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up again is that of tlie Bellgrade Lumber Company, at Isola, Miss. A 

 sliort time ;igo tlie mill of R. J. Darnell, Inc.. at Batesville, started 

 operations. Within the past few days the big band mill of Russe & 

 Burgess, Inc., has been completed and started running. This firm has 

 about 1,500,000 feet of timber on hand which will have to be converted 

 into lumber. . On the other hand, the Gayoso Lumber Company, which 

 has been running both day and night most of the time, has shut down 

 and will remain down indefinitely. Advices received here from Purvis, 

 Miss., indicate that the big mill of the Hand-Jordan Lumber Company 

 had ceased operations. Similar advices have been received from some 

 other points and, despite the fact that there has been resumption on the 

 part of some mills, the tendency has been toward decreasing rather than 

 increasing production. 



J. D. Flanagan and associates of Grand Rapids, Mich., will establish 

 a hardwood plant at Hazlchurst, Miss., where they have already taken a 

 long lease on the site and equipment of the Hazlchurst Lumber Company 

 and have made arrangements for the remodeling of the plant. Xew ma- 

 chinery and other necessary equipment have already been purchased and 

 are now in process of delivery. It is planned to have the new machinery 

 in operation as soon as possible. 



Exporters here report the uucertainty in ocean rates as one of the 

 chief handicaps under which they are laboring. They say that this con- 

 dition leaves them without any fixed basis on which to figure. It is re- 

 ported that last Monday morning rates to both Liverpool and London 

 were from five to six cents higher than the previous week, an advance 

 of from fifteen to twenty per cent. Exporters say that the steamship 

 companies raise or lower rates at will, in accordance with the amount 

 of cargo offered. Selling lumber abroad at present is a very difficult mat- 

 ter under the most favorable conditions, and the fluctuating tendency of 

 ocean rates only tends to make bad matters very much worse. 



The .Vnchor Saw Mill Company is doing a very satisfactory business. 

 It manufactures boat oars and other products and is shipping these to 

 both Italy and England. Mr. Dickinson, the manager, is congratulating 

 himself upon the splendid luck the company had in getting its shipments 

 delivered after the war broke out. It had an immense amount of stock 

 on the water when hostilities opened but every item has already been 

 delivered and accounted (or. This firm is not only running its plant at 

 Memphis, but is also operating the machinery which was recently installed 

 in Louisiana. 



There will be an important conference held here November 10 and 20 

 for the purpose of arranging more definite plans for capturing business 

 iu South America. This will be held at the Business Men's Club, but it 

 is hoped that there will be representatives from all parts of the Mississippi 

 valley. The Chicago Chamber of Commerce has definitely decided to send 

 more than twenty representative business men and the New Orleans 

 Chamber of Commerce has also indicated that it will be well represented 

 at this gathering. J. M. Tuther, secretary of the Business Men's Club, is 

 already getting out much literature on the subject and this is being sent 

 broadcast throughout this territory in the hope that there may be as 

 large a meeting as possible. Business men generally recognize that the 

 present furnishes an excellent opportunity for getting after South Ameri- 

 can trade, as England and Germany, which have been doing the bulk of 

 this business, are now engaged in a war which makes it practically im- 

 possible to supply the needs of their South American clients. The lum- 

 bermen of Memphis are anxious to increase their trade with South 

 America and they arc going to take an active part in the meeting. All 

 of the South American business has been financed through London and it 

 is hoped that, at this conference, a plan may be arranged whereby the 

 financing may be done through New Yorij or some other center in 

 America. 



.Tames R. Blair, for a number of years manager of the L. H. Gage Lum- 

 ber Company and (he Crittenden Lumber Company, first with headquar- 

 ters at Memphis and later at Earle, Ark., has resigned his position to 

 accept the management of the big double band mill of R. J. Darnell, Inc., 

 at Batesville, Miss. Mr. Blair brings to his new duties a wide experience 

 in the manufacture of hardwood lumber and a broad knowledge of the 

 requirements of the American and foreign trade as applied to southern 

 hardwoods. The firm is being congratulated upon having secured the 

 services of Mr. Blair. The mill of R. J. Darnell, Inc., at Batesville, was 

 finished some months ago and, while it closed down immediately after 

 the war, operations have been resumed on one side within the past two 

 or three weeks. 



The Cybur Lumber Company has sold to the Cybur, Gulf & Northwest- 

 ern Railway Company its 12-mile line in Pearl River county, Mississippi, 

 for a consideration of ?63,000. This road was used for a number of 

 years for private purposes, including the hauling of lumber and logs. 

 With organization of the purchasing company, however, it will enter the 

 field as a common carrier and will do both passenger and freight business. 

 This road runs through a section which is very rich in timber resources. 

 The capital stock of the Cybur. Gulf and Northwestern Railway Company 

 is $75,000 and C. W. Zimmerman, of Mobile, Ala., is president. 



D. D. Nellis, manager of the Memphis branch of Jno. M. Woods 

 & Co., Boston, who recently suffered a slight stroke of paralysis, has 

 recovered sutficiently to be at his office again. While he was at no time 

 dangerously ill, he was confined to his bed for a number of days and 

 some anxiety was expressed by hi's numerous friends, who are congratu- 

 lating him upon his early recovery. 



The Henry Maley Lumber Company of Yazoo City, Miss., which recently 



The White Lake Lumber Co. 



Peoples Gas BIdg., CHICAGO, ILL. 



Northern and Southern Hardwoods 



CAR STOCK 

 WHITE PINE YELLOW PINE 



Uii/h Quality — Prompt Delivery 



WE WANT TO MOVE AT ONCE 



10 cars 1" No. 1 Common Basswood 

 5 cars I" No. 2 Common Basswood 



30 cars 1" Red or White Oak, all grades 

 Send ut ^^ cars 1" Red and Sap Gum, all grades 



your inquiries The last tiivo items are but one-holf dry 



Rockcastle Lumber Co. 

 C. L Ritter Lumber Co. 



OAK-Plain and Quartered, RED AND WHITE 

 POPLAR CHESTNUT BASSWOOD 



Anything in Hardwoods 



Huntington West Virginia 



Kentucky Lumber Company 



MANUFACTURERS 



POPLAR, PLAIN AND QUAR- 

 TERED OAK, RED AND SAP 

 GUM, CHESTNUT, HEMLOCK 



ROUGH AND DRESSED 



MILLS AT SALES OFFICE 



Bumside, Ky. Williamsburg, Ky. 606 Security Trust Bldg. 

 Sulligent, Ala. LEXINGTON, KY. 



The Ferd. Brenner Lumber Co., Alexandria, Louisiana 



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