Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-02-28

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 quarters in Pine Bluff and which will manufacture medicinal and commer- cial products from Ignite coal found I in Ouachita county near Camden, is now under way and application will l be made for a charter next week. The officers will be John Holmes, president and general manager: Cliff ton Howell, vice president; Frank 1 Tomlnson, secretary and sales man
 ager, and A. D. Foster, cashier, all of
 Pine Bluff Among the subscribers to
 the stock ill the new concern are l many of the most prominent and suc- cessful business men in the city.
 Bridges and Wooldridge of this city, are the attorneys for the company.
 laboratory. and Offices Here
 The nhme of the company will be eArk-ol Manufacturing Conpany'' Of Pine Bluff. with capital stock Of $1. .000000. The laboratory and gen. eral offices of the concern will be lo- eated in Pine Bluff and it was stated yesterday by an official it is expected that the company will be placing it's products and formuiaes on the market within the next three or four months.
 Every product turned out by the big concern will be obtained from the Ignite coal obtained in odaehita county. Among the products to be manufactured are a tick eradieator, hog cholera cure, eczema cure, fer tilizer ln which, it is said, no insect can live; liquid fire eXtinguisher, 8 water proofing solution, a non-com- 8ustile floor sweep, a fine quality of paint, a good metal presefvative and others.
 soai Has Medicinal Properties
 The medicinal properties of the coal gre said to be excellent and several ointments, salyes, etc, are now being
 manufactured and sold on small scale An analysis of the coal is said to indicate properties found in no other mineral yet obtained. The coal is easily mined but has never been used for fuel because of it's highly |oombustible nature It is of peculiar formation and shows traces of vege table matter, in that the oil obtained from it is similar to that obtained from vegetable matter.
 Dr. George w. Kimball, promi- neat chemist, formerly of Chicago, has been experimenting with the coal for the past twenty years It has of fered opportunities for unlimited re- search and has been found highly use ful for many different things, Dr. Kimball has manufactured few ar ticles from it-a salve, soap, etc., but has never made any effort to put
 his products on the market except in a small way. The new company will place it's articles in practically every city in the United states after it has been thoroughly organized Dr Kim ball will come to Pine Bluff and direct
 the preparations of the many formu- l laes to be manufactured and several
 local chemists will engage in the
 work. Besides Dr. Kimball T. ]. New
 ton is another Camden man who has 1 a large amount of stock in the com-
 pany.
 Buys Large Tract of Land 1 Frank B. Tomlinson, of this city,
 ho is to be secretary and sales man.
 ager, returned Tuesday from Cam den where he closed deal for 12o l acres of land at s25 per acre. Options
 are held by the organizers of the com pany on other tracts, all of which are
 rich in ngnite coal.
 While every particle Of the coal will be utilized the clay on the property is also said to be valuable Tor the R1ann- l facture of pottery. chinaWare bricks and other articles. Prices have been obtained on all necessary machinery for the experiments with the coal and clay and it is expected that an order will be placed at an early date. One product which the concern will obtain from the coal is a liquid that is e9eeted to revolutiDnize the paint industry. 1t is said that this liquid will be submitted to the United states government for tests on it's battle- ships.
 To Undergo Tests Tn New York
 John R. Bloom, who has subscrib- ed for stock, has been in communiea- , tion with manufacturer in New York and as q result will take samples of several products to make demonstra- tions in New York, particularly of a liquid solution which will be used as a water-proofing and which has a