The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-10
Meeting OF
LUMbERMEN
SEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION
OF MISS. PINE ASSN. WAS A
SPLENDID MEETING.
MANUFACTURERS OPTIMISTIC
over OUTLOOK FOR FUTURE
Officers Elected For Ensuing Year
Meeting Followed BY Big Hoo Hoo
concatenation and Banquet and
Dance at Hotel Hattiesburg.

The seventh annual meeting of the
Mississippi Pine Association was held
at the Hotel Hattiesburg yesterday.
The meeting was the largest attend
ed in the history of the association
and marked interest was manifest
throughout the proceedings.
President H. H. Gust of Arbo, pre-
sided and after calling the meeting to
order appointed a committee on nomi-
nations to select officers for the en-
suing year. The committee was COM
posed of J. F. Wilder, w. ]. Sewers
and H. Murphy.
Letters were received from the Vel
low Pine Manufacturers Association,
expressing regret at their inability to
be present on account of having to at
tend the meeting of the Southern Ope-
rators' Association held at st. Louis
today.
A general discussion of trade and
market conditions was INDUCED in by
all present. The subject of over
charges in weights also occupied a
goodly portion of the discussion, with
the result that Messrs. C. H. Arm
brecht, e. ]. Hurst and W. P. Hayne
were appointed to gather all possible
information on this subject and later
submit the result of their investiga-
tions to the Association.
The Secretary was directed to COM
municate with the Secretary of States
of the Ohio, Michigan and Washington
and such others as he may learn, who
had recent enactments bearing on the
subject of employers liability and
laborers compensation law passed, land
that he furnish the Association with
data secured, which in turn will be
disseminated to members. All acts
relative to the above passed by the
recent Mississippi legislature will be
gathered and submitted.
The annual address of the President
was read and formed very interest
ing portion of the meeting The ad-
dress reviewed the present and past
trade conditions of this territory and
that of other portions of the country.
The happy termination of labor trou-
bles in the West was pointed out as
of untold benefit to the operators of
this territory and regret expressed
that the burden of the operators ex-
pense in bringing about this settle
ment was not more evenly borne by
operators all over the country as it
was direct help to all. Government
in the matter of trust
was reviewed and the AS
sociation named as being ready and
eager that all possible publicity be
given to these investigations. The
progress of the Association during the
past year and prospects for the COM
ing year was given in most optimis-
tic manner. The retiring officers were
heartily thanked by Mr. Gust for their
loyalty and unselfish devotion to the
affairs of the Association.
Officers Elected For Ensuing Year.
The committee on nominations re-
ported the following recommendation
for the ensuing year:
President, p NJ. Ikeler Moselle.
1st Vice-President, T. L. O'Donnell
Sanford, Miss.
End Vice-President, E. ]. Hurst, Hat
tiesburg, Miss.
Treasurer, c. N. Armbrecht Hat
tiesburg, Miss.
Board of Directors: w. P. Haynes,
Lumbepton, Miss; Bedford Moore,
Poplarville, Miss; Henry Murphy.
Miss; N. Batson. Mil
lard, Miss; ], B. Nalty, Brookhaven,
Miss; l.. F. Thompson. Prentis, Miss.
The Board of Directors were en-