Newsletter, Georgia Department of Commerce, 1952 September 1 - 1953 September 25 (2024)

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N E W SLETTER

Sep temb er I, 1952

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-monthly by

GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE 100 State Capitol

* HERMAN E. TALMADGE
Governor

BOARD OF CO M M ISS ION ERS El\WRY L. BUTLER Ch airman

Lonnie A. Pop e, V. Chm. Y. F. Geeslin

Ben Jessup

Llo yd B. Rai sty

* CLARK GAINES

Secretary

Vol. 4, No. 1

Sept ember 1, 1952

Georgia's Columns
Attract Tourists
Of decid ed imp ortan ce in attracti ng tourists to Georgia is M ed ora Fi eld Perk erson 's new book " W hite Column s in Georgia." This book, with scores of illustrations of our state's most beautiful h omes, is creating much interest in all sections of th e country.
Typical of th e comme nts from book reviewers a re th ese: "T he book cou ld serve as a tou r guide . . . a n extremely readable volume, well illustra ted," says th e H artford (Conn.) Courant.
" If you a re crossing th e coun try from Southe rn Californ ia, you m ay as well h ead for Georgia . And if you get a copy of White Colum ns in Georgia . . . you will have a wonderf ul guide to all th e notabl e fin e Geo rgia h ouses of th e 18th Century . . ." sta tes th e Los Ange les (Cal. ) T im es.
" Similar books have been written about the grea t h ouses of Virginia, South Carolin a a nd Lou isia na. T his is the firs t abou t Geor gia an d it is one of th e best of th em all," decla res the Washingt on (D. C.) Sta r.
" F or th ree yea rs M rs. Perkerson tr amped th e sta te of Georgia, interview-

SE PTE MBE R 4-6-Savanna h : Georgia State Association of Ch am ber of Comme rce Execu tives, DeSot o Beach H ot el.
SE PT E M BE R S-7-Carro llton: Women's Open Golf T ournam ent .
SE PT EMBE R 6- Alpharetta: North Fu lton Livestock Associati on Show. Alpharett a Schoo l G ro unds.
SE PT E M BER 8-12-Elberton : Elb ert Co un ty Fair.
SE PT E M BER 8-1 3-Vidalia : Toombs Co un ty Fair.
SE PT E M BE R 12- Ca rtersville : Sh rine
in g libra rian s, old-tim ers, filling-sta tion attendan ts a nd scores of othe rs. The result is littl e sho rt of m agnifi cent. I n th is enormo us a nd beautiful book is mu ch of th e gra nde ur a nd glory of th e So uth," com ments th e Philad elphi a (Penn.) I nqui rer.
People all over th e nation a re reading an d enjoying Mrs. Perkerson's book, and as a result many of th em will com e to Georgia to see our beautiful old homes for themselves.

Day, including Pa rade a nd Cart ers, ville-Summ ervi lle F ootb all Game.
SE PT EMB ER IS-Hun ting Sea s a n O pens in Sta te.
SEPTEMBER 18-H a w k i n svi llcFeeder-Stocker Beef Calf Sale, Cotton Producers Association Li vestock Au ction Barn.
SE PTEMBER 22-27- C laxton : Evan, Co unty F air.
SE PT E M BER 22-27-G a i n e s ville : Northeast Georgia F air.
SE PT E MB ER 22-27-Bar tow Co unty Fair.
SE PT E M BER 22-29 - Fayetteville: Fayette Co unty Fa ir.
SE PT E M BER 24-26-Georgia T ech : 21st Annua l Geo rgia Wat er an d Sewage Schoo l, spo nsored by Georgia De pa rtme nt of Pu blic H ea lth, Georgia In stitute of T echnology, and the Georgia Wat er a nd Sewage Ass'n.
SE PTE M BER 27-28- W a y c r 0 s s : Fourth Annua l Sta te Cha mpionship Rodeo, M em or ial Stadium.

COVER PICTURE
T h e lovely home of Mr. a nd Mrs. R och ford J oh nson of W ashingto n, Ga ., is typical of some of ou r state's antebellum homes. T hese fin e old houses draw the inter est of p eop le from all parts of th e nation, p rovid ing the tourist with a delightful scene, as well as a lesson in th e hi story of our cou ntry .

An aerial view of St. Simon's Beach , near Brunswick, Ga ., showing th e famous lighthouse. Some of th e island 's attracti ve recr eational buildings ar e seen in th e ba ckground. (See story on page 5. )

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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NE WSL ETTER

September 1, 1952

Georgia Ranked First in Southern States

In Production of Pulpwood for Year 1951

With 16 pulp and pap er mills tod ay huilt or being constructed in Georgia to make th is sta te one of the nation's leaders in this great ma nufacturing field, it is also a dramati c economic fac t that Georrria maintained its lead ership in 1951bin th e South in pulpw ood p roduction as it did in 1950. R ecords of the Forest Service of th e U . S. Depa rtment of Agricu lture revea l thi s.
Receipts of domestic pulpwood a t all mills in th e U nited Sta tes in 1951 totaled 25,123,000 cords, of whi ch the Sout h furn ished 14,061,100 cords, 56 pCI' cent of the tot al.
Georgia with 2,370,000 cords led all Sout her n sta tes in p roductio n, accounting for 17 per cen t of th e Sou th's and nin e per cen t of th e nation 's pulp wood cut tha t year. Georg ia also led the Sout h in 1950, with 2,221,300
cords.
Southern States Gain
All of th e Southern sta tes show ed a gain in producti on over 1950, with th e largest in creases in V irginia, 1;'orth Ca rolin a, T ex as, L oui siana .
Pine pul pwood in the South was 12,442,200 cords, with hard wood s accounting for 1,451,200 cords a nd dead chestnut, 167,700 cords. Georgia' s cut of pine was 2,278,800 cords in 1951, and 9 1,300, h a rdw oods ; chestn ut, 12, 750 cords.
T hese figu res a re fro m th e " Forest Sur vey Rel ease No . 38, July 1952". issued bv th e For est Ser vice of th e
U. s. Departm ent of Agr icult ur e :
Sou theastern Forest E xperiment Station, Asheville, N . C. , and Southern For est Experiment St ation , New O rleans, L a ., in co-opera tion with Southern Pu lpw ood Conserv at ion Associa tion, Atlan ta.
Pulpwood Production
T he repor t shows t ha t pulpwood was produced in 153 of th e 159 coun ties in Georgia d urin g th e year , non e bcin g reported in Daw son, For syth , H eard , Lumpkin, T owns and White Co unties.
Ches tnu t production was in 'Fa nnin, Gilme r, U nion Counties- I2,750 cords.
Accord ing to th e repor t, Ca mden led a ll coun ties in p rodu cti on with 79,620 cords, other la rge prod uct ion COUll til's being C harl ton , 74,958 cords ; Effingham , 65,337 ; Clinch, 63,250 ; M el n t o~h , 58,540; Wayne, 46,9 16; and

Ware Co unty, 46,58 3. Counties in th e South th a t pr oduced
mor e tha n 100,000 cords in 195 1 were listed as Baldw in Cou nty , Alabama, 131,615 cords; Georgeto wn, South Carolina , 213,239 ; Nas sau, Fl orida, 116,202 ; Copiah, Mi ssissippi , 105,19 3.
The repor t listed 63 fir ms th a t bought th e pulpwood p roduced in th e South.
Figu res compiled by the Georgia Dep a rtment of Co mmerce show th at 16 pulp and pap er mi lls have been built or are in cou rse of construc tion in Gcor gia.
12 Operating Mills
T welve in ope ration a rc : Austell Box Board Co., Austell; Nationa l Pap er Co ., Bolt on ; Brunswick Pu lp & Pap er Co ., Bru nswick ; Noble M anufacturing Co., Cedartown ; Armstrong Cork Co., M acon ; M acon K raft Co ., M acon ; T extile Pap er Produ cts, R ome; St. M a rys C ra ft Co., St . M a r ys; National Gypsum Co ., Savann ah ; U nion Bag &
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Pap er Corp., Sava nnah ; Certain -t eed Products Corp., Sava nna h, a nd Southern P ap erb oa rd Corp ., Por t Wentworth, nea r Sava nnah.
Four plan ts in construc tion a re: M engel Co., J esup ; R ayoni er Corp., Doctortown, ncar J esup ; M ead Corpor ati on , R om e, and Nation al Contai ner Corp., V ald osta .
Water and Sewage School Planned for Sept. 2426
The 21st Annu al Geor gia W at er a nd Sewa ge School will be held at Georgia T ech September 24-26 , 1952. It is cond uc ted eac h yea r un der th e joint sponsors hip of th e Georgia D ep artment of Pub 1i c H ealth, th e Georgia Institute of T echnology a nd the Georg ia Water a nd Sewa ge Associa tion. T here is no cha rge for a ttending th e school.

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N E WSLETTER

Sep tem ber 1, 1952

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

Continental Plant Completed
EA ST PO I NT is th e locat ion of a wa reh ouse and office bui lding for Co ntin ental M otors Co rp . of Mi ch igan . Locat ed on O ak leigh Drive, th e company's South eastern bran ch will occupy a new 20,000 squa re foot bu ilding whi eh has ju st been completed . Co ntinental manufac tures R ed Seal eng ines for a gricultural, industri al, transpo~ta tion, aircraft a nd marine uses, bu ilds engines for K aiser- F razer and for sma ll
plan es. L. J. H olland will manage th e
Atlanta bran ch of th e firm, whi ch h as headqua rters in Muskegon, Mi ch .
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New Tourist Court
A new tourist court of 25 units is going up at BR UN SWI CK. Plan s call for an investme nt of close to $ 125,000 , whic h inclu des a swimming pool and resta u rant . Located on U. S. Hi ghway 17 nor th of th e cit y, th e court is situa ted on a 20-acr e tr act. Owners ar e A. 1. McInnis an d Albert Crews, both expe rience d in th e m otor cour t and restaurant bu siness. A new type of airconditioning will be used in th e units, rad iat ors ut ilizing h ot water in th e winter, an d cold water in th e summer. Opening of th e court is p lanned for Decemb er.
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Atlanta Plant
Will Make Feed
Co nsolida ted Products Co mpany IS sett ing up a m anufactu ring p lant in Atlanta whi ch will u tilize th e bypr oducts of th e dairy industry. T he plant, located a t 890 M em orial Drive, SE, will m anufacture feed for hogs calves, chickens and turkeys. The basic eleme nts of m ost of th ese feeds incl ud e th e by-products of th e manufac ture of butter and chee se. Production will begin as soon as all in stallations are m ad e.
T h e new plan t h as double importance in thi s reg ion as it will manu fac ture feeds with milk nutrition, a nd will also give Southern dai rymen a la rger m arket th rough th e use of dairy byprod ucts.
T h e compan y, wh ose h ome office is a t Danville, Il l., operates othe r Southern plan ts at Lebanon an d Louisville, K y., K noxville, Murfreesboro, N ashville, Lewisburg and She lbyville, T enn., and Ok olona, M iss. These plants will

ship by-p rod ucts to th e Atlan ta plan t, whe re th ey will be processed into feed .
J. R . Brown is gen era l manager of
th e Southeas te rn Division , a nd K en I nman is assista n t general manager. This div ision serves ten Southeastern sta tes.
-aConyers Gas System
The natur al gas system in CONYERS is more th an half completed and is exp ected to be finish ed well before cold weather sets in , say offic ials of th e New ton Co un ty Gas Compa ny. M or e th an 20,000 feet of main hav e been laid inside th e city limits. A ta p line h as been put down along th e shou lder of Hi ghw ay 12, and will t ransport gas to th e Co nyers system from th e t ran smission line. A similar line to M ilstead is now under construction.
- aWayside Park
A new wayside pa rk has been established at WHITESB UR G. Two la rge ta bles with attached sea ts a re available for th e use of tourists. T he tables h ave been located under la rge, sha dy trees, making a comfortable a nd attra ctive place to stop .
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New Finishing Plant
Officials of th e F ult on Bag & Cotton Mi lls, of A T L ANTA, brok e grou nd recently for th e new $250 ,000 finishing plant. The building is expected to be finishe d by th e en d of th e year . It will be loca ted next to th e main structure of th e m ill.
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New Regional Office On e of thi s cou ntry's la rgest pro-
du cers of antibiotics, drugs a nd chemi cals, Charles Pfizer & Co ., I nc., of Brooklyn, h as chosen Jl.TLANTA as th e locati on for a regional office an d wa reh ou se.
A new bu ilding is going up on C hattah ooch ee Ave., N W, whic h will h ouse th e compa ny's Atla nta activities. T h e 20,000 square foot building is expe cted to be completed somet im e in Sep tember. Employees in Atlanta will nu mb er 15 to 20 at fir st.
The office in Atla nta will service Geo rgia, th e Carolinas , Florida , Alaba ma, Mi ssissipp i, Louisian a and ar eas of Ark an sas and Tennessee. Gen era l sales offices ar e located in Brooklyn, with plants in several cities. R egional sales offices a re fou nd in Chicago a nd San F rancisco.

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M an ager of th e Atlanta bu lk chemicals division is Geo rge C . Weyprecht , an d C . H . Barwick is manager of anti. bioti cs.
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Concrete Pipe Company
A new indus try is beginn ing op erations in TIFTON . Known as th e Tifton Co ncr ete Pipe Co mpany, th e fin n will manufacture culvert-type p ipe, ranging from 12 to 60-inch, utili zing Georgia san d and about $50, 000 worth of cem ent a year. Twen ty person s will be employed and pro duction is expect ed to be close to 75 tons a day. The building h ousing th e new firm is loca ted on a five-acre tract of land n ear th e Tift on State F armers M a rket . Owners of the new company a re M. T . Tucker of V aldosta and R . A. Bowen of M acon .
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New Radio Station
A p ermi t h as been granted by the Fed eral Communications Co mm ission to D . R . J ackson, R . 1'. R agan an d W. H . Gri ffin, in corp orat ors of th e TriCounty Broa dcas ting Company, Inc., to bui ld a radio sta tion. The new sta tion will serve th e a reas in and nca r H awkinsville, Coc hran an d Eastman . Construction of th e building to house the station h as alr eady begun. The 500wa tt station will operate on a frequency of 610 kilocycles, in th e daytime only. Studios will be located in all th ree town s, and t ran smitting equipment will be situa ted on the Eastm an -Haw kinsville H igh way. Mr. J ackson is fr om H awk insville, Mr. R agan fr om Eastman an d Mr. Griffin from Coc hran.
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Ja sp er Plant Makes
1,000 Boxes Daily
T he J asper L umber Company at .IASPER h as beg un the prod uction of boxes an d is equ ipped to ma n ufac ture them on a la rge scale. Their new eq uipment consists of a box-boa rd ma tch er. three modern nailin g machi nes. a do uble-h ea der corr uga te d machin e,'one ro uter, a dad o machine, a press for pri n ting on wood, and other machinery. J ack Adams, head of the lumber bu siness, said th at th e company expects to make this pha se a permane nt pa rt of its operations. T he box operation is pr oducing over 1,000 boxes a day, and has m eant an increase of 50 employees.

NEW SLETTER

Sep tenlber 1, 1952

Brunswick Seeks More Tourists, Big Building Program Planned

Although nearly two hundred years old, with m uch of th e old being ca refuIly reta ine d, especi aIly it s massive trees, Brunswick is also m ode m in every respect, th e facto ry whi stle keeping p ace with th e even ca de nce of th e evercha nging ocean tid es.
In 1771, th e Council of th e R oyal Province of Geor gia laid off th e cit y of Brun swick and named its stree ts and park s, whi ch bear traditionaIly En glish nam es. The town was caIled " Brunswick" in honor of George III, King of England, of th e H ou se of H an over, or Brun swick.
The wid e stree ts laid out origin ally have com e into th eir own and are well serving th e local traffi c as well as th e almost consta nt flow of touri st ca rs in the city.
M odem Brunswick claims varied inter ests, such as the tou rist tr ade, shrimping, a big pulp mill , a mammoth nava l stores plan t, a nd many other factories-some 40 or mor e in all. There are excellen t fishing waters, many nearby islands and a na tural ha rb or.
The port of Bru nswick, whi ch during World Wa r II was devoted entirely to ship building, h as been reactiva ted by the Brunswick Port Authority and sh ips are now using th e port for cargo sh ip-

ments. Dred gin g by th e U . S. Governmen t is beginning in th e harb or September 1 to main tai n water suffic ient for ocean-going sh ips now using th e harbor. Cargoes of naval stor es p roducts an d mine p rop s bou nd for Eu ropea n ports are alrea dy being shipped th rou gh th e harbor , a nd upwards of 200 ca rloads of packaged Army ra tion ma terials are bein g assembled a t th e port for storage in th e Port Author ity's warehouses. This mat erial will lat er be reshipp ed to overseas p oint s.
M eantime, th e Port Authority, with th e co-ope ra tion of Glynn County, has dr edged th e basin and mad e rep airs on th e docks. The Brunswick Port Auth ority is h eaded by S. Hadley Brown as Chairma n, a nd W . H . Bedfor d as M an ager.
The H ercules Powder Co's. chem ica l plan t at Brunswick owns a nd operates th ere the la rgest pl an t of its kind in th e world . T he fores ts of Sout h Georgia a nd Florida whi ch were cleared of timber 60 yea rs ago a nd more, and latterday cu t-over la nd s, provide many stumps for th is unusual faci lity th at extracts and man ufactures fro m th ese rich pine stu m ps rosin, tu rp entine, pine oils a nd va rious derivati ves. I t employs 1,200 -1,300 peopl e in th e plant and in

Plant of the Brunswick Pu lp and Paper Co. , in Brunswick, owned jointly by Scott Paper Co., of Chester, Pa. , and the Mead Corp., of Ch illicothe, Ohio. A recently completed expansion program , involving $6 million brings th e total inv estm ent in this plant to $35 million .

Little White House Draws Visitors From 46 States
The L ittle White H ouse a t Warm Springs drew visitors fro m 46 sta tes and all p a rts of the world during July of this year. A total of 15,877 visitors saw th e famous str uct ure , and 10,64 7 signed th e gues t book. Among those wh o registered 19 for eign coun tries and several terr itories were rep resented, a nd all th e sta tes excep t Nevad a a nd Wyom ing. Georgia had th e lar gest number of visitors, 3,998, and Alab am a was second with 1,341. Fl orida was in third place with 679 visitors and Ohio, whi ch consistently ranks n ear th e top in registration, was fourth with 494.
th e field s ga the ring th e stumps, G . E . Bosserd et is M anager of th e Brunswick plant of H ercul es Powd er C o.
The Brunswick Pulp & Pap er Co. , owned jointly by Sco tt Paper Co. , of Ches ter , Pa ., a nd M ead C orp orati on, of Ch illico the , Ohio, operates a lar ge pulp m iIl in Brunswick and employs 675 people in th e pl an t a nd in th e woods. The pl ant uses local pine and gu ms in man ufactu ring 50,000 tons of bleach ed sulphate p ulp per an nu m, wh ich is ship p ed to th e firm's other pl ants to be m ad e into va rious papers. The Brun swick pl ant has recently m ad e expan-
sions th at cost $6,000,000. E . J. Gay-
ner, III, is President of th e Brunswick Pulp & Pap er Co.
Many othe r manufacturing plants, large and small, give employmen t to m any p eopl e, pr acti ca lly all local resident s.
An industr y that h as h ad a rapid rise in Brun swick and a rea is th at of shrimp p rocessing plants.
It did not ta ke a song to inform Brun swick people th at th e " Shrimp boat s are a-coming ." Sh rim ping has been a maj or occ upation here for 25
yea rs, thi s area having lon g bee n one or
th e ch ief cente rs along th e Atla ntic Coas t for ca tch ing thi s species of marine life.
T his indu stry - th e boats a nd the process ing plant s- employ more people than a n" ot h er on e trade in th e Brunswick ar~a . Approximately 175 sh rim p boat s operate ou t of Brunswick, eac h boat manned by from two to fou r persons, or around 500, it is said , In recent yea rs, several big, modem sh rimpprocessing plants hav e been expanded
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTE R

Sep tember I , 1952

Shrimping Tops All Brunswick Industries in Persons Employed

Elbe rton G roups Form
Development Council
A new orga n ization is opera ting in Elb erton, known as th e Elb er ton Com .

(Con tin ued from Page 5 )

or bui lt anew at Brunswick a nd at St . Simons. Several plants employ upwards of 500 peopl e eac h, processing sh rimp and cra bs int o products th at are sold in all of th e 48 sta tes of th e U nion. Sh rimp are processed int o many kinds of prod ucts, such as fro zen shrimp cock tails, and frozen sea food dinners.

templated. Hi ghw ay 34 1 e x t e n d s northward
from Brunswick toward J esup , and th ence to road s leading to M acon and Atlanta and othe r po in ts north.
T he recently reb uilt Ca useway leading to St. Simons Island from Brun swick is a th ing of beauty a nd a joy to

The sh rimp pl ants a re comp letely mod ernized in every way. They send th eir assorted products out in refri gera ted trucks a nd by air to warehouses maintained in practi cally all states. From th ere th e products a re distributed to hotels, restaurants a nd othe r ea ting places. All sh rimp pr od ucts a re kept

motorists. R eb uilt a t a cost of $2,500" 000, it is wid e, with concrete bridges, and is shorter th an th e old road. In 1951, it is rep orted that 452,744 veh icles pa ssed over th e Causeway. The number thus far in 1952 shows a big increase.
St. Simo ns, in addition to drawing touri sts a nd summe r and winter resi-

munity Developmen t Council. This group will include civic, youth, fr aternal, ga rden a nd wom en' s clubs of th e community, and will " act as coordina ting center for community welfa re a nd p rogress." The work of th e Co unci l is not to over lap wor k of indio vid ua l organizat ions, and will only under ta ke projects in wh ich th e interest or welfa re of th e wh ole communi ty is involved , Proj ects inv olving broad ac tion will be handled by calling togeth er the head s of various organiza tions a nd deciding up on co-ordina ted efforts.
H eading th e gro up a rc Co -cha irmen Ben Sutto n a nd J ack Acree. Betsy Heard M cC rary is Secreta ry.

frozen . Tourist Area

dents, is also gett ing its sha re of com- M ethodi st Church, a n assem bly hall and mercial business. A big shri mp pl an t ot her buildings being pro vided on th e

With an estima ted $ 15,000,000 bein g an d ot her ind ustr ies a re loca ted th ere. histori c H amil ton pla ntation site. It

"left" in Glynn County annually by Touris t accommoda tions a re p rovided will be th e assemb ly gro unds for various

tourists, plan s a rc underw ay whi ch will make th e a rea mor e a tt rac tive to tou r-

at cour ts, hom es a nd h otels. Glynn Co un ty-owned ?vfc K innon

M ethodi st activit ies, draw ing man y visitors to the site.

ists a nd will also increa se th e amount Airport is locat ed on St. Simo ns and is

Many new hom es h ave been bui lt re-

of money they spe nd th ere. T h e large number of hotel s and inns

served by two lines, Eastern and Delta. The Coa st Guard Sta tion is also located

cently on St. Simo ns and many ar e now under construction.

in th e area have been supplem ent ed by a number of a tt rac tive touri st courts,

on St. Simo ns, as is th e Sea Island Golf Co urse, 18 holes. (T h e Brunswick

The St. Simo ns C hamber of COIl1-
merce is under direction of .J. l\L K ent,

a nd motels, with estimates th at pres- Co untrv C lub also mai nt ain s a n 18-hole pr esident, a nd M rs, Lou ise Sm ith, sec-

en t new acco mmo dations a rc being built a t a cost of above a half million

golf course on th e mainl and, north of Brun swick ) .

re t a r y . Fa rther eastward is Sea Island, site

dolla rs. One of th e biggest factors in th e

Epworth-by-th e-Sea, a n assernblv ground, is bein g developed by th~

of th e famed Clois ter H otel th a t draws (Con tinued on Page 7)

highway improvem ent plan is th e re-

cent anno unce me nt by H . B. J enkins of

Sava nna h, Chairma n of th e Co asta l

Highw ay C ommission, that U. S. 17

from th e Florida line th rou gh Brun s-

wick and along th e coast to Sava nna h

will he repa ved . This imp rovem ent is

expec ted to incr ease th e tourist flow to

Glynn Co un ty a nd St. Simons .

Highwa y impr ovem ents also ca ll for

U . S. 17 to be re-rout ed thro ugh th e

C ity of Brun swick with th e thro ugh

highway skirting th e ma rsh cast of th e

city to connec t with th e new $ 10 mi l-

lion Turtle Riv er Brid ge, a nd a lso con-

necting an a lrea dy-com pleted sp m road

leading toward J ekyll Island . Th is

new part of U. S. 17 south of Bruns-

wick will be link ed with th e pr esent

road a t th e int ersecti on of U . S. 84.

following th e old roa d south from th a t

po in t.

Access by au tomo bile to .Jekyll is expected to grea tly increase tourist traffic th ere and hu ge develop ment of th e Island by th e Sta te of Georgia is eon -

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Interior view of the Bru nswick Quick F reezer Co ., where shrimp are being processed for market. Products from th e five processing plants at Brunswick ar c shipped to every state ill the Union.

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NEW SL E'l'TER

Augusta Area Begins Development Program

The Committee of 100 for th e Au -

crusta Area has begun its progr am for promotion of orderly economic~ and

'ndustrial Car olina

developmen t a nd Georgia

ocfo utrh~ tei esSosuutrh-

'oundincr Au gust a. An executive board

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has been named and committees ap -

point ed. T he executive board is composed of

business a nd civic lead ers from Aiken ,

Edgefield, North Au gusta and Bath, all in South Ca rolina , and \Vaynesboro, Thomson a nd Au gusta in Georgia . The

group is mainly concern ed with .de velopin g resources of th e ar ea , furnish-

ing steady, profitable employme nt, and

workin g to div ersify th e area' s economy.

Pa t H. Rice, gene ral manager of News-

paper Printing Corp., is ch airma n of

the comm ittee .

The Committee will fun ction as " an

arm of the Au gusta Chamber of Com-

merce," and will coope rate with th e Ch ambers of C omme rce in nearby

towns.

Comme rcial Facto rs
Ope rate in A tlanta
A commercial factorin g firm , Joel Hurt & Co ., on e of th e first ind ep endently owned a nd opera ted bu sinesses of its type in thi s ar ea, is now d oin g business in ATLA NTA . Th e business approves credits, gua rantees receivabl es and provides immedi at e cash for sales mad e by its clients . Thus th e manufacturer or wh olesaler using th e factoring service substitutes its m an y credit cI;stome rs for one cash customer.
H eading th e orga nization is Pr esident Joel Hurt, wh o is also treasurer ; Thom as E. Nea l is vice-president and William A. M cClain, secretary. Members of th e firm say that this type of business is very old, and is an outgrowth of th e textil e sales agenc ies wh ich n ourished in th e East in th e first part of th e 19th cent ury .
Mr. Hurt is a nati ve Atl antan and was associa ted with Dun & Brad street for 20 years as distr ict manager. Mr. Neal is also a native of Atlanta, and becam e sales man ager for Dun & Bradstreet af ter World W ar II. Mr. l\lf cClai n, a nat ive of T enn essee, is an a ttorn ey, associat ed with th e firm of Ca ndler. Co x, M cCl ain and Andrews.

Sep tember I , 1952

Brunswick

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th e pat ron age of notabl e person ages from all O\Tr th e world. The Sea Island Co. has spent $ 1,000,000 on imp rovemen ts a nd expa nsions th ere since W orld \Var II, a nd furth er plans a rc con tem plated soon to include air-cond itioning the h otel rooms in the apa rtment bui ldings and th e two dining room s. M an y stree ts h ave been paved a nd th ere a re 125 pr iva tely owned cottag es a nd hom es on Sea Island .
Alfred W. J on es is chairma n of the board of th e Sea Island Co mpa ny, and
J. T. Co mpton is Pr esident .
Now back to Brunswick. T h ere is an extensive bui lding progr am underw ay and pl anned in Brunswick and in th e county. M any tourist cou rts ar c under construc tion now, mor e arc pl anned a nd a mod ern h ousing project has just been completed . The Gov ernment is to build a new Post Office at a cost of $ 1,250,000, which in add ition to serving th e increased posta l business, will also h ouse several F eder al agenc ies. A 75-room hospit al is being erected unde r th e Hill-Burton Act at a cost of more th an $ 1,000,000 . Th e Glyn n C oun ty Co mmission is to erec t a new H ealth Ce nter a t a cost of .~ 140,000. It will be on e-story and will replace th e pr esent old H ealth Bui ldin g a t M an sfield and Ri chmond Streets.
The City h as acq uired th e pr esent Post O ffice building a nd it is rep orted th at th e C itv Hall offices will he loca ted th ercin'.
New Firms
Severa l pi eces of downtown p rop ert y hav e cha nged hands recently whi ch after extensive alter ati ons a nd '/e mode ling, will be occ upied by new firms com ing to Brun swick, one a sho e store a nd a nother a cha in general store. Brunswick store sites a re in dem and.
Several mil es of street paving hav e been completed, ar c underway or contemplat ed , whil e th e city sewer system is also bein g expa nded to meet th e gro wing dem ands of th e extended residence secti ons. M ore coun ty road s a re bein g pav ed also.
A major proj ect underw ay is th e big pow er plant being bui lt by th e Georgia Power Co .. a nd nam ed th e " M cM anus Plant." It' is to cost $8 ,360,000 and is sche duled to begin opera tion lat e thi s year.
The city has two radio sta tions, WMOG (Wonderful Mar sh e s of

Glynn ) , Mutual, and WGI G, (Wonderf ul Golden Isles of Georgi a ) . Bruns wick Broad castin g Co . .
Brun swick is th e terminus of two trunkline ra ilroads, th e Atl antic Coast Lin e a nd th e Sou th ern . The Seaboa rd has opera ting a rra ngeme nts with th e ACL at nearby Thalman .
Th e U .S. Glynn co Naval Auxiliary Air St ati on , a "blimp" base, is loca ted on U .S. Hi ghway 17, six miles north of Brunswick. The Sta tion, established in 1943, was closed a fter World Wa r II . was later opened a nd is now ;'active.';
The Brunswick New s. an aft ernoon dai ly six day s a week, is 'in its 51st year
and has as progr essive ed itors L ouis J.
L eav y and C . H. L eavy, Jr. The la te C larence H. Leavy was president and editor from 1902-1946.
Farming in th e county is promoted by Eston H arden , Co unty Agent , and Wesley M eyers, who also aid s th e Negro farm ers.
The County is pushing an agri cultural progr am , as well as participating in the maintenance of a Timber Prot cctivc Organiza tion, whi ch mean s mu ch to th e timb er-producing int erests in th e cu unt y.
Chamber Leads
The Brunswick Chamber of Commerce has lon g been a leading factor in developing th e city a nd county industri ally and as a tourist cen ter. It h as a n ambitious progr am of ac tivity outlined for 1952-53. Mrs. Ruby Wilson Berri e is th e efficien t secreta ry and Wyley O 'Quinn, Jr., is pr esident. Its attractive bui ldin g at th e juncti on of th e St. Simo ns C au seway and Highway 17, was so pl aced to be of especial service to tourists.
Th e M erch ants Panel of th e Brunswick Ch amber of Commerc e sponsors annually a ga la celebra tion and parade and holds C omm unity Sal es Days several tim es during th e yea r. This pan el is h ead ed by Milton Levy, pr esident.
Brun swick opera tes under a City Commission, th e memb ers being A. T . H arrison, M ayor ; Robert A. Sa pp, Mrs. S. G. N ort on, Hubert Lan g, and C larke
Wiggins . F. J. Torras is C ity Manager.
Glynn Co un ty Commissione rs ar c Paul Killian, Chairman; Alton H . Perry, J am es D. Paulk, W. Franklin Crandall a nd Ray W. Whittle. Warren R . Neel is Ex ecutive Cl er k. a nd Dr. M. E . Win ch ester is Coun ty H ealth Commissione r.

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
Recent Govern m ent contracts awa rd~d to Geor gia firms in clud e th e foIlowmg :
West Point Mfg. Co ., WE ST POINT - 35,000 yd s. cloth , .~ 1 0 7,6 2 5.
TrammeIl H ardwood Flo orin g Co ., : .. c., ~uvrtA NGE-7 6,OOO wood pdcking boxes for 76 MM gun amm unition, $ 141,8 16.
Dixie T aIlyho, Inc., FAIRBURN Bead , breaker, aircraft tire, 322, $420,866.
Stepligh t P rodu cts Co., A T L ANTA - Ladders, $4 1,769.
Wri ght & Mitnick, TALLAPO OSA - Camouflage net, 8,929, $88,39 7.
Peerless Woolen Mi Ils, R OS S VILLE - 135,000 blankets, $9 76,800.
Nu nna Ily & M cC rea, ATLANTADun gar ees, $50,000 .
C. D . TuIler & Co., ATLANT ACo tto n, $231,0 00,
E ugene n. Sm ith & Co ., ATLANTA
Co tton, $ 154,000 . Aut o Soler Co ., ATLA NTA- Sight Systems, $82,000 . Pu ritan Chem ical Co., ATLANTA - Floor Wax , .~ 2 8,000 . CaIlaway Mi lls, LaGRANGE- Cotton Du ck, $ 142,000. William A. Sm ith, EA ST POINTPain t, $ 126,000 . Co nn St ructors , ATLANTA-Char-
leston Airfield , Charleston, s. C ., Co n-
struction of group head quart ers bu ildings, $ 108,600 ; construction of squa dron ope ra tions bld gs., $ 168,920; constr uction of additional airmen's dormitori es an d mess and administration bldgs., $793,779; construction of Ala sho ps and Ala war eh ouse. $ 107,500.

Tobacco Brings Big MG~ey Return To Farmers As Season's End Nears

Sale of bright -leaf tobacco in Geo rgia this season is running approxima tely th e same as last yea r and th e tota l is expe cted to closely equa l th e 1951 crop. both in po unds an d in money.
Through th e first week's a uctions whi ch ended Aug ust 15, th e sales at th e 68 warehouses, op erating in 19 Sou th Geo rgia cit i c s, totaled 132,943,680 pou nds, which b rough t $66,651,291.81 , at an average of 49. 72 cents a pou nd .
T h is compares with sales for the same peri od in 1951 of 106,264,248 pounds. H owever, sales opened three da ys ea rlier in 1952 th an in 1951, auctions being held 17 days during th e first four weeks in 1951, com pared with a uctions held on 20 days for th e same
Augusta Store Sales Lead Bank District
Augusta is lead ing by far all cities in th is Fe dera l R eserve Ban k Distr ict in ga in in store sales, th e Fed eral R eserve Bank of Atl anta reports.
For th e week ending August 9, 1952, compared with th e week ending Augu st 11, 1951, th e ga in in Augusta was 45 per cen t; for fou r weeks ending Aug ust 9, 1952, compa red with th e same period last year, th e increase was 31 per cent , and for th e year ending Aug ust 9, 1952, compared with the year ending August 11, 195 1, th e gain was 27 per cent.
Other cit ies incl ud ed in th e repo rt, all of whi ch showed ga ins in store sales for th e week ending August 9, 1952 were Atl anta, 9 per cent ; Birmingham,
9 ; .Iacksonvillc, 9; Miami, 16 ; Nash-
ville, 4, and New Orlean s, 6.

period thi s year. Sales for th e season, July 19-Au gu st
:11, 1951 total ed 155,053,010 pounds, wh ich brought $70,859,760.75.
Some m ark ets closed <I t th e end of the fourth week's sales, but severa l hel d au ctions unt il th e end of 1952 season.
Fin al. consolida ted sales at all th e market; th is yea r will be pri nted 111 a lat er edit ion of The Newsletter.
Four Weeks' Sales
T ot al sales and in com e for th e four weeks, ending Aug ust 15 at th e 19 mark ets wer e as Iollows:
Adel : 4,88 1,430 pounds, $2,548,291.22; Baxley : 5,072,680; $2,583,622.40 ; Blackshear : 10,068,982 , .~5 ,45 8, 5 69 . 3 8 ; C lax to n : 5, 177,078, $2,447,0 14.53 ;
I Douglas : 10,646,0 16, $5,363,64 1.75 ;
Fitzg era ld : 4,748,7 16, $2,227,540. 16: H a h i I' a: 4,398,858, $2,269,535 .50 ; Hazleh urst: 4,402,5 74, $2,340,869.12 ; ~vI c t t e l': 5,396,048, $2,594,9 22.45 : Moultri e: 10,468,706, $5, 209, 124.65.
NashviIle : 9, 18 1,192, $4,7 64,889.58 : P e l h am : 5, 737,980, $2,705,43 1.38 : Quitman : 4,369,228, .~ 2 , 137,506 .09 ; Sta tesboro: 12,336,668, $5,983 ,460.88 ; Sylvester: 1,980,836, $898 ,935.17; Tifton : 10,973 ,118, $5,3 79,450. 32; Vald os-
ta: 9,186,860, $4,7 30,657.72; Vida lia : I
9,109 ,554, $4,389,902 .46 : Waycross : 4,806,926, $2,62 7,926.08.
These figures arc from th e weekly reports issued by th e Georgia Department of Agri culture, T om Linder, Co mmission er, and were compiled by Gu y D. J ackson , C h ief Statisticia n of th e Dep artm ent .

