October 25, 1915. 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



41 



A few days aijo tho Indiana Tie Company hero received orders from 

 tiortliern railroads for 3,750 carloads of railroad ties. Robert Williums, 

 manager of the company, says he is expecting other large orders for ties in 

 a short time. The largo orders now on hand mean that the Indiana Tie 

 Company will be forced to operate its plant here and the one at Joppa. 111., 

 on full time for the next six months. Mr. Williams says that the railroads 

 are lieginning a campaign of improvement and that this is a good business 

 «ign. 



The marriage of Miss Mary Lee Morehead. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .T. D. 

 Morehead, and Dudley Clayton Noggle occurred a few days ago. Mr. Noggle 

 is connected with the sales department of the Hercules Buggy Company and 

 is well known among the lumber manufacturers. 



Announcement has been made of the approaching wedding of Miss An- 

 toinette lleyns and Albert Waltz, the wedding to take place the latter part 

 •of November. The brldeelect is the youngest daughter of William Heyns, 

 president of the Evansville Dimension Company. 



.Tohn C. Keller, tralhc manager of the Evansville Lumbermen's Club, 

 recently announced that he is still working with officials of the Louisville & 

 Nashville for the extension of the time limit on log rates on the Louisville 

 ■& Nashville railroad. This question has been hanging fire for over a year. 

 and Mr. Keller is anxious to have it settled. Several large manufacturers 

 here arc vitally interested in the question. 



(ieorge O. Worland, manager of the Evansville Veneer Company, says 

 business prospects all over the country look good to him and that the tall 

 and winter will bring in a large volume of trade. He finds the demand for 

 votary cut veneer in plain oak quite heavy at this time. 



Henry Beckman, well-known planing mill owner and lumber dealer at 

 Ferdinand, Ind., was a business visitor in Evansville a few days ago. lie 

 reported business conditions in his territory improving. 



=•< MEMPHIS >- 



The cotton market has continued to ailvance during the past two or 

 three weeks and there has also been a most marked improvement in prices 

 for cotton seed. IMiddling cotton is selling at about 121/1 here and prices 

 range from 12 to 12'/. throughout" the entire southern hardwood territory. 

 Seed is bringing sufficiently high prices to add about $2(1 per bale to the 

 price of cotton so that every bale of middling is worth about $80. Ketcr- 

 •once is made to this condition here because of the bearing upon the pros- 

 perity and therefore upon the purchasing power of the people of the Soutli. 

 It is impossible to imagine the contrast in conditions now as against those 

 obtaining at this time la.-,t year. As a result of the increased buying power 

 there is a large business being done by distributors of furniture, automo- 

 biles, vehicles and almost every product in which hardwood lumber is used. 

 Thus, while this prosperity of the southern people affects tho hardwood 

 lumber only indirectly, it is an influence which is regarded as of vast im- 

 portance. The West and Northwest have been exceedingly prosperous ever 

 since the war in Europe broke out as a result of the big prices obtained for 

 iirain. The New England states and other parts of the East liave enjoyed 

 unusual business in war supplies of every kind and this section has also 

 been benefited by the war. The South was the lone part of the country 

 •which suffered severely from the depression incident to tlie war, losing 

 lieavily on both Its cotton and its lumber. Indications, however, "are that 

 the .Soutli is about to join the band of the prosperous in other parts of the 

 •country and as a result the outlook for business in every line is considered 

 vastly better. 



Very heavy rains have fallen in this section during the past few days and 

 these have interfered to some extent with logging operations. Owing to 

 the extreme efforts recently put forth, however, to get out an adequate supply 

 of timber, the mills have plenty of logs on their yards and. provided the 

 weather becomes favorable again shortly, there will be practically no inter- 

 ruption to manufacturing operations. The tendency is still toward increased 

 output of southern hardwoods as a result of the improvement in demand for 

 hardwood lumber as well as in prices, full details of which are given else- 

 where in this issue of Hardwood Record. Timber cutting and hauling are 

 in striking contrast with the inactivity which prevailed at this time last 

 season when most of the mills were closed down and w-hen a great deal more 

 anxiety was manifested in converting logs on hand into lumber than in get- 

 ting out new stock. It is recognized that a great deal of timber will be 

 required to run the mills this winter as there is every prospect of a good 

 business and unusual efforts will be put forth toward getting out logs as 

 soon as weather conditions are such as to again make this course possible. 



C. D. Hendrickson of the C. D. Ilendrickson Lumber Company is authority 

 for the statement that shipments of lumber on the part of himself and 

 others in Arkansas are quite large. The Hendrickson Lumber Company has 

 its mill at Democrat, Ark., and, although the plant is not particularly 

 large, this Arm shipped fifteen cars of lumber during the past week. This 

 is far and away above the average. Mr. Hendrickson says that demand is 

 Increasing and that the position of the seller is much more independent than 

 heretofore because of this better demand and because of the withdrawal of 

 so much lumber from the bargain counter. He also says that prices have 

 advanced during the past two or three weeks and that indications point to 

 a still farther rise. In fact, he believes that the turn of the tide has come 

 and that the lumber people will enjoy much more prosperous conditions 

 during the coming year than they had during the twelve months ending 

 August 31. 



It is announced that the Hetzler Manufacturing Company, which lost 

 its heading mill at Clarksdale, Miss., by Are a short time ago. will rebuild 

 at Memphis. This firm has plants at Brinkley, Hope and Little Rock but 



J. K. WILLIAMS 



A. T. WILUAMS 



Williams Lumber Co. 



(MANUFACTURERS) 



WHOLESALE 

 HARDWOOD 



LUMBER 



Band Mill Planing Mill Dry Kiln 



Fayetteville, Tenn. 



We manufacture PLAIN and QUAR- 

 TERED OAK, ASH. CHESTNUT and 

 other HARDWOODS 



Our Specialty is Quartered White Oak 



We Manufacture Dimension 

 Stock— Hickory a Specialty 



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i results in 



I Satisfied Artisans 



meaning 



Money Saved 



unvarying a 



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ITS growing conditions ENFORCE an 

 uniformity of color and grain. Its texture has a 

 silky softness that delights and contents your workers. 



TS beautiful, clean boles make possible unusual 

 widths and lengths in which we specialize. 



The following values. 

 All Kentucky Stock Should Attract You 



2 cars 4/4 No. 1 Common 



Plain White Oak 

 5 cars 5/4 No. 3 Common 



Plain Red Oak 

 2 cars 5/4 Sound Wormy Oak 

 10 cars 4/4 Sound Wormy Oak 

 5 cars 4/4 Common & Better 



Chestnut 

 5 cars 4/4 Sound Wormy 



Chestnut 

 1 car 5/4 No. 3 Common & 



Better Poplar 



4 cars 8/4 Log Run Hard 

 Maple 



2 cars 8/4 No. 1 Common & 



Better Hard Maple 



3 cars C/4 Log Run Beech 

 15 cars 4/4 No. 3 Common Oak 

 15 cars 4/4 No. 2 Common 



Plain Red Oak 



3 cars 4/4 No. 2 Common 



Plain White Oak 



50 cars 4/4 No. 1 Common 



Plain Red Oak 



I E. R. Spotswood and Son | 



I MANUFACTURERS 1 



I LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY | 



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