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editor's chagrin and disguest there passed 

 through his hands and those of the copy 

 editor an item of the same tenor emanating 

 from the Bristol correspondent. The Eecosd 

 does its best to check up news matter for 

 accuracy and insists that its numerous cor- 

 respondents shall verify the statements they 

 make, and their matter is ordinarily care- 

 fully perused to protect the possibility of 

 misstatements, but in this case the item sim- 

 ply got away from us. 



We therefore wish to apologize to the 

 Yellow Poplar Lumber Company of Coal 

 Grove, Ohio, who to the best of the writer's 

 belief is the largest producer of yellow pop- 

 lar in the known world, and probably will 

 remain so for years to come. 



Who Is Interested in Holly? 



Lebanon, Ky., Jan. 14. — Eaitor Hardwood 

 Record: Will you kindly supply me with the 

 namos and addresses of as m.iny lumber dealers 

 as you can that earry holly lumber in stock? 

 & Co. 



Holly does not seem to be carried in stock 

 by but comparatively few concerns. The 

 Recobd has supplied the inquirer with the 

 names of a few institutions that carry it, but 

 would like to supplement this list with every- 

 one who can furnish this material. On receipt 

 of this information it will list it in the 

 Eecohd's Card Index System and thus give 

 the handlers of this wood the beneiit of con- 

 siderable additional publicity. — Kditor. 



Some Splendid Mahogany Logs 

 Shown on this page is a small illustration 

 of ten Sapeli logs, hewed square, the property 

 of J. F. Miller & Sohn of Hamburg, Germany. 

 The logs weighed eighty-five tons and coDtained 

 sixty-two and one-half cubic meters, Hamburg 

 square measure. The concern stated in a letter 

 which accompanied the photograph from which 

 this illustration was made, that these were the 

 biggest mahogany logs ever landed on its yards. 

 and were sold immediately upon receipt. This 

 timber is particularly interesting since mahogany 

 lumber is always gotten out without the aid 

 of machinery, and handling large logs such as 

 these by animal labor is a very expensive and 

 arduous undertaking. 



Preparations for Cincinnati Convention 



The one theme of conversation among the mem- 

 bers of the Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club is the 

 convention of the Hardwood Manufacturers' As- 

 sociation of the United States, to be held at the 

 Siuton Hotel February 1, 2 and 3. 



A general Committee of Entertainment, com- 

 posed of members of the lumbermen's organiza- 

 tions and those connected with the allied busi- 

 ness concerns, is composed of Clif S. Walker, 

 chairman ; W. A. Bennett, W. E. DeLaney, B. F. 

 Dulweber. George Puchta, Fred Mowbray, J. N. 

 Hobart, Joseph Bolser, T. J. Moftett, Chester F. 

 Korn and G. Clif Ault. This committee has been 

 divided into sub-committees, as follows : 



Entertainment — W. E. DeLaney, chairman ; 

 .Joseph Bolser and George Puchta. 



Finance — Fred W. Mowbray, chairman ; B. F. 

 Dulweber. T. J. Moffett, W. E. DeLaney and 

 Chester F. Korn. 



I'ublicity and Printing — Jos. Bolser, chair- 

 man : B. F. Dulweber, J. N. Hobart. 



Banquet and Admission Tickets — Chester F. 

 Korn, chairman ; George Puchta and G. Clif 

 Ault. 



The General Committee meets every Friday 

 at the Business Men's Club, and the sub-commit 

 tees have been busy every day. The Finance 

 Committee reported ample funds secured. The 

 Entertainment Committee report arrangements 

 complete for the grand banquet which will be 

 tendered to those attending the convention on 

 Wednesday, February 2, at 7 ;30 p. m. The ban- 

 quet will be set in the great hall of the Sinton 

 Hotel, and ample arrangements have been made 

 for seating all who attend, and from present in- 

 dications more than 500 will be entertained at 

 the dinner. Following the dinner there will be 

 a great vaudeville show on the stage of the hotel 

 ballroom, in which there will be numbers from 

 all the best shows in the city, the whole affair 

 being arranged by Manager Schoettle of the Co- 

 lumbia Theater. While the dinner is being served 

 Esberger's orchestra will give a select program 

 of music. The lumbermen of Cincinnati are 

 using every effort to make the coming conven- 

 tion the most memorable in the history of the 

 lumber trade. 



ployed for sundry meetings that will be carried 

 out simultaneously with the general convention. 

 In this convention hall will also be held the 

 open trading session which is a new feature of 

 lumber conventions. 



Although the Sinton is a large, modern and 

 high-class hotel, its capacity will surely be taxed 

 to the utmost to provide accommodations for 

 the <rowd that will be in attendance at thlg 

 meeting, and reservations should be made by 

 >.-ire quick. 



The Record offices during the convention will 

 be Room 009 on the convention floor of the 

 hotel. This will be general headquarters of the 

 Daily Hardwood Record, which will be issued 





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THE SIXTOX HOTEL, CINCINXATL 



during the convention and at the offices will be 

 exhibited the Record's "Soiling Lumber by 

 Mail" system, and the new Gibson Tally Book 

 All visitors are invited to call and make them- 

 selves at home. 



Obituary 



Cincinnati Ccnvention Headquarters 



The forthcoming convention of the Hardwood 

 Manufacturers' Association to be held 'on Febru- 

 ary 1. 2 and 3, Cincinnati, is at least going to 

 have high-class hotel accommodations for this 

 event. The accompanying picture is that of the 

 Sinton Hotel, in the big Convention Hall on the 

 ninth floor of which the several sessions of the 

 meeting will be held. On the same floor is a 

 larse assembly hall, which will also be em- 



TEN FINE SAPELI LOGS. 



Through the death of George W. Stoneman 

 of the Stoneman-Zearing Lumber Company of 

 Chicago, III., and De Vails Bluff, Ark., the lum- 

 ber trade has suffered an irreparable loss. Mr. 

 Stoneman passed away on January 10, at the 

 residence of his father-in-law, R. S. Fleming, 

 ."i27G Washington avenue, St. Louis, at the age 

 of forty-five years. He had operated success- 

 fully in the southern field for many years and 

 was among the most highly respected and best 

 known hardwood lumbermen. 



Mr. Stoneman was initiated into the lumber 

 business in the early SO's, starting in the employ 

 of Thomas McParland. who then had a yard on 

 Kinzie street, near Halsted, in Chicago. In 

 1SS8 he formed what proved to be a successful 

 partnership with H. L. Parmelee under the 

 style of Parmelee & Stoneman. After a lapse 

 of several successful years Mr. Parmelee, on 

 account of poor health, sold out his interest to 

 his partner, who conducted the business alone 

 until his association with George B. Zearing 

 under the firm name of the Stoneman-Zearing 

 Lumber Company. This concern did a manu- 

 facturing and wholesale business In hardwooda 

 and, besides its Chicago connections, had of- 

 fices and mills at De Vails Bluff, Ark. Mr. 

 Zearing died several months ago, but Mr. Stone- 

 man carried on the business up to the time of 

 his death. He was at one time treasurer of 

 the Chicago Hardwood Lumber Exchange and 

 when he died was a director in the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association, and had always 

 been known as an energetic and loyal worker in 

 the hardwood trade. 



His wife, Cora Fleming Stoneman, died four 

 years ago, and he leaves three children, Evelyn, 

 Robert and Paul. 



Services were held Wednesday, January 12, at 

 1 :30 o'clock, from the Second Baptist Church of 

 Chicago, where Mr. Stoneman had been a mem- 



