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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
TrfT'RSPAY. AUGUST 23. ion*
Sage Company Owes
Many Millions of
Dollars.
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O O
O PIEDMONT SHOP
O IS CLOSED DOWN O
O | O
O The Piedmont Brokerage Com- O
0 pany, located In the baaement 0
0 of the Piedmont Hotel, closed Its 0
0 doors Thursday morning. The O
0 Piedmont company was opened 0
0 up several months ago under the O
0 management of a stock company O
0 capitalized iit $2,000. O
0 The company came before the 0
0 public during the Southern Cot- O
0 ton Association Investigation, O
0 when It was discovered that A. A. 0
0 Fairchild, manager of the pub!!- 0
0 cation bureau for the association, 0
0 was one of the eight stockholders. 0
0 Manager W. C. Love stated 0
0 Thursday: "I hope to have the 0
0 doors opened again tomorrow. If O
0 so, we will do business through 0
0 Odell & Co. of Cincinnati. I am 0
0 now waiting to see the president 0
0 of the company, who Is out of the 0
0 city. Of course, I cannot act un- 0
0 til the consent of the stockholders 0
O Is obtained.** 0
0 Manager Love also stated that O
0 the company was hurt very little 0
O by the Sage failure, ns there were 0
0 only » few customers at the time. 0
0 On the board of the Piedmont 0
0 shop. Instead of the usual line of 0
O quotations, appears the following. 0
0 which was sent out by M. J. Sage 0
0 to all the shops under his manage- O
0 inent:
0 "Our backer, who has been fur- O
0 nlshlng us finances to run this 0
O business, refuses to put up any 0
O more money. This leaves us w ith O
0 but one alternative. That is to O
O close up. However much we rtf O
O gret to make this statement, >i r Q
0 cumstances force us to do so, T*~
O actlonl Is as much of a surprlsi
0 us as to any of you. .
O (Signed» "M. J. 8AOE & CQT< T*
O Oh another board Is wrltteitr : O
O "Business suspended on accotinli 0
0 of M. J. Sage’s failure." O
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HUBERT L. CULBERSON
ELECTED TREASURER
Defeats James G. Woodward by Five Hun
dred Votes in Red Hot Race.
In one of the hntlnt race* ever known In Ffilton county. Hubert L.
Culbernon wn, Wednesday elected county treasurer agalnat a field of seven
other candidate*.
HI* neareat competitor was Mayor James Q. Woodward, who polled
3,038 votes *« agalnat Mr. Culberion'a 3,672. Macon C, Sharp ran a close
third, hla total being 1,837.
Charles I. Branan waa fourth and Draper waa fifth.
Following la the unofficial rote tabulated hy ward* and preelncta:
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
First Ward
Second Ward
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
Fifth Ward
Sixth Ward ,
Seventh Ward
Eighth Ward
Adamsvllle
Battle Hill >
Bryants
Blackball *
Buckhead ... ... ... ..
College Park
rolling ...
Cooks
East Point
Edge wood... ... .. • ... ... ... ..,
Hnpevillc
Peachtree*.» ... . *
Oak Grove... ... ... ...
South Bend
Totals
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T
J
1
J
3
2
f
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3
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28
181
17
302
47
23
334
112
393
112
2.11
100
9*
217
71
417
82
178
48
61
17J
90
193
77
116
24
$2
164
36
340
49
140
41
6*
28(1
H5
207
48
101
42
139
41
12
43
14
51
31
11
69
46
34
12
II
8
44
4
5
1
10
1
2
i
7
2
2fi
11
i
1
18
10
6
22
2
60
«
i
2
6
2
11
7
8
2
16
7
ii
24
16
3
20
18
9
114
5
44
4
ii
12
5
9
3
123
3
38
1
10
8
5
13
3
9
7
7
1
4
8
i
4
4
4
3
7
3
8
1
13
•
2
16
4
15
9
13
7
8
1927
412
2038
450
1476
437
647
INCOMPLETE TABLE
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By Private !.enaed Wire.
New York, Aug. 23.—Inveatlgatlon to
day Into the operation, of M. J. Sage
A Co., the bucket .hop brokerage con
cern backed by "Al" Adama, ex-convict
and policy king, with offlcea at 67
Broadway, which hna announced Ita
"suspension," brought out the atarttlng
fact that 36.001) persona throughout the
country who were led Into speculation
have been fleeced of 12,000.000.
