The Southern Israelite. (Augusta, Ga.) 1925-1986, September 20, 1929, Image 6

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Page 6 The Southern Israelite BUY YOUR ICE FROM FULTON ICE CO T. A. KNIGHT, President THE SERV ICE CO. l^« Slrerl WEfl 1742 HUNDREDS PAY LAST TRIBUTE AS SIMPLE FUNERAL RITES ARE HELD FOR DR. JACOBS Beloved Citizen and Leading Business Man Is Laid to Rest at Oakland. Recently when funeral services were conducted at Spring Hill chap el by I)r. David Marx, hundreds of Georgians gathered in a last ges ture of esteem and respect for Dr. .Joseph Jacobs, whose two-score years of leadership in Atlanta were brought to a close with his death late Satur- to a close with his death at his home on Roswell road. From many points in the state and from many walks of life came men and women to pay tribute to the mem ory of the distinguished pharmacist, successful business man and trusted f riend. Further evidence of the outstand ing position he had occupied in the hearts and minds of hundreds throughout the south was furnished by the wealth of flowers that were banked about the chapel. At the conclusion of the brief serv ices a majority of those who had lis tened to the rabbi's words joined in the cavalcade that moved to Oakland cemetery, where Dr. Jacobs was laid to his last rest. Outstanding Citizen The lingering illness which Satur day claimed the life of Dr. Jacobs took from the south one of its fore most druggists and from Atlanta one of its most distinguished and respect ed citizens. Governor L. G. Hardman, long a friend of Dr. Jacobs, and one well cognizant of his professional and per sonal integrity and worth, Monday issued the following brief statement in tribute to him: “In the passing of Dr. Joe Jacobs, Georgia loses one of her most loyal citizens and Atlanta one of her mo*t active druggists. “Dr. Jacobs was born in Jefferson Jackson county, Georgia, mv native county, and I have known him since the beginning of my business career “My first equipment of drugs and office, in the practice of medicine was furnished me by this noble man I have always appreciated him as 1 friend and as a citizen. He has been a loyal Georgian, a patriotic citizen, a lover of education and a sympathiz er with the sufferer. “As governor of Georgia, as a cit! zen, and as a devoted friend, 1 wish to extend to his family my deep sym pathy.” Educated at University A native of Jefferson, Dr. Jacob* was educated at the University of Georgia. In his youth he was ap prenticed in pharmacy under Dr Crawford Ixmg, famed as the discov erer of modern anaesthesia. From the renowned physician, Dr. Jacobs received what was to be his lifelong devotion to the study of pharmacy, particularly in its healing aspects. He later was instrumental in winning for his former teacher the recognition due him. While his unusual skill in phar maceutics and his marked business sagacity combined to lift him to a place of prominence in business cir cles his abilities in literary lines also were of note. He was an enthusiastic admirer of Robert Burns and became a founder of the Atlanta Burns Club, playing an important part in its work up until his last illness. SWINDLER DUPES ANTI-SEMITIC LEADERS, TELL ING THEM OF DEATH-RAY INVENTION TO ANNIHILATE JEWS Obtain.-.l Large Sums mi Claim that Berlin May Be Free at J'S * W ithin 5 Minutes; Sentenced to 15 Months Imprisonment for Fraud Berlin (J. T. A.)—Albert Bruehahn, self-styled German inventor and mem ber of the nationalistic military organ ization, Stahlhelm, takes the prize for exploiting the credulity and hatred of the German anti-Semitics. After hav ing obtained a large sum to finance his alleged invention which would “free Berlin of Jews within three min utes” and after securing the co-opera tion of leading German noblemen, he is now’ beginning a term of fifteen months imprisonment imposed upon him by the Frankfurt court for fraud. Bruehahn first came to a group of Silesian noblemen, telling them that he had invented a machine for pro ducing and transmitting over long dis tances electric death rays. A com pany, including General Ange, Prince Bismarck, Counts Pueckler, Maltzahn and Dircksen, as well as other Sile>ia: magnates, was formed to finance the invention. The company advanced Bruehahn the amount of 60,000 Man*’ and undertook to raise additional W* 000 Marks. These commitments said to have been made after Biu* hahn’s representation that he cou with the death-ray machine, clear * r lin of Jews within three minutes- 1 plan was to assemble Berlin by some ruse in the Synagogue > ar ■ when he would ascend in an aerop *n* and send dow’n upon the assern * Jew’s his death-rays. Beliel in the vention was so great that he 1 abled to deliver a lecture at the versity of Breslau. During the trial it was brought that Bruehahn was in communicat e- with Granduke Cyril, pretender to Russian throne.