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northern cedar fraternity and since January lias been president of tlie 

 association. He was forty-eight years old. Mrs. Benham was forty- 

 one yiais old. As a result of their death, the daughter Mary, seven 

 yeiirs old, is left an orphan. 



The funeral of Mr. Bowring was held Friday afternoon, July 31, at the 

 home of Henry E. Southwell, father-in-law of Mr. Worcester. He leaves 

 two sisliTs, Mrs. J. P. Wakeley of Detroit, Mich, and Mrs. Fred Powers 

 of I.os .\nK(les, Cal., also two brothers, R. S. Bowring of Chicago and 

 Frank Bowring of Oakland, Cal. The remains were taken to Detroit 

 following the ceremony for interment. A double ceremony was performed 

 at Boydston Brothers' chapel. Cottage Grove avenue for Mr. and Mrs. 

 Benham. The Interment will be at Oakland, Cal. 



Death of James Madison Card 



On July 31, 1914, occurred the death of J. M. Card of Chattanooga, 

 Tenn., at Virginia Beach hotel, near Norfolk, Va. Death was due to 

 heart failure. He had been in poor health for many months and had gone 

 to Virginia Beach, accompanied by Mrs. Card, in hope of regaining his 

 health. 



James Madison Card was born November 15, 1868, at the old Holland 

 homestead, near Scottsboro. .\la,, which has been in his mother's family 

 _ since 1818. His father 



was Benjamin Card, a 

 native of Bedford coun- 

 t y , Tennessee, who 

 served throughout the 

 Civil war in the confed- 

 erate army and spent 

 the close of his life 

 after the war In con- 

 tracting and farming at 

 Scottsboro, Ala. Mr. 

 Card's mother was Miss 

 Maria Holland, who 

 was born in Hollywood, 

 Ala., and is now living 

 at the Holland home in 

 that city. 



Mr. Card graduated 

 from the Scottsboro 

 grammar school in 1893 

 and the next year went 

 into the lumber busi- 

 ness, of which he had 

 considerable knowledge 

 t'ained while working 

 In the woods and on 

 sawmills while earning 

 money to complete his 

 education. 



He became one of the 

 foremost figures In the 

 try, having taken a prominent part In the 

 [lardwood Lumber Association and the Na- 

 •.'" i.iiioii. He served on the grading rule-? 

 "11 "11 for several years, and at the 1912 

 nil iiiir-lwood Association was elected vice- 

 ■ ir( iipii d for two terms. Mr. Card was also 

 Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce and of 



secretary, VV. A. Dolph ; assistant treasurer, I. Gould: assistant secretary, 

 G. B. Evatt. 



Recently Began Operations 

 The planing mill of the Willow River Lumber Company of Hayward, 

 Wis., began operations a week or so ago. The mill has been shut down 

 some time for necessary repairs, which have been completed. 



XOOGA, 



hardwood trade of thi; 

 work of both the Nati 

 tional Lumlxr r\p.iii. 

 committee of i \t. hu m 

 annual meftinu ii ih 

 president, a iLisithm wl 

 actively Identiticd witli 



both the Tennessee Manufacturers' Association and the Chattanooga Manu- 

 facturers' Association. 



Soon after leaving school he formed a partnership In the sawmill busi- 

 ness at Scott.sboro with H. M. Cunningham and the business grew 

 rapidly. Mr. Card bought out Mr. Cunningham and operated the busi 

 ness for himself as J. M. Card & Co. until in 1900 It had grown to such 

 proportions, including a start in the export trade, that it was found 

 necessary to move the business to a more central point and headquarter-, 

 were established in Chattanooga, the J. M. Card Lumber Company being 

 formed. Only a wholesale yard was operated at first, but the changing 

 conditions of the business soon made it advantageous for Mr. Card to 

 again take up manufacturing, and the Berry Lumber & Stave Company 

 and other subsidiary companies in Alabama and North Carolina were 

 organized. The J. M. Card Lumber Company Is now one of the fore- 

 most hardwood companies in both the domestic and export trade. 

 Associated with Mr. Card in this company was his brother-in-law, Fred 

 Arn, secretary and treasurer of the company and president of the Na- 

 tional Lumber Exporters' Association. 



Mr. Card was married in February, 1904, to Miss Anita Arn of Scotts- 

 boro, Ala. He is survived by Mrs. Card and by their little daughter, 

 Anita. 



