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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30.
Sparrow Hawk Swoops Down in Broad
Daylight, Gathered Unsuspecting English
Sparrow and Leaves For Parts Unknown
All of Which Happened on Broad Street Sunday Afternoon
While a Half Dozen People Looked on. It Wouldn’t Have
Happened Had Mr. Sparrow's Advice Been Followed by
Mrs. Sparrow.
‘•The sparrow hawk makes our life
miserable and we are in constant dan
ger of death,” said Mrs. I 1!. Sparrow,
while the snakes break up our nest
and eat our eggs or kill our young.
\Ve must move to the city."
Old Mr. Sparrow thought hard on
the subject and said, "My dear, but in
the cities there are boys with airguns
and parlor rifles, and in Augusta, I
hear, there is one judicial officer of
high degree who slaughters English
sparrows. His aim Is deadly' and he is
our implacable foe. The most delight
ful place in Augusta for sparrows to
reside is near this judge’s residence
on the principal residence street (I
was given this information by my
grandmother who narrowly escaped
death at the hands of this man. My
grandfather was slaughtered and, with
twenty-three others, went to make up
the judge's pie). My dear, I feel this
way about it: it is better for us to
'bear the ills -we have than to fly to
others we know not of.’ ”
“In no city could matters be worse
than they are here,” said Mrs. E. Spar
row, “and I am going to Augusta.”
Of course, there was nothing left
for E. Sparrow to do but to come along
with her. The persistence of Mrs.
Sparrow, like that of Mrs. Smith, Mrs.
Jones, Mrs. Brown, and all the rest
of the Mrs.’s brought hubby across
and the Sparrow family moved to Au
gusta.
Poor old E. Sparrow is no longer
able to tweet and Mrs. Sparrow is a
widow today, W'hile the little Sparrow’s
vre orphans. It happened in this wise:
i Augusta Got Good Rain That Was
Badly Needed; Forecast, “Unsettled”
Precipitation Since Saturday Morning 2.48 Inches; 62 of
An Inch Last Night. Brief Smile of Old Sol About Noon
Monday Indicated Fairer Weather in Sight. River to go
To Twenty Four Feet.
Augusta has got a good rain—one
that was much needed —since Satur
day morning. Officially the total pre
cipitation Is 2.48 inches. The sun peep
ed out for the first time about noon
Monday and with a forecast for, not
rain, but unsettled weather for Au
gusta and vicinity Monday night, the
prospects looked a little brighter for
clearing weather. Occasional rains Is
the probable indication for Tuesday.
The rainfall Sunday night measured
.62 of an inch.
The rain came while the Savannah
river was at a stage at Augusta of S
feet. At 8 a. m. Monday the stage
was 16 feet, and Forecaster Emigh
stated that by Tuesday morning the
stage will have reached 24 feet, which
will be approximately the crest on the
present rainfall. It is possible for it
LEGAL NOTICES
STATE OF GEORGIA,
RICHMOND COUNTY—
Mrs. V. B. Studenmyre vs. IV. H.
Studenmyre, in Superior Court of said
County, January Term, 1915—Libel for
Divorce. •
To the Defendant, W. H. Studenmyre,
In the above stated ease you are hereby
required in person or by attorney, to
be and appear at the next term of the
Superior Coirrt. to be held in anti for
the County aforesaid on the third Mon
day in January, 1915, then and there to
answer Plaintiff in action for Divorce,
as in default thereof, the Court will pro
ceed thereon as to Justice may apper
tain.
Witness the Honorable Henry C. Ham
mond.' Judge of said Court.
This 28th day of November. 1914.
DANIEL KERR.
N. M. REYNOLDS, Clerk.
Atty. for Plaintiff. n29,30,d4,1l
SHERIFF’S SALE.
STATE OF GEORGIA.
RICHMOND COUNTY—
Will be sold at the Court House, in
the City of Augusta, County and State
aforesaid, the usual place for holding
Sheriffs Stiles, on the first Tuesday in
December next, during the legal hours
of sale the following described prop
erty, to-wit:
A:' that lot or parcel of land, with
improvements thereon, in the City of
Augusta, said State and County, located
on Turknett Springs Road on South
Boundry Street, consisting of ninty-six
and 50-100 feet on Turknett Springs
Road or South Boundry Street, being
bounded on the North by Turknett
Springs Road or South Boundry Street;
East by lands now or formerly Collins
and Kersch; on the South by property
now or formerly of T. F. McCarthy;
West by property now or formerly of 1.
