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HARDWOOD RECORD 



October 2n, lOIft. 



lluUlry 1. \l.ki> .■m.Uh a. < .. , l.li 



paoy. All': :"•■>>' mxl K. J. I>nrni-ll, 



porelura atv lliur> I'lj.^lo I'f <iiilf|H>ri, Ml«» : W 

 ilrni iinii gnicral innnniiiT <>l ll»' 'Iiilf A Slil| 



Ibr lunil«»r with wblch to Oil onlrm from Eur"|)o luH tbcy will alu h«»» 



tl..- i,...H, .rv ni.--itiv..f >. (.■Ilikc tl.ilr rjtri:>>iN ir'r".-i>l 



•if llip I.umlH-r K> 



^■inilholiucr l'oiii|>an)', 



II Klrrr I.iiiiilii'r ('uiii- 



Inc. The Kibcr Incor- 



T. Slcwiirl. vici- |irf»l- 



lolnliil Killlniad : II. \V. 



Sunmirrvlllr. of i:iiir|Hirl and Mobile, of llunl.T limn & I'o., «nil .\. I.. 



Slaplcii. vicf prrnlilcnt of the lUdk of Mobile. 



j\ 't tiij 10 ilr«w up the coinpiiny'B charter nnd 



IQ n i)t to orKniil'iill'in. Ah urnin hh thU com- 



mUl,^ , , ..:;.. Ilier meetlnis will be called, prolmlily lit 



MrmphU. for puttlos the planH of the cum|iiin.v Into nrtlve opemtlon. 



Erskine Williams with the W. A. Stark 

 Lumber Company 



Kmklnp Wllltnniii. until threv .venm ni:ii witli 

 the \V. A. Stnrk Lumber Coinimny. Meniphli.. 

 Tcnn.. and iilnce that time with the t.jimb'I''lKli 

 Lumber «"oinpnny of I'licrliiiton, Mlwi., biiit r" 

 turned to bli former connection. Mr. WlllliiinM 

 lia< IxH-n servlnj; In the position of usslKtiint sales 

 manaKer for the Ijimb h'lnh company, and before 

 Bolug with It had charRC of the W. A. Stark 

 company's olllce as assistant of sales. In his 

 new position he will look after the office end of 

 the buslDOKji and superintend sales, nMhouKb lie 

 possibly will be assisted by Mr. Stark, who, whlli- 

 he spends most of his time at the mill, will <>i' 

 caslonally Ket In 'some of the olUce work. 



Mr. Williams advises that the W. A. Stark 

 Lumber Company has a line lot of oak on Its 

 yards at Winona, Ark., and also a line line of elm. 

 ash and gum nnd that the mill Is running right 

 along. 



The company's new offices In Memphis are lo- 

 cated on the eleventh floor of the Bank of Com- 

 merce and Trust t'ompany building. 



Mrs. Josephine L. Goodyear 



Mrs. Josephine L. (loculyenr, widow of the lute 

 Frank 11. tJoodycar, founder of the Goodyear 

 Lumber Company, Buffalo, N. Y., died suddenly In 

 Buffalo, October 19. Mrs. Goodyear was about to 

 start on a trip to New York and was taken siek 

 In the stntinn and died siinrllv nftirwHnl. 



Mrt. D, F. Diggini 



(III I'M.-iix II i..i.>i I'l Ml. Iirlon r. Illgglllii, widow of the late Helm 

 K. IHKki Ml « few yioro ago wan a powiT In the bard 



wood li> I iiiil at her home In Cadillac Mrs. IMgglns 



bad Ihimi in III benlib lur iHiine lime, having Ihh-u away from the city prar- 



llcally all su ler. 8he n-n-nil) rnnrned from <ilen Kprlngs. \. V., where 



■ he went to take treatment. 



New Veneer Concern for Louisville 



The I'urklanil Veni-.r Mills, re.ently liirorpiiriit.d iil I^iiil»\llle, Ky 

 eaidlal si... I ■ ' ' i" 



with 



oprnil'd !•> 



mill roiii|iiii 

 under lease 



KltSKIXK 

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Cadillac Table Company Will Enlarge Plant 

 It is announced at Cadillac. Mich., that the St. .lohns Table Coinpiini 

 of that city will construct an additional buildlni; to its plant, wlilcli will 

 be 100 feet square and three or four stories high. The St. .Tohns Table 

 Company Is the largest single manufacturer of tables In the world. 



