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HARDWOOD RECORD 



tory during the past fortnight and work has 

 gone steadily forward. Practically all the mills 

 In this territory are nin-ning on full time, except 

 In some Instances where there has been a rather 

 sudden departure of labor from the mills and 

 woods to the cottonfields which are "ripe unto 

 the harvest." This latter condition is referred 

 to today by one of the largest manufacturers 

 of hardwood lumber in Mississippi and it will 

 probably also soon be true o£ Arkansas, where 

 the crop is slightly later than usual. The mills 

 are, as a rule, well supplied with timber and 

 the outlook for production, given average 

 weather for the ne.\t five or six weeks, Is re- 

 garded as encouraging. 



The big double-band sawmill of the Three 

 States Lumber Company at Burdette, Ark., which 

 was closed down about four weeks for repairs 

 and improvements, is in operation again. The 

 management has installed a GOO horsepower 

 Corliss engine and the daily capacity is now 

 90,000 feet. The increased motive power en- 

 ables the mill to run steadily, and this output 

 is against the old outturn of about 75,000 to 

 80,000 feet. 



The firm of U. ,1. Darnell, Inc., has completed 

 a big double band mill at Memphis which is 

 located on a site adjacent to the old plant and 

 this is now in operation. It is one of the larg- 

 est, most modern and best equipijed lumber 

 plants in this city or section. The veneer plant 

 which is to be operated in connection with the 

 band mill has not yet been completed, but it 

 will be pushed as rapidly as possible. The firm 

 makes a specialty of thin hardwood stock on 

 which it enjoys a large domestic and foreign 

 trade. 



The I'aepcke-Lelcbt Lumber Company is mak- 

 ing good progress on its new box plant at Hel- 

 ena, Ark., work on which was begun some time 

 ago. It will not, however, hazard a statement 

 as to the time when the factory will be com- 

 pleted and in readiness for operation. The com- 

 pany handles enormous quantities of Cottonwood 

 lumber, manufactured by its own mills, and a 

 large amount of the lower grades will be con- 

 sumed in this box plant. 



The road being built by the Yazoo & Missis- 

 sippi \alley IlaiUoad Company from its main 

 line to Charleston, .Vliss., the site of the big 

 plant for the manufacture of hardwood being 

 built by the Lamb-Fish Lumber Company, Is 

 I'eported to have been completed to within two 

 miles of that point. The company is getting 

 along nicely with the construction of this mill, 

 which is to be an exceptionally large oue, and 

 it should be ready to begin operation shortly 

 after the railroad is completed. The company 

 maintains its headquarters in this city. 



Application for an amendment to the charter 

 of the I'atton-Tuily Transportation Company 

 has been tiled, seeking to secure the privilege of 

 operating a dry dock here. The company owns 

 and operates a number of boats for the han- 

 dling of both lumber and timber. The applica- 

 tion is signed by L. E. I'atton, C. E. Tattou and 

 S. Ij. Anderson, directors, the latter being presi- 

 dent of the Audersou-TuUy Company. 



The Helena Manufacturing Company, succes- 

 sor to the Ford & Johnson Chair Manufacturing 

 Company, has begun the operation of its big 

 chair factory at Helena with a complement of 

 100 men. The plant has been completed for sev- 

 eral weeks, but was forced to wait until water 

 mains could be laid from the reservoir to the 

 site of the big faclory. The company will use 

 large quantities of hardwood lumber in the man- 

 ufacture of chairs. 



Dispatches received from Meridian, Miss., 

 state that M. K. Orant has transferred his plan- 

 ing mill at that point to C. L. Gray, the latter 

 acting as trustee for certain interests strongly 

 identified with the Mississippi Lumber Company. 

 The consideration is not giveu. The mill is a 

 large one and has enjoyed a splendid trade from 

 .several states. 



The O. G. Gardner Lumber Company, which 

 has headquarters at Jackson. Tenn.. and which 



owns extensive timber land holdings in Missis- 

 sippi and Tennessee, has opened a branch office 

 In Memphis. 



The Kialto Lumber Company, which was in- 

 corporated some time ago with a capital stock 

 of .flO.OOO, has begun the operation of its saw- 

 mills located near Covington, Tenn. W. S. Mays 

 and others are Interested in the company. 



The Bellgrade Lumber Company, which Is 

 turning out hardwood lumber at a rapid rate at 

 its big new mill at Belzoni, Jliss.. has laid off 

 a new yard at Its plant and this will be In 

 charge of H. G. Goodwin. The company will 

 continue to maintain its Memphis yards where 

 a large stock of ash is carried, this tjeing a spe- 

 cialty of this concern. 



Friends of John W. MeCIure among the lum- 

 bermen of this city presented him with a hand- 

 some chest of silver on the occasion of his mar- 

 riage to Miss AUlne Crenshaw of Union City, 

 Tenn., which occurred Oct. 2. Mr. and Mrs. 

 McClure are now on their honeymoon and will 

 not return to Memphis tor some days. 



Ilal G. Stevens, of the Clements-Stevens Lum- 

 ber Company, has started his sawmill across the 

 Mississippi in Arkansas. The company will oper- 

 ate a shingle mill in connaection therewith, but 

 this has not yet been completed. The concern 

 maintains offices in the Randolph buikling. 



The Gllchrlst-Fordney Company, which main- 

 tains sales oflices in this city and which is now 

 operating the big plant purchased from the 

 Kingston Lumber Company at Laurel. Miss., an- 

 nounces that certain changes are being made 

 'therein which will enable it to widen the scope 

 of the material to be used therein. The ma- 

 chinery for this purpose has alread.v been or- 

 dered and it will be installed as soon as it has 

 been delivered. 



