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The Georgian Carnet
The BUSINESS
And All Of It Clean
The Atlanta Georgian.
The Georgian Carrie*
The BUSINESS
And All Of It CUn
VOL. 1. NO. 226.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1907.
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KINGSTON, JAMAICA, DESTROYED
EARTHQUAKE
Kingston, Jamaica, Jan., 15.—The City of Kingston has been destroyed by an earthquake,
loss of life is reported.
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UNION OF HEBREWS OPENS
ITS TWENTIETH COUNCIL
Simon Wolf Talks on
the Immigration
Problem.
ADOLPH KRAUS
MADE PRESIDENT
Delegates Welcomed by the
Governor, Mayor and
Others.
The convention ball of the Kimball
Home was well filled when the'-first
business session of the twentieth coun
cil of tho Union of American Hebrew
Congregations was called to order at
10 o'clock Tuesday morning.
In uddltlon.to the ISO delegates, there
were ninny visitors, mostly members
of the local congregation come to bid
tin visitors welcome. The gallery wun
enlivened and beautified by the pres
ence of a large number of ladles.
IMmanent organisation was per
flated. Adolph Kraus, of Chicago, was
tinted president, and took the chair
amid great.applause. Tbs other of
ficers are vice president, Sol Sulsberg,
of New York; secretary, Upman Levy,
of Cincinnati; eselatent secretary, Mil
ton M. Hirscti, of Atlanta.
Han. timian Wolf, of Washington,
Dc-Cu-chairman-of the board of dele.
gates on civic rights. Introduced a res-
Caution In wnicn was expressed the
views and desires of tho jowlah peo
ple la regard to immigration and Im
migration laws. It being provided that
this was to be wired to Joseph Cannon,
speaker of the national house of rep
resentatives. On motion. It was re-
fernd to a committee of fivo for con-
slderatlon.
Aaron Haas, of Atlanta, was elected
temporary chairman, and Milton
llirsch, of Atlanta, temporary secre
tary. .
Address of Wslcoms.
The opening exercises were marked
by speeches by Governor Terrell. May
or Joyner. Rabbi David Marx, and the
response to these addresses of welcome
by Samuel Woolncr, president of the
Union.
The convention was opened with
prayer by Dr.. Max Keller, of Now Or-
leans.
In tho point of geographical loca
tion/' said Dr. Marx. In Introducing the
governor, "Georgia la one of tho oldest
states In the Union, and it Is highly
“ppmprlatc that the governor of this
• I mute should welcome the members
Of our ancient faith. And, then, he
C Mich with the Ulbllcal name of Jo
seph."
Governor Terrell was In a Imppy
Vi in, and frequent bursts of applause
greeted his remarks.
"I’r. Marx,” he said, "has said
t'i**i h about old Georgia that 1 v
“field he was going to refer to me
an „id governor, In which case I would
have called upon the ladles In the (tal
i' v to Indignantly dony tho allegation.
*vhen I was campaigning for gov-
•vnor, 1 related to an audience which
I -I come out to hear front nie the
n milier of occupations 1 had been en-
v iin-d in. When through some fellow
" ■ heard to remark: 'Ho's been every
thing but a Jew and a preacher.' Ills
'oiiiponlon replied, 'Yes, and lie's got a
Jtw name.'
Power of ths Jew.
' .setlougly, I am pleased to welcome
1 'U to the state of Georgia. There Is
state In the Union, where tho Jew
I* Mich a great force as here. In 8u-
vniinnh, that old city has had a Jew
I r mayor for the past 10 years. Other
'hie* are represented In high offices
tv Jewish ctttiens. There Is no pert of
A'l.inta's dttgenry which Is more dls-
'I'.-'uiHhed. more patriotic, more enter-
tf-mg, than the Jews.
‘hi the state penitentiary there are
SAMUEL WOOLNER.
President of Union, who responded
to address.
DR. K. KOHLER.
Prominent delegate to Hebrew
Convention,
S .'.'ii unfortunates. But one of these
u “ Jew. Ha was sent there for llghi-
ip.t-rather unusual offsnss for a Jew.
‘he reason you are so poorly repre-
eer.ted In the penitentiary Is because
Jewish faith teaches good cltlsen-
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LOUI8 KROHN.
Veteran treasurer of the Union of
Jewish Congregations.
CONHTTHTD
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Action Is To Be Taken
at Meeting Wed
nesday. .
CHANCE OP ATLANTA
IS REGARDED GOOD
POPULATION OF KINGSTON,
STRICKEN CITY OF JAMAICA,
IS ESTIMATED AT 50,000
New York. Jan. 15.—The western Union Telegraph Company has received
advices that Kingston has been destroyed by an earthquake with great loss of life.
Kingston is tho capital and chief seaport of the Island of Jamaica, situated in
the southeast coast of the island.
