Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-12
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The District Grand Lodge Finishes Its
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ATLANTA, GA. Fph. H. District Grand
L dye Ne. .. |. o. b. B., closed its Session
this evening at Z O'Clock. This conven-
ton has been in session in this city for
three days past, and in that time has ac-
complished a great deal of work. The
session this morning was devoted to dis
GUESSING the endowment fund and board,
the same question which occupied the
convention all yesterday afternoon. AS
it had been decided that the first
endowment fund Of $50, 900 be centralized
and converted into United States bonds
to-day the convention elected the follow
ing board Of trustees for tue proper man.
agement and investment Of the eLdOw-
meut funds: NJ. |. Ash, Sol Prless and ).
salabes, OF Maryland; A. Rice and Il.
Strauss, of the District OF Co
lumba; j. Hecht and A. Whit
lock, of Virginia.; II. Whitlock.
OF North Carolina, Nj. FurchgOtt,of south
Carolina; John j. Cohen and A. Danen-
burg, of Georgia. The board is organized
as follows: w. J. Ash, of Baltimore,
Chairman;J. Fl. Echt OF Norfolk, Va, vice
Chairman, and 5. ). NyburgOf Baltimore,
Secretary and Treasurer. A majority OF
the trustees shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction Of business.
TRUSTEES TO GIVE BOND.
No truste shall be qualified to serve in
that capacity until he shall have given a
bond in the sum Of $4,000 10 be APPROX
ed by the District Grand Lodge
on the General Committee.
No member Of the order snail be accepted
as a bOndsman on the bonds Of the trus-
tees or treasurer. IL is likely that the
orphan asylum OF the fifth district OF
B'nai Birth will be established in Atlanta
and built at a cost OF 100000. The BDai
Birth is purely benevolent Hebrew Or
ganization.
1t has nine districts in the world, and
in each district il maintains an orphan
asylum. Ten years ago, in Atlanta, the
Grand Lodge of the Fifth district, COM
prIsed of Maryland, the District of Co
lumbia, North and South Carolina, and
Georgia and Florida organized an orphan
asylum fund which now amounts to
about $4,000.
ATLANTA AHEAD.
Before the meeting OF the present Grand
Lodge the members in Atlanta determined
To try and get the orphan asylum estab-
lished here. A purse OF about 1000 was
raised in days canvass among the
dered the Grand Lodge. The matter
was discussed generally at the banquet
at the hotel aud ia the session 1t de- |
yeloped that Richmond, Washington and !
Baltimore were cOntesting with Atlanta |
for the asylum. 1t soon became plain that |
Atlanta had the call on them all, and If a |
vote was reached would get the asylum |
by rOusing majority. Tne friends OF |
the other cities sought for delay and TO |
prevent the vote being taken.
A committee with Emile Newman, of |
Savannah, most capable gentleman, as |
chairman, was appointed TO report on the |
whole matter. His report was presented |
this morning and was received with APP |
plause. 1t provided that each city that !
wanted the asvlum should make prOpO- !
sitiOn to the Grand Lodge for its estab- |
lishment.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.
After considerable debate a committee |
Of conference was proposed. While it |
was plain all the time that Atlanta could |
have carried the convention by forcing |
the issue, she was disposed to yield any.
thing to harmony and to the good !
of the enterprise. The conference COM |
mittee then submitted a report, which |
provided in substances: First, that the |
orphan asylum should be established |
when $4,000 had beeu raised outside of |
the sinking fund; second, that the asylum |
should be established in the city of At |
lanta, or Richmond, or Washington; |
third, that the location should be decided |
on Jan. l. 1887; fourth, the city of the |
three named which offers the best propo- |
sition shall get the asylum.
Mr.. NEwMAN'S SPEECH.
Mr.. Newman, In a happy and graceful |
speech, stated that his committee favored |
the adoption Of the conference report.
Senator LOvenstein spoke IN favor of It's
adoption, and said "While am a devot-
ed son of Richmond, am satisfied as well
as if the asylum was already established |
that Atlanta will ultimately get il. still /
am glad that my city will have an op-
p0rtunity of saying what she will do even
II we do know with a certainty that At.
lanta will Outbid u.s."
Simon Wolf spoke in favor OF the report
as did L. c. Levy and others. 1t was
finally adopted by vote of 70 to /. The
opposing member was Mr.. Rice, OF the
Washington delegation. Attempts were
made to get him TO withdraw his vote, but /
he persistently refused TO do so. The |
matter will be decided BY the board of |
control, under the terms OF the report, on
Jan. l, 1887.