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69 PROGRESSIVE AND 
 PROSPEROUS TOWNS 
 
 -OF- 
 
 Eastern North Carolina 
 
 "Where Life is Really Worth While" 
 
 IJVVITE YOU 
 
 A WONDERFUL COLLECTION FROM WHICH 
 TO MAKE A CHOICE 
 
 Why worry where you are when you can come to Eastern 
 North Carolina and be happy ? 
 
 For any further information about any town in this 
 booklet or any other town in this section, 
 
 Write, .: 
 
 Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, Inc. 
 
 Headquarters, Kinston, N. C. 
 
 BUY YOUR TICKET TO SOME TOWN LISTED HERE IN THIS 
 BOOKLET. THEY ARE ALL GOOD. 
 
Manufactured Products 
 
 In the 46 Counties Covered by Eastern 
 Carolina Chamber of Commerce 
 
 COUNTIES: Value Products: 
 
 Beaufort $ 5,621,000.00 
 
 Bertie 1,948,000.00 
 
 Bladen 2,885,000.00 
 
 Brunswick 2,854,000.00 
 
 Camden 72,000.00 
 
 Carteret 1,512,000.00 
 
 Chowan 2,380,000.00 
 
 Columbus 4,107,000.00 
 
 Craven 8,049,000.00 
 
 Cumberland 7,140,000.00 
 
 Currituck 123,000.00 
 
 Dare 14,000.00 
 
 Duplin 1,222,000.00 
 
 Edgecombe 8,932,000.00 
 
 Franklin 2,252,000.00 
 
 Gates 692,000.00 
 
 Granville 2,912,000.00 
 
 Greene 30,000.00 
 
 Halifax 12,293,000.00 
 
 Harnett 6,392,000.00 
 
 Hertford 1,338,000.00 
 
 Hoke 1,421,000.00 
 
 Hyde 47,000.00 
 
 Johnston 10,159,000.00 
 
 Jones 496,000.00 
 
 Lenoir 5,042,000.00 
 
 Martin 1,046,000.00 
 
 Nash 4,081,000.00 
 
 New Hanover 15,932,000.00 
 
 Northampton 447,000.00 
 
 Onslow 594,000.00 
 
 Pamlico 182,000.00 
 
 Pasquotank 4,127,000.00 
 
 Pender 637,000.00 
 
 Perquimons 2,082,000.00 
 
 Pitt 4,777,000.00 
 
 Robeson 8,288,000.00 
 
 Sampson 1,589,000.00 
 
 Scotland 4,648,000.00 
 
 Tyrrell 62,000.00 
 
 Vance 12,924,000.00 
 
 Wake 14,370,000.00 
 
 Warren 1,278,000.00 
 
 Washington 1,037,000.00 
 
 Wayne 7,434,000.00 
 
 Wilson 5,929,000.00 
 
 TOTAL $189,901,000.00 
 
 It can easily be seen 
 from this statement 
 that the towns in East- 
 ern Carolina are be- 
 coming real manufac- 
 turing centers as well 
 as big trade centers for 
 the million people liv- 
 ing in this section. 
 
 Other industries will 
 thrive and prosper just 
 as well as these that 
 are here have done. 
 
 Any further information 
 about any of the towns listed 
 in this booklet will be fur- 
 nished either by the town or 
 the Eastern Carolina Chamber 
 of Commerce, Inc., Head- 
 quarters, Kinston, N. C. 
 
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 do 
 
 PREFACE 
 
 In presenting this the first issue of the Indus- 
 trial Review of Eastern North Carolina, using 
 the towns as units, we wish to call your atten- 
 tion to the fact that information in this publi- 
 cation is authentic. Although the Eastern 
 Carolina Chamber of Commerce does not 
 guarantee any statements made by the various 
 towns, yet we have taken every precaution to 
 get the authentic information. It is not our 
 purpose to over state the advantages offered, 
 but we do wish to convey to you, if you are 
 thinking of changing your location, the facts 
 which we believe will be interesting. 
 
 For any further information, about any town 
 in here, please write to 
 
 Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, Inc., 
 
 Headquarters, Kinston, N. C. 
 
[VAGE 2 | 
 
 HOME SEEKERS FARES 
 
 FROM GATEWAY POINTS TO EASTERN NORTH 
 
 CAROLINA 
 
 EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, TO DECEMBER 1, 1925. 
 ASK LOCAL AGENT FOR TICKET TO SOME TOWN LISTED BELOW. 
 
 From: St. Louis: 
 
 To— 
 
 Ahoskie $38.98 
 
 Ayden 38.54 
 
 Bethel 39.20 
 
 Benson 36.87 
 
 Bayboro 39.63 
 
 Beulaville 37.85 
 
 Chadbourn 37.00 
 
 Clayton..... 35.71 
 
 Clinton 38.45 
 
 Conetoe 39.62 
 
 Dunn 36.18 
 
 Edenton 38.98 
 
 Faison 39.66 
 
 Franklinton 35.17 
 
 Fremont 36.90 
 
 Four Oaks 36.75 
 
 Fayetteville 35.74 
 
 Farmville _ 37.76 
 
 Goldsboro 36.90 
 
 Grifton 38.81 
 
 Greenville 38.21 
 
 Hamilton 39.46 
 
 Hookerton 37.76 
 
 Jackson 37.67 
 
 Kenly 37.48 
 
 Kinston 37.85 
 
 LaGrange 37.42 
 
 Lillington 35.74 
 
 Lumberton 35.68 
 
 Littleton 35.91 
 
 Cincinnati: 
 
 Chicago: 
 
 $27.97 
 
 $36.98 
 
 27.17 
 
 37.43 
 
 27.65 
 
 36.43 
 
 26.85 
 
 37.1 1 
 
 28.62 
 
 . 
 
 26.84 
 
 37.10 
 
 27.36 
 
 37.62 
 
 24.70 
 
 . 
 
 27.44 
 
 37.70 
 
 28.07 
 
 36.85 
 
 26.16 
 
 36.42 
 
 27.62 
 
 . 
 
 26.65 
 
 36.91 
 
 24.16 
 
 , 
 
 25.89 
 
 36.15 
 
 26.55 
 
 36.85 
 
 26.16 
 
 36.42 
 
 26.75 
 
 , 
 
 25.98 
 
 36.15 
 
 27.44 
 
 37.70 
 
 26.84 
 
 37.10 
 
 27.91 
 
 36.69 
 
 26.75 
 
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 25.29 
 
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 26.47 
 
 36.73 
 
 26.84 
 
 37.10 
 
 26.41 
 
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 25.39 
 
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 26.93 
 
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 25.06 
 
 
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 HOME SEEKERS FARES 
 
 From: St. Louis: 
 
 To— 
 
 Micro __ 37.66 
 
 Maxton '.. 34.91 
 
 Mount Olive 37.41 
 
 Maysville 39.79 
 
 Morehead City 40.29 
 
 New Bern 39.03 
 
 Nashville . 37.28 
 
 Oriental 39.98 
 
 Plymouth 38.98 
 
 Pollocksville 39.53 
 
 Pink Hill 38.85 
 
 Pine Level 36.30 
 
 Pinetops 
 
 Raleigh 35.17 
 
 Rocky Mount 36.90 
 
 Rowland 35.74 
 
 Raeford 35.01 
 
 Richlands 38.19 
 
 Roanoke Rapids 37.44 
 
 Rosemary 37.44 
 
 Rich Square 37.70 
 
 Smithfield 36.18 
 
 Spring Hope 37.58 
 
 St. Pauls 36.50 
 
 Scotland Neck 38.42 
 
 Snow Hill 37.85 
 
 Selma 36.18 
 
 Tarboro 37.47 
 
 Trenton 38.43 
 
 Warsaw 37.95 
 
 Wallace 38.1 1 
 
 Wagram 35.01 
 
 Wilson 36.90 
 
 Weldon 37.44 
 
 Cincinnati: 
 
 Chicago: 
 
 26.65 
 
 39.91 
 
 26.16 
 
 36.27 
 
 26.40 
 
 36.66 
 
 28.78 
 
 39.03 
 
 29.28 
 
 . 
 
 28.02 
 
 38.28 
 
 26.27 
 
 36.40 
 
 28.97' 
 
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 27.62 
 
 , 
 
 28.52 
 
 38.78 
 
 26.84 
 
 37.10 
 
 25.29 
 
 
 
 24.16 
 
 
 25.89 
 
 36.02 
 
 26.16 
 
 36.42 
 
 24.76 
 
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 27.18 
 
 . 
 
 25.06 
 
 , 
 
 25.06 
 
 . 
 
 25.78 
 
 . 
 
 26.04 
 
 36.30 
 
 26.57 
 
 36.70 
 
 26.92 
 
 37.18 
 
 26.87 
 
 35.65 
 
 26.84 
 
 37.10 
 
 26.16 
 
 36.42 
 
 26.46 
 
 36.35 
 
 27.42 
 
 37.68 
 
 26.94 
 
 37.20 
 
 27.65 
 
 37.91 
 
 24.76 
 
 . 
 
 25.89 
 
 36.15 
 
 25.89 
 
 34.67 
 
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 AHOSKIE : NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 Distinctive in NAME — GROWTH — POSSIBILITIES 
 
 "Largest and leading town between The Rivers (Roanoke and Chowan) 
 Ahoskie is rich in Banking Resources, Schools, Churches, and Diversi- 
 fied farm soils surrounding. 
 Always Looking for Opportunities to Foster New Enterprises and to Better 
 
 Its Own Condition. POPULATION 1800 27 YEARS OLD 
 
 For further information, write 
 
 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 
 
 AYDEN : NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 Location — In Pitt County, one of the fifty richest Agricultural Counties in 
 the United States ; and in agricultural and live stock values, 1920 census, 
 excelled by only one county in the state. On the Kinston-Weldon Branch 
 of A. C. L. Railroad, with hard-surfaced Highway running through the 
 heart of town. 181 miles from Wilmington ; 159 miles from Richmond ; 
 95 miles from Raleigh; 131 miles from Norfolk; 92 miles from Beaufort. 
 
 Population — Two thousand, town; Five thousand, township; practically 
 100 per cent Americans. 
 
 Adequate Railroad and Highway Facilities. 
 
 Climate — 61 degrees yearly average temperature. 
 
 Municipal — 75,000 square yards paved streets ; 25,000 square yards side- 
 walks ; eight blocks brilliant white way ; complete light, water and sewer 
 system ; 20,000 feet standard size water mains for fire protection. Low 
 fire insurance rates. Labor conditions good. 
 
 Educational — $200,000.00 denominational school under construction ; City 
 Schools. 
 
 Churches — Christian, Methodist, Free-Will Baptist, Missionary Baptist, 
 and Episcopal. 
 
 National Veneer Plant, employing 150 people. 
 
 Hotel — Fifty rooms, splendidly equipped. 
 
 Theatre — Handsome Moving Picture House. 
 
 Newspapers — One good community weekly with commercial printing de- 
 partment, well equipped ; one religious publishing house where Sunday 
 School literature is published in large quantities in addition to a denom- 
 inational paper. 
 
