HARDWOOD RECORD 



June 2r>. 1921 



Manufacturers 



SOUTHERN HARDWOODS 



Ash 



Poplar 



Red Gum 



Mixed Oak ^^f ^r\ 

 Elm ^^^* Maple 



Tvipelo 



CUMMER LUMBER COMPANY 



SALES OFFICE: 



280 MADISON AVENUE 



NEW YORK, N. Y. 



MAIN OFFICE 



JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 



With the Trade 



from all parts of tho couutry to witness the 



Only one incident 

 occurred to mar tlie 

 linpijiness of the tweu- 

 ly-fourtb annual con- 

 vention of the Na- 

 tional Hardwood Lum- 

 lier Association, held 

 in Philadelphia. Fa. 

 This was the death of 

 K. F. Cooper, mill 

 ^oods sales numager 

 for Henry Disstim & 

 Sons, Inc. Mr. Cooper 

 had attended the an- 

 nual banquet of the 

 association, lield in 

 the BelleTUe-StratConl 

 Hotel, on Thursday 

 evening, June 9. He 

 engaged a room tor 

 the night at the 

 .Manufacturers" Club. 

 I'rlday morning. June 

 10. at aliiuit eight 

 o'clock an attack of 

 acute indigestion 

 laused Mr. Cooper to 

 telephone for a doe- 

 tor. He was dead 

 when the doctor ar- 

 ri\-ed. 



IC. F. Cooper entered tlic employ of "The House of Uisston" on October 

 1, 1871. .\fter spending two years in the factory he entered the saw mill 

 that Henry Uisston liad established for the purpose of making practical 

 <'xperinients in running saws. Here, for si\ years. Mr. Cooper gained 

 jiractical mill experience and many useful ideas which he absorbed from 



E. F. Cooper 



visiting mill men, who 

 experiments. 



For the next six years he engaged in saw milling and millwright work 

 in various states. Then for tive years lie traveled, selling the Disston line. 

 At this time Mr. Cooper entered tiie mill business ami spent two years with 

 his own mill. Then he returned to the Disston organization in 1.S92. He 

 became northern mill goods sales manager, and was appointed mill goods 

 sales manager in 1909. 



Mr. Cooper was familiar with all the saws and machines in use by the 

 progressive lumberman of today. His father and grandfather had been 

 mill men. He was born with a love of the business, an ambition to per- 

 fect liis knowledge, and a capacity to absorb information. From the busi- 

 ness standpoint he is a great loss to the trade. But that loss is small 

 compared to the feeling of tlie host of his friends. His amiable character, 

 his integrity an<i jtistice in dealings — both business and personal — his 

 ability to give himself in service won for him the respect and admiration 

 of those who came in close contact with him. 



He is siu-yived by his wife, two sisters, Mrs. Burkholder and Mrs. Carter, 

 liotb of Philadelphia, and three brothers. John L. and Charles H., both 

 Disston salesmen, and Geo. M.. assistant superintendent in charge of the 

 Disston band saw department. 



St. Louis Exchange Grows 



W. W I'iug of the Uarctson (Ircasou Lumber Company, chairman of the 

 iiirndiership committee of the St. Louis (Mo.) Lumbermen's Exchange, 

 i-cpiir1s n net increase in membership of 14 since the tirst of the year. 



Utley Takes Over Chicago Office; Tibbits Goes to Memphis 



The Clilcago Linuber & Coal Company on June 19 made an important 

 announci'ment affecting its Chicago <ifBce and southern headquarters at 

 Memphis, it was announced that Rowland S. Ttley, a Chicagoan of 

 broail experience and wide acquaintance among the buyers and sellers of 

 hardwood lumber, will take charge of the Chicago office on June 20. It 

 was also stated that Maj. L. 'W. Tibbits, former manager of the Chicago 

 office, will return to Memphis to manage the hardwood sales in that office, 



Maj, Tibbits opened the Chicago office a few months ago. and by his 

 hanl and intelligent work won the promotion which has Just been given 

 him. He has had years of experience in the hardwood industry from log- 

 ging to merchandising and is well qimlified to fill the position he will take 

 in Memphis. He will return to Memphis on June 2Ti. 



Mr. I'tley is one of the most efficient and progressive young lumbermen 

 in the Chicago territory. He was with the Aberdeen Lumber Company of 

 IMttsburgh for over seven years as manager of the Chicago office. For the 



