Southern Stories
People in Georgia: Growing Up in Archery
In this interview, President Jimmy Carter describes what it was like growing up on his family's Southwest Georgia farm in Archery during the difficult years of the Great Depression.
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Interview with a Seed-Spitting Champ
By RICHARD STENGER A talent show, fishing rodeo and photo contest take place every year at the annual watermelon festival in Cordele. But there’s just one real competition, the
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Kreeping Kudzu
By LUDLOW PORCH I have heard several versions of how kudzu came to this country. The most widely accepted is that it was brought here from Japan in the 1930s. Somebody got the
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What’s Dinner? What’s Supper?
There has always been confusion in what the South calls dinner. In the rest of the country, dinner is the evening meal. But in the South, dinner is "lunch" and the evening meal is
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Jimmy Carter on Peanut Farming
By JIMMY CARTER This description of farming in Georgia in the early and mid-30s was taken from a hand-typed note from Jimmy Carter following an interview for The Best of Georgia
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The Train Ride to Atlanta
By DEAN BROWN Editors Note: Dean Brown grew up in Fayette County, Georgia, when it had only one paved highway, and horse drawn wagons mingled with a few automobiles on the roads -
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Chattooga River Filming Deliverance
By DOUG WOODWARD The movie "Deliverance" belongs as much to the Georgia Canoeing Association as it does to Warner Brothers. Filmed on our home turf, the Chattooga and Tallulah
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A Sight to Behold
From a tape-recorded interview with Lake Seminole legendary fishing guide JACK WINGATE. I saw five eagles diving in a school of coots out on the lake. Five bald eagles working on
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Tasty Titles
By RICHARD STENGER Over the years a lot of country song writers have put to music their thoughts on food. Some of the song titles describing Southern delicacies are: Bacon
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A Pig for Fun
A hog breeder from Decatur County in South Georgia brought a special breed of hog to Atlanta for the Atlanta Zoo. He flew the hog into the Atlanta Airport but the flight was late
