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Newborn, Tennessee, was the birthplace of Mr. Wyatt in 1878. A state of mountains and a leader in education, Tennessee has been famed for its sturdy pioneer stock from its foundation. Many of its characters, purely local in their life work, such as Bob Taylor and others, have, regardless of the fact that they were serving only their own state, become known and beloved by thousands who were not Tennesseans. In such environment H. Wyatt grew; his early life is not marked by anything out of the ordinary; here he was educated. After completing his training for the Law, he was admitted to the Bar in 1911 and began his practice in Washington, D. C., where he continued for one year. In 1912, he yielded to the pull of the West and moved to New Mexico where he located at Tucumcari. After a three years' practice there, he came to Texas, prac- ticed for three years more, then entered Government service in the recent World War as Estate Tax Agent, with headquarters at Dallas, Texas. During the war period he was actively engaged all over the state as he pursued his work. In 1918, he came to Wichita Falls where he remained for six months and then located at Burkburnett. He was a Demo- cratic Executive Committeeman for his District; he was chairman of the successful Red Cross Drive in his territory; and served as a director of the Cham- ber of Commerce of Burkburnett.
That Mr. Wyatt is one of the most progressive of the men of his calling is known to all in his sec- tion. Because he is a champion booster of Texas and a "first citizen" in his territory, he is known and held in highest esteem by a multitude.
UBERT W. CLARK, well known attorney, came to Wichita Falls from Phoenix, Ari- zona, in 1918 and opened offices for the general practice and has built up a splendid following during the past three years.
Mr. Clark is a native of Tennessee and was born in Jackson County, December 21, 1880, a son of Rev. Cicero C. and Nancy M. (Cullom) Clark. His father was a well known minister in the Christian Church for many years and well known in Tetmessee and Illinois. His uncle, Shelby M. Cullom, was United States senator from Illinois for thirty years.
Young Clark received his preliminary academic education in the public schools of Illinois and in 1896 entered the University of Chicago, graduating in the class of 1900 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar April 16, 1902.
Coming to Texas Mr. Clark practiced at Honey Grove from 1902 until 1904 when he removed to Dalhart. He remained at Dalhart for four years and went to El Paso where he was connected with one of the large law firms of that city until 1912, removing in that year to Phoenix and remaining there until he came to Wichita Falls in 1918. . He was county attorney of Hartley County, Texas, in 1906 and 1907.
On April 15, 1903, Mr. Clark was married at Honey Grove to Miss Kittie E. Oliver, member of a well known Texas family. They have four chil- dren, Hubert, Hollis, Hewitt and Helen. They re- side at 1704 Kemps Boulevard.
During the war Mr. Clark served his country ef- fectively and with credit to himself as a four- minute man, at large, speaking for the various loan drives and other governmental activities. He was also inspector for the Treasury Department in 1917 and 1918 for the western division.
Mr. Clark is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Woodmen of the World and Modern Woodmen of America. He also is a member of the Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce and actively interested in all civic affairs. His church affiliation is with the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
OHN QUINCY HUMPHREY, partner in the law firm of Lackey & Humphrey, First National Bank Building, Burkburnett, for his skill in law, whether civil or criminal, and his gift in forceful delivery is among the fore- most lawyers of the younger generation of his call- ing in northwestern Texas. J. L. Lackey is the partner in the firm which was established September 18, 1920. Close attention is given by Mr. Humphrey to business in the oil industry. As civilization grows and men and their relations multiply, the codex of specialized laws governing those relationships in- crease until today it requires a mind highly analyti- cal and logical as well as versed in corporation law to pilot big business through the maze of legal re- lationship. It is in this capacity that Mr. Humphrey is gifted and big business is continually availing itself of his service. Civil and criminal practise are pursued by this law firm and also all notary busi- ness attended.
Mr. Humphrey was born at Canadian, Texas, in Hemphill County, in 1895. His father, T. B. Hum- phrey, deceased, was a native of Kentucky. When John Quincy Humphrey was a small boy, the family yielded to the call of the West and located in Texas. Accordingly the Texas school system, from the ele- mentary grades through the University of Texas. has educated him. This schooling was interrupted while he was at the State University by the call to arms and on December 10, 1917, Mr. Humphrey en- listed in the navy. He was sent to New Orleans on a merchant ship as wireless operator and given further courses there and later in Massachusetts; in February of 1919 he received his discharge and re- entered the University of Texas where he graduated with honors. In June, 1920, he was admitted to the Texas bar and immediately he located in Wichita County. In the following September the present law firm was established.
