J.R. Pettitt Wins $150 in Gold (1890)

Mr. J.R. PETTITT, of Halifax county, N.C., won the premium of $150 in gold offered by the Poncomoke Guano company for the largest amount of cotton raised on one acre.  He made 1,269 pounds of lint and took the premium.


Source: Roanoke Beacon, 14 February 1890. Available online at digitalnc.org.