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largest contracts are promptly and satisfactorily filled. Poitevent and Farve filled a contract for the Mississippi Jetties of 50,000,000 feet of lumber. They furnished about 20,000,000 feet of lumber for the New Orleans Exposition building and 5,000,000 for the St. Louis bridge. They have just shipped a bill of 1,000,000 feet to a South American port, and one of 700,000 feet to England. They own and operate four large sailing vessels and nine smaller and two tugboats. The large vessels have a capacity of 135,000 to
400.000	feet. They carry their valuable cargoes of lumber directly to the West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America. The smaller vessels have a capacity of 35,000 to
55.000	feet. They carry lumber to New Orleans and to Ship Island where it is transferred to the largest vessels, which carry it to various parts of the world.
One of the most pleasing features of this great business is that it is the product of the fertile brains, iron will, indomitable courage and business sagacity of Pearlington's two most distinguished native citizens. Capt. John Poitevent and Capt. J.A. Farve were both born and raised in or near Pearlington. They have spent their lives here. Their marvelous success proves beyond question that Southern pluck are equal to the task of developing wonderful resources of wealth in the South. Extracts from the N 0 T D. (SCE 8/20/ .1892)
1819 - First known plot or map, 1819 - "This plot and
diagram of the Town of Pearlington in Hancock County State of Mississippi was made by Elihu Carver in accordance with the resolutions of the Pearlington Company and made ???? at their meeting of 24th day of February 1819, the 16th October 1823, 24th December 1823 and 14th day of February 1825."
1863 or 1864. Pearlington was bombarded by the Federal gunboat, the "WABASH". No opposition was offered. The "WABASH" hit an obstruction in the river and sunk about a mile north of Logtown. (PC&C p 32)
1837 - Postmaster in 1837 was C. M. Greenleaf (BSL?)
(years unstated)
Pearlington Herald - Newspaper owned by SCE and operated by Sam J. Gray until the closing of the Poitevent Mills. (SCE Jubilee 1942 pg 3).
1878 -
Rev. A. B. Nicholson, writing from Pearlington October 23, 1878 says "Yellow fever has been in this town ever since the first of August. It has visited this place several times, but has never been an epidemic, in the common acceptation of that word, though it proved fatal in nearly every case, so it has this year. No new cases at this date. Business of all kinds has stopped; church matters suspended; Sunday-school stopped; our flock