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HANCOCK NAVAL STORES COMPANY, Ltd , is another big factor in the turpentine and rosin industry of Hancock County. This concern is working 70 crops this season of 10,000 boxes each. The valuation of the output will be in the neighborhood of $250,000. This concern is domiciled at Dillville, Miss., and has branches in the Hancock Turpentine Co., of Logtown, Miss., and the Bayou LaCroix Turpentine
The Still at Catahoula.
Co , of Dillville, Miss. The capital stock of this corporation is $400,000. R. R. Perkins is the President and General Manager of this concern, and J. R. Grimshaw is the Secretary-Treasurer. All of the products of these two concerns go for export and are shipped through the ports of New Orleans, Gulfport and Mobile. In addition to being a commanding factor in the Naval Store industry of Hancock County, Mr.
Perkins is a very large stockholder and a director of the Harrison Naval Stores Co., Ltd. The Imperial Naval Stores Co., and the Hancock Naval Stores Co., own in fee simply 22,000 acres of lands in Hancock County, not including the large tracts of leased lands. Mr. Perkins is also the President of the Merchants Bank and he owns two of the handsomest homes on the Bay shore at the east end of Bay St. Louis; he
One of the many Ox Teams used in transporting the crude products from the Woods to the Stills.
takes a leading part in all movements for the advancement and exploitation of Hancock County’s resources, and is a valued member of the City Bonds Commission, this commission has charge of the spending of the $50,000 for improving the city’s streets and roads.	I