Newsletter, Georgia Department of Commerce, 1953 October 10 - 1954 October 25

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GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE 100 State Capitol
* HERMA N E. TALl\[ADGE G ove rn or BOARD OF COMMISSIONER S

EM O RY L. BUTLER Chairman

Lonni e A. Pop e, V. Chm . Ben Je ssup

Y. F. Geeslin Hok e Peters

* CL ARK GAINES

S ecr e t a r y

Vol. 5, No.

October 10, 1953

Geo rgia Products
On Display
D uri ng th e week of O ctober 11-17, the Atla nta Woman's C lub will spon sor Georgia Prod ucts Week. Nearl y 400 Georgi a m anufacturers' pr odu cts will be on display. All Georgia manufacturers ar e invit ed to send sam ples of th eir product s, and the public is invit ed to a ttend th e exhibit from 9-5 during tha t week.
Leather, clothing, preserv es, paper, pottery, towels, plastic rain coat s, flowers, mea t and processed poult ry- a wide va riety of items will be show n.
Following th e last da y of th e exh ibit a dinner will be h eld . Pro ceeds from this will be don at ed to underprivileged ch ildren at th e Formwalt Schoo l.

COVER PICTURE
This cla ssic corridor of a rc hes a t historic Fort Pul aski is a favorite sight for Georgia visitors. Loca ted on Cocksp ur Island, it comm a nds th e mouth of the Savannah Ri ver. The F ed er al for tress was begun in 1831 ; it too k 16 years to comp lete, con ta ins 13 million br icks an d cost one million dolla rs. T he semicircula r marks in th e floor a re rid ges for ca nnon tro lleys.
The fort covers a n area of app roximately 724 acres. On O ctober 15, 1924 it was ma d e a N ation al M onu ment by Pr esidential proclamation . The gro unds a nd buildings are carefully p reserved a nd a n inter estin g museum with histori c relics is maintain ed th er e.
- Photo by Ca rolyn Cart er.

O CTOBER 1 2- 3 0-A th ~ns : C PA R eview Cou rse, U n iversity of Georgia .
O CTOBER 14-16- Atl a nt a : O ccup ational H ealth Work Co nfe rence, At la nta Di vision , University of Georgia .
OCTO BER IS-Atlanta : Fifth Ann ual Retail C linic, Atlanta Division , University of Georgia.
O C T O BE R 12-16- Augusta : Geor gia Indep endent Oil men's Association Fall Co nve ntion a nd Golf T ourn ament, Bon Air H ot el.
OC T O BER 15 - 18- Savann ah : Georgia Acad emy of General Pr actice Co nference, DeSoto H ot el.
O CT O BER 16- A t I a n t a : Ann ual M eet ing of Associa ted In du stri es of Georgia, B;;(more H ot el.
O CT O BE R 16-1 7- A th e n s : C ityCo unty Attorn eys' In stitu te, U niversity of Georgia .
O CTO BER 18-2 1-Atlan ta: Geor gia Dent al Associat ion Con fere nce, Biltmore H otel.
O CTOB E R 19-24-Sylvester : Worth Co unty Ce nten nial.
O CTOBER 20-22-A u gus t a : 58th Co nve ntion of G e 0 I' g i a U nited Dau ght ers of the Confederacy, Bon Air H otel.
OCT O BER 22-25-Brun swick : Co nvention of Georgia L ibra ry Association, King & Prin ce H otel.
OCT O BER 23- Atl ant a : C h u r c h N ews Clin ic, Atl ant a Division, U niversity of Georgia .
NO VE M BE R 1-4-Savann ah : Georgia Conference on Social Welfa re, DeSoto H otel.
NOVEMBER 12-13-Athens: 6th Annu al South eastern Short Co urse on th e Ca use a nd Pr even tion of Econom ic Waste in th e M a rketing of F ruit s a nd Vegetables, U niversity of G eo rgia.
NO V EM BE R 19- Ath ens : Dedication of th e new L ibra ry, U niversity of Geo rgia .
NOVEMBER 19-20-Atlanta : 2nd Annual Sou theas tern Tra nsportation C linic, Atlanta Div ision , U nive rsity of Georgia .

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT O F COMMERCE

O ctob er 10, 1953
O CTOBER 5- 10- LaGrange : T roup Co unty Fair.
O CTOBER 5- 10- .1 a c k son Butts Coun ty Fair.
O CTOBE R 5- 1O- Mo nteZllma: M acon Co unty F air.
O CTO BER 5- 1O-Swainsboro : Em anuel Co un ty Fai r.
O CTO BE R 7-1O- Summer ville : Ch at tooga Co unty F ai r.
O CTOBER 8- IO-Ringgold : Ca toosa Co un ty Fair.
O CT O BE R 12-1 7- St at esboro : Bulloch County Fai r.
O CTO BE R 12-17-Americus : Sumter Co un ty F air.
O CTO BE R 12-17-Rome : Coosa Valley F air.
O CTO BER 12-1 7- Bainbridge : Decat ur Co un ty Fai r.
O CTOBER 12-17-Pemb roke : Bryan Co un ty Fair.
OCT O BER 12-1 7-Eas tma n : Dodge Co unty Fai r.
OCTO BE R 14-\Vood burv : W o o d bury Pim ien to Festival. .
OCTO BE R 14-A ustell : Austell Fall Fes ti va l.
O CTOBE R 19-24-Macon : Geo rgia State Fai r.
O CTO BER 19-25- T ifton: T ift COUIlty Fair.
O CTOBER 26-3 1- Cordele: Ce ntral Geo rgia Fair.
O CTO BER 26-3 I-Moultrie : Co lq uitt County Far m Bur eau Fai r.
NOV EM BE R 2-6- Na shv ille : Berri en County F ai r.
N O VE M BER 2-9-Savannah : Co astal Empire Fai r.
Beverly Brown, Georgia's new Maid of Cotton.

NEWSLETTER

O ct ober 10, 1953

Georgia's Tobacco Crop This Year Breaks

Past Records As To Poundage and Income

Bright-lea f tobacco sa les this yea r a t 19 South Geor gia m arket s broke a ll record s both for pounds sold and fo r th e mon ey income.
Du rin g th e sale seaso n, from July 17 th rough Augu st 2 '~, pounds sold a t the Geo rgia mark et s tot a led 155,170,266, which bro ught $79,9 23,828.18, at an a\'crage of 5 1.5 1 cen ts a pound . This comp ares with th e next biggest year 1951-when 155,053,010 pounds sold for $ 70,859,760. 75, an in cr ease thi s vea l' of 117,256 poun ds and $9,064,067.43 over 1951.
Of th e sales thi s yea r, 136,788,710
Otto Orkin Termed 'Pied Piper of U. S.'
F ifty -one yea rs ago, a boy of 14 in Penn sylvania becam e a door-to-d oor salesm an of a rsenic as a "sure -fire ra t killer" to hou sewives and fa rmers. A few yea rs la ter he moved to Ri ch mond , Va. , a nd opened a small ex ter min a to r's shop. The shing le he hung ou tside his door read " O rkin th e R at M an ." To-
day, with headquarter s in Atlanta, he
pr esides over the world' s la rgest extermi na ting busin ess, grossing nine mi llion dollars a year, wi th some 227 offices in 24 sta tes and em ploying over 1,500 peopl e.
Several months ago , th e Kiplinger magazine, C han ging Times, found the subject so in ter esting tha t they pub lished a double-page fea ture in th e regard, ca lling Otto O rkin " Am erica' s Pied Pip er. " Th e a rticle reads in part as follows :
" In Ri chmond (where he ope ne d a small shop nea rly 50 years ag o ) progress wa s slow. Exter m ina tors p lied a n un env ied trade. Cu stomers turned to them onlv as a la st resort. When th e: ex term ina tor made h is ca ll, he ca me down back a lleys and en tere d thro ugh back doors, so th e neighbors wo uld n't know. Young Otto seemed to h ave em bar ked up on a ca reer th at could bring him only un pleasant not oriety and ver y littl e in com e.
" But O tto noticed that th e h ouseholders of Ri ch mond had unw elcome visitors in ad d ition to rats- ugly, crawlIng things th a t inf ested food , a tc woo l, or burro wed passages under hou ses an d in gigan tic invasion lit er ally a te

po unds wer e sold for Georgia growers, with 18,381 ,556 pounds being gro wn ou tside G eorgia but sold a t Geor gia ma rk et s.
The ga in in import ance of th e tobacco crop in Georgia is shown by a com pa rison of this year's figures, both in producti on a nd mon ey, with th e cro p 21 yea rs ago . In 1932, the crop totaled 12,171 ,179 pou nd s, whi ch bro ught $ 1,26 7,211.07, th e avera ge p rice being 10.4 1 cents a pou nd .
Tobacco has been ca lled Georgia' s " m ira cle cro p" beca use of its ra pid gain

CIT Y :
Ad el Ba xley Blackshea r C laxto n Douglas F itzgerald H ahira H azlehurst M etter M ou ltri e Nashvi lle Pelh am Q u i t m an Sta tesboro Sylvest e r Tifton V al dosta Vid a lia W a yc ross T otals

Lb s. So ld by Farmers:
4,6 17,846 Ibs. 5 ,964 , 7 14 10,889,864 6,908 ,1 72 12,26 4 ,48 2 5,603,938 4,594,454 5 ,9 26 ,3 04 7,5 23,211 10 ,4 6 2, 774 9,940,790 5,69 0,171 4,300,0 12 18 ,58 5 ,6 40 3, 126,982 11,70 3,32 2 8,95 7,562 12,9 34 ,24 2 5, 175,786 155,1 70,266 Ibs.

of impor ta nce in th e sta te sinc e 1917 , wh en boll weevils in vaded Georgia and th e othe r Southern sta tes and ca used farmers to turn to g ro wing new crops - toba cco being in the diversified p ro gram ad op te d .
Officia l sales in 1953 as repo r ted by th e warehouse op er ators as req ui red by Geor gia law to th e Geor gia D ep ar tment of Agriculture, T om Linder , Co m m issione r, a nd compiled by Guy D . J a ckson, chief sta tisticia n of th e D epartm ent, a t th e 67 wareho uses wher e sa les were held, wer e as follows:

Amoun t R eceived :
s 2,425 ,824.78
3, 19 7,507.0 7 5,813 ,230.72 3,326,35 5.40 6,828 ,217.8 1 2,848,695 .19 2,426,799 .48 3, 28 9,3 26. 2 7 3,675,254.6 1 5,5 79,44 6.29 5,269,629. 15 2,788 ,463.74 2,0 92 ,624.30 8,760,6 16.18 1,545,5 70.55 6,247,46 5.30 . 4,707 ,230 .68 6,297 ,020 .77 2,804 ,549 .89 $ 79,923,828. 18

Av . Lb . P rice:
5 2.5 3 53.6 1 53. 38 48. 15 55 .6 7 50 .83 52.82 55 .50 48 .85 53 .33 53.0 1 49 .00 48 .67 4 7. 14 49.4 3 53 .38 5 2.5 5 48 .68 54 .19 51.51

Cleveland Zippers
T a lon , I nc., h as officia lly opened its 17,000-squ are-foot zip per plant at Clevela nd. On e h undred a nd thi rt ytwo em ployees dai ly produce som e 15 m iles of zippers. L ewis R . Coope r is m an ager of the plant. T alon 's warehouse in Atlanta , which is being expa nded, will ha ndle d istribution of th e
product.

Doraville Center
The Dorav ille Co m m uni ty Building and a swim m ing pool were recen tly dedica ted . The bui ld ing which consists of an a ud itorium, health center
and a library was ded icat ed to Dr. .J.
E. F lowers and Ed Grant, contributo rs of F lower s Pa rk, th e la nd on wh ich the bui ld ing a nd pool a re loca ted . The park plan was sponsore d by th e Do ra ville Women's C lub.

th e props out from under. "T hese a nts a nd roa che s and mot hs
a nd termites and ot her a ffilia te s of th e bug kingd om were fully as obno xious as, and often more deva statin g th an , rats on a fora y.
"I n th em O tto sa w his futur e. If, reason ed O tt o O rkin . I can no t on lv rid houses of th ese pests, but keep them ou t. too. then mv fortune is assured . H e 'beg;n to sell "h is services the way

a utilit y comp a ny sells gas or clcctr icity-$5 or $ 10 a m onth for pest- free premises.
"The idea wor ked . Otto sold his services to stores, rest au ran ts, hospita ls, offices, fa ctories, gr ain elevators, rai lroads and even to an a to m ic energy plan t. Today, he ha s over 100,000 clien ts who are as likelv to ca ll on him to get r id of snakes or"bats as to erad ica te silver fish or a colony of termites."

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GEORGIA D E PARTMENT O F COM M ERCE

NEWSLETTER

O ctobe r 10. I!1.')1

GEORGIII PIIRIIDE OF PROGRESS

Textile Concern A n ew textile m anufa cturi n g p lant
ha s been o rga n ized a nd wi ll ope ra te in BRA S I;;LT O N. J a c kson Cou n ty. The , Colo n ia l Ga rm ent Com pa n y wi ll make a ll kinds of wea ring a p pa re l, c u rt a ins, bia s tape, bind in gs a nd othe r su p plies fo r th e m an u fa ct ure of wea ri nt; a ppa rel.
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Historical Markers Short lv, 278 ro a d side m arkers will
a ll be in ' p la ce throu gh out GEO R GI A , m a rkin g th e skir m ishes a nd battles o f th e 1864 G eo rg ia ca m pa ign in th e W ar Betw een th e St ates. In m an y co u n ties th e m arker s h a ve a lrea dv bee'n e rec te d , Wilbur G . Kurtz is a ut ho r of th e texts which will loca te a nd d escribe til!' m ovements of th e C on fed e ra te a n d U nion forces th ro ugh ou t th e co n fl ict in G eorgi a . The road m arkers a rc a p ro jec t o f th e G eorgi a H isto rical C om m is-
si on.
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Freezer Expansion T he BR U N S WI CK Q u ick F reezer
Com pa ny. sh rim p a nd cr a b mea t p a ckr-rs, is pla n n ing a major ex pansion . Construction will sta rt shortlv on a one -sto rv a d d it ion wh ich will h'ou sc 450 em~ ployces. The ex ist ing b uil di ng will be used as sto rage, with a ca pacity for storing th ree mi llion pounds of sh r im p . F ro zen sto rage will b e d on e on a co m m er c ia l ba sis for ind ivid uals a nd o ther fir m s, as well a s for th e p lant's ow n ou tp u t. C oo ked a nd fr ozen c ra b mea t a u g ra tin is a new product of th e conce rn .
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New Hartwell Plant' W ir e Produ ct s, Inc.. a new li A R "!'-
W ELL industry, began ope ra t io ns ITcc n tlv. Th e co nce rn m an ufa ctures ru st 'p ro o f a lu m in um sc reen wi re fo r window s a nd d oors. The plant, wh ich is locall y ow ned . occ u pies a new building a nd is t u rn ing o u t a lmost 15.000 fe;'t o f nlum inu m ;-creen wire each d ay.
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Dawsonville Industry Cons t ruc tio n of a new p la nt fo r th e
U n ion C u tle ry Com pa n y w ill sta rt im m edi atc lv in DAWS ON V I L L E. A 24.OOO-sq ua 're-foo t b uild in g w ill h ouse th e new in d us t ry . w h ich will em p loy a bou t 150 people in the m an ufa ct u re of p ock et kn ives. h ou seh old cu t le rv a nd hunting kn ives, A tra in in g p rog ram wi ll be cond uc te d fo r p rosp ective em p loyees of th e co nce rn , whi ch is ex pecte d to sta rt ope ra tio ns in .Ja n ua ry, 1954,

Mammoth Savannah' BuiDding T h e fou nda t ion fo r a co m bina tion
ma nu fa ct urin g a nd warehouse fa cility is hein g la id a t th e S AVANNA H p la nt of U n io n Bag a nd Pape r Corpo ra tion . T he new bui ld ing, wh ich will be 290 ket wide a nd 1,296 feet lon g, co n ta in ing :{68,000 sq ua re fee t of floor space . is expected t o be com plet ed by M a y. 1954. :\ sp ec ia l trea tment for roofing ov er th e m anufa cturing half o f the b uilding will be th e use of white m arble ch ips from G eo rgi a as a heat reflec tor a nd to h elp provide in sul ati on . Th e con ce rn will co n tin ue to use th ei r p resent build in g a lso. T. T . D unn is m an a ger of th e plant.
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Chinchilla Ranch C a rl E . D ou gl a s h a s opened a ch in -
chi lla ranch on th e Eatonton Hi ghway . two mil es o u tsid e of GR AY, in J on es C o un ty. The Dougl a s R anch is asso cia ted with J essca . l nc., o f Colu m b us, wh ich h a s 22 suc h ranch es in a n etwork through th e Sou th . M rs. H a zel Shea of M a con wi ll be in cha r ge o f th e ra nch . whi ch is a ir-cond itio ne d a nd fire p ro o f.
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Jewelry Manufacture Dc M a r io J ew el ry Com pa ny , of N ew
'f ork, recently op en ed a b ra n ch pl a n t in FORT GA INI;;S . A to ta l of 14 arc em p loye d in th e m aki ng o f j ewel ry a sscm blics a n d n eckl a ces. The m a ch in e p rocessin g of th e j ew el ry t ak es pl a ce in Pro vid en ce , R . 1., a n d th en is sh ip ped to Fort C a irn-s. wh ere th e hand work is ex ec u te d .
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Tri-County Ho spital
To Se rve Northw est
A T ri -C ounty H ospita l for D ade, W alker and C a toosa co u n ties will be d ed icated n ext m onth a t FORT OGL E TH ORPE, in W alker a n d Ca toosa co u n t ies. Th is h ospi tal will be th e first in Ame rica su p po rte d by th ree co u n ties. I t is loca ted on 89 ac res of land d ona ted by th e F ed e ral gO\'rrnm cn t fo r th e p roject. Th e h osp ita l h a s been co ns tr uc te d a nd eq u ip pe d a t a cost of tw o mi llion d ollars. It ca n accom m oda te 110 pa tients a n d is enti rely firepro of. T he nursery, obstetri ca l a n d operating sec tio ns a re a ir-con d iti on ed to reduce th e d ang er of in fection , a nd a n a ux iliary elec t ric syst em h a s been in st all ed in case of p ow er failure. Opening of th e new hospita l wi ll cu lm ina te six vea l's work hv co m m ittees in th e three co u n t ies. .

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Park Almost Ready A new pa rk is nca r com p le tio n a long_
sidr St ate h igh wa ys 103 a nd 4:{ on the northwest ern a p p roac h to BU I~NA F IS T A . I twi ll se rve as a roadside pa rk for to urists. a nd as a recreat ion area for th e peo ple of Buena V ista an d M a rion Cou n ty, It incl ud es a la rge ba rb ecu e a n d pi cni c table sec t ion a nd a park ing lo t. TI ll' park ov erlo o ks a fish pond. Landscapi ng with flow ers a nd sh r u bs is pl anned thro ugho u t th e pin eI rcc a re a .
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Blairsville Motor Court Bonnell Akins, own er of th e M ilt on
Hot el in BLAI R S FI LLE. a n n o u nces th e open ing o f a m otor co u rt in co njunct ion with a nd a d j ac en t to th e h otel. T h e re a re 18 u nits in th e m otor co u r t. E a ch ha s a tile ba th a nd is h eatI'd el ect rica lly.
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Warehouse Construction Plans h a ve been comp le te d for ti ll'
co ns tr uc tion o f a la rge wa rehouse in A U G U S T A hv th e G en era l E lect ric Supply Co mpa ny. T h e wa reh ou se. which w ill be used as a di st ri bu t ion ce n te r for t hr - So uthea st ern a rea . w ill ha ve 14,000 sq uare feet of floor space. T he grou n ds surrou n d in g the bu ilding will h ave park ing space a n d wi ll he la ndsca p ed .
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"Dawn Of A New Day"
A new colo r film . " Daw n o f a N ew Da y," d epicting G ~orgi a 's rev olu t iona ry t ra nsit io n from. row crops to g rassla nd farming, h ad its fir st sho wing recently in S T A T ES BO R O . It wa s p rodu ced by th e U n iv ers ity of G eorgia Agric ultu ra l Exten sion Serv ice a nd sp onsorcd b y th e Trust C o. of G eorgi a . The d evel opment of pa stures a n d the livestoc k industry in G eorgi a began in ea rn est ov er ten years a go with the use of farm m a chinery, th e pl anting o f new g rasses a nd th e use of better fer ti lizati on p ra c tices. The film will be shown th rou gh ou t th e sta te to h elp in th e p rom ot ion of bal a n ced farmi n g.
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New Baxley Concern
Th e Appling Box C om pany will soon settl e in BA XL EY. A p pling Cou nt y. Cons t ruc tio n o f a n ew pla n t is a lmost co m ple te d . Th e pl a n t m an uf a ct ure, na iled wood en box es for th e Arrnv a nd N a vy. The boxes a re used prim a ril y a, a ero bomb con ta ine rs. 1'. 1\'1. St rick land. E . S . Thoma s and E . A . W ol fe a rc in cha rge ' o f th e co nce rn .

:,\EWSLETTER

O ct ob er 10, 1953

Macon County Is Fine Farming Area

And Location Of Varied Industries

l\Iacon C ounty is ul1l~s u a l in that it

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.a"g.n cultura.l co un -

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I ' 111', d t\'l'I'sifled i n I H.! a.nd has m an \"

Its farn ung .in du st ri' esL

proand

",.~praeIl.Il:Ia, l'IZ'.l'S' in h a"m. 'g- I:ts 1.arm prod ne ts

JroCl'ssed a t home..

I with a n a rea 01 nearl y l OO sq uare

'I 'sl the la nd a rea
1111 ( . .
di"ided into 1,186

of far

255 ms

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res is ~om -

pos.t. ?- '~O,088 acres- .90. pe'r ce n t o l th e

land in th e coun ty IS m . la rm s. I'h csc

ia rllls a rc h ighly p roductive. a nd [arm ing op erations in clud e genera l c r~ps .

[ruits a nd veget able, ca t tle farms, tim-

her- saw a nd pulpwood . Th er e a rc

1I10r e th an 100,000 peca n tr ees a nd

more th a n a h al f m illion pe ach trees

in the coun ty, a nd on e tung tr ee "01'-

ch ard" - th e mo st north ern one in

Georgia. TI ;c p ea n ut acreage is large a nd 9. -

:160 bales of co tto n w er e g rown in th e

countv in 1952 ; co rn and gra in arc growl~ in abunda nce , a di ve rsit y of .vege-

tab les a re grown; much acreage IS de-

voted to pastures, and fin e ca ttle fa rms

dot the county.

M acon co unrv was crea ted ill 1837 .

a nd is now 116 yea rs old . It was n a m ed

for N athaniel M acon . O gleth orpe, the

coun ty sea t, was n amed for Ge ne ra l

O gletho rpe, fo un der of Geo rgia . O the r

cities in th e county arc M on tezu m a,

Ma rshall ville and I d ea l.

T he coun ty is t ra ve rsed bv F lint R iv-

r-r and sev e;'a l c reeks, which provid e

am ple water sup ply.

M an y hi gh wa ys give th e co un ty a

good road syste m . They include Sta te

Highw a ys 49 , 90 , 128, 214 , 224, 26. A

new, mo dern bridge is so ught to re place

the one acros s F lin t river be tw een M on-

tezuma a nd Oglethorpe, which has a

curve in it th a t is rega rd ed as a traffic

hazard. A wat er con trol project on

Beaver cree k a t M ontezuma h as b een

a pproved by engin eers.

Two railroad s, C entral of G eorgi a

a nd th e Atla nti c Coa st L in e. serve the

rou ntv with rai lwav service .'

Coun rv offi cers a're: Ordi nary, S. F .

Hogg ; C ler k of Court, L aw ren ce M e-

Kenzie : Sh er iff, W . 1'. J oll y ; T ax Col-

lector, J ames Sm ith ; Tax R eceiv e r, D.

C. Smi th ; Sc hool Su pe rin te nde n t, W .

H. M artin ; Surveyor, Ri ch a rd Curtis ;

and. Commissione rs, J ohn Willia m s,

cha Irman ; \ Vin ston H olm es, F el ton M e-

Carty, O . M . W a re, H eywa rd Smith.

Fa rm Agent, \V. E. H un ter ; H om e

Dem on stration Ag ent, NIl'S, Mart ha

Anglill Sm ith : Ci ty Cou rt J udge, ./o!III Averill . a nd M em be r of the Leg isla t u rc , T om Coogle.
M a vo r of M on tezu m a is A . C . Fel-
to n, I i I : of Ogletho rpe. C lay Will iams :
M a rsh all vil le, Lurt on M a sscc , a n d Id eal , 1'. V . Smi th .
C hurch es a n' II II II H'!"O IIS thro ugh o u: th e co u n tv: a t least se ve n d cnom in ations are re p rese n ted .
M rs. Violet M oo re. wel l-kn ow n newspaper writer, is Lib ra ria n a t th e C arneg ie Lib rary in M on tezum a . T h e library h as a large collec tion of books, espec ia lly G eorgi ana . I{c'("f'nrl v th n " has been insta lled a va lu ab le g ro up of In d ia n relics. co llec te d locall v bv Fred Edwards, or' O glethorpe. wl;o loaned a nd a rra nge d th e di spla y.
Mrs. R uth H asla m is Librarian at th e M acon C o un ty L ibrarv at M a rsh allvill e, a nd th rough a book;I1obile it provides books to coun ty dep a rtments, sch ools, etc, and it ha s a b ra nch library a t Ogleth o rp e.
Th e ac tive M o ntezum a Ch amber of Commer ce, of whi ch M rs. N anita Sch ofield is m an a ger, h as offi ces in th e Ca rnegie Li b ra ry. W . F . Bla n ks is p resident of th e C ha m ber, 1t is a lively or ga niza tion, a n d p rovid es up -to -d a te info rm a tion on th e ci ty and co un ty. L. H . M cKcnzic is president of the .Jun io r Chamber of Commer ce.

Mont ezum a Knitting- Mills, Inc.

Elcctrici tv is furni sh ed th ro ugh o u t
th e co un tv lw th e G eorgia Pow er Com -
pany, a n d h~' two REi': co -o ps, one a t Reynold s a nd one a t V ienn a. Mo nte-
zurna is an act ive con tende r in the

C ham p ion H orn e Town con test of th e

G eo rg ia Pow er Co.

A Countv H eal th C enter is und e r construct iol{ at O glethorpe, and th er e

a re tw o privately ope ra te d hospitals in

M on tczu m a-i-th c M a con C o unty C lin-

ic a nd Rivers Sanita ri um .

.

Th e co un ty has sev eral h igh a nd g ra m ma r schools wi th bus service , Each sch ool h as a large enrollme n t a n d ef ficien t sta ffs of teach er s.
Ind ust ri es a t M ont ezuma incl ud e Van ta Corporation , D en n is Shea , ma nage r. whi ch em p loys a p p rox im a tely 250 a n d m ak es ba hv clothes: M o ntezum a K n itt ing M ill , ;n anufacturers of knit clo thes. mos tly m en 's und erwea r. R . C. Collier- is p resid ent of this pla n t. whi ch em ploys some 200 peopl e. South ern F ro zen F ood s. W . H . M cK cn zic, j r.. ma nage r. em p loys from 100 to 400 p eo ple ( in seas on ) and processes man y farm product s gro wn locall y. T h ey include froz en foods of a ll kind s. stra w berri es, blue berri es. okra , peas, tu rnip greens, kale , b ro ccol i, pea ches, etc.
Kroger Co . Hug-e Peanut M ill.
T he M cKenzie Pea ch Packing H o use a ffo rds a com m u nity sh ed wh er e grow ers m ay pack th eir pea ch es eve ry year.
T h e K roge r Co., m idway between M ontezu m a a nd O glethorpe, em p loys a pp rox ima tely 50 p eople at it s hu ge plant th at processes p ean ut s, a n d pro"ides a market for local pea n ut growe rs.
O th er M on tezuma industri es arc C ha rle s F . D oyel', gin ; F . G . Guerry, gi n a nd wareh ouse ; Sewell & Lacey, g rist m ill : Fl in t R iver Lumber Co ., lumber ; M ontezuma Bui ld er s S up p ly Co., lum ber ; Satter fiel d & Bu rchfield . lum ber ; So uter Lum ber Co. , sawmill: W illia m s Bros . Lu m be r & S upply Co., lum ber a nd build in g supplies ; South G eorgia I ce Co. provid es ice and also processes m ea ts.
T h e C itizen & Georg ian, .J. C . Cox ,
ed ito r a n d publish er , is issue d week ly a t M ontezum a . This paper bega n its 76 th year wi th th e issue of Se p tem ber :I. On O ctober I , 193 1, th e M acon Coun ty C itizen , of O glet horpe, and th e M ont ezu m a G eorgi an wer e m er ged under th e masth ead "Th e M a con County C itizen-T h e M ontezu m a G eorgian ." .
M acon Co un ty popula tion in 1950 was 14,21 3 ; M on tezu m a, 2,921 ; O gleth o rp e, 1,204 : M arsh all vill e, 1,121 ; Id eal , 3 18.
H otel M on tezum a is und ergoing ex ten sive alterations which wi ll includ e a new dining room and space fo r seve ra l
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GEO R G IA DEPARTIvIENT O F COMMERCE

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Macon County
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COUNTY AGENT

GOVERNMENT

commercial enterprises. Five banks serve th e county. The
C itizens National Bank and th e Montezuma Banking Co ., at ,M on t eZllm ~ ; The Citizens Bank and th e Georgi a

GIVEN AWARD
Th e mounting progr essiveness and growing diversification of G eor gia's agri cu ltural economy was h ighlighted in September wh en Gov ernor H erman

CONTRACTS
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Trammel Hardwood Floor ing Co j I nc., LaGRANGE-Ammo box es, t\\' contrac ts, $132,310.

Banking Co . a t Marshallville, and th e Talmadge presented Byron Dyer, Coun-

T. C . Alexander , J 1'., C onst rucri-, I

Bank of O glethorpe a t Oglethorpe.

ty Agent in Bulloch County for th e last C o., ATLANTA-Construction of thn I

Industries at Oglethorpe include th e M acon County Lumber Co. ; C. A. Barry, grist mill; Coogle Gin and Ware-

21 years , with th e L cd er lc Award for Distin guished F arm Servic e.
Mr. D yer was ch osen as th e County

radio buildings, Robins Air Force BaS! '

$56 ,960 . L

,J

! Evans Construction Co ., WARREll

house. At Marshallville : Maco Grain Agent of th e Year by a committee from TON-Construction of two ranges, on ;

Co., buyers of and processors of local th e Exten sion Service on th e basis of confide nce course and six la trine; c

gra in; Ch arl es C. Childre, sawmill ; compe titive ratings with regard to Camp Gordon, $35, 174.

Georgia \'\' arehouse Co., Inc., cott on warehouse ; Lan ey Food Processing In c. ; Burke 13. Murph, gin . At Idea l: Raburn Bros., gin and warehouse.
Camellia Center

achi evem ents. Judges said scores of six " fina lists" nominated bv the District Agen ts were "e xtremely' close."
The plaque with whi ch Mr. Dy er was presenetd was given by th e Lederle Laboratori es Divi sion of American

Eaton Laboratories, Inc., ATLA NT. I

- D ru gs, m edi cinal, laboratory and it ~

dustrial che micals.

I

The Tumpane Co . of Georgia, Inc I MACON-Three Air Force contract ( overhaul and recondition kitchen an i

Marshallville area is th e recogniz ed Cy ana mid Comp any " as a symbol of ex- sho p eq uipme nt, $158 ,582 .

,

cente r of camellia growing in Georgia . Dave Strother's " M assey Lane" camellia farm is on e of th e most exte nsive in th e South and draws thousands of visitors ann ually. One ente ring Marshall-

ceptiona l service rend ered by County Agents to th e peop le and lands of G eor gia in the ad vancem ent of scientifi c agri culture."
A native of Ca rr oll Co unty, G a., Mr.

Chicago Bridge and Iron Co ., .11

L A NTA-Prefab metal, $11 ,600 . 1

New m an Construction Co ., LeI

GRANGE-Pallets, $37 ,060.

a

ville is m ad e conscious of th e city' s in ter est in flow ers a nd sh rubbery. I ts

Dyer was gra d ua ted from th e Univer sity of G eor gia C ollege of Agricu lture.

General Cable Corp., ATLANTA- I'

R eels and depos its, $12 ,684 .

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highways and streets a rc lin ed on eac h Working with and through th e Farm

Childs & Co ., LITHONIA-Ovel j

side with camellias, crape myrtle and Bur eau , h e h as developed what is gen- hau l and recondition equipmen t, $45

huge na tive trees, set alternately. A marker pla ced at his home in Mar-

erally recogniz ed as on e of th e finest farm organizations in th e state in Bul-

000 . J oh ns-M a nville Sal es C orp., A1~

sha llville proclaims th e la te Samuel H. Rumph as the-
" Fa th er of G eorgi a 's com me rc ia l

loch County. H e and his assistants meet regu larly with th e farm folks to plan future activities and discuss their prob-

LANTA-Non-metallic conduit, $ l i

5 78 .

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F. H. Wright Co ., MACON-C otto ~

p ea ch, a noted hor ticu lturist, ori gi n ator of th e famous Elb erta p ea ch, inven tor of th e p ea ch sh ip p ing refri gerator, and of th e rigid mortised-end p ea ch crate-

lems .
This year, incidentally, marks th e fiftieth anniversary year since th e first

linters, $16 ,092 .

II

Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills , .11

LANTA-Burlap tubing, $45 ,315 . c

th e firs t G eorgian to gro w and ship p each es on a com me rcial sca le."
Norris Cattle Co. , said to be th e " world's la rgest breeders of regist er ed Brahma cattle," has established a 5,000 acr e ca ttle ranch in Macon County.

organized farm demonstration in th e co untry- a ha lf century wh ich has seen tr emendous strides in agri cu ltural progress all over th e South.

Ri chland Box Co ., RICH L A N D- Ii

Pa llets, $26 ,900.

(

Norris Candy Co ., ATLANTA-i l

Three contracts, can dy, $46,829. b

A. S. Hatcher Co ., MACON-A,b

This firm recognized th e possibilit ies of th e fertile soil and year-round grazing availab le h er e.

of Capt. H enry Wirz, superintendent of th e prison during th e war.

sembly and pi lots for Waterhouse to "

dresser, $12 ,445 ,

II

Crawley-Gorbrandt Co ., ATLANT.:J

Andersonville U . S. Natio na l Park and Cem et er y is 10 mi les south of Montezuma. This is on e point wh er e th e

The inter estin g h istory of Macon
C ounty was wri tten by th e la te Mrs. J.
E. (Louise Frederick ) Hays, in an 803-

- G rilles for air condition systen )

$14 ,737 . Roanoke-Goodwater

Pin e

Co .,

Inesa:

Confederates kept Union soldiers th ey captured during th e War Betw een th e States. The prison site contains 83.3

page volume. Sh e served many years as State His tori an , in charge of th e G eorgia Department of Arc hives ,

H O M ER V I L L E- L umber, $17,948. Savannah Machine & Foundry Cc~:
SA V ANNAH-Repairs on ship, .p5 .1

acr es and was converted into a park, ma intained by the U . S. Gov ernment. The cem eter y contains 28 acr es and interments th er e during th e wa r totaled 13,740 . The number of Northern tourists visiting th e spo t has exceed ed 175,000 in one year.
Many sta tes have erec ted beautiful monuments to their d ead in both th e cem et ery and prison park, an e! on th e main street of nearby Andersonville

Rhodes M emorial H all , At lanta.
Dr. John D . Wade is a na tiv e citizen of Marshallville. Long a University of Georgi a professor, h e is a lso th e author of th e " L ife and Tim es of Augustu s Bald win Longstr eet" and a volume on " J ohn W esley."
Judge Jule W . Fe lton, of Macon C ounty, has been a m ember of the Georgia Court of Appeals since 1937 .

058.

c.

o" Savannah Machine
SAVANNAH-Table

& Found rv I

n

assembly, $ 11.

414.

IS

R. F. Crutcher, SAVANNAH-Se'rr

en con tracts, lumber, $7 1,699 .

C

Standard Oi l Co ., SA V ANNAH-'t-,

Gasolin e, $13,320.

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fascinated by its friend ly peop le, iN
varied industries an d its beautiful

stands a monument erected in m emory

Visit Macon County. You will be homes and farms .

G E O RGIA D E PART M ENT O F COM MERCE

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5 NEWSLETTER

O ct ob er 10, 1953

:Pickens County Is Marble Center

:And Restful, Scenic Mountain Area

P' kens Coun ty, in th e northwest sec-

. ICf th e sta te lies in th e foot hi lls of
o ltihoen B0 lue Ridge , M ountal.,?s. T he hiIgh

~t
s'

cp-1~iea.c\l.'ava ir1s1io)i.tnoartsat.rnadcGtop.ivoleedatsto.ai.snthotimucgnl.ismatsnaadt en hdaurGnctem.oesrg.--

j\ 'I,

gt 11d an d
awrionus im' parts

th e
th ~

sereni I.dea l

ty a

of th e m o tm osp he re

uf no

r

complete relaxa tIOn .

Pickens Coun ty, crea ted in 1853, was

r. amcd fo r G en era l Andrew Picken s of ir Sno. uth Carolina and R evolu ti'onary \,\' ar

fame. J asper, th e Coun ty sca t,. wa s

Ie nam ed for Sg t. J asper, a lso .from Sou th :t Ca rolina, a n d kn own for hi s o u t~ta n d

n in" con trib ution to th e R evolutionary
W"a r.

1 Pickens Coun ty popu lati on is 8,825 ;

1.380 are resid en ts of J asper. Oth er . t~wns in th e co un ty a re N elson, T a te

.c and T alking R ock . Sta te Hi gh way 5

run s north a nd south through th e coun-

- ty and State Hi ghways 53, 108, 136 and

156 branch off on either sid e of N o.

el5 to serve all sections of th e a rea .

oj The fair rolling h ills of th e co un ty

suppo rt cro ps and timber and ca ttle.
.?Man y ac res are cove red with co rn a nd

I hay, and a goo d porti on of th e land is

seeded to winter pasture for th e ca ttl e. :0 Poultry raisin g is a n important part of

the economy.

J The timber ra ised through out th e

coun ty is m illed and sold th rough four

I- lumber com pa nie s. H inton L umber

Co., and J asper Lumber Co ., are both

l- in J asper, a nd th e C lyde T eagu e Lum-

ber Co ., is in Nelson . The Jasp er Lum-

!\,ber Co ., with J ack Ad ams as presid ent,

()(employs a bout 100 peopl e a nd , for th e

main part makes ammu ni tio n boxes for
r. the Governmen t. T he M cE ntire L urn-
'nber Co ., also is in J asper and em ploys
. about 50 . Thom ason Brother s h ave a

lcsawmill a nd a cott on gin.

. The T erry Poultry Co., p rocesses

itthickens from Pickens and nearby coun-
'5tles. Its workers p rocess over 30,000
chickens daily, some of wh ich a re sen t ' cto St. Louis, D etroit a nd C hi ca go in 18 1 1~'efrigera ted trucks. D . M . U nderwoo d

IS manager ; Doyle T err y, owner.

e' R. O . Brinkman and H . 13. Brinkman opera te th e Ro yal C rown Bottling {_C~., located in J asper. Pr ather' s Grist

Mill is a no th er en te rp rise th ere.

-r-, T wo oth e r interestin g manufact ur.Ing plants a re loca ted in J asper. T he

ifNlInnally-M cCrea Co ., which em ploys

about 180 work ers, m ak es wor k clo th es

and dunga rees. Fred Ashcra ft is m anage r of thi s p lant whi ch is one of four in th e sta te. Plan s arc u nder stu dy for its expa nsion . T he J a sper Rubber Co ., em ploying over 20, m ak es a variety of rubber goods, including some th a t a rc used in a u tomo biles.
In T at e, Wi em an Thomson's concern grinds talc a nd mi ca , wh ich is used not only in th e m anufacture of ro ofing a nd bu tt ons bu t also in rubber a nd Iertilize rs.
The Georgia M arble C om pany, In c., locat ed a t T at e processes m arble a nd produces some ca lcium ca rbona tes. It em ploys over 600 in its q uarrying, cut-
ting a nd po lishing oper at ions. .J. R .
Co wa n is p reside nt. Over 3,000 ca rload s of Geor gia m a rb le arc shi p ped a nn uall y for b uild ings, m onuments a nd sta t ues. T he Ca lcium Product s Division of th e com pa ny grind s some of th e marble for use in th e m anufacture o f paints, lin oleums, rubber goods, roofing a nd n ume rous othe r com me rcia l prod ucts. The co m pa ny was fo un d ed in 188 0 by Ste phe n C . T a te. T he Pickens Co unty C ourtho use is a h andsom e building m ad e of Geo rgia marb le from th e q ua rri es a t T ate.
Marble Cou rthouse of Pickens County.
Civic Projects The Picken s Coun ty Libra ry, loca ted
in th e Cour thouse at J asper has a fu lltim e lib ra rian to ca re for its 5,0 70 volum es.
A privat e hospital whi ch ope n ed 12 yea rs ago has fift y bed s. It is owne d by two br others, D r. E. A. R op er a nd D r.
C . .J. R op er.
Soon a new coun ty high schoo l wi ll be construc te d in J asper wh ich will conso lidate th e hi gh sch ools a t T ate and J asper. $5 17,750 h as been a p p rop ria ted for th e new buildin g, wh ich will be situat ed on 20 acr es. Enlargem ent of five elem en tary schools in th e coun ty is under wa y.
T he Li ons' C lub of which R ich a rd Brinkman is p resid en t, is very ac tive in J asper. At th e pr esent it is workin g on

a progr am design ed to increase th e co un ty as a restful vacation a rea . Ther e a re clea r wat er la kes a nd small mo untain strea ms for tro ut fishing. A large h unting reserv e is th e breeding gro und for deer and turkey. J asper itself is a t an eleva tion of 1933 feet a bove sea level. O ne-h underd- acre G ran dview La ke is abo ve th at , a t th e foot of Sha rp T op M o un ta in . The fifty-acre lake a t 2,600 feet is a t T at e M oun tai n Estat es, a pri vat e resort area . T her e a rc lod ges at G ra ndv iew Lake for th ose wh o lik e moun ta in relaxation a nd hunting a nd fishing. T he Lenning H otel a t J asper is m od ern a nd in viti ng. Arch er T ouri st Co urt in J asper on Rout e 5 h as 32 guest roo ms .
Beautiful G ran d view Lake n ea r Jasper .
There is a n ac tive W om en's C lub a nd the Am icolola-G arden C lub , whi ch is well kno wn for its an n ua l flower show . Its presen t p roject is to spo ns')r picn ic a reas along the scen ic ro u tes th ere wh er e tou rists may stop and ea t a nd rest. O ne is now bein g bui lt on St at e Hi gh way N o. 5.
C la ude M . Ed ge is edi to r of th e Pickens Co un ty Pr ogress, th e cou n ty's newsp a p er.
Ther e a rc over 20 Bap tist and M ethodi st ch urches in th e coun ty.
\VGST ha s its FM tower on top of T at e M ounta in a t 3,33 0 feet abo ve sea level.
The Salva tion Army m a in ta ins a $200,000 recr eation ce n te r a nd encam pm en t part way up th is same m ou ntain.
The $ 70,000 REA bui ld in g in J asper supplies elec t rici ty for 9,000 families in five coun ties. W . A . T an kersley m an ages this plant. Historic Interests
An inter esting an d hi storic ro ute is to be found in the northern pa rt of the co un ty where ro ut e 53 joins 5. It's ca lled th e " O ld Fed eral R oa d" or th e " And rew J ackson R out e." The road m arker a t th e juncti on reads :
" Fe de ra l R oad ; C isca-S t. A ug ustine T rail.
"T he Roa d tu rn in g west h er e, d ow n T a lk in g R oc k C reek to the si te of th e Cosa wa tc e O ld Town, is a p ortion of th e old Fed era l R oa d ope ned th rou gh th e C hero kee N at ion in 1805 by G cor-
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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Pickens County
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~ia a nd Ten nessee . I t follow s th e co urse of a tra il shown on a m ap of 168+ as con nec ting th e an cie n t Ind ian town of C isca in the Te n n essee Va lley with St. :\ ugu stine in Spa ni sh Florida .
'~ It b ecam e th e p ri n cip al U.S . M a il a nd stage coa ch road alo ng whi ch pio neers se ttled in th e C hero kee ter ritory."
The Sa m Tate hom e. b uilt a ll o r marble, pink a n d white, now stands un th e site of th e first electi on held ill Ci .cro kcc Co untv whi ch a t th a t tim e, included all th e area betw een th e C ha t~ tah ooch ce Ri ver a nd th e sta te linr of T ennessee. C u rved a nd ca rve d m ar ble is used for moldings a nd dcco ra tion both insid e a nd ou t.
T wo mil es nor th of J asp n the O ld Indian Trading post is still int act .
County Officers
Picken s Co un ty offic ers a rc : O rd inary, Sol A. T atum ; C lerk of C ou rt, Tonv T atum: She riff, Fr ed K . Stan cil ; 'T ax C om m issioner, E. H , Blackwell ; Coun ty Sch ool Superinten den t. T. W . H olley,
Co un ty Farm Age n t : J . Z . M iller : H om e D em on stration Agen t: V irgin ia Lot t : Survcvor: E. C. Per row : Cor-
oner~ .J. G. C hap ma n ; .J. S. Darnell i ~'
C o un ty C ommissione r. \ V. H a yes Pickctt is Co un ty Attorn ey.
S. C . Gartr ell is M ayor of J asper. H . G , V andi vicrc from Can to n is So licitor Ge nera l. a nd H ow ell Brook e of Ca nton is Judge of th e Blue Ridge C ircuit. A. C . M oor e represents th e co unty in the St ate Legislat ur e, a nd C . W . Kiker is Sta te Se na tor from the -l 1st Se na to rial dist rict . Picken s Co un ty is in th e N in th Co ngressiona l d istrict, ~ll1 d
.fasp er is th e hom e of Co ngressntan Ph il
NI. Landrum .

HIGHLIGHTING
OUR PROCHESS
Un ited M er ch an ts an d M au uf .u-
turcrs, Inc.. p lans to improvr a nd ex-
pand its ncw lv a cq uired A. D . ,Iui llia rd
text ile m ill a t A ra go n, .. R-C M ot or Lines, In c., Savannah, plan s to occ up y new offic('s a nd wa rehouse in DrrcmIxI' a t a mo dern tru c k u -rrn inal 110\\ ' under construc tion . .. T he new "Varl1l Sp ri ngs 'F oun d a tion R ecr eation a l Building has been com ple ted a nd ded ica ted . . . C a iro wi ll soon ha ve a IH ' W m u nicipa l sewage di sposa l pla nt .. .. '1'11<' th ird wareh ou se a t Mi llen fo r th e M illen W a rehou se Co . has ju st been com pleted , gi \'ing th e compa n y a tot al ca pa cit y of 8,500 bale s fo r th eir th ree war eh ouses , . . G ri ffin Rug M ills :1t Dalto n has ta ken over a new bu ild ing wh ere it s do u bled floor space a nd m a ch ine ca pa citv wilt a llow for grca tl y incr ea sed ru g an d ca rpe t produ cti on . . . Fulto n Bag a nd Co t ton M ills hav e p urchased a pla n t in Sa va n na h, . . A m illion dollar ele ctr ica l repair shop will be erected by W estingh ouse E lectric Co rp . th is year in A tla n ta . . . Improved peanu t gra de rs whi ch were de"elop ed a t G eorgia T ech a rc being tried a t Ba in br idge th is fa ll . . . The Au to Su p ply Co. wi ll soo n have a 1+,000 sq ua re foot warehou se in C olum bus , . . Co nstruction ha s begun on th e new $+00 ,000 a d m in istra tion building for th e Georgia E xperi me n t Sta tion nca r G riff in . . . A grou p of Harris. C ou n ty ci t i z e n s rep rese nt ing eve ry tow n a n d com muni tv in th e cou n ty have form all y orgun izcd a public hea lth cou n cil, . Tmprovcm cn ts cost-

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ing a lmos t $ 10,OO(r . hav e been com
ph-ted on the W i lk~! '. Cou nty - Coun hou se in the past year' . ' . '. T he va lu of farm m a ch ines ' and cq u iprnen
w, ma n ufa ctu red in Georg ia last year
$9,186,000 . . . M or e poles a t 100\'ei' cos a r ha u led by a . new design ed alii built mot or ized pole tr aile r Ieatur by th e Dixi e Pole Co mpany '01' ,B. n1nl wick . . . P elha m and C am illa ' {vii sha re a r adio sta tio n wh ich is cx pc ct to be read y ca rlv in 1954 . . . T h $250,000 a d d itio l; to th e Sop hie Ma Candy Co rp ., plant in Atla n ta h as re ccn tlv been complete d . .. The watt pip e lin e 1'1'0111 C hatsworth to th e nei citv n -scrvoir is now well und er wa . . ' . G ain esville 's ra d io sta tio n W GG. rece n tly boost ed its pow er _to 5,00: watts . .. T he Icrrv a t N ea l's L an d ing , ncar Donalson ville, h as been con: plct cd a n d is now in operation . . . , sla ug h tering service is now a vai la bl for mea t m arket s. freezer own ers am ca ttle raiser s south of Waynesboro iJ Burke Co unty, "Love tt's Farm ani Ran ch Prod ucts" , . . Savan na h h a tw o new sho p p ing ce n te-rs : Inneckcn' a nd " R cm lcr's C orner" . . , Plans ar under wa y to gea r up th e produ ctioi of Knox M eta l P rodu ct s in Wayne; boro to reach a goa l of 100 trai lers, 0 mobi le hom es, per mo n th . . . Blae Rock M ountain St at e Park in R ahIll Co u n ty wa s recently opene d . . . .,
Wrong Daie
Much in terest has been created by th e a rticle in th e Se p t. 25 issue of The Ne wslette r on " Gold N uggets" found in th e Dah lonega a rea. A typ ogr aphi cal error said W . A. White' s lett er was writ te n in .I848", instea d of in " 1948".

, / DEPARTMENT OF [OMMEUCE WSLETTE
CTOB ER 25, 19 5 3

NEWSLETTER

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-mont hly by

GE O RGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE 100 State Capitol

* HE RMAN E. TALMADGE Governor BOA RD OF COMMISSIONERS

EMORY L. BUTLER Cha irman

Lonnie A. Pope , V . Chm, Ben J essup

Y. F. Geeslin Hok e Peters

* CLARK GAINES

Secretary

Vol. 5, No.2

October 25, 1953

Wayc ross "Welco me
Wo rld" Program
Waycro ss's hospitality plan for tou rists call ed "Welcome World" has h ad much national publicity since it began in May 1951. The tourist program, which is one of Georgia's m ost outstanding, is now being used by more than thirty other town s throu gh out th e United States. " We lcome World" starts its plan with th e " a rr est" of mot orin g tourists; th e guests a re tak en to a hot el, interviewed over Station W AYX a nd given gifts supplied by th e m erchants of Waycross a nd other Geor gia concerns. Then th e guests ar e tak en to a h om e and served a South ern dinner, wh ere th ey m eet Waycross p eopl e wh o offer th eir individual a n d person al welcom e. The next morning th ey h ave an airplan e ride over th e city, county and Ok efenok ee Swa mp Park ; th en th ere is an escor ted tour into Okefen okee. While th e gu ests a re thus engaged, th eir car is wa shed, greased a nd ch ecked, a nd th e gas ta nk filled .
A noon m eal is served to th e visitors, who th en h ave a p olice escor t out of town.

() CT()BER 19-25-Tifton: Tift C ounty Fair.
() CT()BER 26-28- Atl anta: South ern M edi cal Associa tion M eeting, Bilt more H otel.
()CT()BER 26-31-Cordele : C entral Georgia Fair.
() CT()BER 26-31-Moultrie : Colquitt County Farm Bureau F air.
()CT()BER 29-Athens: Georgia Turkey Association F estival.
()CT()BER 29-Atlanta : A t I ant a Co n tro llers' Co nf erence, Atlanta Division, U n iversity of Geor gia.
N()VEMBER I- Sav annah: G eorgia Co nference on Social Welfa re, Hotel D eSot o .
N()V E M BER 2-6-Nashville: Berrien Co unty Fair.
Two New Georgia Branches Two new factory sales and servi ce
br an ch es of Titan Chain Saws, Inc. recently opened near Gainesville and in M acon . Co inc ident with th e open ing of th ese branch es T itan is sup plementing its saws a nd for estr y equipment with a fire pu mp, a brush cutter, a post h ole digger and four n ew types of chain saws.

()ctober 25, 1953
N()VEMBER 2-9-Savannah : Coastal Empire Fair.
N ()VEM BER 12- 13-Ath ens : Annual Short Course on th e Cause a nd Pre. vention of Economic Waste in the M ark eting. of F ruits and V egetables, University of Georgia .
N()VEMBER 13-14-Atlanta: Sou th. ern Econ omi c Association M eeting, Biltm ore H otel.
N ()VEMB ER 15-18-Atlan ta : N at ion. al Fertiliz er Associa tion M eeting, Biltm ore H ot el.
N()VEMBER 19-Athens: D edi cation of th e new Library, University of G eor gia.
N()VEMBER 19-20 - Atlanta : 2nd Annual South eastern Tran sporta tion C linic, Atla nta Di vision, U niversity of Georgia.
New Trucking Terminal Geor gia Hi ghway Express Compan y
is h aving a new terminal erec ted on the Chatsworth H ighway ju st outside the D alton city limits. The new str u cture will be of conc re te blocks and stee l and will have an adjoi ning pa rking ar ea for abou t 30 truck -trailer units and seven loading doors on the bui lding.
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COVER PICTURE
T he H ercul es Powd er Plant a t Brunswick is a naval stores industry, spec ializing in deri vatives from rosin. This conce rn is th e la rgest on e of it s kind in th e world . R osin, turpentine, pine oils a nd various deri vatives of pin e stumps are used in th e manufacture of exp losives. The comp any em ploys ove r 1,200 peopl e in th e pl ant and in th e field ga thering pin e stumps.-Photo by Carolyn Ca rter.

These apples grown in North Georgia help supply the demand over the nation for one of America's most popular fruits.

GE()RGIA DEPARTMENT ()F C()MMERCE

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NEWSLETTER

O ctober 25, 1953

Cash Income of Georgia Farmers Last Year

Well Above Half Billion to Break Records

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These peanuts being stacked in South Georgia are the basis of Georgia's peanut butter man ufa cture.

Gcorgia fa rm ers were bu sy in 1952.
This is provcn by the fa ct th at th eir cash income, incl uding Governmen t payments, for th e second consec u tive year set a n all-time record in 1952 by reaching th e amount, $6 52,898 ,000 . Thi s com pa res with th e 1951 figurc of $647,276,000. The 1952 in com e was 45.2 per cen t abov e th e 10- year av erage of 1942 throu gh 1952.
T hese figures are containe d in a recent rep ort issued by th e G eor gia C rop Reporting Serv ice, Athens, D. L. Floyd, Agricultural Statisti cian .
An unusual feature of th e rep ort is the grow th of th e livestock and p oul try ind ustry in th e sta te in re cen t yea r s.
In com e fr om livestock a nd livestock product s and poultry ac coun ted for 38.8 per cent of th e tot al cash in com e, with cro ps tot aling 61.2 . C ash received from livestock, product s a nd poultry totaled $253,343,000, a nd fr om crops, $39 1,966,000 . Gov ern men t p ayments were $ 7,589,000, the tot al of th e three sourc es of income is $652,898 ,000 .
T hese figures represent a ct ual sales by th e fa rm ers, a nd wh en hom e consump tion of crops, livesto ck, poultry and product s is added , th e total va lue of Geo rgia farm crops and poultry la st year ran up to $763,04 6,000. This in clud es Government p aym en ts.

$ 170,59 3,000 - lint brin ging $ 152,929 ,000 fo r 730,000 bales, a nd seed, $ 17,664,000. T ob aeco was second in cas h va lue, brin gin g $63,6 14,000 ; pcan u ts third , $45 , 184,000.
Other cro ps and th eir value wer e: Truck cro ps, $22,244,000 ; fruits and

pcca ns, $20,100 ,000 ; corn , $8,372,000 , and a ll other cro ps, $62,159,000.
The above crops tot al ed $391,966,000.
Commer cia l broiler s head ed th e list in th e livestock and poultry colum n, sa les tot aling $88,6 10,000 for broilers a lone, other chickens selling for $3,858,000, a nd cggs, $25,606,000. Therefor e, chickens al on e accoun ted fo r $ 118,0 74,000 of th e cash in come, Turkeys br ou gh t $3,355,00 0; hogs topped $52,55 9,000 ; ca t tle a nd ca lves, $35,354,000, a nd d airy product s, $41,977 ,000 . H ogs, ca ttle a nd dairy p roduct s brought a tot al of $ 129,890 ,000 .
Other livestock a nd products sold for $2,024,000.
T hus livestock, products and poultry brought th e farmers $253,343,000, and with th e cro p total of $39 1,966,000 and Government paym ents, $ 7,589,000 added, th e sum of $652,898,000 was paid th e fa rmers.
H om e consum p tion of crops by th e farmers was set a t $35,9 16,000, an d livestock and pou ltry a nd p rodu ct s tot aled $ 74,232,000.
The above figu res sho w that Geor-
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Cotton Leads
Cotton and seed led th e Incom e,

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Hogsfor lh ome and market being fed on a middle Georgia farm.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

O ctober 25, 1953

GEORG/A PARADE OF PROGRESS

Sardis Factory
A new textil e plan t will start op era ting imm ed iat ely in SA R DIS . The Waynesboro Garmen t Co ., Inc., will open a bra nc h fa cto ry to make drapes. T he plant will use abo ut 100 mach ines and employ 50 women workers.
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New Roadside Parks
Work was recently begun on a new road side pa rk about four m iles north of M ONTI CELLO . The land for th e p a rk was don at ed by W . E . K ey. Plan s include picnic tabl es, a grill a nd con tainers for trash disposal. Trees will be clear ed only where necessar y. G ra ss will be pla nted and grav el used on th e park roads a nd paths. Planting of sh rubs and flowers will be a proj ect of th e local garden club s. M rs. F ra ncis L. K ard an e h as also don at ed anoth er tract of land for a wayside pa rk. It will be on Hi ghway 16, five miles west of M onti cello.
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New Chinchilla Ranch
The Bryan t Ch inchilla R an ch recently ope ne d ju st outside of COLUM BUS . The R an ch, an associa te of th e Evergreen C hinch illa R an ch , now h as 130 a nimals. M r. and Mrs. W . F. Brya nt ar e th e owners .
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Vidalia Expansion
Co nstruc tion on a n ew a nd m odern industrial pl ant recentl y sta rted in V IDALIA for th e Globe M anufacturing C ompa ny, makers of boys' pants a nd jackets. T he $ 100,000 structure will conta in some 32,000 square feet of floor space and be erected on a site lar ge eno ugh to allow for furth er expansion. The concern h as been in Vidalia over two year s a nd em ploys 112, wh ich number is expec te d to double rapidly. L. A. T hompson is man ager of th e plant.
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Modern Wooden Gunboats
Last m onth th e first of six Navy gunboats made almos t entirely of Georgia a nd Florid a tim ber was lau nch ed a t ST. A'IA R Y'S . The 110-foot wooden gunboats will be used in river a nd h arbor patrol in th e Philippines and will be espec ially useful becau se th ey will not att ract magneti c mines. Aleck MacDonell, J ohn M acD on ell and Sidney Gaffin h ead th e compa ny wh ich for over fift y years bu ilt shrimp boats.

New Calhoun Company
The H iaw assee Land Co mpany recently ope ned a district office in CA L H O UN. T he company wi ll p rocur e pulpwood for the pr oducti on of newsp rint and sulphate kr aft pulp. The Ca lho un br an ch will h an dl e all op eration al ac tivities in th e North Georgia territory. The conce rn is no t only interested in procuring pin e pulpwood in th e a rea, b ut in encouraging bett er forestry management p rac tices so th at timberl and resources will be kept at full produc tivity. R ex M cC ord is sup ervisor of th e n ew office .
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Million-Dollar Box
Factory for Albany
A million- do lla r corr uga ted box-fabricat ing pl an t with an a nn ua l payroll of more th an $200,000 will rise on ALBANY'S northern ou tskirts within a few weeks. M axwell Brothers, Inc., of Chicago will emp loy from 75-100 workers. abou t half of th em women. Co nstr{lction will begin soon on th e b uild ing whi ch will conta in more th an 120,000 square feet of floor space. The plant will be on a C entral of Georgia ra ilroad siding , a nd h ave faciliti es also for truck loading.
T hose wh o will be sup plied by th e Alba ny conce rn include food packers, candy and soap m anufacturers, m eat pa ckers, th e toy industr y, beverage bottlers, clothing a nd furniture m anufacturers, h andlers of glassware, m ed icines and drugs, ra dio and refri gerat or m anufacturers a nd othe rs.
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B-Day
An elaborate celebra tion was rece ntly h eld in BUTLER m arking t he d edica tion of th e new combina tion gymnasium a nd a udi tor ium which were constructed at a cost of $ 100,000. A new h ealth cente r was also d ed icat ed. B-Day also highli ghted a number of other Butl er projects, including p avin g of stree ts, th e beginning of a new m unicipal swim ming pool, erection of a for estry center, and constructi on of a new youth rec rea tion park.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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Douglas Fertilizer Plant

Ann ouncement has been m ad e tha t

a new fer tilizer manufac tu ring pl ant

will locat e in D O U GLAS th at will em-

ploy 75 peopl e. T he fir m is th e C. O.

G ua no Co mpany, whi ch has purchased

ove r three acres for th e erection of a

modern pla nt. T he bu ilding, now un-

der constr uc tion. will contain 65.000

square feet of fl~or space.

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Atkinson County Concern

A new pulpwood yard covering severa l ac res recen tly opened in WI LLACOOCHEE. M cCran ie Brothers T imber Company is able to handle 60 carload s of pulp wood per week. The ya rd has rail sidings a nd is equipped wit h mec hanica l loading an d unloa ding facilit ies.

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New Cotton Machine

O scar S. Ga rri son & Sons Cotton Gi n in H OMER , Banks Cou nty, has recently in stall ed a mo de rn cotton gin whi ch is believed to be th e only one of its kind in th e Eastern cotto n belt . The new $ 150,000 gin ning eq uipme nt takes a hu ge load of wh ole cotto n bolls cluttered with leaves, stems and bu rrs, and th en gives ou t a top qua lity finish ed product of wh ite cotto n.

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Bamboo Furniture

A new development in furn itu re mak ing is bein g featured by Fr ew, I nc., of CE DA RTO WN . Throu gh a spec ial pr ocess, W . E. Robertson h as developed bamboo th at won't split or crac k a nd will last many years . The company is producing chairs, tabl es a nd sofa beds mad e of bamboo . Each pi ece is h andmade ; nothing is pieced togeth er by machines. Ninety pe r cent of th e ba mboo th e company uses is gro wn in Georgia . The fir m also mak es othe r styles of fu rniture ; in th e past three yea rs, sh ipm ents h ave dou bled in volum e.

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Box Firm For Macon

A nati on al box man ufacturing com pany h as selected MA CON as th e site for a pl ant to serve th eir expanding Southeastern market. The Park Sun beam F oldi ng Box Compa ny of Georgia will em ploy ab out 50 in th e manufactur e of a full lin e of folding pap er boxes an d comp lete packagin g. The conce rn pl an s to sta rt ope ra tions at th e end of the yea r.

:--;EWSL ETTER

O ctober 25, 1953

McDonough Thrives as Enterprising,

Cultured Center of Henry County

:V1cDonou gh , Co un ty . seat of Hel~ ry

County, is a n enterp l:ISIng commu m ty

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T he city was Incorpor a ted In 182.).

The industr ies of l'v1cDonough arc interesting and va ried. The D owling

Mc Donough Baptist Church wh ich celebrated its 125th anniversa ry this year.
Textil e Mfg. Co. , manufactures spo rt shirts ; Carm ichael H osiery Mill s a nd ~l cDonough H osiery Mills arc makers
of children's socks; .J. "M. Ca rmich ael
Furn itu re Com p an y em ploys over 25 people in m a kin g upholstered furniture; M cDonou gh Icc Co., produ ces ice and maintains a freezer locker ; McDonou gh Found ry a nd M ach ine Co., In c., mak es ma ch ine pa rts , fa rm implem ent s, castings an d ot her mechanical devices; W . A. W al ker is a furn iture conce rn ; S. B. Fortinber ry and Sons Mfg. Co., In c., m anufactures saw gummel'S and sharpe ning ma-
chines. .J. W. H a r kins has a cott on gin
and wa rehou se.
In Stockbridge, nin e mi les abov e ~l cDon ou gh, D ani el S. Mi ller h as a cotton gin . Locu st Grove, seven mil es south of th e county scat, is the loca tion of Robert son Furnitur e Company, makers of leat her cha irs. H a mp ton, southwest of M cD onou gh, is th e site of Southe rn Sta tes Equ ipment Corporati on , mak ers of elec tr ica l power tran smission s.
Louella and Flippen are a lso com munities in H enry Co unty.

Community Life
Just recently a Ch amber of Co m mer ce was organ ized in M cD onou gh . The fir st presid ent is La ma r Ru ssell. and ther e arc 75 memb er s. Alrc adv th e organiza tion has provided a football field for th e high school, stud ied th e advisa bility of pip ing gas to M rDo noug h, a nd has plans for con struct ing a roads ide p a rk, wit h a pi cni c table for traveler s wh o wish to rest and ca t, on State H ighw ay No. 42.
The K iwanis C lub. with Pa ul Can-s as pr esident, is also 'very a ct ive.
The Am er ican L egion a nd it s a uxilia ry ca rry th rou gh many fine p rojects. T he Aux ilia rv re ccnt lv d onatr-d $ 1,000 for a h igh s~hoo l ba nd .
L ocu st Grov e ha s a Wom an 's C lub tha t me ets rcgul arly a nd th e Garden C lub of Stockbridg e is a lso a n ac tive orga niza tion; Locu st Grove is the home of th e form er Lo cust Grove Institu te. a Bap tist Junior Co llege.
A Co un tv h ealth cen te r has been maintained ' in th e H cn rv Co un tv Co urtho use for abou t five vcars. I t ha's a fu ll-t im e nur se and san ita rian .
There are 37 wh ite ch urche s in H enry Co un ty. The Baptist Church in M cD on ou gh celebrated its 125th a nn iversary thi s year.
T he H enry Co u nt y Lib ra ry, wh ich has 16,000 volumes, is moving in to a renovated building soon whi ch will double its space. M rs, L enora Pullin is Librari an .
The rai lroa d th a t serves th e countv scat is th e Southern: the C entra l ~f Georgia travers es th e southwest part of th e coun ty . Ther e is d a ily Greyho und bu s service to a nd from N1cD on ou gh , and St at e H ighways 42, 8 1, 20 and 138 cr isscross th e coun ty .
Seven white a nd ten Negro schools serve the coun ty. A new g ra mma r school is expec ted to be rea dy in M eDon ough by nex t J anua ry . T here a n : 2,036 white stude n ts and 2,197 colored studen ts enrolled in Co un ty schoo ls.
M cDonough has a fine mu nicip al swimming pool ; a park th er e is und er way a nd pl ayg rou nd eq uip men t will soon be ad ded .
Soon th e water a nd sewage system will be expa nde d . South R iver provides part of th e cas t bound ary of th e cou n ty .

M cDonough Foundry and Machine Co. , which has ex pande d conside rably re cen tly.

T he pri ncipa l cro ps of H enr y arc cotton, corn, grai n a nd pimientos. Poul trv a rc raised to a ron sidera hlc ex ten t; as arc beef ca t tle.

R ecently M cDon ou gh took in one -

fou r th mile more terri to n ' all th e wav

round its city limi ts. '

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oug h's newspaper , F . .I . L inch is ed i-
tor .

County Officers

Offi cers serving H enr y Co un ty ar e : C. H. Bowen, Ordinary ; Bess Fou ch e, C lerk of Co urt ; E . Q . Owen, Sher iff ; Charles R a y, T reasurer ; C. W. Fargaso n, Tax Co mmissioner ; H arold R . T urpin, County Sch ool Superintendent ; Benjamin B. G a rland, Solicit or General.
Co unty F a rm Agent is Hugh Fi nd ley ; H om e Demon stra tion Age n t, Mi ss M arinell W eld on ; Surveyor , F. W . Lovell ; Corone r, E. W . Barnett ; M ember of the L egislature, Ed ward E. M eGarity; F ra n k B. Willingh a m is Judge of the F lin t C ircuit.
Co unty Co mm issione rs a rc : J. C.
Cha fin, cha irman ; C . W. W a lker, T.
A. Coan , W . W . Wi se, .J. O. Cown , a nd .J. S. Hunt, C ler k.
M cD onou gh' s M a yor is H . M . Turner , J oh n F . W a rd is Fi re C hief , and D. C . Co llins , C hief of Police.

Cannon Ball Dedication
T he first cannon ba ll fir ed in th e \ Var Between th e St at es was rc ccntlv dedicated on a permanent gra ni t~ mo num ent on the Co ur tho use sq uare in T ho mas to n, U pso n County. M anv months of plan n ing wen t into ma king a permanen t monum ent whi ch would properly per ser ve and display th e fam ous canno n ba ll. Museu ms have soug ht the fa mo us cannon ba ll on numerous occas ions. U pso n Co un ty now h as it for a p erman ent landmar k. U pso n Coun ty has p la ns now to pa ve walkwavs to th e mon ument to ena ble visitor ; a closer view .

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GEORG IA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

Nation's Defense in Atom-Bomb Age Looks to Georgia Aircraft Industry

H ow is Georg ia's inf ant in age, gia ntin-size aircra ft industr y at Government airc ra ft p lant No.6 doing th ese days? And wh at is it s future ?
Geor gia aircra ft builders at M ari etta a re deliverin g to th e nati on's a ir a rm th e world 's fastest kn own bomber, th e 6-jet, 600 mil es p er h our B-47 Stra tojet. Capable of ca rrying th e A-bomb, it can screa m into the stra tosphere more th an 40,000 feet a nd h as a ran ge of more th an 3,000 mi les.
"Deliveries of B-47's to th e Air Force fr om th e M ari etta p lant a re right on
schedu le," says D . J. Haughton, vice-
president and gene ra l man ager of th e Geo rgia Division of Lockh eed, in a report on th e first six m on th s of operations th is year. " I n spite of man y problems in buildin g one of th e world's most complica ted airp lanes, our team of Geo rgia work ers ha s turned in a per Iorm an cc whi ch is a cred it to th e a ircra ft industry a nd a feath er in th e ca p of Geo rgia ns," Mr. H aughton said.
Ca lled th e tra nspo rt jet of th e next ten yea rs, th e Air For ce's n ew C-130, Am erica' s first turbo-p rop eller ca rgo ca rr ier, will be built in qu antity at

Geor gia's L 0 c k h e e d Aircraft plant. Lockh eed designed, it will fly hi gh er, faster and slower, a nd also more economi cally th an a ny existing mi litar y t r a n sp ort.
Whi le performan ce fig ures are still secret, Lockh eed Pr esident R obert E . G ross has revealed th at th e C- 130 will ca rry ca rgo for about four cents p er ton-mi le, as compa red to p resent costs of appro xima tely ten cent s a ton-mi le. T h is is a startling cost reduction th at foretells th e comme rcial success of thi s tur bo-p rop jet .
Economy Impact
The sto ry of th e Lockh eed -Air Force development of a new source for Am erican air power at M ari et ta is a unique one . It is one in whi ch privat e enterpri se, teamed with th e milit ar y serv ices a nd the p eople and local govern me nts of a Southe rn region, is building th e nati on' s air mi ght on a bu siness-like basis designed for perm an en cy.
Co unting only th e plant's 13,000 employees and th eir families a nd th ose of bu sinesses and industri es working directl y on jobs for Lo ckh eed, mor e th an 100,000 p ersons a re primari ly affected

- O ctob er 25, 1953
ADVERTISING GEORGIA
Georgia Adv ertisem ents by the I
Department of Commer ce will ap_ pear in th e following n ati on al pu bli. ca t ions:
TIME magazin e, Novemb er 2nd.
IRON AGE m agazin e, November 12th.
TIME magazin e, Novemb er 16th.
TIME ma gazin e, Novemb er 23rd.
TIME magazine, Novemb er 30th.
by th e M ari etta Lockh eed airc ra ft in. du str y. Seco nda rily, m an y th ousand, mor e feel th e impact.
Lockh eed' s weekly payroll tod ay ex. ceeds $ 1,000,000. Geor gians from 36 comm unities comm ute daily to wor k at the plant. And these comm uters an a boon to bu siness for automotiv e servo ice esta blishme nts in mor e th an a fifth of Georgia's coun ties.
Some 20 per cen t of all p eop le work. ing in manufacturing in Cobb, Fulton and D eK alb Counties are employed hI Lo ckh eed . These fami lies spe nd mort than $45, 000,000 per yea r for food. clothing, rent an d other n ecessities.
In the region serv ed by m erribers of th e Seve nth Di stri ct Pr ess Association. wh ich excludes Atlanta, th ere are 7,076 Lockhe ed employees w ho comm ute daily to th eir jobs , distributed by counties as follows : Bartow, 369 ; Ch attooga, 3 ; Cobb, 5,743; D ouglas, 83: Floyd, 131 ; Go rdon , 2 15 ; H a ralson, 7; Murray, 3 ; Pa ulding, 237; Polk, 209. These em ployees and th eir famili es would make a fair sized city by th emselves. Becau se of excellent highways; h owever, they an d th e rest of th e L ockh eed wo rkers live in a disp ersed 36 coun ty ar ea, making th e impact of the new aircr aft in d u s tr y dir ectly felt throughout North Geor gia.

T he new turbo-propeller cargo ca r rie r, C- 130, now bein g produced at the Lo ckh eed aircraft pl an t in Marietta.

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New Colonial
Stores Warehouse
Coloni al Stores, Inc., recently open ed a multi -m illion dolla r war ehouse in East Point . It will ser ve Coloni al' s 88 stor es in Georgia, T ennessee and Alabam a. The building conta ins 500,00 squa re feet of floor space and houses th e genera l exec utive and adrninistrativ e offi ces, groce ry and produce storage a reas , a meat plant, mod ern ba kery and othe r p ackin g a nd processing faciliti es. It is one of th e largest an d mo st modern warehouses of it s type in th e U nit ed St ates.

NEWSLETTER

O ctober 25, 1953

Ellijay, Gilmer Boast Scenic

Mountains, Timber and Farmlands

Gilmer County, situate? in th e n~rth west section of th~ state, IS an esp.ecJa~ly

beau tiful mou?tamous a rea . E lhp y,.l ts

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anthdereCs~.h:e' roIkne?eeedI n,.

di a n th a t

is exactly what th e VIsitor in Gilm er

County will wa nt to do. The moun-

tains called "the foo th ills of th e Blue

!{idge :Mountai ns," ar e . covered. with

pines and other p rofit ab le timber ,

which affo rds m an y of th e population

their livelihood.

T here a re five conce rn s in Ell ijay

dealing in lumber : The Appalachian

Pastoral scene in Gilmer Coun ty.
Oak Flooring an d H ardwood Corp., employs over 50 p ersons in their flooring lumb er sup ply com pa ny ; Ellijay Lumber Co m pa ny is a lumber fini shing plant ; Gene tt e Lumber Co. a nd Southe rn Lumber and Mfg. Co ., are both lumber firms, and W at ers Building Supply Co ., sells lumber an d other building n eed s.
The othe r enterprises in Ellija y a re : Th e D ra pe r Co rporation wh ich m anufactures shuttle blocks; The H all Pr ess,
and Times-Courier, printing ; The .J.
& C. Bedspread Co., In c., and th e Elli jay M a n ufact uri ng Co ., a subsidiary of the Lawtex Compa ny a t Dalto n, makers of bedspread s. T he Co ncrete Products Company h as been in Ellijay for about a year a nd manufactures concrete bui lding blocks. W illingh am -L ittle Sto ne Co ., shi ps crush ed roc k used in soil conservation and h igh way bases. About 75 are employed in thi s com pany of whic h S. C. Gartrell is manager.
Civic Life
There are five communities through out th e county: H enry Grady, T own

Creek, Boa rdtown, North cutt an d T ails Creek. Ellijay's population is 1,500, an d th e rest of th e county's 9,000 residents make up the oth er towns an d areas.
Gilmer County libra ry h as 20,000 volumes wh ich h ave a wide circ ula tion.
A Co unty H ealth Nurse has offices in th e County Co urtho use.
A new schoo l will soon be constructed to repl ace th e one whic h recently burned . The total enro llme nt of th e schoo l system is abou t 1,100.
Gilmer Co un ty is serv ed by a weekly newspap er, T h e Ell ijay T imes-C ourier, of whi ch C. F . Owens is edito r.
T he L. & N . R ai lroad h as a sta tion in Ell ija y.
Ellijay is reac he d by Sta te Hi ghway No .5, runnin g north a nd south th rou gh th e coun ty, or No. 52, east a nd west, tak ing th e mo toris t from Chatswor th to Dawsonville, as scenic a route as an y mountain enth usiast cou ld wish for. Tourists an d Georgia visitors are d rawn to th e rolling moun tain cou ntryside for its restfu l bea uty an d for th e fishing streams whic h abound there. The Ellijay, Cartenay a nd Cosawatee R ivers provide fishing sites and su pply wa ter. A new filtering pla nt h as rec ently been install ed whi ch doubles th e sup ply to th e reside nts of th e cou nty.
T he Brendan a M otel is conveniently loca ted to acco mmoda te visitors to th e a rea. T h e T ankersley H ot el a nd th e J a rrett Hotel a re in Ellijay also.
T here a re 20 ch urc hes or m ore in th e co u n ty .
Three ac tive civic clubs h elp enliven activities in Ell ijay: The Ellijay L ions Club h as Charlie Wat ers as p resident ; th e R ota ry C lub is h ead ed by Ava ry Di mmock, and th e Ellijay W oman's C lub has M rs. J ames Tankersley as it s head .
Vegetable gardening, with corn a nd potatoes predominating, is ca rried on th roughout th e county; apples a re grown, an d cattle an d livestock rai sed . Timber an d pulpwoo d sales are high .
County Officers
Gilmer County has th ese officials : Ordinary, C la ude Mullinax ; Clerk of
Co urt, Bill Westm oreland ; Sh eriff, J.
H . H efner ; T ax Co llecto r, W ayne Pin son ; T ax R eceiver, F. C. M cK inni sh ; Co unty Schoo l Superintendent, Bryan

T he road to Ellijay.
Par ks; Solicitor General : H . G . Vandivere ; Co unty Age nt , H . E. Chas ta in; H om e Demo nstra tion Agent , Mi ss N ell D uckett ; Sur veyor, W . O . Do uglas; Coroner, Ernest L ogan ; M emb er of
Legislature, .J. P. H olloway; J udge,
H owell Brooks ; a nd Co unty Commissioner, 13. C. L ogan .
G. L. Hu ff is M ayor of Ellij ay.
Travel Editors Tour Georgia
Ea rlier in th e mon th a number of travel ed itors from the nation's largest metropolitan newsp ap ers toured Geor gia's principal resort areas, covering 1,000 miles. T he purpose of th e trip was to lea rn first hand about th e fa cilit ies, th e beauty a nd variety of recreation offered in Georgia. The group assemblied in Atla nta a nd th en wen t to D ah lon ega, Vogel State P ark , Blairsville, E lbert on, Cl ark Hi ll L ak e, Au gus ta , M agnolia Spring St at e Park, Savannah , Brunswick a nd the Golden Isles, Okefenok ee Swamp Park, R adium Springs, Ida C ason Ga rd ens, th e Li tt le White H ouse, F lyin g S. D ude R an ch, th e Cycloram a and Stone M ounta in. A repo rter and pho tograher accompani ed the gro up th rough ou t the en tire tou r. T he edi tors' visit was planned an d sponsor ed by the Georgia St ate Chamber of Commer ce, the Geor gia H otel Associa tion , Modern Trailways and the Atl anta Jou rn al a nd Con stitu tion .
Bathrobe Manufacture
T wo GR I FFIN manufacturers ar e organizing a corporation to make ba throbes. H owa rd Co llier and Do n J ackson will em ploy abou t 40 wom en in a new 1O,000-square-foo t building constructed for th e new conce rn. R a ymond David will be th e m an ager of th e Co llier-J ackson Corporation.

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HIGHLIGHTING
OUR PROGRESS
Mingled orff's, Inc" Savannah h as expanded into th e m anufacturin g field with a new refri ger ation unit for shrimp trawler s , , , C on struction projec ts tota ling mo re than $ 14,500,000 a re under wa y a t For t Benning . . . Dixie Dairies in Macon will soon bui ld a new icc cream and milk processing plant , , . Atla nta will hav e a new building soon to be occ upied under lease by th e in suran ce com pa n ies of th e Com mer cia l Un ion -O cean gro up . , . St ate Pap er Box Compan y's new 2 5, 0~0 sq uare foot fa ctory a nd wareh ou se 111 Co lum bus will be com pleted soon , . , T he Georgia State Co llege for Women a t Milled geville has started constr uction on a new science bui ldi ng .. , Akers Motors L ines op en ed its eigh th terminal last mo nth in Alba ny , , . At R ock E ag le P a rk , 4-H member s rc centlv dedi cated ano ther $ 10,000 co ttage '. . . Aug usta will soon hav e a nother tel evision sta tio n, WRDW-TV . , , Cinder ella Foods, a di vision of St even s Industries, In c., ha s been awa rde d a con trac t to supply 5,670 ,000 pounds of peanut butter for school lun ch rooms throughout the entire United States , . . T he Buckeye Co tton Oi l Company of Aug usta has announced the produ ct ion of dcgossypolizcd cott on-seed mea l, a new produ ct th at ca n be fed to a ll elasses of livesto ck , . , The J un ior Order of United Am er ican M ech ani cs h as reported a success ful sale of sta m ps ad ver tising th e " Buy Georgia Product s Campaign" . , . "Action and Progr ess," regul ar monthly publication of th e Sa vannah C hamber

of Commer ce, has been selec ted as an ou tst anding exa m ple am on g thousands of cha m be r publications through ou t the coun try . . . The Bivin s Youth Cr ntcr rece n tly ope ned fo r Baldwin County's teen -agel's . . , H. K. F ergu son Co m pa ny, textiles, rece n tly opened a sa h-s off ice in At la nta . . , The ncw bridge a t Co rd ra y's Mill has been complet ed a nd ope ned to tr affi c, giving a nother all-pa ved road from Alba ny to Morga n . . . Hopk ins H a ll. a new 25-room dormitory was rcci-ntlv dedi ea ted a t Agne s Scott College .' D eca-
tu r,
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
Lo ckh eed Air craft Corp ., MA R l ETTA - Rep airs, $ 115,000 ,
Statham G arment Co rp., STATHAJH-Men's trousers, $45,000.
J aco Pants, Inc.,WIN DER- M en's trousers, $ 186,500.
J ohn J. Wo od side Storage Co" Inc"
ATL AN T A-Packin g, cra ting , dr ayage of hou seh old goo ds for sto rage, $222,700 .
Ga. Farmers
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gia farmers in 1952 pr oduced products whi ch th ey either sold o r consumed a t home to th e value of $755,45 7,000, excluding Government payments.
These p roducts wer e grown on 198,000 fa rm s in th e sta te, as reported by th e 1950 U . S. Cen sus Bureau.

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A nothe r.Leo rgia
Success $iory
An a tt ra ctiqe 25th anniversa r y br chure wa s published lat e in Au gu st b th e Genuine P arts Companv. E sta lished in 1928, with a n organization 0 six persons, Genuine ' Pa r ts tod a)r) s th largest ind cp cnd cn t au tom ot ive re plac em en t parts bus iness in the world sta ffed by more than 1,100 c m p lo yr-rs Pr esent ope ra tions incl ud e six ware hou ses, 4 1 jobbing sto res and three re building pl ants from Ar kan sas to th Atl antic a nd fro m Ne w J ersey t M aine. Sale s in 1952 were 0 \'('1" $2 mill ion .
U. S. Highway 27 Group Makes Plans
Some 300 members of th e U , Hi ghwa y 27 Association convened ca r ier this month in Chattan ooga und
President J. H , Lop ez. Go v el' n 0
Frank Cl em ent of T ennessee addr ess cd the meeting, and th e group visite R ock Citv and Lookout M ountain . Th obj ectiveof th e ga thering was to m ak plans for th e promotion of to urist trav cl and for popularizing the re sor along th e en tire length of U. S, 2 from M ackin aw City, Mi chigan, t Miami, Florid a, The route cnt c Georgia a t Chattan ooga a nd connec with th e 'F lo rid a sec tio n of th e high way sou th of Bainbridge. Delegat es 19 W est Georgia cou nties served by I, S, H ighway 27 met in joint sessio with th e T ennessee a nd K cntuck memb er s of th e associati on .

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NEWSLETTER

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-monthly by

GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE 100 State Capitol
* HERMAN E. TALMADGE Governor BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
EMORY L. BUTLER Chairman

Lonnie A . Pop e, V. Chm, Ben Jessup

Y. F. Geeslin Hoke Peters

* CLARK GAINES

Secretary

Vol. 5, No.3

November 10, 1953

Novembe r 10, 1953

Georgia Cotton Crop Shows Gain in 1953

Co tton growing in Georgia is on th e up grad e. The Georgia Crop R epo:,tin,g Ser vice Athens Ga ., rep orts th at ind ications' ar e th a{ th e yield th is year will be 790,000 bales, a ga in of 61,000 bales over 1952's yield of 729,000 b ales, and a great ga in also over th e 10-year averag e pr odu cti on, 1942--1 951 of 716,000 b al es.
This yea r's crop is bein g produced on a reduced acreage of 1,354,000 com pared with 1,439,000 last yea r.
A ga in in th e pou nd s of . lint p er ac re is also indicated for th is yea r280 pounds, wh erea s in 1952 it was 245 pounds and th e 10-yea r average, 1942-1951 was 252 pounds per acre.
The indicated yield for th e United States thi s yea r is 15,596,000 bales, comp ared with 15,136,000 last yeara gain of 460,000 bales thi s yea r.
F ou r sta tes, acco rding to th e rep ort, are expec ted to produce one m illion bal es or m or e this yea r. They ar e : T exas, 4,050,000 bales ; Mi ssissippi , 2,050,000 bal es; Californ ia, 1,725,000 ; Arkans as, 1,325,000.
M anufacture of cotton into vari ous textile produ cts is Geor gia's lar gest industry, 110,000 emp loyees turning out goods annua lly value d a t mor e th an on e billion dollars.
COVER PICTURE
This an cient "overshot" water wh eel that form erly p rovid ed power for a corn mill on th e Berry Schoo l grounds, near Rome, holds its own in beauty in a setting of a placid lak e and amidst a profusion of flow ering sh rubs th at surround it .-Phot o by Carolyn Carter.

Parking and traffic are both accommodated on Augusta's Broad Street.

MACON: Am eric an College of Sur geons M eetin g, D empsey HotelNovember 12.
ATHENS : Annual Sho rt Course on th e Cause and Pr eventi on of Econo mi c W aste in th e Marketing of Fruits and Vegetabl es, University of Georgia-Novemb er 12-13.
ATLANTA: The Society for th e Ad van cem ent of M anagem ent, Georgia Chapter , " M anagement Phil osophy as a Basis for M anagem ent Impro vem ent ;" Atlanta Athleti c Club - November 13.
ATLANTA : Southern Econ omic Association M eeting, Biltmor e H otelNov emb er 13-14.
ATLANTA : T ennessee V alley (Southeastern) Section of th e Am erican Ce ram ic Society M eetin g, Geor gia T ech an d Biltmore Hotel-November 13-14.
ATLANTA : N ational F ertiliz er Associa tion M eeting, Biltmore HotelNov ember 15-18 .
MACON : Georgia Baptist Con vention, D empsey H ot el- N ovember 1619.
AT H ENS : Dedi cation of th e n ew Li brary, University of Georgia-November 19.
ATLANTA : 2nd Annual Southeastern Transportati on Cl inic, Atlanta

Di vision, University of GeorgiaNovember 19-21.
MACON : Georgia R ur al Letter Carriers' Association M eetin g, D emp sey Hotel-November 21.
ATLANTA : Dedi cati on of th e Pri ce Gilb ert Librar y, Geo rgia T ech- Novem ber 21.
ATLANT A : Nationa l Associati on of P rofession al Baseball Leagues M eeting, Biltm ore Hotel a nd D ink lerPlaza-Novemb er 29-D ecemb er 4.
AT H ENS: Psych ological Associat ion Annual M eetin g, U niversity of Georgia-De cember 5.
ATLANTA : Georgia Associa tion of Soil Co nservation Supervisors' M eeting, H enry Grady H otel-December 8.
MACON : Georgia Liv estock Association M eetin g, D empsey H otel- December 8-9.
ATLANTA: Association for th e Adva nceme n t of Managem ent , Geor gia Chapter, "T he Past or and Industri al R elations," Atl anta Athletic C lubD ecember 10.
ATLANTA : 2nd Ann ual Sheri ffs' Confer ence, Atlanta Di vision , University of Geor gia-Decemb er 11-12.
ATLANTA : Geor gia Canners' Associati on M eetin g, Biltmore Hotel-> D ecember 10-11 .

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NEWSLETTER

Nov ember 10, 1953

Analysis of Car Accidents in Georgia Shows How Mishaps Occur and Who Are the Victims

With th e large increase in th e numI er of motor vehicles in Georgia in re: cnt years a nd th e ga in in th e use of thcse vchicles, hi ghway acci dents natlII'ally also h ave j ump ed , and m otorists find it increasingly necessar y to be mo re carefu l as they d rive.
Highl y revea ling. a nd ~nformati,:,e ficrures on roa d ac cidents 111 Geo rgia h ~ve been release d by th e G eorgia Department of Public Sa fety.
The report sho ws that in 1952 th er e were 1,033,428 motor vehicles registered in Georgia, com pa red with 733,369 in 1948, a ga in of 300,059 in four years ; that 1,004 person s were killed a nd 11,368 injured in motor vehicle acc iden ts
in 1952.
T he report a lso point s out th at whereas th er e wer e 600,000 licen sed drivers in Georgia in 1940, th e numbcr increased to 1,353,235 in 1952 . The popul ati on in G eorgia in 1950 wa s 3,444,578, whi ch mean s that app roximat ely one out of every three person s in th e stat e is a licensed motor veh icle d rive r.
Und er the hea ding, " D I D YOU KNOW," th e Public Safety re port gives th e follow ing facts on motor vehicula r acc ide nts in Georgia :
There is no spec ia l set of circumstances or violations th at cause fat al accidents. The viola tions th at show up in mi nor acc ide n ts also show in about the same fr equency in fatal acc identsonly by cha nce is it true th at every accident is not a fat al on e.
Nin et y per ce nt of th e drivers inv olved in G eorgia ac cid ents in 1952 reside in the Sta te .
Forty-on e percen t of th e d rivers involved in R ur al acc idents in 1952 were rura l residents. . O ne ou t of eve ry twenty veh icles reg istered in Georgia was involv ed in an acciden t last year. . One out of every tw enty-four vehicl es involved in acciden ts last yea r h ad a defect.
. One thousand and four person s wer e killed in Georgia accide nts last year, which in clud ed 8 70 Georgians a nd 134 residents of other states.
Three h undred and fift een Georgian s and sixty-eigh t reside nts of other sta tes were killed by spee ding drivers.
. One hundred and thirty-five G eorgIans a nd thirteen resid ents of othe r

sta tes wer e killed becau se of drunken dri vin g.
Sixty-four Georgian s and th ree residents of othe r sta tes were killed becau se someone fail ed to yield o r did not have th e right of way .
T wo Geo rgia ns were killed by ca rs following other cars too closely.
Fifteen Georgian s and seven reside nts of other sta tes wer e killed due to passing on hill s and curves.
Forty-eight G eor gian s a nd eleven residents of other sta tes wer e killed as drivers drove on or acro ss th e cen terlin e whil e meeting othe r ca rs.
Seven Ge orgia ns a nd tw o residents of othe r sta tes were killed beca use d rivers fail ed to signa l or signalled too la te.
Fourteen G eorgian s and one resident of a nother sta te were killed in acc ide nts ca used by illegal or improp er parking.
F our Georgi an s a nd on e reside nt of anothe r sta te wer e killed in acc ide nts ca used by defective brak es.
Ni ne Geor gian s and fo ur reside nts of other sta tes were kill ed becau se d rivers fa iled to hav e veh icles under control (Sleepy and fatigu ed drivers and/or not wat ch ing th e road .)
Eighty-three othe r G eorgian s were killed in accid ents ca used by numerou s other violations by dri vers, bicyclists and ped estri an s.
M ost acc ide nts occ ur betw een 2 :00 p. 111. and 9 : 00 p. m. The more deadl y acc idents occur afte r midnight when speede rs incr ease becau se of lesser tr affic.
Each day last yea r th er e we re 7.4 ac cide nts in th e h our betwee n 5: 00 p . m. and 6:00 p. m.
One person was killed in traffic accide nts every 8.7 h ours last year. In 1951 a person was killed every 9.2 hours.
Th er e wa s a killed or inj ure d person every forty-nin e minutes in 1952 while in 1951 one was killed or injured eve ry 53 minutes.
Ther e was a n accide nt eve ry seventeen minutes in 1952 while th er e was one every twenty-six minutes in 1951.
Two th ou sand six hundred a nd thi rteen dr ivers cause d acc idents by fa iling to give h and signa ls or gave th em too late.
One thousand five hundred and thirty-two d rivers ca used accide nts by dis-

regarding stop signs and signals.
Nine hundred and fift y-eight drivers ca used accid ents wh en th ey disregard ed tr affi c lights .
Eight hundred drivers ca used acc idents by improp erl y starting fro m parked position .-They ju st did n't look before they leaped.
Thirty-four th ou sand seven hundred and thirteen dri vers ca used acc ide nts by viola ting som e traffi c law or safety rul e.
Fifty-five p ed estri ans wer e injured a nd nin e wer e killed as th ey played in th e roa dwa y. Forty of th em were nin e yea rs old and younger.
One th ou sand and eighty ped estrian s wer e inj ur ed and one h undred a nd sixty-four were killed in traffi c acc ide nts in 1952 to total one th ou sand two hund red and fort y-four ped estri an casua lti es.
There were eigh t hundred and tw elve male and four hundred and thirty-tw o femal e ped estri an cas ua lties.
O ver six tho usand acc ide nts occurred on Sa turday, over five thousand accide n ts occur red on Sund ay, and th er e was an ave rage of ove r three th ou sand acci dents for eac h of th e week-days last vear. . O ver twelve billion s of mil es were traveled on Georgia Hi ghways last year.
Eleven th ou sand three hundred and sixty-eigh t p ersons were injured in traffic ac cide nts last year.
Seve ntee n th ou sand on e hundred and sixty-four drivers in volved in accid ents last yea r had eleven or m ore years driving experience; four hundred a nd sixtyth ree of th ese wer e in fa ta l acc ide nts.
For eac h person killed th ere were eleven inj ur ed .
Seve n hundred and for ty-nine males wer e killed and two hundred and fift vfive females killed , almost 3 to 1. .
Ther e were seven ped estrians injured to eac h on e killed .
Nin et een thousand two hundred and eigh ty-two accid ents, th e majority, occurred in daylight hours.
Twenty thousand three hundred and twenty-four acc idents occurred on stra ight, level roads.
W ith so man y fine new road projects, Georgians will surely take increased pride in th eir proper use and make Georgia safer and mo re inviting to tourists.

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NEWSLETTER

- November 10, 1953

GEORG/A PARADE OF PROGRESS

New Milling Facilities
Newes t addition to th e agri cultural in dus tries in sout h central Georgia is th e modern milling and feed pla nt in sta lled a t Co ley's Gi n, F eed an d Milling Company, DO OLY COUNTY . I n half a n hour the average tru ckload of feed stuffs can be processed . T here are elect rically op er at ed h oists, conveyor belts, suction pipes, a corn she ller, a h ammer mi ll a nd mixing machine whic h mix es feed stuffs acc ord ing to any form ula desired.
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LaGrange Structure
Co nstruction on a new building a t LaGRAN GE h as been started to repl ace th e Park H otel, destroyed by fire last spring. The new two-story bui lding which will cost approximately $200,000 , will be know n as th e Mallor y-Hutchinson Building. It will be com pletely aircon ditioned a nd con tain its ow n heating system . Plans ca ll for six stores, 14 offices and an upsta irs d ining room wit h a sea ting capacity of 100.
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New Type Rugs
A new ru g m ill, managed by W . H . Shup tr ine, recently op ened in DALTON. The ru gs, m ad e of knitted mater ia l rather th an braided, are available in oval a nd round shapes. The rugs are reversible an d are m ad e in a varietv of patterns. The machine wh ich help's to produce th ese kni tt ed rugs is b elieved to be th e onl y one of its type operating in th e n ati on . All of th e com pany's ou tput will be sold through the Barwick Mills of D alton .
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Albany Motel The H amilton M otel recently opened
in ALBAN Y on U . S. H ighwa y 19. O wned and mana ged by Mr. a nd Mrs. Paul H ami lton, it is of hand some con structio n and well equip ped to ca re for the needs of tourists an d Georgia travelers.
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New Insecticide Company Announcement h as been m ade th at
AMER IC US will h ave a new en terprise. The South Georgia Insecticide Com pan y will open in th e near fut ure to op erate as general contractors for structural termite con trol , gen eral p est control, ai rplane cro p d usting, weed control and tree spraying . Even tuall y th e company plans to manufacture agricu ltural chemicals to be distribut ed throughout G eorgia, Florida and Alabama . Joh n H. Mobley is president .

Cotton Mills Expanding
Aragon Mills at ARAGON h ave announced plan s to expan d and im prove th eir textile m ill. C allaway Mills a t L aGRA N GE will soon sta rt operations in its $300,000 additio n to its H illside pla nt. The additio n wi ll be used as ca rd room a nd will h ouse 60 indivi d ua l mo tor-driven ca rds equipped wit h ballbearing liekerins and comb boxes. Cabin Crafts a t DA LTON will bui ld a ru g mill a t R ossville a t an estima ted cost of $ 150,000. A one-s tor y addi tion will be constru cted at th e Da lton pla nt , p a rt of it to be used for expansion in th e d ye h o u se.
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Two Cartersville Motels
T wo new motels rece ntly op ened on U. S. Hi gh way 4 1, ju st out side of CA R TERSVI L LE) in th e Cassville a rea . The Imperial Lodge an d th e Skylit M otel are mo dem in construction and well equipp ed. T he Im perial L odge is ow ned by M r. a nd Mrs. Ri ch ard T opham : the Skylit M otel is th e p roperty of M r. an d Mrs. Edward T opham .
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Shopping Center Co nstruction will begin shortly on a
new sho pping cen ter in MACON. A 63-a cre tract of land will be th e site of a $4-million suburba n shopping area wh ich will incl ude also offic e space, a motel, swim ming poo l, service station, a d rive-in ba nk and a movie th eatre.
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New Hospitals
Given Dedication
A number of new h ospit als h ave recen tly been ded icated throughout G eorgia, and severa l more a re in th e process of construc tion, with plans under way for ot h ers. Pierce C ounty H ospital was ded icated in September at Black shea r. T his structure; bu ilt a t a cost of $340 ,000 has 50 rooms. A new hospita l at Ashburn, Tu rner County) costing $4 16,000, was dedi cat ed soon af ter in th e same month, as was th e Gordon Co unty H ospital a t Calhoun, constructed at a cost of $600,000. Peach Co untv H ospital a t Fort Vall ey was dedicated ea rly in O ctober. This b uild ing will have a tot al of 32 bed s and was built at a cost of $4 11,000 . T h e ded ication of th e D ouglas-C of f ee County H ospital soon followe d . This is a 60-bed in stitu tion . C risp C ou nty H ospital at Cordele, a 50-bed structure, was also dedicated in O ctober.

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Addition In Carrollton
CA R ROL LTON'S Ge ne ral Shoe Corporation pla nt h as recently complsi, ed an expansion which adds 2,000 sq ua re feet to its manufact uri ng space. The total a rea of the concern is now 22,000 square feet. T he plant ope ne d in Ca rrollton with 10,000 square feet of floor space in 1946. H a rry Dobbins is manager of th e Carrollton en terprise.
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Expansion In Talmo
M cE ver Packing Plan t of T ALM O, J ackson Co un ty, is nearing th e cornpletio n of a $50,000 expansion p rogram. T he conc ern , which packages bologna, sausage, wien ers, ham, pork and othe r mea t p rodu cts, will have four new la rge coolers, modern sausage kitche ns, a packi ng cooler an d bon ing room . An a ir con di tion ed offic e is a new add ition to th e p lant, which em ploys about 50 peop le a nd purchases $700,000 worth of livestock a nn ua lly fro m the surrounding area .
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Quitman Fertilizer Plant
A bulk plan t for h andling liqu id fertilizer was recently comp leted in Q UIT. M AN by th e Brooks Ch emica l Cornpa ny. It will serve as a who lesale ou tlet for Quitman L iquid Fertilizer Company, own ed by E. M . Mathis, J r., an d Q. M . Mathis. T he business concern, which started in Quitman in 1950, has expande d their pla nt and ope ra tions fro m an or iginal investm en t of $9,000 to $50 ,000 .
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New Nail Keg
T he Atla ntic Stee l Co m pa ny, ATL A NTA ) is now using a fiber board carton for packa ging its nails, rive ts an d sta ples, rath er th an th e familia r nail keg. Atlantic Steel Co ., is the first major producer to ado pt this " nail ca ddy" a nd completely aba n do n kegs. T he com pa ny h as installed a new nai l-cleaning uni t, a conveyor system a nd automa tic sealing unit along with th e adoption of the new type of con ta iner.
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Hotel Improvements
The Ge neral O glethorp e H otel, SA V ANNA H ) h as en tered upon a $ 150" 000 improvement plan which is expected to be complete d by n ext spri ng. The golf club an d its services will be enla rged un der the new pl an . New fa cilities for dining around th e pool will be adde d, and th e in terior of the hotel will be a ir-condition ed .

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Novembe r 10, 1953

pike County is a th riving agri cu ltura l area of west. C~ntral G eorgi a. .Its economy is ba se? In ItS. land productlO~ and th e industnes. ~vhl ch p rocess ag n cultural commodItIes. The pastoral countryside supports a populati on of 8.459 in th e county ; 539 of this numher live in th e county sea t, Zebu lon .
Pike Co unty and its coun ty sea t a re named for Zebu lon Pike, explore r and discoverer of Pik e's Peak . Other town s in the county a re Wi lliamson , Co nco rd, Hollonville, M ean sville a nd M olen a.
Molena is th e " tur key ca pita l" of Georgia. Turkey pr oducti on there is valued a t $200,000 an nua lly. L ester McCr ar y h as a large tur key farm, a turkey processing p lant and freezer locker .
Three la rge ca nning concerns h ave their homes in Pik e Co unty. C onco rd boasts the Co ncord Canning Co mpany, with J ohn H . Bak er as presid ent. O ver 140 em ployees ca n 800-9 00 ton s of pi mient os a nnua lly. This com pa ny also cans turnip gree ns.
The Langford and T aylor Cannery at M ea nsville is h ead ed by H . G . L an gford and E. L. T aylor . H er e 300 em ployees ca n pimientos, turnip greens,

collards and peach es. The annua l payroll is over $250,000 p er year.
The county sea t is th e site of Besco Products, I nc. This concern processes and cans pim ientos, turnip g reens, colla rds, peach es a nd swee t pot at oes. The
firm , with .J. J. Edwards as h ead , em-
ploys over 200.
An other industry for Conco rd is th e Co ncord M anufacturing Com pa ny, mak ers of a rgyle socks.
Pr incip al crops of Pik e County a re p im ientos, corn and cott on . A goo dly porti on of th e land a rea is also seeded to small gra in a nd to pastu re.
L ivestock and livestock products br ou ght $700,000 last yea r, dairy prod ucts, $79,000 ; a nd poultry, including turkeys, $400,000 . T imb er and pu lpwood sales am ounted to $60,000.
A yea r ago, Zebulon installed a wa ter filtrat ion plant with Elkin 's C ree k as th e source of supp ly. Flint R iver tr averses th e coun ty, and th er e a re abo ut 100 fa rm ponds to serve th e a rea' s agricultural needs. Comm unity Li fe
The Pik e Co un ty Li on s Club, with E. P. L ee as president, is a n active organ ization. Annually, it holds a bro om

A prosp erou s tu rkey fa rm in M olena is read y for T hanksgiving .

sale for the benefi t of eye testin g th roughout th e county scho ols. Its p resent project is securing m or e subscriptions for the Pike C ounty .Jou rn al, th e weekly newspa per edited by C . W . Prccton .
The Zeb ulon Cham be r of Co mme rce has Loui s D. C ulbreth as pr esid ent. Pik e Coun ty is a mem ber of th e recently orga nized West Ce ntral Orga nizat ion.
P ack ing P ike county peach es.
U. S. Hi gh way 19, or Sta te route 3, runs north and south th rou gh th e county. Sta te ro ute 18 traverses th e a rea east a nd west, and sta te rout e 109 is under construc tion . Zebu lon , loca ted in the center of th e county, is th e crossroads of Sta te routes 3 and 18.
Pike Co unty is served by th e T railways bus conc ern a nd the Southern R ail road.
Telephon e imp roveme nts in Pike Co unty will include n ot only more ph on es but also th e dial system .
A mo tel is und er construc tion which will be m anaged by Ches te r Bush.
T h ree ba nks serve th e area, all m embers of the FDI C .
T her e a re forty ch u rches in Pike C ounty, thirty-on e for th e wh ite popula tion and 19 for colored citizens.
Seven wh ite schoo ls a nd ten Negro sch ools serve th e county. Three new sch ools a re in th e blueprint stage, and a re expected to be rea dy abo ut one yea r fr om no w. A N egro schoo l a t Zebulon will be constructed a t a cost of $ 163,421; Pike Co un ty white h igh school will be of $ 164,5 75 value, and Pike County consolida ted N egro school a t C oncord, $237,913.09. T h e enrollment in th e Pike Co unty school system is 1,129 white stude nts and 1, 138 colored stude nts. County Officers
Pike Co unty h as th e following officia ls: Ordin a ry, W . L. J on es ; Cler k of
Court, J. W . Storey ; Sh eriff, J. A. Ri g-
gins; Treasurer, th e Bank of Zebu lon ; T ax Co llec to r, Shade O . Bartlett ; T ax R eceiver , W . H . J oh nson ; Co unty School Superintendent, H arold T. Dan-
(C ontinued on Pa ge 8 )

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NEWSLETTER

Rome Making Dramatic Advances With Big Plants Under Construction

R om e, boom town of N orthwest G eorgia a nd coun ty seat of Fl oyd C ounty, is taking one h und red m illion dolla rs' worth of new industry in her graceful step. T h is site of th ree new h uge plan ts h as a fine ba ckgro un d of p rosperou s in du stries and is faci lita ting th e newcom ers throu gh ca ref ul pl anning and years of th oughtful expe rie nce in the d evelop ment of m any en te rp rising conce rns.
The lat est industri al coun t tot aled 115 industri es, plus th e three new op era tions, tw o n ewsp ap ers, three radio sta tions and one television sta tion. Ei ght concerns em ploy ove r 100 each; soon six will have over 500 em ployees eac h . T he backbon e of indust ria l Rom e, firms too nu m erou s to m ention, which h ave h ad long sta nd ing esta blish me n t th ere, deserve cre d it fo r m a kin g th e
Rome Kraft Company.
city an a pp rop riat e pla ce for developm ent and expa nsion . C ivic groups a nd geogra ph ic locati on must be cred ite d a long with th e wa ter system and ra ilroad developm en t.
The four conce rns a lrea dy Iirrn lv estab lished with ove r 500 employees a rc An chor R ome M ills, I nc., Bu rli ngt on M ills - Brighton Di vision , Pepperell M an uf actu ring Co m pa ny and C ela nese Co rpo ra tion of Am erica . T he fir st three a re cott on m ills, th e last m an uf actu res ra yon ya rn.
G enera l El ectric Co rpo ration, whi ch is construc ting a $30-m illion tr an sformer pl ant, pl an s to em ploy over 1,800. R om e K ra ft Co., m a kers of paper board liners for corruga te d box es, will h ave a bo u t 650 in a $30-mi llion structure; Georgia Power Com pany, wit h its $40m illion Plan t H ammon d, will tak e on over 100.
Four old stand-bys in R om e h ave under gon e con sid erabl e expa nsion with-

in th e past three yea rs : Dixie Corporation' s a lum in um extrusion plant has enla rg ed eigh t times ; Fox M an ufacturing Co m pany, furn iture p roducer ; Advan ce Gl ove M anufactur in g Com pa ny, and K ay-Townes Antenna Company.
R om e' s $ lOO-m illion d evelop m ent p rogr am was feat ured recently in a n im pressive a rticle in Business W eek, wid ely cir cul a ted na tion al magazine.
Hi storical Features
R om e was off icia lly nam ed in 1834. Fi ve m en who bou ght up th e land lot s of thi s part of th e C h ero kee territory eac h dep osit ed a slip of pap er in a h at with hi s choi ce for a nam e for th e new town . " Ro me, " Col. D. R . Mitch ell' s cho ice, was selec ted, a nd thus th e city's legal bi rth .
In 187 3 C herokee Baptist College was foun ded . Lat er it was renam ed Sho rter C ollege in h on or of a ge ne rous ben efact or, Alfr ed Sh orte r. T od ay it is a hi gh- standing four-yea r college fo r wom en .
T he fam ou s Bcrrv Schools a nd Co llege, locat ed a t M o'unt Berry just outside of R om e, were founded in 1902. Sin ce its beginning as a log-cab in Su nd ay schoo l, thi s un ique self-he lp in stit ution has developed a nd train ed thousands of boys and girls over th e years Irom th e m oun tain and ru ra l d istri cts of th e Sou th.
Recen tly U. S. H igh way 27 was ded ica ted in Rom e as th e M artha Bcrrv H ighway. This name will a p ply to th ~ h!ghway th rou gh out th e sta te of G eorgia.
Darlingt on School fo r Boys was fou nded in R om e in 1905 with th e ai m of " teach ing boys as well as books." W ith in recen t m onths a new $ 100,000 dorm itory a d d ition was com pleted at the school, as a gift fro m th e citizens of Fl oyd Co un ty.
Battey State H ospital. nam ed for Dr. Rob er t Battey is situa te d on th e ou tskirts of R om e. T wo th ous and tuberculosis p ati ents a re ca red for her e.
The G eorgia School for th e D ea f is locat ed a t Cave Spring. N ew buildings whi ch ha ve just been com pleted will be ded icated th ere on N ov em ber 11th o D r. Alfred L. Davis is head of thi s school wh ich h as a total of 3 18 stude n ts.
Flo yd County Facilities
Fl oyd Cou n ty, with a n eve r growing population now estim a te d a t 66,000 , is situated in th e northwestern pa rt of th e

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sta te and fo rms part of the Georgia. Alaba ma bo un dary. Cave Sp ring, a town in th e sou th wes te rn corne r of the co un ty, co nt rib utes about 1,000 to the tot al population . A nu mb er of Corn. munities locat ed through out th e co un, ty, add up to ap proximately 19,000. The urban population in and around R ome is estima te d at 43,000.
T o serv e thi s fast growing sec tion. Fl oyd Coun ty has ade q ua te fac ilities in a lm ost eve ry res pect. T he city a n d coun ty scho ol systems have j ust under. gone consid erable ex pa nsio n . A new city recrea tion b uild ing will soo n be construc te d in R ome. St. M a rv's Ca th, olic Sch ool is locat ed in R om'e.
In ad d ition to th e H arbin H ealth C linic, th ere a re two hospita ls : Fl oyd H ospital and M cC all H ospital. Fl oyd H ospital is now building m ore rooms a nd a dd itional kit ch en and dining facio li ti es.
There a re well over 40 ch urc hes 10. ca ted th roughout the coun ty ; over a two yea r span there has been n ca rlv $2 mi llion in ch u rch expa nsions. .
T h e Carnegie Lib rary h as ove r 30.. 000 vo lumes. A N egro lib ra ry is a ls~ locat ed in R om e.
Ther e ar e three banks in th e city, with a tot al of ov er $27 milli on in dep osit s.
A number of parks serve th e a rea with pl aygr ound eq ui pme n t a nd picnicking facilities. The Youth R ecreation C enter is a pop ula r place amo ng teen -agel's.
Georgia Pow er 's P lant Hammond.
The YMC A is und er ex pa nsion, a nd th e Optimist C lub is now sponsoring a Boys' C lub.
R ecr eation is fu rther aided by four p ubli c swimm ing pools in and a round R om e. F our p rivat e pools and tw o golf co urses a re a lso av aila ble.
Fishing and hu nting a ro und th is area are ver y popula r. Wi th in recen t years abo u t 100 la kes hav e been made on va rious farms, where fish ing is perm itted a t a m in im um fee.
La st spring th e Chamber of Com' m erce improved its h eadqu arters in the

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; ter of R ome a t a cost of $ ~8 ,000 . It has a ne\: fac~de and a SpaCH? Us,. con~ fortable II? tenor . The or ga l11za tlon . IS
highly actIve :;tnd keeps up -to-d at e 111-
forma tion available on m an y phases of

Rome. Five new brid ges will soo n be con-
structed ncar R om e. A new $ 1,000,000 ilridge will span th e O ostan au la downtown. O ne will traver se Armuche Creek, one th e Etowah R iver, one above town on th e O ostanaula, and one

on th e Coosa. Expansion of Fl oyd Co unty Cour t-
house is pla nn ed, with ge ne ra l remod-
eling and an an nex.

T ran sportat ion is fa cilita ted by U . S. Highway 27, or M a rth a Berry Hi ghway and U . S. 4 11; Stat e 20, 53,1 and 101 highways form wh eel spo kes from
Rome, th e hub.
Over 50 Greyhound bu sses a day top in R ome. T h e Southe rn R ailroad and th e Centra l of Geo rgia both serve Rome and th e sur ro und ing ind ustrial

a rea . Rome is wh ere " the O osta nau la m eets
the Et owah to form th e Coosa. " In addition .to th ese !'ivers in Fl oyd Co unty, there IS also BIg Cedar C ree k, whic h flows to th e C oosa a bove C a v e Spring. City water com es from a filtration plant on th e Coosa Ri ver.

Floyd Co unty Airp ort, ca lled R ussell Field, is served by various airlines .

Th e R ome N ews-Tribune, Floyd County's dail y newspaper , is ed ite d by Edward 1. Bernd. It da tes back 111 years. J ournali sticall y, R om e is not ed not only for its fin e and long-sta nd ing newspaper, but a lso for th e fa ct th at Henry Grad y sta rted hi s liter a ry ca ree r here.
The R om e Enterprise is a colored weekly edited by th e R ev. E . L. Zub er.

The th ree radio statio ns whi ch serve

t~ e ~rea a re The Coosa V all ey R adio

Station WROM, with Ed M cKay as

Cmoanmapg~enry;,

The R om e WRGA, with

Bro ad M a th er

cPasatyinn~z

managm g ; L. B. Lowry is m anager of

the R om e News-Tribune Sta tion

W~VLRAOQM. ,

R om e's open ed la

T st

elevision J uly. D

e

st an

aCtioovn~

mgton is president of th e station, a nd E~ M cK ay is m an ager. With a ' 100-

mIle radi us, it serves part of T ennessee

and Alab am a also.

A nu mber of mot els a re available for tourists a nd Geor gia visit ors, beside
three hot els : The General Forr est th e
Greystone a nd the Third Avenu e ' H otel.

Visitor s to R om e will wan t to be sur e to. visit th e grave of Mrs. Wood row Wilson in th e bea ut iful M yrtl e Hi ll

November 10, 1953

cemete ry th er e. The Berry Schools a nd

College , Shorter Co llege and D arl ing-

to.n School a rc special h ighli ghts, along

WIth th e C apitoline W olf in front of

th e City H all. This copy of the famo us

sym bol of R ome, Ital y, was sen t to

R ?me, Geo rgia as a . gesture of goo d-

WIll and respect from' th e Ita lian ca p i-

tol cit y.

Fl oyd Co unty ha s a number of verv

ac tive civic organ iza tions th at m eet

regul arl y : The R ot ary, Exch an ge Op-

tim ist, Pilot ,

Kiwani s, J aycees,

C ivita B. &

nP~

Li on W .,

s'a nQduottha~

Cha mbe r of C om m erce . T he quality

of th e work of these gro u ps is of th e

best .

U tilities in th is a rea are a ll q uite

bu sy. T he Geor gia Power Co m pa ny's

Plant H ammond, now under construc-

tion , will genera te 300,000 kilowatts.

A new telephon e excha nge in R ome is

less than th ree m on ths old a nd rural

lin es a re bein g exte nde d. Gas lin es a re

also bein g lengthened.

Cott on is th e fa vored cro p in Fl oyd . A n umber of lumber m ills flour ish on timber of th e area . Beef and dairy cattle a rc ra ised.

R ice Sp rings F a rm and Sh an dra Farms rai se a nd sell Black An gus ca ttl e.

County Officer s

O fficers of Fl oyd Co unty a re : Ordinary, C . H . H ollin gsworth, J r. ; C lerk of Co ur t, M elvin Owen s ; Sh er iff, J oe Ad ams ; T reasur er , C. O . Walden ; T ax

General Electric Plant in R ome.

Collector a nd Receiver, J. W . Winkle ; County School Superi ntendent, J. F .

Murdock ; Solicitor Genera l, Chas tine

Parker ; County Fa rm Agent, Glen n

Wil e):; H om e D em on st ration Agent,
M yrtl e Lee M cGoogan ; Coro ne r, J. W .

D avis.

.

M embers of th e L egislat ur e a re R obert L. Scoggins, M a c G . H icks and Battle H all. H . E. Ni chols is Super ior
C our t Judge.

Serv ing th e C ity of R om e a re J ohn Ya rb ro ugh as F irst Com m issione r, W .

Lumpkin Man Heads Ga. Unit, Highway 27

EI ~ct i on of officer~ featured th e joint

I~eetll1g of U .. S. HI ghway 27 Associa-

n on of G eo rgia, I nc., a nd th e Ce ntra l

Division , com posed of members of K en-

tucky a nd T ennessee, held O ct. 8-9 a t

the R ead H ouse in C h a tta noobza, a t-

tended by severa l h un dred dclcna tcs

and visitors.

b

I.I?

COIuffdiccerLs

nam a rr y

ed for C a s tle

the G berry,

c

oruia ofo L

U nit ump-

kl? , Stewa rt Co unty, p resident ; O . A.

!<Itch en gs, of Bainbridge, first vice pres-

idc n t ; N . A. R ogers, of Fran klin, H ea rd

Co unty, seco nd vice president ; O . L.

Betts, of lin e N ix,

Co of

lCu mo lbuums,but rse, aesxuerceur

~'

i

vMei

ss E rsecre -

ta ry. H ead qu a rter s of the Georzia uni t

a rc in Co lum bus.

o

th

M. eG

L. eor

g iSah Hadigb huwr na,y cDh ieepf a

rctnl ~ciennctc,

r of told

the grou p of th e work a lrea dy comp let-

ed and furth er work contemplated on

th e hi ghwa y whi ch tr a verses 19 west

Georgia counties, extend ing from Wa lk-

er, near Cha tta nooga , to D ecatur Coun-

ty, en tering F lorid a. south of Bainbridge. T he distan c~ throu gh Georgia

is 38 7 mil es.

.

Willia m ~{ : Lea ch , T en nessee H ighway COInITIlSSlOner, add ressing the eonven ti? n, said " the hi ghway p rogram today IS fa cing a crisis in a ll 48 sta tes. Tra ffic on our highw ays is gre a te r than we hav e roa d faci lit ies to accom mo da te.

