The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1899-10-21
THE GROWTH OF PEARLINGTON

mas between Hltc0u uuuOIcu dhN
two thousand inhabitants, who,
as a whole, are the most indepen-
dent and thrifty set Of people on
the globe, the poorest of which
own their own property and from
one to twenty head of stock. We
have sawmills, brickyards, tur-
pentineries. planlng mills and a
host of minor enterprises that
give employment to the people
and tend to keep the town on the
upward move. We have also a
line of sailing vessels unequaled
by any in the State, that give en-
! ptopment to something over d
hundred men. This line of sail
irg vessels together with a line OF
six steamers and barges are used
for freighting purposes between
this point, New Orleans, Ship Is
| land and Port Eads.
I The whole of the tremendous
business carried on here is almstC
exclusively operated by the Poite-
vent & Favre Lumber Co., OF
which Capt. J. A. Favre is presi-
dent and Mr.. W. J. Poitevent Is
vice-president. Capt. Favre is
one Of the best known mill men
in the South and stands today at
the head of one of the best equip
ped saw mill plants in the United
States, and as a business man he
has no equal. He is also interest
ed in the PearlingtOn Brick Co
and the mammoth store of J. A
/ Favre & Co., of this place, anC
the general supply house of j.. A
Favre & Son of Florenville, La.
on the Z. L. r. r., and up to &
few months ago was the vice-pres.
idcnt of this road, which position
he recently resigned in order tC
give closer attention to his busi.
ness at Pennington. Capt. Favrt
for a great number of years was
president of the Board of Super.
vi$ors Of this (Hancock) county
which office he held until a few
wears ago. He then announced
himself for county treasurer and
was elected without an opponent
Capt. Fayre's name has been iden-
titled with all the leading inter
ests of his town since childhood
and his generous and charitable
disposition has won him the love
and respect of the entire commu.
nifty. 4 more courteous and obIig-
ing man than Capt. Joe" Gas he
is famillarIy called by his employ
ees) does not exist and the mere
fact of his being at the head ot
any business means thrift anC
success.
Mr.. W. J. Poitevent, the wee
president of the company is yet
a very Young man, but possesses
the business qualities that is S ell
dom found in older heads. His
being brought up with the busi-
ness has given him a thorough
knowledge of all the details nee.
essary to operate a vast business
like his, he is thoroughly up tt
date III all the latest business me
thods and as a business man he l.
unequaIcd. Mr.. Poitevent. like
Capt. Favre, is very charitably in
clined, and a deserving person wa.
never turned from his door with
out first obtaining the aid askeC
for. His kind and affable man
ncr has won for him the admira
ton and esteem of all who know
him, and the quiet, unassumins
methods he uses duri ne bis dali,
visits among his employees ha:
placed him in their confidence anC
| both white and black love anC
respect him.
Mes~rs. PoIteyent & Favre ar,
! known throughout the world a
Ithe lumber kings of the South
| They own and operate also The
| Pelican sawmilI, situated at tn,
| New Basin, New OrIenas. which
Isupplies the city market with ,
good portion Of its building ma
tcriaI. They also own fifty-5wt
miles Of railway, used for logging
purposes, which supplies logs foI
| the Pennington mills only. Theil
| New Orleans mill is Furnished
| with logs from Tikfaw and Tche
/ functa rivers. which are tOwed b.
a line Of steam tugs belonging tt
the firm. In addition their vas
sawmll interests they own aul
ioperate a line of cotton carriers
| piying Pearl river, between Mon
ticello and New Orleans, which
freights out a good portion of the
cotton raised in Monticello, Col
umbia and way landings, situated
along the river, and on their re
turn trip up stream are loaded t.
the guards with freight for the
merchants and planters doing bus
mess on the route.
! The Poitevent & Favre Lumber
Co. give steady employment tC
five or six hundred men. some OF
them having been in their EMPLOY
tment for thirty years, and sucf
things as strikes and discomfort.
ment has yet to take place in any
of the many different department
operated by the firm.
Among the leading merchants
of the town are Mesers. j. j
Fayre. T. VI. Favre. c. d. Orr, II
H. Mcclure, Frank Guitterre'
|, and B. Courrege who all seem t.
hbe doing a thriving business il
Their different lines. Our church
lex are among the prettiest on the
Icsast, and we have one of the bes'
Isdhool buildings in the State.
tOur livery and sale stables, OF