons left on the mountain. They commanded the river
and railroad and kept the Union soldiers from bringing in
supplies up the Tennessee River.

On this grand old mountain there is located a A\'ar ]\Iuseum,
which contains many war relics of the Civil A\'ar, and also
many souvenirs of Chattanooga.

From Umbrella and Table Rocks you can see into seven
states : North Carolina, South Carolina. Kentucky, Virginia,
Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia. Looking east, you can see
the great battlefield of Missionary Ridge, and to the west, you
can see the Cumberland Mountains. Beneath you flows the
beautiful Tennessee River, and the shape of the island ma'kes
a perfect African foot. The foot has a bunion, supposed to
be caused by the tight places back in the sixties, as every foot
of this land was fought over.

HISTORIC CITY: : CHATTANOOGA

Looking" to the left, you can see a massive rock, which was
scaled by Hooker's troops in an effort to make connection
with Grant over on Missionary Ridge. An iron tablet has
lieen imbedded in the rock in memory of this occasion. From
this point you can get a good view of Sunset Rock and the
Garden of the Gods. Should the writer write on and on, she
could not tell half of the lieauties of Old Lookout, the Natural
Bridge, Lula Lake and Falls, and many other beauties too
numerous to mention at this time.

The "Battle Above the Clouds"

Intense interest attaches to the dramatic struggle on the
bench of Lookout Mountain, which has passed into romance
and history as "The Battle Above the Clouds/' a poetic name
said to be derived from the statement of Quartermaster-Gen-
eral \1. C. Meigs, U. S. A. : "The day had been one of driving
mists and rain, and much of Hooker's battle was fought above
the clouds." At the dedication of the National Park, General
E. C. Walthall, who commanded in the brave defense, said,
adopting the words of another: "There were no clouds to
fight above — only a heavy mist which settled down and envel-
oped the base of the mountain." And Colonel Lewis R. Steg-
man said:: "Lookout Mountain stood there grim and silent,
and on this particular morning was enveloped in mist and fog
and cloud."

The time was November 24, 1863, the day before the cap-
ture of Missionary Ridge, each event making part of what is
called "The Battle of Chattanooga." The L^nion forces, coming
round from the western side of the mountain, drove back the
Confederates, after desperate resistance. Union artillery from
Moccasin Point, across the Tennessee, hurled its missiles in
aid of Hooker. Confederate cannon on the summit took part,
but the fog spoiled their aim. Confederates on the mountain
top acted as sharpshooters, and also rolled down rocks. Glory
is due to the Confederates for gallant defense against superior
force, to the LTnion troops for struggling over difficult ground
to reach and attack an entrenched enemy, whose valor they
knew, but not the scanty numbers which were to come into
action.

HISTORIC C I T \-

CHAT T A N O O G A

At 2:30 p. m. Bragg ordered Stevenson, who was stationed
on the summit, to w^ithdraw from the mountain. Had the
Union troops swept around to the eastern side and ascended
by the road, any Confederates at the Point would have been
caught in a cul-de-sac, as it was impracticable to descend at
the Point except a man or tw^o at a time.

The historic Cravens House w^as the original headquarters
of the gallant AValthall. The wooden main portion was torn
down soon after the battle, the rebuilding being substantially
on original plan. The old stone kitchen forms part of the
present house, now U. S. Government property. Above its
west end is seen Point Rock, the extremity of Lookout Point,
and at the right the Point Hotel building. To the right from
the Iowa monument is seen one of New^ York, which State
later erected another, the great "Peace JNIonument," in Point
Park, some little distance back from Point Rock.

HISTORIC CITY: —

C H .\ T T A X O D G A

Honorable Z. C. Patten

Tlie bidi^raphers of a distiiii^'uished man of letters, whose
fame keeps warm in many Jiearts the talents dedicated to a
pure faith, narrate the fact that, when nrged by his friends to
leave l^ehind some memoirs from which a history of his life
might be composed, he absolutely declined to do so, and ex-
]iressed the "desire that his character might stand in the world
merely as it would appear in his works." The same sentiment
would, doubtless, were he consulted in the matter, emanate
from Mr. Z. C. Patten, and, in his case, as in that of the great
Englishman, his works will fully ])ortra\- him. without \-arnish
and w^ithout disguise.

\\niere better than in the homes of men, may we look for
the real man? When the names of Stratford-von-Avon, Gad's
Hill, or Monticello pass the lips, immediately there is brought
to the mind each of the matchless men whose lives are linked
forever with their homes.

The home of Chattanooga's foremost citizen has, also, the
power to stand in a iieculiar and excellent way, for the man,
Z. C. Patten. To those honored by admission within its gates,

HISTORIC CITY: : CHATTANOOGA

"Ashland" si)eaks of the rugged sincerity of the man, his hos-
pitality, his taste, his love of nature, and his clear perceptions
of those things in life, that are the most worth while. To have
such a home, amid the trees, and flowers, an estate to which
he may retire and "laugh at the lore and pride of man. the
sophist school and the learned clan," is no mean success, in
itself, and here we find the genuine, rugged personality, free
from all restraint. The man who calls this spot home is none
other than that "City Builder." Z. C. Patten, of Chattanooga,
Tennessee. That man has for his strongest characteristic a
natural modesty, which makes him shrink from publicity.

Charitable, approachable, the amount of unheralded gener-
osity that his big heart prompts, is noteworthy. The less for-
tunate among his fellow-men could tell of many kind acts, but
it is his wish that no mention be made of his creditable deeds.
Notwithstanding his reluctance to discuss his donations, they
are known to many Chattanoogans, and they care for him, be-
cause of these things, as well as because of those movements
for the public good, less private in their nature. Mr. Patten
is 7S years young, he is hale and hearty, and. although he has
of late years endeavored to shift the care and responsibilities
of the enterprises which his genius has created, to the shoulders
of younger and capable men. yet he is not content unless ac-
tively engaged every working hour. Mr. Patten is possessed
of one of the largest private fortunes in the South. It is sub-
stantial, and real. Every dollar he possesses was made from
legitimate business, honestly conducted. The Patten fortune
was not an accident. It followed years of patient toil such as
but few men expend, and few^er still are capable of. The road
to success for Air. Patten was not easy. Today he is one of
Chattanooga's most enterprising and wealthiest citizens.
Scrupulous integrity, keen intellect and confidence in
himself have been controlling factors in this man's great
achievements. His pleasure and satisfaction arise from doing
something worth while for others, and in the part he con-
stantly plays in the upbuilding of the communitv.

His greatest single achievement is. easily, the establish-
ment, in 1903, of the Volunteer State Life Insurance Company,
of this city, of which he has been, since its organization, and
still is, the active head. His greatest pride has been this life

HISTORIC CITY: : CHATTANOOGA

insurance company, and well may it have been ! It has assets
of over two millions of dollars, and with over twenty-two mil-
lions of dollars of insurance in force. It operates in seven
Southern States. Chattanoogans have shown their confidence
in, and appreciation of, this company, by carrying, as they do,
more than three millions of insurance in it.

In insurance circles. The Volunteer State Life Insurance
Company is known as a model of progressive and conservative
insurance. Progressive in its contracts ; conservative in its
management, there has never been the slightest doubt of the
stability or success of this company from the date of its organi-
zation. The keenest brains and most experienced and safest
hands that money could secure have directed its destinies. The
Patten fortune, up to its last dollar, has always been available,
at any time, to aid and extend and sustain this great enterprise,
had it ever become necessary, during the period of its establish-
ment. To Chattanoogans, the connection of Mr. Z. C. Patten,
with this company, has, alone, been sufficient guarantee of its
stability. In the management of the company, Mr. Patten has
the active aid of Commodore Albert L. Key, another of our
distinguished citizens, upon whose capable shoulders, more
and more, each year, fall the heavy responsibilities of the busi-
ness. This Volunteer State Life Insurance Company brings
into the City of Chattanooga more money each year than any
other single enterprise.

This Insurance Company is already a financial giant. Its
name stands for financial responsibility. Its assets are con-
stantly increasing. It brought into Chattanooga in 1914 the
enormous sum of $729,132.03. Its policies are up to date. All
these facts, being true, the far-seeing, sagacious, conservative
and safe business man, Mr. Z. C. Patten, and his able lieuten-
ants have decided to erect a magnificent new skyscraper in
Chattanooga as a home for this enterprising company, at an
estimated cost of $400,000. The site has already been selected
and work commenced.

Mr. Patten erected the beautiful Hotel Patten, a building
of ornate architectural merit, and palatial appointments, which
has contributed, in no small degree, to the recent growth of
this City. Few citizens could have been induced to invest
their private means in such an enterprise.

HISTORIC CITY: : C H A T T A X O O G A

The splendid and substantial buildings on Market Street,
the property of the Stone Fort Land Company, were erected
by him. A goodly record, for Time to show, in one city, by
one man !

It has been said that Mr. Patten has never turned a deaf
ear to a worthy Chattanooga enterprise, which he felt was

entitled to aid. Many a Chattanoogan would have, at some
time or other, found his way to the Bankruptcy Court, or to
a receivership, had it not been for the substantial and timely
aid extended by Mr. Z. C. Patten.

Mr. Patten's charities are, comparatively, unknown. One of
these was noted in the newspapers. Mr. Patten had contrib-
uted $5,000.00 in bonds, the income from which was to go
toward the maintenance of the fresh-air camp, for the mem-
bers of the police and fire departments, and their families. An-
other instance might be mentioned, and which was divulged,
by an intimate friend, almost as a breach of confidence, in the
telling, and which so accurately goes to show the manner of
man he is, it is fitting to mention here.

Upon the occasion of Mr. Patten's seventy-fifth birthday,
he gave checks to worthy causes, to the amount of $25,000.00.
There are not twenty people in Chattanooga who know this.

The life of this spelndid gentleman, is an inspiring one, for
the younger men of this or any other community. Chatta-
nooga needs more men of this type — self-made, modest, city-
builders. A generation hence, the people of this community
will appreciate much more than they do today the splendid
and unselfish genius of this man, whose life works have been of
lasting and substantial character ; the benefits from which will
not be fully realized until his activities have long since ceased.

More than most men, has Mr. Z. C. Patten this exceptional
assurance, that, when life's last shadowy hour comes, he and
his will know, "past all doubting" that the writer of history
cannot tell Chattanooga's story of magnificent achievement,
without writing his name.

Then, as now, will Chattanooga declare, with the Bard :

"His life was gentle; and the elements so mixed in him,
that nature might stand up, and say to all the world, this
was a man!"

HISTORIC CTTY

C H A T T A N O O G .\

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HOTEL PATTEN.

In Chattano()2;-a. Tenn., there is a stately l:)uilcling", twelve
stories high, with 230 rooms handsomely furnished, most all
of which connect with private baths. This magnificent hotel
is owned and named for the much lo\ed Z. C. Patten, who
has done so mr.ch for our city's welfare.

The Culinary department in this hotel has been inspected
and examined by Dr. H. W. AViley, the famous Pure-Food
expert, and pronounced ecjual to the best in the land, the mu-
sic is enjoyed very much as it is high class, and always con-
ducted by experts, educated both in America and Europe.

This hotel has every comfort and luxury to be found in any
hotel in America, is conducted on the European plan, with
rates from $1.50 per day upwards. Cleanliness and order are
the watch-words throughout the entire Imilding. The dining
room is large and as dignified as can be, in every sense of
the word.

HISTORIC CITY: : CHATTANOOGA

British Ambassador Bryce says this beautiful hotel would
be a credit to any city in the world. With Mr. J. B. Pound,
president; ^Ir. Houston Harper, manager, and Mr. John E.
Lovell, assistant manager, the management and proprietorship
are as good as can be found in the United States. Mr. Har-
per is an intelligent, courteous gentleman, and liked by all
who meet him.

Now, my reader, when you visit Chattanooga be sure to
stop at the Patten Hotel, which is situated in the heart of
the city, in full view of I^ookout Mountain. Orchard Knob,
^Missionary Ridge and Cameron Hill, which are easily acces-
sible, and his includes the great Chickamauga and Chatta-
nooga National Military Parks, which may be reached by
electric car, automobile or carriage.

Many world famous travelers, such as Stanley, the African
explorer, Bancroft, the Eminent Historian ; Prince Henry, of
Germany, and many others have stopped at this hotel and
were all pleased with the fare, also deliphted with our city in
general.

Scenically and historically speaking, Chattanooga is one of
the most interesting cities on the American Continent. Within
its environment and adjacent country are four great battle-
fields, on which the losses were 50,000 brave soldiers. On top
of Lookout Mountain is the great Peace Monument, erected
by the State of New York at a cost of $100,000. In Chick-
amauga National Park and elsewhere are 742 monuments,
erected by the National Government and various states. As
far as the eye can see there is lovely scenery on every side of
this hotel, thus making it a very desirable place in wdiich to
live, either for a long or short time. ^lany wealthy people
spend the winter in this hotel.

Mr. Houstoun R. Harper, manager and executive head of
the Patten Hotel, has been with this hotel for five years.

His experience and broad acquaintance, throughout the
United States, was founded by association with that widely-
known and able hotel man, Mr. Harvey N. Wood, whose
name is a passport among hotel people in this country, as well
as in other countries, where his acquaintances are numbered
by the thousands. Much of this distinction has arisen from

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the fact that Mr. \\'(io(l is the ]:)!•( >iirictor of a line of Southern
and New England hotels.

Tutored and trained by a man of such wide experience, it
is not strange that Mr. Tfoustoun Harper, for so young a man,
has a phenominal grasp of the hotel business, and all of its
ramifications. IT is acquaintances arc found throughout the

iMR. HOUSTOUX R. HARPER

country ,and a mention of his name, in almost any city, will
set in motion a train of the pleasantest reminiscences.

His exceptional handling of large crowds had a severe
strain when the two great reunions in 1913 were held in
Chattanooga. His hotel was headcjuarters for both these pop-
ular bodies, and with one voice upon returning to their
widely-separated homes they told of the uniform courtesy ex-
tended them by Hr. Harper, and thus not only spread a wave
of personal good will toward him. but called the attention of

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prominent men North as well as South to the fact that Chat-
tanooga was preeminently a convention city.

Mr. Harper stands at the head of the social life of the city,
with his beautiful young wife. They have the entree to the
most exclusive clubs and social circles ; and they are con-
stantly being consulted on unique and unusual preparations
for important social events. Many of the most conspicuously
successful society functions have had their inspiration from
one or the other of these two original and talented young
people.

The Patten Hotel is becoming under ]\Ir. Harper's able
management more and more the place selected for elaborate
entertainments in celebration of the coming-out parties, given
by the wealthy for their daughters, and the complimentary
receptions given in honor of the recently married, as well as
the usual banquets and groups called together in connection
with the great business and political life of the State of Ten-
nessee, which naturally centers in Chattanooga.

The general public has six years been greeted by the gen-
ial assistant manager of the Hotel Patten, Mr. John E. Lovell,
whose personality is one of special charm. There is none of
the conventional bonniface about Mr. Lovell. He is a clean-
cut, forceful personality, a typical twentieth-century, up-to-
date young man, whose good will shines from his honest
countenance, in a way that reassures all who are fortunate
enough to meet him, either in a business or social way.

An engaging presence is a gift of nature, and though the
Sheldon business courses that are recommended can do a good
deal to help and direct a man in the art of making friends and
closing deals, there is nothing that can take the place of a
real, naturally genuine personality. This Mr. John E. Lovell
has in a peculiar and marked degree.

What Mr. Lovell goes after he gets. The writer would
much regret being directed to turn Mr. Dovell down, in any
matter which he might desire to present, for the reason that
it would be practically impossible to do so.

Good looks may not go so very far in a day, but they do
certainly take one on a bit, and this young man possesses

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more than his sliare. and (l()nl)tless, daily reaps the benefit of
his.

Do not let him talk to you on his matters, if vou are not

MR, JOHN E. LOVELL

prepared to join him, because, before you know it. he'll have
you committed to liis way of thinking.

READ HOUSE.

"Read House" has lonia,' been a familiar name to wayfarers
and citizens in Chattanooga, thciugh not always standing for
the handsome, u]j-to-date hostelry fronting on the north side
of West Ninth street, looking south towards the Union depot,
opposite, and extending from Broad on the east to Chestnut
on the west. The picture shows the whole front and the Broad
street side, and some property on Broad street in the rear of
the hotel.

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The traveler entering the Read House of today sees on his
right a tablet headed, "First Union Occupation of the City,"'
detailing, among other things, the placing of the colors of
the Ninety-second Illinois Mounted Infantry (Wilder's Bri-
gade) on the Crutchfield House, September 9, 1863, and on
his left one bearing the inscription : "Site of Crutchfield House,
used as Hospital, Sej^tembcr 20, 1863. Accommodated 500-
wounded that day."

READ HOUSE

A dramatic incident occurred in the office of the old Crutch-
field House. Jefferson Davis having resigned from the senate,
was on his way to his Mississippi home, and, being called on,
made a speech from the standpoint of a confident and ag-
gressive advocate of secession. He took occasion to speak
complimentarily of the brave Tennessee mountaineers and
their rifies. Among his auditors was the landlord's brother,
William Crutchfield, a Union man of strong convictions, and
entirely fearless and outspoken, afterwards a valued scout
and guide for the Union army, and after the war a mem-
ber of the lower house of Congress. As Mr. Davis was
about to leave offfce, Mr. Crutchfield delivered a defiant reply
in denunciation of Mr. Davis, pointing at him with the words.

HISTORIC CITY: : CHATTANOOGA

"Behold your future military despot!" foretelling the disas-
trous result to the secessionists of the war, informing jNIr.
Da\is that the Tennessee rifles would be found on the Union
side, and closing with the words of a patriotic poem.

The moment was critical, pictol locks clicked, and a single
blow might have percipitated a deadly scene, but Tom Crutch-
field, the landlord, got ]\Ir. Davis away, and the affair closed
without bloodshed.

The cordial fraternizing in Chattanooga and throughout
our land today of men of all parties and veterans of both
armies contrasts happily with those old-time enmities.

The traveling public and the citizens of Chattanooga have
for the past six years, met, at this popular, as well as his-
toric house, Mr. J. B. Carroll, as manager, whose friendly
manners have earned for this hotel the well-deserved good-
will of the traveling indiHc, who are greeted by Mr. Carroll,
in that friendly spirit which makes for the reputation of
the Read House, as "The Hotel where you always feel at
home."

yir. Carroll came to Chattanooga from Tullahoma, but
his six years' residence in Chattanooga has been of such a
friend-making character, that Air. Carroll is proudly claimed
by the citizens of Chatanooga as a Chattanooga man. In-
asmuch as the "stranger within our gates" is apt to form
an estimate of a town by the treatment he receives at his
hotel, and the real merits of the City as one of in interest,
the citizens of Chattanooga, knowing its transcendant charm
of scenic beauty and history, have the utmost confidence that
the hospitable attentions of Aline-Host Carroll of the Read
House, is certain to complete the round of a deserved good
impression, and makes of every visitor to the Read House
another real "Booster" for Chattanooga.

THE "PARK."

Chattanooga's new hotel now o])en. Nine stories, absolutely
fireproof; located on Ivist Seventh street, near AValnut, in
the center of the business district, operated on the European
l)lan. Beautiful Sun Parlor on the ninth floor \vhich furnishes
a magnificent view of the city. Lookout Mountain and sur-
rounding scenery.

iS^^^A

THE -PARK"

The Bar of Chattanooga

Professional men, particularly lawyers, and those who ob-
serve most keenly, are apt to scrutinize, with painstaking
care the standing, ethically as well as educationally, of the
members of the legal profession, before they make u]) their
minds as to the professional ideals which prevail in any city
of considerable size. Chattanooga lawyers are so equi])ped,
in all these matters, that they need not fear the closest scrunity
and comparison with the best.

It is not too much to say that the learning and high
standards of Chattanooga lawyers place Chattanooga "on the
map" in a luost en\-iable way, as they are called on tlie legal
errands of their clients tn the \-arious i)arts of the country.

A n(3ticeable courtesy exists among these gentlemen in
their relations with each other, they are in the most sincere
way "brother attorneys."

In the Roll of Attorneys, registered in the Chancery
Court of Hamilton County. Tennessee, a copy of which is
appended hereto, we find 22\ accredited attorney's who are
authorized by that court to practice in it.

Among these attorneys there are many who might be
s])oken of at length properly enough, for the reason that
they have become a part of local history and ui)-lift, but in
a book of the scope of this one, there can be only a general
reference to their excellence.

1 Payne, W. C. 14 Dickey, A. S.

2 Richmond, T. 15 Gaines, A. W.

3 Shepherd, Lewis. 16 Evans, C. R.

4 White. G. T. 17 McLean. J. H.

5 Moon, J. A. 18 Stover, S. P.

6 Woodard, Robt. P. 10 Coleman, Lewis M.

7 McGuffey, C. D. 20 ^IcClatchey, W. P.

8 Caldwell, J. A. 21 Swaney. W. B.

9 Cooke, Thos. H. 22 Cantre'll. J. TL

10 Latimore, T. C. 23 Chambliss, A. W.

11 Bates, Creed F. 24 Garvin, W. B.

12 Thomas, W. G. M. 25 Lancaster, G. D.

13 Martin, Francis. 26 Chapin, E. Y.

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AA'atkins, E.

Chambers, H. A.

Smith, S. B.

Schoolfield, W. A.

Grayson, D. L.

}>I

Sizer, J. B.

Brown, F. V.

\\rioht, S. B.

Spnrlock, Frank.

Trimble, James M.

Hood, J. A.

Frierson, W. L.

Rutledg-e, \V. Al.

Thompson, F. M.

Jones, A. R.

Giddings, Frederick.

Stanfield, T. W.

Chambliss, Samuel AI.

McGhee, J. C.

Burge, J. G.

Cars well, W. D.

Foust, J. L.

Wiltse, H. M.

Williams, R. H.

Murray, W. T.

Boddy, Samuel L.

52>

Milligan, J. B.

Chamlee, G. W.

Early, John H.

Cooke, R. B.

Thomas, L. AI.

Bloom, David H.

Selvedge, Walter E.

Anderson, J. H.

100

Wright. R.' T.

101

Payne. W. H., Jr.

102

Rrankin, Charles \K.

103

Ford. S. H.

104

Scott, J. AV.

105

Williams, Joe V.

106

Benson, J. O.
Doughty, AI. H.
Watson, W. J.
Shepherd, T. P.
Burns, AV. A.
Nolan, E. J.
Frazier, A. F.
Headrick, Xorris L.
Noll, F. A.
Aleacham, C. W. K.
Yarnell, Oscar
Harris, T. J.
Alurray, G. B.
Alurray, Tilman M.
Cummings, W. H.
Fleming, Martin.
McKenzie, A. R.
Twinam, Charles.
White, J. W.
Bachman, Nathan L.
Watkins, AA'alter H.
Cameron, R. T.
Wilkerson, W. E.
Chamlee, W. F.
Seymour, Sam H.
Strang, S. Bartow.
Garden, F. S.
S one, O. G.
Spears, W. D.
Lynch, J. J.
Whitaker, M. N.
Rankin, T. T.
Fletcher, John S.
Eastman, J. \Y .
Wilkerson, L. F.
Aliller, W. B.
Moore, C. C.
McClure, R. F.
AlcClure, W. A.
Coffev, Charles S.

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107

Denton, j. 1 I.

147

108

\^ance, D. li.

148

109

Coonrod, Elinor.

149

110

Wagner, T. 11.

150

111

Whitaker. E. L.

151

1 '.right. Jetha.

L52

llo

.McCaughy. W. F.

153

114

Kahvick, I. j.

154

115

Johnson. A. D.

155

116

Chambliss, John.

156

117

Wagner, J. \^■•

157

118

Littleton, C. S.

158

110

Tatum, ?). E.

159

IJO

Carpenter, C. E.

160

121

Moon, W. D.

161

122

r.owlin. A\'. H.

ir2

123

P.rown. Joseph E.

163

124

flyers, T. S.

164

12.^

irmible, J. C.

165

126

Littleton, A. B.

166

127

Colin, A\' alter H.

167

128

^litehell. AT. F.

168

129

Alilligan, C. G.

169

130

Beaver. Charles O.

170

131

Xave, Andrew Nelson.

171

132

]\IcKenzie, L. T.

172

133

Littleton, A. B.

173

134

Williams, Ettgene

174

135

Campbell, Paul.

175

136

Doty, H. A\'alter.

176

137

Randol])h, T- K-

177

138

\\diite, Benton.

178

130

Alc^rurray, Charles.

179

140

Hope. M. G.

180

141

Littleton, Jesse M.

181

142

Darwin. O. P.

182

143

Whitaker, S. E.

183

144

Seymour, S. AA .

184

145

A'aughn, tSephen.

185

146

Phillips, L G.

186

Spears. L. X.
AA'right. R. T.. Jr.
Aleyer. A\'. R.
Atchley. J. F.
llitzfeld, Allen
Miller. L. D.
Parris, J. C.
Levine, J. L.
11 am J) ton, J. H.
Thurman, Byron.
Cogswell. Righter /\.
Allison. M. M.
Gill. E. Stuart.
McAllister, Sam J.
Bryan, Eugene J.
Pickard, F. E.
Roddy, S. R.
Lusk, Chas. AA".
Eagan, AA'^m. B.
Herbert. \Vm. T.
AA^sterberg. Geo. E.
Hallberg. Jno. AA'.
Maples,' S.' AA'.
Thom])son, J. AA^
Lowry. F. C.
Fair1:)ank. J. T.
Thatch, P. H.
Haley. James M.
Gilbert. Philip B.
AA^cber. Lewis John.
Macpherson, ]Marie.
Fletcher. Thos. D.
Fred, T. AValter.
Hargraves, Boyd AA'.
A^:.igt. J. Read.
Thompson, Neal L.
Abernathy, C. C.
Noone, Charles A.
Harris, ^I. L.
Fort. John P.. Jr.

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187 ^lelton. S.

188 Altaffer, J. H., Jr.

189 Williams, Silas.

190 Higg-ins. Chas. F.

191 Taylor. Samuel.

192 Hyde. Charles P..

193 McClellan. A. C.

194 Taliaferro. J. L.

195 Wrinkle. J. S.

196 Lon^£^, P. L.

197 Estill. Floyd.

198 Redwine. F. G.

199 Frassrand. Joe.

200 Finlay, Edward.

201 Padgett. James A.

202 Sadler, AA'm. H.

203 Dixon. F. P.

204 Schoolfield, FTenson A\'

205 Buchanan. I-^lliott M.

206 Plackwell, llenr\-A.

207 .Alitchell. 1). E.

208 Xorman. W. F\

209 Allin. W. P.

210 Snyder. AW R.

211 Pallard. F. P.

212 Burton. Win. C.

213 Hagan, Thos. AW

214 Neighbors, Chas. H.

215 Draper, AA\ AA\

216 Buchanan, R. G.

217 AA'illiams. Pindsay Earle

218 McCalla. Henry C.

219 Stroud. Pe Aloyne

220 Reeves. O. AA'.

221 Cruickshank, Aernon.

One of the most nr)table of Chattanooga's attorneys is
the venerable, cultured and greatly beloved Judge Pewis
."shepherd.

JUDGE LEWIS SHEPHERD,
Dean Chattanooga Bar.

"Pewis Shepherd, a prominent lawyer of Chattanooga, was
Ijorn in Hamilton County, Tennessee, in 1846, a son of Pewis
Shepherd, Sr., who died in 1856. His father was a lead-
ing politician, delegate to the National Conventions that nom-
inated Cass, Pierce and Buchanan. In 1861 Air. Shepherd
entered the Confederate service as a private in Company
"A," Fifth Tennessee Cavalry. Col. G. AA\ WcKenzie. He
was mustered in at Knoxville, and continued on duty in
Eeastern Tennessee, guarding bridges and repressing Ijush-
whackers until Zollicoffer's campaign in Kentucky, when he
])articipated in the battle of Fishing Creek. He also took
part in Bragg's campaign in Kentuckv, in several skirmishes
under AA'heeler, and served in the rear guard on the retreat.
Subsequently he continued on duty in East Tennessee until
the Battle of Chickamauga, wdiere he fought under Forrest,

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his command taking an active part in the battle, capturing
the Cloud Springs Federal Hospital on the second day. He

was with General Wheeler in his famous raid through ^lid-
dle Tennessee, and fought under that gallant leader till cap-
tured.

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As a prisoner of war he was held at Camp ]^Iorton, Ind.,
until February, 1865, when, being exchanged and sent to
Richmond, he joined General J. C. Vaughn's cavalry in South-
west Virginia. After see surrendered he marched under
Vaughn to Charlotte, N. C, reaching there at the same time
at did President Davis and his cabinet, and when the latter
started westward he accompanied them with the cavalry escort
until the forces were disbanded at Washington, Ga.

After the close of the war he studied law^ at Ringgold,
Ga., was admitted to the bar November, 1866, and in 1870
he began to practice law in Chattanooga. He was the young-
est member of the bar of that city, but his ability was so
promptly manifested that he was elected Attorney-General
for the Criminal Court in the following year, an office he
held until it was abolished. He has been twice a member
of the lower house of the State Legislature, was one of the
commissioners to compromise the state debt, served two
years as a special chancellor for Judge S. A. Key, was gen-
eral attorney for the State, for the Cincinnati. New Orleans
& Texas Pacific Railway and Alabama Great Southern Rail-
way (the Queen & Crescent Route), and is still attorney
for the Alabama Great Southern Railway Company in Tennes-
see."— Confederate Militarv Historv, A^ol. VHI.. p. 706; pub.
1899.

CHATTANOOGA COLLEGE OF LAW

Among the creditable legal influences flowing out from
the City of Chattanooga may be mentioned, at this time, the
Chattanooga College of Law.

This institution has a faculty who have been chosen from
the bench and bar of Chattanooga — a bench and bar justly
famed for its ability and learning — of whom all are constantly
engaged in the practical administration of the law. They are
men eminently fitted for the work they have undertaken,
and the various subjects have been assigned with a view
to the peculiar qualifications of the individual instructors.
The faculty is an exceptionally strong one and it is certain
that the subjects discussed will receive the most careful treat-
ment. Different subjects require different treatment, and the

HISTORIC CITY: : CHATTANOOGA

individual views of an instructor are a lars^e factor t() be

considered in attaining- the best results.
The faculty members are :

Judge Charles R. Evans, A. M., Dean. Professor of Element-
ary Law, of Pleadings and Practice of Common Law,
of the Law of Rills, Notes and Cheques, of Constitutional
Law and the Conflict of Laws.

David H. Ploom, A. B., LL. B., Professor of Real Property
and Torts.

Robert B. Cooke, A. B., Professor of the Law of Evidence
and Equity Pleading and Practice.

William L. Frierson, A. B., Professor of the Law^ of Part
nership.

D. L. Grayson, LL. B., LL. ]\L, Professor of the Law of
Bankruptcy.

Judge James J. Lynch, Professor of Equity Jurisprudence.

Charles D. McGuiTey, A. M., Professor of Law of Sales.

Judge S. D. McReynolds, Professor of Legal Ethics.

Roy E. AlcClure, LL. B., Professor of the Law of Bailments.

William A. McClure, LL. B., Professor of the Law of Domes-
tic Relations and Wills and Testaments.

Marcus E. Alitchell. LL. B., Professor of the Law of Agency.

Frederick A. Xoll, Professor of the Law of Public Corpora-
tions.

S. Bartow Strang, LL. B., Lecturer on Personal Property.

AVm. B. Swaney, B. S., LL. B., Professor of the Law of Con-
tracts and Private Corporations.

Attorney General j\L N. Whitaker, Professor of the Law of
Crimes and Criminal Practice.

The Medical Profession of
Chattanooga

Of the so-called learned professions, none is better or
more abundantly and creditably represented than that of the
medical profession. The City of Chattanooga is proud of
the high ability and devotion to duty evinced by members
of this noble profession. Each of these man may claim the
highest qualities of citizenship. They are uniformly
courteous, intelligent, broad-minded, kind-hearted, cultured
and ethical. No higher standards are to be found in the
world than those lived up to by the members of the med-
ical profession resident in Chattanooga. This throng of effi-
cient men have banded themselves into a group for the pur-
pose of developing and fostering scientific study of medicine,
and for the furtherance of medical fraternalism, under the
name of the "Chattanooga Academy of Medicine and Idam-
ilton County Medical Society."

