Rug beating and carpet tacks

Wham.I “came to” in Richland, Georgia, my family having moved there when I was 19 months old.Richland was a wonderful shaded railroad town with five lines passing through. The railroads were good for the economy and a source of jobs.There were downsides to the stream of steam-powered locomotives chugging through. Some street was always blocked and housewives had to be hip to the schedule…