In 1918, Henry Weinberg (1856-1941) and Walter Irvin Whitehead (1883-1945), a Gentile, received a charter from the Secretary of State for Everybody’s Store of Olanta, a general merchandise store in Sumter, South Carolina. After its charter was approved, no advertisements appeared in local newspapers for the store, suggesting that it had a short existence. Prior to opening Everybody’s Store of Olanta, Weinberg operated liquor saloons in Manning, Georgetown, and Elloree, South Carolina and worked as a cotton and real estate broker.