FLORIDA BOOM
COMING?
Babson Bullish On
All Southern
? States
By Roger W. Babson
Babson Park, Fla., Feb. 25. ?
X, When will the next Florida boom
...pomer i assume
one is coming
sometime b e
cause s u c 4x
booms seem in
evitable once in
each generation.
Those who. got
caught last time,
1925-1928, will
not get caught
again; but their
children surely
may. Moreover,
there is more
reason for a
BABSON
boom during the 40'f> than there
was during the 20's.
CITRUS INDUSTRY
PROFITABLE
Oranges now bring about $2
per box and grapefruit about
tl. 50 per box on the trees. Cost
of growing is about 60 cents a
box. This is more than citrus
sometimes sold for before the
War. The average yield is about
150 boxes per acre for oranges
and about 280 boxes per acre for
grapefruit. The total Florida
crop has grown from 33,000,000
boxes in 1931 to an estimated
68,000,000 boxes for this season.
Many groves are now producing
as much money as the entire
grove sold for three years ago.
A grove may be a good invest
ment for a Florida family which
can watch and work it. Those,
however, who live in the North
and are obliged to leave grove
care to others may perhaps find
this a good time to sell.
The same general principles ap
ply to vegetable producers who
are now enjoying a honeymoon
irrespective of labor troubles and
ce'iling prices. Those who raise
beans, spinach, peppers, etc., are
making big money provided they
are not hit by frost, hailstorms
or droughts. Not only are all
growers in Florida subject to the
law of supply and demand which,
, in the long run, regulates prices;
but they are subject to freezes,
floods and insects. Hence, one
should Judge the business by at
least a five-year peace-time aver
age not by the State as a whole,
but for the section in which you
now own property or are consid
ering buying. Many citrus and
vegetable growers could now be
compared with Wall Street spec
ulators in 1926-1928 before the
crash in 1929. Growers better
watch out.
TAXES ARE LOW
Practically all municipal bond
issues which defaulted after the
last boom are again paying in
terest, but at much lower rates.
This helps all property owners.
Florida is one of the few States
which gives a $5,000 tax exemp
tion on homes occupied by Flor
ida citizens. It has no , State
debt and only limited personal
property and inheritance taxes,
with no State income taxes per
se. Until two years ago, Florida
had no labor troubles. Its peo
ple are friendly and as a rule go
to church. Mortgages are being
paid up. Thanks to the New
Deal, reople were saved their
homes during the depression.
More Federal income taxes per
capita are being paid by Flor'ida
citizens than by the people of any
other Southern State. This is a
good barometer of prosperity.
1 Before the War, the tourist
business was, perhaps, the State's
most profitable Industry. The
War and lack of transportation
ulll ?,8thwmM8 l? p,eceB- 1 be"!
trvj'i?rs?h?oi,
ln?Ploii/a 8pe'ldlng every Winter
able Hvll are reason- 1
billi fLr fnCOftS l0W and doctors'
D 8 far aPart. A hearty wel
ter fuTl' a" K0f K00d cha'-ac
t?r. Just now there is no easo
wHl beeremoUt a5ier th? War there
over LTV ever" More
' South will be greatly Improved"
THE WOTH ' ,LL HKLI'
Certainly after the War avin
m0ostWSou'heearny St^'^iunM
gwsaaasKaj
hour between 8 A. M. and 10 P
the war ?h?. Vif g them on
go to t h? , e P|anes will
..r, H,o tb? stratosphere and
s?iwberTes. TdT Pea8' "d
niyself hut t h no^ 8ee this
noTers etc trPbeCttVe8etable8
North h? . t0 be transported
es ariup th ?om Southern Stat
Itpsi!
Th? . . ./ery lmP?rtant.
The aviation and other train
ing camps in the South have
nf hD i!iigreat advertisement. Hosts
Of soldiers here tell me they sure
"ve after* the Vtty^canl
rub^can* they 'then'^get^'V8 job
iMr
arif.as^^i
it is a ?iAf . 0t yet recommend
"is a place to oome for a youne
couple Who are dependent ^pon
to Teias or Sat h Th^y "ette/go
? or AIal>ama or some
othej-e State with an industTal
OIL BOOM COMING
a-iraSlr z"?s
Ijbout 45 miIes Southeast of" J
Jof Sarosota^Most * of?the
o? companies are1 now securing
acre. This money is all velvet
leJ?H ?W"e''8 bemuse an oil
| ease does not interfere with rais
anythfng else''"8' Vegetables ?r
?? Edir^0rotnUTotu%7antd0
011 ln addition fo' you^ ^present j
dollars to Florida but it should
?,8? the prices of almost a 1 land
on 'tLZ D?i 0,1 is f?und there
oil ml ? get money from
iJi-f ^re t0 inyest it In more
land as they know nothing about
stocks and bonds. Hence tliia i?i
I no time to sell raw land in Flor j
FOR FIHST CLASS PHI* XING
JJONE 283-1
A best-selling laxative
ALL OVER THE SOUTH
because it's thrifty and
fits most folks needs
BLACK
DRAUGHT
Caution. Us* Only as D tract ad
We Still Have A Few
ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
Lamps, Light Sockets, Iron
Cords and Plugs. Hot Plates.