" As of tod ay, th er e a rc 54,000,000 mo to r veh icles on th e Am eri can hi zhwa ys. M oto r veh icle m an ufaetlll':e'r s will bu ild 6,000 ,000 new vehicles nex t yea r, and 3,000,000 now in opera tion will be 're tired' from th e highways. T hl.lS, we will hav e 57,000,000 m otor veh icles on our hi gh ways next year and we don 't have th e fa cilities we need t o tak e ca re of thi s va st in cr ease."

M r. L ea ch a dvocated bui ldin u m o re hi ghw ays, saying th at not only has th e nu m ber of m otor vehicles in cr eased but th e owners h ave also increas ed th e use of th eir vehicles.

T h e 1,570 m iles of U . S. Hi ghway 27 ex ten d~ fl:om M ackin aw C ity, in northern M ich igan , th rough seven sta tes a nd
ends a t M ia mi , Fla., a t its m ost south ern
p oint.

T. M cKinney as Fi re Ch ief a nd Sm ith H orton as C hief of Police.
County Co m m issione rs are : C . G . K ir kland, N . N . Burn es, Jr., Sid ney Lowrey, Sca b Whatley and N ick Powers.

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
Appling Box Company, BAXLEl'Ammo boxes, $19,724.
Ke enan Welding Supplies C o., ALBANY- O xygen, servi ce and tr an spor-
tation, $43,608. Nunnally & M cCrea Compa ny, AT-
LANTA-Trousers, $23,800. T' ~'l1HJ eil H ardwood F looring Com -
pany , LaGRANGE - Ammo box es,
$69 ,27 5 . Gen eral Electri c Co rporation, SA-
V ANNAH - Tran sform ers and part s,
$5 6,4-16. Hancock Lumber Co m pany, Q UIT-
AlAN-Lumber, $ 10,040.
Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, ATLANTA-Oil Storage tanks, $14,-
900 . Savanna h Sugar R efining Corpora -
tion , SAVANNAH-Sugar, $ 10,290. Ri chland Box Com pa ny, R I CH -
LAND-Windshield Covers, $20 ,162. Atlantic Steel Com pa ny, ATLANTA
- Steel strips, $1 3,554. Newm a n Co nstruc tion Com pa ny, La-
GR AN GE- A m mo boxes, $75,330. Standard Oi l Co., SAVANNA H-
Gas oline, $ 13,320. Th e Auto-Soler Compa ny, AT-
LA NTA -Sight units and parts, $89,703.
Callaway M ills, LaGRANGE-Duck Cotton, $861 ,088 .
Elliott Company , In c., ATLANTA - M aterial an d services, $12,235.
Baron Iron and Equipment Co mpany, ATLANTA-Diesel Electri c locomotiv e, $29,500 .
Southern F ertilizer a nd Chemical Company, SA V ANNAH - Supe rph os-

phate m at eria l.
e Johns-Man ville S a I s Corp., AT-
LA NTA-Cab le trays, $46,723.
Westin ghouse Electric Corpora tion, ATLA NTA-Fan units, $505,698 .
Pike County
(Continued from Page 5 )
iel ; Solicit or Gen era l, John T. Flynt ; County Farm Agent, Mack Craig ; Home D emonstration Agent, Mrs. Ruth Ca ldwell; Corone r, Gordon You ng ;
M emb er of th e Legislature, W . .J. Bar-
rett, J 1'. ; Judge of Superior Court, Chester Byars . Co unty Commissioners ar e G. M. Strickland, H . O . Caldwell and
.J. B. Lawrenc e.
Mayor of Zebu lon is C . R. Gwyn , J 1'., and Fire Chief, Jack Banks ; The
Ch ief of Police of Zebulon is .J. C . Ben-
n ett.
Travel Editors Tour Georgia
Perf ect weather a nd a well-p lanned and exec uted tour of Geor gia fr om th e mountain s of North Georgi a, through th e foothills of the sta te and to th e seashor e recently expe rience d by a group of tr avel editors of a number of papers th rough out th e United States, will bring thi s ar ea much fav orable publicity and man y tourists, it is believed.
The tour, sponsored by th e State Chamber of C ommerce, with Penn Worden in charge, the At lan ta Constitution and Journal and Mo d ern Trailwa ys, was made to point out th e many a nd vari ed att rac tions that Georgia has to editors who will feature th ese advanta ges to tourists in their columns in th e newspapers th ey represent.
Th e tour was made in a Trailways

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bus, with points of interest being shown enroute ; pleasant stops were made at many Georgi a landma rks where .th e vis. itor s were lavishly entertained : ' -

I t is believed tourist tr av el in to and

through Georgia will be greatly incrcas.

cd as a result of th e favorable publicit,

that will result from th e tour.

.

SPECIAL NOTICE
Eff ectiv e 1 October 1953 or as soon as possible thereafter, th e six air procurem ent districts of the Air Force ar e being rep laced by th e seven air materie l ar eas. The Atlanta Air R egional Office will be under th e administrative jurisdiction of the Warner Robins Air Materi el Ar ea. The Atlanta Office will be known as :
Atlanta Air Procurem ent District Warner Robins Air Materiel Ar ea 760 West Peachtree Stree t, N . W. Atlanta , Georgia .
The a bove offic e services all firms int erested in Air Force procurem ents in the states of Flor ida , Georgia and South C arolina. Alab ama and Mi ssissippi , form erly under this office, ar e now bein g serviced by th e Dayton Pro curement Distri ct, Mobile Air Materiel Ar ea, Dayton, O hio .
The Air Force pro cur em ent districts are set up to servic e manufacturers who a rc interested in prime con trac ts or sub- contracts . Sma ll business firms interested in Air F orce pro curements a re especially invited to consult with Wa lter C . Roo se, Chief of the Small Business Office, At lanta Air Pro curem ent Distri ct. M r. Roose h as been in cha rge of this office since it was fir st establish ed .

DEPAUTMENT OF [OMMEU[ E
NEWSLETTER
aVE BER 25 1953

NEWSLETTER

N ovember 25, 1953

NEWSLETTER

Published semi -monthly by

GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE 100 State Capitol

* HERMAN E. TALMADGE Gov e r n or BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

EMORY L. BUTLER Chairman

Lonnie A. Pope, V. Chm. Ben Jes sup

Y. F. Geeslin Hoke Pet ers

* CLARK GAINES

Secretary

Vol. 5, No.4

Nov emb er 25, 1953

.....

Geo rgia Fea tures In Magazines

A lon er ar ticle with nu merou s pictu res ot' a famo us Georgia vacation spo t was featu red in th e Oc tober 24th issue of Business W eek maga zme. Sea Island . favor ite of G eorgians a nd travelers f;'om all ove r, is broug h t to th ousa nds of hou seh olds a nd offices over the nation throug h the article en tit led, " Sea Island Snags ' Em With Sun, Sand - and Service." T he C loister H ot el loca ted th er e h as ju st celeb ra ted it s 25th a nniversarv. U nder wav now is a $50 ,000 expa nsion of th e ga"lf cours e whi ch will increase its ability to ca re for ove r 16,000 visito rs ea ch year.
Ano the r fine feat ure a r ticle will be found in C hrys ler Event s magazin e, November issue . Andr ew Sp arks has written abo ut Atl anta as leading th e " Sou th's Indust ri al R en ai ssan ce." Five bea u t iful color ph ot ogr aphs illu st rat e th e a r ticle.
Of in terest to man y Geo rgia ns is th e essay in th e So uthe rn O bserve r maga-
zine, Septem be r issue, by D avid .J.
H arkness. U nder " L ite ra rv P rofiles of th e So ut h ern St a tes," Ge~rgia 's many w riters ove r th e yea rs a re listed and discussed wi th th eir work s.
COVER PICTURE
This "lookout" fire tower is a to p Geo rgia 's high est mountain p eak , M ount En ot a or Brasstown Bald , 4,784 feet h igh , in T own s Co un ty, near th e lin e of U n ion. The U . S. F orest Ser vice m an s thi s to wer during d ry weather to spo t fires in th e C ha ttaho och ee Natio na l Forest. See sto ry on pa ge 5.- Photo by K en neth R ogers.

MAKES OWN CULVERTS:-Elbert County, und er direction of Commissioner John Starke, is replacing all wood culverts on coun ty roads with modern conc rete ones, shown abov e, whi ch ar e cast by work ers at th e County Stockade.

ATLANTA : Natio na l Associati on of Profession al Baseball L eagu es M eet ing, Biltmor e H ot el a nd Din kler Plaza-November 29-D ccember 4.
SA VANNAH: America n Soeiet v of Landscap e Architects, Southea~ t ern Cha p ter M eeting, H otel Desot oDecemb er 4-6.
ATHE NS: Psych ological Asso cia t ion An nua l M eeting, U n ivers ity of G eorgia- Decem ber 5.
ATLANTA: Geo rgia Associati on of Soil Co nserva tion Super visors' ~1 eet ing , H enry G ra dy H ot el-Decemb er 8.
M ACON : G eorgia Li vestock Associa tion M eeting, D empsey H otel -Decem ber 8-9.
ATLANTA: Association for th e Adva nce me nt of M an agem ent, Georgia C ha pter , "T he Pastor a nd Industrial Relati on s," Atla nta A thletic C lubDecemb er 10.
ATL AN T A : 2nd Annual Sheriffs' Co nfer en ce, At lanta Di vision , U niversity of Geor gia-December 11-12.

AT LAN T A : Georgia Can ner s' Associa tion M eeting, Biltmore H ot elDecember 10-11 .
ALBANY : 2 1st Annual Southwest Geo rgia C attle Sh ow and Sa le, Un ion St ock Yards-January 5-6.
ATLANTA : Antique Sh ow, Biltmor e Hotel -J anuary 5- 10.
ATLANTA : G eorgia Optom etri c Associa tio n M eeting, Dinkler-PlazaJ anu a ry 10-12 .
SAVAN NAH: Southeastern Denta l Associa tion M eet ing, Hotel DcSot oJ a nu ary 13-15.
ATLANTA : The Societ y for th e Adva nce men t of M an agem ent, Geo rgia C ha p ter meeting, "Cos t R ed uction and Con tro l in th e O ffice," At lanta Athlet ic Club-J anu ary 14 .
AT L AN T A: 'F ou rth Annual Newspaper Adv ert ising Clinic, At lant a D ivision, U nive rsity of Georgia-January 15.
RADI UM SPRINGS : Southern V etera ns of For eign W ars Co nference , R adium Sp rings Inn- January 15-1 7.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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NEWSLETTER

Novemb er 25, 1953

Georgia's Huge Peanut (rop, Leading Nation,

On Move From Farms to Processing Concerns

Georgia's Peanu t
Harvest

Fa rm ers in th e 80 counties tha t grow peanu ts, m ostly in M iddle and Sou th G eorgia, h ave pract icall y clea red their fields of th e 1953 crop as th is succ ulen t nut mov es on to be converted into oil and mea l and also to become a com ponen t part of confectio ns, sold througho ut the na tio n .
Ga ining high rank as a p rin cipal cro p within the last 30 yea rs in the state, or since th e invasion of th e boll weevil, pea nuts in 1952 ra nked fo ur th in va lue
of all crops grown in G eorgia. Cotton was first, co rn second, an d tob acco
third.
Peanut produ ction in G eor gia last year for commer cial purposes alon e, wa s

404,800,000 pounds, wh ich bro ugh t $46, 13 1,000, th e yield being 800 po unds per acre.
I n addition to the harvested peanuts, many fields are "gra zed" by hogs, and th e pcavine hay is also valuab le.
Th e 1953 crop was estima ted to be 486,080,000 po unds , but th e crop suffered damage from the rain s of ea rly fa ll, whi ch is expec ted to redu ce thi s yea r's yield .
Georgia lead s a ll sta tes in peanut pro d uct ion. Acr eage an d production by counties in G eorgia last year just an nounced by th e Crop R eporting Service, of Ath ens, wer e as follows :

County :

Lbs. Acres : Harvest ed :

Appling .

410

Atkinson .

160

Bacon

20

Baker ...

15,060

Bald win

70

Ben Hill .

6,550

Ber rien

1,610

Bibb .... ...

5

B1eckley .. _-

1,9 10

Brooks .

4,4 00

Bryan

. . -- -. . ----.

150

Bulloch ._- "--"""" 10,730

Burke

5,990

Calhou n

17,340

Cand ler

900

Chattahooc h ee

400

Clay

12,930

Coffe e

2,5 70

Colq uitt ....-... .... .. 8,3 10

Cook ....

1, 170

Crawfo rd .. .

150

Crisp " " '"

13,550

Deca tur

15,860

Dodg e

6,230

Dooly .. .. _-_._-.... . 18,660

Dough ert y ...

6,570

Early . .........

33,3 10

289,000 178,000
19,000 13,062 ,000
33,000 4, 110,000 1,444,000
2,000 1,237,000 3,38 7,000
148,000 11,4 74,000 3, 75 7,000 17,960,000
598,000 23 1,000 12,18 1,000 1,663,000 6,909,000 1,2 15,000 61,000 9,28 7,000 12,903 ,000 3,838,000 9,890 ,000 4,436,000 3 1,678,000

Co u n ty:

L b s. Acres : H arvest ed:

Coun ty:

A cres:

Lbs. H a rvest ed :

Effingh a m

480

Emanu el .

2,280

Eva ns ..

490

G lascock .

500

Grady H an cock H a rri s -. ---. . . --. . . -.. .

8,070
. 40 20

H ouston

6, 170

Irwin ............. 14,460

J eff Davis

80

J efferson '...'

3,330

J enkins ...

2,450

J ohnson

620

La uren s

6 ,380

Lee

l.i,9 30

Lownd es

600

M acon

4 ,890

",'1at-ion

3, 770

M cDuffie

10

M iller .. _-

20,080

Mitch ell .

20,770

M ontgomer y

1,2 10

M u scogee

10

N ewton ---- - .' .. -...

15

Peach

1,000

Pu laski

9,670

Q u i t m an

4,460

402 ,000 2,248,000
385,000 214,000 6,5 73,000
13,000 9,000 3,39 7,000 11,391,000 54,000 1,536,000 2,0 19,000 273,000 4.552,000 12.559,000 3 70,000 3,234.000 2,298,000 4,000 19,0 73,000 16,52 7,000 1,045,000 3,000 10,000 523,000 6,025,000 3,356,000

R a n d ol ph

22,520

R ic h m o n d

460

Sch ley

3, 110

S c re ve n

4,190

Seminole

12,890

Stewa rt

9,020

Sum ter .

16,150

T albot

270

T attn all

930

Taylor

2, 120

Telfair

3,030

T errell

22,580

Thomas

4, 760

T ift

11 ,990

Toombs

1,600

T rc ut len

60

T urn er

20,680

T wiggs

1,560

Warren

70

Washin gton ,

2,240

W a yn e

40

W e bst e r

9,690

W h eele r --_... _--. --. .

720

W ilco x

12,580

\Vilkinson

860

Worth

29,080

T ota l .. .................506,000

20,98 1,000 228,000
2,346,000 3,490,000 14,305,000 6,001,000 11,004,000
173,000 896,000 1,4 65,000 1,813,000 17,408,000 3,606,000 11 ,908,000 1,3 19,000
32,000 13, 183,000
890 ,000 29,000
1,19 1,000 34,000
8,415,000 589,000
6,825,000 537,000
26,049,000 404 ,800 ,000

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GEO RGIA D E PARTMENT OF COMM ER CE

NEWSLETfER

No vember 25, 1953

GEORGIII PIIRIIDE OF PROGRESS

New Bus Depot The new Trailways Bus System ter-
minal, opene d in ATLANTA recently, was bu ilt at a cost of a half a mill ion dollars. It will serve approximately 3,500 pa ssengers eac h da y, with over 120 dai ly bus schedules to and from At la nt a, including sch edules for nationwid e tr avel. T he bui ldin g is of steel and masonry const ruction ; it will be air-conditioned in th e summer, a nd it has a for ced air heating system. The president of th e new terminal is F. W. Mills of Albany, and th e m an ager J oe N . Climer, native of Rome.
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Carpet Plant Expansion A & M Karagh eusian , In c., ALBANY,
h as announced a n expa nsion to its ca rpet manufacturing plan t whi ch is expect ed to be com pleted in J anuar y. At a cost of $58,000, a new wing of 10,000 squa re feet will be adde d to be used mos tly for warehouse space. Pr esent storage spa ce will be ava ilable for additional manufacturing space. The concern now em ploys ove r 100 persons. Additional equipme nt will soon be installed. The compan y's Gu lista n carpets, all-cott on, a rc now sh ipped a nd distribu ted to ret ail markets in all forty-eight states. Sh asta car pets also a re made by the Karagh eusian concern .
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Mountain Celery The first commer ciall y grow n celery
ever harvested in Geor gia's mountain area was sold last month through th e Atlanta Farmers Market. H enry Cosby and Robert Maddox grew th e celery on their five-acre farm near MOUNTAIN CITY in Rabun County. A tot al of over 2,000 crates of th e new Geor gia crop will be ma rketed fro m th e fa rm this season .
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Ellaville Expansion The Ellavill e Machine C omp any,
makers of metal products, is under going expansion . H ank Popi el, own er an d m an ager of th e pl an t, began th e manufacture of stee l appliances for a peanut products compa ny only thi s yea r. Eight emp loyees have since been added to the payroll, and a n ew win g to th e bui lding to be ready in J anuary will provide space for additional workers an d manufacturing. The firm recently purchased $30,000 worth of equipment, and so far this yea r has produced over 40,000 item s. New d ies are being made for the manufacture of more an d different items.

A nother Calhoun

County Enterprise

Th e following is reprinted from the

T ri-County Courier, Arlington :

LEARY H AILS A NEW I ND USTRY

This rural communi ty with a popu-

lation of 721 according to th e latest

census, is a comm unity with th e indus-

trial foresigh t of a maj or city.

Last yea r, a 50,000 bu shel gra in ele-

vator was th eir first major industri al

p roj ect. This week ano the r industrial

project , "T h e O le Williamsburg Pot ato Plant," op en ed its doors .

As a result of a group of bu siness-

men with "de term ina tion" as th eir only

weap on, thi s ind ustr y was made pos-

sible.

These men bou ght th e five acres, on

whi ch th e pl ant wa s built, gua ra n teed

th e necessar y acreage, a nd th en approach ed Mr. L. W . Hi gh , loca l ranch

owner, with th e sweet potato plant idea.

In a short tim e con struction was begun .

This land was given to M r. Hi gh , fol-

lowing th e same p lan as last year, wh en

th e land on which th e G rai n Elevator

was built was given to M r. Ned Dunn,

th e owne r. The town itself rendered

grea t service in extending th e water

line and a ny other ser vice possible.

This $100 ,000 plant is completely

modern in eve ry respect and is under

th e man agem ent of Mr. Ch arlie C ow-

a rt. The plant will ca n, store a nd cure

potat oes. The output a t th e peak of

th e season will be 20,000 number two

cans, per day.

.

ADVERTISING GEORGIA

Georgia ad vertisem ents by th e D ep artment of Commer ce a re appearing in th e following national publica tions in th e month of No vember:
TIME magazine, November 2nd . TIME m agazi ne, November 9th. IRON AGE magazin e, November
12th. TIME m agazin e, November 23rd. TIME m agazine, Novemb er 30th.

New Tourist Court To Open A new tourist cour t in north VAL-
DOSTA will be opened soon by David Shapiro. The cou rt will hav.e 24 units to be ava ila ble after th e first of next year. Ea ch unit will be equipped with air conditioning, heaters and individual telephones. Mr. Sh apiro also manages a hotel in Homerville and a tourist court in J esup.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMM ERCE

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Valdosta Construction
Construction has begun in V ALDO STA on a new labo ratory an d office building for th e American Cyan amid Company's plant th ere. The new bu ilding, part of a gene ral mod ernizat ion and expa nsion program, will be rea dy by th e first of th e year. R esearch on rosin sizes, used by paper m anufacturers to m ak e paper water rep ellant, will be conducte d in th e new laborat ory. R. C. R uff er is manage r of th e V aldosta plant.
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Two Pulpwood Yards
Two new pulpwood yards have op ened in WASHINGTON. The Gooch Ya rd , established by Dixi e Wood , Inc., of Mill edgeville, will have T om my Weathers as manager. The Washington Pulpwood Yard is ope ra ted by H. M. Verd ery and W. H. V erder y. The new yard covers seven ac res and has a lfi-car sidetrac k and new pu lpw ood loading equipme nt is in op eration. An office building is planned for con struction on th e new site .
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Experiment Station Grows
Construction recently began on an Administration and Laboratory Building at th e Geor gia Coastal Plain Experiment Station, at TIFTO N. Plans ar e under wa y for another struc ture th ere also, an Animal Disea se Isola tion Buildin g. The sta tion was sta rted a t Tifton in 1920 with 206 acres of la nd ; it now ha s over 5,000 acres for use by more th an 50 research specialists. Dr. Fra nk King is dir ector.
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Modern Mill Ready Soon
A deluxe pu sh-button ch icken feed mill th at will cost an estimated $450,000 and be ca pable of pr oducing 100,000 ton s of chi cken mash a yea r is un d er construction at GAINESVILLE. The a utom atic mi ll is being bui lt for
J. D . J ewell, Inc. Four gra in eleva tors
will be insta lled, eac h ca pable of storing 95,000 bushels. The reen forced concrete struc ture will tower ab out eigh t stories high adjacent to th e p resent J ewell wareh ouse on the Gainesville-M idland R ailroad tracks. Wh en complet ed, the mi ll will be so automatic that on e man at a contro l panel of buttons, lights, levers and dials will be a ble to stor e incoming grain, grind th e grai n, mix it with othe r ingredi ents of broi ler mash, stor e it in other bin s or deliver it to trucks.

NE'VSLETfER

Nov emb er 25, 1953

T;"wns County, Site Of State's Highest Point,

ALeader In Education, ~armi~g ~nd , o~rists

'I' -ns a sma ll county- 180 squa re

miks0 \i\n a, rea-nes~led iin thee lmmoouu n~ ttaail ?s

' . . 01;f~1IU;,~\~:yr.ttihonGaegorrgiciua

, IS ext lture a

reme y nd ha s

acti ve in some in-

C One is never out ?f sight of nnpres-

i:.\.~.tmu aotue dnttahine

peaks in T owns, h igh est poin t in

an d the

here state

_ ~ [ou n t Enota or Brasstown Bald, 4,-

-g.j. feet hiz h.

I Fertile v; IIevs provide excelIent farm -

:.:'I

I"~

clkancdr~pess. p

e~ia l\y M uch

for corn, grai ns poultry is raise d

an d and

the Hiawassee H at ch ery, owned and

operated by C . L. Youn g, p roduces

thousands of chicks for br oiler growers

in the a rea . Cattle farms also dot th e

fertile valleys a nd h ilIs.

Created in M a rch 1856 a nd named

for Gov. George ,V. Towns, th e coun ty

will be celebra ting its centennial in

three year s. I t is in the Ninth Congres-

sional District, rep resen ted by Co ngress -

man Phil Landrum, of J asper. In the

IOth Stat e Senatorial District it is com -

posed of T own s, U nion and R ab un

counties; Harry Brown of R abun is th e

present Sena tor, a nd W . K . D ean of

Young H a rr is, represents T owns in th e

Legislature.

Th e 1950 populati on of th e coun ty

was 4,803 ; Hiawassee, th e county sea t,

375 comp are d with 163 in 1940 ; Young

Harris, 450 com pa red wit h 258 in 1940.

These figures show considerable ga in

in population in th e a rea in th e 10

yeacrs pn.or tfo 1950. 0 di

d

ounty 0 ficers a re : I' mary an

Comm issione r, C la ude Swa nson ; C lerk

of Co ur t, F red WaIls ; She riff, Ed Bar-
nard ; Ta: Col~ector, T. J. M cNabb ;

Tax Receiver, Ji m K end alI ; Schoo l Su -

perin tenden t, Ra y N icho lson ; Treasur-

er, Cha rles Byrd ; Coroner, Cla y AlIen.

Coun ty Fa rm Agen t, E. N . N icho l-

son ; Assistan t Agen t, C . Loyd Smi th;

H om e M ar y

S

mD~ tehm;

onstrat ion V oca ti on

al

Agent, Mrs. Ag. T each er,

Walter NIx. .

.

Land a rea m T own s totals a ppro xI-

mat ely 110,080 acres, with 45,218 ac res

in 839 fa rms, of 53.9 ac res avera ge size.

Agricu lture has its climax in th e

Geo rgia M ountain Fair held a nnua lIy

at H iaw assee, sponsored by th e Towns

County L ions C lub. It was h eld Aug.

24-29 th is year and featur ed agricul-

ture, livestock, 4-H , F FA and FHA ex-

hibit s, pou ltry , antiques a nd curios from

th ree coun ties. Atte ndance was up in

th e tho usands fr om Northeast Georgia .

Officers of th e fair wer e H erb ert T a-

bor of ElIijay, president ; H . D . Paris

of Hi aw assee, vice p resident ; E. N .

Nicho lson of Hi aw assee, manager ; C .

Loyd Sm ith of Hi aw assee, assista n t

man ager ; Margaret N. Smith of Blai rs-

ville, assista n t m an ager ; M rs. E. N .

Nichols on of H iawassee, secretary.

Agricu ltural age ncies in th e coun ty

TOWNS COUNTY SCENE:-Mountain peaks in the distance lend charm to this Pastoral farm scene near Hiawassee in Towns County; th e mo dern barn is evidence of th e progressive farming methods used in th e verdan t va lley of that ar ea.

include th e Towns County Fa rm Burea u, th e Towns County Soil I m provemen t Assn ., an d th e Pro du ction & M a rketi ng Assn.
A big asset to H iaw assee and th e coun ty is Lak e C hatuge, created as a TVA sto rage lak e on th e Hi aw assee river, th e lake exte nding in side th e city of Hi aw assee. A huge power plant to cost approx imately $875,000 is under construction on th e lak e wh ich is to be in
Sharp Memorial Church at Youn g Harris College.
opera tion in 1954 a nd furnish addi tional power to th e area. REA lin es now p rovide electr icity in T owns.
Lake Ch atuge has been instrumen tal in fur ther increasing tourists an d sum mer visitors to T own s county, a cou nt show ing th at th ere is a n a uto traversing Hi gh way 76- east a nd west-every four minutes, day and night. M ot els, restaurants and othe r acco mmo da tions serve visito rs. A large colony of visito rs occ upy summe r hom es at H iaw assee.
Gen eral sto res and business firm s mak e up " Main stre et" in Hi awassee. T he Lee M. H a pp , J r., M emori al H ospital of 14 beds provides hospital serv ice at H iawassee. It was . built under th e H ill-Burton Act at a cost of $180, 000. th e first $5,000 contribution being made by Lee M . Hap p, of M acon. in
mem ory of his son, Lee M . Happ , Jr. ,
kilIed in World War II , for wh om th e facility was na med . It was op ened a bout a year ago.
Educat ion in T own s is sparked by an excelIen t school system a nd a fine college. The T owns County high school is locat ed at H ia wassee. Two new buildings are plan ned for th e h igh an d grammar system th ere, along with a
renovati on program . .J. V. Cooley IS
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

Harris County, Location Of Most Visited State Park, Is Recreation And Farm Area

Ha rris Co un ty, locat ed in th e southwest cen tra l portion of Geo rgia, is main ly a n ag ricultural a rea . C rea te d in 1827 by an ac t of th e legislature, it was named fo r a prominent Sa yan -
na h law yer, Cha rles H arris, a few months a fte r his death . H e serve d with d istin ct ion as a lderman or mayor in Savan na h for oyer 20 yea rs a nd declined public a p poi ntments for bo th judge of th e Eastern C irc uit a nd U . S. Sena tor.
Hamilton, th e co unty sca t, C hipley and Wav erly H all serve di stri cts of
ab out 1,000 peop le. E ller slie, Shiloh, Cata ula , Pin e M ountain V a lley, M ounta in Hill, H op ewell, Whitesville and Fortson a nd th eir surro undi ng territories ad d up to a tot al county population of 11,265 , accordi ng to th e 1950 census .
M ost of th e co unty is suppo rted by fa rming whi ch is turning from row type to livestock farming. Ther e a re over 1,000 farms; co tto n and sweet pota to es ar e raised in conside rable qu antity.
H arris Co unty also has a number of small indust ries ' whi ch give bal an ce to th e eco nomy. Fort y per cent of th e land area is in for est a nd timber lands ; th erefore it's not surp rising th a t th ere a re over fiftee n sawmi lls in th e cou nty. A broom-h andle company in Ch ipley and a lum ber conce rn in Sh iloh a lso use the local resources.
Ch ipley has two grist mi lls ; th e So uthdown Co m pany, m ak ers of woolen socks and the Schwob Manufacturing Co ., whi ch produces m en's pants and is planning expa nsion. H amilton has th e Old W at er Mill whi ch p roduces

co rn m ea l a nd whole wh eat products, as well as a plan t for th e cur ing, storing a nd sh ipping of swee t potatoes whi ch is owned a nd operate d by B. W . Willi ams. B. R. R eeves Furniture Facto ry a nd th e H & K C hai r Company both m ak e cha irs, roc ker s a nd stu d io couche s in Wav erl v H all. A veneti an blin d ta pe concern is a lso locat ed th er e. In Ellerslie th e Window Beautiful Corpo ra tio n m ak es awn ings . Pin e M oun ta in V all ey is th e hom e of C legg Ch icken processing plant whi ch docs oyer $3 mill ion worth of bus in ess a year. One of th e maj or industries of Harris County is th e Geor gia Pow er CO.'s electric energy producin g sta tions a t Goat Rock and Bartlett's Ferry dams.
H arris is w~ ll kn own for its tourist a tt ractions a nd recr eati on a reas. Vi sitors from oyer th e nat ion contin ue to co me to R oosevelt Sta te Pa rk a nd to th e Ida Cason Ga rde ns.
At Roosevelt Sta te Park th ere a re facilit ies for boating and fishing, swimm ing, ca m ping , picni ckin g. Ther e a re a number of la kes in this a rea, whi ch is visited by scores of tourists and Geor gians eac h yea r. M ost of th e Park roads wind around th e southe rn mos t foothills of th e Appala chi an chain, so th at moto rists are afford ed interestin g views of th e pi ne lands, lak es a nd fa rm va lleys. On top of one of th e peaks in th e park, D owd ell's Knob, th e Hall of Our Hi stor y will be built as a m em or ial to th e la te President wh o spent so much of his tim e in thi s area .
T he I da Cason G a rd ens are located righ t by U. S. Hi ghway No. 27. The Garde ns co nsist of ac res a nd ac res of beautifu lly landscaped coun tryside a nd a number of la rge la kes wh ich a rc all

-- November 25, 19'
named af ter birds- Lake Bobolin La ke Whi p poorwill, etc. A fin e nin hole go lf co ur se, a picn ic a rea , fishin swim ming a nd boating arc a ll inclu dt in thi s bea utifu l a rea of lit er all y 1'0'
a fter mi le of landscaped wood s. 11
bea ch area. with a wh ite sandy bea~ for swimming is within five min utes ( th e m ountain top , wher e th e G arde: St or e is loca ted . It is, indeed , a uniq com bina tion of fac ilities.
Community Lif e
H a rris Coun ty is, perhaps, rn not ed for bea utiful scenery and tou-, a ttrac tions. But its citizens arc co: scicn tiously wor kin g to imp rove and e pand its public fac ilities for th eir 0 \\ dai lv life.
F ~r a number of yea rs a coum hea lth plan has been in effect a nd la vea r a H ea lth C lini c was bui lt in Han ilt on to promot e a nd expand it s se ices. Chipley ha s its own health eli .
Tran sportation fa cilit ies arc n urn ous. G reyh ound bu ses giv e fr egu service to nca rb v Colu mbus. The C tra l of Geor giaRa ilroad runs th rou th e m id d le of th e co unty a nd h as s tion s a t C h ipley, H amilton , Cata and Fortson . The So uthe rn R ailroa serv es Ell erslie, Waverl y H a ll and Sh loh. U . S. Hi ghway No. 27 rolls throu th e coun trys ide, a nd Ga . routes 18, 11 190 and 208 tr aver se th e coun ty . D ing th e past eigh t yea rs, mi leage ( paved roads has been a pproximate doubled .
Besides th e ca m ping facilities avai able a t R oosevelt St ate Pa rk , th ere a five tou ri st cou r ts for visito rs to It area : R oyal Cottages in Chipley, 10' Motel in Cata ula, T osler's M otel H amilton, Waverl y Hall M otel a nd It O sa hatchc c Motel, both in W aver H a ll. P lan s a rc under way to bui ld seri es of small hot els aro und th e Ir C ason G ard en la kes for va ca tione
Georgia Power Co m pa ny and Trot

In the distan ce is Do wdell's Knob, fu ture home of T he H all of

Part of th e beau tiful Id a Cas on Garde ns, between Ch ipley

O ur Hi sto ry, a mem orial to the la te FDR.

H ami lton on U . S. H igh way No. 27.

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NEWSLETTER
The Baptist Church in Hamilton, loca ted ncar th e town sq ua re .
being ma de for th e consolida tion of th e white schoo ls in H am ilton .
Tw o weekly newspa per s ser ve the county, T he I-Ia rris Co unty J our nal , now in its 84t h year, is edited by J ohnson C. Wood al l. R alph R . Ri ce is ed ilor of th e C hip ley R eview .
C ivic Projects The Chipley C ha mb er of Commerce, with K en Askew as pr esident, is a n extremely active orga niza tion . R ecently th e gro up pu blished a n in te res t ing and a ttract ive brochu re of Chipley. The C hip ley C ha m ber of Commerce also sponsors t he Boy Scou ts a nd th e Cham pion H om e T own Co n test, whi ch has had va rious awa rds. The Chipl ey Woman 's C lub is at pr esen t under tak ing a program of la ndsca p ing th e community and has pl an s for a wayside park along route 27 wh er e mot or ists may sto p with pi cn ic lun ch es for rest. The H a rris Coun ty Lio ns C lub has Bill Cooks ey as president. T h e H a rr is County Am eri can L egion Post has its home in Pin e M ountain Vall ey, with Dayton Calhoun, Jr., Commande r. The C hamber of Commer ce in H a milton is h ead ed by L. E. Hal e.

Novemb er 25, 1953

A recent civic undcrta kin g in H arris

Coun ty is th e Negro Betterment Associa tion, In c. This is a no n-p rofi t cor-

po ra tion spo nsored th rou gh th e gene-

rosity of H arris County citizens ; $ 100,-

000 is being provid ed for recreation fa-

cilities for Negro es in th e a rea. Plan s

call for a swimming an d spor ts area

and th ea tr e.

O fficia ls serv ing H arris County are:
O rdina ry, .J. B. Peav y; Cler k of Co ur t,

Roy But ts ; Sh eriff, M . D . H ad ley ; T ax Co llector, L. E. Foster ; T ax R eceiver,
Mrs. .J. S. Thomp son ; County School

Superintendent, Zade K enimer: Solici-

lor Gen era l, Ru ssell Davidson .

Forrest Sa lter is Co un ty 'F a r m Agent :

Mrs. Clyd e C . Sprayberry is H arris

Co unty Hom e Dem on strati on Age n t;

Claren ce my j ord

J. on

, WChoi tre~n'eJrr .{

Survcvor: JimCo unty 'Com -

missioners arc .I a ke M oon , A. H . An-

der son and G eorge T ecl . M ember of

th e Legisla tu re is W. D . Sivcll,

Earl Ph illip s is M ayor of Ch ipley ;

W. B. Blanton M a yor of H a milton , and Edwin O 'Neil, M ayor of W averl y

H all.

HIGHLIGHTING
OU{( P{(OG{(ESS
A wa yside par k on Rou te 17 ju st south of Kingsland has bee n com pleted. . . . A ha rn ess racing t rack is nca r com pletion nca r Butler . .. Albany's new $ 1-million bridge a t O gleth orp e Ave nue has been ope ne d to traffi c .. . T he Na tion a l Co ntainer Corp.'s $26 million plan t at C lyattville received its first load of pulpwood recently . . . Constructi on has begun on tw o new build ings a t South Geo rgia Co llege a t Douglas , a do rmitory a nd a classroom add itio n to Peterson H all . .. Talbotton will soon have a new wa ter supp ly system . . . Su mter County has com p leted a to tal of 56 units in new ho using p rojects at Le slie, P lains and Anderson ville .. . Georgia pl anted mor e acres in trees th an anv othe r sta te in 1952 . . . The Sunnyla nd Pack ing Co m pa ny of Thomasville has purchased a n additional packing pla nt a t Do th an , Alabama . . . Plan s arc under way fo r Charlton County's cente nnia l ~clebra t io n next vear . . . Miss Ann R ob ert son of Man~hester was crowne d P imiento Queen of 1953 at th e P im ien to F estival at Woodbury . . . A sta te wayside p ar k will be established on U . S. Hi ghway 4 1 a t Arabi . .. Irving A. M et z has been a ppoint ed act ive exec u tive director of th e Sa vannah Chamber of Com-

mer ce to succeed C liff Da venport . . . F rozen food lockers cu red more th an four mi llion po unds of pork for Georgia farme rs last season .. . Moultrie Banking Co m pa ny is undert aking a ma jo r expansio n a nd ren ovation program with its buil ding . . . The Bank of Wadley in J efferson Co un ty has com plet ed a n ex tensiv e inter ior re novati on . . . A new Negro hou sing p rojec t has ju st been com pleted in Albany whic h will p rovide q uarte rs for 140 families .. . M ax Lockwood of Statesboro has been nam ed president of th e Geo rg ia Recreati on Societ y . .. Con struction work is a lmos t comp lete on the ad dition to th e Grantville Ya rn M ill at Grantville . . . M iss K ath rvn F ricks of Ri sing Fawn is th e new Queen of th e Geo rg ia F arm Bureau Fed era tion . .. The Southern Bell T elepho ne Company's bui ld ing was recently com pleted in Flower y Branch . . . Ca lla way Mill s, LaGrange, has new Barber- Colem an spoo lcrs for its twisting a nd wind ing dep artment to incr ease paekage size and effi cien cy .. . O perario ns han ' beg un a t th e Inland Ru bber Corpor ation a t At hens ... The Mill er Pi-can Co mpa ny of Alba ny has sta rte d
o per a tions in its p lan t with .J. B. Miller,
J r. , as presiden t . .. Dr. W. S. H orn sby was elec ted pr esid en t of th e Geo rgia Negro C ha m ber of Co mmerce a t a meet ing in Augusta . . . The Georgia St ate Elk s Associa tio n will bu ild a new ha lf-mi llion -do llar hospit al adjacent to Emory Un iversi ty for cripp led children .. . Griffin will be th e site for th e sta teopera ted coca mat a nd pu sh broom plant for blind Negroes . . . A new thn-c-arrc park will be loca ted on U . S. highway 44 1, Ga . route 23, betw een Tallula h Fa lls and T urnerville . . . The St ok es Mi ll a nd Elevator Compan y has opened a t Dublin . .. F rozen Pr oducts Company of V ida lia h as comp leted th e addition to th eir bu ilding.
Towns County (Continued from Page 5 )
principal a nd R ay Sims h ead s th e elementa ry school.
Oth er gra mma r schoo ls are a t Young Ha rri s, where a ne w building is planned, and Lower H ight ower, Upper H igh tower, M t. Zion , G um Log and Brasstown.
Young H arris C ollege, founded in 1886 by Judge Youn g L. G . H arris of At hens, is a M ethod ist J un ior Co llege, offeri ng two years of h igh schoo l and two yea rs college work . It is a full y ac credited co-ed uca tional college . Enrollment for th e 1952- 53 term was 258 studen ts from Geo rgia, 10 sta tes ou tside
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Enterprising Farmers
. A recent report fr om th e Divi sion of Agr icult u ral Education on th e Veter a ns Farm Train ing P rogra m in Geor gia indi cates grea t success in the de velopmen t of Georgi a veterans in onfarm training. A Fed er al Act of Congress promot ed th e progr am , whi ch has been ca rried ou t wit h exce p tiona l result s in Georgia . T he Div ision is in the Sta te D ep ar tm ent of Education.
A portion of th e report follows : "T he program in Georgia was activa ted in F eb ru a rv 1946 and h as been conduc ted un der " a con tract between
the V eter an s Administration a nd th e State Board of Education with th e responsibility of conduc ting th e training program assigned to the Agri cu ltural Education D epartm ent of th e D ivision of Vo ca tional Education Service. In Georgia the St ate D ep artment of Veterans Ser vice wa s designa ted as th e Agen cy for approv ing schoo ls and for checking on complian ce.
" T he progr am h as been conduc ted in Georgia as a p ar t of the tot al school program with th e Co unty Boa rds of Edu cation an d the County or Indep endent Schoo l Sup er intendents having local administr ative respon sibilities. The school p rin cip als and teach er s of voca tional ag ricult ure have had th e responsibilit y of coordina ting the progr am as a n integral part of th e total schoo l p rogra m on a loca l level. Ad visory Co mmitt ees a nd th e va rious agricultural agencies of th e coun ties have ma de valua ble contributions to th e progr am .
" T he instru ctors in th e Vet erans Farm T raining P rogram have had th e respon sibili ty of organizing th e gro ups

a nd for tea ch ing th e trainees bot h in cla ss and on farms opera ted by th e tr ainees.
"T he Vet erans Administration paid th e act u al cost of the program in Georgia a nd provid ed subsistence p ayments to approved train ees. The subsistence pa yment s were used by most of the tr ain ees to assist th em in becomi ng esta blishe d in farming throu gh th e purchase of need ed supplies, eq uip me nt and land.
"T he orga nized instruction al program accompa nied by subsisten ce payments h ave resulted in th e successfu l establishme n t of a lar ge number of trainees in th e busi ness of fa rming. In th e tr aining progr am th e train ees learned to plan sound p rogram s for th eir farms an d lea rn ed the numerou s practi ces that wer e necessary for putting th e p lan into operation..
"T he accomplish men ts of th e program may be measu red by the ex ten t to which the train ees have becom e estab lished in farming and on facts wh ich indi cate progress made towa rd esta blishmen t in farm ing.
" M any of th e train ees wer e interested in develo ping various livestock enter pri ses as a part of th eir tot al fa rm program a nd purch ased 133,088 head of beef ca ttle, 83,135 head of da iry ca tt le a nd 793,361 head of hogs. Some of the permanent improvem ents m ad e on the farm by trainees were 5,6 12 dw ellings const ru eted ; 38,086 dw ell ings repaire d ; 14,513 home grounds la ndscaped a nd 29,811 farm buildings construc ted.
"T rainee s in th e progr am have not only becom e established in farming but observa tions show that many of th em h ave taken an ac tive part in variou s act ivities of their respect ive com muni-

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tics. The traini ng th ey have receive has fitted th em for po sitions of leader ship, also th er e is evidence tha t man of th e tr ain ees hav e becom e leaders < offi cers in va rious or ga niza tion s ( thei r community an d Sta te. T hey hal mad e fine con tribu tion s to th e socii a nd econom ic pro blem s of th e a reas i which th ey live an d have developetheir abilities in citizensh ip by pra ctic ing th e democra tic proccsses."

Towns County

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Geor gia a nd th ree for eign countries.

T he ca mpus includes about 15 acn

on wh ich a re some 15 college bui lding

including a $ 100,000 gymna sium und

construction whi ch will be read y f

occ upa nc y in 1954. I n addition to tI.

cam pus prop er, th e college a lso 0 \\"1

approxima tely 1,200 acres of Ian

mu ch of which is h eavily timb er ed.

You ng Harris Co llege is definit ely a

int egra l part of th e ed uca tiona l a dva;

tages of N ortheast Georgia . Preside:

of th e college is Charles R. C legg ; R '

ert P. An dress is dean , a nd L. C. At kir

registrar.

Mount En ota or Bra sstown Bald, j,

over the line in Towns county Ire

U nio n, is th e highest po int in Georg

- 4,784 feet hi gh . A fir e tow er so

25 feet hi gh , a t this point, extends C.

height a t th at point to above 4,800 The highest point was marked in

f 1

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by a granite slab.
T he R ev. J. K . H ut ch ings is edit

a nd publisher of th e Towns Cour

H erald a t H iawassee wh ich is in t

25t h yea r of weekly p ublica tion.

The Bank of Hi awassee provides t

area with banking facilities. St:

H ighwa y 17 extends th rou gh Georg

a nd traver ses T own s County t hrou

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NEWSLETTER

Published semi-mont hly by

GE O R GIA DEPT. O F COMM ERCE 100 State Capi tol
* HERMAN E. TALMADGE Gove r n or BOA RD OF COMMISSIONERS
El\ IO RY L. BUTLER Chairman

Lonni e A. Pop e, V. Chm. Ben J essup

Y. F. Geeslin Ho ke Peters

* CLARK G AINES

Secre t a ry

Vol. 5, No.5

December 10, 1953

December 10, 1953

Two Magnificent Lib ra ries Dedicated

Th e U niversity System of Geor gia has jus t dedi cat ed two m agn ificent libr a ries.
On N ovember 19 th e $2,000,000 IIah Dunlap Little M emo ria l Library was dedi cated a t the University of Geor gia, Ath ens, with colorful exe rcises. The next day, Friday, Novemb er 20, th e grou p moved on to Georgia T ech, Atla nta, wh ere on Sa turday foren oon , preceding th e T ech -Duke football ga me, th e Pri ce Gi lbert Li brary wa s formally opened . This h andsome buildin g was also construc ted at a cost of $2,000 ,000 .
The librar y at Ath ens was named for Mrs. Little, of M acon and At lanta , who at h er death in 1939 bequeath ed th e University ap proximately a h alf mi llion dollar s for th e erection of the memorial libr a ry to h er fami ly. Th e rema inde r of th e cost was p rovid ed by th e Sta te of Georgi a .
T he library at Geor gia T ech is nam ed for th e lat e J udge S. Pri ce Gilbert, not ed Georgian and philanth ropist, wh o was a liberal cont ributor to th e building fund .
COVER PICTURE
The dr awbridge of th e ca useway from Brun swick to St . Simons Island and Sea Island crosses th e Fred eric a Riv er, part of th e in land waterway. It allows vessels to use the river and provides a n au tomo bile ro ute for th ousands of visitor s to th e isla nds eac h yea r.
- Photo by Ca rolin e Carter.

Dip pin g raw gum from South Georgia pin es which will be used in the manufacture of turpent ine and other produ cts.

GEORGIA CA M E L LIA SHOWS

Cordele Quitm an T ift on Americus

J anu ary 9-10 January 16-17
J anuar y 20 J anuary 23-24

Dublin

J anuary 23-24

Sav anna h

J anua ry 23-24

T h o m a svill e

J anuary 23-24

Fort Ga nies

J anua ry 28

M o u l t rie

J anua ry 30-3 1

Waycross Sea Island A lba ny Aug usta Perr y Atlanta Colum bus

J anuary 30-3 1 Febr uary 3
F ebru ar y 6-7 February 6-7 F ebru ar y 6-7 Februa ry 13-14 Februar y 13-14

Guy ton

F ebruary 13-14

M acon

February 20-21

Albany: 21st Annual Southwest Geor gia Cattle Sh ow a nd Sale, Union Sto ck Yards- Janu ary 5-6.
Atla nta: Antique Show : Biltmore H otel - J a nua ry 5-10 .
Atla nta: Georgia Optom etric Association M eeting, Dinkler -Pl aza- Janua ry 5- 10.
Savanna h: Southeast ern Dental Asso-

ci a tro n M eeting, Hotel D eSotoJ a nua ry 13-15 .
Atla nta : Societ v for th e Ad vancem en t of M an agement M eet ing, Atl an ta Athleti c Club- January 14.
Atla n ta: Fourth Ann ua l N ewspap er Adv er tising Clini c, At lanta D ivision, Univer sit y of Georgia- January 15.
R adium Springs: Southern V eter an s of For eign Wa rs Conferen ce, R adium Springs Inn- Janua ry 15-17 .
Atla nta : Southea stern Photoen gravers Association M eeting, Dinkier-Plaza - Janua ry 17-18 .
Atlanta: Southern J ew e l I' y Sho w; Peachtree on Peachtree H ot el- J anu ar y 17-20.
Atla nta : Sou theast ern Ch ina, Glass a nd Gift Show, Municip al AuditoriumJ anu ar y 17-20.
Atlanta : Atl anta Thrift F orum, Atlanta Di vision , U niversity of GeorgiaJ anu a ry 19.
Atla nta: Southern Pu lpwood Conservation Conferen ce, Biltmor e HotelJanuary 19-21.
At hen s: Annual T eachers Education
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NEWSLETTER

December 10, 1953

Gain in Timber For South Georgia Resulting From Planting of Trees and Fire Protection

There is no danger at present th at South G eorgia may become a Sahara or like th e bare hills in Chin a, b ecause South Geor gia is in a flourishing state as to timber.
Dorsey D yer , Agricultural Exten sion Service fore ster , who spoke before the 125 South Georgia landowners attending th e for estry short course he ld at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural Co llege at Tifton, said th e number of pines in South G eorgia had in cr eased by 40 per cent during th e past 15 yea rs. This much was learned in a timber survey mad e by th e U . S. F or estry Service last year.
Undoubted ly th e increa se in tr ees in South Georgia is ca used by in cr ea sed fire protection, and more and more tree planting, Dy er said .
H e also sa id hardwood tr ees in crease d 80 p er cent over 15 years, pine sawtim ber volume in creased about 20 percen t. However, the number of cull trees in pines in creased as much as 600 per cent during th e 15 years.
"T h is means we haven't done as we should have done," Dorsey added . He said cull trees should by all means be remov ed for pulpwood . H e added tha t culls ac counted for not more than one per cen t of th e total timber 15 years ago, but today account for eight per cen t.
Dyer said th e number of naval stores faces was down 30 per cent during 15 years- fro m 63 mi llion fac es to 46 mi llion .
H olt W alton, Cordele landowner who has been plan tin g tr ees the past 19 years, told timbermen that timber managem ent includes a ca reful watching of the market over th e years to determin e when to sell what.
On 62Y2 acr es, an aver ag e intak e over th e year s on his property, h e said , was a gross of $ 10.46 per a cr e, p er year and a net return of $8 .77 p er a cr e p er year.
H e uses selective cutting m ethods wher e possible, has planted trees every year but two in th e 19 years, and works turpentine fac es, according to the best methods. He described timber management as a year-round job .
Timberlands can be made to yield a better overall income by u tilizing

the range for ca tt le grazing, decl ared Lowell Halls, range cons er vationist for the U .S.D .A., who described experiments now under wa y at Alapaha.
Firebreaks in the for ests may also be utiliz ed by fer tilizing and planting with grain. He pointed out th a t winter burning increases th e quality of forage so that th e cattle gain much faster than on unburned land .
It is necessary , however , to exe rcise controlled burning. Burning, however , is not practi ca l if it is d esirable to have sm a ll trees growing on th e land, as th e flames kill th e trees.
Naval Stores
R egarding new practi ces and assistan ce availab le to farmer s through area foresters, ]. D. Strange, of th e Forest Servi ce Naval Stores Progr am of Valdosta, said the main obj ecti ve of th e Naval Stores Conservation Progr am has always been to help insu re an abundant supply of productive naval stores timberland to in cr ease the av erage number of fa ces worked per acre as well as th e av erage size and quality of th e producer's tim ber.
" All th e p r a g I' a m practices are pointed toward the growth of h eavier stands of la rger timber of good quality, which can be of considerable ben efit to the gum producer sinc e a heavy concen tration of faces per acre reduced op erating costs an d makes more profit ," Strange exp lained.
In th e conservation program, the two recommended practices which are con sider ed to be of gr eatest advantage to the naval stores timber owner are th e restricted and selective cuppin g practices, Strange brought out.
"T he restrict ed cupping practice encourages th e producer to in stall cups only on previous ly worked tr ees, which permits the round timber to grow into larger and more profitable tr ees for future working and harvestin g," Strange po inted out.
"T h e selective cupping practice encourages the producer to mark his timber prior to cupping; by which procedure he marks for cu tting and cups on ly those diseased, crooked or poor quality trees th at should be removed within the next four to fiv e years to

open up his stand and improve th e quality and growth of th e tr ees left fo r the future crop."
Strange pointed out that working stands of longleaf and slash pine timber by modern conservative nava l cuts, can provid e 25 per cent to 60 p er cent of th e annual income. "N ume rous progressive tim berland own ers this year will receive a net annual revenue of from $5 to $ 10 p er acre from th e rental of naval stores fac es without appreciably impairing the va lu e of their timber for use as othe r for est products," Strange added .
(T h e Newsletter is indebt ed to the Savannah Morning N ews for th e a bove report.)
Calendar of Events
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Conferen ce, University of GeorgiaJanuary 20-22 . Macon: Southeastern Section, T echnica l Association of the Pu lp and Paper Industry-Dempsey H otel- J anuary 22-2 3. R adium Springs: Presbyt erial Ministers Retreat-Radium Springs Inn-January 25-26 . Atlanta: Southeastern Po u ltry and Egg Association M eeting, Biltmore Hotel J anu ary 25-27 . At he ns: Georgia Radio and T elevision Institute, University of G eorgiaJanuary 27- 30. Atl anta : National Cotton Coun cil of America M eeting, Biltmore HotelJanuary 28-February 3. Atlanta : Second Annual Business Art Institute and Exhibit, At lanta Division , University of Georgia-January 29.
Savannah Sets The Mark.
It has been announced in SA V ANNA H that th e Union Bag and Paper Corpora tion there has set a world's record in daily paper production. ]. R . Lientz, division m anager , said th e p lant produced 2,054 tons of p ap erboard and kraft paper in on e day la st month . The October average daily production for the Savannah plant was 1,80 1 tons . The manager said this was a record not on ly for th e Savannah plant, but th at this amount h as not been equalled by any other American or forei gn mi ll.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

December 10, 1953

GEORGIII PIIRIIDE OF PROGRESS

Schley County Trade
An unusual transaction took plac e recently in ELLAVILLE, Schley County. One ton of fertil e Indiana soil wa s traded for a truck load of pecans, peanuts and other products grown in Schley County. The Lunch eon C lub of Monticello, Indian a a nd th e Schl ey County Chamber of Commerce negotiat ed the exchange. The soil come s from th e county holding th e record for corn growing- nea rly 200 bushels to th e acre. The soil, brought by truck to Ellaville, will be used in a public project.
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Two Pulpwood Yards
Two n ew p u I P woo d yards have started op erati ons. The Coffee County Pu lpw ood Yard, located five mi les west of DOUGLAS, is op erat ed by V. C . Walker . The Farmer s Pu lpwood Yard in GAINES VILLE is buying wood for th e Macon Kraft Company for th e new M ead K raft mill at Rome. B. F. Holcomb is in ch a rge of th e Gain esville conc ern .
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Addition Completed The addition to th e Fulton Bag and
Cotton M ills in ATLANTA has been completed . The new fin ishin g pl ant is a three-story bui lding with about 75,000 squa re feet of floor space. The ground floor will be used as war ehouse spa ce, the second an d third floors will be used for manufacturing op erations. The new plant is connect ed with th e concern's bleachery by an overhead au tomatic drawbridge. The plant has a rai lroad siding used for shipping goods an d for receiving equipment and sup p lies.
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Poultry Station Planned
Erection of a $75 ,000 regional poultry testing station in ATHENS on land made av ailable by th e University of Geor gia to serve 13 Southe rn states is p lanned by industrial leaders.
The station woul d include a 30x280foot brooder house, two 30x 196-foot laying h 0 use s , laboratory-resid enc e, storage building, 35 range shelters, incubators and other equipm ent .
Rapid rise of the poultry industry in the state makes this facility n ecessary, it is said .
U . S. Departmen t of Agriculture officia ls reveal that last year poultry was th e No . 1 food "crop" produced in Georgia , gross farm income from this

source totaling $135 ,439,000. This was divid ed as follows : broilers, $88,610 ,000 ; eggs, $33,839 ,000; farm chick ens, $9,522,000; turkeys, $3,468 ,000.
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Dublin Enterprise
A new industry for DUBLIN is th e Dublin Produce and Mi lling Company, own ed by C. B. K een and Duren Daniels. The con cern manufactures Pamco Corn M eal and stock feeds, ar e wholesale distributors for fruits and vegetab les and bu y and sell m ost types of farm crops. The company cleans and tr eats seeds, grinds and mixes feed stuffs.
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75,000 Ton Mill
Construction will begin immediately on a new feed mill in GAINESVILLE. The Ralston Purina Company is establishing th e mi ll, whi ch will have an annual capacity of 75,000 tons of broiler mash. The company has purchased a tract of land, eigh t and one-third acres, along 1,000 feet of Southern R ailroad track. The estimated cost of construetion and equipment of the feed mill IS $750,000 .
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Ga. To wns Honored
In Statew ide Contest
Cleveland, Mo nticello, Manchester and Statesboro wer e awarded top prizes in th e annual 1953 Champion Home Town Contest, sponsored by the Georgia Pow er Company. Nearly two hundred commun ities en tered th e contest this year, whi ch promotes community improvem ent throughout th e state.
Cleveland won first place in th e under 1,000 population group ; Doraville was second , and Ila, third .
Monticello wa s winn er in the 1,000 3,000 population group . Lithon ia was second, Alma, third .
Manch ester took first honors in the 3,000-20,000 populat ion group. Swains boro was next award winner , and Bla kely, third .
Statesboro won th e sweepstakes competition, open only to first-prize winners of th e 195 1 and 1952 contests. Statesboro h ad placed first in 1952, secon d in 1951 and third in 1950.
Honorable mention awards went to four towns in ea ch group : E llav ille, Cohu tta, Sa rdis, Nic ho lls, Sylvester, D ahlon ega, Montezuma, Lavonia, T occoa ,

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Vi dalia, Calhoun an d T homson . Six towns in each group were se-
lected for cer tifica tes of achievem ent: Dawsonv ille, Woo d bi n e, Yatesville, Preston , Menlo, Locust Grove, M etter
Austell, Fairburn, Lawrenceville, Buen~
Vista, St. M a rys, T ift on, Pel ham Gainesville, Griffin, P erry and Sa nders: ville.
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Baseball In Douglas .T h e farm teams of th e Cincinnati
Reds baseball team will have their spr ing training for the nex t five years in DOUGLAS. A con tract has be en signed to have th e farm camps, except for the Havana club which will t rain on its home field , train on the practice fields at th e airport and use some of the buildings. When the fields and bui ldings ar e not being used by the teams , th ey will be availab le for other organizations . South Georgia Colle ge, th e Trojan Club of Douglas, the Douglas Chamber of Commerce, City and County Commissioners and 00 f f e e Coun ty ba seball fans have made th e arrangeme nt with the Cincinnati Reds possib le.
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Athens Clocks Announcement has been made that
ATHENS will have a two million dolla r plant next year. General Time Corp. will bui ld a one-story bui lding with approximately 100,000 square feet ; abou t 500 people will be employed initially. Gen eral Time Corporation is a la rge producer of clocks, tim ing devices and time recording instruments. The Athens concern will manufacture Westclox electric clocks.
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Dress Manufacture
The manufacture of dresses by the Am erican Junior Corporation is starting in BA INBR IDGE. The industry, a division of the Rhea Manufacturing Company of Mi lwaukee, Wisconsin, will have Harold Emlet as manager . Dresses and sportswear for junior miss sizes will be manufactured to be sold th roughout the nation in department and ready-to-wear stores .
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Jones County Plant
At th e fr eezer locker in GRAY, Joe Greene h as begun operations wit h h is chicken-processing concern. Five persons are employed in mec hanically picking and dressing three to five thousand chickens per we ek.

NEW S L E T T E R

D ecem ber 10, 1953

East Point Compact Industrial City Producing Many Varied Products

East Point - although located in south F ult on Coun ty, an d one goes throug h much of West End to get th ere from Atla nta-is un ique in other re-
spects. East Point is said to h ave th e mo st
compact industrial ar ea in Fu lton , where a wide variet y of produ cts a re manu factured. O ut side of th e ind ustrial area , it h as la rge a nd a tt ra ctive residenti al sections.
The 1950 census popu lat ion was 2 1,080, but a recent survey m ad e by th e Post Offi ce Dep artment now gives th e city 27,000 p opu lati on .
The residential section is gro WIng as

eithe r. The sound of the bu lldozer, hammer and saw ar e hea rd cons ta ntly th roughout th e ar ea as new cons truction springs up , surrounded by new bu ildings only recen tly com pleted a nd occupi ed .
New Construction
U nder constr uction is a general service war eh ouse whi ch is being b uilt on a 23-acr e tract on Lawren ce Avenue, by Genera l War eh ouse, In c. T o con tain 428,000 squa re feet of floor space , it will be leased to a govern me nt age ncy, th e Gen er al Service Administr ati on, for storage a nd distribution of "c ommo n use item s and general supplies" to ci-

war eh ouses, mai n off ices, bak ery, etc., con ta ining 536,000 squ ar e feet of floor spac e.
Acm e St eel Co., h as finished a nd mov ed in to a new one-story brick bu ilding containing- 16,000 square feet of space. W. S. Huss is Southern division manager of th is plan t.
Aut o-L ite Battery Corp., h as enlar ged its bui ldin g on Lawrence Avenue, which con tai ns 29,000 sq ua re fee t of space. C . C . N ees is manager of thi s concern .
Sunsh ine Biscuit Co ., h as mov ed into a new building of more tha n 10,000 squa re feet of space. J ohn Dribn ak is war eh ouse m an ager a nd VV. H. Murph y sales m an ager of thi s firm.
The Cen tra l of Georgia R ailroad h as develop ed a tr act of some 200 acres along its tr acks into a n "ind ustrial empire," providing sites for industr ial

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Air view of the business sect ion of East Point.

Eas t Poin t' s attractive C ity H alI.

the busin ess a nd industrial a reas expand . In addition to th e la rge number of handsome hom es, East Point h as a numb er of a pa rtment ho uses, three housing p rojects for whites a nd severa l for colore d, all mod ern a nd occu pied.
The business section lies withi n a few square mi les and ap proximately 50 plants em ploy 4,162, according to a recent Chamber of Commerc e cou nt . The annual indus tri al pa yroll reach es $1 3,194,000. . Products leaving East Point pla nt s include fertili zers, textiles a nd texti le products, concre te and tile p rod ucts, pap er p rodu cts, textil e and oth er types of machinery, wood p reservati ves, furniture, cotton products, batteries, paints, broom s, ch emi cals, tents and awnings, and many other large and sma ll a rticles.
East Point is not a "fin ishe d" city,

vilian and a rmed forces age ncies in seven Southeas tern sta tes. The Central of Geor gia R ailroad , which sold th e tr act to General War eh ou se, In c., will prov ide rail road lines to th e hu ge fa cility.
R . E. Dorough, T. A. Ba rt onf eld ,
.J. V. H ughes an d J ames C . Wise are
owners of General Wa reh ou se, I nc. Owens-Illinois Glass Co ., is complet-
ing a h uge warehouse, with a facto ry and oth er bu ildin gs to follow, on an 83-acre t ract adjoining East Point, between th at city a nd H ap eville. The wareho use conta ins 153,640 squ a re feet, and a pproximately 200 peopl e will be employed ; some 1,400 to 1,500 will be em ployed in th e fac to ry wh en built and in ope ra tion.
Co lonial St ores recently comp lete d a new plant on Sylva n R oad to include

plants ; man y hav e alrea dy locat ed th er e.
In addition to th e Central of Georgia R ail road , East Point is also served by th e Atl anta & West Point R ail road ; both a re lin ed with ma ny business concerns an d industrial pl ants on th eir rou tes.
Community Facilities
T en schools-eigh t white a nd two colore d-serv e East Point , all op erated by F ult on Co unty. Russell H igh , of whic h Prof. L. L. Deck is principa l, has an enro llme nt th is fa ll of more th an 1,300 p upil s. A new physical educational building, incl uding a commodious gymnas ium h as ju st been completed at a cost of $284,000. There a re seven gra mma r schools.
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East Point
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rollm en t of 550 pu pils and is occupy ing a new buildin g, j ust completed at a cost of $240 ,000. It h as a new physical education unit th at cost $ 131,000. T her e is also a Negro grammar schoo l in th e city.
T he East Point Post O ffice recentl y ad d ed an a nnex whi ch contains 3,700 square feet of space. The Post O ffice h as 45 employees, including 18 city carri ers. The two buildings occ upy a la rge lot .
F red King h as just completed a tw osto ry, br ick office bui lding, mod ern a nd air-con ditioned, whic h contains over 15 off ices.
Two bank s serve th e a rea, th e C itizens & Sou the rn N at ional Bank a nd th e Bank of Fulton Co un ty, of wh ich F . W . Cooper is p reside nt.
C . P. Glover head s th e East Point uni t of th e C . & S. Bank, whi ch h as been gr ea tly en la rged . The building is pa tterned th rougho ut in th e William sburg, V a ., style of arch itec ture.
T he Sta te Hi ghway Depart m ent h as a la rge building in East Point, used for a sto rage warehouse, shops, etc .
"Atlanta's Suburba n Reporter" is p ublished weekly in East Point a nd serves East Point, Co llege Park and H ap eville. It is in its 31st year, ~n~ is pu blished by Martin-J ohn son Printing Co. C . N . M a rtin is editor; Charles N . M a rti n advertising m anager ; Mrs. C. N. M a:tin, secreta ry; H enry R . D ailey, J r., news edito r. The firm does a ge~ eral printing bu siness and also deals in office fixtures and supplies. It has 20 emp loyees.
East Point has an ac tive Chambe r of Commerce, of whi ch N orm an Berry is p resident ; h e is also ac ting Postmaster. M rs. T helma H ughes is secretar y; she h as a wealth of inf orm ati on about th e city and area at h er command with whi ch sh e ans wer s letters, telephone inq uiries and h elps office callers. It h as a board of dir ectors of 25 ac tive bus iness exec utives. Coo per Smith is chairman of th e M erch ants' division of th e Chamb er, and J ohn G reen, chairman of th e Industri al divi-
sio n .
Eas t Point was awarde d a cita tion for "Comm unity Betterm ent" in th e 1950 Champion H om e T own contest con ducted in Geor gia by th e Georgia Pow er Co .
East Point officia ls include : Alb ert A. R oberts , M ayor ; Coun cilmen are: A. L. Sta nfield, A. Bill Lockridge, R.

C. Astin, Craig Pinyan , J. H enry Blair,
O tis Step he ns, F red Et ris, W. O . Wat ers. E. L. Co le is Ci ty C lerk ; Walt er P. K idd , City T reasur er ; W . H. Tyler, Chief of Police ; M ax Wi ggins, Fire Ch ief.
East Point h as a unique wa ter system. Its p ipes extend under th e C hattah ooch ee River and on westwa rd to Sweet Water Creek, from whic h it gets its wat er supp ly; th is h as been greatly increased by th e erection of ad ditional reservoirs.
The city h as just com pleted two swimm ing pools- one for white a nd one for colored-i n city parks at a total cost of $ 150,000 and th ey will b e l"Ca~y for use next yea r. They are mo dern in every respect, with unde r-wa ter lighting and oth er attractive features:
East Point h as 12 p a rks, t otaling 75 ac res; 23 ch urches of va rious denom inat ions, an d a Ci ty L ibr a ry. It is traversed by U . S. H ighway 29-Roose velt H igh way ; R otar y, Ki wani s, Li ons an d Civi tan clubs a re activ e as are a nu mb er of Garde n and other women's clubs an d organizations. Southe rn Bell T elephon e serves two ex~h anges, C~.l houn a nd F airfax, from ItS E ast Point office ; th e city bu ys electricity f:'om t? e Georgia Power Co ., and sells It to ItS customers; Atl anta Gas Light Co. fu rnishes th e area with gas.
Moultrie Plant Expansion
Warner Brothers Co mpany, m anu fac turers of wom en 's foundat ional ga rm ent s, has an nou nce d pl an s for doublin g its sewing pl ant in M O ULTRI E. The concern h as been in Moultrie ju st over one yea r. Wh en th e additional manufactu ring space h as been compl eted th e comp an y expects to a dd at least 50 mo re wome n workers.
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
BUFORD-Bona Allen, Inc., leather ca rrier satche ls, $ 13,200.
ATLANTA-The Bab cock & Wilcox Co ., h ousing unit assemblies, $10,037.
SAVAN NAH- IsaacD. H irsch, beer, $ 15,8 76.
MARIETTA - Lockh eed Air craft Corp., rep air of eq uipment, $115,000.
ATLANTA- Curtiss Printing Co., In c., Air F orce m anuals an d boo klets.
CO LUM BUS - Stan dard Oil Co ., gasoline, $67,650.
HAMPT ON - So u th e I' n Sta tes Equ ipment Corp ., Inc., disconnecting switche s, $30,064.
ATLANTA - Johns-Man ville Sales

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Corp., asbestos-cem ent shee ts, $16,072. ' SA V ANNAH-Savan nah Sugar Re.

fin ing Corp., suga r, $32,76 1.

A UGUSTA - Pepsi-Cola Bottling

Co., Pepsi-Col a, $ 18,955 .

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ATLANTA-M cK ay & Co ., cotton

linters, $ 12,069. BAXLEY-Appling Box Co ., ammo

boxe s, $26,765.

ATLANTA - Southl and Coffee Co.,

coffee, $53,1 64.

AUGUST A-T he T exas Co., c/o

Boardma n O il Co ., gasoline, $30,000.

SA V AN N AH - Coca-Gola Bottling

Co ., bottled drink s, $ 12,698.

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CO LUM BUS - Har daway Co ntract.

ing Co ., constr uction of rubble m ou nd,

$545,557. ATLANTA-Graybar Elect ric Corp;

In c., con duit, couplings, etc ., $ 16,070. R OSS VILLE-Brock & Blevins Co..
construc tion of bul k sand storage build. ing a nd faciliti es, $133,300.
ATLANTA-Th e M arl ey Co., cool.

ing tower, $24,85 0.

A UG USTA - Coca-Co la Bottling

Co. , Coca-Co la, $ 18,955.

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ATL AN T A- T he Noland Co ., Inc.,

engine lathes an d grinde rs, $3 1,603 .

SA V AN N AH- Savannah M achine &

F ound ry Co. , overha uling steamships,

$2 15,959. WAYSID E- G. M. Canning Co.,

In c., can ned sau erkraut, $29,141. ATLANTA-Fairbanks M orse & Co.,

sca les, $ 13,890 . SA V AN N AH - Standard Oil Co.,

gasoline, $46,620. ATLANTA-W alker Electrical Co.,

Inc., switch boa rds and repair p arts,

$334, 765. DAWSON-Cind erella Foods, D iv.

Stevens Industri es, Inc., peanut butter,

$38,285 . ATLANTA-John]. Woodside Sto r-
age Co ., p ackin g and crating for stor-

age, $222 ,700. BR UNSWI CK-Brunswick M ari ne

Co nstru ction Corp., rep airs, $18,678 . A T LANT A- We stinghouse Electr ic

Corp., fan s, bea rings, $14,817.

R OSS VILLE- Const ruction of cut-

tin g oil sto rage faciliti es, $88,230.

ATLA N TA-Em pire Ga s En gin eer-

ing Co. , and M cDonough Co nstruc tior.

Co ., of Georgia, construc tion of standl job oil fa cilit ies, $44,024.

ATLANTA-Atlant a V en etian Blind

Manufact uring Co. , insta lling vene tian

blinds, $26,711.

ATLANTA-C rown Food Prod uct;

I nc., peanut butter, $69,497.

ATLANTA-Huffman-Wolfe South'

ern C orp. , construc tion of steam pl ant

and distribution lines, $197,200.

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Agriculture, Enterprise And Tourism

Enjoy Success In Meriwether County

Meriwether County in west centra l Georgia is a particularl y fri endly, interesting and lively coun ty. A fine farming a rea with a n economy based primari ly on agr icu lture a nd timb er, it also boasts some of th e most ac tive civic groupS in th e sta te. Its county seat, Greenville, was th e top a wa rd winner in the 1951 Georgia Pow er Compan y's Champion H om e T own Contest, and its largest community, Manch ester, has just been named a top award winner in the 1953 contest.
Meriw eth er County was formed in 1827 and named for Gen eral D avid l\Jeriweth er. H e was a native of Virginia wh o won th e praise of Georgian s durin g th e Revolution ar y War at th e seige of Sa va nna h, wh ere h e was tak en prisoner by th e British. Aft erw ards, h e was Spea ker of th e H ouse of R epresenta tives of Georgia and a m ember of Congress.
Greenville, th e coun ty sea t, wa s named for ano ther R evolution a ry W ar hero, Ge nera l Nathan iel Green e. It was at Gen eral G reene's home in Sa vannah wh ere Eli Whitney wa s stay ing when he invented th e cotton gin in 1793: An other distin cti on for Green ville is that it ga ve three governo rs to Georgia : J oseph M. T errell, William Y. Atkinson and John M. Sla ton. An -
other Greenvill e native, Willi am J.
Samford, was governor of Alab am a .
Meriw eth er has a coun ty population of 21,053. Greenv ille has 733 citizens; Manch ester has about 4,500 ; W ood bury, home of thousands of pimientos and th e Pimi ento Festival, is th e residence of approximately 1,000 M eriwether countian s; Warm Springs, wh ere the polio foundati on is locat ed, h as about 600 citiz ens.
Other towns include Alvaton, Durand, Ga y and L uthersville. The residential and farming a reas include Allie, Betts, Crowd ers, Gill, H arris, Lon e Oak, N eb u I a , Odessad ale, Persico, Primrose, R aleigh, R ocky M oun t, St. Marks, Stovall and White Su lph ur Springs.
Cotton and pimientos a rc ra ised to considerable extent throughout th e county. They ar e th e princip al crops and profitabl e ones. Beef cattle a re also raised on numerous farms. Lumber is ~old through a number of firms, in clud109 Eugen e Braddy Lumber Company,

Callaway Supply Company, and Georgia Consolida ted Contrac ting Com -
pany, In c., all of M an chester ; J. R .
H ut ch en Compa ny, Strickland Brothers, Ce cil Baldwin a nd J oe J ones a re Greenvill e sa w mill concerns ; York Brothers in Gay uses th e local timber in making cabine ts, doors, door fra mes, windows and sashes.
An important industry in Woodbury is Hills Brothers Co mpany canning plant, major packers of pimientos. The
Meriwether County Health Center.
a nn ual Pimiento Festiv al at Woodbury is evidence of the importan ce of thi s crop to Woodbury ; th e last celebration, O ctober 1953, featured a tribute to Hills Brothers.
Woodbury is likewise th e h ome of Arthur L. Gill Company, m an ufacturers of soa p for oil em ulsions in spr ays. T extile Yarn R ollers a re also m ad e in Woodbury, by th e Willi am E . Rudder Company. The Durand Co. , Ltd., ma nufactur es fr uit-packing mach inery in Woodbury.
M an ch ester h as, beside th e lumb er firms, a Coca-Cola bottling plan t, the M an ch ester I ce and F uel Co ., Inc., and th e M an che ster M ercury, job printers and publishers of th e weekly newspap er, edited by R alph Rice. The W arm Springs M irror is a lso edited by R alph Ri ce, and printed by th e same concern in Manchester. M anchester 's major em ployers ar e th e Callawa y Mills and the

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Atlantic Coast Lin e Railroad Sho ps, em ploying 1,250 a nd 650 p ersons respec tively.
In Green ville, Alb ert A. Gresham does p rinting work.
The M eriwether Vindicat or is the official organ of M eriwet her County a nd Greenville. I t is th e oldest business institution in th e cou nty-8 1 years old . R . K . Stova ll is ed itor an d own er, a nd Mrs. R. K. Stovall, associa te editor.
Community Life
Greenville is small in populati on, la rge in h eart and civic ene rgies. Besides gathe ring it s for ces together to win th e 1951 H om e T own Contest un der Mrs. R . K . Stovall, it has th e Civitan Club with Sa m Daniel as president. The Civitan s a re now bui lding a n ew youth center. The Am erican L egion Post is comm anded by P. A. Gantt. Mrs. R oy Co usins is h ead of th e L egion Auxili ar y. The T een -Age Club is a ver y acti ve orga nization also. Mrs. Irvin Gilbert is Girl Scout Co unselor.
Green ville is th e locati on of the Co un ty H eal th C enter. It is spacious, well-eq uipp ed, well-staffed . A handsom e brick bui lding, it contai ns fac ilities for lect ur es a nd film s, a dental clinic, doctors' offic es and exa mining rooms a nd some other county office s.
A nu mb er of ch urches serv e the county- 2 1 in all, pred ominatel y M ethodist and Baptist.
M eriw ether Co un ty is served by th e R egion al Li br ar y. It is a t ri-county bookmobile serving Upson, T alb ot a nd M eriw eth er coun ties.
M eriw eth er is a m emb er of th e West Central Organization. This group consists of eigh t counties in th e vicinity which have joined forc es to promot e th eir gene ral welfare.
The Central of Geor gia and th e Atlantic Co astlin e Railroads both have stations on th eir lines through th e coun ty.
Bus service is supplied by both th e G reyhound Co mpany and th e South eastern Bus Compan y.
Fi ve banks p rovid e bank ing facilities. There ar e three mo tels in th e cou nty for tr avelers stopping in M eriweth er Co unty. Th ree hi gh ways traverse th e county : Sta te Hi gh ways 4 1, 109 a nd 18. There are five whi te scho ols in the coun ty and 17 Negro sch ools. Some 2,200 white ch ildren a re enro lled, a nd 3,000 N egro ch ildren . Nine n ew sch ools proposed will cost a total of a m illion and a h alf doll ars. Ther e are five Negro play ground ar eas.
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New Facilities
The Ame rican Oi l Co mpa ny in SA. V ANNA H has mo ved int o n ew quartel's. A lar ge war eh ouse for storag e of pet roleum a nd allied products a nd the sales offices a nd fa ciliti es for handling th e products a re now all in on e buill ing.

Part of th e Warm Spr ings Foundation, n ation al center for po lio p a tien ts.

Meriwether Co.
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Wat er is supplied throughout th e com m unity by a water works and filt er svstcrn . Th e sour ce of supply is th e Flint River, boundary betw een Pike and M eriw ether counties. A good sewerage system is maintained .
The Little White H ouse and th e Wa rm Springs F oundation a re th e fea tur e attractions of M eriw ether Co un ty. The Southe rn hom e of th e lat e President, Franklin D. Ro osevelt, is visited by hundreds upon hundreds eac h year. The I nfa ntile Pa ral ysis Fo undation was established in 1927. The Little White H ouse was built in 1932. Located between Greenville and M an ch ester, th is section of Sta te Hi ghw ay 4 1 h as been nam ed th e R oosevelt Hi ghway.
I n Greenville is situa ted th e fin e

coun ty courthouse whi ch sta nds h igh, wide and handsom e in th e town squa re.
County officials a re Ordinar y, J ohn H ead ; Cl erk of Co urt, Alb ert Herring ; She riff, Sutt on H . Gill ; T ax Co mmissione r, M . R . Twitty; County Scho ol Superintendent, E. C . M itcham, J r. ; Solicitor Gen eral, Wright Lip for d of
Newn an ; S. J. Boykin of Ca rrollton is .J udge on th e Co weta Ci rcuit; Fi r~
Chief, Bill Cla rk ; Police C hief, LeVI Ga rre tt ; Cou nty Fa rm Agent, R . C. B u c h an a n: H ome Dem onst ration Agent , Mrs. Elizab eth Pro ctor ; Sur veyor, Ernest Porch ; Coroner , I d us Robertson ; Mrs. M artha Ca ldwell is Director of Personn el of M eriw eth er Co unty Welfare.
Cou'ntv Co mmissioners a re F. W. All-
corn, Chai rma n ; w . P. K eith , J ames
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Cat And Dog Food
A new ca t a nd dog food ca lled 100 per cent is being packed at GAIN ESV I LLE. Georgia Broilers, In c., is h andlin g th e product for th e R . A. Simm onds Com pa ny of San Francisco. T he product is all pro tein from natural sources, with no vitamin or mineral supplem ents adde d.
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D ecember 25, 1953

Interesting Georgia County Name Origins

Feature Assorted Subjects, Revive History

Georgia Counties were named for

quit e a number of unusua l subj ects, in-

cluding a churc h, Indians and Indian

tribes, rivers, a cree k, Earls, Dukes,

Lord s, Revolutionary 'Val' heroes, Pres-

idents of th e U nited St at es, man y Gov-

ernors of Georgia, one wom an , a fr uit,

the Union, Independ ence (L iberty ), a

minister , an editor, and a wh ole fam-

ily. All three signe rs of th e D eclar ation

of Independ en ce from Georgi a-Button

Gwinnett, L ym an H all and George

Walton -have been thus honored, as

was one of th e signers from Geor gia of

the U. S. Constitution-Abrah am Bald-

win. The list a lso includes a coun ty

named for th e discoverer of Am erica

(Columbia for Christopher Colu m-

bus) ; one for Geor ge Washin gt on , R ev-

olution ar y war hero and fir st President

of the United St at es; one after th e

founder of th e Univer sity of Geor gia,

one for a former Chancellor of the

University-Barrow ; and on e eac h for

the Pr esident and th e V ice-President

of the Confederacy.

Three counties hav e had two nam es

each, and one man has had two coun-

ties nam ed for him-John R andolph.

R andolph County, crea ted in 1807

had its name changed in 1812 to J as-

per ; th e present R andolph County was

created in 1828. Cass County, created

in 1832, was changed in 1861 to Bar-

tow; Kinchafoonee County, cr eated in

1853, named for a cree k, had its name

changed in 1856 to Webster .

The cou nties of Georgia, th e dat e

each wa s created and the ori gin of

their names follows:

App ling-1824-Colon el D ani el Ap-

pling ( 1787-18 18) - Soldier and patriot

from Columbia County; fought in In-

dian Wars and War of 1812.

Atkinson-1917-Wm . Y. Atkinson .

Governor, 1894-1898.

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Baeon- 1914-U . .s.. Senator Augus-

tus O . Bacon, ( 1839-1914 ) , M acon

lawyer.

Bak er- 1825- Colonel J ohn Bak er ;

farm er , R evolutionary soldi er, served

with General J am es Ja ckson against

the Indian s.

Bald win- 1803- Abraham Baldwin ~founder of Univer sity of Georgia ; a

sIgner of the Federal Constitution.

Banks-1 858-Dr. R icha rd Banks

(1784-1850 )- successful and brilliant

doctor in Gain esville. Barrow- 1914- Chancellor D a v i d
Crenshaw Barrow of th e U niversity of Georgia .
Bartow- creat ed as Cass county in 1832- na med cha nged to Bart ow 1861 - General F ran cis Bar tow .
Ben Hill-1 906-Ben jamin H . Hill - U . S. Sen at or fro m Georgia .
Berrien-1 856- J 0 h n M. Berri en ( 178 1-1855) - Savanna h lawyer, St at e Senator, U . S. Senat or, celebra ted or ator and Attorney Gener al in J ackson' s Cabinet.
Bibb-1822-Dr. W. W. Bibb ( 178 11820 )-Elbert County citizen; Georgia R ep resentative and Senator, U. S. R epresen tat ive and Sena to r ; T erri torial Govern or of Alabam a, firs t Governor of St a te of Alabam a ; a coun ty in Alabam a also is named for him.
Bleckley-1 912-Chief Justice Logan E. Bleckley.
Bran tley- 1920- B e n j am i n D. Brantley (1832-189 1) - c i t i z en of Blacksh ear , en terp rising bu sinessman , St at e Legislat or , Pier ce County Treasur er for many years.
Brooks-1 858-Preston S. Brooks ( 1819-1857)- M e m b e l' of Congress fro m Sou th Carolina .
Bryan-1793- J 0 n a t h an Brya n ( 1708-1788 ) - accompa nied General O glethorp e wh en Savanna h was chosen for site of Colon y; taken prison er in th e Am eri can R evolution.
Bulloch-17 96-Archibald Bulloch - Re volu tionary patriot, S a va n n a h law yer. President Theodore R oosevelt was Bulloch's decend ant throu gh his eldest son.
Burke-1777-Edmund B u r k e English champion of Am erica n liber ty.
Butts-1 825- Capt. Samu el Bu tt s of the Wa r of 1812.
Calho un-1 854-J ohn C . Ca lhoun of South Carolin a ; serve d as U. S. Sen a tor, Secr etary of ' Val' and Vi ce-President.'
Camden-1777-Earl of CamdenEn glish supporter of colonial rights.
Candler-1 914-Governor Allen D . Candler- served as Gove rn or 18981902.
Carroll-1 826-Charl es Ca rroll - a signer of th e Declarati on of Independen ce.
Catoosa-1 853-An Indian nam e. Charlton-1 854-R. M . Charlton

fro m Savann ah (1807-1854 )- three tim es Mayor of Savannah , U . S. Senator ; U . S. Di strict Attorn ey under President J ackson.
Chatham-1777-Earl of C hat ham - English supporter of Am eri can freedom.
Chattahooehee- 1854 - Ch att ahoochee Ri ver .
Chattooga-1 838-Chattooga River. Cherokee-1 831-Cherokee Indian s. Clarke-1801 - General E l i j a h Clarke (1 733-1799 )- soldier of Indian and R evolutionary ' Val's; a br ave frontier man ; his eldest son becam e a Governo r of Geor gia. Clay-1854-Henry Clay of K entu cky- elected six times Speaker of th e F ederal H ou se of R epresentatives. Clayton-1 858-A. S. C I a y ton ( 1783-1839)- lawyer of Athens; R ep resentative in th e Georgia Legislature and State Senator ; Judge of Western Circuit ; U. S. R epresentati ve-s-activ el ~ interested in th e University of GeorgIa. Clineh-1 850-Gener al Duncan L. Clinch (1 787-1849 )- soldier of War of 1812 and th e Indian W ars-U . S. R epresentative-declined nomina tion for Go ver n o r shi p. Cobb-1832-Thom as W. C ob b (1784-1830 )- lawyer of Gr eensboromemb er of Congr ess and Senator, Judge of Sup eri or Court. Coffee-1854-Gen eral John Coffee (1780-1836)- I ndian fighter, planter and Congressman -memb er of St at e Legislature from T elfair County. Colquitt-1 856-Walt er T. Colquitt - p reacher, ora tor, sta tesma n, U . S. Sena tor. Columbia- 1790-Christopher Colu m b u s. Cook-1918-General Phil ip Cook (1817-1894 )- Iawyer, soldier and public-spirited citizen; one of five commissioners wh o superin tended bui ldin g of the Capitol. Crawfor d-1822-Wm. H . C I' a w ford -law yer and sta tesman- M inister to F rance under P resident M adi son and Secreta ry of th e T reasur y. Crisp-1 905-Charl es F . Crispfro m Sumter County ; Sp eak er of th e U . S. H ouse of R epresentati ves. D ad e- 1837- M ajor Fran cis Dade - killed by I ndians in F lorida, 1835.
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County Name Origins (Continued fro m Page 3 )
Dawson-1 857-William C. D awson ( 1798-1856) - lawyer, soldier, an d statesma n from Gree nsbo ro; U . S. Senator.
D ecatur-1 823- Commod ore S t e phen Deca tu r.
DeKalb- 1822- Baron DeK alb-fell in defense of American free dom at Battle of Camd en, 1780.
Dodge-1 870-Honorabl e Willi am E. Dodge of New York.
Dool y-1 821-Colonel J ohn Doo ly -soldier in th e Indian an d Revo lutionary Wars.
Dougherty-1 853-Charl es Dou gherty, pr ominent lawyer and jurist of Athe ns, Judge of Western Circuit.
Douglas-1 870-Steph en A. Dou glas of Illinois.
Early-1 825-Peter Earl y-Governor of Georgia, 1813-1815.
Echols-1 858-General R obert M. Echols-Pr esident of Georgia Senate.
Effingham-1 777-Lord Effingham En glish supporter of Colonial rights.
Elb ert-1 790-General Samuel Elbert (1740-1788) -Revolutionary War hero an d Governor of Georgi a, 178586.
Emanuel-1 812-David EmanuelGovern or of Georgia, 1801.
Fannin-1854-Colonel J. W. F an-
nin-killed by M exican s at Goliad , Texas, M arch, 1836.
Lafayette-1821-Mar qui s de Lafayette of 'France.
Floyd-1 832-Gen eral J ohn Fl oyd (1769-1839 ) - meritorious cit i z en , member of Stat e L egislature and U . S. Co ng ress .
Fors yth-1 832-J ohn E. Fo rsyth , Governo r of Geor gia, 1827-1829.
Franklin-1784-Benjamin Franklin .
Fulton-1 853-Robert Fulton-inventor of steambo at .
Gilmer-1832-George R. GilmerGovern or of Georgia, 1837- 1839.
Glascock-1 857-General Thomas Glascock ( 1750-1804 )-captain of cava lry in L egion of Count Pulaski. Appointed by Washin gt on as M arshal of Georgia, 1794.
Glynn-1777-John Glynn-known for his support of the Colonists.
Gordon-1850-William W. G 0 r don , lawyer from Savan nah-active in intern al improvements, first pr esident of Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgi a.
Grady-1905o-Henry Grady, orator and journ alist of Georgia , editor of th e Atlanta Constitution .
Greene-1786 - General Nath ani el Gr eene (1742-1786) - R evolutionary

War hero. Gwinnett-1 818- Button Gw inne tt,
a signer of Declarat ion of Independ ence.
Habersham-1 818- J oseph H ab ersha m- Re volutionary officer, delegat e to Continental Congr ess, M ayor of Sava nnah ; appointed by W ashington to be General Postm ast er.
Hall-1 818-Lym an H all-a signer of Declar ati on of Independ ence, close fri end of Gwinne tt and Gove rnor of Georg ia .
Hancock-1 793-J ohn H an cock of M assachu setts-President of Continental Congress (1 775-77) and first to sign Declar ati on of Independ en ce.
Haralson-1 856-Hugh A. Haralson, from L aGran ge-lawyer, member of Con gress.
Harris-1 82 7-Charl es H arris-born in En gland-S avannah lawyer, alderman and M ayor of Savann ah for over 20 years.
Hart-1853-Nan cy H art-fam ous heroin e of th e R evolution ar y War.
Heard-1 830-Steph en H e a r d planter, patriot, soldier promin ent in th e R evolution, Govern or of Geo rgia in 1740.
Henry-1821-Pat rick H enry of Virginia-five tim es Governor of Virginia and most eloquent ora tor in cause of American R evolution.
Houston-1 821- John H . H ouston - Governor of Georgia, 1788-1789.
Irwin-1818-J ar ed Irwin-Governor of Georgia, 1796-17 98.
J aekson-1 796-James T. J acksonpromin ent figu re of th e Revolutionary War era and who declined to serve as Governo r.
Jasper-1 807-Sergeant Jasper hero at 'F t. Moultrie, Sava nnah, and offered commi ssion whi ch he modestly declined as he could neither read nor wr ite. H owever, he did acce pt a rov ing commission.
Jeff Davis-1 905-J efferson Davis -Govern or of Mi ssissipp i, Secretary of War under President Pier ce, Pr esident of Confederate States of America .
Jefferson-1796-Thomas J efferson -President of U . S., and author of Declar ation of Independ ence.
Jenkins-1905-Charles J. J enkins
-Govern or of Georgia, 1865-1868 . Johnson-1858-H. V. Johnson-
Governor of Georgia, 1853-1857.
Jones-1807-James Jones-prominent law yer, planter of Sav annah in last half of 18th century. Member State Legislature, U . S. Congress.
Lamar-1920-L. Q. C. Lamar-U. S. Senator, Secretary of th e Interior , Associate Justice of U. S. Sup reme Court under President Cleveland .

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Lanier-1 919- Sidn ey L anier-s-fam,

ous Georgia poet ; lectur er on En glish

literature at J ohns Hopkins University.

Laurens-1807- Colonel J ohn Lau ,

rens-killed in South Carolina during

th e R evolution ar y War.

Le e-1 826-Richa rd H . Lee of Vir.

ginia-in 1776 he move d th at " the Col.

onies declare themse lves free an d in.

depend ent."

Lib erty- 1777- N amed for Ameri.

can Independ ence.

Lincoln-1 796- General Benjamin

Lin coln of th e American R evolution.

Long-1 920-Dr. C r a w f o rd W.

Long-first to use sulphur ic ether in an

opera tion as an anesthetic.
Lowndes-1 825-William J. L own.

des-Member of Congr ess from Sout h

Carolina.

Lumpkin-1 832-Wilson Lumpkin

-Governo r of Georgia, 1831-1835.

Macon-1 837-Nathani el M acon of

North Carolina- Revo lutionary sol-

dier, Speak er of U . S. H ouse of R ep re-

senta tives, U . S. Sen at or.
Madison- 1811-President .J arn e s

M ad ison .

Marion-1 827-General F r a n c i s

M arion of South C a r 0 l in a-the

"Swamp Fox" of th e R evolu tion .

McDuffie-1 870-George M cD uffie

- U nited States Sena tor fro m Sou th

Carolina.

McIntosh- l 793-Named for M cln-

tosh fa mily.

Meriwether-1 827- General David

M eriwether- planter and soldier from

Ath ens; member of United Sta tes Con-

gress, member of U . S. Commission on

In dian s, two times Pr esidential elector.
Miller-1 856- Andrew J. Mill e r

(1806-1856 )- lawyer, me m bel' of

Stat e Legislatur e and Sta te Senat e for

over 20 years. President of Senate an d

prominent man of civic affairs.

Mitchell-1 857- Gener al H en r Y

Mitchell- early settler of H an cock

Co u n ty .
Monroe- 1821-Presiden t .J a rn e s

Mon roe.

Montgomer y-1793-Gener al Ri ch-

ar d M ontgomer y-pat riot and R evo-

lutionary soldie r.

Morgan-1807-G e n e r a I D an iel

M organ, officer of the Am erican R evo-

luti on .

Murray-1 832-Thomas W. M ur-

ray of Lincoln County.

Muscogee-1826-frorn Indian tribe

of th at nam e.

Newton-1 821 - S e rg e a n t John

Newton of th e American R evolution.

Oconee-I 875-Named for O conee

Ri ver .

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Oglethorpe-1793-General James

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-NEWSLETTER
State Capitol Square To Be Enhanced
By Two More Handsome Buildings

Decemb er 25, 1953
was that after it was completed , th e sum of $ 118.43 was left of th e one million dollars appropriated for its constr uction.
The total cost of th e build ing was

$999,88 1.57, it bein g said th at now-

The Capitol " Plaza" or " Squa re" in Atlan ta, as it is gene rally called, is be-

til the end of 1795, when it wa s mo ved to Lou isville, wh ere it remained until

1953-it would cost ten mill ion dolla rs to rep lace th e p resent Capitol.

ing fu rth er im proved by two a ddition al 1807, when it was located at M illed ge-

The Capitol was bui lt of Indi an a

buildings in course of construc tion ville. It rem ain ed th ere th rou gh and limeston e, in stead of Georgia ma rble,

which will add gr ea tly to th e bea uty of until after th e Wa r Between th e States a commi ttee from th e Georgia Legisla-

the a rea and also affo rd additiona l fa- when the U . S. mi litar y au thorities es- ture reporting aft er visiting th e ma rble

cilities a nd spac e for State agenci es.

O ne bui lding, a t th e north east corne r

of H un ter and Wash ington st ree ts, will

house th e Dep a rt ment of Agriculture,

including its general offices and labo r-

atory; the Geology and th e En tom ology

depa rtments.

The other bu ild ing, a t th e south east

corne r of Mitch ell a nd Washin gton

streets a nd extending along Washin g-

ton south to T rini ty aven ue, will be th e

Judiciar y office bui ldin g a nd be occu-

pied by th e Courts and th e Labor De-

partmen t. T h is will be th e la rger of

the two new bu ildings un der construc-

tion.

T he new buil d ings will each be six

stories high and conform to other Sta te

buildin gs of compa rable h eigh t in the

area.

These new, modern buildi ngs will en-

hance the bea uty of the Sta te Ca pitol,

which with its towerin g heigh t in a

setting of a squa re, adjo ined by am ple

grounds, will con tin ue to be th e cente r

of th e Capitol " Plaza."

T he Capitol, after seven ty years of

changes in th e style of a rch itec ture ,

still is th e state's most h an dsom e. stat e-

ly and beautifu l building.

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It s magnifi cence, both outside a nd

inside, is awe-inspiring to local citizens

and espec ially to visitors.

T he a tt rac tiven ess of the Capi tol is

born e out by th e fact th at it dr aws m ore

visitors-a pp roximately a ha lf million

~n nua lly-than a ny other p ublic bui ld-

The St at e Capitol building in Atlanta.

mg in th e sta te.
The p resent Capitol has a colorful a.nd unusua l h istory. Atl anta is th e fifth city to be th e cap ital of Georgia . Beginn ing with th e founding of the col-
ony in 1733 by General O gleth orpe, Sa -
vannah was th e ca pita l un til that city was capture d during th e R evolutionar y war, wh en it was moved to Augusta, then tem porarily af ter the war's close back to Savann a h ( 1783), then back to Augusta in 1783, two sessions of th e Legisla ture bein z h eld in two different cI' ti.es . within obne yea r- in J a nua ry 1783 111 Savan na h and la ter in 1783 in Augusta . .

tab lished the state govern me n t in Atlan ta.
I n a sta te-wide election h eld on D ecember 5, 1877, Atl anta was nam ed as the site of th e Sta te capital, a nd in 1883, th e Geor gia L egislature appropriated one mi llion dollar s for th e erection of the Capitol building on th e present site.
Work on th e Ca pitol was begun in 1884, was com pleted a nd fir st occup ied J une 15, 1889, ded icat ion exercises under Gov. J oh n B. Gordo n being held on J uly 4, 1889.
One unusual and remarkable fea -

ar ea th at "no one in the (m a rble ) district was capable of supplying suffici ent stone for th e construction of the Sta te C a p ito l."
H owever, all interi or marble used in th e building, including all steps, floo rs a nd many wall s, and mu ch of th e iron , wood and oth er m at erials were obta ined in Georgia .
In addition to providing m an y State offices, th e L egislati ve halls, Executive offices of th e Governor , m uch history is also wr itte n into the Capitol, wh ich conta ins four floors a nd a magnificent dome, reached by 222 iro n steps-from

The capi ta l rem ain ed in Au gusta un- ture of constru ction of the Capitol

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State Capitol
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whi ch point you m ay ge t a g ra nd view of Atlanta and th e surro und ing country.
'An inter esting Museum-one of th e best in th e nation ; historica l matter covering many subje cts; dioramas that depict Georgia industrially, agricultura lly and otherwi se ; busts, plaques and portraits th at g lorify Geor gians ; war records th at tell of her oic Georgians in battle ; an extensive Library, and othe r interestin g things ar e found insid e th e Capi to l.
Imposing monuments honoring three Geor gia Govern or s-Gordon , J oseph E. Brown, Eu gen e Talmad ge and on e honoring Legislator, Co ngr essman and U . S. Senator Thomas E . Watson , grace th e Capitol gro unds. Oth er events of the sta te a nd nation ar e a lso marked on th e impressive grounds, whi ch a re dot ted her e and th er e by numer ous tr ees, sh rubs and flower s.
M an y office buildings, required by a hi gh ly mod ern a nd expand ing State G overnment, a re on adj oining st ree ts to th e Capitol.
Vi sit Georgia's Sta te Capito l, maybe tak e a walk to th e Dome, a nd tak e pride in th is han dsome stru cture .
Facts About Georgia
Georgia was found ed by G ener al J ames E . O glethorpe of England in 1733.
The Charter for th e Colonv wa s g ra n ted by K ing George II of ' Great Britain in 1732 ; it is for him th e st at e was named .
Georgia is ca lled "The Emp ire State of th e South."
The State motto is " W isdom, J ustice and Moder ation ."
The State Bir d is the Brown Thrash e r.
The St ate Flower is the Cherokee Rose, pi ctured on th e cover.
C apital : Atlanta. Former capitals have been locat ed at Savannah, Augus ta, Louisville and Milledgeville.
Ar ea rank among the 48 states: 20th . Popula tion - 1952 Cen sus figures3,5 18,000. Population rank among th e 48 states a ccording to th e 1950 census: 14th.
L egal H olidays: New Years D a y-January 1. Birthday of R obert E. Lee-Janua ry
19. Washington's Birthday-February 22. M emorial D ay-April 26. Birthday of Jefferson Davis-June 3. Inde pendence D ay-July 4.

Georgia Government
The General Assembly The Gen er al Assembly- composed
of 54 Senators (one from eac h sena torial distri ct ) a nd 205 representativesmeets eve ry two yea rs on th e second Monday of J a n ua ry for a term of 70 days. This session may be divided into more th an on e session during th e two yea rs for whi ch th e representatives a re electe d.
The House of R ep resentatives consists of 205 members electe d for a term of two veal'S from th e 159 counties in th e sta te, Eight co unties with th e la rgest population ha ve three rep resentatives eac h . The 30 coun ties with th e next la rgest popu la tion hav e two represen tatives eac h . Th e rem ain ing 121 counties have on e eac h . The presid ing off icer of th e H ous e of R epresen ta tives is th e Sp eak er , selec te d by member s of th e House.
Each re p resenta tive rep resents two units in th e co unty-unit syste m. Therefore, th e eigh t coun ties with three rep resenta tives eac h have six units ea ch , a total of 48. The th irty counties with two rep resentatives eac h h ave four units each, a total of 120, and th e remaini ng 121 coun ties having on e representa tive each hav e two units eac h, or 242 units. The gra nd total is 410 uni ts.
A person seeking offi ce under th e co un ty-unit system must receive a m a jor ity of th e co unty-unit vot es or 206, to be nominated ; th us h e is qu alifi ed to ente r th e gen eral election. which is on a sta te -wide vote ba sis. .
The Executive Branch The Go vernor is elect ed for a term
of four years and is not eligible for reelection as Governor un til four veal'S hav e elapsed a fter the term served .
T he L ieutenan t- Govern or is elec ted for a term of four years. H e presid es over th e session s of th e St ate Senate and exe rcises pow er s of the Governor in case
Labor D ay-First Monda y in Septem ber.
Co lumbus D a y-October 12. Armistice D ay-November 11. T hanksgiving D ay-Fourth Thursd ay
in November. Christmas Day-December 25.
Speeial Days:
Georgia D ay-February 12. T emperance Day-Fourth Friday in
March. Mother's Day-Second Sunda y in May. Pulaski M emorial Day-October 11.
Arbor and Bir d D ay- First Friday m D ecem ber.
Uncle R em us Day-s-December 9.

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D ecember 25, 1953
of "de a th, di sab ilit y or res ignation" of th e Go vernor.
Judiciary
The Suprem e Cour t of Geor gia is composed of seven justi ces electe d by popular vote for terms of six yea rs each. ~ Ch ief J ustice presid es over th e ses. sion s.
The Court of Appeals is composed of six judges, elected for terms of six years eac h . A Chief J ud ge presides ove r thi s court.
The Superior Courts of th e sta te are di vid ed into 36 judicial ciru its a nd the judges a re elected for four-year terms. M an y of th e circ uits include four or five count ies each .
The Super ior Court Circui ts a re : Alapaha, At lanta, Atlantic, Augusta, Blu e Ri dge, Brunswick, Chattahoochee, Ch erokee, Cobb, Cordele, Cow e ta , D ub lin , East ern, F lint, Griffin, L ook. ou t Mountain , M acon , Midd le, Moun. tain, Northea stern, Northern, O cmulgee , O con ee, O geech ee, Pataula, Piedmo nt, R om e, Southern, Southwestern, St on e M ounta in, T all apoosa, Tifton, T oombs, Waycross, W est ern. The Judges, who presid e over th e Courts, and th e So licitor-G en er als. who ar e a lso elec ted for four-year terms, follow cour t ca la ndc rs in holding cou r t in th e various cou n ties cornposing th e Circuits. Court is held in eac h coun ty severa l tim es a year and the term m ay va ry in len gth from one d ay to a wee k or more.
Georgia h as two U nited States Sen ators, eac h electe d for a term of six years ; it is a lso represented in Washington by ten Congr essmen, each elected for a term of two years .
County Name Origins
(Continued from Page 4 )
E. Oglethorpe, Founder of G eorgia . Pauldi ng-1832-John P auld ing
on e of captors of M ajor An dre in Ame r ica n R evolution.
Pea ch- 1924---N am ed f o r Georgia pea ch .
Pi ckens- 1853- Gener a l An d r e w Picke ns-hero of Am eri can R evolution in Sou th Carolina.
Pi er ce-1 854 - Presid en t Frank lin Pi e r c e .
Pike- 1822-Zebulon Pike, discover er of Pik e's Peak.
Polk - 185 1- J ames K. Polk, Pr esident of th e United States.
P ulask i- 1808- Count Casmir P ula ski, hero of Am erican R evolution at Sa vannah.
Putnam- 1807-M ajor G ener al Is(C on tinued on Page 8 )

T he Lion Hou se in Columb us.

H enry Grady's HOllie, Athens.

Georgia h as m an y fam ou s h omes a nd aistorieal fea tures. Pi ctured on this page a rc only five outsta nding places of interest. T he center ph otograph of the Statue of General J am es E. O glethorpe is a t Chi ppewa Sq uare, Sava nnah, Chatha m Co unty. The sta tue is made of bron ze, nine feet h igh on a pink-grey ma rble ped estal. It was designed by H enry Bacon and execu ted by Daniel Ch ester F rench . Surrounding th e sta tue are fou r lion s, each carrying a shield . On ea ch sh ield is a seal-one for th e Co lony of Georgia, one for th e Sta te of Georgia, one for the City of Savanna h, and on e for th e coat-of-a rms of Ge ne ra l Oglethorpe.
The Lion H ou se, 1316 Third Avenue, Co lumbus, M uscogee County, was started in 1840 for Dr. Thomas Hoxey and served for a number of years as one of G eorgia's early privat e sch ools.

Stat ue of O glethorp e, Savannah.
Now known as the R a lston-C argill House, it is now occupied by th e Co l-

unibus Schoo l of Arts. Th e two Nubian Lions gua rding th e ent ra nce give th e building its nam e.
The H enry G rad y H om e, 634 Prince Avenue, Athen s, Clarke County, is th e famous h orne of th irt een colu mns, said to repr esent th e thi rt een colonies, is wh ere H enry G ra dy lived wh ile a studen t a t th e U niversity of Georgia .
Th e W ren 's Nest , 1050 Gordon St reet, SW, Atlanta, Fulton Co unty, is t he Atlanta hom e of j oel Chandl er Harris. It has been ma de into a liter ary shrine in hon or of th e crea tor of U nrl c Remu s.
At 213 Hi gh Street , M acon , Bibb Co un ty, is th e birthplace of Sidn ey L anier. A marble tab let set in an ivy-covered terrace commemo ra tes thi s hom e for th e best kn own poet of Georgia . Hi s most beloved wo rks a re th e "M a rsh es of Glynn" and th e " Song of th e Chattahooch ee."

T he Wren 's Nest , Atla nta.

Sidney Lan ier 's Bir th place, Macon,

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County Name Origins

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rael Putnam of th e Am eri can R evolu-

tion . Quitman-1 858- Gener al John A.

Q u i t m an. Rabun-1819 - Governor Willi am

Rabun, Governor of Georgia 1817-

181 9. Randolph-1828- J 0 h n R andolph

of R oanoke-famous U. S. Sen ator

from Virgini a ; fought bloodle ss du e!

with H enry C la y.

.

R ichmond- 1777- D uke of Rich -

mo nd, a suppo rter of America n liberty.

R ockd a le- 1870 - N arne d for

Church of Rockdale.

Sc hley-1857 - Wi lliam Sch ley -

Governor of Geor gia, 1835-1837.

Screven-1793-G e n era I J ames

Screven of South Carolin a, who fought

in th e Am er ican R evolution ncar Sa-

vannah. Seminole-1920-Nam ed for Semi-

nole Indians.

Spalding-1 851-Honorab le Tho~

as Spalding ( 1774- 1851) ; From St . SI-

mon s; writer , speaker, la wyer, St ate

L egislat or , U. S. Congressman , St ate

Sen a tor an d planter.

Stephens-1 905-Alcxancler H . St e-

ph en s- law yer, Vi ce-President of Con-

federa cy, Governo r of Geor gia, 1882-

83.

Stewa r t - 1830 - Gener al D an i e I

St ewart-soldier an d patriot of Ameri-

ca n R evolution. Presid en tia l elector

a nd grea t . gra ndfa ther of Theodore

Roosevelt .

Sumter-1831-General Th o ma s

Sumter of th e Am eri can R evo lution.

Talbot-1 827-Matthew T a I bot ,

Governor of Georgia 1819.

Taliaferro-1825-Colon el B en j a-

min T ali af er ro ( 1750-1821) - from Wilk es County ; St ate Sen a tor,mem ber of Constitutional Convention of 1798, member of U. S. Con gr ess; m ad e Judge of Superi or Court althoug h not a lawyer .
Tattnall-1 801-Josiah T attnall U. S. Senator from Bonaventure, Chath am County, and Gove rn or of Georgia, 1801-02.
Tilylor-1852 - Presiden t Zacha ry Taylor. . . T elfair- 180 7 - Edward T e i f ai r Gov ernor of Georgia, 1786-178 7.
Terrell-1856-Dr. W illiam T errell, U. S. Congressman, pl anter and scien tifi c farmer ; donated funds for Agricult ural Professorship at Universit y of G eorgia .
T homas-182 3-Gen er al J ett Thom as ( 1776- 18 l 7)- con tractor, ea rly settler of Ba ldwin County. Bui lt th e Statehouse at Milledgeville and th e fir st buildings of Franklin Coll ege, Athens, now th e Universit y of Georgia .
Tift-1905 - Nelson T i f t ( 18 101891 )-established newspap er called The Patriot, now Alb an y H er a ld .
T oombs- 1905 - Gen eral R ob c r t T oom bs . . . la wyer, officer of th e Wa r Between th e St ates, M emb er of L egisla ture and Congress.
Towns-1856-George W . T own s-iGovernor of Georgia 1847-185 1.
T reu tlen- 1917- J ohn A. Treutlen - Gove rn or of Georgi a, 1777-1778.
T roup- 1826- G eorge M. TroupGovernor of Georgia, 1823-1 827.
Turner-1 905-Henrv G . Turn erQuitman lawyer, member of L egislature ancI Congress.
T wiggs- 1809 - G e n e r a 1 J 0 h n Twiggs-Revolution ary hero wh o lived a nd died in Ri chmond County.

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U pson-18 24- Stephen U ps 0 n la wyer from Ogletho r pe, mem ber of th e St at e L egislature.
Walker-1833-Maj or F r e e man W al ker- Au gu sta law yer , C ity Attorney and M a yor of Augusta, U . S. Sen. ator.
Walton-18l 8-George W a I t o n . signer of th e D eclaration of I ndcpcnden ce, twi ce Gover no r of Georgia, 1779-80, 1789 .
Ware-1 824- Ni cholas J. W ar e-
Au gu sta law yer, mem ber of Geor gia Hous e a nd Sen ate, M a yor of Au gu sta af ter M ajor Freem an W alk er.
Warren-1793 - Gen eral J 0 s e P h W arren , wh o fell at Bunker Hill.
Washing to n-1 784-Geor ge W ashingt on .
\Vayne- 1803-Gen er al A n t h an y W ayn e-known as " M ad An thony;" fou ght at Sa vannah during th e R cvolution .
W ebster-1853- D aniel Webster. Wheeler-1 912 - Gen eral J 0 s e p h Wheeler ( 1836- 1906 ) ; soldier, scho lar a nd sta tesm an, U . S. R epresentati ve from Alab ama. White- 18S7-TheRever cnd D avid 1'. White of th e R evolution s.
Whitfield-1 8S1-The R e v er e nd Geor ge Whitfield , fri end of th e Weslcys, tr aveled between En gland and Savannah many times and established th e O rpha n H ouse at Bethesda.
W ilcox-1 857-Captain John wn
cox-an ea rl y set tler of T elfair Countv. , Wilkes-1777- J ohn Wil kes- ch am' pio n of Am erica n fr eedom .
W ilkin son-1 80 3- G ener al .J a m e;
Wi lkin son-prominen t in Indi an af fa irs.
Worth- l 853-Gen eral '''' illia m J
Wo rth - soldier of the M exi can W a rs.

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NEWSLETTER

J anuar y 10, 1954

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-monthly by

GEORGIA DEPT . OF COMMERCE

100 State Capitol

* HE RMAN E. TALMADGE Governor BOA RD OF COMMISSIONERS

EMORY L. BUT L ER Cha irman

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Y. F. Geeslin

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Secr etary

Vo l. 5, No. 7

J anuary 10, 1954

W elcolne Sta ti ons

Measure Enacted
One of th e important measures pa ssed by th e Novemb er session of the Legislature and signed into law by th e Governor was that op enin g th e way for esta blish men t of welcome stations on th e borders of our stat e wh ere tourist highways enter Geor gia .
U nder th e act, th e Bud get Burea u is authorized to mark funds fo r th ese projects if and wh en available. The sta tions would be built by the Sta te Department of Co rr ections or through privat e contract, maint ained by the Sta te Hi ghw ay Department and operated by th e D epartment of Co mmerce.
The stations wou ld give th e t raveller infor ma tion in rega rd to our state a nd provid e him with literature as to its att rac tions and adva ntages.
New Boat Firm
A new boat building concern has been esta blishe d at Little Gri ffin Bluff on th e St. M ary's R iver near KIN GSLAND. Nix and R eaddick Boat Builders are building sh rimp boat s and wiII em ploy about 25 persons in th e concern .
COVER PICTURE Buford D am on th e Chattahoo chee Ri ver, 35 m iles northeast of Atl ant a, is being constructed to provide an increase d flow for navigati on in the Apalachicola Ri ver during th e low-flow season, to protect th e va lley below it from floods, to produce hydro- electric power and to assure adequate wat er sup ply to th e Atlanta ar ea . The lak e creat ed by the dam wiII p rovid e excellen t oppo rtunities for boating, fishing and duck hunting.

A view from th e visitors' platform shows th e gigantic proportions of the Buford Dam construction.

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Thomasville ...

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J anua ry 23-24 J anuary 23-24 J anuary 23-24
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Febru ary 6-7 Feb ru a ry 13-14

Columbus . . Febru ary 13-14

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Februar y 17

Macon

Februar y 20-21

Savanna h: Southeastern D ental Association M eeting, H ot e I DeSot oJ an uary 13-15.
Atlanta : Society for the Advancement of M an agem en t M eeting, Atlanta Athle tic Club-January 14.
Atlant a: Fourth Annua l Newspaper Ad verti sing Clini c, At lanta Division , U niversity of Georgia- January 15.
R adium Springs: Sou thern Vet eran s of Foreign Wars Conference, R ad ium Springs Inn-Janu ar y 15-17.
Sea Island: Sea Island L ad ies Open Golf T ournamen t, Sea Island Golf

Course-Januar y 15-17. Atlanta: Southeastern Ph ot oengravers
Association M eet ing, Dinkier-Plaza - J anuary 17-18. Atlanta : Southern J e w el I' y Show, Pea chtree on Pea chtree Hotel-J anuary 17-20. Atlanta: Southeastern China, Glass an d Gift Show, Municipal Audi tori um J anuary 17-20. Atlanta: At lanta Thrift Forum, Atl anta Division , University of Geor giaJ anuary 19. Atla nt a : Southern Pulp wood Con ser vat ion Conferen ce, Biltm or e H ot elJ anuary 19-2 1. Athens: Annual T eachers Ed ucati on Conf erence, University of GeorgiaJ anuary 20-22. Macon: Southeastern Secti on, T echni cal Association of the Pu lp a nd Paper I nd ust ry- D empsey Hotel-J anuary 22-23. Radium Springs: Presbyterial Ministers R etreat-Radium Sp rings I nn -Janu ar y 25-26. Atlanta : Southeastern Pou lt ry and Egg Association M eeting, Biltmore H otel J anuary 25-27 . At hens: Georgia R adi o and T elevision Institute, University of GeorgiaJ an uary 27-30.
Atlanta: Nin th Georg-ia H i-Y Youth Assembl y, S tat e Cap itol- January 28- 30 .

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Georgia's 1953 Crop Production Showed Gain

of $26,984,000 Over Last Year's Farm Yield

C rop production in Georgia for 1953 was estima ted a t $448,808,000, whi ch was a ga in of $26,984,000 over th e 1952 crop wh ich was valued a t $42 1,824.000, or a six p er cent in cr ease.
The ?ain was credi ted . t o increased prod uct IOn of ~eve ra l ma m crops ~n d was a tta ine d in th e face of fall in g
prices for some crops. T he report has ju st been issued by

the Georgia C rop R ep orting Service, Athens, D . L. Floyd , agricultural statistician in charge; Ar chi e L an gley, agricult ur al sta tist!cia n, and L. H . Harris, tru ck crop estima to r.
The rep ort shows th at th e 1953 crop acreage was 6,776 ,500, com pared with 6,865,400, a decrease last year of 88 ,900 acres. The truck crop acreag e last year was 123,200, com pared with 105,900 ac res in 1952, a gain last yea r of

17,300 ac res. The value of truck crops in 1953
was $ 17,80 1,000, a slight gain over the 1952 value, This would put th e m ain crop value last year at $431,000 ,000.

The report reveal s that record-high state yields per acre of corn, p eanuts and tobacco wer e harvested last year,

and th at th e yield of cott on p er acre265 pounds-has been exceed ed onl y four times in previous years-and this in spite of h ea vy boll weevil infestation last year.
Cotton m aintained its unbroken record over th e years, led all crops in value, 760,000 bal es bringin g th e farm ers $124,640,000 for th e lint. Cottonseed, 3 12,000 ton s, sold for $50 a t on , bringing a tot al of $ 15,600,000. The lint and seed va lue total ed $ 140,240,000. Corn was second in va lue in 1953, totalin g $87,300 ,000 ; tobacco was third, $69,205,000: peanuts fourth, $5 7,352,000.

The crops listed in th e Athen s report , th eir value in 1952 and 1953, a nd form in which sold , wer e as follows :

CROP:

YEAR: VALUE :

Cotton ( Ba les)
Cottonseed

1953 1952 1953

$124 ,640,000 133,12 3,00 0 15,600 ,0 00

(T ons) Corn

1952 1953

19,869 ,00 0 87 ,300 ,000

( Bu . ) Wh ea t
(Bu . ) Oat s

1952 1953 1952 1953

67 ,617 ,00 0 5,920,000 5 , 113,000 18,0 50 ,000

Harvesting and baling hay in South Georgia.

(Bu.) I. Pot atoes
( Bu .) S. Potat oes
( Bu .) T obacco
(Lbs. ) All H ay
(T ons). Sorghum Syrup
(G als.) S. Cane Syrup
(G als. ) Peanuts
(L bs.) Co wpeas
(Bu.) Soybea ns
( Bu . ) Velvet Bean s
(T ons) Lesped eza
(Lbs. Seed )
Lupine (Lbs. Seed )
Crimson Clover (Lbs. Seed )
Fescu e (Lbs. Seed )
Peach es (Bu.)
Pears (Bu. )

1952 1953 1952 1953 1952 1953 1952 1953 1952 1953 1952 1953 1952 1953 1952 1953 1952 1953 1952 195 3 1952 1953 1952
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1953 1952
1953 1952
1953 1952
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14,130 ,000 602 ,000
1,341 ,000 6,798 ,000 6 ,871 ,000 69,205,000 62,931,000 15 ,759 ,000 16,874 ,000
590,000 598,000 1,575 ,000 1,606 ,000 57 ,352 ,000 4 2,909,0 00 1,7 40 ,000 1,386 ,0 00 1,500,000 1,089 ,000 2,880,000 4,066,000 1,204,000 1,174 ,000
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1,070 ,000 1,671 ,000
459,000 1,456,000
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Pecan s

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Commercial Vegetables

Lima Beans

1953 $ 729,000

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Sna p Beans

1953

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Sna p Beans

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(No. Ga.)

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648 ,000

Snap Beans

1953

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Cabbage

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C a bb age

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(No. Ga.)

