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HISTORY OF THE
JEWS OF LOUISIANA.

Their Religious,
Civic, Charitable
and Patriotic Life.

Illustrated with magnificent
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Cemeteries and Institutions^^

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BANK OF ORLEANS BUILDING

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A merican Laundry 70

A rn V, L. C '. 90

Ahrens&Ott Mfg-. Co 92

Adams the Hatter 118

Abita Spring- Water Co., Ltd 174

Agiirs & Kingsmore 182

Arnaud, A., Hotel and Restaurant 120

American Brewing; Co 86

Alexander, J. W., Alexandria 200

American Paint Works 48

Alabama Block Coal Co 172

Andrews, C. A. Andrews Coal Co 32

Aitken, Jas. H 60

Ascension Coal Co. , Paincourtville 202

Allen's F'oundry, Donaldsonville 202

Arbour, Jas. W., Baton Rouge 204

Ballejo Grocery Co 74

Bean, Albert. ." 110

Bradstreet Co.. H. C. Hailey, Supt 132

Bildstein, F , The Photo Eng-raving- Co 116

Brunnert, C. A 30

Blaffer, J. A 138

Baumann. August 140

Blanchard, R. E 144

Bircheimer. F . G 148

Backes, V. J. A 148

Bobet Bros 122

Barzana. J., the Jackson Cigar Factory 88

Babst, Chas. J 88

Bluefields Steamship Co., Ltd 96

Bedell, Chas. Bedell Structural Iron Works 96

Boylan Detective Agency 50

Biedenharn-Burnett Candy Co., Ltd 63

Bertrand, Fred, Varieties Hall and Bertrand's

Branch 64

Bertucci, F. & Son 56

Bryner & Gut 58 .

Burg-hardt, John David 64

Betat, Mrs. A 104

Blanchard & Files. Shreveport 180

Bain, H. H., Shreveport 186

Brewer, G. H , Shreveport 182

Batchelor's Kitchen, Shreveport 182

Brewer, C. J., Shrev. port 182

Brooks, F. M. & Son, Baton Rouge 198

Bank of Ascension, Donaldsonville 196

Bank of Baton Rouge 192

Bourgeois, Dr. C , Baton Rouge 102

Broghan-Doll Furniture Co., Shreveport 190

Baton Rouge Marble Works, A. A. Fridge 196

Bel, J. A. Bel Lumber Co., Lake Charles 212

Bank of Abbeville, Abbeville 221

Black Bros & Co., Crowley and Jennings 222

Bogan, James D , Baton Rouge 204

Belisle, Chas A , Baton Rouge 204

Bank of Abbeville, Abbeville 221

Barrett Mfg. Co 6

Bank of Donaldsonville 202

Blue Grass Stables, Ed C. Wathen, Prop., Don-
aldsonville 218

Bank of Napoleonville 223

Caddo-Rapides Lumber Co., Alexandria 200

Cafiero, Jos., Donaldsonville 200

Cage, Drew & Co., Ltd 60

Carre, W. W. Co., Ltd 104

Cartwright's Cafe 158

Carter's Drug Store, Shreveport 180

Cavaroc Co , Ltd 160

Central Ice and Cold Storage Co., Ltd 132

Chatwin Bros , Shreveport 184

Cloverlands Dairy Farm Ltd., Geo. A. Villere.. 116

Commercial National Bank, Shreveport 188

Commander, A 124

Coleman, H., Dudley 158

Commercial Hotel 144

Cook, M., & Son 40

Cooney, Wni T 40

Cosmopolitan Hotel 122

Cincinnati Furnishing House 80

Combination Toilet Stand Company, Ltd 106

Commander, E., Commander's Place 100

Crescent News and Hotel Co 120

Crescent City Steam Laundry 30

Crescent Forwarding & Transportation Co., Ltd. HO

Cusimano, A., & Co 58

Calcasieu National Bank, Lake Charles 210

Calcasieu Steam Bakery, 8. & J. Jessen & Co.,

Lake Charles " 216

Carlson & Co., Lake Charles 216

Crowley Steam Laundry, Hoffman Bros., Crow-

le.y 222

Colomb, L. A. & Son, Agents, Hartford Fire

Insurance Co , Donaldsonville 206

Central Drug Store, L. Blanchard, Donaldson-
ville 208

Club Saloon, Donaldsonville 208

Casso, Lucien, Donaldsonville 202

Carter, I. C, Lake Charles ' • 214

Barrett Manufacturing Co.

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Douylas. W. H 114

Dwyer Bros 26

Dunn, M. F 134

Diez, E. J 138

Duffy Trunk Co. , Ltd 144

Desangles J. B 138

Darre, J. M 148

Dumser, A., & Co. 144

Doug-las, John 152

DeBen, J. A.. & Son • 104

Donaldsonville Broom Factory, Donaldsonville ■ 200

Downman, K. K 12f>

IJunbar, G. W. Dunbar's Sons 42

Desmaries, P 158

Deere, John Deere Plow Co 68

Dannemann's Pharmacies 56

Dunn, the W. P. Dunn Brick and Supply Co.,

Lake Charles 216

Donaldsonville Cooperage Co., Ltd , Donaldson-
ville 208

Donaldsonville Moss Collar Co., Ltd., Donald-
sonville 208

Donaldsonville Ice Co., Ltd., Donaldsonville... 202

Glenny, L R , & Co

Goodman, B. F.. Baton Rouge

Garcia Stationery Co , Ltd

Groetsch. Julius

Galatoire's Restaurant

(iriftin, Thos

(irag-ard Geo R., (iragard Co

Girault. W. W

Gibbons, J. T

Gayle, W. J., & Co

Garson Bros., Shreveport

Geddes. Mrs. J , Gilbert-Geddes, Baton Rouge.

(irant Furniture i o

Gulf Mfg. Co

Green, W. B. Green Photo Supply Co

Ghisalberti Bros

(lermania Insurance Co

Glenny & Castanedo

Gulf Bag Co., Ltd

Germania National Bank

(juiraud. Max

Gonzales, F. A.'s Son

Godbold. F. C

Graner, Wm

Gelpi, Paul & Son

Garlick, J

George, J. Fred., Lake Charles

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Ellis, C. P. & Co :••.••■■

Electra Water Company, Limited.

Eichling. C W

Eble, Chas

Exchange Bank of Natchitoches .

Ford, F. Codman

Falk, G. & Co

Favrot & Livaudais

Fabacher, Peter

Ferry, John

Finan, J

Fabacher's Restaurant and Hotel . . .

Ferret, J

Fox, the Hatter

Frankenbush, J. M. & Sons .... . .

Falvy-Wilson Company, Limited.- •

Feahney, Chas

Farmers' Consolidated Dairy Co. . . .

Forstall, Joe

Frigerio, Widow Louis

Feldner, H. W.

First National Bank, Baton Rouge.

Fridge, S. C. , Baton Rouge

First National Bank, Lake' Charles.

Geoghegan & Co

Germania Savings Bank and Trust Co.
Griswold, A. B. & Co

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Hotel Denechaud

Hartwell, C. C, Lynn Filters

Hart, Toby

Hasam Box Factory, The

Hodgson, Harry H", Remington Typewriter . . ..

Hay ward, Vick & Clark

Home Insurance Co

Hardie, Wm. T. & Co

Hitchler-Beattie

Hageni, A

Holzer, R. G

Heiderich, Martin

Hatry, G. T

Hinrichs, J. H

Holmes, D. H. Holmes Co

Hardie, John T. Hardie's Sons & Co

Heath, Schwartz & Co., Ltd

Harrison Line

Hunsinger, Jno. H

Home fee & Distilled Water Mfg. Co., Ltd. . ..

Herfartli Bros

Hopkins, John P

Hoehn & Dieth

Hibernia Ins. Co

Hyatt, A. W., Stationery Mfg. Co., Ltd

Hkrdwick, Chas. & Co., Ltd

Hale, E. A., Shreveport

Hearne, The Hearne Dry Goods Co., Shreveport

Hilliard Bros., Shreveport

Havslip, V. B , Alexandria

Heilwege, Peter & Co

Hart, Junius, Hart Piano House., Ltd

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CAPITAL $ 400,0C0.00

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JAMES B. SINNOTT. of Smith Bros. Co.. Ltd. MAURICE STERN, of Lehman. Stern Co.. Ltd.

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I. S. WEST. ANDREW W. PRESTON,
JAMES T. HAYDEN. President United Fruit Company.

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Interior Decorating- Co S4

Interstate Trust & t5anking- Co 154

Independent Oil Retininj,' Co HiO

"Inn," Shreveport. R. Collins. Jr ISO

Illinois Central R. R. and Miss. Valley R R... 128

Illinois Life Ins. Co., T. J. Cocke, Mgr 218

Jahncke, F 30

Johnson, F. Johnson & Son Co . Ltd 70

Joachiiii, J ij(,

Jensen, P. H 1 24

Johnson, F Johnson & Son Co., Ltd It, 2

Kuhnert, Gus. Baton Rouge \')b

Klumpp, W. F.. & Co. 114

Kuntz, Emile, St. Charles Mansion 1U8

Kellv. Thos J 142

Koretke. F. H.. Koretke Brass & Mfg. Co., Ltd. 1-1(.

Kel'ey, James M 14S

Kearney, J. Watts & Sons 4f>

Kleindorf, S Si,

Klaw & Erlanger's 'I'heattes, The 'i'ulane and

Crescent 102

Kolb's Saloon K.s

La. Glass & Mirror Works, Ltd 110

Leber, Philipp & Co 84

Longshore & Co 170

Lewis, H. F. & Co 78

Lister, Edwin 144

Louisiana Excavating: & Manufacturing Co . . . . 148

Lochte, Henry Lochte Co., Ltd 144

Louisiana National Bank ISO

Laux, H. J & Co 144

Louisiana Tobacco Co 70

Loubat Glassware and Cork Co , Ltd 1(,0

Langhoff Bros 92

Lambour, M (,§

Lacey, J. D & Co 52

Leidenheimer. (ieo H Sf,

Larroque, J. S. Napoleon Cigar Store 40

Long, N J 100

Le.ihy. Geo M 102

r^egendre, J. A., Medical Bldg. Pharniucy . . . 40

Lafayette Fire Insurance Co ". 10,2

Lemley, David 1 58

L'Hote Lumber Mfg. Co 1(,8

Lake Charles Ice, Lig-ht & Water Works, Lake

Charles 214

Lake Charles Steam Laundry, W. F. Gauthier,

Lake Charles 214

Lake Charles Planing Mill, G. Mutersbaugh,

Lake Charles 214

Lake Charles National Bank. Lake Charles ... .
Lake Charles Carriage & Implement Co., Ltd.,

Lake Charles

Lake Chdrles Steam Laundry, Lake Charles. . . .

McKendrick, Thos

Magee & Dow

Maxwell Co , The

Mandot, John, •'Bontemps" Dye Works.

Mancuso, B ".

Mathes, L . & Co

Miller, A. K. &Co

Melrose Dairy Farm, Miss Martha Hottinger.
McDermott Surgical Instrument Co , The.. ..
Maloney. K'obert J

Moran, l^hos. J

MuUer Furniture Mfg. Co., The

McArdle, P. H

McCloskev Bros

Marion's Drug Store

Mims, J. C

Moir. W. F T

Misse. A ug. H

Morris J. C. Morris Co

Mercier. I). Mercier's Sons

N! anion & Co

Mehle & Kausler

Murphy Lumber Co. The

Macon & Kernaghan

Miller's Billiard Hall !...

McMahon, Patrick J

Manahan. L. N., Shreveport

Model Steam Laundry Co . Shreveport

Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke

Co . Win. O'Day. Raton Kouge

Miller, W. W.. Baton Rouge

Miller, H. W., Grocery Co.^ Lake Charles

Mathieu, J. H., Lake'Charles .

Maurin. The Co , Ltd., Donaldsonville

.Maurin. ('has., Donaldsonville

Menge Patent Pump, J W. Westerfield, Mgr..
Monroe Hotel Co , C L. Bradley, Mgr , Monroe

Monroe Paint & Wall Paper Co , Monroe

Mercliants & Farmers Bank, Monroe

Newcomb, H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial Col-
lege 112

New Orleans Roofing and Metal Works SO

Nunn, Fred. B 34

New Orleans Stencil Works 130

New Orleans Railways Co ]3f,

New Orleans Transfer, The, W.C.Faust 148

New Orleans Worsted Store. Geo. A. Hoffman.. 152

New Orleans Furniture Mfg. Co 2(>

New Orleans Warehouse Co 5g

New Orleans Brewing Co t,H

New Orleans Tent and Awning Co., Ltd 100

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New Orleans National Bank 1(>8

National Blow Pipe and Mf-r. Co , Ltd 102

Norton. E. W 152

Xicliolls Hotel, Fred. Rog-ge, Proprietor. Baton

Rou g^e 2i 14

Nicholas & Renz, Lake Charles 21li

National Automatic Fire .Alarm Co <i

Otto. J. N. W

O'Connor & Co . Ltd

Quo, .1. S J

Onorato. J L • . .

O Shee Bros.. Alexandria

O'Brien. Peter

Oteri. S

Ozone Spring' Water

(^pelousas National Bank. Opelousas

Pescud. Peter F

Philadelphia Ice Cream Co

Peters. S. J. Peters Livery Co

Postal Telegraph-Cable Co

Pelican E-xxavating Co

Parker. Jno. M. & Co

Prevost, James. Continental Fire Lisnrance Co.

of New York

Pfister. Louis

Putnam & King, Ltd

Peoples Savings Bank Baton Rouge

Pistorius, Joe

Pumilia, L

Parker-Blake Co.. Ltd

Palmer, K. C, & Co

t'erry Bridges & Snyder, Shreveport

Peojiles Bank. Natchitoches

PlicxMii.x. The. W. G. Tebault Jr , Mgr

Perkins & Miller Co., Ltd., Lake Charles

Redwitz, Cafe-Restaurant, The

K'ed River Line . . . .

Roder, Hcnrv

Robbert, H."j • ■

Ramsey Piano Mfg. Company

Reynolds, L

Reliage, J. A., Co., Ltd

Reiss. Jas J Co

K'emington Consti uction Co

Rivet, F. P

Rapp, A. J

Rabito, A. P

Royal Carpet Cleaning Co , Louis F. Leonhard.

Ruby. The Old Ruby

Ramos, H. C

Roumain. J. K.. Baton Rouge

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Rapides Steam Laundry. Alexandria
Ronaldsons Agency. Ltd.. Baton K'ouge.
Rathoffs Steam Bakerv, Uonaldsonville . .

Standard Brewing Co

Solari A M. & .i., Ivtd

Smith. .Marshall J.. & Co

Schwab. John, Schwabs Music House (The

Connor Piano)

Siiarez. Antonio

Salmen Brick and Lumber Co

Schwartz. Joseph Schwartz Co , Ltd

Shumard .\L A. & Co.. German Ins. Co

Stewart, S. J

Sell Inter. E

St. Clair's Cafe, L. St. Clair

Sleekier. J Steckler Seed Co

Simon Photographer

S. B. Stewart

Segassie A. I'. J

Southern Mirror WorUs .

Sparks Bros. & .VlcCec

Seebold. W. E

Schneidau Paul M., Monongahela River Coal

an 1 Coke Co

Stern's Auction l^xchange

Seidel Furniture Mfg. Co

Spearing & Co

Sport Towel Supply Co.. Shreveport

Seymour & Pattison

Singernian, Samuel

Smith's Studio

Smith. J. C

Scales. E. G. & Co

Schnetzer. Jos., Cale Restaurant Vonderbank .-

Spaar, J A . Old Woods House

Singer Sewing Machines

Scalafani, Geo

Swiss Steam Laundry

Simui':, J D. & Sons

Sclioen. .facoli & Son ....

St. Charles Hotel A R Blakely & Co , Ltd ...

Schcrer, l'"red

Stanton. T. J

Stanford, Gabriel D., Lake Charles

Stroube, H. R , Baton Rouge

Sam's Saloon, Dona Idsonvilie

St. Landry State B. ink, Oiielousas

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Teutonia Insurance Co 166

Tujaque, Justin 94

T^iylur, J D.
Trov Laundry Co.

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Thompson, W. B. & Co 44

Tulane University of Louisiana 46

Tarrant, L. & Co 34

Trepagnier, F. L. & Bro.. Donaldsonville 206

Triche, C. L . Napokonville 2ii2

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I I Wevdig. Martin & Son •^^'

^ Weiss, F. J •+•'

,. ,. .,, Wellmim & Co., Shrevcport 1'"'

United Fruit Co'sSteamshii) Lines 3., Wehrmann, Mrs. V 1?2

Uter, L.'s Heirs l--^ Wliann. Kobert J ^«

Uniacke, (Painter) ^^ Whitney National Bank S

rill .V Flholt. Shreveport 1-^-f Williams, M. J., Baton Rouj;e ■ ■ ■ T'4

Ward & O'l oniiell. Slireveport ISO

V Wortman Emil. Shreveport •• •■ ISf)

West End Hotel and Restaurant, T. Trancliina 152

Vittur A ... 108 Wisdom & Few 32

Vea-a, Jose ^'8 White the A H. White Co . Ltd US

Virgin, U. J ■''•'

Vega, Col A. I) , • 'Cheap Toneys" New Stinv. ^ X

Donaldsonville 2FS

X-Ray Drug Store, Donaldsonville 204

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Weinfurter's Jewelry I'ahice 7S Yzao-uirre, M.J i^O

Wegener. H. W., Novelty Wood Works 114 Young, Jacob F34

Writrht's Pharmacy, \\ right & Grunlz 74

Wooddy. N. A . ■ IIS —

Wayand's Grocery F^4 ^

Williams. Richardson Co 72

Weiblen. Albert '-2 Zengel & Heiderich '^ft

W'alter, D. A 58 Zansler, Edw. L . . . . - ^ • ■_ ^^i

William's Pharmacy 100 Zimnierinann's Building Si)eciiilties Co U)-

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Manufadured_£olely by gstatC of JOS. MENGE,

J. W. WESTERFIELD, Manager.
No . 631 TchoupitOulaS Street , Wdle for^Catak.gu^and Full Particulars, NcwOrlcanS, La

Abraham, Henry 87

Adler, Wm ! 84

Ashner. I. W 115

Aletrino, Gerson 117

Aschaflfenburg-. A lf>4

Abraham. Morris 1 73

Abraham. Nathan, Lafayette 20'»

Braunfekl, Rev. Julius 105

Blum, Sam 117

Bhiom, Dr. J. D ' 139

Block, Henrv 173

Bauer, Achille. Alexandria 205

Bernstein, Henry. Monroe 207

Blum, Joseph, Crowley 209

Blum, Samuel, Donaldsonville 197

Cerf, Samson 157

Cain, Jos L. 109

Cahn, Edgar L 135

Cohn, Chas. W 1 78

Dreyfus, Leon, New Iberia 217

Dreyfus, Jule<, New Iberia 217

Davis, Isadore H., Lake Charles 211

Dinkelspiel, Max 123

Elling-er, Emil, Rabbi. Alexandria 203

Eng:utter. Leopold, of Newellton ... 217

Florsheim, Henry, Shreveport 189

Falk, Benjamin, Lafayette 205

Farrnbacher, Jacob, Baton Roug-e 195

Farrnbacher, S., Baton Rouge 195

Godchaux, Albert 93

Gumbei. Simon 97

Goetz, Edward 155

Gumbei. Ferdinand 159

Greenwall. Henry 163

Gutmann, Euif. H 163

Good. Adolph 165

Goldstein, David 165

Gradwohl. Meyer H 169

(i umbel, Henry E 173

Godchaux, Paul L 125

Heimburg Rev. I., Monroe 207

Hoffman. Wolf. Lake Charles 213

Heller. Rev. Max 81

Heidenheim. August 91

Heidenheim. M 101

Hevmann, Michel lui

Hollander, M. F 143

Hyman, Samuel 159

H'lller. Alfred 123

Herold, Simon, of Shreveport 189

Herold, Herman, Shreveport 191

Israel, Melville, Donaldsonville 199

Israel, Mayrr 137

Isaacs. M arx ... 135

Isaacson. Simon, Palmetto 217

Jacobson, Rabbi M P., Shreveport 187

Jacob, S. , Opelousas 209

Jacobs, Jules, Rosedale 219

Krower, L 93

Kahn, Gabriel 99

Kreeger. Dr. Geo 109

Kaufman. Chas .A 12'*

Kohlmann. Ur Wm 131

Kahn. Edgar M 135

Kahn. (^oleman H . 149

Kursheedt, Col E.I 153

Kohn. Jos 11)5

Kaufman. Ferd 178

Keiffer. Sigmund 181

Kahn. Arthur T.. Shreveport 187

Kahn, Sol. Magnolia 187

Kaufman. Leopold. Lake Charles 211

Kaufman. Sam'l, Lake Charles 213

^ ^ ^ t«* Index to Portraits and Biographies «j* e^ ^^ .^

Kahn, Tlieodore, Jenning's 217

Klotz, Sol., Napoleonvilie 2U)

Klein, M. Kabbi. Doiuildsoiiville 147

Klotz, Abraham, Donaldsonville V)'>

Lehman, Gus, Sr 125

Leucht, Rev. Dr. Isaac L 83

Lew, Leopold 107

Lazard, C 129

Lehman. Gus, Jr 133

Lemle, Gustav 133

Levy, Samuel 141

Liclitenstein, D. M 153

Lazarus, Judg-e H. L 154

Levy, Lazare Ill

Lazard, Jacob C Ifil

LichtentBg, Ale.x H 1(.3

Levy, Felix N 171

Loeb, I'lrnest M. ■ 175

Levy. M. M Gibson and Donner 195

Lehminn. Mver 177

Lazard. Dr. Jules 179

Landauer, Elias 181

Levy, Lazare 181

Lichtenstein. I M 183

Lenostield, W. H 183

Levin, Julius, Alexandria 201

Levy, V'ictor, Lafayette 2ii5

Levy, Armind, [.ake Charles. 213

Levy, Abe, Elkinsville 195

Moore. Hon. I. D

Marx. Sol .

Metz, Dr. A. L

Moses, Jos. \V

Moss, H artwig-

Meyer, Manfred

Mayer. Abe

Moss, Will

Marx. A rchibald A

Moses Gustave

Magner, Jos

Marks, Jos. H

Mayer, Gus

Meyer, Gen. Adolph, M. C.

Moses, Phineas . .

Marx, Morris

Meyer, Henry, Alonroe

Mayer, E. H.", Baton Koug-e

Newman, Isidore Sr.
Newman, Hart . . . .

Newman, J K

Neugass, Edwin . . . .

103
127
111
111
113
115
119
157
1()1
lf.7
175
176
121
177
179
178
2(i7
195

r7-79
151
137
181

Odenheimer, S 183

Offner, E 121

Ochs, Louis 149

Pfeiffer, Simon 139

Pforzlieimer, Henry, Donaldsonville 197

Rosen, Chas 109

Rose, Dan A 165

Rosenberg, Ephraim 178

Rosenliauni, Ben 179

Rosenthal, Jonas, Alexandria 203

Roos, Isaac, Opelousas 209

Roos, I ) , Opelousas 209

Rosenthal, Rabbi P. L., Baton Rouge 193

Stern, David, Amite City 219

Stern, M aurice 85

Shwartz, N. I 91

Stern. Henry 95

Strauss, Nat 90

Simon, Chas 113

Shwartz, S.J 145

Schwartz, Lazar 147

Silverstein, Samuel 149

Stern, Samuel H 143

Stern, Leonard L 151

Simon, Joseph 155

Schaefer, Cuthbert 161

Shwartz, Leon L 165

Samson, Max 167

Seiferth, Herman 176

Silverstein. Louis 177

Sch wartz, Sam 178

Steeg, A... 179

Schwartz, Leon E 181

Simon, Jake, Lake Charles 213

Trautman, Jac 103

Titche, Bernard 131

Tobias, Sylvan, Baton Rouge 193

Tobias, Maas, Donaldsonville 199

Warsaw, Rabbi Isidor, Lake Charles 211

Wolff, Julius C 141

Weil, L. H 145

Waldhorn, M 141

Weinberger, Frank J 147

Weinberger, Jacab 153

Weis, Julius 75

White, Dr. E A 1(,7

Wolf, M. J 169

Wolbrette. David 127

W^inter, Wm., Shreveport 191

Wise, Sol., Abbeville 215

Wise, Eli 215

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Index to History, Historical Characters and Institutions.

cWF'^'^i&i.^^ ^

'J-^'=>^MiJ'~'^s^

Association for tlie Relief of Jewish Widows

and Orphans, its orig-in 45

Benjamin, Judah P l"l-2l

Bensudon, Dr .los 25-27

B'nai B'rith, Order of 67

Crawcour, Dr. I. L 35

Cain, Lambert, B 35 •

Congregation Gates of Prayer (Jackson Ave-
nue Synagogue ) 41

Chebra Bikur Cholim 59

Congregation Tenieme Derech 61

Congregation Somech Nophlim 61

Congregations, Louisiana Interior Cities 185 222

Cemeteries, Jewish, Old and New 63

Dreyfous, Abel 35

Earh' Jewish Residents 19

Frank, Michel 35

Gemilath Chassodim 61

Gutheim, Rabbi Jas. K 25-29

God's Acres 63

Harmony Club 69

Hebrew Public School 59-()l

Hebrew Benevolent Society and Founders.. .. 45

Jackson Avenue Synagogue 41

Julius Weis Home 49

Jewish Charities of New Orleans. 45

Jewish Orphans Home 51-53

Joseph Street Cemetery (>s

Kursheedt, Gershom ... 23-27

Kaufman, Henry 35

Katz, Sigmund

Kohlmann, Jacob

Ladies Hebrew Benevolent Association

Lehman n

Marks. I'^erdinaiid

Marks. Alexander

Metairie Burial Place

Nefusah Yehudah

Newman, the Isidore Newman Manual Train-
ing School . .

Old Portugeese Cemetery .'

Old Rampart Street Synagogue

Old Jewish Families

Provident Aid Society

Phillips, Alex

Phillips, at the Battle of Chalmette

Portugeese Congregation

Pioneer Jewish Families

Rachel Benevolent Association

Simjjson, Meyer M

Scherck. Isaac

Shaarai Chesed

Shaarai Tetila

Touro, Judah

Touro, Judah and Bunker Hill Monument.
Temple Sinai

Touro Synagogue

'J'ouro Intirmary. . . .

Young Men's Hebrew Association.
Young Ladies' Sewing- Society.. ..

59
35

35
35
65

65
37
33

61
21-23
25
37
19

29-33

31-33

17-19
21
41

39-41

4r-47

71
61

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A Word or Two of Introduction.

'-r

■^g^VERY class and element in the heterog-eneous
Jmm^ in)pulati()n of our Pelican State has had its
encomiast and memorialist — some one to in-
form the world of the industry, intelli'u-ence and
virtues of that particular stock, to recount its achieve-
ments, business, professional t)r individual; to make
known the honors acquired and institutions to be
credited to its exemplars. Every class do we say?
All but one. AH indeed, except the Jew.

Something' there seems of long--felt want in this
deficiency. Sketches there have been, it is true,
press notices, ephemeral contributions and publica-
tions, of transient interest and desultory character.
But no systematic, or at all complete or authentic
compilation. There is at all events, a certain void
which affords us aim and purpose. This purpose is
not, we may say, defensive. For the Israelites of
Louisiana, no special plea is needed. In this free

commonwealth, where they have always minyled on
even terms with the best and hig-hest, they would
be judg-ed if judg-ed at all, upon individual merit.
Here many have risen to eminence, not only among-
their own kind, but in the community g-enerally.
And this not alone as merchants, bankers and men
of every day affairs, but as Judges, Cong-ressmen,
Senators, Cabinet officers, —to the hig^hest, indeed, of
state places.

But not of high and mighty only, their lives and
actions, is our story. Rather a plain and simple,
straight-forward and unvarnished, matter of fact ac-
count, of the Jewish people of our State and city,
past and present. Of them and for them and for
their brethren of other States and places, and also,
all others interested. And as such, presented by its
Editor and Publishers without further formality of
■pycainhiihim.

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Those Distiiiguislied
in the Pursuits of
LAW. MEDICINE
and COMMERCE.

of Louisiana

«•^kEL^'ING in the mustv archives of the past, g-ath-
J^J ering- frag-mentarv evidence here and there, un-
raveling" tangied skeins of historical allusions
briefly asservated, leg-ends, superstitions and the in-
numerable theories handed down througdiout the past
four centuries, it is a log^ical deduction that the Jews
were among; the hardy men who soug^ht out the New
World, the intellig-ence of a Jewish savant g^iving- to
Columbus the sug-g-estion of the voyag-e to the Setting
Sun and Jews' money, extorted from their coffers by
Isabella, furnishing" the Caravels.

In that era the Inquisition had its inception and in-
controvertible facts may be de-
duced convincing" that among"
the g-randies of Hispania and
Portug"al many adventurous
spirits were of the Jewish faith,
preferring the hardships in a
New World to the rigt)rs of in-
tolerance, if not death or abju-
ration of their ancestral faith
in the Land of their birth.

To-day it is a matter of spec-
ulation who were the first Jews
to follow Columbus in his vvy-
age of discovery. It is proven
that several of those close to
him in his memorable voyage
were Spanish Jews. However
this may be, it can be traced
with accuracy and positiveness
that the Jews of Spain and
their descendants in Holland
played an important part as
pioneers in opening up the New
World culminating in the civ-
ilization of the present.

It must be borne in mind
that the history of the "Early
Jews in Louisiana" practically
begins with the earliest history
of New Orleans, the then un-
known South and Southwest.

A hundred years ago a vast territory, now constitu-
ting notable States of the Union, known by the term
"the Louisiana Purchase" was acquired by the LTnited
States.

The story of the intrepid LaSalle "prepared ages
of happiness for inniuuerable generations of human
creatures" in a land, to-day, the haven of freemen who
owe no responsibility save to the Supreme Architect
of the Universe and, who, in the language of divine
scrit, may stand upright in the presence of their Maker
and their fellowmen.

Soldier,

JUDAH
Citizen a

It was in 1(>S2 that LaSalle, having descended the
Great Father of Waters, planted at the point where
the eddying river mingled with the briny waters of
Mexic's gulf the lily-spangled escutcheon of his King,
Louis XIV of France and gave the Pelican State and
unknown lands the name it has borne with credit to
this day, Louisiana. The prior discovery of DeSoto,
whereby Spain made an ineffectual protest availed
naught and France made good its claims.

In 171S De la Tour marked off the streets of Old
New Orleans at the bidding of Bienville, "the father
of Louisiana" and for years the early pioneers strug-
gled against floods and famines,
through Indian wars and in
1762 when France surrendered
every foot of territory on the
American continent, and, as
trophies of war, Louisiana
again wore the yoke of Spain,
"in July, 17f>'»," O'Reilley, the
Spanish Captain (General, with
his army and navy took formal
possession and organized the
government upon Spanish
principles. At that time New
Orleans had a motley settlement
of three thousand inhabitants,
one-fifth of whom were slaves.
That Jews were among these
pioneers, practically from the
first settlement inaugurated by
DeSoto and LaSalle cannot be
positively proven, but, what is
proof positive developes in the
fact that with the recurrence
of Spanish domination follow-
ing the year, 1762, Jewish
traders were already on the
scene of activity.

Conspicuous among these
were Depalachios and other
Spanish Jews, who were in-
timately associated with the commerce of that day
and to whom grants were made.

Following the Colonial War, the restless spirit of
adventure, the untrammeled life of the Pioneers, grad-
ually opened up the then /er9-a inro^nila, and, as the
flags of Spain, of England, trailed in the dust and
their defending hosts were swept away by Americans,
Jews from other of the colonies, possibly participants
in the incidents on many a bloody battle field "beat
their swords into plough shares" and, returning to
peaceful pursuits aided in laying the corner stone of
Louisiana's future prosperity.

TOURO,
nd Philanthropist

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The Early Jews in Lt)uisiana recoynizing the lib-
erty of conscience granted by the United States in the
Colonial days, no doubt realized that it was a question
of time when they too would be sheltered 'neath its
flag, and accessions were made to their number and
in turn, followini,"" the march of civilization these
pioneers, transplanted the faith of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob througiidut the adjacent territory.

Legend asserts that as far back as 17S0 Jewish res-
idents of Old New Orleans had a Miii\iiii — a quorum
consisting of no less than ten adult males — for the
purpose of holding divine worship. Facts, stubborn
facts, prove conclusively, that when New Orleans,
was, as mapped out and designed bv De la Tour,
limited to Canal street on the upper side, Elvsian
Fields on the lower side and boundecl bv the river and
what is now known as N. Rampart street, nearlv a
century and a quarter ago, a House of Ciod was situ-
ated on Toulouse street, not' far removed from where
the Old Deutsche Shule, on N.
Rampart street was once situ-
ated, at this writing the site of
a laundry.

For how many years this
Min\an existed no one knows,
but this nucleus of Early Jews
in Louisiana was the forerun-
ner and afterwards the organ-
izing factor of Congregation
Shan!Ja7'iii Chesed — Gates of
Mercy — chartered in 182S and
for years occupying the Syna-
gog on N. Rampart street, al-
luded to above, and which ex-
ists to-dav in connection with
the CongTegation Dispersed of
Judali, known as the Touro
Synagog.

The Charter issued in 1828
was for a tenure of twenty-five
years and was renewed in 1853,
but, sad to sav, it was destroy-
ed when the State House in
Baton Rouge succumbed to lire
during the Civil War, and,
hence, important data, which
can never be replaced, was lost
to history.

It is the verdict of intelligent
people that the Jew has been a

most important factor in the development of every
land wherein he has reared a home. History is replete
with facts that the Jew, wherever he has resided, has
demonstrated a loyalty, a patriotism, a willingness to
share the modest honors of citizenship even at the
sacrilice of life.

The story of the Early Jews in Louisiana will never
be written as it should be. A few traditions, dis-
torted even if facts, legends that though bearing the
impress of facts cannot be accurately traced, a few
fragments, here and there, are all that is tangible of
the pioneers of Judah coming hither.

During the early part of the eighteenth century it
is not at all improbable that the Jews of Spain and
Portugal, driven ruthlessly from the land of their
birth, dispersed to more congenial climes.

Many of these refugees sought a haven and a new
tenure of life, first in Holland, afterwards attracted
to the Barbadoes, Jamaica and other Caribbean Is-

HON. JUDAH
Statesman

lands. From these sturdy and devout Jews are
descended the early settlers in the American Colonies
and there is no doubt that many of the notable fam-
ilies, descendants of whom are to-day residents of
various sections of Louisiana, can trace their ancestry
back to the first Jewish settlers of the Carolinas.

As far back as 1783, names most familiar to Louis-
ianians of to-dav are a matter of record in Charleston,
S. C, and there is no doubt that the descendants of
these early comers were among the active participants
in the stirring events of Old New Orleans before the
opening of the nineteenth century.

Conspicuous among these pioneers we note the fol-
lowing: Aaron, Aarons, Abraham, Alexander, Ben-
edict, Cohen, DaCosta, De La Motte, DeLeon, Depass,
(xomez, Harlev, Harris, Hart, Hyams, Isaacs, Jonas,
Joseph, Kursheedt, Lazarus, Levi, Levy, Lopez,
Marks, Moise, Moses, Myers, Nathan, Philips, Seixas,
Solomon, Suarez and Woolf.

An effort in unfolding the
dim vista of the past would no
doubt result in tracing a rela-
tionship between the men and
women of the present in Louis-
iana with these honored names
which are to-day a memory.

We content ourselves, how-
ever, in dealing with cherished
memories of the past, yet with-
in the range of recollection of
venerable and esteemed people
who are spared to us and whose
fondest recollections are asso-
ciated with the acquaintance,
with friendship, of names which
will never pass away from the
hearts of Louisianians, Judah
Touro and his contemporaries
and Judah P. Benjamin con-
spicuous figures in the history
of New Orleans nearly a hun-
dred years ago.

Conspicuous, in truth it may
be said, occupying alone a posi-
tion, which will be always
cherished by his coreligionists
in the United States, was
Judah Touro, soldier, citizen,
philanthropist, whose life and
works are a part of the history
of New Orleans, in the early days of the 19th century.
His father, Isaac Touro, was born in Jamaica and
was reared and educated in the refining influences of
a Jewish home, hallowed in the annals of the past,
and in his youth began the studies to fit himself for
the Jewish pulpit. Coming from Jamaica to the
United States before the eighteenth century was com-
pleted, he met and wedded a daughter of Michael
Moses Hays, a prominent merchant of Boston, Mass.
JUDAH TOURO was born of this union in 1775, in
Newport, R. I., where the Rev. Dr. Touro had ac-
cepted a call sometime before that period.

When the American Revolution began Isaac Touro
returned to Jamaica where he died seven years later,
his widow surviving him only four ^-ears.

At the time of his father's death, Judah Touro was
eight years old and when his fondly loved mother
joined the silent majority he had just attained his
twelfth year. His education and care was entrusted

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to his maternal jrrand-father
countintj- room the youth had
perience.

In 1S(I2. Ju(hih Touro came to New Orleans where
intey-rity, honesty and application won for him friends
and, later, fortune. He acquired wealth by his thrift
and industry and commanded the respect of his fel-
low citizens.

When the war of 1S15 was proclaimed he yolunteered
and when the British marched aifainst New Orleans
and the memorable onslaug-ht on the Field of Chal-
mette became history, Judah Touro was on the bat-
tlefield carrying- shot and shell from the mag-azine to
the battery, one of the most trying ordeals in a sol-
dier's career. While doing his duty as a soldier he
was severely wounded by being struck on the thigh
with a twelve pound shot. R. A. Shepherd, an inti-
mate friend and afterwards one of
his heirs and executor, who was
also serving the glorious cause
under Andrew Jackson, learning
of Touro's mishap, immediately
came to his assistance, bore him
off the battlefield, and, despite
the positive statement that Touro
was beyond surgical or medical
aid. Shepherd secured a cart and
had Touro conveyed to his pala-
tial home where he was cared for
and nursed back to life by the
Shepherd family. In later life
both these distinguished citizens
became millionaires and though
separate in religious beliefs were
always boon companions and in-
separable friends.

Judah Touro was a philan-
thropist who knew neither creed
or church in his generosity. He
purchased for Dr. Clapp, one of the
eminent divines of that period, a
church, on Canal street near a
Jewish Synagog of the Portuguese
Congregation Dispersed of Judah,
both structures occupying a site
near the corner of Canal and Bour-
bon streets. He left a bequest of
three thousand dollars to Dr.
Clapp and one half of his estate
was distributed among various
charitable institutions, including

handsome endowments to every Jewish Synagogue in
the United States at that epoch.

He demonstrated his fealty to the land of his birth,
his loyalty to the stars and stripes by contributing
ten thousand dollars to the Bunker Hill Monument.
A pretty incident is associated with this gift. Judah
Touro notified the Bunker Hill Monument Committee
that when all the money except ten thousand dollars
had been secured he would give personally the amount
specified. This was an incentive to increase the num-
ber of donors.

At the height of the excitement and interest in the
proposed monument, a great Fair was given by the
Ladies of Boston. The delegates from Louisiana pur-
chased the model of the monument, sent it to New
Orleans where it occupied a place of honor in a public
building which was destroyed afterwards by fire.
Judah Touro was a strict adherent of Judaism and

ALEXANDER PHILIPS
Soldier and flerchant.

took an active part in communal work of the day. It
was he who purchased the once palatial home of a cit-
izen, situated at the corner of Annunciation and
Gaiennie streets, and presented it to a promising young
physician, of that era. Dr. Jacob Bensadon, a South
Carolinian of a distinguished Portuguese family long
time resident in the colonies.

The Infirmary played an important part in the early
Jewish charities. Dr. Bensadon carried out the re-
quests of Judah Touro, that any indigent Jew, appli-
cant for admission, should be received and cared for
with the same attention as if he was a pay patient.
Further reference will be made to Dr. Bensadon and
the Old Infirmary under another caption.

Judah Touro died in the city of New Orleans on
January IS, 1854, and his remains were taken to New-
port. R. I., where they were intered, adjacent to a
monument erected to the memory
of his sainted father in the Jew-
ish cemetery.

He left a princely bequest to
the Synagogue and Infirmary in
New Orleans which to-day bears
his name. He bequeathed large
sums to many Jewish institutions
in different parts of the LTnited
States.

Fourteen charitable institutions
under the control of various Chris-
tian denominations received be-
quests averaging five thousand
dollars each.

The city of New Orleans was
made legatee of eighty thousand
dollars for its poor and only in
recent years was the bequest car-
ried out by the Touro-Shakes-
peare Alms House taking upon
itself the care of the city's poor,
who for years following the de-
struction of the Touro Alms
House during the Civil war, had
no haven — a haven reared for
them by Judah Touro.

In the annals of the past of
New Orleans, in the promise of a
future undreamt of by those of
its people of to-day, no one has
occupied, or will occupy the first
place in the hearts of its people
as long as the memory of Judah
be recalled.

PHILIP BENJAMIN was born in St.

Indies, August 11, 1811. His parents

1811 sailed from England

The mouth of the Missis-

Touro will

JUDAH
Croix, West

were English Jews, who in
to settle in New Orleans,
sippi river being blockaded by the British fleet, they
landed at St. Croix, where Mr. Benjamin was born.
His boyhood was passed in Wilmington, N. C.

In 1825, at the age of fourteen, he entered Yale, but
left the college three years later without receiving
a degree. He returned to New Orleans, where he
studied law in a notary's office, being admitted to the
bar, December 11, 1832. He did not at that time un-
dertake to engage actively in his profession

For some time he was engaged in
and compiling a digest of cases decided in the local
courts. This, at first intended for personal use only,
was subsequently enlarged and published as "A

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From this time on Mr. Benjamin's rise was rapid,
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Benjamin & Conrad, one of the most powerful lej^al
firms in the Southern States, having- an extensive
practice in phinters' and cotton merchants' cases.

liKNJAMIN'S POLITICS.

Politically the subject of this sketch was a Whig-,
and in 1845. was elected as a member of the conven-
tion held to revise the Constitution of the State. Here
he advocated the addition of an article requiring the
Governor to be a citizen born in the United States.

In 1847 a United States commissioner was appointed
to investigate the Spanish land titles, under which the
early settlers in California claimed their property, and
Mr. Benjamin was retained as counsel, making a trip
to the far West. On his re-
turn he was admitted to prac-
tice in the United States Su-
preme Court, and for a time
much of his business was witli
that body at Washington.

In 1848 he became one of the
presidential electors at large
from Louisiana, and four years
later was elected to the United
States Senate, being again
chosen by his party for the
same honored position in 1857.
But on the secession of Louis-
iana from the Union, Mr. Ben-
jamin, together with his col-
league, John Slidell, withdrew
in February, 1861.

During his senatorial career
he had attained pre-eminence
in the Southern wing of the
Democratic party, and a sharp
personal controversy between
himself and Jefferson Davis
seemed likely to cause a duel,
when the latter apologized on
the floor of the Senate for hard
language he had used.

Mr. Benjamin advocated the
Kansas-Nebraska bill of Mr.
Douglas in 1854, but afterwards

insisted that the principle of popular sovereignty had
been definitely set aside by the declaration of the Su-
preme Court in the Dred-Scott case, which, he con-
tended, should be accepted as conclusive. His firm
advocacy of the legal claims of slavery brought from
Senator Wade, of Ohio, the remark that Mr. Benja-
min was "a Hebrew with Egyptian principles."

IN THE CONFKDEKATE CABINET.

On the formation of the provisional government of
the Confederate States he was appointed Attorney-
general, and in August, 1861, was transferred to the
War Department, succeeding L. P. Walker. Having
had some trouble with a committee from the Confed-
erate Congress, he resigned his position, but imme-
diately became Secretary of State, which place he
held until the final overthrow of the Confederate
Government.

Mr. Benjamin had the reputation of being "the
brains of the Confederacy'," and it is said that Presi-

QERSHOiW
Friend of Touro and

dent Davis was in the habit of sending tt) him all
work that did not obviously belong to the department
of some other minister. It was his habit to begin
work at 8 a. m., and he often occupied his desk until
2 o'clock the next morning.

On the fall of the Confederacy he fled from Rich-
mond with other members of the Cabinet, and on be-
coming sei)arated from the party, escaped from the
coast of P'lorida to the Bahamas in an open boat,
thence going- to Nassau, and in September. 1865,
reached Liverpool. He at once began the study of
Knglish law, and was entered as a student at Lin-
coln's Inn, January 13, 1866.

In the following summer Mr. Benjamin was called
to the English bar at the age of fifty-five. At first
his success was slight, and he was compelled to resort
to journalism for a livelihood. In 1868 he published
"A Treatise on the Law of Sale of Personal Prop-
erty," which is now the author-
ity on this subject in English
law.

HONORS IN ENGLAND.

After the publication of this
book the practice of Mr. Ben-
jamin grew rapidly, and in
June, 1872, he was made (Jueen's
counsel, after which his busi-
ness became as large and re-
munerative as that of any law-
yer in the land. Among his
many arguments the one most
generally known is that which
he delivered before the Court
for Crown Cases Reserved, in
the behalf of the captain of
the "Franconia." His last
great nisi prius case was that
of Anson and others against
the London & Northwestern
Railway. After this he ac-
cepted only briefs upon appeal,
and appeared solely before the
House of Lords and the Privy
Council.

Early in 188.^ he was com-
pelled by failing health to re-
tire from practice, and a fam-
ous farewell banquet was given
him in the hall of the Inner
Temple, London, June 30, 1883. He then withdrew
to Paris, where his wife and daughter resided, and
where his health rapidly failed until his death, May
8th, 1884.

ALEXANDER PHILIPS, one of the pioneers of
conunerce in old New Orleans, was born in indigence,
and reared in the school of adversity. In his youth
emig-rating from Holland to a foreign land, where un-
known and uncared for, without home or abiding
place, by his indefatigable perseverance and unswerv-
ing integrity, he succeeded in amassing wealth, ac-
quiring- reputation and attaining a hig-hly enviable
position in society. His life offers reflection to the
old — example to the young. He was born in the year
1775 in the city of Amsterdam, and after having re-
ceived the trade of a whitesmith, and enduring num-
erous privations always attendent upon poverty, he, at
the age of sixteen years, emigrated to the United
States, in quest of a comfortable maintenance, which

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his t)\vn lioiiif could not aiford. He settled in the
State of Pennsylvania where he was oblit^ed by his
necessitous circumstances and g-ladly received employ-
ment in the capacity of a farmers boy. For two
years he did service in this luunble capacity, during-
which time, by his industry and fidelity, he won the
confidence of his employer and the friendship of many.
In 17')4, with that reckless spirit, which characterized
his youth and impelled by that love for military g^lory
which all young; men of warm and gfenerons impulses
admire, he enlisted under Gen'l Anthony Wayne, to
quell the "Whiskey Insurrection," but the happy
termination of this difiicultv sot)n after caused the dis-
bandment of the volunteer corps, and, he ag^ain found
himself destitute of funds and employment. He se-
cured employment from Gen. Hennen of Harrisburg",
Pa. With this g-entleman he remained until 17'*'),
when, removingf to the city of
Philadelphia he, under the advise-
ment of a friend procured a small
quantity of merchandise and thus
equijiped, he g"irded up his loins
and marched throug-h the country
an itinerant merchant, always
finding- a ready market for his
merchandise' his pleasing- appear-
ance winning- the patronag-e of
the women, his unassuming- de-
meanor the aid of the men. For-
tune smiled upon his undertak-
ing-s. Continued success, extend-
ing credit and g-reater means,
soon enabled him to extend his
business operations and at the end
of a few years, he became master
of his own establishment and
seated permanently in the Quaker
City.

After a residence of seven years,
during- which time, by close ap-
plication to business he had real-
ized a considerable amount, fol-
lowing- the bent of his mind,
which being- enticed away by the
alluring- representations made to
him of the newly-acquired terri-
tory of Lt>uisiana, of the wealth
of its inhabitants and the fine
field there offered for speculation,
he, in the year ISOS, removed to
the city of New Orleans and im-
mediately entered into the mer-
cantile business. By means of his energ-y, experience
and nice discernment, he soon assumed a respectable
position in the mercantile world. He continued to
flourish in this capacity, without the occurrence of
any event worthy of record pursuing- the "even tenor
of his way" an honest money-making- boKrurois. Until
the year 1S14 when, called away from his calculations
by the invasion of the British he, with all the enthu-
siasm of a man who seeks to protect his fire-side from
the assaults of an invading- foe, immmediately enlisted
a volunteer, receiving- the commission of first lieuten-
ant, and served during- the whole campaig-n with
g-reat g-allantry and ze.il. At the battle of Chalmette
Plains the connnand of his company devolving; up.)n
himself; by his able management and the intrepidity
of his men, he received the approbation of his supe-
riors in command. This battle, which shed an undv-

RABtJl JAMES
Scholar, Educator a

ing lustre on the American arms, putting an end to
his service, he resumed business pursuits.

In the year ISll, he allied himself to a lady from
Baton Rouge. A numerous progeny blessed their
union, having the cares of a family incumbent upon
him, he redoubled his exertions, success crowned his
efforts, and after years of toil, lie retired from active
business.

Among the veteran residents, and very few survive
to-day — it is recalled that the Philips establishment
was located on the wood side of Chartres street near
the corner of Bienville street. Later the subject of
this sketch established himself in the grocery business
on what is now known as St. Charles avenue, at the
intersection of Jackson avenue, directly facing the
Harmony Club building, and which establishment
years afterward became an enterprise made famous
by its untiring proprietor, Mr.
Charles Ballejo.

At the era when Mr. Philips
founded the establishment, a
wide and unobstructed view of
the Mississippi river was to be
had from the doors of his store.
St. Charles avenue was lined
with cotton wood trees, a public
road leading to the plantations
bordering the banks of the river
for hundreds of miles.

The veteran and honored citi-
zen, iSIr. Ballejo, entered his em-
plo}- in the early 40's and enjoyed
the esteem of the pioneer and his
family in his j'outh and man-
hood.

The sons and daughters of the
veteran and honored citizen were,
in their day, prominent and social
favorites. A son, Alfred, was a
])artncr of the famous lawyer,
Roselius. Elenora Philips mar-
ried Simon Newburger, also a
pioneer in industrial and com-
mercial circles. Eliza Philips
married a namesake of Ohio, and
Mrs. Judge Jno. B. Cottom was
also a daug-hter.

At an advanced age, far be-
yond that allotted to man, Mr.
Philips died regretted by the
people of Old New Orleans, for
in him they recognized a useful,
honored citizen, -who had contributed greatly to the
progress of the city and its best interests.

DR. JOSEPH BENSADON, whose name and fame
will always be associated with the Touro Infirmary,
though born in New York, January '*, ISIM, is claim-
ed by the South as a favored son. A descendant of
an aristocratic Sephardic family, who removed to
South Carolina when the subject of this sketch was a
child, he was reared amidst the elegance and refined
surroundings of a Southern Jewish home.

After receiving a liberal and scholarly education
the youth applied himself to the study of the Science
and Art of .NIedicine, graduating with honors as a
Doctor 9! Medicine, at the age of twenty-one from
the famed University at Charleston.

Dr. Bensadon was among; the first of the Medical

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profession to offer his services to the g'overnment
when the War with Mexico was threatened and, when
hostilities begfan, he went to the front and served
with distinction in the American Army.

In 1847, Dr. Bensadon cast his fortunes with New
Orleans. His splendid personality, his ability as a
ph^-sician and surgeon was at once recognized and
won for him the esteem of the community. By chance
he formed the acquaintance of Judah Touro and the
acquaintanceship merged into friendship that was
only shattered by death. He was not only the phy-
sician of Judah Touro but his most intimate and con-
fidential friend and, it is recalled by those few of our
venerable citizens who are familiar with the past,
that the venerable Touro and the capable young phy-
sician were inseperables.

Whether Judah Touro conceived the idea or wheth-
er it was at the suggestion of Dr. Bensadon that the
Infirmary, now bearing the honored name of Touro
was founded, no one knows,
but it is known that Judah
Touro purchased the Paulding
residence, situated at the cor-
ner of what is now known as
Annunciation and Gaiennie
streets, converted it into a hos-
pital and placed it in charge
of Dr. Bensadon.

Carrying out the philan-
thropic views of its founder.
Dr. Bensadon was hampered
to a great extent because it
became not only a hospital
but a caravansary for poor and
homeless people, for the char-
itable impulses of the calm,
didactic, practical physician,
could not resist the plea of the
poor and suffering.

Dr. Bensadon sustained his
reputation as a physician and
surgeon, notably during the
dread days of successive Yel-
low Fever epidemics and laid
the prestige of the Touro In-
firmary which year after year
becomes more famed. He par-
ticipated in its affairs, after it
had passed into the charge of
the Touro Infirmary and He-
brew Benevolent Association and while not actively
associated in later years with its medical corps, al-
ways had a tender thought for the grand institution
founded by his friend and mentor, Judah Touro.

When the Civil War began, 1861, Dr. Bensadon
again exhibited his patriotism by offering his ser-
vices to the Confederacy, and was accorded the rank
of surgeon and, with the "Boys who wore the Gray"
seen active service until the termination of hostilities.

Returning to New Orleans Dr. Bensadon resumed
his professional work, attaining continued distinc-
tion and enjoying a lucrative practice. On December
2, 1871, in the full possession of his faculties a vet-
eran of two wars, this true and trusted Practitioner
of Medicine, benevolent and charitable to a fault,
went to his eternal rest regretted and mourned b}- a
grand concourse of friends.

DR. JOSEPH BEN5AD0N,
A Distinguished Surgeon.

KURSHEEDT is a name associated with the United
States since Colonial days. Israel Baer Kursheedt
was born in Frankfort-on-the-Main, of a family who
had resided in that city for many years, where suc-
cessive generations were noted for their culture, at-
tainments and scholarship. Israel Baer Kursheedt
left the paternal home in his youth coming to seek
that liberty of conscience he desired, to Richmond.
\'a., when it was the center of Colonial life. Later
he married a daughter of the Rev. Gershom Mendes
Seixas. one of the most noted Rabbis of this countr}-.
Of this union, born in Richmond, Va., were two chil-
dren, who, in after years participated in Jewish af-
fairs in Louisiana. The family removed later to
New York City where they occupied a distinguished
position in social and commercial circles.

Mendes Kursheedt, born in Richmond, Va., in
1810, on attaining his majority went to Kingston,
Jamaica, where he entered commercial life. He mar-
ried an English lady, a mem-
ber of the Duke family and, in
1840 removed to New Orleans,
'•.^ passing away on January 8,

1886, mourned by numerous
friends, who, knowing him
well, regarded him as the em-
bodiment of Honor.

Gershom Kursheedt, was
born in Richmond, Va.. in
\ 1815, was taken to New York
, on the removal of the family,
and in the ardor of youth, bade
f farewell to the parental home
and came to New Orleans.
After a little while Gershom
Kursheedt established himself
in business but found ample
time to devote to charitable
and communal affairs.
, Associated with the great
philanthropist, Judah Touro,
and the coterie of liberal,
charitably disposed Israelites
of that day, when the Widows'
and Orphans' Home was pro-
posed, Gershom Kursheedt, at
once became its earnest advo-
cate. At the memorable meet-
ing held in the Old Armory
Hall, on November 25, 1854, he
occupied the chair and afterwards aided in shaping
the preliminaries. About -the same time Sir Moses
Montefiore, authorized by Oueen Victoria to visit
distant parts of Europe in the interest of persecuted
Jews, extended an urgent invitation to Gershom Kur-
sheedt to accompany him on this hallowed mission.
When the first officers of the Association for the
Relief of Jewish Widows' and Orphans were elected
Gershom Kursheedt declined the Presidency and later
left New Orleans going to England. He not only
became identified with the great philanthropical
work of Sir Moses ]SIontefiore but also married a
favorite neice of the greatest and most favored Jew
of England of that day, to whom and his family and
their successors royal favor was shown, and with
whom the lamented Victoria and her children, in-
cluding Edward VII, King of England and Emperor
of India, were and are on the most int mate footing.
Gershom Kursheedt had ample opportunities to

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(IcviitL^ his time to the ainelii)ration of distresses amotiii-
his corelitrionists and manv instances are chronicled
of his work and kindlv acts upon the history of the
Engiish Jewry. His death occurred in Lon(Uin, En-
i;-land, in 1S()2.

JAMES KOPPEL (lUTHEIM was born in Menne,
District of Warburg-, Westphalia, November 15, 1S17.
His ancestry were noted for their learning- and he him-
self early evinced gTeat thirst for knowledge and made
rapid advances in his scholastic and collegiate pro-
gTess. His first ministerial service was at Senden-
liorse, in 1838.

In 1843 he removed to New York whence he was in-
vited to Cincinnati in 1841), where he became pastor of
the B'nai Yeshuren Congregatit)n, and dedicated the
first temple of that congreg^ation. In compliance with
the call of the Shaarai Chased Cong"reg'ation then
worshiping- on Rampart street in
this city, he came to New Or-
leans in 1850, and dedicated its
first edifice in 1851.

He performed the funeral rites
of the g-reat philanthropist, Judali
Touro in 1854. In the same year
he became Rabbi of the svna-
g-ogue known as the Dispersed of
Judah, and in 1857 dedicated their
Svnag-og-ue, Nefutsah Jehudah.

When the question oi States'
rights and secession was the t(]])ic
of the hour, James K. (iutheim
showed his mettle and devotion
to the South, his home, endeared
by associations that were only
severed by Death. He was as
frank as he was outspoken and
his views were as weig-hty as
those of any of the actual leaders
in the cause. He was loval to the
Confederacy, aiding by voice and
pen its orig-in and with the cessa-
tion of hostilities he was among
the foremost of the Southern men
to urge accepting- cheerfully the
results and again strive to make
the South an Eden on Earth.

His fealty to the Bonnie Blue
flag-, his loyalty to principle and
his courage in expressing- his con-
victions caused an episode that
will never be forgotten. New

( )rleans had surrendered and Ben Butler was in au-
thority. James K. Gutheim was among the irrecon-
ciliables who refused to take the Iron Clad Oath, de-
clined any and all overtures and, furthermore, refused
with disdain to shield himself behind his ministerial
calling-. Ben Butler had him escorted to the lines,
and again James K. Gutheim was among his people,
the stalwart Confederates.

Going to Montgomery, Ala., he accepted a call to
occupy the pulpit of the Cong-regation in that city
and later removed to Columbus, Ga., thoug-h both of
these communities were small, due to the fact that
every Israelite capable to hold a g-un wore the Gray
Jacket. Thus from 18f)3 to 1865 Dr. (iutheim cast his
lot with minor cong-regations.

When the war was over, 18()5, he returned to New
Orleans and resumed charged of the Synag-og-ue on

MEYER M. SIMPSON.

First President Jewish Widows' and Orphans' Home.

Kampart street, introducing- there the great reform
movement, of which he may justly be called one of
the distinguished American leaders. He laid the cor-
ner stone of the Svnagog-ue Temimi Derech, in 18()(i.
The Temple Emanuel of New York being aware of
his g-reat learning:, invited him to occupy the chair of
English Lecturer, which he accepted in the fall of
18()8. The citizens of New Orleans, of all shades of
belief, on learning- of his contemplated departure, pre-
sented the following Memorial:

New Okleans, June 1(), 181)8.

