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SECTION TWO SECTION TWO VOLUME NO. 8; NO. 44 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JVIARCH 6, 1946 $1.0C PER ANNUM Florida Boom This Time Is A Cash Affair HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF LONG GREEN BEING SPENT IN FLOWER STATE MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 28.—The boom that struck Florida this winter is just like that of 20 years ago in that it’s all down with paper—last time it was just paper, but this time it’s “long green”. Last time it was all done on paper -promissory notes, mortgages, blue- S rints, and checks that bounced, ard. . _ - = , This time it’s coin of the realm in I drawing up abstracts, searching for and buses brought prospective cus tomers from surrounding towns. In some instances, promoters rented boats, rowed out to what they called “choice locations,” and said to pcp- eyed customers: “This is your lot,” 'pointing straight down. People bought too—thousands of them—usually with $10 down and the remainder only a promise to pay, verbally or otherwise. Clerks worked far into the night, recording deeds and mortgages, the forms of tens, twenties and hundred dollar bills—rolls of them. The other boom, meaning the one that roared along through the mid dle twenties, brought hundreds of thousands to the state, most of them bent on getting rich at the expense of the other fellow They’d never seen anything like Florida; and Florida had never seen anything like them. ‘Binder Boys’ Then They were promoters and traders —“binder boys” was the popular designation, because they wore knickers and their slogan was “get a binder’.’ Lots were staked out in pine woods and praries, miles from railroads or highways. Acres of blueprints clut tered up every real estate office, owners of property someone wanted to subdivide and sell. A lot of buildings never got be yond the blueprint stage, if that far. They blamed in on the embargo. Remember the embargo? Well, lum ber and other building materials poured into the state by carload and trainload, and ships were anchored off Miami Beach unable to get in the harbor to unload their cargoes, but it couldn’t get here fast enough to meet the demand. Money Often Ran Out Some developments never got be yond pink sidewalks, winding drive ways and fancy street lights- minus any buildings, because the money ran out—whait little money there was in those days—and the prompt ers left as suddenly as they had come. Fantastic stories are told about those boom days, and many of them can be verified. Like the one about the grove owner, who got the fever. He advertised his property for sale at $25,000, became afraid someone would buy it, and doubled his price. He still has it. Another sold his orange grove for $20,000, with 25 down. He still has it, too. Some of the developments kept going and growing even after the “binder boys” had gone their way, like Miami Beach, which grew into a modern city of hundreds of fine hotels and thousands of beautiful homes, with hospitals, parks and playgrounds. Or Davis, Island, dreged up out of Tampa bay, where something like $40,000,000 worth of property was sold and which now is a modern residential district of fine homes, a golf course, and tennis courts, a hospital and other facilities. In the 20 years since the boom, Florida has enjoyed tremendous growth. Whole communities have sprung into being; towns have grown into cities and cities have spread out and became metropolises. Railroads and highways have been built and improved; air lines have come to link every corner of the state with every corner of the world. Back To Normal Thousands upon thousands of foot soldiers, airmen and soilors trained in Florida, and when the war ended, Florida went back to .normal as quickly as any section of the coun try. It is a different Florida now, with out the land speculators; a Florida that is ready and capable of enter taining a couple of million visitors. And they’re here. This time they came with money in their pockets, and they’re bent on spending it for one thing—to have a good time, each to his liking. Some of them want to make money, too, just like their fathers did 20 years ago. But most of them are just playing — something like $100,000,000 will be wagered at horse and dog tracks this season, and that’s all cash. Beaches, golf courses, tennis courts, playgrounds and camping facilities are jammed, and have been for two months. During the other boom—if this is a boom, and it looks like one—peo ple stood in line for hours even over night to buy lots, most of them hop ing for ' quick re-sale, at a big profit. This time they’ll stand in line for hours—to buy anything that’s for sale. Landmark For Peace Official Havy Photograph WILMETTE, ILL. — Used as a landmark during the war by Naval aviators at nearby Glenview Ajr Base, the Baha’i Temple here, near Chicago, continues to stand out as a symbol of peace. Among architects the Temple is recognized as one of the outstanding edifices of its kind in the U. S. The Baha’i Faith, dedicated to the international brotherhood of man and universal peace, is followed in 78 countries by adherents whose sole purpose is to further the principles of the Faith. RUBBER TOWERS /M-Uft RUBBER TREES vjjbw ■ < —uiiu.. l wa n—t-ibi-t- —■■iti nri— Newly completed unit operated by Sinclair Rubber Inc. for the Government. W HEN the Japs grabbed the rubber trees of Malaya and the East Indies, they never visioned that these "rubber towers” would spring up in Texas. Here, in the modern plant pictured above which is operated by Sinclair Rubber Inc. for the Government, a petroleum product, butylene, is transformed into butadiene. And butadiene, when mixed with styrene, becomes today’s tree-less rubber— fynthetic rubber with a bounce. s Todav, Sinclair makes not only components for synthetic rubber, but its modern refineries also make toluene, used in the manufacture of the explosive TNT, 100-octane gasoline and jnany types of fuels and specialized lubricants