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 of a modern city. The area comprising its trade territory is one of the most fertile sections in the county, and it offers many possibilities to anyone desiring to get away from the noise and bustle of the larger towns and cities and at the same time enjoy city advantages. Two well established banks provide for the financial needs of the territory.

PINK HILL, the third largest town, is located in the extreme southern part of the county, 17 miles from Kinston, on a paved highway and served by the Kinston Carolina Railroad. It has an excellent county consolidated school, and many facilities similar to those found in larger towns. It is in the center of a section which produces the highest grade of tobacco in the belt, and is adapted to the profitable production of peaches and dewberries as well as general crops. One growing bank provides for the financial needs.

DEEP RUN is a small town, recently incorporated, located midway between Kinston and Pink Hill on a paved highway and the Kinston Carolina Railroad. It promises to become a factor in the county's commercial life, and like Pink Hill is surrounded by a section adapted to fruits and dewberries as well as other crops.

FARMERS possessing practical scientific knowledge of general, dairy and live stock farming are needed in Lenoir County to help develop her natural resources, and Lenoir County offers to such many opportunities not found elsewhere.

The county seat of Lenoir County, population 12,000, is located on the Neuse River, in the heart of the bright leaf tobacco belt. KINSTON is a modern, clean city, having 13 1-2 miles of paved streets; 30 miles of paved sidewalks; a standard school system, modern and adequate; churches of nearly all denominations ; adequate wholesome amusements; a country club in course of construction; a golf course; two water amusement parks.

KINSTON is served by four rail lines, the Atlantic Coast Line, the Norfolk Southern, the Kinston Carolina, and the Carolina, and is the center of the finest system of hard surfaced roads in the State, making communication with the outside world rapid and easy. The city owns and operates its water and light plant, having a supply sufficient for a city of double the present population.

ELECTRIC CURRENT for INDUSTRIAL use is furnished as low as two cents per K. W. H.; an excellent supply of pure artesian water at reasonable rates.

INDUSTRIES include two cotton mills, a hosiery mill, a packing plant, several lumber plants, five tobacco factories, an iron and mantle works, three ice cream plants, and a score of smaller industries.

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