REV. J. K. GUTHEIM,

"Rkvkkend Sik — We, the undersigned citizens of

New Orleans, not of your faith, but for many years

your personal friends and admirers, have learned with

profound regret of a movement having for its object

your permanent remo\-al to New

York.

"Your long residence in this
city has identified you with her
\velfare and secured for you a
hig-h place in the affections of her
people. We recognize in you the
warm-hearted, genial friend, the
enlightened, patriotic citizen, and
the divine of extraordinary learn-
ing-, clearness of ])erception
and power of eloijuence rarely
equaled.

"We reg-ard your removal from
us not merely an irreparable loss
to your church and people, but a
calamity to this city and state, as
we cannot afford at this time to
lose such men as you. We most
sincerely hope, therefore, that
some satisfactory arrangement
may be made for your remaining-
permanently among us, that your
example and eloquence may lead
this people in paths of education,
virtue and peace.

"Believe us to remain, with
sentiments of great respect, yt)ur
most obedient servants."

The above letter was sig-ned by
over one hundred of the leading
men of New Orleans.

Dr. Gutheim remained in New
York, four years, attending the
Rabbinical Convention in Philadelphia in 18()') of
which he was the Vice-President.

During his Northern residence he, together with
Hon. Morris Ellinger established '/7/c Jewish 7 iincs
and was associated editor.

The seeds of the reform movement which he had
sown in New Orleans fructified and in 1871 he was in-
vited to return to this city and take charge of the new
reform congreg-ation known as the Temple Sinai.
which call he accepted and in November, of that year,
he laid the corner stone of the Temple which now or-
naments Carondelet street between Howard avenue
and Calliope street. In 1872 he entered upon his duties
as Rabbi. From that date until his death, June 11,
188(i, he, with unrelenting devotion and attention,
ministered to this large and influential congregation,
constantly widening- and enlarging its infiuence until

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its membership are associated with numerous charities
in this city. Rev. Dr. (iutheim made it a strong- cen-
ter of relig-ious Jewish intluence, not only in New Or-
leans, but of the entire South, its principles of reform
permeatinsj- almost every cong-reg'ation in this section.
Dr. Gutheim took an active and prominent part in
founding- and promoting thtv success of many chari-
table institutions in New Orleans.

He was the principal mover in the org-anization of
the Association for the Relief of Jewish Widows" and
Orphans' and was successively its Secretary, Treas-
urer and Vice-President, which latter office he held for
a number of years.

Of the Touro Infirmary he was the First Vice-
President from its org-anization in 1S55 until his death
in 188(). He was a member and President of the He-
brew Benevolent Association from the date of his
residence in this city.

During his official career he
dedicated Temples for Hebrew
worship in Louisville, Ky.; St.
Louis, Mo.; Cincinnati, Ohio; San
Antonio, Tex.; Mobile and Mont-
gomery, Ala.; New Orleans and
other cities.

For several years, from 1867, he
was a member of the Board of
Directors of the public schools of
New Orleans and its acting pres-
ident.

As an author and sermonizer
he attained a wide celebrity.
Many of his works have been pub-
lished, the most noted being the
"Temple Pulpit" and a trans-
lation from the German of the
fourth volume of the "History
of the Jews" by Dr. H. Graetz;
also from the Hebrew about half
of the Book of Psalms. In ad-
dition to which his popular col-
lections of Hymns for the Tem-
ple Emanuel.

One of his most pleasing ren-
ditions of the Hebrew is the fol-
lowing- translations of the 23rd
Psalm:

ISAAC SCMERCK,

Ex-President, Jewish Widows' ond Orphans' Home

The Lord's mv Shepherd ever more.

I bhall not want, nf»r e'er shall pine.
By tranquil streams. He'll place my store

On pastures sweet malie me recline.
He cheers my soul for his own sake.

He ever leads in virtue's wake.

And though 1 walk throuph shades of Heath
Through silent vales (»' mortal gloom—

I fear no harm from mould'ring breath,
Ood is with me beyond the t(»mb.

His rod and staff will' surely be
My comfort in eternity.

Sly wants he kindly will supply.
My table in his love i)repare.

Despite the glance of envy's eye
Ood will sustain me iii his'care.

He will with oil annoiot my head
And on my cup his blessings shed.

Thus grace and goodness will attend
My journey to lire's hidden shore,

And happiness will crown my end
And be mv portion ever more,

For in God's house I shall. abide

And ever bless my heavenly guide.

Dr. Gutheim was a man of great breadth of view,
of deep research and of a high degree of culture. In
those studies incident to his profession he was thor-
oughly equipped and was also well stored with his-
toric fore of all kinds. His vast erudition enabled
him to ably cope with all the great problems of his
day. He was ever the champion of Truth and man-
fully defended the faith of the Israelites. His sweep
of thought led him to heig-hts not frequently reached,
and his power of oratory enabled him to rivet the at-
tention of his larg-e audiences upon whatever theme
his versatile mind selected.

In 1858 Dr. (iutheim married Miss Emilie, a daugh-
ter of Mr. I. I. Jones, a prominent merchant of Mo-
bile, Ala., who with cheerful mien and courageous
heart faithfully fultilled the duties of a Rabbi's wife,
seconding his every effort for the up-lifting of what-
ever community in which their

lot was cast. In none, however,

have their lives made a deeper or
more lasting- impression than in
this city, where his widow still
resides.

Dr. Gutheim was an inlluential
member of the Conference of
Charities, the New Orleans Aux-
iliary Sanitary Association, the
Louisiana Educational Society,
the Louisiana Historical Society,
the Society of the Red Cross and
a Counsellor of the Society of
Civics.

He died on June 11, 1886, and
his remains, for the first time,
in the Jewish history of Louis-
iana, lay in state in the Temple
until June 14, when they were in-
terred. The following prominent
gentlemen, representing- all creeds,
acted as pall bearers:

Gov. S. D. McEnery, Mayor J.
V. Guillotte, A. Lehman, Presi-
dent Touro Synagog-ue; M. Frank,
President Temple Sinai; M.
Heidenheim, President Gates of
Prayer; Z. Bruenn, President
Ternime Derech; Julius Weis,
President Touro Infirmary; E. I.
Kursheedt, President Jewish W.
& O. Home; Edward Fenner,
President Sanitary Association; S. B. Newman, Pres-
ident Conference of Charities; Hon. Chas. Gayarre,
President Historical Society; Jno. Kruttschnitt, Rep-
resenting Red Cross Society; Hon. Louis Bush, Pres-
ident Louisiana Educational Society.

The State Senate, then in session, upon motion of
Hon. Larry O'Donnell of New Orleans adopted the
following resolution and adjourned out of respect for
his memory:

"Be It Rk:solved, By the Senate of Louisiana that
we mournfully deplore the death of Rev. James K.
Gutheim, who in life was an exemplary citizen, an
accomplished divine, and a noble philanthropist.

"Be It Resolved, That in his death the commun-
ity he served with such exceptional devotion for up-
wards of forty years has sustained a severe if not an
irreparable loss.

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"Bk It Resolved, That in order that the virtues of
tlie <leceased may live and he perpetuated, and in just
recognition of liis exemphirv life, these resolutions be
spread of record upon the minutes of the Senate and
that the vSenate do adjourn in respect to his memory,
and that a copy of these rtjsolutions be transmitted to
the familv of the deceased si<rned bv the (rovernor
and Lieutenant Governor."

The resolution was unanimously adoi)ted.

The Judg-es of the Civil District Court sitting' cit
htuir listened to an eulogv delivered by Judg^e F. A.
Monroe upon the life and career of the gTeat Rabbi
and at its conclusion, the Court adjourned, a tribute
to the esteem he was borne in.

MEYER M. SIMPSON was one of a coterie of g-en-
tlemen, resident of the citv of New Orleans, over a
half centurv ag^o, whose culture, eng'aging" qualities
and public spirit tended to g'ive eclat to the city in
after years. He was an intimate friend of Judah
Touro and the brilliant minds identified with him in
the plans looking- to the advancement of the city and
laying- the foundation of the g-reat charities that are
a pride to our people to-day.

Mr. Simpson was born in Charleston, S. C, in 1823,
a lineal descendant of a representative family whose
Judaism was never questioned and of which they were
justly proud. He received an education in the best
schools of South Carolina and while a youth barely in
his teens, came to New Orleans where he secured em-
ployment in a commercial enterprise as a clerk.

Apt and trained in the school of experience, he mas-
tered the intricacies of commercial and financial suc-
cess and before he was in the full prime of manhood
he embarked into business on his own account. A
shrewd financier and business man, whose integ-rity
and honesty was fullv apj)reciated by the public, his
career as a banker and broker for over thirty con-
secutive years was a continuous success, creditable to
himself and profitable to his patrons.

Mr. Simpson never deviated from the jiath of duty
he had been reared in and the communal interests of
that era found in him not onlv an ardent member but
an untiring- worker. His earliest experience in phil-
anthropic work was in the dread days when Yellow
Fever devastated the citv year after year, leaving- in
the trail of the "Yellow Demon," homeless, friendless
widows and bereft, hapless orphans.

When the proposition was discussed bv representa-
tive Jews to found a haven for Jewish Widows and
Orphans, Mr. Simpson not onlv acquiesced but with
indomitable zeal applied himself to the noble task.
He was a participant in the various preliminarv meet-
ing's and was present at the memorable meeting" in the
Armory Hall on November 25, 1854, presided over by
(iershom Kursheedt, and among" others present were
the lamented Gutheim and Georg-e Jonas, and other
g-entlemen whose meuiories will be ever cherished.

When all the details of org-anization were completed
and the Association for the Relief of Jewish Widows
and Orphans a reality and the Jewish Widows' and
Orphans' Home a certainty M. M. Simpson was
elected president.

"No storied urn or animated bust" are required to
perpetuate the memory of the courtly, talented M. M.
Simpson. As long- as there are Jewish Orphans to
house and educate in the paths of the rig"hteous, and
Jewish widows to comfort and provide for, the name
of M. M. Simpson, first president of the Association
for the Relief of Jewish Widows and Orphans, will be
reverentlv recalled and his memorv blessed.

ISAAC SCHERCK was a type of the honest, ardent
indefatig-able voutlis, who, turning away from the as-
sociations of their childhood, parents, home, kindred
and friends, came to the United States to carve out
their own career.

Isaac Scherck was born in Posen, Prussia, Decem-
ber 25, 1833, where he received a preliminary educa-
tion according- to the system then in vog-ue. At the
'age of thirteen vears he emig-rated to the United
States, his capital, good health, and the equivalent of
fiftv dollars. Coming- South his first effort in earning-
a living was as a clerk in a countrv store in Summit.
Miss.

His experience proved to his advantage, for, after
sev^eral years, he branched out in business on liis own
account. His honest methods won friends for him,
and step by step he laid the foundation of a success-
ful business career which yielded for him in after
years a fortune.

But the thoughts and methods of Mr. Scherck werp
not all centered in business. He took an active inter-
est in public affairs, and, as he afterwards demon-
strated was a thoroug-h Southerner.

In 18()1 when the South resounded with the alarums
of war, Mr. Scherck enlisted in a Mississippi reg-iment
as a private and went to the front. With his com-
panions he faced disaster and death upon many a hotlv
contested battlefield. His couragfe and tacit obedience
to orders won for him advancement and during- the
latter vears of the war he had risen to the rank of
Majt)r an<l Chief Commissary, Confederate States
Army.

When the war was over Major Scherck returned to
civil life, and resumed his business career, practically
starting ag-ain at the bottom of the ladder. In 1S(>(>
he wedded Miss Esther Marks.

Devoting himself to his business he made rapid
strides and after years of marked activity and success
removed to New Orleans where he became a member
of the cotton house, Alcus, Scherck & Autev.

Thougfh untiring" in attending to the details of his
ever increasing business, Mr. Scherck found time to
devote to the study and precepts of Fraternities and
was an honored Mason as well as identified with other
charitable org-anizations, among- these the Association
for the Relief of Jewish Widows and Orjihans of
which he was President at one time.

Ever actuated bv a high sense of honor and dutv.
Major Scherck always occupied a first place in the
hearts of friends, his most casual acquaintances in
turn yielding of their esteem for him. His death,
which occurred in 1888, was deplored for in his passing"
an honored and useful citizen was lost to the

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The influence and status of Israelites in Louisiana
to-day had its inception in the standard of excellence
reared by the Early Jews in Louisiana's history. It
is reg-retable that no data is obtainable to do honor to
the memorv of the many who aided in all good and
noble projects in the past.

Of those who participated in afl^airs, commercial,
communal and social of a half centurv ago there are
three survivors at this date, Joseph Simon, Jos. H.
Marks and Jos. Magner.

Among- those g"one before, whose memory are re-
called with reverence are Georg"e Jonas, the Levy
family, the Abrams, Emanuel, the Florance family,
the Jose])h family, the Marks family, and others of
equal imjxn-tance of that era.

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These representative people were practical, zealous
Israelites, their descendants none the less ardent, and
were honored by their fellow citizens. Some of these
were leaders in the professions and callinj^s of learn-
ing", others astute business men, who laid the founda-
tion of the prosperity of New Orleans.

Dr. I. L. Crawcour, was a compeer of the celebrities
of New Orleans of over fifty years ag^o whose g-entle
deeds of kindness and ministration to the sick are a
pleasant recollection of the best known people of the
city to-day. Born, reared and educated in Enufland,
possessing- a keen and analytical mind, he studied med-
icine in the most renowned schools of Engfland, fitting-
himself thoroug-hly for his profession. Graduating-
with honors he came to New Orleans in the early '40s
and at once entered upon an active career in the prac-
tice of medicine and allied sciences. His ability and
scholarly attributes were recognized and the practi-
tioners of medicine in New Orleans recognized in him
a peer of peers. Associated with the leading profes-
sional men of the city, he was an imposing figure and
factor in Medicine for over forty years. When the
New Orleans College of Medicine was found and dur-
ing its tenure of existence, Dr Crawcour was one of
its professors. Dr. Crawcour was also identified with
the Touro Infirmary for years and was a devoted friend
of the institution. In his demise, the profession
of medicine lost one of its most notable figures
and the community one of its most worthy and dis-
tinguished citizens.

Abel Dreyfous, lilcrali, scholar, tiseful and good
citizen, was also a prominent figure of those da3-s.
Coming from La Belle F^rance in his early manhood,
thoroughly educated in Arts, Sciences and the Law,
he gave his attention to a professional calling and
before long became prominent as "Notaire". Suave,
courteous and competent he built up an immense pat-
ronage and up to his demise, was the leading Notary
Public of the city. While approachable and ever
courteous, his temperament was that of the student,
preferring to occupy himself with his work and his
studies than to waste valuable time in social frivolities.
Nevertheless, Mr. Dreyfous wielded vast influence
and contributed his share to the upbuilding of affairs.

Michel Frank was a compeer of the ardent men
who came from France in their young manhood and
aided in all the plans for the welfare of the Crescent
City in the years gone by. He was modest and un-
assuming and in a quiet and methodical manner pur-
sued the even tenor of his way, as a clerk, as an em-
bryo merchant, as a merchant prince and finally as a
banker. He entered with zest upon anj- plan for the
betterment of conditions. When Congregation Tem-
ple Sinai was projected he took an active interest in
its establishment and was chosen its first president,
occupying that honored position for several successive
years. He was also prominent in other Communal
bodies and in all things exhibited an interest and
loyalty to Judaism.

Henry Kaufman is recalled as a stalwart figure in
affairs of Old New Orleans, a practical man of af-
fairs who, nevertheless, was always found at his post
of duty when Charity called. He came to Louisiana
from the Fatherland in his early manhood and for
upwards of two scores of years was conspicuous in
affairs in this city. He passed away regretted by a
concourse of friends in 1866.

Lambert B. Cain was a familiar figure, an ardent,
wholesouled gentleman whose memory is zealously
guarded by all who knew his worth and works. He

was born in 1821, coming hither from his birth place
across the ocean in his youth and at once imbued by
the privileges of citizenship in this great country
allied himself with representative people. His opin-
ions carried weight with them and in all the years of
his life parsed in New Orleans he enjoyed the esteem
and regard of all. Though only in his sixtieth year
when he closed his eyes in slumbers sweet — 1881 —
his influence in affairs communal bore good fruits.

Jacob Kohlman, a brainy, courteous, honorable
man was a contemporary of the many Israelites who
aided in founding the reputation the Early Jews in
Louisiana enjoyed. He came likewise to New Or-
leans in his early manhood from his birthplace in
Germany and soon took a prominent position in af-
fairs. He "wrapped the draperies of his couch about
him" like a babe soothed to rest by its mother's
lulaby at the advanced age of 70, his death occurring
in 1897.

Sigmund Katz arrived in New Orleans years ago,
at an era when Jewish Charity knew no such terms as
"Organized" or "Almoners"; years before stately
buildings dedicated to the sick and suffering, the
widowed, orphaned and the aged were dreamt of. He
came provided with no other resources but his good
health and indomitable perseverance to succeed. He
carved out his own career. From an humble begin-
ning he became a small merchant, and as years pass-
en by amassed a fortune becoming a leader in com-
mercial affairs. He was a plain, blunt man, his
wealth and influence not altering his characteristics
especially the habit of expressing his opinion and
standing by his word. He was a power in financial
and commercial affairs his brusque, rugged waj' only
a cloak for a good, great heart, every pulsation of
which throbbed for his fellowman.

Abraham Lehmann was born in Germany leaving
his birthplace and coming to New Orleans when a
young man. He began his career in a most humble
way, but step Ijy step ascended the ladder of success
finally attaining an eminent position in the commer-
cial world. He received many honors at the hands
of his co-workers in Congregation Shaarai Chesed
and afterwards in Touro Synagog, having been pres-
ident for many years. His death in 1889 was mourned
by the people of New Orleans for in his passing an
honored gentleman and useful citizen went to his
Eternal sleep.

Ferdinand Marks, urbane, affable and courteous,
was for many a conspicuous figure in social and com-
mercial circles. While born in the Fatherland he
spent the greater part of his life in New Orleans and
was recognized for his devotion and exertions for the
betterment of the city and its manifold interests. His
life was placid, useful and honorable and his sever-
ance from all that he loved, was most pathetic. He had
bidden farewell to friends to go to Europe on a visit
to the scenes of his childhood and when the steam-
ship was in sight of the white, waved lashed cliffs of
Old England he paid Nature's debt. His demise was
learnt of with great regret and months afterwards
when his remains were brought home for interment
the greatest respect was paid his memory, a grand
concourse of friends being present to do homage to
his splendid reputation as a man.

Alexander Marks is also recalled for his worth and
works. He was likewise a very young man whenhe came
to the city of New Orleans and worked his way to
fortune and an honorable standing in the community,
among others "whose likes we will ne'er see again."

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Jewish Consresiations

PAST and
PRESENT.

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♦JTN the endeavor to trace the orig:in of the first con-
II g:reg"ation in the city of New Orleans, judffing'
from the opinion of venerable residents
yet among- us and whose reminiscences date back for
over a half century, there is no doubt that the first
assembly for prayers ever convened in Old New Orleans
was composed of followers of the Portug-uese ritual.

When in reminiscent
vein the veteran Israel-
ites, who can recall in-
cidents detailed and dis-
cussed by the aged
friends of their youth,
relate of simple family
g-athering-s on the gfreat
holy days and festivals
in private residences,
where some one famil-
iar with the liturgfv and
chants sacred and re-
vevered because of their
association with the
era when their ances-
try were in high favor
with the aristocracy of
S])ain and Portug-al.
long before Columbus
dreamt of the Land be-
yond the Sea.

It was simply in ac-
cord with custom that
these Minvanim — as-
semblies for the pur-
poses of prayer -for,
wherever ten — a quo-
rum— Jews can be found
at stated intervals such
services were held.

However, the location
of the earliest houses for prayer are conjecture. It is
asserted that nearly a century ago, as is in vog-ue even
to this day, the ritual of prayer caused a divergence in
the methods of the early comers. The Spanish, Por-
tuguese and Hollanders formed one coterie, following-
the Portug-uese method of chants and prayers; the
(jerman had their peculiar Minhag-, and later the Pol-
ish, Russian, etc., followed.

Synagogue of K. K.
The Old Deutsche Shule on

SHAARAI CHESED.
The earliest record of a chartered congfreg-ation is
dated 1828, when K. K. Shaarai Chesed, Gates of
Prayer, was incorporated. There is no doubt in the
minds of the survivors of manj- important incidents of
over a half a century ago, that this congreg-ation had
its orig-in. as a Minyau, in the latter part of the 18th

century-- 1775 to 1780,
its antecedents tracea-
ble to the Sephardists,
French and German
Jews then in New Or-
leans.

It is regretable that
the documents pertain-
ing to its incorporation
were destroyed during-
the Civil War by the
burning of the Capitol
Building in Baton
Rouge. However, many
an interesting remines-
cence is associated with
the "Deutsche Shule"
as it was most affection-
ately known. Years
ago the site and build-
ing on N. Rampart
street, between Conti
and St. Louis streets
was acquired and util-
ized until this congre-
gation amalgamated
with the Portuguese
Congregation, which
will be referred to un-
der its proper caption.
The congregation
prospered as years
passed by and prominent and learned ministers occu-
pied its pulpit, among these, recalled even to this day,
were Harris, Kaufman, Mosche, Rosenfield, Davidson,
Gutheim and Rabbi Leucht, the only surviving min-
ister of the old Shule.

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served their ritual and, whenever occasion offered, a
Minyan assembled. An incident of the fealty of the
Sephardists to their faith is recorded, dating' back to
the holiest of holidays, the New Year and Day of
Atonement in 1845.

Mr. E. h. Andrews, a prominent g-entleman and
ardent Israelite residing- on Camp street, on a site
near the Memorial Hall, offered the use of his palatial
home to those of his Sephardic friends who desired to
hold services. The invitation was cheerfully accepted
and when the improvised congregation had assem-
bled, the question rose who was among- the number
familiar with Hebrew and the ritual and who thus
could act as Minister or
Chazan. Among- the
g-uests was E. J. Solo-
mon, a captain in the
United States Army,
and he volunteered to
perform the function,
and he demonstrated
by his reading- in the
"Holy tong-ue" and
chanting- the ritual ac-
cording- to the Portu-
guese Minhdii his abil-
ity, to the g-reat delig-ht
of his auditors.

This gathering- prov-
ed an incentive to the
followers of the Portu-
gese Ritual, and a few
weeks afterwards K. K_
Neftisah Trhudah, Con-
gregation Dispersed of
Judah, was founded and
incorporated.

Gentlemen prominent
in social, commercial
and civic affairs, were
signatories of the Char-
ter, which was exam-
ined and attested, on
June 8th, 1847, by L.

Sigur, District Attorney, on the same date attested in
the Executive OfBce, in the City of New Orleans and
on June 11, the Charter was approved by Charles
Gayarre, Secretary of State.

The following names were appended to the Charter:
J. L. Levy, A. C. Labatt, Jos. C. DePass, A. T.
Ezekiel, I. Rodrigues, Jacob Ezekiel, G. Kursheedt,
Henry Florance, Lewis Florance, Joseph Moss, Judah
Barrett, L. J. Solomon, David C. Labatt, L C. Labatt,
Samuel DePass, Adolphe Hecht, L. Hertz, Aaron
Harris, J. C. Peixotto, Chapman Solomon, C. M.
Hyams, Sam'l. L. Harby, E. Sampson, Isaac Soria
and L. A. Levy, Jr.

TOURO SYNAGOGUE.

Gershom Kursheedt was elected its first president,
and the following gentlemen were at different epochs
his successors: J. J. Joseph, George Jonas, J. L.
Levy, A. H. DeMeza, Captain B. Moses and L. A.
Levy, Jr., who was the last president of the Portu-
guese Congregation.

The ministers of the Congregation Nefusah I'ehiidah
were: M. N. Nathan, James K. Gutheim, Henry S.
Jacobs and J. H. M. Chumaciero, while Morais and
De Silva were Secretaries of the hallowed old Synago-
gue as well as serving as Sextons.

Judah Touro presented the congregation with a
building, situated at the corner of Canal and Bourbon

streets, which was util-
ized as a Synagogue.

The list of members
at that time, in addi-
tion to the officers nam-
ed were: J. Abramson,
Alexander Abrams, B.
Abrams, I. P. Abrams,
J. M. Abrams, J. C.
Abrams, M. Barnett,
Dr. Joseph Bensadon,
Alex. A. Cohn, Dr. I.
L. Crawcour, A. H.
DeMeza, Mrs. A. C.
DePass, Geo. W. Ellis,
B. Emanuel, A. T. Eze-
kiel, H. Florance, L.
Florance, A. Friedlan-
der, David Goodman,

B. B. Hart, L. J. Har-
ris, A. D. Y. Henriques,
J. D. Henriques, J. M.
Isaacs, Edward Jacobs,
J. J. Joseph, H. Kohl-
meyer, E. L. Levy, I.

C. Labatt, J. L. Levy,
L. A. Levy, Jr., L. L.
Levy, S. L. Levy, D.
Lopez, Alex. Marks,

D. H. Marks, Hillel
Marks, Jos. Mendes, S.
Moses, S. L. Moss,

Geo. Nathan, Jos. Osterman, Ph. Runkel, S. Runkel,
J. M. Seixas, Jos. Simon, M. M. Simpson, I. J. Salo-
mon, S. P. Solomon, Isaac Wolf.

After a number of years had elapsed, the congrega-
tion having grown to important proportions, the site,
now known as the Touro Synagogue, was secured —
185'>— and the Portuguese Congregation continued its
course of prosperity, under the wise administration of
honored officers, it always standing pre-eminent in
communal work.

An interesting episode in connection with the found-
ing of the Portuguese Congregation and the royal
gift of Judah Touro was his presenting Dr. Clapp, a

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distinjjfuished Unitarian divine, with a church for the
use of that denomination. This edifice was situated
at the corner of Canal and Dauphin street, near the
site of the Grand Opera House. Later the Unita-
rians disposed of the building- to what is now known
as Christ Church Cathedral, Episcopalians. The
Unitarians secured a site and church on St. Charles
street near Julia, recently demolished and converted
into a Court and flower g-arden, the Unitarians remov-
ing- to the upper districts.

THE TOURO SYNA(iOGUE
had its origin in the fusion of the Congregation
S/i(i(nai Lliesed — the Deutche Shule — once upon a time
a landmark on N. Ram-
part street, and the K.
K. A'efiisah Teluidah,
the Portug-uese Congre-
g- at ion. Rev. I. L.
Leuclit, being- chosen
as minister.

The amalgamation, in
1881, resulted in giv-
ing^ New Orleans a rep-
resentative congrega-
tion wherein conserva-
tive Judaism is pre-
served.

Its officers at this date
are the following repre-
sentative and w e 1 1 -
known gentlemen:

Leonard Krower,
President; Gus Leh-
mann, Jr , First Vice-
Pres ; M. Waldhorn.
Second Vice-President;
Sam Lowenberg.Treas-
urer and G. Aletrino,
Secretary.

JACKSON AVENUE
SYNAGOGUE.

New Orleans, eighty

years ago, had lines of

demarcation and in the

respective districts

special Minyanim were

organized, each in turn

becoming later the nucleus of org-anization of the Con-

g-regations.

Among- the venerable Israelites of the city, reminis-
cences are treasured of the "Old Lafayette," as the
upper district of that era, in and about Jackson Ave-
nue, was denominated.

Earl_v in the30'sa Chcvra — Society — was organized,
its objects and purposes was to aid the poor, nurse the
sick and give religious burial to the dead. Previous
to that time relig-ious services were held on the Sab-
bath and holidays, and the Jewish element of that
section of the city preserved, the ceremonialism in
which thevhad been born and reared in the Fatherland,

The first Miiiviiii in that part of New Orleans that
secured a location for the purposes of holding services
met on Washing-ton Avenue, down-town side, near the
corner of Constance street. Then a house was secur-
ed, now the site of a drug- store, corner Chippewa and
First streets. Afterwards members met in a house
situated at the corner of Tchoupitoulas and Seventh
streets.

Four scores of years ag-o, situated in the center of a
lot, intersecting Fulton and St. Mary streets was a
sing;le storv frame structure, which was utilized as a
school house and as a church. The front of the
modest structure, access to which was a single door,

faced St. Marv street.

Congregation Qates of Prayer Synagogue.

while on the Fulton
street side a high fence
screened the house
from the sig-ht of pass-
ers by.

The old school house,
even to-day doing- ser-
vice on the corner of
the streets named, and
giving shelter to its
tenant, is a part of the
history of the Early
Jews in Louisiana.

On January 13, 1850,
a g-eneral meeting- was
called for the purpose
of creating out of the
Miiiyaii, time honored,
and a useful factor in
Jewish charity for years
before, with the object
of taking- steps to
found a Cong-reg-ation.
Abraham DeYoung-
( whose family and des-
cendants are prominent
in affairs in Califor-
nia) I. Lyons, Jacob
Meyer, B. Goldenburg,
S. Leopold, Isaac Hech-
inger, M. Baer, D. Cahn.
E. Long, Charles Goldenburg, L. Leopold, D. Hirsch,
G. Walsh, I. Isaacson, I. Dreyfus, E. Lazar, S. Lazar
and F. Bachrach responded to the call.

Organization was then and there effected by the
election of Abraham De Young, as President, Jacob
Mayer, Vice-President and Hayem Kaufman, as Min-
ister, these gentlemen occupying these postions for
many consecutive years.

The name Shdurai Tefila Congregation Gates of
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The congregation consisted of about thirty members
and its first step was to purchase the "little School
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the saiiiL' time used as a school house, where many of
our notable Jewish people of to-day. received the tirst
rudiments of their education.

On January 24, IS.SO, the City Council of New Or-
leans was petitioned and in due course of time the
Hebrew Rest on Joseph street was consecrated as the
burial ground of the Congretfation.

In 185"> the Cong-regation secured the site of the
present Synaufosfue on Jackson avenue and in 1860, the
buildinij;- bein.tir erected, was consecrated to its purposes.
"The holv of holies" occupying- to-<lay a place in
the sanctuary on Jack-
son Avenue, was con-
structed in 1S.=,(), by Mr.
J. Diez, who departed
this life a few weeks
ago, and presented to
the congregation while
meeting- in the old
"School House."

The ministers who
served Cong-reg-ation
Gates of Prayer,
from its inception to
date were : Hayem
Kaufman, M. Wurt-
zel, I. Hechinger, Cerf.
Rosenberg, Mosche,
Max Moses, L. Weiss,
A. Schverski, M. Eis-
senberg. Rev. Dr. Jacol)-
son, M. Korn, Rabbi
M. Sessler and Samson
Cerf, the incuml>ent at
this writing.

The following, a copy
from a tally sheet dat-
ed, January 1st, 1851,
is of historical interest,
giving names of mem-
bers present at a meet-
ing held that date.

L. Lehman, N. Guns-
berger, Charles Gol-
denberg-, D. Hirsch, I.
Hechinger, B. Golden-
burg, H. Katton, M.

Levy, Abe De Young, L. Leopold, J. Lyons. S. Leo-
pold, Jacob Salm, H. Asher, M. Baer. Jacob Blum,
F. J. Backrach, D. Cahn, M. Oury, G. Welsh, H.
Kampman, M. Goldstucker, B. Dreyfus, N. Schwab,
L Isaacson, J. Leopold, Wolf Sahn.M. Aronstein. M.
Heidenheim, Aron Feitel, A. Kaufman, J. Dreyfous,
Maier Kaufman, David Cohn, Jacob Hirsch, N. Guni-
bel, S. Wolf, the sexton and J. Deitz.

A glance at the above names recalls vividly the for-
bears of some of our representative families who to-
day are as active in communal work as the prede-
cessors named.

CONGREGATION TEMPLE SINAI
had its origin in the wave of Reform Judaism, which

TEMPLE SINAI.

was inaugurated years before by the greatest of Amer-
ican Rabbis, the lamented, Isaac M. Wise, of Cincin-
nati, Ohio, founder of the Hebrew Union College, the
Union of American Hebrew Congregations and the
Central Conference of American Rabbis.

The reform movement was instituted so as to give to
American Israelites a uniform ritual with a view of
uniting the different elements, each of whom in their
efforts to transplant the customs of their fathers on
American soil, brought about a greater divergence in
ritualistic observances.

The culmination of the agitation for a congregation
based upon Reform Judaism was the organization ofCon-

gregation Temple Si-
nai, founded in 1872,
the magnificent struc-
ture, architectually per-
fect, an ornament
among the sacred edi-
fices reared in New Or-
leans on Carondelet
street, being dedicated
later.

V Mr. Michel Frank
was its first president
and Mr. Joseph Simon,
a participant in the or-
ganization of the As-
sociation for the Relief
of Jewish Widows and
C )rphans and a past pres-
ident of the old Hebrew
Benevolent Association,
being chosen its first
vice-president, a posi-
tion he has held since
Temple Sinai was
founded.

Mr. Julius Weis, the
honored philanthropist,
succeeded Mr. Michel
Frank and served with
advantage to the con-
gregation for the better
part of its existence.
He was succeeded by
Mr. Max Dinkelspiel",
who in turn was suc-
ceeded by Mr. Henry
Newman when Mr. Weis
was again prevailed
upon to accept the pres-
idency, he finalh' declin-
ing on account of advancing years and with a desire to
have younger men assume the honors and responsi-
bilities. Mr. Maurice Stern of Lehman, Stern & Co.,
was his successor and under his administration the
prestige of Temple Sinai is sustained.

Rabbi James K. Gutheim was chosen minister on its
founding-, dedicating the corner-stone of the Temple.
On the death of Rabbi Gutheim the pulpit was given
t)ver to its present incumbent Rabbi Max Heller. Rev.
Julius Braunfeld, Cantor of Temple Sinai was chosen
for that position in 1805, and his artistic ability and
magnificent voice, coupled with the distinguished
services of Rabbi Heller has created of Temple Sinai
the foremost congregation in the South.

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N accord with time honored custom the Jewish

colony in New Orleans, nearly a century ago,

already had an org-anization — possibly several

— for the purposes of assemblj' on the Sabbath or at

least on the great holy days.

There is no doubt that consecrated ground, for
purposes of burial, was also included in those days —
legend asserts that a Jewish burial ground was sit-
uated at that time adjacent to the old St. Louis street
cemetery — nevertheless, the starting point of chari-
table and synagogal bodies positively had its origin
in that epoch.

In 1828 the first step taken by the zealous and
charitable inclined Jews in New Orleans toward lay-
ing the corner-stone of Charities they never even
dreamt of attaining the position they enjoy in the
present, was the organization of a charity named the
Hebrew Benevolent Society, among its promoters re-
called even after the lapse of all these years being
Judah Touro, Alexander Phillips, Alexander Isaacs,
Abraham Labatt, Morris Jacobs, Aaron Daniels,
Abraham Plotz, Abraham Greene and Hyam Harris.

The Association from its incipiency was wedded
to performing Jewish Charity in the full acceptance
of the term and such acts of kindness that bring the
Sunshine of Joy into the lives of those overburden
with griefs or cast down by sorrow.

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ground for the purposes of establishing a cemetery.
What was deemed ample and properly situated ground
was secured in a then suburb of the city, t'p-day the
heart of the city, Jackson avenue between S. Ram-
part and Saratoga streets.

The ground was purchased, fenced in and duly
consecrated, among the most active workers in this
hallowed cause being Hyam Harris. This all iirt-
portant event in the history of the Hebrew Benevo-
lent Society occurred early in 1828.

A remarkable incident associated with this, the
first Jewish Cemetery known to have been opened in
New Orleans, that after its consecration the remains
of several corpses were removed from the Old St.
Louis street cemetery and interred in consecrated
ground, but this is not known to be positively' cor-
rect.

However, the first interment in the "Hebrew
Rest" occurred in the afternoon of June 28, 1828,

when the remains of Hyam Solomon were bedded in
Mother Earth to sleep the sleep of the righteous.

Forty years later, in 1868, the Hebrew Benevolent
Society amalgamated with the Touro Infirmary, and,
combined, continue to prosecute charitable work, sus-
taining the prestige that has been enhanced, year by
year, and every striving to do its duty to the poor
and needy among us.

TOURO INFIRMARY.

A retrospective thought of kindly, gracious deeds
for love of fellowmen, in the earl}' days of the Jewish
history of Louisiana, leaves much to imagery. It
must not be overlooked that at that epoch the very
few Jews who located in the then colony, or happen-
ed to visit it, were sturdy pioneers, traders, of Span-
ish or French heritage. Instinct always plays an im-
portant part in the recognition of those of Jewish
to. h and the same instinct coupled with a knowledge
that the Jew is never charj- or unwilling to relieve
the distresses of a fellow sufferer, no doubt strength-
ened the bonds between them.

It is no freak of the Imagination to say with as-
surance that the early settlers practiced most com-
mendable and praiseworthy acts of charity and that
Charity was the link that united all of the professors
of Judaism.

Yet, no record exists beyond that of 1828, the date
of the organization of the Hebrew Benevolent Asso-
ciation, and, it is to be regretted, that time in its
flight has. in part, effaced the transactions of this
sublime body of charitable workers.

In the early part of 1820, when Judah Touro was
a conspicuous figure in social, commercial and com-
munal activities perfunctory reliefs were extended
those in want with a liberality always notable in
Jewish circles.

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Among the notables coming from other sections of
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student and thoroughly equipped by University train-
ing for his professional career. Doctor Bensadon of
Charleston, S. C.

Judah Touro admired the young practitioner of
the Art and Science of Medicine, honored him for

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his attainments and watched his professional career
and successes with critical delight.

The demands for an Infirmary presented itself to
the charitably inclined Touro. Yellow fever was an
incident of each and every summer and the facilities
offered the poor and needy sick were limited.

Without any pomp or parade Judah Touro secured
by purchase the Paulding- Mansion, situated at what
is now known as the corner of Gaiennie and Tchoup-
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The Paulding Home, at that era, was a notable
private residence, with an unobstructed view of the
Great Father of Waters sweeping majestically on-
ward to the sea. Its surrounding were rural and not
much beyond it luxuriant fields of cane flourished
and made glad the hearts of a contented people.

Ornate and stately in its architectural lines, roomy

disturbing factor to the patients, and, little by little,
the old Infirmary became as it were impaled upon
the horns of commercial activity and it became nec-
essary to take steps to secure another and more suit-
able location and arrange for the construction of a
modern building on approved sccientific lines.

There are many cherished memories associated
with the old Infirmary, which only some years after
its founding by Judah Touro was given his name.
The most ardent of its admirers were the intimate
friends and acquaintances of Judah Touro, gentle-
men composing the Hebrew Benevolent Association,
which from the opening of the Infirmary acted in
unison with the intentions of the great Philan-
thropist whose name will be cherished by the Jews
ill Louisiana forever.

The scope of humaneness, the demands for Charity

THE TOURO INFIRHARY.

and airy, it was secured by Judah Touro, equipped
as an Infirmary and Dr. Bensadon placed in charge,
who demonstrated his ability, not only as Execu-
tive but as a general practitioner of Medicine and
Surgery, for the many years that he was identified
with its management.

With his accustomed g-oodness of heart Judah
Touro made the provision that every necessitous Jew
applying should be admitted and given every atten-
tion and service, just as much so as those able to
contribute to its support.

The Infirmary occupied the Paulding mansion for
years after "Old New Orleans" because absorbed in
the progressive Crescent City. The rural surround-
ings gave way to the impetus of factories and resi-
dences, the shriek of the "Iron Horse" coursing
along the river front, the din and rattle of manifold
industries established in the vicinity, all became a

increased continually, and after the death of Judah
Touro, an association was formed, bearing his name
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Infirmary. In 186S the old and time honored Hebrew
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forming the Touro Infirmary and Hebrew Benevolent
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for want of space. During the later years of Touro's
life and in fact for years afterwards the Infirmary
was not only a haven for the Jew suddenly stricken
by disease, but incurables, cripples and others took
advantage of its charity. It is even recorded that
entire families of poor or homeless Jews would in-
vade it and remain wards of the institution until
provided with more suitable quarters.

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better understanding of the needs of institutions, the
Touro Infirmary and Hebrew Benevolent Association,
led by practical men of affairs, began plans for the
general betterment of conditions.

JULIUS WEIS HOME FOR AGED AND INFIRM.

With the orphans safely housed amidst most ele-
gant surroundings in the "Home", and, the sick and
suffering, sheltered neath the splendidly equipped
Infirmary, the next thought was to found a haven
for Aged and Infirm Israelites.

The Touro Infirmary always had room and food for
the aged and homeless Israelite, but its progressive
management realized that the wards and buildings
utilized for the sick were no fitting place for aged,
homeless and friendless people.

The question
of a haven, ded-
icated solely
for the p u r -
poses of the
aged, had been
discussed for
some time and,
fi n a 1 1 y, the
Board of Man-
agement of the
Touro Infirm-
ary and Hebrew
Benevolent As-
sociation decid-
ed that the time
was propitious
to rear such an
edifice.

The plans
once conceived
were put into
operation. A
section of the
squareonwhich
the Touro In-
firmary is situ-
ated was designated for the purpose, and, on Thurs-
day afternoon, March 2, IS')'), at 3:30 o'clock, with-
out pomp or ceremonial the first steps were taken.
There was no prearranged program, the officers and
Board of Managers of the Association, several officers
of District Grand Lodge No. 7, I. O. B. B., a number
of ladies, whose devotion to Jewish philanthropy has
been their life's work and representatives of the
press being present.

Proceeding to the space allotted for the projected
building, Mr. N. I. Shwartz, President of the Asso-
ciation, in a few remarks presented to Rabbi I. L.
Leucht a minature spade in silver, requesting him to
break the ground. The respected reverend responded
feelingly in appreciation of the honor and in turn re-
quested that the President of the Association turn

The Julius Weis Home for the Aged Gift of Mr. Julius Weis.

the first spade full of Earth, and. amidst ap])lause,
Nathan I. Shwartz performed that duty. K'ahbi
Iveucht followed and then the lamented Frederick
Loeber, M. D., for years Chief Surgeon, in turn fol-
lowed by the following distinguished and repre enta-
tive gentlemen: Messrs. Henry Abraham, Joseph
Magner, Archibald A. Marks, Henry Stern, Nat.
Stratiss, Leonard Krower, L. A. Livaudais, Archi-
tect; Fred. Reusch, builder and others.

The spade, of solid silver, mounted on an ebony
handle l^ore the following inscription: "Presented
to Rabbi I. L. Leucht, Chairman of the Building
Committee, on the day of breaking ground for the
Home for Aged and Infirm, March 2, IS')'), b^' the

Board of Officers."

Under the

deft hands of
artisans the
Home was soon
reared and then
shaped for its
furnishing so
as to be opened
for the recep-
tion of its wel-
come guests.

Previous to
takingthesteps
to rear a Home
for Aged and
Infirm, $1.S,000
had been secur-
ed by contritiu-
tions, hence, no
doubt existed
in the minds of
the Association
that the plans
decided upon
would be car-
ried out in de-
tail.

Plans a n d
specifications for the construction of a Home for the
Aged and Infirm were called for and finally accepted.
The Association was profoundly interested in the
work because sufficient money, at least, for its con-
struction, was in the Treasury — as to the future, the
care of the Old Folks — "God would provide."

From distant Baden-Baden came a missive, wafted
by cablegram, a free will offer to assume the cost of
constructing and furnishing the Home, and, on Sep-
tember 16, IS'i'J, the president of the Touro Infirmary
and Hebrew Benevolent Association was notified that
Mr. Julius Weis had donated S25,000 for the specific
purpose of defraying the expenses of building and
furnishing the Home which bears his name.

On Sunday afternoon, September 17, 18':>9, a special
meeting of the Board was convened and the magni-
ficent gift of Mr. Julius Weis accepted with enthu-
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On Friday nig-ht, September 22, 1899, in the little
S3'nag-og-ue of the Julius Weis Home, the dedicatory
services were consummated in the presence of the
children and grand-children of the Philanthropist,
Julius Weis, and distinguished representatives of the
various Hebrew charities, associations and fratern-
ities, Rabbi Leucht conductin.a^ the exercises, a bril-
liant program of sacred music and eloquence being
the order of exercises, a fitting- climax to the g-reat
work and the equally great charity of Julius Weis.

On Sunday afternoon, November 19, 1899. a public
reception was accorded Mr. Julius Weis at the Home
bearing- his name when elaborate and eloquent exer-
cises were in order, participated in by Messrs. N. I.
Shwartz, Gustave Lemle, Rabbi Leucht, Dr. Joseph
Holt and Ur. F. Loeber.

Exquisite resolutions were voted and Mr. Weis in
turn made a few sententious remarks of appreciation
for the honors shown him
but disclaimed doing
more than a duty for, said
he: "When I had the
honor of being the pres-
ident of the Touro In-
firmary, I found that a
separate building was
necessary to make the old
folks more comfortable.
And, having this idea
in mind ever since, it af-
forded me the greatest
pleasure to have relieved
your institution of the
cost of erectingthis build-
ing."

JEWISH ORPHANS
HOME.

Old Jewish Orphans' Home, Jackson and Chippewa Sts.

When the World was young-, nomadic races, others
whose vain glorious deeds delighted in wars, suc-
ceeded in others by generations of individuals of ar-
tistic temperaments or Sybaritic tastes, each in turn
left their impressions, from the mounds, crypts, pyra-
mids and hieroglyphic carved cuneiform to the
famed mausoleums and monuments that are a marvel
to those who stand before them in this enlightened
era, when, in truth, each crumbling stone is a link
with the ages of the Past.

Every nation, race, religion and communit}' can be
judged with certainty of its progressiveness, its cul-
ture and humane appreciation of full fellowship by
its monuments, be the}' the modest chapel reared to
God's service, libraries for the encouragement of ar-
dent students, art galleries and museums replete
with the beautiful or priceless souvenirs of a Nation's
glory.

However, no monument though wrought of rarest
marble or burnished bronze, no relic, however fabu-

lous, rare and priceless, can compare with the gran-
deur of beneficent deeds of men and women, whose
ministration to the poor and needy, the distressed
and soul weary, the afflicted and sufferers fever tossed
upon beds of pain, or the widowed, and liomeless,
friendless Orphans.

And such monuments for the harboring of the
widow, the care and education of the Orphans, the
sick and the aged are imperishable monuments, ex-
hibiting in a two fold character, the grandeur of
the conception of the founders, and the gratitude of
those, who were it not for the thoughtfulness of the
noble men and women, would be waifs on the Sea of
Life, buffetted by the waves of Adversity, finally to
be engulfed beneath the seething, restless waves of
Sorrowful Lives.

Viewing the magnificent structure, the Jewish Or-
phans' Home, nestling midst sylvan surroundings on

St. Charles avenue, in the
very heart of the residen-
tial district that has
made New Orleans famed
throughout the World, it
is difficult to realize that
a half century had elaps-
ed since the seed was
implanted in kindly
hearts which resulted in
bringing about the re-
sults, apparently beyond
the dreams, aspirations
and fondest realization
of those great hearted
inaugurators of the move-
ment which called into
existence one of the great-
est of Charities in the
history of the Jews in
Louisiana.
New Orleans at all times was cosmopolitan in
character, unostentatious in its Charities, magnifi-
cent in its methods, and as far back as 1828 no ap-
peal for the suffering fell upon heedless ears, no hand
was idle when Charity made its plea and among the
exponents of the Creed of Humanity were the He-
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afflicted and caring for their brethren in faith.

In that era consecutive disasters in the form of
Yellow Fever epidemics created a demand for better
organization. Year after year widows bereft of their
mates, orphans, left homeless and parentless, were
exacting charges of the entire community and dur-
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Association, at that epoch already a distinguished
and useful factor in charitable work, gracefully ac-
cepted the situation and the enforced guardianship
of the survivors — widows and orphans, of the vic-
tims of the several Epidemics.

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With the close of the Epidemic of 1853 the Hebrew
Benevolent Association were charg-ed with tlie care
of seven widows and about twenty orphans, and.
thanks to the inspiration of ardent professors of
Charity, to give these unfortunates a home indeed
the Association for the Relief of Jewish Widows and
Orphans became a reality.

Pedestrians of to-dav sauntering- along- Camp street,
from Canal toward the upper districts, noting- the well
laid streets and elegant banquets, lined on either side
by stately buildings, the great throbbing heart of a
busy, modern metropolis, can hardly realize that fifty
years ago, in lieu of sidewalks, the gunwals of old
flat boats, the corduroy of huge logs and makeshifts
gave a footing to those who walked that thorough-
fare, which, not
many hundred
feet from the
corner of Canal
street marked
the limits of
the then part of
New Orleans
above the cen-
tral street, then
as now known
as Canal street.

Conspicuous
among the not-
able sites on
Camp street
were the thea-
tre or circus and
adjacent to it
was the Armory-
Hall, utilized
for public gath-
erings, the site
of this historic
building being
now occupied
by Keiffer Bros.
founders and promoters of a local industry.

Within the Armory Hall, on the evening of Novem-
ber 25, 1854, was assembled a notable gathering of
Jews, residents of New Orleans, and, with few excep-
tions, every man in New Orleans with a jot of Jewish
blood coursing in his veins was not onlv an interested
spectator but heartily in accord with the objects of
the meeting.

To Mr. Joseph Simon, who, to-day, hale and hearty,
though bearing the traces of advanced age, is the
honor due of advocating, if not being the actual orig-
inator of the proposed meeting. He was at that time
president of the Hebrew Benevolent Association. He
had devoted much of his time in the years he had been
in New Orleans to charitable work, and being quali-
fied for the task by experience — and, better still, a

THE JEWISH ORPHANS' HOME.

charitable nature that Age has enhanced, he was
Almoner as well as executive and, consequently, was
always in touch with the needy immigrant, the poor,
the suffering, the widowed and orphaned, not only as
Almoner, but as a confidant, advisor and friend.

Mr. Simon conferred with his friends, at the time
when the Yellow Scourge had played sad havoc in
New Orleans, leaving in its wake, bleeding hearts,
inconsolable, starving widows and misery in every
guise.

James K. Gutheim, Gershom Kursheedt, L. L.
Lew, M. M. Simpson, George Jonas, Joseph Magner,
Joseph Marks, M. Levison, Alex Phillips and others,
whose names cannot be recalled, responded to the call
and were present at the meeting in the Armory Hall.

Gershom Kur-
sheedt was call-
ed to the chair,
c o m m i 1 1 e e s
were appointed
and subsequent
meetings were
arranged for
where plans
were discussed.
On March 18,
1855, a meeting
was held when
all the plans
were ratified
and the Asso-
ciation for the
Relief of Jewish
Widows and
Orphans w a s
ft)unded, a n d
M. M. Simpson,
elected Presi-
dent.

Wt)rk was
promptly inau-
gurated by se-
curing ground at the intersection of Jackson Avenue
and Chippewa street and, on August 7, 1855, in the
presence of a g-rand concourse of citizens the corner-
stone of the structure, known for years afterwards as
the "Jewish Widows' and Orphans' Home" was laid
with imposing ceremonies, Rabbi James K. Gutheim
being orator of the occasion.

On January 8, 185b, Benjamin F. Jonas, distinguish-
ed in after years by Senatorial honors and to-day one
of Louisiana's favorite sons, pronounced an Oration
when the Home, completed, was turned over to the
Association, thus marking the beginning of philan-
thropic monuments reared by the Jews of New Or-
leans.

In the score of years following, the Home became
taxed to its capacity and it was deemed expedient to

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meet future requirements.

To conceive the idea was to act. The topic was
taken up by the Board of Directors, discussed by the
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reg-ardlessof reliu^ious beliefs, and steps taken to secure
the site on St. Charles Avenue.

On November 25, 1886, the corner-stone of the Jew-
ish Orphans' Home, as erected on St. Charles, corner
of Peters Avenue, was consecrated in the presence of
a mag'nificent concourse of ladies and g'entlemen, con-
spicuous among- the throng- being- disting-uished ofli-
cials of the National, State and Municipality, divines
of every religious denomination, a grand outpouring-
of the beautv and chivalry of New Orleans.

The beautiful ceremony was conducted by the M.
W. Grand Lodg-e, Free and Accepted Masons of Louis-
iana, the lamented Jurist and notable citizen, Joseph
P. Hornor, M. W. Grand Master presiding. The
Grand Master
pronounced one
of the most elo-
quent address-
es, noted for its
diction and
beauty of ex-
pression. Col.
Edwin I. Kur-
sheedt, read an
address, g^iving
the early his-
tory of the As-
sociation and
the institution,
and, Leo N.
Levi, the talent-
ed lawyer, then
o f Galveston,
Texas, and now

residing- in New York, who, among- other honors at-
tained is the President of the Order of B'nai B'rith,
delivered an oration which for conception and bril-
lianc}- is one of the cherished memories of the occasion.

One year afterwards the fondest hopes of the pro-
moters were realized The former Home, consecrated
and reared in the name of Charity and dedicated to
the Jewish Widows and Orphans in 1855 had passed
into the possession of the City of New Orleans, but
not to be desecrated, but to be devoted as a Public
School, for the children of New Orleans. The Home —
as it now is — was given over to Jewish Orphans and
an imperishable monument dedicated for all time was
applied to the purposes for which noble men and
women had applied themselves.

The program on the occasion of laying the corner-
stone was as follows:

Overture.

Prayer by Rev. M. Samfield, of Memphis, Tenn.

Manual Training School — Gift of Mr. Isidore Newman, Sr.

Address of President K. I. Kursheedt.
Oration by Leo. N. Levi of Galveston, Orator of
the day.

Address by Rev. I. L. Leucht.

Laying of the corner-stone b}- Hon. Jos. P. Horner,
M. W. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge F. & A. M.
of Louisiana.

Closing- prayer by Rabbi Eisenberg, of Synagog-ue
Gates of Prayer.

The officers of the Association at that memorable
time were:

Edwin L Kursheedt, President; Rev. J. K. Gutheim,
First Vice-President; A. Haber, Second Vice-Presi-
dent; S. Katz, Treasurer; Selim Barnett, Secretary.

Directors: Henry Newman, Theo. Berkson, M.
Heinemann, Jos. Kohn, Alex Levy, Morris Marks,
Julius Weis, Gus Lehmann.

On Part of District Grand Lodge No. 7, L O. B. B. :
J. C. Levy, Seymor M3'ers, G. Kahn, Max Dinkelspiel,

Ferd. Marks,
Nat. Strauss,
Simon Cohn, E.
M. Tillman.

The Building
Committee was
composed of the
following prom-
inent g-entle-
men:

Simon Hern-
sheim. Chair-
man; Bertrand
Beer, Abraham
Adler, Julius
Weis, Simon
Gumbel, Jos.
Simon, Henr3-
Abraham ,
Isaac Scherck,
Morris Marks, Dr. F. Loeber, F. Hollander.

Committee of Arrangements: Rev. L L. Leucht,
Chairman; Morris Marks, Isidore Hechinger, Henry
Stern, J. K. Gutheim, F. Hollander, Gus Lehraann, Sig
Keiffer, M. Frank, M. Schwabacher, Max Dinkelspiel,
A. Gugenheim, Jonas Hiller, S. Mendelshon, F. Gold-
smith, Alex Levy, Jac. Trautman, Julius Goldsmith.
Jos. Magner, Secretary.

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Such a school had been a subject of jreneral discus-
sion, all agreeing- upon its value as an educational
factor, but, the obstruction in the way of consumma-
ting- the plan was a lack of money which, without
hampering the Home, could be appropriated for the
purpose.

However, through skillful financiering- a fund was
created by the Association for the Relief of Jewish
Widows and Orphans and, dollar after dollar, was
added to it, the hopes of its promoters, finally grati-
fied by the purchase of g-round at the intersection of
Peters Avenue and S. Rampart street, of easy access
from the Home.

It is now recalled that at the Convention of District
Grand Lodge No. 7, I. O. B. B., held in this city sev-
eral years ag-o, Mr. Isidore Newman, Sr., advocated a
Manual Training School and suggested that the mem-
bers of the Order would constitute themselves a Com-
mittee on subscription, and, on the spur of the moment
offered several hundred dollars as his personal contri-
bution. Nothing- was accomplished by either the
B'nai B'rith or the Association, until the grounds were
secured and then, again, the subject was g-enerally
discussed.

On May 3, 1902, Mr. Newman penned a note to Rev.
I. L. Leucht, couched in the following words:

"Dear Sir: — Appreciating ^-our noble efforts for the
past ten years to erect a training- school for boys and
g-irls, and having- read the able and convincing- ad-
dress of Mr. G. Bamberger, I have concluded to offer
to you the money requisite to erect such a building-,
and hope that Providence may spare you to see this
building completed and enable the boys and g-irls of
our city derive the full benefit of your labor.
Yours very truly,

ISIDORE NEWMAN, Sr."

At a meeting- of the Board of Directors of the Asso-
ciation for the Relief of Jewish Widows and Orphans
called for the purpose, the proposition of Mr. New-
man was accepted.

In discussing- the munificent g-ift proferred to the
orphans and the poor children of New Orleans with
representatives of the "Press," a discussion which
the philanthropist endeavored to avoid and referred
to with the g-reatest diffidence, Mr. Newman said
that he was prompted to endow New Orleans with
such a School because of repeated discussions he held
with members of his family and in the privacy of his
home, all of whom favored the idea. He had given
the subject mature reflection. It had been discussed
upon the floor of District Grand Lodge No. 7, at
various sessions; it was considered, annually, for some
vears at the meetings of the Association for the Re-
lief of Jewish Widows and Orphans. After he had
arrived at a conclusion that it would be a benefit to
the Orphans and poor children who would seek its ad-
vantages, he made the offer which was accepted. It

was this city that had made his money possible. Land-
ing from a sailing craft, a poor boy, without a cent
he had managed to accumulate more than was requir-
ed for himself and family. He had been fortunate in
having sons who were also making good livings. He
had the monev to spare, he owed it to the community
in which he had lived and made his money, and his
family agreed with him most thoroughly. He had
the disposition to give it, and that was all about it.

On receiving the munificent offer of Mr. Newman,
plans and specifications to erect the Manual Training
School were called for and after several months ac-
cepted and at this date arrangements are being made
to dedicate it as it is nearing completion and will be
opened by January 1, 1904.

But the appreciation evinced by the Association was
not the only token extended to Mr. Newman. In 1901,
The New Orleans Daily Picayune offered to the Pro-
gressive Union a "Loving Cup" to be awarded by that
body to a citizen, who, by some public benefaction,
should be entitled to receive the same. A prominent
financier who had given to the city a Public School
building was the recipient of the "Picayune Loving
Cup" in 1902.

