Oil Mill Gazetteer OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE NATIONAL OIL MILL SUPERINTENDENTS* ASSOCIATION AND TRI-STATES COTTON SEED OIL MILL SUPERINTENDENTS’ ASSOCIATION

Vol. 42; No. 6 Wharton, Texas, December, 1937 Price 10 Cents

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Greetings From President Cardwell

Wichita Falls, Texas, December 2, 1937 tribute your part toward keeping our association alive. Dear Fellow Superintendents: According to the reports reaching me, Capt. Dick­ Well, another year has rolled around and Christ­ inson and his committees are already working hard mas is just around the corner, and I hope every on arrangements for the next annual convention, one of you will have a Merry Christmas and a with the aim in view of making it the best con­ Happy New Year. vention we have ever had, and we must be ready This has been about the busiest year so far I with our part. have ever experienced and, of course, we all like it If any of you will suggest something that might that way. The only trouble about it, is a fellow who help the association or our coming convention, then is handicapped with a one track mind as I am, and it please do so. Remember, suggestions and criticisms off the track part of the time, isn’t very useful to an are always welcome, because in this way only can the association. But we will all catch up some of these officers determine what the members want to do. days and maybe we can make up for lost time. Yours sincerely, I hope in the meantime you fellows won’t forget that we have an association and that you are a R. M. CARDWELL, member and that as such you are willing to con­ President, N. 0. M. S. A.

Secretary Wilson’s Christmas Letter

Wharton, Texas, Dec. 4th, 1937 Our president writes monthly, but no one else. The secretary sends out statements for dues, that should To members of National Oil Mill Superintendents be paid by members in arrears, but there is no re­ Association— Everywhere: sponse. That’s what has happened in the year 1937. Dear Members: Would it not be possible for all of us to turn over Christmas greetings to every single one of you. a NEW LEAF as the saying goes for the year 1938, Again we come to' the close of another Year, 1937. and make a sound resolution that we, as members of Might we not take stock for the past 12 months, and the National Oil Mill Superintendents Association, figure just what have we done for our loved ones, will SUPPORT our association, and its officers, as ourselves, and our Association? In other words, well as the Oil Mill Gazetteer, and those who are in what can we say for ourselves at all? arrears in their dues to the Association will get that The cotton belt of the nation has been blessed all important matter behind them. THAT’S THE with the largest cotton crop in its history, which KIND OF A NEW YEARS RESOLUTION WE means that the members of our Association have HOPE THAT EVERY MEMBER OF OUR ASSO­ had the largest crush of cotton seed to handle in CIATION WILL MAKE ON JANUARY 1st, 1938. If their history. This, of course, has had everyone of you do it, we will have the grandest ASSOCIATION- us very busy for the past few months, and will AL year we have ever had. keep us busy for the next few months and we should Wishing each and very one of you a very Merry all be thankful for that. Christmas and a Very Happy New Year, I am, Now what about our association? What about the Sincerely yours, Oil Mill Gazetteer? What about the joint convention in Memphis next May ? Is there anyone interested in H. E. WILSON, them? If they are, why don’t we hear from them? Secretary-Treasurer

By the Ads We Shall Know

I hope the oil mills make a lot of money this has 'echoed through the centuries. “ Gold” , and year and buy some of the things advertised in the there it stared me in the face, right on the front November issue of the Gazetteer. There sure are cover — “ Turning Cotton Seed into Gold” . So' I many attractive and useful things. I just wish I got to thinking; I’m going to build an oil mill for had an oil mill so I could buy some of the things. it’s the truth that cotton seed can be turned into Gold! That magic word! And the cry of “ Gold” gold, and by the use of some of the machines Page 4 OIL MILL GAZETTEER December, 1937

pictured, I can do the trick. I just sat down and O«>■ wrote the Fort Worth Steel & Machinery Company O that I was planning to buy an oil mill and to book o O ••••' me for all those machines. o O GREETINGS! #•••• I got very enthusiastic over my idea and sat down *•••• o to read every ad in the Gazetteer from cover to O ••••• •••«# o cover. On the inside cover, the big word “ Profits” O •••*• o hit me right between the eyes, and the French Oil O •••» Mill Machinery Company told me that I could make • •••• o o #»••• profits if I knew how to seek them. So, of course, I •••#© o O At this joyful season we wish »«••• wanted to know and read all about it. I made a •••*# o note of this firm so' when I get that mill I will »•••o to extend friendly greetings to our o know who to see to find out more details about .••••o many friends, and for our pleasant o this profit business. •«•••o •••*• o Now the Texas Belting & Supply Co., “The House o business relationship with them. •••>. »•••• o of Quality” , who are specialists in power transmis­ o ••••• sion, conveying and elevating equipment, want to •••«• o o **••• assist me with my mill problems. That will certainly A MERRY CHRISTMAS o ••••#o •••>. help me out lots, too, because everyone must have o help. Whatever this power transmission, conveying »•••o and o and elevating equipment is, I am going to have some o ••••« A HAPPY NEW YEAR ! o of it in my mill, and they are going to get a call O •••*. o from me soon. •••** My goodness, did you see Bauer Bros, ad, and 3 o o ••••' what their No. 199 seed cleaner will do? There are o O six separations, and I am certainly going to have O o that cleaner. Cotton seed has to be cleaned because o I don’t want any seed that is going to make my O THE RIECHMAN-CROSBY CO. •••*« o gold look dirty. I want nice, clean yellow gold. O ••••« FRONT AT BEALE MEMPHIS, TENN. o Now, to have an efficient and dependable lint •*••• »•••O room, one must have Carver steel gratefalls, and Machinery, Mill & Electrical Supplies o O- my lint room is going to be efficient, so Carver Cot­ o o ton Gin Company might as well reserve me one of these gratefalls now. Oh! Do oil mills have Alligators? Now that just proves that one should read all of an ad. I feel better, for after reading the nice explanations given about steeel belt lacing by the Flexible Steel Lacing Co. and why thev they call it Alligator— “ Never "South’s Finest_> . . . Lets Go.” I am going to place my order right away, Owe of America’s 'Best’ ’cause I’m sure everyone is going to be after it and I don’t want to get left out. The Houston Post offers bargain rates for Texas only. I don’t live in Texas, but I have a friend there, and I am going to subscribe to the Post for him for a Christmas present. That takes care of one of mv problems. H otel P eabody F. W. Heitmann Company, Houston, Texas, has a variety of things, and here is where some of my other Christmas problems are eroing to be solved. W hv not give useful presents? I know the superin­ in tendents would be glad to receive machinery and supplies instead of so many red neckties. Memphis, Tenn. It’s surprising how the ads keep u p with our future needs and let us know ahead of time. Before I get mv oil mill built. I see that I can change over any make linter to 141 saws. This is a consola­ tion because if I don’t like the kind I first put in the RATES: Butters Manufacturing Company can fix me un._ From $3 per person Single Doesn’t '“ Crockett” remind vou of something From $2 per person Double when you were going to school? The ad said I could F. R. SCHUTT stop in San Antonio, Texas, at the Crockett hotel Vice Pres. &■ Qen. Mgr. and visit the historic Alamo. At the end of my first oil mill season I’ll just dash down there for a vaca­ tion. * The Peabody's famous orchestra can now be Southwestern Laboratories, Dallas and San An­ heard every Monday night at n o’clock (C. tonio have chemical facilities to offer me, and I’ll S. T. ) over Columbia Broadcasting System. need a consulting- chemist to analvze. This is going to take a load off my mind for this is a necessary measure in a mill. 5 December, 1937 OIL MILL GAZETTEER Page

