THE DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
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SOUTH AFRICA IS
HAVEN FOR JEWS
The Flavor of Good Tobacco
Place of Refuge for Many Who Grow
Rich and Prosperous.
South Africa is a comparatively
new land to the immigrant Jew. Jew-
ish immigration to that continent be-
gan about thirty years ago. Until
then there were but a few English
Jews in South Africa. In the nineties
a handful of Lithuanian Jews hap-
pened to stray into that region, and
the money drafts which they shortly
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At present there are about 250,000
Jews in the Transvaal and the Orange
Lithuania. In the early days of their
settlement the Jews had a rather dif-
Tobacco used in making cigarettes needs
be aged, sometimes for as long as three
years. It needs to be cured, stripped of
stems, carefully treated.
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their families served as a signal for
a new wave of immigration to South
Africa.
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afterward began sending home to
their new haven they found the coun-
try about them practically a desert.
White people lived in earth huts cov-
ered with tin, like savages. After
the Anglo-Boer war, however, the
'situation changed entirely. Under the
new English rule the country and
with it the Jews began to grow pros-
perous.
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arc very much respected by the entire
population. There is not an industry
or business in the country where the
Jews are not represented. In finance,
the mines, the manufacture and sale
of clothing, shoes, construction ma-
terials, furniture and jewelry the Jews
play an especially important part.
'lucre is, of course, a large profes-
sional class among the Jews.
Most of the Jews live in the larger
cities. There is, however, hardly a
town left in South .Africa where one
fails to find a Jewish family or two.
In all the larger centers the Jews
have synagogs, schools, lodges, fra-
ternities, free loan associations, etc.
Johannesburg has a magnificent home
for the aged. The city hospital there
maintains a separate dietary kitchen
for the Jewish patients. There are
however, no special Jewish hospitals.
Its every city there is a well equipped
and well conducted religious school.
There are a couple of Jewish Insur-
ance orders, the larger of which is
"The Grand Order of Israel." It is
not unlike the American B'nai B'rith
order.
The Jew's of South Africa are tak-
ing a prominent part in the poiltical
life in the country. Their represent-
atives are found in many local legisla-
tive bodies. The head of the Finance
Committee of the municipality of Jo-
hannesburg is the lawyer Kentritch,
a Jew. Growman, also a Jew, was
several times Mayor of Johannesburg.
The South Africans Jews did their
share in the war. In spite of the fact
that military service was not compul-
sory, many Jewish young men entered
the army as volunteers. A hall of the
Jewish Guild is now being planned
as a memorial to the Jewish dead.
$250,000 have already been raised for
that purpose.
There are no Jewish dailies pub-
lished in South Africa, but there is
a goodly number of weekly periodi-
cals which are used as a medium for
government announcements and legal
notices on a basis of equality with
the general press.
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This is a little machine that records every telephone call made
over a one party line.
It is important to note that this device is not operated until
your telephone call is completed—until both parties have hung
up the receivers.
If the party does not answer, if the line is busy or if, for any
reason, you do not get central, your call is not recorded and no
charge is made. It is important to know, however, that if you
get or call the wrong number, that the device is operated and
the call is recorded unless you notify the operator of the error.
Therefore, ifyou do not get the proper connection you should
slowly move the receiver hook up and down to recall the operator
and notify her of the error, and no charge will be made. There
is no charge made for calling central.
The recording method on four party lines is somewhat different.
Here a record of your call is made by central on special slips.
As with the one party line, however no call is charged until
your conversation is finished. Here again it is very essential that
you call back if you have not been given the proper connection.
We believe that our methods for measuring your telephone calls
are as accurate as mechanical precision and unceasing care can
make them.
Errors may occur, but we want the people of Detroit to feel that
we will cheerfully and promptly do
everything in our power to correct
them.
For we desire most that friendly and
frank relationship with our patrons
which cannot fail to promote the cause
of good telephone service.
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