Allen Moye standing with his wife and children in front of an oil well on his farm in Brewton, Alabama.
Oil had recently been discovered on his property. From a clipping in the Birmingham News: "Farmer Moye goes ahead with his Spring plowing" / "Back to plowing - Farmer Allen Moye was busy breaking land today, getting it ready for planting corn. He plants the corn, lets hogs eat it gree...
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| Summary: | Oil had recently been discovered on his property. From a clipping in the Birmingham News: "Farmer Moye goes ahead with his Spring plowing" / "Back to plowing - Farmer Allen Moye was busy breaking land today, getting it ready for planting corn. He plants the corn, lets hogs eat it green, giving him pork for the market while the off-season hog price still is high. The 39-year-old Escambia County native showed no excitement about the black gold that soon will be flowing from a well in a cotton patch." |
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