 ( COTTON MILL 
 
 \ OIL MILL 
 
 / LAUNDRY 
 
 \ ICE PLANT 
 
 / FERTILIZER FACTORY 
 
 f BRICK MANUFACTURING PLANT 
 
 WE NEED 
 
 For further information, write 
 Chamber of Commerce, - - Ayden, North Carolina 
 
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 BENSON, N.C. : THE PLACE 
 
 TO LIVE SERVE AND PROSPER 
 
 Located in the Extreme Southern Part of Johnston - - - , The South's 
 Greatest Agricultural County, Only One Hour's Drive from the State 
 Capital — On Main Line of Atlantic Coast Line Railway — In the Heart 
 of the Most Productive Section of the Cotton Belt — Largest Poultry 
 Market in the State — Ideal Climate: 280 Feet Above Sea Level — More 
 Paving Per Capita Than Any Town in the State. 
 
 LOCATION: 
 
 BENSON is situated on the main line of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway, 32 miles from 
 Fayetteville and 16 miles from Smithfield. The distance to Raleigh, the State Capital, is only 
 46 miles and on the completion of the Benson-Garner-Raleigh road which is now in progress, 
 the distance will be only 28 miles. BENSON is also on the proposed route of the Carolinas- 
 Florida Short Route from Richmond to Jacksonville. Highway 22 from Fayetteville to Wilson 
 runs through the town. 
 
 CLIMATE: 
 
 The climate of BENSON is unsurpassed, equaling in every respect that of the noted 
 Sandhills. Its winters are mild, just enough crispness in the air to make one love the open, 
 while heat of the Summer is tempered by the gentle breezes that continually sweep the At- 
 lantic Seaboard. 
 
 POPULATION: 
 
 BENSON has a population of 2,000. Johnston, the County in which BENSON is located, 
 is one of the most populous counties in the State, the population according to the 1920 cen- 
 sus being 48,000. It is made up of a thickly settled agricultural region. 
 
 AGRICULTURE: 
 
 The region around Benson is proclaimed the most fertile agricultural section in the world 
 by numerous authorities on agriculture. Nowhere on the globe can there be found a region 
 that produces cotton year by year more consistently and in such mammoth yields as does the 
 
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 BENSON section. Large yields of other farm crops are not uncommon. Johnston County 
 has been the leading cotton producing county in the State since 1921. In 1923 62,000 bales 
 of cotton were produced in the county. It is primarily a section of small farmers and tenants 
 are rare. 
 
 MARKETING FACILITIES: 
 
 BENSON offers excellent marketing facilities for the various agricultural products that 
 are produced in the section. Here one of the largest cotton markets in the State will be found. 
 In 1923 thirteen thousand bales of cotton were marketed in BENSON and within a ten-mile 
 radius it is safe to say that considerably over fifty thousand bales of the fleecy staple went 
 over the buyer's scales. Within a few miles several of the world's largest tobacco markets are 
 available. And here, too, will be found the largest poultry market in North Carolina. An- 
 nually around seventy-five thousand dollars worth of poultry is shipped out of BENSON to 
 Richmond and other northern markets. 
 
 MANUFACTURING: 
 
 Opportunities to those who have capital and with a purpose toward manufacturing are 
 most excellent. Hitherto manufacturing in this section has been carried on more or less on a 
 restricted scale. The section has been largely a producer of the raw product rather than a 
 manufacturer of the raw product. To this, the more intricate problem, little attention has 
 been paid. The sentiment, locally, however is to aid and foster manufacturing in every way 
 possible and free taxes for five years and free sites are offered to those who will come in and 
 start manufactories. Manufacturing at present in this section is principally confined to wood- 
 work plants. One of the largest woodwork shops in Eastern Carolina will be found here. 
 
 CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS: 
 
 The religious and educational advantages of BENSON are unsurpassed. Five wide-awake 
 churches are within her limits, while she can boast of one of the best high schools in the 
 
 State. 
 
 FACTS ABOUT BENSON: 
 
 BENSON has more street paving per capita than any other town in North Carolina. 
 
 BENSON has two strong banks with adequate resources to care for the financial needs 
 of the community. 
 
 BENSON is the largest poultry shipping center in the State. 
 
 BENSON has one of the largest cotton markets in the State. 
 
 Within a radius of fifty miles of BENSON about one-fourth of all the cotton produced 
 in North Carolina is grown. 
 
 BENSON is adjacent to some of the world's greatest tobacco markets, which makes it 
 possible for one to grow the golden weed if they desire, thereby assuring the homeseeker that 
 it is not necessary here to put all the eggs in one market. 
 
 Lastly, here live some of the finest people in the world. Here will be found the true one 
 hundred per cent Americans. Not a purer Anglo-Saxon strain of blood will be found on earth 
 
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 than in Johnston County. North Carolina has a larger per cent of native born population 
 than any State in the Union and here will be found the "most American" of North Carolinians. 
 
 TO THE HOMESEEKER: 
 
 If you are in search for a place to cast your lot, why not come to BENSON, North Car- 
 olina? Here you will find the most wonderful and agreeable climate in the world. Here you 
 will find the most wonderful producing soil on the globe. Should your inclinations lead you to 
 business you will find rare opportunities and a hearty welcome here for you. Aside from the 
 business of mere existence and making money, here you will find ample opportunity for the 
 cultivation of the finer things of life. Churches and schools and the companionship of cul- 
 tured people for which this community is renown assure you these. A few miles in any 
 direction will bring you to institutions where the advantages for higher education may be 
 had. 
 
 WE WANT YOU! 
 
 Come to the Most Talked of Place in Tarheelia— 
 
 The Most Talked of Place in the Whole Union 
 
 For any further information write either: 
 
 A. PARRISH, 
 C. C. CANADAY, 
 H. C. RENEGAR, 
 F. H. CALDWELL, 
 J. GREENTHAL, 
 
 Publicity Committee. 
 
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 BAYBORO, PAMLICO COUNTY, N. C. 
 
 THE PLACE WHERE YOU WILL LIKE TO LIVE 
 
 OFFERS MANY ADVANTAGES TO THE HOMESEEKER. 
 GOOD FARM LANDS NEAR HERE FOR SALE. HUNTING 
 AND FISHING PROFITABLE. 
 
 Write, JOHN S. WESKETT, BAYBORO, N. C. 
 
 DUNN, N. CAROLINA 
 
 Surrounded by a fertile agricultural section that produces cotton, tobacco, 
 grain, fruits, trucking, poultry and hogs, DUNN, N. C., has developed into 
 a splendid market for farm products. Cotton alone sold in DUNN last year 
 amounted to over three and one-half million dollars and the distinction of 
 being the largest wagon cotton market in the State is justly claimed. 
 Splendid railroad facilities, good banks, schools, churches, improved roads, 
 ample electric power, native labor, plenty of water, an ideal climate and 
 many other advantages make this section desirable for industries of all 
 kinds. 
 
 For information address — 
 
 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, DUNN, N. C. 
 
 HOOKERTON, NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 A GOOD TOWN IN A GOOD SECTION, INVITES YOU ! 
 
 Write, 
 
 BANK OF HOOKERTON, - HOOKERTON, N. C. 
 
 BETHEL, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 INVITES YOU. 
 Write, MISS MABEL BARNHILL, BETHEL, N. C. 
 
 HAMILTON, - MARTIN COUNTY, - N. C. 
 
 Will Make You a Good Home. 
 Write, T. B. SLADE, HAMILTON, N. C. 
 
fPAGE 91 
 
 EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AS 
 A PLACE TODO BUSINESS 
 
 EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED 
 FREE SITES AND FREE TAXES 
 
 There are two prerequisites to any suc- 
 cessful business ; in the first place you have 
 to have something to sell and in the second 
 place you have to have a purchaser. In the 
 third place the purchaser must be able to buy 
 and in order to be able to buy he must be in a 
 producing section. 
 
 Eastern North Carolina, as she is being 
 portrayed in this booklet, reveals not only 
 the producing power of the people, but the 
 tremendous demand for the various commer- 
 cial products offered by the business houses 
 of the various towns. You will readily ob- 
 serve that the towns in Eastern Carolina are 
 for the most part, medium in size. They are 
 very close together, which necessarily makes 
 competition keen. But without competition, 
 no business can do its best. Comparatively 
 speaking there are very few business fail- 
 ures in Eastern Carolina that are due to lack 
 of legitimate business. There are those that 
 fail for lack of proper system or due to un- 
 sound business methods. It is interesting to 
 find so many business firms in Eastern Caro- 
 lina reading something like this, "John Doe 
 and Son." In most cases the John Doe, the 
 founder of the business has been dead long 
 
 ago, but the business is still running in the 
 original name. This within itself is proof of 
 the stability of business in Eastern North 
 Carolina. It is not unusual to see on the 
 letter heads "this business established 
 thirty years ago, or forty years ago." 
 And yet the Commercial Agencies that 
 keep information on the successes and fail- 
 ures of business houses all over the United 
 States, show a very large percent of the gen- 
 eral mercantile business houses fail before 
 one generation has passed out, to say noth- 
 ing of handing the business down from 
 father to son and so on down the line. This 
 is the best proof we could give to convince 
 you that business is good in Eastern North 
 Carolina. If you are contemplating a change 
 in location it will pay you to wait to get our 
 report before deciding upon any location. 
 The Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, 
 Inc., is a non profit-sharing organization and 
 does not benefit directly from any deals that 
 are made. For this reason we can urge you 
 to come and look our situation over. We 
 shall be pleased to show you over any town 
 in our territory, or have the local Chamber 
 of Commerce Secretary show you around. 
 
[PAGE 10] 
 
 CLAYTON, - - NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 Located among the foot hills of the Piedmont section, is in the midst 
 of one of the best farming sections of the State. 
 
 Our chief products are Corn, Cotton, Tobacco, Wheat and Sweet Pota- 
 toes, but vegetables may be grown here with profit for the early markets. 
 
 We have one of the best cotton markets in the State, due largely to the 
 efforts of our two large mercantile firms, Messrs. Ashley Home & Son and 
 J. G. Barbour & Sons, besides we have four local cotton buyers representing 
 some of the largest cotton dealers in the State. 
 
 We have a Graded High School with an enrollment of over seven hun- 
 dred pupils at the present, and we were forced recently to vote $150,000 in 
 bonds to build additional buildings to take care of the increasing demands 
 along this line, our present building, however, being of the modern type 
 with good facilities. 
 
 We also have five new church buildings of modern type, representing 
 all but one of the most progressive denominations of the present time, giv- 
 ing to us the best in religious, social and educational life. 
 
 Our women are active in religious, social and industrial life, having 
 several women's clubs, a Ladies' Aid Society, several Missionary Societies, 
 and numerous other things tending to the upbuilding of the town and com- 
 munity, thereby assuring those who locate in Clayton the best for them- 
 selves and their families. 
 
 We have two cotton mills, one oil mill, two up-to-date fertilizer plants 
 and two lumber mills, all together employing somewhere around one thou- 
 sand people. 
 
 With this line of industrial corporations we can offer employment to 
 those who are looking work. 
 
 We have two good strong banks who are able to care for the needs of 
 our industrial concerns, and also the individual business that may be located 
 here. 
 
 Our merchants cannot be excelled in caring for the needs of their cus- 
 tomers and friends, however, they invite others to come as they are not 
 afraid of competition. 
 
 Located as we are we have the best water and the purest air to be 
 found, assuring the best of health to those who may cast their lot with us. 
 Our staff of physicians, dentists and druggists are of the highest type. 
 
 We have water and sewer, electric lights and all the modern conven- 
 iences arising from these, and have just completed a twenty thousand dollar 
 contract of paving with other projects for paving in sight, yet our tax rate 
 is only $1.25 on the hundred dollars. 
 
 We invite those who are interested in a location to look us over, assur- 
 ing you that any of the town officials, merchants, and bankers will be glad 
 to show you our town. 
 
