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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Thompson Lumber Company at Biscoe. Ark., ac- 

 quired, some time ago, from the Biasfleld- 

 Thompson Lumber Company, has been sold to 

 John Penrod, of Kansas City, and Mr. Trouty, 

 who has been associated with him for a num- 

 ber of years in various enterprises. It is un- 

 derstood that the new owsters will continue to 

 operate the mill on a large scale and that E. M. 

 Schulte, who has been superintendent ot the 

 plant, will continue in that capacity. It is 

 probable that a company will be formed to 

 continue the operations of the plant, but noth- 

 ing definite can be said at the moment. 



Two new wood working enterprises will 

 probably locate in Memphis as a result of the 

 efforts ot the bureau of publicity and develop- 

 ment. The committee, which has returned from 

 Grand Rapids, an account of whose trip ap- 

 pears in the report of the meeting ot the Lum- 

 bermen's Club ot Memphis, printed elsewhere 

 in this Issue, has made it clear that one ot 

 the big manufacturers at that point will estab- 

 lish an auxiliary plant here for the manufacture 

 of a staple line of supplies, and the statement 

 is also made that F. B. Fisher of New Madrid, 

 Mo., is planning to establish a large industry 

 here for the manufacture of wagon and car- 

 riage stock. In fact, Mr. Fisher has been so 

 much Impressed with the advantages ottered by 

 this market that he has secured an option on 

 three acres of ground suitable for his needs. 



Forty delegates have been appointed by Mayor 

 E. H. Crump to go to the Deep Waterways Con- 

 vention, which will be held in St. Louis Novem- 

 ber 20 and 26. These will all go as repre- 

 sentatives of the city of Memphis. It is ex- 

 pected that all of the business organizations 

 here, including the Lumbermen's Club and the 

 Business Men's Club, will also appoint delegates 

 10 this meeting. Memphis has always been ex- 

 tremely enthusiastic over the deep waterways 

 movement and a number of business men here 

 are stockholders in the Mississippi Valley Trans- 

 portation Company, which largely depends upon 

 the deepening of the channel. Memphis has some 

 of the officers and directors of the Lakes to the 

 Gulf Deep Waterway Association and there will 

 be no more enthusiastic delegates to St. Louis 

 from any point than from Memphis. W. R. 

 Barksdale, president of W. R. Barksdale & Co., 

 and Walker L. Wellford, secretary ot the Chicka- 

 saw Cooperage Company, are among the promi- 

 nent lumbermen in this delegation. 



Work will be undertaken within the next few 

 clays on the Yellow Bank drainage canal in 

 Phillips county, near Helena, Ark. It is pro- 

 posed to drain .about 100,000 acres, and bonds 

 in the sum of $85,000 have been sold to raise 

 the necessary funds. This land has a great deal 

 ot timber on it and this will be cut as soon 

 as conditions are such that entrance to the 

 property can be had. 



The Mena & Hot Springs Railroad Company 

 has been granted a charter to build a line from 

 Mena to Hot Springs, through Garland, Mont- 

 gomery and Polk counties, a distance of 77 

 miles. It has a capital stock ot .^ISOO.OOO, ot 

 which $155,000 has been subscribed. Business 

 men of Mena and Hot Springs are backing this 

 new road. 



The Poinsett Lumber Company has selected a 

 site for a big mill at Trumann. about 15 miles 

 from Harrisburg. and Virgil Norman, who will 

 be superintendent of the mill, is authority for 

 the statement that about 200 men will be em- 

 ployed at the plant and on the yards. The com- 

 pany owns a large amount ot timber'land in 

 that section and a big mill is to be constructed 

 as soon as possible. As soon as the timber has 

 been cut from the property the land will be 

 used for agricultural purposes. 

 t J. A. Hill, according to advices reaching here, 

 has purchased the sawmill ot Heath & Love of 

 Blansett, Ark. Possession is to be taken this 

 week. The new owners propose to enlarge the 

 plant and to this end considerable new machin- 

 ery has already been ordered. 



The W. F. Lamb Piano Company has been 

 granted a charter under the laws of Tennessee. 

 Its capital stock is $250,000 and its domicile Is 

 .Tackson, Tenn. W. F. Lamb, T. P. Carroll and 

 others are the incorporators. 



A very refreshing bit of information has come 

 through from Delight, Ark. It is to the effect 

 that the Delight Lumber Company at that point 

 has declared a cash dividend of 50 per cent. This 

 is the most remarkable lumber dividend de- 

 clared for a number of months, and it has at- 

 tracted no little comment among lumbermen 

 here. The company owns its own plant and rail- 

 road and about 4,500 acres of timber land. 



Much interest has been created in lumber 

 circles here over the announcement ot the ap- 

 proaching marriage ot S. C. Major and Miss 

 Helen Messick. which will be solemnized at 

 Calvary church the evening of October 27. Mr. 

 Major has been prominently identified with the 

 hardwood lumber industry tor some years as 

 general manager ot the company which bears 

 his name, but he is all the more in the lime light 

 .iust now because ot his ofBcial position as 

 president of the Lumbermen's Club. Miss Mes- 

 sick is a member of one ot the old Tennessee 

 families which has always stood very high 

 socially. 



A hearing was held here this week before 

 the Interstate Commerce Commission in con- 

 nection with the action brought by the E. 

