Au^'iit-i 111. i:r_'l 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



"aimlacturiiiH oU'itriinlly Urivi'ii washiiiK iimcliini-s, hus Hlcil paiJiTs with 

 ■ U' si'crctar.v of stato, sliowiiij; a capilaUzatioii iif $2ri(),00(i. The com- 

 Iiany roquiri's atiinit 75.000 Irot of llimr spai'r ami rxpccts tii turn nut 

 20.000 iiiai'lunt's a .voar. As suou as suilalih" .span' is oUtaiiu'ii the coni- 

 pau.v iuti'Dcls doiii;; business, wliich it is thought wiil be in tlie next few 

 months. Offieers of the company arc: J. V. Scott, preslilcut ; II. It. 

 Victor, vice-president, anil C. s. Wallcer, secretary-treasurer. 



The Hincher Manufaeturiiii; Company at Shoals, Inil., makers of folili.ig 

 chairs and otlit-r articles of furniture, reports sufficient orders to Iteep tin- 

 plant busy for n lony: period of time. The company lias been in full oiiera 

 lion all year. 



The Vigo I'ooperase Company of Terre liaute, Iml.. li;is tiled a liiial 

 certificate of dissolution with the secretary of state. 



EVANSVILLE 



r>. li. Macl.ari II, a lumber dealer, who moved from this city to Indian- 

 apolis less than a year ago. has returned to Kvansville and will in the 

 future make this city his home. lie says tliat while the lumber trade has 

 been rather sluggish during the past several months that he is looking for 

 it to show decided improvement within a short time and he is of the oiiiuioii 

 that the country has seen tlie worst of the so-called business depression. 



William S. Partington, secretary and treasurer of the Evansville Luni- 

 Iii'iinen's Club, has announced that the next regular meeting of the club 

 will be held at the New Vendome hotel on the first Tuesday night in 

 sejiteniber and be is expecting a good attendance. After that date the 

 club will bold a meeting on the second Tuesday night in each month. 

 .Mr. I'artington believes tlnil the fall and wim.r meriings of the chib arc 

 going to be largely attended this year. 



ilobert It. Williams, manager of tlie Indiana Tie (^onipany, whose head- 

 quarters arc in Kvansville, has closed a deal for a large tract of land in 

 I'iki' county, Indiana, a few miles north of here and will open a strip 

 coal mine within a short time. A number of Evansville capitalists ale 

 associated with Mr. Williams in the deal. 



Gus Bannian. of the ^laley and Wertz Lumber Company, has returned 

 from a business triii to Memphis and the south. Mr. ISauman is of the 

 opinion that business conditions are going to improve some earl.v in the 

 fall. He says the manufacturers of the south are in a better frame of 

 mind than for a long time past. 



Stave mills in southern Indiana, southern Illinois and western and nort'.i- 

 crn Kentucky are running on rather slow time now and in some instances 

 llie plants are shut down. Slight and tight barrel cooperage manufac- 

 turers in this .section also report a dull trade. 



Model rooms will be showji at the Indianapolis Industrial l";xpositioii 

 by Indianapolis furniture manufacturers, it was announced today by Miss 

 Kldena Ijauter. who contracted for a minimum of 2.000 square feet of 

 exliibit space in the name of the Indianapolis Furniture Manufacturers' 

 .-Vssociatiou. The thirteen furniture manufacturers have decided to •exhibit 

 together and to employ a professional director to select pieces made in tlie 

 iliflCerent Indianapolis factories to be combined iu model rooms at the 

 exposition, which will be hclil in the Manufacturers' building at the State 

 fairgrounds. October 10 to l";, under tiie auspices of the Manufacturers' 

 Committee of the Indianapolis Clianiber of Commerce. 



MEMPHIS 



r.uililing oiici-ations iu Mt'inplus during July involvoil n 1ut;il \\\' ipi.118.- 

 000. repreaeruing ;in incronsc of njiproxiniatoly ijllOO.OOO hvit tin.* record 

 for .Iimo and marking: the lar.urst opcratidns ever recorded for this particii- 

 l:ir mouth in the history of Mciuphis. The increase in the number of 

 residences and apartments ctinstltutes a notable feature of the statistics 

 for this city. There were more reRi<lcnces authorized than during the 

 month of Juni'. There is also some increase to be reported in the uumber 

 of merchautilf and indif^lrinl establishments lauuche<l here. Daniel C. 