The streets are clean and the water supply is excellent, with a fino sewerage
system. It has electric lights an dstreet cars. Tho town is strongly, fortified.
tmil',and the gov-
Tlic population is about. 50,000. The suburbs arc very beautif
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ernor and wealthier residents live there. The harbor is said to be one among
~tJnrflircsrih the world. :—
It Is Reported That Secreta
ry Shaw Is Opposed to
Birmingham.
Washington. Jan. 15.—A letter from
Secretary Shaw to Chairman Payne,
of the ways and means committee,
concerning -the proposed location of the
new sub-treasury In the South, will be
laid before the committee on ways and
means In Its meeting tomorrow.
It wa* reported In this city, today
that In this letter Secretary Show de
clares Birmingham It not suitable as s
location for the sub-treasury.—If this
ires out to be true. Atlanta wilt stand
TKhhcctd secure the prise. -
The committee tomorrow will decide
whether It will report a bill providing
for the new sub-treesury and where
the sub-treasury should be located.
RABBI M08ES J. CRIES,
Of Cleveland, who speaks to Union
Tuesday night. ,
LOOKS BLUE FOR BAILEY;
GOVERNOR AGAINST HIM
Duncan and Camp
bell Are Old Time
Friends.
CLOSELY ASSOCIATED
IN LAW BUSINESS
Probe Resolution,. If
Passes, Is Likely to Em
barrass Senator.
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O There waa much comment on O
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THREE GOVERNORS
Col. John Temple Graves
Delegate from State
ut Large.
•i.i
“We are glad to have you here. If
you are not treated rtaht where you
■ v». coma down to Georgia and make
n your home. You'll get nil that*
‘ “ulng to you as long a* Dr. Murx
—i.i.iiuveiiHn Tarrell are athn-." —
Mayor Joyner Wee next Introduced
' 1 am not going to queer my adnilni*-
>.i:i.,n right at the Jump." said the
1 ■ iyor, "by boring you with a long
' I can say truly that the cltr of At-
-aia is glad to have you here, and we
Continued Oo Pag* Thirteen.
Washington, Jnn. 15.—Buck of the
Introduction and prcwilng of the I>un-
reenhillon In Ihe'Tcxaa legislature
for the Invcsdlgnilon of the charges
again*! Senator Halley, there Is a story
if Texas politics that Is a goisl deal
discussed In Texas circles In Wash
ington. Balloy, It seems that the new
IHiiver* In Texas arc not for Bailey.
Governor Campbell, who has Just been
Inaugurated. Is lined up against the
Junior senator from the state, and this
fact Is aecepted as giving the situation
a sinister aspect from the standpoint
,,f Halley s Interests.
Dunean. In whose hands turned up
ih,. resolution for Investigation of the
charges against Halley and also of
rues,, against Attorney General R. V.
Davidson, I* the Intimate friend of Gov.
, mor Campbell. In fact the are
Motctdiors. Thev have, moreover, been
,el.lied Ih business and prb-
r.ssloiial matters Governor Camp-
lull wa* receiver for the International
and
„'-»* thrown Into the hands of the-
courts, anil Duncan's lew firm acted as
attorneys for the receiver. Governor
Campbell has a long and unquotlmii-
„rd of opisisllhm lo corpora
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rent methods In finance.
If Governor Campbell Is against Hut-
Icy. friends of the latter admit the out
look Is evsn worse for ths senator than
has been commonly understood. The
Duncan resolution, according to ad-
vlcrs from Texas, 1s likely to pass. If
It does. It will present Bailey's friends
with a most troublesome elate of af
fairs.
Benator Bailey has been charged with
Improperfoiau,ms with the Standard
Oil and other corporation*. He will l>e
compelled to explain them In ihc ut
most detail. Further. Ilalley ha- made
charges against Attorney General i>“.
vidian. Under this resolution he would
have to substantiate these. There Is a
strong feeling that the more the mat
ter Is gone Into the more difficult will It
be for Halley to explain his own af
fair* fo the satisfaction ef the people
and likewise the more Impossible will
It tie for him lo produce specific proof
Delegates from the cotton-growing
counties of Georgia and from the state
at large are making preparations for
attending the third annual convention
of the Bouthem Cotton Association,
which will bs called In order In Birm
ingham next Thursday by President
Harvlu Jordan, and will continue for
three days. Over 100 delegates arc ex-
pected lo attend from Georgia.
The program Includes all the promi
nent cotton growers In the Boutli and
Hate officials. Governor-elect lloki-
Bmlth, of Georgia: Governor Heyward,
of South Carolina, and Governor Co
mer. of Alabama, will ilcllver addresses.
John Tcmpls Graves, editor of The
Georgian, has received and acknowl
edged notice of his appointment ns del
egate from the state at large from M.
L. Johnson, president of the Georgia
state division. Colonel Graves Mill at
tend the opening session of the con
vention next Thursday.
NEW CHIEF EXECUTIVE
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
INDUCTED INTO OFFICE
Special to The Georgian.
Columbia, S. C., Jan. 15.—Martin F.
Ansel was Inaugurated governor of
South Carolina today.
