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HARDWOOD RECORD 



New Orleans. 



Afli'r wi'cks of pii'piinillon Alloiiiey Cemriil 

 KU'li'liei- iif Mississippi has loi-uiiilly siilmillted 

 to the Mississippi louils ilii" IlllKiillo" InvolvinK 

 llic ilj;lit III' the Hctall l.iiinl>pr DcaliTs' Assorla 

 Hon of Uiiilslann and Mississippi Ii> lio Imslnoss 

 in that Stall', anil by acii'i'nient of counsel the 

 interest In;; case has been talien under advise 

 ment by Clianeellor l.yell. before whom the suit 

 to force the dlssiilullon of the organization was 

 Hied. The lltiwition was practleally invited by 

 the retail lumbermen at their last semi-annual 

 <'onventlon held in this city. 



The litigation was broughl directly before 

 t'hancellor l.yell. the allegation of .\ttorney Gen- 

 eial Fletcher being that the association was 

 operating under articles of agreement and in re 

 strictlon of trade and that its existence was a 

 flagrant violation of the Mississippi anti-trust 

 laws. The association, througli its attorneys, 

 tiled an answer denying the att(uney generals 

 allegation and further averring that the .Missis 

 slppi antitrust laws are unconstitutional. The 

 dcl'eiulaul organization's attorneys have tiled 

 an elaborate answer to Attorney General Fletch 

 er's bill of complaint and both the documents 

 and arguments are now being considered by 

 Chancellor Lyell. who ha.s the case under ad 

 visement. It is n(»t known when a decision 

 will be rendered. Xo matter what the decision 

 of the lower court is the case will go direct to 

 the state supreme covirt for a final decree. 



Furniture men and other manufacturers of 

 hardwood products are manifesting a good deal 

 of hiterest in the manufacturers' exhibition 

 which the New Orleans I'rogressive Union is 

 now attempting to organize, and throtighout 

 this section manufacturers are making prepara- 

 tions to join in the movement. The ob.Tect of 

 the rrogressive I'nion is to have a large exhibi- 

 tion of home manufactured products and inas- 

 much as hardwood manufactures tigure as a 

 leading resource of Louisiana, various articles of 

 this wood will in all probability be given a 

 prominent place at the exhibition. A mass 

 meeting of the manufacturing interests will be 

 held here in the next few days to arrange the 

 plans for the exhibition. 



That New (;»rleans will very soon lie ^-ell re])- 

 resented in the National Ilox Mauufnclurers' .Vs- 

 soelation and that the almost suicidal competi- 

 tion that has been going on here for some time 

 as a result of the development of this industry 

 is about to end, is now believed to be probable 

 from the action taken by several of the local 

 box manufacturers who have joined in a move- 

 ment for mutual prote<'tion and who. it is stal- 

 ed, are alwut to arrange for trade conditions 

 that will do away with the cut-throat business 

 methods that have been in vogue. A committee 

 tif the National Box Mjuiufacturers' .\ssociatiou 

 was in New (_>rleans several days ago and while 

 here the members of this committee saw most 

 of the leading box manufacturers. In a ma- 

 jority of Instances, it is stated, they found the 

 manufacturers willing to do awjiy with the seri- 

 ous competition and to practically agree on trade 

 conditions that would be beneficial all arouud. 

 Accordingly it is now highly ijrobable that a 

 local bratich of the National association will 

 soon be organized here. With a view to organ- 

 izing an association that will cover the South 

 and West, representative box manufacturers of 

 that territory met at the Denechavid Hotel in 

 this city last week and di.scussed plans. They 

 will afflliate with the National association, 

 rians were generally discussed but permanent 

 organization was not effected. 



The Merchants' I'.ox Company has been organ- 

 ized in this city with an authorized capital of 

 Jpli.'i.tKH) to do a general business in all sorts of 

 lumber. The company is authorized by its char- 

 ter to mauufacttu'e boxes, shooks, crates and 

 other containers. The incorporators are : F. F. 

 Wigginton. Charles B. Wooley and Henry .T. 

 (Jernhauser. 



