The Climb of Johnny Spot Across the War Looms
An excerpt recounts Wash Johnson in Mississippi and the Bosnian Archduke assassination of July 28 1914 triggering wartime fears and a cotton market collapse. It traces how a planter Colonel Swampwood and a black farmer navigate shortages and credit as stock exchanges close and futures trade shapes real prices and livelihoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris Dickson
George Washington Johnson
Wash Johnson
Wash
Sarajevo
Bosntt
Waeh Johnson
Waen
Colonel Swampwood
Bosnia
Johnson
Mississippi
Jobson
Archduke Franz Fertinang
Austria
Hfe
Swampreedfied
Europe
Swanigewood
New York
London
Paris
Rome
Rwehedt
Wah
Dr. Scott
Servia
Germany
France
War Johnson
Miecotuilesnu
Lars
Colon
Swampwood
Heidelberg
Frateo
Belgium
Britain
Stock Exchange
Lonaj
Colonel Swampswood
New Orleans
Lancashire
Cotten Dormn
Atigona
Ipivrest
Asia
Cotton Exchange
Panteky
Water Hall
Serage
Vicksburg
Fall River
Maasachusetts
Iil
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Johnny Spot
Comel
Col [Erenesese
Cunne
Wark
Monroe Drug Company
Whitman
Ansco Kodaks
Cal and Biological Depot
Lonroe
The
Henderson Roller Mills
Co-Operative Mercantile CO
Roland Williams
Collins & Hargett
H. E. Cop
Cotton Seed Meal, PLC
Jersey
Frank Richardson
Cleveland
Coleman
Culverton, Ga
J. H. Trull's Market
Sunny Brock Ranch
Paruete
NX. C
J. W. Ratlings
Indian Trail
N. C
A. H. Futeh
Sal
A. H. Futeh, Puteh’s
Lanes Creek
C. E. Houston
Monroe Auction Co
Rogers Bros
G. C. Stone
Hurt
Dise Plow
Chatham Smith
Unionville
Fank Richardson
Chas
Haigle
Sniderpoo Company
Walters
N. B. Ayers
C. EB
Houston
J. H. Clawson
Keslah
Watt Ashcraft
Rayne Street
Court House
Monroe
N.C
H. E. Copple
Henry Lily
Board of Aldermen of
City of
Board of Aldermen
J. W. Fowler
G. 8. Lee, Jr
Fran& Richardson
Lathan & Richardson
S. R. Doster
T. S. Price
Charleston Wakefield
Saherman Truck Farm
Georgetown
8. C
No. 14
Lee County
Sanford
Topeka Journal
Sloan
Monteoe Tron & Metal CO
Julia R. Price
East Windsor
R. WH. Garren
Hamilton-Liles Co
G. M. Smith
Monroe, N.C
Union Drug Store
H. Smith
Monroe, N. C
W. B. Houston
Fitzgerald Building
R. L. Payne
Old Postoffice
Union Drug Co
B. C. Redfearn
Bruner
Monroe, N
Marshville
Matthews
W. C. Lemmond
Old Library Room