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DEPARTMENT OF [DMMEUCE

EWSLE TE

EPTEMBER 15, 1952

NEWSLETTER

Sep tem ber 15, I~5 :!

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-monthly by
r.EORG IA DEPT. OF COl\IMERCE 100 State Capitol

* HE RMAN E. TALMADGE
Govcrnor

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
EMORY L. BUTLER Chairman

Lonnie A. Pope, V. Chm. Y. F. Geeslin

Bcn Jessup

Lloyd B. Raisty

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CLARK GAINES

Secretary

Vol. 4, No.2

September 15, 1952

R ock Eagle Pa rk Develop s R ap idly

Rock Eagle Park nca r Eat onton , one of th e most beautiful recreati on spots in Georgia, is rapidly being developed as th e state 4-H C lub Ce nte r a nd a publi c park. Its ar ea includes 1,452 ac res of land a nd a l l G-acrc lak e. The park gets its nam e from th e impressive figure of an eagle mad e from rocks by prehi storic Indian s. Locat ed nea r th e lak e, th e figure is overlooked by an observa tion tower whi ch has been p rovidcd . The " eagle" h as d ra wn th ousands of visitors to th e park in th e pa st, and th e new faciliti es planned will attract many th ousands morc.
In th e 4-H section, an administ ra tion building and guest house a rc at th e point of completion. Co nstruction has begun on th e 72 planned cottages. T o be built lat er a rc a camp store and post office, fou r recreation halls, a lar ge recreati on bu ildi ng, two dini ng-h alls, one with a ca pa city of 900 an d one for 300, an au ditorium a nd severa l other buildings.
The Sta te is m at ching all funds raised by 4-H memb ers and th eir friends . Several lar ge grants have alread y been mad e, enabling work a t th e park to mak e ra pid progress.
The publi c side of th e pa rk will attract sportsmen from th e entire stat e wh en completed. The l l O-acrc lake is being well stocked with bass a nd br eam a nd fertilized scien tifica lly to provide excellent fish ing . Adequat e picni c grounds are being built, a nd lat er construction will include a restaurant ,

SEPTEMBER 15-17 - University of Geor gia, Athens : Short course for local ta x officials from state, counties and municip aliti es, spon sor ed by th e Georgia Ass'n . of Assessing Officials. Georgia Municip al Ass'n., and th e Georgia Ass'n . of Co un ty Co mm ission e rs.
SE PT E M BER 17 - C itizensh ip Day. Proclaim ed by Govern or Talmadge.
SEPT EM BE R 14-21 - Atlanta : Observa nce of N ational Home Week. with outdoor Home Sh ow showing new homes to public.
SEPTEMBER 19-20- 0cmulgee National Monument Grounds. M acon : Indian Festival.
SEPT EM BER 22-27- Cl axton : Evan s Co unty F ai r.
SE PT E M BE R 22 - 27 - Ga inesville: No rtheas t Geor gia Fai r.
SEPTEMBER 22-27-Bartow Co unt y Fair.
SEPTEMBER 22 - 29 - Fayett eville : Fayett e Co unty Fair.
SE PT EM BE R 23-27 - Panthcrsvi llc : DeKalb Co unty H arvest Festival.
SE PT EM BE R 24-26-Georgia T ech : 2 1st Annual Georgia Water and Sewage School. spo nsored by Georgia Dept. of Publi c H ealth, Geo rgia Institute of T echnology, a nd th e Georgia Water and Sewage Ass'n.
COVER PICTURE
This is a fam iliar scene along th e coast in Georgia . Sh rim p boat s put out from a dozen or so town s and settlem ent s, following th e sh rimp as th ey migrate south in th e winter a nd nor th in th e summer.
The industry has grown by leap s a nd bounds, until today shrimping is one of Geor gia 's large industri es. A big step in th e growth of th e industry was th e technique of quick-fr eezing, and th e lat er development of dipping shrimp into batter and br ead crumbs and fr eezing it ready to fr y brought th e industry to it s pr esent size.
The Georgia sh rimping industr y now brings in mor e th an $20 milli on yearl~" so Georgian s all over th e sta te profit fro m th e small sh rim p boats.
store and bathhou se. A swimming pool is also planned .

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SEPTEMBER 27-28 - Way c I' 0 S s : Fourth Annu al State Cha m pionshi p Rod eo, M em ori al Sta dium.

SEPTEMBER 29 - O CTOBER 1 Louisville : J efferson C oun ty Fair.

SE PTEM BER 29- 0CT O BE R .\ Co mer : M ad ison Co unty Fair.

SE PT E M BE R 29 - O CTOBER 1 Rockdale Co unty Fair.

OCT O BER 1-8- Nati onal Newspa per Week.

O CTOBER 2-1 I-Atlanta : South eastern FAIR-A -GANZA .

O CTOBER, IST WEEK - Baldwi n Co unty Fair.

O CTOBER 3-4 - T I' e n t on: Dad .Co unty F ai r.
O CTOBER 6-11 - Em anuel Coun ty Fai r.
O CTOBER 6- 11 --- Mill en : J enk ins Co unty Fair.
OCT O BE R 6-1 I - Eastm an : Dodge County Fair.

O CTOBER 9- 10- G riff in : 19th An nu al 'Mee ting Geo rg ia Muni cip al Ass'n .

OCT O BE R 13-18-W a y n e s b 0 I' 0 : Burke Cou nty Fai r.

O CTOBER 13-18-Washington Co un ty F ai r.

OCTOBER 13-1 9-A I b a 11 v : Sou th

Geor gia Fai r.

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Augusta Goes On Air
The O ctober 1+ broad cast of
"Ame rica's T own M eetin g of th e Air ," will take place from Augusta 's Bell Aud itorium. Six th ousand sca ts a rc ava ilable, with tickets placed on sale Septem ber IS. The nati onwide bro ad cast is being spo nsored by th e Augu sta chapter of Am erican Business Clubs (AM BU CS) , to benefit th e Augusta Ce rebra l Palsy Sch ool.
The program is sehed uled to sta rt a t 8: 30 p.m. with th e bro ad cast itself taking pl ace from 9 to 9 : 45 p.m. The audien ce will parti cip at e by asking qu estions of th e spea kers, and a half hour of discussion will tak e place after th e broad cast is over. The broad cast will be ca rr ied by ap proximately 300 stati ons of th e American Broad castin g Co m pa ny.

~E W SLETTER

Sep tem ber 15, 1952

2,364,583 Cans of Food Processed in Georgia During Year Under Vocational Guidance Plan

Food p roducti on has become one of the major problem s of th e world . T his is caused by th e rapid increase in population, whi ch in t urn h as mad e food needs rise, toget her with the f a c t tha t this coun try exports more food than form erly, m uch for our soldiers and civilians a bro ad.
Crops a rc grown a t th e mercy of the cleme nts. Thi s fact has been emphasized in Georg ia a nd othe r sections of the nation by th e recen t d routh .
Schoo l leaders of Geo rgia ar e not only concerne d with teac h ing th e traditiona l th ree R's- Readi n', W ritin ' and ' R ithme tic- but th e p rogr am h as been expa nde d to give mo re th ou gh t and ac tion to a gene ra l program to meet the needs of th e peop le. One of these p rograms is the processing of foods by ca nning.
Agricultural State
"G eorgia is still one of th e major agricu ltural sta tes of th e un ion , a nd if the local schoo l p rogr am is planned arou nd the p rob lems of th e peop le, th e agric ult ur al ac tivities ca nnot be overlooked ," 1'. G . Wa lters, Sta te Sup ervisor of Agr icultural Educat ion , points out, in giving the facts for thi s article.
"T here are a t the present time 4 10 high schoo l dep a rt ment s of Vocationa l

Agriculture whose instru ctional programs a re based on the real econo mic a nd voca tiona l need s of fa rmers and farm boys," Mr. Walters sta tes, adding, " in 400 comm unities in Geor gia, local adviso ry committees a re ca lled togethe r to help th e school administrator s and teach ers of Vo cati onal Agr icultu re plan th e local fa r m progra m."
Agencies di rected by Mr. Walt ers' department made a n unusual record of pro cessing food in comm un ities du ring the past yea r- from J un e 30, 1951 to J uly 1, 1952- a total of 2,364,583 ca ns being pr ocessed. The products include d 459,275 ca ns of fruits ; 6,857 pounds deh yd rat ed and 69,856 pounds pla ced in fr eezer lockers; 1,786,527 cans of vegetab les, and 97,155 poun ds placed in lockers ; 118,78 1 ca ns of meat ; 629,975 pounds stored in lockers. and 44 7,676 pounds of salt pork placed in community plan ts. M an y bush els of swee t potat oes were also p laced in curing houses.
Mr. Wa lters repor ts that in th at progra m 25,872 fa milies were served.
"Approxima tely 40 percen t of th e typica l Amer ican family's dolla r goes for food," estima tes M r. Walters, who adds: " We can't get a round this pr oblem, which is continuo us for all of us, but we ca n meet the situa tion and h elp

relieve it through our high schoo ls by dealing with th e pr oblem s of p roducin g a nd conserving food ."
Dr ou ghts such as th e on e we have experienced this past summe r merely empha size this pressing need.
Program Begins
According to A. O . Duncan , subject ma tter spec ialist in th e C ollege of Education, U niversity of Georgia, communi ty foo d pr eserv ation had its beginning in Georgia when a teach er of Vocationa l Agri cu ltur e met some of h is patrons under the sha de of a convenient tree and, using an old sawmill boiler a nd two barrels, processed 9,000 cans of tom at oes.
During th a t sa me summe r, a not her vocation al teach er initia ted a foodpreservation progra m by tak ing a h an d sealer a nd other essential eq uipment from home to home in his school district. Lat er th at season he set up a comm unity food plan t on the p rop erty of th e local schoo l, a nd pat ron s used it to process frui ts, vegetab les an d meats. Other progr essive teachers of ag ricult ure soon followed th e examples of th ese pio neers, a nd as a result m an y perma ne nt food-preserva tion cen ters were buil t on schcol prop erty.
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LEFT: A demonstration wa s held at Alpharetta showing vocational agri culture and home economics st aff m emb er s in G eor gia how to use new canning equipment for glass jars. L to r, District Superv isors of Ag ric ult u ra l Educa tion Mrs. M ary Beth L ewis, Milledgevill e,
and J. N . Baker , Swainsboro, Sta te Supe rvisor of Homemaking Education Mi ss Inez Wall ace, Atla nta, and Distric t Sup ervisor J. H . Mitch ell
of Athe ns. RI GHT : Patrons usin g th e sch ool comm unit y ca nning pl ant at Blai rsvill e, U nion C oun ty. Th e pl ant has heen ada pt ed for
r anninu hy ma chi ne ry in hoth !<lass and tin .

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NEWSLETTER

Sep tember 15, 1952

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

Cobb Conducts Survey
COBB COUN T Y is one of th e first counties in th e nation to un dertake a compreh ensive planning program covering a who le coun ty. On Septembe r 1, it began an intensive $30,000 sur vey whic h will tak e two yea rs to complet e. The aim of th e p lanning program is to av oid th e mistak es mad e in oth er sections wh er e growth came hurriedly and h aphazardly a nd problem s were allowed to becom e acute before action was tak en . The study will be m ad e und er th e over-all administration of th e Cobb County Planning Commission, and fin an cin g will be shared by th e County, municip alities in th e county, and several industri es in Cobb. County Commissioner John H eck said that traffic represents th e most important problem , " a problem whi ch must be studied and correct ed right away." The study will also cover zoning, water, comm unica tions, pow er , sewers, and natural gas.
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CrabPacking Plant
A n ew crab-packin g plant, th e Lewis C rab Factory, is near ing com pletion at BRUNSWICK. With cost estimated at $75,000, th e bui lding is constru cted of brick with a conc rete floor and metal roof , refriger ating fa ciliti es and a stainless steel cra b-picking room . It has about 8,800 squa re feet of floor spa ce. The firm's present plant will be used for sto rage purposes. Brunswick has two of th e three crab plants in th e state. Partners in th e firm a re W . B. a nd Euclid Lewis.
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Warner Bros. Plans
Plant A t Moultrie
Warner Brothers Com pa ny of Brid geport, Conn ., wil! loca te a plant at Moultrie to do th e sewing a nd assembling of ga rme nts cut at th e h om e office in Brid gep ort. The foundati on ga rme nt m anufacturer will employ approximat ely 50 wom en at fir st, with plan s for an expansion to 250 em ployees in th e near future. The M oul trie p lant is expec ted to begin op erations in No vemb er.
Space has been rented in th e T. F . Taylor Buildin g. The Ch amber of Comme rce Industrial Committee, Ro y Zess chairman, was instr um ental in th e location of th e new industr y, an d A.

W. Warner, vice-pres ide nt of th e firm , said that h e "was over come by th e cooperation" received fr om M oultri e citizens.
The 79-year old firm a nno unce d in July th at it is planning a $400,000 expansi on p rogr am at th e plant in Thomasville. Other plants a re locat ed at Bridgeport, Co nn., Masenna and M alone, N . Y , and Cano nche t, R. I.
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Housing in Donalsonville
DO NALSO N VILL E will soon begin constr uction on 18 h ousin g units. Th e project is und er direction of th e Housing Authority of th e Co unty of Semi nole. A p reliminary loan of $7,200 for organiz ati on al costs h as been approved. M emb ers of th e board of th e Housing Authority a re Porter Mann, chairma n ;
C . S. Forrester, J. L. J ern igan, Ellison
Dunn, a nd P. E. Shingler.
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Key Rug Plant
The Bigelow-Sanford Carpe t Com pany's plant at S UMMER VILLE, is destin ed to becom e one of th e key plants in th e compan y's nati on-wide operations. J ohn A. Donaldson of N ew York, a vice-p residen t a nd treasur er of th e firm , recently said that although thi s unit h as spent milli ons in expansion facilities, it still cannot keep up with th e dem and . At pr esent th e com pany is expe rime nting in making reasona bly-p riced cotto n broad loom rugs at th e Summe rville unit whi ch will resemble ve ry closely more expensive ru gs. Bigelow-Sanford h as own ed the Georgia Rug M ill for less th an two years.
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New Chenille Plant
A che nille firm, th e Lacell Co mpa ny, will soon begin operati ons a t FA IR M O UNT. The conce rn will employ about 150 persons, an d will operate from a 20,000- squ ar e-foot bri ck bui lding. It is under th e supervision of Ed L a cey.
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New Wat'er System
A $50,000 wat er system was ded ica ted at SN EL L V I L L E on Labor Da y. Begun th e first of April, custome rs first received wa ter on July 15, an d more than 85 p er cent of the h omes and businesses in town now have city water. Th e system wa s bui lt with city bonds and revenu e certifica tes.

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BaruiicleMills Buy s Plant at LaFay ette

In anothe r expa nsion, th e E. T. Barwick Mi lls, wh ich primari ly pr odu ce cotton floor cover ings, has bough t the Walker Co unty H osiery Mi ll in LaFayette. The mi lls have sales offices in Atl anta, and opera te in Dalton as E. T. Barwick Mi lls, I nc. The LaF ayette op eration will be known as Barwick Carpe t Mills, Inc. E. T. Barwick is owne r and p resident of th e firm .
Work will begin imme dia tely on the present 90,000-squa re-foo t bui ldin g in LaF ayette. An additiona l 18,000 square feet will be adde d, and n ew machinery installed . The $ 150,000 expa nsion p rogra m is expec ted to be completed in tim e to begin pr odu ct ion th e first of next yea r. T he mill will employ a ppr oximat ely 200 p eople.
The LaF ayette mill , founded in 1905, formerl y was owned p rin cipally by A.
S. Fortune and J. S. Fortune. M r.
Barwi ck acq uired th e M cCa rt y Ch enille Co. of D alton in 1950. Sa les of th e firm arc expec ted to reach $7,500,000 during th e cur rent fiscal yea r. The Atla nta sales offi ce is located on Old Peachtree R oad at Chamblee.
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GOVERNMENT

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CONTRACTS

M an y Georgia firms h ave rece ived Gove rn me n t con trac ts during th e p ast few weeks. Included are th e followmg :
M acD onell B o a t Wo I' k s , ST. MARYS-Five 110' mot or gunboats. $1,286, 110.
U. S. M engel Plywood, I nc., ATL ANTA-Plywood, $29,681.
Cinde rella F oods Di vision of Stevens Industries, In c., DAWSON - 10,945 jar s an d 227, 112 ca ns of p eanut butter. .$441,128.
Chicago I ron & Bridge Co ., A 1'LANTA-Storage tank with float ing roof, 25,000 bbl. , $35,600.
Savannah Sugar R efining Co rp., SA V A N N AH - 380,000 Ibs, gra nula ted sugar, $34,464.
The St eel Products Co mpany, Inc.. SA- V ANNAH- 19 trucks and tr ailers. $42, 170.

NEWSLETTER

September 15, 195:2

Washington Thrives as Center

terest young peopl e in ra ising ca ttle a nd in cor rect meth ods of dai ry fa rming. M embers of 4-H and FFA a re pro-

Of Prosperous Dairying Area

vide d with J ersey ca lves on a "c hain contrac t," a program whi ch Washin gton pion eered in thi s section. T h e con-

Riding through th e tree-lined streets of Washin gton, Ga., flanked on both sides by wh ite-columned m an sions, one might suppose th at th e city would have its eyes turned back toward th e glories of th e ante-bellum days and th e cotton planters who bui lt most of th e sta tely old hom es. But th is is not so.
Of course, the 3,800 citizens of Washin gton a re proud of th eir historic city, whi ch was incorpor ated by a n

units is underway, and many a ttractive new h omes are being built in the city. Commercial en terp rises ar e also expe rienc ing an up swing. A new super -market is now operating successfully, whi ch brings th e total to three in th e town. A dri ve-in th eater has been opene d and is attracting m an y customers . The tourist trad e will be woo ed by th ree tourist cou rts. One is already in ope ra tion , ano th er under construc tion, and th e

tract sta tes that the youngster will receive "a purebred J ersey fema le ca lf" a t no charge, a nd will in tu rn gin' back into th e chain one of the first three fem ale calves born to be given to a nother boy in th e ca lf chain. Th e mon ey for th e ch ai n ca me fr om people in all wal ks of life. Attorney Ea rle Norman, who has spark ed the pr ogram from th e beginni ng . h as h elped to raise abou t $30,000 .

act of th e L egislature of 1780. Nati ves ar e qui ck to tell you th at it is th e first incorporat ed town in th e world nam ed for George W ashin gt on . They sho w you th rou gh th e town pointing out the home of General R obert Toomb s. th e "unreconstruc ted rebel" of th e \ Va r Between th e Sta tes, th e courthouse where J efferson Davis m et with hi s cabinet for th e last tim e in May of 1865, and th e h om e in whi ch young Woodrow Wil son visited wh en h is fath er was preaching a t th e Pr esbyterian C hurch, built in 1825. M an y of the othe r homes brin g back names which loom lar ge in the history of th e sta te and nati on .
Manufacturing Plants
But th e tou r docs not stop here. It

thi rd is sched uled to begin building in severa l weeks.
Essentially an agricultural county, Wilk es has work ed hard a t co-or dina ting its agricu lture and ind ustry . T here a re 1,336 farms in th e cou nty, according to U . S. D ept. of Commerce 1950 Ce nsus of Agricultur e. One of th e bank s employs a full -time Agricultural Agent to work with th e county farmers. This is one of th e few small-city ba nks in th is section of the countrv whi ch does th is. A weekly fa rm page is a new and important feature of The News-R epo rter , W ash ing ton' s ou tsta nd ing weekly newspap er.
Washin gton and Wi lkes County togethe r hav e made hi story with th eir fine ca ttle and th eir program s to in -

Chain Contracts
Close to 200 calves hav e been given out on chain contra cts. The Wilk es Co unty J un ior Da iry Sho w for 4-H an d FFA youth is held eac h yea r. This year on Au gust 29 th e Wil kes Colored Dai ry Calf Show for Ne w Fa rm ers of America a nd 4-H C lub youth was h eld . sponsore d by th e Kiw ani s C lub. This is th e fir st sho w of its kind in th is section and p rob abl y in th e coun try , a nd a ttracted newspapermen from several cities. Thirty of the ca lves sh own were "ch ain calves." T h e ou tsta ndin g success of th e sh ow ind icated th e int ense inter est in th ese projects, both locall y and nati on ally.
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contin ues on to th e Almar M anu fac-

turing Co ., which sells its plastic prod-

ucts all over th e coun try; to th e $100 ,-

000 a nnex now under constru ction of

the Roy al M anufacturing Co ., a nd to

the Pet Mi lk Com pan y's two plants.

which are doin g mu ch to mak e Wilk es

County th e cen ter of the " W isconsin

of th e South."

T his is th e new " Washing ton-

Wilkes," as it has long been called to

distinguish it from other cities of th e

same nam e. It also presents a new

aspect in th e countryside wh ere per-

man ent pastures have repl aced cotton.

an d J ersey cows h elp mainta in th e eco-

nomic prosperi ty on man y fa rm s.

The pr ogr essive spirit is ta king man y

form s in W ilkes. A W ilkes Count y

Chamber of Commerce was orga nized

the first of thi s yea r and is doing an

excellen t work. One of th e most IT -

cent projects of th e Cha mbe r was to

ma ke a lab or su rvey of th e countv.

!his is a necessa ry step in work ing with ind ustries intere sted in mov ing to a new locat ion.
A Fed er al Housing Program of 40

Typical of th e enter prising young people in Wilke s County is C aroline Hi gginbotham shown here with her prize -winning 4-H heifer at th e Wilk es County Junior Dairy Show. L to r County Agent Carter, Vocational Agriculture Teacher Guill, Attorney Earl e Norman. 4-H and FFA lead er , and Vocational Agriculture Teacher Smith

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

September 15, 1952

Many Commerical Plants in State Process Large Amounts of Food

Griffin Chamber Plans Industrial Survey Soon
An industrial survey heads th e list of
proj ects for th e Griffin Chamber of

(Co n tin ued from Page 3 )

Commerce for th e remainder of this yea r. Th e prim ary purpose of th e sur-

The success of Geo rgia's school com- th e high cost of purch asing conta iners, vey will he so "se t forth in an or ganized

uiunity food -processin g cen ter s has Now th ey ca n use th eir "ofte n id le" manner . ' . resources, accessible m a r-

been du e to th eir heing gea re d to an g'\ass jars, over and ove r again . And , kets , raw materi al supplies, power a nd

ed uca tiona l program . Emphasis in thi s of co urse , th er e are gla ss jars avai lab le fuel availability, am ounts and kinds of

pr ogr am is placed upon making all- for th e storing of froz en foods.

labor, tr an sportat ion facilities and com-

yea r food hudgets , producing food . to

In pioneering thi s new development m unit y features including civic, social

me et budgetary need s, and preservll1g it by th e ~ ' I a t e~ t approved practices."

in food processing six yea rs ago, the Division of Vo cational Education in -

a nd cult u ral a dva ntages ." Secre taryM an ager Paul Mitchell said " We do

Through org a nized instruction and trod uced canning in glass into five ca n- not have an industrial sur vey of our

relat ed ac tivities, schools have a ided nin g cente rs in th e stat e. During th ese community and tr ad e a rea and we must

effectively in helping solve th e nation's six yea rs addition al plants were adapte d if we a re to gro w."

food probl em. The voca tional division of th e St at e D epartment of Education ha s assum ed this responsibility through vocation al-agri cu lture and home-economics programs that embrace both allda y classes for boys and girls in high sch ools, eve ning classes for adults, and day classes for young farmer s.
.~ n d ve terans enrolled in th e Institutional On-Farm Training Program have given in cr ea sed support to thi s food conservation p I' a g I' a m . These

and workshops cond uc ted on th e use of eq uipm ent and procedures for h and ling glass, and all procedures wert: tho rou gh ly tested . State-wide workshops hav e been h eld a t which staff members and eve ry tea ch er of vocation al ag ricult u re in th e sta te and a large percenta ge of home-econ omi c'; teach ers wer e in a tte nda nce ,
Other Facilities
Tn a dd ition to its food processmg

cente rs, Geor gia departments of vo cational ag riculture are providing other facilities as a pa rt of th e tot al sch ool progr am. Forty schools ope ra te cr eosote va ts, nin e have post peelin g outfits, and 13 op erate fr eezer locker plants, We ha ve 277 schoo ls with sepa ra te voca tional bui ldin gs and 216 that have included in th eir vocationa l bu ildings a classroom, fa rm shop, and Iood-proc-
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young men a re patrons who hav e an

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immedi ate inter est in solvin g th eir food and nutritional problems in th e most sa tisfa ctory a nd pract ical wa ys po ssib le .
There a re today in Georgia approximately 375 sch ool community foodprocessing center s About three-fourths of th ese plants serve white fami lies and th e remaining on e-fourth a rc for colore d famili es. Approximat ely $200 ,000 wa s spent on new eq uipme nt for th ese schoo l food-proces sing cente rs last yea r.
" Leaders in th e vocational agri cu ltu re program in Ge orgia have recognized th e lim it ati on s of many farm families in processing food in tin beca use of its high cost," Mr. Walters points out. " M eeting this cond ition led to adapting a la rge number of plants to handle both glass and tin ."
Centers Adapt Plants
During th e pa st two yea rs, a bo ut 200 of th ese cen te rs have purchased partial or com plete eq uipme nt to ad apt th eir plants for handling both tin and glass.

T o do a n effec tive job of tea ching on a practical basis, it is necessary th at th e agricultural ed ucation program get beyond th e four wa lls of a classroom , Vo cational ed uea tion lea ders believe that in m any cases it is th e responsi bility of th e sch ool not onl y to provide inst ruction for thinking th e problem through but a lso to provid e faciliti es for gett ing th e problem solved .
School Laboratories
The scho ol com munity food processing plants hav e grown up as sch oo! labora tor ies wh er e a d ults as well as boys and girls a re taught th e problem s a nd methods of food processing, and th er e th ey ac tually " lea rn by doin g." The food processin g progr am as taught in th e sch ools of Geor gia has had a continuous g rowth sinc e its beginning in 1926, and tod ay no school considers a department of vocation al agriculture com plete until faciliti es a re provided for pr eserving food .

food costs point to one in escapable conclu sion; namely, th e h igh er food prices go, th e greate r a rc the savings, or ea rn ings, of those fam ilies that produce, preserv e, and store as la rge a percentage of th eir own requirem ents as po ssible.
The am bitious progr am of food processing is promoted by th e Vo cation al Ag ricultural D epartmen t of th e St a te D ep artment of Edu cation , under Dr. M . D . Collins, and com mercial plants add gre a tly to Geor gia's supply of processed food s.
Th e 1952 " BIue Book of Southern Progr ess," issued by th e Manufacturer s Record, Baltimore, rep orts that in 195 1 th ere wer e 756 commer cia l food manufac t uring or processing plants in th e sta te wh ich em ployed 33, 000 person s, with a payroll of $153 milli on , saletot aling $80 9 m illion.
Th e shrimping indust ry off th e G eo rgia coa st from Sava nna h to Fernan d in a, Fla. , em ploys several thousand

Many new plants wer e built with com-

A so-called "live -a t-home" progr am per sons, both in ca tching th e shrimp

plet e eq uipme n t for using glass along design ed to relea se as much of th e p l'l' a nd in th e plants that process th em .

with tin .

capita incom e as possib le to bu y neces-

Com me rcia l plants scattered a ll over

Th e newl y-adapted use of glass for sities othe r th an food is bein g stressed Ge orgia process va rious farm prod ucts,

food preservation will enable m any of constan tly by every vocationa l agricul - ~ lead er in im porta nce being Pimiento

our rural and urban fa m ilies to usc ture teach er in G eorgi a. According to peppers . C om m ercial ca nneries of G eor-

d uca tiona l facilities th ey hav e never IJean Paul Chapman of th e Co llege of gia will be treated in a Iuturr - a rti cle

before been able to a ffo rd became of Agri culture, Athe ns. a na lvses of famil y in Th e N ewsletter.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CO M M ERCE

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NEWSLETTER

Se p reu rbe r ].1, 19.1 :!

Sy lv ania Financing
Facto ry B uild ing
Plan s are underw ay for th e formation of a corpo ration of local businessmen to erec t a fact ory building in Sylvani a. The building will be leased and (.ventua lly sold to a n ind ust rial plan t wishin g to locate in th e town .
~ ore th an 50 loca l bu sin ess lead ers met , electing a tempora ry board compos~d of H ar ry Minkovitz, C ha~'l ie ~lille r, Em or y T hom pson, .John Mills. Jack R obinson, J a mes Evan s an d LoYr-t t Bazem ore.
Those subscribing to th e stock for the proposed corpora tion will receive a four per cent return on th eir investm ent when th e bui lding is leased . The board was em powe red to take ste ps necessa ry in form ing the corpora tion a nd suhscribing stock.

Washington

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On the indu stria l side of th e ledger,

Washingt on is stro ng in bu siness. The

Almar M anu facturing; Co ., Inc., with

abou t 300 em ployees making plasti c

raincoat s and oth er plastic products,

has expe rienced a gr ea t expansion. 1t

maintains a n office on Broadway, a nd

is cur re ntly adverti sing its produ cts in

man y leading m agazines.

The Ro yal M anufacturing Co., with

approximately 300 em ployees, man u-

factures men' s shirts a nd sh orts . I t is

in th e p rocess of bu ild ing a $ 100,000

annex to its pl ant. Three of th e larg-

est planing mill s in th e coun try a re lo-

cated at W ash ington-s-Popc Lumber

Co., Jackson Lumber Co ., a nd Wash-

ington Lumber Co . Other th rivin g in-

dust ries are the L awren ce B. M cAvov sawm ill a nd the W ashin gton Cola-Col ~

Bottling Co. , Inc.

An important develop ment in th e

life of th e county will soon be made.
For man y years O. S. D yson , a local

man , h as owne d a ru ral telephon e line

from W ashin gton to Tign all to Elb er-

ton. Incor pora tin g under th e na me of

Wilkes T elephon e & Electric Co ., h e

is now bu ild ing a cou nty-wid e dial tele-

phon e system with a ph on e for every

farme r in th e county who wants on e.

Mor e than 600 sub scribers have already

signed contracts and it is expec ted th at

more th an 1,000 will subscribe by th e

time th e line is com pleted .

.

The Pet M ilk Co ., with abo ut 50

employees in all, operates two plants a t

Washington . These plan ts dr aw mil k

Go-aheadSignal Given $25,450,000

General Electric Plant at Rome

Work is expected to proceed rapidly at R ome on th e $25,450,000 genera tor plan t to be built th er e by th e Ge nera l Elect ric Co ., of Sche nec ta dy, N . Y . T h is was assure d wh en th e Defense Prod ucti on Autho rity ea rlv thi s month gra nte d a certifica te' for ta x a mo rtization to that fin n under th e defen se plannin g program .
Erection of th e plan t in Georgia had been op posed by some inter ests in M assachusetts, but th e Defen se Pr oduction Authority overr uled th e objec tion and gra nted the p ermit.
The hu ge R ome plan t will be located on a 200-acr e plot of la nd and will em ploy approxi mately 2.000 pcopIc.
It is rep or ted th e main GE tr an sformer manufacturing plant will continu e to be located at Pittsfield , Mass.. a nd that a sizeable incr ease in production of la rge t rans for mers is planned at

Pittsfield , but th e R ome plant is need ed

to " provide additiona l ca pacity re-

q uire d to take ca re of a nticipa ted in -

crease in bu siness."

Th e R om e plant . reportedl y, will

have an a nnua l output excee ding 5.:1

mill ion kilowatts of sma ll power tran s-

forme rs, including some known as la rgT

distribution tran siorm ers.

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Inter est centers in Geo rgia in th e

contrac t to be let soon at Sche nec ta dv for construction of th e multi-mi lliOl~

dollar plant a t Rome.

This is th e second big industri al

plant to locate in Floyd Co un ty th is

year. The M ead Co rporation, of Day-

ton , Oh io, has un der const ruc tion a

hu ge pa perboard plant, kn own as th e

Rom e Kraft Co ., ten mil es from Rome.

This firm will em ploy 650 p eopl e in th e

plant and some 1,200 in th e wood s pr o-

du cin g materi al for pulpwood .

T he M ead plant is estima ted to cosl

ap proximately $28,000 ,000.

from nine coun tics-s-W ilkcs. L incoln. C olumbia, M cD uffie. W a rr en , Talia ferro, Green e. Ogletho rp e a nd Elbert. M or e th an 600 farmers in th e W ashingt on a rea sell mi lk to th e Pet Co mpan y. O ver 100 4-H and FFA youth, are sellin g; mil k. p rov ing th at th e cf-
rorts of th e chain ca li p ro jects ar e
valu abl e to th e county in many wa ys.
Thus Washin gt on a nd Wilk es C oun ty combine man y oi th e best eleme nts oi th e South. Li ving am idst beautiful reminde rs oi th e old South , th ey work tire lessly for th e bal ance betw een bu sy ind ustries an d prosperous fa rms wh ich br ings th e economic blessings of th e new .
Calhoun Chambe r P ublishes Brochure
The Calhoun C hamber oi Co mmerce has publishe d an a tt rac tive broch ure tellin g th e industrial, ag ricult ural a nd recreati on al faciliti es oi th e city. Th e bro chure will be ve ry important in th e Cha mbe r's work to a tt rac t new indust ries.
The broch ur e is availab le to a nyon e wishi ng to receive it. Ci tizens of th a t a rea h ave been ur ged to send it to friend s outside of th e coun ty.

Commercial Plants

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essing cente r. Georgia has 39 7 schools

with farm sho ps, three with hatcherie s,

three with incubators, two with seed

cleaning outfits, and 17 with potato curing hou ses.

Farming h as becom e hi ghl y mech an -

ized, and it is essential th at farmers

have an ad equate kno wledg e not only

on how to ope ra te th e equi pme nt but

also on how to do rep air and maintenan ce work on th eir machinery. In

th ese farm sho p classes boys a rc tau ght

repa ir a nd mainten an ce of ia rm ma-

ch inery. And th ey learn h ow to do sim ple ca rpe nt ry work as well as how

to usc hand tools and how to constr uct huildings.

Some of th e item s built in scho ol farm sho ps last fiscal year by high

schoo tu re

l stude nts in clud ed

1o, 1f76vochaotgionsaellf-afz~erdiceursl-.

1,859 scr een doors, 3,499 screen win ~

dows, 166 wagon boxes, 1,358 chicken bro od ers, 1,714 ch icken feed ers, 7,963

items farm

of h to ols,

ou seh old and 93

m

of uwrinnigt u rme ~ch2i3n7e s0.

It ems repai red included 219 hog self-

feede rs, 1,448 screen door s and 2,290

screen wind ows, 385 ch icken brooders.

318 chicken feeders. 2.028 items oi household i urniture, 6,3'71 iarm tools.

and 654 m owin g machines.

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Cleveland Gets Plant
0.( Talon Zipper Co.
Ground has been brok en for a new plant in Clevela nd . T alon, In c., a world-famous manufacturer of zippers, is esta blishing a pl ant in the Northeast Georgia city. Approximately 150 people will be employed for ini tia l operations. T he plant. locat ed on a lO-aere site a nd including 17,000 sq ua re feet of floor space, is expec ted to be com pleted by th e first of th e yea r. The only industry in Cleveland a t th e p resen t tim e is a sawmill.
T alon ope rates six pl ants at present - th ree in M ead ville, Pa ., one in Cleveland, Ohio, one in Camden, Conn., and one in M orton, Mi ss. The firm has sales offices in 20 cities in th e country.
G. S. M cK ee, vice-p resident and work s man ager of th e new pl ant, remark ed on th e fin e co-opera tion of the Better Home T own s Co mmittee and of White Co unty officials in maki ng arran gem ents for th e plant.
Some Oil Wells Drilled
In Georgia Before 1938
T he list of 45 wells d rilled for oil in Georgia which was p ublished in th e August 15 N ewslett er, was a list of the wells dr illed beginn ing with th e yea r 1938, when th e rota ry drill was introdu ced a nd modern drilling m ethods were adopt ed in our state. T here were a num ber of tests befor e th en, using th e old-style rig.
Am ong th ese ea rly tests was a well du g by th e T elfair Oi l Compan y near
McR ae in Telfair County on th e L. .J.
Clegg pr op ert y, and known as th e Du gas Well. Begun in J anuary 1919, it went down 2.100 feet before being

New Commercial Establishments

A new bank is ope rating in ABBEV I L L E, th e Abb eville Sta te Bank, with
.J. H . Dorminy, J r., of Fitzgerald , as
president, and C . A. N ewcom er, J r., also of Fitz gerald , executive vice-p residen t.
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The T OCCOA Drive-In Theat er opened recently, with a ca paci ty of more th an 400 a utomo biles.
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Mrs. R obert R outh of M cRae is opera ting a fish m ark et in EA STMA N , known as Routh's F ish M ark et.
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A new drive-in th eat er is now opera ting in WASHINGTO N , bui lt by Martin T heaters, and managed by J immy L yle .
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Dykes Brothers Grocery 111 H INES-
abandoned . Some 8,000 acres were put und er lease in thi s connec tion.
Another dri lling was mad e nea r M eRae on Gum Swa mp Creek, on th e Wilcox Place in Wheeler County, H ere th e Dixie Oil Com pa ny went down 3,384 feet until it ceased d rillin g on August 8, 1923.
Other wells drilled before 1938 included th e F red el Wells, N um bers O ne and Two, in War e Co unty. T here seems to be no officia l record on N umber One, but in 1915 Number Two was sunk ten mil es sou th of Wa ycross and went dow n 3,045 feet. It str uck salt wat er a t 2,000 fee t depth a nd thi s con tinued on down.
The existing dat a on th ese ea rly wells in Geor gia ar e slim, as a ru le.
T he rigs used befor e 1938 ar e not now regarded as h aving been adequate.

