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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
Sage Company Owes
Many Millions of
Dollars.
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O PIEDMONT SHOP 0
0 18 CLOSED DOWN 0
O O
O The Piedmont Brokerage Com- O
O peny, located In the hnaement O
O of the Piedmont Hotel, cloned It* O
0 door* Thursday morning. The 0
O Piedmont company wa* opened O
0 up several month* ntto under the O
0 management of a stock company O
0 capitalised at 12.000. 0
0 The company came before the O
O public during the Southern Cot- 0
O ton Assoelatlon Investigation. 0
O when It was dlacovered that A. A. O
O Fairchild, manager of the publl- O
0 cation bureau for the association, 0
0 was one of the eight stockholders. 0
O Mannger W. C. Love stated O
0 Thursday: "I hope to have the O
0 doors opened again tomorrow. If O
O so, we will do business through O
0 Odell A Co. of Cincinnati. I am O
O now waiting to see the president O
0 of the company, who Is out of the O
O city. Of course. I cannot act un- 0
0 til the consent of the stockholders 0
0 Is obtained." 0
0 Manager Love also staled that 0
O the company was hurt very little O
0 by the Hage failure, tut there were O
O only » few customers at the time. O
O On the board of the Piedmont O
O shop. Instead of the usual line of 0
0 quotations, appears the following. O
O which was sent out by M. J. Sage 0
O to all the shops under his manage- O
O ment: O
0 "Our backer, who has been fur-' O
O nlshtug us finances to run this 0
0 business, refuses to put up any 0
O more money. This leaves us with O
g but one alternative. That Is to 0
close up. However much wa re- 0
O gret to make this statement, elr- 0
O cumatanees force us to do so. This 0
O action! Is as much of a surprise to 0
O us as to any of you. O
O (Signed! "M. J. SAGE A CO." O
0 On another I ton rd Is written: O
O "Business suspended on account 0
O of M. J. Sage's failure.” 0
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By Private Leased Wire.
New Tork, Aug. 21—Investigation to
day Into the operations of M. J. Sage
A Co., the bucket shop brokerage con
cern backed by "Al" Adams, ex-convict
and policy king, with ofllcea at 87
Broadway, which has announced Its
•luspenalon," brought out the startling
tact that 18.040 persons throughout the
country who were led Into speculation
have been fleeced of 12,000,000.
While many of the Sago concern’s
dupes were people of other cities and
towns, sevoral thousand of them are
New Yorkers and hundreds of these
latter, long before the usual Wall street
hours, gathered at the concern’s Broad
way offices, angrily trying to find some
one who could give them satisfaction.
Crowds Basiss* Offices.
At the Sage company’s offices at No.
1 Montgomery street, Jersey City, the
same thing occurred.
Tbla “get rich quick" concern was
startr l by "Al” Adams through bis
# m. Alfred I,. Adams, Jr„ even before
the father was out of his cell at Bing
Sing, Where he waa serving a sentence
In connection with hla policy shops
swindle.
The policy king, when he determined
to abandon the game In which he had
ground out a fortune of several millions
from the gullible public, picked out
the bucket shop lure nnd rallied to his
support a band of men, all officers or
directors of M. J, Sage A Co., whose
previous record* were notorious.
Federal Folk Tak* Hand.
Application was to have been made
today In Jersey City for the appoint
ment of WUItnm Beverly, chief clerk of
the Jersey City offices, as assignee of
tha Bags concern.
The Federal authorities took ■ hand
today In the affairs of the bucket ehop
firm.
Ae soon as the pnstofflee department
heard that tha concern had suspended
they began an Investigation, with the
r-eiilt that today a great quantity of
mall, addresaad to the Arm, waa held
In the New York poatofflee.
Mensy ,1a Captured.
A number of the United Slate* postal
Inspectors were Immediately detailed
on the case. The first fruit* of the
investigation revealed the fact that
"Al" Adams himself la In Mexico. The
inspector act to work to locate the
others of tha syndicate.
