HARDWOOD RECORD 



NASHVILLE 



The Cumberland Lumber Company, a local 

 concern which has been in business here for 

 several months, has gone into liquidation. All 

 the stock left on hand, about 500,000 feet, has 

 been bought by John B. Ransom & Co. and 

 Love, Boyd & Co. This firm was composed 

 of Charles F. Rhea and S. S. Hull. Mr. Hull, 

 who was formerly one of the largest log oper- 

 ators on the river, will again engage in that 

 business. Mr. Rhea has organized the Charles 

 F. Rhea Lumber Company with offices in the 

 Stahlman building. 



J. Gibson Mcllvain, Jr., of the firm of J. G. 

 Mcllvain & Co. of Philadelphia, wis a vis- 

 itor in the city this week. Mr. Mcllvain was 

 looking around with a view of locating an 

 ofBce and probably a lumber yard in Nash- 

 ville. 



Nat W. Gennett, an old Nashville boy, now 

 of the Gennett Lumber Company of Clayton, 

 Ga., Is visiting relatives and friends In Nash- 

 ville. Although still a youngster, Nat Gen- 

 nett has been unusually successful in the 

 lumber business, as has also his brother 

 Andrew, who is his partner. They have large 

 timber holdings in Georgia and a big supply 

 of lumber on their yards. 



Arthur B. Ransom of John B. Ransom & 

 Co. leaves shortly on an extended vacation 

 tour through Canada and the East. He will 

 be accompanied by Mrs. Ransom and their 

 little daughter. 



John W. Love of Love, Boyd & Co. writes 

 back from Markland, Nova Scotia, that he Is 

 having a great time up there, catching fish — 

 and lying about them. He sends back the 

 usual choice assortment of fish stories. 



Richard Wilson of the Nashville Hardwood 

 Flooring Company has sailed for Kurope for 

 a lengthy stay. Mr. Wilson has been suffer- 

 ing from stomach trouble and his physicians 

 advised him that an ocean trip and the travel 

 oh the continent following it, would be bene- 

 ficial. 



The third game of a series between the 

 Nashville and Memphis lumbermen will be 

 played in Memphis, August 22. The net pro- 

 ceeds of the game, and both the proceeds 

 and the game will no doubt be "large," will 

 be , given to a Memphis foundlings' home. 

 Formal challenge for this game was Issued 

 by the Memphis lumbermen and it was 

 straightway accepted by Nashville. Nashville 

 agreed that the game might be played in 

 Memphis. When the Memphii wanted to put 

 the game off as far as August 22. however, 

 the locals "backed up" a bit. but finally they 

 came round all right and agreed to every- 

 thing. The teams have therefore something 

 like a month in which to prepare for the 

 memorable conflict. There is the sharpest 

 rivalry between these two aggregations and 

 everyone is expecting something exceedingly 

 torrid In the way of a ball game. The line-up 

 of the Nashville lumbermen, which is here- 

 with announced for the first time, is as fol- 

 lows: Mayes of Love, Boyd & Co., catcher; 

 Osborne of John B. Ransom & Co., catcher; 

 Britton of Davidson Benedict Company, 

 pitcher; Weimar of the Nashville Hardwood 

 Flooring Company, pitcher; Ralston of John 

 B. Ransom & Co., first base; Dews of A. H. 

 Card & Bro., second base; Rufus Wolfe of 

 John B. Ransom & Co., third base; Marshall 

 of the Nashville Hardwood Flooring Company, 

 shortstop; McAllister of the E. & N. Manu- 

 facturing Company, left field; Mocker of the 

 Southern Lumber & Manufacturing Company, 

 center field; Taylor of the E. & N. Manu- 

 facturing Company, left field; Mocker of the 

 Love of Love, Eoyd & Co. Is serving as all- 

 round man In helping arrange the details of 

 the game, helping get up the team. etc. 

 Hamilton is an old ball player and was for- 



merly a clever sporting writer on a daily 

 paper. He is now the representative for 

 Nashville of one or two well-known sporting 

 weeklies. 



A recent visitor to Nashville and a dele- 

 gate to the Democratic state convention which 

 nominated Gov. Malcolm R. Patterson for re- 

 election, was Max Sondheimer, a well-known 

 Memphis lumberman. Mr. Sondheimer .s 

 quite sanguine of the outlook and believes 

 that now is the time to make hay, as It were. 

 He thinks the opportunities now are greater 

 for the lumbcrmun than they have been at 

 any time In thirty years. 



W. T. Fain, Jr., who for the past five years 

 has been lumber inspector and manager of 

 shipments for the Nashville Hardwood Floor- 

 ing Company, has resigned to accept a posi- 

 tion with the Wilson Land & Lumber Com- 

 pany at Petros. Tenn. 



Gen. G. P. Thruston of the Prewltt-Spurr 

 Manufacturing Company Is spending the sum- 

 mer at Bcersheba, in the Cumberland moun- 

 tains. 



A special from Sparta, Tenn., announces 

 that the East Sparta Saw & Planing Mills 

 have been bought by the Doe Creek Lumber 

 Company. 



The Standard Furniture Company closed 

 down Its plant for a few days In order to 

 make some repairs and take stock. The com- 

 pany has been running full time, however, 

 and enjoying a big business. This concern, 

 together with the Davidson -Benedict Com- 

 pany, has moved Into new offices at the 

 corner of Fifth and Crutcher streets. 



The Nashville Tie & Cedar Company reports 

 tough luck on a big tow of 20,000 cross ties 

 which were started down the river on the 

 "Chauncey Lamb," headed tor Cairo. The 

 boat got hung up In low water and Is wait- 

 ing for enough tide to do business with. 