While several notable incidents are of record in the
history of New Orleans in 1902, the factors in the
same being well worthy of every honor that could be
bestowed, acting under the conditions under which the
"Picayune Loving Cup" is awarded, the Board of Di-
rectors of the Progressive Union met and appointed a
special committee, consisting of John T. Delahay,
Chairman; Philip Werlein, Lewis Johnson, Louis P.
Rice and Eugene DeBlanc, giving the Committee in-
structions to thoroughly canvass all the public bene-
factions during the year 1902, whereby the public and
the citv had received the most general good. The
Committee went to work and spent several weeks in-
vestigating every case, and it soon found that the peo-
ple of New Orleans had been the recipients of many
blessings the past twelve months. But it was deter-
mined that the award should be made strictly upon
the individual merit of the service rendered, and al-
though there were a number that entitled the donors
to the honor mentioned, vet the Committee was unan-
imous in its final decision that the "Loving Cup" should
be awarded to Isidore Newman, and it made that re-
commendation to the Board of Directors, on Friday
afternoon, February 13, 1903. in the following reso-
lutions:

"At a meeting of the Picayune Loving Cup Com-
mittee held February 10, to finally consider all matters
in connection with the subject, the following resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted:

"Be It Resolved, That after careful investigation
into the merits of the several benefactions which
would seem to entitle a claim upon the generous phil-
anthropy of the New Orleans Picayune, your Com-
mittee, appointed to determine the recipient of the

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loving- cu]) otfered as a tribute by the paper in ques-
tion, respectfully recommend that the same be ten-
dered Mr. Isidore Newman, of this city.

"Be It Fukthek Resolved, That this tender is
based upon his generous action in creating- for the use
of the orphans of the Jewish Home, and for the or-
phans of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith of the
seven States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Ala-
bama, Arkansas, Tennessee and Florida, and one
hundred additional pupils from various walks of life
beyond the confines of the institution named, a Manual
School, to have location in the City of New Orleans,
and to cost $40,000.

"Be It Fukthek Resolved, That this Committee
fullv believes Mr. Newman to be entitled to this 'Badge
of Service,' if the cup may be so expressed, as it be-
lieves the institution of a manual training school to
represent a philanthropy that is practical in the ex-
treme, providing as it does, a method whereby the
children of the poor may secure the elements of a
thorough industrial education and their hands and
minds taught in the manual arts and sciences now so
necessary to complete the organization of society, and
so necessary for individual sustenance and prosperity.

"Your Committee begs, further, to state in connec-
tion with the entire subject matter, that the proposi-
tion of Mr. Newman includes the expenditure of a sum
between $35,000 and $40,000, and the gentleman has
notified the Committee in charge of the estimate that
he would donate the full amount.

"The site for the proposed training school has been
purchased on Peters avenue and S. Rampart street, at a
cost of $8,500, and the plans have been prepared under
the supervision of experts.

"We are assured that the benefaction will be non-
sectarian, as applied to the one hundred pupils not
included in the Jewish institutions, conferring equal
advantages upon those of our younger population as
may feel inclined to accept same. We are in hopes
that this public recognition of Mr. Newman's donation
will be far reaching, and that it will stimulate addi-
tional philanthropy to the end that ovir city and State
secure the full benefits therefrom.

"Respectfully submitting these resolutions and re-
port for such action as the Board of Directors may
decide, we beg to subscribe ourselves,

"JOHN T. DELAHAY, Chairman.
"PHILIP WERLEIN,
"LEWIS JOHNSON,
"LOUIS P. RICE,
"EUGENE DeBLANC,

"The Loving Cup Committee."

On Monday evening. May 11, 1*)03, the Athenaeum
was thronged by representative people and during a
program of exquisite vocal and instrumental music
the "Loving Cup" was presented to Mr. Newman,
amidst the plaudits of the assembled ladies and gen-
tlemen who were fully in accord with public opinion
that the handsome gift was fittingly bestowed.

Only a reference to other Charities is necessary,
charities whose founders, actuated by most selfless
motives, for the special purposes of the times in which
they originated, had no idea that their example, thrice
blessed, would be followed by successive generations.

Very few of the residents of New Orleans recall the
establishment of the Hebrew Public School, nor are
there many of the younger people who may be aware
that the building on Calliope street between St.
Charles avenue and Prytania street, now the Boys
Public High School, was constructed by the Early
Jews in New Orleans and dedicated as a Hebrew
School. It is over a half century ago that the Jews
of that era recognized the advantages of establishing
schools, wherein Jewish children could obtain an edu-
cation in the vernacular and the rudiments of a com-
iTion school education, at the same time secular train-
ing being a part of the curriculum.

But Time in its flight has produced many innova-
tions. In the broad spirit of Americanism the Public
School System was recognized as the Cradle of Patri-
otism and the Hebrew School succumbed to progress
and was no more. Many of the most prominent of
the veteran citizens of to-day, of the Jewish faith,
recall with pleasureable emotion the happy days of
childhood, associated with recollections of school days
in the historical building wherein the children of the
People, regardless of religious belief, seek the intri-
cacies of learning which in the final demonstrates that
"Knowledge is Power."

Those Ministers of Grace and Charity, our revered
ladies, were equally untiring in demonstration of Jew-
ish ethics, among which Benevolence is accorded a
first place by founding — in 1847 — the Ladies' Hebrew
Benevolent Association which for over fifty consecu-
tive years has ministered to the wants of the poor and
distressed and whose Charitable impulses cannot be de-
scribed in words nor its gracious beneficence estimated.

CHEBRA BIKUR CHOLIM -1849 -and a Hebrew
Society dedicated to the alleviation of Jews residing
in foreign lands — 1853 — after several years of useful
services disbanded, merging with other charities of a
like character.

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Among- the most notable of later day exponents of
practical charity is a circle, organized nearly twenty
3'ears ago by representative Society Belles, whose
successors — young ladies — devote a part of their time
to sewing for the poor as well as supplying the wants
of the Touro Infirmary in the way of articles for the
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the members, or indigent Jewesses of the city, furnish-
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in the event of death paying the deceased the last sad
tribute according to Jewish ethics. From its incep-
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erected for its purposes, on Carondelet street near
Lafayette. This congregation disbanded and early
in 1903 the Synagogue became the property of the
municipality by purchase and its site will be used for
the proposed annex to the City Hall.

CONGREGATION SOMECH NOPHLIM was or-
ganized in 1895 as a charitable circle, afterwards in-
stituting a Mivyan for prayers. The salient object
of this truly philanthropic circle of Orthodox Israelites

is charity of a practical kind and any deserving Jew
is aided in securing a start in life. It also aids its
members, cares for the sick and pays the last sad rites
to the dead. It is a thriving and ever growing society
attracting an Orthodox constituency to its merited
work.

THE HEBREW PUBLIC SCHOOL, occupying com-
modious rooms in Carondelet near Poydras streets,
is practically the successor of a beautiful conceived
charity founded by the most prominent Jewish Ladies
in New Orleans several years ago, as a Sabbath
School, locating its domicile in the Kindergarten
Building on Poydras near Liberty streets and for the
benefit of the children of Immigrant Jews settling in
the city and residing in that section. The Hebrew
Public School is open to all Jewish children, its curri-
culum being only the routine followed in teaching
Hebrew, Biblical history and Catechism. It is con-
ducted by representatives of Orthodoxy and is recog-
nized as a factor in Judaism as in vogue in their
special circle.

THE PROVIDENT AID SOCIETY, founded on
the principles of a Geinilath Chassodim in 1902 by
prominent gentlemen at the instance of Mr. Julius
Weis, began operations with a donated capital of
$5,000. Its objects, copied after time honored Jewish
aid known as Gnnilalh Chassodim — the holiest of good
deeds — is to advance money to deserving Jews for the
purpose of aiding them in establishing themselves in
business or tiding over critical moments when failure
stares them in the face. During the year of its ex-
istence upwards of twenty-five petitioners were aided,
and in each instance these succeeded in establishing
themselves in modest enterprises. Not a cent has been
lost, every loan being returned. Mr. Julius Weis has
in view, at this writing, increasing the advantages of
this truly noble philanthropy.

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61 —

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God's Acres.

♦flTN seeking for the orig-in and location of the first
11 Jewish burial ground in the section of the coun-
try discussed, from an historical standpoint in
this volume, again much is left to conjecture. There
is no possibility of tracing the first death — perchance,
it was some hardy son of Castile, dying among strang-
ers as far as religious belief was concerned, who was
borne to the grave and bedded in Mother Earth by
friendly hands, for, after all the grave equalizes all
men, and it is written of all the human kind. "Dust
thou art and unto dust shalt thou return."

A score of years ago an investigator gave publicity,
and for the first time of record, that, according to the
reminiscences of
an aged Creole
who asserted he
recalled the in-
cident, that as
far back as 1S12,
Jewish inter-
ments were made
in the Old Saint
Louis Cemetery,
and in a plot, di-
Tided of¥ from
the Catholic
Cemetery by a
fence, in close
proximity to
what is now
known as the
Jesuit Mauso-
leum. This ra-
conteur asserted
that about 1825,
the remains of
the Jews buried
in the St. Louis
Cemetery were
exhumed and re-
moved "uptown"
where, he did not
know, or could

not recall. Whether this fragment, linking the past
with the present, can be authentically relied upon,
is a question for each reader to decide for himself,
suffice to say, that subsequent developments, and
positively traceable, lead up to the establishment of
the first Jewish Cemetery, of record, in Louisiana.

In 1828, the then Crescent City, was bounded by
Canal street and the Champs ZsVyiec— Elysian Fields
street — the levees borderingthe \Iississippi River, and.
North Rampart street. Be^'onJ Canal street, a dirt
road, bordered with cotton wood trees marked the
lines afterwards followed in the laying out of St.
Charles street and St. Charles Avenue. Dwellings

In Metairie Cemetery.

and busy marts of commerce, excepting in L<i Melle
Villc — were few and far between. Camp street and
others, paralel with St. Charles street, were prac-
tically bogs, the remainder the swamps.

When steps were taken to secure grounds for a
Jewish Cemetery, a square was secured by purchase
on what is now known as Jackson Avenue and Sara-
toga street, and in due course of time, permission was
granted by the City Council. Among the gentlemen
who took an active part in arranging for the found-
ing of the Cemetery was Hyam Solomon, and on
June 2Sth, 1S?8, he was interred in consecrated
ground, the first Jewish interment of record in

New Orleans.

Forty years af-
terwards, in 1868
— the old Ceme-
tery was sealed
and no more
burials permit-
ted, for, in keep-
ing with Jewish
reverence for the
dead, a new
cemetery was
d e d i c a t e d, on
Gentilly Road,
situated most ad-
mi ral>ly upon
Metairie Ridge.
Here rest the re-
mains of men and
women endeared
to memory, men
anil women, who,
after life's fitful
fever sleep the
sleep of the
righteous and
whose memory
treasured by
their dear ones,
loved ones and
friends, verify the poetic idea of immortality. — "To
live in hearts we leave behind is not to die."

Several years ago another magnificent section of
ground was purchased for the uses of the Hebrew
Rest, on Gentilly Road, which, in the liberal manage-
ment of the Cemetery Association, composed of mem-
bers of Congregations Temple Sinai and Touro
Synagogue, has become a thing of beauty, one of
the most beautiful of Cemeteries in the South, a
fitting resting place for the dear departed whose
life's pilgrimage is o'er.

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— 64

THE JOSEPH STREET CEMETERY,

a well appointed Hebrew Rest, to-day situated in the
center of the residential district of New Orleans, when
founded by Congreg-ation Gates of Prayer on January
24, 1850, was a plot of gfround, distant from the habit-
able section of the city. The kindly impulses of the
Ladies Auxiliary of the Jackson Avenue Synagfogfue
and the interest of the members of the Congfreg-ation
have created of this Cemetery a beauty spot and the
remains of their deceased members and their families
are sacredlv cared for by the survivors.

THE PORTUGUESE CEMETERY,
on Canal street, in the vicinity of consecrated g-round
utilized by denominations of various relig'ious beliefs
and fraternities, culminating' in beautiful "Green-
wood" was founded in 1845 by Cong'reg'ation Netusak
Kehiidah — the Dispersed of Judah — at that era the
most prominent Portug-uese Jewish Congreg-ation in
the United States, since several years amalg;amated
with and composing- Touro Synagogfue. Its hal-
lowed limits are occupied by the remains of what had
been the most notable people of Old New Orleans
and, even, at the present, prominent people of the an-
cient Sephardic faith, own familv lots wherein, "when
the silent summons come" they will rest in Eternal
sleep.

METAIRIE CEMETERY,

which from every viewpoint, situation, accessibility
and eleg-ance, compares favorably with any place of
sepulchre in the United States, and travelers assert
that it is the equal of the ancient site, famed in poesy
and romance, the renowned "Hetc It Chaisr,'^ where
the Mausoleums reared to the memory of men and
women, whose life's tenure was identified with the
glories of France, poets, historians, soldiers, litera-
teurs, the Mecca of every wanderer in the Old World,
has amidst its luxurious sections one wherein, of re-
cent years, the remains of once prominent Jewish peo-
ple of New Orleans rest.

Situated upon the highest ridge in this section.

Metairie Cemetery is renowned throughout the land
for its beautiful and historical monuments. Sarcophagi
and tombs, conspicuous among these being the silent
memorials dedicated to the Lost Cause wherein are
bedded away the remains of the followers of Lee and
Jackson, whose memory will be cherished until the
last scion of the Confederate Veterans will have jour-
neyed into the Valley of Darkness to the realm of
Eternal Light.

The section secured by representatives of prominent
Jewish families as a private burial ground, limited to
the most exclusive Social circles in Jewish society of
New Orleans is most centrally and exquisitely situated
in the heart of Metairie Cemetery. The surroundings,
which include the most beautiful works of art ever
lavished upon mortuaries, monuments and tombs,
each of which are art studies delved out of rare mar-
ble and time-resisting granite by masters of Sculptor
Art, are in keeping with Jewish ideas of interment,
while the monuments marking the resting place of
those gone before are in keeping with the artistic
appearance of Metairie Cemetery as a whole.

The private section established by the most prom-
inent Jewish families who are identified with Congre-
gation Temple Sinai was secured in 1884, the first in-
terment being the remains of the lamented and revered
Rabbi, James K. Gutheim.

The Polish Cemetery founded in 1860 by Congrega-
tion Tememe Derech, and several other minor Jewish
Cemeteries on Canal street, and another adjacent to
the Hebrew Rest, Gentilly Road, are also to be men-
tioned, each and all of these silent testimonials of
Jewish Custom insofar as paying tribute to the ulti-
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where, sleeping the sleep of the righteous, undis-
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The Order B'nai B'rith.

/f^N a September evening in 1851. in the city of
L\\} New York, a few conscientious Israelites,
earnest men whose hearts were dedicated to
Humanity, were assembled for the purpose of estab-
1 shing an organization which, for its fundamental
object, would create in the name of Charity, a frater-
nity dedicated to the highest ideals, caring for
the widowed and orphaned of deceased members.

The main incentive for banding themselves together
was the realization of the fact that large numbers of
Jews would be attracted to the United States, and,
that some central organization would be necessary in
order to influence the foreign element to rail}' around
some central force for mutual protection, enlighten-
ment and concentration of action for the betterment
of conditions.

Among those present at this historical session held
over a half century ago were Henry Jones, who is ac-
credited with being the originator of the idea. Dr.
Leo Merzbach, Baruch Rothschild, Dr. Lilienthal,
and Dr. Mitchel. At the following meeting, Julius
Bien, now the venerable Chancellor of the Order, M.
Thalmessinger, Dr. S. Waterman, Isaac Dutenhoffer
and other celebrities of that epoch were present.

These gentlemen called the Order B'nai B'rith in-
to existence and their efforts for Humanity, at that
time, had no idea that the great .lewish fraternity
would be destined to play an important part in the
deliberations of the nations of the world.

From its inception, in 1851, its merits attracted the
attention of representative Israelites. It has always
been the handmaiden of Jewish charity, and besides
caring for its own members has succored and sustain-
ed Orphanages, Hospitals, Homes and entered with
zeal in every undertaking- for the alleviation of cares
and sorrows among Jewish people, especially the per-
secuted and the friendless Immigrant coming to the
Land of the Free in search of God given Liberty.

While in its incipiency the Order devoted its at-
tention to assisting the needy and caring for the poor
and unfortunate. Later it assumed the role of bene-
factor by legislating into existence an Endowment
Fund, the beneficiaries of deceased brethren receiv-
ing the sum specified.

An incident in the history' of the Order, to demon-
strate its liberality, may be cited in the case of its
founder, Henry Jones. He was married to a most
estimable lady, not a member of the Jewish faith, yet
on his death she was sustained by the Order and
cared for just as if she had been a Jewess.

Radiating from New York City the beneficent work
outlined by the Order found many admirers and ar-
dent votaries and gradually the Order spread all over
the United States, in several European lands and
Jerusalem and to-day it is a conspicuous factor in
Jewish affairs.

NAT STRAUSS,

Secretary District Grand Lodge

No. 7, I. O. B. B.

On January 1'^,
1873, in Memphis,
Tenn., District No.
7, was organized,
its jurisdiction in-
cluding the follow-
ing States: Ala-
bama, Arkansas,
Florida, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Ten-
nessee and Texas.

From 1873 to 188')
inclusive, the ex-
ecutive headquar-
ters of the District
was located in
Memphis. Tenn.

In 1890 New Or-
leans was 5.elected
as the seat of the
District and Hon.
Nat Strauss, elect-
ed (irand Secre-
tary, he being
chosen as his own
successor annually.

From the found-
ing of District

Grand Lodge No. 7, the grand body met annually in
the principal cities of the District New Orleans hav-
ing been repeatedly honored bv the presence of the
distinguished gentlemen elected as Delegates.

District No. 7 until recently included the Cleveland
(Ohio) Orphan Asylum among its beneficiaries, but
as it is deriving ample means from District No. 2, the
severance seemed justifiable. The Jewish Orphans'
Home, the Manual Training School, the Touro In-
firmary and the Julius Weis Home are beneficiaries
of the Order, while the National Hospital for Con-
sumptives at Denver, Col , is also the recipient of its
bounty.

The several B'nai B'rith lodges in New Orleans
and other sections of Louisiana are in a prosperous
condition numbering auiong their membership the
most notable Jewish gentlemen in the State.

The following representative gentlemen, all well
and favorably known throughout the South, are the
ofiicers of District Grand Lodge No. 7.

Jos. Beitman, of Birmingham, Ala., President;
Ludwig Maj-er, of Demopolis, Ala., Vice-President;
Mike Mohr, of Montgomery, Ala., Treasurer; Nat
Strauss, of New Orleans, La., Secretary; J. M. Op-
penheimer, of San Antonio, Texas, Sergeant-at-
Arms.

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'^T'HE HAKMONY CLUB had its orig-in in the
\\j days of '"Auld LangfSyne" whi-n Cosmopolitan
gentlemen of New Orleans were associated
for the purposes of enjoying- themselves accord-
ing- to the customs in vogue in the Fatherland. As
far back as 1850 various circles of this character
existed, some dedicated to Gambrinius, including-
jest and song and stor}-, others to the Gentle Muses
while others were more pedantic in their methods.

In the earl}- '60s the Deutsche Company was
founded by a
coterie of con-
genial g-entle-
men, Mr. Sal-
omon Marx be-
ing one of the
promoters, an
esteemed and
well-known cit-
izen, who, thir-
ty years later,
not many
months ago,
was the reci-
pient of the dis-
tinguished con-
sideration o f
being made
Hoiiorarn»i of
i t s successor,
the Harmony
Club.

The intent
and purposes of
the "Deutsche
Company" was
to foster socia-
bility, delve in
science and art,
all directed to-
ward influen-
cing traits tending to promote full fellowship.

The sessions were thenceforth devoted to debates
and readings while an interminable number of sur-
prise parties and iniormals brought about the crea-
tion of social delig-hts participated in by the lady
members of the respective families.

Year after year the affairs of the "Deutsche Com-
pany" became more elaborate and the grand "Charity
Balls" of that era were given under its auspices.

The Club Rooms were at that time, 1865, located
at old number 112 Common street, and a splendid cir-

HARMONY CLUB.

culating library, singing section and dramatic sec-
tion furnished the increasing- membership with en-
tertainments of an interesting- and varied character.
When in reminiscent vein our most representative
people dwell with pleasure upon the efforts of the or-
ganization to entertain, the records showing- the pro-
duction of "Still Waters Run Deep," Taylor's brilliant
comedy, "Sweethearts and Wives" an(i a number of
German comedies.

The section of sweet sing-ers also made their debut
under brilliant conditions and repeatedly aided in con-

tributing-pleas-
uretothe "Com-
pany" and their
friends.
A younger set
had meanwhile
organized for
club and social
purjjoses, final-
ly adopting the
name Harmony
Club, with its
domicile on
Camp, near
Julia street. In
1872 the "Com-
pany" consoli-
date d , Jos.
Magner being
elected Presi-
dent and Simon
Cohn, Secre-
tary, and the
"C o m pa ny's"
club house, cor-
nerofExchange
Alley and Bien-
ville street, be-
came the Har-
m o n y Club.
Thence it re-
moved to Odd
Fellows' Hall,
then to the
beautiful build-
ing, corner of Camp and Delord streets, then to Canal
street, now occupied by the Boston Club.

With the accession of Judg-e I. D. Moore to the
presidency of the Harmony Club, in 1897 came the
dedication of the grand Club House in keeping- with
the prestige always enjoyed by this famed circle of
gentlemen. The prompt assurance of its members
and the wealth represented was an assurance and the
plans, carried out to the letter, ha- given to New Or-
leans one of the most sumptuous buildings ever erect-
ed in this city or section utilized for Club purposes.

— 69

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— 70 —

Young

Mens' Hebrew Association,

OF NEW ORLEANS. LA.

^H^ANY a pleasant memory is associated with the
T llj various circles, which, years ag-o paved the
way for the org-anization of the Young Mens'
Hebrew Association, to-day, a factor in hig-her ideals
and social life in the city of New Orleans.

One among- the many concerted plans dates back to
the autumn of 1880 when the young^er element of rep-
resentative Jewish families met on a Sunday afternoon
in the Story Building, corner of Camp and Common
streets, and entered into an organization, which, how-
ever, was short
lived. However,
this coupled by
previous efforts
in the same
channel gave
activity to the
idea which in
later years crys-
tallized and re-
sulted in the es-
tablishment up-
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of an Associa-
tion, that is, in
every essential
an honor to
the Jews in
Louisiana, giv-
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famed Crescent
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and thereby
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While every one acquiesced in the opinion that an
association of the nature upon which the Y. M. H. A.
has been based was most desirable and would prove
an incentive to the young people, aside from the sev-
eral predecessors nothing permanent was accomplished
iVintil 1891.

. In the early winter of that year two young ladies,
in conjunction with several gentlemen friends, became
enamoured of the project and canvassed the subject so

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thoroughly with their friends that several meetings
were held with the object of organizing, Edgar M.
Cahn, Ksq., a prominent member of the New Orleans
Bar, distinguished in his profession, and Herman J.
Seiferth, City Editor of the Daily Piaiytine, at that
time an embryo newspaperman, being among its most
enthusiastic advocates.

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found three hundred Jewish gentlemen assembled in
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circular appeal
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open meeting
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been conceived
and all the
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meeting dwelling upon the proposition and demon-
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guage the utility of such an organization. Follow-
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temporary organization and afterwards nominated
Edgar M. Cahn as Chairman.

Chairman Cahn expressed his appreciation of the
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mental in attracting- the attention and enlisting- the
co-operation of the gentlemen present.

Mr. Sidney H. March submitted a series of resolu-
tions dealing with the objects of the proposed Asso-
ciation and outlining; its purposes, dwellingf especially
upon the intellectual, moral and social improvement
of those who allied themselves with the Association,
a platform which would give its members opportun-
ities, particularly "Establishing^ Jewish unity, broader
than Congreg-ational lines or the limitation of wealth
and society, and the general promotion of the interest
and progress of the Hebrew community."

The assembled gentlemen were given every latitude
for the discussion of the subject, the questions of
maintaining a club-house, with reading rooms, library
and other facilities, all with a view of establishing an
institution which would be a center of intellectual
culture and sociability.

The subject matter being fully discussed and ap-
plauded the following gentlemen were elected, being
the tirst officers of the Y. M. H. A., of New Orleans:
President, N. I. Schwartz; First Vice-President, Elkin
Moses; Second Vice-President, Felix J. Dreyfous;
Third Vice-President, E. M. Cahn; Secretary', Sam
Blum; Financial Secretary, Eugene Gutmann; Treas-
urer, Sim Weis; Librarian, Leonard Stern.

The officers constituted the Executive Committee
while the following gentlemen were named the Organ-
izing Committee: E. M. Cahn, S. Metzger, S. H.
Stern, Jake Stern, L. H. Weil, S. H. March and H.
J. Seiferth.

On Tuesday evening, November 24, in an office at
old number 31 Carondelet street the officers and Or-
ganizing Committee held a joint meeting when the
Executive Committee proper was founded by the selec-
tion of the following gentlemen: S. H. March, H. J.
Seiferth, J. L. Beer, Horace Gumbel, Phineas Moses,
L. H. Weil, August Heidenheim, M. J. Wolf, Ike Has-
pel, Sam Stern, Sol Loeb, S. J. Hart, Cerf. Hirsch,
Jos. Trautman and S. Metzger.

H. J. Seiferth, E. M. Cahn and Sam Blum were ap-
pointed a Committee to draft a Constitution and By-
Laws and Sim Weis, S. J. Hart, Cerf. Hirsch and
Elkin Moses named to select rooms for the habitat of
the Association.

In December, 1891, the annex of the Grunewald
Hall was nearing completion and the Association
promptly secured a lease. Early in January of 1892
the magnificent rooms were taken charge of and hand-
somely equipped and the Association duly installed.
During the season of festivities of that year the Y. M.
H. A. gave a number of a most elegant functions and
at once established a reputation as entertainer. Its
members enjoyed every facility and everything tended
to creating of it an imposing and important social
factor.

Grunewald Hall succumbed to a conflagration in
the earl^^ hours before dawn on Monday, October 31,
of the same year and the Y. M. H. A. was not only
homeless but lost its furniture, records and effects,
but nothing daunted established itself on the lower
floor of Odd Fellows' Hall.

In 1895, when Mr. Sam Blum was elected President,
he suggested that the Y. M. H. A. should secure a
permanent Home, and his views meeting general ap-
proval, the Y. M. H. A. Improvement Co., Ltd., was
established with the following officers: Sim Weis,

President; Dan A. Rose, Vice-President; Sol. J. Levy,
Secretary; August Heidenheim, Treasurer. Directors:
Sam Bkim, N. I. Shwartz and E. M. Cahn.

Entering with spirit and zeal on the plans proposed
the following gentlemen were named the Building
Committee: Sim Weis, Ex-officio Chairman; Sam
Blum, Chairman; D. A. Rose, L. H. Weil, E. M. Loeb,
A. Aschatfenburg, A. Heidenheim, A. Lichtentag,
N. I. Shwartz, S. H. March, E. M. Cahn and S. W.
Weis.

The result of the efforts of the Association to secure
a permanent home was crowned on March 2, 1896,
when ground was broken at the corner of St. Charles
avenue and Clio street and work thus inaugurated.

On Wednesday afternoon, April 15, 1896, at 4 o'clock,
a magnificent gathering of ladies and gentlemen wit-
nessed the laying of the Cornerstone, the ceremonies
being conducted by the M. W. Grand Lodge, F. & A.
M., of Louisiana, under the personal supervision of
M. W. Grand Master, Albert G. Brice, a distinguished
Jurist and erudite and scholarly Mason.

The exercises in honor of the momentous occasion
were as follows: Prayer, by Rabbi I. L. Leucht;
Music; Laying of the Corner-stone by the Grand Mas-
ter, assisted by D. R. Graham, Past (irand Master,
and Rev. H. C. Duncan and L. L. vShwartz; Oration
by Judge Brice; Address by Edgar M. Cahn; Bene-
diction, Rev. H. C. Duncan.

Committee of Arrangements: Messrs. Leon L.
Shwartz, E. W. Loeb, E. M. Cahn and A. Lichtentag.

On Wednesday night, November 18, 189(), the
"Home" of the Y. M. H. A. was formally opened to
the public and the most prominent people of the city,
mingling with the charming matrons and beautiful
belles, all representatives of society, formed a scene of
brilliancy which will always be a treasured memory.

During the exercises the Athenaeum was thronged
by an interested audience and in this magnificent au-
ditorium, one of the most exquisite in the United
States. Rabbi Max Heller voiced an eloquent prayer.
Mr. Sim Weis turned the building over to the Y. M.
H. A. in an impressive address, eliciting an equally
eloquent response from its President, Mr. Sam Blum.

The possessor of a "Home" in keeping with its ob-
jects, made the Y. M. H. A. what it is, one of the rep-
resentative and most useful factors in communal work.
In an unpretentious manner it has striven for culture
and sociability and is doing a vast amount of com-
mendable work along the lines of Lectures, while
harmless pleasures are not overlooked, its stated func-
tions being events in society.

Recently adjacent property has been acquired and
at an early date a Gymnasium and Natatorium will
be included among its splendid advantages in which
every Jewish gentlemen has the privilege of partici-
pating by being identified with an Association which
in every essential is a credit to' New Orleans.

The officers of the Association at this date are as fol-
lows: Harold Newman, President; Aug. Heidenheim,
First Vice-President; M. J. Wolf, Second Vice-Presi-
dent; Jacob Levy, Third Vice-President; Sim Weis,
Treasurer; Eugene H. Gutman, Financial Secretary;
Dr. Joseph Conn, Recording Secretar}-; S. H. Mar-
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Peter Gluck, Albert Aschaffenberg, Alex Lichtentag,
Sig. Levy, N. E. Wohl, E. Heidenheim, E. B. Gold-
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•♦ LAEARS hence, when an appreciative people will
I If emulate their forbears in reverencing- the g-ra-
<— 1* cious acts of beneficence rendered by loyal citi-
zens of Louisiana, side by side with the name of Judah
Touro will be recorded the name of the philanthropist
who builded an everlasting- memorial when the Julius
Weis Home for Aged and
Infirm Israelites was open-
ed as a home indeed for those
bereft of kindred, of health,
of means to obtain a liveli-
hood and, when, in their ad-
vanced age and infirmities
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epoch in the history of New
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familiar with the language
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ample and willing hands ex-
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When Mr. Julius Weis,
then a mere youth, de-
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ities offered in the New
World, he had obtained all
the educational advantages
offered in his birthplace,
which, in that epoch, were
limited to a fair common
school education. But what
he possessed was character
and a firm determination to
succeed insofar as marking
out his own career. It was
but natural that he should
have turned away with
heavy heart and deep reg-ret
from the home of his birth, his kindred and friends, to
seek new associations in the New World and he faced
the stern realities of life with indomitable will.

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ambition to succeed in gaining a livelihood. Though
unfamiliar with the vernacular for the time being- he

JULIUS WEIS.

led the life of a vendor of merchandise, traveling from
point to point in Mississippi in the vicinity of Natchez.
In the course of a couple of years his profits gave him
a sufficient capital, every cent of which he earned by
his labor, and with this he opened a small country
store at Fayette, Miss.

The methods and personality- of Mr. Weis asserted

themselves and, from the be-
ginning of his career as a
country store keeper in Fa-
yette to this day, he enjoys
the confidence, esteem," and
respect of every one who
knows him.

P^rom an unpretentious
covmtry store keeper Mr.
Weis slowly laid the found-
ation for his future successes
and, in 1864, he cast his lot
with the people of New Or-
leans, among whom he was
previously known because of
his repeated visits and iden-
tification with business.

Coming- to New Orleans
in 18f)4 he founded the house
which for nearly forty years
has been conspicuous among
the leading "Cotton Houses"
of the States. His identi-
fication with the financial
centres of the World is also
well-known and the firm
name, J. WEIS & SON, is as
familiar on change and in
banking institutions of Paris,
London and other European
centres as it is in the State
of Louisiana.

Of his personal service in
the cause of charity, of the
needy and necessitous, re-
gardless of religious belief,
whom he has aided and en-
courag-ed in the hours of dire
need none will ever know —
nor the unnumbered inci-
dents of kindness bestowed upon some fellow voyagers
to whom life was a stormy sea.

His identification with affairs in New Orleans in-
cluded an interest in communal work. He took a
livel_y interest in the affairs of the Hebrew Educational
Society, which, at that time, having fulfilled its mis-
sion, was liquidated bj- his financial ability.

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Mr. Weis was elected to the presidenc}' of the Touro
Iniirmary and Hebrew Benevolent Association and, at
that time, asserted that the day would come when a
separate institution would be required to shelter Agfed
and Infirm Israelites. The Jewish Orphans' Home
has also been recipient of his bounty and without
pomp or parade or desire for public notoriety, he has
rendered this Institution invaluable service as well as
contributing to other charities without reference to
Religious beliefs, no appeal ever being unheeded.

When Congregation Temple Sinai was projected he
was among its most ardent advocates and early in its
history succeeded to its presidency which he occupied,
with the brief exception of two terms, for over a score
of years, finally declining re-election pleading his ad-
vanced age as his excuse and which his most ardent
friends, the entire congregation, conceded with regret.
Under his various administrations Temple Sinai at-
tained the prestige it enjoys as the foremost Jewish
communal body in the South.

The Young Men's Hebrew Association, of which he
has been a valued and honored member since its or-
ganization, has also profitted by his generosity in
various ways, and, at his suggestion and by his liberal
donations, as free will offerings repeatedly contributed
in recent j^ears, the Lecture Course has been made
an important annual feature.

For those to whom life seemed one continuous strug-
arle, in the heart of the Garden District of New Orleans
stands a structure, a haven for Aged and Infirm Is-
raelites—The Julius Weis Home — reared for the
grandest of purposes, the housing of the aged who, for
the humane instincts of the greatest philantropist
since the days of Judah Touro, would be "naked and
desolate, friendless and homeless," a burden to them-
selves and to the State.

The record of the efforts of an honored gentleman,
for love of his fellowmen, it must be recalled, was,
by yielding of the wealth he accumulated through
his own efforts. He arrived in New Orleans on Nov-
ember 2, 1845, possessing j-outh, honesty and nn in-
domitable will coupled with the laudable desire to
succeed, little dreaming that his labors would be
crowned by being in a position to round a happy old
age with examples which will prove an incentive to
generations unborn. Of his application to business,
of his devotion to Judaism, of his inestimable services
to charities and communal work has been told and
retold and will be treasured in jears to come.

Yet, that part of his career, pertaining to his home
life cannot be described in words. On January 27,
1864, he led to the altar an accomplished and love-
able lady, nee Carrie Mayer, one of the fairest daugh-
ters of Natchez, Miss., whose memory is cherished by

loved ones and friends, for she was a devoted Mother-
in-Israel, enwrapt in the faith of her ancestors and
took just pride in the plans and works of her husband
for Judaism. On February 13, 1864, Mr. Weis and
his youthful bride made New Orleans their home — a
home, indeed — wherein "Love and Hope reigned side
by side.'' In 1876 the palatial home in Jackson
avenue, corner of Coliseum street, was taken j)osses-
sion of, where, to-day, surrounded by everything
that love can suggest, midst luxurious environment,
Mr. Weis enjoys the results of his successful career,
delighting in the happiness of his children and
grand-children, h s children, two daughters noted
for their interest in philanthropic work, and five sons,
one of whom is a physician of note, another a prom-
ising Attorney-at-Law and the others, prominent in
social and financial circles, who are associated with
him in the conduct of the well-known and represen-
tative firm.

And years hence, when men and women will emu-
late the examples of their predecessors, for Sweet
Charity sake, and treasure in memory the kindly deeds
of Louisianians of the Jewish faith, Judah Touro and
Julius Weis will be reverentially named as the first
philanthropists of record in the Sunny South.

MR. ISIDORE NEWMAN, Sr.

Early in November, 1853, a youth barely in his teens
landed in New Orleans, his fortune limited to youth,
good health, thrift, and a desire to succeed. No doubt
he had heard, while at home with parents, kindred
and friends, of the wonderful land beyond the seas, —
a land of possibilities, where those who labored were
at least sure of success, however modest, — and no
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an}' idea of becoming a potent factor in affairs of state
and municipality, in finance and industries, but with
only a desire to gain a livelihood.

A few months ago, when representative people of
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himself to the customs of the people, and became an
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Mr. Newman was

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be justly proud of, for he was the architect of his for-
tune, a worthy model of the unassuming-, modest
man, whose ability has g-ained for him a deserved
reputation.

Years ag-o, when the financial
of Louisiana was endang'ered
among the first of its worthy citizens to present a
solution of the problem. Whenever an^- plan has been
advanced for the improvement of New Orleans, indus-
trially or for its beautification, he has been found
amongst its advocates, and his purse open on demand.
His record as a public-spirited citizen exhibits him as
one whose lofty patriotism is of the purest type.

His personal efforts to
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pride by advantages never
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Identified with the B'nai
B'rith of District No. 7, he
has served the order to ad-
vantage in various capaci-
ties. As Treasurer of the En-
dowment Reserve Fund, his
great experience in finan-
cial matters, and his ever-
ready service were helpful to place it upon its present
sound foundation. The Denver National Hospital for
Consumptives, of Denver, Col., was called into exist-
ence by the exigencies of the situation, and when it
became known that the institution would be non-
sectarian, Mr. Newman allowed himself to be placed
on the Board of Managers. Through his instrumen-
tality, and largely through his means, a number of
afflicted people were sent to the National Hospital,
and they have good cause to bless the generosity of
their benefactor.

To dwell upon the services of Mr. Newman to the
state or municipality, its public works, or in com-
munal or charitable work, would be to record all the
happenings of a useful career abundant in laudable

ISIDORE NEWMAN, Sr

purposes and devoted to the most humble of his fel-
low-citizens, for, free from prejudice, he knows no
distinction between men and men, or creed and creed,
his faith in humanity and the brotherhood of men
being unbounded.

On November 14th, 1903, was the fiftieth anniver-
sary of the arrival of Mr. Isidore Newman in the city
of New Orleans. The memorable event was only
recalled by a few of his veteran friends, and occasion
was taken by these to extend their felicitations. Yet
the day was not permitted to pass unnoticed by gen-
tlemen who have been associated with Mr. Newman
in charitable work. Measures were taken by the
Board of Managers of the Touro Infirmary and He-
brew Benevolent Association to commemorate the

fiftieth anniversary, the gol-
den jubilee, of his coming
to the city; the Board met
at the Harmony Club on
Sunday morning, Novem-
ber 22nd, and a committee
was appointed, consisting
of Mr. N. I. Shwartz, the
President of the Associa-
tion; Mr. Julius Weis, an
ex-president, and Rev. I.
L. Leucht, the Vice-Presi-
dent, to wait upon Mr.
Newman at his residence,
and to present to him a
small token in the shape of
a loving cup, in apprecia-
tion of the great services
he had rendered the insti-
tution, and the hearty wishes
of all for his continued
happiness and prosperity.

Mr. Newman, as a mem-
orial of the anniversary of
the fiftieth year of his ar-
rival in this cit}', donated
many thousands of dollars
to Christian and Jewish
charities, which, according
to his method, were un-
heard of by the press be-
cause of his expressed wish
that no publicity be made.

In public and private
life, Mr. Newman is a plain,
blunt man, unassuming,
approachable, enjoying the
advantages of his affluence and doing gracious acts
of kindness in a true spirit of charity, never seeking
notoriety. In the many years of his identification
with Jewish charities, he never permitted his name
to be brought before the public until recently, when
he assumed the privilege of donating the large
amount necessary to erect the Manual Training
School, which now bears his honored name, and
which will forever stand as a monument of his muni-
ficence and his love for our orphans. And this unos-
tentation applies with equal force to his benevolent
actions towards every charity in New Orleans, irre-
spective of den rminational differences.

His home life is an ideal one, and with his noble
wife by his side it has been an inspiration.

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RABBI MAX HELLER.

Eminently qualified for the calling- wherein, from
the inception of his career, he has occupied a distin-
g-uished position; for years minister of the foremost
congregation in the South, a congregation that in
point of membership, which from personality, intelli-
gence, wealth and devotion to Judaism, equals any
in the United States, the erudite scholar and eloquent
divine, Rabbi Maximillian Heller, is recog^nized as
well worthy the honors and distinction he has at-
tained by his ability and fitness.

Rabbi Heller was the architect of his own career,
the basis upon which he builded being- inherent
qualities, intelligence, st^^dious application and in-
domitable will. He was born on January 1st, 18G(),
at Prague, Bohemia, his parents being Seligman
Heller and Mathilde, nee Kas-
sowitz. Acquiring- the rudi-
ments of education he 'was then
sent to the Neustadter (gym-
nasium of his native city, where
he received a thorough scholas-
tic training. According to the
European system of education.
Rabbi Heller had rare o])por-
tunities to master Hebrew and
the languages, and his mastery ;
of many of the living and dead
languag-es was an incentive to
renewed application, hence, his
ability as a linguist, long- since
established, is well earned, the
result of his efforts and scholar-
ship.

Coming to the United States
in his early manhood, he evinc-
ed a desire to continue his
studies, and entered the Hebrew

Union College, at the same time devoting his at-
tention to the study of science and art at the Uni-
versity of Cincinnati.

The matriculants in the Hebrew Union College
were at that time limited in numbers, yet, as has been
demonstrated by the distinction they, as g-raduates,
have attained, they were imbued with the right
spirit for their holy calling-. Attaining the degrees
Batchelor of Letters and Master of Letters from the
University of Cincinnati, and the distinction of
Rabbi from the Hebrew Union College, Rabbi Heller
entered upon his career in 1884 as Minister of Zion
Congregation of Chicago, occupying its pulpit for
two years.

In 1886 he was called to Houston, Texas, and from
that time to the present has exhibited his devotion

RABBI MAX HELLER

to the South and Southern Judaism, a devotion re-
paid tenfold by his legion of friends and admirers.
His charge at Houston was limited to five months,
for, when the lamented Rabbi, James K. Gutheim,
paid Nature's debt and, the representative Southern
cong-regation he had founded and nurtured to the
honor of Southerners and the glory of Reform Juda-
ism, sought for, a fitting successor, one whose ability
and worth, honesty of purpose and personality would
further the cause. Rabbi Heller was chosen.

Congregation Temple Sinai, individually and col-
lectively, and Israelites of Louisiana in general have
no cause to regret the coming of Rabbi Heller in
their midst. He has been true to his trust, loyal to
his faith and by his personality contributed not only
to the elevation of Judaism but welding together in
bonds of fellowship (ientile and
Jew. He has been intimately
associated with every cause of
note, every happening of im-
portance occurring for the past
sixteen years in New Orleans
and in the State of Louisiana
and his opinion and words have
had weight in the Councils of
the People. In public or pri-
vate life he is invariably just,
influenced alone by what he re-
gards the rig-ht, — in charitable
work he is always methodical
and untiring and his interest
in the Orphans' Home, the
Touro Infirmary and the Young
Men's Hebrew Association has
been repeatedly exhibited where-
by these Institutions have been
the beneficiaries.

Two years after assuming
charge of the pulpit of Tem-
ple Sinai he wedded one of the intellectual and
charming young ladies of New Orleans, Miss Ida
Marks and his estimable wife, devoted to the cause
of Judaism, has proven herself an ideal helpmate.
Of this happy union several children have been born
who, God willing-, will be a source of many joys
to their fond parents.

While Rabbi Heller may be reg-arded of a reserved
disposition, those who know him intimately recog-
nize in him all the attributes of congeniality, none
question the fact that a becoming dignity, associated
with ability and scholarship, honesty of purpose and
principle are virtues he possesses and whereby he
enjoys the esteem and respect of all who recognize that
with so stalwart a leader Southern Judaism cannot
fail in being- a force in affairs, communal and social.

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RABBI ISAAC L. LEUCHT.

An Israelite and something- more is he, the well-
beloved minister of Congregation Touro, whom the
Christians of his home cit3' as well as its Jews, de-
light to honor. To whom was accorded for example,
so flattering a reception as that of January 25th, 1904,
his sixtieth birthda}' and the twentj'-fifth anniversary
of his pastorate of Touro, when ministers as well as
prominent laity of the Methodist, Presbyterian, Epis-
copal and other faiths joined personally in the felici-
tations of the occasion.

Nor is this the first time such deference has been
paid him. A man of public spirit and civic pride,
not the mere leader of flock and people, he has often
taken active part in public movements side by side
with Christian pastors. At
the dedication of the Fisk Free
Library he was conspicuous
upon the platform along with
the Catholic Archbishop Jans-
sens and the Episcopal Bishop
Sessums. In the relief work
of the terrible Cheniere Cam-
inada hurricane of '93, he
labored hand in hand with
Rector Waters of vSt. Pauls,
and the Catholic Archbishop.
When, some years back, the
New Orleans Sanitary Associa-
tion was flourishing, it was
Mr. John T. Gibbons, a brother
of the distinguished Catholic
Cardinal of Baltimore, who pre-
sented Rabbi Leucht's name for
the presidency of the organ-
ization. At the present time indeed, he is acting
president of the Red Cross Society, of which he has
said: "The cross is its emblem, but I see in it only
the noble and humane purpose for which the Society
is enrolled."

Herein we have the keynote to his character— in a
word — breadth and liberality. And here is the reason
of the esteem in which he is held so generally by his
fellow citizens. "I have tried to follow in Dr. Gu-
theim's footsteps," he has said, "by devoting my labors
to develop unsectarianism." And again: "I am a Jew
and yet am Protestant and also Catholic. I always
protest against anything that opposes light and pro-
gress and I am universal in my belief in the father-
hood of God." A large souled as well as broad minded

RABBI ISAAC L. LEUCHT.

man, our Rabbi. "Write me," AbDU ben Adhem says,
in Leigh Aunt's beautiful poem, "write me as one
who loves his fellow men."

Rabbi Leucht was born in Darmstadt, Germany,
and there took a preliminary course for his ministry.
He afterwards studied at other European centers of
education. He came to the United States in 1864 at
the age of twenty and located in Baltimore. There
he resided four years and then came to New Orleans
as assistant to the late Rabbi Gutheim, minister of
K. K., Shaarai Chesed. From that the two went
together to Temple Sinai when it was erected, but in
1879 Rabbi Leucht returned to his first love, since
become, by consolidation with the Portuguese Con-
gregation, the noted Synagogue of Touro.

Rabbi Leucht was for a long
time Secretary of the Hebrew
Educational Society organiz-
ed to provide a school for
Jewish children in the trying
"Carpet Bag" days. He has
been a member of the State
School Board; he was one of
the founders of the Y. M. H.
A., and is a charter member
of the Harmony Club of New
Orleans. He has been a
member of the Jewish Wid-
ows' and Orphans' Home since
1868 and its First Vice-Presi-
dent since 1886. Heis First Vice-
President also of the Touro
Infirmary and the Hebrew
Benevolent Association. He
has been President of the
Commission of Prisons and Asylums, President of the
United_,Hebrew Charities, President of the Southern
Conference of Rabbis, and for two years was Vice-
President of the Reformed Rabbis of the United
States.

Among the testimonials received by Dr. Leucht
upon the anniversary above referred to, was a silver
pitcher from the First Presbyterian Church of New
Orleans, the church of the famous Dr. Palmer, whose
funeral sermon was preached by Rabbi Leucht, for
our subject has earned reputation abroad as a man of
higii culture as well as higdi character, and as a pul-
pit orator of influence and power. An easy and
gracious manner with all, high or low, is also a char-
acteristic for which Dr. Leucht is to be remarked.

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MR. MAURICE STERN.

There is no man among: the mercantile element of
Louisiana of whose career a brief sketch will be more
beneficial and useful than that of Mr. Maurice Stern.

He was born in (lerman}-, January dth, 1855, and
passed his youth in acquiring- an education in the
public schools of his natal land. In 1S71, when but
sixteen years of ag-e, he left his home and crossings
the Atlantic settled in New Orleans. Brig-ht and
determined to win for himself a name and a place in
the city of his adoption, he entered the office of the
firm of Lehman, Neug"ass & Co., and so faithfully
and well did he perform his duties until step b}* step
he advanced until the year 1880, when he was ad-
mitted as a i^artner, the name of the firm becoming
I^ehman, Abraham & Co. In 1885 the business was
incorporated under the name of Lehman Stern & Co.,
Limited, and to-day Mr. Stern occupies the presi-
dency of that organization.

In addition to filling that position he holds many
others of honor and responsibility. He is Vice-Pres-
ident of the Lane Cotton Mills,
one of the best equipped plants
in the country, a director of the
Whitney National Bank, a direc-
tor of the Morgan State Bank and
the Cotton Exchange. Mr. Stern
is President of the International
Land Improvement Company and
Treasurer of the Southern States
Land and Timber Company, both
hand ling principally timber lands.

Mr. Stern is a consistent advo-
cate of the onward progress and
development of New Orleans and
has always contributed liberally
both of his time and means in that
direction. His name associated
with any enterprise means the
ultimate success of that con-
cern. He is a hard and earnest
worker and has the happy facul-
ty and ability of disposing of
vast qualities of work without
any seeming eff^ort on his part.
Aside from the busy cares en-
tailed by the numerous business
projects in which he is interested
Mr. Stern has found time to devote to other matters
and is a member in excellent standing of the New Or-
leans Board of Trade, Sugar Exchange, Cotton Ex-
change and Progressive Union.

He is a man of great charity and the cord between
his purse and heart is short and direct. He delights
in doing good and is unostentatious in all matters of
this character. He is the President of Temple Sinai
and an active member of the Touro Infirmary, the
Jewish Widows' and Orphans' Home, B'nai B'rith and
a trustee of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital.
Socially he is a member of the Harmony Club.

While not a politician in the sense of seeking polit-
ical preferment for emolument he has always taken
such interest in politics as every good citizen should
do. He is a Democrat, who believes in the princi-
ples of Democrac}'.

In 1901 he was appointed by Governor Heard as a
member of the State Board of Education for the
Second Congressional District of Louisiana. His

HAURICE STERN.

record in that position needs no commendation from
our pen; it has been characteristic of the man. He
has devoted his entire time and attention to the sub-
ject and has given a great deal of thought to the
betterment of education. Since filling the position
a new set of books for the public schools has been
selected, and these have given great satisfaction.
Other improvements have been made which lack of
space precludes mention. The selection by the gov-
ernor of Mr. Stern was a happy intuition and has
given great satisfaction to the people, and he has
acquitted himself with due credit to himself and his
constituents. It is to this class of men that our in-
stitutions, public and otherwise, owe their high
standing and causes Louisiana to take her place
among the great and leading States of the Union.
Education is the great pivotal point around which
centers everything desirable in life, and public edu-
cation is one of the great basis upon which rests the
])reservation and conservation of liberty, the great vital
principle of the American republic. These facts are
fully recognized and appreciated
by Mr. Stern, hence the great in-
terest he manifests in such mat-
ters.

Personally Maurice Stern is a
pleasant, genial gentleman, easy
of approach, with no overbearing
ideas of dignity. Plain and un-
assuming he is of and for the peo-
ple whose aims, sentiments and
aspirations he shares and enjoys.
He stands for progress and ad-
vancement first, last and all the
time.

May 19, 1883, he was happily
married to Miss Hanna Bloom, a
talented and accomplished yonng
lady of New Orleans. This union
has been blessed with three chil-
dren, two boys and one girl. Mr.
and Mrs. Stern are pleasantly
domiciled at the corner of St.
Charles and Soniat streets.

In conclusion the writer would
say that

Lives f)f (jrent men, all leiiiiiiil ua
We can muke our iires siihllme,
And ihpiirlinfi, le((re behind us
FdOlpiiuts (m the sunds of time.

Lines containing more truth than the above by the
famous poet Longfellow were never penned. The
sketch of a man's life has wider and more useful ser-
vice than in ministering to the vanity of its subject
or the pride of friends. Its true mission is to seize
upon such points of character and career as may be
presented for imitation or encouragement. These
are such as live devoted to their work and their in-
fluence for good will continue to act, their charac-
teristics fixed and ineffaceable. Such has been the
life history of Maurice Stern.

If parents or guardians would furnish their chil-
dren with biographical sketches of successful men
there would be far less "flowers that blossomed to
die unseen." Almost in the boyhood of rich mental
activity he gives promise of man}^ years of public
usefulness, and had New Orleans just 1,000 more men
of like calibre that would mean just 1,000 of the
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Among" the many able business men who have im-
pressed themselves on the affairs of New Orleans and
who have helped to make the cit}' great and prosper-
ous and renowned as a commercial center there is no
man who stands hig-her than Henry Abraham. Not
onlv has he made a name that is looked to with pride
and honor bv the business world, but he has added to
the beauty and attractiveness of the city by helping
to make its residence section the most delightful that
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ish people there is hardly a man of prominence who
has achieved fame and fortune who has not at the
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Mr. Abraham, like so man}-
other successful Jews, was born
in Germany, where he was
educated and trained in those
careful business habits which
he afterwards combined with
enterprise and push and de-
voted to the upbuilding- of his
business, thereby benefitting-
the community as every man
does who truly looks after his
own affairs. Mr. Abraham
lived before coming- to New
Orleans, in Montgomery, Ala.,

where he beg-un the business career which afterwards
brought him to this city. He was for a number of
years a factor in the great firm of Lehman, Neug-ass
& Co., afterwards Lehman, Abraham & Co., and
afterwards established a business in the name of H.
Abraham & Son, which has become one of the great-
est cotton houses in the world and has always been
regarded by the business world as one of the most
representative and prog-ressive and at the same time
careful and judiciously managed business concerns of
the country.

His ability and business standing- naturally brought
Mr. Abraham into wider relations to the financial
world. As a director and afterwards as Vice-Presi-
dent of the Germania National Bank he has exercised
an influence on the financial affairs of the city that

HENRY ABRAHAH

has always been of the highest value and greatest
benefit to the community of commercial and financial
activity and has helped to establish that confidence
and stability in business which is so well defined in
this city. He has also been connected with important
commercial and manufacturing enterprises and al-
ways has been ready to stand with those who stood
for the advancement of the city.

Natural tact and ability to comprehend commercial
problems, capacity to see into the future and venture
as far as was safe and wise and no farther and a full
comprehension of the correlation of business interests
peculiarly fitted Mr. Abraham for the place that he
has assumed in the business world. But he did not
reach that position without years of hard work, self
sacrifice and keen attention to details, which are the
essentials to advancement. He
came across the Atlantic with
no capital but his training
and ambition and determina-
tion to succeed, which are the
characteristics that have
given New Orleans so many
valued Jewish and other citi-
zens from the Old World.
It may have seemed to some
that they fell into fortune but
the fact is that it came from
hard work and following the
essentials to success.

In private life Mr. Abraham
presents to his friends in his
beautiful home among fam-
ily and friends, or out in the
social world the picture of a
man plain, unassuming, mag-
netic, well informed and pleas-
ant in manner, refined and a
student of men and affairs,
a delightful man to talk with,
a lover of books and art and
everything that pleases the intellect and attracts
the cultured. He is an interesting talker and when
he consents to talk of the eventful years of his life
and gives his views and impressions gathered in a
wide field of travel and observation, there is no more
interesting host and entertainer.

By those characteristics which have been the force
of his business life — integrit3% intelligent, activity
and devotion to details, Mr. Abraham was amassed a
fortune that places him high among the moneyed men
of the South, but this has not drawn him, nor his
family away from their devotion to the city and the
people among whom they have lived, nor changed the
geniality and friendliness with which he mingles with
the people, nor lessened his interest in the progress
and development of the city.

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502-500 St. Louis Street,

New Orleans, r>a.

■Nos, 2701-2715 M AKune, Bimlngliam, Alaj

WILLIAM ABLER.

No name among- the Jewish people of this city is
more respected than that of William Adler, who is a
leading- man of it in every form of activity, bus-
iness, social and municipal, and not only has made
himself a high reputation in regfard to the carrying
on and development of his private business, but has
taken a position in public affairs that has always been
honorable, progressive and up-to-date, while in the
social world he stands as high as any man in the city.

Mr. Adler is still a young man, too, having been
born in 1858, on the 30tli of December in the German
Fatherland, which he left full of hope and confidence
and determination, about twenty-five years ago. His
hope was to make an honorable name in a new coun-
try and his ambition to achieve success on the lines
in which he has succeeded so well.

He came without capital and
began at the bottom of the lad-
der, taking a place with the
important firm of Hirsch, Adler
& Co., wholesale grocers, im-
porters and exporters, now A.
Adler & Co., of which Mr.
Adler is a member. The repu-
tation established in this bus-
iness he has carried into others
and his appreciation of the im-
portance of the city and the
opening for investments led
him early to take an interest
in manufacturing and business
enterprises outside of his direct
firm. He is a big stockholder
in and Vice-President of The
Kohlmann Cotton Mill and
Manufacturing Company, the
Schwartz Foundry Company,
Ltd., and the Adler- Weinber-
ger Steamship Comjjany, and a
Director in the Bluefields
Steamship Company.

In every line of business in which he has engaged
he is regarded as a leader and his opinion sought on
all important matters. His connection as a director
of the State National Bank has been an important
feature of the success of that institution in recent
years and he has taken an especial interest in that
success and in the high standing of the institution.
Since he became President this has been even more
truly the case than before and he has been recognized
as the peer of any financier in the South.

When Mayor Flower was looking over the city
for men big and public-spirited enough to place
on the Drainage and Sewerage Board, Mr. Adler
was obviously a natural choice because of his
ability and because he had always shown a decided
liking to public affairs which did not involve pol-
itics. His selection was a wise one, for no mem-

WILLIAH ADLER.

ber has devoted more earnest and intelligent effort to
the great work of redeeming the city from its former
condition.

The services of such men in the public work are
above any consideration of reward; they are some-
thing that only the true spirit of public enterprise
and ambition can inspire and without such leaders
and thinkers progress must be slow and unsatis-
factory.

Another line of activity in which Mr. Adler has
shown himself is as one of the leaders in the work of
Progressive Union and such efforts to uplift and ad-
vance the city as a whole, without regard merely to
the interests of his own personal business. In all
public affairs of this kind his presence has always
been noted and his voice has been heard when there
was occasion to speak for progress and advancement
and better methods.

A man of pleasant address
and social disposition Mr.
Adler has not failed to im-
press his personality on those
who have come in contact
with him and this same dis-
position and spirit of enter-
prise have made him promi-
nent in all the charitable and
benevolent affairs of the city,
especially, of course, those
conducted by the Jews. In all
of the great enterprises which
have called forth such eulo-
gies of the Jewish people of
the city from visiting phil-
anthropists and sympathetic
people Mr. Adler has been a
factor, though he may have
been a quiet one working be-
hind the scenes and furnish-
ing more than words and sug-
gestions.
Mr. Adler is ex-President of the Congregation
Gates of Mercy of the Dispersed of Judah, of which
Rev. I. L. Leucht is Rabbi.

He has always been an active member of that splen-
did, live organization, the Young Men's Hebrew As-
sociation and in all its plans his advice and co-opera-
tion helped, especially in the building and equip-
ment of the beautiful home of the club, in the work
of its extension and enlargement and in the public
benefits that have accrued to the city from the ac-
tivity of the organization. Aside from his connec-
tion with the Drainage and Sewerage Board he has
not held office and is in no sense a politician, though
he has taken a commendable interest in political af-
fairs and in 1896 served as an elector on the ticket
which gave the country that splendid statesman and
and noble representative, William McKinley.

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B. M. KING.

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MR. NATHAN I. SHWARTZ.