 TOWN OFFICERS: 
 J. M. TURLEY, ---------- Mayor 
 
 D. L. BARBOUR, Secretary-Treasurer 
 
 BOARD OF ALDERMEN: 
 
 E. L. O'NEIL J. J. YOUNG, M. D. B. M. ROBERTSON 
 
 G. T. SMITH FOSTER BARNES 
 
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 CLINTON 
 
 SAMPSON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 Is situate on branch line Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Is 40 miles 
 from Goldsboro, 65 miles from Wilmington and 35 miles from Fayetteville. 
 Is County Seat of Sampson County. 
 
 CLINTON HAS: 
 
 Abundant supply for all purposes. Electrical Power furnished by 
 Carolina Power & Light Co., 
 POPULATION, 2,500. 
 VERY LOW DEATH RATE. 
 FULL TIME HEALTH OFFICER. 
 
 CLINTON IS: 
 
 Located in rich farming section. Large yield of Cotton, Corn, Bright 
 Tobacco, Potatoes, all of the small grains, also all of the early fruits and 
 vegetables that have made this section of North Carolina famous. 
 
 Peaches, Apples, Pears, Nuts, Grapes, Melons and Berries are suited 
 to the soil and climate. 
 
 The climate of this section is ideal. Extremes of cold or heat are rarely 
 ever experienced. 
 
 The season in which crops can be grown is long. This permits more 
 than one crop to be raised on the land during one season. 
 
 FIVE MILES PAVED STREETS. 
 
 CITY WATER SUPPLY FURNISHED BY DEEP ARTESIAN WELLS 
 
 WATER OF EXCEPTIONAL PURITY. 
 
 COMPLETE SYSTEM OF SANITARY SEWERAGE. 
 
 SEVEN CHURCHES. 
 
 SPLENDID SYSTEM OF GRADED SCHOOLS. 
 
 NEW $60,000 HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING JUST COMPLETED. 
 
 NEW $40,000 DEPOT. 
 
 CLINTON NEEDS: 
 
 MANUFACTURING PLANTS. (Sufficient supply of labor can be 
 easily secured.) 
 
 At present only manufacturing plants in the county. 
 
 PROPERTY VALUES VERY REASONABLE. 
 
 NEW COMERS WELCOMED AND ASSISTED IN EVERY WAY 
 POSSIBLE. 
 
 For further information address 
 
 W. E. MATTHEWS, Mayor, 
 CLINTON, .... NORTH CAROLINA 
 
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 FAISON, N. C 
 
 ROUTE NO. 40 PAVED HIGHWAY 
 W. & W. BRANCH A. C. L RAILWAY 
 
 Situate 63 miles north of Wilmington, N. C, highest 
 point above sea-level Wilmington to Mount Olive. 
 
 Naturally drained, health conditions good, fine school 
 facilities, recently erected $65,000 modern building, fully 
 equipped, excellent corps of teachers, school busses bring 
 pupils. 
 
 Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist and Episcopal 
 Churches with live leaders. 
 
 Tide-water Power Company furnishes lights and IN- 
 DUSTRIAL POWER at minimum cost. 
 
 Fine opportunity for manufacturing, with this power 
 available. Soils are of Norfolk fine sandy loam, suitable 
 for tobacco and early truck crops; Portsmouth loam dark, 
 very productive all crops. 
 
 Truck shipments begin in March and continue through 
 August, then follow staple crops, cotton, tobacco, pea- 
 nuts, sweet potatoes, and home consumption crops. 
 
 If you are a live merchant or a live farmer, INVESTI- 
 GATE here before you INVEST elsewhere. 
 

 [PAGE 13 | 
 
 NASHVILLE, 
 
 NASH COUNTY, N. C. 
 
 County seat of the county and in every respect a 
 
 good town. 
 
 Situated in a very fertile agricultural section. 
 
 Write B. J. DOWNEY, for information, Nashville, N. C. 
 i 1 
 
 MOREHEAD CITY, - N. CAROLINA 
 
 You will enjoy spending a vacation in this little city 
 on the coast, either summer or winter. Excellent 
 farming section surrounds the town. 
 
 Write JAS. B. LONG, Secretary Chamber of Commerce, 
 
 MOREHEAD CITY, N. C. 
 
 MOUNT OLIVE, WAYNE COUNTY, N. C. 
 
 In the heart of the trucking section of Eastern North 
 Carolina, offers you many opportunities for success. 
 
 Write T. R. THIGPEN, Pres. First National Bank, 
 
 FOR INFORMATION. 
 
 GRIFTON, - PIH COUNTY, - N. C. 
 
 Is located in very prosperous agricultural section. 
 We bid you welcome. Inquiries to — 
 
 MAYOR OF GRIFTON, - - - GRIFTON, N. C. 
 
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 FREMONT, - NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 THE LEADING COTTON MARKET 
 OF EASTERN CAROLINA 
 
 Big Stores, Paved Streets, Handsome School Buildings. 
 Adjacent Territory Prosperous. 
 
 ATTRACTIVE OFFERS TO HOME SEEKERS. 
 
 Write for further information to, 
 
 G. A. BEST, Fremont, N. C, or 
 
 Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, Inc., 
 
 KINSTON, N. C. 
 
 RICH SQUARE 
 
 NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, - N. CAROUNA 
 
 A TOWN WITH EVERY MODERN CONVENIENCE 
 TO MAKE YOU HAPPY 
 
 A hospitable people, a good business town, a good hotel, good schools, good 
 churches, and situated in a section that can't fail. The main crops grown 
 in this vicinity are: peanuts, cotton, corn. Farm lands near here are very 
 fertile and are priced reasonably. We hope you will let us furnish you fur- 
 ther information and have the pleasure of a visit from you. 
 For any further information, write — 
 
 J. T. BOLTON, Rich Square, N. C, or 
 
 Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, Inc., 
 
 KINSTON, N. C. 
 
[PAGE 15 | 
 
 EVERY TOWN A MARKET CENTER 
 IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 People in any section usually, leave their 
 money where they sell their produce. If the 
 highways leading to the towns and cities are 
 in good condition, it increases the amount of 
 business for the merchants and business 
 firms because it will naturally bring more 
 "sellers" to town. If the roads are in bad 
 order and travel is inconvenient, naturally 
 the producers sell less often which necessari- 
 ly lessens their buying power. 
 
 A study of the highways of Eastern 
 North Carolina will show that every town of 
 any size at all, has excellent inlets and out- 
 lets by highways to the nearby community. 
 As a matter of fact with the towns as close 
 together as they are and the connections by 
 hard-surfaced roads as they are, a distrib- 
 
 utor in one town can deliver to his customers 
 in towns fifty miles distant within three 
 hours. This makes it easy to do a large vol- 
 ume of business with a minimum amount of 
 over-head expense. We have in mind now, 
 one wholesale produce and provision concern 
 that sends out fourteen trucks every day to 
 the surrounding territory, daily. These 
 trucks come in every night empty and leave 
 the next day loaded again. No need to wait 
 on freight cars, just load your trucks and 
 send them on at your own convenience. 
 
 With these facts as they are we can 
 safely encourage you to cast your lot as a 
 business man in some of our Eastern Caro- 
 lina towns listed in this booklet. The oppor- 
 tunity is here. 
 
 MANUFACTURERS HAVE GOOD OPPORTUNITY 
 
 Not only does the Eastern Carolina town 
 offer unexcelled advantages to the business 
 concern engaged in the selling and buying of 
 commercial products. But it offers an un- 
 usual opportunity to the manufacturers of 
 almost any article. The raw materials are 
 here in abundance, the labor is here, the fac- 
 tory sites are here, the FREE taxes are here, 
 the transportation facilities are here, and 
 
 the consuming public is within your own 
 reach. What better combination could you 
 muster together anywhere in the United 
 States than this? If you have a safe busi- 
 ness, even financial aid may be had. We in- 
 vite you to investigate before placing your 
 contract to locate in some other place. In 
 our opinion, it will pay you to come and look 
 this field over before locating anywhere 
 else. 
 
[PAGE 16] 
 
 WILLIAMSTON 
 
 The Gateway City of Northeastern Carolina — Situated 30 Miles South- 
 west of Albemarle Sound, in Martin County, on the Roanoke River — 
 An Open Port for Those Who Desire Health, Wealth and Happiness. 
 
 HEALTH. 
 
 Like the majestic city of ancient Rome, WIL- 
 LIAMSTON is built on seven hills. 
 
 Our forefathers in selecting this high spot over- 
 looking the banks of the Roanoke River had in 
 mind, no doubt, the ideal drainage, the freedom 
 from mosquitoes and malaria, and the natural 
 beauty which such a location offered for those 
 seeking a home in Nature's Paradise. 
 
 Today, pure, sparkling water pumped from 
 half-dozen deep, bored wells furnish the city with 
 its water supply. Strict sanitary regulations are 
 enforced, and with paved streets and a profusion 
 of trees throughout the city, being healthy is so 
 natural that it is the exception for one to be sick. 
 With a mean annual temperature of 59 F., a winter 
 mean of 43 F. and a summer mean of 77 F., WIL- 
 LIAMSTON offers a climate unsurpassed for the 
 weak and the strong, the young and the old. 
 
 WEALTH. 
 
 To fully set forth the opportunities offered by 
 WILLIAMSTON to those seeking financial wealth 
 would be to use a surplus amount of magazine 
 space. 
 
 We are happy in the knowledge that we can 
 offer the investor practically every opportunity that 
 any other Eastern Carolina city has to offer, AND 
 SO MUCH MORE, that we will only mention a few 
 of the extra advantages to be found here. 
 
 Located favorable to water transportation, and 
 with competing railroad and auto lines, the shipper 
 enjoys a maximum advantage. 
 
 The Federal, State and County Governments 
 have recently completed a three and one-half mile 
 bridge and causeway across the Roanoke River at 
 WILLIAMSTON, thereby connecting all of North- 
 eastern Carolina with direct highway lanes of travel 
 through the remainder of the State. This opens up 
 a large, rich, non-competitive territory comprising 
 several counties and numbers of progressive towns 
 and villages, which naturally look to WILLIAM- 
 STON as a trade and social center. 
 
 INDUSTRIAL. 
 
 With five improved and hurd-surfaced roads 
 leading in all directions to and from WILLIAMS- 
 TON, this city is within easy access to Norfolk, 
 Raleigh, Richmond, Wilmington and other points. 
 
 There are many openings here for wholesale 
 and retail supply houses, and with practically no 
 manufacturing in this section, WILLIAMSTON has 
 to offer free sites for most any worthy manufac- 
 
 turing concern. There are excellent opportunities 
 here for fertilizer, meal, oil, cotton, silk, pants, 
 overall, shirt, novelty and various other factories; 
 as well as sash and blind mills, lumber mills, 
 hosiery mills, and hardwood plants. The raw pro- 
 duct for any of the above operations can be ob- 
 tained on the spot. A peanut candy factory offers 
 a rare chance for the investor, as well as peanut 
 cleaning plants, etc. 
 
 AGRICULTURAL. 
 
 The farming country around WILLIAMSTON is 
 famed for its diversity of farm products. Where 
 most sections depend on one or more main crops, 
 the agriculturists in this section have a diversity 
 so great that no wonder this is an agricultural 
 Arcadia. 
 
 In the Springtime, the farmer can sell money 
 crops of Irish potatoes, May peas, cabbage, and 
 other truck, and on the same land, raise a fall 
 crop of Tobacco, Cotton, Peanuts, Sweet Potatoes 
 and Beans. All during the Summer fine fruit and 
 vegetables can be raised and marketed; also Martin 
 County chicken raising has recently become a pro- 
 fitable business. No finer pecans are grown any- 
 where than are found on the local markets, here, 
 home grown. 
 