In August, 1919, at Sweetwater, Texas, Miss Georgia Cox became the bride of Mr. Humphrey. They have one son, John Haywood, and the family reside at 503 East First Street. Mr. Humphrey is a member of the Burkburnett Chamber of Commerce and is thoroughly aligned with every good interest of his city. In its vast tomorrow he will have a good part and will be a leader in his calling for the next generation.
WIGHT H. LONGLEY, architect and en- gineer, Fort Worth was born in Kalamazoo. Michigan, on November 17, 1890, and his pa- rents are William H. Longley, deceased, for- merly a manufacturer, and Isabelle (Smoot) Longley. He attended the Lewis Institute of Chicago and studied engineering, and the University of Michigan. He was associated with William B. Stratton, at De- troit, Michigan, between 1912 and 1914, where he practiced his profession of architecture. Later he ac-
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cepted a position with the Miller Rubber Company, at Akron, Ohio, in their engineering department, where he remained three years. In August, 1919, he practiced at San Antonio and later at Brownwood, Texas. While he was associated with Sanguinet and Staats at Fort Worth he was superintendent of the W. T. Waggoner Building, the Farmers and several other buildings of note. On October 30, 1919, the present firm was organized.
When the World War broke out, Dwight Longley, answered the call to the colors and was sent to the 83rd Division at Camp Sherman, Ohio, where he was commissioned a first lieutenant on August 15, 1917, and attended the school of fire at Fort Sill. On September 1, 1918, Mr. Longley was transferred to Camp Travis and joined the Field Artillery.
Mr. Longley is single and resides at 1019 West Terrell Avenue and is a man interested in the pros- perity and growth of Fort Worth.
EWIS A. CLAPP, architect of the firm of Clapp and Glasgow, Crowdus Building, Fort Worth, Texas, is identified with the design- ing of some of the largest and most artistic buildings in the United States, among them being the Farmers and Mechanics National Bank Building at Main and Seventh Streets, Fort Worth, while he was associated with Sanquinet and Staats, archi- tects. Mr. Glasgow, the other member of the firm, will break off his relations with Lewis Clapp in the near future, and the partnership will be dissolved, Mr. Clapp practicing his profession by himself as a domestic architect designing artistic residences in- stead of commercial designing for when he has become well known over the country and Canada.
He was born in Chicago, Illinois, on May 18, 1880, and his parents are Frank Clapp, who was a building contractor and later an architect and Caro- line (Norris) Clapp. He attended the public and high schools of Spokane, Washington, and studied civil engineering at the University of Illinois. When he was twenty-three years old he formed a partner- ship wth his father and practiced his profession with him for three years after which he went to Seattle where he was associated with several men, first with Mr. Blackwell and later Haughton and Umbrecht. Blackwell was in charge of the reconstruction work for the city of Seattle, Washington, and the building of the Bremmerton Dry Docks at Bremerton. Wash- ington. Later while he was associated with the state architect for Illinois he designed the Supreme Court Building of Illinois, which is one of the most magnificent state court buildings in the United States. For one year, between 1908 and 1909 he practiced his profession back in Spokane but de- cided to locate in Butte, Montana, for a short while, where he was associated with Link and Haire and designed the county jail and court house at Butte. He was located at Ogden, Utah, for one year in 1910, where he continued his profession until he went to PortInd, Oregon, to design the Multmnoah Hotel. one of the largest hotels in that state and very artistic. He was chief draftsman for Griffith. the Provincial Architect for British Columbia, Canada, a few years later, and designed a number of banks and public buildings there. In 1912 he was back into the United States at Bakersfield, California, where he designed the Kern county jail. Two years later he moved to Fresno, California, where he con- tinued to practice his profession for one years, after which he traveled over the country until 1916, when
he located in Butte, Montana, again and produced a very effective building for the Knights of Colum- bus. The Renker Hotel, Topeka, Kansas, and Kansas City Club Buildings were also designed by him while he was associated with Smith, Rea and Lovitt, of Kansas City in 1918. He first practiced in Wichita Falls, Texas, with E. Etanley Field and designed the National Bank of Commerce Building before going to Fort Worth in 1919 to associate with Sanquinet and Staats.
The present partnership was organized June 1, 1920, and is identified with some of the best building designing in the state.
