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section this week are : Benjamin H. Cox, Jr., 

 J. A. Fay & Egau Company, Cincinnati ; W. J. 

 Cotteral, Oliio Knife Company, Cincinnati, and 

 Gaylord H. Miles of Wysong & Miies Company, 

 Greensboro, N. C. Wliile in Bristoi Mr. Miles 

 was the guest o( his brother-in-law, J. A. Stone, 

 of Stone-Huling Lumber Company. 



T. J. Galloway of Johnson City, largely in- 

 terested in the Wood Luml)cr Company, which 

 became financially embarrassed nearly two years 

 ago, has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy 

 and the first meeting of creditors will i>e held 

 before Referee iu Bankruptcy H. H. Shelton of 

 Bristol this month. Mr. Galloway's assets are 

 in the neighborhood of $23,000, while the ex- 

 tent of his liabilities is not known. 



W. H. Stiles, who recently resigned as lum- 

 lier and timber agent of the Carolina, Crltch- 

 fleld & Ohio, has returned to eastern Virginia 

 and will enter the wholesale lumber business 

 at once on his own account. Mr. Stiles is well 

 known to the trade all over the country, having 

 been for several years traveling representative 

 of Sanford & Treadway of Connecticut, largely 

 interested in this section. 



A tract of timber land in fnieol county, Ten- 

 nessee, forty miles from Bristol, affected by the 

 failure of the Wiborg & Ilanna Company, Cin- 

 cinnati, and in which other concerns were inter- 

 ested, will shortly be sold under process from 

 the court. 



The Doss Manufacturing Company, just or- 

 ganized at I-ocahoutas, Va., with a capital 

 stock of .flO.OOO, is preparing to enter business 

 at once, and will do A general wholesale lumber 

 and manufacturing business. 



"The business outlook is much better," said 

 J. A. Wilkinson, a prominent Bristol manufac- 

 turer. "The demand is improving and the vol- 

 ume of business is much more satisfactory, 

 though things are by no means what might be 

 expected." 



O. H. Vial, largely interested in timber lands 

 of east Tennessee and a well-known wholesale 

 lumberman of Mountain City, Tenn., was here 

 this week and reports the lumber business in 

 that section in fair shape. 



The Marion & Rye Valley railroad, one of the 

 best known lumber railroads in southwest Vir- 

 ginia, and extending from Marion, Va., where 

 the big band mills of the United States Spruce 

 Company and other concerns are located, has 

 been sold. Only meager details of the transac- 

 tion have been received here, though it is said 

 that persons largely interested in the timber 

 lands of Grayson county, including Baltimore 

 lumbermen, are interested in the deal. The road 

 is about thirty miles in length. 



J. H. Bryan of the Bryan Lumber Company 

 has returned from a trip in the East and re- 

 ports little change there in the lumber markets. 



F. W. l[ii:;h.- ..1 rih,- & Heald, Baltimore, 

 and C. H, Snuih, ,h , ..i k A. & J. J. Williams, 

 PhiladelphlM, Hi lii\iriL hinihcr in eastern Ten- 

 nessee and wrMrin .\.,itli Carolina. Nearly ail 

 the country mills in that section are running. 

 The roads are rapidly improving and hauling to 

 the railroads has been begun. 



Local luiiiliri III. II «l ii.iHled the convention 



at Miiwankn hin ii umI 12, have returned 

 much pcrpliMi n i,,, iimii on the inspection 

 question, ■j'liri iviiii ,,iii,i^ made an effort to 

 have the 100." rubs iiLiiiii iiisiall.d. However, 

 they were pleased Willi nil niii,-, .iction taken. 

 A number of the In.nl .l.nl.r^ iiia not return 

 immediately, but joined tin- I'.usiricss Men's and 

 Blaine Club at Chicago and helped boom Ohio's 

 son, William II. Taft, for the nomination for 

 President. The local crowd are well pleased with 

 his l)elns placed at the head of the Republican 

 ticket and some of them are of the opinion that 

 Ills nomination will help trade to a great extent. 



