The Ocala evening star., 1911-04-07
Of OPERATORS
The Big Naval Stores Company Which
Has just Been Formed In
Jacksonville
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Inc operators Naval stores COM
pany was formally organized yesterday
afternoon at the National Band build
ing being incorporated with the au-
thorized capital Of s250,000. The or
ganization of the concern adds anoth-
er charter TO the great growth. ad-
vancement and development of the
naval stores industry which has reach
ed large proportions in recent years
The following officers of this new
company were unanimously elected for
the ensuing year:
President, J. A. Crawford, Jackson
vile.
Secretary and treasurer, Fl. W.
Clark. Jacksonville.
Vice President. J. J. Haymans.
Gainesville.
| Vice President, J. J. Phillips, South
Jacksonville
| Board of directors, J. J. Haymans,
Gainesville; J. ]. Phillips, South jack
| sonvil1e: II. L. Anderson, Jacksonville;
Benjamin Drew. Orlando; J. A. Gran
| ford. Jacksonville: NJ. w Ulmer,
Largo: III. W. Clark, Jacksonvi1le; r.
Fl. Smith. Hawthorne, and T. B. Hand
LEY, Raiford.
| The New President
/ J. A. Crawford has been engaged in
1.-THE turpentine and naval stores busi
mess for the past thirty years and was
a member of the firm of Crawford
| Henderson & Co, naval stores factors
in Savannah until 1899, when they sold
lout their entire business and took
stock with the Gulf Naval Stores Com
pany of Pensacola. The growth of this
company afterwards required a branch
office in Tampa Of which Mr.. Crawford
moved to Jacksonville several years
ago and has beeen prominently iden-
titled with many enterprises tending to
the development and upbui1ding of the
city.
III. w. Clark, secretary of the Opera
tors Naval Stores Company has been
widely identified with the naval stores
interests in Florida for number of
years. During the past eight years he
has been local manager of the J. p.
Williams and the Carson Naval Stores
companies and is well known through
out the state among the operators. He
} is said, to be thoroughly competent to
handle the affairs of the new concern.
Board of Directors
J. J. Haymans of Gainesville, vice
, president, is the president of the Flor
ida Bank of Gainesville, and also one
> of the most extensive naval stores
producers of the state. He is known
for his business ability and integrity
III. j. Phillips of South Jacksonville
vice president, has also been a success
full naval stores producer for several
years and is well known to the opera
tors throughout the state.
HI. L. Anderson, of Jacksonville, is a
prominent member of the bar and has
also been widely identified with the
naval stores interests of Florida and
Georgia. Mr.. Benjamin Drew of Or
lando, is a member of the firm ol
Drew, Miller & Co, naval stores opera
tors, and has been engaged in the nav
al stores business in Florida for the
past thirty-six years. He has made &
I success of his business affairs by in
4 telligent application, combined witt
e hard work and person integrity.
Well Known I'm State
w. NJ. U1mer, of Largo, is presiden
: of the Bank of Largo, and his entire
: life has beeen devoted to the lumber
manufacturing and naval stores in
ldustry and is regarded throughout tn.
state as man of sound business judg
ment. II. B. Handley, who recentl.
. moved to Jacksonville and will max,
;, the Citizens Bank of Raiford, beins
: also identified with other leading en-
. terprises in which he has been emf
inently successful on account of hi
close application and attention to bus
illness.
r. III. Smith, of Hawthorne, is
: member of the well known firm o
- Holder, Smith & Co., naval stores op
erators. Mr.. Smith is not only 'engag
ed in the turpentine industry, but i
numbered among the successful plant
ers of Alachua county, where he resid
ed for a number of years.
An Operators Company
J. The Operators Naval Stores Com
y pany is strictly an operators compan
i and all turpentine operators are invit
: ed to take stock which is organized b
a the producers, and will deal in, bu
D and sell resin, turpentine, naval store
: and all kinds of material appertainin
d thereto, distill and manufacture an
: sell turpentine spirits, resin and bar
d rels, and store, handle, ship and dee
Is in the same and materials appertain
J. ing thereto, operate turpentine camp
make advances TO turpentine opera
|e tors and secure the same with powe
Il to acquire and hold timber or lands
= warehouses storage GROUNDS, an
n transact all such business as may b
w incident to or connected with tn
/ prosecution of the business.
10 The company is launching upon
te business career, it is claimed. with tn
.g brightest prospects. Officers have bee
" carefully selected, and in fact, clos
attention has been paid TO all detail
ss of the formation, and it is believe
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