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w;is only a technical one. the penalty could be 

 no more than a heavy fine, and especially so 

 since the lumbermen at once absolutely aban- 

 doned the objectionable organization and have 

 since made every effort to abide by the court's 

 construction of the Valentine law. For sev- 

 eral months the court held the sentence in 

 abeyance, but it was no sooner pronounced 

 than the attorneys began a frantic struggle to 

 save their clients from the ignominy of im- 

 prisonment. Motions were made for a stay 

 of execution and for new trials, and upon the 

 overruling of these motions the record was 

 at once made up and the case carried to the 

 circuit court. The circuit court has made an 

 order suspending the sentences upon the 

 showing that the lumbermen were entitled to 

 a full hearing, new cjuestions being involved. 

 It is evident that no stone will be left un- 

 turned in the effort to annul this decision. 



Charlotte, N. C. 



North Carolina lumbermen are interested in 

 a new company ju.st across the Virginia line, 

 the De Soto Naval Stores Company, whose 

 principal offlces will be at Lynchburg. The 

 capital stock of the corporation will be $500.- 

 000 and it will build, buy and operate flumes, 

 canals, wagon roads and similar means of 

 lumber transportation, manufacture all kinds 

 of forest products and do a general business 

 of this kind. The officers for the first year 

 are: President. Charles E. Heard of Lynch- 

 liurg; first vice president. Ernest Williams of 

 Lvnchburg: vice president and general man- 

 ager, George Kerr of Lynchburg; secretary- 

 and treasurer, Frank F. Beard of Baltimore. 



A new railroad being projected in Caswell 

 and Rockingham counties means the opening 

 up of large timber lands in North Carolina. 

 Beginning at Yanceyville in Caswell county 

 the line will touch the Norfolk & Western 

 road at Stoneville, on the edge of Rocking- 

 ham and Stokes counties. Another road that 

 will put the timber lands to the front is the 

 proposed Wilkesboro and Jefferson road 

 through Wilkes and Ashe counties, two of 

 the best lumber counties in the state. Nego- 

 tiations are understood to be pending whereby 

 the Southern will finance the deal and con- 

 tinue its present road, which terminates at 

 Wilkesboro. 



A charter has been issued to the Marion & 

 Southern railroad from Marion to Bennetts- 

 ville. S. C the largest incorporator being the 

 Marion County Lumber Company. The new 

 road will be thirty miles in length and will 

 pass through Marion and Marlboro counties. 



The Queen Mab Lumber Company of 

 Georgetown. S. C. has been incorporated with 

 a capita! of $250,000. F. L. Wilcox is presi- 



dent. L. W. McLemore secretary, and H. E. 

 Davis treasurer. This is one of the larger 

 lumber concerns of the state. 



At a recent meeting of the stockholders of 

 the Sanford Buggy Company it was decided 

 to begin at once the building of a large plant. 

 It will be three stories high and situated on 

 llie Seaboard Air Line railroad. The enlarge- 

 ment in facilities was made necessary on ac- 

 count of the increasing business of the com- 

 pany. 



The Hall-Hughes Lumber Company of 

 Parkton. N. C. has been chartered and will 

 shortly begin business with a capital stock 

 of $30,000. 



The Sylvia Lumber Company of Sylvia. 

 N. C, has been granted a charter, with a 

 capital of J20.000. J. W. McKee is the lead- 

 ing stockholder. The company expects to 

 begin operations within a few weeks. 



Arthur Lyon of High Point. N. C. is work- 

 ing for the organization of a company to 

 manufacture a patented roller cabinet for 

 typewriters. One of the hardwood factories 

 of High Point may undertake to manufacture 

 the appliance, but if not a new company will 

 be organized for the purpose. 



The Alma Lumber Company, recently or- 

 ganized, will shortly begin the erection of a 

 large plant at High Point. The capital stock 

 of the concern is $12.T.OOO. J. P. Redding is 

 1 resident, J. H. Petty secretary, and J. H. 

 Redding treasurer and general manager. 



The Avant Woodworking Company of this 

 city has begun business with W. A. and L. A. 

 Avant, C. A. Eastman and J. M. McLaughlin. 

 'I he company will do designing, custom work, 

 wood carving, make tables and chairs, hall 

 fittings, mantels, tiles, etc.. and handle rough 

 iind dressed lumber. The men behind the 

 business are all experts. 



The Wirstoa Vehicle Company, recently 

 organized, will begin business in about two 

 weeks. The old plant belonging to J. O. White 

 was torn down and a new building erected, 

 four stories iiigh. The authorized capital 

 stock is $25,000. and Mr. White is president. 

 Mr. White has been in the business seventeen 

 years and is recognized as one of the lead- 

 ing men of the state in this line of manu- 

 facture. 



A recent census shows what progress North 

 Carolina h.as made within the past few years 

 in the lumber business. The value of timber 

 products in 1850 amounted to $1,383,310. In 

 1905 it was $15,731,379. North Carolina and 

 Pennsylvania led in the number of establish- 

 ments engaged in the lumber industry. Each 

 had a total of 1.212 in 1905, and the value of 

 the product turned out amounted to $15,731,- 

 379. 



whitewood, although buyers confine their pur- 

 chases to as near Jictual wants as possible. 

