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MAN FOUND DEAD IN ROAD;
BELIEVED AUTO KILLED HIM
John Connor, of 1610 Hicks Street, Found Five Miles From
Augusta In Louisville Road with Three Ribs and Leg Brok
• en and Abrasions On Head.
John Connor, white, aged 63, (of
1610 Hicks Htreot, was found dead in
the middle of the Iyoulsville road, five
mile* from Auffunta, about one o'clock
Monday morning* It. is believed that
he was struck by an automobile. There
were a considerable number of abras
ions on the head, three ribs were
broken and one leg broken.
I,)r. O. J. Montgomery, county phy
sician, gave It as his opinion that
death was due to concussion of the
brain and shock. There will he a
coroner’s inquest held on Tuesday aft
ernoon at 4 o’clock at the 11. B. El
liott Undertaking establishment.
From the best information obtain
able the deceased and Pete Huffman,
a teamster for l*. M. Hutto, went out
driving Sunday afternoon. Both are
said to have been drinking. They
drove to Oracewood and then to Al
len’s Htalon and oher places and were
returning last night when the buggy
wne overturned In a ditch, near the
home of Mr. J. T. Crenshaw. Help
was procured to get the buggy out
of the ditch, according to Huffman,
but while he was trying to get it out
Negro R’way Mail Clerk Said to
Have Robbed Mails for 17 Years
Edward M. Levy Arrested and Bound Over to the U. S. Court
By Commissioner C. J. S kinner on Monday Morning.
Edward M. Lovy, a negro mull clerk
running on the Southern between Co
lumbia and Augusta, wan arrest ed
Sunday by U. S. Deputy Marshal Mur
ray, and was Monday hound over to
the IT. S. district court nt Columbia
(or rifling the matin by U. S. Com
mlKHloner C. J. Skinner, Jr.
Dewy wan released on bond of $2,500,
signed by his brother, J. It. Davy, M.
!>., of Florence, H. who states ho
owns property amounting to $35,000,
and by Dr. A. N. Gordon of Augusta.
ATLANTA NEGROES THOUGHT FLOOD
WAS COMING WHEN SEWER BROKE
Atlanta, Gac—"Tsirdy, save us!”
screamed the negroes on Walnut street
last night. "Do big flood has done
come to Atlanta, at las’ on’ now w«’U
all be drowended!”
Pueh a. panic has pcaircely prevailed
In Atlanta since the time of the riot.
Darkles scurried for porch roofs and
house tops, while others actually
climbed trees and telegraph poles.
While It was raining ntoderately
hard during the evening, chance
would have It that a six-inch city
“COUSIN DTP HERE
WEDNESDAY EVENING
Paint and Powde» Club’s Bone
fit For Y. W. 0. A. Building
Fund. Expect Largo Crowd.
Whs* promises to he tlio boet pro
duction ever rendered by the Taint
and Powder Club home talent —will
be given In "Cousin Kate” Wodneday
evening, Brßo, at the Grand.
It Is an oxqulslto little drama of
the three acts.
There should be a crowded house
Wednesday night as the proceeds
from the play will be given to the
Young Women’s ChrtaUan Associa
tion of this city to be used In their
building fund.
The soenes of 'Ykinsln Kate” are
laid around Ixxidon at the present
time and the entire action of the
play transpires In a single day.
Among those who have been chosen
to take past In tho rendition of "Cous
in Kale” are: Mr. Jno. M. Cosart,
as Heath Desmond, an artist; Miss
Marlon Fleming, as Kate Curtis,
“Cousin Kate," an author; Miss Sarah
Jones, ns Mrs. Spencer, a widow; Miss
Alloe Hull, ns Amy Spencer, her
daughter; Mr. Jake Isjwery, as Rev.
Jas. Bartlett, a clergyman; Master
Erwin Fleming, ns Bobby Spencer
Amy's brother; Mr. Ralph Arrington,
as Dobbs, a servant.
