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VOLUME 30. NO. 8 WHARTON. TEXAS, FEBRUARY, 1926 PRICE TEN CENTS

Monthly Letter from President McKinley

Mr. H. E.Wilson, Wharton, Texas. go puli -the rods cn the north side of No. 1 seed Dear Wilson: house and see if those seed are any warmer The matter of an annual meeting place was since you left, thrashed out at length this morning by Messrs. • C. S. McKINLEY. Nolen and Stansbury, president and vice-presi------dent of the Oil Mill Machinery and Supply Men’s HALF AND HALF SEED MUST GO; Association, and Mr. Castillow and the writer SMITH CO. TO PLA N T PEDIGREED SEED representing the National Oil Mill Superintend------ents’ Association. Tyler, Texas, Jan. 16.—A campaign is being We have had a number of invitations; from carried cn throughout Smith county with a view Oklahoma City, Fort Worth, Galveston, Houston to eliminating all short-staple varieties of cotton and San Antonio. It was decided at the meeting and making Smith county a strictly staple cotton that we should first go into the matter of rail- county. Both producers and buyers claim that road rates and convention hall facilities, as at the short staple heretofore raised is unprofitable, two recent conventions, the machinery men were and every effort is being made to secure proper forced to expend sevreal hundred dollars un- seed for next season’s planting. C. J. Brogan, necessarily, and in line with this, Mr. Nolen chairman of the marketing committee; Judge J. was directed to go into these features of the W. Fitzgerald, chairman of the Smith county matter and report so that we could announce the Agricultural Council; T. N. Jones and County meeting place and date in the March issue of the Agent E. Gentry, are taking the lead in the Gazetteeer. movement. New, I want to write to the members through More than five carloads of high-grade staple the columns of our paper and have a heart to cotton seed is being sold to farmers at actual heart talk about this matter of a president’s cost. County Agent Gentry is back from North monthly letter, and also the writing of letters by Texas, where he went to purchase several thous- our membership to the Gazetteer. It seems that and bushels of pedigreed seed. He says there is bcth the editor and the president are either on an enormous demand for improved seed and they the wrong trail or barking up the wrong tree. It are very scarce. However, about 10,000 bushels takes time and money and some per centage already have been secured, which will be enough cf brains to get out a trade paper each month, to begin on 15,000 acres of cotton, year after year, and it is next to impossible to please all your readers; what Mr. Wilson and I would bcth appreciate will be an answer to the following two questions. Question No. 1 Shall HOUSTON LABORATORIES the Gazetteer continue asking the members for P. S. TI'LSCN, M. S. letter and articles that are seldom or never forthcoming, and continue with the help of the Analytical and Consulting Chemist president and secretary on the same line as in the past? Question No. 2—Or shall the editor COTTON SEED ANI) TEA NUT discontinue requests for letters from the mem­ PRODUCTS A SPECIALTY

bers and fill the columns cf our paper with mat­ Member of the Interstate and Texas Cotton Seed ter “lifted” from other trade journals in the Crushers’ Ass’ns. and Referee Chemist of the American Oil Chemists’ same or parallel industries? Society Now, if you have not the time to answer these questions at length, just put an “X mark op­ 215 1-2 Main Street posite the question you prefer, tear the page out HOUSTON, TEXAS and get the cashier to mail it to Wilson and then 6 OIL MILL GAZETTEER February 1926

Memphis Section of the Oil Mill Gazetteer

The Farmers Cotton Oil Mill gin at Dyersburg, Arkansas men. This new company will con­ Tenn., was completely destroyed by fire on the struct new buildings, add new equipment and night of January 12, also several bales of cot­ make many other improvements including elec­ ton. Had it not been for the very efficient trification of the plant which will make the work of the fire department the oil mill would Monticello mill the largest mill in the state of have also burned. The plant is now under the Arkansas, and will represent an investment of management of C. W. Hazen, of Memphis, former $750,000.00. The present mill, buildings and manager of the Bellevue Cotton Oil Company, residence for employes, bills receivable and cash and is owned by the National Cottonseed Pro­ in bank which were involved in the transfer, rep. ducts Corporation. The loss by fire is estimated resent $350,000.00. Several of the old stock­ at $32,000.00 and is only partly covered by insur­ holders remain as members of the board of ance. The gin will not be rebuilt this season directors. J. C. Williamson who was president but the mill will continue to operate. for the old company, will be president for the # # :{: % # new company. Joe Nichol, president of the Sim­ Mr. Issac Wagemaker, sales representative of mons National Bank of Pine Bluff will be vice Foster Alexander Corporation of Birmingham, president. Adrain Williamson of Monticello will Ala, was in Memphis on the 14th and was call­ be secretary and L. R. Meyers of Pine Bluff, ing cn the trade with Mr. O. J. Williford who treasurer*and assistant secretary with the fol­ has charge of the oil mill supplies of N. O. lowing directors: Col. Joe Harris, of Monticello; Nelson Manufacturing Company. H. C. Couch, o f Pine B lu ff; Col. H. L. Remmel, of * * s|c sH * Little Rock; C. J. Mansfield, of Warren. Mr. C. Mr. Edgar L. Pearson, of the Edgar L. Pearson T. Harris who has been in active charge of the Company, linter dealers of Houston, Texas, was mill will continue the management and also be­ in Memphis on the 9th en route to Chicago to come a member of the directors. attend the National Bedding Convention. si:***** Mr. Prentice Arnold formerly night Superin­ Mr. E. J. Tower, representing Edward Rose tendent for the Shelby County Cotton Oil Com­ Company, linter dealers of Chicago, was in Mem­ pany, is now night superintendent for the De Soto phis the first week in January. Oil Company, while Mr. T. E. Roberts the night superintendent is relieving Mr. J. P. Dickinson, Mr. J. N. Florence of Massasoit Manufactur­ day superintendent who was injured in a fall on ing Company, of Chicago, spent a few days in December 28th and will be unable to work for Memphis the middle of themonth. some weeks yet. % ^ jJ; sfs ^ H*

Mr. W. H. Dial, representative of Edward Rose Mr. G. O. Coker, superintendent of the East­ Company, of the Houston office, was in Memphis man Cotton Oil Company, Jonestown, Miss., was on the 11th en route to Chicago to attend the in Memphis on the 8th and 9th, having brought National Bedding Convention. his son to a local hospital for treatment. $ ^ ;j: ;{c $ %

