Ware COUNTY  GA  Bio  Coe, A.B.

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          INDUSTRIAL EDITION OF THE WAYCROSS EVENING HERALD
                    Waycross, Ware County, Georgia
                             June, 1907
                             A. B.  COE
     A. B. Coe, Mechanical Engineer born of Virginia parents, spent
most of his early life in the North, during which time he took a
four-year course at Heldenberg College at Tiffin, Ohio.
     He came South in 1885 since which time his occupation has taken
him into almost every county in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida,
and South Carolina.
     He has devoted most of his time to saw mill, mining and railroad
equipment but of late years has given quite a great deal of attention
to the erection of wood turpentine distilling plants and is the
inventor of Coe's Gravity Turpentine Seperator and Coe's New Rotary
Retorts for wood distillations of all kinds, a small cut of which
appears below.
     These retorts keeps the wood in continuous agitation while
steaming, submitting the entire contents to the direct action of the
steam uniformly throughout, a condition which is impossible with the
stationary retorts.
     Mr. Coe takes great interest in all things educational and
especially in experimental development of anything beneficial to
humanity.
     He has discovered many new and useful methods of agriculture
which will greatly assist the South in eventually becoming a leader
in the worlds productions.  He is a great admirer of the "Golden
Rule," and says the millenium will have come when everyone shall
adopt it as their guide.
     Mr. Coe is at present arranging with New York capitalists for
the erection of a large wood turpentine plant here in Waycross,
adopting the new rotary retorts in connection with many other modern
devices by distilling the entire product of the pitch pine wood.
     In this new process the entire wood is used up and converted
into marketable materials, while in the old process over 50 percent
of the values were lost in extraction.
     The development of this industry will mean much to the entire
yellow pine belt of the Southern States, as it will enable the land
to be cleared ready for farming without expense to the platers or
owners, and yet be a source of great profi to the operators.



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