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after an extended shutdown. The Sawyer & 

 Austin Lumber Company, Pine Bluff, Ark., has 

 announced its intention of resuming within the 

 next few days at full capacity. The Bellgrade 

 Lumber Company, Memphis and Belzona, Miss., 

 has had some trouble with its machinery re- 

 cently, but is preparing to resume without delay. 

 The J. W. Thompson Lumber Company an- 

 nounces that it will start its hardwood mill at 

 Berclalr, Miss., within a short time. The big 

 new double band mill of R. ,T. Darnell, Inc., is 

 in steady operation here, and the Darnell-Love 

 Lumber Company is running its plant at Leland. 

 Miss. The management, however, has stopped 

 work on the second band mill being installed at 

 the latter point. The Anderson-Tully Company 

 is operating only one of its mills at Ticksburg ; 

 its box factory at that point, only recently eom^ 

 plcted, is shut down for the present. It is run- 

 ning both of its big box plants here, however, 

 and the Morgan-West Box Company, closely 

 identified with the Anderson-Tully Company, is 

 running its plant at Madison, Ark., wltli a 

 fairly full force. The Brasfleld-Thompson 

 Lumber Company is running steadily at Bras- 

 field, Ark., the town formerly known as Biscoe. 

 The Kyle Lumber Company at Gadsden, Ala., 

 has resumed with a full force and with a large 

 supply of hardwood timber. But even with the 

 resumption of additional mills the output in the 

 Memphis territory is still considerably short of 

 normal and manufacturers declare their inten- 

 tion of sustaining proper relations between pro- 

 duction and consumption to the end that there 

 may not be an accumulation of hardwood lumber 

 sufiicient to cause further depression in prices. 

 The committee representing the railroads en- 

 tering Memphis and having in charge the mat- 

 ter of readjustment of rates to compensate for 

 the withdrawal of rcconsigning privilege advises 

 the special committee- of the Lumbermen's Club 

 that It has held a meeting, but that, owing to 

 the absence of one railroad official. It cannot 

 make known the result of this conference until 

 It has heard from the absent one. It is putting 

 it rather mildly to state that the lumbermen of 

 Memphis are becoming somewhat impatient over 

 the delay of the railroads. It has been nearly 

 two months since the reconslgnlng privileges 

 were withdrawn and, Instead of having secured 

 an adjustment, lumbermen of this city are con- 

 fronted with the probability of an advance in 

 freight rates on lumber shipments from points 

 south of Memphis, notably on at least two lines, 

 amounting to from one to two cents per hun- 

 dred pounds. They regard this as a complicat- 

 ing factor and are bringing pressure upon the 

 railroads to settle the old problem before new 

 ones arise. 



The property of the bankrupt Tuthlll & Pattl- 

 son Manufacturing Company, Sheffield, Ala., 

 which a year ago failed for about $1,000,000, 

 with all Its allied corporations considered, has 

 just been sold by Trustee Herbert Jackson. 

 The purchaser was Charles McKee of Little 

 Kock, and he paid only $7,200 for the lumber 

 mill and veneer plant, valued at about $50,000, 

 and only $830 for a boat which was appraised 

 at $3,000. A barge passed into his ownership 

 for $200. The failure of this firm had a Mem- 

 phis end to it. officials of the Memphis Savings 

 Bank stating that the flotation of bogus paper 

 by brokers representing this concern was directly 

 responsible for the necessity of suspending It. 

 The loan, it will be recalled, was made through 

 Tuthlll & Parsons, "bankers and brokers," who 

 had been connected with the Tuthlll & Pattison 

 Manufacturing Company. 



The Illinois Central has established through 

 freight and passenger service into Birmingham 

 from St. Louis. Chicago. Memphis, New Orleans 

 and other larger centers In connection with the 

 Hayleyvllle extension from Corinth, Miss., and 

 the tracks of the Northern Alabama and the 

 Frisco system. At the same time a number of 

 promotions have followed the Inauguration of 

 this new service. Chief among these Is the 



of E. F. Stovall, one of the local 

 freight agents of the road, to the position of 

 general agent of southern lines, with head- 

 quarters at Birmingham. The Illinois Central 

 has established large yards at Thomas, Ala., 

 and has erected big machine shops there. It is 

 expected that the yards, in connection with the 

 car plant, blacksmith shop, roundhouse and 

 other appurtenances, will give employment to 

 between 300 and 400 persons. 



The Oasis Lumber & Timber Company, which 

 recently joined the Memphis lumber colony and 

 which has its headquarters in the Randolph 

 building, is erecting a mill at Louisville. Miss., 

 for the development of its timber holdings in 

 that section. The plant will have a capacity of 

 about 20.000 feet a day. 



John W. McClure, secretary-treasurer of the 

 Lumbermen's Club and secretary of the Bell- 

 grade Lumber Company, has been receiving the 

 condolences of his many friends here during the 

 past few days over the death of his brother, 

 Eugene A. McClure. which occurred a few days 

 ago at Riverside. Col., where he had gone in 

 search of health. The deceased was connected 

 with E. E. Taenzer & Co. and other lumber 

 firms here until he was forced to give up busi- 

 ness in this section and seek a more healthful 

 climate. His remains reached Memphis April 

 18 and burial was from the residence of his 

 brother. 



A. C. McComb, Oshkosh, Wis., has purchased 

 from Max Fleischer of the Max Fleischer Stave 

 Company, Memphis, the entire holdings of the 

 corporations in Desha county, Arkansas, 

 amounting to more than 11,000 acres of timber 

 lands. The tract lies on the Memphis, Helena 

 & Louisiana and Iron Mountain lines of the 

 Jlissouri Pacific system and is estimated to con- 

 lain fully 100,000,000 feet of hardwood timber. 