Mr. F. H. Glarner of F. H. Glarner & Company, S. N. Pitzell & Company of Walnut Ridge, linter dealers, of St Louis, was in Memphis on Ark., suffered a large fire loss of $35,000.00 the 9th to attend the Inter-State Commerce Com­ to $40,000.00, which was, however, protected by mission linter hearing on rates which was held insurance, during the last days of December. in Memphis on the 9th. The cotton gin, cotton houso and seed house was totally destroyed also 75 to 100 bales of cotton The stockholders of the Monticello Cotton Mill was burned. at Mcnticello, Ark., have ratified the merger of >!> ’!■ 'i* -t* that organization with the Monticello Cotton Mills The International Vegetable Oil Company, re­ Company, which is an Arkansas corporation, or­ cently moved their offices from Atlanta, Ga., to ganized to take over and enlarge and operate Memphis, have sent out their first dividend check the Monticello mill, and is being financed by Col. from the Memphis office during the first days H. L. Hummel, H. C. Couch, C. S. McCain, Joe of January, which is at the rate of eight per cent Nichol, B. S. Atkinson, J. S. Mansfield, W. C. for the first quarter ending December 31st, 1925. Ribenack, Gordon Campbell, J. G. Williamson, The dividend totals $20,000.00, which is at the John Boyle, C. H. Moses and other prominent rate of $80,000.00 per year. February 1926 OIL MILL GAZETTEER ' Jf 7

Among the Memphis Linter notables who at­ mention of the $117,000.00 note due in 1924 but tended the National Bedding Convention in did mention a note due in 1925 for the same Chicago were: E. J. Trammel, Wm. Roots, Jim amount. The National now holds sufficient pre­ and Pat McCormick, Hamilton Sellers, Geo. Day, ferred stock to take care of the indebtedness of H. W. Bayliss, W. T. Stapleton, Maurice Wood­ $117,000.00 on the Leawood mill, formerly owned son and R. B. Robson. by the Dixie Cotton Oil Company. The Dixie Oil Ij! ;ji 5fs s}i sj; ;{; Company admits two notes of $117,000.00 each Mr. Fred Fox of Cairo, 111., former manager one due 9-10-24 and the other due 9-10-25 which of the Cairo Oil Mill and prominent in cottonseed encumbered the property at the time of the trade was in Memphis Christmas week visiting transfer to the merger, however, the Dixie claims friends. that at the time of the transfer the second note ' * *** * * was not due and that the first note was paid. The plant built by the American Bag Company The Dixie was valued at $1,440,000.00 and was in Memphis, in 1908, which covers some twelve transferred to the National for that amount pay­ acres has been sold for $250,000.00 to the Amer­ able in stock as follows: 7200 shares of prefer­ ican Finishing Company. This plant is located at red stock of the par value of $100.00 each and Bodley and McMillan Streets, and was owned by 14,400 shares cf non-par value common stock, the Chase Bag Company and aperated for the which is being held by the National as security, last 15 years by the American Company, who according to the answer in court. A 7 per cent leased the plant upon completion and since oper­ dividend was declared on the preferred stock ated it. When the American Bag Company went in July 1925 amounting to $50,400.00 and by the into the merger now incorporated as the Chase terms of the contract the National had the right Bag Company, the property went into the mer­ to apply same on the mortgage. The National ger. The American Finishing Company operates however only holds $45,890.77 of this amount dyers and finishers of cotton goods. as the balance was paid the Dixie in dividends through mistake, The Dixie is willing to pay Mr. Wallace Carr, manager of the Dallas, Tex­ the difference and ask that the suit be dismissed. as, office of Zimmerman Alderson Carr Company, was a Memphis visitor during the Christmas The South-wide Cotton Convention will be held holidays. in Memphis on February 23rd, for the purpose 4: 4* % ^ ^ ^ of reducing the cotton acreage and will be at­ Mr. Edmund P. Gue, manager of the linter de­ tended by more than a thousand cotton growers, partment of the Valley Mills, LaGrange, Ga., bankers and brokers. The main idea of the con­ was in Memphis a few days during the first of vention is to cut the cotton acreage twenty-five the month. per cent. % % :}c ^ ****** Mr. W. B. Forrest of the Garlock Packing Mr. W. T. Stapleton, of Smith, Robson & Company, Birmingham, Ala., was called to Mem­ Burkart, left on the 30 th for several weeks in phis cn the 9th on account of special business the north and northeast, visiting as well as with the Brust Manufacturing Company. looking for business amoung the different bed­ ding companies throughout that section. On December 30th, 1925, Mr. T. O. Vinton, re­ ceiver for the National Cottonseed Produts Cor­ poration filed an injunction bill in the Federal Court against the Dixie Cotton Oil Company of Tennessee, Arkansas and W. O. Scroggins, its former president for the purpose of restraining Scroggins from disposing of any of the company’s property in Shelby county, Tenn., and Arkansas. It is said that Scroggins made a sale of the Dixie Cotton Oil Company stock in 1924 to the amount of $117,000.00 and that he is now indebted to the Corporation for this amount. It was agreed when the Dixie was included in the merger that 10,250 share of common stock would be transferred to the National also 35 acres of land in Shelby county and plants in Arkansas. It is charged that at the re-organization, Scroggins made no 8 OIL MILL GAZETTEER February 1926

Mr. James Teal Rogers, age 72 years, died at the fall of 1925 as a protection to the members the Baptist Hospital on January 18th after a already signed. This association has nine thous­ short illness due to pneumonia. Mr. Rogers was and members under contract to deliver cotton, associated with the cotton gin business all of his same being spread over 27 cotton producting life, being the inventor of a patent cotton clean­ counties in middle and west Tennessee. So far er which attached to a gin served the purpose the receipts show 34,000 bales and expect to re­ of separating the dirt and foreign particles from ceive 36,000 bales before the end of the season. the cotton boll. This cleaner was invented and Last year’s receipts were 18,000 bales which first used about 25 years ago and up to the shows an increase of 100 per cent. The associa­ death of Mr. Rogers, he received royalties from tion is new advancing at the rate of 8 cents per the sale o f the cleaners. pound, or $40.00 per bale on all cotton delivered ****** to its designated warehouses or compresses. Be­ The Planters Cottonseed Oil Mill at Pine Bluff, fore the cotton market dropped at the begin­ Ark., suffered a $9,000 los on January 20th. The ning of the season $70.00 per bale was advanced. $ ^ ^ entire plant would have ben destroyed had it not been for a fire wall separating the seed house Mr. Tom R. Brooke, southern representative from the main plant. The fire started in the of the French Oil Mill Machinery Company, Piqua, early afternoon in the seed house. The mill Ohio, was a Memphis visitor on the 27th. was fully covered by insurance and the company will rebuild immediately. The Pine Bluff prop­ Messrs. J. T. Brennen and H. J. Hollenbeck of erty was included in the merger of the National Bauer Brothers, Springfield, Ohio, spent several Cottonseed Products Corporation a few months days in Memphis the latter part of the month. ago. % % ifc % % * Mr. W. M. Russell of the Sumet Bearing Metal The Brownsville Cotton Oil Company plant Company, Buffalo, N. Y. was in Memphis on the located at Brownsville, Ten., and owned by the 28th and 29th calling on the trade. % % % % % National Cottonseed Products Corporation at present known as the Haywood Cotton Oil Com­ Mr. James Martin, service representative of pany, and leased to the Covington Cotton Oil Jenkins Bros., New York, was in Memphis on Company, was entirely destroyed by fire on the the 18th calling on the oil mills. % :J: if: ^ night of January 23rd. When discovered about eight o’clock the flames were shooting through Mr. H. M. Baker, field sales manager, of the the roof. The loss is estimated at between $75,- Atlantic Paint Company, of New York, was a 000.00 and $85,000.00. Owing to the quick work Memphis visitor on the 29th. of the firemen who responded promptly upon % % call, the ice plant and the light plant which were Messrs. I. Rhea, president of Mente & Com­ located just a short distance from the oil mill, pany, New Orleans, La., was in Memphis on the were saved. These plants are operated by the 26th and 27th accompanied by Mr. F. D. Fred­ Jackson Power & Light Company. The origin eric, saleman. of the fire is a mystery as no one was in the mill, ^ sjc the employes had all gone on their usual week Mr. Alfred Chapman, salesman for Hardin Bag end holiday at noon Saturday. The seed house Company, spent a few days in Memphis the lat­ was saved also box cars and freight cars standing ter part of the month and was accompanied by at the plant. Mr. C. O. Berson was manager in Mr. Geo. M. Conrad, manager of Hardin Bag charge. Company, of New Orleans. ****** SjC sji % if: ^

