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BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
Bradley’s General Store
MICCOSUKEE, Fla. - This not-so-
wide-place-in-the-road, got my atten
tion immediately although it was not my
destination. Anybody would surmise
right off that Miccosukee would be an
Indian name which brought about a
spate of due-diligence with the
Internet.
The Miccosukee Indian tribe
was once a member of the
Seminole nation. They are
independent now, officially
recognized by our federal gov
ernment.
That is about all I know
about the Miccosukee’s and
this settlement but if you turn
right onto Moccasin Gap
Road, it will lead you to Brad
ley’s Country Store which has
been operating since 1927. Great place
for the rest of the story. Bradley’s is
old fashioned. The floors creak and
the walls are cluttered, with everything
from farm implements to signs with
sage wit. One says, “Em not bossy, I
just know what you should be doing.”
There are Coca-Cola calendars with
pretty models in one piece bathing suits,
just as it was in yesteryear before mod
els took to taking off all their clothes so
that they could make big bucks, marry
multiple times, endure a half dozen
face-lifts and get hooked on pills.
A juke box will take you back to an
era when music wasn’t accompanied
by (unprintable) amplifiers. Rosemay
Clooney and “This Old House,” Fats
Domino and “Blueberry Hill,” and Hank
Williams and “Your Cheatin’ Heart."
Time stood still for a moment as I
thought about my college days and the
lights down low at Charlie Williams’
Pinecrest Lodge not too far from the
UGA campus.
The driveway and parking lot at Brad
ley’s General Store — with a porch and
a foursome of weather beaten rockers
—are unpaved. The big oaks, which are
in abundance, drip with Spanish moss
which probably has the same look that it
had when Ponce de Leon was stomping
around Florida five centuries ago.
A friend, Gordon Dixon, came here to
buy mouth-watering sausage and invited
me to tag along which allowed for a
short course in the life and times of the
Bradley family. Janet Bradley Parker is
the granddaughter of the founder, Law
rence Edward Bradley, whose mother
came up with the sausage recipe which
is sacrosanct. Janet will tell you the
ingredients (red and black pepper and
sage among other items) her family
uses to make the sausage but, “I’m not
about to tell you how much of each item
we put into our sausage which is what
makes it special."
People not only drive for miles to buy
Bradley’s sausage, they order it
every day from faraway plac
es like the West Coast. Janet
is fond of informing you that
Bradley’s sausage is “gluten
free, no preservatives and no
sugar.” There are two aisles
on each side of the store with a
sign hanging overhead, "Meat
Department Line forms here.”
Yep, Bradley’s sausage is so
popular in this area of South
Georgia and North Florida that
aficionados stand in line to buy
Bradley’s products.
Everything is made on site. There is a
grist mill for making Bradley’s “coarse
stone ground grits.” Janet says proudly,
“We slaughter our own hogs and we
cure our sausages out back.” You can
find cane syrup and corn meal on the
shelves. If you want cracklin’ bread,
Janet will make it for you.
There is a jar of jawbreakers as big
as golf balls. I couldn’t get enough of
the old fashioned stuff — boots of all
descriptions, a No. 12 washtub, a straw
hat with a green visor — a farmer’s sun
glasses in another era. An old fashioned
Coca-Cola ice box, but operated electri
cally. That was a downer. It is not an
ice box unless is it filled with ice and
cold water where you fish around the
bottles to find the drink you are looking
for.
A guy who was a blue collar type
moseyed up to the cash register with two
foot long hot dogs. The cashier saw the
quizzical look on my face and smiled.
“If you got a tape measure, you can see
for yourself.”
It must take two to feed a hungry man.
The man, dressed in jeans and a cham-
bray shirt, had two hot dogs in hand and
headed for a pickup truck tailgate under
a mossy oak. By this time, the line had
dwindled at the meat counter, allowing
for time to put in an order for Bradley’s
sausage.
Fulfillment, emotionally, was rampant
on the 20 mile drive back to Thomas-
ville.
Loran Smith is a columnist for the
Barrow News-Journal. He is host of the
University of Georgia football radio
pre-game show.
loran
smith
Random Rants in Rhyme
Twenty-Third Psalm (with comments)
1. The (there is only one.)
Lord (He is God’s own son. )
Is (a thing already done)
My (a pronoun of possession)
Shepherd, (a guide or guardian)
I (a unique person)
Shall not (an ongoing negation)
Want, (have needless deprivation)
2. He makes (creates occasion)
Me lie down (for rest, relaxation)
In green pastures, (with great provision)
He leads (provides direction)
Me beside (and protection)
The still waters, (a safe selection)
He restores (complete renovation)
My soul, (the inner person.)
3. Yea, (exclamation of affirmative)
Though I walk (pedal locomotion)
Through the valley (place of desolation)
Of the shadow (frightening apparition)
Of death, (man’s final destination,)
I will (a positive affirmation)
Fear no evil (cow in desperation)
For You (the author of Creation)
Are with me (my constant companion)
Your rod and staff (tools of protection)
They comfort me (give satisfaction)
4 You prepare (or see it done)
A table (spiritual food / libation)
Before me (in my location)
In the presence (under observation)
Of my enemy, (my opposing faction)
You anoint my head (a sign of devotion)
With oil. (a healing potion)
My cup (seat of emotion)
Runs over, (filled past proportion)
5. Surely (It is certain)
Goodness and mercy (God’s approbation)
Shall follow me (be my portion)
All the days (the full duration)
Of my life (on earth’s station)
And I shall dwell (make habitation)
In the house (a heavenly mansion)
Of the Lord (author of salvation)
Forever, (without termination.)
