Out past the highway the pines take over around Whigham — long rows of them, wiregrass underneath, the ground going soft and sandy toward the branch. S&M Mowing starts the day in that first light, when dew still lies heavy enough to show every wheel track across a lawn. Mowing, trimming close around posts and pine trunks, edging the walk, and putting everything back off the drive: that is the list, run week on week. By the time the sun climbs and the day gets serious, a good stretch of town is already cut. Yards over toward Cairo and Bainbridge sit on the same rounds.