While many of the ftago concern's
dupea were people of other rltle. and
towns, several thousand of them nrn
New Yorkers and hundreds of these
latter, long before the usual Wall street
hours, gathered at the concern's Broad
way offlcea, angrily trying to find some
one who could give them aatiafactlon.
Crowds B.ai.g. Office.
At the Sage company', office, at No.
1 Montgomery etreet, Jeraey City, the
game thing occurred.
This “get rich quick” concern was
started by "Al" Adam, through hla
son, Alfred L. Adams. Jr., even before
the father waa out of hla cell at Bing
Bing, where he wa. serving a sentence
in connection with hi. policy shops
swindle.
The nollcy king, when he determined
to abandon the game In which ho hnd
ground out a fortuhe of several millions
from the gullible public, picked out
the bucket shop lure and rallied to his
support a band of men, nil officer* or
director* of M. J. Huge A Co., wlioae
previous records were notorious.
Federal Folk T.k* Hind.
- Application was to have been made
today In Jersey City for the appoint
ment of William Beverly, chief clerk of
the Jersey City offlcea, as assignee of
the Bags concern.
The Federal authorities took a hand
today In the affairs of the bucket shop
firm.
. Aw soon as the postofflee department
heard that the concern hnd suspended
they bq.iln an Investigation, with the
result that today a great quantity of
mall, addressed to the Arm, wa* held
tn the New York postofflee.
Money It Captured.
A number of the I'nlted Plate, postal
Inspectors were Immediately detailed
On the case. The first fruits of the
Investigation revealed the fact that
"Al" Adam* himself Is In Mexico. The
Inspector set to work to locate the
other, of the syndicate.
' It was said by the postal authorities
that the mall which haa been detained
here contains thousands upon thou
sands of dollars In checks and money
orders from gullible victims all over
the country.
Each day's mall to Hage A Co. con
tained large sums In checks, cash and
money orders.
Mxth Ward...
Bevcnth Ward.
Eighth Ward..
Adamsvllle...
Battle Hill ..
Hlnrkhnll... .
Bryants
Buckhead...
t'olllns
Cooks
East Point,
College Park.
Edgewood...
Ilnpevllle... .
Oak Grove...
Peachtree ..
Smith Bend... (...
FOR GOVERNOR—FULTON COUNTY.
FI rat Ward
Hecond Ward...
Third Ward... .
Fourth Ward...
Total*.
633
283
687
*05
240
191
170
214
18
27
43
11
ii5
21
26
37
36
69
47
h
257
51
174
30
42
49
78
2?
43
14
49
44
28
27
94
33
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10
2
137
7
6
71
12
6
95
• 6
67
9
2
28
2
12
3
4
3
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LATE BULLETINS
OF THE ELECTIONS
FLOYD COUNTY.
Rome. Oa„ Aug. 3*.—The official re
turn* of Floyd county give Hoke Smith
471 majority over Howell. For comp
troller-general, William A. Wright re
ceived 1,404 and V. T. Sanford 868.
Mosc Wright Is re-elected judge of
Romo district court,
WILKES COUNTY.
Washington. Go., Aug. 31.—The of
ficial consolidated returns from the
voting precincts In Wilkes county
show the following results: Hoke
Smith 608. Jim Smith 418, Russell 34,
Howell 17, Estlll 8.
The election passed off quietly. A
smaller vote was polled than waa an
ticipated. only 1,127. being cast out of
1,600 registered.
William A. Wright defeated Vine#
Sanford 3 tn 1. and Merritt defeated
Johnson hy a like vote.
About twenty votes were thrown out
on account of mutilation. .
HENRY COUNTY.
McDonough. Ga., Aug. 23.—Hoke
Smith's plurality in Henry county Is
370 Wright’s majority over Sanford
Is 1.080. Merritt's majorl'y over John
ston Is 1.000. Rengnn for Judge carried
Henry by 880 over Y. A. Wright.
DOOLY COUNTY.
Vienna. Ga., Aug. 21.llnke Smith has
carried Dooly county by 14* majority.
COBB COUNTY.
Marietta, Ga., Aug. 23.—Complete re
turns In Cobb countv give Hoke Smith
1.4*9. Howell 477, Russell 136, Estlll
39, Jim Smith 11.
R A N OOL PHCO U N T Y.
