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I'll.- lllKdi-n I.uiiiUm- 1111(1 .MiiiiiilnctiiriiiK I'ouumn.v at lli«il,'n. Ark., has 

 laki'ii oviT 4.(KHI ucri'S nf liuilicrliiiKl limiti'il In Vuu Itiiii'ii and L'kliurin 

 .inintli's, Arkansas, Tlic iiiopcity was uwni'il liy ilu- UakiT I..iiiiiI)it Toiii 

 rmuy. and Inchiilcd in tliv tiiinsfcr witc mills formi'i'ly oiJiTated by this 

 llriu. Till' trunsactiun iuvulvvd an uutlay of about $t>0,UOO. 



AnuoiHHCinont Is nuidi- that T. It. Ashliy "t .lackson. 'I'pim., has tlosivl 

 ii.'i:otiatl<ins with business uiiii iif Little lioek whereby he will establish a 

 wri.er plant in that city. Invoivlnj; an outlay of about *100,0(KI. 



I'r.u tieally no lunilH?r lirnis were involved in the rallure of the Mer 

 jMtlle Hank hi-re wliiuh was caused by the peculations of Its president. 

 I llunler llalue. The shortage is :f l,OI!:t,Ol)o. or about one-halt of the 

 irU'inal total assets of this iustltulion. In order that there uiiubt be no 

 ihin-rhpnsion rpiiurdin); the other lianks. the ("lenrins House Association 

 led a statement declaring Hiat the failure of the bhnk was due to the 

 --•■s iniurrod throuRh its president, that tlie other banks were in no 

 \ i,> involved, that linancial conditions iicre wore thoroughly sound and 

 that the other banks belonsinj; to the association were in as ;;otKl shape 

 llnanclally as, if not U'tter than, ever before. 



Newspaper dispatches report the lynchln); of Huek Mc(!irk near Her- 



iiiindo .Miss., by a Imdy of citizens liviUK near that place. He recently 



-liol J. K. luitrani, a prominent iiiillnian of Itybaiia. Miss. ; was tracked 



•V Moodhounds, cnplured and placed in jail. He was being removed from 



Jail at Hernando by the sherift' wiien the posse stopped the train. 



ri'd tlie olHcial with guns and look the prisoner away from him. He 



I- strung from a steel bridge and left hanging ail night. The lynching' 



1.. I!, .Weil the confession of the negro that he was guilty of the assault 



■ ■II .Ml. Ingram. The latter is slowly recovering here from the rifle 



uii.t. whiili entered his back just almve his kidneys. He seemed glad 



mar ihat the wonUI-be murderer had met such a fate but expressed 



-lit that liis friends did not wait long enough to allow him to reeuper- 



; snlliciontiy to be one of the lynching party. 



Havid l.ee, head of the ICagle I'urnlture Tompany. has been re-electetl 



l.i.sident of the Uetail Kurniture Dealers' .Association of this city, wbilr 



I .1. licasley has been chosen to succeed himself as treasurer. This 



- I nidation has for its principal purposes the placing of credits on a 



lid basis and the general protedion of those engaged in the furniture 



...i.-sinoss. I'raoticall.v all of tlie thirty-three Arms here are identitied 



with this l)(Mly. The State (Tennessee) Kurniture Dealers' Ass.niation 



will be here In May. about 700 delegates strong, and the local ass.i. ia 



tlon will arrange entertainment features and otherwise provide fur tlie 



."inlort and pleasure of the visiting dealers. 



.lames K. Stark of .lames E. Stark & t'o.. together wiili I be utlier Mem 

 phis liusiness men who went to New Orleans to appear before Secretary 

 McAdoo February 12, to present the claims of Memphis for one of tlie 

 regional reserve lianks. has returned. Mr. Stark was the special repre- 

 sentative of the lumber industry and was able, through his presentation 

 of facts covering the lumber business of this city and section, to make 

 an exceptionally good impression upon the government officials. In fact 

 the claimH of Memphis were presented with such emphasis and the eyes 

 of the government officials were so opened regarding tlic volume of busi- 

 ness transacted here that they asked for additional information, which 

 is now being prepared to be forwarded to them on tlnir return to Wash- 

 ington. The lumliermen are very anxious to see .Memphis secure one 

 nf these banks and are co-operating in every possible way to this end. 