 On account of the large areas of farming land, 
 and the natural tendency of farmers' children to 
 move to the cities, there are some wonderful bar- 
 gains to be had in fine, improved land from $50.00 
 to $100.00 per acre, and on easy terms. 
 
 HAPPINESS. 
 
 With the aforementioned opportunities of 
 HEALTH and WEALTH, it is but natural that 
 somewhere in the offering, HAPPINESS may be 
 found. WILLIAMSTON has always been the home 
 of happy, contented people. Nowhere in the whole 
 South can be found a degree of genuine hospitality 
 greater than the people of this city offer to the 
 stranger within her gates. Along with this, there 
 is a fine system of public schools, children's play- 
 grounds, social, religious and industrial clubs and 
 organizations; a general variety of churches, ath- 
 letic associations, auditoriums and theatres. There 
 is no racial strife, and LIVE AND LET LIVE is 
 the prevailing motto. 
 
 Any communications to 
 
 HUGH G. HORTON, Secretary 
 THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 
 WILLIAMSTON, N. C, 
 will have our every consideration. 
 
[PAGE 17] 
 
 PLYMOUTH, - WASHINGTON COUNTY 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA—ON THE ROANOKE RIVER 
 
 The Home of One of the Oldest and Largest Fisheries in 
 The Southeast, the Hampton Fisheries 
 
 THE TOWN WITH THE PEANUT INDUSTRY 
 
 WE BID YOU INVESTIGATE. 
 
 Write, SECRETARY, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 
 
 PLYMOUTH, N. C. 
 
 PINK HILL, - NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 PINK HILL is situated in the southeastern part of Lenoir County on the Kinston Carolina Rail- 
 road, seventeen miles from Kinston, sixteen miles from Kenansville. It was founded in 190S 
 by Hon. Squire George Turner. The population is a few more than three hundred. 
 
 PINK HILL is connected with Kinston by the Kinston Carolina Railroad, and a hard surface 
 highway. An improved road is being constructed to Kenansville. 
 
 PINK HILL has a bank, a hotel, a garage, seven stores, a tobacco warehouse, and an electric 
 light plant to light the town. There is one church and one parsonage in the village. 
 
 PINK HILL has a standard high school, class "B," with eleven teachers and four hundred fifty 
 pupils. The school operates twelve trucks for the transportation of pupils. The new $35,- 
 000. DO High School building is now in service. 
 
 PINK HILL is surrounded by an abundance of cheap productive land which is rapidly being de- 
 veloped since the construction of good roads. Tobacco, corn, cotton, strawberries and vegeta- 
 bles grow well. There are no swamps in the vicinity; hence the climate is healthy and the 
 land well drained. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE will be glad to offer inducements 
 
 to anyone who wishes to establish any enterprise in PINK HILL. 
 
 WALLACE, N. C 
 
 WHERE THE STRAWBERRIES PREDOMINATE 
 
 All kinds of Truck grow in this vicinity. 
 A MIGHTY GOOD TOWN. 
 
 Write CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Wallace, N. C. 
 
 RALEIGH, N. C. 
 
 -State Capital of the Best State in the Union- 
 Write us for information 
 
 RALEIGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 
 Raleigh, N. C. 
 
[PAGE 181 
 
 WELDON, NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 A LOGICAL TOWN FOR NEW INDUSTRIES 
 
 RAILROAD OUTLET IN FIVE DIRECTIONS 
 12 Hours to New York 75 Miles to Tidewater 
 
 ABUNDANT POWER 
 
 PLENTY OF LABOR 
 
 HEALTHY CLIMATE 
 
 CONGENIAL PEOPLE 
 RELIABLE BANKS 
 FACTORY SITES 
 
 CITY IMPROVEMENTS 
 GOOD ROADS 
 
 WELDON has many advantages to offer Capital for Industrial Investment. 
 Special Inducement for All Kinds of Factories. 
 
 WELDON NOW HAS 
 
 One exclusive cotton spinning mill, one yarn spinning and knit underwear 
 mill, one cotton oil and fertilizer plant, a large bonded cotton storage ware- 
 house, a large lumber producing mill, a large millwork and sash and door 
 factory and planing mill, two cotton gins, a canning factory, two bottling 
 plants, three wholesale jobbing houses, a paper box factory, a bakery, an 
 ice plant, eight auto garages and other service stations. Standard Oil Co. 
 and Texas Company each have tank storage delivery stations located here. 
 
 Weldon Wants and Needs 
 
 A GOOD WELL-MANAGED STEAM LAUNDRY, MORE COTTON 
 MILLS, WOOD WORKING FACTORIES, A PAPER MILL, AND FAC- 
 TORIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 
 
 For further information, see or write 
 
 WELDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 
 
[PAGE 19] 
 
 MAXTON, N. C. 
 
 In the Center of the Best Farming Section of the 
 
 Carolinas and in the Heart of the 
 
 Scotland of America. 
 
 "A City You Will Enjoy Living In" 
 
 Canneries 
 
 WE WANT WE OFFER 
 
 T f'l M'll Wholehearted Support 
 
 Unlimited Power 
 Woodworking Plants Excellent Railway Facili- 
 
 Creamery and Ice Cream ties 
 
 Factory Splendid Schools and 
 
 Churches 
 
 Good Roads 
 Broom Works Native-born Labor 
 
 Mattress Factory Health Conditions Ex- 
 
 cellent. 
 Brick Yard close Markets and p orts 
 
 Bottling Plant Adequate Banking Facil- 
 
 ities 
 Splendid Sites of any 
 White Farmers size. 
 
 Cigar Factory 
 
 If you are looking for a location, Investigate MAXTON. 
 
 Write : 
 
 H. A. McKINNON, W. H. HASTY, President, 
 
 Mayor The Mormax Club. 
 
 POLLOCKSVILLE, JONES COUNTY, N. C. 
 
 ON THE TRENT RIVER 
 
 In the midst of a great section, will welcome inquiries. 
 Farm lands reasonable, productivity high. 
 
 Write E. E. BELL, POLLOCKSVILLE, N. C, 
 
 FOR ANY INFORMATION 
 
[PAGE 20] 
 
 WINTER AND SUMMER RESORTS CONDITIONS IDEAL 
 MANY ADVANTAGES NOT OFFERED ANYWHERE ELSE. 
 ONLY FEW HOURS RIDE FROM YOUR NORTHERN HOME 
 
 There is no line of business that 
 offers such excellent opportunities 
 as the establishment of Winter and 
 Summer Resorts in Eastern North 
 
 Carolina. With the prevailing cli- 
 mate the year round, this line of 
 business could be easily made a 
 tremendous proposition. 
 
 Midway Between North and South 
 
 Most any Eastern Carolina town 
 can be reached within 24 hours 
 after leaving the main cities in the 
 North and East. No three or four 
 days tiresome ride to reach a com- 
 fortable and up-to-date resort. 
 The big business men of the North 
 could spend the summers and win- 
 ters in Eastern Carolina and carry 
 on their business at home without 
 any inconvenience. The best hunt- 
 ing in the whole country is here in 
 season. The best beaches in the 
 country are here for swimming. 
 The ideal climate is here, and the 
 locations for handsome resorts of 
 all kinds are here. They just sim- 
 ply need the application of a little 
 money and the touch of the finan- 
 cier to make them blossom into 
 
 paying businesses within a very 
 short time. Hunting preserves are 
 here and can be had at a very reas- 
 onable price. Golf courses are al- 
 ready here and there is room for 
 more. Every means of legitimate 
 entertainment can be provided in 
 Eastern Carolina at as little ex- 
 pense as can be had anywhere in 
 the whole country. If you are in- 
 terested in this line of work, it will 
 certainly pay you to investibate 
 our offering before buying else- 
 where. We have in mind several 
 sites that we can refer you to right 
 away that can easily be put in 
 shape within a year for receiving 
 guests. We believe in this poten- 
 tial wealth we have and we wel- 
 come you to come and help us 
 realize on it. 
 
[PAGE 21] 
 
 SNOW HILL, N. C. 
 
 The Town with a Bright Future 
 
 COUNTY SEAT OF 
 GREENE COUNTY 
 
 * Located in the central part of one of the best agri- 
 cultural counties in the State. 
 
 Tf A Town with over two and one quarter miles of 
 paved streets. 
 
 * A Town with water works, electric lights and hard 
 surface roads both ways. 
 
 * A Town with good business men, who are anxious 
 to serve you. 
 
 II A Town with good churches and a number one grad- 
 ed school. 
 
 U NO BETTER PLACE TO LIVE ANYWHERE, 
 GOOD LOCATION FOR GOOD MANUFAC- 
 TURING ENTERPRISES. 
 
 For any information, write 
 
 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, - SNOW HILL, N. C. 
 
[I- AGE 22] 
 
 KINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 "CITY PROGRESSIVE' 
 
 County Seat of Lenoir County, North Carolina's Pioneer in Her Great 
 
 Road Building Program. 
 
 LOCATION 
 
 Kinston is located in the heart 
 of Eastern Carolina's bright leaf 
 tobacco belt. By rail, four and 
 one-half hours from Wilmington, 
 N. C. ; seven hours from Norfolk, 
 
 Va. ; seven and one-half hours from 
 Richmond, Va.; twelve hours from 
 Washington, D. C; eighteen hours 
 from New York City. 
 
 GENERAL INFORMATION 
 
 Lenoir County, population 30,- 
 000; main pursuits, agriculture; 
 principal crops, cotton and tobac- 
 co; annual value of all farm crops 
 more than ten million dollars; soils 
 
 KINSTON 
 
 adapted to growing nearly all farm 
 crops in temperate climate, also 
 stock raising; SIX MAIN ROADS 
 PAVED TO COUNTY LINE. 
 
 Population, 10,772 (doubled in 
 ten years) ; 98^ per cent Ameri- 
 can; altitude 47 feet; well drained; 
 average annual rainfall 49.08 
 inches; average mean temperature 
 62.4 degrees; health conditions ex- 
 cellent; adequate up-to-date sys- 
 tem of schools; churches of nearly 
 all denominations; pure artesian 
 water; 14 miles of paved streets; 
 30 miles of concrete sidewalks; a 
 
 modern gas plant; modern coun- 
 try club under construction; 
 wholesome amusements; two chil- 
 dren's playgrounds; a CORDIAL 
 PROGRESSIVE CITIZENSHIP, 
 and the other requisites necessary 
 to make an ideal city in which to 
 live and conduct business; the 
 smallest city in the United States 
 playing Class "B" baseball. 
 
 (SEE NEXT PAGE) 
 
I PAGE 23 | 
 
 INDUSTRIAL 
 
 More than four million dollars are invested in industrial plants, with 
 an annual output of over five and one-half million dollars in manufac- 
 tured products, and an annual payroll in excess of one million dollars. 
 
 LEADING INDUSTRIES 
 
 Kinston Cotton Mills, with 1 7,000 
 spindles, making fine hosiery 
 and knit goods yarns. 
 
 Caswell Cotton Mills, with over 
 16,000 spindles, manufacturing 
 fine hosiery and knit goods 
 yarns. 
 
 Orion Knitting Mills, manufactur- 
 ing high grade hosiery, coat 
 sweaters, and bath suits. 
 
 Hines Brothers Lumber Company, 
 manufacturing and dealing in 
 all kinds of lumber and shingles. 
 