1). S. Hutchinson, who has recently become 

 identified with the Arthur Hardwood Flooring 

 Company in North Memphis, has gone to the 

 I^acific coast in the Interest of that firm. The 

 company is preparing, through doubling its ma- 

 chinery here, to increase its output by about 

 100 per cent. 



L. E. Campbell, i)resldent of the L. K. Camp- 

 bell Lumber Company of this city, has written 

 some of his friends here from Afi'ica during the 

 past fortnight. In this commimlcatlon he stated 

 that he would return to Memphis some time this 

 month. 



W. II. llusse of Uusse & Burgess and presi- 

 dent of the National Hardwood Lumber Associa- 

 tion, will sail for Europe Oct. 12 to be gone 

 for five or six weeks. 



George I). Burgess of the same firm, who occu- 

 pies the presidency of the Lumbermen's Club 

 of ^lempbls. returned to this city some days ago 

 after an extended automobile tour in southern 

 ICurope. He is looking exceptionally well a»d 

 is prepared to tell some more of his French 

 jokes whenever the occasion presents itself. 



The lumbermen who went to Nashville to wit- 

 ness the second game between the lumbermen 

 uf the two cities have all returned. They bring 

 a glowing account of the genial hospitality ac- 

 corded them by the lumber fraternity of the 

 Capital City and report that the same splendid 

 spirit of good-fellowship which marked the visit 

 of the lumbermen of Nashville to Memphis a 

 week before prevailed on that occasion. All of 

 them came back at the same time and left there 

 .Saturday evening, probably because the lumber- 

 men of the Capital City were unable to prove 

 to them "that Nashville is a giiod place to spend 

 Sunday." The Memphis team was defeated after 

 piling up 7 runs in the first inning, but, while 

 the Memphis delegation enjoyed heartily the hos- 

 l>itallty accorded them, they are frank to admit 

 that the umpire handed them the "hot end" of 

 every decision, thus causing them to lose the 

 game. No definite time has been set for the 

 last game which is to determine the ownership 

 of the magnificent cup offered by one of the 

 lumber papers. 



Lumbermen of Memphis took a most important 

 part in the recent dcej) waterway convention 



here. W. H. Kusse, president of the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association, was president of 

 the local executive committee and a vast amount 

 of work fell upon his shoulders, all of which was 

 performed with his usual ability. W. R. Barks- 

 dale, president of the Business Men's Club ; F. 

 E. Gary, vice president of the Lumbermen's 

 Club : James E. Stark, George C. Ehemann, S. 

 B. Anderson and other prominent lumbermen 

 here were active workers during the convention. 

 Lumbermen are great believers in the improve- 

 ment of the waterways and the local members 

 of the industry have done everything in their 

 power to advance the cause of waterways im- 

 provement in the hope that this may prove the 

 solution of the difticult traffic situation that 

 confronts them almost every day In the year. 



Chicago was chosen as the place for holding 

 the next annual convention and New Orleans 

 will be next In line for the honor of entertaining 

 the distinguished body. 



New Orleans. 



The export situation here has not been helped 

 by the general tie-up along the river front which 

 became a stern reality several days ago when 

 the various unions affiliated with the Dock and 

 Cotton Council called a general strike all along 

 the docks. Freight handlers, longshoremen, all han- 

 dlers of cotton and all the other dock laborers 

 are affected, about 10,000 men in all being in- 

 volved. So far the tie-up is complete. Lumber 

 which had been shipped in here for export is 

 lying idle on the tracks, while other export ship- 

 ments that had started this way are being di- 

 verted to other ports. Exports of lumber had 

 not been in satisfactory shape, anyhow, and the 

 strike along the docks has simply made the sit- 

 uation more actite. 



More than the usual interest is being mani- 

 fested in the first annual meeting of the Gulf 

 Coast Xyumber Exporters' Association, which is 

 scheduled to take place at Gulfport, Oct. 15. A 

 good deal of business will be taken up and the 

 association will name a permanent secretary to 

 take charge of all its work. Benjamin Thurley 

 of Mobile has been acting in that capacity and it 

 was stated at the last meeting that he would 

 hold the position until the annual meeting could 

 provide for the appointment of a permanent sec- 

 retary. The exporters are giving evidence of 

 a good deal of interest in the work of their 

 association and everything points to an Impor- 

 tant and interesting session. 



In line with the recent action of the semi- 

 annual convention of the Retail Lumber Dealers' 

 Association of Louisiana and Mississippi, Attor- 

 ney General Fletcher of the last named state 

 has announced that he will very shortly take 

 up the Investigation into the affairs of the 

 company and conduct a thorough examination 

 with a view to definitely establishing the 

 fact that the State officers are right in the 

 contention that the association is a trust and 

 that it is operating in violation to the anti- 

 trust laws of the State. Mr. Fletcher states 

 that the first step he will take will be to go to 

 Yazoo City, the headquarters of the association, 

 and there make an investigation of its books 

 which are in the hands of Secretary W. G. Har- 

 low. The latter has been instructed by the as- 

 sociation to do everything he can to facilitate 

 Mr. Fletcher's investigation, the lumbermen ex- 

 pressing absolute confidence that he will find 

 nothing on which to base the trust charge. 



The announcement from Wheeling, \V. Va.. 

 that the Smith-St. John Lumber Company has 

 been incorporated at that place has attracted a 

 good deal of attention In lumber circles here. 

 The principal offices of the compan.v are at Par- 

 kersburg. W. Va.. while its chief works are at 

 Wisner, La., a ^ew town being built in this 

 State. The capital stock of the company Is 

 ^500.1100. The company owns 27.000 acres of 

 timber near Wisner, the tract being valued at 

 something like $300,000. George Bean and J. C. 

 West of Wisner; M. A. St. .Tohn of Seymour. 



