HARDWOOD RECORD 



conliniii'd liy .1. W. and llaniiltun I.ovi' iiikIit Hip samo nanu'. KoUowlnc 

 the dissoh.'tii'ii i>f parluvrsliip J. \V. Boyd & Co. was orynnlzed and Ini'or- 

 piiratcd witli authorized capital of ?L'r>.n(io hy J. W. Hoyd. C. E. XIo- 

 (ilncklln. Wciidc-ll .MoFaddi'ii. \V. I!. Ilni-nl>ii>'lili< and W. L. Tierce, ami 

 wiil perfect plans to start business at an early date. Love, Boyd & 

 <ii. are iiiiinni: tlie larme hardwood operators in the local Held. 



The .Morford Lumber Company, which has operated plant in West 

 Nashville, has been incorporated with authorized capital stock of $10,000. 

 by ("has. yi. Morford. .1. M. Whitson. W. \. Bryant, K. U. Uodson, K. C. 

 Tower. Mr. Morford, bead of the company. Is president of the Nashville 

 Lnmbermcn's Club. 



The elect,lon of L. B. Pennock. hi-ad of the Hock City Handle Company, 

 as president of the Association of Spoke Manufacturers of the I'nited 

 States, at the recent convention in Memphis, was very Rratifying to iiis 

 many friends in Nashville. Mr. Pennock is one of the leading local man- 

 ufacturers, and has had long experience in the business. 



Tile Nashville Hardwood Flooring Company is having installed four 

 boilers of ITtO-horse-power each. The plant will be closed down until 

 February 1. while the boilers are lieing installed. 



Charlton L. McConneli. general manager of the Nashville Hai'dwood 

 Flooring Compan.v. and one of the best-known men in this section in the 

 hardwood manufacturing business, died .Tanuary 17 at his home in this 

 <it.v. Mr. McConneli was forty-seven years old, and stiffered a nervous 

 i-r'akdonn a short time ago. He had held the position ten years, pre- 

 iis to which time he had been, with the Prewitt-Spurr Manufacturing 



lupau.v. He was a native of Virginia, and is survived by his widow 

 mi three daughters. 



Oscar M. Davidson, aged thirt.v-one years, died at his home in Denver. 

 I '>lo. He was president of the Standard Manufacturing Company there. 

 The deceased was a son of \V. V. Davidson, president of the Davidson. 

 Hicks & (Jreene Company of this city. The tumral and interment took 

 place here. Mr. Davidson leaves a widow. 



=-< LOUISVILLE )>- 



Louisville hardwood men have !> 'en l>iis.v recently taking in the various 

 met tings of interest to them. A considerable delegation was on hand 

 last week at the annual of the Indina Hardwood Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation, these including T. M. Brown. W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber 

 Company : S. R. Cecil. Booker-Cecil Company : R. F. Smith. Ohio River 

 Sawmill Company : D. E. Kline, Louisville Veneer Mills : and E. S. 

 Shippen. Louisville Point Lumber Compan.v. A good crowd also went 

 down to Memphis this week to attend the Hardwood .Manufacturers' Asso- 

 ciation convention. 



Hardwood men are keeping a weather eye on the legislature, which is 

 now in session at Frankfort. It is likely that the cvirrent session will be 

 one of the most important held in many years. The enactment of a 

 workmen's compensation law is probal^ly the chief matter of interest, the 

 lines having been drawn by the labor organizations' bill, which provides 

 for state insurance, makes 'the system eompulsor.v, fixes a rate of indem- 

 nity much higher than the average, and in general is radical from the 

 standpoint of the manufacturers. The Kentucky Manufacturers & Shippers' 

 Association, representing the lumber and other business interests, has had 

 a bill introduced which provides for fi.fing the awards by the circuit .iudge 

 of each count.v where the .-lecident happens : makes the scale of indemnity 

 less than the labor bill, but up the average of other state measures : docs 

 not pnivide for state insurance, and makes the s.vstem optional. \n un- 

 favorable feature of the situation is that the coal operators are anxiously 

 urging the adoption of a state insurance feature, in order to provide 

 cheaper and more inclusive insurance than they now have, and they are 

 likely to ihro-,v tlieii- support, w.hich is worth much politieally, lo the ImIio,- 

 bill In order to get the kind of measure they want. 



Kdward S. .Shippen. head of the Louisville Point Lumber Company, is 

 a pearl collector of note. This avocation keeps him amused while on log- 

 buying expeditions up and down the Ohio I'lver. 



The Kdw. L. Davis Lumber Company will probably make arrangements 

 witii the I'^ord Motor Compan.v to turn over part of its yard, which has 

 been purchased by the company as an assembling plant, before the expira- 

 tion of the lumbermen's lease, which has some time to nm. 



Selling expeditions have been numerous on the j>art of members of tiie 

 local trade. R. F. Smith. P. «. Booker, i;. C. Stemmelen, ,1. (J, Brown and 

 others have been on th.* road seeking tlie elusive orders. As a matter of 

 fact, however, all of them report that the situation looks a lot better 

 than it did tiiirt.v years ago. and all of the concerns are expecting to 

 handle a good volume of business from now on. 



<'. C. Mengel. vice-president of the C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company, has 

 been re-elected a member of the lioard of directors of the Board of 'I'rade. 

 which held its annual meeting recently. 



A new lumber road is to be built by the Tug River & Kentucky Rail- 

 road Company, a Norfolk & Western subsidiary, from Tug rlvei', in Pike 

 county, up Poplar, Ptters and Blackberry creeks to connect with the 

 Norfolk & Western in West Virginia. 



The Ben F. Hawn Lumber Company has been organized at Pinevlile, 

 Kj-., by Den F. Hawn and others with a capital stock of $15,000. The 

 company will probably operate a sawmill. 



Mat Dempley has acquired the sawmill wliich heretofore has been 

 operated at Crestwood, K.v., by the firm of ,Tacol> Dempley & Son. 



The growth of the wood-preserving business is graphically indicated by 



WALNUT 



Walnut for Export 



Thirty years' experience in the handling of 

 walnut logs for export enables me to furnish 

 guaranteed p/ime quality stock. 



I am constantly in close personal touch 

 with the source of supply of export walnut 

 logs and know exactly what I am getting at 

 all times. In fact, a number of the best for- 

 eign houses are taking up my logs on my own 

 recommendation. 



My supply enables me to fill orders of any 

 size in carload lots without delay. 



Highly Figured Walnut 



As a result of close personal supervision of 

 log purchases my stock of highly figured wal- 

 nut in long wood and stumps contains only 

 the choicest in figure and curl that can be 

 found. 



All this stock is carefully selected to take 

 care of a discriminating demand. 



My figured stumps are all dressed closely 

 and when shipped are practically in shape for 

 the knife. 



Youwill lose nothing by trying me on your 

 next inquiry. 



FRANK PURCELL 



Kansas City, Mo., U.S.A. 



THE QUALITY OF YOUR 



VENEERS 



Your profits depend largely on econom- 

 ical production, and uniformly cut veneers 

 lessen the cost of production. 



Our employes are experienced, our 

 machinery modern, and we use the best 

 selected log's in Mahogany. Circassian 

 Walnut and Quartered Oak. 



Therefore, we will furnish you with ab- 

 solutely uniform and bone dry sliced or 

 sawed veneers that your men can handle 

 with a minimum outlay of time and labor. 



This Means Money in Your Pocket 



We will welcome you to our jilanl 

 (which is so modern it's worth coming to 

 see) or we will send a representative with 

 samples, on request. 



Fred W. Black Lumber Co. 



2245 S. Crawford Ave. Chicago, 111. 