One among- the first of the younger set of a score of
years ag-o who entered with zeal upon a career of
usefulness without the expectancy of acquiring- any
notoriety or reward for unselfish services rendered,
devoting his energies, his time and his means
for the betterment of the distressed and unfortunate
was Mr. Nathan I. Shwartz, who for years has occu-
pied an honored position in the affairs of New Or-
leans, in communal, charitable, social and commer-
cial circles.

Mr. Shwartz is to the manner born, a native of
New Orleans, where he was reared, educated and
given the opportunity of carving out his own career.
His lamented parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Abra-
ham Shwartz, had made this
city their home years ago in
the spring- of their useful
lives and lived to witness the
realization of their fondest
hopes and aspirations.

Born on April 22, 1853, Mr.
Nathan I. Schwartz was edu-
cated in the Public Schools of
the city and, thoug-h a mere
youth entered in the employ-
ment of his father who had
founded the prominent busi-
ness house known for years as
"A Shwartz," and which in
course of time assumed only
such changes as were neces-
sary when the sons became
identified with it and finally
becoming- the care and pride
of Mr. N. I. Shwartz e.xclu-
sively.

Step by step Mr. Shwartz
acquired the technique of business and before he had
attained his majority was a practical man of affairs,
knowing- the details of the ever increasing "Shwartz
Dry Goods House" from Alpha to Omega. He was
practically manag-er of the establishment before he
was eighteen years of age and under his astute,
courteous and comprehensive business methods "A
Shwartz's Son" has become noted throughout Louis-
iana as a synonym for integrity.

Mr. Shwartz found time when "a youngster" to
consider the daily' problems of those less fortunate,
men, women and children buffeted by the waves of
adversity, poor, homeless, destitute and sick, and the
indigent ag-ed more helpless than the babe wooed to
slumber's sweet in mothers' arms. While sentiment

attracted Mr. Shwartz to communal and charitable
work, he no doubt realized that charity to be effec-
tive should be conducted on business principles. He
took a modest part in the affairs of the Touro In-
firmai V and Hebrew Benevolent Association, of which
he has been a member since his early manhood and
from his identification with the Association he has
been a zealous worker.

(iradually his opinions attracted the attention of
the great hearted men who have labored assiduously
for the cause of Humanity for years, and. realizing
that the day was near at hand when others must
assume the burden of office and management, Mr.
Shwartz was given a position on the Board of Direc-
tors in 1877.

In 1898 he was elected Pres-
ident of the Touro Infirmary
and Hebrew Benevolent Asso-
ciation and this famed institu-
tion owes much of its suc-
cesses to the splendid execu-
tive ability of the gentleman
whose name has been identi-
fied with its splendid progress
since his assumption of the
president's chair.

NATHAN I 5MWARTZ.

AUGUST HEIDENHEIM.

Mr. Heidenheim is one of
the most active and influential
of the younger Jewish element
of the Crescent City. He is a
director and first vice-presi-
dent of the Young Men's He-
brew Association, and an
ardent worker in its cause,
and is affiliated with other or-
ganizations, social and frater-
nal, of his people.
He is the son of M. Heidenheim. retired, long a
merchant of the up town district of the city, and for
very many years the president of the Congregation of
Jackson street Synagogue His business is under-
writing He is ("resident of the Ferd. Marks Insur-
ance Agency, Ltd , one of the largest general agen-
cies, and one of the oldest also, of New Orleans.

Mr Heidenheim is a native of New Orleans, and a
graduate of the local schools, ' to the manner born
and bred." as Shakespeare has it, in point of fact.
His wife is a New Orleans lady. Miss Sarah Marks,
daughter of the late Ferd. Marks. As an insurance
man he began at the very bottom of the ladder. While
still in h s teens he was a practical man of business.
Like his brothers, also prominent men of affairs here,
he early disclosed superior managerial talents. His
agency under his direction steadily increases its
patroriage. It has an especially large clientage in
the cotton trading district in which it is located.

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MR. ALBERT GODCHAUX.

The familiar name, Godchaux, conspicuous in com-
mercial, financial and social circles, and representing
varied interests which have aug-mented the prosperity
of Louisiana, and the city of New Orleans in particu-
lar, is worthily borne by Mr. Albert Godchaux.

Mr. Godchaux, the fourth son of the lamented
Leon Godchaux, was born in New Orleans, Aug"ust 7,
1870. Rearsid amidst the elegant and refined influ-
ences of the Godchaux home on Esjilanade avenue,
enjoying- ever}' advantage that wealth can contribute,
at an early age Mr. Godchaux was given opportuni-
ties rarely enjoyed to acquire an education befitting
his future prospects. When sufficiently advanced he
matriculated at Tulane Universit}' where he received
a thorough literary education. Proceeding thence to
famous "Exeter," located at Exeter, N. H., he con-
tinued his studies, finally completing an extended
course at the Institute of Technology-, Boston, Mass.

Returning to New Orleans he was thoroughly pre-
pared by the advantages he enjoyed to enter a profes-
sional career, had he so desired, but instead he en-
tered active commercial life in the famous Godchaux
establishment and gave h s attention to the upbuild-
ing of this important New Orleans' establishment.
In due time Mr. Godchaux became identified with
the various ramifications of industries and agricul-
ture established by his father and has aided in en-
hancing their importance.

But Mr. Godchaux is not so bound up in business
that he takes no interest in other issues. To the
contrary he finds time to devote to fraternal work, to
society- and any and every measure directed to the
betterment of state and city.

In addition to his conduct of the Godchaux busi-

LEONARD KROWER.

ALBERT GODCHAUX.

ness, he is fir<t vice-president of the New Orleans
Progressive Union; he is also president of the God-
chaux, Shelby & Mioton Co., Insurance Agents, and
a director in various other important industrial or-
ganizations.

He is in full fellowship with the Masonic fraternity,
a member of the Chivalric Order of Pythias and an
ardent member of the Elks. Likewise he is President
of the Harmony Club and interested in and holds
membership in the Young Men's Hebrew Association,
the Chess, Checker and Whist Club, and the Young
Men's Gymnastic Club.

Mr. Godchaux has a fellow-feeling for all human
kind; hence he is a valuable member of the various
Jewish charities whose labor of love include main-
tenance of the Jewish Orphans' Home and the Touro
Infirmary.

Regardless of the multifarious duties of a civic,
commercial and fraternal character Mr. Godchaux is
seen at his best within the precincts of his home.
There on April 4, 1899, he brought his bride nee
Aline Zodiag, one of the most charming and intel-
lectual ladies of Shreveport, La. There Love reigns
supreme; there business aside he enjoys the compan-
ionship of his intimates. There too in idle moments
he finds solace in his favorite literature. For he is a
student by temperament, in the wooing of the muses
delighting much.

MR. LEONARD KROWER.

Among the many gentlemen of New Orleans whose
zeal and efforts for its progress and prosperity are
heartily applauded by all good citizens Mr. Leonard
Krower is justly entitled to the distinction accorded

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J. H. HINRICHS,

Importer and Manufacturer of

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him, not only as a promoter but as an advocate of its
advantages from every view point.

Mr. Krower was born in Amsterdam. Holland, on
February 28, 1855. There he enjoyed splendid educa-
tional advantag-es. However, attracted to the United
States by resources and opportunities, he crossed
the Ocean in his early youth, locating- in New
York cit}'. There, not many months afterwards he
enjoyed the emoluments of a lucrative position and
there he gained the esteem and confidence of new
made friends. He was the architect of his own for-
tune; he had nothing to rely upon but his own abil-
ity; he was inspired with an exalted idea of ho.ior
—qualifications far better for the beginning of a
career than wealth.

New Orleans became his home in 1884. He came di-
rect to this city from New York where his extensive
experience with the re-
nowned Jewelry house,
Albert Lorsch, equipped
him for the successes that
came to him in afteryears
of earnest application in
his chosen pursuit. ^

Mr. Krower won his way
in a strange land, unac-

Whether from the viewpoint of business, fraternal
or social life Mr. Krower enjoys the esteem of all
and his course of life, always creditable, has won for
him that which is far better than honors and wealth,
a ofood name.

quainted with its customs
and language, by his in-
dustrj-, application and
personality. His arrival in
New Orleans was hailed
with pleasure by those
who knew of him and his
successes as a youth in
the Great Metropolis.
It was realized that he
would prove a valuable
addition to New Orleans
and he has sustained his
record during the years
that he has been a citizen
of that city.

To New Orleans he
came as we have said in
1884, and since that
time he has demonstrat-
ed that this cit)- was
his home indeed. His
successful venture as a

business man is well-known; furthermore, as he pros-
pered he exhibited himself a man of fellow-feeling;
also of generosity and charity.

Mr. Krower takes an active interest in all communal
work and his splendid services have been appreciated
by the Touro Infirmary and Hebrew Benevolent As-
sociation, the Association for the Relief of Jewish
Widows and Orphans, the Young Men's Hebrew As-
sociation, the B'nai B'rith, and last but not least
Congregation Touro Synagogue, of which he is at
this writing the honored President.

In his sphere as a business man Mr. Krower has
been likewise honored, being a Director of the New
Orleans Boardof Trade and the Progressive Uni m. He
is also a valued member of several of the prominent
social organizations including the Harmony Club,
the Southern Athletic Club and others of equal note.

MR. HENRY STERN.

Among the unselfish, earnest workers for the
cause of Judaism and for those grandest of Jew-
ish charitable manifestations, the care and educa-
tion of the orphaned, the comfort of the needy,
and ministering to the sick and suffering, Mr.
Henry Stern occupies a deserved and conspicuous
place in the esteem of all.

Mr. Stern was born in Albersweiler. Germany, on
February 18th, 1831, and after receiving a thorough

schooling in the father-
land, so as to be equipped
to face the realities of
■|!. life, he sought a home in

'"%. the United States, finally

settling in New Orleans,
on the 20th of January,
1851.

His training in youth
was such as to interest
him in commercial pur-
suits and he at once iden-
tified himself with trade
soon building up a Mer-
cantile establishment of
note.

On December b, 1860,

he wedded Miss Annette
Newman. Their marital
bliss has been unmarred
by the faintest shadow
and in the happiness and
prosperity of children
and grand children they
live "Life's young
dream" of happiness oe'r
and oe'r again. Mr.
Stern tho' over sixty
is alert and active, pre-
siding over a well es-
tablished business found-
ed by him years ago and
known as Henry Stern &
Co., Wholesale Boots and
Shoes, New Orleans, La., and Boston, Mass. But
Mr. Stern has also had time to devote to the cause
of humanity, whether it be that of the fraternities
he is associated with— for he is a Mason, B'nai B'rith,
Knights of Pythias and other noted secret societies
wherein he has been repeatedly honored with posi-
tions of trust— or those magnificent Institutions the
Touro Infirmary, Jewish Orphans Home and Temple
Sinai. In the noted Jewish charities of New Orleans,
Mr. Stern has invariably taken a prominent part and
during many consecutive years (extending be-
yond a generation) has been Treasurer of sev-
eral. Whether in a social, commercial or
charitable affairs, Mr. Stern is always noted
for his avoidance of display, being "a plain, blunt
man" faithful, earnest, a good citizen and a con-
scientious Israelite.

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Aiiioii}^- the earnest, consistent ;ni<l wdilliy f^fiitlc-
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capital if properly applied and he is also one of the
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Bavaria, (Germany, bordering- on the Khine in IS.^2,
attaining- the rucliments of an education in the (Ger-
man lang^uag-e in his native land. At the af^-e of six-
teen he left the parental roof to seek a livelihood in
the Land beyond the Sea,
and amonof the arrivals from
Europe on May Id, 1S4S, was
Mr. Gumbel. He lost no
time in embarkinjr in bus-
iness and a few weeks af-
terwards was touriiif^- the
river parishes in the modest
caj)acity of a vendor of mer-
chandise. He followed this
business for two years and
finally opened a small estab-
lishment amon^ friends.

With his coming- to New
Orleans in 18(>4 Mr. Gum-
bel assumed an honored po-
sition in Jewish communal
and charitable circles. By
disposition modest and re-
tiring- he has never been
conspicuous before the pub-
lic but the various Asso-
ciations in which he has
held membership . for up-
•wards of forty years have
protitted by his advice and
unassuming work on com-
mittees. He was elected Treasurer of the Associa-
tion for the Relief of Jewish Widows' and Orphans
and has been his own successor, his administration
of the finances proving most efficient.

An incident of his association with the manage-
ment of the Jewish Orphans' Home is well worthy a
place in the record of gracious deeds of charity cred-
ited to Jews of Louisiana. Mr. (iumbel no doubt de-
sired to demonstrate his interest in the inmates of
the Jewish Home. They had every advantage of
education and were cared for even when they left the
"Home." The inspiration came to him on the occa-
sion of a "joyful event" in his family and in honor of
the marriag-e of a daug^hter he created a "Dower
Fund," donating $5,000, and thereafter every girl
of the institution who married or will marry received

- 97 —

or will receive a hundred dollars for the jntrpose of
purchasing her bridal trousseau No more beautiful
idea than this had been conceived by friends and pa-
trons of the Jewish Orphans' Home and the "Simon
(lumbel l<\ind" will be a m nument to its founder for
all time to come.

SIMON GUHBEL

I^ittle by little the modest enterprise of Mr. Gum-
bel grew in proportion and within ten years he was
fortunate in having a well established and lucrative
business. His business aptitu<le and enterprise re-
cognized the necessity of promoting industries and,
in 1859, he was the first man to build and conduct a
cotton seed oil mill with great success an<l advantag-e
to the Parish until the breaking- out of the Civil War.

The CJonfederacy had an earnest sympathizer in
Mr. Gumbel who proved of invaluable service to the
"Lost Cause" for he placed at the disposal of the Con-
federates a steamboat he owned, and others he was

interested in, which were
utililized as transports.

Mr. Gumbel moved to
New Orleans in 18f)4. There
he embarked in the whole-
sale notion business and
conducted this special line
of merchandizing- success-
fully until 1873 when he
disposed of his interest to
enter the Cotton and Com-
mission business founding
the well-known house, S.
Gumbel & ("o., of which he
is to-day the senior and as
active in business circles
as he was when on May
If), 1848, he first stepped on
Louisiana soil. While de-
voting his attention to the
affairs of the prominent
house he founded over a
score of years ago Mr.
Gumbel is interested in
other important industrial
interests, conspicuous
among- these Louisiana's
most important one, the cultivation and milling of
rice, being- not only a promoter of rice mills but the
owner of valuable tracts of rice lands.

When the Provident Aid Society was projected Mr.
(Tumbel was enrolled among the donors to the fund
which created this most comprehensive and useful
charity and since its formation has been its Treas-
urer. He is an active member of the Y. M. H. A.,
the B'nai B'rith and the Harmony Club all of which
he has served officially.

Within the precincts of his palatial home are his
jewels, wife and children and daughters and sons,
daughters-in-law and sons-in-law cast in the self
same would as the honored subject of this sketch,
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the lives of those less fortunate than themselves.

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MR. GABRIEL KAHN.

A familiar and respected name, not among- Jews
onl}', but to all old residents of New Orleans, is that
of "Gabe" Kahn, a shortening- indicating- friendly
feeling and appreciation, not disrespect. Mr. Kahn
is well-known on 'Change to which, altho' now past
three score and ten he still resorts, rather from force
of habit however than necessity, for both his son and
grandson are associated with him in business.

Mr. Kahn was born in Rodalben, Rheinpfalz, Ger-
many. He attended school there, and having fin-
ished his course, embarked in 1851 on a sailing- ves-
sel for America. He was then about twenty years
old. He sailed from Havre, France, and arrived in
New Orleans in January, 1852. He has lived in
Louisiana ever since, except
when serving with the
Confederate arms in the Old
Dominion. Before the war he
was engaged in g-eneral mer-
chandising in the country. He
embarked in his present line,
the cotton pickery business,
some thirty-seven years ago.

Mr. Kahn has been connect-
ed at one time or other with
all the Jewish charitable as-
sociations of the city. He
has been a director of Touro
Infirmary. He is president of
the Jewish Widows' and Or-
phans' Home; has held that
office in fact for the past
twelve years; and it is worthy
of note that it was during
his administration that the
long cherished plan for a

manual training school for the orphans and others
was brought to a successful issue. He is president
of that institution by virtue of his office as president
of the Orphans Home, i. e., the Isidore Newman
Manual Training School, endowed by the Jewish
banker whose name it bears, which school, at this
writing, is built and just about to be occupied.

Mr. Kahn was a contributing member to the above
named organizations for years before he held an of-
fice. Aside from these he belongs to the Jewish Pub-
lication Society, the Masons, the Knights of Pythias,
the Free Sons of Israel, and the Order of the B'nai
B'rith of which he was at one time Grand President.
He is a charter member of Temple Sinai and for
many years was on its Board of Directors. He is also

president of the John J. Brown Memorial Associa-
tion, which every year gives the orphans of New Or-
leans irrespective of creed, a steamboat outing and
pic-nic at one of the nearby plantations.

GABRIEL

HON. NAT STRAUSS.

At the time New Orleans was selected as the Dis-
trict seat and headquarters for No. 7, I. O. B B , in
1890. Hon. Nat Strauss long a prominent working
member of the Order was chosen to the position of
Grand Secretary (and in that capacity its Executive
officer) and has been continued in the office ever since.
"Mr. Strauss,'' says an account of the Order from
which we draw our facts, "it is generally conceded,
is the man for the place. He
is a man of distinct personal-
ity, of marked character, popu-
lar, talented, a man of discern-
ment and tact." His portrait
is presented on another page
of this book along with a
sketch of the Order itself.

Mr. Strauss was born in
Alsace when it was French
territory, like so many other
prominent Israelites of this
part of the country. He came
to New Orleans before the
war, in his early manhood,
and has had many a change
and experience since then.
From this city he moved to
Mobile, and there eventually
married. His wife was a help-
KAHN. mate indeed, and was almost

as well known in the Ladies'
Auxiliary as he in his sphere. She died in 1899.

At Mobile Mr. Strauss enlisted for the Civil war
under the stars and bars and saw active service,
there, some 3'ears after he was elected to the Ala-
bama Legislature. Here he distinguished himself as
a leader, law maker and debater. His connection
with the Order of B'nai B'rith began very many
years ago, and he had been long prominent in its
councils when he was chosen to succeed the lamented
Ulman, in the post he holds. He represents it on the
Board of the Jewish Widows and Orphans Home.
Naturally, with his affiliations, he is a pillar of
the faith, and a stout champion of every cause
for the well being and up lifting of the Jewish
people.

99 — -

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MR. M. HEIDENHEIM.

One of the fathers in Israel, one of the elders in the
faith, is our subject; truly an exemplar, during a long-
residence and honorable career of all that is good in
it; a man highly respected by all who know him both
Christian and Jew.

Mr. Heidenheim is now going on four score. He
came to New Orleans fifty-seven years ago. For
nearly fifty years he was engaged in business at Jack-
son avenue and the Levee, a quarter once the scene of
busy traffic, tho' now, with the changes that have
come over the water front, sensibly declined. He
was successful there, but for some years has been
retired.

It is a half century now fully since Mr. Heiden-
heim identified himself with the Jackson Avenue
Congregation, Gates of Prayer. He was one of the
founders of the old Shtc/e in Lafayette, as this por-
tion of the city was formerly known. He was secre-
tary of the Congregation, and afterward its treasurer,
and for nearly thirty years he has been its president.

He has taken a deep and continuous interest in the
Jewish Orphans Home; in fact was one of the first
respondents to the call which, in 1853, resulted in its
establishment.

Touro likewise has received his patronage and as-
sistance from its inception. His interest indeed has
been readily enlisted in ever}' Jewish philanthropy.

So now, surviving to a green old age, through the
many vicissitudes of life peculiar to the Crescent
City, through flood and pestilence, war and panic;
he has lived to behold in Israel a wonderful progress
and development. Where in 1847, when he landed,
there was but a handful of his co-religionists there
are now thousands, among them many of the weal-
thiest and most influential i itizens of New Orleans.
Where there were but an altar or two in primitive
houses of worship, now there are magnificent tem-
ples; not to speak of those flourishing charitable in-
stitution which, in large measure are the pride of the
race, particularly gratifying to those who, like him-
self, ministered at their foundation.

M. HEIDENHEIM.

niCHEL HEYMANN.

Mr. Heidenheim is fortunate in another respect,
his sons following in his footsteps. One of them,
August has been vice-president of the Y. M. H. A.
for a long term and another likewise a director.

MR. MICHEL HEYMANN.

A man held in the highest esteem by the Jewish
residents of New Orleans and IvOuisiana is Michel
Heymann, Superintendent of the Jewish Widows' and
Orphans' Home, an institution of which they are
justly proud. His management of this institution
has been much commended; it is indeed regarded gen-
erally the model of what such an institution shouldbe.

He has presided over it for jears. and his adminis-
tration has been such as to earn him the name of the
"father of the orphans." It is a truly paternal gov-
ernment which he exercises, and as a father he is
obeyed and beloved by the inmates of the Home one
and all.

The right man in the right place he is reg rded.
And not merely as an efficient administrator for he is
more, a scholarly man, a writer and speaker, to whose
abilities recognition is fr ely accorded.

Mr. Heymann is Secretary of the Charity Organi-
zation Society; in fact it originated with him in 1897.
He has been president of the Board of Prisons and
Asylums of the State, and is a member of the Board
of Free Kindergartens of New Orleans One of the
free kindergartens of the city is named in compli-
ment to him. He has been a delegate to the Inter-
national Prisnn Conference, Brussels, repesenting
the United States; also to the International Charity
Conference of the Paris Exposition last held. For
that Exposition he prepared a special exhibit of the
Home over which he presides, showing its develop-
ment and condition; a work that attracted much at-
tention as an illustration of American, as well as
Jewish social status. A broad minded man of philan-
thropic spirit, it is a labor of love with him to further
the advancement, not only of this institution and his
own people, but humanity of every sort.

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For every material fact there is an explanation;
every circumstance has its reason and cause Tho'
biography and not controversy is our province we
may ask: Is it strange that, among- the crowd of
professional men which New Orleans can muster so
many of, the most noted are Jews?

Reflection answers, not at all. Does not history
tell us how, even in the dark ag-es oi Christanity,
who were the conservators of the learningf and science
of preceding civilization, the leaders, the scholars,
the sages of the times ? And why not now in an age
of enlightenment, progress and freedom of speech
action and conscience, this new intellectual blossom-
ing and fruitage of the race which we plainly behold?

True it is, at all events that here — as elsewhere
also has been remarked — the distinguished lawyers,
doctors and scientists of this faith, bear a strangely
large proportion to the professional body as a whole.
Of particular examples many
might be cited, our subject.
Judge Moore, for one.

Judge Moore is a member
of the Court of Appeals of
the State, sitting at New
Orleans, and is not only one
of the most prominent mem-
bers of his race in Louisi-
ana, but one of the most
eminent members of the bar.
He has figured much in pub-
lic life in the Pelican State,
as one of the supervisors of
the Louisiana State Univer-
sity and Agricultural and
Mechanical College; as
Mayor of Thibodaux, one of
the most thriving towns of
the State; as Colonel and
Aid de Camp on the Gover-
nors Staff; as presidential
elector, 1884; and delegate
to the Constitutional Con-
ventions of 1879 and 1898.
He has represented the State
upon several occasions in
inter-state conventions and
assemblies; also notably in
,the Louisiana Purchase
Convention of 1899. In

the Constitutional Conventions especially was he an
active and valued member. He was Chairman of the
Committee on Limitations in the first named (1879)
and was in charge of the suffrage ordinance in the
other, that of 1898.

Judge Moore was born in the British West Indies
in 1846. He came here however, quite young. He
was educated at the University of Louisiana and at
St. Marks and was admitted to the bar in 1866. He
was mayor of Thibodaux ten years and came here to
enjov the wider field the city affords for a man of
talents and activity. He was of Lazarus, Moore &
Luce, one of the principal law firms here before his
elevation to the bench. As judge his reputation,
both for ability and fairness is high.

Judge Moore has long been an active and influen-
tial member of the Democratic party. He was a mem-
ber of the Democratic State Committee for fifteen

years and still ranks high in the councils of the
party. He is a leading member of the Harmony
Club; in fact, as mentioned in the sketch of that in-
stitution, was long its president, and guiding spirit.
Chiefly through his labors was it housed in a club
house which is perhaps the finest in all the South.
He is a participant in the charitable and philan-
thropic movements of his people and firm in the
faith A foremost representative, in short, of the
culture, ability and integrity, the highest and best in
the stock from which he is sprung.

The Judge has always been a true blue advocate
and champion of Democracy. He has served his party
long and faithfully; his character and record have
been such as to inspire confidence. He is still in his
prime; and it is not too much to expect that in the
future, further honors await him, and at the hands
of the good people of the Crescent City and Pelican

State. His career hitherto
augurs well for further
preferment.

HON. ISAIAH D. MOORE

JAC. TRAUTMAN.

Jewish names figure numer-
ously— need we say conspicu-
ously also— in the commerce
of New Orleans, more es-
pecially the finance and cot-
ton trade of the place; Jew-
ish lawyers stand high at
the bar; Jewish doctors are
at the head of the great
hospitals of the city; Jewish
politicians, like Benjamin,
Jonas and Kruttschnitt have
led in the legislation and
public affairs of the State;
many are the old family
names in city and parishes
thatcan readily be identified
as of this s ock. Has not
the character and capacity
of the adherents of this
ancient creed been amply
certified?

The name of Trautman
is well known here, and has
been for a matter of fifty
years or more, particularly
in a business way as one of character and standing.
It distinguishes at the present time a leading house
in the grain and feed line, Jac. Trautman & Co., a
firm prominently identified through its business with
the New Orleans Board of Trade.

Of this firm Mr. Jac. Trautman, subject of our
sketch, is the senior member. He was born and
brought up here, went to school here, married here,
in early manhood, and as the father of a family all
born here, may be truly considered to have given this
city as Bacon has it, ample "hostages to fortune."

Mr Trautman. true to his bringing up observes the
tenets of the ancient faith of Israel. He is identified
by membership with the principal Jewish social and
charitable bodies of the city, and a regular contribu-
tor to their support. None worthier to be enrolled,
indeed, in this collection of biographies of the repre-
sentative Israelites of the Ciiy and State.

103

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MR. JOSEPH KOHN.

This g:entleman is distingfuished in the business
world, in civic service and in Jewish institutional
affairs. He has passed the greater part of his life
here; he is very well-known; of him it can truly be
said, that whether in business, social or public con-
cerns, he commands the respect, confidence and es-
teem of all who have come in contact with him.

Mr. Kohn is of Kohn, Weil & Co., (formerly Simon
& Kohn) wholesale hats, Canal street, a house estab-
lished in 1868. He is German born but came to this
country in his youth, settling- first at Indianapolis.
Thence he went to Baton Rouge. During the war he
served with the engineers in the camps of the con-
federacy. After the war
he settled here.

His first employment
was as book-keeper in the
house of which he is now
the head. He rose in a
little while to a partner-
ship. The house has
long held a leading posi-
tion in the trade and is
one of the most substan-
tial in New Orleans.

For eight years he was
a member of the State
Board of Health. He was
chairman of the combined
committee of the Ex-
changes of the city for
Sanitation at the time of
the last outbreak of yel-
low fever. His work in
behalf of the community
at this trying time, was
appreciated. His appoint-
ment to the School Board JOS. KOHN
subsequently maybe taken
as a recognition of his capacity.

Mr. Kohn stands high among his co-religionists.
He is ex-president of the Harmony Club. For six-
teen years he was a director of the Jewish Widows'
and Orphans' Home, serving as chairman of its
finance committee. He was the secretary of the old
Hebrew Educational Society. He is a member of
Temple Sinai, of the Young Men's Hebrew Associa-
tion and other Jewish organiiiations, and active in all
of them. A man of weight, in short, among his people.

Mr. Kohn is unmarried. But he maintains the
home tie along with his nephews and nieces As to
his disposition and character the interest he has dis-
closed in the schools and the orphans speaks volumes.
He is a man of culture and refinement, in manners a
thorough gentleman at all times and everywhere, a
charitable man, observing naturally the injunction,
"let not thy left hand know what the right giveth."

REV. JULIUS BRAUNFELD.
Temple Sinai has oft resounded during the past ten
years to the magnificent vocal execution of the dis-
tinguished Cantor, the Rev. Julius Braunfeld, the
magnificent baritone whose artistic temperament and
splendid musical ability have contributed to the crea-
tion of a high standard in synagogal music.

This grand cantor was born in Sajo-Szeutpeter,
Hungary, on July 17, 1863, He is the lineal descen-
dant of a most prominent European family, who for
many generations have been numbered among the
foremost of musician-*, composers and Cantors.

Besides a thorough gymnasium and college educa-
tion, Cantor Braunfeld enjoyed the facilities of a
thorough musical and vocal training under instruc-
tion of the most noted professors of Austria.

Following the time honored European custom of
the young men who fit themselves for the hon-
ored calling of Cantor,
Mr. Braunfeld began his
career, after being thor-
oughly versed in music as
a singer in Temple choirs.
His ability and mastery
of the Art soon gained
him deserved promotion
first as director and later
as Assistant Cantor.

His splendid voice and
musical ability attracted
public attention and he
was persuaded to forego
his intention to devote
his efforts to the profes-
sion of Cantor and accept
a position as "First Bary-
tone in Grand Opera."
However his success on
the Lyric stage, his crea-
tion of roles, the compli-
ments of royalty and pop-
ular applause all failed to
woo him from his first
love; and, though both
fortune and fame smiled
upon him, he turned from
what promised to be Oper-
atic career to resume his
duty to himself and to Ju-
daism once more as Cantor.
So after serving prominent European congregations
as Cantor for some time he concluded to seek new op-
portunities in the United States. From his arrival
on American soil he found his metier and rising day
by day in reputation has achieved a place among the
first and foremost of the noted Cantors of this country.
He came to New Orleans ten years ago, personally
an utter stranger, though preceded of course by his
name and fame as a scholar and Cantor. His initial
hearing in Temple Sinai won all hearts. How he
lifts the soul indeed to the Throne of Grace with his
spirit-stirring vocalization!

His home life is the ideal life of an artist, it is
most delightful, and in his wife he has one worthy
the term of helpmeet. For family he has a dutiful son
and bright daughter. A charming home, particu-
larly to all imbued with a love of the Art of which
he is master.

105 —

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106

MR. LEOPOLD LEVY.

Application, energ-y and tact have proven to be the
road to success as far as Mr. Leopold Levy of New
Orleans is concerned. For these attributes must
have assuredly been the incentives in every
effort of his commercial and social career, g-ainingf
for him, after years of arduous labor in the con-
duct of business a name which is the equivalent of
genuine probit)'.

The subject of this sketch was born in Saar Louis, a
beautiful little city in the heart of Alsace-Lorraine,
on February 26, 1849. After receiving- a scholarly
education, though barely in his teens, he sought em-
ployment in his birth place and began his business
career. A few years afterwards he came to New Or-
leans and though yet a youth,
soon attracted the attention
of representative business men
by his invariable courtesy and
application to his work. For
the first few years of his resi-
dence in the Crescent City he
found employment in the most
noted commercial houses of the
city. By and by having saved up
the capital, Mr. Levy established
himself in an unpretentious bus-
iness on his own account which,
gradually, by dint of strict per-
sonal attention has assumed the
proportions and the reputation of
being the most important, in the
line, in the Southern States. His
successful venture, the creation
of his own efforts, by years
of arduous application to en-
sure its success, has not chang-
ed in the least a disposition
and manner distinctively genial
and sunny; for, while a cas-
ual acquaintance or indifferent
spectator may regard Mr. Levy
as a strict disciplinarian or en-
grossed at all times with business, those who know
him are well aware that like the character of the
poet — kindliness and good humor are his in large
degree.

His magnificent business interests and his efforts
to attain prestige in the special line he has devoted
himself to, his love of Art accentuating this lauda-
ble project, has in no wise interfered with his per-
sonal service for the poor and distressed. Masonry
finds in him a devoted craftsman, for he wooed its
captivating mysteries in the ardour of young manhood
and in its theoretical application to the real and
tangible in Life he finds much delight. He is like-
wise an ardent member of various modern fraternities,
among these the Order B'nai B'rith, thereby realiz-

LEOPOLD LEVY

ing the advantages of fraternities when directed to
the amelioration of distress and care for the widow-
ed and orphaned. While not, to use the hackneyed
expression a "clubman," Mr. Levy is nevertheless an
influential member of the Young Men's Hebrew As-
sociation and the Harmony Club. Both of these well-
known clubs, have shown their appreciation of his
abilities by bestowing honors, upon him. He has
been president of the Young Men's Hebrew Associa-
tion, which during his regime, profitted much by
his executive ability.

In the Congregation Gates of Prayer— the Jackson
Avenue Synagogue— has he centred an affection
too profound to be gauged by words. Within its
sacred precincts loved parents — long since numbered
with the sainted dead— worshipp-
ed according to the tenets in
which they had been reared.
Within its precincts he had as-
sumed his right to a place in
the council of professors of Ju-
daism. So, in after years he
has served the Congregation in
many capacities of honor, hav-
ing been repeatedly chosen as its
president. Under his guidance
the Jackson Avenue Synagogue
has become an honored and most
useful factor in communal work.
He has been identified with the
Jewish Orphans' Home and the
Touro Infirmary for years, al-
ways yielding ungrudgingly of
his time and means to aid these
glorious benefactions.

In 1881 he wedded Miss Ophelia
Bruenn, a talented and most
estimable lady, and native of
New Orleans. So, to-day, in the
vigor of manhood, enjoying the
fruits of his own handiwork, he
is surrounded by a loving family
and all the concommitants of an ideal home. Mr.
Levy is justly entitled to all the esteem extended
him for he has demonstrated what can be accom-
plished by capacity, rectitude and untiring appli-
cation.

And it is not alone among the people of his faith
that Mr. Levy's qualities of heart and mind are ap-
preciated; Christian and Jew alike esteem his inva-
riable courtesy and upright character. He is proud
of the city in which, despite many obstacles, he has
made his way, and is very public spirited; a liberal
contributor in fact to funds for all public purposes.
And while eschewing politics he is still deeply in-
terested in the growth and march of New Orleans the
city of his home and hope.

107 —

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108 —

MR. CHARLES ROSEN.

This gentleman is one of the most conspicuous of
the 3-ounger members of the New Orleans bar. He
has already built up a lucrative practice. He was
formerly a member of the firm of Florance & Rosen
and his services as a public speaker are in general
demand. His merit and ability certainly commend
him for mention among the representative men of the
Jewish race in New Orleans.

Mr. Rosen is a native of the State. He was born in
Bayou Sara in 1872, which makes him 32 this year.
He acquired the educational rudiments in the place of
birth and was then sent to an academy at Port Gib-
son, Miss., nearby. That was in '86-87. He thus
secured one of four scholarships for Tulane. The
next year, '88, he led his
class and won the class
scholarship the next year.
On graduation four years
later with the B. A. de-
gree, he was one of the
four commended by the
authorities for "special
distinction" and was one
of the commencement ora-
tors as well.

During his college
course Mr. Rosen was an
acknowledged leader
among the debaters of
the college literarj' soci-
ety, the Glendy Burke,
and was editor and man-
ager of the College Mag-
azine, the Tulane "Colle-
gian." He won the Glendy
Burke Societ}' medal with
his essay on the "Dram-
atic Unities," and the
Judah Touro historical
medal with two theses,

viz: "The Life and Character of Philip of Macedon"
and the "Life and Times of Mithridates. His essay
"The Rise, Influence and Decline of Chivalry" won
the Glendy Burke English Essay Medal of '91 and
was the onh' one the Faculty considered worthy this
established reward in six years.

Mr. Rosen began the study of law upon gradu tion
in 1892 meantime instructing private classes and as-
sisting in the Tulane Summer School. He was vale-
dictorian of his law class.

As a lecturer he is highly popular. His talents are
eminently oratorical and literary. His address to
the B'nai B'rith of Montgomery, Ala., on the subject
"The Position of the American Jewish Youth to-
day" has been repeated before other bodies by request

several times. He is regarded by many one of the
coming men of the profession he has taken up, the
exceptional brilliancy of his attainments and career
hitherto auguring for him an uncommon measure of
reputation.

CtlARLBS ROSEN

DR. GEORGE KREEGER.

Of the younger medical men of New Orleans, Dr.
George Kreeger has been one of the most successful,
very likel}' because he was one of the best prepared
when he started to practice He had received an ex-
cellent yenernl education and was a graduate of Tu-
lane University when he took the special course of
that institution preparatory to the study of medicine.

After serving a year as
resident student in Touro
Infirmary, a position only
to be won through a com-
petitive examination he
graduated in medicine
with honors in 1892, but
tho' fully qua'ified then
for practice he concluded
to pursue his studies fur-
ther and thus thoroughly
ground himself. Accord-
ingly he went abroad and
spent nearly two years in
the hospitals and noted
medical institutions of
Paris, Vienna and London
so that on his return to
this his native city, ten
years or so ago, patron-
age and reputation rapid-
ly came to him. His skill
particularly in his spec-
ialty diseases of the skin
is known, and his success
as we have intimated is
marked.

Dr. Kreeger has been a
member of the Young
Men's Hebrew Associa-
tion for many years. He has also been a director of
it. rie is a contributor to the Jewish charities and an
observer of Jewish tenets. He married in 1896, Miss
Delia Straus of Columbus, Ga.

MR. JOS. L. CAIN.
Mr. Cain is the son of L B. Cain, one of the organ-
izers and first president of Touro Infirmary. He is a
merchant of prominence in the wholesale grocery line,
a partner in the house of Lazare Levy & Co. He is a
native of the city, brought up and educated here, and
a consistent and conscientious supporter of Jewish
doctrine. In many of the good works of his people
he is an active participant, Touro Infirmary and the
Orphans Home especially. Particularly is he inter-
ested in the Y. M. H. A., of which institution he has
been a director.

109

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— 110

DR. A. L. METZ.

It is something- surel3\ to have reached a well-
merited distinction in earlj- manhood; to be known
far and wide as a chemist of the first order, and con-
sulted as to important cases from all parts of the
country. To have attained prominence as a patho-
logist and success as a specialist in medical practice.

This is the record of our subject; yet not all in-
deed, with which he is to be credited. For he has
risen to this rank and reputation alone and unaided.
"To Dr. Metz," says a sketch of him, from which we
may quote, "is truly a self-made man. His early life
was one of hardship. It was in fact a struggle for
subsistence. No one knows what sacrifices he was
obliged to make. Happily for him he was endowed,
not only with a vigorous intellect but with that pluck
which will not down. In-
domitable is the word
best applicable to his
character. This is high
praise but well deserved.

Dr. Metz is just turn-
ing 40. He is a graduate
of the New York College
of Pharmacy and has the
degrees of both the phar-
maceutical and medical
departments of Tulane.
He has been chemist for
the city of New Orleans,
and for the State Board
of Health of Louisiana.
He had achieved reputa-
tion as a chemist before
he was 30. His services
were in demand both pri-
vately and publicly. He
was called into the inves-
tigation of important
criminal cases, of poison-
ing cases, often, for ex-
ample. In his specialty, stomach trouble, he is a
leading medico of the cit}-. His success in his chosen
field was crowned when he was chosen Professor of
practical chemistry in Tulane University, one of the
most important institutions of learning in the South.
And with such an indefatigable worker, still in the
noontide of his powers, it is unlikely that he has yet
reached the summit of his career.

Dr. Metz has achieved a considerable measure of
material as well as professional prosperit}'. He is
happily married, his wife being Miss Cicely Marx of
a well-known New Orleans family. His home is in
Rosa Park in the fashionable up-town residence quar-
ter of the city.

MR. LAZARE LEVY.
Mr. Levy is of Lazare Levy & Co., wholesale
grocers of 410 Tchoupitoulas street, a line in which he
has been engaged here since 1888. He is the Treasurer
of the Harmony Club of New Orleans, the "swell"
club of the Jewish residents. He is also well-known
in the New Orleans Board of Trade; is a director of
it in fact. He is a contributing member of Touro
Infirmary and the Jewish Orphans' Home. He also
belongs to the I. O. B. B , and the local young Men's
Hebrew Association.

Mr. Levy is a man of middle age, born in Stras-
bourg, (Alsace), in the old French days, but came to
this country still a youth. Here his first commercial
experience was as clerk in a general store in Opelou-
sas, St. Landry Parish, La. From the country he

graduated, like so many
of our successful men of
affairs, into the whole-
sale business of the city.
Needless to say he has
been highly successful.

Mr. Levy's personal
popularity is indicated in
the official positions he
holds, and so also is il-
71 lustrated in great meas-

ure the estimation in
which his business abil-
ities are held. Christian
and Jew alike we see re-
spect him, which is some-
thing certainly to be
proud of. Mr. Levy is
married, has a family and
lives and dispenses hos-
pitality to his friends in
one of the fine homes of
the old Garden district
of the city.

DM. A. L. HETZ

JOSEPH W. MOSES.

Mr. Moses is one of
the younger element of
business men of the Cres-
cent City. He is still on
the sunny side of forty, and generally known as a
member of the wholesale and importing crockery
firm, Abe Mayer & Co., 530 Common street a leader
in its line.

He is a New Orleans man by birth, raising and
schooling. He began first as clerk with Katz & Bar-
nett in the notions business and remained with that
house about two years. Since then (about fifteen
years) he has been in crockery.

Mr. Moses devotes himself largely to business. So-
cial duties occupy but little of his leisure. He is
however a member of the Masonic Order, and of the
Harmony Club, the club of the elite of the Jewish
residents, maintaining what is unquestionably the
most sumptuous and richly appointed club-house of
the city. He is also a contributor to the Jewish
charities and a staunch supporter, we need scarcely
add, of the institutions and faith of his fathers.

— Ill

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-112—

MR. HARTWIG MOSS.

Among the more substantial and successful busi-
ness men of the Jewish faith in New Orleans, we count
as distinctly representative the subject of this sketch.
Mr. Moss is a leading- insurance man He is of Jan-
vier & Moss, Ltd., prominent as General Agents for
leading companies.

Mr. Moss was born a little more than half a century
ago in the little German village of Randegger. At
eighteen, in 1869, having finished his education he
embarked for New York. Here he started to earn a
livelihood and remained about a year. Then he came
South.

The _year 1870 found him in North Louisiana, en-
gaged in planting. There he remained for some
time, and until he accepted the place of confidential
man for the cotton house of V. & A. Meyer & Co.,
with whom he remained until the firm went out of
existence. Then he went into the insurance office of
Ferd. Marks, remaining five years and thorough]}-
mastered the business. Then he started on his own
account in the partnership with Mr. Janvier.

Fortune has smiled on Mr. Moss in business; like-
wise in his domestic affairs. He has been happily
married for man}' years. His wife was Miss Rosa
Rose of Memphis. They have an interesting family.
Mr. Moss is a subscriber to all the Jewish charities.
He takes an especially active interest in the Young
Men's Hebrew Association of which he is a member.

HARTWIQ MOSS.

CHARLES SIMON.

MR. CHARLES SIMON.

Words of encomium surely are those in which a
certain Jewish journal speaks of our present subject.
Mr. Charles Simon, formerly a merchant of the city
of New Orleans, now retired. "A life" it says of
him, "well spent; a life of honorable industry, of vir-
tue and benevolence — such a life as should be a source
of sincere satisfaction to any one."

Mr. Simon has been a resident and business man of
New Orleans the greater part of his life. He was
engaged for many years in the wholesale millinery
business with his brother, Mr. Joseph Simon and
brother-in-law Mr. Jos. Kohn, as Simon & Kohn,
later Kohn, Weil & Co. He retired in 1898 at the
age of seventy, feeling that he had earned a respite;
from business cares.

Mr. Simon was at one time president of Touro In-
firmary. His relations with that institution have
always been intimate, so that he feels a personal
pride and satisfaction in the work it takes among
hospitals of the country He has also been identified
in official capacities with the management of the
Jewish Widows' and Orphans' Home, and much of its
development may be credited to his labors in its be-
half. The children have always found in him a true
friend.

Mr. Simon believes in the fraternal idea, and is a
member of the I. O. B. B. From social affairs of a
public nature Mr. Simon has withdrawn; confining
himself to the home circle. Herein he is happily
situated; fortunate in the affection and devotion of a
family of several daughters and sons.

— 113

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Fixtures or any Cabinet Work. I will call on you
personally and give you prices that will convince you
that I MEAN WHAT I SAY.

H. W, WEGENER.

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MR. MANFKED MEYER.

To the business world of New Orleans and tribu-
taries, this g-entleman is well and widely known, as a
member of the firm of Landauer & Meyer, wholesale
hats, caps, trunks, rubber g'oods, etc., 422 and 424
Canal street, a house established twenty years ag-o,
and also, as the Secretary and Treas. jr of the J.
Rosenberg- Co., Ltd., fancy g-oods, notions and novel-
ties, etc., at 827 Canal street.

His name and works are likewise familiar to his
co-relig-ionists of the city and surroundings, among
whom he is conspicuous as a member of Temple Sinai,
as member and ex-president of the Young Men's He-
brew Association; member of the Order of B'nai B'rith,
and a generous supporter of Touro Infirmary and the
Jewish Orphans fiome.

This year, 1904, Mr. Meyer reaches so to speak his
52nd mile stone. He was born in Saar Union, France,
on February 17, 1852, and obtained his earlier educa-
tion there and in Nancy, France. He came to this
country as a youth and settled first at Nat-
chez, Miss., where he served as clerk in a general
merchandising business for eight years. Then he
started on his own account in Lake Providence, La.,
there remaining until his venture in the metropolitan
field, with Landauer in 1884.

Mr. Meyer is naturally a man of a most affable and
kindly disposition and therefore popular a^ well as
respected. He is blessed with a family, has a fine
home on Prytania street, one of the fashionable resi-
dence thoroughfares of the Creole city, and is agree-
ably situated in all the relations of life.

I. W. ASMNER.

MR. I. W. ASHNER.

MA.NHRLD MEYER.

What's in a name, says the old saw. Well in some
not much to be sure. But in this of Ashner, — espec-
ially in Jewish circles in New Orleans, — there is much
to commend it. To the business community also it
is known, particularly the produce line.

Mr. Ashner is of Seesel, Ashner & Sugarman, a
leading house of Poydras streets the great street of
the produce trade in our Southern metropolis It
originated in Memphis as Seesel & Ashner and was
established here in 1895, since which time it has been
a leader of its line.

Mr Ashner was born in Peine a place near Han-
over, Germany, and there also was educated. He
came to America in lS6f> and first settled in Mem-
phis. Thence he proceeded to Oxford. Miss., and in
1869 started on his own account. He was in business
at Oxford for eighteen ye:irs and then moved to Mem-
phis again. About tliat time the firm of Seesel &
Ashner was founded.

In Memphis Mr. Ashner was president of the Mem-
phis Club, a social organization like the Harmony
here. He was also a member of the I O. B B. He
joined the Young Men's Hebrew Association not long
after he came here, and in 1900 was chosen its pres-
ident, a position in which he served with ability
and credit.

Mr. Ashner observes faithfully the tenets of his
faith. He gives freely to Jewish charities. His home
life is an ideal one. His name in business and among
his co-religionists carries weight.

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MR. SAM BLUM.

A man's intimates naturally know him best — his
streng-th and his weaknesses, his good points and
bad. Our subject is well known; one of the best
known in fact of the New Orleans Jewish confrater-
nity. Offices and responsibilities have been pressed
upon him; but if we look for a te-t of the estimation
in which he is held, we shall find i', not in the fact
of his service, but in the length of it. His is a char-
acter evidently, which, to use an old, but expressive
phrase, "wears well."

Mr Blum was born in Donaldsonville, La., in 1860.
He was brought up in New Orleans, and there, in the
public schools of the Crescent City, acquired the
foundation at least, of those superior attainments
which have served him so well in his public career
His first emplovment was in the old "Blue Store" of
Schwartz & Kaufman in the dry goods trade, near
the French Market. From that jrosition he graduated
to "the road ' and passed several 3-ears traversing the
country generally, as a commercial traveler. In 1890
at tiie ag-e of 30, he established himself in business.
He has been successful and his establishment, the
wholesale gfrocery and commission house of S Blum,
is a leader in the Poydras street district of the city.
Among business men he is widely known as one time
president of the Produce Exchange of the cit}-, as a
member of the Wholesale Grocers' Association and
the Progressive Union, and as a member of the Board
of Trade; also as formerly the President of Post B.,
T. P. A. of Louisiana.

So much for his business experience and associa-
tions; now something- of him personally. Among
those of his race and faith his standing-, as we have
intimated, is deservedly high. He professes the
principles and precepts of Judaism and endeavors to
act up to them. He is a charitable man, giving
freely, not only money, but time; in other words a
worker in the cause. He was the first secretary of
the Young- Men's Hebrew Association, and was its
president lor six years. Larg-ely through his efforts
the Athenaeum, that splendid home it occupies, was

SAM BLUM.

Q. ALEFRINO.

acquired; and his administration is credited with
much of the institution's financial success. His asso-
ciates at least, accord him this praise. He was pre-
sented by them, upon his retirement, with a loving-
cup; this in token of their esteem, and "in apprecia-
tion," so the inscription upon it says, "of his assiduous
and successful efforts in behalf of the Y. M. H. A."
Mr. Blum is president now of Touro Infirmary.
For sixteen years has he served that institution as
director and committeeman, performing yeoman's
service, gradually rising from one position to an-
other to the headship; helping to make it what it is
— a model institution, one that not Jews alone, but
the gentile population of New Orleans also, regard
with pride.

He has long been a member also of the organiza-
tion of the Jewish Widows and Orphans' Home, and
as a loyal son of Israel, taken an active interest in
congregational affairs. He is a member of Touro
Synagogue and for several years has been one of its
trustees. Jewish fraternal affairs have likewise
interested him. He has been president of B'nai
Israel Lodge I. O. B. B., and Chairman of the Joint
Committee of that Order.

He belongs also to the American Legion and
Knights of Honor. He is an affable man and tolerant,
has a good word in fact, for and of everyone He is
a ready and agreeable speaker, and well qualified to
preside.

MR. GERSON ALETRINO.

The portrait at the top of this pag-e is that Mr.
Gerson Aletrino, Secretary of Touro Synagogue, a
young man, who, like his father before him, takes a
lively interest in congreg-ational affairs. He is a son
of the late M. Aletrino, foi many years assistant and
coadjutor to Dr I. L. Leucht, and in that capacity
often officiating in the pulpit.

Mr. Aletrino was born in New Orleans in 1868, and
was educated at the Hebrew Educational Institute of

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wenty-five years or more ag-o, and in the public
schools of the cit3\ His business career beg-an at an
early ag-e. For fifteen years or more he has been
with the famous house of Julius Weis & Co , cotton
factors and commission merchants in an import:int
position. He is also in business on his own account.
Mr. Aletrino is married. He is a member of the
Touro Infirmary and of the I. O. B. B. He is a Past
President of Jas. K. Gutheim Lodg'e No. 439, and has
also been its deleg'ate to the Grand Lodg-e. He is a
member also of the Southern Yacht Club and has
been connected with the Washington Artillery for a
number of years. He is also a member of the Knights
of Pythias Virginius Lodge No. 48.

MR. ABE MAYER.

From the viewpoint of
most capable services ren-
dered the commercial and
social interests of New
Orleans Mr. Abe Mayer
eminently deserves the
position he has attained
by force of his personality
and individuality. He
was born in Kallstadt,
Germany, in 1833. There
in his childhood he re-
ceived a rudimentary edu-
cation. He severed man}-
tender assoiiations on
coming direct to the State
at the age of fourteen.
Here, in Clinton, La., he
beg"an his career, a career
need we add, which has
led to affluence.

The youth merged into
the ambitious young- man
and then the business

man of character and enterprise, enjoj'ingf the un-
limited confidence of the people of that section. A
strenuous laborer in the upbuilding; of the many in-
terests of Clinton and vicinity he helped to bring the
pretty "Inland City" conspicuously before the com-
mercial world.

Later, thoroughly experienced by his efforts in
Clinton, Mr. Mayer attracted by its advantages as a
commercial center, came to New Orleans. It is nearly
three decadi^s of years since the firm of "Mayer &
Stratton" was launched. It proved a highly success-
ful venture. During- this time Mr. Mayer gfave at-
tention even to the most minute details of an ever
increasing and prosperous business, a trade exclu-

sively in crockery, especially imported articles in
that line.

When this old and honored firm was dissolved Mr.
Mayer continued the business, solely controlling its
interests. To him for nearly thirty years its pros-
perity has been a matter of pride and it as well an en-
terprise most creditable to the Crescent City.

As a man enamored with New Orleans, one who
has striven to place it among the galaxy of foremost
cities in the United States, Mr. Mayer has always
advocated and been aligned with every measures for
its improvement.

While practical and eminently worthy of the dis-
tinction he enjoys as a business man, Mr. Mayer is

devoted to such fraternal
and social amenities as
are the "salt of life." He
has been an ardent mem-
ber of the B'nai B'rith
and naturally is devoted
to its work, especially in
charitable fields. As a
member of the Associa-
tion for the Relief of
Jewish Widows and Or-
phans and the Touro
Infirmary and Hebrew
Benevolent Association
he has rendered marked
service and has served
these splendid bodies on
their directorates and as
committeeman also.

This work in fact, has
been at once a hobby and
duty,— almost a passion
indeed- and to it he has
devoted both his money
and time.
The Harmony Club has profited too by his zeal
and executive capacity. Besides being one of its
most active members he has served it for several
successive years as President and during his official
term the far famed club attained much of its pres-
tige.

Genial and kindly, according all men a courteous
hearing, whether "princes or paupers," Mr. Mayer
may be cited as one who is "everybody's friend," a
man well meriting indeed, the consideration and re-
gard bestowed upon him and, in private life, his in-
teresting family, who, likewise enjoy a prominent
position in Jewish social circles.

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120

MK. GUS MAYER.

In Cius Mayer we have one of the most enterprising
and successful of the youn_i>-er element of business
men of New Orleans. He was born in 187() and is
therefore under thirty, but he has established and is
conducting- one of the most prosperous concerns of
Canal street, the principal business thoroughfare of
the city. This is the "Specialty Store" of the Gus
Mayer Co., Ltd., so culled by him; devoted to retail
furnishings for ladies and children, a hovise occupy-
ing the building at No. 823 Canal street and the
only one of the kind in this city.

Mr. Maj-er is a native of New Orleans and is a
graduate of Soule Commercial Institute. He began
in business first as book-keeper for the J. Rosenberg
Co., a prominent Canal street house, but, as we have
seen soon branched out for himself on his own ac-
count in another line of business. He is married
and lives in the favorite "up-town" residential quar-
ter of New Orleans. He has membership in the Y.
M. H. A., Touro Infirmarj'. the Jewish Home, Tem-
ple Sinai, the Harmony Club and the Young Men's
Gymnastic Club of the city.

We present herewith a half-tone portrait of this
energetic and enterprising character; a young man
already accounted one of the leading merchants of
Canal street.

UU5> MAYER.

E. OFFNER,

MR. E. OFFNER.

The house of E. Offner is a leading one in the
crockery and glassware trade of New Orleans, and
one of the oldest. It was established by its present
head more than forty years ago.

Though he began on a small scale Mr. Offner has
long been prominent as a business man of the city.
He makes a handsome display in his Canal street es-
tablishment, conducts his business in modern fash-
ion and lives in one of the palatial homes of luxu-
rious St. Charles avenue. He is in short one of the
progressive and successful merchants of the city.

This he is to the public generally. Among the
people of his faith he is known for other character-
istics. He is, to them, a reading man and thinker, a
giver to the charities of the race, a participant in the
management of their institutions. He has been a
member of the Y. M. 11. A., for example, since its
foundation. He belongs to the Harmony Club and
to the I. O. B. B. He has been on the building com-
mittee of Touro Infirmary, and on the Board of the
Jewish Widows' and Orphans' Home. He is also one
of the congregation of the Temple.

He is a member, aside from these Jewish institutions,
of the American Legion of Honor and the Masons.

Surelyj^we may call him one of the representative
men of the Jewish race in New Orleans.

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MK. MAX DINKELSPIEL.

New Orleans the cosmopolitan, — socially one of the
most liberal and unprejudiced communities in the
world — affords at least a fair field, if it gf.ves no
special favor, to that type of the aspiring' and capa-
ble Jew who would carve out fortune professionally,
rather than to follow the more prosaic walk, the
beaten track, so to speak, of commerce, wherein tlie
race proverbially excels.

Who has not heard of them, the Hvamscs and
Jonases of this professional categfory. Chief Justices
and Senators, not to speak of Benjamin, Secretary of
State for the Confederacy, and afterward, in his exile
foremost of London advocates. Or of Dr Dyer, friend
of the leper, and expert in that frightful disease, or
Dr. Bensaden head of Touro Infirmary, Gottschalk
world renowned as a pianist and composer, Menken
the stage celebrit}'. Jews all of them of New Or-
leans. And how many more?

Of the ancient faith not a few at all events shine to
day at the Louisiana bar, among" them none of more
substantial character or solid reputation than the sub-
ject of this sketch. Mr Max Uinkelspiel of Dinkel-
spiel & Hart, 134 Carondelet street, core of the finan-
cial and commercial quarter of the Crescent City from,
which district much of this firms patronage is derived.

Mr. Dinkelspiel was educated and was admitted to
practice here For many years in his earlier career
he was associated with the well-known law firm of
Braughn, Buck, Dinkelspiel & Hart, a firm to which
many important interests corporate and private were
entrusted, and of which two members at least, have
g-raced the Bench.

He has ever had an open hand and warm heart for
the local charities and has been an active spirit in a
number of the local fraternal bodies. He is a member
of the Y. M. H. A. and of the Harmony Club; a mem-
ber and high official of the L O. B. B.; a member and
liberal contributor to Touro Infirmary and the Jewish
Orphans' Home of New Orleans, and is prominent in
the Congregation Temple Sinai.

ALFRED MILLER.

MK. alfrp:d hiller.

A saying there is which has the force and currency
almost of proverb, remarking^ how very largely the
class of noted city men has always been recruited from
the country. On second thought this seems a fact
easy to account for: The country breeds health and
strength and sterling character, and these develop en-
ergy and natural ability when city-ward transplanted.

New Orleans at all event as the Southern metropo-
lis, draws to it like a loadstone the best brain and
talent of its tributary country; such men for example,
as our subject, Mr. Alfred Hiller, a man of promi-
nence as merchant and bank director, and socially
also from his connection with many fraternal and
charitable bodies, more particularly as president for two
terms, of that famous organization, renowned far and
wide for its luxury and hospitality, the Harmony Club.

Mr. Hiller hails originally from Summit in the cot-
ton region of Mississippi. He was born there some
forty years ago, and was raised and went to school in
the same district of country. He began his business
career as a boy of fifteen in the Bank of Summit, of
which institution he was president at the early age of
twenty-live. There also he was in the cotton busi-
ness in company with his father, as H. Hiller & Co.

In 1893, the Hillers, father and son, came here, seek-
ing a larger field for their capital and activities than
Summit afforded. That year they eng-aged in busi-
ness as the Ong--Hiller Co., successors to Ong-, a house
then already established many j^ears, as a dealer in
building materials, naval stores, oils, sugar house
and mill supplies, etc. This was predecessor of the
house of Alfred Hiller & Co., Ltd., in the same line,
of which Mr. Hiller is president. It is perhaps the
largest importer of cement and dealer in materials of
that character in this market.

