Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-13

J. ROesCher, Agent, Jet Pal
with the object of presenting it to the
people of the United States, has a
debt hanging over it due the artist, NJ.
Ezekiel, Of $l1,85O. This the order
has undertaken to pay, and the
Seventh District lodges expect to
contribute their share at an early day,
that it may be presented to the nation
t.. remind the people of this country
of the danger which must arise from
any interference with the most sacred
right of Religious Liberty.
The order, as a whole, has con-
tributed during the past FIVE years a
grand total Of sl,007, 039.1l to the sick
and needy and widows and orphans.
In 1878 the amount was over S275, 900;
in 1877, s246, 911.73 in 1876, S184,S27.-
50; in 1875, sl65, 526.42; in 1874,
1874, 773.O7
During last year the order contribu-
ted S3,153.32 to the Roumanian mis-
sion, and no money was ever spent
with greater beneficial results.
The membership of the order has
steadily increased since its first organi-
cation until to-day it embraces a large
portion Of the Jewish element of the
country. 1t continues to work zeal
onsly, tremendously and INCREASINGLY
for the accomplishment of the highest
objects of the order, and it exerts a
marked influence in the social, moral
and intellectual condition of society.
At first it stood almost outside of So
ciety. Now it afiliates with the best
interests of the country, and its repre-
sentatiyes are among the leaders in
every honorable pursuit, while its re-
ligious institutions are locked upon as
identical with those that are opponents
Of the moral life of the nation. This
salutary change has been largely in
Auenced by the beneficent labors OF
the order.
THE PRESIDENTS REPORT.
Grand President Samuel Ullman in
his annual report to the convention Of
District No. Z l. O. B. B., read at its
meeting on Sunday, mentions the ter
rible affection that befel this section
last year; pays a touching tribute to
the heroic worth of departed brothers
Menken, Leopold, Marshall, Morris.
We'll, Block, Prudential, and
others mentions the calls for help in
the Mississippi valley, where the de-
youring hand of the plague laid wide
waste with furious vengeance; relate;
how G%reenville, Miss, suffered beyond
all of her stricken sisters; how fol
three weeks nothing could be heard
from thcro-mall, telegraph and all
failing-and how the place seemed
doomed for a period.
The president also mentions that
the enormous sum of 100000 has
been paid as benefits to deceased
brethren, and that all lodges, with one
or two exceptions, honored every call
This district, he says, paid to the
Cleveland orphan asylum last veal
s., 184.75, the same to the widows and
orphans home, and S2,5S7.65 to the
Touro infrmary. The lodges, hi
further says, are in a healthy condi.
ton, and eleven new lodges have beer
added during the year, the member
ship of the district now reaching 200
The president recommends tina.
the arduous burdens Of last year rem
ders it proper, in his judgment, t
reduce the endowment benefit Il
$1,000 on each person and to tax mem
) bers S1.50 per month in advance, ant
whenever a death occurs a demand OF
every lodge be made for its pro rat
share with 200 members, this woul,
furnish an annual sum of $4,000 t
pay endowment assessments, and un
der ordinary circumstances woulC
leave a surplus each year of $500. |
spared from epidemics a large reserv
/, would accumulate in a few years.
i The president closes with thanks t
ehis brethren for the many marks 0
r confidence and honor which have bee.
$ reposed in and conferred upon him.
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