R. L. Gilbert of the J. W. Darling Lumber 

 I ..iii|iiiiiy has returned Irora a successful busi- 



ness trip to Chicago. During his stay In the 

 Windy City he took a run over to Milwaukee 

 and represented his firm at the convention. He 

 stayed in Chicago long enough to hear the out- 

 come of the convention. 



L. D. Halstead of Richey, Halstead & Quick 

 of ihe Traction building has purchased a sum- 

 mer home in Michigan and Ijetween trips will 

 visit the ccUage. His wife and children are 

 there for the summer. Mr. Halstead will not 

 retui-n to the local offices until October. 



H. J. Garrett of the Brodhead-Garrett Com- 

 pany of Clay City, Ky., was in town last week 

 visiting the lumber trade in an effort to sell 

 lumber. 



Floyd Day of the Swann-Day Lumber Com- 

 pany of Clay City, Ky., was here recently. He 

 made a thorough canvass of the city for trade 

 and, from reports, was fairly successful. 



Charles Duhlmeier of Duhlmeier Brothers has 

 the sympathy of his many friends in the trade 

 upon the illness of his little girl. The latest 

 news states she is getting along very nicely and 

 will soon be herself again. 



George Littleford of the Littleford Lumber 

 Company states that he found things rather 

 quiet during the early part of June, but the 

 latter part of the month presented a more brisk 

 inquiry for lumber. The situation will show 

 some improvement each week, that is, until the 

 usual summer dullness sets in. 



W. K. Blinu of the William H. Perry Lumber 

 Company, who has been on a vacation for the 

 past two months, is expected to return the lat- 

 ter part of this month. 



W. E. Johns of the William H. Perry Lumber 

 Company has returned from a business trip to 

 Chicago. He also took a run over to Milwaukee 

 to see what was going on at the convention. 

 W. D. Wolfe of the same concern is still at the 

 yards of the company superintending the ship- 

 ment of a great deal of lumber from there. The 

 }-ards are located at Nashville. 



President Thomas P. Egan of the J. A. Fay & 

 Egan Company, one of the largest manufacturers 

 In woodworking machinery in the country, states 

 that by the first of July he intends to put on 

 additional forces of men and that the company 

 will soon be doing business on the same old 

 basis. The concern employs about 1,500 men 

 and Is called the "City Shop." 



Benjamin Bowman, a salesman for a Chicago 

 iumlier concern, was arrested here last week for 

 passing worthless checks. The amounts, al- 

 though small, were passed on a number of con- 

 cerns here. As his folks are wealthy, his finan- 

 cial distress is expected to be straightened out. 



Bankruptcy Referee Greve approved the sale 

 made by Louis P. Ezekiel of the sawmill of the 

 United States Timber Company, located at West 

 Irvine, Ky., about ten days ago. The property 

 was appraised at $0,000 and brought $7,800. 

 The office fixtures and two carloads of lumber 

 were also sold last week for $475, which Is 

 slightly above the appraised value. 



A suit for $3,761 delinquent franchise tax was 

 filed in the United States court against the New 

 Decatur Buggy Company. The company is now 

 in the hands of a receiver appointed by the 

 court. All but $74 of the amount claimed Is 

 accumulation of $10 a day fine. 



The Sayers & Scovllle Company, with a capital 

 stock of $1.50,000, was incorporated last week by 

 W. A. Sayers. Flaval H. Scovllle, Virginia and 

 Bessie Scovllle, Francis M. Sayers and A. E. 

 Ei-jenhart. W. A. Sayers Is president of the 

 concern ; Flaval Scovllle, vice-president and treas- 

 urer, and A. E. Eisenhart, secretary. 



T. B. Stone, president of the T. B. Stone 

 Lumber Company, with offices in the Union Trust 

 building, left the early part of the week for a 

 business trip south. During ' his stay In the 

 South he will visit the mill of the company. 