V I L L E h as moved into new qu arters in a n air-cond itioned bu ild ing, with 6.000 square feet of floor space.
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A L BANY has a new superm arket, Lovett 's, whi ch is pa rt of th e Lovet t chain of stor es. Geor ge Lamb is mana ge r .
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T he D airy D iner h as open ed a t S PA R KS, selling ice cream, sundaes, and other pasteurized dairy products. Dr. 1'. B. Co bb is th e owner a nd operator.
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A radio, T V and applian ce ser vice center h as op en ed in SMYRNA on Atlanta Street. It is op erat ed by Lonn ie Wayman Ayers a nd J ames V . C risp.
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The Dogwood Motel in DORA VILLE is now in opera tion, with six units fully completed a nd plan s for a total of 40. Owners arc Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Oglesby.
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The Dowi s Self-Service Groccrv Stor e h as opened in LA V ONIA , in ; new rock bu ilding. M r. and Mrs. H a rold T . Do wis a re own ers and opera to rs.
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T h e first mo tel in WA Y N ESB OR O
I is scheduled to op en in Novem ber, with
20 air-condi tioned brick un its an d individual tiled baths, acco rding to bui lde r Pa ul Stone.
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A new drive-in th eater has open ed in ATHENS on th e Alps R oad , accommodating' 550 ca rs. Mo on Co rker i, owner.

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ClOBER 10,
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NE\VSLETTER

NE WSL E T TER

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. Y. F. Geeslin

Ben J essup

Lloyd B. Raisty

* CLA RK GAINES

Secretary

Vol. 4, No.3

O ctober 10, 1952

State Plans Markers
Fo r Historic Sites
The Georgia Hi storical Co mm ission pl an s to erect 240 m ark ers throu ghout th e sta te, during th e pr esent fiscal yea r, says C . E . Gregory, executive secr etary of th e Co mm ission. Forty of th e markers a re bein g shipped now.
The Commission , whi ch was activat ed in M a rch to ma rk an d preserv e ba ttl eficld s, buildings, h om e sand gra ves of historica lly impor tant Georgia ns, has man y proj ect s. T hese include, in addi tion to the highw ay mar kers, the esta blishme nt of a Cherokee Mu seu m in th e Chi ef V ann hou se located ncar Chatsworth ; a medi cal mu seum at .J effer son on th e site of D r. Cr awf ord W. Lon g's office, a nd th e reconstruction of Fort King Geo rge nea r Da rien .
M a rker copy is being p repar ed by noted h istoria n W ilbur G. Ku rtz, Sr., of Atlanta for the Commission on th e Atlanta Campaign du rin g th e Wa r Between th e States. O ver half of th e first markers order ed a re for battlefields of thi s campaign.

O CTOBER 2-11-Atlanta : Southe astern FAIR-A-GANZA.
O CTOBER S- ll - F ir e Pr eventi on Week in Georgia, Pr oclaimed by Govern or H erman T alm ad ge.
O CTOBER 6-11- Eastm an : Dodge County Fai r.
O CTOBER 6-11- Swain sboro : Em anuel County F air.
O CTOBER 6-11-M ill e n: J enkins County Fair.
OCTOBER 6-1 I-Montezuma: Macon Co unty F air.
O CTO BER B-1 I- Summerville : Chattooga Co unty Fair.
O CTOBER 9- 10- Gri ffin: 19th Annu al M eeting Georgia Municipal Association .
O CTOBER lO-Bartow and Chattooga County 4-H Club Poultry Shows.
O CTOBER II -Floyd County 4-H C lub Poultry Show.
O CTOBER 13-1B-W a v n e s b 0 I' 0 : Bu rk e Cou nt y 'F air. .
O CTOBER 13- 18-Bainbr idge: D eca tur Fair Association.
O CTOBER 13-18-Johnson Co unty Fai r.

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O CTOBER 13-18-Washin gton Cour ty Fair.
OCTOBER 13-18 -Columbus: Cha tahooch ee Vall ey Exp osition .
OCTOBER 13-19-A I b an y : SOUl Georgi a F air.
OCTOBER IS-Woodbury: Third Ar nu al Pimi ento Festival.
OCT 0 13 E R 20-25-Milled gevillf Five-County Fair.
OCTOBER 20-25-Macon : Georgi State Fair.
OCTOBER 20-25-Cordele: Cent ro Geor gia Fair.
OCTOBER 20-25-Moultrie: Colqui County Fair.
OCTOBER 20-25 - Athen s: At her I Agri cultural Fair.
OCTOBER 22-24-St. Simons I slan d" UDC Convention , King & Pr in( : Hotel.
O CTOBER 23-25-White Co unty Fai : O CTOBER 26-NOVEMBER I- AI
gusta : Augusta Exch an ge C lub Fai OCTO BE R 30- G riffin : Geor gia T u
key G rowers Associati on M eetin and Turkey Festival.

COVER PICTURE

M an y Georgia ns wh o live fa r from the coast ca n still tak e to th e wa ter. T hose pictured on th e cover ar e enjoying th e pop ular sport of sailing a t AlIatoona Lak e, located in Northwest Georgia, near Acworth a nd Cartersville.Ph ot o by Caro lyn Cart er.

A typical turpentining scene showing, left to right, a truck driver preparing to a barrel of dip , a woodsrid er, a dipper, a puller, a hoover wagon and another dipper.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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~EW SLE TTER

O ctober 10, 1952

The naval stores industry-on e of

the oldest in th e coun try- was begun

by Gr eat Brit ain and. consisted of ex-

tracting gum from pm e trees for use

in caul king sh ips and oth er vessels. It

has grown into a major bu sin ess, em -

ploying th ousands of work ers wh o pr oc-

ess the gum from pines into p roducts

with hundreds of uses. T oday, abo ut

50 coun ties in South G eorgia p roduce

74 per cent of th e gum naval stores of

the nati on , and more than half of th e

world's supply.

The industry in thi s country is valued

annu ally a t from 30 to 40 million dol-

lars, and exte nds over sec tions of

North and South Carolina, G eor gia ,

Florida, Alabama and Mi ssissippi, but

our own state produces three-fourths

of th e Am erican total.

The term "naval stores" was applied

to the industry when England gather ed

: tar and pitch from pine tr ees in Vir-

ginia to fill the cracks and seams of its

sea vessels, making th em water-tight,

and also water-proofin g th e rop es used

1 on the vessels.

However, as the industry grew, othe r

method s were found to "sea l" shi ps

i against water leakage, and n ew uses

were developed for thi s pine product.

I' Nature favored th e Southern States

. with th e pin e, for h er e it ab ounds, h ere

it is th e principal tr ee and its wood

. probabl y is put to more uses than an y

I

other Pine

tr ee grown in th e United Provides Gum

States.

Amon g its uses is providing gum

which flows from it wh en th e tree is

"chipped" or "sc arred ," removing onl y

:

~thI1e

bark tr ees

and seek

a to

thin layer of wood. correct defects in th

As eir

Igrowth , wh en a "face" is cut on a pin e,

nature immedi ately ru shes gum to that

, spot in an effo rt to "c ure" it. Th is

flow con tinues for a period of on e to

two weeks, when anothe r streak is

placed on the "face." The averace
~ength of tim e a pine is " tur pe ntined"

IS ten yea rs. Two varieties-Slash and

Long Leaf pin es-are valuable for gum

fann ing.

A con servation program adop ted p~ovides that trees " tapped" must be

nine inches in diameter, breast hi gh on

the tree. Each tree yields about ten

POunds of gum a yea r, va lued a t 70

' cents per tree. The tree may be " tap -

ped " fir st on one side, th en lat er on th e opposite side .
A tree usuall y flows gum in paying qu antities for ten years, and th en th e tr ee ma y be used for lumber, poles, fencin g, or pulpwood .
The Am eri can Turpentine Farmers Associa tion, " the voice of th e gum turpentine farmers of th e nati on ," with 5,00b p roducer-members, has its headqu a rt ers in Vald osta. Jud ge H arl ey Langd al e is president of th e Association , othe r officers being R . M. Newton , vice-p resident ; A. R. Sh irley, secretary ; Ora B. H emmingw ay, tr easu rer and assistant secreta ry ; E. M . Oli ver, edito r of th e ATFA J ournal, issued monthly ; John C . Co rbett a nd O . W. Goodman, field rep resentat ives ; M . E. Col eman, ed uca tiona l direct or for FF A, 4-H Clubs an d other youth orga nizations inter ested in p rom oting forestry an rl !Tum farm ing . Valdosta Headquarters
Valdosta is also th e headqua rt ers for storage fac ilities for gum p rodu cts. At present th er e a re 400 ,000 gallons of turpentine and 136,600 dru ms of rosin on storage th er e.
Pr esident Lang dale sta tes th er e a re 7,000 "crops" of 10,000 tr ees eac h in th e gum a rea , th ese t rees being tend ed by 35,()@0 men in th e woods, wh o a lso collect th e gum . Individual fa rm ers, many small opera to rs, make up th e 8,000 gum " fa rme rs" in th e a rea . Georgia' s part in th e p rogr am is two-thirds of th e total figures.
Although " gum farming" is a yea rround occupation, th e bu sy season is from April to No vember.
Ro sin and several grades of turpentin e are processed fro m th e gum a t processing plants locat ed in 19 south Georgia cities, th ere bein g three such plants in Valdosta .
The biggest use of turpentine is as a paint thinner , while rosin is used in soaps, for pap er sizing , in ph a rmaceuticals and other chemica ls, in pa ints, varnish, in making ph on ogr aph ITCords and a va riet y of other pr oducts.
Turpentine and rosin are ex po rted to lllan y countries of th e world , principally th ose of Europe, Asia and Sou th Ame rica . Sav ann ah is th e largest export city in th e world for naval sto res, other ports bein g Jacksonvill e, Fl a.

a nd M obil e, Ala . Some nava l stores produ cts a re also sen t fro m Brun swick.
T an kers conta ining 500,000 ga llons eac h of turpentin e are loaded a t Savannah a nd other ports for export. R osin is sh ippe d in dru ms of 5 17 pounds eac h, whil e turpen tine ba rrels con tain 50 ga llons eac h.
The ann ua l meet ing of th e Am erica n Tu rp entine Fa rm ers Associa tio n is h eld in April eac h yea r, at wh ich tim e a q ueen, " M iss Gu m T urpentine" is selected wh o reign s for one year, and wh ose pict ur e ado rns th e ca lenda r issue d by th e Asociati on . M iss Sa ra Bolin, of Co lumb us, is th e present qu een and her picture will bea utify th e 1953 calenda r.
Naval stores is big industry in South G eorg ia, h aving its h ead qu a rt ers at Vald osta. The U . S. Forest Se rvice,
with .J. D . Stran ge as progr am super-
visor, a lso has headq uarters th er e, wh ile th e Southeastern Fo rest Exp erim ent Sta tion is locat ed a t nea rb y O lustee, Fla. Th ese age nc ies, with th e Geo rgia Forestry Associa tion, promote good fo restry pr act ices, including "gum farming ."
Sara Bolin , of Columbus, is shown being crowned " M iss Gum Turpentine" by Nira Jean Wimberl y, of Quincy, Fla., whom she succeeded last April. Mi ss Wimberly's picture adorns th e 1952 calen dar issued by th e Am eri can Turpentine F arm ers Association , and Mi ss Bolin 's lik en ess will be featu red on th e 1953 calen dar. On lef t is AT FA Pres. Harley L angdale, of Valdosta .

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G EO RGIA DEPARTMEN T O F C O M M ER C E

NEWSLETTER

- O ctober 10, 1952

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

Pimiento Festival T he T h ird Ann ual Pim ient o Festival
will be held O ctob er 15 in W OODBUR Y . Spo nso rs of th e festiva l arc the four cl ubs of th e city. with an exec u tive com m ittee man from each cl ub. Clifford M a rt in , wh o serve d as chairm a n of the 1950 festiv al, has been nam ed gene ra l ch a irma n for thi s year. The a id a nd coope ra tion of all citizens of W oodbury and of M eriwether Cou n-
ty has been asked .

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State Market

A la rge, modern sta te m arket is

sche d uled to be built a t once in Cook

Co un T om

t

yr~inCd

oerm

m issione r of Agri h as announced .

culture It will

be th e seco nd unit erected th er e and

will be used with th e building a lread y

sta nd ing a t AD EL.

The new struc ture will be 100 by

327 feet, giving a substa n tia l in crease

in space ove r th e first build ing , whi ch

is 40 bv 202 fee t. T he smaller bu ild-

in" will' be used as a p acki ng she d after

th'e" m a rket is open ed.

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New Shrimp Company . T h ree m aj or Sou the rn sh rim p packers have m er ged , fo rming Brunswick Enterprises, Inc., ca p ita lized at $ 1,250,000 . The three a rc J ekyll Island Packing Co., a nd Gold en I sles Can ning Co ., both of Brunswick, and Co lter Co rp ., of Palacios, T exas. Gold en I sles w ill ca n sh rim p produ cts and th e othe r tw o will spe cialize in fr eezin g green, veinrem oved, br ead ed and bait sh rim p.
Pr esid ent of th e new co rpo ra tion is ~'1. A. Ri es of J ekyll I sland. V ice-President a nd tr easurer is J oseph W . Powell, J r., wh o is exec u tive vice-presid en t of Am erican R esearch and D evelop men t Co rp. of Boston , th e largest stoc kholder in Co lte r Co rp .

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By ron Naval Base

Covers 3,000 Ac res

T he Nava l Sup ply Cen ter loca ted at Byron will include app roximat ely 3,000 ac res, locat ed between U. S. 4 1 a nd Geo rgia H ighway 49, a bou t ten mil es from Perry.
Some of th e land has a lrea dy been

surveyed . Sp u r tracks will run from Elberta an d from Bvron to th e base. Approxim ately $9 mi llion has bcen a llocated bv the Go ve rn me n t for lan d ac quisition and su rveys for the base, whi ch is expected to cost abo u t $60 million a t com pletion . Appro xim at ely 6,000 peopl e will be em ployed th er e.
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Waycross Housing Project T he H 8 units of th e W aycross H ou s-
ing Authority on Ga rling ton Stree t in west WAYCR OSS, arc well on th e wa y to com pletion a nd a rc expected to b~ read y for occupa ncy abo u t N ovember 1. Th e units, costing in excess of three milli on doll ars, will hou se approximately 500 peopl e. The a partm en ts varv in size from sm a ll units to ones witil seve ra l bedroom s. '" ails a rc of conc rete block construction with cavitv wall and b rick veneer. Architects were Abreu and R ob eson , Inc., of Brunswick and Atl anta. F rank B. M cfrona id, J r., is cha irma n of t he H ou sin g Au th ority, W al te r E. L ee, secre ta ry and exec ut ive d irector, an d th e five housing com m issioners arc " ' . H . H opkins,
J. C . M cL endon , J. M . Solomon and 1. n. Bledsoe.
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Jasper Firm Producing The J asper Rubber Com pa ny, lo-
ca ted a t IASPER in Picken s Coun ty, is well into p roducti on a nd sh ip ping m er chand ise out d ail y They manufacture a vari et y of rubber product s, a nd a t present a re working on a Go vernment ro n tra ct for armch ai r pads. W avn e Keeley is su perin tenden t of th e pl ant a nd Carl D eVolie sh ift forem an . Fortvtwo per son s a rc now em ployed, a nd they an ticipa te employing 100 in th e ncar fut ure.
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Soft-Drink Plant
WADL EY is to be th e home of a soft-d rin k industry . The C . E . Trees Corpora tion, form erly of Indian apolis, was recen tly reorgan ized a nd its m an ufactur ing pl an t will be loca ted a t W adley. This firm h as been p roducin g a ho me soft-d rin k m ixture since 1929. Operation s w ill begin abou t N ovember I , and em ployees will n umber ap proximatch' 25. Th e board of direct or s include~ C . E . Trees, Roy G . Foster, R . \1. \{ills, S. B. Foster, W . C . C la ry, Jr., a nd W . R . M ills.

GEOR GIA DEPARTMENT OF CO M M ERCE

Motel Being Built A new mot el is under cons tr uction at
L UD OWICI , by Mrs. R. B. Sm iley and L. \'1. Bran ch . M ad e of conc re te bloc! and stuc co, th e mot el will h av e stee: window fram es and glass louverec door s. Fl oor s will be of asphalt till a nd baths of ceram ic til e. The ne'l motel will be locat ed south of th e cit, limits on Highways 30 1 and 38 . Fifteen units will com pose th e fir st wing. now bein g built.
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New Boiler Plant Bab cock & Wilcox Co" boil er m anu .
Iactu rers , will open a boil er plant al BR UNSWI CK, th e company's tenth I t will be locat ed on a l l O-acrc tr act form erl y a shipyard, acquired from th. Brunswick Port Authority. C . H. Gay "i ce-presid en t, h as sa id th at production sho uld begin by th e fir st of th e yca i with 400 person s em ployed a t peal prod uction .
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A. & P . Firm. Plans
Atlanta Wareholtse
Atlan ta is to be the location of $500 ,000 wareh ou se for the A. & P T ea Co.. it was recently a n no unced hI R. M . Sm ith , presid ent of A. & P.,' So u the rn Di vision . The new warcho us, will be located a t 926 C ha ttaho oche Ave., N. W .
Of steel a nd masonry construc tion th e building will contain a pp roxim a tch 100,000 sq ua re feet of floor space. Th. expa nsion was made necessary by th 25 per cent in cr ea se in tonnage in th pa st five yea rs. The warehouse will hi used for sto ring a nd distributing " d ry' g roceries in th e Atl anta unit, com p ris ing mo st of th e stores in Georgia , cas Alabam a and cast T ennessee.
G rad ing h as a lrea dy begun a t th site, a nd com pletion is sche d uled Io: sp ring or sum me r of 1953. The bui ld ing will be located on a tr act of 7. ac res.
The p roperty for th e new devel op m erit was bou ght from th e Seaboarr Air Line R ail road C o.. a nd will h' serve d by th e railroad . .
A. & P. opera tes a warehouse al prcsen tat 88 1 M emorial Dr., S. E. wh ich will be sup pleme n ted by the n ev wa rehouse facility ,

NE W S L E T T E R

October 10, 1952

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

Tifton 's modern City H all is a source of much civic pride.

Tifton Looking Forward To Opening

Of American Woolen Company Plant

Another fa ctory whistle will soon join th e choru s of those whi ch call la rge numbers of work ers to Tifton and sta rt machin er y humming every morning.
The city looks forw a rd to th e day when the form er Imperial Tobacco building will be conve rted into a modern ind ustrial unit of th e Am eri can Woolen Compan y, biggest of its kind in Am er ica . The Woolen Co mp any purchased th e building last June and when extensive alte rations ar e m ade, the 63,000 square feet of floor space will be used by th e firm in m anu fac turing woo len texti les.
Tifton's population in 1950 was listed as 6,831 inside th e city limits, and Greater Ti fton , includin g th e suburbs, claims a pproxim ately 12,500 people. Tift Co unty ( 1950 ) ha s a popu lation of 22,645, a ga in of 21.8 per cent over 1940. Out-migr ati on during th at period was only 0.4 per cent.
Tifton is served bv two railroads. the Southe rn a nd th ~ Atl antic Coast Line, a nd severa l excellen t highw ays. On e, Sta te H ighway 125 to Irwinville, is being paved, U . S. 41 is to get a new overpass south of th e city, whi le U . S. 82 also is to be furth er improved.
T h e city is in the m idst of a street pav ing program. T hree and one half miles of str eets ar e bein g hard-surfaced , a nd 2,500 feet of sidewa lks were constructed during th e summer . The City-Co unty oper at ed air po rt is bein g resur fa ced a nd equipped with new lights.
T ifton is th e site of two Sta te institut ions, th e Abraham Baldwin Agr i-

cultur al Co llege and th e Coastal Plai n Exp eriment Station, both units of th e U n iversity System. George P. Don aldson is pr esident of Abraham Baldwin, a nd Frank P. King is resident dir ector of Coastal Plain . Co ntrac t to erect a new girls' dormitory to cost $238,000 on th e Abraham Baldwin cam pus has jus t been let by the Board of R egents.
Housing Project
The expanding housing need in Ti fton has been pa rtially relieved by th e recent opening of 100 low-cost units.
Th e 60-vear old Dail v Tifton Gazette , " T ifton's oldest bt;siness operating under its or igina l name," established in 1892, was published fr om 1897 until 1952, ju st recently, by three members of th e not ed H erring famil y-
J. L., J ohn G. and Bob H erring.
The paper was acquired recently and is now issued by th e Gaz ett e Publishin g Compa ny, H. :M. R an kin , presi-
.r dent ; A. C . T ift, 1'., vice-p resident ;
David H . Ti ft, secretary-treasure r.
.r Chess Abern athy, 1'., is ed itor and
manager. A new bui ldin g will soon house the Gazette, whi le th e H errings will con tinue to opera te a comme rcial pr inting plant.
J. L. William s publishes the T ift on
Free Pr ess, a weekly, and th e Omega News, a weekly, is also issued a t O mega by W. L. Lang.
' V. A. G rah am a nd Gen e G raham, owne r a nd manager respectively, opera te th e Tifton radi o sta tion, WWGS.
T ift County ag ricultur al and industrial products were given quite a boost

Atlantic Steel Co. , ATLA NTA285,000 lb. medium, galvanized stripsteel, $27,19 5.
Geor gia-Pacific Plywood Co ., A U G USTA-Lumber #1 Co m. NHLA Beech , Birch, H i M ap le, ' V. Ash, Ro ck Elm , Pecan , R ed or White Oak, Rough ,
KD to 8% to 12% xr.o., 142,614 bf,
$25,35 7.
Sa va nnah Sugar R efining Corp., S A V ANN A H-251,000 lbs, powd ered suga r, 1 lb. ca rton, $30,111.
Tri-State Construction Co mpany, ATLANTA- Construction of Airmen' s Service C 1u b , Ch arl eston Airf ield , Cha rleston, S. C .
Law-Barrow-A gee Labor at ories, In c., ATLANTA -Engineering Services at M arine Co rps Air Facility, New Ri ver, J acksonville, N . C. ; M arine Barracks, Same ; and C a mp Lejeun e, N . C .
thi s fall wh en th e T ift Countv F ar mers a nd Industri al Fai r was h~ld under sponsorsh ip of the Am erican Legion a nd Legion Auxi liary, Post No . 21, or Ti ft on. E. L. Ireland is Commander of th e Post, a nd Mrs. Bob H erri ng is the Aux iliar y president.
Accordin g to "Sales M an agem ent ," reta il sales in T ift on in 1951 tota led $ 16, 156,000 with a buying incom e of .$ 11,839,000, a nd per fami ly income of $5,920, whil e ret ail sales in Tift Co unty during th e yea r totaled $ 17,8 19,000, with buying incom e of $23,693,000, and per famil y income of $3,949.
Tifton profits also from the la rge crop produ ction in th e county, there being more than 70,000 acres of land in cultivation in Tift County.
Tifton is known as th e " Pla nt celltel' of th e world" becau se of th e billions of cabba ge, tom at o, onion and other plants shipped to man y sta tes a nd Ca na da for planting ea rly in th e season. Fu lwood Plant Compa ny is th e la rgest plant grower th ere, and Omega is also a large cen ter for plant growing a nd shipping . The industry is valued at $5,000,000 an nually to the county.
The livestock industry in the countv finds a market a t th e Armour & Co m pan y meat packin g plant in Tifton , which bu ys local livestock a nd employs a n average of 425 peop le.
Th e T ift C oun ty Stockyar ds is an other stock market in Tifton .
Five warehouses sold 12,209,340
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GEORG IA DEP ARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NE\VSLETTER

Manchester Is Actively Working To Bring In Varied New Industries

" Enthusiasm" and "c 0 m m unit y spirit" arc fam iliar words a ro und most Cha m bers of Co mme rce. But wh en applied to M an ch ester, Georgia's " M agic C ity," th ey ca n be borne out by results an d h ard facts.
M an ch ester has literally transform ed itself from a depot sh ac k to a th riving city of a pproximately 4,500- the la rgest city in M eriw ether C ounty. and a trading center for three counties, M eriweth er , Talbot a nd Harris.
Th e town began 40 yea rs ago as a dep ot for th e At lan ta , Birmingh am , Co ast Rai lroad , whi ch lat er becam e th e Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The scenic beauty of th e a rea and th e stra tegic locat ion as a tran sport a tion center gra d ually attracted sett lers, a nd br ou ght ab out its develop men t. Enthusiasm Factor
The outstanding fac tor in th e presen t rapid growth of M an ch ester, says J ohn Wi lkes, exec utive secretary of th e Chamber of Commer ce, whi ch is head ed by Harold Guy, is th e " enth usiasm of th e peop le of th e town as a result of progressive city govern me nt, of progressive head s of organiza tions, and of excellen t co-ope ra tion from everyone. The wh ole town is work ing togeth er fo r gro wth."
And it is growing fas t. A handsome new elementary school costing $345,000 h as recently been com pleted, an addition to th e hi gh school is being mad e a t a cost of betw een $75 ,000 a nd $80,-

000, a nd an oth er $350,000 school is sla ted for constr uction soon. Extensive work is hein g done on th e stree ts of th e town . Two hou sing proj ects, totall ing 50 units, a rc und er construction, a nd sche d uled for com pletion a bo ut Decem ber 1. A na tur al ga s system is pr esent ly bein g insta lled , a nd will soon be a va ilable to town speople a nd all bu sinesses loca ted with in a reasonable dista nce of th e city.
T he tw o lar gest em ployers a re Callaway Mi lls a nd th e At lan tic Coast Line Railroad sho ps, em ploying 1,250 and 650 persons respect ively. Other indus-
tri es include J. S. Pet ers Fertilizer
C om pany, R oyal Crown Bottl ing Co ., wh ich is constructing a new buildi ng, G eorgia-Alabama Co ca-Cola Bott ling Co ., Eugene Braddy L umb er Co., Georgia Consolida ted Contract ing Co. , Beechwood L um ber Co., a nd Callaway Sup ply Co ., all lumber conce rns, M anchester I ce & F uel Co ., M an ch ester M a nufacturing Co ., a nd th e M an ch ester M er cury, doing job printing.
Th e city is ac tively seeking new indu stries. An up-to-dat e industrial survey br ochure is being circula ted by th e Ch amber of Commerce . and th e town 's lead ing businessmen a r~ wo rking hard ferreting out prospects. T he city's loca tion as a principal po int on th e Atlanta to Co lumbus Hi ghw ay, G eorgia 85, is a grea t asset. O f pr ime industrial imp ort an ce is th e newly-con structed natural gas system .

Manch est er 's bu s}' bu sin ess sec tion draws shop pe rs from a three-count}' ar ea-s-Mcriwet her , Talbot an d Harris.

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Griffin 's Turkey Festival A meeting of th e Georgia T urkey Growers was recen tlv h eld at G riffin to ma ke plans for th e Turkey Festiva l to be stage d in G riffin on O ctober 23. This yea r' s festiva l is expect ed to be t\;ice as large as last ye a r' s. . Features of th e festival will be a style sho w, a pa rad e with bands a nd float s, and a coo king school sponsored by th e Georgia Power C om pa ny.
T ourist s are playing an increasingl y prominent part in Manchester' s economy. Sit uated in a va lley with th e Blue Ri dge Mountains beginn ing th eir northern trail just beyond , Manchester is in the center of one of the most beautiful sections of the sta te. It serves as headquarters for many visitors to nearby Wa rm Sp rings, Ida Cason Gardens, Franklin D . Ro osevelt Sta te Park and Pin e Moun tain. Ther e are three hotels to accommoda te visitors. Principal Crops
The many prosperous farms loca ted near Manchester a re another important sour ce of inc om e. The principal crops a rc peache s, pimientos, and cotton. The ca tt le a nd lumber ind ustries a re growing and thriving.
An a bu nda nt wat er supply is available and can be inc rease d if necessary . At present two mountain reservoirs im po und 1,500,000 gallons each.
Thirteen active civic clubs are adding to th e city's g rowth, and 14 ch urc h es tak e care of spiritual ne eds. Th e Manch ester M ercury, a progressive weekly " dedica ted to the upbuilding of M an ch ester and th e Tri-Counties," is published by Ralph M . Rice.
The city has a Co mmission-M anager type of governmen t with five Commissioners-J ohn H arris, Chairman, Dr.
W. P. Kirkland, G rad y Garrett, J. C .
l'vlcC ur dy, a nd Dr. J am es A. Johnson .
.I r. George Whiten is City Manager.
Co unty officers are Sutton H. G ill, Sheriff ; A. D. H erring, C lerk of Su pe rior Co ur t; .John Head, Ordinary ; M . R. Twitty, T ax Commissioner ; E. C . Mit c h am , .Jr., Superintendent of Schoo ls; W alt er S. Taylor , Treasurer : a nd Co mm issioners James L. CaldwelL L uke G ill, M a rtin L. Gibson , Frank W . Allcorn, J r., cha irman, W ilbur K eith. a nd C lerk Sarah F. HilL
Wh eth er you a tt ribute th e Magic C ity's bean stalk growth to its magic
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NATURAL GAS IN GEORGIA
Natural ga s transmission lin es that have been construc ted th rough Georgia recently are op ening the way for greater ind ustria l develop ment in ma ny sma ller citi es and town s. T h ese pipelines, ca rrying natural gas fr om T exas and Louisiana gas fields to easte rn cities, can be tapped by gas system s along th e wa y, and a number of Georgia municipalities are taking ad vantage of their con ven ient location to the lin es.
Littrell Engineering Compan y of Ath ens, who recently designed and supe rvised construction of gas systems in Monroe, Jefferson , Commerce, Buford, Bowman and Sugar Hill, estimates that the next five yea rs will see fift y or more Georgia cities ga in access to th is cleaner , more economica l fuel.
Municipally Owned
The majority of th e natural gas systems now being construc ted or now in th e planning stage are municipally own ed . Cities have discovered that th ey can, while supplying residents and industries with a ch ea pe r fu el, obtain a money-m aking enterp rise for th e city. Financed by issuin g revenue certificates, most natural gas systems will pay fo r th emselves in a relatively short tim e and th en provide th e municipality with a substa ntial permanent inco me.
With pl an s underway for over twenty-five othe r Georgia syste ms, Ray R. Li ttrell Engineering Company, makes th is fore cast : "T he cities that install natural gas syst em s will find th emselves in a very desir abl e situation as far as a ttrac ting industry is conce rne d. Many industries whic h are moving South desire natural gas for fuel and will locate wh ere it is available. Then, too , in ma ny cases th e income from a municipally owne d system will ena ble cities to operate with lower tax rates, and all indus trial concerns will like th at. "
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or to th e progressive a ttitu de and h a rdwor k of its citizens, thi s young town is well on the way to becoming one of Georgia's leading industrial areas.

4-Year-Old East Point Paint Firm Develops $1,500,000 Annual Sales

It is a long ste p from m ixing paint in a washing ma chin e to operating a paint company doin g over $1,500 ,000 of bu siness annua lly, yet you ng Bill Smith of East Point h as gone ju st that far.
The William Armstrong Sm ith Company of E ast Point, which he h eads , manufactures a comp lete line of paints, va rn ish es and enamels under th e registered tr ad e name "Bill Smith's Pa ints." Incorporated four yea rs ago, the firm began op erations with eigh t employees in a sm all fr am e bu ilding. The first order th e young company received was for 48 ga llons of p aint. Sa les a t th e end of th e first year totalled $200,000.
Sa les rose steadily each year until Bill Smith and hi s paints had to move to a larger building. In Septe m ber of 1951, th e op eration was expande d to its p resent brick and conc rete building. Located on a lot ap proximately four acres in size, th e building contai ns 35,000 squa re feet of m anu fact uring, office, laboratory an d storage a rea . Fift y em ployees run th e plant , whi ch h as a capacity of 4,000 ga llons of p aint a day . Sales for the fiscal yea r ending in M ay of 1952 totalled $ 1,500,0 00.
Covers All Phases
All phases of paint manufac ture are covered a t th e plant. Elaborate laboratories, in cluding paint research , developme nt and control, are op erated by trained che mists. Production and manufacturing facilities of th e plant include mixers, hi gh- speed roller mills , and ba ll and pebbl e mill s, a ll necessa ry for producing a smooth -flowing, h ighl y dispersed paint.
Bill Smith' s paints cover practi cally every paint need. Princip al product ion , of course, is for h om e and bu ilding use. But paints are also produced for ai rcraft finishes, ma ritime and N avy use, spec ia lized finishes for Army ord nance, and a gre a t q uantity of "cente r lin e" paint for h ighway use. This company pion eer ed in th e use of reflect orized paints, whi ch glow at night.
The firm manufactures interior-finish paints in colors a pp roved by nationa l inter ior deco rators. This rubberbase paint, kno wn as "T ex-O -V el," utilizes m an y raw materials origina ting in Geo rgia .

One of th e unusual fea tures of this successful firm is that all key personnel are un der 40 years of age . O fficers are Bill Sm ith , president ; R obert S. Whit. tier, gen eral manager ; Tom Wood, sales manager, and Spence r K . Harris, technical director and assistant general manager .
The success story continues, with sales for th is fiscal yea r already r un. ning 30 percent ah ead of last year. The red and black labels of Bill Smith's paints, which already go from East Point into every sta te in th e Union, are fa st becom ing as familiar a sight in Ne w England and the West Co ast as th ey are in th e Sout h .
Cotton Maid Finals Will Be Oct. 21-22
Some of Georgia's prettiest peach es -one , in fa ct, fro m each con gressional district- will com pe te in th e sta te fin als of th e fir st G eorgia Maid of Cotton Co ntest at th e Atl anta Biltmore Hotel, O ct. 21 and 22.
This is th e fir st yea r G eorgia has pa rticipa ted in th e national event. All segme n ts of th e cotton industry com prising th e G eorgia U nit of th e National Cotton Council are coope ra ting. The Georgia Committee reported that excep tional interest had been taken in th e contest, particularly in view of th e fac t that it wa s th e first of its kind in th e sta te.
The winn er will be anno uned at th e Biltmore following a dinner th ere on
th e night of Oct. 22, according to J. E.
M oses of Atl anta, chairman of the G eorgia committee.
The fin ali sts were ch osen a t district con tests held over th e sta te follow ing cou n ty elimina tion contests.
T he winne r in th e sta te finals will repre sent G eorgia in th e national contest in M emphis, Dec. 29-30, at which th e 1953 Maid of Cotton will be chos en . T h e contest is sponsored a nnually by th e N ati onal Cotton Council in coopera tio n with th e Memphis Cotton Ca rnival Association , th e M emphis, New York and N ew Orlean s Cotton Exch anges.

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1952 Tobacco Brings $70 Million in State
Tobacco sales at th e 19 markets in South Georgia thi s season brou gh t growers $70,106,303 paid for 142,907,OIl pounds of th e bri ght leaf, according to th e final report of sales issued by th e Georgia Dep artment of Agricu ltur e, Tom L ind er, Comm issione r, and G uy D . J ackson, C hief Sta tistician.
The mo ney incom e compa res closely with $70,859,761 paid for th e crop in 1951, whi ch tot aled 155,053,010 pounds at an av erag e of 45.70 cents a pound. Th is yea r's cro p brought an average of 49.06 cents a pound.
The rep ort shows th at of th e to ta l sold on th e Georgia markets thi s yea r, 10,693,177 po unds were grown in oth er sta tes.
First hand sales at th e 19 markets, amo unt received and av erage pri ces at eac h m ark et were as follows : Adel , 4,880,530 Ibs., $2,548,291, 52.21; ; BaxIcy, 5,178,628, $2,622,433, 50.64; ; 13 I a c k s he a 1' , 10,068,982, $5,458,570, 54.21; Claxton , 5,929,252, $2,703,095, 45.59;; Douglas, 12,501,934, $5,999,181, 47.99 ; Fitzgerald, 4,748,716, $2,227,540, 46.91; Hahira, 4,398,858, $2,259,536, 51.37; H azlehurst, 4,402,574, $2,340,869, 53.17; Metter, 6,199,604, $2,873,917, 46.36 ; Moultri e, 10,468,706, $5,209,125, 49.76; N as h v i I I e , 9,181,192, $4,764,890, 5 1.90; Pelham, 5,958,269, $2,774,927, 46.57; Quitman, 4,369,228, $2,137,506, 48.92; Sta tesbo ro, 15,330,888, $7,157,198, 46.68; Sylvester , 1,98 1,046, $898,935, 45.38; ; T ifton, 12,209,340, $5,761,079, 47.19 ; Valdosta, 9,408,948, $4,807,089, 51.09;; Vid alia, 10,883,390, $4,934,195, 45.34 ; Waycross, 4,806,926, $2,627,926, 54.67.

