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Tobacco auction stirs life amid drought in Pelham Georgia
In Pelham Georgia on opening day the tobacco market hums despite heat and drought. Farmers like Robert Williams weigh low sand leaves against small allotments while buyers move silently through 24 piles of tobacco. Auctioneer Charley Exum toils under a dripping shirt as 71 000 sales pace to move millions of pounds. Williams notes reduced prices and recalls tobacco’s role in his family farming as he watches the procession of buyers, scribes, and attendants.
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