Wire to Wire Your Home.
JUST RECEIVED SHIPMENT
OF JEWELRY
Stretcher Braclets. Stretcher
Watch Bands For Ladies and
Men, also Lockets, Rings and
Crosses.
RAY N O R'S
Radio & Jewelry Shop
"We Sell the Best and Service the Rest"
Lonlsborg, N. 0.
THE LOW DOWN
from
HICKORY GROVE
t i
I just busted into a hospital.!
ror 2 wees 1
have had the ra
dio at my elbow,
and brothers and
sisters. I am now.,
an authority on<(
programs.' Itg
never before en-|
tered my head tis
that there could f
be such a tre
mendous amount*
of nothing onl
the air 4 ? 24 i
hours contlnu
uua. _ ?
But I did hear JO 8erra
one thing that sorta Intrigued
me. It was the news that the
big Medicine Men there on the
Potomac have decided that a
new label is needed to take the
place of the old one on their old
bottle ot "snake oil and pain kill
er." I mean the New Deal
Brand. They are thinking of
naming the new elixir "Win the
War." Sounds k'inda foxy, but
if sales drop off, you will scratch
around for something that will
help the business. They don't
say that what is in the bottle is
going to be changed, so I guess it
will be the same old stuff ? taste
and smell the same. The label
will have to be mighty pretty.
Yours with the low down,
JO SERRA.
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Richard J. Reynolds of Wln
ston-Salem has presented 3 mo
tion pictures on canning, swine
production, and farm machinery
to the State College Extension
Service to help in the war effort.
Other pictures are planned.
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? On Pay Day, Buy Bonds ?
J FARMERS NK?HT CLASSES
Twenty-seven farmers of Ce
dar Rock are attending night
shop classes in the Vocational
Agriculture Shop at Edward Best
School. These classes are held
on Tuesday and Thursday nights,
3 hours each.
The farmers bring in all types
of machines and equipment, from
pitch forks to mowing machines,
for repair. The men do their
own repair and construction with
the help of the Instructors. They
work together 011 jobs, one man
helping his neighbor tonight and
the neighbor helping him the next
night- Many ideas and much ex
perience changes hands during a
3 hour class.
Last year this Vocational Ag
riculture Department conducted 6
farm machinery repair classes for
farm men and women, with about
85 members attending. Each of
the classes ran 12 nights, or a
total of 36 hours for each class.
These classes are run as a War
Emergency Aid to farmers to en
able them to repair and put back
into use equipment that cannot
be replaced. Also they help him
to spread out his year's work by
doing repair 'in the winter. They
also help him see need for and
make Improvements around the
farm.
Any farmer in this community
may attend these classes. Regu
lar membership and attendance
is desired, because occasional at
tendance defeats the purpose of
the class. Any farmer desiring
to attend may see W. W. McClure,
Teacher of Agriculture at Edward
Best School.
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The War Food Administration
is assigning about 40 per cent
of the available vitamin A to en
richment of poultry feeds. This
vitamin supply will come back in
the 45 billion eggs allowed civil
ians in 1944.
Patronize TIMES Advertiser*
MKS. W. T. J. BATON
Mrs. W. T. J. Eaton, 68, widow
of the late Wood Tucker Johnson
Eaton, of Franklin County, died
at her home in Zebulon Thursday
afternoon of last week.
Surviving are a brother, P. G.
Curtis of Zebulon; three daugh
ters, Sarah Eaton and Mrs. May
Ion Temple of Zebulon, and Janet
Eaton of Wilmington; four sons,
William Eaton of Pranklinton,
John Eaton ot Wilmington, Sgt.
Preston Eaton with the Army in
Texas, and Ira S. Eaton of Ral
eigh, and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
the home Friday afternoon, con
ducted by the Rev. G. J. Griffin,
assisted by the Rev. C. E. Vale
and the Rev. T. B. Davis. Bur
ial was in Fairview Cemetery at
Franklinton.
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CALVIN W. CONN
Funeral services for Calvin W.
