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a plan whereby all of tlila Mi-Knery scrip land, 

 ncffresatlnfr ItiO.nOO aores. ns well as a larce 

 part of the 1.000.000 acres known as tlie Wat- 

 kins entries, may be taken from the prt'sent liobl- 

 ers tbroiighont the state and converted into cash 

 by the state. As might be supposed, lumbermen 

 are vitally interested lo the matter, as thousands 

 of acres of hanlwood. pine and cypress lands are 

 held under the McEnery scrl|) and Wntkius land 

 crams. The Toomer act. passed at the last 

 session of the general assenildy. validates the 

 titles to these lands, which titles had been 

 (>reviously clouded, under certain conditions, the 

 stipulation beinir that the bidders pay in addi- 

 tion to what they gave for the scrip ?1..".0 per 

 acre for the passage of a deed that will give 

 them clear title to the lands. In an open com 

 mun cation, addressed to the people of the state 

 through the press. Frelsen & Co. outline a feasi- 

 ble plan for recovering these lands, wliicli they 

 bold are illegally held by the present owners. 

 They also state that with the enactment of the 

 necessary laws it would be possible to secure 

 for the state compensation for timber that has 

 been cut from the lands granted under these two 

 laws. Their plan contemplates the repeal of the 

 Toomer act and further legislation to invalidate 

 all titles to the thousands of acres held under 

 I he MilOnery scrip and Watkins entries laws, 

 thus making it necessary for the holders of the 

 hardwood, pine and other lands to buy them 

 over. The publication given the Frelsen plan 

 has been responsible for something of a mild sen- 

 sation amiing the lumbermen, and developments 

 are being awaited with keen interest. 



Operations at the plant of the Denny Lumber 

 Company at Moss Point. Aliss.. have been re- 

 sumed under the direction of the new board of 

 directors, which is composed largely of creditors 

 of the concern. New Orleans creditors are rep- 

 resented by \V. ir. Ingram, trust officer of the 

 Ilibernia Rank & Trust Tompany. and W. T. .lay. 

 a well known lumberman. 



.Vdvices from Shelburn. La., slate that the 

 Lebanon Lumber Compiiny. of which .T. II. Knioe 

 is the president, is contemplating the establish- 

 ment of a factory for the manufacture of oars 

 from ash wood. It is understood the company 

 will engage extensively in this matter. 



A new concern has just been organized in this 

 city to do a general business in lumber and tim 

 l>er. It is the Ilio I.nmber Company, incorporated 

 with $.")0.0()0 capital. The ofticers are : Thomas 

 r. r;ary. president : F. \V. Fatlieree. vice-presi- 

 dent : K. M. Scliornhersf. secretary-treasurer. 



The lirooklyn Cooperage Company of this city 

 is contemplating the establishment of a branch 

 plant in St. Bernard parish, just below the city. 

 It is stated at Monroe. La., that the National 

 Cooperage Company of Brooklyn. N. Y.. has Just 

 closed a deal for 2.400 acres of hardwood timber 

 land In North Louisiana and will build a saw- 

 niill to develop the tract. 



In the matter of land purchases one of the 

 most Interesting announced during the last fort- 

 night is that whereby the Louisiana Land & 

 Lumber Company of New Orleans purchased the 

 hardwood mill and timberlands of the Conroy 

 Lumber Company at Chinchuba. La., as well as 

 iri.OOO acres of hardwood timl>er at Uoney 

 Island. La. The Honey Island tract is estimated 

 to contain 125.000.000 feet of timber. The mill 

 at Chinchuba, having at present a dally capacity 

 of 1.5,000 to 20.000 feet, will be equipped with 

 new machinery and operated in conjunction with 

 a nine-foot band sawmill of ,">0,000 feet dally 

 (■apaclty. which the company purposes to build at 

 Honey Island. Morgan Jones of Fort Worth. 

 Tex., is president of the company, and W. .\. Hill 

 of New Orleans Is secretary treasurer. 



The Consolidated Ixiulslana Lumber Company 

 has just been organized at Lake Charles. La., 

 with an authorized capitalization of $2."i.000. E. 

