Opinion ID: 1276277
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Heading: south carolina activities

Text: Humble's gasoline and oil were sold in this State during the years in question under the trade name Esso, a name which the company or its predecessors had used here for over thirty (30) continuous years. Humble had approximately thirteen hundred (1,300) gasoline stations in this State, many of which were uniformly designed and constructed by the company in order to promote the sale of its branded gasoline. Gasoline came into South Carolina from two sources, pipeline and tanker. Humble's tankers continuously used the port of Charleston. At Charleston the company owned and operated a massive facility described as a terminal. This terminal included a product blending operation, a motor oil canning facility and an asphalt plant. The terminal was housed on approximately one hundred ninety (190) contiguous acres of land. (Photographs of the facility are in the record.) Additionally, Humble owned and occupied at Charleston about twenty (20) other lots or parcels of improved realty. Products blended and canned at the Charleston terminal were distributed and sold in neighboring states.