 sawmills lumber and naval stores sawmills lumber and naval stores ray mon 4122010 1344 naval stores   charles b elarbee charles brooks elarbee 18611917 was born february 26 1861 at waycross georgia he came to biloxi in 1903 elarbee was engaged in the turpentine business in harrison and jackson counties primarily with dj gay they operated as gay elarbee in 1906 his ocean springs naval stores company consisted of dj gay cb elarbee and george robinson in september and december 1904 cb elarbee and dj gay bought land east of the lighthouse on the front beach at biloxi for 15000 harco deed bk 63 p 227 and deed bk 64 p 293 after leaving the turpentine business circa 1912 mr elarbee relocated to new mexico where he bought a ranch after 1914 he divided his time between the far west and biloxi circa 1915 cb elarbee suffered a debilitating stroke at biloxi he expired on february 6 1917 in the home of daniel j gay at 1018 west beach where his corporal needs were attended cb elarbee was a member of the biloxi elks lodge no 606 he was a methodist and mason mr elarbee s corporal remains were interred at ellabelle bryan county georgia he was survived by zera leon cox a sister of ellabelle georgia  the daily herald   february 6 1917 p 3    daniel j gay daniel judson gay 18701949 the son of john w gay and salida lanier was born in emanuel county georgia which is governed from swainsboro he came to biloxi in 1902 from turpentine operations in florida gay married lee b champlin 18841964 on december 8 1903 she was the daughter of judge zachary taylor champlin 18471924 and virginia white champlin of handsboro their other children were william henry champlin 18701931 maggie champlin nellie champlin and walter champlin the children of dj gay and lee b champlin were louise g dantzler duncan 19041975 daniel j gay jr 19061964 john c gay 19091975 edna g jenkins 19101975 and katherine g farrar 19151975 dj gay taught school and was in the naval stores banking and realty business in 1905 gay organized and was president of the harrison county bank of biloxi it merged with the peoples bank in 1914 dj gay was president of the peoples bank for a number of years before the og swetman began the long reign of that family in banking at biloxi mr gay built the gay building on the southeast corner of lameuse street and howard avenue in 19131914 oe thompson of biloxi was the general contractor for the 20000 twostory brick edifice and laid its foundation on november 11 1913 when completed in marchapril 1914 the harrison county bank and picard gillen occupied the ground floor  the daily herald november 11 1913 p 4 december 18 1913 and april 9 1914 p 2   the gay family resided at biloxi on the beach east of the dantzler house they later lived on the tchoutacabouffa river and at ocean springs mississippi dj gay was locally involved in the naval stores business operating turpentine operations in harrison and jackson counties his first partner was fellow georgian charles b elarbee 18611917 gay later worked with george l robinson 18481919 and robert w hamill 18631943 of chicago his son j champlin gay and brother edward c gay also were associated with gay in the turpentine business it is believed that ec gay residing at san antonio texas ran the family turpentine operation near durango mexico between 1927 and 1932 dj gay was a philanthropist in december 1926 he donated land for the erection of the public high school on government street at ocean springs the gay turpentine company was incorporated in 1911 and domiciled at larue mississippi robert w hamill was the president and daniel j gay the secretarytreasurer stockholders were lyon company60 shares dj gay20 shares rw hamill15 shares frank matlock3 shares and wg beasley of leesville louisiana2 shares  the daily herald  of august 21 1920 related in an article daisy and vestry thriving that the gay turpentine is doing a fine business with oj cuevas as manager the company was dissolved in may 1921 ex partegay turpentine company jxco chancery courtcause no 4187 in march 1945 gay also donated ground for the triumph church west of denny jxco ms land deed bk 88 pp 495496 in may 1926 dj gay platted the forest hills subdivision at ocean springs it is located in the ne 4 of section 30 t7sr8w and include the home of mrs wr stuart plat book 1 p 92 daniel j gay like most americans lost his fortune during the depression he never declared bankruptcy and paid his creditors in 1945 mr gay moved to tampa florida where his daughter louise dantzler resided he passed on here in early