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complete quota o£ men, 1,000. Some time ago, the Illinois Central found 

 it necessary to lay off a part of its forces at that point, and there is 

 much gratification over the fact that there has been a full reinstatement 

 of all of the men. It is understood that the shops are engaged more 

 actively in repair work than in the making of new cars. 



One of the most unique orders which has been received here in recent 

 years is that for 10,000 canes booked by the Kelsey Wheel Company of 

 this city. These canes are to be manufactured from hickory and all are 

 to have the usual crook. Some of them will be manufactured perfectly 

 smooth, while others will be made with the bark on them. This order 

 came from a firm at Detroit. Mich. The material for the manufacture 

 of these canes will be secured largely from .\rkansas. the tops of trees 

 and limbs being used largely. This company is engaged principally in the 

 manufacture of wheels and this order is directly in line with its output, 

 especially since it will enable the company to utilize practically the entire 

 tree, the body for wheels and the limbs for canes. 



The Building Materia! Men's Club has recently filed application for a 

 charter here with W. W. Fischer, P. A. Gates, L. J. Myers, K. E. Mont- 

 gomery and others as the incorporators. Some time ago a number of 



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those engaged in the handling of building material perfected plans for a 

 permanent exhibit of the various products manufactured or offered for sale 

 here, and the taking out of this charter is a further step in that direction. 

 It is hoped by means of this permanent exhibit to materially increase 

 the consumption of Memphis made material in the construction of buildings. 



The Arkansas Veneer Company, at Helena. .\rk.. has given notice of an 

 increase in its capital stock from $40,000 to .$71,000. August C. Beck 

 is president and W. E. Cannon is secretary. This is one of the few firms 

 in the southern hardwood territory which has increased its capital stock 

 since the disturbance growing out of the European war. 



Announcement has been made that the creditors of the Mississippi 

 Manufacturing Company, Crystal Springs, Miss., have effected plans 

 whereby the plant of this company will be continued in operation. It Is 

 equipped for the manufacture of boxes and crates for use in handling 

 vegetables. 



The Jennings-Wilson Furniture Company, which has just completed 

 Its first year here, has changed its name to the Jennings-Starke Furniture 

 Company. This change of name results from the withdrawal of S. Y. 

 Wilson, former president of the company, who has retired therefrom to take 

 an active interest in the Tri-State Furniture Company. A. E. Jennings 

 has been elected president, Lewis N. Starke has been made vice-president 

 and general manager, and Z. E. Jennings is secretary and treasurer. This 

 is one of the largest wholesale and retail furniture firms in this territory. 



The Harris-Brown Table Company, which operates plants at Denver, 

 Col., and Portland, Ore., has purchased the site and plant of the Talla- 

 hatchie Furniture Manufacturing Company at Greenwood, Miss. No 

 announcement has been made by the purchasing firm as to whether it 

 will operate the newly acquired plant. 



The Memphis Veneer & Lumber Company has recently purchased the 

 entire cargo of one of the vessels arriving from British Honduras, consist- 

 ing of 3,000 mahogany logs and 152 cedar logs. This company operates 

 a big veneer plant at Memphis and during the past twelve or eighteen 

 months has been engaged in the manufacture of mahogany veneers on 

 a rather large scale. 



H. D. Kitchenell, J. J. Green and Oscar Fuller of Greenwood, Miss., have 

 taken out a charter for the Honey Island Land Company. It is capitalized 

 at $750,000. Although the name suggests that this company has been 

 formed for the purpose of engaging in agricultural pursuits, it is known 

 that it will devote its time almost exclusively to the lumber industry. 



E. T. Bennett has sold his interest in the Bennett Hardwood Lumber 

 Company to J. N. Pcnrod, of Kansas City, and the .Vbbott Estate, the 

 negotiations having been completed within the past few days. The trade 

 included the plant, the site and all the stock of lumber belonging to the 

 company. Mr. Bennett announces that he will lease the plant and that he 

 will begin operations November 10. He intends for the present to cut 

 from about 700,000 to 800.000 feet of lumber. The lease will not be for 

 any definite period and is made sub,iect to sale of the plant and site by 

 the new owners. 



=■< NASHVILLE >= 



Nashville bad a splendid building record the past two months. Per- 

 mits were issued during October for improvements to cost .$82,500.40, 

 compared with $73,400.75 for the same month last year. During Septem- 

 ber permits amounted to an Increase of over 50 per cent over last year. 

 This is a remarkable record considering the general business conditions 

 brought alwut by war. This immediate territory is perhaps about as 

 small a sufferer because of the war as any section of the country. Only 

 a small amount of cotton is produced in middle Tennessee, and but for 

 the uneasiness caused by the war there would be little to cause any 

 depression here. 



The Hermitage Spoke Company with authorized capital stock of $30,000, 

 has been incorporated, with headquarters in Nashville. I. F. McLean, 

 A. B. McCarthy, Lewis D. Johnson, W. B. Leech and Henry C. Leech 

 are incorporators. 



The Nashville Lumbermen's Club has withdrawn the complaint against 

 the Louisville & Nashville as to local rates in Tennessee. The case against 

 the Tennessee Central Railroad will be prosecuted on account of the dis- 

 crimination as to grades of lumber amounting to about 2 cents per 

 100 pounds. It is insisted that this differential is unjust, and that 

 there are many difiiculties in the way of fair enforcement of the same. 



=■< LOUISVILLE >= 



II. A. McCowen. president of the Ohio Klver Sawmill Company of 

 Louisville has moved his home to this city from Salem, Ind., where he 

 is president of H. A. McCowen & Co. Mr. McCowen has taken a home on 

 beautiful Eastern Parkway, overlooking Cherokee Park, and is likely to 

 be seen following the little white ball around the Cherokee golf course. 

 Mr. McCowen is one of the leading walnut men of the country, and reports 

 a brisk demand for this wood, both from the furniture and the interior 

 finish trade. He also believes that there will be some big business In 

 thick stock on account of the requirements In Europe for walnut for 

 gunstock purposes. 



C. W. Johnson, trustee in bankruptcy for the Consumers' Lumber Com- 

 pany of Louisville, which was recently petitioned into bankruptcy by the 

 Norman Lumber Company and the Edward L. Davis Lumber Company, is 

 winding up the affairs of the concern. The office furniture was sold at 

 auction last week. 



