Friday, July 28, 1939
Lumberman - E.A. Bankston
When a man can operate to sawmills continuously for ten years and still retain some of the same man who helped him start his business, then he must have something on the ball. Such a man is E.A. Bankston, Pike county's foremost purveyor of lumber in the raw. Located at Milner, Mr. Bankston's two mills employ twenty-five men, some of whom have been with him for the past ten years. Never, in the ten years the mills have been operating, have they been forced to shut down for lack of funds or lumber. Recent wage and hour legislation affected him only slightly, Mr. Bankston stated. The wage standard that proved disastrous to so many lumber men is effective only when interstate shipping is carried on. Mr. Bankston has been shipping lumber out of the state - to Jacksonville, Detroit, New York and other large distant cities - since he began his career and has paid his employees wages that were even higher than those set forth by the wage and hours bill. His activities are not limited to his sawmills, for he is known to be one of Pike's most successful farmers and also operates a general merchandise and grocery store. Born and reared near Lifsey Springs, he married Miss Ethel Gibson in 1913. They have three children, Hartford, Hazel and Juanita. All of Pike county tips it hat to Mr. E.A. Bankston, a man who knows how to run his business efficiently.
Friday, July 28, 1939
Lumberman - E.A. Bankston
When a man can operate to sawmills continuously for ten years and still retain some of the same man who helped him start his business, then he must have something on the ball. Such a man is E.A. Bankston, Pike county's foremost purveyor of lumber in the raw. Located at Milner, Mr. Bankston's two mills employ twenty-five men, some of whom have been with him for the past ten years. Never, in the ten years the mills have been operating, have they been forced to shut down for lack of funds or lumber. Recent wage and hour legislation affected him only slightly, Mr. Bankston stated. The wage standard that proved disastrous to so many lumber men is effective only when interstate shipping is carried on. Mr. Bankston has been shipping lumber out of the state - to Jacksonville, Detroit, New York and other large distant cities - since he began his career and has paid his employees wages that were even higher than those set forth by the wage and hours bill. His activities are not limited to his sawmills, for he is known to be one of Pike's most successful farmers and also operates a general merchandise and grocery store. Born and reared near Lifsey Springs, he married Miss Ethel Gibson in 1913. They have three children, Hartford, Hazel and Juanita. All of Pike county tips it hat to Mr. E.A. Bankston, a man who knows how to run his business efficiently.
Family Members
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William Homer Bankston
1888–1964
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Jessie Cliff Bankston Sr
1891–1976
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Essie Bankston Mangham Jones
1894–1990
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Henry Grady Bankston
1896–1898
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James Lester Bankston
1898–1959
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Ethel Estelle Bankston Buchanan
1901–1986
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Gertrude Bankston Thornton Gray
1903–1966
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Pearl Irene Bankston Dumas
1905–1990
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Ida Roumania Bankston Corley
1908–2000
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Hartford Lee Bankston
1912–1915
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