The first act shows Mrs Spencer’s
drawing room the second, a room at
"Owlacott,” and the third act Is tho
same as the first.
The furniture and fixtures to bo
used In the production are loaned %y
Mr. Archer, manager of the A. G.
Rhodes and Son Furniture Company.
Andonegul's orchestra will furnish
the music.
The ‘Movies’ Were
Closed by M’g’rs
In Atlanta Sunday
Atlanta, Ga.—The movies were
closed yesterday by agreement of the
picture theatre manager*. They had
Intended to charge an admission for
the benefit «»f the flood sufferers,
but the city attorney ruled that charg
ing admission would be a violation
of the law.
The managers are going to ask
counsel for permission to lake a pop
ular vote of nil registered voters, on
whether Sunday movies are wanted or
not. promising to abide hv the r^ault.
Connor is said to have left him.
About a half mile from the place
where the buggy was overturned the
body of Connor was found at 1 o’clock
MondAy morning by Mr. Crenshaw’s
son. Mr. Eyttleton Smith, who Jives
nearby, was notified and he tele
phoned Jailer Plunkett, who went to
the scene with Secretary J. T. Gard
ner, of the county commission. The
deceased was lying face downward In
the middle of the road when found.
It seems that after Huffman got
the buggy out of the ditch he went
to sleep by the roadside and when
the officer** went to the scene they
met him coming into the city. Mr.
Plunkett, aft* r viewing the body of
Connor, turned back and overtook
Huffman, who is now in Jail pending
the verdict of the coroners Jury.
While Huffman says that, he never
heard any automobile pass, still he
admits he was asleep for some time.
In view of the uncertainty as to how
Connor came to his death, Mr. Plun
kett declared It wiwo to hold Huffman
until the inquest is convened.
Connor leaves one daughter. IJe
worked in the King mill.
Tho U. ft. p. o. inspectors whe
worked up the «*a«e again«t Uevy
.state that ho haw boon consistently
robbiriK the 11. H. malls for about 17
years. Ho was detected through the
medium of marked one-dollar bills,
mailed by the P. O. Inspector to John
ston, H. C. The Johnston letter was
not delivered, Dovy was arrested in
Augusta and the marked money found
on him,.
He spent Sunday night in the Rich
mond county Jail.
wafer main happened to hurst at the
corner of Terry and Walnut streets,
with tho result that for tin hour or
more a great volume of water gushed
down the sloping street to the nearest
sewer.
The Illusion was sufficiently real
istic, In view of the rain, to enuse a
nervous person who had been reading
of the flood horrors to he figuratively
If not literally swept off his feet, and
there Is little wonder that the negroes
prayed and climbed trees.
The Govt's Flood
Bulletin
Washington, D. C. This Is today’s
special river and flood bulletin. Is
sued by tho Weather Bureau;
"The Ohio river is falling from
Pittsburg to about Huntington, W. Va.
it Is still rising from Olnclnnatlo to
Cairo. The gauge readings at tho
principal weather bureau stations at
7 a. m., Monday thus far received,
Pittsburg to Cairo, follow:
"Pittsburg 13 7 feet, 8.3 feet below
flood stage; Cincinnati #9.2 feet. 19.3
feet above flood stage; Isnilsvllla 437
15.7 feet above flood stage; Cairo 52
feet, 7 feet above flood stage.”
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE
PASSES COMMISSION
GOVERNMENT PERMIT
(Continued from Page One.)
tho elootkm aro required to adopt
the new rule.
To provide machinery of gov
ernment adequate to tho varying
sties of cities these classes of
cities are made under the act:
Those having three thousand pop
ulation and loss than twelve
thousand, will have two com
missioners and a mayor; be
tween twelve thousand and twen
ty thousand, three commissioners
and a mayor; between twenty
thousand and thirty thousand,
four commissioners and a mayor.
