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The Progress of the Races
canals to keep their motor boats in. They enjoy fishing and hunting on Pearl River and its tributaries, where fish and game abound at certain seasons of the year.
In the suburbs east of Pearlington, and near the Greyhound Bus Line, we have some very good citizens also, and their families. They are retired business men; they have everything that the men in the Gin have, and are enjoying life.
August, 1954 Pearlington, Miss.
Mr. Harry Hall, A Man of Business, and Industry
Mr. Hall sells soft drinks, sandwiches, barbecued meat. He operates a pressing shop, and does the most of the work himself. He is affable and courteous to all of his customers. He is a carpenter, cementer, and a farmer. He has educated his two sons and three daughters. He has a son in the U.S. Navy. He has a good wife, and while he takes care of the vanguard, she brings up the rear. He and his family are all members of the Roman Catholic Church.
MR^/fyteTTiE Giles, and Her Lunch Room
Mrs. Giles carries on her business at the corner of Hancock Avenue and White Street. She sells soft drinks, cakes, pies, lunch and ice cream. She supplies some of the stores with pies and cakes. She cares for children. Her home is almost a nursery.
The Grand United Order of Odd-Fellows had their annual meeting in the hall where Mrs. Giles operates her business, on the night of August 2, 1954. The repast was prepared and served from Mrs. Giles’ Lunch Room. The delegates, guests, including our White friends at the banquet, would approximate 200 persons. The banquet was said to be the finest given by Colored people in Pearlington.
August, 1954 Pearlington, Miss.
Mr. Sam Whitfield, and His Pulpwood Business
Somebody has said when the H. Weston Lumber Co. discontinued the manufacture of lumber at Logtown, from a business standpoint, Logtown would be as dead as a dodo. The one who made this discouraging prediction, has made a ludicrous blunder. From the fact that Mr. Whitfield, has kept business alive in Logtown with his pulpwood business. We understand that 20 trucks haul wood to the landing at Logtown each week. Averaging approximately about 80 cords a day. Fifteen of these trucks are owned and driven by Colored men, and 5 by White men. Cutting and sawing this pulpwood in the forest, hauling to the landing at Logtown, loading on barges, and towed to Moss Point, Miss, to be manufactured into paper, summed up in the aggregate, would make a lucrative business. We congratulate Mr. Whitfield, and wish him and his employees abundant success.
August, 1954 Pearlington, Miss.
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