Mr. Hiller is a Mason of superior standing-, a Knight
of Pythias, a member of the I. O. B. B , and has been
a director of both the Jewish Home and Touro.

HAX DINKELSPIEL.

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124

MR. PAUL L. GOUCHAUX.

It is forty odd years since the subject of this biog-
raphy, Mr. Paul L. Godchaux was born. He is the
eldest son of the late Leon Godchaux, and the inher-
itor of a name famous in New Orleans, and throug-h-
out Louisiana, for many a year.

A name, this of Godchaux, "to conjure with," as
the old saying- has it, in business circles, synonym of
larg-e business capacity-, uncommon success and great
wealth. It has its representatives in the sugar in-
dustry, long a leading support of the State, in the
clothing trade, in the insurance business and in law,
all of the one family' and all on a scale of distinction
and particular importance.

The Godchaux's of Louisiana, as the name indicates,
are of French extraction. From France came Leon
Godchaux, father of the family some sixty years ago.
In his time, before and after the civil war, he was one
of the great merchant princes of the city, a very large
land owner and not only that, he was the greatest in-
dividual sugar planter of the State. Five great baro-
nial plantations were owned and operated by him, and
at one time, during the da}- of the bounty-, his crop
of sugar was the largest in Louisiana. He was a man
far seeing and broad guaged and died a few years
back the richest man in the State.

His extensive interests were segregated upon his
death. The management of his house here, the Leon
Godchaux Clothing Co., Ltd., Canal and Chartres
streets fell then upon the shoulders of his son Paul,
who already, for several years, had been associated in
the conduct of it and was practically its head. He is
president of the company now.

Mr. Godchaux is identified with most of the local
Jewish fraternal and charitable organizations. He
belongs to the Y. M. H. A., to Touro, and the Jewish
Widows' and Orphans' Home. He is also a member
of the Godchaux Beneficial Association, and of the
Progressive Union of New Orleans, one of the live-
liest of the city's public bodies.

QUSTAVH LfcHHANN, Sr.

MR. GUSTAVE LEHMANN, Sk.

The portrait herewith shows the head of the house
of A. Lehmann & Co., the largest wholesale dr}' goods
house of the city and the South. This house was es-
tablished long years ago. Mr. Lehmann is nephew
and son-in-law of its founder. He is a Germ-in bv
birth, born in Engenheim, but has been a resident
here for thirty years.

The house of A. Lehmann & Co., has trade in all
the Gulf States It has a big corps of drummers
on the road. Its credit is uncommonly high. Like
his uncle before him, the founder of the house, with
whom he was long associated, Mr. Lehmann is a
type of the highest class of Jewish wholesale mer-
chant He is a director of the Whitney National
Bank, one of the most substantial in the South

Socially also, and in a charitable way he is promi-
nent. He has been a director of Touro for years, and
has been also president of the Hebrew Benevolent As-
sociation. Largely through his efforts the S54,00(i
netted from the Touro Fair some years ago, was ob-
tained. He has been a true friend also to the Jewish
Orphans' Home — is a director of it in fact now.

He is a member also of the Young Men's Hebrew
Association, the I. O. B. B , and Harmon}- Club.

Of New Orleans his home city, Mr Lehmann is
justly proud. Here all his interests of friendship
family and business are centered. Here his liber-
ality and sterling qualities are appreciated.

PAUL L. GODCHAUX.

125 —

R. H. DOWNMAN,

Nos. 1003, 1004 and 1005 Hibernia Bank Building. New Orleans, La.

IVIANUFACTURER

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Lumber, Shingles, Laths, Etc.

OPERATING THE FOLLOWING MILLS

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BOWIt. LOUISIANA.

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Ceiling, Siding, Flooring, Timbers. Ties. Makes
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JEAINERETTE LOUISIANA..

Annual Capacity. Lumber IS Million ft. Shingles nO Million

PKOnUCT— Lumber, Shingles. Laths. Mouldings,
'eiling. Siding. Flooring. Timbers, Ties. Sash,
Doors, Blinds, Turned Work. Columns, Special
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PRODUCT— Lumber, Shingles, Laths, Mouldings,
Ceiling, Siding, Flooring, Timbers, Ties, Cypress
Tanks and Tubs of All Grades. .lob Work a
Specialty

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Annual Capacity, Lumber 15 Million ft. Shingles 100 Million
FKODUCT— Lumber, Shingles, Timbers and Ties

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Ceiling, Flooring. Siding, Ties, Timbers, Cypress
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126

MR. DAVID WOLBRETTE.

This g-entleman may be set down as one of the suc-
cessful business men and representative Israelites of
the Crescent City of to-day. He is president of the
Southern Paper Co., wholesale stationers and paper
dealers, secretary and treasurer of the Louisiana
Shoe Factory, and vice-president of the New Orleans
Trunk Co.

His social and religious affiliations are indicated in
the fact that he is president of the Congregation
Shaari Tetilla, Gates of Prayer, Jackson Avenue,
member of Touro Infirmary, the Knights of Honor,
American Legion and Woodman of the World.

He is also a member of the Progressive Union of
New Orleans, an organization of the business men
which has done much to further the progress of that
city.

Mr. Wolbrette was born in Alsace, in 1853, when
it was French territory. He was educated there in
the Ecole Commerciale of his native city, and was
brought up to mercantile business. He came to
America at nineteen in 1872, and for two years clerk-
ed in a store at Paincourtville, Assumption Parish,
La. He married in Plaquemine, Miss Hanna Moyse,
and remained there fifteen years before his removal
to New Orleans, to which he was attracted as a larger
and more profitable field than the country afforded
for business. Here as we have said he has been
eminently successful.

W^. "1

SOLOnON HARX.

MR. SOLOMON MARX.

DAVID WOLBRETTE.

An admirable subject and character this, needing
no enhancement of fine or fulsome phraseology.
"Father Marx" they call him affectionately, those
who know him, and many besides not so intimately
acquainted. It is a designation speaking volumes,
earned by his labors in behalf of the poor Russian
exiles of sixteen or eighteen years ago, and by other
beneficences, "shining" as Shakespeare has it, "like a
good deed in a naughty world." His is a long and
worthy career now ripening into the Psalmists term
of three score and ten. A patriarch in Israel is he,
full of years and honors, and happily, still in full pos-
session of his mental vigor and faculties.

He has been a resident of New Orleans nearly, if
not quite forty years and all that time identified with
the charities and public movements of his people.
The story of the Jewish charities of that time indeed,
could scarcely be written without prominent men-
tion of his name.

"During the terrible suffering and desolation inci-
dent to the several epidemics of yellow fever here in
that period," (we quote from a sketch of him) and
notably those of 18h7 and 1878, Mr. Marx was con-
spicuous, laboring continuously, fearlessly and con-
scientiously in the cause of Relief. His splendid ser-
vices in those appalling days were recognized and
appreciated, the I. O. B. B. Grand Lodge of the time
taking special cognizance thereof." In earlier days
Touro found him a staunch supporter as he still is,
and so also was it with the Jewish Orphans Home.
In fraternal affairs he has held high rank. He has
been officer of the local, the District Grand Lodge
and Constitutional Grand Lodge of the I. O. B. B.,
and has been prominent also as a Mason.

Mr. Marx was in business here for many years, but
is now retired, and in the enjoyment of the fruits of a
well spent life. He has been 'very fortunate in his
family relations, having still surviving a wife in
every way worthy, and five sons and a daughter.

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128-

MR. C. LAZARD.

The name of Lazard has been a familiar one in
New Orleans for forty 3-ears or more, as that of a
house occupying a leading place in the clothing
trade wholesale and retail. Its founder and head
Mr. Calme Lazard is naturally one of the promi-
nent Jewish merchants of the city. His sons are
associated with him in the retail house of C. La-
zard Co., Ltd., a highlj- -popular establishment;
also in the jobbing business of the New York and
New Orleans Clothing Co., in which thev are also
principals.

Mr. Lazard, Sr., began business, like most of
our elders in the faith, years ago in a small way-
He was thrifty, economical, business-like, enter-
prising, and luck as it alwaysdoes, for such a char-
acter, favored him. The house became a land-
mark of Canal street. It took rank with the best
at home and abroad. From it he acquired a for-
tune, so that he is enabled to live in a style becom-
ing- a merchant prince of the city in a palatial
mansion of St. Charles avenue, the fashionable
residence thoroughfare of the city.

Among the Jewish element of the city Mr. La-
zard is appreciated for his character and charity.
Touro Infirmary and the Orphans' Home find a
staunch friend in him. His life has been that of
a man consistent with the tenets taught him. To
social concerns he has given but little attention,
preferring rather the domestic circle. His home
life has indeed alwa^'s been a happy one.

C. LAZARD.

CMAS. A. KAUFHAN.

MR. CHAS. A. KAUFMAN.

It needs no great knowledge of ])hysiognomy or
store of the learning of Lavater, to translate the
characteristics of the type of man shown in the por-
trait herewith presented. It is clear enough with-
out. It is a frank face, open and candid; but a
strong face, the face of a man of positive person-
ality, a forceful dominating man, a governor and
director; the face and features of a man full of
life, vigor and energy.

•'Some men," says the proverb, "are born great;
some achieve greatness and some have greatness
thrust upon them." This man we need hardly be
told has carved out fortune for himself.

It is the presentment, this picture, of a leading
New Orleans merchant; of Chas. A. Kaufman head
of the Chas. A. Kaufman Co., Ltd , proprietors of
the "Big Store" as it iscalled, Dryades and Euterpe
streets This business was started under another
name over twenty years ago, and is one of the most
striking examples of the successful department
store in the land. It occupies a larger area than
any retail store in New Orleans.

Mr. Kaufman is a merchant of more than thirty
years standing- here. He is active outside his bus-
iness in a number of social, fraternal and chari-
table affairs He is a life member of the Y. M. H.
A., and a prominent member of the great Jewish
social organization of the city, the Harmony Club.
He is a member also of the IVIasonic Order and of
the I O B. B. His contributions to Touro, and
the Jewish Widows' and Orphans' Home show
how he regards the responsibilities of wealth.

Mr. Kaufman lives in styles befitting his status
on St. Charles Avenue. In the home circle he has
fortunately all that the heart could wish for.

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DR. WM. KOHLMANX.

The portrait herewith is that of h ])rl)le^sional man
of hig^h standing in the Crescent City, Dr. Wm Kohl-
mann, successor to the famous Dr. Loeber in the
medical administration of the famous Touro Infirm-
ary, which, although of .lewish establishment and
government is open to all. .ind in that sense one the
public institutions of the city, and as such regarded
with a just measure of pride by all the citizens, irre-
spective of creed or nationality.

Dr. Kohlmann came here in 1891 He has been con-
nected with Touro since 1S93. He was assistant house
surgeon for eight years and succeeded Dr. I^oeber as
Surgeon-in-Chief in I'Mll.

Dr. Kohlmann was born in Kirchheini, (Germany,
in 1863. He attended the pul)lic schools in his birth-
place and passed from there to the academies of
Gruenstadt and Kaiserlaulern. He took up the study^
of medicine at Wuerzburg when nineteen years old
and graduated from the historic University of Heidel-
berg Then for a while he engaged in practice of
his profession and later served as surgeon in the
(jerman army.

Dr. Kohlmann is a hard worker; in the vernacular
"a glutton for work." He spent two whole years
mastering the English tongue before he began active
practice here Besides being house surgeon at Touro
with general supervision he assumes charge of the
gynaecological department of the free clinic, and he
has in addition a large private practice. He is a stu-
dent also, and has a grand collection of liooks.

He is a member of the liarmonv Club, the ()r])hans
Home, the Y. M. H. A., and the B'nai BVith. He
belongs also to German! ■ Lodge of Masons, and very
naturally, from his standing in the ])r(ifi ssion is one
of the most prominent members of the Orleans Parish
Medical Society. A man in short of superior ability,
exemplar of the capacity ancl intellectual calibre of
the race.

BERNARD TITCHE.

MR. BERNARD TITCHE.

Among those who follow the law as a profession
in New Orleans the name of Bernard Titche is one
bearing an enviable reputation for ability and in-
tegrity. Mr. Titche was born in North Louisiana
and received there the best elementary education
that section affords. He entered Yale as a student,
and graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1881.
The same year he settled in New Orleans and began
to prepare for the bar. He was admitted to practice
in 1884, and in the twenty years since has risen to a
place among the leading practitioners here. He is a
man of family, rather more fond of home life than
society. He has membership in several of the city
clubs, however, the Harmony, and Chess Checkers
and Whist Club among- them. He is active also in
the deliberations of the Louisiana Historical Society,
being an interested student of the past of his native
State.

Touro Infirmary and the Orphans Home the ob-
jects they stand for are objects of consideration
with him. He is a subscribing member of both.

A man esteemed both in his private and profes-
sional character, is he; a gentleman, a superior law-
yer; a credit to the race from which he is sprung.

DR. Wn. KOMLHANN.

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— 132

MR. GUS LEHMANN, Jk.

Three g'tJiieratiotis of Lehnians liave been identified
with the great dry yoods house of A. Lehinann &
Co., New Orleans, at this time the larg-est house of
its line perhaps, in the South. The head of this
house is Gus Lehniann, Sr., already mentioned herein.
Gus Lehniann, Jr., — among- his intimates "Little
Gus" — is also a member of the firm. He is a son of
the late A. Lehman founder of the house, and a
Brother-in-law of (ius, Sr. , its present head.

As one of this firm Mr. Gus Lehmann, Jr., is we
need hardly say, a well-known merchant of New Or-
leans. He is a native of the city, forty-three ^-ears
old this year, 1904. He entered the house of A.
Lehmann & Co., when it was Lehniann, (lodchaux &
Co., as a bo}' direct from school and has risen from a
clerkship to an interest by strict application to bus-
iness. He may still be found on the floor daily,
directing- the sales and shipments, looking- after the
multifarious details of the interests, city and country,
of a house of the very first order.

Mr. Lehmann, while interested as every citizen
should be, takes no active part in politics. He is,
however, a participant in such concerns as conduce
to the commercial prosperity of his cit}-. He is, for
example, a member and director of the Progressive
Union, and is chairman of the Finance Cammittee
of the Merchants, and Manufacturers, Association.
He is a director of the Laurel Mill, Laurel, Miss.,
and is a member and one of the Board of the Har-
mony Club, and was one of the orig"inal Elks of New
Orleans. He is a member and supporter of Touro,
and his religious affiliations and standing- are indi-
cated in the fact that he is one of the Cemetery Board
of Temple Sinai. Mr. Lehmann is married and is the
father of two sons, just verging into manhood.

GUS LEnMANN, Jr.

QUSTAVE LEMLE.

MR. GUST AVE LEMLE.

This name will be recognized, by one familiar
with New Orleans, as that of one of the most nota-
ble professional men there, of the Jewish faith. Mr.
Lemle was formerly of Farrar. I^eake & Lemle, hav-
ing- a very extensive civil practice and is counsel for
the Illinois Central Railroad, the Yazoo & Missis-
sippi Valley road, the American Express Co., the
New OrleaiiS National Bank and other important
corporations, and business interests. His name
fig-ures very frequently in the published reports of
interesting- law cases.

Mr. Lemle is a native of Louisiana. He was born
at Alexandria, about forty-two years ag-o. He beg-an
life as a clerk at Natchez, Miss., where also his early
schooling- was obtained, but soon abandoned mercan-
tile pursuits for the law. He was parish attorney in
Concordia at twenty-three, and held that position for
seven years. In 1842, seeking- a wider field for his
talents and anil)ition, lie came to New Orleans. He
has met here vvitli steady and continuous success.

In Jewish affairs he takes an active personal in-
terest, which is appreciated by his brethren of the
faith. He is a. working member of the United Char-
ities. He lieloiig-s to the Young Men's Hebrew As-
sociation, the I. O. I!. B.. and the Harmonj- Club.
He is on the Board and a member of the House Com-
mittee of Touro Infirmary, and is a director of the
Jewish Orphan's Home. He is jiopular and respected
for his attainments, not only among his co-religionists
but in the outside world as well. Among secular in-
stitutions he is a member of the Chess, Checkers and
Whist Club and the Southern Yacht Club of New
Orleans.

He is president also of Barnett & Lemle, Ltd.,
wholesale grocers of New Orleans of which firm his
brother, Emanuel Lemle, is one.

133

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134

MR. EDGAR M. CAHN.

Mr. Cahn is one of those successful professional men
of New Orleans of Jewish faith and birth to whom
we have heretofore referred as relatively numerous.
He is a lawyer who has steadily- r sen in his calling
and who enjoys a large and lucrative practice He
was born in New Orleans, June 29, 1865, and comes
from old and excellent stock. He is a son of the late
Leon Cahn. He obtained an excellent education pri-
marily at the public and high schools of New Orleans
and left the latter to take a course in Hugh's High
School at Cincinnati, O , simultaneously attending
the Hebrew College of that city Subsequentlv under
Civil Service examination, Mr Calm entered the New
Orleans Postoffice as assistant superintendent of
mails. This position he filled for two years and then
resigned for the purpose of studying law Entering
the law department of Tulane University, he was
graduated from that institution with the degree of
L B , May 17, 1SS8 A partnership was at once
formed with the late Edwin Evariste Moise that con-
tinued until Februar}', 1897.

Mr Cahn is a man of many natural qualifications
for his vocation He has a fine comm;ind of lan-
guage and a keen and logical mind. He is a profes-
sor of Democratic principles and while so engrossed in
business, as to be able to spare but little attention to
public affairs, has still taken a live interest in
home politics.

Mr. Cahn is a Mason, a member of the Young Men's
Hebrew Association and the Southern Athletic Club.

EDGAR n. CAHN.

HARX ISAACS.

MR. MARX ISAACS.

We come now to an exceptionally well-known name
in New Orleans, that heading these paragraphs It
is largely so of course from the very nature of his bus-
iness are bringing him into contact with all classes
of the people, more especially the bargain-seeking
Fair, but it is a name also very favorably known to a
more personal circle, as that of a man, who, while he
has made his way himself and all that, is a warm
friend, a generous giver to deserving charity, a citizen
of public spirit, and highly esteemed by all those who
have met him.

Mr Isaacs is president of the Schwartz & Isaacs
Co., Ltd., of New Orleans, conducting the popular
"Maison Blanche" Department House at Canal and
Dauphine streets, which with its striking gilded dome
is an architectural, as well as business landmark, of
the city. It has, perhaps, a larger patronage than
any establishment of the kind here. He was
formerly of Kaufman &. Isaacs, in the same line ;it Dry-
ades Market He was one of the first in fact, (as long
agoaslS7'*) to embark in the department business.

Mr. Isaacs has been a resident of New Orleans for a
lifetime, and has been a notable business man for
twenty-five or thirty years He has been very suc-
cessful and has acquired other large interests besides
that mentioned; but, fortunate as he has been, he is,
to those who know him well, a man unspoiled by his
successes. He is good to the poor, no deserving char-
ity appealing to him in vain. Touro Infirmary, the
Jewish Orphans Home, the Y. M. H A., and other
Jewish institutions naturally find special favors
with him.

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or Passage, apply to

M. J. DEMPSEY, Traffic Manager, 312 St. Charles Street.

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MR. MAYER ISRAEL.

In Mr. Israel we have an old resident of New Or-
leans, a successful business man, a notal)le not only
of the Jewish element which forms so numerous and
influential a fraction of the population of the Cres-
cent City, but of the community as well, at large.

Mr. Israel hardly needs identification. He is prom-
inent as a Canal street mercliant, a leader in the cloth-
ing line, many years established lie was formerly
of C. Lazard & Co., in this same branch of trade, but
withdrew, and bought out the old house of McCown.
transferred it from St. Charles to Canal street and
infusing new life and energy into it, soon appreciably
e.xtended and enlarged it under his own name, and
earned recognition in the trade as one of its most en-
terprising men.

In matters of religion Mr. Israel "walks in the way
of his forefathers and forbears," conscientiously ob-
serving the ancient observances and injunctions, es-
pecially as to conduct and the charities. He has been
for years a member of Touro Infirmary and Hebrew
Benevolent Association and of the .lewish Widows
and Orphans Home and has subscribed liberally to
both. He is interested likewise in tne progress of the
Y. M. H. A., and is an active member of the I. O. B.
B. He belongs also to that famous Jewish social or-
ganization the Harmony Club. He is a public spirited
man, one of those who lend a hand to any movement
likel}^ to better his city.

Mr. Israel is a man of family. He married a Miss
Lazard, and has several childreu. Of his home life
we can only say that it has been uncommonly and
entirely felicitous.

J. K. NEWHAN.

MR. J. K. NEWMAN.

HAYER ISRAEL.

Mr. Newman is the son of Isidore Newman, Sr.,
the well-known New Orleans banker and philan-
thropist, and is a member of the firm of Isidore
Newman & Sons. He has been closely associated
with his father in many large financial operations
and in the management of their important interests
and though a young man. only a few years in bus-
iness has shown that he is possessed of his father's
talents in marked degree.

He is credited with much of the showing made by
the firm in Carrollton railroad, and with the devel-
opment of that property which finally resulted in
its merger into the New Orleans Railroad, Light &
Power Co., which controls the street car, the elec-
tric and gas lighting situation here. He was born
and educated here and entered the business when
he left school, was broug'ht up to the business in
fact, and is an active factor in all its affairs. Is
one of the rising- men in short, in the financial
world of New Orleans.

Mr. Newman is interested also in man}- of the
charities and philanthropic works to which his
father has contributed so liberally, and in which
the elder Newman has taken such active part. He
belongs to Touro Infirmary, and the Orphans
Home, and is a member of the Young Men's He-
brew Association. He is also a member of the
Harmony Club.

Like his father too, he is a man of quiet tastes
and unassuming manners; in fine a young man cf
ability and reserve power, "level headed" as the
saying is, and self-contained.

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DR. JEFFERSON DAVIS BLOOM.

Dr. Bloom, as formerly the House Surgeon in charge
of the famous Charity Hospital of New Orleans, and
as head of the medical staff of the Hotel Dieu, is one
of the most noted medical men of the city of to-day.
Indeed, his reputation goes further; to be the head of
this institution is to take high rank in the profession,
and to be known in all parts of the country. And yet
the early opportunities of our subject were not at all
propitious of such success.

From childhood the study of medicine had been his
aspiration. But he was consigned, so to speak, by
his environment to a commercial calling. Undis-
couraged. he devoted his leisure to medical study,
fought his way unaided through colleg-, and so, still
a young man, has achieved those honors of his pro-
fession which come to most of his colleagues only
after a lifelong struggle.

Dr. Bloom began his medical career as resident
ph3'sician at Touro Infirmary, thence he went to the
State Hospital, as assistant surgeon, and had not
filled this responsible office long before he was
recognized, at the death of Dr. Miles, his logical
successor.

Dr. Bloom was born here. He is a graduate of Tu-
lane and has been the medical head of the Hotel
Dieu since 1903. He is a member of the State
and Orleans Parish Medical Societies, and of the
principal Jewish charitable and social organizations,
and has a verv large and lucrative private practice
among people of wealth in both City and State.

SIMON PFEIFER.

MR. SIMON PFEIFER.

The subject of this sketch is a young man compar-
atively, but is at the head of a very extensive busi-
ness that of S. Pfeifer & Co., Provision Dealers, 431
Poydras street. But then, more and more the stren-
uous life of our day calls for voung blood and una-
bated vigor and energy.

Mr. Pfeifer was born and received his education
here. He began business at an early age. He is a
man of family and has a home on St. Charles avenue
among the ultra fashionables of the cit)'. In social
life, as in trade, he occupies a prominent position.

He is a member of the Harmony Club of New Or-
leans the organization of the Jewish residents, occu-
pying the finest club house, not alone here, but in the
South. He is identified also by membership with the
Touro Infirmary and Hebrew Benevolent Associa-
tion, the Jewish Orphans Home and the Young Men's
Hebrew Association. He is in short one of those
younger members of our ancient ordination whose
conduct shows us that the virility and hope of the
race is far from dying out.

DR. JEFFERSON DAVIS BLOOH.

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MR. JULIUS C. WOLFF.

Mr. Wolff is of Julius C. Wolff & Co.. (Jul C. Wolff
and Otto L. Newgass) importers of Chinese and Jap-
anese matting-, 217 South Peters, an old and staunch
house of New Orleans. He is a Mississippian by
birth, born in Jackson, that State in 1870, and has
other interests there, notably in the Schwartz Furni-
ture Co., of that citv.

Mr. Wolff began his business career at an early age
as a general merchandiser of his native city, an ex-
cellent apprenticeship for the larger field of this
metropolis, then came here and estal)lislied himself.
He has been entirely successful and has made the
Crescent City his home.

He is a member of the Elks and K. of P., of the L
O. B. B., the Y M H. A., Touro Infirmary, the .lew-
isli Home and Harmony Club. He is unmarried but
has a fine home on Jackson avenue between Prytania
street and St. Charles avenue, the loveliest and most
aristocratic portion of the far famed Garden District
of New Orleans.

MR. SAMUEL LEVY.

In New Orleans, September 4, 1854, Samuel, better
known in that community as Recorder Levy, from the
office he has held, was born. '1 here also, as an at-
tendant of the public schools he got his education.
His first employment was in Napoleonville and he
grew to manhood there and in the Crescent City.

An active man always, in every walk of life in
which he has engaged, Mr Levy is one of the best
known of the Jewish residents of this part of the
country. For twelve years he was foreman of
Brooklyn Fire Company in the old Volunteer depart-
ment, and in that capacity, besides having more than
one hairbreadth escape, he earned a gold medal for
life-saving at a lire in the suburb of Algiers; another

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for life saving from the Mississippi river; a diamond
badge from the Home Insurance Co., for salvage of
property, and still another diamond badge from
friends of Mt. Carmel Asylum.

Mr. Levy is one of the representatives of the Secur-
ity Brewing Co., of Algiers and New Orleans, and is
also Assistant Recorder or Judge of the Fourth Re-
corder's Court, Magazine street, a position of honor
to which he has been re-elected.

He is a member of Temple Sinai and of many asso-
ciations, among others the Woodmen of the World,
the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the German
Benevolent Association and Washington Benevolent
Association.

MR. M. WALDHORN.

Mr. Wajdhorn is well-known, not alone here, but to
many travelers and tourists, as the proprietor of the
principal establishment in the city handling choice
and valuable antiques. His place is on Royal street
corner of Conti, and is a museum of genuine articles
of this character of great interest. His collection in-
deed is said to be the largest and best selected in the
country outside New York.

Mr. Waldhorn was born in Alsace, in 1852, and
there spent his school days. His first employment was
with A. Godchaux Clothing, Paris, France. He start-
ed here in the business of jewelr}- and antiques years
ago, and as intimated, has met more than ordinary suc-
cess. Mr. Waldhorn is second vice-president of Touro
Synagogue. He is a member of the Harmony Club
and the Young Men's Hebrew Association; also of
the I. O. B. B., and Free Sons of Israel. He is a mem-
ber also and liberal contributor to Touro Infirmary
and the other charities of his church and people. He
is, in short, a man of character and standing, not only
among those of his race and religion but among the
business men of the city in general.

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THE STRAIGHT
MELROSE
DAIRY FARM

MISS MAR THA HOTTINGER. Proprietress.
CLAIBORNE and UPPERLINE STS.

The Place to Get Your MILK which is
absolutely PURE. Your Patronage is
Kindly Solicited. GIVE US A TRIAL.

W.M C. &KVM(irii

THAN !•:. I'ATTISON.

SEYMOUR &

PATTISON,

Importers and Jobbers in

TOYS. FIREWORKS

FANCY GOODS.

Write for Illustrattd Price List

233-235 CHARTRES ST.

jt New Orleans,

La.

J. B. O'CONNOR,

G. W. O'CONNOR.

President

H. J. SCHAYER,
ViC£-PRC9. A. Man

O^CONNOR & CO., Ltd.

STEAM CARRIAGE and
WAGON MANUFACTURERS

Eslimales on ail Blacksmith Work General Blacksmilhing and Repairing
in ail Branches Exicuied with Dispatch.

PAINTING. LETTERING and TRIMMING of Every Description.

Factory and Repository, 520 532 JULIA ST ,

Cumberland Phone 3558 j* NEW ORLEANS, LA.

THOS. J. KELLY,

GROCER

500-502 JACKSON AVENUE.

Phone 2151 L

New Orleans. La.

ORDERS SOLICITED

S. J. PETERS
LIVERY COMPANY

Boarding:

Livery

Carriages

Horses

,|; and

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for Sale

1100 to I no CARONDELET ST.,

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

W Cumberland Phone J498

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MR SAMUEL H. STERN.

Everybody knows it that knows New Orleans at
all, the famous Stern's Auction House, (formerly
Curtis's), the oldest and best patronized in the city.
And everybody pretty nearly knows also the presid-
ing- genius of this establishment, Mr. Sam Stern,
subject of this sketch with his cheery invocation to
bidders, "Come now who'll start, er?'' and his brisk
rejoinders and repartee. Enough to say further on
this score, that Stern's does the great business of
the kind, the auctioning of merchandise of all descrip-
tions, in New Orleans. It has been especially suc-
cessful in the sale of mules.

Mr. Stern acquired this business about two years
ago. He is a young man comparatively and a native.
He was born in this city in the early 70's, and was
educated here in the public schools and in the famous
Commercial College of Soule. Also, in perhaps the
more practical way, in business itself, under his father
an old time merchant of the boot and shoe trade.
His brother, Leonard L. Stern, is associated with
him.

Mr. Stern is devoted to business, but still finds
time for social and fraternal concerns, the Young
Men's Hebrew Association and I. O. B. B. especially.
He is a rising young man, one of those of whom, as
Webster said of himself, we shall probably "hear
more hereafter."

Stern's has lately been removed to a new and larger
establishment on Baronne street specially fitted up
for the business.

SAMUEL M. STERN.

nOSE F. HOLLANDER.

MR. MOSE F. HOLLANDER.

Mr. Hollander is of F. Hollander & Co., wholesale
liquors, a leading house of its line. He is the son of
its founder, the late Frederick Hollander, and suc-
ceeded to his interest. He was born in New Orleans
44 years ago and was educated in the Public Schools of
the city (the old Jefferson school) at the old Hebrew
School and at Soule's College, from which latter
school he entered business, taking a minor place in
his father's establishment. Thence he went up North
and for a time was in the grocery line in Newark,
N. J., at length returning here, and associating-
himself with Hollander & Co., again.

Mr. Hollander is a member of the Jewish Home
and Touro Infirmary and of the Y. M. H. A. He is
a Mason of the 32nd degree, a member of the Elks,
and a past officer of both the Knights of Pythias and
Knights of Honor. He has been a director of the
Young Men's Gymnastic Club, and has served his
fifth term in that capacity. He is a widower, the
father of a son now at Spring Hill College, Mobile,
and fast verging into manhood.

Frankness and geniality are characteristic of our
subject. Like his father before him he is no less
popular with gentiles than Jews.

143 —

f" L. J. DUFFY. Pres. C.J. ALLEN. Secretary. N^

^> Duffy Trunk Co., Ltd

MANUFACTURERS OF

Trunks, Satchels, Sample Cases, Etc.,

OFFICE AND SALESROOM:

133 and 135 BARONNE STREET,

'Adjoining Hotel Grunewald. >

New Crieans, - Louisiina.

TELEPHONE 3934
u Fine work a specialty. Repairing promptly attended to

EDWIN LISTER . . .

.> ^ IMPORTER jt jt
Millinery and Notions,

J42 CHARTRES STREET. Telephone 2494-Y.

-NEW ORLEANS. LA.

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The PHOTOORAPHER
929 CAXAL SHEET. New Orleans.

Old and faded pictures copied and enlarged, either in crayon,
oil or water colors.

R. E, BLANCHRAD,

PHARMACIST,

7600 CHARLES AVENUE,

Corner Hillary St., Phone 56 7-L.

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llKNEiV I.oiHTE, President. IIknky l". Lochtk, Vice-President.
K. W. LofHTE, Sec. and 'I'rea.';.

The HENRY LOCIJTE CO., Lid.

Wholesale Grocers and Importers

f^ WINE5 and LIQUORS.

; V 319, 321, 323 and 325 Tchoupitoulas St.
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Ul Long Distance Phone 1253

New Orleans.

H. J. LAUX & CO.

Wholesale Fruits,

RECEIVERS and JOBBERS.

Car Load Lots. Up Tu-Date Methods.

No. 211 Poydras St.

P.O. BOX 976. NEW ORLEANS.

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MR. S. J. SHWARTZ.

Mr. Shwartz is of the Sliwartz & Isaacs Co., I^td ,
proprietors of the famous New Orleans Department
house, the ".Maison Blanche."

Mr. Shwartz was born in this city .^i> years ago.
He is a son of the late A. Shwartz. a well known
local merchant Even as a youth he e.\hil)itecl decid-
ed mercantile proclivities. lie he-ran at the early
atfe of six to frequent his fathers notion store, and
at sixteen was the New York buyer. For eig^ht
years he served in that capacity and then returning-
to New Orleans, he organized the tirm of S. J.
Shwartz & Co., with Gustav Schullhoefer and Hart
D. Newman as partners. The "Maison Blanche"
which, with its high white front and gilded dome, is
one of the landmarks of the city, was built for them.
Later Mr. Schullhoefer died and Mr Newman with-
drew and Mr. Marx Isaacs (formerly of Kaufman &
Isaacs) came in, and the Shwartz & Isaccs Co , Ltd.,
was organized. They do both a wholesale and retail
business, maintain a large dress making department
and conduct a most e.xtensive business in thoroughly
modern and metropolitan fashion.

Mr. Shwartz, we need hardly say, is a conspicuous
figure in the business community, not to speak of the
dry goods line. He knows the business thoroughly
"from A to Izzard " He is a shrewd buyer and a
clever financier, and not a follower, but a leader.

To the claims of charity and huinaiiitv, Jewish
charity and institutions especially Mr. Shwartz gives
that consideration, which nowadays is thought, as
regards the prosperous no more than due. The
communal work generally has his countenance and
support.

S. J. SHWARTZ.

L. H WEIL.

MR. L. H. WKIL.

Mr. Weil is connected with the Union Oil Companj-
one of the most extensive concerns of its line in this
part of the country. Socially he is disting'uished as
the Secretary of the famous llarmonv Club. He has
been Secretary of it for eig-ht vears.

He is of note also in connection with the Y.M.H. A.
He was long a director of it, was its vice-president,
and was one of the building committee when the
Athenaeum was erected. His name, for that reason
is carved upon the corner stone of the structure. He
is a member also of the Jewish Widows and Orphans
Home and of Touro Infirmary.

Mr. Weil came here an infant. He was brought
up and educated in this city. Ke began as a
boy with the Union Oil Company and has risen to a
confidential and influential place in the management.
Though not himself a man of family his sympathies
as we have seen have been readily enlisted in behalf
of the orphaned and dependent among his people,
and in Jewish communal affairs, more especially re-
garding the young men, he has certainly done his part.

Though naturally himself a man of rather modest
and retiring disposition Mr. Weil is still, for all
that well-known and highly esteemed among a large
circle of friends. His features as presented in the
portrait herewith are familiar to many, the younger
set particularly, by whom, as well as their elders, his
work in behalf of the Y.M.H. A., is fully appreciated.
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Louisiana National Bank

TSEW ORLEANS, LA.

Capital $500,000 Surplus and Profits $626,500

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buaiiifss baaeil on sound business principles
anil business-like methods. an<l have stead-
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proud of the company's auccesn.

These are the reasons why the "Postal
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will he successful in the future.

The progress of the Postal Telesrraph
System is evidenced by the continued
extension of land lines, the ntiuierona and
important railroad connectiona recently
made, the valuable itonnections with the
German cables, the Pacific cable (now
being constructed, i the Direct West Indies
cable, the Bermuda cable, etc.

Another Reason Why the Postal Telegraph-
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W. A. PORTEOUS,

Supt. Sixth District, Southern Division.

Postal Telegraph Cable Company,

Ne'w Orleans La.

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There is no man in Xew Orleans who stands
in a more favorable position with the Jew-
ish people, nor. only of thi.s city but the en-
tire .state, than the genial W. .\. Porteons,
the >uperint.eiident of the Sixth District.
Southern Division, of the Postal Telegraph
Cable Co . ami this is dtie to the fact that he
is always polite and obliging whenever or
wherever his business calls him. Mr. Por-
teons is a very young man. who has grown
up in every branch of the telegraph business
from messenger boy to Superintendent. He
is one of the most popular young telegraph-
ers in the country, and is well-known and
liked by the majority of the public men of
our State. He nas devoted ills whole life
time, it may he said, to practical experience
in telegraphy in many of the large cities
of the country. He has been fourteen years
with the Postal Telegraph Cable Co.. in this
city, his first real pronii>tii)n being as manager
of the Postjil's iptfice in I he Xew Orleans Cot-
ton E.xchange. He was next proraotefi to
assistant manatzer. and a few months later
he was cougraT.ulatetl on all sides upi>n be-
ing placed in charge of the splendid busi-
ness that he had helpeil to build up for the
Postal I ompauy in Xew Orlean.s. When the
Si.xth Distiict. Southern Division was or-
ganized, Mr. Porteons was made Superin-
tendent and placed in charge.

MR. LEONARD L. STERN.

Mr. Stern is well-known as of Stroudback >.\: Stern
leading: real estate men of the city and also of Stern's
Auction House. He has been vice-president of the
Real Estate E.xchang^e. is a member of the Prog-res-
sive Union and the Harmony Club, is prominent as an
Elk, and is a staunch Democrat.

He is further distinguished amongf those of his
faith as Secretary of the Jewish Widows and Or-
phans Home, and for his work in behalf of the Young:
Men's Hebrew Association. He has accomplishments
admirably fitting- him for the entertainments of the
latter body, and has contributed cheerfully both time
and ability to make its functions a success. Every-
where indeed, he is a social favorite and welcome
guest.

Mr. Stern was born here in 18h7. He is the son of
Henry Stern, an old time business man of the city,
and brother of Sam Stern the well-known auctione:;r.
He was brought up here and went to school in this
city. He knows New Orleans, as the saying is "like
a book." Hence much of his success in the real es-
tate line in which he has been in company with Mr.
Stroudback since 1897. He married Miss Katz.
daughter of the late Sigmund Katz, and lives in the
swell up-town "garden district" of the city.

Men of Jewish birth and faith, figure numerously,
as we have said, in the commercial life of the Cres-
cent City. Mr. Stern belongs to that younger ele-
ment among them whose activity and enterprise,
furthers perceptibly the progress and development
of our fast expanding Southern metropolis.

LEONARD L. STERN.

HART NEWMAN.

MR. HART NEWMAN.

Mr. Newman is the son of the noted Jewish banker
and philanthropist. Isidore Newman of New Orleans.
He was born in this city about twenty eight years
ago. He graduated from Soule Commercial College
this citv at fourteen, and started for Cornell Univer-
sity, New York, to study law, but finding his youth
an objection proceeded to Europe instead, to perfect
himself meantime in foreign languages and music.
There he remained until he became a highly profi-
cient linguist, and besides a course of music at Leip-
sic. had graduated at the Conservatory of Mainz. He
is a master of the piano and generally a musician of
uncommon power.

At twenty-one Mr. Newman returned here, and
shortly entered business life as vice-president of the
Schwartz-Newman Co.. proprietors of the Maison
Blanche, Canal street, one of the principal depart-
ment houses of the South. He withdrew therefrom
to take an interest with his father, the well-known
banker Isidore Newman of New Orleans. Other bus-
iness interests occupy his attention also, largely in
connection with the very extensive financial and cor-
porate concerns of his father. In public affairs he
acts with the Progressive Union, (of which he is a
member ) to improve and advance his native city. He
belongs to all the principal Jewish organizations,
though not specially forward in their management.
Like his father he is a very plain and unassuming
gentleman: indeed he has many of the elder New-
man's traits. He married in 1900, Miss Doris Saal
of Petersburg. Va.

If the Jewish community of New Orleans has rea-
son to be proud of the philanthropy of the elder New-
man, embracing, among other benefactions, the rich
gift of the Newman Manual Training School, so it
is to be congratulated also that in the son he has a
worthy successor, walking in the same path.

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THENEWORLEANS
TRANSFER

WM. C. FAUST.

PROPRIETOR AND GENERAL MANAGER.

Office, No. 840 COMMON STREET.

Between Baronne and Carondelet NEW ORLEANS, LA.

TELEPHONE No 817.

Thk New Oi<i.k.\n.s Tk'.vnsfkk will check your
bag'g'ag'e on departure from any i)art of the
City. ( Hotels hiuI Residences i direct to desti-
nation, includinu- all points in Unl'ed 5iate.<,
Canada. Cuba and the borders of Mexico, via.
all Railroads and New York and Havana
Steamship Lines, upon ]>resentHtion of tic-
kets at their otilice; otherwise depot claim
checks are issued, and it is therefore prudent
to have your bajjgage checked from residence
to avoid the confusion at train time.

New Orleans Transfer Agents on all incoming
trains upon obtaining j-our Checks will deliver
your baggage to its destination promptly.

THE LOUISIANA EXCAVATING
and MANUFACTURING CO.^^

Office. 635 Gommcrcial Place,
Bet. eamp and St. Charleii Sts. Telephone \o. 1C30

Will give prompt attention and low figures
on orders for the Cleaning of ■

EARTH CLOSETS and VAULTS.

Earth eiosets on Hand.

V. J. A. BACKES,

Successor to Edufin I Kursheedt

Marble and Granite Works

Monuments, Headstones, Copings and Building Work

536 and 538 CAMP STREET,

Cumb. Phone2323-I! i ijip. Laf.i veiie S(iuarc. NEW (UU.K.\NS

I. M. DARRE,

Stalls, 14 and 16 Dryades Market.

BEST MEATS

James M.Kelley,

DRAYMAN

407 Decatur Street, NEW ORLEANS.

: ALSO AGENT :

Orleans Boiler Compound

and SCALE REMOVER.

1 1

AT LOWEST PRICES

ESTABLISntD 1862 Cumb. Phone 3q84.-L

F. G. BIRCHMEIER,

MARBLE and GRANITE

Cemetery Work of Every Description

Office and Works, J423-I427 WASHINGTON AVE.
Near Prytania Street. ^ J» New Orleans La.

148

MK. LOUIS OCHS.

This is a well-known name, not only hereabout but
throug^hout the country sfenerally. by reason of the
occupation of its owner, that of traveling' man, and
because of his membership in various org'anizations,
religfious, fraternal and protective. He belong-s for in-
stance, to Aurora I^odg-e, F. & A. M., to Samaritan
Lodge, K. of P.; New Iberia Lodge, B. P. O E., the
Benevolent Legion Louisiana Travellers, the T. P-
A. of America and the National Liquor Dealers As-
sociation. Also in support of his faith and principles,
to the I. O. B. B., the Y. M. H A., New Iberia Syna-
gogue and Touro Synagogue. New Orleans.

The following among other honors have lieen ac-
corded him lie is ex-president Post B.. T. P. A,
State Railroad Chairman Louisiana Division T. P. A.,
president Benevolent I^eague of the Louisiana Trav-
elers, Fourth National vice-president of the T P A,
and a member of the Executive Committee of the
National Liquor Dealers Association.

Mr. Ochs, in fact, is one of the best known sales-
men traversing the South. He was born in New Or-
leans in 18(S6, and is a product of that city's public
schools. He began life with Block & PoUak, Scrap
Iron and Metals, and continued with their successors
for several years. He was then four years with A.
Lehmann & Co., (wholesale dry goods) four years
with Jos. Kantz and for the past six years has repre-
sented Jos. A. Magnus & Co., wholesale liquors, Cin-
cinnati, in Gulf Coast territory.

Mr. Ochs is married and makes new Orleans his
headquarters and home.

COLEMAN M. KAHN.

MK. COLEMAN H. KAHN.

Mr. Kahn is of Kahn's Cotton Pickery, Religious
street. New Orleans, in which business he is asso-
ciated with his father. He is a native of New Or-
leans, now in his twenty-ninth year, married (to Miss
Lillie L. Wolff of ch cago) for the last live years.
Those who know him, and their names are legion,
consider liini one of the most promising of the
younger school of New Orleans l)usiness men.

Mr. Kahn is a graduate of the New Orleans High
School class of '91. His business relations have been
with cotton wholly, and as an employe or partner with
his father. Theirs is one of the most important con-
cerns of the kind here.

Mr. Kahn is a member of the principal Jewish
charitable organizations, Touro, the Jewish Home,
and I. O. B. B. among them. He is Secretary of the
J. J. Brown Memorial Association. His habits are
quiet and domestic. He lives modestly in his own
home on Annunciation street.

LOUIS OCMS.

MK. SAMUEL SILVERSTEIN.

Mr. Silverstein is of the firm of L Silverstein &
Sons who have crockery stores on Canal street on Dry-
ades and on South Rampart streets, all doing a flour-
ishing business. He has been in this line since he
was thirteen vears old. and has assisted his father
largely in upbuilding it. He is now thirty-four.

He came here as a boy with his father, in the year
1873, from Worsaw. Poland, where he was born. His
schooling was obtained in the public schools here.
He is a married man and besides membership in
various Jewish organizations, fraternal and charita-
ble, is a Knight of Pvthias and Mason.

149

'iMlR"R'oTl GLASS FOR ALL PURPOSES.

RESILVERED

} All ORDERS, No
f Matter How Small, '.

CHURCH and MEMORIAL WINDOWS.

Matter How bmall, C" ^f 1\ TT* "\V7" T H. FRISA, Proprietor. )

, Given Prompt I c^outhem Mirror Works, 625 baronne street

^ Attention^?* J» ^* ^ j, ]

J^
ll/«

A. P. J. SEGASSIE.

Cafe

Successor
to.*ewrfJ*«

F, ARTIGUES

CORNER COMMON and
CARONDELET STS.

IMPORTED and DOMESTIC CIGARS
and SMOKERS' ARTICLES

laquering!"^ F. H. Korctke Brass & Mfg Co., Ltd.

Copper, Nickel and Silver \
Plating and Oxidizing,^,^ 1

Urass Beds and Ornaments
Made lo Loolc Like NRW.
^ Castings Irom Ion. toS.WOlbs.

Nos. 922=924 Magazine Street,

Telephone No. 1147.

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

1 KSTAHr.lSHKD U't\.

I SkyliglitsaiidSteol
I Ceiliiigs,2i and 1 1
I Corrusiated Iron.

U-

I Window and Cap
I FINIALS J- J- j^

R. G. HOLZER,

MANUFACTURER OF

Curved and Corrugated, Arch Iron, V. Crimped Iron, Gutters, Pipes, Cornices
and Ornamental Work, and all Kinds of Roofing.

Works: 207-209 NORTH RAMPART ST. ^ New Orleans, La.

^ LOUIS PFISTER,

'^Wholesale Grocer, Wines and Liquors

FANCY BUTTER and CHEESE A SPECIALTY.

Nos. 540, 542 and 544 MAGAZINE STREET, Corner Lafayette.

NEW ORLEANS, LA

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MR. LAZAR SCHWARTZ.

From the position of a i)oor orphan boy, inmate of
the Jewish Orphans Home of this city, Mr. Schwartz
has risen to a place of competency and success, and
he is neither ashamed of his orig-in nor forgetful of
the institution which cared for him and broiisj-ht
him up.

Mr. Schwartz is a dry goods merchant of Magazine
street. New Orleans, and a considerable property
owner. He was born at Woodville, Miss., in 1S52.
His first employment was here in New Orleans with
Sam Kaiser.

He first embarked in business for himself in the
dry goods line in 1888, and on the whole has had a
prosperous and fortunate experience. The business
has developed, at all events, from one small store to
four of them, comprising numbers 3015 to 3021 Maga-
zine street inclusive. He has been married about
twenty years. He is a Knight of Pythias and mem-
ber of the organization of the Jewish Home and
Touro Infirmary and he is an ex-president of the Con-
gregation Gates of Prayer, a position significant of
his standing among his intimates and co-religionists.

To sum up in short: "A just man walking with
integrity — one known in the g"ates, sitting among
the elders."

LAZAR SCHWARTZ.

FRANK J. WEINBERGER.

MR. FRANK J. WEINBERGER.

Here we have an example of the young man in
business, a shining example of success; a young man
entrusted with affairs of the first magnitude. And
fully equal we may sav to the task. Mr. Frank J.
Weinberger of whom we speak, is the secretary-
treasurer and general manager of the Adler- Weinber-
ger Steamship Co , one of the great Central American
lines, is vice-president of the Southern Marine Works,
the most important in the ship building and repair
line here, and is identified with other extensive con-
cerns besides, in company with monied men.

Mr. Weinberger was born in Texas and was
brought up there in part, and in part in New Orleans.
He attended school in Galveston, at Soule's here, and
Spring Hill, Mobile. He began his business career
in 1895 with Chas. Weinberger, at Mobile. This
business first brought him here to locate, then to
(ialveston and at length to Central America, where
he acted for the Weinberger's who had (as they still
have) important investments there, and for the Blue-
fields Lumber Co. When the Adler-Weinberger
Steamship Line was organized he was summoned
here to take charge.

Such is our subject in the commercial world. But
tho' immersed in business he still finds time for social
relaxation, as a club man and member of fraternal
orders. He is a member of the Young Men's Gym-
nastic Club and the Southern Yacht Club, and holds
a commission in the Naval Reserves. He belongs to
the Elks also, and to the Y. M. H. A.

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F. C. GODBOLD,

PHARMACIST^

2728 Prytania St. Nea,^Wa^hi^ngU.n Ave

Telephone 3441 Y. NEW ORLEANS.

H. H McGEE , Ntw Orleans La

<£SI

SPARKS BROS. KanFas City Mo

SPARKS BROS. &. McGEE,

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

MULES AND HORSES

Of All Grades. All Stcck Guaranteed as Kepresented.
529=537 BARONNE STREET,

CuiubeilHiul TeleplictiH 7.5-2. NEW ()KLK.\NS, LA.
o YOUU C.VI'RONAGIO SOLICITED. o

William Graner . .

B> Registered Pharmacist,

Cor BiU-oniieaml Felicity iSt.'i.,

Xew dileaiis

WEST END HOTEL 5L RESTAURANT

Wanted Landlords and Agents to know that

IHE

Pelican Excavating Company,

Does First Class and Cheap Work.

Office 733 Union St. Please Phone 2062-W

OPEN SUMMKK AND WINTEU.

SERVICE AT ALL HOURS.
T. TKANCHINA, - - Proprietor.

o Telephone Main 22'»2. o

r>PLUMBERO
Sanitary Plumbing, Ga^nd Steam Fittings

3818 aiAGAZINE STREET,

N'EAB LllUi.SIANA AVENUE.

N'KW OKLKANS. LA'

-^:>kEPAIR WORK GIVEN PkOMPT A rTE^T lON.'*^

E. W. NORTON.

^v>^Chiropodist.^^

309 ST. CHARLES ST.. New Orleans.

op'p'iCHrHiioN h; ;i07s-i..
o Houis: 12 to 3, Smuiav.s, 10 to 1. o

Ne^ Orleans Worsted Store,

GEO. A. HOFFMAN, Proprietor,

I.MPOlM'Kll AND DEAr.KR IX

Zephyrs, Yarns. Silk, Chenille, Notions,

Children's Wear. Ljices, Kiiibidiiierifs, LauiiilerinK Caps,

.Stamped and Unstainpeil l-nieiis. Kid Gloves Cleaned,

Bul.tons .Made, KineM Line ol Kanc-y and Wurk Baskets,

Designing! Luibroiderini;: t'taniijing' Pinking:

Agents lor W ilcox & Qibbs' Automallc Sewing Machine.

131 BOURBON ST., New Orleans, La.

Mrs. V. Wehrmaiin,

613 CANAL STREET,

New Orleans, La.

DOLL- HOSRITAL

JOHN DOUGLAS.

€^ENGRAVER<^

12 Camp Street. New Orleans.

Wedding Invitations, Wedding- Announcements,
Wedding Reception Invitations, Visiting Cards,
Monograms, Crests, Arms, &c. Embossed in
Color and Illuminated Embossed Office

Stationery, Business Cards.

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COL. E. I. KUKSIIEEDT.

In Edwin I. Kursheedt we have one of tlie most
conspicuous of the Jewish residents of New Orleans
He is a Civil war veteran of distinction and a g^entle-
inan whose service in behalf of Jewish charity and
institutions is heartily ap])rcciatc(l.

He was born in Kinjjston, Jamaica, in 1S3S, and
was educated in the Public Schools of the city of New
Orleans in the period preceding- the war He grad-
uated from the Boys High School in 18.^3. The ne.xt
year he began life in the hardware business and later
formed a partnershi]) with his father

He has been a member of the Washington Artillery
some forty years. He served indeed, throughout the
Civil war with that command, enlisting as a private
of the Confederate service and rising through the
grades of Corporal, Sergeant, Captain, Major and
Adjutant. He was wounded at Fredericsburg and
Antietam.

In 1866 he married Miss Sarah I. Levy, of Kich-
mond, Va. He has held various offi ial positions and
is at present acting as Assistant l*ostmaster of the
city. He is the oldest living- Past Master of
Louisiana Lodge 102, F. & .-\. M. He is, by virtue
of his war service, a member of Cam() No 1, of the
Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate Veterans;
also of the B'nai B'rith He was secretary lor many
years and is an ex-president of the Jewish Widows
and Orphans Home. He is also an e.x-treasurer of
Touro Infirmary and the Hebrew Benevolent Asso-
ciation.

MR. DAVID M. LICHTENSTEIN.

Mr. I^ichtenstein is of H. Lichteiistein & Son, cot-
ton merchants, leading members of the Cotton Ex-
change of New Orleans. He is a native of the city,
now in his thirty-second year, and received his edu-

JACOB WEINtiERQER.

cation as so many other successful men of the place
have done, in the public schools of the city.

His first employment was with llyman, Lichten-
stein & Co., predecessors of Fl. Lichtenstein & Son.
He has acquired during his business career, interests
in banks, rice mills, cotton plantations, presses, etc.
He belongs to the Harmony Club and the Y. M. H.
A., to the B'nai B'rith, Touro Infirmary, and the
Jewish Widows and Orphans Home; also the Young
Men's Gymnastic Club of New Orleans.

COL. E. I. KURSHEEDT.

MR. JACOB WEINBERGER.

This gentleman is at the head of a number of the
most important business enterprises of the Crescent
City. He is largely interested in maritime concerns,
being president of the Bhietields Steamship Co., in
the Nicaragua trade, president of the Kelly-Page Co.
Steamship Agents and Brokers, president ot the
Adler-Weinberger Steamship Co.. a leading factor
in tropic fruit and Central American business, and
other important commercial affairs. He is a member
of the firm of T. M. Solomon & Co.. Exporters, secre-
tary of the Nicaragua Electric Co., president Blue-
fields Lumber Co.. president Bluefields Wharf &
Agency Co., and is in various other enterprises.

Mr. Weinberger is one of the Weinberger brothers
who have done much to develop, not alone the re-
sources of Nicaragua but have vastly furthered the
traffic of this port as well. He was born in Papajd,
Hungary, in 1857, and was educated at Springfield,
Missouri. His first occupation was as a miller at
Austin, Tex. He is married, his wife was Miss
Rachel Schlenger of Austin, Tex., and has a son,
F. J., like himself, engaged in the steamship line.
He is a member and liberal contributor to the local
Jewish charities, particularly Touro Infirmary and
the Jewish Orphans Home.

153

INTERSTATE TRUST

AN D

BANKING^ COMPANY

Capital and Surplus, ^ ^ $900,000.00.

Savings Deposits of One Dollar and Upward are Allowed 3 per cent. Interest.
Accounts Subject to Check Received and Loans Made at Lowest Rates.
Travellers' Letters of Credit Issued Available in all Parts of the World.

OFFICERS.

DIRECTORS.

L S. Berg,

Leigh Carroll.

Sam Henderson, Jr.

C. H Huttig,

W. T. Joyce.

Geo S Gardiner.

W. B Rogers,

R W Jones Jr.

Chas. Karst,

C T. Patterson.

Henry M. Sage,

R J Wood.

WALLACE B. ROGERS, President
LYNN H. DINKINS. Vice-President (j^

GEO. S GARDINER, Vice-President ^

SAM HENDERSON, Jr., Vice-President O
J. P. CORDILL, Asst. Oshier jfy

HY. M. YOUNG, Sec. & Trust Officer MA

Agent for Careof Property ; Rents and Interest Collected and Remitted
E.xecutor and Tutor in Wills ; Legal Depositary for Court Officers.
RENTS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES in its Fire and Burglar Proof Vaults

213 Camp Street, ^ New Orleans, La,

154

MR. EDWARD GOETZ.

From the "Owl," former official organ of the Young
Men's Hebrew Association, we extract the following
points in this gentleman's biography.

Mr. Goetz has lived and labored among us since he
was a boy of 1<>. He was born in Herzenhausen, Ger-
many, and after a short time spent in New York came
here at the instance of Mr. F. Hollander, with whom
he entered into partnership in 1S71, and whose
daughter Miss Bertha Hollander, he married in 1874.
He has two children, a son Joseph, and daughter
Hattie, fruits of this union.

The house of which Mr. Goetz is the head, is one
of the best known in the liquor trade of New Orleans.
It has important agencies, and does a very large busi-
ness, not only in this country, but among our neigh-
bors, the Spanish speaking people to the South. His
partner in it is his brother-in-law, Mr. Mose
Hollander.

Mr. Goetz is of an open, frank, off-handed disposi-
tion, and personally known to everybody in the trade.
He is a popular and charitable man. He has been a
member and generous giver to Touro Infirmar}' and
the Jewish Home; in fact has been a director of both.
He belongs also to the Y. M. H. A., and the B'nai
B'rith. Also to the Young Men's Gymnastic Clul) of
this cit}-. New Orleans Lodge Knights of Honor and
Gerniania Lodge F. & A. M.

EDWARD GOETZ.

JOSEPH SIMON.

MR. JOSEPH SIMON.

In this gentleman we still have with us, one of the
few survivors of the period before the Civil war; one
of those who cut a figure in the Jewish annals of
that and the later formative stage, as we mav call it,
distinguished by the establishment, on a firm basis,
of a number of important Jewish institutions, Touro
Infirmary, the Orphans' Home and others among
them.

"With the ancient," (meaning the elderly), says
Job, "is wisdom; in length of days understanding."
Mr. Simon was born in Bavaria, Germany, eighty-
one years ago. He came here to New Orleans, sixty-
four years ago. That was in 1S4(). Eight years
later, in 1848, he began business on his own account
in the clothing trade, at the French Market. From
1858 until 1863 he was in jjartnership, in this same
line, with the late Leon Godchaux, doing both a
wholesale and retail business. After the Civil war,
in 18()(j, he established himself in the hat trade
wholesale and jobbing, as Jos. Simon. In 1868, Mr.
Jos. Kohn, being admitted to an interest, the house
became Simon & Kohn. It is the same now known
as Kohn, Weil & Co. Mr. Simon withdrew from this
connection in the '90s and for a time, before retiring
from active business altogether, was president of the
old Louisiana Light & Power Co., to which the New
Orleans Railways Light & Power Co., succeeded.

