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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
august if**
HUBERT L. CULBERSON
ELECTED TREASURER
Sage Company Owes
Many Millions of
Dollars.
O The Piedmont Brokerage Com-
O pany. located in the hnaement
O door* Thu red ay morning.
O management of a stock company
O capitalised at 12,000.
0 The cotni>any came before the
O public during the Southern t'ot-
O Ion AaaoclHtlan Inveatlgatlon,
O when It waa discovered that A. A.
O Kalrchlld, manager of the puhll- O
O cation bureau for the aaaoclntlon. O
O was one of the eight stockholder*. 0
0 Manager \V. C. Love stated O
O Thursday: “I hope to have the O
O iloorr opened again tomorrow. If O
so. we will do business through 0
Odell At Co. of t'lnclnnatl. I am O
now waiting to see the president O
■ of the company, who Is out of the O
city. Of course, I cannot act un- O
til the consent of the stockholders O
* Is obtained." 0
Manager Love also stated that O
the company was hurt very little O
O by the Sage failure, as there were O
O only a few customers at the time. 0
O On the board of the Piedmont O
O shop, Instead of the usual line of O
O quotations, appears the following, O
O which was sent nut by M. J. Rage O
O to all the shops under his manage- O
O ment: O
O "Our backer, who has been fur- O
O nlshlng us finances to'run this O
O business, refuses to put up any O
O more money. This leaves us with 0
O but one alternative. That Is to O
O clqse up. However much we re- O
: O gret to make this statement, clr- O
O cumstances force us to do so. This 0
0 action! Is as much of a surprise to 0
O ua as (o any of you. 0
O (Signed) "M. J. SAGE & CO.” O
O On another hoard Is written: . O
O "Business suspended on account 0
0 of M. J. Rage's failure.” 0
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Iiv Private (.eased Wire.
New York, Aug. 23.—Investigation to
day into the operations of M. J. Rage
A Co., the bucket shop brokerage con
cern backed by "Al" Adams, eg-convlct
and policy king, with offices at S7
Broadway, which has announced Its
"suspension," brought out the startling
fact that 56.0011 persons throughout the
country who were led Into speculation
have been fleecdd of 15,400,1)00.
While muny of the Sage concern’s
dupes were people of other cities and
towns, several 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 Besiege Offices.
At the Rage company's offices at No.
1 Montgomery street, Jersey City, tho
same thing occurred.
This "get rich quick” concern was
started by "Al" Adams through his
son, Alfred L Adams, Jr., tven before
the father waa out of his call at Ring
Sing, where he waa serving a sentence
In connection with his policy shops
swindle.
The nollcy king, when he determined
to abandon the game In which ho hnd
cr.'und dut a fortune of several millions
fro* the gullible public, picked nut
the bucket shop lure and rallied to his
support a band of men, all officers nr
directors of M. J. HagnCo., whose
previous records were notorious.
Federal Folk Teke Hsnd.
Application was to have been made
today In Jersey City for the appoint
ment of William Beverly, chief clerk of
the Jersey City offices, as assignee of
the Sage concern.
The Federal authorities took n hand
today In the affairs of the bucket shop
firm.
A* soon as ths postofllce department
beard that the concern had suspended
they began an Investigation, with the
i r**u|t that today a great quantity of
mall, addressed to the firm, was held
In tho New York postofllce.
Money Is' Captured.
A number of the United Rtstee postal
Inspectors were Immediately detailed
on the case. The first fruit* of the
Investigation revealed the fact that
"At" Adams hlmeelf’le In Mexico. The
Inspector eet to work to locate the
inhere 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.
Bach day's mall to Rage A Co. con
tained large sums In checks, cash and
money orders.
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 L.
Culberson was Wednesday elected county treasurer against a field of seven
other candidates.
His nearest compstltor was Mayor James O. Woodward, who polled
3.038 Voles as against Mr. Culhgraon's 2,672. Macon C. Sharp ran a close
third, hla total being 1,427. *
Charles 1. Rranan was fourth and Draper was fifth.
Following Is the unofficial vote tabulated by ward* and precincts:
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
WARD—
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3
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s
•8
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1
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I
First Ward
102
117
28
187
17
302
4'
22
Second Ward
281
381
112
396
112
231
104
96
23?
21 7
71
417
82
178
4S
61
Fourth Ward ... ... ... ... .
204
2 74
96
1*3
77
no
24
62
Fifth Ward
190
III
36
340
49
140
43
56
Sixth Ward
311
239
85
207
46
10C
139
• Seventh Ward..