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292 ,000

Can ta loupes

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C ucum bers

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122,000

C uc um bers

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C ucum be rs

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Lettuce

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(C r a t es)

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Onion s

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I. Potatoes

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I. Pot atoes

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Bleachery Expansion
Thomaston Mills , THOMASTON, will add 4,500 square feet of elevated floor space soon at the Bleachery Division . The addition will connect th e top floor of th e office building with th e top floo r of th e main pl ant. The construction will be of br ick, concrete and steel. The n ew a rea will provide space for th e rearrangem ent of facili ties with th e forthcoming in stallment of a new sanforizing machine. It will be the conc ern's fourth sanforizing machine.
Sightless Will Help
To Build Airplanes
The GRIFFIN Factory for th e Blind and th e Georgia Division of th e Lo ckheed Aircraft Corporation at MARlETTA have signed a contract for sightless wo rkers to proc ess small p arts in the manufacture of aircraft.
The factory for the blind h as 36 workers who will sort and classify sm all parts such as riv ets, bolts, nuts, fittings and screws for use in m akin g the B-47 Stratojet bomber and th e C-1 30 turboprop cargo plane. Becau se th ere a re over 9,000 misc ellaneous small p a rt s used in these planes, th ey are easily mixed and lost. The blind will re sort the items and also re -inspec t them. Because of the sensitivity of th eir touch th e blind can rapidly sort small it ems that have only minute but important differenc es, and quickly detect imperfections not visible to th e normal eye.
It is a boon to the Marietta plant to have th e resorting don e at Griffin since, until now , the n earest resorting plant was in Oklahoma. It is estim ated that in addition to time and tran sportation costs, the reclamation by the Griffin sightless will save Lockheed $3,000 monthly. M or e sightless workers will be added to th e staff as soon as they are trained.
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Construction has begun on an addition to the T erry Poultry Company in JASPER. Some 3,600 square feet more of floor space will be added and used for receiving live poultry. A conveying chain will be installed and when a chicken reaches the end of it , the chicken will have been processed and ready for packing as fresh froz en poultry . This, with other improvements

will in crease th e plant's daily output to 40,000 dressed and packed broilers. New offices will also be added to the plant.
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"Opportunit y America"
A n ew film, "Opportunity Am erica" , has been produced by J effe rson Mill s in JEFFERSON. The film depicts a successful sm all business and life in an efficiently op erat ed textile mill. The film was made in entirety in Jackson County and in C rawford, O glethorpe County. The cast is entirely Georgian, and emph asizes career opportunities in on e's own hometown. The movie which was two and one-half years in th e making, is in full color and runs for about 30 minutes. In addition to th e business side of th e mo vie, it shows th e p rocessing of cotton in a textile mill from th e time a bale of cotton is opened until it is woven into fabri c.
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The Collins Corporation has established in VIDALIA and will manufacture, package an d distribute a conc entrate for homem ade soft drinks and lollip ops. The conc entrate will be called "Jolly Aid ." It will be mad e in five diff er ent flavors and will be distributed throughout th e Southe astern states. Production will star t about th e middle of this month .
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A new conc ern recently op ene d in COCHRAN. Colonial F eed and Seed Comp any, Inc., m anufactures. a com plete line of livestock and poultry feeds and includes a vit amin supplement mixed in with feed. David Dykes is manager of th e new industry which will produce from 40 to 50 tons of feed dail y. In addition, th e concern carries a comp lete lin e of seed, m edicin es, stock powders and medicines for livestock. The company is also equipped to do custom grinding.
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opened in ATLANTA for the manufacture of galvanized ware. Jones & Laughlin St eel Corporation manufactures water pails, garbage cans, wash tubs and other galvanized steel containers. The new plant is a singl e story brick and steel building with 100,000 square feet of floor space and is serviced by a spur of the Nashville,

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Chattanooga and St . Louis R ail road. The com pany, wh ose main manufac. turing pl ant is in Pittsburgh , is cele. brating its 100th anniversary this year and is the nation's fourth lar gest steel producer .
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Cotton P rize Twice
To be declared th e state winner twice in the state's cott on production con. test is th e unusual honor that h as come
to J. W . Trunnell, of Bleckley County.
H e was declared th e stat e winner in Georgia's 1953 Five -Acre contest spon. I sored by th e Georgia Cottonseed C rush. ers Association, and dir ect ed by the Extension Servic e of th e Coll ege of Agri culture, at th e University of Gcor. gia .
M r. Trunnell's yield wa s 19,62i pounds of seed cott on on th e five acr es, or approximately three bales of lint to the acre. Hi s award was $500 in th e state contest.
Mr. Trunnell also won th e state champi onship in 1948 a nd was distri ct winner in 1951 and 1952. His yield in 1953 of 19,627 pounds from five acres, almost excee de d th e state I record of 20,240 pounds set in 1949 by another Bleckley county farm er. W. A. M eadows.
Farmers totaling 1,712 in J07 counties entered th e 1953 con test, with 204 submitting record books .
Georgia's cotton production in 1953 was set at 760,000 bales , comp a red with 731,000 in 1952. The 1953 U . S. pr oduction was estim ate d to be 16,093,000, th e largest crop grown in several years.
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. Comer Machinery Company of AT LA NTA h as purchased th e 64-year-old Mandeville Mills at CARROLLTON. The mill s manufacture carded a nd nov' elty spinning yarns. Approximately 625 people are employed there with an annual payroll of over one million dol lars .

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Tomatoes

1953

4,050 ,000

( Bu . ) Waterm elons
Pimi entos (T ons)

1952 1953 1952 1953 )952

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NEWSLETTER
Peach County is unusual in several respects. It is th e only county in the state, and maybe in th e n ati~n, n am ed for a fruit-the pea ch-and It was th e last county created in Georgia-in 1924, now bein g th e sta te's 159th county in date of creation.
Although th e coun ty, and F ort Valley, its county seat, are associated closelv with th e development of th e peach industry in th e sta te, long being th e distributin g p oint in Ge orgia a rea for this fruit, th e county follows a wid ely diversified program as to agri culture, and Fort Va lley h as long been th e seat of much industrial activ ity.
There are more th an a h alf million

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250,000 pine seedlings a nnually, some

years th e nu mb er reach ing 500 ,000 .
T wo local orchardists, W illiam .J. an d

Clyde Wi lson , br oth ers, h ave a la rge

fruit, and in addition, th e U SDA Peach Ins ect Station th ere renders mu ch service to th e peach growers. A numb er of new peach va rieties h ave been propagated in Peach County.
Much industr y also revolves aroun d peach growing th er e. The Atl antic Company provides ice ; Pear son Basket Mill s mak e baskets ; Southe rn O rch ard Su pply Co. mak es pap er lin ers for peach baskets; \V a a 1f a 1k Ch emical Works, Ltd. , com pounds in secticid es and che mica ls used on the p eachtrees.
I n addition, th er e a re m any bu yers and packers of peach es th at sell to truckers and ship in ca rload lots. Peach packin g sheds a re num erous in the

grove of Chi nese ch estn ut t rees, ma ny of whi ch a re bea rin g. This may become an im portan t "c rop" for th is county a nd .area.
Peach has some cra ck farmers and Illan y cotto n growe rs h ave won Di stri ct or Sta te priz es for cotto n p roduct ion every yea r sinc e th e contests began in 1947. T he re are many pureb red ca tt le and hog farms in th e coun ty .
Wit h most of its land eithe r level or rolling, Peach is one of the mo st hi gh ly mechanized agricultural co unties in th e state, it being un usual to see a m ule or h orse at wor k on a far m .
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Blu e Bird Body Company, an im portant Fort Valley ind ustry.

peach trees growing in the county at present and hundreds of trainloads and truckload s of peaches m ove from F ort Valley and Byron-shipping pointsannually. R efrigeration for th e shipments for this area is provided by the Atlantic (I ce) Company , at its plant at Fort Valley. There are a pp roximately one million peach tr ees in the Fort Valiey area .
Thousands of visitors and tourists visit the Fort Valley area in th e spring when th e thousands of peach trees on level fields ar e in bloom ; the myriads of pink blossoms that appear before the leave spresent an in describable scene of beauty.
The U . S. D ep a rtment of Agriculture Horticultural F ield Labo ratorv situated in Peach County studies p eac h problems an d does research on this

a rea. The Southe rn Sta tes Canning Co. cans peach es during th e season.
In ad dition to peach es, th ere a re many pecan , chestnut and tung trees growing in th e county as well as vari ed crops like corn, cotton, wh eat, oats, rye, pe anuts, with cowpeas and soy bean s planted after grain is harvested ; blu e lupine is a fa vor it e winter legume with farmers and vetch and Au strian peas as winter legumes and hairy vetch as a soil builder .
Peach farmers market from 4,000 to 6,000 butcher hogs annually, and beef cattle production h as expan ded tremendously in recen t yea rs. Ther e a re ar ound 40 h erd s of beef ca ttle of from 25 to 30 head each in th e county, from 2,000 to 3,000 cows, calves and steers bein g marketed ea ch year.
Land owners plant an av erage of

sta ted, was th e last county created in Georgia a nd th e 1950 population was 11,705, a gain of 1,327 over 1940. Pop ulation of the coun ty scat, F ort V alley, was 6,820, compared with 4,953 in 1940. Byron 's populati on was 379, th e district h avin g- 1,228.
County officers a rc: Ordinary a nd Coun ty M a nager, B. A. Youn g ; C lerk
of Court, .J. L. W ilson ; Sheriff, W . H . Bee1and ; T reasurer, M rs. .J. E. Broad -
rick ; Acting Tax Commission er, W . B. Tharpe ; County Schoo l Sup erintendent, Prof. E. R . Anderson ; Sur veyor, T. F. Fl ou rn oy ; m ember of L egislature, F. B. Little ; F arm Agent , R . P. Swan , an d N egro Agen t, R. T. C hurch .
T. A. M cCord is M ayor of F ort Valley, and Alderm en ar e \V. A. Wood, W. T. Bat em an , T. R . H unni cutt, H.
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farm age nt, now retired . Its 39th an- a nd fan s ; and a number of sma ll indus.

A. M athews, A. B. Young a nd G. C . Poole. Fire Chief is T. M . Antoin e a nd Polic e C hief is G . W. Co chran.
Hugh Bird song manages R adio Sta tion \VFPM ; th e Ci ty buys electricity fro m the Georgia Power Co ., a n d distributes it to its custo me rs, a nd REA lines cove r th e county a nd provide rural power: th e Southe rn Bell T eleph on e Co ., has a new $500,000 buil ding under construction for a dial- svstem cha nge -over. A natural gas syste m has been install ed in Fo rt Vallev and a rea a t a cost of $90 ,000 , re venue cer tifica tes being sold to provide the fund, without a bond issue. Co mmerc ial ga , com pa nies a lso have offices h er e.
The Peach County Ho spital wa s dedi cated on O ct. 15, a 32 bed facilit y bu ilt under th e Hill -Bur ton Act at a cost of .$4 15,000. Peach coun ty's Vlrtion was raised by subscription and
without bond issue. Dr. .J. E. H aslam
is Ch ief of th e medi cal sta ff an d D exton Whitley Administr a tor of th e H ospital Authority. The Peach Co unty H ealth C enter, to cost $45 ,000 , is under construc tion in Fort VaUey a n d will ho use th e vari ous h ealth offices.
A sewerage disposal plant h as just been erected by Fort V alley at a cost of $275 ,000 . This land-filled proj ect is said to be one of th e mo st m od em in th e country.
Hi gh and grammar schoo ls a rc located at Fort V all ey and Byron , Prof.
.J. C. Stephen s being principal at Fort
Valley and Prof. L. W. Bran ch principal a t Byron , wh ere construc tion of a $900,000 a nnex and addition to th e gym is under way.
H. E. Bryant is Princip al of th e Neg ro H igh at F ort Vall ey.
Schoo l building const ruc tion now in process at Fort Valley includes a $ 120,000 gr ammar building and a $205 ,000 addition to th e hi gh scho ol under con -

nu al show of p rod uce displayed by Negro farmers in th e a rea will b e h eld in 1954 a t th e college . This eve nt usually a ttrac ts wide a ttention with its display of ham s, eggs and othe r produc ts.
Fort Valley h as two banks, th e Bank of Fort Vall ey, W . E. Green e, pr esident. and th e Peopl e's Bank, E. C. Patterson, pr esident ; Mi ss G en a Riley is libr a rian a t the Thomas Public L ibr a ry, a nd th e Ci ty has a large number of men's and women's clubs and affiliat e orga niza tions.
The Ce nt ra l of Georgia a nd th e Southern R ail road s serve th e a rea . The Southe rn runs from h er e to Atl anta. wh ile th e C entral of G eorgia from M acon bran ch es three ways a t Fort Vall ey- one lin e to Perry, one t o Columbus a nd one to Sou th G eorgia.
Fort Valley is th e focal point of several highways, U. S. 34 l-S ta te N o. 7 : State 49 a nd 96, while Sta te 42 te rm inates a t Byron and U . S. 4 1 skirts the easte rn section of Peach Co unty.
Fort Valley is served by three through motor truck lin es-Geor gia H ighway Express, M 0 f fit t Tran sit Lines a nd Atl anta M otor Lines. Bus service is provid ed by th e Trailway Lin es.
In addition to th e p each blossoms d rawing th ou sands of visito rs eac h yea r, a profusion of ca me llias in t he area al so a tt ract grea t throngs, especially to th e came llia ga rdens of Dave Strother, a citizen of Fort Valley.
The 55-year-old Lead er-Tribune is published weekly a t Fort V all ey, D an iel K . Grahl a nd Louis T. Sm ith own er s, Mr. Grahl bein g edito r.
The six annual Pea ch Blossom F estiva ls h eld in Fort Vall ey in th e 1920' s whi ch d rew th ou sands of visito rs to th e colorful eve nts, a rc recall ed by th e Ca me llia Sho w, th e 1954 event b aing set for F eb. 17 by th e Fort V alley G a r-

tr ies. Fort Vall ey's la rgest ind ustry and I
which em ploys mo re p eopl e than anv othe r plant h er e is th e Blue Bird Bod}. Co m pany, with a colorful histo ry. In 1927, A. L. Lu ce, a local residen t, got th e idea of th e need for steel school bu s bodi es, and after expe rimenting with stee l bodi es seve ra l yea rs, h e PUt ' his plan int o effec t by erecting a plant to make th em . Hi s original pl a n to build schoo l bu s bodies h as enlarged and now he also builds both cit y and inter-city buses , and has developed fore ign tr ad e.
The plant opera ted by Mr. Luce and his family is th e largest of its kind in th e South and th e third largest in the nati on .
Byron Thri v in g City
Byron , some 12 mil es northeast of Fort Vall ey, is a th riving city on the Ce nt ra l of Georgia rail road , situ at ed in a rich fa rm ing area and wit h severa l indus tries, including th e G eorge W . Mills Co ., wh ich deals in all kinds of farm produce for resale and p rocesscs corn and gra in for feed a nd feed mill s. Mr. Mills also ope ra tes a hu ge potato curing hou se, opera ting a lar ge fleet of trucks buying a n d delivering sweet potatoes in s e ve r a I states. " Buddy" Pope, of Atl anta, a lso op er ates a po ta to curi ng pl ant a t Byron , doing a n extensive bu siness.
C. H . J ackson em ployes several people reclaiming bags, ba ggin g, etc ., and a number of large packing h ou ses opera te h ere during th e p each season. Thousands of pounds of pecan s a re hal" vested in th e Byron a rea during the fall season.
Byron ope rates it s own waterw orks system ; elect ricity is obta ine d from the Georgia Power C o., and th e Byron T elephone C o., op erates th e telephone system .

struction ; an eleme ntary building and den Club. M rs, Pa ul F riedman is p resi-

The site of th e prop osed N aval Sup-

add ition at th e N egro schoo l to cost dent, a nd genera l cha irman of the next ply Base is ju st east of Byron , at the

$420,000, a nd a new $250,000 hi gh .show is Mrs. \Valter T. Pearson , with junction of Sta te Hi ghway 49 and U. S.

school plant.

Mrs, O sca r E. Pearson as co-ch a irman . Highway 41. This huge Base, when

At th e F ort Valley Sta te C ollege for Negroes, of whi ch Prof. C . V . T roup, is president, with a n en rollme nt of 688 , th ere is under con struction a n agri cul-

The C hambe r of Co mme rce of F ort Vall ey and Peach County h as as its able manager, Colonel B. A. Sh ipp, who has a wealth of information on

built, is expec ted to employ several hund red peopl e; and is design ed to serve th e needs of th e N avy for the South Atlantic and Gulf Sta tes.

tural science building to cost $350,000, th e cit y and county a t hi s fing er tips.

Eighty-two ca rloads of p eaches were

an d new construction th er e a lso in- W. Ed Wil son is president of th e Cham- shi ppe d from Byron in 1953, a large

cludes a lib rary a t a cost of $250,000 ; ber.

supp ly also m ovin g by trucks d irect

men 's dormitory, $534,000 ; water m ains

In addition to F ort Valley industri es from th e orchards.

and pump station, $15,000 ; a deep well, th at revolv e largely around th e p each

H. .J. Williams is Mayor of Byron.

.$20,000; a nd a water tank, $30,000.

and pecan nops arc th e Happyvale a nd Councilmen a re E. Bass Vinson.

At th is college is h eld every year Flour Mills, processo rs of flour, m eal H. L. Churchwell, Dr. .J. B. K ay

the Ham and Egg Sh ow, organized in and feed s, B. T. YOWlg manager ; Peer- George W . Mills, Harold W. Pea vy.

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Timber .and Tobacco Join to Make Prosperity For Jeff Davis County

J anuar y 10, 1954
M acon a nd Brun swick R ail road at th e end of th e 19th century . The county was created by a n act of th e L egislatur e on Aug ust 18, 1905. The a rea it

Jeff Davis County, si t~at~ d in th e heart of Southeas t Georgia, IS a n a rea of timb er an~ tobacco. ~azlehurst, it s county seat, IS an a ttractive and bu sy center of activity. Its main stree ts h av e .everal blocks of new br iek stor es a nd
~ffices ; th e bu siness section is clean and
,rcll-kept. Newly p aved str eets give pride to its citizens. H.azlehurst is indicative of th e p rospenty of th e r ur al area it serves.
The land in th e county is cover ed with timb er, an d fore st p roduc ts a re very imp ort ant to th e a rea . Pulpwood sales a re high , and mu ch gum is collccted to be made into turp en tine a nd other nava l stores. Wood of the area is also imp ort ant in on e of H azleh urst's Icading industries.
Tobacco also is high ly vital to th e area's economy. This year 's tobacco sales
amounted to nearly 3Y2 m illion dollars.
Jcff Davis Co unty h as its own tobacco market, which, of course, is the cen ter of activity in th e summe r.
Some cott on and peanuts a lso are grown in th e cou n ty, a nd livestock is becoming inc reasingly imp ortan t in its farming. H azleh urst h as its own fa rm ers' market. Industry
Th ere are four out standing industries in th e coun ty. The lar gest is Cook
Baptist Church in Haz lehurst.
and Company, whi ch has n early 350 c.mployees. This concern uses local timber in th e manufacture of wood en parts for a utomobiles. ag ricultu ral implement s, toys, handles, a nd stroller

seats and stepladde rs for Sear s, R oebu ck & Co . T he concern, only eigh t yea rs old, has Cla ude Coo k as president .
H azlehurst M ills is a man ufacturer of plastic materials used in a utom obile sea t covers and oth er p lastic coverings. I t em ploys ab out 150 peopl e a nd has H . S. Sa in as its h ead .
Ero M an ufactur ing Compa ny of Georgia, I nc., is headed by C. H . Brezinski. It em ploys about the same n umber as H azlehurst M ills a nd m anufactures similar p rod ucts.
H azlehurst Man ufa ct uring Co mpany employs 100 in the m an ufa ctur e of lad ies' slips.
Wh ile th e above ar e th e la rgest em-

Timber load at Hazlehurst.

Mo dern school in Jeff Davis County.
players, th e n um ero us other conce rns of H azleh urst a re equally imp ortan t in the bala nce of th e economy of th e county. Co lumbia Naval Stores, A. E. Evan s Nav al Stores, Russell R . Evan s Co ncrete Block Compan y, H azleh urst Icc Com pany, th e J eff Davis Co un ty Ledger, R ogers Publishing Company,
I nc., .J. O . M oody's Sawm ill and
Thomas Mill ing Compa ny all contribute to th e prosperity of th e coun ty.
The people invo lved in all th ese ind ustri es come from the co unty an d neig hboring a rea. J eff Davis County has 9,332 population accor ding to th e 1950 census. Approx imately one-third live in H azlehurst. The town of D en ton h as nearl y 300 and th e rest of th e pop ula tion live in th e surrou nding co u n t r ysid e .
Hazlehurst Highlights
The eounty was named for th e Pr esident of th e C onf ed eracy. H azlehurst h as its origins in th e H azlehurst family of M acon, who were know n especially for th eir interest an d activity in th e

covers is 300 squa re mi les. On th e north it is bounded for th e most p art by th e O cmulgee R iver. The O con ee meets it an d forms th e Alt amah a towards the northea st corne r of the co un ty .
H azleh urst is a pr om inent center for spo rts. A lar ge and st ur dy baseball par k whi ch ca n accommod ate 3,500 is not far from th e middle of town. H azlehurst's professional baseball team won the penn ant in th e Georgi a Sta te League last yea r.
For two year s in succession now, the Hazlehurst Gi rls' Basketball team h as won th e Championship in t he C lass A Sta te games. They will tr y ag ain th is yea r to keep up th eir record.
Becau se H azlehurst is loca ted on a popula r route to th e Atl antic Coast, it is par ticula rly imp ortant to H azlehurst a nd to gratef ul tr avelers th at a fine mot or cour t is esta blishe d th ere a nd another is under construction.
The civic enterp rises in H azlehurst a re to be especially commended . The Lions C lub sees to it eve ry yea r th a t nee dy school ch ildren h ave glasses. The K iwa nis Club h as a number of p rojects, most recent was lighting and decorating th e city for th e Christmas season. Annually th ey send a local student to college by way of a loan fund .
An im portant step for th e C ity of H azlehurst is that a new charter h as been crea ted for it a nd will go into effect M a rch 1, 1954. The n ew charter provides for a new govern me n t for the city, including five commissioners,
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Jeff D avis County (Continued from Page 7)
who will be elected soon. School building is going on a t a rapid
pace. Two years ago th e county h ad a new hi gh schoo l an d also a n ew Negro schoo l ad dition. Before long ther e will be ad ditional rooms a nd cafeterias at all th e schools. H azleh ur st will h ave a new grammar school a nd more rooms will be adde d to th e N egro schoo l.
County Officials
O fficers serving J eff Davis County a re : O rd ina ry, C . C . H a rr ison ; C lerk of Co ur t, J ohn T. D ean ; Sheriff, Elza L. Hatton ; T ax Commiss ione r, W . C . Ellis; Surveyor, Alva Wooten ; Coroner,
J esse J. Thom as; Co unty Schoo l Supe r-
intendent, E . C. M athew ; Count y F ar m Agen t, Bob T hom pson ; Home D em onstra tion Ag e n t , Mrs. Pati a L an e W oot en .
Judge of th e Brunswick Circuit which serves J eff D avis Co unty is Douglas F. Thomas; Solicito r General is W . Glenn T homas. M emb er of th e Legisla ture is L. R . U rsery.
Acting M ayor of H azlehurst is A. E. Evan s ; Police Ch ief of H azlehurst, H . E. J oh nson .
Hi-Y Youth Assembly
Georgia Hi-Y and Tri-H i-Y boys a nd girls will " ta ke over" th e Sta te Cap ita l, J anuary 28-30, for th e Ninth Georgia Youth Assembl y.
H i-Y an d T ri-Hi-Y delegat es from all over Geo rgia will bring th eir own Bills to th e Youth Assembly a nd follow the en tire legislative process in thi s uniqu e experience in C hristian citizensh ip un der th e aus pices of th e Sta te Y. M . C . A. of Geor gia .

HIGHLIGHTING OU{( P{(OG{(ESS
Willou ghby Homes, a 34 unit housing project for white families, a nd Bcllview H om es, a 16 unit p roject for Neg ro families, h ave bo th been com pleted in Commerce . . . A new cor poration has been esta b lishe d in E lberton, th e Granite Sales and Supply Corporation, for th e selling and di stribution of supplies and tools for gra ni te manufactu rin g a n d quarr ying . . . Lumpkin and Richland, both in Stewa rt County, h ave each completed housing proj ects for both white and colored occupancy . .. Warr en Sewell Clothing Co., Bremen, has op en ed an a nne x to its pl ant nu mber on e in Bowdon . . . The Tift County Chamber of Com mer ce has recently published a fin e colorful brochure telling about Tifton , "T he Friendly City" . . . Brunswick Quick F reezer p la nt will soon h ave a n addi tiona l 44,000 sq uare feet of floor space . . . The City of Winder h as completed nearly three mil es of n ewly pav ed stree ts . . . A two acr e site, mad e available through th e gene rosity of M r . J .E . P arker, will be mad e into a roa dside p a rk in Ludowici with the aid of th e Long County Ga rd en Club . . . Plan s are nearly comp lete for th e tourist promotion sch ool in Savannah, spo nsored by th e Savannah Chamber of Commer ce and the Sav annah V ocational Sch ool. It will be a five d ay cour se, giving information on highways, faciliti es, hist or y, servi ces and public rel at ions . . . A portrait of D r . Milton P. J arnagin , former agricultural consulta n t to th e University of Georgia Board of R egents a nd former

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head of th e University's Animal Hus. bandry D ep artmen t, has been hung in Chicago's Agri cultural H all of F ame . . . The D eK al b County Chamber of Commer ce has approved plans for a wire fen ce to be p la ced a r a u n d th e top of Ston e M ountain for the safety of climbers .. . A new r ecord of visitors to Kennesaw Mo untain Na. tional Battlefield Park wa s esta blished for 1953-a tot al of 155,777 . . . At. lanta ranks as one of th e top ten cities in th e nation in value of construc tion au thorized in th e fir st eleven months of 1953 .. . An " Indus tri al Su rvey of Gwinnett County" h as been comp leted a nd published by th e Geor gia P ower Company . . . Griffin Rug Mills, Dalton, has tak en over a new building whi ch will double its floor space and allow for increased r ug and carpet producti on . . . The Public Adult Lounge has been opene d at St. Simons, courtesy of th e St . Simons Woman's Club . . . Waycross and Ware Count)' have a fine new pi ctori al fold er of their area . . . The Glynn -Br unswic k M emorial H ospit al ope ns ea rly thi s month in Brunswick . . . C larkesville has insta lled modern thoroughfare s t r e c t lighting .. . Con structi on h as begun on th e new Citv H all a t Summerville . . . The Li fe Insurance Compan y of Georgia will build a new $45,0 00 building in Brunswick . . . The LaGrange M emo rial Library is undergoin g remod elin g a t a cost of $28,33 5 . . . In Columbus WRBL- TV has star ted telecas ting . . . R oyd on Wear , In c, has com pleted th e addition to it s garmen: manufacturing p lant in McRae . . ' Gainesville has installed white roadway ligh ting for its th or oughfar es .. ' A tot al of 67 sh ipp ing lines a re no using Sa vannah as a port of call . .

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NEWSLETTER

Published semi-monthly by

GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE

100 State Capitol

* HERMAN E. T ALMADGE G over n or BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

EMORY L. BUTLER

Ch airman

Lonnie A. Pop e, V. Chill.

Y. F. Geeslin

Ben J essup

Hok e Peters

* CLARK GAINES

Secretary

Vol. 5, No.8

January 25, 1954

Georgia Publicized In
National Magazines
The D epart m ent of Commerce is sponso ring a number of advertisements in nati onal m agazines thi s spring. W at ch for th e February 1st issue of T]}vJE magazine for an industrial ad. Along with ano ther industrial ad in th e M arch issue of N A T I ON AL GEO RGRA PH IC magazine, an article with pictures 40 pages long devoted to Georgia will be featured in th e m agazine. Wat ch for th e Ap ril issue of CO RONET magazine ; it will have a series of ph ot ographs showing vacation fu n in Georg ia . An advertisement in th at magazine will also a ppeal to vacationists. Look for th e D epa rtm en t of Commerce advertisement in th e M ay issue of both H OLIDA Y and THE SATUR DAY EVENING POST, an d when June com es around, ano ther ad will be fou nd in L O OK. magazine.

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GEORGIA CAMELLIA SHOWS

Fort Gain es Moultrie

J anuary 28 J anuary 30-31

Waycro ss -- -- --------- ----- --- ---J anua ry 30-3 1

Sea Island

February 3

Albany

F ebru ary 6-7

Augusta

F ebruary 6-7

P er r y

February 6-7

Atlanta

Feb ru ar y 13-14

Columbus

Febru ary 13-14

Guyton

Feb ruary 13-14

Fort V alley

Febru ar y 17

Macon

February 20-21

Athens: Georgia R ad io and Television I nstitute, U niversity of Geo rgiaJ anuar y 27-30.
Atlanta: N inth Georgia Hi-Y Youth Assembly, Sta te Capitol - J anuar y 28-30 .
Atlanta: Na tional Cotton Council of America M eet ing, Bilt mor e H ot elJ anuary 28-Febru ary 3.
Atlanta: Second Annual Business Art Institute and E xhi bit , Atlanta Division, U niversity of Georgia- Jan uar y 29...:... _
Atlanta: 3rd Annua l Georgia Highway wa y Co nfere nce - Georgia T ech, Febr ua ry 1-3.
Albany: Fede ra ted Garden Clubs

M eeting, R adium Springs I nn, Feb_ ru ar y 6-7.
Atlanta: Club M anager s Associat ion of America , Bilt mor e H ot el- Feb_ ru ar y 7-10 .
Atlanta : 5th Annua l Geor gia R etail Clinic, Atlan ta Di vision, University of Georgia-i-Feb ru arv 11.
Atlanta: Fifth Annua l Geo rgia Credit Clinic- Atlanta D ivision, U niversity of Geor gia-February 11.
Atlanta: Southeastern Photographers Association M eeting, DinkIer-Plaza - Fe bruary 15-1 7.
Atlanta: Am erican Societ y of Civil En gin eers, Biltmor e H ot el Febru ary 16-19.
Savannah: Georgia H ospital Association, H ot el D eSot o-Feb ru ary 17-20.
Athens: Geor gia P ress In stitute, Uni versity of Geo rg ia- Februa ry 17-20.
Sa vannah: Georgia St at e Flo rists Association M eeting, H ot el D eSotoFebruar y 21-24.
Albany: Pecan Growers Associa tion M eet ing, R adiu m Sp rin gs I nn - F ebru ar y 23-24.
Savannah: Southeastern T heatre Con fer ence, Hotel D eSot o - Febru ary 25-27 .

COVER PICTURE

T his p ho tograph, "Hoss 'N' Buggy Days," was ma de nearly ten years ago nea r Newn an . A r are sigh t th en, it is nearly uni qu e tod ay. It represents some of th e old flavor of Georgia , and is part of the passing scene. With severa l au tomo bile manufacturing pl ants now in Georgia, m an y newly p aved hi ghways, and the license tag department busy issuin g new plat es to th ousands of au tomobile owne rs, this pi cture brings memori es to m an y of the good old "Hoss 'N' Buggy D ays."
- Photo by Carolyn Cart er.

THE FOUNDERS' MEMORIAL GARDEN at Ath ens is a tribute to th e first Ga rden Clu b in th e U nited States, organized at Ath ens in 1891.

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NEW SL ETTER

J anuary 25, 1954

Georgia's Many Attractive Gardens Have A Long Heritage And Are Source of Pleasure and Profit

Garde ns and ga rdening have been of special int erest to Georgian s ever since th e founding of th e colony in 1733. Before O glethorpe came to Georoia th e T ru stees of the colony in En ghtnd laid a plan for it whi ch incl ud ed a kind of ag ricult ural experiment station. The colony that Oglethorpe found ed at Savanna h followed that plan ; today th at area in Savannah has been restored an d is called " The Trustees' Gard en Vill age," now a floral type ga rden village.
As th e colony spread , th e people of Georgia devoted tim e and some of their land to cultiva tion, not only to crops for income, but to beau tiful flora -for personal pleasur e and for th e added beaut y that th ey give any dwell-
ing. In th e early days of th e plantations,
formal boxwo od gardens wer e popular. Walkways, sma ll surrounding fences, brick-edged flower beds ma de symme trical pattern s leading to th e front entrance of th e home. Less elegant homes inva riably had some amount of space devoted to th e miracle of the growth of lovely flowers.
By th e middle of the 19th century, almost everyone had a lawn in front of th e h ouse. This style of landscap e garden ing still hold s today. Th e lawn now p rovid ed a place for ch ildren to play, for adu lts to be at ease-as well as providing a vista for th e horne.
At th e end of th e last century, in 1891, th e first garden club was organized in Athe ns - the first ga rde n club in Georgia an d th e first in th e Uni ted States. It is an imp ortant cultural "f irst" for Georgia, and tod ay over 18,000 m emb ers in over 600 garden club s carryon interestin g and beneficial gar den ing proj ects th roughout the sta te, giving pleasure not only to th emselves bu t to every passer-by.
Commerce In Gardening
Becau se th er e are so m an y Georgians interested in ga rden ing th er e are a number of com pa nies and " indus tries" whose main conce rn is to supply gardeners with th eir needs. There ar e a great number of n urseries through out the stat e and compa nies that " raise" seed. There are many outle ts : m ail order h ouses, hard ware stores - even drug stores an d grocery stores now sell packaged seed. M any peopl e, directly

and indirectly, h ave an income from one of th e pleasantest kind s of "work" - gardening.
The most popular sh ru bs in Georgia, acco rding to th ose who sell th em, come under th e heading of broadleafed evergreens. This includes th e hollies (particu larly Burford ) , boxwood, gardenias, camellias and some azaleas . Ro ses are a grea t favorite. There is hardly a home without one or m ore of these sh ru bs. As for tr ees, the dogwood and th e fruit tr ees are th e mo st popular, along wit h th e magnolia .
Many commercial garden houses also sell every thing from book s to h ose to fertiliz ers. Vitami ns, insect icides,
A pretty girl with pretty camellias grown in Marshallville.
sprayers, trowels, pruning shears and spading fork s, along with lawn m owers, are all a vita l part of garde ning. Garden catalogs are full of an infinite variety of species of flowering shrubs, bulbs, perenniels, seeds, trellises, fertilizer spreaders and soil conditioners.
Services ar e offered by m any concern s, including planting guides and lecturers for ga rde n clubs - up to television programs. One large department store provid es th e service of a Garden Center ; it ac ts as a clearing house for garden show sch edules in th e area, help s secure lecturers and has a fulltim e consult ant with all kind s of garden info rmation right at hand.

One m ail-ord er house is ' now sponsoring a new type of garde n tool - th e ladi es' sma ller sized implements th at have shorter handles.
There are even tool ren ting concerns in some cities.
Landscape Architecture
Landscap e architecture is an int egral pa rt of garde ning in which many Georgia ns are becom ing more and mo re intereste d. Awareness of th e fac t th at a m agnolia in fron t of a house can be further dramatiz ed by other sur ro unding planting in a certain pattern with vistas, lawns and walls, is th e diff erence between landscaping and landscape architecture . The services of landscape archi tec ts are more in use throughout th e state each year. There are those who consult on an hourly basis with home own ers who want a plann ed garde n . Some home owners have detailed plans draw n for th eir ga rden setti ngs.
Landscap e architecture is also an important part of city planning, parks, subdivisions, golf courses , in stitut ions, resor t hot els an d motels, an d even industrial buildings.
The University of Georgia has one of 12 accredited schoo ls of landscape architec ture in th e nation, which gives professional training to me n and women who will later be able to p rovide the ir services for th e beautification of both p rivate and public p roperties. Students learn not only desisgn , but also develop a know ledge of topography and soil types, of plants and planting, and how to make draw ings and to write specifica tions.
The University of Georgia also has an extension service specialist in landscape planning for towns. H e tr avels th rou ghout th e sta te and h elps towns an d cities in planning and planting.
T he Georgia Institute of T ech nology occasiona lly takes on a town for plannin g and landscap e arc hi tec ture as a project for th e stude nts. It is primarily a learning project for th e students, but th e town benefits, too.
Garden Clubs
Since th e m eetin g of th e fir st ga rden club in 1891 at Mrs. E . K . Lumpkin's home in Athens wh ere a constitution was adopted, th e n umber of garde n clubs in the state has grown to over
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLE'}"J'ER

Janua ry 25, 1954

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GEORG/II PIIRIIDE OF PROGRESS

Industrial Survey Ready
The Georgia Stat e CHAMBER of C omme rce h as just published a 57page broc hure, " I ndustrial Sur vey of Geor gia"-a fa ctual appraisal of Gearzia's industrial advantages. M an y fopi cs a re discussed , from ag riculture through communica tions, markets, ports, tax es, on to waterw ays. Numerous charts, ph otogr aphs an d .maps a re included . The Survey is available, to bu siness concerns, at no cost, throu gh T he Georgia Sta te Chambe r of Com merce, 205 Forsyth Buildin g, Atlanta
3, Georgia .
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Fitzgerald Roadside Park
Plan s have been completed and construc tion is under wa y a t FITZGERALD for a road side park . The land for th e park wa s con tributed by F . R . Justice. It is a one-ac re tra.ct well-covered with pines to add to Its attractiven ess and restful at mos phe re. The park is mainly for th e convenience of tourists, so th at th ey may st.op and rest and prepare food on th e gn lls provided befor e tr aveling on . Th e local ga rden club s of Fi tzgerald h ave a gre~d to la ndscape th e groun~s; th e G eor~la Hi ghway Department IS constructing th e park and will help keep It clean.
- aNew Woodyard
A new wood yard h as been ope ned in ALLENH UR ST. Modern fac ilities a re available th ere for timberland own ers and pulpwood producers for. sh ipping th eir pulpwood. Wood sh ip ped throuzh th is yard will go to th e Savannah plant of th e Union Bag and Paper Corporati on.
- aNew Quarters
J. N. Zelln er & Son T ran sfer Com -
p an y h ave recen tly mo ved fro m th e Ce ntra l of Georgia Freight D epot into new qu a rters. Their n ew office and and terminal bui lding located a t th e corne r of E ast Cleveland and South Martin Streets in EAST POIN T represents considerable expa nsion for th e concern . The company's trucks ar e specialized carriers of cotton and cotton wa ste in five Southea stern sta tes. This year marks th e firm' s fift eenth yea r of bu siness.
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Acworth Concern
A h eating conc ern fr om N ew York will mo ve to ACWORTH. The Stahot Heater Corporation, makers of gas fit-

tin gs a nd plumbing, expec ts to employ 200 men in th eir plant.
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Million Dollar Plant
Construc tion will begin shortly in A UGUSTA on a new one million dolla r milk processing and ice crea m m anufacturing project. The Pet Dairy Products C ompa ny will construc t a building of one mill ion dollar s, with equipme nt expec ted to cost about $500 ,000. Until the plant is comp leted th e conce rn will build a temporary distribution cente r ncar Au gusta .
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Colored Tourist Court
Tavlor's Cafe an d Tourist Court, owned by H enry T aylor, J r., has ope ned in AMERI CUS . It is a tourist court for th e colo red, a nd consists of nin e new and modern cabins, with shower baths a nd all new equipment.
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Chemical Company Opens
A new com pa ny h as established in DO UGLAS for th e manufacture a nd distribution of disinfectan ts, insecticides, livestock sp rays and rem edi es, crop d ust, san ita ry supplies, waxes and che mica ls. Called the Southeastern Che m ical Co rpo ra tion, th e firm is owned a nd ope ra ted by D r. G. W .
Shi rley and J. C. Thomas. The con-
cern will use th e word "S ecco" as a tr ad em ark. The firm will serve a seven co unty territory in th e Dougl as a rea a nd will la ter en la rge its distribution field .
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Columbus Company
Makes New Fabric
Swift M anufacturing Co mpany of CO LU}vIBUS has introd uced a new fabric called ra m ie. The fiber comes from th e sta lk of a tall, broad leafed t ropi ca l p lant grown in th e West Indies a nd near the F lori da Everglad es. It h as a ten sile streng th ju st less than that of nylon. Although ramie was once used tho usands of yea rs ago by th e Egyp tians and Ch inese, rami e wa s develop ed as a modern texti le by th e C olumbus firm with th e coop erati on of th e N ewp ort Industri es, p roducers of ramie fiber, a nd th e Am erican Cyan am id Compa ny's textil e resin department. R ami e may well be ava ilable thi s spring in fabrics for wearing apparel; m eanwhile it is being used by an im-

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portant a utomob ile m anufacturer in ca r upholster y.
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Restoration Plans
Plans ar e un der way by th e Gordon County Cha mbe r of Commerce to resto re 'New Ech ota, th e last cap ital of th e C herokee Indian N ati on. The Georgia Hi storical Co mm ission is COIUbining forces with th e Cha mbe r in the th e p roject. An Ar ch eologist will start exca vations soon.
The Georgia Historica l Co mm ission, along with th e Sta te Parks Authority and th e Cartersville Chamber of COIUmerce in Bartow C ounty, just south of Gordon Co unty, is also developing the Etowah Indian Mounds near CA RTERSVILLE. The Department of Ar ch eology of th e Univer sity of Geo rgia is planning exp lora tions th ere this summe r. Th e Indian M ounds ncar Cartersville hav e already crea ted an immense amo unt of inter est in th e are a and ha ve br ou ght scores of visitors ther e eac h yea r.
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Milledgeville Feed Mill
A new feed mill h as been op en ed in M ILLEDGEVILLE. Owned and opera ted by Ralph and F loyd H arrington, th e mill is equippe d to do custom mixing a nd gri nding . The new mill is equipped with m odern m achiner y, including a wet mixing mola sses ma ch ine.
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Tire Recapping Plant A new industr y for i\10 N R OE has
its bui lding under construction now. It is a tire recapping pl ant owned by the M eredith Broth ers of Blairsville, with
J. L. M er edith as president. The con-
cern will loca te on Spring Street in M onroe, and th e building will conta in some 4,000 square feet of floor space .
-aCedartown Hat'cheries
Constr uc tion is well underwa y on a ha tch ery bui ld ing at CE DA R T O WN. Dr. Fred G. Old, who is in ch ar ge of of th e con cern , expects th at th e new indu stry will mean ap proximately $ 120,000 additional income for the Cedartown a rea . The building will be of brick ven eer finish and will have two incubators with a 65,000 capacity each, plu s hatch ers. Weekly h at ch es will run abou t 40.000 ch ickens.
Ano th~ r h at ch er y is bein g built in Ce dartown hv th e Pollard Brothers and Ad am s ~f Borden Springs, Alabam a.

NEWSLETTER

ilricultural and Industrial Crawford

Also Takes Pride In Historic Locale

Crawfo rd C oun ty, geographically :;j tu ated in th ~ cen te r of th e st~ t e, is largely an ag n cultur a l cOllI~ ty ; .It has 'oI1le industry an d tak es p rid e in th e Ilistory of th e a rea : its soil was t rod by Gen. O glethorpe, fou nd er of th e Georia Colony; by M a rq uis L a Fayette ; by ~I e noted F rench Gen era l, M orea u, and by th e . itinerant preach er who lOured Am erica, L or enzo D ow.
Th e Indian Agen cy in C ra wfo rd is the site of th e grave of Col. H awkins, and it was h ere th at several im port an t ;reatics with th e Indi an s wer e signed. It was in Crawfo rd that th e fir st L on e Star flag of T exas wa s mad e. . .
T opograph ically, th e coun ty IS divided into th ree distinct a reas . The northern sect ion is rolling a nd hill y with a deep clay soil; thc m iddle a rea is traversed by a sa ndy st rip, said to be an an cient river bed from whi ch m illions of ton s of sa nd h ave been cxca vated and used comme rcially. Ther e is also some good fa rm land in th at area. The southe rn section is level, highly cultivated, and her e many p each orchards an d pecan groves thrive, in addition to luxuriant crops.
Man y peach es a rc g rown in C ra wford ; the Di ckey orchards are in th e north cent ra l area, a nd th e Pea rson orcha rds are farther sou th .
Oth er general crops are grown in th e county; th ere a re some ca ttIe farms also, sha ring attention along with timber a nd pulpw ood sales. A fir e tower is manned to prot ect th e timber of th e farmers. It was reported th at 14,763

cords of pulpwood wer e cu t In th e cou nty in 1952.
Sawmilling and lumber processing have lon g been and still a re import ant industri es in C rawford. Million s of feet of timber h ave been cut over th e county. Much of it sh ipped; much h as been processed by local saw a nd planing mi lls. It is sa id tha t some pin e lan ds in C ra wfo rd h ave been "c ut over " as ma ny as three times.
M a th ews Bros. L umber Co ., a t R oberr a, is owned by Everett a nd T err ell M a th ews wh o opera te th e bu siness, estab lished a ha lf cen tur y ago by th eir father, th e lat e Pelham Mathews. They do an extensive sa wm illing and p laning and gene ra l timb er processing bu siness.
W ade H . Scaglcr also operates a sawmill and plan er in R oberta, a nd th ree mi les south of th a t city, th e Bradley L umb er C o. h as a n extensive lumber plant, processing both pine and hardwood timb er .
Ther e a re other sawmills opera ting th rou ghout th e county.
The "go od ea rth " of C rawford serves severa l purposes. Fine crops grow th ere ; in th e southeastern section, J. E. M err itt con d uc ts th e Middle Georgia Pottery, conv er ting th e fine cla y there into flower p ots a nd other ornamental po tt ery . This industry is more th an a half cent ur y old and has provided employm ent fo r many p eopl e over th e yea rs.
Sa nd shipping is an important industr y in th e county. At th e turn of th e

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cent ury, J. W . R ollo locat ed a t Gail-
la rd . a sta tion on th e A. & F. R a ilroad (Atla nta and F lorida, now th e South ern ) and am azed the local people by load ing sand on to fr eight ca rs a nd sh ippin g it, mostly to Atl anta, to be used in th e rapidly ad va ncing construc tion in th e city - a ll morta r requ irin g sa nd.
Sa nd shipp ing h as continued since . In 1928, th e bu siness a t Gai llard was acq uired by M . A. J am ison , a nd he a nd h is tw o sons, F ran k and Pyott , h ave since operated the business un der th e nam e of "Atla nta Sand & Supply Co mpan y." The firm em ploys 18 people a nd a t p resent sh ips a pproxima tely 350,000 tons of sa nd a nnua lly to all pa rts of th e South, by rail a nd tr uck. Th e pl ant is situa ted on th e Southe rn ra ilroad .
The plant loca ted seven miles southwest of R ob ert a, operates its hydrauli c ma chinery by electricity, a nd "washes" th e sand with wa ter p rovid ed by nea rby Beaver creek. Seve ra l grades of sa nd a rc produ ced wh ich a re used in gene ra l contruc tion work , in conc re te a nd vari ous m or ta rs.
M r. J amison says th ere a ppears to be an inexh au stible supply of sand in th e a rea ; so far pits h ave been du g to a depth of 65 feet to obtain san d.
Geo logists say th at a t one time th e ocea n exte nded to th e C ra wford a rea a nd as it reced ed ' millions of yea rs ago a stream ma ybe a river bed was left whi ch exte nds eas twa rd a nd westw ard several hundred m iles ac ross Georgia and severa l oth er sta tes. San d an d kao lin a re mined in th at a rea .
Skelton m a rin e life is found in Crawford, especially a t Ri ch H ill, seve ral mil es distant fr om th e pits of th e At-
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Airview of th e Atlanta Sand & Supply Company in Crawford County.
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P ioneer Crawford C ounty Courthouse at Knoxvi lle .
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT O F COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

Crawford
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Iant a Sand Co . Mill ard Easler also m ines a nd sells
san d a nd lime obtai ne d in Crawford . Two high points in th e county are
Britt Hill and Rich Hill, th e latter conta ining kaolin depo sits whi ch have been min ed .
Pea rson Bros., ope ra te large peach orc ha rds, a corn m ill a t Zenith and they a lso grow ca tt le, g rain and have a large fish p ond.
R . L. Di ckey, and hi s son, Wilmer, have a large modern p each-packin g h ouse at Musella , wh ere th ey have thousands of peach trees.
E. E. Bateman and J ack D ent opera te a large seed sto re, deal in eggs a nd other farm commodities at Robert a.
H enry H orne a nd son, H enry J r., cond uct a large sto re, L ake H en ry C lubh ouse and cottages, a few mil es sou th of R oberta on Highways No.7 a nd No . 34 1. F. L. Beckh am & Son ope ra te a grist mill on Beaver creek a nd G. C. T ribble h as a stream corn mill a t Zenith.
W . F. Andrews & Sons, G ray and J ack, op erate a gin, warehouse and a ge ne ral supply store in Roberta. Harris Bros.' sawm ill an d lumb er bu siness is at R obert a, a nd C . F. H ays, J r., operates a gin a nd d eals in fertilizer at Musella.
Mrs. L ois M athews is Postmaster at Musella .
Knoxville, County Seat
Knoxville, county scat of C ra wford, wh ere th e pioneer courthou se is located, was redu ced largely from a bu sin ess to a residential section wh en th e town was bypassed in th e 1890's by th e At la nta & Florida rail ro ad (South ern), exten ding from For t V alley to At lanta, built one mil e west of Knoxville, wh er e th e town of R ob ert a was esta blishe d.
Knoxville is tr av ersed by U. S. Hi ghway No. 80, Sta te No. 22, a nd Sta te No. 42.
On the courtho use sq ua re is a gra nite and m et al marker design ating th e spot wh er e Jo anna Troutman in 1836 mad e a lon e sta r fla g a nd presented it to a company of G eorgia soldiers who ca mpe d in Knoxville on th eir way to help T exas figh t for independe nce . The lon e sta r flag was later ado pted as th e official flag of T exas .
Mrs. Anni e M oncrief, of Knoxville, is edi to r an d publisher of th e G eorgia Post, Crawford coun ty weekly newspaper .

C ra wford county was crea ted in 1822 a nd nam ed for Willi am H . Crawford, famous Georgian who serve d for eigh t years as Secreta ry of th e Treasury unde r Pr esident Monroe, The population in 1950 was 6,080 ; th e area is 3 19 squa re mil es, a nd th ere are 630 farms in th e county. It is th e Sixth Congressiona l dist rict , and th e 23rd St at e Senatorial distri ct, com posed of C rawford, T aylor and Peach count ies; R . C lifto n M urphey is p resent member of th e Legislat ur e from C ra wford .
Co unty office rs are: Ordinary, Alton C. M on cri ef, Clerk of Court, T om Smi th; She riff, L. R. O'Neal ; Treas-
urer, J. T . Stewart; T ax Co llec tor, NI.
R. M urphey ; T ax R eceiver, E. S. W right ; Schoo l Supe rinte nde nt, C . P. M addox ; County Commissioners a re O. C. Co chran, W . F. St embridge and E. E. Bat em an ; Coroner is Paul Spillers. Carlos Bech am is F arm Agent ; M iss F ran ces M oore, H ome D em onstration Agent ; R . F . Hi cks, PMA chair-
man. Flint river bounds much of th e
county on th e west a nd Ech cconnee Creek for ms th e easte rn boundry with nu merou s cree ks traversing th e entire
co u n ty . The Southe rn rail road runs throu gh
th e county, north and south, while th e Cent ra l of G eorgia skirts it on th e southweste rn corner. U. S. High ways No. 80 and N o. 34 1 and St ate Rout es 22, 42, 7 and 137 crisscross th e coun ty.
Robert a, population 673, nam ed for M attie Roberta M cCrary (M rs. Walter C ha mpion), is a thriving middle Georgia bu siness center. It is th e site of Crawfo rd Cou nt y H igh schoo l; R . L. Sheats is Principal. It emp loys 18 teach ers and is undergoin g a n enlargement program. A new, modern hi gh and gr ammar sch ool is under construction now at R ob ert a for colored .
The Crawford Cou n ty Ban k's p resident is C liff R. Avera.
Roberta offi cials include: M ayor L. A. Slad e a nd Co unc ilme n John Seag-
ler, Jake Lyles, O . J. Sta rnes, Jr., and O . J. D ent.
Natur al gas h as recently been insta lled in R ob erta, it has a dial telephone system . The Southe rn Railway rec ently ere cted a modern station th er e to repl ace th e one destroyed by fir e. Seve ra l mot els and restaurants serve th e trad e and to urists, many of whom pass th at way.
The County H ealth Clinic is located in Roberta. Mrs. Su e McGee is County Nurse. G eorgia Power C o., provides electricity and power for the town and a rea, and REA lines reach into th e ru ral areas.

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January
Georgia's Gardens
(Continue d on Pa ge 3)
600. That or ganization had 12 [nellI_ hers; ga rde n clubs th rou ghout the state now h ave over 18,000 members. In 1941 th e Foun~ers' M emorial Ga rden was complet ed m Athens as a tribute to that first organiz ation .
The h ead organization of all ga rden clubs is th e Ga rd en C lub of Georgia. Inc. It help s th e garden club s in the sta te in planning lectures, shows, helj, ing with roadside park developm ent a rra ng ing th e popular garden tou~ throughout th e sta te. This year tours will be held in Thomasvill e, Columbus Alban y, Sa va nnah, Au gu sta , R ome, At: lanta and Macon. The camellia shows ar e bein g held this month and next in various cities. The Garden Club of Georgi a, Inc., publishes a fine monthly magazine, " Ga rden Gateways." It also has a hand in th e schola rship provided each yea r for a stu dent to study landscape architecture at the University of G eorgia.
Sever al citi es have active M ens Garden Clubs: Au gu sta , Albany, Waycross Atl anta and M a rietta all boast such or: ga niza tions. The Atl anta C lub was organized in 1938 and was incorporated
in 1949. Its original m emb ership of 23
m en h as grown to 150. Members often p a rti cip ate in shows, ac t as judges in sho ws an d h elp jud ge Ch ristmas decoration contests.
Garden Clubs m ak e quite a contribution to the beauty of th e state. Their inter est and efforts help m ak e oth ers awa re of th e p ossibili ties of beautification for private pl easure and p ublic good . And, of course, th e attractiveness of th e sta te relates directly to the tourist dollar a nd industri es reco gnize th e fact th at th eir em ployees a re happier and bett er workers in pl easant surroundings. G a rd en ing in Georgia has becom e an essential ingr edi ent, th erefore, in both th e sta te's cultural and economic welfare.
Roberta is th e site of a handsome sto ne monument erec ted in th e 1930's by th e Government in h onor of Col onel Benj amin H awkins, wh o served m any yea rs as Indian Agen t at th e Creek Agen cy. Several mil es west of Robert a, on th e banks of Flint R iver, th e site of his grave h as been marked by the D a ughters of th e Am eri can R evolution.
Gen . Oglethorpe passed thi s way wh en he visited Coweta Town (Columbu s) in th e 1730' s ; G en. LaFayette visited th ere in 1825 and severa l important treaues with th e Indian s were signed a t this h isto ric spot.

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NEWSLETTER

J anu a ry 25, 1954

Appling County Prosperity Based On

Fine Timberland and Farm Enterprise

Appling County, th e first name in the alphabetical list of Georgia's 159 counties, is situated in the timber and tobacco h eartland of Georgia. The county seat, Baxley, is an attractive and ent erprising city. There ar e three ~ther tow ns in th e county wh ich are trading centers for the outlying countryside : Surrency, Graham and Pine
Grove. Appling County is a long one,
stretching itself from the Altamaha River to Satilla Creek. The county was first created by an act of th e Legis lature in 1818. Its boundaries were re adjusted twi ce by legislative acts of 1819 and 1824. Today its location plays an important ro le by virtue of two main highways which traverse it . U. S. Highway No. 341 tak es thousands of visitors to the Georgia coast, and U. S. Highway No.1 is a main artery to Florida. State routes whi ch provide transportation routes also ar e Nos. 144, 64, 121 and 99.
For mil es around Bax ley th e land is I covered with pines. These ar e the basis
uf the economy, although there are important industries in th e county which are not concerned with timber.
The eight industries directly con cerned wi th timber are thes e:
Johnson & Moates Lumber Company, which employs a total of 48 in logging and th e sawmill.
Dunn Lumber Company, J. R .
Dunn, own er, has a sawmill and a dry kiln, with 25-50 m en employed .
Johnson Lumber Company, owned by H unter Johnson, employs nin e m en .
Just recently opened is the Donald Woodyard operated by Milton Don-
Iald an d J. E. Donald, J r. Snively-Groves Company manufactures veneer for fruit crates. Ther e a re +0-50 employed under Tunney Edwards, manager.
The Appling Box Company, which started op erations only last fa ll, employs 58 men in th e manufacture of am munition box es for th e Army and ~avy. T his conce rn is headed by T. M. Stricklan d, E. A. Wolfe an d Styne Thomas .
. Filtered Rosin, Inc., is a naval stores Industr y. The p lant processes pine g~rn an d turpentine and manufactures 3:1 by-products of rosin . Accor ding to t~e season , th is industry employs from 3;)_70 people. The gen eral manager is

J. S. Laws.
The Appling Gum Company, owned and operated by T. H . and M . W. Weatherly, processes gum.
O th er important industries ar e: The Morris Canning Company, which uses locally grown tomatoes, okra, beans and p eanuts. This com -
pany, own ed by J. P. Morris employs
about 150 wom en in th e summe r, can nin g th e veg eta bles whi ch are m arket ed through Coloni al Stores.
The Superior Fabricating Company, own ed by Filtered Rosin does gen eral machine work .
M illers Dress Company is owned by
R oadside park wit h picnic ta bles on U . S.
# 1 just south of Bax ley.
H erb ert Mill er. About 125 women ar c employed in th e manufacture of wom en 's d resses.
Appling County has several spe cial claims as far as ag ric ulture is concerne d. The V elvet Bean Growers Associa tion has its home offi ce in Bax ley.
J. P. Morris is m an ager. V elvet Bean
str ain numbers 29 and 34 have been developed by him th ere, and stock will be avai labl e to th e public for th e first time th is yea r.
Appling County also has th e grea test number of certifi ed swee t potato p lant growers in th e state.
Of all th e certified Coastal Bermuda grass produced in th e United States, 46 p er cent comes from Appling

Co unty. Appling County's inter est in th e pro-
du ction of beef cattle is evidence d by th e fact that in 1952 th er e were about 49 pure br ed bu lls and in 1953 th e number more than doubled to approximately 110.
County Facilities
On th e edge of Baxley is located a fin e 28-bed ho spital. I n th e pr ocess of constru ction near it is a $75,000 h ealth ce?ter whic h will serve not only Ap p lmg County, but Jeff Davis and Wayn e counties also.
On the same side of Baxley a housing proj ect has ju st been completed with fa ciliti es for 50 families. Of bri ck constructio n, there are two units in eac h one -story bui lding.
In Baxley and throughout th e county a re 57 ch urche s representing nin e denominations. The total m embership is 11,485 .
Baxley has a fin e library with an annual circulation of 24,000 .
Two banks serv e th e county, th e Baxley State Bank and the Peop les Bank. The Bax ley Bank serv es as tr easurer for Appling Coun ty.
Transportation faciliti es include th e Southe rn Railroad with its station a t Baxley and th e Greyhound Bus Lin e.
Fi ve motels are availab le for trav elers through Appling County : The Red Dot, Pin e Lodge, th e Baxley M otel, Green Gables an d th e Oakdale Motor Court.
An attractive waysid e park h as just been comp leted on U . S. Hi ghw ay No . 1. H ere motorists can stop, rest and get some fresh ai r an d sp rea d pi cni c lunches. It 'is in a grov e of pines and has lar ge white tables an d ben ch es and trash disposa l cans . A wid e gravel roadway p rovides parking space. Three more such waysid e parks a re planned for development in the near future.
The educational facilities in Appling County will soon be increased by two n ew schools and one more eleme nta ry sscho ol. Co ntracts were let this month for th eir constru ction . Existing bui ld ings include ten white gramm a r schoo ls, four colored gramm a r sch ools, two white high schoo ls and one colore d hi gh schoo l. Total enrollme nt is 3,074 white students and 805 colored stu den ts.
As far as Baxley is conce rned, it has all th e electricity it can use with two 44,000 -volt lines and two 110,000 -volt lines running into Baxley from four diff er ent directions.
The teleph one system in Appling
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Appling County
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county was recently changed over from th e old-type telephone to th e dial system. There a re nearl y 1,500 dial ph on es now in use th rou ghout th e co un ty.
Appling County is bounded on both north a nd south by water . The AItam aha on th e north is very wid e and h as a number of meanders , isla nds an d lak es. Sa tilla C reek bounds th e south of th e county. Baxl ey's source s of water ar e two wells whi ch a re a ble to supply a tot al of 638,000 ga llons daily .
Appling Coun ty is serve d by th e Baxley N ews-Banner, th e newspaper owned a nd edited by Albert J enkins.
There a re a number of civic orga nizati ons in Baxl ey. The Baxley Woman's Club h as M rs. F red Str ickla nd as president. The Junior Wom an 's Club is head ed by Mrs. J acki e H oren. The Kiwani s Club is head ed by Peyton Mil es an d th e Li ons Club by Sa mu el Dunn. The Li ons C lub a nnua l project is to provide glasses for needy schoo l ch ildre n. There ar e two ga rde n clubs helping with th e wayside park develop men t, th e Pine Forest Club and th e Green Thumb Club. The V et erans of Foreign "Val's, th e Am erican Legion and th e Moose Club all meet regul arl y in Baxl ey also. The Appling Co unty C ha mber of Commerce has 113 m emb ers and is a ve ry acti ve organizati on.
County Officials:
Ap pling Co unty h as th ese county officers : Ordinary, M . F . M ood y ; Clerk of Co ur t, Mi les Mood y; She riff, Norwood M ood y; Treasur er, Baxley Sta te Bank ; T ax Co llector, Bud C raven; Cou nty Schoo l Su perintendent, Lorace

Hug e Brunner Plant
Opens A t Gainesville
M an y industri alists from Georgia and fro m over th e nati on ga thered at Ga inesville, on J an . 9th to witness th e formal opening of th e " Bru n ne r-Mctic" plant ther e, built at a cost of .$400,000 by th e Brunner Co., wh ose main plant is at U tica, N ew York .
T he Gainesville plant will pr odu ce th e "Br unner - M cti c," sem i-he rme tic refri geration comp ressors and conde nsing units.
A. G . Zumbrun, Sr., is president of th e Brunner Co ., and he dedi cat ed th e p lant as a clim ax to th e exercises.
Dedi cation exe rcises wer e broadcast by rad io sta tions WGGA a nd WDUN ; J ohn Davis, president of th e Gain esville-H all County Chamber of Com mer ce, delivered th e officia l welcom e to Brunner, and th e respon se was by Fred H oefer, of th e Brunner Co .; C la rk
M cC all ; County Farm Agent , Ol en Hunt ; Home D emonstr ation Agent, Mi ss M attie Hi lton ; Sur veyor, Nolan R ay, Cor on er, D r . David Br an ch .
Judge Alvin Sellers is Judge of th e Baxley City Court, and R . D . Welch is Solicitor Gen er al.
Appling Coun ty is in th e Brunswick Judicial Ci rc uit of Su pe rior Co urts. Douglas F . Thomas is Judge and W . G len n Thomas is Solicitor Genera l.
C. L. Hamilton is m ember of th e
H ouse of R epresent ati ves, and D r. J.
T. H olt , Sta te Sena tor.
Appling C ounty Com missione rs a re : Roy R eynolds, M . C . Griffin , J ohn H erndon. Lennox M orris a nd Emmett Arno ld. .

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Gaines, Secre tary of the Georgia De.
p artmcnt of Commerce, was the prin. cipa l spea ker.
Mayor R . M . Knickerbocker, of Gain esville ; R . G . M cC onn ell, chair. ma n of th e H all Cou nty Board of Com. missioners, a nd J ohn Quillia n, d G~inesvill e, member of th e Georgia H Ighw ay Board, were also on the progra m.
A tour of th e plant, situated 0 11 the Ath ens highw ay, was h eld foIl ()win~ th e exercises.
Addenda
The following two item s shou ld he adde d to th e a rticle on county nann origins whi ch a ppeared in th e D ecem bel' 25th, 1953 issue of th e N EWS
L E T T ER .
a: 1 Co weta County was crea ted by
ac t of th e Legislature in 1826 . It wa nam ed for th e Coweta Indians, a trib of the Lower C reek Indian s.
Evans County was crea ted in 1911 It was nam ed for Gen eral C leme nt A Evans of th e Co nfede ra te Army; h. was also a lawyer a nd min ister, ani a prom inent m an in p ubli c affairs.
Georgia Pig Report
Ga in in h og raising in Georgia in tho last 19 yea rs is sho wn in th e report jUl' issued by th e Crop R ep ortin g Service Ath ens, which says that in 1953 pir on Georgi a farms totaled 2,291,OOC compared with 1,495,000 in 1935, a: increase of 796,000, or m or e th an thrr
qua rt ers of a m illion. This ga in is du e largely to fact rha
every maj or packin g firm in th e natio h as a p ackin g pl an t in Geo rgia , pI' vidi ng a rea dy market for Georgia hog'

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EB UARY 10, 19 5 4

NEWSLETTER

February 10, 1954

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-monthly by

GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE

100 State Capitol

* HERl\IAN E. TALMADGE Governor BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

EMORY L. BUTLER Chairman

Lonnie A. Pope, V . Chm,

Y. F. Geeslin

Ben J essup

Hoke Peters

* CLARK GAINES

Secretary

Vol. 5,.No. 9

February 10, 1954

NewAutoSpeed Limits Effective Next Mon th

The tr affi c act passed at th e last session of th e Legislature whi ch wa s signe d by Governor T almad ge on J an uary 11 makes important cha nges which every moto rist should not e.
Beginning on Ma rch 11 th e au tomobile speed limit will chan ge from the present 55 miles per hou r on th e hi ghways to 60 m.p.h. on highways during th e day, and 50 m .p.h. at night. The d aylight limi t is effective from 30 minutes befor e sunrise to 30 m inutes a fte r sundown .
Truck spee d limi ts are : a max im um of 55 m .p.h. for trucks with a com bine d weight of five tons ; 50 m .p.h. for trucks weigh ing fro m five to eigh t ton s, and 45 m .p.h. for trucks ove r eigh t tons.
COVER PICTURE
The bab y chick in th e cover ph otograph has jus t hatched. It is one of 130,999,000 bab y chicks hat ch ed in Georgia last yea r, whi ch gave Georgia th e highest hatchery ra te for the second straigh t yea r. The ch ick h as ju st had abo ut three weeks in th e inc uba tor - now it will have two mo nt hs or more in a brood er. It may be sold soon after th at for ea ting or be~ome a good layer and help boost Georgia egg produ cti on. See article on page th ree for more abou t th e chicken and th e egg .
- Photo by Carolyn Cart er

A fine flock of Wh ite Leg horn chickens, the most popular typ e of p oultry in Geor gia.
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GEORGIA CAMELLIA SHOWS

Atlanta Co lumbus Guyton Fort Va lley Macon Marshallville Albany

February 13-14 Februar y 13-14 Februar y 13-14
Februar y 17 Februar y 20-21
Februar y 24 Ap ril 4

Atlanta: Southeastern Photogr apher s Associati on M eeting, D inkler-Pl aza - Fe brua ry 15-17.

Atlanta : Ameri can Society of Civil En gin eers, Bilt mor e Hotel-February 16-19.

Sa vannah : Georgia H ospital Association , H ot el D eSoto-February 17-20.

Athens: Geor gia Press Institute, Univers ity of Geor gia-February 17-20.

Savannah: Geor gia Stat e Florists Associatio n Meeting, H ot el D eSot oF ebruar y 21-2 4.

Albany: Pecan Gr owers Associat ion Mc~ting, Radium Springs Inn-Feb-

ruary 23-24.
Sa vannah: Southeastern Theat re Confer ence, Hotel D cSot o - Fcbruar; 25-27 .
Atlanta : Georgia Societ y of Pr ofession al En gineers, Din kier-Plaza, Febru' l ary 26-27 .
Savannah: Georgia Society of Ophthal mol ogy and Otolar yngology, Generx Oglethorp e H otel, M ar ch 4-6.
Atlanta: Am eri can Bar Associatior. Bilt mor e H ot el, M arch 4-9.
Atlanta: Geor gia Ch apter, th e Societ~ for th e Advancement of M anage-
me n t, " Organization Planni ng," :\t.,
lanta Athlet ic Club, M ar ch 11.
Atlanta: Third An nua l Southeaster:I
Sa les and Sa les M an agemen t Co> feren ce, Atla nta Division, Universir of Georgia, M arch 12. Atla nta: Geor gia Educati on Assoei~ tion , Municip al Audi tor ium, Marc 18-1 9.

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SEWSLETTER

February 10, 1954

With Georgia at th e top of th e list in broiler pro duction for the past three
\'c'ars, and last year. rated as nu mbe r
. ne in hatching ch ickcns-s-the ne west
food ind ustry, an? a. very rapid gr?win" one in Georgia, IS egg prod ucti on. G~orgians have decid ed to do some thing about th e fact th at less th an twenty per cent of th e eggs ea ten in the sta te a re p roduced within it s bor ders-that th ey spend some $25,000,000 annually imp orting eggs into th e sta te.
On e of th e mo st important steps in the building up of egg pr odu ction is the establishme nt of egg co-ops and markets. M an y counties, incl uding Wi lcox, Polk, Stewart and Webster together, Fulton, C la rke , Gilmer, C risp, Johnson, Gw inn ett , Co lqu itt, Floyd, Hall, J enkins, T aliafer ro, H ancock an d Fayett e all have egg ma rkets eithe r in operation now or pla nned for th e very near futu re. Some of th ese markets have some help from the Geor gia D epart ment of Agr icu lture in th eir establishment , ma ny ar e org anized and ru n completely by th e farmers in th e area.
Th ese local egg markets serve as a place wh ere eggs may be brought, candIed, grad ed, packed and sold to local wholesale or retail groce rs, so that we may be sure of havin g fr esh eggs, a nd it also brings the egg producers a substantial cash inco me.
All eggs a re subjec t to the Georgia Egg Law, whi ch provides for th e inspection of eggs, for size, quality , weight and corr ect labeling.
Many people, encouraged by th e demand for local fresh eggs, a re taking on one hundred h ens or so and t rying their h and at egg production. Some families have given up oth er outside occup ation s an d taken on 3,000 h ens or more, and are making egg p roduction a full tim e operation.
With the development of egg p roduction, th e University of Georgia at Ath ens is considering devotin g $ 75,000 for research in poult ry and eggs in th e U niversity's Agr icultura l D epartment.
The first egg m ar keting a ssociati on was esta blished a t Athens. H er e th e firm ca lled Geor gia Eggs, Inc., leases a section of th e State Farmers' Market which h as been enclosed and h as refrigeration facilities. In 1952 thi s firm

p acked approxima tely 4,500 cases a mo nth, (30 dozen eggs to th e case) ; in 1953 th is standa rd was maintain ed to brin g farmers who supplied the eggs a total of $4 12,405.12 income for th e year from eggs.
Th e Atlanta egg m arket whi ch was esta blishe d last yea r a t th e Atl anta Farmers' Market sold over 10,000 ca ses -bringing in an in come of over $ 200,0 00.
In Mi llen, J enkins County, th e Ogeechce Va lley Egg M arket was established last yea r by farm ers throughout
C hec king eggs in an incu bator at a hatcher y,
th e va lley district, an d th e Georgia D epartment of Agricultu re is now con structing a bui ldin g for th em to enclose th e fa ciliti es.
Besides th ese ma rket s th ere are a number of p rivately operated egg companies throughout th e sta te .
With th e development of egg production in Georgia as an in dustry, othe r corrun ercial con cerns will benefit also. There a re man y supplies need ed in egg production-those who produce and /or sell th em are in creasing th eir profits monthly. Feeds, feed additiv es, m edicine, feeders, co o I e rs, p acking equipment, cases and cartons a re all di rectl y coi.nected with th e growth of the egg in du str y.
Hi gh ly correlat ed with egg produc-

tion , of course , is th e b roiler ind ustry and th e ne w ha tch eri es wh ich have been esta blished in the sta te. M ore eggs a re need ed for th e h atcheries, whi ch hatch th e bab y chicks th at even tually th e hou sewife bu ys as broilers, or th e farmer buys as pullets for egg production.
Th e production of baby ch icks by Georgia hat ch eri es has increased in a phenomena l way. Back in 1935, hatch eries in th e state produced 4,406,000 baby ch icks. In 1951, th e number was 87,564 ,000 ; in 1952, 127,220 ,000 ; a nd in 1953, 130,999 ,000 chi c k s were hatch ed. These figures sh ow that in th e last two yea rs hatch ery production in Georgia lit erally leapt, with an incr ease of over forty- th ree m illion chick s.
Bab y chicks a re purchased a t one day old fr om a h at ch ery. They m ay be bought "straigh t run"-in whi ch case th ey are usuall y abo ut 50 percent male and 50 percen t fem ale. Af ter about two a nd a h alf or th ree m onth s th e cockerels ca n be sold as broilers, and th e p ullets will begin laying. Or, only pullets may be p ur ch ased a nd raised for egg laying.
In th e ra ising of pullets for egg produ ction , a nd/ or cockerels, th ey a re kept for a bou t eight weeks und er artificial heat-the bro oder . H er e th ey are fed all grain, or all m ash, or a combination. Supplem ents ar e oft en added to th eir food , whic h helps th em to grow more qu ickly and protects th em from disea se.
As th e pullets grow th ey shed th eir
yellow down a nd begin to "feathe r
out." Those th at becom e inf ected with
pullorum, coccidios us or Newcastle's
disease a re destroyed . Those th at do
not prove to be good layers may be sold
for roas t h en-in oth er words th e non-
p rofit pull ets are cu lled out. The others
.ar e oft en put in separate cages for lay-
ing. The cag e-laying system helps
fa rm ers to keep indi vidual records on
ea ch h en 's production, keeps them
cleaner, mak es care easier.
The most popular typ es of layers in
Geor gia ar e th e White Leghorns,
Rhode Island R eds, and th e H all Cross.

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GEORGIA DEPART MENT O F CO M MERCE

NEWSLETTER

- February 10, 1954

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

Defense Center The Civil Defense office in charge
of co-ordina ting def ense activ ities in seven Southeastern Sta tes - Geor gia, Florida, Alab am a, T enn essee, Mi ssissippi, N orth and So uth Ca rolina- will move from Atlanta to TH OMASV I L LE as of M ar ch 1, 1954. In even t of enem y attac k, thi s office has th e task of h andling Fed eral assista nce a nd sup plies a nd of co-ordina ting intersta te defense ac tivities. I t also h elps sta tes an d cities p rep ar e civil defense pr ogram s a nd help s in th e co-ord ina tion of fed eral assistance in th e even t of nat ural disasters such as floods a nd tornadoes. The office is being m oved from Atl anta to remov e it from a critical tar get a rea.
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Cotton Report
The U. S. Census Bur eau repor ts that 16.140.397 ba les of cot ton of th e 1953 crop l~ a ~1 b-en ginned to j an ua ry 15 com pared with 14,703,200 bales ginned to th e same dat e a year a30' Geor gia ginn ings to J a n. 15, 195 ~ totaled 75 1,345 bales, compare d with 729,543 bales a yea r ago . Georga's 1953 cro p is estimated to be 760',000 bales.
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Lawrencevttte I ndustry
Establi shment of th e Sou the rn D ivision of Oh io T able Pad Comp any's new plant Iacil.ties at L AW R EN CEVILLE, Ga ., is a nnounce d by th e com pan y's h eadq ua rters at T oled o, Ohio by S. A. Kra user, pr esident of th e fi rm.
The Lawren ceville plant wa s op ened on Februar y 1, and R oy Littler h as been n am ed plant m a nager. The 2V2 ac re-pla nt site is on Sta te Highway 124, betw een Law renceville an d Sn ellville. It will employ abo ut 30 people, the annou ncem ent re veals.
The Southern Division is being set up to better serve th e retail fu rni ture and depa rtmen t sto re trade in th e Southe astern sta tes, M r. Kra user says. The firm manufactures tabl e p ad s.
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Albany TV Grant
The Alban y H erald Publishin g Co ., ann ounces th at it h as been gra nte d a p erm it by th e Fed eral Commun ications Co mmi ssion in Washingt on to erect a hi gh frequenc y 10-kilowatt television station on Cha nnel 10. J ames H . G ray, p resident of th e p ubli shing com pa ny whi ch owns and ope ra tes The H er ald and R adi o Sta tion WAL B, said

construc tion of th e $350,000 sta tion will begin imm edi atel y. The new building will house both W ALB a nd th e TV sta tion .
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Linen Service Plant
The Atl anta Lin e n Service a nnoun ces th e completion of a new pl ant on Glen Iris Drive, N. E., ATLANTA , containing 100,000 square feet of spa ce. T he new project, inclu ding equipment, cost $ 1,300,000; employs 340 peopl e, with an a nnual payroll of m ore than $ 1,000,000, and opera tes 66 trucks. 1. M . Wein stein is founder a nd president of th e firm ; L ouis Zinkow is manager.
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A nothe r Georgia
Winner Named
BIRMINGHAM, Ala .-George H. K ing, ATHEN S, has been named as Georgia's " M a n of th e Yea r in Service to Agricu lture" by T he P rogressive Fa rm er.
This an nouncement is m ad e in j anua ry issue of th e ma gazine by Editor Alexander N unn.
K ing has a record of nearl y 30 yea rs of service to Georgia's fa rm p eopl e, The Progressive F armer says. H e b ega n as a vocation al-agri culture teacher and today is a leader in farm resea rch . F rom 1942 to 1950 h e was director of the Coastal Plain s Exper iment Sta tion.
During th e time he was th ere Dixi e 18 corn was developed, and is now said to be planted more wid ely in th e South than any oth er h ybr id .
One of Director King' s m aj or interests is grass, a nd his book, " Pastu res for th e So uth," is now in its second printing. H e is also th e a utho r of bulletin s and circula rs dealing with fa rm p rogress in Georgia .
Since 1950 h e h as been associa te d irector in charge of all resea rch in th e U niversity of Georgia College of Agricult ure.
K ing is th e 16th m an from Geor gia to receive The Pro gr essive Farmer' s "M an of th e Year in Agri culture" awa rd . These awa rds a re p resented a nnu all y by th e magazine, whi ch has more tha n 1,200,000 read ers. The Progressive Fa rm er selec ts for the awa rds th ose it fecIs hav e done outsta nding work in service to agriculture. Last yea r's award went to W . T ap Bennett, director of th e agricult ural development of th e Cent ra l of Georgia railw ay.

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Lay Company Expands

Plan s have been announced by H . \V

Lay and Co mpany, I nc., for th e con: struc tion of a new plant in CHAM. BLEE. The company, makers of pot ato chips and oth er similar products, \ViII combine th eir six Atl anta pl ants and war eh ouses in th e new building. It \ViII contain some 145,000 squa re feet of floo r space a nd cost $1,250,000 . Con, struction will begin in m id-summ er. The Lay Co mpa ny h as plants in 10 other Southern cities.
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New Cairo Company

A new corporation h as been formed in CAI RO . Graea F ertilizer Company has purch ased faci lities wh ich will b~ expande d a nd m od ernized for the ma nufactur e of a full lin e of fert ilizers.
At th e head of th e new corporat ion is C yrus T. H elm ; H. T. LeGette is viceprr sident and R obert E. J ohn son secreta ry-treasurer a nd general manager of
th e pla nt.

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Textile Invention

An old barn h inge h as been turned int o a new pat ented ga dget for use in textil e mills bv Cl ar en ce W . Franklin. Th e inventi on ' is th e p icker stick check used on th e loom sh ut tle to insure a more even weave in th e man ufacture of cloth. It is att ach ed to th e m achinery wit h one bolt and is ad justabl e. It elim inates vibra tion of th e sh uttle during opera tion and p revents un even fil- ing of th e thread . Mr. Franklin is a Eabersham Co unty nati ve and a for-
m er CLARKESVILLE mi ll work er. I
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New Hospital Wing

The Board of Trustees of th e War I ren A. Ca n dler H ospit al in SA V AX N AH announces plan s for the erection of a new wing to th e p resent b uilding to be four stories high , and alte ra tion' will be mad e to th e present building.
1' 1 The new win g will add about 65 .bed-
to th e h ospital's pr esent fac ilities, it a nno unced.

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Kaiser Expansion

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Ed gar F. K aiser , of T oled o, Oluv:

president of Kaiser M otors C orp., anC

its subsidiary , Willys M otors, Inc., an'

nounced in Atl anta th at a n ew zone.

office a nd wa rehouse to service & .

tributors of th eir products in th e South

east, will be op en ed soon in AT-

LANTA .

NEWSLETTER

F ebruary 10, 1954

Brantley County Is A Vast Timber Area And Important Tourist Region

Brantley Co unty, located nea r th e southeast corner of th e sta te, is a vas t timb er a rea . The hi ghways throu gh out th e county are lin ed with for ests. A flat , seren e part of th e country , it is a pleasant sto p for tourists on th eir way to Florida .
Na hunta is th e coun ty sea t of Brantley C ounty. The city nam e is an old Indian word. Brantley Co un ty itself was nam ed for Benj am in D . Brantley, a citizen of nearb y Blackshear. H e was an ente rprising bu sin essman , a State L egislat or, and Pierce County T reasurer for man y yea rs. H e lived fr om 1832 until 1891. The county was create d by an act of th e L egislature in 1920.
N ahunta h as approximately 1,000 populati on ; Brantley Co un ty has over 6,000 . Other towns in th e county includ e H ort en se, H oboken , Hi ckox, Waynesville, Lulat on and Atk inson .
The basis of th e econo my in Brantley Co unty is for est products. Pu lpwo od sales are high a nd n aval stores also p rovide a tid y in com e fr om th e timberlands. Sa tilla L umber Co m pa ny docs a la rge bu sin ess in Nahunta with a sawmill and d ry kiln. By way of em ph asizing timber, it is of in terest t o note th at only 10 per cent of th e land is cleared in th e county.
The tobac co whic h is grown in the
county h as th e reputati on of b eing one
of th e best flu e-cu red tobaccos, becau se

it is p roduced in hi ghl y aci d soil. Livestock is grown in th e a rea, and
th ere is a livestock a uction m ark et in N ahunta . H ogs are raised , as well as ca ttle .
Na h un ta is at th e crossroads of U . S. Hi ghw ay 84 to th e Atl antic Coast, a nd U . S. Hi gh way 30 1 to Fl orida, and Sta te Hi ghw ays 23 a nd 50. Sta te route 121 runs through th e western pa rt of th e county.
County Facilities
Transportati on-wise, Na h unta is very well equ ipp ed . The hi ghways which go through th e cen ter of t own provid e ro ute for an av erage of over 3,000 cars a day. In th e tourist season, some 6,000 cars use th ese hi ghways dai ly. For touri sts th er e is one h otel, fiv e mot els, a tourist h om e, h alf a dozen filling stations, and five mo dern restaurants. The Atl antic Coast Line Railroad h as th ree tr acks through Brantley Co unty, tw o sho rt lin es an d one m ain lin e. Two of th e lin es intersect at Nahunta a n d a pproxima tely 35 tr ains p ass throu gh daily. Both th e G reyho und and Trai lways bu s com pa nies serve the city also.
Ano th er hi ghw ay is under construction in th e northern part of th e county. State route 32 will provid e t ran sportation , east and west, from Patterson to Bru nswick.
Ther e a re about 20 ch urches in th e county to ser ve Bra ntley citizens.

Libraries ar e m aintain ed in t he schools to serve bo th th e schoo ls a nd comm uni ties.
The C itizens Ban k, a br an ch of th e Bank of Fo lksto n is loca ted in N ahunta, and h as nearl y three mi llion dollar s in assets.
Th e Brantley Enterp rise, a weekly newspap er, is th e official organ for th e coun ty, and is edited by Carl Broome.
Two new hi gh schoo ls a re und er construc tion . H oboken will soon have a new high schoo l, as well as N ah un ta . A n ew schoo l h as been erected a t Waynesville for colored stude nts.
A brand new building serves as h ead qu a rt ers for th e REA in Nah un ta . The Ok efen okee Rural Elect ric M emb ership Corpo ra tion located th er e serves seven counties-four in Georgia and th ree in Fl orida.
Two gas compa nies h ave install ation s in th e county, wh ich h as both propan e a nd butan e gas for its citizens to use.
The Sa tilla Ri ver which m eanders th rou gh th e coun ty is th e source of wat er supply.
The Sa tilla also provid es fine fish ing whi ch is an espe cially popula r recr eation in th e area.
The O ld K ing Plantat ion whi ch overlooks th e Sa tilla is an im portant tou rist a tt rac tion. It was once n am ed "Li n da " afte r a famed G erman ope ra of th at title.
The Indian T rail Ridge is a no th er feature of th at a rea th at b rings t ravelers along th at particul a r route th rough N ahunta. Titan ium dep osits a re supposed
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Fo ur counties in Georg ia and three in Florida h ave their electricity h eadquarter s h ere.
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Brantley Co unty Courthouse in Nahunta.
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

Brantley County (Continued from Page 5)
to occur along thi s coas ta l form ati on . A County health cen ter in Nah unta
takes care of th e med ical needs of th e area. M rs. R obert Griner is Co un ty H ealth N urse.
During the past year a t Nahu nta a new police station was const ruc ted. Now a Ci ty H all is un der construction. Fire p lugs were insta lled, as well as street lights, and n ew streets were opened. A mile of new p aving was laid from th e center of town to th e new high schoo l site. County Officers
O fficials serv ing Brantley C ounty in clude : J am es R. Stewa rt, O rdinary ; D elm a F . H errin, Clerk of Court ; Thom as F. Rhoden, Sh eriff ; Ar chi e A. J ohns, Treasur er; John M. Wi lson, Tax Comm issione r; H ersch el W. H errin , Co unty School Supe rintende nt; Ben W . Strickland, Survey or; C . S. Kiz er, Coro ner ; Co unty Commissioners are R . B. Brooker, Ch airman ; R . C. H a rr ell, Clerk; C . H. Penland, T. V. Rhod en an d Silas D. Lee. Co unty F a rm Agent is George A. Floyd.
Walter T homas is Judge of th e W aycross C ircu it, which serves Brantley
County , an d J. R andall Walk er is S.o-
licitor General. Membe r of th e L egisla ture is J oseph A. Str ickland .
F red Stric kla nd is M ayor of Na-
h un ta. Aldermen are J. W alt er C rews, J. D. O rser, Ira F. Brown and T. L.
Dowlin g.
If you have not alread y seen it , be sure to not ice th e article an d photographs featuring WARM SPR INGS in th e F ebrua ry issue of HOLIDAY magazine. The a rticl e is writ~en by Turnley Walker, a form er p ati ent at War m Sp rings. H e tr aces th e developm ent of th e polio foundation a nd emphas izes th e chee rf ul a tmosphe re and spiritua l gro wth of p atients th ere.
lOOth Annive rsa ry
The week of Feb ruary 14-20 will be celebrated in Charlton Coun ty as it s 100th a nnive rsary . The coun ty, created in 1854, was nam ed for R . M. Charlton , th ree times Mayor of Savanna h, U nited States Senator and U nited Sta tes Distri ct Attorney under President Andrew J ackson . Charlton County contains muc h of th e famous Ok efen okee Swa mp in its area , and the centennial celebration with its many festive activities, cent ered in Folk ston, the county seat, will draw many visitors .

GOVERNMENT
CONTRACTS
EAST POINT- William Armstrong Sm ith Co., ename l, $ 12,530.
SAVANNA H -Savannah Machine & Foundry Co ., overhauling five steamships, $446,965.
ATLANTA -Alum inum Company of Am erica, ASCR fittings, $35,9 64.
RICHLA ND -Richland Box Co. , shipping boxes, $ 10,104.
V ALDOSTA - Gidden & Wilkes, gasoline, $25,740.
A UG USTA - Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Co ca-Cola, $56,865.
JACKSO N-Pomona Products Co., pimientos, $28,133.
ATLANTA - Link-Belt Co. , part s for coal conv eyor, $26,897.
L aGR AN GE - N ewm an Construction Co ., ammo box es, $75, 330.
SAVANNAH-Savannah Sugar Refining Corp., suga r, $ 10,290.
DECATUR - Peerless Pump Div., Food M achiner y & Chemic al Corp., water pumping units, $ 17,775.
ATLANTA - North Brothers, in sulation a nd adhesive, $ 17,4 11.
THO MA S V ILL E - Rose Kist Fo ods, In c., p eanut butter, $12,325.
WAYSIDE - G . M . Canning Co., In c., pimientos, $83,837.
AUGUSTA - The T exas Co ., c/o Boardman Oil Co ., gasolin e, $90,000.
ATLANTA-Chic ago Bridge & Iron Co., material for erection of extension to steel stacks, $107,400.
EASTMAN - Coffee Construction Co. , con struction of access road, $15,490.
BRUNSWICK - Seaboard Construction Co. , con struction of radio facility and roads, $150,464.
BROOKHAVEN-Mark Smith, Jr. Construction Co. , alternations for AFES fa ciliti es, $59,673.
ATLANTA - Auto Soler Co ., tripods and spare pa rt s, $ 18, 158.
AUGUSTA - Augusta Iron and Steel Works, Inc., steel tanks, $36,638.
GRIFFIN-Pom ona Products Co. , pimientos, $28,275.
SA VA N NAH - J ackson & Brittain constru ction of telephone conduit, manholes and enlargeme nt of cable va ult, $48,657.
A UGUST A - Southern Construction Co ., con struction of building, $ 732,2 74.
LaGRANGE-Trammell Hardwood Flooring Co ., Inc., boxes for shells, $544, 73 1.
SAVANNAH - Diamond Construction Co., construction of wa lls, lock

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a nd dam , $ 167,604.

ATLANTA-Pa n-Electronics Corp.,

crysta l units, $29,033.

AUGU~TA - Pep si-C ola Bottling

Co ., Pepsi-Cola, $30,900.

CO LUMBUS - Trussell Construe;

tion Co., cons truction of am mo storao-e

facilities, igloos and rep ai r shop , $163 _

393 .

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AUGUSTA- I deal Tile Co., instal,

lation of tile, $7 25.

CO LUiHBUS - Georgia Webbing

& T ap e Co ., cotto n webb ing, $ 109,9 70.

A TLAN T A- Georgia Milk Produc-

ers Confederation, Inc., mi lk and bu t-

termilk, $4;6,56 6.

S A V ANNAH - Dixie Co nstr uctio n

Co . of Georgia, In c., constr uc tion job,

$69,9 13.

R OSSVILLE-Brock & Blevins Co.,

In c., insta llat ion of com bustible gas

ana lyzing system and constr uctio n of

fr eight eleva tor, (two con trac ts ), $ 1H ,-

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A T L ANT A - W a I k e I' Elect rical

Company, In c., two switch boards (two

con tracts ), $ 167,040 .

SA V ANNAH- Savannah Sugar R e-

fining Corp., sugar, $26,668 .

A T HENS - Big Ace Co rporation,

shirts, $78,000.

BR UN S WI CK-Dixie Paint & Var -

nish Co ., I nc., paint, $74,5 15.

The article in th e J anua ry 10th issue of th e N ewslett er about J eff Davis County and H azlehurst omitted men tion of an important tour ist fac ility th ere. The M agnoli a H ot el, a longsta nding H azlehurst in stit ution, h as fine acco mmo da tions and dining fac ilit ies f~r tr avelers throu gh Southeas t Georgia .
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Atlanta Terminal Opens Th e new term inal building of Acme
Freight, In c., h as been ope ned on Huff Ro ad , N. W ., A T L ANT A . The n ew modern T erminal measur es 320 by 80 fee t, will acco mmoda te up to 20 ra il boxcars an d 26 trucks or t railers. T he bui ldin g also h ouses th e mo dern offic es of the firm .

Cement Plant Transaction
The Sou thern Sta tes Portl and Cem ent Company at R ockma rt has been amalga mated with th e M a rquette Cement M anufactu ring Compan y, the old est cem ent m an uf acturing concern of the M ississippi Valley.
Ano the r cement plant in Ohio also joined th e Marquette organization a t th e same tim e, a nd with th ese new properties M arquette will rank as one of th e five m ajor cem,ent companies in the United States.

NEWSLETTER

Hapeville City of 'Big Industry, Many Homes, Baptist Orphanage

H ap eville, a progr essive city In the southeas t corne r of Fulton Co unty, is highl y diversified . It is th e site of a children' s h ome, evidence of it s ben evolent spir it; it h as ind ustr y in big volume, a nd m any h om es are locat ed in its ar ea .
O utside its city lim its, but n ea rby are ma ny industr ial pla nts an d th e huge Atla nta Municip al A i r por t , whi ch brings mu ch tr avel th rough H ap eville.
In cor por at ed in 1891 la rgely thro ugh the effor ts of Dr. Samuel A. H ap e, a large landown er in th e a rea, a nd named for him, th e city has enjoyed a stea dy increase in populati on . The 1950 Census gave it 8,560 inhabita nts, a great gain over 1940, a nd a _recent sur vey ma de by th e H ap eville Chamber of
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th e Baptists of Georgia . It h as a bran ch at Baxley, Georgia.
M or e th an 3,400 ch ildren h ave been ad mitted to th e H om es since its or ga niza tion, th e total enro llme n t n ow bein g 465, with 130 at Baxley a nd 335 at H ap eville. The two pl ants h ave 124 buildings and 1,700 acres of land- 500 at H a peville a nd 1,200 a t Baxley-and on its fa rm s is p roduced beef ca ttle, dairy products, beef, pork a nd p oultry and eggs.
A unique feature of th e h om e is th at during th e yea r, usually in th e fall a t har vest tim e, fr eight ca rs and t ru cks move from city ' to city over th e sta te and as stops a re m ad e, p rovisions are load ed in th e ca rs, and whe n filled, mov e on to th e H omes. L ast year, 115

F eb ru ary 10, 1954
M any H a peville ch u rches h ave undergon e or a re pl annig im provements.
The First Bap tist Church com pleted during 1953 a n addition a t a cost of approxima tely $125,000.
Th e M ethodist Ch urc h h as p urchase d an adjo ining lot wh ich h as been improved into a pa rkin g area, and con sidera ble painting a nd reworking was don e on th e m ain build ing.
An Evan gelical Lutheran C hurch of th e Goo d She pherd h as b een organized to serve H ap eville, with th e R ev. Thomas O . Stelling as Pastor.
G race Baptist Church on Stewart Avenue h as just comp leted a new ch urc h building wh ich cost a pproxim at ely $ 100,000. Plan s h ave been m ad e to erect a n ew Sunday Schoo l plant to cost an oth er $100,000, constr uc tion to begin within the yea r.
St. J ohn 's Mi ssion h as purch ased a n eigh t-acre tr act on Sunset Boul eva rd for a ch urc h to seat 600 to 700, a schoo l building, with auditor ium and cafe, a

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l_ The Fo rd Motor Pl ant at Hapeville, where 1,500 ar e employed.

This is the modern printing plant of Longino and Porter, Inc., where the Newsletter is printed.

Commerce and ' oth er organiz ations estimates th e p opulati on in 1954 a t a pproxim at ely 12,000.
Dr. H ap e, a n ati ve of Balti mor e, Md., served as a physician for th e C onfederates during th e W a r Between th e Sta tes. H e was wounded a t th e First Battle of M an assas. H e was sent to En gland by J ud ah P. Benj am in, Secreta ry of th e Co nf ederate Treasury, in a n effort to obta in a loan from G reat Brit ain for th e Southe rn ca use. The effort failed, h owever.
Aft er th e close of th e war, Dr. H ap e locat ed at wh at is now H ap eville.
H ap eville is th e home of th e 82-year old Georgia Bapti st Child ren's H om e, owned an d op erated by th e G eorgia Baptist Conv ention a nd supported by

train cars and 100 truck load s went to th e H om es.
The H ome provid es h omes for orphan s or need y boys and girls, and th e progr am of operation is designed to m eet th e needs of th ese ch ildren, physically, spiritua lly and educationa lly.
Gen eral offices of th e H omes a re a t H ap eville. John C . Warr is m an ager of both units, and D . C . Bussell is superinten dent of th e Baxley pl ant.
The last fr ame building a t H apeville is being repl aced by th e C urry M emorial Co ttage. It is of brick a nd will house 21 ch ildren. It is a m em orial to th e C . W . C ur ry family, of LaGran ge. Cos t of th e building will be approxima tely $68,000, and $5,000 for furnishin gs.

R ectory, Conve nt fo r Sisters , p arking and pl aygrounds. C onstru ction h as begun on th e institution and will cost close to one milli on dollar s.
Industrial Plants
T he hu ge F ord Motor C omp an y plant in H apeville comprises 78 ac res, plant an d gro unds with 12.45 ac res under roof. This pl ant employs approxim at ely 1,500 p eopl e, produces 428 passenger a utos an d t ru cks dail y; has an annua l pay roll of aro und $7,464,000 ; a nn ua l local exp enditures fo r m aterials, services, etc. total $ 10,023,4 79. H enry C . D orsey is pl ant manager .
Longin o & Porter, In c., Printers, established 30 yea rs ag o by th e late Brown
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Hapeville
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T yler as T yler & Co ., has been under th e pr esent own ership a nd m an agem ent since 1949. The firm is composed of George F. Longino , Jr., president, Bradley 1'. Porter, vice president, a nd F loyd M orris, superin tende nt. This firm prints th e Newsletter, published by th e Georgia Department of Co mme rce.
Sou the rn M eter & R ep air Co., established in H ap eville in 1935, produces wat er meters of assorted sizes. The firm has expa nded in recent yea rs to serve all states east of th e Mi ssissipp i riv er and south of th e Mason a nd Dixon Lin e. The firm handles practi cally every item required by a city in the operation of its water system . H. H . Timmerman, Jr., is president of th e firm , which has a branch p lant at M ar shall, T exas .
Dainty Debs, owned and op erated by Mrs. Frances M cCracken, an d established in Hapeville in 1953, employs a pp roxima tely 60 p eop le and produces women' s a nd ch ildren 's handbags. Outp ut last yea r was some 200,000 it ems.
The Motor Con v 0 y ope ra tes a Truck-A-W ay service in Hapeville, covering th e Southeastern sta tes for th e Ford Assembl y Plant . Their terminal of nearl y 15 ac res adjo ins th e Ford Plant. Th ey opera te approx imatel y 125 tr ailers daily, an d have 225 em ployees. Gu y W . Rutland is owne r a nd m an ager of th e bu siness.
The Atlanta Municip al Airport borders H ap eville on th e south . It em ploys 4,200 peopl e and h as 214 dai ly sche d uled flights. The annual payroll is approximately $20,000,000. The C ity of Atlanta, owner of the fa cility, is

now constru cting a $200,000 operational buildi ng for Eastern Airlin es.
I n addition, Hapeville has many other industrial p lants.
Robert B. M cC ord , Jr. is president, and Mrs. Aldr en H. Hale, Jr., secreta rymanager of th e H ap eville C ha mber of Comme rce, an alert civic orga nization th at provides up -to-d at e in formati on on the cit y.
H apeville's M ayor is E ugen e E . Dixon, J r., Alderman -at -L arge is C . B. Bond , and Co uncilme n a re I. L. E llis, T . Perry Jackson , W. Hoyt Smith a nd
T om Morris. .J. P. Nunn is Fire D e-
partment Chief and G . B. Pear son is Police Chief.
The Central of Geor gia Railroad pa sses th ro ugh I-Ia peville, and h ighways ar e U . S. 41 and 19, and State 85. The Atla nta Expressway skirts the city on the east. T h e Greyho un d Bus Station serves th e public, a nd many motels af for d accommodations to tour ists. Atlanta T ransit Co ., provides bus service ; Georgi a Pow er Co ., furni shes electri city, a nd Southern Bell T elephone Co ., operates th e telephone system. "M rs. Marjorie J ones is supe rintendent of th e Fu lton Coun ty H ealth Cent er in H ap eville ; A. P. J ackson is president of th e Ci tizens' Bank of H ap eville, a nd head of th e Tri-City Bui ldin g & L oan Associa tion is St reet K orn egay. Gas service, is p rovid ed by th e Atl ant a Gas Light Co .
Hapeville's schoo ls include H ap eville
H igh, of which C . W . O'Rear is princi-
pal, a nd two gra mmar schoo ls, North
Avenue , of which Mrs. M . P. Barnett
is principal, and Co llege St ree t Sch ool,
M iss Bern ice J ones, princip al.

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Garden Tours Planned Throughout The State
Nin e tours have been p I ann e d throughout Georgia for th e m onths of M arch a nd April. They a re spo nsored by th e Gard en Club of Geor gia, I nc., with th e aid of th e Sta te C ha mber of Co mme rce.
The tours will open on March first, at Id a Cason Ga rd ens. A boat ride, picn ic lunch a nd a five-mil e drive th rou gh th e Gardens will be included. The tou rs at th e Gardens, sponsored by th e C lub, will continue eac h day through th e end of M ay.
The tour through Thomasville a nd th e hom es selected to be op en th ere this yea r will be March 6-7; in Sav an nah th e gardens an d homes will be op en March 11-12 ; in Alba ny, M ar ch 14; Columbus, March 20-21 ; Augusta, M ar ch 27-28 ; Rome, April 2 ; At lanta, Ap ril 3-4, an d M acon, April 9-10.
T his is th e fift h year that th e Garden Club of Georgia I nc., has plan ned th ese tours. The cost of each tour per person ran ges from one to three dolla rs.
Macon Man Honored
A. S. H at ch er, Jr., Pr esident of A. S. H atcher Co mpany, M acon , has been elected Pr esid ent of the National M otor Sa les & Equipment Wholesalers Associa tion, whi ch is composed of 1600 a utomo tive parts an d equipment wh olesalcrs in th e United States and Ca nada , for the yea r of 1954. H e has served as Vic e-Preside nt for the pa st yea r.

DEPAUTMENT OF [OMMEU[E
NEW LETTER
EBRUARY 25, 19 5 4

NEWSLETTER

NEWSLEITER

Published semi-monthly hy

GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE

100 State Capitol

* HERMAN E. TALMADGE Governor BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

EMORY L. BUTLER Chairman

Lonnie A. Pope, V. Chm,

Y. F. Geeslin

Ben Jessup

Hoke Peters

* CLARK GAINES

Secretary

Vol. 5, No. 10

February 25, 1954

- February 25, 1954

New Ga. Directory And Guide Published

A new Geo rgia Ca pito l Di rectory and S tat e Guide h as just been pu blish ed by th e Dixie Directory Publishers. It is a com prehe nsive guide coveri ng all regions of th e sta te with inf ormati on a bou t eac h section's history, governme nt officials, uti lities, shops , accommo dations, featur es, transporta tion fa ciliti es, bank s, h ospit als, ch urc he s, climate, estimated ret ail sales, etc. The gui d e is an inv aluable volume for tourists a nd industry alike. It may be purchased from D ixie D irector y Publishers, 606 North H ighl and Aven ue, N . E., Atl anta, an d in various bookstores.
COVER PICTURE
Catoosa Sp rings, nea r Tunnel Hill between Dalton an d Ringgold in th e northwest corner of th e state, shows signs of th e coming season. " U ncle Per cy" Glenn and Da nny Powers are on their wa y to find a "big one" in t he lak es close by where th ere is good fishin g .
Catoosa Sp rings was once a h ealth spa where Georgia ns migrated to cure various ailme nts by " ta king" of th e curative wat ers. Eleven of th e springs a re still ac tive. Buff alo, Beauty, AllH eal ing, W hit e, Black an d Yellow Su lphu r Wat ers are some that ca n be found th er e. Whil e th e spr ings are all close togeth er, eac h h as separate q ua lities. They do not ta ste nor look alike.
- Photo by Carol yn Carter

Fishin g is popular throughout all Georg ia. Here a girl tri es her lu ck at a pier on one of th e Gold en Isles off the coast of Brunswick.

Savannah: Southeastern Theatre Conferen ce, H otel DeSoto - F ebru ar y 25-2 7.
Atlanta : Geor gia Society of Profession al Engin eer s, D in kIer-Plaza, F ebrua ry 26-2 7.
Savannah : Geor gia Society of Ophthalmo logy an d Otola ryngology, Gen era l O glethorpe H ot el, M a rch 4-6.
Atlanta: Ame rican Ba r Associati on, Bilt mor e H otel, M a rch 4-9.
Atlanta: Georgia Chapter, th e Society for th e Advancem ent of Management, " O rga n ization Planning," Atlanta Athleti c Club, M a rch 11.
Atlanta: Third Annual Southeastern Sa les and Sa les M an agem en t Conferen ce, Atla n ta Di vision, U nivers ity of Geo rgia , M a rch 12.
Athens: Entom ological Society M eet ing, University of Georgi a, M a rch 12-13.
Savannah: Southern Academ y of Oral Surger y, Genera l Ogletho rp e H otel , M a rch 12- 14.
Macon: 18t h Annual M iddle Georgia Livestock Show , Central City Pa rk, M a rch 18.
Atla n ta : Georgia Educat ion Associa tion, Municipal Auditori um , M arch 18- 19.

Atlanta: National Associa tion of Pro-

du ce M a rket Managers Co nference:

DinkIer -Plaza, M a rch 24-26 .

Au gusta: Women's Title Holders Golf

T ournam ent, Augusta Coun try Club

Cou rse, M arch 25-2 7.

I Atlanta: Southern Sociological Society , M eeting , Biltmore Hotel, M a rch 2j

27.
Atlanta: All Southern H ot el Exposi. I

tion, Biltmore H otel, April 1-3.

Atlanta : Southea stern H ospi ta l Con-

fer en ce, Biltmor e H otel, April 1-3.

I Atlanta: Chambers of Comm er ce Stafi C linic, Pied mont H ot el, April 3.

Albany: Camellia Show , R a d iu IT.

Spring I nn, April 3-4.

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Albany: Federated Womens Club Con-

feren ce, R adium Springs Inn, April

5 - 7.

Atlanta: Society for the Advanccmcn'

of M anagem ent, Geor gia Chap ter. ,

St ud en t Cha pt er M eeting, Atlanta

Athleti c Club, April 8.

Athens: Chamber Music Festival, Uni

vers ity of Georgi a, April 8-9.

Augu sta: M asters Go lf T ou rnamen-

! Aug usta Nationa l Go lf Course, Apri
8 - 11. Alb anv: R ot a rv Co nference ' Ves:

Georgia Distri ct, R adium Sp rint

I nn , April 18-20.

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~EWSLETTER

F ebruary 25, 1954

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Middle Georgia 2,000-Tree Chestnut Orchard

Helping to Reestablish This Crop in the South

It is a littl e sur prising t o say th at many ches tnuts are growing in Peach Count y, becau se th e county was named for th e peach a nd it is st ill looked upon as the cen ter of peach growing in th e state a nd South .
H owever, th e fact th at th er e is a ? OOO-chestnut tree orc ha rd in the ~~unty only intensifies the versatility of the soil th ere and of th e ente rp rising . pirit of it s fa r mers.
Tw o Peach Co un ty orcha rdists, Wil -
liam J. Wil son a nd h is brother, C lyde
Wilson , h a v e some 2,000 seed ling Chinese ch estnut trees and abo ut 300 graft ed trees of Na n king, M eiling a nd Kuling va rieties- th e kind th at resist blight.
T o give a littl e ba ckground of chestnut raising- or lack of it for m any years- let' s go ba ck in to h istory, a nd the troubles of th e native chestnu t t rees in Georgia .
The chestnut blight or disease was first det ect ed in Ameri ca in N ew York Stat e in 1904, th ought to be introdu ced by seedlings imported fro m the O rient . So deva sta ting was th e effec t of th e spreading blight that within 20 years the Am eri can chestn ut crop was p ractically nil.
U p until th is blight a rrived, t he chestnut was a popular tree in Geor gia. Trees were sca tt ered th rou gh p racti-

ca lly all forests or woodl ands in North and Middle G eorgia ; roa ds were lin ed with th em, a nd it was also a p opu lar " ya rd" tree. Ches tnuts were ga the red in th e fall, and ea te n raw or roas ted . They were also used to "g a rnish " or season certain food s like roast turkey, stuffed ch icken, etc.
T he blight, a fat al fung us d isease wh ich attacked ches tnuts only, destroyed all th e foliage on th e t rees a nd left th e wh ite, sta rk trunks a nd limbs of th e dead tr ees. No rth G eorgia m ountain s, cover ed with ch estnut t rees, a nd wh er e th e tann ing indu str y th rived in places, wer e soon turned from green tr ees to bare na kedness.
Over th e yea rs, m an y of th e dead tr ees h ave been cut a nd th e m ounta ins have la rgely rega ined th eir leafy verdure in spring and summe r. M uch of th e wood was used fo r firewood an d other uses. N ow, mu ch chestnut is being cu t in North Geor gia for pulpwood - 6,934 cords were h arv ested in th ree counties in 1952. Fan nin Co unty p rod uced 3,718 cor ds ; Gi lm er, 1,261 a nd U nion, 1,955 cords.
O ver th e yea rs, m any experime n ts ha ve been undertaken throughout the nati on to grow che stn ut-bligh t resistant t rees.
The Wilson Brothers of Peach Co unty hav e th e th ree va rieties selected a nd

named by th e United Sta tes D ep artment of Agri culture-Nanking, M eilin g an d K uling.
Of th e orc h ard and experiment, W.
J. Wil son says: "As th e seedling t rees
come into fruiting, th e supe rior trees will be selected for wid er testing as possible va rieties. H a rvest sta rts her e at For t Vall ey about August 15 and ru ns through O ct . 10.
" Chestnuts, unlike othe r nuts, con tain very littl e oil, ab out on e p er ce nt ; th er efore, a minimum amount of moi stur e mu st be maintained in th e nut to keep it ea table. This is do ne by keeping it on cold-storage, aft er a llowing to d ry for severa l da ys. This 'cur ing' work s th e sam e as th e curing of our sweet potatoes. The s t a I' c h e s are chang ed to suga rs and th e nuts become swee t ."
Not m any of th e 1953 cro p of ch estnu ts grown by th e Wil son brothers found th eir way into local con sumption as mo st of th e nuts went to nurseri es as seed for producin g new t rees.
The Sou theaste rn Ches tn ut G row ers Associa tion was org anized in 1952. The grower-me m be rs of thi s or ganization have some 10,000 trees in orchards, mostl y seedlings. "Bill" Wil son is president of th e Association.
Orch ards in Georgia where th e trees are being grown a re nea r Atlanta, L eesburg, Cordele, a nd Fort Valley.

Th e Wilson Brothers in their Chinese Chestnut Tree Orchard.

Mo st of their crop is used as seed to produce more trees.

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NEWSLETTER

- February 25, 1954

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

Vanta Expands Again
Construction has begun on th e second addition to th e V anta Co rporation building in M ONTEZ UM A since the industry locat ed th ere in 1950. I n 1951 th e first addition doubl ed t he pl ant capacity. The new a ddition will do uble the size of th e present employees' cafeteria an d enable th e plant' s kn itting production to be doubled . T he concern manufactures V anta baby garments an d Mc Kem T-Shi rts. It is a subsidiary of Shawmut , I nc., of Massachusetts .
New Motel
Am ericus M ot el, Inc. , h as esta blishe d with 20 units in A MER I CUS on U. S. H ighw ay 19 and 280. Of hand some classic brick construction , it serves m an y travelers in the area. I t is air-con ditione d th roughout an d has th e latest in equi pment and furnishin gs. The motel is man aged by M r. an d Mrs. H arold Ri cker t.
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New Valdosta Concern
Negot iati ons have been comp lete d by th e Oberm an M an ufactu rin g Co mpany of J efferson City, M issouri , to esta blish a bran ch plant in V A L DOST A . T he concern manufactures pan ts. The plant will be 60,000 square feet in area, constructed at a cost of $250,000 .
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Grain Storage Plant
Construction is under way at FITZGER A LD on a $250,000 grain storage plant. It is being bu ilt by th e D ixie Peanut Com pany and will draw peanut s and grai n for storage from a 100mile radius. The bins in the plant will have a 320,000-bushe l cap acity. The bins will be fir eproof, an d in connection wit h them th ere will also be a dryer, feed m ill an d molasses m ill. In th e storage plant will be two grain eleva tors with a five-thousand-bushe l an hour capacity each . The construction will be 120 feet high.
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Transformer Delivered
The first transformer built at ROM E by th e General Elect ric plan t h as been deliver ed to the Georgia Power Company. The tr an sform er, an 18-ton, 5,OOO-KVA, th ree-phase unit, is the first of its size manufactured in th e south.

Tourist Court At Pearson The new M iami Motel at PEARSON
has been formally op ened by Mr. and Mrs. V. W . Cook. It is mod ern in every respect, and located on on e of th e ma in tourist a rter ies, U. S. Highway 44 1.
Ga. Power Company
Tells Plans for 1954
The Georgia Power Compa ny will invest more than $34,000,000 in new generating, tr an smission and di stribution facilities in 1954, Harllee Branch, Jr., president, announced .
Of th e $34,000,000, nearl y $13,000,000 will be spe nt on power plants. M ost of this amo unt will go towards th e com pletion of the first two 100,000 kilowatt stea m-electr ic generating u nits a t Plan t H am mond on th e Coosa riv er near R OM E and for further wor k on a thi rd unit of the same size. The firs t two un its of Plan t Hamm ond are sche duled to go into op eration du ring 1954. The third unit will be complet ed in 1955 .
A part of th e money -a pprop riated for genera ting facilities will be spent on engineering for two additiona l hydroelectric units of 5,000 kilowatts each to be installed at the company's Goat R ock plant on th e Ch att ahooche e river ab ove COL UMBUS. The two units will increase th e cap acity of this plant to 31,000 kilowatts. Actual con struction at Goat Rock will begin in 1955.
More th an $6,000,000 will be invested by th e company in new transmission lin es and s u b s t at i o n s to stre ngthen and expand th e company's service. This work includes several major powe r lines to connect Plant H ammo nd with the comp an y's sta tewide transmission system . These 110,000 volt lines will radiate from Plant Hammond to transmission substa tions located at LINDALE, BREMEN, ARAGON and N OR CR OSS. Th e construction of th ese lines will make additions and changes necessary at th e Lindale, Bremen and Aragon sub stations.
Major transmission substations to be constructed by the company d uri ng 1954 will be located at TOCCO A, Steve ns Creek nea r AUGUSTA, SA N DERSVILLE, A LB A NY and LaGR ANGE.
Nearly $ 14,000,000 has been alloca ted by th e company for th e expa n-

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sion an d improvement of the elect rical distribu tion system . This includes addi. tions and improvements to th e facilities now in use as well as lin es and sub. sta tions to serve new custom ers.

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Latex Plant A new plant will open in NEWNAN,
In tern ational L atex Corporati on will
establish a branch th ere as part of a four-million-dollar expansion program in 1954. The company manufa ctures infan ts' wear, girdles an d pillows, bath. ing caps and other it ems. The con. cern 's main plant is located in D over, Delawa re. Approximately 300 people will be employed at th e N ewn an plant, mostly women .

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Another Addition Thomaston Mi lls, T HOMASTON,
which recen tly sta rte d constr uction of

an expansion of their bleachery, has announced plans for the addition of a three-story un it to th eir main m ill. It will conta in some 30,000 square feet. The addition al spa ce will be used in conjunction with th e mill s' program of complete modernizati on of th e spin. nin g, spooling, warping departments,
and canteen fac ilities. .Tulian T. Hi gh.
tower is president of the Thom aston Mill s.

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Food Plant Expands
Plan s have been annou nce d bv the R odenb erry Company of CA I RO for

an expa nsion and imp rovement pro- , gram whi ch will incl ud e th e con strue-

tion of tw o more buildings. The firm packs pickl es and makes peanut butter.

A very new pickl e-pack plant is already locat ed th ere ; th e second unit will be a modern peanut-shelling plan t, elec- j trically operated th rougho ut. The third unit will be a new peanut butter plant. The last two un its will be connected with conveyo rs. The new buildin g program will in crease p roduction capac ity and mod ernize th e op erati ons.

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Sylvania Wood Yard

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Operations have begun at th e S. A.
Allen, Inc., Wo od Ya rd at SYLVANJA. I
The conce rn ships wood to the Uni on
Bag & Paper Corp oration at Savannah,
an d offers a rea dy market t o t imber
owne rs for pulpwood , both pine and .
gum woods. John Eisenger, forester. ( will be m an ager of the yard. It is 3 branch of S. A. Allen Inc., of Savan'

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NEWSLETTER

February 25, 1954

Jasper County Proud of Its History,
Farm Program and Progressive Spirit

J asper Co un ty is a ve rsa tile county. It is a leading ag ricultural area ; it s progressive spirit is show n by M onticeUo, th e coun ty sea t, winning a $ 1,000 "beau ty" p rize recently ; it tak es great pri de in its hi story a nd a ncestry.
In 1950 th ere were 725 farm s listed by th e U . S. Census Bur eau ; th e land ar ea is 238,720 ac res, of whi ch 161,874 acres were in farm s, a ga in of 23,186 acres over th e 1940 figure of 138,688 acres in farms . Average size of th e fa rm s in 1950 was 223.8 acres.
J asper land is sligh tly u ndula ting, with outcroppings of stone boulders here a nd th ere. O ne of th ese p rovided, accor ding to record, th e first " pu lpit" in th e county.
Vari ed crops ar e gro wn, including ap prox imately 5,000 bales of cotton a nnu all y. Peach gro wing is indicat ed by fact th at 84,643 trees we re repor ted in the coun ty in 1950, and 136 fa rmers reported 7,753 p ecan tr ees a t th e same tim e. Much land is devot ed to p astur es for many beef and dai ry ca ttle h erd s.
Created in 1807
J asper Co un ty was cr eated D ecem ber 10, 180 7, an d was n am ed R an dolph, in honor of J ohn R andolph, a noted V irginian . Five yea rs lat er , in 1812, th e nam e was chang ed to J asper, honoring Sergeant J asper, who ga ined fame a t Fort M oultrie, Savannah, during th e R evoluti on a ry W ar . The present R andolph County was crea ted in 1828. Thus, J asper Coun ty h as h ad two n am es.
The county is bounded by six coun ties. Big J ackson L ake and th e O cmulgee river a re on th e west, whi ch af fords attractive fish ing a nd re crea tion faciliti es.
Will iam H . K ey repr esen ts th e coun ty in th e Legislature, and Dr. E. F . Gr iffith, of Eat onton, is Sta te Senator from th e 28th D istrict, composed of Putnam , M organ and J asper C ounties. The cou nty is in th e Sixth Congressiona l distri ct, repr esented by Congressm an Carl V inson, of Milledgeville.
The county is m or e th an 300 squar e miles in a rea, and th e p opulation in 1950 was 7,473. M onticello h ad a pop ulati on in 1950 of 1,918, with 2,673 in th e district . Other town s and post offices in th e county a re F arrar , Hillsboro, K elly, M ach en and Shady D ale.