I! was aald by the postal authorities
that the mall which ha* been detained
here contains thousands upon thou
sands of dollars In checks and money
orden from gullible victims all over
tha country.
Koch day’s mall to Sage ft Co. con
tained large sums In checks, cash and
money orders.
HUBERT L. CULBERSON
ELECTED TREASURER
Defeats James G. Woodward by Five Hun
dred Votes in Red Hot Race.
In one of the hottest races ever known In Fulton county, Hubert h.
Culberson was Wednesday elected county treasurer against a fleld of seven
other candidates.
His nearest competitor was Mayor James O. Woodward, who.polled
2.018 voles as against Mr. Culberaoha 2,672. Macon C. Sharp ran a close
third, hla total being I,#27.
Charles I. Branan was fourth and Draper was flfth.
Following Is tbe unofficial rate tabuntfed by wards and predacts:
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
IE TABLE
LVOIE
First Ward.. ..
Second Ward...
Third Ward... .
Fourth Ward... .
Fifth Ward
Sixth Ward
Seventh Ward...
Eighth Word... .
Adamsvtlle
Battle Hill
Bryants
Blackball
Buckhead
College Park ...
Collin*
Cooks
East Point
Edgewood
Hapevllle
Peachtree
Oak Orove
South Bend
Total*
20?
43 H
FOR GOVERNOR—FULTON COUNTY.
First Ward
Second Ward... .
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
Fifth Ward
Sixth Ward
Seventh Ward...
Eighth Word... .
Adanirvllle
Battle Hill
Blackhnll
Bryants
Buckhead... ... ■
Collins
Cooks
East Point
College Park
Edgewood... ...
Hapevllle
Oak Orove
Peachtrea... ... .
South Bend
Total*...
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i
J
J
-J
-J
J
I
U
X
o
id
?
O
3
3
-I .
fc
to
3B
X
z
a
Hi
-J
467
289
•9
7
i
938
625
128
16
3
391
137
7
6
567,
294
73
12
5
632
2*1
95
6
687
605
57
8
i
240
191
28
2
170
214
12
3
48
u
3
1
115
21
/H(fM
25
37
6
36
69
1
51
30
17
6
174
i
78
27
3
i
4t
14
49
44
5
i
2K
94
27
33]
10
6,333
3,432]
til
60
18
LATE BULLETINS
OF THE ELECTIONS
FLOYD COUNTY.
Rome, da., Aug. 38.—The official re
turns of Floyd county give Hoke Smith
471 majority over Howell. For comp-
troller-geneml, William A. Wright re-
reived 1,404 and V. T. Sanford 859.
Mom Wright, la re-elected Judge of
Rome district court.
WILKE8 COUNTY.
Washington. Oa., Aug. 23.—The of-
flrlat consolidated returns from the
voting precincts In Wilkes county
show the following results: Hoke
Smith 608. Jim Smith 418, Russell 24,
Howell 17, Estllf 3.
The election passed off quietly. A
smaller vote was polled than waa an
ticipated. only 1,127 being cast out of
1,500 registered.
William A. Wright defeated Vlnee
Sanford 3 In 1. and Merritt defeated
Johnson by n like vole.
About twenty votea were thrown out
on neenunt of mutilation.
HENRY COUNTY.
McDonough. Oa., Aug. 33.—Hoke
Smith's plurality In Henry county la
374 Wright’s majority over Sanford
la 1.090. Merritt's majorl’y over John
ston Is 1,000, nsagan for Judge carried
Henry by 934 over Y. A. Wright.
DOOLY COUNTY.
Vienna. On., Aug. 2S.Hoke Smith has
cnrrted Dooly county by 143 majority.
COBB COUNTY.
Marietta, (la.. Aug. 73.—Complete re
turn* In Cobb county give Hoke Smith
1.489, Howell 477, Russell US, Eetlll
38, Jim Smith It.
