Bynum Lumber Co. (1903-1909)
Hartzog-Longino Lumber Co. (1909-1910)
Carruth Lumber Co. (1910-1912)
Carruth Brothers Lumber Co. (1912-1914)
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Standard gauge, 30-lb rail Headquarters: Mill Location: Coral, MS (Lamar County) Mill Capacity: 40,000 ft/day Years of Operation: 1903- Miles Operated: 9.75 miles Locomotives Owned: |
Equipment: 8 log cars |
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History by Gil Hoffman: In
September 1900, Abner Hudson began purchasing pine timber land between Bynum
and Clyde on the Pearl & Leaf Rivers Railroad. To cut this timber, on
November 18, 1902, Hudson contracted with W. C. Bennett to build a sawmill
plant on the Pearl & Leaf Rivers Railroad at Bynum Station. Hudson was
to deliver pine logs from at least 400 acres of land to the mill ramp from
the woods at $5.00 per thousand feet. Bennett was also to cut the logs in
the woods and have them ready for hauling for which he was to deduct a
charge from the fee paid to Hudson. The mill built by Bennett was operated
as the Bynum Lumber Company and had a cutting capacity of about
40,000 feet per day. Only longleaf yellow pine was cut. Hudson was also one
of the incorporators of A. Hudson & Company, a mercantile company in
Sumrall, Lamar County. During
1906 and then three times in 1909, substantial mortgages were placed on the
property. By the fall of 1909, with several of these mortgages past due, and
not being able to keep up with his other bills, Hudson was looking for a
buyer. One was found on October 31, 1909, when the sawmill, railroad logging
equipment and timber holdings in Lamar and Marion counties were sold for
$115,000 to V. E. Hartzog and R. L. Longino for the Hartzog-Longino
Lumber Company, of Silver Creek, Jefferson Davis County. The debts owed
at that time by Hudson amounted to $113,797.44. The timber holdings amounted
to 35,000,000 feet. The
Hartzog-Longino Lumber Company, which operated the property, was
incorporated at Coral, Lamar County, on January 3, 1910, by V. E. Hartzog,
of Coral, and R. L. Longino, of Silver Creek, with authorized capital stock
of $30,000. On December 30, 1910, in return for assuming the debts of the Hartzog-Longino Lumber Company totaling $100,685.57, the sawmill, logging railroad and timber in Lamar and Marion counties were deeded to Thomas Carruth, of Rosine, Forrest County, and operated as the Carruth Lumber Company, On July 15, 1911, to finance his purchase, Carruth mortgaged his mill at Rosine to the First National Bank of Commerce, of Hattiesburg. He defaulted on the mortgage and on February 21, 1912 the bank sold his holdings at Coral to J. P. Carter, G. L. Hawkins, F. W. Foote and V. M. Scanlan. On September 29, 1913 they deeded the property to the Lamar Trading Company. The
Lamar Trading Company was incorporated at Hattiesburg, Forrest County, in
September 1913 by V. M. Scanlan and G. L. Hawkins with $50,000 in capital
stock. These men were connected with the Lamar Lumber Company, of Clyde,
Lamar County. Although the property was owned by the Lamar Trading Company
it was operated by the Carruth Brothers Lumber Company under lease. This
company was incorporated at Coral on August 23, 1912 by the Carruth
brothers, Thomas, Augustus, Jason and Charles, with authorized capital stock
of $100,000. On January 2, 1914 the company went into receivership and on
September 3, 1914 the assets of the company, consisting of lumber, logs,
etc. were sold for $12,532.27. This sale ended the operation of the Coral
mill by the Carruths. On
November 6, 1914 the entire assets were sold to the Lamar Lumber Company for
$60,000, after which the sawmill at Coral was dismantled and the machinery
installed at the plant of the Lamar Lumber Company. The timber holdings of
the Coral mill were then cut by the Clyde mill.
For a detailed history of this operation see: Steam Whistles in the Piney Woods Volume 2, by Gilbert H. Hoffman |
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