This society meets at the Chattanooga Manufacturers'
Association hall, on the ground floor, every Friday night, in
the year, and is called to order promptly at 8 o'clock, p. m.
A generous policy is the characteristic of this society, which
attitude of kindliness is abundantly evidenced in the fact that
an open in^■itation is at all times extended to visiting physi-
cians, military surgeons and medical students to attend the
meetings and take part in the discussions.

There is no form of unethical conduct which more
promptly meets the disapproval of the Chattanooga physi-
cians than that of unprofessional soliciting of patronage, or
any form of ad\-ertising. For this reason no personal men-
tion of their names herein is permitted by these men.

Dr. P. D. Sims, as the ranking dean of the medical pro-
fession in Chattanooga, is here presented by common con-
sent of the physicians of the city. His seniority entitles him
to this distinction. Of all good repute, his brother physicians,
are all of them his loval friends.

HISTORIC CITY

C H A T T A N O O G A

DR. P. D. SIMS.

From the "Physicians and Surgeons of America." a bio-
graphical volume compiled and edited by Irving A. Watson,
A. M., M. D., who is one of the foremost men in Americao
medical life today, the following brief sketch is taken.

"Sims, Philander D.. Chattanooga, Tennessee, son of Mar-
tin and Nancy (Smith) Sims, grandson of Matthew Sims,
was born October 22, 1828, in Jackson County, Tennessee.
He received his preparatory education at xAlpine Institute,
a private academy in Overton County, Tennessee. Com-
menced the study of medicine in 1852, in Sparta, Tennessee,
under Dr. M. Y. Brocket.

He attended two courses of medical lectures at the Med-
ical Department of the University of Nashville, and was

[-[ 1 S T O R I C CITY: : C 1 1 A T T A X O O G A

qradnated from the same in 1856. He commenced the prac-
tice of medicine the same year in Chattanooga, Tennessee,
wliere he lias resided fifty-nine years. He was mayor of the
("ity in ]^7?>-74.

Dr. Sims is a member of the American ^ledical Associa-
tion; member and ex-president of the ^ledical Society of
tlie State of Tennessee; member of the Tri-State Medical
Association of Georgia. Alabama and Tennessee ; Hamilton
County Medical Society; Academy of Medicine, Hamilton
Count}-, Tennessee, and of the American Public Health Asso-
ciation, lie is surgeon of the Louisville & Xashville Rail-
way, at Chattanooga; member of the d\'nnessee State Board
of Health, and chairman of its committee on prisons; mem-
])er of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ;
National Prison Association, and of the National Associa-
tion of Charities and Corrections. He was medical director
in the Chattanooga yellow-fever epidemic of 1878.

Dr. Sims married in 1857, Miss Mary F. Randall, of
Nash^•ille, who died in 1879, leaving three living children ;
Martin Elizabeth, wife of Samuel R. Reed; Alary Ella, and
Thomas M. Sims. Three children are deceased, one of whom
was Martin, who died in 1884."

Since the publication of Dr. A\'atson's biography, another
death has occurred in the family of Dr. Sims, that of Mrs.
Elizabeth Sims Reed, wife of Samuel R. Reed. She died in
1909.

This lea\'es in Dr. Sims' family one daughter. Miss Mary
Ella Sims, and one son. Thomas M. Sims, four grandchildren,
namely, Mrs. Mary Reed Smart, Miss Elizabeth Reed, Aliss
Margaret Reed and Martin Sims Reed, and one great-grand
child, T(jhn E. Smart.

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CHATTANOOGA

HERMAN FERGER AND J. FRED FERGER.

On the southtast corner of East Eighth and Cherry Streets,
in their own bnikling-, may be found the two leading- real
estate men of Chattanooga, Mr. J. Fred Ferger and ^Ir. Her-
man Ferger, brothers, and gentlemen of the highest standing.

The building in which their business is conducted has
been occupied by them since ^larch 1, 1887, a period ap-
proaching thirty years. In real estate, insurance and the mort-
gage loan business they have no superiors, in either the vol-
ume of business transacted or in reputation for fair dealing.

A notable proof of their belief in Chattanooga's future
is their magnificent addition to the city, which they have
named "Ferger Place." It is the only high-grade, exclusive,
restricted residence section of which Chattanooga can boast.
From its inception it has had a marked influence on other
residence sections, both old and new. This firm has invested
a round million of dollars in residences and improvements.
Every dollar of this enormous sum has indirectly added to
the values represented by real estate holdings in Chatta-

HISTORIC CITY: : CHATTANOOGA

nooga, in other words, these men have had a clear vision
of Chattanooga's great future as the most important city of
the Southland.

Both of these gentlemen and their families have been,
and are at all times, most active in the civic, educational
and religious welfare of the city. Their influence has been
a contributing one of great potency in the establishment and
housing of two of the city's most uplifting influences, namely
the Young Men's Christian Association and the Young Wom-
en's Christian Association. They are also active in the Cham-
her of Commerce. In fact, no good work goes on in com-
munity life without their hearty, cheerful and willing aid at
all times.

In their extensive business they are surrounded b}' a
corps of assistants, each of whom personally stands high in
the business world and reflects individualh^ the high ideals
and energetic business methods, as well as the fair-dealing,
which characterizes this firm. Their roster includes such
Avell-known and high-class gentlemen as : Messrs. H. C.
Hulse, J. W. Elder, H. W. Hatfield, W. C. Aull, T. J. Wal-
ters, Frank TaAdor. James Light and Alvin A. Evans.

While all that is here set down in regard to Ferger Broth-
ers real estate firm is wholly within the facts, it must not
be understood that this is the only firm of real estate dealers,
who are absolutely dependable, in Chattanooga.

There are many other real estate men, of unquestioned
probity, scattered throughout our cit}^ and suburbs. Each of
these men is contributing his individual strength and initiative
tn the up-building of Greater Chattanooga.

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C. V. BROWN

C. V. BROWN AND BROTHER.

I\Ir. C. V. Brown, senior member of the real estate firm
of C. V. Brown & Brother, doing business at 109 East Eighth
Street, in the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, although still
a young man, is really Chattanooga's pioneer real estate
agent, having been engaged in the real estate business in
this city for a longer time than any other man.

Arriving in Chattanooga from Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1881,.
Mr. C. V. Brown, then a mere boy, at once entered the offtce
established by his father, Mr. J. N. Brown. He later ac-
quired an interest and formed a partnership with Mr. S. A\^
Divine. Joining, later, with ]\Ir. T. H. Olmsted, in the
formation of the Southern Land and Loan Company, which
was the leading real estate firm during the great boom of
1887. Mr. S. W. Divine, retiring from the firm, the busi-
ness was later operated under the firm name of Olmsted &
Brown, and continued as such until 1905.

In that year Mr. C. V. Brown retired from the firm and
opened his office at the present location, the business being

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conducted by him alone until January 1, 1907, at which date
his brother. Mr. B. G. Brown, was admitted to partnership
under the firm name of C. V^. Brown & Brother.

This firm because of the record here set out. out-ranks
every other firm in the same business in point of seniority.

The standing" of the Browns is the highest, their worth
and ^•alue to community is acknowledged b}' all. Socially and
in an intellectual way. they are ever on the side of the best
things for Chattanooga and Chattanoogans.

1 1

A Brief History of the Nashville,
Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway

On December 11, 1845, the Legislature of Tennessee
passed an act authorizing the construction of a railroad *'for
the purpose of establishing communication by railroad be-
tween Nashville and Chattanooga," this being the enabling
act and the first material step in the creation of the Nash-
ville, Chattanooga 8z St. Louis Railway. This was the initial
charter, after which all railroad charters in Tennessee were
patterned, and is said to have been written by Col. Samuel
D. Morgan. Engineering parties were put in the field and
actual construction begun about 1850.

The action of the Tennessee Legislature authorizing the
construction of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Rail-
way was just fifteen years after the completion of the first
railroad in the United States wdth a view to using steam en-
gines, at which time there was not over forty miles of rail-
road in the country.

The first rails were laid in South Nashville and were
hauled in wagons from the wharf. The first locomotives were
brought by boats to Nashville and placed on an improvised
track in four sections, each section being moved as the engine
progressed.

By April 13, 1851. track had been laid from Nashville
to Antioch, eleven miles, and the first train was run to that
point. On July 4 of the same year the first train was run
to Murfreesboro. In May, 1853, track was finished to Bridge-
port, Ala., and communication was established with Chatta-
nooga from that point b}^ boats. The main line was com-
pleted to Chattanooga in February, 1854.

During this early period of the road's development, Mr.
Thomas Webster was their able master mechanic for seven
years. This gentleman was connected in the most intimate
way with the City of Chattanooga, for the reason that he was
the founder of the well-known Webster family, among his chil-
dren there are numbered Messrs. William, Harry and Thomas
Webster, and Mesdames C. E. James, G. W. Davenport and

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R. H. Bowron, all residents of Chattanooga, and all cr)ntrib-
uting to the city of their talents and wealth.

In 1853 the first branch line was built fr(im W'artrace
to Shelbyville, eight miles. In 1867 the Jasper branch
(Bridgeport to Jasper) was constructed. The extension from
Jasper to Victoria was built in 1877, and the branch com-
pleted to Pikeville, the present terminus, in 1891. On Novem-
ber 21. 1872, the sale of the Nashville &r Northwestern Rail-
road to the Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad Comi)any was
confirmed in the Chancery Court at Nashville, and the name
of the road was changed to the Nashville, Chattanooga &:
St. Louis Railway. The first work on this road was the
construction of fourteen miles from Hickman, Ky., on the
Mississippi River, to Union City, Tenn. That part of the
road from Nashville to Kingston Springs was built in 1861.
Other sections were built from time to time and the line
completed by the construction of the bridge over the Tennes-
see River at Johnsonville in 1866, under the direction of Brig.
Gen. Wm. P. Innis, who had charge of it as a military road
during a part of and immediately after the Civil War.

On October 31, 1877, the Lebanon branch, formerly the
Tennessee & Pacific Railroad, was purchased. The McMinn-
ville & Manchester Railroad (Tullahoma to AIcAIinnville)
was purchased in 1877 and extended at various times, reach-
ing Bon Air in 1888, and the present termini, Ravenscroft and
Clifty, in 1903 and 1905, respectively.

The Winchester & Alabama Railroad (Decherd to Fay-
etteville) built in 1859, was purchased in 1877, extended to
Petersburg in 1882, and through line to Columbia formed
by the lease (October 2, 1879) and final purchase (November
2Z, 1887) of the old Duck River Valley Narrow Gauge Rail-
road, which was changed to standard gauge January 1, 1889.
The branch from Fayetteville, Tenn., to Harvest, Ala., was
purchased in 1897 and extended to Lax in 1900. The branch
from Elora to Huntsville was built in 1887 and extended to
Hobbs Island on the Tennessee River in 1893, and connec-
tion made by river transfer at Guntersville, Ala., with the
old Tennessee & Coosa, which had been purchased in April,
1891, and completed to Guntersville from Gadsden.

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Julv 27, 1880, the Nashville c^ Tuscaloosa Railroad (from
Dickson to Graham) a part of the present Centreville Branch,
was purchased and has been extended by purchase and con-
struction to Allen's Creek. The l)ranch was formerly nar-
row-g"au£;"e, but was changed to standard on July 27, 1894.

On January 1, 1887, the Tracy City branch was acquired
by i)urchasc from the Tennesee Coal, Iron & Bridge Com-
pany, and extended to Coalmont in 1904.

The West Nashville branch, then less than three miles
in length, was bought from the Naslnille Land c^ Improve-
ment Company in 1887. It is now oxer six miles in length
and the territory it serves has shown such remarkable growth
that local shipments, in point of both tonnage and revenue,
are exceeded onlv by one station on the line — Nashxille
proper.

The AW^stern &: Atlantic Railroad, now the Atlanta divi-
sion, from Chattanooga to Atlanta, was leased from the state
of Georgia December 29, 1890. The branch from Kingston
to Rome (the old Rome railroad) was leased in 1894 and pur-
chased on December 31, 1896.

On September 9, 1896, the Paducah cK: Mem|)his division
was leased, affording a line to Paducah, Ky., and an entrance
into Alemjdiis, Tenn., together with a branch line from Lex-
ington to Perryville, on the Tennessee River.

The old L'nion Dei)ot in X'aslnille, at Church street, was
built in 1854, and discarded October 9, 1*^00, Avhen the pres-
ent Union Station on Broadway was opened.

The present shops of the road, located near Centennial
Park, were comi)letcd in 1890, covering more than fifty acres,
and being constructed at a c(ist of more than half a mil-
lion dollars. The annual pay-roll of the N^ashville shops is
more than three-cpiarters of a million dollars.

Gradually, but surely and substantially, the little line
opened from Nashville to Antioch in 1851 has expanded un-
til it now reaches nearly every portion of Tennessee, with
important terminals in Kentucky, Alabama and Georgia.
Alarxelous improxemcnts have been made in roadway, equip-
ment and service. The candle-lighted, stove-heated, non-ven-
tilated passenger cars of 1860, in which two days were re-
quired to make a tri]) from Naslnille to Chattanooga, have

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been replaced by spacious, well-ventilated, electric-liqhted
coaches with upholstered seats and ele^^ant finish, and the
distance between Nashville and Chattanooga is now covered
in four and a half hours, to .\tlanta in less than nine hours,
and the passenger who desires may leave Nashville at 9:30
Monday night and take breakfast at his favorite hotel in New
York Wednesday morning; or a passenger bv availing him-
self of the "Dixie Flyer" service, may leave Chicago at 10
o'clock Monday night and take breakfast in Jacksonville, Fla.,
AA'ednesday, with ail the comforts of home en-route. Fron'
wood-burning engines, weighing a few tons, and so light that
they were handled through the streets of Nashville on their
own wheels with teams, has come the change to consolida-
tion locomotives, mikados, etc., weighing 275,000 pounds and
more, and able to move a train of over a thousand tons from
Nashville to Chattanooga in less than ten hours.

The history of transportation lines is inseparably inter-
woven with that of the territory through which they pass.
This is more than ordinarily true of the Nashville, Chatta-
nooga & St. Louis Railway, which stands pre-eminent, as a
Tennessee institution. Its total mileage is 1,230, of which
901 miles are located within the state of Tennessee. The
total railroad mileage in the state is 3,459, of which 26 per
cent, is Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis. It has at pres-
ent more than 9,000 employes, more than 7,000 of whom are
Tennesseans.

The road handled last year more than 3,000,000 passengers
and more than 5,500,000 tons of freight.

One of the most satisfactory features of this road's man-
agement is a string of excellent cafes, which they operate
under the general management of the famous caterer, Mr. W.
H. Moore.

His able understudy at Chattanooga operates the Union
Depot Cafe, at which place it has been said is ser\ed, at all
times, "The best meal in Chattanooga." The name of this
splendid gentleman is ]\Ir. S. AA\ Shacklett, and he enjoys
the confidence and respect of the citizens of Chattanooga,
as well as that of the traveling public.

Man}^ tourists make special stops at this cafe, drawn there
by the historic engine known everywhere as "The General,"

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no soiuenir in Chattanooga's wonderful collection arouses
more interest than this old-time locomotive, "The General."

Chattanoogans are very partial to two more of the repre-
sentatives of this railroad who come into ])ers(>nal touch with
the tra\-eling- public and the people of Chattanooga as well.

The first of these gentlemen is Mr. F. H. Dowler, general
agent, at Chattanooga. He is at all times frankly ready and
willing to impart information and be of immediate aid to
the i)enple of this city. He is well and favorably known,
sociall}-, l)v a host <^f friends, who find his elegant home on
aristocratic High street a delightful center of hospitality.

The other local man connected with this road, who num-
l)ers his friends bv his accpiaintances, is Mr. Cole Danley, the
accommodating and, be it noticed, very patient. District Pas-
senger Agent.

His de])artment has much to congratulate itself on in hav-
ing, in this important place, a man so able and efiicient in
all respects.

The first board of directors of the Nashville, Chattanooga
c^ St. Louis Railway was composed of Messrs. V. K. Steven-
son, John 'S\. Pass, Alex Allison, E. H. Ewing, A. O. P.
Xicholson, J. J. Gill, Levi \\"ade, James C. Moore, John Eakin,
'\\'illiam S. W'atterson, Peter S. Decherd, James A. Wdiite-
side, J. C]e\elan(l and Robert L Moore. Their first meet-
ing was hehl in Xashville and V. K. Stevenson was elected
president.

John Howe Peyton is president of the road now. He is
a man of broad liberal views and has inaugurated ])olicies
which will make the N., C. & St. L. Railway the leading-
carrier of the South. He has taken a great interest in ad-
Aancing the agricultural and live stock interests along the
line and has established demonstration farms at various sec-
tif^ns. At present the road has under expert cultivation 375
acres and has recently purchased a new demonstratit)n farm
at Martin, Tenn. The road now operates demonstration and
experiment farms at Decherd, Tullahoma. Sewanee, ^lurfrees-
boro and Dickson.

The passenger and freight service of the N.. C. & St. L.
are unexcelled in the South.

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CHATTANOOGA TERMINAL STATION.

This large modern, well appointed building, familiar to
many travelers, as it accommodates the most of the passenger
trains entering and leaving Chattanooga, stands on the east
side of Market Street near the southern end of the street,
on the lot formerly occupied by the Stanton House, that old
landmark so long familiar to Chattanoogans.

It was finished early in 1909, but its use was delayed till
the latter part of the year, waiting for authority from the
city for track-laying on what is now Main Street, but was for
so long known as Montgomery Avenue.

Chattanooga is very important as a railway center, and this
building is ap])ropriate to the progress and prospects of our city.

Soon after the erection of the dignified and suitable for
its purposes. Terminal Station, the various railroads run-
ning into it. i. e., the C, N. O. & T. P.. the A. G. S., the
C. of G. and the three divisions, Knoxville, Atlanta and Mem-
phis, of the Southern Railroad, the A. G. S. and C, N. C).
& T. P. being operated by the O. & C, organized the Chat-
tanooga Station Company, being an agreed merging of the
interests of all these roads, in the local operation of trains,
in this new Terminal Station. This plan has been in effi-
cient operation up to the present time. This fact is clearly
proven, without argument. Avhen the continuance of every
officer in their original positions from the opening day of
the station is known. These officers are as follows:

J. C. Howell, Station Master; J. W. Mason, Chief Clerk;
J. M. Johnson. Assistant Station blaster; R. W. Maryman.
Ticket Agent ; E. J. Fitzgerald, General Baggage Agent.

AA'ithout making any invidious coni])arison, it gives the
writer ])lcasure to testify to the unvarying courtesy and un-
selfish helpfulness exercised by Mr. J. \\". Mason in meet-
ing the public, in his not altogether easy position. This
man is one of those fortunate persons whc:) always impresses
the inquirer as a man who has all the time necessary to
give in considering the matter being presented for his atten-
tion. His sui)eriors, if he has any, should be knowing this of
his unfailing tact and kind treatment of the patrons of his com
])any, who ha.\e llie good fortune to transact business -with him.

Military History of Chattanooga

(This inscription a])pears on an iron tahk-t in front of
Federal pjuilding and is olTficial, from the records of the United
States War Department.)

This city was first occupied by Confederate trooj^s in the
Spring of 1862 under Generals Floyd, Maxwell and Lead-
better. Union troops under General Mitchell shelled it June
7 and 8. Bragg's army occupied it in August preparing for
the Kentucky campaign, again in the Fall on its return from
Kentucky, and in the Summer of 1863 when retiring before
Rosecrans from Middle Tennessee. AA'ilder shelled the city
from Stringer's Ridge, August 21. Bragg evacuated it Sep-
tember 7 and 8, and a small Union force took possession.
Rosecrans occupied it in force the second morning after the
battle of Chickamauga, and thereafter it remained in Union
conrol. Thomas succeeded Rosecrans, October 19. Grant
took general command October 23. A short line of supplies
to Bridgeport by Brown's Ferry was opened October 28, upon
a plan devised by General Rosecrans. Hooker's forces ar-
rived in Lookout Valley on that date and fought the bat-
tle of Wauhatchie. Sherman's troops crossed the Tennessee
above the city during the night of November 25. On that
day the Army of the Cumberland carried Orchard Knob. No-
vember 24 Hooker's column captured the north slope of Look-
out Mountain. On November 25 Missionary Ridge, except-
ing Cleburne's position at Tunnell Hill and the intervening
line to Walthall's stand north of DeLong's. was carried by
Grant's armies, Bragg retreating to Dalton.

BATTLE OF MISSIONARY RIDGE.
November 25, 1863.

This was a great Federal victory, Avhich raised the siege
of Chattanooga and forced the Confederates out of Tennessee.
Grant's army consisted of about 72,000 men and Bragg's 35,-
000. Federal loss about 753 killed, 4,722 wounded, 349 mis-
sing. Confederate loss about 361 killed, 2.180 wounded, 4,146
missing. The evolutions of the Federal army in the plain
below were described by the Confederates as being as reg-

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ular as dress parade. Their assault was impetuous, but for
several hours it appeared as if the Confederates would hold
their position. Sherman's attack upon the Confederate right
met a repulse at the hands of the lion-hearted Cleburne. The
assault was renewed with desperate energy, but again Cle-
burne held his own against fearful odds. About 4 p. m.
the Confederate center was broken, and the entire line, ex-
cept the right, gave way. The result was a disastrous rout
of Bragg's army, which fell back along the line of the West-
ern & Atlantic Railroad, stubbornly fighting the battles of
Ringgold Gap, Resaca, Altoona Pass, Kennesaw Mountain,
New Hope Church and then the battles and siege of Atlanta,
winding up a campaign the brillancy of which has never been
excelled in ancient or modern times.

ANDREWS' RAIDERS' MONUMENT, National Cemetery.

This scene in the Chattanooga National Cemetery recalls
one of the most romantic and daring exploits of the war.
which took place on the Western (S: Atlantic Railroad, the
road between Atlanta and Chattanooga, so battled over later
in Sherman's persistent advance and Johnston's stubborn re-
treat in the famous Atlanta campaign.

A party of twenty-two, James J. Andrews in command,
nearly all from the 21st, 33d or 2d Ohio Infantry, all in
citizen's garb and liable to be created as spies, boarded the
northbound train at Marietta, April 12, 1862, with tickets
for various points, professing to be refugees wishing to enter
the Confederate army. At Big Shanty (now Kennesaw)
while the passengers and train crew were mostly at break-
fast, they seized and escaped with the locomotive "General"
and three freight cars. The plan, skillfully conceived and
bravely attempted, w^as to destroy bridges and cut off the
Confederate army from supplies.

Pursuit followed, first on foot, then by hand-car, then
with locomotives, and in spite of cutting the wire, breaking
and obstructing the track, and straining every nerve to dis-
tance the chase, the brave adventurers, their fuel giA'ing out
and their pursuers close upon them, finally abandoned the
engine between Ringgold and Graysville, Ga., and sought
safety in flight on foot, but were all eventually captured.

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The locomotive itself is kept on exhibition in the Union
Depot at Chattanooga, with appropriate historical matter.
The tender, filled with wood, shows that the "General" was an
old-fashioned woodburner.

On the side of the monument shown in the picture are
the names of James J. Andrews and seven others, executed,
and the curved row^ of seven uniform headstones, together
with one to the right, not shown in the picture, are to these
eight victims of the bloody law of war. On the end in sight
are- the names of six exchanged. At the other end are the
names of eight escaped, and on the farther side of the monu-
ment is the inscription :

OHIO'S TRIBUTE

TO THE

ANDREWS' RAIDERS.

1S62.

ERECTED 1800.
This view is one of three given within this beautiful city
of the dead.

GATEWAY TO CONFEDERATE CEMETERY

This view shows the memorial arch and gateway of the
Confederate Cemetery at Chattanooga, with a portion of the
interior and the Confederate Monument. This cemetery, em-
bracing about three acres, lies just east of the City Cemetery,
and the gateway faces west of south across East Fifth street.
The number of graves is estimated at about 1,100, including
reinterments since the war, and graves of persons dying since
I)eace came. Of course the soldiers there buried are but a
small portion of the Confederate killed at Chickamauga and
elsewhere near Chattanooga.

The ground is ke])t in excellent order — trees, shrubbery,
flowers and grass helping to make it attractive.

The early care of the cemetery and the erectic^n of the
monument \vas the work of the Ladies' Alemorial Associa-
tion. The monument, whose cornerstone was laid May 10,
1877, is thirty feet high, bearing the inscription :

OTIR

CONEEDERATE

DEAD.

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A MODEL ARMY POST.
At Chickamauga National Military Park.

The government of the United States has expended more
tlian $2,000,000 in the erection of a model military post for the
accommodation of ca\-alrv, in a tract of 900 acres, which is a
part of the National Park, but which was purchased for this
particular purpose. This post embraces more than eighty sep-
arate l)uildings admirably grouped, and has all of the con-
veniences and utilities of a model community. It is officially
named Fort Oglethorpe. The source of the water supply is
from ten and six-inch flowing artesian wells and distributed
from an elevated reservoir. The sewerage disposal is by the
Septic system. The famous 11th U. S. Cavalry now occupy
this post, with their celebrated band of musicians. The visitor
will find much of interest to him in the reviews, parades, guard
mounts, military athletics and other military ceremonies.

CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL
MILITARY PARK.

The United States Government has, under an act of Con-
gress, purchased the entire Chickamauga Battlefield, embrac-
ing over fifteen square miles, and has converted it into a park
of magnificent proportions. Seven hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars were appropriated by Congress for the erec-
tion of national monuments, and for the improvement of the
grounds, walks and driveways. The various States have also^
appropriated over $500,000 for the erection of monuments to
commemorate the deeds of valor of soldiers from their re-
spective States. Granite and bronze are the materials used
for all of the monuments. The old roads of the battlefield
have been reopened and the underbrush cut from 3,300 acres,
and the battlefield is now in the same condition as it was at
the time of the battle. The monuments range in cost from
$1,000 to $6,000 each— those erected by the United States to
the regulars cost $1,500 each. The main drive of the park is
thirty miles in length and is twenty-four feet wide. Five steel
observation towers, each seventy feet high, have been erected.
Three of these towers are on the Chickamauga field and two
on Missionary Ridge. Wilder's Brigade monument is provided

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with a stairway, built of stone, to reach an observatory at top,
eighty-one feet above the ground ; also used as an observation
tower. The National Commission has ascertained the fighting
lines of all divisions and brigades on l)oth the Union and
Confederate sides with sufficient accuracy to justify the erec-
tion of historical tal)lets for these organizations. Tablets have
also been erected for army headquarters, corps, divisions and
brigades for both sides and for all the fields. The part taken
by each organization throughout the battles is set forth on
these tablets. The <>ld lines of work and fortifications have
been restored, and about three hundred cannons have been
mounted and placed in ])(^sition. The park is now the most
comprehensive militar}' object lesson in the world.

Public Buildings of Chattanooga

CHATTANOOGA PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Ours is eminently a reading nation, lioth of books and news-
papers, and the name of one of our citizens wlio has reccntl}'
bestowed millions in promoting the cause of liljraries through-
out the land has become a household word. Chattanooga is
one of the cities where Andrew Carnegie has erected a m;inu-
ment to himself more to his honor than lavishing the money
on bronze or granite to mark his last resting ])lace.

The Carnegie Building of the Chattanooga Public Librar}'
shown in the picture stands on the southeast corner of h^ast
Eighth Street and Georgia Avenue. 'Jdie view shows the front,
facing northly across East Eighth Street, toward the end of
the Times Building, and the west end looking across (Georgia
avenue. The lil^rar}- was opened to the public July 17, 1903.

A large number of periodicals are taken. The rooms are
bright and pleasant and afford excellent quarters for readers
and students, and an auditorium seating about 200 people can
be used for lectures and addresses.

The Richmond Memorial Room in the basement story
with entrance on Georgia Avenue was furnished and endowed
by Mrs. Caroline E. Richmond, in the names of her children.
Edward Dean Richmond and Ruth Dean Richmond, in mem-
ory of her husband, the late lamented Edward Gould Rich-
mond, for the use of the children of Chattanooga. This is
considered the most beautiful children's room in the countr}-.
It contains a well selected library of juvenile books.

An im]K)rtant feature of the Chattanooga Library is the
sterilizer, by which books when returned to the library are
purged of any im])urity they ma}- ha\e received, preventing
the transmission of disease and prc^moting cleanliness and the
comfort of readers.

Thoitgh at first not available for those li\ing outside f^f
Chattanooga, the library is now ecjually at the service of res-
idents of Hamilton County beyond the city limits.

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

The large and ctjmmodious building of the Young Men's
Christian Association, fronting on Georgia Avenue, seen at

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the right of the Library Building, was oi)tned early in 1*^09. a
striking- tril^ute to the liberality of our citizens. Its member-
ship is o\-er 1.400. Its facilities and activities are numerous
and \'aried. including dormitories, meals, gymnasium, various
sports, baths, swimming pool, concert, lectures, night-school-
ing, obtaining of employment, shop meetings, social gather-
ings, Bible study and other religious work. It is pushed vig-
orously and energetically, and is a live force for good in the
life of our city, deserving, as it is recei^'ing, the support and
encouragement of our people.

HAMILTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE

On May 8, 1910, the Court House of Hamilton County was
struck and set on hre by lightning. The shattering of the
building by the thunderbolt and the damage by the fire were
such that it was decided to rebuild, the county ot^ces l)eing
temporarily accommodated in the City Hall. This handsome
edifice shows an outside predominating efi:"ect of East Ten-
nessee gra}' marl)le. The building fronts southerly, the luid-
dle of the entrance being opposite Seventh street near its
corner with Georgia avenue. There are also entrances and
approaches on each of the other three sides.

The Court House lot is of irregular shape; it would he a
quadrangle bounded by Seventh, Walnut, Sixth and Lookout
but for Georgia Avenue, which strikes it obliquely on the east
side, cutting ofi' what would ha\-e been the southeast corner
of the fiuadrangle.

CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

The Central High School of Hamilton County, which has
been officially pronounced by the High School Inspector the
best high school of the State, stands at the foot of historic
^lissionary Ridge, its wdndows commanding views covering a
large and important part of the scene of the great battle of
November 25, 1863.

The elegant and commodious main building was dedi-
cated January 6, 1908, in the presence of Governor Patterson.
State Superintendent Jones and others who before the general
exercises were present in the Spanish Room at the unveiling

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of pictures l^rougiit from Granada and of signed portraits and
holographic letters from Admiral Cervera and his friend and
former prisoner, Captain Hobson. Each study hall has a por-
trait of Washing-ton decorated with beautiful American flags,
the gift in one case of Newell Sanders, and in the other of
John A. Patten, and each department of the school has re-
ceived a portrait of either George or Martha Washington
and a flag.

ddie Manual Training liuilding, shown at the left of the
picture, was first occupied in the Fall of 1910.

Admiral Cervera, the gallant Spaniard who so gained the
affection of our people by his treatment of Hobson and his
men \\ho fell into his hands as prisoners, has been much iden-
tified with the school, and the beautiful pictures from Spain
which are part of the adornment of the Spanish Room are
mostly presents from him. or. since his death, from his family.
On the first school-day after his death the school flag was kept
at half-mast and a message of sympathy passed by the whole
school. He was the first honorary member elected by the
Spanish Society, and his words meaning "The Fulfilment of
Duty" were adopted as the motto of the society. Pictures of
portions of the interior of the Spanish Room with printed in-
scriptions have been sent to Spain and as a result two articles
have appeared in Andalusian newspapers.

Dr. P. P. Claxton. now National Commissioner of Educa-
tion, has spoken at Central High, also Senator James Gordon,
of Mississippi, who made the school a visit March 7, 1910.
returning from his l)rief term at \^'ashington, during which he
accomplished such a great work in promoting fraternal feeling'
between the North and South, and on November 15 of the
same year General Daniel E. Sickles, far past eighty and
having lost a leg at Gettysburg, before going on Lookout
to the dedication of the Peace Monument, came to Central,
was carried upstairs in a chair and made the school a stirring
patriotic address. On February 2 of the present year (1912)
William G. McAdoo, formerly of the Chattanooga Bar, now
so distinguished for his great exploit of tunneling under the
Hudson and for his advocacy of courteous and just treatment
of the public by corporations, came to Central and after a visit
to the Spanish Room addressed the assembled school, was

JAMES BUILDING

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presented by the Spanish Society with a silver medal with
Spanish inscriptions, and stood for his picture in a group of
the Spanish Society in front of the school; and on the 19th
of the same month Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson, Mem-
ber of CongTCSS from Alabama, visited the Spanish Room and
addressed the school, giving, though only after strong urging,
an account of his historic adventure in the sinking of the
Alerrimac.