 Lenoir Oil and Ice Company, man- 
 ufacturers of cotton seed pro- 
 ducts and ice, and dealers in 
 coal. 
 
 Kinston Iron and Mantel Works, 
 manufacturing all kinds of cab- 
 inet work, grates, window 
 weights, tobacco barn furnaces, 
 doors, sash, and blinds. 
 
 W. H. O'Berry Manufacturing Co., 
 manufacturers of all kinds of 
 cabinet work, doors, sash, and 
 blinds, and lumber. 
 
 Hooker & Company, dealers and 
 packers of meats. 
 
 Harvey C. Hines, manufacturer of 
 ice cream, ice, and bottler of 
 Coca-Cola. 
 
 J. T. Skinner & Sons, ice cream 
 manufacturers. 
 
 Ellis Carriage Works, makers of 
 furniture, automobile uphol- 
 sterers and refinishers. 
 
 Carolina Duntile Company, manu- 
 facturing cement building and 
 drain tiles. 
 
 Trinity Concrete Products Com- 
 pany, manufacturers of artifi- 
 cial stone, building tile, and or- 
 namental concrete work. 
 
 Imperial Tobacco Company: Ex- 
 port Tobacco Company: John 
 E. Hughes Tobacco Company: 
 E. V. Webb & Company: Kins- 
 ton Tobacco Company: and 
 Southern States Tobacco Com- 
 pany, dealers and redryers of 
 bright leaf tobacco. 
 
 O. J. Palmer, furniture refinishing, 
 
 automobile 
 
 upholstering, 
 tops. 
 
 and 
 
 Hardy & Newson, LaGrange, 
 N. C, manufacturers of the fa- 
 mous Little Giant Soy Bean 
 Harvester, and Steel Arbors. 
 
 More than a score of smaller in- 
 dustries making many and vari- 
 ous products cannot be listed. 
 
 (SEE NEXT PAGE) 
 
[PAGE 24] 
 
 OTHER PERTINENT FACTS 
 
 Transportation: The Atlantic 
 Coast Line, Norfolk Southern, 
 Kinston Carolina, and Carolina 
 Railroads, and over 300 miles of 
 paved roads radiating in all di- 
 rections. Neuse River navigable 
 during a part of the year. 
 
 Electric Power, municipal plant at 
 Kinston with ample supply for 
 city double present population. 
 Carolina Light and Power Com- 
 pany to LaGrange. Power rates 
 at Kinston as low as two cents 
 per K. W. H. Rate scale grad- 
 uated. 
 
 Water Supply entirely from arte- 
 sian wells, and absolutely pure. 
 
 Labor Supply steady and ample, 
 no strikes. 
 
 Financial: Three strong banks, in 
 Kinston, with combined capital 
 of $415,900.00; combined re- 
 sources $4,818,873.56; com- 
 bined deposits $4,056,046.84. 
 Two banks at LaGrange, and 
 one at Pink Hill, N. C. 
 
 Trade Territory embraces popula- 
 tion (within radius of sixty 
 miles) of nearly half million 
 people. 
 
 Market: Kinston market handled 
 over 30,000,000 pounds of to- 
 bacco and 10,000 bales of cot- 
 ton in 1923. 
 
 Kinston and Lenoir County offer excellent opportunities to manufac- 
 turers using as raw materials, agricultural and forest products. 
 
 Farmers desiring to locate where the climate, soils, health conditions, 
 educational advantages, and markets are conducive to profitable living, 
 are invited to investigate Lenoir County. 
 
 Full and complete information regarding the County or City of 
 Kinston will be gladly furnished by 
 
 THE KINSTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 
 
 KINSTON, N. C. 
 
[PAGE 25 J 
 
 Town of St. Pauls 
 
 North Carolina 
 
 2,000 INHABITANTS 
 
 GOOD CHURCHES GOOD SCHOOLS 
 
 Pay Rolls from Three Cotton Mills 
 
 A GOOD BANK 
 
 The Best Place to Live in 
 Robeson County 
 
 SPRING HOPE, NASH COUNTY, N. C. 
 
 WILL WELCOME INQUIRIES FROM PROSPECTIVE 
 
 CITIZENS 
 
 We can give you some very attractive offers to locate here. 
 
 We offer you the modern conveniences that are usually 
 
 found in real live progressive towns and solicit your 
 
 inquiries. Write, 
 
 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SPRING HOPE, N. C, 
 
 OR 
 
 EASTERN CAROLINA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 
 
 KINSTON, N. C. 
 
[PAGE 26] 
 
 — 100 Per Cent Labor Advantage for Cotton Mills — 
 
 COME TO LAGRANGE, 
 
 NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 WHERE HEALTH, PLEASURE AND PROSPERITY 
 
 MAY BE YOURS 
 
 LAGRANGE is in the center of a rich agricultural section, midway be- 
 tween Goldsboro and Kinston on the Norfolk Southern railroad and on the 
 Central Highway, the longest hard-surfaced road in the State and one of 
 the longest in the country. 
 
 The town is well governed, is rapidly liquidating its small bonded debt, 
 has excellent light and power plant. Its volunteer fire department is offi- 
 cially decreed one of the best in the State. The section has long been a 
 leader in educational facilities. The hospitality of the people, the pure 
 drinking water easily obtained on any grounds and the productiveness of 
 the soil suggested years ago the sobriquet "The Garden Spot" and this nick- 
 name by which the town is widely known, is entirely appropriate for the 
 community. 
 
 If it is to rent or buy a home just for health and pleasure — COME TO 
 LAGRANGE. 
 
 The Neuse river, four miles distant, with its lowlands offers the best 
 sport for the hunter or fisherman and if you desire a good location for a 
 club house where you and your friends may come periodically for recrea- 
 tion— COME TO LAGRANGE. 
 
 BUT THE TREMENDOUS ADVANTAGE WHICH COTTON MILLS 
 AND OTHER MANUFACTURING CAPITAL CANNOT OVERLOOK, IS 
 THE EXCELLENT INDUCEMENTS OFFERED HERE. 
 
 The town has no factories but from the hundreds of family homes may 
 be culled any amount of labor, free of the detrimental labor union proclivi- 
 ties. Successful manufacturers are learning that factory workers assem- 
 bled in agricultural communities will render greater satisfaction and remain 
 more contented than where crowded with purely a factory population. 
 
 IF YOU SEEK THE BEST LOCATION FOR A FACTORY, PRU- 
 DENCE WILL FORCE YOU TO CONSIDER THE ADVANTAGES AT 
 LAGRANGE. 
 
 EXCELLENT FACTORY SITES WILL BE DEEDED 
 ABSOLUTELY FREE 
 
 For further information write — 
 
 N. G. BARTLETT, Secretary, 
 Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, Kinston, N. C. 
 
 Or to 
 W. P. HARDY, - - LAGRANGE, N. C. 
 
I PAGE 27 ] 
 
 Scotland Neck, N. C. 
 
 THE LAND OF FACT AND PROMISE 
 
 Where AGRICULTURE and MANUFACTURING Meet 
 on Equal Terms and Advantages 
 
 Situated in the heart of an agricultural section, producing 
 
 the highest quality of cotton, peanuts, tobacco and 
 
 corn, it enjoys the advantages of manufacturing 
 
 of the raw products of its farms. 
 
 Dairy and Poultry are becoming a great factor in the de- 
 velopment of the community. 
 
 A REAL OPENING FOR SMALL 
 WOOD WORKING PLANTS 
 
 Situated, as it is, on one of the main highways of the State, 
 
 which will within the year be hard-surfaced, it offers 
 
 advantages of transportation through motor 
 
 transport and railway, surpassed by none, 
 
 and extends a 
 
 WELCOME IN REAL HOSPITALITY WHICH CAN- 
 NOT BE RESISTED. 
 
 Address : 
 
 NORFLEET S. SMITH, Secretary 
 
 THE SCOTLAND NECK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 
 
 SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. 
 
[PAGE 28] 
 
 ROWLAND, ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. 
 
 On the main line of the Atlantic Coast Line from North to 
 
 South, situated in the section where lands are fertile, 
 
 with modern conveniences, and cordial people, 
 
 will welcome you as a citizen. 
 
 For further information, write — 
 
 Secretary, Chamber of Commerce, Rowland, N. C, 
 
 OR 
 
 Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, Inc., 
 
 KINSTON, N. C. 
 
 JACKSON 
 
 NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, N. C. 
 
 County seat of the county and situated in a very pro- 
 ductive section, with good schools, good churches, 
 and a town with a progressive spirit, will be glad to 
 explain in detail her advantages to any prospective 
 citizen. Our lands are reasonable in price and high 
 in fertility. Write — 
 
 WILSON B. PUGH, Cashier Bank of Northampton, 
 
 JACKSON, N. C, or 
 
 Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, Inc., 
 
 KINSTON, N. C. 
 
[PAGE 29] 
 
 GOLDSBORO 
 
 THE GATE CITY 
 
 OF 
 
 EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 Homeseekers will find everything they desire. Goldsboro 
 is the leading manufacturing" city in Eastern North Caro- 
 lina and our large number of industrial plants offer em- 
 ployment to you. We feature our schools — operating at 
 present nine separate and distinct public schools and are 
 preparing for the erection of another $300,000.00 high 
 school building. Our parks and play grounds are un- 
 equalled. Our public Community Building erected at a 
 cost of $100,000.00 has just been completed. This will 
 offer recreation and amusement to every class. We main- 
 tain a public library with over six thousand volumes under 
 competent management. We have churches of all of the 
 leading denominations. 
 
 GOLDSBORO has doubled its population in the past 
 ten years. We issued in 1924 building permits to the 
 amount of $ 1 , 1 00,000.00. We are erecting at the present 
 time a new million dollar hotel, three modern apartment 
 houses, and scores of new homes. If you want employ- 
 ment either in the manufacturing plants or on the farm, 
 communicate with us. If you desire to establish a busi- 
 ness let us help you to get located. 
 
 GOLDSBORO is the hub of a system of hard surface 
 roads leading in from all directions. We have a trading 
 population within twenty-five miles of half a million peo- 
 ple. Let us furnish you with detail information regarding 
 our city. Write to the — 
 
 GOLDSBORO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 
 
 GOLDSBORO, N. C. 
 
[PAGE 301 
 
 l i — 
 
 a Y 
 
 ©HJMTY 
 
 the hub of the agricultural section of 
 Eastern North Carolina, planting 
 40,000 acres in cotton annually, 
 40,000 acres in tobacco, thousands 
 of acres in potatoes, berries and other 
 truck, offers wonderful possibilities 
 to investors. 
 
 Ample railroad transportation and 
 proximity to northern cities, provides 
 ready markets for truck, livestock, 
 poultry, etc. If you are interested in 
 locating in a diversified agricultural 
 section, write to the Goldsboro 
 Chamber of Commerce, and request 
 detail information. 
 
fPAGE 311 
 
 LITTLETON, - NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 Invites you to locate in its midst. About 500 feet above 
 sea-level, on the main line of Seaboard Air Line Railway 
 between Norfolk, Va., and Raleigh, situated in Halifax 
 and Warren Counties. 
 
