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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-09-14
LIVE LIBERTY LOCALS
School Opened Sept. 4-SuncessfuI
Picnic-Siogan Selected.

Liberty, Sept. 5-Thc Liberty
school opened Monday morning with
Mr. L. N. Foy as superintendent and
fourteen other teachers. The follow
lrg departments have been added
since last year, viz: Agriculture, book
Keeping, voice, expression and chem
istry. Mr.. Foy states that the at
tendance this year will probably cx-
coed five hundred pupils and all in
dications point to a successful year.
Good speeches, e&cclkntI music,
lcadcd baskets and a fine feeling of
cooperation and understanding feat
urcd the first annual chamber Of
commerce ricnic at Liberty Tuesday.
Farmers and townsmen met TO get
better acquainted and to learn how
tc cooperate more to mutual advan-
tagc, some five hundred being
attendance.
truth often comes from unexpected
'ourccs-this time from Easlcy. LIB
."ty, the Hub Of Pickcns County,
vas chosen as the town slogan, by
the slogan committee of the chamber
cf commerce. Miss Winnie Johnson
O.! Easley, won the ten dollar gold
piece awarded to the person of Pick
ems county Who sent in the most
suitable slogan.
Mr.. N. E. Winters, U. S. Expert
mont agent at Clemson college, talk
Cd on the timely as we'll as interest
ing theme OF "Growinr Cotton Under
Roll Wcevil Conditions"
Mrs. Kline, State Marketing agent
of the Home Demonstration Dept.
Of Winthrop College, gave an in
structive discussion or the best meth
DDS of marketing, and the relation
Of farmer to merchant and business
man.
Miss Tarrant, District Agent Of
the Home Demonstration Dept, and
Nh T. A. Bowen, county agent, were
On hand and helped to make the day
a success.
Mr.. w. S. Richbourg was in charge
of the program. Music was furnished
throughout the day by the William
stcn band.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-09-14

way companies are now being carrie !
on.
Such an arrangement as outlinc(.
above would mean much to P:ckens
county and the city of Grccnvillo. II
would mean ou'ck and direct travel.
express and freight between pickcns,
Easley and Grcenville, and wcula
practically put aickens and immediate
section on the main line of tho rail
road
Should the plan materializc round
trip would likely be made between
Pickens and Grcenvilc in the early
forenoon and another round trir
late in the day, making it possible
Tor people to live in Pickens and do
business in Grecnville.
1t seems that if the Southern Rail
way is unable to take care of the
needs of the public it should welcome
an arrangement like this.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-09-14
ABOUT PICKENS COUNTY
Editcr Clarence Poe Says Pickens
County Is Progressive

Mr. Clarence Poe, editor of the Pro
grcsslvc Farmer, who recently visited
Pickens county, has written the fol-
lowing article for his paper:
Pickens County, S. c., offers good
example of the progressiveness now
seen in many parts of the Carolinas
and Virginia. Let's see what the
Pickens folks have done recently
|. They have had county agent
for the men for several years and are
now trying to get home agent also.
2 They have developed strong cour-
ses in agriculture and home economies
for high school boys and girls.
g. They passed their quota in the
sign-up for the cooperative market
:ng-and are still going, the Chamber
of Commerce closing up Easlcy for a
day in order that business men might
loin with farmers in putting Pickens
cover the top"
4. The farmers are getting ready
for the boil wecvil by sensible pro-
gram of "L:vcstock, Poultry, and Di-
vorsiGcation." The county adopted
the Poland China as the official breed,
and has about 100 Poland China sows.
The Jersey was voted the favorite
COW, and the bull associations have
five fine bulls, each in block, there
being ten members to the block. "And
had Plymouth Rocks but the county
"voted red" on chickens" Prof. Bauk-
night, agricultural teacher, told as he
showed his Rhode Island Reds. And
ninety-four Pickcns farmers signed
up for cooperative marketing Of sweet
potatoes, building a 10000 bushcl
storage house at Easley.
| EDUCATIONAL cducationaI' work
done by teachers CT agriculture and
/ home economics in high schools is bd-
/ ginning to have wonderful effect il,
many parts Of Carolina and Virginia
Not little of the progress in Pckcns
for example, is due to this work. Tho
, boys and girls have interested thcil
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-09-14
MCLEOD AND HOPE WIN;
Williams, Hudson, Finley, Mullinax