Th e northern area of th e Piedmont N at ional Wildlife R efu ge extends into J asper county.
The county is traversed by the Ce ntr al of Geor gia R ailro ad and by a n etwork of hi ghw ays, including State N os. 11, 229, 83, 142, 16, 162 and 221.
Co unty office rs are : Ordinary, Eugene Middlebrooks; Cl erk of Court, C.
An offic er in Monticello gives directions to a tourist from the city's new information booth, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and the City Fathers.
B. Pound ; She riff, F . R. Ezell ; Treasure r, Ellis Pope ; T ax Co mmissioner, C . E. Ozburn ; County School Supe rintendent , Doy O . Gay ; Commissioners,
.J. E. Oxford, M . L. Clay, an d G . B.
Turner, Jr. ; Co ron er, Tom Chaffin. Co unty Farm Agent, J. O . Chandler ;
H ome D em onstration Ag e n t, Mi ss M ar y San ders. Mrs. R aymond Cowan
is p resident and Mrs. R . J. Sammon s
vice-pres ident of th e J asper County Home Demonstr ation C ouncil.
The not ed Geor gian , Benjamin H . Hill, was a native of Jasper County. Hillsboro was named for him, and hi s home site th ere is marked .
Other hi storic spots in th e county include a large mill-rock with a bronze

tablet up on it which m arks th e site of th e " Isaac Par ker Inn," on th e stagecoa ch route from " Bar ksda le Ferry on th e Savanna h Ri ver to Wh atl ey's F erry on th e Chatta hooc hee." This m ark er is on Hi ghw ay 11, n orth of M onti cello, and a few m iles north of it is a hu ge boulder, about six feet hi gh a nd appro ximately 20 fee t wide, with a large bronze tabl et, 36 x 24 inch es, labeled "D O W'S PULPIT." The wording, in pa rt, read s : " O n this rock in 1803, Lorenzo D ow, of Connecticut, fam ous pioneer eva ngelist, p reach ed th e first gospel serm on in J asper Co unty, ac cording to well-founded tr adition."
A handsome ston e m onument, some 40 feet high , place d on th e Sq uare a t M onti cello, pays hi gh t ribute to th e Co nf edera te Soldier. Mont'icello, County Seat
M onticello, nam ed for the V irgini a home of Thomas J efferson, has its chest "stuck out" ju st now. It was nam ed first-p rize winner in th e 1,0003,000 populat ion town s in Georgia in th e 1953 C ha mp ion H ome T own C ontest conducted by th e Georgia Power Co . The prize was $ 1,000 in cash a nd a br onze pl aque.
The con test in M onticello was sponsored by th e Youn g Women' s Garden C lub. Under direction of thi s group th e M onticello Comm unity Improvem ent Council was org anized, consisting of several sub-co mm ittees. Each was in cha rge of some phase of community developm ent and improvem ent. A general improvement progr am , both in buildings and land, wa s carried out. The reward also was much ben efit to th e city gene rally and th e gratification of success to th ose wh o took p art in th e progr am.
The gene rous spirit of th e sponsors of th e contest has been demonstrated by th e don ati on by th em of $900 of th e prize tow ard outfitting the High Schoo l band.
Monticello gives tourists a nd other visitors a "hearty welcom e" by m aintaining on th e Square a "Welcom e Station," wh ere inf ormati on sough t on man y subjec ts is given.
R ay M. Persons is M ayor of Monticello. and Co unc ilme n are: Travis Lynch, H arvey Lane, H a rrell H arvey,
Ellis Pop e and J. P. Pop e. City Cl erk
is D. M . Glover, and V . T . Murphy is C hief of Police.
The two banks in Monticello are th e First N at ional Bank of Monticello, of which L. O . Benton, Jr., is president, and th e Farmers' National Bank of Monticello, with D. M . Harvey as
(Continued on Pag e 8)

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

Albany Highlights Southwest Georgia With Pecans, Industry and Tourists

Alb an y, one of sou thwest Georgia's most th rivin g cities, is th e cou nty seat and indus tria l and com mercial center of Dou gh erty Co unty. It is a n a ttractive city, with palm-lined stree ts, n umero us sho ps, good restaurants a nd a fri endly a tmosphe re. The terrain is fairl y flat , and th e ac res surrounding th e city are well kept and th e site of attracti ve homes.
Albany was founded by N elson Tift, a C onnec ticut Yankee. H e ca lled th e site Albany becaus e it reminded him ' of Albany, New York . Both cities arc at th e head of im portant n avigable

I ndustrial Mecca Ther e are, to dat e, 55 Alba ny indus-
tries, pl us on e mor e wh ich will begin operatio n th is summer. Th e new concern is M axw ell Brothers, Inc., m ak ers of corruga ted boxes. The firm is construc ting a milli on-dolla r pl ant whi ch will conta in mor e th an 162,000 sq ua re feet on a 22-acre site with a Ce ntra l of Georgia R ailroad siding. The industry will emp loy about 100 person s, appr oximately 60 p er cent m en, a nd 40 per cent wom en . The plant manager is Robert C . L emon.
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K aragh eusian , Inc. N y Ion Hosiery, glass len ses, vene tia n blinds, br ead an d lumber (p rocessed by three compani es) and a score of othe r products ori gin ate in Alb an y. Sulfa mila nide is mad e th ere in a new che mica l plant of M erck, In c., Coats and Clark, Inc., employ about 1,000 person s in th e m an ufact ure of th read , a nd th e Georgia Power COIllpan y operates Plant Mitch ell th ere whi ch p roduces elec tric p ower.
The development of p ecan s as an import ant commercia l cro p in D ou gherty Co unty sta rted a bout 1890 . Today th er e are three pecan -processing plants in Alban y with a total em ployme n t of nearl y 150 peopl e. Peanuts, too , claim three processing com pa nies in Alb an y.
Dough erty Co unty is a significa nt livestock section also. A total of 9,849 ho gs wer e sold a t $296,200.27 and 47,-

A broad palm-lined thoroughfare in Albany.

Radium Springs is a popular resort just south of the city.

rivers. In this case, Albany, G eorgia, is at the confluenc e of th e Kinchafoonee River and Muckalee C r e e k , whose waters flow into th e Flint River n ear Albany. In N elson Tift's day, the Flint wa s used to send cotton down to th e Gulf. This was in the mid-1800 's.
Today Albany thrives for several reasons : it is an excellent p ecan , p eanut, an d livestock area; it has m an y large and diversified industries ; th e important thing is that th e p eopl e of Alb an y have always done someth ing a bout developing th eir cit y, not just thought about it. Industry wh ich has al read y moved in hasn't made th em com pla .. cent, but th ey are ready for mor e, and are willing to do som ething a bout secing th at th ere is adeq uate h ou sing and other faciliti es. And, with th e increase
of industry and population th e eco-
nomic level has risen to h elp th e city's
advancement.

Albany include th e Virgini a-Carolina Ch emi ca l Corporation, a fertilizer concern establishe d in 1901 ; Flint River Cotton Mills, organized in 1911, employing about 250 p erson s ; Swift a nd Com pa ny Plant Food Divi sion , which sta rted operating in 1914 ; Bob's Candy Com pa ny, whose products a re famous throughout th e South, esta blishe d in Albany in 1919 ; Lilli ston Implem ent Compan y, p roducers of farm impleme nts, orga nized in 1926 ; Swift and Co m pa ny O il M ill, which produces oil, meal , feed and she lls pean ut s, started in Alban y in 1931, and Cuda hy Packing Co m pa ny, m ajor m eat processing conce rn which em ploys a bo ut 250 persons, esta blishe d th ere in 1936.
Other Alb an y conce rns produce a vari ety of goods, from con cr et e, whi ch is produced by two conce rns-the Albany Concr ete Products Company and th e Flint Concret e Products Company, to carpets, manufactured by A. & M .

589 h ead of cattle at $4,237,285.59 during th e year of 1953 at the huge Union Sto ckvards, Features and Facilities
One of th e main attractions in th e Alb any a rea is th e well-known Radium Sp rings. The R adium Springs Inn a nd Lod ge has fine food , excellen t accommo da tions a nd th e unique radio-active wat er, whi ch flows out of th e gro und a lovely blu e-gr een at th e ra te of 70,000 ga llons a minute. The springs h ave been inc orpor at ed in a la rge, inte rest.. ingly sha pe d sto ne pool used for swim min g ; a well-la ndsca pe d golf co urse j;, near-by, and fishing is p opul ar in th e ad jacen t lak es.
Two mil es north of Albany is th e Che haw Sta te Park. It is named for th e Ch eh aw T rib e of th e C reek In dians who wer e in that a rea in the mid16th century.
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tennis courts, swimming an d wa ding
pools.
Lak eworth is a lar ge lak e for boating and fishin g behind Plant Mitchell.
Alban y also h as a n atural bowl spo rts arena, ca lled Mill s M emori al Stadium, which sca ts 6,900 spec tators.
Car dina l Field, is the t ra ining cen ter for th ree of th e St. L ouis Car dinal ba seball teams. I t is ve ry close to Alba ny, has seven diam onds a nd a n car 2,400 seating capacity.
Besides th ese recreat ion facilities, Alba ny also has a m unicipal a uditorium and nu merous comme rcial recreation
places. Of special pride to Alba nians is a n-
othe r newly com pleted swimm ing pool. Sponsored by th e C ity of Alba ny R ecreation Departme n t a nd the Albany J ayCees, and built a t a cost of $ 145,-

tioned th ere. Forty -t hr ee m illion dollars h ave been appropria ted for th e Depot, a nd th irt y-eight mill ion h ave already been spen t on it or ar e under co n t r a c t .
Tra nsportation facilities to a nd f rom Alba ny are excellent. F ive railroads give freight and passenger service. F our tru cking compa n ies h a v e term inals h ere, and four oth er lines off er intersta te servic e. Excellent b us service is m aintain ed from Alban y in eve ry dir ection with 60 dail y schedules by th e M odern Co ach Corporation . The Serv ice Coach Co rpora tion also operat es between Alban y and D ublin . T wo U . S. H igh ways crisscross at Alban y : U . S. 19 ru ns nort h a nd south a nd U . S. 82 goes east and west. Georgia hi gh ways traver sing th e coun ty include Nos. 50, 62, 9 1, 133 an d 234.

fina nce d completely by th e m embers of th e C ham ber.
Three banks, one dep osit and trust bank an d a F ed eral Sav ings a nd Lo an Associati on have combined assets of over eigh ty-seven mi llion dolla rs.
Albany h as excellent ac commodations for visitors and tour ists. Six hot els with a tot al of 450 rooms, incl uding Rad ium Springs a nd 13 motels are available. It s semi-tropical a tmosphe re and fin e hostelri es ap pea l also to th ose makin g th eir hom e in th e South during th e winter m on ths.
T he p opu lation in Alb any h as grown rapi dly. F rom 1940 to 1950 th ere was a 62 percent incr ease. Th e 1954 estimat e is 4 1,000 peopl e. This yea r's esti. mat e for th e en tire county is 51,500 . The labor supply is p lentiful becaus e within a 50-m ile radius th e population

Cudahy Packing Company, on e of many large Albany industries.

Dough erty County Courthouse.

000, it will be th e site of a n AAU swim min g m eet next July.
Am on g othe r hi ghli ghts of Alb an y th ere is th e H ert y N ur sery, a Sta te p ine tree n ursery. F rom h ere a re shipped 12 to 20 m illion pin e seedlings annua lly. T he city is also th e site of Albany Sta te Co llege, which is a Negro teach ers, agricult ur al and industri al college. Alba ny and Dough erty Co un ty togeth er also hav e a n ai rpo rt. Scheduled flights to and from h ere ar e m ad e by Ea stern Air Lin es and Sou the rn Air Li nes.
East of Albany is Turn er Air F orce Base, a perma nent installation wh ich is headqua rt ers for th e 40th Air Division and 31st and 508th Stra tegic Fighter Wings.
A M a rine Dep ot wh ich serv es as supply cen ter for th e entire eastern U nit ed States covers over 3,600 acres just ou tside of Albany . U po n completion it will em ploy up to a th ousand civilia ns and have a sizeable milita ry gro up sta -

A fin e 154-b ed h ospit al in Alba ny will soon embark on an addition al $ 1,800,000 building program to be completed by 1955. A clinic is operated here by th e K iwa nis C lub fo r less-fort unate ch ildren.
A television station, WALE-TV is now under construction a nd will go on th e air in June. Th ree radi o sta tions, WGP C, WALB an d WJAZ all op era te in Alba ny.
The n ew television sta tion will be sponsored by the A lban )' H erald, th e city's daily n ewspaper. Th is is edited by J ames H . Gray. The weekly Alban)' J ou rna l is edited by William O . D avis.
Alba ny h as a large number of civic clubs and organizations. The C hamber of Co mmerce is m an aged by F . William Broom e. H e a nd h is staff h ave com plete information on th e city for tourists and po t e n t i a I in dus t ries. T he C hamber has a fine new $34,000 building completed less th an a yea r a go, a nd

is n ear 380,000. To serv e A I ban y th ere a re 40
churche s. A fin e library accommoda tes 20,000 volumes . H oused h er e also is th e H enry M cIntosh Co llect ion of arrowhea ds. Water is av ailable at th e rate of 70,000 gallons p er mi nute.
Albany is th e cen ter of educa tion for th e county. Through out th e county are th e various gramma r schoo ls, whi le th e high schools a re consolidated in Alban y. It has a lar ge m odern high school, a nd a $2,500 ,000 n ew h igh school and gym nasium a re u nder constr uction now. Spec ial a nd industrial trad e training as well as a business school a re p rovided by th e public school syste m. County and City Officers
Dougherty Co unty officials include the following : Ordina ry, Evelyn Cour-
son; Clerk of Supe rior Co urt, J. W .
Bush ; She riff, D . C . Camp bell, Sr . ;
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president. The third bank in th e county is th e
Citiz ens' Bank of Shady Dale, a t Shady Dal e, O . H. Banks, president. Mr. Bank s is also M ayor of Sh ad y D ale.
Built under th e Hill-Burton Act a t a cost of $265,000, th e J asper County Ho spital at Monticello was dedicated Dec . 30, 1952. It has 19 rooms for white patients and six for colored. Mrs. H elen Dickin son is administrator of the ho spital.
A total sum of $808,000 is appropriated to be spent improving the school system in th e county-providing new bui ldings and renovations. Ther e are six white schools in th e county, including th e Hi gh Schoo l at Monticello, of which J . C . Turner, Jr., is principal, and five grammar schools at oth er points in the county. There are seven colored schoo ls, including the Jasper County T raining High S c h 0 0 I at Monticello, and six gra mmar school s throughout the county.
It is seldom that a man devotes 66 years to one occupation , but that is the record of T. R . Penn, editor of th e M onticello N ews, which has been in his famil y since 1881-the yea r it was established .
"Mr. Tom," as he is affectionately known by all, says he began working in the newspaper office wh en he was six years old and has continued there sinc e. D . W. Jones is supe rintendent of th e plant, whi ch also does commercial
printing. General business firms in Monticello
are sprinkled with industries. Thur-
mond Mfg. Co ., J. H . Truitt, manager,
processes men's and children's shirts and pants. This is a branch of the

plant at nearby M adison . Charles L. H end erson operates three
plants in M onticello: a cannery for fruits and vegetab les ; a locker plant for cold storage of meats, etc., and H en derson' s Cold Storage, Inc., wh ere fruits, etc., are frozen and otherwise processed. Mr. H end erson also operates an ice plant.
Monticello Bobbin Co ., Inc., employs approximat ely 80 to 90 people making bobbins for text ile firms.
Jo el H . Tun operates th e Monticello Milling Co., and E . C . K elly, J r., is owner and manager of th e Jasper Mill ing Co . Both ar e located a t Monticello and proc ess wheat an d corn.
Cotton gin s are op erat ed over the county at Monticello, Shady Dale, Farrar an d K elly.
Lumbering is an important industry. Much timber is processe d into lumber by sawmills scattered over the county an d one planing m ill which is located in Monticello. A barrel stave factory operates at Shady Dale. Pulpwood cutting is mo ving into th e picture, and 30,220 cords were sold in the county in 1952.
The Georgia Power Co ., an d R EA lines provide electricity over the county. Southern Bell system furnishes tel ephone service in the county, and has ext ended its lines to many farm homes.
Miss M ary M urr elle is Librarian of the Jasper County Library at Monticello, and further library service is provided the area by th e Jasper-PutnamMorgan (counties) R egional Library, which serves a populat ion of approximately 30,000 with bookmobiles. Mrs . J oe Pritchett, of Monticello, is secretary of that unit.
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tions, including th e Am erican Legion Post ; VFW cha pter ; H ur rican e Club, (sport s) ; Farm Bureaus ; Kiw an is ; two DAR ch apter s; U DC cha pter ; two Gard en club s,
Ch urch bells peal loudly throughout J asper Co un ty - Baptists, M ethodist, Presbyterian and Ch ristian denominations ha ve ch urches in th e co unty.
M onti cello has -purchased a site for a 200,000-gallon water tank whi ch will cost $65,000.
The area is blessed with many wa ter courses. W. F . J ord an , of M onticello, sta tes th at " the re is ru nning wat er on practicall y every 200-a cre land lot in th e county, and th ere are 14 sp rings inside th e city limits of Monticello."
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Tax R eceiver, R oyace B. Hinson ; T ax Co llector , Billy Gee ; Surveyor, Wi lliam Lowe ; Co roner, Cha rles M . Stern;
Superin tenden t of County Schoo ls, J. J. Cordell ; Co unty Attorn ey, L eonard
Farkas; Coun ty Commissioners a re : M . W. Tift, Ch airman, C . M. Pippin,
George B. Mock and J. T. Fleming,
Clerk . Judge on th e Albany Circuit is Carl E. Crow; M aston E. O 'Neal is Solicitor General.
City Manager is Carey C . Burnett.
J. W. Smith is M ayor, F rank Bark er is
M ayor Pro-Tem ., and th e City Com missioners ar e Frank Faulk, Sr., George J ohnston , M. M . Wiggins and B. C. Ga ble. City Attorn ey is H . G. Rawls; City R ecord er, George Sabados ; Ci ty Physician , Dr. G . E. Seymour ; Cl erk and Treasurer , Mrs. S. T. Willingham. Clayton J ones is Judge of th e Ci ty Co ur t, a nd H ud son M alon e is Solicitor G en er al.

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NEWSLEITER

Published semi-mo nth ly by

GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE

100 Sta te Capitol

* HERMAN E. T ALMADGE

Governor
BOARD OF COMMISSIONER S

EMO RY L. BUTLER

Chairman

Lonnie A. Pope, V. Chm ,

Y. F. Geeslin

Ben J essup

Ho ke Peters

* CLA RK GAINES

Sec r e t a ry

Vol. 5, No. 11

March 10, 1954

Georgia's Industrial,

COml11e rcial Growth
At th e end of 1953 th er e were over 6,500 industrial plants locat ed in G eorgia. This is more than double th e number of m anufacturing concerns located her e in 1940.
N ew bu siness firms incorporated in Georgia last yea r ca me to an average of 100 per month.
I n th e sta te's urban areas, building permi ts were issued a t th e rate of 600 each month-and in Atl anta and Sa va nna h construc tion was over 100 million dollars for th e yea r.
COVER PICTURE This is one of th e canno ns a t K ennesaw Nati on al Battlefield Pa rk n ea r M arietta. K ennesaw M ounta in was th e site of th e fam ous battle betw een th e forces of G enera l Johnston an d G enera l Sherma n in J une, 1864-ninety years ago. The Park h as had new road s paved a nd last year 160,000 p eopl e visit ed th ere. A museum is m aintained with rel ics a nd map s, and B. C. Yates, Supe rin tendent of th e Park , has a g reat deal of inf ormation on hand abo ut th e a rea and th e str ugg le. E ach O ctob er he holds a two day seminar, a bout th e battle a nd th e park, whi ch is a ttended by inter ested people from m an y p arts of th e Southeast. At th e Pa rk Museum each yea r a n E aster Sunri se Serv ice is held , sponsored by th e Cobb Co unty Mi nister ia l Associat ion a nd the Co bb Co untv C hamber of Comm erce.
, - Photo by Carol yn Ca rter.
With pride th e N ewslett er a nno unce s th a t th e cover photo by Carolyn C arter, " H oss 'N' Buggy Days," on th e J anuary 25th issue of th e N ewslett er, won first prize (the Don Barber C up for pict ori al photogr aphs) at th e South easte rn Photogr aphers Association annu a l convention held last m onth.

KENNESAW MOUNTAIN-paths on the mountain are ma rked with trailside exh ibits consisting of map s and narratives whic h exp lain the battle action. Dur ing Easter Week a Cro ss which is place d on the mountain an d illum ined at night can be seen by travelers on U . S. H ighway 41.

Fort Valley: H am & Egg Show, M arch II.
Atlanta: Geor gia Chapter, the Societ y for th e Advan cem ent of M an agement, " O rgan iza tion Planning," At lanta Athleti c Club, M arch II.
Atlanta: Third Annual Southeastern Sa les and Sal es M an agem ent Confer en ce, At lanta Di vision , University of G eorgia, M arch 12.
Athe ns: Entom ologica l Societ y M eet ing, Universit y of G eor gia, March 12-1 3 .
Savannah: Southern Acad emy of Oral Surger y, Gen er al O glethorpe Hotel, March 12-14.
Co lumb us: Southeastern R ecr eati on Ex ecutives Con feren ce, R alston Hotel, M arch 17-19.
Macon : 18th Annual Middle Geor gia Li vestock Sh ow, Central Ci ty Park, M ar ch 18.
Atlanta: Georgia Education Association , Municip al Aud itorium, M arch 18-19.
Macon: L if e Insuran ce Companies Sal es Caravan, D e m p s e y Hotel, M arch 24.
Atlanta: National Association of Produ ce M arket M an agers Confer en ce, Dinkier -Pl aza, M arch 24-26 .

Augusta: W om en s Title H old ers Golf T ou rn am ent, Au gu sta N ation al Golf Course, March 25-27 .
Atlanta : Southern Sociological Society M eeting, Biltmore H ot el, M arch 25 27.
At hens: St ate Planning Institute, Universit y of Geor gia, M a rch 26.
Macon : Georgia St at e H om e Econ om i c s Association Conf er ence, I D empsey Hotel, March 26-27 .
Atlan ta: 2nd Annual Confer en ce on th e Treatment of th e Socia l Offender, Atlanta Divi sion , University of Georgia, M arch 26.
Athens: Municip al M anagers Institute, Universit y of Georgia, Ap ril 1-2.
Macon : M a con H ome Show, M uni cip al Auditorium, Ap ril 1-5.
A tlanta: All Southern H ot el E xposi tion , Bilt more H ot el, April 1-3.
A tlanta: Southeastern H ospital Con' fer ence, Biltmor e H ot el, April 1-3.
Atlanta: Ch ambers of Comm erce Stafi Clinic, Piedmont H ot el, April 3.
Ocilla: F at C attle Show and Sale. Ap ril 5.
I Alba ny: F ed er ated Women s C lub Co~' fer en ce, Radium Springs Inn, Apnl 5-7 .

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Record Number Of Ships Called At Savannah

Port In 1953; Increased Trade Seen For 1954

The importan ce of th e Sa vanna h Port was sh own in 1953 wh en all predous records were broken for th e number of vessels ente ring th e Port and amount of fees collected .
According to th e report of H a rbor-
master Thomas J. Canty submitte d to
Mayor Olin F . Fulmer, "c onside ring all aspec ts, 1953 was th e h arbor's biggest year. F ees for 1953 amo unted to $13,899 on 1,578 ships, representing 30 nations tha t came up th e Sava nnah River ch anne l."
The 1953 report show ed that 1,195 American vessels with tonnage of 2,811,967 a nd 383 foreign sh ips with 1,211,820 tons- a total of 4,0 23,787 net register tons-s-visitcd Sava nna h. M ost ships that ca lled in a single month were 150 in March .
Hi ghest fees and tonnage for anyone month wer e $1,306 and 382,058 n et register tons last J uly. This year , 1954, got off to a good sta rt wh en five sh ips entered th e port on J an . 1.
Port tonnage as reported by th e U . S. Corps of En gin eers for 1952 was 3,571,869 ton s. This was mod erately in excess of tonnage reported in 1951. Lo cal port officials estima te that in 1953, when fina l figures hav e been com piled by th e Corps of En gin eers, th ey will be in excess of 3% milli on tons. During the fir st eigh t months of 1953, com bined imports and exports at Savannah

excee ded th e competing p orts in th e

Sou th Atlantic ra nge as follows:

Sava nna h

. .1,084,550 ton s

Ch a rleston

969 ,600 ton s

J acksonville

630,100 tons

T h e Savannah District Au thority in

its 1953 rep ort ju st issued, predi cts a

bri ght future for th e Port in 1954,

pointing out th at th e Am erican Cya na-

mid Co.'s hu ge $ 14,000 ,000 plant th ere

will be completed ea rly in 1955, will

em ploy from 300 to 400 peop le, and

will import th ro ugh th e Por t approxi-

~na tely 100,000 ton s annu ally of titan-

IUm ore.

" Pr esent indi cations," says th e Dis-

trict Authority report; " fo;' 1954 a re

th at comme rce in th e Port will excee d

pr evious yea rs. Co nt ributing to thi s

pr edi ction is th e fact th at the Sta te

Port is beginning to reach its oper ating

pot en tia l ; also, an increasin g tr affic is

not ed in th e ope ra tion of th e Sea tra in

in th e coastwise service betw een Sa -

van nah and N ew York ."

T h e Distr ict Auth orit y points out that th e new Sa va nna h port roste r indicates 67 steam ship lines, representing seven agencies, saying the number of lines has increased by 13 since th e last roster was com piled two year s ago.

The Authority I' e p ort continues : " New services to South America have
been recently announce d, -x- +, -::- and a

substa ntial contr ibution to port tonn age

will be made by th e Cya nami d Compa ny, to be felt in 1955, a nd por t adverti sing by th e stea msh ip age ncies serving Savannah and th e Sta te Port and the Distri ct Authority sho uld con tribute to increased port b usiness."
Ov er $ 100,000 annually is bein g expended in advertising th e city a nd port, " the lar gest proportion of thi s being expended by th e Geor gia Ports Au th ority in national adve rtising, " th e Authority reports.
"A recen t announcement indicates th at a Brazilia n Consulat e will be estab lished a t th e Port of Sav annah, an d office whi ch th e Authority h as lon g sought, as it will facilit ate expo rts to Bra zil."
Importan ce of th e Port of Sava nnah to th e Go vernment is not ed in th e report whi ch says : "T he Port from 1948 to 1953 inclusive return ed to th e Federa l Gov ernment, through duties p aid th e Co llecto r of C ustoms, a n amount of $22,6 14,269, a nd during th ese years th e amount spent on mainten anc e and new work in th e Savannah h arbor h as totaled a pp roxima tely $8,900,000."
T he Savannah District Authority is com posed of a Board of 10 m embers a nd a n Adv isory Board of 12 m emb ers. L. C. M cC lur kin is chairma n of th e Authority and W . H. ?vlcGowa n executive secre tary. Last M arch 23, th e Au-
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An air view of pa rt of Sav annah, th e Sava nna h R iver and th e docks. A steams hip at one of the Savannah docks, tied up for loading.

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Two Vidalia Enterprises

River Development Ass'n.

Annou ncem ent h as been made in V I D A L I A of two new enterprises wh ich will go into op era tion soon . On e is a m od ern 15-unit m otel to be constructed by H . A. Threlkeld an d Lucius Strickland . The tour ist cour t will be of brick construction , an d in addition to all th e mo dern comforts will be a irconditione d. Eventuall v th e m otel will have 25 or 30 uni ts. Site of the n ew mo tel is on U. S. Hi gh way 280, a popular tou rist rout e.
V idalia will also h ave ano the r tobacco wa reh ouse- to make a tot al of seven in th at city. The new wa reh ouse will be known as V ann's No. 3, a nd will be bu ilt by J ames Darby, Billy Cheatham an d Arthur Carver. The bui ldin g will h ave a total of 80,000 square fee t of space, an d will be con structed of b rick, con crete and steel, and is located on a rai lroad siding. T obacco growers of many coun ties in east cen tral G eorgia use the Vi dalia market fac ilities.
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Crest Motel
The C rest M ot el loca ted at th e city limits of COVINGTON h a s been opene d. The owner of th e mo dern tourist court is J ames Mann. It will be managed by Mr. and Mrs. Walter T ucke r.
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Metal Treating Plant
Plan s h ave been announced by J. P.
Lovoy, president of Southe rn M etal T reating Co ., In c., to erect a $125,000 plant in A T LANT A . Construction h as been begun on a building to house 10 m etal treatin g furnaces. The building will be 7,500 feet square, of brick, con crete block and steel con struction .
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Ready Soon
Expansion of the Spr ing dale p lant of Cabin Crafts, I nc., at DA LTON will be completed by Ap ril. The n ew bui lding, wh ich will be used for some ph ases of ca rpe t manu facture, will provide a n additional 103,000 square feet of floor space for the concern. This addition to th e Sp ringd ale plant is part of a two million dolla r expansion program un der way by Cab in C raft s, I nc., of which R . G . McCamy is pres ident .

A n ew orga nization h as been formed in CA L HOUN for th e development and con trol of th e water resources of th e Oo stanaula R iver basin. T he group, with H enry A. Mauldin as chairman, has th e tentati ve n am e of th e " Oos ta na ula Basin D evelopmen t Associa tion ." Emph asis will be stresse d on flood contro l and soil con servation , and the p ossibilities of power developm en t an d recreational areas will be studied by the organization. A II communi ties, towns a nd coun ties in th e bas in- from R ome to Ellijay-will pa rti cipa te in the associati on .
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Novelty Yarns Plant
A new conce rn h as been formed in CA R RO L LTON for th e m anufactur e of twisted nov elty ya rns for use in th e drap ery a nd upholstery in dus try . T he
J. R . N ewell Company will operate in
th e form er Mandev ille M ill No . 1, for th e p resent, and emp loy about 40 p eople. T he machin e sho p at th e M andeville plan t will also be re-op ened by Fr ed A. R obin son , and will be called Robinson M achine Sh op.
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Robins Plans Total
14 Million Dollars
Projects totaling fourteen m illion dollars a re under way at W ARN ER R OBI NS AIR FOR CE BA SE in H ouston County. Construc tion un der wa y th ere incl ud es two adm inistrative bui ldings, one for th e Warner R obins Air M ateriel Ar ea a nd th e othe r for th e 14th Air Fo rce, eac h three sto ries h igh a nd containing some 90,000 square feet of floo r space. T wo sto rag e warehouses with a total of 1.200,000 square feet of floor space will be built. I t h as been po inted ou t that th e con crete floor slabs in th e war ehouses a re equal to nin e mi les of a two-lan e hi ghway. A maintenance hangar for th e 14th Air Force airc ra ft is n earl y completed, a nd also un der way a re four adm inistrative space additions which will be air-conditi on ed , as well as a new radio tran smitt er bu ilding , a ra dio receiver build ing , a new und erground steam distribu tion system an d an ad dition to the centr al steam plant to serve th e base bu ildin gs. This is th e 13th yea r of ope ra tions at th e Air Base.

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Byron Navy Depot OK'd
A Naval Supply D epot for BYRON has h ad fin al ap proval by th e U. S. government. Construc tion will begin in June on th e proj ect wh ich will Cost $9,000,000. To begin with, four wars, houses will be built, each 1,000 x 200 feet. The site chose n for th e D epot is at U . S. H igh way 49 an d Dunbar Roa d. Six hundred acres of land will be inclu ded in the fina l project, a nd about 300 perso nnel , some military, will be employed th ere.
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Shirt Manufacture
The K a rm on Manufacturing Compa ny with headquarters in D enver, Co lorado, is constructing a new branch plan t in CO RNEL I A . The company manufactures western style shi rts for bot h m en and women. The bui lding of the plan t will con tain some 12,000 square feet of floor space. About 75 people will be employed by th e cornp an y.
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New Monroe Plant
Con tract h as been let for a new bui ldi ng in M 0 N R O E which will hous e th e Driwood Corporat ion-which will move from N ew J ersey to establish its plan t her e. The industry m anufactures office partitions made of wood, aluminum, steel an d asbestos insula- . tion . The company will employ abou t 100 persons.
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General Motors Center
AT L ANTA will be the site of one of th e 35 new training centers bein g constru cted th ro ugh out th e nation by the General M otors Compan y. A building of brick an d steel, with an area of over 26,000 square feet, pa rking space, classrooms , au ditorium, kit ch en an d cafeteria will be sta ffed by a manager and eight inst ru cto rs. The purpose of the trainin g center is to m ak e it p ossible for m ech anics an d dealer servi ce personnel to keep up to da te on new mechanica l a nd technical adva nces in au tomobile manufacture an d care. Each of th e following GM divisions will h ave a special classroo m at th e Atlanta centel' : Chevrolet , Pontiac, O ldsm obile, Buick , Fi sher Body T ru ck & Co ach, Fisher Body and United Mo tors ServIce.

NEWSLETTER

March 10, 1954

Bacon County ASparkler of Southeast a fine new fire truck. The County Courthouse has been reno vat ed and the business section nea r-
Georgia In Civic Pride and Initiative by is in excellent condition, with many new, modern stores .

Bacon County, situated in th e south east section of Georgia, is an enterpri sing and civic m ind ed area . Alma, its county sea t, is th e center of all activiti es and an important trad e area.
The county was creat ed in 1914 a nd nam ed for U. S. Senator Au gustu s O . Bacon. H e was a M acon lawyer wh o lived from 1839 until 1914. Alma, which had sta rted out as "a sawm ill and four famili es," was chose n for th e county seat. Some ' say th e cit y was named for a pretty girl who lived th ere, oth ers fh at it was named for th e capita ls of Georgia , leaving out Savannah, th e fir st one. T o take th e fir st lett er of Augusta, Louisville, Mill edgeville and Atl anta would give th e word Alm a .
D ur ing the 48 years since the begin ning of Alma , the area h as prospered . Alma h as taken th e spotlight in recent years beca use of severa l awards in th e Georgia Power Co mpa ny's C ha mpio n Home T own Co n test. Industry
T he mo st recent industrial enterpr ise in Alm a is th at of Arth ur Walk er who has mad e quit e a going concern of ra ising bees an d packaging h oney ; over five tons of h oney were ship ped last yea r.
There are two lumber companies in Alma. The Alma L umb er Company of which .J. R . Chancey is general manage r a lso has a fence- post tr eating plant. The A I m a Pulpwood Yard, operat ed by th e West Virgini a Pu lp and Pap er Co mpa ny is man aged by H arold Ch an cey. Its planned expan sion will ena ble th e conce rn to ship 40,000 cords of woo d a nnually. Besides th e lumb er companies, th ere are eigh t sawmi lls wh ich do a com b ined business of $71,500 annually. T urpentine brings $50 0,000, a nd pulpwood $600,000.
Fa rmers Enterprises, Inc., h as a cotton gin, feed mill a nd gum pl atform.
D . L. Lee a nd Son have a m eatpackin g esta blishme nt with about 15 em p loyees.
The South Geor gia Ice Com pa ny of Alm a, In c., cures meat as well as selling ice a nd coa l; h ere are also fr eezer lockers ava ilable.
Alma T urpentine Company, with over 25 employees, p rod uces t urp entine.
The Satilla Rural El ect ric M embership Corporation h as its h eadquarters in Alma. I t serves eight counties and

has over 12,000 custome r famili es. The REA employs ove r 75 p eop le, with an annua l payroll of about $180 ,000 . A new bui ldin g is nearl y through construc tion whi ch will enla rge th e REA fac ilities- it will be air-conditioned and hav e a drive-in pay window.
Th e A lma T imes, edited by C . J.

The mo st important thing to Alm a at th e present moment, however, is th e scho ol construction pro gr am . A n ew wh it e high scho ol and a new hi gh school for colored stude nts will soon be built, and improvem en ts will be mad e on th e two existing schools . The total amo unt appropriated for th e p rogram is $760,000.

Alma takes p ride in its new City Hall and Fi re Departm en t, eq uip ped wit h a br and new fire truck,

Broome, J r., is th e weekly newspaper. I t was establishe d 42 yea rs ago, and is a thrivin g concern . The plant also does job printing. The offices were recently renovated and new m achinery adde d.
Features Alma has ma ny things to be proud
of : th e H ill-Burton Bacon County Hos pit al, th e new City H all and Fi re Department, new jail faciliti es, th eir renovated Bacon Coun ty Courthouse and th e school constr uction whi ch will be completed in th e near future.
The Bacon County Hospital was dedi cated in D ecember 1952. It has 30 beds, was con structed at a cost of $329,000 and is air-conditioned . Besides this , Alm a is seeking a $40,000 health center.
Alma's new City Hall and Fi re Department was completed last fall. They have a fireman on fu ll tim e duty, an d

T ourism is rapidly becoming a n integral part of Alm a life. Becau se it is situa ted on U . S. Highway N o.1 , with U . S. Route No. 23 and Sta te R oute 32 also traversing th e county, Alma is important to tourists passing th rough th at region. It h as seven good m otor courts ; rem odelin g is underway on some of th em , and a not he r new $30,000 motel is planned . Alma also h as th e " Welcome T ourist" plan: a tourist is "arrested" an d given m eals, lodging, etc.; this plan has bee n operating in Alma for two years . It is estimated that tourism ad ds $350,000 to th e Alma econom y each year.
Alm a h as a rec reation center at Johnson Lak e. H ere.J. A. J ohnson, J r., operates a $ 100,000 skating rink, bowling alleys, a restaurant, picni c grounds and swinuning, boating and fish ing fa-
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Farmers of Upson Turn'0 Livestock;
Trl-Ilties Are Industrial Centers

Upson, a county that is a good example of a lan d th at has turned from row crops to pa stures, dotted with fin e herd s of beef and dairy cattle, is also not ed for its industr y-i-an ave rage of 6,000 p eopl e a re employed in textile plants with m an y people also working in othe r industri es in th e "T ri-C ities"Thomaston , East Thomaston a nd Silvert own .
C reated in 1824, th e county is now 130 yea rs old. I t was named fo r Stephen Upson, a m emb er of th e Legislat ur e, and Georgia sta tesm an. The population in 1950 was 25,078 ; land area 333

tel's at Th omaston, serv es th e entire rural ar ea . L umbering a nd pu lpwood cu tting afford em ployme nt for many a nd timber in th e county is protect ed by a for estr y unit with a fir e tower near Thomaston .
Pine M ountain ran ge fr inges th e northern part of th e cou nty, with th e land south of th ere gene ra lly rolling a nd sloping, with a deep clay foundation.
U pson County officers a re : Ordinar y, Bethel Sa lter; Clerk of Cour t, Rob ert Bethel ; Sheriff, E. T . Bray ; Tax Collector , Rex Turner; Tax R eceiver ,

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There a re four con solidat ed sch ools in th e county, the J am es R . Atwater ; J ohn Thurston , John B. Gordon-all nam ed for U pson residen ts- and th e R ock H ill school. Yat esville High a nd R . E. Lee Institu te also h ave eleme ntary grades, as do th e schools of Silvertown and East Thomaston .
K enneth Mo or e is R . E . Le e Institute Hi gh School principal ; N. W . Evan s heads th e Yat esville school, and other principals ar e : Thurston scho ol, C . C. T at e; Go rd on, Cec il Cadenhead ; Atwat er, E. W . F oy ; Ro ck Hill, M . M . Gau ltney.
One color ed high school in th e cou nty is th e Thomaston Training Schoo l, with an enr ollme nt of 527 pupils. A. S. J ohnson is principal. There ar e a number of colored grammar scho ols in the co u n ty .

T he Bleac hery Di vision of Thomaston M ilk

U pson Co unty Co ur tho use in T homast on.

square mil es, with 75 p eop le to th e square mile. T her e ar e 867 farms in the county, with 2 13, 120 ac res of lan d, of which 124,865 a re in fa rm s; th e average size farm is 144 a cres.
Gen cra l crops a re grown, incl uding man y peach es, and lar ge p astures dot th e county with fine herds of pure bred ca ttle grazing on th em. A ma rket for th e livestock gro wn in th e a rea is afforde d by th e Geor gia Farm Products Sales Corporation, located near Thomaston , which h olds weekly a uctions.
Upson has an abundan t wat er supply. It is bou nded on th e west by Flint river, and creeks trav ersin g th e county are Potato (f rom whi ch Thomaston, Ea st Thomaston and Silve rtown get th eir water supply ) ; T obler, Swift a nd Oakchunk cree ks.
The Georgia Power Co . provid es electricity an d power which is distribut ed by th e municipalities; Upson Electr ic Membership Corp., with headquar-

F . D . M cK enney ; Sch ool Superintend ent, Gordon Ho lstun, wh o is also supe rintendent of th e T ri-C ities scho ols; Su r-
veyor , .J. Burrows Smith ; Co rone r, H .
P. M cM anus : Comm issione rs a re H ays
Arn old , cha irman ; L. 1'. Woodall, J;'.,
a nd Elm o Boyt : mem bers of th e Legisla ture, O wen Ad am s and \V. S. Brantley: Farm Agent, O . W . Burns, Civic Affairs
Upson has always been noted for its adva nce d educationa l system . The R. E. Lee I nstitut e a t Thom aston OCCl!pies a site that has been used for schoo l purposes since 1825-just on e yea r a ltcr th e coun tv was crea ted .
Two high 'schoo ls in th e county a re R. E. Lee In stitute H igh Schoo l at Thom aston and Yat esville Hi gh. A 32acre tract. donat ed bv Albert M athews. has been 'develop ed for R . E. Lee In ~ stitute Hi gh School into an athletic field , football stadium and tr ack at a cost of $ 130,000.

The three incorporated municipalities, Thomaston, East T homaston and Silver town , constitute t h e Tri-Cities with a total popula tion of a pproxim ately 15,000, but eac h has a sepa ra te govern me nt.
Dr. H . A. Barron is M ayor of Thomaston and Co uncilme n a re Lewis Perkins, M ayor pro tern. ; J ohn R. H aynes, LaF ayette Sho rt; Pete Vining a nd W . A. Huckabee, Jr. Walter Pri ce is Ci ty C lerk ; Fire Ch ief, C . \!I/. M cDaniel ; Police Chief, J oe Ab Boyt. A. O . T eal is chairman of th e Silvertown Commission, and R obert Adams is chairman of th e East Thomaston Commission. Alton H a rvey is Postm aster of Thomasto n.
One is im pressed by th e handsome brick, three-story Upson courthouse occupying a whol e square in Thomaston. It has four columns at th e four entrances, an d eac h side h as the a ppear-

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March 10, 1954

Martha M ills in Silvertown, one of the Tri-Cities.

ance of being th e m ain entr ance. The groun ds a re ad orned with beautiful shrubbery an d flowers. Five m arkers a re also on th e la wn. One honors th e Confederate soldi ers; on e bear s th e "first cannonball fir ed at F ort Sum ter, S. C. on April 12, 1861," m arking th e beginning of th e War Between the Sta tes ; one bear s th e nam es of U pson Co unty World War II casualti es; on e honors Gen . J ohn B. Gordon, a native of Upson County, Co nfede ra te gen eral, U. S. Senator and Governor of Georgia; and one is a regional Woodmen of
th e ' '\Torld m em ori al "h onoring de-
ceased members wh ose graves cou ld not be m a rked" .
Frank Binford is president of th e active Thomaston and Upson Coun ty Cham ber of Commer ce ; W. N . Miner is executive director of th e body organized in 1947, and secr eta ry to th e director is Mrs. R . F. Johnson.
This Chamber spo nsored th e orga nization of th e "Wes t Cent ral Georgia Development Associati on" , composed of eigh t counties : Upson, M eriwether , Pike, Lam ar , Monroe, Talbot, Taylor and Crawford .
The main purpose of th e org anization is to " create throu ghou t th e 'Wes t Central Georgia' a rea a desire for communitie s to wo rk together for th e economi c development of th e a rea and the welfare of its p eopl e."
J. H. Wo odall, Sr. , of Wood land, is
cha irman of th e group ; C yru s N euner, of Barnesville, is first vice ch airman ; R . L. Swearingen, of R eyn old s, second vice cha irma n, and Mr. Miner, secr eta rv an d treas ur er.
The Thomaston Publishin g Co. , is-

sues two papers. T he 86-year old
Th om aston T imes is ed ited by J. B.
H ardy of th e well-kn own I-Iardv newspaper family in Geor gia. The Th omaston Free Press is edited bv L eon Smith, who was cha irma n of th e 1954 Pr ess
Institute just held in Athens. Shed J.
Ca rswell is general manager . M r. Sm ith has a column in the F ree Press, and Olin Mill er is columnist fo r the Times. The two pap er s occupy a mod ern pl ant.
The Central of Geor gia railroa d ex tends from Thom ast on to Barnesville and th e Sou thern railroad skirts th e coun ty on the cast. U . S. Highw ay No . 19 tr averses th e coun tv, also Sta te
No. 3 ; 74 and 36, whil e U. S. 80 a nd
St ate 22 skir ts th e lower section of th e coun ty. Thom aston M ot 0 r H otel , Pea ch Court a nd th e Gen er al Gordon Motel, as well as H ot el Upson serve tou rists a nd othe rs . Industry
T he hum of ma chinery and th e pl ant whi stle have long been famili ar sounds in Thomaston.
T he pioneer industry is Thomaston Mill s. It was org a n ized in 1899, a nd has oper ated con tinuously since ; the firm now h as th ree pl an ts in T homaston a nd one in G riff in. It bega n 55 yea rs ag o with 5,000 sp indles a nd 150 loom s. Now it op era tes a bou t 130,000 spindles a nd 1,850 looms, and consumes mor e th an 60,000 bales of cotton an nu ally.
The firm manufactures a wid e variety of textile p roduct s, in cluding shee ts a nd pill owcases, and also ope ra tes a blcach cry and finishin g pl ant. This firm h as alwa ys been op er ated by

the H igh tower fam ily, and Julian T . H ightower IS president of Thom aston Mills now .
Janua ry 1, 1929 was an important dav in T homa ston. That was th e d at e th~ B. F. Goo drich Co., of Akro n, Ohio, pur cha sed the local M ar th a Mill s a nd began th e man ufacture of cord for use in th e man ufacture of au tomobile tires. This firm now ope ra tes 128,000 spi ndles a nd occupies 9 11,000 squa re feet of floor space under one roof. In addition to tir e cord, th e firm manufactures industri al fabrics, bolt du ck a nd
fire-h ose Yarn s. S. ' '\T. H emstead is
general ma nager of M artha Mill s. T exti le mills in Upso n County ra nk
16th in th e sta te in industrial p a yroll s. W. O . Britt, Jr., opera tes th e Bri tt
Mf g. Co., a t T ho mas to n, a nd emp loys fr om 50 to 55 p eopl e m anufacturing veneer, wir ebound box clca tcs, and he also ope rates a sawm ill. The firm mov ed in to a m odern, new pl ant in 1953.
Other ma nufacturing P I a n t s a t Thomaston include p laning a nd saw mills, lu mber pl ants, ready mi xed concrete and conc rete blo ck m anufacturing plant, a flour and gris t mi ll, ice a nd bottling pl ants, an a wning a nd venetia n blind pla nt , a freezer locker, a sausage and meat processing .pl ant.
The U pson County H ospital, built at a cost of $ 1,250,000 under th e HillBurton p lan , has 100 beds. Cris Neubert is administra tor, and it is operated under direction of a hospital au tho rity.
A $34,000 St ate Patrol Ba rracks is being erec ted in Silver town on a tract donated for the purpo se by M artha Mills division of B. 'F . Goo d rich Co. The 12-r oom sta tion is being constructed by th e county commissione rs with county fund s.
Yatesville Honor
Yatesville, population 300, in eastern U pson Cou n ty, A. S. M it ch ell, M ayor , was awa rde d a " Ce rtifica te of Achievement" by th e Georgia Power Co., in th e 1953 Champion Home-town con test. The town h as en tered the 1954 co n te st.
U pson Coun ty is hon ey-comb ed with chu rches, a nd man y den omination s ar e represen ted in the coun ty.
T he Ki wan is, Li on s a nd Junior Ch amb er of Com merce arc acti ve in Thom aston and it s a rea , as arc several women 's organiza tions.
The Thomaston T elephon e Co . h as recently inst alled a dial system, a nd th e compa ny also serves Yatesville.
Two banks ar e located in Thom aston: th e C&S a nd The Bank of Upson .

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cilities at th e lak e.
Alm a will esta blish a wayside park on U. S. Hi ghway N o. 1. It will provide a place for motorists to stop and rest an d sp rea d pi cni c lunch es. Two acres of land were offered for th e pa rk
by th e late Mrs. .J. A. Cockm an ; th e
L ions Club h ad h elp ed in th e p roj ect, a nd th e Credit-Trad e Bur eau of Alma, Inc., an d th e Sta te Hi ghway W ayside Park Commission will combine in its constru ction and m aintenance.
Alm a's civic clubs incl ude th e Lions C lub, th e V eterans of F oreign W ars, wh ich h as contribute d $5,000 tow ards a schoo l band and now is p rom oting a sta dium, and th e Am erican Legion .
The AIm a D evelopment Co unci l, made up of rep resenta tives from all civic organizations, is du e a great deal of cre dit for th eir active interest and participation in civic affa irs. It spo nsors Alm a in th e C hampion H om e T own Co ntest each yea r. R epresentative Braswell Dee n, J r., is pres ide nt of th e AD C . R ecentl y it esta blishe d a subsidiary, th e Bacon County Industri al Cor poration to h elp p romo te new and diversified industry for Alma. Since Alma h as really pulled it self up by th e boot str aps in th e pas t few years, and is so alert civica lly, Alma is ju st th e kind of town th at ind ustry wa nts to move to.
The C redit-Trad e Bur eau of Alm a, I nc., h as R alph Gresham as its president. This is an extremely impo rta nt gro up in th e commercial life of Alm a . T o show th e im po rta nce of Alm a as a trad e cen tel', it is well to note th at 5 1 new business conce rns ope ned th er e last year. The retail sales of th e town are hi gh , drawing comme rcia l trad e fr om

mil es a ro un d. The two ban ks in Alma have over
a total of three milli on dollars in assets. Tran sportation-wise, besid es th e all-
imp ortant U. S. Highw ay No.1 , th e Atl antic C o a s t Line R ailroad goes th rou gh Alm a and h as severa l other sta tions in th e coun ty, and bu s serv ice is availabl e by Greyho und.
Alma is th e site of an emergency int erm edi at e airpo rt and wea the r station, and owns $6,367 worth of mobil e comm unicatio ns eq uipment in case of a n eme rgency . Agriculture
Agriculture in Baco n Co unty centers ar ound tobacco and livestock. Alm a h as its own tobacco wareho use, an d a second one is pl anned for th e near futu re. In 1953, 4,274,9 16 pounds of tobacco were sold for $2, 137,485 .
Bacon County now has over 500 registered cows and over 200 registered bulls. Three abbatoirs serve th e a rea, and livestock sales m ean $8,000 weekly to th e coun ty. Each year th e Alm a Li ons Club sponsors a C attle Show and Sa le .
Poultry is becoming incr easingly im p ort ant to Bacon Co unty fa rmers. Last year $85,000 was realized from po ultry. Now 85,000 to 90,00 0 broilers a re produ ced every fou r m onths in th e area, and po ult ry ra ising is fast becomin g even m ore popula r. Bacon County Officers
Officers serving Alm a and Bacon County include : O rdinar y, Paul H ayden ; C lerk of Co ur t, R oy T. Boatwright; She riff, L. W . Wildes; T reas-
ur er, J. J. J ones ; T ax Collecto r, Berry
Ald ridge ; T ax R eceiver, B. M . Cros by ; Co unty Schoo l Sup t., D . M . D . T yre ; Survey or, Ralph Spivey; Co rone r, B. A. Bishop ; County Commissione rs are: R .

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B. Vi ckers, Chrm. ; M iss In ez Pea rson,
Cler k; and J. W . Co the rn, J. S. Mil es,
E. L. Sears, L ewis B. Carter, W. B.
D owd y, J. B. Brigman and J. Curtis
Larmer. County F arm Agent is H ar vey W . J ohn son.
Estell T aylor is Fir e Chief of Alm a, an d Glenn Courso n is Police Chief. M ayor of Alm a is Gerard Jones. M ember of th e L egislature is Braswell D een,
Jr.
County Attorn ey is T. J. T own sen d ;
J udge of th e Waycross Ci rcu it which serves Alma is Walter Thom as, and
Solicito r Gen eral is J. R . Walker.

Garden Tours

Ida Cason Gardens..M a rch, April, M ay

Savannah ........

.. M a rch 11-12

Albany ...................

M a rch 14

Columbus

.. M ar ch 20-21

Augusta .............

M arch 27-28

Rome .........

... April 2

Atlanta .........

. April 3-4

Macon ......

...... April 8-9

Ports (Continued fr om Page 3)
th orit y moved it s offices fr om th e form er Southeas tern Sh ipyar ds, w h er e th ey were located for five years, to uptown offices at 130 East Bay street, whe re attractive offices are now loca ted.
D. Leon Willi am s, exec utive director of th e Georgia Ports Authority, says th e outlook for 1954 is "h ighly fa vorable for th e sta te-owned docks and wareh ouse oper ati ons. H e assert s that with th e addition of new h andling equip m ent a t th e docks-including two 35ton gantry cranes-an d a new fumi gating plant, th e Sta te facilit y is prepared to offer serv ices eq ua l to an y port on th e Atl antic coas t."

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DEPAnTMENT OF [OMMEU[ E
- NEWSLETTER
1954

'N E WSLET T ER

NEWSLEITER

Published semi-monthly by

GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE

100 State Capitol

* HERMAN E. TALMADGE
Governor
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

EMORY L. BUTLER

Chairman

Lonnie A. Pope, V. Chm.

Y. F. Ge eslin

Ben Jessup

Hoke Peters

* CLARK GAINES Secretary

Vol. 5, No. 12

Ma rc h 25 , 1954

"The Greene r Fields Of Georgia".
One of the gre a test boosts ever given the sta te of Georgia is con ta ined in the March issue of th e N ation al Georgra p hic M agazine. Entitl ed , "T he Greener Fi eld s of Georgia," th e 44 page lon g a r ticle is bea utifully illu stra ted wit h 4 I p hotographs- 31 of them in color.
The well-writt en a r ticl e is by H owell W alk er ; th e pho tog ra p hs arc by th e a u tho r a nd B. An tho ny St ewart.
T he h istory of th e sta te is mi ngled with th e progr ess in recen t years: " Georgia, th e Empire Sta te of th e Sou th, docs not and will not fo rge t its pa st. . . Yet an exube ra nce, exciting as spring a n ima tes th e St at e tod ay. . . Ever ywh ere fresh in du str ies bur geon like . th e Georgia-develop ed wonder g rass for g razing ."
COVER PICTURE
A ra ce comes to a finish a t L a ke Allat oona . H er e, some of th e V-Fl yers dose in on th e end of th e course. Not only h as sa iling, but motorb oating an d water skiing , too, have becom e choice p asti mes with Georgian s.
In add it ion to th e health and pl easure these act ivities prod uce, industry a nd com me rce ben efits. Sever al boat man ufa ct ur ers have esta blished within the sta te, and numer ous commercia l concern s sell supplies to com ply with the needs of wat er enthusiasts.
See page 3 for more abo u t Georgia's water recr ea t ion a rea s.
- Photo By Ca rolyn Carter.

L,;a r Ol)'n Ca r te r
H er e a famil y swee ps th c su rface in th eir c raft. M ot orboating is an ext re mely popula r spo r t at C la rk Hill , L ak e S in clai r and L ak c Alla toona ,

Atla nt a : Southern Sociologica l Societ y M eeting, Bilt mo re H otel, M arch 2527.
A thens: St a te Pla nn ing Institu te, University of G eor gia, M arch 26.
Macon: G eor gia St ate H om e E eonom i c s Association Confer en ce, D empsey H otel , M ar ch 26-27 .
A tla n ta : 2nd Annual Conf er en ee on th e Treatment of th e Soeial O ffender, At lanta Division, U niversity of Geor gia, March 26.
At he ns: M un icip a l M a na gers I nstitute, U niversity of Geor gia , April 1-2.
Macon: M acon H ome Show, Muni cipal Auditoriu m, April 1-5.
Atla nta: All Sout hern H ot el Ex position , Biltm o re H otel, Apri l 1-3.
Atla nt a: Southeast ern H ospit a l Conference , Biltmore H otel , April 1-3.
Atla nta: Chamber s of Commer ce St aff C lini c, Piedm ont H otel, Ap ri l 3.
O cilla: F a t C attle Show a nd Sa le, April5.
Albany: F ed erat ed Women' s Clubs conferenc e, R adium Springs Inn, April 5-7.
C lax ton : F at Cattle Show and Sale, Apri l 7.
Atl a nta : H osp ital Con vention , Biltmor e H otel, April 7-9.
Macon : G a rden C 1u b s of Geor gia Spring F lower Show, Central City Pa rk , April 8-10 .
Va ldosta : Fat Cattle Show a nd Sa le, Apri l 8.

A tla n ta : Socictv for th e Advan cement of M a nagement, Georgia Chapter, Studen t C ha p ter M eeti ng, At lanta At h let ic C lub , April 8.
Athens: C hamber Music Festival, U n ivers ity of Georgia, Ap ril 8-9.
Aug usta : M asters Golf T ou rn ament , Au gu st a N a tion al Golf Cours e, Ap ril 8- 11.
Col um bus: Geor gia Societ y of M ed ical T echnologists M eet ing, R alston H otel, April 9- 11.
Lyons: 'F a t Ca tt le Show a nd Sale, Ap ril 9.
Sava nna h : Georgia Public H ealth Associa tion Con vention, H ot el D eSoto, April 11- 14.
Thomaston: F at Cat tle Show a nd Sale, April 13.
Atl anta : Georg ia Bankers Associa tion M eet ing, Bilt more H ot el, April 1315.
Sylvania : F at Ca ttle Show a nd Sale, April 14- I5.
A tla nta : Southern Societ y of Philosop hy a nd Psychology M eet ing, Biltmore H otel, Ap ril 15-1 7.
Alba ny : R o t a I' Y Confer en ce, West Georgia District, R ad ium Sp rings Inn, Ap ri l 18-20.
Sav annah : 40t h Annua l Co nvention of Coun tv Comm ission ers of Georgia, H ot d DeSoto, April 19-2 0.
Macon : Georgia I nd epend en t O ilmen'S Association Confer en ce, Dem psey Ho tel, Ap ri l 22-23.

GEO RGIA DE PAR T M ENT O F COM M ER CE

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NEWSLET T ER

M ar ch 25, 1954

Georgia Families Migrate to Lakes and Coast For Sailing, Motorboating, Swimming, Fishing

With th e development of several new lak es in Georg ia, and th e continued popularity of th e ocea n and coasta l wat erwa vs for outdoor fun. th e sta te is rapid ly becoming kn owl~ for its fin e wat er recrea tion faciliti es.
Lak e Sin clair above M illedgeville, Clark JE ll L ake ncar Augusta and All atoona Lak e ncar Carter sville a rc th e lar gest recently developed region s. Sailing a t Sav annah has long been a favor itc p ast ime, as at Bru nswick an d the Go lden Isles.
Of cou rse, fishing h as lured Geor gia ns to a ll the riv ers, creeks, ponds a nd la kes as well as th e ocean since the founding of t he colony. The new t wist is th e acceler at ed pa ce of in terest in sa iling, motorb oating an d wat er skiing- a n d th e incr eased ac tivity in fishing, swimm ing, picni ckin g a nd ca mping at all of Georgia' s lakes.
Lake Sinclair
La ke Sinclair had it s first seaso n last su mm er. A Georgia Power Company in stall ation , it mean s a gr ea t deal to Middle Georgian s' recr eation . Ther e a rc tw o docks and two public boat hou ses. M ost of th e boating on th e la ke is mot orb oating. There a re three club s organ ized th er e, one cen tering in M a con , ano ther in Sparta, a nd on e in Mi lled geville. The ra ces last sum mer drew large crowds- up to 2,000 peop le wa tched and participated .
Wi th th e p ro minence of m otorboating at Lak e Sincl air, th ere is also a good dea l of wa ter -skiing also. Ther e is some fish ing a nd swim ming too, the picni c fa cilities ar e avai lable, as well as ove rn igh t acco mmoda tions for abou t 70 peop le around th e lak e.
Clark Hill Lake
C la rk Hill D am and R eservoir is another popular spot for water-lured Georgi a ns. Last yea r a total of 733 boat permi ts were issued th er e to owners of va rious cla sses of craft. O u tboa rd mot orboat s a re bv fa r the most popu lar type of boa t 'used to d at e: 59S of th e tot al group registered in 1953 were of thi s classificati on .
The lak e, 70,000 ac res la rge, with O\"Cr 1100 miles of sho reline, is a faverite with swimme rs and fishing enthusiasts, hu n ters, camp ers and pi cnickers. T her e a rc 11 p icni c a reas

with tabl es and fir epl aces; some have shelte rs. There a rc four concessions for ren tin g boat s, and eac h h as a restaurant. There ar e overn igh t accommoda tions nea r the la ke. as well as in th e neighboring town s a ~d in th e hot els available in Augu sta .
Last vear's estima ted a ttendance at the l a k e~ goes something like th is: 21,000 hunted in th e area, 312,000 p icnicked, 5,300 sailed, over a h alf mi llion fished, 100,000 enjoyed mo torboati ng, a nd th ere were 250,000 sightseers. Obviously, C lark Hill affords much ple asur e to ma ny peop le.
A master plan to guide th e developmen ts of mo re facilities a nd pub lic and pr ivat e usc of th e la nds around the la ke has been prep ar ed, and develop ments will be mad e gra dua lly as the use pattern is dem on strated. The Corps of En gineers, U . S. Army, manages a nd operates th e C lark H ill R eservoir, provid es public acce ss, and perm its others to make pl anned develop ments for recreation al usc at t he lak e.
Lake Allatoona
A repo rt as of J a nua ry 1, lists 9 18 cra ft register ed at Lake Allat oon a. O f these, 416 ar e sailboa ts ; 435 ar e out-

board motorboa ts ; 317 a re ou tboa rds. Twentv ca noes are also listed . The classes ' of sailboa ts incl ud ed in th e registr at ion at Allatoon a are Y-F lyers, Pen gu ins, Snipes, Thistles, Vikings and Pr am s.
Three boating clubs have their base a t Allat oona : The Allatoona Ya cht Club, the At lan ta Boat Club an d th e Atlanta Yacht C lub. The la tter is ma de lip of some 200 members, mostly sailboa t enthusiasts.
T he clubs orga n ized for sailing a t Allatoon a have ra ces and regat tas , since some of t he finest fleets of their cla sses ar e loca ted h ere. The me mb ers of these club s seem to feel th at there's a lot mor e to sailing an d boating than j ust owni ng a boat a nd using it occasionally. Getting tog ether with themselves a nd with othe r sailing or ganization s in th e cou ntry for races, promoting competition in skill and judgme n t in runn ing a good course th e best way, is a spec ial adde d pleasur e to boa tin g.
Allatoon a, anothe r Army Corps of En gineers p roj ect, is also equ ipped with tent and trailer camps, conces sion s for rent ing boats and dockage,
(Contin ued on Page 4 )

John Zimmerman, Ti me M a gazine
Skimm ing along with a goo d win d on one of Ge orgia's new lak es.
G EO RG TA DE PART M ENT O F CO M M ERC E

NEWSLETTER

M a rch 25, 1954

GEORGIA PARADE Of PROGRESS

Senoia Industry
SENO I A, Coweta Co un ty, is the new
home of J. Ben Shapiro Co mpany,
pants m anufacturer. The conce rn, with Eddie Ernst as - man ager, will emplo y nearly 100 peop le in th e manufa cturing ope ra tions. T he com pany h as leased th e Fi sch er M emorial buildin g there wh ich con ta ins 7,200 square feet of floor spac e.
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New Tourist Court
n. E . Pelh am of E L L A V I L LE will
open a new tourist cour t and restaurant th ere lat e thi s spring . The court will con ta in six units a nd necessary offices. The faciliti es will be called th e Donna Lynn M otor Co ur t, and will be located on U . S. Hi gh way 19, Sta te R out e No. 26.
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Cordele Company
A new firm has loca ted in CO R DELE, named the Crisp County Cabinet and Millworks. O perated by Earl Wh ite, th e company will make custom kitch en cabine ts, sinks a nd work tables, windows a nd door s. Fred Barrow is in cha rge of th e woodworking sho p .
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Sausage Plant Expands
Ashmore Sausage Company, C H Alvl RLEE , ha s expa nde d its plant to nearly 100,000 squa re feet in worki ng a nd storage area . T his enla rgement of th e conce rn 's faci lities enables the produ ction of produ cts to be mo re th an doubled. The plant mak es all-po rk sau sage, skinless wein ers ancl bologna . C ha rles Ashm or e, J r., is general m anage r of th e com pa ny.
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New Millen Plant
A woodw orking plant for th e manu facture of woo den handles for str iking tools an d farm imp lem ents will soon be under way a t jHI L LEN. Wade Woods is head of th e operation. H a rd wood s, pa rticul arly h ickory and ash will be used for th e h andles. Approximately 15 peopl e will be emp loyed in th e plant, and about 30 in cutt ing a nd deliverin g lumber to th e plant.
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Atlanta Boat Works A new man ufact urin g plan t a nd
showroom have been open ed by th e Atla nta Boat Works in A T L ANT A . Plan t faci lit ies hav e been doubled to include 12,000 squ a re feet of space. Claude T urn er is presiden t of th e com pany whi ch m akes Aristo-C raft Boat s.

Cartersville Corporation
A new conce rn h as been established in C A R T E RSVIL L E, the C a rtersville U nde rga rme n t Cor por ation. The in du stry will employ over 50 p ersons in th e manufac ture of ladies' underwea r. A building is under constr uction which will h ave a bou t 11,500 square feet of floor space, and prod uction is expected to begin in mi d-summer.
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Griffin Selected For Manufacture
Stowe - Woodward, I nc., of M assachuse tts, has chosen G R I FFIN as the site of a bran ch plant. The compa ny, manufacturers of specialized rubber p rodu cts particu larly for th e paper and text ile industri es, h as pl an s under way for a new 25,000 square foot building. The conce rn's products incl ud e ru bber covered rolls for pap er, textil e fin ish ing, tanning an d othe r industries, deckle straps and billiard cush ions and bowling ba lls. E. W , Peterson is president of the firm whic h will employ some 30 peopl e.
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Large Motel
A new motel has been opened in S A V A NNA H . The Alamo Plaza, conta in ing 42 units. is m an aged by Robert O . Smith. Each un it of th e m otel is air-conditioned ; whil e th e majority of th e units are single rooms, some are fami ly un its with kit ch en ett es. Po rt ers, mai d service, cler ks and room tel epho ne service are all available. The Alamo Plaza is locat ed on U. S. R outes 80 and 17, Sta te Route 21.

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Eastman Garment Plant
A new industr y will soon loca te in E AST M AN whi ch will be called th e Eastman M anufacturing Com p an y . The plant will be locat ed in a $60,000 bui ldin g now under construc tion at Eastm an . The industry will be a subsid iary of a conce rn in New York whic h ma nufactur es snowsuits, pajam as and j a c kets .
Water Recreation
(Continued fro m Page 3 )
fish ing a nd motorboat supplies, as well as ca bins for overnight visitors and eating places. Thousands also swim and fish at Allatoona. There ar e 10,550 ac res of lak e in th e 38,000 acres of a rea. This includes also R ed T op M ou nt ain P a rk, and a Negro park called George Washin gton Ca rver Pa rk.
Brunswick
On th e coast a t Brunswick and the Gold en Isles th er e is mu ch swimming, fishing, sailing and mot orboating, some with wa ter-skiing . There a re publi c and pr ivate fa cilit ies av aila ble for th ese spo rts, a nd fr esh-water fishing camps a re in th e area. Deep -sea fishing is a no ther favorite sport herefor ba racuda, ta rp on and other game fish. O n the fourth of July th ere is always a ver y popular mot orb oat race. Brunswick and th e Go lden Isles have long been a choice recreation locality in the hea rt s of Geor gian s who h ave affinity for wa ter.
Savannah Historic Savann ah , located on the
bank of th e Savannah River, sur rounded by an en tanglemen t of smaller rivers a nd wat erwa ys, is by tradition a city well acq ua inted wit h th e ways of watercraft.
Whe ther it be giant ocea n -going vessels disch a rgin g th eir cargoes a t the docks or the sma ller pl ea sur e craft skimm ing thro ug h th e estuaries, Savanna h is a hub of year-ro und waterborne ac tivity.
Ther e arc a number of boating clubs through out th e a rea , a nd last yea r Sava nnah was th e scene of th e Southea stern Di stri ct Li ghtning Cl ass Sailing Champion ships.
Along the waterways are nu merous la ndings an d fishing ca mps whe re out board motors ancl boats may be ren ted. And th ere ar e ample faci lities for repai rs, ser vice and do ckin g along the main rou te of the Inland Water way.

NEWSLETT~R

March 25, 1954

Balanced Industry and Agriculture Prosper Americus and Sumter County

Sumter County in Southwest Georcia is a good illu st ration of the state' s ba la nce of industry and agricultureworking tog ether th ey provide a sound economic bas is for th e ar ea and sup ply diversified typ es of occupations for th e populat ion of abo ut 24,000 .
T her e a re 35 in du st ries in Am eri cus, th e coun ty seat. These, for th e most pa rt , process something produced in the area agricu lturally. The lumber mills, th e m eat-processing p lants, and the p eanu t and cott on processors, ar e exa mples of this. The cou n ty is blessed with on e of the finest soils in t he nation.
On the other h and, there are several conce rns manufa cturing a variet y of products, from shirts to insecticides,

students in aircraft and auto mechanics, electri city, electro nics, etc.
Of spe cia l pride to Sumter County citizens is the recreation cen ter and City-County program carried on with a fu ll-time director. The cen ter is en joyed by many en th usiastic m en, women and ch ild ren. A track and a ba seba ll field ar e both ava ilab le there.
The Andersonville N ational Cem eter y and Park is a place of particular historic interest in Sumter Co unty. It is north of Am eri cus, and close to th e border of Macon County. Buried th ere ar e over 13,000 U nion soldiers who died at th e wartime prison near the spot from F ebruary 1864 to O ctob er 1865.

known for th e Windsor Hotel, a longtim e winter host elr y, as well as three motor courts, th e Canty, th e Kings, and th e Am eri cus Motel.
Am eri cus was given a n a wa rd for its progr ess in th e 1950 Ch ampion Home Town Contest, and a community ca lled New Era, ju st north of Americus won a n awa rd recently in th e Chattahooch ee Vallev Contest. Other cen te rs in Sumter County besides Americus, Ander sonville and N ew Era are L eslie, Pl ain s and D eSoto.
The daily newsp ap er in the coun ty is th e Americus Tim es-R ecorder, edited and published by J ames R. Blair. An other important communica tions medium is R adi o St ation ' ''' D EC, m an aged by Charles Smith.
County Officers
Officials serving Sumter County include: Ordinary, R . T. Hawkins; C lerk of Court, S. R . H eys; Sh eriff, J ack MeArthur ; Treasurer, Will DuPree ; Tax

from terry cloth to bottling soft drin ks.

The largest emp loyers include Day-

ton V en eer and Lumber Company,

with 300 employees; Jacobs L umber

Compan y, emp loying about th e same

number; Manhattan Shirt Compan y,

with 700 on th e payro ll; McCleskey

Mi lls, cotton and peanut pro cessors,

employing from 40 to 140 accord ing to

season, whi le Sh ivers Lumber Com pany

has 150 employees. An 0 th e r imp a r t an t conce rn in
Am eri cus is th e Georgia-Alabama D I-

vision H eadquarter s of th e Seab oard

Railroad . Two hundred people are

emp loye d th ere at th e sho ps and refu el-

ing station for rep airing and refu elin g

deisels. Agri culture in Sumter County is

based on livesto ck anel peanuts , pecans.

cotton and sm all gra in. Sumter is well

Ch a rles A. Meyer

known for it s high level of grain pro-

One of Americus' own busin ess concerns b oosts its h om e tow n .

du ction, an d th e livestock auc tion facilities a re th e fourth la rgest in the sta te . The in com e realized from th e sale of livestock th er e in 1953 went over $2,400,000 .
Features and Civic Life
Am eri cus is th e site of Georgia Southwestern Co llege, a branch of th e University System . It is a popular J unior Co llege offering a variet y of cou rses. Last fall a nurses' training program was inst itu ted her e in con junction with the fine 130-b eel ho spital recently comp leted in Am eri cus under th e Hi ll-Burton plan.
The South Georgia Trade an d V oca tion al Sch ool is anoth er ed uc a tion al advan tage of Am eri cus. It provides cour ses in practical fields-trainin g

As for utiliti es in th e coun ty : water is provieled through a rtesia n wells; the Georgia Pow er Company supplies electricity, an d Sou thern Bell T elephone Co., serv es with th e di al syst em.
Sumter County is the site of the old est airstrip in th e state; it has a long runway whi ch has ju st been reworked.
A number of civic clubs meet regu larl y in Am eri cus : T he Lions, Rotary, Kiwanis, Civitans, Jaycees, Pi lot Club, Junior Welf are League and th e Cham-
ber of Commer ce, of whic h J. P. L u-
th er is manager. Both Boy and Girl Scouts a re sponsored through these or ga niza tions, as well as aid to th e color ed hospital and many ot her sound and helpful projects.
As for tourist fa ciliti es, Am eri cus is

Collector a nd R eceiver , T. H . Gatewood ; County Schoo l Superintendent , W. VV. Foy; Surveyor , K endall Wooten; Coroner, Robert We lls; Co unty Farm Agent, Robert Garner ; Home D emonstration Agent, Mis s Martha
Cobb. Sumter Co unty Commissioners in -
clud e George Matthews as C hairman , H . P. Jon es as Vi ce-Chairman, and
J. A. Cook , Wi lliam B. M erritt anel
Rufus Chappell. Judge on th e Southwestern Ci rcuit
serv ing Sumter County is C leveland Re ese; Solicitor Gen er al is Ch a rles
Bur gamy.
Judge J. W . Smith serve s th e Am eri-
cus City Court, with Cl aud e M orri s as
Solicitor-G en eral.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COM M ERCE

N E W SL ETTE R

M a rch 25, J 954

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
BR UN SWI CK: Dixi e Pa int & V arnish Co., pa in t, $74,5 15.
ATLA NTA : Am eri can C an Co m pany, coffee ca ns, $37,94 1.
DAWS ON : C inderella Foods, pea nut butter , (two contrac ts) $322,137.
A T L A.1I/T A : Atlan ta Pap er Co ., fiberboard sh eets, $44,935.
GR I FFIN : Pom on a Pr odu ct s C o., p im ien tos, $ 13,255.
CO L UM BUS : Georgia W ebb in g & Tape Co., webb in g cotton, $ 109,970.
SAVANNA H: Sav a nnah Machin e & F oundry Co. , shi p rep airs, $55,589.
A T L ANTA: E lectric Storage Battery Co., batteri es, $ 12, 145.
M A CO N : Bearings & Drives, In c., stone a nd shell assem blies, $21,754.
A T L ANTA: G ulf O il Corp ., kerosen e and gasoline , $ 10,664.
HAMPTON : So uthern States Equipm en t Co ., disconnecting switche s,
.~ 1 2 , 9 4 3 .
Z EB UL ON : Besco Product s Co ., pim ien tos, $14,373.
SA V A NNA H : Sa va nnah Suga r R efining Co rp ., suga r, $58 ,897.
A T LANTA : L eeds a nd No rth rup C o., sulphur dioxid e ga s analyzer and recor de r, $17,0 10.
EAST POINT: W illiam Arm stro ng Sm ith C o., pa int , $10,92 1.
MAR I ETTA : L 0 c k h e e d Ai rcr aft Co rp., (2 cont rac ts) rep ai rs and engine cha nges , .$4,759,608.
R OSS VILL E : Bro ck & Blevin s C o., In c., constr uction of scrap m eta l handling fa cilit ies, $327,000.
A T LANT A : Am erican Fi rep roofin g Co., Inc., m orta r m at erial s, $ 154,924.
WA Y CR OSS : W aycross M a c h i n c Sho p, pra ct ice bomb s, $537,600.
SAVANNA H: Span-J ero me Co ntractors, construction of orga niza tional storage bu ild in gs, $ 109,347.
A UG USTA : So uthern C onstruc tion Co., I nc., construc tion of bui ld in gs and utilities, $933,688.
BA I NBR I D GE : Mi ller H ydr o C o., auxilia ry d ct onating fusc hold ing rings, $62,942.
A T L A N l' A : Rittenb aum Brot hers, wiping' cloths, $33,800.
W EST POIN T : Bat son -C ook Co ., const ruction of armamen t an d electr on ics sh op, $3 16,592.
ATLANTA : Za c Lac Pain t & L acqu er C orp., lacq uer, $71,274.
I ES UP: Ed L. Power s C ontracting C o.,
const ruction of N G A F facilities, $ 186,202.
ATLANTA : M cD o ugald Construction

Co m pany, reconstructing trestles, $262,2 14 . A T L ANTA: Ge ne ra l Cable Corp ., in sula te d ca ble and fitti ngs, $ 10,OH . C OLUivl BUS : Construc tion of five a llpur pose wareh ouses, $24 1,55 7. A T LANTA: E . V . Camp Steel W or ks, (2 cont rac ts ) bombs and ancho rs, $60,998. A T LANTA : I M C Eq uip ment, Inc., ste el ch annel fr ami ng, $ 12,456. A T LA NTA : W alker Electrical Co. , Inc., (2 con tract s) fir e control switch boa rd s, rep air pa rts and inst ructions, $ 167,042. JA SPE R : J asper Lumber Co ., a nimo boxes, $83,650. M A C 0 N : R em ingt on-R and , I nc., guide ca rds, $ 10, 114. D ECAT UR : Peerl ess Pu mp D ivision , wa ter pumping units, $ 17,436. A UGUSTA : Aug usta L um ber C o., doors a nd window sash , $ 12,839. M A CON : Sta nda rd O il C o., gasoline and m ot or oil, $26,0 13. A T HENS : Big Ace Co rp ., shirt s, .$78000 . A U GUSTA : Coc a -Cola Bottling Co., Coca-Cola, $80,280. ATLANTA : Grinnell Co., I nc., fire protectio n equ ipme nt, $ 11,0 15.

BR UN SWI CK : H ercu les Pow der Co

industrial ch em icals, $44,79 1.

.,

SA V ANNA H: I sa ac D. H irsch. beer

$ 16,821.

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V A L DOSTA: G idden & Vlilkes, I nc., gasoline , $30,5 10.
A T L ANTA : Anderson C layton & Co., cotton, $228,280.
WAYCR OSS: G eorgia R efrigera tion

Service, air cond itio ning and installa-

tion , $ 12,07 1.

SAVANNA H : T he T exa s Compa ny

mot or fu el gasoline, $2 1,795.

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A T L ANT A : Genera l Eleva tor Co m-

pan y, eleva tors, $49,785 . SA V ANNA H : Coca-Cola Bottlin g Co .,
Coca-Cola , $ 14,440 . A UGUSTA : T he Texas Co., c/ o T he
Boardman Oi l Co., gasoline, $30,000. A T L ANTA : Scripto, I nc., Scrip to p ens
a nd refills, $20,669. S A V A N N A H : G ulf Oi l C o., diesel oil,

$18, 183. A UG US TA : Pepsi C ola Bottling Co.,
Pepsi Co la , $80,280. A T L ANT A: Th e T e x a s C ompany,

gasoline , $66,300. SA V A NNA H : Sta nda rd Oi l Co., gas,
$46,5 15. ATLA NTA : Coo k & Co ., I nc., cotto n,
$ 17,725.

A Swimming Pool Is No Longer A Luxury

Ba ck ya rds in Geor gia will t ak e on a new look thi s sum me r with the a id of plasti cs. A new corpora tion has rccen tlv been form ed in At lan ta for the cons t'ruct ion of swimm ing pools on privat e p rem ises. M cls.clvcy Co rbe tt Comp any excava te s, cons truc ts walls of m asona ry or lumber, a nd then lin es t he p roj ect wi th a tou gh p last ic liner, th e Bilnor lin er.
T he p lastic poo l ca n be filled with a ga rde n hose and drain ed by a sump pum p or plumber' s drain, or a filt er ing system m ay be adap ted . Bilnor p ools can be bu ilt in sizes r ang ing from

J2' X 27' u p to 20' X 40' . T he r e a re

sloping dep th s from 3' to 8'. The p lastic

is tou gh enough to resist str ess, ex tre me

weather conditions an d involves a

mini mum of upkeep .

The a mazing ch a rac teristic abo ut

this p lasti c swim m ing pool is it s econo -

my- a nd soon throu ghout Geo rgia

m any fami lics will be eq uip pe d with

th eir own swimm ing fac ilities. Geor-

gia's clima te is ju st r igh t for this type

of p ool a nd a number of families

th rou gh out va rious sectio ns of th e sta te

have alrea d y contr a cted for ins ta l-

lat ion.

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G EO HG TA DEPAHTMENT O F COM M E R C E

NEWSI,ETTER

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Good Farming In Taylor County Basis For Humming Industry, Ciood Economy

high schoo l building a t Butler to cost
$800,000 , and R eynold s high schoo l will und erg~ a remod elin g program. New gym naSIUms han : been built at ha th Butler a nd Reynold s schoo ls.

Taylor is a coun ty pred omina tely ag ricu ltural, yet sprin kled with industrv th at varies fro m textiles manufa c!U'red fro m cotto n to m ining of nati ve

grist mill s are situated on these streams, several of wh ich have la rge lakes th at provide fine fishing, boat ing a nd gen {Tal recreati on spots.

A number of g rammar schoo ls bo t h wh ite and colored, are foun d throu nhali t th e co unty, a nd N eg ro h igh schools a rc at Butler and R cvn o ld s, with nr-w bui ldings p la nned a t 'bo th schoo ls.

sa nd , C reated in 1852, nam ed for Zach ary
Taylor , U. S. Pr esid ent, it is 102 yea rs old . The land a rea is 256,000 ac res ; 214,:-1 92 acres a re in 1,044 farms. The chief farm pr oduct s a re cott on, pcpper , corn, gra in, pea ch es, p ecans and extensive ca t tle ra ising. Former row crop farms are now dotted with purc-. bred ca ttle g ra zing upon th e lush permanent pasures.
Much lumber and pulpwood are produced in th e coun ty, and Au stin Guinn, R an ger of th e T a ylor County Forestry Unit, says th er e are 168,000 ac res in for ests in th e coun ty a nd th at during th e 1952-5 3 winter seaso n, 2,090,000 pines wer e set and 2,000 ,000 seedlings a rc bein g set in th e 1953-54 seaso n ju st ending. Mr. Guinn says T a ylor is one of th e leading reforestation counties in th e state, with a protecting un it.
Besides lumber a nd pulpwood , th e pin es a lso yield nav al stores and th e Butl er N av al Stores Co., op er ates in th at field. Two sa nd com pa nies fun ction in th e coun ty- the R. L. Brown Sand Co. , a nd Brown Bros. Sa nd Co. , both a t H oward. Both op er at e severa l sa nd pits. The Georgia Co ating Clay C o., of Butler , produces cha lk and kaolin in th c coun ty. Suggs M a chine Shop at Butler is an adjunct of th e lumber industry as it provides logging (skidders) m achiner y.
Taylor is said to be th e second egg producin g county in th e sta te . Three large h atcheries th at provid e eggs an d bab y chicks arc th e Peach V all ey Egg Fa rm , op er ated by Mrs. A. E. Guinn ; th e M cC ants Poultry 'F a rm & H atchery, Franklin M cC ants prop rieto r, both a t Butler, a nd Parr Poultry F a rm & H atchery, Mrs. E. F. Parr p ropr ietor, a t R eynold s.
Three freez er -locke r pl ants in th e coun ty p rovide sto rage and refri geration for mea ts a nd othe r products gro wn in th e coun ty. Ther e is one eac h a t Butler , R eyn old s and Ruper t.
Taylor ha s a n abunda n t water sup ply. It is bounded on th e north and cast by Flin t river , and cree ks that tr aver se th e county ar e Whitewater, Horse, Ced ar and' Patsiliga . M an y

Bibb M anu factu ring Co ., wi th headqu a rt ers at Macon , ope ra tes a large textil e pl ant - T aylor's Mill - on Whitew ater C reek whi ch manufactu res threa d, cord a nd twine.
Other plants in th e coun ty are: th e Butl er Lumber Co., p lan er and saw-
mill; J. T. Co chran , Butler, ginne ry
and fertilizer ; M elton V ault Co ., Buttler, vau lt s and blocks; Payn e Gin & W arehouse Co. , Butler ; J am es R . Wilson, Butler machine shop ; Hinton & Co ., a t R eyn old s, fertilizer ; Reynolds C on crete Pr oduct s Co.; F . A. Ri cks, R eynolds, ginne ry; Charlie R . Simmon s, R eynolds, gin; Thurman What-
ley, R eyn old s, gin; J. R yan Coop er , a t
Rupert, ceme n t blocks.

Georgia Power Co ., provides elec tricity fo r th e area, a nd headquarters of th e Flint El ectric M ember ship Co rp., a rc hou sed in tw o modern buildings a t R eyn old s, th e REA co-op having mor e th an 9,000 consume r-custom er s, th e lin es ex tending from W arner R obin s on th e cas t to Fo rt Benning
westward, S. J. T ankersley is superin -
tend ent of th e co-op .
The main office of th e Public Servi ce Telephon e Co., whi ch serves th e a rea, is a t R evn old s. Two banks a rc in th e
coun ty . " w. H. V anLandingh am is
pr esident of th e Citizen s St ate Bank at Butl er, and M rs. C . H. Neisler head s th e Citizen s St ate Bank a t R eyn old s.
The county is well represen ted by

Flint Elcctric Membership Corp. officc building at R eyn olds.

Two r ailroad s, th e Central of Georgia and th e ACL serve th e coun ty , whil e paved road s criss-cross th e county in a fin e highway syste m . Hospitals in th e coun ty a rc th e M ontgomer y H ospital, a t Butler, operated by Dr. R . C. Montgom ery, a nd th e Sam s Hospital a t R eynold s, man aged by D r. F. H . Sa ms. Mrs. Laurette Co x is in charge of th e T aylor Co unty H ealth Ce nte r at Butler.
Butler, with po pu la tio n in 1950 of 1,182, is th e coun ty sea t, th e tw o-stor y, br ick courthouse occ upying an entire sq ua re in th e city, ado rne d by a h andsome Confede ra te monument.
Ther e a re tw o high schoo ls in th e coun ty . Butler High , h as D. S. Compton as princip al , and R eyn old s High , E . H . Joiner , principal.
Plan s hav e been a pproved for a new

churc hes. A non-denominational ca mp meeting is held annua lly a t Taylor Co un ty Campgrounds, and severa l denomination s have hou ses of wor ship th rou gh out th e cou nty .
Reyn old s, with a population in 1950 of 906, has as it s M ayor, R . L . Swearinge n . M rs. Blan ch e Brunson is R eynold s Postm aster . a nd C. C. H obb s serv es at Butler. '

County offi cers are : Ordina ry, J . R.

Lunsford ' C lerk J a rrell ; She riff ,

of C.

JC. ouWrt~igThth;clmTaonx

Co mmissioner, C . H . Ada ms; School

Super intend ent, W. H . Elli ston ; Coro-
ner, .J. D. Cooke ; C ommission ers, E.

H . Bazemore, Chairman ; Walter

W ainwright a nd L ewi s W atson. Farm

Agent, V. R . R eddick ; L egislator, D.

E. Byrd ; Sen ator, H . G. Cheek .

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HIGHLIGHTING OUK PKOGKESS
Royston gets dial telephone system . . . Louisville in stalls a $56,000 sewage treatment p lant. .. Two housing projects completed at Blakely: 24 units for whites and 39 for negroes. . . Two new shopping cente rs are to be built at Co lumbus-one to cost $200,-
000 and another $3,500,000. . . J. D .
J ewell, Inc., of Gainesville, a nnounces th e purchase of a froz en baker y goods manufacturing firm at Florenc e, Ala .
Jackson Electric M embership Corp., an REA co-op, at J efferson has issued a 16-page p amphlet, "Northeast Geor gia Empire" to enco urage new in dustries to locate in the area ... Hotel D eSoto, Savannah, will be " 100 p er cen t air-conditioned on or befo re M ay 1, 1954," the management announce s... Lo ckheed Air craft Corp., Marietta, h as order s that will ca rry its produ ction into 1956.. . Mixon Milling Co. at Camilla, has under wayan extensive exp ansion progr am at it s p lant.
Harmony Blue Granite Co. , a t E lberton, is rebui lding its recently burned-out unit with a new, mo dern 224-foot shed on a new site along the Seaboard railro ad . . . M acon Chamber of Commerce a nnounce s th at 60,000 convention del egates spent nearly onc million doll ars in th at city in 1953. . . A contrac t to build the pipelin e that will carry natural gas to Sparta has been let. . . N atural gas lines to Cochran have been completed, and M illen also will in stall natural ga s, as will E a t o n to n .
McCaysville pl an s a 280,000-gallon a d ay water filtration p lant. . . The

Shower D oor Co . of Am erica has built a new p lant at Atlanta.. . Savannah got its fir st television station recen tly wh en WTOC-TV went on the air... Crisp County Pow er Commissioners at Cordele, state that th e Raines substation has been put in to operation, providing new rural electric lines in th e ar ea. . . The Berrien County H ealth Center a t Nas hv ille h as been ded icated .
T he Phoenix Oi l Co., of Augusta will become a terminal point for produ cts of the California Oi l Co... A n ew win g of 12 rooms for th e M innie G. Boswell Hospital at Greensboro is to be bui lt . . . T he new Polk County H ealth Center at Ce dartown wa s dedi cat ed on F eb . 4... A new tobacco war ehouse is under const ruc tion at Moultrie. . . Southern Bell T elephone Co., has construc ted a new bu ilding in J onesboro for Jonesboro and Fayetteville custome rs.
Plantation Pipe Line has completed a $200 ,000 oil terminal on Miller Road, Columbus.. . Waynesboro's new radio sta tion is WBRO at 1310 on th e dial. . . .Griffin 's n ew million-gallon water tank has been put in operation. . . El Patio Tourist Co urt at Brunswick will add 10 new u nits at a cost of ap. proximately $30,000.
Tifton op ens its $275,000 sewage disposal p lant.. . Mo ultrie p lans a large new au ditorium -a rmo ry to be fin an ced by feder al, state an d local funds with a sea ting capacity of 1,800-2 ,000 p eop le.. . Southern Gum Processing Co ., Savannah, has tak en over op eration of seve ral naval stores p lants in seven South Georgia cities.. . T he Valdost a a nd Lowndes County Hospital Authority announces p lans for construction of an offi ce bui lding at th e site

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of th e n ew hospit al, space to be available to doctor s and dentists of the a rea.
T I' e utI e n C o u n t y Hospi tal has been dedi cated . . . A N ati on al Gu ard Armory to cost over $100,000 has been approved .to be bu ilt in Fort Yargo Park at Wmder.
Cellophane Concern
Brook s Paper Company, a subsidiary of a St. Louis firm of th e same nam e, has op en ed a plant in ATLAN TA. The conce rn conver ts cellophane for bu siness a nd industrial uses. Operations in th e Georgia p lant at fir st will be sheetin g, cutt ing and rewinding of DuPont cellophane such as pliofilm, ace ta te and polyethylen e. E. A. Woolwin e, J r., is h ead of th e firm .
Taylor County
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E. L . H a rris is M a yor of Butler, and
.J. D . Cook e is both fir e an d police
ch ief. Butler and R eyn olds eac h h as a
Li ons Club , a nd sever al Women' s organiza tions in each city a re activ e.
Butler and R eyno lds participate in th e Better Home T own contests, and Crowell community in the county won first p lac e in 1953 Ch attahooche e V alley Farm Community Improvement contest sponsor ed by th e Georgia Power Co . The prize was $600 .
The 78-year old Bu tl er H erald serves th e ar ea with a modern printing pl ant. Owner and editorial wri ter is Charl es E . Berms, Sr., former secre tary of the Geor gia Press Assn., an d who served 15 yea rs as Butler Postmaster. Charl es Berms, Jr., is managing editor, an d O. E . Cox, publisher and bu siness ma nage r.

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E~ IMENTOF [OMMEU[E
EW LETTER
APRIL 10, 1954

NEWSLETTER

NEWSLEITER

Published semi-monthly by

GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE

100 State Capitol

* HERMAN E. TALMADGE
Governor
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

EMORY L. BUTLER

Chai rman

Lonnie A. Pope, V. Chm .

Y. F. Geeslin

Ben J essup

Hoke Pet ers

* CLARK GAINES Secr e t a r y

Vol. 5, No. 13

April 10, 1954

Pierce County Site Of New FFA Cantp

On th e Satilla Ri ver betw een Patterson and Blacksh ea r a new Future Farmers of Am erica camp has been establi shed . Situated on eight acres of land given by L indsa y Grace for whom the camp is nam ed, it will be used as h eadquarters for forestry ed uca tion, camping, fishing a nd recreati on . M embers of the FFA throughout the Southeast Georgia district ra ised $4,900 th emselves, mostly through selling magazin e subscriptions. T his was invested in construc ting th e building, whi ch was built of jumbo bri ck. The building contain s a la rge dormitory room for sleeping twenty boys, ano th er smaller roo m for advisors quarters, a living and dini ng room, kitchen and screen porch. The members of th e FF A did a good portion of th e work th em selves, a nd pl a ns ar e un der study for the expansion of th e facilities. T he F ut ur e Farm ers of America are a p roject of th e V oca tional Agriculture Divis ion of th e St ate D ep artment of Education . M embers of th e FFA a re boys studying vocational agriculture in hi gh scho ol.

Savanna h : Geor gia Public H ealth Assoc ia tion Conven tion, Hotel D eSoto, Apri l 11- 14.
Thomast on: F at Cattle Show a nd Sa le, April 13.
Atla nta : Geor gia Bank ers Association M eeting, Biltmore H otel, April 1315.
Sylvania: Fat Cattle Show and Sa le, April 14-15.
Atla nta : Southern Societ y of Philosophy a nd Psychology, Biltmor e H otel, April 15-1 7.
Albany: R o t a I' y Conference, W est Georgia D istrict, R ad iu m Springs I nn, April 18- 20.
Savanna h: 40 th Annua l Convention of Co unty Commissioner s of Georgia, H ot el D eSot o, Ap ril 19-20.
Macon: Georgia Independ ent Oi lmen's Associat ion Conference, D empsey H otel , Apri l 22-23.
Sav anna h : Am eri can Associat ion of Universit y Women M eeting, Georgia D ivision, H ot el DeSoto, April 2325.
Macon: Georgia Credit Leagu e Confer en ce, Hotel D empsey, April 2324 .
Swainsboro: Pine Tree Festival, April 23-30 .
Commerc e: J ackson Co unty F at Cat tle

Ap ril 10, 1954
Show a nd Sale, Apri l 24. Columbus : Knights of Columbus M eet,
ing, R alston H otel , April 24-25. Co lumbus : Bet a Sigm a Phi Con ven tion,
R alston H ot el, Apri l 24-2 5. Savannah : Geor gia Baptist Su nday
Sch ool Con fer en ce, H ot el D eSoto, April 25-29. Atla nta: Geor gia Li vestock Exposition, April 26-28. Sta tesboro : 'F a t Cattle Sh ow a nd Sale, April 29. Thomasville: R ose Festiva l, Apri l 30. Sav a nnah : Beauty Show, H otel DeSoto, M ay 1-3. Macon : Georgia St ate M edi cal Associa tion, Municip al Auditorium, M ay 2-5 . Atlanta: M etropolitan Opera Season, M a y 3-5. Atla nta: National Co un cil of Ind ust rial M anagem ent C I u b s Confer ence, Biltmor e Hotel, ?vIa y 6-8 . Savannah: Civitan I n tern a tional, Georgia Di stri ct M eeting, H otel DeSoto, May 6-9. Columbus: Georgia Fed er ati on of M usic Club s Con vention, R alston H otel, M ay 6-8. Alba ny: Georgia State O steop atic Association M eeti ng, R adium Springs I nn , M ay 7-8.

Cover Picture
"Atlanta-The Do gwood City," set s aside again thi s yea r a week in celebration of the blossoming of th e offi cia l flower of the cap ital city of the sta te. D ogwood W eek, April 4 thro ugh 11, as proclaimed by At lanta's M a yor Wil liam B. Hartsfield, is sponsored by th e Women' s Chamber of Commer ce of Atlanta. It is estimated that th er e are a half milli on dogwood trees in Atlanta, and addit iona l thousands are p lante d eac h yea r . Sp ecial d isplays thro ughout Atlanta sto res in favor of th e dogwood will be seen, a nd severa l private a nd
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C a rolyn Ca rler
A close view of Atlanta's official flower, at the height of its blossoming in early April.

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NEWSLETTER

April 10, 1954

Georgia Shares in Growth of Woolen Industry In The South As New Plants Begin Operation

I nformati on that th e woolen and worsted indu stry spindles south of th e M ason-Dixon line had jumped fro m five per cent of the nat ional tot al in 1949 to 15 per cent in 1953, a growth of approxima tely 200 per cent, stresses the fact th at Georgia is sharing in this gain of mills manufacturing woolen goods.
E. H oward Benn et t, ed itor of the T extile R epo rter, national trade p ublication, is quoted as saying of th is tr end southward :
"You can no m ore stop th e tr ansf er of th e woo len and worsted industr y to Southe rn sta tes th an you could h ave stopped th e hegir a of th e cotton mills yea rs ago."
Georgia is sharing in thi s increase in woolen mill s and in 1953 was second state in th e So uth in the number of persons em ployed in these plants- 3,588. North Ca rolina was first in the South with 7,389 employees in that in du stry.
Th is in crease in th e number of woolen mi lls in Georgia is also noted in th e gain in th e number of sheep now being grow n on Georgia farm s, th eir hik e in valu e and an improvem ent in th e quality of th e anima ls.
Ther e was a gain of 2,000 shee p on Geo rgia fa rms on J an. 1, 1954, compar ed wit h a yea r ago. On J an. 1, th ere wer e 15,000 sheep in Georgia, compared with 13,000 at th e end of 1952.
The value sho wed a big gain , too . I n 1945, th e value of sheep per head was $6.10, wh ereas in 1953 th e va lue was $12.80 a head. In 1945, all she ep on Georg ia far ms were va lued at $110,000, and in 1953 th ey were said to be wort h $ 192,000 .
Sheep growing in Georgia is scatte red well over th e state, many farmers findin g th em profitable, and farm you th clubs ar e adding them to th eir livestock progr am s. She ep displays at various Georgia fairs ar e being made over the sta te ; thi s is someth ing new at Georgia fair s.
The Georgia Exp erim ent Sta tions have shee p flocks, and th ese an imals are included in th eir expe rimen tal ac tivities, as to breeds, diseases, etc. The

Georgia Sheep Breede rs Association also promotes thi s industry in th e state.
T he expansion of mi lls that manufa cture woolen good s in Georgia was increased recentl y wh en th e Ti fton M anufacturing M ill, at Tifton, established th ere by th e Am erican Wool en Co ., began operation. It is h oused in a lar ge, commodious bui ldin g, thi s plant being quite an addition to th e ind us-

M ills, Inc., Newnan ; Atlanta Woo len Mi lls, Atlan ta ; Brook M anufacturi ng Co., Gr eensboro ; Ca lloway M ills Co., LaGrange; Ceda rtown T extil es, I nc., Ce da rtown; Dublin Woolen Mill s, Dublin ; Ed gefield Sh irt Co ., I nc., Swainsboro.
Georgia K nitt ing Mi lls, Atlanta ; M acon T extil es, I nc., M acon ; Mi lledgeville Mi lls, Mi lledgeville ; Newn an Cot-

Part of a h erd of shee p ra ised near Ri verdale.

tri al development of Tifton. William C . Ro ss is resident m an ager of th e new Tifton mi ll.
The Am es Woo len M ill at Cleveland, is sched uled to begin operations in a short tim e. This mi ll will manufact ur e woolen p rod ucts, and will p rovide employment for many people in th at section . It is th e lat est plant to locat e in th is th riving Northeas t Geo rgia city that has attracted nationwide atte nion in recent years.
Other mills, many of whi ch have been establishe d a long tim e in Georgia, that manufacture woolen produ cts include:
Arnall Mill s., Inc., Sa rgen t; Arnco

ton M ills, Newn an ; Peerless Woolen Mi lls, I nc., R ossville ; Sachem M ills, In c., Winder, and Sh ep herd Bros. Spread Co., Calh oun, Ga.
Cover Picture (Continued from Page 2)
CIVIC orga nizat ions sponsor sp ecial ac tivities in the name of the dogwood .
Ea ch year the Women's Ch amber of Commerc e publishes a series of walking tours for th e beginning of April: sections of th e city wh er e dogwood is particularly preval ent are m apped out, an d bus routes to them are exp lained.
- Photo by Carolyn Ca rter.

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NEWSLETTER

April 10, 1954

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

New Athens Industry
A new company, Luminous Processes, Inc., is erecting a plant in ATHENS. The conce rn manufactures lum inous dia ls for clocks. It will supply General Time Corporation, anothe r in dustry establishin g in Athens, with dials for Electric Wesclox clocks. Approxi mately ten persons will be employed by Luminous Pro cesses ; most of th e manufa cture is by machinery. Wi lliam Zorn will serve as manager of th e concern.
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Ocilla Expansion
The Sou th Georgia Wood Pr eserving Company of OCILLA has completed the installation of an Osmos e retort plant for the pressure treatment of wood . Installed at an estimated cost of $30,000, th e new facilities ar e capable of producing 20,000 board feet of lumber per day . The company, which was organized three yea rs ago , has con siderably expanded since then, and serves a la rge portion of South Georgia with tr eated lumber, fence posts and construction material.
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New Building
A new quarter -million dollar bui lding for the Wagner Electric Corporation was opened recently in ATL A N T A . The bui lding has 20,000 square feet of floor space. F orty p eople ar e employed at th e Atlanta branch of th e St. Louis corporation under C. G . Jackson, manager. T h e plant is concerned with autom obile motor manufacture.
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Motel Addition
The $50,000 addition to th e Orlando Courts at L U D O W I CI has recen tly been completed . With th e addition of 12 new units the motor court now con tains a total of 22 units and a restaurant. Besides the addition of n ew units and their furnishings, the land around the courts is being la ndscaped. R . A. Pa lmer is owner of the courts.
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Lumpkin Corporation
A new corporation has been form ed in L U M PK I N , Stewart County, under the lead ersh ip of Larry Cas tleberry. Mallard Frame, Inc., will manufacture woo d products, and wood and metal frames, primarily for pi ctures. Production will begin in th e very near future.

Food Plant
Construction has begun on a building for Blue Plat e Foo ds, Inc., in ATLANTA . Construction cost is estimated at $560 ,000 for a one-story fir eresistant p lant, con taining some 116,870 square feet of floor space. The concern, manufacturers of mayonnaise and other food products, is a subsidiary of Wesson Oi l Company and Snowdrift Sales Company of N ew Orleans.
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The Modernaire
A fine n ew tourist court is now open to th e public in ADAIRSVILLE . The Modernaire Tourist Court, managed by Mr. and Mrs. J am es King, is locat ed on U. S. Route No. 4 1. The 16 units of the motel arc air -conditioned and have new and modern equipment.
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Fertilizer Plant
I nstallation has been completed of a fertilizer manufacturin g plant by th e Stevens Warehouse Company in ELLAV ILLE. The n ew machinery allow s for production of 160 tons of fertilizer during an eight-h our day .
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Tobacco VVarehouses
Two new warehouses will soon be cons tructed in PE ARS ON , to be ready for tobacco auction sales in the sum mer. The bui lding of the warehouses is a corporate concern of Waldo H enderson, Math Mize ll and C. A. Drake.

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HIGHLIGHTING
OUR PROGRESS
Jake Roobin is th e new president of th e Crisp Co unty Chamber of Commer ce, succeeding W . R. Turner , who serves in 1953. Ralph B. Moore is th e new ch amber managcr. ... H azel M . Chamberlain, of D es Moins, Iowa, writing in Better Homes and Gardens, says " We visit ed th e L and of th e 'T rembling Earth,' th e best trip we ever took!" Sh e refers, of cou rse, to Okefenokee Swamp Park. . . .
The Central of Georgia Railro ad 's annual report points out that th e concer n has becom e comp letely " dieselizcd ," and that industrial project s undcrw av on the rai lroad's lin es tot al mor e than 200 million dollars in valu e a t th e end of 1953. . . . Villa Rica citizens voted approval of a $515,000 bond issue to install a municip ally own ed ga s distribution syste m, and a line will be extended into Vill a Ri ca bv th e Southern N atural Gas Compan y.
Elberton is spending $400,000 enlar gin g and improving its waterw orks sta tion. . . . Calhoun Council has vo ted to extend its wat er line in th e northern section of th e city .. . . Construct ion con tracts totaling approximately $500,000 for additions to th e Gen er al E lectri c Company's new tr ansformer p lant at Rome h ave been awarded to th ree Georgia firms . . . .
Hartwell has put into ope ra tion a new wat er tank th at will in creas e th e city 's water storage cap acity to 375,000 gallons. . ..Bonds h ave been vot ed to construc t a new gym and auditorium at the Crawford County High School at Roberta.. .. In At he ns the corne rstone of Gen eral Time Corporation's new tw o-mi llion dollar clock manufacturing plant wa s recently laid. . . . The cont rac t for the constr uc tion of a building for Cartersville Undergarme nt Corporation has been let and the bui lding will be complete d by July first... . A new steel grain warehouse is being er ected in J ackson by th e R edm an Seed Company.. . .
A tour of th e state for motor club travel offi cials during the week of March 27-April 3 was sponsored by the Georgia St ate Chamber of Commerce in coope ration with The Georgia Motor Club , The Georgia Hotel Association and Modern Trailways. . . .

NEWSLETTER

Murray Mingles Archaeology and History . With Present Day Progressive Activities

Archaeology-still a p uzzle- histo ry, religion , traged y, mining, industry, mo un tain scenery and agriculture are all in th e makeup of 122-year old Murray coun ty, n amed for T homas \V. Murr a y, a nd crea ted in 1832. It was then a la nd occupied la rgely by I ndians, since that was four years before th eir t rek to the west beg an .
T he L. & N . railroad traverses th e county, includ ing a station at th e present county-s eat, C ha tsworth . The county capita l was removed from p ioneer Sp ring Pl ace, a few m iles wes t-

Ch at sworth's popula tion in 1950 was 1,214, an d t he re cent expa nde d city limits a nd serv ices, and n ew res idences are evide nce of th e city's rapi d grow th.
Facilities
T he approximately 20 in dustries in th e county-most of them in Chatsworth-include three large talc p lants, chen ille good s, lumbering, mu ch of whi ch is conver ted int o fini shed p roducts, gins, grist mi lls an d sawm ills.
Talc m ining has long been a n impo r ta nt industr y at Chatsworth. T ak en

Ap ril 10, 1954
Murray M emoria l H ospital, Stanton J ones, administrator, an d th e Mur ray County H ealt h Center, M rs. M ar vin Ro gers, cou nty nurs e, are at Chatsworth as is th e M urra y Count y L ibra ry, with M rs. J ohnnie H a rtl ey, libraria n, a nd also R ed C ross dir ector. Coh utta Ban king Co ., R . E. Chambe rs, p resident, is a t Chatsworth ; H. B. Brooks is president of th e Chatswor th Lio ns Club, and women's organizations incl ude th e Chatsworth Woman' s C lub an d th e Business an d Profession al Women 's Club .
Electricity is provide d by the Georgia Power Co. and REA lines; Chatsworth T elephone Co. h as a dial system, an d th e city wa terworks is bein g im proved by th e ere ction now of a 500,-

Georgia Parks Dept .
Tower atop Fort Mountain State Park.

The historic Vann Ho use at Spring Plae e whie h will be restored and converted into a Ch eroke e museum.

wa rd, whi ch still re ta ins its cha rm a n d histori c interest.
T he famou s residence built abo ut 1790 by Chief J oseph V a nn, a massive two-sto ry brick st ru cture, is to be restored and con verted in to a Cherokee museum by th e Georgia H istorical Commission .
T wo markers cite th a t J ohn H owar d Pa yne, author of "Home Sweet H om e," was imprisoned or " de ta ined " at this house, but was exone rated of the ch arge of being a spy of the Indians.
N ear th e V ann house stood th e " First M oravian Mi ssion to th e Cherokees."
Spring Pl ace's popula tion in 1950 was 214 ; it s an cient, former courthouse is now used as a schoo l building a nd the town is said to be one of the oldest in th e state. T he town's p eopl e are proud of it s history a nd present charm .

from nearby Cohutta and F ort M ountain, talc is used in th e manufacture of crayons, toilet articles, fa ce powde r, paper , du stin g po wders (insecticides) , paints, as a filler for roofing material an d for other uses.
The Murray County high school, of whi ch H . C. Bosto n is p rincip al" is located at Chatsworth, and has enrollment of around 400 high school pupils. Gramma r schools are loca ted throughout th e county.
A bu ildi ng program to cost $700,000 h as bee n approved whi ch will be used to imp rove th e schoo ls of th e coun ty.
Fo ur modern motels serve tou rists a t C hatsworth , wh er e U . S. H ighways 4 11 an d 76 cross. State highway 22.5 extends fro m Calhoun through Spring Place, northwa rd, an d oth er Sta te road s a re 6 1 a nd 52.

ODD-gallon reservoi r on nearby Cohutta mountain .
S. H . K elly is M ayor of Chatswor th , and Councilmen are: W . A. W est, C. B. H oney, W . H . Bramblett, Seward Hi x. Police Chief is M . C. Queen and volunteer F ire C hief is R . L. Vinin g.
M urray Co unty officers ar c : O rdi-
na ry, .J. W . Dooly; Clerk of Co ur t,
F. R. K endrick ; Sh er iff, T om Peepl es; T ax Co mm issione r, Gera ld H . Leonar d; School Sup erin tende n t, R ay Bag ley; Coroner, E . P. Ad am s; m emb er of Legislatur e, Odell Ingle ; St at e Senator, Kirby Pa rk. H. O . Cole is 'Farm Agent an d Mi ss An ne Wil son is Home Demonst ration Agent.
M iss Alva J ea n H olmes is secre ta ry of the Cha tswor th Chamber of C om merce.
The 66-year old Chatswort h T im es
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Murray County

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is p ub lished by R oy M cG int y, J r., who took over p ubli cation of th e paper in 1929-25 yea rs ago-succeeding h is fa th er , R oy :Me Gin ty, who went to Ca lhoun wher e he has since published th e Tim es th er e.

Gen er al cro ps a rc grown in Murr ay

coun ty, spec ializing in gr ain , cot ton,

livestock da ir ying, po ultry, pi miento

peppe rs-650 acres being "signed up"

for 1954.

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Oth er towns in Mu rr av besides C ha tswort h an d Spr ing P lace' a rc E ton , Crandall, R amhurst and Tenn ga .

In addition to local industries and agr icu lture, nearby p lants- especially che nille conce rn s-afford emp loyme nt for m a ny M urray Coun ty p eop le.

Fort Mountain

Fort M ountain, a few miles east of Ch at sworth, holds a secret th at has intrigued hi stor ian s a nd archa eologists for many years . Ncar its 2,855 -foot summit is an anc ien t fortification 800 feet long, a low wa ll of ro cks, abou t two feet high , 12 feet at bas e an d wit h a cha in of 30 ind ividual " dugou ts," all joined or connec ted wit h th e mai n line.
M a ny exp la na tions arc given as to th e or igin of this forma tion.
T he development of F ort M ou nt a in is the result of a childhood desire of I van Allen, Sr ., Atlanta resident. As a child a t D alton he was promised a h ike upon th e mo un ta in. T his was not accomp lished u ntil yea rs later when he bou ght 800 acres on top of th e mo un tain , t hen climbed up to see his purchas e.
H e later gave th e State of Georgia man y acres on top of th e m ountain . A CCC camp was established th ere on la nd totaling 2,000 ac res ac quired and set aside for th at p ur pose .
A to wer was ere cted on the top of the mountai n, dedi cated to M r . Allen, and a highwa y- D. S. 76 a nd State 52 - h as been p aved to th e top an d over the mountain, wh ich is now a un it of the D epartment of State Pa rks, and con tains 1,954 acres. A feature of Fort M ou ntain is a 17-aere lake, hig h on th e mountai nside stocked with bass an d trout.
The P ark is op en th e yea r-round with a reside nt superin tende n t in ch a rg e .

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
M ONTI CELL O : M ont icello Cannin g Company, pimientos, $29 ,240.
ATLANTA : T he Babcock & Wilcox Co mpa ny, (2 con tra cts) grinding balls, ring s an d pu lver izer parts, $101,984 .
LITHIA SPR I NGS: But ler Lumber Company, pallets, $23,968.
A T LANTA : Ph illips Sewing M ach ine Company, recon ditioning of equipmen t, $ 13,352.
A UGUS TA : T ho ma s H . Brittingham & Com pa ny, air-conditioning , $29,10 1.
W AYCR OSS: Waycross M achine Sho p, p ract ice bombs, $537,600 .
A T L ANT A : Link-Belt Co mpa ny, conveyor unit, $66,245.
SA VA N N AH : Savanna h M achine & Found ry Company, (2 contracts) shi p rep airs, $ 136,953.
A UG USTA: Patch en & Zimmerma n, architectural a nd enginee ring services, $74 ,000 .
CO LUM BUS: W righ t Contracting Compa ny, casti ng a rticula ted concrete ma ttress, $652 ,320.
FA Y ETT E VILLE : Redwine Brothers, (2 contracts) lumber, $23, 194.
ATL ANTA: Broo ks-Fisher I nsulating Compa ny, inrulation , $5 12,505 .
CO RDELE : Harris Foundry & M achi ne Company, sh ells, $36,836.
A LBANY : K een an Welding Supplies Co ., I nc., oxygen an d t ran sport ation, $38,852.
SA V AN N A H: Savannah Sugar R efinin g Corpo ra tio n, (3 contrac ts) suga r, $48,201.
ATLANTA : Scientific Associates, I nc., resea rch inves tiga tion of lens, $27,998 .
BA INBR IDGE : Mi ller H ydro Compa ny, auxilia ry fuse rings, $62,942.
ATLANTA: South la nd Co ffee Compan y, coffee , $ 16,713.
BR UN SWI CK: Georgia Creosoting .Com pany, creo soted p iles, $ 10,600 .
AT LANT A : Titus M anufacturing Company, Crawley-Corbrand t Co ., adj ustable fin grilles, $11,420 .
EAST POIN T : W illiam Armstrong Smith Company, paint, $71,929.
A T L ANTA: Walker Electrical Comp an y, switch boa rd, $ 14,040.
A T LANTA: Campbell Coal Compa ny, alum inum window screens, $ 10,192.
CO L LEGE PA RK : T en nessee Corp . R esea rch L ab s, resea rch, $50,000 .
A T LANTA : Egan Co tto n Mi lls, cotton p ad ding, $13,455.
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Ap ril 10, 1954
Two Georgia Festivals Celebrate On April 30
T his yea r two of Georgia's important festiva ls will celebrate on the same date. Swainsboro , ca st cen tral Georgia, will climax a week of activity with pin es on April 30th, th e day tha t Thomasville, southwest Geor gia, will glorify its roses.
Pine Tree Festival
The Pine Tree F estival hcld annually at Swainsboro celebra tes one of Georgia' s most im porta nt n at ural resour ces. T his yea r th e ninth annual festival will be held th ere fro m Apri l 23r d th rou gh April 30th, un der th e lead ership of Ca rlton D eckle.
The week of events inclu des the choosing of th e F a rm Bu reau Queen, a nd talent sho w, installation of edu cational exh ibits, contest for th e selecting of th e Pine Tree Festival R oyal Fam ily: th e King, Queen, Prince and Princess, an all n ight singing convc ntion, a golf tournament at th e Swainsboro Golf Course, variety show and the Pine Tree Ball. O n th e last dav there will be a m ile-long parade witll approxim ately 60 un its includ ing float s a nd bands, announcem en ts will be mad e of the winners of con tests of declamation, po ems, pin e arrangem ents , floats, exhibits, essays, posters-all th ese relat ing to p ine trees. The T ree Fa rmer award will be m ad e, th ere will be a demonstr ation rela ting to th e care of pines. T he Fa rm Bureau Q ueen will be anno unced, a nd th e winners of th e talent show. As a fin ale, there will be two h uge squa re dan ces.
O ver twenty thousand p eopl e h ave flocked to Swainsboro in previous yea rs for thi s festival, and m an y m or e ar e expected to pa rti cip ate in the celebr ation th is yea r.
Rose Festival
The T homasville R ose Festival was born of a n id ea M rs. J essie H a rri s h ad some th ir ty-three years ag o. From a very small R ose Show h eld in N ecI Bro th ers D epartme nt Store in 1920, th e Chamber of Commerc e and th e Thomasville .Garden Club h as h eld an an nu al R ose Show and F estiva l un ti l today, thirty-four years lat er, it is an outstanding even t of the southeast. O riginally planned for T homasville, Georgia, th e "City of R oses," it has expanded to such extent th at thi s entire section takes pa rt in th e festivities an d Festival. N eighbo ring cities, industrial a nd commercial esta blishme nts, and va-
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NEWSLETTER

Wayne (ounty Rapidly Becoming Site For Big Industries Using Resources

Wayne Co un ty, n ea r th e coast of Sout hea st Georgia, will be the site next month of th e ope ning of a tw enty-five milli on dollar industry: R ayoni er Incorpora ted, whi ch will establish a t Doctortown , nea r J esup .. This will be a not ab le event, no t only for W ayne County a nd R a yoni cr In corp or ated , but for Ge orgia as a sta te. It constitu tes Geor gia's 16th p la n t in th e pulp and p ap er field.
It symbolizes the recognition of th e sta te as a good industri al site becau se of it s a bun da n t resources, excellent la-

bel' 250, with George Wein stein as m anager . J ones Lumber Co" emp loying 50, cuts and p rocesses pine. This conce rn is owned by H . D. J on es, Sr.
Pion eer Product s, In c" deal s with lumb er a nd wood veneer, under ,V. F .
and .J. Y. M cC ann . T hey employ 150.
Columbia Naval St or es of J esup, Inc., processes rosin and gum, p rodu cing tu rp entine and other naval stores. S.
.J. J oyner is mana ger of t his pl an t, re-
cently amalga ma ted with several othe r nav al stores conce rn s into th e Southern Gum Processing Company. The

April 10, 1954
' Va yne County is a n a ttrac tive are a, situa ted in a stra teg ic position for tou rists. Not on ly a rc vaca tion ists just stopping on th ei r way to Fl orida or th e coast via U . S. R ou tes 25, 30 1 a nd 34 1, but th ey a re stopping and sta ying in Wayn e Coun ty, baskin g in th e sun, fishing in the Altarn a ha a nd hunting th rou gh the swa mp lands. Fou rt een mot els ar c in th e a rea, providing accommoda tion s for th ose motoring thro ug h or stay ing.
O ther tran spor ta tion fa cilities available in th e ar ea in clude th e Atl antic Coast Line and th e Southern R ai lways, and th e Greyho und a nd T railw ays bu s lines.
T here a rc th ree banks in J esup , th e pul se of th e coun ty : th e First Fed er al Savings and L oan Association, th e

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The mammoth Rayonier Incorporated plant at Doctortown.

bor conditions a nd econom ic progr ess. This industr y, like man y othe rs esta blishing in Geor gia , is a sign of th e indu strial rennaissan ce th at h as been shaping in th e state for severa l decad es, and whi ch has every evide nce of bein g of a stable a nd endur ing nature.
Not only R ayoni er will m ak e good use of th e local timberl ands in th e manufacture of cellulose. The M en gel Comp an y has also bou ght a la rge site nca r J esup wh ich will be su ita ble for construc tion of a pl ant for p rodu cing kr aft type pulp to supply its four boxmaking plants. The tot al inv estm ent of th e M en gel Co m pany will rep resent abou t fift een m illion dolla rs.
Several other industries located in th e pinelands of W ayno County deal with th e prevalent local resource: timber. W aynl inc, In c., is a furni tu re manu fa cturer. Employees th ere nu m-

Sou thern ' Vood Preser ving Company th ere initi all y processes poles for ship ment to its East Poin t pla nt for fin al tr eatment.
Another major industr y already establi shed in Wayne is Sea I sland Shirts, Inc. This Company ma kes spor ts sh ir ts, emp loying 350 worker s under Rob ert Pascal, P rcsidcn t.
Features
J esup is the coun ty sea t of Wa yne, with a populati on estima ted in 1953 a t 5,800. The coun ty h as a total population of app roxima tely 15,000. Other town s in th e county include Odum, whi ch h as two gum m a rk ets, Screven, a nd Ga rd i wh ere th e Alta ma ha Api aries p roduce hon ey, Broadhurst, Doctortown a nd Pin ey Grove. York Bee Co. op erates in J esup a nd R yal s Ap iaries is just ou tside th e city .