 Recent installation of modern water, sewer, electric 
 light systems and paved streets. Population 1 500. Two 
 banks: six churches: six wholesale houses: two lumber 
 manufacturing plants: ice factory: bottling plant: four 
 cotton gins : paper cutter manufacturing plant : one cotton 
 storage warehouse: one tobacco storage warehouse: close 
 proximity extensive water power on Roanoke River: good 
 roads: good schools: Panacea Mineral Springs — health 
 resort — 3 miles away: splendid climate, (not just a pub- 
 licity climate, but ideal for health and agricultural pur- 
 suits). Land slightly rolling, some almost level. Crops 
 principally grown: Cotton, Corn, Tobacco and Peanuts, 
 but well adapted to growth of most any commercial crop. 
 Good land can be bought for $25.00 to $100.00 per acre 
 on easy terms. Easy to cultivate. 
 
 Your inspection or correspondence invited. Full par- 
 ticulars will be furnished whether you wish to engage in 
 manufacturing, farming, business, or just plain long liv- 
 ing with us. 
 
 Address — 
 
 Chamber of Commerce 
 
 LITTLETON, N. C. 
 
[PAGE 32] 
 
 ROANOKE RAPIDS 
 
 OFFER UNUSUAL 
 
 COMBINED POPULATION 8,000 
 
 ASSESSED VALUATION $13,000,000.00 
 
 HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER PLENTIFUL. 
 
 ANNUAL PAYROLL $2,000,000.00 
 
 ANNUAL VALUE MANUFACTURED 
 
 PRODUCTS $12,000,000.00 
 
 POPULATION TRADE AREA 40,000 
 
 THE LARGEST TABLE DAMASK MILL IN THE 
 WORLD. 
 
 TEMPERATURE AND RAIN FALL NOT EXCESSIVE. 
 
 ANNUAL BALES COTTON SOLD IN TWO 
 
 TOWNS 35,000 
 
 MODERN HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING, 
 (The last word in equipment for edu- 
 cation) COSTING $600,000.00 
 
 SIX SUCCESSFUL BIG MILLS EMPLOYING ABOUT 
 3,000 OPERATIVES. 
 
 MILES PAVED STREETS ... .4 
 
 MAIN CROPS GROWN IN TRADE TERRITORY: 
 COTTON, PEANUTS, CORN. 
 
[PAGE 88] 
 
 AND ROSEMARY 
 
 'INDUSTRIAL TWINS 9 
 
 OPPORTUNITIES -:- 
 
 With these facts fixed in your mind, we feel sure that 
 you are now thinking of coming to this section, if you are 
 contemplating a new location. The people of this terri- 
 tory are unusually cordial and will extend every assist- 
 ance, consistent with good business to locate you here. 
 As we see it, there isn't a better opportunity for you in the 
 Southeast than here in these two hustling towns on the 
 famous Roanoke River. We bid you welcome and solicit 
 your inquiries. 
 
 For any further information, write — 
 
 H. H. KING, CHMN. PUBLICITY COMMITTEE 
 
 ROSEMARY, N. C. 
 
 or 
 
 EASTERN CAROLINA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 
 
 KINSTON, N. C. 
 
[PAGE 34] 
 
 lr 
 
 The Logical Trading Center of a Rich Agricultural 
 
 Section of 
 
 60.000 POPULATION 
 
 INVITES YOU 
 
 FIRST in North Carolina in the manufacture of lumber. 
 
 SECOND in North Carolina in manufacture of fertilizer. 
 
 TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES : New Bern and vicinity are served 
 by the Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk Southern railroads; by boat line 
 connecting direct with Norfolk and Baltimore ; and by smaller river lines 
 operating within a radius of 100 miles. 
 
 CHURCHES: All denominations. 
 
 SCHOOLS : Excellent graded school system embracing handsome cen- 
 tral plant and two adequate suburban schools. 
 
 BANKING INSTITUTIONS : Three New Bern banks show total re- 
 sources of $5,550,000.00. 
 
 IDEAL LOCATION AND CLIMATE 
 
 Located seventy-five miles from the Gulf Stream, at the junction of 
 the Neuse and Trent Rivers, New Bern enjoys unique climatic advantages. 
 The annual mean temperature over a period of thirty-four years was offi- 
 cially given as 62°. 
 
 RECREATIONAL FEATURES 
 
 No section of North Carolina, nor of the South, can offer greater recre- 
 ational advantages than New Bern and the vicinity. Boating and fishing 
 are afforded by two large rivers and countless smaller streams ; and thou- 
 sands of acres of hunting grounds abound in all kinds of wild game, animal 
 and fowl. 
 
 The New Bern Country Club on an estate of sixty-five acres, situated 
 on the scenic Trent, offers the advantages of well equipped club house, ten- 
 nis courts, nine-hole golf course, and other features unexcelled for provid- 
 ing real recreation. 
 
 NEW BERN 
 
 A progressive center in the rich tidewater section of Greater North 
 Carolina offers you a rare opportunity for success. This community 
 
 WELCOMES YOU 
 
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 SELMA, NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 SELMA is situated in the center of Johnston, the richest 
 and most progressive in agricultural products of any 
 county in the State. The climate and rainfall is ideal both 
 winter and summer, and our soil is adapted to the produc- 
 tion of all farm crops in abundance. 
 
 HEALTH CONDITIONS: Selma enjoys a health record 
 unsurpassed by any town of its population in the South. 
 We attribute our health record to our climate, and an ideal 
 sewer and sanitary system with an abundant supply of 
 pure healthy water from deep wells. 
 
 CHURCHES: We have nice churches, and are represent- 
 ed by the Methodist, Missionary Baptist, Free-Will Bap- 
 tist, Presbyterian and Episcopal denominations. These 
 churches have a strong membership of pious church going 
 and church working people. The colored are represented 
 by the Methodist, Baptist and Disciples and their church 
 work and religious affiliations are commendable. 
 
 SCHOOLS: Selma boasts of one of the best equipped 
 modern fire-proof school buildings in the South, with well 
 equipped gymnasium in connection with the play 
 grounds. We have a faculty of 27 experienced teachers 
 in our white school and 1 in the colored school. 
 
 CITIZENSHIP: Our citizens, both white and colored, 
 are loyal, law-abiding, energetic and prosperous people, 
 with an eye and heart open to the upbuilding and advance- 
 ment of the town spiritually, morally, educationally, 
 financially and commercially. 
 
 (SEE NEXT PAGE) 
 
[PAGE 36] 
 
 SELMA. NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 LOCATION : Selma is located in the eastern part of North Carolina at the 
 junction of the main line of the Atlantic Coast Line and Southern Railways. 
 These two roads give us excellent traveling and freight facilities. We have 
 56 trains daily, 29 freight and 27 passenger trains, making through con- 
 nections for freight or travel to any point in the United States. Our freight 
 facilities gives us an ideal town for manufacturing enterprises. In addi- 
 tion to our railroad connections, we have two state highways which pass 
 through SELMA and these together with good sand clay branch roads fur- 
 nish excellent highway accommodations to and from town for travel and 
 hauling. 
 
 INDUSTRIES: We have three large cotton yarn factories, one of which 
 has a weaving department, one of the largest fertilizer plants in the state, 
 a branch of the Southern Cotton Oil Co., ice plant, lumber plant and yards, 
 large brick plant, newspaper and job printing office, Southern Railway Co. 
 owns and operates a large yard here, two strong banks, one state and one 
 national, with several smaller enterprises in addition to our successful re- 
 tail and wholesale merchants who can supply the needs of any individual, 
 home or farm in any line from their complete stocks. Our payroll amounts 
 to over $1,000,000.00 annually, the greater percent of which is spent in our 
 town. We have a reasonable low tax rate and living conditions are cheap. 
 
 OPPORTUNITIES: Selma offers wonderful opportunities to manufactur- 
 ing enterprises. The moderate living cost, available labor, unlimited elec- 
 tric power, freight and shipping facilities, desirable and cheap factory sites 
 obtainable and an ideal working climate should induce manufacturers to 
 locate here. We need more manufacturing establishments and will offer 
 special inducements for such. 
 
 Visitors, investigators and inquiries welcomed and appre- 
 ciated. Any information pertaining to our town and 
 country will be gladly furnished by the 
 Mayor or Town Clerk. 
 
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 LESTER JONES D. M. CLARK 
 
 Chief of Police Mayor 
 
 CLERK'S OFFICE 
 
 J. O. DUVAL, City Clerk 
 
 GREENVILLE, N. C, January 1st, 1925. 
 
 FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
 
 AS OF JANUARY 1st, 1925. 
 
 Assessed Valuation, 1924 ...J 8,745,528.00 
 Actual Valuation, Esti- 
 mated 12,000,000.00 
 
 Bonded Debt Outstanding $666,900.00 
 
 Floating Debt (Notes Outstanding) 8,000.00 
 
 $674,900.00 
 
 Water Debt ..$126,000.00 
 
 Water and Light Debt 63,000.00 
 
 Sinking Fund (Cash in Treas- 
 ury) 51,877.15 
 
 Uncollected Special Assess- 
 ments 40,815.83 
 
 Uncollected Special Assess- 
 ments, New Accounts 38,395.02 
 
 $320,088.00 
 
 NET DEBT ......$354,812.00 
 
 For further Information, write 
 
 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 
 
 GREENVILLE, N. C. 
 
 12,612,808 ACRES UNTILLED LAND IN EASTERN 
 
 CAROLINA 
 
 The 1920 census showed that there are in the 46 counties covered by this organiza- 
 tion, 12,612,808 acres of land that aren't being cultivated. There are 3,180,732 acres 
 that are being cultivated, which represents about one-fourth of the total area under 
 cultivation. 
 
 The total value of the crops of Eastern Carolina will reveal what a wonderful op- 
 portunity there is here for new settlers. The total productivity of the land under 
 cultivation, represents only a small portion of the wealth that is really here. There 
 are millions of acres not producing that would produce in the same proportion as those 
 acres that are producing. Thousands of acres of this land don't even need drainage. 
 
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 n = 
 
 TRENTON 
 
 JONES COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 A Town with Progressive People 
 and Good Agricultural Surroundings 
 
 TRENTON is the County Seat of Jones County, one of 
 the substantial counties of Eastern North Carolina. Rich 
 fertile lands on all sides of TRENTON. An excellent 
 location for live stock and poultry. 
 
 All truck crops grow abundantly along 
 with the staple crops, cotton, corn, 
 tobacco and peanuts. 
 
 IT WILL PAY YOU TO INVESTIGATE TRENTON 
 
 AND SURROUNDING TERRITORY BEFORE 
 
 YOU DECIDE UPON A LOCATION. 
 
 For definite information, please write 
 
 J. K. WARREN, Trenton, N. C, 
 
 or 
 
 Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, Inc., 
 
 KINSTON, N. C. 
 
[PAGE 39] 
 
 THE PORT AND RESORT OF 
 
 WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 By LOUIS T. MOORE, 
 
 Secretary of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce 
 
 Situated thirty miles from the mouth of 
 the Cape Fear River, which has a sufficient 
 depth to accommodate vessels drawing up to 
 twenty-seven and a half feet of water, Wil- 
 mington, North Carolina, is one of the most 
 favorably located of the South Atlantic ports 
 of the United States. It is midway between 
 New York and Florida and serves a great 
 agricultural and industrial district. Both the 
 Seaboard Air Line Railway and the Atlantic 
 Coast Line Railroad serve the port. Their 
 various branches afford half a dozen or more 
 routes by which the city can be approached 
 from various sections of the territory, of 
 which it is the trading and shipping center. 
 
 Regular service is maintained by water 
 routes with other ports on the Atlantic Coast, 
 while vessels bound for foreign ports call 
 continuously at its terminals. 
 
