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Quality Combed and Carded Knitting Thread Yarn MULTIPLE WINDING YARNS SELLING DIRECT OR THRU BROKERS LOLA MILLS INCORPORATED STANLEY, N. C Jews of the Far East (Continued from iMige 111 lmasted a big Hebrew School; a char- it\ society (“C’millas Chesed" ! ; a Zionist Federation; a branch of the HI AS; a bi-weekly published in the interests of Zionism, “Israel's Mes senger ; and more communal insti tutions and organizations. Hong Kong's Jewish community i- about a century old. and here too a member of the Sassoon family was the first J ewish settler. Most of the cit\'s Jews are, as in Shanghai, from the Middle Fast. Ihe Sephardic com munity i- well-organized, boasting a number of exquisitely built svna gogues. Saul \bdullah, born in Baghdad and brother-in-law of David Sassoon, founder of the business establishment “Sassoon. Sons & Partners." resided in Hong Kong the greater part of bi- life. and won for himself the reputa tion of being a gifted Hebrew scholar and writer. When a few years back. Hebrew scholars were having dilli- culties making out the meanings of certain newly-diseoyered poems of the Middle Ages, \hdullah. with his knowledge of the \rabie and other Semitic languages, came to tin* fore with the correct answers. Ihe fa mous Hebrew |H*riodieals of fift\ or so years ago often invited this Hong Kong Jewish literateur to write for them. Jacob Sapir. the traveler, found a Jewish community in Singapore in the UlhO’s. Originally from Baghdad and Calcutta, these Jews had suc ceeded in their undertakings in grow ing Singa|H>re. and had at the same time remained loyal and true to their faith. They resided in spacious, tree- surrounded mansions and were re -peeled by the entire |M>pulace. There are two large synagogues in Singa pore. one in which the Sephardim and \shkena/im hold joint services. \ modern Talmud-Torah e\i-|s there, too. Various travelers have reported -mailer and out-of-the-way communi ties tin some places there are only a few families i in Burma, Rangoon. Filipinang. Mandalay, latnnu. brum, etc., etc. Some of these Jews were re- ported to be Cochin Jews (from In dia', but this was never verified. In Manila, years back. Jews felt that it was expedient to hide their faith, and therefore many became Marannos like their Spanish ances tors in the fifteenth century. It was not until fairly recently that this practice was abandoned and a Phi'ip pine Jewish settlement formed. What turn events in the bar Fast will take is a highly moot question. But that the Jewish populace in the area will suffer seems a grim, but definite, certainty. SEWELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY Clothing Manufacturers FACTORY IN BREMEN, GEORGIA Whitney Manufacturing Company Cotton Mills MILLS IN WHITNEY, SOUTH CAROLINA Selling Agents DERRING-MILLIKEN & COMPANY, Inc. 79 Leonard Street. New York. N. Y. [15] The Southern Israelite