Cuthhert, Ga.. Atig. 23.—Hoke Smith
and Colonel Worrtll carry Randolph
county by nn overwhelming majority.
LOWNDES COUNTY.
Valdosta, Ga., Aug. 23.—The follow
ing offldai vote of Lowndes county:
Estlll 71. Howell *32, Russell «, Hoke
Smith 760. James M. Smith 0; W. B.
Meriitt, 1.228, Mark Johnson 132. V.
T. Sanford »«. William A. Wright 1,128.
IwuHRAY COUNTY.
Spring Place, Ga.. Aug. 23.—Hoke
Smith has carried Murray county by
2*3 majority.
SPALDING COUNTY.
Griffin, Ga.. Aug. 23.—Hoke Smith'*
majority In Spalding county 267.
Reagan, for Judge, get* 722 majority.
CHEROKEE COUNTY.
Canton, Ga., Aug. 23.—For governor,
Hoke Smith 828, Howell 310, Russell
61. Estlll 7, James M. Smith 3. Hoke
Smith’s plurality 647. For comptroller,
Vincent T. Sanford 318, Wright 884;
school commissioner, Johnson 742, Mer
ritt 668.
Roy.ton, Ga., Aug. 23.—Franklin
county give. Hoke Smith 1,013, Bussell
300, Jim Smith 26*. Estlll 7, Howell 3.
Merritt, Wright and Brand will win.
M’DUFFIE COUNTY.
Thomson, Ga., Aug. 28.—Despite the
fact that Hon. Thomas E. Watson en
tered actively Into the campaign In the
Interest of the candidacy of Hoke
Smith for governor, the county was
carried by Jamea Smith by a safe ma
jority.
PIERCE COUNTY.
Blackshear, Ga., Aug. 23.—Offldai
returns of Pierce county give Hoke
8mlth 418, Estlll 188, Howell 1, Rus
sell 10.
BIBB COUNTY.
Macon. Oa., Aug. 33.—A division of
the solid Democratic vote of Bibb be
tween Clark Howell and Judge Russell
ha. unquestionably lost the county to
Hoke Smith and hla plurality will b.
In the neighborhood of 200 vote..
M U 8COQ?ECO U N TY.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 18.—The official
count In Muscogee county gtvee Smith
1.14*. Howell 672. Russell 84, Estlll II,
Jim Smith, Sanford 413. Wright 1,090,
Merritt 1,077, Johnaton 398.
GWINNETT~COUNTY.
l-awrencevllle, Ga., Aug. 23.—Russell
lore* Gwinnett county by 44 votes.
■ II.—
Appling
Baker
Baldwin .. ..
Banka
Bartow
Berrien ..... .
Bibb
Brook* .
Bryan
Bulloch
Burke
Butt.
Calhoun
('arqden
Campbell ,, ,,
Carroll
Catoosa
Charlton .. ..
Chatham .. ..
Chattahoochee
Chattooga .. .,
Cherokee .. ..
Clarke
Clay
Clayton
Clinch
Cobb
Coffee
Colquitt
Columbia ... ,.
Coweta .. .. ..
Crawford .. ..
Crisp
Dade
Dawson .. ..
Decatur .. ..
DeKnlb
Dodge
Dooly
DougheOrty .. .,
Douglas
Early
Echols
Effingham .. ..
Elbert
Emanuel .. ..
Fannin
Fayette .. .,
Floyd
Forsyth
Franklin ..
Fulton
Gilmer
Glascock ., ..
Glynn
Gordon .. ..
Grady
Greene .. ..
Gwinnett .. ..
Habersham..
Hall
Hancock ..
Haralson .. ..
Harris
Hart
Heard
Henry
Houston .. ..
Irwin .i .. ..
Jackson
Jasper
Jeff Davis .. .,
Jefferson .. ..
Jenkins
Johnson
Jones
Laurens
I-or
Liberty ..
Lincoln
Lowndes .. ..
Lumpkin .. .,
Macon
Madison .. ..
Marlon
McDuffie .. ..
McIntosh .. ..
Meriwether.. ..
Miller
Milton
Mitchell .. ..
Monroe
Montgomery ..
Morgan
Murray
Muscogee .. ..
Newton .. .. ..
Oconee
Oglethorpe.. ..
Paulding .. ..
Pickens
Pierce
Pike
Polk
Pulaski
Putnam .. ..
