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 has the greatest hog display ever seen in Eastern North Carolina and her cattle and dairy farm show is great.

"In the exhibitions of farm products the Sampson Fair is without a rival north of the Cape Fear.

"The agricultural exposition at Clinton last fall eclipsed anything ever seen in the State.

"If 200,000 people could see it they would know Eastern North Carolina well enough to call her by her right name. Go to the Sampson Fair and see how Sampson County will present overwhelming proof of the agricultural premiership of North Carolina."

In his write-up of Sampson County on Nov. 8th, 1923, speaking of her exhibits, he says:

"It is nothing short of marvelous as a demonstration of the magnificent agricultural resources of the Coastal Plain Section of North Carolina. Each department is a show within itself and each housed in accordance with a perfect system never before seen at a county fair in the South Atlantic country.

"The greatest exposition of diversified products ever put under one roof in the South.

"It is more than a county fair for it is really an exposition of the matchless productive adaptabilities of what is rapidly developing into absolutely the finest agricultural region in America.

"This section of the State has greater possibilities than any other like area between the Atlantic and the Pacific."

"The bank deposits in the seven banks in the county have doubled since 1921.

"The county's financial system is strong and rapidly increasing and no bankers anywhere in North Carolina are more progressive or liberal in their dealings with a progressive people who are performing wonders in developing their county's wonderful resources."

The county is supplied with numerous streams that will develop unlimited water power but the chief source for power and light is a high tension transmission electric line of the Carolina Power and Light Company traversing Sampson County to Clinton, the county seat. This line affords unlimited amount of power for lights and all manufacturing purposes.

Our people will welcome newcomers in our midst. Fertile farms can be purchased cheap and on easy terms. Fine pastures and cattle farms. Domestic grasses flourish and green pastures can be had all the year round. Our winters are short and mild. Fall and winter gardens require little protection. Three or four crops are often grown during the year on the same lands.

We have the lands and the climate and the natural resources. We want others to come and share these advantages with us.

We need cotton factories, canning factories, oil mills, knitting mills, wood working factories, and outside capital to furnish labor to our people who are not engaged on the farms. A welcome awaits both labor and capital. If you are interested and want more information, address, Forty-Four