249
41
12
48
51
21
11
Filth th Ward
Adamarllle
111
69
46
14
12
15
8
46
Hattie Hill .< '
10
2
7
Bryant*
32
11
Blackball #
40
16
5
22
s
Burkhead
71
2
5
College Park
48
8
2
15
7
17
Collin*
13
24
16
2
20
Cook*
112
18
9
114
6
44
4
19
Fast Point
64
12
6
9
122
2
Fd*e\vood ,
32
38
1
20
5
22
2
Hnpevilft
34
9
7
7
4
Peachtree.,« ... ... .
Iff
6
i
4
4
4
2
7
Onk Grove
76
2
1
1
12
2
South Bend ... 4... .
66
16
4
16
3
13
7
8
Totals
2672
1917
412
2038
460
1476
417
547
FOR GOVERNOR—FULTON COUNTY.
First Ward
Second Ward
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
Fifth Ward
Sixth Ward '.
Seventh Ward
Ktghth Ward
Adamsvllle... ... ... ... ...
Battle Hill
Blackball... ... .
Bryants
Buckhead...
Collins
Cooks
East Point
College Park
Edgewood
Hapevtlle
Oak Grove
Peachtree %
South Bend
Total*...
267
174
42
78
' 43
45
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LATE BULLETINS
OF THE ELECTIONS
FLOYD COUNTY.
Rome. Oa., Aug. 23.—The nfTIclal re
turns 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 863.
Mo*e Wright Is re-elected Judge of
Rome district court.
WI LKES _ COUNTY.
Washington, Go., Aug. 28.—'The of
ficial consolidated relume from the
voting precincts In • Wilkes county
show the following resulte: Hoke
Smith 408, Jim Smith 488, Ruesell 24,
Howell 17, Estlll 3.
The eleetlon paesed off quietly. A
smaller vote was polled than was an
ticipated, only 1.127 being cast out of
1,600 registered.
William A. Wright defeated Vince
Sanford 3 to 1. nnd Merritt defeated
Johnson by a like vote.
About twenty votej were thrown out
on account of mutilation.
HENRY COUNTY.
McDonough, Go., Aug. 23.—Hoke
Smith's plurality tn Henry county la
374. Wright's majority over Sanford
Is l.noo. Merritt's mnjort’y over John
ston Is 1,000. Rengnn for Judge carried
Henry by 090 over Y. A. Wright.
DOOLY COUNTY.
Vienna, On., Aug. 23.Hoke Smith has
carried Dooly county by 148 majority.
COBB COUNTY.
Marietta, Oa.. Aug. 23.—Complete re
turns In Cobh county give Hoke Smith
1.449. Howell 477, Ruseell 116, Estlll
39, Jim Smith 11.
RANDOLPH COUNTY.
Cuthhert, Ga.. Aug. 23.—Hoke Smith
and Colonel Worrlll carry Randolph
county by an overwhelming majority.
lowndesTjounty.
Valdosta. Oa., Aug. 23.—The follow
ing otrtelal vote of lsiwndes county:
Estlll 71, Itowell <32, Russell 4, Hoke
Smith 760, James M. Smith 0; W. B.
Merritt. 1.224, Mark Johnson 132. V.
T. Sanford 34. William A. Wright 1,328.
InbRRAY COUNTY.
Spring Place, Ga., Aug. 23.—Hoke
8mlth has carried Murray county by
343 majority.
SPALDING COUNTY.
Griffin, Ga.. Aug. 23.—Hoke Smith's
majority In Spalding county 267.
Reagan, for Judge, geta 722 majority.
CHEROKEE COUNTY.
Canton, Ga., Aug. 23.—For governor,
Hoke Smith 321, Howell 110, Russell
81, Estlll 7, James M. Smith 1. Hoke
Smith’s plurality 647, For compfroller,
Vincent T. Sanford 313, Wright 388;
school commissioner, Johnson 743, Mer
ritt 663.
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TABLE
LVOTE
COUNTY—
Royaton, Ga., Aug. 23.—Franklin
county gtvea Hoke Smith 1,013, Russell
300, Jim Smith 263. Estlll 7, Howell 8.
Merritt, Wright and Brand will win.
M'DUFFIE COUNTY.
Thomson, Gs., Aug. 23.—Despite tho
fact that Hon. Thomaa E. Watson en
tered actively Into the campaign In the
Interest of the candidacy of Hoke
Smith for governor, th* county was
carried by Jamea Smith by a eafe ma
jority.
PIERCE COUNTY.
Blackshrar, Ga., Aug. 23.—Official
ndurns of Pierce county give Hoke
Smith 418, Estlll 141, Howell 1, Rus
sell 10.
BIBB COUNTY. -
Macon, Oa., Aug. 21.—A division of
the solid Democratic vote of Bibb be
tween Clark Howell and Judge Russell
has unquestionably lost the county to
Hoke Smith snd his plurality will be
In the neighborhood of 200 votes.
muscogIecounty.
