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The Georgian Carrie*
The BUSINESS ..
And All Of It Clean
Atlanta Georgian.
VOL. 1. NO. 228.
ATLANTA, QA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 17,1907.
JAMAICA IS LOST TO THE WORLD;
FEARISFELT
FOR FOLK
LEFT ON
iai r
All Communication Is
Cut Off Thursday
Afternoon.
Huge Tidal Wave Washes
~ Shores of the Earthquake
Rooked Isle.
New York, Jan. 17.—All com
munication with theJsland of Ja :
maica was cut off suddenly this
afternoon after the receipt of a ca
blegram telling of an immense ti
dal wave which swept the coasts
of the earthquake-rocked island.
The fate of the inhabitants 1b
sow in doubt and the gravest ap-
pyehenaicms are felt in London and
New Yopr.
The last message to Jamaica
from die British colonial office
was mailing on Governor General
8weeterbam. to report full details
Ho answer
believed that the cable U broken
and fears are entertained that a
catastrophe more terrible than the
earthquake has Jiappencd.
The tidal wave bulletin'was re
ceived by The London Standard.
Kingston, Jamaica, via. Hol
land Bay, Jan. 17.—The United
Slates torpedo boat Whipple from
Guantanamo, Cuba, with Bear
Admiral Davis, U. S. N., arrived
here today. Other American war
ships with supplies and medical
assistance are on the way. Admir
al Davis at once saw Governor
Swceterham and offered the as
sistance of the American naval
forces in any way they might be
needed.
COMMITTEES
State of South
Will Be Represented
at Convention.
BIRMINGHAM
WELCOMES GUESTS
Evening Session Will Be
—Given Over to Discus*—
siou of Marketing Crop.
London. Jan. 17.—The Evening
Standard prints ft special cable
from Holland Bay, Jamaica, which
says a giant tidal wave has swept
over Annota bay, on the north
coast of Jamaica, doing great dam
age. It states the entire northern
and eastern coast line of the island
has been changed, great stretches
of beach disappearing into the sea.
Special to Tlio GiHirglon.
Birmingham, Ala.. Jan. 17.—Addresa-
♦ s «*f welcome. rr*t>-»tisc and the ad-
dress of President Harvfe Jordan con
stituted the principal business at the
•jK-nlng session of the third annual
•otton convention of the Southern Cot
ton Association, which %vaa held today
in the Hippodrome building.
Mayor Ward welcomed the visitors
on behalf of Birmingham and the wel
come address on behalf uf the Alabama
dlvi.niuu of the Bmtthem Cotton As
sociation was made by W. H. Sey
mour, of Montgomery. The response
wuh made by M. L. Johnson, president
of the Oeofgln division of the associa
tion.
The address of President Jordan was
the- feature «*f the convention t**day
IB* gave a complete history of cotton
and Jhe work of the association.
leMtfTfTiHs woTT represented at * iTe
m-enttrm and hw awr
given assignments on tmtsirtant com-
mlttees, which were named luday.
The afternoon session was called to
order at 2: So o’clock und wus given
over t«» addresses.
Tonight’s session provides for a gen
cm I disrtisslnn of marketing and
financing the American cotton crop by
the growers.
AT
0FM.lt PATTERSON
SPIRIT OF GOOD WILL
ATTENDS LAST SESSION
OF COUNCIL OF HEBREWS
Next Council Meets
in Philadelphia in
1909.
SUBSCRIBE FUNDS
TO AID COLLEGE
Favors Immigration For
the South and the
West.
The twentieth council of tlm Union of
American Hebrew Congregation* came
lose at noon Thursday.
The next convention will be held 5 voter
i-o years hence In Philadelphia.
The last session was very much In
e nature of a love feast, the con
tending factions coming together and
working harmoniously. The commit
tee of sixty was dropped from discus-
H«»n and other matters were taken up.
Subscriptions -to-the amount vf $28,*
50«» were mude to a new building on the
campus of the Hebrew Union College
at Cincinnati. Isaac \V. HcrnlM-im. of
New York, Jan. 17.—Another
earthquake has shaken Jamaica,
ng to tl
The min of the city of I
plat
tyst-lat t-»T!ie CetTglatl.