The result of the Pickens county
election was known at the county seat
by o'clock Tuesday night
j. O. Williams is reelected to the
house of Representatives over j. M.
Garrett.
j. A. Finley and Y. N. Mullinax
are elected county commissioners.
Rev. R. A. Hudson is elected pro-
bate Judge.
Blease carried Pickens county over
Mcleod by more than 800 votes.
Hope carried Pickens county by
more than 1900 majority over Swear
ingen for state superintendent Of
education.
All county boxes were heard from
by seven o'clock Tuesday night en-
cept Peters Greek which polls about
forty five votes.
The vote in the accompanying ta-
BILE was received by telephone and is
as near correct as can be had until
the official count.
Inc vote at Shady Grove Tor STAGE
candidates, which was received after
the table on this page was put in
type, is as follows: Blease Sc, Nc
Leod 5; Hope Sc, Swearingen 5.
A dispatch from Columbia at 8
o'clock says out Of $4,000 votes
heard from Mcleod is leading Blease
by $4,000.
A dispatch from Columbia at $50
Tuesday night says Mcleod has 92..
900 votes, Blease $4,000. Blcase can
not overcome this lead with the re-
maining votes.
The count at 9:30 gives Hope
83,1l5, Swcaringen 53,769.
Hope is elected state superinten-
dent of education over Swearingen
by an overwhelming majority.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-09-14
\ BIRTHDAY PARTY

On August %, Mr.. and Mrs. A
Il Chastain were delightfully."- sur
rrlsed with birthday party, it being
MI. Chastain's list wear.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chastain were at
church that morning, (the revival
services were being held at their
church at this timc) when their rel
atlvcs from every part of the coun-
try began entering the church. Mrs.
Chastain never dreaming Of any sur
prise and not thinking Of her birth
day was wondering how it was that
they all thought Of coming the same
Gay. After services every one she
SPOKE to was intending going home
with her. The larger part of the
congregation was soon on their way
down to the Chastain home. On
drawing near the house they saw
vehicles in every vacant spot and
groups CT familiar faces greeting
Jfcm on every side.
Several nice presents were pro
scntcd during the day.
Soon after the arrival from church
delicious dinner was spread out in
tie lawn. One Of the main features
of the dinner was birthday cake
decorated with the candles, baked bv
cnc of the nicccs, Mrs. Rcccc. The
cake was presented to Mrs. Chastain
with the candles lit by Prof. Rcccc
of Carson-Ncwman college.
After dinner the crowd gathered
in front Of the house where Mr..
Clement, the photographer, did some
splendid work.
After this a devotional service wa
| conducted by Rcvs Childrcss and
Cox.
The remainder Of the afternoon was
spent n conversation and good music
Several piano solos were rendered
song service, phonograph pieces, also
scmc extra good string music was
furnished by some Of the boys or the
community.
This indeed was great day for
| everyone present. May each have
more such good days.
cone Present."
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-09-14
? fPicckens Train May Run TO G vile

Efforts are now being made to
perfect arrangements whereby the
Pickens Railroad Co. may run its
train from Pickens to Grcenville and
return, instead CT from Pickens to
t'asley as at present.
Southern Railway trains Nos 45
anc 46, the early morning and night
local trains going to and comino,
from Greenville, were eiiscontinuc3
last Saturday, much to the incon-
venlence CT the travelling public of
Pickens county.
IN an effort to serve the people of
P:ckens county the Pickcns Railroad
co. has offered to run it's trains on
to Grcenville if arrangements can
be made with the Southern Railway
20. for the use Of it's tracks and
terminal facilities in Grccnv:lle.
Negotiations between the two rail
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-09-14
MEETING PICKENS ASSOCIA-
TION POSTPONED.