Governor Patterson. Superintendent Jones, Captain lldl)-
son. Senators Gordon and Sanders. Mr. Patten. General Sickles
and Mr. McAdoo are all honorary members of the Spanish
Society.

JAMES BUILDING

This fine office building, Chattanooga's first skyscraper,
marking as it were the beginning of a ncAV era in the city's
architectural histciry, is due to the energy and enterprise of Mr.
Chas. E. James, who has done so much for the progress of
Chattanooga. It stands on the northwest corner of Broad and
Eighth, fronting on Broad. It was finished and occupied in
October. 1907. Two other skyscrapers have since then been
erected, and there is a prospect of others.

CITY HALL

The beautiful edifice, as will be seen by the picture, bears
the inscription. '•CHATTANOOGA MUNICIPAL BUILD-
ING." Ihit John I fay in his charming book "Castilian Days"
says, "You cann(^t make people call the White House the Ex-
ecutive ]\Iansion." and in like manner the public cannot be
I)revented from using the briefer and more familiar name of
City Hall.

Chattanooga's City IT all stands on the north side of Elev-
enth Street, on the block between A Street (which runs be-
tween the side of the City Hall and that of the L^nited States
Government Building), and Newby Street. Its occupation
began in the latter part of 1909.

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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BUILDING.

The growiiii;- wealth and power of our country, and the
increasing- number and importance of affairs entrusted to the
care of the National Ciovernment, are suggested by the nu-
merous government buildings throughout the land. Few, if
any, in cities no larger than Chattanooga, are the scenes of
so numerous and imiiortant works as the one shown in the
picture, standing on a part of ground known as the site of
the Old Stone Fort, and of^cially designated by the Treasury
Department the United States Courthouse and PostofHce
Imilding.

The picture shows at the right the main front looking west
of south across Eleventh street, and the west front on Co-
lumbia street at left of picture. A street lies east of the build-
ing, and just across A street, at extreme right of the picture,
is seen a little of the west side of the Chattanooga Municipal
building. A short street running from Columbia to A is on
the north.

The large tablet in southwest corner of the block gives a
brief history of military events from the first Confederate
occupation of the city in the spring of 1862 to Bragg's re-
treat to Dalton after the battle of Missionary Ridge, and the
smaller one. to the right, on same grassplot, is inscribed :

SITE
OF REDOUBT JONES

(HAZEN),
CENTER OF 2d LINE.

The main (southern) part of the building, shown at right
of picture, was finished and occupied in 1893, the addition
on the north, shown at left, in 1910. The Postoffice depart-
ment, including not oidy the inspector and his force, occupies
a large portion of the space, but the Imilding houses also the
V. S. court room and of^ces connected therewith, the Chicka-
mauga and Chattanooga National Park Commission, Pension
Examiner, Sur\-eyor of Customs. Internal Revenue Depart-
ment and Ci\il Serx'icc Examinations.

W. A. SADD,
President Chattanooara Savings Bank

Banks of Chattanooga

THE CHATTANOOGA SAVINGS BANK was organized
in A])ril. 1889, and opened for Inisiness May 17th. same year.
The original ca])ital oi the Chattanooga Savings Bank was
$50,000.00. and in 1891 the capital was increased to $100,000.00.
Further, in 1908, it was increased to $300,000.00. giving the
institution a ca])ital of $300,000.00. with a surplus of
$225,000.00.

The bank was originallv located at the corner of Seventh
and Broad Streets, in what was known as the Richardson
Building. In 1893 it moved to the corner of Eighth and Cherry
Streets, in the Loveman Building, wliich ])lace it cKcupicd until
FelDruary 22(1. 1908, Avhen it moved into its new commodious
quarters in the new twelve-story James Building. It has the
largest and most convenient banking cfuarters of any bank
located in the city.

Since the inception of its business, the growth of the
Chattanooga Savings Bank has been continuous until, at the
present time, it occupies the position of being the largest sav-
ings bank in the State of Tennessee, its deposits at the present
time being approximately $3,000,000.00.

In addition to its savings bank business, the institution
does a very large trust and investment business, and during
its business career has handled over $100,000,000.00 worth of
real estate loans on property in the various cities of the South,
all of which business has been done without loss to itself or
its clients.

It has, during its period of existence, paid large and satis-
factory dividends to its depositors, besides accumulating a
large surplus, and has also paid over $1,000,000.00 in interest
to its savings depositors. Its stock at the present time sells
at the highest price of any bank stock in the City of Chatta-
nooga. Its directors consist of the following parties:

Francis INIartin Samuel R. Read

John A. Patten N. Thayer Montague

Theo. L. Montague R. C. Jones

Ross S. Faxon Jos. W. Johnson

Jas. M. Shaw Willard Warner

W. E. Brock Z. W. Wheland

A. L. Key W. A. Sadd

R. W. Barr

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The ofificers are as follows :

W. A. Sadd, President.

S. R. Read, Vice President.

R. W. Barr, Vice President and Cashier.

Carl Gibbs, Assistant Cashier.

T. R. Durham. Assistant Cashier.

S. C. Brooks, Assistant Cashier.

The bank acts as administrator and guardian of estates,
and has been the representative of many of the largest estates
in the City and County, it becoming more and more the cus-
tom of people entrusting their estates to public and trust-
worthy institutions, rather than individuals, and his business
has grown to large and satisfactory proportions.

HAMILTON NATIONAL BANK

The Hamilton National Bank was organized in June, 1905,
and opened for business October 10th of the same year. The
original capital was $250,000.00; on April 22, 1908. the capital
was increased to $400,000.00, and on January 10, 1910, it was
increased to $500,000.00; the final increase was made June 1,
1911, giving the institution a capital of $1,000,000.00. and a
surplus of $500,000.00.

The Hamilton National Bank Building, the fifteen-story
building located at the corner of Market and Seventh Streets,
is owned by the bank, is without encumbrance, the investment
in same representing approximately the surplus of the bank.

This bank does a general banking business, and few insti-
tutions have achieved such a marked success. It has acquired
no business by absorption of other banks, but has always
shown a healthy and normal growth, being progressive yet
conservative in its policy. It has a particularly strong and
representative directorate, able and efficient management.

The officers are : T. R. Preston, President ; G. H. Miller
and IT. T. Olmsted. \^ice Presidents; C. M. Preston. Cashier;
S. A. Strauss and D. S. Henderson. Assistant Cashiers.

HAMILTON NATIONAL BANK

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HAMILTON NATIONAL BANK.

On Market street in Chattanooga

There towers towards the sky
A beautiful building today

That is fifteen stories high.

It is built so strong and so good,

Many years there it will stand.
To help all people that it should

'Tis the tallest bank in our land.

And it has a capital great;

Good security also.
Prosperous has been its fate

Prompt service it gives, we know.

Each officer is a nice man;

The directors all are, too;
Do their duty the best they can,

We all know this to be true.

The employes all are polite.

Well educated they are;
The poor they treat exactly right.

Whether they live near or far.

The Hamilton Bank has a vault.

And burglars may come and go
But at its door the3''ll have to halt

For in it they'll find a foe.

Strong and beautiful it is made.

To all it is a grand sight.
And no one need be afraid

Either by day or by night.

If in this vault a box they'll rent

And leave their valuables there.
When away on some pleasure bent.

For them they won't have to care.

Mr>. S. AI. Webster.

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CAPT. CHARLES A. LYERLY

■'Confederate Veteran" and President of the First National Bank

of Chattanooga

The First Natiimal IJank is in its FIFTIETH year of cor
porate existence.

It boasts a capital and surplus of $1,230,000.00.
Its officers are :

President, Charles A. Lyerly.
A^ice-President, H. S. Chamberlain.
Active Vice-President, C. C. Nottingham.

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Cashier, J. P. Hoskins.

Assistant Cashier, W. H. Dewitt.

Its directors are :

H. S. Chamberlain, J. T. Lnpton, F. T. Ilardwick, Z. C.
Patten, Jr.; T. H. Payne, Geo. D. Lancaster, Jno. C. Griffiss,
C. H. Huston, C. C. Nottingham, Chas. A. Lyerly, J. S. liell,
T. P. Hoskins.

HAMILTON TRUST AXD SAVINGS BANK

On the corner of Market and Alain Streets in Chattanooga,
Tenn., yon will find a pretty building. It is the home of the
Hamilton Trust and Savings Bank. For twenty-six years this
bank has been in our City. It grows stronger each year. The
paid-in capital is now $250,0001)0. Surplus, $180,000.00.

This bank has had four presidents — M. J. O'Brien, M. H.
Ward, D. W. Miller, T. R. Preston — and five vice-presidents —
W. R. Hall, A. A. Stong, M. H. Ward, E. W. Miller, C. M.
Preston. It has had four cashiers — S. M. Fugette, T. R. Pres-
ton, C. M. Preston, F. R. Underwood.

The employees are all very fine people, courteous, intelli-
gent, energtic and well adapted to their work. Miss Mabel

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Alexander, stenograi^iher ; Mr. James E. Harris and Mr. W. E.
Harrell, Tellers. Air. Chester O. Stephens, Discount Clerk.
Mr. Jack M. Bass, Collection Clerk. Mr. Henry W. Bill and
Mr. Robert F. Smith, Savings Bookkeeper. Mr. N. C. Hay-
more, Mr. C. A. Jenkins and Mr. AA . A. Tucker, Individual
Bookkeepers.

Several of the officers and employees have served the bank
continuously for many years. The only employee or officer
who has served continuously for twenty-six years is Air. T. R.
Preston, but many have served from ten to eighteen years.
The volume of business now transacted in one day is greater
than the combined business of the first four months of its exis-
tence. Eighty-four thousand, nine hundred and sixty accounts
have been opened with the Hamilton Trust and Savings Bank
since it besfan business.

CHATTANOOGA'S THERMOi'YLAE

Points of Interest

CHATTANOOGA'S THERMOPYLAE

This narrow passage, which bears the railway track where
Lookout Mountain's foot reaches down to the Tennessee —
water on one hand and mountain on the other — suggests the
pass where, of old, Leonidas and his men awaited the on-surg-
ing of the Persian hordes.

Standing on Point Rock, one may see a train approaching
Chattanooga, and, watching it disappear below the mountain,
hear the rumble for a time and then have it cease as absolutely
as if the train had come to a halt.

Over the single track of this strait and narrow way pass
all the trains of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Rail-
way and the Alabama Great Southern Railroad entering and
leaving Chattanooga, and those of the Southern Railway in
that direction, though the Southern has a tunnel under the end
of Lookout, not yet used, and the Nashville, Chattanooga &
St. Louis Railway expects to have a second track during
the present year.

The train in the picture is approaching Chattanooga.

Close to the track, though not shown in the picture, is the
mouth of Lookout Cave, a great cavern penetrating for miles
under the mountain. The traveler seated on side next the
mountain has a fleeting view of the entrance only a few feet
away as he dashes past.

ELECTRIC CHATTANOOGA.

Marking a new era in the industrial advance of the central
South, water-power plants completed on the Tennessee and
Ocoee rivers are prepared to contract for delivery up to LSO,-
000 horsepower in electrical energy to Chattanooga and the
surrounding territory. Some years ago work was commenced
on a dam across the Tennessee River at Hale's Bar. seven-
teen miles by transmission line from Chattanooga. An arniv
of workmen was emj^loyed constantl}' and the completed work
represents an expenditure of $9,000,000, and 74,000 horse-
power is available since November. 1913.

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The importance of this neAV factor in the development of
Chattanooga can hardly be estimated. Cheap power is rec-
ognized as the greatest boon which can come to a manufac-
turing center.

It was with full knowledge and faith in the future of
Chattanooga that the late Anthony I^rady and other financial
backers of the Chattanooga-Tennessee River Power Company
poured their millions into this enterprise. For many years
the project of building locks on the Tennessee at Hale's Bar
had been contemplated by the government as a means of
improving navigation. C. E. James and J- C. Guild, of Chat-
tanooga, proposed to build the dam in return for the use of
the power. Mr. Brady became interested, and the Chatta-
nooga and Tennessee River Powe'r Company was formed.

The transmission line crosses the Tennessee river twice,
and is brought to Chattanooga over 171 steel towers ranging
in height from 40 to 200 feet. The transformer house in Chat-
tanooga is five stories high, and is built of reinforced con-
crete. It is said to be the finest structure of the kind in the
United States.

Some idea of the great size of the imdertaking may be had
from these dimensions: A lock with a chamber 300 feet long
by 60 feet Avide has been constructed for the passage of boats.
The dam is of cyclopean concrete, and is 1,200 feet long with
an extension on the land of 700 feet. The lock gates, in-
stalled by the United States Government, and operated by
electricity, are the largest in the world, except those at Pan-
ama.

It has a head of forty feet, and the water is backed up the
river a distance of about fifty miles. The poAver house, of
steel and concrete, is 350 feet long and 60 feet Avide. It con-
tains fourteen AvaterAvheels and generators of 4,000 horse-
power. An auxiliary plant Avill proA-ide 18,000 horsepower
additional.

Ocoee River Plants.

Rising in the Appalachian Mountains. Avhere annual rain-
fall is in excess of that in any other part of the United States
except Washington and Oregon, the Ocoee floAvs through a
narroAA^ g'orge beloAv DucktoAvn, Tenn., betAveen Sugar Loaf

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and Bean's Alountains. Here is an ideal power site which
forms the location of the first plant constructed by the Ten-
nessee Power Company.

Dam and Powerhouse No. 1.

The first of the Ocoee power developments is located at
Parksville, forty-eight miles from Chattanooga. Length of
dam 800 feet. Head of water 110 feet. Length of spillway
345 feet. Thickness of dam at base 107 feet. Reservoir 2,000
acres. Length of powerhouse 190 feet. Capacity 30,000 horse-
power. Length of transmission lines 444 miles. Estimated
cost $3,000,000. Was completed February, 1912.

With the completion of a second development of 256 feet
head, fifteen miles east of Parksville, in the fall of 1913, the
capacity of the Ocoee River improvement is 50,000 horsepower.

Still another development is started which will afford
35,000 additional horsepower, and the fourth is now being
planned.

Chattanooga, with these power acquisitions, is the "Elec-
tric City" of the South. Competent engineers insist that
there is 500,000 horsepower available in the streams of the
Chattanooga district, and that these plants will be developed
as rapidly as the industrial necessities require.

SIGNAL MOUNTAIN INN

A few miles from Chattanooga, Tennessee, on the beautiful
historic mountain land, many wonderful improvements have
been made recently. Mr. C. E. James and his associates
bought a tract of land on Signal Mountain, which includes
historic Signal Point. Here a modern hotel has been erected.
It is a handsome building, constructed of the best pink sand-
stone from the native mountains; it is surrounded by forest
trees and is supplied by chemically pure mountain water. It
is 2,000 feet above the sea level, thus making it a lovely and
desirable summer resort. There are many nice homes near the
hotel. From our City to the hotel is a fine boulevard, the
building of which is due to the energy of Mr. C. E. James. In
traveling this beautiful road one can see the loveliest scenery
in the Avorld, wonderful views are afforded from many points

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along the driveway, especially from "James Point," which is
1,500 feet above the Tennessee River. From there one can
see \\"illiams Island and the ri\er very distinctly. Automo-
biles can be driven with safety in about thirty minutes from
the City to Signal Inn. This driveway up this rugged moun-
tain is one of the most remarkalde exam])les of engineering
skill.

The same capitalists who built the bnulexard have also
built a modern trolley line, running from the city to top of

SIGNAL MOUNTAIN INN

mountain, over which the Chattanooga Traction Company
operates large steel cars. On this line one can go from the
city to Signal Inn in t\\enty-fivc minutes, and enjoy the lovel}^
scenery and fine breezes of the mountain. The reader, how-
ever, can have but a faint idea of the immense amount of
work it required to build the road over this mountain-side.
From the city <»f Chattanooga to the base of the mountain
the work was very easy, but it was a great task to build it
up the mountain. A large amount of capital was used in the
great undertaking, also skilled engineers were required to

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make it the success it is, and it is equal to some of the road
building- in the Rocky Mountains. Mr. Webster James, son
of Mr. C. E. James, was engineer of the road, so to him we
owe many thanks and lots of praise. He is a very brilliant
young man of sterling qualities and stands high in the esti-
mation of all who know him.

The two enterprises give the people an opportunity to
see and enjoy one of nature's most stupendous works in the
Cumberland ^Mountains. The wealth of the Tennessee Moun-
tains, and especially those within reach of Chattanooga, is just
beginning to be appreciated. They supply the first requisite
to profitable business, and that is health. No section of the
United States is more healthful. From the top of Signal
Mountain the spectator beholds in almost every direction
mountain peaks that vary in altitude from 2,000 to 6.000 feet
above the sea level. One hundred miles southeast on a clear
day the peaks of the Great Smokies can be seen. No lan-
guage is eloquent enough to describe the grand picture of
nature.

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LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN MUSEUM

Down here in East Tennessee
We have many sights to see.
Old Lookout Alountain is one
Grand as any under the sun;
This you can so truly say,
So stop and see it some day
And you'll see the Museum
Kei)t by W. E. Hardison.

Many tourists come here,
Just any time of the year
To view our scenery so grand.
They like it and buy our land;
They build pretty houses, too.
We are glad to have this true;
It helps our city to grow.
And tliey In'ing their tine autos.

And reach Lookout's top that way.
Then, on a pretty clear day
Into seven states they see,
And near the sky seem to be;
Up the Incline some won't go
For it would frighten them so,
But there is the surface line
To ride on wdiich they won't mind.

So that way anyone can go
To the War Museum show.
Near the gateway to Point Park,
There of war you catch a spark;
Five thousand relics you'll see
Kept by Hardison, W. E.
He will w^ear a pleasant smile
Treat you in the best of style.

He is jolly, full of fun.

Much for our Mountain he has done.

Many years up there he has been.

To leave us now would be sin;

We know that his heart is true

He is a Rebekah, too.

Nice gavels to "Unity" he gave,

His acts are ever true and brave.

From him souvenirs you'll get
Thousands he's sold, has some yet;
Cheap they are to one and all,
Some are made from trees tall;
In the Museum you'll see
War weapons that used to be.
Over you sorrow they'll cast
For you'll think of the sad past.

Both Blue and Grey there you see.
You are glad war ceased to be.
The swords and coats on the wall
Show that many men did fall
In the battles of the past,

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O'er mothers' sadness it cast,
In the four years, day by day,
Their brave sons were laid away.

We hope their souls rest above
In the mansions of love,
But their weapons now are here
To show us they knew no fear;
They died fighting for the right
Went hungry both day and night.
The Museum is a place
That teaches one to erase

From the mind discord and strife
And lead a peaceful life.
Willichs' sword is a sad sight;
On Thomas' table you write;
Grant's chair is there today.
Sit in it and do not pay.
A star from Cleburn's coat, see;
And he was brave as could be.

Also Bragg's bucket is there,

Many things for which you'll care,

Too numerous now to tell.

But all show that brave men fell;

So to you I wish to say,

Visit the Museum some day;

Give Mr. Hardison not even a dime

And you will enjoy the time.

WALLACE E. HA..^._.^N

Proprietor of Lookout Mountain Museum, Who Is Keeping Open

House for Veterans.

NEW YORK PEACE :^IOXUMEXT

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NEW YORK PEACE MONUMENT

This magnificent monument, erected l)y the Empire State
on the summit of Lookout Mountain in Point Park, is of later
origin than most of the memorials in the various portions of
the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park. Its name,
the New York State Central Historical Memorial, gives some
idea of its nature and purpose, and the name by which it is
generally known, that of the New York Peace Monument, is
in keeping with the bronze statutes of soldiers of the two
armies clasping hands which with the national flag in bronze
crown the top of the monument.

It was dedicated November 15, 1910, in the presence of a
distinguished assemblage. A special train came from New
York, bearing among others the conspicuous figure of the oc-
casion, Major-General Daniel E. Sickles, U. S. A., Chairman
of the New York Monuments Commission, distinguished sur-
vivor of the Union army of the Civil AA'ar, forceful and vig-
orous despite his more than the scriptural four-score years,
and his leg lost on the battlefield of Gettysburg.

The inscriptions are extensive, and embrace much his-
torical matter relating to Union and to Confederate troops.
In part the}' are on the main shaft :

THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY A
GRATEFUL COMMONWEALTH IN COM-
MEMORATION OF THE SERVICES OF THE
OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK IN THE ELEVENTH AND
TWELFTH CORPS FROM THE ARMY OP
THE POTOMAC WHO TOOK PART IN THE
BATTLES AND MILITARY OPERATIONS
ABOUT CHATTANOOGA, OCT.-NOV., 1863.

and on one of the structures forming part of the base :

"REUNITED— ONE COUNTRY AGAIN AND

ONE COUNTRY FOREVER."

President iMcKinley, Atlanta. Dec. 15, 1898.

LULA LAKE AND FALLS.

One beautiful third Sunday in May the writer conducted
a party of visitors up Lookout Mountain's incline and enjoyed
a seven-mile dri\e to Lula Lake and Ealls. The weather was
ideal, the scenery along our way was beautiful and every-
thing was fresh and fair. The grass and trees were green,

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the wild flowers in bloom and the little song birds were happy
as they warbled forth their sweet melodies praising the One
who made them. All nature seemed in tune with the Infinite.
As we beheld the beautiful falls, I gave a cry of joy as I
looked on the wonderful works of God, for I saw^ how far supe-
rior nature is to art. The mighty rush of clear water as it hur-
ried over huge rocks down the mountain-side and dashed
into the deep lake below was a lovely sight I will never
forget, it almost held me spell-bound. As I drew near the
water's edge and washed my hands in the cold stream, in
my heart, I was praising God, who is Maker of the Universe.
We w^andered further down the mountainside and beheld
the waters falling many feet below the lake, making a pic-
ture lovely as a dream. Standing there for some time, gaz-
ing on the scene, feeling that our Good and all-wise Father
had made so many grand things in this world of ours, just
for His children to enjoy, this thought presented itself —
"What do they give Him in return?", the answer came,
"Scarcely anything." He is a merciful Father and ever pre-
sents to our view' many beautiful objects that please our
fancy and imagination, and when we look on His marvel-
ous works we should thank Him, from the depths of our
hearts, and ever strive to live right, then when w^e are called
from this world of toil and care we will be prepared to enjoy
the pleasures of our home on high.

Oh! w^hat possibilities of hope lie in the future, in the
golden tropics of the distance, the ripened fruit hangs tempt-
ingly, and trees lean over singing streams, the beautiful, the
true, the ideal, that is now the burden, as the music of our
dreams and otir reward await us in a land where the sun
is ever blazing, wdiere streets are the embodiment of poetry
and enchantment, where castles and towers will never crum-
ble, and where in palace gardens gush the pure fountains of
Eternal Youth, and all the horizon forever flames with sum-
mer. All this and far more than our fancy can imagine
we will some day enjoy if we only trust and obey the One
who said — "Follow Me."

Now to all, I wish to say, go some day and see Lula Lake
and Falls, then you will also exclaim, "God and nature are
far superior to man and art."

Commercial Chattanooga

MILLER BROTHERS COMPANY.

More than thirty years ago, in Bellbnckle, Tennessee, the
writer's uncle, known to all the residents as Major "Tom"
Rankin, was a leading merchant. He had associated with
him, in the retail l)usiness, a young, handsome and popular
man, whom all in that community called "Gus" Miller, and
considered their \ery (twn. Jt Avas in that Tennessee town
that the senior member of the Miller Brothers' Company
laid the foundation of the lousiness shrewdness and skill which

has been so efifective an aid in placing this company in the
foremost ranks of wealth and intiuence in Chattanooga mer-
chandizing circles.

Mr. G. H. Miller and Mr. Frank Miller, his brother, com-
menced very modestly in Chattanooga in the year 1889 in
a little one-story building, 25 by 90 feet, at number 510
Market Street. They called their business venture "The
New York Racket," it progressed towards success so rapidh^
that it remained in its original restricted quarters but one
short year. Their trade grew amazingly, and they moved
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Fritts & Weihl drug" business. Here their space was greatly
increased; the floor area used l)eing' 25 by 200 feet and two
stories. Here they remained for four husthng years.

More ro(^m. more room ! was the cry, and in 1894 -we
find them mo^•ing into their present (juarters, which were
in another }'ear and half still further extended, four stories
50 l)y 200 feet were vigorously used in estal^lishing and
])ushing' a large and ever-increasing retail and wholesale job-
bing business. All these years they shrewdly conducted their
business upon a cash basis.

In 1897 they bought the Richardson block, and erected
the present building, which w^as ready for their occupancy
in May, 1898.

In 1902 they ])urchased the lot adjoining, thus adding fifty
feet, and the store now possessed 200,000 square feet of
floor space under one roof. The ]Miller Brothers Company-
is known far and near as the house with the goods and the
service. It carries the largest stock of mill ends, remnants
and "])ound-packages'" in the South. Their buyers are kept
constantly in the Eastern markets on the lookout for bar-
gains suited to their trade, both retail and wholesale. Some
of their buyers are regarded in the East as the cleverest and
keenest buyers that come to market.

If there is anything really good being ofTered, Miller's
buyers never allow others to "get there first." It is gen-
erally understood that these purchases are offered to the
southern trade at the closet possible margin of advance, and
the wholesalers in Chattanooga territory, if not themselves
very heavy buyers, have come to know^ that the Miller bu}^-
ers can do better for them than they can do for themselves.
One cogent reason for this is they buy for so many depart-
ments. In their commodious building are to be found a
general line of dry goods, notions, millinery, women's and
men's ready-to-wear goods, furnishings, clothing, shoes, car-
pets and many other goods too numerous to mention.

The Messrs. Miller are recognized as energetic and fair-
dealing gentlemen. Once a customer, always a customer, is
one of their watch-words.

They are kind-hearted and ever ready to promote any-
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constitute a loyal corps, whose one aim is to aid the firm
in becoming more and more completely entrenched in the
good-will of their customers.

It is not too much to say that every loyal Chattanoogan
hopes that the Miller Brothers w'ill never leave this town,
until they have to answer the last call.

A certain man recently said, "There never liAed a bet-
ter man than Mr. G. H. Miller!" The writer has known
him since she was a little girl, in Bellbuckle, and has watched
his career with pride and satisfaction and takes great pleas-
ure here at this time in agreeing with this gentleman's esti-
mate of Mr. Miller.

"LOVEMAN'S STORE."

Forty years of personal commercial genius and initiative
find their concrete twentieth century embodiment in the above
building.

In the year 1875 Mr. D. B. Loveman, manager of wdiat
was then called "The Xew Orleans Store," earned his first
spurs in commercial life and laid the foundation for the stand-
ing which is his today in the city of Chattanooga, as well as'
in the wholesale centers of this country.

The expansion of trade, under his able management, in
1886 necessitated the erection of a three-story and base-
ment building.

This building, on Market Street, stood upon the ground
formerly occupied by Centenary Church and which is at
present the site of the S. T. & W. A. Dewees grocery busi-
ness. A disastrous fire in 1891 swept this building away.
Mr. Loveman's business again in 1892 demanded more space
and a four-story and basement building w^as erected, for his
use, on the corner of Market and Eighth Streets. His trade
increased so phenominally, that more space was demanded
and in the short space of five years an additional frontage
of twenty-five feet w^as added and in 1897 Mr. Loveman car-
ried the whole structure up another story, making the pres-
ent five-story and basement modern business block, which
is lovingly referred to by Chattanooga's 90,000 population
as "LoA-eman's Store.''

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The proprietors i)rou(lly echo this phrase. '"Loveman's
Store," and emphasize the fact that this store is a collec-
tion of specialty shoj)s under one roof. Mr. Loveman has
long insisted that no one man knows everything, therefore
his pride in these separate specialty shops, each under a
managing head who knows, in a peculiarly thorough and com-
plete way. his own shop.

There are something like forty of these specialty shops,
which are the main feature of this ma8:nificent business.

Among them may be mentioned women's ready-to-wear, men's
and boys' ready-to-wear, dress goods, shoes, jewelry, millinery
and dressmaking.

The latter under the executive management of the pop-
ular Miss Mary M. Thatcher, whose realm is not limited to
exceptional taste as a modiste. This fact is abundantly tes-
tified to by the fact that her long and capable services as
president of the well-conducted and useful Young Women's
Christian Association are so well-recognized and highly appre-
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nection with this most responsible and exceecHngiv inipor-tant
position.

This store gives employment to many hundreds of the
best-bred young people in the community. To which fact
may be attributed the uniform courtesy which characterizes
the treatment accorded to all who enter "Loveman's Store."

Air. D. r>. Lovenian, who founded this great business, is
a genial, whole-souled gentleman, whose friends are num-
bered by his accjuaintances. He has all of these forty years
lived as neighbor, helper and friend, beside Chattanooga's
beloved pastor. Reverend J- AA^ Bachman, whose biography
appears elsewhere in this volume. The long friendly asso-
ciation of these two broad-minded men has occasioned many
to refer to them as "David and Johnathan."

The active new blood in this firm is \lr. Bernard Love-
man, of whom it need only be said that he is the Avorthy
son of the head of this house. Both are leaders in the best
social life of the city, and are known to CA'ery citizen of
Chattanooga.

LIVE AND LET LIVE DRUG COMPANY.

The shibboleth, "Live and Let Live," strikes the beh<dder
who sees it appropriated to a business for the first time as
extremely clever. It has long been the synonym of a fair
price to both the dealer and the patron. The words carry
with them the suggestion of a bargain, a dicker, a trade.
Something being ofifered for sale for which a reasonable price
is being asked. A price that will insure those who pur\ey,
that living which all honest service is entitled to, as well
as a legitimate return to the patron, the man who is in
the market for a certain commodity upon fair and righteous
terms.

Now, the business house which dares to place upon its
outer walls such a demand for strict scrutiny must have
either unscru])ulous bravado or they must be watchful at
every turn to justify this bold claim. This well-known drug
house has the latter in most unstinted measure. No oppor-
tunity to buy advantageoush^ ever escapes these people. They
get "inside prices" and they give "inside prices." They con-

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centrate their buying-. And all their shrewd deals benefit
their customers.

CHARLES E. BRADISH, Ph. G.

Their various departments are headed by experts. Take
the prescription department. At this counter you will re-
ceive expert attention from one or the other of the follow-

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ing- registered prescription druggists: Charles E. Bradish,
Ph. C; Edward Howard, C. H. Jouett, Ph. G. ; M. L. King.
Ph. G.; L. C. Ellis, Ph. G. ; C. M. Harper, Ph. G.. any one of
these gentlemen is eqnall}^ capable of filling your jM'escrip-
tion with the utmost accuracy and care.

Aside from this splendidly manned prescrij^tion depart-
ment, many lines of quality merchandise not generally car-
ried in the ordinary drug store are found here. Among these
lines, we note, imported and domestic cigars, fine box candy.
Kodaks and films, magazines and souvenir cards, and fancy
toilette goods, in an endless variety.

Live & Let Live Drug Co. is the home of the Rexall
Remedies, and has the reputation of being Tennessee's great-
est drug store. Gives S])ecial attention to mail orders.

This extensive business under the general management
of Mr. Charles E. Bradish, Ph. G., who is a genial, affable
man of excellent address and much experience, the "Live
and Let Live Drug Company" enjoys the confidence of the
public.

MORRISONS, PHARMACISTS.

In the year 1914 this firm made its bow to the public
of Chattanooga and the surrounding country with a com-
plete and well-selected line of up-to-date drugs and the usual
allied toilette and fancy goods.

While upon that date the present store was opened, it
was in no sense, a new venture for the proprietors. For
many, many years the Morrisons had been popular and efifi-
cient drug men, with an extremely numerous following, at
the old-time drug house of the Live and Let Live Drug
Com|)any.

Their wide acquaintance in the communitv has been a
powerful element in the exceptional trade which their one
year in business has given them. They celebrated their
"First Anniversary" on Monday, October 4th, and the throngs
of old and new friends and customers who were seen com-
ing and going throughout the afternoon and evening, testi-
fied to the fact that even one year of unvarying courtesy
and consideration bestowed upon the public pays.

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Their merited success is a great satisfaction to the Chat-
tanooga business world. There is no one thing which so
marks the real big man as his unqualified pleasure in the
achievements of his worthy neighbor. This firm has enlisted
in its interest the friendly interest of all business men in
the community.

They are located where Eighth and Cherry make a corner
and this location has given rise, in some one's mind, of
the exceedingly clever and catchy phrase which they have
adopted as their own, in a characteristically appreciative
way. This phrase, by which these people like to have their
place referred to is — "Just a Whisper From Market Street."

