The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-22
factories were open at all times
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 The convention met and had it's headquarters at the Tampa Bay hotel, which is probably the only hotel of it's | Kind owned by city. This mag nifcent building of Moorish design was built back in the eighties by the Plant railroad interests at a cost of many millions but later on they sold it and the big park in which 1t Is located to the city of Tampa for s250,000. The city rents out the hotel and 1t Is run with great success during January, February and March each year
 GRAND OPERA
 A special performance of Lucia was given for the visiting ladies by the Creatore Opera Company, which is play ing two weeks engagement here A run of this length is possible in Tampa on account of the music-loving Latin popu- laton. In fact the opera is given in one of the Latin theatres.
 ORANGES AND GOOD ROADS
 Oranges and good roads are the big gest things In Florida, and, curiously enough, the two always go together Polk county has put down over 300 miles of smooth asphalt roads and in consequence raises more oranges and grape fruit than any other county in Florida. Many of the roads are only nine feet wide. but they are hard Oranges are now selling at $5 a box at the tree while grape fruit brings only s3 box. The sugar shortage this season Is said to have been very hard on the grape fruit. as the pub lie prefers to buy the sweeter orange These groves are very prolific and profitable in good years. but they re- dulre fertilfzing three times & year and constant thought and attention. The Birmingham delegation came back convinced that orange groves are fine for people who want to live in Flor ida and give their groves attention, but poor investments for the Tab, sentee landlord living in a distant state and dependent on a local man, ager.
 FARMER HOPKINS
 pr. Dunbar Sibley. Will Mudd and Frank Stevens spent Saturday with Thomas Hopkins. until recently vice president of the First National Bank of Birmingham. He has fortS-acre grove and palatial home at Orlando which is one of the show places of Florida. He divides his time between, the grove and bank of which he is Iresident and leads an ideal sort of life.
 The Alabama delegation is very proud of the Rotary record being made by Estes Snedecor. formerly of Wood lawn and Tuscaloosa. but since 1910 lawyer of Portland. Ore. He is vice president of International Rotary and was special representative to the Eighth district conference. He is be- ing very prominently mentioned as the next international president. as he is a splendid organizer and very ef- fective talker.
 ESTES SNEDECOR
 The Birmingham delegation con sisted of Dr. and Mrs P H. Woodall MT. and Mrs Thornton Estes, MT. and Mrs. P M. Smith. MT. and Mrs. J. D. Moore. MT. and Mrs. T. H. Rennie, MT and Mrs. Clarence Lloyd. MT. and Mrs. w. c. Johns. Mrs. C. Coburn, Hill Ferguson. w. s. Mudd Frank Stevens. pr. B. D. Sibley Hal Marsh, Sol Ca heen. S. D. Crawforo. Bob Williams. R. T. Brooke. F. NJ. Tutwiier Jr. Estes snedecor of Portland. Ore. and his mother Mrs. J. G. Snedecor of Tusea- loosa. E. P. Murphy Gadsden; c. A. VerBeek. Gadsden: L. l.. vann Besse- mer; R. L. Coons. Bessemer.