Mr. Clapp was married to Miss Ida (Wood) daugh- ter of Colonel Joseph George Wellington Wood, vet- eran of the Civil War of Mount Pleasant, Texas, in the year of 1919 at Cleburne, Texas, and lives with his wife at Arlington Heights. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and the Glen Garden Country Club-a permanent resident and ever "boosting" citizen of the ever growing city of Fort Worth.
H. BUIE, president of the company bearing his name, with offices and plant at 108 Throckmorton Street, and owner of the Texas Implement Company one of the lead- ing implement houses in North Texas, is one of the leading manufacturers of automobile bodies and trailers in Fort Worth and has seen the business grow from a small beginning in 1916 until now it requires a floor space of 100 by 166 feet and sixteen people are employed in the establishment. In May, 1920, the company was incorporated as the E. H. Buie Body and Trailer Works with Mr. Buie as president and general manager, N. J. Morgan, vice- president, and V. N. Paris, secretary and treasurer. The company builds a splendid line of commercial bodies and trailers and the name Buie on their product has come to be a synonym of excellence and high grade wearing quality.
Mr. Buie came to Fort Worth in 1904 and for several years was engaged in the grocery business. In 1909 he bought out the Texas Implement Com- pany and in 1916 established his Buie Body and Trailer Works. He was born in Franklin County, Mississippi, in 1872, a son of A. H. Buie, well known farmer who removed to Texas the year of his son's birth, settling first in Ellis County and later re- moving to Jones County.
After receiving a good public school education Mr. Buie engaged in business for himself and has been remarkably successful in all his undertakings.
In 1896 Mr. Buie was married in Ellis County to Miss Mary Hellums, daughter of J. R. Hellums. They have four children, Eula Alice, now Mrs. L. C. McCampbell, Ina Mae, Augustus and Ralph.
Besides his commercial body and trailer business, Mr. Buie is the owner of the Texas Implement Com- pany, handling farm implements, tractors, gas engines and kindred lines. This concern has a floor space of 72 by 90 feet, two stories, and does a very large business, maintaining three large supply trucks to more efficiently supply the wants of their customers. Also a branch house of the same name at Breckenridge, Texas. The Metropolitan Hotel. of the same place and also the Metropolitan Hotel of Ranger, Texas.
Mr. Buie is a man of progressive ideals and strongly interested in the commercial and civic de- velopment of the city.
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QUIS C. ABBOTT, vice president and general manager of the Fort Worth Warehouse and Storage Company, Inc., with offices and warehouse at 201 South Calhoun Street, Fort Worth, Texas, has for the past two years been a potent factor in the industrial life of this city. Under his management, the company has vastly in- creased its business, doing a volume of over $200,000 of business during the year of 1920, which is double that of the previous year. The Fort Worth Ware- house and Storage Company was established in Feb- ruary, 1919, Wm. Massie, president; A. G. Carter, vice president; Boyd Keith, secretary-treasurer; Louis C. Abbott, vice president and general manager. The warehouse is a strictly fire proof, three story structure with 50,000 square feet of floor space, lo- cated at 201 South Calhoun Street. Eight automo- bile trucks, four wagons and a force of from fifty to seventy-five employes is required to handle the com- pany's vastly increasing volume of business.
Mr. Abbott, although a comparatively new comer to Fort Worth has in the past two years earned a conspicuous place in the business fraternity of the West Texas Metropolis. A native of Texas he was born in the Panhandle District in 1884. His father, J. L. Abbott, a native of Alabama, was a pioneer of West Texas, having located there in 1876. Young Mr. Abbott received his education in the West Texas public schools, came to Fort Worth in 1907, when twenty-three years of age. Here he remained work- ing at various occupations for three years. In 1910 he went to Dallas, and there secured employment with the Dallas Transfer Company in a clerical ca- pacity. He worked up over the various positions with the Dallas Transfer Company to a capacity of Asso- ciate manager. In 1918 he went with the Motor Freight Lines as active vice-president of the com- pany, and while with this concern assisted in the or- ganization of the Fort Worth Warehouse and Storage Company, of which he is vice president. In February, 1919, he came to Fort Worth as general manager of the company. Under his management the company has enjoyed a remarkable era of progress. Mr. Ab- bott is a director of the Dallas Storage and Ware- house Company of Dallas, and also director of the Conklin-Grimes Piano Company of Fort Worth.
The marriage of Mr. Abbott to Miss Lillian Goff took place at Commerce, Texas, 1914. The family residence is 1228 South Adams Street, Fort Worth.