§ ultman
nbun
Randolph ..
Richmond .. ..
Rockdale .. ..
Schley .. .. i.
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
wiiklnson .. ..
Worth
1. V.
RICHMOND IS SAFE WAR DEPARTMENT
FOR W. A. WRIGHT IS IN A TURMOIL
By GOOD MAJORITY OVERJIS ROW
Major Says Brigadier Is
Ignorant and Incom
petent.
Indications Are That He
Did Not Lose a County.
Merritt Won Out.
From Indications Thursday William
Wright, comptroller general of
Georgia, carried exactly 146 counties
over his opponent, Vincent T. Sanford,
of Floyd.
Disquieting reports reached’ Atlanta
Wednesday night, to the effect that
Captain Wright's homd county, Rich
mond, was going against him through
a curious combination of '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 offenddd
the A. P. A.'s and certain mill oper
atives.
In the primary Wednesday the report
was spread that Comptroller Wright
was a brother of Boykin Wright, and
that this would be an excellent method
of reprisal by knifing his relative. For
tunately the comptroller's friends dis
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 500 votes. Geoernl Wright
stated Thursday morning that he was
profoundly grateful to the people of
Georgia for their splendid Indorsement
of his long public service.
Merritt Sure 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.
Chattaooga county went for Colonel
Mark Johnston, and It Is probable that
he has carried several others.
Commissioner Merritt had not
turned Thursday from Lowndes coun
ty, where he went lo cast his ballot,
and no statement could be secured from
him.
afterTooIgstore
ROBBERS START FIRE
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, Aug 28.—Because Ma
Jor John B. Bellinger Is quoted as hav
ing referred to Brigadier General Wil
liam Carter as "woefully ignorant and
grossly Incompetent," the whole war
department Is In a turmoil.
This morning,arf 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
his attack on the quartermaster’s de
partment la cither woefully Ignorant
of what he Is talking about, or Is
grossly Incompetent. Ho can take hla
choice."
By Private Leased Wire.
South Bend, Ind, Aug. 23.—After
looting the general store of Eugeno
Adams at Rollins Prairie, four miles
west of South-'Ben^, early this morning,
burglars set fire to the place and en
tirely destroyed Odd Fellows’ hall
block, the lodge owning and having
their hall In .the building. The loss
will reach 310,000.
The officer* are on the trait of some
local men whom they believe commit
ted the burglary, and who also are
suspected of having committed a sim
ilar robbery at Berrien Center, Minn.,
several weeks ago.
Jenkins county.
Mlllcn, Ga., Aug. 23.—The consolidat
ed returns of Jenkins county glv* Hoke
Smith 363, Estlll 118, Howell 108, Rus
sell 109.
For school commissioner, Merritt
429, Johnston 183.
Comptroller general, Wright 641,
Sanford 88, «
For congress In the First district for
the regular term, Brnnnen 627, Shep-
perd 78.
For the unexplred term, Clifton 287,
Overstreet 284, Saussy 23, J. Hartrldg.
Smith 18.
The vote on bonding Jenkins county
was lost by a small majority.
FACING LUNACY TRIAL
MRS. DENNVOIESIN JAIL
Instead of being tried nn a lunacy
charge Thursdny Mrs. Susie Denny,
who was taken In custody Monday,
August 12, after having entirely Inst
her reasoning power, wilt he buried.
She died In a cell at the Tower early
Thursday morning. She hnd been liv
ing at 18 Reinhardt street when she
was taken In charge by Office Moncrlef
on Decatur street 1 , and sent to the po
lice station. Ten days ago she was
sent to the Tower on papers sworn
out by Call Officer J. A. Chandler.
The low requires that a person thought
to be insnne b* held In custody for
'rn days before being sent to an asy
lum.
