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Last week I got the belated and very sad news that a fellow I had become acquainted with in Fallston had passed away in January. Some of you'ns might rightly ask..where the heck is Fall- ston? Well, rewind the years back to 1998 and I asked that same question to the then-editor of the Kings Mtn. Herald newspa- per Gary Dean Stewart. You see, I had just interviewed for a job as a reporter at that publication- my fi rst newspaper job- and Gary had handed me a note pad and a fi lm camera and told me to go to Fallston looking for a story. "But Mr. Stewart," said I. "Where the heck is Fallston?" Gary drew a map on a piece of newsprint. I hit the road to the upper end of Cleveland County. I found Fallston and a fruit and vegetable stand at its crossroads. I asked the proprietor where I might fi nd a story for the Kings Mtn. Herald. He point- ed to the north. "Go down yonder and turn on a dirt road to the left about a mile from here," he said. "There's some folks making molasses in the woods." I did as instructed and found the molasses makers. It was my very fi rst news story and I recall it like it was yesterday. Fast forward to a couple of years ago. My pal Calvin McGuirt and I have vintage British mo- torcycles. He has a 1978 Triumph Bonneville and I have a 1972 Norton 850 Commando. We began the habit of a few times a year riding from my house to Lincolnton then hanging a left onto NC182 and taking it to Fallston. For those of you who don't know, NC182 is a beautiful stretch of road that twists and turns and falls and rises through farmland. Traffi c is light. The landscape is classic North Carolina countryside. Anyway we often stopped at a convenience store/gas station in the throbbing heart of Fall- ston for a snack and drink and fuel. We would sit on the bench out front and observe the hinterland volken as they pulled in for gas and cigs and beer and such. It was on that bench that we became acquainted with Jim "Press" Pruitt. Jim would tell us tales about working in the Boggs Cotton Gin just around the corner. Jim would tell us about the local moonshine lore. He would talk about when cotton was king in Cleveland County. We would always buy Jim a snack and drink and listen to his stories with keen interest. Jim was a gas station bench philosopher. He offered his wisdom on any number of subjects. Most of them were not politically correct, but the way he expressed them was always rooted in common sense- a trait sorely lacking in many folks these days. The last ride Calvin and I made to Fallston was back in early November 2020. Jim was not on the bench. A store clerk said he was ill. We missed him sorely. Now that Jim is gone, I don't think rides to Fallston will ever be the same. We may sit on the same bench- Calvin eating pork skins and drinking Gatorade and myself having a candy bar- but the sight and sound of our old friend and in some ways our mentor in the lessons of simple living- Jim- will be missing. Do you know someone like Jim? Maybe a bit rough around the edges but a heart of gold? Someone who knows a hundred stories and will tell them all- sometimes repeatedly. Folks like that are hard to fi nd these days. They don't live in mansions or drive expensive cars. To them a pack of cheese crackers and a drink are a feast. Treasure them if you do for they are golden. Jim "Press" Pruitt By Alan Hodge alan@cfmedia.info Carolina CLASSIFIEDS .com GO TO: www.carolinaclassifi eds.com I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. Psalm 119:30