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and a tboroughly equipped plauiug mill, wilb a 

 side track of GOO feet nitining through its 

 yard. The price" at which the old yard and 

 plant was sold was $17,500. 



Bristol, Va.-Teim. 



.1. V. YoumoDS of the American Central Lum- 

 ber Company, Central City. W. Va., is in this 

 city looking for a location for a hickory wood- 

 working plant for his company. He spent sev- 

 eral days of last week here and ' returned this 

 week to further go over the field. 



F. H. Wlnnicb, representing the C. & W. Lum- 

 iier Company. Xew York, was buying stock in 

 Bristol last week. yiv. Winnich's company owns 

 a large band mill at Decatur. Ala., besides other 

 hardwood interests in the south. 



Fred W. Hughes, local representative of Price 

 & Heald. the Baltimore exporters, reports that 

 shipments have been fairly good during the past 

 fortnight, despite the car shortage, and that on 

 Friday he was able to get five empties, which is 

 somewhat unusual nowadays. • 



One of the biggest concatenations in the his- 

 tory of this section was held at Knoxville Sat- 

 urday night. Oct. 5. by Supreme Scrivenoter 

 J. H. Baird of Nashville, and Vicegerent for 

 East Tennessee Irving Whale.T of Bristol. George 

 A. JlcCrary of Bristol and man.v other kittens 

 from Bristol and this section participated. A 

 large number of kittens had their eyes opened 

 and it was early in the morning before the 

 strains of the orchestra died out and the last 

 toast was given. 



Local dealers report imjuiries more plentiful 

 and take this as pointing to improvement in 

 business this fall. Some stocks which have been 

 slightly off in demand are picking up. 



H. M. Hoskins of the H. M. Hoskins Lumber 

 Company has just returned from an important 

 business trip in Virginia, and reports that his 

 company is much handicapped by the car short- 

 age, which has reached a very acute stage on 

 the lines of the Norfolk and Western. 



The Tipp City Lumber Company, recently or- 

 ganized by Paul Cline. lately in the sales oflJces 

 of J. A. AVilkinson. and others, now has a num- 

 ber of mills running near .\ltapass, N. C, where 

 it has purchased a tract of timber. 



C. Hamilton Smith. Jr., representing R. A. 

 and J. J. Williams, Philadelphia, reports heavy 

 shipments from this section recently, though the 

 car shortage has caused him much inconvenience 

 and delay. 



.M. N. Offutt of the Tug lUver Lumber Com- 

 ,jany has returned from a trip to Virginia on 

 business. 



J. Ahvyu Cannon of the Richland Lumber 

 Company is now at Battle Creek. Mich., where 

 he will spend several weeks. 



W. C. Peery of the J. Walker Wright Lumber 

 Company, Mountain City, Tenn., formerly cash- 

 ier of the Bank of Bristol, was a visitor in the 

 city this week. 



C. H. Hett of the Kingsport Lumber Company, 

 .Johnson City, Tenn., was in the city this week 

 and reports business with his company as very 

 good. 



W. Frank Kinsey will shortly go to Richmond. 

 Va., to become connected w-ith the Westmoreland 

 Lumber Corporation, recently organized by C, 

 Boice of Abingdon, and others. 



Irving Whaley, formerly of the Tug River 

 Lumber Company, this city, and now general 

 manager of the East River Lumber Company, 

 Talmash, Giles county, Va., was in the city on 

 business this week and spent a day or two with 

 friends. 



E. H. Mortimer, superintendent of the West 

 Virginia and North Carolina operations of the 

 AV. M. Ritter Lumber Company of Columbus, 

 Ohio, and Miss Winnie Hickey, the latter a pop- 

 ular and accomplished young lady of Cranberry, 

 N. C, were married at Pineola, N. C, last week, 

 .\fter a short visit to relatives of the groom in 

 West Virginia, they will go on an extended 

 bridal tour. Mr. Mortimer is well known in 

 liurdwood circles. 



