Dougherty County GaArchives News.....Georgia's First Bale Out - Deal Jackson 1901 & 1905 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Bennett JUDIBENNET@aol.com December 10, 2002, 5:20 am Atlanta Constitution GEORGIA'S FIRST BALE OUT -------- DOUGHERTY COUNTY OPENS THE YEARS TRADE -------- TEN CENTS A POUND IS PAID -------- The Cotton Was Shipped From Albany to Savannah by Express -------- Albany, Ga., August 6 -(Special)- Georgia's first bale of new crop cotton for the season of 1901 -02 was brought to Albany and marketed today. It was from the farm of a Dougherty County negro, Deal Jackson, who was also last years first-bale man for Georgia. The bale weighed 330 pounds and was classed as middling. It was sold on A. W. Muse & Co.'s table for 10 cents per pound, the Georgia Cotton Company being the buyer. It was shipped by express this afternoon to Savannah. File size: 1.1 Kb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill harrishill@starband.net Dec 2002 The Schley County News Thursday, July 27, 1905. FIRST BALE BRINGS THIRTY CENTS Deal Jackson, colored, the first bale cotton farmer of Georgia, drove into Albany July 20, with the first bale of the new crop. The bale weighed 358 pounds, and brought 23 cents per pound, being classed as good midling. It was sold at auction and the bale later expressed to Savannah where it was again put upon the block at the cotton exchange. It was classed full midling at Savannah and was bought by a local agent for a Liverpool firm for 30 cents a pound, for which a new record price for the first bale in Savannah. Deal Jackson holds the record for the earliest bale of cotton marketed in Georgia each year for the past several years. He has made a study of conditions which will make his crop mature early and usually reaches the market first. He is a prosperous negro and a man of influence among the members of his race. He beat his last years record by two days. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following notes added by Debra Crosby, may or may not be related to the above Deal Jackson 1880 Census Palmyra, Lee, Georgia Page Number 687B Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Deal JACKSON Self M Male B 37 GA Farmer GA GA Jinnett JACKSON Wife M Female B 26 GA Keeping House GA GA Anna JACKSON Niece S Female B 8 GA GA GA Willie OLIVER Niece S Female B 6 GA GA GA