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no negotiation, no give and take on land prices. They had to accept what was offered and that was that. From the time they first knew about it. from rumors and then from government officials, it tore their hearts out."
Johnson was well-acquainted with the mountain people, relatives and friends, and folks that visited his father’s store. “On Saturday night they’d pitch horseshoes there. There might break out a fist fight or a free-for-all. It was all part of Saturday night."
Most people, mountain and small piedmont farmers alike, were self-sufficient. “They had commeal for hoe cakes and combread, and they had biscuits," Johnson said. “They had pork for most every meal - breakfast, lunch and dinner. They dried a lot of foods back then. In the fall, everything that didn’t move was covered with apples, drying.”
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