Their soda department may be found crowded with the
most exclusive and high-class young people in the city. That
would be an extremely interesting record, should one ever
be kept, of the innumerable social appointments made to
meet friends at this most hospitable and central place.

The uniform courtesy extended to all those so using this
store is very much to the credit of the proprietors.

A recent visitor from Chicago, an observing person, said
to the writer one day this fall, "Do you know that Mor-
rison Drug Store over here where we all leave our pack-
ages (she was visiting in the country) seems to me a great
institution. There, more than in any other place which
I have noticed since I've been in Chattanooga, the attend-
ants justify the reputation that the South holds for good
manners !''

Now, that was "some boost" for Morrisons, particularly,
as it was given wholly without solicitation. So much of
courtesy in business is so often taken for granted, partic-
ularly in the South, that this observation, from a tourist,
was mighty good to be hearing. It goes without the say-
ing that the Chattanoogan to whom the remark was ad-
dressed was delighted that this firm was, in a way, coming
into its own.

It is in this way that the remarkal)ly extended follow-
ing of the IMorrisons has been built u}), in their short busi-
ness career.

Long mav they live and i)rosper!

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JO ANDERSON

An altogether unique character in the business and social
life of this virile city, none stands out with more vividness,
than does that of Jo Anderson, the "Live Druggist," as he
calls himself.

Many jokes are narrated at his expense, some of them
true, others less so, but each has the merit of adding to
the sum of human joy, and in that res])ect they echo the
character of the man. With all of his peculiarties, original-

JO ANDERSON

ities and idiosyncracies, of this unusual and highly organ-
ized man, we must admit that he is absolutelx- honest in
every business transaction.

His clerks, his friends and the general public have im-
plicit confidence in him as a lousiness man. He would no
more tolerate adulteration or sulxstitution in his drug store
than he would actual stealing.

His word, in the business world. Avill go as far as all
the signatures he could write in a ^veek. He absolutely
j)romises no one thing ^\hich he can not and will not do

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and that's why his success in business has been so phenom-
inal.

In 1892 he opened a httle drug store with only three
small show-cases and a handful of drugs, so to speak. And
the steady growth of his business speaks for itself. Today
he occupies the handsomest retail drug store in the city
of Chattanooga, on the most central and prominent corner,
in the very heart of the business section. "Jo Anderson"
and "Drugs" are synonymous. You can not think of one
without thinking of the other.

His friends are legion. No man ever had more or more
loyal friends. He loves for his few enemies to displav their
disHke for him, for he says that in that way the world
can know them, and that they are not his associates, are
not. as he would and does, graphically express, "his kind of
cattle."

Personally genial, his most marked characteristics are
his love for his children, to whom he is even more devoted
than the usual fond father, and his love for horses and all
animals.

Coupled with these charming characteristics we find that
his appreciation of nature and its allurements have led him
to select for the erection of an almost palatial residence, the
most beautiful spot on the Walden's Ridge brow^ From
this place the whole valley is spread out like an amphitheater,
no extravaganza of the scenic artist has ever transcended
the marvelous beauty of this place. People in Chattanooga
have said that this exquisite point should have been reserved
for a hotel, so that the tourists who visit Chattanooga might
feel privileged to gaze and enjoy the marvelous view^ The
w^riter, however, knowing Jo Anderson and his big heart,
feels assured that he wdll always hold it as a "charge to
keep," and that he will unselfishly permit any traveler or
local enthusiast to enjoy it, untramelled by his proprietro-
ship. That sort of attitude would be characteristic of this
man.

TERRELL-HEDGES CO.
"THE LIVE WIRES"

This company is the second oldest firm in the city. They
are located at 607 Market Street, wdiere, under the firm

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name of the Terrell-Hedges Electrical Supply Company, they
conduct an enormous business in electrical fixtures, sup-
plies, portables and a])pliances throughout the South. Oper-
ating in eight Southern states. They do practically the entire
electrical business of Chattanooga.

They exhibit the most up-to-date and beautiful line of
electrical goods of all kinds. They employ onlv the highest
grade and most capable workmen that money will secure.

They have done some of the largest electrical installa-
tions in the South. For a fair and square deal no one need
be afraid to trust this firm.

Mr. Fred H. Cantrell, owner and manager of this com-
l^any, is a popular business man, where he commands re-
spect.

His social standing is also of the best. He is courteous,
intelligent, energetic, untiring and extremely ambitious.

His generosity is proverbial, he contributes largely to
every Chattanooga enterprise. He's a pusher and a booster,
right. Watch him ! He is sure to continue to advance.

In personal appearance Mr. Fred Cantrell is a command-
ingly handsome man, and this is greatly in his favor, his
appearance engages your good will before he presents his
business plan to you. Well-dressed, prosperous and happy,
he carries with him that air of prosperity and success that
has the battle half won e'er 'tis begun.

Everyone wdio has a speaking acquaintance with "Fred"
Cantrell, has a personal friend. Therein lies the secret of
his unusual success. The writer, being personally acquainted
with Mr. Cantrell, commends him as one of the city's most
reliable men.

SCOTT BROTHERS ELECTRICAL COMPANY.

This Damon and Pythias pair of brothers, are of one
mind in their business and personal relations, and to an ordi-
nary observer, it is suggested that this noticeable harmony
between the brothers has a subtle influence on their busi-
ness and brings all the orders they undertake inti* an abso-
lutely perfect balance.

No stranger can jiass their attractive f)lace at 115 West
Se\-enth Street without luuing his attention challenged by

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their brilliant electric sign, which bears the legend "Great
Scott," and before one knows it he is echoing this phrase,
and then, involuntarily, there follows the smile that we each
of ns contribute, when we find ourselves doing the very
thing that the clever fellow who devised the sign intended
that we should do and again, with a broad grin, we say,
"Great Scott!"

The window display of up-to-date goods is always in it-
self a reward for the moment's inspection which its attractive-
ness commands.

-^ TWO 5PARKS OF THE ^^

ifiMi"#iiii

These young men have been in business in the electric
line for twelve years and know it, as the saying goes, "from
knuckle to thumb." They carry a complete line of fixtures
and can supply anything in the line of electricity. They
have wired and equipped some of the largest buildings in
the city.

Also, have equipped a number of manufacturing houses
with the latest electric appliances.

Their activities are not confined to Chattanooga or Ham-
ilton County, as they take orders and fill them with the ut-
most exactness, all over the South.

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GOTTSCHALK FURNITURE COMPANY.

Located at 7M Market Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee,
voti will find the leading furniture company.

JAMES GOTTSCHALK (Deceased) L. B. WERTHEIMER

HL.\R\ ROSE
In 1878 :\Ir. James Gottschalk started in the furniture
business with a small capital, his business increased each

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vcar, as he was a verv shrewd gentleman and handled good
furniture and hedding tmly.

In 1883 Mr. Henry Rose entered the company, and all
who know hini are aware of the fact that he is one of our
city's best business men. In 1894 Mr. L. 15. W'ertheimer
entered the company and was a gentleman of fine business
qualities. Each A'ear the company grew stronger and many
of the most wealthy families of Chattanooga are proud of
the handson.ie furniture purchased from Gottschalk com-
pany.

On December 2. 1898, Mr. Gottschalk died and on Oc-
tober 20, 1914, Mr. W^rtheimer died. Mrs. Gottschalk and
Mrs. ^^'ertheimer are still connected with the company. To-
day the Gottschalk Furniture Company is the largest ex-
clusive furniture house south of the Ohio River, they make
furniture and bedding a specialty, their salesmen are all fine
young men of sterling qualities and so courteous and kind
to all who go there to purchase their lovely furniture.

^lay the company remain \\ith us is our true wish. The
writer, with many others, can highly recommend their furni-
ture to be as good as can be made anywhere in America. Thc}^
get the best, going constantlv to the markets, and kee]:)ing up
to the very latest and best.

Mr. Henrv Rose is recognized in these markets as the
best posted furniture man in the South, and his expert ad-
vice is often sought by those who desire to be exactly right
in the selection of their furnishings.

His taste and judgment were notably brought into requisi-
tion in the furnishing of the Hotel Patten. Through his
advice the committee having in charge this important ex-
penditure of money, w^ere enabled to efifect a saving of sev-
eral thousand dollars, and assemble a series of the most
beautifully and tastefully furnished rooms to be found any-
where in this country. AVhile this firm consider their reputa-
tation established, they continue to spare no effort in serv-
ing the public in their particular line. Mr. Rose permits
no backward step, everv element Avhich makes for success
being pushed in the most energetic manner all the time.

Mr. Henry Rose stands always for education and refine-
ment in all matters touching civic life. His beautiful young

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(laughters are being given the advantages of the best schools
in this land, and are to his great joy, being a credit to him
and his fine wife, as well as to the preparatory schools of
Chattanooga, Avhich fitted them to thus shine in advanced
education.

C. W. BURCHFIELD

CHATTANOOGA'S LEADING PIANO STORE.

In this article I wish to show how a young man with
ambition and energy can climb from a poor working boy to
be manager of our city's leading piano house.

Mr. G. W. Burchfield was born in Bradley County, nine
miles south of Cleveland, Tennessee. He was in school
ninety days altogether; worked one summer for $4.00 per
month, when only 14 years old ; afterwards drove oxen haul-
ing saw logs at $0.25 per day; then, step by step, taking
anything that he could get that was honorable work and
doing it the very best he could he reached his present posi-
tion. He is now handling the entire business of the Temple-
man Piano Company, and, like everything else, he is doing'
it well, as everyone will say A\h() has had dealings with them.

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Under Mr. Burchfield's management the Templeman Piano
Company has grown until it has reached the magnitude of
near $200,000.

No other piano people in Chattanooga own their busi-
ness. Mr. Burchfield has seen nineteen piano stores close
since he has been here. If you are in the market for a
musical instrument call and see our Mr. Burchfield. He will
be glad to talk with you, whether you buy an instrument
from him or not.

Mr. Burchfield is Secretary and Business Manager of
the Templeman Piano Company and has been for years. He
is a hard-working, energetic business man.

Quite recently the Templeman Piano Company discon-
tinued all agents and Mr. Burchfield sells or superintends
the sale of each piano at their store, TIZ Market Street. This
is a great satisfaction to everyone interested in the purchase
of a piano or player-piano to know that when they go to
the Templeman Piano Company they will be waited on, not
only by a man who knows the business and knows the best
instruments to buy, but by a man who has their best inter-
ests as well as the interests of his company at heart. He
will naturally do his best for the customer, as he knows
the worth of their future influence. Yes, he always gives
satisfaction, this any one who knows him can truly say.

S. T. & W. A. DEWEES GROCERY COMPANY.

This firm of fashionable purveyors to the gastronomic
taste of Chattanoogans, is made up of the three popular De-
wees gentlemen, Mr. S. T. Dewees, Mr. W. A. Dewees and
Mr. W. A. Dewees, Jr.

The very best and choicest of viands can be found at
their store, where they have been doing business for four-
teen years.

Their corps of salesmen and their equipment in every
respect is the most modern and sanitary that can be had.

Courtesy greets you when you enter and give your order,
and follows you to your home, in one or the other of twenty-
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each operated by an emplye who is under orders to "be polite
to the ladies, though the Heavens fall."

It does not make any difference where you live, you can
have those "delicious eats" delivered at your door, whether
it is on Signal IMountain, Lookout Mountain, Missionary
Ridge, Ridgedale, East Lake, East Chattanooga or any other
old where.

This firm employs 45 people, Avhose one duty is to "Please
at any cost." They are leaders in carrying out the behests
of the health departments of both state and city. Their
weights and measures have been approved and in this store
you get your money's worth every time. Come once, you'll
come again ! Always welcome at Dewees'.

If it's to be had anywhere, you'll find it at Dewees'. Ask
the first-class Chattanooga housekeeper, that's what she'll
tell you !

WOOLFORD COAL & GROCERY CO.

Highland Park is a part of the City of Chattanooga that
has its own social, religious and commercial life, separate
and distinct from its big sister. Many of the representa-
tive business men and their families live in this delightful
part of the city, located at the foot of Missionary Ridge.
Artistic homes abound in this region and some of the most
typhically Southern entertaining is done here.

Tables distinguished for delicious and choice viands char-
acterize Highland Park. The grocery house which furnishes
this section of the city with the best and most reliable
goods is conducted under the name of the Woolford Coal and
Grocery Company.

Mr. F. Rees Woolford, a native of the Eastern shore of
Maryland, came to Chattanooga in 1890, just after the boom.
He started in the grocery business in Highland Park. He
soon set a pace in service which made the down-town grocers
take notice. He soon became and continues to be prominent
in grocery association circles, also as President of the Re-
tail Grocers and General Merchants Association of Tennes-
see. He founded the Woolford Grocery Companv and the
Woolford Coal Company. He is now, personally, devoting
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One innovation of his is the putting up of charcoal in
ten cent sacks and supplying the consumers through the re-
tail grocers. Being thoroughly progressive, he is often
called upon to address meetings, in which broad views are
being presented in the line of the best interests of the city.

Socially Mr. Woolford and his accomplished wife, for-
merly Aliss Lena Abcll, are of the very highest standing.
They have an interesting little family of two sons and one
daughter. Their beautiful home on Missionary Ridge is a
fine expression of the good taste and home-loving qualities
of these good Chattanoogans.

ALBIN HAJOS

CHATTANOOGA PHOTOGRAPHERS.

The photographers of Chattanooga, who out-rank all of
the others in the matter of seniority are A. W. Judd, who
has his place on Market Street, and Albin Hajos. Mr. Judd
came to Chattanooga in 1877 and has long held high rank
as an artist in his line.

Mr. Albin Hajos came to the city twenty-six years ago,
was in the banking business until 1893, and had a most
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years. His scientific and exact work has placed him, at
this time, in practical control of the X-Ray business of the
entire city. He is the official radiographer for the West-
Ellis Hospital and the Newell Sanitarium and does all the
office work in this line for all the physicians in the city.

Among other excellent and successful men in this line,
may be mentioned Messrs. Watts, Stoner, H. W. Granert and
Will H. Stokes, the commercial photographer, who specializes
in making artistic photographs of the beautiful scenery in and
about Chattanooga. Each of these gentlemen has a loyal fol-
lowing among the highest class Chattanoogans.

CHATTANOOGA'S GREATEST JEWELRY STORE.
EDWARDS AND LEBRON.

There is one place on Alarket Street which no visitor
being shown the "sights" by fond Chattanoogans is ever
allowed to miss, and that is the store of Edwards and LeBron.

Their show windows at all times are the most exquisite
in the city and upon special occasions the cleverness with
which their stock of beautiful and useful goods is presented
excites the wondering admiration of their opponents in busi-
ness, as well as their many warm friends.

While these gentlemen are both wise and experienced
enough to employ the highest-grade people in their busi-
ness and in their line, that, of course, means taste and appre-
ciation of the artistic values in the up-to-date goods here
shown, that alone would not be able to secure the originality
that has come to be expected of this house.

It may be accounted for, however, when it is taken into
consideration that both these gentlemen, Mr. Edwards and
Mr. LeBron, are experienced jewelers themselves, having, as
it were, grown up with the business. Each has served an
apprenticeship in the w^atchmaking and jewelry repairing*
departments and have spent much time as actual manufac-
turers.

Each has been a salesman and each a manager. Either
is capable of doing, personally, any part of the work done
in the entire store. But the real explanation of their ex-
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each of these gentlemen possesses in such marked deo-ree,
as well as the knowledge that comes with it. but it lien's in
the further potent fact, that each is gifted with that essen-
tial, in a jeweler, the subtle gift of artistic temperament.
Go to either of these men with your personal problems of
suitable and unique gift-giving; place the whole problem in
their hands, and you will be rewarded with the greatest
elegance and the most exquisite selection which your price
can command. This. too. whether the gift should be one in
celebration of a christening or a wedding or any of the in-
tervening events, which appeals to the affectionate, as suit-
able and proper times to be marked by the presentation of
gifts.

Chattanoogans and Chattanooga visitors need have no
hesitation in entrusting to these gentlemen any original or-
der for artistic gift or trophy. They will be able to meet
any requirement in their line with consummate taste and
skill.

^'n their china shop may be found the choicest and best-
selected stock of exquisite makes of china that the modern
market can boast. A table set forth with china selected at
Edwards & LeBron's will be second to none to be found any-
where in the world.

This is not merely a place for selling and buying, this
store is, more than any other spot in the city of Chattanooga,
an art center.

And be it remarked the whole atmosphere of this store
is permeated by the same refined courtesy and charm which
marks their entire output as distinctly belonging, in a pecu-
liar way. to the "upper crust."

THE CHATTANOOGA NEWS.

The Chattanooga News is distinctively a home paper. It
is published every afternoon and since its establishment, in
1888, it has never missed a single issue. And during all
these twenty-seven years it has, at times of exceeding polit-
ical or business strain issued many "extras," bringing to the
population of Chattanooga the latest telegraphic news, in
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or trouble has been sjiared at such times to give to the
])eople the very best and most reliable information.

The News, as it is familiarlv called, was established in

NEWS BUILDIX'G

1888 bv Mr. J. !'>• Pound and conducted by hnn until the
year 1909. when on the first day of January it was sold to
Messrs. G. F. INIilton, \\\ C. Johnson and C. I'.. Johnson.

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Mr. C. B. Johnson disposed of his interest and is now de-
voting his time to the Knoxville Sentinel.

Mr. G. F. Milton, the President of the company, is a mem-
ber of an old and distingnished Georgia family. He was
born in Chattanooga and raised in this city. He has spent
the twenty years of his business life in the newspaper busi-
ness. He was. before purchasing The News, the owner of
the Knoxville Sentinel.

He removed from Knoxville to Chattanooga immediately
after he purchased the News, and has resided here perma-
nently since 1909. His family is known as possessed in a pe-
culiar degree of literary ability. They are foremost in every
good work.

Mr. W. C. Johnson, who is vice-president and manager of
the paper, has been with it for ten years in the same capacity.

He having been associated with Mr. J. B. Pound in his
various newspaper enterprises for fourteen years prior to
forming his connection with the News. Next year, he will
have the distinction of celebrating his twenty-fifth year of
continuous service in the newspaper business.

A number of the other employes of the News have been
with the paper for fifteen or twenty years. Among these is
Mrs. D. D. Allen, who entered its service when she was a
young girl. She has risen to the position of Advertising Man-
ager, a position of great responsibility. The advertising col-
umns of the News have a national reputation for excellence
and trade-pulling strength, and much of its standing in this
direction may be attributed to the untiring devotion to the
highest business ethics of this capable and talented lady, who
has been known to the writer since childhood.

The merchants of Chattanooga look upon the News as
being a profitable advertising medium, and are using its col-
umns most liberally.

The policy of the News is absolute CLEANLINESS in
every line. It makes the proud boast that it carries no whis-
key, beer, or objectionable medical advertisements. It devotes
special attention to the upbuilding of the Chattanooga terri-
tory. It has promoted all movements for the good of Chatta-
nooga, and has, at all times, been foremost in advocating clean

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government. Some of its leaders on these questions, having
been widely copied by the metropolitan press, and in them-
selves, reflected the highest credit on Chattanooga. Its fear-
lessness is no less evident on national questions than it is on
local issues.

Another feature that shows its recognition of the thought
of the times is the fact that it opens its columns to many ar-
ticles of interest to women. Indeed, it may well be said of
the News that it prints everything that is worth printing.

It makes use of the full Associated Press reports, in addi-
tion to the special services of the Newspaper Enterprise As-
sociation. The News has special correspondents in the large
cities, and in the towns in the Chattanooga territory.

The paper has a substantial circulation among the best
class of people in Chattanooga and its suburbs. This circula-
tion predominates largely among the wage-earners, in the
factory and wholesale districts, in which the men do not have
the time, in the morning, to spend with a morning paper, and
the fact that the News, in giving today's news, always pre-
sents, the night before, exactly what, generally, appears in a
morning paper places these readers abreast with the current
events, exactlv as the man is placed, who can give of his time
earlier in the day.

Chattanooga and Chattanooga's interests are never lost
sight of by this most enterprising and wide-awake paper.

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HON. THEODORE GILES MONTAGUE, Deceased

Distinguished Chattanooga Citizens

THEODORE GILES MONTAGUE.

Theodore Giles Montague was born in Chester, Meigs Coun-
ty. Ohio, December 8th. 1836. He was the son of Theodore
Langdon and Catherine (Stivers) Montague, both of whom
were pioneers in the Ohio Valley, the latter from New York
State, and the former from Massachusetts. Theodore Langdon
Montague began the practice of law in 1825. After his death
in 1880, his widow joined those of her children wdio had made
their homes in Chattanooga. Six children eventually came to
be residents of Chattanooga — Mrs. Wm. H. Lasley, Mr. Theo-
dore Giles Montague, Mrs. Wm. S. Alarshall, 'Mr. Langdon
E. Montague, Mr. Dwight P. Alontague and ]\Iiss Clara Mon-
tague.

Mr. T. G. Montague spent his boyhood in Chester and Mid-
dleport, Ohio, attending the Pomeroy (Ohio) Academy. He
was bookkeeper in a store and in the Coal and Salt Company,
and teller in the Bank of Daniel and Rathburn. In 1863 he en-
listed in the 140th Ohio, serving as First Lieutenant and Adju-
tant. At the close of the war, Mr. W. P. Rathburn and Mr.
Montague were looking about for a favorable situation for a
bank and decided on Chattanooga as the most promising loca-
tion. They established the First National Bank, Mr. Rathburn
becoming the President and Mr. Montague the Cashier, which
positions they held until the death of Mr. Rathburn in 1884,
when Mr. Montague succeeded to the Presidency. He was the
first President of the Tennessee Bankers' Association. In 1905
after forty years of identification with the Bank Mr. Montague
concluded to retire and take up his private interests.

Mr. Montague took the warmest interest in the growth of
Chattanooga and fostered its struggling industries. Many sub-
stantial successes are due to the establishment of credit on
sound banking principles. By his unusual insight into char-
acter he was enabled to afiford men of high moral responsi-
bility the opportunity of developing small resources.

Mr. Montague was director and stockholder, in the early
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Roane Iron Company, the Lookout Water Company, the Chat-
tanooga Gas Company, the Forest Hills Cemetery and in fact
nearly every company that has helped Chattanooga. He espe-
cially assisted in the development of suburban properties. Not
inclined to take an active part in politics, he was always ready
to give his influence and vote to the best men. In the support
of churches and philanthropic institutions he took a ready
part. He was an Elder in the Second Presbyterian Church for
many years.

He died after a few days' illness on September 2nd, 1910.
He is survived by his widow, who was formerly Miss Mary
Thayer, of Boston, and four children, Lucy Wales Montague,
Norton Thayer Montague, Theodore Langdon Montague ancT
Mrs. Geo. M. Guild.

CHARLES E. JAMES.

(Taken from the Chattanooga Times.)

General of industry in Chattanooga. His pluck and genius
in the promotion of local enterprises girded the city with
the Belt Railway, negotiated valley, ridge and mountain here-
abouts with freight and passenger cars; introduced a new
sky-line in the city; opened mines of mineral wealth at our
doors ; blazed a trail through the wilderness of Walden's Ridge
and crowned the summit with inviting hotel and homes for
the wayfarers. He supplied Chattanooga her first real water-
works and the first gas plant and gave the city the first pub-
lic park. He has been the righthand of almost every im-
portant industrial development, and for nine years has kept
vigilant watch over Hale's bar, which work his indomnitable
spirit conceived in partnership with that of the lamented
J. C. Guild. And with it all, he is only well started. He has
two or three bridges yet to build across the Tennessee River;
is going to dispose of 50,000 horsepower to various new
enterprises which he will locate in Chattanooga; will shortly
build a twin to the James Building; double-track the Signal
Mountain Railway, extend the automobile boulevard to Louis-
ville and arrange for suburban trains to every community
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terprise he has been supplyini^ the motive power for half a
century. Chattanooga's universal wish is that he will endure
forever.

IIOX. C. E. JAAIES

OUR CITY'S BENEFACTOR

C. E. James has won great renown
By doing so much for our town.
He has done far more for our good
Than any other man really would.
Our city was small when he came,
But has grown, and don't look the same

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As it did in the days gone by;

So his name and fame will ne'er die.

We know that he has a good heart,

For of his wealth he gives a part

To each cause, when it's needed most;

Thus, of his kindness we can boast.

Oh, with us may he long stay.

To help us with wisdom each day.

A man of few words, but lots of thought;

Idle he never yet has been caught.

Years ago, up Old Lookout's side
He started a road on which to ride.
'Twas to the city a blessing.
And help to the mountain did bring,
By taking people to Lookout Inn.
Fire's taking the Inn seem a sin.
May some one build another one.
Good as any under the sun.

For years C. E. has had a friend
Who's proved a providential send.
His name there's no need to tell.
All in our city know him well;
But a stranger might not know this.
So his name is Franklin Harris.
He always knows what to do;
Is a gentleman through and through.

When James first gave the C. S. road,
Others bore part of the load.
He does much for our town each year.
The lock and dam, that is near here,
Its starting point to him we trace.
It is a great help to our place, _
And millions of dollars will bring;
So, of Charlie's wisdom we sing.

His mind works from morn till night.
He always gives the needed light,
And sees things as they really are;
Was the only man, near or far.
Who would so bravely his thoughts speak
On the question of Chatta's Creek.
His voice for us he then did lend;
And proved himself our city's friend.

The Belt Road he gave, long ago;
Much help it's been to us, we know.
Since then our suburbs have grown fast.
O'er them his magic wand was cast.
Part of East Lake, to us, he gave,
And for a park, we now, it save.
He also gave his Building high;
It towers towards the blue sky.

The road to Walden's Ridge, you see.
Was first advised by Mr. C. E.
There it speeds, great and grand;

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There is none like it in this land.

A monument there with his name

Will show he's climbed the ladder Fame;

And placed there, an honor so bright,

May it ever keep his heart light.

There came from C. E.'s mind, all say,
The thought of the "Dixie Highway";
From Chicago to the Southland
There will spin many a gay band;
Spending good money, 'tis true,
Banishing everything that'sblue.
Many years the Highway will last,
111 will 'tween North and South is past!

We thank C. E. for all he lias done;
Earthly laurels he's justly won,
Oh, may he live many years more.
The rough places to help us o'er.
And when from us he goes away
May he rest in Heaven, we pray.
And enjoy the beauties up there,
Bright stars in his crown, ever wear.

—By Mrs. S :\I. Webster.

IN MEMORIAM.

Thomas Webster was born June 27th, 1818, at Weather
Oak Hill, a small village ten miles from Birmingham-Wor-
castershire, England, and departed this life October the 25th,
1908, at his home on McCallie Avenue, Chattanooga, Tennes-
see, age 90 years, 3 tnonths and 27 days.

In 1827, while quite a small boy, his father took him to
see the new steam locomotive engine, built by George Stev-
enson, which at that time was one of the greatest mechan-
ical wonders of the age. Looking upon the crude locomo-
tive and seeing it work inspired in the small boy an ambition
to become a machinist and an engineer. After leaving college,
he came to New York, in 1837, later he moved to Philadelphia
and was employed by the Eastman-Harrison Company, who
had a contract for a large order of machinery for the Russian
Government. He subsequently went to the Baldwin Locomo-
tive Works, and while with that company was sent out to
deliver engines through the growing Western territory.

While in Philadelphia in 1844, he married Miss Kate Rhodes
and enjoyed her true love and faithful companionship for sixty-
four years. Until the day of his death she was ever near him
to administer to his wants and add to his comfort and happi-
ness.

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After his marriage, in the latter part of 1845. he delivered
several locomotives in Cincinnati. lie became master me-
chanic of the Lexington cK: Franklin Railroad and was lot i I

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at Lexington, Ky. He later went to the Little Miami Road,
and was foreman of the Harkness & Sons Locomotive Works
in Cincinnati, then went to the Nashville and Chattanooga
Railroad, of which he was master mechanic for seven years.
While with this road he became attracted to the city of

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Chattanooga, which was very small at that time, but he was
confident that it would grow, so in 1857 he moved his family
to this city, and during the year, in connection with R. D.
Mann, of Atlanta, Ga., he bought a foundry and went ac-
tively into the business of supplying machinery plants
throughout the South, then just beginning to feel its first
industrial impulse.

At the outbreak of the war he joined with Maj. D. R.
Rains and planned and built a powder mill at Augusta, Ga.,
for supplying ammunition for the Confederate Army. He
was connected with the operation of that plant until the
war closed, returning to Chattanooga in 1865. He imme-
diately resumed work with his own foundry and machine
shop, but in 1866 suffered the entire loss of his plant through
an incendiary fire. He persisted, however, rebuilt the foundry
and shop and operated them successfully until 1874. Acting
as chief mechanical engineer he built the English Company's
shops at South Pittsburg, and made all the works for the two
furnaces erected at that place.

Later he superintended the construction and installation
of the engines and machinery for the three first furnaces built
in Birmingham, Ala. Returning from Birmingham, he be-
came the prime mover for the initial water plant built in
the City of Chattanooga by the old Hazelhurst Company.
In fact, it can be truly said of him that there were few
iron or mechanical industries undertaken in this section with
which Mr. Webster was not connected in an active or advisory
capacity up to 1890.

He was a Mason in active and good standing the greater
part of his life, and was one of the charter members of Ham-
ilton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, of this city. He was at
various times Worshipful Master of Chattanooga Lodge, and
was one of the most faithful and earnest supporters of the
Order.

He was a life-time member of the First Presbyterian
Church, and for many years a faithful contributor to the
Church of which Dr. J. W. Bachman is now Pastor. Mr. Web-
ster was a man of singularly pure and correct habits, devout
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was an honest, cheerful man, a true husband, a kind, helpful
father, and a good citizen. For years his greatest delight was
in the growth of the Church and the expansion and prosperity
of the City of Chattanooga. He was the oldest officer of the
First Presbyterian Church. He enjoyed robust health and
continued actively in business up to five years before his
death. Only two years of the five years he was feeble and in-
capacitated for any kind of physical activity, and was confined
to his home and bed only three months. When his physician,
Dr. Berlin, told him that he could not live long, his response
was, "All right, I am ready to go at any time." His mental
powers were remarkably strong and clear, and he was fully
conscious and his mind was wonderfully alert up to within a
very short time of his death.

Of his immediate family he is survived by his six chil-
dren, Mrs. C. E. Janies, Mrs. G. W. Davenport, Mrs. R. H.
Bowron, Willie, Harry and Thomas Webster. All residents of
Chattanooga, Tenn.

Should all his kind deeds be told, his gains and losses, it
would make a book, so I will close this brief history of his
life by telling how he enjoyed the celebration of his ninetieth
birthday, at his home on McCallie Avenue, on the 27th day of
June, 1908. His six children and some of his grand-children
were gathered around him and he enjoyed the day, partook
of the refreshments and told Mr. C. E. James a joke on him-
self about a drive he had to W^alden's Ridge, and at the com-
pletion of his story laughed heartily. Would that the world
had more men like the loved late Thomas Webster.

His precious form from us has gone
To rest until the Judgment Morn,
For on a bleak October day
Many Masons laid him away.
In Forest Hill, beneath the sod
His body sleeps, his soul's with God,
We left him on the border land;
He now sings with the Angel band.

Call him back; Ah, no we would not.
He now enjoys his happy lot.
Is anchored safe where storms are o'er,
On that sweet, peaceful, happy shore.
We know this is a world of care.
While here his cross he had to bear.
Some day we will meet him again
In the land where there is no pain.

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He suffered some while here below,
By our God it was ordained so;
To waft his thoughts to things above
And make him trust one who is Love.
He has received his crown so bright.
Also a robe of purest white.
And is now free from all care
In our Father's Mansion fair.

-By Mrs. S. :\I. Wclistcr.

CAPT. H. S. CHAMBERLAIN

Hiram Sanborn Chamberlain was born in Portage Cotinty,
Ohio, August, 1835, and was educated in the Cuyahoga County
Schools, afterwards taking a degree of M. A. at Hiram Col-
lege, Hiram, Ohio.

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He enlisted in the 2nd Ohio Cavalry in July, 1861, as a
private, was promoted Corporal and Battalion Quartermaster
Sergeant August, 1861. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant July,
1862; 1st Lieutenant, February, 1863; Captain and Assistant
Quartermaster, September, 1863.