I shall have to keep in touch with all the latest im­ proved types of machinery on the market to keep my mill up in the Nth degree, and I see by the ad of A A. Wood & Sons Co., Atlanta, Ga., that they manufacture the latest combined gin saw filer, un­ conditionally guaranteed, too. I won’t be taking any EARLY a thousand belts per hour arc laced Nwith Alligator Steel Belt Lacing, day in day chances here for a guarantee will mean a lot to me out, year in year out. Easy, rapid application with a hammer as the only tool; the hammer-clinched, in my new mill. vise-like grip on the belt ends, preventing friction o f the plies; the patented, sectional, steel rocker Of course, I shall be looking for economy too, pin which absorbs friction in the hinged joint; without sacrifice to quality, and I see that the the great surplus o f strength and long service- only Alligator Steel Belt Lacing combines these American Cotton Machine Co. of Dallas have a Giant features which make it the choice o f millions of linter breast that will show marvelous economy with belt users. Smooth on both sides. Easily separable. Reliable both on light and heavy each installation. It will pay me to investigate this duty drives. 12 s:;:cs. Madi’ also in Monci Metal. Sold at machine. and retail throughout the world. “Get your machines ‘up-to-speed’ with a Sikes FLEXIBLE Leather Belt” , said S. R. Sikes Company, with STEEL LACING CO. 4687 Lexington Street, Chicago offices in Dallas, Minneapolis and Chicago. I am In England a! Hi Finsbury Panmtnl, London, E. C 2 going to investigate this. It has the right sound to me, and they must be a dependable company for they have been in business since 1881. There is 60 years of experience behind the Erdle Perforating Co., and I don’t have to pay extra for this long experience, according to Industrial Sup­ plies, Inc., Memphis, Tenn. They make all kinds of perforated metal. I see that Industrial Supplies, Inc. are stock carrying distributors for the Link-Belt Company, too. The Hotel Peabody has reasonable rates, so I see by their ad. Everyone likes to go to the Peabody so I have made a mental note that if my oil mill gets too much for me I’ll go to the South’s finest— one of America’s best—and rest up a few days. Well, it does seem that the ads know I will need repair work done, and the Houston Armature Works, Houston, Texas, has day and night service on electri­ cal repair work. This is something to remember in case I have a breakdown in the middle of the night. Nationally Famous I see that the Houston Laboratories, Houston, FOR Texas, are analytical and consulting chemists for peanut products as well as cotton seed. Come to SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY/ think of it, I might crush peanuts too. I’ll jot this name down. I am surely learning a lot of things by reading the ads. When my scale needs repairs, the Dillon Scale Repair Company, Dallas, is ready to help me. The Riechman-Crosby Company, Memphis, is sole distributor for Tool Steel Huller Knives. Their ad gives me some information on this item and I know they must be fine knives. I see that they manufac­ ture linter saws. Being from the South, this appeals HOTEL CLARIDGE to me. You know we southerners must stick together. IN Another consulting analytical chemist says that they do fine work too. I had thought I would only MEMPHIS, TENN. need one chemist but since I have been reading these ads, I find I am going to have a much larger mill RATES F R O M than I thought at first. I will need the Fort Worth $2.50 SIN G L E Laboratories, Fort Worth, Texas, to help me out. $3.50 D O U BLE I see by the ad of Akron Belting Company, that UNDER DIRECTION their belts are tough, that’s why they stay on the LAWRENCE H. LEVY job. I want the belts in my mill to stay on the job, H O M E O F so Akron belts are going into my mill. The South's Finest Supper Club Davidson-Kennedy Co., Atlanta, Ga., tells me they 20th Century Room have a number of interesting items for an oil mill and Cascades Roof Garden with the “Mark of Superiority” . I want all those things in my mill. I note from the ad of Barker File & Manufactur­ HOTEL CLARIDGE ing Co. that they have gummer and side files for all Page 6 OIL MILL GAZETTEER December, 19)7

