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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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ACNielsen Corp COM 004833109 16852 707700 SH SOLE 707700
AMR Corp. COM 001765106 1390 42521 SH SOLE 42521
Alberto Culver Class A COM 013068200 47201 1883335 SH SOLE 1868335 15000
1641 65475 SH OTHER 03 02 01 65475
Albertsons, Inc. COM 013104104 2220 105694 SH SOLE 105694
Alltel Corp. COM 020039103 24204 463796 SH SOLE 451796 12000
1785 34204 SH OTHER 03 02 01 34204
American Intl. Group COM 026874107 204 2135 SH SOLE 2135
Amsouth Bancorporation COM 032165102 877 70181 SH SOLE 70181
Arrow Electronics COM 042735100 57868 1698867 SH SOLE 1683867 15000
2998 88018 SH OTHER 03 02 01 88018
Astec Industries Inc COM 046224101 14322 1309475 SH SOLE 1309475
7 650 SH OTHER 02 650
AutoZone, Inc. COM 053332102 28501 1256253 SH SOLE 1233753 22500
1548 68244 SH OTHER 03 02 01 68244
Avnet Inc. COM 053807103 16469 580398 SH SOLE 567398 13000
1922 67740 SH OTHER 03 02 01 67740
BJ's Wholesale Club, Inc. COM 05548J106 40193 1177805 SH SOLE 1163805 14000
2008 58830 SH OTHER 03 02 01 58830
Bank of America Corp COM 060505104 239 4564 SH SOLE 4564
Best Buy Inc Com COM 086516101 3313 52078 SH SOLE 52078
Boyd Gaming Corp. COM 103304101 197 40000 SH SOLE 40000
Bristol Myers COM 110122108 583 10200 SH SOLE 10200
Buckeye Partners L.P. * COM 118230101 345 12000 SH SOLE 12000
Buckeye Technologies Corp. COM 118255108 105685 5093254 SH SOLE 5053254 40000
3367 162269 SH OTHER 03 02 01 162269
Burlington Northern Santa Fe C COM 12189T104 2807 130200 SH SOLE 130200
Burlington Resources COM 122014103 3130 85030 SH SOLE 85030
422 11460 SH OTHER 02 01 11460
CPI Corp. COM 125902106 29897 1406900 SH SOLE 1406900
78 3675 SH OTHER 03 02 01 3675
CSX Corp. COM 126408103 2268 103968 SH SOLE 103968
CVS Corp. COM 126650100 4296 92760 SH SOLE 92760
Cabot Oil & Gas Cl A COM 127097103 49512 2430061 SH SOLE 2410061 20000
1938 95115 SH OTHER 03 02 01 95115
Callon Petroleum Corp COM 13123X102 18342 1159975 SH SOLE 1159975
52 3300 SH OTHER 02 3300
Capital Automotive REIT* COM 139733109 29998 2307517 SH SOLE 2307517
304 23375 SH OTHER 02 23375
Cedar Fair, L.P. * COM 150185106 10909 591700 SH SOLE 591700
157 8490 SH OTHER 02 01 8490
Cendant Corp. COM 151313103 2079 191141 SH SOLE 191141
Centurytel Inc. COM 156700106 21729 797390 SH SOLE 797390
1130 41485 SH OTHER 02 01 41485
Circuit City Group COM 172737108 574 24950 SH SOLE 24950
Citigroup Inc. COM 172967101 741 13713 SH SOLE 13713
Citizens Communications Co. COM 17453B101 41739 3106139 SH SOLE 3081139 25000
1592 118460 SH OTHER 03 02 01 118460
Coca Cola Company COM 191216100 331 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Colgate-Palmolive COM 194162103 1057 22400 SH SOLE 22400
Columbia Energy Group COM 197648108 319 4500 SH SOLE 4500
Conseco Inc COM 208464107 833 109205 SH SOLE 109205
Consolidated Stores Corp COM 210149100 39229 2905851 SH SOLE 2870851 35000
1967 145694 SH OTHER 03 02 01 145694
Costco Wholesale Corp. COM 22160K105 4161 119095 SH SOLE 119095
Delta Airlines COM 247361108 843 18987 SH SOLE 18987
Discount Auto Parts Inc COM 254642101 18141 2359840 SH SOLE 2359840
