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S. C. MAJOR, S. C. MAJOR LUMBER 

 COMPANY 



C. D. HENDRICKSUN. C. D. HENDRICKSON 

 LUMBER COMPANY 



E E SWEET. SALES MANAGER C. D. HEN- 

 ' ■ DRICKSON LUMBER COMPANY 



MEMPHIS OrnCE JOBBERS 



lu addition to the manufacturing and yard operators in Memphis, 

 there are a good many jobbers who buy stocks outside of the city 

 and ship direct from the point of production. Among these are 

 Bennett & Witte, whose principal headquarters are at Cincinnati, and 

 of irhich William A. Bennett is the head. His partner, George C. 

 Ehemann, has headquarters in the Tennessee Trust buOding. Bennett 

 & Witte have a large export trade as well as a handsome domestic 

 business. 



The Crittenden Lumber Company, with mills in Arkansas, has 

 an office in the Scimitar building under the management of J. 

 Blair. 



Brants-Francke & Co. of Antwerp, Belgium, maintain a Memphis 

 office under the management of that well-known lumberman, F. E. 

 Stonebreaker. 



In the Eandolph building, among hardwood concerns not already 

 mentioned, are the General Lumber Company, the Long- Knight Lum- 

 ber Company, James Thompson Lumber Company, Albert Thompson, 



A. C. West Lumber Company, Southern Hardwood Lumber Company 

 and the Ford Hardwood Lumber Company. 



In the Eandolph building is also located the J. W. Dickson Lum- 

 ber Company, of which J. W. Dickson is at the head. Mr. Dickson 

 has a sawmill at Edmbndson, Ark., and is a specialist in red gum. 

 He is also interested in the Valley Log Loading Company, which 

 loads the logs from the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley division of the 

 Illinois Central railroad for various Memphis sawmill?. 



OTHER MEMPHIS INSTITUTIONS 



Closely allied with the hardwood lumber industry are a number of 

 well-known Memphis institutions which should be mentioned in this 

 article. Among the heaviest consumers of hardwood is the Memphis 

 Hardwood Flooring Company. Several pictures of this plant are 

 shown in connection with this story. Of this foremost company 

 W. L. Crenshaw is president; J. E. Stark, vice-president; Levi Joy, 

 treasurer, and E. J. Loekwood, secretary and manager. The manu- 

 facturing plant of the Memphis Hardwood Flooring Company is one 



J. W. THO.MPSOX. J. W. THO.MPSON 

 LUMBER COMPANY 



E. E. GOODLANDEK. GOODLANDER-ROBERT- 

 SON LUMBER COMPANY 



CHARLES B. 



DUDLEY, DUDLEY LUMBER 

 COMPANY 



Men Prominent in Memphis Hardwood Lumber Affairs 