Mr. J. F. Waggoner, manager of the Blythe- Mr. Albert (Red) Pierce, saleman of Fulton ville Cotton Oil Company of Blytheville, Ark., Bag Company of New Orleans with headquarters spent the 25 th in Cairo, III, looking after the in Little Rock, was in Memphis on the 26 and 27. interest of the company. % ;f; :fc Mr. Zilmond Voss of the firm of Dobyns & The Tennessee Cotton Marketing Association Voss, linter dealers, has returned from a trip will open their membership books on February throughout the state of Mississippi and reports 1st for new members and the members who plenty of lint yet to be gotten. have cotton on hand for sale may dispose of same through the association as announced by FOR SALE— One 60-inch all steel Martin Con­ the secretary and manager, Mr. R. S. Fletcher, Jr. denser. For particulars apply to Eastern Cotton The books were closed to new members during Oil Company, Hertford, N. C. x'3 February 1926 OIL MILL GAZETTEER 9

W. C. AHRENBECK SENDS membership any bona fide superintendent ac­ GOOD LETTER FROM BRENHAM cording to Mr. C. P. Lamons’ suggestions. Mr. Lamons says he prefers some Texas city Brenham, Texas, Jan. 22, 1926. for our next convention and would suggest Gal­ Oil Mill Gazetteeer, veston, to all of which I agree and believe we can Wharton, Texas. have a larger attendance than any other Texas Dear Mr. Wilson: city this year. Galveston as first choice with I have for a long time been intending to write Shreveport as second. something for the Gazetteer, but you no doubt Secretary Morris says something—and he’s are familiar with the old adage that “hell is right. I feel that I owe Brother Wilson more paved with good intentions,” however, I will than an apology for my negligence in that I come across with my views on a few subjects have never given him the support we should all brought out in letters from President McKinley, render the editor of the Gazetteer. Brother Secretary Morris and Mr. C. P. Lamons. Morris said a great deal when he said there is no To begin with I will state that I quite heartily other man in Texas who could (or would) get agree with the ideas suggested in President Mc­ out the Gazetteer in the present condition of Kinley’s letter in the October issue of the Gazet­ pure indifference from the membership. I, too, teer with reference to membership and exami­ take off my hat to Brother H. E. Wilson. I re­ nation of applicants. I believe that any man ceive my Gazetteer regularly each month and capable of successfully operating an oil mill as enjoy reading every article of reading matter superintendent, should be admitted to full mem­ contained in its pages. bership, provided as suggested by Mr. Lamons, And now in conclusion I promise to do better he proves himself a bona fide superintendent in the future and will endeavor to furnish some­ upon the requirements of the association of a thing for the Gazetteer occasionally and will say letter from a bona fide manager. Now, referring to every other member of the Association, “Come to the examination questions, I also agree that it on, boys, and do likewise.” would be quite difficult for any man to sit down Wishing each and every superintendent a Hap­ and correctly answer fifty per cent of the ex­ py and Prosperous New Year, I am amination questions at a convention without the Yours truly, use of a lot of tables, machinery catalogues, text W. C. AH REN BECK, books, etc. I realize that I was partially re­ sponsible for the list of questions now in use, for SOME RECENT FIRES which I have no apologies to offer, as the as­ sociation required a new set of examination The River Valley Gin of Ennis, Texas, owned questions and the then president appointed a by W. F. Templeton was burned at a loss of committee for the purpose of getting up this $30,000.00. set of questions. As one of the committee I feel The gin owned by Knox Patterson at Lockney, that we did our best in getting up the list of Texas, was destroyed by fire. The gin was com­ questions for submission to the convention, which pleted in September at a cost of $26,000.00, and had the right to accept or reject any or all of was covered by $12,000.00 insurance. them. Nevertheless, I am perfectly willing to The Farmers Gin Company of Mills, Texas, was set aside these examinations and admit to full recently destroyed by fire of undetermined origin.

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We have heard quite a lot of comment on the O i l M i l l G a z e t t e e r cff-quality of seed which the mills have had to handle this season, and the products that are Official Organ of the National Oil Mill Superintendents going out to market from these seed. We would Association. Published monthly by the Wharton Spec­ tator Printing Company, at Wharton, Texas. like for some of the superintendents to tell us through the columns of the Gazetteer just what Entered as second class matter at the postoffice at Wharton, Texas, under act of Congress of March, 1879. results they have been getting from these field- damaged seed; how much oil per ton, how much H. E. WILSON...... EDITOR meal, and what kind of hulls and lint are made Subscription $1.00 per year. Single copy 10c from them. This would be interesting to the New York Office...... 299 Madison Avenue trade, especially the yields per ton for there are Phone Murray Hill 2593 a great many mills that do not even hnow how to

Memphis Correspondent...... —Nettye Reagan Saino figure the value of a ton of field damaged seed, and pay from five to ten dollars per ton too much for them. We would like for some of the men in localises who have had this kind of seed to tell us something about it. — o— The Chas. A. Schieren Company are back with us in this issue, with a full page advertisement. These of you who will be in the market for leather belting this spring, look up their ad, and let them figure on your requirements. — o— The Dallas Belting Company announces the addition of Mr. S. O. Womack to their traveling force. Mr. Womack is well known to the oil mill fraternity, and will doubtless be around to see his many friends in a short time. Officers of the National Oil Mill Superintendents Ass’n. C. S. McKINLEY, Dallas, Texas...... President C. C. CASTILLOW, Dallas, Texas...... Vice President » I AM INDUSTRY * F. P. MORRIS, Purcell, Okla.™..Secretary and Treasurer * *