needed wherever wheels go ’round. Altogether there are 10 Sinclair refineries turning out products for war. • SINCLAIR DEALERS help keep wheels turning on the home front, too. Let a Sinclair Dealer service your car regularly. BUY MORE WAR BONDS AND STAMPS SI NC LAI S. C. Paysinger, Agent Army and Navy Attempt to Make Surplus (Soods Available to Veterans 17 Apply For License To Wed In February The following couples applied for mariage license during the month of February: James Clifton Smith and Florence Caldwell, Whitmire; James Wade Mc Clure, Nashville, Tenn., and Cather ine Spearman Elders, Newberry; Ed ward Arthur Thomasson, Newberry and Madge Elizabeth Craft, Rock Hill; Fred Raymore Harmon and Ruby Elizabeth Berry, route one, Newberry; Furman Kinard, route three, Newberry and Martha Frick, route one, Little Mountain; Fred erick Crase, Freeport, HI., and Thelma Davis, Whitmire; John Rich ard Morris and Ruby Connelly, New berry; Marion Raymond Smith, New berry, and Elizabeth Cox, route four, N ewberry. Also, Robert Fred Daniels, Fren- tres, Texas, and Gladys Smith, New berry; Arthur Emerson Jacob, Ver ona, N. J., and Sibyl Jaunita Boozer, Newberry; Bunch A. Nugent, Mis soula, Mont., and Treacy Stewart, Seminole, Okla.; Carroll Brayan Mayer and Marguerite Gregory, Po- maria; James Darby and Monteen Phillips, Newberry; Willie Fred Fulmer, Newberry and Christine Wicker, route three, Pomaria; Cur tis Oscar Chapman, route one, New berry, and Vonnie Griffin, Newber ry; and Herman Osborne Berry and Dorothy Mae Padgett, Newberry. WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—The ar my and navy have ordered their Paci fic commands to send back to the United States as soon as possible all surplus goods which can aid civil ian reconversion, it was disclosed tonight. Orders went out last week to Gen. Douglas MacArthur at Tokyo to arrange for the transfer of such material as is surplus to his occu pation needs. Simultaneously the Navy department advised its Pacific commands that it should move home- Loans! ON REAL ESTATE AUTOMOBILES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY NEWBERRY INSURANCE AND REALTY 00. NED PURCELL, Manager TELEPHONE 197 Exchange Bank Building ward “unneeded goods which may be useful to the civil populations.” They preceded by a week an nouncement that three high-rank ing government officials would make a one-month round-the-world survey of U. S. surplus property abroad, and inquire into numerous G. I. gripe that the same articles that relatives at home are vainly seek ing have been wantonly destroyed at Army and Navy bases. The United Press informant said the first surplus goods to be sent home probably would be badly-need ed trucks and tractors, blankets, tools and the like. Motorized vehicles, he said, are no longer as important as they were when the order of the day was to set up camp in some wilder ness, or build an airfield in 36 hours. GOVERNMENT COTTON SALES BE SUSPENDED FOR SALE—Electric Singer Sewing machine in A-l condition. Call 590-W. 3tc BRING US YOUR PECANS —ANY DAY —ANY AMOUNT —ANY SIZE NUTS. Highest Market Prices R. DERRILL SMITH WHOLESALE GROCER WE PUT NEW LIFE IN DEAD RADIOS Our Radio Technicians Will Put Your Radio in Perfect Condition. WORK & PARTS GUAR ANTEED 90 DAYS PEAKES RADIO SERVICE 1207 Friend St ■ Phone 182-J WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. — The Agriculture department announced today that sales of government-held cotton will be, suspended between March 1 and March 15 except for export on commitments made prior to March 1. After March 15, such cotton will he offered on a daily bid basis. No sales will be made however, below the parity price of cotton. The department said the tempo rary suspension in sales was ordered because of a heavy volume of sales during January and February and to give the department time to ad just the sales operations to a daily bid basis. Heretofore, cotton has been offer ed a t longer intervals than a day. Wiggins Says World Becoming Socialist COLUMBIA, Feb. 28.—A. L. M. Wiggins, Hartsville banker and news paper publisher, warned today that the world is “fast going toward socialism” as he advised reorganiza tion “of our economic system.” He told members of the Columbia Merchants association that “free enterprise and capitalism are under attack,” with “machinery already set up to take in socialism when ever the people want it”. He then urged that business men recognize the principles involved in democracy and “see that the pres ent system opearted for the good and welfare of all people.” For the first time in its history, he said, South Carolina “has an accumulation of wealth with which to bring in new industries.” “As I see it,” he continued, “we have three or four years in which to reorganize our economic system in order to establish a balance of trade and raise the living stand ard.” FIVE JAPS TO HANG FOR SLAY ING THREE FLIERS AT HANKOW SHANGHIA, Feb. 28.—Maj. Gen. Masataka Kaburagi and four Japan ese non-commissioned officers were sentenced today to hang for the ‘hate’ parade and murder of three Ameri can' fliers at Hankow December 16, 1944. The American Military commission, trying the first of the Shanghai war crimes cases, convicted 12 other de fendants and sentenced them to pri son terms ranging from 18 months to life. One defendant was acquitted. USE 6 6 6 COLD PREPARATIONS Liquid, Tablets, SalVe, Nose Drops CAUTION—Use only as directed WANTED—HOGS—will pay $14.40 ceiling price for top hogs. Will buy anything from 100 to 300 lbs Price according to grade. THE NEWBERRY ABATTOIR. WANTED—Scrap iron, brass, cop per, lead, zinc, aluminum, pewter, old batteries, radiators, all kinds of rags, old waste cotton, mattress cot ton. Also old feather beds and pil lows filled with goose or duck fea thers. We also have a nice line of groceries. W. H. Sterling, Vincent street. NOTICE! ANYONE CAUGHT Shooting Firearms Especially 22 Rifles Within The City Limits, Will Be Prosesecuted / SIGNED, COLIE L. DOWD Chief of Police NEWBERRY, S. C.