december 1949 mrs gay expired at inverness mississippi in february 1964 they are both interred in the southern memorial park cemetery at biloxi  the daily herald    december 5 1949 and the daily herald    february 11 1964 p 2    lee v pringle lee vernon pringle 18661938 was a native of semmes chapel mobile county alabama he was born february 28 1866 the son of frank m pringle and corinia yonge 18451920 lv pringle came to biloxi in 1908 probably from latonia jackson county mississippi where he was associated with the latonia turpentine company and union naval stores of mobile these organizations were naval stores manufacturers and dealers in general merchandise in 1901 pringle served as postmaster at latonia which is about 12 miles northwest of semmes chapel alabama mr pringle invented a turpentine cup which was manufactured by the pringle cup company in daisy tennessee in 1902 the chattanooga pottery company of daisy tennessee was formed by the  consolidated naval stores company  to manufacture clay cups consolidated naval stores was formed by the merger of seven florida and georgia factorage houses also in 1902 they had offices in savannah jacksonville and pensacola it is very probable that the pringle cup company was a name only and that the clay cups were manufactured by the chattanooga pottery company it is interesting to note that in october 1912  the daily herald  reported that dg zeigler proprietor of the  petrous manufacturing company  was erecting factory on lee street in biloxi near the l n railroad tracks zeigler planned to make turpentine cups at his plant  the daily herald october 16 1912 p 8   lv pringle was elected president of the turpentine and resin association of new orleans in january 1918  the daily herald january 26 1918 p 3   in addition to his naval stores operations in mississippi mr pringle had turpentine and rosin at florida alabama and louisiana he was vicepresident of the gillicanchipley company of new orleans for fifteen years and held the same position with the pringlegay turpentine company lv pringle also had his own real estate company and held large personal land holdings lv pringle married victoria voltz 18851935 she was born at perdido florida the daughter of robert m voltz and elizabeth king of selma and montgomery alabama respectively the pringles had six children lv pringle jr 19021974 robert h pringle thomas n pringle victor pringle vivian pringle hewes and jackson pringle 19191920   the daily herald may 6 1935 p 3   lee v pringle expired on october 8 1938 he and many family members are interred at the biloxi cemetery  the daily herald october 9 1938 p 3    frank e pringle frank ernest pringle 18721925 was born at semmes chapel mobile county alabama on august 18 1872 his parents were frank m pringle and corinia yonge he came to biloxi in 1908 fe pringle was in the turpentine business in harrison and jackson counties he was president of the jackson naval stores company in 1913 they were headquartered in the bolton building at biloxi george f mason served the organization as vicepresident while a hadley was secretarytreasurer biloxi city directory 19131914 p 154 fe pringle was highly lauded in may 1916 for the celerity in which he rebuilt the jackson naval stores still at florala the fire still located near the florala post office had been completely destroyed in a conflagration pringle brought in equipment and supplies from other company operations as well as sending damaged machinery to mobile for repair  the daily herald  of biloxi said of mr pringle s efforts   this is the quickest work of its kind ever seen among turpentine producers in this section    the daily herald  may 30 1916 p 8 fe pringle developed the pringle subdivison at north biloxi now d iberville which he acquired in february 1913 in 1922 he sold 212 acres at north biloxi for the methodist church on race track road harco ms land deed bk 106 p 285 and bk 130 p 181 fe pringle married dellie m orso 18811927 the daughter of joseph a orso and mittie williams of alabama mrs pringle was a native of malcolm alabama the fe pringles had eight children esther l pringle 19021926 mattie p colson 19021982 ernestine p drew 19071981 cora p chinn mittie may horton frank e pringle jr 19091957 woodrow w pringle 19141963 and roland w pringle fe pringle expired on november 26 1925 his corporal remains are interred in the biloxi cemetery dellie pringle passed on march 19 1927 at her domicile at 520 seal avenue  the daily herald november 27 1925 p 1 and march 19 1927 p 1   871 views  