State Vice Presidents * * * * By Bennett Chappie * * * * ARKANSAS, L. 0. Rucker™...... Blytheville ALABAMA, P. Z. Harllee...... Birmingham MISSISSIPPI, T. J. McNulty...... Brookhaven I am Industry. OKLAHOMA, P. C. Fitz...... Anadarko My eyes light the way of civilization. LOUISIANA, J. A. Stewart...... Arcadia TENNESSEE, J. J. Finch...... -...... Memphis My footsteps are the march of progress. TEXAS, M. C. Dimphl...... Dallas My arms encircle the universe. I sweep the dizzy heights with aeroplanes. We had quite a good deal to say editorially in I dig the earth for its treasures. the January issue of the Gazetteer regarding the My song is the hum of whirring wheels. Question Box, and asked the readers whether My laugh is in the happy hearts o f men who toil we should continue same or let it drop. We have and sweat, unafraid. not had a line from any one, so we naturally con­ clude that it is of no interest to the readers, I am Industry, therefore, there will be no Question Box in any Creator of a new day and age. issue of the Gazetteer until it is requested by the I reach on toward new glories, new understand­ readers. We have no intention of imposing ings, and new achievements. something on you that you do not want. So long as men have faith and courage and vision, — o— I shall live. We have several letters this month in response Without these, I am but the husk of circumstance. to our President’s plea for more interest in the columns of the Gazetteer, and quite a few give Henderson, Texas, is to have a cotton compress their views on the next meeting place, but not this year. Ground has been purchased near the enough have spoken. They must have confidence I. & G. N. depot, and plans are being drawn up in their officers, or else have made up their for the erection; machinery is already on the mind to go to the Convention wherever it is held. way for its use. February 1926 OIL MILL GAZETTEER 11

SECRETARY MORRIS’ LETTER rection. I am just an ordinary over-all super­ intendent, and not a writer, as you are probably Purcell, Okla., Feb. 8, 1926. aware, so will cut this short before exposing too The Oil Mill Gazetteer, mush of my ignorance. Wharton, Texas. My object in writing, first is to express my ap­ Dear Editor Wilson: preciation of your valued magazine. I await I have been'waiting for some details of the with anxiety for it, and read each and every is­ coming convention so I could get them in this sue ; and have the satisfaction of knowing that issue, but up to the last minute I have not a I learn something from each article contained word that would be definite enough to advance therein. to the boys. But in the March issuse, you will Secondly: To suggest a meeting place for the find all you want in the way of good news con­ next National Oil Mill Superintendents’ Associa­ cerning our next meeting. Many cities are get­ tion. Were it not for the fact that most of the ting in the ring for it. The president has writ­ Texas mill are up “agin it” this season on account ten that the committee will be called within the cf drouth, I would suggest some point or City next few days to arrange all details. Just as across the “Water” (Mississippi River;) but that soon as I get this information I will give it to you. is too far away these hard times for the majority The program is almost completed and will be cf the Texas bunch—especially those located in in the March issue if possible. I am working Central Texas, who havo not had enough cotton hard cn the program and will release it as soon seed to grease a press, the majority have not as we get things in shape. turned a wheel all season, on account of no crops, I have just mailed out one of the proceedings so from necessity, if the Texas boys ( I mean and a late Gazetteer to Mr. Joaquin Bertino De those south of Dallas) are wanted at the con­ Moraes Carvalho at Rio de Janerio, Brazil, S. A. vention, the convention must be brought nearly He wirtes that he is interested in the Associa­ to them, as they will net be able to go very far to tion and asks for the information in regard to it. I doubt if my people would even loan me our workings. In giving the information he re­ enough money this spring to get me across the quested, the secretary has asked him to write Mississippi much less pay my expenses to attend the Gazetteer the very best description he can a meeting anywhere outside of the State. When of the Oil Mill Industry in his part of the world, I say this, I feel that I am voicing the sentiments and we are waiting for him to do that very cf the entire drouth stricken territory. I believe thing. that about as far as I could get away from Taylor Now boys, let’s get in shape to attend the 33rd and home to attend a convention this time, with Annual Convention this year, and have a great my limited means, would Houston or possibly time. We are told by the fun makers that we Galveston. I prefer the later, for we “dry land may expect a real treat this year. So let’s get tarripins” surely crave water occasionally, espec­ ready and attend. If there is any information ially salt water—for bathing—which is about you want concerning the forthcoming convention all water of any kind is fit for, except of course, just write me and you will get an answer by re­ we cannot very well get along without it for turn mail. Look out for the March issue. Get milling, for making steam. ycur arrangements made and let’s shake again. Then, Galveston is an ideal plac3 for conven­ The Secretary, tions and entertaining the upland people, on ac­ F. P. MORRIS. count of their natural resources; and also the Beach scenery in the spring and summer is great. SUPERINTENDENT F. D. MOORE OF So, let us say Galveston. TAYLOR DISCUSSES MEETING PLACE I would suggest Dallas, but some of my very best friends might “josh” me, and as you know Taylor, Texas, Jan. 21, 1926. Dallas has been worked too much with conven­ Oil Mill Gazetteer, tions of all kinds, until I fear the city as well Wharton, Texas. as the numerous visitors are tiring of each other, Dear S ir: and each wish a change or rest. You will please pardon me for breaking into As an illustration of just how badly all Central print (providing you see fit to publish this,) but Texas has been hit by the drouth, will state that as suggested by our worthy secretary in the last season (1925-26) Williamson county ginned last issue of your paper that all members of the about 16,000 bales of cotton, against about 110,- association contribute something, and while I 000 bales the previous season. Practically the have the feeling, I cannot resist the inclination, same condition prevails throughout this entire though it may be my first attempt in this di­ section of the state. It seems that the Lord favor- 12 OIL MILL GAZETTEER February 1926

