Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-03-02
LOCAL BATTERY s COMP ANY WILL
 EXTEND WORK
New Plant To Be Only One
 of Kind in the South.
PLAN MANUFACTURE
 OF BATTERIES HERE
Dixie Battery and Manufacturing Company Complete Plans
 For Organization.

A reorganization of the Dixie Bat tery company was recently affected with articles of incorporation taken out, and most of the stock sold. At a meeting of the directors of the con- pany Thursday, the following officers were elected: Hal A. Irish, president; :; w. w. Taylor, vice president; Irwin l.. Hathaway, treasurer; J. l.. Longino, secretary; l.. c. Graham, general man. ager. Directors are Hal A. Irish, w. w. Taylor, Irwin l.. Hathaway, J. l.. Longino, l.. C. Graham and A. F. Gra- ham.
 Whats In Name2
 It is. not known just why the name Dixie Battery Company" was select ed, but the title has dual signifi- canoe. In the first place, the Dixie Battery company, Pine Bluff, Ark, is the only plant south of the Mason and Dixon line which manufactures batteries. In the second place. the tf- tie is significant of the policy and ideals of the men behind the plant.
 "It is the only plant in the south which manufactures batteries" l.. c. Graham. general manager said yes terday. "The officers and directors are local men, putting local money in the concern. All other battery manufacturing plants are in the east. That means the eastern men are talk ing southern money to the east. The whole world is going to be our field. but we are going after the southern territory particularly.
 sssa65NNih Manufacture in Volume,
 The manufacture of batteries and battery accessories is going to be done ill a large volume. We are go- ing to have big business," Mir. Gra- ham said, "and we are going to run it in big way.' The capacity of the plant at present is 100 batteries a day. In short while the plant will be able to turn out 800 to 500 batteries a day, Mir. Irish, president of the company. said.
 The battery which this company will produce will be known as the Dixie Battery. and according vo Mir Graham, is all improvement over other batteries. "We will guarantee our battery for year and a half," he stated. We found upon an analysts of tbe water here that it was not chemically pure. Good batteries must needs be chemically pure. There fore We have installed our own dis tillery. Besides this. the plant has its own generating plant, and two en- zines for auxiliary power"
 Process of Manufacture.
 The process which battery goes through from start to finish is quite Interesting. The first process is the making and grouping of the plates. The plates are made of lead. Next comes the putting of the paste ill the plates. The composition of the paste IS secret process. After the paste is put in, the plates are insulated, then assembled in groups of positive and negative. Next they are put on forms and subjected to a low ampere- age charging rate. They are charged fully and then discharged, then re- charged again.
 Following this process, the cells are put into boxes which are made acid proof, and put under a special heat treatment. Next the covers are put on and the battery is sealed acid tight and the terminals then burnt on top.
 "lt then goes through the final test" Mir. Graham said, and no bat tery will go out of the factory unless it shows 20 percent over ampereage capacity. After the test, they are then ready for the shipping clerk"
 The plant is located at Third ave nue and Tennessee street, and the property was bought by the company,