.Vashvllle, Tenn., Jan. 17.—.Malcolm
It. Patterson'. Democrat of Memphis,
Shelby county, took the. oath of office
of governor of Tennessee today. In the
Ti.tTl of the house of representatives, in
the presence of more than 2.000 per
sons. The inaugural ceremonies were
most Impressive. The big hall was
beautifully decorated In Hags and
hunting of national colors, entwined
with Jackson vine.
The oath was administered by Chief
Justice W. D. Beard.
Governor John I. Cox, the outgoing
governor. Ill a short and graceful
speech, surrendered tile duties and
powers .»f the office of chief executive
to the new governor, and the latter
umde i short and llttlng speech of ae
roplane*
nionn - was
guUh.d that
him-
vernors of Tennessee
■f honor as follows: Rub-'
Ih nton McMIllln, James
I John P. Btichnnan.
• w itnessing the cere
one of the most dlstln
\ »•!* gathered In the state
eption '
HI ho
Jingston
has been made complete.
A cablegram from Santiago,
Cuba, says the shock was felt
there. St. Thomas, Danish West
Indies, reports that the island of
danmica is still trembling under
the successive earthquakes.
It is reported that the land uyon
w h;ch Kingston is built is slowly
•inking into the waters of the bay.
1 000 BELIEVED DEAD.
Alt persons Have been warned
away from Kingston and the bar- : OOOCO oacooooo<Kiooooooooooo
hor has been closed to shipping.jo . _. NS BACK 2
Tlle American consul at St. Thom- jo pal *J n l |ashion 8 this week, o
* s says that 1,000 persons have 1£ — g
h«ea killed and that there is great j o s",™ r "r Zom- o
danger of pestilence. S m«: . ,, 2
R> tr Admiral Evans, with the a i«.j. "'-'£^'1 nll^re ."king o
Atuntic fleet of the American Jo • jJ r>( , rl|l *r« being o
navy, has started with all speed „ t.«>ied. arrnt they"
Louisville, lias notified the convention
that he will give the college a library,
which.* It Ih estimated, will cost $60,000.
hen the- money for the new building
Is raised. It Is planned to raise a
fund of 1100.000 for the new college
building, a ml the eubacrlpttomi of
Thursday morning arc considered a
splendid nucleus.
Subscribers to Fund.
Samuel Woolner, Peoria, 111., $5,000;
Solomon Fox. Cincinnati, $2,000; Isaac
Gold111. Cincinnati. $1,000, Rabbi Al
fred iJudslmw, ClncIfluulL llOO; Alum
ni Association Hebrew Pnlori*College^
$5,non: Lnutg-J. 1 t1 Oldman. -t-incliumtL
Holland Bay, via Galveston, Tex.,
Jan. 17.—News Is mining In from the
villages of Hit* interior of the parish
of St. Thomas that muny of the small
towns In the Blue mountains were bad
ly damaged by earthquake Monday.
Trlnttyvllle, one of the centers of the
Blue mountain mffee district, and the
village of Coley are situated In the
Blue mountains, appeared to have suf
fered. How seiiouslr I" not yet known.
No loss of life has been reported.
Morant Bay, \yM<ii Is a few mile** to
the west of thiimitatlon, *« said to lie
badly damaged. It la one of the prin
cipal mall stations on the south coast
of St. Thomas, and although It has a
population of no more than 2.00a per- were wrecked and much
ms, It Is the muln outlet for the |>r«»-1 destroyed in them.
dace grown throughout tin* parish of
St Thomas. Trlnltyvllk* and Coley «r»*
Isttli thriving villages.
Fmltsvllle, Coley and Boaton are de
stroyed with small loss of life, but ,
litany are Injured and homeless. The '
aggregate population of these 'town* 1
was over 3.000. They were 20 mile*
east of Kingston. ;
“punlshtown, of &.o*»o (sipulatlon. 15 <
IN HIS ROOM
$t.wm:- Bernhardt Bettman. tincln-
n»tl. $1,1100; M- N, Unlink, tMnrlnnntl,
$1,000; I. Trnger, Cincinnati. $1,000;
Walter J. Freiberg. Cincinnati, $5,000;
J. Bchoentlml, Columbus, Ohlr, $500;
J. nttenhcltner, Cincinnati. $20U; Rabbi
Korn Ibid, Columbus, Ohio, $100; H.