cd all other sections of the country— north, south, 50 bales of linters will have 280 cubic feet more east and west—but absolutely forgot the farm­ than the cubical contents of the box car. ers and mill men for a radius of from 150 to 250 Thanking you for your attention, miles o f us here. All of this territory has* re­ Yours very trply, cently had good rains, however, and the farmers DE SOTO OIL COMPANY, have their fields plowed and in good condition for J. P. DICKINSON. cultivation and are all smiles and optimistic, and so are we. HOUSTON OR GALVESTON SUG­ Wishing you all a prosperous and happy New GESTED FOR MEETING PLACE Year, and hoping to see a goodly number at the convention, I am Caldwell, Texas, Jan. 22, 1926 Yours very truly, Oil Mill Gazetteer, F. D. MOORE. Wharton, Texas. ^11 Dear Wilson: Hit REGARDING LOADING LINTERS I note the appeal in the Gazetteer from the * officers in regard to the next meeting place. As IT /> Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 19th, 1926 it is and always has been customary for the Mr. Geo. B. McGinty, Secretary membership in all lodge associations to leave T Interstate Commerce Commission, all the work to the officers—whether right or Washington, D. C. wrong—I feel that if I have not interest enough Dear Sir: in the matter to write and express my opinion, I In reply to your circular letter of January 9th, have no kick coming if the place selected does $ c* 1926, with reference to loading of cars with not suit me, and believe me, you wont hear me cottonseed linters, cottonseed hull fibre or shav­ kick either. ings; we note very carefully this circular letter As we have members in Oklahoma, North regarding the loading of cars and wish to take Texas, South Texas and east of the river, and in issue with the one signing, W. D. Hall, with the Southern states, it seems that it would be 7 •<„ reference to capacity and possibility of loading a gocd policy to meet one year in Oklahoma, one r lint in freight cars. The writer has personally year in Dallas or Fort Worth or any North Texas loaded lint into freight cars for the past twenty town that could take care of the Association, the years and feel that I can put as many bales in a next year at Houston or Galveston, and then 3D :> car as any other man. the next year at Shreveport or Texarkana; none : u It is absolutely impossible to load 30,000 lbs. of of these places would be so far for any of us, and *<•■ linters, cottonseed hull fibre or shavings into a would divide the meeting places equally for all. standard 36 ft. car, even though the bales aver­ I wish for the Gazetteer a most prosperous age 600 lbs. each; it would take 50 bales to weigh New Year, and I am going to pledge myself to 30,000 lbs. These 50 bales measure in cubic feet try and have something in its columns every 2750 cubis beet. Therefore, we feel that some­ month, if possible, whether good or bad. I would body has been misinformed with reference to like to see letters come in each month from the packing loading for shipment in box cars of boys that would keep Wilson working overtime, cottonseed linters and cottonseed hull fibre and but that would net. bother him, he is a wheel shavings. In fact I feel sure the man who wrote horse. For the officers and members I also hope this letter never loaded linters or saw any loaded 1926 will be the most prosperous one in the his­ and I doubt very much that he knows the dimen­ tory of oil milling. And to the managers, I hope sions of a standard box car and we think it un­ they will be more conservative in buying their fair to the shipper of cottonseed linters and cot­ raw material and have a spread between their tonseed hull fibre or shavings to be penalized raw products and finished products wherein they for the impossible loading of cars. will have a living profit; and in buying seed, live With reference to standard box cars I wish to up to the Golden rule “Buy seed in your neigh­ state there is practically no standard width or bors’ territory as you would have them buy seed length as they very in measurements anywhere in yours.” If this could be put into practice, each from two to nine inches in width and from eight of us could then make a little money. inches to three feet in height. It is almost im­ Yours very truly, possible to find two box cars with the same in­ H. W. BATES. side dimensions. We all know it would not be possible to use Work has started on the new $1,500,000.00 Cot­ the entire cubical contents of a box car to load ton Exchange Building in Dallas, to be completed a commodity, such as a bale of linters and the by August 1st, 1926. February 1926 OIL MILL GAZETTEER 13

A. & M. COLLEGE GETS MORE brought out the two new products of that con­ COTTONSEED OIL EQUIPMENT cern, Plato Salad Oil and Pancrust, two of the best cooking fats on the market today, both of College Station, Texas, Jan.—At the recent which Mr. Schwartz was justly pround. His meeting of the Texas Cotton Seed Crushers’ As­ company, at the time of his death, was selling sociation in Dallas the executive committee of every pound they could make, even as far east that organization appropriated funds for the in­ as Boston, Mass., and as far west as Portland, stallation of a linter and press room equipment Oregon. for the department of Chemistry and Chemical Mr. Schwartz’s death will be felt very keenly engineering at the A. & M. College of Texas. The by his company as well as the industry to which order for this equipment has been placed. A re­ he has given his life; his place will be very dif­ fining kettle and deodorizing equipment has al­ ficult to fill. ready been installed at the College for the refin­ The Oil Mill Gazetteer as well as its staff ex­ ing of cotton seed oil along with a kettle for the tends to his bereaved wife and three sons their preparation of soaps from the soap stocks, a by­ heartfelt sympathy; we feel that we have lost a product in the refining of cotton seed oil. This friend and we know they have lost a loving equipment was secured through the efforts of H. husband and father. E. Wilson, president of the Peoples Cotton Oil Company of Wharton, Texas. Mr. J. D. Tarrant, manager of the Pecos Cotton With this equipment the chemistry students Oil Mill, resigned his position, and was succeeded at the College will be able to start with the cotton by Mr. Jack Swinebroad. Mr. Tarrant will re­ seed and carry it through the entire process of turn to his home in Memphis, Tenn. refining, after a few more machines such as a huller and separator are installed. This new The new mill at Guadalupe, Texas, began oper­ equipment puts the Texas A. & M. College in the ation on January 15th. A big supply of cotton­ position of cne of the only two colleges in the seed is on hand and the mill expects to run well United States which specialize in cotton oil re­ into the summer. fining and having laboratory equipment to carry on the work. At the Dallas meeting it was also decided that •Years of Service at Full Efficiency the executive committee will hold its next meet­ ing at the College, during the first part of —NOT THE FIRST COST— March. IS PROOF OF THE MERIT OF “ CLEVELAND TYPE” COLLAR OILING BEARING

DAVID SCHWARTZ [forced oil circulation main- ^ tains an oil film under the revolving load and carries the David Schwartz died very suddenly at his shaft free from metal contact home in Houston, Texas, Wednesday, February with the bearing. This anti­ friction action is automatic and 3rd, at three o’clock p. m. Mr. Schwartz was requires oil renewal only at long vice president of the South Texas Cotton Oil intervals. Company and head of the Refining and Lard These bearings are made in all sizes from 1-7|16” to 12” in making departments. diameter and for any ball and Mr. Schwartz came to Houston about two socket or rigid mountings. Either kind have posi­ tive four way adjustment, a feature of great years ago and associated himself with the value and only found in the “ Cleveland Type” South Texas Cotton Oil Company upon its re­ Collar Oiling Bearing. organization, when they purchased the plant of The Hill Clutch Machine and Foundry Co. the Magnolia Provision Company, and he im­ mediately begun to rehabilitate the Lard making General Offices and Works New York Office Cleveland, Ohio 50 Church St. and refining departments, the result of which •

