The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-27

to the right of lessees to cut the timber
from sixteenth section lands. The suit
arose in Harrison county, where the
county authorities suedte and obtained
Judgment for damages against the Moss
Point Lumber company for cutting tim
Der from such lands so leased. The SUI
preme court ruled that the company had
the right to cut the timber from the
lands. Chief Justice Whitfield read a dis
senting opinion.
The Leakesville Lumber company, at
Leakesvllle, Miss, is newly Incorporated
concern. 1t has capital of $4,000, and
the incorporators are J. J. McInnis. II. e.
McInnis, l.. Evans, j. j. Groom and
others.
Charter has just been applied for by
the c. L. Gray Lumber company of Me-
ridian. with 900 capital The incor-
porators are c. L. Gray, R. o. Ostler,
Perley Lowe and others.
Application for a charter for the In
terror Lumber company, with domicile
at jackson, indicates the first steps to-
ward the development of the immense
tract OF timber land recently secured by
Fred Herrick in the northern valley of
the Pearl river. The company. which is
now forming asks authority for a capital
of $5O0,O00 with permission to increase
to 81 100000. Fred Herrick, Roy l.. Hogue
and Others are given as the original in
corporators. The tract which this COM
pany will control comprises one of the
most valuable stretches of timber land
to be found in the state. The milling
plant, which is expected to be situated in
the vicinity of Jackson, will be i'm
mense one, according to the best that can
be learned of the plans of the company.
| The J. J.. Byers Painting Apparatus
cop1na0y which has heen orRa nized a
Gulfport, and which will establish plant
7 just outside that city, proposes to do a
creoSoting business on a large scale, and
one of its first big engagements will be
to apply the preserving process to all the
crossties hereafter used by the Gulf and
Ship Island road. James j. Byers, w. A.
Davis. F. w. Beall ana others are be-
hind the enterprise.
II. c. Carr. the well known Hatties-
burg turpentine manufacturer. has pur-
| chased the large holdings of Prdgen,
Ewing & Co, near Roosevelt in Har-
rison county, and is working this and
his other large turpentine properties in
that county mostly with convict labor.
having recently contracted with the Har-
| rison Board of Supervisors for the labor
| of all the county prisoners.
The planning mills and dry kilns with
| a half million feet of lumber owned by
| the T. J. Ball Lumber company, at Ball.
| near Alexandria. La, were destroyed by
! fire about the middle OF the month. The
| damage is estimated at $4,000, with $4,000
| insurance.
The Magnolia (Miss) News contains
| this interesting item of inforr, ltion
| The largest transfer of real estate ever
recorded in this county was that Of Hack
| ley & Hume of Muskegon. Mich. to the
| Southern Mississippi Pine company of
| Harrisb burg, Pa, which was recorded
| Tuesday by chancery Clerk Vaught The
| deed calls for 1880 acres of timber land
and the price paid was Sal 800 This land
| all lies in the eastern and southeastern
| portion of Pike county. When one be-
| gins to realize what that means in value
| 1t is something remarkable. Just think
| of it, Almost $40 per acre for our old
| pine timber. Hac<ley & Hume purchased
| this land forty years ago for $50 per
acre. Not so bad an investment to put
in money In Mississippi timber land after
| ALL