On leaving the Army, he determined to make the South his
home, and for almost fifty years has steadily devoted his abil-
ity and energy toward developing her resources and upbuild-
ing her interests. He at once engaged in the iron and coal
business in Knoxville, organizing the Knoxville Iron Co., 1867.
In 1868, in connection with Gen. Jno. T. Wilder, he organized
the Roane Iron Co., at Rockwood, Tennessee, and in 1871
moved from Knoxville to Chattanooga, which city has since
been his home. He is now President of the Roane Iron Co.,
and Citico Furnace Co., which latter Company he organized in
1882; also Vice-President of the Knoxville Iron Co.. the Co-
lumbian Iron Works, the First National Bank and the Chicka-
mauga Trust Co. He has been prominent in educational and
charitable work during his whole business life. He was for
many years President of the School Board of Chattanooga and
is now President of the Board of Trustees of the University
of Chattanooga, from which University he received the degree
of LL.D. in 1911. He was President of the Associated Char-
ities of Chattanooga for over twenty years and was for many
years a Trustee of Erlanger Hospital. His interests are not
limited to his own locality, as for many years he has been a
member of scientific and patriotic societies, having been Vice-
President of the American Institute of Mining Engineers, Vice
Commander of the Ohio Commandery of the Loyal Legion,
and is now and has been for the past ten years Vice-President
of the National Association of Manufacturers. He is also a
member of the American Iron & Steel Institute, the Grand
Army of the Republic and the Society of the Army of the
Cumberland.

He has a beautiful home at historic Fort Sheridan, one of
the outlying fortifications of Chattanooga.

This brief summary of a career, whose fellow it would be
difficult to furnish, is eloquent of achievement and transcend-
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days of the four-flushing g-entlemen, whose one ambition is to
obtain, if possible, a position as directly in the limelight as
their ingenuity can bring about.

Not so, Captain Chamberlain, four brief lines here tell of
the military life of this man. We can see him, a young man of
twenty-six, enlisting in the ranks of the defenders of his coun-
try. A private in July, in less than one month he had so im-
pressed his superiors with his merit that he receives his first
promotion.

Promotions follow each other closely, and in two short
years we find this young man a captain. No word of explana-
tion, not a syllable is told by Captain Chamberlain, as to why
he received these repeated recognitions. No tales of hair-
breadth escapes, no reference to hardships courageously en-
dured, no mention of the many deeds which are ever the "Red
Badge of Courage," in War's grim tale, not a word of "con-
spicuous bravery on the field." And when this man sheathed
his sword, it was to throw in his strong ability, with other
men of the North as well as of the South, and build up, in the
most conspicuous manner, this part of his country, to whose
need he had rallied in the dark days of the sixties.

Chattanooga is pre-eminently a cosmopolitan city and has
among its loyal citizens about an equal number of men from
the two sections, and there is not one of them, be he a South-
erner or a Northerner, who will not be glad to note in this
short sketch of his military achievements much of that charac-
teristic strength and modesty, upon which they have relied
in every great work, undertaken by them in the upbuilding of
this splendid city.

The brave, modest man has been back of all these businesis
recognitions as well as the military ones. After all is said, it
is character that counts.

HON. JOHN W. FAXON

Descending from a journalistic ancestry dating back pre-
vious to 1822, when his father, Chas. Faxon, was on the edi-
torial staff of the Hartford Courant, one of the oldest Amer-
ican newspapers in existence, and his maternal grandfather,
Oliver Steele, was recognized as one of the distinguished

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writers of his day. John W. Faxon, who was the youngest
of six boys, three of whom were in their time leading journal-
ists, inherited the intellectual ability as a writer from which
he has earned a fair reputation. At 13 years of age he was the
local editor of the Clarksville Jeffersonian, which was at dif-
ferent times in the hands of his three brothers as editors, viz.:
Charles O. Faxon, who was afterwards (during the war) one
of the editors of the Chattanooga Rebel, a soldier paper that
followed the Confederate Army on wheels, of which Hon.
Henry Watterson and Albert Roberts were editors, and who

HON. JOHN W. FAXON

after the war was the first editor of the Louisville Courier,
before its consolidation with the Louisville Journal, under the
name of the Courier- Journal. Henry W. Faxon, the only real
author of "The Beautiful Snow," who left Clarksville in the
50's to enter the journalistic field in Buffalo, N. Y., and Leon-
ard G. Faxon, who established "The Cairo Times and Delta,'
afterwards removing to Paducah, Ky., where until his death
he was the editor of the Paducah News. These newspapers in
their day were leading and popular journals and their edi-
torials were copied and quoted far and near.

At fifteen years of age John W. Faxon was on the editorial
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writer under the nom-de-plume of John Hahfax, Gent., for
the Nashville Banner and other papers, a name he retained in
his correspondence during the war, in the Chattanooga Rebel,
the Atlanta Journal (removed from Knoxville) and the Rich-
mond Enquirer.

After the war he settled in his old home in Clarksville and
entered the banking business.

The Old Jefifersonian, his father's paper, had been seized by
General Thomas, and was used during the war as a Govern-
ment printing office.

When Chas. O. Faxon assumed the editorship of the Louis-
ville Courier, John W. Faxon was appointed on the staff
of that paper as its Clarksville correspondent and retained as
such from 1867 to 1883 on the stafif of the Courier-Journal as
its Clarksville representative.

During the war for a time Mr. Faxon was the editorial
writer on the staff of the Charlotte Bulletin.

While the Repudiation flurry was stirring up the politics
of Tennessee, Mr. Faxon was the editorial writer of the'
Clarksville Tobacco Leaf.

Mr. Faxon was for fifty years, except the four years of the
war, in the banking business and he is the only man up to date
who ever made examinations of the State Banks of Tennessee
before and during the war, having been appointed Assistant
Supervisor of the Banks for the State, to General W. A.
Quarles, Supervisor, by Governor Isham G. Harris in 1859.

For nearly 15 years Mr. Faxon was an ofhcer of the First
National Bank of Chattanooga. For six years he was Secre-
tary of the Tennessee Bankers' Association, an aggregation
he helped to establish, and of which he was the Chairman
on Organization. He is now an Honorary Member of the As-
sociation.

For three years he was the Vice President for Tennessee of
the American Bankers' Association.

He has written many articles on the financial questions of
the day for the Bankers' Magazine and other financial jour-
nals.

He delivered an address on "Banking as It Relates to Indus-
trial Development" before the American Bankers' Association

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at Denver in 1897, and before the Southern Industrial Con-
vention at Chattanooga, in May, 1900, he deHvered an address
on the subject, "Compulsory Arbitration."

Mr. Faxon was in 1894 President of the Chattanooga Cham-
ber of Commerce, and in 1890 Vice President for Tennessee
of the Southern Commercial Congress of Washington City.
He was, also. President of the Chattanooga Humane Society.
He is now a member of the following organizations :

Vice President of the Tennessee Sons of the American
Revolution, Massachuetts Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, the National Municipal League, the Na-
tional Geographical Society, the Society of the Mayflower De-
scendants, the Richmond Howitzer Association, Commander
of N. B. Forrest Camp No. 4, U. C. V., and has been Colonel
and Aide-de-Camp on the stafif of all the commanders of the
United Confederate Veterans. He enlisted in the Confederate
Army April 16, 1861, and was paroled May 5, 1865, having
served during the entire war as a soldier in the field on detail
or in the hospital. In 1915 he was Commander of the N. B.
Forrest Camp No. 4, U. C. V., of Chattanooga. Tenn.

MAJ. W. J. COLBURN

Webster J. Colburn was born in Forestville, N. Y., Nov. 26,
1840; married Sept. 13, 1866, Ada Elizabeth Brabson, daugh-
ter of Reese Bowen and Sarah Maria (Keith) Brabson. of
Chattanooga, Tenn., where she was born Sept. 6, 1849. and
died June 9, 1911.

Mr. Colburn started in life equipped with a good education.
After attending the schools of the lower grade, he gradually
advanced, and took a course of study at the Wisconsin Uni-
versity. At the age of twenty he enlisted in Co. K, 1st Wis.
Infantry, where he served as Private until his term of three
months' enlistment expired. Re-enlisting in 3rd Wis. Battery.
Light Artillery, he was successively promoted to the ofifices of
2nd Sergeant. 1st Sergeant. Junior and Senior 2nd Lieut.,
when, in 1864. he became cantain and quartermaster in the
U. S. Volunteers. He was honorably discharged, after five
years' service, with the rank of Brevet Major of U. S. Volun-
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hard-fought battles of the Civil War, inckulinsr those of Perry-
ville, Kentucky ; Stone River, Chickamaus^^a and Chattanooga.
He also served in several minor engagements. At the close of
the war he chose the Southern States for his home, and set-
tled first in Alemidiis, Tenn.. where he engaged in the insur-

MAJ. \V. J. COLliURX

ance business, Init after a year's residence, removed to Chatta-
nooga, Tenn., continuing in the same line of work.

He became a member of the Board of Aldermen of the latter
city, serving one year. He was appointed, in 1883, one of the
Police Commissioners, and, while on the Board, he organized
the present police system of Chattanooga, Tenn.

In April, 1910, he was appointed Commissioner and Secre-
tary of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park
Commission, holding that position until Sept. 30, 1911.

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He has led an active life in civil and military affairs, and
assisted and encouraged the many societies which have come
into existence as the result of the war. He is a Companion
of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United
States; Treasurer of the Society of the Army of the Cumber-
land, ex-ofificio member of the Executive Committee of the
same, member of the Society of the Army of the Potomac,
member of the Sons of the American Revolution and member
of the Grand Army of the Republic. In the Masonic Frater-
nity, he is a member of Chattanooga Lodge, 199. He is a
communicant of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Chattanooga,
and member of the Mountain City Club of the same place.

COL. L. T. DICKINSON

Among the distinguished citizens and marked personalities
whom all Chattanoogans delight to honor, mention should be
made of "Colonel" Dickinson. Mr. L. T. Dickinson came to
Chattanooga in the summer of 1881, just 34 years ago.

He was Superintendent of the large tannery of B'airweather
& Ladew for thirty years. Since 1911 he has been connected
with various monument companies as draughtsman and de-
signer. He is now connected with the Harrison Granite Com-
pany, of New York City, besides holding a responsible ap-
pointive position as Oil InsDCctor under Governor Rye, of
Tennessee.

Throughout the long period of his citizenshi]), Col. Dickin-
son has had and held the confidence and esteem of his fellow-
citizens, in Chattanooga, as is evidenced by the fact that up
to the inauguration of the commission form of government he
was, for 17 years, a member of the Board of Education, the
latter half of that time serving as President of the Board of
Education.

Colonel Dickinson was one of the organizers of Forrest
Camp, United Confederate Veterans, in September, 1885. He
was elected Adjutant of the Camp and has been such ever
since, with the excention of two years, during which he served
as Commander-in-Chief.

"In reply to a request that L. T. Dickinson, Commander of
N. B. Forrest Camp, Chattanooga, furnish some data concern-

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ing- his career as a soldier, that modest gentleman," says the
"Confederate Veteran," "declined, saying that he was 'only a

COl.. L. T. T)ICKIXS()\'

lousy private' ; but there was no distinction in that. Thousands
of men were like the young pickaninny, who, after much abuse

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by his associates, said : 'Al de tings whut you say I is, you'se
dem.' However, Commander Dickinson, who has given pleas-
ure to many thousands by his varied illustrations in the Vet-
eran, and elsewhere, has yielded to importunities to tell the
story, and in it, he gives much war history that will be read
with interest now and hereafter :

I enlisted at Charlottsville, Virginia, August 25th, 1862, in
a company of Maryland cavalry. This Company was at-
tached to the 2nd Virginia Cavalry, and was made Company
A. It was actively engaged from the day of enlistment until
after the return from Sharpsbury, Maryland. At Winchester
a battalion of Maryland cavalry was recruited, and our com-
pany was transferred from the 2nd Virginia, and made Com-
pany A of the 1st Maryland, with Ridgely Brown as Colonel,
and put in the brigade of W. E. Jones. Through the winter
of '62 and '63 we were used, continuously, in scouting and
raiding through Western Virginia. In the Spring of '63, we
made the memorable raid through Western Maryland, on
through Western Virginia, beyond Clarksburg, passing down
the Kanawha Valley, coming out at Greenbrier White Sulphur
Springs, and thence back to the Shenandoah Valley. We then
entered the Gettysburg campaign. When General J. E. B.
Stuart took all the cavalry, for a raid on Baltimore, our com-
pany was detailed as scouts and couriers for General Ewell.
During the battle of Gettysburg, I acted as his courier. I
believe our company was the last to leave the front of Gettys-
bury. It was at daylight of July 5th.

The infantry, artillery, everything had gone, and we sat
on our horses throughout the night, firing, as we thought we
saw a Yankee vidette move, and receiving return compliments.
We hastened to join the rest of the cavalry, several miles ahead
of us. Covering the rear of the retreating army is not a funny
thing to do. It was one continuous fight until we reached
Hagerstown, Maryland ; and even after that we had skirmishes
every day until General Lee recrossed the Potomac. After
this campaign, we were taken from General Jones' Brigade,
and placed with General Fitzhugh Lee, east of the Blue Ridge.
Here we had fighting all along the Mattapony, Pemunkey,
and Rappahanock rivers.

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In October, when General Lee drove General Meade back
on Washington, we had desperate fighting. October 11, 1863,
I was wounded, at Morton's Ford, on the Rappahannock River,
but continued in action until we reached Brandy Station, on
the O. & A. R. R., where I was captured, with a number of
our company, while fighting on foot. I was taken to the Old
Capital Prison, in Washington, D. C. Here I remained until
February, '64, when I was removed to Point Lookout Prison,
at the junction of the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay.
After a five weeks' sojourn here, I was taken to City Point, on
the James River, and exchanged. I joined my regiment at
Hamilton Court House, where I found it making ready for
an active campaign under command of General Bradley T.
Johnson. Our first work was to attack General Kilpatrick,
who was moving on Richmond, in conjunction with General
Dahlgren. Our little battalion destroyed the combination be-
tween Dahlgren and Kilpatrick, and, by vigorous and inces-
sant harrassing of the latter's rear, conveyed the impression
that he was attacked in force, causing him to change his move-
ments into a retreat. For this gallant exploit, General Elzey,
in command of the defenses of Richmond, issued a general
order complimenting the command, and General Wade Hamp-
ton in his report to General Lee distinctly gave the credit of
saving Richmond to the little battalion.

After this came the fighting from Beaver Dam to Yellow
Tavern, where we lost our gallant Stuart.

Until June first we were ngaged in almost daily skirmishes,
in and about Hanover County. June 12th and 13th we were
in the midst of that greatest of cavalry battles — Trevillian's —
in which General Wade Hampton defeated General Philip
Sheridan. July 3d, '64, we took the advance of Early's army
into Maryland. We were hotly engaged in our approach to
the Potomac. Crossing into Maryland, we had an every day
brush with the Yankees. July 7th I was severely wounded, in
the right shoulder, in front of Frederick City, Maryland. Here
I was left in the hospital until General Early had evacuated
Maryland, when I was taken to West Building Hospital, Bal-
timore, remaining there until October; then to Fort McHenry,
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with about 6,000 sick, wounded and disabled, to Savannah,
Georgia, for exchange.

The history of this trip would make a long story of itself.
I arrived in Richmond about December first, 1864, and was
placed in the hospital, as I was still disabled, having a minnie-
ball somewhere inside of me. My shoulder would not heal ;
if it did, it was only temporay, as an abscess would form, and
it would break out again. Anxious to be back with my regi-
ment, I left the hospital and joined my command at Gordons-
ville, but the first night in camp gave me a backset, and I was
sent to the hospital at Gordonsville, where I remained until
General Lee's surrender.

Eighteen months after the close of the war I had the minnie
ball cut out of me by Prof. N. R. Smith, the most eminent
surgeon of Baltimore."

The quiet dignity of this narrative of the soldier life of this
one of the Confederates, now living and contributing of his
talents to the upbuilding of the New South cannot be read by
those tarrying here from the North without a new realization
that whatever there was of courage and endurance in that
tremendous struggle not the property of those of either side,
but that each splendid sacrifice was just another drop added
to the stream of American valor, as truly a possession of all
the United States, as is the Father of Waters, whose stream
belongs to no particular spot between Wisconsin and Louisi-
ana, but is a part of the rich heritage that all Americans share.

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Municipal Chattanooga

A town is always known by the character and alertness of
its business men. To them is due the fact that the town stands
for something, or that it is a stopping place for the Rip Van
Winkles.

Chattanooga, the judicial center of Hamilton County, Ten-
nessee, boasts a citizenship which both for progressiveness and
public spiritedness in business and political afifairs, has helped
to make of it a wide awake and cultured city, proud to be
known as the "Gateway to the South."

The upbuilding and betterment of Chattanooga, and the
fact that it stands in the forefront of up-to-date and practical
municipalities, is wdiolly due to the magnificent initiative of
her citizens.

Demands for personal self sacrifice have, many times, been
notably met, by these men, who, after the God of Nature, have
made this great city what she is today.

HON. JESSE M. LITTLETON

Hon. Jesse AI. Littleton, who has been Mayor of Chatta-
nooga since April 15, 1915, and whose term will run until a
like date in 1909, is a state figure both in the legal profession
and in politics. Mr. Littleton became a Chattanoogan by
actual residence in 1911, although by association and in sym-
pathy he has claimed to be a Chattanoogan for the past twen-
ty-five years.

Born in Roane County, Tennessee, forty-eight years ago,
he has always lived w^ithin the state and for the most of his
life has resided in the Chattanooga region. After completing
his law course he located in Winchester, Franklin county,
where he was active as a practicing attorney, as a public
ofificial and in politics generally for more than twenty years.
He was postmaster and Mayor of Winchester, being twice
elected to the latter office, although a republican, and in a city
overwhelmingly democratic. As republican candidate for gov-
ernor in 1904 he attracted wide notice by his brilliancy in his
joint canvass with James B. Frazier, the democratic nominee
that year.

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Since locating- in Chattanooga he has made large invest-
ments in local real estate, which he continnes to increase from

HON. JESSE M. LITTLETON
time to time. He is a member of the Mountain City Club,
the Golf and Country Club, the Lookout Mountain Club and

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of the Chattanooga Lodge of Elks. He and Mrs. Littleton are
conspicuous in social affairs of the city, entertaining frequently
in lavish manner either at their mountain home or at one of
the clubs with which they are identified.

Mayor Littleton's election was after an animated campaign
wherein the eft"ort was made to appeal to partisan politics in
endeavoring to accomplish his defeat. He was elected with
four democrats, his own majority being about 1,800. At this
date the Mayor is being groomed by his own party as a prob-
able candidate for the L'uited States senate and encourage-
ment to that end is coming from democrats in all parts of
the state.

MAYORS OF CHATTANOOGA.

James Berry, 1840.

Dr. Beriah Frazier, 1841.

Dr. Milo Smith, 1842.

Jo S. Gillespie and Milo Smith, 1843 to 1851.

iMilo Smith, 1852.

Henry Massengale, 1853.

William Williams, 1854.

E. G. Pearl, 1855.

D. C. McMillin, 1856.

W. D. Fulton, 1857.

AV. S. Bell, 1858.

Thos. Crutchfield, 1859.

Charles E. Granville, 1860.

J. C. Warner, 1861.

Milo Smith, 1862-63.

Federal Army, no Civil Government, 1864.

Rich AV. Henderson, 1865.

Chas. E. Lewis, 1866.

D. C. Carr, 1867.
A. G. Sharp, 1868.
W. P. Rathburn, 1870.
John T. AA^ilder, 1871.

E. M. Wight, 1872.
P. D. Sims, 1873.
John AA^ James, 1874.
Tomlinson Fort, 1875.

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E. ^r. Wight, 1876.

E. AI. AVio-ht, 1876.

T. J. CarHle, 1877.

J. f. Hill. 1878.

H. F. Temple. 1879.

John A. Hart. 1880 and 1889-91.

H. Clay Evans, 1881-82.

Hugh AAHiiteside. 1883.

A. G. Sharp, 1885-86.

J. B. Nicklin, 1887-89.

I. B. Alerriam. 1891 (unexpired term John A. Hart).

Garnett Andrews, 1891-93.

George W. Ochs, 1893-97.

E. AA'atkins. 1897-99.

Joseph Wassman. 1899-1901.

A. W. Chambliss, 1901-05.

W. L. Frierson, 1905-07.

\A'. R. Crabtree, 1907-09.

T. C. Thompson, 1909-1915.

Jesse M. Littleton, 1915 —

L\-MA\ (jR w. R. ( R \i;trei-:

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OUR EX-MAYOR

There is a man in our town
Who wears a smile, not a frown,
He is kind and good to all
That on him are wont to call.

Lots for our city he has done.
And a good name rightly won.
When Mayor, he did his best.
And so bravely stood the test.

He was like a mighty wall,
Gave justice to one and all.
He always played his part well.
This, any true person can tell.

He was ever for the right.
And he toiled day and night
For our good; and all can say
He justly earned his pay.

He was one of the best we have had.
Not saying this to make any mad:
All with me may not agree.
If they don't you plainly see

On the other side they are,
And may live both near and far.
If it had been in my power.
He would be Governor this hour.

Although he was not elected,
By the best he sure was selectecl.
And to be Governor he can wait.
Next time it won't be too late.

Run once more, we hope he will:
But he's wise, and now keeps still.
A Democrat through and through,
He well knows just what to do.

All things come to those who wait.
Sometimes soon, and sometimes late.
Our loved Mayor now can rest.
Be fitted for the next test.

He may never run again.
If he won't, 'twill give us pain._
He wears the same pleasant smile
And enjoys life all the while.

We know lie's smart, good and grand.
With the right he'll ever stand.
If anyone don't like him well.
On the other side they dwell.

Many friends he's righth^ won
Bv rill the good he has done.
Kindly to the poor he will say,
"How are you, mj'- friend, today?"

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True to him, may his friends remain
When Election Day comes again.
If the ladies could only vote,
He would wear the Governor's coat.

Now all know that this is true.
Some men don't know what to do,
And are not as smart by far
As most of the women are.

If they had been. Mayor Crabtree
Would now be Governor of Tennessee.
As it is, he's still our own
And to us has dearer grown.

Our next Governor may he be.

That is, if he wants to, "See?"

His thoughts, of course, we don't know,

And perhaps 'tis better so.

A good heart beats in his breast.
When life is o'er may he rest
In the City far above
Where all is joy, peace and love.

—Mrs. S. M. Webster.

HON. HUGH DAYTON HUFFAKER

]\Ir. H. D. Hiiffaker, the subject of this sketch, was l^orn in
Hamilton Cottnty, Tennessee, November 8, 1860.

He is of German extraction, Alichael Huffaker, his first
American ancestor, having come from Switzerland or Ger-
many, abottt 1740. and located in York County, Pennsylvania.
He was under General George Washington at \'alley Forge.
Michael had three sons, Michael, John and Henry.

Michael, Jr., moved to Virginia, and his son George, great-
grandfather of the Chattanoogan, became a pioneer of Ten-
nessee, settling on the French Broad River, in Knox County.
The father, Reverend Jesse Thompson Huffaker, is a Tennes-
sean by birth, and has passed almost his entire life in the min-
istry of the Baptist church. He is well known and highly es-
teemed in religiotts and social circles of this state, and is now
living, retired, in Chattanooga. His wife was, before her mar-
riage, Sarah Holland, daughter of the Reverend Hugh P. Hol-
land of Ooltewah, Tennessee. He died in 1881.

The oldest in the family, H. D. Huffaker, attained his early
education in the common schools of East Tennessee and
Northern Georgia. Subsequently he took the A. M. course in

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the Sumach and Coosawattee Seminaries, in Georgia, and fin-
ished his education with a course in the Chattanooga Com-
mercial College. When seventeen years old he began teaching"
and was active in that work for nine years, teaching in the
fall and going to school in the winter and spring.

At the end of that time he was elected County Superin-
tendent of Schools for Hamilton Countv. an office which he

HOx\. H. D. HUFFAKER

held for five successive terms, covering a period of ten years.
He resigned, in 1896, in order to accept the position of County
Trustee, to which he had, previously, been elected, and served,
in that capacity for six years, being twice re-elected. Twenty-
five years of public service as teacher and county officer have
given Mr. Hufifaker an enviable reputation for efficiency and
integrity, and thoroughly established him in the confidence
and esteem of the people of Chattanooga and Hamilton
County.

After leaving official lite he turned his attention to insur-
ance business. In 1910, with others, he organized the Inter-
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development he has devoted his time and attention, most suc-
cessfully, up to the spring- of 1915.

At that time he was nominated as the candidate of the
people for the position of Commissioner of Education, in the
City of Chattanooga. His election was conceded from the
start, and when the votes were counted, it was found that he
had the largest majority of au}^ of the men elected.

On June 16, 1894, .Air. Huffaker married, at Bell Buckle,
Tennessee, Miss Ettie Whittaker, daughter of Captain Lucius
J. Whittaker, of that city. There are two children, a daugh-
ter and a son. The family reside at 1017 East Tenth Street,
Chattanooga, Tennessee.

HON. E. D. BASS

Honorable E. D. Bass, Commissioner of Chattanooga,
elected in the Spring of 1915, and later selected by the Mayor
and Commissioners, jointly, as the Commissioner of Streets
and Sewers of the City of Chattanooga, was born and reared
in Chattanooga. He entered politics in 1906, wdien he was
elected a member of the County Court, of Hamilton County,
from the Fifth Civil District. He served one full term, and
reflected great credit on his constitviency. He served as a
member of the County Road Bond Commissioner, for three
years, directing the expenditure of half a million in funds for
highway improvements.

He w^as elected State Senatoi, in 1910, and again in 1912.
His record in these sessions was the reason for his election as
Commissioner in the last spring election.

He, and his fellow Commissioners, are' daily demonstrating
to the people the superiority of the commission form of gov-
ernment, over the old aldermanic system.

Each Commissioner is held to a personal responsibility for
his department, thus giving to the municipality an intelligent,
responsible head, to whom all matters, in that particular de-
partment, may be safely referred, besides requiring of him a
complete individual study and comprehension of his own sub-
ject, in all its ramifications.

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HON. E. D. HEREON

Honorable E. D. Herron, Commissioner of Public Utilities,
Grounds and Buildings, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Janu-
ary 19, 1879. He came to Chattanooga at age of 10; received
his education at the I'niversity of Notre Dame, Notre Dame,
Ind.

On his return from university he started into the foundry
business with his father, the late Charles Herron, learning all
the branches of the business, starting at the bottom and rising
until he is now Superintendent of the American Brake Shoe &
Foundry Plant in this city.

On February 7, 1905, he was married to Miss Evelyn
Gurnee.

He entered the political field on Alarch 16, 1915, when he
was nominated in a non-partisan primary for Commissioner.
On April 13, 1915, he Avas elected to this office and appointed
to the Department of Public Utilities, Grounds and Buildings.

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HON. T. C. BETTERTON

Thomas C. ]>etterton. was born in Campliell County, Vir-
ginia, upon the twelfth day of October, 1867. His education
was founded by attendance upon the common schools of Chat-
tanooga, Tenn. Later he pursued a further educational train-
ing at A'anderbilt I'niversity, where he graduated in June,
1892.

He is a past master at the task of making and, above all
else, keeping friends. Many of his closest friends of today have
told the writer that their fondness for "Tom"' Betterton, as
they affectionately call him. dates from the days when they
were schooll)oys together.

This ca])acity for the making and holding of friends nat-
urally led him into ]M3!itics, \vhere he has had an almost phe--
nominal career. In the earl}- days of the ado]:)tion and trial
Df the commission form of go\ernment for cities he became a
most enthusiastic achocate of its ado])tion and trial in Chat-
tanooga. And the fact that that form of city government is
being tried out in our city today is in itself a most eloquent

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evidence of the force and influence of Mr. Betterton, for had
it not been for his persistent efforts the change would not
have been effected.

Among- the commissioners elected the first year of this
form of government. Mr. T. C. Betterton was, logically, one
•of the men honored. Upon organization, he was chosen to
take charge of the Departments of Fire and Police. Upon
the election of successors to the first board of commissioners,
Mr. Betterton, with an enormous following, stood for re-
election, and was returned by an increased majority, surpassed
by the vote given to but one other man.

Mr. Betterton is the only member of the first board of
commissioners who was elected to serve on the second board.

The new board of commissioners, upon organization,
placed ]\Ir. Betterton at once in charge of the Departments
-of Fire and Police, where he has continued his public serv-
ices with the fullest approval and co-operation of his asso-
ciates on the board of commissioners of the city of Chatta-
nooga.

CHIEF WILLIAM TOOMEY

William Toomey, known to every resident of Hamilton
County, familiarly, as "Chief Toomey." was born January
16th, 1853, in the City of Memphis. Tennessee. From that
City to Chattanooga he removed, in 1879. Coming as a cotton
press engineer. In 1889 the compress was moved to Attalla,
Alabama, and in 1892 the compress closed down from lack of
business.

At about this date the City of Chattanooga purchased its
first chemical engine, and Mr. Toomey being, as he himself
expresses it, at that time "out of a job, for the first time in
seventeen years," applied for a position as a fireman, and was
at once placed on the corps, and was made captain of the new
chemical company, in ]\larch. 1892.

At that time the city had a Board of Mayor and Aldermen,
who operated much of the city's business by means of spe-
cially selected groups of qualified citizens, in the various de-
partments. There was a Board of three Commissioners,
elected by the Mayor and Aldermen, who had the Fire De-

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partment in charge. At that time the r.nard was composed of
Honorable Creed F. Rates. Chairman: WilHam Cotter, Ben
Howard, with Charles \A'hitesidc as Chief.

The various chiefs, under all of whom Air. Toomey served,
were Chief T. A. Mulligan, Chief Tom W ilcox. Chief Harry
A. McOuade. Under the latter, on the first day of Xovember,
1905, Mr. Toomey was still, loyally and capably serving, when
Mr. McOuade found himself forced to resign, because of fail-
ing health. The Mayor and Board of Aldermen immediately

CHIEF W llJJAAi T()( ).M1{Y

made Mr. A\'illiam Toomey. Chief of the h^ire Department of
Chattanooga, Tennessee, which position he has filled, with uni-
form faithfulness, and devotion to duty, up to the present time.
He has served during the time of the radical change from the
old to the new system. Continuing to please and satisfy his-
superiors, just as cordially when they were called Commis-
sioners, as when they were called Aldermen, the onlv ((uestion
arising in the mind of this splendid public-servant, all of these
years, has been, what best can I do for the protection of my
city from fire. How well he has been able, bv constant appli-

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cation to duty, and deep study and olDservation, the reduced
insurance rates answer most eloquently.

His earliest training for his successful discharge of his
duties, during this extended time, he had in his native city of
Memphis, where he served under Chief Alichael McFadden,
who was a noted fireman, and whose son, John E. ]\IcFadden,
is the present Fire Chief of Memphis.

Chattanoogans are proud of their "Chief Toomey," and
consider him one of the city's prize citizens.

Under the good work manned by this able man, and the
popularity of his department, there has been built up a most
interesting and valuable evidence of the appreciation of the
people, in the Firemen's Outing Club, known as the Patten
Club. There has been selected for this purpose a fine ninety-
acre tract of land, at Pan Gap, in the Raccoon Mountain. Fine
mountain air, fishing and other out-of-door sports are here en-
joyed, during vacation time, by the firemen and policemen of
Chattanooga, accompanied by their wives and other lady rela-
tives. There have been 130 women, mostly mothers, and 300
children and 30 grand-parents connected with this club.

As a reward for ready response to duty, none could have
been devised which would be more calculated than this club
to impress upon the men the good will entertained toward
them and their families by the community in which they follow
their hazardous vocation. Here they find recreation and com-
panionship, free from care, in a fine mountain resort, second
to none in the land, in point of beauty and healthfulness. Many
improvements and added conveniences for the pleasure of the
Patten Club are in process of completion and installation.
Each of these has been w^orked out through the suggestion of
some citizen of Chattanooga, who has some special reason
for desiring to express his good will toward these men.

In connection with Chief Toomey's department, the pro-
gressive spirit of the man is nowhere more in evidence than
in the fact that horses will soon be omitted in the service.
Motor-drawn vehicles of the latest design have replaced them,
at an enormous increase of efficiency and a reduced cost of
operation. Chattanooga being unique, in the South, in the
matter of this character of apparatus.

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CHIEF W. H. HACKETT

W. H. Hackett was l)orn in liruoksville, Ky., the twenty-
sixth day of August, 1861.

In the year 1887 he came to Chattanooga from Kentucky.
He was with the Chattanooga Fire Department for eleven
years, and has filled all the positions in the Police Department
during thirteen years of active service.