^-< NASHVILLE >-= 



I'nsidint Charles .M. .Morfoid ol tlie l{a;;laiid-Iiaxter-.Morford Company, 

 lessee of the Edgefield & Nashville Manufacturing Company, reports 

 some Important building enterprises in the South. Mr. Morford's com 

 puny is one of the largest interior linisli and furniture concerns in this 

 section, and took over the prepert.v leased some mouths ago. Tlie com- 

 pany has contracts for the interior work of the Ilealey building. 10- 

 story structure in Atlanta to cost .f 1, (100.000 ; Tutwelier hotel, structure 

 at Birmingham to cost .1>l.500,(MI0 : Itidgeley apartments, one 'i-story 

 building at ISirmingham, and is making important progress on a 12 

 story addition to the Seelbach liotel at Umlsvlile. Mr. Morford says 

 that Inquiries receive<i indicate that plans are being made for nmneioiis 

 other important buildings in the Soutli. 



Kccent rains have caused the Cumberland river to rise, and logs havi 

 begun moving. It is believed the tide will bring several million feet 

 of poplar, oak and other logs to market within the next ten days. I: 

 is lK>lieved that 10,000,000 or l."i,OOO,00O feet of timber is ready to !..• 

 moved to niurket in the upper river country. 



'f. 1'". lionner, president of the I'.onner Eurnlture .Manufacturing Com 

 pany, says that tlie outlook is very bright in the furniture trade. .Mr 

 lionner scys his comp:iny is steadily increasing output. The company 

 Is having plans made for another warehouse at Its plant in West Nasli 

 vllle to facilitate output. 



The plant of the .Nashville Hardwood Flooring Company has resumed 

 nfter having been closed to Install new e(|uipment. including four im- 

 mense bolierfl. The llooring business is reported In goo<l condition at 

 present. 



Vicegerent Olln White of the middle Tennessee Jurisdiction has issii.-d 

 a call for a coneatcnation of lloo-lloo to be held in .Naslivllle (be second 

 Tuesday in March. The concatenation will be held simultaneously witt 

 the annual meeting of the Nashville Lumbermen's Club, whin the eliib 

 will elect otHci-rs An interesting program will lie arningid. 



Harris Manufacturing Company 

 Johnson City, Tennessee 



''Harris" Hardwood Flooring 

 and Lumber 



Bluestone Land & Lumber Company 



MANUFACTURERS 



WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS 

 Soft White Pine, Oak, Poplar. Chestnut, Hemlock 



Band Sawed Slocli RIDGWAY 



PENNSYLVANIA 



IC I N C I N N A T i[ 



L Hardwood Manufacturers and Jobbers ^ 



I The Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Co. 



I WALNUT, OAK, AND OTHER HARDWOODS 



I 103-4-5 CAREW BUTLDING 



I OHIO VENEER COMPANY 



3 Manufacturers & Importers FOREIGN VENEERS 



^ 2624-34 COLERAIN AVENUE 



JOAK TRIM and MOULDINGS 



] ill plain sawn .stock are one of our "spcciahics." 



j Our stock is smoothly machine run and is nut 



j excelled by any in quality or machine work, 



i Can furnish Oak Floorin,!.; in same car> 



] WE ALSO FURNISH ROUGHED OUT OAK Dl- 



] MENSIONS READY FOR YOUR MACHINES 



I THE M. B. FARRIN LUMBER CO. 

 DAY LUMBER & COAL CO. 



Mfrs. YELLOW POPLAR and WHITE OAK 



GENERAL OFFICE — CLAY CITY. KY. 



RIEMEIER LUMBER CO. 



OAK, POPLAR, CHESTNUT 



SUMMERS AND GEST STREETS 



E. C. BRADLEY LUMBER CO. 



HIGH GRADE WEST VIRGINIA HARDWOODS 



GOERKE BUILDING 



SHAWNEE LUMBER CO. 



I HARDWOODS, WHITE PINE and HEMLOCK 



Salrn Offlc« — South Side Station — C. H. * D. R. R. 



Johns, Mowbray, Nelson Company 



OAK, ASH, POPLAR & CHESTNUT 



GUM AND COTTONWOOD 



JAMES KENNEDY & CO., Ltd. 



OAK, POPLAR AND OTHER HARDWOODS 



FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING 



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