E L Smith Oil Co Holds Annual Stockholders Meeting
The E L Smith Oil Co held its annual stockholders meeting in Mexia on December 3, 1923. Directors E L Smith Blake Smith and R L Wheelock were elected. The company reported cash dividends of 13 percent totaling 176000 and assets up about 300 percent in the year ending after a 10 percent November dividend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Smith Oi Company
Mexia
E. L. Smith
Blake Smith
R. L. Wheelock
U. S
Competition Heats Up in Powell Oil Pool Jubilee
Lively competition among pipeline firms and buyers returns in December after October November slowdowns. Oil at 51.00 per barrel is being pursued by thirty producers led by Humble, Gulf Production, Texas Co. and others as Tankage expands in Limestone County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell Pool
Limestone County
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Gulf Production Co
Tidal Oil Co
Texas Company
Atlantic Oil Prod
E. L. Smith Oil Co
Shelley Oil Co
Garland Kent Humphreys Oil Co
Simms Oil Co
Kirby Petroleum Co
Roxana Petroleum Co
Mutual Oil Co
R. E. Brooks, Jr
Witherspoon Oil Co
Texas
Magnolia, McMann Oil Co
Flier Abandons 59,000-Foot Record Attempt
Dayton Ohio December 7 Lieutenant John A McReady aimed for a new altitude record at 59,000 feet but had to abandon the flight after engine trouble at about 37,000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
John A. McReady
Revolt Reported From Home of General Sanchez
A statement from General Guadaloupe Sanchez headquarters asserts a military revolt is under way to block President Obregon from appointing Pelias Carles as successor. The uprising began with a meeting of military leaders and politicians at the Sanchez residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nera Cruz
Guadaloupe Sanchez
Obregon
Pelias Carles
Sanchez
Selecta
Ses
New Evidence Emerges in Klan Official Murder Case
Atlanta December 7 new evidence has been unearthed against Phil E Gox publicity director of the Ku Klux Klan who faces trial Wednesday charged with killing W Coburn Investigators say the case will reveal internal faction warfare and a prior failed assassination attempt by a Coburn aide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Phil E. Gox
Ku Klux Klan
W. §. Coburn
Coburn
Fox
Hughes Demonstration Home Rising A Mexia Landmark
Rapid progress on the 3. K. Hughes Demonstration home financed by a local citizen and built under The News Publishing Company direction. The two story home is moved from the corner to make way for a fine replacement while several other Ross Avenue homes near completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
3. K. Hughes
News Publishing Company
Lawrence T
Mexia
Ross Avenue
Special Grand Jury Demanded Over Weekly Free Press Raid
In Stuttgart Arkansas on December 1 locals urged a special grand jury to investigate a raid by sixteen men on the Weekly Free Press. The presses and equipment were wrecked, editors R A Berry and T F Lawson beaten and told to leave town. The attack followed articles criticizing officers and the Arkansas Rice Growers Co Operative Association. The editors say several assailants were identified as association members.
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Stuttgart
Ark
Free Press
R. A. Berry
T. F. Lawson
Arkansas Rice Growers Co-Operative Association
Little Girl Crushed in Fly Wheel Accident
In Breckenridge Texas a 10 year old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs J M Reep, was killed when she stepped on a belt driven fly wheel of a drilling engine that stopped on center. Her weight started the engine and she was drawn into the revolving wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breckenridge
Texas
J. M. Reep
Here
Two Confessions Tie Murder Mystery in Chicago
Edward Lehman was shot during a factory raid in Chicago. Walter Bockelman and Ethel Beck claimed involvement. Beckelman later denied. Otto Malm confessed to the slaying and his wife Katherine as accomplice in many crimes, then Mrs Malm confessed and later recanted. Authorities pursue tangled statements as Strassheim and Sharbaro oversee the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Lehman
Chicago
Bockelman
Walter Bockelman
Ethel Beck
Beckelman
Otto Malm
Katherine Malm
Weather and rail update from East and West Texas
East Texas reports firs and warmer conditions tonight with partly cloudy skies in the extreme southwest. West Texas remains fair but colder in the north. Southern Pacific dispatches four new ten wheel locomotives BTiS 279 8720 and 23721 passing through en route to Houston to meet rising territory demands.