A primary Is provided to
choose the candidates for mayor
and commissioners. The two
men receiving the highest vote
for each office nt the primary be
come the candidates at the gen
eral election. Five department*
of city government are created;
public affairs, accounts and fin
ance, public safety, street* and
public Improvements, parks and
public property. Tho commission
Is to designate which commis
sioner shall handle any particular
department
Initiative, Referendum and Re
call
In cities of less than fifteen
thousand Inhabitants the salaries
of the mayor and commissioners
are to bp fixed hv ordinance. In
cities between fifteen thousand
and twenty-two thousand the
mayor shall receive $1,500 a year
and the commissioners $l,lOO, in
cities between twenty-two thou
sand and thirty thousand, the
salaries are fixed t $2,000 and
$1,500.
The New Rule BUI also pro
vides for civil service, the Initia
tive, the referendum and the re-
VAST POWER WIELDED, STUPENDOUS
THE SUMS HANDLED BY FINANCIER
WHO DIED AT ROME, ITALY, MONDAY
perhaps no man ever lived who had
as much of other people’s money
placed at hla absolute disposal as J.
P. Morgan.
It is estimated that over $500,000,-
000, belonging to outside corporations,
was his to do with as he saw fit. This
statement is made on the authority of
Wall Kret statisticians, who declare
that be could with a wave of hi 3
hand, start or stop the buying of any
of th** products used by the corpora
tions which he dominated
During the investigation of the
Stanley congressional committee it
developed that the entire cash balance
of the United States Steel Corpora
tion, amounting to something over
$70,000,000, was on deposit with J. P.
Morgan and Company.
Vast Power.
The vast financial power of this
man can be judged when it Is remem
bered that his was a private bank and
not subject in any way to national
state or local supervision or any con
stitutional authority whatsoever.
As great as this steel deposit was
it represented hut a modicum of the
money, belonging to someone else,
that Morgan held to do with accord
ing to his pleasure.
Wall street authorities who were
well acquainted with Morgan, say
that, he would seldom go upon the di
rectorate of a company or corpora
tion which ho could not domipate. The
result was that the various railroad
corporations and Innumerable other
companies who had him on their di
rectorate, deposited tholr money at
his hank.
Tt Is calculated that the total of
these cash deposits will exceed $400,-
000,000 and this with the Steel Trust’s
deposits carried the balance beyond
the $500,000,000 mark.
Stupendous Sum*.
Tt was this stupendous sum, a pri
vate working capital of other people's
money, w'hich enabled Morgan to reign
as the Czar of the money world at
least 1n America, and made him one
of the commanding figures in Euro
pean finace.
Sixty-one Companies.
Mr. Morgan was a director in 61
companies. These companies w'ere:
Aetna Insurance Company.
Boston and Maine Railroad Co.
Carthage and Adirondack Railroad
Company.
Carthage and Watertown and Rack
ett’s Harbor Railroad Company.
Central New England Railroad Co.
City nnd County Contract Co.
Cleveland. Cincinnati, Chicago and
Rt. liOuls Railway Co.
Columbus, Hope and Greenshurg
Railroad Company.
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and
Pittsburg Railroad Company.
Kllenville and Kingston Railroad
Company.
EXPECT 45 FT.
AT MEMPHIS
Rise of Four-Fifths of Foot In
Past 24 Hours. Guarding
River’s Weak Points.
Memphis, Tenn.—A stage of 36 feet
was registered on the local gauge of
the Mississippi river at 7 o’clock to
day, a rlso of eight-tenths of a foot In
tho past 24 hours.
River men In this vicinity nre hold
ing to tholr predictions made several
days ago that a stage of 45 feel or
more will be attained at Memphis be
fore the crest of the flood has passed
south.
Forces of men In north Memphis
worked Sunday raising the levees,
protecting . low portions of the city
from a possible overflow from Bayou
Gayoso and Wolf river. The city au
thorities now claim they will be able
to withstand a 47-foot stage.