Conn, who died at his home on
Route 2, Louisburg, Saturday af
ternoon were conducted by the
Rev. John Edwards from the
White Level Baptist Church Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. Bur
ial followed in the cfhurch ceme
tery.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
P. B. Murphy; a son, A. G. Conn,
both of Route 2, Louisburg, and
several grandchildren.
MRS. JIMMIE GRIFFIN
\
Funeral services for Mrs. Jim
mte Griffin, who died at her home
Route X, Castalla, Friday after
noon, were conducted from the
home Saturday afternoon at 3
o'clock by the Rev. John Ed
wards. Burial followed in the
family cemetery near the home.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Betty Wood of the home, and one
brother, Pete Griffin, of Route 1,
Castalia.
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RENEW VOLIt sutiscivuTION
LEGGETT'S
MIX MATCH SKIRTS AND SWEATERS
THE SWEATER GIRL GOES SMARTLY INTO SPRING:
? -
Because there's nothing' so practical, so pretty as Sweater and Skirt.
Pleated solids and plaids.
Have yours to Mix-Mate endlessly this Spring !
BUT MORE AND MORE WAR BONDS.
E. T. BALL
E. T. Ball, 75, died at the home
of his son, G. E. Ball, near
Youngsvllle, Saturday night.
Surviving are his wife, his son,
G. E. Ball, and a stepdaughter,
Mrs. H.- E. Harris of Franklinton.
Funeral services were held on
Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at
Oak Level Christian Church, con
ducted by the Rev. S. E. Madren.
Burial followed in the church
cemetery.
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BEER YIELDS 8 MILLION'S
IN TAXES
Raleigh, Feb. 21. ? North Car
olina's beer Industry paid $8,077,
438.24 in Federal, State and Lo
cal taxes in 1943, according to
figures compiled by the Brewing
Industry Foundation's North Car
olina Committee.
The Federal Government col
lected $5,148,474.58 in barrel <and
license taxes; the State $2,773,
963.66 in crown, lid and license
taxes; and Local units $155,000
in license fees.
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Tobacco plant beds offer won
derful opportunities for growing
extra supplies of vegetables this
summer.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
A birthday party was given In
honor of Mr. W. C. Holmes' 69th.
birthday, Saturday, Feb., 19th.
The guests began to arrive around
8 o'clock. Music was rendered
by Mrs. T. H. Wynne and Mr.
Holmes.
The guests present were Mr.
and Mrs. C. T. Hudson, Mrs. J.
F. Gupton and daughter, Mr. W.
E. Bartholomew, Mrs. John Ellis
Jones, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Jen
nings, Mr. Bob Peoples, Rev.
Forrest Hedden, Dave Holmes,
Mr. James Spencer and family,
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Wynne and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Webb, Mr. and Mrs. {Jernlan
Kemp, Mr. William "Lancaster,
all of Loulsburg, and John Rob
ert Kennedy of Springfield, 111.,
Larry Malinelll, of Manhattan.
N. Y., also James Kenneth Wat
son, Pittsburgh, Penn., all serv
ing in the U. S. Navy.
Refreshments were served and
the guests departed wishing Mr.
Holmes many more happy birth
days.
Oyster shell, or ground lime
stone, plus a supply of vitamin
D, will prevent egg losses due to
cracking and breaking.
TOO* P
fre/y /bss/#/?
/#/- Cfyfc/l
Facing the biggest food production job of all
time, you will need every pound of soda you
can get. It is coming in faster and, while ships
are still the big problem, there is reason to believe
there.will be enough for every essential requirement.
1,000.000 tons of natural Chilean nitrate?
the tonnage U. 6. farmers used last year
?properly applied, would produce 250,
000,000 bu. of oats or 100,000,000 bu. of
wheat; 125,000,000 bu. of corn or 4,800,000
tons of forage crops; 6,000,000 tons of
vegetables, or 2,500,000 bales of cotton
and 1,100,000 tons of cotton seed.
These figures show why farmers need all the Chilean
Soda they can get to smash '44 goals and help
make Victory sure!
CHILEAN NITRATE o/ SODA
LISTEN!
I know it is bad when you have the money to
buy what you want, but can't find it.
Well in that case, buy just what you need.
What is that you ask? 0. K. Buy War Bonds
with what you have after you buy the things
you are bound to have. I hope to be able to
sell you just what you want sometime, and if
you put your money in Bonds now, you will be
able to buy and pay cash. '
Oh! I have some goods now, and will be glad
to have you come and look around and see if 1^
have anything you can use.
Let's do our best to make the Boys Dreams
come true ? BUY WAR BONDS.
BROWN FURNITURE HOUSE
Phone 314-3 J. L. Brown, Prop.
YOUNGSVILLE, N. C.