A.J. Hodges

HODGES, J.D. – (Dutch Mills Column) J.D. Hodges is one of our good citizens and enjoys the distinction of shipping out of here the first car load of apples shipped out of Washington County. He hired John Stonestreet to go into the “boundless continguity of shade” to make red oak barrels bound with hickory hoops. Each barrel held four bushels and he hauled to Gibson station on the then young M K & T. He rode the cars with them to Austin, Texas, about 37 years ago, and sold for $5 per barrel to the apple loving Texans. [Fayetteville Democrat 3/19/1908]