RandolphBounty.
Outhbert. On.. Aug. 23.—Hoke Smith
and Colonel Worrlll enrry Randolph
county by an overwhelming majority.
LOWNDE8 COUNTY.
Valdosta, tin.. Aug. 23.—Th# follow
ing official vote of Lowndes county:
Estlll 71. Howell <32, Russell 3, Hoke
Smith 769. James M. Smith 0; W. R.
Merrill. 1.22*. Mark Johnson 122. V.
T. Sanford 9*. William A. Wright 1,328.
tnwriRAY COUNTY.
Spring Place, Oa., Aug. 23.—Hoke
Smith has carried Murray county by
233 majority.
3PALDINQ COUNTY.
Orirrin, Oa.. Aug. 33.—Hoke Smith's
majority In Spnldlng county 267.
Reagan, for Judge, gets 722 majority.
CHEROKEE COUNTY.
Canton. Oa., Aug. 23.—For governor,
Hoke Smith 928, Howell 314, Russell
31. Estlll 7, James M. Smith 8. Hoke
Smith's plurality 647. For comptroller,
Vincent T. Snnfonl 319, Wright 883:
school commissioner, Johnson 743, Mer
ritt 669.
Rnystnn, Oa., Aug. 23.—Franklin
county gives Hoke Smith 1,413, Russell
304, Jim Smith 253. Estlll 7, Howell 6.
Merritt, Wright nnd llrand will win
M’DUFFIE COUNTY.
Thomson, Oa., Aug.' 33.—Despit# the
fact that Hon. Thomas E. Watson en
tered actively Into the campaign In th#
Interest of the candidacy of Hoke
Smith for governor, the county waa
carried by James Smith by a safe ma
jority.
PIERCE COUNTY.
Rlnekshear, Oa., Aug. 23.—Official
returns ot Pierce county give Hoke
Smith 418, Estlll 138, Howell 1, Rus
sell 14.
BIBB COUNTY.
Macon, Oa., Aug. 28.—A division of
the solid Democratic vote of Bibb be
tween Clark Howell and Judge Russell
has unquestionably lost the county to
Hoke Smith and hla plurality will be
In the neighborhood of 344 votes.
MUSCOGEE COUNTY.
Columbus, Oa.. Aug. 23.—The official
count In Muscogee county gives Smith
1,143, Howell 873, Russell 84. Estlll II,
Jim Smith, Sanford 413, Wright 1,483,
Merritt 1,477, Johnston 333.
GWINNETT COUNTY,
t-awrenrerllte, Oa.. Aug. 23.—Russell
loses Gwinnett county by 44 votes.
Appling
Baker
Baldwin .. ..
Banks
Bartow
Berrien
Bibb
Brooks
Bryan
Bulloch
Burke
Butts
Calhoun
Camden
Campbell .. ..
cation .... ..
Catoosa
Charlton .. ..
Chatham .. ..
Chattahoochee
Chattooga .. ..
Cherokee .. ,.
Clarke
Clay ..
Clayton'
Clinch .. .. ..
Cobb
Coffee
Colquitt
Columbia, ..
Coweta
Crawford .. ..
Crisp .. .. ..
Dade
Dawson .. ..
Decatur .. ..
DeKalb .. .. ..
Dodge
Dooly
Dougherty
Douglas.. .. ,,
Early
Echols .. .. ,.
Effingham .. ..
Elbert
Emanuel .. ..
Fannin
Fayette .. ..
Floyd'.. ., .,
Forsyth
Franklin .. ..
Fultoif
Ollmer
Olascock .. ..
Glynn
Gordon
Grndy
Greene .. ,.
Gwinnett .. ..
Habersham.. ..
Hall
Hancock .. ..
Haralson .. ..
Harris
Hort
Heard
Henry
Houston .. ..
Irwin
Jackson .. .» ..
Jasper
Jeff Davis .. .,
Jefferson .. ..