F. McCarthy.
Said property levied on as the prop
erty of T. F. McCarthy to satisfy a fi.
fa issued from Superior Court, of said
Countv on the 12th day of November,
1914, in favor of W. L. Sherrod against
T. F. McCarthy.
Levy made this 12th day of November,
1914 and notice served.
J. T. PLUNKETT,
Sheriff of Richmond County, Ga.
PIS. 20,27,80
STATE OF GEORGIA,
RICHMOND COUNTY—
V. M. Mills vs. Jolcey Belle Mills, in
Superior Court of said County, January
Term. 1915—Libel L.* Divorce.
To the Defendant, Joloey Belle Mill*
in the above stated case you are hereby
required in person or by altorney, to l*r
and appear at the next term of the Su
perior Court, to he held in and for the
County aforesaid on the third Monday
In January, 1915. then and there to an
swer Plaintiff tn action for Divorce, as
in default thereof, the Court will proceed
thereon a* to Justice may appertain.
Witness the Honorable Henry C. Ham
mond. Judge of said Court.
This 29th day of October. 1914.
inn DANIEL KERR.
V W RHRCTT. JR., Clerk.
Atty. for Plaintiff. n28,30,d1,2
STATE OF GEORGIA.
RICHMOND COUNTY—
Simon Hutto v«. Dora Hutto, In the
Superior Court— I.thol for Divorce.
The Defendant in the above
case. Dora Hutto. Is hereby required in
person or by attorney to be and appear
It the' next term of Richmond Superior
Court, to be held In andfor the Cc ty
aforesaid on the tNfd Monday In
January, 1915, then and there to an
-awer plaintiff In his action for Divorce
*.-,s In default In such appenrance he
• Court will proceed thereon as to Jua
tlce may appertain.
Witness the Honorable Henry C. Ham
mond. Judge of said Court.
This 27th dnv of October. 1914.
GEO B. POURNELLE.
Denote C’erk of R. Co. P C.
H A. WOODWARD, .. „
Petitioner's Atty. B*?,jo,<no,-0
Mr. Sparrow left his little family yes
terday afternoon and came down on
Broad street to get some dinner. The
old fellow’ said he was tired of the
house and wanted a breath of fresh
air. He flew down in front of J. B.
White and Company and was peaceful
ly making his meal when, like a bolt
from the blue, the deadly sparrow
haw k swooped down upon him. He was
caught napping and before Mr. Spar
row could collect his wits he was in
the hawk’s talons. He y'elled as lusti
ly as his little lungs would let him, he
squirmed arid kicked, but to no avail,
and the lass seen of him was when
the baw’k was passing over the Geor
gia Railroad Bank building, traveling
in a northeasterly direction.
The astonishment which was cre
ated by the daring act of the hawk
was shown on the faces of the half
dozen people who witnessed the per
formance. The spectacle of a hawk,
in broad daylight, swooping down upon
a sparrow in the principal section of
Broad street, is a sight not often wit
nessed.
Where the sparrow thought he had
the greatest security against the most
dread enemy of the fields he forsook,
he was made the victim of that en
emy's rapacity and greed.
All of which goes to show that dan
ger lurks In places least suspected and
no one knows his day of doom. As for
Mrs. Sparrow not listening to her hus
band's words of counsel and unwit
tingly bringing him to his death, we
shall draw no human parallel; it would
be better for us to draw the curtain.
to go higher on other rains, hut this,
however, is not the prediction.
During the rainy weather Augusta
has had summer-like weather. The
mercury has been hanging up in the
sixties most of the while and has been
comparatively stationary, as is always
the case when cloudy. At noon Mon
day It was 67 degrees.
MADE SPLEHDID Hill
Oil FOREIGN MISSIONS
Mr Chas. Rowland, of Athens,
Ga., An Old Augustan, at
First Presbyterian Church
Sunday.
Mr. Chas. Howland, formerly of this
city, now of Athens, Ga., made an
intensely interesting talk Sunday at
the First Presbyterian Church on the
missionary work that is being done
by the Southern Presbyterian Church
in foreign lands. Owing to the bad
weather there were not as many pres
ent to hear Mr. Rowland’s splendid
address as would have been other
wise. It is a pity that a single mem
ber missed it.
Mr. Rowland, with his daughter,
sailed from San Francisco last April.