Thousands of empty sacks have
been sent to the weakest points on
tho levee above and below Memphis.
Two hundred comivlcts have been
employed for several days aiding In
rntstng the embankments so they will
withstand n pressure of 45 feet.
Major Markham of the local U. S.
engineers, says everything Is In good
shape from Memphis to Hickman.
Date reports from Beulah, Mlsrf.,
where grent damage was done In 1913
by the breaking of the levee says tho
new emhankmsnt fa holding well and
the engineers nre hopeful of being
able to meet the situation.
Southern Railway
Free Service to
Flood District
Announcement Made by the
Freight Officials In Augusta
of Importance to Donors.
The local officials of the freight de
partment of the Southern Railway
make announcement Monday that
their road will be glad to handle free
of charge any shipments of clothing,
food, supplies, etc., provided such are
donated or furnished free and des
tined to the flood district In the Cen
tral West for the relief of destitute
sufferers. *0 1 < g WIG
It matters not how large the quan
tity, the Southern states that It Is
willing and ready to transport to the
needy In Ohio. Indiana and Kentucky
lama fide contributions of the nature
mentioned above and not charge a
cent. The route must be over their
lines, however.
The order was lstuted Saturday,
March 29th, and Is not only effective
from Augusta but from all nolnta on
lta lines.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA*
First National «Bank of New York.
First Security Company of the City
of New York.
Fort Wayne, Cincinnati and Louis
ville Railroad Company.
The Fulton Chain Railway Co.
The Fulton Navigation Company.
General Electric Company.
Geneva, Corning and Southern Rail
road Company.
Harlem River and Port Chester
Railroad* Company.
Hartford and Connecticut Western
Railroad Company.
Jersey City and Bayonne Railroad
Company.
Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Company.
Madison Square Garden Company.
Main Central Railroad Company.
Metropolitan Opera and Real Es
tate Company.
Mexican Telegraph Company.
Michigan Central Railroad Co.
Ml!!brook Company.
Mohawk and Malone Railroad Co.
New England Navigation Co.
New England Railroad Company.
New Jersey Junction Railroad Co.
New Jersey Shore Line Railroad.
Nfw York and Harlem Railroad Co
New York and Northern Railway
Company.
New York and Ottawa Railroad Co.
New York and Putnam Railroad.
New York Central and Hudson Riv
er Railroad Company.
New York. Chicago and St. Louis
Railroad Company (Nickel Plate.) ■
New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad Company,
New York, Ontario and Western
Railway Company.
Now York State Realty and Ter
minal Company.
New York, Westchester and Boston
Railway Company.
Newport Trust Company.
Niagara Falls Branch Railroad Co.
Ontario, Carbondale and Scranton
Railway Company.
Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad
Company.
Port Jervis, Montlcello and Sum
mltvllle Railroad Company.
Poughkeepsie Bridge Railroad Co.
The Pullman Company.
Raquette Lake Railway Company.
Rhode Island Company (electric
line.)
Rutland Railroad Company.
St. Lawrence and Adlrondacks Rail
way Company.
Syracuse, Geneva and Corning
Railway Company.
Terminal Railway of Buffalo.
United States Steel Corporation.
Wallklll Valley Railroad Company.
West Shore Railroad Company.
Western Union Telegraph Company.
I'flkc Shore and Michigan Southern
Railroad Company.
Rpuyten Duyvil and Port Morris
Railroad Company.
FAMILIES MOVE
AT WHILE
Life Saving Crews Worked
During Night Assisting Peo
ple to Leave Their Homes.
Louisville, Ky.—The stage of the
Ohio river here at 7 o’clock this morn
in wgs 43.7 feet, a rise of 1.6 feet In
the last 24 hours.
After the life saving crews work
hero yesterday and last night, It was
believed today that few families re
mained In homes likely to be affected
by the crest of the flood.