Greenbaum. Cincinnati. 1500; Isntah
Temple, Chicago, $1,000; Martlh A.
Marks, Cleveland, $500; Jonah It Wile,
Portland, Ore.. $100; Ruhbl Jacobs.
Jacksonville. $150; Max May. Cincin
nati. $150; Mobile congregation
through Rabbi Alfred Moses, $1,000; A.
OOOQOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOa t
O AID FOR JAMAICANS O
O FROM HEBREW UNION. O
S
O A resolution to extend to th,
O (.iiff.-rln* people of Jamaica the
O heartfelt sympathy of tha Union of
O Ann-rlran Hebrew Congregations
O and t» Itld them with a liberal
O I'ontrlbutlon. waa Introduced
O Tlmraday morning at the
O aeeelon of the convention.
O The rvanlutlon was looked upon
g-foypptbly, end waa referred to
O ttie executive .board for action.
O The board will act favorably.
O
OOOCOOOOODC
O
O ELECTION OF OFFICERS
O DELAYED TWO WEEKS, t
O
O The new executive board of the <
O Union of American Hebrew Con- !
O (relations met Thursday morning
O and transacted the routine bull- I
O neee Incident to an Initial i
O The election of officer, of the 1
O board, which waa to have been
O held, wae postponed for two week.
O could be given a chance
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO0O0OO4O0Q
U. Hchwab. Cincinnati. 1500; Congre
gation Beth Kl, New York, 11.000; Joe
Hartman. Chicago, *600.
The following resolution. Introduced
by Aaron Haas, of Atlanta, waa adopt
ed
On Immigration.
"The Union of American Hebrsw
Congregations gathered In convention
St Atlanta. Go., herewith resolves. That
it le in hearty accord with the policy
of nur government to divert Immigra
tion from the congeeted seaports of
the Eaat to the porta of the South and
Went.”
The following were elected ZhsmET^
here of the executive board for tha next
two years: Ellas Michael, HL Louis;
Charles Uutxberg, Richmond. \V. B.
HackenUurg. Philadelphia; Bernard
Oulsberg. Detroit; Victor H. Krlegeha-
her, Atlanta: Jnllua Hnaenwald. Chi
cago; Max B. May. Cincinnati: Martin
A. Mark*. Cleveland: Adolph R Oche,
New Vork; Isaac W. Bernhelm. M*
Wmi Main xtra.L Louisville. Ky; Bern,
hard Bemnanw. PlnrfhhaiL- Joelah
Cohen. Pittsburg; J. Walter-Y'relberg,
m
Cincinnati: Solomon Pox. Cincinnati;
land- J. Goldman, Cincinnati; Harry
Hart. Chicago; Samuel Kata, Omaha;
Adolf Kruua, Chicago; Louis Krohn,
Cincinnati; Mortts Loth, Cincinnati;
Bnruch Mahler, Cleveland; Abram Op-
ponhelmer. Bulfalo; Sigmund -Rhein-—
strnm. Cincinnati; Jacob 1L Schlft,
New York; Emil Sellg. Philadelphia;
Charles Shohl, Cincinnati; laaaa
Htmnse, Baltimore; Solomon Bulxber-
ger. New York; Jullue Weis, New Or
leans; Samuel Woolner, Peoria, 111.
west of Kingston, reporta thr
and considerable property I
Is feared that many other small Iso-
ed towns have suffered.
All the plantations fur miles fruit;
- southern ousels hove suffered ott*
r^et and sugar crops ,-tre ruined. Tht
arid warehouses of planters
T the er
HOW BRENDLE WON BRIDE;
WROTE LETTER TO HIMSELF
TELLING OF GREAT LEGACY
tten Ises at the capital
\"llt'ite furnished by the Indus
ho.d hand, and also by the band
He Mind school.
from Guantanamo to Kingston to <
the stricken city. IJ
\Y. ,»tht»r man i
•I';.»tl*tv ttft'l I
ic »;i .»r Friday “
..bably rain, to- O
SOME OF KNOWN OEAD
AND INJURED PERSONS.
Cable.
* '• n, Jamaica (via 11"lltn<l
J -»» 17.—With fully I.»»o »'•'
* 'I'm*!, of whom n«»t Ic«n than
.. :>fl de grees.
. .57 degrees.
. . fi'J degrees.
