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HARDWOOD RECORD 



September 2S, lOlA. 



Archer Lumber Company 



TocK »aso c 

 HARDWOOD LUMBER 



Oi^'W 6FCCIAL' CS 



^LA'N AND QUARTCn-SAWCD RED AND WMiTC OAK 



PlA'M and QUARTCRCD BtD OuM 



■MEI_EN A.ARKANSAS 



Rotary Gut Veneers 



in Gum 

 in Oak 

 in Ash 



Flat Drawer Bottoms 



Band Sawn Hardwood Lumber 



All kinds 

 All grades 

 All thickness 



Made b}) ourselves 

 In our oTvn mills 



Stimson Veneer & Lumber Go. 



Memphis box 1015 Tennesse, 



rcdiKlnR Itt «(ock at Kunlottr and It hnn now >l<-cl(l('d to rcHiimc- nmnu- 

 faclurlni; operatloDn. I'lirt of tlic lunilx'r II linn nold Iihk uono Into 

 dompiitic channel*, while the other hnii hren shipped to Kiirnpi-. II tx 

 underntood thiit dellvrrleK have been made at the rate of forty or llfty 

 oam pi'r month. \V. A. IlnrrlH, lately of llelrnn, Ark., hai) chiirEo of the 

 mill, and Charles nnioiy Is Hiiperlnti'ndent n» heretofore. DiirInK ths 

 period of the HunpeiiHlim of Its mill the company hnn been liiiyhiK eon- 

 Hldernhle <|unntltles of limiher throURhout the South and nelllnK It at 

 wholesale. In thin way It has kept Its forces pretty well Intact. M. B. 

 Cooper, Memphis, Is In etmrKe of the sales department. 



The box manufacturers of Memphis continue to do nn exceptionally 

 active business. In fnct, one of the blgtest Urnis In this line In Memphl* 

 said to the correspondent of the IIaiidwood Ili:(iiiii> several days nRo thot 

 Its shipments for Sepipmber would be larRer than for any month for 

 several years. If not actually the largest In the history of this cnrporo- 

 tlon. It estimates that It will ship npproxlnintily ino cars of box shooks, 

 sawn and veneered. Tills does not take Into c<inslderatlnn the largo 

 amount of veneers which are manufactured by this firm and which are 

 sold to consumers without belnc workod Into the form nf box shooks. 

 The firm In question Is operatlnR Us Mg box factory In Mi'mphls on full 

 time, and It Is runnliie Its box plant at VIcksbure, .Miss., both nli;lit and 

 day. During the day II works on one order, while nt night It Is engaBed 

 on another. About the only feature of the box business which Is not satis- 

 factory Is the price. Hox manufacturers make uo effort to conceal the 

 fact that they are forced to work on n very narrow margin so far as their 

 contract business Is concerned. It Is suggested, however, that the market 

 has shown some Improvement recently and that orders being booked from 

 time to time are at somewhat higher rates. In the meantime the activity 

 of the box manufacturers Is taking good care of offerings of low grade 

 Cottonwood and gum throughout the Memphis territory, with the result 

 that these are commanding fairly satisfactory quotations. 



The Canada Wheel Works at Deemcr, Miss., have established n plant 

 ot that point for the manufacture of wheels from hickory and oak, They 

 arc taking the timber from cut-over lands and, while the trees are gen- 

 erally small, they arc regarded as quite suitable for the use to which 

 they are being put. 



The Flood-Lyons Lumber Company has been granted a charter at 

 Meridian, Miss. It has a capital stock ot $50,000, $1,'>,000 preferred and 

 $.35,000 common. It has paid In $25,000. The company Is composed of 

 T. M. Lyons. Shelbyvllle. Ky. ; Byron Flood, Bagdad, Ky.; E. A. Splnks 

 and W. D. McBrlde, Meridian, Miss. This company will engage In the 

 general lumber business with headquarters at Meridian. 



On September 20 the Gnyoso Lumber Company began today operating 

 its band mill In New South Memphis on double shift. This action had 

 been contemplated for some time. This firm reports a good demand for 

 lumber, and one ot Its officials, C. R. Ranson, Is authority for the state- 

 ment that the outlook Is materially Improved. The Gayoso Lumber Com- 

 pany recently opened selling offices In Chicago and reports receipt of 

 satisfactory Inquiries and orders from that source. 



Tlie East Arkansas Lumber Company, Poragould, Ark., Is planning 

 Improvements at Its branch plant at Walnut Ridge. New lumber sheds 

 will be established and other additions will be made which will greatly 

 increase the facilities of this company for handling Its business. 



W. T. Mosley, who has owned and operated a retail lumber yard at 

 Morrilton. Ark., for a number of years, has sold his Interests to Holt & 

 Riggle, who will continue the business under the latter name. It Is 

 understood that Mr. Mosley contemplates re-entering the lumber business, 

 probably at Little Rock. 



The Beaumont Veneer Company, Beaumont, Jliss., which recently lost 

 its plant by flre, with an approximate loss ot $27,000, announces that it 

 win rebuild at once. The new plant, however, will be located at Avant, 

 four or five miles from Beaumont. This company gives employment to 

 about 100 persons, who are very much pleased with the prospects for an 

 early resumption of operations. 



=•< BRISTOL >-= 



The Lovelady Lumber Company, which operates a band mill at Jasper, 

 Va., which has been running continuously for the past six months, will 

 at once Install two circular mills to be run In connection with the band 

 mill. The company's product Is marketed through J. Gibson Mcllvaln & 

 Co., Philadelphia. 



J. Lake Ellis ot the Dungannon Lumber Company, Scott county, Vir- 

 ginia, was here last week. His company expects to soon start its band 

 mill at Dungannon, which Is now stocked with about 2.000.000 feet of 

 logs. The company's mill has been idle some weeks and the time has 

 been utilized to log the mill. 



The R. C. Duff Lumber Company expects to start its new band mill near 

 Kingsport. Tenn., about December 1. The company Is also constructing a 

 line of railroad leading from the mill to the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio 

 railroad at Kingsport. It has purchased a five years' cut of hardwood 

 timber. 



The Keys-Walker Lumber Company has Its mill In operation In Wise 

 county, Virginia, and now has a timber supply that will last from five 

 to seven years. 



Walnut logs are In much demand In this section and buyers arc scouring 

 the country in search of them, offering fancy prices. One band mill in 