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0 CULBERSON THANK8 0
HIS 8UPP0RTERS. 0
O
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 voters of Fulton county foi
0 bestowing upon me by their suf
0 frages the honor of being county 0
0 treasurer. I hope by faithful and 0
efficient service to show them that 0
their confidence has not been mis- 0
O placed. 0
0 "In the canvass for the office, 0
0 which, while free from bitterness, 0
0 was a close and hot one, I waa 0
0 untiringly assisted by more true 0
S and loyal friends than any man 0
could deserve. To each of them I 0
0 owe a debt of gratitude I can 0
0 never hope to discharge. Their 0
0 names and faces will never .bo O
0 forgotten, and my highest ambl- 0
0 tlon will be to so live that they 0
0 will not regret the stand that they 0
O have taken nor the work they O
0 have done for me." 0
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0 JOYNER EXPRESSES 0
O THANKS FOR SUPPORT. 0
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0 Concerning hla election. Chief 0
O W. R. Joyner said: 0
O "I want to thank my friends for 0
O their most earnest efforts In my 0
S behalf. 0
"It has been the ambition of my 0
0 life to be mayor of Atlanta, and 0
O I feel that by achieving the posl- 0
0 tlon I have secured a. high an 0
O honor as any man could receive. O
S "It ahull be my effort to make 0
auch a mayor that no one who O
0 voted for me shall ever regret hla O
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MED TO DEM
DOT NEITHER DID IT
Jas. L. Key Demands That
Maddox and Felder
Step Down. , ^
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THOSE SUPPORTING HIM. 0
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Dr. A. L. Curtis, who was elect- 0
0 ed alderman from the First ward, O
O said: O
O “I wish to extend my thanks to O
O all who supported me In my cam- 0
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ELECTION GAUGES
NOT ONE ARREST
Order, order everywhere—
And not a drap to drink.
Only nine arrests were made by the
police force from midnight Tuesday
night until midnight Wednesday night,
twenty-four hours. But the feature of
the line work of the police department
during the twenty-four hour* wa* 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 tine work, and the
lack of disorder during the time which
riot usually runs rife In the city.
Resides there not being arrests made
for lights about votes, Wednesday night
waa one of the quietest for the call
officer* that has been known for many
a week, only one addltonal case was
made between midnight Wednesday
night and noon Thursday.
"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
Jennings Thursday morning.
The official count of election returns
will show that Hoke Smith swept the
county and that the majority of ijh
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 candidate* 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 chair-
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.
and Maddox committees, met at 12
o'clock In the basement of the court
house to canvass the returns, accord
ing to the compact made some time
ago. Secretary Charles N. Allen re
ceived fhe 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 and asked for the ear of
both chairmen. He then said:
•'We have no use for two commit
tees. The people have settled this and
I think we ought not to Impose our
selves on the public. There Is 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 flection of a new executive
committee.
MT. Key again called upon the two
chairmen to resign.
"To whom shall we tender our resig
nations?" asked Mr. Felder.
"To the people,” replied Mr. Key.
Applause from members of the com
mittee followed.
"You ’Are Not the People.”
"I decline to recognise you, Mr. Key,
as the people or the representative of
the people," retorted Mr. Felder.
Mr. Maddox explained that the mat-
r would go to the state executive
committee anyway. The meeting then
proceeded harmoniously. The commit
tee agreed that the canvass of the re
turns, a tedious process, be left to Sec
retary Allen and published In the
newspapers and most of the members
retired from the 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 ctftnmlttee at Id
o'clock In the city hall. Chairman M.
W. Welch presided and the count was
made by a committee composed of E.
F. Childress, Frank West and C. F.
Rice. No friction was shown at the
meeting.
The Old Standard, Grove’. Tasteless
Chill Tonic, drives out m.lerla and
build, up the system. Sold by ail
dealers for 27 yean, "vice 60 cents.
POPULISTS MEET
HERE
• If the plans announced several weeks
ago are followed the Populists of Geor
gia will meet at the cspltol In Atlanta
on August 27 to finally determine the
course of the strelghtouts as regards
putting out a state ticket.
Somq weeks ago when about seventy-
five Populists from over the state met
at the eapltol In response to a call Is
sued by Chairman Holloway, of th*
state executive committee. It was de
cided to call a convention here on Aug-
gust 27.
So far as known no additional call
has been Issued nor the original call
rescinded. It remains to be seen how
many will come here on next Monday.
Populists voting In the Democratic pri
mary Wednesday evidently left the
pledge on the ballot, aa no Information
has been received of ballots being
thrown out on that account.
It Is believed that Torn Watson's ad
vice to his party to vote In the Dem
ocratic primary haa been pretty gen
erally followed, and that the percent
age of Irreconcllables Is very small. It
Is doubtful, therefore, If many win
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. s
The Georgian is not a “Sky Rocket”—just a plain newspaper in which the people
have confidence.