As a merchant retired with a competence Mr.
Simon enjoys "dignity with ease" in a fine old home-

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DELICACIES of
THE SEASON
ALWAYS ON
HAND ^ ^ ^ ^

LADIES
CAFE ^ ^

PETER & ANTHONY
FABACHER, ^ Props.

Fabacher's

Restaurant and Hotel

Nos. 137 Royal Street,

jtjtjtjtji AND j*j*.M-J*Jt

708 to 716 Customhouse St.,

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

Capital Stock, $50,000.

NOAM VV RAMSKY, President,

RAMSEY PIANO
MFG. COMPANY

MANU^'ACTURKU-; OP

oSe Ramsey and Tulane
PIANOS,

535-537 BIENVILLE STREET,

PHONE 2391-Y.

New Orleans, La.

((

I'l

ANTONIO SUAREZ

^.>«MANUFACTURER OF.^^

Fine Havana Cigars*

1033 DAUPHINE ST,,
New Orleans, La.

nil
11)

156

stead of the up-town residence district of the city,
and thoug-h retired, still takes an interest, while not
actively participating- as formerly, in Jewish institu-
tional affairs. He gives an undivided allegiance,
however, to the religion of his birthright, perform-
ing still, as he has since its foundation in 1S72, the
office of vice-president of the Congregation of Tem-
ple Sinai.

Mr. Simon was one of the founders of the old He-
brew Benevolent Association, and was its president;
he was a prime mover in that consolidation of that
body with Touro Infirmary after the serious yellow
fever epidemic of 1855; he was also one of the or-
»;anizers of the Jewish Widows and Orphans Home,
and the Hebrew Educational Association, and was
president of the Hebrew Rest. The service rendered
by him to these institutions, and the Jewish com-
munity, at a time too, when they needed assistance
most, can hardly be fully set forth, even in the most
appreciative terms.

Mr. Simon has been a Mason since 1845. He has
been a member also of other fraternal organizations.
"Accepting the commandments as a lamp and the
law as a light to g-uide him, length of days, pros-
perity and peace have they brought him." In 1001
with his good wife, family and friends he celebrated
the golden wedding-, fiftieth anniversary of his mar-
riage.

MR. SAMSON CERF.

Mr Cerf ministers as Rabbi and Cantor to the Con-
gregation Sluiara 7 cfiht, Jackson Avenue, the Gates
of Prayer, second oldest of the congregations of the

WILL MOSS.

city. Its building- was ])ut uj) in ISd'i. and soon after
Mr. Cerf, then newly .-irrived from over the water was
chosen to conduct its services This office he held
most acceptably for six years, at the end of which
period he withdrew and embarked in mercantile con-
cerns, and was thus engaged until four or five years
back, when the Congregation again engaged his
services.

Mr. Cerf was born in Alsace, (then France) some
sixty years or more ago. He received his schooling
in the Elysee of Strasburg and was just about of age
when he came here in '61. He is married but has no
children and among his co-religionists is a man much
esteemed for strength of convictions and sincerity of
character.

SAHSON CERP.

MR. WILL MOSS.

This is a well-known insurance man of New Or-
leans, a gentleman with an extensive acquaintance
through his connection with the Janvier & Moss
Agency, Ltd. He was born in Sturgcs. Mich., in 1852,
and was educated in the schools of Akron. Ohio. He
came South years ago, and was engaged for a time as
a cotton planter.

Mr. Moss is a man of family. He is a director of
the Congregation Gates of Prayer. His fraternal
affiliations include official positions as follows: Senior
Warden Jefferson Lodge No. 101, Masonic Order,
Captain of the Host, Concord Chapter No. 2. and
Deputy Master Louisiana Council No. 1 in the same;
also Treasurer Ben Hur Senaie No. o03, Knights of
the Ancient Essenic Order.

157

GERMANIA

Savings Bank and Trust Company,

NEW ORLEANS, LA.
Nos. 3n-3J5 CAMP STREET.

CAPITAL STOCK,
SURPLUS FUND, -
UNDIVIDED PROFITS.

$100,000.00

500,000.00

- 101,760.60

OFFICERS.

Mi:i:n.ii. i'rt.si.i..ni.

(;. .\l). I'.L.AFFKl:. V

II.

ic- President and Cashier.
A. WUI.FK, As.si.stant Casliier.

SAVINGS, TRUSTS, SAFETY VAULTS,
MORT(iAGES, COLLATERAL LOANS. i

Our business is thoroug-hl}- prepared for all transac-
tions in any of the above lines and we solicit
interviews, in person or by letter, in
reference to any matter con-
nected therewith.

DIRECTORS.

.1. K. .MEUILII — l.iallicr and Firidintt,, N'o. 83ii Povdras Sireet

A.VIZAUU Naval Sii.res. Ni> 5)9 Magazine SI reet

.INO U. MKYKKS Molasses. No. 7.d Snuih Peters Street

<'HAS V HULK AtiorEiev at Law, Masonic Tenii)le

() T MAIER.. Secretary. No. 307 Camp Street

«,. AD. BLAKFER Cashier. No. 311 Camp street

I^MO^JIS iiliiil.

DAVID LEMLEY,

Copper, Tin and
Sheet Iron Works,

\ ~ -"• 1

}■ 353-355 Baionne St. 901 to <?C5 Pcrdido St. \

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NEW ORLEANS. LOUISIANA.

gding! going!! gone!!!

PHONE .il.=i

Stern^s Auction Exchange ]

SUCCESSOR TO Kl). CCKTls {

\ Removed to 344-346-348 Baronne St. near Perdjdo
ArcTioNKF.i; SAM H. STERN ai'I'RAIser
Auctions Wednesdays and Saturdays

Sales of > ery Description
Respectfully Soliciiea .

(iOODS TAKEN ON {
STORAOEO'.sJ ;

■Maid of the South''
Corn Mills

Watertown Steam Engines
and Boilers ,

Geo. L. Squire Sugar. Rice I
and Coffee Machinery jj

Cameron Steam Pumps

Deeming Hand and Pulley
Pumps

Shafting, Pulleys. Gearing

Detachable Chain. Rubber

and Leather Belting

Standard Saw Mills and
Hoisting Engines

Van Winkle Cotton Gins,

Feeders. Condensers

and Presses

714 PERDIDO STREET,
NEW ORLEANS, LA.

MGIII[R!

P. DESMARIES,

LEATHER AND
SHOE FINDINGS

SHOE STORE SUPPIES

204 CHARTRES ST j* NEW ORLEANS

-9$i$i$i$i$i$i$!$!$!$f$i$^<^^7$'$$$f$i$i$<$<$<$<$<$!$<$f$!$$i$-$i$<$<$<$^

I ^1 lartin vjteiaericn I

Successor to MRS. F. HEIDERICH.

I PARLOR. BED AND DINING ROOM *

i»
Mattresses *
Rattan Chairs *
Matting *

Rugs ^^ I

Furniture,

% REFRIGERATORS,

f GO-CARTS. ETC.

I 2116-2118-2120 Magazine St.. |

Belwien Josephine & Jackson.

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

— 158

I NEW ORLEANS, LA. t

JUDGE HENRY LAWRENCE LAZARUS.

Our subject is one of the leading- lawyers of the
city. He has had great success as an advocate and
is employed in the most important cases, his success
and ability commending him therefor. He has also
occupied a place upon the bench liere as Judge of the
Civil District Court.

Judge Lazarus was born in Syracuse New York in
1853. He received his education in New York city
and in Baltimore. Md. His first employment was in
a commercial vocation but he soon abandoned that
for a career at the bar. He married Miss Sallie
Solomon in 1S75. He has been active politically but
of late has been devoted wholly to his profession.

MR. FERDINAND GUMBEL.

Mr. Gumbel is the well-known New Orleans cot-
ton factor and commission merchant, a successful and
wealthy business man of that line, and the owner
also of several cotton plantations, living in style in
the swellest part of fashionable St. Charles avenue.

Mr. Gumbel was born in Bavaria in 1841. His edu-
cation was acquired in the public schools of that
country. He was clerk for a short time in Germany
after his school days were over, but soon migrated,
as so many ambitious young- men of the time were
doing, to the "land of the free." He came South and
was in business here when the Civil War broke out,

JUDGE M. L. LAZARUS.

but abandoned it and enlisted, passing through the
usual vicissitudes and experiences of war time. After
the war he eng-aged again in business, this time in
New Orleans, and so continued till date.

Mr. Gumbel married Miss Selma Feitel. He be-
longs to the B'nai B'rith and besides being a sub-
scribing member, takes a live interest in the work of
Touro Infirmary and the Jewish Widows and Or-
phans Home.

SAMUEL hYMAN.

MR. SAMUEL HYMAN.

Mr. Hyman is of Hj-man-Hiller & Co., cotton fac-
tors of New Orleans, one of the most prominent
houses of that line in the trade. He was born in
Poland in 1839, and was educated in part by a pri-
vate instructor and in part at Summit, Miss., where
he began his business career as clerk in a general
store. He has other business interests also, brick
yards and saw mills among them; also in sand and
gravel and manufactures. He is vice-president of
the Teutonia Insurance Co., of New Orleans, also of
the Interstate Electric Co., a very important concern.

Mr. Hyman married in 1879, Miss Adele Hiller.
This marriage has been a happy one, fully exempli-
fying the sentiment "two hearts that beat as one."
He is a member of the Odd Fellows and the Masonic
Order; also of the B'nai B'rith; also of the Touro
Infirmary and Jewish Widows and Orphans Home.
He resides in style on the famous residence street of
New Orleans, St. Charles Avenue.

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Independent Oil Refining Co. C. W. EICHLING,

MANUFACTURERS and REFINERS,

H. ARMBRUSTER. Proprietor
341 'Old No. 67) GIROD ST. New Orleans. La.

Illuminating Oils. ^ Lubricating Oils.
Cotton Seed Oils. ^^^ Greases.

Special Grades Put Up to Order.
Warehouses on I C R. R. and New Basin Canal and Shell Road-

' Bottles

labels

Corks

bottle Caps

Straw Covers

Sealing' V\'ax

Filtering Paper

Bar Supplies

Flasks

Corking Machines

Capping Machines

Bottling Machines

Bung Starts

Beer riallets

Hand Corkers

Wood Faucets
i Brass Faucets

Sulphur Wicks

Cork Pullers

Demijohns

Corkscrews, Etc.

And General Sup-
plifs for the Bar.
Restaurant and
Liquor Trade . . .

Phone No. 1312

MANUFACTURERS of
SKELETON CASES

t^ !^ S^

The LOUB AT

Glassware and
Cork Co,, Ltd*

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN

Bottles, Glassware, Bar
Goods, Corks, Crockery

^^' ^^ i^^

510 to 51 6 BIENVILLE ST.

Near Decatur.

New Orleans. La.

Seed Merchant,

TELEPHONE 2808-L

SPi:CI.^LTII5S— f renlr and Bernnula Onion
Sfeds and seis. Choice Seed Corn. Eastern
Seed Poiaiots. .'^eeds lor Truck Karmens,
Fruit 'I'rees. Roses. Flower Seeds and Planis

407 Magazine St.

Between Natchez and Poydras Sts

NEW ORLEANS, LA

A. H. WIGHT, President.
SIDNEY STORY. Vice-President
PA CAVAROC. Sec'y-Treas

FSTABLISHED 1835.

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CAVAROC

COMPANY. Ltd.

Importers Wines,
Liquors,
Olive Oil, Etc.

Office & Salesroom,
No. 151 BARONNE ST.

Warehouse,
No 227 DECATUR ST.

TELEPHONE: CUMBERLAND 2759.

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

J. FERRET,

Carpenter and Cabinet Maker,

Saloon, Store and Office Fixtures.

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ICK I'.o.NKS.

WilJIK.

Ki'siik'iicc. No. (il:; r..\i;iiN\K STKKK'I',

shop, 1)111 lliirdiinc Sticcl.

Xcw Orleans, La

CONTINENTAL
FIRE

INSURANCE
COMPANY

OF NEW YORK

V 623 Gravier Street,

James Prevost

Manager.

New Orleans, La. .^

1()U —

MK. JACOB C. LAZARD.

Mr. Jacob Lazard, or "Jake" as he is to his inti-
mates is the son of C. Lazard, head of the well-
known Canal street clothinjj- house, the C. Lazard
Co., Ltd., and is himself vice-president of that com-
pany, and secretary of its jobbing auxiliary, the New
York and New Orleans Clothing- Co. He was born
here, brought up in this city and here received his
schooling, both literary and commercial. He is one
of the representatives of the younger element of Jew-
ish business men and far from least among them. He
was formerly in the shoe business on St. Charles
street here, but for some years has been associated
with his father.

Mr. Lazard has evinced a strong interest in the
Young Men's Hebrew Association, and has been a
liberal contributor to Jewish charities.

JACOB C. LAZARD.

MR. ARCHIBALD A. MARX.

This gentleman is of note among the younger or
native element of Jewish stock in New Orleans, as a
highlv successful business man, and from his official
connection with the Y.M.H.A, and LO.B.B., with the
latter organization particularly. He stands high in
its councils. He has been vice-president, treas-
urer, president and delegate to the Constitutional
Lodge, and has represented it as its director on the
board of Touro Infirmary serving as chairman of that
committee in charge of the erection of the part
known as the Julius Weis Home. The plans in fact
were drawn under his supervision, a high compliment
to his business ability. He has been director also of
the Y. M. H. A.

Mr Marx was born here. He is a son of Mr. Solo-
mon Marx a well-known old time business man. He
is a graduate of the New Orleans schools. He ven-
tured into business on his own account very early,
and was in spices and grocers sundries for some time.
He is now engaged in the oil trade and is secretary
of Aschaffenberg & Co., Ltd., contracting plumbers,
Carondelet street.

Mr. Marx is a man of family. He lives in the fash-
ionable uptown residence district known as Rosa Park.

CUTHBERT SCHAEFER.

MR. CUTHBERT SCHAEFER.

Mr. Schaefer is of a prominent family of Yazoo
City, Miss. He was born and reared and grew
nearly to manhood there. Coming- here for a finish
to his education he graduated from Tulane with a
literary degree. He also took a course at Cornell
University, New York, and was the recipient of high
honors from that tilini niiiiei. Then starting out in
the world, to carve out a career, he identified himself
with a leading concern of contracting plumbers,
leading in their line and assumed charge of their
office. He is a partner in that firm, married, and a
staunch Y. M. H. A. man, considered among those
who have his acquaintance one of the most promising
of our younger Jewish business element.

ARCHIBALD A. MARX.

— Ihl

jfuncial
IDirectors

No 800 Magazine Street, Corner Julia,
■■ AND — <>

Washington Ave. & Prytania St ,

Telephone No. 697.

Fine Carriages for Hire at all Times

For Balls, Parties, Weddings. Pleasure
Drives, Etc. -^

Orders Attended to Promptly

Cumberland Phone No. 3439.

JOSEPH ZIMMERMANX, HUGO STOLLEY,
President and Manag-er. Secty & Treas

o LIMITED. o

426-428 BARONNE ST., New Orleans. La

j» -jt DEALERS IN jt -j*

Building Specialties,

IMiUitt'ls, (Irates, Encaustic and Marhlc
Tiles. Warm Air Heating a Specialty.

Ail Work Done in Artisth and Workmanlike Manner.
ESTIMATES GIVEN ON APPLICATION.

W. B Green. F. J. W. Pflug. Edw. Sullivan.

W.B.Green Photo Supply

COMPANY.

Kodaks and Films, Cameras, Dry
Plates, Lenses. Etc.

Apparatus and Supplies for Professional and Amateur-
DeveIop(ngandFinishingforAmateors,Picture Framing

132 CARONDELET STREET,

NEW ORLEANS, LA

Everything in Modern Photography.

2123 Magazine Street,

Bet. Jackson and Josephine New Orleans, La.
Insures ajjjainst Loss or Damage
by Fire at Lowest Rates.

Capital $ 1 50.000 . Reserve Fund $200,620 73
Assets $397,758 60.
iOFFICKKHs

.laiMt's W'il.sim, I'rfs. Dr. James H. .Mahmey. \'iue-Pres.

■Joliii X. Wegniann, Seeietaiy.

|t| IM'U'TuUS, — l(i,,;(.pli l!;nini!iini. .1. 1''. Ixraiiz, i'"rt.ci'k
r.rln<Micls. I>r. .1. 11. Miiloiif y. K. 11. i:iiail\vick. Clirisliiiii
Miller. Ih-iirv I', Dart. Dr.' S I;. Ollipliaiit. II. Dcinnen-
IVIscr, riiilip" ITelTer. Dr. ('. I'ickliardt, Fred'k Qiiereiis,
.Adarii (laiiilicl, l.ciuis Schulfr. .1. li. llerl>erili, A. S.
Skardcii. W. II, ll.dfTMaii. .1. K. Sautcr, \V. I.. Ilu<rlies,
.l,,s. TranchiiKi. .1,11 \\,-\U-r. It. ■rim.-ni, T. .1. Kid.l,
llerinaii Wilkc, .lames Wilson.

162 —

MR. HENRV GREENWALL.

A man so long- in the Hmelig-ht of publicity as
Henry Greenwall, scarcely needs an introduction. In
the very nature of his business, from his lonjf service
as a theatrical nianag-er, and purveyor of entertain-
ment and pleasure to the people, he is one of the best
known residents of New Orleans.

Few men have had a more e.xtensive experience of
the show business. He has been a leading- lig-ht in
it for more than twenty years. Beginning in Texas
he was manager of his own opera house at Galveston
and built up a circuii embracing Dallas and other
large cities of the Lone Star State. Later he opened
up in New York. At present he is interested in the
Baldwin-Melville syndicate, comprising stock shows
in this city, Cincinnati and other large places North,
and has put up for them in this city the finest
theatre in the South.

Following are houses of which he is lessee and
manager: Greenwall Theatre, New Orleans; Savan-
nah Theatre, Savannah, Ga ; Grand Opera Opera
House, (lalvestori, Texas; Sweeney & Coombs Opera
House, Houston, Texas; Greenwall Opera House, Fort
Worth, Texas., and the Dallas Opera House, Dallas,
Texas. He is president also of the American Theat
rical Exchange, New York city.

During his managerial career Mr Greenwall has

HENRY QREENWALL.

presented some of the costliest attractions and most
famous stars on the road, Patti, Bernhardt, Booth,
Coquelin and Irving- among others.

This is the public side of his character. In private
life he subscribes to the faitli of his fathers and con-
tributes to the maintenance of the institutions of that
faith. He is a liberal giver to charity and public
purposes, and not alone to Jewish charity but to all
whose merits commend them.

MR. ALEXANDER LICHTENTAG.

Mr. Lichtentag- is distinguished as a worker in one
of the most useful Jewish institutions of the city,
the Y. M. H. A. He was its secretary from its foun-
dation until a year or two ago; and when he declined
to serve longer was prevailed upon by his associates
to remain a member of the Board of Directors, of
which he is one, still. He has served the Association
long and faithfully also as chairman of its Publica-
tion Committee, supervising the "Owl" and its suc-
cessor, the Y. M. H. A. Magazine

He is secretary also of the Cong-regation Gates of

EUGENE H. QUTMANN.

Prayer, Jackson Avenue, one of the younger men
taking an active interest in cong-regational affairs.

Mr. Lichtentag is a native; he was born here in
ISiiS and was educated in the public schools here. He
is an educator by profession, conducting the Paragon
Short Hand Institute, and is tfie author of the work
"The Paragon System of Short Hand " He is Past
Master of Jefferson Lodge of Masons and was Chan-
cellor and Past Grand Representative in the K. of P.

MR. EUGENE H. GUTMANN.

Mr. Gutmann was the first financial secretarj- of the
Young- Men's Hebrew Association and has held that
office until to-day. He hns lieen secretary of Touro
Infirmary and its collector; collector of the Jewish
Widows & Orphans Home, and sexton and collector
of Temple Sinai. He succeeded his father in the last
named position. He is secretary also of Louisiana
Council, Legion of Honor, and was for fifteen years
in a trusted position with the great cotton house of
H Abraham & Son in this citv.

He was born here in 18()7 and received his education
in the public schools of the city. He has an enviable
record. His work is well done He is thoroughl}'
business. The confidence reposed in him as a fidu-
ciary is well merited; it speaks volumes as to his
character.

ALEXANDER LICHTENTAG.

K.Jl

S. V. FORNARIS.

Pkksidknt.

JONAS H. LEVY.

\'ice-Pkksident.

F. DIETZE.

Cashiek.

QERMANIA

...National Bank...

620 CANAL STREET,

Capital Stock Paid In, $700,000

Surplus and Undivided Profits, $420,457.77.

DI'RECTO'RS OF THE ^AJSfK

E. ALLGEYER.

of E. Allgej-er & Co., Cotton Exporters.

H. ABKAHAM.

of H. Abraham & Sons, Limited, Cotton and
Cotton Factors

WILLIAM H. BYRNES.

President Hibernia Insurance Co. of New Or-
leans.

CHARLES A. FARWELL,

of Milliken & Farwell, Sugar Merchants.

S. V. FORNARIS,

of S. V. P^ornaris & Co., Commission Mer-
chants and Exporters.

J. L. HEKWRi,
Capitalist.

C. L. KEPPLER,

Wholesale Druggist

J. H LEVY,

of M. Levy & Sons, Cotton Factors.

PATRICK McCLOSKEY,

of McCloskey Bros., Commission Merchants.

THOS. McDERMOTT,
Sugar and Molasses.

S. ODENHEIMER,

of the Lane Cotton Mills.

W. L. SAXON,

of Smith Bros. & Co.. Ltd . Wholesale Grocers
and Importers.

MAX. SCHWABACHER.

of J. & M. Schwahacher, Ltd., Wholesale
Grocers and Importers.

J. M. VER(iNOLE.
Wholesale Liquors.

SOL WEXLER.

of Julius Weis & Co., Bankers and Cotton
Factors.

F. B. WILLIAMS.

Lumber Manufacturer.

JOHN A. WOCiAN,

of Wogan Bros , Molasses Refiners.

T. B LAMPTON.

GEO. H. RICHEY.

GEORGE CLAY.

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LEON L. SHWARTZ.

MR. LEON L. SHWAKTZ.

Mr. Shwartz is the well-known Canal Street mer-
chant, formerly of A. Shwartz & Sons, but since
188') in business in the dry g-oods, millinery and ladies
furnishing's line by himself. This is a popular es-
tablishment handling- as specialties fine tailor made
suits, bridal trousseaux and outfits; etc., in short a
first class establishment.

Mr. Shwartz has been in this trade over twenty-
five vears. He was born in this city and was brought
up to the business from his youth. He has naturally
a large circle of acquaintances and friends. He is a
Mason and has filled hig-h offices in the Order. He
belong-s also to the Pythian Order and the American
Leg-ion of Honor; alst) to the Prog-ressive Union, as a
member of which he has lent his aid to further the
best interests of the city of his nativity in the promise
of whose future he is a firm believer. In Jewish af-
fairs he also takes a lively interest.

MR. DAN A. ROSE.

In the business world Mr. Rose is known as the
head of one of the principal g-eneral insurance ag-en-
cies of the city, situated on Gravier street in the quar-
ter devoted to the cotton trade and as one of the most
active, enterprising- and successful underwriters
here. Among- our Jewish residents he has been
conspicuous throug-h his interest in and work in be-
half of the Young- Men's Hebrew Associatit)n, of
which he has been a director.

Mr. Rose is a subscribing- member also of the prin-
cipal Jewish charities. He belonj^s to the Harmony
Club and to a number of orders and fraternities.

ADOLPH GOOD.

MR. ADOLPH (;OOI).

Mr. (iood is Secretary and Treasurer of the Boston
Shoe Store Co., Canal street, one of the principal con-
cerns of the city. He was born in London, Eng-land,
in 18o4, but came to this country many years ag-o.
For a time at first he was clerk in the wholesale gro-
cery business in Galveston, Tex. From there he
came here.

Mr. (lood is one of the directors of the Young- Men's
Hebrew Association. He belong-s also to the Elks
and to the Clerks Mutual Benevolent Asst)ciation of
this city. He married Miss Julia Kaufman about
six years ag-o.

MR. DAVID GOLDSTEIN.

Those who are familiar with Touro Infirmary, an
institution which is the pride of the Jewish people
hereabouts, know that efficient and courteous official
who presides over the clerical department.

Mr. Goldstein is a native. He was born here in
18(>2. He acquired his education in the public schools
here, and was an apt scholar. His first employment
was with his father, Pincus Goldstein, as a jeweler.
He remained with his father for eleven vears and on
his death assumed charg-e oi the business.

Mr. (xoldstein is a subscribing- member of Touro
Infirmary and the Jewish Home. He belong-s to the
B'nai B'rith, the Hebrew Benevolent Association, the
Cong-reg-ation Ciates of Prayer and the Knig-hts of
Pythias.

DAN A. ROSE.

— 165

DAVID GOLDSTEIN.

J^-i

"^"^itz-^iA -^t3R^>

J. E. MBRILH, President.

OTTO T. MaiEK. Secretary.

ED. J. HEIMTZ, asst. Secretary.

Germania

Insurance Company

eP NEW GRLBHNS. LH.

Office, No 307 Camp Street.

Capital Paid-Up, - $100,000

Surplus, - - - 26.000

Solicits Your Insurance

At Lowest Current Rate.

WHEN YOU ENTERTAIN

guests al your aft' ' noon at
h<ime. iQey scruliii /,e every
pos.sible detail, examine
everything ot interest in
the r.otn. tspenally ibe

FURNITURE

It you have purchased

ot us. vnu can feel assured
that evervtbiDg is quiie
correct, for whether it be
Carlcr or Dining Rorm,
Library or Hedroom, we
offer our patrons the
irresistible combination of

Best Quality, Latest Styles and Lowest Prices.

come: aimd si

The Grant FaFniture Co.

Successors to MONTQOMERY & GRANT.

21 ( )-'2 1 2 CAMP STREE^r.

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Teutonia

Insurance

Company...

OF INBW ORLEANS, LA.

Assets, $807,773.39.

©FPieERS.

ABLERT P. NOLL, I'lvsiiieiit.

SAMUEL HYMAN, Vice-President

FRANK LANGBEHN, Secretary.

DIRECTORS— ,7 B Cauiors, Addlph Dumser.
K R. (Jdgreve, Samuel Hj'iiiaii, Henry P Hart.
K. .latiiK-ke, Geo. .Jnigens, .fnliiis Keiffer, .1. H.
Kpller, .InliuH Koch, Isaac I>ev.v, Frank Ruder,
F. Raquet. A. (i. KicUs H. Sclinlz'-, (\ H. sctienok,
A Soc.la, Hy. 'I'lmele. .Albert P. Ndll.VV. F. Milier.

!()()

MR. GUSTAVE MOSKS.

Mr. Moses is the senior member of G. Moses &
Sons, ranking- amonu- the most successful and artistic
[)hotog-raphers t)f the country. Theirs is the oldest
g-allery here, and they have received many special
awards, g-old medals among- them, at the photo-
^[•raphers conventions for their work in g-eneral, min-
iature and other special branches of portraiture. So
loni;- and successfully indeed, has Mr. Moses been in
intimate relations with the people of New Orleans
and its visitors, as to be almost a public character.

Three g-enerations of this family have been en-
g-ag-ed in this profession. Mr. Moses' son. Will, is
the third. His g-rand-father. the late S. Moses, the
fatlier of G Moses, who founded the business, was one
af the American pioneers in the art of photog-raphy.
Mr. Moses himself was instructed in his earlier years
in the mvsteries of the dag-uerrotype. The son is
an artist as photographer and is a writer on photo-
graphv as well. Thev are representatives both, cer-
tainly, in the full meaning- o1 the term of a profes-
sion which their family has done much to advance.

HAX SAHSON.

MR. MAX SAMSON.

Mr. Samson is proprietor of the pharmacy at 117
Camp street, one of the few establishments strictly
devoted to drugs and pharmaceutical jjreparations in
this cit}'. Prescriptions are a specialty with it.

Mr. Samson is of note in his profession as a direc-
tor of the New Orleans College of Pharmacy and as
a member of the State Board of Pharmaceutical Ex-
aminers; positions indicating his standing in the
business. He was born here and was educated at the
Hebrew School of this city. Having graduated from
it he determined to take up pharmacy as a business
and matriculated at Tulane for that purpose. At
the same time, in order to secure practical as well as
theoretical knowledge of it he secured a place in a
drug store. He graduated with honors in 1882 and
took a place with I. L. Lyons & Co., in the prescrip-
tion department. Here he remained several years
and made a name for himself.

Mr. Samson is a member of the American, the
National, the State and the Orleans Pharmaceutical
Associations. He belongs to the Masons, the Knights
of Pvthias and the Progressive Union.

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DR. ERNEST A. WHITE.

Dr. White is the veterinary of the New Orleans
Fire Department and has a reputation in the profes-
sion which draws to him no little private practice as
well. He is a native of the city, still a voung man,
onlv thirty-one this year, and in making choice of a
profession followed in the footsteps of his father the
late H. A. White, who ranked among the American
experts in veterinary surg-ery.

Dr. White himself is a graduate of the Universitv
of Pennsylvania one of the most complete of the
higher educational institutions of the country. Its
veterinary department is the leading- school of the
kind in America. Dr. White g-raduated from it with
the hig-hest honors. He has since had eight years
practice and has earned reputation as a successful
"vet" which after all is the test.

DR ERNEST A. WHITE.

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MEYER H. GKADWOHL.

Mr. Ciradwohl is chief of staff in the great depart-
ment house of the Maison Blanche in this cit}'. He
is a man still comparative younjf, who has risen by
his own abilities and exertions from a place in the
ranks, and deservins,'- according- to the accepted stan-
dard in modern business, due credit for his successes.

He was born and raised, as the ])hr;ise is, in New
Orleans, and got his education in the common schools
of the city. An ambitious lad, he began at an early
as"e to earn a living. His first situation was as cash
bov in a store near one of the markets.

For many years he was with the Fellman's, and for
a time was a (lei)artment manager for Leon Fellman.
When the Maison Blanche was established he went
with S J. Shwartz & Co., the first proprietors as
New York buyer. In this responsible i)i)sition he
was markedly successful.

He is a leading member of the Young Men's Gym-
nastic Club.

HEYER H. ORAUWOHL.

ALBERT ASCHAHHENBERQ.

MR. ALBERT ASCHAFFENBERG.

Here we refer to the well-known business man
head of the A. Aschaffenberg Co., Ltd., a leading
liouse here in the plumbing and plumbers supplies
line, the one which furnished the plumbing for the
St. Charles Avenue palaces of Maurice Stern, Isidore
Newman, Gus Lehman, Jr., and others He is of
note also among the Jewish residents of the city for
the interest he has manifested in and the service he
has rendered the Y. M. H. A.

Mr. Aschaffenberg was born here and e.xcept for a
short term s])ent in Chicago in business has made
this city his home. He was identitied with the Y.
M. H. A., l)efore he left here, and resumed his con-
nection with it when he returned. His work for it
on its Entertainment Committee, and its Building
Committee and as director of it has been of the most
serviceable character.

MR. M. .1. WOLF.

Marcus Junius Wt)lf. is the full name of our sub-
ject. He has a wide aci|uaint;ince through his con-
nection with many organizations as Touro Infirmary,
the Widows' and Orphans' Home, the Young Men's
Hebrew Association, the U'nai B'rith and Harmony
Club. Also among secular concerns, the P^lks, Knights
of Pythias, Travellers Protective Association, Patri-
otic Order Sons of American and others. He has
been on the Board of Touro. and of the Widows and
Orphans Home, and has been \'ice-President of the
Y. M. H. A.

Mr. Wolf is of the well-kn.iwn tirin of B. J. Wolf
& S(ms, manufacturers of clothing. This business
he has folk)wed since early manhood. He was born
in New York city in \SF^'). He married in 189.i Miss
(iertrude Levi whose loss a short time since only
he mourns.

n. J. WOLF.

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-^rp:ferences : -

Whiliii-v Naliun;il I'.aiik.
IlilK'i'iiin l!:iTilv ;iim1 I'nisi
('<)m|);iiiv. Nrw ()rlLaii>.
I'irsl National Uaiik.
( 'miiiiHTcial N a 1 i n ri a I
I'laiik, Ijiiiistiiii, 'I'l'XaK.

'Hi:

I'kIVATE WikES Tl)

New York,

Chicag'o,

And Princii);tl

Points of

Texas, Louisiana,

Mississippi,

Arkansas

And Tennessee.

Haywaro.VicK&GlarK,

COTTON, STOCKS,
BONDS, GRAIN,
PROVISIONS AND
COFFEE ^^^jt'ju.ji

Main Office: New Orleans, Gravier and Carondelet Sts.
Opposite the Cotton Exchange.

Telephone Main No- 1139.
Main Branch. HOUSTON. TEXAS

MEMBERS:

New Orleans Cotton Exchanfi^e.

New Orleans Future Brokers' Association.

New York Cottoi Exchange.

New York Coffee Exchange.

Chicago Board of Trade.

Associated Members Liver])ool C'otton Ass'n.

J. I). HAYWAKI),

A. J. VICK,

J NO F. CLARK.

Nkw Yokk

COK R ESPON I lEXTS :

J. S. BACHE & CO.

Chicac'.o

CORKRSPONnKNTS :

BARTLETT, FRAZIER AND
CARRINGTON.

'1
CflLBTOIRE'S

V Dauphine Street. Near Canal.

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ALL PRINCIPAL THEATRES Wl THIN A BLOCK. \

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j'* Everything the market affords. A la Carte and Table D'Hote

A Few Desirable Rooms.

Elegant Dinins; Rooms ^

f-'oK HAN'.UKIn

H. W. FELDNER,

716 PERDIDO STREET,

Near St. Charles,

New Orleans. La. i

Chas. Eble,

FL0RI5T

Flowers for all Occasions
and at all Seasons-

STORE.

106 BARONNE ST.

GARDEN.

l503 Upperline near
St. Charles Ave.

Phones. New Orleans, La.

Main ■.U'-if \V. UliKiuii 711! W,

P. n. LONGSHORE,

L L LHMHR. \*\

LOITGSHOIIE S, CO.,

206-208 Carondelet St,

MEMBERS OF

New Orleans Cotton Exchange,

New Orleans Stock Exchange,

New Orleans Board of Trade,

New Orleans Future Brokers' Ass'n,

Assuciate Members Liverpool Cotton Excha

— 170 —

MK. FELIX U. LEVY.

Among the representative business houses founded
years ag"0 whose story of success is part of the com-
mercial history of Louisiana, is tlie well-known firm
of Levy, Ivoeb & C-o., of New Orleans. This success
was based upon the honor and integrity of its foun-
ders, gentlemen who, to succeed, bent every effort
to preserve its prestige untarnished.

The worthy senior member of this firm, Mr. Feli.x
n. I.,evy, was born in Hellimer, a picturesque Alsa-
tian town on January 17, IS.^d, when the colors of
France waved proudly from tiie Ocean to the Kiver
Khine. Mr. Levy enjoyed exceptionally good oppor-
tunities for an education. He received in his native
land a common school education. This was followed
by a college course. His studies, however, were in-
terrupted when he had attained the age of fourteen
by a desire to seek his destiny in the United States.
So it came about that among" the arrivals ^n the eve
of the New Year of IS.^0 was this aspiring Alsatian
youth.

Mr. Levy proceeded to Franklin, St. Mary's Parish,
La., where iiis first emplovment wasasclerk in a dry
goods store. He was painstaking and desirous to
please his employer and the customer. He evinced a
taste for business. His thrift may be judged by the
fact that by rigid economy, in a short space of time
he accumulated sufficient money to go into business
on his own account. His venture proved most suc-
cessful and for years following the future gave
promise of realizing his fondest dreams.

At the /.enith of what Mr. f^evy then considered
his career the war between the States began. To all
intents and j)urposes he was a Southerner, hence he
cast liis lot with his people, entered the Confederate
Army, and continued wearing the "(iray" until the
finale at Appomatto.x.

His war record was in accord with his reputation
before and since the internecine struggle, honorable
and without blemish. Leaving Franklin in the hey
da}' of manhood, leaving his business and all cher-
ished ties, he proceeded to a Camp of Instruction
where, after six months he was promoted Sergeant-
Major and acting Adjutant of the Camp. He was
then transferred to the Subsistence Department,
Major Phillips commanding, on the staff of Gen.
Richard Taylor.

Subsccjuently he was ordered to report at the I'ost
Commissary Department located at Alexandria, La.,
where he remained until Banks' army moved toward
Shreveport. The Confederates retreated to Mans-

field, and there General Taylor took up a position.
The day before the battle at Mansfield Mr. Levy
issued S.OOO rations to the "Boys in (iray" and. when
lie is in reminiscent vein he tells of the time "when
S,(){)i) Confederates faced 2S.n(ii) Yanks, whipped them
and forced them to retreat."

After this battle at Mansfield Mr. fyevy was trans-
ferred to (General Terrell's Brigade, Texas Cavalry,
which disltanded at Corsicana, Texas, at the time
Lee faced Grant fur the last time. On June 2S, 1S(>.=..
Mr. Levy wos parolkd at Alexandria, La., iind
thence he returned to Franklin and began life anew.

On March 1, ISbf), Mr. Levy bade adieu to his
friends and companions in Franklin. They wit-
nessed his departure with regret. He came then to
to the city of New Orleans, and here has since re-
sided. Shortly after he entered commercial life here
as one of the firm of Simon, Loeb A Joseph, after-
wards Simon, Loeb & Levy, and later Levy. Loeb,
Scheuer & Co., and finally with continued prosperity.
Levy, Loeb & Co., one of tlic prominent houses of
the present. Mr. Levy is now the senior partner.

Personally Mr. I^evy is a <|uiet and unassuming
gentleman and only those who know him intimate] v
would recognize in him a man who, in the cause of
the Confederacy, braved death on many a hotlv con-
tested battle-field with the nonchalance of a true
Frenchman. Years ago while resident in Franklin,
he became a Mason of Franklin I^odge No. .^7 and
later, penetrated the mysteries of the vails in the
Koyal Arch Chapter. His Masonic course won for
him, not only the regard of his Brother Masons, but
the distinction of Honorary Membershij) in his
Mother Lodge also.

Since taking up his residence in New Orleans Mr.
Levy has been identified with Congregation Temple
Sinai, the Order B'nai B'ritli, the Free Sons of Israel
and the Associations dedicated to the Jewish Or-
phans' Home and Touro Infirmary and the Harmony
Club

While Mr. Levy is a practical man of afi'airs he
still finds time for the little amenities of fraternal
and social life and is, in his modest way, influential as
well as earnest, in his efforts for the betterment of
civic conditions or in the interest of his less fortunate
brethren.

171

[corona coal

TELEPHONE 362.

ALABAMA
Block Coal Co.

Office, 138 Carondt let Street,

YARD5: Corner Clio and ria}>'nolia .streets.
Corner Press and Burgundy Streets.

PATRICK J. McMAHON.

TELEPHONE 522.

Undertaker and Embalmer.

U 12-11 16 Dryades Street,

Oppsile SI. Jiihn ihvir. b.

Carriages for Wedding.*. Parties, Etc.

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805 CANAL STRELT,

Near Bourbmi, New Orleans. La.

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B.SG.$3.ooKat

Sold Elsewhere for $5 00

B. & Q. Stamped in a liat means
a Ouarantee for both
Quality and Style.

MILLERS
BILLIARD HALL,

1 16 ROYAL STREET,

NEAR CANAI. STREET.

117 EXCHANGE PLACE,

NEAR CANAL STREET.

^ BILLIARDS. 40 CENTS PER HOUR, -j^

Exhibition Games Nightly.

JOHN MILLER, Proprietor.

— 172 —

MR. HKNKY BUKK.

Mr. Block is tlif lu-ad of tlu- wholfsak- li(|u<>r lumsf
of Henry Block & Co., Tclunipitonlas street, New-
Orleans. He has taken a threat interest in the work
of the Yountf Men's Hebrew Association, has been a
director of it in fact. He is a member of the Harmony
Club; also of the Ur])hans' Home and Tonro Intirmarv
and is a worshipper at Teni])le Sinai.

Mr. Block was born in Cincinnati in IS,^'*. He be-
g-an his business career in the li([iior business, and
has followed it ever since successfully, and has ac-
quired interests aside from it in various lines. He
married in 18S5 Miss Florence Lazard.

HENRY E. OUMBEL.

MR. HENKY E (iUMBEU

The portrait shown herewith is that of one of the
younger and native element of Jewish Imsiness men
of the Crescent City, one of those doing- credit to
their derivation and to the paternal example and
training. It is the ])ortraitof Mr. Henry E. tiuinbe'.
Secretary of the old and substantial cotton house of
S. Gumbel & Co., (iravier street, factors highly re-
garded on 'Change and in the cotton world generally.

Mr. Gumbel was born here, and here also received
his education. He belongs to the Y. M H. A and
Harmony Club and other Jewisii organizations and
aftiliates with the Congregation of the Temple.

HENRY BLOCK.

MR. MORRIS ABRAHAM.

The picture here presented is that of Mr Morris
Abraham, of H. Abraham I't Sons, Cotton Factors,
Baronne street, a leading house of New e)rleans for
years in that line, with New York connections also,
making it well-known and influential on 'Change
there. Our subject is the second son of Mr. Henry
Abraham, head of the house, is a native of the city,
and a product of its schools, and has been identified
with the local management as its representative in
the Exchange for a considerable time. He is a club
man, and a liberal subscriber to the charities of the
faith_he j)rofesses.

MORkIS ABRAHAn.

EVERY JOLLY GOOD FELLOW DRINKS

SPARKLING

ABITA

I CORBONA TED. i

BECAUSE — It doesavvav vviili tin-
'•after effects" Mixed
witli wine acids z-st.
Makes a perfect
Hi-Ball.

ABITA SPRINGS WATER CO . LTD

508 POYDRAS STREET.

BOTTLED AT SPRINOS PHONt 2000

Chronometer Depot and Navigation Emporium.

Widow LOUIS FRIGERIO,

OPTICIAN.

SIGN or THE

■M DEALER IN .*

Chronometers, Fine Watches,
Clock, and Nautical Goods.

Mnllif niMtic.-il. l'liilo.-io[.ihic:il ;iiiil
Xaiilii'iil liistriiiiifiit

1015 Canal Street,

New Orleans.

Eyes Tested Free.

COMMOOOffE

H.C. Ramos, ^^(^i^^i^^

DISTRIBUTOR.

Gin Phizz.

AGENT FOR

Dr. Brown's Sarsaparilla
Tonice?*

y Imperial
Cabinet,

a m

M. C. RAMOS. Proprietor.

FOR THE BLOOD.

Celery Tonic,

FOR THE NERVES.

mi'

302=304 CARONDELET STREET, ., ^^^
Opposite Cotton Exchange,
New Orleans. La. ^ ^ ^

302 Carondelet St. New^Orieans, La.

3^SH5P5asai?HSaSHSa55HSaSHSHa5HSaSHSai>

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Fine Wines and Liquors.

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— 174 —

JOS. MAOfNtK.

AIR. |( )Si':rii ma(;\i-;k.

All liciii(ii\-(l naiiir in thr Jewish ciuiiniuiiily (jf W'W
< )rk;ms is tliis mu-; i1k- iiaiiu' of a man pcrsistciil and
w iinlf-lirarti.'il in tin- faith. ikAntcil to llic charities and
fraternal instilntiuiis ni the race, lnnj; oiie of the |)illars
lit 'I'uDrc) lnfirniar\ and inn;; Cdiispic'.iously i(lentifie(!
with the ii'nai li'rith urder. The fdllowing' from one of
llu lewisli perioiheals slows clearlv in wiiat estimation
lie i.s held:

■•( )ii iM-iday. • )ct. _>S. .\lr. .Manner eelrlirated his jotli
liirthdav and on that oceasion was the recipient of marked
attiiition and honor. ! )n the eveninj; previou.s a si)ecial
joint session of the local Uxli^es of ll'nai LVritli was held
and resohitions con!.;ratulatinj; him and reviewdii!:^ his ser-
vice for the order were adopted, iudotjistic addresses ac-
C( nipained dicni.

'"< )ii l''rida\" further compliment was paid him. Rev.
I.enchl otierc<l a s|K'cial praver for .Mr. .Mai^ner diirins;'
sirvice at Tuoro .S\ nai;o.L;ne and after the service the
lli^ards oi Tnoro liihrniar\' aiul the Ori)hans"' Home
jointh |)reseiilcd him with a set of resolutions, hand-
sonii'lv en,iL;rav<.(l on parchment, seltint;' forth the cliarita-
iile work accomplished i)\ him dnrinj; the last 50 years.
Hr. Leiicht presented these resolutions and alont;" with
them the further testimonial of a silver lo\in<;g cup from
his maii\' friends."

Tuoro Infirmarx traces hack to a period lout; ante-
dating; the L'ivil War; lint in its present sliat)e it was
icalK reori^anized and reconstituted after the terrihle
\ellow fe\'er epidtniic of 1X7K. In that reors^fanization,
with Ke\'. Hr. ( lulheini and L. 1!. Cain, Mr.
.\lai;iK-r was oik of the |iromineiit rt,t;'ures and
was the secretar\- elected at the time, and he
has hc;-n identified with its management ever
since. • le Itas also heen chairman of the Board of Mana-
i.;ers of the UwisM Widows" and ( )r|)hans' Home: and
when the Marmoiu 'c'luh comhine 1 with the old Companx'
C'itih in i.S-2. Ik was ele.'tcd the first secretary of the new
01 oanizatioii.

Joseph Masquer, s;i\.s another account, is a native of
llamhurL;-. (lerniany. He came to -\iiierica when he was
nnieteen \ eai s <if a.n'e, reached .\ew Orleans in 1848, and
went into the steamhoat husiness. wdiich he f<illowed for
three \ears. He was b(X)kkeener in a cotton house for
three years more, and then entered the army. He took
part in the hatties of t'hickamausa. Stonehri(Iy;e and Mur-
freesboro.

.\fter tile war closeil. he returned to this citv, and re-
sumed his cluf-'es as liookkeepcr. In Vkj he went into the

insurance husim-ss, wiiicli he lias followed e\-er since.
Mr. Ma.i^ncr has never married, devoting- himself to the
care of thi' widow and children of liis brother.

-Mr. .Magner was one of the incorporators of the Jew-
i^h i' lome .V^sociation, and was its .secretarv for eight
\ears. lie is the onl\ surviving founder of the Touro
Infirmary .\ssociatioii.

He was one of the founders of tile 'I'diple Sinai con-
gregation, is an e.\-president of the Touro In-
firmary .Association, and, was its secretarv for
eight years. Hi' was the secretarv also of the
1 lei ire w iSenevoleiU .Association, which was the
parent of both the ( )rphans' Home .Association
and the Touro Innrmarv .Association. He has been a
prominent nicmlier iov many years of the Ii'nai H'rith.
and was the first president of the Young Men's Hebrew
.\ssociation. Mr. Magner is now seventv-six vcars old,
and as deepl\ interested iii the Jewish iiliil.iiithiTipies as
ever.

i:r.\IvST m. L( )I-.i:.

UK of the nn)st active and successful of

Mr. L.oi'ii is

the Imsiness nnii of .Vew < )rleans. He is considered as
one of the -iirewdest also. Me is president of tlie Haubt-
iran iK: Loeb Co., manufacturers and dealers in machinery,
one of the largest concerns of the kind here, president
of the Diana lirick (!<: Tile (\>., president of the Afetro-
politan Lami Id., president of the I'ine Island Mercan-
tile Lo., and is interested in a number of other mercantile
and industrial enterprises. His judgement in tlie matter
of .\ew ( irieans real estate has been |.iroven both ex-
cellent and far sio-hted.

1 louston, Texas, in 18(17 wliich
Me received his education in
Schools and began life as an
of the very establishment of
w hich he is n.ow die bea I.

Mis wife, whom he mat lied about seven years ago, was
Miss J'dka l'"reem,-iii. Me is a Chapter Mason and Blue
Lodge .\lasoii, a member of the Xew Orleans Progressive
Cnion and prominenl in the deliberations and iniblic
f.iovenipnts of the Pioard of Trade. He is also vice presi-
dent of the Parkways Cnmniission of the citv. His Tewish
affiliations are with tlie Y. M. H. .A.. Tuoro Infirmary
ami the AA'iiiows and < )rnlian's Home.

.Mr. l.oeb was born in
makes him only _^j now.
the -Mew ( )rleaiis Public
a| prentice in the shops

ERNES I M. LOEB.

— 175 —

MR. SAM I I'LL

WORMS.

MERMAN J. SEIHEKln.

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SI'.IFERTH.

A -ipk-iicid fxaniiili.' .il llu' >iK\"cssful Jew in jdurnal-
isiii is i!u alilc anil popular cit\ (.-ditcir ni tlic Picayitiic.
wIm, as a w riur himself, \vr iiia\ piTiiiil to tell his own
stiir\. W c' lake liis autoiiiotiraphy from ;i piihlication to
x'.hieh >t was eoiitriluUed some time ago by Mr. .Seiferth :

"Permit me to sa\ that I was horn in X'ashilisiiok. a
villaii^e near ( irodno, in Russia. ( )ctoher 31. \S(\^. I
learned some I h'brew hefore I came to .\merica, in 1868.
My father had jireceded us to the I'nited States, and we
remained in .\ew ^'ork• onK a few weeks, icoing' to C(i-
hmihiis, Indiana, where we settled and F began my Eng-
lish t-(lucatioti. The next vear we moved to .St. Louis,
and a year later to Xew < )rleans, so that I have been here
a (|iiarter of a eentur\ .

"1 '.vent through tin- public sciionls, graduating froir
the high school in l)eceml)er. 187S. I'.efore that time Dr.
(iutheim. ;'f blessed memi)r\. ami my father had agreed
that I would be an ornament to the Jewish ministry. The
bekn'ed doctor hail arranged for mv strulies at the He-
brew I'liion College, Cincinnati, and in the meantime de-
voted a great deal of his time to giving me (irivate in-
st'uction.

"I'lUt there is a ilestim which shapes our ends. Jour-
nalism had idreadx claimed nu' for its own. 1 had al-
ready conducled half a dozen amateur ])apers. and even
earned money ii\ (idd jobs on various weeklies. Lacking
the moral courage to oppose the plans of nn would-be
benefactors. \ siipply gave them the slip, and missed the
chance lield out to me. Then also L. V>. Cain, another
Jew wlio should always be revered, tliought commercial
hfi' iu\ l(>i/r, and 'aid plans to send me to ^fatamoras to
reci'ive m\ mercantile education. T was franker with
him. I had alreadv approaciux! Mrs. Xicholson with an
apfieal to take me into the Pirnviiiir office, and asked Mr.
Cain to aid along that lire. Mrs. Xicholson told me af-
terwards that his recommendation was verv strong, and
on March 4, 1870. T entered nrofessional life.

"()f course, mv Sole i.'ca in consigning mvself t<i the
perpetual povertv of ])rinter's ink, was to show that the
Jew's aim was not altogether wealth. .\nd of course, for
tile sole purpose of showinng that there was no prejudice
against tiie Jews, the Picayiiiir nronroted me to the city
editorship in .Vusjust. 1803 The other important event
of m\- life was m\ marriasre on December iTi, 188S. at
Meridian. Miss., tf Miss Cecilia Cohen. She and three
children sur\ive tliis sketch.

.Mr. Worms is of .S. E. Worms & Co., Ltd.. fiirmerly
Daisheimer & Worms, a leading house in the wholesale
iK.t'ons and furnishing goods line at Xew Orleans. ,;nd
one of the oldest in the trade there. Mr. Worms i it-;
i'.ead and has been identied with it from the start.

.Mr. Worm.s was Imrn in Clinton. La., in 1852. He was
ii!ucated there and at Speyer. Cerm:m\. lie lias been in
mi-rcainile business ever since he luiit school, He is a
.Mason, a member of the Ilarmonv Club and. of the new
.\Krchants' Club of .Xew ( )rleans. lie lielongs also to
the l>"nai l'."rith and is a member of various charitable
bodies. Touro Tniirmary and Jewish Orphans' Home
cliii-l .'unoiig them.

JOSI''.l'll 11. .MARKS.

Joseph H. -Marks vva.s 'lorn in the cit\ of Xew York,
e'ghty seven \ears ago. His boxhood was passed in
.^outli Canjlina. lie came to .Xew ' )rleans when he
was twenty years of age. to join his brother, 1. .X. Marks
in the wliolesale grocery business. Thev operated under
the tirm nami' of Josepn H. and I. X. Marks successfully
111. til the capture of Xew ( )rleans, when Joseph Marks
was banished for refusing to take the oath of allegiance.
He went to ( oliimbia, S. t"., wdiere he reinained until the
close of the war. .and in later years returned to Xew
Orleans to resume business here. Tn the meantime his
beautiful home had been confiscate<l and sold. Misfor-
tmie accompanied him to .South Carolina, as well, for
there he was liiirned out by .Sherman's army.

.\fter the war .Mr. .Marks took up his residence in Xew
^'ork, where he managed a liranch business. He stayed
tin re for fifteen \ears. before settling again finally in
Xew Orleans.

Mr. Marks liad ideiitilied himself with the Jewish con
gregations as soon .is lie c;mie to .Xew Orleans, and he
was readily drawn into the ( )r|)hans' Home Association.
He was one of its directors froiu the beginning, and
has maintained his interest in it ever since.

Mr. Marks retired from active busiiii'ss life in 1880.
and has since lived in retiri'ineiit with his lamilw

JOSRPM M. MARKS.

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L0UI5 5ILVHRSTEIN.

MR l.!)l"fS SirA'F.RSTF.lX.

'S\v. SilveTstein is sriiior nR'nilxT ui the firm of L. Sil-
vcrstcin iS: Sons, niaiiilaining' tlinc cnvkerv stores in
Xcw ( )rk-;nis. The iirni consists .11 Mr. Silvcrstein and
two SI ins. riie\- do h.ith a wholesale and retail business
and eiijtiy a ver\' large and profitable trade.

Mr. Louis Silverstcin. to whom these paragrapiis per-
tain, is a native cf Warsaw. J'uland. Me was born in
i><y) anil is therefore this vear ( 11)04) '11 'lis sixty-fifth
\<.ar. Me came I0 this eountr\- in 1S73 as orthodox
Rabl.i and iiioliii, and this was his first employment in
New ( )rleans.

In 1SS3 he embarked in the crockery inisircss, and with
tlic assistance of his sovis has since btiilt up the very ex-
tensive business to whic'ii reference has been made. He
still exercises the nffice of viobci He is identified with
tile Jewish charities.

Mis familv n sidence is on I'.aronne street, in a quarter
much favored bv Jewish residents of the well-to-ilo and
nn'ddle class.

(;r-\"i-:RAL .\i)! )Li'ii .\iI':vI'.r, m. c.

A hii.;ii iifticia! nf Jewish birth and faith is the Con-
gressman from this the I'irst District of Louisiana, Gen.
Ad. Aleyer. Mis standinsj among national legislators
and his service lo this comnumitv are alike indicated in
tlie fact that he is now serviuL;' his thirteenth vear and

seventh term. Mis work as a member of the committee
of naval atTairs of the House of RciM'csentatives has been
s]X'cially efl'ectiw In him very largely is due the costly
inqirovement of the Xew ( )rleans Xaval .Station, the ap-
projiriations for levees and for the work of tiie jetties, at
the month of the river, the gatewav to this harbor. In
other matters alsn iie has secured imiiortant ailvantagcs
for his city and for Louisiana. Me is in fact one of those
invaluable workers who somehow accomplisii things for
their constitnei;cv ; one nut lacking theoratorical gift al-
together, but cbii-lly a man nf actinn and a worker. The
sugar, rice, lumber and nther local interests h;ive at iiis
liands special attention.

(ien. A[e\er was a -Indent at tlu' I 'ni\ersit\' ni \'ir-
ginia when tlu' ('ivil war came on. Me enlisted fnr ihat
war nn the Cnnfederali.' si<!e as aid tn ( len. JoIti S. Wil-
liams of Kentuclcx, w bn wrote nf him: ".\[r. Meyer
served on iiiy staff during the entire Civil war. Me was
]. re-eminent for soldierly qualities — courage, fidelit;.-. en-
dmance * ''■' a natural born soldier '■' •'■ ■■'■ of re-
sourcefulness and unsurpassed dexntinn to dut\."

After the war ard until he tonk uj) public life (ien.
^.Teyer was engaged for many years in the cotton trade.
Herein likely was developed the practical business apti-
tuiie whicbi he exini-.il> in his cai)acity of congressman.
He has been lirigadier general in the .State militia and is
prnmincntl\- identified with the Masonic order.

MR. MVl'.R LI-:MAXX.

Mr. Lemu'in is of the great cotton house of 11. Abra-
ha.ni iK: Son, one of the foremost here 1 m 'Change. Thev
sre in the cnttnn comnn'ssion Ijusiness. Mr. L M. Abra-
ham, nne of the firm, was. mp to his untimeK- demise, a
shnrl wlnle IjacK", treasurer of the I'otton Lxchange of
.Xew ( )rleans.

Mr. Lenir.im has besides cither extensive interests. He
is a sugar planter witli several plantations and conducts a
L'lrge co;mtr\- store where these interests are located.

1 le was l)orn in .Xew ^"nrk City about 46 years ago. and
was educated in the schonls of Xew ^"ork, .Xew ( )r!eans,
and Mayence. (iermany. He Ijegan his business career
as clerk in a countr\- store at Honaldsonville. La., and
from that modest station has risen tn a partnership in the
famous house of H. .\braham & ,Snn, and to be one of the
leading mercharits of the cotton trade in Xew Orleans.

Air. Leniann iias family as well as property interests;
about twenty years ago lie married Afiss Carrie Abra-
ham. He is a member of the Knights of Honor, the A.
( ). l\ 'A'., and the P.'nai B'rith : also of the Harmony
Chill. Touro Infirmary and the Jewish Widows" and Or-
phans' Home.

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.\1K. (.MAS. W. COHEX.

Mr. Cnlicii is maiia.i^tr for Leonard Krowcr. k-adiiii;-
wliok'salc and manufacturing- jeuck-r of Xcw (^)rleans
Ik I)cj;;an willi Mr. KrowtT as office l)ov and lias risen to
liis jjresent responsilile station with the iiouse strictK on
liis merits.

lie wa'- horn in Xew \'()rk 37 year> a.t;o. hut came here
as a \()uth an(i went to scliool here. He married liere
also, an.d all his interests, husiness and dcHiiestic, are cen-
tered here. Home ties, indeed, are strong with liini : he
takes lint little interest in social or fraternal affairs: hut
the faitli of his forefatllers and its oijliirations ha\e due
ohsereance at his hands.-

.\lk. .\|. )i<klS .MARX.

J'Lverxhod^ knows Morris Aiarx, treasurer of the
Greenvvall theatre, the public as well as the profession :
a ]iopular official, as the receipts of a recent lienefit ten-
dered hy the ISa'dwin .Melville stock discloses; a valuable
n'an as his long' service uiuler one management shows.