linter and gin saw filing machines. Now, this is some­ thing to know, and I am glad I read this ad. Whatever I need for my mill, from the smallest parts to' complete industrial plants, I can get by writing, wiring or phoning the Briggs-Weaver Machinery Co., Dallas, “ The House of Service” . It is a great satisfaction to me to have this informa­ tion, for I can turn to them for even my tiniest want. Brooms are very important to a clean oil mill and I see by the ad of Joseph Lay Company, Portland, Ind., that they manufacture a standard cotton oil mill broom that has been universally recognized. They are stocked by Industrial Supplies, Inc., Mem­ phis. I want lots of brooms around my new mill to scare the dirt away. The Lone Star Bag & Bagging Co., Houston, Texas, has moved to a new building and consolidated three plants under one roof. If I hadn’t read their ad I would not have known this, and after all, I want to be informed on what’s going on. They also invite their friends to come and inspect the plant. I am going to take advantage of this opportunity. ^NAIL * “ ‘Team Work’ is what counts” , said the Well Machinery & Supply Co. of Fort Worth, Texas. onike When it comes to an oil mill this can be appreciated. HEAD/★ For many years they have cooperated with the oil National Hotel Service is so millers to get what they wanted when they needed k e e n ly designed to fit your it, so I am going to ask them to cooperate with me needs, that it literally "Strikes when I get my mill. the Nail on the Head" and this A necessary item in an oil mill is a Rotor Lift is no mere accident. It is the Elevator, and I see by the ad of the Southwestern result of craftmanship in the art Gin Machine Shops, Oklahoma City, that it would of good hotel operation. be hard to’ buy one any better than they manufac­ ALABAMA ture, so why should I wear myself out looking THOMAS JEFFERSON...... Birmingham around. I’ll just get an order off to them at once. LOUISIANA I see by the Gazetteer’s own ad that an ad in JUNG HOTEL...... New Orleans this publication does pay, and they are right. Just HOTEL DESOTO...... New Orleans MISSISSIPPI look what I have done by reading the ads. I have HOTEL RIVIERA...... Biloxi found every thing to build an oil mill, and now MEW MEXICO all I have to do is find someone who will let me have HOTEL CLOVIS...... Clovis the money to start it. Even foreign mills have been OKLAHOMA able to equip an oil mill by reading the ads. OKLAHOMA BILTMORE...... Oklahoma City HOTEL HUBER...... Muskogee On the back cover, Oriental Textile Mills, Hous­ HOTEL BELMONT...... Okmulgee ton, Texas, said a “mouthful” when they state that HOTEL SAPULPA...... Sapulpa HOTEL ALDRIDGE...... Wewoka press cloth buying wisdom is essential to your com­ TEXAS petitive success. This is something to1 ponder over. STEPHEN F. AUSTIN...... Austin I have gotten loads of ideas from reading the HOTEL SETTLES...... Big Spring HOTEL BRO W NW O O D...... Brownwood ads. They keep one informed and deal out good HOTEL SOUTHERN...... Brownwood common sense, too. You have no idea how much HOTEL LA G U N A...... Cisco HOTEL CLIFF TOWERS...... Dallas education one can get from the information in the HOTEL D O N N A ...... Donna; ads. HOTEL CORTEZ...... El Paso HOTEL TEXAS...... ' ...... Fort Worth A READER. HOTEL BUCCANEER...... Galveston HOTEL JEAN LAFITTE...... Galveston CORONADO COURTS...... Galveston MIRAMAR COURT...... Galveston MORE SAMPLERS RECEIVE GOVERNMENT HOTEL CAVALIER...... Galveston HOTEL LUBBOCK...... Lubbock LICENSE HOTEL FALLS...... Marlin HOTEL GHO LSON ...... Ranger Additional names of cottonseed oil mills at which HOTEL CACTUS...... San Angelo ANGELES COURT...... San Antonio samplers have received Government licenses to pre­ VIRGINIA pare grades and samples of seed have been an­ HOTEL MOUNTAIN LAKE...... Mt. Lake nounced by R. T Doughtie, Jr., officer in charge L-7-lfcr of the Memphis office of the Cottonseed Market Service Bureau. Last issue we published a list, and the following list of licensed cotton seed samplers,

’hlFILIATEn 9 number of license and mill by whom employed have been added: NATIONAL HOTELS Buckeye Cotton Oil Co., Montgomery, Ala., Ernest 'khrii ter Hit, /VaficrH. F. Jackson (110). Buckeye Cotton Oil Co., Memphis, Tenn, James December, 1 9 )7 ______OIL MILL GAZETTEER______page_7

\V. Hill (111); William T. Carson (112); William C. Pinner (121). Delta Cotton Oil Co., Jackson, Miss., Frank Miller Lone Star Bag & Bagging Co., Inc. (113). Phones: Wayside 2101; L.D. 540 P. O. Box 1673 Southland Cotton Oil Co., Jackson, Miss., Leslie T. HOUSTON, TEXAS Tarver (114). Refuge Cotton Oil Co., Rosedale, Miss., E. E. Kressenburg (115); 0. D. Easley (116). Buckeye Cotton Oil Co., Corinth, Miss., Jesse T. ★ Ross (117). Buckeye Cotton Oil Co., North Little Rock, Ark., Howard P. Hatfield (119) ; Horace A. Smith (118). We are now in our new building, having Dyersburg Oil Mill, Inc., Dyersburg, Tenn., Wal­ consolidated our three plants under one roof ter B. Brigham (120). at Dumble Road and Belt Line Railroad. Brookhaven Cotton Oil & Fertz. Co., Brookhaven, We invite all our friends to come and Miss., Albert E. Furr (122). inspect our plant. Laurel Oil & Fertz. Co., Laurel, Miss., J. Alton Dodd (123). ★ This department is under the direction of the Department of Agriculture, and seeks to establish grades and protection of buyers and sellers. New and Second Hand Burlap Bags (Plain or Printed) MELLON INSTITUTE DIRECTOR VISITS MEMPHIS ★ Dr. L. W. Bass, assistant director of the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, visited Memphis in November, and met with the directors of the Cotton Research Foundation. W. H. Jasspon is Imperial Brand Sugar Bag Cloth vice-president of the foundation and Everett R. And New 2-lb. Jute Bagging Cook, its president. Everything but the dirt and boll weevil are being put under the microscopic examination of the cot­ ton plant in the laboratories of the Mellon Insti­ FIRST EXCLUSIVE IRON DEALERS IN TEXAS tute at Pittsburgh. Uses for the natural wax in Established 1865 cotton fiber and improvement of the utility of sub-normal cotton will be among the first research problems to be undertaken by the Cotton Research Foundation. F. W. HEITMANN The Mellon Institute hopes to supply the neces­ sary technical background to hold as well as develop new markets for cotton and cotton products. It is their aim to isolate the fundamental constituents COMPANY of all parts of the cotton plant in pure form to ptudy their properties. Little is known of the HOUSTON, TEXAS chemical properties of cotton seed proteins. They have not even been named. Dr. Bass also conferred with Oscar Johnston at Scott, Miss., foundation vice-president and mamger Flintkote Roofing, Shafting, of the Delta & Pine Land Co. Plantation. He visited the Delta Experiment Station at Stoneville, Miss. Pulleys, Hangers, Boxes, Rubber The Mellon Institute started on the cotton project and Leather Belting, Etc. for the Cotton Research Foundation about August 1. Much work has been done on the history of re­ Mill Supplies Hardware search of cotton. Tools Metals