. .61 degrees.
. .63 «lrgr* es
. .64 degrees.
. .66 degrees.
. .6* degrees.
Continued on Page Four*
: pijbvceoeooop'wwoooooc
A decidedly unique sequel has de
loped In the CAse of D. Hrendle, the
South Carolina mountaineer who wa
Jailed In Decatur Tuesday aftern*»oi
i suGpet*ted desperado, bank n»b
her and murderer and who was later
reloused on establishing Ills entire In
nocence. *
Brendle, who wears; a picturesque
slouch hat and high topJjtwJa^nd has
the appearance of u typical Westefn*
er. Is a bridegroom. Thereby bangs a
tale, which proves Hrendle to be a ge-
ntus and a strategist
While being Invest ignted as a sup
posed desperado, a let lor was found In
his pocket. Informing Hrendle ho had
fallen heir to a fortune of $40,000. De
tective b**rgeant Hanford regarded this,
letter with suspicion and began to make
Inquiries. Hrendle at flrst denied
knowing anything of the letter, but
hnally made a startling confession.
He Informed the s«rgtMnt that the
letter was a fake, puie and simple, and
had been written to Idin at his own in
stigation, as a lever to aid him In win
ning the tifTeetion of the pretty moun
tain girl he loved and win* Is now Id**
bride. Hrendle said lie was des|s*n»»«i>
In love with the black-eyed mountain
lass, .ind, In order to dnch the
had Him * letter written to hltnse
inn - r tlie fortune which had sudib nl
dtlo ti lti»«* Ids hands, tin receiving th
b tf. r. In* promptly took it to his ►» * t
heart and asked her to read I* f • •* til in
She did so on January h the two w «*i
numb'd in South t’ar«dlna. Lao I*» I
dn\ t! *-\ moved to Scottsdale, i
lanta. wli'ie Brendle was sus|
being a deS|iem«l«t.
As he concluded Ids c*»nft'
•Serge**!!* La^f*?rd ljr« ndb s.ild, in a
wlilspefftnl «A*r»A ,-
if course I ain’t got no $P*,""0. bul
1 wouldn’t have her to km
letter w rote for nothing."
•«» The Georgian,
rsvllle, Ga., Jan. 17.—At Ids
home at Allatnnnn, Ga., three miles
from here, the body of I. o. McDaniel
woe found, hearing a bull'd wound
'* hi.il. It Is believed, was self-Inflicted
ami which was the cause if Ids death.
Mr McDaniel was 62 years of . ge an l
lived at the (urge stone house built by
bH father many years ago. He was
bi oilier of ux-GoVernnr Hrmry B. m
Daniel, of Georgia, and u step-brother
.,f Colonel Sam W. Wilkes, of th
Georgia railroad. Ho owned a large
plantation and was one of tho most
extensive planters In this section of th
state.
In the Immediate family there was
but one other member, Repley McDnn
lei, the 3*-year-old son, who resides at
Birmingham.
Mrs. Mil>uub ]’* home was kept bv
Mrs. Stone am! Mrs. Maffey, who lived
in the house with him. The report re
ceived here Is that they discos *red Ih* 1
body early this morning b-nrng th*
bullet wound and he bad • 'dilentlv
been dead for some Him*.
As soon as the body was found the
country coroner was notified and the
... votllt of inquest met at I
h. 1 noon. The court Is still in
I. i Ith finding has not been
The Jury examined tin
TRAINED NURSE CANNOT
BE FOUND BY FRIENDS
me at
sslon, and
i announced,
body In the
hen* It was found. Relative* of
] the deceased In Atlanta ami his s
at Birmingham were telegiaphcd I
{and are expected i » arrive today
It Is rial
! ’.VI- "ere the pt
ed of'Heci
sb.n t«i
WALKER S7REE7SCHOOL
70 VIS/7 THE GEORGIAN;
THIRD GUEST OF PAPER
md that ttnum lal
liable cause of the tragedv.
the large and pr*unli»«nt
>nnec!|on and the high standing of the
family In this community, the news of
the death Is a great shock to the com-
twtnltr
For almost half a c«*ntury Mr Me.
t ),ml ii!n> JOnnlrls had been one «»f the most mil-
I had lllll( gpicufitm figures It* this section of the
I state. Forty years ago lie moved here
--■ ■ iir mak*' his homo at the family home-
j stead when he had since that time re
sided For thirty years he was station
agent for the Georgia railroad n*sAI-
‘Intooim having recently resigned the
I posltt i because of declining health.
h-
Frtday w ill bo receiving day at The Georgian for the pupils and te;
era of the seventh and eighth grades of Walker Htreet school
This will be the third school to Inspect The Georgian plant during the
time the paper la In process of Issue for the day. Ivy and Frew Htreet
schools have already visited the office.
