The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-03-26
MARTIN

'rS are preparing II mahr good, cV- A.
cry mule. hors" ana lahUrcr ar" .
pressed into service. The whole sec
ton is an Industrious bee hive.
The cant;tloure Planters f this !
section have in Il little smaller acre
az" than in former years. This rru-
ucnce in tn" acreage planted is being ,
exercised on account Of financial con
ditiors that existed North during the !
panicky months OF last fall. There |
will be about 800 acres Of canta- !
InuIcs in the immediate vicinity. /
The largest planters are Martin & |
son, Chamblies * Howell and Kno- |
block Bros.
The bean truckers have in about !
300 acres only The largest planters !
are Martin d Son. Townsend Bros. !
Knoblc-!I Bros. and Chambiiss Il !
Howell. There are many smaller !
planters The Watermelon acreage is !
not 80 large as formerly. Some of |
the larger planters have gone out of
The business. Their" will be some |
thing like 800 acres OF melons plant !
ed in this section. Labor conditions
are nearly the same in this section
as at this time last year. Good la
EorerS are still scarce and for COM
mon work can commend from one
dollar to one dollar and fifty cents
per day. The truck crop must there
fore bring good returns to pay for
the reason that it viii be produced
under conditions quite us adverse as
last year.
The mill industries of this section
are being increased all the time.
The Mefert plant at Martin, now
owned and operated by NJ. J. ROesS
& Co. is being enlarged and greatly
improved. Knoblock Bros. have d
very complete small mill that is do
ing quite a local business. AT Low
ell, only two miles, the Meffert lum-
Der an barrel mill does a fine bust
ness. One mile and a half south we
have the large Summer Lumber Co,
that operates a mill of one hundred
thousand feet capacity and has fitted
up recently a fine planning mill at
tachment. This company works over
one hundred hands operating it's diff
ferent branches Of work. There has
grown up about the mill a prosper
Gus little village that gives promise
of permanency.
Near Martin there is a branch Of
the Florida Lime Cos. works, owned
by the capitalist and industrialist, ]
NJ. Meffert. This fine plant gives
employment to large force of Ia
borers. 1t ranks as the best lime
plant in the state. The product is
in great demand as the lime is of
the best grade. Mr.. Meffert is still
improving this plant. Soon, We I'M
derstand, that there is to be put in Il
saw mill near this plant.
f. p. Townsend has placed his fine
property on the market for sale. He
plans to engage in the turpentine
business. J. n. Tiller & Co, naval
stores operators, are doing Il hourE
ishing business. The firm has en-
ployed at this plant over one hum
dred men. Recently the whole plant
has been repaired and improved. The
white cabins and the, neat appear
ance of the plant make it quite pic
tureSQue.
w. NJ. Martin of the firm of Martin
& Son has charge of the active OPP
GRAFTON Of that firm and is showing
his generalship in handling the bust
ness so profitably. He is combining
the allied farm industries and is sell
ing products each month in the
year. At the present time he has the
latest cattle and sheep. He finds Il
ready market for these in different !
parts of the state. He is now MAX
ing a speciality of filling orders the
same day as they are received. His
velvet bean fattened cattle rank with
the western Armour brands He also
has sold many tons of hay. The
Florida farmer can be quite. indepen-
dent if he can succeed in making
such combinations as has Mr. Mar
tin.
\ long petition has been filed by
the truckers and other business PEG
pie asking the Railway Commission
TO require the \. {. l.. To give better
service IN the way of Geographic
commune alton. The truckers are
going to suffer because of the recent
fetrenchment on the part of the rail
road AMI telegraph lines. The ser
vice is DeinS impaired. Recently the
order came from headquarters to cut
out the instruments at Martin. This
Is one Of the most important ShiD-
ping places on the line and the people
of this section feel keenly the mat
ter. 1t is greatly to be desired that
the telegraph instrument will be pu.
back in.
RACE SUICIDE