 Newton, buildiuij, commissioner, is authority for tin' statement thai: there 

 is nothing to indicate any slackening in the l)uiMing boom, wliich got 

 well under way in June. U may also be noted that reports from the 

 surrounding tt-rritory indicate expansion in building activities, ii number 

 of towns de. hiring that they arc making sulislantial progress iu this 

 work. 



The Kelsoy \Vh.'el Cnmpiiny of this city is operating its plant for the 

 nutnufacture of autDuiobile wlicels on ih)Ulde shifi and is giving employ- 

 ment to its full quota of men. about 1.100. The management reports that 

 it has ordiTs «-noush to insure operations on this basis ftu- at least two 

 mouths as a rt-sult of the unexpected activity in the manufacture of auto- 

 mobiles. The sawmill run in connection with the wheel i>lant is being 

 operated on double shift. The sawmill connected with the l)ody plant, 

 as well as the body plant itself, is idle. There is much satisfaction in 

 business and financial circbs over the abnormal activity of the wheel 

 industry here, as the Kelscy Wheel Company is the largest employer of 

 labor in this city. 



The Panolii Lumber & :M:iiiufactnring rmnpany. which purchased the 

 double baTid mill of R. J. l>arnell. Inc.. last year, is now operating this 

 jilant on pretty full time. This company has a contract for timber with 

 the Darnell interests and thi^ is one of the reasons for the activity at that 

 point. C. M. Kellogg, who \< identified with the I'anola Lumber & Manu- 

 facturing Tompauy and iiNn witli the K<db>gi; Lumbci- Company, however. 



King Mill and Lumber Co. 



PAUL (;.4H, KENTUCK-i 



Manufacturers Southern Hardwoods 



Ash, Elm, Oak, Gum 

 Maple, Cypress, Hickory 



Cypress Shingles 



WE SHIP STRAIGHT OR MIXED CAR LOADS 



HARDWOODS and SHINGLES 



WE WANT TO SELL 



250,000 feet No. 3 and Better 1-inch mixed Guni 



$15.00 per 1,000 

 250,000 feet No. 3 and Better 1-iiich mixed Oak 



$20.00 per 1,000 



77;;'.'. Stock is located at our mill at Reeves, La., is 



well monnjacturcd, bone dry and in fine condition 



ALSO 



5 cars Gum dog boards, $5.00 per 1,000 



5 cars Oak dog boards, $5.00 per 1,000 



POWELL LUMBER CO. 



L.JkKE CHARLHS, LOUISIAN.A 



announces that the juill of the hillcr nt Iticlu\v, Miss., where there arc 

 no timber contracts, is beinj; opcrateil on full time also, ile says he 

 Itelieves that lumber conditiims will show nuirketl improvement this fall 

 and winter autl reports rec<'ipt of orders for fourteen cars iu a single 

 day. which is regarded as big for thesi' times. Mr. Ktdbtgg says thai 

 orders for "mixed" cars constitute a notable feature of the luisiness at 

 the moment. 



The Gayoso Lund)er Company of tliis city reports tlie sale of 1,200 acres 

 of farm and timberlands on the Obion river a short distance north of 

 Tresevant, Teun., to the Kline Timber and Land Company. The considera- 

 tion is not stated. Some of the land is open, but the greater portion of it 

 carries fine hardwood stumpagc. 



The Ripley Box & Lumber Company has been organized at Uiidey, west 

 Tennessee, for the manufacture of wooden containers for fruits, berries 

 and vegetables grown in abundance in Lauderdale and adjoining couu- 

 lies. Part of the machinery has already been purchased and a site has 

 heeu secured. It is proposed to erect an uptodate plant. W. B. Johnson 

 is president. C. C. Anderson is .secretary anil treasurer, and Roa Johnson 

 is general manager. These gentlemen have had considerable experience in 

 the luudier business. 



Advices from Ueleua, Ark., slate that IL T. Tripp, who has been serv- 

 ing the Chicago Mill & Ltimber Company there in various executive 

 capacities, left August 1 for Cairo, where he will assume management 

 of the plant of the same firm at that point. It is stated that, in securing 

 this appointment, Mr. Tripp goes back to the plant where he began his 

 services with the Chicago Mill & Lumber Company when a mere lad in 

 short trousers. AVhen he left Cairo he was assistant to Manager Fred 

 I'.erry. He served the Lamb-Fish Lumber Company for some years and 

 then ventured into business on his own account under the name of the 

 Queen City Box Company at Charleston, Miss. He returned to the Cliicago 

 Mill & Lumber Company in 1917 and hus been with that firm up to the 

 present time. 



The Missouri & North Arkansas railroad, operating more than 300 miles 



