> Of course, it is hard to sell dirt.

"Wayne Smith, owner of a Conoco convenience store near Opelika, estimates he
sells 50 of the one-pound bags of white dirt every month. "They say they
don't eat it. They get it for someone else," Smith said.

In Loachapoka, they're more straightforward.

"We have white dirt connoisseurs around here," said Ron Burton at the
Greenway Grocery. "They'll want to sample it before they buy it. ... I've
got a lot of young girls who are pregnant come in for it."

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Rob