February 10, 1922 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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these fine old trees 

 to the uses of man- 

 kind. The honest 

 worth of the trees 

 is supplemented by 

 the exemplary meth- 

 ods of the company. 

 Its policy represents 

 the highest ethical 

 standards and a fine 





thus all undue mois- 

 ture is quickly car- 

 ried off, preventing 

 the dampness which 

 so often character- 

 izes the lumber yard 

 and which is so 

 great a retardant to 

 proper drying and 

 conditio ning of 



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One of Holly Ridge's Fine Red Gum L.ogs. Note the Small Amount of Sap 



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intelligence. One who has looked 

 into the policy of the company 

 and knows its record is struck 

 with the fact that it is possible 

 to express in a lumber manufac- 

 turing business the fine striving 

 for supreme excellence, the stub- 

 born honesty of execution, the 

 vigilant devotion to ideals, that 

 characterizes the endeavors of 

 the great masters of the arts, who 

 labor for perfection for perfec- 

 tion's sake, putting their work 

 above the thought of profit. This 

 may strike you as high and 

 mighty language to put into an 

 article on a lumber manufactur- 

 ing institution — provided you 

 don't know the Holly Eidge 

 Lumber Company. But if you 

 do, it will appeal to you as a pro- 

 foundly logical statement. 



The Holly Ridge Lumber Com- 

 pany's product and service is 

 high grade, and this assertion can 

 be supported by a detailed ex- 

 planation. The stock is shipped 

 to the customer as the grades 

 come — nothing is picked out of 

 any grade. The plants are situ- 

 ated on a number of different 

 railroads, so that it is always pos- 

 sible to get cars at one place or 

 the other, enabling the company 

 to make prompt shipments when 



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This Red Oak Is Another Example 



of the Excellence of the HoUy Ridge 



Lumber Co.'s Timber 



less fortunately situated organ- 

 izations may be suffering delays 

 from car shortage. 



The company's high grade 

 manufacturing methods are fol- 

 lowed through in the yard where 

 exceptional care is taken in pil- 

 ing and other details of the han- 

 dling of stocks. Thus the char- 

 acter of excellence is preserved 

 100 per cent in the piles. For 

 instance, in piling nine sticks are 

 used 16-foot; eight sticks for 

 14-foot, and seven sticks for 12- 

 foot in gum. In addition aU gum 

 piles are built up with a flue in 

 the center, thereby greatly im- 

 proving the drying conditions. 

 Plenty of air space is used 

 around and between piles, and, in 

 fact, everything is done that can 

 be done to insure a maximum 

 passage of air, thus providing for 

 rapid dissipation of the excess 

 moisture. Because of this ex- 

 cellent drying system stain is al- 

 most unknown in the Holly Eidge 

 Company 's yards, as surface dry- 

 ing is duly effected before stain- 

 ing can possibly set in. As a re- 

 sult the stock comes out in clean, 

 bright, attractive condition. Ex- 

 tensive ditching and draining fa- 

 cilities were installed in all yards 

 during their construction, and 



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Holly Ridge Lumber Co.'s Plant 



Part of Yard at Holly Ridge, 



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Many Such Splendid White Oaks a« 

 This Are on the Holly Ridge Lum- 

 ber Co.'s Holdings 