23 3000 SH OTHER 02 3000
Dollar Gen Corp Com COM 256669102 1393 83165 SH SOLE 83165
East West Bancorp Inc. COM 27579R104 625 31960 SH SOLE 31960
Equity Income Fund AT&T COM 294700703 216 1384 SH SOLE 1384
Excel Legacy Corp* COM 300665106 9162 3857550 SH SOLE 3857550
8 3260 SH OTHER 02 3260
Exxon Mobil Corp COM 30231G102 344 3860 SH SOLE 3860
FedEX Corporation COM 31428X106 6000 135323 SH SOLE 135323
Federated Dept. Stores, Inc. COM 31410H101 1401 53643 SH SOLE 53643
Ferrellgas Partners LP * COM 315293100 954 58250 SH SOLE 58250
First Tennessee Natl. Corp. COM 337162101 889 43510 SH SOLE 43510
Ford Motor Co COM 345370860 5166 204085 SH SOLE 204085
Freddie Mac COM 313400301 1279 23650 SH SOLE 23650
200 3700 SH OTHER 01 3700
Gap, Inc. COM 364760108 4642 230641 SH SOLE 230641
General Electric COM 369604103 502 8700 SH SOLE 8700
General Motors COM 370442105 18088 278272 SH SOLE 278272
Grant Prideco Inc COM 38821G101 9807 447025 SH SOLE 437025 10000
1030 46965 SH OTHER 03 02 01 46965
Grove Property Trust* COM 399613108 191 11582 SH SOLE 11582
Gulf Island Fabrication Inc COM 402307102 19460 1104100 SH SOLE 1104100
22 1250 SH OTHER 02 01 1250
Hallwood Energy Corp. COM 40636X105 6655 669687 SH SOLE 669687
Hallwood Group Inc Com Par $0. COM 406364406 233 46050 SH SOLE 46050
Hilton Hotels COM 432848109 116 10045 SH SOLE 10045
Home Depot, Inc. COM 437076102 32897 619970 SH SOLE 619970
Horace Mann Educators Corp New COM 440327104 1228 75000 SH SOLE 75000
Independent Energy Hld Sponsor COM 45384x108 89 12000 SH SOLE 12000
Integrated Homes Inc Com COM 45813J100 5 10000 SH SOLE 10000
Intl. Business Machines COM 459200101 1582 14060 SH SOLE 14060
J. C. Penney Co., Inc COM 708160106 22454 1900867 SH SOLE 1870867 30000
1216 102980 SH OTHER 03 02 01 102980
Journal Register Co. COM 481138105 63428 3815200 SH SOLE 3815200
110 6600 SH OTHER 02 6600
Kaydon Corp. COM 486587108 51429 2236046 SH SOLE 2218546 17500
1745 75885 SH OTHER 03 02 01 75885
Kohls Corp Com COM 500255104 4299 74530 SH SOLE 74530
Kroger Co. COM 501044101 5953 263840 SH SOLE 263840
Lakes Gaming Inc COM 51206P109 216 25000 SH SOLE 25000
Lasalle Re Hldgs Ltd Ord COM G5383Q101 630 33355 SH OTHER 03 01 33355
Limited, Inc. COM 532716107 2649 120079 SH SOLE 120079
Local Financial Corporation COM 539553107 951 100100 SH SOLE 100100
Lowe's Co. COM 548661107 4770 106286 SH SOLE 106286
Maytag Co. COM 578592107 770 24800 SH SOLE 24800
Medical Assurance, Inc. COM 58449U100 273 22307 SH SOLE 22307
Metris Companies Inc COM 591598107 157813 3995277 SH SOLE 3963277 32000
5286 133821 SH OTHER 03 02 01 133821
Municipal Mortgage & Equity * COM 62624B101 2617 123148 SH SOLE 123148
National Commerce Bancorporati COM 635449101 986 49440 SH SOLE 49440
New Plan Excel Realty Trust* COM 648053106 653 47720 SH SOLE 47720
14 1032 SH OTHER 02 1032
Norfolk Southern COM 655844108 1578 107907 SH SOLE 107907
Oceaneering Intl., Inc. COM 675232102 21871 1315525 SH SOLE 1315525
13 800 SH OTHER 02 800
Ocwen Financial Corp COM 675746101 40513 6895775 SH SOLE 6840775 55000
1216 206916 SH OTHER 03 02 01 206916
Office Depot, Inc. COM 676220106 862 110326 SH SOLE 110326
