Coker Cottons Win All Frizes in Ike 
1938 Sontli Carolina 5-Acre 
Cotton. Contest 
Since 1926, when the Ci,J^ive-A-cre_Cotton Contest 
was inaugurated, Coker /Cottons have won every First 
State Prize, with one ;^ingle^ ^fexc^Ption,, and in 1938 
topped this enviable re^ordy^by ijpakfng a clean^ sweep, 
winning every State 
$2,000.00 prize money 
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THE 1938 SOUTH CAROLINA 5-ACRE COTTON 
CONTEST WINNERS 
State Prizes 
No. 1. First Prize—M. H. O’Neal, Estill, $750.00— 
Hampton County; 5,810 lbs. of lint; Coker’s 4-in-l 
Cotton; staple length 1142". 
No. 2. Second Prize—H. C. Coward, Aiken, $275.00— 
Aiken County; 5,672 lbs. of lint; Coker’s 100 
Cotton; staple length 1142". 
Lower District Prizes 
No. 3. First Prize—E. O. Lightsey, Miley, $200.00— 
Colleton County; 5,375 lbs. of lint; Coker’s 4-in-l 
Cotton; staple length 11^'^2". 
No. 4. Second Prize—J. S. Brown, St. George, $125.00— 
Dorchester County; 4,880 lbs. of lint; Coker 100 
Cotton; staple length 1142". 
Middle District Prizes 
No. 5. First Prize—R. O. Rickenbaker, Orangeburg, 
$200.00—Orangeburg County; 5,470 lbs. of lint; 
Coker’s 4-in-l Cotton; staple length 1142". 
No. 6. Second Prize—H. H. Herlong, Johnston, $125.00 
—Edgefield County; 5,335 lbs. of lint; Coker- 
Clevewilt No. 6; staple length 1 inch. 
Upper District Prizes 
No. 7. First Prize—Clyde K. Laney, Cheraw, $200.00— 
Chesterfield County; 4,690 lbs. of lint; Coker 100 
Cotton; staple length IMc". 
No. 8. Second Prize—W. J. Verdin, Greenville, $125.00 
Greenville County; 4,645 pounds of lint; Coker 
100 Cotton; staple length l^o". 
Above Numbers Correspond with Numbers in Photo 
