Fitzgerald, Ga., Oct. 29—An agent for a high-priced automobile here was astonished when a Ben Hill County Negro farmer walked into his office Saturday, asked the price of a car, placed down $2,185 in new currency and drove off. The negro paid for his farm this year and is said to have seven thousand dollars on deposit in a local bank.
Saturday, November 18, 2017
Ben Hill Farmer Pays Cash for New Car, 1917
“Negro
Pays for Farm and Buys $2,185 Car,”
from the Nov. 1, 1917, issue of The French Broad Hustler
Fitzgerald, Ga., Oct. 29—An agent for a high-priced automobile here was astonished when a Ben Hill County Negro farmer walked into his office Saturday, asked the price of a car, placed down $2,185 in new currency and drove off. The negro paid for his farm this year and is said to have seven thousand dollars on deposit in a local bank.
Fitzgerald, Ga., Oct. 29—An agent for a high-priced automobile here was astonished when a Ben Hill County Negro farmer walked into his office Saturday, asked the price of a car, placed down $2,185 in new currency and drove off. The negro paid for his farm this year and is said to have seven thousand dollars on deposit in a local bank.
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