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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN. Sage Company Owes Many Millions of Dollars. O00O00O0000000O00OOO00O000 O O 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 00O000000OO00O00000O000O00 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*... I h 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. r.( 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.” 000000000000000000000000190 0 0 CULBERSON THANK8 HIS 8UPPORTER3. O 1_ 0 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 O bestowing upon me by their suf- 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 0 could deserve. To each of them I O tlon will be to so live that they 0 0 wilt not regret the stand that they 0 0 have taken nor the work they O 0 have dona for me.” 00000000000000000000000000 0000O000000000000000000O0O 0 JOYNER EXPRESSES 0 THANKS FOR SUPPORT. O 0 0 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 “It shall be my effort to make 0 such a mayor that no one who O voted for me shall ever regret hla 0 action.” 0 O O 000000000000000O0O00000O0O TO BUT RE1THER DID IT Jas: L. Key Demands That Maddox and Felder Step Down. 00000000000000000000000000 O DR. CURTI8 THANK8 O THOSE SUPPORTING HIM. O S Dr. A. L. Curtis, who waa elect- 0 ed alderman from the First ward, 0 O said: 0 O 'T wish to extend my thanks to 0 O all who supported me In my cam- O O palgn.” O 0 O 00000000000000000000000000 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.