Pickens County Moves Forward as Illiteracy Drops
The 1920 census shows Pickens as the state’s whitest county with the lowest illiteracy rate and fewer than 11 in 100 unable to read. Leaders credit good roads, automobiles, film, World War service, and adult schools for the progress, urging continued effort to advance literacy.
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Pickens County
Pickens
South Carolina
Greenville County
Oconee
Anderson
U. S
Easley Schools Show Rapid Progress in Palmetto State
Easley public schools led by Superintendent J W McElveen have surged from 750 to over 1200 pupils in two years. The district expanded with Lenhardt adding about 100 students and $500 000 in taxable property while six schools operate with strong grade coverage and district cooperation.
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Palmetto
Masley Public
J. W. McElveen
Easley
Mill
Lenhardt
Glenwood
Northside
Easley Mill School
Alice Mill School
Pickens County Fair
Noted Motto Calls for Lowering Racial Percentage
The document urges a motto to reduce a measured percentage from 10.7 to under 5 within ten years. It claims reaching below 5 percent would classify the county as white and pushes not only racial whiteness but intellectual superiority as a broader aim.
Notice of Final Settlement and Discharge
Notice is hereby given that I will apply to N A Christopher Esq Judge of Probate for Pickens county in South Carolina on the 20th day of December 1921 for leave to make final settlement of the personal estate of J M Clement deceased and obtain discharge as Administrator of said estate.
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N. A. Christopher Esq
Pickens County
South Carolina
J. M. Clement
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J. R. Martin
E. L. Bolt
W. D. Sitton
McElveen
L. M. Bauknight
W. L. England
A. C. Metze
Isadore Williams
Kate LaBoon
Carrie Mason
Cassie Nichols
Annie M. Aycock
Grace Wyatt
Bessie Bogos
R. S Long
Kate Price
Elizabeth McNabb
Christine Walker
Nanileen Parrish
Frances Camp
Nell Hill
Ellen Ellison
Annie Hammet
Presbyterian College
Clinton
S. C
The
Presbyterian College of South Carolina
Davison M. Douglas
Clemson
BAUR
College of Agriculture and Engineering
Pickens and
Oconee Counties
Clemson College
Worty
Clemson Agricultural College
University of South Carolina
the University
School of Education
W. S. Currell
Columbia, S. C
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