 T. Wasey is president ; L. I'. I'avia, vice-presi- 

 ilent, ancl tius Beatty, secretary-treasurer. 



The Davis Bros. Company, capitalized at $100.- 

 000 and operating a mill at Oallins Switch, Bos- 

 sier parish. In the hardwood district, has just 



gone Into the hands of a receiver, .lake Davis 

 has been appointed to conduct the company's 

 alTairs. 



Charlotte. 



A charter has Ir'cu granted the Martin County 

 Timber Company of Wiiliamston, N. C, at an 

 authorized capital of .$100.00u and $7.">,000 sub- 

 scribed. Tile Incorporators are ; .1. T. Lynch 

 of New York : Itobert White of Jonesvllle, N. C, 

 and .1. G. Codard of Wiiliamston. N. C. The 

 company will sell timber and timber lands and 

 do a general lumber business. 



Some time ago the American Cigar Company 

 erected at its Charleston. S. C, branch factory 

 a box plant that is able to manufacture an enor- 

 mous quantity of boxes from cedar logs. The 

 raw material has been brought from Tampa by 

 tail, but lately the company decided to have 

 direct shipments made from Cuban ports to 

 Charleston. The schooner .lohn Francis airived 

 at Charleston a few days ago, having aboard her 

 first cargo of cedar logs from Calabrien, Cuba. 

 Two other vessels will arrive in a few days, and 

 these mark the beginning of the regular schedule 

 of arrivals of Cuban timber cargoes to the 

 (.'harleston port. 



Franklin. N. C. in the heart of mountains 

 densely covered with timbers suitable for the 

 manufacture of buggies, wagons, furniture and 

 oilier hardwood products and with good railway 

 facilities, is fast growing as a lumber manufac- 

 turing center. The foundation for a new wagon 

 factory is now lieing laid. Other manufacturing 

 establishments of this nature are also being 

 planned, and the future of the town is promis- 

 ing. 



A. W. Vickory & Co., mortgagees of the 

 Thompson Lumber Company of Greensboro, N. 

 ('.. bankrupts, have just sold at public auction 

 the factory building at Greensboro to J. A. Odell 

 of Greensboro for i?l.(l2."». 



The Continental Chair Company of Mebane. 

 N. C., has been temporarily placed In the hands 

 of a receiver and .1. W. Cates, of Burlington, N. 

 C, has been appointed. The company's liabili- 

 ties are stated at al)Out $40,000. with assets 

 amounting to about the same figures. There 

 is only .?in.000 of stock paid in. The company 

 has sustained two serious fires within the past 

 four years and this, with the financial strin- 

 gency, is the cause of the trouble now. Steps 

 are l»eing taken to continue operations. 



The affairs of W. .Mangum. .Jr.. sash. door, 

 blind, etc.. manufacturer, of Durham, N. C, have 

 been placed in the hands of .1. IC. Pegram, re- 

 ceiver. 



■|"he bankruptcy affairs of the High Point 

 Hardwood Manufacturing Company of High 

 Point. .\. I'., bankrupts, have just been settled 

 by Ueceiver W. P. Uagan of High Point. The 

 mortgage creditors arc the only ones to get any- 

 thing, the unsecured ones, amounting to about 

 .?2,000, losing out entirely. 



The wagon factory of .T. S. Marshall at White 

 IMalns. N. C, was destroyed by fire recently. 

 The fa:tory was one of the oldest In the state, 

 having been established In 1880. and at the 

 lime of the fire a stock company was being 

 fcumed to enlarge the plant. Just what steps 

 will now be taken Is not known. Loss amounts 

 to about .«4.fl00, with ?2,.'!00 Insurance. 



Announcement has just been made by the 

 Miles & Corey Buggy Manufacturing Company 

 of Washington. .N. C. that beginning the first 

 of the year the company will suspend operations 

 for some time. This step Is taken because of 

 the decrease in sales, due to the recent financial 

 stringency and unfavorable market conditions. 

 Manager J. II. Corey says the company hopes 

 to resume operations when conditions brighten 

 up. 