G. N. Burt of the Burt & Brabb Lumber Com- 

 pany of Ford, Ky., was a caller among the lum- 

 lior element during the Inst fortnight. It is 



said that he met with considerable success in 

 disposing of his concern's holdings. 



Chester F. Korn of the Farrin-Korn Lumber 

 Company, states that his concern is enjoying a 

 fair amount of business, but that it is not what 

 It might be. He left the early part of the week 

 for Mississippi, where he will visit the mill of 

 the company. 



Dwight Hinckley of the Hinckley Lumber 

 Company has purchased a saddle and driving 

 horse and has also been elected a member of 

 the local Riding Club. Business with his con- 

 cern is very good, as the erection of buildings 

 here is heavy, and they are dealers in building 

 material. 



Everybody in Cincinnati is rejoicing over the 

 nomination of Taft. His reception when he ar- 

 rived last Saturday was very hilarious. 



Thomas J. Moffett of the Maley, Thompson & 

 MofFett Lumber Company has just returned from 

 the convention at Chicago and was much pleased 

 ovsr the nomination of William H. Taft. He 

 stated that during the past ten days his com- 

 pany has been doing a very good business and 

 that he looks for an improvement each week. 



"The month of June so far with us has been 

 Just as good as last year," says B. F. Duiweber 

 of John Duiweber & Co., "and from present in- 

 dications an improvement should be noted each 

 week." 



L. W. Radina of L. W. Radlna & Co. has just 

 returned from a few days' pleasure trip up the 

 state. He said that business with them has 

 been about the same, but is of the opinion that 

 Taft's nomination will strengthen trade to a 

 considerable extent. 



G. Furger of the W. II. Dawklns Lumber Com- 

 pany of Ashland, Ky., was a visitor in the Queen 

 City during the latter part of the month. 



D. H. Mouhl of the Ohio River Lumber Com- 

 pany of Ironton, O., called on a number of the 

 local lumber dealers during the week. 



W. L. Brlggs of the Briggs & Wilson Lumber 

 Company of Boston, Mass., was a caller among 

 the lumber trade here during the past fortnight. 



William Duhlmeier of Duhlmeier Brothers says 

 that things with them generally remain about 

 the same, but is of the opinion that the month 

 of July will reveal an improvement. 



W. M. Weston of the W. M. Weston Company 

 of Boston was a recent visitor here. 



O. L. Wade of Indianapolis called on a num- 

 ber of the local lumber dealers here during the 

 past fortnight trying to get some trade for his 



H. B. Shreve, who has a beautiful little cot- 

 tage on the Miami river, spent a few days here 

 trying to get some of the local lumber dealers to 

 erect a cottage on the river near his, so as to 

 have some company and incidentally a little 

 playing with the pasteboards after the sun has 

 set and the night Is growing nigh. 



At a meeting of the creditors of the Wiborg & 

 llanna Company, bankrupt lumber merchants of 

 this city, held last week in the office of Bank- 

 ruptcy Referee Greve, it was stated that the 

 firm has offered the creditors 50 cents on the 

 dollar on time and 40 cents on a cash basis. 

 This meeting adjourned until July to con- 

 sider the proposition. 



A disastrous fire occurred in the plant of the 

 Mason Lumber Company at Mason, O., last week 

 and entailed a loss of about $50,000. The plant 

 was controlled by the Lockland Lumber Com- 

 pany of Lockland, a short distance from Cin- 

 cinnati. 



The annual outing of the Cincinnati Lumber- 

 men's Club, which consisted of a banquet on the 

 club house porch of Chester Park, was held 

 Tuesday evening, June 23. The affair was a 

 success In every respect and the short addresses 

 delivered by retiring President Thoinas J. Mof- 

 fett and the new president, B. F.' Duiweber, 

 were received with much applause. After the 

 banquet the crowd went to the opera to hear 

 "Robin Ilood." The next meeting of the club 

 will be held nt the Business Men's Club, June 

 27, when several Important questions will I"' 



