In that precious time of boyhood summers, our family would drive from Lincoln County, Georgia, to the North Carolina Mountains.
Jul21

In that precious time of boyhood summers, our family would drive from Lincoln County, Georgia, to the North Carolina Mountains.

The man owed me 40 cents, the wages for a full day’s work!

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Tallulah Point Outlook, Part 1: An icon endures no more
Jul21

Tallulah Point Outlook, Part 1: An icon endures no more

In that precious time of boyhood summers, our family would drive from Lincoln County, Georgia, to the North Carolina Mountains.

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Opinion, news or editorial? Sometimes readers can’t tell

In print, it’s fairly clear what’s an opinion piece and what’s a news article.

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Keeping up with the pandemic: Evictions, anger and guns

Just consider that in the past four weeks, as Houston filled hospital intensive care units with COVID-19 patients, the county logged more than 2,200 eviction cases.

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Living on the West End: The Medicine Show
Jul14

Living on the West End: The Medicine Show

Where it came from and where it went when it left Darlington, I never knew.

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Yes, it’s watermelon time on the West End
Jul07

Yes, it’s watermelon time on the West End

by Bill Shepard The race is on! The first home-grown watermelons are due on July 4, and the boys and girls living on the Mill Village are anxiously waiting for the horse- or mule-drawn wagon to roll! July 4 was the target date! The wagons would be loaded and ready to go. The watermelons would be loaded inside the wagon on the late evening before the day that they were to be carried to Darlington on Saturday. An extra bundle of hay...

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