This is another advertisement found in the Alabama Times dated February 8, 1930. I still haven’t been able to find information about the Alabama Times, as the two newspapers in Alabama that I have called so far (The Huntsville Times and The Birmingham News) have never heard of this newspaper.
Anyway, the advertisement is for Dudley Sweet Gum Company in Nashville, Tennessee. I have a sneaking suspicion that this is the Dudley Gum Company. I am unable to find anything, really, on the company. I’m not sure how long it was around. I won’t go into a history of Sweet Gum, but I will say that the burrs sure do hurt when you step on them barefoot!
WANTED-25,00 LBS. OF SWEET GUM
(Which is the Sap of the Sweet Gum Tree)
We pay $1.50 per pound for Sweet Gum, provided it comes to us clean (must not have any dirt or bark in it). Tap your trees, gather, clean and ship in to us in gallon molasses buckets. If you want particulars write us.
DUDLEY SWEET GUM COMPANY
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