© cbs, 2011
Revised 2015
Dr. CB Skelton is a retired physician and author of several books.
dr.
cb
skelton
How is that infringement on
your rights working out for you?
We have unfortunately seen more ter
ror attacks this past weekend in multiple
states. While authorities are slow
to inform us on what exactly is
going on, social justice warriors
are shaming Donald Trump for
saying that the attack in New York
was due to a bomb, which was an
accurate description of the attack.
I would like to direct this next
statement directly to mainstream
news: While you all are trying to
make this about Donald Trump
and his quick action to call an
attack what it is, government
authorities are trying to come up
with new narratives on how to keep this
attack away from Islamic extremism
which goes against their political rheto
ric of why we should allow more unvet-
ted refugees into the country to continue
such radicalization — including those
of American citizens — and you’re not
doing your job of asking the right ques
tions and reporting important facts that
matter. Do your job.
Meanwhile, I would like to remind
you all of what happened after the Sep
tember 11 attacks in 2001. Does anyone
here remember the Patriot Act which
expanded executive power to uncon
stitutionally implement mass surveil
lance of citizens without a warrant? Do
you remember how one would call you
“unpatriotic” for not supporting this
so-called “Patriot” Act? Do you remem
ber how the federal government said that
without such power, it could not keep us,
citizens, safe? Well how is that working
out for us now?
Authorities are also slow to blame rad
ical Islam. Let’s look at the facts:
Dahir A. Adan, the Minnesota attack
er shouted “Allahu Akbar” as he slung
around a blade and injured nine people
before being gunned down by an off-du
ty police officer, was later exalted by
ISIS media as an ISIS soldier.
The attacks in New York and New Jer
sey have now begun to be referred to as
a link to a possible “terror cell.”
So let me ask you this: While
we sit passively by and allow
the infringement on virtually
every one of our rights through
government overreach and
their promise to “protect us,”
how well did they prevent these
attacks over the weekend? And
all the while, the mainstream
media is trying to make this
about dogging Donald Trump
instead of focusing on the issue
at hand: Islamic terrorism.
There was once a time when civil
ians took responsibility for their own
security without such dependency on
government to do such a thing. This is
what our second amendment is for. The
mayor of Paris said a few months ago
that citizens of France would just have to
learn to live in society with terrorism. I
say that is a crock of donkey droppings.
No people of any country, whether it be
France or any individual, sovereign state
in the US, should ever have to submit
obediently to terrorism.
In the case to the mainstream media,
however, let me say this: The difference
between a columnist and a reporter is
one is supposed to have tone and opin
ion, while the other is supposed to report
the facts without opinion. I don’t care
if you like Hillary Clinton or Donald
Trump. The point is, I’m not supposed to
be able to tell by a news article that you
should be giving the facts on. Period.
In the words of independent, investi
gative journalist Luke Rudkowski (goo
gle “WeAreChange”), “Do your jobs,
people!”
That is all.
Jessica Swords is a local columnist.
She can be reached at jlswordsl998@
aol.com.
Auburn Library hosts upcoming events
The following events are scheduled at
the Auburn Library:
•Ready to Read Lapsit Storytime -
Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 11:15 a.m., for
ages birth to two years.
•Crafternoon - Saturday, Sept. 24,
12-3:30 p.m.
•Romance Saturday (Paranormal)
Saturday, Sept. 24, 2 p.m.
•Bookworms Tween Book Club - Sat
urday, Sept. 24, 4 p.m.
The Auburn library is located at 24
5th Street. Library hours are: Monday,
11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Tuesday through
Thursday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Friday and
Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and closed
on Sundays.
For more information contact the
Auburn library at 770-513-2925 or
www.auburn.prlib.org.
Winder Public Library to host events
The Winder Public
Library has the follow
ing programs and events
planned for the upcoming
month.
•September is Nation
al Library Card Sign Up
Month
•Jug Tavern Quilters
Quilt Show on display
entire month of September
•Ready to Read Pre-K
Storytime every Thursday
at 10:30 a.m.
•LapSit Storytime
(infant to 2 years old)
every Tuesday at 10:30
a.m.
•Reading Therapy Dog
last Monday of every
month
•Creative Arts Studio
(artists, painters, knitters,
writers) every Friday 10
a.m. - 4 p.m.
•Lego Club last Satur
day of every month at 1
p.m.
•Tween & Teen Hangout
3rd Tuesday of each month
at 3:30 p.m.
•Adult Mystery Book
Club 3rd Monday of each
month at 7 p.m.
•Literary Potluck Book
Club 1st Monday of each
month at 6 p.m.
•Thursday. September
22 at 6 p.m. S.T.E.A.M.
Crew - Genius Builders
for grades 3rd-6th
•Tuesday, September
27, register to vote all day
during National Voter Reg
istration Day
•Thursday. Septem
ber 29 at 6 p.m. Geor
gia Libraries for Acces
sible Statewide Services
(GLASS) Demonstration
•Banned Book Week
September 25 - October 1
•Friends of Winder
Public Library Book Sale
begins Friday, September
30 - ends Monday. Oct.3.
Funds raised support the
library’s Summer Reading
Program.
•“The Friends of the
Winder Public Library
need you,” states Julia
Simpson, Winder Library
manager. “Join the Friends
and show your support for
Mowing
Leaf Clean-Up
Gutter Cleaning
Pressure Washing
your library. Please call
the library at 770-867-
2762 for more informa
tion.”
•The Winder Public
Library is located at 189
Bellview Street. For event
calendar go to winder.
prlib.org.
Library cards and all
events are free
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