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Thirty-two years ago tomorrow the Pike County court house and the Pike
County Courier were destroyed by fire. No insurance was carried by either -
all a total loss - including the public records of the county. If we are
correct in our memory, cotton was worth about 4 cents per pound and remained
at near this price for two years thereafter. Corn was scarcely saleable from
the fact that no money was here to buy it. Common labor was 50 cents and
skilled labor 75 cents per day. Best sugar was about 20 lbs. to the dollar,
coffee 10 lbs., sack of flour 40 cts., and a good suit of clothes could be
bought for $5.
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Pike County Courier, Volume 39, Number 9, March 4, 1927, page 3, column 3.
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David Kelley 1997