Columbus, Oa., Aug. 23.—The official
count In Muscogee county gives Smith
1,144, Howell 673, Russell 84. Estlll II.
Jim Smith, Sanford 411 Wright 1,094,
Merritt 1,077, Johnston 303.
GWINNETT COUNTY.
Lawrencevllle, Oa., Aug. 23.—Russell
losee Gwinnett count}' by 44 votee.
- p ^.r,
Baldwin .. ..
Banka
Bartow
Berrien
Bibb
Broqfu
Bryan
Bulloch
Burke
Butts
Calhoun .....
Camden
Campbell ,, ..
Carroll
Catoosa
Charlton .. ..
Chatham .. ..
Chattahoochee
Chattooga .. ..
Cherokee .. ..
Clarke
Clay
Clayton
Clinch
Cobb
Coffee
Colquitt
Columbia .. ..
Coweta
Crawford .. ..
Crlkp
Dade
Dawson .. /.
Decatur .. ..
Deffalb
Dodge ..... ..
Dooly
Dougherty ,. ..
Douglas
Early
Echols
Effingham .. ..
Elbert
Emanuel .. ..
Fannin
Fayette .. ..
Floyd .. .. ...
Forsyth
Franklin .. . i
Fulton
Gilmer
Glascock .. ..
Glynn.
Gordon
Grady
Oreene .. ..
Gwinnett .. ..,
Habersham.. ..
Hall
Hancock .. ..
Haralson .. .,
Harris
Hart
Heard .. '.. ..
Henry
Houston .. ..
Irwin
Jackson .. .. ..
Jasper
Jeff Davis .. ..
Jefferson .. ..
Jenkins
Johnson
Jones
Laurens
Lee
Liberty
Lincoln
Lowndes ,, .,
Lumpkin .. ..
Macon
Madison ., ,
Marlon
McDuffie .. ..
McIntosh .. .,
Meriwether
Mljler
Milton
Mitchell .. ..
Monroe
Montgomery ,.
Morgan
Murray
Muscogee ,, ,.
Newtori
Oconee
Oglethorpe.. ..
Paulding .. ..
Pickens
Pierce .'
Pike
Polk .. ..
Pulaski
Putnam .. ..
Quitman
Rabun
Randolph .. ,.
Richmond .. ..
Rockdale .. ..
Schley
Screven .. ..
Spalding .. ..
Stephens ..
Stewart
Sumter .. ..
Talbot
Taliaferro ....
Tattnall .. ..
Teyier
Telfair
Terrell
Thomas
Tift
Toombs
Towns
Troup
Turner
Twiggs
Union — ,.
Upson .. .. ..
Walker ..
Walton
Ware
Warren
Washington ..
Wayne
Webster .. ..
White .... ..
Whitfield .. ..
Wilcox
Wilkes
Wilkinson .. .,
Worth
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RICHMOND IS SAFE
FOR W. A, WRIGHT
Indications Are That He
Did Not Lose a County.
Merritt Won Out.
From indications Thursday 'William
A. Wright, comptroller general of
Georgia, carried exactly 148 counties
ovor his 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 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 offended
the A. P. A.’s and certain mill oper
atives.
In the primary Wednesday the report
waa spread that Comptroller Wright
was a bcother 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 brother! 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 600 votes. General Wright
stated Thursday morning that he waB
profoundly grateful to the people of
Georgia for their splendid indorsement
of his long public service.
Merritt Sura Winner.
Figures on the state school com
mlssloner'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 % re
turned Thursday from Lnwnflcs coun
ty, where he went to cast his ballot,
and no statement could be secured from
him!
WAR DEPARTMENT
IS IN A TURMOIL
OVERJIS ROW
Major Says Brigadier Is
Ignorant and Incom
petent.
By Private Leased Wire.
Washington, Aug 28.—Because Ma
jor John B. Bellinger la quoted as hav
ing referred to Brigadier General Wil
liam Carter as "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
his attack on the quartermaster’s de
partment la cither woefully Ignorant
of what he la talking about, or la
grossly Incompetent. He can take hla
choice."
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O CULBER30N THANKS
0 HI8 8UPPORTERS.
ROBBERS START EIRE
By Private Leased Wire. ’
South Bend, Ind., Aug. 23.—After
looting the general store of Eugene
Adams at Rollins Prairie, four miles
West (It South Rend, early thla morning,
burglars set fire to the place and en
II rely destroyed Odd Fellows’ hall
block, the lodge owning and having
their hall In the building. The loss
will reach 310,000.
The officers are on the trail of some
local men whom tfiey believe commit
ted the burglary, and who also are
suspected of having committed a sim
ilar robbery at Berrlsn Center, Minn,
several weeks ago.