These visits from the schools have come to be great events, and are
looked forward to with no less eagerness by The Georgian family than
th# pupils and teachers Those who have already made the Inspection
found ao much to Interest, so much wonder to the uninitiated that they
hav# aroused tht keenest anticipation among the boys ami girls yet to
come.
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O
O New Vork, Jan. 17.—The follow- O
C (ng cablegram was received to- O
O day by Gillespie Bros., Importers, O
O No. 2 Stone street, from thilrO
O agent at Kingston: O
O ’Kingston destroyed. All our O
C friends saved None Injured. O
O (Hlgned) *’J. H. HOODAL." 0
O 0
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Miss Eva Driscoll, of 1S6 Lee street,
well-known trained nurse, disappear
ed fmm;her home Wednesday shortly
before noon and the police have been
asked to find her.
Miss Driscoll Is said to have been
suffering with_nervous prostration for
the past three months, and It Is feared
she may have wandered away while
In n tit of temporary' mental nlibera
tion. After the young woman left her
home a note, inscribed on the back of
an envelope, waa found In her room.
The note mereiy-atated:
"Have gone to spend the day with
M. D.’’
No one seems to know who **M. D." la
and all efforts to ascertain the present
whereabouts of Miss Driscoll have,
proven unavailing.
Miss Driscoll Is an orphan and haa
been residing In Lee street with Mtaa
Anna Love, another trained nurse. Her
friends are greatly worried over her
nbs*
The missing young woman Is de
scribed as l>eing tall and very pale,
with durk hair and hate) eyes At tha
time she left home she wore a brown
hat, tan colored rain c«»at, plaid worst
ed shirt waist and brown aklrt.
(15,000 FIRE
IT
ion TH
CONCERNS FED
Mpeelnl to The Ceorf’.aO.
Huvannuh, Ga.. Jon. 17 Tin- F*
Atlantic Fat and Manufacturing F«
l*nny plant wus,totally destroyed by fire
this morning The whole plant, Jncluo
lug sheds, office building, ears, a mil
lb»n or more feet of lumber mid other
property was destroyed.
A 25,000-gallon tank, over the boiler
room, was destroyed In the early
stages of the fire ami there was no
water with which to tight the Humes,
The fire started In the both r iv om
The estimated damage Is $75,000.
partly covered by insurance.
The plant was formerly owned by the
Georgia Far and Manufacturing Font-
patty, which recently went through
bankruptcy primeedlng*. Merrill Fal
laway being receiver, and It had re
sumed work under a new management.
OFFICER DOYAL
FREE FROM TOWER
Policeman James Doyal, who has
been In the Tower for severs? days for
shooting John Henry Hmlth. a yard
conductor of the Western and Atlantic
railroad, was released Wednesday night
on bon*, of $l,e00 Doyal wow wimwed
bund •Zfc'the announcement that the
wounded conductor la out tf danger.
Two Kirms Found Guilty of
Cornoriug Licorico
Paste.
Ni>w York, Jan. 17.—Judge Catftei.
In'the I'nltod Hiatt, circuit court, to
day lni|i,mcd a Ann of 110,00,1 upon
MacAmlrcwa tt Korbra Company, of
ihla city, and a Anc of »»,ooo upon the
J. S. Young Company, of Baltimore,
aubiddlory concerns of tht Amtrlcan
Tobacco Company, which ware found
guilty of violating tha 8hcrman anti-
tru«t law. s
Both Arnui were found guilty of com
bining to control the output of licorice
paatc uactl In the manufacture of plug
tobacco ami an agreemsnt to maintain
a monopoly of the trade. John IX
Lindsay, of counaal for the datenae,
naked for a atay of proceeding*, which
waa granted, and fhe rate will to car
ried to the United State* circuit court
uf appeals.