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Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Boy Works Hard, Sells Acre of Tobacco for $893, Oct. 14, 1919

From The Monroe Journal, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 1919

Pitt Farmer Boy Prospers With Tobacco

Greenville, Oct. 15—As an illustration of the value of tobacco grown on Pitt county land the following vouched-for story, names being given, is being told:

A farmer had a young boy working for him for wages and board, the wages being in keeping with the present high wage scale. The boy, who is not so bright and intelligent as many boys, became a bit dissatisfied with the wages and decided he would quit just before time to begin the year’s crop.

The farmer told him that in addition to the wages then being paid he would give him an acre of tobacco and allow him enough time to tend the one acre. The boy accepted the offer. The tobacco from the acre has been sold and the boy got $893 for it.

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