The log cabin Democrat., 1920-09-02
FIRST BALE OF 1920 COTTON SOLD HERE
 PRICE IS B l-2 CENTS
Sam Wilcox Duplicates 1918 Achieve
 ment on Conway Market-Frauen- thai & Schwarz Purchasers.

| Duplicating ms 1918 acnlNemenl Sam Wilcox, nine miles north of Con way, brought the first bale of cottor to market here this morning. The first bale was sold on exactly the same date as last year, September ?, and l Is two days later than the average date of the 16 proceeding years, which is August 31.
 The bale was purchased for Fraue- thai & Schwarz by W. B. Stark, this firm having bought 13 of the first bales marketed here in the past IT years.
 It was classed as middling, the sta pie being one inch in length, and sold Tor 33 1-2 cents pound. It we. .ghed 401 pounds, netting the grower $137.03 MT. Stark said the price represented a premium of about six cents pound, as the actual value based on yesterdays market of this grade of cotton is about 27 cents a pound. Strict middling cotton of l 1-16 inch staple, which the majority of first picking cotton in this county is expected to grade, would be worth, MT. Stark said, four to six cents a pound more than middling cotton of one inch staple.
 The bale was ginned by the Moore Gin Company, who also purchased the seed. The price paid for the seed was $50 per ton. This, it was stated, rep resents premium of about $15 per ton, as the present market price is said to be around $35 per ton.
 The earliest bale sold here, accord ing to the Log Cabin Democrat files since 1903, was on August Is, 1918. The latest was on September '16, 1920. The highest price was 40 cents last year and the lowest 10 cents in 1915.
 The record ot first bales as shown on files of this newspaper is as fol- lows: 1919-Olga Johnston, four miles west of Conway, September ?; sold to Frauenthal & Schwarz for 40 cents. 1918-Sam Wilcox, nine miles north of Conway, August 16; sold to Frauenthal & Schwarz for 36 cents. 1917-Duff Colwye, four miles southeast of Conway, September '; sold to Frauenthal & Schwarz for l25 cents.
 1916-Shug Crout, Arkansas river August IF; sold to Frauenthal & Schwarz for IS cents. 1Q1S -Sbnr Cron+ September 8; sold to D. o. Harton for 10 cents.
 1914-H. H. King, Beaver Fork August 25; sold to Frauenthal & Schwarz for 12 cents. 1913-H. W. Ravens, Wooster, Au- gust p; Sold to Frauenthal & Schwarz for IA cents.
 1912-O. K. Bradley, Lollie, Au. gust 29; sold to Frauenthal & Schwarz for Is cents.
 1911-H. W. Ravens, Wooster, and A. M. Sellers, Pickles Gap, arrived here practically at the same moment on September with new bales. One sold to Frauenthal & Schwarz for 13 cents, the other to s. G. Smith for IA cents.
 191o-J. M. King, county farm, Sep tember 16; sold to Frauenthal & Schwarz for 20 cents.
 1909-J. E. Little brought in first bale, August IT, which was sold ir Little Rock as the first bale in the state. First bale sold in Conway August "A, by T. z. Higgs, Arkansas river; sold to Frauenthal & Schwarz for Is cents.
 190S-A. W. Harrod, Holland, Au- gust 26; sold to s. c. Smith for 14 1-2 cents.
 1907-W. J. Caid, Holland, Septem- Der 6, sold to Frauenthal & Schwarz for 20 1-2 cents.
 1906-W. H. Mosley, Mayflower September A. sold to Frauenthal & Schwarz for II cents.
 1905-J. C. Clark, Holland, Septem- Der 1; sold to Martin & Harton foI Il 1-2 cents.
 19O4-T. B. Padgett, Conway, Sep. tember s; sold to Frauenthal &
 Schwar for 12 1-2 cents.
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