A member of the Moslah Temple Shrine, and of the Patrol, Fort Worth Ad Club, is a director of Kiwanis Club, and of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Abbott takes a great interest in the civic and commercial progress of the city of Fort Worth, of which he has proven himself to be a valuable asset in commercial circles.
J. HEFLEY, president of the Artesta Bot- tling and Ice Cream Company, with offices and factory at 1315 East . Front Street, Fort Worth, Texas, is directing an organi- zation that has increased its business over one hundred per cent since it has been under his control, when the total amount of business the year before he purchased the enterprise was seventy five thou- sand dollars and two years later in 1920 the total was one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars- the reward for the diligence and hard work of a native Texan and friend, W. J. Hefley.
Belton, Texas, in Bell County, is the birthplace
of W. J. Hefley, who married Miss Dalzell at Fort Worth and is the father of R. H. and W. J. Hefley who are in school and Mrs. David Goozens, who now resides at Fort Worth.
In 1904 he decided to locate permanently in Fort Worth and after being engaged in several enter- prises purchased the Artesia Bottling and Ice Cream Company in 1918. The company now is one of the foremost in the manufacture of ice cream and the Artesia brand ice cream is well known and widely sold over Tarrant County. The organization has developed to such an extent that they have a bottling capacity of one thousand cases daily and one thou- sand gallons of ice cream every eight hours.
The Masonic Order is the only fraternal organi- zation that he belongs to, the rest of his time being taken up by his business and interests in the de- velopment of his city and state.
ENRY A. SPUHLER, the district manager for the Long Construction Company of Kansas City, has put over some big work in the construction of industrial plants over the state of Texas, of which one of the biggest undertaken was the warehouse for the Oil Well Supply Company at Ballanger and Daggett Streets in Fort Worth. The company also made alterations in the Texas State Bank, Security State Bank and the Continental Bank and Trust Company of the same city of Fort Worth, which has been made successful by such enterprising men as Henry A. Spuhler. The home office of the organization is in Kansas City.
Mr. Spuhler was born in Cherokee, Iowa, on No- vember 10, 1878, and his parents are Peter Spuhler, a building contractor, and Sophia (Knight) Spuhler. He attended school in Kansas and graduated with the degree of B. S. in architecture at the Kansas State College in 1906. He built the Veterinary Science Building at Manhattan, Kansas, for the Kansas State Agricultural College, the year after his graduation from college. In 1908 he superintended the erection of two railway depots in New Mexico for Henry Bennett, of Topeka, Kansas, who was the contractor.
Howe and Hait, prominent architects of Kansas City, offered Mr. Spuhler a position with their firm in 1908, which he accepted, after marrying Loda May Cowger on June 9, 1908, at Kansas City, Missouri. He was associated with that organization until 1912 when he accepted a position with the Long Construc- tion company, however before making the associa- tion he supervised the construction of a mag- nificent home for R. A. Long, the millionaire lumber- man of Kansas City, and many buildings on his model farm near the above city.
In 1917 Mr. Spuhler was the architect in charge of the Cosden Building at Tulsa, Oklahoma, and later was employed by the Fuller Co. in the construction of the Air Nitrate plant at Cincinnati, Ohio. He also constructed the concrete oil tanks at Worcester. Massachusetts, and at Providence, Rhode Island, for the Western Construction Company of St. Louis.
Mr. Spuhler is the father of two boys and two girls, George William, Horace Allen, Ethel Eliza- beth and Loda Bernice. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Fort Worth and the Ma- sonic Lodge and first came to that city in February. 1919, where he took up his residence at Arlington Heights Boulevard, Stop Talley. Summing up the life of Henry A. Spuhler, the answer is success.
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MMETT BRENTS WOOTEN, secretary of the Fort Worth Grain & Cotton Exchange, has been with that institution since its establishment in 1907 and has held his present office for all but three years of its existence. The importance of cotton and grain exchanges in the commercial life of a eity is universally conceded and Mr. Wooten is justly proud of the one with which he is connected. The Fort Worth Grain & Cotton Exchange has a special department for the inspec- tion of all grain in carload lots, coming and going to and from Fort Worth. The membership of the Exchange is limited to 100 and now has 86 members in good standing. The Exchange inspected over 15,000 cars of grain in 1919. Mr. Wooten began his business career as a broker, remaining in that field until he came to Fort Worth in 1907 from Dallas, Texas.
The Exchange is located at 510 Neil P. Anderson Building, occupying 4,000 square feet of space.