Jenkins
Johnson
Jones
Laurens
Lee
Liberty
Lincoln
Lowndes .. ..
Lumpkin .. ..
Mncon
Madison ,. ..
Marlon
McDuffie .. ..
McIntosh .. ..
Meriwether.. ..
Miller
Milton
Mitchell .. ..
Monroe
Montgomery ..
Morgan
Murray
Muscogee .. ,.
Newton .. .. ..
Oconee
Oglethorpe.. ..
Paulding .', ..
Pickens
Pierce
Pike
Polk
Pulaski
Putnam .. ..
Quitman.'
Rabun
Randolph .. ..
Richmond .. ..
Rockdale .. ..
Schley
Screven .. ,.
Spalding .. ..
Stephens .. ..
Stewart .. ,. ..
Sumter .. ..
Talbot
Taliaferro ....
Tattnall .. ,.
Taylor
Telfair
Terrell
Thomas
Tift
Toombs
Towns
Troup
Turner
Twiggs
Union
Upson
Walker
Walton
Ware
Warren
Washington ..
Wayne
Webster .. ..
White
Whitfield ....
Wilcox
Wilkes
Wilkinson .. ..
Worth
RICHMOND IS SAFE
FOR W, A, WRIGHT
BY GOOD MAJORITY
Indications Are That He
Did Not Lose a County.
Merritt Won Out.
From Indications Thursday William
A. Wright, comptroller general
Georgia, carried exactly 145 counties
over hla opponent, Vincent T. Sanford,
of Floyd.
Disquieting reports reached Atlanta
Wednesday night, to the effect that
Captain Wright's home county, Rich
mond, was going against him through
a curious combination ot circum
stances. About midnight the comp
troller received a message at his
Peachtree street home giving assurance
that the county would give him a hand
some majority.
During Hon. Boykin Wright's cam
paign for the legislature recently he
made some statements which offended
the A. P. A.’a and certain mill oper
atives.
In the primary Wednesday the report
waa spread that Comptroller Wright
was a brother of Boykin Wright, and
that this would be an excellent method
of reprisal by knifing hla relative. For
tunately the comptroller's friends dls-
covered the matter early In the day,
and set matters aright. Sanford has
several brothers In Augusta who stand
well, and naturally they worked hard
for their brother.
Floyd county, Sanford's home by
adoption, went against him by some
thing like 504 votes. General Wright
stated Thursday morning tbat he waa
profoundly grateful to the people of
Georgia for t.helr splendid Indorsement
of hla long public service.
Merritt 8ure Winner.
Figures on the state school com
missioner's race are difficult to obtain.
In the overshadowing gubernatorial
contest little has come In concerning
that place.
It seems assured, however, that
Commissioner W. B. Merritt has been
re-elected by a very large majority.
Chattnooga county went for Colonel
Mark Johnston, and It I* probable that
he has carried several others.
Commissioner Merritt had not re
turned Thursday from Lowndes coun
ty, where he went to cast his ballot,
nnd no statement could be secured from
him.
IS IN. AT
OVER THIS ROW
Major Says Brigadier Is
Ignorant and Incom
petent.
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AFTERLOOTINGSTORE
ROBBERS START FIRE
By Private Leased Wire.
South Bend, Ind., Aug. 23.—After
.. looting the general store of Eugene
Adams at Rollins Prairie, four miles
west of South Bend, early this morning,
burglars set Dr* to the place and en
tlrely destroyed Odd Fellows' hall
block, the lodge owning and having
their hall In th6 building. The loss
will reach 314,000.
The officers are on the trail tf some
local men whom they believe commit
ted the burglar}', and who also are
suspected of having committed a sim
ilar robber}- at Berrien Center, Minn.,
several weeks ago.
JlNKINS COUNTY.
Mtllen, Go.. Aug. 23.—The consolldat
ed returns of Jenkins county give Hoke
Smith 333, Estlll 118, Howell 103, Rus
sell 109.
