{"id":134487,"date":"2023-11-08T10:57:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T16:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=134487"},"modified":"2023-11-15T00:00:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T06:00:39","slug":"john-cofields-photo-of-the-week-abbeville-of-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/john-cofields-photo-of-the-week-abbeville-of-old\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cofield\u2019s Photo of the Week: \u201cAbbeville of Old\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The wagons rolled in, and\u00a0mules, tractors, and trucks came and went. The lent lazily floated by and the burning cotton\u00a0seed smelled strong.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only a memory now, the gin was a hive of activity. Like all the Lafayette County<\/strong> gins, Abbeville<\/strong>‘s slowed to a crawl then stopped for good. And rusted away.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Above: The Cotton Gin at Abbeville, Mississippi, 1961. Photograph by Martin J. Dain. Below: The Gin in the End. Photograph by Marty Paterson.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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