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 impressions I couldn't give you. But it grew; the bindery was
 added. Then I remember once or twice when he's buy a big new
 press. We'd all go down to see it. Momma was so proud of that.
 He really built that business. In fact, my father is responsible
 for my brother's good living, my brother's two son's good living,
 and now my brother's two son's sons are working there. So it is a
 four generation operation. Whey they never changed the name from
 Painter to Johnston, I don't know. But I know at one time my
 brother wanted; he went in with my father before he died. But
 Papa said no; E.O. Painter was too well established out of town,
 and that it would take an awful lot of doing to re-establish the
 name from E.O. Painter to Johnston.

J: Was it always a two-story building from what you can remember?

C: You go into an office where the bookkeeper worked, and off of that
 was Papa's office. Then you went through a door into the big
 pressroom. There were two presses there as I remember; the lino-
 types were upstairs. Then off of the big pressroom they built the
 bindery. And I guess at that time there weren't too many good
 binderies in the state, because he got an awful lot of big printing.

J: Do you remember any of the printing work he did?

C: Not except the liquor and the temperance league. That really
 stands out. Oh I know, for years andyyears, and this is something
 we lost in the first, we printed Stetson University's annual. It
 started back in oh way back (1909). From the time Stetson pub-
 lished annuals it had a suede cover, and each year he would get
 them a different color suede. Each year, Dr. Hulley, who was then
 the president, would autograph one and give it to Momma; we had an
 entire collection. It was an Indian name, Oshihiyi. I remember
 they were in dark green, browns, and dark red suede. Maybe suede
 is not the word. One year it came off on people's hands, and Papa
 had trouble with that. But we lost every one of those in that fire.
 They would have been very valuable to Stetson now, if we had them,
 because Dr. Hulley autographed all of them. Then I remember when
 Hulley stopped letting Papa print them. They were a Baptist
 school, and there were Baptist printing offices opening in the
 state. So consequently, we didn't get the business. It was all
 fair I'm sure, but we didn't think it was fair. It was something
 he looked forward to in getting his money every spring. I don't
 know what year they stopped, but they were all up there through
 about '22, I guess.

J: You mentioned that you and Momma were really proud of Papa Sydney
 in the way he built the business and the new presses that were com-
 ing in. About what time era was this when you can recall the
 presses?

C: Oh heavens no. I just know every now and then we'd hear that the
 old press was wearing out; and they didn't have money to buy a new
 one. Then the people would come from Atlanta, Schroeter Brothers,