On account CT various conflicting
causes the Executive Committee Of
the Pickcns Association at a meeting
held last Monday decided it would be
best to postpone the meeting from
the 22nd inst, to the 18th of Oc-
tober Several reasons for this ac-
ticn were considered by the commit
tee.
The churches Of the Association
and all others interested VIII make
note of the changes in the time. The
association will meet with Oolenoy
church on Friday, October 18th and
continue through Sunday.
Executive Committee.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-09-14
EAsLEY ELECTION VOID

The election recently held in Easley
and which resulted in favor of the
town issuing $4,000 for additional
paved streets and $4,000 for past
Indebtedness, has been thrown Que
and declared no election.
A committee Of Easley citizens op-
posed to the $4,000 bond issue en-
plcyed Carey & Carey, attorneys, to
contest the election, and it was found
that not a sufficient number of prop
orty owners had signed the petition
asking for the election.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-09-14
Central Public Schools Will
Open Monday, September is

Inc public is cordially invited to
the opening exercises of the Central
public school on Monday, September
loth' at 800 a. m. This opening will
start years work that bidsS fair to
DC one of the best in the history of
the school, The school building has
been enlarged so that Central now
has handsome building amply large.
enough to care for the pupils of ske
d.strlct and any others who desire to,
come ~ Central The seating capa-
Elty cI the auditorium has beer en-
larped SO it will now seat five hun.
dred people. The stage has been re-.
mcdelcd and a new curtain is soon to
be installed
The curriculum has been enlarged
so as to include not only the regular
literary course prescribed by the state
but also courses in Agriculture, do
mcatic science, and music With tho
addition Of these courses the boarta
OF trustees feel that they are Offering
70 the boys and girls of Central and
the surrounding community an bppor-
tunity fer an education that IS sur
passed by few high schools.
The corps of teachers has been in
creased to thirteen and the board of
trustees feel that they have selected
teachers that arc well thrained and
prepared for the work that they are
to undertake. Prof. C. II. Tinslcy
will have charge of the school and
comes to us highly recommended. He
is an A. B. graduate Of Furman Uni
versity and has had five years cxpcr-
.cncc as teacher. For the past
three years he has been principal
OF the high school Of Waycross, Ca,
g city Of about eighteen thousand
rcoDle. llc made an cnviabe record
both as IN c%ccutiyc and a tea her.
and Central fees proud Of the fact
that she was able to secure such q
m'n
Other members CT the faculty are:
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-09-14

ihe Sentinel having The largest cir.
,u'aI'on IN Pickcns COUNTY is natural
~ the best advertising medium
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-09-14

Mrs. Roy Bryant OF near town IS
extremely i'll.
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NVIDIOUS DISTINCTIONS AT SEASHoRE HOTELS
BY HARRY r. RICHMOND

more than welcome. But that class of
people, which for one reason or anoth-
er, does not fit in, and creates dishar-
mony, is unwelcome. Hence, those
;;Jews whom we know and who are ac-
ceptable; we are more, than, glad to
receive. Those We don't know, we
advise when they apply, that at this
hotel christian clientele is prefer
red.' You see, then, we have nothing
against the Jews. It's not prejudice
it's businessw
"And I have nothing against you,"
told him. Business is business. But
you won't mind, I am sure" I added,
eff leave this hotel for one where I
will be spared the painful process of
discovering what class of Jews I be-
long to!''
''But why should you leave?" he
inquired anxiously. "You know quite
well that you are welcome here"
"Perhaps," I answered him. "But
I know that you discriminate against
a certain class of Jewish people, and
I know that you made mistake in
me. For am just one of those dis
eliminated against. And to save you
from further embarrassment I'll move
on to the next hotel where they take
Jewish money Unfortunately"
Some of My Best Friends
This out of my mouth, I ran up the
stairs to the second floor, packed my
grip, and came down to order a taxi
to take me somewhere. At that time
the manager asked me to grant him a
few minutes to talk things over. We
sank into two soft chairs, with the
~ =, crow -, tho 1aaJi,,or v~oIa orI +hy1c
he spoke:
"1f I am black-balled from a lodge
would that be reason for me to have
country club would not have me as a
fare against it," I was ready to an
swer him. But he carried on; "The
Jews are peculiar people. There is
possess traits not discernible in any
other race that comes to America. In
some respects they are unique, and
still they create problem"
"What do you mean ?" I inquired.
''This is what mean. The Jewish
immigrant ripens in America before
any other. He is dollhouse product.
And this is perhaps the source of
lIlCClOu Ill AIu0TlCd. I10 puSIlcS HlItl-
self forward more through his money
than his culture"
That was rather a new discovery
for me, and so I urged him on.
can Italian, for example, comes to
America" he continued. "and he re-
mains in his colony eking out an ex-
istence. He seldom earns more than a
livelihood and advances little above
his immediate environment. The Sec
ond generation is more American
than Italian The third is an Amer
icanized product, and if he has money
and is gentleman he can mingle in
the best of society. He has become,
through slow process, one of them.
The same is true Of the Irish, Greek,
Pole or any other element that seeks
the shores of America. Only the third
or fourth generation could possess the
means and the wherewithal to travel
in what we call good society," To ex-
pect an Italian, for example, who
reached America fifteen years ago,
penniless and without the language
of the land, to come to this hotel with
his family for summer vacation, is
to expect the impossible. He could
borJIry box,a +La ,,aoanS s11ch an onfor
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THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

