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Only fools think money solves all problems,” my lifelong best friend and mentor Jaybird told me. One day while lolling with my pals on Uptown Avenue in our Mississippi Delta hometown, I ignored Jaybird’s advice about money, and learned its truth the hard way. I didn’t have a cent, and was certain money could solve a problem: coming up with twenty-five cents to buy an All-Day Sucker at Peach-Eye’s Grocery.   As we meandered up and down Uptown, Billy Clyde “B.C.” ...