Cincinnati. 



There was a lively tilt between the creditors 

 of the Cypress Lumber and Veneer Company 

 and Attorney Herbert Jackson of Covington, 

 receiver for the concern, at a meeting of the 

 creditors held at Hotel Havlin Monday after- 

 noon, Sept. 30. Attorney Jackson held the 

 meeting on an order of Federal Judge Cochran 

 of the Covington court. Attorneys G. F. Osier 

 and I. N. Longworth, claiming to represent cer- 

 tain creditors, put in an appearance, but Re- 

 ceiver Jackson held they had no right there 

 and ordered them to leave the room. They re- 

 fused and sent for a policeman, but before the 

 officer arrived Messrs. Osier and Longworth 

 left the room. In speaking of the ejectment 

 one of the attorneys said : "Osier and Long- 

 worth had no right to be present, as the meeting 

 was one of creditors of the company and the 

 two men are debtors. That is why they were 

 requested to leave." Action that may result in 

 startling revelations involving a number of Cin- 

 cinnati people and lumber merchants from all 

 over the country was taken at the meeting. 

 They raised a fund to employ expert account- 

 ants to audit the books of the Cypress Lumber 

 Compan.v of Cincinnati : the Fincastle Sawmill 

 Company of Louisiana, and the Tuthill & Pat- 

 tison Manufacturing Company of Alabama, the 

 three companies from which it is said the 

 Cypress Lumber and Veneer Company, recently 

 incorporated in Covington, was formed. The 

 committee having charge of the employment of 

 the accountants were also authorized to employ 

 counsel to institute proceedings if the condition 

 of the books warrant such action. It was stated 

 by one of the creditors that there is lietween 

 $300,000 and $400,000 unaccounted for. An- 

 other decision arrived at in the meeting was to 

 close down the mills and discontinue the opera- 

 tions of all plants and have them sold as soon 

 as possible. Herbert Jackson, receiver for the 

 company, and the other attorneys in the case 

 have prepared the papers and presented them 

 to the United States court of Covington, asking 

 that the assets of the concern be sold for the 

 benefit of the creditors. 



Frank P. Wiborg of the Wiborg & Hanna Com- 

 pany has returned from an extended European 

 trip. Mr. Wiborg stopped off at Washington en 

 route home and had a talk with Secretary of 

 State Root and Francis B. Loomis, former As- 

 sistant Secretary of State. Mr. Wiborg em- 

 braced the opportunity of discussing the stimu- 

 lation of foreign commerce and the part Cin- 

 cinnati manufacturers would play in the im- 

 provement of international trade. Speaking of 

 South America in particular. Mr. Wiborg said : 

 "I firmly believe that the United States can 

 get the greater part of South and Central Ameri- 

 can trade." 



A real estate deal of much importance grow- 

 ing out of the recent conflagration at Hunt and 

 Broadway has just been closed after negotiations 

 of several weeks. The Morrison-Snodgrass Lum- 

 ber Company disposed of its perpetual lease, 

 which had a purchase clause, to the Eagle 

 White Lead Company. The Morrison-Snodgrass 

 Lumber Company will resume its basiness on a 

 site in upper Reading road, selecting one of 

 the several sites on which it has secured op- 

 tions during the past few days. The new plant 

 will have excellent railroad facilities and being 

 in a less congested district will be in safer 

 quarters than formerly. The new structure 

 will be on an improved scale and several new 

 saws will be installed. 



The attendance of the Carriage and Vehicle 

 Exhibition held at the Music Hall during the 

 week of Sept. 23 was as large as was expected. 

 Business men from nearly every principal city 

 in the L'nited States were on hand. The local 

 men gave them a hearty welcome and also dis- 

 tributed beautiful souvenirs. All in all, every- 

 one had a delightful time and in a business way 

 the convention was a big success, 



Wilbur II. Murray, president of the ilurray 

 Carriage Company, with headquarters at 325- 

 329 East Fifth street, died at his residence in 

 Vernon place last week. So far it is undecided 



who will take his place at the head of the con- 

 cern, but a meeting will be held the middle of 

 October to discuss that point. Murray leaves 

 a widow and two children. 



