The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-25

Grand Lodge No. 2. Tn arriving at this resolution your committee has beer largely influenced by the strong en- couragement given to Brothers Meyer and Friedlander by MT. William Kahn of the Jewish Agricultural Aid Society of New Yorg. supplemented by official reports and statements attesting the highly satisfactory results, which have attended all recent efforts, named in the direction of opening up the farm ing industry to Jews. Your commit tee refers especially to the annual re- port issued by the Jewish Agricaltur- al Aid Society of both New York and Chicago, in which the results achieved constituted a practical demonstration of the copectry of the Jew to succeed as a farmer. Your committee have therefore decided to make the follow ing recommendations.
 Makes Recommendations.
 First. That District Grand lodge No. ' shall create and foster under its auspices af B'Nai B'Rith. Agricultural Society to be carried on and adminis- tered on lines similar to those conduc- ted by the Jewish Agricultural Society of New York and Chicago.
 Second. That the Capital of said Society shall be raised by subscription in stock, supplemented by loans ob- tained from the Jewish Agricultural Aid Society of New York.
 Third. That this Society shall be governed by Board of Directors.
 '"For the purpose of carrying out the above scheme and creating the nec- essary organization, this committee re- commended that this grand lodge at It's present session elect committee of two each, who need not be delegates, from the States of Texas. Louisiana. Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee and one each from Florida and Indian Territory, who shall have power to act in accordance with the foregoing recommendations
 Finally your committee recommends that, owing to the fact that the Con- stitutional Grand Lodge can only meet once in five years, this convention pe- tition for an amendment to the Con- stitution which shall permit of the President of the order converting a meeting of delegates of the Seventh District Grand Lodges to consider mat ters of urgency such as arise in tires of emergency without waiting for the statutory meeting of the Constitution al Grand Lodge.
 Discussion of Reports.
 With the conclusion of the reading or the report, 1t was 11:10 o'clock and 1t was plainly to be seen that the con- vention would not have sufficient time TOT lull dlScuSslon or the report by 1l:S0 o'clock. the hour set apart for the lodge of sorrow. in memory of the late E, H. Jacobi.
 Abe Well, as well as Ike Schwartz and others suggested that the report should be postponed for considera ton and made the special order on con- yening Wednesday, morning. MT. Schwartz put the suggestion in the form of motion.
 There was immediately q stream If protests from numerous delegates, A great many of them, possibly two- thirds, were going to leave the city at night, and they wished the matter discussed and disposed of while there was full attendance.
 striking among the movers for im- mediate consideration was Joe Hirsch, the distinguished lawyer. of Vicksburg, who said tha. he had arranged to ..e- turn 10 his home at night and would not be present the next day. As for himself he had heard the report and