C. E. Prince sold out his interest in various equipment at the New Caney sawmill to W. G. Prince in October, 1916. In January, 1917, the Princes agreed to sell Tilford-Hunt Lumber Company, Nacogdoches, half a million feet of pine lumber for $1,400. The lumber was at the New Caney sawmill. The Princes agreed to mill the lumber, kiln-dry the mill, and load the railroad cars to ship the lumber to Nacogdoches. By 1921, J. L. Prince was running the mill, for that year he mortgaged to Guar State Bank in Nacogdoches the sawmill, with its engine, boiler, carriage, belts, pulleys, dollies, etc., for $2,500.