The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1922-04-27

very liberal amount of social equality
Natives put u handle on their names
but folks from Dixie do not differen-
late between II California negro and
one from Georgia Consequently the
negroes have ii fine art in being able
Ia pick a SOutherner.
d You never saw 50 many houses for
lsalc or rent a. there are in this state
Looks like about - per cent are in
cluded under one or the other of these
heads. Fortunes have been made in
real estate and this propably accounts
for 50 many $1,000 homes being offered
for sale at only" $1,000. You can't
blame them-theres one born every
minute. The houses for rent are large
~ restricted 10 those without children
Ii is no trouble TO rent house--if you
will merely get rid Of yOur children.
Southern California Towns-In Just
la word, some of them have impressed
me as follows: Los Angeles. largest in
the state. located in the richest county
in the United States. growing and Will
Eventually cover the entire county. Long
Beach. the fastest growing city and
famous resort town with fine climate.
les and schools, not enough manufactur
les. San Bernardino. fun of business,
but has extremes of heat and cold
great tourist town, being the Gateway
City" Pasadena, the showplace of Cal
ifOrnia. with magnificent homes but
weak looking business section. Holly
wood, famous only as the home OF many
motion picture studios and its chief sup
port I'll Centre. below sea level in the
Imperial Valley. where the temperature
rea chcs 12S in summer, but never cold
i'll winter. Supplies rest of the state
with winter vegetables tomatoes, etc.)
and the main cotton growing section.
lLaJoIly and Coronado. rendezvous of
thigh society and the idle rich. San Dl-
ego, strictly a tourist town and gov
ernment naval base, with lots or talk
bout climate. Beaumont and Banning.
high up in mountains and the center OF
he almond and deciduouS fruit growing
centers. Corona the Circle City $50
named because a paved speedway or
auto race track surrounds the entire
town, ships more lemons and manufac-
ures more citric acid than any other
own in the United States. Newport
ust place to battle in the ocean. play
the sand and buy "hot doggies." FL
Isinore. on the bank of Lake Elsinore.
hot springs and health resort. Santa
Ana. out of the frost belt. "A live town,
but property too high. Anaheim, fine
business town and growing.
AT Long Beach | hoped TO gather ma
terial for a short descriptive artcle-
hut the half of what we saw there can
not be told in the columns of The Cou-
rier. and this paper still maintain ITS
reputation as an agency of moral uplift
Here is where YOU see the beach nuts
,bathers who go in the water-anu lhose
who don't: where they wear the sklrts
n little shorter than anywhere else
where the collar and skirt hem try 10
meet at the waist line. and--well IL $
Inc Mace for n minister's son. Sunday
lis big day there-a continuous hup-
: huh of carnival attractions, spooners
| and bilarity. veritable melting POT,
: with the lid off.
!, Cards. and dancing are two of the
5 lpopular indoor sports here-wlth the
' nj and vonng-and evidently sanction
4 cd bv social ethics and churches
There is big assortment OF churches
here. Besides the regular denomlha-
tions we have Mormons, Seventh Day
a Adventists. Holy Rollers. Nazarines,
:
' Riverside has 81 different churches.
Y There are more osteopaths ana chlro-
{ tractors in this section than medlcai
" doctors. with the drugless doctors doing
4 the lions share of the business. Bui
n tbere are enough NJ. DIS to make IT not
! for the others in a legal way. ana q
e continual warfare results. Physicians
5 and dentists charge about double the
G rates back home Ditto taxes.
California has no Sunday law, and
8 ono SEES all kind of labor performed or
o the Sabbath. We've seen them pillow
II ing. emitting hay. building houses, paint
q ing moving lawns, etc, as though Il
r were any other day.
II When il comes to schools Call1ornif
is right there They have fine build
e ings. and their work is right up TO I'M
e. minute. Books, tablets. pencils etc.
;e are supplied to the children free o.
le charge. The curriculum embraces NOR
IS than those of many other states. includ
N ing. in grammar schools, manual train
e. ing. music, folk dances, gymnastics
d etc. The terms are usually for tel
y months, with mid term of vacation o
a lone week The consolidated school
a. supply free transportation for the emil
id dren to and from school. Buildings Il
1s even the most remote districts are equa
pr to those found in towns Of 5000 o
IN more in Kentucky. We need to &c
,g some of this California pep into GU
a schools.