Am eri can N ational Bank and the Wayne Sta te Bank . The assets of th ese th ree h ave soa red in recent year s, not onl y becau se of industry a nd tourism, but becaus e J esup is a fav orite city for ret ail trad e in th e area .
J esup is th e site of a four-county health cen ter, serving Brantley, Liber ty, L on g and 'V ayn e coun ties. The L eaphart H ospital is th ere, and th e M cCr ar y H ospital.
An extensive sch ool building p rogram is under wa y in th e coun ty: n ew schoo l construc tion, renovations and add itions to be comp leted by thi s tim e next yea r will ben efit J esup , Odum, Pi ney Grove a nd Screven , including two specialized N egro schools: W ayn e County Training School and R osen wall Industri al School. The total p rogram , as p roj ected , will amo un t to
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some $1,000,000 .

A new sewa ge tr eatment and dispo-

sal progr am is now u nder cons tr uc tion:

a t. a cost of $600,000 th e new p lan t

will a llow for expa nsion of both the

sewage an d water syste ms.

The coun ty seat, J esu p, is th e sit e of

two neighborhood p arks with swings,

etc., a four -a cr e p ark with a com muni ty

hous e, swim m ing pool, and tennis

courts wh ich are con ver ted into a ska t-

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ly J esup S ent in el, is edited by W . B.

Rhoden . R adio Station WBGR op er -

a te s on 1370 kilocycles.

. The tel~phone system in th e cou n ty

IS und ergomg a $70,000 expansion pro-

gram.

. ~.the~ important W ayn e County fa -

cilities in clude 11 w hite ch u rc hes and

five for N egroes a nd a city library

whi ch w~s origina lly sponsor ed b y the

com m u nity garden clubs . Ther e is a

great spiritual awaren ess, as evide nce d

by the fa ct th at a ll ch urches have

eithe r bu ilt new structures or expand-

ed exist ing fa cilities.

Besides the very a ctive Chamber of

Commerce, managed by W . Moffett

K e?drick, Jr:, th ree other civic organi-

za tions con tn bu te their effo r ts tow ards

comm unity imp rovem en t.

The .JayCees, under W a lker Burke

as president a re providing funds for

a new football st ad ium.

T h e K iwanis Club, h ead ed by L aw -

renee Bennett, Sr. , a nn uallv provid es

for n eed y child re n.

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The Lions Club, under \'V. A. Zorn,

helps with vot er registration.

R ecent figures on agriculture indi-

ca te that livestock, poultry and dairy products are important to W ayn e County, besid es timber . In 1952, livestoc k sa les amo unte d to one and three qu arter million dollars; in 1950, $79,000 w as reali zed from th e sa le of dairy product s and $59,000 from poultry.
County Officials Officer s of W ayn e County include:
Ordina r y, =-:ordon Bishop ; C lerk of Court, S. F. Bennet t, Sr. ; Sh er iff, Sid ney R eddish ; T a x Commission er , W . O . Yeom an s; Co un ty School Superintendent, Aubrey Hires; Surveyor , W . P . R eddish ; Coron er, T om M ad ray.
County Commission er s include C . C . Harris, a s C ha irm an, Ji mmy J on es, Camer on Bennett, Ernest Strickland, B. L. Yeom ans, Sr.
M a yor of J esup is D r. J. A. L eap -
hart. M ember of the L egislature is R . L.
Harrison . Judge on th e Brunswick Circuit whi ch serves W ayn e County is D ou glas Thom as; W. G lenn Thom as is Solicit or Ge ne ra l.
Fire Chief is K ennie Yeom an s; T om Crosby, Police Chief.
W ayn e County F a rm Agent is H arry Hutch eson ; H om e D em on stration Agent, Miss Nell D aniels.
Government Contracts (Con tinue d fr om Page 6 )
COR DE LE: Butler Box and C ra te Com pany, p allet s, $26,900.
ATLANTA : Pan -El ect ronics Co rp oration , transmitting equipme nt and crysta l units, $ 16,200.
COLUM BU S : T om U nde rh ill C o., in sta llation of a ir-co nditioning, $29,714.
ATLA NTA: Ch icago Bridge and Iron C o., const ruction of storage tank s, $3 2,700.
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Festivals
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riou s civic organiza tions enter floats and/or displays in the Show.
Bein g held on th e last Friday in April eac h yea r, the even t tak es plac e wh en roses and t.he m any othe r flow ering plants p ecu liar to this a re a are a t th eir pe~k . Vi sitors from eve ry sta te in th e un ion , C anada and M exico, can be found in Thomasville on Rose F estival Day, Some 4.1,000 to 60,000 peopl e visit th e Sh ow and F estival eac h yea r. Tours of th e various ga rde ns and esta te s a re arranged for th e visitor s, golfing match es a re h eld at Glen Arven Co untry C lub, dan ces to accomm odate th e crowds, all of whi ch are reign ed over by th e R ose Sho w Queen wh o is selecte d just prior to th e Rose F estival. The
.Iunior Cham be r of Co mmerce sponsors
th e Beauty Pageant a nd th e selec te d Queen .
~h e Rose F estival is a comm unity p ro~ect . Ever y s~rvice and civic or ganiza tion , a long WIth hundred s of individuals, do th eir part toward makin bz the program a success. It is spo nsore d by th e Thomasville Cha mber of Comm er ce a nd th e Th omasville Garden C lub. Ever~on e, every yea r, is invited to Th om asville on th at day.
cia tes, Inc., in stallation of op er ation al eq uipme nt, $249,568.
ATLANTA : Jarrett E lectric Co. , elect rical work , $34,38 1.
iHACON: T aylor Constructi on C o., modification s to bu ild , $166,162.
ATLA NTA : Ab co Bui lders construc tion of bu ildings, $496,326.'
CO.LUi\l BU S : R ..H . Wright, .II'., &
Associat es, co nstruc tion of bu ildings, $75,290.

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DEPAUIMENT OF [DMMEnCE

NEW LETTER

APRIL 25, 1954

NEWSLETTER

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-monthly by

GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE

100 State Capitol

* HERMAN E. TALMADGE
Go vernor
BO ARD OF COMMISSIONERS

EMORY L. BUTLER

Ch airman

Lo nni e A. Pop e, V. Chm.

Y. F. Geeslin

Ben J essup

Hoke Peters

* CLARK GAINES Secr etary

Vol. 5, No. 14

Ap ril 25, 1954

April 25, 1954

Public Help Invited In Museunl Creation

All Georgians a re given an opp ortunit y to participate in th e esta blish me nt of th e m useum of th e U ppe r Chattah ooch ee Development Associati on a t Dahlon ega . Private collections concern ed with Northea st Georgia along hi storical, geological, a rche ological, p lant an d wild life lin es ar e welcom ed by th e Association for disp la y in th e mu seum. Mrs. H enry W . M oor e, Sr., of D ahlon ega is Chairman of th e Museum a nd its development.
Cover Picture
This historic a nd well-loved Midway Ch urc h in Lib erty Co un ty celebr at es its 200th anniversa ry thi s year on April 25th. In 1753 a tempora ry log hut was construct ed by Cong regationalist colonists from Dorch ester, S. C ., who h ad, before th at, moved from Dorch ester, Mass. T he R everend J oh n Osgood , first minister of the ch urc h, moved th ere in17 54. The p resent bui lding, seen in th e cover ph ot ograph, was bui lt in 1792. There were m any famous m embers of th e cong rega tion of Midway Chu rch. Two of the most outs tan ding wer e Dr. Lym a n H all and Button Gwinnett ; bot h were signers of the D eclaration of In dependence, both Gov ernors of Georgia, and counties in th e state have been named for eac h of th em.
Three reason s h ave been att ributed to th e nam e, Midway Church: th at it is eq uidistant from th e Sa vannah and Altamaha R ivers, that it is m idway between Savannah a nd D ar ien, and th at th e section and one of th e rivers in it was orig ina lly ca lled M edway, after a river in En gland.
- Photo by Carolyn Ca rter.

T he fin e lon g season of pickn ickin g and many oth er ou tdo or recreations in Georgi a is well und er way. H er e, a picnic party is enjoyed at th e R abun Beach area ncar Clayton, in th e Cha ttahooc hee Na tiona l Fo rest.

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Savannah : Georgia Bap tist Sunday School Confer ence, Hotel DeSoto, April 25-29.
Atla n ta : Geor gia Livestock Exposit ion, April 26-28.
Statesboro: F at Cattle Show and Sale, April 29.
Thomasville: R ose F estival, April 30.
Swainsboro : Pine Tree Fes tiva l, April 30.
Savannah : Beauty Show, H otel D eSoto, M a y 1-3.
M acon: Georgia State M edi ca l Association, Municipal Audi torium , M ay 2-5.
Atlan ta : M etropolitan Opera Season, May 3-5.
Aug usta : Southern Pulpwood Conser vati on Association M eeting, Geor gia, Fl orid a a nd South Car olina a rea, Bon Air H ot el, May 4-5.
Atla nta: J oin t meeting of G e 0 I' g i a Chap ter, Society of Am erica n Foresters Associa tion and Georgia Schoo l of Forestry A 1u m n i Association, DinkIer -Pl aza H otel, M a y 5-6.
Atlanta : N ational Council of Industrial M anagem ent C I u b s Conf eren ce, Biltmore H otel, M ay 6-8.

Sav a nna h : Civitan Intern a tional, Georgia Di stri ct M eeting, H otel DeSoto, M ay 6-9.
Co lumbus: Geor gia Fed er ati on of Music Clubs Con vention, Ralston H otel, M ay 6-8.
Alba ny : Geor gia Sta te Osteopathic Association M eeting, R ad ium Springs I nn, M ay 7-8.
Savanna h: Tri-State Co llectors Associa tion Confer en ce, H ot el D eoSto, M ay 7-9.
Sava nna h : Indep endent Order of Odd F ellows M eeting, Hotel D eSoto, M ay 10-1 3 .
Columbus: Grand Commander y of K nigh ts T emplars, R a lston Hotel, M ay 11-12 .
West P oint: Atlanta & West Poin t Centennial Celebration, May 12.
Albany: Am eri can Associati on of T exti le Chemists a nd Co lori sts, R adium Springs In n, M ay 13-14.
Sava nna h: I n terstate Oi l Compact Commission M eeting, Gen eral Oglethorpe H ot el, M a y 13-15.
Aug usta : Geor gia Junior Chamber of Commer ce Conferen ce, Bon Air H otel, May 13-15.

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NEWSLETTER

April 25, 1954

Georgia-Fostered Industry of Soft Drinks

Manufacture Is Now Billion Dollar Affair

Modest beginnings in the 1880's in Georgia have turned in to fOt:tunes : a billion dolla rs wor th of soft dnnks wer e
sold last year. T he manufacture of soft drinks is
really a Georgia -born a nd br ed indus try. Back in th e '80's, two well-know n soft drin ks were crea ted : the R ed R ock and th e Coca-Co la formulas were made' an d used in soft d rink s. At th e end of th e nin et eenth century, th e M ona rch M anufacturing Co m pa ny was incorporat ed. Then th e Nehi Co mpa ny started in Co lu mbus, followed by th e Nati on al N u-Grape Comp any in Atlanta, Greinoma n's Extract Co mpa ny, Sunny Isles Company, th e Grape-De w Compan y and th e Bud winc Company in At hens.
In th e trade, a flavor mea ns concen trate ; a syrup is a flavor or concen trate with suga r an d other ing redients added-everything but th e carbonat ed or distilled wat er . A flavor manufacturer oft en m akes one featured flav or, an d a line of oth ers sold under innumerable trade names by bottlers. There a re about 180 bottling plan ts in Georgi a, an d many more th roughou t th e nation . T he bott lers procure th e flavors or syrups from th e manufactur er , ad d the ca rbonated or distilled wa ter, bottle a nd cap th e d rink s an d distribute th em to stores, soda fountains, institutions, indu stri es, public a nd pri vat e buildings.

Per Capita Consumpt ion
Because Georgia is th e home of th e indus try may be one reason why th e per capita consumption of soft drin ks is high er in Georgia than in an y othe r plac e in th e U . S. While the rest of the coun try consumes a n ave rage of 180 soft dr inks p er person per year, th e "average" Georgian drinks 225. At five cents eac h, thi s would m ean th at th e " average" Georgian spends $ 11.25 eac h yea r on soft drink s.
Ge orgia tak es pride in a no the r fact abo ut th e soft drink industry : th e fact th at th e monthly m agazine American Bottl er is published in Atl anta . It is a n imp ortant trad e p ublication to th e industr y and its rela ted manufact ur ers.
Relat ed to th e soft d ri nk indust r y an d bottlers wou ld be the manufa ct ur e of woode n cases, display cases, coolers, paper ca rr y-home ca rtons, glass bottles, cork a nd metal caps, the mix ing ma chines; many of thes e needs are supplied by Geor gia con cern s.
Georgia Soft Drinks
The R ed R ock Company was st arted in Atla nta in 1885 by Lee H agan ; th en it h ad a differen t n ame. Today th is conce rn ma n ufa ct ures conce n trates for R ed R ock, Pl ayers, H ep a nd H age & H age soft drinks. T he pla n t employs a bou t 14 persons an d has over 45 bot tlin g pla n ts over th e coun try. The

company also mak es a long line of flavors an d syrups for other sof t drinks.
T he Co ca -Co la Company had it s beginnings in 1886 when J oh n S. Pemberton, former Co lumbus druggist, con cocted some tasty syr up in th e back vard of a hou se on M ar ietta St reet in At lant a, it is sta ted by the Co ca -Co la au thor ities. T od ay the company emp loys over 500 at its head qu a rt er s, some 400 in th e At la nta bottling plant, a nd over 12,500 in its many subsidia ries all over th e world-not including th e in dep endent bot tlers wh o h ave fr an chi ses to bo ttle Co ca -Cola . Net p rofit of th e Co ca -Co la Compa ny a nd its consolida ted subsid ia ries rea ched over tw entyeigh t million dollar s in 1953.
M ona rch M anufacturing Company is th e maker of these brand names of soft dri nk s: New Yorker, Cascade, Esqui re, Swa nncc, J o-J o and th e new Cal-Fre. It employs up to 125 in At lan ta making flavors and syrups. Som e of th em a rc sold to institutions and the Army and N avy , besides to 200 bottlin g plants throughou t thi s coun try, Europe and South Am eri ca . Approximat ely 16 of that number a rc loca ted in th e St at e of Georgia.
T he N ehi Company of Co lumbus was started in 1907. I t is a not her international company with bottling pl an ts over th e wo rld . It is the ma ker of
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The Co ca-Co la bottling plant in Atlanta.

Syru ps bein g prepared for sh ipmen t in th e Nehi Corporation laboratory.

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GEO RGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

April 25, 1954

GEORGIII PIIRIIDE OF PROGRESS

Tobacco VVarehouse
Under construction in SYL V ESTER is a m odern tob acco war eh ouse whi ch will be read y for th e 1954 tobacco sea son. Sylveste r alrea dy has two such war ehouses with a combined floor a rea of over eigh ty thousand squa re feet ; thi s third building will add sixty th ou sand squa re feet more to th e comm unity's tobacco faciliti es. The combined effort of th e entire community, under sponsorsh ip of th e Sylvester-Wo rth County T obacco Warehouse Association , is responsible for th e new warehouse.
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Polk County Concern
A newly-organized furniture manufacturing company, W. L. Frew Co rporation, CEDARTOWN, rep lacin g Frew, In c., ha s plans under way for a new bui ldin g and will move into its new qu arters wh en th e constr uction of it is complete. The new corpo ra tion is en tirely a Polk Co un ty institution, owned and contro lled by its citizens. The same sta ff th at was' with th e or igina l compa ny will con tin ue with th e new conc ern. The new building will be a modern steel plant built on reinforced waterproof concrete, with 20,000 squa re feet of floor spa ce. The firm m anufactures upholstered livin g-ro om furn iture.
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Clinch County Park
A public p ark has been approved by th e State Highway D epartment for Clinch County, on the west side of HOMERVILLE, U . S. Route No . 84. The site of th e park was donated by the George D am e heirs, and C linc h County Lions C lub is sp onsoring th e proj ect. The park will provide a place for all Clinch Countians' recreation, and eventually th e project will include a swimming pool.
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Boat Builder
A new boat-building conce rn h as been esta blished ncar SYLVESTER. N orm an Lee is constructing custombuilt boat s up to 16 feet in len gth whi ch can be outfitted with eithe r inboard or outboard motors. The boat s will belong to an excellent class of sm all craft, will be constructed of m ahogany and boat cedar, and be abl e to develop a spee d up to 18 mil es per hour with three adult passengers.

Timber Depot
CORNELIA will be th e site in th e velY near future of a new timber dep ot esta blishe d by th e Southe rn Wo od Pr eserving Company. It will serve mainly as a receiving and shipping point at first, and eventua lly m ay h andle pulpwood from that ar ea . The compa ny deals particul arl y in pines, treating th em under modern methods with a creosote mixture to prevent th em from rotting.
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Chinchilla Ranch
A new chinchi lla ran ch opened last month in RED CLAY comm unity of Whitfield County. Mr. a nd Mrs. C lyde Morgan are own ers and op erators of th e ranch whi ch will deal main ly in br eeding stock.
TO OUR READERS
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Cartersville 1'0 Have
$ 500, 000 Feed Plant
The H ale s & Hunter Co., of Chicag o announces plans to erec t in CARTERSVILLE a m illing plant to be known as "Re d Comb Pion eer Mill s, In c. (Georgia ) ," which will ultimately cost $500,000 .
The plant will process feedstuffs for poultry, cattle, hogs, dogs a nd rabbits.
The esta blishment will be locat ed in th e northern section of Cartersville and near th e main line of th e N. C. & St. L. Railroad . It will be large and mod ern in every respect. Three states, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee will be served from th e Cartersville plant.
The mills will provide a market [or locally grown corn and grain.

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Machine Tool Show
The first ma chine-tool show eve r h eld in th e So uth which will tak e pl ace in ATLANTA on May 19, 20 and 21, is a no ther sign of Dixi e's rapid industri al gro wth . A dozen of th e nation's leading manufacturers of metal-workin g machines will demonstrate th eir most mod ern machines in actual use a t th e Exhibition Hall of the Atlanta Biltmor e Hotel during th e three-day event. The show is sponsored by the R . O . D ead erick Compa ny, Inc., of Knoxville a nd At lanta.
Th e exh ibition will be open to th e gene ra l public, an d n um erous industrialists, engineers, bankers and many othe rs conce rne d with South ern economic progress will attend.
About 40 examples of th e la test metal-w orking equipme nt will be in operation at th e show, manned by skilled opera tors from th e various fa ctories represented. Among the inter estin g mach ines to be demonstrated will be a jigmill , whi ch weighs 15 ton s. It is a p recision machine which bores and drills a t toleran ces within millionths of an inch - so fin e th at th ey must be measur ed by a beam of light since no mechanical ga uging device is sensitive eno ugh . One use of thi s kind of machine is borin g a utomo bile cylinde r blocks. There will be a h ydraulic duplicating lathe, a deep hole drill, a sur face grinder and a hydro-router, and many others.
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Two Roadside Parks
Two new roadside parks ar e now un der con struction for the enjoyment of motorists in th e state. Travelers on U . S. Highway No . I just south of LOUIS VILLE will find an ar ea cleared and landscaped for resting and lunching out-of-d oor s. Like th e wayside park ncar FITZGERALD in Ben Hill County, it will be equipped with tabl es and ben ch es an d out-door cooking facilities. The land for th e park n ear Fitz gerald , on th e Bowens Mill Road , was given to th e sta te [or a park by F. R. Justice as a mem orial to th e late Mrs. F. R. J ustice.
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Bryan Clinic Opened
The new Morris M . Bryan , Sr., M emori al C linic open ed recentl y in JEFFERSO N , J ackson County. The clini c was nam ed [or the late president of J efferson Mills, In c. Medi cal and dental offices in the clini c will serve th e public in th e area.

NEWSLETTER

April 25, 1954

Columbus Great in Manufacturing, Commerce and Military Activities

Columbus, located abo ut rnidw a v on th e Geor gia -Al ab ama bord er , is ' th e largest tr ading cente r in the highl y pr ogr essive Chattahooch ee Valley, and because of it s gre a t textile mill s has been give n th e sobriq uet, " Lo we ll of th e South." A highly develop ed metropolis, it is int egr at ed with its neig hbor across th e Ch attah oochee Ri ver , Ph c-
U . S. A r m y P h o t o
Parachute jump towers at Fort Benning,
nix City, Alabama. In add ition to figuring ac tively in th e comme rce of

cco no mv for th e citv . Among th e tcxt il~ concerns a rc tw o
hosiery manufa cturer s, a che nille plant and nine co tton-goo ds producer s.
The hosicrv co nce rns arc Arch er Mills, Inc., 'and Sh annon H osier y Mills. In c.
Chenille pr oduct s a rc m ade by Muscogee Crafts, In c.
Th e cot to n-goo ds manufactu rer s prod uce everything from domesti c and co mmercia l shee ting to yarn: Anderson Mills, Bibb M anufa cturing Co m pany, Columbus M anufacturing Compan y, Eagle & Ph enix Mills, G eor gi a W ebb ing an d Tape Compan y, J ord an Mills, In c., Muscogcc M anufacturing Co mpa ny , Swift M anufacturing Company a nd Swift Spinning Mills, Inc.
Swift M anufacturing Co m pany is the conce rn wor kin g with th e fibre ca lled " ra m ie," now bein g used in a utomobil e upholster y, and is being d evelop cd as a clothing m at eri al fib er .
Eagle & Pheni x is an other major em ployer, as is th e Columbus M anufa cturing Compan y.
An other im por ta n t conce rn in Colum bu s ou t of th e texti le lin e is T om Huston Peanut Co m pa ny. Nearly 1,000 a re emp loyed her e, not onl y in peanut processin g but a lso in m aking several kinds of ca ndy .

Features and Facilities
Besides th e thriving commerce, th er e are several other outsta nd ing cha r ac teristics th a t ma ke Co lumbus a n inter esting and a ttrac tive city . Beautiful resid enti al sections, ove r 100 h andsom e ch u rches, a n excellent ed ucationa l system, thre e hosp ital s, two libraries, a museum, goo d tourist facilities including 13 mot els and five hotels, a ve ry fin e tr an sp ortation system a nd three banks a ll con tr ibu te to m ak e a well integr at ed community.
Education in Columbus is provid ed th rou gh one syste m combin ing a ll th e schoo ls in th e coun tv a nd citv under a
cen t ra l manageme nt. The 46 public
schoo ls are contin ually being expanded and improved , a nd several new modern buildings for th e public-sch ool svstc m a re cu rrent Iv under cons truc tio n . Ad ult ed uca t i~ n classes a re well a ttende d in Columbus. There a re th ree in stitution s of hi gh er learning: th e Columbus Sch ool of Art, th e University of Geor gi a ha s an off-cam pus cen te r, and Albany Stat e Co llege for Negroes mainai ns a bran ch in Columbus. The city also has a splend id Opportunity Sch ool.
Transport at ion-wise, Columbus IS very well eq uip pe d. The Central of Geor gia, th e Seab oard Air L ine and th e Southern R ail road s a ll serve th e a rea . There are IO intra- citv bu s lin es as well as tw o inter- cit v ones , A fourlane ex pressway is bein g const ruc te d th rou gh th e city to con nec t with tw o m ain highways: U . S. No. 27 and
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at lea st 35 counties com pos ing its a rea and h aving been a n ac tive manufac tu r-

ing cen ter since th e W ar Between the States, Columbus serves as home base for 28,000 personnel sta tioned a t th e Army's great I nfantr y Sch ool a t near-

by F ort Benning, a nd a t Law son Air For ee Ba se. Columbus' estimate d population is now 87,200. Its m et rop olit an

area population , second la rgest in G eorgia, is a n est ima ted 185,500.

While Columbu s is a mecca for tex-

tile conce rns , th e newest industri al a d diti on to th e citv is th e Sunshin e Biscuit Com pan y. ' The Sunsh ine plan t will em ploy abo u t 600, a nd re presen ts an inv estment of six milli on d ollars.

Ther e wer e, a t last coun t, 187 industri es loca ted in Co lum bus. the manu fac turing in terests a lon e 'a ccount for

em ploy me nt in excess of 17,000 peopl e in Co lumbus a nd l\1uscogee County. The many di ver sified conce rns produ ce eve ry thi ng from pean ut p rodu ct s to ma chine p a rt s, p roviding a bala nce of

L ed g er-Bnqu'ire r
St. Elmo Pool, one of Columbus' fin c municipal swimm ing pools.

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Co u r tes y Ga . P oultry Federation
P art of the 1953 parad e throug h Ga inesville of th e Po ult ry Festival.

Poultry Festival To Be Gala Gainesville Event

The Seco nd Annual Poultry Festival will be held in Gainesville on M ay 14 and 15. On Frida y, M a y 14, a n industr y ope n h ouse will be conducted for food bu yers, food editors a nd ind ustr y lead ers. In th e evening a dinner will hon or th ese people wh o help to sell Georgia po ult ry, M ay 15, Sa turday , will begin wit h a parade th rou gh Gainesville- a poultry parad e of p rogress; the n th ere will be a chic ken-dinne r-onth e-grounds a t th e C ity Pa rk, and entertainmen t including th e cro wning of " M iss Georgia Chick," a ch icken ca rn iva l with music and fun .
Travel Directors'Tour
Geor gia tourism is expec ted to reap much benefit from an eigh t-day tou r made of Georgia, March 27-April 3by a group of AAA Travel Bureau D irect ors- the peop le who give information to tourists and tell th em ab out th e highw ays, scenic spots and inf orm ati on abou t th e a reas to be visit ed .
The tou r over Geor gia was sponsored by th e Geor gia Chamber of Com mer ce, with Penn Worden as emcee, and a Trailway bu s provided tran sportati on leaving fr om Atlanta on Sunda y, M ar ch 28th, th e first stop was for lun ch in Macon, af te r wh ich th e Indian mou nd s a nd Council H ou se th er e wer e visited.
Sunday night was spent a t Savannah , with a tou r of th at city M onday foren oon ; th en on to Brunswick for M ond a y night, with Sea I sland a nd St. Simo ns beauty a nd historic spo ts bein g shown th e next morning.
A fish dinner a t O kefe no kee Swamp P a rk on T uesday wa s followed by a

This colorful event honors the de-
velopment of th e broiler , egg a nd tur-
key business in Georgia . It will not only
bring poult rymen togeth er for a festive and informati ve celebration, but also do honor to th e Am erican hom em ak er who is a n in tegral part of poultry commerce. O ver 20,000 people will pa rti cipate in th e festiviti es.
Theron Brown is chairman of th e Poultry F estival thi s year; Go rdo n Sawyer is exec utive secreta ry of th e Geo rgia Poultry F ed erati on, In c., whi ch sponsors th e event.
- -- -- - boat cru ise into th e swa mp; next a p ause at Valdost a a nd on to Thomasville for the night. A tour of T homasville homes and p lantat ions Wednesda y morning wa s followed by lunch at R adium Springs- and then to Fort Benning for a partial tour of this gia n t military install ation, whi ch included suppe r on th e reser vati on . Among the gues ts was Gen er al M eloy, Command an t of Benning.
W ednesday night was spent in Co lumbus, and after a sumptuous br eakfast th er e Thursda y, th e party p roceeded to Warm Spri ngs for a tour of th e Little White H ou se ; th en lun ch at Ida Cason Garde ns, and to Cartersville for a cruise on Allatoona Lake, ba rb ecue supper, a nd a tour th rou gh th e Allat oon a dam inst all ati on before spending th e night at Cartersville.
On Frid a y th e party visited Ke nnesa w Moun ta in, followed by br eakf ast ncar M a rietta, a nd th en th e ento urage swung int o North Georgia. The first stop was a t D ahl on ega for lunch ; th en th er e was a tour of th e former

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Soft Drinks
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R oyal Crown Cola, Par-T-Pak beverages a nd a line of flavor s. There are several hundred employees in th e pla nt. O f the 450 bot tling pl ants supp lied wit h Nehi p roducts, 29 a re loca ted within th e bord ers of th e sta te .
The Na tiona l Nu-Grap e Companv with 40 emp loyees in Atl anta not only pro duces Nu -Crape, but a line of Sun crest fruit flavor s for other soft d rinks. Approxim at ely 275 bottling pl ants through out th e nati on use Nu-Grap e a nd Suncrest flavor s in th eir bottling30 of th ese are located in Geor gia . T he conce rn also h as sales agencies in T oro nto, Bermud a and the H aw aiian Isla n d s.
Greinom an's Extract Com p an y mak es man y typ es of syr up s and flav ors. They manufacture th e flavo rs for th e Sunny Isles Compan y of At lanta fr om th eir formula ; th ey make th e Orange Crush fla vor for th at company whi ch has it s headquarter s in Chicago, and has a large Southern market. Grc ino man's also manufactures th eir own line of syru ps under th e nam e " Mira." They m ak e flav orings a nd syrups for bakers a nd icc crea m pl ants, soda fountains a nd other food concerns , the only such concern in thi s pa rt of the count ry between Norfolk and Mi a mi.
The G rape-D ew Compan y produces flavors called Grape-D ew and ColaD ew whi ch a re popular with bottlers. Plan s are under wa y for a new bu ilding in Atl anta for th e company 's internati on al headquarters.
The Budwine Company in Athens, run by th e Costa Brothers , manufactures flavor s for Budwine, Geor gia R ed, Sun Up Gin ger Ale a nd Gimmee soft drinks.
gold mining a rea , and gold "p an ning," in whi ch member s of th e p arty joined. Vogel Park was th e next stop and th en in to Blai rsville for suppe r a nd a "squ are dan ce" th at eve ning atop Neel 's Gap.
F rida y night was spen t in Blairsville; Saturd ay th e pa rt y returned , via L ake Blue R idge, to Atl anta, where it dispe rsed .
I nasmu ch as th e visiting mem bers of t he p a rt y representing Tourist Burca us in cities fro m Boston north to C hicago west a nd Fl or ida sou th, give prospectiv e tou rists in th eir a reas information a nd route th em , it is th ought th at Georgia will reap mu ch benefit from th e visit of these officials wh o will be able better to tell of the wonderfu l a ttractions Georgia offers th e tourist.

NEWSLETTER

April 25, 1954

Fannin County Citizens Make Plans and lumber manufacturing plants arc th e Blue Ridge Buildin g & Supply Co., a nd J ennings & Wri ght C orp. L umber

Celebrate Its lOOth Anniversary , 0

m ills a re ac tive th ro ughout the county.
.J. M . Eaton is p resident of th e Fan-

nin Co un ty Bank at Blue Ridge ; M rs.

T he Ci tizens of 'F a nn in coun ty a re putting on th eir best " bib and tu cker," get ting ready to celebra te th e one hundred th a nn iversa ry of th e crea tion of the county .
On J anua ry 21, 1854, Gov. H er shel V. Johnson app roved the act of th e General Assemb ly of Georgia crea ting the county, wh ich was ca rved out of Gilmer a nd U nion counties.

Gen eral cro ps of corn a nd grain,

tru ck crops, some Bu rley tobacco-

p ractically no cotton- pastures on

which br ed beef a nd d a nd poult ry mak e up

at hir~v

Fcaatntnleinthfraivrne~

program .

Population of Fannin in 1950 was

15,192, a nd Blue R idge, th e county

seat, had 1,718 peopl e listed in th e

1950 census report. Other towns in th e

O . E . Stewa rt is Librari an of th e Fannin Co un ty Librar y a t Blue R idge, a nd two hospit als serve the ar ea, th e Brooks H ospital, man aged by Dr. C . C . Brooks, a nd the Burns C linic, opera ted by D r. G. C . Singleton . M iss D ell H a rri ot is county nurse.
TVA pr ovid es electricit y for th e section and th e dial-system, provided by th e Blue Ridge T elephone Co. , owned

T he coun ty was named for Co lonel

J am es Walk er Fannin, hero of Goliad ,

in T exas' war of independe nce; h e and

his bra ve m en wh o went to aid T exas

from Georgia, T en nessee a nd ""estern

North Carolina , were sho t down in cold

blood on Palm Sunday, M a rch 27,

1836, on orders from San ta An na afte r

their cap ture a t Go liad. They had been

pr om ised th eir release, but were slaugh-

tered instead . The site of thi s massa-

cre is one of the most sac red a nd h is-

toric spots in T exas.

Seven tee n years later, F annin coun-

ty wa s named in hon or of Co l. Fannin .

Summer weather bein g bett er th an

wint er, it was decided at a m eeting

held on M a rch 19 in Blue R idge a t

the instan ce of Attorn ey William Butt ,

County Hi stori an , to hold th e celebra -

tion th e week of th e last of J uly an d

th e first of Au gu st.

At th at time, wh en th e section will

be visited by m any tourists and visitors

will be flocking to th e Blue Ridge

mountain s, a week filled with colorful

programs, pageants, plays a nd variou s

oth er en tertainmen t features will be given to portray th e dram ati c hi story of F annin Cou nt y.

Car o lyn Car ter
Beautiful Lake Blue Ri dge in Fannin County has over 100 mile s of shoreline.

Blue R idge Lak e, on th e T occoa river, wh ich traverses th e coun ty, with a shore-line of m ore th an 100 miles, is the la rgest bod y of water in th e a rea . It is a TVA po wer-pro duc ing utility. Th e lak e draws visito rs fr om nea r a nd far for boat ing, fishin g a n d swinun ing; recreati on spo ts, ca bins a nd m an y homes line th e lak e banks.
The Blu e Ridge a nd th e Gartrell hotels, a nd th ree motels, Mi mosa, J ones an d Anderson a nd several cafes a t Blue Rid ge serv e th e p ubli c. Many Farms
The land a rea of F annin is 253,440 acres, conta ining 1,549 farms, op era ted almost entirely by owne rs, for in 1950 there were onlv 181 ten ants listed in the coun ty. '

county a re M cCaysville, on th e T ennessee sta te lin e, 2,067 ; M organton, 244 ; Mineral Bluff, 208, and Epworth .
T he L. & N. railroad serves th e county, and h ighways a re U . S. N o. 76, a nd State Nos. 5, 60, 245 a nd 2. M uch of th e Fannin a rea is in th e Chatt ah ooch ee N ati on al Forest, whi ch is stocked with deer and oth er an imals a nd ga me.
Fannin Features T h e Van R aalt e Co ., I nc., manu-
fact ur ing full-fashioned nylon hosiery at its Blue Ridge p lant, employs some 175 p eop le. Walter M aebert is m anager of this pla nt. The Atlan ta O ak Flooring Co ., p rocesses lumb er at its Blue Ridge m ill. O th er la rge lumb er

by H oke J ones a nd Cecil H a rtn ess also serves M organton .
The 66-year old Blu e Ridge Summit Post is p ublished weekly by th e Sum mi t-Post P rin ting Co., which is th e
proper ty of th e J. M. H ackn ey esta te,
with J . Fred H ackney as man ager. Lu th er Cobb is ed itor and publisher of th e weekly Fannin Count)' T im es, at Blue Ridge. It is 22 yea rs old.
The Blue Ridge K iwani s Clu b, D avid H aigh t, pr esident, is ac tive in seeking new industries, p rom oting a Wayside Park, sponsoring Boy Scout activities an d is taking a lively inter est in furth erin g th e F annin Centenni al. The East F an nin Co unty Lion s Club was
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rec ently organiz ed a t Miner a l Bluff. The ch urc h bell is loud in Fannin
Co un ty, since th ere arc approximately 50 ch urc hes of seve ra l den ominati on s through out th e county.
Fannin citizens are looking for ward to much imp rove me nt in th e county's sch ool building progr am ; $924 ,000 has been a lloca ted for th e constr uction of new buildings and to improve othe rs in th e county schoo l syste m. On e pr oject will be a new h igh schoo l plant to be bui lt north of. Blue Ridge th at will also serve Epwor th a nd M cC aysville.
The Georgia Sta te Employment Se rvice, a unit of th e Geo rgia Dep a rt ment of L ab or, has an office in Blue Ridge and serves five cou n ties: F an nin, Pickens, U nion , T own s and Gilmer. It helps to place peop le in jobs , to supply labor, and to assist in all civic proj ects. H enry H a rdman is m an ager of th e office; W infred Powell is assista n t manager, and M iss M axin e Ray is a ide.
County Officials
J. C. Thom ason is m ayor of Blue
Ridge and Co unc ilmen a rc : N . L. Gi lbert, Bryan Hi gd on , Winfred H arper, A. L . Bra ckett, E. E. Ti lley. Paul Hi gdon is Police Ch ief and J oe Poston is Postmaster.
Fannin County officers arc: Ordi n ar y, R oy Chapma n ; C ler k of Co ur t, T ed Bru ce ; She riff, H . G . H en son ;
Tax Co llector, C lyde J. H enry ; Tax
R eceiver, Ll oyd Stepp; Surveyor , D . C .
Col e ; Coroner, J. W . Pack ; Sch ool
Superintendent, Travis Guthrie ; Co m mission er, C la ude Co llins.
"D usty" J ord an is Co unty F arm Agent, and M rs. J osephine Dccs , H om e Demonstration Agent. M emb er of th e L egislature is R eid Mull, and Sta te

Columbus (Con tinucd fr om P age 5)
St ate No . 85. Placement of a third bridge ac ross th e C ha t ta hoo chee Ri ver is und er stu dy .
A pl an for a m uni cip al a udito rium is under conside ra t ion a t Columbus. Estimated to cost $ 1,800,000 , th er e will be 3,000 p erm an ent sca ts, an icc rink inter ch an geab le with a basketball floor , a nd a la rge stage. Parkin g facilities a rc incl u ded in the pl an .
The Co lu mbus Ch amber of Co mmer ce is a highl y orga nized group p resided ove r by L t. Ge ne ra l M . S. Eddy. T he Ch amber has manv subd ivisions wh ich p arti cip at e in numerou s ph ases of comm uni ty development. Eb en R eid is ma nager of th e C ha mber office' which is well-staffed and has a grea t dea l of indust ria l, commercia l a nd tourist inf orma tion on h and . T he newest pro ject of th e C ha mbe r is ca lled " T he Hub of th e Wheel." The phrase means th at Columbus a nd Fort Benning a rc th e cen ter of a circle whi ch includes th e Gu lf Coast, N ew Orleans, F lor id a -Bcachcs, th e Atla n tic O cean and th e Sm okv M ou nt ain s- all within one da y's mot oring distan ce. M an y re tire d a rmy officers a rc making th eir homes in Co lu mbus for th is adva nta ge, beside th e fact th at Fo rt Ben ning p rovides a close t ic with th eir ca reers a nd ma in in tcrcst .
T wo newsp ap ers serve Co lumbus: Th e Co lu m bus E nq uirer) edited by W . Clifford Tucker, is th e morning p ap er , a nd th e Co lum bus L edger, edited by
Sena to r from th e 4 1st Dis trict is C . W . Kik er.
Get read y to visit Fannin Co unty soon, espec ia lly during th e C entennia l celebration thi s summe r.

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R . W. Brow n, is th e even ing pa per. The L edger -Enqui rer Publishi ng Company is head ed by A. H . Ch ap man as presi de n t, a nd Co lonel M . R . Ash worth is publisher. T hree ra d io sta tion s ope ra te in th e a rea , a nd two T V sta tions have sta r ted ope ra tions wi thin th e past yea r.
T he lead ing ag ricultural activity in th e coun ty is d airy farming. As eviden ce of th is is a fin e new dair y cooperative, construc ted last year a t a cost of one million and a h alf dollars, to serve th ose engaged in d airying an d to p rovid e fresh p roducts for consumers .
Tru ck crops a re ra ised, as well as peanuts and cotto n. L ivestock, particu larly beef ca tt le and hogs, rat es high, a long with pou~try ra ising .
County Officers
The following a rc th e officia ls serving Muscogee County: O rdin ary, H . H . Hunter, J r.; Cler k of Cou rt, J ohn W. Blood worth ; Sh er iff, E . E . H owell; Treasurer , R . H . Ba rnes; T a x Co mmission er, Alber t R . T u rner ; Muscogee D istrict Schoo l Superintendent, W . H. Sh a w ; Su rveyor , G . V . C arr ; Cor oner, Ernest L. H owell.
County Commission ers include R oy W all er as Chairman , Malcolm W. Forte, L. P. Banks, St eve Knigh t and Frank Phillips.
Co un ty F arm Agent is M . S. 1'>'1 cWhirt cr ; H om e D emonstration Agent , M iss 'F ra nces W illiam son .
Fi re Ch ief is 1'. C. Turner ; Police Ch ief, Ed M on cr ief.
R a lph A. Sa yers IS M ayor of th e Citv of Columbu s.
M emb er s of th e L egislature from M uscogee Co unty arc Mac Pickard ,
H owell H ollis and J. Go rd on Young.

DEPAUTMENT or [OMMEU[E
NEW LETTER
MAY 10, 1954

NEWSLETTER

1\EWSLET1ER

Puhl ish ..d semi -m on thl y h y

GEOR(; IA DEPT. O F C O :\c\ IERC E

100 Sta te Capi tol

* HE R:\[AN E. TALl\IADGE

Gov ernor
BO ARD OF COl\IMTSSTONERS

EM O RY L. BUTLER

Chairman

L on nie A. Pope, V . Chm ,

Y. F. Gees lin

Ben J essup

Hoke Pet ers

* CLARK GAI NES

Secr etary

Vo l. 5, No. 15

May 10, 1954

M ay 10, 1954

Watch fo r Geo rgia In Magazines

N ati on a l p ub licati on s h ave in recent months focused th e spo tligh t on G eorgia as never befor e in its hi story. Every Geo rgia n wh o has read th e a rticle in th e M a rch issue of th e Natio na l G eogra phic is proud of th e fin e sto ry and beautiful ph ot ogr aphs abo ut th e sta te . And th e April issue of Co ronet contai ns a dramat ic a rticle a bo ut th e Better H om e Town Co ntest whi ch has becom e a kind of G eorgia tr adition in just a few sh ort yea rs.
The D epart ment of Co mmerce h as been ad vertising in a number of maga zine s fo r a number of yea rs, a tt rac ting ind ust ry a nd to urists to th e sta te.
The nat ion al m agazines which will ca rr y adv ertisements a bout Geo rgia in M ay, June an d July include th ese-swat ch for th em :
SOUTH ERN O UTDOORS-M a y Issue-back cov er.
H OLIDAY- -May issue.
RED BO OK-May issue.
L O OK-May 20th.
LIFE-May 21st.
SATUR DA Y EVEN I NG POSTIVl ay 22nd .
PH O TOGRAPHY- June issue.
T I M E- J une 7, June 14, J un e 21, J uly 12.
COVER PICTURE
The Alpha D elta Pi So rority M em orial Fountain a t W esleyan C ollege a t M acon is one ot th e m an y beau ty spo ts on th e camp us. For more a bout th is hi stori c college, th e oldest cha rte red college for wom en , and scenic M acon , see story on pa ge 7.
- Pho to by Ca rolyn Carter.

Go lfing is a popular spo r t through ou t all G eo rg ia, with exce llen t cou rses loca ted all over the state. H ere is a scene at th e Aug usta National Go lf Co urs e.

Savanna h : Indepen dent O rder of Odd F ellows M eet ing, Hotel D eSoto, M ay 10-13.
Co lum bus: G ran d Command er y of Knight s T emplars, Ralston H otel, M ay 11- 12.
Wes t P oint : Atlanta & W est Point Centenn ial Cel ebration , M ay 12.
Alba ny: Am eri can Associat ion of T extile C hemi sts and Colorists, R adium Springs I nn , May 13- 14.
Savanna h : In terst at e O il Compa ct Commission M eet ing, Gen er al O glethorpe Hotel, May 13-1 5.
Aug usta : Georgia Junior Chamber of Commer ce Confer en ce, Bon Air H otel, M ay 13- 15.
C olumb us: Geor gia F ederation of Business and Professional ' Women's Club s, I nc., M eeting, R alston H ot el, M ay 14-16 .
G a inesv ille: 2nd Annual Po ultry F estiva l, Ci ty Park, M ay 15.
Co lumb us : Geor gi a F ederation of L abor Co nvention, Ralsto n H ot el, M ay 18- 21.
Sava nna h : Georgia Association of In-

sura nce Agents Co nve n tion, General O glethorpe H ot el, M ay 19-2 1.
Sava nna h : Georgia St at e E lks Co nvention, H otel D eSot o, M ay 20- 22.
Aug usta : Geo rgia M ot or T ru cking Associa tio n M eeting, Bon Air H otel, M ay 20-23.
Glennv ille : T omato F esti va l, M ay 20.
Albany : Georgia Societ y of Certi fied Public Accoun tants, R adium Springs Inn, M a y 27-29 .
Aug usta: Di sabl ed Am eri can V et erans M eet ing, Georgia Group, Bon Air H otel , M ay 28-30.
Emo ry: School of M edi cin e Cen tenni al Cel ebra tion , Emor y U niversity, J une 1-3.
Macon: Order of th e Eastern St ar M eeting, Muni cip a l Au ditorium, June 6-9.
A tlan ta : Geo rg ia Vocat ion a l Association M eet ing, Biltmor e H ot el, J ~ n e 10- 12.
Epworth By-th e-Sea : South Georgia ' An nual Co nfer ence of th e M ethodist Chur ch, June 7-10 .

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N EWS L ET T E R .

May 10, 1954

Georgia Conserving Its Large-Water Supply

WithMammoth Lakes, Numerous Farm Ponds

With wat er su pply a p robl em in many sections of th e U ni ted Sta tes, a surve y of Georgia sho ws th at thi s sta te is for tuna te in h aving a high av erage rai nfa ll a n n ua lly, a large number of creeks, m an y la rge and sma ll riv ers, whose wat er is bein g conse rved by a series of lak es th at cover a lm ost 200,000 acres, some extend ing into othe r sta tes.
The aver age rainfall in G eorgia is aro und 50 inches-one of the h ighest of a ny sta te in the U nion- the quantit y ranging from 70 inches in some area s of the sta te to approximately 48 inch es in ot hers, Except in extrem e cases of drouth, enoug h rai n fa lls in Georg ia to m ature practica lly a ll crops. Dry weather m ay affec t ce rta in a reas, but th e rainfa ll ove r th e sta te is usu a lly copius enough tc " m ake" all cro ps.
In ad d ition to th e natural water courses ' tha t t raverse Georgia, and th e 11 large power-p roducin g a nd wat ercon trol lak es th at dot th e stat e, hundreds of sma ll Jakes have been created or " built" on farms to conse rve wat er , .to su pply th e ever-growing liv estock indu stry a nd to propagat e fish .
Few sta tes in th e union are so blessed with as well-di stributed ' water supply as Georgia. Besid es the riv ers that fl~w ac ross th e sta te, some th a t form Its boun dary lines ; some that have th eir sour ce in Georgia and flow to othe r sta tes, th er e is hardly a comm unity and/ or farm th at does no t have a spring or cree k on it . Th ese afford a bountiful su p ply for pastures an d livestock . T here are also m an y private lakes an d millponds in th e sta te .
W at er is found in wells a t all fa rm hom es in Geor gia , un less the hom e is close enough to a sp ring to furni sh all th e wat er need ed .
Large rivers in Georgia include th e Sav a n nah, on th e easte rn border of the state which G eor gia owns to th e eastern bank. T he Sava nnah with tw o othe r riv ers, th e Tuga lo and th e C hattooga , fo rm th e ea ste rn bounda ry of Georg ia .
Other la rge rivers across th e sou thern part of th e sta te a re the Ogeech ee, longest ri ver in Georgia to ret ain its r.arn e fr om its sou rce to its mouth as it flows into the Atl a nt ic ocean; the Altarnah a, largest river in th e sta te, fo rm ed at Lumber C ity by two other la rge

rivers, the O conee an d th e Ocmulgee ; th e Satilla, and th e St . Marys and th e Suwan ee, both of whi ch h ave th eir sou rce in the Okefen ok ee Swa m p .
Other rivers in extrem e Sou th Georgia, flowi ng southward, are th e Alapaha, W ithl acoochee, Ochlochnee a nd th e Flint, whic h jo ins th e C ha ttahooch ee a t th e southwes t corner of th e state . Here the mammoth Jim Wo odruff Lak e and Dam are bein g cre a te d.
T he C hattahoochee, fo rmi ng half of th e wes t bou ndary of Georg ia, is the lon gest river in th e state. Its sou rce is in th e m ou n tain s of northeast G eorgia ; it flows southwestward to th e GeorgiaAlabama line, then turns south a nd loses its iden ti ty a t th e southwe st corner of the state, m erges w ith the F lint a nd becomes th e Apalachicola River [rom ther e to th e Gulf of Mexico.
North of W est Poin t, running westward, are th e Little Tallapoosa and the T allap oosa riv ers, th e Co osa formed at Rome by th e Etowah and th e O ostanaula rivers , a nd th e C hattooga rive r. G eorgia has two C ha tto oga rivers-this one in the northw est ern part of the state an d th e on e that forms th e northeas t boundar y of Georgia. The sta te a lso has two Li ttle R ivers- one th at flows in to th e Et owah river in C herokee co un ty, and one th at flows eastward into th e Savannah river. Carte cay river is in Gilmer Co u ny.
Across th e northern section of the sta te a re th e Co nasauga and Coosawa tt ee rivers th at form the O ostanaula ; th e T occoa, th e No tt ley a nd th e
The Chattahooch ee R iver which flows through west Georgia.

Hi aw assee riv ers th a t flow north wa rd ou t of Georgia ; the Tallu lah , flowing southeastwa rd, and wit h th e C hatt ooga, forms th e Tugaloo, which becom es the Sava nnah .
Ca rolyn Ca rter
Lak e Sinclair above Mill edgeville. N ea r Waycr oss, th e Alab ah a , some tim es miscalled the Alab ama, runs just ea st of Blacksh ea r to flow into th e Big Satilla R iver near Hoboken . O ther river s th at h ave th eir source in th e m ou nt ai ns are th e Soq ue and th e C hesta tee, bo th flowing into the C ha ttahoochee river. T he T estatee flows in to th e C hestatee, fa rt her north. Fa rth er south we find Broad and Li ttle R ivers flowing eas twa rd into the Sav annah ; the Ap a la ch ec, Yellow a nd Alcov y, which flow into J ackson L ak e, as does Sou th River. The Sou th Ri ver and th e F lint h ave th eir source in Fulton C ounty. T ow ali ga River , farther south, a lso flow s into th e O cm ulgee. Ther e a re a Lum ber of smaller river s, that a re ca lled both " rive rs" a nd "creeks," accord ing to th eir size a nd a rea th ey traverse.
Large Lakes Large la kes th at h ave been bui lt a nd
ar c under construc tion in Geor gia are: C lark Hi ll, on th e Sava nnah riv er,
partly in Georgi a and Sou th Caro lina , 71,000 ac res ; Burto n R eservoir of Geor gia Power Co., on T allu lah River in
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G EO RG IA DE PA R T M ENT O F COMME R CE

NEWSLETTER

M ay 10, 1954

GEORG/II PIIRIIDE OF PROGRESS

VVaycross VVarehouse
WAYCROSS will have its fif th tobacco war ehouse ready in June wh en th e Gold L eaf T obacco War ehouse is completed. Being built by Phil Walker, Leroy Walk er, Paul Walker a nd Raymond M itchell, the war ehouse will contain 53,000 square feet of floor space, and will be located near th e Atlantic Coastline Railroad, faci litating transportation. The new wa rehouse, whe n completed, will be of galvan ized iron over a wood frame, will have an asp halt roof a nd cem en t floor . A particul a r feature of this warehouse will be th e use of Magnalite, in th e ro of. A special type of glass wh ich doesn't make sun spots or cast shadows, Magna lite will provide excellent lighting for the disp lay of the tobacco.
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VVrens Feed Mill
Plans have been completed for a new industr y to locate in WRENS . A custom gr inding tee d mill a nd fa rmers supply store, owned by C lifford M a rtin, will be call ed Mart in Mill ing Company. M odern milling equipme nt is being installed in th e plant locat ed on U. S. Hi ghw ay No.1 , and operations of th e feed mill will begin in the very near future.
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Roadside Parks
Two new roadsid e parks have been approved by th e State Hi ghw ay D ep a I' t m en t for WR IGHTSVI LLE. These parks will provide resting pl aces a nd eating facilities for tr avelers in the ar ea . Both of the p ark s will be bu ilt on Georgia Route N o. 78- one northeast of Wri ghtsville towards Bartow, on land donated by H arl ey Fulford, th e other will be southeast to wa rd s Ad rian , nea r th e Ameri can Legion R ecr eational Cen ter.
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Moultrie Motel
Plan s h ave been an nounced for th e const ruc tion of a modern $ 150,000 I110tel in M O ULTRIE . Sou th Georgia M ot els, Inc., is sponsoring th e mo tor court which will h ave 28 units, offi ce, and man ager' s apartment. The ac commodati ons will be bu ilt in ra nch style, V -shaped, ar ound a landscaped courtya rd . Construction will be of bri ck a nd concrete, and th e entire motel will be air-conditioned .

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OUR .

READERS

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recting ou r m ailing list and bring-

ing it' up to dat e. Will j'OU noti fy

us of your ad dress has changed . . .

Som e read ers ha ve requested two

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in their business concerns; if you are

receivin g m ore copies than are being

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of address or duplicat ion of un used

copies, please be su re to in clude your

old address as well as yo ur present

one . Please w rite to th e NEWS-

LETTER, Georgia D epartm ent of

Commerce, 100 Stat e Cap itol , At-

lanta 3, Georgia.

G. E. Opens
Rome Plant
R om e will be th e site of th e officia l dedicati on and opening to th e p ublic of an impo rtant addition to Georgia's industrial famil y on M ay 11thGe neral El ectric Com pa ny's new 25million dollar n an sforrner plant.
Gen eral Elect ric's Pr esident, Ralph
J. Cordiner and Lt. Governor M arvin
G riffin will pa rti cip ate in th e dedication cerem onies, according to D . B. Lawton, th e .plant m anager .
Visitors to th e hu ge an d hi ghly m echanized p lan t will see m edium transformers, weighin g from four to thirty tons eac h, being m ass-produced for th e first tim e in th e history of th e industr y. Star ting at th e cast end of th e plant, m aterials a re h andled and ca rried by a conveyo r system and th e com pleted tr an sformer rolls out of th e west end.
M anufact urin g has been und er way for some time-th e first tran sform er was com pleted a nd delivered to th e Georgia Power Company in J an ua ry. Full production is expect ed to be ach ieved in 1955, an d eventua lly 1700 to 1800 persons will be employed at the plant.
Constru ct ion of th e vast pl ant bega n in 1952. There a re ten buildings on th e sit e, incl ud ing two la rge manufacturing buildings, a n office buil din g and service bui ldings. T h e largest manufacturing bui ldi ng is 1200 feet lon g.

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Modern Paul Bunyan
T h e H a rris Foundry and Machine Company of CO R DELE is about to un dertake production of th eir n ewest invention, a land-clearing m ach ine th at work s on th e p rinciple of a rot ary lawn mower. It ca n clear land effici en tlv an d cheaply so th at area not in culti'vat ion now ca n be clea red a nd put to work. The machine "ea ts" grass, bushes a nd small trees, in a six, eight or ten foot swa the. The new cutt er is towed by a ca terpilla r tr actor ; it craw ls along , che wing into growth a nd leaving a trail of three-inc h stubble. Noth ing is left to be h au led away or bu rn ed. The m achine eats th e growth, chews it up an d spews it out as small particles which make a protecti ve and fertile gro und cover. This " Pa ul Bun yan " of a m achine will be in p roduction in about two months.
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New Rug Mill
Co nstruction is u n d e l' way 111 CH ICKA M AUGA, Walk er County, on a building for H eirl oom Car pe t Mill s, In c., organized by George F. Co llins, A. H . Bat es a nd Ch arles Watkins. Construction of .th e 20,000 squa re foot building is expected to be comp leted in J une. The pl ant will manufacture ru gs, ca rpe ts a nd cheni lles.
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Gainesville Production
GA INE SVI L L E'S n ew industry, T EV, Inc., sta rted p roduction last mo n th of 300 power lawn m owers per day. The p lant, which ca n p rod uce both electrica lly p owered mach ines an d gaso line driven m owers, has a 40,000 squ are foo t bu ilding. J im K olls is plant manager .
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Gas Company
Th e Fa rmers Gas Company, a newly lorrned concern , is m aking its headqua rt ers in PELHAi\J. D . E. Price, Lou D . Hill, and Sam 1. Barb er ar e th e officers of th e organizat ion wh ich is construc ting offi ces and installing a 30,000 -ga llon storage tank in Pelham.

NEW~LETTER

M ay 10, 1954

Industrial Buford Anticipates Large Development When Dam Is Completed

city, betw een Atl anta and Washin gton , D. C. Two mot els, M cN eal' s T ourist Court and Clark's 'Tourist Court provide accommodations for tourists.
Buford owns its elect ric plant, ob-

T he plea in th e song, "R iver stay away from my door," does not apply to Buford, since this industr ial city looks with favor to th e time wh en th e multipurpose Buford Dam an d Lake will come within three miles of th e city.
T he Cha ttahooc hee R i vel' , upon which th e huge proj ect is situated, is six m iles (rom Buford , and wh en it is completed, the sho re line of 580 mi les

Buford to manu fac tur e sea t covers. Alan Pitt ard is manager of thi s firm , which em ploys approxim ately 200.
Mor eno Press, esta blished in 1916 by Earl y Wilb anks wh o died in 1952, publishes th e Buford Advertise r, the weekly newspap er, and also opera tes an extensive printing business, specializing in labels, tags, tickets, etc. M rs. Wilbanks, own er an d ope ra tor of the business, has associated wit h her in its

taining power fro m the Georgia Power '
Co ., which it distribut es to its cus to-
mers; a natural gas line supplies th at
commo dity.
Hutchins M emorial H ospital is oper-
at ed by Dr. W. J. Hutchins, and by
his son, Dr. Harry Hutchins, wh o is now serving in th e Arm y. Mrs. Garland Benn ett is Administ rator of th e mo dern facility. T he H ealt h Clinic is sponsored by the Senior and J uni or

will be ju st on th e outskirts of th e city.

The lake will not only pro vid e an

ample wat er supply for Buford , all

Gwin nett County, DeKalb Co unty, hu t

will also assure growing Atl anta with

an ad equ at e reservoir of wat er. East-
war d, Gain esville and that area will be supplied. R ecreat ion al and fishin g facilities will also be greatly improved .
Situat ed in th e northeast section of large Gwinn ett County, Buford's populat ion, with two adjo ining ind ustrial areas, was given in 1950 as 4,742, it being th e largest city in th e coun ty.

Procl aim ed as th e "H ome of Bufo rd Dam and center of industrial development of northeast Georgia," the city was found ed by th e lat e 1'. S. Garner and L arkin Smith in 1869. In 1873, Bona Allen, Sr. began a sma ll leather bu siness th ere, which grew into th e hu ge Bona Allen leather goods manufacturer s, giving employment to hundreds of people of th e area.
Bona Allen , I ncorporated, now ar e manufacturers of saddles, harness, other leather goods and ope ra te one of th e largest tanneries in the world.
The p resent firm is op erated by John and Bona Allen, Jr., sons of Bona Allen , Sr., who died in 1925. The firm employs about 500 people.
The Geor gia Sho e Mfg. Co., Sam L. Perling man ager, em ploys approxima tely 150 a t its Buford plant, and approximately 150 at th e firm' s plant at nearb y Flo wery Bran ch . The concern mak es boots and shoes.
Chicopee Mfg. Corp., J. L. Hall
local manager, affords em ploymen t to ma ny at its Buford plant, wh ich manufac tur es fiber glass and lumite screen wire.
Fry-Duluth Inc., has leased a building and will soon move its plan t to

Two dramatic scenes in th e constru ct ion of Buford Dam.

opera tion her two brothers, Paul a nd Bill Cain , plant man agers. The firm employs 15 people and ha s a large, modern plant.
Sawing of timber and p rocessing lumb er is an ac tive Buford ind ustry, three firm s being th e H amner Lu mb er Co ., W. R owe Pu gh and th e K elly Lumber Co.
Blue Ridge Mfg. Co . em ploys ap proximately 50 people in th e manufacture of linen goods.
Buford -is on the doubl e-track, main line of th e Southern R ail road , whi ch plan s to erect here a mod ern pa ssenger and freight depot. The Southern Bell T elephone Co. , has erected a new bui lding here and h as insta lled th e dial system .
Buford is served by two highwaysIT. S. 23 and State 20. The city looks forw ar d to th e completion of the p roposed fou r-lane highway through the

Women 's Clubs, Mi ss Electra Ki mbrough, Co unty nu rse in charge, assisted by Mrs. Frank R obinson. The Clini c is located in th e Buford H ousing proj ect.
J ohn Carter is p resident of th e Bu-
for d Co mmercial Ban k, and J. F. H am-
ilton cashier. W. O . Pu ckett is Com mand er of th e Am erican Legion Post. Its ' h om e here cost approxima tely $75,000 and th ere are plan s to add a mod ern swimming pool.
Buford is proud of its five-acre Youth Cente r, p rovid ing facilities fo r youth activities, it having a lar ge swimmi ng pool, barbecue pit s, picn ic tab les, swings and other equipme nt. H . W . Gardn er is presid ent of th e C en ter Orga n iza t ion.
Buford has its own school system, which includes a high and grammar school for whites and high and gram-
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

Two Festivals Celebrate Soon
Two importan t Geor gia festiva ls will tak e place in th e ve ry nca r future : th e T om at o Fes tiva l a t Glennv ille will be -a n even t of M ay 20th, and th e W at ermelon F estival a t Cordele will begin on Jun e 7th and continue th rou gh July 3rd.
T he Glennvi lle Tomato Festival will beg in with a parad e with a number of bands a nd march ing un its an d b eautiful float s. A golf exhi bitio n will be given, a T omato F estival Q ueen will be cro wne d; a flower show will be h eld , followe d by a stre et dance and th e traditional Queen 's 13 a II . Govern or Talma dge will be th e princ ipa l speaker of th e day.
T he W at ermelon F estival a t C ordele will be th e n inth annual celebration in favor of th is po pula r summer fruit. It is spo nsor ed by th e Cordele M erchants Associatio n, a divi sion of th e Crisp Co un ty Chamber of Commerce,

Earl Mur rav
Mi ss Billie Cunningham , Watermelon Queen of 1953 .
and features street dan ces, d rawing of priz es donat ed by m er ch ants and, of course, fr ee wat ermelon.

Buford (Con tinued from Page 5 )
ma r schoo ls for colored . T h e white high schoo l is to be enla rged t o ca re for all high schoo l pupils in n orth Gw inne tt Co unty. A. L. C la rk is superinten de nt of th e schoo l, whi ch employs 25 teach ers. A new $25 0,000 gra mmar sch ool is to be erec ted.
Buford boasts of one of th e fin est gym nasiums in th e nation. Thom as Riden is h ead coach and Ger ald M eQuaig assista n t coac h of a th letic ac tiviti es.
F our den om ination s- Baptist, M ethodist, Presbyteri an and Ch urc h of God - h ave ch urc hes in Buf ord . The C ity Library, spo nso red by th e Senior W oman's C lub, h as as it s Libra rian , Mrs. M . E . Brogd on . C lubs include Kiwanis, Li on s, Ame rica n L egion , Senior a nd Junior W om an's Clubs, L egion Au xiliary, T allul ah Fall s Circle.
.J. C . Dover is City M an ager of Bu-
for d, a nd Co mm issioners a re Li on el Drake, E. E. R obinson , A. E. Hamner.
J. C . M er ritt is C ity Cler k; R aymond
Sm ith, Police and Fire Chiefs. E. W . White, J ud ge of Buford C ity Court, is also a m emb er of th e L egislature from Gwinnett Co unty . R ay M errit is City Solicitor.

Water Conservation
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R abun Co unty, 2,800 ac res ; L ake R abun (Math is development ) , Geo rgia Po wer Co., on Tallulah Ri ver, R abun Co unty, 830 acres ; Tugal o R eservoir, G eorgia Power Co ., on Tugal o River, 600 ac res, p artly in Georgia and Sou th Carolina ; L ake J ackson, Georgia Power Co., on O cmulgee Ri ver, near J ackson, Ga. , 4,800 ac res ; Sincla ir R eservoir, G eorgia Power Co ., on O con ee River, a b a v e Milledgeville, 15,000 ac res;
Lak e Blackshear, owned by Cris p C ounty, on Flint River, near Cordele, 8,000 ac res; Allat oona L ak e a nd D am , on Etowah R iver, east of C art ersville, ) 0,500 acres, constructed by th e C ovem me nt ; Buford L ake a nd D am , on Cha tta hoochee Ri ver, near Buf ord , Ga. , 37,100 ac res, bei ng built by th e Govern me nt to be com plete d by 1958 ; Bartlett's F er I' y R eservoir, Georgia Power Co ., on th e Chattahooch ee river, above Co lumbus, 5,000 ac res, partly in Al ab am a ; Jim W oodruff L ak e and Dam , by th e Go vernment on th e Ap alachicola, Chatta hoochee and Flint Ri vers, partl y in G eorgia, Florida and Alab am a, 37,000 ac res, to be com p leted in 1955.
These large lak es total n early 200,000 ac res, wh ich afford wa te r con trol, power, wat er supply, boating and fishing. In addition, several h und red farm po nds h ave been built ove r th e stat e

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May 10, 1954

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

MA CON-Gas Equipment an d Air

Conditioning Co m p any, constr uc tion of

cooling towers, $ 17,235.

ATLANTA-Empire Gas En gineer-

ing Company, additions to aircra ft re-

fue ling system , $ 19,183.

TH OiyJAS VILL E-Rose K ist F oods.

Inc., pimientos, $59 ,535.

.

ATLANTA-Atlant a Pap er Com-

pan y, ca rto ns, $80, 673.

MA CON-Louis Briggs Co nstr uc-

tion Co m pa ny, construc tio n of barrack s

a nd rela ted faciliti es, $799 ,98 6.

A T LANT A- Eng ineering- Co ntra c-

tors, Incorp orated , insta lla tion of air

conditioning, $95 ,350.

A T LANT A-W i II M anufact ur ing

Company, shirt-flying m en 's wool ser ge

coa ts, $171 ,121.

l ON ESB OR O-Bowers Shee t M etal

Compa ny, repleni shment of h ardwa re,

$ 15,420.

CO R DE LE- Butler Box & C rate

Compa ny, p allet s, $26,900.

THOMA STON-Thom aston Mi lls,

Bleach ery Di vision , fin ishing cloth ,

$ 10,062.

ATLANTA-Babcock & Wi I c o x

Co m pany, h ou sing u nit assemb lies,

$ 10,4 79.

HAMP T ON - So u th e r n St a tes

Equipment Co rpo ra tion, disconnecting

switches, $29,000.

MARI ETTA-N 0 I an d Co m pa ny,

Inc., fir ebox boiler, $21, 943.

ATLA NTA-Diam ond Power Sp e-

cialty Co rpo ra tion, c/ o Boiler Eq uip-

m ent Service Co m pa ny, soot blowers

and push button p an els, $29,021.

COLUM BU S- W righ t Co ntracting

Company, conc rete m attresses, $652 ,-

320.

which conserve 'wa ter for fa rm u sc, for livesto ck and fishing an d boating.
Geo rgia h as a bountiful wat er sup Fly, both for industry, far ming and oth er pu rposes.
Georgia is practi cally fr ee of 'serious flood s.
Nearl y all stre ams h ave th eir sour ce in th e sta te, or are "owne d" by it, thus it ca n control th e wa te r flow.
The huge O kefeno kee Swa mp , con taining m ore th an a half million acres, is covered by wate r practi call y all th e tim e, th e wat er -level gett ing low only in extreme d rouths.
App roxim at ely two-thirds of Geo rgia's boundary lin es a rc formed by wat er- rivers, lak es and th e Atl anti c O cean.

NEWSLET T ER

M ay 10, 1954

Macon Fine Cultural and Educational" been recognized ever since. \Vesleyan Conserva to ry gran ted its fir st degr eeth e first d egr ee to be granted to a wo-
Center and Manufacturing Metropolis man in this country-in 1840-two year s before Sidn ey Lani er a ppea red

Wh at would Sidney Lani er find in Macon tod ay ii, after over 100 yea rs, he ret urne d to have a glimpse a t th e city of hi s birth ?
For one thing, he would find that the house in whi ch h e was born has oven m ore charm, becau se of th e yea rs th at hav e grac ed it, a nd th at it is one of th e most cherishe d and respected sites in th e region . H e wou ld also fin d that Wesleyan Conserva to ry, where J:1e ta ught mu sic, ha s rem ain ed an impor tant educa tiona l institution and h as expanded on a ca mpus north of th e city with h andsom e bri ck build ings a nd spac ious grounds. R em ainin g sti ll a re th e lovely ga rde ns and la rge, whitecolumned homes whi ch lend th eir gen erous dignity to a ra pidly expanding industri al community- but thi s would be new to Sid ney Lani er.
M acon h as kept her ch arm wh ile becom ing the cen ter of industry a nd tra de for middle Georgia . Indeed, "T he H eart of Georgia"-17 Y2 mil es from th e geogra ph ical center of th e state-sup plies many of the needs of 26 coun ties ; th is vast a rea in turn sup plies M acon with th e basic resources to manufacture th ese goods. It is a truly well-integr at ed area.
Th e agricultura l sections surro unding M acon supply her with food a nd cott on for her texti le fa ctor ies ; h ardwoods com e fro m th e wooded sections; Full ers Earth and K aolin, two impo rtant kinds of white clay, are m ined extensively for use in m an y ind ustries. T hese, a nd man y othe r resou rces, p rovide th e basis for 173 m an ufact ur ing plan ts- wh ich in turn employ 36,630 peopl e.
M acon conce rns pr odu ce a lar ge a rray of diversified p roducts. The newest manu facturers to establish th ere ar e the Park Sunbeam Fold ing Box Com pan y which em ploys about 50 under th e m anagem ent of Paul H oward , a nd th e Strc itma n Biscuit Co mpa ny, produ cers of six maj or br ands of cookies and crac kers, em ploying over 200.
Famous Features
Sidney Lani er, through hi s m elodi c poetry, mad e important contributions to th e lit erar y world . .H e also brou ght fam e to M acon. But M acon, long before th e birth of th e poet in 1842, was

well known . Indian s h ad a lar ge settlem ent th ere-for centur ies before th e pioneers ca me. The O cmulgce N at ion al M onumen t th ere h as m uch evide nce of their ha bitation a nd relics of th eir civiliza tion. Its und ergrou nd Indian Council H ouse, whi ch served as a meeting pla ce for the chiefs f rom th rou ghou t th e ar ea, is rega rd ed as one of th e greatest ar chaeologica l find s in Am erica . T he mou nd s th em selves have proven highl y valuable in revea ling th e custom s of Geor gia's aborigines.
F ort H awki ns, used in th e War of 1812, is a symbol of th e first wh ite men in th e area. About 20 year s lat er th e first group of whi te settlers mad e M acon th eir perm an ent hom e. They named Macon in honor N atha niel Macon , a sta tesman from North Ca rolina of th e 18th centur y. It was nam ed th e coun ty sea t of Bibb C ounty, created by an ac t of the Legislat ur e in 1822. Bibb Co un ty's na me is a tribute to Dr. W. W. Bibb, a citi zen of Elb ert Coun ty, wh o h ad died two yea rs previously. H e was not only a Geor gia State R ep resent ati ve
Co ke' s
Indian Pottery at th c O cmulgc c National l\Ionument.
and Sena to r, a nd a R epresent at ive a nd Sena tor in th e U . S. Co ng ress, but a lso th e first T erri torial Govern or of Alaba ma , first Governor of th e Sta te of Alab am a-and a countv in Alab am a also is na med for him . .
M acon grew rapidly in th e n ext few yea rs; hom es a nd comm ercial buildmgs, schools a nd churc hes were builtan d its commerce and cult ure have

M a co n Chamber of Com merce
The doorway of th e Administration building at Mercer University, a co-educ a tional Baptist institution.

in thi s world- on High Stree t, a few

blocks away .

T he n M acon becam e th e h ome of

M ercer U niversity, a fine liberal a rts

institution wh ich moved fr om Penfield,

Green e Co unty.

Now M acon is also the hom e of Geor -

gia Ba ptist Co llege, wh ich is a ju nior

college for Negroes, th e Georgia Aca de -

my for th e Blind , th ree comm ercial

schoo ls, severa l vocationa l scho ols, two

par ochi al schoo ls, an d 36 pu blic schoo ls

in the M acon- Bibb Co untv Pu b I i c

Sch ool System .



Fine Facilities
M acon is an attrac tive city, h as a pleasant clim ate and a friendl y atmosph ere- and excellen t facilit ies for all kinds of ac tivities. Perh aps this is one reason why m an y conventions m eet th ere. Twelve h ot els a nd 15 m otels acco mmo date visitors . Th e Municipa l Auditoriu m, seating 3,300 is th e logical site for ma ny m eeti ngs a nd pr esen tation s. Central C ity Pa rk is a lovely a rea ; 19 oth er pa rks and an equa l n umber of playgr ounds, swimming pools, a public golf cou rse, tenn is cour ts a nd a ba seball field provide am ple recrea tion grounds. And th e " Peaches," M acon's
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own baseball team, is enth usiastically sup ported.
Three airlines, five railroads and four m ain hi ghw ays constitute an excellen t tr an sportation netw ork. All th e principal den om inations a re represented in 147 ch urc hes. On e mun icip al and th ree private hospit als serve th e region . Three bank s have combined assets of over 430 m illion doll a rs.
T he source of wat er supply is th e O cmulgee River. At th e moment, a $700,000 wat er- system exp ansion progra m is under way to in crease Macon's water supply by six milli on gallons more per day. Two othe r wat erw ays run through Bibb Co unty : th e T obesofkee an d th e E ch econ ee C reeks.
Macon 's Chamber of Comme rce is an ext remely alert organiz ation wh ich promotes a nd particip at es in m any civic affa irs. The office is well-staffed and h as a grea t inf ormati on at h and. Tom Green e is m an ager of th e Chambe r.
F ou r radi o stations serve Macon and middle G e 0 r g i a: WBML, WIEB, WMAZ, and WNEX, and two TV stations . Two oth er important comm unica tions med ia a re th e Macon n ewspapers. Both a re own ed by Peyton Anderson, but sep arat ely edited an d staffed, th ey give complete morning and even ing cove rage. Th.e M aeon T elegraph, edited by Burt Stru by, is th e morning pap er. The T elegraph wa s foun ded in 1826, or fou r yea rs after th e creation of th e county. The Ma con N ews, edited by J oe Parh am , is 70 yea rs old th is year.
Officials
Macon's govern me nt consists of a

Mi nm g Kaolin, one of Bibb Co unty's most important

M ayor, B. F . M erritt, a nd 15 C ity Councilme n . Mallory C. Atk inson is J udge of th e Supe rior Co ur t of th e City of M acon ; Solicito r Gen eral is O scar L ong.
Bibb County is gove rne d by five Commissione rs: Wm . A. Fi ckling is Chairman, M. L. N ewberry, Secretary ;
L. J . Brown, J. W. D enson, K. W. Dun-
wody an d K enn eth Car swell complete th e board.
R epresentatives to th e Sta te L egislat ur e from Bibb County include John H arris, Jr., D enmark Groover, J r., a n d Andrew W . M cK enna .

Other Bibb Coun ty officers incl ude Walter C. St evens, Ordinar y ; R . E . Raley, Clerk of Court ; J ames 1. Wo od, She riff; Daniel D . Dunwody, T ax Co mmission er ; Mrs. Agn es L . Freen ey, Treasur er ; Frank B. West, Su rveyor ; Lester H . Chapman , Coroner; M ark A. Smith, County Sch ool Superi nt enden t
an d J. Ellsworth H all, County Attor-
ne y . Fire C hief for M acon is B. H.
Brown ; Police Chief, Ben T. Watkins. County F arm k gent is D. F. Bru ce ; Home Demonstration Ag e nt , Mi ss Frances Lowe.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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DEPAUTMENT OF [DMMED[E
NEW LETTER
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1954

NE WSLETTER

NEWSLEITER

Published semi-monthly by

GE OR G IA DEPT. OF COMMERCE

100 Sta te Capitol

* HERJ'vIAN E. TALMAD GE

Go ver n o r
BOA R D OF COMMISSIONERS

EM O RY L. BUT L ER

Chairman

Lonnie A. Pope, V. Chm.

Y. F. Geeslin

Ben J essup

Hok e Peters

* CLARK GAINES

Sec reta ry

Vol. 5, No. 16

May 25, 1954

M a ); 25, 19.'i\

Southe rti Hot els
Guide Available
The Sou the rn Sta tes Hotel Association has recentl y published th e 1954-55 edition of th e Southe rn H otel s Directory. The Di rectory, a n a ttractive a nd convenientlv-sized br ochure, lists over 1,300 hotel~ in twelve Southe rn sta tes. T he hot els included in th e listings a rc all mem bers of th e Southe rn States H otel Associations and th e America n H otel Associa tio n whic h requ ire high sta ndards of elea nliness an d safetyand th e memb er h otels ar e pledged to give good serv ice.
Along with th e listin g of th e hot el by geogra phical location, th e broch ure sta tes th e numb er of rooms availa ble, th e man ager of th e hotel's nam e, a nd th e rat es cha rged fo r accommodations.
The Director y is of value to all wh o motor throu ghout th e South and will be a particu lar asset to touri sts-and to th e tourism bu siness in thi s area.
Copies of th e brochure m ay be obtain ed by writing to th e Geor gia H otel Associati on , 80 1 Rhodes-Hav erty Build ing, Atla nta 3, Geo rgia .
COVER PICTURE
The Administra tion Buildin g of North Georgia Co llege a t D ahl onega stands on th e site of th e United Sta tes Mi nt whi ch was esta blishe d th ere in 1837 and ope rated u nti l 1861. The mint bu rne d in 1878 a nd th e p resen t building was erected in 1879. F or more about Dahl onega, Lumpkin County a nd it s p opular tourist a ttraction, gold pan nin g, sec page 6.
- Photo by Carolyn Carter.



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l<.a gl ~nd S tudio and Eng!'aving Co.

SunrIse. ove~ the Golden. Isle;s of Geo rgia IS.a glOrIOUS SIght . T ourists and other VIsitors to

these h istori c and beautiful Islan ds know this as only one of the man y magical deligh ts of

th is coastal region.

Albany- Georgia Societ y of Certified Public Accountant s M eetin g, R adi um Sp rin gs Inn, M ay 27-29.

Augusta - Di sab led Am erican V eterans, Georgia Group "M eeting, Bon Air H ot el, M ay 28-30.

Atlanta-South Atlant ic Dru g Club

Co nvention. Dinkier-Plaza. M av 30-

June 3. '

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Emory-School of M edi cin e Centenniel Celebrati on, Emor y U n iversity, June 1-3.
Macon-Order of th e E astern St ar M eeting, Municipal Auditorium , J une 6- 9.
Corde le-Opening F estiviti es of th e Watermelon F estival, June 7.

Epworth -by -the-Sea - South Geor gia Annual Confer en ce of th e M ethodi st Church, June 7-10.
At hens-Gradu ation and Alumni D av, U niversi ty of Georgia, June 7. . ,

Eatonton-Dai ry Fest ival, J un e 8-9.

Savannah- Georgia Ba r Associa tion Convention , H ot el DeSot o, June 912.

Atlanta- Georgia Vocation al Association Con feren ce, Biltmor e H ot el, June 10-12.
Emory-Advertising In stitute, Emor y U niversity, J u ne 11-12.

Macon-Delta T ank O pe n H ouse. Cer emonies at th e Pla n t. June 11 . "

At lanta-Lions Clubs of Georgia Convcn tion, Biltmore H ot el, Ju ne 13-1.'i.

Athens-Summer Music C linic, U niversity of Georgia, June 13-25.

Atlanta-Southeastern Travelers Ex-

hibitor s Con vention , Aud itorium .

June 13-1 6.

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Augusta-Veteran s of F oreign \ Va rs, Geo rgia Con vention, Bon Air H otel, June 17-20.

Atlanta -Countv Officer s Associati on of Geor gia M eet ing, H enry Gra dy H otel , June 17-18.

Savannah - Southeaste rn P r i n t i n g

T ra des Confere nce . H otel D eSoto.

June 18- 21.

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Co lumbus- Geor gia Societ y of P rofessional En gin eers Con vention , R alston H ot el, June 18-1 9.

Atlanta- Geor gia F eed a nd Pou ltry

Association Con feren ce. D in klcr-

Plaza , Ju ne 21-22.

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Athens-Man agement I nstitu te for Pe-

trol eu m M a rketers, U niv ersitv of

Georg ia, June 21-23.

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Sava nna h-Georgia Sta te C hampion

Skeet T ournam en t. H ot el D eSoto.

June 25-27.

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Augusta- Georgia Conferen ce of V etera ns Services, Bon Air H ot el, june 25-26 .

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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NE WSL ETTE R

M ay 25, 1954

Stone Mountain, Georgia's Wonder of Some 200 Million Years, Still Draws Many Visitors

Geo logists ha ve estima ted the ag e of
the gra nite in Stone M ountain as 200 million years . A lot of things h ave happ en ed in th at tim e. The ea rth hascha nge d its face severa l tim es, bu t ~cient ists say th at Sto ne M oun tain has rema ine d abou t th e sam e.
T he only recorded difference is in the creatu res wh o h ave frequented the mou ntain. Back in prehistoric times they used to be m astod on s. T od ay, they a re pickni ckers a nd tou rists.
The la rgest rock in th e Western

M ountain in North Georgia, tha t it was const ructed by DeSoto. Oppon ents of this theo ry assert th a t if D eSoto h ad ever tied hi s for ces down in a single spot, th e Indi an s would h av e annih ilated th em , th at instead he h ad to depend upo n th e strategy of a ttack. T he remains of th e Ston e M oun tain fort were dissipated over the years by young boys using th e rocks to throw down th e mo untainside.
About a mil e high and seven miles in circumference a t its base. th e moun-

Planned for th e sheer side of th e mo unta in is a memoria l to the Confederacy. G utzon Borglum, executor of th e Black M ountain colossus, was th e first sculp tor to work on th e Stone M ountain M em orial to th e Co nfe de racy. H e began drilling in 1915, but Worl d War I interrupted. H e resum ed work in 1920, but a few years la ter quit in a h uff followin g a quarrel with sponsors .over finan ces a nd p rogress of th e ca rvmg.
Borglum, before leavin g, destroyed

C aroty u Car re:
M assive granite S ton e Mo untain looms up on th e horizon.

Caro ly n Car -ter
Th e plast er sculp tu re model for Stone Mountain.

Hemisphe re, Ston e M oun tain never has been properly exploited as such. N obody ever seeme d to ca re too much
about it. The Indian s however, held it in high
rega rd a nd in' awe. T hey held th eir imp ortant t ribal c~nfe ren ces on top of it a nd th e last big pow-wow of the
Creeks was staged th ere. DeSoto, ea rly in th e Sixteenth C~n
tury, was said to have been the first whi te man to lay eyes upon th e mountai n. H e nam ed it th e New Gilbra ltar. a pseudonym th at stuc k un til compar-
atively recent yea rs. Histo rical a utho rities tell of a fort
built of rock once locat ed on th e mo un tain, erected presumably by I nd ia ns. and according to some, by a pre-Chero kee tribe. Others conten d, as th ey do in rega rd to the fort remains on Fort

ta in ea ts deep into the ea rth. Atlanta sits on top of one of its granit e roots . These veins of granite, considered finest in th e world, have yielde d stone used to bui ld th e locks of th e Pan am a Cana l, th e dom e of th e gold dep ository a t Fo rt Kn ox, th e ste ps of th e Ea st Win g of the U. S. Cap itol building, th e Treasury Building in W ashin gt on , th e C uban Capitol at H avan a an d, closer to home, the Fu lto n Count" Courthouse an d th e Federa l Prison. .
Altho ugh treach erou s, few recorde d tragedies have occurred on th e mountain. On e man lost his life during th e carving of th e unfinished m em ori al, A girl once fell 300 feet down its side , but hit a led ge, was rescued an d lived to be a grandmother. H eroi c feats to rescue an ima ls who have fallen off th e mounta in have been frequ ent .

all h is mo de ls a nd tried to obliterate th e ac tual carving. In hi s haste, h e didn't finish destruction of the carving. but Augus tus Lukem a n, th e second a rtist com m issioned saw to that.
Lukem an spe n t some time destr oying Borglum's unfinished carving and by th e tim e h e com pleted a new m od el, the mo ney was all gon e. As a result , th e monument was lef t in its pres ent sta te, consisting of a nearly complete figu re of L ee on horse back and two outlines of Jackson and Davis.
R enewed efforts to build th e M emorial are now und er way. Wh en completed , it will comprise th e world's most heroic gro up of figu res. The great Sp hinx of Giza h, could be h idd en behind th e figure of L ee on horseback. The Co lossus of M emnon at T hebes would scarcely reach to his stirrup.

G EO RG IA DEPARTMENT O F CO M M ER CE

NEWSLETTER

May 25, 195\

GEORG/II PIIRIIDE OF PROGRESS

New Baxley Industry
Operation s are expected to sta rt early in th e fall by Mill er Western Wea r, Inc. , in a new building to be constru cted in BAXLEY, Appling County. The conce rn, with h eadqua rters in D enver, Colorado, will m anufacture boys' and girls' western style sh irts, pants and jack ets.
They will lease an d occupy a building to be erecte d by Appling- Industries , Inc. The bui ldin g will h ave 21,000 sq ua re feet of floor space, will be ai rconditioned, and will be constructed at a cost of about $100 ,000. Approximately 100 people will be em ployed by the conce rn in the starting- months, and double that number will be employed as production gets fully under way. Mr. William A. Cowarte is president of Mill er W estern W ear, Inc.
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Metter Garment Plant
Pla ns are under way in METTER for th e construction of a p lant which will house a ga rme n t fa ctory head ed by Jim Peterson. The building, to be ~on structed at a cost of $60 ,000 , will be erected' by th e Candler County Development Corporation. The garment firm will employ approximately 150 p eop le .
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Carrollton Company
A Lin en dyein g company has purchased th e No . 2 mill property of th e form er Mandeville Mi lls of CA RROLLTON and will start operations in th e very near future. The concern will em ploy 300 men in dyeing- and finishing all types of printed cloth. In cluded in the purchase is a rai lroad siding an d warehouse space.
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Brunswick Port
Pla ns h ave been approved for th e dev e lopmen t of port facilities at BRUNSWICK. The City a nd County Commissions plan to purchase waterfront property now owned by th e Southe rn Railwa y Company and to construct a dock th ere at a cost of $300,000 . The proposed dock will be 90-feet long and equipped with dolphins so tha t ships longer than th at will be ab le to use th e dock. Manufacturing concerns and shrimp boats will be able to use the dock.

Gainesville Enterprise
A new spo rting goods company is opening in GAIN ESVILLE. T o be
operate d by .J. Larry Kl eckley, th e
film will manufacture th e K lecklev Red -Pak. This is a fishing rod case, de"signed to carry several fishin g rod s at once in a conve nien t m anner. The in vention is being p at ented and manufacture will begin in th e summe r.
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Grain Storage
Redman Seed Compan y has built a new steel grain warehouse in JA CK SON which has a capacity for over 75,000 bushels of grain . I n PERRY, two n ew grain storage bu ildings a re read y. D avis Compan y, Inc., h as constructed a warehouse with a 150,000 bu shel capacity, and A. C . Pritch ett's new bu ilding will nearly equa l it.
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.Roadside Parks Are
Enhancing Georgia
The com pletion of a R oad side Park on U . S. Hi ghw ay 23 outside of CO CH R AN has been announced . The park will serve motorists who wish to stop and rest a nd have picnic lunch es out-of-doors. The Coch ran - Bleckley County J unior Chamber of Commerc e sponsored th e project an d was aided by Vance Wimberly, who leased th e land fre e of charge, th e Cochran Garden Club, whos e m emb ers landscaped th e grounds, a nd th e State Highway Department.
Work is well un derway on a nothe r roadside park at POULAN , Worth County. The Highway Dep artment is helping wit h the development of thi s park also, and th e the Pou lan H ome Demonstration Club will help to beautify the gro unds. Much of th e a rea will be left as woods ; th e clea red portion will have a semi -circular drive, a parking area, tables an d ben ch es. A small stream which runs through th e park area will add to th e attracti ven ess of th e spot.
At OCILLA, ,the Irwin County 4-H C lub and many other inter ested citi zens have apark un der wa y on Geor gia Route 32 near th e community of MYSTIC. T he park will serve the commun ity as well as m otorists through the area. I t has not only picnic facilities, but a ba seball diamond and hors eshoes area.

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Tobacco VVarehouses

BLACKSHEAR will be th e site of

two more tobacco warehouses whi ch

will be read y for th e comi ng tob acco

au ction season. Construction is well

under way on th e fa cilities which a re

owned by B. B. R ogers. The war e-

h ouses will have 102,400 squa re feet of

floor space each .

Three n ew wa rehouses ar e un der way

at V IDALIA. One is being constructed

by J ohn R. Murry and King R oberts

whi ch will contain some 150,000 squa re

feet of floor spa ce. Vanns Warehouses.

Inc. is constructing the fourth ware:

hous e of th e fi rm in Vidalia ; thi s one

will contain 100,000 squa re feet . The

third new wareh ouse for thi s city whi ch

is being const tion of Easley,

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ted by th alk er and

eBaonr~aeasniwz ial-l

con ta in 120,000 squa re feet of floor

sp ac e.

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HIGHLIGHTING

OU{( P{(OG{(ESS

Seatrain Lines, Inc., has been given

a p ermit to operate ocean-going fr eight

service between Savannah and new

York . .. . Sylva nia Garment Compan y will manufacture some 35,000 doze~

pajamas this yea r for H ollida y Pa-

jamas, I nc. . . . Milledgeville State

Hospital Lawren ce Warehouse was re-

cen tly dedi cated . . . . Contract h as been

a warde d for th e construction of a Na-

tional Guard Armory at LaGrange.

. . . Radio Station WBRO has been

ded icated and sta rted ope ra ting- ju st

outside Waynesboro . . . .



Plan s have been approved for a N ational Gu ard Armory-Au ditorium in Moultrie. . . . Two housing projects ar c under wa y in Athens, and 300 hou sing units are pl anned for Milledgevill e. . . . Cochran's Junior Chamber of Com mer ce has issued a booklet on Co chran a nd BIeckley County. . . . A n ew jail a nd sheriff's reside nce a re being built in Tifton. . . . W hitfield, Elbert and Gwi nne tt Counties won agricultural awards for progress in th e contest sponsored by th e G e o I' g i a S ta t e Chamber of Commerce. . . . A complete industrial survey of Screven County has been prepared by the Chamber of Commerce of Sylvania.. . .
Ame ric us will soon have new sewa ge

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NEWSLETTER

M a y 25, 195--1

Oglethorpe County Is Duly Proud

Of Its History, Great Men, Progress

No Pau l R evere rode to th is tow n as in Lexin gt on, M assachusetts; no racehorse fa rms high light th e blue-grass count ry as Lexington, K entucky ; it hasn' t a fam ous college as does Lexington, V irg inia, bu t Lexington , Georgia, does h ave severa l claims to fame.
Lexington was the home of Gov ern or Gilmer, of Govern or Lumpk in, and Stephen Upson.
Gov ernor R ockin gh am Gilmer served th e sta te as Governor from 1829 until 1831, and aga in from 1837 to 1839.
Wilson Lu mpkin held th at office for four yea rs between Gilmer' s terms from 1831 unti l 1835. It was for L umpkin' s d au gh ter, M a rth a, th at M a rthasville whic h la ter became At la nta, was named.
Steph en Upson was a memb er of th e Legislature. All three of th ese men h ad the honor of havin g coun ties in th e sta te nam ed for th em . Gilmer County is in northwest Geo rgia, (N ewslclt c;, October 25, 1953 ) . Lu mpkin County in m iddl e north Geo rgia is th e subject of another article in thi s issue of th e N ewslett er. U pson Count y (N ewsletter, M a rch 10, 1954 ) is an im po rtant middle west Geor gia area.
Lexington was the origi nal site of Co lumbia Semi nary, Pr esbyterian center of learning, now locat ed in Decatur. And during th e yea rs th at F ran cis
O glethorpe Cou nty Courthouse.

Gouldin g was wn tm g popular " T he Y ou ng 1\1; aroon ers" he was a fr equent visitor in Lexin gton 's beautiful antebellum hom es, whi ch rem ain th ere to d ay .
J esse M ercer, for whom M ercer University was named, was th e pastor of a Baptist church in O gleth orpe County.
Crawfor d, west of Lexington , was th e home of Will iam H. C rawford. H e was United Sta tes Senator, Minister to Fran ce, Secreta ry of War under Pr esiden t Madison a nd Sec reta ry of th e T reasury under Pr esident M onroe. Besides holdin g th ese offices, he was also
One of Lexington's bea utiful ante-bellum h o m es,
a candidat e for th c Presiden cy of th e U . S. in 1824. And it is said that Crowfor d was instrume nta l in th e writing of the M on roe D octrine. An Extensive County
Lexington is the cen ter of a large county : Ogleth orp e conta ins 504 square miles of a rea. In thi s area a re included th e town s of Crawfo rd, M axeys, Steph ens, Arnoldsville an d th e communities of Sa ndy Cross, V esta, Point Peter, Goose Pond and Phi lomath. Lexin gt on and Crawford h ave nearl y th e same populati on , eac h h aving ju st ove r 550 people. Maxeys h as over 200 p eopl e. T he en tire county has abo ut 10,000 popula tion, spread ou t th rough th e rolling countryside.
O glethorpe County is th e site of six la rge granite quarries and mu ch timber. The m ajor industry is located in

C rawford : J efferson M ills wh ich employs 300. Lexin gton Roller Mi lls in Lexington process wh eat a nd corn . T . E. N elms is h ead of a lumber compa ny in Lexington , an d th e pr inting bu siness is man aged by H . W . Ama son, also editor of th e weekly newspaper, th e Oglethor pe E cho. Lexing ton also boasts
Part of Jcffcrson Mills , Crawford.
the Fa rmers' Seed C lean ing Co mpany, own ed by P. S. Sh ac kleford .
Agricul turally, O gleth orpe County is "go ing to grass." Some cotto n is rais ed . a nd m an y grapes, but much of th e lan d a rea is bein g turn ed to pa sture for beef a nd dairy cattle.
Approxim at ely 20 ch urches serve th e county. Two new schools, one for whites an d one for colored st ude nts a rc under way at th e cost of one-half m illion dollar s each.
Crawford is served by a br an ch line of the Geor gia R ail road , an d th e Sou theastern Bus Company. T he Commercial Bank a lso is located there.
Lexingt on is the locati on of the Citi z ens Banking Co mpany. T ran sport ation-wise, it is also serve d by th e South eastern Bus Co mpany.
O glethorp e Co un ty is velY fortunat e in . h aving pure wa ter supplied by spn ngs.
Officials O fficers serving Ogleth orpe County
incl ud e th e following: O rdina ry, F . D. M ax ey ; Clerk of Court, George A. Ba rron ; She riff, W . T. H oward ; Tax R eceiver, M. H . Furcron ; T ax Co llector , W. Grady H oward ; Treasur er, F . D. M ax ey; Surveyor, O. C . Dellinger : Corone r, W . C . H a rri son ; Co unty Superintendent of Schoo ls, B. E. Fau st : Co un ty Attorn ey, George B. Brooks. Lexington Ci ty Court J ud ge is W . W . Armistead, an d E. P. Shull is Solicit or Ge n e r al.
County Commissioners include .J. L.
H arris, Chairm an ; E. H. R oberts, E. Logan Bray, P. W. Wynn e, and F . D . M ax ey, Cl erk; ,

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

Search for Gleaming Yellow Metal Lures Many Tourists to Dahlonega

GO L D, th e magic word in min erals th at typifies purity of m etal a nd hi ghest intrinsic value, th at h as been sough t and used by m an over th e ag es a nd which was amo ng th e gifts by th e Wise M en to th e Christ ch ild (M att hew 2 : 11 ) , is still a magic word a t Dahlonega , in Lumpkin County, and is now its main touri st attraction.
Tourism is Dahlonega's biggest bu siness at thi s tim e, and th e city's interest in attracting tourists in th e last few yea rs is bringing more visitors to th e city than any oth er activity of its citizen s and civic organizations.
News of Dahlonega bein g a site of gold production for more than a century "has gotte n a round," and recent " panning" activities th ere are a ttracting tourists from all over th e nation. " I t pays to adve rtise," lead ers th ere say.
Also, "Welcome T ouri st Bur eau s"
get a big plug from Mrs. J. D. Anthon y,
ch airma n of D ahl onega Co mm unity Co uncil, wh o says : " O ur inform ati on boo th a t th e Co urthouse square a nd tourist bull etin board ar e worth th eir we igh t in gold." Need more be said a bout th e value and importan ce of informati on booths in town s a nd cities wh ere tourists and oth ers may get information?
Lumpkin Co unty was crea ted Dec. :i, 1832 a nd nam ed for Governor Wil son Lumpkin, who serv ed from 1831 to 1835. Population in 1950 was 6,574 , a gain of 1,647 over th e 1930 figures of

4-,927. Ther a re 292 square miles of land in th e county, 22.5 persons p er square mile. Fa nu s in th e cou nty tot al 789, th e land a rea being 186,880 acres. Lumpkin is in th e U pper Chatta hooch ee Ri ver Soil Co nserva tion Distri ct, Robert M oore, of Dahlonega, District ch airman ; David Passmore is Lumpkin Soil Co nserva tionist.
Approximat ely one- th ird of th e county's area is in th e Cha tta hooc hee N ational Forest, whi ch is stocked with deer and oth er ga me and h as many fishing spots . There a re 27 large and small lak es in th e county, and th ese with th e Chestatee and Et owah rivers provide excellen t fishin g waters. The Buford Lake waters will cove r part of th e southe rn section of th e county a nd "bac k up " to within four miles of Dahlonega, citizens say. This wiII add to th e nearby fishin g and rec reation facilities of th e cou nty.
The Appalach ian T ra il, which h as its southe rn terminus at th e O gleth orpe monument in Pickens Co unty. form s th e no rthern boundary between L um pkin and U n ion counties.
Two noted "camps" in th e co un ty a re Wah sega, a sta te 4-H C lub camp. occ upied by 4-H Club gro ups from over th e state du rin g th e summ er, an d Cam p Glisson, own ed and ope ra te d by M ethodists, wh er e youth groups and oth er " cam pers" visit in th e summe r months. Cane Creek Falls, a beautv spot of North Ge orgia, is an attracti o;1

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a t Cam p Glisson.
"H idde n Acres." near Wah sega, a private, lar ge lake affords excellent fishing and is a p opula r recreati on spot. Charles Turner at "T urner's Co rner" at th e ju nc tion of U. S. Hi gh way 129 and U. S. 19 p rovides faci lities for t o u ri st s.
L umpkin IS p redo minately mou nta inous, bu t it also has ma n" fertile farms on whi ch ar e gro wn corn , gra in an d tru ck cro ps ; beef, dairy ca ttle, a nd broilers. T he re a re severa l dairi es in th e county and man y farmers have egg-prod ucing p oultry flocks. The entr y of th e D ahl onega Feed & H at ch ery was recentl y nam ed first pri ze win ner in th e a nnual " Chicken of T om orrow" sta te contest con ducted by th e Co llege of Agri culture, Ath ens.
Hi ghw ays tr av ersing th e county a re U. S. 19, U . S. 129, Sta te 52, 249, 60, 11 5, 9-E, a nd th ere are man y well-kep t county road s.
Lumpkin has an ambitious school improvem ent program for its white enrollm ent of 1,500 pupils a nd its fewer tha n 100 Negro ch ildren. The p rop osed building program will tot al $3 79,545.
Lumpkin's vast forest area is guarded from fire by a 60-foot observa tion tower erec ted recently on top of Crown moun tain , inside th e city limi ts of Dah lonega . I t is well equipped to p rot ect timb er and wildlife fro m fires. C. E. Sykes, owner of th e tract , don at ed the site for th e tower. T ouri sts a re brought to thi s spo t to get a beautiful view of th e surround ing landscap e. The tower was erec ted in 1954 by th e Co unty a nd Sta te.
Lumpkin County officers include : Ordinar y, C. C . Sm ith; Cl erk of Court,

Historical Marker in Lumpkin County.

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A tourist g-roup at Can e Creek Fa lls.

NEWSLET T E R
C. E. Co uch ; She riff, J. R . Gibson
T ax Co mm issione r, O . T. Thomas School Superintendent, Fred Butler
Survey or, J. D . Barrett ; Co rone r, For-
rest Sisk; Commissioners, R obert Jones, chairman; W . H . H arkins ; Jim Ri cketts.
Farm Agent is Frank N eal, and Fred [ones is m emb er of th e Legislature. ~rhe coun ty is in th e Ninth Co ng ressional Distri ct and th e Thirt y-second Sta te Senate Di strict , composed of Lumpkin, 'Whit e a nd D awson counties, T he p resent Senator is T om C . H ood of Clevela nd, Wh ite county.
R obert J ones is ch airma n of th e Co un ty Board of H ealth orga nized in 1954, and Thomas N elm s is sanita rian ; he is also serving in th at ca pacity in

the seat of government after Lumpkin was created in 1832, work on th e courthouse beginning th e n ext year, 1833,
N ea rby Aur a ria-meaning "gold"was nam ed by John C . Calhoun, of Sou th Carolina, and "was th e scene of Georgia's first gold ru sh," a tablet th ere says.
Another ma rker read s: "T he building with th e tower, (on college campus ) , sta nds up on th e foundations of the U . S. Bran ch Mint, whi ch was established here in 1837 a nd operated until 1861, minting gold coins to th e amo un t of $6, 115,596. The mint building was tran sferred to th e Sta te of Geor gia for educational purposes in 1871 and bu rn ed in 1878. The present building, erected in 1879, is now th e

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cra tions, and th e site of a form er "mo ney mint."
The word "gold" IS still magic a t Dahlon ega .
Dahlonega's populati on in 1950 was 2,152, an d City officials a re : Mayor , J oe W . Woodwa rd , an d Co uncilme n, B. C. Sande rson, m ayor-protem ; Emory Brackett, W . A. Whitmire, H enry Burns a nd L. L. Chapman. Bob M ead ers is
clerk. Prof. J. P. King is prin cipal of
Lumpkin Hi gh Schoo l, an d Mrs. Id a Phillips is princip al of th e Da hlonega Elementar y Schoo l. C ha rles Phillips is Dahlonega postm aster.
The Geo rgia Power Co ., provides electricity, and REA lines dot th e county. Geo rgia Power h as recently erected a substa tion in D ahl on ega and stru ng

Above, a native sh ows a photographer how to pan for gold, a favorite pastime in this north G eor gia region.
At th e left, is th e pioneer Courthouse of Lumpkin County built of materials from Augusta whi ch wer e hauled to Dahlonega by ox- cart.

Forsyth and Dawson cou n ties. A Co unty D ent al C linic h as been established, served twice a month bv Dr. E. L. J ackson, of Ga inesville. '
Pioneer Courthouse
T he p ioneer Lumpkin Co unty Co ur thouse, built in 1833-36 of materials haul ed by oxca rt from Augusta, is said by local citizens to be th e oldest cour thouse as origina lly constructed in th e Sta te . It h ouses th e county officers. Fr om its second -sto ry balcon y, it is said th e sayings, " T h a r' s gold in th em th ar hills" and "T h ere's milli ons in it," origina ted in a speec h mad e by D r. M. F. Stephe nson, assayer of th e U . S. Mint, as h e pl ead ed with th e local miners in 1849 not to leave Dah lonega min es an d join th e "gold r ush" to Californ ia .
Dahlonega Means
"Yellow Metal"
Dahl onega is deri ved fro m a Cherokee Indian word , "T a u-lon-ne -ka," mea ning "yellow metal," and becam e

Admi nistr ati on Building of N orth Georgia College."
T his br iefly tells th e hi story of th e min t at D ahl onega . Go ld m inin g in th e ar ea was badl y crippled by th e rush of th e miners to Californ ia in 18+9, a nd lat er in 1861 by th e War Betw een th e Sta tes.
The rec urrence of gold-m ining ope rations th at too k place in th e D ahlonega area p rior to World W ar II cease d in th e 1940's during th e war and th ey have not been resumed since on a commercial scale.
H owever, th ere is still som e gold " panning" by local residents, a nd it is also a great attraction for tou rists' who like to " try th eir hand" at "pa nnin g," and pa rti es are form ed wh o engage in thi s "sp ort." Beginning in June, " pann ing parties" will be form ed every week en d .
Peopl e come to Dahl onega from far and wide to see th e "gold- digging " op-

new tr an smission lines.
T he Sta ndard T elephone Co ., h as a n office her e a nd h as grea tly improved its service. It is own ed by H. M . Stewa rt, of Co rne lia .
Numerous bu siness houses line th e st reets su rrounding th e court ho use squa re, more th an 30 new bu siness firms having been opene d in D ahl onega in th e last two yea rs, a nd man y residences h ave been erected .
North Geor gia Co llege, one of th e senio r colleges of th e U nive rsity System of Georgia, a co-educationa l institu tion, is located in Da hlonega. It was founded in 1873 a nd opera tes throughout th e yea r on a full four-qua rt er schedule. M erritt E. Hoag is president , and enrollment totals 500 or more stude nts.
It is one of nine essen tially milit ary colleges in th e nati on, and is known as "Georgia's West Point." R ecent ex-
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disposal plants. . . . .J. U . F innigan
Company, A tla n ta, manufact urers of indu strial fa bri cat ed spec ialties h ave ma de majo r improvements to the com pany p lant. . . . R a bu n Cou nty has two new brochures availabl e wh ich have been prep ar ed by th e Chamber of Commer ce th ere.. . . Sout hern Pap erboa rd Corp., Sava nna h, will add a new $160,000 cafeteria to th eir fac ilities. . . Pr odu ction is under way a t t he Acworth Sta-H ot H eater Corporation .
Eatonto n is orga n izing a D evelop men t Association . . . . T he Bank of M illen has mo ved in to a brand new bui lding.. . a nd th e Ba nk of Quitman has comp leted renova tions. . .. Summervill e will have a new City H all. . . Governor Talmad ge has dedicated th e new mi llion -do llar wing of th e U niversity H osp it al in Augusta. . .. Near Sparta, Han cock Co un ty, D r. Frank Lacksen has sta rted a new type of industry, th e raising a nd sale of Feeder Calves whi ch a re shipped west after being wean ed at four or five mo nths .. . .
Two new shopping centers will be opened in th e fa ll in North D eKalb County . . . . A depo sit of black marble has been discovered in Go rdon County. . . U nicoi Park will be dedi cated ea rly next month in W hit e Co unty. . . . R. D . Co le M anufa cturing Compan y of Ne wnan recen tly celebrated its 100th anniversary in the manufact ure of tanks, boilers and steel pl ate work. . . .
J. C. Green, R obert Green and J. C.
Beck have orga nized a concern in M illedgeville for the manufacture a nd renovation of mattresses. . .. Valdosta State Co llege will have a new $300,000 dining ha ll. . . .

Dahlonega
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pans ion program inclu des a girls' dormit ory built two years ago at a cost of .$5 17,7 18; a men's d ormi tory in course of construction now to cost an estimated $355,000; a nd a modern home for th e president being complete d on th e campus. Other bu ildi ngs h ave been imp roved or renovated .
T h e 64-year-old D ahl onega N ugget, a weekly newspa per, has a national reputation and a wid e circu lation. T h e qu aint "sayings" of th e editor, VV. B. Townsend, who died in 1933, att racted much att ention and were widely copied over th e nati on . J ack Pa rks is th e p resent edi tor.
The Dahlonega F eed & H atchery is Dahlonega's largest industry. The firm employs 25 to 30 peopl e and h atches 160,000 ch icks a week . Other firms inclu de O wens Farm & H at ch ery; Smi thdale F eed & H atch ery; Copeland Lumber Co.
J. F. Pru ett is president of th e Bank of D ah lonega, J. S. Speer is vice presi-
dent, and J . F. San ders cash ier. The Smith H ouse, the Couch H ouse an d Ed wa rd s Tourist H ome provide hotel faciliti es, alon g with cafes in the city. Mrs. W . D . Young is Librarian at the Lump kin Co unty L ibra ry. The Che stat ee R egional Libra ry operates a Bookmo bile th rough ou t th e county .
H owa rd M emorial H ospital is op-
erated by Dr. Marcus H oward ; Dr. .J.
G. Woo dw ar d con d ucts Woodwa rd 's C linic, an d Dahlonega C linic is in th e charge of D r. D. C . Sirmo ns.
Presbyterian s, M ethodists, Bap tists a nd C hurch of Go d have churches in Da h lo nega , an d th ere arc many

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Dairy Festival
J une 8th a nd 9th th is yea r will be th e days of celebration of the Second An nual Dai ry Festival in Eat onton. The festiva l will draw thos e conc ern ed in dairying from all over th e stat e. T he op enin g day of th e festival will include a pa rad e, ca ttle show, pa sture tour. fashion show and dan ce. M iss PlIt~am of 195+ will be select ed sever al days befor e so that she may reign . as Queen of th e festiviti es. O th er features of th e occasion will be tales by Uncle Re m us a nd a tour of R ock Eagle. High ligh tin g th e events will be th e address to be delivered by Governor H erma n T almad ge, and the presence of M iss Am eri ca. 1954. Mi ss Evelyn Ay. J un e 9th will be the day of th e Cattle Sa le, and a m ilking COIl test is also p lanned. J ohn A. Smith is Chairman of th e Dairy Festival wh ich promises to be a very spec ial even t Ior th e da iry bu siness and whi ch marks a n impor tan t Geor gia enterprise.
churches th rou gh out th e cou nty . About
25 orga nizations are m embers of th e
Dahlon ega Commu nity Co un cil, m any city activities being cha nneled through
th is organization. A Chamber of Com -
merce is bein g organized wh ich will also
furth er county a nd city civic proj ects.
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test" conducted here, over 100 projects were sponsored in th e county.
Week-end gold "panning" tou rs will
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NEWSLE1TER

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GE O RGIA DEPT. OF COM MERCE

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* HERMAN E. TALMADGE
G overnor
BOARD O F COMMISSIONERS

EM ORY L. BUTLER

Chairman

Lo nnie A. Pope, V. Chm.

Y. F. Geeslin

Ben J essup

Hoke Peters

* CLARK GAINES Sec re tary

Vol. 5, No. 17

June 10,1954

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Georgia is ind eed fortunat e in having a lar ge outdoor th eat er whi ch features outdoo r ente rtainme nt drawin g visitors from all over th e sta te as well as being a highl ight for summer tourists.
The M uni cip al Theater, In c., a civic, non-profit orga nization in Atla nta , will sp onsor 39 perfo rmances of mu sica l come dies and operettas beginni ng on J uly fir st a nd ending August 16th . The M uni cipal T h eater Under-the-Sta rs will give six different shows with Broadway sta rs an d cast, an d with a chorus of 36 m em bers fro m all over th e South. T h e entire p roduction will be directed by Eric M attson .
The opening will brin g " O klahom a" for ten perf orm an ces, th en for six nights each will be " Song of Norway," "Rosalie," " M erry Widow," " New M oon," a nd "Gen tleme n Pr efer Blondes." There will be no Su nday p erformanc es.
O n Sunday afterno ons a series of five Pops concerts will be given under th e direction of Albert Colem an .
This six-a nd-a-h alf-week sea son of summe r entertainme nt will be a hi ghlight for Georgia in th e entertainme nt field an d is indica tive of th e cultural strides th e state is taking.
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The O kefen okee Swamp in extreme Southeast Georgia is a un iq ue a rea with its la rge variety of wildlife a nd exotic trees an d flowers. Alliga tors, bea rs, birds a nd fish flourish. T ourists a nd othe r visitors a re en trance d with its stra nge beauty.
- Photo by Carolyn Carte r.

This photogr aph shows onl y a portion of fin e buildi ngs which make up th e Georg ia State Prison at R eidsville. More photographs and an article on th e interest ing pro gram conducted th ere are on page 3.

Atlanta-Georgia V ocation al Association Conferen ce, Bilt more H ot el, June 10-12 .
Macon-Delt a T ank Open House, Ceremonies at th e Plant, June 11.
Emory-Adverti sing Institu te, Emory U niver sit y, J un e 11-12 .
Atla nta-Lion s Club s of Georgia Convention, Biltmore H ot el, June 13- 15.
At he ns-Summer Music Clinic, University of Geor gia, June 13-25.
Atlanta-Southeastern T ravelers Exhibitor s Con vention , Auditorium, June 13-16 .
Augusta-Veteran s of Foreign Wa rs, Georgia Con ven tion, Bon Air H otel, June 17-20 .
Atlanta-Cou n ty O fficers Associa tion of Georgia M eeting, H enry Grad y H ot el, June 17- 18.
Sa vannah - Southeastern PI' i n t i n g T rad es Conferen ce, H ot el D eSoto, J une 18-2 1.
Columbus-Georgia Societ y of Professional En gin eer s Convention, Ralston H otel , J un e 18-19.

Atl anta- Georgia F eed an d Poultry Association Confer ence, D in klerPlaza, J une 21-22.
Athens-Man agem ent I nstitute for Petroleum Market er s, Univer sity of Geor gia, June 21-23.
Savannah-Georgia St ate Champion Skeet Tourn am ent, H ot el D eSoto, June 25-27 .
Aug usta-Georgia Confer en ce of V eterans Ser vices, Bon Air H ot el, June 25-2 6.
Atlanta-Georgia Associa tion of L ife U nderw riters M eeting, Din k I e I' Pl aza, June 25-26 .
Atlanta-Georgia Associa tion of the Deaf, Din kier-Plaza, J uly 2-5.
Macon-Georgia St ate Junior G o I f Championship Golf T ourna ment, Idle H ou r Country Club, July 14- 17.
Augusta-Convention of the Amer ican Legion of Georgia, Bon Air H otel, July 15-18.
Atlanta-Southeastern China, Glass & Gift Show, Municip al Auditorium, July 18-21.

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NEWSLETTER

June 10, 1954

Georgia State Prison at Reidsville Features Constructive Program of Industry, Farming

The ave rage person usua lly rega rds a prison as ju st a lot of cells wh ere th e pr isoners "just sit," eat three meals a day and wait for th e day th ey a re re-
leased. This is not so at th e Georgia State
Prison, nea r R eidsville, in T attnall
Cou nty. H ere an active, construc tive program
is in force under d irection of R . P. Balkcom , J r., Warden .
A daily pr ogr am of employme n t, maybe on th e farm tending th e crops, livestock or poultry; maybe in th e ca nning plant, th e bak ery or th e kitch en where 6,000 m eals a re p repared dail y; likely in th e printing plant or th e plant where all of th e Georgia au tomo bile tags are mad e.
I n fact, the average inmate is so oc-

instituti on . H ere is the bak ery, the ca nning plan t wher e th ousands of ca ns of vege ta bles gro wn on th e fa rm ar e processed in season. T his great variety of food lat er finds its way to the tables a t th e institution. H ere is the printing plant th at p ut s out T he S jJO kesm an, a mon thl y p ublicati on th at conta ins loca l news and a rticles contributed by vari ou s inma tes eac h month. The plant also prints form s for othe r sta te departm e n ts.
Th e tags for all Georgia a utomobiles issued annua lly a re mad e h ere, this being one of th e biggest " ope ra tions" at th e institution. T here also is a ca bine t shop for th e repai r of pl an t furniture a nd other sh ops.
A che mical un it to man u factu re various chem icals used in th e d ry-clean-

vid ing a regu lar routine of act ivity, both work a nd rec rea tion. T he variou s units of th e plant , such as th e hakery, cannery, pr int sho p a nd au to tag depa rtmen t, afford employme nt for m any men ; the fa rm work req uires th e services of both men a nd women . Big Farm Acreage
O f th e 8,000 ac res in th e en tire t ract, 4,900 a re in farms or a re cultiva ted, th e ferti le land p rod ucing fin e crops of corn, grain, a ll vegeta bles consumed at th e institution. T here a rc 1,500 acres of perm an ent pastures th at provide 10 to 11 m onths gra zing annually on lush Coasta l Berm ud a fields for cows, hogs and ch ickens.
T he 126 milk cows provide all th e milk used at th e plant, 300 gallons of sweet m ilk daily, eno ugh m ilk for all

Good equipment for me d ical attention .
cupied during th e da y with a routine program th at he has littl e tim e to think of his situa tion.
Occupied First in 1938
O ccupi ed first in 1938, th e la rge num ber of mo dern bu ildin gs house th e 1,850 inm ates- l ,650 men and 200 women. T he ac reage, totaling 8,000 acres, is in two counties, 7,740 in south west T attnall , a nd 260 acres in southeastern T oombs. T he tract is bounded on the eas t by th e Ohoop ee river , and site of th e bui ld ings is six mi les south of Reidsville, county-seat of T attnall co u n ty.
T he m ain bui ldings include four units of two stories eac h on eac h side of th e M a in Admin istratio n Building, whi ch has fou r main stories and two sma ll upper floors. A long, oblong building extend ing back of th e Administration unit houses th e ind oor acti viti es at th e

G razing Jerseys provide da iry products .

Making auto tags is prison industry.

ing plant, and fun gicid es a nd insecti cides used to cont rol plant diseases and insects is ma int ain ed in thi s bui lding.
A nearby cha pel provides a pl ace of worship wh ere services a re h eld severa l times on Sunda ys. T his chapel is mo dern in design and structure a nd will seat some 300 persons.
Another bu ilding houses th e theater which provides up -to-da te films a nd enter tainment.
All of th e buil din gs in this a rea a re occupied by men only, wh ile a modern plan t for women has been erec ted about one mil e distant. T here the women do the sewing, mak ing of un iforms, an d mending of ga rme n ts wh ich occupies much of th eir time. A beauty parlo r is also maintained where wom en m ay learn th at p rofession .
The program at th e institution is highl y constructive, well-planned , pro-

th e butter used. Beef ca ttle and hogs on th e farm fu rn ish th e m eat s; over 6,000 laying hens p roduce all eggs consumed, whil e th e broilers furn ish th e " fried ch icken".
The farm record last yea r in par t was as follows : 26,000 ga llons of ribbon ca ne syrup were m ad e ; 400 tons of silage was sto red in silos ; 61,000 bu shels of corn grown ; the 25 ac res of turn ips furn ishe d enough for 30,000 ga llons of turnip tops and roots to be ca nned; 64 bales of cotton grown furni shed lint for th e mattresses, pillows, etc. ; all hay need ed is raised on th e fa rm ; all lumber used at th e plant is sawed from timber grown on th e place ; a naval sto res pr ogr am is followed wh ereby p ine gum is collected and sold .
A progr essive livestock pro gram IS conducted on th e far m, which is of
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COJvl M ERC E

N E WS L ETTE R

June 10, 1954

Georgia's Scenic Chattooga County Favored by , extiles and Tourists

C ha tto oga Co un ty in th e nor th west corne r of Geo rgia is a very scenic, mountain ous a rea . Fine windi ng road s tak e man y summ er visitors up and d own and aro und beau tifu l slo pes ; mass ive g ree n forests, vast heights and d epths d elight th e eye .
C ha ttooga Coun ty was crea ted by a n act of th e Legislature in 1838. I t was nam ed for th e C hattooga Ri ver wh ich flows across the co un ty a nd wa s so named hv th e C he ro kee I ndi a ns. It' s a n I ndi a n ' word m ea ning " ch icken creek." Possihl v th e C her okees ca lled it thi s beca use ~f th e m a rsh hen s which habitat e its ba nks.
Sum me rville is th e co un ty sea t, with

In T rion , the Reigel T ext ile Com pan y, T rio n D ivision , em ploys ove r 3,000 in th e man ufact uri ng a nd finishin g of cotto n text iles. N . B. M ur ph y is mana ger of thi s pla n t.
In L yerl y, th e L yerl y M a tt ress \'\'orks ma kes up holst er y felt as well and both cotto n and innerspring m a ttresses under D . \ '\'. Cope la nd, owner and m an ag e r.
In Summerv ille over 20D a re em ployed a t the Geo rgia R ug lvlill. Th is conce rn is a di vision of Bigelow-San. ford Ca rpe t Co m pa ny, Inc. Ralph Rh od es hea ds the Summe rv ille pla nt. wh ich p roduces m any kinds or co tton ca rpeti ng . At the mom en t, pla ns are

bo xes a nd crates.
At Lyerly th e C hapman Bro th ers have a la rge sawmi ll an d d ry kiln .
T he B & B Mi lling Co m pa ny a t Sum merville prod uces poult ry a nd other feed s und er M ax Barker, owner a nd man ager. Other conce rns in th e co un ty sea t incl ude th e Summerville Lumher Co mpan y head ed by C . R . D owney : the Summerville-Trion Ice Co. , Inc., under J oh n Bankson, a nd seve ra l p rin ting firms .
The newest ind ustry in C hatt oo ga Coun ty is th e Patrician M anufact uring Co mpany a t Sum me rv ille. W . P. Selm an is p resid en t and m an ager of the concern whi ch m ak es living- room f urnit ur e.
Co nstruc tion is under wav for another new industr y a t Sum merv ille : Lee L eag ue and Riley Pa rh am have organ ized a conce rn wh ich will p rodu ce conc re te blocks.

