Memories of King Tobacco

 

FLORENCE, S.C. (scnow.com) Tobacco is king in the Pee Dee.
Or at least it used to be.
A new book by two South Carolina natives reminds us of that fact. In word and picture, it harkens back a time when many South Carolina farmers relied on tobacco to make a living.
Eldred Prince and Benton Henry’s book “The Great Harvest: Remembering Tobacco in the Pee Dee” tells the story of the once golden crop and the people that grew it. Continued

Photo: Stringing tobacco, Florence, SC 1938 (Library of Congress).