 Sondheimer Company against the Illinois Cen- 

 tral Railroad Company involving the question 

 of reparation for alleged discrimination against 

 the former by the latter at Cairo, 111., through 

 the absence ot the same reconsignment privi- 

 leges at that point as prevailed on lumber ship- 

 ments at Memphis. The commission had al- 

 ready decided that the complainant was entitled 

 to reparation and this hearing was tor the pur- 

 pose of determining the amount thereof. It is 

 understood that no definite decision was reached, 

 it being necessary that the commission be sup- 

 plied with certain documentary evidence in or- 

 der that it might reach an intelligent opinion 

 in the matter. No definite date has been set 

 for the announcement of the decision of the 

 commission in this case. 



CHA TTANOOQA 



A. Z. Haas ot the A. Z. Haas Lumber Com- 

 pany of Louisville, Ky., was in this section a 

 few days ago looking after stock. 



W. T. Johnson, secretary T. B. Stone Lumber 

 Comp<any, Cincinnati, was in the city a few days 

 ago. 



S. A. Williams, president and general man- 

 ager Williams and Vooris Lumber Company, 

 this city, is on a business trip in the East. 



John I. Slcpper. secretary and treasurer of 

 the Williamsport Hardwood Lumber Company, 

 recently spent a few days here in the interest 

 of his company. 



The Case-Fowler I,umber Company has bought 

 a large tract of lumber near Macon, Ga.. and 

 will move its mill from Anderson, Tenn., to that 

 place, 



Harry C. Fowler and Miss Anna Laura 

 Spears were recently married at the residence 

 ot the bride's father. Judge Spears. They will 

 make their home at Macon, Ga. 



The new yard office of the J. M, Card Lum- 

 ber Company Is nearly complete and when 

 furnished will be occupied jointly by that con- 

 cern and the Berry Lumber & Stave Company. 

 It is said to be the finest yard office building 

 in the city. The Card company recently bought 

 the timber l)elonglng to the late Col. M. A. Clay, 

 located in Paint Hock Valley In Alabama, pay- 

 ing .$21,185 cash for the same. This consists 

 mostly ot poplar and is one of the best tracts 

 of that timber in the South. The firm has a 

 band mill located near the property and will 

 log and saw it this winter. 



The Acme Box Company is preparing to erect 



a new factory, which Is made necessary on ac- 

 count of its increasing business. 



The Hugh McLean Lumber Company's plant at 

 this place is running regularly and reports a 

 good trade. 



The furniture and other wood working plants 

 in this section are running to their full ca- 

 pacity and reporting no stocks being accumu- 

 lated. All are being shipped as soon as finished. 



BRISTOL 



Fred K. Paxton of the Paxton Lumber Com- 

 pany has returned from a trip in North Carolina 

 where he has been looking after his company's 

 mills along the Carolina, Clinchfleld & Ohio rail- 

 road. Mr. Paxton's company is preparing to 

 make new purchases of timber property, having 

 exhausted three boundaries. It now has sev- 

 eral mills running and reports the condition of 

 business better. 



Beveridge & Taylor of this city, who recently 

 purchased a tract of timber in Hawkins county, 

 Tennessee, may develop the property at an early 

 date. The Holston river railroad, which pene- 

 trates the property, was completed and put In 

 operation this week. The completion of this 

 road win mean the installation of several mills 

 in Hawkins county, Tennessee, to develop timber 

 property that has heretofore not been easily 

 available. 



The new double band mill of the Whiting 

 Manufacturing Company, at Judson, N. C, will 

 be put in operation about December 1. The 

 machinery is being shipped as rapidly as pos- 

 sible, while a large force of men are at work 

 on the erection of the mill. It will have a daily 

 capacity of nearly 100,000 feet and the com- 

 pany has purchased additional timber property 

 near it to augment its holdings of nearly 100,- 

 000 acres. It will establish other operations at 

 Robbinsville and in other points in western 

 North Carolina. 



J. L. Godsey has put a large new mill in 

 operation near Bristol, he having purchased the 

 Anderson tract . ot timber. The lumber will be 

 shipped from this city after being seasoned. 

 While comparatively small, the timber tract Is 

 one of the finest in this entire section. 



J. Walter Wright of the J. Walter Wright 

 Lumber Company, of Butler and Mountain City, 

 Tenn., was a visitor on the Bristol market dur- 

 ing the last week. 



James A. Martin, a well-known wholesale 

 lumberman and manufacturer of Johnson City, 

 spent Thursday in Bristol on business. 



"The business outlook Is somewhat better," 

 said Ellis H. Wilkinson, ot J. A. Wilkinson, 

 who is In charge of the big business of the lat- 

 ter during his absence In Europe. "Shipments 

 are holding up and the prospects seem encour- 

 aging." Mr. Wilkinson's mills are about all 

 running and the yards are well stocked. 



Indications are that there will be less activity 

 in manufacturing in this section as the winter 

 approaches unless there is a decided change for 

 the better in the market. The yards are all 

 pretty well filled and there is a disposition 

 among the larger manufacturers. It is said, to 

 curtail somewhat during the next few months. 



LOUISVILLE 



The Louisville Hardwood Club has devoted 

 most of its I'ecent meetings to plans for the 

 Interstate Commerce Commission bearing in this 

 city October 25. At that time Special Examiner 

 Kayner will appear to take evidence regarding 

 the complaint of members ot the club regarding 

 discrimination In rates which members ot the 

 club assert exists against this market as com- 

 pared with other Ohio river crossings in regard 

 to shipment from southern into northern and 

 eastern territory. The club has secured expert 

 aid in preparing the testimony, and in addition 

 all of the members ot the club will go on the 