CLASSIFIED Automotive Shop Equipment Including WANTED Corduroy Cord Casings and Anderson Oil Expeller, Filter Press and Cake Heavy Tubes Breaker. Address CPC, Box 1270, Wharton, Texas. Page 8 OIL MILL GAZETTEER December, 1937

VISITORS i l i l l a z e t t e e r O M G C. S. McKinley was a visitor to the Editor during the past month. Mac says that he has been kept Official Organ of the National Oil Mill Superintendents Association very busy this fall. and the Earl Sproles, of the Butters Manufacturing- Com­ Tri-States Cottonseed Oil Mill Superintendents Association pany of Atlanta, Ga., paid us a business and social Published monthly by the Oil Mill Gazetteer, Wharton, Texas. visit this month. Earl is one of the Sproles boys and by the way, he is a hustler too and we are glad to Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice at Wharton, see him making good. Texas, under Act of Congress of March, 1879.

Subscription, $1.00 a year, in advance. HE IS STILL SUNNY JIM Advertising rates furnished upon application. Last month the editor gave D. Y. Wilson the nick­ H. E. W ilson...... Editor name of Sunny Jim. Well Sunny Jim seems to think H. C. Copenhaver...... Associate Editor we sort of put one over on him. However, we are not backing up, he is still SUNNY JIM with us.

C. M. WILSON ILL C. M. Wilson, brother of the editor and superin­ tendent of the Travis Cotton Oil Company’s mill at Corpus Christi, is in the hospital with a serious case of pneumonia. While he is in no1 immediate danger at the time of this writing, he is a pretty sick man.

ORDERS FOR SPACE Capt. Dickinson writes that they have everything working like a well greased machine for the coming convention. He says that orders for space in the exhibit hall are coming fast and it looks like a sell out. The Oil Mill Gazetteer does not necessarily endorse all the opinions expressed in contributions appearing herein. As the Official Organ of the National Oil Mill Superintendents As­ sociation and Tri-States Oil Mill Superintendents Associa­ HELPING MAKE HOUSTON FAT STOCK SHOW tion, this journal caries official communications and articles H. C. Copenhaver, associate editor of the Gazet­ concerning the activities of the associations, but in all other teer, has been loaned to the Houston Fat Stock respects the associations are not responsible for what ap­ pears in these pages, including opinions to which expression Show by the Wharton Chamber of Commerce to is given. put over a real show for them. Mr. Copenhaver has charge of the exhibit hall in Houston’s large new OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL OIL MILL Coliseum. This will be the first real show in the new SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION building, which is just now being completed. R. M. Cardwell, Wichita Falls, Texas ...... President K. A. McLachlin, Loving, New M exico...... Vice-President H. E. Wilson, Wharton, T exas...... Secretary-Treasurer ENLOW KEEPS PRICELESS DATA ON MILL BOARD OF DIRECTORS G. D. Wolfenden ...... Elk City, Okla. For over 25 years, J. A. Enlow, superintendent of Eugene Bradshaw...... Houston, Texas the Tupelo Oil & Ice Company, Tupelo, Miss., has W. D. Chapman...... Shreveport, La. F. L. Woodward ...... Caldwell, Texas kept a complete record of every machine installed in the mill as to date purchased, repairs and measure­ STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS Alabama ...... Alonzo Wilds ...... ,... Tuscaloosa, Ala. ments. Every bit of equipment purchased has been Arkansas...... W. A. Pugh ...... Fort Smith, Ark. written up in the record book and all repairs. In California and fact, he keeps complete data on everything in the New Mexico ...Jim M arion...... Corcoran, Cal. mill. He even has complete information of all the Georgia ...... W. W. O r r ...... Atlanta, Ga. underground piping for gas and water and on the Louisiana ...... C. L. Stacey ...... Shreveport, La. Mississippi ...... T. J. M cNulty...... Brookhaven, Miss. sprinkler system. Oklahoma ...... C. L. Tinsley...... Oklahoma City, Okla. This informtion has proved to be very valuable Tennessee ...... Homer Barnes...... Memphis, Tenn. at the mill and has settled many questions. Mr. North Texas ...... 0. J. H elm ...... Fort Worth, Texas Enlow does not have to go into the mill to take South T exas...... John J. P iper...... Navasota, Texas M exico...... Domingo J. Valdez... Torreon, Coah., Mexico measurements of anything, even to the smallest item, as it is all in the book in his office. OFFICERS OF THE OIL MILL MACHINERY MANU­ Such a systematic record is priceless in any FACTURERS AND SUPPLY ASSOCIATION plant, and saves time and money also eliminating T. W. Lewis, Memphis, Tennessee...... President errors. Mr. Enlow deserves much praise for this Harold Whitlock, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma... Vice-President Jack Dale, Dallas, Texas ...... Secretary-Treasurer service he is rendering his company. He says he gets a “ big kick” out of keeping his records. December, 1937 OIL MILL GAZETTEER Page 9

Trl-States Superintendents1 Section

By Jane Inez Gordon

GREETINGS FROM THE TRI-STATES OFFICERS OF THE TRI-STATES COTTONSEED OIL SUPERINTENDENTS MILL SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION Oil Mill Gazetteer, W. I. Temple, Newport, Arkansas...... President Wharton, Texas. Homer Barnes, Memphis, Tennessee ...... Vice-President Hiram King, Memphis, Tennessee ...... Secretary-Treasurer Gentlemen: ...Corresponding-S'ec’y Jane Inez Gordon, Memphis Tennessee At this time of our year, our thoughts turn STATE VICE-PRESIDENTS' away from the work-a-day world, and we think of other things. Tennessee...... J. J. Finch ...... Tiptonville, Tenn. Arkansas...... A. A. French ...... Forrest City, Ark. Another Christmas rolls around, another year is Mississippi...... Cecil Wamble ...... Jackson, Miss. finished, and we pause to extend our fellow-friends good wishes for a new year that is just ahead. We BOARD OF DIRECTORS want to extend to all our friends in the oil milling J. P. Dickinson ...... Chairman industry, that age-old greeting that is ever new — L. E. Roberts...... Memphis, Tenn. A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! D. C. H olly...... Memphis, Tenn. R. D. R yan ...... Fresno, Cal. Yours sincerely, Homer Barnes ...... Memphis, Tenn. The Tri-States Superintendents Association George E. Ryan ...... Memphis, Tenn. A. P. H olley...... Memphis, Tenn. W. T. Temple, President C. B. Richardson...... Memphis, Tenn. Homer Barnes, Active Vice-President Hiram King, Secretary-Treasurer