The Police Department in Chattanooga numbers in the
neighborhood of sixty-five men, all told. This membership
is characterized by a de^•otion to duty and loyalty to the city,
surpassed by no other branch of the citizenship. Among
these men none stands higher with the department, as well
as with his men, than Chief 1 lackett. ]\Iany citizens have
voluntarily stated to the writer that Chief Hackett is one
of the best-loved and most highly res])ected citizens that this
city possesses.

Among the most efficient men in the department none
surpass Captains J. D. Croft, J. I- I larris, ^^^ L. Baker and
Sergeants O. E. Woodard, Frank Smith and J. D. ]\1. Cum-

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mings. The courage of tliese men has been tried upon many
occasions, their faithfuhiess to duty at all times is a source of
the utmost satisfaction to the entire population.

They are courageous and fearless in the discharge of the
purposes of their employment, earning and enjoying the rep-
utation of being peculiarly fitted for the difficult and haz-
ardous duties required at their hands.

Messrs. Howard Peck, J. M. Owen and Robert Bayless
are the traffic policemen, at respectively, Ninth and Market
streets, Eighth and Market streets and Seventh and Market
streets. At these crowded corners these faithful guardians
of the safety of the people are found raising the white-clad
hand of authority in the interest of safety and fairness. Never
have these men been accused of permitting favors to special
persons, their power being exercised, always, in the interest
of the humblest as well as the wealthy. For example. Officer
J. M. Owen, whose post of duty is at the crowded corner of
Eighth and Market streets, stands constantly, with observant
eye, protecting the people from even their own carelessness,
and always doing this, be it noted, in the most polite manner
possible. Mothers feel that children will be protected, as by
their own fathers, by this big-hearted as well as big-bodied
man, whenever it becomes necessary for these little people
to venture onto the crowded streets without some older mem-
ber of their families. It might be interesting to watch this
gentle protection of our young folk some Saturday morning
when traffic is particularly crowded with these young citi-
zens on the way to the special moving picture being offered
by the managers for the school children. Those hours of
perplexing care would try the very soul of the commonplace
policeman, but this is the very test wherein Officer Owen
''shines." You'd think, he's so good natured, that he was a
favored guest and had been invited to the party himself.

Another example. Officer Howard Peck, whose post of
duty has been at Ninth and Market streets for over six years,
also stands prominently in the eyes of the public. This officer,
about three years ago, was awarded a gold medal for bravery,
being the first medal for bravery given by the Board of Pub-
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out of the officer's daring- and timely sto[)ping- of a \vild run-
away team. The team, which belonged to a farmer named
Kerr, was coming at full speed down Market street, jeopardiz-
ing the lives of men, women and children and also property.
Officer Peck, at the risk of his own life, rushed in front of
them and grabbing the bridle reins stopped them without any
damage being done. Officer Peck is one of the bravest and
most efficient men in the South. At the awarding of the
medal to Officer Peck, Chief-of-Police T. P. ^fcAIahon stated
that he highly approved of this action, and there was a highly
commendatory speech of the services of the officer made by
Chairman T. C. Latimore. This big-hearted, genial officer
stands dail}" at his post of duty and is a magnet for the many
tourists, who constantly seek his kind jirotection and guid-
ance to dififerent parts of the city, and is highly esteemed not
only by the many pedestrians but b_\' all of the city's officials.

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P. W. PHIPPS

A man who has "[)ut Chattanooga on the map," in a most
unusual way, is the subject of this sketch. Mr. Phipps has
been a duly authorized officer of the law for thirty-eight years.
His especial line is the detection of criminals, in the neighbor-
hood, by means of highly trained English bloodhounds.

These sagacious beasts have been instrumental, in many
cases, of bringing to the bar of justice the wrong-doer.

Mr. Phipps is as far as it is possible to imagine, in his own
personality, from a bloodthirsty individual. His manner is
that of a quiet and courteous gentleman, which is exactly what
he is. It is his boast that he can follow successfully to his
hiding place any criminal by the aid of his dogs, if promptly
given the fresh and uninterfered scent which these uncannily
wise creatures require to start them upon their unerring task.

The scope of his usefulness is not limited to Hamilton
County; his work has been extended two hundred miles, in
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dogs, in Kentucky, Georgia, and North Carolina, as well as
Tennessee.

His home is in the suburbs, but he keeps a city office at
13 1-2 East Eighth Street, where he may be called, at any
hour of either the day or night. His telephone number is
Main 4251. Should your house be burglarized, by calling this
number, the burglar is likely to be, at once, detected, and
turned over to the proper authorities. And possibly, sO'
prompt in his action in these matters, he may be able to inter-
cept the robber before he has disposed of the stolen property^
and thus save you a loss of valuable goods. Oftentimes the
articles taken from the home may be of not so great intrinsic
worth, as the fact that they may be gifts, not to be replaced
by money. That kind of treasure which comes under the
head of keepsakes. Some of these articles are treasured, in
every family, and the possibility of their restoration, after
having been A-isited by the |)ilferer. is a mighty comforting
thought. Mr. Phipps has a long list of triumphant cases to
his credit in his peculiar line.

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Part II.

Articles and Poems contained
herein not given credit for are
the original compositions of
Mrs. Susie McCarver Webster

HISTORIC CITY: : CHATTANOOGA

REV. T. W. BACHMAN

HIS DREAM CAME TRUE

Day dreams sometimes come true, I say
A man to cur town came one day,
It was forty-two years ago
That he came liere, good seed to sow.

Love and kinchie^s to one and all
He gives to those that on him call.
No one has he ever turned away
This for him, all can truly say.

He is so good, all love liim well.
His name I'm sure I need not tell.
So many hearts he has made light:
Of course, all know of whom I write.

Take a stroll on AlcCallie and see
His Church that is fine as can be.
'Twas once the dream of this good man
Go find one like it if you can.

Ah! since to our City he first came
Good he has done, and proved the same;
True friend to all, enemy to none.
He's very much like God's own Son.

From place to place he goes each day.
Sowing good seed along the way,
In the sickroom, you'll find him there,
Sending to God's White Throne a prayer.

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He's taught the true law many years,
Tried hard to still all doubts and fears:
He loves to preach the Holy Word,
And each Sunday by many he's heard.

He has ever worked day and night,
Just to give all the needed light.
His prayer the lost has helped to save,
And many times he's stood by the grave.

Bidding the mourners "Look to God"

Until they shall sleep 'neath the sod.
His consolation does impart

Sweet comfort to the broken heart.

He has united both heart and hand
Of quite a large and happj' band,
To the wedding feast he will go
There some good seed of truth to sow.

He has welcomed every one
That wished to hear more of God's Son.
Oh! may he live many years more
To tell the sweet story o'er and o'er.

All his kindness I cannot tell;

O'er his hearers he casts a spell.

To hear him, all will go again,

For he ever gives pleasure, not pain.

And when his last work here is o'er.
He sure will shine on that bright shore.
Since youth he has been true to God
And walked the way his Saviour trod.

Many stars is his crown there will be
When he rests by the crystal sea;
Then round him will gather the throng
That he taught to live right, not wrong.

'Tis then he w'ill receive his pay
For helping mankind along their way;
His mansion there will be grand
In the City not made by hand.

THERE IS A GOD.

If people will only look at the wonderful construction of
their bodies, then at all the grandeur of nature, and think
seriously for a moment, they cannot truthfully say, "There is
no God." Some may be so bound down with sin and deceived
by Satan so that they have no fear of God ; nevertheless they
well know He exists. In every one's life there are many
things to teach them of a Supreme Being, in their minds and
souls they know it and feel it to be true, but for worldly no-

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toriety they may let their lips frame the falsehood. "There
is no God." It is then thev commit the unpardonable sin.
The infidel Avill stand l^y the grave of his departed loved one,
and let fall from his lips the words that proves he believes in
a future world and a loving- ]Tea\'enly Father. He will say I
hope to meet niv brother in a better world. "Ho])e sees a
star and the listening ear hears the rustle of a Aving." Of
course this will plainly show that at heart he was not what he
pretended to be.

It matters not how far anyone may wander in the beaten
paths of sin, at times their conscience cries out, "There is a
God and I know 1 should worship Him in Spirit and in
Truth." Just then they should turn and go in the right direc-
tion, saying, "I am ashamed of my past life and its sins. Lord
forgive me and I will sin no more, by Your help I will be
what You want me to be." Our God is full of pity and tender
mercy and will pardon all past sins and remember them
against us no more.

AMien anyone is tem])ted to say, "There is no God," they
should look at nature. There they will see the tiny blade of
grass as it pushes away the heavy sod and comes forth in the
Spring to make beautiful the bare earth ; also the lovely
flowers in full l)loom, the sweet little birds as they sing praises
to the God who gave them life, the little streamlet as it wan-
ders on and on, until at last it reaches the mighty ocean, the
mighty oak which springs from the acorn to give shelter to
the cattle in sultry summer weather. They should also con-
sider the moon and stars giving us light at night, the sun
giving us light by day. All of these beauties are given us by
our God. If any one denies this truth, withdraw yourself
from them, for they have served Satan too long, and Avhen
death confronts them they will cry out, "A\ ould that I had
worshipped as I believed. I was too mean to own my God,
and now I won't ask Him to save me." It is thus they sink
into utter darkness with a last request that their children be
taught to loA'e and worship the True and Living God. There
are thousands of people lost each year by not obeying the dic-
tates of their consciences. Though we had no Bible to guide
us, there is within our inmost souls a small voice teaching

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us right from Avrong, and we always know when we sin. Of
course, some go so far in sin that consciences are hardened
to such an extent that they do not care for its lashes.

I will admit that there are many people who do not want
to believe in God, but they cannot truthfully say, ''There is no
God," for each time they say those words they go deeper and
deeper in sin until at last they fail to catch the sound of the
sweet voice saying, "Obey Me and live, keep on in sin and be
forever lost." They know they should have obeyed God in
the past, and while He is forever lost to them He is ever
dear to their friends and relatives, and it is a sad thought to
have to part from them, to meet no more throughout eternity.
The Bible teaches us that the way of the transgressor is hard.
Very often we see people punished here in this world for their
sins, but if they repent God will freely forgive them.

- We cannot miderstand all the Scriptures teach, they are
like the mighty ocean, we can go so far and no further, they
grow too deep for our feeble minds to comprehend, but we can
be saved if we only had one verse in the whole Bible, St. John
3-16. Would that this fact could be stamped in burning letters
on our hearts. I well know there is a God. He has revealed
Himself to me many times, and has answered my prayers
far better than I expected, for He knows what is best for all
his children and puts them in the places He wishes them to
fill, gives them the needed light and tools, but they have to
acquire their trade by perseverence and diligence. God has
no patience with the idle lover of ease. Things happen to us
sometimes to try our faith. God wants to see if we trust
Him, or man, most, and we should ever bow in submission to
His will, and if we do, all will come out right. The great
question is, AMiere shall we spend Eternity? In Heaven with
the redeemed, or below with the lost? If we do all in our
power to be saved, God will do the rest. He never leaves
us alone, and it is sweet to dwell on this thought. Jesus is
ever at the right hand of God to make intercession for us, for
by His death w^e have a Home in Heaven where we can rest
from all our labors and cares.

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MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE.

A\'hen I was six years old my mother started me to school.
A little later she bonq-ht me a Bible, and taiig'ht me to read it.
]\Iy school-teacher was a Methodist preacher, and each morn-
ing when he opened school, he read a cha])ter from his Bible,
and prayed.

Therefore from both my mother and my school teacher, I
learned that it was right to read the ]'>ible every day. I knew
they were good and I tried to follow in their footsteps. As
the years of my childhood passed swiftly by, I learned, more
and more, to love the B)il)le, natnrally, many of the verses
which I read and committed, from its sacred pages, in these
earlv days of my childhood, my mind, at the time, was too
immature to comprehend, fully; mother explained them to me,
and my grandfather, who was a de\out Christian gentleman,
taught me many Bible questions, and their answers.

Thus, while my mind was yet "A\'ax to receive and steel
to retain" it was stored with these rich truths. I loved
my grandfather very dearly, and enjoyed my visits to his
home immensely, for he and Grandmother, both, did all they
could to make my stays with them pleasant ; they had become
Christians when they were very young.

There was one verse, in particular, in the Bible, that baf-
fled my childish understanding. I was selfish, as all children
are. I could not see how^ it could be true, that it "was more
blessed to give than to receive." As I pondered on this mys-
tery, I determined to try, in my childish way, and see if I could
find out for myself; soon I gave to children less fortunate than
I, and gained great pleasure by so doing. I little anticipated
the joy which filled my heart upon seeing them so grateful and
happy, as a consequence of my small benefactions : thus, I
found the verse true, and plain enough, where it had once
seemed so mysterious. We lived near the railroad, and many
poor tramps, of all ages, came to our door for help, we never
turned them away empty-handed, as, alas, some of our neigh-
bors did. We wxre sorry for the poor, unfortunate ones, and
helped them all we could.

Our hearts were made glad, many times, by their sincere
thanks.

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I sliall never forg-et one of these sad cases. That of an old
man, who had been Avell-raised, and highly educated. He
came from Florida, where he had lost all of his loved ones,
also his property, by sickness and other misfortunes ; he was
very old, and on his way to the home of a relative, who lived
in Kentucky.

Mother and I gave him all the good footl and milk that he
wanted. After eating, he sat there, and wrote in a beautiful
hand, these words : "Good Ladies : — 1 thank you both, very
kindly for the good food I have enjoyed ; may the Giver of all
good blessings be with you, and may you finally reach that
land where there is no want. Agahi thanking you, I remain,

Sincerely,
"OLD MAN."

When I read those w^ords, tears filled my eyes, but joy filled
my heart ; and once more did I realize the meaning of the
Saviour's words : "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

My life flowed on, thus, from year to year until I became
a woman. I gave all I could to those in need, and it ever
made me happy, and, indeed, far ha;)])ier than when others
gave to me, for I was not without kind and generous friends,
as life was passing by.

I only wish that I might indelibly stamp it upon the minds
and hearts of all people, and teach them, from m_v own expe-
rience that it is more blessed to give than to receive!

Our Saviour's life was all lived for others, and His precious
blood was shed to cleanse us from all s'n, and it gave us the
right to the Tree of Life. If we only believe on Him, and do
His good will. He says, in St. Luke, the Sixth Chapter, and
the thirty-eighth verse, "Give and it shall be given unto you,
good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and run-
ning over, shall men give into your bosoms. For with the
same measure that you mete vrithal, it shall be measured to
you again."

Also in Second Corinthians, in the Ninth Chapter and the
Seventh verse, we find these words: "Every man according
as he purposeth, in his heart, so let him give, not grudgingly
or of necessity, for God loveth a cheerful giver." Again we
read in our Bibles, "He that giveth to the ])oor, Icndeth to the

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Lord," and many more places, in this precious Bible, too nu-
merous to mention, do we find the words that teach us to give
to the poor and needy, for they shall be with us always, yea,
even unto the end of the world, so Jesus said.

The Lord has done so much for us we ought to be willing
to do for those less fortunate than we.

My prayer is this : May all who read these sincere and
simple words say, "I will help those in need, and do my duty,
come what may." Those who so resolve, will surely find a
peace that passeth understanding, flowing into their souls. I
know this to be so. The world cannot give, or take away, the
happiness we feel, when we have done our Christian duty to-
ward one of the least of these. Conscience and the Bible are
true guides ; they will do to live by, and when we come to die
we will not be afraid to cross Death's cold stream, for our
Saviour will be with us, and will conduct us to our mansion in
Heaven, that we have builded by our good deeds, in this world.

Oh, what a jo}' it will be to have even one white-robed saint
approach us, at that Gate, of the lovely city and say : "I am
here, by your help, in the world you taught me of Jesus, and
His love, and helped me on to right-living, by believing in me
and giving me that encouragement, without which I should
have fallen by the way. I now enjoy all the delights of Heav-
en, because of your timely aid."

May we all have some ransomed soul to mee us at the
Pearly Gates, and not have just one star, in our crowns, but
many is the heartfelt wish of

Your Christian Friend,

(MRS.) SUSIE McCARA'ER WEBSTER.

1917 East Fourteenth Street, Highland Park, Chattanooga,
Tennessee.

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CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS.

Costing- $150,000, equij^ped with spacious gymnasium,
swimming- pool, running- track, library, bowling- alleys, bil-
liard room and many departments for the amusement and edu-
cation of its members, the Young Men's Christian Associa-
tion building- is a possession of which Chattanoogans are justly
proud. More than 500 young men belong to the association,
and it is a prominent factor in the moral, social and athletic
development of the young people.

The Young AVomen's Christian Association has commo-
dious quarters centrally located, and has a large and fast
growing membership. A fund of $110,000 was raised by pub-
lic subscription for the purpose of building a new home, which
was opened in ]\larch, 1913.

The Young :\Ien's Hebrew Association occupies the quar-
ters formerly used by the Chattanooga Lodge of Elks. They
have reading rooms, library, gymnasium, baths, billiard rooms
and other equipment for pastin-ie and physical development.

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Thy way, not mine. O Lord,

However dark it be.
Lead me by Thine own liand,

Choose out the path for me.

RESIGNATION

Dear Jesus, my will I'll resign

If you will lend me your hand.
Never my way, but always Thine,

I shall ever take this stand;
This world is just a fleeting show.

At times my soul grows weary,
But a mission I have, I know;

May it all not be dreary.

Saviour, your way is always best.

Then choose for me every day;
Just give me help, strength and sweet rest

All along life's troubled way;
For You are wise and I am weak;

I know not what is best,

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Your pardon and love I shall seek
To help me stand the test.

Patiently I must hope and wait

Until my work is all o'er,
Then I can enter Heaven's gate

And praise on the Beautiful Shore;
In glory I will shout and sing

And be free from every care,
Living forever with my King

In his blessed mansion fair.

"CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE."

All along- the jotirney of life, from infancy to old age, every
one encounters trials and pleasures, cloitds and sunshine, dis-
appointments and surprises, and, last but not least, gains and
losses; but they all have their mission and are for our good
to break the monotony of every-dav life. We are so consti-
titted as to enjoy changes, therefore it takes a variety of
things to satisfy the human heart and mind.

Our Heavenly Father knows our every weakness and gives
us many vicissitudes to try our metal ; therefore we should
ever be brave and willing to suffer some and hope for better
times in the future.

No matter how dark the clouds may hang over us now,
by and by they can be swept away by God's own sunshine.
Then let us never murnuir or repine when trials and sombre
clouds come into our li\cs, for they have a work to perform,
and when they are gone we will enjoy the pleasures and sun-
shine far more. Then let us all keep Hope's cheerful rays
in our hearts, for we know that there are tar more bright
days than dark ones, for which we should be very thankful
and never complain when we ha^'e to pass through rough
places, but make the best of what comes, remembering that
things that cannot be cured mttst be endured.

We should ev'er trust our loving Saviour to give us
strength to meet each trial. For thirty-three years he toiled
and suffered for our good, and is now at the right hand of
God making intercession for us in order that we may enjoy
a better world if we will only believe on Him and do His
good will. Our earthly life is only the probation with many
things to try our faith, and all trials and sorrows are to de-

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velop our souls and fit them fur our Ilenvenly Home. \Yhen
our work here is finished we can go to that lovely City, where
there will be nothing to mar our happiness ; where no clouds
ever appear; where no pain or sin can enter, and where the
stm will shine forever. Oh ! how grand and glorious the
thought, to live throughout Eternity with our God and loving
Saviour and enjoy all the beauties that are prepared for those
Avho live right. By the death of dear Jesus we are redeemed.
He paid the debt for us and swept all the clouds away so
we can live in the blessed sunshine of our Heavenly Father's
love both here and hereafter if A\'e will obey Him.

HOUSES OF WORSHIP IN CHATTANOOGA.

In this and two other pictures of this series are given
views of some of the places of public worship of God in Chat-
tanooga.

The synagogue, known as iMizpah Temple, marked 1 in
the picture, and the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, marked
4. both front on the north side of Oak Street, with Lindsay
Street between them, the former standing on the northeast
and the latter on the northwest corner. The Jews have two
distinct congregations, the "Mizpah" of the Reformed Jewish
Church, and the other the Orthodox congregation worshipping
at B'Nai Zion Synagogue on Carter Street.

The other building at the left is the First Methodist (some-
times called the "Stone") Church, at the southeast corner of
^IcCallie and Georgia Avenues, fronting on McCallie.

On the right the one numbered 3 is the Centenary Meth-
odist Church (South), standing on the northeast corner of
East Eighth Street (right) and A Street (left).

In the sketch accompanying another group of church build-
ings is given some idea of the number of organizations of
different religious bodies in and near Chattanooga. The cor-
dial good feeling among the congregations and their spiritual
heads in our city is most gratifying and calculated to much
relieve the sacred cause of religion from the reproach of bit-
terness or bigotry. This good feeling is not merely among
Protestants, but between Protestant and Catholic, Christian
and non-Christian.

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The people of Chattanooga have no quarrel with those who
do not share their \'iews, and they find variance of belief,
religious or i)olitical, entirely consistent \vith mutual respect
and good-will.

"AN INSPIRATION"

In the twilight dim and gray
( )n a loveh' bygone day,
A true vision came to me.
Listen, I'll impart to thee.
'Twas tlie merry month of May,
lUit ni}' heart was sad, I say.

I was so ambitious then
That I often used my pen.
But was reading on that da}',
Then I put the book away.
And into the porch I went.
Some moments in jjrayer I spent.

A true wish was in my heart
To have faith and play my part
In the game of life each day
And ever walk the narrow way.
Now my hopes had been so great.
But, alas! it seemed too late.

Then came the thought, "Watch the sky,"
For a storm was drawing nigh;
Black clouds were gathering fast
And the light of day was passed.
Only one bright spot was there
And for it I wished to care.

But so fast clouds gathered o'er.
Seemed I would not see it more.
Then I did not feel quite sure
That faithful I could endure:
Then a voice seemed to say. Wait,
Even now it's not too late.

A sign in the sky to-day
Will help you along your way.
And one who loves you best will
Sometime j'our true wish fulfill,
If you'll onh^ stand the test.
He will ever do tlie rest.

Clouds came fast on every side,
I ttirned away to abide
By the storm; it seemed to me
My great hope must cease to lie;
And without it naught could cheer
Or help me enjoy life here.

Sad I was. but knew not why.
I looked again at the sky.

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Ah! what then had taken place,
Clouds were giviny away to space.
The spot was brighter shining.
IMy heart had ceased its pining.

Then, as_ I watched the sky.
Clouds diminished — I saw vvhy:
'Twas threatening storm that" das-.
They come all along life's wav:
But 'tis true they will not last'
If on God your hope you cast.

O'er the vision I've thought well.
So this is what I wish to tell:
A truth I was taught that day,
Not all of life will be gray,
Clouds may gather here below,
They cannot last: this is so.

The trials you have each day
Are just to make you obey
One who knows what you can bear.
You must not worry or care.
No matter how great the strife;
It will lead to endless life.

So just keep hope's cheerful ray.
It will guide you all the way:
To your heart's wish it will bring
True joys that will make you sing
All along your pathway here.
So live right and have no fear.

To meet your True God above.
For He is Love — only Love.
Well He knows that you are clay
And are prone to sin each day.
But to you strength He will give
If you'll trust Him while you live.

Then when death you have to meet
To trust Jesus will be sweet.
For He understands you well.
Will take you with Him to dwell;
Then in robes of pure white
You can find your soul's delight.

L. R. ROBINSON

The Universalist Church in Chattanooga was organized
in 1907 by the Rev. Dr. Quillen H. Shinn, the Southern mis-
sionary, of the denomination.

The church began with thirty-two charter members.

In November, 1908, the present pastor, Rev. L. R. Rob-
inson, whose picture appears above, accepted the call of the
church, becoming the first pastor.

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Dr. Robinson, as his picture indicates, is a young man, and
all who know him testify to his enthusiasm and his ability

REV. L. R. RUl'.INSON

to bring things to pass. He has the "courage of his convic-
tions" on all the foremost topics of the day, and is fearless

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in presenting- them. He is invariably on the side of the right,
regardless of consequences, and is recognized as one of Chat-
tanooga's gifted men in extemporaneous debate.

He has, now, served his church in Chattanooga over seven
years, entering on his eighth year November 1.

He is popular with the members of his denomination, and
counts his friends throughout the city by the hundreds.

The new church building, now under construction on the
corner of Main and Hickory Streets, just opposite Ferger
Place, only one short block from the East Lake car line, will
be known as the "Dr. Shinn Memorial," having been so named
in memory of the man who organized it. When completed
the church will represent an expenditure of $25,000, and is
said to be constructed after a most artistic model. A delicate
compliment to the beloved Dr. Shinn is embodied in the build-
ing of the church along the lines of the old Virginia archi-
tecture, Virginia being the native state of Dr. Shinn.

The friends of liberal Christianity welcome this beautiful
church to the city and expect that it will continue its influence
upon the moral and spiritual life of the community to its great
uplift.

During Mr. Robinson's pastorate the church has grown
rapidly, one hundred and twenty-five having been added to
the membership, which number includes many of the leading
citizens of the city.

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MY BIBLE

This precious book Mother gave

Has taught nie how to be brave.

I've loved it's truths since a child,

It tells of Jesus so mild;

How He left His home on high

For us to suffer and die;

Yes, He gave His life for all.

If on Him they only call.

He ever hears when they pray

And turns their night into day.

Our friend and help He will, be,

This is a sweet truth to me.

Ransomed and saved by His love

We can reach our home above;

Welcome be in that sweet land.

When by our Saviour we stand.

I've learned that while here below

Each one reaps just what they sow;

The Bible says this is true

And it tells us what to do

If Heaven we wish to gain.

We can reach it through great pain;

When sorrow and trials we bear.

He'll make our troubles His care.

We can repose on His breast

And enjoy a true, sweet rest.

Yes, when our life work is o'er.

We will praise on that bwee: shore.

All this I've learned from His book,

In fancy I see His look

When He says, "Father, help all

That on you may ever call.

For you know that flesh is weak;

So lend a hand when they seek

To find the blessed true way.

Lead them to eternal day."

Without God's help all are lost,

Couldn't reach Heaven at any cost.

Oh, temptation is so strong

And at times all do some wrong.

Yes, walk in the paths of sin.

But new life they can begin;

Say, "I'll be true all the way.

Read my Bible every day."

It their shield can ever be,

If they love and obey Thee;

I love my Bible so well

All it has taught me I can't tell

In this poem now, my frie d:

I'll read it till life shall end.

Then I'll reach the golden shore.

Where I will not need it more.

For God's face will be my light

In the city of pure white.

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CHATTANOOGA'S CHURCHES.

Chattanooga is a city abounding in churches and in church
buildings, and in three of the views of this series are shown
some of the edifices devoted to Divine worship.

The two churches at the left of the picture, numbered 2
and 4, stand on diagonally opposite corners of West Seventh
and Pine Streets, being respectively the Second Presbyterian
Church on the southeast and St. Paul's (Episcopal) Church
on the northwest corner. No. 3 at the right is SS. Peter and
Paul's Church (Catholic) on the south side of East Eighth
Street not far from Georgia Avenue and very close to the
Carnegie Building of the Public Library. In the upper right
hand corner of the picture is the First Baptist Church, on
northeast corner of Georgia Avenue and Oak Street, opposite
the Court House grounds.

Even our own people might l)e surprised on looking at the
directory to see the great niunber of religious organizations
existing in Chattanooga and its suburbs, including Adventist,
Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Christian Scientist, Congrega-
tional, Cumberland Presbyterian, Episcopal, Jewish, Latter-
Day Saints (^vlorman), I^utheran, Alethodist, Methodist
(South), Presbyterian, Undenominational (so classed, includ-
ing Gospel Tabernacle, Lewis Mission, Salvation Army and
South Chattanooga Mission), Unitarian, United Brethren and
Universalist. A number of these have several places of wor-
ship each. A considerable number of the congregations are
of colored people.

The large number of our city's religious bodies is due in
some measure to our cosmopolitan population, gathered from
so many different regions. The liberal and kindly spirit which
animates the members of these difTerent bodies in their in-
tercourse with each other does credit to the cause of religion
and adds to the charm of life in our city.

"NO EXCELLENCY WITHOUT LABOR."

A\'hen I was quite a little girl I often heard older people
say, "No excellency without labor." I wondered what the
meaning was, ni}^ childish mind could not comprehend the

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depths of those words, until one day some small children and
I were playing by a large strawstack, which was very high
and steep and it looked impossible to climb to the top without
help of some kind. I looked at it for a few moments, then
made up my mind to reach the top without aid. I said to the
little girls with me, "I will climb up this side, watch me and
see." I made a number of efiforts, but each time would slip
back to the ground. The thought then came, "No excellency
without labor," so I quoted the words to the children and re-
solved to put them to the test. I tried again and again, fail-
ing each time, but I would not give up, although my strength
was nearly exhausted. However, with renewed courage and
a full determination to accomplish my purpose I reached the
top. The children gave a cry of surprise, and I will never
forget the joy it gave me. I realized that I had gained a
victory which to us children seemed impossible. Then all
the little ones tried to do as I had done, but failed. I then
slid down the side of the stack and assisted those smaller
than myself, and we all had fun climbing up several times
and saying, "No excellency without labor." At last we grew
weary and went home with an impression on our minds to
help us in the coming years.

Lasting good it has done me since I was a little girl at
play, the lesson it taught me I will never forget. I have never
won anything worth while without the combined labor of
both hands and mind. The many pleasures that have come
into my life have all been obtained through work. At times
I have grown wearv of the monotony of life and the toil of
hands and brain, but in due time they have brought the de-
sired pleasure. I have often met success when I least ex-
pected it; surprises and disappointments have both come, but
each one was for my good, and when I use all the energy and
will power I have then the top is reached, as it was on that
by-gone day at the old strawstack. Then I enjoy pleasures
known only to those who do all they can and will not give
up in despair.

Oh, how often people could win fame if they would do
all in their power and not be so quick to say, "I can't." Suc-
cess is always in "Can ;" failures in "Can't." I believe that

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we can accomplish anything' we undertake if our desire is
strong enough to cause us to s])end our time and efforts to
that end. At first, many things to us seem impossible, but
by prese\erance and labor we can win the longed-for prize.
The great secret of success is constancy and will power, and
these traits of character must be cultivated. Many times we
fail and go l)ack to where we started, but each time we can
rise with renewed energy and say, "I can and I will;"' then
God Himself will hear our words and make them come true.
He is ever near His children to give them the needed light
and strength when they fail. We may be cast down, but not
forsaken, so let us ever persist and we may accomplish far
more than our worldly friends may imagine.

By the eye of faith we can pierce the future and see beau-
ties that the wicked world can never see. Let us learn a les-
son from the old quotation. "No excellency without labor,"
and say, "I will do some good in this world by my own hands
and win a crown in a Better A\'orld by doing all the work
that God requires of me." We will find a true helper at our
side who will always lend the needed strength and light at
the right moment. It was He who gave me the help to ac-
complish my childish undertaking and He has ever been near
when I needed Him. Oh! vain is the help of man, they can
do some things for us, but (rod can do far more.

BE GOOD

Be good and j'ou'll happy be:
Now this is true, you will see;
All find this so and can say
Lasting pleasures come that way;
That way only, well they know,
I am glad that this is so.

Tlic transgressor's way is Iiard

And from Heaven he is barred.

Yes, tlie Bible tells us so;

All must reap whate'er they sow;

Sow a sin and reap a pain

Then repent and try again.

Flesh will sin sometimes, we knciw,
Our souls hate to have this so;
Everyone should watch and pray,
Strive to walk the narrow way;
Temptations are on every side.
But in Jesus all can confide.

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And resist the Tempter's power
So be good each fleeting hour.
Oh, so often I have seen
People punished who are mean;
Now remember what I tell,
Ever do your duty well.

For no good can come from sin,
So don't let the Tempter in.
When once he is in your heart
He sure will play a large part;
Yes, deceive you every hour.
So resist his cunning power.

But alas, when it's too late.
Many repent o'er their fate.
And cry out in tears and pain.
Oh! to live my life again;
But the past is forever passed
And they miss Heaven at last.

Oh, how sad their bitter lot;

In youth their God they forgot,

They would not try to be good.

But did wrong each time they could.

All will get what they deserve

If their God they will not serve.

They wander on every day
In the broad and sinful way;
They care not for man of God,
But they'll sleep beneath the sod;
Then their souls will live in pain,
Repent they cannot again.

