The Magnolia gazette., 1889-11-30
ENOCHsvILLE.
A VILLAGE IN The WOODS.
The Old Mil and the New.
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every house has an appearance of
independent individuality and are
occupied by the families Of the
men who work the famed Enochs
Brothers mills.
Some distance from the dwell
ings, the saw mills, planing mills,
dry kilns and all the buildings
and auxliarics for the manufac-
ture and finishing OF lumber are
in full play, and the company 5
railway locomotives are putting
WITH yigor Il the oxen golumber-
ing along.
4, The prcsentnrill is a circularsaw
i and gang cdgeg, with a capacity
of 900 feet propelled by a
forty horse power engine. The
4 planng mill has two planers,
moulding machinery picket head
ers, resaws, scroll saws, and with
a thirty five horse power engine,
has an output OF $4,000 feet per
day Every design, however in.
trleatc, of scaollwork is here exc
cuted oud n builder and contrac-
j tor can promptly have any order
filled for any style Of structure.
New mills are row in course Of
construction, ut the main line Of
the Illinois Genital railway, and
will BEN full running order hy
the lst Of February, 1890. The
best machinery has reen purchas-
ed for 10000 mill and includes
an Is 20 engine, circular saws.
edger and trimmer, The plamng
null will be moved to the new
mill andwith allthe appurtanences
Of a first class institution, wall
add interest to the Illinois Central
views of industry.
The Enochs Brothers, with
mills at jackson, Gallman and
Magnolia, will then turn out S0,-
600 feet OF lumber per day and
employ over 25O men. for which
they own valuable and extensive
tracts of timber land at the points
named, ana on Pearl river.
The man Office Of the finn IS al
jackson, Miss where they have
q band saw mill in operation and
extensive lumber yards, to which
will soon be added sash, door and
blind factories.
The jackson interests nle gov
ernod by |. 9. Enochs, who is a
business man OF untiring energy
an1 most excellent attribute
The gentleman i also Director
Of the Crystal Springs Calpng
Company.
The Gallman saw and planlng
mills are under the control Of j.
l.. Enochs, whose management
causes hun the respect aud regard
of his numerous employees and
an excellent repptation IN com-
mercial circles.
Phillip IL. Enochs has been
superintendent of the Magnolia
mills and partner of the firm for
four years. lie has about the
same crews of men he commenced
with and while other mill COM
Psmes arc grumblng because
there IS "no dependence to be
placed IN help" Mr.. Enochs'
men, white and black, work con-
tentediy along, whetherltis melon
time, cotton time, sugar cane time
Oh any other time. The gentle
man has the thorough faculty of
control and he gets the best and
most constant work without d
murnur. He aud his brothers
were born in Copiah county and
although they did not enter lum-
Der manufacturing until ma nhood
was reached, the Enochs Brothers
ale known as IN the list OF the
most successful and responsible
lumbermen in Mi,si sippl.
They are Individually and col
lectIvely educated, enterprlsing
gentlemen and their father, as
well as the public, have every
reason to be proud of them.
]. +. Enochs, Esq, father OF
the aforenamed, is a reverred
citizen of Crystal Springs and an
extensive planter. His planta-
ton, beautifully located near that
lovely town, grants HIM from 1876
to $50 bales of cotton aud rich
yields of hay and corn.
While at Enochsville | noticed
the men knew their business ard
place and they are an intelligent
and jovial lot.
). /. Hagler, head sawyer and
foreman has dared malaria in all
its phases. For eight years he
was Il raftsman on The Yazoo
river and swamps and has ran a
saw mil boat for a couple of
years. He began saw milling
when nineteen and has had charge