Cows and vegetables charm downtown Aiken tale
In downtown Laurens Street a man recounts a long comic tale of cows and cash, as Nelson Smiley, a cheerful sharecropper, and his father supply fresh produce to area restaurants from a table beside Det Haislip's True Value. The scene blends local color with a humorous anecdote about a cow chewing through pants.
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Nelson Smiley and the cattle tale in Barnwell
Marti Healy recalls Nelson Smiley in Barnwell where he and the doctor’s sons tended 400 plus Angus cattle. The doctor refused slaughter, leaving the herd’s fate murky. Vivid farm lore includes a rogue bull named Babo and dramatic branding tales, ending with a fatal head-on-tree incident. The narrator also notes wallet loss and Peppery local chatter about vegetable peelers.
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