C ha ttooga Coun ty Co u rtho use a t S u mmerv ille.

A fin c view from U . S. 27 in C ha ttooga County.

a popul a tion of a bo u t 5,000. Trion , with nearl y 4,000 peo ple, M enl o and Lyerl y a re othe r towns in the coun ty. M a ny comm uni ties ar e sp rea d ove r thi -, co un ty wh ich bring the tot a l popu la tion to 21,000 : Ber ryton , Gore, Silv er Hill, C lo ud land , T eloga, M ounta in V iew, Dickeyville, Su hligna , H oll and an d Pen nville.
Nea rly ha lf of the m an ufacturing conc ern s in C hattooga Cou n ty a re concern ed wi th textil es a nd th e man ufacture of clothi ng. At Berr yton , the Berryton Mills, em ploying over 150 und er J ohn Berr y, presid en t, a nd A. B H am m ond , manager, m a nufa ct ur e knitting ya rns.
At M enlo, th e Best M a n ufacturing Co mpany, a d ivision of T illotson R ubber Co m pany, produ ces work gIO\es. Roy M a n n is pr esid en t a nd m an ager of th e firm wh ich em ploys 75 peop le a nd is plan ni ng expa nsion .

un d er wa y to enla rge th e plan t facilities wh ich will allow for increased p ro d uction . A new d ye rack , the thi rd for th is pl ant, will a lso be ad de d .
Locat ed a lso in Sum m erv ille is th e M on tgom ery K n itt ing Mills. H ere over 350 a rc em ployed in th e m anufact ure of fine-gauge ch ild ren 's a nk lets a nd ha lf socks und er W a lt er Sturd iva n t, p resid ent.
T here is a lso th e Su mmerville M a n ufacturing Co m pa ny, m ak ers of du ck, m g hacking a nd o rna b ur gs. A. G . Du nson is m an ager or th e conce rn em ploy. ing 550 peop le.
C ha tt ooga M ills, I nc., Summerville, man ufact ur es infa n ts' and chi ld ren' s sea m less hosiery. Em ployees n umber
9 7 ; .J. R. Bur gess is president a nd m a n-
age r oi th e m ills.
A. va riety of othe r indust ry ba lan ces C hattooga Co un ty : At M en lo th e M en10 Product s Com pa ny prod uces wood en

Timber, ag ricult ure a nd livestock a re import a nt to C ha ttooga Co un ty . Tim ber an d lumb er sales a re stea dy. Cotton , co rn a nd ha y are th e m aj or cro ps. D ai ryin g now m ean s $20,000 a month to C ha ttooga Co un ty income ; beef ca ttie and hogs are on th e incr ease. Poultr y fa rmi ng, both b ro iler s and layers, is pop ula r. Over two dozen poultry farms havoc a t least 30,000 chickens ea ch.
Features
C ha ttooga Coun ty is a favor ite pl a ce for m an y summe r va cati on ers. Th e beau tiful m ou n ta ins at tr act m an y ; ov er 165 acres of wa ter in lak es an d po nds as well as the C ha ttooga Ri ver lure fishing en th usiasts. Beautifu l C loud land is a fav or ite resort that has rnan v sum m er hom es loca ted th ere. Th ree n{ot cis p ro vid e accommo da tions also.
M a ny alert civic and cult u ra l groups
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NEWSLETTER
Reidsville Prison
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hizh va lue to G eor gia fa rm ers, esp eci;l1y in South G eorgia. The Coastal Plain Exp eriment Sta tion, a t Tifton , provides tw o spec ia lists at th e farm to advise on swine and ca ttle, a nd a dai ry specialist is sta tione d the re all th e time. T ests a re made to p roduce th e best grades of hogs a nd ca ttle, and plan pastures.
The annual J ersey C alf sale a t th e fa rm annually attracts bu yers from a ll over th e South, a nd provid es m an y pu re-b red h eifers an d bulls to restoc k h e rd s.
Six lakes have alread y been developed on th e land to pr ovid e wat er for th e livestock and a ll a re stocked with fish, th e plan bein g to eventually get fr om th ese ponds a nd lak es all th e fish need ed a t th e institution .
Pean ut s a re grown for " hogg ing;" eroded land is being recla ime d: the 2,000 acres of timb er land is being p rotected: 18 tr act ors cult iva te the crops and do other farm wor k, a nd 60 mu les a re used to cultivate th e 750 ac res of veget ables.
J. L. Brid ges, a former C ounty Fa rm
Agent, is Sup er int endent of the farm .
Spotlessly Clean
The entire instituti on is spotlessly clean from a sa nita ry sta nd point; fr om a health sta nd point, -hospital serv ices, a clinic for diagnoses, and dentists a re provid ed .
Mr. Balkcom ca me to T a ttnall in 1939 from M acon as business ma nager of th e instit ut ion. He lat er served two years with th e U . S. En gineers in th e At lanta Distri ct , a nd came back to th e prison in 1943 again as busin ess manager. H e was mad e W arden in 1948 and has served in th a t ca pac ity since . He is Presiden t of th e Amer ica n Wardens' Association, and is on the boa rd of directors of the Amer ican Prison Associa tion. H e, his wife an d two ch ild ren live on th e pr emi ses.
Mrs. Veni ce Alexander, of Reidsvill e, is th e Warden's secreta ry. La mont Smith is business ma nag er . Th e R ev.
W. L. H uggins is C ha plain. Dr. J. D .
McArth ur is resident physician ; U niversity Hospital, Augusta , sends sur-
geons fo r opera tions, and D r. J. S.
Ansley, of Milled gevill e, p rovides dental services once a week.
The wom en 's building, of whi ch Mrs. Luc ile Lee is Supe rinte nde nt, was opened in 1939.
M an y of th e 131 civilia n em ployees live in th e 65 living q uarters provided

June 10, 1954

Chattooga County

pu blished weekly, ed ited and pu blished

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by David 1'. Espy. The pa per has been

meet regul arl y in th e coun ty. One of published fo r 70 yea rs.

th e most ac tive g roups promoting th e

Cha ttoo ga County H ospit al is lo-

genera l welfa re a nd economic interests ca ted a t Summer ville: Trion has th e

in th e county is th e Summerville M er- Trion Co mm unity H ospital .

cha nts' R etail Associati on wh ich acts as

T he Ce nt ral of G eorgia R ailw ay

a cha m ber of comme rce, mercha nts' tr a verses th e county with sta tio ns a t

associa tion a nd ind ustrial orga niza tion. T rion , Summerville: Berryton , Lyerl y

Th is group is head ed by J ohn Bank- a nd H olland. G reyhou nd Buses have

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rou tes th rough the county also.

.1 ust recently orga nized is th e Su m-

Banking fa cilities in th e county a re

mervi lle Industrial Development Co r- pr ovid ed by th e F armers and M er-

porati on to promot e new industry for chants Bank a t Su mm er ville.

th e a rea .

A bran ch of th e C he rokee R egional

O ther Summerville civic groups in- Libra rv is located in Summerville. a nd

clu de the VFW , Am eri ca n Legion , th e county is fortuna te in having a

Eastern Star, M ason , M oose a nd Lions bookmobile in addition .

C lub. T ogether Summerv ille and T rion

A rad io sta tion has been esta blishe d

form a Rot ary C lub. Trion has a Lion s for th e county at Summerville, WGTA .

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U . S. Hi ghway No. 27 is th e main

man 's C lub. A popula r social club is route in Ch a tt ooga C ounty. C onstruc-

a lso locat ed at Trion for golf a nd fish- tion will soon begin on St at e R ou te

ing. Summe rville is the hom e of a W o- 20 provid ing a paved route fro m Sum-

man' s C lub, a Business a nd Profes- mervill e to H olla nd .

siona l Wom a n's C lub, a Wildl if C lub,

.$8 79,000 has been a pprop ria ted fo r

th e Cha tt ooga Garden C lub, a Com- th e cons truc tio n of three new scho ols

munity Theat er G roup a nd a M usic in th e county. T rion has a separa te

Study Club. Sever al of th ese gro ups school system from th e county, a nd will

help provide five p ar t i a I college enla rge th e system there a t a cost of

scho la rships eac h yea r.

$300,000.

Summe rville has a Co m m u nit v

C ha ttooga Co unty has 6 :~ churches ,

H ouse un der wa y which will eve ntua lly whi ch includ e nearl y every denom ina-

ha ve a swimming poo l and tenn is tion.

co u r ts.

Elect ricity is a pplied to th e a rea by

In th e south of th e county, on Route TVA and the G eorgia Power Com -

27 is an a tt rac tive spot alon g th e road - pany.

side ca lled K a r-Tah Del. This is a

T elephon e service, pr o v id e d by

fine picnic spo t with a roa dw ay for a local system th a t connects wit h th e

parking ca rs and a cleared place for Sou the rn Bell has had a new bu ilding

restin g and ea ting. I t is situa ted on a nd switchboa rd with in th e past year,

th e edge of a stee p gorge lookin g down and has added 7 ~ mil es of new line

int o T aylor 's Rid ge.

th rougho ut th e county.

Appro xima tely one-third of Chat-

Natural gas is planned for th e near

tooga Co unty is enh ance d by th e Ch a t- future for th e county. But an e a nd

tah ooch ee N a tiona l Forest. T his for est p rop a ne a re alrea dy m ad e ava ilable

exte nds int o parts of six counties in th ere.

northwest Georgia .

Cha ttooga Co un ty is fortuna te in

Facilities

hav ing many fine sp rings. W ater is

Serving C ha ttooga County as th e of- supplied by th ese- a city filter ing sys-

ficial orga n is th e S um me rville N ews, tem has Ba rryton C reek as its source ;

on th e gro unds.
.1 uvenil es committe d to th e institu-

Stur diva nt Springs also p rovid e m an y with th eir supply.
A contrac t has ju st recently been let

tion a re tr an sferred as soon as possible to th e unit a t Alto.
I n addit ion to the commodi ties
grown and produced a nd used a t the

fo r th e bui ldi ng of a new city hall in
Summe rville. Th e buildi ng will also conta in a jail, fire depa rtmen t, pu blic a uditorium a nd police sta tion. The

institution , th ou sands of dolla rs worth of m at erial, livestock a nd othe r p rod-
ucts a re sold a nn ually, bringin g a size-

structure will cost some $65,000 .
County Officers

able incom e to th e institution .

Officials serving C hattooga Co unty

T he sta te pen al institution is under include J ohn W. King, O rdinary ; J ohn

direction of th e Sta te Boa rd of Correc- S. J ones, C lerk of Co ur t: F red Stewa rt,

tions, R . E. Wa rr en, Directo r.

She riff: .J. E. C larkson , T ax C ollector ;

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GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

Coffee Centennial
C itizens of CO FFEE COUN T Y recently ma rked h er 100th an niversar y with a mammoth celebra tion . Six days of festiviti es hon ored th e coun ty a nd va rio us aspects of community life in th e county. Sunday, M ay 9th wa s R eligious Dedication Day ; da ys followi ng were Pion eer a nd Sta tesma n D ay, Agricult ural D ay, You th D ay, G ood N eighbor a nd Co unty Day a nd N egro Day. Pa rad es, pageants, bands, fir ework s, speeches, th e C entennial Queen's Ball , float s, stree t dan ces and exhi bits were all pa rt of th e elabora te pr ogr am . T wo portraits were un veiled which h ave special meaning to Co ffee Co un tians : a portrait of Sena to r Dou glas for who m th e county sea t was nam ed and one of Gen er al Co ffee , whom th e coun ty's name hono rs.
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Alma Warehouse
A new tobacco wa reh ou se is under constr uction in ALMA . I t is being bu ilt by a group of five whic h includes M or-
ris J ohnson , H . T. Lee, M. E. Butler,
Ger ald J on es and Hoke C arte r. The wareh ou se will h ave 60,000 sq ua re feet of floor space a nd will be com pleted a t a cost of a pproxim a tely $60,000. It will be kno wn as th e T obacco G row ers W a reh ouse.
'V. V Ca rte r, owner of a no th er tobacco wareh ou se in Alm a, h as annou nced pla ns for th e enla rgeme nt of his building, providi ng space for a toba cco auc tion .
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Canned Squash
H a rr ell Brothers C a nn ing Co m pa ny, In c., has opene d its plan t in EAST M A N and will add ca nne d squ ash to th e foods p reserved th er e. Peas a nd pimientos are also ca nne d by the company, and it is estim a ted th at adding squash to th eir products will incr ease Dod ge Coun ty income some $ 100,000.
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Metter Warehouses
Two new tob acco wa reh ou ses will be com pleted in M ET T ER for th e op eni ng of th e 1954 m a rket season . One wa reho use has alrea dy been finished a nd conta ins some 83,000 sq ua re feet of floor space. The seeond warehouse, owne d by Mrs. J ack K enn edy a nd called th e H en sley W arehouse will con ta in 70.000 sq ua re feet of floor spac e.

Fitzgerald Industry
FITZGERALD will be the location of a new industry wh ich will em ploy ove r 75 peopl e. The Fitzger ald U nderwear Corpo ra tion is a n organ ization of A. I. Wi lliam s, M . C. Sutton and G. C . Gun ter. Land has been purchased upon which a bui ldi ng will be construc ted for th e new industri al pl ant.
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Egg Company
A new company has been formed in lo.JET TER by G eorge M . Brown an d Perry L. R ountree. The M etter Egg Com pany will sell eggs wh olesal e and plan s are bein g formed for a wholesale market with other p rodu cers in Candler County.
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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
lv/ONTI CELLO -- M onticello Cannin g Company, Inc., pim ientos, $29,240.
SA V AN N AH- Savannah Suga r R efining Co m p .1 n y , gra nula ted suga r, $ 10,266.
ATLANTA-.J. M . Tul! M et al & Supply Company, n ickel chrom ium iron a lloy rods. $ 11,426.
A L BANY- Lilliston 1m P I e m en t Co m pa ny, rotary scyth e, $ 12,028.
WEST POUlT-Batson-Cook Co mpa ny, const ruct ion of cold storage an d m ea t cutt ing plant, $ 142,3 11.
ATLANTA-Worthin gton Co rpora tion , com p ressor, $261,38 7.
BR UNSWICK- Seaboard Co nst ruction Compan y, const ruc tion of roadways, $7,459 .
SAVANNAH - Savanna h Sugar R efin ing Corporation , refin ed gra nulated ~uga r, $4 7,66 7.
ATLANTA-Th e South land Coffee Co m pa ny, coffee, $58 ,800.
AL BANY- A . C. Sa mford, Inc., construc tion of airc ra ft wash rack, $28,900.
R OSS VILLE-B rock & Blevins Co., add ition to steam plant, $207,466.
ATLANTA-Wcstin gh ou se Electric Co rpo ra tion, X - R ay D ivision , ultra high- speed X-Ray U nit, gene ra to r and tube, $3 1,500.
DA WS ON- Cind erella Food s Di vision of Stevens Industri es, Inc., p eanut butter, $42,386.
N E W N AN- R. D. Col e M anufactur ing C ompany, augmentation of water facilities, $259,750.
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Comp any, construction of electrical distribution faci lities, $ 157,533.
COCH R AN - Acm e Con struct ion Co. , rep air resurfacin g of road s an d pa rking areas, $5 7,8 76.
MA C O N--Tum pane Co m pany of Georgia, overh a ul a nd reconditioning of eq uipme nt, $49 ,106 .
DA WSON- Cinder ella Foods Division of Stevens Industri es, Inc., pean ut butter, $44 ,6 14.
L aGR ANGE- Callaway Mills Co., cotton du ck, $ 173,604.
SA V AN N AH- Savannah Sugar R efinin g Co ., granulat ed sugar, $27 ,734.
ATLANTA-Atlanta Flooring and I nsulati on Co . a nd R ab ern N ash Co., linoleum insta lla tion, $ 14,489 .
V ALD OSTA-.J. N . Bray Co ., const ruction of tower , $72,939.
ATLANTA-Righton Distributing C om pa ny, installation of au d io-visua l nur se call facilit ies, $ 12,5 13.
JES UP-Watson & Yeargan Co ., construction of AI O sho ps, $96,521.
ATLANTA- \Vorthingt on C orpora tion , crankcase compressor, $87 ,252.
N/ ACON- T um pa ne Co m pa ny of Georgia, over hauling and recon di tioning of eq uipme nt, $29,468.
A T L ANTA- John .J. H a rte Co m-
pan y, designing services, $ 118,500 . COLUM BU S- W right C ontracting
Co m pany, flood protecti on p roj ect , $ 20 6, 78 4 .
Chattooga County
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R ay Van Pelt , Tax R eceiver ; L owell S. Hix, C ounty School Superintendent : M . H. Pur cell, Co unty Farm Agent : M iss Omie W iley, H ome Demonstra-
tion Agent ; .J. B. Stephenso n, Sur-
veyor ; Roosevelt Young, Corone r. M emb ers of th e Legislature a re Pau l
W eems a nd J am es Floyd . M ayor of Summerville, th e COUIlty
sca t, is E. C . Pesterficld. M ayor of Trion is W . B. Simmons. C ha ttooga Co unty C ommissione rs
a re H om er Cordon, cha irma n; C la ude Bak er, C lyde H arl ow, C laude Floyd
an d L. W . Bulman . M rs. T. .J. Espy,
.Ir., is C lerk.
Cha ttooga Co unty is in th e Lookou t M ountain Judicia l C ircuit with Freeman C . M cClure, Judge and Earl B.
( Bill) Self as Solicito r General. T..J.
Espy, J r., is J ud ge of Summervi lle C ity Court.

N E W S L E T T ER

June 10, 1954

Historic Talbot County Has Balanced Agricultural and Industrial Program

T a lbot is a wid ely diversified county which features histor y, agriculture a nd industry, all th ree figuring dail y in th e lives of its citizens and th eir ac tivities.
C rea ted in 1827 and nam ed tor Gov. Matth ew T albot, th e county will be 127 yea rs old next D ecember.
Conta ining more th an 300 squ are mil es of a rea, its population in 1950 was 7,687, or 19.7 per sq ua re mil e. The la nd ar ea is 249,600 acr es, divid ed into 714 fa rm s, th e 157,282 ac res of fa rm land being 220. 3 acr es in size.
Th ere a rc no large cities in th e county. T albotton , th e county seat' s popu lati on in 1950 was 1,175 ; Wo od land, 62 1; G en eva, 209 ; Juncti on C ity, 259 ; a nd th e pa rt of M an chester in Talbot, 52 populati on .
Four ra ilroad s ser ve th e county, th e Atlantic Co ast Lin e, South ern , Ce ntra l of G eorgia a nd T alb otton shortline railroad. Flint Ri ver forms th e northeaste rn bound ary of th e county, sepa rating T a lbot fr om U pson county. Nu-

In addition to th e lum ber industry in th e coun ty, th e pulpw ood sales in 1953 tot aled $700,000.
C ur tis Wi ggin s is Co unty F orest Ran ger.
Pro cessing and sale of sand a t J unction City is a n important ind ustry in th at area.
Gen er al ag ricultural crops are grown in th e county-corn , cotton, grain, p eanuts and livestock- hogs, beef and dairy ca ttle, and poult ry a nd eggs.
C ounty 0 f fi e e rs a re: Ordinary, Thom as H . M ah on e ; Clerk of Co urt,

pr esident and Mi ss Fannie M ah on e cashier of th e Peop les Bank of Talbotton ; D r. F. C . Stinson ope ra tes th e Talbotton Ho spit a l, and Mrs. L ynda L ee Bryan is Librari an of th e Stra usLeV ert L ib rary, loca ted in th e Co mmunity H ouse.
Electri city is furn ished T albotton and th e a rea by th e Ge org ia Power Co ., and tw o lin es provide REA serv-
ice in th e county ; .J. C . W atts is pr esi-
dent of th e T albotton Li on s C lub, and Mrs. Am orette Callaway heads th e W oman 's C lub. T h is club spo nsored th e Bett er H om et own Imp rovem ent con-
test in 1952-53 ; Mrs. .J. C . Lumsden
is R egent of th e Gov. T own s DAR Cha pte r.
Insta lla tion of th e dial system is be-
ing conside red by 1'. .J. Battle, man ager

merous cree ks tr averse th e county, af fording a sufficient water supply.
T a lbot h as a fin e syste m of roa ds and hi ghw ays. U. S. Route 80, exte nding from Savann ah to Californ ia, crosses the county, and othe r highw ays a re Sta te 41, 22, 96, with n um erous coun ty roads.

Th e la rge for est a rea in th e cou nty provides mat eri al for exte nsive lumbering and pu lpw ood ac tivities, sawmills a nd planing mills a nd plan ts that use much wood .

Straus-L eVert Memo r ial H all is the pl a ce of many comm u n ity meetings a nd houses the Talbotton Li br ary.

These firms include th e W ood land
Furniture M an ufacturing Co., .J. H .
Woodall, Jr., president, a t Wo od land ; mak ers of cha irs, beds, settees and other furniture ; th e Geor gia C ushion &
Wrapper Co ., .J. H . Woodall, president,
a t \Voodland, manufacturers of cush ions a nd wrappers for p adding and packin g fruit ba skets ; Hi ll Cas ket Co., Talbotton, m ak ers of caskets a nd cabinets; Eu gen e H awkins, \Vood land, sawmi ll.
Oth er ind ustri es in th e coun ty a re th e T albot Pro cessing Co rp., Talbot-
ton , .J. J. Murphy, manager , a un it of
th e G eor gia W ebb ing & T ap e C o., of Columbus, manufacturers at Talbotton of tape, largely on gove rn me nt cont r a ct s.
Th ese industri es emp loy several hundr ed peopl e.

R . H . C a llier; She riff, OJ. H . F ergu son ; T ax Co mmissione r, E . G . C ook ; Sch ool Sup eri nt end ent, M rs. G . L. Carte r; Corone r, T om Wimberl ey ; C omm issione rs, Hinton H endricks, cha irma n; Frank Jord an a nd Marvin H endricks. Thomas H . M ah on e is C lerk to th e C ommissione rs, J ohn Andy Smith Co unty Attorn ey and Sur veyo r ; Boa rd of Education : R obert J ordan, cha irman ; Robert Wi llis, J oh nnie M atthews, M er cer Co ok and John Wo odall.
St ate Sen at or fr om th e 25th Di strict is Robert H . J ord an , of T albott on ; Legislator, H . Ch ris Callier; C ounty Farm Agent, R . H . M cRae.
M ayor of T albotton , the county sea t, is H enry Persons ; Maro C allier is Postmaster ; Ben Sta rling, Police Ch ief a nd Ch ief of th e Vo lun teer Fire Department. Mrs. Elizabeth P. Persons is

of th e telephone com pa ny at T albotton . T albot Post No . 195, Am eri can L egion owns a lot and plans to bui ld its hom e up on it. Natural gas is piped to Talbotton by th e Southe rn N atural Gas Co rp.
The 72-yea r-old T alb ott on Ne w E ra weekly newspap er published by th e N ew Er a Publishin g Co ., B. L. T yler editor, wh o is also owne r and publisher of th e 78-year- old 1\1 ario n Co u nty Patr iot at Buena Vi sta , Ga . Steeped in Education
Talbotton is d eep -seat ed in ed uca tion . A m en' s and a wom en' s college both flourished h er e more th an a century ago. The present-day exce llent school system in the county stems la rgely fr om that atmosph er e.
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th e T a lbot Co un ty H igh sch ool, an d th er e is also a h igh scho ol for colo red in T albotton . An $800,000 sch ool bui ld ing p rogram now under way in th e co u nty incl ud es a new gym n asium an d im p rov em en ts a t T alb ot ton Hi gh ; also, a n en tirely new p lant for th e colored Hi gh , a n d imp rov em ents to m any of th e coun ty sch ools.
The background of ed uc a tion in T a lbot is th is :
C ollingsworth Inst itute for M en flo uri sh ed at T a lbotton fro m 1829 to 1839. T he presid ent 's h om e still sta nds on th e Institute site an d is occ up ied as a resid en ce.
LeVcrt F em a le Aca dem y a t Talbo tton was ch a rte re d in 1830, cha nge d in 1856 a n d ch a rte red as a college . It was n amed for M ad a me O cta via W al ton LcV crt, gra n dda ugh te r of G eorge W alton , one of th e signe rs fro m G eorgia of th e Decl a ration of I n dependen ce,
T h is bui ldi ng was purch ased by th e Stra us fami ly a bo ut 30 yea rs ago a nd pr esent ed to th e C ity of Talbotton. It is nam ed th e " Stra us-Le Vc rt M em ori al H all ," and is used as a C om m un ity H ou se for co m m un ity meetings and a lso h ouses th e L ibr ary.
Religion Deep-rooted
R eligi ou s wor sh ip is also d eep- root ed in T a lbot as th e ch urch bell h as soun de d long in thi s area .
Every com m un ity ha s ch urc he s of variou s cree ds, faiths an d den om in ations.
The T albo tto n Ba p tist ch u rc h, of wh ich Dr. An drew M . Smi th is pastor, wa s organized Feb. 18, 1829 a n d h as a n illustrious record for service to the com m un ity an d its m ember s.

Th e T a lbotton M ethod ist ch urch was orga n ized in 1828 a nd th e presen t b uild ing was erec te d in 185 7 of h andmad e br ick, a n d is said to be on e of th e three 0 I d e s t b rick M ethod ist ch urc h es in th e South G eo rgia Conference. T h e R ev. E . G . H ut ch in gs, J r ., is the present pastor.
T h e m ost unusua l ch urch in th e area is Z ion Episcop al Ch urc h in T a lbotton erec ted in 1848. A tablet th er eat says in part :
" T he per fect rep lica of a typi cal En glish r ural Parish ch urch of th e T udorGo th ic p eriod . The alta r, com m u n ion rai l, lectern - p ul pi t a nd p rayer desk a re h andmad e of nati ve wa ln ut. T h e en tire struc ture is put together with woo de n p egs a n d h andmad e iron n ai ls. Serv ices a re h eld one Sund ay in eac h m onth ."
T h e ch urc h is sai d to h a ve 12 m emhers, three of who m live in T albotton. Dr. Co lin Campbell, R ect or of T rin ity Episcop al C h urch in Co lum b us, jurisdicti on of Zion , d irects th e services every m on th .
Straus Story
Til ' na qs. sto ry is a n. ep ic of Ta l~ bot toiL :-:A: lt~ Qpgh it is m or e th an on e h un dred iye'a rs old - th e begin ning of it, - it is still told . L azarus Stra us loca ted ' in Talbo tton a bou t 1850, ope ne d a store, rem ained in b usiness th er e 12 years, th en went to C olum bus and later to N ew York wh ere th e Straus fa m ilv h as sin ce op er a ted one of th e la rgest d ep artment sto res in th at city- p res en tly M a cy's. I n 1925, M a cy's ac q uired Davison-Paxon dep a rtm ent stor e in At lan ta, a n d othe r stores in G eorgia ope ra ted by th at finn under th e name of " Davison's" a rc in Co lum b us, M acon ,

Athe ns, Au gusta an d Se a Isla nd ; th er e is on e a t Colum bia, S. C .

Is ad or , Na th an a n d O scar Stra us and one dau ghter bou ght th e old L eV ert college bui lding seve ral yea rs ag o and presen ted it to th e C ity for a Community H ou se. The Stra us fam ily h as been liber al con trib utor fr om tim e to tim e to T albotton civic en te rp rises.

T h e p resen t co ur tho use was bu ilt in 1892 . On its gro un ds is a h andsom e C on fede ra te m on um ent a nd a lso th ere is a ta blet , placed in 1953 by th e G eorgia H istorical Commission, wh ich rela tes th a t " At T albotton on J an . 26, 1846 , th e first m eeting of th e Suprem e Co urt of G eo rgia was h eld in th e old C la iborrie H ot el, wh ich stoo d on e block west or' th is m arker. "

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T a lbo tto n, long th e h om e of man y pr om in ent residents, h as also h ad notab le visitor s, in cluding G en . L aFayette an d H enry C lay, wh o " passed thi s wa y."

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* HE~MAN E. TALMADGE

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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

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Ren Jessup

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Aquarama , a spec tac u la r water show, is bein g planned for Alla too na L ak e on L ab or D ay week end, Se p te m ber 5-6.
The fir st of it s type eve r h eld in th is part of th e co u n try , Aq ua ra ma will feature two d ays of boating eve n ts for boat owne rs, a nd plenty of spec ta to r eve n ts for th e ge ne ra l public. H ighlight of th e sho w will be a g ia n t p a rade of light to be held on th e lak e im m edia tely a fter d ark on L ab or D a y. This parad e will be made up of floats construc te d en tirely of lights a nd mounted on boats. T here will b e no ad m ission charge for any of th e two-d ay eve n ts. Aq u ara ma is bcin g staged by Aqu arama, In c., a non-p rof it corpo ra tion co m pose d of m embers of a ll civic dubs in th e C a rt ersvill e a rea . T h is g ro u p pl an s to present Aqu aram a as a n a n nu al even t to pr ovide North Gco rg ia with a tou rist a tt raction a nd recr eation p roj ect com parab le in scop e to T ampa' s Gas p arilla Parad e o r th e F estiv al of Li ghts hel d a nnua lly a t Balboa , Californ ia .
Robert W . M a y, Jr. , is ge ne ra l cha ir man for th e Aqu ar am a p ro gram . H e sta tes th a t th e original id ea was con ceived bv th e recr eation commi t tee of th e C art'er sville Kiwanis C lub as p art
of C art ersvill e's en try in n.e C h a m p ion
H om e Town Co n tes t spo nso re d b y th e Georgia POWcl' C om pan y.
M r. M av ex te n ds an in vita tion to a ll boat ow ners a nd dubs in th e Allatoon a a rea to p articipate in th e Aqua rama festivities. Inf or m ation a bo u t th e in di vidual even ts or ove ra ll p rogram ca n be ob ta ine d by co n tac ti ng th e Aq ua ram a co m m it tee throu gh th e C ha m ber of Commer ce a t Ca rte rsville.

This marker at W ind er , at th e int er section of Broad St ree t an d U. S. R oute No. 29 , th e Atl an ta -Athe ns Highway , is on e of many marker s bein g placed throu ghout th e state d escribing hi storical site '; and eve n ts. Th ese marker s, pl aced b y th e Ge org ia Hi storical Com-
mi ssion , add 10 motorists' en joy me n t a nd hi storical appreciation of Geo rg ia.

Savannah: Georgia Sta te C ham pion Skee t To urname n t, H ot el DeSot o. June 25-27 .
Augusta : Georgia Co n fe re nce of V et era ns' Se rvices, Bon Air H ot el, Jun e 25 - 26 .
Atlanta: Georgi a Associa tion of L ife U nde rwrite rs M eeting, Di n k I e 1' -
Plaza , .I un e 25 -26.
Athens: H e a I t h Education Se mi na r, U n iversi ty of Georgi a, June 28-.1 uly 2.
Atlanta: "Okla ho ma," Municip al Th ea te r Under-the -S ta rs, Jul y 1-3, 5-10.
Savannah: :)Oth Inf ant ry Di vision Associa tion Meeting. H ot el DeSot o, Jul y 1-4.
Atlanta: G eo rgia Assoc ia tio n of th e Deaf Co n fer ence , Din kier-Pl aza , Jul y 2-5.
Albany : " Alba n y Aqu al ympics' Swim ming M eet , Na tiona l AAU Com pe tit ion, T ift Park Pool, Jul y 3.
Athens: R eadi ng Co n fere nce , U ni ver-
sity of Georgia , .I uly 7-9.
Atlanta: " Song of No rway," M uni cip al Theater U n d er - the-S ta rs, Jul y 12-1 7.
Athens: 4- H Di st rict M eeting, U niv ersity of Geo rg ia, Jul y 12-1 4.

Macon: Georgia Sta te J un ior C ham pi on sh ip Go lf Tourname n t, I dl e
H our Co unt ry C lub , .I uly 14-1 7.
Athens: Beef Cattle Short C ourse , Uni versit y of Georg ia, Jul y 14-1 5.
Columbus: 19t h Ann ua l So u theastern Amateur Go lf Tourna ment, Co lumbu s Co untry C lub , Jul y 15-18.
August a: Convent ion of th e Am er ican L egion of Georgia, Bon Air H otel , Jul y 15-18.
A tl an ta : So utheas tern C hi na , G lass & G ift Show, Mu nicip al Auditorium , J uly 18-21.
A tl a n ta : " Rosalie," Municipal T he ater
U rid er-th e-St a rs, .I uly 19- 24.
Augusta: G eorgia Prison W arden s Associa tion M eeting, Bon Air Hotel. Jul y 19-21.
A ug usta : Conv ent ion of G eorgia D a ir y Assoc ia tion, Bon Air Hotel July 22(Contin ued on Page 8 ) - - - - --
COVER PICTURE
G lass' Ri ver Bridge, one of the last rem aini ng cove red bri dges in G eorgia, crosses th e C ha ttahooch ee R iver abou t n in e mi les n or thwest of LaGra nge 011 Georgia R ou te No . 109.
- Photo by Ca rolyn C arter.

G EORG IA DEPARTME NT OF C O M M ERCE

TE \VSL ET T E R

J u ne 25, 1954

Georgia State Museum Fascinates Thousands

Each Year With Many Natural History Exhibits

T he Georgia St at e Mu seu m on th e fou rth floor of th e Sta te Capitol Building in Atlanta is visit ed by thousands of people eac h year. And wit h good reason -fascin at ing exh ibits relating to Georg ia's natu ra l history cove r nearly every foot of spa ce a va ilable. Cases of mineral spec ime ns, a ni ma l and floral life, both bla ck a nd wh it e and color ph ot o-mu rals, di or amas with moving parts, insect s and fo rest ry exh ibits riva l each ot h er for th e visitor' s attention .
T he mu seum was star ted in 1896 wi th exh ibits a rr a nged for d isplay at th e Co tton St at es Exposit ion of 1895. Later, item s wer e add ed that ha d been part of th e G eorgia exh ibit at th e U niversa l Expositi on of 1904 in St. Loui s. Again , in 1939, more m at eri al was a dd ed from the Georgia exh ibit a t th e New York World's Fai r.
M eanwhile, th ose co ncern ed with th e mu seum scoute d out in teres ting articles, and fri ends con trib uted va luable item s. T he collection seen at the mus eum todav is of ind et ermin a te va lue to th e sta te a nd to G eorgia citizens.
In charge of th e m useum is Mi ss Annette M el. can , C ura tor. She acce pted th e responsibil ity fo r th e museum i n 19:17, a nd since has a rr a nge d a nd

classified a gr eat deal of th e ma teria l, a nd ad de d man v new exhi bits.
Spring -is th e season wh en th e m useurn has th e gre a test nu mb er of visitors. Lit erallv thousands of school ch ild ren a re brought by th eir teachers eac h week for th e ed uca tiona l expe rienc e of seeing th e "real th ing" at th e museum. School child ren a re most fascin at ed bv th e snake case , seen in th e ph otograph below. Th ese spec ime ns have been placed in a na tur al setting to p resen t an unders ta nd ing of them a nd th eir nat ural habitat more completely. Th e most freq uent q uest ion s arc " Are th ey rea l?" T hey a re. An d th en a littl e m or e tim orou slv. " Are th ey a live ?" Th cv aren't: th~~'re stuffed. '
wiiss M cLea n' has prepared a 72page bro chure describing in d etail th e exh ibits at th e mu seum . Since it is th e on lv volume on th e' natura l hi story of G eorgia, a nd a good on e, it is consta n tly in d ema nd . Schoo ls wr iti ng for q ua n tit ies for classroom use an d histo ria ns, natu ral ists a nd th e inter est ed pu bl ic ' some times absorb as ma ny as tw o tho usand cop ies a week. T ourists in th e Capitol b uilding fin d th a t a visit to th e mu seum with th is deta iled guide in th eir hand gives th em a riche r ba ck-

T hes e snakes, thoug h real , ar e not ali ve.

Ed Friend

Ed Fri end
This case displays some of th e marine life found off th e cas t coast of Georgia.
grou nd for more en joym en t a nd understand ing of th ei r tour in Georgia , a nd a grea ter ap precia tion for our natural wildli fe.
An even t and an exhibit of th e Yen ' near fu ture will have specia l m ea ni ng to th e Georgia State Museum. T h e cott on sta lk with th e la rgest number of cotto n boll s eve r known to be grown in th e world - 715 bolls-is now bei ng pr ep ared for pr eservatio n by a specia list in such work . I t will be rcadv at the end of th e sum m er ; th en it wiil' be show n on a televis ion sho w in Buffalo, Ne w Yor k, a nd wi ll be on d ispl ay in th e Buffalo Museum for a week. Then it will be pl aced in a specia l case a nd be on con tin ua l di splay in th e Georgia State Museum.
This sta lk has been in th e museum's possession for some tim e, a nd is now receiving specia l treatment for rea sons of preservation. T he stalk was grown by th e lat e J oh n B. Broadwell in 1912 , in the Craba pple Commun ity of Milton Co u nty, now 'F ult on County, near Alpha re tta .
Bird s a nd fossils. a m eteo rite fo un d at Social Circle, G eorgia , I nd ian relics, la rge-sized sam ples of various types of marble and gra n ite for whi ch Georgia is famous-these a re onlv some of the pleasant surprises to be 'found a mong th e d ispla y cases whi ch fill the aisles and line the wa lls of th e corridors on th e four th floor of the Sta te Capitol.

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GEO RG IA DE PA RTMENT O F CO M M E RC E

NEWSLETTER

June 25, 1954

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

Plant Expansion
Plan s have been anno unced for th e ex pa nsion of th e M on ar ch - Fi tzger ald Co mpa ny at FITZGERALD . Approxima ted 4,000 sq uare feet of additiona l floor space will be ad ded to the prese nt bui lding. N ew machin ery will be ad ded and oyer 75 additional people em ployed . T he concern manufact ur es M on-T og spo rtswear.
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Arlington Warehouse
A new war ehous e for storing bul k oats, seed lupine, wh eat , clover a nd peanu ts, is under const ruc tion in ARLINGTON . Wh en com plete, th e bui lding will conta in 4,500 square feet of floor space . Mrs. R. C. Wa rd, Sr. , M a nager of Wa rd 's Bond ed Wa rehouses, is owner of th e new building. This will be the fourth war eh ouse bui lt by th e conc ern; th e oth er th ree ar e p resently being used for cotton storage.
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Dawson Milk Plant
Operati ons a re about to begin at a new milk p rocessing a nd distributing p lant in DA WSON . Eli H ill is head of the concern, and D . B. Brazeal will be manager of the plant. It is fu lly eq uipped to homogen ize a nd pasteurize milk and process othe r dairy pr oducts. The bu ildi ng for th e mil k plant is onestory high , constructed of concrete.
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Calhoun Enterprise
The M & M M illin g Co mpa ny a nd M a uldi n Feed a nd Seed Compa ny have officially opened their new qua rters in CA L HOUN. The com pa nies a re op erat ed by H enry A. M a uld in an d Slag le M oss. A new 8,000 sq uare foot brick building houses th e feed and seed section, whil e remo deled qua rters close by contain new mi lling an d m ixing eq uipme nt an d storage bins .
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Tobacco Warehouses
B. B. R ogers h as begun const ruction in DO UGL AS of a mammoth tobacco warehouse to be ready for th e 1954 tobacco auc tion season. T he warehouse locat ed on th e Willacooch ee R oad , will h ave four distin ct units with a total of 220,000 squa re feet of floor space. Several other tobacco wareh ousemen in Douglas pla n to construct ad ditional warehouses in the area.

Dixie Pride Mills
FL OWER Y BRA N CH will soon be th e site of Dixie Pr ide Mill s, In c., a recentl y organized firm whi ch will p rodu ce 15 ca rloa ds of feeds a day. The cost of constru ction a nd equipment for the pou ltry feed mixing plan t is estimated at $250,000 . Operati ons at th e plant a re expected to begin about midAu gust. Broiler, chick sta rter, pullet gro wer an d br eed er feeds will be pr od uced at the ra te of abou t 100,000 tons eac h year. The plant site con ta ins six acres, with 600 foo t fro ntage of tracks on th e Southern R ail road.
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Rock Crushing Plant
A new rock crus hing plant has been established outsi de the city limits of COVINGTON, N ewton Cou nty. The plan t, opera ted by Porter Brown Limestone Compa ny of Springfield, T ennessee, employs 20 men producin g 1,000 tons of crus hed stone dail y. An asphalt plant has also been erected which will sta rt operations in the very nca r futur e.
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Claxton Op ens'
Roadside P ark
A roa dside park at CL A XTON was recently dedi cat ed , adding to th e eve r growing list of such beautified pi cni c a reas th rou gh out th e whole sta te of Georgia. T his par ticular par k has its site overlooki ng the Canooc hce R iver. The p roject of landscapin g the a rea and p rovid ing it with tab les and benches for eating out-of-doors was p romot ed by th e C laxton R otar y C lub. T h e Sta te H ighw ay Depar tmen t help ed with the design of th e pa rk and members of th e Cl axton Garden Club p lan ted flowers and shr ubs in th e ar ea . M an y citizens of Ev an s Co unty help ed in planning, pay ing for a nd in th e crea tion of the park whi ch will be a source of pleasure to ma ny na tives an d mo tor ists in th at regio n.
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Jesup Feed Mill
The Pig G reen Acres F eed Mill recen tly opened in JES UP. It is own ed a nd operated by Sine Aspinwall, a nd represe nts an investment of $60,000. The new mill will supply mix ed feeds of all descriptions for th e pigs bein g raised on th e Pig G reen Acres F a rm and will also be a not her milling fac ility availab le for Wayne cou ntians.

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Barnesville Expansion
An extensive expa nsion p rogram is undcrw av a t BARNESVILLE at the plant of 'the Willi am Carter Co mpany, manufacturers of all types of underwear. It is expecte d th a t th e new facilities will be completed by ea rly fal l. A new two-story bleach house a nd a new knitting room which will contai n some 20,000 squa re feet of floor space a rc under constr uction now ; plan s ar c rea dy for a second story addition to the p resent wareho use also. At present thi s firm employs over eight hundred peopl e.
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Oats Warehouse
CO R DE L E is th e site of a new warehouse for oats stor age. The building is owned by George E. McKay who has also rem odeled anothe r wareh ouse for oa ts sto rage . The new building has a 165,000 bushel capacity; th e remo deled one, a 110,000 bushel ca paci ty. F a rmers from C risp a nd surro unding coun ties will be aide d by th ese faciliti es.
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New Henson Plant
A new ma n ufac turing plant wh ich will contain some 3 1,000 sq . ft . of floor space is being erec ted in MONR OE by th e C has . W. H enson Garment M an ufacturing Co mpa ny, In c. The new building will be of brick, concr ete a nd steel construc tion, will hav e a fir e spr inkler system and be completely airconditioned . The conce rn , ma n ufacturers of th e "Re d Fox Lin e" of match ed un iforms of sh irts and trousers, will employ some 200 people wh en th e finn begins op erations, with an a nnua l payroll of abou t a half-million dollar s.
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Eastman Kodak Company
E a st m an K od ak Co mpa ny h a s ope ned its new br an ch plant in nor th DeI<ALB COUN T Y. The firm , employing 150 peopl e, will pro cess K odachrome film in 35m m a nd K828 sizes as well as sell and distribut e Eastman prod ucts in seven sou theastern sta tes. The K odak building, construc ted a t a cost of $700,000, contains 115,000 squa re feet of floor space, including a caf eteria . recreati onal faciliti es and infirmary. ' R . G. Sa tterwa ite is manager of th e ne w plant.

NEWSLETTER

J u n e 25, 1954

Greene County Balances Its Timber

Afld Cattle With Textile Industries

Little did N athanael Green e, bo rn in Rhod e I sland in 1742, eve r think th at a cou n ty in G eorgia wou ld be named for him sho rt ly a fte r hi s d eath . He wa s a maj or -gen er a l in th e R evolut ion ary War, a close friend of Washington' s (he n amed his son G eorge Wash ington Gr een e ), and during the R evolution commanded troops in th e South ; he was in cha rge of the a rmy at Cha rleston , S. C . H e lived ncar Sav ann ah for a yea r before his death and is b uried in Sav ann ah , wher e ther e is a monument to him.
By a ct of th e G eorgi a L egislature in 1786, a coun ty was crea ted and n amed G reen e. Green sboro, designated as th e coun tv sca t. rema ins the cen te r of activit y .th er e' tod ay. Origin all y G ree nsboro wa s sp elled with an add itiona l "e " -G ree ne sboro- bu t this ha s been d r o p p ed.
Other towns in th e cou n ty include U n ion Point, \Vr ayswood, C awthon , Thurston . Siloam. Vc azc v. White Pla ins , C arey, Woo'dville an d ' Penfield .
Penfield wa s th e origin al hom e of M er cer U n iversitv. founded in 18:13. Som e of th e old buildings st ill stand tod ay, used as schoo ls in th e G ree ne Co u n ty ed u ca tion a l syst em . M er cer remained at P enfield until 18 71, wh en it was m oved to M a con a nd exists to day, con tin uing as a n important Baptist ed uca tion al institution.
The cou n ty sca t h as a population of over 2,600. All of Green e County com prises ab out 12,500 peop le. M ost o f
School Gymnasium at Greensboro.

th ese a rc eng aged in lumber in g, sin ce a vas t amo un t of a cre ag e is covere d with pine, a nd in agri cu lture. Beef a nd dairy ca ttle a re becom in g more im p ortant with Green e Co u n ty fa rmer s, an d inter est in egg p rodu cti on a lso is on the in cr ease. Manufacturing
A number of varied industries in th e cou n ty ba lan ce th e econom ic pi ctu re : th e tw o ma ja r manufacturer s are tex ti le mi lls, a t U n ion Point an d Green sboro . The U n ion M a nufa ctu r ing Co m pan y, Inc., a t U n ion Point, em p loy s a la rge number of p eople in th e m anufa ct ure of varus and ho se. Th e M a rv L eila C ott~n Mi lls, I nc., a t Grecnsb or~ em p loys between three a nd four hun d red in th e produ ction of cotto n goods and sheeting.
Greene County Co u rthouse. Other industries a t Green sboro includ e th ese : Green sboro Lumber Com pan y, M addox F eed M ill an d Farm Supp ly Co m p a ny , Green sb oro I cc & C oa l Comp an y, Brook M an uf acturin g Co m pa ny , mak ers of yarns, E . L. Lun d y W ood cr aft Comp an y, a n d L yon s Texti le Mi ll, I n c., produ cer s of work cl o t h i n g . U n ion Point h as th e Wo od cr aft Sh op, and Stuart and R uark Lumber Comp an y. At Wood ville, C . A . Ruark h eads a sa wm ill; and in Wrayswood, Curtis Brothers Cattle Company produ ces meat produ ct s.

Mary Le ila Cotton M ills, In c.
Facilities G reene County boa sts th e fir st hos-
hospita l to be (:on stru et ed under th e H ill- Burton Act. T he Minnie Boswell H ospit al was bui lt a t a cost of $500,000 in 1949.
A tot a l of ncarlv one hundred ch urc hes, white an d colore d, a rc sp rea d over th e co un ty, rep resen ting man y denomina tions .
A libr a ry loca ted in th e schoo l a t G ree nsbo n ; serves G reene Co u n tia ns , as well as a bookmobile whi ch travels over th e cou n ty.
T ra nsp ortati on-wise, G reene Co un ty is served by th e G eo rgia R ai lroad , South eastern Bus Lin es, a nd by a goo d system of hi ghwa ys. St ate R oute N um ber 12 leads fr om Greensbo ro west to At lanta , a nd cas t to Au gu sta. State R ou te Number 15 go es north to Athen s, a nd in th e oth er di rection to Sparta and points sou th . St ate R outes 77 and 44 also traver se th e cou n ty .
Th e H erald journal, ed ite d by Carey Will iams, is th e weekly new sp ap er a n d official or gan of Green e C oun ty.
The Bosw ell Hotel in Green sboro provides ac com moda tions for visitors to the a rea .
C ivic C lubs in Green sbor o includ e two Ga rden C lu bs, th e W om an 's C lub, and th e Li on s C lub. The Lion s a lso hav e a n organ iza tion a t U n ion Point.
An a p p ro p ria tion h as been ma d e for th e construction of new schools in G reene C oun ty a n d p lan s for th em a re und er stu dy n ow .
E lectri cit y is prov ided by th e REA a t Rayle, Wilkes Co un ty, a nd by th e Ge orgia Pow er C om pany; th e So u th ern Bell T elep h on e Co m pa ny serves th e cou n ty, a nd expa nsions are p lanned for
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CO M M ERCE

N EWSLET TER

Emanuel, Large South Georgia County

Glorifies Pine With Annual Festival

T he Pine is an a ll-im porta nt tr ee

in a ll Geo rgia an d th e Sou th, a nd its

im porta nc e to the comm unity is str essed

a nn ua llv in th e Pin e T ree Festival held

a t Swa i ~sboro. coun ty-sea t of Em an uel

Co un ty.

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T he nin th ann ua l event was held on

Apri l :1 0, a nd the co lorfu l parad e a nd

th e exerc ises were witnessed bv some

20,000 people. Mi ss Nella Shepa rd , of

Swa insbo ro, wa s thi s yea r's Fest iva l

Q ueen, and Dav id Rowland , of Twi n

C ity, was Ki ng. Festiva l cha irman was

Carlton D ekle a nd M ayor Ral ph Smi th

welcom ed visitor s to th e city.

Em a n uel wit h its 764 square mi les of

area , is one of the la rgest counties in

Georgia . Created in December 18 12,

a nd na med for Go v. David Em anuel, it

its bou ndary, whi le th e O gcech ec a lso tou ch es the cou ntv. I n ad d ition . th ere a re several la rge ~ re eks in th e cou nty, T hese strea ms, in ad d ition to providi ng a n a bunda nt su p ply of wat er , also fur nish fine fishing a reas .
T he land area of th e co unty is 439 .040 ac res. di vid ed into 2.18 1 farms. lan d in f~nll s total ing ;)3 7,8 11 ac res: T he rem a ind er is in tim ber a nd la kes.
Th e val ue of pin e trees annua lly in the coun ty is estim a ted to be $4,000 ,000 , from pulpw ood , lum ber, piling and na val sto res. Five tower s, a two-way ra d io, trucks a nd plan e pa tro l prot ect the 290,600 a cres of forest a rea in th e co un ty, m or e th an 20 m illion pin e seedlings ha ving been set in recent yea rs. Leon Ray is Co un ty Forester.

.June 25, 1954
p loys some 50 people a nd m ak es kit eh. en ca bine ts a nd ch iffe ro bes.
Whi le life in Emanuel revo lves la rge_ ly round th e Pine Tree, yet gcner, al cro ps are grown on th e we ll-di vr--, sified fa rm s. T hese cro ps include corn co tton- 10,8 19 bal es grown in 195:1 - : tobacco, grain, pou ltr y an d li\'estoek: Two stockya rds hold weekly sales in Swa insboro. The Em a nuel County
Stockyards, owne d a nd ope ra ted by P.
D. Leon ard, holds sa les on Sa turdays.
and th e Swainsboro Stockyards, .J. 'E.
H icks and Forest Lewis, own ers and opera tors , cond uc t sa les every M on da v
Th e Fan ners' Seed Processing C~., H. C. I rwin . owner a nd operator, pro(TSSCS sm all g ra in, lu pi n an d other seeds, and a lso stores g rai n a nd seeds.
T here a re a n um ber of gins in the co u n ty.
Price F rozen Food s, Otis G . Price. owne r a nd opera tor, buys local anim als for slaugh ter for sa le a nd to stor e in a
..freezer locker.

F at cows g razi ng on crimson clove r and Bermuda gras s on th e farm
of J. D . Fields in Ema n ue l C oun ty . The farm pond provides ad equate
wat er su pply for th e livestock a nd recr ea tion for th e famil y,

Ema n uel County C our thouse at Swai nsboro , coun ty sea t of Eman uel C ou n ty provide s office space for cou nt y adm ini stration.

will be 142 veal's old next December. I ts la rge size 'is int ensi fied by its varied ind ustr ies sca tt ered over th e co un ty in its seve ra l tow ns.
T h e pop ula tion of Swa insbo ro as of 1950 was 4,:100 a nd other town s in the co unty a re Stillmore, 420 pop ula tion ; T win C ity (form erly Graymo nt-S ummit ), 1,018 ; Ga rfield, 213 ; O ak Park, 308 ; Summ er tow n, 137 ; Ad rian , (on the co unty line ) , 218.
Pop ula tion of th e co unty was 19,789 in 1950.
T he co unty is criss-crossed hv h ighways, inc lud ing U . S. No . 80 a'nd No . 1: Sta te No . 56, 26,57, 192, 4,23, 171.
Two rai lroads, th e Georgia & Fl orida a nd the W adl ev So uth ern serve the coun ty. The Ohoop ce R iver tr av er ses th e county a nd also serves as part of

Ap proxima tely 25 sa wm ills op erate in th e co unty and m a ny firm s p rocess lum ber, includi ng th e Swainsboro Lumber Co., wh ich em ploys som e 50 peop le : two yards bu y pu lpwood. .J. Dewey Will iam s' W ood vard . and C herok ee Timber Co .: S ta~ da l:d Processing Co . bu ys and processes p ine gum int o tu rpentin e a nd rosin . Arth ur F rapps is ma nager, em ploying from 25 to 30 people. The Em anuel M illing Co., Swainsboro, em ploys eigh t to 10 peop le. T his finn bu ys loca l corn a nd gra in wh ich it grinds int o mea l and livestock feed .
Ol an Rountree a nd .J. H. Gay ope rate
th is finn, wh ich a lso has a post-tr ea ting pla nt, whi ch peels a nd tr eat s local tim ber.
The Geo rg ia M anufa ct uring Co., H . G. Fowl er owne r a nd opera tor, em-

At Garfield . Atk inso n Pe ca n Co. bu ys a nd processes pecans in to ca nd ies and othe r confections, em ploy ing from 35 to 40 peop le most of the tim e. P. A. Atk inson is owner of thi s firm .
At Stillmore. Perkins Poultry Farms. R. W . Perk in s; owner, produces poultr y and eggs a nd also buys these produ cts from local fa rm ers.
The Swa insboro Ice & Fu el Co . man ufactures ice a nd a lso deals in wood , coa l, etc.
Earl V a r ner, Co unt y Fa rm Agent, savs the re a re in th e coun tv fifteen 4-H cl~l bs. with 1.872 members': a 4-H Recrea ti~na l Cen ter, includ ing a clubhou se a nd recrea tion hall in Sw ain sbor o : th re e FFA C ha p ters wit h 250 mem ber s: 11 Farm Bureau Cha pters, with 1,207 members. Os ca r H ow ell is presi-

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den t of th e C ounty F arm Bu reau. Gi rl and Boy Scout troop s h av e separa te
, halfl.s.T. Bail ey is assista n t co unty agen t ;
J. 'N . Bak er , assista n t stat e supervisor of
Vocatio nal agricu ltu re, is in cha rge of the FFA ac tiv ities in th e co un ty. M iss Sue Sta nfor d is H om e D em on st rati on Agen t, a n d Miss M al ind a Abb ott, assista nt HDA agent. W oodrow W ilson is Negro fa rm agen t, an d Ca rrie Powell is Negro HDA .
Perman ent p astures, d airyin g, beef ca ttle gro wing a re also pa rt of Emanuel farm p rogram.
I t will be seen fro m th e above th at farm life is an im porta n t p a rt of th e ac tivities in Emanuel Co un ty.

County Officers
r Em an uel office rs a re: O rdi nary.
Henr y A. Flanders ; C ler k of Co ur t, L. Lewis ; She riff , P. 1.. Youm an s : Treasurer, R oger Dekl e ; T ax Commissioner, J am es M ason : School S upe rin tend ent, W . O . Ph elp s; Surveyo r, E . K . Hatten ; Co ro ner, Luth er Lamb ; Co mmission ers, O . P. Rountree, chairman:
R. .J. W all er , J r., Rufu s Youmans; L aw-
son Wilk es, C ler k. H enry C. Ed enfield is Sena to r f rom
the 16th D ist rict ; George 1.. Sm ith II , represen ts th e co un ty in th e Legislature and is Speake r- Pro -Tem; Judge R . H . Humph ries, of Swa ins boro, is Judge of the Middle Circuit.
T he 95 -vea r old S w ai nsboro F orestBlad e, a weekl y n ewsp aper, h as as its edito r Bob Ge n trv. Th e Emanu el Coun ty 4-H C lub N e\~s is in its 10th yea r of pu bli cati on a t Swai nsbo ro . Th e Em anuel Co . E nter p rise, fo r colored , is issued m onthly a t Sw ainsbor o.
R adio sta tion WJAT at Swa insboro is owned a nd ope ra ted by J ack A. a nd Nancy M. Thompson ; J ack W isely manager. It h as an a udi to rium of 1,600 sea ting ca paci ty a n d is bu ilt to insta ll television .

Hospital Facilities

T he 50 -bed Emanuel Co un ty H ospital, a t Swai nsboro, built under th e Hill-

Bur to n pl an , is two yea rs old. M ajor

A. S. W al ea is su pe rin te n de n t a n d

J ames H . M or gan is chairman of th e

H osp ital Au tho ri ty. Sm ith Sa n itari um

of 20 bed s, is owne d and operated by

Dr. Wilder Sm ith . Mrs. Emma M arsh-

burn is Co u n ty H ealth N urse , an d R aymond Su m me rlin is Coun ty Sa n ita ria n .

T he Coun ty H ealth office 'is a t Swains-

bo ro .

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D r. R . G. M ove ope ra tes a C lin ic a t

Adri a n .

T here are m an y chu rc hes th rou gh-

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out Emanuel cou n ty, a large number of den omin ations being re presen te d .

Miss M axie W ar ren is Libr ari an of

th e Emanuel C ountv L ibra rv a t

Sw ainsboro.

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T he re are four b anks in th e Co u n tv , three a t Swa insboro, T he Ci t ize~~

Ba n k, W . M. K arrh, p resi de n t ; Cen tr a l Bank, W . W. Fl ander s, presid ent ; Spi -

vey Banking C o ., J ohn B. Spivey, preside nt. D urden Ba n king C o ., R. W .

Durden , president, is a t Twin C ity .

Situ ated am ids t a n etwork of p aved high ways, mo te ls a t Sw a in sbor o in-

dude Sisco M ot el, Skeet M ot or Co ur t;
Peebles M ot el ; M ason' s M ot el an d Pine
Crescent. The 50-room .J. C . C olem a n
H ot el an d H ot el Durd en , 30 rooms, a rc

a t Sw ainsbor o. Bein g a t th e cross ingp oint of U. S. Highways 80 and No.

I . Sw ainsbor o is tou ri st co nscious .

Emanuel has a n am bitious schoo l

build in g p rogram u nd er wa y to cos t a pp ro xima te ly tw o mill ion doll ars. The present five h igh schools will be con-

solida ted int o three, an d th e three N egro h igh scho ols will be merged into one a t Swainsbor o. El em entarv schools

are located throu gh out the cou n tv.
Prof. V. E. G lenn is p rin cip al of
Sw ainsbor o H igh and P rof. A. Q. H a-
ga n heads Swainsbo ro gra mmar schoo l.

W oodruff K ey is presid ent of th e recently re -organ ized S w a in s b 0 I' 0 C h a mber of Comm erce, of which Ben Ehrlich h as been ac ting sec re ta ry for

a number of yea rs.

Sw ainsboro h a s a large number of

civic, profession al an d fra tern al organ i-

za t ions for bo th m en an d wom en , in cluding K iwanis Club, Ex ch ange Club, Busin ess an d P rofession al W om en' s

Club, Sw ainsbor o Country Club, which ha s a nine-hole go lf cou rse ; M a sonic lod ges, W oodmen of W orld, American

L egi on , VF\V, Jun ior Chamber of

Commerce, Sh rine Club an d seve ral

Ga rde n C lu bs, DAR and U D C chap -

ters.

Sw ain sboro is th e hom e of L ee Price, j r. , pas t national president of Junior C ha m ber of Co m me rce .

Swainsboro Officers
R alph Smi th is Swa insbo ro M a yor an d C ouncilmen a re: H . C. Ed enfield , Frank Fl ander s, Alfred L amb, R eed W atson , Ernest Willis, R oger Ri ch. M rs. H. G . R ogers is clerk. Paul Bell is fir e ch ief, an d p olice ch ief is W al tel' L amb . Carl to n L a yt on is p ostmast er . Sta te P at rol office N o. 19 is located a t Swains boro.
T he Sw ainsbor o Shir t F a ct ory em ploys a p proxima te ly 125 p eopl e an d

makes m en 's sh irts. J. A. Pierce an d
J ay Groce a re owne rs an d op erato rs. Ed gefield Shi rt F act or y a t Swains boro em ploys a p proximate ly 40 p eople a nd are makers of me n 's jacke ts an d shi rts. George Alpe rt is m an ager. This is a un it of a Ne w York firm .
The T wi n C ity Mfg . Co. , at Twin C ity, em p loys a p proximately 250 p eopl e in th e m a nu fa ct ure of m en' s an d b oys' sh ir ts. M athis Lumber Co ., at T win Ci ty, ope ra tes a saw an d pl aning m ill, buys local timber , an d em ploys from
40 to 50 peop le. .J. F. Mathis opera tes
th is firm . Bro wn Packing Co ., at Twin C ity, p rocesses co ws an d hogs, p rodu ces p ork sa usage an d othe r ch oice meats for whol esal e.
Gi llis Lumber Co., of Adria n, ope rates saw an d pl aning m ills, em p loying a p prox imately 40 people.
Georg ia Power Co. supplies th e a rea with elec tric itv a nd REA lin es dot th e co un ty , beingserv ed by five RE A Coops. Th e So uth ern Bell Telepho ne Co . opera tes a dial system and th e Pineland T elep h on e Co. operates in rural a reas and in town s.
Emanuel Co un ty is ex pansive in a rea an d p opulat ed by a cor d ia l an d friend ly peopl e-visit th em , an d keep th e Pin e T ree F est ival in mind for th e last F rid ay in April 1955.
Greene County
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th e syste m a t Union Poin t this year. W at er is provid ed for th e co un ty by Ri chl and C ree k a n d by a rtesia n wells. Greensbo ro h as a city filt rati on syste m . The wes t sid e of Greene Co u n ty is bounded by the A palach ee Ri ver, an d th e O con ee Ri ver wh ich join s it abo ut m idway on th e b oundary lin e ; The No rth F ork of th e Little Ri ver fo rms part of th e north ern an d eas te rn bound ary lin e ; th e So u th F ork of th e L ittle R iver as well as th e No rth a nd South F ork s of th e O geeche e R iver s flow into G ree ne Co un ty. T he area is blessed with a n am p le wa te r sup ply.
Greene County Officers
O fficers serv ing G re ene Co un ty are : Ordin ary, E. Ll oyd L ewis ; C ler k of C ourt, W. B. Caldwell ; Sh eriff, L. L. W yatt ; Tax R eceiver, F loyd B. Freem an ; T ax Collec tor, W. H . W est ; Sur-
veyo r, J. N ea ry Turn er ; Co roner, \ V.
H . M cC ommon s ; S uper in te n den t of Schools, Fl oyd T. Corry.
G ree n e Co u n tv Co mmissione rs are : T. H . M cGibon y, C hai rman ; Fl oyd B. Freem an , C lerk: W eld on B. Arche r and O . D . Cain .

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HIGHLIGHTING
OU{( P{(OG{(ESS
Cordele C asua lwear is now occupying it s new 15,000 squa re foo t addit ion wh ich gives th e p lant a total of 62,000 squa re feet of floor sp ace . . . . V aldosta will soon have a new ga rme nt indu str y. ... The L ong Co unty Garden C lub is spo nsoring th e construc tion of a tw oacre roa dside pa rk on U. S. R ou te No. 30 I , six miles northw est of Ludowici.
C utters Exch an ge of Nas hville, T ennessee, provider s of "every thing for th e office a nd fa ctor y," is opening a bran ch in Atlanta . . . . T he pre-dip uni t at Goodyea r M ills a t Rockmart sta r ted operations thi s month.. . . Plans are well underwa y for a n egg market a t Vidalia . . . . Barrow County has had 800 head of shee p added to th e flock s of three local owners....
An 18-stor y hot el and office bu ilding is p lanned for Sav a nna h . . . . A new $ 18,000 fire ra nge r sta tion is being bui lt in Mariett a.. . . M ontag Broth lTS, sta tionery manufa ct urer s have moved int o a mod er n str uc ture in Atla nta . . . . Co n tracts will be a wa rded ea rly next mo n th for th e $800,000 electro nics p lan t to be bu ilt a t Statesboro .
La rge iron ore deposits h ave been found at Georgetown on land owned bv E. C. H all. . .. T he Owens-Thom as hou se, Savannah , is being restor ed wit h furni sh ings and decorations of 18 17 and will soon be opened to the public. . . . The traffic dep a rt men t of the Cen tral of Georgia R ailway has opened a sales and serv ice age ncy in Mi nneapolis to serve shippe rs in "M in nesota, Wisconsin and th e Dak ot as a nd one in Da llas, T exas, to serve th at state . . . .

M iss M a rtha H ar tin was selected as the 1954 Crisp County Wa termelon Queen for th e festiviti es in Co rdele. . . . Con struction h as begun on a $600,000 housing subdivision in Smyr na . . . . T he roa d side park a t Arabi, Cris p Cou nt y, has been completed and op ened . . . . R ed fern Sausage Compan y has moved in to its modern new plant in Atlanta. . . .
A Chamber of Commerce has been organized a t D ahl onega, Lu mp kin Coun ty, . . . Co nstruction is underwa y on a new bu ilding for t he Bank of Hi awassee .. . . The Aug usta C ha m ber of Commerce h as published a new book let, p rovid ing comp lete infor mation on th e features and facilities of Augusta. .. .

U nicoi State Park, near Robertstown, was officially open ed last month, bringin g th e tot al number of sta te pa rks to thi rt y. . . . A goa l of 112,000,000 pin e seedlings has been set by th e Geor gia 'Forest ry Co mm ission for 195455. . ..

Accor din g to Dun & Bradstreet, 562

new bu sinesses wer e sta rted in th e fir st

four mo n ths of 1954 in Georgia, an in -

crease over 478 sta rted in the same

period of 1953. . . . Co mpletion da te

for the Stowe-Woo dward p lant in G rif-

fin has been set for Decemb er . . . .

T he K a rma n Compan y, Co rnelia, went

in to pro du ct ion of western -stvle sh irts

last month. . . .

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Net ga in in foreign trad e at th e Savanna h docks was 26 per cen t in 1953 over figures of 1952.... T he Pet Dairy Prod uct s Comp an y a t R oyston has been sold to th e Bord en M ilk Company.. . . Construction is slated to begin in July on the Southea stern reg iona l office of the I nsurance Company of Nor th America in Macon . . . . A new

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br idge has been completed over the Bro ad River, joining Elbert a nd L incoln Counties. . . .
Construction ha s begun on the $75,000 poultry testing station at the Univer sity of Geo rgia, Athens.. .. Construction has begun on th e new 30,000 square foot bleacher y a nd war eh ouse building a t th e Chicopee M anufactu ring Com pa ny, Gainesville. .. . A $169,9 ~ 1 reb uildin g a nd expa nsion p rogra m will be lau nch ed next fall by Swift & Compan y, Albany. . . .
A new br ochu re on D alton, p repared by th e Dalton Ch amber of Commer ce, has been pu blished . . . a nd one on M a rietta and Cobb Co unt y will be read y soon. . . . T he roa dside pa r k sponsored by th e Uvalda Garden Club has been complet ed.. . .
H abers ham Co unty will have a new health center to be loca ted at C la r kesville. . . . A new roadside p ark on U. S. Hi ghw a y No.1 will be established ncar th e en tra nce to Ok efen okee Swam p Park nca r Waycross. .. . T he Sperry a nd Hu tchi nson Compan y of New York will loca te a $750,000 sou the rn dist ribu tion cente r in Atlanta. . .. T he Atlanta Gas L igh t Co mpany has opened new offices in Sa ndersville.
..: . A new 22-b ed wing to the R . J.
I aylor M emorial H ospital was dedicated ea rlier this mon th in H awkinsville. . . . Construction has begun on a new 130-u nit hou sing subdivision in Aust ell. ...
Calendar Of Events (Continued from Page 2 )
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Athens : El em entar y a nd H izh School Prin cipals Confer en ce, University of Georgia, J uly 26-28.
Atla nta: " M erry Wid ow," M unicipal T hea ter U nder-the-St ar s, July 26-31.

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EPAUTMENT OF I:OMMEUI:E
NEW LETTER
JULY 10, 1954

NE WS L ETTER

July 10, 1954

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-monthly by GE O RG IA DEPT. OF CO M ME R CE
100 Sta te Capitol

* H ERl\IAN E. T ALMAD GE
Gove r no r
HOARD O F CO M M ISS IONERS EM O RY L. BUTLER
Cha irma n

Lonn ie A. Pope, V. Chm. Ben J esup

Y. F. Geeslin Hoke Pet ers

* NELSON 1\1. SH IP P Secre tary

Vol. 5, No. 19

July 10, 1954

Go vernntent Issues P urchasing D irectory

Bu s in c ss m e n a nd m an ufactur ers throughout the Sou th will be in ter ested to kn ow of a lett er received from Ar th ur H at ch en , D irect or of th e Off! ce of Information of the Sma ll Busin ess Administrati on . Parts of th e lett er a re qu oted h ere :
"The Small Busin ess Administr ati on has just issued a revised guide to th e purchas ing activities of th e Fed er a l Gov ernmen t entitled th e 'U. S. Gov ern men t Di rect or y.' This Di rectory replaces th e Governme n t Procurement M a nual. . . .
" . . . Li sted in it a re ap p roxima tely 4,000 items a nd classes of item s cove ring more th an 5,000,000 p rodu cts and servic es purchased by the Federal Govern me n t. T hese items are followd by numer ica l codes indicating which purchasing offices buy th em .
" , . . it expla ins Govern ment pu rchas ing meth od s a nd tells how sma ll concern s ca n ob ta in list ing on agen cy bidders lists; ou tlines im port a n t cla uses in Go vern men t con tracts ; s u g g e s t s wa ys in whi ch sma ll firms ca n loca te subco ntrac ting oppo rtunities, a nd exp la ins th e va rious forms of assista nc e given sma ll firm s by th e Sma ll Business Ad ministra tion.
" . . . copies may be obta ined fro m the Su peri n tendent of D ocuments, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C., for 50 cents a copy.'"
Cover Picture
Fishing a t Savanna h is a very pleasan t way to spe nd that " two weeks wit h pa y." M a ny ot her ideas for relaxing vacations ca n be fou nd in the a rt icle on p age 3. - Photo by Carolyn Carter

Indian Springs State Park in centra l Georgia, near J ackson, was th e fir st State Park established in Georg ia. See page 3 for mor e about Georg ia's public recreation facili ties an d historic vaca tion spots.

Atlanta: Georgia Seedsmen Associa tion Annu al M eeting, D ink ier-Plaza, J uly 11-13.
Atlanta : " Song of N orw ay," M uni cip al Theater U nde r-the -Sta rs, J uly 12-17.
Athens: 4-H Di strict M eeting, U niversity of G eor gia, July 12-14.
Macon : Georgia St at e Junior Ch ampion shi p Golf T ournam ent, Idle H ou r Co untry C lub , July 14-17.
Athens: Beef Ca ttle Shor t Cour se, U niversit y of Georgia, July 14--1 5.
A ug-ust a: Co nvention of th e Amer ica n Legion of G eor gia, Bon Air H ot el, July 15- 18.
Columbus: 19th Annua l Southeastern Am ateur Golf T ournam ent, Colum bus Country C lub, July 15- 18.
Atla nta : Southeastern China , Glass & Gif t Show, Municipa l Audi toriu m , J uly 18-21.
Atla nta: "R osa lie," Mu nicipal Thea ter U nd er-th e-S ta rs, July 19-24.
Aug usta : Georgia Prison W a rd en s Associa tion M eeting, Bon Air H ot el, J uly 19-21.
Aug usta : Con vention of Georgia D ai ry Associati on , Bon Air H o tel July 2223.
Athens : E lem entary and Hi gh School Principals C onf eren ce, Univer sity of Georgia, July 26-28.

Atl anta : " Merry Widow," Muni cipa l

Thea ter U nder-the -Stars, July 26- 3 1.

Atl anta : G eorgia A thletic Coaches

M eeting, Biltmor e H otel, Aug ust 1-6.

Aug usta : Geo rg ia State Voca tional R e-

h ab ilit at ion Association Confer en ce.

Bon Air H o tel, August 1-6.

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Athens: Air F orce R O T C I nst ru ctors'

Wor kshop , U niver sity of Georgia,

Augu st 2-7.

At lanta: " Ne w M oon," Municipal

T heater U nde r-the -Sta rs, Augu st

2- 7.

A tla nta : Order of R ai nbow for G irls.

M asoni c T emple, August 6-7.

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Atlan ta : 784th Military Po lice Ba t-

ta lion M eeting, H enr y G ra dy Ho-

tel, Aug ust 6-8.

Atla nta : Fleet R eserve Association

M eeti ng, H enr y G rad y H ot el, Au-

g ust 7- 14.

Waycr oss: F irst Annual F at Calf Sh ow

and Sale, Aug ust 9.

Macon: D au ghter s of Am erica M eet-

ing, H ot el D emp sey, Au gu st 9- 11.

Atla nta : " Gen tlem en P refer Blondes,"

Municip a l T heater U nder-t he-Stars,

Aug ust 9- 14.

Athens: Air F or ce ROTC I nstructors'

Workshop , Univer sity of Geo rg ia.

August 9- 14.

Moultrie: Sou theast T ob acco Festival,

August 12-14 .

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NE W S L E T T E R

July 10, 1954

Georgia's State Parks and Historical Sites Offer Many Attractive Places for Vacations

July and Augu st are imp ort ant V acation M onths for m an y peopl e in Georgia and th e South, and thi s state offers a n abu ndance of recreation spots where an enjoyable rest per iod
from work ma y be found . In fact , wh er ever you a re in th e
sta te, you are close to attract~ve va cation spo ts. These may include "w her e ocean breezes blow" on th e Georgia coast, where swimming , boat-
ing or fishin g m ay be enjoye d; or if vou a re a " lan d-lubber" a nd do not go in to th e wa ter , . th ere ar e ~any historic and otherwis e attractiv e spo ts, ami dst hotels a nd mot els th a t affo rd accommodations for lon g or short stays inland, as well as along th e coast.
The sam e situation p revails th e far -
ther one goes into th e state . T here are recr eation spo ts and pl aces of in-
terest throughout Geo rg ia .
State Parks
The State Parks Depa rtm ent op -
erates 22 ac tive p a rks, wher e th e public is cord iaIly invited to enjoy many vacation facilities. These St ate Pa rk s
include : Amicalola Falls Park, nea r D a wson-

viIle ; Blaek Rock Mountain Park, nca r C lay ton ; George Washington Carver State Park for Col or ed, near CartersviIle; Chehaw State Park, Alba ny: Cloudland Canyon Park, in nor thwest Georgia, a seenic spo t overlooking the Lookout Mountain a rea: Crooked River State Park, seven m i l ~s from th e Atlantic O cean, nca r K ingsland .
Elijah Clark M emorial State Park, in L incoln County ; J efferson Davis Memorial Park, in I rw in Co un ty, a memori al to Pr esident J effer son D avis of the Confederacy; Fort Mountain State Park, atop the mo untain, east of Ch at sworth ; Fort Yargo Park, near Winder, recently dedi cated ; Georgia Veterans M emorial State Park, one 'of th e lar gest in th e sta te, containing a la ke of 8,000 acres. This is near Cord ele.
Hard Labor Creek Park, 5,8 16 acres, at Rutledge in M or gan County ; In dian Springs Park, at Indian Springs; Kolomoki Indian Mounds Park, near Blak ely in Early Coun ty ; Little Ocmul~ee Park in T elfair Co unty, ncar M eRae ; Magnolia Springs Park, n car Millen . This pa rk in cludes an ever-flowing stream tha t spri ngs out of th e

Edgar Orr
The entrance to Fort Mountain State Park near Chatsworth doe s not rev eal th e 17-acre lak e which offers good bas s and trout fishing.

Carolyn Carter
Crooked River State Park in southeast Geor gia has salt- water fishing, a swimming pool and picnic faciliti es.
earth and creates a la ke and strea m. Red Top Mountain Park and Boat
M arin a are nea r Cartersville ; Franklin D. Roosevelt Park and Tavern , nca r Chipley in Har ris County. T his is Geo rg ia's largest park in th e sta te system. It is traversed by a highway atop Pin e Mountain, wh ich affords a magni ficient view of the va llev a nd th e surrounding coun try. This' P ark is nea r th e Little White H ou se, Georgia home of th e late President Franklin Roosevelt and his spir it still preva ils at every tu rn in th e p ar k.
A. H. Stephens M emorial Park, at Crawfordv ille, includes th e hom e of Alexander H . St ephens, "Li berty H all," th e Stephen s Museu m an d th e sur roun d ing Pa rk ; th is is one of th e histor ic shrines of th e state. U nicoi Park a t Helen, in White County, is th e sta te's "yo unges t" p ark , h avin g been dedica ted by Governor Ta lmadge on June 5. Am idst thi s 1,800 acres of woodland, mountain lau rel , rho dode ndro n, honeysuc kle a nd other native flower s and shrubs, winds a road th at circles th e 65-acre lak e in th e park .
Vogel Park lies high in th e Blue Ridge mountain s of North Georgia and is in th e heart of th e Ch attahoochee N ati on al F or est. It has 27 cotta ges, beautiful La ke T rahlyta of 40
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

.J uly 10, 1954

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

Metal Plant
MO NROE will be th e location of a met al industry whi ch will have an an nu al p ayro ll of abou t $350,000. The conce rn will occupy a building, now un der const ruc tion. which will con ta in same 45,000 squa re feet of floor spa ce. It is expected that th e structure will be read y for occ upan cy in Nov ember. Pla ns for additiona l buildings for th e firm a re under considera tion .
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New Textile Mill
V ern ey Co rp oration of Manchest er, New Hampshire, texti le manufacturers, has purchased some 2,300 acres a nd bu ildings in R I CHM OND HILL for th e purpose of operating a texti le mill there. The tran saction, involving nearlv on e million dollar s. was mad e known hy Gilber t Vl'rnl~y, President of the fir m .
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Hutchinson Island
The Sea boa rd Air Line Railroad ha s a nnounced p lan s for th e renovation of th eir fa cilities on Hutchinson Island a t SA V ANNA H . The waterfront term inals will be changed to add a la rge storage ar ea, an indu strial site an d ware h o u ses.
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Cumming Plant
Construction is underw ay at CU J'vIAlING on a new poultry dressing plant for Wi lson & Company, which h as been operating in Cumming for eleven years . The new bu ilding will have a pproximately 50,000 squa re feet of floor space and will be construc ted of brick with a glazed tile interior. J am es D. Cooney is Pr esident of Wilson & Company whi ch has six othe r poultry d ressing pla nts in th e U . S. Wh en com pleted, the Cumming str ucture will be la rgest facility of the company.
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New Warehouse
M ILLEN will be the site of a new warehouse for cott on storage . Constr uction h as begun on the stee l building whic h will have a capac ity for storing 2,000 bal es of cotton. The building will be 80 x 160 feet and will represent an investm en t of $24,000. The wareh ouse is bein g built by th e Millen Wa reh ouse Company wh ose p resident is A. C . Cat es.

Plant Hammond
Electric power is now flow ing from th e Geor gia Power Company's installation , Plant Hammond, on th e Coosa River, near R O M E. T he first 100,000 kilowa tt uni t of th e p lant is now in op era tion. By O ctober of th is year it is expected th at th e second such unit will be op erating, and th e third by th is time nex t yea r . Plant Hammond is being cons truc ted at a cost of over forty six mi llion dollars, an d will supply th e electrical ene rgy for th e needs of 750,000 ave rage homes. T he plan t is named for Wi lliam P. H amm ond. Vice-P residen t in charge of Engineeri ng. of th e Geor gia Power Company.
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Ravonier Plant Officially Opens
R ayonier Inc., one of the na tion 's leaders in th e production of chem ical cellulose, officia lly established its giant new plant at DO CTO RTOWN, four miles north of JES UP, lat e last month . Th e fift h such pla nt of th e company, it was constructed at a cost of th irt y mi llion dollars. Usi ng pines of th e Sou thea st, R ayon ier will p roduce some 100,000 tons of th e basic indus trial raw materi al each year. Cellulose is a vital factor in th e manufacture of celloph an e, plastics , paper, p hotographic film, rayon an d many oth er products.
The plant employs some 450 people, mostly men, with a n estimated p ayroll of two m illion dollars annually.
Gov ernor Talma dge delivered an address at th e plant's dedication. C lyde B. Morgan is President of Rayonier Inc., and T ho mas R . Stein is Re side nt Manager of th e corpora tion's installation in Georgia.
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Roadside Parks
GR I FFI N will be the site of two more state roa dside pa rks in the near future. T he cit y has leased th e land for ten years to th e St ate Parks D epartment ; th e state will also take over a roa dside pa rk a lready establishe d at Griffin at th e Georgia Experiment St ation. The roadside parks will be lan dscaped an d will h ave ta bles and benches and cooking grills for th e con venie nce of mo tori sts who enjoy outdoor lunch es.

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
ATLANTA-A r n c o Drainage and Metal Prod ucts, Inc., meta l corruga ted pipe, $45,246.
WEST POI N T - West Point M anufacturing Compan y, cott on du ck, $926,300.
LAGRANGE-Callaway Mi lls Company , cotton duck, $17 3,604 .
A UGUSTA-L. H. Simpkins, clearing parc els of la nd, $ 176,000 .
ATLAN T A- Mo de rn ization Co nstru ction, construction, $ 12,898 .
STATHAM-S tatham Garment Corporation, men 's cotton trousers, $75,480 .
SA VA NNAH-Savannah Sugar R efining Corporation, granu lat ed sugar , $40 ,028.
AT LANTA-Georgia T ech. R esearch I nstitute, serv ices, $54,840 .
A UG USTA-Marks H eatin g and Air Conditioning Company, fur n ace, $ 29,8 88 .
MAR IETTA -Lockh eed Air craft Corpora tion , facilities, $54,670.
MA R IETTA-Loc kheed Air craft Co rporation , C- 130A airplan es, $57,200,000 .
ATLANTA-Empire Gas Engine ering Company, construction of storage and disp ensary facili ties, $79,836.
ATLANTA- H enry Garment C om pa ny, trousers liner, $632,549.
Vacation Ideas (Continued fro m Page 3)
acr es wh ich offers boating, swimming and fishing. Walasiyi In n, another feature of Vogel Park, is situated at op Nccl' s Gap, a high point in th e state.
Laura S. Walker Park, 10 m iles southea st of Waycross in Ware coun ty, is very nea r th e nation ally famous O kefen okee Swamp Park , of ap p roximately a half million acr es, a ver iba ble show place for th a t area.
All of th ese parks ar e now open . A. N. Move is D irector of the Sta te Pa rks Depa rtmen t, the Capi to l, At la nta .
Many Other Sites
Other scen ic spo ts besides the St a te Pa rks listed above ar e scattered all over th e sta te . On well-p aved high ways you may go to the Cloudla nd Canyon area of northwest Georgia, swinging over Lookout Moun tain, muc h of
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NEWSLETTE R

J uly 10, 19:i4

, omatoes, Tobacco, Timber Thrive In South Georgia's Tattnall County

Rogers. J. R. C he ne y is C lerk. Dewey
Akins is Coroner. Dr. H. M . Mi shoe is
Repr esen ta tive in the Legisla ture.
.J. F. J ohnston is Coun ty Fa rm Age nt,
and George Allm a nd Assistant Agent.

Tattnall, a pIOneer South Georgia county whi ch will be 153 yea rs old next D ecember 5, h as a wid e diversity of cla ims, includ ing rich soil that produ ces fine crops, is the site of a lar ge state institution , h as ma ny paved high ways, on e large river trav ersing it, while still anothe r, th e la rgest in th e sta te, forms its bound ary betw een two counties.
C rea ted by th e Legislature on D ec. :i, 1801, it was nam ed for G ov. J osiah T attnall , who h ad the unu sua l pr ivilege of signing th e ac t crea ting th e county named for hi m- a living Gov ernor.
The soil of th e county is rich, pro -

tution . A const ruc tive, humanitari an pro-
gr am is ca rried out at th e instit ution , pl us an int ensive fa rm development plan as to bo th crops a nd livesto ck.
T a t tn all 's highway system includes U . S. Nos 280-301 a nd 25: St ate Nos. 152,292,23, 147, 30. 144 a"nd 73.
Popu lati on of th e county in 1950 wa s 15,939, th e a rea being 493 sq ua re mi les. The la nd area is 315.520 ac res. divi ded in to 1,758 farms of 1"26.2 acre; av erage size.
T ow ns in th e coun t" a re R eid sville. the co un ty sca t, popula tion 1,266 ~

M iss Lon a M ae M edlin is H ome Demonst ra tion Agent ; Miss Laura H a rden County H ealth Nurse.
Wil ton Hill is M ayor of Reidsville,
and Co unci lm en are : .J. C . K ennedy,
J r., Earl K enned y, F rank M cC all, A.
F. Southwe ll, George Bloun t. .J. R.
C heney, C lerk ; Police C h ief. M a nson Sikes. R ush ing Watkins is Reidsville Postm ast er.
T attnall courtho use. a handsome bui lding occupying a ~\'hol e "sq ua re" in R eidsville, wa s erec ted about 50 yea rs ago .
A progressive schoo l bu ildi ng pr og ra m is under way in T a ttn all , where-

ducing fin e and vari ed crops th at in-

clu de a ll gene ra l crops, such as corn,

grain, tobacco and tru ck crops, incl ud -

ing toma toes. This crop is celebra ted

a nn ua lly by a h uge a nd colorful To-

mato Festival h eld at G lennville. Pin e

trees, pro tected by three fire towers in

the countv, line the h iahw avs in a ll directions.' .Lumbering, pu lpwood sales

a nd nav al stores a re sources of in come

from these forests.

Bright-leaf tobacco is an important

crop. In 1953 th ere wer e 2,265 bal es

of cotto n ginne d in th e county. " Any

cro p you plant, grows well in Tatt nall"

was th e way one farmer exp ressed it

in describing th e county's varied crops.

T he Ohoop cc Ri ver form s th e boun-

darv betw een T attnall and th e north -

eas ter n part of T oombs Co unty, then

turns southeas tward and traverses T att-

nail Co un ty, while th e migh ty Alta -

maha, largest river in th e state, form s

th e boun dary betw een Tattnall, Ap -

pling and W ayne counties on th e south . M any cree ks flow into these streams, an d th ey, with th e riv ers, provide excellent fishing waters fo r th e area .
Locat ed six miles sou th of R eid svill e is th e Georgia Sta te Prison , of wh ich R . P. Balkcom, J r., is W arden. O ccupi ed first in 1938, th e large number of mod ern buildings hou se th e 1,850 inmates, an d many of th e 130 civilia n em ployees live in homes provided on th e

T attnall Co unty is famous for its fin e tom ato es.

Gl ennville, populati on 2,327 ; Co llins , 638 ; C obbtown, 288 ; Manassas, 128.
Georgia Power Co ., provides electricity in th e area, and REA lines crisscross the coun ty, the Canooch ee Electri c M emb ership Corp., headquarters being at R eid sville. W . 1,. Ritchie is man ager of thi s facilit y, which serves five coun ties.

by several new bui ldings will be erec ted a t a cost of more than on e m illion dol~ars. Pa rt of the building program is m process now.
H . O. Cravy is sup er in ten dent at Reidsville ; Newton Wall , supe rinte ndent a t Gl ennville, and R obert Young head s th e school at Collins.
The 48 th I nfa ntry Division , Georgia

g r o u n ds .
The project incl udes 8,000 acres , 4,900 of whi ch are cultiva ted , growin g crops used at th e institu tion. M any

Tattnall offic ers incl ude: O rd in a ry, W. H . Bazemore ; C lerk of Court, J ohnny H. K icklighter ; Sh er iff, Dan W all er ;
T ax Co llector, J. Roland H od ges; T ax

Na tional Gua rd , is erec ting a $ 100,000 .00 Armory at its R eid sville headq ua r te rs.
W. S. Smi th head of Smith Farm

food crops ar e grown on th e farm and Receiver, Willi e F. DeL oa ch ; School Supply, is president of the R eidsville

are processed a nd stor ed for use Superintendent, R . E. Ki ckligh ter ; Ch amber of Commer ce a nd M ax

throughout th e yea r. Poultry, hogs and beef ca ttle a re featured, and dairy cows provide th e mi lk a nd butter for inst i-

Co mm issione rs, Mandell Dutton, cha irman , Potter P. Cowart, E. 1'. K ick-
ligh ter, Carlton \ V. D urr ence, J. P.

C he ney is secreta ry. Mi ss Lul a Sm ith is libra ria n of th e T attn all County Library at Reidsville ; N elson H ot el

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NEWSLETTER

Georgian s will be interested in th e
.J uly 3rd issue of th e Saturday Ev e-
ning Post whi ch contains an article written by Rufus Jarman entitled "D ixie's Most Di sputed Di sh." The story, a double-page sp rea d with severa l bla ck an d white photographs, tells much a bout barbecu e. It discusses barbecu e dinn ers and gives recipes for th e dish itself ; many anecdotes and a discussion of Brunswick Stew , as well, highlight th e a rticle. Three diff er ent origins a re suggested for th c word barb ecue, and Georgian read ers will find m an y familiar names and places mentioned in th e well-writt en ar ticle.

Mack Hicks Studio
Miss Carolyn Durrence, Queen of the 1954 Tomato Festival.
provides accommodations at R eidsvill e: Jo e F. Johnson is president of th e Lions club ; Jelks Hospital serv es a t R eidsvill e. B. Parker & Son op erates th e South Georgi a T elephone Co.
Banks op erating in Tattnall are : Tattnall Bank in R eidsville, Ralph Huckabee president ; Gl ennville Bank a t Glennville, Alton Ba con , president ; Citizens Bank, Glennville, Ray Smith president ; Brown Banking Co. , at Cobbtown, Will Brown, president.
Tat t n a II is honeycombed with chu rches of man y dcnominations.
The 76-year-old Tattnall [ournal is issued weekly at R eidsvill e, L. M . Rhoden , publisher-owner , and Russ ell B. Rhoden, managing editor. The plant also docs a gen eral printing bu siness.
Railroad service is provid ed th e county by th e Seaboa rd Air Lin e Rail-
road .
Glennville Tomato Center
An annual event at Glennville is th e Tomato Festival, which features th e im porta nce of thi s vegetable to that ar ea. The tenth annual festival wa s held thi s yea r on May 20, and drew thousands of visitors to witness th e colorfu l parade and take part in other events. Miss Carolyn Durrence reigned as Queen of the Festival. She was crowned by Gov . Talmadge.
The Festival is sponsored by th e Glennville Chamber of Commerce, Sam Wolfson, president.
Two housing proj ects have just been complet ed at Glennville, 26 units each for white and colored. Glennville hotels include th e Tattnall Hotel and the Glennwanis Hotel. There ar e several modern motels in th e area.

F . E. Phillips is editor a nd publisher of th e 3 1-yea r-old weekly Glenn vill e S entinel, thi s firm also doing gen eral comme rcial printing.
J. D. Kicklighter is Mayor of Glenn-
ville, and Councilm en ar e : Lyman Burkh alter, Robert R ushin g, Owen
Brannen, J. E. Brewt on ; .Jesse White-
man is Fire Chief and H. P. Pritchard Police Chief ; M rs. L'Bcrti e Rushing is
Postmaster. Georgia Power C o., furnishes elec-
tri city, and telephone service is pro vid ed by Sikes T elephone Co., a local conce rn .
The T attnall Li vestock Market conducts sales onc e a week, and th e Glennville State Market has Lyman Burk-
halter as its manager. Many Enterprises in County
There are many en terp rises in T attnall , numerou s sawmills and planing mills, wood-preserving plants ; naval stores dealers , grain deal ers, pulpwood
deal ers. W. S. Smith, who operates Sm ith
Farm Supply at R eidsville, has a large Duroc hog farm, a nd also 1,000 White Leghorn h ens that pr oduce eggs.
An organization th at m ean s a gr eat deal to Tattnall and adjoining counties is th e R eidsvill e Development C o., organized about two yea rs ago to aid in the advancem ent and development of agr iculture, livestock and poultry in Tattnall and several neighb oring coun-
t ies. The Development C o., formed by a
group of businessmen of R eidsvill e, owns 1,000 acr es of undevelop ed land which the group plans to eventually plant to th e Suwannee strain of Coastal Bermuda pasture, and pine tre es.
The Company has as its fir st proj ect :1,000 White Leghorn pullets whi ch will be housed in individual cages for th e production of eggs. The project is housed in a large barn formerly used

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July 10, 1954
Vacation Ideas (Con tinu ed from Pag e 4 )
which is in Georgia ; see Lake Blue Ridge at Blue Ridge ; view th e marble works at Tate; on to Amicalola Falls, near D aw sonvill e, th en the "gold mining" area around Dahlonega ; over th e scenic Woody Gap highway past Lake Winfield Scott and o~ to Vogel Park.
Through Young Harris and Hiawassee you see beautiful Lake Nottley, and from th er e to Clayton, mountain scen ery un surpassed is noted along a winding highway. 'F rom Black Rock Mountain, ncar Clayt on , you look down upon Clayton and from that em ine nc e one ca n easily see four sta tes- Geo rgia, South a nd North Carolina and T ennessee. This a rea is hon eycomb ed with hot els, mot els and homes that provide acco mmoda tions to th e visitor.
The many lak es in th e Tallulah Falls ar ea afford ex cellent swimming, bo atand fishin g fa cilities.
In mid-northern Georgia, Lake AlIatoona is drawing thousands of visitors, whil e farth er east, mammoth Clark Hill Lake-lar gest inland body of water in th e st at e-is a popular recr eation spo t.
The University grounds at Athens arc well worth a visit , as well as a stop at Stone Mountain on you r wa y to Atl anta, city of m an y attractions, including th e popular Cyclorama- a hu ge painting of th e Battle of Atlanta during th e War Between th e States. Nearby Atlanta, and at Marietta, histori c Kennesaw Mountain reviews th e battle ar ea of that war, as well as affording a grand view of th e surrounding coun try fr om it s summit.
Beautiful Ida Cason Gardens may be seen as you go over Pine Moun'tain to rea ch th e F ranklin D . Ro osevelt M emorial, his part-time hom e and wh er e he died April 12, 1945. N earby is th e Warm Springs Foundation, where polio patients ar e treated . Huge Fort Benning, U . S. infantry training cen ter is near Columbus.
Swin gin g over to Macon , attracti ons at thi s beautiful city include th e Ocmulgee Indian Mounds across the Ocmul gee river , with many intere sting spots enroute to th e coast- Savanna h, th e cra dle of Georgia history. This city of wid e, tr ee-lined, monumentspa rked streets is ever of intense inter est to th e visitor. Nearby Savannah Bea ch-Tybee Island-is a popular resort spot.
On down the coast, historic scenes (Continued on Page 8 )
for livestock sales. W . S. Smith is president of this
or ganization .

NEWSLETTER

July 10, 1954

Big General Electric Plant at Rome

Mass-Produces Power Transformers

Just tw o months ago in R om e, a new tw enty-five-m illion doll a r plant was offi cially op ened an d dedicated . This huge fa cilit y, whi ch includes ten buildings, is th e newest of Gene ra l Electric's 132 plants. The com pa ny has establishe d thi s plant in Rom e becau se it is near resources and fuel supply, becau se of R om e's nea rness to th e center of populat ion (T erre H aute, Indi ana ) , and p roximity to importa nt custom er a reas.
The Rome Genera l Electric plant is th e fir st to be built for mass production of power tr an sformers. It is called a m ed ium-tran sformer plant, meaning th at transformers of intermed iat e size - weighing fr om four to thirty ton s each- a re pr oduced h er e. The new mechanizati on of p roduction tak es onethird less tim e th an possible with old faciliti es a nd m etho ds.
Tran sformers man ufactured a t th e plant will be used to ste p up electric power voltages for tr an smi ssion to utili ties whi ch supply power to industri es, hom es, hospita ls, schoo ls, etc.
At th e present tim e th er e a re 600 peop le employed at th e plant under D. B. Lawton, Plant M an ager . In

Ap ril, 1955, wh en peak producti on is expected to be rea ched,' th er e will be 1,800 em ployees.
Other officia ls at th e R om e plant include 1'. F . V olkm er, M an ager in charge of En gin eering ; D . H op ely, M an ager of M anufacturing, W . A. Bethel, M an ager of Fin an ce, and G. D. Au stin , M an ager of Employee and Plant Co mm unity R elati on s.
Layout and Production
T here a re ten buildings a t the R om e Gen era l El ectri c plant : a h andsom e, mod ern office building, a coil-winding build ing, a tank-and-assembly building, scra p an d salvage bu ilding, ga s-genera ting bu ildi ng, oil-processing building, boiler h ou se, plant-p rot ect ion bui lding a nd p ump hou ses. T he huge tank and assem bly bui ld ing is 1,200 feet long, as seen in th e ph otograph on p age 8.
For th e ma n ufac ture of th e tr an sformers, ra ilro ad ca rs br ing raw materi als to one of five points of ent ry, near est th e pl ace whe re th ey will be used . R ailroad service is p rovid ed by sidings from th e Ce ntra l of G eorgia and Sou the rn R ailw ays. Co ppe r wire is deliver ed to th e coil-winding bui lding, steel deliver ed to th e assembly room

An insul a ted cop per wir e is mov ed by cra ne to conve yor line wh ich wiII take it to a dryi ng ove n seen in th e ba ckgr ou nd .

wh ere cores a rc cut, annea led a nd stac ked for assem bly with th e coils. The coils move by conveyor belt to th e main building for assembly with th e co res .
At anoth er point of entry, steel for tanks is delivered . In thi s section, th e
W cId ing transform er coolin g tubes.
tanks are m ad e and th e cooling tub es welded . They a re painted , baked and moved to th e main assem bly sectio n . Then th e steel cores with th e insula ted copper coils arou nd th em a re lift ed by cranes and slipped into th e tanks. The comp leted tra nsformer s go through a series of tests, th en a re load ed onto flat cars a nd sh ipped to custome rselect ric utilities a nd industri a l corpora tion s over th e nati on.
Almost th e en tire p roduct ion of th ese tr an sform ers is m echanized-the huge con veyor belts, cranes a nd "moving sidewa lks" tr an sport th e va rious parts of the tran sformer s fr om one ope ra tion to ano the r ; wind ing m achin es wrap the insulated cop per wire into coils; hu ge a ppa ra t uses cut and stac k th e steel cores. It is understood th at th e pri ce of th ese mass-produced tr an sformers is less, a nd th at th ey ca n be produced and deliver ed to custo mers more qui ckly. Transformer Uses
T here a re two kinds of tran sformers, or changers of electrical power. One kind of tr an sformer redu ces th e amo unt of electrical voltage. This is called a distribution tr an sformer and is th e sor t found han gin g on poles nea r hom es. It reduces th e amo un t of volt age going th rou gh elect rical wir es for a wh ole neighborh ood so th at each hom e receives th e right amo unt to pr op erly use lights an d electrica l applia nces such as

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a t the R om e Ge neral Electric plant is a power tr an sformer. It is a huge p iece of eq uip m en t, weigh ing fr om four to th irt y ton s, th at steps up or in creases th e amo un t of elec trical power p roduced a t a power -gen er ating sta tion, usu ally fo und n ea r a la rge dam a nd at relay su b-sta tions. I t re-enfor ces a nd tr an smits high vo ltages from one sta tion to ano ther. Some la rge ind ustries bu y these tr an sformers to step up th e power in th eir pl ants; utilities bu y th ese tr an sformer s and sell electric

power to hom e ow ners, industry, in stitution s-in fa ct , to all users of ele ctricit y. The di st ribution typ e tr ansformer is th en emp loyed to redu ce the vo ltage to the smaller amo un t need ed .
1954 Expansion
A tw o-million doll ar ex pansion plan is underway at th e R om e plant. A new ca feteria for em ployees an d a dd it ions for th e manu fac ture of insula ting tubes a nd ann ea ling fa cilities are now under constr uction. Three Georg ia fir ms were awa rde d the con tra cts for th e expan sion.

In thc for cground a complete transformer is sh ipp ed out of the main asse mbly bu ilding at t hc Ge neral Ele ctric pla nt at Rome,

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Vacation Ideas

(Con tinu ed fr om Page 6)

are .witn.essed, with hist ory agai n unfold mg Itself in the Brunswick ar ea.
Ne ar her e, on St. Simons Island th e
battle of Blood y M arsh wa s fou gh t
a n:! won by Ge n . O glethorp e, thi s likely b ~mg th e turning point of En gli sh vict o ry ov er th e Spaniards, whe rcbv th e Co lony of Georgia survived . Her~ is Fort F :'ed eri ca, built by O glethor pe
as a d efen se m eas u re ; her e Sidney
L ani er wro te hi s well-known poem , " T he M a rshes of Gly nn ." H er e thri ve~ the fabulou s sh ri m p industry.

This area- St. Simons a nd Sea I s-

land-ma y eas ily be ca lled th e " play -

g ro u nd of Georgia. "

.

It d raws th ou sands of yea r-ro u nd visitors- summer a nd winter. N ea rb v J ekyll Is land, sta te-o wne d , ano ther rec'rcation spo t, is ex pe cted to be ope n to th e public in a few months.
The hi ghwa y from Sa vann ah to F.lorid a passes h istori c spots , including pion eer Midway C hurch; Fort K ing George a t Darien, Woodb ine, Ki ng sla nd and St. M arys.

In ex treme so uth wes t Georg ia th e hu ge J im Woodruff Lake is bein g ' con structed, to p ro vide an expansive bod y of wat er for th at a rea for boating, swim mi ng .and fishing.

Many Accommodations

Georgia is crisscro ssed by a fin e sys-

t erri of pa ved roads, wh er eb v one ma y

trav el in an v d irect ion over th e sta te on a hard- ~urfa c ed hi ghway. There

a rc exce llen t hotels, mot els, tourist

cou r ts and homes sca tt ered well over

the sta te . So, if you wa nt to take a trip

in G eorgi a, just rid e in an y direction

fr om wh er e vou arc a nd vou wi ll find

points of int'er est.

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DEPAUTMENT OF [OM neE
NEW LETTER
JULY 25, 1954

NEWSLETTER

.July 2:-', 19:i+

NEWSLETTER

Pub lished scm i-monthly by GEORG IA D EPT. OF COMMERCE
100 State Capitol

* HER M AN E. T ALM ADGE
Gove rnor
BOA RD OF COI\II\HSSIO NERS EMORY L. BUTLER Chairman

Lonnie A. Pop e, V . Chm , Ben J esup

Y. F. Geeslin Hoke Pete rs

* NELSON M . SHIPP Secretary

Vol. 5, No. 20

July 25, 1954

Executives' Program
To B e H eld at A thens
Beginning on Au gu st 23 an d lasting through Septem be r 17 th e C ollege of Busin ess Administration a t th e U n iversi ty of G eorgia a t Athen s will spon sor th e seco n d Ex ecutive D evelopment P ro gram in Busin ess Admin istration . ' La st yea r a number of men fr om sc vr-ra l southeastern sta tes enr olled in the p rogram design ed to " p rovide a mean s wh er eby execu tives, fro m several co m pan ies a nd industr ies, may st udy toge t he r th eir com~ mo n problem s, under th e g uidan ce 01 skilled lead ers, to th e end of m ak ing th em better exec utives wh en th ey return to th eir co m panies . The broad view of b usin ess will be tak en , as op posed to specia liza tion so co m mo n ly found in large co m pa n ies, a nd h en ce the p rog ra m will serve as a broad enin g p rocess for fu nc tional executives or di vision m an agers."
Ther e a re three m ain co urses in th e program. On e is a dm in istra tive p olicy formulation , a no the r, busin ess manage men t in a dyn ami c world, a nd th e third is human nla tion s in ma nage-
m erit.
Dean J a mes E. Gates, P rof essor C . R. C h ristensen of th e H arvard Business School, Professor R ob ert L . F ro emke a nd Professor Howard R . Sm ith will co m p rise th e faculty of th e p ro g ram. W esley Wiksell an d E arl Pl anty, will be fea tured g uest speakers . M r. W iksell is parti cula rly known for hi s
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Cover Photo
Thi s is on e of th e deep cany ons of th e m arble qu arries at T ate. The article on page 3 tells mo re a bout im po rtan t Georgia mi n erals.
- Photo by Carolyn C ar/ a .

A steam shovel reloading iron or e from a stoc k pile in Polk County.

Atlanta : " M erry- W idow," Municip al

Theater Under - th e - St a rs, Jul y

26-3 1.

Athens : El em entary a nd High Sc hool

Princip a ls Co nf eren ce, U n ivers ity of

Georgia , J ul y 26-28.

At lanta : G eorgia Athleti c Coaches

M eeting, Bilt more Hotel, Au gu st

1-6.

Augusta: G eo rgia State Vocatio na l

Reh abil it a tion Assoc ia tion Co nfe r-

enre, Bon Air H ot el, Au gu st 1-6.

At he ns: Air Force ROTC In struct ors'

Wo rkshop, Universit y of G eorgia ,

Au gu st 2- 7.

At lanta : " N ew NIoon ," Municip al '1'1)('-

a ter U n de r-the -S ta rs, Au gu st 2-7 .

Atlanta: O rd er of R ainbow for Girls.

M asonic T emple, Aug us t 6-7 .

At lanta: 784th M ilit a rv Poli ce Bat-

tali on M eeting, H en ry Grad y H o -

tel, Au gu st 6-8 .

At lanta: F leet R eser ve Association

M eeting, H enry G ra dy H ot el, Au-

gus t 7-14.

Waycross: F irst An nual F at Calf Sh ow

a nd Sale, Au gu st 9.

Macon : D aughter s of Ameri ca M eet -

ing , H otel D empsey, Au gu st 9-11.

Atlanta: "Gen t lemen Prefer Blondes,"

Municip al Theater Under-the-Stars,

Au gu st ,9- 14.

Athens: Air F orce ROTC Instruct or s'

Work shop, U ni vers ity o f G eo rgia,

August 9- 1-1.

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Albany: R adiu m Sp rings In vit ation a l G olf M eet , R adium Springs, Au gu st 11-1 5.
Preston: C entenniel C ele bra tion o f W ebst er County, Au gust 12.
Moultrie: Southea st Toba cco F est iva l, Au gu st 12-14.
Aug usta : Georgi a R et ail F ood D eal ers Associa tion M eeting , Bon Ai r H otel, A ug us t 15-17.
Columbus: Junior Order of B'Nai Brith Conventi on , R al ston Hotel , August 16-17.
Augusta : Atomic En er gy Commission Au cti on , Bon Air H ot el , Au gu st 192 1.
Savannah: 4 th Annu al C heatham W ilson M emor ial Shoo t, H ot el D eSot o, Au gu st 20-22.
Co lumbus: D eMolay C onclav e, R a lston Hotel, Augu st 20-22.
Macon : 8th Annual Fire an d Casualt v Insurance Sch ool, W esleyan Coll ege, Augu st 22 -2 7.
A ugusta : Georgia St ate H a irdressers Association M eeting , Bon Air H otel , Au gu st 21-23.
At lanta: Sou th east ern T oil et G oods Association M eeting , Dinkler- Plaza , Au gu st 22 -26 .
Athens: Ex ecu ti ve D evelop ment Program, U n iversity of G eorgia, Au gu st 23-S ep tem ber 17.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT O F CO M M ERCE

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NEWSLETTER

July 25, 1954

Use of Georgia Minerals Began Hundreds of Years Ago When Indians Occupied This Area

kfu ch uf th r iul orm atio n contai ned in th is article is fro m a dissertation bl ' Captain Garla nd Peyton in th e S juing 1954 issue of th e "G eorgia Min eral N ews L et tcr; ' publish ed by th e Geo rgia Geologica l S urvey.
The hi stor y of Georg ia's mineral n :sources dat es back man v hundred s of years to th e red m en -~vh () inh ab it ed this area lon g befor e th e first white men ca me her e.
Th e p rogr ess that has been mad e in th e d evelopment a nd util izati on of th ese gro un d p rodu cts from ea rly tim es until now is represen ta tiv e of th e ad -
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Th e usc of Georgia m in era ls for indu st rial p ur poses d a tes to ea rly Colonia l tim es, wh en kaolin was fir st m ined ncar M acon in 1766 a nd ship pe d to th e fam ou s W ed gewood Potter y in En gland . This exc ellen t q uality of Georgia clay wa s used th er e for a bo ut 10 years , or until th e discover y of similar clays in En gla nd. Almos t 100 yea rs elapsed befor e Georgia clay was again mined in commercia l qu a ntiti es, but tod ay th e min ing of clav a nd its m anufactl;re int o nU ~l e rou s ' p rod ucts, composes one of th e sta te's p rin cipal mining activities.

r: X t c n s i v e bu siness now in E lber t Co un tv .
Georgia iron a re wa s smel ted for th e fir st tim e in 1840, ncar th e site of th e Allatoon a dam and lak e, ncar Cartersville, in Bartow Co un ty , and th e prod uction of coa l a nd tri poli was begun in No rth wes t G eorgia .
Nex t ca me th e open ing of a coru ndum m ine in No rtheast Georgia in 18 73, and in 1877 oche r was first mined nca r Cart ersv ille. Th e first d iscovcrv of ba uxit e in th e' U nited Sta tes was 'in Fl oyd County, Georgia , in 1886. and p roducti on followed in 1887

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Granite quarry near Elb erton.

Inside a talc min e at Dalton.

va nce me n t of civiliza tion and th e increas ed uses m an has m ad e of min er als.
Us c of min er als by th e Indi an s lik ely wa s limited to vein q ua rtz [or arrow head s a nd spea r poin ts ; river clays to mak e cr ude , poorl y-burned potter y and ut en sils ; soa psto ne m ortar s for grind ing corn, a nd sto ne for ha m m ers, ax es and pl ows.
The usc of minerals bv th e Indian s was confined, as fa r as kn own , lar gely, if not a ltoge ther, to sto ne. Th e usc of mcta ls likely aw aited th e com ing of th e wh ite m an wh o br ou gh t with hi m to this sect ion. iron for weapo ns, ut ensils. tools a nd othe r fa rming implem e n t s.
As th e white m an advance d and m ad e p rogress in agricultu re and other trades, he turn ed to local na tural resou rces to repl eni sh hi s need s along th ose lin es.

G old was fir st di scovered in Georgia in 1828, and a lso in th e sam e year occu rred th e first record ed p roducti on of ma rble in th e sta te. now fam ou s th rou gh out th e world fOl: its beauty an d durability for buildin g an d mo nu me n ta l purposes. M an y outsta nding buildings, m em orials and m onuments in th e U nited States an d sca tte red over th e world, ar e constructed of Georgia m arble. Perh aps th e best kn own in th is coun try are th e Li ncoln m onumen t in \,\Tashin gt on , D . C ., an d th e Bok T ow n in Flor ida . Seve ra l Sta te Ca p itols a nd other Covc rrnn cu t bu ildi ngs are cons tructed o f Georgia m arble.
G eorgia gra n ite is also used exte nsively in th e cons truc tion of ,buildings, as roa d a nd str eet paving mate ria l and m an y other purposes. The fir st gra nite qu arry was ope ne d n ea r Stone M oun tain in 1850. G ra nite qu a rr yin g is an

of thi s import ant mineral. By 1889, th e p roduction of a nd lise
of min erals in Geo rgia had advanced so rapidly and had becom e such an important industry in th e sta te th a t in th at year- 1889- th e Georgia G eologica l Survey was crea ted by an Act of th e Legislature.
This D ep artm ent , no w th e " Georgia D ep art m ent of M ines, Mi ning a nd Geology" is a n im port an t un it of th e Sta te Governmen t , an d is active in pr om oting th e mi ner al ind ustry in th e sta te . Ca p t. Ga rla nd Peyton is Dircctor a nd Dr. A. S. Furcron Assistant Direct or of th e Depa rtme n t.
Value of Georgia M inerals
T he va lue of G eorgia min eral s is increasing each yea r, and th er e h as been a substa n tial ga in since p roduc-
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT O F COM M ERCE

NEWSLETTER

July 25, 1954

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

Cochran Industry
A rece ntly cha rte red organiza tion , C 0 C H RAN Industries, Inc., wi ll man ufac ture a va rictv of fa rm , hom e and ga rde n p roduct s 'beginning in th e near future. I mplem ents, w agon s, boxes, fa rm grain eleva tors and a patented soil condi tione r will be m ad e. G. B. H ill is President of th e new con. ce rn .
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Feed Mill
A new feed mill will soon sta rt opera tio ns in BOWD ON whi ch will serve poultry and livestock owners th rou ghout th e area . O zier' s Feed Mill, Inc., will have a 4,000 sq ua re foot buildin g and will be able to grind and m ix eigh t ton s of feed eac h h ou r. C . C. Ozi er is Pr esident of th e new en terp rise.
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Americus Nail Plant
On or abo ut Sep tem ber fir st Th e \Valk er Co m pany will sta rt ope ra tions in th eir new nail man ufac t uring pl ant in AMERICUS. The concern , wh ich has m oved fr om Boston , M assa chusetts, is one of five pl ants th e com pa ny owns in th e U . S. and will serve nin e So uth eas te rn sta tes. J oh n E. White will be Superinte nde n t of th e plant.
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Milledgeville Motel
Co nstructio n has begun on a new mot el on U. S. H ighway No. 44 1 ju st outside of MILLEDGE VILLE. I f is bein g bu ilt of m asonry, and will contain 20 un its. It will be fir ep roof and a ir-cond itio ne d. Tom H orton is owner of th e new facilit y wh ich will be ca lled th e M illed geville Motel.
Minerals
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tion in 1951-the last yea r for wh ich figures a re a vailablc-i-cstim at ed by th e Geolo gy De pa rtme nt to be $ 73,504 ,713 .
The mi ne ra ls listed in th e 1951 report include d:
Asbestos, Barite, Bauxite, Portland ceme n t, clay, clay p rodu cts, coa l, feldspa r, crude and gro und ; Fuller s earth, granite, iron ore , lim e, limeston e, m arble, mi ca, oche r, peat, sand and gravel, sandstone, silica (q ua rtz ) , sla te, stone , tale , water (hyd ro-electric, m un icip al, rural and industrial ) .

Egg Market
Last m onth a .$3 2,000 egg market was dedi cated in MILLEN. Several hu nd red peo ple at tende d th e cere mo nies of the plant ca lled O verna beca use it is opera ted by th e O geech ee V all ey Egg M ar ket ing Associat ion , of wh ich M . H . Bell is presid en t. Sin ce ope ra tion s sta rte d less than a year ago a t th e marke t, some .$125,000 worth of eggs under th e Ovcm a label have bee n processed . The St at e D r pa rtrnc n t of Ag riculture cons truc ted th e plant.
HIGHLIGHTING OU{( P{(OG{(ESS
T he new met al pl ant esta blishing in Monroe is Swanson , Inc., of J amestown , N . Y. .. . O ver 600,000 visitors have toured the L ittle White House a t 'Varl11 Springs since its op ening to th e public. . . . T he Americus and Sumter County Chamber of Commer ce has estab lished lar ge and h andsome signs on roa dsides enteri ng Amer icu s welcom in g visito rs to "T he Ge m of Geo rgia ." . .. Clayton County Ch amb er of Commerce is m ak ing plans for a coun ty -wide wa ter an d sewe rage system. . . .
A new ai r flight has been in au gurat ed bv Dclt a- C & S from Brunswick to Atlanta, via Savannah and Macon . . . . Plan s are bein g m ad e for a natural gas system at Louisville. . . . Gu y G . Sloan has been chose n p reside n t of th e newly or ganized Ro ckmart Indust rial D evelopment Corp oration . . . . Addition s and imp rovements to th e Rayle Elect r ic M ember ship Corp or ation a re sch eduled to begin in September. . . .
Jenkins County Creamer y mad e a record for itself la st mo n th in processing sever a l thou sands ga llons of mi lk _ in to cheese in two davs. . . . V ern on Sm ith has been elect ed p resident of th e Dahlonega. Lumpkin C 0 u n t y Ch a mb er of Co mmerce. . . . Const ru ction has begun on a $ 1,50 0,000 M emo ria l H ospital a t Waycross. . . . Gainesville will be th e site of a new dist rict office building for th e Geo rgia Forest rv Comm ission . .. . " O ur Georgia," the officia l state wa ltz wri tten by J ames B. Burc h of Albany, wa s rec ently pu blished in shee t music form. . ..