Kentucky Veneer Works Handle Magnolia for Cross Banding 



There is .shown i.n this page two cuts illuslnitinc the lle.\ll,lllty of llni^ 

 nolla cross banding as manufactured by the Kentucky Veneer Works of 

 Louisville, Ky. K. C. McCracken, who does the selling for the Kintueky 

 Veneer Works, is very enthusiastic over the excellent quality of the mag- 

 nolia which he is turning out. The specimens shown herewith arc but 

 average In their width and length and certainly give every evidence of 

 being well qnallfied for the purpose In mind. 



1. Iiai* leamil the veneer plant formerly owni^l and 

 i Veneer & Siiwinlll Company. The rarkland Haw 

 inrted up llie sHunilll of the Amlerxin < ••nipany 



Car of MahoRany Comes ThrouRh from 

 Cuba Intact 



The llrat curloail of maliognny ever loaded In u 

 foreign country nnd shipped Into the I'nlted 

 .'^tati-s without reloailing on board sbl|i arrived 

 111 lirand Itiiplds. Mich., on (tetoU-r \4. It was 

 shiiipeil by till- l-'elger Kobldns Company of lln 

 vana, I'uba, and contained 10,.'iilO feet of iiinhog 

 any. The shipment went through In nineteen 

 daya. 



The Kclger-Robblns Company has shipped thrts' 

 quarters of a million feet of mahogany luiiilM'r 

 Into Grand Itaplds from Its Ilnviinn operations 

 since starting up a couple ol years ago. This 

 new shipment Is es|ieclally matched and went to 

 the .Tolin II. Itaab Chair Company of (jrand Unp- 

 Ids. 



I'lie relger-Kribliliis plant in Havana Is located 

 within a block of the ferry terntlnal and has a 

 line large boom bay In the Havana harbor. It Is 

 located and equl|i|ied to do ft large bustnesH. 



Conditions in Havana nnd Cuba as a result of 

 the war have been such that the company lias 

 been able to buy up practically the entire avail 

 able supply of mahogany logs on the Island. 



Mr. Robblns has been In Cuba for the past 

 twelve years and Is an exjiert on mahogany. The 

 eoinpany's mill has been running since .September 

 '2, 1014. Otis A. I'elger of Grand Ilaplds. piesl- 

 ilent of the Felger Lumber * Tlnilier Company. Is 

 :ilso president nf the I'llijir Hoblilns Company. 



Charles B. Coles 



Charles U. Coles, president of the C. H. Coles & Sons Company. CntndeU. 

 N. J., died at his residence. :i:!l Chester avenue, Mooreslown. N. .1., on 

 October 0. at the age of seventy-nine years. From 1804 to 1S7<> he was a 

 partner In the firm of Doughten & Coles, lumber dealers and manufacturers 

 of packing boxes, near the Knlghn's avenue ferry, Camden. In 1870 he 

 started 111 business for himself on Front street below Kalglin avenue, this 

 location still lieing a portion of the property now occupied by the C. B. 

 Coles & Sons Company. The deceased is survived by two sons. William »,'. 

 and Henry B. Coles, who have been associated with the llnu headed by 

 their falher since Its Ineorporallnn In |S!i4. Mr. Coles was a (iloneer In 

 the temiienince cause, and during his adult life was a faithful worker fof' 

 the abolition of the liquor Irafflc. In I860 Mr. Coles married Miss Mary 



WIL'.IAMS. SAI.i;S .\I.\N.\(;KI! 

 SI'.MtK I.rMHlOK COMI'.VNV. 



\ii;\ii ins iiw. 



.\1 AiiNUI.IA IS WF.I.L ADAPTED FOU CKOSS-BANDING. STOCK MADK HV KK.NTI'CKV VENFER WORKS. LOVISVILLE, KY. 