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pou nds of tobacco in Tifton thi s season, wh ich brought th e fa rmers $5,761.078.62. T he wareh ouses wer e Banner 'Nos. 1 & 2; Far m ers ; Fen ner's N os. 1 & 2, a nd Twin Brick.
The F ann ers 1\1 a r k e t , recentl y erected in Tifton by th e Georgia D epartm ent of Agr icu ltu re, pro vid es a mark et for locall y grown far m produce, sales th ere th e first six m onths of 1952 tota ling $885,635. A new bui ldin g is plann ed to be erec ted at th e M a rket.
Recreation Center
But all is not wo rk in T ifton. A commodious new $150,000 recrea tion cen ter includes a swimm ing pool, baseball diamond, foo tba ll field , tennis cour ts and bowling alleys. Fulwood Park , of 35 ac res, is equipped for pic nics, concerts a nd ha s a wad ing poo l for children. R ecreation is also provide d a t th e T ifton C ountry Club.
D . H. Hurst is Tifton C ity M anager, elec ted by th e C ity Commissioners , H owa rd R ain water, chairm an, C . A. Sca rs, R . M . Kinnon , W . E. Bass a nd Fran k Ri gdon .
Tift County officers a rc T. C. G reer, Sheriff; Earl D . Gibbs , Clerk of Cour t ; Leon C lem en ts, Ordina ry; J elks Warren, Tax Comm issione r ; H enry Bank s Allen, Sch ool Supe rinten de nt. The three Co mmissione rs are ' V. C . M cCo rm ic, chai rma n; T. E . Phi llips, and C . A. Bak er.
The Tift C ount" C hamber of Commerce is a live-,:ire orga nization, of whi ch D . N. Stafford is presiden t ; Charles K ent, first vice president ; H omer R ankin, second vice pr esident ; C la rk Lyndon, tr easurer ; S. B. Lassiter , manager. Mrs. Pauline 1'. St ephens is secretary .

Precision Paint Co.
Building Ne w Plant
Pr ecision Paint Co rp. of Atl anta is constructing a new plant and office building on Peach tr ee Industri al Bouleva rd to tak e th e place of th e present plant at 500 Stewart Ave., S. W . Encompassing 35,000 square feet of spa ce, th e bui ldin g and m anufac tur ing facilities will cost approximately $350,000, a nd a re sla ted to be comp leted by D ecem b er.
The new building, with almost double th e spa ce a nd output ca pac ity of th e company's pr esent qu arters, was necessitat ed by a rap id growth in business. This vear's sales h ave increased by 65 percent over th e compa rable period for last yea r, and 1952 dolla r volum e is expec ted to be more th an $ 1,000,000.
Pr esident of the firm is C harles W . Ptacek. Vice-president a nd secreta ry is
F rank Service, and C . .J. M cCurdy is
plant superintendent. Prod ucts of th e firm include a com -
plete line of enamels a nd va rn ishes, as well as paints.
Sou. Air Procurement Dist. Moves Office in Atlanta
Lt . Co lonel R ov Whi senhunt announ ces to th e m~nufacturers of th e Southeastern Sta tes th at th e Atlan ta
Regional O ffice of th e Sou thern Air I
Procuremen t Distri ct has moved its office from th e Belle Isle Building, 40 H ouston St reet, N. E., to 760 West Peachtree St., N. W . Th e Sma ll Business Office of th e A ir For ce is also loca ted at thi s add ress a nd is equipped to serve an y manufacturer int er ested in Air Force con trac t work .

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GEO RGIA DEPT. OF COMl\IERCE 100 State Capito l

* HERMAN E. T AL M AD GE
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October 25, 1952

Milledgeville Plans
Birthday ;Celebration
Initial plans are under wa y for a week-long observ ance of M ILLEDGEV I LLE'S 150th annive rsa ry to be held in May of 1953. T h e tentative schedule ca lls for a city-wide religious observa nce on Sunday, th e crown ing of a sesquicentenn ial queen, a ga la ba ll, and th e pr esent ati on of a historical drama eac h evening.
Gen eral chairman of th e comm ittee to plan a nd direct th e celebratio n is Sims Ga rrett. Walter Willi am s, Jr., is vice-ch airman , J ohn Garner, treasur er , and R eyno lds Allen is secreta ry of th e group .

OCT 0 B E R 20-25-Milled geville: Five-Coun ty Fair.
OCTOBER 20-25-Macon : Georgi a State Fair.
OCTOBER 20-25- Cordele : Ce n tra l Geor gia Fair.
O CTOBER 20-25-Moultrie : Colq uitt County Fair.
O CTOBER 20-25-A th e n s : Athens Agri cultural Fair.
OCTOBER 20-25 - Douglas : Coffee County Fair.
OCTOBER 23-25-White County Fair. OCTOBER 26-NOVEMBER 1 - Au-
gusta: Augusta Exchange Club Fair. OCTOBER 26-29-Savannah: Geor-
gia Farm Bur eau F ed eration, H otel DeSoto a nd Hotel Gen era l O gleth orpe.
O CTOBER27-NOVEMBER I-Americus : Am ericus Ci vic Fair Association.
NO VE M BER 3-8-Savanna h: Coasta l Empire Fai r.
NO V EM BER 4-Election Day.

NOVEMBER 5-12- Brunswick : Glynn County Fair, wit h five counties pa r. ticipating, McIntosh, Wa yne, Camden and Bran tley.
NOVEMBER 9- 13- Atla nta : Nati onal Milk Producers Feder at ion Co nvention , Biltm ore H otel.
NO VEM BE R 10-15- S a va n n a h : American Associati on of Port Authorities, H otel DeSoto a nd H otel Gen eral O glethorpe.
NOVEMBER II - Savann ah : D edica. tion of State Port.
NOVEMBER 13-14-Atlanta : Georgia T elep hone Associati on , H enry Grad y H ot el.
NOVEMBER 18-20- Sav annah: So. cial Sec ur ity R egion al M an agers Confere nce , G e n c r a I Ogleth orpe H ot el.
NOVEMBER 19- Atlanta : Georgia Conference on C omm unity Planning, Atlanta Division U niversity of Georgia .

COVER PICTURE
Pictured on th e cover is a n interesting night view of Plant Yat es, Georgia Pow er Compan y's new 300,000 kilowatt stea m-electric gene ra ting plant near N ewnan, whi ch wa s ded icat ed on O ctob er 14. It is th e la rgest gene ra ting station in th e Geor gia Power Company's system, produ cin g annually ap proximately two billion kilowatt hours of electric ene rgy, or m ore than eno ugh to supply 700,000 average Georgia homes with electricity for a yea r. Co n struction was begun in September, 1948. Plant Yates, as tall as a tenstory office building, cost m ore th an $32 milli on. It is nam ed for E. A. Yates, chairman of th e board of th e Sou the rn Company.
Ph ot o by Car olyn Ca rt er.

lJne of the first ocea n-going vessels to tie up alongs ide th e new Savanna n State Dock of th e Georg ia Ports Aut hor ity. T his picture was taken from the new wharf lookin g dow! the Savanna h River towards the city.

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Dedicati on of th e Sta te Docks of th e Georaia Ports Auth ority at Sav annah on N"ovember 11 will mark a n important expa nsion of State services and will be a mil eston e in imp rovem ent of port facilities of Georgia .
The event will bring to Sa vanna h man y State and N ati on al lead ers interested espec ially in development of local and Southeastern wat er tr affi c.
Exercises will begin afte r th e noon hour on Tuesda y, th e 11th oSta te Sena tor Spence Grayson , of Savannah, will be master of ceremo n ies, and will introduce disting uishe d guests, and Abit Nix , of Athe ns, will intr oduce Governor Herma n E. T alm ad ge, p rin cip al speaker of the occas ion.
The exercises will be featured by th e unveiling of a mark er on th e Docks. Prett y 16-yea r old Bette Ann e Wildes, of Noa nk, Co nn., a grea t-grea t-g reatniece of Capt. M oses Rogers, capta in of the SS Savannah, whi ch in 1819 was the first stea m -powered vessel to cross the Atlantic O cean , will un veil th e marker which is in scribed as follows :
"Port of Sav annah, Herman E. T almad ge Gov ernor. Geor gia Ports Auth ority. J am es D . Robinson, Jr. , Cha irman ; Peter R oe Nugent , Vice Chair ma n; M . M . Monroe, M em-
ber ; J. W . Smith, Sec reta ry and
T reasur er ; H enry W . Swee t, General M an ager ; D. Leon Willi am s, Director of C ommerce. R obert & Com pa ny Associates, Architects and Engin eers."
Un de r th e Sta te Sea l at th e top of the tablet is inscrib ed: " November 11, 1952." A replica of th e SS Savannah is surrounde d by th ese word s : " Ge orgia Ports Autho rity, State D ocks." On th e reverse side of th e marker a re th e words : "Savannah Sta te Docks."
Special Train
A special train, th e " SS Nancy Han ks," will be operated by th e Ce ntral of Georgia R ailroad on th at da y from Atlanta to Savanna h with stops at Ba rnesville, Forsyth , Griffin, Macon, Tennille and Mill en . The train will go directly to th e Port, and as Gov ernor T almad ge steps off th e tr ain he wiII be greeted with a milita ry gun salute, with music fu rn ished by th e Pa rr is Islan d

Marine Band a nd th e Drum C orps of th e Air Corps of Washington, D. C ., and bands from Savannah.
The formal dedic ation exercises will begin at 2 p. m .
Del egates from the princip al ports of the entire Western H emisphere, to th e annual conv ention of Am erican Port Authorities whi ch will open at th e Genera l Ogl ethorpe Hotel on Wednesday, will also attend th e dedi cati on exe rcises,
Gov ernor Talma dge in 1948 purchased for th e Sta te of Georgia for $808,100 th e pr op erty from th e Govern me nt which it had used during World War II as th e Savannah Qua rtermaster Dep ot, it being th e forme r site of a hu ge cotton com press and wa reh ouse. T he Government spent $4,500,000 on buildings, utilities a nd other improvem ents on th e propert y.
407 Acres
The tract includes 407 ac res on th e west bank of th e Savannah Ri ver , with 4,350 feet frontage on th e river. The land extends 2,500 feet on U. S. Hi ghway 17, and is criss-crossed by pav ed roads and oth er faciliti es. All railroads

th at serve Savannah also run to th e Port. These include th e Ce ntral of Georgia, Southern, Sea boa rd, Atlantic Co ast Lin e and Savanna h and Atlanta road s.
The Geor gia Ports Authority, created in 1945, is spending $6,000,000 improving th e pro p ert y , including berthing spa ce for four of th e lar gesttype ca rgo vessels at three Tran sit Sheds, th e most modern in th e world , all to be completed th is yea r.
U nder Sta te owne rship and ope ra tion only fou r yea rs, th e Sta te Port has already received a gross incom e of $ 1,600,000- double its cost- in leases and ope ra tions. \\1ar eh ouse space already leased totals 1,250,000 square feet, including 600,000 squa re feet to U nion Bag & Pap er Co rp.; U. S. Air Force, 600,000 squa re feet ; T etley T ea Co. , 40,000 feet , including a p rocessing plant wh er e 3,000,000 pounds of tea a re pro cessed annually.
Th e Port Authority ha s ret ain ed 750,000 squa re feet of warehouse spac e for sh ippe rs a nd othe rs wh o will use Savannah as a dist ribution point. It also ope rates th e cotton comp ress, pro c-
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An aerral photograph of the Georgia Ports Authority property in Savannah showing the new Savannah State Docks, transit sh eds, rail lines, roadw ays and vast warehouse system. This recent air photo has been retouched to show the com pleted transit sheds on th e 2,047foot long wharf. The three she ds ar e now still under construc tion.
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Adairsville Indust r y
The Dixie Belle Sp rea d Co m pa ny, operator of plants in Calho un and Dalton for th e last 15 years , has opened a pla nt at ADAIRS VILL E. Irving Funk, general ma nager of th e firm , said th at a la rge number of operato rs are being hi red for th e plant, whi ch is locat ed in a building on Old Hi ghway 41.
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N ew B r a n ch Office
Pa rke Davis & Co ., lar ge producers of pharmaceuti cal s, a ntibiotics a nd sur gical dr essings, has ju st completed a $500,000 bran ch office in ATLANT A , locat ed at th e corne r of Courtland and H arris Stree ts, NE. The building, of reinforced concrete, brick, stone and tile construc tion, has 48,000 square feet of space, with 37,000 squa re feet for warehouse use. The firm has ope ra ted an Atl anta br an ch since July, 1949. Seve nty-two persons are em ployed in th e Atl anta office of th is company, whic h has doubled its bu siness in th e Southeas t during th e past four years . Fift y salesmen have h ead quarters in Atlan ta. W . L. J ohnson is br an ch manag er, Ne lson L. Yarbrough is associate man ager, and J ohn M . Lengyel is assista nt manager in charge of interior opera tions.
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Insecticide Plant
An industr y manufacturing insecticides has begun production at COLUM BUS. Turning out 12,000 bottles dail y, th e firm produces an insecticid e for killin g ants and roaches, known as Kill s-All. The own er of th e company is L. C. Baxter, who op erated a simila r plant for five yea rs at Ande rson, Ind. Locat ed at 708 Seven th Street in Co lumbus, th e plant will distribute its product primar ily th rou ghout Georgia , Ala bama and Fl orida.
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A lbany Housing
ALBANY'S large new housing p roject, McIntosh H omes, is now being occupied and is expected to be filled by December 1. The 125-unit project for low income families replaces 93 dw ellings on a 10 ~ acre tract of land. M eIntosh Homes has 24 one-b edroom units, 53 two-bedroom units, 43 threebedroom units and 8 four bed room units. A recr eation building with a

complete kit ch en has also been provided . The five commissioners dir ecting Albany's low-incom e housing p rogram are \ V. C . H olman , ch ai rman,
W . M . W ilder, vice-chairman, I. n.
Callaway , a nd W . R ay H ouston .
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Welcome to Pelham
PELHAM is figurati vely spreading th e welcome mat for visitor s. The tou rist comm ittee of th e Better H ome Town Contest recently fini shed its project of erecting welcome signs on all main highways leading into th e city. The attractive signs h ave a map of th e world painted on th em , with Pelham ma rked out in large lett ers and label ed " T omato- Tobacco Center ." A large replica of a tomato h as been placed on a pede stal in th e city park , fur the ring Pelh am 's growing fame as a tomato cen te r.
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ACL Develop ing A rea
Fo r Ind ustria l Usage
Th e Atlantic Co ast Lin e Railway will begin development of a $5,000,000 warehouse a nd industrial ar ea in West Atlanta this year to be fin ished in December, 1953. It recently finished a simila r $2,000,000 development in Atlan ta, bringing to $7,000,000 the tot al that will be spent by th e railway in three yea rs to red evelop substandard ar eas alon g th e railway's downtown line. Th e C ity of Atlanta will cooperate by fin an cin g stree t repairs in th e a rea to be developed .
App roxima tely ten city blocks in three sepa ra te a reas are included . Pla ns ca ll for th e development of eleven wareh ouse or light manufact uring sites. O ff-str eet pa rkin g a nd loading facilit ies will be p rovided for th e fir ep roof, reinfo rced conc rete bu ildings.
T h ree of th e sites a re located on M an gu m and Foundry Streets, five sites are bounded by W estern Ave., Vin e St ., and th e ACL rai lro ad, and by Western Ave., th e West By-Pass, and Lambert, Edwards and Simpson Streets, and three sites face on Elliott St., between Mitchell a nd Nelson Stree ts.
The Southern R ailroad is also spend-
ing millions of d ollar s in Atlanta. It

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is developing an industri al ar ea located off Peach tr ee Road at Brookwood Statio n.
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New Bleach Company
The Fa rm & Industri al Chcmical Co mpany of Atl anta, rece nt ly opcned a new plan t locat ed five mil es sout h of DALTON . Wh en full -scale operatio ns a re reach ed, th e plant will have a dailv capac ity of 16,000 ga llons of liquid bleach . The building, with 12,500 square feet of floor space, was erected a t a cost of $150 ,000 . It conta ins all mod ern eq uipme nt for th e manufactur e and handling of liquid bleach, sto rage facilities an d warehouse space. Frank M ayo is owner and S. A. Dri ggers is residen t man ager.
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Motel In Cochran
A $ 140,000 motel will be built in COCH R AN, consisting of 30 units. It will be located ad joining th e city lim its, on th e Coc h ran Sho rt R oute. T he cotta ges will be arranged in a n ova l sh ape around a la rge office bu ilding loca ted in the center. T he new court will have a dining room , also, with dri ve-in facilit ies.
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Stone-Crushing Plant
A stone-c rush ing plant, Weston & Brooker Comp any, locat ed near SPA RT A, is shipping from 25 to 30 ca rloa ds daily of crus he d ston e. The plant has " un limited" granite depo sits under lease. The output is expec ted to increase gra d ua lly as new machinery is installed. Even though thi s qu a rr y has been used extensively during th e past 40 yea rs for building a nd cu rbing stone, th er e is eno ugh granite to last " indcf init ely," say pla nt offic ials.
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Toccoa Jaycees
T OCC OA is welcoming motorists comi ng to our sta te with ;; handsome sign, read ing : "We lcome to Georgia. from th e Toccoa J aycees." This sign i~ situated to greet motorists coming from th e South Carolina bridge across the Tugalo River. This fri endly greeting has attracted much attention, and is a fine dem onstr ation of th e a ttitude whi ch mak es tourists want to stay and visit in a state.

NEW SLETTER

Oc tober 25. 19S:?

Valdosta Population Expected

Va ldosta has two ra dio sta tions, WGAF and WGOV, eac h 5,000 watts : has seven tourist courts with 275 units ;

To Double By Next Census -1960 three railroads, Southern, Georgia & f lorida, an d Atlantic Coas t Lin e: five highw ays, U. S. 4 1 and 84, and 'three

Vald osta, with a population of 20,046 inside its city lim its in 1950 is expecting th at number to double, or be 40,000 in anothe r ten yea rs, or by 1960.
This is not on ly th e pr edi ction of th e Valdosta and Lowndes County Chamber of Comme rce but thi s belief also is born e out by construction underw ay there by th e la rge industrial company, the Sou the rn Bell T elephone Company, whi ch at present is mak ing expan sions to its V ald osta faciliti es to cost $ 175,000. Two lar ge insur a nce compa nies also pr edi ct a doubled population for Valdosta in ten yea rs.
Basis For Belief
Th e belief Valdosta' s population will doubl e in ten years is also base d on building underway th ere at thi s tim e in all lines, plus contempla ted construction in th e future, th e whole pro~ram totaling m any , m an y millions of dollar s, wh ich will req uir e many more people. For th e first eigh t mo nths of 1952 building permit s are four times more th an th ey were for th e ent ire year of 1951.
T he population of th e Valdosta District in 1950 was 25,568 and Chamber officials estim ate alrea dy Valdosta 's city population now-1 952- is 27,000 and Vald osta distri ct 32,000 .
Vald osta's and Lowndes County's biggest p roject underw ay a t thi s tim e is th e huge plant of th e National Co ntainer Corporation, of .Jackson ville, Florid a and N ew York , whi ch is con-

clea ra nce pr oject , 130 for wh ites and 270 for colored.
The Georgia Power & L ight Compan y of Valdosta is erecting a new $9,000 ,000 plant ac ross th e Florida line at Ellaville, Fla ., to serve thi s a rea with increase d elect ricity.
The Southe rn R ailway is erec ting new freight yar ds in Vald osta to cost fro m $300,000 to $500 ,000; M ood v Air Force Base, reh ab ilitat ed 12 miles ~orth ?f V aldosta , with personnel of 4,500 IS ext ending two runways th er e ; U. S. Highway 41 is being rebuilt south of th e city, relocated in sect ions, and to be four-lan e through th e city ; th e city has a $450 ,000 pav ing program underway, to include pavin g of m any new streets.
The .wa te r and sewer p rogram com plet ed in 1952 at a cost of $2,000,000 will be furth er expande d by th e C ity and County at a cost of $500,000 eac h ; a modern touri st cour t of 37 units I, bein g erected north of th e city.
Constr uction is to begin soon on a 100-bed hospital to cost $1,500,000 under th e Hill -Burton Act and to be com plet ed by 1954. The 90-bed Little Griffin Hospital serves th e city now .
Valdostans ar e proud of its two colleges-Valdosta Sta te College , a unit of th e U niversity System , a nd Em ory .Juni or Co llege, of wh ich Ed Wh isonan t is president.
Valdosta Sta te, of whi ch Dr. R alph Thaxton is pr esident, plan s a bui ldin g program to cost a half milli on dolla rs.

Sta te, 3 1, 94 an d 125 ; fou r bu s lines :

a m?dern .Municipal Airpo rt : Ci ty Bus

scrvice ; five six ban ks ; 32

h ot els wit churches ;

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taruoroamnst~'

a nd a librar y of 11,000 volumes; six

elemen ta ry and two high schoo ls; five

th eat ers and five truck lines.

Situa ted in a rea , Va ldosta

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productiv e efits from

thIearpm:'ion:ei~

ucts of th e soil as well as from ap proxi-

ma tely 67 varied industries.

Va ldosta is th e hom e office of th -

American Turpentine Farmers Asso-

cia tion, a co-op erative gro up of gum

farm ers, and it is also h eadqua rt ers for

storage of turpentine and rosin.

County Crops
Lownd es County crops incl ud e tobacco, peanuts, cotto n, corn, tru ck crops, a nd for est products, lumber , pulpwood and gum from pin es.
A large Sta te F armers M a rket , ope rated by th e Georgia Dep artment of Agr icult ure, affords sales ou tlets for a big volum e of farm produce, a nd m uch land is bein g devot ed to pas tures on whi ch fine herds of beef ca ttle ar e gro wn. Seven purebred ca ttle shows a re h eld ann ually in th e modern Liv estoc k Auditorium in Valdosta.
Five firm s operating wa reh ouses in Va ldosta a nd H ah ira thi s season sold 13,807,806 pounds of tobacco. wh ich bro ugh t $7,066,625, a n av erage of 5 1.23 a pound. D ays' a nd Pier ce & Skinne r war ehouses in Valdosta sold
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structing a mill nine mil es south of

Vald osta on a 230- acre tract p rovid ed

by the bu sinessmen of Valdosta , and

brought to this area by th e local C ham-

ber of Co mme rce .

The plant will manufacture dai ly

500 tons of kraft paper , pulp and pa-

perboard and will emp loy fr om 500 to

750 peopl e in th e plant and approxi-

mately 1,200 in th e woods, ga the ring

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the ra w material. Cost of th e plan t is

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estima ted to be in excess of $27 ,000,-

000. The Southe rn and C cor cia &

Florid a railroad s h ave com pleted spur

tracks to th e plant.

Five hundred residences will be built

in Vald osta during 1952, in add ition

to 400 def ense units, of which 300 have

been completed with 100 more under

Construction. A Government project underw ay includes 400 units in a slum-

Valdosta , one of the fin est facilities of its kind in th e adequate connections to all poi nts ar e avai lab le from her e.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CO M M ERCE

NEWSLETTER

O ctob er 25, 1952

Chamblee Makes Industrial History With Rapid Growth and Expansion

The city of Chamblee, situated a short distance north of Atl anta in DeKalb County, has experience d a complet e t ra nsforma tion in th e last 15 yea rs. Developing from a small settlement around th e Prospect Methodist Episc opal Church , tod ay it is th e location of on e of th e finest industrial devclopments in th e Sou the ast, with many handsome manufacturing plants, utili zing th e fin est modern industrial architecture.
Although Cham blee wa s not incorporated as a town until 1908, th er e has been a settle men t th er e since 1828. In th at yea r th e Prospect M ethodist Epi scopal Church, South, was orga nized and a small settle me nt gr ew up ar ound it. Gradually th e town develop ed , with store s and homes being built. During World War I, C amp Gordon brou ght man y thousands of sold iers to Ch amblee. The town continued its slow, steady growth until 1940, wh en an indu stri al d evelopment began whi ch is bringing some of th e fin est industri es in th e nation to th at a rea.
Development "actors
The beginning of th e large-scal e industrial development of Chamblee came with th e com pletion of th e DeKalb County water system with its 30inch main , a nd th e developmen t of th e four-lane highway known as Peachtree Industri al Bou levard, built with both Sta te a nd Fed eral funds.
The fir st of th e many la rge plant s to loca te at Ch amblee wa s Bovlc Midwav, In c., manufacturing wax es and p ol-

ishes. This plant was closely followed by th e U . S. Envelope Com pa ny, Albert Potteri es, m anufacturers of ar t ware and dinner ware, and the WriteRight Manufacturing Co., producers of sch ool supplies. M ore recent firms to loca te th er e a re th e W estinghouse Lamp Division ; th e J ohn Deere Plow Co. ; Am eri can Hospital Supply Co rp . ; th e Apparatus Divi sion of G en eral
Electric ; th e J. 1. C ase M achinery Co. ;
Massey-H arris Co ., manufacturers of tr actors ; Auto-V ent Sh ade C o.; AllisChalme rs, tractor produ cers ; Sieb erling Rubber Co . ; C a rbo rund um C o., m anufa cturers of sand-pa pe r, and grind sto ne s; G eor gia Tractor & Equipment Co.; Southe rn I ron & Equipment C o., plow s and tract or eq uipme nt; RobertsM cG eeny Printing C o. ; and Williams Brothers C o., one of th e la rgest pip eline fab ricators in th e world. Am on g th e firms with th e newest plants in th e a rea a re th e M osteller F eed Co., and Minn eapolis M olin e Fa rm Equipmen t Co . Southe rn Sta-R ite, Inc., manufacturing and serving th e southe ast with (Sta-R ite ) dom estic and industr ial water systems, is enla rging its plant.
Other industries loca ted th ere ar e E . T. Barwick Mills, Builders C oncrete Produets, Inc., Ch am blee Lumber Co., Humphri es Concret e Block Co. , South ern Mouldin g a nd M anufacturing Co., Whitley Construc tion Co ., R oy Darden Industri es, In c., conc rete blo ck machi nes and eq uipme n t, Andrew F. M orrow, alum in um me tal mouldin g a nd Arthur Pew Co nstruction Co. c,

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Typica l of the handsome new indu stria l plants locating- at Chamblee is the on e pic lured, t he Apparat us Divi sion of General Electric.

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A tla nta R etailing
Clinic Draws 500
!?e fourth annual Atlanta R et ailing Clinic , sponsored by th e Atlanta R etail Merchants' Ass'n ., in cooper ation with th e Atlanta Ch ambe r of Commerce th e Georgia Ch ain Store C ouncil, a nd a lar ge number of businessmen's groups and trade associations, h eld a very successful one -day session a t th e Atl a nta Divi sion , University of Geor gia on October 15. Approximat ely 500 persons wer e in a tte ndance. Di rector of the clini c was Dr. Ol e S. Johnson , ch air. man of th e R et ailing Conce ntra tion at At lanta Di vision.
Five work shops on retailing proh. lems, direct ed by leading mer ch an ts, wer e held , an d outstanding spea kers fro m nati onally-kn own com pa nies ad. d ressed th e group.
The influx of plants contin ues. A large building is being construc ted to hou se th e Pr ecision Paint Company, now located in At lanta . With a n area of app roximately 35,000 sq ua re feet, the building will cost close to $350,000. Acco rding to th e N orth DeKalb R ecord , Eastman K od ak Co . is seriously studying th e possibility of erec ting a $2,000,000 plant a t Ch amblee for the manufacture of film .
Chamblee is bui lding to keep pace with its industrial development. Homes are going up all over town, wit h a group of 43 bein g bu ilt in a sing le section .
Business Sect-ion
The bu siness sect ion of Cha m blee is chang ing rapidly also. A handsome new C ity H all and connec ting Fire D epartment was com pleted last March at a cost of $67,000. Ther e is a new section of modern red-brick sto res a nd off ices.
Cham blee is th e loca tion for a va riety of op eration s. L awson V et er ans Administration H ospital, costing $3.5 million was bui lt th er e by th e Army. Its 169 bui ldings cover 140 ac res of land. Co mmissione d in 1941 as a gen eral medi cal a nd sur gical h ospit al, it was tak en ove r in 1946 to be ope ra ted by th e V et erans Administrati on .
The Na va l Air Base located at Ch am blee is used in training Naval Air personnel. Built by DeKalb COUIlty with ai d from th e F ederal Cover nment , it has been used variously as a p rimary flight tr aining sta tion, Inst ru-
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Horne Is Appointed New Head of SDPA
John E. H orn e of C layton, Alabama. has been a ppo int ed Nationa l Administrator of th e Sma ll Defense Pla n ts Ad ministration, effective September 15.
M r. Horne h as served as Depu ty SDP A Administrat or since last November 7, and during th e p rece ding five vears was Administr at ive Assistant to Senator J ohn Spa rkm an, Alab ama , Chairman of th e Sen ate Small Business Commi ttee. As Deputy Administrator , Mr. H orne pa rticipated in the ini tia l organ ization of th e age ncy, both in Washin gton and in th e field . H e also helped in developin g th e ag ency's plan s and policies, and in putting th em into opera tion.
Cla rk Gai nes, Secreta ry of th e Georgia Depa rtme n t of Co mmerce, who h as been h ighl y activ e in waging a fight for justice to sma ll busin ess in th e pa rceling out of defense con tracts in Washington an d elsewhe re, upon lea rn ing of Mr . H orn e's appointme n t, expressed keen gratifica tion in th e selectio n. "Th is is an appointment of excellence," he said , "and should be of defini te practical value to all indust ry gro uped in the sma ller category whi ch has an uphill struggle in gett ing it s sha re of defense contrac ts. As Deputy Adm inistrator, M r. H orn e has worked assiduouslv to carrv out th e int ent of Con gress as regard s th e p urpose of h is agency. I n doing so, he demonstrat ed a clear un dersta n ding of sm all-business problem s, winn ing a whole some regar d on the par t of executives a nd officials in both busin ess and govern me n t, which respec t is essential to the success of th e Sma ll D efense Plants Administr ation ."
T he n ew SD PA Administrator was born in Clayton, Alabama, M a rch 4, 1908. H e was gradua ted fr om th e U niversity of Alabama with an A.B. degree in 1933, a nd a warded th e degree of ~1 . A . in 1941.
T he Atla nta regiona l office of SDP A is located in th e Atlanta National Building, 50 Whitehall St., S. W . Hu gh W . M itch ell is R egion al Di rector.
Blakely Improves Utilities Co nstru ction is beginning on Blake-
ly's $300,000 water an d sewer system. Th e water main contrac t for $61,740, went to E . M. Murray of Buena V ista, the sewe rage contrac t for $99,4 74 to Schl ey Gordy of Co lum bu s, a nd sewerage disposal plant for $62,104 to J ack Culpepper of T allah assee.

Highway 27 Ass'n.
Holds A nnual Meet
T he annual meeting of th e U. S. H igh way 27 Association of Geor gia , I nc., was held O ctob er 10, 1952, a t the Ida Caso n Gard ens, two miles south of Chip ley. Those in at tenda nce were taken on a tour of the ga rdens, luncheon was served, with th e m eeting bein g presided over by O ut going Presid en t Dunba r Gri st of Blakely. Gu est Sp eak er was J ames S. Peters of M an ch ester.
O fficers elected for th e coming yea r a re: J ack Lopez, Cedartown, pr esident ; A. O . K itch en gs, Bainbrid ge, first vice-president; N . A. R ogers, F rank lin , second vice-p residen t ; O . L. Bet ts, J 1'., Co lumbus, t reasur er ; a nd Mrs. W . \ iV. Brasselle, Co lum bus, secreta ry.
M embers of th e Execu tive Co mmittee a rc Dunbar Grist, O . L. Betts, J r., Earl Pickle, Blakely; J am es St rickla nd, Cuthb ert ; Lar ry Cas tleberr y, L um pkin ; H . 1'. Amon , LaG range ; Fr a nk Allcorn , Wa rm Sp rings; Hubert G riff in, Ca rr ollton; C. H . West, LaF ayette ; W. P. Robinson, Co lum bus ; an d Wa rren Coppedge, R ome.
Chamblee
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men t Flight I nstructor s' Schoo l and O perations Officers' T rainin g Base.
Southe rn T ech ni cal I nstitute, permanent two-yea r college an d un it of Geor gia Institu te of T echnology in Atla nta is located at Ch amblee. H ere stude nts ar e train ed for technical work in industry. Founded in 1948, thi s school tr ains m en to fill th e positions between engineer a nd skilled worker.
Chamblee citizens a re proud of th e Chamblee Public Schoo l, whi ch consistently carries off h onors in m any fields. With 52 teach ers, th is scho ol draws high school stude nts from all of North DeK alb Cou nty. The mo dern red-brick buildin g is very attract ive.
News of the a rea is rep ort ed by two progressive newspapers, th e No rth DeKa lb R ecord and th e DeK alb New E ra .
With all this activity in a town of a pp roximately 4,000 p eop le, a p rogressive and alert city government is a necessity. This is one of th e contributing factors to C hamblee's rapid developme nt. City offic ials ar e M a yor W. B. M alone, C ity Council mem bers
B. 1'. Pierce, T . F . D yer, Sr. , J. H .
Chesnut, H. M . Sheffield, and E. C . Da niel, Ci ty C lerk Mrs. G . N . M iller, and C ity Attorney Carl 1'. H ud gins.

Atlas Supply Opens Office in Atlanta
Atlas Su pply Company of Winston Sa lem, N . C., wh olesale distribut or of plumbing and heating supplies, and industri al a nd waterworks equipment, has purcha sed a bu ilding in Atlan ta for th e establishme nt of a branch office. Other branches a rc loca ted in Charlotte, N. C ., R aleigh, N . C ., and Co lumbia, S. C.
T he office in Atlanta is located a t 505 Wh itehall St., SW. The bui ldin g is a fireproof, conc rete-reinforced structur e of 53,000 squa re feet, wh ich will be used for storing mat erials for distribution to the construc tion industry of Geor gia, and for sh owroo ms and display of equipme nt.
M an ager of th e Atlanta opera tion
is J. F. Lin ville, J r., who for severa l
yea rs m anaged th e firm's R aleigh branch . C . W . H ege is assistant manager.
T he compa ny originated in WinstonSalem in 1925. It expe rienced a steady growth a nd in 1940 a br an ch office was opened in C harlotte. I n 1944 th e R aleigh branch was open ed, a nd th e Columbia, S. C ., office in 1948.
E. L. Davis, J r., is president and tr easurer, C. V . Murray, exec utive vicepresident, H. B. N ifong, vice-presiden t a nd secreta ry, a nd R . W . Allen, vicepresident an d manager h eating depa rtment. E. L. Davi s, one of the organizers of the firm, is board chairma n.
Valdosta Population (Con tin ued fro m Pa ge 5 )
9,408,948 pounds for $4,807,089, while Fa rm ers', Gold Leaf and H ah ira war ehouses at H ahira sold 4,398,858 pounds for $2,259,536.
Hahi ra, a pro gr essive city of 1,010 popula tion ; Lak e Pa rk, 334 people a nd Naylor, 290 population , ar e oth er towns in Lownd es Co unty, the a rea of whic h is 506 squa re m iles, with 69.6 persons per squa re m ile, a bove the sta te average of 58.9.
Recreation and sports find a mple outlets in Lowndes. T her e a rc 86 lakes in th e coun ty, th at affo rd boating, swimming and fishing th e yea r ' rou nd , while deer, tu rkeys a nd qua il ab ou nd in the fields a nd woods for the h unt ers.
The Va ld osta Times is published daily, C. R . Griffin, Presiden t of the publish ing firm ; F . D. Mo ss, Vice President ; E. L. Turner, Publisher an d General M an ager ; T urner R ockwell,
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Atlantic Steel Co. To Hold Trade Show

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

A trad e sh ow will be a spec ial feat ure of th e celebra tion of th e opening of th e new $500,000 W areh ou se Di vision of Atla ntic Steel Co m pany, At la nt a, Oc to ber 3 1 an d Novemb er I.
A full line of stee l wa rehou se p rod ucts will be on display as well as a va riety of fab ricat ed metal p rodu cts man ufactured in th e So uth. Spo tligh ting th e versati lity of stainless steel, individ ua l d isplays will be bui lt dem on stra tin g its use in some of th e m aj or ind ustr ies of th e na tion. T he displays, ran gin g fr om 32 to 44 feet in length and valu ed a t more th an .$ 100,000 , will include sta inless steel eq uipment for th e dairy, text ile, pulp a nd paper ind ustri es, a nd man y items used in hospit als.

During recen t weeks, Gove rnment con tracts h ave been awarded to th e followin g firms in G eorgia :
G uv C. Sm ith Co nstruc tion Co m pa ny,' AUGUS T A - Co nstruction of four gua rd towers, p540 lin . ft. cha in link fence, an d sprinkler system for post sto cka de, Ca m p Gordon , Ga .
Sha fte r Co nstruc tion Co. , BR UNS W I C]{- Const ruction of tw o warehou ses, heating plant, one mile h igh way pavin g, one m ile ra ilroa d construction , F ort Bra gg, N . C ., $535,000.
Empire Gas En gineering Co ., A TL A NTA-Bulk Sto rage Fu el System , Cha rlesto n Airfi eld , Charlesto n, S. C .,
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White Elect rical Co nstruc tion Co .,

Th e tra de show is being held in conj unction with open h ou se a t th e new Wa reh ouse Division. The gene ra l pub-

CO L UM BUS- A lterations and addition s to electrical distribution system, Ft. M cClellan, Ala ., $42,330 .

lic has been invited to atte nd, and will

1'. H . Pearce & Co ., CO LUM BUS-

be given a n oppo rtunity to see th e new Construction of sanita ry sewer outfa ll,

60-to n elec tr ic furn ace in ope ra tion .