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THOMPSON SUGGESTS HOT Plunkett, president, and held on February 8th in SPRINGS AS CONVENTION TOWN the Association’s office at 914-15 Santa Fe Build­ ing, Dallas, where a discussion was held to ascer­ Hope, Ark., Jan. 23, 1926. tain if possible, ways and means of obtaining Mr. H. E. Wilson, Editor relief from the present depressed condition of Oil Mill Gazetteer, the cottonseed product market. Wharton, Texas. Dear Sir: Contract has been let for the erection of a In regard to the selection of a place for our cotton compress at Littlefield, Texas, to be in next meeting I want to say right here that any operation by the first of September. The press place from Havana, Cuba, to Hot Springs, Ark., is being built by Mr. A. S. Underwood of Athens, will suit me, but why not Hot Springs one time ? Texas, owner of seventeen other compresses I am sure we could get all of the superintendents scattered throughout the state. This is the and lot of the managers there, and can get room fartherest compress west in the state. for the machinery exhibits which will come up to anything we have ever had. And we wont have Notice of the incorporation of the Owen, Dali, to go a mile or two from the hotel either. You Ivey Company of El Paso, with a capital stock of all remember the Little Rock convention and the $300,000.00; incorporators, W. T. Owens and crowd. Well, I believe we could get one just as Jerome Dali of the El Paso Refining Company, big at Hot Springs, for lots of the boys would and Lewis Ivey. like to see the Springs, and then Hot Springs knows how to handle a convention for there are Permit has been issued by the Secretary of a great many held there. It would be close for State to the Internaticn Vegetable Oil Company the boys in Oklahoma and Texas, and we could (Delaware Corporation) of Memphis, Tenn., to do get a lot of the boys east of the River that we business in Texas. Capital stock $1,607,400.00, would not get if we went to Galveston. But I am with C. G. Trippe of Dallas as agent. The com­ not knocking Galveston. That is a great place pany operates two oil mills in Texas, one at to go—and a good town to come from after you Houston and one at Dallas. have spent about three days on the beach and have sun blisters cn your back that will take Mr. E. C. Talley, for the past several years a week to cure. manager of the McGregor Oil & Mfg. Company, Oh, well, let’s have the convention any old has resigned his position to accept a position place. I ’ll be there. with the Industrial Cotton Oil Company of Waco, W. L. THOMPSON. as seed buyer. p. s.—I have missed only two conventions in twenty-four years. The Teptcnville Oil Mill, Tiptonville, Tenn., was

NEWS NOTES FROM THE recently destroyed by fire. The estimated loss OIL MILLING INDUSTRY was placed at $150,000.00. The mill was form­ erly owned by the National Cottonseed Pro­ Rusk county is one of the largest cotton pro­ ducts Corporation, having just recently under­ ducing counties in East Texas, having just gath­ gone a re-organization. ered a crop of over 50,000 bales, which indicates the great need of a compress. Sufficient capital The Empire Cotton Oil Mill Company of Val­ is backing this new enterprise and a recognized dosta, Ga. has tentative plans under way for compress man is in charge. repuilding the portion of its plant recently des­ troyed by fire with a loss estimated near Mr. James M. Manire, for some years senior $100,000.00. partner of the Manire Brokerage Company of Memphis, Tenn., engaged in the cottonseed pro­ The Texas Cotton Association will open its ducts business, is dead at the age of 72 years. annual convention this year in Galveston on He is survived by his widow, three sons and two March 19th. daughters. One son, P. H. Manire, lives at Marshall, and one daughter, Mrs. F. H. Barlow, The International Cotton Refining Corporation at Cleburne, Texas. of New York is erecting a $100,000.00 plant in Galveston. The main building will be 50x200 A call meeting of the Texas Oil Millers, mem­ feet. The machinery will all be electrically oper­ bers and non-members, brokers and dealers in ated. It is estimated that twenty-five to thirty cottonseed products, was issued by Mr. Paul thousand bales will be handled annually. February 1926 OIL MILL GAZETTEER 15 What May be Expected of a Leather Belt (By Louis W. Arny, Sec., Leather Belting Ex.)

The Bernon Mills, located at Georgiaville, R. I., This belt runs over a 30-foot driving pulley on now owned and operated by the Manville-Jenckes the engine to a 7-foot pulley on the main shaft. Company, manufacturing cotton goods, has con­ Originally it was installed to transmit 500 horse­ tributed some very valuable information regard­ power, with the engine operating at 45 r. p, m., ing the transmission of power by belting, but after the belt had run some years there was through the life history of an old leather belt a demand for more power, and the steam pres­ which recently they have discarded. This belt, sure was increased, and the speed of the engine

THE BERNON MILLS

130 feet long, 42 inches wide, three ply, said to increased to 61 r. p. m., and the larger part of be the first wide three ply belt ever made, was life of the belt has been under the latter condi­ used as a main driver on a George H. Corliss tions. The belt speed is 5740 f. p. m., and under double horizontal type engine, and was installed its normal load the driving tension is 110 pounds in November 1876, and has run continuously on per inch of width. this drive until a few months ago, subject to the usual vicissitudes incident to such a drive. Dur­ ing the life of this belt there was one period of six month in 1885, when the mill was not operat­ ed, (and there have been numerous periods when it made overtime,) and cn two different occasions it was necessary to remove the belt because of threatened high water. In 1911, when the belt had run 35 years, it was thought desirable to re­ move the ply which had been next to the pulley, and to add a new ply to the outside cf the belt, but aside from this no other repairs have been made. A few months ago a broken main shaft THE 30 FOOT DRIVER WITH 42 INCH BELT on the engine necessitated the removal of the belt, It will be observed that the tension on this which had been operating in an entirely satis­ belt is higher than that usually considered de­ factory manner up to that time, and inasmuch sirable, and the load carried consequently is 10 as the company had idle another belt of the per cent to 20 per cent larger than that recom­ same general dimensions, at cne of its other mended by the various authorities on belt trans­ mills, it was thought wiser to substitute the idle mission. It also will be noted that the speed belt, and to bring the service of this old belt is very high, 5740 f. p. m., in consequence of to a close, though it probably would have run which the centrifugal tension is 2520 pounds. It several years more. also will be seen that the center distance, rela­ There has been discussion amoung engineers as tively, is very short for a belt of this size, and to what may be expected from belts of various that there are only 13 feet between the rims of types, and under various conditions, but here is the two pulleys; also that the pulley ratio, more a concrete case where the performance of the particularly because of the short center distance, belt has been accurately measured. OIL MILL GAZETTEER 16 February 1926