MEETINGS Regular meetings will be held the first Saturday night in JANUARY MEETING CHANGED each month at the Claridge Hotel at 8 o’clock. Homer Barnes will preside. As the first Saturday comes on New Year’s day, the regular meeting of the Tri-States Superinten­ dents Association will be held the second Saturday, January 8, at the Claridge Hotel, Memphis, at 8 DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS o’clock, as announced by J. P. Dickinson. L. E. Roberts, Memphis, Tenn. C. C. Castillow, Greenville, Miss. J. D. Chisolm, Port Gibson, Miss. The Fort Worth Laboratories H. K. Hudson, Memphis, Tenn. Consulting Analytical Chemists and Chemical Engineers J. E. Gooch, Dyersburg, Tenn. Chemistry applied to all phases of manu­ E. R. Lyle, Memphis, Tenn. facturing. Cottonseed products, fuel, John R. Rother, Memphis, Tenn. water and feeds our specialty. F. B. PORTER, B.S., Ch.E., President A. E. Biles, Little Rock, Ark. R. H. FASH, B.S., Vice-President J. T. Ray, Greenville, Miss. 828 Yz Monroe Street Fort Worth, Texas Claude French, Greenwood, Miss

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CAPT. DICKINSON EXTENDS GREETINGS the progress and broad expansion of the industry of which we all are a part. Each one of you has made Oil Mill Gazetteer, a worthwhile and substantial contribution to that Wharton, Texas. progess. Gentlemen: The convention will not be a success unless you As we near the close of another year, I want to come and take part. Remember this is YOUR con­ take this opportunity to extend the Season’s greet­ vention! You can make it the best one yet by ing's, and wish the members of the Interstate, attending. National and Tri-States Superintendents Associa­ Again wishing each member of the superinten­ tions a very prosperous and Happy New Year. dents associations the very best of everything for I want to also mention the convention and 1938, I am machinery exposition to be staged in Memphis, Yours sincerely, May 19-21, 1938. We are doing everything possible J. P. DICKINSON, over this way to put on a show that will be a credit Chairman of Convention Committee to the industry. This is your convention, and I hope Tri-States Superintendents Assn. each one of you will feel a personal responsibility in its success by attending and bringing someone with you. HUGE SHIPMENT OF COTTON SEED Our conventions have a social as well as a material A thousand tons of cottonseed meal was recently value. Not only do they focus attention on the best transported on a single barge from Greenville, Miss., efforts of the industry through exhibits, but they to Muscatine, Iowa. It was the first of six shipments bring people together. They make people more to be used in the manufacture of stock feeds by a neighborly, and make for an industry pride that Muscatine firm which distributes its products is helpful. throughout the Mid-West. For many years our conventions have reflected CONGRATULATIONS, MR. MAXWELL The Crenshaw Oil Mill, Crenshaw, Miss., is proud, BARKER and justly so, for they did not make any off-oil or off- GUMMER and SIDE FILES meal this season. “This was possible by the efficient handling of For All cotton seed as it came to the mill” , reported T. C. Po’tts, manager. “ Our superintendent, S. W. Max­ f! ^ Linter and Gin Saw well, is responsible for this accomplishment by Filing Machines the manner in which he worked the seed and did not let it get hot, and in in the way he handled the seed.” Single or Double Cut—-All Sizes Quality Unexcelled Prices Always Most Reasonable Mr. Potts was in the Baptist Hospital for six weeks but he kept up with how things were going BARKER FILE & MANUFACTURING COMPANY at his mill. The last couple of weeks of his stay in 269 Pearl Street New York City, N.Y., U.S.A. the hospital, he handled a great deal of business from his room over the telephone.

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AUXILIARY ACTIVITIES munities although he was never connected with any one denomination, and for many years taught The annual Christmas luncheon, December 29, of in various Sunday schools in the city and county. the Women’s Auxiliary to the Tri-States Superin­ He is survived by his wife, two daughters, Martha tendents Association will be the high-light of Decem­ Katherine and Mary Ann Stamps, and a son, Asa ber activities. The luncheon is always a most at­ Stamps, Jr. Funeral arrangements were in charge tractive affair, and many out-of-town members at­ of the National Funeral Home. tend. The luncheon will be served in the main dining room of the Hotel Peabody and decorations will carry out the holiday motif. Mrs. C. H. Caldwell is BLESSED EVENT chairman of the entertainment committee and will be assisted by Mrs. Guy Petty, Mrs. Homer Barnes Tom C. Lee, cashier and assistant manager of the and Mrs. A. P. Holly. Mrs. Louis J. Saino, social Perkins Oil Mill, Memphis, is the proud father of chairman, has charge of arrangements. Tommy, Jr., born November 30, at the Baptist hos­ pital. Both mother and Junior are doing nicely. The Mrs. A. P. Holly entertained the members of the Lee’s also have a young daughter, Carroll, who is Auxiliary with a buffet luncheon in her home on 25 months old. Congratulations! Autumn Avenue, November 18. Her home was at­ tractively decorated with fall flowers with a note of Thanksgiving motif throughout. Following the luncheon, several lovely gifts were raffled and the THEY’RE TOUGH! proceeds turned over to the Auxiliary for their that’s why they charity work. The members sewed on linen novel­ ties for the Lane Cedar Chest, which will be given STAY ON THE JOB! to the one holding the lucky number. The drawing will be held the last of December. Tickets are now on sale and anyone wishing a chance is asked to' •AKROH*LEI>THER*BELTS* get in touch with any member of the Auxiliary. The tickets are 10 cents each, and the member sell­ tJMade by ing the most tickets will be awarded a prize. The Akron Belting Company The regular meeting of the Auxiliary was held AKRON, OHIO November 11 at Hotel Peabody. Mrs. A. K. Hudson, BRANCHES chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, made Memphis, Tennessee...... 20 Adams Avenue a report on the Bridge and Bunco party held CharLBe, N. C ...... 914 Johnston Bldg. November 10. Greenville, S. C. ------903-5 W oodside Bid g. Mrs. L. E. Roberts, president of the Auxiliary, reported that 37 garments were contributed to the Needlework Guild by the members of the Auxiliary. These garments will be distributed to the needy this winter. "Genuine Miss Jane Inez Gordon told of her experiences in Paris, France, this summer. She will talk on her trip to Switzerland at the January meeting. Mrs. LAY Guy Petty will entertain the members of the Auxil­ iary with a luncheon in her home, 690 Stonewall 4 2 J” Place, December 9, which is the regular meeting date. No meeting will be held at the Peabody. The business meeting will follow the luncheon. The Universally Mrs. John Latsch won the attendance prize, which Recognized Stand­ was a lovely bath towel set. Mrs. John R. Rother was appointed to select the December attendance ard Cotton Oil Mill prize. An attendance prize is awarded at each monthly meeting. BROOM Those who attended the meeting were: Mrs. C. Specially Constructed B. Richardson, Mrs. E. R. Lyle, Mrs. Clyde C. Reed,