Fraternally Mr. Card was afliliated with the Masons, through his lodge 

 at Hollywood. Ala., with the Mystic Shrine, the Lookout Commandery 

 of Knights of Templar, the Knights of Pythias and the Concatenated 

 Order of Hoo-Hoo. Ho \r;i^ nlsn a member of the Chattanooga Commercial 

 Club, Chattanooga Golf .in.l i-,,ii,itiv Club and Mountain City Club. 



New officers for tbf .Mi,t|i:iii\ .l.itod on account of Mr. Card's death 

 are: President and tn-ii^nr' r. I r.il Arn: vice-president, Mrs. J. M. Card: 



B. F. Ereljs Joins Steele & Hibbard Lumber Company 



R. F. Krebs, who recently announced the severance of his connection 

 with the Krebs-Sheve Lumber Company of St. Louis, has just announced 

 that he has purchased an Interest In the Steele & Hibbard Lumber 

 Company of that city, and beginning with August 1, is giving his entire 

 time to that business, working principally in connection with the sales. 

 Mr. Krehs was an employe of the Steel & Hibbard Lumber Company tor 

 sixteen years, resigning January 1, 1900, to enter the lumber business 

 for himself. It was while with this concern that he got his thorough 

 schooling in hardwood and he has been in this line of work ever since. 



Little Kock Lumber Company Organized 



The Little Rock Lumber Company has filed articles of Incorporation 

 at Lansing, Mich. The company will manufacture hardwood lumber In 

 Arkansas and will oper 

 ate with capital stock of 

 $100,000. T h e stock- 

 holders are Donald C. 

 Watrous of Little Ro<k, 

 and John L. Redding and 

 William J. Clark of 

 Grand Rapids. 



Dry Kiln Orders 

 Satisfactory 



The National Dry Kiln 

 Company of Indianapolis 

 writes Hakdwood Rec- 

 OBD regarding Its recent 

 .business and gives a sur- 

 prisingly long list of 

 concerns who have re- 

 cently bought the Na- 

 tional equipment. In ad- 

 dition to sales of dry 

 kiln equipment to the fol- 

 lowing concerns, the com- 

 pany's truck sales during 

 the patt few months 

 have been the greatest 

 In Its history : Douglas 

 & W a I k I e y Company. 

 Ramsey, Va. ; Boatwright ' 

 Furniture Company, Dan- 

 ville, Va. : Montague Manufacturing Company, Richmond, Va. ; George 

 W. Smith & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. ; H. M. Wade Manufacturing Company, 

 Charlotte, N. C. ; Roseland Mill & Lumber Company, Chicago, 111. ; T. A. 

 Foley, Paris, 111. ; Richmond Furniture Manufacturing Company, Richmond, 

 Ind. ; Central Lnml)er & Mill Company, Hammond, Ind. ; Pekin Cooperage 

 Company, Helena, Ark. 



Fire at Bib Lake Plant 



The hunt for a six-year-old child which called from their work a 

 considerable part of the crew of the Rib Lake Lumber Company's mill 

 at Rib Lake, Wis., resulted in serious damage from a fire which 

 occurred there on July 24. The youngster was lost in the woods, 

 and while the crew was out hunting for it fire followed an explosion and 

 resulted in an estimated loss of $50,000. 



■Warehouse and Open Storage Yard 



The Stevens-Eaton Company of New York has made arrangements for 

 a warehouse and open storage yard on tidewater at the head of the 

 Morris canal basin. New York harbor. The site was secured through 

 the Industrial Commission of the Lehigh Valley railroad. It is located 

 within rail distance to serve an enormous population at rates less than 

 twelve cents, and has private sidings for fourteen oars, and frontage for 

 boats on tidewater. The warehouse is 800x65 feet, with tracks at both 

 sides. The yard was bought chiefly to care for an assorted stock of 

 Pacific Coast lumber, but a large stock of domestic hardwoods will be 



ried. 



Ships Sticking to Neutral Territory 



R. S. Huddleston, general manager of the Otis Manufacturing Company 

 of New Orleans and president of the Huddleston-Marsh Lumber Com- 

 pany of Chicago, got back to New Orleans a few days ago after a some- 

 what extended trip to Chicago and eastern points. Mr. Huddleston is in 

 an excellent position to express an authoritative opinion regarding export 

 conditions and possibilities and what he says can be taken as represent- 

 ing the situation about as It is. 



Mr. Huddleston's version of the proposition is that it is a difficult 