 During the world war a considerable ship- 
 building industry was developed at Wilming- 
 ton by the government. Two of the large 
 shipbuilding yards are now being converted 
 into industrial centers and terminals for the 
 manufacture and storage of merchandise 
 bound for foreign and domestic markets. 
 Many improvements (including the dredging 
 of a thirty-foot channel from the mouth of 
 the Cape Fear River to the city docks) are 
 either under way or have been planned for 
 the near future. It is confidently expected 
 that the port's traffic will develop rapidly. 
 
 Wilmington has a well protected anchorage 
 basin approximately 3,000 feet long by 700 
 feet wide. The value of merchandise passing 
 through the port during the past fiscal year 
 was approximately $80,000,000. In view of 
 this fact, it is expected that the government 
 will take favorable action on the plan for 
 deepening the channel of the river in order 
 to permit vessels drawing up to thirty feet 
 of water to proceed to the city docks. There 
 is a thirty-foot depth of water across the bar 
 
 at the mouth of the river. The port already 
 has excellent docking facilities. Warehouses 
 and sheds afford approximately 1,000,000 
 square feet of storage space along the water- 
 front. 
 
 Wilmington's deep water channel enables 
 ships to dock at local wharves and discharge 
 cargoes for interior points. With a water- 
 way transportation volume of business aggre- 
 gating at present from seventy to eighty 
 million dollars, there is no doubt that the 
 State will be able to serve its citizens through 
 continuous utilization of Wilmington as a 
 port of entry. 
 
 BANKING FACILITIES 
 
 Wilmington is one of the strongest bank- 
 ing centers in the State. Bank resources ap- 
 proximate $25,000,000, with capital and sur- 
 plus of about four million dollars. Wilming- 
 ton's strong financial institutions are of di- 
 rect benefit and service not only to the com- 
 munity but to the entire State. The banks 
 of Wilmington display a commendable atti- 
 tude toward new enterprises and are always 
 willing to extend very reasonable co-opera- 
 tion and accommodations based on proper 
 degree of protection. 
 
 RESORT ADVANTAGES 
 
 Wilmington, "The City by the Sea," is 
 unique in its natural advantages as a winter 
 and summer resort. It is surrounded by 
 water, with the Cape Fear and Northeast 
 rivers on the one hand, and a succession of 
 popular beaches on the other. Among these 
 may be mentioned Wrightsville, Carolina, 
 Wilmington and Fort Fisher beaches. In 
 summer the usual water sports, dancing and 
 various forms of entertainment may be se- 
 cured, chiefly at Wrightsville and Carolina 
 beaches. In the fall and early winter "surf 
 fishing" at all these beaches is a favorite 
 form of amusement, when large catches of 
 
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 bluefish, drum and Spanish mackerel, result. 
 
 An excellent electric service is maintained 
 to Wrightsville Beach throughout the year, 
 with a special half hour service in the sum- 
 mer months. Splendid automobile roads lead 
 to the other beaches and the tourist is as- 
 sured of ample entertainment and delightful 
 surroundings at any season of the year. 
 
 At the mouth of the historic Cape Fear is 
 located "Smith's Island" or "Bald-Head." 
 The development of this island as a year- 
 round resort has already been commenced. 
 The climate the year round is virtually trop- 
 ical. Palmetto trees, palm and other forms 
 of tropical flora are found there is abund- 
 ance. Near Smith's Island is located the 
 famous old stronghold of the Confederacy, 
 "Fort Fisher." This is one of the most won- 
 derful achievements in fort-building in the 
 world's history and was the scene of the 
 greatest naval engagement in the world's 
 history prior to the Russo-Japanese War. 
 
 INDUSTRIAL FACTS 
 
 Nearly 150 different articles are manu- 
 factured in the city or in the hinterland for 
 which Wilmington is the natural outlet. A 
 number of large fertilizer factories are locat- 
 ed at this point and the imports of raw ma- 
 terials are of great volume. The gross value 
 of business in fertilizers and fertilizer ma- 
 terials in 1924 was estimated at about $20,- 
 000,000. 
 
 This district is also noted for its timber 
 resources. It is estimated that 100,000,000 
 feet of standing timber is located within a 
 radius of twenty-five miles of the port. Sev- 
 eral varieties of marketable timber grow 
 abundantly throughout the district served by 
 the port. 
 
 AGRICULTURAL POINTS 
 
 A large portion of the territory about 
 Wilmington is utilized for agricultural pur- 
 poses. Agricultural products form a consid- 
 erable proportion of the exports through the 
 port. The three essentials of successful ag- 
 riculture — good soil, an ample and evenly 
 distributed rainfall and a long growing sea- 
 son — are found in the Wilmington district. 
 Consequently, the farm products of this sec- 
 tion are abundant and varied, while cotton 
 and tobacco form the staple crops of the en- 
 tire region. Under normal conditions one- 
 fifth of the 2,500,000 bales of cotton produced 
 in North and South Carolina is shipped 
 through the port. Alexander Sprunt & Son, 
 one of the largest cotton export firms of the 
 country has its headquarters here. Wil- 
 mington is one of the few Southern ports 
 that is not wholly dependent upon cotton and 
 tobacco crops, due to the diversification of 
 its industries. When these crops are short, 
 the port still has its many other products to 
 depend upon. 
 
 For further information, write 
 
 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 
 
 WILMINGTON, N. C. 
 
[PAGE 41 j 
 
 WASHINGTON 
 
 BEAUFORT COUNTY, N. C. 
 
 A City of 7,000 People Enjoying Excellent Water 
 
 Facilities, Freight Rates, and One that Has Already 
 
 Made Good as an Industrial Town. 
 
 Large business interests are here now due to the favora- 
 ble transportation both by water and by rail, and there 
 is room for more business houses and manufacturing- 
 plants. Washington is famous as a distributing point 
 for wholesalers and jobbers. 
 
 WASHINGTON 
 
 is in a section of fertile lands where truck crops thrive, 
 along with cotton, corn, tobacco. Washington is an 
 excellent tobacco market, having three large auction 
 houses for the sale of tobacco, and one co-operative 
 warehouse. 
 
 We believe you will do well to get further information 
 about Washington and you may have this by writing 
 to 
 
 Secretary, Chamber of Commerce, Washington, N. C, 
 
 OR 
 
 Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, Inc., 
 
 Headquarters, KINSTON, N. C. 
 
[PAGE 42] 
 
 SMITHFIELD, -:- NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 INDUSTRIES 
 
 SMITHFIELD has the requis- 
 ites for a real home town. Good 
 government, thriving industries, 
 good schools and churches, pure 
 water, clean streets, good roads, 
 opportunities for the rising gener- 
 ation, a progressive community 
 spirit — all make for a splendid in- 
 ducement to folks looking for a 
 good town in which to live. Smith- 
 field is the center of a fine farming- 
 section, and merchandising is a 
 profitable industry. As a market 
 for the produce of the farm, it of- 
 fers the best advantages. For 
 years it has been the only tobacco 
 
 market in a county of 50,000 pop- 
 ulation, last year two auction 
 warehouses and one co-operative 
 warehouse being operated, selling 
 approximately 4,000,000 pounds 
 of the golden weed. Cotton buy- 
 ers on this market last year pur- 
 chased 7,500 bales of cotton be- 
 sides that marketed through the 
 co-operative association. Two cot- 
 ton mills give employment to na- 
 tive labor and the town offers an 
 attractive inducement to the estab- 
 lishment of other manufactories 
 by giving exemption from town 
 taxes for a period of ten years. 
 
 HEALTHFUL LOCATION 
 
 SMITHFIELD is alert to health 
 conditions. Scientific drainage of 
 the town four years ago and the 
 maintenance of systematic spray- 
 ing has reduced malaria almost to 
 a minimum. The town has an un- 
 
 usually low death rate. When one 
 does need medical attention, how- 
 ever, a corps of physicians and a 
 hospital with a successful surgeon 
 provide adequate treatment. 
 
 SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES 
 
 SMITHFIELD has the best 
 when it comes to schools and 
 churches. Five churches, Meth- 
 
 odist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Epis- 
 copal and Primitive Baptist, work- 
 ing harmoniously, provide a relig- 
 
[PAGE 43] 
 
 ious atmosphere that no town can 
 afford to be without. An accredit- 
 ed high school with a faculty of 
 thirty gives its graduates oppor- 
 tunity to enter not only colleges 
 of this State but any college in the 
 Southern Association of Colleges 
 
 without entrance examinations. 
 Two modern, commodious brick 
 buildings for the white school chil- 
 dren and a fourteen-room brick 
 structure for the negro children 
 are ample for educational needs 
 years to come. 
 
 CIVIC IMPROVEMENTS 
 
 SMITHFIELD is more than a 
 wide place in the road. Paved 
 streets and sidewalks, electric 
 lights and water-works give it a 
 "city air." Neuse River, upon 
 which the town is located, fur- 
 nishes the water supply, the drink- 
 ing water having an especially fine 
 
 OTHER ADVANTAGES 
 
 analysis from the state laborato- 
 ries. Electric power to turn all 
 sorts of machinery is available. A 
 fire company with splendid fire- 
 fighting apparatus combine to give 
 Smithfield an unusually low insur- 
 ance rate. 
 
 SMITHFIELD is the county 
 seat of one of the fifty best coun- 
 ties in the United States and has 
 a court house second to none in 
 North Carolina. It is located only 
 twenty-eight miles from the State 
 capital, a paved highway joining 
 the two towns. Two main high- 
 ways of the State, Route No. 10 
 that traverses the State from east 
 to west, and Route No. 22 that 
 goes through the State from north 
 to south, intersect in this city, and 
 the Florida-Carolinas Short Route 
 will in all probability be located 
 
 through Smithfield. It is on the 
 main line of the Atlantic Coast 
 Line Railroad. A Building and 
 Loan Association has just closed 
 the most successful year of its his- 
 tory, having built on an average 
 last year, a $4,000 house every 
 thirty days. Two strong banks fur- 
 nish adequate banking facilities. 
 One institution is a state bank with 
 resources of $385,000. This bank 
 is only three years old and has the 
 distinction of never having had to 
 charge off a bad loan. The other, 
 a national bank, is the oldest in the 
 
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 county and has a paid in capital largest bank for the size of the 
 stock of $175,000. This is the town in North Carolina. 
 
 BIGGEST ASSET 
 
 SMITHFIELD'S biggest asset, 
 however, is its people. Genial and 
 kindly, they know how to make a 
 stranger "one of them." Those 
 who come to Smithfield temporar- 
 ily want to stay. The citizens be- 
 lieve in their town. They believe 
 in booster organizations. Besides 
 
 a newspaper, a necessity in any 
 progressive town, a Kiwanis Club 
 that lives up to its motto, more 
 than a hundred women organized 
 into a Woman's Club and a Cham- 
 ber of Commerce are continually 
 on the alert to improve Smithfield. 
 
 SMITHFIELD'S AMBITIONS 
 
 SMITHFIELD is progressive. 
 Smithfield wants more POPULA- 
 TION, more INDUSTRY, more 
 CAPITAL, more TRADE, more 
 PROSPERITY. SMITHFIELD is 
 
 ready to give the glad hand to citi- 
 zens of the right sort. 
 
 Further information furnished 
 by the Chamber of Commerce, or 
 City Clerk, Smithfield, N. C. 
 