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
WI ND ER-Winder Air cr aft Corporation , modification of ind icator and spare pa rt s kit , $53 , 183.
A TLA NTA-Th e Protestant R a d i 0 Center, In c., vinylite di scs, $ 19,764.
SAVANNAH-Thomas & Hutton , Enginee rs, services, $55 ,000.
A TLA NTA -Fulton Trouser Co m pan y, In c., coverall suits, $296,320.
ATLA N TA---Abco Build ers, construc tion of m ainten an ce shop , din gh y an d par achute shop, $11 9,74 9.
MARI ETTA-Lo ckh eed Aircr aft Corpor ation , services and mate rials.
A T LANT A- -L ogan & Williams, designing ser vices, $21,000.
M ARIET T A-Lockh eed Air cr aft Corpo ra tion , p art s, tools and eq uipme nt, $35 0,000.
A T L ANT A- Zac L ac Paint & L acqu er Co rporation, lacqu er, $28 ,556 .
ATLA NTA-Ampex Co rpo ra tion ( 2 cont rac ts ) , tap e record ers, $28,455.
A UG US TA - Georgia-Pacific Plywood Co. , lu mb er , $21,675.
DAWS O N- C ind erella Food s, pean ut butter , $30,323.
ATLANTA - Anderson , C lay ton & C o., cotton, $54 ,165 .
DUBLI N - So uthe rn Lu mb er Sale s, I nc., lumber , $ 10,440.
ATLANTA-Atlanta Pap er Co ., (2 contracts), cartons and sepa ra tors , $ 12,685 .
EAST PO I N T - William Armstrong Sm ith Co. , (3 con tracts) , paint, $221,60 2.
I~LLA V I L LE-Sch ley Co un ty Lu mb er Co ., lumber, $10 ,440.
ATLANTA -Atlanti c Steel Co ., steel bars, $ 14,8 15.
A TLA NTA -Atlanti c Steel Co ., steel str ips, $ 10,282.
H AMPTON- Southern Sta tes Equipm ent Corp. , air switches , $ 15,254 .
A T L ANTA-A rmco Drain age & M eta l Prod uct s, In r. , corr uga ted pipe, $ 19,708.
ATLA NTA - Cook s. Co. , Inc., cott on,
$ 175,950.
l\1AC O N-G raves Refriger ati on , In c., refri ger at ion un its, $ 19,115.
ATLANT A-Th e H owe Scale Co. , railway track sca le, $ 13,1 72.
M AC 0 N - Royal Ty pe wr ite r Co ., typewriters, $ 19,830.
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CO M M ER CE

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NE \VSLETTE R

Ju ly 25, 1951

Toombs County Honors Georgian,

m an ufacturing plan ts a t V idal ia a nd Lyon s, wh ose outp u t incl udes a wide vari ety of p rod uct s. T h ree pla nt s th at

Boasts Tobacco, Timber and Industry employ a large number of people inclu de th e Lyo ns M an uf act uring Co ., m en's sh irts ; G lobe M anufacturing

T oombs, a la rge So uth Geor gia
Cou nt y, thrives on a well-ba lanced pr o-
ram of m an y fa rm cro ps and n um~ro us industries.
C rea ted by th e Georgia Legislature

g ro\ vn .
Severa l th ousa nd bales of cotton a re grown an nua lly in T oombs, and " the fir st pecan a uc tion m arket in th e wo rld
origina ted in Vid a lia in 1938 by J. R.

Co., a t Vidali a, boys' pan ts and jack ets, and th e Vida lia Garment Co ., sh irts. The Pa lm etto Box Co m pany, maker s of pastebo ard box es a t V ida lia, is a nothe r important conce rn .

in 1905, it was named for an illust riou s Brewt on , wh o still opera tes th e ma r-

T hree ra ilro ads serve th e coun ty, th e

Geo rgia n, Gen. Rob ert T oombs, of ket. " Sa les th ere hav e grow n from Seaboa rd . M acon . Dublin & Sava nna h,

Wilkes Cou n ty, who was a lea ding fac- 350,000 pounds of peca ns in 1938 to a nd th e 'Georgia' & Florid a Ra ilroad:

tor in ur ging Ge orgia to secede fro m a pea k volume of m or e th an two mi l- Pav ed h ighways are U. S. N os. I and

the U nion in 1861 , p rior to th e W a r

Betw een th e Sta tes.
He was born in Wi lkes on .I uly 2,

181 0 : became a lawyer, served in th e

Georgia H o use of Rep resenta tives

18:-1 8-44 ; Cong ress 1845-53 ; U . S. Sen-

ate 1853-6 1. H e was a Secr etary of

Stat e in the C onfe d era te Ca binet:

~e lYed in Con federa te Arm y as b riga -

dier-gen eral and a t th e close of th e wa r,

fled . to Europ e rather tha n sign the

amnes ty oa th : he ret u rn ed to Georgia

in 186 7, practiced law and di ed at

W a ~hin ~>'t on , Ga ., Dec. 15, 1885 . His

hom e in W ashi ngt on is a hi storic land-

ma rk tod av . Th e a re~ of th e cou nty is 39:) sq ua re

milr-s a nd th e popu la tion in 1950 was

17,:)82 , or 47 .1 person s per sq ua re m ile.

I Lyons, co un ty sea t, had 2,800 pop ula-

tion in 1950 : Vi d a lia. 5.8 19. Other

town s a re Norm an town , 'C ha rles a nd

O hoop cc.

There wer e 1.56 9 fa rms in th e coun-

ty in 1950, ave ra ge size being 123.9

acres. The land a rea is 236,16 0 acres,

with 194.381 ac res in farms.

M an y ' other acres are in fo rests,

pr otected by fir e towers. These fo rests p rovid e lu mber , pu lpwo od an d nav al sto res- th ree products that consum e tr ees a t th e sa w and planing mi lls,

Sap p ' s Studio
Tobacco a uct ion tim c in V ida lia's T obac co War ehou se No.2. V ida lia claims th e la rg est warehou se in the sta te , with 230 ,000 sq . feet of floor sp ace in the New D ea l War eh ou se No . 1, 2 3.

and plants th at use lumber for processing into other p rodu ct s ; th ey provid e pul pw ood th at furn ishes em ployment to th e woodsm a n, th e t ru ckma n, mon ey to th e land own er , th e tran sportati on facilit y and a p roduct for th e pu lp mill.
T her e a re man y plants in the coun ty to pr ocess forest product s and fu rni sh employme n t for a n umber of peop le.
Livestock is im por ta nt in T oombs, two sales barns hold weekly a uctio nsth e T oombs Cou n tv Stoc'k Yards a t Lyon s a nd th e Vid ~li a St ock Yard .

lion pounds annually. Sa les open on O ct. 15 a nd close Dec. 15. Forty to . 60 peop le are em ployed a t eac h sa le a t the marke t. Bu vers com e from a ll over the South, an d' peca ns a re b rou ght in from a ra d ius o f 150 m iles.
T oombs is in a n area th at grows mu ch bri ght-lea f tob acco. Pound s sold a t the V id alia warehouses in 1953 rated second highest in th e sta te , tot alin g 12,934,242, and bringin g $6,29 7,02 1. T he n umber of tobacco wa reh ouses opera ting a t Vid alia hav e been incr eased to eigh t for th e 1954 sale season now on .

280, a nd St ate N os. 4-29-30- 130147-1 52-292. T he Alt am ah a Ri ver forms th e en tire so uthe rn bounda ry of th e co un ty, wh ile th e O ho opee Ri ver is in th e north east ern part of th e coun ty. T hese two riv ers a nd numerous creeks p rovide excellen t fishi ng a nd hunting " ground s." . A por tion of the Georgi a Stat e Prison land- 260 acres- is in southeastern Toombs coun ty,
T he 60-vea;' old L yon s Prov rcss, weekly newsp aper, is publish ed by M r. and Mrs. H a rry M , Rh od en , wh o ac-

The Sta te Fa rm ers M arket a t Vida-

M a ny beef ca ttle a re grown in the qui red th e paper a nd p rint ing pl an t in

lia provid es a market for locall y a nd co un ty, a nd m ilk is p rovi d ed by six 1945. T heir son , H a rold M . Rh od en .

ar ea -gr own farm p rod uct s. The sales ther e in 1953 tot al ed $486,098.43 for

d a i r ies. In ad d ition to th e big in com e from

now in th e U. S. A rm v, is associa te ed itor. The R hod ens a r~: m embers of

approxima tely 50 items, most ly locall y fa rm p roduct s, th er e a re m or e than 50

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GEO RGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

.July 25, 1954

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C rowning the Southeast Tobacco Queen at (he Festival at Moultri e last year.
Moultrie Celebrates Gay Tobacco Festival
Excit em ent will run high in Moul tr ie on Aug us t 12th. Beginning then th rou gh Saturd ay, Au gu st 14th, th e Seventh An n ua l Southeast Toba cco Fest ival will p rovid e fun for some 65,000 viewe rs a nd pa rti cip ants.
All thi s activitv will be to celebra te a farm plant th ;t wasn 't even known to So uth G eorgia ns until a bo ut 35 vcars ago. Th rou gh th e co-opera t ion of fa rm er s and bu sin essmen th e crop was successful and tod a v flu e-cured leaf tob a cco is on e of th e ' m aj or crops in th e South.
Beauty contests, p a rad es, fir ework s, a street dance, farmers' contes ts, fr ee ac ro ba tic acts a nd m an y other ga la r vr-nts will be featured during th e three-d ay festiva l. A three-mile p arad e on Frid av will have float s, bands, hor ses, clowns, beauties, and th e famou s "T a lking Bull. " Su ch events as chicken' chasing, pie-eating con tes ts and a hu sband-calling contes t will be staged on th e lawn of th e cour thouse square on Thursd ay and Frid ay. In th e hu sband-ca llin g contest, th e la d ies ca ll their spo uses hom e whi le th e men race in ('ating' pi es. Th e' cha mpion hu sband ca ll last vea l' lasted 60 seconds a nd could he ' hea rd , sa id hubby, "a cr oss the field s."
The title of Sou theast T ob acco Q ueen will be at stake Thursda y evening , as well as th ose of Little Miss M oultrie, L ittle Miss Brightleaf a nd Queen of the Festival. 'Friday evening C ha rlie Spi vak and his orches tra will

Toombs County
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a la rge well-known newspap er famil y in So ut h Geo rgia . Th e firm also opera tes a n office-sup ply bu sin ess.
Th e 5:1-yea r old V id alia A d tra n cc is issued wceklv by th e Advance Publi shing Co., Inc., R. E. Ledford , ed itor and owner , a nd Willi am F . Ledford , ma na ging edito r. T his finn does a general prin ting bu sin ess and ope ra tes a sta tiona ry and office sup ply bu sin ess.
T he church bell sounds loud in T oombs, ch urc hes of m an y dcnomina tions being a ll ove r the co unty.
Lyons is County Seat
M ayor of Lyon s is D. W . T hompson a nd Co uncilme n arc: Rh onni c 1\100r e, Arli e Elkins, R . L. H orne, j r. , j ack Durst, T ed K a vakos ; Police C hief, Delma Bur ke; Fire C h ief, J ohn E. L an e ; Postmaster , Mrs. Ruth Rou ntree ;
.Iud ge of C ity Co ur t, .J. Ell is Pop e ; So-
licit or , ' V. T. Darby. T oombs co un ty officers include : O r-
d inary, M rs. A. L. Hussey ; Clerk of Co urt, D . Q . Co lema n: She riff, G . M .
M ead ows ; T ax Co llecto r, H . .J. Clifton ; T ax Receiver, Mrs. J. L. T hom pson ; Schoo l Super inte nden t, .J. B. Par-
tin ; Surveyor, Bill G ray bill ; Co ro ner, U. S. J on es : Co m m issioner, Ross P.
provid e m usi c for th e F esti val Ball , held in a lar ge toba cco wareh ou se. La tel' the re will be a Queen 's Sin g. O n Sa tu rday, farmer s tak e ove r th e off ices of ma yor, police chief, fir e chief a nd sheriff. O n th e lawn of th e courthou se sq uare, a " hoosegow" will be set up a nd fines issued for suc h offen ses as " imp rope r dress." " Pro pe r" clothing consists of dungar ees, workpa n ts or ove ra lls, a nd a blue deni m shi r t. T ha t eveni ng a det ermined g rou p of farmers will m eet an "allstar" team of mer eha n ts in a softba ll ga me. Fireworks and a stre et dan ce will climax th e festival.

Bowen . Farm Age n t Eu gene Brogd on ; Hom e
Dem onstration Agent, Mi ss .Juan ita Stev enson ; L egislat or , .J . Sims Alexan de r ; Sta te Sena tor, 15th Dist rict , St eve M . H all. T oomhs is in th e First Co ngressiona l Distr ict.
Th e courth ouse a t Lyon s is a mod ern buildin g th at hou ses th e County off ice rs.
M ot els a t Lyo ns a rc York e and Dixie ; hot els, Elb erta a nd New Lyons ; hospit al, Aiken H ospital , Dr. W . W . Aiken ; library, Lyon s Public Lib rary, M rs. Dor sey J ordan , libra ria n ; "Sonny" Kaplan is pr esident of th e Lions
club ; .f. A. M cD eermond head s th e
Kiw ani s club : Mrs. H . R. Yand le head s th e Garde n club : W . "V. H olloway is president of the Peoples Ban k : So uth ern Bell Telephon e Co., operates a di al system in Lyons ; G eorgia Power Co ., furni shes electri c service , and th e office of th e Alta maha Electric M ember ship Co rp . ( R EA) G . M . St ra der, M an ager, is a t Lyon s.
Prof. H. H. Brins on is Prin cip al or Lyon s Hi gh Sch ool and othe r hi gh schoo ls a re a t Vid ali a, and -I'oom hs Centr a l Hi gh , eigh t mil es south or Lvo ns.
' T he Co un tv has an extensive schoo l improvem ent ' progr am for the entire system in th e co un ty, for bo th grammar and hi gh schools.
Vidalia is 'Tobacco City '
Becau se of th e numerou s tob acco wa reh ouses- eight-Vid ali a h as com e to be ca lled th e " toba cco citv" of thi s area . T ob acco sale season i ~ on now a nd th e city is thron ged with peopl e.
A 30-unit m od ern m otel th e 'V ad e Reid, has just been com plete d in Vidali a, and hot els a re : Sunny Inn, The New Vidali a a nd th e D ixie H ot el.
Banks her e are: Vida lia Banking Co. , G . H . G ibson, P resident ; D arby Banking Co ., J am es F . Darb y, Presi-
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Toombs County Stock Ya rd at Lyons.

G EORGIA DEPART jvIENT O F CO M M ER C E

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NEWS L ET T ER

The Sound of the Telephone Means Business in Georgia Lots of It

Ca lling on th e telephon e is such a habit th at few peop le realiz e h ow depend ent we a re on th at mech an ism->Georgia ns mor e so th an a ll othe rs in th e nation. On th e av era ge, eac h telephon e in Geor gia has seven ca lls mad e thro ugh it eac h day- th e na tion al ave rage is five.
T hese a re th e figures fro m th e So uthern Bell T elephone Co m pany, th e m a jor telepho ne system in the So utheas t, wh ich is affi lia ted with th e Am erica n T eleph on e and T elegraph Compa ny, th e I a r g es t telephon e system in America . H owever , th e figure of seven calls per ph on e dail y m ight be sligh tly alter ed in view of th e fact th at it doesn' t acc o unt for the other 9 1 indepen dent ph on e com panies in Georgia ; and th e five figur e m igh t be change d when the over 5,000 othe r ind epen den t phone com panies throughout the nation a re tak en in to th e ave rag ing .
The othe r 9 1 ind ependent com pa nies in Geo rgia cove r a good deal of territor y in th e sta te and a re vita l to our comm unica tions syste m. While serving their ind ividual com m unities, th ey a lso con nec t with Sou thern Bell for lon g-di stance calls to give a wellintegr a ted service.
T hese 9 1 com pa nies have ove r 82,000 cus tome rs in the sta te, serving m ore th an 200 G eor gia cities, town s a nd farm a reas . T hey have 199 exchanges.

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Putting up the lin es for th e in stallation of

th e dial system last year at Johnson 's C or-

ner. Toombs C oun ty.

Th e three lar gest teleph on e com pa n ies, o ther th an Sou thern Br-ll , ea ch own and opera te ten or mor e cxcha uges.
Th ese com pa nies have ex pe rience d a pheno mena l growth within th e last few years, ju st as Southe rn Bell, necessita ting new eq uipme n t and th e expe nd itur e of mi llion s of dollars to serve their com m unities.
So uthe rn Bell, wh ich cove rs 45 per cen t of th e state geog ra phica lly, bu t a conside rably hi gher per cen tage of th e popula tion , handled an av era ge of 4,% 2,000 local ca lls in Geo rgia in 1953 PER DAY, and a n av era ge of 87,833
Ed G ambrell
The Central Office or " bra in" of an I~X change being insta ll ed at Vidalia.
lon g dista nce ca lls PER DAY . Th ese figures do not in clude ca lls ma de 0 11 pr iva te lines used by a irlines, civil defense a nd othe r spec ial wir es.
Sou th ern Bell h as 10, I00 employees th rou ghout Geor gia. They a rc operators, linemen , eng inee rs, off ice workers, fu tur e planners, in stall er s, service eng ineer s, rep ai rm en, testers, co in-box teleph on e collec tors, a nd m an y, m any others. Two-thirds of th em a re wom en . Sout hern Bell ha s 132 exc ha nge s in th e sta te.
T h is is th e 75th yea r of Bell telephon e service in Georgia . Atl anta, had her first phon e in 1877, an d Au gu sta a nd M acon had theirs about th e same tim e. It used to be tha t young boys were th e switch bo a rd oper ators, bu t it was fou nd th at th ey "sassed" th e cus-

Ed G ambrell
Splicin g cable for th e new dial system at Athen s which will go into effec t on Aug ust 14.
tom ers a nd so wer e replaced by young ladi es.
U ntil 1923, telep hon e connec tions were man ua lly exec uted, a nd then conve rsion to th e dial system began. The three lat est developments in th is commun ication s field include coaxial ca bles whi ch send hundred s of telephon e conve rsa tions a t on ce th rou gh hollow tu bes, opera tor toll dialing whi ch spee ds long-di st a nce ca lls, a nd rad io rela y whi ch is a tr a nscont inental rad io a nd television syste m .
Th e Southe rn Bell T eleph one Co mpan y has incr eased its services 125 pl'l" .cent in Georgia in th e past nine yea rs. In Au gust 1945 th er e wer e 280,000 ph on es in th e sta te. In M a y 1954 th er e were 645,00 0 of th em . This is ind ica tivc of th e in cr eased bu siness ac tivitv th rou ghout th e stat e and of th e higll(:r sta ndard of livin g it affords.
Set ting up a teleph on e system in a town req uires a grea t dea l of study a nd time-con sum ing pla nn ing. For eac h comm unity, th e system has to be " ta ilor -ma de ." So uthe rn Bell will spe nd twenty-seven m illion do llars on expa nsions a nd im pro vemen ts in Georgia th is year, a nd a n eq ua l a m ount next yea r. Twenty-six milli on dolla rs were spent betw een 1946 a nd .Janu ar y 1954 in th e exte nsion of rural lines alone.
M ajor improvem ent s in telephone service have been made possible by establishin g routine m a inta inen ce procedures, using the ope ra to r toll dialin g system an d develop ments in electro nics.
So uthe rn Bell has a n extensive t ra in -
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ing program lastin g from two to six w eeks, and in some cases as long as a year, dep ending on th e position. I n 1952, th e co m pa ny t rai n ed 2,000 new em ployees a nd 14,000 for be tter job s. I t m a inta ins a poli cy of promo ting wi th in th e com pa ny rather th an hi ring from th e o utside . This m eans th at em p loyees, as th ey ste p up th e ladder , h av e real kn ow-h ow a n d enrich ed backgro un ds fo r th ei r new p ositi on s.
Besid es' th e vital b usiness a n d soc ia l ro les Southe rn Bell pl a ys in Geo rgia, it is a goo d citizen, too . I t sponso rs th e 4- H forestry program in th e sta te , p romo ting th e ca re, co nse rva tion a nd usc of one of G eorgia 's m ost impor ta n t natural resou rces .
Presid ent of So uthe rn Bell T elephon e Com pa ny is Fred J . Turn er .
Executive Program
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st udies on communications in in dustry, a nd M r. Pla n ty is exe c utive coun selor for J oh nson & J ohnson . Instructi on will be mos tly by th e case st ud y m eth od .
Enrollm ent is lim ited to thi rty m en , not m or e th an tw o from a nyo ne co nce rn , Pa rti cipants a re nominated by the ir own compan ies. M o re in formation on th e Executive D evelopment Prog ra m m a y be secured by in ter este d in dustr ial an d business concerns by contacting Dean Gates o r P ro fessor F roemk e a t th e College of Busin ess Admi n istra tion, U niv ersi ty of Georgia , A the ns.

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dent ; Brice Ba nking Co., M . F . Brice, Presid ent. W . A. J on es is Presid ent of th e V ida lia Fed e ral Savings & Loa n Assn .
H osp it al s include: Conn er-Bedingfiel d a n d Gross-Merc er h osp ital s, Beth-
any H ome for W omen , Eld er J. D.
Durden , Superintendent, is ope ra te d here by th e Primitive Bapti st Church .
Vida lia Publ ic Lib rary h as as Libraria n Mi ss C. B. Sha rp e; Norwood Rh od es is Presid ent of th e L ion s club ; Frank All en h eads th e Kiwanis club : th e American Legion post h as its own hom e h ere ; R adio sta tion is WVOP : th er e are three Garden clubs ; a Wom an's cl ub ; DA R and UDC cha p te rs.
T he V id ali a C ham ber of Com merce has as its Presid ent L a m ar A, Brow n , a nd H . S. V andiver is Ex ecutive Sec re ta ry. El ectricity is provide d by Geo rg ia Pow er Co., and REA lines dot th e rural a rea , while Southern Bell Co . fu rn ishes telephone service.
Prof. 1'. R . T rippe is Su pe rinte nd en t of th e Vidali a indep end ent school system, whi ch in cl ud es grammar an d hi gh sc hools 101' bo t h white a nd co lored . A big bui ldi ng p rogram fo r tlu - system is p la nn ed .
Vidali a city officials a rr : M a yor, L . H . Da rb y ; Coun cilme n: J ames F . D arby, H. A. Th relk eld , F. C . Sh u man , 1'. L. Block er , Brooks Brantley. Mi ss F rances Godbee is Cl e rk . Fire Chief is H o ke Di xon . a n d Poli ce C h ief is C . L. Sta nlev. V i'd ali a Postm aster is Sam W illia m s.'
Government Contracts (Con tinued from Page 4 )
.\IA CON- T ria ngle Chemica l Co. , in sec tic ide, $ 18,268.

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A TLA NTA -Lin k Belt Co., belt co n-

veyors, $ 10,25 6 .

ATLA NTA -Lon g Leaf Lumber C o.,

lumber, $2 6,988.

J\1A C.0 N - U n derwood Corp ., type-

writers, $1 3,425.

SAVANNA H - Colonial O il I nd us-

t ries, ( 2 co n t rac ts ) , fuel oil, $30 ,80 0.

SAY' 4 N NAH - Savan na h Sugar R e-

Immg Corp., (6 co n t ra cts ) , sugar,

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ATLA NTA - Nolan Co" In c. , tur ret

po we r driven punch es, .~ 12::1 ,.'i00 .

S TAT H A M - Statham Garment

Corp ., t rou se rs, $ 75,480.

A T L ANTA - Potte r & R a yfield , I nc..

steel b reechi ng, $ 13,760 .

A TL A NTA-Righton D istrib u ting Co,.

I n c., in sta lla tio n of a udio-visual ca ll

faci lities, $1 2,5 13.

ATLANTA - Scott M ach in e T ool C o..

punch p ress, $ 15,090.

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TH OlvfASV ILLE-Rose C itv F ood s,

In c., pe an ut butter, $ 15,3 77:

A T L ANT A - So u th la nd Coffe e Co. , co ffee , $ 135 ,850.

W ARRENTO N - Knox - W arren ton Co., storage box es, $ 148,055 ,

A TLA NTA - V irgin ia -C a rolina C h emica l Corp ., pape r bags, $ 14,700 .

SAVANNAH fining Corp.,

Savannah g ra n ula ted

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CO L U J\1 B U S-Ha rd awa y Con trg. C o., co ns truc tion of lock a n d dam, $4 ,200,0 74 .

A T L ANT A- hey Brother s Cons truction Co., Inc., three barracks buildings, $657,000.

A TLA N T A - Georgia M ilk Conf ed era tio n In c., fu rnish m ilk an d b utte rmi lk, $58,415 .

ATLANTA - Fl oor s, In c. , c ustod ial ser vices , .~32 ,043 .

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N EWS LETTER

August 10, 1954

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-monthly by

GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE

100 State Capitol

* HERMAN E. TALMADGE

Governor
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS EMORY L. BUTLER

Ch airman

Lonnie A. Pop e, V. Chm.

Y. F. Geeslin

Ben J esup

Hok e Peter s

* NEL SO N M . SHIPP Sec re t a ry

Vol. 5, No. 21

August 10, 1954

Lilliston Company
Explains Machinery

The progr essive sp irit and enterprise of an Alba ny conce rn was dem onstrat ed recen tly whe n m ore th an 750 fa rm mach ine ry dealers, customers, ban kers, farmers, service a nd pa rts person nel gathe red a t th e pla nt of Li lliston Im pleme nt Company to in spect th e wide ly distributed pro ducts man ufactured by th e company an d to receive instruction on operation, carp a nd m aintenance of th e various types of equipment exhib ited .
The schoo l, exh ibit and ba rbec ue was a ren ewal of th e annua l custom that was discontinued dur ing World War II.
The local finn whic h em ploys more th an 100 people, pa rti cipat ing in th e ma nufac ture of fa rm machine ry designe d for gene ra l agricultural a nd indu stri al use with a world-wide market, as we ll as hi ghl y spe cialized eq uipmen t such as th e Peanut H ar vestin g Combin e, is now doing over 25 times th e volume of business experienced in 1935.
J ohn. T. Phillips, Sr. , p resident of th e fi rm, delivered th e welcom.ing address, and D r. C . R . Pitta rd , pas to r of Byne M emori al Bap tist Churc h, gave
th e invocati on , J. H . Lill iston, vice
pres ident of th e company, in tro duced
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Cover Photo
T he Fo rd Q uadran gle at th e Berry Schoo ls and Co llege is part of th e lar ge campus at M t. Berry, near R om e. H ere a uni qu e an d effective ed uca tiona l p rogram is carried on wh ich inelu des excellen t t raining in agricult ure . Anothe r photogr ap h on thi s pa ge p ortrays part of th e dairy farm at Mt. Berry .
- Photo by Caro lyn Cart er

Part of the thriving dairy farm at th e Berry School near Rom e, which carries on an exemplary year-round farmin g pro gr am.

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Athens: E lemen ta ry an d H igh Schoo l Principals Conference , U niversity of Georgia, July 26-28.
Douglas: Coff ee Cou nty Fair, August 9- 14.
Atlant a: Gen tlem en Prefer Blondes," Municipal Theater Under-the-Sta rs, August 9-14 .
Athe ns : Air 'F or ce R O T C In stru ctors' Work shop, U nivers ity of Georgia, Augu st 9-14.
Albany : R ad ium Springs Invitati onal Golf M eet, R adium Sp rings, Aug ust 11-15.
Preston: Cen tennial Cel ebration of Webs ter Cou nty, Aug ust 12.
Moultrie: Sou theas t Tobac co F est iva l, Aug ust 12-14.
Augusta: Geo rgia R et ail Food Dealers Associa tion Meeting, Bon Air H otel, August 15-17.
Columbus: J un ior Order of B'Nai Brith Co nven tion , R alston H ot el, Aug ust 16-1 7. .
Hiawassee: Georgia M ountain F ai r, Aug ust 16-21.
Augusta : Atomic Energy Commission Auc tion, Bon Air H ot el, Augus t 1921.

Sav annah: 4th An nua l C heatha m Wi lson M emorial Shoo t, H ot el D eSoto, Aug ust 20-22
Columbus: D eMolay Conclave, R alston H ot el, Aug ust 20-2 2.
Augusta : Georgia Sta te H ai rd ressers Associa tion M eet ing, Bon Air H otel, Augu st 21-23.
Macon: 8th An nual Fire a nd Cas ua lt y I nsur an ce School, Wesleyan Co llege, Aug ust 22-27.
Atlanta: Sou thea ste rn Toilet Goods Associa tion M eetin g, Di nkier- P laza , Aug ust 22-26.
Athe ns: Ex ecutive D evelopment Program, U niversity of Georgia, Augu st 23-Scptembe r 17.
Savanna h : National Guard Association of Georgia , D eSoto H otel, Sep tem ber 4-6.
Cartersville: Aquar ama, Lak e Allatoon a, Septemb er .'1 -6.
Atla nta : 6th An nual Sou thern States Appren tice Ship Conference, D in kier Pl aza an d Pi edm ont H ot els, Sep tem ber 9, 10, 11.
Atlanta: America n Association of T extile Ch emi sts a nd Coloris ts, Bilt more H ot el, Sep temb er 15-18.

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NEW SLETTER

August 10, 1954

Georgia's Agriculture Is Taking Significant

Turns Toward Promising, Profitable Future

Th e f ollow ing is f rom an add ress d eliVered by ]. C. H olton, assistant to th e State C om missioner of A g ricultu re, a ll
Radio WGST on l ull' seve nt h . E ntitled " C hangi ng A g ricult ure," it is pub lished
in the N ew slett er becau se of its im /Jortan ce to G eorgia's ceonom y.
The ag ricult ural picture of Georgia has ch an ged conside rably during th e last thirty yea rs. Let' s review bri efly some of th e farm facts of 1920 as com par ed with 1950
Naturally, th e total land ar ea h as not changed, th er e being a bout 37.4 million acres in the sta te. Neither h as the land in fa rm s cha nge d very mu ch duri ng tha t per iod . th ere bein g 25.4 million ac res in far ms in 1920 an d 25.7 million ac res in 1950, acc ord ing to th e Uni ted Sta tes Ce nsus. H owever, the crop land ha rvested h as altered considera blv fr om 10.4 million acres in 1920 d ~wn to 7.09 milli on ac res in 1950. At th e sam e tim e, th ere wer e 310,932 farms in th e state in 1920, and 198,191 in 1950. with th e ave rage size increasing from 8 1.9 ac res in 1920, to 129.9 acres in 1950.
An oth er interestin g fact connec ted with c ur farms is th at in 1920, 66.6 p er cent of th e fa rm s were cu ltiva ted by ten ants and in 1950 on ly 42.8 per cen t. The value of our indiv idua l farm unit increased considerably during th at p eriod even th ough 1920 imm edi atel y followed th e First World War.
In exa mining census figures we were mu ch impressed with some other outstandi ng fa cts pertainin g to improvements made on ou r far ms. For instan ce, in 1920 th ere wer e only 3, 145 mo tor trucks on Georgia farms and 2,252 tractors. Bv 1950 the numb er of motor tru cks had increased to 66,865 a nd th e num ber of tr actor s to 60,269, whil e a recent estimate mad e by one of th e tractor com panies indi cates th ere are some thing better th an 70,000 tr act ors on Georgia farm s at th e present tim e.
Let' s review briefly th e acreage and value of a few of our m aj or crops, keeping in min d that some of our mo ney crops have come in to pr om inenc e dur ing th is perio d . I n the ea rly da ys, our principal crops were corn, cotton, tobacco a nd pean uts, with a few minor crops. The record s show th at in 1930, Georgia farmers pla nt ed

A fine cotton field in middle Georgia.

Carolyn Carter

3,432,000 acres in corn wh ich prod uced 39,492,000 bu shels. T wenty-th ree yea rs later or in 1953, th e corn acreage h ad been decreased to 2,910,000 ac res th at produced 58,200 / l00 bu shels. It would be approp riate a t thi s point to say th at th e average p er acre corn yield in Georgia h as been stepped up fr om 10 bu shels to an averag e of 20 bu shels in 1953.
A review of the ea rly money crops reveal some inte resting data. 'When O gleth or pe landed nea r Savannah in 1733, he br ough t with him a botanist wh o laid out a ten -acre expe rime ntal plot kn own as "T rustees' Garden ." On thi s plot he attempted to gr ow a great many tropical and subtropical fruits, vegetables and other crops. One of th e crops th at seemed to be promising was th e production of silk, which p roduction contin ued for a n umber of yea rs though it never reach ed grea t commercial value.
About th is tim e the produ ct ion of indi go seemed to be p rofitabl e thro ugh out th e South east. At one tim e, we were la rge exporte rs of indi go. But th e

crop that has reached th e grea test comm ercial p rodu ction- in fact, it became th e great est mon ey crop of all times- is cotton, first grown in Geor gia in "'T rus tees' Ga rd en ." In 1734 Phillip Mill er in troduced th e first cultivat ed cotto n, and in 1741 samples of th e lint were sent to En gland, which beca me known as "Georgia cott on." This mark ed th e beginning of our export trad e, but at first cotto n was largely grown for home consum ption until sla very was permitt ed in the colonies in 1749. After th e inventi on of th e cotton gin by El i Whitn ey in 1793, it becam e our leading mon ey crop and has continued to be.
Co tto n prod ucti on 111 G ea r g i a reach ed its peak in 1911 wh en our farmers h ar vested 2)69,000 bales from 4,958,000 ac res. Agai n in 1914, Georgia fa rm ers pla nt ed 5, 157,000 acres a nd h arv ested 2,753,000 bales. Thus, it is seen th at our average acre p rod uction has been compa ra tively low as compa red with some of th e other sta tes, certainly un til recen t year s. Fol-
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GEO RG IA DEPARTMENT OF CO M M ERC E

NEWSLETTER

Au gu st 10, 1954

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

New Freight Terminal
ATLANTA is th e site of a new termin al for R epublic Carloading Company whi ch has occupied it s new $ 150,000 buildinoz whi ch will serve as h e.adqu arters for th e comp any's op erations through out Georgia. The concern h as mor e th an 100 stations throu ghout th e United States. The fac ilities provide fo r 14 rai l ca rs and 25 trucks a t one tim e, with 15,000 squa re feet of floor space. Air- condition ed office sp ace in th e second sto ry of the building contains 2,500 square feet . H . E . ~edwine is region al man ager for th e firrn ; T. R . Decatur is Atlanta district m an ager.
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Poultry Processing
A new p oultrv p rocessing pl ant h as been opened in BL UFFTO N by A. D . R eeves. The conce rn will buy broilers, cull h en s and handle eggs for ma rketing. The pl ant will emp loy five peopl e and will serve a number of coun ties in th e a rea .
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Winder Motel
A new mo tel has been opene d n ear WINDER on U. S. Highway No. 29. The ten-unit T ra velers M otel h as pine paneled room s, tile ba ths and is completely a ir-con ditioned. The m otel was built by Frank R . C has tain, Delm ar Smith and R obert Russell, J r. It is under th e managem ent of M r. and M rs. H enry W ood , Jr.
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Marietta Enterprise
A new fro zen food s pr ocessing pl ant has op ened in M ARIET T A under th e auspices of H . P. Zipp and T. L. Kl even. The Zip and Kl even Frozen Fo od s Compa ny is producing Fruitberry a blend of cranberries, oran ge a nd apples, which can be used with m eat and poultry, in sa la d or desserts. Some 1,500 boxes of th e product is th e planned outp ut per week and expansion with other food it ems is anticipated .
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Egg Market
Di xie Eggs, Inc., egg m arketing associa tion in V I DA L I A, recently began official operation s. The orga niza tion will purch ase, process and market eggs for flock owners in several counties in th e Vidalia a rea . W . R . G roover is man ager of th e conce rn. It was established by th e Vid ali a Chambe r of C omm er~e .

Seafood Plant BR UNSWICK Quick Freezer Com-
pan y h as com pleted th e addition to its plant bringing the total floor space of th e building to 55,400 sq . ft. The pl ant, whi ch wa s op en ed in 1945, is now processing seafood wh ich will be sold under 3 1 diff erent lab els. New fr eezers whi ch h ave been in stall ed ~ive 80,000 pound daily freezing ca pacity to th e plant ; th e total storage ca pacity of plant is 1,200,000 pounds. Frozen seafood pr oducts from th e con cern in clude crab , sh rimp , fro gs legs and ca tfish fillets.
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Burlap Bag Company GAI N ESV ILLE will be th e hom e of
a n ew branch of th e C entral Bag an d Burl ap Com panv, Inc., of Ch icago . The conc ern h as leased a building in Gai nesville in whi ch it will manufacture burlap and cotton bags, as well as bu y. process and sell used feed bags. Initial outp ut will be ap p roximately 25,000 bags dai ly. The plant will em ploy abo ut 25 p eopl e ; futur e expansion of th e com pany is expected. The gen er al m an <:ger of th e new plant will be Mike Freudber g.
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
MACON-Croft-Mullins Electric Co ., Inc., electrical and water distribution extension, $37,705.
AT LANT A -Noland Co ., Inc., punches, $ 123,500.
L UTHERSVILl E-H. C. Chambless, rep airs of buildings, $25 ,707 .
AT LANTA-The G eorgia Ports Au thority, wa rehou se sto rag e service, $ 100,000.
COL UM BUS- V a l l e y Construction Company, con struction of amm unition receipt and mainten an ce building, $232,432.
ATLANTA-Fulton Trouser C o., services to cut and m anufacture trou sers, $65,496.
AUGUST A- Patche n and Zimmerman, architectural and eng inee ring services, $64,00 0. ATLANTA -Floors, Inc., furnishin g plant, labor, equipme nt and materi als for custodial ser vices, $44,335 .
COL UM BUS- Hardaway Contracting Com pa ny, constru ction of dam walls, $50,700.
ATLANTA-Ir? Ge l b e r, furni shin g me als, $ 107,482.

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HIGHLIGHTING OU{( P{(OG{(ESS
Callaway Community Foundation is spo nsoring th e constr uction of Colema n Libra ry in LaG.range. . . . Rome K raft Compan y has received its first shipme nt of pine logs, and th e pl ant is expe cted to go into op erati on in late summe r or ea rly fall. . .. On " Progress Day," held late last month a t Lithonia, a new, ten -r oom h ealth cen te r, th e Scott Candler R ecr eational Build ing and th e St ew art Amphitheatre wcr~ all dedi cated . . . .
A new acade mic and training buil ding will be constructed a t Dobb ins Air F orce Base, Marietta, to be read v in M arch , 1955. . . . Chatsworth is now using it s n ew 300,000-gallon water reservoir. .. . The M en gel Compan y p aper industries, has a cquired 22,000 addition al acr es of land ncar Fargo. . . .
Kingsland recently celebrated i ts 60th an niver sary with an elabora te
progr am . . . . A tot al of 120 vessels
called a t th e port of Savannah during th e month of May. .. . The F . W . Olin Industrial Foundation Building will be op en ed in September at th~ Ca rver School in Atlanta. . .. Uranium or e has been fou nd in a pegmatite vein on th e Barnesville farm of A. N . M oye. . . .
The new Hales & Hunter milli ng conce rn a t Cartersville is expected to be ready in ea rl y Septemb er. ... P ierce County is or ga nizing a Chamber of
Co mmerce under lead ership of J. B.
Wa rd and a number of othe r interested bu sinessmen . . .. The building of th e Moultrie Banking Company h as been comp letely rem od eled. . . . East man will be th e site of a new garme nt indust ry whi ch pl an s to st art operations in November . . . . The J ewell feed mill in Gainesville has been leased to Pillsbury Mills, Inc.. . .
H armon y G rove Mills at Commerce recently celebra ted it s 60th anniversary . . ' . . Woodbury will be the location of a comp any to manufacture a nd p rint ban k an d offi ce supplies.. . . An organizatio n called th e Macon County Farmers Marketing Company has been formed for th e encou ragement of industrial, ag ricultural an d ma rketing en terp rises in th e coun ty.
Thomaston will soon have a n ew (C ontinued on Page 6 )

NEW SLETTER

August 10, 1954

Middle Cieorgia's Dodge County Has The 81-year old T imes-Journal is edited and publi shed weekly by th e dynamic Edwin T. M ethvin, a former

Both Fine Farms and Varied Industry president of the Georgia Press Association a nd a son of th e lat e C . M. Methvin, who also served as president of

Dodge Co unty is not only lar ge in
land area, but it is also expa nsive in man y other way~-- pa rticularly in its [armi ng a nd industri al ac tivities.
Created by an Act of th e Legislature on O ctober 26, 1870, th e county was
name d for W illiam E. Do dge , of N ew
York . Population of th e coun ty in 1950
was 17,865, 35.3 persons p er square
mile. Eastm an , p opulation in .1950, 3,597,
is th e coun ty seat and site of m a~y bustlin g ente rpris es. Other. town s in

of hi ghw ays, including U. S. Nos. 23, 34 1, 280 and Sta te N os. 27, 117, 46, 87, 30.
Do dge Co unty officers a re :
O rdi nary and T reas ure r, R . .J. H old-
er ; C lerk of Co ur t , Albert H ar rell ; Sh eriff, O . B. Peacock ; T ax Co mmissione r, Sla ton L owery ; Sch ool Superin tenden t, M anning W. T ripp ; Commissione r, D . B. Cadwell ; Su rveyor, W. B. J oin er ; Corone r, A. C . Pa ce.
Fa rm Agent, Carte r M artin ; H ome Dem onstr at ion Agent , Mrs. B u e n a

that organization. The n ewspap er has . long been in th e M ethvin famil y. The firm do es a genera l printing bu siness and also p rints one other weekly p ap ers at its plant.
Eastman is th e site of man y industri es- la rge and small-that give employment to m an y peopl e.
Eastm an Cotton Mill s, Inc., M ack D. H eat on, Superintendent, employs appro ximately 350 p eopl e and manufactures cotto n shee ting and drills ; Co pela nd sa usage, with a wid e sales ,uea, is ma n ufac tured at Eastman by

th e county a re : F.h ine, populat ion 5:4 ; Chauncey , 348 ; Chester, 3 15; Em~ll'e, 157 ; Plainfield . 11 7; part of Mil a n
in Dodge, 224. (T he oth er pa rt . of
Mil an is in Telfs.ir Co unty, pop ulation
526, giving M ilan a total populat ion

l I

of 750. )

.

The a rea of th e coun ty IS almos~

500 squa re miles, with a land area of 319.360 ac res; 82.4 p er cent or 263,264 a cr~s are in th e 1,9 79 fa rms in ~hc

coun ty, th e average size fa rm bemg

133 acres. The land is rollin g a nd fer tile, pro-
ducing a bunda r.t gene~'al crops . In

fact, practi cally all kmds of crops
grown in th e sta te a re pl anted in Dodge. This includes ge~eral cro ps,

Eastman is th e home of the famous Stuckey's.

courtesy Stuckey's

such as cotto n, corn, gram, tobacco,

pea nuts and pecan s, and a va riety of

vegetabl e or truek CJ'ops.

There were 1'),023 bales of cotton

zi n nc ~brigh

d in t-lea

th e coun ty in f tobacco is

195 also

3g, raonwdnmhuecrhe

an d sold in nea rby markets.

Much timb er affor ds employme nt for

man y p eopl e, both in th e wood s, in

th e saw an d planing mi lls an d in th e

plants using wood m at : rial. Sale of

pulpwood is also ac tive in th e county.

Nav al stor es is another for est "crop ."

Growing of bee-f and dairy cattle a nd

man y hogs is likewise an important p art

of th e agricultural progr am of th e

cou n ty .

The O crnul gee River forms th e west-

ern boundar y of th e county, betw een

Dodge and Wilc ox, while th e Little

Ocmulgee tr averses th e coun ty, as do

ma ny cree ks. Th e well-kn own Sugar

Cree k of T elfair cou nty h as its sourc e

in D odge.

T wo railroad s serve th e co unty, th e

Southe rn an d th e Sea board lines.

Th e county h as an excellen t system

Klinha rt. M emb er of th e L egislature, Gilber t C . Peacock, of Eastm an .
Dodge is in th e 48 th St at e senatorial distri ct, com posed of D odge, Wilcox and Crisp cou n ties. The p resent Senator is Ceci l D . C ru mm ey, of R och elle, Wilcox County The county is in th e T h ird Co ngressio na l Distri ct and in th e O conee Superior Co ur t Circuit.

Eastman Officials

R. T. Wrigh t is Eastman City M an a-

ger, an d Coun cilm en ar e: R . T. Ragan ,

chairm an; Chester Sa unde rs, H 0 k e

Wynn e, J ohn L L ee, Jim Gary. Polic e

Ch ief is Pet e H arrell. Postm aster is

.John Whigham .

.

The Georgia Power Co., provides th e

area with electric ity, and REA service

is furnished by th e O cm ulgee El ectric

M emb ership Corp .; Southe rn Bell T ele-

pho ne Co., h as a dial system at East-

man . R adi o service is provid ed D odge,

Pulaski and Blec.klcy counties by th e

Tri-County Broadcasting Co., Sta tion

WCEH, with h eadquarters at Hawkins-

ville, stu dios at Eastm an and Co chran.

Co peland Bros., th e firm employing from 50 to 60 peop le ; Harrell Bros. Canning Co ., Ir:c , at Eastman, cans peppers, vege ta bles, p ecan s and other "crops" and employs from 60 to 75 peopl e during th e ca nn ing season.
Eastm an is horn e and h eadquarters for "Stuc keys," manufacturers of a wide va riety of confections of which pecans are th e base. T1.1is firm, of which W . H . Stuc key, a local citizen, is th e founder and President, has 42 "stations"-sellin g points-in th e Southeast, from F lorida to Virginia and as far west as Mississippi.
Pecans, a local product, being th e base of 25 typ es of candies put out by th e firm , is typified in the office building of th e firm , th e panel walls being constru cted of pecan wood .
A la rge wareh ouse houses th e la rge qu antities of pecan s and othe r materials used by th e firm, which operates a lar ge fleet of t r ucks to transport products to th e vari ous sta tions, wh ich ar e
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GEO RGIA DEPART M ENT OF CO M M ERCE

NEWSLETTER

Georgia Tobacc.o Sales Have Begun
The sale season for Geor gia tobacco ope ne d on July 15 and th e ch ant of th e a uc tionee r is bein ., h eard in approximat ely 75 wareh ous es an d in 21 South Geor gia cities. Sa les will contin ue until mid-Augu st.
The 1953 cro p tot al ed 155,170,266 pounds wh ich b . ough t $ 79,923,828. 18, an aver age of 5 1.51 cen ts a pound, acco rd ing to th e officia l rep ort issued by th e Georgia D ep a rtment of Agricult u re.
Ther e wer e markets in th e following 19 cities last yea r as follows: Adel, Baxley, Blackshear, Claxton, Douglas , Fi tzgerald, Hahira, Hazlehurst, Metter, Moultrie, Nashville, Pelham, Quitman, Statesboro, Sylvester , Tifton, Valdosta, Vidalia, Waycross.
Two cities, Alma and Pearson, hav e been a dde d to th e list this year, wh ich br ings th e number of sales poin ts to 21, compare d with 19 last yea r.
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Lilliston
(C on tin ued fr om Page 2 )
firm member s. J ohn T. Phillips, J r. , exec utive vice
preside nt of th e com pany, presided as ch airman of th e "Scho ol" session , during which those present under the huge tent erecte d for the occasion , wer e instru cte d in the operation, servicing and gene ral m aintenance of th e Lilliston Peanut Combine, Shaker , th e RotoSp eed Rota ry Mowers, th e n ew portable elevator and the Lilliston SpredAll fertilizer d istributor- seed er.
A parad e of all th e variou s Lilliston eq uipme n t p owered by tract ors of several m akes, conc lude d the fo renoon session, after which a barbecue was serve d.
The afte rnoon was d evot ed to the in spection of Lilli ston eq uipme nt by visitors and to a qu estion an d answers forum wh er e individual problems and more detailed qu estions wer e taken up.
Highlighting Our Progress
(Contin ue d from Page 4 )
armory. . . . A temporary mi lk-processing pl ant is bein g built by Pet Mi lk Company a t Augusta to be r eplaced within the year by a p ermanent building to cost some two m illion dollars. . . . C on struction is underway at t he Valway plant of Callaway Mills Company, LaGrange, of an addition of ove r 31,000 square feet of floor space. . . . A new sewage system is ne arly comp lete in Cairo.

Agriculture

(Contin ued fr om Page 3 )

lowing th e introdu cti on of th e M exican

Boll yield

W eevil about dropped tc

1917, our 90 pounds

a ver of

ali~zte

cotton per acre in 1921 and 82 p ounds

in 1923.

~ owever, Georgia farmers began to rea lize th at thev had to h ave other sources of fa rm incom e. Aft er all the cash incom e is wha t counts wh eth er

it be in fa rming o r a ny othe r bu sin ess. Eco nom ists h av e p roven th at our n ationa l income is in direct rati o to our fa rm in com e.

L et's ana lyze th is m atter of farm m arket ing for a m om ent. The reco rds sho w th at in 1924 our tot al cash from

in com e from a ll sources was $209, 126,-

000. Co tton provid ed 62 per cent of

th e tot al, all oth er cro ps 24.8 per cent

~n d _livesto ck an d livestock product s,

$27,J 60,000 or 13.2 per cent. With

th e cha nge ove r from a one -cro p sys-

tem , th e percentage of cash farm in-

come from a one-crop system, the p er -

centage of cash farm in com e fr om cot-

ton took a nose dive downw a rd until

in 1950 co tto n produced on ly 21.9 per

cen t of th e total 798,000, p eanuts

cas h 13.1

pinecrocmeento, fto$b5a2c8~o-

9.6 per cent, wher eas th e cash in come

fro m. livestock an d livestock product s

had m cr ea sed fr om 13.2 per cen t of the

tot al in 1924, to 36.3 per cen t in 1950 .

. Toba cco produ ction ca me into prom-

m en ce about th e close of th e First

World W ar, ami 90,000 a cr es wer e

planted to this cro p in 1930 whi ch

yielde d a 1953 was

cash va lue th e banner

of yea

r

$i1n5''0t o0b0~0e0e0o

pro duc tion in G eor gia, wh en our fa rm-

ers p lanted 104,000 ac res and produced a cro p value d a t $69, 000,000. T obacco ranks am on g th e top of our cas h cro ps.

Trem endou s progr ess h as been m ad e in th e production of broilers . This giant industry of which we h ear so much about produced only one -half mi llion broilers in 1935 giving a cash inc ome of $230,COO.

During th e war period, this indus-

try began to grow rapidly and by 1945

Georgia wa s producin g 28,520 ,000 com -

mer cial broilers that h ad a cash va lu e

of $24,4 66,000. M any of th e mo st op -

timistic felt th at sure ly w e would even-

tually re ac h the satura tion p oint, but

a pp a rently that time is in the future.

In 1953, G eorgia poultrymen rea ch ed

an all-time hi gh a nd produced 121,-

631,000 broiler s th at h ad a cash in -

cg. ommeto

oo, kf $fi9r3s,t8

26,000. pla ce in

In th

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G EO R G IA DEPARTMENT OF C O ~1M ERCE

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August 10, 1954
com mercial br oiler production and continues to hold the record .
The reco rds sho w th at the number of baby ch icks pla ced on the farms of Geor gia for the first six m onths of 1954 incr eased consi derably ove r th e same ~eriod in 1953. F or in stan ce, th e d elivery for th e week end inz June 26 was 3,383 ,000 com pared with 2,666,000 th e same week in 1953. Co mmercial I:atch erym~n h ave also en joye d a conside rable in cr ease for th e fir st five months of 1954. com pa red with same period of 1953, or 72,000 ,000 aga inst 6 1,000,000 the previous year. In 1935 Geor gia produced only 4.4 milli o; I~ aby chicks, bu ~ !n 1953 Geor gia p roduce d 130. 9 m illion baby chicks. . W e are m ak ing rapid progr ess a lso ~n our beef ca ttle industry, our d airy industr y, an d we a re still th e Iead inz hog-producin g St at e of th e So utheast
A bri ef glance a t our total cash income , accor~iing to th e U. S. D ep a rt ment of Agnculture, shows th at in 1952 our tot al cash receipts from all sources amo unted to $fi15,000,000, with livestoc k and pr~du cts con tr ibu ting $253,O OO,O O~ of this. Ther e wa s a sligh t decrease m cash receipts in 1953, but th e sam e sourc e sho ws th at out total inc.orne last year was $629, 000,000, and livestock a n d product s contribute d $254,000,000. Thus it will be seen th at we a re gradua lly rea ching th at p eriod wh en livesto ck an d livestock product s will furnish 50 per cent of our total cash in com e, whi ch is a " balance d ag ricultural progr am."
Dodge County (C ontinue d fr om Page 5 )
stoc ked with fr om 2,000 to 3,000 a rticles. These "s tations" a re on well -select ed sites on m a in hi ghways.
The Eastman pla n t includes four plant buildings and two large warehou ses. More th an 100 p eople are em ployed a t Ea stman by Stuckeys.
New Plant Organized
A newly or ganized industry for Eastm an is th e Eastman Mfg. Co., expected to em ploy approxim ately 150 p eopl e in th e n:anufa~ture of ch ild ren's apparel, th e firm being a unit of a N ew York com pany . A site has been bought by a committee rep resenting th e city of Eastm an upon which a building will be erecte d and lea sed to the firm.
Other Eastm an industrial plants in-
clude E astman Bak ery ; Jan et s, flori st ;
E. S. M oon , concrete product s; Willie V. U sser y, icc; W. H . M cCranie Lum-
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NE \VSLET TER

Augu st 10, 1954

Georgia's Publishing Firm Promotes Southern Authors and Their Works

tel' headings, subtitles, etc. T h en th e printer pr ints a few pa ges. Perhaps th e printer will try sets of pages in differe n t a rr ange me nts or kinds of type. When a sa tisfac tory form at has been decid ed upon , th e printer will p rint

G eorgia's major p ub lishing firm,

Tupper a nd Love, I nc., was fou nded

with th e idea of crea ting a publi shing

house whi ch would handle th e wor ks

of Southe rn au tho rs-to give th em an

outle t for th eir wo rk a t h om e. rather

than h avin g to lise conce rns in N ew

York , Chicago, or even further a way .

Tupper a nd Love, loca ted in At-

lanta, wa s organized in 1946 , a nd has

as its pr esiden t, Albert Lo ve. T he firm

has pri nt ed many Sou thern books, and

in particular the works of severa l well-

kno wn Georgians.

Georgian aut hors an d th eir works

that have been published by th is firm

incl ude:

Maybelle J ones D ewey

Push the But ton
C. .J. H ollera n Kn ow Y ou r Georgia

William 1'. Cam pbell . Big Beverage

Dav enport Stewa rd Th ey H ad A Glory

Kathleen Lowan cc

M'uch Ado Abou t M usic

Rox anne Co tsa kis

Th e W ing an d the Th orn

Dr. T homas An derson

Estate of Glory

Daniel Whit eh ead H ickey

.

N ever the Ni gh tin gale

Ral ph M cGiIL

I srael R evisted

Ernest R ogers Til e Old H okum Bucket
Ch a rles .J. Bayne
Coming of the Crout's Feet

R uth Stevens

H i-Y a N eighb or

R aimundo de Ovies

lV[avb e Y ou'r e Not Cra zv O. B. K eeler a nd Gran tla n d R ice .
T he Bobby Jones Sto ry Charles .J. Hudson, J r.

H udson's S out hern Gardenin g

Dav enport St eward .R ainboto R oad

Two of th e three works to be pub-

lished soon by Tupper a nd Love arc

by G eorgian s. D av enport St eward' s

Sail th e Da rk T ide will a ppear at th e

end of th is month. I t is a ficti on work

of blockade running d uring th e C ivil

War.

Georgia-A Gu ide to I ts T ow ns and

Coun t ryside, edited by George G. L ec-

kie and with a Foreword by R alph

McGill, will be p ublishe d in th e mid-

dle of Sep tem be r. This volume wi ll be

of pa rt icular inter est to all G eor gians

fo r th e va st amount of information it

contains-and photographs --on th e

who le sta te, on many, many topics.

T h e th ir d volume which Tupper

Carolyn Ca n e r
Books by Geo rg ian au t hors wh ich h ave been pub lishe d by Tupp er and Love.

an d L ove will publish thi s fa ll is th e

third boo k of Dr. Frank H oward Rich-

t n ardson-Ho w

Get Alon g With

Child ren. It is a guide book wr itten

for parent s.

Publishing Paths
Pu blishin g h o uses are alwa ys on th e lookout for good manuscripts, a nd a uth o rs a re gene ra!!y seeking a publisher. Editor Fraser M oore and read ers in New York go over manuscr ipts; a manuscript th at is p articul arl y good is read over bv member s of th e firm and by ma ny others to ge t rea ct ion s to it . The "ma r ket" is det ermined, and th e cost of producti on. If a manuscript is accepted by th e firm, it is worked over by th e au tho r and edito rs together.
The printer casts off or "sca les" th e ma nusc rip t to det ermine th e number of pages th e book wi ll contain. Tupper a nd Love book s a re printed by th e firm's affi liate, Foot e a nd Davies, pr int ers in Atl anta .
Aft er th e book has been scaled, the typ e of print is decid ed upon, as well as th e size of the' page, th e margin s, the kin d of print to be used for chap-

the wh ole manuscript as galley proofs, or th e author's first proofs. Correctio ns a re made; th en page proofs a re pulled by the printers. 'Fin al corrections are made an d then th e book "goes to pr ess." P ages are bo un d into sewn "signa ture s," covers a re pu t on, a nd th en th e book' s jacket , whi ch is designed by, or un der the dire ctio n of E arl Sa nde rs. H e also designs the cover, the format a nd typo graphy for T up per a nd Lov e books.
W hen th e p rinter is finish ed , th e publish ing firm takes over again. Sales conferences a re h eld for th e salesmen to learn abo ut th e books th cv will be selling to book bu yers. Brocl~u res a re distributed to salesme n a nd book buvers ; revie w co pies are sent a ll over th e U ni ted St ates and out of th e coun try also, so th at book reviewers m ay read th em ; p romoti onal copies a re mai led to vari ou s people to introduce th e book ; an adve rtising age ncy advertises the book in va rious magazin es, trade journals and spec ialized publications, according to th e nature of the book. T h en th e book is " p ublishe d ." T hat is,
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(Con tin ue d from Pa ge 6 ) bel' Co. ; Stevenson Lumber & Supply Co ., sawmills and planing mill s ; W allace E. Boh anan Lumber Co.
There a re sever al large warehouses in Eastman for sto ra ge of cotton and peanuts and other products .
The Dodge County Hospital at Eastman is own ed and ope ra ted by th e county, and th e mod ern Dod ge C ounty Library, in Eastm an , complet ed in 1953, h as as L ibr a rian M rs. Ethlyn Potter Rolfe. H er assistant is Miss Co -
rinne Johnson. W, W . T aylor is president of th e
Eastman G as Co. , that supplies th e area with commer cial gas; th e O cmulgee Electric Membership Corp. (R EA) has headquarter, at Eastman in serving Dodge, BleckJey and p art of Pulaski counties with REA service, and R oger Smith is Manager.
Carter Martin is President of th e Eastman Rotary Club, and Olin Pound h eads th e C ivit an club ; Wilton D . H arrington is Pr esident of th e Junior Chamber of Co mm erce . Ther e are seven women's dubs in Eastm an that a re ac tive in all civic affairs.
Banks in th e county include: Ban k of E astman, W . L. J esup, Sr. , President, and Geor ge D . Mullis, Cas hier; C itizens Cl earing Bank, Eastm an , H . R. Ragan, Pr esident an d B. B. Eckles,
C ashi er. J. C . Willi ams is Pr esident of
Williams Banking C o., at Rhine, and St uart Rogers is Pr esid ent of th e Chester Banking Co" at Chester.
Eastman M otor Court is on Hi ghway 34 1, and Le e-Land H otel is in
Eastman. Many denomin ation s a re rep resented
in th e numerous ch urches in all sections of Dodge County.

D odge h as an exte nsive schoo l p rogram for th e coun ty whi ch will in clude th e consolida tion of th e p resent five high schoo ls int o on e consolidated school a t Eastm an , a mod ern plan t to be built on a 20-ac re site. Pr esent high school buildings will be conve rted in to modern eleme nta ry un its.
The schoo l progr am includes both white and colored scho ols.
The D od ge Co unty L ivestock Sa les Barn at E astm an h old s sales ' on M on days.
A housing p roject, with units for whites a nd colore d, h as been built in Eastman.
A Community H ou se a nd a Youth Ce nter in Eastm an prov ide fac ilities for recr eational programs.

Publishing Firm
(Con tinued fr om P age 7)
after all th is, on a spec ific dat e book sto res put cop ies of th e new work OIl display in th eir sto res to sell.
That 's h ow it goes. And Tupper an d Love staffers, including Mr. L ove a nd NIr. M oor e, Editor ial Assista nt H a rr y Sh aw , M an ag er Miss F ran ces Silver s, a nd Gen er al M an ager an d D esign er Earl Sander s sit back and wat ch th e book sell. That is u ntil a fte r t!; ~ [rot few days of publication. Then th ere is a sudden flow of new manuscripts in th e m ail fr om a uthors seeking a publisher. They say it a lways happens after a new book comes ou t. Southern au tho rs are a t work, and it s gr a tifying th at th ey h ave a h om e supporter.

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Jack Rabbit Co .

The Dodge County Library in Eastman was completed in 1953.

G EO RGIA D EPAR T M ENT OF CO M M E RCE

OEPAUTME TOF COMMEnCE
NEWSLETTER
AUGUST 25, 1954

N E W SLETTE R

Au gu st 25, 19.14

NEWSLETTER

Publ ished sem i-monthly by GEO RGIA D EPT. OF COMMERCE
100 Sta te Capito l

* H ERM AN E. TALl\IADGE
Gove rnor
BO ARD OF COMM ISS IONERS EMO RY L. BU T LER
Cha irman

Lonn ie A. Pope, V. Chm, Ben j essu p

Y. F. Geeslin Hoke Peters

* I\'ELSON M. SHIPP Se cr e t a r y

Vol. 5, I\'o. 22

August 25, 1954

Commerce Department Adv ertising Schedule

Watch for ad vertiseme nts by the

Georgia D epartment of Commer ce

planned for th e following national

publications: SO UT H ERN OUTDOORS-
A ugu st issue ( Back cov er )

APPAREL MANUFACTURING

MAGAZ INE-

Septem ber issue- "This is th e N ew Sou th" edition

SATU RDAY EVENING POST-

O ctob er 25 BUSINESS WEEK-

Au gu st 2 Septemb er 13

Nov emb er 8 No vember T'i

Septe mber 27

No vember 22

O ct ober] 1

Novemb er 29

Novemb er 1 NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE-

Au gu st 2

No vember 8

Septe mbe r 6

No vember 15

Septemb er 20 O ctob er 4

November 22 Novemb er 29

November 1 NA nON 'S BU SINESS-

Se ptem be r issue Decemb er issue

November issue J a n ua ry issue

DUN'S REVIEW AND

MODERN I NDU STRY-

N ovem ber issue J a nu a ry issue.

D ecember issue

COVER PHOTO
T he ruins of a n old rice mi ll in MeIntosh County, ncar Darien, is a m emory of form er days on the Geor gia coast. Rice growing wa s one of th e first agricult ur a l pursuits of th e ea rly settle rs of Georgia followin g O glethorpe's founding of th e colony in ] 733. Ri ce growing thrived for some sixty years until th e inv ention of th e cotton gin in 1793, wh en cotto n supplan ted rice as a crop in th e coas ta l reg ion .
- Photo by Carolyn Cart er.

The Pl um Nelly Clot hesline Art Show in Da de Count y (see page 5 ) attracted some 5,000 Georgian and out-o f-sta te visitors last yea r. The event th is year will be held on
October 16 an d 17.

Co lumbus: Geor gia St ate Firemen's Associati on M eeting, R alston H otel , Augu st 26-27 .
Savannah: Nation a l Guard Association of Geor gia, H otel DeSot o, Septem ber 4-6 .
Cartersville: Aquarama, L ak e Allatoona, Sep tember 5-6.
Atlanta : Sixth Annua l Sout hern States Apprenti ceship Confer en ce, DinkIer P laza H o tel, Septemb er 9-11 .
A tla nta: Am eri can Associati on of T extile Chemi sts a nd Colorists, Biltmore H otel, Septemb er ]5-] 8.
Macon: Nation al Guard Association of Geor gia, Dempsey H otel, Septemb er 19.
At lanta: M aster Ph oto Dealers' a nd F inish ers Associat ion Confer enc e, Municipal Aud itorium, Septemb er 20-2 3.
A tlanta: Leadership Training I nstitu te, At lanta Divi sion , Univer sit y of Georgia, September 24.
Augusta : Georgia Alcoh olics Anonymou s M eeti ng, Bon Air H ot el, September 24-2 6.
Atl anta : South eastern Library Association Confer en ce, Biltmo re H ot el, September 29-0ctober 2.

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Macon: St at e D em ocr atic C onvention , D empsey H ot el, September 29. .

At hens: CPA Institute, U nivcrs itv of

Georgia, O ctober 1-2.

.

Marietta: Annu al Seminar a t K ennesaw M ountain National Battlefield Park, O ct ober 1-2.

Atlanta : Southern 'F a rm Eq uipmen t Manufacturers Convention , H en ry Grad y H otel, O ctober 1-2.

Athens: CPA R eview Cou rse, U niver sity of Georgia , O ctober 4-23.

Emory: Em ory School of M edi cine

Ccntenn icl Celebration. Em orv U ni-

vcrsit y, O ct ober 4-5. '

.

Aug usta: Instructi on al Supervisors of

Georgia Conferen ce, Bon Air Hotel,

O ctober 6-8.

Sava nna h : Georgia Mun icipal Associa-

tion, Hotel D cSoto, O ct ober 6-9 .

Aug ust a: Southeastern Accoun ting

Confer en ce, Bon Air H otel, O ctober

7-8.

Atlanta : I nt ern ati on al M ilk Control

Agen cies, Biltmore H ot el, O ct ober

7-9.

Brunswick: Gcorgia Association of R eal

Estat e Boa rd s, King & Prince Hotel,

O ctober 7-9.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CO M M ER CE

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NEWSLETTER

Au gu st 25, 1954

Georgia's History Preserved By Historical Commission Markers Placed Throughout State

M acauleay is cre dited with sayi ng: "A p eopl e who tak e no pride in th e noble achievements of a rem ote ances-

Alexander, Atl anta, chairman; J oseph B. C ummi ng, Au gu sta ; M . L. Fl eet wood , Carte rsville; Dr. A. R . K elly,

used in printing th e old Cherokee Pho enix a t N ew Ech ota, th e Che rokee ca pital, nca r Ca lho un, in Gord on Co unty,

try, will never ac h ieve anyth ing wor- U nive rsity of Geo rg ia, Athens, and Alex whe re explora tions a rc continu ing .

th y to be rem emb ered with prid e by a A. L awr en ce, Savanna h . C. E. G reg-

The Co mm ission h as definitely locat-

remot e poster ity."

ory, for mer Atlan ta newspap erman , is ed th e sites of three Spa n ish Mi ssion s

An d th e Bible also adv ises th e pr eser- Executive Secreta ry and Directo r.

on th e Georgia coas t th at h ad been lost

va tion of landma rks.

Th e services of Wilbur G . Kurtz, At- for more th an 400 years ; has acqui red

This ad vice h as been followe d

th e Ch ief J oseph Vann H ou se a t

somew ha t th rou gh ou t th e world,

Springplace , a nd has let th e con-

each country ma rking some, if not

tr act for its restorati on wh ich will

all, of it, histori c spots . M an y of

be conve rted int o a C h e r o k e e

these places and shrines-such as

Museum a nd tourist a ttractio n ;

the H olv La nd- d ra w milli ons of

paid one -ha lf ($2,500 ) of th e pu r-

visitors an nua lly.
No ta ble h istori c spo ts in the U nited Sta tes a rc appropr ia tely mark ed and th ey too arc visited a nnu all y by millions of visitors.

chas e pri ce of th e Crawfor d W. Lon g offic e-site a t J efferson, Ga ., wh ere thi s em inen t surgeo n p erfo rmed th e fir st operation under an anes the tic in 1842, an d has set aside $2,000 for use in establishi ng

Over th e years , va rious orga ni-

a m edi cal museum th er e.

zations hav e ma rked m an y h istoric spots in Geo rgia and following th e writing of "Gone W ith th e Wind," Atla n ta h as marked many sit es men tioned in the book , as well as othe r spo ts th at h ave p unc tua ted th e city's progress in th e one hu ndr ed years of its hi stor y.

T he Co mm ission recovered h istoric relics a t th e anc ient Va nn T avern on th e Cha tta hooc hee Ri ver nea r Gainesvi lle, a nd aide d in the plan s for restoration of Fort K ing George a nd th e graveyard of British soldie rs n ear Darien.
M ark ers h a ve been pl aced a t

A more systematic system of marking Georgia's h istori c spo ts, th e preservati on of hi stori c sites and research a nd work in archaeo-

This roadside marker near Brunswick is one of many that the Georgia Historical Commission has pla ced throughout the sta te.

sites figur ing in Co lon ial a nd R evolutionary W a r hi stor y, th e Co mmission working in coo peration with th e D au ghters of the Ame ri-

logy took defini te for m whe n th e Geor- lanta hi stori an and artist, wer e secure d ca n R evolution , th e Co lonia l D am es

gia H istori cal Commission was crea t- for ma rking th e battlefield s a nd com- a nd other g roups in locating th ese sites.

ed by a n ac t of th e Geo rgia Legislature mand h eadqua rt ers all th e way from M an y mark ers h ave also been p lace d

in F ebrua ry 1951.

Chickamauga to Atl anta an d J on es- on courtho use yards or "sq ua res", stat-

L ack or' ap propriated funds halt ed boro of th e W ar Bet ween th e St at es, ing th e history of th e cou nty, for who m

the wo rk for a yea r, but th e 1952 ses- requiring approx ima tely 300 ma rkers. it was nam ed an d a list of th e fir st

sion of th e Legislat ur e amende d th e The services of D r. J ohn W . Goff of county offic ia ls.

act to allow th e Co mm ission any funds Em or y U niversity, wer e reta ined for

T h e Co mmission is n ow wor king to-

th at m ight be allotted to it by th e Sta te marking th e routes of Old Fed er al ward th e restorati on of Ne w Ech ot a ;

Bud get Board, composed of Govern or R oad s, I nd ian Trails, Military Paths, restor ati on of T ravelers' R est, a 21-

H erman Talma dge and Sta te Auditor etc., a ll ove r G eor gia. Dr. Goff h as room Inn ncar T occoa; res toration of

B. E. T h rasher, J r.

mad e a hobby of walk ing th ese tr ails all Eagle T a vern a t Watk insville ; p ur-

These officials, sym pa the t ic with th e his life.

chase of th e Wh ite H ou se in Au gu sta .

purposes of th e Co mm ission, pr ovid ed

T o date- Au gu st 1954-the Com-

Th e a ttrac tive m eta l ma rkers bear

it with $82 ,000 duri ng th e fir st year mission h as erec ted 500 roa dside histor- th e seal of Georgia, th e wording th er e-

of its act ivity, which began in M arch ical m ark ers in 135 of th e 159 counties on is conc ise, an d easily read.

1952. Th e 1953 L egislat ur e approp ri- in G eorgia and in addi tion, it h as m ad e

It is th e aim of th e Co mmission to

ated to t he Co mmission $ 100,000 fo r exte nsive a rcha eologica l excav ations, app ropria tely mark as m an y as p ossible

eac h of the 1953-54 a nd 1954-55 bi- uncove ring relics said to be worth ap- of th e important h istori c spots in Geor-

en n i u m s.

proximat ely $ 100,000 fro m th e Et owah gia, a nd th e m emb ers seek sugges tions

T he Commission is under the gene ral Indian mo unds, near Cartersville, whi ch as to th e locat ion of th ese sites. If you

supervision of Ben \V. F ortson , J r., Sec- th e Commission ac q uire d and turn ed desire to confe r with th e body the ad-

ret ar y of Sta te, who appoi n ts th e Board over to th e Sta te Parks D ep artment ; d ress is :

memb ers and th e Direct or. M emb ers th e Comm ission h as excavated m arc

Geo rgia Hi stor ical Commission , 11 6

of th e Hi storical Co mm ission a rc H . A. tha n 1,000 pieces of typ e a nd "s paces" Mitch ell Stree t, S.W., Atla nta , Ga.

G EO RG I A DEPARTMENT O F CO M M E RC E

NEWSLETTER

Augu st 25, 19.1'1

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

New Brochure The Cha mbe r of Co m me rce of th e
U nited Sta tes ha s ju st issued a new hooklet called " Fi nding Pr ospect s for C om m unity I nd ustrial D evelopment," prepared by th e C ham ber's pepartl~1 e.nt of M anufa ctu re. It ex plains to CIVICminded leaders how to a tt rac t prospects th ro ugh usc of th eir comm uni ty survey, how to scout out interested prospect s, a nd h ow to dea l w ith pl a~t finding spec ia lists. Ther e a.re di recti ons f?r makinz the best usc 01 space adve rtising a;d for gett ing lea ds fr om daily
business news. C op ies of th e brochure Illay be ob-
ta in ed fr om th e D ep artment of M anu Iactur c, Ch am ber of Co m me rce of th e Un i ted~ St at es, 16 15 H Street, N .W .. \ \'ash ington, D . C . Pri ces a re : single copy, 50 cents : tw o to 12 copies, 40 cen ts each : 13 to 25 copi es, 35 cents eac h ; m ore th an 25 copies, 30 cen ts
eac h .
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Sandersville War'ehouse A cotto n war eh ou se is ncarl v COIll-
pleted in SA NDER S VILL E {or th e storage of cotto n. I t will conta in some 13,200 squa re feet of floor spac e. M rs. T hom as W . G ilm ore is owne r of th e
struc ture .
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Georgia Cotton Crop Set at 510,000 Bales
G eor gia's 1954 cott on crop is estima ted by th e U . S. Dep artment of Agri culture to be 5 10,000 bales, to compare with th e 1953 crop of 752,000 bales- a redu ction of 242 .000 ba les.
T h is redu cti on' is in lin e wit h th e national forecast for th is yea r of 12,680 ,000 ba les, com pa red with 16,465,000
bales last year. T he report just issued by the Geor-
gia Crop R ep orting Service , At hens, of cott on produ ct ion in th e sta te last yea r, shows that Burke Co unty led all coun ties in bales produ ced- 30,800 .
Burke h as led all co unties in th e sta te in produ ction for seve ra l yea rs.
Oth er leading co unties listed in th e report wer e :
Bartow co unty, 22,450 bales ; Worth , 20,200 ; Co lq uitt, 20,130 ; L aurens, 20,120 ; W alton , 20,010 .
The 1953 a creage was Iisted as 1,375,000 and total number of bales, 752,000 . Lint yield per ac re was 262
pounds.

Th e new address for th e A tla nta Air Procu rem ent Di strict, ' Va rn er R ob ins A ir M ate r iel Area, is 44 1 ' Vest Peach tree Street, NE , At lan ta . T h e Sm all Bu sine ss D ivision telep hon e nu m ber is HIAln ut 4121J E x ten sion 452. HIalt er C. R oose is C hi ef of th e Sm all Bu sin ess D ivision .
Atlanta Development
Recent developments in At lanta commer ce include th e following conrr-rns :
The AAA Batter y Compan y under M. Scigel h as esta blishe d in At lanta for th e produ ct ion of a ll typ es of wet cell ba tt cri cs,
T he Precision Rub ber Plate Com pan y of I ndia napolis ha s made Atlanta its home under th e a uspices of M . S.
C rce n a nd .J. F . H er schb er gcr. Th e
compan y manuf a ctures rubber p lat es for th e printing industry.
Bot tler s Associat es. I nc.. under Pr esident J ohn W. P a ln~er i ~ mi xing t he ingr edi ents for a new produ ct , St aF low St arch .
The Brown -Vhigh t H ot el Supply C orpo rat ion of At lanta ha s moved into new a nd enlarge d qu ar ter s for the produ ction of restaurant , cafeteria and kit chen eq uipme n t suc h as coun ters , etc .
Drap er Co rp or ation. manufacturer s of textile machiner y is doubling its warehouse a nd offi ce space , th e total to a mo un t to some 50,000 sq ua re feet.
R af cr, In c., under E. L. R ab c, is a new manufact urer of inf ant' s wear. The product is bein g sold nationa lly. Som e fort y per son s a rc employed, with g rad ua l incr ease of em ployme n t expect ed .
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Park Site Wanted
The Georgia No. 1 C ha p te r of th e Iza a k Walton L eague, a nati on al non profit organization devot ed to soil conserva tion and preservation of fish and ga me , is lookin g for a va cant tract of land in G eor gia whi ch border s on a highway . T hey propose to turn suc h a site into an a tt ract ive wa vsid c park for th e convenience of local ~i ti z ens and motori sts. A n v comm un itv wh ich off er s suc h a sit~ wh ich the ~ ' would be inter ested in h avin g developed by th e Izaak \ Val ton L eague ma y con tact th e organiza tion a t Box 445 , Atlanta.

G EO RG IA DE PARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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Augusta Industry
A new industry recen tly h ad it s for. mal ope ning in A UG U STA . In glett and Corl ey, I nc., m ak er s of m a chinorv which weigh a nd bag various sub'. sta nces, is hou sed in a new on e-stan' mod ern building representing an in'. vestm ent of some $200 ,000, T he ma. chincry th at th e conce rn produ ces docs th e filling of bags and weighing two to three times as qui ckly as othe r such devices a t abou t h alf th e cost. U nion Bag and Pap er Co rpo ra tion of Sava nna h (sec p age 7) has exclusive selling r ights for the machin es.
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Georgia Leads South
In Pulpwood Output

G eorgia led all sta tes in th e south in pulpwood product ion in 1953 a nd a Ge orgia co unty- C linc h- led all COl Il1 tics in output.

These figures h ave j ust been rcleascd by th e U . S. D ep artment of Agricultu re, Forest Serv ice, a nd the So utheastern For est Experim ent Sta tion , Asheville, N . C ., E . L. Demmon, Direct or.

T he south's output was 16,127 ,000

cords, 61 % of the n ation's total produ c-

tion . Georgia produ ced 2,879 , 168 cords,

of whi ch 2,748 ,853 cords wer e pine.

124.613 cords hardwood a nd 5.702

cords che stnut.

.

Lead ing cou nties in Geo rgia in p rodu ction wer e : C linc h, 146,963 cords : Brantley, 86,228 ; Cha rlton, 75,289: Ca m de n, 73,308 ; Glynn , 71,852 .

Glynn County led in h a rd woods cords, 16,38 1; D ecatur second, 15,98 1; McIntosh third, 14,40 1.

T wo coun ties produced th e 5,702 co rds of ches tn ut, F annin, 4, 105 cor ds and Gilm er, 1,597.

Geo rgia sho wed a gain in 1953 over J 952 of 366,000 cords produced .

Th e rep ort listed 71 mi lls in th e south that lise pulpwood .

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Vienna Pump Plant

V IENNA is th e hom e of a new indu str y which has develop ed thro ugh th e enterp rising sp irit of Roy C . J oiner. H e is th e head of th e Ge orgia-Pacific Pump Co m pa ny wh ich will em ploy some fift een p eop le in the assembly line producti on of wat er p umps. Producti on level is eight p umps per h our.

NEWSLETTER

August 25, 195,1

Georgia's Dade County Is Unique In History, Scenery, Annual Art Show

Every G eorgian wh o VI SitS D ad e County is bou nd to feel proud th at thi s beau tiful, pr ogressive " F ree Sta te" did cha nge its m ind a nd come back int o
the famil y. T he story of Dad e Co unty's double-
barreled s~cess i on from d; e U ni ted States of Am erica is one of those ficrv episodcs of th e Old South th at n eed~~

rain , a nd, of course, mountain fishin g, hunting and ot her out door sports.
Lumberin g is Dad e's oldest and most valu abl e ente rprise, quarrying is important, th e county is progr essive in ag riculture , a nd , in recent yea rs, more

Mrs. Ca therine Morrison. is the officia l \ oice of th e countv.
Dad e Countv fa'nners util ize th e soil conserva tion ~e rv ices of th e Coosa River Soil Con servat ion Dist rict und er th e lead ersh ip of Al Webb . technician . a nd Col. D . E. M or rison; supervi sor: There a rc seven tr ee far mers in Dad e a nd it wa s one of the first counti es in Geo rgia to ha ve a for estry figh ting
unit. J. C. Pace is th e For est R an ger .
L ookout M ou nt a in H ot el serves visitor s to th e area .

the pen of a M ar gar et Mitch ell to do it ju stice. It happen ed ba ck yonde r

Befo' de \ Va hr- as a matter of fact. the imp ending- War Betw een th e States brou ght th e incident ab out.

Wh en it becam e obvious that a rup-

tur e betw een th e North and South was i-icvitabl c, th e folks up D ad e County way were for getting at th e unpleasant-

ness a nd getti ng it over with . Whil sra n-s nu -n on both side s of th e Pot om ac wrangled , Dad e "secede d" from both

Georgia a nd th e U n ited Sta tes!

T ha t was in 1860 ; th e war came and went, and Georgia and th e rest of th e

Confederacy rejo ined th e U nion. But

Dade sta ved wh ere it wa s- " out "- for
the next 85 yea rs. Fi nally, in 1945, an-

other vote was tak en , and on July 4th of th a t vear, th e " Sta te of D ad e" retu rn ed to th ~ bosom of Georgia a nd to

the Iamilv of sta tes. The occasion tou ch ed ~ ff mu ch patrioti c fanfare: President Truman wired a n official

"Welcome H om e."
Dad e, Georgia' s most northwesterl y county, was creat ed in 1837 and nam ed for Maj . Fran cis Langhorne Dade,

t...ar Ul ,n L.o.l ll cr
Cloudland Canyon h as b reath-taking scenery that attracts many visitors to this northwest Georgia area.

who with hi s entire forc e, was killed in th e Seminole War in Florida. The triangle-shap ed county, with an ar ea of 186 squa re miles, is bounded on th e north by T enn essee. on th e east by Lookout' M ountain, .a nd on th e west
by Alab ama. Trenton, originally called Salem , is th e coun ty sea t. Dade's pop ula tion is 7,364; th e population of Trent on is 755.
Perched on the rises of Lo okout and Sand M ountains and bisect ed by a deep , rich valley, Da de is fam ous for spectacular scene ry. Sitto n's Gulch , in Cloudia nd C anyon Sta te Par k, is known as Georgia's "L ittle G rand Ca nyon." T ourists fin d othe r interests in numerous ca ves, Rising Fawn's comm un ity park, Good will Mis sion pla ygr ound and pa rk, th e Plum Nelly Art Sho w ("plum ou t of T ennessee and nearly ou t of Georgia" ) on Lookout Moun-

and more industry has been att rac ted . Dade's corn, cotton and truck crops ar e valued at $300 ,000 a year, beef cattle and hogs $150,000 , poultry $ 140,000 , dairy products $25,000 .
The county is 95 per cent electrified and is served by a locall y-own ed teleph one system th at is expanding to th e tune of $100 ,000 . U . S. Hi ghway 1I splits Dade thr ou gh th e va lley, Geor gia Highwa y 143 gives acc ess to Lookout and Sand Mountains. Dade is served by th e Southern Railway and th e G reyhound and Trailway bus systems.
Seventeen hundred pupils ar e enro lled in seven excellent grade a nd hi gh scho ols; th ere a re 32 ch ur ches; health facilities are Tri-County H ospit al, Fort O glethorpe, a nd a Co unty H ealth Center at Trenton. The C he ro kee R egion al Librarv bookmobil e serv es D ad e. Th e Dade Cou nty Tim es, edited by

Dade County officia ls include Ordinary Raymond M . Morrision, Sheriff F . C . Graham, Treasurer James V . J enkins, Tax Commissioner J ohn W . Murphy. Judge 'F reeman C. M cClurc pr esides as judge of th e L ookout M ountain Circuit : Mrs. Grace WilIiam s is clerk of t he court. R ov W . Mo or e is cou nty school superin tendent, L . C. Ad a ms farm ag en t, M iss Naomi Hubble home dem onstrati on agent, K C . Elli s surveyor, an d C. T.
Sims, coroner. M . .J. H ale represents
D ad e in th e Sta te L egislature. Trent on's mayor is A. L. Dyer, Gro-
ver C . T atu m police chief, a~d ' C. E . Kyzer head s th e volunteer fire depa rt-
m en t.
Trenton' s industr ies in clude .J. C.
H erman Mfg. Co., furn iture ; D yer
Lumber ce., J. T. Stephens Lumber
(Con tinued on Page 8 )

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COl\HvlERCE

N EWS LET T ER

Au gust 25, 1954

A nnual Fall Fairs
Belo w arc listed the fa irs whi ch will be held th rou ghou t Georgia in the com ing au tumna l mon ths. Two fa irs which hav e a lrea dy been held a rc th e Dou gla s F air (August 9- 14 ) and th e Georgia M ountain F air at Hiaw assee (August 16-21 ) . The Georgia M ountain Fair is for a ll th e north Geo rg ia mountai n cou n ties, and over 25 of th em participa ted la st week in the festiviti es.
ANNUAL FALL FAIRS
Elb erton : Elb erton Fa ir, Sep tember 611.
Ca lhou n : Gordon Coun ty H a rv est F estiva l, Septem ber 9- 10.'
Jo nesboro: C layton Co un ty F a ir, Scp tcmbcr 13-1 8.
T homaston: \ Vest Cen tra l Geo rg ia Fair, Sep tem ber 20-25.
J efferson: J a ckson Co un ty Fa ir , September 20- 25.
Ce d ar town : North west Georgia F ai r, September 20-25 .
Ca r tersville: narrow Co unt y Fair, September 20-25.
Winder: Barrow Co un ty Fair, Septem ber 20-25.
Dalton: N orth Georgia Fai r, Sep te m ber 27-0cto be r 2.
\Vrightsville : J ohnson Co un ty F air, Sep te mber 28-0ctober 2.
Atlanta: Southeas te rn F ai r, Sep te mber 30 - O ct ober 10.
Millen: J en kins Co un ty F ai r, O ctober 4-9 .
Jackson: Butts County F a ir, O ctober 4 -9 .
Pelham: Mitchell Co un ty F air, O cto ber 4-9.
Sum m er ville: C ha ttooga Co unt y F ai r, O ct ober 6-9.
At hens: Athens Ag ricultural F air a nd Ge org ia H er eford Sho w, O cto ber 11-16.
Co lumbus: C hattahoo chee Valley E xpo sit ion , O ct ob er 11-16.
Louisville: L ou isville F a ll Fair, O ctober 11-16 .
Montezuma : M acon Co unty 'F a ir, O cto ber 11- 16.
Hahira: H ahi ra Co mmuni ty Fair, O ctober 11-16.
Swainsboro: Emanuel Cou nt y F air, O ctob er 11-16 .
Rome: Coosa V alley F air, O ctober 1116.
Blakely: E arly Co unty Fair an d Pean u t F est ival , O ctober 11-16 .
Barnesvill e: L a m a r Count y Fair, O ctober 11-16 .
Ame r icus : Sumter County F a ir, O cto ber 18-23.
Bainbridge: D eca tur Co un ty F a ir, O e-

New Industries Swell Revenue Offsetting Georgia Tax Slash

H ow is it th at Geor gi a, a fter slas h ing th e ad valorem tax rat e, is collecting mor e re venue th an befor e ?
I t' s simp le, says \V . V aughn Ri ce, Dep uty St ate R evenue Com mission er. T he floo d of new indust rv has expanded our eco nom y to the tune of mi llions, bringing more fun ds in to the State T reasu ry in th e form of t axes , a nd our ta x la ws a rc being more rigi d ly en forced .
Mr. Ri ce ex p la ins th e hap py sit ua tion as fo llow s: "T he qu esti on h as been as ked as to wh at is attribu ted t he in cr ea sed revenu e to th e St at e for th e fisca l vcar end ing June 30, 1954, over th e 'previous year.
"A number of th ing s have con tributed to this increa se ; how ever, it is my opi nion that the p rin cip le things arc :
" ( 1) The in cr ease of new indust ries located within th e p ast few y e a rs.
" (2) M or e rigid enforceme n t of th e laws rel ative to th e collect ion of taxes.
" In 1951 the Genera l Assem bly, with the approva l of the Governor, enacted a General T ax R evision Act which includ ed a tax system, whi ch in the opin ion of mos t t ax ex per ts is the m ost eq uita ble t ax system in a ny o f th e forty-eight sta tes. After thi s
tob cr 18-2 3.
V ienna: D ooly Co u n ty F ai r, O ct ob er 18-2 3.
G r iffin : Sp aldi ng Count y F ai r, O ct ober 18-23.
Macon: Georgia State Fair, O ctober 18-23.
P embroke : Bryan Co unty Fair, O ctobe r 18- 23.
Brunswick: Brunswi ck F air, Oc to ber 18 -23.
Moultrie: Colquitt County Fair, O cto ber 25-30.
Cor dele : Central Georg ia Fa ir, O ct ober 25-30 .
Quitman: Brooks Co un ty F a ir, Nov cm bel' 1-6.
Vald osta: South Georgia F air, Novem ber 1-6.
Sa va nna h : Coasta l Em pire 'Fa ir, No vember 8- 15.

Ge ne ra l T ax R evision Act the Genera l Assem bly, up on th e recommendati on of th e Governor, reduced th e State a d va lore m tax from five m ills to one. fourth of on e mi ll an d am ended the intangible t ax act, both of whi ch in. cre ased the adva ntages of ind ustry and investors within th e St at e of Geor gia.

"T he Governor, t he D epa rtment of Commer ce and ot her ag enc ies have per for m ed an excellen t service in adver tising a nd ca lling to th e a tt ention of indust ry th e ad va n tages of loca ting a nd ex pa nd ing industry within this sta te. As a result, a la rge number of indust ries have located within th e sta te an d indu st ries a lre adv within the state have expa nded a t a n investment of millions of d ollars. whi ch greatly helped th e econom ic ~ i t u a t ion and as a natural resu lt this reflect ed in th e increase in state reven ue, whi ch was principally a n in crease in sales ta x a nd mo tor fuel tax.

" D ue to the in crease in industrv in

th is sta te, the revenu e of the state 'was

incr eased in fa ce of the fa ct th a t ther e

was a slig h t decr ea se in b usiness <Ten -

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" W ith th e ad va n tage s offe re d by th e State of Georgia by its fair tax st ruc tu re, clim at e, transp ortation facilities and many ot her fa ctors th at ca n be m entioned", I pred ict th a t Georgia will con tin ue to acq uire new in du stries until th is sta te will become a g rea t indu stri al com monwea lth .

Calendar Of Events

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At lanta: Associated I ndust ries of Georgia M eeting, Biltmore H otel, O ct ober 8.

Macon: G eorgia Industrial Union Co uncil, D empsey H ot el, O ctober 8-10.

Savanna h : Sou thern R egiona l Co nfer ence of F lor en ce Critt en to n Hom es. H ot el D eSot o, Octo ber 10-13. '

A tla n ta: Geo rg ia De n ta l Association , Biltmore H ot el, O ct ober 10-1 3.

Alba ny: So ut hern In d ia n Trap Shoot ing Co nv ention , Rad iu m Springs I n n, O ctob er 10-1 7.

Em ory : Second Ann ua l Dixie Pu b lic

R elations Conferenc e, Emory U n i-

versity, October 12-1 3.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT O F COM M ERCE

NEWSLETTER

Au gu st 2:i, 19:i+

Forty Million Bags Produced Daily
By Mammoth Savannah Corporation

Th e next time you ca rry h om e a bun d le of gi'oce ries, tak e a close look at th e bag th ey're in . Th ere's probab ly a littl e shi eld p rin ted on th e top of th e hag saying U nion, a nd it' s th e tra d e mark of th e U nio n Bag a nd Pap er Cor pora tio n. At th is va st Savannah plant some forty m illion paper bags a rc
produced each day. This conc ern is th e wo rld's la rgest
manufa cturer of kraft con ta iners. K raft is th e a Ger man -Sw ed ish word for streng th- a nd in thi s case refer s to the p arti cul~rl y s tron~ kind of p ap er used for m aking bags Ior gro ce nes an d for many other things. F or in stance, kra ~t is made into paperboard . From th is Union Bag m anufactu res 3 /4 mi llion corruga te d ca rdboard boxes or p a ck ing ca r tons ea ch d ay. These a rc used by m any national conce rns for sh ip ping th eir p rodu ct s th rou ghout the cou n try. Campbell sou ps, Ivor y soaps, Dixie C rysta l and D omino sugars, M a xwell H ou se coffee, T exa co m ot or oil a re only a few of th e p roduct s th at arc sen t to th eir ret ail ers in U n ion corruga ted ca rt o n s,
The com pan y a lso p roduces bags for lining garbag e pails. These ar e wat er resistant, h avin g been processed with paraffin . Sm all size p a ckages of candy, suga r, rice a nd fruit are a pt to be contain ed in Un ion ba gs. Vu -V ent bags with a m esh window arc m ad e for pac kag ing pot at oes, onions, ora nges and oth er fruit s. T he multi-wall bags- a bag withi n a bag within a bag up to six layers of thi ckn ess- arc used for ferti lizers, feed s, suga r, cem en t, etc., in la rge qu antiti es.
U nion seems to p roduce a ba g for nea rly every purpose. They a lso p rocess kr aft pap er int o other kinds of pape r whi ch have th e bra nd nam e of "Scuta n ." T hese in clude crepe d kr af t (it ha s some elas ticity, ) waxed p ap er s and a pl astic coate d paper.
U nion Bag and Pap er Co rporation is a va st plan t sp read ing over a goo d porti on of th e old H ermitage Planta tion tr a ct of 3 75 ac res in th e outskirts of Sa va n na h . Thi rt y a cres a re cove red by bu ildi ngs. Wood ya rd s an d ra ilroad yards occ u py much of th e a rea , as does th e nin e-h ole golf co ur se for em ployees. T he golf cou rse a lso en ha nc es th e plant site as one approac hes it, throu gh a long arch of oa k trees. T hen comes

acres of p arked ca rs bel on gin g to th e em ployees, m ounds of logs, as pictured on thi s page in t he wood ya rds, tall smo kestacks and a netw ork of pl ant bu ildings.
Besides thi s pl ant site, U nio n Bag and Pap er Co rpora tio n owns or has th e lon g-t erm leases of some 900,000 acr es ol wood la nd s. Much of it is in Georgia . T he conce rn practices selective cutting , promotes a fir e-prevention progr am and dist ributes severa l mi llion pin e seed lin gs each yea r through various conserva tion age ncies. T he wood lands division spo nso rs for estry ca m ps, an n ua lly awa rds two for estr y scho la rsh ips for st udy a t th e U nivers ity of G eor gia , and th ree for estry fellowships for grad ua te work a t Duke a nd Y ale U niversities.
From Pine To Paper
P ine pulpwood is cu t into 5' 3" len gths a nd d eliver ed by tra in , truck and ba rge to th e Savan na h plant a nd i" sto red in th e woo dya rds until needed . Daily pulpwood consump tio n of th e m anufacturing plant is aro un d 2,800 cords, or 160 ra ilroad ca rs.
Pulpwood is put into one of eigh t barking drums. T hese drum s revolv e slowly and th e logs bump against on e a nother, wea rin g off th e bark whi ch is sen t to th e boiler room to be used as f uel. Th e de-b arked logs go to th e wood roo m chip pe rs. F our ch ip ping ma chi nes reduce th e logs to pieces of less than an in ch in size.
T he n th e ch ips a re "d igested" in one of 36 hu ge digest er s, each 3 sto ries high . In a d igester th ey are coo ked with a ca ustic che m ica l liquid ; then th e pulp is wa shed a nd the kn ots r em oved . Then the pu lp passes into a batter y of m achines ca lled jord an s wh ich flay the wood fib er s into th e right len gth and pli ab ilit y for p ressing - or felting-into paper.
The m at eri a l from th e jordan is th en di luted . Th er e' s ap proximately one pound of pulp fib ers to 199 pounds of water as it sta rts throu gh th e " wet end" of th e pap er m a chine. The m at eri al p asses ove r a lon g revolving screen ; wat er is dra in ed an d vac u ume d fr om th e pulp. Th en th e pu lp is pressed togeth er as it goes up and d own , over and a ro und a series of steam -heate d ro llers. They a re like giga n tic tennis
(Continued on P age 8 )

Piles of log s in th e woo dyards,
j ordans which reduce wood fib er s to th e correct leng th and pliability for paper making.
Kraft paper as it come s out from the gian t roll er ma chine.

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cou r t roller s. T hey press th e pulp fibers togeth er , mat ting th em into pa per, taking out the wat er, a nd a t th e " d ry end" of th e h uge machine p ap er come, spin ning out onto a hu ge spoot. U nion Bag's six paper ma chines ~a ch average a city blo ck in length. A pIece of every roll is tested for stre ngth and ot her
qu aliti es. Th en the pap er is made into bags or
t rea ted by ce rtain processes to mak e it wat er resistant, acid resista n t, etc . Ch em icals used in th ese processes, as thos e in the digesters, are recov ered for re-use, T his makes for a less wasteful a nd more economic operation.
Union Bag and Paper Corporation products a rc sh ipped out all ove r th e Un ited States a nd to for eign count ries. The Cen tra l of Geor gia R ailroad , along with four othe r ra ilroads, serves th e plant on sidings whi ch go right into th e shipp ing dep artment and pr ovid e initi al tr an sportati on for th conce rn's pr odu cts.
Leading The Field
Th e U nion Bag a nd Pap er Co rpo ra tion is not only th e largest such plant in the wo rld ; it also hold s th e world's record for kraft production. Last yea r, with in a spa ce of 24 hours, 2,16:1 tons wer e prod uced a t th e Sav ann ah site.
The evide nce of the success of this concern lies not on ly in the abo ve record, but also in th ese'facts of its growth : in 1936 th ere were only one paper mach ine, a small bag plant, 600 people em ployed with a payroll of abo ut one million dollar s an nua lly. I n 1954 th ere a rc 5,300 employees 'ea rn ing over eighteen milli on dollar s, op er ating six paper machines a nd th e lar gest b ag produ cin g pl ant in th e world .

Pr esident of Un ion Bag and Paper Corpora tion is Alex ander Calder ; Vi cePr esident a nd Resident M anager is T. T. Dunn. Other officials inclu de Man-
age r of Pu lp a nd Pap er Divi sion .J. R .
Licntz, M an ager of th e Bag Di vision V. E. K elly a nd M an ager of th e Public Relation s D ep a rtment Kirk Sutlive.
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
A L BANY-Georgia Coo ling- & H eating Co ., dehumidificati on equipment & install ati on, $ 11,394.
ATHENS- Southeastern Rubber M anufact ur ing Co mpa ny, ca pping rubber, $27, 118.
HA l N BR I DGE- Georgia Factory for th e Blind , mattresses, $4 1,370.
A T L ANT A- CE C I nstrum ents, In c. (3 contrac ts) , recording instrum ents. .$4 1,312.
CO LUM BUS-Cotswold F ibres, l nc ., wr appin g barrier, $5 2, ~~ 29 .
CO R DEL I!:- Butler Box & Crat e Co , pallets, $28,200.
(; R IFFIN- P 0 m 0 n a Products Co .. canned beans , $39,788.
H ADD OCK- Ch er okee Prod ucts Co .. ca nned bean s, $30,712.
LAGRA NGE- Newman Co nstruct ion Co ., (2 contracts ) , packing boxes, $6 2,277.
M AC ON-Noland Co. , ducts, power pan els & breakers, $1 7,635.
RICHL A ND -Richland B o x C o III pan y, assa ult boa ts, $94 7,942 .
ROM E-Sout h eastern 2\,1 ill s , I nc.. flour, $ 10,290.
S A VA N N AH- Coloni al O il Industri es. In c., fuel oil, $ 15,400.
WINDER-Wind er Air craft Co rporation , power cable assembly and me-

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talli c rectifiers, .$79,752.

LA GRA NG I.:- Call away Mi l l s Co..

du ck, cotton, .$689,700.

ATLA NTA -J. W. Sta rr & Sons lum-

ber , softwood, boards, $53,680.'

AT H ENS-Southeas tern Rubber :\Hg.

Co ., rubber ca pping, $ 1,994.

ATLA NTA -Empire Ga s En gineering

Co ., In c., Co nstruc tion of hvd rant

refu eling, .$144,701.

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SA VANNAH- Savan nah Su gar R efin-

ing Corpo ration, sugar-gra nu la ted.

powd er ed an d brown, $56,783.

HADD OCK- Ch erokee Prod ucts Co..

bea ns, sna p an d ca nned, $30,712.

SA V A .l\'N AH- Coloni al Oil I nd ustries.

fuel oil, $5 1,324.

ATLANTA - St evens a n d Wilkinson.

designing services, $67, 100.

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A L BANY- .J. O . Blair Plumbing &

H eating Com pa ny, heating system

alte ra tions, .$1,646.

A UGUSTA -Marks H eat ing & Air

Conditioning C ompan y, construction

of warm-air hca tin g system, $ 1,095.

COR DEL E- Butler Box a nd C r a t e

Co., goods and serv ices, $28,200.

R OSSVILLE-Brock & Blevins. addi-

tion to bui lding 15, $24 7, 104. .

A T L ANT A-J. A. J ones Co nstr uction.

constr uc tion a t a rsena l, $669,539.

LA GRA N G E-Newman Constru ct ion

Co., wood en box es, $27,825.

Dade County (Contin ued from Page 5 )
Co ., Beasley Upholster ing Co. , K yzer Auto & M achine Sh op . D . 1'. Brown Lumber Co. and G . S. Cla rk Lumber Co. a rc located in N ew En gland, th ree miles north of T renton. D avi d L. C rown Co., qua rry, is a t \Vild wood -. Ri sing F awn has severa l lu mber mills a nd Ri sing F awn En amels, p roducin g objets d' art by Virgini a Dud ley.

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OEPAnTMENT or COMMEnCE
EW LETTER
SEPTEMBER 10
1954

NEWSLETTER

NEWSLETTER

Publishr-d semi-monthly hy GEORGIA DEPT. OF CO~ll\lERCE

100 St ate Capitol

* HERIHAN E. T ALl\IADGE

Governo r
BOARD OF COMl\USSTONERS

EMORY L. BUTLER

Ch airman

Lonnie A. Pop e, V. Chm, Ben J essup

Y. F. Geeslin Hoke Peter s

* NELSON M. SHI PP

Sec ret ary

V ol. 5, No. 23

September to, 1954

Courteous Cop Contest Under way

Gc orocia's Cop Cont est

fir to

st an selec t

nual th e

Co u, r sta te.s

t eo us
mo~t

cou r teo us law enforce me nt officers IS

" ell under wa y with many p ar ticipa t-

ing in nam ing th eir favor ites. T he con -

test ope ned on August 16 and will con-

tin ue thro ugh O ctob er 15.

D esign ed to stimu la te more tou rist business for Geor gia, a nd to give p ubhe recogn ition to th e cou rteous acts of Georgia's uniform ed law enfo rcem ent offi cers, the contest is open to all municip al policem en, sta te h igh way pa tr ol troop er s, city and county p olicemen, she riffs and sheriff's depu ties.

The con test is spo nsored by three AAA mo tor club s in th e sta te: th e Georgia Motor C lub of Atlan ta, th e East Georg ia M otor C lub of Aug usta and the Sava nnah M otor C lub . The Georg ia Sta te Chamber of Co mmer ce a nd Georgia Peace O fficer s Associa tion ar c also coope ra ting wit h th e p ro-
ject .

Official AA A ba llots, th e only kind tha t will count in th e contest, a rc available a t newspap er offices, AAA offices, cha mbers of comme rce, Dodge dealers and a t radio and TV sta tions th ro ugh out th e state.

Atlanta : Southern M a I' t of Infants' and C hild ren's We ar Exh ibitors, Peachtree on Peachtree H otel, Septemb er 11-14.
Savannah: R ed C ross Con fe ren ce for Southeastern Area, H ot el D eSot o, Sep tember 14-1 7.
Atlanta: Ameri ca n Associa tion of T ex tile Chem ists an d Colorists, Biltmore H ot el, Sept ember 15-18.
Atlanta: Sout hern Conf eren ce of American Societ y for M etals, H enr y Grady H ot el, Sept ember 15-1 8.
Macon : Nationa l Gua rd Associa tion of Georgia M eeting, D empsey H ot el, Sept emb er 19.
Atlan ta : Advertising F ed eration of America , Southeastern regional con ference, Biltmore Hotel, Sep tember 19-21.
Atlanta: Brotherh ood of Uni ted Luth er an Church es in Am er ica, Biltmore H otel, September 23-25.
Atlanta: Lead ership Training Institut e, Atlan ta Division, U n iversity of Georgia, September 24.
Augusta : Georgia Alc oholi cs Anony1I101lS M ecnng, Bon Ai r H otel, Scp-

September 10, 1954
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tcmber 24-25 . Atlanta and Fulton County: F u I t o n
County Centennial, September 27O ct ober 2. Atlanta: Sou th eastern Li br a ry Asso-], a tion Con feren ce, Sep tem ber 29-0c_ tober 2.
Macon: Sta te D emo crati c Con ven tion Dempsey H ot el, Sep tember 29. '
Atlanta : Sout hea stern Fair, L a kewood P ar k, Sep temb er 30-0ctober 10.
Athens: C PA I nstitute, U niversit y of Georgia, O ctob er 1-2.
Marietta: Annual Semina r a t K ennesaw M ountain N ational Ba ttl efield P ark , O ctober 1-2.
Atlanta: Sou thern Fa rm Equ ip ment M anufacturers Co nfer en ce, H enry Gra dy H ot el, O ct ober 1-2.
Athe ns: CPA R eview Co urse, University of Georgia, O ctober 4-23.
Emory: Emory Schoo l of M ed icine Cent ennial Celebr ation, Emory U nivers ity, O ctober 4-5.
Augusta: In struction al Super visors of Georgia Confer en ce, Bon Air H otel, Oc tob er 6-8.

Cover Photo
V isitor s to th e north Georgia mounta ins th is season will enjoy m an y such views as thi s one, seen from Graves' Moun ta in ncar Lin colnton. Gro ups of p ines ca n be defin ed from th e gro ups of decid uou s trees intersper sed with house clea rings. Such a sigh t mu st hav e been a source of both aw e and inspiration to the early settlers of th e Colonies.
- Photo by Ca rolyn Ca rter

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Airview of the grounds of Lakewood Amusement Park , home of th e 40th Southeast ern

Fair to be held from September 30th through October 10th. (See pa ge 6. )

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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NEWSLETTER

September 10, 1954

Georgia Advertising Commission Created For Promotion of Industry and Tourism

Citing th e trem endous ad vances Georgia has made on all fronts during the past few yea rs and str essing th e Ul gen cy of ca rry ing th e State's message to a n even wider world , Gov . Herman E. Talmadge has created a Geor gia Ad vertising Commission.
The twelve memb er s appointed to the bod y, lead ers in th e manufacturing, comme rc ial, transportation, tourist and prom oti onal fields, a re among Georgia's and th e n ation's most prominent citizens.
Purpose of th e Commission, the Gov ern or expla ined, is to step up th e location of new industries in Georgi a and incr ease th e number of tourist visitors, encourage n ew settlers and investments, and promot e th e agri cultural and gener al economy of th e state.
Nel son M . Shipp, secre tary of th e Georgia Dep artment of Commer ce, who was nam ed ch airman of th e Commission, said th e bod y was designat ed by th e Gov ernor to promote a systematic pl an of n ationwide ad vertising to present Geor gia's adv antages to th e world and to correlate th e nation advertising ac tivities of private en terp rise and thos e of th e State.
The execu tive order of th e Gov ernor sett ing up th e Commission is reprodu ced on this page.
In th e photograph ar e, left to right, Ch airman Nel son M. Shipp, Howard Call aw a y, executive director of Ida Cason Garden s, Hamilton; Horace Caldwell, president of R adium Springs
D evelopment, Albany ; J . J. M cDon-
cugh, president of St at e Chamber of Commer ce and execu tive vice-president of Geor gia Pow er Co., Atlanta ; C. E. Woolman, president of Delta-C & S Airlines, Atlanta ; W . S. Stuckey, president of Stuckey Candy Corp., Eastman ; J esse Jewell, president of Jew ell Poultry Enterprises, Gainesville ; Harrell Perkins, vice-president of Central of Georgia Railway, At lan ta, and N. F lournoy Fiske, president of Fine Produ cts Corp., Augusta. Members not present ar e Alfr ed W. Jones, pr esident of Sea Island Co ., Sea Island ; H erb ert Bondurant, vice-president of Southern Railway, Atlanta, and Mi lls B. Lane, J r ., president of Citizens & Southern National Bank,
At lanta.

BY TIll:' GOVERNOR: EXECUT IVE ORD ER

WHEREAS: Georgia possesses to th e high est degree thos e ad vantages and r~so u rces e~ge rly soug ht by th e ind ustri es of oth er regions requiring new plant lo ca-
ttons ; .by tn uestm ent ca pital seeking substantial o p portuniti es; by h omeseek ers and I!0tel~tial new citizens of many kinds, and by tourists desiring attractive

uacatio n site s; and

WHEREAS : Th ese ad vantages and resour ces are not ad equat ely kno w n

thr ough out th e nat ion, although th e opportunity to attract additional industries,

new citiz ens and vacationers is today great ; and

WHEREAS : I t is essential to th e continu ed ad van cem en t and progress of

our state and th e steady increase of th e prosperity of ou r citizens that th e un ex-

celled resources of Georgia be made kno wn to th e peopl e of th e U nit ed Stat es

thr ough a program of ex te nsive ad verti sing beyond th e confines of th e Stat e of

Georgia, to th e end that th e location of new industries here ma)' be furth er en-

couraged and that visitors, new citizens and in vestm ent capital may be invited to

com e to Georgia ; th erefor e, it is hereby

ORDERED : That th e Georgia Advertising Comm ission be created to co-

ope rate with th e Georgia D epartment of Comm erce in exami ning, ad vising, and

enco u raging a systematic plan of nat ion wide ad verti sing studiously presenting, by

th e use of th e m ost ef fec tive and ad visable advertising m edia, mat erial and data

con cerning th e S tat e of Georgia w hich will be calculated to attract and impress

citizens and industri es of other sections; and fu rth er

ORDERED : That th e Commission, to furth er promote th e com me rcial,

industrial and agricultural int erests of Geor gia, shall be autho rized and em po ioered

to accept gifts and donation s grant ed to th e Comm ission for th e purpose of pub -

licit y and aducrtising .. and furt her

ORDERED: That the Commission shall be composed of a grou j) of twelve

'rejJresentative businessmen and industralists of the Stat e of Georgia, to be ajlp oint ed

by th e Governor .. and pro vid ed that th e Go vernor shall designat e th e Chai rma n

of th e C ommission. Th is th e 18 day of August , 1954 .

[s] HERMAN E . TALMADGE

BY THE GOVERNOR:

Gov ernor

JAMES L. BENTLEY, JR .

Secr etary, Ex ecu tive Department

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NEWSLETIER

September 10, 1954

GEORGIII PIIRIIDE Of PROGRESS

Lumber Company

Two Tifton Concerns

M A CON will be th e site of a new lumber company for Georgia . The Dependable Lumber Company whieh is establishing headquarters th ere will em ploy abo ut seven people in processing timb er in to lumb er for commercial consum ption.

Feed Mill

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A new feed mill is being established at RED OAK, Fulton County. Southern Sta tes Feed Co rporation will produ ce a vari ety of feed stuffs and will em ploy about eight people in its ente r-
pri se.

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Two Garment Firms

T wo new companies have been started in TIFTON. One is th e R ank-Well Enterprises of Horner Rankin, who also pu blishes th e Tifton newspapers. Fifteen skilled persons are employed in th e production of plastic br ead tra ys. The first ca rloa d of th em has been shipped from th e new plant, a building of approximately 10,000 square feet of floor space.
Equ ally int erestin g is the fact th at const ructio n is well un der way on a
new building for th e J. W. Tindall
Company whi ch will cure ham s, employing about one dozen in th e enterp rise.
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Two new apparel manufacturers are esta blishing in ATLANTA: Billie Girl Frocks, Inc., will employ some sixty persons in the manufacture of d resses, and Vick ie Lee, Inc., is also locat ing a plant in Atlanta , employing abo ut th irtly people.
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Brunswick Ventures
Three new concern s ha ve been initiat ed in BRUNS WICK recently. The Brunswick Breaded Sh rimp Company will produce frozen sh rimp; the R. L. Peck Machine and Tool Company will make tools and Gibbs Shee t M etal Works will man ufactur e fab ricated me tal products.
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Shoe Manufacture
A br anch plant of th e Pierce Shoe M an ufact ur ing Comp an y of Blackshear will soon be locat ed in WAYCR OSS. The bran ch plan t will be known as the S. C. Spa tola Division of the company, and will ma ke Bambo shoes. The conce rn will employ some 100 in th e Waycross plant, with gra dual increase in the nu mber afte r six months. A new l:uilding of 20,000 squa re feet of floor space is being const ructed in Waycross which will represent an investment of some $200,000 for th e concern.
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Metals Conference

Cordele Industry

Extends Invitation

A new industry which will begin op-

erations about O ctob er 15th has been

As noted in Ca lenda r of E vents, a

establis hed in CORDELE. The Mun- Sout hern Metals Con feren ce will be cie Gear Works of Indiana has con- held in Atlanta, Septemb er 15-18.

tract ed for th e manufacture of "Nep- Ch apters of eight Southe rn sta tes

tun e" outboard motors in Cordele. The will meet to discu ss "D iversifica tion

"Ne ptune" is a lightweight trolling mo- of th e Sou the rn M etal working Industor, popu lar with fishermen. Some 25 try," an d th ey are ext end ing an invi-

emp loyees will initiat e th e concern in ta tion thi s year to in terested non -mern-

Cord ele.
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Metal and Wire CO. L A WRENCEVILLE ~ill soon be the
site of a pla nt of the Better Hilt Products, Inc., of Add ison, Ill inois. Frank Camp of Addison is president of the

. . bel's to attend. A number of speakers . discussing the diversification th eme will be included along with tou rs th rough th e Ford Motor Company pl ant, H apeville, Atlantic Steel Company plant, Atlanta; and Lockheed Aircraft plant, Marietta. Those interested in attending the conference may

ind ustry which specializes in sheet met- obtain more information by contac t-

al and wire work, such as furniture, ing Chairman Michael F. Wiedl, Sou-

trellises, lawn fenc es, flower wagons thern M etals Conference, Atlantic

and baskets. Production will begin soon Ste el Company, P. O . Box 1714, At-

with some forty employees at the plant. lanta 1, Georgia.

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HIGHLIGHTING OU{( P{(OG{(ESS
Constru ction has begun on a new egg market in Wa ynesboro for Bur ke Coun ty . . . There were 8 18 new busi. ncsscs chartered in th e state in th e first half of 1954 as compa red with 702 during th e same period of 1953 .. . T he value of goods exported th rough the docks a t Savannah d uring the firs t four mo nths of this year was over 25 mil. lion do llars .. ..
Pill sbur y Feed Mill s in Gainesville,
built by J. D . J ewell, will be dedicat-
ed on Septemb er 11 . . . Fannin Co unty rece nt ly celebrated its centennial anniversary with six da ys of fest ivities .. . The number of visitors in July to Okefenokee Swamp Park brok e all records: 18,738. . . .
Columbus has been chosen by the United Sta tes Chamber of Comm erce as one of six fast growing cities for a study of tr an sportation, educa tion, housing and industrialization and other aspec ts of ra pid urb an developm ent. . . . Constru ction is well un der way on the W. L. Frew Corporation plant at Cedartown. . . .
Americus Enterprise
A new company has established 111 AMERICUS for th e manu facture of wooden loading pallets for warehou ses. The Rh ymer Compa ny, head ed by R . H . Rh ymer, emp loys some twen ty people in th e making of th e pa llets, now being prod uced for the M arine Base at Albany .
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Pea Shelling Plant
Last year, as a sideline to Mc Cranie's Frozen Foo ds, OCI LLA , S C. M cCran ie began a pea shelling and packin g business in a minor way. This yrar, with additional machinery and some dozen employees, th e pea shelling plan t has become a con siderabl e ent erprise. At last report over 30,000 tencu nce cardb oard containers of peas had been prepared for shipm ent by whol esale dealers. Approximately 4,000 pack ages per da y are pr oduced. Expansion of the pea shelling and packaging operation is anticipated for next yea r .

NEWSLETTER

Sept emb er 10, 1954

Fulton County, Now A Century Old,

Plans For An Elaborate Celebration

Fulton County, the most complex section in all the Southeast, will celebrate its 100th year Sept emb er 27-0ctober 2, with a nost algia somewhat strange to its exuberan t people.
A horse-drawn tro lley will rattle down the traffic-choked stre ets; merchandise in store windows will give wa y to piquant tableaus of long ago when th e land along the Piedmon t was still being wrested from th e Cherokees and th e Cr eeks ; flag s will fly from poles in every town in th e cou nty, and all of Fulton's ha lf million citizens will be invit ed to look ba ckward or forward in a dozen different wa ys.
An unique histo rical parade, believed to be th e first of its kind ever produced for a Centennial revue, will show in three-dimensiona l rep licas the major scenes and landmarks that ha ve charted Fulton's explosi ve early growth, its crushing tragedy in the Burning of Atlanta, the imp lacable, det ermined expansion that followed th e War Between the States. The parade will be timed for 7:30 p. m. Wednesday, September 29, sta rting from Peachtree and Raker, with a reviewing stand at th e Courthouse.
Speakers will ta lk at a ga la Cou nty Open House which will entertain, for the first tim e officially, thousands of residen ts who will be invited to meet department heads, visit offices and see for themselves the working of a busy coun ty government.

tic in every detail, have been planned to. portray th e actual chronological mileston es, Fort Gilm er, the sturdy log block ho use that stood, athwart all cha llenge, as th e white man 's bastion at Standing Pea chtree, will lead th e parade. The date : 1813.
The doughty little log cabin of H ardy Iv y, hom e of th e first wh ite citizen of Atl anta who cannily swa pped a pon y for a 200 acre land lot, will come next.
Following th ese will com e the Driving of Stakes for T erminus, first name given to Atl anta, which wa s the beginning of this community as the great transportation center of the Southea st ; Wash Coll ier's store, which also hou sed the post office; Atl anta's first municipal election ; the creation of Fulton County; City Hall-Court House; First
mS. tgreeotf LAigtlhatnst;aB; aAtttlleanotfaAbtelaconmtae'' sBfuirfnth-
State Capital ; Negro Education ; Artesian well drill ed at Five Points ' Georgia T ech opene d ; At lanta's fi:st skyscraper ; Death of Jocl Chandler H arris ; Pr em iere of "Gone With th e W ind " ; and Fulton County of th e Future.
A second seg men t of th e pa rad e wi ll be equally exciting and equally signi fican t in telling th e sto ry of th e County. It will include a gro up of float s portraying th e broad sw eep of progress in various field s of in dustry, busin ess) sci-
en ce and service.

.T he Story of Railroading, beginning

wIt~ a repli ca of th e first engine in this

section, to a grea t diesel engine pulling

a mod ern facto ry ; th e St or y of St reet

Cars and Busses; Auto mobiles, from a

1900 model car, to a futu ristic expe ri-

mental plastic Tru cking, with

mod el of th e a horse-drawn

fturtauvroei~'

used by th e Indians, a covered wagon,

an antique truek, and fina lly a mod ern

tractor-trailer ; Aviation, with a n exa ct

replica of the Kitty Hawk, and a jet

plane of th e future; Elect ricit y, bridg-

mg th e gap from cand lelit cabins to

brilli antly lighted buildings of tod ay;

Communicati ons, from th e Pony Ex -

pr ess to tod ay's ra d io-relay towers;

~t eel , fro m th e early hand forg e to th e

fier ce furna ces of today; Agriculture,

with its changes in farm equipment ;

01 Fashion , and of Medicine, which

has made spec tac ular strid es in th is

century in solving th e mysteries of the

human bod y . .. all th ese will be shown

in th e ambitious revue of a county's

growth. They will remain on publie ex-

hib it during the Southeastern Fair, in

a spec ial Centennial building.

The Centenni al has involved planning and work by hundred s of Fulton County men an d wom en. U nd er th e lead ership of th e Fulton Cou nty Commissioners, Archie Lindsey, 1. Gloer Hailey, Thomas 1.. Camp, R. 1.. (Shorty ) Doyal, and James H . Aldredge, and Ivan Allen , Sr ., Centennial Chairman, every mayor of Fulton's ten incorporated towns has participated in th e development of th e celebration.

In addition, a number of citizens ' committees have worked out the de tails of th e Centennial week.

Every school in th e coun ty will hold hom ecoming affairs, inviting parents
and old gr aduat es to return to schools to witn ess dr amas, dan ces, musical programs, art ~xhibits and athleti c events , performed III the mood an d costumes of yesteryear.

Bands will play in public squ ar es, costume dances will be held . Civic

dubs will center their September programs around the meaning of the past, and promise of th e fut ur e as interpreted by the area's most gifted public speakers. Churches, many of which are more than one hundred years old , will use the Centennial th eme the preceding or final Sunday of the celebration.