Since that time they visited all the
important lands in the Orient, where
the Southern Presbyterian Church has
missionaries. Mr. Rowland is a ltador
in the laymen’s missionary movement
of this church and was sent from
America by the Laymen’s Missionary
Movement. Mr. Rowland told of his
travels and of the extensiveness of
the work from the laymen’s viewpoint,
and It was a revelation to every per
son who heard him.
Mr. Rowland was in Moscow on his
way back to America when war was
declared.
He explained the wonderful results
that are being obtained in foreign
mission fields, particularly in China,
apan and Korea. He declared that
the Christian converts there are strict
observers of the Sabbath—more so
than some of the people in the
churches here, he said. And a Chris
tian life, he added, was lived under
far more difficulties over there than
over here.
While abroad Mr. Rowland and his
daughter visited the school of Miss
Elizabeth Fleming. He stated that a
great work Is being done In her
school and that many of her converts
are bringing others Into the church.
Pointers for Women.
Almost every women who has rais
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SPECIAL NOTICES
Augusta, Ga., Nov. 30th, 1914.
AN OCCASIONAL GRAND LODGE
will be held In the Lodge Room
of the Masonic Temple Tues
day afternoon at 3 p. m. for
the purpose of laying the cor
nerstone to the Mary Warren
Home. Members of Social
Lodge -o 1 and Webbs lodge
No. 188 will take due notice
thereof and govern themselves
V
accordingly. Transient brethren arc
fraternally Invited to participate with
us.
L. G. BKATKE, T MILLER MORRIS,
W. M. W. M.
C. A. GEMMING, W. B. Toole,
Secy. Sec'y.
a3O
In Anderson Case State Entrapped By
Its Own Witnesses and Impeaches Them
Complete Surprise When
Negroes Thought to be Star
Witnesses for the State Tes
tify for the Defense.
PREDICTED NOW WILL
BE AN ACQUITTAL
Anderson Charged With the
Murder o$ John Green, Puts
Up a Self Defense Plea.
The case of the State vs. Vernon E.
Anderson, charged with the murder
of John Green on the 12th of last
October, was sounded in the superior
court Monday morning. There was
a large attendance. The defendant is
a young, neat appearing fellow and
doesn’t look the part of a murderer,
which the state will attempt to prove
him to be. He Is surrounded by
relatives and his lawyers. Mr. W
Imran Curry, Messrs. C. H. & R. S.
Cohen and Messrs. Pierce Bros, repre
sent Anderson.
Sitting with the solicitor general are
members of the dead man's family, his
vise and child and others. At II
o’clock the panel of jurors that had
been sommoned was exhausted and
only S jurors had been obtained. Court
then had a recess while another list
of jurors was being drawn by Judge
Hammond.
The following are the eight selected
up to 11 o’clock: Moses Slusky, E. O.
Sandstrom, John P. Hall, Walter Jes
ter, IV. B. Stone, J. B. Adams, R. E.
Baeon and C. J. Vaughan.
When court reconvened after a half
hour’s intermission the remaining four
jurors were secured. They are Messrs.
Clarence Sancken, George E. Toale,
Fritz Pope and C. R. Hett.
Solicitor General Franklin, outlin
ing his case to the jury, declared that
he would prove that Anderson had
murdered John Green by shooting him
in the back and he would except a
verdict of murder.
For the Defense.
Mr. 0. Henry Cohen, for the defense,
then addressed the jury. Mr. Cohen
said he would prove that Green had
returned home from the circus and
had been remonstrated with by Mrs.
Walker Green, Anderson’s mother, for
driving her mules so hard that it was
covered with sweat. (It was brought
that John Green, a brother of Walker
Green, who was killed several months
before, was living in the home of Mrs.
Green at the farm about eight miles
from Augusta near the old Savannah
road. John Green and Anderson both
went there to live after the killing of
Walker Green by Sam Rhodes.)
It seems that Mrs. Green and An
derson had gone to the circus on the
day of the killing in a buggy and
Green went ina one-horse wagon, car
rying several of the negro farm hands.
According to Mr. Cohen, the defense
would prove that when Mrs. Green
remonstrated with John Green about
the mule, he cursed her, that Ander
son, who had gone to bed because of
being sick, told Green to stop cursing
his mother, and Green then told An
derson he would cut him to death if
he came out on the porch where he
was, that Anderson got out of bed,
seized a gun and shot Green while the
latter had a knife in his hand raised
as if to cut him.
Mr. Cohen said he would expect a
verdict of acquittal.