 The terms have not been made public. Mr. 

 McComb Is heavily interested in timber lands 

 in both Arkansas and Florida and considers 

 investments in this class of property the most 

 promising of anything within his knowledge. 



Three new members were received into the 

 Lumbermen's Club at Its last meeting, bringing 

 the membership to the highest mark In the his- 

 tory of the organization. They were : S. S. 

 I'arks of the Pioneer Pole & Shaft Company, 

 J. R. Thurman of the Blanton-Tburman Lumber 

 Company, and E. C. Latanner of the General 

 Lumber Company. 



At the same meeting suitable resolutions were 

 adopted respecting the recent death of Ike 

 Watts, a member of the old lumber firm of 

 Watts & SchaelTer and for several years sec- 

 retary of the Lumbermen's Club, of which he 

 was a charter member. He was forced to retire 

 from active connection with the lumber busi- 

 ness some years ago and the club, out of ap- 

 preciation for the splendid services rendered by 

 him as secretary, voted him an honorary mem- 

 ber for life. 



The railroads entering Memphis have agreed 

 to call a conference within the next thirty days 

 for the purpose of discussing the granting to 

 Memphis of the stopover privileges enjoyed by 

 other gateways. The Frisco system has already, 

 acting alone, granted the privilege asked by the 

 commercial organizations and arrangements are 

 now being made for a conference between offi- 

 cials of the lines east and west of the Mis- 

 sissippi, at which action will be taken on the 

 proposition. 



George D. Burgess of Russe & Burgess left 

 tills evening for New Orleans, Vicksburg and 

 other points south on a business trip. 



Jack Monroe of Lyon. Monroe & Co.. Liver- 

 pool brokers, left some days ago for Kansas 

 City and other points In the West. Mr. Monroe 

 spent about two or three weeks among the lum- 

 bermen of Memphis. He is not at all favor- 

 ably impressed with foreign conditions as affect- 

 ing lumber, declaring that there is so much con- 

 signed stock as to make it extremely difficult to 

 operate advantageously. 



R. J. Wiggs of R. J. Darnell, Inc., has re- 

 turned from a business trip to eastern points 

 ior his firm. 



Every lumberman of Memphis is working hard 

 for the election of A. L. Foster to the first vice- 

 presidency of the Business Men's Club. He is 

 opposed by George R. James, head of one of 

 the largest wagon manufacturing companies in 

 this city, but the lumbermen believe they are 

 sufficiently strong to land the honors for their 

 candidate. The Lumbermen's Club decided to 

 hold its regular semi-monthly meeting, which 

 falls on the day of election, April 25, at the 

 home of the B. M. C. in order that every mem- 

 ber of that organization might be there to work 

 for Mr. Foster. The election of Mr. Foster will 

 be the order of the day, taking precedence over 

 every other question. 



New Orleans. 



Plans for a 4.000-foot wharf of the most mod- 

 ern type that will be especially constructed and 

 equipped for handling export lumber shipments 

 have been formally approved by the Board of 

 Commissioners of the port of New Orleans, and 

 it is expected that within a short time the com- 

 mission will be ready to go ahead with the 

 work. The announcement that these plans had 

 been approved attracted much attention among 

 lumber exporters of this section and they are 

 anxiously awaiting the completion of the struc- 

 ture that is to give them the facilities they 

 have so long required. J. H. Hinton's testi- 

 mony before the Legislative Port Investigation 

 Commission several days ago is believed to have 

 been responsible for the action of the Port Com- 

 mission in having plans prepared. Mr. Hinton 

 showed that the lumber exports from New 

 Orleans were much smaller than they would be 

 if the proper facilities were placed here. The 

 Dock Board took up the matter and the plans 

 have been drawn and approved. 



Much interest is being manifested in the ses- 

 sion of the Interstate Commerce Commission 

 that will be held here April 27 and 28. Several 

 matters In which lumbermen are vitally con- 

 cerned will be aired at this sitting and the 

 developments will in all probability prove par- 

 ticularly interesting. It is probable that the 

 lumber exporters' complaint against the cutting 

 down of free time in f. 'o. b. lumber cars for 

 export business will be considered. 



On application of George L. C. Lhote the 

 Commercial-Germania Trust and Savings Bank 

 has been appointed receiver for the Lhote Lum- 

 ber Manufacturing Company, a well-known con- 

 cern of this city. This company formerly did 

 a big business and exported a good deal of 

 lumber and products of it. It is said to be 

 unable to meet its obligations, however, and 

 the receiver has been named at the request of 

 Mr. Lhote. who says he is a creditor in the sum 

 of $44,327.31, and on the company's paper for 

 $33,000 of past due obligations. 



Plans for a big furniture factory that will he 

 established in St. Bernard parish, just below 

 New Orleans, and which will manufacture fur- 

 niture of hardwoods imported from Central 

 America, are being discussed. The names of 

 the promoters of the company have not been 

 made public, but it is understood that an option 

 has been obtained on a very desirable site. 



A new $50,000 corporation that will engage 

 in a general lumber export business has been 

 organized here by J. H. Hinton and associates 

 and will immediately begin business. Articles 

 of incorporation have been filed and the organ- 

 ization is authorized to do a general business 

 in lumber and timber, handling It on commis- 

 sion and otherwise. Mr. Hinton, head of the 

 Camp & Hinton Company of Lumberton, Miss., 

 said today that tlie company would do only an 

 export business. H. L. White, A. S. Hinton and 

 J. W. Hinton are the other Incorporators. 



Adam & Steinhrugge, a well-known export 

 lumber firm that has been doing business here 

 tor many years, has dissolved and the business 