is unfavorable, the belt driving from a very To determine the depreciation which has oc­ large pulley, 30 feet, to a relatively small pulley, curred in the quality of the leather of which this 7 feet. Therefore, giving due consideration to belt was made, some samples of.the original belt the centrifugal tension, the unfavorable short dis­ have been taken at random and tested with the tance, the unfavorable pulley ratio, and the following results: heavy load, it will be seen that this belt has been Minimum strength of six specimens, 1870 lbs. operating at considerable disadvantage, and yet per square inch. under these conditions it has had a life of some­ Maximum strength of six specimens 2850 lbs. thing more than 48 years, per square inch. This belt cost in 1876 $1317.03. In 1911 a Average strength of six specimens 2400 lbs. new ply was added, as stated, at a cost which per square inch. is not definitely known, but which can be esti­ New material of the same high quality has a mated at $600, making the total cost of the belt breaking strength of 5000 to 6000 pounds, so $1917.03. When the belt was discarded it was the material in this belt has depreciated 50 per sold for $300. and the total of the belt therefore cent to 60 per cent from what probably was its has been $1617.03, or a cost of $33.73 per annum, original strength, but its present strength still making the total cost of transmission at about is many times the greatest tension that can be 4.2c per horsepower per annum, a cost so small applied to it today as a belt. A striking illus­ as to be almost ridiculous and unbelievable. tration of the salvage value of the leather belt During its lifetime this belt has traveled is that this belt, after it had run 48 years, was 9,387,200 miles. Its pulleys have been large, so sold for $300. It has been cut up into smaller that the flexure of the leather has been small. belts, and into straps, washers, etc. At the same time, each particular fibre of this This old belt, and the engine on which it runs, belt has flexed to conform to its pulleys some have outlived everybody connected with their twelve million bends per annum, and during its manufacture and installation. George H. Cor­ lifetime each particular part of the belt has liss then was at the apex of his glory as the been bent forward and back some five hundred builder of the great Centennial engine, but he, million times. The belt originally was made of a and the makers of the belt, and the owners of high quality of leather, probably not any better the mill, and the engineers and superintendents and possibly not so good as the best belt leather in the plant, all have been gathered to their available today, though much superior to the fathers, and the old belt and engine have out­ poorer qualities, and during the last 42 years of lived them all. its life it has had very careful treatment by Mr. There are many conditions that enter into the W. H. McAbee, who has been steadily in charge., operation of a belt, that there is difficulty in of this power plant for that period, and to whom applying to one installation any experience de­ rived from another, and probably not many belts, under different conditions in which they run, will last so long or travel so many miles, though they may do as much useful work, but in gener­ al this story shows the wisdom and economy of buying belts made of good material and the profit in taking good care of them. It also shows that the horsepower tables for leather belts, at least as applied to belts running over large pulleys, are very conservative, and hence practical, and it confirms the experiments of The Leather Belt­ ing Exchange Foundation, which showed that the peak of load-capacity for belts under this tension was at 6000 f. p. m. It also shows that leather belts can travel at this high speed without injury or excessive wear where the pulleys are of sufficient size. It emphasizes that old fact that cheap transmission is to be derived from belts with long life. Wherever the leather belt WILLIAM H. McABEE has a chance to wear itself out in service, in dis­ some considerable part of the credit for the long tinction to being destroyed in accidents or life of the belt, in its freedom from accidents, through neglect, it provides transmission at a must be attributed. cost that is not approached by any other medium. February 1926 OIL MILL GAZETTEER 17

COTTON SEED WAREHOUSE AT OKLA­ LINK-BELT ISSUES NEW BOOK HOMA CITY IS DESTROYED BY FIRE ON GASOLINE CRAWLERS

Oklahoma City, Feb. 1.—Fire destroyed the The new All-Purpose Crawler Crane Book No. cottonseed warehouse of the Southwestern Cot­ 895 just issued by Link-Belt is one of the most ton Oil Company and damaged about 100 bales complete ever published. The book contains 48 of cotton here today. The loss was placed at pages, generously illustrated to show the use approximately $300,000. of the drag-line, dipper and trench shovel, skim­ Officers announced while the flames were at mer scoop, hook blccks and pile drivers. their height that a meeting would be held this Data on lifting capacities, approximate operat­ afternoon at which plans for rebuilding would ing speeds, line pull, tractive effort, etc., are be discussed. given. The tables in which this data is arranged The blaze was believed to have started from have been supplemented by line drawings which a spark from an electric wire in the seedhouse. show dimensions for operating limits. It had made much headway when discovered. All Finally in a brief and interesting way, infor­ fire-fighting equipment in the city was called out. mation is given on some of the usual, as well as the more ingenious uses to which the various types of cranes can be put. Link-Belt has so * designed the Gasoline Crawler that it can be used * THE OLD HOME TOWN PAPER with dipper shovel or any one of six different * * accessories, hence the name All-Purpose Crawler. * Talk about your literature * Copies of this book will be mailed free upon * And papers up-to-date, * request to Link-Belt Company, at Chicago, Phil­ * * About the legislature adelphia or Indianapolis. * And doin’s, through the state— * * To me they ain’t comparin’ * F. C. Holly of the Carver Cotton Company, * Though I look the world aroun’ * East Bridgewater, Mass., writes that he has just * To the newsy little paper * completed the installation of twenty-six new * From the old home town. * Carver Dustless linters at Greenwood, Miss. We * * all know Mr. Holly enjoyed his visit to his old * There’s som ethin’ brewin’ in the air * state, as we presume it took him a few days to do * The day the paper comes; * this work, and we note that he was down south * Ma she goes about her work * during the Christmas holidays. * And either sings or hums— * * * But I just get so retsless * * Till the postman brings it down, The Ft. Worth Laboratories * * And I’m the first to grab the paper Consulting, Analytical Chemists and chemi­ * * From the old home town. cal Engineers. Chemistry applied to all phases * * of Manufacturing. Cotton seed products, fuel, * * Ma comes into the settin’ room Water feeds our Specialty. * * And lets the dishes go F. B. PORTER, B. S., Ch. E., Pres, * * And listens while I read about 281-2 Monroe St. FT. WORTH, TEXAS * * The folks we used to know, * * For birth and deaths and land deals * * And Weddin’s, too, abound— * * All are mighty interestin’ * * From the old home town. Repair Parts for * * Smith-Vaile Oil Mill * * I know it ain’t so classical Machinery * * As these big dailies are, * * That tell about the prize fights * * And latest movie star, * But just for my enjoyment Platt Iron Works * * There’s nothin’ I have found Dayton, Ohio * * Like the little newsy paper BUILDERS OF * * From the old home town. * * — Mrs. Effie Crawford. “Platt” & “Smith-Vaile” Pumps * * * * 18 OIL MILL GAZETTEER February 1926

