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TWO 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 {*.••&. *_ . ."". '.. . VT'.' ■■■■ - - -.. ' —uAu.. ~ i/ Q£ _', ■-.. .. __- . _ 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 IF YOU HAVE GREY HAIR YOUR ABILITY IS DOUBTED Young Looking People Are In Constant Demand 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- to Its natural color Immediately. Don’t waste time with substitutes, there’s only one. Hay's Hair Health, used by thousands with absolute satis faction for twenty years. 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