For school commissioner, Merritt
426, Johnston 163.
Comptroller general. Wright 541,
Snnford 88.
For congress In the First district for
the regular term, Brannen 627, Shep
pard 78.
For the unexplred term, Clifton 287.
Overstreet 284, Saussy 23, J. Hartrldg*
Smith 18.
The vote on bonding Jrnklns county
was lost by a small majority.
FACING LUNACY TRIAL
MRS. DENNYDIESIN JAIL
Instead of being tried on a lunacy
charge Thursday Mrs. Susie Denny,
who was taken In custody Monday,
August 12, after having entirely lost
her reasoning power, will be burled.
She died In a cell at the Tower early
Thursday morning. She had been liv
ing at 18 Reinhardt street when she
was taken In charge by Office Moncrlef
on Decatur street, and sent to the po
lice station. Ten day* ago she waa
sent to the Tower on papers sworn
out by Call Officer J. A. Chandler.
The law requires that a person thought
to be Insane be held In custody for
-n day* before being sent to an asy
lum.
By I’rirnte Leased Wire.
Washington, Aug 23.—Because Ma
jor John B. Bellinger la quoted aa hav
ing referred to Brigadier General Wil
liam Carter ns “woefully Ignorant and
grossly Incompetent," the whole war
department la In a turmoil.
This morning an article was publish
ed quoting Major Bellinger as saying,
In regard to General Carter's strictures
on the quartermaster’s department:
- “Brigadier General William Carter In
hie attack on the quartermaster's de
partment Is either woefully Ignorant
of what he la talking about, or Is
grossly Incompetent. He can take hla
choice.”
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0 CULBERSON THANK8
HIS 8UPPORTER3. O
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8 Hon. Hubert L. Culberson made O
the following statement: 0
0 "I desire to make public ac- O
0 knowledgment of my gratitude to 0
0 the voter# of Fulton county for 0
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0 fragea the honor ot being county
0 treasurer. I hope by faithful and 0
O efficient service to show them that 0
their confidence has not been mis- 0
placed. * O
0 "In the canvass for the office, 0
0 which, while free from bitterness, 0
0 was n close and hot one, I waa 0
0 untiringly assisted by more true 0
O' and loyal friends than any man 0
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tlon will be to so live that they 0
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0 JOYNER EXPRESSES
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0 Concerning hla eleotlon. Chief 0
0 W. R. Joyner said: 0
0 “I want to thank my friends for 0
O their most earnest efforts In my 0
0 behalf. 0
O "It has been the ambition of my 0
0 life to be mayor of Atlanta, and 0
O J feel that by achieving the posl- 0
0 tlon I have secured as high an 0
0 honor as any man could receive. O
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BUT RE1THER DID IT
Jas: L. Key Demands That
Maddox and Felder
Step Down.
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O DR. CURTI8 THANK8
O THOSE SUPPORTING HIM. O
S Dr. A. L. Curtis, who waa elect- 0
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ELECTION CAUSES
Only nine arrests were made by the
police force from midnight Tuesday
night until midnight Wednesday night,
twenty-four hours. But the feature of
tho fine work of the police department
during the twenty-four hours was the
fact that not a single man created dis
turbance In regard to his candidate or
candidates.
Not an arrest made nor a copy of
charges served at any of the polling
places.
The police department, headed by
Chief Jenlngs, are certainly to be con
gratulated for their fine work, and the
lack of disorder during the time which
riot usually runs rife In the city.
Besides there not being nrrests made
for fights about votes, Wednesday night
was one of the quietest for the call
officers that has been known for many
a week. Only one ndilltonal case was
made between midnight - Wednesday
night and noon Thursdny.
"Although I had taken every pre
caution that there should be no trou
ble, I am surprised that none of the
big crowd was arrested," said Chief
j Jennings Thursday morning.
The official «ount of election returns
will show that Hoke Smith swept the
county and that the majority of 1.961
given him by. The Georgian Wednes
day night Is practically correct.
