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one of the members of this firm, will remain at 

 Meridian wliere offices will be maintained, while 

 Mr. Ketehel will have charse of the offices in 

 Chicaso. It is understood that the firm will 

 retain all of its southern interests as at 

 present. 



The sale by Charles Scott and associates, of 

 Uo.sedale, Miss., of 82,000 acres of land to 

 capitalists at Memphis and spinners at Man- 

 chester. Kngland, means that there will be a 

 great deal of land cleared in that territory as 

 soon as possible. Of the 32,000 acres, 18,000 

 are in cultivation and the remaining 14,000 

 aie timbered. This land has been purchased for 

 the purpose of raising cotton and it is the 

 desire of the new owners to put the entire 

 tract into cultivation as soon as this can be done. 

 No definite statement has been made as to 

 what plan will be pursued but it is proposed to 

 have this laud cleared at an early date. The 

 property is located in Bolivar county, Missis- 

 .^ippi, and the Memphis gentlemen interested 

 are A. S. Buchanan, L. K. Salsbury, Isaac 

 Reese and others. 



It is understood that certain changes are to be 

 made in the management of the three mills in 

 Mississippi which are controlled by W. R. Barks- 

 dale of this city. Mr. Barksdale has operated 

 these mills for some time personally. For some 

 years the Barksdale-Kellogg Lumber Company 

 handled the entire output of these plants, but 

 this company ceased to exist on the organization 

 of the Dooley-Stern Lumber Company, in which 

 both Mr. Kellogg and Mr. Barksdale are Inter- 

 ested. These plants are idle at present, but some 

 action in connection with' them is expected soon 

 after Mr. Barksdalc's return from Fresno, Cal., 

 n here he has been spending the past few weeks. 



Building operations in Memphis during March 

 involved a total of .$1.83, SOD, compared with 

 .fl22,257 for the corresponding month last year, 

 an increase of .$61,548. This showing is re- 

 garded as exceptionally favorable in the light 

 of the fact that there were no particularly 

 large buildings for which permits were taken 

 out during March.. 



J. M. -VUen & Co. have just completed organiza- 

 tion at Pine Bluff, Ark. The capital stock is 

 )520,000, and the company has been formed for 

 the purpose of operating mills at Pine Bluff and 

 Minter City, Miss. T. Pearce, Pine Bluff, and 

 .T. H. Allen and W. L. Lockwood, formerly of 

 Memphis, are the principal incorporators. 



The Furniss Lumber Company, Oakvale, Miss., 

 has been granted a charter under the laws of 

 that state. It is capitalized at $10,000, and will 

 engage in the general manufacture of lumber. 

 B. F. Furniss. Oakvale, is one of the principal 

 incorporators. 



The A. Campadonico Company, Gulfport, Miss., 

 has also been granted a charter under the laws 

 of that state and will engage in the general 

 lumber business with particular reference to 

 exports. It also has a capital stock of $10,000. 

 F. J. Stuard, A. Campadonico and C. A. Patter- 

 son are the incorporators. 



Very satisfactory progress is reported in the 

 raising of the $50,000 fund for advertising Mem- 

 phis. The news from Nashville that $68,000 

 was raised for a similar purpose at one sitting 

 has stirred the committees here to renewed ef- 

 forts in the direction of securing the remainder 

 needed. Memphis is raising only $50,000 alto- 

 gether, and yet Nashville has at the first meet- 

 ing, held for the purpose, raised $18,000 more 

 than the maximum required for this city. That 

 the fund will be fully completed here goes with- 

 out saying, because the advertising which Mem- 

 phis has done as a result of the publicity fund 

 has been a very great benefit to this city. How- 

 ever, sonic regret Is expressed over the fact that 

 the eonimiltees have to secure their subscrip- 

 tions in practically a retail manner as compared 

 with Nashville. 



It was intended to have I'resident Digglns and 

 Secretary Fish of the National Hardwood Lumber 

 .\ssoclation at the meeting of the Lumbermen's 



Club of Memijhis, Saturday, April 1. However, 

 it was discovered that these gentlemen could not 

 be present at that time on account of conflicting 

 engagements and they have accordingly been 

 asked to be present at the meeting to be held 

 April 15. The invitation to them has been ex- 

 tended by President Stark and the executive 

 committee of the club, to the end that they 

 might lend some assistance in connection with 

 the development of plans for the entertainment 

 of the National Hardwood Lumber Association 

 to be held here May 11 and 12. 



section report business considerably better and 

 several are working extra time in order to keep 

 up with business that is coming in. 



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LOUISVILLE 



CHATTANOOOA 



A. J. Gahagan has returned from Florida, 

 where he spent the winter on account of his 

 health. 



M. B. Farrin of Cincinnati has just finished 

 shipping a large block of stock from this market. 



The new factory building of the H. L. Judd 

 Company is nearly completed. Machinery is 

 being installed. The company will engage in 

 the manufacture of curtain poles and fixtures. 



The McLean Lumber Company is operating 

 the mill of the J. M. Card Lumber Company 

 nights, sawing the logs It had on hand when 

 its mill was burned recently. An account of 

 this fire is given elsewhere in this issue. 



The Acme Box Company's new factory Is 

 nearly completed. When finished it will be the 

 most complete factory of its kind in the South. 

 The Acme Company is also running the Con- 

 signee Favorite Box Company's factory at Ridge- 

 dale. 