Old Republic Int'l. COM 680223104 3029 125895 SH SOLE 125895
94 3900 SH OTHER 01 3900
Park Place Entertainment COM 700690100 189 12505 SH SOLE 12505
Pfizer Co. COM 717081103 374 8318 SH SOLE 8318
Philip Morris COM 718154107 730 24800 SH SOLE 24800
Plum Creek Timber Co Inc REIT* COM 729251108 1660 74400 SH SOLE 74400
Polyone Corp COM 73179P106 1038 142000 SH SOLE 142000
Provident Bankshares COM 743859100 229 13646 SH SOLE 13646
Pulitzer Inc COM 745769109 44161 1028200 SH SOLE 1028200
19 450 SH OTHER 02 450
RFS Hotel Investors Inc COM 74955J108 1868 148000 SH SOLE 148000
Radioshack Corp. COM 750438103 4608 71310 SH SOLE 71310
Ross Stores Inc COM 778296103 3800 264361 SH SOLE 264361
Sabre Holdings Corp. COM 785905100 1016 35103 SH SOLE 35103
Safeway Inc Com New COM 786514208 6256 133990 SH SOLE 133990
Saks, Inc. COM 79377w108 26510 2684570 SH SOLE 2647570 37000
929 94047 SH OTHER 03 02 01 94047
Schein Henry, Inc. Common COM 806407102 498 25000 SH SOLE 25000
Scott Technologies Inc COM 810022301 234 13200 SH SOLE 13200
46 2580 SH OTHER 02 2580
Scripps Co. Class A COM 811054204 810 15000 SH SOLE 15000
Sears Roebuck & Co. COM 812387108 2827 87200 SH SOLE 87200
Shoney's, Inc. COM 825039100 1172 1699200 SH SOLE 1699200
Southdown Inc. COM 841297104 67420 946248 SH SOLE 940248 6000
2519 35358 SH OTHER 03 02 01 35358
Southwest Airlines COM 844741108 3742 154327 SH SOLE 154327
Spherion Corporation COM 848420105 25756 2157580 SH SOLE 2157580
172 14447 SH OTHER 03 02 01 14447
Stone Energy Corp COM 861642106 247 4500 SH SOLE 4500
Storage USA, Inc. * COM 861907103 892 29240 SH SOLE 29240
16 510 SH OTHER 02 510
TBC Corp Com COM 872180104 1877 385000 SH SOLE 385000
TJX Companies COM 872540109 2052 91220 SH SOLE 91220
Target Corp COM 87612E106 6174 240920 SH SOLE 240920
Telephone & Data COM 879433100 46144 416839 SH SOLE 410339 6500
2466 22278 SH OTHER 03 02 01 22278
Trenwick Group Ltd COM G9032C109 64819 3411529 SH SOLE 3384279 27250
1343 70709 SH OTHER 02 01 70709
Tribune Co. COM 896047107 5161 118300 SH SOLE 114300 4000
Tupperware Corporation COM 899896104 73786 4099198 SH SOLE 4066698 32500
2521 140038 SH OTHER 03 02 01 140038
UNUMProvident Corp. COM 91529y106 31638 1161010 SH SOLE 1136010 25000
1667 61185 SH OTHER 02 01 61185
US Airways Group COM 911905107 618 20316 SH SOLE 20316
Union Pacific Corp. COM 907818108 3072 79021 SH SOLE 79021
Wabash National Corp COM 929566107 274 30038 SH SOLE 30038
Wal-Mart Stores COM 931142103 54161 1125428 SH SOLE 1125428
Walgreen Co. COM 931422109 7949 209530 SH SOLE 209530
Weatherford International COM 947074100 31494 732430 SH SOLE 719430 13000
2367 55046 SH OTHER 03 02 01 55046
Young Broadcasting Class A COM 987434107 63776 2028672 SH SOLE 2028672
1025 32605 SH OTHER 02 01 32605
Interim Services Inc CNV 45868PAA8 231 350000 PRN SOLE 350000
Jumbosports Inc Conv CNV 481386AA8 1 150000 PRN SOLE 150000
Lechters Inc CNV 127999XW5 1504 1770000 PRN SOLE 1770000
Excel Legacy Corp CNV 300665AA4 1372 1643000 PRN SOLE 1643000
Chevy Chase Svgs Bk 13.00% Pfd PRD 166784207 306 12000 SH SOLE 12000
Hallwood Energy Corp. Pfd.-A PRD 40636X204 350 40033 SH SOLE 40033
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