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HAKDWOOU RECORD 



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Low Prices 



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Cutting Value 



You, Mr. Buyer, Know the Verdict 



Our Stock Proves 

 Its Worth by Its 

 Cutting Value 



See OUT lilt of dry lumber in ' ' Bardicoodi For Sale ' ' 

 Department, pagct b'5-6"y, ami o^' '■■•■ • ■ 



Liberty Hardwood Lumber Co. 



MAKERS OF GOOD LUMBER 

 Big Creek, Tex. 



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Kentucky Oak 



results in 



Satisfied Artisans 



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meaning 



Money Saved 



ITS growing conditions ENFORCE an unvarying 

 uniformity of color and grain. Its texture has a 

 silky softness that delights and contents your workers. 



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TS beautiful, clean boles make possible unusual 

 widths and lengths in which we specialize. 



The following values, 

 All Kentucky Stock Should Attract You 



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4 c«r« 4/4 S. Worrajr Gilt 



5 ran ue-16 Oak Fniciiui 



15 can 4/4 No. 1 Com. P). Bed Oak 

 4 can 4/4 No. 1 Com. PI. Wlillo 



Oak 

 3 can S/4 No. 1 Com. It Bet. Fl. 



Bed Oak 

 2 can 4/4 1st & 2d Old. Whlta 



Oak 

 2 can 4/4 No. I Com. Qtd. Willie 



Oak 



3 can 4/4 No. 3 Com. Poplar. 

 3 can 4/4 No. 2 A Com. Poplar 

 3 can 4/4 No. 1 Com. Poplar 

 1 cir 4/4 Hialnod Sap Poplar 

 1 car 4/4x11 In. and up Asrlcul. 



tural Poplar 

 10 can 4/4 No. 2 Com. & Bel. 



Sound Wormy Cbcatnut 

 10 can 4 '4 No. 1 Com. & Bet 



Cbcatnut 

 1 car 4/4 Lor Hun Buckeye 



E. R. SPOTSWOOD .AND SON 



MANUFACTURERS 

 LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY 







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Till' rutlniti' lliiUdliiK ( oiiipnny liim iiiiniiiiiitiil thnt II ulll i-rri-l n ni*w 

 plnnliii; mill "ii iln- vtinnl ln( nt iln' curinT iif (iiiviTliur iiiiil I'minl ulrrola. 

 It cipi'i-ia iIj. ..f till, ilni'iil In the aliile. Tbo cniiipnny 



liim Imh'ii ili.h .(Inn for llilrly year*. 



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|i|<'kliiK up tiir Hi'vrriil inniillia mill till' fiulnry U iiinv ill 



lliiic. Knr till' pn«l i.lMy ilnyn tin' pintil of llii' l':vnii»\ „ i i .my 



hiiH iiUo liiH'H iipi'rnicil (III Mli'iiily tliin*. 'I'Iil' I'linipiiiiy U ailillni; iii*w 

 iiiiifliluiTy III Ibf plant nnil mi iiilililinii la Ih-Iiik plmini'd fur llila ycnr. 



Tlic Inrlurira iiwmil liy tlu' «;|(iIm' lloHKi'-WurlU Kurnltiiri' I'mnpany are 

 holiiK (ilHTiilvd im full timi- nnw nnil Ilii' farlory uf llie Imprrlal llc-ak 

 I'liiiipiiiiy, coiilrollod by tliv iimno ciiinpniiy, Ih workliiK overtlDic Diuloraa 

 Is ri'purti'U lii'ltur than II liiin licin fur iiiiiny iiiniitliii pniit. 



I'liarli'H 'rhiiiiipNuii iif IliU clly liiis piinliiD-i'iI Ihe ali-niiipr Ixiulalatin 

 fniiii llii' W. r. Unit' .Slaw I'liiiipany nt .Mi'iiiplilK, Ti'iin. Tlii: liiiat will In- 

 plao'il nil till' ninrliii' ways fur ri'pnirv, iiftiT which It will lio I'Dlpri'd In 

 the KrniiHvllli.' and tiri'fii river Iraili'. 