BRISTOL 



Robert A. Willey of Grand Rapids, Mich., is 

 in Bristol with a view to purchasing a large 

 timber tract somewhere in the South. Mr. Willey 

 was formerly one of the owners of the Morton- 

 Lewis-Willey Lumber Company, which for many 

 years operated on an extensive scale in this 

 city, but W'hich withdrew from here some months 

 ago, its timber supply being exhausted. The 

 Willey interests are anxious to purchase a large 

 boundary of high-grade hardwood timber. 



The band mill of the Whiting Manufacturing 

 Company at Abingdon, Ya., which has been oper- 

 ated continuously since it was established some 

 five years ago, was closed down this week and 

 it is announced that it will be moved to North 

 Carolina by the company. The Abingdon plan- 

 ing mill will be operated as heretofore. The 

 Whiting Manufacturing Company has about fin- 

 ished cutting out its timber in Johnson county, 

 Tennessee, this tract having been used to supply 

 the mill at Abingdon. The company owns several 

 large mills in North Carolina and will install 

 this one near Judson, where it has acquired a 

 large area of timber. 



Among lumbermen in the local market recently 

 were C. H. Dun of the Buchanan & Dun Lumber 

 Company, Lake Toxoway, N. C. ; Mr. Warner 

 of Richard P. Baer & Co., and D. D. Ilartlove of 

 Price & lleald, Baltimore, Md. ; R. W. Wistar of 

 Wistar, Underbill & Co. ; Charles L. Betts of C. 

 M. Betts & Co., and C. II. Smith, ,Tr., of R. A. 

 & J. J. Williams Company of Philadelphia ; O. U. 

 Coppock, Fort Wayne, Ind., J. W. Ilenninger, 

 Chllhowie, Va. 



W. G. McCain and George W. Peter of the 

 Peter-McCain Lumber Company returned this 

 week from a week's stay in Philadelphia, where 

 they went to look after trade. 



Thurston .lenkins, a well-known young hard- 

 wood inspector of this city and a member of the 

 Concatenated Order of Hoo-lioo, died last week 

 at Fawnton, N. C. 



J. M. Stone, a well-known pioneer lumber man- 

 ufacturer of this section, died recently at his 

 home near Bristol. He was sixty years of age, 

 and is survived by a widow and several sons 

 and daughters. 



Some of the planing mills in Bristol and this 



Discussion of business conditions in Louisville 

 indicates that the general sentiment is that this 

 is to be an excellent year. Business during the 

 (irst quarter was more than satisfactory, many 

 local firms reporting March as the best month 

 in their history. While trade conditions have 

 been less active during the past few weeks, it is 

 regarded as certain that within a comparatively 

 short time, a generally accelerated demand will 

 put in an appearance. Money is plentiful, crops 

 are good, and with the exception of the possibly 

 disturbing features introduced by the reconven- 

 ing of Congress there appears to be nothing to 

 w'arrant dull times. 



Edward S. Shippen of the Louisville Point 

 Lumber Company has returned from a log-buying 

 expedition up the Big Sandy, and as a result 

 several tows of fine poplar logs have been re- 

 ceived in the local harbor. The point mill has 

 also undergone its annual repairs, considerable 

 new conveying equipment being installed by the 

 .Jeffrey Manufacturing Company. The mill is 

 no^N* operating again. 



D. E. Kline of the Louisville Veneer Mills has 

 returned from a short business trip to St. Louis. 

 He says that the business outlook appears to be 

 excellent, and that plenty of business is in sight 

 for the veneer manufacturers. 



E. B. Norman & Co. have resumed operations 

 at their sawmill on the point, the mill having 

 been closed for a short time for the purpose of 

 making repairs. Business with the company has 

 improved considerably of late, and Mr. Norman 

 believes that with the close of the fiscal year 

 of the big railroads on June 30, there will be 

 a resumption of extremely active business. 



J. C. Wickliffe, secretary of the C. C. Mengel 

 & Brother Company, is home after a month's 

 wedding journey to California. President Clar- 

 ence R. Mengel has returned from a brief vaca- 

 tion spent at French Lick. D. C. Harris, traffic 

 manager of the company, has returned from 

 Belize, British Honduras, where he spent a 

 month. Vice-President C. C. Mengel has re- 

 turned from Rayville, La., where he watched 

 operations of the big sawmill of the Richland 

 Parish Lumber Company, of which he is presi- 

 dent. Business in the mahogany field is reported 

 to be the best the company has ever experienced, 

 a shortage of supply, due to the paucity of offer- 

 ings in the London and Liverpool markets, hav- 

 ing greatly stimulated the domestic demand. 

 March was the best month the company has 

 ever recorded, it is stated. 



"Business with us is excellent," said T. M. 

 Brown of the W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Com- 

 pany. "If it holds up as it has been doing we 

 shall have no complaints to make." The com- 

 pany is operating all of its sawmills. 



C. M. Sears of the Edw. L. Davis Lumber Com- 

 pany has returned from a trip to the eastern 

 markets. He found business steadily improv- 

 ing. The sawmill of the company at Fourth and 

 K streets is in operation and is turning out 

 a lot of the famous quartered oak for which the 

 company has established a reputation. 



Clyde Smith of the Ohio River Saw Mill Com- 

 pany, who has been stationed at Frankfort, Ky., 

 for some time, is now traveling in Kentucky and 

 Tennessee in the Interest of the company, using 

 Louisville as his headquarters. Business with 

 the company has been good. 



A. B. Norman of the Norman Lumber Com- 

 pany has not yet completed preparation of his 

 case against the Louisville & Nashville Railroad 

 in connection with overcharges on shipments of 

 ties, the road having arbitrarily charged a rate 

 three times as great for handling ties as lumber. 

 It is expected that local lumbermen interested 

 in the tie business will co-operate in pushing the 