The Joint county committee Is can
vassing the returns. Owing to the
complexity of the list and the number
of candidates figuring In the contests
the tabulation had not been completed
up to the hour of going to press.
Alderman J. L. Key created a small
sensation at the committee meeting
by calling upon both Chairmen Felder
and Maddox to resign. Neither chulr-
man showed any Inclination to heed
the request and the matter was
dropped.
Joint Committee.
The Joint ■'committee, composed of
members and chairmen of the Felder
nnd Maddox committees, met at 12
clock In the basement of.the court
house to canvas* the returns, accord
ing to the compact made some time
ago.. Secretary Charles N. Allen re
ceived the ballot boxes and tally sheets
from the various managers.
When the meeting was called to or
der by Chairman Thomas J. Felder, J.
L. Key rose nnd asked for the ear of
both chairmen. He then said:
"We have no use for two commit
tees. The people have settled this and
1 think we ought not to Impose our
selves on the public. There la no need
to perpetuate this strife and friction.
The thing for you two to do Is to re
sign what you both consider an empty
honor."
"Mr. Felder explained that a resolu
tion had provided that the Joint com
mittee canvass the returns. He and
Mr. Maddox were acting under a com
pact. This would be the last election
before the election of a new executive
committee.
Mr. Key again called upon the two
chairmen to resign.
* “To whom shall we tender our resig
nations?" asked Mr. Felder.
"Ta the people,” replied Mr. Key.
Applause from members of the com
mittee followed.
“You Are Not the Peoplt.”
"I decline to recognize you, Mr. Key,
as the people or the representative ot
the people,” retorted Mr. Felder.
Mr. Maddox explained that the mat
ter would go to the state executive
committee anyway. The meeting then
proceeded harmoniously. The commit
tee agreed that the canvass of this re
turns, a tedious proct as, be left to Sec
retary Allen and published In th*
newspapers and most of the members
retired from tho room.
Burton Smith, a brother of Hoke
Smith, occupied a front seat, but took
no part In any discussion. He left
with the other members of the- com
mittee.
The city returns were canvassed by
the city executive committee at 10
o'clock In the city hall. Chairman M.
W. Welch presided and the count was
made hy a committee composed of E.
F. Childress, Frank West and C. F.
Rice. No friction was shown at tbe
meeting.
The Old Standard, Grove's Tasteless
Chill Tonic, drives out malaria and
builds up th* system. Sold by all
dealers for 37 years. —Ice 60 cents.
POPULISTS MEET
HERE
If the plana announced several week*
ago are followed the Populists ot Geor
gia will meet at the capllol In Atlanta
on August 27 to finally determine Vie
course of the stralghtouta as regards
putting out a state ticket.
Some weak# ago .when about seventy-
five Populists from over th* state met
at the capitol In response to a call Is
sued by Chairman Holloway, of th*
stata executive committee. It waa de
cided to call a convention here on Ang-
gust 27.
80 far aa known no additional call
has been Issued nor the original rail
rescinded. It remains lo be seen how
many will come here oh next Monday.
Populiats voting In the Democratic pri
mary Wednesday evidently left the
pledge on the ballot, as no Information
has been received of ballots being
thrown out on that account.
It ta believed that Tom Watson's ad-
vice to hla party to vote In the Dem
ocratic primary has been pretty gen
erally followed, and that the percent
age of Irreconcilable* la very small. It
Is doubtful, therefore. If many will
come here to the convention called for
the 27th.
OUR SHOW LAST NIGHT
was the result of over 200 of our own correspondents in the state telegraphing us.
Every preparation in advance—even down to our adding machine—so our figures
would be added correctly.
15,000 people watched it because they believe The Georgian.
The Postal Telegraph Company used our figures for all their reports, because they
believed The Georgian.
The Georgian is not a “Sky Rocket”—just a plain newspaper in which the people
have confidence.