11 Dec 1919

Alabama Erects A Monument To The Boll Weevil

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De cotton come up and started to growin', and, suh, befo' de middle of May I looks down one day and sees de boll weevil settin' up dere in de top of dem little cotton stalks waitin' for de squares to fo'm. So all dat gewano us hauled and put down in 1922 made nuttin' but a crop of boll weevils.

Who Said It

"Always Agin It," Place Chapin, South Carolina

Source

Library of Congress

Added Thu, Jul 2 2009 at 2:57PM UTC by

Aimee Lucido

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