Small Business and Industry
Mt. Pleasant began as a collection of small retail businesses that provided life's necessities to Titus County farmers as well as people traveling through the area. Large industries provide economic stability to the area, but it is the small businesses and industries that give Titus County its personality and diversity.
Click on a link below or a blue number on the top menu to read about some of Titus County's retail businesses and smaller industries.
A Group of Men and Boys in a Store - (Photo BI-0002)
Please advise if you know when or where this photo was taken, or the identities of anyone shown in it. It is supposed to be a Mount Pleasant business.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Wednesday, July 16, 1930
Barbers Must Secure Certificates by Aug. 18
Austin, Texas, July 15. - All suits testing the constitutionality of the new Texas barber law have been dismissed, all amendments to the law are in effect, and all barbers must secure their certificates of registration before August 18, the Board of Barber Examiners announced Tuesday.
Those who have not registered by August 18 will be arrested and fined and will be prohibited from working in the state as barbers. If they should desire to register they will be required to pass an examination.
Up to date the board has registered more than 11,000 barbers. It is estimated that at least 10,000 others have not registered.