 SMITHFIELD HAS WITHIN A RADIUS OF FIFTY-TWO MILES 
 
 430,000 PEOPLE 
 
 BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OP MARKET STREET, SMITHFIELD, N. C, PROM TOP OP COURT HOUSE 
 
[PAGE 45] 
 
 "THE BIGGEST LITTLE TOWN IN EASTERN 
 NORTH CAROLINA" 
 
 FARMVILLE 
 
 PITT COUNTY 
 
 Situated on Norfolk Southern and Eastern Carolina Rail- 
 way, 73 miles east of Raleigh, 136 miles west of 
 
 Norfolk, Va. 
 
 POPULATION 2500 
 
 FIVE MILES OF PAVED STREETS 
 
 Splendid Modern School Building, Costing $180,000.00 
 
 A-l GRADE HIGH SCHOOL 
 
 Two Banks, Three Tobacco Sales Warehouses, Three 
 Tobacco Factories, Oil Mill and Fertilizer Factory, 
 
 Six Churches 
 
 IDEAL FACTORY SITES 
 
 Farmville is situated in the Best Agricultural District in 
 
 the South. 
 
 Principal Crops: Cotton, Tobacco, Corn and Anything 
 that grows in good soil. 
 
 Municipal Water and Light Plant with 24-Hour-a-Day 
 
 Service. 
 
 WE INVITE YOU 
 
 Write 
 
 MAYOR OF FARMVILLE, or ROTARY CLUB, 
 
 Farmville, N. C. 
 
[PAGE 46 | 
 
 Mr. Farmer: 
 
 COME TO 
 
 W A RSA W 
 
 THE METROPOLIS OF DUPLIN 
 
 And look around the near vicinity for a farm. Buy it. Soil is as productive 
 as any in the South, and farms can be bought at reasonable prices. 
 
 WARSAW has good schools — All Modern Municipal Improvements — Best 
 of Railroad Facilities — Three large Tobacco Warehouses — One large To- 
 bacco Stemmery — Paved Streets — Several Wood-working Plants and Plan- 
 ing Mills — Various other industries, including all of which makes it one of 
 the best towns in Eastern Carolina. 
 
 For any information or details, write 
 
 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, - - Warsaw, N. C. 
 
 SOME FACTS ABOUT EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 There isn't anything that speaks so strong as Facts, and Eastern Carolina has the 
 facts to prove her claims to pre-eminence as a section in many respects. North Car- 
 olina stands fourth in the United States in the production of Agricultural products 
 in 1923, and she stands fifth in the production of all products. Her cotton crop of 
 over a million bales, at an average of $185.00 per bale, went a long ways towards 
 bringing her total up to the winning point. It is a fact that 736,875 bales of this 
 cotton were grown in the 46 counties embraced in the territory of the Eastern Caro- 
 lina Chamber of Commerce. The total tobacco products in 1923 amounted to $85,- 
 000,000.00 for the entire State and the statistics show that $58,000,000.00 of this 
 tobacco was grown in the territory covered by the Eastern Carolina Chamber of 
 Commerce. The State's truck, fruit, and vegetable products amounted to $30,000,- 
 000.00. The territory covered by this organiation produced of this amount $25,000,- 
 000.00. The total manufactured products of the State amounted to $352,000,000.00. 
 The Eastern part of the State covered by this organization produced $186,000,000.00 
 of this total. This will give the citizens of this State an idea as to what this section 
 is really doing in the way of producing. The outsider can very readily see where he 
 can find a place where "Prosperity is Perennial." We want you to make investiga- 
 tion about this section. The Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce will gladly and 
 cheerfully give any information asked for by anybody, either local or otherwise. If 
 we haven't got it we will get it for you. 
 
[PAGE 47 | 
 
 ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 OFFERS ATTRACTIVE ADVANTAGES TO THE 
 
 BUSINESS MAN IN ANY LINE. 
 
 FOR FULL INFORMATION, WRITE 
 
 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, - Rocky Mount, N. C. 
 
 Wilson, N. Carolina 
 
 THE WORLD'S LARGEST BRIGHT LEAF 
 TOBACCO MARKET 
 
 IS AN IDEAL LOCATION 
 FOR INDUSTRIES 
 
 Electric Power in abundance — Labor dependable — 
 Climate invigorating — Excellent Transportation Fa- 
 cilities — Adequate School Accommodations, and 
 Living Conditions up to the standard. 
 
 We solicit your inquiries. 
 
 Chamber of Commerce 
 
 WILSON, N. C. 
 
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 North Carolina To 
 
 The Front Rank 
 
 Although this publication deals primarily with conditions in Eastern North Car- 
 olina, it might be well to give a few facts about the State as a whole. The coun- 
 ties listed in this publication have made it possible and although the territory covered 
 by this organization includes 46 counties, only those making appropriations for this 
 special work are included in this book. However, the Eastern Carolina Chamber of 
 Commerce will be delighted to furnish information about any of the counties of the 
 forty-six. 
 
 No state in the Union has made such rapid increase industrially, agriculturally, 
 and educationally as North Carolina, during the recent yea~rs. Her growth sounds 
 more like a fairy tale than it does real facts. But it is a fact just the same. In 
 1900 expenditures for education in North Carolina amounted to less than a million; 
 in 1923 the expenditures total $23,000,000.00. In 1900 the expenditures for new 
 school buildings was less than $41,000.00 ; in 1922 it was more than $6,000,000.00. In 
 1900 the average value of each school house was $150.00 ; in 1922 it was $4,500.00. 
 In 1900 the average length of public school term was 73 days ; in 1922 it was 143 
 days. In 1900 North Carolina had about 30 high schools ; in 1923 she had 475. In 
 1900 the percentage of illiteracy in North Carolina was 29.4; in 1920 it had been 
 reduced to 13.1, the white race being only 7.1. 
 
 MANUFACTURING 
 
 In 1900 the capital invested in manufacturing in North Carolina was $68,283,- 
 000.00 ; in 1920 it was $669,144,000.00. In 1900 the value of manufactured products 
 was $85,274,000.00 ; in 1920, $943,808,000.00. In 1900 North Carolina cotton mills used 
 190,000,000 pounds of cotton ; in 1920, 449,000,000 pounds. In 1900 North Carolina 
 produced 29,790,000 bushels of corn; in 1920, 54,630,000 bushels. 
 
 FINANCES 
 
 These figures speak for themselves. In 1900 the total resources of the National 
 Banks of North Carolina was $15,362,000.00; in 1920, $183,816,000.00. In 1900 the 
 total deposits in National Banks in the State were $16,700,000.00; in 1920 they were 
 $315,000,000.00. In 1900 the assessed valuation of property in the State was $306,- 
 579,000.00 ; in 1920 it was $3,139,705,000.00. 
 
 EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA HAS HER SHARE 
 
 Our territory covers half the State and the enormous figures referred to above 
 apply half to Eastern Carolina and half to the other part of the State. No section 
 of the State has made greater progress along any line than the Eastern Part of the 
 State and we take great pride in submitting figures to anybody interested in deter- 
 mining any of the above facts relating to this section. 
 
RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 GOVERNING HOME SEEKERS FARES 
 
 TO EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA 
 
 EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, TO DECEMBER 1, 1925. 
 
 FARES 
 
 (a) For parties of five (5) or more adults or the equivalent (two half 
 fares to be counted as one adult fare), traveling together on one ticket the 
 following fares will apply for each adult member of party. 
 
 One regular one-way adult fare via route used plus $2.00 for the round 
 trip for each member of the party. 
 
 The one-way fares are as shown in tariffs lawfully on file with the Inter- 
 state Commerce Commission. 
 
 (b) For Children. Children under five years of age, when accompanied 
 by parent or guardian, will be transported free. 
 
 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 Dates of Sale and Final Limits. — Tickets will be sold good for use from 
 original starting point only on dates shown below under "Dates of Sale" and 
 return trip must be completed prior to midnight of the date shown below 
 under "Final Return Limit" opposite the date of sale. 
 DATES OF SALE : FINAL RETURN LIMIT : 
 
 April 7, 1925 April 28, 1925 
 
 April 21, 1925 May 12, 1925 
 
 May 5, 1925 May 26, 1925 
 
 May 19, 1925 June 9, 1925 
 
 June 2, 1925 June 23, 1925 
 
 June 16, 1925 July 7, 1925 
 
 July 7, 1925 July 28, 1925 
 
 July 21, 1925 August 11, 1925 
 
 August 4, 1925 August 25, 1925 
 
 August 18, 1925 September 8, 1925 
 
 September 1, 1925 September 22, 1925 
 
 September 15, 1925 October 6, 1925 
 
 October 6, 1925 October 27, 1925 
 
 October 20, 1925 November 10, 1925 
 
 November a, 1925 November 24, 1925 
 
 November 17, 1925 December 8, 1925 
 
 December 1, 1925 December 22, 1925 
 
 Form of Tickets and Transit Limits : — Non-transferable tickets requiring 
 signature by original purchaser in presence of ticket seller at time of pur- 
 chase, non-transit limit, punch final limit, and requiring validation by being 
 signed by original purchaser, witnessed and stamped at validation point. 
 
 (a) Going Trip must begin on date of sale as indicated on each ticket by 
 selling agent. 
 
 (b) Return Trip must begin on the date stamped on back of ticket by 
 agent at validating point, or on any date thereafter within final limit. 
 
 THE FARES SHOWN ON THIS PAGE WERE FURNISHED BY THE 
 NORFOLK SOUTHERN AND ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROADS. 
 
Some Facts Relative to 
 
 Eastern North Carolina 
 
 COMPOSED OF 46 COUNTIES 
 
 POPULATION THESE 46 COUNTIES (estimated) 1,300,000 
 
 TOTAL VALUE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, 1923 $260,000,000.00 
 
 TOTAL VALUE MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS, 
 
 ANNUALLY $189,901,000.00 
 
 TOTAL COST IN FIVE YEARS, ROADS, SCHOOL 
 BUILDINGS, COURT HOUSES, ETC., (esti- 
 mated) $100,000,000.00 
 
 EXCELLENT SYSTEM OF ROADS CONNECTING UP ALL TOWNS OF 
 ANY SIZE. 
 
 33,000,000 PEOPLE LIVE WITHIN 36 HOURS HAUL OF AVERAGE 
 LOADING POINT IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. 
 
 2,500 MILES (estimated) NAVIGABLE RIVERS IN EASTERN 
 CAROLINA. 
 
 EASTERN CAROLINA HAS LARGEST BRIGHT LEAF TOBACCO 
 MARKET IN THE WORLD. 
 
 EASTERN CAROLINA HAS THE LARGEST TABLE DAMASK MILL 
 IN THE WORLD. 
 
 EASTERN CAROLINA HAS SOME OF THE LARGEST LUMBER 
 PLANTS IN THE SOUTH. 
 
 EASTERN CAROLINA HAS EXCELLENT WATER FACILITIES. 
 
 EASTERN CAROLINA IS A VERY HEALTHY PLACE IN WHICH TO 
 
 LIVE. 
 EASTERN CAROLINA TOWNS ARE GROWING BY LEAPS AND 
 
 BOUNDS. 
 EASTERN CAROLINA BANKS SHOW LITTLE, IF ANY BILLS 
 
 PAYABLE. 
 EASTERN CAROLINA FARMERS ARE IN HEALTHY FINANCIAL 
 
 CONDITION. 
 EASTERN CAROLINA HAS SOILS ADAPTED TO ANY CROPS IN 
 
 TEMPERATE ZONE. 
 EASTERN CAROLINA HAS A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE FOR YOU IF 
 
 YOU ARE WILLING TO WORK. 
 
 For any information, write 
 
 EASTERN CAROLINA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INC. 
 
 Headquarters, Kinston, N. C.