The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-11-24

OF the present residence Of DR.. Howe.
Two of these brothers are yet living,
and both good takers, yet l don't
think either or both OF them can tell
what went with their money.
A man by name of NJ. Thompson
then bought out the Howze's, at a
small price, and soon had more saw
dust than mosey, and in few years
"petered out"
/ should have stated that Capt. J.
E. Sarrazin was finally connected with
Wright & Hannar in the mill ut the
Mead site. Before going into the
mill business Sarrazin was prosper
GUS merchant, but this mill finished
him. My brother, G. NJ. Dees, then
bought the machinery, moved 1t to
Fcrnland, Ala, and In two years fail
ed for $50 600, ruined himself and In.
volved me in sl5 600 surety debts.
At the end Of the war between the
States, lumber sold at very large
prices. Dressed flooring sold In New
Orleans for about SIS per thousand.
Those of our mills not destroyed dur
ing the war made money. II / re-
member right the two mills OF W.
Griffin & Co. were soon put in running
order. This company also had q very
large stock Of logs on hand at the
close Of the war and, for time at
least, made money. On and about
these mill sites, we have seen one s40,-
600 saw mill burn down, one large
planning mill burn, one saw mill ex-
plode (killing a number Of men) and
and a large saw mill rot down. At
one time the postofiice and the busi-
ness part Of Moss Point were at these
mills. In the course of five or six
years after the war the business part
of the town had moved up around
Denny & Co. S mills, near the present
Randall ferry. There the pOstOffice
and stores remained a. number Of
years, when about the year 1877 they
began to move still further up the
|rlver to where they now are, and as
there is an impregnable swamp i'm
mediatcly north or sup the rivcr''
from the present business portion OF
our town, and as We, like the whole
American people-must keep moving,
our town has begun to build out and
down the county road toward the L.
! s. L. railroad, four miles away, and II
does seem to me In few years Oul
town will follow the false prophet
Mahommed's example; and il w
can't get railroad to come to 1t, II
will go to the railroad.
With all respect to those most ex
cellent persons land their heirs) who
composed the old firm of w. Griffin s
Co., lam free to say that final results
show that they have made no none.
In the mill business Of that company
. Immediately after the war, NJ. N
Cudabac and II. M. Cudabac Joined
w. Denny and J. NJ. McInnis in tht
reorganization Of w. Denny & Co.
and very soon got together the ma
chinery of the two mills now neal
Randalls ferry. They also made con
siderable money while prices wert
good. The interest OF both the Messrs
, Cudabac has long since been drawn
out, and the firm OF w. Denny h Co
is still doing business here, and, lik
all other live men, can tell their owl
story. Around the bend we come tt
, the Pascagoula Lumber Co.'s Ph1ni
, mill. On this site, our old friend L
, d. Ramey built mill soon after tn
, war. He was here In the flush time
+, of milling, and for awhile held hi
own, but finally like the Arab, silent
. ly folded his tent and left. just abOv
/, him Col. Borden and the great an,
. only w. c. Diggs" built a mill, San
Elder being associated with them
. 'erhe Saw Mill Cyclone, DeSmet
: struck both OF these mills, and BoI
! den and Elder got out with some mon
: ey. / should have stated that Col
4 W. C. Diggs died during this partner
= ship; also that A. E. Blake and II
NJ. Cudabac owned the Ramey mi
for o short while. II Ramey or Cuds
bac or the heirs Of Blake, Border
, Elder or Dlggs have at present an
money made In saw mills, don
= know where 1t is.
. E. DcSmct, after buying these mill
"borcd with big auger," and mad
! big holes. He built large mills, boat
4 and barges. Tie "busted" himsel
q his brokers and their bank, and can
= near bursting this county; then wer
a to Central America and died. III
Pascagoula Lumber Co. finally bougf
p thin prpperty. They have move
= ab0At UGlf Of 1t up to Buckatuna, an
are operating one mill here now.
d Just opposite the Phoenix mil
8 where Angeles ship yard now I
n Pricc and Bingham built mill, ava
I back in the sixties. There is no mi
). there now, nor have price aud BInI
Il ham any money. Just above th
p stands the sheds and mill house q
l what what was large planning ml
q belonging to the Pascag0ula Lumh,
Is Co., but not now In use.
a The next In order comes the q
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