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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Perkins Glue Fast Becoming the Standard 

 For All Veneer Work 



Alanufacturers who use glue for veneer laying and built-up panel work are 

 rapidly realizing the advantages of a glue that does away with the hot, 

 bad-smelling glue room necessary with hide glue and are adopting the modern 

 and efficient 



Perkins Vegetable Veneer Glue 



because it does away with the cooking 

 process, being applied cold. It is equally 

 as efficient as hide glue and at a saving of 

 no less than 20 per cent over hide glue 

 costs. It gives off no bad odor and may 

 be left open a number of days without 

 souring or in any way affecting its ad- 

 hesive qualities. 



Every shipment is absolutely uniform. 



The use of Perkins Glue does away 



with blistered work and is affected in no 

 way by climatic changes, thus increasing 

 the advantages of manufacturers, who 

 must ship their goods to hot, cold or damp 

 climates. 



Unsolicited testimonials from hundreds 

 in all glue using lines praise its efficiency 

 and economical application. 



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PERKINS GLUE COMPANY 



Originators and Patentees 



805 J. M. S. Building, SOUTH BEND, IND. 



with a capital of $2U,U0O, by F. 1'. ItusbLT, R. W. Kusher, C. M. Cable, 

 E. W. Cook ana F. W. Cook. 



At the annual meeting of the Columbus Builders' & Traders' Exchange 

 the following officers were elected for the coming year : President, H. E. 

 Kunzman ; first vice-president, J. E. McNally ; second vice-president, 

 Leonard Mulby ; directors, Adam Pitts, Stephen Stephanion, W. T. Whit- 

 acre, W. P. Stevenson and J. W. Davis. 



R. W. Horton of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company says trade in 

 hardwoods has been rather active since the semi-annual inventories were 

 completed the first of the year. Prices are fairly steady and future 

 prospects appear to be brighter. Building is about equally divided between 

 yardmen and factories. 



=< MEMPHIS > 



The following well-known lumbermen and mill supply men have been 

 elected directors of banks in Memphis for the ensuing year : First National 

 — W. R. Barksdale, W. R. Barksdale & Co. ; Mercantile National — C. L. 

 Wheeler, J. W. Wheeler & Co., Memphis and Madison, Ark. ; James E. Starke. 

 James E. Starke & Co. ; Central State National — George R. James, James & 

 Graham Wagon Company ; City National — R. E. Bodine, Memphis Sash & 

 Door Company ; H. H. Crosby, Riechman-Crosby Company ; Geo. O. Friedel, 

 Geo. O. Friedel Lumber & Manufacturing Company ; J. T. Willingham, 

 Memphis Coffin Company ; Commercial Trust & Savings Bank — R. G. Morrow, 

 president Memphis Furniture Company ; William Pritchard, J. W. Wheeler 

 & Co. ; W. C. Dewey, Chapnian-Dewey Company ; State Savings Bank — T. R. 

 Winfield, president Cole Manufacturing Company. 



The Griffin-Logan Lumber Company, Meridian, Miss., has been granted a 

 ' charter under the laws of that state. The capital stock is $10,000. G. A. 

 Griffin, W. W. and M. F. Logan are the principal stockholders. The latter 

 Is manager. The firm states that it has secured yarding space sufficient to 

 take care of at least 1,000,000 feet of hardwood lumber. It is the intention 

 of this firm later to branch out In the handling of yellow pine, but nothing 

 along this line will lie done for the present. This firm is successor to the 

 Logan Lumber Company. 



H. W. Greene, former bookkeeper for Geo. C. Brown & Co., Proctor, Ark., 

 has been promoted to the position of office manager and assistant to Secre- 

 tary-Treasurer H. B. Weiss. Mr. Greene came South some years ago from 

 Providence, R. I. He was connected with the L. H. Gage Lumber Company, 

 at Earle, Ark., before becoming associated with Geo. C. Brown & Co. 



Lumbermen here will take an active part in the "Dinner of Optimism" 

 which will be given by the Bu.siness Men's Club January 23. The Lumber- 

 men's Club of Memphis is affiliated with the Business Men's Club and the 

 former usually backs the latter in any uudertaking which is considered for 

 'the good of Memphis. An attractive program has been arranged for this 



occasion, including talks by a number of prominent business and profes- 

 sional men. William C. Redfleld, secretary of the Department of Commerce, 

 will be the honor guest and the principal speaker of the occasion. The 

 prime purpose of the dinner is to bring together a number of men who will 

 talk in favor of optimism instead of the depression which has been so much 

 discussed since the outbreak of the European war. It is estimated that 

 there will be between 400 and 500 in attendance. Competition for plates is 

 already very keen. 



The Southwestern Veneer Company has resumed operations at its plant at 

 Cotton Plant, Ark., for the manufacture of veneers, after having been closed 

 down for several months. This means employment for a number of men who 

 have been idle for some time. 



W. Brown Morgan, president and general manager of the Morgan Veneer 

 Company, Pine Bluff, Ark., has been in Slemphis during the past few days. 

 He was one ot the organizers of the Commercial Rotary Gum Association 

 and he also attended the meeting of the Southern Hardwood Traffic Associ- 

 ation and the Gum Lumber Manufacturers' Association. 



C. L. Wheeler ot J. W. Wheeler & Co. of Madison, Ark., was In Memphis 

 this week. He says that his firm has a large supply of timber and that It 

 is operating on very full time. He leports that the business outlook Is 

 somewhat better. 



The Builders' Exchange will elect officers February 2 for the ensuing year. 

 James Alexander will be the candidate for president on one ticket and 

 Walter Hughes on the other. The Builders' Exchange is affiliated with the 

 National Association of Builders' Exchanges, and is taking quite an active 

 interest In everything pertaining to the building trade, not only in this 

 city and section, but throughout the country. 



=■< NASHVILLE >■= 



The big furniture plant of the Standard Furniture Company In East Nash- 

 ville, which has been closed down for some time, has resumed operations. 

 This plant is owned by the Davidson, Hicks & Greene Company, one of the 

 big hardwood concerns ot this territory, and it Is a matter of much gratifica- 

 tion to see business showing a tone that warrants resumption. The plant 

 employs about 200 men. 



The Nashville, Chattanooga f: St. Louis Railway Is preparing to make an 

 addition for building box ears to its shops here. "The new department will 

 give employment to several hundred men. It is said that the management 

 of the company feels confident that business before the end of the year will 

 show such Improvement as to require additional equipment, and hence the 

 steps to expand its local plant. 



Evidence was heard by Special Examiner Edgar Watklns ot the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission In the case of Maley & Wertz of Evansvllle and the 



