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LADNER’S HARDWARE STORE is the only exclusive hardware firm in Hancock County. The store is centrally located opposite the post office and the Hancock County Bank. Besides the store, there is a large warehouse located in the basement of the store building. The business has been successfully established three years. Mr. S J. Ladner, the gen-
LADNEk’s HARDWARE STORE.
•eral manager, is a native of Bay St Louis, and was engaged for some years as a clerk with the Bay Mercantile Company; he has developed an extensive local trade, besides a shipping business all along the coast; he is a prominent member of the Woodmen and the Bay St. Louis Benevolent Association. Mr. Ladner has on hand a complete assortment of hardware, ship chandlery, cutlery, crockery, glass and graniteware, furniture, house furnishings, carpets, mattings, rugs, refrigera-
tors, trunks, valises, farm wagons, harness, etc. This firm is the sole agent for Charter Oak and Fisher Leaf Stoves and Ranges, and Sherman & Williams Points; his phone is No. 12
JULIAN M. SWOOP is one of the oldest members of the New Orleans colony that make Bay St. Louis their summer home. Mr. Swoop owns one of the handsomest and most
View of the Well Kept Grounds and Home of Julian M. Swoop.
beautiful finished, as well as luxuriously furnished homes on the Bay shore. The grounds of this home is shaded with magnificent oak and magnolia trees, and adorned by beautiful ferns and plants. The property extends to a depth of
1,500 feet, and has a frontage of 150 feet on the Bay Mr. Swoop is the sole owner of the Shakespeare Iron Works of New (Means; he is an enthusiast regarding Bay St. Louis’ pre-eminence as a summer, winter and health resort.