The herald., 1918-06-06
LEADING CITIZENS HEAD
BIG ORGANIZATION

Progress Of definite character
has been made by the Southern
States Oil and Gas Company. the Big
Independent Company of New Or
leans business men and capitalists.
Backed by successful men from the
various walks of Orleans industry,
this company has pushed it's plans
for finding oil and gas with great
intensity. Every promise made to
its thousands Of stockholders has
been fulfilled ana golden hopes are
held by its officers.
Although a comparatively new
concern, the Southern States has
gained the confidence Of the invest
ing public through its two indisput-
able advantages. \ sufficient fl
nancial backing 10 carry on opera
lions Of a vast character and direc-
torate of responsible. trustworthy
men. Most companies begin with
small capital and work years to gain
success and very few ever attain the
cooperation OF prominent men in
public and business life
DR.. Thomas Stark, prominent
planter Of ThibodauX, is president of
.
Company. He is identified with sew
eral sugar plantations and has been
| connected with the oil industry for
a number of years, his operations
being scattered over a varied terri
| tory.
The yice-president is p. Seton
! Schneidau, a real estate operator,
| who is too well known to the New
Orleans public to need any introduce
! ton. J. w. Busard of Indianapolis
| is secretary-treasurer Charles Dick
ensheets manager of field operations
and Don FarnsWOlth general manag-
er.
Directors include Whitmell p.
/ Martin, Thibodauy; DR.. George r.
De 'Laureal, BrOussard, La; Fer
nand MoutOn, lieutenant governor
and president of the Corporation Sc
curities Company; Col. w. II. Price
of ThibodauX; p. II. Hogan, New
Orleans, Herman Levy, Levy, Loeb
and Company, New Orleans; c. ].
Webre, of Friend and Webre, New
Orleans; Sargent Pitcher, Hugo
Weidemann and Stonewall Jackson.
Last week the company's first we'll
was brought in at Anse LaButte
with an encouraging show of oil.
Considering the fact that it was
drilled only to a depth of $50 feet,
experts believe the well has wonder
full possibilities. The Anse La Butte
field rapidly is becoming one of the
most consistent producers in this
state and bids fair to measure up to
the production in standard set by
the Caddo field, near Shreveport
In the Terrebonne gas field, the
company has begun the building of
112-foot derrick on Bayou Bieu.
This will be one of the largest der
ricks ever constructed in Southern
Louisiana. 1t will enable the diller
to try for both oil and gas. While
no oil has been found in the Terre-
bonnie district, biologists say that
the location on Bayou Bleu is the
one spot where petroleum may be
discovered. With the demand for
natural gas growing every day the
company expects no trouble in dis
posing of gas should it be encounter
ed before oil on Bayou Bleu.
To the conservative investor of
small means. the Soutrern States
Oil and Gas Company offers two
dependable assurances. They are:
That prominent men have already
put their money in the company and
are supervising expenditures and
operations and that the company is
making every endeavor humanity
possible to find oil and gas
in paying quantities. The office is
located at $50 Gravier street where
further information will be gladly
given.