HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Lr.Mr.IOK COMl^AXV. 



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.\[r. Wuoii is tiu' noxt ytniii>;<'i- linHlin- iil' IN.li- 

 I il !•;. WiHul. and has j;ru\vn up willi him in 

 Ihc limber ami lumtii'r business. On "Leidy," 

 as hv is affeftiunately calh'd. has devolved the 

 riiilway buildinj;. higging, snwmilling and ship- 

 [)injf of lumber ; in fad. a general supervision 

 over the entire operations of tlii' \Voo{l corpora- 

 tions. He is a young man of physieal activity 

 and mental alertness and to him falls a largo 

 share of the credit due to the surpassing man- 

 ner in which this department of ihc business is 

 conducted. 



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<'larence K. Wood, the third bi'ulher of Ihe 

 Wood family, acts as chief assistant to G. L. 

 Wood, lint devotos his time and especial atteu- 

 1 ion to executing the work at the Keno, Dry 

 Fork operation. Mr. Wood is as iiuUistrious and 

 forceful as his two elder lu-otliers and the ad- 

 miraltie way in which his work is conducted 

 bi'S[)eaks volumes for his futnri' in Ihe liardwool 

 industry. 



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K. L. Winchester is a veieran in ihr limber 

 and lumber business of Ihe Appalachian range. 

 For many years he was a stockholtler and gen- 

 eral manager of the Loomis & Uari Manufactur- 

 ing Company at (. hattanoogn. Tenn.. a concrn 

 I hat has made no inconsiderable lumber history, 

 lie retired t'r«mi Ibis house some years ago on 

 aicctunt of ill health induced by overwork and it 

 is only within the last few years that he has 

 again taken up active life in woods work. 

 Although of a very ipiii'l disposition and gen- 

 ilcmanly manner, he is a genuine "mixer" with 

 Ihe people living in the great Smoky and HUk- 

 Uidge country of the lower Appalachians. lie 

 has the eontidenee and respect of every laud 

 owner and settler in the entire region and the 

 limber deals that would bo Irapossittle to the 



C, 1.. WniHi. CDXKUAL MANACiKli K. 

 WiKH' I.TMBEK COMPANV. 



s. ranger are carried out by him with diplomacy 

 and Hnesse. I have never had the pleasure of 

 trailing the fores! with a more competent and 

 agreeabli' woodsman Ihan F. L. Winchester. II' 

 has immediate charge of the North Carolin.i and 

 Soiiib r.-irolina timb.r and lumiier i perations of 

 Hie .M"iitvale Linnber Tompany. 



OrilKK K.MI'l.OVKS IN THE W<iOPS W'UiK. 



Incidentally I met and was very favorably 

 impressed wiih the per.sonality and the manner 

 in whieh I hey conduct iheir share of the work 

 of the Wood enterprises, W. Tj. Leilzell. super 

 iiiteiidenl of the Keno manufacturing operation: 

 W. W. I'riiel I, superintendent of the lUiladeen 

 [tlant, and W. J. Wright, chief accountant at 

 the same operation; .7. A. Uobertson. superin 

 lendent of the Tomotia plant, and Kyle ('onner. 

 I lu' logger at the same operation ; (leorge T. 

 Ueid of Jocassce, S. C. the stalwart custodian 

 of the Souih Carolina properties of the Moutvale 

 Lumber Comiiany, and Joseph Mcduire. who oe 

 en pies the same position in the Transylvania. 

 X. I'., j.roperty of the company. To those named 

 above and nmny others who contributed to my 

 coiuforl. pleasure and information 1 wish to 

 return sincere thanks. 



Tmt: Kxi:<t"Tivi': Foitii:. 



While ilir Wood companies are Ihoinuglily or 

 ganized in Ihe woods and operating end ul* (lie 

 business, it is no less true that the executive 

 staff is equally well organized into an ellicixuit 

 eor|is Ihat reflects credit on the sagacity r»f 

 i;. F. Wood, in selecting assistants. 



A. r. I'KllLKY. 



A Mian in whom 11. K. Wood owes no lilile 

 delii lit gialilude is the vice president of Hie 

 Mi. ul vale Lumber ('omi)any. A. L. I'erley. of 

 Willi;i]MS|torL Fa. Mr. Lerley is the well krioun 

 bardie]- of eastern Feunsylvania, lieing president 

 of the West Uraneh National l!ank of Williams 



\\nnl. ASSISTANT GF.XIOKAL MAXA 



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port. He is an able linancier and a banker of 

 rejmte. as no banking institution in eastern 

 Feunsylvania stands higher or has luid a better 

 t<'(ord than lias his institution. 



Mr. I'erley began his hnuber career in Wil- 

 liamsport. Fa., as a bookkeeper for one of the 

 large lumber c(unpanies of that city. Later he 

 entered the business on his own account as part- 

 ner in the hrin of Howard & Ferley, which con- 

 cern acijuired valuable timber holdings on thi' 

 Susijuehanna river and its tributaries, and en- 

 gagi'd extensively iir the manufacture of lumber. 



At the time of the organization of the Mont- 

 vale Lumber Company of IJaltimore, February '2, 

 FM14. Mr. Ferley was elected vice president of 

 Hiis eompany and still acts in this capacity. 



Mr. Ferley has had a wide lumber experience, 

 which together with his jtosition as head of 

 sill h an enl erprising instit ution as the West 

 Ilraneh Xational F>ank. which is very favorably 

 known throughout Feunsylvania, merits for him 

 the appreciation he enjoys of being a good ad 

 \iser in commercial enterprises. 



H. L. FuW.MAN. 



Ambition to succeed, coupled with untiring 

 energy and thorough honesty, arc the dominant 

 traits of character of Ihe man now at the head 

 of the sales depart ment of t he Wood corpora- 

 lions. Mr. Itowman was horn and roared 

 at Lynchburg. Va. After reaching man- 

 hood be became interested in the iron 

 industry, which business he followed for a 

 number of years. In November, 1891, he entered 

 a new field of endeavor and became engaged 

 witli the West Lynchburg Furniture Company as 

 secretary and treasurer, retaining that position 

 until the year F.Ml'J. when he accepted the posi- 

 titui of sales manager wiHi Mr. Wood, continu- 

 ing ill ilnil capacity until the organization of 

 Hie |{. F. Wood Luud)cr C<nnpauy, at which time 

 he w.is niatle general sales manager for that com- 



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