If they had tried to be good,

Oh, well, I know that they could;

For our God is ever near.

So His children need not fear;

If they trust Him He will give

Help and strength each day the}' live.

And when at last they must die
They will feel Jesus so nigh.
And be glad that they were good —
Would not live on if they could —
For when they lay their cross down
They will receive a bright crown.

And live in the City Fair.

So free from sorrow and care.

All they missed while toiling here

They'll find there, I have no fear.

So let all try to be good.

For they well know that they should.

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"DUTY."

What a happy world this would be if every person would
do their duty. Sorrows of many kinds would cease, and we
could all enjoy a number of pleasures that we now miss on
account of sin and the neglect of our duty. Would to our
Heavenly Father that I could find language eloquent enough
to impress upon our nation the importance of walking in the
path of duty where they can find pleasures they never
dreamed of.

Oh, how often people seek pleasures in sinful, selfish paths,
but they always meet with Ijittcr disappointments which are
ordained by God Himself to teach His children to be like His
own loved Son, who left His home in Glory and came to
this sin-cursed world to do His duty. Yes, to sufifer the cruel
death of shame on the cross that we all might have an oppor-
tunity to be saved. He walked in the path of duty for thirty-
three years, and is now at the right hand of God to make
intercession for us. It looks to me as if we sometimes for-
get all He has done for us, and we wander on and on in the
paths of sin, ever looking for pleasures that we will never
find until wc turn around and travel in the right road, then
we will find e\'erlasting pleasures. I ha\-e often found this
to be true, and so will all who will only do their duty.

First, we owe our God and Saviour a life of duty; second,
we owe our family, relatives and friends a large debt of duty,
and last, but not least, we owe the utter stranger a debt of
duty. H we see them in need, we should administer to their
wants, for Jesus said, "Entertain strangers, for in doing so
you may entertain angels unawares."

^^'e all know what our duty is, and we should be brave
men and women and say, "With the help of God I will walk
in the path of duty which leads to true happiness in this life
and a crown of glory in the life to come." It has been said.
"\Ye may be admired for our beauty or talent, courted for
our wealth or infiuence, but to be loved we must be good;
therefore happiness consists in goodness." No one ever has
been or ever will be happy unless he possesses a clear con-
science. If we would only think of the great blessings the
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right life and do our duty each day, thus preparing ourselves
to calmly and peacefuly meet the Death Angel when he comes
to bear us to our Eternal Home.

LETTERS

Letters — well, now what are they?
Help and pleasure, day by day.
We would be in a sad plight
If letters we could not write
To our loved ones, far or near,
And from them we did not hear;
We need them in business, too;
Without them, what would we do?

For missives we look each day.
May none of them go astray,
But on time come to our door
To bless our lives o'er and o'er.
By some letters being lost.
Pain and sorrow it has cost
Many people in the past
And o'er their lives sadness cast.

Careful should the postman be;
Much depends on him, you see;
Both harm and good letters do.
Everyone knows this is true.
Many things they let us know
While we journey here below;
A great invention they are!
They can travel, oh, so far.

Sweet comfort they bring to our heart,
May we never from them part.
In our work, and war, and love.
They come to us like a dove,
Bringing news both good and bad;
They make our hearts glad and sad.
To them we will gladly cling,
Hoping that good news they'll bring.

To us in the coming years,
And dispel all of our fears.
If letters we wish to get.
Loved ones we must not forget.
But take time and to them write.
It will make their hearts so light
To know they are not forgot
Will brighten their lonely lot.

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MRS. J. J. I'll 1 l.Lll'S, Deceased

LOTTIE BELLE McCARVER

Lottie r.elle McCarver was Ixjni July 1, 1879, at Bell Buckle,
Bedford County, Tennessee, and departed this life February
7, 1911, at her home in Haley, Tenn., age 31 years 7 months
and 7 days. She was a sweet, lovable child ; a bright, intelli-
gent school girl, and an accomplished, refined. Christian young
lady. She accepted Jesus as her Saviour at the age of 17.

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To know her was to love her, for she was kind and good to
all with whom she came in contact, had many friends and
admirers. On December 12, 1899, she was married to J. J.
Phillips, of Wartrace, Tenn. It was hard to give her up in
marriage, as she was our household pet, and we were lonely
when she left us ; but Ah ! how much greater the loneliness
now, for she has gone from us to Heaven and left us heart
broken, and our only consolation is she won't sufifer any more
and is safe with her Saviour. She told mother not to cry for
she was going to live with Jesus and there would be no pain
and care up there.

She was resigned to God's will and bade us her last good-
be without a tear, even when she kissed her tiny babe she
had a sweet, happy smile and said, "Jane, kiss your mamma
good-bye before she goes to Heaven." She said she had done
all she could for the children and would leave them in the
hands of her God and asked her husband to promise to be a
Christian and to raise the four little girls to be Christians,
to take them to church and Sunday School, so when their
mission here was over they could come to Heaven and live
with her, and for him to one day meet her there.

A few days before she left us she had a beautiful dream
of a lovely place, it seemed, so she told mother, that our
grandpa was coming down a snow white mountain, looking
to the right and left, and she said, "Mother, he is looking
for me." So we believe his spirit came to accompany her
Home. She prayed to die easy. While in a quiet sleep her
soul gently took its flight to her mansion above, leaving to
mourn her loss a host of relatives and friends. The saddest
of all sights I have ever seen was our sweet, good mother
when she said, "Good-bye, little Belle," as she took her last
look at her loved child, but God's grace was sufficient to
uphold her and pour balm on her broken heart. My only
consolation to offer was, she will suffer no more, and she
wanted to go to live with Jesus. In my mind's eye I could
almost see Him as He took little Belle in His arms and said,
"You have suffered enough, now live with me and enjoy all
the beauties of Heaven."

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It was sacl to say farewell
To our Darling Little Belle,
But her mission she had filled
And had to go, as God willed.
To live with Him ever more
On the Happy Golden Shore.

To us she was but given
As a pure bud from Heaven,
Awhile to grace our bower,
Our precious little flower;
She was gentle, good and fair
With a wealth of light brown hair.

And a soul so pure and white
She's now in the land of light;
Yes, in her Home far above
With Dear Jesus, who is love;
When from us she passed away
I could almost hear him say.

"You have come, my spotless one.
Now to live with God's own Son;
You have suffered, oh, so long,
I've turned your sickness to song;
And your cross has passed away
Since you've reached this perfect day.

All your pains you bore so well.
What you suffered, none can tell."
Only God above we know.
And to Him she wished to go.
To receive her crown so bright
And live where there is no night.

All the heartaches she knew here
Now they're gone, we have no fear,
And, although we now are sad.
We know that her soul is glad,
To live with our God above
In the mansions of pure love.

Here she sweetly fell asleep,
Woke in Heaven, not to weep.
Gently they laid her away
To rest till the judgment day;
Then sleep, dear little flower.
Though we miss you each hour.

Cruel death, you have no sting.
To the good no pain you bring,
For the Bible tells us so.
And your way we all must go;
Since Dear Jesus went that way.
Well we know we'll go some day.

So sweet the thought when the sun
Kissed our flower just begun.
And the pleasures of the past
Were too fair and bright to last.

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We hope to meet you again

In the land where there's no pain.

Now the winds sing a sad dirge.
The grave is the true life's verge;
Sweet pleasures there she will see
And with Jesus ever be;
In her robes of pure white
She is where there is no night.

So free from sorow and care
We know it's good to be there:
And when our life's work is o'er
We'll meet her on the golden shore;
May not one of us be lost,
All reach Heaven at any cost.

"EXPERIENCE"

Experience is the best teacher;
It beats any earthly preacher,
On the land or on the shore;
It sure can teach us far more
Than all preachers here below;
Now this certainly is so.

In youth we all learn a lot,
But how soon it is forgot,
And we have to learn anew
When we grow up — yes, we do;
Years and years will never learn
Us as much as we will earn.

In one hour by true contact;
Now this surely is a fact.
We won't take another's word
And many times we have heard
People say, "I told you so;"
Headlong all are wont to go.

That a friend would dare aeceive
No one will ever believe,
"Till their faith is shaken well
And o'er them it casts a spell.
They will feel so very blue
They can't tell just what to do.

They have learned a lesson well

And to others they wish to tell:

But no good it does. I say,

I've seen it fail day by day.

Oh, if people only would

They could learn lots that they should

And not have to suffer so.
Many places they would not go
xA.nd much happier they would be
If they would love and serve. See?

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Jesus gave His life for all
That on Him may ever call.

True knowledge all must sure earn
If from others they won't learn,
And good advice will not take,
Many failures they will make;
As from childhood thej^ grow up
Bitter cups they'll have to sup.

All along our journey here
Doubts we will meet, I sure fear,
But we can cast them aside
If in true faith we abide.
And press bravely on each day
In the good and narrow way.

Bitter experiences in youth

Teach us many a truth;

We know for good they are meant

If by our God they are sent.

Help to us they'll ever bring

If to Jesus we still cling.

CHURCHES AND OLD LADIES' HOME.

Two other pages of this vokime are devoted to churches.
The chttrch numbered 1 oti this plate, the one with columns,
is the First Presbyterian Church, on the southwest corner of
McCallie Avenue and Douglas Street fronting on McCallie
Avenue, and the one numbered 2 is Christ Church (Episcopal),
just opposite, on the northwest corner of the same streets
and also fronting on McCallie Avenue.

The one numbered 3 is the First Christian Church, fronting
on Georgia Avenue, on southwest corner of Seventh Street.

The remaining building, numbered 4, is the Old Ladies'
Home, situated at 402 North Dodds Avenue, Ridgedale. at
the foot of ^Missionary Ridge.

It would certainly be a disgrace to the religion of any com-
munity to allow the aged members of the gentler sex to re-
main without ample care, and though to provide for the last
years of the old is not as important as to properly train and
guide the years of childhood and youth, proper provision for
those of advanced years is a duty the neglect of which would
be highly discreditable to the community, and Chattanooga
in this and dix'ers other philanthropic institutions has done
herself credit and shown that she is not entirely devoted to
matters of pecuniary profit.

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OUR CROSS

Our Saviour bore his cross well;

All must bear one, so I tell.

We should ever trust in God

'Till we sleep beneath the sod.

If He leads by thorny road

He'll help us carry our load;

It's the lot that He has given

And the true road to Heaven.

Though our cross may last long,

At evening time we'll have song;

If sad our days till the night.

Twilight time there shall be light.

Our life is a working day.

Awhile to work and to play,

Then, thank God, a quiet night.

Our crosses are set aright.

Let us all keep this in mind

And true pleasures we will find,

In the straight and narrow way.

So let us press on each day.

We may grow weary of toiling,

Tired of building and spoiling,

Long for rest for heart and brain;

Then let us take hope again.

Bear our cross and not complain;

Do our duty, not live in vain.

But we often wonder why

We have so much cause to sigh.

And have to carry each day

Our cross all along the way.

Sometimes we are faint and distressed,

And cry, oh, Lord, give us rest.

Many years we cannot bear

This very heavy load of care.

We say, "Father, see that ont-.

Our cross is hard, he has none;"

The answer comes, "You can't see,

He has a cross same as thee."

We wonder what we have done,

Then we think of God's own Son;

He bore His cross with good will,

So we must carry ours still.

"Child," our Master's voice may say,

"Learn a true lesson this way;

The cross that you have borne long

Has only made you grow strong.

Fitted you to bear for me

All I wish to lay on thee."

Do not murmur or repine.

Because a heavy cross is thine.

But press onward with the praj-er,

"Lord, make us worthy to bear

All that on us you may send.

And let Jesus be our Friend

Till our faith is lost in sight

In the City of true delight;"

Then our cross will pass away

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When we reach eternal day,
And we'll rest forever more
On the bright Celestial Shore.

LOVE

Who can sound the depths of love?
Only our dear God above.
Through true love He gave His Son,
And He died for everyone.
All we have to do is this.
Just believe, and feel the bliss
Coming from the throne above,
God's measureless depths of love.

If in His own Word we trust.
We'll have a shield that won't rust;
It will be so true and bright
All can see that it is right.
And with it our foes we'll slaj'.
Help them walk the narrow way;
In God's universe of light
It will guide their souls aright.

Love from out the depths of hate

Lifts man up to high estate;

Fits him for the realms above.

Oh, the goodness of true love.

It will bring the angels near

With sweet hopes our hearts to cheer;

May they guide us all the way

Till we reach that perfect day.

Peace, love gives to all mankind.
And doth men and angels bind
To their God with links of gold:
And so now I firmly hold
That we mortals do not need
A more lasting Heaven-born creed.
All good people here, I say.
Are saved and kept this true way.

While they journey here below
Some true hearts all wish to know.
In this world there's lots to love
And much in the land above.
Love we may have for brother.
It's not like that for Mother:
Of earthly friends, she is the best,
For she always stands the test.

Pleasures she gives every day:
She comes next to God, I say.
When we are sad, she is by.
Even if she has to sigh;
New hope she tries to impart
To our sad and broken heart;
Selfishness she does not know
And to Heaven she will go.

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To receive her crown so bright.
For she toiled day and night.
What she suffered, none can tell,
And her part she bore so well.
She first taught us how to pray.
Tried to keep us in the way
That will lead to Heaven's door,
When our trials liere are o'er.

There is Friendship love so true;
It keeps one from being blue;
Ah, it is a lovely flower.
Often torn from its bower
By neglect in word or deed,
May all who read this take heed
And ever cherish the flower,
Even in the darkest hour.

And not be so quick to say,
"I knew you would act that way."
Prove to all a friend in need;
It will make them glad, indeed.
Yes, go to your friend unsought,
With nothing can love be bought;
Their souls will know yours at sight.
It will make their heart so light.

There is a love that Lovers know.
All are glad to have it so.
For Love's young dream is so sweet
When congenial souls meet;
They know each other by sight
And their hearts, they are so light.
They trust each other and for aye.
Since true love has come their way.

You can see love in their face.
But its source you cannot trace;
They have much you do not know
And are glad to have it so;
If their love is true, 'twill last
When all earthly things are passed.
Their souls will have the same thought
When by Cupid they are caught.

Love's sailing is not all bliss.
Storms you'll find even in this.
And rough winds will try your bark.
Trust will keep alive Love's spark;
And when you feel Cupid's dart
To another you'll give your heart;
And your souls can dwell together
In just any kind of weather.

So your path along life's way
Will grow brighter day by day.
Lonely it no more will be
For true pleasure you will see.
Love will always find the way,

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If your lover's true, I say;

Constant he will ever be

And one day come back to thee.

To live unloved on the earth
Is one sorrow that has birth
In the heart of selfish man,
But he will be of little span;
Love makes life a part of Heaven
When so truly it is given.
To all who read this, I say.
Take true love along your way.

HOW SHALL I KNOW?

How shall I know it is Heaven

When I land on that far strange shore?

How shall I know it is Heaven
Who never has seen it before?

Shall I know by the burst of music

From harps in the angels' hands,
Shall I know by the healing presence

Of beautiful spirit bands?

Shall I know by the gleam and glimmer

Of amethyst, pearl and gold?
Shall I know by the run of the story

That prophets and sages have told?

Shall I know by the light eternal

That streams from the dear God's face?
How shall I know it is Heaven
When I reach the wonderful place?

Oh, soul of my soul beloved.

Oh, mystic, mysterious spell,
I shall need no voice to tell me

'Tis Heaven where thou dost dwell.

— Anonymous.

"MEMORY."

What a mysterious and wonderful thing is memory. At
times every one will have both sad and pleasant memories;
this being- true, each one should strive with all their might
to live right while they are young, then when old age comes
they will have a clear conscience, and the memories of their
past Hfe will be sweet.

If they spend their youth in sin and foolishness, they will
have to repent with bitter tears, for it is an old but true quo-
tation, "Memory is earth's retribution for man's transgres-
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do likewise, for this is one way God has to punish the fathers
and mothers, for it grieves them deeply to see their loved ones
walking in their wayward footsteps. Often deformity and
sickness are sent on children to punish the parents; then their
sins of the past rise up and say, "Look at your reward for
serving Satan." Ah ! they well remember the many times they
have wandered in the beaten paths of sin. If there is any
class of people who should be Christians, it is the fathers and
mothers in this broad land, for God has given them his jewels
only for a short time and He expects them to be raised right.
Few parents realize the great responsibility resting upon them
in rearing a family, and go on from year to year chasing the
foolish bubbles of fashion, while their loved ones are at home
with the servants. But by and by they will have to pay for
all this neglect by seeing their children prefer sin to right-
eousness.

Of all sad things, remorse of conscience is the saddest.
Sins are stamped in burning letters on the walls of memory,
never to be erased in this life, but if they are repented of and
forgiven they will be remembered against us no more.

May all my readers do their duty and obey the laws of
God and man, then when they are old and gray they can
have sweet memories that nothing can take away, and a home
in Heaven when they are called from this world.

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MRS. M. E. SMITH.

OUR MOTHER

Past sixty, good, gentle and fair.
Our Mother with beautiful hair;
Now on her cheek the lily blows.
In other days where bloomed the rose.
Her true soul is beyond compare.
And for her we will always care;
Lonely we are without her nigh,
Happy are we when she's nearby.

Selfishness she has never known.
And her cross she has bravely borne;
To please others is her delight.
She has cared for us day and night;
And she first taught us how to pray.
When sick, her hand chased pain away.
With our troubles to her we went,
And good advice she always lent.

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Ever her smile has cheered our way,
As on we passed from day to day;
Years have brought their gladness and pain,
Her love has ever been the same.
At her knee in childhood so dear.
We found solace for all our fear;
Her smile, like angels from above.
Ever shines on us with true love.

While plodding on the road of life,
Mother stands by, in joy and strife;
How few the friends we daily meet,
With counsel and affections sweet.
She is one who is always true
And loves us whatever we do.
Her love is truer than any other.
Oh. our best friend is our Mother.

Then let us cherish her with care.

For she's a gem precious and fair;

When gone, we'll never find another

To fill the place of our Mother.

The world might frown and friends depart,

Our refuge would be in her heart;

She won't forsake us in our need.

Her sympatliy will for us plead.

Wherever we may chance to turn.
This lesson we will ever learn;
Our truest friend is our Mother,
Her love is better than another.
Oh, when from us she goes away.
Lonely we will be every day;
We will treat her kindly while here.
For she is very sweet and dear.

Oh, may she live many years more.
Just to bless our lives o'er and o'er;
Often to our Dear Lord I pray.
To give her good health every day.
As my faith is, so shall it be.
Dear Lord, for all good I thank Thee.
But most of all for good Mother,
And I love her; yes, I love her.

When her last work on earth is done

She will receive the crown she's won,

And dwell in the City of God:

She loves the way her Saviour trod.

And then in robes of snowy white.

Her true faith will be lost in sight.

With her loved ones she will shout and sing.

In the mansions of our Dear King.

LEND A HAND

As 3'ou climb the hills of life
Help your brothers in the strife.
To each one along your way
Encouragement give every day.

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Just lend a true, helping hand,
Firm it may cause them to stand.
If people's hearts you could read,
You would prove a friend indeed.

Selfish you should never be,
For Jesus said, "Follow me."
His cross He bore for your good.
Then do His will as you should.

And help each one that you meet,
Live true lives, don't dare to cheat
Anyone with whom you deal,
Then good you will always feel.

So lend a hand to the weak.
Kind words to them ever speak;
Pity give to one and all
That perchance maj' ever fall.

If in their place you had been
You would not be free from sin;
Then do not censure them so.
But kindly to them go.

And tell them of God's own Son,
How HTe died for everyone,
Who will repent and live right;
Yes, give tlnem the needed light.

Prove to all a good, true friend,
Your money and your time spend;
To imitate Jesus try,
And win fame that will not die.

Pleasures to you it will bring
In this life, and you can sing
With the ransomed evermore
When you leave this earthly shore.

MUSIC.

What is Music? xA sweet, soothing sound to our ear; a
heaHng balm to our sad and lonely hearts ; a recreation to
our minds, and a raptuotts joy to our in-most souls.

With the exception of religion, it is the most powerful
thing in the world. It can calm the rage of the savage, and
has wonderftil influence over small children.

At times people feel sad and bowed down with some great
sorrow, and seemingly do not care for anything; but let them
hear the soft strains of sweet music and it will lift them out
of their trouble and place them on higher ground.

Sweet Music, we love you, as you charm and console as
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well. We feel if we had the ^reat accomplishment we would
be happy and could pleasantly pass the time away. But, alas,
so many long- in vain and have to live on from year to year
with the great desire unsatisfied. But thanks to our Heavenly
Father, we can all have the sweet consolation that if we live
right we can one day join the Great Choir Above. Oh, how
g"rand and sweet will be the music furnished by the Angel
Band ! They will sing praises throughout Eternity to the
God who gave them life, and His own loved Son who died
for their redemption. Forever and forever the sweet strains
of music will peal forth from the many instruments of the
blood-washed saints of the New Jerusalem, and all will be in
harmony, and Love, Joy, Peace and Alusic will reign supreme.

MY DREAM OF HEAVEN

One niglit I dreamed a sweet dream.
It was fair as morning gleam;
The joy it then did impart
Has ever lived in my heart.

To the world I'll tell it now,
But I can't explain just how
I reached Heaven on that night,
In the dream my heart was light.

Ah, it was something like this:

Seemed that earth's pleasures I'd missed;

And alone while standing there

I was borne upon the air.

By some wondrous power great
I reached Heaven's Pearly Gate;
A sweet angel met me there
And I saw 'twas wondrous fair.

O'er tile City we then did roam,
That lovely, peaceful, sweet home;
t My soul drank the fragrant air

From the flowers that bloomed there.

Thrilled I was while viewing all.
On Jesus I wished to call;
He was on a stairway there.
Oh, his face was wondrous fair.

.'Xnd his robe was pure white.
My sad heart then seemed so light;
To see my Saviour so near
Made me feel I had no fear.

And up there I wished to stay,
P'or it was eternal day;

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But my work on earth wasn't o'er,
So I couldn't stay on that shore.

Back to earth I had to go,
Some seeds of goodness to sow;
And help some lost one to rise
To meet their Lord in the skies. .

I've told of the lovely place,
And the goodness of His face;
Many pleasures Heaven gives.
Good and true then all should live.

The conducting angel fair
Showed me all the beauties there;
But Heaven wouldn't be complete
If our loved ones we couldn't meet.

And be with them ever more
On that happy, peaceful shore;
In my dream that very night
I felt my heart would be light.

If my loved ones could be there,
With me in that City fair;
But on earth they did remain.
Back I had to go again.

And tell them my beautiful dream.
I was happy then, it seemed;
I've told all that I saw there.
Oh. 'twas wonderful and fair.

Memory now so sweet and low
Takes me back to long ago.
Yes, through time's dim tangled maze.
To the joy of girlhood days.

And my dream once more I see.
So I'm happy as can be;
For I feel when life is o'er
I'll meet Jesus on that shore.

And ever live free from care.
No sin nor pain can go there;
All will be joy, peace and love
In my Father's home above.

FRIENDSHIP.

Friendship is a beautiful flower that is often withered by
cruel neglect. A true friend is forever a friend and will not
at any time fail you, but will lend a helping hand when needed
most, no matter what an enemy may say, his soul will feel
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but he will be near and speak words of encouragement and
bid you look up, and hope, and wait.

I am sorry to say there arc so few true friends, but many
so-called friends who last only through prosperity and drop
off one by one when adversity comes. Like a dream of the
past, they are gone never to return. 'Tis then you feel dis-
couraged and Idue; but there is a Friend "that sticketh closer
than a brother," and as long as you can claim Him for your
own what's the use to be disheartened or sad? He will de-
fend you at the right time and raise up new and true friends
for you. The battle may seem against you and you grow weak
and weary of it all ; then He, who knows human weakness,
will keep you by His own hand and give you strength to
meet every need.

So bravely press on and never seem anxious when you
know that Christ is your friend. If at times your strength
and talents are spent in vain, and you seem to stand alone,
just remember that God will not leave you and the harvest
will come by and by. At the time when you least expect,
joy will spring up; if not in the way you wish, in a far better
way, and you will be prepared for more noble service. Then
ever sow good seed of friendship. Our Heavenly Father
watches over his own and says, "I will never leave you or
forsake you." (Heb. 13:5.)

TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS

Kind Editor, this little poem I send,
And it is to the News a friend.
It will tell what people say
Of your paper day by day.

For years many have read the News,
O'er its pages they like to muse.
It pleasantly passes the hours away.
To give it up they all say nay.

You ask why they like it so well.
Now, to you the truth I'll tell:
Of all papers it's one of the best
Published, North, East, South or West.

Chattanooga can boast and truly say
We have a paper that will stay.
And tell us the news each year.
For it to leave we have no fear.

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A paper so good is sure to last,

And o'er our lives a pleast^re cast.

What is better at close of day

Than a newsy paper? Nothing, I say.

If an ad to the News we send

It is sure to prove our friend.

By getting us what we need;

The want column is a blessing, indeed.

An evening paper is far the best,
One can read it while they rest.
The News is surely a bright ray
And tells the happenings of the day.

It has no equal, I have heard;
None can surely doubt the word.
Without the News we would be lost.
For we can read it at little cost.

Yes, it's in reach of all, we see,

For this, kind Editor, we thank thee.

May you live many years more

To send your paper our country o'er.

What would the city of Chattanooga be
Without the News for us to see?
And all the good it has done
Will be remembered by everyone.

Kind Editor, when your work is o'er.
May you reach the Golden Shore,
And there find true delight
In the City where there's no night.

Your loved ones there you'll know.
For our Bible tells us so.
With our Saviour may you be;
This, my earnest wish, for thee.

KINDNESS.

Kindness will stand any test,
It can soothe the savage breast.
With it foe is turned to friend.
Many evils it can mend.

Oh, yes, the small word means far more than we think
w^hen we jtist glance at it. Every creature in this world knows
its true value. Each dumb animal understands when it is
spoken to kindly, for they show it by their looks and acts,
so that is enough to pay us for the small trouble it takes to
treat them kindly. They have lots more sense than we give
them credit for, and they are more forgiving than man. When
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how readily he forgives his master and loves him just the
same. Not so with people. Some are ever ready to enter-
tain malace and get revenge ; even if they seemingly forgive
they never forget. Thus they hold hatred in their hearts.
Of course, this is not the right way to live, not the way our
Saviour wishes us to live. He tried to teach us by His every
word and act to be kind and forgiving to all. May we all
commence now and treat each creature kindly that we come
in contact with, and see how much happier we will be our-
selves ; we will bring pleasure to others by kindness. It will
give us more happiness than we really expect in this world,
and a white robe and bright crown in the Land where all is
Love and Kindness.

PATIENCE

In your soul's garden today
Plant this lovely flower, I say.
You will need it far the most
And of it you sure can boast.
Of earthly things it's the best.
You'll find this true, and no jest.
When some trial you must meet,
Ah, the fruit will be so sweet.

At times impatient you grow,
But you will reap what you sow.
Then try each day to live right.
For God will keep you in sight.
All some trials have to bear,
But for you He's sure to care.
Do your best each coming day
And ever walk the right way.

In duty's path you will find
A friend that is ever kind.
For true pleasures there 3'ou'll see
And be as happy as can be.
But it takes joy and sorrow
To fill up every morrow.
Then away with all your tears
And put by those useless fears.

For some days you will be blue
And can't tell just what to do.
Ah, then you should stop and say,
"I'll press on and ever pray
And live one day at a time."
It's a gem from wisdom's mine.
And though your way be dreary.
Don't let your heart grow weary.

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God has work for all to do

And it's for a purpose true.

All will find it if they look

In His Precious, Priceless Book.

For in language plain it's told,

*Tis better than pure gold.

Faith and Hope, and Patience, too,

These will help all live so true.

If of this one has a doubt,
They should surely cast it out;
Or care and pain it will give
As long as they have to live.
If true patience you possess,
God will all your efforts bless.
Yes, He'll do more for your good
Than any earthly friend e'er could.

May all who read this, I pray,
Cherish the bud every day;
Then it will grow up so tall.
To them it will be a wall
On every side of their life.
And keep out discord and strife,
When all of life's work is past
May they reach Heaven at last.

PRAYER.

Prayer is the key to the throne of Heaven. With it we
can unlock the pearly gates and go to our God and make
known our wants and wishes. When we say, "Father, grant
this for Jesus' sake," it touches His kind, loving heart, and
He often gives us what we long for.

God is ever merciful, and helps His children when they
are in the greatest need of help, for He knows their every
thought and desire and never turns one away empty handed
if they go in true faith. Prayer and faith can bring to sore
distress due resignation, even in the greatest trials of this
life. At times wdien we pray we know not what we should
ask, but the Spirit maketh intercessions for us, and we receive
far more than we ask or think. Oh ! how often we feel bowed
down beneath some load of care and no earthly friend can
know our grief. Then we go alone and bow our heads in
sweet, sacred commtmion with our God and He pours balm
on our despondent hearts, thus renewing our strength and
energy, then we can press on through faith towards the true
goal that all greatly desire.

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Moments spent in prayer places us on higher ground and
wafts our thoughts to things above, where our treasures lie
beyond the reach of earthly rust, and where beauty and youth
fade not away. If our prayers are in accordance with the
will of our Heavenly Father, we receive what we ask for;
if not. He then chooses for us. and we see that we were blind
and longing for things that could not make us happy. Then
let us all say when we pray, "Not my will but Thine be done,"
for God can see into the future and He well knows what to
give each of His children if they only trust in Him.

TO THE VIOLETS

Violets, you pretty flowers.

You bloom for the rich and poor.
In cold Winter's lonely hours

Just outside their open door.
'Tis thus you bravely take your stand

Decking every lonely place,
Soothing each one in our fair land.

You are ministers of grace.

Often j'ou cheer a fainting heart

In Winter, Spring or in Fall,
Oh, may you from us never part,

For we love you best of all.
You seem so cheerful and so sweet

That we will ever cherisn thee,
While you nestle at our feet.

For we love you, don't you see?

You try to chase away dull care

When we wear you on our breast;
Your tiny face so pure and fair

Seems to give us new hope and rest.
So bloom for us along our way

And when our last work is done
On our graves may you grow each day.

While our souls dwell with God's Son.

GOSPEL TABERNACLE.

On Williams and Sixteenth Streets, in Chattanooga, Tenn.,
there is a church whose pastor is the much loved Rev. W. M.
Tidwell. The writer has known him for seven years and can
truly say he is one of the best men she has ever known. Nine
years ago at the invitation of the late well loved Mr. J. F.
Loomis, the Rev. W. M. Tidwell came to our city to conduct a
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tically given up. The services at that time were held in the
old Presbyterian Church on Eighth and Chestnut Streets.
Mr. Loomis remained, assisting in the mission, with these
people until his death. When Rev. W. M. Tidwell came to
our city he expected to be here about two weeks, but after
the meeting he was impressed to remain here and conduct
services; and for four years the work was only a mission,
but many new converts were added to the number each year,
so after praying over the matter the pastor and people de-
cided to organize a local independent church. Some time ago
they united with the "Nazarine Church." Their doctrine is
practically the same as that of the Methodist Church. They
emphasize, as did the early Methodists, the necessity of a
clean heart, and being filled with love of God and His Holy
Spirit. They do not claim that they cannot sin, but that they
have no desire to sin after they are washed in the blood of
the Lamb, and by prayer and faith they keep Satan behind
them and live clean, upright lives ; and these people are ever
ready to help anyone on to higher living.

About five years ago they bought the lot on Williams
Street and built the Tabernacle. The Lord has graciously
blessed and saved many souls at almost all of their services
for five years; about 450 accepting Christ as their Saviour
last year at the meetings here in the city, some of these were
saved in the tent services.

Rev. W. M. Tidwell holds services in the shops and prisons
and various places. He is ever ready to lend a hand where
it is needed most. He conducts many funerals and spends
many hours each day in visiting the sick and ministering to
the suffering anywhere he finds them. He is a true Christian
in every sense of the word and is always about his Heavenly
Father's business. Would that our city had more men just
like him. His true purpose is to be a blessing to a suffering,
sin-cursed world, and win as many as possible of the lost for
Christ. May he remain with us until he has to go to his home
in Heaven is our true wish.

"NOT AS I WILL"

Blindfolded and alone I stand.

With unknown thresholds on each hand;

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The darkness deepens as I grope,
Afraid to fear, afraid to hope;
Yet this one thing I' learn to know-
Each day more surely as I go,
That doors are opened, ways are made,
Burdens are lifted or are laid,
By some great law unseen and still,
Unfathomed purpose to fulfill —
"Not as I will."