Craig & Smith is the name of a new lum- 

 ber firm In Nashville that Is making good 

 headway. They have an office In the Arcade. 

 J. F. Craig was formerly with A. H. Card & 

 Co. and J. W. Smith was for several years 

 with the Columbia Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 pany of Chicago. 



W. V. Davidson and J. N. Hicks of the 

 Davidson-Benedict Company have gone to 

 Monterey, Tenn., for a visit of several days, 

 which will be devoted entirely to the Interests 

 of their company. 



John M. Smith of the American Hardwood 

 Lumber Company Is back at his post of duty 

 after a stay of several weeks at Hot Springs, 

 Ark., where he took the baths for rheumatism. 

 He is much Improved. 



Henderson Baker of the firm of Henderson 

 Baker & Co. has gone on an eastern vacation 

 trip. 



M. F. Greene, secretary of the Conasauga 

 Lumber Company has Just returned from a 

 stockholders' meeting and gives encouraging 

 reports of their business. The mill is run- 

 ning full blast, lots of logs are being gotten 

 out and a logging railroad has been completed 

 Into the heart of the tract. The old officers 

 were re-elected as follows: John B. Ransom, 

 president; C. B. Benedict, vice-president and 

 general manager; M. F. Greene, secretary, and 

 John Byrns. treasurer. 



W. J. Cude and W. H. Cleaves of the Stand- 

 ard Box & Lumber Company are back from 

 an Inspection trip of their properties In Put- 

 nam and Overton counties. 



The final same of the series to be played be- ■ 

 tween the basebntl teams of Ihc lumbermen of 

 N'ashTlllc and those of Memphis to determine 

 the ownership of the handsome cup offered by 

 the American Luml)«rman will be played In 

 Memphis August 22. This was decided at a 



meeting of the Lumbermen's Club held at the 

 Hotel Gayoso July 13. Max Sondheimer went 

 to Nashville as a delegate to the democratic state 

 convention and also as a special representative 

 of the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis. In the 

 latter capacity he prevailed upon the lumbermen 

 of Nashville to accept the date proposed by 

 Memphis. Ue had to do some fine talking to ac- 

 complish this, but talking is his strong suit. He 

 says he had to tell them they were afraid to 

 come to Memphis and that he had to keep up 

 this bluff for about an hour before it was called. 

 Ue assured them that they would be beaten 

 even after they decided to come. Mr. Sond- 

 heimer has the consent of the lumbermen of 

 Nashville to act as umpire but not of the Lum- 

 bermen's Club of Memphis at its last meeting. 

 He stUl says, however, that he is going to um- 

 pire the game. The net proceeds will be devoted 

 to the Memphis Foundlings Home, a worthy 

 charity of this city. The lumbermen of Nash- 

 ville who come down to witness the game will 

 be the guests of the Lumbermen's Club and will 

 be entertained royally. Committees were ap- 

 pointed to look after various features of the 

 game, and the following are the chairmen of 

 these : Kntertalnment, C. D. Hendricksun ; pub- 

 licity, George W. Fooshe ; sale of tickets, C. M. 

 Kellogg ; advertising and programme, J. M. 

 Thompson. W. R. Barksdale, Jr., Is manager 

 of the Memphis team and Ralph Bennett Is cop- 

 talD. 



The only other business transacted at this 

 meeting of the Lumbermen's Club was the elec- 

 tion of the following members : W. E. Ammons, 

 a sawmill man of Sumner, Miss. ; George Banks 

 of Hanks & Co., manufacturers of hardwood lum- 

 ber, Hernando, Miss. ; Frank May of May Bros., 

 Evansvlllc, Ind., and Memphis. 



Rate matters are still engaging the attention 

 of the special committee of the Lumbermen's 

 Club having this matter In band. The recon- 

 slgnment rate has never been satisfactorily ad- 

 Justed, and A. L. Foster, chairman of the special 

 committee. Is authority for the statement that 

 this subject will be discussed further at a meet- 

 ing to be held this week. A conference was 

 held some time ago with officials of the Illinois 

 Central, and the proposition was made to allow^ 

 a concession of >4 to 1 cent per hundred pounds 

 on shipments of hardwood lumber Into Memphis 

 from points on the Illinois Central and Vazoo & 

 Mississippi Valley, taking a rate Into .Memphis 

 In excess of 8',* cents. The committee has 

 turned this down because the llmitalion os to 

 points makes its acceptance impracticable and 

 almost useless to the lumbermen of this city. 

 At the meeting to be held this week the ques- 

 tion of carrying the matter before the Inter- 

 state Commerce Commission will be thoroughly 

 discussed, and It Is probable that a decision 

 will be reached at that time. The committee 

 some time ago announced that It was practically 

 certain that the matter would be taken before 

 that tribunal. 



Within the past fortnight the railroads operat- 

 ing out of Memphis have announced an advance 

 of from 2 to 10 cents per hundred pounds on 

 rates from this city to points In the Southwest. 

 This Is to become effective August 10. OIBcials 

 of the various lines have made an effort to keep 

 the advance a secret, but it has become known. 

 Shippers of Memphis will be materially affecte<l 

 by the new schedule, Including owners of luni 

 bcr and woodworking plants. The advance un 

 lumber to Texas points amounts to 2 cents, that 

 on handles to 6 cents, and that on barrels, kegs, 

 etc., as well as agricultural Implements, to 4 

 cents. The committee will discuss this matter 

 at the meeting to be held this week and will 

 protest very strongly against the advance. James 

 S. Davant, commissioner of tbe Memphis Freight 

 Bureau, and a co-worker with the special com- 

 mittee of the Lumbermen's Club, soys that the 

 action to be taken by the committee will depend 

 largely on whether or not a similar advance is 

 ordered from St. Louis, Little Rock ond other 