liporRi' II. I'lnk, l>ookko<.'pi'r fur Ihu IIitvuIch Buggy Cninpaiiy. on Knlur- 

 ilny, .lauuary LI, pKcapcd with the pay roll of the luiiipany, niiKiuiitInu to 

 $17,000. Ill' walked out of the ofllcv with tile itatchcl ruiilalnlUK Ihi' 

 inoiioy, aayinK thai tin' hank had iiiaile n inlxlnkc and that ho would hnrc 

 It rrctlfliHl. rink Imardi'il n traction car and went lo Bounvlllc, Ind., 

 wlieri' 111' was arrc'itcil .ind hrouttlit hack here with the iiioui'V, lie waa 

 charged with Krund larceny. l-'Ink coiih'k fruiii otic uf the olilenl and heat- 

 known families In the city. He told Ihe oRlccrii thai he had heen drinklns 

 heavily uf late. 



The Ohio river after rlalng atcadlly here for several days, came to a aland 

 on Monday, .Taniinry 17. at 4:{..'{ feel. The cold weather checkiil the rlHi'. 

 It bad heen feared that the river would go tu 44 or 4ri foet, which would 

 have done much damage In the lowland!!. Green river was aiKo nt flood 

 stage for several days anil Hevenil sawmills along that Ktreatn were 

 siihmerged liy tile liaik walcr. Tlie iusses to tie and log men, however, 

 were not heavy. 



.< MEMPHIS >. 



The Laiiih KImiI Luiiilier i nnipiniy. i iiiiriistoii, .Miss., lias recently re- 

 sumed operations at lis big plant at that point after a KUspcDsloD covering 

 u uuinher of luonths. It is iinderhtood tiiut ample tirnlier lias been gotten 

 out and that the ciiiii|>any will he able to operate steadily. The company 

 has shipped out a vast amount of lumber, some of it for export, during the 

 imst few months and its stocks have been considerably reduced. The 

 Inipruvement in demand and tiie eniiancement In value are responsible 

 for Che decision of the company to start up its machinery again. 



The I'uryeur Lumber i: Undertaking Company has made application for 

 a charter. Its heaihpiarters are at I'aris, Tenn., and its capital stock la 

 ¥.■1,000. I>. r. West Is manager. 



The Itriggs Furniture Company, rnpitallzcd at $10,000, has filed applica- 

 tion for charter liere. Its hiadiinarters will he In Mempbls, where a 

 furniture business will be conducted. 



The H. M. Fletcher .Stave & Lumber Company, I'lnc BIulT, .\rk., has 

 sold Its local plant as well as Us mill at Kison, .\rk., and Its standing oak 

 timber to the Wheeler Slave Company of Benton, .\rk. The purchase price 

 was approximately $23,000. It Is announced that the new owners will 

 practically double the capacity of Ihe plant at I'liie Blurt and will convert 

 It Into a flnlshlug mill. .Mr. Fletcher, head of the Fletcher Stave & Lumlier 

 Company, will devote his time to the new railroad between Velivllle and 

 Hush, Ark. 



The United States government has recently filed suits In chancery In the 

 United States district court at Joni'.sboro, .\rk., against Lee Wilson & Co.. 

 the Lake Clly & Eastern Uniiroud Company, Chas. Lawrence, Chapman & 

 Uewcy Lumber Company and others, to quiet the title to several thousand 

 acres of timber and farming lands In Craighead and Poinsett counties. 

 This Is part of the famous "sunken land" litigation which was begun some 

 years ago and which involves ilie title to large areas of fiirmlug and timber- 

 lands In eastern .Vrkansas. Lee Wilson & Co. and the Chapman & Dewey 

 Lumber Company both have their headquarters at Memphis and are vitally 

 interested in the outcome of this litigation. 



The A. L. Clark Lumber Company, Glenwood, Ark., is constructing ii 

 railroad eighteen miles long from Glenwood to a connection with the Rock 

 island system at I'ialnview. This road will be of standard gauge and will 

 be fully equipped. It will open a new timber territory, this being the 

 principal object of the company In building It. The .\. L. Clark Lumber 

 c'oinpany operates a large mill at iJleiiwooU and the timber reached by the 

 new line will be brought there for conversion Into lumber. 



lOldrlilge & Dowdy of Benton, .\rk., have leased a site at Camden, .\rk., 

 from the Kaclne .Manufacturing Company, and are building a plant for tlie 

 luanufactuie of staves. It will employ about twenty-five men. The 

 Camden Mill Company, Comden, .\rk., is also constructing a new planing 



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