management would then be compelled
). in self-defense to answer such as
might apply for rooms, American
clintele is preferred
: "By American clientele we do not
mean, of. course, only those who came
over on the Mayfower and their pa
trician offspring. But we do mean
class of people who not only possess
money but also manners, and whose
habits are not incompatible with
huge bank account.
'But the Jew is different. And you
must give the devil his due. He comes
to America and begins to push.
Whether it is push-cart, wagon, Or
a baby carriage matters not. He is
constantly on the push. First it is the
push cart, then it is the retail store,
then it is the department store, then
it is the wholesale enterprise. First
it is Grand street, then it is Harlem,
then it is the Bronx, then it is River
side Drive, and the fashionable hotel
for the summer. They push to make
money and they push to spend it.
This has been particularly evident in
the last few years. Some of them
made fortunes, and the leading ho-
tells became their Mecca. And you
must have observed good bit of it
here last year. But while they are
all able to meet the expense of the
hotel, they are at the same time UNI
able to meet the social standards of
such house. And there is the rub.
And so, when, in order to protect our
own interests, we intimated to those
we did not know that Christians are
preferred, it was not with the inten-
ton to exclude Jews from this house,
but to weed out some elements, to
make them seek their own level. But
why should you move? There is moth
ing against you'll"
perhaps not. Nevertheless this
being the policy of your house, feel
that I am Persona non grata here"
"You persona non grata? Do you
remember the letter I wrote when you
asked for room reservation? Would
have written you such cordial let
ter had I not wanted your
81 do not doubt the sincerity of
your motives and the legitimacy of
your decision" I told him, "but I
want you to know that am Jew
with no trimmings. I belong to the
lowest, rank of my people and suffer
with them in their exclusion. If the
humblest of my people is unwelcome
here I, too, am unwelcome. My place
is not away from them, but with
them. Hence I must go where they
take Jewish money of all denomina-
TONS"
In my walks along the beach had
observed hotel in an adjoining re-
sort situated right on the shore, and
monopolized by "our people," So
when the taximan asked me that very
ancient and ever-knew question,
"Whither ?"-my first thought was of
that shore hotel which, for the lack of
more appropriate name, will be des-
ignated as "The Elite"
The spot was ideal. It was right
on the waves. One could jump from
the window onto the sand and thence
leap for the combers.
I found it nice family hotel, en-
gagged room and within few hours
was comfortably resting there. The
meals were not overly good; but zone
does not live by bread alone" In the
evening observed a good many of
our people there-young girls with
high hopes and matronly wives with
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when his wife and child, whose faces
spoke a different language, came up
to the desk and asked for the rooms
reserved under that name, the hotel
clerk told her very softly and culpably
that she had better not register, that
she might find the atmosphere not
quite to her liking, that she would
have to eat in corner all by herself,
that her people are generally not well
coined there, and that some mistake
was made somewhere when the rooms
were reserved. The woman burst into
tears of humiliation. 1t was getting
dark, and she felt alone with little
girl in strange town, and so she
pleaded with the clerk to let her stay
over night. They granted her request.
When she came down, later ION,
dressed in her evening finery for din
ner, appearing charming and attrac-
tive, the hotel clerk, seeing her, ex-
perienced sense of remorsefulness
and repentance. He came up to her
and began to apologize. He did not
know how to do it, but he wanted to
say that she need not mind what he
had said before. He had not meant
her. She was different. They would
let her stay at the hotel.
II won't stay here after tonight if
you pay me a thousand dollars
day.. she answered, and silenced him.
"Pretty good for her." I said to my
What Is the Answer?
Was the hotel manager justifedain
his discrimination between Jew and
Jew? Frankly speaking-Yes! Were
I the owner of the hotel and if my
bank account would tell me that was
losing first-class patronage because of
