Poplarville Saw Mill Co.

Standard gauge, 60-lb rail Headquarters: Lexington, KY Mill Location: Poplarville, MS (Pearl River County) Mill Capacity: 75,000 ft/day  Years of Operation: 1910-1919 Miles Operated: 25 miles in 1917 Locomotives Owned:	Equipment: 1917- 1 Clyde skidder, 1 Clyde Rapid Loader, 1 McGiffert log loader	Click Map for Larger Version
History by Gil Hoffman: On July 16, 1910, the Poplarville Saw Mill Company, of Lexington, KY, purchased the sawmill and timber holdings of the Poplarville Lumber Company, at Poplarville, Pearl River County, for $220,000. The Poplarville Sawmill Company was incorporated at Lexington, KY, on July 27, 1910 by George W. Headley, Jr., E. L. Hutchinson and others with authorized capital stock of $50,000. G. W. Headley, Jr. was president of the company.  In March 1914 the plant was closed because of poor business conditions. It was rebuilt In the latter part of 1915 and reopened in late January 1916. Cutting capacity of the rebuilt mill was about 75,000 feet per day of longleaf yellow pine. About November 1918 the mill cut out and the machinery was moved to Tiger, Choctaw County, Alabama, on the Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railroad. On February 5, 1919 the mill site, sawmill buildings and company houses were sold to D. D. Durham.  The Poplarville Saw Mill Company had the same ownership as the Louise Lumber Company, at Hawkes, Jones County, which cut out in July 1915. During the period of shutdown of the Poplarville mill, George Headley moved to Hawkes where he ran the Louise Lumber Company.
Poplarville Saw Mill Co. 2-8-0 No. 9
ROSTER by Gil Hoffman:   Road No.   Type   Builder   C.N.   Date   Cyls.   Dri. Dia.   Engine Wt.   Previous Ownership   Disposition   1   42-2 Heisler   Heisler   1261   1912   15x12   36   84000   Smith-Payne Lumber Co. #1, Hiwannee, MS Lettered for Hiwannee & Tombigbee R.R. Diverted to: Poplarville Saw Mill Co. #1, Poplarville, MS     Hinton Brothers Lumber Co., Lumberton, MS Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co., on 4/1/1917. Cecil Lumber Co. #2, Orvisburg, MS, on 6/4/1917.. Southern Lumber & Timber Co. #1, Orvisburg, MS, on 8/7/1920. Foster Creek Lumber & Manufacturing Co. 2nd #1, Stephenson, MS Turner Lumber Co. #8, Lemoyen, LA, by 1935. Santee River Hardwood Co. #8, St. Stephen, SC, on 12/8/1942.   2   36-2 Heisler   Heisler   1260   1912   15x12   36   84000   Louise Lumber Co. #2, Hawkes, MS Poplarville Saw Mill Co. #2, Poplarville, MS, in 1916.   For sale 5/1919. Lamb-Fish Lumber Co., Charleston, MS Turner-Farber-Love Co. #7, Charleston, MS, in 5/1923. Santee River Hardwood Co. #7, St. Stephen, SC, in 1928. Maggie Valley Amusement Corp., Maggie, NC (Highlander R.R. #2 Old Cinders), in 1962.  Maggie Valley R.R. #2 Old Cinders, Maggie, NC, in 1964. Whitewater Valley R.R. #2, Connersville, IN.   4   No Data                           Unknown. A. Marx & Sons, New Orleans, LA (dealer). Poplarville Saw Mill Co. #4   Repossessed by A. Marx & Sons, New Orleans, LA, in 1914.   5?   4-6-0   Baldwin   11795   4/1891   16x20   40   80000   Ordered by Huntsville Belt Line & Monte Sano Ry., Huntsville, AL. Cancelled and resold to: New Orleans & Northwestern Ry. #5, Natchez, MS, on 11/16/1891. Tensas River Lumber Co., Moreau, LA, by 8/1912. Baxter Lumber Co. #2, Wildsville, LA Southern Iron & Equipment Co. #1057, on 4/5/1916. Poplarville Saw Mill Co., on 12/6/1916. Baldwin class 10-26 D 94   For sale 5/1919. Swift Lumber Co., Knoxo, MS, by 4/1920. Colmer-Green Lumber Co. #5, Colgreen, MS Barnes-Creary Supply Co., Mobile, AL, by 7/1925.   7   23-2 Shay   Lima   882   3/1904   3-9x8   26   45210   Poplarville Lumber Co. #7, Poplarville, MS Poplarville Saw Mill Co. #7, on 7/16/1910.   Phillips & Wentworth, Maxie, MS, in 1918. Wentworth Lumber Co., Maxie, MS, on 3/4/1919. Love Lumber Co. #7, Poplarville, MS, on 9/1/1922. Poplarville Lumber Co. #7, Poplarville, MS, in 12/1924. Scrapped ca. 6/1926.   9   2-8-0   Baldwin   42781   1/1916   16x22   44   87500   New. Cost $8,450. Baldwin class 10-26 E 398   De Kalb & Western R.R. #9, Electric Mills, MS, by 6/1917. Re. #502. St. Francis Material Co., Forrest City, AR, by 7/1951.

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