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East
Texas
West
Southern Pacific
Houston
Texas Association weighs next season leaders and Sherman successor
A Raleigh hotel meeting of Texas Association club owners discussed plans for the next season including president selection and officer appointments. Sherman’s withdrawal reduces the league to five clubs with Temple and Corsicana eyed for expansion while Doak Roberts and W R Davidson were noted as potential presidents from within the loop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Association
Sherman
Raleigh
Waco
Davidson
Cubs
Joop
Temple
Heroth
Mart
Max Gibbs
McIvor
Corsicana
Oapsis
W. R. Davidson
Doak Roberts
Texas League
Jon Gardner
First Powell gusher sparks seven month oil boom
J K Hughes brought in the first Powell gusher seven months ago and the field has produced about 28,000,000 barrels. The discovery well was eleven months past, with the first real gusher following four months after January 7. Fleming No 2 of Kirby Petroleum, a 500 barrel producer, is the latest completion as Humble and others rush further wells amid improving weather and several completions due soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Hughes
Powell
AJ. K. Hughes
Gusher
Fleming No. 2
Kirby Petroleum Company
J K Hughes Develops No 4 Alexander Well Near Powell
The J K Hughes Developing Company anticipates a successful completion of its No 4 Alexander well on the 30 acre Powell property. The company operates several holdings in the proven area, boosting assets, with a new wildcat planned in the Chat field area between Chat field and Porter's Bluff in Chambers survey. A separate note mentions Masters Company and Deep Sand and Gravel Commerce involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Hughes
Alexander
J. K. Hughes Company
Powell
Chatfield
Easterland
Porter’s Bluff
Chambers
Masters Company
Comercy
Revolt Threatens Vera Cruz as Mexican Crisis Grows
Reports say 12 000 rebels under General Guadalupe Sanchez surged in Vera Cruz province with backing from five states. President Obregon vows no force spared to quell the rebellion as federal columns advance from Tampico Puebla and naval action eyed against Vera Cruz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick G. Neumeier
United Press
Mexico City
Vera Cruze
Guadalupe Sanchez
Obregon
General Calles
Adolfo de Sal Huerta
Vara Cruze
Hotel Regis
Tampico
Fuebla
Esperlanza
Yucatan
Wallace Urges Corp to Aid U S Wheat Disposal Abroad
Secretary of Agriculture reports that Wallace urged creation of a wheat export corporation to dump American surplus on foreign markets at any price. Losses from disposal would be distributed over the entire crop and sent to President Coolidge for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
McFall Test Ready to Drill 3300-Foot Depth
EB M Blue reports the McFall test near town is set to begin drilling deeper to around 3300 feet as Denison parties align finances. The site four miles northeast has reached about 150 feet, with plans to extend about 200 more feet to complete a potential new oil field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. M. Blue
Denison
Mexia Opens Doors to Home Seekers and Business Men
Mexia invites homeseekers and business leaders to relocate, boasting proximity to the Texas center of population, direct lines to major cities, rich oil fields, abundant agricultural and mineral resources, and a favorable climate, presenting strong opportunities in the southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Census
Mexia
Texas
United States
Mexia Oil Firms Anticipate Promising Year Ahead
The Equitable Trust ad praises the E. L. Smith Oil Company’s solid finances and low costs while highlighting ongoing dividends, office work, and a heavy drilling campaign. Mexia oil operators expect a new pool in 1924, with J. K. Hughes Developing Co and Fe Smith Oil Co monitoring wildcats and serving stockholders nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equitable Trust ‘Company
E. L. Smith Oil Company
Mexia Daily News
Powell Noo
Mexia Company
Mexia
Fe Smith Oil Company, Inc
J. K. Hughes
Comoles
Amani
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E L ‘Smith Oil Co., Tne
Big Mexia
Ganual
Ray
Hughes
Valles Boekel
Milani
Hoosier-Hamilton Et al
Humble Company
Old Mexico
Laredo
Arivte
Nuevo Laredo
U.S
McFall
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