second-class Jews that push their way
in, I, too, would seek the remedy. Not
every Jewish Tom, Dick and Harry'is
persona grata at your table in your
home. How is he to become so in the
fashionable dining-room of a first
class hotel?
But the real question is: Should the
Jew frequent such hotel or not I
know that some Jews will try their ut
most to get into hotel where only
the elite of Jewry are tolerated. Still,
I dare ask, will the Jew who finds
his way to the desk of that hotel be
mentally comfortable on his pillow at
night when he knows that his less
favored brother, because of the way
the world wags, is persona non grata
there?
Let us be frank and confess there is
a type of Jew responsible for the ex-
listing conditions. Money is his goal,
of course, and when he gets it he must
buy himself into Society" A first
class hotel for the summer is a good
beginning. And so he comes there with
a super-assurance that his money will
pull him through. Did not he buy his
place in the Card Club, and Golf Club
the self-same way?
But he forgets one thing; At all of
these places the clientele is Jewish.
Though he did not fit in, he remained
there.
But it is a different matter at the
hotel. The payment of the bill is not
the only requirement. There are other
obligations, and the chief of these is
refinement-a quality as lacking as
feathers on a goat to an obnoxious
type of Jew who parades his ill-nian-
ners to the detriment1 of genteel peo-
pie of the same faith. Unfortunately
gentility cannot. be acquired in. bust
ness hours during busy season, or
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to the sea. 1t has done away WlCn
the nuisance of pavilions, lighthouses
and lockers,
But
It was a morning in June when the
telephone rang and Mrs. K. Y. H.,
from N. Y. c., was on the wire.
Don't fret, her husband was right
there.) In the course of conversa-
ton she inquired where did | intend
to 90 for my vacation, and / answered,
"To the same place that / went last
, summer"
"But," she Immediately came back,
"you can't go there"
"Why," inquired.
because they don't want any Jews
there. And that is why we are not
going there this year."
s.But that is impossible" l asserted.
"Who told you that?"
st know that they have it on their
circulars" was her parting warning:
I assured my friend that | would
look into the matter and, unlike my
customary promises, wrote to the no.
tel for my reservation that very eve
ming. I had reason to believe that
the answer of the proprietor would
evince the policy of the house. The
reply was cordial and courteous and
not word anywhere to substantlate
the claim that Jews were not wanted
there. My estimate of myself then
exceeded all bounds. I dreamed that
ocean front and mountain top We'd
with each other for my pillow, but
in wakefulness I waited patiently to
take my dip in the sea.
At the hotel a few weeks later I
found many of my friends of the year
before members of the same cove
nant. I felt convinced that the infor-
nation impaired on the phone was
empty rumor and gave it no more
thought.
But truth will break through rocks.
Point of View of BOniface
I was sitting on a bench, watching
the waves foam inward onto the
shore, when the news came to me that
the hotel did look with ill-favor upon
Jewish patronage. This time from
an eye witness, who claimed to have
seen it black on white, told him
that I would inquire personally into
the matter and act accordingly.
In my conference with the hotel
manager shortly after, / asked him
point-blank, "Do you discriminate
against Jews ?"
"Yes" he answered me unhesi-
tatingly.
"Why?" was my next
''To save my house from becoming
second-class hotel" he replied. Then
big talk followed. 81 am not pre!u-
diced against the Jewish people," he
assured me. 81 have no race hatred.
All the people are the same to me.
They are all welcome to my house.
But it is to my special interest to
see that all my guests can be readily
amalgamated into a wholesome, con-
genial, social group; that there are no
colonies in the hotel proper, and that
no finger is pointed at one another.
This is impossible when you admit
Jews Unfortunately. And that is
exactly what happened last year.
"You remember" he said, as he
pulled the chair toward me, 1--WE had
good many Jewish families here last
year. But they did not fit in. And |
lost good deal of the non-Jewish
clientele on account of it. I was COM
PEELED, therefore, in self-defense, to
take stand in the matter, and this