Ft . M cC lellan, Ala. , $46,764 .

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State Port Dedication
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essing cott on a nd cotton waste. Th e So uthla nd Oi l Co . ha s leased
15 ac res of la nd on whi ch it has alread y const ruct ed storage tanks and other facilities, a nd Sa va nna h ca pital plans to build a hu ge mod ern cold sto rage plan t.
In addition to th e comm odio us war ehou se space th e Sta te will h ave for use and lease, it a lso has mu ch land left undevelop ed at pr esent th at may be develop ed la ter for industrial use.
The $15,000,000 development will

inciude a 2,050 -foot wh arf ; more th an 2,000,000 sq ua re feet of floor space in abo ut 20 bui ldin gs, th e three ca rgo she ds h avin g 75,000 sq ua re feet of space e a eh.
The Sta te Port is an important unit in th e pr ogr essive p ort fa cilit ies a t Sa vannah wh ich includes approxima tely ten miles of develop ed and pot ential port sites, ser ved by a deep cha nne l.
Sa va nna h will put on its best bib a nd tuc ker for thi s dedi eati on , and all Georgians join in exte nding cong ratula tions for thi s forward step in developing mod ern Sta te doeks to ser ve Geo rgia .

Valdosta Population
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Edit or, a nd Joe Davis, Managin g Editor.
J. W . Norwood publishes th e L own-
des County N ews, a weekly, at V aldosta, and he is also edito r of th e Ha-
hira Go ld L eaf , a weekly of whi ch J.
Fred Ed en is associa te ed itor. T he Go ld Leaf is printed in th e N ews office and is published a t Hahira.
John Bra y Gidd ens is M ayor of V al-
dosta a nd th e six C ounc ilmen a re J. C.
G ree ne, Carl Min chew, N . N. Langdale, J ac k Howell, J am es Parram ore, and R ay M cL an e ; George Converse is City Attorn ey ; A. S. M ydd lcton , Ci ty Cle rk and 'Wilbur Perkins, C hief of Police.
County Commissioners
.Iack Sta te n is chairman of the
Lowndes Co unty Boa rd of Commissioners, other memb ers bein g George
Shel ton, Sr. a nd Mrs. .J. C . Hunt. M rs.
Ir en e Bacon is C ounty T ax Co llector ; No rwood Ho I co m b , Ordinary ; J oe King, C lerk of C our t; J ewell L. Futch, Sh er iff, Go rdo n R ogers, Co rone r, an d J am es Dewar, Sch ool Supe rin tenden t.
T he V aldosta and Lown des Co unty Cham ber of C om me rce is a most ac tive organization of which Bert Glisson is President ; R obert 1'. H all, Vi ce President ; James W. Blan chard, Treasurer. and Allen H. Douglas, Manager.
Va ldosta , th e only city or town in th e world by that nam e, wa s moved four miles east in 1859 when th e ra ilroa d by-passed Troupeville. It is n ow building back to Troupeville and plans a re alrea dy underw ay to celebra te the IDOth an niversa ry of Va ldo sta in 1960.
Valdosta is not a boom town , but it is booming.

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DEPAUTMENT or [OMMEU[E

NEWSLETTER

OVEMBER 10,
1952

NEWSLETTER

Nov emb er 10, 1952

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-monthly by

GE O RG IA DE PT . O F COMMER CE 100 State Capitol

* H ER ;\l AN E. T AL ;\l AD GE
Gov er nor

BOA R"o OF COl\ l M ISS IONERS

EMO RY L. BUTL ER Cha irm an

Lonni e A. Pope, V. Chm. Y. F. Geeslin

Ben J essup

Lloyd B. Raisty

* CLARK GA INES

Sec retary

Vol. 4, No .5

November 10, 1952

100,000 Visitors
See Kennesaui Park
K enn esaw Mountain Nati onal Park , north of M ari etta, in Cobb Co unty, had been visited by 100,000 peopl e throu gh O ctober 1 of th is yea r, more th an doubl ing th e visitat ion in 1950 when 54,287 person s enj oyed th e pa rk.
T he opening of a new road to th e top of th e mountain and installat ion of new mu seum cases and exhibits hav e sp ur red int erest in th e park .
Pa rk officia ls a nnounce th at work men have unearthed a pr eh isto ric fir e pit con ta ining Indian relics believed to be 1,500 years old .
Found in th e pit, near the surface, were an ova l-shaped bowl, a cylindr ical conta iner, and a tobacco pi pe. Th e objects a re made of wh at is commonly know n as soapstone, whi ch is soft wh en taken from th e ground but ha rd ens after being exposed to air. T his fact places a new, ea rly date on the domestica tion of tobacco in this ar ea , since soa pstone implemen ts wer e made befor e 500 AD , accor din g to leading ar chae ologists.

l'\OVEM BER 9- 13- Atlanta: Nati onal Mil k Prod ucers Federat ion Con vcnti on, Biltmore Hotel.
NOVEMBER 9- 15- American Ed ucation Week.
NOVEMBER 1 0 - I 5 - Sa va nna h: Am erican Associati on of Port Authorities, Hotel DeSot o and Ho tel Ge ne ra l Ogleth orpe.
XOVElvIBE R l l-s-Sava nna h : Dedi cation of Sta te Port.
NOVEMBE R 13-14-Atlanta : Geor gia Telepho ne Associat ion , H enr y Crad v H otel.
NOVE~1BE R 15- Atlan ta: Georgi a T ech v s, Alab am a Footb all Game .
NOVEIVIBER 18-20- Sa\'a nnah : Social Sec ur ity Regional Managers Conference , Gen eral O gleth orpe H ot el.
NOVE:MBER 19-Atlanta: Geor gia Co nfere nce on Co mmunity Plannin g, Atl anta Division U n iversitv of Georgia .
NOVErvIBER 22-Atlanta: Footb all. Georgia T ech vs. F lorida Sta te U ni ~ ve rsit y.

NOVE.MBER 21-23-Atlanta : Association of Scra p I ron & Steel.
NOVE;\'IBER 24-26-Athens : U ni ver, sity of Georgia: Art Educat ion Confer e n ce.
NO V EI\IBE R 27-29-Atlanta : Sou thern Business Educat ion Associa tion, BiItm orc H ot el.
NOVEMBER 29-Athens: Footb all, Georgia vs. Georgia T ech (H omecom in g. )
DECE?vIBE R 1-2- Atla nta : Georgia Farm Equ ipm ent Associat ion , Biltmore Hot el.
DE CEMBE R 2-4-Atlan ta: Southern Passenger Association.
DE CEMBE R 4-6- Atla r ta: Georgia Youth Assemb ly, State Ca pitol.
DECEMBER 4-6-Atlanta: Georgia Ca nners Association , Biltmore H otel.
DE CElvIBER 7-9-Atlanta : Southern .Co nfer ence of Stat e Bankers Secretari es, H enry Grad y H otel.
DE CEMBE R IO-Atla nta: So utheastern Tran sportati on Cl inic, Atl an ta Division U niversity of Georgia .

COVER PICTURE
The hill s a nd mountain s of Georgia a re always beautiful, but in the fall of th e yea r, th ey p resen t th eir m ost awe-inspiring specta cle. The yellow, ora nge a nd red of th e cha ng ing leav es on the mountainsides is a sigh t whi ch is looked forwa rd to from one fall to th e next. The scene on our cover was mad e near H iawassee. Ga .. in th e beau tif ul mo un taino us County of Towns.
- Photo by Ca rolyn Cart er.

GE O RG IA'S MA ID O F COTTON
The three beau tiful young- ladi es pi ctured above arc winners in Geo rgia's M aid of Cotton Con test. Miss Christelle Taylor , of Alma, cente r, is the 1953 M aid of Cotton for Geo rgia, and will represent th e sta te in the Nationa l Con test to be held in Memphis, Dec. 29-30. At left is Jo ann e Fulcher of Waynesboro , second alt ern at e, and at ri gh t is H arri ett Po tts of Newnan , first alt ernate. The g-i rls wer e chose n in Atla n ta on O ctober 22.

GEO RG IA DE PAR T M ENT O F COIvI M ERC E

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NE WSLETTER

November 10, 1952

ast Progress Made In Georgia Highlighted
By Annual Report of Commerce Department

Honorab le H erman E. Talm ad ge, Govern or of Georgia, Sta te Capitol, Atl anta, Georgia. Dear Governor:
As Chair man of th e Board of Commissioners of th e Geor gia D ep artment of Comm er ce, I her ewith submit to you a report on th e activities of th e dep artment for th e fiscal yea r en ding june
30, 1952. The State's economy has been br oad -
ened, enr iched a nd strengthe ned, whi ch is th e primary obj ecti ve of th e dep artmen t. It has p rogr essed steadi ly in this wise sin ce its creation a t your inst an ce by th e L egislature, F ebruary 1949.
For every dolla r spent by th e depa rtment of its budget of $225,000 .00, for the fiscal ye ar ending June 30, 1952, th er e was a retu rn to our people of $ 1,671.00. This do es not t ak e int o consideration indirect dollar ben efits to our peop le resulting from th e activities of th e dep artmen t.
Initial eap ita l inv estments of industries constru cted and in process of con stru cti on in Georgia during th e past fiscal yea r, rep resent a n aggregate of $158,76 7,500 .00. Approximately 95 p er cent of this is ou t-of-state capita l. Among th e nation all y kn own industries selecting sites in Georgia du rin g this pe riod are M ead Co rp or ation , Nati onal Container Corporation , M en gel Comp any , Gen eral Electric Corpora tion , The R ayoni er Corpor ation, Th e Sunshine Biscuit Compan y, M er ck and Company, Inc., The Am eri can Woolen Compan y, Pittsburgh Paint Compan y a nd Peerl ess Woolen Mills.
Georgia lead s the Sou th in p ulpwood product ion . There were 2,370,000 cords of pu lpwoo d prod uced in th e St at e in 1950, whi ch was 11 per cen t of th e national producti on th at yea r. Georgia now has 17 p ap er mill s constru cted and under construc tion.
In dustrial Gains
T he dolla r va lue of all manufactured products prod uced in Georgia Was $3,7 11,000,000 for the yea r 195 1; and for the yea r 1945 th e dollar va lue productiqn was $ 1,296,223,000 , wh ich is an increase of $2,4 14,777,000 over the six year per iod-a gain of 153 pe r rrnt. .

W e are publishing h erewith the An nual R eport of th e G eorgia D epa rtm ent of Co m m erce for th e fiscal year ending J un e 30, 1952, as m ade to the Gouernor for th e D epartm ent by E m ory L. Bu tl er, Ch airman of its Boa rd of C ommissioners.
C L A R K GAINES, S ecret ary
St eady in crease of ind ust ria l payr olls in Georgia is obv iou s. Complet ion of plants now under construetion will increase payrolls materi all y. This source of revenue will be enha nced in prop ortion to industri al exp ansion . There is no way of ascer ta in ing what ind ustrial payroll s are now or will be with com pleti on of pl ants now in the p rocess of construc tion becau se th is in formation is not divul ged by man agement. Approximately 95 per cen t of new indu strial ca pital in Geor gia d uring th e fisca l yea r wa s from ou t of th e St at e. So, it means new cap ita l and new
sources of employme n t for our peopl e a nd enha ncement of prop er ty va lues in th e respecti ve comm unities.
Georgia is enjoying a substa ntia l income fro m tou rists. A sur vey m ade by
th e St at e Hi ghwa y Dep a rtment's Divi-

sion of Hi ghwa y Planning in cooperation with th e U nit ed St at es Bureau of Public R oad s a nd th e United St ates Departmen t of Co mm er ce, shows that for th e yea r 195 I , app roxima tely seven milli on perso ns tr avelin g on p leasure ca me to G eorgia or p assed throu gh th e Stat e in pas senger ca rs. It is estim ated th at th e tot al amoun t of mon ey spe nt in Georgia in 1951 by tourists wa s
.~ 2 1 7, 40 7, 8 5 0 . 0 0.
Part of th e tourist program of this dep artment is to orga nize and encou rage a St ate-wide movem ent for conscruct ion of W aysid e Parks along th e highwa ys of G eorgia . They a re of grea t service to tourists a nd to our peop le as stop -off pl aces to rest and serve box lun ch es. L ocal or ga niza tions in our State are providing th ese facilities and are gi\'en th e coopera tion of Coun tv Commissioners and th e St ate Hi ghway D ep artment. These rest -andrelax ati on a reas a re a n inducem ent for tourists to spe nd mor e tim e a nd mor e money in Georgia th an th ey would othe rwise.
National Advertising
Georgia has been the ta rget of baseless accusa tions in a number of Northern and W est ern newspapers and In
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The U nion Bag & Paper Corporation, Savannah , is one of Geor gia 's big paper mills and is now in midst of a $25 ,000 ,000 plant expansion.

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GEO RGIA DEPARTMENT OF CO M M ERCE

NEWSLETTER

Georgia's Progress

(C ontin ued from Pa ge 3 )

nation a l m agazines and fr om th e lecture pl atform for a long tim e. T he a d vcrtising ca m paign inau/?urated ? y th e department in th e tOU~ISt a nd in d ustri al field s is p resenting th e tru th a bo ut G eorgia to the peop le ,?f th e nation . T h is is th e first ca m pa Ign of it s kind cond uc te d a bo u t G eo rgia by th e St ate gove rn me n t. The a dve rt ising h as a tw o-fold purpose: a ttrac t ou.t-ofSt ate industrial an d ge ne ra l bu sin ess ca p ita l a nd tourist s an d h om e-seek er s.

N a tional publications ca rrying th ese

a dve r tiseme n ts were The N ew Yor k

TRiemviees~vTahnedWlaelaldSitnrge

e

t p

Jo ap

u rn er s

a l, in

Dunn's i n d u s-

tri a l sections in the W est a n d The Sat-

urd a y Ev ening Post , Holid a y :\1 a~a

zin c, The M anufa cture rs R ecord , 1 hr

Blue Book of Southern Progress an d

other publication s of n ati on-wide im -

portance.

The a dve rt isem en t ca rried in H oli d av M agazine, d esigned to a tt rac t tourists, brought 3,7 60 rep lies a n.d r~'q ues t: for literatu re a bo u t G eorgi a m 10:) d a vs' time- M a rch 18, 1952 to June 30; 1952. T he sa me ad vertisen: ent, a p pca ring in T he Satu rd a y Eveni ng PO,st, b rou ght 2,022 replies an d req uests lo r lit er a tu re abo ut G eorgia in 66 d a ysAp ri l 26, 1952 to June 30, 1952. . A number of replies ca me f ro m foreign nation s. Each rep ly to th e ad ve rt isements wa s answe re d a nd lit er atu re about th e St ate included .
It is sig n ifica n t to not e th a t r~sponses a nd req u ests fr om both a d vr-rt isc m cn ts co n tin ue to come in , ma kin g th e tot a l number of responses, to d ate, clos e to 4,000 for Holid ay Magazin e a nd 2,500 for The Saturday Ev en in g Post.

Volume of Mail

The vo lu me of d ai ly mail re ceived by th e department avera ges a bo u t 600 letters a nd ca rds a week on a yea r ly a ve rage . Ther e a rc a bo u t fifteen .inq u iri cs a wee k from fo reign ~:o un t nes .
Illust rated literature publish ed by th e d ep a r tmen t for di stribution c? n sists of bookl et s con ta ining in forma tion fo r tou rists ind us tria lists, ed uca tional d ata for scho ols an d scho ol ch ild ren in Ge or g ia ; al so, a d ir ect ory of .m.anu facturcrs in G eorgia an d a sta tistica l abstra ct 'of th e St ate. The illu st ra ted boo klets a re in color .
The dep a rtment m ai led 320,6 77 . illu strated ed uc a tion a l book let s dunng th e fiscal vc a r to school supe rin te nd cn ts for di s'tribution to ch ild re n in th eir res pective scho ol syst em s.

Interest a mo ng G eorgians about

their State a n d amon g people in other

States and foreign coun tries is greater

to d av th an a t anv time in th e history

of t1~e St ate .

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Newsletter Popular
T he dep art m ent's eigh t-p age N E \"'~ LETTER. issu ed twice a month, IS mailed to' ap p ro x im a te ly fift een tho~ sand firms and individual s in G eorgia an d in oth er St ates. The publication deal s with industria l dev elopm ent in the St ate. econom ic matters generally and co m m u n ity p roj ect s a n d information a bo u t tourist an d vacation pl a ces a nd th e fa ci liti es ava ila b le. The publi.. ca tion is p opu lar a nd of practi ca l va lue to bu sin ess, indu stry a nd individuals. I t ca rr ies a tw o- color cover p age and pi ctures pertinent to th e subje ct matter s a rc used.
The departm e ~t's full-time industrial representative makes per son al con ta cts with h ead s of industry in th e No rth and th e West wh o are seeking location s for pl ants in th e South or who a re interested in wh a t th e Sou th h as to offer. T he d ep artm ent's representative fur nishes ba sic informa tion abou t G eorg ia . Indust ri al prospec ts h andl e~ by t~ e depa r tm ent a rc screened as to finan cial rati ng and oth er p l;rtinent fa cts bef,?re thcv a re con tac ted in person by ou r in du strial representative wh o a lso has confide n tial informati on al co n tac ts in th e North. Names and ad d resses of indu stries and o ther inf ormation a bou t th em , a re co m p iled by this d ep artment and mai led to evcrv ch a m be r of com mer ce in th e St ate,' a ll of th e ma yors, bankers and m ember s of the L egislature and a number of business an d pro'Iessional m en. This inform a tion is mailed on th e sa me da y giving our people equal opportunity to contact the industrial prosp ect s.
The d ep artment furni sh es industries with ge nera l inf o rmation a bou t th e St ate. suc h as it s tax struc tu re and that of it s political subdivisions, labor, wa ter, t ransp ort a tion fa c!lities, \~eat?e r an d oth er b asic in formation . ThIS kind of in formation is too in volv ed to handle othe r th an by p ersonal con tac t by t.he dep artm en t's r ep resentative. The moo form ation furnished by th e dep artmen t is wholl y im par tia l as to a n y coun ty, ' town . citv or section of th e St ate. The dep artment is sup p or ted. by tax fund s a pp rop ria te d b y the L egislature, th erefore it belon gs to th e p eople of G eorgia ; the p er sonnel of th e d~partment arc public serva n ts cha rged WIth a public trust . Their efforts arc for th e p eo-

G EORG IA DEPARTMENT OF C O MI'vIER C E

November 10, 1952

plc of G eorgia as a whole at a ll times;
for it to be otherwise, would be a
br ea ch of faith with th e peop le of
G eorgia and with you r administra tion. F a irness a nd impartiali ty a re adh er ed to a t a ll times.

Di versifi cation of indust ry is soug ht a nd enc ouraged by the depar tment. This is an eco nomic sa fegua rd . If for economic or other reason s on e or mo re classes of industry shou ld suspe nd op era tions, o th er classes of industry would con tin ue, thus in su ring uninterrup ted flow of p a yrolls from th e un affected industries. It will be reca lled th a t our ag ricult u ra l ec onom y was one-sided under our one -crop syst em of co tton a nd becau se of this we suffer ed scvcn-l a t times. Diversification of agri cu ltu r-, in th e past tw o d ecades h as mi nimized th e hazards and given us a broader a nd stro ng er ba se a nd more eve n flow of in come throughout th e ye a r. N ew England is an exa m p le of a on e-sid ed indu stri al econo m v with too m an y indu st ries o f one ' class a n d practicall y no ag ricu lt ure. They too p a y dearly econom ica lly at times because of th is.

Aids Small Industry

The dep artment co n ti n ues its services in beh al f of th e sm a ll industrial ists in the m a t ter of a ssist ing in ob ta ining in for ma tion a bo u t p ro curing national defen se co n tracts. . The ex te ns ive activities of th e dep artment in thi s field were di scu ssed in m y rep ort to you for th e preceding yea r .

The per do llar value return of $ 1" 671.00 ba sed on th e dep a r tmen t's total budget of $22 5,000.00, for th e fiscal yea r, is bas ed on th e cos t of tourist a dver tisin g a nd th e amo unt of money sp en t by tourist s in th e St ate and the a mo un t of mon ey expend ed on industria adv ert ising an d investments by in dustrial ca p ita l in real es ta te, buildings a nd eq uip men t on co m p leted project s and p roj ects begun during th e fiscal year but h av e not been com p leted .
The br eakdown sho wing th e per dollar return as ou tlin ed a bo ve is as follo ws :

O ver all p er doll a r value return based on th e to tal budget of th e d ep a rtmen t of $ 225,000.00, is:

T ourist a d vertising . .... $ 32, 155.00

T ot al budget .

225,000 .00

Per doll ar value return .... 966 .00

Industrial a dv er tising ... $ 54 ,98 7.00

T ot al budget .

225,00 0.00

Per doll ar value return

705 .0 0

The va lues $9 66.00 p lus $ 705.00 to-

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:-;EWSLET TER

Georgia's Progress
(Contin ued from Page 4 )

ral s $ 1,671.00 w hi ch is ove r all p er dollar \al ue return on th e total bud get of $225,000 .00 for the fisca l year.

The per doll a r value return b rea k-
down s on tourist a nd ind us tria l ad vc rtising costs ~ase d o.n l~lOn ey sp ent by tourists and ind ustri a l in vestment s a rc

as follow s:

Tourist ad ve rtising _$ 32, 155.00

~Ioney spe n t by

tou rists

217 ,407 ,8 50 .00

Per dolla r va lu e

ret u rn

6,76 1.00

I n d u st ri al adv ertising
I n d u s t r i al in ve s t m e n t s
Per do llar va lue ret urn __

.$ 54 ,987 .49
158 , 76 7, 5 0 0 .00 2,88 7.00

T he p er doll a r va lue retu rn on in dustri es rep res ents only the a mo un ts expended an d in th e process of b ein g l'xpend ed on rea l esta te , bui ldi ngs, equipmen t an d ot her properties. The payrolls flowing fro m these in vest ments wecklv will mea n a great deal to ou r
peopl ~ ' in the aggrega te ann ually .
Expansion of th ese indust ri es wiII streng th en our ec onomic struc tu re an d afford us a better way of life. These investm ents are her e to stav and in ad dition to p ayrolls, their p resence in th e various loca lities in th e sta te is an en hancem ent of prop ert y va lu es.

Stiff Competition
Georgia is m eeting with stiff com petition from her siste r states in th e South east in h er bid for tourists an d new indust rial ca p ita l fr om ou t of the Stat e. D espite th e fac t that Georgia entered th ese field s throug h legisla tive action seve ra l veal' S after ot h er sta tes in th is section h ad been a ctiv e in th ese fields, G eorgia, by com p a r ison, is m ak ing a good sho wing. I t is th e purpose of th is d ep artmen t to co n tinue it s p rogram a nd to st rive for gr ea ter ret u rn s in both field s. A nd to th is end its program is shap ed a nd is bein g ca rried out.
There is a grea ter fu tu re in th e tourist bu sin ess for Georgia than has be en experience d to d ate. One of th e major needs of the State at th is ti me, as a means of in cr ea sing in come fr om tou rists, is the con struc tion of \ \'elcorne Stations a t po in ts where tou rists en ter the State. W elcome St ations h av e proved to b e of great value financia lly and as goo d will huild er s in th e Sta tes

November 10, 1952

L ak e T rahlyt a, in V ogel State Park ncar Bla irsvill e, is one of th e many beau tiful places

in Geo rg ia, whi ch help ed to brin g app rox im a tely seven mill ion person s to our state during

1951.

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of T ex as a nd Florid a a nd ot he rs where th ey a rc oper a ted .
D ue to in cr eased d em ands on th is dep a rtment fo r ex pa nd ed services, I feel th at it is enc u m bcn t upon th e Sta te to in cr ease th e approp ria tio n for th e departmen t th a t it mi gh t adeq ua tely m eet it s en larged respon sib ilities an d eff ectively fu lfill the d ep artm en t' s b asic ob jectives. I strong ly recommend, th erefore, and urge th at this be d on e. Su ch fun d inc re ase is n ecessary to p romo te a na tiona l ad ver tising p rogram th at will con tin ue to ca rrv the tr ue fa cts abou t G eo rgia to ot h~ r sec tions, especia lly in to th e in d us tria l Nor th. It is n eed ed a lso to em ploy a dd itiona l personn el, to exe cu te th e expan de d ser vices made imper ative by th e Sta te's ma rch of p ro g ress a long with other South ern Sta tes. T hi s is a d a v of tremend ou s op portunity for tho~e St ates in th e South t ha t cffcc tivclv ' a ct to take adva n tage of it ; an d in 'doing so one h as to ta ke a ccount of the com petition waged by progressive neighb or S ta tes.
The Bo ard wishes to exp re ss to you its a pp recia tion for yo u r coope ra tion, an d pl ed ges you con tinua tion of it s wor k for th e goo d of our p eopl e.
W ith b est wishes and high est estee m, I am
Sincerelv. y. ours,
EMO RY L. BUTLER. C hairman, Boa rd of Co mmissioner s.
Sep tem ber 12. 1952 .

Fifth Turkey Fete Held in G riff'in

Tu rkey growing an d ea ting wer e giH'n a big boost at the Fifth An n ua l G eor gia Turkey F est iva l h eld in G riffin on O ctober 23, d esigned to sp otligh t th e sta te' s ra pidly growing turkey in d ustry.

F orm erly a ll turkeys wer e large,

aro und 15 or more p oun ds ; n ow sma ll-

er birds are bein g bred so th at a h ou se-

wife m ay bu y eith er a la rge or sma ll

bird , acc ord ing to h er need s. O n e

sma ller b reed is white, while an othe r

is spec kled . T h ey a rc a bout one -h alf

the size of th e large bron ze ones .

T he re wer e a p p roxima tely 800 tur-

keys in th e m ile-long pa rad e a t Grif-

fin , 16 flocks of 50 birds to th e flock .

Music for th e even t wa s p ro vid ed by

th e G riffi n an d S pa ldi ng H igh Sc hool

bands. After th e pa rade, th e turkeys

were ju dged a n d au cti on ed off.

G riffin citizens en te red en th usias ti-

ca lly into th e eve n t, m any fir m s en te r-

in g a ttrac tive floats in th e p arad e, a nd

also p rov ided som e of th e $ 1,200 worth

of prizes given a t th e F est ival.

A fea ture of th e F esti va l was a coo k-

ing dem onst ra tion cond ucte d by th e

Georgia Power Co m pa ny . M iss Olive

Mth ea ssPe~vwaenrd

M iss firm ,

E m i ly in co-o

pAelreaxtaionnder\~'itohf

Mi ss M a rth a R eid, Spa ld ing Coun ty

H om e D emonstrati on Age n t, sh owe d

many ways in wh ich turkey dish es may

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G E O RG IA DEPARTMENT OF C O M M ERC E

'NEWSLETTEl<.

November 10, 1952

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SDPA Head Promises Small Businessm n

Increasing Amount of Defense Contracts

Even though th e Sou th is undergoing a thriving industrial expansion, it is still an a rea of small enterpr ise.
More than 90 percent of your own manufacturing esta blish me n ts have less than 100 employees. Indeed, around 85 percent of th em h ave less th an 50 em p loyees.
With th e excep tion of th e really large corporations, how ever, thi s is pretty much th e national picture as well. And it shows that with all of our industrial bign ess, we ar e still a nation in which th e little fellow with an idea and courage can sta rt his own ente rprise and in which small family or group enterprises can produce a t a fai r profit, and with great usefulness to th e whole of our economy.
And whil e it is true th at any program of resources expa nsion opens a wide door of opportunity for small enterprise, it is also true th at wh en th e expa nsion is dir ectl y a part of th e mobilization effort -as it was in World War II, and as it is today-it is imperative th at th e F ed er al Government help to protect th e interests of th e small enterprise part of our economy .
Keys to Problems
Military p rocurem ent, ' fin an cial assista nce, a nd mat eri als alloca tion becom e th e keys to th e problem s of small m anufacturers in such a situa tion.
For exam ple, in a period of intense defense activity, th e critical materials th e sm all manufacturer needs to continue th e production of his lin e of civilian goods go not onl y to milita ry and essential civilia n p roduction-but also to th e expa nsion of over-all n ational resou rces ca pacity. M or eover, in ge tting a defense con tract, th e small fellow is up against th e tr aditional psycho logy of th e procurem ent officer s preferring to deal with big con cerns. If he get s a contra ct, h e m ay need financial h elp to exp and or convert hi s plant or to obtain n eed ed materials.
Admittedly, defense is a big job . That do es not mean th at small bu siness should not get a fair share of th e defense dollar. The extent, however, to which small enterp rise is gett ing an eve r-decreas ing share, over-a ll, is pointed up sha rpl y in recent milita ry procurement reports of th e Munitions Board.

Th e articl e on th is and th e follow ing page constitutes rem arks made by John E . H orne, N at ional Administ rator of th e Small D ef ense Plants Administra tion, at a m eetin g in Atlanta on O ct ober 3 1, sponsored b:V the Georgia D epa rtm en t of C om m erce, Stat e C ham ber of C omm erce, Atlanta C ham ber of Co m m erce, South ern Farm M achinery Monuja cturers, I nc., and th e A ssociate d Indu stri es of .Georgia. Th e confe rence 'Was we ll attended bj' sm all bu sin essm en from Georgia and ot he r South eastern S tates.
During th e fiscal year ending J urie 30, 1950-the last 12-month period befor e th e R ed invasion of South Korea -almost 25 perc ent of th e dollar volum e of all Government prime contracts went to small business. During th e fiscal yea r 1951, th e small business percentage fell to a round 20 percent ; a nd by June, 1952, th e last reporting dat e of th e Munitions Board, thi s percentage h ad fallen to around 18 perce n t .
It was to halt this downwa rd tr end, for one thing, th at Congr ess establish ed th e Sm all Defense Plants Administr at ion . It is a completely independent age ncy, directl y under th e President. It is a watchdog for small enterpris e on all fronts in the defense program.
I ts creation was initiated by Senator J ohn Spa rkman, of Alab ama, and by Co ngressman Wri ght Patman , of T exas. It was suppo rted by all m emb ers of th e Georgia delegation . Small Business
Co ngress not only wanted to hasten th e completion of our security goals by ut ilizing as full y as possible th e plant ca pacity of small com pa nies. Congress wanted to gua ra ntee that th e productive potential of sm all en terprise would be maintain ed at the high est possible peak-so th at our total productive ca pacity, big and small, would be great enough to m eet a ny future demand placed up on it. For th e lon g-t erm development ahead , it wanted to make certa in th at th e economic disturbances acco mpanying th e defense program did not severely damage the competitive system- that it did not bring about

undue concen trations of economic pow er in th e hands of lar ge concerns.
Bein g full y awa re of th e fa ctor of credit in th e full er pa rticipat ion of sma ll enterprise in th e defense pro. gram, Congr ess gave us the auth ority to provid e credit wh en warranted-,., and wh en not av aila ble through pri. vate banking channe ls, or through thc regular lending a uthority of RFC. We mak e th e recommendati on , and RFC makes th e loan out of a fund of $100,. 000,000 speciall y set asid e by Con. gress. These loans, gene ra lly, ar e made for building n ew plants or expand ing existing facilities, or to provid e working capital.
U p to now, final approval of all loan recommendat ions has been made in Washington Office. Weare now negoti ating with RFC to delegate , sim ultaneou sly with us, to th e regional offices, a uth ority for making loan recommendations up to $50,000 without bank participation, and up to $100,000 with bank pa rti cip a tion .
A bri ef analysis of our loan recommendations shows, I believe, that we a re doing a good job of putting into practical op eration th e intent of Congress.
The ave rage size of loans recommended by us is a round $ 118,000. M ore than 50 percent of th e loans have been for less th an $65,000. The smallest loan was for $4,500 ; the largest for $950,000 . Only 9 of th e 195 loans ap proved as of Sep tember 30 were for more th an $500,000.
Most Loans Small The great bulk of th e loan s h ave
been mad e to companies with less th an 100 employees.
Almo st all of th ese loans have gone for working capital, for expa nsion of existing fa ciliti es, or for th e ouilding of new facilities-or for a combina tion of these purposes.
This dec entralization program, I believe, also will be extreme ly beneficial to our procurem ent activities. The emphasis which our agency places on procurement activities is clearly shown by th e fact that around 60 percent of our total budget is allocated to th is field.
A most important function in the procurement field is that of getting
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T he White Packing Company at Vienna processes much of the la rge cr op of pimiento peppers grown in Dooly County, and also cans turnip greens, beans an d collards, thus affording a read y market for th ese crops grown locall y.

Agriculture and Industry Boost Income in Vienna and Dooly County

Situa ted in a diversified area as to agriculture and industry, V ienna is enjoying an era of prosperity as its factories hu m with act ivit y and the cr op harvest thi s fall con tinues bountiful.
M er ch ants in Vienna and other Dooly County towns are enjoying brisk business as th e income from th e prin cipal crops, cotto n, peanuts, pecan s, pimiento peppers, flows to the stores. Livesto ck sales-beef catt le- also put much mon ey in circ ulation.
T his income is increased by th e payroll and income flow of money from the va rious industrial plants in Vienna and other town s in th e coun ty. Much pulpwood is cut in th e cou nty as well as saw timb er.
Vienna has an active M erchants' Association whi ch boosts tr ad e for th e city all during th e yea r, and at pr esent is sponsor ing a Cotton Festival, with prizes being given away every Saturday. At th e conclusion of th e festival in Decemb er, th e grand prize, an automobile, will be aw arded.
Vienna having voted a $50,000 bond issue several months ago is undergoin g a pa ving pr ogram th at includes several streets, with sewerage extensions where necessar y. Wh en completed, this will give Vienna a "new look" on these streets .

Locat ed on several paved high ways, including U .S. 4 1, and St at e Nos. 7, 90, and 27, Vienna is well situated as to paved roads. No. 27 will soon be fur ther improved toward Amer icus as the remaining stret ch of three and one- ha lf miles in Doo ly County is paved, a con trac t for this work ha vin g been let recently. State Hi ghway 230 from Unadilla to Byromville- 12 miles - is also pa ved .
Vienna is served by two main -line rai lroads, the Atlantic Coast Line and the Southern. Several bus lines also opera te through th e city and county.
Vienna's industrial plants include th e White Packing Company, which affords a local market for th e pimiento pepp ers grown in th e coun ty, other crops being canned by thi s firm including turnip gr eens, beans and collards.
Sever al large lumber and planing mills process th e timber grown locall y. Industries in Vienna, U nadilla, Pinehurst, and Byromville affo rd employment for several hundred peopl e.
Vienna has a population of 2,202 ( 1950), and others towns in th e county include Unadilla, population 1,098 ; Byromville, 288 ; Li lly, 177, and Pin ehurst, 430.
There are four high schools in the

Con tracts awa rded by th e Governmen t to Georgia firms in recent weeks inclu de the following:
Lyons T extile Mill , I nc., GREEN SBOR 0 -49,000 ut ility coa ts for th e Marine Corps, $30,625.
Sout he rn Construction Co., In c., A UG USTA-Construction of utility ~uildings, Moody Air Fo rce Base, Vala osta, $53,142. Coloni~l Oil Industries, SA VA NN A H-Va rious fuel oils and gasoline, exceeds $250,000.
Law -Barrow-Agee Laboratories, In c., ATLANTA - Engineering Service , Marine Corps Air Facility, Peterfield Point , New River, Jacksonville, N. C ., estimate $40,000 ; engineering services for test borings in connection with railroad tr estles, U . S. Marine Barracks, Camp L ejeune, N . C., $2,150 .
Cinderella Foods, DAWSO N- 3,000,000 pounds peanut butter for Federal Sehool Lunch Program.
coun ty, one eac h at Vienna, Pin ehurst, U nadilla and Byrom ville.
Vienn a is th e home office of th e Middle Georgia REA, which serves th ree counties, D ooly, Pulaski and Wilcox. Georgia Power Company also serves th e area with electr icity . The wat er and sewerage systems are opera ted by the City.
The Dooly H ospit al, of whi ch John B. Peavy is pr esident of th e Board of Dir ectors, ha s recently com pleted a $10,000 addition . It has a bed capa city of 20 for white and eight for colored patients.
Make "Who's Who"
Vienna points with pride to th e fac t that four of its citizens hav e been ineluded in rece n t issues of " Who's Wh o in America," a " biographica l diction ary of not abl e living men and women," published in Chicago. They are:
Walter F. George, senior U nited States Sen at or from Geor gia, whose fellow citizens ha ve erected a bust of him on the courthouse squ ar e in Vienna; U .S. D istrict Court Judge T. Hoyt D avis; Dillard B. L asseter, Admini strator of Farm Home Administration, and Mi ss Emil y Woodward, editor, author, only woman to ser ve as president of th e Georgia Pr ess Associa tion , and founder of the Georgi a Press Institute ( 1928) held annually at the
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A Dooly Cou nt y field of blue lu p ine is being harvested for seed by modern machines, which are used on many farms in that county in its d iver sifi ed program.