Reports today from Ashland and
Maysvllle, Ky., and Madison, Ind.,
which began yesterday to feel the ef
fects of the final swell, told of enor
mous property damage.
Western Kentucky towns today
were cities of refuge for many people
that continued to flee from the low
lands, many hundred of acres of
which are already under water. Hen
derson, Owensboro and Paducah and
other points reported the river sttU
rising. The clfles themselves, for
the most part, nre high and the suf
fering and damage Is In the sur
rounding country.
In the case of the Louisville, Hen
derson and St. Louis railroad service
was entirely suspended.
MR. FRANK W. MOORE
IS OUT FOR COUNCIL
1
Young Real Estate Man Will
Be a Candidate In the Sixth
Ward.
In another column of this paper Is
printed the announcement of Mr.
Frank W. Moore for city council from
the sixth ward, for the term begin
ning January Ist, 1914.
Mr. Moore's friends, at whose solici
tation he has decided to announce,
feel that he is eminently fitted for
council. His knowledge of the ward,
his Interest In It and the seal with
which he Is capable of working, they
feel, recommend him most highly to
represent the Interests of the ward in
council.
Mr. Moore has lived all of his life
In Augusta. While he has not al
ways lived in the sixth ward, he has
always held Interests there, and is as
well acquainted with conditions
through his real estate connections, ns
a life resident of the ward.
Mr. Samuel H. Myers’ term as coun
cilman front the 6th will expire this
year.
Receding Flood At Dayton
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Citizens of the stricken city of Dayton, Ohio, making the best of their
first opportunity of freedom from the building® in which they were im
prisoned by the flood. This photo graph was made after the waters be
gan to recede.
Young Morgan Attended the Directors'
Meetings But Never Opened His Mouth
New York.— John Pierpont Mol Ka n started his business career half
a century ago on the board of dlrec tors of a large maritime insurance
company. He secured the posltlo n through the influence of his wealthy
father. For a year young Morgan attended the director's meetings, but
never opened his mouth, except to vote.
The president of the company told the elder Morgan that nothing
could be done with his son, who seemed to take little Interest in busi
ness. Young Morgan, however, all the time, was laying his plans for
his first railroad consolidation which, when accomplished, established
his standing in Wall street as the only man who ever got the better of
Jay Gould. *
The president of the Insurance company had mistaken taciturnity for
Indolence. The sobriquet of “Sphinx” of W a ll street, later was applied
to the man who at first was believe d to have been without business acu
men, but later became the supreme head of the finances of the American
continent.
Young Morgan Gone a Long Time But
Returned to School With Money Left
New York— When he was 14, Morgan was sent to Boston to the Eng
lish High school. He showed a particular bent for mathematics but had
no gifts Indicative of unusual mental power. Probably his first’ attempt
at finance took place In Boston. The school teacher gave him mon<w
with which to buy erasers. Young Morgan was gone for a long time"
When he returned he handed the teacher the erasers and also some
change.
"What’s this for?" asked the teacher. ’I gave you Just enough to
buy the erasers at the price. I have always paid for them.”
Oh, replied young Morgan, “I went around town until I could find
a place to buy them at wholesale."
For two years after graduating from the Boston High school Mr
Morgan was a student at Goettingen, Germany. At 21 he embarked upon'
his career as a banker. 1
Gen. M’g’r Denham of Ga.-Fla.
Has Tendered His Resignation
Mr. B. W. Duer, Vice-President, will Fill Dual Offices of Vice-
President and General Manager of the Road, Effective
April i.
The resignation of Capt. W. B. Den
ham, from the office of general man
ager of the Georgia & Florida Rail
way, becomes effective April Ist.
His place Is to be. filled by Mr. B.
W. Duer, vice-president of the road,
who is to fill the dual office of gen
eral manager and vice-president.
Below is an order sent out from the
G. & F. offices concerning the resig
nation of Capt. Denham:
Augusta, Ga., Mar. 27, 1913.