Mary Henderson, a negress who
cooked for Mrs. Green, was the first
witness. She said that all of the peo
ple on the place had gone to the cir
cus the day of the killing except her;
that Mrs. Green and Anderson came
home in a buggy together and later
John Green came in the v/agon.
She said that Mrs. Green told John
he ought not to have driven the mule
so hard, to which John is reported to
have retorted that he didn't give a
(1 m about her or the mule; that
Green milked the cows and came hack
to the house and Mrs. Green again
mentioned the manner in which the
mule had been driven. Green, accord
ing to the witness, cursed Mrs. Green
and Anderson, hearing the cursing,
yelled at John not to curse his mother.
She said Green then told Anderson to
come out and he would cut him to
death. Witness said she did not see
the actual shooting, although she took
the gun away from Anderson after
wards.
Entrapped by Witness.
At this point the solicitor general
said that the state had been en
trapped by Its own witness and he
would lay the-foundation to impeach
her. The witness said she told the
officers the night of the killing all
about the case that she oould remem
ber Mr Franklin asked the witness
whd she had talked to since the kill
ing. She said she had talked only to
Mr. Curry. , „„
“Have you talked to Mr. Sharkey?"
asked the solicitor general.
"No, sir.”
"Have you seen Mr. Sharkey?
"Yes, sir; but I did not talk to him
about this case."
Oscar Walton, a negro farm hand,
was the second witness and he testi
fied practically to the same as the
woman, except that he said he saw
the actual shooting. Witness said he
end John Green came to town to the
circus; that Green bought three half
pinks of whiskey and he drank a glass
of beer with Green at a saloon; also
that Green bought three bottles of beer
which the two drank on the way hack
home, esch drinking one and “split
ling'' the third. He testified that he
saw Green with a knife in his hand
raised as if to cut Anderson when the
latter shot him. He also testified to
Green having cursed Mrs. Green and
threatened to out Anderson to death.
Impeach Witness.
Mr. Franklin said that the state was
again entrapped by its own witness
and he Would lay the foundation to
impeach him. Witness said lie had
told the officers the truth on the night
of the killing, hut did not mention all
of the facts. He said, when asked to
whom he had talked, that he had talk
ed to Messrs. Cohen and Pierce. He
said he had not talked to Mr. Sharkey
about the ease.
I)r. A. C. Wade was the next wit
ness and he testified that one shot
went into the hack of Green about two
Inches below the left shoulder, Mr.
Cohen asked If Green had a knife In
his hand and it was drawn to cut An
derson, could he not have been shot
while he was In the act of cutting An
derfson and not from the bark, as the
state contended. The witness sap) tt
possibly could have occurred. Under
taker It. E. Elliott testified, as did Dr.
Wade, that Green was shot In the bark
under the left shoulder.
Bailiff Cook of the superior court
was put on the stand shortly before
adjournment for dinner to impeach
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA. v
Mary Henderson and Oshar Walton.
He testified that neither had told him
or any of the other officers anything
about a knife or threats of Green to
kill Anderson and that Walton said
on the night of the killing if Green
had a knife he didn’t see it.
The state rested and the defense
will begin this afternoon. The direc
tion which the case took was a com
plete surprise and it looks very much
like an acquittal,
THE SITUATION
IS COTTON
Probability of Acreage Reduc- 1
tion Next Year Stimulates the
Buying in Foreign Markets.
There Is no disguising the fact that
we are confronted with an enormous
supply, but this cannot he taken by it
self in its bearing upon pvicea, * and ;
must be considered in conjunction with j
the coming season's crop. Kvldenoe con
tinues to accumulate that the next
planting season will witness a most j
drastic reduction in cotton acreage, and
if this turns out to be true then the 1
average supply of the two season® will
he found to he loss than normal.
Whenever it has been possible to oh- !
tain the opinion of Southern bankers
they all appear to be of one mind and
that is that financia 1 accommodations
will not be accorded to those planters
who refuse to reduce their cotton acre
age. This of course may appear to be
harsh arbitrary action, but in the belief
of a majority of people with a knowledge
of surrounding conditions, both agricul
tural and financial, it will unquestion
ably result to the benefit of the plant
ers of the South. Diversification of
crops will not only mean Icsr cotton, but
will profitably teach the Southern farm
er, whose sole agricultural education and
knowledge have been confined to cotton,
how to raise grain and other produce
at a time when, owing to the high prices
for all food products, such an experi
ment can be made without risk.