 Many buyers look for a lower market for white- 

 wood. Cypress is moving In fair sized lots with 

 prices well held. Rlack walnut is in excellent 

 call. Beech In all grades attracts a good volume 

 of business and chestnut sells well. A large 

 bu.-iiness in veneers is being done. Maple is 

 steady. 



New York. 



The usual summer dullness prevails here at 

 the present time and things are generally quiet. 

 There is no particular inquiry, although good 

 stocks are moving off at good prices. Uak and 

 poplar continue strong and bid fair to continue 

 so for at least sixty to ninety days, and prob- 

 ably longer. There is some mountain oak being 

 offered a little cheaper, but this is consigned 

 stock, and the tendency to a lower price is obvi- 

 ous. The demand for ash continues .strong, but 

 perhaps if thei-e were a good supply at the pres- 

 ent moment the demand would be met and in- 

 quiries would not be so noticeable. Birch, beech 

 and maple and the other woods are holding tlicMr 

 own. Conditions point to no lower prices for 

 two or three months, and to a good trade in 

 the fall. 



Hardwood Market. 



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Cliicago. 



The local demand can be called simply fair, 

 but is somewhat spotted. Yard men say that 

 some days every team they have is employed in 

 delivering lumber and the next day one or two 

 could care for all the business offered. There is 

 nothing abnormal or unusual in the situation 

 at the present time of year. Furniture, interior 

 finish and flooring factories are fairly busy and 

 there is every prospect of a fair but not rush- 

 ing demand further along in the season. The 

 good end of poplar and oak are the two chief 

 items called for, but values on hardwoods re- 

 main reasonably firm. 



Boston. 



The market for hardwood lumljcr has been 

 fairly active during the past two weeks and 

 prices have held firm. From all reports there is 

 a scarcity of desirable lumber, while a fair 



Exclusive Uarket Beporters.) 



volume of business is coming forward. Many 

 dealers state the call is not quite as active as 

 it was, but no one appears willing to sacrifice 

 profits -for the sake of doing a larger business. 

 The manufacturers of furnitui-e are all busy and 

 are consuming their full quota of stock. House 

 finish is in very good call and manufacturers are 

 busy. From some sections of the country re- 

 ports of car shortage are heard, but as a 

 whole there is less difficulty in getting supplies 

 forward than for some time past. 



The advance in all kinds of hardwood lumber 

 has resulted in some instances in manufacturers 

 delaying shipping of orders booked previous to 

 the markup. Several dealers say their expe- 

 rience with these unreliable shippers has been 

 anything hut satisfactory. 



The demand for plain oak is fairly active. 

 For 1-inch stock ruling quotations are $."56 to 

 .?."i8. Quartered oak continues firmly held at 

 unchanged prices. There is a fair demand for 



Philadelphia. 



That there is a .slight dullness in certain 

 lines is indisputable, but in others there is 

 continued activity, thus preserving a satisfac- 

 tory equilibrium. The present status of things 

 is regarded by no means an unhealthy one. 



Although there has been some slacking up 

 among the woodworking concerns in some of 

 the eastern cities, the eastern Pennsylvania 

 furniture manufacturers still keep busy. 

 Among the veneer and panel men there has 

 been no lagging, and the sash and door mills 

 and flooring makers are evidently likewise 

 prosperous. The building boom of the last 

 few years in west Philadelphia has subsided 

 somewhat, but in other sections of the city 

 there has been sufficient stimulation in build- 

 ing to keep the suppliers of building lumber 

 busy throughout the season. Car building 

 (electrical) is very active and railroad exten- 

 sion work continues to employ considerable 

 material. 



The car service has been much more de- 

 pendable of late, but it is feared it will prove 

 troublesome again when the crops are ready 

 for removal, consequently every effort is being 

 made by the wise ones to so regulate their 

 stocks that as far as possible the sei-ious han- 

 dicap of last winter may be avoided. That 

 values will take a decided drop in the fall 

 is still believed by some, but those who have 

 made it a point to study the conditions in the 

 mill district realize that the accumulation of 

 stock at mill centers is out of the question at 

 this time, on account of the severe rain storms 

 which have deluged these section,s. Reports 

 coming from .some of the southern mill dis- 

 tricts also show that on account of the tend- 

 ency to force trading by some, thereby forcing 

 down values, a number of the sawmills will 

 close down their plants for thirty days. Any 

 weakening in prices may be traced to certain 

 conditions, but nothing of an alarming nature 

 in this respect is discoverable, and the fall 

 will undoubtably find hardwood values well 

 up. Ash and poplar are probably the strong- 

 est in the hardwood line at this time. Chest- 

 nut, oak and basswood are running a little 

 easier with prices fluctuating only slightly. 

 Cherry and birch keep steady. Veneer and 

 cigar box lumber hold old status. 



Baltimore. 

 In a general way quiet may be said to char- 

 acterize the lumber trade of this section. As 

 a rule orders have been placed by consumers 

 for the requirements of the season, and only 

 as deficiencies develop are additional calls for 



