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'Last mill of the Hoffman Lumber Company in Columbia, South Carolina, which was a  modern electrically driven mill 7' Right Hand Sinker & Davis Hooiser Band Mill on which they ran 11" x 14 Guage saw. This mill with timber was sold as of May 11 1945 to the Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Co., of Knoxville, Tennessee. The Hoffman Brothers of course were the inventors of the first successful band mill with main offices at Ft. Wayne, Indiana'.

1. Last Mill of the Hoffman Lumber Company, Columbia, South Carolina