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Univer sity of Geor gia, Athens. Do oly is one of th e pioneer coun ties
in th e Stat e, having been crea ted in 1821, and is 394 sq ua re miles in a re a . Its populati on in 1950 was 14,159, a bou t 2,000 living in cities a nd town s, th e rem ainder being rural popul ati on , with 35.9 person s per squ ar e mile.
There were 1,559 fa rms in D ooly County in 1950, th e U. S. Census Bu rea u report ed, th e average size farm bein g 146.5 ac res. The land area was reported as 252,160 ac res, with 228,460 acre s in farm la nd .
In 1951, Dooly was listed by th e Geor gia Crop R eporting Ser vice, Ath ens, as growing 25,180 bales of cotton, th e th ird county in produ ction in th e Sta te, being exceeded only by Burke, (37,280 bales), an d L aurens, (32,850 bal es) . The Dooly yield was 348 pounds per acre .
Two newspapers arc published in th e coun tv. The Vi enn a News, of whi ch C. M : M ethvin, Jr., is edito r and publisher, and Mrs. M ethvin , associate ed itor , is in its 5 1st year of publi cation. The Unadi lla Observ er is published at Unadilla, Cooper Etheridge a nd Byron Maxwell, publishers. Both pap er s a re issued weekl y.
Mayor and Council
J. T. de Leisselin e is M ayor of V i-
enna, and Council member s a re J am es Woodward, Sam A. Slad e J r., Fred Moore and Butler Holmes.

Doolv Co unty off icers a re: Ordina ry. Roland' Bearden ; Cler k of Co ur t, W {l ~ liam V. H arvard ; Sheriff , John B. Fok es; T ax R erciv er, Ed gar C . Mor-
ga n; Tax Collector , .J. N. Hargrove ;
Treasur er , Dr. H . A. Mobley; Coroner , D . W , Carroll ; Scho ol Superintend ent, A. E. Bush ; County Attorney, L. F . Beddingfield ; County Commission ers E. H . Smi th , Chairman , H owell Porter , Vi ce-Chai rman , and W . Ed Posey: Leon F. Beddingfield , C ler k.
(T he offices of T ax Receiver and
T ax Collector will be combined on .Ian .
1, 1953 a nd th e T ax Co mmi ssioner will be Edgar C. M or gan .)
A mod ern Work Camp, costing $75,000, h as ju st been completed by th e Countv near Pin ehurst.
Vi e~na is a hu stling city and Do olv is a progressive County.
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be pr epared. W. H . Whitworth. of Lavon ia. won
first priz e for his .26-p ound turkey, which sold for ,~ 8 .5 0 a pound, a total of $220 .
The F estival was sponsored by th e G riffin and Spa lding Co unty Cha mber of Co mme rce, and was p romoted by th e Georgia Turkey Associa tion, of wh ich R ussell K a y, of Ath ens, is president ; Jack Pilkenton , of M olen a , vicepresident , and Curt is Co llier, of M onroe, secre tary-treasurer.
H . Morgan Milner was chairm an of th e F estival Committee for th e Turkev

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SDPA Head Promises
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specific allocations of prime defenscon tracts for small com pa nies.
Congress pr ovid ed for a major pro. curcmcn t instrumen t to rea ch thi s fair proportion . This is the system of joint determinations-under wh ich SD PA representatives and military pro cur e. ment officers screen pr op osed procur ement s, and set aside specific contrac ts for awa rd to small com pa nies.
In SD PA, we will recog nize th e limitat ions necessa rily placed on sma ll enterprise by th e procurement emphasis on the big end-items in th e defensc pro gr am-such as tanks, big guns, an d airframes and engines for jet . fighters a nd bombers. At th e sam e tim e, it is our job to tr y to increase th e so-call ed area of suita bility of def ense work th at small en terprise ca ll handle-and to make certa in th at small firms get th e
f ull amo unt of work whi ch th e procu re-
ment agen cies sa)' th ey can h andle. It h as not been an easy task to p ut
the program of joint determinati ons into operation . It was not until last M arch- som e m onths after our agen ey mad e its first a pp roac h - that a n ag reemen t wa s reac he d with th e Department of Def ense. Even then, the working out of the operating details was left to th e military dep artments th emselves.
The Air F orce promptly worked out th e op erat ing d etails with SD PA, but it was not until lat e July th at th e Army and Navy put th e progr am int o effect. Tempo Increased
In recent weeks, th ere has been a n increased tempo in making joint dete rminations. We believe th e program h as a great potential. We realize th at we have a big a nd hard job ah ead of us. For example, small compa nies ar e getting only ar ound 60 perc ent of th e con tracts whi ch th e Air Force has estim ated ar e suita ble for small en terp rise. This same general situ ation is true with Army and Navy procurem en t.
'V e will continue every reasonable effort to make sure th at small enter pri se gets an incr easing perc entage of th e contrac ts whi ch it ca ll in fact han dle.
Association, a nd Cl yde Nich ols chairman for th e C ham ber of Co mm erce.
Geor gia counties in which a large num ber of turkeys a re grown ar e Spa lding, Lam a r, Pike, M eriwether, Upson in Middle Georgia and Barrow, C la rke and Walton in Ea st Geor gia. There are some large flocks in other counties over th e State.

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No vem ber 10, 1952

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

New Peanut-Cleaner
A mill in AMERI CUS h as a new $12,000 peanu t cleaning ma chi ne, which clean s m ore peanuts a nd leav es less foreign mat eri al , than other m ethods. The m ach in e, built by Georgia T ech Experiment Sta tion staff a t M eCleskey M ills in Am eri cu s, cleans 12 tons of peanuts an hour, leaving only five percen t foreign mate rial after th e clean ing. Prior to insta lla tion of thi s mach ine, M cCl eskey M ills, one of th e largest in th e a rea, co uld clean only eigh t ton s an hour, leaving a grea t d eal more forei gn m atter th an does thi s method. The fir st farmer wh o sold peanuts clean ed by thi s m achine sta te d that he rece ived $35 per ton m ore th an he would h ave by othe r me tho ds.
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Market in Claxton
CLA X TON is th e site selec te d for new potato and oni on bu yin g, grad ing and cur ing faciliti es. T. N . Bussey and
.J. L. Budreau and Co., of Savannah,
arc erec ting th e new fa cilit ies, wh ich arc expec te d to be rea dy during the early part of thi s month. M r. Bussey, form erly a m arket ing specia list with the State Department of Agr iculture, sta tes th at a rea of th e Sta te is su pe rior to any p art of th e co un try for growing these crops.
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Three- Year Program.
Seen at Lockheed
A new type, Lockh eed -d esign ed , ca rgo a irpla ne will be built for th e U ni ted Sta tes Air Force a t th e Georgia D ivision of the Lockh eed Airc raft Corpor-
ation a t M a riett a . D . J. H au ghton,
vice-presid ent a nd ge ne ra l m an ager of the plant, estim a te d th at th e new p rogram wou ld add three yea rs of solid tool-making and enginee ring work a t the Marietta p lant.
Mr. H aughton says " peak em ploymen t of a pproximately 18,000 persons sho uld be rea che d in ea rly 1954, (a t the Marietta pl ant ) and th e new p rogra ms indicate thi s em ployme n t will remain ste a dy a t thi s figure until lat e . 1954. By th at time we hope to h ave don e such a goo d job th at th e Air Force will be giving us more orders a nd addi tio na l mo dels ."
The huge new ca rgo pl an e, C - 130A ,
will be powered by fou r engi nes .

Pointing out th at th e plan e co uld have been b uilt a t th eir Burban k, Ca l., plan t, Lockh eed officia ls listed adva nta ges of produ cin g the new model a t th e M a rietta pla nt as " im p roveme n t of sta bility in th e G eorg ia division , eff iciency of p roducti on , p roducti ve fac ilities in th e So u theast, a nd a dd ition of one m or e engineering d esign an d developme n t force to exist ing Air Force tech nical resources."
B-29's bui lt a t M a riet ta are now in combat in K orea. An or der to b uild add itional B-4 7 bombe rs a t th e Georgia pl ant has a lso been received , Mr. Haughton sta ted .
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Upson Egg Market
An egg market will be establishe d in U pson County at T HO MASTON thi s mont h, handling th e eggs p roduced in th e en tire area . M ini mum req ui remen ts fo r operati ng th e market a rc 7200 dozen eggs a week. Producers in th e area ha ve stated that they arc prepared to produce twice that am oun t. T he new market will be op erated as pa rt of the Geo rgia Farm P rod ucts Sa les Co rp ., b u t in different qu a rt ers, acco rd ing to C . E. D own s, p resid en t of G F PSC . Zena s M a ssey, GFP m anager , will also serve as manager of th e egg market, whi ch will em ploy severa l perso ns fu ll-time. The curren t plans a re to rec eive eggs from anyone desiring to market them. P resid en t Downs sta ted, " We will pay th e N ew York ship ped pri ce fo r top qu a lity eggs , refu sin g th ose th at fai l to meet th e hi gh sta nda rds we will maintain. W e will ca ndle th e eggs . . . grad e th em ac cord ing to size and package th e eggs for sale a t the retail level." The egg market will not serve as a retail out let however. The new egg m arket rep resen ts a large step toward m a kin g a recent predi ction by local leaders come true-that egg p roducti on ca n be a mi llio n doll a r bu siness in Upson County.
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.Okefenokee Motel Unit
Construc tion of 12 ad di tio nal units to M otel Okefen okee a t FOLKSTON has begun by Di n kins & M cKendree, wh o state th e rooms will be mo de rn in every respect, wit h a ir con d itioning, stea m heat an d oth er conveniences. Four other un its a re to be adde d to complete the en tire pla n for thi s m ot el.

Richland Industries
T wo new industries a re th rivin g a t RICHLA ND in St ewart Coun ty. O ne is th e Green Acr es Ch inc hi lla R anch , ow ne d a nd op erated by M rs. Lois Thurmond . T he ra nc h holds visiting hour s every Thursday from four to six o'cloc k, and on Sunda y from three to five o'clock. The other is a pheasantraisin g op eration own ed by Sa m Fl eener, whi ch is meeting with grea t suc cess.
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New Paint Plant
EA ST POIN T is th e loca tion of a new pain t pl ant constructed by th e Pitt sburgh Plat e G lass Co. Design ed for rapid production of a lin e of house pa ints , varn ishe s, en ame ls, resins, industrial and specialty finishes, th e pla nt has a n an n ua l output of 1,500,000 ga llons. T he buil d ing has 130,000 sq ua re fee t of floor space, a nd is bui lt essentiall y in one story a ltho ug h th ere a rc several levels insid e p roviding necessa ry gravity flow for p rodu ction. J ohn F . Green , who form erly managed trade sales servi ce for th e firm 's M ilwau kee plant, IS m anager of th e Atlanta op era tion .
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DeKalb Industry
A new indust ry, th e Donohue Sa les Corp., is pu tt ing up a join t office and wa reh ouse buildi ng at DECATUR. The IO,OOO-square foo t b uilding, now under cons truc tion, is loca ted on a lot 125 feet by 320 feet. The firm , distributor in th e So utheast for th e T alon Zipper Com pa ny of New York , expec ts to occ upy th e new building a bo ut J anuary 1, 1953.
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Site Wo rk Beg ins
At Boiler Plant
W ork has alrea dy begun on th e site of th e Bab coc k & W ilcox Com pa ny plant a t Bru nswick . Th is company, with nine other plants located throug hout the co un try, wi ll manufacture bo ilers a mi co mponen t pa rt s a t th e Brunswick pl an t. E mployees will number between 400 and 700 per son s. Actual p roducti on a t th e plant is sche d uled to beg in by J an uary 1.
J. S. Go ld en of W ilm ington , N. C .,
will be in charge of th e Bru nswick pla n t, a nd R al ph Ca rl, will be superintende n t.

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Rockmart's Established Firms Thrive; New Plant Scheduled To Open Soon

Rockmart, situ ated in th e beautiful hills of Polk County in No rthwest Geor gia, is a bu stling city of 4,000, and a trading cen ter for 14,000. The area was ori ginally part of th e Cherokee Indian coun try bought by th e Gov ernment in 1832, at whi ch tim e permanent settlers located ther e. In 1838 Rockm art's parent town, Van ' Vert, was in corporated by peopl e who ca me to work in th e sla te and rock qu arries of th e a rea . Most of th ese set tle rs were Welsh. Rockmart itself was incorpora ted in 1872, shor tly after a wealthy landown er gave land and money for a ra ilroad sta tion to be pl aced one mil e west of th e town of Van Wert.
The sla te qu arries of th is section pla yed a most important ro le in th e eco nomic life of th e city in its ea rly d ays. Although th ey were mined extensively prior to the W ar Between th e St ates, th eir greatest period of development ca me from 1880 to 1900 when sla te was bein g used for roofing a nd weather ed sla te for making bri ck. The high cost of sla te p rodu ction finally closed the industry almost en tirely, but Ro ckmart had earned a nam e for it self throughou t th e world for it s fin e sla te quar-

ries. It has since m ade lar ge use of its limestone a nd shale qu arries a nd rich depo sits of other minerals and orcs.
The growth expe rience d by th e town since it s ea rly beginnings is evide n t every whe re you look. It has grown toward th e origin al set tleme n t of V an Wert until th e two now merge. The bu sy town is now a tr ad ing center for some 14,000 peopl e in th e area . The downtown section has m an y attracti ve buildings, a park, a handsom e City H all and many good stores. The Ro ckmart Bank, H . P. 'F ambro president, recently comp leted an extensive remodelin g program, making it one of th e fin est banks in th at section.
T he City is bu sy with man y worthwhil e pr ojects. The new 25-b ed R ockmart-Aragon Hospital, built a t a tot al cost of approximately $350,000, will sta r t receivin g patients in th e next few months. This hospital has incorp orated a ll th e lat est knowledge and newest methods of tr eating pati ents, a nd compares fa vor abl y with hospit als an ywh ere in the nation .
Construction is taking pl ace th rou ghout th e tOWI1. Sixt y-five low incom e hou sing units have been built, addi-

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tions arc being made to several schools and a 12-r oom Junior High School i~ scheduled to be built in th e nea r future. A new highway has been Con. structed , by-p assing th e major pa rt of th e bu siness section, and other street imp rov em ents ar e under way. The City has im proved its sanita tion fa cilities with a new sewerage system and sewerage disposal pl ant.
Diversified Industries
Ro ckmart is blessed with a di versif'i, ca tion of industries. One of th e oldest is th e 50 -year old Southern St ates Port. land Cem ent Co., established in 1902. This is one of on ly two cemen t p lant s in th e sta te, a nd is th e oldes t cement plant in th e South with a recor d of continuous existence . It employs approximat ely 250 person s in th e m anufac ture of Portl and cemen t. All the ra w materials used in th e ma nu factur ing process ar e obta ined within the sta te, with th e exce ption of small amo un ts of gypsum . The princip al ingre dien ts, lim eston e, sha le, silica a nd iron ore, are all found ncar Ro ckm a rt. The fin e cemen t produced a t thi s p lant goes to many pa rt s of th e South, with la rge amoun ts being used in our own sta te for such importa n t constru ct ion as roads, bridges, and da ms.
The largest emp loyer in Rockm a rt is th e mill of th e Goodyear Tire an d Rubber Co., with a normal emp loy-

An aer ial view of the Southern States Portland Cement Company's plant at Rockmart, established in 1902. In the right foregroun d, a portion of a quarry, used by the plant for raw materials, is visible.

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O1cnt of 1,400. E~tablish~d in 1929, this mill produ c~s tir e fabn e. ~n O~lt standing recr eational program IS mainwined for em ployees.
The city's newest industry is th e Georgia Lightweight Aggr egat e Co. Thi s firm will utilize th e idle sla te qua rri es in th e area to produce a fired :I"greg a te for conc rete and concre te hk,ck. The pl ant, whi ch is now under construction, will cost upwards of $500,000, a nd em p loy a pproxima tely 100 person s. Production, wh ich is expectcd t.o be a bou t 20 ca l~ oads dai ly, will begll1 about M ar ch b .
The A. D. J uillia rd Co . mi ll, loca ted three miles from R ockm art at Aragon , employs norma lly 850 persons in th e manu factu re of cord uro y, dr ap er y material an d other textiles. Chi cago Mill & Lumber Co., manufaeturing box es and cra tes is a no ther thriving busi ness, with app roxima tely 70 em ployees. Th e Albea-York M inin g Co ., produces iron ore. This firm ships or e to Birm ingham a t a n a verage week ly rate of 22 ca rloads. Other m anufacturing firms ad ding to R ockm art's prosperity are Ru-Ncll M anufacturing Co. , bedspread s; Super Deluxe Industries, Inc., concr ete bri ck ; D avenport Brother s, lumber ; and R ockmart I cc Co ., Inc.
Appeal For Industry Rockm art ha s several drawing-cards
for industry, probably chief am on g them bein g it s exce llent transportation faciliti es. I t is loca ted on th e main lines of th e Sou th ern and Seaboard Airline Railroads. It a lso has a 20mile link to the Louisville & Nashvi lle Railwav and the Nas hvi lle, Chatta -
nooga &. St. Louis R ailway a t Carters -
ville. It is also serve d by several import an t high ways- St ate Hi gh wa ys 6, 101 a nd 113. Natural gas , eleetric power and wat er a re available in ab undance.
A well div ersif ied agri cu lt ur e is in eviden ce in the a re a around Ro ckmart. The ca tt le a nd dairy ind ustry is well establishe d with man v fin e herds of Hereford a nd An gu s c~ ttlc bein g found in th e coun ty. Perman ent p astures, offeri ng yea r-ro und grazing for th e cattle, a rc seen in many pl aces.
Farm s in Polk Countv in 1950 totaled 1.713. th e U . S. Cen sus Bureau report ed , th e a\'era ge size farm being 86.3 acres. The lan d area in th e County was reported as 199,680 aeres, of which 147.847 wer e in farms.
In 195 1; aercag e in cotto n was report ed as 8,470 whi ch produced 4,490 bales, th e lint yield pCI' acre being 254 POunds .

Novemb er 10, 1952

The Chamber of Commer ce, established four yea rs ago , ha s done out sta nd ing work in th e city. L ed this year by Pr esident G eorge Morgan , officers ar e O . E. Smith, vice-p resident, J ack Barrow, tr easurer , a nd R alph T. Powers, secre ta ry . Direct or s a re T . H . R andall, E. C . Sanders, V . L. Vogel,
.J. F . Edwards, R. B. M cR ae, C . L.
Fambro, R aym ond L ester, D . NI. Evan s, and E. W . C arlton , Jr. The Ch amber 's projects for th e coming year include improvem en t of parks, a nd th e fluoridation of th e city' s water.
The Rockma r t Journ al, a n ou tsta nd ing week ly progr essively ed ited by E . C. Sanders, reports news to th e a rea . Radi o St ation W ROM also provides news a nd en tert a inment.
The city provides exce llen t rccrcationa l faciliti es, includi ng a park, pl ayg round, golf cours e a nd swimming pool. Ther e a rc 11 outstand ing civic clubs.
The city govern men t is composed of a mavor and five counc ilme n . Guv Sloa n ' is ma yor a nd counc ilmen a r~ Frank O . Crawford, Q. H . Ri ch ardson , Findley A. Wiggin s, H eslip Sorrels. and Watson M cG arity. Other city officers include Robert L . V eal, superin tend ent, George G . Hutchings, elerk and tr easu rer. and Gu y Davenport, chief of police. K. W. I.."l cK inno n is supe rintend ent of th e Ro ckm art Schools.
Polk County Commissioners a rc Horace W illiams of R ockma r t, E. W. Barber and D r. J ohn W . Goode of Ced artown, th e coun ty sca t of Polk Co unty. K a n ka kee (Buck) Anderson is sup er inten dent of Co unty Schoo ls.
A mac hine tests the durabili ty of a crate p rod uce d by th e C hicago Mill & Lumber Co mpa ny of Rockmart.

AF Saves Millions By Prompt Payment

By decentralizing th e Air M at eri el

Comma nd' s pa ying fac ilities, th e U n it-

ed St ates Air For ce sav ed $3,0 17.399

during th e fiscal veal' cndinv June' 30

1952 .

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Th is saving was mad e possible. th e

Air Forc e said, becau se it was able to

tak e adva n tage of ind ustry 's cash dis-

counts ran gin g from one- ha lf to one

a nd one-ha lf per cent for pa yment of

bills within a design at ed peri od of

tim e. usua llv within ten davs,

Pr eviou sly a ll pa yments on Air Force

pro curem ent con tracts wer e mad e by

th e Finance Offi cer a t Wri ght- Patter-

son Air Force Base, Day ton , O hio,

headq ua rters Air Mater iel Command .

Pr ior to th e K orea n conflict, th e

workload of th e Finance Office a t

Wri ght-Patterson had becom e so grea t

th at it wa s ph ysica lly impossible to pay

Air For ce bills in tim e to tak e ma xi-

mum adva n tage of th e offered disco u n ts.

The decentralization mov em ent wa s

begun two months after th e sta rt of

hostiliti es in K or ea . T od ay, 18 Air

Force Finan ce Offi ces, strategically lo-

ca ted through out th e U nited Sta tes.

are in opera tion.

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Additional Offices

Establi shm ent of th ese add itiona l Fi-

nan ce Offices mak es it easier for con-

tr actors to subm it th eir in voices, mak e

ch a nges or corrections, an d receive

prompt payments. Air Materi el Com-

mand officia ls foun d tha t d ur ing fisca l

year 1952 on ly three percent of the dis-

cou nts offered were lost, and th at th e

percen tage of loss is still going down .

During J uly, th e first mo nth of fis-

ca l year 1953, $177 ,880 was saved, a n

amount eq ual to 99.1 percent of all discoun ts offere d.

Another action affecti ng payment of

Air Force bills, which is exp ect ed to

result in conside ra ble savings an d im -

p roved relations with industry, is a re-

cent ruling by th e Comptroller Gen -

era l of th e United Sta tes. It ena bles

Air Force Fin an ce Officers to make

pa rti al paym ents on " unnu m bered"

contr acts with a minimum of adm inis-

tr a tive ad justments. " U nnum be red"

contrac ts are th ose contrac ts for less

th an $5,000 on whi ch only one deliv-

er y was origina lly a nticipa ted.

Pri or to thi s ruling, th e tim e a nd ad-

ministrati ve expense invo lved before

parti al paymen ts could. be made has

been estima ted to h ave cost a pp roxi-

mat ely $50 per contrac t.

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Georgia Cities Plan To WOO Industries
Three Georgia cities a re initia tin g ac tive progra ms to a tt ract new industry. Bla kely has org a nized a n Industrial Developmen t Commission to foster ind ustr ia l growth in that city. O fficers and committee chairmen have been elect ed and a drive is on to secure memb ers. C ha irman of the gro up is C harles E. Boyett, wh o stated " An indu st ry ju st doesn't move in to a town ; th e town m ust offer som e kind of indu cem ent, and it will be th e duty of thi s commission to provide th at ind ucem cnt ."
Tifton has tak en a significa nt step also. The Industri al Committee of th e Cha mber of Co mmerce voted un animou s approva l of a proposal to supp ly a bu ildin g for "a ny new industry wanting to come to T ifton ." V a riou s methods of fina ncing th e building are bein g considered , and will be decid ed upon in th e ncar fu ture.
Businessmen of Sylvani a hav e form ed the Sylvan ia Development Corpora tion to bui ld a fa cto ry buildin g. H a rry M in kovitz, cha irma n of th e committee which developed th e plan , sa id th at deta ils have been worked ou t with opera tor s of th e factor y, Willi am a nd M a x Estroff a nd Ely Bau m, a nd con tract s for a lease on th e bu ildi ng have a lready been signed . An option on th e land wher e th e bui lding will be loca ted has been obta ined . T he corpora tion's goa l is a m inim um of $45,000 in stock. Leasors of th e building will purch ase it
a t a later date, pa yin g enoug h to gua r-
a ntce a four percent return on in -
vestors' mon ey, M r. M inko vitz sa id .

Mr. C lar k Ga ines, Secreta ry Geor gia Department of Commerce 100 Sta te Capitol Atlan ta 3, Georgia

No. 9 16 Ba ker S treet Muskegon H eights, Mi ch. O ctober 9, 1952

Dear M r. G aines :
In answer to your advertisement in The Sa tur day Evening Post, last sp ring I wrote rcq uesting tou rist in forma tion of your wonderf ul Sta te of G eorgia.
As a result of receiving thi s from you we spen t our vac a tion in G eorgia, two weeks, a nd found it everything a nd more th an you claimed.
We visited man y of the int erestin g spots set forth in your folders and enjoyed every min ut e of our stay.
There a re so man y att rac tive places, your peop le a re so rucc to stra ngers a nd you hav e a wond erf ul Sta te, a delightful place to be.
I n fact, we a re pla nnin g our 1953 va ca tion in Georgia.
H ave been going to wr ite you fo r some tim e abo ut how mu ch we enjoyed ourselves down there, a nd am sorr y I delayed doing so as long as I ha ve.

Sinc erel y, (Signed) W . E. WALD EN

Contract Awarded For Rome GE Plant
Co n trac t fo r th e constr uction of the m ulti-m illion dolla r G en eral Electric genera tor pla nt to be erec ted a t R ome has been awa rded to the George A. Fu ller Co., of New Yor k, in associa tion with Van Wi nk le & Co ., of Atl an ta . R obert & Co ., of Atla nta , a rc a rchi-

tects for the p roject.
T he huge G eorgia plant, estimat ed to cost $24,500,000 , will be built on a 200-a cre tr act a nd will em ploy appr ox im at ely 2,000 people.
T he M ead Co rpo ra tion, of Dayton. O h io, is also constructing a hu ge paperb oard pla n t, kn own as the R ome Kraft Co., 10 mi les from R om e, to cost a n estima ted $28 ,000,000.

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NE WSL ETTER

November 25, 1952

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NEWSLETTER

Published semi-monthly by

GEORGIA DEPT. OF COI\IMERCE 100 State Capitol

* HE RMAN E. TALMADGE
G ove r n or

BOARD O F C01VIl\USS IONERS

EM O RY L. BUTLER Ch airm an

Lonni e A. Pop e, V. Chm. Y. F. Geeslin

Ben J essup

Lloyd B. R aisty

* CLARK GAI NES

Sec re tary

Vol. 4, No.6

November 25, 1952

100,00 0 Pe rsons
Visit Wa rnt Sp rings
T he 100,000th visitor for 1952 pass ed throug h the turnstile at th e Little W hite H ou se at Warm Springs on O ctober 25, indicating th a t the to ta l attend an ce for th e yea r will p rob ably pass th e all-tim e high of 1949, the fir st yea r the shrine wa s op en to th e public.
O cto ber 28 was the fourth anniversa ry of the offi cial opening of th e L ittle White H ouse, th e Georgia hom e of th e la te Presiden t Fran klin D . Roosevelt , a t which he died April 12, 1945. Sin ce th e op en ing of the shrine crea ted in hi s memory, more than 420 ,000 per son s from every State in the Union, territories and 68 foreign coun tries ha ve visited th e memoria l.
Geo rg ia ns are th e mos t freq uent visi tors , more than 35,000 having visit ed the spot du ring the fir st nin e months of th is ye a r. Alabam a visitors wer e second and O hioans third .
The memorial is op en daily th e year round, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

NOVE MBER 24-26-Athens: Universit y of Georgia, Art Edu cation Confere nce .
NOVEMBER 27-Thanksgiving Day.
NOVEMBER 27-2 9-Atlanta: Southern Busin ess Education Association. Biltmore H ot el.
NOVEMBER 29-Athen s: Football, U niversity of Georgia vs. Georgia T ech, (Homecoming ) .
NOVE MBER, L AST WEEK-Colum bus: Annua l C hris tm as Parade .
DECEMBER l- 20- East Point : Yul etid e Festival.
DECEMBER l-2-Atlanta : Geo rgi a Farm Equipment Association , Bilt more H o tel.
DECEMBER 2-4-Atlanta : Southern Passenger Association .
DECEMBER 3- Savannah: School an d Placement Association, Southeas te rn Section, Genera l O glethorpe H ot el.
DEC EMBER 4-6-Atla nta : Georgia Youth Assem bly, State C apitol.
DECEMBER 4-6-Atlanta: Geo rgia C anner s Association .

D EC E MBER 7-Athens : University of Geo rg ia Presen tation of "T he M essiah ."
DECEMBER 7-9-A tlanta: Sou thern Co nfer en ce of State Bankers Secretaries, H enry Grady H ot el.
DECEMBER 7-Savannah : Geo rgia Bottler s Association , Gen er al O gleth orpe H ot el.
DEC E MBER 8-IO-Atlanta: R efriger_ ation R esearch Found a tion, Biltmore H ot el.
DEC E MB ER IO-A tlan ta : Sou theastern T ra nsportation C lini c, At la nta D ivision Univer sity of Georgia.
DEC EMBER IO-Amer icus : Co urse I, Flow er Sh ow School.
JANUARY 1, 1953-Columbus: Peanut Bowl G am e, M emorial Stadium.
J ANU AR Y 7-Atlanta: Georgia P ress Adver tising Clinic, A tla nta Divi sion Univers ity of G eorgi a.
J ANU ARY 9-IO-Atlanta: Nationa l Comm. on T ea cher Ed ucation & Prof. Standards, H enry Grad y H otel.
J ANU AR Y 10-1 I-Cordele: Annual Camellia Show.

COVER PICTURE

T his nigh t view of the master Expressway which stems from Atlanta and traverses F ulto n Co unty, will cha n nel traffic into the fin e highways lea d ing north, south, east and west through th e State. It gives tourist and other traffic easy ac cess to a ll th e routes lead ing through Atlanta to comm un ities all over G eorgia.
- Photo by Carolyn Cart er.

The drawin g abo ve represent s th e basic, minimum plan for wayside park s which was ag ree d upon by H ighw ay Association represent atives and State officials at a 1949 meeti ng. The sketc h, with speci fica tions, is avail abl e upon requ est from the Ge org ia D epartment of Comme rce , 100 St ate Capit ol, Atlanta .

G EOR G IA D E PAR T M ENT O F C O M M ERCE

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Nove mber 25, 1952

Wayside Parks Springing Up Over the State Helping to Enlarge Georgia's Tourist Income

A little less th an th ree years ago, the Georgia Dep artment of Co mm erce laun ch ed and p rom ot ed a campaign for Wayside Park s th at has been gaining steadily in popula rit y ever since. Th e present yea r h as seen considera ble activity in th is regard. On th e whole, somewhere in th e neighborhood of 75 of th ese rest-and-relaxati on a rea s along the highw ays have been constructed or a re being bu ilt or planned . They have proved highl y pop ula r with the tourists, man y of whom left not es in apprecia tion of th ese facilities.
The DeKalb Co un ty Wayside Park, built by the Decatur Li ons C lub with the aid of th e Kirk Road Garden Club, was visited by ca rs from 33 Sta tes, Canad a, M exico a nd Germ an y during August a nd September, it is rep orted . On e wom an expressed her app reciation for th e eating a nd restin g facilities by writing a poem in p raise of th e pa rk, whi ch she left in th e lett er-box there. A ca rload of tou rists, after enjoying the facilities of the Pa rk nea r Pelham , left thi s comme nt : " \Ve certainly love Pelh am and its wonderful peopl e." Signed, " T he Brin sons, T oledo, Ohio."
Fi rst Wayside Parks
The always highly pro gr essive Wom en's Garden C lubs of Geor gia bu ilt th e first Wa yside Parks in the Stat e some years ago, two of these being at Camilla. Later, joining with th e Georgia Department of Commerce in its intensified campaign were th e Garden Clubs, th e Sta te Hi ghw ay D epartment, State Parks D epartment, vet eran s' organizations, civic clubs, County a nd City govern me nts, and other groups.
As a concrete indi cation of what touri sts think of Geor gia 's Wayside Parks and th at th ese conveniences ar e worthwhile a nd a ppreciated, th e following messages were amo ng th e man y left by out- of-State trav elers :
"Ce rt ainly apprecia ted th e place to slop ." - C lemson, S. C .
"Ve ry nice place-enjoyed it."Boston , Mass.
"T h anks! We enjoyed th e park ."Jacksonville, Fla.
" Enjoyed th e use of the park." -DeKalb, T exas.
"Su re did enjoy park."- Swarnp-

water, Cal. "T ha nk you. It was a pleasant rest."
- Philadelph ia, Pa .
"T he Lions always th ink a nd do

nice things." -Davey, W . Va. " We certa inly welcomed thi s p ark
afte r hi king up Stone M ountain."-
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WAYSIDE PARKS ON GEORGIA HIGHWAYS

SPONSOR
Abb ottsford Comm unity C lub A. D . J uilliard & C o. Au stell Better H om e Towns Co m .
a nd M ayor G . L. St ri ckler Bla kely Lions Club Gly n n Co un ty Commission Mad ge B. M erri tt Gard en Club Blair sville Gard en C lub Bainbridge Gard en C lub Bainbridge Garden C lub

Co lumbus C ha mber of Co mme rce C ity of Ca iro, C hamber of
C ommer ce a nd B. & P. W. C lub
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C ity of C hipley

Wom an 's Evening C lu b, C la rksville

C lay ton Lion s C lub

Georgia Power Compa ny

R a bun Co un ty Comm ission

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Co chran J unio r C . of C .

C ami lla Garden Club

C hero kee Garden C lub

D aw son C. of C . a nd T errell

Co unty Commission

D allas Gard en Club

D ecatur Lions Club, aide d by

K irk R oad Garden C lub

Dalt on J unior C. of C .

Ellaville Lions Club

Geo rg etown Com . Im pr. Club

J esup Ch amb er of Commer ce

Green sbo ro Lions Club

Ga inesville V et. of For eign War s

H ahira Lions C lub

St at e Parks D epartm ent

C ity of Ludowi ci

Ford Foundation

Lyons Garden Club

C ity of M enlo

Monroe V eter an s of Foreign War s

D ilphian Club of Perry

Sylvani a Rota ry Club

Lon g County Garden Clu b

St at esboro Garden Club

Sava n na h Bea ch Ch am ber of Com .

Fede ral Govern ment

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T homas to n Ve t. of Foreign Wa rs

Tifton K iwanis Club and

C amellia Gard en Club C ity of Thomasville

Thomas County Commission

F. D . R oosevelt M ern. Assn .

Bar Re st R a nch

W inder V etera ns of Foreign Wars

Whitesburg Lio ns C lub Warrenton Board of Trad e

LOCA nON
St at e R oute 2H , near Abb otlsford Slate R oute 101 , nea r Ar agon U . S. 78, ju st west of Au st ell

WHEN BU ILT
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U . S. 27 , mile north of Blakel y Pier Sect ion , SI. Sim on s Isla nd U . S. 17, I I mi . south of Brunswick U . S. 129, bctw, Blairsvi lle a nd Mt. Exp. Sta tion U . S. 2 7, four mi . south of Bainbridge
St a te Rt. ll+, about 3 mi . cast of Bainbrid ge Near Co lbert, in Madi son Co unty On Vi ct or y D rive, F t. Bennin g R eservation

1952 1951 1950 1952 1952 1951
1950

U. S. ll+, in Ca iro
Da vis Pa rk , in Cai ro Sla te R . 93, a t s. e. Ca iro city limits
LaG ra nge H ighw a y
Ncar Grace Episcopal C h urc h, C 'ville U . S. 2 :~ a nd A+ I , mi le south of L ak emont U. S. 2:1 a nd ++ I, mi . nor th of T allulah Fall s
U . S. 76,2 mi . e. of C lay to n
U . S. 76, II m i. s. of Cla yt on Stat e R oute 129. nca r T wiggs C o. line O n stree t bctw. State R 's 112 a nd 97 in C ami lla U . S. 19, C amilla U. S. 82, nca r Sasser

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1952 194!l 1949 1950

Sta te Route 6 1 U. S. 78, betw een D ecatur a nd St on e Mt.
U . S. +I , no rth of D alt on
U . S. 19,5 mi . south of Ellav ille Nca r Geor get own Two parks being plann ed St at e R . 12, in Greensb oro U. S. 23
U . S. +I, in H ah ira
Ind ia n Springs St a te Park U. S. 301 K in g' s Ferry ( O gccchec Riv er ) M ile south of Lyon s Sta te R . +8, west of M enl o U . S. 78, next to VFW Lod ge, M onroe
Nca r Pelha m Ncar Pe rr y N ea l' Sylva nia U . S. 25 a nd 301, nea r Lu dowici U. S. 301, between Sta tesboro a nd C lax ton Sav ann a h Beach Picnic Pay. a nd M emor'l Park U . S. 27, eas t of Su m merville Eas t of Trion on cas t side of T a ylor's R id ge Eight mi. sout h of T homaston U . S. 4 1, near city lim its

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1951 1949 1950
1951 1950 1950 1951 1950 1952 1949 1919 1951 1952
1939 1939 1951 1952

U. S. 319, South Broad St., Thom asvill e U . S. 319, in Thoma sville
Little Whit e H ou se Grounds, Warm Springs
Ba r R est R an ch, Warm Springs U . S. 29 a nd St at e R . II intersec.
Nc a r Whitesbu r g On e park bein g planned fo r St ate R . 12

1950 1952 1948
1952 1952 1952

(T he a bove is an incomplet e list, and th e D ep artm ent of Co mm er ce would like to hav e inform ati on in rega rd to Wa ysid e Parks not listed her e.)

