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<lent of the company and Uuiiolpli Souiilu'iuirr 

 as treasurer. The new men who have heen taken 

 into the official family of the company are T. (». 

 Vinton, president of the Bank of Commerce & 

 Trust Company, as vice-president and R. II. Allen. 

 an expert accountant, as secretary. It is learned 

 on reliable authority that arrangements have been 

 made with all the creditors ot the firm. These 

 provide for the payment, at an early date, of all 

 claims under $.500. and installnienis on all in- 

 debtedness amounting to $500 or more. The first 

 installments on the latter arc to be paid at the 

 same time the smaller debts are li(]uidaled in 

 full. The company proposes to continue business 

 as before the receivership. Its mills are in oper- 

 ation and it will continue to have its offices in 

 Memphis. Yards will be operated at Cairo and 

 milling operations will be conducted In Louisiana 

 and Arkansas. 



George O. Friedel. F. .T. Blackwell. R. A. Taylor. 

 Norman M. Byars and Ben L. Capell are the in 

 corporators ot the Memphis Poplar rrmlncls Com 

 pany, which has just made application for a 

 charter here. The capital stock of the new con 

 cern is $10,000. 



One of the most important timber land trans 

 actions put through recently in the Mississippi 

 valley has come to light through the announce- 

 ment by the Singer Manufacturing Company of 

 the purchase of 48,000 acres of land in Madison 

 Parish. La-, heavily timbered with oak. elm. ash. 

 cypress and gum. The consideration is under- 

 stood to have been $17. ."lO per acre. No plans for 

 the development of the timber on this property 

 have been announced yet. The Singer Manufac- 

 turing Company manufactures all the wood-work 

 of its sewing machines, and is also an extensive 

 maker of furniture. It has been a large buyer 

 of gum and other hardwoods in the Memphis ter- 

 ritory for a number of years. 



At a dinner given here recently by the Mem- 

 phis Manufacturers' Association many new mem- 

 bers were received. There were talks by Presi- 

 dent S. B. Anderson. Secretary .Tohn M. Tuther. 

 Owen Lilly and other prominent members of the 

 association, upon the work to be undertaken by 

 the organization. Co-operation was the principal 

 theme, and it is certain that all ot those engaged 

 In the manufacturing line here will work to the 

 end that Memphis may increase its prestige and 

 profit as a manufacturing center. Plans will be 

 made now for space for a permanent exhibit ot 

 Memphis manufactured goods, and a traffic bureau 

 will be established which, it is estimated, will 

 result in a very great saving in frei;;ht bills. 

 There will also be an effort made to look after 

 legislative matters in so far as these touch the 

 manufacturer. 



NASHVILLE 



Standing committees tor the Nashville Lumber- 

 men's Club to serve during the year have been 

 named by President Hamilton Love as follows: 

 Transportation : A. K. Ransom, C. M. Morford 

 and T. A. Washington; Credit and Claims: Olln 

 White, Earl Bartholomew and II. M. Greene ; 

 Resolutions : J. 11. Baird, A. Lovcman and F. 

 M. Hamilton : Trade Ethics : Henderson Baker, 

 T. B. ,Iohnson and D. Weaver : Market Condi- 

 tions : V. .T. Lovenhart, Lee Alford and C. T. 

 Dews : Membership : C. E. Hunt, T. N. Dunlap 

 and M. C. Ewlng. 



The Southern Commercial Congress held Us 

 annual session In this city last week, "The 

 South's Agrlcullurnl and Educational Recovery" 

 «as the general keynote ot the meeting. Many 

 prominent men of the South were on the pro- 

 gram for the general sessions and special con- 

 ferences. 



The Tennessee Manufacturers' Association was 

 tcccntly formed at a meeting held In Nashville 

 by several hundred representative business men 

 fiom all sections of the state. The purpose of 

 this association Is to generally promote the In- 

 duHlrlal IniercMls of Ibe state. The (piestlon of 



taxation wil! receive particular attention. Capi. 

 <'. S. Mitchell nf Chattanooga was elected presl 

 dent of the organization. T. F. Bonner of Nash- 

 ville, and S. B. Anderson of Memphis, were 

 among the vice-presidents elected. Resolutions 

 were adopted favoring a repeal of the Tennessee 

 back tax laws, and advocating a revision of the 

 present state tax laws to equalize burdens. 



Recent floods, which have been the worst 

 Unown in this immediate section for many years. 

 Iiave caused heavy losses among local lumber- 

 men aud loggers above licre along the ('umber- 

 laud river and Its tributaries. Much lumber and 

 many logs have been washed away, while several 

 local and rtiral lumber plants have had to 

 suspend operations temporarily because of high 

 waters. 



It is expected that this spring and summer 

 will see a material increase in tlie volume of 

 local building operations. Already builders are 

 lifty per cent ahead of the same time of a year 

 ago, and numerous plans are being made for 

 extensive operations, while contracts are alread.v 

 in hand for many l>uildings. 



The Sibler Lumber Company, Nashville. Tenn.. 

 has been incorporated with a capital stock of 

 $5,000. The incorporators are M. R. Sibler. 

 J. H. Turner. W. L. Mitchell and others. 



The Sharp-Flanigan-ilamilton l-'urniture Cnni- 

 pany of Nashvilli'. has been incorporated with 

 a capital stock of $40,000. as a succes.sor to 

 the W. D. Hamilton Furniture Company of this 

 city. The incorporators are Reed Sharp, M, 

 T. Flanigan. W. D. Hamilton and others. 



LOUISVILLE 



INDIANAPOLIS 



The Superior court has appointed the Aetna 

 Trust & Savings Company receiver for the Deeco 

 Veneer Company on suit brought by the Crescent 

 Paper Company. 