General conditions in the market have changed 



very little within the last fortnight and as a 

 rule the situation Is still In unsatisfactory 

 shape from the exporter's' pcdnt <if view. Tlie 

 i>xporl demaml has not improved and the Kuro- 

 I)ean buyers are manifesting little or no activ- 

 ity. The result is that not a great deal of ex- 

 porting is being done, even though ships clear- 

 ing from here are taking out small ciuantlties of 

 hardwcKid and slaves, I'rices :ire still unsatis- 

 factory. 



A ntimber of out-of-town luudiermen are here 

 for the series of lumber couvenlious that will be 

 held in this city this week. The National 

 Fxporters' Association is si-heduled lo hold a 

 session .laniutry 21'. 



Charlotte, N. O. 



T'u> Mallard Lumber Company of Greenville. 

 S. c.. has filed application for a receiver. As- 

 sets of Hie company are stated at .fflS.OOn. credit 

 liabilities are .$.^2.(10(1. stock liabilities .|.'i4.20(l. 

 It is very probable that Mr. Malhird will be 

 appointed to take charge of the property. The 

 concern manufactured bobbins and dressed lum- 

 ber, and carried on an extensive business. 



Tlie iStatesville Safe and Table Company of 

 StalesvlUe, N. ('.. manufacturers of kitchen safes 

 and center tables, has just commenced opera- 

 tions. The company is capitalized at .$20.00fi 

 and H. Clarke is president. At present the 

 company is turning out about lon safes and 

 twenty tables per day. but tlie output will 

 shortly be largely increased. 



The North State Veneer Company of Thomas- 

 ville. N. C. has been chartered with .$2."j,000 

 capital by W. H. Allison and others. 



The record of chairs manufactured by the 

 Standard Chair Company of Thomasville, N. 

 C. for the year liMIT was 417,000. 



The newly incorporated Mills-Campbell Lum- 

 ber Company, which has Just bought large tim- 

 ber holdings in Craven and other Eastern North 

 Carolina counties, met at New Bern. N. C, and 

 elected officers. T. .T. Campbell, of Bloomdale, 

 (X. is president : C. K. Ilyter of Ohio, vice pres- 

 ident : ,\. .T. Morrison of New Bern, N. C. sec- 

 retary, and ('. II. Mills of Toledo. O., treasurer. 

 The new company, which is capitalized at .$.^00,- 

 :K)0, has taken over the timber holdings of the 

 Btickeye Comjjany and the Pamlico and Neuse 

 Klver Timber Company, consisting of vast tracts 

 of fine timber land in Beanfort, ramlico and 

 Craven counties. North Carolina, also large tim- 

 ber holdings and a saw mill of the New Bern 

 Lumber t^ompany at .lames City, N. C. The 

 sawmill has a daily capacity of 100.000 feet, 

 hut the capacU.v will be increased to 1.50,001* 

 feet soon. The New Bern Lumber Company, 

 though it has sold considerable of its property, 

 is closely allied with the new company, and 

 still has largo timber holdings in Lenoir, Jones. 

 Pamlico and Craven counties. 



Work on the buildings of tlie Wisconsin-Caro- 

 lina Lumber (.'ompany of Marion. S. C.. has been 

 begun, machinery is on the way and the plant 

 will be ready to begin operations in the near 

 future. 



It is very likely that in the near future .1. 11. 

 Watkins of Lima. ().. will establish a large 

 woodworking plant at New Bern, N. C. The 

 wood to be used at the factory will be princi- 

 pally gum, of which there is a vast amount in 

 that section. Mr. Watkins hjis just been in 

 New Bern looking over the field and is favorably 

 impressed. 



L. ,1. .Merrimon of Wilmington. N. C, who has 

 n large contract with the government for ties 

 for Panama, is shipping as rapidly as possible. 

 Only a few days ago he shipped the largest 

 cargo to Cristobal Colon, Panama, ever shipped 

 from the Wilmington post, on the Norwegian 

 steamship Bygland. The Bygland carried 852.- 

 080 feet of cross ties, 404,300 feet of switch 

 ties and 48,611 lineal feet of piling, the total 

 value of the cargo being $32,000. The Bygland 

 was the second of a number of steamers that 

 will carry ties for Mr. Merrimon to Panama this 

 year. 