Mr. W. B. Denham, general man
ager, having resigned, effective April
Ist, 1913, all officers heretofore re
porting to the general manager will
Augusta Can ’tStop Her Whirling
Start In Big Membership Cam
paign
Monday Over 200 Points Had Been Scored Here by Noon
Only One of Fourteen Cities Ahead of Local Y. M. C A
Rivalry Among Leaders Here Grows.
The local workers in the Y. M. C. A.
Inter-city membership campaign, In
which fifteen cities are engaged, had
scored over two hundred points Mon
day by noon, it was reported, and It
was expected would equal their splen
did work of Saturday, the first day of
the contest, when Augusta cam© with
in nine points of tielng for first place,
with over six hundred points to her
credit.
Augusta stands second place in the
campaign, and she will have to keep
hustling to maintain this position.
By shortly after 9 o'clock Monday
night the complete returns for the
second day of the campaign will be
shown on the big bulletin board on
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YOUR ABILITY IS DOUBTED
Young Looking People Are
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Everywhere
Competition Is keen. You can’t hold
down the Big Job* If you are suspected
of being a ‘‘Back Number.”
You can't expect to be a successful
■wage-earner, man or woman, if you are
old looking, but whether you work or
not. you owe It today to yourself and
family to keep looking young.
Get a bottle of Hay's Hair Health
today. It solves the grey hair prob
lem for every man and woman, young
or old. It brings back the full, rich,
natural color of the hair—restores It
T. G. HOWARD, DRUGGIST. LOCAL AGENT.
report to the undersigned.
B. W. DUER,
Vice-President.
Approved
R. LANCASTER WILLIAMS,
President.
Capt. Denham %tated Monday that
he was not at liberty at this time to
make public his plans, but that he did
not expect to leave Augusta imme
diately.
Capt. Denham came to Augusta a
little over a year ago from the Gaines
ville, Midland railroad. He succeed
ed Gen. Mgr. J*M. Turner.
Howard’s corner, Jackson and Broad
and ModsV 180 at b ° th the Bonlt ‘*
M ™! Jeska moving picture thea
tres. The count for each city in the
campa.gn will be given and the
win ha a working i„ Augusta
will be shown too.
Dr. W. E. Clark scored more points
here Saturday. His oposing team
leaders declare that they will see that
he come down from first place. The
rivalry among the Augusta teams Is
very keen.
Augusta’s Y. M. C. A. is one of the
ristinct few associations in the coun
try having the name of Ex-President
William Howard Taft on it’s mem-
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MONDAY. MARCH 31.
RECORD Of THE PAST
No Stronger Evidence Can Be Had in
Augusta.
Look well to their record. What
they have done many times in years
gone by is the best guarantee of fu
ture results. Anyone with a bad back;
any reader suffering from urinary
troubles, from kidney ills, should find
comforting words in the following
statement. <
Mrs. F. S. McMlllian, 2 Sixth St,
Augusta, Ga., says: “I suffered con
stantly from dull, nagging backaches
and distressing pains my loins.
My back was so lame times that I
could hardly get around. My kidneys
were weak and I was caused no end
of annoyance by the kidney secretions.
I dropped doctors and tried different
remedies but nothing helped me until a
friend advised me to take Doan’s Kid
ney Pills. I procured a box at T. G.
Howard’s Drug Store and they re
moved the backache and greatly
strengthened my kidneys.”
The above statement was given April
7, 1908 and was confirmed in detail my
Mrs. McMlllian on April 8, 1911."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name—Doan’s—arid
take no other.—(Adv.)
bershlp roll. Mr. Taft’s membership
was secured while he was here by Mr.
J. H. Flythe, a brother Mason and
personal friend of the country’s ex
chief executive.
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JOSEPH T. ORME DIED IN
ATLANTA MONDAY A.M.
Atlanta, Ga. —Joseph T. Orme, a
prominent Atlanta banker, died at his
borne here this morning.' He was 33
years of age.
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