Blindfolded and alone I wait;
Loss seems too bitter, gain too late;
Too heavy burdens in the load
And too few helpers on the road;
And joy is weak and grief is strong,
And years and days so long, so long.
Yet this one thing I learn to know
Each day more surely as I go,
That I am glad the good and ill
By changeless law are ordered still —
"Not as I will."

"Not as I will;" the sound grows sweet
Each time my lips the words repeat.
"Not as I will;" the darkness feels
More safe than light when this thought steals
Like whispered voice to calm and bless
All unrest and loneliness.
"No as I will," because the One
Who loved us first and best has gone
Before us on the road, and still
For us must all His love fulfill —
"Not as we will."

Anonymous.

HOW I BELIEVE HEAVEN WILL BE.

For thirty-three years I have read and studied the Bible
and often wondered what Heaven would mean to those who
are so fortunate as to go there. At last I have come to this
conclusion: It will be a beautiful city with nothing- to annoy
its inhabitants; the streets will be gold, the gates pearl, the
angels all in white robes, and God's own face will be the
light up there. He will be a loving Father: each Saint will
be his obedient child, and eternal youth and beauty will be
stamped on each face, for age and deformity cannot enter
there.

All children are free from sin, envy and jealousy, there-
fore they are happy : but as soon as they reach the years of
accountability their sins and troubles begin, and as there is
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all be happy children, for the Bible plainly says. "Sufifer little
children to come nnto me and forbid them not. for of such is
the King-dom of Heaven." Then again it says. "They neither
marry nor are given in marriage, bi;t are as the angels of God."

Now I believe when we die and our bodies are consigned
to the grave, that the old sinful body goes back to earth and
a new one springs from it at the Resurrection morn just as
the grain of wheat decays but from it comes the new blade.
We cannot fully understand this, but we know it is true. I
believe the new body, in youthful form, reunites with the
Spirit wdiich comes from Heaven, then lives on throughout
Eternity without any knowledge of this life or its many cares,
sorrows and heartaches. If they could know any of the trou-
bles through which they passed in this world, they could not
be happy even in Heaven, for some loved one would be miss-
ing and it would cause deep grief to know that they were
forever lost because they would not believe on dear Jesus who
died that they might have a right to the Tree of Life.

Of course, no one can lift the veil that intervenes and see
into the future, but from the Scriptures we can imagine how
it will be. What a pretty picture to our mind's eye a vast
throng of white-robed children free from sorrow and care.
What more can we ask than to one day join that happy band
and dwell in our Father's home forevermore. Oh ! may we
all be ready to go when our Guardian Angel comes to waft
our souls to realms above.

HENRY AND CHARLEY

Henry is my only brother,

Charley was once his best friend,

He loved him next to mother,
For great pleasure he did lend.

Out to see us they used to come

In the Happy Days gone by;
We all liked our brother's chum,

We^re so glad to have him nigh.

He was jolly, good and kind.

We enjoyed his visits AA'ell;
Lots of game both boys did find

Jokes to us they used to tell.

Fishing and hunting they'd go

Most every day they were there;
Some cider they made, also.

Good times they had everywhere.

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At night they would sweetly play
And sing some pretty songs, too.

We always enjoyed their stay.
When tliey left it made us blue.

C. W. WESTON

i'. McCARVER

Back to Nashville they had to go,
For their business called them there;

Their sweethearts were there, also,
And they loved this handsome pair.

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Always treated them good and kind,

Until Charley went away;
Henry then desired to find

One to love him every day.

Lonely was he with Charley gone;

"T'll marry my girl," he said,
But it was a sad night and morn.

When lie heard Charley was dead.

In Washington beneath the sod

They laid his body away;
We hope his soul is safe with God,

So we can meet him some da^^

Then let us all live right while here,

And when we die we will go
To live with our Saviour so dear.

In Heaven, no sorrow to know.

So often to our God I pray

To keep brother from harm.
And help him walk the narrow way.

Leaning on Dear Jesus' arm.

A Christian he ought to be,

For his wife and mother are:
Two little boys he has, you see,

And they'll imitate their Pa.

Good examples he then should set;

Our God demands this of him.
The children will never forget

If they see their father sin.

When his last work here is o'er.

May he meet our Angel Belle,
Who now sings on the Golden Shore,

Where pleasures forever dwell.

"AMBITION"

To ambition's sphere I soar,
As each day's work is o'er.
And my soul finds true delight
When my own thoughts I can wTite:
Help I receive from above.
For I trust One who is Love.

Ambitious I've ever been.
And I hope it is no sin
To climb the ladder of fame
And place there a writer's name;
Lots of good I wish to do
And teach others to live true.

Stronger I would grow each year:
Fail — that word may I not fear.
But press onward to the goal:

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My hands may tire, but not my soul;
Should fate challenge, flesh may flee,
But I will not conquered be.

My hopes will dare any foe,
For no failure will they know;
Noble aims will surely last
When this earthly life is past;
Despair, no, they never will
Rise above the body still.

Shout aloud and gladly sing,
Death, where's victory? Grave the stinj
My heart is glad and beats high
To know my soul can never die;
So through life I will write on,
Do my duty, night and morn.

Some good I'll do, I believe.
If my hopes do not deceive;
Ambitious I'll be each day.
For it leads in the right way.
To my home beyond the sky.
Where true pleasures never die.

CHARACTER.

Character is what a person reallv is, and not what they
appear or j^retend to the world to be. Very often people are
different from what yoti think thev are. So many are wolves
in sheep's clothin^^ and go on from year to year deceiving"
all with whom they come in contact, but within themselves
they are miserable. In time they are found to be base de-
ceivers and all the world shrinks from them, for they are
false and cannot be depended upon. Should they tell the
truth once in awhile, no one would knoAv it, for a liar is not
to be beheved at any time, even though he may tell the truth.
I am glad that no one can hurt another's character. They
can only hurt their reputation, but by and by they will prove
what they are, for their words and acts will be right. It is
an old but true quotation, "Straws show which way the wind
blows." Day by day every one is btiilding either a good or
bad character, step by step, from infancy to old age, they
grow better or worse. A\ hen one's character is firm and un-
yielding it will weather the roughest storms of envy and
jealousy and come out victorious. On the other hand, if vacil-
lating, it will fall beneath the slight winds of foolish gossip.

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Our God knows our every thought and moti\e and judges
us according' to our desires and intentions, so we should ever
keep our minds full of good thoughts, for the Bible teaches
that out of the heart are the issues of life. At times good peo-
ple are thrown with wicked, worldly-minded sinners, and are
tempted to sin, but there is always a way to escape if they
will only look for the way. We are never given more than
we can bear, and when in doubt we should go to the Throne
of Grace for help. Jesus was given to the world for an ex-
ample, and we should strive with all our might to be like Him.
He is ever ready to help us wdien we have done all in our
power.

Anyone with a clear conscience has a good character that
is like a mighty wall, while the one without firmness is like
the house built upon the sand. In order to keep our char-
acter spotless we should never associate with the wicked, but
should try to help them back in the right path, for the ^•ilest
sinner can reform. In their hearts they love good morals,
even if they were weak and fell into the snares of Satan, for
he is ever ready to tempt those who have a desire to do right.
A good character will win friends and fame that will last
through life and a home in the Better World where peace
and purity reigns supreme.

THE REASON SHE NEVER WED

On a fast speeding train one night

Everyone was so gay,
Only a maid whose eyes shown bright,

She had nothing to say.
Her confidence in inan was gone.

None of them would she wed.
But goes to work on every morn

To earn her daily bread.

On God and self will she depend.

To her men seem so weak;
Jesus has proved her truest friend.

His help she'll ever seek.
Her love, her guide, her hope, her all

The Bible now will be;
With it she. knows she will not fall;

He's said. "I'll not leave thee."

In the past she had loved and lost

A man she once thought true.
But sent him from her at great cost.

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It then made her so blue.
The truth she had loved since a child:

Falsehoods her lover told.
And v^'ith a look so meek and mild

Was a deceiver bold.

May her confidence be replaced,

Her heart from care be free;
From her life be ever erased

The false one, don't you see?
IVIay she then find her heart's true mate

And wed him some sweet day.
Travel the journey of this life

In peace and love alway.

"CASTLES IN THE AIR"

For awhile each day or nij^ht.

Just to make your heart real liglit.

Steal away from all dull care,

Build a Castle in the Air;

In it you can happy be.

Have things as you want them; see?

There your fondest dreams come true,

You can do what you want to.

There's much on earth to annoy,
Then fly away to the joy
That's in the Castles so fair,
High up in the pure air.
No sorrow there will you find.
Everyone is good and kind;
And true pleasures are complete
To this guide your weary feet.

Prosaic grows the things that are
Frpm happiness they are far:
So many trials are found
Down here on this sad old ground:
From them you should fly away
To where there's a brighter day.
No pain or sickness is there
In the Castles in the Air.

Then take good advice, and dwell,
If only for a short spell.
Away from worry and doubt
To a place where sin's cast out;
Where affections are pure
And lovers all are sure
That their love will really last
In the future, as in the past.

Many friends you'll find up there.
They will treat you just and fair;
Congenial you all will be.
As you stroll by the bright sea;
Lovely flowers there each day

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Will grow all along your way;
Paradise will be so near,
And you'll never shed a tear.

Then go some time to this place;

You'll leave with a smiling face.

Enjoy the time; yes, you will;

With pleasure your heart it will fill.

Rest to your mind it will cfi^/e.

In the Castles you'll wish to live

a part of each day or night.

For it will make your cross light.

A BUNCH OF VIOLETS

A bunch of withered violets

That were gathered only for thee.
By the one who never forgets

Her true friend, now don't you see?
A message they have to impart,

Now listen to what they say,
"Some one loves you with a true heart

Although you are far awaj'."

Violets evvr whisper of love,

This is Iheir mission, Dear,
They say, "I'm true as the stars above,"

Believe them and never fear;
Through winter's long, lonely hours

They've slumbered, but were not dead.
My love for j^ou is like these flowers.

So remember what I've said.

To you I will always be true.

True ar, these violets are,
I love no one as I love you

Whether you are near or far;
I remember when last we met,

Violets I gave to you.
There are some things we can't forget,

You said, "Little girl be true."

As the violets sleep and wait

For God's own Spring-time each year.
So my love just trusts kind fate

To send you to me. My Dear.
If not in this world, then above

May we be together, I pray.
Where all is joy and peace and love.

In the land where it's ever day.

Up there God's own face is the light,

Our longing will all be o'er.
In Heaven robed in pure white.

May we love and live evermore.
Free from care as these flowers are

We then can rejoice and sing.
That City to us won't seem so far

When we go to meet our King.

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TALENTS

Every person here below
Has some talent I well know.
The Bible teaches this truth;
All should try while in their youth
To find their talent, then work
On and on and never shirk
Their duty, let come what may,
Help they'll find along their way.

Cultivate your talent well.
You can rise although you fell
Many times along your way.
You've been heard to say,
"I can't do this, I'll give up.
And not drink the bitter cup."
Then a small voice seems to say,
"Strength I'll give you every day."

"Do with your might what you can.
Play the part of upright man."
If this voice you will obey
You can be good every day;
Succor you'll meet as you go;
Much you can gain here below;
Then onward and upward press.
Help you'll receive is no guess.

On your daily march you meet
Bitter foes and friends so sweet
But you can pass each one by
With a smile or with a sigh;
Always lend a helping hand,
With the right be sure you stand,
Or many things you will rue:
This you will find to be true.

We are children in the dark,
Groping to find the sweet spark
Of God's love, oh, what power
It can lend each fleeting hour,
And it drives dull care away,
Turns our night time into day;
Our inmost soul loves God best.
He alone will stand the test.

Friends prove false we thought were True
And we feel so very blue.
God then lends a heloing hand
Which causes us to firmly stand;
He heals our sad and broken heart
When we bravely play our part;
Then true we all should ever be
As we sail life's troubled sea.

Some storms we will meet each daj*.
To this truth I once said nay.
When some one old and sad
Told me I almost got mad:

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I have lived to find it true,
But I've learned just what to do.
Gird on the armor of hope —
Work and w^ait and never mope.

Our talents, pleasure will give
Each day and year that we live
If to them we are ever true;
God will show us what to do.
Our souls He will surely save
For through love His Son He gave.
Then let us have faith each day.
And ever walk the narrow way.

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"DADDY AND TOM"

(The Chattanooga News — June 29. 1^15.)

Listen to me for awhile
And I'll tell in poetical style,
Something that certainly is so,
Read it, and then yon will know.

These men of whom I now write
Always keep their faces bright,
Together they work every day
In a useful, simple way.

Their dispositions all know well,
Their sur-names I need not tell,
True to each other they sure are
And they work upon the Car.

They don't tell their wives, so Dear,
Many things they see and hear,
As they go, both to and fro;
No one knows just what they know!

Always jolly, full of fun,
They look like Daddy and Son,
Both love pretty girls so well.
But this fact they dare not tell.

For fear their wives would scold, see!
And not so good to them be.
Congenial, yes, they sure are,
Good times they have on their car.

Ah! they sure have passed their teens
And have been behind the scenes.
And they both have wiser grown;
This, they do not care to own.

The world may look on each face,
But no meanness can it trace;
It cannot guess their few woes.
They have secrets no one knows.

But they are not very bad.
No accident they have had.
Long with one company they stay.
Toiling both night and day.

The Superintendent they like well.
And to him the truth they tell.
Their duty they ever do,
All can say that this is true.

They don't tell all that they know.
It's not policy to do so.
They are awful good to all.
Many people on them call.

One is fat, while one is lean,
But neither of them is mean.
In good company they sure go
And have good manners also.

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They seem to own the "Short Line,"
On it they have a good time.
Trouble comes sometime their way.
Especially on a rainy day.

But tlie rain soon passes b3^
They are heard to laugh, not sigh,
Daddy will whistle and sing
And a smile to Tom's face bring.

Everybody likes these two well
And some secrets to them tell.
Betray them. No, they will not;
It's safe as if 'twas forgot.

Many months they have worked together
In both good and bad weather.
On Willow Loop they ever are.
They have friends both near and far.

Now they are polite to all.
Gladly help the short and tall.
That may chance to ride each day;
They are well raised, all can say.

Compliments they get, 'tis true.
They scarcely are ever blue.
Good true hearts beat in their breasts,
They can always stand the tests.

For their loved ones they toil on;
Yes! rise early in the morn.
Sympathy they surely get;
It don't keep them warm, you bet.

But it helps to smooth their way,
As they work on, day by day:
Better times may this pair see.
This my prayer, good Lord, to Thee.

But they'll reap just what they sow,
When they die their souls will go
To the place they are fitted for.
May they stay good, on their car.

They are on the train of life
And will meet some bitter strife.
Faith and work can take them on
To Heaven's Eternal morn.

Yes! when their last work is o'er
May we meet them on that Shore
And live in the City Fair
Free from all sorrow and care.

Redeemed by Dear Jesus' blood.
All can plunge beneath the flood,
And be made white as the snow.
For the Blessed Book tells us so.

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"DADDY" WEBSTER'S SEVENTIETH

YEAR FINDS HIM WELL AND HAPPY

Genial Street Car Man Congratulated by His Friends — Prob-
ably Oldest Active Conductor in United States — Inter-
esting Facts in City's Early History Told by
Popular "Bill" Webster.

(The Chattanooga Xews — June 29, 1915.)

Chattanooga has the distinction of having probalily the
oldest and best-liked street car conductor in the country.
Fifty-nine years in the harness and still hale and hardy and
working every day, is the record of J. W. Webster, familiarly
known to his host of friends as "Daddy" ^^ ebster.

"Daddy" is the oldest street car conductor in point of age
in the city, and probably in the United States. He celebrated
his seventieth birthday on Monday, June 28, and says he
expects to keep on working for at least ten years.

The Webster family is remarkable for its longevity, and
so "Daddy's" friends would not be in the least surprised to
see his prediction fulfilled. His father was Thomas Webster,
who moved to this city in 1856 and started an iron foundry
here. This foundry was the largest industry in Chattanooga
at that time, occupying the space from where the Southern
freight depot is now located to King street. Mr. Webster
stated that part of the present Southern freight depot was the
old Webster machine shop.

The Civil War interrupted the business of the A\''ebsters,
who moved to Griffin, Ga., when the Union occupation of the
city took place. Young Webster enlisted in the Confederate
Army and was a member of Company H, Second Tennessee
Volunteers, in Ashby's Brigade. He served until the end of
the war and then returned to Chattanooga.-

Mr. Webster's father re-established his iron foundry at
Chattanooga after the Civil War and remained here for a great
number of years. He died at the age of 91 about seven years-
ago. Previous to his death he went to South Pittsburg and
constructed the foundry for the Cincinnati Southern Coal and
Foundry Works. Mr. Webster's mother died two years ago-
at the age of 88. His oldest sister is the wife of C. E. James.

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"Daddy" A\'el)ster was in a "reminiscino" mood when seen
by a News reporter this morninq-. lie said that when he first
arrived in this city it was nothing- Init a nmd fiat. All the
business section of the town was about Fourth Street. There
were only three or four Iniildings on Market Street and noth-
ing but mud roads.

"I remember especially a confectionary store on Market
Street kept by ^Ir. DeGeorgis. where I used to get the best
candies and pastry — or at least they seemed to me to be at
that time," said Mr. Webster, who coiitinued that members
of the DeGeorgis family were Aalued residents of the citv
today.

When the "dummy" line tcj Chickamauga was first built
by C. E. James in 1886, "Daddy" AA'ebster ran the first engine
which was ever operated over the road. He continued to drive
this engine for five years and thea became a conductor on
the "dummy" line for a similar period of time. AMien the
line passed into the hands of receivers, "Daddy" severed his
connection "with it and ran an engine on the Cincinnati South-
ern Raihvay from this city to Somerset, Ky. After three years
of this, he went into the machine shops of the same concern.

"Daddy" has been with the Chattanooga Railway and
Light Company for nine years. His continued service on the
street railways of the city with dififerent companies gives him
perhaps the longest record of any Chattanooga railway man
today, though he is surpassed by several in length of employ-
ment on the Chattanooga Railway and Light Company. He
stated with great pride that he had ne\'er had an accident on
the street car line ; had never been called into the ofiice nor
had to make out an}- report of an accident. He was on the
AA'illow Street line for seven years and has now been on the
Carter Street line for some time.

When the Confederate \'eterans' Reunion was held in
Chattanooga in 1913, the fellow-employes of "Daddy" A\'eb-
ster presented him with a uniform of Confederate gray, which
greatly touched him and which he deeply appreciated.

"Chattanooga is the finest town in the South and will get
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said tliat he expected to lie in harness for at least ten years
more.

"Daddy" A\'ebster is 70 years old, but one would never
know it. He looks hale and hardy, Avith a frank open face
and a courteous manner. His hair is gray and his face ruddy.

It is his privilege to be liked by every man on the force
of the local railway comjiany, who affectionately call him
"Bill." much to his enjoyment and pleasure. He greets the
crews of passing" cars Avith a cordial word and a hearty hand-
shake, and it may well be that his prophecy of ten more years
will be fulfilled. He is being congratulated on his seventieth
birthday by his many friends.

"BE TRUE"

If to yourseh' j'ou are true.

You'll do what your soul saj^s to;

False to no one you will be.

But true and happy. Don't you see?

Your conscience is a true guide:

In truth and faith, then, confide,

And all things will come out right.

For God will keep you in sight.

Lots of people are not vrue.

And that's why they sadly rue

Many things thej' do and say

In a sinful, selhsh way.

For deceit they often use

And the truth sadly abuse.

But for this thej' have to pay

In many a bitter waj'.

Xow sin is born in each one.
So that's why God gave his Son
To die, for all that believe.
Often His spirit they grieve.
By wandering in paths of sin.
Then new life they should begin.
Slow but safely they can rise
And win tlie everlasting prize.

Happy each person could be

If they were true. Don't you see?

Discord and strife would cease,

Each one live in perfect peace.

No evil would we then fear,

It would seem like Heaven here.

If it was in my power

Truth I would teach every hour.

So many vows people make.

Not being true, they them break,

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And cry out in tears and pain,
"Oh! to live my life again!"
They can profit from the past
And may reach Heaven at last.
If to their God they'll be true
He wiU teach them what to do.

LIFE IS A STRUGGLE

Every one's life is a struggle
From the cradle to the grave,

Each heart has some kind of trouble
And needs God's help to be brave.

For disappointments all will meet
On their journey here below.

But they can have a friend so sweet
Who will help, as on they go.

Alone any one strives in vain
And will fall beside the way,

Under the weight of grief and pain
That they suffer day by day.

With prayer and faitli all can rise
And receive help from above,

Yes, some day gain the longed-for prize
In Heaven where all is love.

LONELY FOR YOU ONLY

Since the evening that we met

I've been so lonely for you,
The words you said I'll ne'er forget,

For I felt that you were true;
Congenial we were that eve

Your truthfulness won my heart.
Darling, you did not dare deceive.

But noialy played your part.

So that's why I'm lonely for you,

No one can e'er take your place.
My love is steadfast and true,

I long to see your sweet face;
Happiness to me it would bring

And make my lonely heart light,
I can't tell why, to you I cling,

And dream of you day and night.

I know it is because I love you.

Crush this love, I cannot.
But you could, by not being true.

And blight all my future lot;
Life would not be worth living then,

Sad and lonely it would be,
For you are not like other men.

So I long for "Thee," only "Thee."

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"WEARY"

I'm so weary of the strife
And housekeeper's busy life.
Would like to live for awhile
In quite a dififerent style.
Yes, have time to write at ease.
Study and do as I please,
As things are now, I can say
It's just work from day to day.

Although I'm a happy wife,

Monotonous is my life,

To live in ambition's sphere

If only for one short year.

Recline I would at my hearth.

And enjoy a poet's mirth,

I've learned much I wish to tell,

O'er my life it's cast a spell.

I've let ambition find a place,

.\nd there in hope's fond embrace,

I looked forth and saw the goal,

The great wish of my soul.

From true knowledge's stream, of course,

I have wandered to the source.

And my life is free from care,

Living in happiness there.

I'm not what I'd like to be.

For I'm on a longing sea.

If I could be young once more,

I would sail toward one shore.

And my castles in the air,

Even now, would be so fair.

My sweet dreams of long ago

Would gleam with a brighter glow.

W'eary of lost aspiration.
And some of life's probation,
Of dreams that soon fade away.
That gave pleasure night and day.
I'm so weary, let me rest,
Then I'll give the world my best.
Life, to all, is only given
Just to fit them for Heaven.

But I'm weary, lonely, sad.
It seems my heart won't be glad,
I'm not weary of life here.
But so weary of the fear,
That confronts me every day
And tries hard to bar my way.
But I will hope and work on
'Till all doubts and fears are gone.

And I'll try not to be weary.
Even if life is dreary.
Just take heart and try again
To write on, although in vain,

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Pleasure to me it will give
So long as I ha\'c to live.
It I bear all on me laid
Well I know 1 will be paid.

Not in wealth or worldly show
.And not pleasures on the go,
But in duty's path I'll find
A true friend that is so kind.
He my guide will ever be,
'Till I reach the crystal sea.
If I walk the narrow way.
It will lead to perfect day.

In m\- liome bej'ond the sky.
True pleasure will never die,
What I've longed for, even here,
There I'll find, I have no fear.
So mj^ heart must cease to pine.
For sometime the sun may shine.
If not in this world, above.
With my Saviour, who is Love.

WAITING FOR YOU

I am waiting for you each daj'.

With a heart that is true.
Although I am now far away,

I often think of you;
But I can hope, and work and wait,

Loving you all the while.
Trusting that some da3^ soon or late.

You'll welcome my own smile.

Waiting, my darling, 'til me meet.

We may be older grown,
Your love to me is now so sweet,

I claim you as my own:
The time will surely come, my dear.

When you will be my bride.
It may not be so very near.

In God let us confide.

When all the barriers are gone,

I'll wed you, my heart's mate.
For I love you both night and morn,

But long I've had to wait:
Many years have passed, mj^ darling.

Since the eve we first met.
But to you I shall ever cling

For vou I can't forget.

A CHAIN

"The bond that links our -ouls together.
Will it last through stormy weather?
Will it moulder and decay.

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As the long liours pass away?
Would it stretch should fate divide us?
Oh! if it look too poor and slight,
Let us break the links tonight.

It was not forged by mortal hands,

Or clasped with golden bars and bands;

Save thine and mine, no other eyes.

The slender link can recognize:

In the bright light it seems to fade.

And it is hidden in the shade;

While Heaven nor Earth have ever heard,

One solemn vow, or plighted word.

Yet what no mortal hand could make.
No mortal power can ever break:
What words or vows could never do.
No words or vows can make untrue;
And if to other hearts unknown.
The dearer and the more our own;
Because too sacred and divine.
For other eyes, save thine and mine.

And see. though slender it is made.
Of love and trust, and can they fade?
While, if too slight it seem to bear,
The breathing of the summer air;
We know that it could bear the weight
Of a most heavy heart, of late;
And as each day and hour flew.
The stronger for its burden grew.

And, too, we know and feel again.
It has been sanctified by pain:
For what God deigns to try with sorrow
He means not to decay tomorrow:
But through that fiery trial at last.
When earthly ties and bonds are past;
What slighter things dare not endure.
Will make our love more safe and pure.

Love shall be purified by pain.
And pain be soothed by love again;
So let us now take heart and go.
Cheerfully on, through joy and woe:
No change the summer sun can bring.
Or the inconstant skies of spring.
Or the bleak winter's stormy weather,
For we shall meet them. Love, together."

— A Fugitive, author unknown.

WHEN OUR LESSONS ARE O'ER

Each day a lesson we must learn.
At eve another page we turn:
Thus on through life we swiftly go.
Ever reaping just what we sow.

In this world we must work and wait.
Trusting our God, both soon and late;

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Doing our duty, come what mai'.
Helping the weak along their way.

Good deeds we then should ever do.
To our conscience remain true;
Then everything will come out right.
For God will give the needed light.

From our lessons, lots we can gain.
If to people we give no pain;
Happy we can be here below,
And some day to Heaven we'll go.

When our last lesson we have learned,
And our crown we have rightly earned;
We will be free from toil and care.
Living with Dear Jesus up there.

A FATAL MEETING

A man left his home one day,
Called on a friend o'er the way,
While there his fate he sure met.
That sweet day he'll not forget.
And to the river that day
They went a-fishing so gay.
Alone above the water there
Their hearts were free from all care.

Listening to the murmuring stream,
Happy they were, as in a dream,
While they stood there together
Their thoughts not of the weather;
Or the wavelets rippling by.
And they both kept wondering why
They were so happy on that eve,
Did not think they'd ever grieve.

Her heart had always been gay.
Not so, when he went away,
She had never loved till then.
But been loved by many men;
Had never felt Cupid's dart
Pierce her girlish, tender heart.
But then the time had come
And she was loving him "Some."

Silent they, but the breezes low
Seemed to whisper, "Yes, I know
Your souls mingle together.
You'll love in any weather;
May your paths be smooth here
And a peaceful current dear,
One in heart, still side by side,
May you ever happy glide."

"Onward to Eternal Life,

With peace and love, and no strife.

May your hopeful bosom swell,

Trust Him who doetli all things well."

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And this the winds seemed to say
On that happy by-gone day
To the new found lovers there
And they felt tliey had no care.

But the time soon came, with pain.
Homeward bound, he was again.
But his thoughts were with her there
And for him, she breathed a prayer;
Prayed they'd meet again some day,
Fate was kind to them, I say.
For they met and loved far more
Than they did in days of yore.

Then to a reunion they v^ent,
Some happy hours were spent,
That day they will ne'er forget.
It lives in their memory yet;
Most a year has passed since then
And she has met many men.
But her heart to him is true,
Without his love she'd be blue.

If to her he'll constant be

Many pleasures they will see,

For her heart is his alone.

With him many joys she's known;

She's the idol of his heart.

And froin her he ne'er should part,

And he hopes that future years

Will bring happiness, not tears.

"OUR CHRISTMAS GIFT"

Christmas is most all we can liear.

For the time is drawing near.

Both rich and poor, great and small.

Expect Santa on them to call.

May he not forget, even one

We know God gave us His loved Son,

He is a gift that is so true

And to our souls is ever new.

'Tis sad to say, few celebrate
Our Christmas as they should, of late.
Most people do not seem to know
That many places that they go
And lots of things they do and say
On our Blessed Sweet Christmas Daj"
Are not so pleasing to our God
Not like the way our Saviour trod.

May all who read these lines today
Sa}', "I'll celebrate in a way
Different to any of the past.
Yes, do some good that will last.
Not give so much for a show.
But to some one in need, I'll go;
Tell thein that on one Christmas morn
A Saviour to our world was born."

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"And is a gift from God above.
Oh! what unselfish, wondrous love.
And we should all give good alone
To the poor as well as our own.
'Tis better to give than to receive,
This is a truth all should believe,
And if the gift is from tlie heart,
From your friend it will not depart.

As Christmas is now drawing near.
With all its gifts of joy and cheer.
Let us teach the children so true
What our Saviour would have them do.
"Now give to the poor," He has said,
And don't let any one want for bread.
Ever help the weak, near and far.
For some are poorer than we are.

Tell the little ones not to be

Selfish, but to love and serve. See!

And tell them God loves Girls and Boys

That will divide their sweets and toys.

Santa Clans loves no selfish one.

They will see no pleasure or fun.

This truth impress on each young heart.

When older, it will not depart.

When children are taught what is right.
When they walk in the true light.
Memories sweet take us back again
To the years when we knew no pain.
The story was sweet, even if old,
Of our Dear Santa out in the cold.
With his load of all kinds of toys.
For all the good little girls and boys.

We were snugly tucked in bed.
Sometimes would cover our heads.
We sigh to know wiser we've grown.
Now all those childish joys have flown;
To ns they will never come more.
Unless we find them on that Shore.
Perhaps we will be children there
In that Land where all is fair.

Sometimes in our dreams we can see
Our own loved, lost, Christmas tree.
In fancy a child once more we are.
From youth to age, don't seem so far.
Let us have patience with the child
And tell him of Jesus so mild.
Yes! how the wise men found him there
In the manger, a babe so fair.

How the lost world He came to save.
Died on the cross, came from the grave,
So He is the best gift of all
That we have received, great or small.
Would that I could impress each heart,

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From this true gift never to part,

For it is better than all gold.

It sure will bring pleasure untold.

Through death's stream this gift we take,
It will be ours when we awake,
Yes, we will have it up there
In_ Heaven's Eternal morn so fair.
With the Saved we can shout and sing,
Our small gifts to the Saviour bring.
He gave His life for us while liere.
Let us use right our Christmas Cheer.

THE NEW YEAR

Just as the Old Year dies tonight,

May all that's bad within us die,
And may our good grow so bright

That we will have no cause to sigh.

The year that's gone we can't recall.

And it has passed forever away;
In this new one may we not fall.

But live more true from day to day.

Each New Year's might a leaf we turn;

Oh! may this one not so blotted be
As the last one, and maj^ we learn.

To lean closer, Dear Lord, to Thee.

For well we know that God is good;

Then in the right path let us walk.
Of course we all know that we should

Guard our thoughts as well as talk.

If this good rule we will obey,

Happy we'll be as on we go;
From this dear peaceful New Year's day,

Seeds of good may we ever sow.

Then in the future they'll spring up.

And be so tall that all can see
'Tis from the Living Water we sup;

And have taught others to serve Thee.

Each New Year resolves we all make;

Try hard to keep them, yes, we do.
Many of them we sadly break.

And then we feel so very blue.

We know that flesh is very weak;

But when we fail let's try again,
And our Dear Saviour's pardon seek.

Yes, strive hard not to give Him pain.

Oh! may we all try so keenly

To make this the best year of all,
It will be if we live cleanly.

And when in doubt on our God call.

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He ever hears us when we pra^':

Now we well know that this is true.

Where there's a will there is a way.
We can do wliat we try to do.

That is if the motive is right;

God knows the secrets of our heart,
He keeps each one of them in sight:

Then let us bravely play our part.

So when our last New Year we see,
]\Iay we enter the pearly gate.

And with our Saviour forever be,
Safely sheltered from storm and hate.

DAILY REFLECTION

Something each day — a deed

Of kindness and of good
To link in closer bonds

All human brotherhood —
Oh, thus the heavenly will

We all may do while here!
For a good deed every day

Makes blessed all the year.

Author not known.

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