September 12, 1889, was the date of Mr. Wooten's birth, Rucker, Tenn., the place. His father, W. J. Wooten, was a pioneer of Rucker, having lived there fifty-five years, but is now a resident of Brown- wood, Texas. His mother, Lyda Bell Miller Wooten was also of Tennessee. Mr. Wooten's education came to him through the medium of Texas public schools. On September 28, 1907, Mr. Wooten mar- ried Miss Neoma Anna Wood, daughter of G. P. Wood, formerly of Fort Worth, now of Dallas, Texas. They have one son, Emmett B., Jr.
Mr. Wooten is an active member of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, in addition to his affiliation with the Fort Worth Grain & Cotton Exchange, and is a member of the Christian Church. The family reside at 1316 East Magnolia Avenue.
OSEPH A. CHAPMAN, Dallas and Fort Worth, cotton broker and shipper, has for many years been an outstanding figure in Texas activities centering around the sale of that snowy fleece which forms the very warp and woof of southern industrial life. A score of years less five measures the length of time Mr. Chapman has made Fort Worth the scene of his business operations. In 1905 he came to the Panther City from Weatherford, Texas, where for years he had been the successful agent of Crawford and Burns, cf Austin, Texas. After moving to Fort Worth Mr. Chapman was for some five or six years asso- ciated with Tom Owens & Company, then, in 1915, he established for himself an independent business, operating in Dallas and Fort Worth.
As his name signifies, Mr. Chapman comes of a proud old southern family. August 17th marks the day of his birth in the year 1870, and "Ole Missis- sippi" is the state, Raymond the town, of his nativ- ty. The majority of our most successful men re- ceive their education in the public schools of which we, as a nation, are justly proud.
In 1897 Mr. Chapman became a benedict, choosing as his bride Miss Maude Bingham. Their children number two, Joe A. Chapman, Jr., and Geraldine Chapman.
Being so closely identfied in his business relations with cotton, it naturally follows that Mr. Chapman is a member of the Fort Worth Cotton Exchange. Mr. Chapman's local associations also include mem- bership in two fraternal organizations, the Elks and Knights of Pythias, and he is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.
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ILEY LEE COLEMAN, manager of the cot- ton linter department of Wm. Hughes & Company, 2201 Jennings Avenue, has been a potent factor of Fort Worth business life tor a full dozen years. The early days of 1900 saw him engaged in the oil business at Houston, Texas, but in 1908 he severed connections with the genii that makes liquid gold come from the earth and left the Bayou City for Fort Worth, where he operated the W. L. Coleman Company and Coleman Linter Company until May, 1920, at which time he estab- lished a Fort Worth office for Wm. Hughes & Com- pany of New York, dealers in cotton linters, cotton waste, paper mill supplies, wool waste, etc. The New York office of Wm. Hughes & Company is lo- cated at 516 Fifth Avenue. This company also owns a large plant at Glendale, L. I.
Mr. Coleman is of the south southern, belonging to an old Mississippi family, his parents being R. F. Coleman for many years a merchant of Meridian, where Wiley L. was born on August 12, 1873, and Allie (Mullens) Coleman, also a Mississipian. Mr. Coleman's education was obtained under the tutelage of Texas schoolmasters. He was married May 21, 1894, to Miss Flaurence Brown, the wedding taking place at Tyler, Texas. They have two children, Wiley L. Coleman, Jr., now secretary-treasurer of E. L. White & Company, and Miss Flaurence Mel- drum Coleman. Wiley L. is married. The family home is at 502 South Hendlerson Street.
Mr. Coleman is a member of the Baptist Church, also his membership is claimed by the following or- ganizations: Rivercrest Country Club, Fort Worth Club, Interstate and State Cotton Seed Crushers' Association.
ARREN G. GRAY, District Manager for West Texas, for the Republic Supply Com- pany, with offices at 419 North Main Fort Worth, Texas, is managing a branch of a company that supplies the Texas and Oklahoma oil fields with all kinds of supplies necessary for the drilling and producing of wells. The company is one of the most successful oil field supply companies in the United States and has branch offices in Brecken- ridge, Ranger, Gorman, De Leon and Stephens County and does an enormous business in Stephens County. Warren Gray is a well known man among oil cireles and was brought up among the atmosphere of oil from a tiny babe when he first glimpsed a derrick in the oil fields of Pennsylvania up until to- day when he stands out as one of the most successful oil field supply men in the Southwest fields.
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