From "The Sentinel"
Thursday April 28, 1898
The leading ginning firm of Pontotoc county is that of Chas. P. DeJournette & Co., composed of Chas. P. DeJournette and his two sons-in-law, H.L. McCharen and B. Brady.
Mr. C.P. DeJournette, the founder of the firm, commenced business in Toccopola in 1883, where he erected a grist and saw mill and a cotton gin. This plant he sold in 1890, when he removed to Pontotoc and built the gin now in operation here. It has the latest improved Munger-Pratt machinery, and is largely patronized, 966 bales having been ginned in it last season. At present it can gin 24 bales per day but in can be improved to a capacity of 30 bales per day. In connection with it the firm has a cotton seed huller and grist mill, and also owns the cotton platform at the depot.
In 1897 the firm purchased 320 acres of fine timber land near Piney Grove, where they have erected a saw and grist mill and cotton gin. This saw mill has capacity of 4,000 feet per day, while the gin can turn out 20 bales per day. Last season 539 bales were ginned there. The firm not only saws it own timber, but also that of others upon shares.
The head of the firm, Mr. DeJournette, was born in Cabarrass [sic] county, North Carolina, and came to Mississippi in 1873. He has been twice married, his second wife still living. His first wife bore him three daughters, who are all married.
Thursday April 28, 1898
The leading ginning firm of Pontotoc county is that of Chas. P. DeJournette & Co., composed of Chas. P. DeJournette and his two sons-in-law, H.L. McCharen and B. Brady.
Mr. C.P. DeJournette, the founder of the firm, commenced business in Toccopola in 1883, where he erected a grist and saw mill and a cotton gin. This plant he sold in 1890, when he removed to Pontotoc and built the gin now in operation here. It has the latest improved Munger-Pratt machinery, and is largely patronized, 966 bales having been ginned in it last season. At present it can gin 24 bales per day but in can be improved to a capacity of 30 bales per day. In connection with it the firm has a cotton seed huller and grist mill, and also owns the cotton platform at the depot.
In 1897 the firm purchased 320 acres of fine timber land near Piney Grove, where they have erected a saw and grist mill and cotton gin. This saw mill has capacity of 4,000 feet per day, while the gin can turn out 20 bales per day. Last season 539 bales were ginned there. The firm not only saws it own timber, but also that of others upon shares.
The head of the firm, Mr. DeJournette, was born in Cabarrass [sic] county, North Carolina, and came to Mississippi in 1873. He has been twice married, his second wife still living. His first wife bore him three daughters, who are all married.
From "The Sentinel"
Thursday April 28, 1898
The leading ginning firm of Pontotoc county is that of Chas. P. DeJournette & Co., composed of Chas. P. DeJournette and his two sons-in-law, H.L. McCharen and B. Brady.
Mr. C.P. DeJournette, the founder of the firm, commenced business in Toccopola in 1883, where he erected a grist and saw mill and a cotton gin. This plant he sold in 1890, when he removed to Pontotoc and built the gin now in operation here. It has the latest improved Munger-Pratt machinery, and is largely patronized, 966 bales having been ginned in it last season. At present it can gin 24 bales per day but in can be improved to a capacity of 30 bales per day. In connection with it the firm has a cotton seed huller and grist mill, and also owns the cotton platform at the depot.
In 1897 the firm purchased 320 acres of fine timber land near Piney Grove, where they have erected a saw and grist mill and cotton gin. This saw mill has capacity of 4,000 feet per day, while the gin can turn out 20 bales per day. Last season 539 bales were ginned there. The firm not only saws it own timber, but also that of others upon shares.
The head of the firm, Mr. DeJournette, was born in Cabarrass [sic] county, North Carolina, and came to Mississippi in 1873. He has been twice married, his second wife still living. His first wife bore him three daughters, who are all married.
Thursday April 28, 1898
The leading ginning firm of Pontotoc county is that of Chas. P. DeJournette & Co., composed of Chas. P. DeJournette and his two sons-in-law, H.L. McCharen and B. Brady.
Mr. C.P. DeJournette, the founder of the firm, commenced business in Toccopola in 1883, where he erected a grist and saw mill and a cotton gin. This plant he sold in 1890, when he removed to Pontotoc and built the gin now in operation here. It has the latest improved Munger-Pratt machinery, and is largely patronized, 966 bales having been ginned in it last season. At present it can gin 24 bales per day but in can be improved to a capacity of 30 bales per day. In connection with it the firm has a cotton seed huller and grist mill, and also owns the cotton platform at the depot.
In 1897 the firm purchased 320 acres of fine timber land near Piney Grove, where they have erected a saw and grist mill and cotton gin. This saw mill has capacity of 4,000 feet per day, while the gin can turn out 20 bales per day. Last season 539 bales were ginned there. The firm not only saws it own timber, but also that of others upon shares.
The head of the firm, Mr. DeJournette, was born in Cabarrass [sic] county, North Carolina, and came to Mississippi in 1873. He has been twice married, his second wife still living. His first wife bore him three daughters, who are all married.
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