Mills & Lambert (1893-1895)
J. H. Mills (1895-1906)
Glade Lumber Co. (1906-1908)
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Standard gauge, 25-lb rail Headquarters: Lexington, KY Mill Location: Glade, MS (Pearl River County) Mill Capacity: 40,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1893-1908 Miles Operated: 3 miles Locomotives Owned: |
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History by Gil Hoffman: In
February 1893 J. H. Mills and W. W. Lambert came to
Poplarville from Miles, Alabama, and, in partnership, built a sawmill south
of Poplarville, on the New Orleans & Northeastern, that cut 15,000 feet
per day. In August 1893 the sawmill community was christened
"Glade" and a post office established there. About
1895 Lambert sold his interest to Mills and built his own mill at Saults,
near Lacey. Mills then took his son into the business, which went by the
name J. H. Mills & Son. Their sawmill had a cutting capacity of
40,000 feet per day and was in operation by April 1901. Other facilities
were a planing mill and dry kilns. The land on which the mill was located
and the timber it cut were owned by J. H. Moores, of Ellisville, MS. By June
1903 Moores had become a partner in the business. On February 12, 1906, Moores sold the timber rights of the Mills operation to the Headley Lumber Company, of Lexington, Kentucky. In May 1906 Mills and his family moved from Poplarville to Fort Worth, Texas where he and his sons went into the real estate business together. On February 12, 1906,
the Headley Lumber Company, of Lexington, Kentucky, purchased 1,600
acres of timber and an 80 acre mill site at Glade, Pearl River County, from
J. H. Moores, of Ellisville, MS. The purchase price was $30,000 with six
years allowed to cut the timber. The mill at Glade, belonging to Moores'
partner, J. H. Mills, was also purchased at that time. Officers of the
Headley Lumber Company were: H. P. Headley, president, and George W.
Headley, treasurer. The mill was operated under the name Glade Lumber
Company. By May 1908 all
the timber bought from Moores had been cut, the mill was closed and the
equipment put up for sale. The remaining timber in the tract was returned to
Moores on June 12, 1908.
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ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:
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