T he H istoric Pa rad e alone woul d tell the tumultous story of a dynamic community, in its living and growing.
Twenty floats , each of them authen-

Building the Fort Gilmer Float which will lead the H istoric Parade COUDty Cen tenn ial.

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NEWSLETTER

Dixie To Glitter At Southeastern Fair

The 40th Annua l Southeastern F air ope ns its ga tes to th e public at 9 A. M . Thursday, Septemb er 30th. This year the Southeastern F air is featuring for th e firs t time comp etitiv e county ex hibits. T he Li vestock Sh ow has several th ousa nd more feet of space in 1954 th an in p reviou s years. Li ghts Di amond Jubilee will be celebrate d a t th e fair wi th an All El ectric Building housing displ ays of th e elect r ical indust ry together with th e wo rld 's lar gest electric light bulb of 75,000 watts, and in add ition, a 50,000 watt bulb. The evolution of light fro m th e torch throu gh mode rn devices to be available within th e next few years will al so be on exhibit. Swin e, po ultry, a nd fa rm mach ine ry will be ano ther feature. The Industrial Building will hou se comme rcia l exhibits from th e en tire Southeast.
Horticulture en thusias ts will delight to th e magn ificent d ahlia sho w plus th e combined effor ts of Atl anta Flori sts in p resenting a feature exh ibit of flower s. The W om an 's D ep a rtment h as 8,000 squ a re feet of space and thi s yea r is selecting th e outstanding H om emaker from th e State of Geo rg ia. You th ac tivities include 4-H Clubs, F .F.A. a nd F .H.A. The Arm ed Ser vices are particip ating thi s year, in addition to the fa mous Video exhibit of th e Ground Observer Corp s. enabling fair goer s to see all activity on th e grounds-thru 30 T elevision ca meras p lace d a t stra tegic points on th e gro unds with receivers stationed in ai r-conditioned van s.
After th e fair th e four large buildings with app rox ima tely 125,000 squ ar e feet of floor space will be mad e available for large industrial and comme rcial shows. Sin ce th e buildings wer e primarily design ed for exhibit space th ey a re easily ada pted to a ny typ e of industrial shows. It is hoped th at this serv ice mad e availa ble by th e Southeas tern F air Association will bring to Georgia many large trade show s that have by p assed th e St ate du e to lack of space.

Robe rt Scott Lynch
(T his is th e first in a series of articles
abo ut G eorgia's ind ust rial lead ers that
th e N ewslet ter w ill carry f rom tim e
to tim e in variation wi th the articles
on Georgia in dus t ries. )
In six days, on September 16, 1954, th e Atla ntic Steel Comp an y will celebrate th e tenth anniversary of th e a rrival of R obert Scott Lyn ch to th e At lanta concern. M r. Lyn ch, now president of th e company, is probabl y one of th e most beloved administra tors in any en terprise tod ay.
H e was asked by T. M . Girdler, p residen t of R epublic St eel in Ohio an d under who m L yn ch h ad work ed for twenty yea rs, to go see th e p eopl e at Atla ntic Steel, and if he could help th em work ou t any problems th ey m ight ha ve, to stay for five or six months. Ind eed , it was a tim e wh en th ere was a problem in collec tive ba rgainin g a t Atl antic St eel. M r. L yn ch 's work was so effec tive th at now he is rounding out his tenth yea r th ere, ha ving been elevat ed in position several times until he was made presid ent in 1947. Mr. L yn ch discounts thi s, saying simply " I just had th e I rish luck enoug h to be in th e righ t place at th e righ t time."
Mr. L ynch 's ou tsta nding characteristic in appearan ce is a p air of blu e eyes th at spa rk le with ga ity, and a t othe r tim es, reflect a deep th ou ghtfuln ess. H e is a short, round man , with a grey moustach e and balding hair. H is m anner is affa ble a nd always gen tle. Mr. L ynch enjoys a good ga me of golf

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and he' s fond of th e nu mber 13 for associa tions it h as for him of in terest_ ing an d imp ortant occurrences in his life.
H e was born in V andergrift, Pa., the second young est of ten ehildre n. H is father was th e for eman of an iron sho p in a steel pl ant. Mr. L yn ch him self was a laborer on an ope n hear th alter he graduated from high school; th en he went to Ohio and wor ked in steel pl ants a nd a ttended Ohio St ate U niversity whi le th ere.
Pr esident L yn ch h as accomplished much in th e development of the At lantic Steel Compan y: a steel mill mocleniza tion p rogra m, establishment of a wareho use division a nd fa cility, family like rela tions in la bor and manageme n t of 2,000 peop le, a n exemplary and effective safety p rogram for industry and completion of th e la rgest electric fu rn ace operation in th e Southeas t-a 75-ton top charg e electric furnace and building faciliti es, wor th over th ree milli on dolla rs.
Coming Award
One month from now R obert Scott Lyn ch will be hon ored by his home sta te as a " Pe nnsy lva nia Ambass ador" for th e credit he has brought himself an d the Sta te in hi s outsta nding ach ievemen ts. H e will be ho no red along with 21 others inclu d ing L isa Ki rk , Ad olphe M cnj ou a nd Gove rn or of Alaska B. Frank H eintzleman during thi s "Pennsylvani a Week."
Georgia is ind eed p roud to h ave this Pennsylvanian in her mids t-and his wif e and four children. Hi s contribu tions to th e industrial South ar e mark ed by Geo rgia wi th pride.
M r. Lyn ch believes in "giving th e
best of what you've go t .. " a nd he h as
contribu ted not on ly econom ica lly
through his industry but also in giving
his tim e to man y organizations- living
his belief. H e is Georgia Chairman for
th e Am erican-Korean F oundat ion,
trustee of th e Atl anta YMCA an d
Community Chests, thi s yea r he head s
the Am erican R ed Cross in Atl anta, h e is a past president and chairma n of
Associat ed Industries of Geor gia, a
past direct or of th e Atlanta Chamber
of Commer ce, he is a director of th e
Am eri can Iron and St eel In stitute a nd
m ember of th e Ad visory Council for Scienc e and Engineering a t th e U niversity of Not re Dame.

NEWSLETTER

Sep tember 10, 1954

Historic Catoosa Abounds in Timber, Clure, of LaFayette, Walker County, p resides. E arl B. Self is Solicit or Gen eral.

Specializes in Variety of Chenilles Features The manufacture of che nille prod-

u cts is p revalent throughout th e coun-

Catoosa Co un ty is th e Gateway to industrial plants, Fort O glethorpe is ty. There are innumerable sma ll op-

Georgia for U. S. Hi gh way 4 1 and th e th e site of th e Tri-County H ospital erations in chenille, whil e th e two m a-

1\'. C. & St. L. R ail road , but th e fa me tha t serves Catoosa, D ad e and Walk er jor employers ar e C roft Chenill e in

of thi s beau tifu l hill- and-vall ey section counties. This wa s built a t a cost of Fort O glethorpe an d Sweet wat er Rug

had been spread long befor e th ere were

railroa ds a nd roads.

R inggold, C a too sa's county sea t, was

incorpo ra ted in 1847, before th e county

was crea ted . I t took its name fr om a

M ex ica n W ar hero wh o fell a t Palo

Alto. H e was a Marylan der, a ma jo r,

but history seems to ha ve forgo tten

his given na me.

Wh en thi s northwesterl y region was

th e heart of th e old C he ro kee N ati on,

th er e was a ch ief, Catoosa, by n am e,

wh ose lan ds con ta ined some fine lime-

sto ne sp rings. T he Indi an s gr ea tly ad-

mired Catoosa' s 'spring wat er, and so

did th e whi tes who ca me after th em.

In 1853, wh en a new coun ty was form-

ed from slices of W alk er and Whit-

field , it was na med Catoosa.

Catoosa Co un ty was th e scene of

th e last bloody fighting of th e C hat-

ta nooga Campaign in th e Wa r Be-

twe en th e Sta tes, and was Sh erman 's

starting point for th e M a rch to th e

Sea . Ringgold was a busy rail cen ter

even th en . At one tim e it was th e end of th e W & A ra ilroa d. O ne of th e fir st

A truckload of pulpwood from Catoo sa County.

tunnels in th e Appalachia ns may still be seen a t nea rb y Tunnel Hill.
R ather small in size, th e area of th e coun ty is 167 squa re miles, a great pa rt of wh ich is in corpo ra ted in th e C hattahoo che e Na tiona l F or est. C atoosa's populati on in 1950 was 15,146, a gain of a pproximately 3,000 ove r th e census figure of 1940. Ri nggold' s 1950 popu lation was 1,192. And right now, every one of th em is getting read y for th e Ca toosa Coun ty F ai r, Sep t. 16-18.
O ther imp ortant town s besides R inggold a re F ort Oglethorp e, population 63 1, and G raysville, popul ation 120.
F ort Ogletho rpe, until a few yea rs ago an imp or tant militar y establishmen t lying p a rtl y in Catoosa a nd p artly in Walker County, was na med for Georgia's fou nd er , Gen eral J a mes Edward O glethorp e. T he fort wa s formerly th e hom e of th e fa mo us 6th U . S. Cavalry, a nd lat er served as a wartime mob ilization cen ter.
C hicka ma uga Nationa l Park is loca ted in Ca toosa County, p art of it in W alk er Co unty .

ove r 11'2 milli on dollar s; it was ded ica ted on e year ago.
Officials
Catoosa County officers include O rdin a ry, Earl e M cD ani els; C lerk of
Cou rt, O. L. Wi ggin s; Sh eriff J. M .
M or eland ; Treasurer , Ba nk of Ringgold, T ax Commissioner , Bert Ward ;
Schoo l Superintendent, J. A. Ember-
son; Coron er, J ohn Chambers; Com mission er, T om W. Christian ; and M rs. Ru byc Peters, Clerk. St at e R epresen tative is H ow ard Abn ey, a nd St ate Sena to r is O . C. Rollin s. M ax Corn is County F arm Agent and Mi ss R obbie C a usby is H om e D em on stration
Agen t. J oe T. Cl a rk is M ayor of Ringgold ,
and J. J. Alton is Police Chief ; H. B.
M cMillen is C ity Cl erk ; D. G . Pet ers, Superintendent of Waterworks and Sewera ge.
Catoosa is in th e Seventh Co ngressiona l Di stri ct , represented by Congressman H enderson L amham of R ome, and it is in th e L ookout Mountain Judicial Circuit, Superi or C ourt,

Corpo ra tion in Ringgold . Chenill e cloth, bed spr ead s, towels and ru gs are amo ng some of Catoosa's p roducts.
Cat oosa Coun ty, over a cen tu ry old , has 940 farms. Their average size is 83. 7 acres. The land a rea of th e coun ty is 106,880 ac res; 78,7 10 acres were in far ms in 1950. The rem aind er is woodland, mu ch of it , th e C ha tta hooc hee National F or est .
Gen er al cro ps a re gro wn , and tru ck crops. D airy farming is an imp ort ant p art of th e ag riculture, and th e J . M . Nance & Son milk pasteurizing pl ant a t Ringgold emp loys 15 p eople.
The 2,000 acres pla n ted in cotton in 1953 h ad a high lint yield of 335 pounds per acre on a p roducti on of 1,350 bal es. A conside rable amo unt of gra in is also raised in Catoosa.
Transport ati on in th e coun ty is fa cilita ted by U . S. Hi gh way No . 4 1 and State No. 3, whi ch en ter th e St at e at th e Catoosa-Tennessee lin e and traverse th e State sou thward to Fl orida.
u S. Route N o. 76 goes eas twa rd into
South C ar olin a, and St at e Nos. 2 and

Besides a number of businesses and over which Judge Freem an C. M e-

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Annual Fall Fairs
Elberton: Nin e County Fair , Septemb er 6-1l.
Calhoun: Gord on County H ar vest Festival, September 9-10.
Jonesboro : Clayton County Far, Septemb er 13-18.
Marietta: Cobb County F air , September 13-18.
Canton: Ch erokee County Fair , Septemb er 14- 18.
Ri nggo ld: Catoosa County Fair, Septemb er 16-18.
Thomaston : West Central Georgia Fair, September 20-25.
Jefferson : J ackson County F air , Septemb er 20-25.
Cedartown : Northwest Georgia F air, Sep tember 20-25.
Cartersville: Bart ow County Fair, Septemb er 20-25.
Winder: Barrow County Fair, Sept ember 20-25.
Dalton : North Georgia Fair , September 27-0ctober 2.
Wright sville: J oh nson Cou nt y Fair, Sep tember 28-0ctober 2.
Atlanta: Sou th eastern Fair, September 30-0 ctober 10.
M illen: J en kins County Fair, O ctober 4-9.
J ackson : Butts County Fair, O ctober 4- 9.
Pelha m: Mitchell County Fair, October 4-9.
Summerville: Ch attooga County Fair, O ctober 6-9.
Claxton: Evan s County Fai r, O ctober 11-16.
Athens: Ath ens Agri cultural Fai r and Georgia H ereford Show , O ctob er 11-16.

Columbus: Ch attahooch ee V alley Exposition, O ctober 11-16.
Louisv ille: Louisville F all 'Fair, O ctober 11-16.
Montezuma: Macon County Fair, O ctober 11-16.
Hahira: H ahi ra Community Fair, O ctober 11-16.
Swa insboro: Em anuel County Fair, O ctob er 11-16.
R ome: Coosa Valley Fair, O ctob er 1116.
Blakely: Early Cou nt y Fai r and Peanut Festival, O ctober 11-16.
Barnesville: Lamar County Fair , O ctob er 11-16.
Trenton: Dad e County Fair, O ctober 15-16.
Americus: Sumter County Fair , O cto ber 18-23.
Bainbr idge: Decatur County Fair, O ctober 18-23.
Vienna : Doo ly County Fair, O ctober 18- 23 .
Griffin: Spalding County Fair, O ctober 18-23.
Macon : Georgia State Fair , O ctober 18-23.
Pembroke: Bryan County Fair, O ctober 18-23.
Brunswick: Bru nswick Fai r, O ctober 18-23.
Mo ultrie: Colquitt County Fair, O cto ber 25-30.
Cordele: Central Georgia Fair, O ctober 25-30.
Q uitman: Brooks County Fair, Novem ber 1-6.
Va ldosta : South Georgia Fai r, Nove mber 1-6.
Waycross: O kefenokee Fai r, November 1-6.
Sav an nah: Coa stal Empire Fair, No vemb er 8-15.

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Catoosa County
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151 and 146 serve th e Cat oosa area also.
Eight motels accommoda te tour ists to thi s historic and scen ic region of th e sta te.
Besides th e N. C. & St. L. R ail road (the W & A ), th e Cen tral of Georgia and the Sou thern railways also cross the county.
Two weekly newspapers are pu blished in Rin ggold : th e 83 yea r aid Cato osa C ounty R ecord is publi shed and edited by C. E. Carter, and the Ca toosa Count y N ews, six years old, by Ned Lee.
Ringgold has a dial teleph one system, provided by th e Rin ggold T elephone Compan y, and th e Southern Bell T elephone Company also serves th e county from its offices in Ch a tt anooga .
Electricity is pr ovided by th e Georgia Power Company an d TVA lines also criss-cross this region.
The Bank of Rin ggold is the financial facilit y of th e county ; some 50 churches of various denomin ati ons p rovide for th e religious life. There a re a number of civic organizations besides th e Lions , Ex chan ge, Civitan and K iwanis Club s, which meet regul arl y in Rin ggold and other parts of th e county.
Un der the School Authority, ap proximately one million dollars worth of new school bui ldings will be con structed in the county, including a new high school in R inggold . L ast year' s school enro llment was some 4,500 pu pils.
Wa ter is supplied to Rin ggold th rough its own wa ter system, which, along with the sewage disposal system, had major imp rovements mad e to it in 1953.

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NEWSLETTER
'SEPTEMBER 25
1954

NEWS LETTE R

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-monthly hy GEORGIA DEPT. OF CO~IMERCE
100 State Capitol

* HERMAN E. TALMADGE
Gov e r n o r
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS EMORY L. BUTLER Chairman

Lonnie A. Pop e, V. Chm. Ben Jessup

Y. F. Geeslin Hok e Peters

* NELSON M. SHIPP Secr etary

Vol. 5, No. 24

September 25, 1954

Third State Tour Set fo r October

During th e week of O ctob er 2-9 some twentv-fi ve travel edito rs of newspa pers a nd ' touri st ro u ting officia ls of oil companies will visit aro und the sta te of Georgia, courtesy of th e Geor gia Sta te Chamber of Co mm erce , a nd th e Georgia H otel Associa tion . Also on th e tour will be the t rav el service director of Rand M cN ally & Co. , pu blishers an d map makers, and th e senior editor of H oliday magazi ne .
T he group will leave Atlan ta on Sunday morn ing, O ctober th ird . T he ir tou r will have som e inn ovat ion s from th e two p reviou s tours pl anned by th e Sta te Chamber. The general itinerary will be nort h throu gh Calho u n to sec th e Ind ian Capi ta l of New E cho ta , to R ock C ity, L ookout M ount ain an d th e Cloudland Canyon area. They will see part of th e 64 -m ile str etch (of a tot al of 90 m iles) of Lookout Mounta in whi ch is in Georgia wh ich incl udes Rock City, as well as man y o ther beau tiful sites a nd wa ter falls.
T hen th ey will go sout h to Vi lla Ri ca, Ida Cason Gardens, Fort Ben nin g, Pro vidence C an yon , Anderson" ilk Pr ison, Radium Sp rings, Okefenok ee Swamp Pa rk, Brunsw ick, J ekyll Islan d, Savan na h, th e sla ve m a rk et a t L oui sville, Augusta, th e Au gu sta N ational Go lf Cou rse, a nd return to Atlanta.
Cover Photo
E ugen e T al mad ge M emor ial Bridge , Savanna h . See sto ry on p age 3.
- Photo by Jim Bisson ,

Jim Bisson
This photo, taken on Januar y 2nd, shows th e Seatra in Sa vannah gliding between the grea t conc re te pi ers which step th eir way up th e banks of the Savannah Riv er . All conc rete work on th e ma in bridge had been completed and steel erection was proceed ing rapidl y.

Atlanta : Sou th ern Ba kers Assn . M eet-

ing, Biltmore H ot el, Septem ber 26-

28.

Atlanta and Fulton C oun ty: Fulton

Co unty Ce n tennia l, Septemher 27-

O cto ber 2.

Macon : Sta te D emocratic Co nv en tion ,

D em psey H ot el, Sep tember 29.

Atlanta : Southeastern Li bra rv Associa t ion M eeti ng, Biltmore H ~ tcl , Sep-

tember 29-0 ct ober 2.

Atlanta: Sou theas tern F a ir, L ak ewood

Pa rk , Septem ber 20-0 ctoher 10.

Athens: C PA Institute. University of

Geo rgia, O ctober 1-2.

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Marietta: An nua l Semina r at K enn e-

saw M ou n ta in Na tiona l Ba ttlef ield

Park, O ctober 1-2.

Atlan ta : Southern F a r m Equi p ment

M an uf acturers Confer ence. H en rv

G rad y H ot el, O ctober 1-2. .

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Athens : C PA R eview Co urs e, U nivcr-

sity of G eorgia, O ctob er 4-23.

Emory: Em ory Sch ool of M ed icine

Ce n tenn ia l Cel ebra tion , Emor y U ni -

versi tv, Oc to ber 4-5.

Augusta':' Inst ru cti on al Superv isors of

Georgia Co nference, Bon Ai r H otel,

O ct ober 6-8.

Savannah: G eorgia M uni cipal Asso -

cia tion Co nv en tion, H ot el De Soto ,

O ctob er 6-9.

Brunswick: Georgi a Association of R eal

Esta te Boa rd s M eetin g, K ing a nd Prince H ot el, O cto be r 7-9.

Atlanta: Intern at ion al Mil k Co ntrol

Age ncies M eeting, Biltmore H otel, O cto ber 7-9.

Aug u s t a: Southeastern Accounting

Co nf er ence. Bon Air H ot el, O ctob er

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A tla nta : Associat ed In du stries of G eor gia M eet ing, Biltmore H otel, O ctob er 8.

Macon: Georg ia Indust ri al U n i on Co un cil Co nven tio n. D emps ey H otel, O ct ober 8- 10.
Savannah: Southern R egion Co nf er -

ence of Fl or en ce Crit tenton H om es,

H ot el DeSo to, O ctob er 10- 13. Atl anta: Georgia D ental Associa tion

M eeting , Biltmor e Hotel, O ctober 10- 13.

Albany: Sout hern I nd ian Trap Shoot -

ing Convention, R ad iu m Sp ri ngs Inn, O ctober 10- 17.

Savannah: Geo rgia M ed ical Societ y,

Savan nah C hap ter, 150t h Anniversa ry Ce lebratio n, O cto ber 12-13. Emory: Secon d An nua l D ixie Public R elation s Co nference, E mory U ni -

versity, O ctob er 12-13.

Woodbury: W ood bury Pim ien to F est iva l, O ct ober 13.

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N EWS LET T ER

Sep tem ber 25, 195-1

Eugene Talmadge Memorial Bridge Dedication Oct. 15 Opens $14,600,000 Savannah Span

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Bridge, wh ich rises 135 feet over th e Savanna h River to connec t Sava nnah a nd Sou th Ca rolina will be ded ica ted

on O ct ober 15. T he handsome struc-

ture, repr esen ting $ 14,600,000 , will be



de di ca ted bv Go vernor Herma n T al madge. Hi s 'wifl: and mother , M rs, Eu-

gene T alm ad ge, will also be p resent .

H erschel V . .Jen kin s, publisher of the

Savanna h newspap er s, will be master

of ceremon ies. Arran gemen ts fo r the

even t are bein g planned by the Sa-

va nna h C hamber of Commer ce.

T he cover ph ot ograp h, mad e by j im Bisson, pho togr apher for the Sava nnah newspap ers, shows the spa n on .July l :~ , th e da y wh en th e last steel r,irder was placed in position to connec t till' tw o sides of the bridge. T he tw o ph otos on th e lowe r porti on of thi s p age wer e taken fro m a helicopter by j ack T urner, pu blicit y direct or for the Savan -
na h Cha mber of COlllIlHTlT.

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Jim Bisson

M en wo r kin g 135 feet hi gh over th e Sav an na h Riv er pla ce th e last ste el gird er in po sit ion to jo in th e tw o sec tions of th e Eug ene T al m ad ge M emor ial Bridge.

Use of th e br idg e began September first. During th at week, 37,827 mo tor veh icles used the br idge, br inging $9,589 .85 in tolls collec ted .

J a ck T urn er

J ack Turner
Th e com pleted br id ge is a dram a t ic sigh t from the a ir as well as for motorists as th ey ap p roac h it.

A different arrview of th e new span i, eq ua lly handsom e and interesting for the lon g sha do w it cas ts to th e left of it.

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N E W SL ETTER

Sep tem be r 25, 1954

Georgia's Numerous Wayside -F---

Outdoor Relaxation Sites Thro\

On th ese tw o p ages a rc listed 63

roads ide p ark s whi ch h ad been co m -

plet ed by th e m iddle of August , ac-

cord ing to th e St at e Highwa y D ep a rt-

men t. Some 50 new parks a re in p rog -

ress now , leng then ing th e list of h os-

p ita lity sites for th e motoring p ub lic

in G eor gia-the largest sta te cas t of

the Mi ssissippi .

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A po r tion of th e waysid e p a rk at Blount C omm u n it y ( la st listin g on th is page ) is pi ctu red her e. showing on e o f th e g r ills, p er m an c n t tab les a nd ben ch es, th e we ll-ca red -for pi cn ic area in the midst of sh ade trees. M a nv of the waysid e pa r ks a re much like ' thi s one - an d a \"er y welcom e sigh t to ti red mo tor ist s. Signs are p la ced a mile or so in a d v ance of a pa r k so th at the driver ca n antic ip at e i ts location.

T he p a r ks a re mad e possible by the

Town County
Add- Cook Colema n- R an do lph F it zgerald-Ben H ill Leesbu rg-Lee M org an -i-C a lh oun M orvcn -s-Broo ks V a ldo st a-Lown des
Va ld ost a-s-Lo wn dcs N orm an Park-Colq u itt Shellma n- Randolp h A shb urn -s-T urru- r Poul a n- W ort h

S ta te R ou te
SR 7 SR 1 S R 11
S R :)
S R :17 S R 76 SR 7
SR :)8 S I{ :15 S R 50 SR 7 S R 50

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US R oute

L oca ti on

U S 4 1 a t S. city lim its of Ad el U S 27 abo u t 10 m i. so. C u thbert U S 129 1Y2 mi . no. F it zgerald U S 19 5.5 mi. n. Leesburg
W . city limits of ~10rg an S. city' limi ts of M o r~en U S 41 a t Lak e Park about 12 nu.
sou th of V a ld osta
U S 84 abo u t 4 mi . e. V a ldost a U S :)1 9 With in citv lim its U S 82 1 m i. east SI1l'llman US 41 3 mi. no. of Ashburn U S 82 4 mi . e. o f Syl vester

Buen a Vi sta -s- M arion C hi p ley- H a rris Cordel e-Cr isp Dan \'ille-T\\'iggs F av ct tcv illc-i-Fa vc t tc Lump k in-c- S tow a rr Per ry- H ouston
T a 1"\:ersvilit._. r \\'iggs
W a\"er!\' H a ll- - H a rr is P ied mon t H eights- T rou p F ra n klin-H eard Griffin-Sp a ldi ng G riffin-S pa ldi ng I nd ia n Springs-Monroe

SR 41 SR 1 SR 7 S R 19 S R 85 SR 1 S R 11 SR 87
S R 85 SR 238 SR 1 SR 7 SR 7 S R 12

MACO N RE GION
yt mi. no. Buen a V ist a U S 27 N W ed ge of Chipley U S 4 1 8 mi . so . C ord ele U S 80 abou t 1 m i. so. Danville
2 ~ mi . no. F a yct tcv illc US '_) -I 2 ~ mi . no. Lu m p kin
US 4 1 5 m i. no. P ClT \ '
U S '_) ."1 a t T a r\'l:r s\"illt:
U S 129 US 27 a t W avcrl v H all
abo u t 8 mi . w . L a G ra nge
U S 27 abo u t 3 mi . s. F rank lin
Ed ge of G riffin no. bound Edge o f Griffin so. boun d Blount Co m rn u ni tv between Ind ian Sprgs . & F orsyth

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St a te Hi gh wa y D ep artmen t wit h the coo pe r a tion of local spo nsors. R. H Bennett of th e H ighway D ep a rt ment i' d ue much cred it for p lanning mos t of th e parks. L a nd is d on ated by in d], vidu als, civic clubs a nd oth er agent to pr ovide park sites. T h en th e High_ way Departm ent a nalyzes th e site for sa fety, SUlyeys it an d d esign s th e park: th e p la ce is grad ed ,. d riv ew a ys a nd safe pa rkin g p laces p rovided. O ften local ga rde n clubs give, p lan t a nd ca re for flow ers a nd shrubs . T h e faciliti es arc th en m ain tained by th e H igh way Depart m en t. Some six mon th s a rc requ ired to co m p lete a park.
T hese ou td oor fa ciliti es arc logical a nd id eal for G eo rgia w it h it s vear ro und ben ev olent clim ate. M a n v 'motorists h ave found th at a fter ho;lrS at th e wh eel an ou tdoor m ea l a nd stretch reviv es th em for safer driving.
Spo nso r Add L ion s C lu b H om e I m p rovemen t C lu b R ota ry C lub Co un ty Co m m issioners
N10l"\Tn W oma n' s C lub
Ja vcccs
Valdosta J aycees
Shellm an G a rden C lub Ashburn G ard en C lub
Co u n tv Co m m issioners Chamber of Commerce Cou nt y Com m ission ers
L ion s C lub Pcrrv Ga rden C lub
Wom an 's Civic C lub Pied mon t H ts. C ommu n ity C lub C hamber of C ommer ce G riff in Kiwan is C lub G r iffin Ki wani s C lub

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Iks Provide Picnic Facilities,

out the State for Motorists

Co unty
\thens - C l a r k e uh e n s - C l a r k e
_ouisyille- J effcrson \[adison-Morgan ,[onroe - \'\'aIton \[ontieello-J aSptT /\[ontice110- .1 asp er
31ue Ridge-Fannin Cassville-s--Ba rt o w .levcland-s- W hitc Cumming- Forsyth Ellijay-Gilmer 'Robel:tstown- Whi te
Rome - F loyd Tallulah F ~ lls-Habersh am
Irate - P iCken s Clayton-H iawassee Rd .-
Rabun

State R ou te
SR 10 SR 10 SR 8 SR 4 SR 24 SR 10 SR 83 SR 16
SR 2 SR 3 SR 11 SR 9 SR 5 SR 75 SR 17 SR 1 SR 15
SI{ 5
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AUGUSTA REGION

US Route

Location

US 78 US 29 US 78 US 1 US 441 US 78

1.4 mi . east Athens 2% mi. E. intersec. US 29 & US 78 2 mi . so. Louisville 1~ mi. no. Madison 4 mi . NE Monroe 3.85 mi . NE Monticello 5.8 mi . W of Monticello

GA INESVILLE REGION

US 76 US 41 US 129 US 19 US 76

~ mi. so. TVA Dam 6 mi . no . Cartersvi lle
1Y2 mi . so. Cleveland 1Y2 mi . so. Cumming
5.1 mi . nw Ellijay
N . city Robcr tstown

US 27 US 23 US 441

2 mi . no. of Rome 1~ mi . so. Tallulah Falls
1~ mi . so. Jasper

3.6 mi . Towns County Lin e

Spo nsor Countv Commissioners Pilot C lub
City of Louisville V .F.W. Mt. Vernon Christian Church Monticello Improvem ent Coun cil
Blue Ridge Kiwanis Cartersville Garden Club American L egion Kiwanis
Rober tstown Community Club
Rome Garden Club UDC-Hab ersham Chapter
Tate Garden Club
Clayton Woman's Club

.\lma- Bacon
Baxley-App ling 3runswick- G lynn
3nm swick- Glyn n Cla x t on - E v a n s
Cochran-Blecklc y
Dublin-Laurens Dublin-Laurens Eastm an-Dodge
Kingsl a lld- C a l n d en Ludowici- Long
l L\'y~ohnusn-tT a- ooBmrabnstlcy
,Sahun ta-i-Brantlcv
Ohoopee R iver-s-1''1ttnall
Savannah-Ogeech ee R .C h a t h am
Soperton- Treutlen uvalda-Mon tgomery Brunswick- G lvn n lVaycross-W a;'e

SR 4
SR 4 SR 25
SR 25 SR 73
SR 87
SR 29 SR 29 SR 27
SR 25 SR 23 SR 4 SR 23 SR 23 SR 30
SR 25 SR 78 SR 135 SR 24 SR 4

SAVANNAH REGION
US 11 N . city limi ts of Alma US 23 US 1 about 5 mi. so. Bax ley US 17 a t Blythe Island so.
of Brunswick US 17 2 mi . no . of Brunswick US 30 1 8 mi . no. of C laxton US 25 US 23 6.7 mi. no . of Cochran US 129 US 441 8.4 mi . NW of Dublin U S 441 12 mi . NW of Dublin US 341 6.7 mi. S. of Ea stman US 23 US 17 S. city limits of K ingsland US 30 1 5.85 mi . NW of Ludowici
US 1 Y2 mi. S. of Lyons
U S 30 1 3.4 mi . no. of N ahunta US 30 1 2 mi . S. of Nahunta US 280 6 mi . NW of R eidsvil le

Alma Garden C lub Chamber of Commer ce
Rotar y & C laxton Garden Club Jaycees D ublin Garden Club
Long County Garden C lub Lyons Gard en Club Brantlev Lions C lub Co unty' Commissioner s

US 17 18 mi. S. of Savannah 5.3 mi. N . of Sop erton
US 22 1 1 mi . W . of Uvalda US 17 11 mi. so. of Brunswick US 1 & 23 Entrance to Okefenokee
Swamp Pa rk

County Commissioner s Mrs. Jim Peterson Uvalda Garden C lub Madge B. M erritt Garden Club Waycross & Ware County Chamber of Commer ce

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GEORGIA PARADE Of PROGRESS

Dairy Plant Opened
Th e J'v/A CO N Borden plant, one of ten plants and sales br an ches of th e co m pa ny in Geor gia. had its offic ia l opening lat e last month altho ugh it ha s been in production since last spring . In stall ati on of eq uipme nt a nd fina l construc tio n work hav e been complet ed , and th e D ixie Dairies Divi sion is processing and selling m ilk and ice cr eam . Th e da iry is supplied with m ilk hy 5 1 fanner s, op erating within a 50mi le radius of M acon .
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Plant Renovation
The Terry Poultry Company of 1A SP E R recen tly com pleted a .$40,000 renovati on progr am . Conveyors an d dressing tables wer e replaced , wir ing a nd plumbing renovated , wa ll mater ial cha nge d, new office space added as wel l as a new receiving win g. The plant, whi ch em ploys a pp roximately 160 people, is managed by D . M . U nde rwoo d. a nd owned by D oyle T erry.
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Poultry Company
The Cha rles Va n tres s poultry orga nization of Californ ia h as announce d th a t its operations will re-locat e in north G eor gia . The mov e will be to a n a rea betw~en DAWSO NVILLI~' and 1A S PE R with a 3,000 acr e farm to be ope ra ted by families in that region . ~n th e north A TLANTA ar ea th er e Will he a 150,000 bird plant. Th e finn spe cia lizes in prod ucing br eed ing males for ha tch eries th ro ugh out the nation . Abo ut 75 per cent of th e total incom e will be from out-of-stat e, whi le nearly a ll purchases a nd pa yro ll will be local.
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New Warehouse
Co nstruction has begun on a new 100,000 sq ua re foot warehouse for th e ATLANTA Paper Com pa ny. The new buildinz will he such th at in th e Iuture it om ay be used for m anu fac tu n.ng a nd office space.
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Nashville Expansion
Announcem ent h as been made of th e expa nsio n of a fertilizer plant in N A S H V I L L E : Berri en Product s Co mpan y. The addition of 27,000 sq ua n' feet of floor spac e to th e plant and insta llation of new ma chinery will in c rease produ ction of th e finn som e 50 to 75 per cent.

Cookie Plant
A new plant is to be built in FORT V ALLEY whi ch will ho use a cookie manufacturing com pany. H a ut 's Cookie Sh op of Ol ean, Ne w York , and th e Fort V all ey Development Co m pa n y have ente red into a n ag ree me nt fo r the new industry. The build ing will conta in some 5,000 sq ua re feet of floor spac e. J a mes W . Wood will he manager of th e p lant.
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Construct ion will soon begin on a new kaolin plant n car SANDERS-
V I LLE. Ben J. Tarbutton is h eading
the new fin n wh ich will em ploy several h undred people. The bui ld ing will be loca ted about six mil es from Sandersville on a n extension of the Sandersville R ailroad.
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Cordele Scrap Baler
H a rris Found ry and M ach in er y Co ., C O R DEL E, recently made n ew s by com pleting th e world 's la rgest scrap balin g press. It was m ad e for th e Chicago Auto Wreck ing Co rpo ra tion wh ich will use it to reduce old a uto mo biles to scrap . I n on e and th ree-quarter minut es it ca n mash an old a uto into a b u n d le .
Woodbury Celebrates 5th Pimiento Festival
T he fifth ann ua l Pimiento Fes tiva l held in Woodb urv will be celeb ra te d this year on O ctobcr 13th, a t th ree o'clock in th e afternoon. Manv Geo rgia girls will com pe te for th e ' title of Pimiento Queen ; a di stingui sh ed speaker will deli ver th e maj or ad d ress hon oring th e gro we rs a nd processor s of pimi entos-in thi s case th e Hi lls Broth ers Com pany of Woodbury whi ch contract s for a nd p rocesses abou t one third of th e pimi entos in th e U ni te d St at es. L ast year th e com pa ny ca me under th e m an agem ent of th e National Biscuit Compan y. The br and name of th e ca ns of pimientos com ing from th e Woodbury plant is " D ro me d a ry ."
The Pimiento Festival is a lways a h rig ht occasion ; a ll of Wo odbury and many visito rs have a good time p ayin g tribute to on e of th e major ind ust ries of west er-n tra l Gcorgi a.

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Albany Company
Operation s h ave begun in ALBA Nr a t th e Durham Scrap M at er ia l Com , pan y, a branch of th e Durha m Iron Co mpa ny of Am eri cus, In c. Th e nell" en terprise is ow ned by Da rr ell H . Durham . Ben H. Yan cey is assistant man , agel' of th e Alb an y plant . T he COIll_ pan y deals in a ll typ es of scrap iron. steel , non -ferro us meta ls, salvag itellls and relat ed prod ucts.
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Mill Expansion
New ma chincrv ha s been insta lled in th e HA ZLEH U RST Mi lls, a di vision of the Patchogue - Plymo uth Mills, whi ch is in cr easing its producti on vol: um c to mor e than double its former qu antity. Product s of th e mi ll arc s h i p pe d to ca r pe t manufact m ers through out th e U nite d States.
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Anno unce men t has been mad e that R O CHELLE will he the site of a new ind ustry whi ch will begin ope rations in O ct ober . The Peachm ar M a n ufactu ring Co m pa ny, op er at ed by Dave Laken
a nd .J. C . R obinson , wilJ start with
a bo ut 50 m achines for th e m a n ufacture of shi rt s. I t is a nticipar ed tha t ope ra tions will expa nd to oth er garments la ter. A building on Go rdon Street in R ochelle is being rem odel ed for th e new enterprise.
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Exhibit Building
Plan s hav e been co m pleted for a million dollar str uctu re in ATLA NTA whi ch will be a southe ast exh ibit ion
building. Ben J. Massell, devel op er, is
sponso ring th e bui lding whi ch will be loca ted on a 23 acre tr act of land 011 th e cast side of Stewa rt Avenue, between D ill Avenue and Cla ire Dri ve backin g up to wi th in 1,000 feet of the So uth Expresswa y. The design of the build ing provides for acc ommodations for tr ade sho w exh ibits a nd all types of conve ntions. C om p letion of th e facility is ex pec ted in J an ua ry, 1955. T he building will conta in some 130,000 sq uare feet of floor space, a ir-condition ed a nd fir eproof ed. Over 2,000 ca rs will be ab le to be parked in the planned parking space.

NEWSLETTER

Seplember 25, 1~l.'d

'Misquoted' On Slap At Dixie New England Manufacturer Says

A N ew E ngland m a nu fa ct ur er wh o

supposedly sai d that So ut hern work ers

are n ot efficien t and th e Sou th is no

coo d for industry. ac tuallv sai d no such
J li ng, h e i nforn;~ the G ~oJ'!.tia Depa rt-

ment of Comm erc e.

W . B. Gerou ld , p resid ent of A. H.

Spa ld ing Bros., M a ssachusetts spo rting

goods fir m , says th e B ost on Post mis-

qu ot ed hi m in a n inter view regard ing

aba nd onme n t of a sma ll expe rime n ta l

opera tion h is com pa ny had sta rted a t

Easley, S. C., n ine months ag o.

"Not a ll the busin ess firms tha t h av e

pu lled up stak es in N ew En gland to

transfer So u th hav e fo und a land of

profit a nd pl en ty down there," th e P ost

sta te d ed itorially. " H e (M r. Gerould )

says he found 'the availa ble employes

down th ere could not be tr ained to d o

th e qu al ity work d on e in N ew Eng-

lan d. "

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Replying p rom ptly a nd courteo usly, th e Spa lding head d escribed th e Easley op era tion as "a small pilot plant . .. opened as a n experime n t . . . to see how success fully we co uld sew baseb a lls in th at section.

" T h e qu alit y of th e work was en tirely sa tisfactory," he said, " b u t for some reason , we were u n able to ge t th e quan tit y to wa rran t furth er expa nsion . . . U n fo ru na te ly in th e qu otation in th e pape r refer en ce was made to quality ra th er th an quantity."

As to hi s opin ion on ex pan d ing th e Spaldi ng com pany's ac tivities in the Sou th, th e closin g paragr aph of Mr. Gerould's lett er is a clinch er. It reads :

" We are planning to open a wh olesale d istributing d epot in the Atlanta a rea sometime th is fa ll."

Many Fall Fairs Make Georgia Festive

Dalton : No rth Georg ia 'F a ir, September 27-0ct ob er 2.
Wrightsville: J ohnson C ounty F ai r, September 28- 0 ct ob er 2.
Atla n ta: Southea stern F air, September 30-0c tobe r 10.
Millen : J en kins Co un ty F a ir, Oc to ber 4-9.
Jackson : But ts Co un ty F air, O ct ob er 4-9.
P elh am : Mitch el l C ounty F ai r, O ctober 4 -9.
Sum merville : Chattooga C ounty F air, O ct ober 6-9 .
C laxton : Ev ans Cou n ty F a ir, O ctober 11- 16.
At he ns: Athens Ag ricu ltural F a ir an d Georgia H ereford Sho w, Octob er 11- 16.
Springfield : Effingham County F ai r, O ct ob er 11-16.
C olumbus: Cha ttahoochee V all ey E xpositi on, Octobe r 11-16.
Louisville : Loui svill e F all F air , O ctober 11-16 .
Montezuma : M acon Co u nty F ai r, O ctober 11-16.
Hahira : H a h ir a Co mm un ity F a ir , O ctober 11-16 .
Sw a insbo ro : E m an uel C ounty F ai r, O c-

tob er 11-16 . R om e: Coosa V all ey F a ir , O ctobe r 11-
16 . Blakely : E arl y C oun ty F air a nd Pea-
n u t 'F estival, O ct ob er 11-16. Barnesville: L a m a r C ounty F air, O c-
tober 11-1 6. T r enton: D ade Co u n ty F a ir, O ctober
15 - 16. Ame ricus: Sum ter C oun ty F air, O cto-
ber 18-23. Bainbridge: D ecatur Co un ty F air, O c-
tob er 18-23. V ien na : Dooly Count y F a ir, O ctob er
18 -2 3 . Griff in: Spa ldi ng Co u n ty F air, O ct o-
ber 18-23.
Macon: G eorgia State F a ir, O ctobe r 18 -2 3.
Pembroke: Bryan Co unty F ai r, O ctobe r 18-23.
Br u nswick: Bru nswick F a ir, O ct ob er 18- 23 .
Moultrie: C olquitt Co u nty F air, O ct ober 25-30.
Cordele : Central Georg ia F air, O ctober 25-30 .
Q u itman : Brooks C ounty F a ir, No vcm her 1-6.

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

AUGUST A - So u the rn C onstru ction

Co ., u n loa d ing a n d dispensi ng- sys-

tem , $28,89 7. AUGUST A - South ern Constr uction

Co. , repair an d constr uc tion, $34,34 2.

A T LANTA - .J. O . Ross Engineering

Co rporation , booth an d pain t spray d ryin g ove n, $86,84:~ . R OSS V ILLE-Brock & Blevins Co ..

Inc., ut iliti es improvem ents, $210,-

393 . ATLANTA - Chicago Pneumatic T ool

Co ., pneumatic guns, $ 114,165. V I DALIA- .J. L. T ollison , recondition -

ing slopes, $19 ,365.

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A U GUSTA - So u the rn Cons t ructio n

Co., I nc., construc tion of m iscella-

neou s b ui ldin g, $ 186,823. ATLANTA -Noland Co., Inc., mi lling

ma chines, $3 6,8 70. ATLANTA -Gowd y a nd D urkin, In c.,

boilers and othe r eq u ipme n t, $48 ,-

490 . ATLANTA- Sam Finl ey, I nc., as phalt

paving, $5 64 ,450 . CO LUM BUS - V a llev Co nstruction

Co., construc tion a t ' G reenville Air

F orce Base, $327,23 1. Af A R I ET TA - L 0 c k h e e d Aircraft
Co rp ., faci lities for aircraft mo di fica -

tion , $ 100,000 . MA CON - N oland Co m pa ny, In c., ga l-

va nized b ushing, $48 , 180. ALBANY- .Tim D en son T ran sfer &

Sto rage, services a nd m ateri als, $30,-

68 9. CO RNEL I A- H. L. W ehst er M anu-
fact uring Co ., p lanting p in e seed -

lin gs, $6 5,993. A UG USTA - Sou thern Roadbuild crs,

I nc., constr uction a t M oody Air

F or ce Base, $235, 7 12.

,\fl ACON-Stillwell Co nstruction Com-

pan y, const ruction at R obins Air

Force Base, $3 6 7,43 1.

ALBANY-.J. E . Grein er Co . & Asso-

cia tes, designing serv ices for Tu rn er

Air F orce Base, $27,950 .

ATLA NTA - Ki mberl y-Cl ark Corp.,

cush ion ing material, $20, 686 .

A L BANY-General Elect ric Sup p ly

Corp ., electrical supplies, $42 ,84 1.

BA INBR ID GE- Georgia Fact ory for

th e Blind, crew matt resses, $2 7, 116.

ATLANTA-L. A. M ann Bldr. & Dec.

Com pany , co nstr uc tion at T occoa,

$ 16,700 .

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HIGHLIGHTING
OUR PROGRESS
Oper ati on s hav e begun a t th e Rome Kraft Compan y. . . . The new W ilkes County Liv estock Yard barn, accommod atina more th an 1,000 ca t tle opened last month . . . . The Bank of Ac worth has moved into its la rger and modern ized facilities. . .. Sylvania is planning for a sewage pl ant. . . . Clarkesville Mill ha s purch ased 24 new loom s and three new ring twi sters . . . .
\Vor k has begun on th e construction of th e new tw o- million-dollar office build ing for th e I nsuran ce Comp an y of North Ameri ca wh ich is mak ing it s headqua rt ers in Macon.. .. Flowery Branch will hav e natural gas la te next vea r. . . . The G lynn Co unty H ealth Ce n ter at Brunswick was recently dedi ca ted . . ..
Co nst ruction has begun on th e new home econo mics lab orat ory a t Brenau College, Gainesville . . . . Fulto n Bag & Co tt on M ills, Atlanta, M on santo C he mica l Co mpany a nd th e In stitute of T ext ile Techno logy have en tere d in to a joint agreeme n t to invest iga te th e cya noethyla tion of cotto n fab ric and its uses. . . .
A tw elve - mi llion - doll a r sho pping cen ter will be built in D eKalb County. . . . T he Dillard F armers' M arket will in stall tw o new coo ling units in a $25,000 addition. . . . Sea Island Shirt Company of Jes up is planning an expa nsion . . . . D . Ru sht on Compan y of Atlanta will buil d a new $245,000 onesto rv office a nd wa rehouse for th eir doll ' manuf acturing bu siness. . . .
A Stewart Co u n t y Development

Gold Rush Day
On O ct ob er 16th Go ld Rush D ay will be a special even t in D ahlon ega, br inging man y visitors th er e for fun in " pa nning ." Dahlon ega is fam ou s for its unique tourist a ttracti on , and has planned a spec ial d ay of events for a unique kind of celebra tion. Ther e will be covered wagon s, costumes, gold panning, ga mes a nd a stree t sq ua re da nce in the even ing .
Corporation has been initiated a t Lumpkin. . . . Marion Co unty Impr ovem ent Corpor ation has been orga nized a t Buen a Vi st a. . . . A new leafl et on th e Okefenokee Swamp has been published by th e U . S. D ep artment of th e Interi or , 'F ish and Wildlife Servi ce, a nd is av ai lab le throu gh R ay M oor e, manager of th e Okefenok ee Wi ldlif e R efu ge. . . .
Both Wrens a nd Metter now h ave dial telephon e systems. . . . C onstruc tion is well und er wa y on th e sewage disposal pl ant a t Cordele. . . . A new wat er pumping sta tion is now in opera tion a t Toccoa. . .. A tw elve mi lIion dollar ra ilr oad ya rd is planned for At la nta by th e N. C. & St. L.
T he Sperry an d Hutchin son W a re hou se, Atlanta, is well under way, as a re th e new warehou ses for th e H enry Chanin Co rpo ra tion an d th e Ad van ce Ch em ical Compan y. . . . Oper ation s h ave begun a t th e M axw ell Box Compan y plant in Albany . . . .
During th e summer over 100 add ition al peopl e were adde d to th e Macon fiberb oard pla nt of Armstrong Co r k Com pan y whic h is still expa nd ing its operations. ..

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Autumn Leaf Tours
On all four week-ends of O ctober ten mo unta in a reas will be host to visitors in north Georgia wh o wa nt to see th e a u tum n folia ge. The tour s a n : being spo nsored by th e Geo rg ia Sta te Ch amber of Commer ce ; th ey will last two hours eac h on cvcrv Sa turda v a nd Sunda y in O ct ober. H ost citit:s inelude 'Blue Rid ge, Blai rsville, C lar kesville, C layt on, C levela nd, Co rnelia, D ahl on ega, Ellij a y, Hi aw assee and T occoa .
Government Contracts
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pa ny, m achi ne tool processing and plant maint en an ce serv ice, $300,000. ATLA NTA - CE C I nstruments, lnc., oscillog ra ph a nd magazine, $28 ,825 COLUlv/ BUS- T he J ordan Co mp any, amm unition sto ra ge facilities, Fort Benning, $185 ,930. ATLA N TA - Georgia Port Au thority, $300,000 .
TV I N D ER-Winder Ai rcraft Corporation , m etall ic rectifi er, $30, 114.
A T LAN T A- South ern En gin eer ing Corp., designing services, $6,6 16.
CO L UM B U S-Moss Co nstructio n C om pa ny, construc tion a t Elgin Air Force Base, $ 119,8 11.
A U GUSTA - Southern Co nstruc tion Co m pa ny, construction a t R obin s Air Force Base, $ 186,823.
MA C O N-- G e 0 I' g i a So uthern Co nstruc tion Com pany, constr uct ion at Robin s Ai r F orce Base, $6,4 75.
A U GUSTA- Gu y C. Smith Co nstruction Co m pany, 'constru ction a t C amp Gordon , $ 156,089.

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DEPARTMENT OF [DMMEnCE
NEWSLETTER
)CTOBER 10, 1954

NEWSLET T ER

Octob er 10, 1954

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-mon thly hy

GEORGIA DEPT. OF CO:\I:\IERCE 100 State Capitol

* H ERMAN E. TALMADGE
Governor
BO ARD OF CO MM ISSIONERS

EMORY L. BUTLER Ch airman

Lonnie A. Pop e, V. Chm. Ben J essup

Y. F. Geeslin Hoke Peters

* NELSON M. SH IPP Sec retary

Vol. 5, No. 25

O ctober 10, 1954

Georgia Shows

Hollywood l'he Way

T he Geor gia D ep artm ent of Co m-

m er ce, wh ich has been ca lled upon for

everything from a site for an a utomo-

bile assem bly plant to h ow many legs

h as a boll weevil, h as j ust len t a h and

in m aking a H ollywood m ovie.

I t began wh en a big, genia l young

m an came bustling into th e Sta te Capi-

tol to inqu ire wh er e he co uld find a

field of cotton rea dy for picking a t th at

ver y in stant. H e a lso required a z rist

m ill. An d a covere d br idge. And a

couple of elm-sha ded countrv la nes. An d

a d ozen or so lad ies and ge nts to stand

a ro un d in front of a T ech ni color ca m-

era .

H e was Bob Barfan , assista nt director

of " A M an Called Peter," wh ich 20th

S:en tury-Fox was m ak ing in Georgia

lrom M rs. biog ra ph y

Peter of her

lMa taersPhraelslb'sytbecrsiat-nscmlliinn~c

ister-h usband .

T wo m embers of th e depa rtm ent

sta ff pi led in to th e m ovie com pany's

sta tion wagon a nd took M r. Barfan , Di -

rect or J ames D . C lark a nd a n assort-

m en t of ca merrnen on a wh irlw ind tour

of a dozen co un ties. T hey found hun-

dreds of cotto n fiel ds white for pickin g.

I n Walton Co untv th cv loca ted a cov-

ered bri dge. In Barro;\" a nd Gw innett

Co~ n t ies they found g rist mi lls. T hey

deliver ed the la nes a t Oxord a nd Cov-

ington , a nd a ca ll to various Atlan ta

a ma te ur th ea ter gro u ps brought a flood

of young men and women eage r to ge t

in some acting with th e p icture's sta rs,

R ich a rd T odd and J ea n Peters.

The picture, sho t m ostly in D eca tur

a nd Co ving ton, will be released in abo ut

a yea r.

Cover Photo
T he Gl enn M em oria l Chapel at Em or y Univer sity.
-Photo by Carolyn Carter.

Ga briel BcnzUl
Woodr uff M~J1!orial. Buil~ing at Emory . U niv ersity, valued at over $2,500,000 which hous~s the. adllu lIlstr !luve offices ~f the medical sch?ol as well as several of its depart ments. Earl~e~ t his ~lI onth It . wa~ th e srte ~f th e centenma l celebration of th e Emo ry School of Med icin e whi ch held Its first classes m th e Atla nta City H all.

Sava nnah : Geo rg ia M edi ca l Societ y, Cha tham Chap te r, 150 th anniver sa ry cclcb ra tion , O ct. 12-1 3.

At lan ta : Second Annua l D ixie Pu bli c

Relations Co n fer ence. Emorv Un i-

versit y, O ct . 12-13. '

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Chipley: G eor gia D ivision , U. S. High way 27 Associa t ion M eetin g, I d a C ason Ga rdens, O ct . 14.
Wa ycros s: Six th An nu al Geor gia State R od eo, O ct. 14- 16.
Sava nna h : D edi cation Eu gen e T almadg e M em or ial Brid ge, O ct. 15.
At la nta: Am eri ca n I n stitu te of L a under ing, M un icipal Auditoriu m, O ct. 15- 17.
Dahloneg-a: Go ld R ush Day, O ct. 16. Plum Nelly (nca r R ossville ): Plum
Nelly C lot hes Line Art Show , O ct. 16- 17. Atlanta : Kiwani s Clubs of G eorgia, Biltmor e H o tel. O ct . 17- 19. Savannah: Un i t~d Daughters of th e Co nfederacy, H otel D eSot o, O ct. 1921. Sy lvania : Screven Coun ty H orse Show , O ct. 20. Atla n ta : N a tiona l Associa tion of E d uca tiona l Buyer s, H enry G ra dy H otel. O ct . 20-22 . Brunswick : Georgia R ecrea tion Society, Ki ng and Prince H otel, O ct . 20-

22 .

Macon: Geor g ia Societ y for C ripp led Child ren, H ot el D empsey, O ct . 2 1.

Thomast on: Tur kcv F estiv al. O ct. 2l.

Atla nta: Am erica n ' Business' W om en's

Association . H cn rv Gradv H ot el. O ct.

22-24. '

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Atlanta: Sa lvation Arrnv Southern T er-

r itor ia l Congress, Sa lva tio Il Arrnv

H ea d qu a rters, O ct . 22- 26,

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Au g-usta: R etail Credit Association of

Geo rgia, Bon Air H ot el, O ct . 2:1-24.

Sav a nnah: Greek O r thodox Ch ur ch

Confer en ce. H ot el D eSot o. O ct. 23-

30.

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M a con : St a te Fu tu re F a rmers R a llv.

C it y Aud ito rium, O ct. 23.

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A tla nt a: Am eri can H um ane Associa-

tion , Biltm o re H otel, O ct. 25-28.

M a con : Grand L od ge of Geo rgia, 1\1a-

sonic T em ple, O ct. 26-28.

Alba ny : Georgia I ndepend en t Oi lmen's

Associa tion, R adiu m Springs, O ct.

28 -29 .

Athe ns : T axation and R ea l Estate

Pl anning I nsti tu te, U nivcrs itv of

G eor gi a, O ct. 29-30.

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Cairo : Seventh an n ua l t hrce-co untv

" R EA Apprecia tion D ay," O ct. 29. '

Atlanta : Georgia N ewsp aper Ad vcr-

tising Executives Association, Bilt-

more H o tel, O ct. 30-3 1.

GEORGIA D EPARTM ENT O F CO M M ERCE '

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NEW SLETTER

October 10, 1954

Georgia Business Near Record Peak in 1954;

Bank Deposits Up; 818 Incorporations Seen

Busin ess activities in Georg ia in the fir st half of 1954 continued

extreme ly high, th e U. S. D epartment of Commerc e reports.

In it s fifti eth qu arterl y review of
Ibusiness conditions in th e SoutheastGeor gia, Alab am a, Fl orid a, Mi ssissippi, Tennessee and th e Carolinas-the Federal age ncy found " plus signs" almost as numerou s as in the corres po nd ing period of th e peak bu siness yea r 1953. I D ep osits in Fed eral R eserve m emb er
Ibank s in five of th e sta tes exceeded th e six billion dollar mark, withdraw als from ban k accoun ts wr e nearly fortyfou r and a half billion, a nd loan s approxi mated two billion dollars. D eposits were up 7.6 per cent, loan s 8 per
I cen t, and debit s one and a half per cen t,
reflecting a continued sta ble condition in th e region 's finan cial stru ctu re.
Georgia's section th e F eder al R eserve report shows depo sits of $ 1,422,500,000 , a ga in of 4.5 p er cen t; withd r~w als $ 10,567.100.000. a 2.8 p er cent
Igam ; and loans $6 19,300,000, a 4.2 per cen t ga in. Cash FaR"m Receipts While farm m arketing receipts for the nation dropped 3.4 per cen t under the cor respon ding 1953 p eriod and those of th e Sou th east d eclin ed 6.4 p er cen t, Georgia's loss was only 2.4 p er cen t. The Sou thea st's J anua ry-June cash farm in come was $1,244,920,000, of whi ch Georgia' s sha re was $ 196,570,000 .

The a rea coun ted 5,754 n ew bu siness incorpo ra tions, an adva nce of 4.4 p er cen t. Georgia had 8 18 new in corpor ation s, a gain of 16.5.
There were 1,600,000 person employed in manufacturing esta blishme n ts in th e Sou th east, of wh om 306,300 wer e on Geor gia p ayrolls.
The va lue of new urban building a utho rized in th e seven sta tes amo unted to over half a billion dolla rs. Geor gia's portion, $99,038,000, represen ts a 7 p er cen t rise over th e cor respo nding 1953 period .
Geor gia p roduced 3,853,835,000 of th e mor e than 37 billion kilowatt hours of electric energy t h at turned th e wheels of th e region 's utilities and indu st rial pl ants.
Air T ravel In Gain
In the field of tran sport a tion , rai lroads serving th e Southeast realized mor e th an half a billion dollar s on freight handled, a nd in excess of fifty million doll ars in p assenger revenue
The a rea's airlines reported 5,224,500 passengers using th eir fa ciliti es, 4,534,900 ton miles of exp ress flown , a nd nearly 12 million tons of freight handled .
M or e than seven mill ion cords of pulpwood were u sed III th e manufac-

tu n: of pulp and pa per, 3,700,000 b ales of cott on went into the textile and othe r consuming plants, a nd 15,700,000 spindles wer e active in spinn ing.
Georg ia mill s, with 2,879,000 spindles bu sy, ac coun ted for 842,631 bales of cotto n.
The first six mon th s found 3,369,154 telephon es in oper a tion in th e region, 7 per cent more reside n tia l phon es and 5.4 per cent mor e bu siness phones. Geor gia had 647,445 phones.
World Trade Bright
Some "soft spo ts" were found in tr ad ing in th e a rea , although ret ail sales seem ed to be holding th eir own, th e Commerce D ep a rtment said.
Six per cent more electric ene rgy was produced in th e Southeast thi s year th an last , airline passen ger operations rose 11.7 per cen t, amo un t of airline fr eight climbed 4.4 per cent, a nd some incr eases were shown in cotton system spinning ac tivity . U rba n bu ilding in th e reg ion as a who le was stable.
Another "brigh t spot" was world trading. The valu e of imports in th e five customs di stri ct s in th e a rea was up 2 per cen t in th e first five months of th e p eriod this yea r over last, a nd exports rose 27 per cen t. Geor gia's expor ts amo u n ted to $27,600,000, a ga in of 7.4 per cent, and her expor ts came to $30,400,000 , a 216.7 p er cent inc r eas e.

Atlanta Airport, covering- 1400 acres, is on e of the ten bu siest in th e nation.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

- O ctober 10, 1954

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

Marble Company
The Marble Products Compan y has esta blishe d a plant in WHITESTONE.. Gilmer Co unty, to produce roofing a nd ter razzo flooring chips a nd ca lcium products for farms and industr y.
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Truck Builder
Springfield Body and Trailer Company has leased a bui ldin g in W AYCROSS for th e manufacture of tank trai lers and tank truck bodi es for ca rrying liq uids . Produ ction will begi n soon and it's exp ect ed that 150 m en will be employed as ope rations get under way.
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Americus Market
A State F armers' Market will soon be constructed for marketing th e produce of farm ers in and arou nd AlvIERIC US . The site which has been ch osen for th e struc ture is on U . S. highway N o. 19 on th e outskirts of Am eric us. Eggs a nd other pr odu ce, incl uding m elons, one of South Georgia 's most important crops, will be sold through th e market.
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Atlanta Plant
The Philip Ca rey M anufacturing Compa ny of Cincinnati, Ohio, has purchased a tract of la nd in the ATLANTA a rea ncar th e C hattahoochee River for bui lding a mu lti-million dollar manufacturin g plant. The conce rn m ak es building materials and ind ustr ial products from asbestos, asphalt and mag-
n csra,
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New Plant
ATLANTA is th e site of a new con -
cern which has been esta blishe d by .J.
E. Anderson on Bankhead Avenue. T en peopl e ar e employed in th e manufacture of metal can opene rs.
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Gillsville Enterprise
An op eration that sta rted recently in GILLSVILLE, a community th at lap s over into both Hall and Banks Counties, is owned by M . Hewell. H e has initiated a pottery making p lant employing six peop le .

Grain Elevator
Plan s have been announ ced by Odis R . Moss and Associat es for th e constr uction of a giant gra in elevator in GAINES VILLE. The elevator with 16 silos will hav e a storage capac ity of 500,500 bu shels of gra in ; it is anticipated that th e size of th e struct ur e and its capacity will be doubled within a yea r. The Grain El evator Co. will purchase, dry and store all th e gra in from th e Gain esville ar ea th at it can bu y. It is hoped that th e structure will be ready bv next March.
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Southern Planners Meet
The Southern Association of State Planning and Development Agencies along with th e Southeastern cha pter of th e American Institute of Planners will hold a joint three-da y conference at the Bon Air Hotel in A UGUSTA on November 4th, 5th and 6th. Pan el discussions at th e meeting will be cente red on tourist promotion and industrial d evelopme nt. Some 150 delegat es from twelve sou the rn sta tes will attend the conference .
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State Counts 159 Metalwork Plants
Georgia, who se industrial empire has grown from some 3,000 plants in 1939 to more than 7,000 today, is rapidly becoming a cen te r for th e metalwork ing industry. The State now h as 159 plants engage d in m etalworking.
This coun t com es from th e latest report of th e industr y's continuing censu s conducted by th e m agazine " Stee l" .
The new figure puts Georgia in third position in th e Southeast as to total number of metalworking establishme nts. T enn essee lead s th e ar ea with 225 plants a nd Alabama is second with 188. In th e national picture, Georgia is in 22nd place.
A br eakdown on th e Georgia plants finds one eng aged in th e manufacture of ordnance, five in furniture and fixtures, 16 primary metals , 44 fabricated metal products, 62 machinery, 10 electrical machinery, 14 transportation equipment, three instruments and four miscellaneous.

GEORG IA DEPARTM ENT OF (;OMMER(;E

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HIGHLIGHTING
OUR PROGRESS
As of th e last day of Augu st there were 1,126,822 motor veh icles register_ ed in Georgia-840,52 3 of th ese were passenger ca rs . . . The Winder Air. craft Corporation is negotiating with severa l British firms for an inter ch ange program of enginee r ing d evel0pl1l ent~ in electronics . . .
Production is getting underw av at
the .J. R. Newell Co., whi ch replaces
th e former Mandeville Mi lls at Carrollton . . . A new $251,945 Ch atham County pri son is being con stru cted at Travis F ield, Savannah ... The R adio Corp. of Am eri ca will build a distribution wareh ouse in Atlanta .. .
The natural gas system ha s been turned on a t Millen . . .The new Chattooga County water system, built ncar Trion, has been dedi cat ed . . . Loui sville will soon have natural gas . . . War e Optical Service has op ened new q ua rters a t Waycross . . . The reccntly esta blished St a-Hot H eat er Cor p. in Acworth is employing 40 people in three shifts . . . Frank D . Stapleton of Americus will erec t a new motel on M ead owbrook Drive . . .
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
COLUMBUS : R . H . Wright, Jr. , and Associat es, construction of m otor repair shop, Fo rt Benn ing, $62,640.
AUGUSTA: Sou th em Construction Co., construction of weather station, Hunter Air Force Base, $127 ,474.
ATLANTA: Chicago Bridge and Iron Co ., con struction of storage tank s at Greenvill e Air Force Base, $43, 700.
SAVANNAH: Georgia-Pacific Plywood Co ., containers, $32,535.
A UG USTA: Richmond Lu mb er Co.. boards, $3 7,563.
MA CO N: Gen eral Electric Co mpany, weld ers, $27,753.
ATLA NTA: The Noland Company. weld ers, $27,753.
ATHEN S : Big Ace Corp., m en's tr ousers, $50,400.
ATLA NTA: Nunnally and Mc Crea, men' s trousers, $37 ,482.
AUGUSTA: Patchen and Zimmerman, architectural and engineering services at Buford Dam, $84 ,000 .

O ctober 10, 1954

M onroe Co unty, near th e cente r of the sta te, was crea ted in 182 1 and nam ed for J ames M on ro e wh ile h e was serving h is second term as fifth President of the U nited Sta tes.
T h'e county sea t of Forsyth was also nam ed d ur ing th e hon or ee's lifetime ; th e cen te r is named for Co l. J oh n F orsyth, minister to Spa in under Pr esident M onroe, wh o becam e G overn or of Geo rgia in 1827 and th en Secreta ry of Sta te un der Pr esiden t An d rew J ackson in 1834.
A feature of F orsyth of interest to the histori cal a nd litera ry m inde d, is th a t J oel Chandler H arris, creato r of the im mortal "Uncle R emus," work ed for thr ee yea rs there on th e 1\1 ouro e Adv e rtise r. This is the weekly newspap er which still serves th e coun ty and is n ow edited by Harold C la rke.
A m ark er, erec ted by th e Geo rgia Historical Co m mission on th e courthou se sq ua re, tells th e H arris story . It is nea r th e tou rist inf ormation boot h spo nsored by th e Geo rgia Sta te Chamber of Co mmerce. The booth , a boon to th e tr avelin g public for informat ion and direct ion s, is n ear th e j un cture of U . S. Hi ghw ays No . 4 1 a nd 42. Police Ch ief Pau l W ilson ca n ofte n be found th ere, h elp ing out.
Forsyth is a lso p roud to cla im Bessie Tift Co llege, a Baptist J unior Co llege for Wom en , R cccntlv a h andsom e n ew building contai ning ~ libra ry a nd a uditorium was com pleted on the cam p us.

Co nstructi on is under wa y now on a new home for the college's presid ent, C a ry 1'. Vanzant. The college was found ed in 1849, on e of the ea rliest colleges for wom en in th e U . S.
An other int erestin g thing abo ut M OIl roe County is th e high civic spirit and pa rti cipati on in comm un ity life. A dozen orga niza tio ns m eet regula rly for th e improvem ent of th e county in every way. Edward J ansen, secretary of th e Cham ber of Co mmerce, has all kind s of inf orma tion avai lab le and is ac tive in prom ot ing the coun ty.
Dairies and Timber
T he county is pr im ari ly a dairying region . T he re a re 150 Grade A dai ries a nd th e monthly incom e to M onroe farmers from the sale of mi lk and its bypr odu cts is $ 100,000. M ost of the m ilk is purch ased by F orem ost Dairi es, Re x Da iry Products, Geo rgia Mi lk C o., a nd the At lanta Cooperative.
Thou gh dairy farms predom inat e thr ough th e countryside , ano ther im port ant source of inc a m e is pu lpw ood . Sales in th e county
amo unt to $50,000 per month . T h e r c a re
over 60 m en engaged in " forest farming."
Subsidiar ies of t h e M acon Kraft Co . a re
th e maj or purch asers.

I n the use of the land, th ese tw o occupa tions pr ed omi nat e. There are a lso turk ey, beef ca ttle and ch icken and egg fa rm s.
To ba lan ce th ese economic pursuits, an a rray of ind ustry thrives in th e region. T he newest en te rp rise is a vene tian blind cord m anufacturing plant whi ch will open soon under the m anagement of Bob Lovern, in F orsyth .
Forsyth is th e site of the William Ca rte r Co .. makers of un derw ear a nd sleeping a pparel. Some 325 peop le a re em ployed in thi s plant, t urning out 21,000 dozen garme nts eac h week un der Vester But ler, m an ager .
Th ere are three plants in th e county sea t whi ch man uf act ur e cotto n cord. T he Trio M anufacturing Co ., whi ch has been in contin uo us ope ration since 1899, em ploys 125 ; H owell E . Ne wton is pr esident a nd Willis Newt on is vicepr esid ent a nd man ager . T he F orsyth T wine and Co rda ge Co . m ak es cott on cord such as used in w rapping packa ges, cord for vene tian blin ds and othe r twisted cords. G rah am Wright, J r., is manage r of th e com pa ny of 55 p eop le. Forsyth Mi lls, I nc., em ploys 100 is m aking cotton yarn . H arry T . Allen is president
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En trance to Bessie Tift College, Forsyt h.

The M onroe County Co urt house. G EO R GI A DEPAR TMENT OF C O M M E RC E

NEWSLETTER

October 10, 1954

Monroe County
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and ma nager. Fou r Forsyth establishme n ts a I' e
ma inly conce rne d with lumber a nd its pr ocessing. Va ughn's Planing Mill , owned by Lee V au ghn, employs 40 in processing timb er in to buildin g lu mb er for th e wholesale trad e only. The specialty of th e company is air-dried sho rtleaf yellow pine. H a rdin Lu mb er Co. vrnp loys 25 under L ee N ewt on, m anage r. It p roduces both kiln- a nd a irdri ed sho rt-leaf yellow pine for building mat erial as well as h a rdw ood s for flooring . The othe r lumber conce rns a rc th e Georgia H ardwar e Co ., whi ch has a p laning m ill and cabine t shop, and Hom er L. K eadl e's sawmill.
The Hatcher Feed Co . in Forsyth mak es feed for farm animals. A new venture is und erway by its president , Hal Hatch er, to be called th e MinralAid Co . It will m ak e a mineral and vita m in supplem ent for livestock feed . H e also has a patent pending on an a utom ati c device for putting supplements into feed as it is mix ed.
A cotto n gin in Forsyth owned by R ay G ran t handles about 1,000 bales each year.
Forsvth is th e head quarters of the 190th 'Tan k Ba ttalion, 48 th D ivision. T he annual pa yro ll excee ds $79,000. Col. Durwa rd Willin gh am is Com manding Officer.
Other Hubs of Activity
Fourteen m iles southwest of th e CO U Ilty sca t is Cullod en, a nothe r active bu siness center. H er e th e Troy Thom as Co . turns out wooden spo ols for co rd mill s and th e pap er industr y. Troy Thom as is pr esident and manager .
An en te rp rise called Lo ving of Culloden, In c., with 10 em ployees' m ak es living room a nd dining room furniture.
Also in Cull od en is th e Oxford Brothers Milling Co. H er e Gu y Oxford, as genera l man ager, a nd hi s two broth ers, opera te a m ill for m ixing dai ry feed .
Culloden's cotton gin is run by R. H. Pierson a nd Sons.
Anoth er comm unity of M onroe County is J uliett e. Her~ a plant r un by Fran k Willi am s em ploys five people making wooden spools and containe rs for wrap pin g pap er and for usc in cotton mill s.
T wo oth er comm unities in M on roe Cou n ty ar e Smarr and Bolin gbroke.
County Officers
Officials serv ing M onroe Co unty in dude Ordinary M a yn ard Zelln er ; C lerk

One of many G eorg-ia tobacco fields that proved profitable this year.

Leaf Farmers Pocket $63 Million As 21 South Georgia Markets Hum

Bright leaf tobacco sa les on South Georg ia market s during th e 1954 season tot aled 139,925,534 pounds. The crop brought growers $63,871,389.23, a n average of 45 .65 cen ts a pound, accor d ing to th e officia l report of th e Georgia Dep a rt ment of Agriculture, issued by Tom Linder, Com mission er, a nd Gu y D . J ackson, Statistician .
Sales were conduc ted in 21 cities this yea r compa red with 19 last yea r, markets a t Alm a and Pea rson h aving been added th is sea son. Fi ve new war ehou ses wer e in use this year, ma king a tot al of 72.
Sale s of ou t-of-state tobac co in Geor gia war ehou ses thi s season tot aled 10,44 1,722 pounds. Alab am a b rou ght in 612,398 pounds; Florid a, 2,984,454 , North Carolina, 3, 169,080, and South Carolina, 3,675,790.
This reduces th e Georgia-grown leaf sold to 129,483,812 pounds.
Statesboro led in sales with 14,141,644 pounds, Moultrie wa s second, 11 ,802 ,320 pounds; Douglas third, 11,-
of Co ur t, Mrs. Alice Vau ghn ; Sheriff
J. R ay Grant ; Treasurer C ha rn el' w .
Hill ; T ax Commissioner Otis Waldrep, Sr. ; Surveyor H. M . H ooper ; Coroner Ray En glish ; Coun ty Supe rintende nt of
Schools J. H. Clarke: Coun ty Attorn ey
Hugh D. Sosebee.
M on roe Count y Co mmissione rs a rc Lee King, George L. Ivev, J ohn H . Wilson , and C. O. T rammell, Clerk.
H ome Dem onstration agen t in Julc Biles.
Ernest Blackwell is County Agent.
Mayor of For syth is R. 1'. Bittick.
M ayor of C u lloden is Boykin Elliot t.

099,384 pounds, a nd Vi da lia fourth, 10,500,956 pounds.

Moultrie led in monev from the sales, $6, 134,542.0 1. Statesboro was second, $5,671,440.54, and Blackshea r th ird , $5, 118,39 1.88.

\Va ycros s led in average p rice pa id per pound- 53.88 cents. Moultrie was second, 51.98 cents; Nashville 51.62 cents ; Blacksh ear, 5 1.22 cents.

Brigh t leaf tobacco, used p rin cip all y in th e manu facture of ciga re t tes, is grown in approxima tely 50 South Geor gia coun ties in a belt extend ing ac ross the sta te from South Car olin a to Alabam a.
The report by m a rk ets is as follows:

Av. Ib.

City

Lbs . Sold Arnt. Received Price

Adel

+,775,6H $ 2,298,534 .19

Alm a 1,380 ,4B6 657,211. 78

Baxle y 5,3:n,62 2 2,346,388.96

Bla cksh'r 9,992,0 19 5,11 8,391.88

Clax ton -1 .00 1,766 1,627,4 78. 74

Dou gl as 11,099,:-18+ +,869 ,9 16.56

F itzgcr 'cl 2,780,314

99 1,372.89

H ahir a +,09 7,+B+ 2,067,2 95.26

Haz!ch 'st +,250 ,780 2,0 17,392.35

M et te r 6,+5 7,9 78 2,533,23 1.29

M 'tri c 11,802,320 6, 13+,542.01

Nas hv'l 9,2 76,83-1 -' ,788,8 15.73

Pca rson 1,550,182 7++,706.78

Pelh a m 6,28 7,667 3, 137,3+3.68

Quitman +,820,860 2,+59,83 6.96

St 'sbor o 14,H1,6H 5,67 1,HO .5+

Sylvest'r 2,560,2 10 1,202,350.51

T ift on 9,69 2,02+ 3.6+9,534 .02

Va ldo sta 9,+90,+36 +,780,93 7'+4

Vidali a 10,500,956 3,7+2,028 .64

Wa ycro ss 5,628 ,92+ 3,032,639.02

4 8 . 13 4 7.61 4 3.96 51. 2 2 40.67 43 .88 35.66 50.+5 4 7.46 39.2:{ 5 1.98 5 1.62 4 8 .0-1 49 .90 51. 02 4 0 . 10 4 6.9 6 3 7.66 50.38 35.6-1 5 3.88

T ot al 139.925,53-1 $63.87 1,389.23 45.05

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CO M M ERC E

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October 10, 195-1

Valley's West Point Staff 12,000, ploycd in industry in this state is en-

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Covers World With Georgia Fabric

The W est Point M anufacturing Co . is one of Georgia's a nd the United Sta tes' m ajor texti le concern s. H ead ed by J oseph L. Lani er, it has tw elve separa te units in three sta tes, with sales offices in nin e more, and it em ploys some 12,000 people. While th e h om e office is in West Point. no t on e of th e manufacturing pla nts (s th ere.

try ; th e Equinox M ill, du cks (including " topsa il" used in sports clothes;) Co lum bus M anufacturi ng Co., jean s, tw ills, dri lls and ind ustri al shee tings ; Ca bin C ra fts, I nc., tufted bed spr ead s, dr ap es, rugs and sea t covers, a nd cotton ca rpeting with th e b rand nam e,

The list of abou t 175 textile m anufa cturing establish me nts all over Georgia is evide nce of th e im portance of cotton and tex tile manufacturing to th e State's incom e. T extiles th at come from ou r mills a re used all over th e wor ld and prod ucts of the W est Po int Manufact uring Co ., arc spread wid ely bv virtue of th e du ck that is used in Army tents a nd to cover military eq uipment.

Across th e Alab am a bord er, th e five texti le towns of Lan gd a le, L an ett , F ai rfa x, Sh awmut and R iver Vi ew operate with Ge org ia's \Vest Point as one comm un ity ca lled "T he Valley." Locat ed in this a rea a re five mills as well as th e Lan ett Blua ch crv a nd DYl~ Work s. a resea rch div ision , .th e L an 'tuek di v i ~ sion a nd th e West Point U tiliza tion Co.

At L aGran ge, Ga., is an other part of th e pa rent com pany, D ixie Mills, In c.: a t C olum bus. Ga .. the Co lumbus M an ufacturing C ~. ; at Dalt on , Ga. , th ere' s Ca bin C ra fts. Inc. An other subsid ia rv of th e W est Poin t concern is th e Equ(nox M ill at Anderson , S. C .

Two othcr m emb ers of th e W est Point fa mily a re W ellin gt on Sears C o. of N ew York , selling ag en t for th e va riou s mi lls. a nd th e C ha ttahoochee Vall ey Ra ilway Co . wi th its 27 m iles of track in The V all ey region .

Products T he most recent building of th e com -
pan y is th at of th e research divi sion , wh ich has its offi ces and la bora tories in a handsom e new st ruc ture in th e town of Sh awm ut. T he resea rch lab oratories recent ly ca me up with a processed materi a l called Lant uck, high ly useful a nd uniqu e becau se of its eq ual streng th in all directi on s. I t is not a woven fa br ic, but instead th e fibers a rc p ressed togethe r a nd p rocessed. It is used for backing pl astic sca t cove rs in au to mobil es, in fu rn itu re upholster y, wall coverings, luggage, h andbags. a nd in th e packin g industr y.
U ndo ubtedly the W est Point p roduct tha t is mo st well kn own is Martcx t owels, made a t th e Fa irfax mi ll. T h e Lan gd ale mill pr oduces du ck : th e L anett mi ll, dr ills, tw ills, sa teen s. enamel du ckings an d h eadlining shee ting : th e Riv erd ale mill a t River View, crash towels and towelin g ; the Sh aw mut mill, twill s, du cks and fila ment an d spu n synthetic fabrics; Dixie Mill s, spun synthe tic fabrics for th e garmen t indus-

H eadquarter s of th e W est P oint M anufa ctu r in g Co m pa ny .

" Ncc dletuft ."
74 Years Old
Th e West Poin t M anufactu rin g Co . was founded in 1880-74 yea rs ago , by LaFayette Lani er, gra ndfa ther of toda y's presid ent. The mill a t Lan gd al e was th e first opera tion in corp ora ted under th e n am e of th e comp an y, the othe r subsidia ries h aving joined Th e Valley concern in subsequent years.
Syn the tics-fa brics that a rc completely or partly com posed of m an -mad ~ fib ers- constitut e ab out 12 per cent 01 th e sales of th e W est Point M anufacturing Co. Cotton is still kin g of th e fibers mo st wid clv used in th e home. clothing and indust ry. Ever ybody kn ow~ tha t Eli Whitnev in vented th e cotton gin in 1793 whil~ visiting in Sa va nna h a nd it' s inter estin g to note th e fac t th at tod ay on e out of every three peopl e em-

Officers of the company besid es President J oseph L. L an ier, include: J oe L.
.Iennings, executive vice-president ; T.
Scott Avary , H . H. Green e, ~vL Earl H ea rd , Erwin R. Leh mann , vice-president s; Elw yn G . Preston , j r., tr easurer, a nd Ed gar L. H enderson , secr etary a nd contro ller. E. R . L ehmann is in cha rge of public rela tions.
Th e Ice Crean}, Scoop
Georgia ns last year sm acked th eir lips over lo ts of deli cious icc cream co nes .
Produ cti on s of th e State's icc crea m ma ker s in 1953 was 7,509,000 ga llons, or an average of a little more th an tw o gallons for every member of th e populati on , U . S. Dep artment of Agri culture figures show.

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Numerous Fall Fairs Sparkle Throughout The State

C laxton: Evan s County F air, O ctob er 11-16 .
Athens: Athen s Agri cultural Fair and Georgia H er eford Show, O ctob er 11-16.
Springfield : Effingh am Co unty F air, O ct ober 11-16.
Columbus: Chattahooch ee V all ey Expositi on , O ct ob er 11-16 .
Louisville: L oui sville F all F air. O ct ober 11-16.
Mo ntezuma : M acon Co unty F air, O ctober 11-16.
Hahira : Hahira Com m un ity F air, O ctober 11-16 .
Swainsboro: Emanuel County F air , O ctob er 11-16 .
Rome : Coosa V alley F air. O ctober 1116.
Blakely : Early Coun ty Fai r and P('a nut F estiv a l, O ct ob er 11- 16.

Barnesville: L amar Co un ty F air, O ctober 11-16.

Trenton: D ad e County F ai r, O ct ober 15-16 .

A mericus: Su m ter Co u n ty Fa ir. O ct o-

ber 18-23.

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Bain brid ge: D ecatur Co unty Fai r, O ctober 18-2 3.

V ienna: D ooly Co un ty F air. O cto ber 18 -2 3.

G r iffin : Sp a lding Co unty Fair . O cto ber 18-23.

Macon: Georgia Sta te 'Fa ir. O ctobe r 18 -2 3.

Pembroke: Bryan Co unty F air, O ctoher 1R-23.

Bru ns wick : Brunswi ck Fair, O ct olx -r 18-2 3.
Moultrie: Co lqu itt Geo rgia F ai r, O ctober 25-30.
Corde le : Central Georgia F air, O ctober 25-30.
Quitman: Bro oks Co u nty F air, Novcm bel' 1-6.
Valdosta : South Geo rgia F air, Novcm br-r 1-6.
\ Vayeros s: O kefenokee F a ir, N ovem ber 1-6.
M cRae: O cm ulgee F a ir, Nov ember 1-6.
Savannah : Coa sta l Empi re F a ir, No vemh er 8-15.

P eachy Proj'its Fro m Georgia Peach Crop

Geor gia led th e nati on , except C aliforn ia, in cash receipts fr om peach es thi s year, th e U . S. Depa rtm ent of Comme rce r epo rts.
Geor gia's $8,590 ,000 r ea lized in th e sale of th e fr uit was substantia lly ahe ad of South Carolina 's $7,809,000, th e " runne ru p" in Di xie in m on et ar y returns. H owever , C aliforn ia , th e U . S. leader, netted $46,499,00 0.

New m illion doll a r bu ilding of th e I nsuran ce Company of North Am eri ca und er construction at Maco n. T hc buil d ing, desig ned by D enn is an d D ennis , incorporates a reprod uct ion of the clock tow er of In dependen ce H all in Philadelph ia, wh er e the or ganizat ion origi nated.

GEO RGIA DEPARTMENT OF CO M M ERCE

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CTOBER 25, . 1954

N EWS LETTER

NEWSLETTER

Publi shed semi-monthly by
GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE 100 State Capitol

* HERMAN E. TALMADGE
Governor
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

EMORY L. BUTLER Chairman

Lonnie A. Pop e, V. ChIll. Ben J essup

Y. F. Geeslin Hoke Pet ers

* NE LSON M. SHIPP Secr etary

Vol. 5, No. 26

Octob er 25, 1954

- O ctober 25, 195'1
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Plans Under Way For
Southe rn Cente nnial
An All-South Ce ntennial Comm itte e has been organized by 25 rep resen tatives of seven Southe rn sta tes meeting a t Fon tan a Vi llage, N . C . Composed of touri st, tr an sportati on a nd industr ia l lead ers fr om a dozen m et ropolitan cities, th e committ ee will be expa nded to in clud e m em bers of th e 17 Sou the rn sta tes.
The Georgia D epartment of Commerce was represented by W. S. Stuckey of E astman , m ember of th e Georgi a Advertising Co mm ission recently esta blished by Go vernor T alm ad ge.
The fo rm ati on of the cente nnial orga nization was the outg row th of several yea rs of explora tory work on th e part of various state tourist a nd travel develop ment boa rds. The cen tenn ial will start in 196 1 a nd r un until 1965, coinciding wit h the beginning and end of th e Wa r Betw een th e Sta tes one hund red yea rs ago .
H ow th e orga nization will fun ct ion, it s aims a nd policies, was ou tline d in a resoluti on ado pted by the comm ittee a t the close of th e three-d ay conference at Fontan a Vi llage. M em bers of th e comm ittee will describe th e cen tennia l pla ns to all inter ested groups in th eir respective sta tes, including cha mbe rs of commerce, historica l societies, educationa l .institution s, civic a nd fr at ernal orga nizations and industrial gro ups.
It was th e consensus of th e commi ttee that th e four -year celebra tion will bring mi llions of visitors into th e Southern sta tes a nd acq ua in t th em wit h our cultur al and econo mic p rogr ess.
Cover Photo
T he Georgia State M emori al on the Ch icka mau ga battlefield as seen throug h th e spokes of a ca nnon wheel.
- Photo by Car olyn Carter

Adm inistra tion building of Ch ickamau ga Nat ional Park in no rthwest
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A tla nta: Am er ica n Human e Associa tion, Biltmore H otel, O ct. 25-28 .
Macon: Gran d L od ge of Georgia, M asonic T emple, O ct. 26-28.
Alba ny : Georgia I nd ependen t O ilmen's Association, R ad ium Sp rings I nn, O ct. 28-29.
Ca iro : Seven th Annua l three-county "R EA Apprecia tion D ay," O ct. 29.
Eatonton : D ed ication of Sta te 4-H Club Center, R ock E agle P a rk, Oct. 30.
Atla n ta: G eorgia Newspap er Adv ertising Ex ecu tives Association, Biltmo re H o tel, O ct . 30-3 1.
Aug ust a : Geor gia F a rm Burea u F edera tion, Bon Air H ot el, O ct. 31Nov. 3.
Athe ns: Southern Indust rial Ed itors I nsti tu te, University of Geor gia, No v. 4-6.
Augu sta: Sou thern Associat ion of Planning and Development Agen cies meet ing with th e Southea stern C hapters of the Am eri can Institu te of Planners, Bon Air H ot el, N ov. 4-6.
Macon: L aw D ay, M er cer U niv ersi ty, No v. 5.
Macon: Southea stern Polled H ereford Associa tion F all Calf Sale, Li ve-

stock Ar en a, Nov. 6.
Dublin: Nation al Fox Hunt Trials. No v. 7- 13.
Aug usta : P eace O fficers Association of Georgia, Bon Air H ot el, Nov. 9- 11.
Alba ny : Georgia Bankers Associa tion, O pera tion s Clin ic, R adium Sp rings Inn, No v. 10.
Augusta : Geor gia T elep hone Associa tion, Bon Air H otel, Nov. 11- 13.
Sava nna h : R oyal Am bassad or s, H otel D eSot o, No v. 12-14.
Sav anna h: Christi an Chur ches of Georgia, H otel D eSot o, Nov. 15-18.
Aug usta : Georgia Baptist Conven tion. Bon Ai r H ot el, No v. 16-18.
Atla n ta : Geor gia Banker s Associa tion, O per ation s C lini c, Biltmore H ot el. Nov. 17-18.
Atl anta : Southern O ccup a tiona l Vision W or kshop , G eor gia T ech, N ov. 18 .
A tla nta : Southeastern Sp or ting Go od s Sh ow, D inkIer- Plaza, Nov. 20-24.
Macon: Sh rin e Circus. Citv Auditorium, Nov. 22-27. . .
Atla nta: Ameri ca n Con tract Bridge L eague, Biltmore H otel. No v, 27Dec. 5.

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O cto ber 25, 1954

Georgia's Indian History Comes To Life

As Relics Are Uncovered in Excavations

Much I nd ia n h istory in Georgia is bein g discovered or " uncovere d" as an cient mounds an d grounds of th e va rious tr ibes a re exca vated.
T he most notab le find s recentl y were at th e Et owah I ndi an M ounds (T umlin M ounds) in Bar tow County, a few miles southwest of Cartersville, on th e Etowah R iver.
These mo unds, whi ch h ave long h eld the inter est of archaeologists, and whe re exca va tion s were m ad e and va lua ble discoveries report ed in form er years , have recently been acquired by th e Georgia Hi storical Commission.
R ecent Et owah find s we re two wellpreser ved stone idols- on e male a nd one fem ale- at mo und "C" . They a re rega rd ed by a rch aeologists as a "major develop ment in the quest for kn owled ge abou t preh istoric tribes that occ upi ed the territor y tha t is now Georgia."
I O th er a rticles un ear th ed at Et owah inclu de pottery, beads, bone fragments and a rro wheads.
The E towah M ounds a re one of the most known historic spot s of ea rly Georgia in that ar ea , and when fu lly develop ed with a paved road a nd m useum facilities, will d raw tho usands of tourists an d other visitors to th e site. T he mo unds, plus hu ge nea rby Allatoona dam an d lak e with picturesqu e rec reationa l a nd fishing fa cilities, ar e alrea dy a mecca for visito rs.
Som e 30 miles farther north of Cartersville to Calho un is one of th e most histori c spots in Am erica-the site of th e ca pita l of th e Cherokee Indian N ation- N ew Ech ota . A monument in the city of Ca lhoun mar ks th e spot, a nd th e village of Ech ota-the act ua l ca pita l site- three m iles nort heast of Calhoun is also design at ed by a handsom e monument erec ted by th e U . S. Gov ernm en t.
F rom here wer e directed th e affairs of th e Cherok ee N ation th at embraced territory of North Geor gia and the sur rou nding states. H ere Sequoia crea ted the Indian alphab et, ma de type " faces" and pr int ed th e Cherokee Phoenix, th e national newspaper of the Cherokee Indian s. The news was p rinted in both Indian a nd En glish a nd issues of th is
Ihistoric newspaper a r e p reserved in
som e librari es tod ay. The Georgia Hi storical Commission

h as also acqu ired th e land believed to have been included in th e capital site an d is making explora tions th ere, p reparatory to restori ng as m uch of N ew Ech ot a as possible.
Excavati ons th ere h ave recently uncovered man y of th e 86 type chara cters or "faces" th at m ad e up th e Indian alph ab et . They a re on display in Calhoun .
It is thought th at m an y other Indian relics involved in th e N ew Ech ot a history will also be un covered during th e excavations of th e ancien t cap ital- the site of activities th at revolved around th e rem oval of th e Che rokees to th e West in th e 1830' s.
Then , a few mil es still farther north, th e Comm ission has acquired the fam ous Vann House at Spring Place built about 1790 by Ch ief J oseph V ann . This h istoric brick reside nce is being restored and will be conve rted into a museum by th e Commission, wh ere I ndian and other relics of th e ar ea will be pr eserved and displayed.
F rom Spring Place, we turn eastwa rd

th ro ugh C hatswor th, up For t M ountain, which holds a secr et that has p uzzled a nd intrigu ed h istorians a nd a rchae ologists for many years . N ea r the mo untain's 2,855-foo t summit is an ancien t for tifica tion 800 feet long, a low wall of rocks, about two feet hi gh, 12 feet at base an d with a ch ain of 30 individ ua l " dugouts", a II connec ted with th e m ain lin e or wall.
M an y explanations h ave been adva nce d as to wh o built th ese fortifications, evide ntly for defense. Some say DeSoto, others say Indian s built th em as a prot ection aga inst th e D eSoto horde.
This pa rk, a unit of th e Sta te Park s Dep artment, ha s a tower atop its summ it .
All th e territory n o w comp rising Georgia- and th e Sou th, toe-s-was occupied by I ndi an tribes until th e White M an came a nd acquired th e terr itory, mostly by treat ies.
The Cherok ees occupied th e north ern part of th e State; th e Creeks were in M iddl e and South Geor gia, and frin ge
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D igging at the Et owah Mounds near Cartersville. Hol es have been dug where onc e wer e parts of an Indian building. The sites of a campfire and two graves can also be seen.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

Octob er 25, 1954

GEORGIA PARADE Of PROGRESS

Grain Elevator
A 300,0 00-bushel ca pacity grain eleva tor has gone int o operation at M Y R T LE, betwe en Perry a nd Fort Valley. Operated by th e Southea stern Seed a nd E levat or Corp., th e nin e concrete silos are storing wh eat , an d will also handle oth er grai ns. Eight mo re silos are expec ted to be com pleted by th e first of th e year.
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Hosiery Mill Reopens
The form er Quitman H osiery Mill has been reopened under the name of Brooks County H osiery M ill in Q UITMA N. The firm is u nd er th e new managem ent of B. B. I ves, Jr., P. T. Garrett and B. B. I ves, Sr ., There are ten employees in th e plan t, operatin g five sets of machines. Weekly pro duction will be about 500 dozen pair.
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Tobacco Warehouses
It h as been anno unce d that TH OlvfASVILLE will have two lar ge tobacco wa reho uses for th e 1955 marketing season . Shortly after the first of th e year const ru ction will begin on the build ings. H a rr y F rosteg and J oe Sp ence, bo th of Mi tchell County, ar e undertaking the enterprise .
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Blackshear Expansion
A build ing is under construction at BL A CKSHEAR for th e ne w offices, display room and warehouse of Sou thern Gas, In c. T he company ac ts as distributor of liquifi ed petroleum gases.
.J. B. Ward is presi de nt of th e concern
which has 35 employees serv ing 4,000 custom ers in 12 counties. The company has bulk plants in Blackshea r, Douglas a nd Alma, an d offices in Waycross, J esup, 'Folkston, and H azlehurst.
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Furniture Plant
A building permit has been issued w th e N ational Core Stoc k Co rp . to bui ld a furniture manufacturing plant near AIARIETT A. T he building site is nea r th e W & A rai lroad track, and th e manager of th e ent er prise in M a rietta is H. A. O ry.
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Feed Mill Opening
On Nove mber 4th will be held th e official open ing cere mo nies of th e R alston-Purina Co.'s feed mi ll in GAIN ESVILLE. Th e $1,500,000 mi ll is capable of p rod ucing 100,000 tons of feed annually. Speakers a t the dedication exer-

cises will include Gov. H erm an T almad ge, W . H. Danforth, chairman of th e R alston -Purin a board, and D. D . Dan forth, p resident of th e concern .
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R ossville Exp e riment
For Improved Cotton
R OS SVILLE is th e site of a n ew plan t whi ch will exp eriment with th e che mical improvem ent of cotton by a process ca lled " cya noethylation." T h is is a process wh ereby cotton is mo dified by reaction with a chemica l called a cr ylon it r ile .
T he plant will test use of th e new textile material in fish nets, towels, wear ing ap parel, tobacco sha de cloth as well as many oth er items.
Establishm en t of th e pilot plan t located at th e nation al pla nt of Standa rdCoosa -T hatcher Co. , at R ossville, is the result of resear ch by th e In stitute of T exti le T echnology a nd th e Am erican Cyana m id Compan y.
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Atlanta Developments
Ben ton Brothers D rayage an d Storage Co . is building a la rge furn iture storage wa reh ouse to cost over a quarter of a million dollars in ATLANTA.
The capita l city is also th e site of Conve nien t Food s Co., packers of fresh froz en coco nut. C . S. Campbell heads th e concern.
Co lumbia Bedding Co ., manu factur ing pillows in Atl anta, is under th e managem ent of T . W. Wood , j . .
Champion Wood Processing Company, Ralph H a rt , pr esident, converts wood shavings into materi al usabl e in poult ry houses and in mulches .
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Brunswick Plant
The R . 1.. Peck Machine and T ool Co. , recently esta blishe d in BRUNSWICK, m anufactures tools and dies and does contract stamping.
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Augusta Terminal
The T exa s Co. h as an nounced plan s for buildi ng a la rge gasoline terminal nea r A UGU STA . The term inal, to cost some $750,000 and to be operated by th e Boardman Oi l Co. of Augusta, will include storage tank s, docks a nd reloading fac ilities. F uel will be h auled by ba rge fro m Savannah a nd distributed by ra il and truck.

Moultrie Industry

A new industry has begun operatio ns in MOUL T R IE for th e manufacture an d installat ion of all kin ds of rnachin , ery. The A. G. C leme?ts Co ., .owned by Alla n Clements, rebuilds eq uipm ent in plant s a nd mak es steel fab ricat ions of all types.
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Vidalia Company

A ized

new corporation in VI DA LIA by

Hhuasghb eCerno mo ra~aatine,

W right Coleman an d Brooks M . P e n~

nin gton to be called the Pennington

Grain and Feed Co ., In c.

State's Sweet Tooth Biggest in South
Georgi ans have the biggest "sweet tooth " in D ixie when it com es to ca ndy. The State lead s th e Sout heast in p er cap ita sales of conf ection ery by its manufacturers with an ave ra ge of 15 pounds for every ma n, woma n and chi ld.
Th is bea ts by a good many bit es th e 14.5 pounds per ca pita in Florida, 14.3 in K entucky, 13.6 in T en nessee, 13.2 in South Carolina, 12.9 in North Carolina, 9.5 in Alab am a, and 7.9 in Mi ssissippi.
T he report, ba sed on a comp ila tion issued the U . S. Commerce D epa rtment's Business an d D efense Services in \Vash ingt on, shows th at sales of confectionery man ufact ur ers in Georgia in 1953 tot al ed $ 18,667,000. This was some $ 1,300,000 grea ter than th e $ 17,285,000 worth sold in 1952.
Altoge ther, some 53,949 ,000 pou nds of confection rolled off production p lants of Georgia ma nufacturers in 1953, whic h top ped by a safe margin th e 52,630 ,000 pounds produ ced th e year before.
Georgian s aga in last yea r found the candy bar of greater a pp eal th an an y othe r line. Sa les of bar s in th e Sta te approximated $7,9 29,000 . This com pared with sales of $5,20 3,000 in package goods, $ 1,363,000 in bulk lots, $707,000 in so-called 5 and 10-cent specialties, and $3,465,00 0 in oth er lin es.
In th e U nited States as a whole, can dy lovers last year bou ght upwards of 2,700,000,000 pounds of confe ction , paying a billion dollars for it .

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NEWSLETTER
Griffin to Boost Water Development
Gov.-Nomina te M arvin G riffin , an expo ne nt of wa te r resource development in hi s rece nt ca m paign, told th e Upper Chatta hoochee D evelopm ent Associa tio n th at the im po un di ng of wa ter reserve s in dam s all over the sta te will be one of th e key objectives of his administrati on .
The Govern or-No minate, speaker as th e Associat ion marke d th e fourth yea r of progress on th e m ulti-purpose Buford D am O ct. 6, said h e "do esn' t kn ow any better way to guarantee th e futu re prosperity of G eorg ia th an to consta ntly develop our wat er resou rces ."
H e sugg ested th at whe n th e State build s new hi gh way brid ges, it design th em as dam s th at will back up wat er reserves th at farm ers ca n use to irrigat e in times such as th e cur re nt drought yea r.
The Associati on elected Robert M. H old er, Atlanta, as president for th e comi ng yea r ; J oe Chee ley, Buford , vice p resid ent , and Carl Lawson , Gai nesvi lle, treasur er.

O ctober 25, 1954

Georgia's Exports and Imports Show Gain of Nearly Triple 1953 Figures

W ith a rise of 195 p er cent, Georgia led th e customs districts of th e Southeast in ex po rts an d im ports in th e first half of th is yea r.
Georgia 's exports were va lued a t $36,900,000 as com pa red with $12 ,500,000 in th e same period of 1953, one of th e nati on 's biggest rat es of gai n, according to th e U . S. De partment of Co mmerce .
Th e Sta te's imports were $33, 100,000 for th e six-month peri od against $30,900,000 for th e correspondi ng perio d of last year.
During 1954, th e por ts of th e South east area dispat ch ed mo re th an $276,000,000 worth of good s to for egin coun tr ies an d received in return from

South Carolina rep orted a 22 per cen t increase in exports, or f r o m $4 1,800 ,000 last year to $5 1,100,000 thi s year, and in M obile th e ju m p was fro m $3 1,100,000 in 1953 to $33,600 ,000 thi s yea r, or 8 per cent. I n N orth Carolina , a 38.8 p er cent declin e was record ed , or f ro m $4,90 0,00 0 last year to $3,000 ,000 thi s year.
In shipmen ts fr om other countries, th e rela tively sha rp gai ns in Georgia and Florid a, f ro m $30 ,900 ,000 to $33, 100,000 a nd $77 ,900 ,000 to $85, 600,000, respectively, were enough to carry th e region as a who le to a 2.9 per cent rise fro m last year's $197 ,300,000. O th erw ise, Sout h Carolina report ed a d rop of fro m $3 1,500,000 to $28,600,-

Fall Fairs
Moultrie : Colquitt G eor gia F ai r, O ct ober 25-30.
Cordele: C entral Geor gia F air, O ctober 25-30.
Quitman: Brook s County Fair, November 1-6.
Valdosta: South G eorgia F air, Novembe r 1-6.
'Vaycross: Okefenokee Fair, No vemb er 1-6.
McRae: O cmulgee F air, Novemb er 1-6. Savannah: Coast al Empire Fair, No-
vem ber 8-1 5. I t was erroneously reported in th e S eptemb er issues of th e N ewslett er that th e M itchell Coun ty Fnir was to be held in Pelham . Th e fair was held in Camilla, Oct. 4-9.
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
M ARIET T A - L ockh eed Aircr aft Co rp ., facilit ies for producti on of C-1 30 and modification of B-47 a ircraft, $84 7,000.
ATLA NTA-Southland C offee Co. , coffee, $22,652 .
LaGRANGE - Newman Construe-

- Savannah C ha mber of Commerce
Bales of cotton bein g loaded on a cargo vessel at th e Sa vannah dock s.

th ose n a ti 0 n s p roducts va lue d at $203,000,000. All of th e districts, excep t N orth Carolina , registered ga ins in exports ove r th e 1953 period, but only Geo rgia and Fl orida showed in creases in import s.
tion Co ., w o o d en packin g box es, $ 100,050.
M A CON-Louis Briggs Co nstruction Co ., cons truction of BO Q and Officers' M ess a t M a rine Corps Supply C enter, Alb an y, $249,87 6.
ATLANTA-John J . H a rt e Co., design of miscellaneou s faci lities a t R edstone Arsen al, Huntsville, Ala ., $29 ,350.
DAWSON-Cinderella F ood s division of St evens Industries, Inc., peanut

000, or 9.2 per cen t an d M obile from
$44 ,800, 000 to $43 ,500,000, some 2.9 per cent. In N orth Carolina, th e situ-
a tio n was un ch an ged , imports approxim ating $ 12,200,000 in both p er iod s.
butter, $5 7,795. ATLANTA-J. A. J on es Co nstruc-
tion C o., Inc., const ruc tion of research an d development engineering buildi ng a t R edston e Ar senal, Huntsvill e, Ala ., $2,259, 126.
M ARIETTA - L ockh eed Aircr aft Co rp., a irp lane s, $30,000,000.
ATLANTA-Go rdon Food s, Inc., miscellan eou s item s for re-sal e in ship's stores, $54,568.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

Macon's A. S. Hatcher
Chief of Auto Group
W he n th e Motor Equipm ent W ho lesalers Association n arn e d Albert S. H atch er, J r., M acon business an d civic lead er, to be th eir p residen t, th ey chose a ch ief whose bu siness lin ea ge spa ns th e lifetim e of th e automo bile indu stry and reac hes behi nd it to th e days when ca rriages ran on oats.
T he A. S. Hatcher Co ., wh ich h e hea ds, has been in business contin uo usly for more than 77 years. It is sa id to be the oldest existing automotive parts firm in Georgia, an d M r. H atch er was born in to it an d grew up there.
T he M otor Equ ipment Wh olesalers Associa tion, organized 23 yea rs ago , is a n on-profit t I' a d e organiza tio n head qu arter ed a t C hicago. I ts mem bership includes hundred s of who lesale a utomotive parts dealers in th e United St ates an d Can ad a. Such a group naturally dem ands as president a man wh o know s every bolt an d th read in th eir bu siness, an d that is wh y th ey ch ose Albert H a tch er. H e p reviously had served th em well as director, tr easu rer and vice -p resident.
M r. H atch er is a di rect or of th e M acon Chamber of Co mmerce, a mem ber of th e Bibb Co unty Board of Educa tion and a steward in th e M ulb err y Street M eth odi st Chur ch. H e is a past presiden t of th e Macon R ot ary Cl ub a nd a past president of th e Macon Community Chest .
T he A. S. H a tcher Co ., which bears the nam e of Mr. H atch er's fat her , trac es its origin to th e fa ll of 1865, whe n a

brusqu e New En glan der by th e name of Sa m uel S. Pa rmelee, wen t to Au gu sta , Ga. , to wo rk for h is u ncle, a NI r. Wyman , wh o opera ted a ca rr iage, wagon an d h arness business. After lea rning the tr ad e, Pa rm elee in 1877 went to M ac on and esta blished a br an ch of the firm th ere. A few years la ter he purch ased the M acon bra nch and opera ted under th e name of S. S. Pa rmelee.
In 18 77, th e first A. S. H at ch er, a t th e age of 17, accepted em ployme nt with Parmelee. I n 1905, :Mr. H a tch er suggested to NI r. Pa rmelee to ma ke a stock corpora tion of th e bu siness. T his wa s don e, an d A. S. H a tcher, Sr., was mad e vice-president of th e S. S. Pa rmelee Co . At the death of Mr. Pa rmelee in 19 15, M r. H a tch er purchased th e bu siness an d in 1918 the A. S. H at ch er C o. was incorporated.
Albert S. H a tch er, J r., came to th e com pa ny afte r fin ishin g Geor gia T ech in 1931, and two yea rs la ter he was mad e vice-p resident. H e succee de d to th e p residen cy a t th e dea th of his fa th er in 1948.
I n th e beginning, th e H a tcher firm sold such merch andise as ca rriages, bu ggies, wagon s a nd h a rn ess. When bicycles became the vogue, they took on bikes, a nd in 1909, when th e a utomo bile ch ugge d over th e horizon , a utos wer e added to th e stock.
T he managem ent decided to discon tinu e selling a utomo biles in 1918 a nd devote th eir effor ts to wh olesa le a utomoti ve pa rts a nd accessories. T hey la ter adde d ra dio s, appliances, ha rd wa re, tools, boat s and mo to rs and kind red lin es.
Indian Relics (C ontin ued from Page 3 )
tri bcs wer e th e Yamassees in South Carolina, th e Seminoles in Florida and th e C hickasaws a nd C ho ctaws in Alaba ma . T hese tr ibes likely ma de forays in to th e Georgia territory.
H istory records th at the Spanish mission s along th e Atl an tic coast, kno wn as "G aule" off Georgia, were built by th e Spania rds a nd were destroyed in 1597 by th e Yamassee I ndi an s. (T hey were later reb uilt by the Spa nia rds who held th em for 50 yea rs). T his is perhaps th e first recorded major bat tle engaged in on G eorgia soil by the I nd ian s.
When Gener al O glethorpe settle d a t Sava nna h in 1733, h e immediately conIerred with T om ochichi, th e I ndian ch ief for th a t territ ory, a nd through him kept peace with th e Indian s.
O gleth orpe lat er journeyed to Co weta T own (Colum bus) , wh ere h e

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ma de furth er treati es wit h th e I nd ians.

Lat er, all the land held by I nd ia ns in

Geo rgia territo ry wa s ceded by them to

th e Whi te M a n-the removal to the

West in 1836 bein g th e last event in

this tra gic cha p te r of our h istor y.

The I nd ian' s im print is fou nd today

all over th e Sta te. M ost of the rivers,

creeks and sections bear Indian na mes;

handed down from them to th e W hite

man . M arry nam es are beautiful and

eupho n ious a nd soothing - Et owa h.

T allu lah, Enota, O cmulgee, O conee.

Ther e is sca rce ly a county tha t does not

conta in a st rea m or co m m un itv bea rin u



t:l

a n I nd ian nam e.

The relics of th e Indian h ave been

and a re still being retained in th e St a te.

Arrowheads and othe r small relics may

yet be found in the fields of Georgia .

Some of th eir settlem ents h ave been

pr eserved . These includ e th e O cmulgee

Nati on al M onument nea r M acon, de-

veloped and main ta ined by th e Govern -

ment ; th e lone gra ve of Co l. Benj amin

Hawkins on the ba nks of F lint Ri ver in

C ra wfo rd Co unty, (a nd a monu men t

to his m emor y in Robert a ) bears m ute

evide nce of the site of th e C reek Agen -

cy, wh er e imp ortant tr eat ies with th e

Indians wer e consumma ted; India n

Springs, fa med wat er ing p lace used by

the I nd ian s, is also a Sta te Pa rk ; K olo-

moki M ound s have been developed by

the Stat e Par ks Dep artment to include

a m useum in whi ch a re displayed relics

found in th e m ou nds, recreat ion spot s,

picni c tables, outdo or grills, fishing, a nd

swimm ing facilities. The park includes

1,203 acr es.

A number of othe r Sta te Parks h ave

Indi an names a nd are situa ted on I n-

dian sites, a nd a n elabora te collection of

Ind ian relics is pa rt of the va lua ble mu -

seum in the Sta te C ap itol. A la rge nu m -

ber of I ndian relics collected by H enr y

1'. M eI ntosh is housed in a specia l un it

of th e Carn egie L ibrary a t Alban y.

There a re many p rivat e collections of

I nd ia n relics th ro ugh out th e Sta te, in

libra ries, colleges and in h om es. Ther e

is a notable collection at R einh a rd t

College, Wa leska, G a.

Two mounds in Putn am County, on e

sma ll a nd one la rge, known as R ock

Eagle, wh er eby a la rge eag le is ou tlined

with stones, a re a n a rch aeological enig-

ma . R ock Eagle Park will be dedicat ed

as a magni ficent 4-H Clu b cen ter on

O ct . 30.

Littl e Shoulde rbone M ounds are in

H a ncock Co unty, about 10 m iles from

Spa rta, an d Nacoochee M ound in Na-

cooch ee V alley, nca r H elen, has been

excava ted an d valuable I ndia n relics

unea rth ed.

NEWSL ETTER

O ctober 25, 195'1

Georgia's Fish Ponds Valuable Asset , 0 Irrigation, Livestock and Leisure

The State of Georgia has more than 27,000 fish pon ds that ra nge in size from one to 200 acres a nd represent an investme nt of $30,000 ,000 . Now is th e pond- buildi ng season, a nd some 2,000 new ones will be added. If Georgia' s pond s a re p roperl y const ructed, stocke d, fertil ized a nd m anaged, th ey will sup port 400 to 600 pounds of fish pc,r ac re-a lot of h appy fishin g!
This inform a tion comes from th e Sta te Ga me a n d Fi sh Commission. whose dir ector, Fulton Lovell, h as i s~ sued a new illu str at ed booklet to give a boost to thi s most popular of sports. Called " Georgia Fish Pond M an agemen t," th e publication was com piled by
Fred J. Dickson, th e departmen t's chief
of fish man agemen t.
The att rac tive booklet, whi ch is free, covers the field of warm wa ter fish pond s from selec ting th e site and building th e dam to stocking and ma nagemen t. Addi tion al chapters discuss fishing meth ods, bait and pr ep ar ati on of fish for the tab le.
Gov. H erman E. T almadge, himself a n arden t fisherm an , supplies th e foreword for t he booklet. Says the Governor :
"T he fish pon d today is considered almost a necessity to every fa rme r an d landown er, not only for th e enjoyme nt of himself a nd hi s family, but as a n enterprise by eithe r selling fish ing righ ts or furni shin g food . Your pond is important for its scenic beauty, irri gati on, wat erin g livestock and serves to p rovid e

recreati on, wh ich is badl y needed in these chao tic times.
" O utdoo r life pl ays a n ever-increasing role in th e heal th, men tal a nd physical development of our peop le. Fishing is the most popular of all th ese ac tivities. People of all ages m ay par ticipate. Wi se pond man agement is necessar y for its full enjoyment a nd p rod uctivity."
Pri nciples of pond m an agement, which J\Ir . Dickson decla res h ave proved successful in Geor gia, a re set fo rth in th e booklet. R ecommend ing blu egill bream and lar gem outh bass as th e best pond fish, a nd em phasizing th e necessity for fer tilizing ponds from seven to 15 times a yea r, h e m akes th e following poin ts :
The weight of fish a n un fertilized pond ca n support is dep end en t up on th e Iertilitv of the la nd s th at d rain int o th e pond .' It ra nges from 35 to 200 pounds per ac re.
The number of pound s of fish th at a po nd ca n produce ca n be inc rea sed by use of fertilizers. Ferti lize r produ ces a plan kton that is food for microscopi c anima l life, wat er insects a nd small fish. A properly fertilized pond will support fro m 400 to 600 pounds of fish p er ac re.
Fish grow rapidly if th ey have plenty of food, but very slowly if food is sca rce. Well-fed blu egills will ave rage ab out four ounces within one yea r, bass about one pound.
T oo ma ny fish in a pond ca use und er-

sized fish and poor fishin g. A pond ca n sup port only th e weight of fish for which food is ava ilable. It ca n support several th ousands for small fish or a much smaller number of large fish. The faster a fish gro ws th e easier it is to ca tch ; th e slower it gro ws th e more difficult it is to ho ok.
Within one yea r after stocking, a pond is usua lly sup porting close to th e ma ximum weigh t of fish for whi ch food is available. After th e stocked fish have spawned once, th ere ar e more fish th an ca n be adeq ua tely supported by th e food th at th e pond is producin g. Therefore th e population mu st be redu ced by bass and by heavy fishin g.
As th e number of fish is reduced, th e avera ge size of th ose rem aining increases. The rem aining fish get more food .
Pond s in Georgia fertilized prop erly should be stocked with 1,000 blu egill fr y or fingerl ings a nd 100 bass fr y or fin gerlings per ac re. U nfertilized ponds requir e only 400 blu egills and 30 bass per ac re.
Wh en shellcrac ker bream are used, th ey sho uld not constitute over 20 per cent of th e total number of bream . Shellcrackers do not sustain th emselves as well as bluegills. Other species of bream , th e redbreast, wa rrnou th, green sunfish, stumpknocker, pumpkinseed and longea r sunfish a re scrub types ; th ey do not pu t on as mu ch weigh t as bluegills and shellcrackers.
Bass a re th e only carnivor ous fish recomm end ed for Georgia pond s. Catfish and crappie a re not recommended becau se th ey usually overpopula te th e wat ers. By adding extra species, one reduces th e number of fish caught per hour of fish ing effort.

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T esting- a lak e n ear Alb an y for its fish population by throwingcertain chemicals into it.

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-Georgia Game a nd Fi sh Dept .
Mary Frances Brown, Robert A. Miller and Mary Jane Miller show a g-ood catch .

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Voried Activities Highlight Go. Progress

Long County will have a new health cente r at Ludowici . . . The Quaker Rubber Corp. is building a new 10,000 sq . ft. war eh ou se a nd sales off ice in Decatur for th e distribution of it s conveyor belti ng a nd hose .. . Dublin a nd Eatonton have joined th e gro wing list of cities supp lied wit h natural ga s.
The n ew Sparta Furniture M anufa cturing Corpor ation is read y to begin op er ati on s . . . Southern St ates Iron Co. will erec t a $280,000 office a nd wa rehous e in Atlanta . . . Camp Stephen Foster, recreational and fishing ca mp on th e western edge of th e Okefen okee Swamp, has been tr ansferred to th e St at e Parks D epartment.
D r . C la ude L. Pm'cell is Geor gia' s new assistant sta te sup erintendent of sch oo ls.
The Cobb Ex ch an ge Bank will con struct a new building in Marietta . . . \ Vhen stude n ts returned to Abraha m Baldwin Agri cultural CoIlege a t T ifton thi s fall th ey found th ree new build ings on th e campus a nd other renovat ed .
The Bright Lumber Co., Savannah, will erect a new conc re te offi ce building an d war eh ou se . . . R efri ger a tion equ ipment is being installed at the Sta te F a rmers' M arket a t Thomson . . . Cordele is constructing a third of-a -rnillion-dollar sewerage d isposal plan t.
Baxley is th e site of a new bu s sta tion as well as th e new $i5,000 Ap plin g County H ealth Center . . . Printed Fab rics Corp., Carrollton, h as production under way a nd will gra d-

uaIly build emp loymen t to 300 by M arch, 1955.
A & M Karagh eusian , In c., Albany rug manufacturers have a nnounced pl an s for a $400,000 expa nsion progra m . . . T he building that will house th e O berman M anu facturing Compan y, ga rme n t makers of .Jefferson Ci ty, M o., is nea rly read y in Valdosta.
Construction work by th e United Sta tes government to bolster militar y install ati on s in Georgia a mo un ted to $ 111,522,000 betw een July 1951 and M ay 1954, accor ding to Dep artment of Defense report.
A con tract has been awa rde d to th e CindereIla Foods division of St evens Industri es, In c., Dawson, in exce ss of $ 1,250,000, for pean ut butter for school lunch rooms through out th e nation and its possessions . . . The United Stat es - Travel Agen cy, In c., is plannin g to op er ate two or three cruises next summer fro m th e port of Savan nah to Hava n a an d N assau.
Americus will soon const ruc t a natural gas system . . . The Fed eral gov ern men t h as allocated $246,660 to Georgia airports, matchin g 50-50 local funds, for improvem en ts . . . The Sea Island Company is pl anning to bu ild a thi rd bea ch house next yea r whi ch will cost over $ 100,000.
Pl an s are under wa y in \ Vashington for th e cons tr uction of a new wat er reserv oir and sewage disposal pla nt .. . Construction to th e tune of fourteen million doll ars is p lanned for Fort

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Ben ni ng.
During 1953 a record of 2,580,29 1 peopl e enjoyed recreation at Georgia State Pa rk s . . . The Am erican Oil Co. plan s to establish a refin er y in Savannah . . . St reitmann Biscu it Co. has opened its distribution wa reh ou se in Moultrie . . . Pi ke County H ealth Center a t Zebulon was dedic a ted last month by Governor T alm ad ge.
Constructi on of th e new Gen eral Shirt Corp . pl ant in Lo uisv ille is ex pect ed to be comp leted late next month . . . J on es County H ealth Center a t Gra y was dedi cated ea rlier thi s month by Governor T almadge.
Alba ny citizens have voted to br ing natural gas to their city . .. The second gene ra ting un it of the Georgia Pow er Co.'s Plant H ammond at R ome h as gone into operation . . . D a wson, Cedartown and Alba ny ar e sla ted to hav e N ation al Gu ard a rmories. . . .
Georgia Cotton Crop Set at 590,000 Bales
T he severe drou ght in Georgia th is yea r has ser iously aff ected th e cotto n cro p. The 1954 yield is estima ted by th e C rop R ep orting Service, U . S. Dep artment of Agriculture, Athens, to be 590 ,000 bales, compared with th e 1953 crop of i 52,000 bales, a decrease thi s year of 162,000 bales.
The U . S. 1954 crop is estima ted to be 12,511 ,000 bales, compa red wit h 16,465,000 bales ginne d in 1953.

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