The first bale of cotton from the 1925 crop was sold in Louisburg on Thursday evening of last week. It was offered by Mr. S.C. Walters of Mapleville and was bought by Mr. C.T. Stokes for 21 cents a pound. The bale weighed 516 pounds and was ginned by the Franklin Seed Co.
From the front page of The Franklin Times, Louisburg, N.C., Sept. 11, 1925
newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn84020791/1925-09-11/ed-1/seq-1/
No comments:
Post a Comment