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The wagons rolled in, and mules, tractors, and trucks came and went. The lent lazily floated by and the burning cotton seed smelled strong.
Only a memory now, the gin was a hive of activity. Like all the Lafayette County gins, Abbeville‘s slowed to a crawl then stopped for good. And rusted away.
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