Cummings soon became well known to the farmers , buying their bailed cotton and selling it to the huge spinning and weaving cotton mills in Huntsville .
Madison and Limestone Counties in northern Alabama were ( and still are ) two of the largest cotton producers in the state .
Cummings soon became well known to the farmers , buying their bailed cotton and selling it to the huge spinning and weaving cotton mills in Huntsville .
Madison and Limestone Counties in northern Alabama were ( and still are ) two of the largest cotton producers in the state .