Clay County GaArchives Photo Group.....TOWN CELEBRATING FIRST TRACTOR OWNED BY WARREN SUTTON 1914
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Fort Gaines, 1914. The first tractor to be owned in Clay County belonged to 
Warren Sutton.  
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It is shown on Hancock Street in front of what is now the Mobley Hardware 
Company. The tractor had pulled six wagons, each loaded with three bales of 
cotton from Sutton's Gin, located at Suttons Corner, into Fort Gaines. The 
final destination was Farmer's Warehouse operated by a Mr. Killingsworth. This 
was an International tractor, Series 10-20. It had two cylinders and used both 
gasoline and diesel fuel. The large lugs on the wheels were used when plowing 
but had to be removed before the tractor could travel on the highway. From the 
tractor wheel, left to right: Warren Sutton, Herbert R. Ingram (small boy), 
Emmett Killingsworth, Jack Simpson, ?, Greene Burton. In 1915 the boll weevil 
appeared appeared in Clay County, and cotton production never regained its 
earlier height.  


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