Great are the preparations being made by the 

 Farrin-Korn Lumber Company for the new struc- 

 ture they are about to put up to take the place 

 of the one destro.ved by fire some weeks ago. 

 The building will be larger and its equipment 

 of new saws will not be run by steam as here- 

 tofore but by electricity. Both Chester F. Korn 

 and M. B. Farrin are greatly interested in their 

 new installation and hope when it is completed 

 that they will be able to conduct their business 

 in a more satisfactory way. M. B. Farrin in 

 speaking of the plans of his company said : 

 "We had been contemplating this before the de- 

 structive fire visited us some time ago. and 

 when it came it allowed us an opportunity of 

 doing it. This will do away with the boiler and 

 engine room and thus protect us from every pos- 

 sible damage by sparks. The equipment of new 

 machinery and the running of it by electricity 

 will give us every opportunity to increase our 

 business, as we will be able to turn out more 

 lumber and at a smaller cost. All in 

 all, I think it is the best move we 

 have made since we have been in business, 

 and now all that is wanting is the completion 

 of the new structure. All the necessaries for 

 the structure are on the ground and work has 

 been started, and within a space of a few months 

 we will again be doing business as of yore, only 

 with less cost." 



The Continental Carriage Company has re- 

 ceived permission from the Secretary of State 

 to increase its capital from $60,000 to .$75,000, 

 which was done in order to increase its busi- 

 ness, which has been constantly growing. 



The Bayou Land and Lumber Company of this 

 city, with a capital of $25,000, was chartered 

 at Columbus recently by Cliff W. Land, Fred 

 M. Conn, George W. Land and Stewart Walker. 

 The new firm has not established yards in Cin- 

 cinnati as yet, but as their business increases 

 they intend to locate possibly in the west end. 

 The new company is comprised of young and 

 ambitious men who will doubtless make their 

 mark in the lumber w^orld. 



William Lodge of the Lodge & Shipley Com- 

 pany left on an extended European trip last 

 week. He will remain away from the Queen 

 City for several months and during his stay 

 will forget all about business and seek pleasure 

 for himself and wife. 



The Carriage Woodwork Company of Hamil- 

 ton, Ohio, has been incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $100,000 by F. W. Whitaker, C. E. 

 Heiser, George P. Sohngen, S. D. Felton. W. L. 

 Tobey, W, L. Huber and James K. Lullen. 



William E. Delaney, general manager of the 

 Kentucky Lumber Company, entered a new field 

 when be was selected by the board of directors 

 of the National Bank of Burnside, Ky., for 

 their new President. Mr. Delaney intends to 

 give the banking business the same boom that 

 he has given the lumber trade here in Cincin- 

 nati since he opened up the offices of the Ken- 

 tucky Lumber Company. 



The Cincinnati Panel Company, which has 

 been operated by a Board of Trustees, consist- 

 ing of Sanford Tuthill, L. M. Radina and E. D. 

 Albro, is making arrangements to take over the 

 property of the Sterling Seating Company, a 

 concern now occupying the planing mill plant 

 of Keyer-Hang & Co. The Cincinnati Panel 

 Company manufactures woodwork and panels 

 tor carriage manufacturers. 



T. J. White of Moline, 111., spent a few days 

 here last week. Mr. White represents the Ben- 

 nett & Witte interests in Illinois and has offices 

 in Moline. 



The two mills of the Kentucky Lumber Com- 

 pany at Burnside and Williamsburg were shut 

 down for two weeks, as the supply of logs on 

 hand was all sawed up. They have a large 

 amount of them in tha valleys and are awaiting 

 a tide to set them adrift. The mills have been 



