Jacob Oberholtzer , 61, talks to his son-in-law Wesley Martin who just brought another load of sugar cane in from the field by horse power.Jacob Oberholtzer regulates the flow of sugar cane juice that comes into the huge cooking pan. The cheese cloth over the opening filters out the impurities.Jacob Oberholtzer sand his wife Mabel head for home for breakfast down a dirt road.Jacob Oberholtzer skims the green foam from the top of the molasses as it “cooks down” in the huge cooking pan.Jacob Oberholtzer shows his store house to a curious customer. He sells all different sizes form 1 gallon to 1 pint.Jacob Oberholtzer travels a dirt road by horse and buggy from his house to the molasses making operation.Jacob Oberholtzer hangs up his lantern, used at night to see by, after refilling it. Jacob often works until 3 am to process all of the sugar cane. He comes back in at 5 am.Jacob Oberholtzer’s wide brim hat is always on his head except when he wipes the sweat from his brow. The smile is always there for both strangers and friends.Jacob Oberholtzer loads up another box with jars of molasses as his wife, Mabel, tends to the molasses making.Jacob Oberholtzer moves back and forth from one end of the huge cooking pan to the other to constantly move the thickening molasses along.Jacob Oberholtzer throws down another box of jars that will be used to hold molasses. His son-in-law Wesley Martin catches the box and loads it into the wagon.Tarter Gate employee James Chansler operates a machine that lifts gates out of a paint pit to be moved along for drying.
