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A HOUNL', ESQ.,Merchant, Planter and Cotton letor, Clayton, N. C.•o that makes it so. If there le one of the incredulous left, let kirn cast his eye out of the train window ths next time he passes through Clayton. »Cet him look almost in any direction, and if he don't see enough bales of cotton to convince him of Clayton’s solidity ai.d business prosperity, he will be hard to convince. He needn’t try to count the bales; be would have to stop over a day or two to do that. Besides, these Claytoja cotton men have a sort lt;£,u way of estimating the extent of their holdings, other than by counting. •“How much cotton have you on hand now?” I asked one gentleman.about an acre and a half or two he replied.Not yet picked.uon i t| it he tl with tl iuteres build : quietly comini: had th advant wantec 6*ekiii{ v„i ntng doctor wanterhad th Eagles fihaukl grow* hard m If I or bug to buillt; ton an the wa ston co would , lawyer vernal mainta that I the ue three e: J. A. Dr.to O!
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The News And Observer
Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Sun, Dec 27, 1896
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