Make Your : IN County "The Gateway to the Albemarle" Rich Lands Good Schools Fine Churches ' . , ' ??? ? ?" "" ^ . -r- ? ? ?-- ' , ^ 1 ? r? - ^- V_." ?; / Reasonable Valuations STATISTICS l?OH I \IIO\ 2.i.OOO ?o? I'll Ysical ( ImractoristicH 2110.320 Vin-s. I .orali-il In (auislal: i'iin-i. I |ilanilr> ami l.nu iainU. Kivri?KOAINOk K ?( )? |OW \s I I< Seal. VS illi.(III-I<>||T Hamilton. JanM>vi4li>. Oak < il\ ami KoIm'I>oii\illr. \Im? I <rrrll> ami Itrar (ira^. -o? I i I III' im hlic schools Most l)i\< i?ifi(il V^ririillnral (anility in tin- l.ntiri- I nited Stall's. ()? I hi limited lllctkic powkk ?t Martin (bounty invites yon to settle within its borders. This (County in rich in agricultural possibilities with a total acre age of 1911.1(19 in farm land*. Of this amount 65.148 is in cul fixation. VatmTof farms, which includes land ami buildings. amoiints to 86.82T.1CI9. Martin (County is probably the most diversified agricultural comity in the United States. Its principal crops arc cotton, peanuts, tobacco, corn and sweet potatoes. Forests and Products?The forest area is approximately 199, 000 acres, comprising 71 per cent of the total Tand area. More than 117.000 acres of this forest area are farm wood lands. The principal merchantable species, by standing hoariT feet, are: Pine, 564)00,000; (Cum. 21,000,000; and threemillion mixed, Timber is accessible by roads, rail and water,. Electric Power?The (loiintv is served by transmission line of Virginia Electric and Power (Company. (Commercial Fisheries?Water products, 102,500. Value. $8,765. Transportation?Hailroad: Atlantic (Coast Line. Bus lines: Uarolina (Coach (Co., Norfolk Southern Bus (Corp. N. (C. Highways: 11, 14, 125, 905. U. S. Highways: 17 and 64. County Board of Commissioners JOHN E. POPE CHAIRMAN ?o? BOB LEE PERRY C. C. FLEMING ABRAM ROBERSON R. A. HAISL1I* County Attorney ELBERT S. PEEL Register of Deeds J. SAM GETSINGER ?o? Clerk of Superior Court L. BRUCE WYNNE ?o? Sheriff of Martin County C. B. ROEBUCK Records Show Year in and Year Out It Pays to Sell Your Tobacco on the Robersonville and Willlaiinston Markets North Carolina's Most Diversified PMMIBjhi

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