The Indiana State Board of i'orestry has 

 decided to plant 75.000 hardwood trees on the 

 state forestry reservation at Henryville. 



The Cline-Wilt Lumber Company has been or- 

 ganized at Portland by A. E'. Cline. Mary .1. ('line 

 and F. W. Wilt to conduct a lumber manufactur 

 ing business. The company has been Incorporated 

 with a capital stock of $15,000. 



The Indianapolis Commercial Club has ap- 

 pointed a special committee to investigate all 

 questions ot interest regarding lumber, sash. 

 doors, mouldings and boxes. 



The Gem Manufacturing Company has lieen 

 organized and incorporated willi an authorized 

 capitalization of $10,000 to manufacture wooden- 

 ware and furniture. Those interested in the com- 

 pany ari' W. II. Hall. ,1. II. Johnscui and F. B. 

 Morelnnd. 



BRISTOL 



Tlie llasslnger Lumber Company, which Is run- 

 ning a large hand mill near Bristol, obtained a 

 new charter of incorporation last week, fixing the 

 capital stock of the company at $250,000. 



The Stone-IIuling Lumber Company Is ready 

 to begin work on its new three-story brick plan- 

 ing mill, which will be 150x200 feet. 



,Tohn .7. Hager, who operates a mill 

 In Unicoi county, Tennessee, -was a visitor In 

 Bristol this week and announced that the g<ivern 

 ment had reported for purchase a tract of (i.OOo 

 acres of timber in Ilnlcol county, Tennessee, be 

 longing lo him. The timber Is to be Included In 

 the Appalachian forest reserve. 



The Bristol Door & Lumber Company is install 

 Ing new dry-kilns and will double Ibe capacity of 

 Its present kilns. The company reports a heavy 

 demand for Us hardwood mlllwork products In 

 the East. 



The Clear Fork Lumber Company Is now opcr 

 allng n largi' band mill at Unicoi. Tenn. The 

 company purchiLsed a 7,nOO-acre tract of timber 

 from the Bradshaw Interests and Is ilolng bnslness 

 on n large scale. 



Though prospects of good weather are encour- 

 aging lumbermen, attention of late has been con- 

 centrated on the results ot continuous rains and 

 floods. In Louisville the damage amounted to 

 little or nothing, one or two mills on the point, 

 the exposed portion ot the city, being put out of 

 commission temporarily. The worst losses In 

 ICentucky were suffered at Hickman, where the 

 levee broke and allowed the Mississippi to pour 

 its pent-\ip waters Into the town. The Mengel 

 Box Company of Louisville has large mills at 

 Hickman, and these were invaded by the flood. 

 Losses will be confined to damage to the ma- 

 chinery by water and to interruption ot business. 

 Records in the offices were not damaged, and 

 finished material in the mills was removed with- 

 out loss. 



The Louisville Hardwood Club has adopted a 

 plan which seems certain of producing good results. 

 Members of the club are to read papers on sub- 

 jects of importance to Inmliermen, one paper, fol- 

 lowed by discussion, to be i-ead at each meeting. 

 The first to be read was that of Mart Brown of 

 the W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Company, who 

 is president of the club. It was a splendid dis- 

 cussion of the office systems used by this firm in 

 handling matters which ordinarily prove hard to 

 work out. The talk of the president was cor- 

 dially received, and was declared to have been 

 the best ever heard by the club. 



The old fight against the payment of drayage 

 cliarges for transferring freight from the termi- 

 nals ot the Illinois Central to yards ot firms not 

 on the tracks of that road has begun again. 

 Lumbermen have received notice from Crutcher 

 Brothers, a transfer concern, that a charge of 

 one cent per one hundred pounds will be made 

 hereafter tor transfers of this kind. Hardwood 

 men have promptly replied that they will not pay 

 the charge, and have notified the Illinois Central 

 that if this charge is to be made, they will have 

 shipments from competitive points routed over 

 another line, and shipments from non-competitive 

 points switched, preferring to pay a switching 

 charge to having it drayed at their expense. It 

 is not expected that the railroad will insist on 

 the charge being made. 



Mabogan.v has reached a Iwoni stage, according 

 lo local information. Manufacturers have been 

 unable to get enough stock with which to suppl.v 

 their trade, and prices have been going up rapidly. 

 One ot the worst features of the situation from 

 the standpoint of the producers Is that steam- 

 ship rates have been advanced, extremely high 

 rates prevailing on shipments of logs and lumber 

 to foreign ports. Hence producers under con- 

 tract to deliver logs abroad, are handling the 

 business without profit. Quartered oak men be- 

 lieve that the boom in mahogany will benefit their 

 pratluct. 



.1. 11. Hiillon. who has had charge of the whole- 

 sale department ot the W. P. Brown & Sons 

 Lumber Company, has been forced to give up 

 active work on account of trouble with his eyes. 

 He Is now under treatment, having returned to 

 his home In Chicago. 



S. B. Taylor of Buffalo, who was in Louisville 

 recently, said that the traflie congestion in that 

 part of the country is extremely bad. and that 

 the railroads have been holding up coal shipments 

 on account of strike prospects, with the result 

 that movements of all commodities were greatly 

 delayed. 



The l,o\ilsvllle Hardwood Club expei'ls to [lut 

 a baseball team In the field Ibis year. Stuart R, 

 Cecil of the Booker-Cecil Company, who Is him- 

 self an excellent player. Is chairman of a com- 

 mittee which Is looking Into the projeit. 



The Louisville Veneer Mills has let contracts 

 for the Installation of electric motors In its plant 

 to the ,Ianies Clark, .Tr., Electric Company of 

 Louisville. Thirty-five motors with an aggregate 

 horsepower of 425 will be Installed. 



