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siinils 01 uit 111 limber from the flrm of 

 liiiniin Rros. iit NcwluTii. 'IViin. It Is 

 iliiiinnl that the Inninn ilrin rotnspil to 

 nil It.* contract, niul tliiit tin- |il!ilntl(T wns 

 Injured .^liO.iKKI thereby. 



• • • 



The Yaziio & .Mississippi Valley Railroad 

 has sold to A. It. Mckcy \- Sons of Trlnco- 

 ton, Ind.. a fi.OOO-acro timber tract near 

 rrichard, Tunica County. Miss. It is 

 said that the land and plant will cost 

 $ri«^i.CHio. The purchasers already have •! 

 plant in Princeton, Ind., and several mills 

 in Kentucky. 



• * • 



'the Uetail Lumber Association of Mem- 

 phis, that has come to be quite ii strons; 

 organization here, had their first general 

 baiKiuet one evening last week. Covers 

 were laid for about seventy-tive guests. 



• * • 



The Lansing Wheelbarrow Company of 

 Michigan, who some time ago announced 

 their intention of erecting a large southern 

 branch in Memphis, have consummated 

 necessary preliminary steps and will begin 

 the work of erecting their plant very soon 



now. 



• * • 



George D. Burgess, of Russe & Burgess, 

 has returned from a trip to their Xew 

 Orleans liranch. 



shl|iped out for his llrm quite an amount 



of red Kuni. 



• « • 



C. T. Bencllet. of the Benedict-Love 

 Company of Calhoun. S. C, is visiting his 

 old home here. lie states that they are 

 cutting a very line ciuallty of poplar logs 

 and have accunnilaled some fine poplar. 

 Their planing mills are at work at the 

 same time on pine. , 



* * • 



W. A. Uansom iV Co. of McMlnnvllIe 

 have recently ac(iuiicd a good-sized timber 

 tract, and are now operating three portable 

 mills. 



NASHVILLE NEWS. 

 Arthur Ransom, of John R. Ransom & 

 Co., speaking of the local trade situation, 

 says: '•t)ur business last month was very 

 satisfactory, being the largest in our his- 

 tory, and prospects seem good for con- 

 tinued prosperity in the lumber trade." 



* * * 



.T. H. Kissell of Leipsic, O.. and J. V.. 

 Taylor of Crossville. on the Tennessee Cen- 

 tral Railroad, are preparing to erect a mill 

 on that line near Crossville. They will 

 manufacture building stock. 



* * * 



The .T. T. Morris Tie Company of St. 

 Louis, capitalized at $150,000, will open an 

 oftice in Nashville for the direction of 

 business it has started in the timber sec- 

 tions of Tennessee. 



« * * 



The Southern Furniture Manufacturers 

 meet here April 21. This is a strong asso- 

 ciation in the southern furniture trade. 

 There is always much competition among 

 the southern cities to be tlie seat of the 

 convention. The claims of Nashville were 

 presented by T. F. Bonner, secretary of the 

 Montgomery iurniture & .Manufacturing 



Company. 



» » * 



Galen Parker, of Parker & Page, Boston, 

 was here for several days recently, and 

 liought some choice hardwood stocks. 



* • * 



Ma.j. W. M. Crossfield, representative 

 here of Saxton & Co. of Knoxville, has 

 lately been almost continuously traveling 

 over the Mississippi Valley, and has 



CINCINNATI GOSSIP. 



On .Monday niglit, .May 11, llie Cincinnati 

 Lumbermen's Club held its monthly meet- 

 ing and banquet at the Stag Cafe. It be- 

 ing the occasion of tlie annual election of 

 otiicers, the attendance naturally was very 

 good. Nobody regretted having been pres- 

 ent, however, as the management of the 

 stag tried to outdo all of their previous ef- 

 forts, and as a result everybody enjoyed a 

 royal feast. To make the occasional more 

 enjoyable selections were rendered bj' the 

 Walnut Hills High School A'iolin Club. The 

 H. L. Mickle Lumber Company and the 

 Enterprise Lumber Company were elected 

 to membership in the club. After dispos- 

 ing of the various matters of business the 

 election of officers was held and resulted 

 as follows: 



President, C. F. Korn, of Farrin, Korn 

 Lumber Company. 



First vice-president, B. A. Kipp, of B. A. 

 Kipp & Co. 



.Second vice-president, I. M. Asher, with 

 Nicola. Stone & Myers Company. 



Treasurer. B. Bramlage, cashier Farm- 

 ers' iV Traders' National Bank. 



Secretary, E. A. Swain, of Bennett & 

 Witte. 



T. J. Moffett, of Maley, Thompson & 

 Mofl'ett, was endorsed as Cincinnati candi- 

 date for president of the National Hard- 

 wood Lumber Association. Among those 

 present were: 



.Tohn Hawkes W. A. Bennett 



Geo. A. Shaw Geo. C. Cole 



F. "W. Mowbray C. C. Emswiler 



M. Banning A. B. Ideson 



E. K. Prichett E. J. Thoman 



Dwight Hinckley Kobt. Cronan 



H. Iv. Mead A. E. Hart 



W. .1. Sweney L. H. Gage 



Geo. M. Morgan .1. Watt Graham 



B. A. Kipp 1". -M. Possell 

 Chris Evans -N. R. .Tohnson 

 E. O. Robinson B. Bramlage 



C. II. Pease C. W. Tomlinson 

 .1. S. Hurd W. S. Sterrett 

 H. L. Mickle -T. W. Myers 



.T. T. McRoberts .7. A. Van Orsdel 



H. P. Wiborg K. I'. Uansom 



1. M. Asher .1. B. King 



,Tohn L. Kaul, of Kaul Lumber Company 

 of Birmingham, Ala., prominent southern 

 operators in yellow pine, recently put in a 

 few hours between trains in Cincinnati. 

 * * * 



The R. E. Becker Company, who have 

 had an oflRce in the Pickering Building, 

 have moved same to their yards, which 

 lay along the Cincinnati Southern Railway 