There was a great deal of comment
expressed by the trade on the heavy ex
ports to England during the week. This
should have occasioned no surprise,
however, as Great Rrltaln has been a
quiet but very extensive buyer in our
market for some time past, and it will
probably be shown later on that a great
quantity of the Texas offerings of high
grade cotton at cheap prices was taken
by Manchester and Danoashire interests.
Just' how much cotton foreign spinners
have absorbed is hard to determine, but
as they have never in the past missed
an opportunity to buy the staple when
it was low' it is reasonable to assume
that they have taken advantage in a
lieberal way of the most advantageous
price position, from their standpoint, in
recent years.
It behooves our home manufacturers
to bestir themselves or there may he. a
repetition of the 1911 conditions when
Mie foreigner, by his early far-sighted
purchases, placed the American spinner
at a disadvantage because the latter
lacked the courage to lay in a supply
and eventually had to pay materially
higher prices. Trade is obviously im
proving both at home and abroad and it
naturally must follow' that the manu
facturers need for raw cotton will in
crease.
If the American spinner because of a
present ample supply does nor care to
add to his stock of raw material, let
him protect himself against his future
needs by purchases of New York options
which, under our present system of
grading, conforming in every way to
the provisions of the Dever bill, will In
sure him a spinnable cotton if he elects
to take delivery. Such a policy entails
little risk, while, on the other hand, if
the expected acreage reduction next
spring takes place and a general textile
trade boom, which is predicted by some
of our more farseelng influential cap
tains of industry develops, options pur
chased around the present level of
prices ought to prove a very profitable
investment.
HENRY CLEWS A CO.
MR. TAFT WILL NOT BE
HERE DURING WINTER
His Duties Are So Arduous He j
Probably Cannot Visit His'
Old Home.
Friends in Augusta of former Pres
ident Taft have received letters from
him staling that he probably will not
ho able to visit Augusta this winter. |
His duties as Kent profssor of law at
Yale are very exacting and the former
president also seeiriH to be In great
demand as a lecturer.
Augustans are hopeful that Mr.
Taft will yet find time to visit his
old home city before next summer.
He will bo urged to come here at least
for a few days during the Yale Easter
vacation period.
SURVIVORS FRANKLIN BATTLE.
Nashville, Tenn. Survivors of the bat
tle of Franklin today observed its semi
centennial, nt Franklin, Tenn. General
Bennett H. Vising, commender-ln-chlef
of the United Confederate Veterans and
Gen D J Pslmtr commander of tils G.
A. R., took part In the exercises. The
battle ground will be visited late today
and a business meeting will be held by
the United Survivors Association.
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CORNERSTONE
TOMORROW
Public Invited to Exercises at
Mary Warren Home Site on
Monte Sano. Special Grand
Lodge.
Tho cornerstone to the Mary IVar
ron Home, which is now in course of
construction, on the northeast corner
of Hiekinnn Road and Central Ave
nue, Monte Sano, will he laid Tuesday
afternoon at I o’clock by a specially
appointed grand lodge of Augusta
Masons.
The public Is cordially invited to the
ceremonies.
Special Grand Lodge.
Following Is the grand lodge that
will have charge of the laying of the
cornerstone: ,
Frank W. Coffin, acting grand mas
ter.
L. G. Roatso, deputy grand master.
Miller Morris, senior grand war
den.
! C. T. Sego, junior grand warden.
I F. M. Barrett, grand treasurer.
W. F. Agee, grand secretary,
j .las. Yates, grand chaplain.
| F. W. Thomas, senior grand deacon.
Lee Olive, Junior grand deacon.
! J. H. Fl.vthe, grand marshal.
Jno. .1. Cohen, Jr., Ist grand Stewart,
W. A. Woodson, 2nd grand Stewart.
W. L. Bavin, grand tiler.
G. Lloyd Preacher, grand architect.
Occupy First of Year.
The new Mary Warren Home, for
the aged, will be a modern brick and
frame building, two stories In height,
and will furnish ample facilities for
tho home. It will be occupied some
time’the first part of the year.
► Its particularly desirability lays tn
the fact of its delightful location. The
undesirability of the location of the
| present building on upper Broad
Street, opposite the city stables, Is
one of the chief reasons for its re
moval.
CITY BRIEFS
Committee Meetings.—A meeting of
the police commission of council will
be held tomorrow to discuss the mat
ter of Issuing licenses to junk dealers,
and a meeting of (he railroad commit
tee will he held to consider certain
street crossing regulations.
Charity Meeting.—A very Important
meeting of the Associated (’harltles of
Augusnt will tie held at their rooms
at 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon for
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