Mrs. Guy Petty, Mrs. L. T. Stone and her mother, N o. 4 2 7 -4 2 lb. Second to None Mrs. Julian Bobo, of Dallas, who is in Memphis Corn and Bamboo Mixed for a visit, Mrs. George Mitchell, Mrs. H. K. Hudson, Mrs. A. A. Bonner, Mrs. John Latsch, Mrs. Frank L-ay Brooms Lucas, and Mrs. L. E. Roberts. A-lways Y-ield perfect service ASA L. STAMPS PASSES AWAY Broom Makers Since 1876 Asa Lefler Stamps, 51, purchasing agent for J. E. Stocked and Sold by Dilworth Co., and long active in non-denominational church work, died at his home, 38 South Morrison, INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES, INC. Memphis, November 29, of a heart attack. Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Stamps, a native of Shelbyville, Tenn., has THE IOSEPH LAY COMPANY, INC been a resident of Memphis for the last 35 years Portland, Indiana. and an employe of the Dilworth firm for 28 years. Manufacturers He frequently served as a lay preacher in rural com­ Page 12 OIL MILL GAZETTEER December,

RECEIVES SURPRISE PARTY HOOVER EATS THANKSGIVING TURKEY IN HOSPITAL Surprises are always welcome, especially if it is your birthday, thinks C. N. Volz, former oil mill C. W. Hoover of the Delta Products Company, superintendent and well known in the industry. He Wilson, Ark., ate his Thanksgiving turkey propped was the happy recipient of a surprise party on his up in bed, but it wasn’t so bad, he said, when you 63rd birthday, November 12, at his home at 961 were able to enjoy the dinner, have someone bring Joseph Street. His children, George Volz, Ripley, it in on a tray and assist in handling any difficult Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Volz, Mr. and Mrs. parts. E. V. Stallings, and Joe Volz of Memphis; a sister, Mr. Hoover had to stay in the Baptist Hospital for Mrs. Annie Woods, and grandchildren, Louise and a few days under observation and treatment for an Charline Stallings, were present. Congratulations, ear disorder. It was a hard job keeping him there, Mr. Volz! but his family insisted that he needed a few days rest anyway, and of course, he just had to' stay. CHEMIST MAKES TALK Seriously, we all hope he has fully recovered, and Ernest E. Hembree, chemist at the Buckeye Cot­ will eat his Christmas turkey at his own table. ton Oil Co., Memphis, spoke before the members of the East Memphis Civic Club, Memphis, November CONGRATULATIONS! 19. He told how science has made possible for A. M. Wray, former superintendent of the products ranging from fingernail polish to automo­ Southern Cotton Oil Company, Memphis, and well bile lacquer to be made from cotton. known in oil mill circles, has been receiving con­ gratulations on the birth of a new granddaughter, born November 18. His son, T. Cecil Wray, is con­

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Write or wire for particulars AMERICAN COTTON MACHINE COMPANY 2819-21 Commerce Street DALLAS, TEXAS Telephone 2-4939 December, 1937 OIL MILL GAZETTEER Page 15 w H. JASSPON SPEAKS BEFORE TRI-STATES be under the necessity for getting better results SUPERINTENDENTS ASSOCIATION with the equipment you have and reducing the cost as far as your ingenuity can make that possible.” One of the most impressive addresses of the year Mr. Jasspon pointed out very definitely why it was delivered by W. H. Jasspon, president of the will not be necessary to have 500 oil mills to con­ Perkins Oil Mill, Memphis, and West Memphis Oil tinue to do the job that 200 or 300 can do. The rea­ Mill, West Memphis, Ark., before a large attendance sons are obvious, with competition of rayon, arti­ of oil millers at the December 4 meeting of the Tri- ficial cotton, jute, linen, silk and substitutes of States Cottonseed Oil Mill Superintendents Associa­ various kinds. One of the chief rivals of the cotton­ tion, held in Memphis at Hotel Claridge. seed products is the soybean, which is rapidly as­ Mr. Jasspon is president of the Memphis Chamber suming a major place of importance. of Commerce, and vitally interested in the people Mr. Jasspon explained the necessity of research of the South and its progress as a whole. He is work in cotton and cotton seed. He mentioned three thoroughly familiar with the problems facing the types of research necessary, the mechanical re­ country, and has done a great deal of work in the search, which deals with invention and improvement interest of the cottonseed industry. of machinery in the oil mills. He said this is a big He painted a word picture of the existing prob­ field in itself, and has not been scratched. The lems facing the industry, and the grave situation technical research, which deals with getting the that not only faces the South but the Nation. He best and greater business out of the machines we spoke on the Crop Control and Wages and Hours now have. This is the type of research being done Bill, and what these bills will actually mean to the South. “Gentlemen, every one of you here is faced with a very serious and compelling question, and even HOUSTON LABORATORIES though you may think you are not interested, you F. R. ROBERTSON, Ph. C. are very vitally interested in the Crop Control Leg­ islation, for if it becomes effective, it is going to limit the extent of cotton seed available,” he said Analytical and Consulting Chemist “It is serious for the South, and for the nation, and we must consider the problem from our own in­ COTTONSEED AND PEANUT PRODUCTS terest.” A SPECIALTY “It becomes doubly important to seek ways and means, first of reducing cost of operation and second, of getting greater yield out of every ton of cotton Member National C. S. P. A. and Texas Cotton Seed seed you crush.” Crushers Associations and Referee Chemist of the American Oil Chemists “You are interested very definitely in the Wages Society and Hours Bill. It is going to pass in some form, and it is very definitely going to have effect in our op­ eration,” said Mr. Jasspon. “Many think it is a Long Distance Phone: Houston 267 piece of legislation that will decrease employment 1206 Vi Preston Avenue HOUSTON, TEXAS instead of increase it, and it will be a question of self-preservation. Each and every one of you will INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES, Inc. POPLARwo AVENUEmrrikTTTt? ANDn*rr» RIVERo n r r u tDFRONT ftW T