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NEWSLETTER

November 25, 1952

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GEORG/II PIIRIIDE OF PROGRESS

Bainbridge Gets Plant
The Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Co ., of Fort Worth, T exa s, manufac turer of match ed work uniforms, announces it will opera te a retailer- servi ce warehouse at BAINBRIDGE as well as a ga rmen t factory. C. D . Williamson, president and gen er al manager of th e compa ny , made the announcem ent. Although specific manufacturing plans are incomplete , the warehouse is expected to be in op eration in two months. The firm has purchased a bui lding a nd about seven acres of la nd, adjoining U . S. Highway 27 and is served by a spur from th e Seaboard Railroad.
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Toccoa Plant Enlarged
The 110,000 -volt substation of the Georgia Pow er Co . at TOCCOA will be en la rg ed and improved exte nsively at a cost of approximately $ 100,000. According to E. W. Carrington, Cornelia di strict manager of th e company, work will begin " within th e next few wee ks." The To e c 0 a substa tion is serve d by th e Commer ce-Tugalo tr an smission line, whi ch will be increased in capac ity to serve the increased demand a t Toccoa for electricity and a separate transformer will be installed to provide power for the LeT ourn ea u Company, la rge machinery manufacturers.
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$10 0, 00 0 Expansion
At Griffin Elevator
Expen diture of more than $100,000 to expand the storage capacity of th e A. G . Swint Seed an d Grain Co. at O rcha rd H ill, in Spalding County, is announced by Albert C . Swint, president of th e firm .
H e said th e program calls for con struc tion of a second grain elevator with eight units and storage capacity of more than 130,000 bu shels. The present elevator ha s six units and storag e capac ity of 100,000 bushels of grain. A grain dri er will also be installed, Mr. Swint said , an d added that the expansion program is made neces sa ry because of the increasing quantity of grain being grown in Spalding and adjoining coun ties, the elevator affording a ready market for it.
Work on th e exp ansion program will

begin in November and be completed by next February.
During th e pas t yea r th e firm handled a nd stored 40,000 bu shels of wh eat and 125,000 bu shel s of oat s.
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Roadway Express Expansion
A big, new terminal has been opened at 161 Arizona Ave., S.E., ATLA NTA , near Decatur, th e cost of whi ch wa s a ppro xima tely $650,000, offi cials said . The firm will h andle 5,200 ,000 ton s of freight weekl y through its At lanta terminal. It em ploys 125 peop le, maintains 25 city pi ck-up tru cks, and has 30 tractor-trailer s based in Atlanta, while 50 other tru cks op erate in and
out of Atlanta daily. J. O . Perry,
Southern division sup er intenden t of operations, and W . D . M iller , Southern division traffic and sales manager, will maintain offi ces at th e new terminal. Home office of th e firm is Akron, Ohio, and Ro adway maintains terminals in 18 states.
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Georgia Ships Brick
Georgia shippe d $6,360,000 worth of bri ck to market s last year, th e U.S . D epartment of Commer ce announces, sta ting that nearly two billion brick were sent to markets by the Southeastern states of Georgia, Alabama, F lorida, Tennessee, K entucky, th e Carolinas, th e Virginias, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Co lumbia. This was 31 per cent of all the shipments in the nation during th e year.
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Leesburg Chestnut Farm
South Georgians are growing ch est nut tre es in abu nda nce. Two thousand Chinese chestnu t tr ees are being grown at LEESBUR G on Leeland Farm s, owned by Max B. Hardy and H arry Lutz, whi le John T. Groover has anothe r orchard th er e of 1,100 tr ees. Wil -
liam J. Wilson of Fort Valley has 2,000
tr ees. A major ad vantage of the Chinese tr ees is that th ey ar e blight resista nt.
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A M I LLEN firm, Coopers, Inc., shirt manufacturers , is ad ding 28 machines, which will require 28 new op erators, officials have announced. This expa nsion will bri ng the total number of ma chines in op eration to more t han

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100 and th e number of op erators to 150. The firm anticipates that a bleach. ing unit will soon be added.
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Cedartown Bamboo Plant
Fisherm en in th e CEDARTOWN a rea are being served with home town equipme n t from a new a nd unusual bu siness. The Cedar Creek Manufac, turing Co. turns out bamboo fishing poles wholesale, an d also operates retai l under th e name of "The Fi sherman' s Shop." Bill Robertson is pr esident of the firm and R ober t St ephens is man ager.
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Rome Furniture
Plant Expansion
Fox Manufacturing Co ., maker s of furn iture in ROME have purchased a 67-acre tr act of land on the Calhoun highw a y, ncar th e city limits, for a Iuture expansion program, and th e site of a new pl ant to manufacture a new line of furniture.
Charles S. Heyman, president of the compa ny, told the Rom I' NewsTribune: "We must stress that all th ese plan s ar e in the future. It may be me re than a yea r befor e we sta r t building a new plant.
" We have grown mu ch too big for the confines of our pres ent ar ea . We ar c now shipping furniture all over the United States fro m R ome. W e must expand our operatio ns an d we do not wan t to give up Rome as ou r home."
The Fox firm is said to be th e world's largest manufact urer of map le an d oak living room furnit ure. The plant in North Rome on Callahan Street, operates an assembly line unique in furniture manufacture. Unfinished lumber en ters on a conveyor belt, and eme rges at th e other end as finish ed sofas and ch airs.
The proposed new pl ant will manufac ture tables, and the plant site is large enough to perm it units for other typ es of furniture.
" We are now shipping more th an four an d a ha lf carloads of furniture a day all over the United Sta tes from Rom e," Mr. Heyman poin ted out.

NEWSLETTER

Nov ember 25, 1952

An aerial view of G ainesville, showing the city "s q uare" in th e foreground and th e main

part of th e bu sin ess sec tion.

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Broilers, Textiles, Industries Spell Prosperity to Gainesville

Many years ago a man in G ainesville, Ga., looked to the nea rby highlands and prophesied, "T ha r's gold in them thar hills," as he pl eaded wi th a group of miners not to deser t him for the C aliforn ia gold rush. Altho ug h history proved him wrong in th e eyes of th e 49'e rs, he was righ t abo ut th e gold-producing hill s of H all Co unty , and tod ay the city of Gainesv ille is prospering from th e gold which has rome home to roost from its amazing bro iler industry, it s th riving manufactu ring plan ts an d its farms.
Gainesville, the coun ty sea t of H all County, has a popula tion of approxima tely 12,000, an d is th e tr adi ng cen ter for mo re than 22,000 people. Its re tail sales av erage $30 m illion an nually, ran king it ncar the top of all cities in this F ederal R eserve D istrict, on a per capita ba sis.
What brought this prosperit y to Gain esville? The answer is as va ried as th e bu sinesses in th e city. One of the mo st important factors is the broiler ind ust ry of th e area. Gain esville is in the center of Georgia's great broilerproducing coun ties, whic h last year produced 88,678,000 bird s, pushi ng th e State to th e top for th e en tire na tion in broil er product ion .
Th e hroiler sto ry for this a rea began

in 1935 wh en there were onl y 786,000 broilers produ ced in Georgia, bringing in a revenue of about $230,000. The State's broiler industry in 1951 broug ht in $66,44 7,000 . More than 24 pro cessing pla nts a re ope ra ted in thi s section, a nd more th an 50 ha tcheries producin g 1.5 million ba by chicks weekly, bo th emp loying ap proximately 1,200 per sons in Hall Coun ty. M ost of the by-prod ucts of th e poultry pro cessing pl ants a re u tilized- renderin g pl ant s using refuse [or grease , mea t scra ps a nd fer tilizer.
O ne of th e la rgest pou lt ry p ro cessors in th e world is J esse J ewell, whose Gainesville pl ant has 565 employees. All of th e poultry processed here is d ressed un der Govern men t in spection , an d is shipped froz en, read y for fr ying. More than 150,000 broilers ar e processed week ly at this p lant.
Georgia Bro iler Processors, Swift Pa cking Co., and Pi edmon t Poult ry also ad d to Gainesville's [arne as th e nation's broiler cente r.
T ex tiles is another foundation for the city's pro sperity. The Pa colet M anu fac turing Co. with it s two p lan tsGain esville M ill and New H ollandproduces d rill s and sateens. Establi sh ed 52 yea rs ago, it emp loys close to 2.000 person s. an d has its own schoo ls.

clinics, and recr ea tional fa ciliti es.

Chicop ee M an ufacturing Corp, with

750 emp loyee s, is a subsidia ry of Joh n-

son & Johnson, m anufact urers of surgi-

cal dressings, diap ers, cheesecloths, an d

tobacco bed cove rs. T he firm has an

a ttractive village of bri ck homes a nd

well-kep t green lawns for employee s,

ea rn ing for itself th e tit le of mod el in -

dustrial village. T his yea r marks its 25th anniver sary.

Owen-Osborne, I nc., with 250 ern -

ployccs, manufac tures full-f ash ioned

nvlon hosierv, Other ind ustri es incl ude

t1;e Gainesvi'lIe I ron Works, founded in

1889, a nd producing high -grad e cast-

ings, an d Ea rl V ance Co. , craftsmen of

q ua lity leather goods. Ga inesvi lle ma n-

ufact urers also p roduce furn itur e, feeds,

fe rt ilizer, concrete blocks and d ai rv

produc ts.

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Farming is also import ant to Gaines-

ville's economy. H all County, accor d -

ing to the 1950 C ensus of Agricult ur e

had 2,522 farms, th e county 's a pproxi-

mate land ar ea being 272,640 acres,

with 73.5 percent in farms . The av er -

age size farm is 79.5 acres . L ivestock,

ca ttle a nd hogs, a re impor tant in th e

fa rming picture of th e a rea .

For est pr oduct s a rc har vested ex-

tensively, and min erals and ro ck found

in th e ar ea include granite, gra phite .

kaolin, limestone, quartz, sa nd, talc,

vermicu lite, marble, clays , mica , pyrite,

sandstone, flagstone, cry stal, a nd chro-

m it e.

Cultural Center

Ga inesville is known as a cu ltura l as well as a n indust rial cen ter. Two of th e schoo ls located th ere a rc wellknown th rou gh out th e country. R iverside Militar y Acad em y, a preparator y school for boys with 500 students, is head ed by Gen. Sandy Bea ver , p reside nt. Brenau Co llege for girls, one of the finest colleges in the St ate, has D r. J osiah Crudup as president. T h is year, Brenau is celebra ting its 75th an niver sa rv.
One of the finest hospitals in Georgia is I 0 c a t e d at Gainesville, the new $ 1,600,000 H a II Coun ty H ospital, whi ch ope ned in September, 1951. The Gainesville Housing Authority re cen tly completed 200 mod ern low-rent apartment units. The city also h as four excellen t gramma r schools a nd on e high school. T her e ar e 13 churches of eight denomina tion s.
Two fine news papers are published in Gainesv ille. T he D ail y T imes, establ ished in 1947 a nd published six days a week, is ed ited by Sylvan M eyer.
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~ E W S LETT ER

Eatonton "Cashes In" On History,

Archaeology, Industry, Agriculture

Eatonton, in pioneer Pu tn a m Co unty, crea ted in 1807, thrives on H istory, Archaeo logy, Ind ustry and Agricul-
tu re. Its histor y revolves la rgely a ro und
J oel Ch andler H arris- " Uncle Remus" - na tiona lly known writer of folklor e sto ries, writt en around th e cha ra ct er "Uncle R em us," th e Little Boy to wh om h e ta lked, a nd Brer R abbit , the her o of most of his a ni mal stor ies. Some times one of th e other "c ritters" would get th e best of Brc r R abb it, but not often.
Ea tont on was th e bi rth place of Mr. H a rr is and here began his life as a writer a t "T urn wold," a printing plant
opera ted by J. A. Turner , M r. H arris,
in his youth , bein g on e of th e ed ito rs of " T he C ountrym an" published by T urner, wh o also p rinted books. This plant, operated in th e 1860' s, is now a " dea d tow n," only two building s m a rk-
ing its loca tion . "Uncl e R em us" perm eates Eat on ton
an d Putn am life. Emory T uck er , Eat on ton d ru ggist, has been designa ted by C ity Counc il as the offi cia l " U ncle R em us" to portray h im in a ll even ts in the city. The " U ncle R em us" Wom a n's C lub a nd ot her organizati ons approved th e idea . M r. H arris' birt hday will be observed on D ec. 9. H e is further honored by the "Uncle R emus" h igh way thro ugh th e city a nd coun ty.
A large iron "sta t ue" of " Bre r R abbit" graces th e Courth ouse lawn, in a welco mi ng a tt itude.

The ind ustrv wh istle is loud in Eat onton . Tw~ p lants, the I m peria l Co tton Mi ll, m anufacturer of text iles. and th e Enterp rise Aluminum Co., eac h employ seve ra l hund red people. T he a lumi n um plant m anufactures ma nv kitch en uten sils and ot h er art icle~ fr om a lum in um .
Two lum ber mi lls em ploy man y peo ple a nd afford a m a rket for Putnam Co unty timber, wh ile the pulpw ood industry also th rives in th e co unty as do m an y sawm ills. O ther en te rp rises includ e a conc rete block plant ; th e Ra iney Bait R anch , a boon to fisher men . The E at onton Co -ope ra tive Crea me ry, a pion eer p lant her e, hand les th ou san ds of ga llons of milk for dairymen , thi s bein g a princip al business in th e co unty. Other ind ustries and genera l businesses afford work for h und reds in Eaton ton .
Although a la rge portion of the 350 sq ua re m iles of a rea of th e co u n tv is owne d by th e Government, p ulpwood firms an d a power com pany, Putnam

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still has 137,47 5 ac res in fa rm land. Out of tot al lan d a rea of 224,000 acres, there a re 657 farms, av eraging 209 acres eac h in th e coun ty.
L um bering, pulpwood, peach es, pe. ca ns a nd other gene ra l crops occupy th e farm ers' tim e. T wo thousan d ba les of cott on were grown in the cou nty in 195 1, with a hi gh acre yield of 352 poun ds, the crop bein g worth $400.OOO- lint a nd seed.
The dai ry ind ust ry brings in a pproximately $2,000 ,000 an n ua lly in the county, wh ile th e sale of beef ca tt le spur s th is livestock sum . Scheer & Schee r Fa rm s operate a big poult ry dressing pla nt in Eat onton , and fa rmers a re a lso tu rn ing to th e prod uction of broil ers.
T raversed by seve ra l exce lle nt St a te and na tion al highways, m an y tour ists "come this way," "a re intrigued by the numerous " U ncle R emu s" signs, a nd pa use to investiga te. Two tourist cour ts a re to be ere cted h er e, on e by
J. H . Card well and Douglas C unn ing-
ham, of 26 un its. a nd one bv N. D . H orton , of 20 u~ i ts. T he Ea t~n ton H otel also serves the public here.
Eatonton and Putna m Coun ty a re
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Rock Eagle
Ar cha eology is rep resented by the la rge effigy of a n ea gle, fash ion ed from sto nes with a wide wing-sp read , nea r Ea tonton a nd known as " R ock Eagle." It is nea r th e ba nks of a 400-acre la ke, the la nd-a rea of whi ch is bein g developed into a m agnificent Georgia 4-H C lu b Center. T hi s developm en t will conta in 72 cottages to hou se th e 4-H C lub mem bers wh en they spe nd a recreat ion period at th e Cam p. M an y oth er buildings will also be erected, th e who le p roj ect to cost ap proximate ly $2,00 0,000 , to be com plete d in 1953.
The big eagle's or igin has ba ffled a rchaeologists, mo st of whom believe it was fa shioned by a race p revious to the In d ians. A sm alle r eag le effigy IS 111 a no ther sec tion of Pu tn am Co unty .

Lif e at Eato n ton revolves largel y around "Uncle Remus" , th e fam ed ch aracte r cre at ed by th e late Joel Chandler H a rri s, a native of that city. H er e little D ee Turner listen s to Em ory Tucker, th e official " U ncle Remu s" of Eatonton, describe th e an tics of " Brer Rabbit" , wh ose bronze figure stands on th e C our th ouse Squ are.

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NEWSLETTER

November 25, 1952

Eatonton "Ca s he s In "
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uniqu e in many respect s. Eaton ton is the only post office in th e county, and it is ra ted Fi rst-Cl ass, du e to the lar ge volum e of mailing done here. All white schoo ls have been consolida ted into one high a nd one gra mma r schoo l in Ea tonton, with 33 teach ers, with a modern high school building being erected in recent yea rs. Prof. C. F. Iv1cCallum is principal of th e high school :md Prof. Archi e Swymer head s th e
trramma r sch ool. " The colored high school at Eatonton has 16 teach ers. There ar e ot her colored schoo ls th rou ghout th e cou nty. Buses for both white a nd colored, bring the pupils to Eat onton.
T he Cen tra l of Georgia rail road operat es fr eight trains th rough the county a nd also operates th e m ail truck to a nd from M acon. T h e a rea also has adeq uate bus a nd tru ck ser vice.
Two housing units a re bein g com pleted in Ea tonton, one for wh ites, 18 units being named for th e la te J ud ge T homas G. La wson. T he 32 units for colored were n amed for th e la te " U n- ' cle" J ack M ontgom ery, a high ly respected colored citizen.
A health cen ter is to be erect ed by the coun ty a t a cost of $50,000. T he site for thi s facility has alrea dy been purch ased and plan s have been d ra wn. T he J ord an H ospi tal provides h ospital services for th e area.
Good Fishing
Recrea tion an d fishing ar e importan t fac tors in th e lives of Putnam citizens. Goo d fishi ng is p rovided in the 400-ac re R ock Eagle la ke, and some big ca tch es are repo rted th er e too. Little R iver, th at r un s through the county, and th e Oconee, wh ich bounds th e co unty on the east and southeast, provide "h appy" h un ting and fish ing grounds, and wh en Lake Sinclair, a la rge Georgia Power Co . project, is comp leted on the O conee, a huge la ke will cover much Putnam land , creating another fish ing spot.
REA lines cover th e county, a nd Eaton ton elect ricity is furnished by th e Georgia Power Co . Eat onton is planning to "fluorida te" its wa ter system. Entra nce into Ea tont on of a natural gas line is also expec ted soon .
The pion eer Eatonton M esseng er (established in 1867 ) is ab ly edited an d published by T om Gregory, J r., bot h he a nd M rs. Gregory having formerly served as County Schoo l Su perinten -

Pi ctured ar e presses for formi ng and bending op erations at th e L ithonia Lignrmg Product s Co .

Lithonia Lighting Fixture Plant Designs and Manufactures Products

Fl uorescen t lighti ng fixtures for instit utions , office bui ldi ngs, store display counters, factori es and a multi-
dent . Mr. Grego ry also served in World War II.
Eat onton C ity officials include : M ayor 1'. A. M a rshall, and Co uncilmen C ha rles Hudson , M orris Ashh urst, J ack Bat es, T . H. R essea u, Sr., Ed win H od ges and D r. Ral ph Twilley.
T wo civic clubs serve th e city, the Exchange C lub a nd th e Kiw a nis C lub.
Putnam County offic ers include : .J.
L. Pasch al, Sher iff; W. C. D avis, Cler k of Co urt ; D. 1'. Turner, Schoo l Superintendent ; Mrs. E. B. Stubbs, Ordin ary; R. C . Whitman , C ounty Judge ; W. W. Walker, Co unty Solicito r ; George L aw ren ce, T ax Co llecto r ; Mrs. S. A. Dan ce, T ax R eceiver ; I. A. Carter, Coroner ; H . B. H ea rn , Floyd Woo ten and C . E. Carn es, Commisstone rs.
If you wa nt to mingle with a lot of fr iendly peop le, visit Eat onton a nd Put nam Co un ty.

tud e of ot her uses ar e th e specialty of th e Lithonia Ligh ting Prod ucts Co. , located a t Lithoni a, Ga .
Lithon ia Lighting was organized in 1946 a nd h as for its management S. P.
Fr eem an , R . .J. Freem an , J. M. R ussell and J. D. McIntosh. S. P. F ree-
man , wh o has ha d ove r 25 yea rs of experien ce in th e field , has charge of sales aspec ts and mat erial p rocu rem ent.
R . J. Fr eem an , who is a graduate of
Ohio University in business a nd au diting, has charge of financi ng and as-
sets in th e ha ndli ng of sales. J. M . R us-
sell is Sales M a nager and also serves
in ca pac ity of lighting enginee r. J. D .
McIntosh is general manager with experi en ce in tool enginee ring an d p lan t man agem ent.
Lith onia Ligh ting ha s fun cti on ed from its inception as a design er and ma nufacturer of lighting equipme nt. Today it ma nufactur es all types of commercial an d industrial ligh ting in slim-line and fluorescent fixtures. Three years after the organization of th e compa ny, a fou ndry was pu t in op eration for th e casting of alumi num in
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Gainesville 's P rosperity
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T he weekly Ga inesvi lle News first ap peared in 1888, an d is ed ited by A. S. H ardy, with Charl es L. H ardy associa te edito r. Both pap ers h ave won prizes for ou tsta ndi ng service. T he city's two radio stations, W GG A an d WDU N, also supp ly news to H all Countians.
The Buford Dam , being built ju st below the cou ntv line on th e Chattahoochce River, .will provide lishing , du ck hunting, boating, ove rn igh t camp ing and pi cnic gro unds.
There a re 90 organizatio ns, exclusive of church gro ups, active in the city in all phases of its life.
Gainesville is serve d by th e Southern Railw ay, a nd th e Ga inesville Midland Railroad , connecting wi th th e Seaboard a t Athen s. Two F ederal highwa ys, U .S. 23 and U. S. 129, go th rou gh th e city , a nd St ate Routes 11, 13, 14 1, 53, an d 136 brin g hund red s of people to an d from th e city dail y.
The Gain esville-H all County Chamber of Commer ce is doin g a n outs tand ing job of keepi ng the advan tages of th e a rea befor e th e eyes of man y peopl e. U nder th e Chamber's DOW Pr ogr a m- a " de ca de of work" to keep Ga inesville gro wing a nd keep H all ahead- ma ny fine proj ect s ar c bein g accomplished . .Julian Bloodworth is ac ting president of th e Chamb er, succeed ing th e lat e O . B. Leverett. R. A. Brice is tr easurer. Ed.J a rcd, a former man age r of th e Cha mber, is return ing to thi s posi tion on J a nu ar y 1, after a leav e of absence in th e Ar my, succeedi ng S. A. Sh addix, .Jr., re cen tly resign ed.
M emb er s of th e boa rd of director s a re .Jam es Dunlap, .Joe K . T elfor d, Ed
Sha nno n, H arold Pilgrim, .J. D . j ewell,
Franl: DeLong, Jr., Charles Smithga ll, Bill Slack, Ch arles Thu rm ond , wh o

will ta ke over as p resident on .Ja nu a ry 1, 1953, Ra y Sweten burg, Paul Turner , Bill Crawford, Adger Whitfield. and .John J acobs, Jr.
C itv Co mmissioners a I' e A. D . Wri ght, mayor, Perry Chapman , and R. M. Knickerb ocker. Bert Fulford is city manager , M a ry Lou L ed ford act ing secreta ry, a nd H am mond J ohnson,
.Jr., city a tto rney. C . .J. Ch eves is city
srhool supe rin tenden t, a nd H. G. .Ja rra t d, coun ty school superin tenden t.
H all C 0 u n t v Commissioners a rc Archi e M eConn~ll , Sr., T om Blackstock, a nd C. 1'. Aber crombie.
Gainesville has over com e di sastrous happenings- two fires in th e 1870' s, a nd in thi s centu ry a tornad o a nd a cyclone whi ch tor e ou t th e heart of the h~,s i ness d istri ct - to becom e one of Georgia's leading cities. I n 1951, it was nam ed Geor gia's Ch ampion H om et own in the con test sponso red by th e Georgia Power Company. Ga inesvi lle has truly earned its titl e of " Q ueen Ci ty of th e M ountain s."
Wayside Parks
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Wa co, T exas.
The K irk Road Garden C lub beau tifi ed th e DeKalb Park by planting ove r 500 bulbs, a nd th en work ed out plans to plant a bac kgroun d screen of rh od od end ron , mou ntain la urel and wild aza lea.
Basic plan s a nd specifica tions for th e construc tion of Wayside Pa rks h ave been pr epa red by th e Georgia Department of Co mm erce and ca n be ob tai ned up on req uest to th e D ep artmen t. The Sta te Hi gh way Departmen t will fu rnish maintenan ce of th e Pa rks insofa r as thi s can be done along with the regul ar maintenan ce of rou tes on

wh ich th e Pa rks ar e located , an d ap plica tion in thi s rega rd sho uld be made to the Division En gineer in th e a rea. Th e High way Depa rtmen t will also Iurnith a local mai ntenance crew to pr epa re th e gro unds and mak e mea ns of ingr ess a nd egress to th e Pa rk.
The communi ties over th e Sta te ancl spon soring agen cies are to be war mly congra tula ted up on th eir readiness to ta ke an active pa rt in thi s program for the tou vi sts and for a :~ "" a t e r tourisr c ro p .
Lithonia Lighting
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th eir ligh tin g fixtur es. Locat ed 18 mi les from Atlanta, L i-
tho nia Lighting's main building is of block constru ction with 25,000 squa re Iect of space. In addit ion to thi s the cOlllpa ny has 30,000 squ ar e feet to allow for expansion. N ear a rail road siding, th e plan t is equipped wit h two load ing plat form s to facilitat e the handling of custome r's orde rs and m aterials whi ch go int o th e making of ligh ting fixtures. Also in th e building is a well equipped machi ne and die sho p capa ble of handling all requirements in th e fa brica tion of lighting fixtur es. Painti ng faci lities include vapor type degreasing, etching, ph osph atizing, a painter's spray booth and gas fired ba king ove ns.
Li th on ia Lighting is in th e envia ble position of having machiner y available to fu lfill every requirement.
Sin ce the p roducts of Lith oni a Ligh ting ar e sold to leading dist ributors a nd cha ins, th e products must m eet th e critica l specifica tions set up by the buying public. This na tion- wide coverage mak es it necessary for the h eavyd ut y testin g of any p roduct whi ch is mad e in th e plant .

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMEnCE
NEWSLETTER
DECEMBER 10 1952

N EW SL ETTER

Deccmbcr 10, 1952

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-mont hly by

GE O RG IA DEPT. OF CO MM ER C E 100 State Capitol

* HER M AN E. T ALl\IADGE
Governor

BOA RD OF COMMISSIONERS
EM O RY L. BUT L ER Cha irman

Lonni e A. Po pe, V. Ch m. Y. F. Geeslin

Ben J essup

Ll oyd B. Raisty

* CLARK GAINES

Secre tary

Vol. 4, No.7

D ecember 10, 1952

Motels Con structed
Th roughout Stale
Tour ists traveling in our sta te will fin d ma ny excellent accommo dat ions in all sections. New tourist cou rts and motels arc going up every day. Am ong th e newest is th e York M otel in L Y ON S, operated by M r. and Mrs. Steve Stoyan. T he six uni ts of the mot el a re built of brick, with h a rdwood floors a nd attract ive color schemes for each room. This mo tel, locat ed on U . S. Hi ghw ay O ne, h as been in opera tion abo ut one month.
An eigh t-unit motor cour t is being built ncar NAH UNTA on U. S. Hi ghway 30 1. Au vell Raulerson is owner. The modern court will be loca ted jus t outside th e Nahunta city limits. Plan s ca ll for four more units to be adde d la ter.
E. O. "Shag" M athews is building a six-un it mo tor cour t in PEARS ON . Each room will have a p rivat e bath with showe r, and will be attractively furnished in modern furn itur e.
EA TONTON is th e site of a 20-un it tour ist court being con structed on the Eat on ton -M ad ison Hi ghw ay, inside th e city limits. The cour t will include man ag er's qu arters and a la rge lobby, with all th e un its air-conditioned .

NOVEMB ER I - DECEMBER 20Ea st Point: Yu let ide Festival.
DE C E ?vI B E RI O- II - Am ericus : Co urse I, Flower Show Schoo l.
DEC EM BER 11-12-Atl anta : South eastern Co nference Football O fficials, Ansley H otel.
DECEMBER 25- Ch ristmas Da y.
J AN U ARY 1, 1953- Columbus : Peanut Bowl Ga me, M emorial Stadium .
J ANUAR Y 5-1O-Atlanta : Antiqu e Sho w, Biltm ore H otel.
J AN U AR Y 8-Sava nna h : Southeastern Dent al Association, H otel D eSo to .
J AN U ARY 9- 10-Atla nta : N ational Comm. on T eacher Education a nd Prof. Standards, H enry G rady H ot el.
J AN U ARY 10- 11-Cordele : An n ual Camellia Sho w.
J AN U AR Y 13-15- A t h e n s: Dairy M anu facturing Sho rt Co urse , University of Geo rgia
blockhouse, built on th e ori gina l fou ndati on stones, is p ictur ed on th e cover. T he fort is named for Gen. Benj am in H awkins, a fri end of Geor ge Washin gton who was U . S. Indi an Agent for th e Creek Indian s sou th of th e Ohio Ri ver.

J AN U ARY 16-Savannah: Georgia O rnithological Society, Gen er al Og leth orpe H otel.
J AN U AR Y 17-Savannah : M e n' s Garden Club, H ot el D eSot o.
J ANUAR Y 17- 18- Savannah : Camellia Sh ow.
J AN U ARY 20-22-Atlan ta: So ut hern Pu lpw ood Co nservation Associa tion, Biltm or e H otel.
J ANUARY 23-24-Atlanta: Georgia Indep endent O il M en 's Associati on, Biltmore H otel.
J AN U ARY 23 - Sav ann ah : Ant ique Sho w, D eSoto H otel.
J AN U ARY 24-25-Americus: Sum ter Coun ty Camellia Show.
J AN U AR Y 25-28-Atlan ta : Georgia H ighway Co ntrac to rs Associati on.
J AN U AR Y 26-27-Atlan ta : Am erican Society of Lan dscape Ar chitects, Ansley H otel.
J AN U AR Y 28-A t I a n t a: Second So utheas tern Sales a nd Sales M anage me nt Co nference, Atlant a Division, U niversity of Georgia .
J AN UARY 28-29- Atla nta: Georgia B an k e rs Associat ion, In stallment C redit Co nference.

COVER PICTURE
Fort H awkins, at M acon, one of th e landmarks of our sta te and nation , draws scores of tou rists a nd sightse ers during every month of th e year. Built in 1806 by Pr esident J efferson, thi s fort was th e westward outpost of Am erica in its ea rly years. A repli ca of th e fort' s

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An aerial view of the lar ge plant of the Pomona Pro ducts Co ., loca ted at Pomo na, ncal Gri ffin. (See story page 3.)

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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NEWSLETTER

Decembe r 10, 1952

Georgia's Great Pimiento Industry In Spalding (ounty Fifty Years Old

The old saying th at " La rge trees from little acorns grow" can well be applied to th e Pimi ento plant whi ch was brought to th e South 50 yea rs ago and pl anted first in Spalding County, ncar Griffin.
" Pim ien to" is th e Spanish word for pepp er.
I n th e last h alf of th e centur y, th e development of th is crop at Griffinon th e farm s, at th e Exp erim ent Station and in th e cann ing factories-has been marvelous and has grown into a $6,000,000 annual industry in th e State.
Th e history of this crop is romantic. In 1902-03, S. D. Ri egel & Son s were engaged in th e market ga rdening bu siness a t Exp erim ent, near Griffin, specializing in seed production and plant improvem ent. One son, George Riegel, becam e interested in Pimi entos after receivin g his first seed of this plant from a Ph ilad elphia seed firm . Spain, about that tim e, sh ipped some canned Pimientos to Am eric a . George Ri egel liked th e quality and through th e late Congre ssman Charles L. Bartlett, of Macon , received som e Pim iento seeds direct from Spain and planted th em at his home in Experiment.
True Spanish Pimiento
Ther efore, the R iegel fami ly at Ex periment, is credited with being th e first persons in Ameri ca to grow th e tru e Spanish Pimiento. Mark Ri egel invented th e machinery first used in America for roa stin g Pimientos to remove th e skins prior to canning.
The Ri egels improved the crop from year to year a nd th e improved Pimi ento was named " Pe rfection" by th em , and an improved strain of thi s is still the only va riet y grown in Georgia. The Georgia Experiment Station at Experim ent in 1936 began a program to furth er im prove certain charact eristics in the " Pe rfection." As the result of a bre eding and select ion program by the D epartment of Horticulture there, the " T ruh a rt Perf ection" variet y was released to growers by the Experiment Station in 1944.
T his variety h as virtually rep laced

all oth er strains of Pimientos grown in the State. It is a thi ck-wa lled, heartsh aped, dark red pepper with smooth shoulde rs at th e stem end and has a moder at ely pointed ap ex. The Experiment Station produces and makes ava ila ble to growers of th e State each year found ati on seed of th e best type .
The Exp eriment Station has been an important factor in th e development of this industry in Geor gia an d th e Sou th.
Roasting Pimientos
Aft er th e p epp ers were grown, how could th ey be used ? Mark Rie gel, an Experim ent Station horticultural aid e, in 1915 design ed and patented th e first machinery for roasting Pimi entos, th e ro aster being fired with coke. I n the same year, Mr. Ri egel bui lt a homeca nning plan t where h e ca nned oth er vegetables as well as Pimi entos.
At th at time, D . F . Patterson, of Pomona, near G riffin , began selling who lesale the Ri egel products, and in 1917, th e Riegels, D . F . and R . T. Patterson became partners in th e canning business and moved the plan t from th e Ri egel home in Exp eriment to a newlyconst ructed bui lding on th e Patterson farm, near Pomona. In 1917, th ese men organized th e Pomona Products Co. , and canned a light crop of Pimi e n t o s.
In 1919, D. F . Patter son purchased Mr. Ri egel's in ter est in the bu siness, including th e machinery patents, and took in Walter L. Graefe, a Wo rld War I veteran of Maryland, as a sto ckho lder and as plant manager. Mr. Graefe later bought out Mr. Patterson' s interest in . the busi ness and has since devot ed his tim e and energy to the development of th e Pimien to canning in dus try at Griffin and in Georgia.
The canning fac tory was moved into . th e City of Griffin in 1920, and in th e same year, the Pomona Products Co . was incorporated. Two years lat er-

in 1922-the present modern fac tory was erected on M eriwether Street , within the incorporated limits of the city.
1,000 Employees
Pomona Products Co ., of which Mr. Graefe is pr esident, em ploys as many as 1,000 people during th e rush season, and in addition to canning Pimi entos, also cans other local farm crops, such as sweet po tato es, green sna p beans, collards, turn ip greens, peaches and sweet peach pi ckles. It is the la rgest cann ing factory for Pimi entos in the world . In ad dition, the firm operates a canning factory at J ackson, Ga. , in Butts County. Ther e is alro a la rge an d one of the oldest fa ctories in the state at Woodbury, op erated by th e Hills Broth ers Co ., and another at Vienna, operated by th e White Packing Co . There are 15 other canne ries in Geor gia that also process Pimientos.
Pimi entos and other vegetables and fru its ar e grown on contract by Georgia farm ers for the canning factories .
Seven ty-five percent of the annual Pimi en to acreage of the United Sta tes is cen tered in Georgia, the other being in South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and California. The la rgest acreage on record in Georgia was in 1950 and totaled 32,000 acres, which produced 45,000 tons, valued at $3,150,000 . Pimi entos are grown in approximately 50 Georgia counties.
Thus the curiosity and interest of one Georgia man 50 years ago h as resulted in the developm ent of a new crop which has brought addit ional in come to hundr eds of farmers in the Griffin area an d in other Georgia counties. It h as also resulted in th e erection of canning factories at G rif-. fin , and other Georgia poin ts th a t give employmen t to hundreds of people, all of whic h m eans m uch mo ney for the farmer and the worker.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

