A little makes a big difference
One of the things I remember most about my early childhood was how little it took to make a big difference!
Inside the South Carolina mind
In 1929, Gaffney, S.C., native W.J. Cash wrote his seminal book “The Mind of the South.”
A Valentine Love Story
By Bill Shepard They called it “Puppy Love.” She was thirteen; he was fifteen, impatiently awaiting his sixteenth birthday. That would be the time that he could drop out of school and begin work at the big cotton mill where everyone on the village worked. The girl was thirteen, the oldest of five daughters that belonged to the family of the new preacher who had come to be pastor of the small church near the village. The two had met...
Clearing the confusion about illegal immigrants
With the tremendous amount of information flying about involving undocumented people, I felt it might be nice to educate others about our perspective.
We are better than we think we are
South Carolina is a unique state.
Bill Shepard Column: Friends
By Bill Shepard “Make some new friends, keep the old; one is silver, the other is gold.” I read the above lines from a frame hanging on the wall at my sister’s house. When I gave thought to writing this article about friends and friendships, the lines appeared in my mind. The subject is one that has been visited by many writers and in many ways, but never by me; read on! When I began this article, I looked for some definitions of the...