JENKINS COUNTY.
Mlllen, Ga., Aug. 23.—The consolidat
ed returns of Jenkins oounty give Hoke
Smith 343, Estlll 118, Howell 108, Rus
sell too.
For school commissioner, Merritt
426, Johnston 163.
Comptroller general, Wright 641,
Sanford 88.
For congress In the First district for
the regular term. Brannen 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, OENNYDIESINJAIL
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 aent to the po
lice station. Ten days 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
'en dnys before being sent to an'asy-
lum.
0 Hon. Hubert L. Culberson made O
0 the following statement: O
O "I desire to make public ac- 0
0 knowledgment of my gratitude to 0
0 the voters of Fulton county for O
0 bestowing upon me by their suf- O
S frages the honor of being county O
treasurer. I Hope by faithful and -
0 efficient sprvlce to show them that
0 their confidence has not been mis- 0
0 placed. 0
O "In the canvass for the office, O
O which, while free from bitterness, 0
0 was a close and hot one, 1 was 0
O untiringly assisted by more true 0
O and loyal friends than any man O
O could deserve. To each of them I 0
0 owe a debt of gratitude I can 0
0 never hope to discharge. Their 0
O names and faces will never be O
0 forgotten, and my highest ambl- O
0 tlon will be to so live that they O
0 will not regret the stand that they O
0 have taken nor the work they 0
S have done for me.” O
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O JOYNER EXPRE88E8
O THANKS FOR SUPPORT. O
O 0
0 Concerning hla election, Chief 0
0 W. R. Joyner said: 0
O "I want to thank my friends for O
O their most earnest efforts In my 0
O behalf. 0
O "It has been the ambition of my O
0 life to be mayor of Atlanta, and 0
0 I feel that by achieving the posl- O
0 tlon I have secured as high an 0
0 honor as any man could receive. O
0 "It shall be my effort to make'0
0 such a mayor that no one who 0
O voted for me shall ever regret his 0
0 action.” 0
0 - O
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F CHAU
ASKED TO RESIGN
BUT NEITHER DID IT
Jas. L. Key Demands That
Maddox and Felder
Step Down.
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DR. CURTI8 THANK8 O
THOSE SUPPORTING HIM. O
0 ed alderman from the First ward, 0
Dr. A. L. Curtis, who was elect- 0
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0
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O all who supported me In my cam
O palgn.”
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ELECTION CAUSES
NOT ONE ARREST
Order, order everywhere—
And not a drap to drink.
Only nltie arrests were made by the
police force from midnight Tuesday
night until midnight Wednesday night,
twenty-four hours. But the feature of
the flue 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 not; a copy of
charges aeryed at any of the polling
pluces.
The police department, headed by
Chief Jentnga, 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 arrests made
for fights about votes, Wednesday night
waa one of the quietest for the call
officers that has been known for many
a week. Only one nddltnnal rase was
made between midnight Wednesday
night and noon Thursday.
■ Although I hod taken everj pre
caution that there should he no trou
ble, I am surprised that none of the
big erowd was arrested," said Chief
j Jennings Thursday morning.
The official count of election returns
will show that Hoke Smith swept the
county and thht the majority of 1,9*1
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 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 committee!, met A 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. Alien re
ceived the ballot boxes and tally sheets
from the various managers.
When the meeting was called to ar
dor 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 tho Joint com-
mlttee canvass the returns. He and
Mr. Maddox were acting under a com
pact. This would be the last election
jefore 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.
"To the people,” replied Mr. Key.
Applause from members of the com
mittee followed.
"You Are Not tho Pooplt.’’
I decline to recognize you, Mr. Key,
as the people or the representative of
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 the re
turns, a tedious process, be left to Sec
retary Allen and published In ths
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 committee at 14
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's Tasteless
Chill Tonic, drives out malaria snd
builds up the system. Sold by all
dealers for 37 yeara. "-Ice 60 cent*
POPULISTS MEET
E
If the platis announced several weeks
ago are followed the Populists of Gcnr-
gla will meet at the capttol In Atlanta
on August 37 to finally determine the
course of the atratghtouts as regards
putting out a state ticket.
Some weeks ago when about seventy-
five Populists from over the state met
at the capttol In response to a cal! Is
sued by Chairman Holloway, of the
state executive committee. It was de
cided to call a convention here on Aug-
gust 27.
80 far as known no additional tall
has been Issued nor the original rail
rescinded. It remains to be seen how
many will come here on next Monday.
Popullats voting tn 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 Is believed that Tom Watson's ad
vice to his party to vote In the Dem
ocratic primary has been pretty gen
erally followed, and that the percent
age of Irreconcilable! Is very small. It
la doubtful, therefore, If many »'U1
eome 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.