Down South: Chinaberry’s Rise & Fall
A lovely shade tree, I played beneath its canopy; rolled its berries in my palm.
Letters to the Editor – June 6, 2018
Thank you for contributing to food drive Dear Postal patrons of Darlington and Lamar, Rural Letter Carriers of Darlington And The News and Press, The letter carriers and The Lord Cares volunteers of Darlington would like to say thanks for your generous support of the May 12th Letter Carriers Food Drive. This is a national project of the NALC (National Association of Letter Carriers) of which we are small part. All the donations...
My hometown visit Memorial Day memories
A line from one of my favorite songs says, “And in my mind, I am always going home.”
Letter to the Editor – June 6, 2018
The League of Women Voters voter information website, VOTE411.org, is now available to all voters in South Carolina. This year, 325,000 have visited this website nationally. As a one-stop shop, it provides information on races to appear on the ballot, ballot questions, and what candidates commit to do about critical issues. The questionnaire responses of candidates in the Congressional District 7 primary now appear on the VOTE411.org...
Down South: Chinaberry’s Rise & Fall
By Tom Poland A lovely shade tree, I played beneath its canopy; rolled its berries in my palm. It stood seven yards beyond an old hand-dug well. I sucked nectar from delicate tubes in yellow-green tangles of fragrant honeysuckle just beyond the tree. Little did I know Mom and Dad considered that perfumed vine a pest. They tried and tried to get rid of it. Nothing worked until Granddad Poland brought in goats. They chewed it right to...