.Mr. .Marx began his box-office experience in 1887. at
the age of fourteen. He has been with Mr. ( ireenwall
seventeen years, and is his right-liand man. He was born
in Houston. Tex., bul was brought up here in Xew Or-
leans. Here also he went to school, and here he em])arked
first in the show husiness.

EPHRAIM ROSENBERG.

MK. I-.IMIKAI.M R( )SI'.X i;Kk( 1.

Ilere is the jiortrait of another leading and representa-
tive Israehte of Xe\v Orleans, namel\- .\lr, Ejjliraim Ro-
.senberg. of the firm of i'l. Rosenberg & Sons, manufac-
turers of shoes on a scale which gives them rank and im-
portance, not onl\- in that line but among houses of anv
line here. They were largel\ instrumental in the u[)-
huilding of that industry — one of the first to be developed
In ir on a scale of note since the city took a new start;
and in tliis development of the biisiness our subject took
prominent part. He has followed the shoe trade, in fact,
from tlie beginning of h's career.

.\lr. Rosenberg is a native of the cit\. lie was born
here in the vear 18^17. He is a married man. and whik'
not one of the very .straightest of the sect, still kee[)s the
ancient faith at heart. He has been liberal in his contri-
imtions to its charities and institutions: is a member of
Tonro Infirmary, of the Widows' and ( )rphans' Home,
the ^■oung .Men's Hebrew .Association, and the Oiik-r of
ll'iiai H'rith.

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SA.M .SCHWAR TZ.

-Mr. Schwartz is of Schwartz liros. iS; Co., wholesale
dry goods, at Canal and Magazine streets. Xew Orleans.
He was born in Victoria, Texas, in 1861, was brought uji
and educated there in part and in part in .Xew ( >rleans
and first went into business in the dry goods line here.
This trade he has always followed and no other.

Mr. Schwartz belongs to the Touro Infirniarv and the
Widows and Orphans' Home, to the Harnronv CUih and
the V. M. H. A.

L niler the heading ".\ Rising Voinig Man, " tlie C;e/.
former organ of the Voung Men's Hebrew Association,
and in a sense of tjie Jewish community also, savs this of
Mr. Kaufman :

■'.Mr. I'erd. Kaufman is one of our li\'e voung men. He
was b(jrn and was educated in this city. He went into
business at an early age, and belongs to the self-made
class, who by energy and stick-to-it-iveness have made
their way to tile ton. I'\)r years he was witli Kaufman &
Isaacs, as general manager of their millinery department,
and still holds the jilace in the house. He was one of the
organizers of the \'. .\l. H. A. and is a member of the
Harmon}- and ^'onng Men's Gymnastic Club. He is
clever, oft'-handed. a "hail fellow well met." and numbers
iiis friends bv th.e score."

FERD. KAUFMAN.

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PMINEAS nOSES.

MR. l'lllX!-.A.s .MoSKS.

Mr. Must's is tin wcll-kiunvti s!.'rrctar\- and iiianajjor
of the Ww ( )rli.'aiis L'arpet and Mattins^- L'o.. Ltd., l'>a-
•.•(jniif street. He is a native of the city, horn here dur-
ing' the war some fnrt\ or so years ago. He Ijegan his
business care'/i , after a term in tlie public schools of tlte
citv and the sclmol of the Hebrew lMluc;;ticinal Society,
at the age of 14 \ears, as cash h(i\ nf the t:rm of Danziger
& Sons, I'ovdras Market, one of thi' prominent houses 25
or 30 ycar.s ago. Tliat was in 1S70.

Mr. ?\iose> is affiliated fr.aternalK witn t'le l-'lks. and is
a mtniber of the >'. M. H. A. lie has i)een secretary of
Xew ( hdeans Lodge Xn. 30, l\. I'. ( ) Iv. district deputy
lor the state and four times reiiresei-.tatixe of the (Irand.
Lodge of the ( )rder.

DR. JL'rj-:S L.\7ARD.

Dr. Lazard is one of the younger element of successful
Jewish professicnial men in Xew ( )rleans. He is also one
of those who have carved out tlieir own way to fortune
v.ithout adventitious aid. He graduated from Tulane
Medical College in 1898, and since has demonstrated his
ability and proficiency as a practitioner of the healing art.
During his studentship we may add parenthetically, he
won a place on the Charity Hospital staff in competitive
examination. This ])osition — an education in itself — he
luld for two ytars.

( )thcr distinctions iiave since fallen tu him. ' le has
bi.en chief of the clinic, chair of surgery, of Tulane L'ni-
versity : visiting surgeon. Charily Hospital ; demonstrator
of anatomy and assistant in oral surgery at the Xew ( )r-
leans College of Dentistry. He is a member of both the
Louisiana State and Orleans Parish Mi'dical Societies,
and evidently a rising luan among the medicos of the
Crescent City.

'J'he Jewish affiliations of the doctor are with Touro
Svnagogue, the Yotuig Men's Hebrew .Association and
ITnai Lrael Lodge, I. <). R. P..

J\[R. I'.LX R< )Si:xi'>.\rM.

^f^. I'losenbaum is a Ir.ix'eliiig iuan for the well-kiv \vn
wholesale dr\ go(;ds house of Schwartz llros. iS; Co., of
.Xew ( )rlean^. lie is a native nf the city, marrieil, a .Ma-
son. K. of I'., and uH'mber of Touro lnlirmar\ and the
^(•ung .Men's 1 lebrt'w .\ssociation ; a man. in -ihort, so-
cialh a fa\(iriti and in business life a decided success.

MR. A. STLI'.C.

Publisher of Tin- ./rrc/.vA Lrdi^^cr and 77ic Sijiuirc and
idiiiho.is. anil president of Tlu' Merchants' Printing Lo.,
Ltd.. is a hatue of (lermanx. He came to tlu' L'nited
.States in 18(18, at tiie age of 15 years, and settled in Xew
Orleans, where he has resided constantiv since.

After filling si'veral clerical positions, the last in a
'wholesale clothing house, his valuable services secured
him a j)artnership which was dissolved six years after.
Then he embarkerl in a similar line in a retail way. l"or
teri years he occujiied the promirent location at 1 16 St.
(. iiarles street.

.\ taste for jomMialisni and literarv pursuits induced
him to found The Jczcish Lcdnicr in January 1895. 1^*-'
has condui.ted it ever since and has succeeded in making
it one of the m<ist intluential Jewisii journals in the
countrw

In i8c>(i In- assumed publication of the Siiiiarc and
L'ciiitiass, a Masonic j<iurnal which had susjiended publi-
cation, and tills jom^nal be has placed also on .a stabli'
basis.

in KjoJ he acquirtil the stock of tin- .Merchants' Print-
ing C'o., Ltd., and was elected it.> president b\ the new
board ( if ilireclors.

.Mr. .-^tecg takes great interest in fraternal organiza-
tions. notabU ^^asonry. He lias been hoirored repeaiedh'
h\- his brethren, has served four years as Worshipful Alas-
ter of his lodge ami is now serving as an officer of tire
< irand Lodge in the fcniii consecutive year.

A. STEEQ.

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^Ir. I,;uiilaiicr is senior iiieniher of the firm of Laiidaucr
& Mover, w'.iok'sale millinery. Canal street, a lionse estal>
lisheil twenU \ears ago and a leader in its line. It has
ti'ade thniui^lioul tiie .Snnth and maintains a lartie stafl of
traxelint;' men.

Mr. Lanilaiier was nearly twentx \ears e'lga^ed in hns-
iness sneeessfidly in C'atahmda ])arish, this state, i)efore
lie fame here to New ( hdeans. He was successfn' there
arid has earned distinction here as a merchant of snpi-rior
ciiaracter and orcU'r. He is well known, in short, and
higids esteemed an;ong' all classes of the hnsiness connnn-
nity.

To the old faith, the faith of Ins fathers and fovljears.
he holds "with hooks of steel," and as a memher of all of
thi'm suiiscrilirs genenvuslv to its institntinns and ch.irities-

MR. l.KOX E. SCHWARTZ.

Mr. Sch\\;'.rtz is the head of the impurlant wholesale
dry goods house of Schwartz Ih'os. & Co.. and is a direc-
tor in the house of 1'.. Colin & Co. He was l.iorn in
Liberte, Miss.. ;n iH^(>, but was brought up ai'.d educated
here in .\ew ( )rleans. He has had a lifelong experience
of the flr\ goods line and is one of the most ])rominent
figures in that branch of trade in this part of the country.

Mr. Schwartz is a member of Touro and of the Widows
and ( )r|)hans' Home; also of the Harmmiy L'lub and the
I. ( ). 11. r>.: also of the Ivnights of I'ytiiias and knights
of Honor. He married some twenty years ago. Miss Ade-
line Trautman and this union has turned out an excep-
ti(.nall_\ happ\ one.

^[R. .SICMCXD KKU'l'ER.

.\niong ihe most substantial and enterprisnig liusiness
houses of Wnv Orleans. KeifTer llros., 427 Camp street,
shoo jobbers and manufacturers, rank higii. They are
the pn^prietors of the Tulane Shoe Factory on Canal
st'.eet, !he largest in the St)Uth, and we're pioneers in the
manufacturing siioe business in the Crescent Cit\'. Thev
have trade, it is hardly necessary to add, prettv mucli all
over the cour.try.

Air. Sigmnnd Keitter, whose name ilea Is this account,
is senior member of this important firm. He i.- of ( ler-
man birth. l)oru in the Rhine country some (u years ago.
Init has spent the greater part of his life, and about all
his business career, in this country. His rst venture was
in the commission business, but he has been in the slioe
trade as manulactm-er since i86().

.Mr. Kiiffer. we need scarcely remark, is one of the
most |)rnminent among the Jewish element of W-w < )r-
leans business im-n. Sociallv also and in the fraternal and
cliaritable concerns of his people he has distinction. He
is a memlicr of tlie Harmonv Club, the chief Jewish so-
cial organizalion 'the most luxuriously .i|)pointed club
in fact of the city ). and is connected with Touro. the Jew-
ish Home and. se\eral other institutions. He is married
and the head nf a grown-up family and has his home in
njjper .^t. Clnirks avenue among the peo|)le of wealth and
(pialitx- iif the city. He is. in short, a type of the high-
toned, charitable, successful and res|)ecteil merchant.

MR. LAZ.\R1". Ll-A'V.

Mr. Lev\ is of .Vewlierger &[ Le\'\'. cotton factors of
.\ew Orleans, one of the most enterprising and substan-
tial houses in that line. He was iiorn. reared and edu-
cated here and is a son of the late jacol) Levy. <if Levy
& Haas, cotlon factors also, fie has had ;m experience
of more than diirt\ years in the cotton trade. 'Ihe house
has other large interests. It has st(.)ck in several lianks
and other solid investments.

.Mr. Lev\"s Irateriiai affiliations embrace men.il)ershi[)
in tile Knights of Pythias and Knights of Honor. His
relations with th.e principal Jewish institutions of the city
include the Harmony Club, foremost Jewish social organ-
izataion of the South, the Touro Infirmary and Hebrew
i'.enevolenl Association and the Jewish Widows and (Or-
phans' Home. ( )f tlie two last named he is a subscribing
member.

MR. LDWIX XECGASS.

This is the day of tiie young man in business in Xew
( >rleans. as elsewhere. In the stressful life of to-day the
opi'oriunities come earlier, it would seem, to many. Xot
a few are tlie xor.ng men iiere associated in the. direction
or at the head of large monied or commercial concerns.

( )f this Miungcr element is our subject. Mr. Edwin
Xeugass. son and partner of .Mr. Herman Xeugass, the
long established banker and financial broker of Carondelet
SLreet. The younger man was brought up to this line and
is thoroughly conversant with it: so much indeed that
ids indgment is accepted generallx' concerning the stocks,
lionds. collateral arid securities of this market as of the
best.

.\ir. .Xeugass is a native, is settled in life as a IJeuedict
and is a suliscriber to the Jewish charities and institutions
of ihe cit\. He is a member of tiie Harmon\- Club, also
the V. .M. H. A.

181

Batchelor's Kitchen.

When vou are in Shreveport
and want Good things to
Eat, Clean things to Eat,
Cooking in full View, call at

Bat chelor ' s Kitchen .

522 McNeil Street,

Opposite Court House.

Traveling Men and Ladies will find our
Kitchen a Nice Clean Place.

Suits to Order, $15, $l(i, $18 and $-2n

Pants to Order, - $4, $.5 ami $6.

STRICTLY MADE TO MEASURE. >

E.A. HALE,

The Popular Price TaiJor- V

527 Market Street.

SHORT ORDERS AT CUT PRICES.
STEAKS and CHOPS A SPECIALTY.

G. H. BREWER,

The Upholsterer,

Furniture Repairing, Mattresses Renovated
and Made to Order, Tents'and Awnings.

4 Shop |853 Texas Avenue,

TELEPHONE 296.

Shreveport, La.

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It will pay you to g-et prices from us when in
need of (ialvanized Iron Cisterns. Koolinff,
(iutterinuf. Steel Ceiling, Skv Liirlits cV Etc.
We also do Kepairini;-.

WRITE OR PHONE 296.

C. J. BREWER,

Tin and Sheet Iron Works,

855 TEXAS AVE. SHREVEPORT, LA.

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Lumber, Shingles and Laths.

Moulding-s, Moulded Casinofs and Base
Windows, Doors, Blinds, Cords and Wei<rhts.

YARD and OFFICE, TEXAS AVE.

PHONE 707.

SHREVEPORT, LA.

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182 —

Mu. s. ( )i)i<:\iiI':imI':r.

Mr. ( )(lci"]lK'imcr is (listinguislu'd in tlu' l)iisiiu-ss wcirld
or' .W-w < )rk'ans is tin.- licad of uiu- ut its larj^cst and most
(•ros(5erous nianufacttn-inij institutions, nanicl\- tlic Lane
(_'otton -Mills, tlu' oldest licrc. Me is associated with [.eli-
Uian, .Stern i^ l^'o. in the conduct of this enterprise, the
recent enlart;enii'nt and extension of which shows how
it- luisincss. uriiler his nianagvniont, is iiroijressint;'

He is in fact a ?nan specially e(|uipped for his task.

I'xirn in I'.aden. ( lcrinan\-, he was ed\icated at the tjvni-
n.asinni of Darlach. ani! a.t the I'oK technican of Karls-
ruhe, in the fashion characteristic of school meth-
ods in the thoroniih-tioin>; l'"atlierland. and besides
had already displayed his fitness for the l)nsiness at the
cotton mills of Tuskaloosa, Ala.

Mr. ■; )'fU-nheinKr is a man of famiK. Me is a son-in-
law of the late Julius I-'revhun. president of l^aue Mills in
his lifetime, and one of the successful men of Louisiana.
He rather eschews public affairs, l>einij- a man of (|uiet
t;;stes de\"oted chicfl\- to his home and business. He
\\ illini^h serx'e.-. ho\\e\'er. uixm such pulilic occasions as
tile Confederate Rcunior.s. .As regards religion and ben-
evolence lie is neitiier a lukewarm nor rigid sujiporter.
however, of the faith he subscribes to, or of Jewish insti-
ti'tions. He is a contributor to the jjrincipal philantho-
])ies and charities, with special interest in the \'oun,g
Men's He'irew Association, c)f wliicli he was one of the
founders and organizers. He is a memlier also of the
I larnioiu C lub.

.MR. 1 .M. LICHTh:XSTKfX.

.\mong i.resent-da\' financial and business men of dis-
tinction in New < )rleans and Louisiana, the name of
Isaac .\L Lichtenstein is one l>oth wideh' and highly es-
teemed. He is a merchant of prominence in the cotton
trade, a banker and ca()italist, and is largel\' interested in
the industries and enteri)rises of this state and its neigh-
bors.

.Mr. Lichtenstein was born in Summit. Miss., and was
lirought up and received his elementar\' education there.

llnishing the uill public sciiool course of \ew <)rleaiis.
through the firal high school grade. Mis Inisiness ex-
i>erience was earlv accpiired. He began with Hyman,
Lichtenstein (!t Lo.. cotton factors, to which his house. M.
Lichtenstein & .Son. one of the largest in that line here, is
successor, and leceived, in their employ, a tlioroughly
practical business education. f4e was one of the organ-
izer.s of the Commercial .\ational Hank of this citv ; also
of liie Coinmeicial Trust and Savings I'.ank, and is vice-
Ijresident of luith, and lie has interests al.so in other lumks
of Louisiana.

Me has iinested !argel\- also in rice lands, rice culture
and rice nu'lling; lijis l)een one of those most activelv
identified in a moneved \\;i\ witii the develoiiment of
business in that staple. Me is a director and ]>rincii)al
owner in fi\-e large Louisiana rice mills, is [^resident of the
Wrmilion Irrigation Co., and president of the Lichten-
steiii-Hechingcr Canal Co., one of the most extensive en-
terprises of the kind in tlic couiUr','.

MR. W

LEX'GSFIiaJ).

Here we have one id' the notables of th.e business world
of Xew < )rleans. and at the same time a man well known
in Jewish social circles, a keen business man indeed, a
club man and patron of Jewish institutions and charit\-.

Mr. Lengsfield is of the important cotton house of
S, (iumbel & Co., well known in all the cotton markets of
the countrx- as one of the first order. He has served as a
director of the Cotton Exchange here, which fact is an
indication of his standing. He ranks, in fact, among the
foremost fre(|uenters of the floor on 'change.

\Ir. Lengsfield has fretpiently given the benefit of his
time and means to Touro Infirmar\- and the Widows' and
O'phans" Home. ;ind this in most lilieral measure. He
belongs to the Harmony Club and to the \'oung Men's
Mel.'rew Association. ( )ther charities and institutions,
Hcth Jewish and Christian, have been reci|)ients of his
liounty. He ranks, to sum all up, among the more promi-
lunt and reprt seiitatiw of the Jewish element in the
Crescent City,

— 185 —

Sfcu

ALBERT UHL A. I. E. E

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S. R. ELLIOTT, j [}j

UHL & ELLIOTT,

iil I. E C^ T K C A I. P: ^ O N E E R 1 ^^ O

A >: ij c; c) N s T R u c t i o i^ .

i WE INSTALL AND REMODEL:

TESTS AND REPORTS
ON ELECTRIC PLANTS.

INTERIOR WIRING
AND FIXTURES.

> Local and Long Distance Phones 69.

Shreveport^ La.

CASPER LPARY. W. D. NORWOOD.

PRES A GEN. MaR. VICE-PRESIDENT.

MODEL STEAM
LAUNDRY CO..

LIMITED

Domestic High and Gloss Finish.

SPECIAL ATTENTION TO CLEANING
AND DYEING, WASHING WOOL
BLANKETS AND LACE CURTAINS.

OUR WAGONS CALL EVERYWHERE.
Telephone No. 362.

Shreveport, Louisiana.

A. G. CHATWIN

SAMUEL CHATWIN.

CHATWIN BROS.

Sanb anb Contvactino Co.

ARTIFICIAL STONE. PLAIN and
ORNAMENTAL, SIDEWALKS.
CURBS. AND ALL OTHER
BRANCHES OF THE CEMENT
BUSINESS — -

ALSO TILE FLOORING.

-Office

Market and Travis Streets,

Phone 1341. P. O. Box 23

.Shreveport, La..

184

THE STATE AT LARGE.

SHREVEPORT. BATON ROUGE. MONROE ALEXANDRIA,
DONALDSONVILLE. LAKE CHARLES, ETC.

SHREVEPORT. LA.

81 ll\l''.\ I'l'l >l\'r. situated mi tiu' t'aildd Muffs (if Kc<\
l\i\cT, in tin- uiirthwfstcrn ]>art nt l.iaiisiana. is the
second city (if the state in iJ(i|Hilati(tn and li^ade. It
has aliont 25.OUO inhahitants and is an inip(jrtant vvlidle-

it has tin transportation facilities uf eiglit raiiroads,
;,ni(iny them the Texas (!i: Pacific. Queen & (Vescont and.
iron Mountain trunk lines.

."^hreveport is an old citw It was chartered in 1839.
ii)]i\ even before the civil war was a supjjly point for
TeNas. Its growth has heen steady and substantial and
ni(!st Udl.nhle perhaps uf late vears. .Slowh' i)Ut sureh its

COI.LIMKIA CI UH, SMRbVEPOkl, LA.

sale husiness place. It is (ine (if the larger interior cotton
markets and has for its trihnt;irics a field emliracing. not
onlv North I,ouisi,an;i lint the adjacent parts of Arican.sas
and Texas as well.

Its immediate snrnnnidiufjs id' the "hill coiuitry" of
North Louisiana, so called, and the Red River alluvial
lands, are very productive. Resides the lines of river boats

in.'-titutions. social. i^(i\ernirienlal. educational, religious
and charilalik, iiaN'c de\eloped. It is the seat of one of
the .State liospitals. In respect of water works, fire de-
partment, pulici protection and other municipal provi-
sions it is well equipped and city like.

.'^hreveport has a large Jewish business element. Tiiis
element maintains, besides its Hebrew Zioii congreiiation.

185

Perry Bridges.

John Y. Snyder.

PERRY BRIDGES & SNYDER,
ARCHITECTS,

404-5-6 First National Bank Building, [g

Shreveport, La.

%_,„0S^-\(S^:f^!^i^%f^:^,,.^

Garson Bros.

Contractors

AND

BUILDERS.

ShrcVeport. La.

H.H. BAIN,

Sheet Metal

WORKS,

Anything in the Sheet Metal Line

L*t Heating and Ventilating. ^*t
891-807 Texas Ave.

ShretJeport, La.

Galvanized Iron Cisterns made in any Capacity.
Roofing and Guttering a Specialty.

EMILE WORTMAN,

TINNER,

1030 Texas Ave. I?
TELEPHONE 63.

SHREVEPORT, LA.

— 180

twii olulis. llic Ilarmuny, fdunclcil in iScXi. and tin- ("n-
li;nii)ia, founded in iS(;i. I'lu' clul> Imusts in\'n|)i(.'d liy
one of these is siiown lierewitli.

As lon,ij ajjo as 11X48 there were ti-n nr twehe lewisli
families making their homes in Shre\e|)i)rt. and in 1851;
the city donated a pit'ce of ground fur a jiwish grave
yar<l. 'J'lie Jtvvisli residents hail hy this time formed a
congregation, n.eeting ahoni from placi' lo place wherever
convenient. Tliis was the nucleus of the present /.ion con-
gregation nf that city wnich was organized in iSfic). Its
president, fur man\ \ears, was Sinum 1a'\\. |r, I'or fivi.
years Herman IKri'oli' occupied tlu- chair. Since the
year i8';o -Mi'. \\ ni. Winter, hereinafter nientiuned, has
licdd this office. Rah'ii Israel Saenger was spiritual ad-
\iser ijf the congregation for a long term of \ears.

stein, was educated at the llehrew I nion College, Cin-
cinnati, ( )hio. and has the 1!. .\. degree of the I'niversit}'
of Cincinnati.

He was Kahhi of ( 'ongregation Uith Israel. Macon, (ia..
three years; of I'.i-thel. .San \utonio. Te.x.. tw.o years:
of I'.'nai Israel, .Salt Cake City, three years; of Rodef
.^holom. ^'oung■stown, ( ).. two \ears ; of Kein'llath .Anshe
.Moarahli. l_'hicagii. 111., tln^ec years and iia-- also heen
editor of the /i 7i'm-// ( hronitlc. .\loiiile. .\la.

.\IK. .\RTIirR T. K.XIIX.

}dr. Ka.hn is
,^hre\eport. He

liank. treasurer of the Conger, I\ahn & (iihhs Co., whole
sale drugs, and has other interests hesides. He is a na

leading citizen and iinsiness man or
president of the Shreveport National

MKBUKVS ZION SYNAGOGUE, SHREVEPORT, LA.

The \elIow fe\er epi<lemi.- of 187^5 was \'cr\ disastrous
to the lewish element of Shre\eporl. During that time
i.mi after it the old cemetery raj)idly filled up. In 1886.
therefore, a new <mv was purchased, laid out and openeil.

There is a Sunda\- school building on the same grounds
with the Temple. < )ne of the ntosi unite 1. hest organ-
ized and nn)st Hotnashing of Jewish communities in short
is this of .^hre\ i.pi 'rt.

R.M'd'.l j.\C()l'.S-)X ( )|- .SHRl'IVKl'ORT.

-Moses Perez Jacohson, says the .American Jewish A'ear
l!ook, is l^abbi of Hebrew Zion Congregation. Shreve-
port. La. He was liorn August 25, i8f)4. at I-T. Wayne,
Iml. He is the son of Elkan Jacohson and Fannv Roseu-

tive of ShrevetJort, thirty-three years old. a bachelor, was
brought up to the banking business as clerk in the Mer-
chants & Farmers' I'ank of the Xorth Louisiana metropo-
lis, and is a member of the {''lies, the Hoo-Hoos. the T.
1'. .\. and Shreveport Lodge \o. 1 13. V . &. .\. AI.

MR. SOL. K.MIX.

Mr. Kahu is storekeeper at the famous .Magnolia sugar
plantation of W'annoth. Lawrence postoffice. (iranil Isle
R. R. and Mississippi River, a short distance below New
( Irleaiis. He has lieen there about four years.

lie is an Alsatian by Jiirth. about 48 years old, a mar-
ried man. formerly, for sixteen years, a resident of New
( )rleans. He was married to Miss Hannah Feli.x in Ken-
ner. La., in 1881, and is the ha])ny father of three fine
girls. He is a K. of P. and K. of IT.

— 187 —

L. N. MANAHAN,

Commission Broker,

Cotton. Grain, Provisions, Stocks.

OFFICE

124 Milam St.

TELEPHONE No 64.
P. O. BOX HI.

SHREVEPORT. LA

Kkkkkknces

Shreveport National [iank.
Citizens National Bank.
Fairchild & Hobson.
Logan & Bryan. Private
Wire Service to all Exchantres.

(/'oiiKEsi'OMiEN'is — Fairchild & Holi.^oii, New t)rleiiiiK.
Logan & Hi van, (Chicago. .7. 8. liaclic & ('o.. New
York. Mclntyre & Mar.shall, New York. Henry
Hentz A- Co., New York. S. Munn Son & Co., New
York. Atwood, Violett & Co., New York. I.ogan &
l?rvaii. New York.

Prompt and Satisfactory Service.
Q)rrespondence Solicited.

p. VOUKEE. Piesidem
A T. KAH!». Cashier.

H H. YOUREE. Vice- Pie.sident
A H VAN HOOK, Asst C'lisliier

THE

Commercial National Bank,

of Shreveport, Louisiana.

Capital Stock, ... $ loo.ooo.oo

Surplus and Undivided Profits - $359.5" 93

REPORT OF CONDITION.
At Close of Business, November 10, J904.

• J* jt RESOURCES: J* -j*

Ijoans. Discounts and Overdrafts

United .States Bonds, premiunins, stocks, etc.

Real Estate, Furniture and Fixtures

ensH, ... - -

Tiilnl,

jt LIABILITIES, i^i

« "62.977,1.';

102,W2, l.'i

9, .144-37

646.615 95

.^9.819.939 63

Deposits

Capital Stock
Surplus

Undivided Projits
Circulation

Total,

lOft.00.1,00

31 ooo.no
:«)1.I27 11

2 297 812 21

422.12741
100.000 (Kl

1(3.819.939 62

This Bank has More Surplus and Profits than all other

Banks in the city Combined.
Accounts ol Banks, Corporations and Individuals Respect-
fully Solicited.
Interest allowed on Time Deposits. Correspondence
Solicited.

BIG STORE ON TEXAS ST.,

Opposite the Court House.

Is the Leading' and Largest Dry Goods
Store in Shreveport, or North Louisi-
ana. The Store is New and up-to-date
in all its appointments. Largest
Stock of Dry (ioods. Largest Stock of
Millinery, Largest Stock of Carpets,
Mattings. Linoleums, Rugs and
House Furnishings. Fine Dress
Making Department. Sole Agents
for McCalls' Patterns. Agents for
W. B. Corsets. Mail orders promptly
filled.

/ Visit this Store and you will find what you
want, and Save Money.

t..

f E. G. SCALES & GO. |

i I

Commission Brokers.

122 Milam St. Shreveport, La.

OFFICES.

WACO. TEXAS
TEHPLE, "
TAYLOR ■'

SHREVEPORT. LA.
BROVVNWOOD, TEXAS.
BELTON. TEXAS.

MEMBERS.
New York Cotton Exchange,
New Orleans Cotton Exchange,
Chicago Board of Trade.

Direct Leased Wires to New York,
Chicago and New Orleans.

18S —

HENRY FLORSMEIM.

MR. HEXRV ]-L.')RSHEl.\l.

This is the prt-sidcnl and nianagint;' partner of the ini-
piiitaiit I'lorsiieini llrus.' Dr\' Goods Co., one of the prin-
cipal concerns of .Shreveport. He is also a director of the
I'irsi Xational I'.ank there and is an ex-eouncihiian of
tile cil\' : one of the solid men. in short of the North Lou-
isiana metropolis.

.\lr. I'lorsheim was horn in Kirdorf, (iermany, going
on si.\t\' years ago — ( Jctoljer 2b, 1845. to he exact. He
e;ime to this country in his youth, at fifteen in point of
fact. That was j'.ist hefore the war. He was cl'^rk at
Osceola. Mo., HI 1865, and st)on thereafter came on .South.
His hiogra]ib.}'. so far as husiness is concerned, n^'av he
hrieriv summed up. .After a long and husy experience
lie is now. as we ha\e said, a merchant of the first rank
and order.

.Mr. I'lorsheim was married (tctolier 17, 1875, to Miss
Minnie I'rager. He has a family, is a NIason, a memher
of the I. ( ). I'>. 1j.. of the Zion Congregation and of se\-
eral cluhs.

out of existence ahout |X7,S; also as treasurer, president,
vice-president and secretary of Zion Congregation. .Aside
from his racial and religious affiliations he is known as a
sv.cctssfiil husiness man and planter and as cliairmaii
lately ( ivoo to l<;02) of the Kepulilican L'ougressional
Cfjmmittee of the h'ourth Congressional Di.strict of the
State. I'lV Repulilican i)rinci])les we ma\' .say. he comes
naturallv enougli. During the (.'i\il War he was sutler
of the l'"ort\-second Uliio (I'ederall. and was captured
and held, hy the Confederates a prisoner of war for thir-
letn months. This was at Tyler. Texas, and upon his re-
lease he took u]) a residence at Shreveporl and went into
iiusiness, beginning some forty \ears ago in the company
of his brother Herman Herold. His residence in Shreve-
porl. it will be seen, has been a long one. and his busi-
ness career b\ no nu-an^ brief.

.Mr. Herold was l-.orn in I-'.Uerstadt, Rhenish Havaria,
< lermanv. in 185.V His education was obtained in the
public schools of his native place, and at Weil's Com-
men-ial Institute, Huerkheim, Ciermanv. He had, in his
vouth, a varied career; iie began as a clerk, then peddled,
then was a school teacher, and finallv as we have seen, a
soMier. He has been twice married: first to Aiiss Sophie
Kaufman, of Duerklieim. ( daughter of Max Alayer Kauf-
man and E.sther Weil Kaufman ) ; and again to Mrs. Rosa
I'.arnett. daughter of the late Isaac Simmons, and Airs.
Henrietta Lew .Simmons, of Slireveport, formerl\- of
\ew <■ )rleans. He has eight children living, .and two
Grandchildren.

MR. SLM( )\ 1I1-:R( )L1).
This gentleman has distinction among his conferes of
Slireveport, as president of the old Chevra. which went

— 18'i —

SIMON HEROLD.

i i

Monumental
Works ^ d^

^^ Cut Stone Contractors,

Our Monumental Work is Unexcelled.
All Work and Material Guaranteed.

We furnished the Stone Work for the
new Synagogue at Lake Charles, La.,
which will be found on page 211 of this
History.

We will furnish you with anything
you want in Marble, Granite or Stone.

Write for Prices, on what you want.

12^347. Shreveport, La.

Th^BROGHAN-DOLL
FURNITURE CO.

We carry
the large.vt Hi
Stock in ^1
North Kou- '""'
isiana.

Comprising
Everything
in "V

Bed Room Sets >>
Dining Room, Parlor
Sitting and Library.

We invite you to call and examine our
Mammoth Stock.

OUR PRICES ARE ALWAYS THE LOWEST.

508-5)0 Texas Street,

SHREVEPORT, LA

OPP. COURT
HOUSE.

— l'»0

WELLMAN & CO.

UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS,
CALLS NIGHT AND DAY —

rE^^n^''- Shreveport, La.

TELEPHONE 187.
618

WELLMAN ^S

Exclusive Paint, Oil,
Varnish, Wall Paper
and Glass House.

bOl TEXAS ST. J» Shreveport. La

WILLIAH WINTER.

MR. W ILLIAAI WIXTRR.

Shreve|jort is tiic Imhk- alsn nl Wm. Winter, s^'en-.'ral
ai^i-iit for till" Xcw \'(irk Lite Insurance Company, direc-
tor <if llie I-'irst Xational liank of .Slirc'-cport, a meiiibfr
in iii.^h stanilniL; of tlic 1-'. (i^: A. M.. and 1. < >. 1'.. 1!., and
I'olice Junir of the |)arish (an office correspnndiiig to
tile siiiicrvisor of counties in the X<irtii). since iSg''), and
a uieiiihcr of the State i^egislature.

Mr. Winter is a native of X'ew ^Hrk City. He was
horn there ( )ctoher ii, 1849, hut has lieen a resident of
Shreveport prettv nuich all his hfe. He was brouu'lit
tliere in fact an nifant in arms, two months oM, and has
ht'en h^inj:; in t'.ie j'llace fifty-fi\'e years. Need we achi
that he is intimateh' identified with. stronj^i\- attached to
it?

lle he_t;an life h.ere in Shrevep'irt as a l)ank clerk. L.at(.'r
he embarked in merchandisinji; and from that went into
tlie insurance business. He is a man of family, with
"hostages," as the proverb is, "to fortune," His wife was
Miss .So|)hij rri( dlander of Xew i )rleans.

.MR. 'ilklR.M.VX lll{R;)LiX

'I'his gentleman is another distin.guished Jewish r- si
dent of Shreveport. He is the brother and former ijusi-
ness associate of the Hemld just referred ti.i. He also
was born in Elberstadt. Rluinfalz, (lerman\, and is twn

\iai's till' juninr of hi-, brother, l)Ut lias been a resident of
this cmmirv ^ince I.S5.J, nr fifty years exactly. He came
here at tne age of se\eiit^en and having had all his inter-
ests h.ere so man\- vears — family, business and all — practi-
calh know s we may say, no other llag or country.

.Mr. Herold's b\:s)ness career may be brietiy suiuiued
up. His first employment in this country was as clerk
with his uncle a.nd cnusin, .M. Sciiwartz & Son, at I'.rowns-
\ille, .Mis--. During ihe war he served in the I'ederal
a:m\, and after the war, in 18(13, went into business in
.shriveport. Having accumulated a fortune lie retired.

C])war(U of thirty-fi\-e years ago, in iSfK), lie married
Miss I'annie llru'iks, of Xiagara balls, X. N'., liy wdioin
he li.-is one son, lav 1'.. Herold. His married life, we
need liar<ll\ aiid, has been eminenllx liappx .

.Mr. Ilemll has always been active in c<iiigregationa!
matters, ai'il in the advancement of Judai.Mii in general.
He helped organize the first Hebrew congregation of
Sb.rexi'iiori in \X(><t. l"or more than ten years he was
president of tliis body, the C(>ngregation Zion of Shreve-
port, He has iieen a niemlier of the I. ( ). 1'.. I!, for forty-
one years.

Me is a l-'ree .Masmi also, and Knight i>\ Ibinur, and a
irember of tile Shrevcjx-.rt Hoard of Trade. He has been
a member id the city council of Shreveport. member of
the Shreveport I'.oard of Health and has had other hou-
or.s at the hands nf his fellow citizens.

His collections for, and contributions in aid of the
Jewish ( )r|ihans' Heme in Xew ' )rleans have been espec-
iall\- generou.s.

HERHAN MEROLD.

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THE BANK OF BATON ROUGE

BATON ROUGE, LA.

Organized in June 1889.

Depository for the State of Louisiana and City of Baton Rouge,

CONDENSED REPORT FURNISHED TO THE STATE EXAMINER OF STATE BANKS BY THE ABOVE BANK

BEFORE OPENING FOR BUSINESS MARCH 23. 1905.

CompKiHlive Statenif lit show-
iti({ steady Ki"""'!! <>f I'"! Brtiik
of Baton Kiiiifie:

Surplus ami
Diite. ('iiiMt;U rmlivicU'il

Protiirs

Oct. IWnil— tSd.OOd (1(1— tlf>9,0T5 TCi

■• IHOl— 50,(1011 0(1— 179.591 K9

•• 1902— 50.000 (K)— 191,641 •,'()

•• 19ua— 50,000 00— 310,888 r2

Dividends Paid.

Sim. 1 to Hsenii Hiinual

4 per cent, - *2K,000 00

Xos. 15 to n semi annnal

(i per cent, - H.OOO 00

Xos. IS to "20 semi annual

7H per cent. - 11,250 00

Ti>tal Dividends Paid »4R.350 00

Or 96', per cent of the CHpital
stock.

MB Accounts and Collections
solicited.

RKSOURCES,

Detnan<l loans, - - - - *I09,22-.' 58

Loans secured by mortKaj<e, - - - 144.1.S6 90

Otber loans and discounts, - - 299.723 81

Overdr-afts unsecured, - _ - - 1,688 49

Other bonds, stocks, securities. et3., - 98,445 00

Bankint! house, furniture atid (ixtiires, - 1 OO

Other leal estate owned, - T.SOO 00

Due from banks and bankers. - - 434,890 42

Olieckii and other cash items, - 311 96

Gold Coin, ------ 4,858 00

i^ilver, nickel and copper coin, - - 13,945 24
National l)ank notes and all issues 1*. S. (iovl., 37,743 00

I'lKal.

«l.l.-i«,»l« 40

LIABII.ITIKS.

Capital stock paid in, - - - » .50 000 00

Surplus, .--.-- 200,000 00
ITndivided profits, lessexpeusesand ta.xes paid, 49.396 65

Due to other banks and bankers, - 201,319 48

Diviiienils unpaid, . . . . 48 (HI

Individual deposits not bearing interest, Ii51.257 SO

Certified checks, - - - 271 87

Cashier's checks outstandinfi. - - 524 60

Total,

!il,15«,8ie 40

OFFICERS.

VV.M. .J. KXOX, - - President
O. B. STEELK. ■ Vice-President
JCS. GEBEI.IX, - - Cashier

DIRECTORS.

(iEo. Hll.i.,
Planter.

A. STRENZKE,
Dry Goods Mercbanl,

O. B. STEELE,
Planter,

BEX K. MAYEK,
of Ben. H. .Mayer Gro. Co., Ltd.

SAM'L LAYCOCK,
Lawyer.

EDW. SCHLOSS,
Cotton and Moss Ginnery.

WM J. KNOX,
President.

ESTABLISHED 1888

EXTENSIVE
DESIGNS

We have added
to our extensive
and beautful line
of

CORRECT
PRICES

Rings, Lockets, Fobs.
Brooches, Studs & Scarfpins.

A New and Complete Assortment of

Diamond Mountings & Diamond Jewelry

Mail orders receive our prompt attention.

J. K. ROUMAIN,

^Wholesale and Retail Jeweler..^

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DENTIST,

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UP-STAIRS.

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"DA r< )\ R( >r'. il':, tlu- va])ilai lit Li)in>i;ma. is a suli-
■■-^ stantial and attradivc cit\ ni aliniu 15,000 'iiliahi-
tanls, situated mi tlic .Mississippi and tin- T. (Jt P.
and Mississip|)i X'alk'v •.'aili'nads. alunit (jo iiiilcs nnrtii of
Xew ( >rk'aiis. It is an old city, si'ttk'd l)v tlic l*"rcncii an 1
siirrdi'.ndfd willi a l.iyhly fruitful ci)untr\. and is tile seat
(if ;; nunilier id' the state institutions. The jewisii ele-
ment of the pdonlation lias a strong hold, not onlv upon
the husiness ni the place hut of |ilanling interests in all
the surmunding' conntr\. .\s a class it is well res^rded
and many individuals are liitjlily esteemed. Anions; sucli
we may name the (•'arruhachers, father and son. and
iitlu-rs mentioned herein.

RAinU IRA.VK 1.. K'OSEXTHAl. AXl) TMK ("OV
C.Rlj; A'i K )\ r/XAl ISRAEL.

The Ji.'\v.-- ot l'>aton Rouge form, as we have said, a
coiisideralilc and influential element of the population.
.X<it only is there relatively a large numher of them, hut
they are a jiower in tlie community, in civic, in social and
in husiness affairs, all three.

L'ntil forty years or so ago, there were few Israelites
in the place, hut ahout that *-iiiie. just hefore the war. the
first congregation was formed. The war came c.m am!
scattered the people, and though there were meetings, at
intervals, of those left it was not till after the war that
a permanent organization of R'nai Israel Congregation
was effected.

Tile building had lieeii a (.'hristian churcii. It is a ncaf
hi'own stone fnjnt and a credit to the little city. It was
reiiiodeled and refitted some eight <ir ten years hack, and
lias a handsome interior.

The I'.aton Rouge Congregation has always made it a
jioint to have musical services of high standard. The
pipe organ installed is a costly al+air. and to obtain the
best available talent high salaries are paid the singers.
The staiiie;! glass windows of the Tenij.ile are biglil\ ar-
tistic and, effective: with their aiil it can be brilliantl\'
lighted np. The altar is of ebony ;md the ark of the same
material.

I'.'nai Israel has had but two Ralibis, the Rev. Dr.
Kline, who .servetl about fifteen years, up to 1900, and the
present pastor. Rev. Frank L. Rosenthal, wdio occupies
the puliiit also of Temple .Sinai, at .St. l'"rancis\'ille. La.
The Rev. Rosenthal came to Baton Rouge in 1901 from

Mot Springs, .\rk., where he formerly had a congrega-
tion, and though a \oung man. has filled the position to
the general satisfaction. Tin.' .American [ewish \'ear
liook gives a biogra])hical sketch of iiim as follows:

Horn Ma\

iSf)^, in Xew N'ork Citv. .Son of Rubin

Rt.senthal. who conducted his Hebrew education. Secu-
lar t'llui-ation rtcei\c 1 in the pui)lic schools of Xew A'ork
(.'it\ and tile college of the City of .Xew York. Was Rabbi
five years of the 'congregation 'House of Israel," Hot
.Springs."

Tile latest inform;it'on obtainable gives the officers of
this congreg:iiai: m as follows: Ren. R. .Mayer, president;
.Svlvan Toijias. \ice-president : L. II. .Ma\er. secretary:
j- j. .\lendeUobn. treasurer: J. |-'arrubaciier, Ed. .Schloss
and lien l-listiiian. trustees.

MR. SVIAAX TOI'.I.XS.

( ;•! note also :uiiong lewisii residents and business men
of the cajiital city is .Mr. Sylvan Tobias, a na.tive and
married man and successful mercliaiit.

He was bc.irn in I )'inalds mville. a river and railroad
town of considerable importance, tiie market place for an

>YLVAN TOBIAS.

exceedinglv ri.li agricultural country, situated not many
miles from his present (U niicile. That event occurred in
1S57. Me was educated at the famous .Soule Commercial

193 —

(( D. M. Rev:\iond

President.

RoBT. A Hakt. Vice-President.

(). KoxDEKT. Cashier.

cJne v?irst J^latioi\ai Jaanf^,

CORNER LAFAYETTE & LAUREL STS.

BATON ROUGE LA.

Ji J^Jt .* DIRECTORS ^ ^ j» .*

I A. ROSENFIELD, N. S. DOUGHERTY,
I D. M REYMONU. R A. HART.
[( S. 1 REYMO.ND, W. C. WHITAKER,

r/ W. P. CONNELL.

Capital $100,000

Surplus $100,000

Fiscal Agents for the State of Louisiana.
|i ^ DOES A REGULAR BANKING BUSINESS.

|i. M. KKVMOND, IVfsi<lpiit.

A. liOSKXl'MKI.n, Vi,e-l'resi<lent.

(I. K(IN'|)K1!'I', Sopr<tai_\& TreasMn-i-

cJne c) copies (Savings JdanK,

OFFICE: FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING,

BATON ROUGE, LOUISLA.NA.

C; A PITA L loO.OOn. SURPLUS $6,000
3 Per Cent Interest Paid on Deposits. ^(

-OIR KCTORS-

II. MHIOViXUIN'l) K A.HAUT. SI REYMdND

A .M( HI'FtNKY .1 ACKSCN. R.I HUMMKl., JJ \

(I. KO.VDKRT. A. ROSKNFIKLI) ]\

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Mktai.ic Cask.s

AND CaSKKTS.

Coffins and
BuKiAL Casks.

Parlor. Office and
Cookinif Stoves.

Ai.i. Job Work

(il^AKANTKED...

Mrs J» Gilbert-Geddes,

Undertaker and
Funeral Director

206 NORTH BOULEVARD,

j*.MJ*NEA.R THE STATE HOUSEv»e ■;>«.;*

Cumberland Phone J7I.

Baton Rouge, La.

li.

M. I. WILLIAMS,

WORKER IN

TIN, COPPER, ZINC
AND SHEET IRON.

^ Kitchen, Tinware, Grates,
Mantels, Etc.

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313=315 5T\air) Street

BATON ROUGE,

LOUISIANA.

'^.

104 —

Instiaitc. W'w < )rk-aiis. ami his hrst linsiiiL'ss ox])i'riciu-c
was acquircil in liis fatlu'r's sturo at Donalclsoiivil'c.

\lr. 'I'lihias lnl(inu;s In a miiuhor of orders, tlu' 1. ( ). !'>.
II.. K. of r.. 1\. of II.. WdodiiK'n, and I'liik-d Workmen
anions' thorn, lie i> an attc'ndanl also at the S\ na.u;oi.au'
C'ont^rei^ation I'.'nai Israel, its \ice-presi(Knt in faet. and
a contrihntor to all the [ewish charities.

.MK. J ATOP, FARRNIJACIIKK.

This gentleman i.s oni of the principal merchants of
liaton Rouge. H(. is a director also of local insurance
concerns and a sti )ckhi iliUr in the hanks. ' le is a V>:i-
varian In hirth !.nt ha> liecn resident in tliis country so

■

^^^^R

HHi

JACOB FARRNBACMER.

lon,>' as almost to have fori^otlen the place of his origin.
He is an 1. (). 15. 1'. and a generous supporter, not only
of the Congregation IS'nai Israel, hut of all the charities
of his faith.

.V i[niet. unassuming. sul)st;nitial citizen, in a word.

MK. K. H. MAYER.

.\lr. \la\er is an \lsalian. like so many of the race in
this h'rench speaking part oi the country, is luarried and
is now ahout fort\-tive \ears old. lie is a cultivated gen-
tleman, well liked, not onlv witliin tile circle of his sect,
hut anions; all classes as well.

MK. S. FAKRNBACHER.

The Karrnbachers ari' well known in the I'.aton Kouge
district of country, the son. .S. harruhacher. especially.
I le is a native of the l.ouisiana capital, and a graduate of
tlu ."^tate L'niversity. lie is a Mason, memher of the K.
of I', anrl 1. ( ). II. 11. , the .\. ■: ). l'. W. and Red Me\i.

lie has lieeii coiuiected with his father in mercantile
business for t\vcnt\- \ears. is a ilirector of the Louisiana
."s'tate I'ank. am' identified also with other public inter-
ests of ids home cit\'.

.M.VRlTS .\1. 1.1■A^, •■ >!■■ (ili;.S()\ AM) I)' )\ \ j.-.K.

.\lr. l,ev\ is a general merchant at '. .ihson .-md I )onner.
Lafourche parish. La., imd iuis interests consisting of
.swamp i;m 1 an.j express timl)er. lie is treasurer also
(if the ( iihson (^'rosstie and Timber Co.. of ("libson. La.

He is a naiivt' of St. James parish. La., aliont .V M'ars
old ; was I'ducated in tlu pu'.lic schools of the State and
gradnati'd into his present eniiiloyment from a place with
M. lu'rtel i^ Co.. \ aclierie. La. He is married. Mrs.
Le\\' was .Miss Dora ( iarritson. of Xew ! )rleans. They
iiave two ciiildren. botli girls. He is a menilier of Thiho-
dati.x K. of 1 '. lod.ge and mindful of his charitable obli-
gations of Touro Infirmary and I'.e'H'voleut Xssociation,
Xew ' )rlean,s. also.

MK. ABK. LEVY. ELKINSVH.LK.

'1 his gentleman is another prominent resident of Baton
Kor.ue. a well-known merchant, moinber of the ^lasonic
fraternity, the Knights of Honor and L ( ). 1'. 1j. He is
secretarv of the Congregation B'nai Israel, being, in that
cajKicitv. one of tlie licst known Israelites of the Louisiana
capital.

— 195 —

.\t Duppigheim. .Ms.ice. Xov. J.^ 1S54. \l)e Levy,
ir.erchaiit, now of I-dkinsville. St. Charles parish, was
b')ni. .\lr. Lew, we need hardly say. is well known ail
through this part of the coiuitrv. He began as clerk
for -Max hraeiilcel at Rosedale. and was at I'ort .Mien
from '73 to '-<). He has l)een at Elkinsvilie since 1883.

.Mr. Lew remaineii 111 old ,\lsace long enough to .get
ins schooling. He was educated at Strasijourg. He came
to this countrv in 1872. at the age of 18. He is mar-
ried and has a family of six. He is a memlier of vhe
I. ( ). 1'.. U. since 1882. and as to reli.gion is a consistent
and conscientious Israelite.

QUS. KUHNERT.

PAPER HANQER and DECORATOR.

New Patterns Constantly Arriving.
Estimates Furnished. Prices Moderate,

REHEMBER I AH THE ORIQINATOR OF 2o8 THIRD STREET.

NEW AND UP-TO-DATE WORK IN THE CITY.
NO WORK CAN COHE TOO FINE FOR ME. I'MdnB 58

o B^ton Rc3uge;. Y^ei o

HE MONONGAHELA RIVER<^ C

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Pittsburgh Coal Supplied to STEAMBOATS, SUGAR AND RICE PLANTATIONS \

and all Steam and Domestic Trade, ti

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COJSfSOLIDATETy COAL AJWV COKE CO.

BATO/'f 'RO\/GE, LA.

\A/M. O. DAY, Manager.

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t Jacob Lkbekmuth, President. .Iohn S. Thibau'i\ Vice-Pres. & Cashier. Paui, Br.\ud, Asst. Cashier. ^

BANK OF ASCENSION,

; Capital $30,000.00

DONALDSONVILLE, LA.

Established 1896. ]

DIRECTORS-

}^ Jacob Lebermuth, Wm. Blumenthal, Meyer Netter, F. B. Lemann, Jno. S. Thibaut, Victor Maurin.
I O. Roussel, J. J. Sche.xiiaydre, Jno. N. Coloinb, G. A. Gondran, \V. L. Barton.

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Baton Rouge Marble Works

m ^ / A. FRIDGE '^"-"r— ^

STATUAHY, GHAITITE & MAHBLE MOI^tUMEITTS. a

Headstones, Tombs, Tablets and all kinds of Marble Work Done.

112 ST. LOUIS ST.

BATON ROUGE, LA

— 19t) —

DONALDSONVILLE. LA.

D'lX \l.l)S!)V\|LLi'.. Ascension I'arisli. tlic liiih of
tlir suj^a! hi'lt, is at tlio junction of the ,!j;rcat river
with iiaymi Lafourciie, an important stream ieacl-
ini; tlinnn;ii the lv;art of tlie sii.t>;ar and rice districts of
the State. It has ions;' been one of the mcjst important of
the lower Mississippi river lanihngs. The Texas & I'a-
cific raih'oad passes throujjjh it. and the Mississi]5])i N'alley
naite of the Ilhnois Central s\stem rims liv on the other
side.

Donaldsonville is a busy place, comniandin,!.;- a rich
stretch of tributary coimtry. It has three banks and many
substantial business concerns, schools, and all the concom-
itants of a city. The population, by the census of looo,
was 4.103. It has orpovvn measurably since then.

The Congregation at Donaldsonville, Uikur Cholim. is
an old one. J. llloom is presiden.t of this l)od\ ; .M. Rlein.
the Rabbi.

r.ikur Cholim was organized in 185^1 and reorganized
Aug. 24, i8go. Tlie sxnagogue was erected in 1871 and
is located on Railroad .\venue. it has 55 members.
.Michal Tobias is president: Walter Lemann, vice-pres-
ident ; Willie Pforzheimer. treasurer ; Raphael .Singer,
secretary.

Divine service is held by this congregation Friday
evenings and Saturday morning. Schlesinger and Gold-
stein's mu.sic is used in accordance with the Union Prayer
P>ook. The building was repainted last year, inside and
outside, with the assistance of the Ladies' Hebrew Asso-
ciation, the officers of which are : Mrs. Jacob Bluni', pres-
ident; Mrs. Michael Toi)ias, vice-president; Mrs. Alex.
Eloomenthal, treasurer: Mrs. Raphael Singer, secretary.

The officers of the P>'nai EVrith Liwlge here for the en-
suing year arc: Michael Tobias, monitor: Willie Pforz-
heimer, president : Walter Lemann, vice-president : Ja-
col) Blum, tixasurer : Raphael Singer, secretary.

There is a Jewish Cemetery on St. Patrick street,
which is enclosed with an iron fence and is well cared for.

Rev. Klein instructs the Hebrew class on Saturday and
all the children are instructed on Sunday in the ti^.tets
of our faith. The assistant teachers are Misses Sadie
and .Agathine Kern.

The race here is well represented in municipal affairs,
in bar.kinsj and in commerce.

RAP.r.I M. KLKIX OV n( )X.\LDS( )\'\'ILLL.

( )ur subject was born in Hatten P^lsass, Feb. 2, 1853.
He was educated in Germany under the tutelege of Rab-
biner Dr. Grunebaum. Landau Pfalz and Cantor Jacob
Stern, Ingenheim, ( )ber Rabbiner Dr. Aaron .Strassburg
and Cantor I. Klein, Brumath, Elsass. His first employ-
ment as rablii and cantor was in .\lexan(lria. La., from
1873 to i88fi, and at Baton Rouge, La., from 1886 to
1900.

In Kjoo he left for Europe, there remaining with his
beloved mother three years, on her demise returning to
Louisiana, being called soon after to the pulpit at Don-
aldsonville. He has been chaplain of the House of Rep-
resentatives and of the Senate of the State of Louisiana,
and chaplain also of the State Penitentiary. He is a
niember of the following: F. and .\. ^^. : K. of P. : I. ( ).
P.. B.. and has held hii;h office in all three.

.MR. SAMCEL BLC.M.

liere wv have or.e of the elders of Congregation Bikur
I'iiolim, Donalds' in\-ille, still surviving at the ripe old age
of four score and four years, still bearing in mind and
nil ileling Ins conduct as ever, upon the injimctioiis of that

MR. SAMUEL BLUM.

faitii of tin- pjilriarcbs and pro]jhets he was born to. Mr.
Bhuu first saw the light in Xiederlirunn, .\lsace. in 1820.
He has had a long, prosperous and honorable career as a
merchant of Donalclsonville and is one of the most highly
respected members of the Jewdsh community resident
there.

.MR. HEXRV PFORZHEIMER.

A resident of Donaldsonville for sixty-five vears, this
gentleman was well known and highly respected. He
was born in Baden, Ciermanv. in t8i8, and came to this

MR. HENRY PFORZHEIMER.

— l')7 —

Now

^For
j Drugs

F. M. Brooks & Son,

-limited-

Baton ROUGE, LA.

Wholesale and Retail.

EVRKVTHIMO HIGMT
PUICKS, OUALIIY. 5EHVICE

Hail Order Service Up=to-Date

For the Latest in Photos or Frames You Should Consult

W. W. Miller, photographer,

ART PARLORS

411-413 MAIN STREET.

it&^yM,^ PMONE 176=3

BATON ROUGE, LA.

S. C. Fridge,

Livery, Feed ix*° Sale

. . STABLE . .

CUMBERLAND TELEPHONE 79-2.

SALE

Saddle Horses, Roadsters and Mules ^^^"

Special Attention to Boarders. "^"^ ^BATorlSE.

A. J. RONALDSON. President.

INO. JORDAN, Vice-President.

E. M. ELAM, Secretary and Treasurer ^

Ronaldson's Agency, Ltd.

INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE,

TELEPHONE 290.

P. O. Box 565.

Baton Rouge, La.

"ir

— l'),s —

t'lunlrx ;i( {'.k- am- nl' ii). Ik' landed in NV-w ^'o^k in
1X3(1. Ill' Iki'- served an appreKtiei-slii]) (.f llu' usual
ier.oth in tliat da\' al ihe linte'ners' trade in the 'ild eoun-
tr\ . hilt lie;.^an lite in the land of the tree as a nierehant.
Mere he settled and remained through all the vicissitudes
of war. panic and epidemic, and ')y industry, inlei^rity
and thrift i;r;nln.all\ won his \va\. lie reared in Donald-
son\'ille a famih of ei,L;ht. se\en of whom, six dau.u'hters
and a son. survix'e him, lie was a niemhc r of I'ikur
C'holim, non;dds(inville, from its foundation in 1870.

MK. .\l \AS TOP.! AS.

The late Alaas Tohias. of I )iinaldson\-ille. La., had heen
a merchant of that ])lace for 45 \ears, when he retired
fr.im active husiness some years aL;o. lie was horn in
Kntno. Poland, in iSj8, and was aliout ,^0 when he set-
tled in the Pelican State, lie died in igoj. leaving; a
fami!\ of four sons and one dausjhter.

MAAS TOBIAS.

1:1 e was a man highly esteemed in the community in
which he liad passed so much of his life, of note +'or his
hi'iievolence, h.is sterlins; cliaractei, and among' his own.
lieople. as a faithful worker for the cause of Judaism. He
was l<i!''g a n'eniher of the I'.'na P.'rith of New ( )rleans.
and also was a Kniglit of Honor and meniher of the ( )r-
der of Workmen of Donaldsonville — in fact, was one
of the hcst known and foremost citizens of that place.

MR. Ai'.k All A.\l KLOTZ.

This gentiimaii has nu-ntii'ii among the iiotahlcs of
ll'.e -State ill the work of the " I '.iogra[)hical and Histori-
cal Memoirs of Louisiana;" as a merchant. |)lanl'.'r and

MR. ABRAHAM KLOTZ.

sugar manufacturer of Ascension parish, resident at Uon-
aldsonville. a L'onfedcratc veteran, and man of promi-
nence generally. Like many other of the successful Is-
raelites of Louisiana, he is an Alsatian liy birth, born in
IHirvillcr, in that country, 68 years ago, while it was still
I'"rench territory. There he was schooled in both French
and (ierman, ac(|uirements wdiicli, during; a long and
prosperous Ijusiness career, have stood him in good
stea.l.

