SPECIAL SECTION
HARNETT COUNTY
Dunn . . . Best Town Under Sun
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Cotton yard near the center of the business district in Dunn. The town is the
largest wagon cotton market in the world.
INDUSTRY, tourist trade
and agriculture have
combined to aid in its
rapid growth and devel¬
opment.
Hy HOOVER ADAMS
DUXX — “The Agricultural.
Tourist Town” — is the hub of *
district unsurpassed for erop
production and bn* a touri* trade un-
equaled from New York to Miami.
Although better known for agricub
ture and tourist trade, that isn't alt
the town has, for now industries arc
springing up almost daily- proof of
the progress that the town hat en¬
joyed.
A Fine Locaton
Lying in a fertile eorner of Harnett.
Johnston, Cumberland and Sampson
counties, it has long been the trading
enter of this section of Kastcrn North
Carolina, catering to the every need of
the purchaser.
Tbo latest outstanding development
of the beautiful little town of more
than 6,000 population wa« the or-
Dunn Coca-Cola Bottling
Company
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ganiution and perfection of the Dunn
Hoard of Control, which during the
past summer operated the Dunn Pro
duce Market, doing a cash business of
more than *100,000. The market
handles all kinds of agricultural
product*— particularly corn. beat»,
cucumbers, pepper, squash, and fruit*
and berries. It not only nerves as n
buying exchange for local fanners and
northern markets but aids the farmer
in better production.
The program of the Hoard of Con¬
trol, o|ierated by a group of aggressive
local businessmen, included for the
past year: a produce market, a better
cotton market, the eucouragement of
ea»h buying and the improvement and
surfacing of the Dunn-Ncaton Grove
road. In each of these four points
marked progress
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made.
For several decades Dunn has been
known as the largest wagon cotton
market in the State. On.- entire block
in the heart of the city has been set
aside for the sale of cotton. During
the tot ton-marketing season this block
presents a lively scene, found only in
>mn. where "Cotton is King."
Around Dunn is the most fertile
farming lands to lie found in the entire
state. In recent years u great num-
l»er of farmers hate adopted the “live-
at-home" program, which was so popu¬
lar in
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making the "cow, sow aid
ben" equal partners in this great for-
ward movement.
On Atlantic Coatt Line
Dunn is located on the main line of
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad— the
mid-point between New York City and
Miami— and it is the eastern terrnint»
of the Durham and Southern railroad.
Federal Highway No. :101, running
from New York to Miami, and
Federal Highway No.
-Ш,
extending
fie» Witaungton to Charlotte, inter-
•eet in Dunn, bringing to the town mil-
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