A charter has been granted the Selma Lum- 

 ber Company of Selma. N. C. at n capital of 

 .$."1)1. iMK). to buy. sell and manufacture lumber. 

 K. M. Ailams. T. .\I. Benoy of Selma. .\. C.. and 

 others are the in<-orporators. 



.1. .\. Spence of Asheboro. N. C, has been ap- 

 pointed receiver for the Mlllboio Chair Com- 

 pany of Millboro, N. C. Assets are stated at 

 .fC.diKj. with liabilities about the same. The 

 siringiuiy of the money market and the ina- 

 bility to find ready sales for their product are 

 stated as the reasons for the failure. 



A\'. C. Newlaiid has been elected secretary and 

 treasurer to succeed T. Seehorn. resigned, of the 

 .1. II. Colfifi A\'agon Comiiany of Lenoir. N. C. 



The plant of the Lee Manufacturing Com- 

 pany of Thomasville. N. C. recently destroyed 

 by fire, is rapidly being rebuilt, and will be 

 ready for operations by February. 



High Point, N. C, has one of the few piano 

 and org.in factories of the South. The company 

 is known as the Shipman Organ Company and 

 \A'. G. Shipman is manager. The plant Is now 

 turning out 300 organs a week. The capital of 

 till' company is .^12.'>,000. 



The Sanford Buggy Company of Sanford. N. 

 C.. of which U. I>. Covington is secretary and 

 tr^'asurer. will begin work February 1. 



.1. T. Patrick's furniture factory, located at 

 Pine Bluff. N. C.. was recently destroyed by 

 fire ; loss aboMi .$0.0011. 



The Kincaid Veneer and Lumber t'ompany of 

 Salisbury, N. C.. reports a most successful year 

 and good prospects for continued prosperity. 

 'The plant, under the management of B. .1. Sit- 

 ton, who invented the slicer which has greatly 

 added to the success of the company, now has 

 a daily capacity of about 30,000 .square feet. 



In the death of Harvey D. Abernathy ot 

 Hickory, N. C a few days ago, the state lost 

 one of its best known lumbermen. Mr. Aher- 

 iialby was for fifteen years treasurer of the 

 Piedmont Wagon Company of Hickory, N. C. 

 -■\cute indigestion was the cause of his death. 



The charter of the Corbitt Buggy Company of 

 Henderson, N. C. has been amended, increasing 

 the capital stock to .$.10,000. A. C. Zollicoffer 

 is president of the concern. 



The Crowell Furniture Company of Lexington. 

 N. C. is planning to spend $."i.uiiii on improv- 

 ing its plant. 



Despite the unfavorable market ciuidltions of 

 late and the stringency of the money market, 

 the Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation, whose 

 mills are scattered through the Georgetown, S. 

 C.. section, are again operating, and the com- 

 pany is shipping large quantities of lumber 

 North. 



A number ot the lumber manufacturing con- 

 cerns in this section that closed down before 

 Christmas, because of unfavorable market con- 

 ditions, have started work again, but the great 

 majority of those that found it necessary to cur- 

 tail production arc still closed. It seems to be 

 the geuc.ral opinion, however, that by March 

 lu- a little later market conditions will improve 

 to the extent that full operations may be re- 

 sumed. 



Considerable interest centers in the ease 

 br.nighl before the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission Icy the Corporation Commission, con- 

 cerniug the discrimination against North Caro- 

 lina points In favor of Virginia points by the 

 Norfolk and Southern railway. It is stated 

 that rates charged North Carolina merchants 

 anil manufacturers are anywhere from 30 to 50 

 per cent larger than those charged Virginians 

 on western shipments to this section. With 

 the passenger rate settled, it is hoped that such 

 pressure will bo brought to bear on the railroads 

 that just and fair rates may be granted in 

 North Carolina. 



Little Bock. 



The affairs of the Bluff City Lumber Company 

 have apparently gone placidly to sleep again. 