He was 2~, vears old. clerking in Donaldsonville. when
the Civil \\'ar came on. His service therein with the
.\rm\ of Northern X'irginia, C. S. A., is his qualification
for the membership in Camp V'ictor Maurin, C. V. A., of
Donaldsonville. which he holds. He is a member, also, of
tl'ie Masonic Lodige of that place. He is a subscribing
member of the Tonro Infirmary. \'ew Orleans, and holds
to the faith as a worshipper in Congregation Biknr
C'holiiii of ]3onaldsonville.

MR. MI'.IAILLF. ISKAHL.

Mr. Israel is a sugar iilanter of the Donaldsonville .lis-
tricl, .Ascension parisli, La., market for a rich country sit-
uated about 64 miles north of New Orleans by the Texas
and Pacific road and somewhat further by the winding
course of the river. The sugar planters, it neerl hardly
be said, are the aristocracy of the State; their estates are
unusualh baronial in extent and operation. Mr. Israel,
suiilice it to say, is one of this favored class. Hfe is a na-
tive of Donaldsonxdlle. 35 years old. a graduate of Roa-
iioke College, Salem, \'a., is married, and a member of
various organizations, benevolent and fraternal, his favor-
ite among them the .Mnha Tan ( )mega, his college frater-
nitv. His place of worsni]) is the local Bikitv L hdliin.

I'M)

CADDO-RAPIDES LIMBER CO.. Ltd.

,yllej>candria. La.

Miinufacturers of and Dealers in <

Lumber) Shingles, Sash, Doors-, .'J

Blinds, Hardwood Mantels,

Grates and Tiline.

i Office and Factory Monroe Street, from 61I1 to 7tli. yi

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Lumber, Shingles, Cisterns,

I lijtve recently perieuleil Hnan);eDieiit.s
wliereby I am enabled tii care for I lie iiee('x
ot uiy tiistonier.s in a niore satisfactory
manner tlian ever before.

J> Sash, Doors, Blinds and Window Shades |

I-

HaviiiK a I'IhiiIli; -Mill in connection with
niy IxisinesK I can fnrnisli complete l^otise

bills, witli material as desiieil. making,
sul)stitntioii iinnece^sarv. t'ountry Onlers
liiven Speiial .Atteiuion.

V. B. Hayslip, °"'"' Xn^^'p^'^i"

' -T^ ' Cor. loth and Fisk Sis.

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Telephone No 198.

niexandria. La.

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Rapides Steam Laundry

TWILLEY & TOWNSEND. Props.
ALEXANDRIA, LA.

^^ P. O. BOX 331.

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PHONE 232. ^

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WE VALUE TEWISH
PATRONAGE

Q SHEE BROS-

ALEXANDRIA, LA.

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JOS, CAFIERO

Paints Repairs, Puts Up and Takes Down

Smokestacks. Sugarhouse
I Chimneys, Machinery, Etc.

u ROPE SPLICING A SPECIALTY

1' O. MUX 232. ■■ 'rKLKl'miNIO »l.

DONAI,lJSON'VII.I..H;. l.A.

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Donaldsonville Broom Factory,

N. F. GROS, Propkirtor.

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I Manufacturer of Brooms. Brushes. Etc, of all ^

'I GRADES AND PRICES.

|f .SIM'IM.VINC THK TU.MlK ONLY ■.

f FACTOR Y-Railroad Ave, Half Block from Passenger Depot )

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i.onu Distance Phone 231.

P O. Hox 106.

Excelsior Steam Laundry

ST. PETER'S ALL EY. W . E. Boudreaux, Prop,

^OFFICERS:

(l L. Caspari, President. H. M. Ilyams, IstVice-President
fi' ,I.W. Fieeman, linil Vice President. S H. Hill. Cashier.

^DIRECTORS:

I 1... L'aspari. H M. Hyums. ,1. W. Freeman. Jno. M. Tucker

/ Sarnuel Nelken. Julius A ron. C E Oreneaux

'' .1. H Willinnis J T.. Hrv:in

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I THE PEOPLES BANK,

NATCHITOCHES, LA

,1 Capital Stock - $30,000 00

Accouiils and CNilleoiions ol Banks. Bankers Coritoralions
Firms and Individnal.s Solicited.

— 200

ALEXANDRIA, LA.

Alexauilria. I\a|iiilcs [larisli. La., i.-^ in alniust the seog-
ra[)hii-al ccntir of ilu' .suiti.-. It is un Reil Kivi.T. mii- of
the principal iiranclics of the Mis.sis,si])]M. ami on tlirec
iine.s of rail, the Texas and Pacific and Iron Mountain
roads of tile ( lonld system, and tiie Kansas City. W'atkins
alid (a;lf. it is one of tlie most rapidly _oro\ving and
substantial cities of the State. Many Jews have made
tlieir Iv nies there, and contriljuted. as thev do every-
wlure. 1.1 the life and prosperity of the conimunitv. They
are nunier. 'i!> enoU;.;li, in fact, to maintain a permanent
iiousr ol w. irsliip.

.\ I lelirew llcni-xdlent .Vssociation was ort:;anized in
Alexandria as loiii^ ago as i.'^54. .MI its members were
young men and all single men but two. .\11 the organiz-
er^ of this association have passed awa\ l)ut lulius Levin
and 1). Lehiiian, both of whom still reside in '.Mexandria.

stil! enjoying perfect health, and along with it llu- fruit
f)f a career of energy and prosperit\.

Mr. Levin is a natix'e of Prussia. Me wa'^ born .it
Regenswalde, in that kingdoiii, Julv jtli, 1X3^. llis pa-
rents, Jacob and Fanny Daus Levin, were worthy tiiougli
not wealthy people of tl.e same place.

He comes of n)ercantile stock: bolli his fathtr .and
grandfather were successful business men. He grew to
manhood in Kegenswalde and on reacliing suitable .'ige
was placed at school at Deush Crone. West Prussia and
tiiere completed his term of literar\ training. Lea\ing
school at 10, he adojjted for life the sterling principles of
iiis class and race. .\t .Stoli) and at Hamburg he mas-
tered tile drv goods calling, and in i.'^32. .at H). came to
the L'nited .States.

'j'iie special objecl of ihe association was charitv and the
maintenance of a jrwish linrud place.

Some seven \ears later a congregation was formed
with the s niie officials and management, and ;\ I\al:l)i was
secured for il. It was originally an orthodox congrega-
tion, but for some \ ears iias been reform. It numbers 8,^
members. During the holidays, however, from 330 to
40C' attend. The presidei't of this congregation is Gus
<ieh.r, the vice-president Isaiah \\ eii, the treasurer l';u.d
Lis-o. and the secretarv Jos. Lew.

MK. I cues LKVIX.

The subject of this sketch is one of the most !)romi-
nent re^idLUts of central Louisiana. He is one of tlu-
best known men in the rapidly growing center of that
{lislri<-t of tiie country, .Alexandria, Rapides parish,
which has doiililed in population and wealth in the last
ten \ears. just lalel\- lie celebrated his 70th birthdax', and
though he has reached the Psalmist's allotted s\rm. is

Here first he sptiit a year in ( i;i!\-eston and in .Missis-
sippi, and then in 1.S53 came to .Mexandria. iMilbarking
111 business here, he was Iioth successful and popular,
lly the time the war i-ame on he liad ac-:|niri-d a handsome
C( n.petence.

In Vii the tocsin sounded, and Ia\ing asiile personal
interests he enlisted in the Confederate caus^'. We need
not here recount his exoeriences in the serxice. That
cause was lost, but its memor\ still sarvi\-es in his heart,
as it dors willi .'dl its gadai'.t d.efenclers.

l'"rom the close of the war until 18S0, Mr. Levin car-
ried on prosperonsK a mercantile business. Then he
retired and invested in the Inm'cer business, applying
therein the attention and perspicuity which had thcreto-
I'ore made all his undertakings thrive. Withdrawing
from that be iinbarked largely in real estate.

Mr. Levin has risen to tiie council of the Masonic fra-
ternitv. He has been a member of the cit\- council of
.Alexandria and iiresident of its school board and lias

201

S. GOETTE, President-Manager.

-TELEPHONE Nc. 78.-

JAS. FOR TIER, Secretary-Treasurer

DONALDSONVILLE ICE COMPANY, Limited.

DONALDSONVILLE. LOUISIANA.

ITD /'^ II Ci /"^ 'i '5r^ nn T\ 'I Piire>t iinrt Hesl IJiKility R'K al I.DwesI Mar

ce, rJeer, Cold btorage. Capacity, dU 1 ons JJaily. ''""'^,,r^u:::l:r<f^uJ^:'^'iH^r^r''''^

MISSISSIPPI STREET, Opposite Market.

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r,ocal Aj.'eni-.v (or the niamniolh A VHKUSKK-HUSfH BKKW.'Nti ASSOCIATIONS celebrated KEli and BO'I'TI-K. HEERS. (KAt'sT. Anhkiskh. Hoc k
AMI I'Ai.K IN Kkcs; Kxyi'isiTK. BiiiwKisKK. ANHKUsKK AND HAVAUIA.N IS Bd-iTLEs) wliich Can l)e furnislied in (laantities to !-uit. i Mders lefi at ilic factory
or addres>.ed ttiroutfh tlie l>onaldsi>nville l*ostottice, will receive prouii>t and careful attention. Satisfaction always fully jruaranteed.

POSTOFFICE BOX 76.

CAPACITY 5000 LOAVES DAILY.

TELEPHONE No. 125

RATHOFF'S STEAM BAKERY,

F. E. RATHOFF, Proprietor.

Manufacturer of Fine Bread and Cakes, t^ Mississippi and St. Patrick Streets.

DONALDSONVILLE, LOUISIANA.

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ASCENSION COAL COMPANY

CARROLL BARTON, Manager.

PAINCOURTVILLE, LOUISIANA.
BRANCH OFFICE, ^ DONALDSONVILLE, LA.

Im W .M .M( >; Al.l.lAKl) I'HAS. A MAUKIN. W I) PAKK,

['resident \'ice-Presirieni Cashier.

Bank of Donaldsonville.

OF DONALDSONVILLE, LA

Capital, $50,000. Surplus, $30,000 Undivided Profits, $20 000.

DIHKCTOKS Henry McCall. Adol|ih Netier. I- .1 Hriin.

(has A- Maiirin. ('. Kline. Nicholas Kris. CH Aicman. .1 K TiicUer.
Dr. \V. M .Mctialliard 1. K. lientley.

CRIMINAL AND CIVIL SHERIFF.
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NAPOLEONVILLE, ,;>» ASSUMPTION PARISH.

ALLEN^S FOUNDRY

Railroad Avenue, Near Texas and Pacific Pass. Depot.

: REPAIRS ON :

Sugarhouse. Rice, Cotton Gin, Steamboat and Other Machinery.

Heaviest lliscount on Stean) Pumps. Link Belt Chain anil Klevators. Shafl-
inu' and Pulleys.

DONALDSONVILLE, LA.

C. L. TRICHE,

ORDERS PtiOMPTl.Y l-'ILLED * I.i)Ni; UlsTANCK Ph.i.nkB:!.

LUCIEN CASSO,

"THE OYSTER KING"

Dealer in Fine Oysters and California Fruits,

Fine and l-'resh Hayou (N.iok and Ba\' (.>.\sters.
Se,vin^^^hor.Order^^.^^_^ ^ DonaldsOttViUe , La.

202

JULIUS LEVIN.

ht'eii conspicuiuis as a leader in all public nii>venunts to
improve the cit\ of his home.

lie married in Alexandria, Miss Christine l)npu\'. a
dau.uhter of Louisiana, child of Xormand and Mary
Dupuw natives also. < >ne son and four dauiihlers have
licen horn to'them: Julia, wife nf Charles ( loldenherij ;
L'annie. wife of .\ug;ust Siess : Jacob, I'lora and Cricket.
Gron|;ed about him lovingly upon the anniversary occa-
sion referred to above were childri'u, grandchildren; yes.
and .t;real-i;"randcbil<lren.

RAI'dll l-:id.l.\"(il-:K ol- ALb'..\AXl)KlA.

I'rom the .Nmeriean Jewish \'ear Hook we extract the
followiuL;' biograpln of the Rabbi of the Alexandria con-
l; relation :

{{mil Elliiiiier, Rabbi of Coni;re,i;ation ( iemil.'is Haso-
dim, .\lexandria La.: horn Ma\ 2. i8fii, at I'apa, Hun-
garv ; son iif Carl F.Ilinoer and Mary Deutsch : ilehrew
ed.ucation at Xikolsburjj;, .\Iora\ia: secidar education at
Cni\-ersit\- of X'ienna. Rabbinical di|jloma from Rabbi
It'.dah (Issart. Hungary, Ffas been Ral/bi at Devecsar,
Himgarx', Ml. X'ernon, Ind., and Sioux Citv, Iowa.

Slate of Louisiana, is the subject of this sketch well
known. He is a Confederate veteran, for years was a
n ember of the I'arish Lxecmive Co'niuittee of the Demo-
cratic ])art\-. h.as i)een councilman of .Mexandria I fre-
quently serving during that time as Mayor pro tern), and
dm"ing the Cle\i-land administration w:is iiostmaster four
yi-ars. At present be is president of the school board of
Rapides parish, in which .Alexandria is situati'il. These
lionors indicate hi.^ slamiing in his comiuunity.

.\lr. i\osenthal is an .\lsatian by liirth. born there dur-
ing the old l-"rench ri.gime. In i860, on tile fourth day
of Jul\, glorioiis day of independence, he landed in New
(Orleans, an.d shortly after settled in Rapides ])arish. I'.ut
the war coming on soon, in i8(')2 iie enlisted in "K" L"om-
pan\. Third Louisiana Cavalry. Liddell's l'.riga<le. under
Capt. Sam Haas.

Throughout all Ins career as a soldier he saw acti\'e
service, and laid the foundation for many friendshi]js that
have lasted ever since, .\fter the war he came hack to
.Alexandria and clerkeil awhile, and in Vif) established
himself as a general merchandiser, finally, after a number
of clianges of business and location, going in with his
brothers in the grocery line. This was in i88j. The busi-
ness thus founded has grown to \ery large propor-
tions. Since the death of his 'irothers it has been con-
ducted b\- him.

MR. JOXAS ROSI'.XTHAL.

Xot onh in .Mexandria. where he has been in busi-
ness for more than tliirty years, and where he has held
more than one official position, Init throughout tlie whole

JONAS ROSENTHAL.

Mr. R( .■'Cnlial is a man of family. In 1873 he mar-
ried Aliss Jeannette Weil. They have five daughters
and two sons. It was a great blow to tliem when their
e'dest son. Lugene. well known in .Alexandria as book-
keeper of tlie Rapides Bank., died of typhoid fever after
a lingering illness in 1903 at the early age of 28. Like his
father before him. he was a prominent meml)er of the L
( t. r>. I'), anil oihir Jewish charitable institutions.

20,^ —

JAS. W^ ARBOUR,

WORKER IN TIN. COPPER.
ZINC AND SHEET IRON.

No. 113 Third Street.

Telephone No 552.

SI.ATK KDOKINC AXU "■
IM.I'MHINi; A SHKCIAI.TY

BATON ROUGE, LA.

JAMES D. BOGAN,

Contractor and Builder^
1227 SOUTH BOULEVARD,

Long Distance Phone 434. BATON ROUGE, LA.

CHAS. A. BELISLE.
Draper and Tailor

209 LAUREL STREET.
BATON ROUGE, LA.

FRESH
DRUGS.

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H. R. Stroube,

Elks Theatre Bldg.
BATON ROUGE, LA.

' PROMPT
DELIVERY

RATES, $2.50 A DAY.

FRED. ROGGE,

PHOPBielOR

POSTOFFICE
BOX 76.

JL)onald8Gi>viirc, -La*

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X RAY^
DRUG STORE

RICHARD & ST. MARTIN.

Drugs and Medicmes Perfumery,
Soap Toilet Articles.
Fine Cigars. Etc. -^

Prescriptions Carefully Compounded.

EDMOND RICHARD. Druggist

^ Corner Mississippi and St Patrick Sts. ^

P Phone 1,^8 C

t DONALDSONVILLE. LA. 3

204 —

MR. At Mil. I, I'. i;\ii-:k.

AiidIIkt aniiin^- llic mm-o prdmiiiciit ni llic l.^rarlitc
rcsiilt'nts (if Alexandria is Acliilk' liaiicr. lie is a A'lmlc-
sak' L^niccr, 43 scars uljl, horn in Alsace in tiu' 'ild

MR. ACHILLE BAUER.

l-rcnch era. linl a resident here from his youth. He is
ex-i)resident of ( ieniilath Chasodim Congregation, Alex-
andria, is a Mason and I. O. B. B., and is the father of
t\\(i fine boys hy liis wife, nee Hortense Schmaliiiski. of
Alexandria.

Till-: LATi'. i!i':.\j. I'Ai.K. LAi'AM'.rri-:.

.\lr. I'alk was in his time one of the foremost citizens
of Lafayette. He was an alderman of the civy. and he-
sides being a successful merchant, engaged in furniture
and undertaking and general merchandising, was in-
terested in real estate and farms, a brick yard and in the
local opera house, lie was a director, too, of the Lafay-
ette od mill and of the local ice plant. He was a Mason
also, a Knigiit '>f I'xlhias. Knight of Honor and member
of the A ( ). L'. VV.. and as sucii wi'l! and wideh known
and highly rcs]5ected.

He was horn, in Libau, Russia, and came to Lafayette
in 1871, He died suddenly, ( )cl. 27, ii)Oi. His fune'-al
\\;is one of tin- largest ever .seen in Lafayette. Ralilii
Leu.clil. of -\'e\v Orleans, conducted the religious ser-
vices, r-iev. C ( '. W'ier and .Mr. C ( ). Mouton, on the
part respective!} of the K. of 1'. and .A. O. I'. \\'.. paid
tribute to his worth. The fire department, of whicli he
was assistant chief, atlenderl in a body. Ife was gcn-
erallv and sincerelv luourned

MR. \1lT:>R LFAV. LAFAYETTE.

.Mr. Levy is prominent in Lafayette as a merchant and
lal estate owner and successful man. Lfe is a native of

VICTOR LEVY.

the place — lx)ni there in 1872. making liim 33 now — and
finished his schooling at the State L'niversity, Baton
Rouge. He began Inisiness as a clerk in his father's
store, and soon lieveloped the f|.ualities that command suc-
cess in mercantile affaiis. He is liapj)il\ married and be-
longs to the L o. r.. n.

BENJ. FALK.

2(15 —

F. L. Trepagnier.

^ ■ S. Trepagnier.

F, L. Trepagnier &Bro.,

Watchmakers andjeivelers,

Donaldsonville and Plaquemine. La

DIAMONDS,

Watches, Jewelry, Clocks, Spectacles,

SOLID and PLATED SILVERWARE.

MAIN HOUSP:, Donahisonville, ].;i.

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Chas. Maurin,

Wholesale and Retail

Groceries, Wines and Liquors,

CIGARS AND TOBACCO.

A full line of Glass, Tin, Wooden and Queensware

Agents Moline Agricultural Implements.

Complete Stock of Haidwiue. Paints,

Oils Varnishes and Brushes,

Furniture and Wall Paper.

DONALDSONVILLE, LA

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\'. Miiiiiiii, rri's'taiid TriMs. Clias. Alauiiii, N'ici'-I'res't

.Ids. Xlaiitili. SiM-ri'taiv.

The Maurin Co., Ltd.,

Proprietors R. E, Lee Stables and
I'ndertaking Establishment . . .

Stylish Drivini,'- and Saddle Horses to Hire.
Fine Carriag-es, Surreys and Bug^gies.

Handsome Hearses, Plain and Ornamented
Coffi-ns, Caskets, Etc., of All Kinds.

Special Rates to Commercial Travelers. ^
Long Distance Phone 56.
li^ DONALDSONVILLE, LA.

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The Hartford Fire Insurance Co.

ORGANIZED 1794. CHARTERED 1810.

EASTERN DEPARTMENT

CKO I, <HASK, President,
fil L'has- E. Chase. Vice-President P- (' Rn.vee. Secretary-

nl li M. Bissell, Vice-Preidi-nt. Tims, ■rurnliull. Asst Secretar\ .

^ L. A. Colomb & Son, Agents.

DONALDSONVILLE, LA.

Representatives of Leading Ameri =
can and Foreign Insurance Go's.

Real Estate Roui^ht and SohL
Stock and Bonds Bouglit and Sold.

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MONROE, LA,

( ).\1\'' )1'".. ( )u:u-liita parish, i.s a city of about
8,000 poiHi.lation. situated ou lx)tli sides of
tlu' ( )iiaciiita K'i\er at the crossing- of the Iron
^hluntain and the X'icksliurg and Slireveport raih'oads.
Loeks are now under construction to make the f Hiachita
nax'i.iLj'alile tlie year round.

It was first settled in liie nid Spanish days more than
a hundred \ears aijo. hut its recent growth has been
most marked. ]t is one ot the briskest and most flour-
ishing and progTessi\c towns of the State. Its cotton re-
ceipts are upwards of ^o.ooo bales a year, valued at cur-
rent prices at $2,500,000 or UKjre. It has a cotton com-
press, a cotton mill nf local capital, three banks and a
variety of loc;il Inisiness. imth wholesale and retail. It
lias sewers, water works, street lights, and paved streets
anti an electric car line owned liy the city, the only ex-
ample of nnmicipal ownership of that kind in the South,
if n<it tlie entire country. Its general aspect of neatness
and newness has given it the name of the "Parlor Citv."

irXAl I.<RAh:L AXI) R.M'.r.l IIKI.MBERC OF
.\ir).\I<()F..

In this city of .Monroe, that thriving au'l attractive
trade center of Xorth I^ouisiana, the Jews onstitute by
their industry ;uid progressiveness. if not by numbers, a
conspicuous eli'ment of the population. Among them,
and in the comiuunity generally, for that matter, their
Rabbi. Israel Heimberg, pastor of the Congregation B'nai

J. HEIMBERG.

Israel, has been secretary of the school bciard of the
citv for the past four years, and is a man of mark.

I'astor Heimberg. we need hardly say. has recognition
in ]^lonroe as a man of education anti culture. He was

born at I'aiiberg, tiermany. 4O years ago. His education
was acquired in that country of advanced schoolmen, at
hrst in the eknieiUary branches in his natix'e city, later at
( )ssendorf, near Warburg. \\'est|jhalia. then at Marx
Haindorf Semniar\. Munster, and finally at the famous
L'niversity of lionn am Rhein. to be known of which is
sinelv, among the learned of this coiVntry, and every
otiier, credential enough. The late Dr. Henry Zirndorf
of tile Hebrew I'nion College faculty was one of his
preceptors, as director of Marx Haindorf. in his earlier
student da\s.

Rev. Heimberg's first charge was at Ibbenlniren, \\'est-
[ihalia. and next at I'.onn; next again at Brussels, Bel-
giiMu. a.nd aftir that at London, England. He has had,
it will be seen, something of a cosmopolitan ex])erience.
His first American experience was at Pensacola. IHorida,
where long ago his Southern associations began. Thence
he came to .Alexantlria, in Louisiana, and aliout fifteen
years ago. in 1889. to Monroe.

He is married, aufl having three children, all natives
of the State, with which ties, and all his interests cen-
tered here in the Pelican State, is, regardless of birth,
.American we can vouch to the core. But true Israelite,
however, not unmindful or unsympathetic as to his less
fortunate co-religionists abroad. And as regards that
cr.aritv which in the proverb is said to begin at home he
is a member of the Jewish order of the I. ( ). V>. I>. and
a supjiorter of the other Jewish humanitarian institutions
referred to herein.

MR. HEXRV BERXSTEIN.

To distinction as a lawyer Mr. llernstein adds no small
prominence in fraternal affairs. He is a resident of Mon-
roe, La., and one of the notaiile men of that progressive
burg.

Mr. llernstein was born in W'innfield. Winn parish.
La., in 18(13. He was educated in X'ew Orleans, and is
a graduate of the Boys" High School there. On complet-
ing his school course, he returned to the country and
for a while engaged in mercantile pursuits. Then he
read law and graduateil from the law department of
Tulane l'niversity. Xew Orleans, in 1886. He began
active practice at once in the fourth district of the State
and very .soon assumed a high position at the bar. In
i8(;7 he moved to Monroe.

Mr. Bernstein holds a number of important positions
in the fraternal orders. In the Pythian order he has
been Grand Prelate and ( Srand \'ice Chancellor. He is a
meniber of Eastern Star Lodige of Masons, and also of
the Royal .Arch. He is also a member of Columbia
Loflge. I. O. (). V. Judaism, the religion of his fathers,
its charities and good works, have bis feryent ruid
iicarty siip(iort.

MR. HENRY MEYER.

Mr. Meyer is a merchant of Monroe, and a member
of the Congregation rs'nai Israel of that city. He is one
of the successful business men of the place. He was
lorn in Herrlisheim, Germany, in 1865, but migrated to
this country in early life. He began his business career in
.America at Lee. Miss., but being ambitious, .soon rose
al'ove the clerkship at which he started.

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DONALDSONVILLE
Moss Collar Co.. Ltd.

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Donaldsonville, La.

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Staves. Headings Hoops
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Matched Car Lots a Specialty.

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Meib. Vice-President. K. I'eroy Viosca, .Secretary
'I'reasiirer,

1)IHKCT((KS— Victor Vinsca, Jniiies P. Kock,
Dr. Roger Steib, Leopold Cbri^t. K. Percy Vio.sca.

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OPELOUSAS LA.

(Jpelousas, La.. Cdunty seat of St. Landry parish, is
in one of the oldest — that is to say, longest settled — and
fairest parts of the State — one of the garden spots, in
fact, of that charmnig semi-tropic and fertile alluvial
.\tchafalayan paradise of South Central Louisiana, which
has long been renowned for its mellow climate and af-
lucnce of cotton, sugar, rice, fruits, lumber and game.
Here in this flourishing settlement, as nearly everywhere
nowadavs. is a |)rospcrous Jewish element, among wlunn
mav be numbered the following:

MR. ISAAC Rons.

his gentleman. l)nrn in ( )pelousas. Dec. 24. 1866, is
distinguished as merchant, lianker and cotton man of
tile district of which this city is seat, lie was bi'ought
up in the place and educated partly there, and in part in
Itunkheim, ( iermany. and Xancy. P'ranco. He served
his time to business in Opelousas and with the impor-
tant house of S. Dalsheimer & Co.. in .\'ew Orleans.
He is married, is a member of and liberal contributor to
the Jewish ( )rphans' Home at Xew ( )rleans, and to
other charities also, and lielongs to the ^fasonic order.

MR. s. J \C()i!. ()i'F.L( )i:s \.-;.

S. lacob, of ( ierman liirth. born in iS^ij, limg a resi-
dent and mercliant here, member of the Masonic order,

S. JACOB.

MR. 1). ROOS, OPELOUSAS.

Mr. D. Roos, merchant, born in Weinenberg, Alsace
( tlun France, l)ut (iermany now J. Jan. 25, 183^1, very
near indeed, the patriarchal age of three score and ten,
and accorded, by his neighbors, the respect due a long
and honorable residence and career among them, a mem-
ber of the American Legion of Honor, and the L O. B. R.
and true to the faith, to sum all up, of his fathers an<l
forbears — wiiat more need be sai<l?

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ISLCM. CROWLEY.

Mr. lilum is one of tile principal business men of
Crowley. He is largely interestefl in trade, banking,
farming properties, rice mills, irrigation canal projects,
etc., of that vicinity. He was born in Herxheim, near
London, in the Rheinfalz. Germany, Xov. 9, 1846 (mak-
ing him s*; now ), and was educated there. His first em-

MR. JOSEPH BLUM

|>!o\inenl was witii 1). lUum iS; S^hn, Herxhenn millers
ancl importers of flour. In i8f)g, at the age of 23, he came
to Xew' York, and from thence to the Pelican State. He
married a slaughter of the late H. Lichtenstcin of New
Orleans. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias,
also of the Knights of Honor.

tile Knights of Honor and 1. < ). L'.
the estimation of his neighliors and

fel

. also high in
ow citizens.

MR. X.YniW AliRAHAM, LAFAYETTE.

Mr. Al)rah;im was born in West Baton Rouge,
aljout 35 years ago. Beginning as clerk, he was thor-
oughly trained to business before he embarked as a
nHTchant on his own account. He has been entirely suc-
cessful as a business man and has a high reputation in his
communitv. He is single, and is a member of the Jewish
Order of the L O. B.' B.

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Board of Directors.

H C DREW.

President.

GEO. IIOKRIDGE,
Capitalist.

LEWIS S. CLARKE,

Sujrar Planter, St. Mary's
Parish.

D. R. SWIFT.

President Swift-Kirkwood
Company, Ltd

W. E. RAMSAY,

President Bradley-Ramsay
Lumber Co.

\ J. A. BEL.

!•/ President J. A. Bel Lum-

V ber Company, Ltd.

} J. G. POWELL,

}i Lumber Manufacturer.

M J. ROSTEET,
Retired.

FRANK ROBERTS,
Cashier.

V, GEO. HORRIDGE,

Vice-President.

H. C. DREW,

President.

Cashier, j \

J. A. BEL, Vice-President.

E. N HAZZARD, Asst. Cashier.

CALCASIEU
National Bank

UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY.

Capital, $ 1 50,000,00. Surplus, $ 1 00,000.00

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Lake Charles, La.

nri)OI,l"H KR.MTSE. President

W. K PERKINS. Vice-1'iesirtenl

W H. MA.V.ACAN. Sei-y :iii<l Treas.

ESTABLISHED 1873.
INCORPORATED 1892.

PAID UP CAPITAL, $100,000.00.

PERKINS & MILLER
LUMBER CO., Ltd.

Manufacturers of Rough and Dressed
Calcasieu Long Leaf

YELLOW PINE LUMBER

Also Dealers in General Merchandise

WESTLAKE. ^ LOUISIANA.

fCALrASIKU PakishI

H. W. MILLER. I W VANSCOY.

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RETAIL
GROCERS

We Cater to First-Class Trade

Phone No. 589. jt 815 Ryan Street,
LAKE CHARLES. LA.

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LAKE CHARLES, LA,

N-; ) LTr\' in Lmiisiaiia. not fvcn New ( trleans. is ad-
vancing: faster than Lake Charles. Its population
h\ tile Tniteil States census of upo was C).68o, a
i,fro\vtli of more llian 3.400 in tile ten preceding years.
Since that report was made it has lieen growing faster
even than liefore. and now has full\ 12,000 inhabitants.

Lake Charles is sustained Iiv twn ,ureat industi-us of
its territorv. viz.. luniher and vice. Its sawmills are
among the largest and most modiTu in the .Sduth. Large
([uantities of their product are exported.

The rice kusiness is scarceh' second in \-alue to the
city . This indnstrv has gr^wn in Louisiana — particu-
larly in the neighlmrhnod of Lake ('harle.s — by leaps and

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LAKE CHARLES SYNAGOCJUE.

i.cunds. \ ast tracts iif lands are given over to cultiva-
tion of the staple, and costly irrigation and drainage
works have been introduced.

r>iscnverieft of n:ineral ore nearby have increased the
manufactures and general business of this little burg
many fold. The prospect of cheap fuel is very favorable
to tne inlro(lncti(Mi of new industries. There are three
national banks ami (piitc a nu.mher of extensive business
concerns. The ])lace is alread\- consideralile of a jobbing
center.

Lake Charles is beautifully situated on navigable water.
It is within reach of the mollifying influences of the Gulf
and has a soft, siia\'e. Southern winter climate. It i."!
sujijilied with all the metropolitan conveniences, electric

light plant, water works, street cars, tire department,
opera house, and so fortn. In short, it is one of the
prettiest, busiest and most progressive cities of the South.

The congregaticin at Lake Charles, Congregation Sinai,
\\a^ organize<l in HKH- Jt has 45 members. Its oflicers
are L. Kaufman, president: A. Levy, vice president; .M.
Rosenthal, secretary ; Sol I'lock. treasurer : trustees, S.
Li-vy, 1. Reims. S. Kaufman.

This congregation has raised at Lake Charles a new
svnagogue at a cost of $50,000. The new edifice is of
[)ressed brick and limestone, with metal slates. The in-
terior woodvvork is handsomely panelled. There is a gal-
lerv over the choir. iJy the entrance are two deep niches.
( Hitside over the doorway is a massive marble keystone
re])resenting the tables ar.d commandments with suitable
I lebrew biscription. All in all. it is a structtn-e highl\
cieditai>le to the comnninit\- of Lake Cliarles |ews.

\< \l'.r,l WAi-:SA\\". Ob" LAKL Cl l.\RLi':S.

'Idle .Xuierican Jewish 'Near Hook gives tile lullowing
skttcii of Rahlii Warsaw of the congregation at Lak'e
t iiavles:

Isidor Warsaw, of \ew 'Sork. formerly Rabbi of I'lelh
Tefllloh. I'runswick. ( ia. Horn Dec. 25, 1874, at
lAilkuhiien, Lrussia. Son of Moses Warsaw. Educated
at Kovno High. Sciiool, L'niversity of I'erlin and L'ni-
\ersitv of Cincinnati, of which last named he has tlie I!,
.'^. ilegree. Rabbinical studies at Melirew Lnion ( ol-
icije, Cincinnati,

.MR. LI'OIM )Ln KALl'M.W,

(_)ne of the most prominent Inisiness men, as well as
leading Israelites, of Lake Charles is Mr, Leopold Kauf-
man, general manager of the Lake Charles Rice Milling
L'o, and \ice president of the b'irst National I'ank of that
citv an<l president of the Congregation .Sinai. Mr. Kauf-
man was born iri France : that is the tri-color waved over
bis birtnplace in .\lsace at the time of liis birth in 1851.
1 le was educated in Strasbourg, city of the famous min-
ster and the wonderful mechanical clock, and he first
essaved teaching as a means of livelihood on that ^ide of
tile w:iter, .\fter a brief experience as college jjrofessor
he came to Louisiana and embarked in mercantile life.
!ie has been higiih- successful, is one of the largest
real estate owners of Lake Charles am! is interested in
a \ariet\- of enterprises and industries there. .\nd not
o: 1\ is he a man of substance; his character is high. ( )f
him it can be trul\- slid that where he lives "his word
is i'<iiid eu'iugn ci'llateral."

MR. IS.XnnR!.: [L n.W'LS.

Lake Charles is also tiie home and place of business of-
Isadore H. Davis, a Jewish merchant, who, though
born abroad, came here in early youth an<l is thoroughly
Americanized. He was born in Krakan. .\ustria. in iSf),^
He was twelve years of age when he landed in Xew
\'ork in ii^75. and it was in the metropolis that he ob-
tained his schooling. He began life as a clerk, but soon
blossomed out into business on his own account, and has
made a success of it. He is a benedict, and a member
Of the Knights of Pythias and Woodmen of the Workl.

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OFFICERS.

GEO. LOCK, President.

L KAUFMAN. VicePres't.

N E NORTH Cashier.

W H. SIMMONS,

Assistant Cashier.

DIRECTORS.

GEO. LOCK,
L KAUFMAN,
R. H. N ASON,
I N. PRATER,
A . P . P UJO.

First National Bank

LAKE CHARLES

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Established in November 1889-

THE OLDEST

Bank in Southwestern Louisiana*

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W W KI.ANDKKS. .Secly and Treas.

\V (i Mi>KI,.'>J(i Asst Sect'y iind Tre;is. 'A

J. A. BEL LUMBER CO.

LIMITED.

PAID UP CAPITAL, $100,000

•"-^ Manufacturers and Dealeis in ^^

Calcasieu Long Leaf
Jl YellowPine Lumber

Railroad Timber and Extra Lengths and

Sizes a Specialty. <<

H. C. GILL, President.

CHAS. S. RAMSAY, Vice-President.

W. A. OUILLEMET, Cashier.

Lake Charles^ La.

LAKE CHARLES
NATIONAL BANK,

LAKE CHARLES. LA.

UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY.

Capital, ^ $100,000.00

EFFIQENT SERVICE AND
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MU. JAKI'. Sl.NK I'X.

'I'liis ircink".naii is llu- vicf-i)rcsitli.-nl of tlu- Kaufman
Mercantile I'c cit Lake Charlt's. one of tlie principal
l)i:siiicss concerns ni that rapidly risinj^ little city. He
is a native of I'alls Uiver. this State, and was educated

JAKE SinON.

in New Orleans. [^i.•^ first business experience was
gained there as clerk fi)r Le<Mi (Indchan.x. He is a
Imsv man. devoted largely to trade, but not unmindful,
nevertheless, of his social, charitable and religious obli-
gations.

MR. HEX'RV MKVER.

Lake Charles also is the domicile of Mr. Henry Meyer,
a merchant and business man of standing, of the firm
if Mendel & Meyer, general merchandise, and also
interested in the I.a'-e Charles I'^urniture Co.. a flourish-
ing institutit)n. Mr, Meyer was liorn at Muttersholz, Al-
sace, froni which part of the world so many of our
successful Jewish merchants come to us. and was edu-
cated at Strasbourg, talcing a full course at the high
sciiool at that city, lie was hrrn in 1871, and there-
fore belongs to the younger element of business men. He
came to thi? countr\- in igoo. and after clerking awhile
in .^an Juan. Xew Mexico, and for Kaufman of Lake
e'barles. began business there on l;is own account. He
is a memlier of the L (). I'.. 11. ;nrl of other Jewish
si'Cial and charitable bodies.

M'^ AR.MAXl) Ll'AA'.

Mr. Levy is one of the men of that growing city of
the southwestern section of the state. Lake Charles. He is
a clothing- merchant and tailor there, and is also in-
terested in the clothing business of Levy 15ros.. at Beau-
mont. Texas.

He was born in (irand Coteau, La., 34 years ago an<l
w.is educated at the Jesuits' College at that place. His
hrsl emplovment was as clerk in his father's store at
Lafayette. I, a. I'Vom that he branched out into business
iiir iiimself. He is married and the father of three, two
loys and a girl, the eldest now in her teens. His paternal
affiliations embrace membershi]) in the h'.lks. the < )rder
of .Maccabees and the L ( ). P.. 1!.

.\1K. SA.MCLL K.\C1-.\1AX.

Lake Charles boasts of (piite a ninnl)er of successful
and solid Jewish residents, a.nong the lunnber the sub-
ject of thi.-. sketch. .Mr. Kaufman is in the carriage
.•ind inijjleineni business at Lake L'ii.'irles ; also at Vin-
ton. La., where his son, Mr. Nl. J. Kaufman, is in
charge. Ill- is of ( Icrman !)irtb and education, some-
where in the 50's as to age — a man long experienced in
commercial life in the Pelican State of Louisiana. He be-
gan ni b'lsinpss here nearly 35 years ago as a clerk for
Jack .Michal at St. Francisville ; from tiiere went to
Washington, La., in whicli place he remained seventeen
years, and tlience came to Lake Charles. He belongs to
the Masonic order — is a Ro\al .Arch mason, in fact —
;,n(i is an old memlier of the 1. < ). I'>. 1'.

.MR. WOLF HOl-F.M.VX.

-Mr. H(Jlfman is one of the leading Jewish n\erchants
of Lake Cliarles: born in (lermany in 1834 and ed'icate('
there; first employed in Xew \'ork : a man of family and
memlier of the order of P.'nai H'rith, keeping up his af-

WOLF MOFFHAN.

filiations with the social, fraternal and religious in.stitu-
tions of the race a substantial man, good citizen, and
faithful lew. in short.

Gabriel D» Stanford,

Manufacturer of

«^ Building Brick and Tile. ^

C{ Sizes of Tile 4 lo 12 Inches.

Lime, Cement, Fire Clay, Fire Brick.

THE HIGHEST GRADE WORK GUARANTEED.
Special Delivered Prices Made on Large Orders.

LAKE CHAH.LES, LA.

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Lake Charles Planing Mill,

G. MUTERSBAUGH, Proprietor.

Manufacturer of Mouldings,
Brackets^ Turned Work, Sash
and Doors, Corner and 'Base
Blocks. Interior Finish a
Specialty,

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Lake Charles Steam Laundry,

WYLIE F. G.ArTfllEK, Prop.

TOILET SUPPLY

Telephone 35

P. O. BOX J45.

LAKE CHARLES, LA.

(t J- A. r-ANUitY.Pres. T.J. KiKi). Vice-Pres. D- J- Landky. Treas. \

p. O. M<)S.s, Secretary- \

THE LAKE CHARLES |

^ Ice, Light and Waterworks Co. ?

\ Capacity of Artesian Wells 3,500,000 Gallons Daily.

,f Dealer in Domestic I ump & Smithing Coal,

Distilled Artesian Water ICE.

LAKE CHARLES, LA.

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I. C. Carter,

ARCHITECT.

818 Ryan Street.

Loiiii Distance Phone .509.

V Jorrespondence Soliciteri.

LAKE CHARLES, LA.

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ABBEVILLE, LA.

Ar. 111". \ 1 1 -LI'".. \'cr;iiilli(in parish, is in SuntlHTi!
[.cuiisiaiia and is tlic terminus o{ one of tlie
l.ranciK's oi tlic Scnitiicrn Pacific road. It i.s a
place of aboiU i ,8no jjopulation with substantial hanking
and business interests.

Jennings, in Calcasieu parish, is one of the must rapidly
growing cities of the State. It is on the Southern Pa-
cific, in the rice and oil country, which has had such
an amazing development in the last few vears. In the ten
years between i8c)0 its ])opulatioii. l.y the ( iovernment
census, increased fourfold.

(..'rowles, on the ."Southern racitic, in Acadia pari.sh,
has had ,i phenomenal growth during the last ten or
fifteen \ ears, due to the development of its rice am'
oil production and other industries, and iias come to be
one of the nrincipal centers of ])opulation and Inisiness
in the soutliern part of the .State. In iSijo it had only
about 400 populatio;; : in igoo, by the I'nited .States cen-
sus, it had 4,214, ;,nd at preseit has 6,000 or more, b'ew
places, indi'cd, in the State have a more pri'niisi)ig fu-
ture.

.\t Xeu I'Kria is a congregation ministered to In- Rabbi
I'lergman. of .\ew ' 'rkans : at Ci-ow ley and Lafa\ette,
Rabbi Warsaw, of [,;i'-e Charles, is the ministrant. and
at ■■ >pelousas, Kabhi I'dlinger, of .Mexandria.

Lafayette is the parish seat i^f the iiarish of the same
name, situated in the soutli certral division of the .State.
1 he city had hy the census of lyoo a population of 3.314.
That was a growth of 60 per cent in ten years. It is
at the junction of the main line of the Southern Pacific
railroad, with one of its principal Louisiana branches,
and is ore of the best towns of the .State.

Mk. SOL. WdSR. .M'd'.KN'ILLL.

Mr. Wise was horn in Russian Poland in 1824, and
was 30 years old when he caiiie to this country. He
landed in Xcw York in t8.S-1 and moved to .\hl)eville the

same year,
amassed a

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consid

legal
crab

SOL. WISE.

business as a

retaining. howe\er, certain farming, real estate and such
ir.terests to emplov his time.

.Mr. Wise iias been a resident of .Abbeville 50 years.
He has taken alwavs a deep interest in the welfare of
his peo|)le, both at home and abroad. Some six or
seven \ears ago he assumed charge of the Lafayette
Jewish Ilurial .\s.sociation. The organization then was
in a state of chaos and the cenietcr\ practically abandoned
and given over as a grazing place for cattle. Through
bis efforts all this was changed and the place has been
converted iiUo a moilel cit\ of the dea<l.

.MR. F.LI WISL. APd;i';\ILLF..

I'Ji Wise was born in .Xbiieville. Decemiier Sth, 1863,
in the identical place in wliich \v: now conducts one of
the largest and most popular mercantile establishments
<if the to\\n. He attended the schools of his liirth-
plfice until he ha 1 attaiiu'd a rudimentarv educati(jp. and

liedlar
competence is now

, and having
retired, still

ELI WISE.

was then sent to New ( >rleans, where he remained at
its best schools two vears. In 1874 he went to Cin-
cinnati, ( )., from which city, after a three year course, liis
ec'ucation completed, he returned home.

Entering mercantile life with his honored father, at
the age of eiglUeen he .shortlv found himself in control
of the business. Ten years ago he succeeded his father
in the well established firm of Fli Wise & Co. Me is
l-in-sideiit also of tile liank <if .Xbbeville. one of the
staunchest financial institutions of the State, and is a
[)iincipal in the .Aniieville Rice Mill, .Ablieville Canal Co.
and Merchants' \\ holesalc Grocery Co..

Tile interests of Mr. Wise are not limited to .\bbeville.
He is vice-president of the I^'erd. Marks Insurance
Agenc\' of Xew ( )rleans, one of the largest institutions
of its kind in the Smith. He is an approachable, cour-
teous gentleman and recognized hy the people of his
section as a verv jirogrcssive citizen. He belongs to
the Kniuhts of Honor and the 1\. of P.

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Calcasieu Steam Bakery,

S. & J. JESSEN & CO.

LAKE CHARLES, LA.

404 GRAND ST.

Phone ;i73.

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H. 1' NICUlll.AS. W .1. I!I':NV.

NICHOLAS & RENZ'S

SHAVING PARLORS,

THE POPULAR TONSORIAL RESOkT,
SIX CHAIR?.
SeHROPTON WORK DONE HBRB,
HOT n\D eOLD BHTHS

821 RYAN STREET. LAKE CHARLHS. LA.

snTispneriON guhrhivtbed.

I J. H. MATHIEU, I

i Prescription Pharmacist, ►

1 RYAN STREET, t

4 LAKE CHARLES, LA. ^

1). R. s\vii'"r. Piv,.

II. VV. I,. A.N/.. Vii'p-l're--

W. 10 I'.XTTKK.SON. Seir.-'rrea^.

Carriage & Implement Co. , Ltd.

WHOLKSAI.K AM' H K'r.\ I 1 , 1 H. \ I.MH.s IN

All Kinds of Farm Impleineiits, Buyg^ies,
Carriafj-es, and Wagons, Harness and Saddlery,
Belting and Hose. Irrigation Pumps, Hay
Presses, Gaar-Scott Tlireshers and Engine-,
Boilers, Engines Saw Mills.

Cor. Ryan & MillSts. Lake Charles, La.

, Short Order Work A Specialty. ^

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„ STEAM LAUNDRY, .

riJ .Limes H Huston, I'roprietor. m

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.

121 MILL STREET.

Phone 171.

LAKK CHARLES, LA.

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[ji W. P. Dunn Bricks Supply Co., ^

Lake CharleSf

outstana.

aBH5?HB"

P^a/

Carlson & Co.

The Largest Jeivelry Establish-
Ci ment in South-west Louisiana. H

Solicits a Portion of your Patronage.

LAKE CHARLES. LA.

J. FRED. GEORGE,

UrSUHAlTCE.

LAKB CHARLES, LA.

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MR. TIII'.O. KAIIN. ( )!•■ J I'lX X 1 X( iS.
Herewith is llic "piTMiitMiriit.' as Shakes] a-ari.- lias it,
of ciiu' lit tlic "Imt" iiu'ii 111' that livi- link- hiiru;" '>i
Calcasieu ))arisli. K-iiniii^^, l.a., nanieU . M". riviulori-
him. iiitrn(h'ctiir\ . sn tn spi-ak, tn timse tn wlmm this
hiiiik is addrcsM'i. tlir pulilic.-. L'ciHTal and at larj^v. .Ml'.
Kalin. tM W-iiu't with, is a man in his iirinu'. iusl liirninu'

THEO. KAHN.

_;(i: a native el ANace. Imrn in the did j-'rench. da\ s at
Ihi.ucna.n. educated there and th()nu!.t;h!\ trained to a hus-
iness callins' as ixKik'kecper in that part <if the world. He
is in the gents' tuniishiniis husiiiess at h'nnings. is a
nienilier nf ihe lennin^s Lummercial ".eague, a Knight of
IMliias and is ai'filialeil with the Lake Charles cnngrega-
ti(in.

MR i.h:()i'()Li) ;':L(,L'TTi':k. xicws-'-Lltox

l-'or 28 vears Mr. I'Llgutter has heen .a resident of
.Xewellton. lensas |)arish. ujjpei" l.imisiana, (ir its vicinity,
and has ciime l(' lie recngnizcd thereahmUs nut nnly as nne
(if its must pnisperoirs, hut nsi'fu! and influential citi-
/iNis. In .Xewellton itselt he is an anthrrit',. He is a
leader in all _-hnrities and pulilic mn\eiiiei;ts, is W'orsl^p-
ful Master (if the Mascuic 'jidge. and .Master df W'cirk,
K. (if 1', Mindful (if his duty, he Imlds >er\ice always
on Jewish Xew \'ear and the Hay nf .\t(ineuient. and
idwa\s with a full ([uoruni.

.Mr. I'llgntti,r is from Kempen. i'rdvince df I'nsen.lier-
man\-. Me was Ixirn there in 1853. and tlu're receix'ed his
eieiiieinar\ educatidu. He has heen in iuisiness for liini-
self from .iiulh. [U- is a man well dli in this world's
goi.'ds. witii stores, dwellings and dther nrdjurties to his
credit.

lie is the father of a faniil>- of si.\ children, four boys
iiiid twd girls. He had heen happily m.arried fnr seveu-

t( en vears marK, when his wife. imfdrtunatel\ , departed
tnis life, in iijoj. leaving him almost incdiisolahk . .Ml in
all. it is ndl tdd nnich tu designate our subject as a man
(if liigh character, whole-souled and charitable; aiiiniig
in> neighlrors, of whatever religidU. both respected ;md
|i(ipular.

MR. si.Mox is\.\cs()i\. i'.\i..\iiyni )

PALMi-H"T<). St. Landry parish, a station of the
Texas ami Pacific Railway in Central Louisiana, not far
di.stant frd'.n Atchafalaya River, is tlie h-me a.nd 1"isi-
ness |)lace of Simon Isaacson, a tiiriving general mer-
eliaut. now at 45. in his prime as years go, a married
man. much esteenie 1 anidng his neighbors, both Christian
a.nd lew.

Mr. Isaacsdu was burn at Cirauders, ( iermanv. Oct.
30. ^<S5<^ He was educated at .Xeueiiberg. I lermany.
and caiv.e tn this countrv in iHjH. a \ear or two before
he came df age. He heg.an first lure as clerk, fdr which
he had been fitted bv nis experience in ( lermany, but
scdii branch'l out, nn his dwn account, in Palmetto, lie
has been successful, and is thorougiily established. In
|nl\-. Kjoo, he married Miss r.irdie ( iernsbaciier. and iii-
stalle(| his bride in a cosv lionie in I 'almello.

MR. jCLKS HRLVFCS. XKW lUb'.KIX.

This is the hdine alsd df Jules Dreyfus, merchant an(|
banker and ri';e anrl oil mill man. bnrn at .Muhlhausen.
.Msace. April 1. l8fi6. a few years befnre the b'rancd-
I'russian war jK-rmaneiitly changed the nationality of that
pro\ ince. lie was brought up an'l educate'! on that side
of the waier, began life here as a clerk: is married, is
a .\Lasdn an(| member nf ntlur fraternities, and is kudwn
as an un)dghl. cdiiscienti.ius and cdusistent Jew.

MK. Lb'.ox D'MA'i'CS. ')i' x:-:w ii;krl\.

.Xew Iberia lies on the Siiuthern Pacific Railroad and
on l'ia\(iu Teche. the nidst typical and beautiful of Limis-
iana Idulard streams, .alidut 123 miles due west of Xew
< hlcuis. It IS in tin- rich alln\ial cnast i-egion of .South-
ern Lduisian.a. which pnubices in pr.ifnsidu sugar, garden
tinck. the orange, line timber, live sldck. hsh and game.
If is the c )untr\ jiro lucing the fanidus Tobascd pepper
sauce condimeut, kunwn like Lea iS: Perrin's. the W(>rld
(wer.

Leon Mrevfus. born in Doruach. .Msace. Jidy 2> iSdd
— tiiat is yj vcars ago — is one df its |)rincipal merchants.
Me was educated abroad at the Ciewerbeschule. Muhl-
h.iusen. .Msace. and the/:f('/(' ih' /'/.Ma.tv (('((/ I'ilaturc.
He began ids business career as clerk for Abraham Klot7
at Kldtzville. I'.avou Lafourche, and remained there fotu"

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

JAMES W. STEVENS, PreMdent.

T. J. COCKE, Manager
30' Hennen Building N^w Orleans. La.

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You are hereby extended a verv
cordial invitation to visit

Cbeap Sony's
BiQ IWevv Store

COL. A. D. VEGA. Proprietor.

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Mississippi Street,
Head Railroad Ave.

Donaldson ville,
Louisiana.

HeH<)()uaners for Dry Gou<is, Ciotliinfi, Xiitioiis,
Laiiirs and Gents' FurnisliinK Goods, Shoes,
Hat,.i. .Millinery, Kloor Oil Cloth, Carpets, Kujis
Trunks, Valises, Groceries, Tohacco. Cigars and
anil Fine Liquors. .Special Millinery Depart-
ment. Novelties on the 5, 10, 15 and 25c- counters
All transactious strictly cash.

Telephone 16.

New York Office, 74 Grand Street.

P. S —All Passenuers. Visitors and persons lo Donuldsonville, La
are invited lo lake the cul-oti Ihrouijh the Vei-'a Buildini;.
Kojnw and cominsj from Ihe Ferry Boat. (Jraeie Kent Land-
ing, the Kiverand Railroad Avenue.

Blue Grass
STABLES.

ED. C. WATHEN, Proprietor.
— : DEALER IN :-

Kentucky Mules
and Horses. «.^«^*^

Mississippi and St. Patrick Streets,
DONALDSONVILLE, LA.

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\cars. At invsent ho i> eiii;a,i;i'il in tlic lianlwarc ami
mill supplies line at Xew llieria. a.nd is tlie v'ice-iiresident
of the Xew lljeria Milling \- 1 )eveli)i)inent Co. of Xew
llieria, a concern with a capital of $125,000 operating
tiiree irrii^atniL; canals, six cotton .^ins, a cotton oil mill,
a rice mill and syrup mill, lie married, ahout ten vears
agxi. Miss Edith I.ev\, dauLjhter of I'. \. Levy, of Xew
(Orleans, a \\ cll-!<no\\n merchant, lie is president of the
Cong reseat ion "Cates of l'ra\er," organized in iSy".
whicii e.vpeets to ha\e a circuit raliiji oflnciating in Xew
llieria. Lafourche, Crowley and ( )pelousas. and has
started the liuildiu',; of a synagogue, wliich was to he
dedicated h\ :<,'04.

MR.

ICLES LACOrS. Oh" R( )ISLD.\LK.

Kosedale, L.a.. is on the T. vK: I', road, Iherville parish,
r.nd is the postoffice for Crosse Tete. Here lives Jules
jacohs, general merchant, .Mason of Livonia Lodge, Xo,
J20. a K. of 1'. of Heron L'odge, o. j8, and a member of
Torn'o Synagogue, Xew ( )rleans.

.Mr. Jacobs was Ijoni in Hombourg, ISas,. Lorraine
( tiien I'rance). 36 years ago. He was educated in th.nt
country after Cerniany .-icqnired it as spoil of the I'lauco-
I'lussian contest of 1871, He came to this country wdiile
still a voulli and his first experience of his present iinc
was gained as clerk in the country store of .Henry Cohn,
Jr.. & Co.. Port Allen. .Mr. Jacobs is married and hap-
],ily SI ttleil in a growing place.

MR. DAVID STERN, AMITE CITY.

.\mite Cit\. in Fangiijahoa parish, on tlie eastern side
ol the State, is one of the growing cities of that region.
It is a summer and winter resort, a lumbering and farm-
ing center. That part of the State is known as "the
Morida parishes," and is rapidlv developing. Many set-
tlers are con";ing in, and the shipment of truck and small
fruits to Xorthern markets is an est.aijlished industr\-,

David Stern, born at .Xatchez, .Miss.. juUi 15. 1852. is
a leading merchant and banker of .\niite ( so called for
s'lort), where he has resided for many years. He was
educated in Xew ^'ork and. Texas, and his first emplov-
nter.t was as a clerk for Charles Kaufmi'u iiV the Blue
.Store, near the French Market, Xew Orleans, In other
words he liegan his business career at the bottom of the
ladcKr, and served ins business ap]irenticeship in the
g<}od old-fashioned retail wav.

.Mr. Storr, is president of the People's Hank
in .Amite, and has other imp(M-tant investments. He is a
-Mason, a 1\. of P., a memlier of the Knights of Honor
and of the L ( ). li. H, of Summit, Miss. He is a man
of family, of cliaritable disposition and is counted of the
solid clement of his part of the State.

.MR. SOLO.MOX KLorz. X.\P( )LKOX\"lLLK.

Xapoleonviile is a thriving olace on tlie T & P. R. R..
m tlie parish .jf Assumption, of alxjut 1,000 or 1,200 i^o/)-
ulation. It has its seat amid iiighly fertile a.nd jji-oduc-
tue surroundings.

.\lr. Klolz is a distinguished merchant and business
man of .Xa-poleonville, .\ssuniption parish, and that ])art
of the countrv. He is also notable in public and *'rater-
ral .-itiairs. He is director of the I'.ank of \ssumplion

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SOLOMON KLOTZ.

and ol the Pioneer Printing Co., and does a verv exten-
sive insurance business He is a member of the town
loiincil and of the Democratic Executive Committee. H<'
i^ a Mason in high standing and a member of the Knights
of Pxtbias and Knig'.Us of Honor. He also iielongs to
tiic L s ). P.. B.

.Mr. Kloiz was born in Chrixillcr, .\ls;ice, ii. i85_|. He
came (wer tpiite young ainl began his busmess life here
as a clerk. \Ve neetl hardly say after the mention of
his connections and nftiHation a'love. that he has been
wiicllv successful.

MORGAN CITY, LA.

MoKG.\N City, on the Southern Pacific in St. Mary's
Parish, is situated on Berwick Bay into which Atclia-
falaya makes its way. It is a prosperous little city
and port of about 4U0n inhabitants among whom the
Jewish element is by no means last or least.

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BUSINESS

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OF NATCHITOCHES. LA.

Surplus and Profits $31,141.50

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B. E. BLACK. Crowley. I P. BLACKJennings.

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Black Bros* & Co.

Crowley and Jennings. La.

Farm Machinery and Harness. i|

Irrigating Pumps and Stationary Engines a Specialty-

WAGONS AND BUGGIES.

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White Elepliant, Goluiuhus and Mover |^
Buggies and Surrey.*^ at our Repository. |i

HARNESS and LAP ROBES.

CROWLEY, LA.

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CROWLEY
STEAM^**^
LAUNDRY.

HOFFMANN BROS. Proprietors,

Corner of Avenue G and Seventh St.

CROWLEY. LOUISIANA.

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E. L. MoNNOT, President

L U. FoLSE, Vice-President.
AuGTTSTE Thibaut, Cashier.

F. J. RoDKiGUE, Asst. Cashier.

Bank of Napoleonville,

NAPOLEONVILLE, LA.

CAPITAL, $30,000.00

SURPLUS, $30,000.00

DIRECTORS

Osciir Dugas, K. P. Miinsoii, Walter Guioii.

I.oiiis Corile, L. I.enniiet, Honoro liiigas,

I,. U. l-'olse. K. I,. Moiniot. .1. O. Oelaune,

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