Since the beginning of the recent money strin- 

 gency It Is estimated that ninety luml>er plants 

 in Ibis state liave closed down entirely and 

 about 1,10 have partially suspended operations, 

 while the average reduction of wages made at 

 the diffcrc'nt lumber mills Is estimated at about 



20 per cent. It trade conditions pick up after 

 the first of the year the mills will resume opera- 

 tions. It Is confidently expected that the situa- 

 tion will be brighter when the first of the year 

 obligations are met. 



The Howard Vulcanizing Company of New 

 York has delegated Capt. D. G. Purse to Intro- 

 duce in the southern states their process for 

 drying all characters of swamp and highland 

 woods, particularly tupelo gum. swamp oak, cy- 

 I)ress. red gum, short leaf pine, etc. Captain 

 Purse has for some months past been conduct- 

 ing experiments In New York with wood brought 

 from (Jeorgia taken from native trees and these 

 experiments have been so successful that the 

 company has decided to send Captain Purse to 

 all parts of the South to establish plants. Cap- 

 lain I'urse has just been In Charleston In the 

 interest of the process and in an interview 

 stated that it was the intention of the company 

 not to establish a single plant until every state 

 in the South where this timber is found is ready 

 lo act. Then the plants will be started simul- 

 taneously. The process of vulcanizing punkey 

 I)lne and watery gum timber consists of sub- 

 jecling these woods to intense heat in a huge 

 steel cylinder. .\ certain degree of temperature 

 is maintained for a few hours and the aqueous 

 properties of Hie wood removed. The denser 

 Hulds. the albumen and pitch, the natural pre- 

 servatives, are retained, evenly distributed in the 

 pores of the wood and the timber thus treated 

 is hermetically sealed and made practically proof 

 against the decay of lime. 



The A. T. Griffin Manufacturing Company of 

 (nddsboro. N. C. manufacturers of sash, doors, 

 blinds, shingles, interior finish, etc., announce 

 that because of the increase in business the 

 plant will soon be enlarged. Workmen are now 

 busy constructing dry kilns, a large finishing 

 room and other buildings. All are being con- 

 structed of brick. Since its establishment the 

 plant has been added to as business grew until 

 it is one of the largest of that section. 



The Carolina Chair Company of High Point, 

 N. C, has been chartered at a capital of $125,- 

 000. C. .\. Cline, J. W. McDonald and others 

 of High Point are the incorporators. 



The Davls-Kirkman Company will be the name 

 of the new compauy which recently purchased 

 the Lindsay Chair Company's plant at High 

 Point, N. C. The plant is well equipped for 

 turning out high grade furniture. 



R. D. Covington of Florence, S. C. has been 

 elected secretary and treasurer of the Sanford 

 Buggy Company of Sanford, N. C. Work will 

 begin at the plant of the company about Janu- 

 ary lo. 



Minneapolis, 



T. E. Youugblood. southern manager for the 

 I'ayson Smith Lumber Company of this city, 

 with headquarters at Maiden. Mo., was in Minne- 

 apolis for over a week conferring with Mr. 

 Smith and taking in some t>f Ihe goivl Minne- 

 stita ozone. 



J. H. Trump, traveling representative of the 

 Thomas & Proetz Lumber Company of St. Louis, 

 was a recent visitor in the twin cities. He re- 

 |)orted that soulbcrn mills bad lillle stock and 

 on account of the wiilespread shutdown there 

 was bound lo be a decided shortage of hard- 

 woods in case the expected demand develops aft- 

 !•<■ the holidays. 



The argument of the demurrers In the nineteen 

 iiidiclments brought against retail lumbermen as 

 a result of the catalogue house light was to 

 have been held in Minneapolis December 2ii. but 

 leading attorneys on bolb sides were engaged In 

 other cases anil the bearing was postponed by 

 Judge Lochren to some date not yet arranged. 



F. H. Lewis. Charles Oliver and C. W. Dewey, 

 receivers for the Joannin-IIaniien Company, the 

 Minneapolis sash and door concern, have sold 

 the plant for $2r«,0oii to the North Side Lumber. 

 Sash & Door Company, which will remodel and 

 operate it. After clearing up contracts and mak- 

 ing all collections the receivers expect to p.iy 



