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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 00000000000000000000000000 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— . 3 O i i Jj O •E s •8 J j f 1 i 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 J. <13 (0 18 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. IE 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 l-.-l- 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." 0000000001)0000000000000000 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 O 00000000000000000000000000 0000000000000O00000000000O 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 00000000000000000000000000 F CHAU ASKED TO RESIGN BUT NEITHER DID IT Jas. L. Key Demands That Maddox and Felder Step Down. 00000000000000000000000000 0 O DR. CURTI8 THANK8 O THOSE SUPPORTING HIM. O 0 ed alderman from the First ward, 0 Dr. A. L. Curtis, who was elect- 0 - “ ■ ' 0 0 . .... 0 O all who supported me In my cam O palgn.” 00000000000000000000000000 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.