THE OUTLOOK FOR COTTON LINTERS good prime linters made from these seed later in ****** the season when the mills have disposed of the By David L. McKay, cf Smith, Tobison & Burk­ bad seed. However, the one thing that will pre­ hart, in Commerce and Finance. vent this is the fact that it is necessary to mix a certain portion of these sound seed with the Although we had every assurance at the be­ current receipts in order to make a quality of oil ginning of this season of a large cotton crop, the and meal that is marketable; so in this way, the Inter market opened at a higher point than it stock of good seed is generally being reduced and had reached at any time during the previous sea­ yet this mixture does not make an absolutely son. At the opening, first cut linters were bring­ sound quality of linters. ing all the way from 10c to 12c for high grades; We also understand from a few mills that have hull runs were bringing from 6c to 8c and second large stocks of early seed in their warehouses cuts, which were in more demand than any other that these seed are beginning to heat. grade, were bringing 4c to 5c. These prices were We have found all grades of linters find a mar­ the market f. o. b. mills and nothing could be ket eventually, and, of course, this will be true of bought under 4c regardless of quality. the linters made from even the worst o f seed, yet All this was in the face of a large crop, and it is reasonable to believe that such lint, being the only explanation we can offer for these high plentiful, will be at a discount, and sound lint, prices is the demand, particularly for the lower being scarce, will be at a premium. grades, cn the part of manufacturers who were Of course, one of the most important factors in in need of linters for immediate use. There was the linters market today is the manufacture of practically no carry-over at the mills from which artificial silk or, as it is now called, “rayon.” to draw, so it was necessary to pay these prices We understand that the increased demand for to get what stock wras actually needed. This we this product began at the time its name was think was the basic reason for these high prices, changed from “artificial silk” to “rayon.” but when those of speculative inclination saw that some few were paying these high prices, The former name suggested a substitute, they too, helped to maintain this level by buying whereas the latter is an entirely new product both spot and future deliveries. which people will buy where they would not buy One proof that some of this buying was specu­ a substitute. As we see it, there is no limit to lative is the large number of cancellations later the use of linters for this purpose except the in the season of contracts made at the start. actual supply of linters. As a whole, the linter market has been healthy We understand that wood pulp is also used in spite of the fact that it was necessary that largely in the manufacture of “rayon,” yet the a reaction take place after this season of high shortage of wood pulp has been a serious ques­ prices. The reaction was not sudden, but very tion for some time. We wonder if something else gradual, the demand continued to be good and will be found to supplement linters and wood linters of all grades have now declined to a level pulp in the manufacture of this new product. which is generally accepted as being the actual As for the future of the linter market, we value. think a good price is assured for second cut lint- The same grades on which we have named the ers, this being the grade used principally by the prices being paid at the start of the season, are rayon manufacturers, and the market for other now bringing approximately as follows: grades will probably be based somewhat on sec­ First cut of good quality....8c to 10c FOB mills ond cut prices as well as upon demand for these Mill Run lin te rs ...... 4c to 7c FOB mills other grades by other users such as mattress and Second C u t s ...... 3c to 4c FOB mills felt manufacturers. As is true of cotton, there promised to be a scar­ The automobile business has been good, and city of better grades of linters, as for the past the mattress business has been good, and we see thirty days, at least, seed receipts have been of no reason to expect a decrease in the consumption very inferior quality, field damaged and trashy. of linters for the manufacture of automobile felt Seed of this variety cannot be safely stored be­ and mattress felt.— The Cotton Oil Press. cause of the excess moisture. Therefore, the mills have found it advisable to crush these seed The Kyle Oil Mill, Inc., has sold its mill and as received. In other words, the mills have been gin at Kyle to Henry Allien of Shamrock, Texas, cperating on current receipts rather than from and others. The mill will be torn down and stock in their warehouses. Of course, the stock moved to Amarillo, the work of dismantling has in their warehouses is generally of good prime already begun, under the supervision of Mr. Ed. quality and it might be that there will be some Howard. February 1926 OIL MILL G A Z E T T E E R 19

BILL WOULD GIVE FARMERS HEARING ON QUARANTINE CLAIM

Washington, February 5.—Settlement of the High-Grade V I N All Colors controversy between the State of Texas and farm­ INSIDE B 1 4 0 I OUTSIDE ers of Harris, Hardin and a dozen other counties PAINT over the payment by the government of approx- mately $200,000 in claims growing out of the BESCOTE, an Asbestos Fibre Koof Paint—Stops minor leaks. pink boll worm quarantine now appears to be t u' near. COVERAL, a high grade Asbestos Fibre Roofing— A sub- committee of the house claims com­ Stops all leaks mittee was appointed this morning to consider IRONITE, highest grade of Steel Paint—Lasts a the bills introduced by Representatives Black lifetime. and Mansfield of Texas, which would allow the STACK PAINT that preserves best and longest. claimants to bring the matter up for settlement LEAKSEAL, makes the Furnace Air-Tight—Stops in the federal courts of the Southern Texas dis­ heat waste. trict. The Mansfield bill would permit the WESTERN STANDARD PAINTS for any outside farmer claimants to present their case to the wood protection. federal tribunal, while the Black bill would give We Cater Directly to Oil Mill and Gin Trade— the State of Texas the right to intervene. A Complete Line Stocked at Fort Worth A Sunday Paper makes the best regulated living room look like a theatre after the audience —PROMPT ATTENTION TO MAIL ORDERS— has left. Most women are secretly happy when their husbands begin to get bald. No woman likes to Western Paint & Roofing Co. be taken for the mother of a youthful looking H. R. Martin, Sales Mgr., Fort Worth, Texas husband.— Stolen.

Helm Combination 36-Gummer and 54-Head Filer

Gum and file all on cne steel frame. Save time Save expense of changing cylinders from one machine to another. By not changing you ke ep a much better tooth.

Cylinders always uniform.

Saws last longer— Cut better.

Gummer and file expense much less

Very few parts, no small parts., screws or adjustments

Sh'pped cn an absolute guarantee of satisfaction after trial or no sile.

42 so!d - - 42 accepted Net a single machine returned Fort Worth Steel & Machinery Co. Arlington Heights Blvd. Fort Worth, Texas February 1926 20 OIL MILL GAZETTEER

GRATON & KNIGHT |T IS a pleasure to an­ Standardized LEATHER BELTING nounce the association with our company of BELTING THAT LASTS LONGER ON OIL MILL DRIVES Mr. S. 0. Womack, well known to many of our Standardized Oil Mill Crimps are flexible yet hold thier shape. Lap friends and customers or circle construction through his past con­ nections in the Mill Sup­ ply Line.

The firnton it Knislit Mfg. Co. DALLAS BELTING CO. Worcester, 91m 2419 Commerce Street Branches in principal cities DALLAS, TEXAS

Our Mill Supply Department

This department has grown to immense proportions, and we can say for this part of our business that we handle as complete a line of SUPPLIES and MACHINERY as can be found in this territory. We handle only those lines which are of PROVEN QUALITY and HONEST VALUE. We carry a very large and comprehensive stock of goods, especially those peculiar to the GIN and OIL MILL trade, such as Goodyear Rubber Belts, Gardner Pumps and Pennsylvania Air Compressors, Caldwell Conveyor and Conveyor Fittings, Dodge Pulleys and Shaft Fittings, Dodge Split Friction Clutches, Macook Leather Belt, Genuine Gandy Belt, Erie Boilers, H. S. & G. Boilers, Monarch Lathes, Armstrong Tools, Williams Wrenches, Chapman Ball Bearings, Toledo Hand Pipe Threading Tools, Oster Power Pipe Machines, also Brooks Boiler Metal Treat­ ment and Johns-Manville Packing and Cement. We have to do this because our sources of supply are located in the North and East, usually at great distances from this territory, and in order to be able to give SERVICE it is necessary to have the stocks right here. In addition to a full line of standard or staple goods, we carry many items not ordinarily found in this market. The dominating thought of our entire organization is to give you GOOD SERVICE and to furnish you GOOD GOODS at RIGHT PRICES. We strive to please and want everyone to know that we have a SPECIAL MILL SUPPLY DEPARTMENT which handles a full line of General Mill Supplies for practically every industry in this territory.

The Murray Company, t e x a s