After four years of service as the
state's chief executive, Qovernor
Clinch Heyward yielded the ecepter
to hl“ successor. ...
At noon the Inaugural procession
entered the ban of the house of rep
resentatives, where the ceremony took
place. The procession started tram the
office -of the 'governor. Where shortly
HON. MARTIN F. ANSEL
HON. D. CLINCH HEYWARD.
Who retiree as Ih* chief executive
of the Palmetto 8tste, after four
years Incumbency.
before the hour of noon the supreme
court and the retiring and Incoming
state officials assembled.
Governor Heyward escorted Govern
or-elect Ansel. Lieutenant Governor
McLeod and the other new and old of
ficials followed the two governors and
the supreme court. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Hlonn presided over the Joint
semtily of senate and house.
Upon usccndlng the speaker's stand,
i- oath of office wns administered to
Mr. Ansel by Chief Justice Pope, of the
supreme court.
NORTHERN SOCIETY
AT HANNA WEDDING;
THE WHITNEYS ATTEND
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£(>••<-1*1 to The Georgian.
Thomaavllle, Ga„ Jan. IS.—A wed-
ling of national Interent wa* nolem-
nl/ed In 8t. Thomaa Kplncopal church
here thin afternoon nt 3.30 o’clock,
when Min* Jean Flnlre Ilanna and Mr.
Howard .Melville Hanna, both of Cleve
land. O., were united In the holy bond*
of matrlmonv by the Rev. George Hhrr-
\vood Whitney, formerly rector of the
pariah here, but recently called to Au
gusta.
Minn Hanna In the daughter of Mr.
and Mm. L <’ Hanna, of Cleveland,
and a niece of the late Henntor Mnrcun
A. Hanna.
Mi. llntina I.* the non of Mr. and Mr*
II. M. Hanna, of Cleveland, and Is u
nephew of the late Henator Hanna. It
Ih underntood that the marriage wan
nolemnlxed In Georgia for the reuHon
that the lawn of Ohio forbid the mar
riage of itmt < ouMln*..
The wedding wan atlynded by m
than n hundred pemon*. mostly me
hem of the winter colony und a large
number of guAtt* who came dow n from
Cleveland.
Prominent among the vlaltnm were
Mr. and Mm. llurry Payne Whitney, of
New York.
Senate Finance Com
mittee Wants Him
Treasuiy Secretary. -
Washington. Jan. 15 —nie_*Att. -^q
ite committee or
matlc a favorable report on the'
rumination of eOorge U. Cortel-
you, to be secretary of the treas
ury when Secretary Shaw resign*,
March 4.
PEIRCE ACTED
guar-
Secretary Hay Gave
Him Right to Repre
sent Ship Owners..
WORLD OF DIFFERENCE!
GEORGIA AND MONTANA
JUST 114 DEGREES APART
oke!
Il.ily
A difference of US degrees.In tem
perature Tuesday between At la nt ,1 und
Havre, Mont.! While the peek-a-boo
».,i.i- Imv, itliH->*t been - nnasml-from
winter quarters liy the balmy sunshine
In Georgia, the Montanans are muf-
ll.-.l In bearskin ovqrcoats and wool-
Iluring the post 81 hours a maximum
of 78 degrera was registered hy the of*
fielal thermomrtrr In the weather bu
reau. and within lha e«>n, time limit
the weather man at Havrr. Mont., sent
word over the country that when the
mercury waa last seen U was 44 de
grees below sero.
Thg Medicine Hoi f(J|ka are also
basking In a temperature 44 degrees
below Xero. Marquette. Ih* place
where mlwrehle weather prevails when
every other place la advertising In lime
tnble books, now enjoys comparatively
good weather, with a temperature of
4 degrees above aero. The Indication*
locally are tor rain and colder Wed
nesday.
Washington. Jan. 15.—It la declared
at the state department that there Is
nothing In the chargee presented by
house rommlttce on ways and
means against Herbert H. D. Peirce,
United Steles minister to Norway,
The fad that Sir. Peirce, while rep-
esentlng the United States before The
Hague tribunal In the matter of tho
selture of a vessel, alio represented tha
waers of the ship, haa always been
known £y the state department.
When Mr. Pelrce'e nomination for tho
present position waa being considered,
this matter was brought up and Secre
tary Root ascertained that Mr. Peirce,
In representing the owners of the ves
sel, had acted with the full consent of
the late Secretary John Hay.
Tha senate waa satisfied with the
explanation offered by ths state depart,
menu and the matter eras not allowed
to stand In the way of Mr. Ptlrca'a
confirmation.
O address
o morning.
O The occasion was tho Initial I
O slon of th* twentieth council of II
O the Union of American Habeew
O Congregation*. Th* address arms
o abort, but to tho potnL Ho waa
O heartily applauded as he took tho
O rostrum.
o ho said, "and they will open the I
O door of any home In Atlanta."
o Then he added, with character*
O Isttc simplicity and force: O
0 "If you don't eeo whet you want <
O ask for IL and wt'U give It to <
O you." j_
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