Eastover retains its connection to the past, minus the fleas
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cabinet as if it's the master of all it sur- veys. It is brown with black stripes, has six bent legs, and is squishy as a squeaky toy – but without the squeak. The flea is filled with air and wears the Bayer Ad- vantage logo across its abdomen, a cute promotional keepsake from the makers of a flea and tick ointment. The mayor of Eastover gave me this
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flea bigger than a puppy looks over my shoulder every day, perched on an office
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inflatable flea. I interviewed Charles McLaurin just before New Year's Eve 2010 when his town raised a new tra-
Donna Tatum, Amanda Canady, Heather York, Jennifer Spinosa, Wanda Autry, Courtney Haire and Dawn Howard work in Eastover Drug.
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Photography by Wanda Walters
