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    Wilson County Tobacco Auction highlights history of agriculture in the city

    By Jamie EnnisShannon Baker,

    2024-08-23

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    WILSON, N.C. (WNCT) — As tobacco season comes to a close, farmers are racing to get their harvest in. Now some spaces are holding auctions.

    Horizon Ltd. in Wilson holds one each week on Wednesdays. It resembles the auctions that took place when the building was built in the 1950s.

    View the video above for more.

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