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ERDLE PERFORATING COMPANY GLACIER METALS CHICAGO BELTING COMPANY Perforated Metal, Flat Sheets and For All Babbitted Tension Welded Leather Formed, for Conveyor Bearings Belting Page 14 OIL MILL GAZETTEER D ecem ber, 1937 at the University of Tennessee, which is sponsored following week to plan the program and entertain­ by the Tri-States Superintendents Association. ment for the convention. “The work undertaken at the University of Ten­ R. Brook Taylor, in charge of the research work nessee is one of the finest of research, and I want to at the University of Tennessee, spoke briefly, stat­ offer any assistance in my power to help this along,” ing that he expected to be at the February meet­ Mr. Jasspon said. “ I want you to call on me for any ing and would have a definite report to make. support necessary to further this interest.” James Sutton, consulting electrical engineer of Memphis, will give a series of lectures before the The Cotton Research Foundation at the Mellon Association for the next three months on “wiring Institute, of which Mr. Jasspon is director, was ex­ systems” . Mr. Sutton is thoroughly conversant on plained, and the work that is being done there. He this subject, and the members have found it much said many leads have already been discovered, but to their interest to attend. could not be discussed until they have really gotten Those who attended were: E. W. Marx, Hollan- somewhere. dale Cotton Oil Mill, Hollandale, Miss.; R. V. Madden, The Cotton Research Foundation is backed by Ralston-Purina Co., Osceola, A rk.; C. J. Ritchie, New local business men who have gotten together because South Mill, Helena, Ark.; 0. D. Easley, Refuge Oil of the necessity of finding new uses for the products. Mill, Rosedale, Miss.; C. C. Castillow, Refuge Oil This research is not sponsored by any organization Mill, Greenville, Miss.; J. A. Enlow, Tupelo Oil & or the government, but by a group of men who are Ice Co., Tupelo, Miss.; Mr. Jackson, North Missis­ interested in the progress of the South and its sippi Oil Mill, Coldwater, Miss.; Roy Gooch, Jackson great industry. Cotton Oil Mill, Jackson, Tenn.; R. H. Cockerham, “ We started with a very definite end in mind, West Memphis Oil Mill, West Memphis, A rk.; John and that is to develop more uses for cotton and its Leahy, State College, Miss.; R. Brook Taylor, Uni­ by-products,” said Mr. Jasspon. “ This is the only versity of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn. Those from organization, which is attempting to approach this Memphis were: J. P. Dickinson, DeSoto Oil Mill; question in a definite and continuing manner. C. B. Richardson, American Finishing Co.; Allen Smith, Perkins Oil Mill; T. P. Wallace, Carver “We believe that through chemical research that Cotton Gin Co.; Guy Petty, Lewis Supply Co.; T. W. it may be possible to add more value or a greater Lewis, Lewis Supply Co.; J. W. Brust, Brust Mfg. return to the cotton farmer.” Co.; John R. Rother and R. D. Van Dyke, Jr., Indus­ In choosing the Mellon Institute to house this trial Supplies, Inc.; L. E. Roberts and A. T. Kinnon, research work, Mr. Jasspon pointed out that it was DeSoto Oil Co.; M. E. Lyle and Joe Pritchard, Lewis here they found the “brains” to carry out the plans. Supply Co.; J. R. Hamlett, C. L. Printup, J. C. He said that it would have been waste of much Quinn, Carver Cotton Gin; W. P. Gooch, brother of money and time to build laboratories and buildings, Roy Gooch of Jackson; Joe Volz, DeSoto Oil Mill; there were too many of these already, but the W. S. Galloway, Gulf Refining Co.; S. A. Randall, major question was to find the right type of chem­ Carver Cotton Gin Co.; G. W. Agee and J. R. Mays, ists wherever they happened to be. This work, he Barrow-Agee Laboratories; D. C. Holly, Perkins said, was for the benefit of the country, and it did Oill Mill; Russell Peete, Pidgeon-Thomas Iron Co.; not matter where the buildings were located. They W. W. Cammack, Murray Company; L. T. Stone, found the ideal set up in the Mellon Institute— man Cotton & Cotton Oil Press; Douglas Smith, Crump power and mechanical equipment. Lime & Cement Co.; H. K. Hudson, Perkins Oil Mill, Homer Barnes, Memphis Cotton Oil Mill; L. G. Mr. Jasspon distributed reprints of a page article Davis, V. D. Anderson Co., Cleveland, Ohio; W. I. which appeared in the Commercial Appeal, June 6, Temple, Southern Cotton Oil Co., Newport, Ark., and which explained the work the Mellon Institute has Jane Inez Gordon, Riechman-Crosby Co. done in other lines, and its history. Mr. Jasspon was introduced by Chas. B. Richard­ son, chairman of the educational committee. Homer RICHARD T. DOUGHTIE TO WED Barnes, active vice-president, presided. Richard T. Doughtie, of Memphis, son of Mrs. The president of the Tri-States Association, W. I. Richard T. Doughtie and the late Mr. Doughtie, of Temple, superintendent of the Southern Cotton Oil Helena, Ark., will be married in the early spring to Co., Newport, Ark., was present, but owing to a Miss Esther Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 0. E. severe cold turned the meeting over to Mr. Barnes. Jones, of Chicago. The engagement was announced November 27 at a dinner party in the Jones home, Reports on Power Show 10456 South Hamilton. T. W. Lewis, president of the Oil Mill Machinery Miss Jones, whose father is vice-president of & Supply Men’s Association, reported that reserva­ Swift & Co., was graduated from De Pauw Uni­ tions are being made for the Machinery and Power versity. Miss Jones visited Mrs. M. M. Bosworth, Show to be held in Memphis Auditorium, May 19-21, of Memphis this fall and was a bridesmaid in the at the annual convention of the Joint Superinten­ recent wedding of Mr. Doughtie’s sister, Miss Eliza­ dents Association. The entire North and West Hall beth Doughtie, and Dr. James M. Bethea of New will be open for exhibits. However, there will be York City. She was also' in Memphis during the only one entrance into the auditorium, so that the Cotton Carnival last spring and visited Mrs. T. H. delegates can view all the exhibits. Floor plans and Gregory. contracts are being sent out to exhibitors for reser­ Mr. Doughtie was graduated from Washington vations. and Lee University. He is in charge of the Mem­ Capt. J. P. Dickinson, convention chairman, will phis office of the Cottonseed Supervision & Market call a meeting of the various committees during the News Service with the Department of Agriculture. December, 1937 OIL MILL GAZETTEER Page 1 5

BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS the January-October figures for 1937 and 1936 are as follows: We have pleasure in giving you overleaf the Board of Trade Returns for Oils, Fats and Oilseeds (the Increase Tons last-named converted into their Oil equivalent) for Palm K ernels...... 7,175 the months of January-October, 1937, as compared Decorticated Groundnuts...... 25,320 with the Returns for the same ten months in 1936 Undecorticated Groundnuts...... 2,931 and 1935. Cottonseed ...... 15,226 Flax or Linseed...... 1,589 It will be seen from these figures that the total Whale O il...... 6,199 IMPORTS of Oils, Fats and Oilseeds (excluding But­ Linseed O il...... 12,444 ter Lard and Margarine) for January-October, 1937, Cocoanut Oil ...... 11,365 were 788,406 tons, against 738,300 tons for the same T allow ...... 5,875 period in 1936, showing an increse of 50,106 tons. On the 30th of September, there was an increase in Decrease Tons the Imports as against last year of 43,831 tons, so Copra ...... 24,599 that the increase during the month of October was Rapeseed ...... 1,271 6,275 tons. Palm O i l ...... 10,871 Soya Bean Oil ...... 9,631 The most noticeable differences (Oilseeds being stated in their Oil value) shown by a comparison of The EXPORTS of Oils and Fats (excluding Butter,

THE GENERAL GRANT CHRISTMAS TREE CELEBRATION On Christmas day at high noon in the General Grant Na­ tional Park, the annual Christ­ mas tree celebration will take place at the foot of the General Grant Tree. This ceremony first was held in 1925. This year many thou­ sands of visitors from all parts of the country are expected to come to the park for the event. The program, including devo­ tional and patriotic services, will be broadcast over Station KMJ. Probably the oldest living tree in the world, the General Grant tree is credited with being the second largest of all California Sequoia Giants. Its horizontal measurement at the base is 40.3 feet; at 200 feet above the ground, 12 feet. The tree is 267 feet high. (From The Earth)

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Lard, and Margarine) for the months of January- purchased steadily at the decline, and it seems that October, 1937, were 115,025 tons, against 109,438 those consumers who look ahead at present are fol­ tons in 1936 and 134,099 tons in 1935. lowing the best policy. In several instances, taking into consideration increased working expenses and The NET IMPORTS for January-October, 1937, transport charges, prices of many commodities are (arrived at by deducting the EXPORTS from the again reaching levels at which production and ex­ IMPORTS), of Oils, Fats, and Oilseeds (including port are hardly remunerative. Butter, Lard, and Margarine) were 1,120,805 tons, CROP REPORTS— On the 10th of November, the against 1,097,316 tons in 1936 and 1,052,680 tons Washington Bureau of Statistics issued their latest in 1935. report on the 1937 Cotton Crop, which is now esti­ When we issued our last circular, there were mated at 18,243,000 bales, compared with the pre­ signs of some improvement in our markets, but it ceding estimate of 17,573,000 bales, and last year’s did not continue. Partially owing to renewed selling final production of 12,399,000 bales. The increased pressure on the part of producers and shippers, but Cotton estimate had not the effect on prices which chiefly as a result of uninterrupted liquidation in might have been expected. The position is that the commodity markets in the U.S.A., prices of most previous estimate indicated a record crop, and the Oilseeds and Fats declined further, and have now trade had already discounted the probability of a reached the lowest average level of the year. larger figure.— Courtesy of Frank Fehr & Company, As during the preceding month, many consumers Holland House, Bury Street, London, E.C.3.

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Affiliated National Hotels ...... 6 ROTOR LIFT Akron Belting Company...... 11 ELEVATOR... American Cotton Machine Co...... 12 Barker File and Manufacturing Co.. 10 You can’t buy any better Bauer Bros. Com pany...... Cover 3 Briggs-Weaver Machinery Co...... 10 IVs hard to buy as good Buckeye Iron and Brass Works Cover 3 Butters Manufacturing Company... 2

Carver Cotton Gin Company...... 1 Claridge Hotel ...... 5

Davidson-Kennedy Co...... 9 Dillon Scale Repair Co...... 10

Flexible Steel Lacing Company-----5 Fort Worth Laboratories ...... 9 Fort Worth Steel and Machinery Co...... Cover 1 French Oil Mill Machinery Co. Cover 2

REGRAD Heitmann, F. W., Co...... 7 The most perfect right Houston Armature Works ...... 12 angle drive ever made. Houston Laboratories ...... 13

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Write for Lay, Joseph, Co...... H Lone Star Bag and Bagging Co. .. 7 prices and details today Oriental Textile M ills ...... Cover 4

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Southwestern Machine S hops...... I6 Southwestern Laboratories ...... Southwestern .. 1 Texas Belting & Supply Co.

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