December 10, 1952

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

Americus Plant
AMERICUS is the location for a new industry, producing terry cloth garments, kn own as G ertrude Daven port, I nc. The ga rm en ts have been available for several years, and sal es offices will remain in N ew York. Howeve r, th e manufacturing plant will be located on Hampton Street in Ameri cus . Miss Davenport, president of th e company and designer of all the garm ents produced , is a native of Americus. The n ew plant wi ll employ about 12 persons. Emory Rylander, Jr. , a former Am eri cus resid ent, is co-owner, vice-p reside n t and secr etary. Products of the plant will be sh ip pe d all over th e nation .
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Boost in Sheep Raising
CARROLL CO UNTY is going in for sheep raising in a bigg er and bet ter way. The flock s on four sheep ranches in the coun ty wer e increased recently by 125 br ed yearling ewes, purchased for th e ranch es by County Agent Earl Sanders . The new sheep bring the total in th e county to approximate ly 1,000 . Sheep-raising is provin g one of th e most profitab le phases of fa rming in Carroll County. Mr. Sanders stated that records being kept on several 4-H Club she ep proj ects show they are av eraging close to six d olla rs annually on woo l p er she ep , and $50 per year from each ewe on lambs. Six to seven she ep ca n be kept on the same area required by on e cow . Cos t of caring for on e sheep is running to about $14 per year per sheep.
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House Traile r Plant
Choo ses Brunswick
BRUNSWICK has another new in d ust ry, th e Oltman-Tucker Corp., manufacturers of house trailers. Fou r different styles of trailers will be manufactured, including on e motorized ve hicle, known as th e " T our Home."
E m pl oyees will number 100 at first, and production is expected to begin sh ortly after the first of the year.
The plant will be located on the old shipyard site, it was announced by the Brunswick C hamber of Commerce and the Brunswick Port Au thority. T he total floor space the plant will occupy is 44,000 square feet, in four buildings

with an assembly line 870 feet long. An offi cia l of th e firm, Leslie M.
Oltman , op erates a plant in Bristol, Ind ., whi ch wi ll be consolidated with th e new plant. Other officers of the Oltman-Tucker C orp ., are Maurice
Tucker and J. L. Tucker of South
Bend, Ind . Mr. Oltman will reside in Brunswick, and head the plant.
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New Turkey Hatchery
A turkey hatch ery is being op en ed in GRIFFIN by William T. Guy, a form er turkey d ea ler in Indiana and Alabama, and 'M org an Milner , of Zebulon. . Equipment a t th e plant wi ll include three gia nt incubators with a capacity of 45 ,000 egg s. Plans call for distributing 170,000 turkey p ullets in th e sevenmonth period of January to July. The firm hopes to inter est farmers in prod ucing poultry eggs as we ll as in mak!ng th e ar ea a center for turkey growmg.
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277 Million Pines Planted More than 277 mi llion pine trees
hav e been plan ted in the South by the pulp and paper industry during th e last fiv e years, according to a re-
port by H. J. Malsberger, for ester
for the Southern Pu lpwood Conservation Association . I n 1947-48, twentysix million trees were planted, and th e number has increased until in 195 1-52 , seventy-fo ur million trees were put out. Estimating that 1,000 trees per acre are set out, this number represents 277 ,000 a cre s of otherwise unprofitable land converted into productive for ests. The pulpwood industry owned 201 ,000 of th ese acres, and private individuals the other 76,000 acres.
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New Building A n ew $100,000 building, for
Stuc key's, I nc., is going up just sou th of EASTMAN. The structure for the world-famous firm, producers of fine candies and pecan retailers, will house offices and ot h er faciliti es connected with th e op eration of th e 28 retail outlets, loca ted in nine Southern states. The new building is expected to be finished by ea rl y fal l. Last year the business grossed approximately $3 mi llion . President of th e firm is W . S. Stuckey.
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Motel Opens The R ed L and Motel has opened at
WASHINGTON. Wi th 11 units com-

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pleted, the n ew tourist court is already attracting much business. It is owned by Walton H ardin of J ack. son ville , Fla ., and Mr. and M rs. H arold Martin of Washington, who opel'. ate it. Of concrete and stucco, the building is electrica lly heated, and has attractive furnishings, and a private tiled bath for each unit.
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Carrollton Mill Expands
Stylewise Mills, Inc., in CARROLLTON, is again manufacturing n ylon hosi ery . For a time th e mill prod uced only tri cot clo th, but with th e additional manufacture of th e nylon hosiery, new equipment has been insta lled and 15 to 20 more persons em ployed.
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Garment Factory
A garment factory is being op en ed in MIDVILLE, operated by Robert Zerman of Atlanta. Known as th e St erling Manufacturing Co ., Inc. of Midville, the plant will produce chi ldren's snow suits. Sixty persons will be em ployed at firs t, with ad diti ona l personnel a possibility for th e future. General manager is Edward G . Ernst of Waynesboro.
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Williamson-Dickie
Will Employ 400
The Wi lliamson-Dickie Manufacturing Co ., producer of matched work uniforms, which recen tly announced that it would establish a manufacturin g plant in BAINBR IDGE, has given more complet e plans for the new plant. Employment will reach a total of 350 to 400 persons. The building to be occupied has 57,000 square feet of floor space, an d is loca ted on a seven-acre t ract.
A distributing warehouse, as well as the manufacturing plant, will be set up in Bainbridge to supply retail stores of the nine-state Southeastern divisi on.
The Williamson-Dickie firm was founded 30 years ago in Fort Worth. The Bainbridge plant is the first ou tside of T exas and the second ou tside of Fort Worth . T he company operates three manufacturing plants in Fort Worth, and warehouses a nd offices in Los An geles , C hicago, Somerville , N. I
J., and New York City.
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N EWS L ET T E R

December 10, 1952

Douglasville Citizens Move Forward On Industrial, Agricultural Growth

county schools is J . Willi e Shadix.
The seven-me mbe r C ity C ouncil IS
composed of Mayor W . S. O'Neal, J. G . H a rding, W. Y. White, J. M . Smith,
G. W. T um lin, W . E. H ewitt, and B. F . Watkins. Mrs. Elm a C lemen ts is City

The City of Douglasville, county seat of Douglas County, was gra nted a charter by th e Legislature of 1895, twent y-five years afte r th e Co unty of Douglas had been orga nized from portions of Campbell and Carro ll Co unties. Both th e cha rter and th e original city limits hav e been altered seve ral times to meet th e changes whic h h ave come to th e growing city of D ouglasville. The city and county ar e both named in honor of th e brill iant Stephe n A. Dougla s, wh o was def eated by Lincoln for th e Pr esidency.
In dustry and ag ricult ure combine in Douglas Co unty and Douglasville to bring p rosperity to th e city of a pproximately 3,500. It s excellent stores form th e trade center for 13,000 person s.
T he cit y is in th e process of extensive improvin g and face-lifting. A new City h all is alrea dy under construction, to cost ab out $ 17,500 . It will house the Mayor' s office, C lerk's office, a nd a large m eetin g-room . The fir e sta tion will be locat ed in th e rear, and one wing will be given over to th e Douglas Cou nt y Public Librar y.
Healt h Facilities
H ealth needs ar e well tak en ca re of. The Douglas County H ealth Center, costin g $52,000 for building and equipme nt, is now being completed. Douglas Coun ty M emo rial H ospital is only a few years old , and has given th e citizens of th e coun ty outstanding medi-

ploys 50 persons, making cotton ya rn for ru gs at th e rate of 20,000 pounds of ya rn weekly.
The Thom as F urnitur e Com pa ny has 60 employees producing fine upholstered furniture. This compa ny ship s three ca rloads of furniture a week, to all sections of th e count ry.
Other pr osperous bu sinesses in Douglasville are th e B. & G. Lumber Co ., Fr ank G reen's L umber Co., Floyd House's Lumber Co., Wilbur M . Mo rris, mop manufacturer ; Newman Cabine t Shop, Horace H . Richardson' s
sawmill, D avid J. Daniell's Gri st Mill
and M a rk L. Fouts' G rist a nd Fl our Mill.
Farming is also important to th e economy of Douglas County. Truck crops represent a large source of in come, with livestock , dairy and beef ca ttle and poultry also playing an important role. Pasture grass a nd cover crops a re increasing profits in th e ca ttle industry. Th ere a re approximat ely 1,000 farms in th e county, acc ording to th e 1950 report of the U . S. Census Bur ea u. The same repo rt gives th e approximat e land a rea of th e county as 128,640 ac res, with 78,971 acres in farms, th e av erage size being 81.4 acres p er farm .
The County has a mod ern school system, with 11 sch ools, all of whi ch a re bri ck or stone, serving more than 2,800 pupils. Supe rin tende nt of th e

C lerk. The election of new City offi cials was h eld on D ecember 9, ju st after thi s issue of th e N ewslette r wen t to press.
Co unty officers a re L. E. Bartlett, Ordinar y ; F. M. Winn, Cl erk of Superior Court ; Mac C. Abercrombie,
Sh eriff ; J. W . J am es, T ax Co mmission-
er; W. P. J ohnson, Surveyor; Paul Cochran, Coroner, and D . S. Str ickland, County Attorn ey.
The Douglas Coun ty Sentinel, whi ch celebrated its 50th anniversar y in May of thi s yea r, is ably ed ited by P. D. M athews. This well-kn own Georgia weekly keeps citizens of th e cou nty inform ed on local, sta te a nd nati onal m a t t er s.
The Douglas County Chambe r of Comme rce and Agri culture is active in th e area. Officers a re Dr. Flovd W. M organ , pr esident ; D . C . M a tthews, vice-p resident ; F . M. Winn, secretarytreasurer, and Mrs. H erman J ohnston , corres ponding secreta ry.
Two good highways go through Douglasville-U. S. 78 and State R oute 92. It is also located on th e AtlantaBirmingh am lin e of th e Southe rn R ailway. This conve nient locati on, with good tr ansportation, h as proved to be a great asset both industrially and touri st-wi se.
In th e interest of boostin g th e tourist trade, th e Highway 78 Improvem ent
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cal service. It contains th e lat est in

furni shin gs a nd equ ipme nt, contribut-

ed by man y gro ups a nd organizations,

making th e hospital tr uly a com mu nity

project .

Th e C ity is planning construction of

a new jail, to be built at an ea rly date.

T wo hou sing proj ects tot alling 36

units have been completed, and other

constru ction is ta king place in th e resi-

denti al section of th e city.

All of th ese improvem ents represent

cooperati on and hard work by citizens

of th e city a nd cou n ty, and it is thi s

spir it whi ch won for Douglasville a

Cert ificate of Ach ievement in Georgia

Power Company's 1952 Champion

Hom etown Contest.

The leading industri es in Douglas-

ville include Glendale Mill s, em ploying

425 persons. These mill s have 753

looms, and 33,000 spindles, prod ucin g

The main street in Douglasville, Ga. , looking west toward the Douglas County Court-

print cotton cloth . Laura Mills em- house, whose spire is visible in the distance.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

Decemb er io, 1952

A view of th e Planter s Elec t ric M embership Corp. in Millen , se rving severa l count ies.

Millen, Jenkins County Residents Enjoy a Varied Life of Work, Play

Situa ted in a fertile fa rming area, traversed by adequate hi ghwa ys, adjacent to th e O geech ee rive r, whi ch is fam ou s for its perch fishing, close by a la rge Sta te Pa rk, Millen reside nts enjoy a varied life, pleasure a nd rec reation being mix ed with bu siness.
The 1950 Millen population is listed as 3,449, compared with 2,820 in 1940, whi ch shows a big ga in in 10 yea rs. The area ap proaches th e 5,000-popula tion mark, the Millen District h avin g 4,808 p eopl e listed in it .
M illen an d Jenkins County ar e served by hi ghw ays, U . S. 25- nation-wide - State 23, 21 and 17. These give ac cess to all dir ecti ons-north, east , south a nd west. T our ist traffic is h eavy th e year 'round.
Millen is th e co unty-sca t, with post offices also at H erndon an d Perkins. The Cen tra l of Geor gia ra ilroa d serves th e city and county, with both passenger a nd freight serv ice, with fr eight and express service only on its Millen -Augusta line.
Completed thi s year at a cost of half a milli on dollar s, th e J enkins County high scho ol at M illen serves th e county, enrolling a pp roxima tely 300 pupils. The old High build ing is used for a gram mar school, and th e forme r gram m ar building is now th e colored hi gh . A white grammar schoo l is operated at R ed Hill, a nd th ere a re severa l othe r colore d gramm a r sch ools in th e county.

Prof . C . W . D ykes is princip al of th e J enkins H igh School, a nd Prof. C . B. La nd rum is County Schoo l Superi ntendent.
The Mulkey Hospit al, op erat ed by
Drs. Q. A. and Arnold Mulkey, h as
40 beds, and Dr. H. G. Lee's Cl inic h as 15 beds. The Millen Hospital, form erly ope rated by Dr. Cleveland Thompson, has been conv erted into th e Bethany H om e for M en, op erat ed in connection with th e Beth an y H ome for Wom en at Vidalia. The Mill en unit includes several former residen ces and large gro unds.
T wo brick h ot els serv e Mi llen H otel Mill en a nd th e Wayside H otel. '
Manufacturin g pl ants include th e Thom son Company, employing from 350 to 400 people, making m en 's and boys' clothes and sport a nd work shirts. Co oper's, Inc., of Georgia, a unit of th e K en osha, Wis., plant, maker' s of m en's underwea r, sh irts and socks, also operates a knitting mill in Mi llen and employs some 130 peo ple.
K elley-Garner C an n e r y opera tes fro m four to six months in a yea r, p rocessing field p eas, grown locally, th e. firm employing fro m 100 to 125 p eople. L ocal timb er finds a mar ket at th e Millen Lumber Co., whi ch em ploys upwa rds of 40 peopl e. Adkins V en eer Co. , emp loys about 30 peop le. The M cMillan I ce & M eat Pla nt sells ice

and p rocesses meat, bu ying a nima ls locall y.
The Mill en F ertilizer & Gin Co ., employs some 30 peopl e during th e bu sy season, a nd th e Millen Ice & Coal Co sells coal a nd m anufactures and sells icc. T h e Georgia Power Co . furn ishes elcctrici,ty to Mill en and a rea , whi le co-op lines dot th e county, with two rural electric offices in Mill en.
T he Georgia Elect ric M embership Co rporation, th e Stat e office of th e 4 1 !{EA-financed co-operatives in Geo rgia , IS located in Mill en , Walt er H ar rison manager. H e is also edi to r of R ur al G eo~'gia, a mon thly pu blication "se rving th e Int erests of over 200,000 electrified fa rins in Georgia ."
Mill en is also th e home office of th e Planters Electric M em bership Co rp., a ru ral co-op serving .Jen kins, Burke and Screven cou nti es with sections of R ichmond , Em anuel, Bulloch and Effingham also. Planters Co -op h as erected a com modious bu ilding for its offices in M illen . K ermit]. Ch an ce is m anage r .of Planters Co-op ., which ha s ap pr oxim at ely 1,800 mil es of line s and ~erves 5,0?0 rural m emb ers. It began In 1937 WI th 90 members a nd 50 mil es of lines. It now has an inv estme n t of $ 1,500 ,000 and a lar ge "cushion credit"- surplus.
The local co-op office rep orts a wa iting list of customers, co-op p ower having spu rre d fa rm ownership In th e ar ea .
Mi llen Lions and R ot ar y clubs have m an y mem bers, as does also the Woman's C lub, an? th e Am erican Legion post 144 has Its own hom e and operat es a golf course. A mo dern Community H ou se also serves th e city.
City Officia ls
E. M . T horne is M ayor of Millen, and Cou nc ilmen are : Wallace Ed enfield, Hubert R eeves, Hunter Rackley, E . W . Lan e a nd M errell J ohnson.
Mill en and a rea a re served by th e M illen News , 51-year old wee kly newspap er, of wh ich Walt er H ar rison is editor; M rs. Ruth H . N eal, associate editor, and F rank M . Ed enfi eld, pl an t manager. It also operates a "job" printing pl ant.
Three den ominations, Baptist, M ethodist a nd Church of God , have church es in Mill en ; the reading p ubli c is serve d by th e Millen Libra ry, wh ile th e Bank of Mill en, of which W . H . She ppard, J r., is president, is th e financial institution. The Chamber of Commerce serves jointly with the M er-
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COM M ERCE

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NEWSLETTER

Decemb er 10, 1952

Judg es A nno unce -
Champi?n Towns .
Con gratulations ar e in or de r for all
the Georgia town s wh o work ed so
hard and received recogn ition for th eir
efforts in Georgia Power Company's
1952 Champion H ome T own Contest.
First priz e winners in th eir respective
popu lation groups were Lear y, Alma,
and Sta tesboro. Each of th ese out-
sta nding town s will receive a bronze
plaque a nd $ 1,000 in cash. Alma won
an additional swee psta kes awa rd of
$1,000, in a spec ial contest open only
to first place winners in th e 1951 an d
1952 contests. This m arks th e fir st tim e
any town h as won both a first pri ze
and th e sweepsta kes awa rd in th e sam e
year.
Other Winners
Other winners in th e under 1,000 popu lation gro up, in addition to Leary , arc Ni choll s, secon d pr ize of $750, and M enlo , third pri ze of $500.
In th e 1,000 to 3,000 population group, Sylvester won second p rize of $750, and Hinesville th ird pri ze of $500. T he 3,000 to 20,000 gro up wa s won by Stat esboro, followed by Pelh am in second pl ace and Douglas in third, with prizes of $750 and $500 respectively.
In each populati on group judges chose, in addition to th e three pri ze winn ers, fou r town s for honorable men tion and six for Cert ificat es of Achi evement. Honor ab le m enti on win ners received a bronze plaqu e and $ 100.
Honorabl e m enti on goes to Ellaville, Fr anklin, Lone O ak, Snellville, Co rnelia, Lawrenceville, O cilla, Wadl ey, Hogan sville, V idali a, Washin gt on, and W a yn esboro .
Certifica tes of Achi evem ent w e r e awa rde d to Ball Ground, Co me r, D awsonville, Il a, Powd er Springs, Woodbine, Cla rkesville, Clayton, Hartwell, Lavoni a, M cD onou gh, M cR ae, Baxley, Brun swick, Carte rsville, D ouglasville, Griffin and Manch ester.
These town s and m an y othe rs work ed long a nd h ard for man y m on th s on th e contest. The citizens of th e participating towns joined h ands to mak e improvem ents whi ch will be lon g-lastin g and will ben efit th e town s for year s to Come . It is th is att itude a nd sp irit wh ich is helping Georgia grow in all pl : a~c, of its life. Co ngratula tions to all th e winn ers, a nd to all those wh o entered.

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

C inderella F oods, Di vision of Stevens Industri es, Inc., D AWSON-Two con trac ts for peanut butter, $47,252, and $53, 629.
N . 11. Bentley, MA CON -Painting
and wat erproofing civilian dormitories, Ziegler H ousing Proj ect, )'VarnerRobins Air Fo rce Base.
Fulton T rou ser Co., ATLANTA4 15,000 pr. t rousers, $864,446.
Perdue Manufacturing Co., ATHENS-1 50,000 kh aki cotton shir ts, $ 112,50 0 .
Big Ace Co rpora tion, ATHEN S235,000 kh aki cott on shirts, $ 182,657. Co rne lia Garment Co " CORNEL I A - 70,000 kh aki cotton shirts, $54,679.
Fairbank s-M orse & Co., ATLA NTA - \'Vater pumping units for K ey West Aqu educt System, Marathon, F la ., and T averni er, Fl a ., $69,835.
Pat ch en & Zimmerman , AUGUS T A - A & E services for spec ial processing an d test faciliti es, U . S. N av al Am -

munition Dep ot, Charleston, S. C., $ 26,95 0.
Worthingt on Co rp., ATLANTASteam-turbine generator unit, U . S. M a rin e Corps R ecruit D ep ot, Parris Island , S. C ., .~ 8 6 , 5 0 0 .
Southe rn Lumber & :tvifg. Co., EL LIjAY-20,000 wood pallets, $27,600.
Suthe rla nd Co ., A UG USTA-45,000 yds. cotto n cloth, $24,034.
Pleasur e C ra fts, In c., SA V ANNA H - F uel O il a nd Gasolin e, $ 126, 144.
C . R . Buckley, EAST POINTFurnishin g meals to induct ees a nd oth ers at Army Facility locat ed at L awson General H ospit al, Chamblee, $8 2,500.
Southern Sta tes Equipment Co. , H AMPT ON-Electric switches to be used for TV power plants, $ 11,000.
Southern Sta tes I ron & Roofin g Co ., SAVANNA H - Prefabr icat ing bui ldings, $70,000.
Wesson Oil Snow d rift Co ., SAVANN A H-V egetable Oil to Arm y.

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chants' Associa tion. The Pal Theatre, in Mill en, and th e M oonlight and J enkins Drive-Ins pro vide ente rtai nme nt.
J enkins County, created in 1905 and
nam ed for Charles J. J enkins, h as a
big far min g area, and of th e 224,640 ac res in th e county, land in farms tota ls 189,27 9 ac res, divide d in to 1,0 16 fa rms th at average 186.3 ac res eac h .
The coun ty populat ion is 10,264 ( 1950 ) with 29.2 persons per square mi le.
General crops a re grown in th e county, cotto n bein g a leader, 20,430 acres bein g planted to this crop in 1951. Th e h ar vest wa s 13,840 bales, with th e high yield of 325 p ounds per ac re.
Beef Cattle, Dairying
Beef ca ttle growing an d da irying a re gett ing qu ite a "ho ld" in th e cou nty, th er e bein g 18,000 acres of imp roved pastures in th e coun ty, ' th e Mulkey Fa rm An gu s herd winning man y beef ca tt le pri zes at 1952 F airs.
The O geech ee riv er traverses th e entir e distan ce of th e coun ty, a ffording hunting and fishin g gro unds, while th e Magnolia Spri ngs Sta te Park of 1,106 ac res, conta ins a clea r-wat er sp ring whi ch forms a poo l 12 to 15 feet deep in wh ich fish a nd ma rine plants may be seen. The Pa rk also conta ins a

Cas ino ; a 70-a cre fishin g lake ; swim min g beach, bathhouse and pi cn ic fa cilities, severa l miles of tr ails a nd n ewly equippe d pl aygrounds for ch ildren. I t is a popu lar yea r-' roun d recreat ion spot for this a rea.
T he Fi sh and Wi ldlife Service of th e U . S. Department of th e Interior operat es a fish hatch ery on a 100-acre tra ct adjace nt to Magnolia Park. It propagat es bream and bass wh ich ar e distributed to far m ponds. L. L. H enk le is superin tendent of th e H at ch ery.
J enk ins Co unty h as a h andsome courtho use built in 1916 followin g a fir e whi ch destroyed th e old cour th ouse. Present coun ty officers a re : Ordin ar y, R eamer Y. Lan e ; T ax C ommissioner, Mrs. N . M . R eynolds ; School Superi ntenden t, C . B. Landrum ; Sh eriff, Ro y J ohn son ; Clerk of Court, E. G . Dani els ; Co mmissioners, Stanley Clayton, H oke R eeves and A. S. N ewt on .
J. H . Sim pson is Cler k, Judge of City '
Co ur t, L. P. Strickla nd, and T om Odum is Solicitor.
The citizens of M illen an d J enk ins Co unty inv ite you to visit th em- a lot of fri endly peopl e who work h ard at th eir occu pations but who relax by goin g hunting or fishing or engaging in oth er recreation whi ch th e comm un ity provides.

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State Highway 17 Boosted at Millen
Some 35 ea rnes t Georgians gathe red at Millen on No v. 19, h eard reports of progr ess bein g made in various form s alon g th e north-to-south Geor gia State Hi ghway No . 17, and discussed plans for furth er paving on th e route.
The meetin g was h eld at nearby M agnolia Sp rings Sta te Pa rk and was preside d over by Milton Arden, of Gu yton, presiden t of State Hi ghway 17 Association, a nd was attended by other members of th e Association from cities along th e route. Sec reta ry Cliff D avenport of th e Association, of Savannah , read th e minutes of th e last meeting held a t H elen, Ga ., and reports were given by various de legates on activity and pro gress in various forms on the highway in the areas represented by th em .
Highway 17 ext en ds from Savannah Beach on th e Georgia coast to Northeas t Georgia and on into N orth Carolina above Hiawassee. Some of th e cities and towns it traverses northward include Sav annah, Pineor a, Gu yton, Oliver, Rocky Ford, Mill en, Midville, Wadl ey, Louisville, Wrens, Thomson, Washin gton , Tignall, Elb erton, Bowm an , R oyston, L a v o n i a, Toccoa , C la rkesville, H elen a nd Hi awassee.
C rossing int o North Carolina, it con nects at H a yesville with highways extending to Asheville, N . C ., a nd to Knoxvill e a nd Chattanooga in T ennessee. It also connec ts at Hi awassee with th e new paved highway recently completed betw een th ere and Clayton, with access into South Carolina, east of Clayton.
The hi ghway totals 3 14 miles in Georgia and traverses some 15 counties. The pr esen t Association was or -

Little White House The 100,000th visito r for 1952
pa ssed through th e turnstile at th e Little White House at Warm Springs on O ct. 25, indicating th at th e total attendance for th e yea r will probably pass th e all-time high of 1949, th e first year th e shri ne was open to th e public.
O ctober 28 was th e fourth a nniversary of th e official opening of th e Little White H ouse, th e Georgia home of th e lat e Pr esident Franklin D. R oosevelt, wh ere h e died Ap ril 12, 1945.
ganized in 1950 and th e highw ay is known as th e " Mo unta ins to th e Sea" route. Extending from th e mountains of Northeast Georgi a, th e road extends down through th e hi ll country and ac ross th e level lands of South Georgia an d ends at th e water's edge of th e Atlantic Ocean at Savannah Beach.
Completion of th e 30-od d miles unpaved north of th e Chatham Cou nty line, is th e goa l of th e Association which, when completed, will give th at a rea an all-pav ed road th e entire distan ce.
The meeting was keyed to th e slogan : " Le t's get th e rem aind er of th e road pav ed as soon as possible a nd th en our sha re of th e tourist bu siness that will be a by-product of th e completed pa ving of thi s import ant highwa y from Sou th to North Georgia , a nd points north and east of Geor gia."
John Quillian , of Gainesville, a mem ber of th e Geor gia Hi ghw ay D epartment, and T. D . Hou se, of th e planning divi sion of th e Department , attende d the meetin g and discussed paving plans.
Luncheon wa s served th e group at the park Ca sino, and it was voted to ho ld next me eting ea rly in 1953 in Sava nnah . .

DeKalb Terminal To Cost $12,000,000
A hu ge $ 12 million freight terminal will be constructed soon in DeK alb Co un ty, near Tucker. The p roj ect will be fin an ced by revenue certificates, an d paid for solely out of revenue . A gro up of New York inv estm ent bankers h ave commited th emselves to th e p urchase of th e certificat es, wh ich a re to be issued for a 20-yea r period and amorti zed out of revenue from th e leasing of wareh ouse space.
A combination rail , truck and freight terminal, and warehouse, th e proj ect will be locat ed on a 120-acr e trac t on th e m ain line of th e Seab oard Airli ne R ailroad . The floor a rea will cover 2,000,000 squa re feet, with paved a nd marked parking spa ce provided for 1,500 automobiles and tr ucks. Sixteen bui ldin gs will be erected, with four miles of rail road siding connecting the bui ldin gs. M ontreal Road, runn ing through th e area, is to be wid en ed into a 40-foo t highw ay, a nd a link will be constructed to th e Buf ord and Lawren ceville H ighw ays.
Buildings will be full y equipped with sp rinklers, heated by gas and insula ted.
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Associati on h as been formed, with h eadquarters at Douglasville. This gro up is work ing for improv ement of th e route throughout its length, but especially on th e Atlanta-to-Birmingham stretch . They also plan increa sed publicit y for th e route.
Thus Douglasville and Douglas County a rc making th e mo st of th eir many assets-transportation, location, raw mat erials, busy industries and prosperous farm land .

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Decemb er 25, 1952

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-monthly by
GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE 100 State Capitol
* HERMAN E. TALMADGE
Governor

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
EMORY L. BUTLER Chairman

Lonni e A. Pop e, V. Chm, Y. F. Geeslin

Ben J essup

Llo yd B. Raist y

* CLARK GAINES

S ec r et a ry

Vo l. 4, No.8

December 25, 1952

Georgia's Cash Farm
Income Breaks Record
The 1951 cash income of Georgia farmers brok e all .records, th e C rop R epo rtin g Serv ice, At hens, reports, setting th e amount at $627,477,000. With h ome consumption of crops a nd livestock valued at $ 110,460,000 ad ded, th e farm figure for th e year was $737,93 7,000 .
The C rop R ep orting Service listed th e cash cro ps a nd valu e as follows : Co tton, lint and seed, $ 163,798,000; peanuts, $54,69 2,000 ; tobacco, $64,181,000; fr uit s a nd pecan s, $17,162,000; truck crops, $ 12,985,000; corn , $8,774,000; other crops, $58,3 17,000.
L ivestock : H ogs, $55, 707,000 ; ca ttle, $36,930,000; dairy p rodu cts, $40,772,000 ; broilers, $68,530,000; ot her chickens a nd tu rkeys, $7,492,000; eggs, $27,038 ,000; othe r livestock, $2,465,000. : Governmen t payment s, $8, 634,000 .
All thi s to ta ls $627,4 77,000 a nd rep resents cash sales of farm p roducts a nd Government payments. The cash payments in 195 1 were rep orted as $5 28,798,000 . . T h e report was issued by D . L . Fl oyd and H a rry A. Wh ite, Agri cult ur al Stati stician s.

J AN U AR Y 1, 1953- Columbu s: Peanu t Bowl Gam e, M emorial Sta dium.
J AN U AR Y 5- 10-Atlanta : An tique Show, Biltm ore H otel.
J AN U AR Y 8-Sava nna h : Southe astern Den tal Associati on , H otel DeSo to .
JANUARY 9-1O-Atla n ta: National Comm. on T each er Educat ion and
. Prof. Sta nda rds, H enr y Grady H otel. J AN U AR Y 10-11-Cordele : Annual
Ca mellia Show. J ANUAR Y 12- Ath ens: Amer ican As-
sociation of U niversity Professors. J AN U AR Y 13- 15-A t h e n s : D airy
M anufacturing Sho rt Course, U niversity of Georgia. JANUARY 16-A t I a n t a: Georgia Pr ess Ad vertising C linic, Atlanta Di vision U nive rsity of Georgia .
J AN U AR Y 16-Savannah: Georgia Ornith ological S oc i e t y , Gen era l Oglet horpe H ot el.
J AN U ARY 17- Savannah : M en ' s Ga rden Club, H otel DeSoto.
J AN U ARY 17-18- Savan na h : Cam ellia Show.
J AN U AR Y 17- 18- Wa ycross : T enth Ann ual Camellia Show.
J ANU ARY 18-21-Athens : T eacher Education Co nfe rence , University of Georgia .

J AN U ARY 20-22-Atlanta : South ern Pulp wood Cons ervation Associa tion, Biltmore H otel.
JAN U AR Y 21-Athens: Georgia Section of Ameri can Society of Agr onomy, University of Georgia.
J AN U AR Y 23-24-Atla nta: Georgia I ndependent Oil M en' s Association, Biltmore H ot el.
JANUARY 23-Sava nna h : An tiq ue Show, DeSoto H otel.
J AN U AR Y 24-25-Americus : Su mter Coun ty Camellia Sh ow.
J ANUAR Y 24- 25- T homasville : Camellia Show.
J AN U AR Y 25-28-Atlanta : Geo rgia Hi gh way Co ntrac tors Association.
J AN UARY 26-27- Atla nta: American Socie ty of Landscape Arc h itects, Ansley H ot el.
J AN UAR Y 27-29-Athens : Da iry Produ ction Short Co urse , U niversity of Georgia.
J AN U AR Y 28-A t I an t a : Secon d Sou th eastern Sales a nd Sa les M a nag em ent Co nference , Atla nt a Division, U niversity of Georgia.
.JANUAR Y 28-29- Atlanta : Georgia
Ban k e rs Association , Installment Credit Conference , Henry Grady H ot el.
J AN U AR Y 29-Savannah: Antique Show, H ot el DeSoto.

COVER PICTURE This picture was taken at U nion Bag & Paper Corp . a t Savann ah , one of th e world 's la rgest kraft pa pe r p ro ducers, show ing hu ge ro lls of p a per, some ten feet high . This com pa ny will use 800,000 cords of pin e in 1952 to turn out close to 10 billion pap er sacks a nd 60,000 tons of boxes.- Phot o by Carolyn Carter.

The Chattooga County Hospital, at Summerville, is an excellent example of the modern health faciliti es going up throughout th e State. This $34 5,000 hospital has 31 beds. (See Story on Pa ge 3. )

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NEWSLETTER

December 25, 1952

The Mitch ell Co unty H ospit al, pictured above, is located at Camilla . O ne of th e State's fin est, it has 32 beds, an d was built at a eost of mo re tha n $260,000.

Many Health Facilities Already Completed In State Program At Cost of $25 Million

Georgia's expa nde d hospit al building program designed to be close to practically eve ry citizen of th e Sta te is rapidly reac h ing th at goa l.
Spurred by passage by Congress of the Hill-Burton Act, th e cost of building and equ ipping hospit als is sh a red th ree ways-by th e Fed eral Government , th e Sta te and by Counties. The cost to project -sponsors has ranged from 20 percent to 33 1/ 3 percent, making th e cost within rea ch of less popu lated a rea s.
Alread y, 32 new hospitals, ad ditions to eigh t existing h ospitals, 38 Pub lic Health Ce n ters and three oth er type heal th projects have been com pleted in th e Sta te at a cost of $25,603,411, while hospit als and othe r health facilities under construction will cost an estimated $11,937,712.
T his mean s th at th e hospital construction program, completed and un der way, will cost app roximately $37,500,000, and in addition, th e tentative construc tion p rogr am ca lls for an ex pend iture of $20,000,000.
T he p rogram also mea ns that hospital a nd othe r h ealth facilities in th e Stat e will be built a nd improved over the period of a few yea rs at a cost of from $55,000,000 to $60,000,000.
Dr. R. C . Willi am s, Director of hospital services of th e Geor gia D epa rtment of Publi c H ealth , predi cts that with in th e next few yea rs th e need for hospit al fa cilities in th e rural ar eas of

th e Sta te will be more full y met. Th ere still rem ain a lar ge number of obsolete fac ilities in th e lar ger cities providing specialized services for both rura l an d urba n ar eas, th at need to be remodeled or replaced, Dr. Willi ams says.
In bringing th e h ospit al program close to th e homes of th e peopl e, Dr. Wi lliam s reasons that numerous hospitals dotting th e State not on ly will make it more conveni ent for th e sick in rural ar eas to see a doctor and obtain hospital service, oft en eme rgency, but sho uld eliminate m any long, hurried tr ips to city medical cente rs.
"We feel," says Dr. Williams , "th at 40 or 50 miles is too far for patients to have to go to obta in med ical attention, especially for eme rgenc y and general tr eatment.
" T here ar e a lot of highway accidents over th e State and often th e victim's life dep ends up on getting to a hospital imm ediately for a blood transfusion or othe r tr eatment."
I t is pointed out th at in most in sta nces th e city resident alrea dy has availa ble prompt ho spit al services th at may be reach ed within a m atter of minutes, a nd th e State p rogr am is also to mak e facilities for efficient service a vailable for persons stricke n anywhe re in th e State-especially in remote section s.
"T h erefore, th e ho spital program in Georgia is designed primarily to pro-

vide imp roved hospit al ca re for ALL th e citizens of th e State, all races a nd economic groups, whether in th e cities or in th e rural a reas . In some instances, two or more counties h ave 'pooled' resources an d united in building a hospit al," Dr. William s points o u t.
Dr. -W illia m s sta tes th at wh en th e program is completed, it is an ticipa ted that better ho spit al services will be availab le to all th e peop le in Geor gia, an d th ere will be a better distribution of ph ysician s and of m edi cal ca re in th e State.
Ho spitals already comp leted, loca tion , number of beds, and cost :
T anner M em orial, Carrollt on, 37, $528,000; Minnie G . Boswell M emoria l, Greensboro, 28, $401,250; Upson County, Thom aston, 92, $1, 122,000; H all County, Gain esville, 112, $1,608,306 ; Mitch ell Co un ty, Cam illa, 32, $268, 168; Elb ert Co un ty, Elberton, 47, $780,276 ; Cobb M em orial, Royston, 23, $213,460 ; Wort h County , Sylvester, 28, $293, 113; St . Fran cis, Columbus, 154, $1,909,806 ; Stewart-Webster, Richl and, 24, $255,536.
Spa lding Coun ty, Griffin, 96, $1,321,491; K ennestone M emorial, M arietta , 105, $ 1,208,564; M em orial H ospit al, Adel , 27, $193,800; J asper Co unty, Monticello, 25, $260,000 ; M cR aeT elfair County, M cRae, 30, $360,000; Burk e County, Waynesboro , 38, $4 16,-
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GEORGIA D EPARTMENT OF COMM ERCE

NEWSLETTER

D ecember 25, 1952

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

New Peach Process
The true Georgia peach will be better represented in the North in th e summer of 1953 than it has previously, du e to a process which p ermits th e peach es to rip en on th e tree, and then be picked for sh ipm ent. This hydracooling process, which is about th e equivalen t of spraying th e fruit with ice water immediately after it is picked , means that th e p each can be rip e when it is picked and it will still reach the market at th e peak of its flavor. Pr eviously th e fruit has been picked almost green, and shipped ou t on refrig erated cars. According to Dr. Francis E. Johnstone, head of th e division of horticulture of the University of Georgia , the new process will mean that th e consump tion of p eaches will increa se, and th e price of th e fruit sh ipped out of th e state will be greater.
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South 's Cattle Gains
The phenomenal rise in number of beef ca ttle in th e South was brought ou t in figures recently released by th e Fed eral R eser ve Bank of Atlanta in its Bankers Farm Bulletin. The South Atlantic states, with a 22 percent rise in beef cattle population since 1949, led the nation in percentage increase . Geor gia farms have contributed greatly to this figure, with a rise from th e 1949 figure of 430,000 beef cattle to th e current figure of approximately 625,000 . The bank attributed some of this ga in to "rapid progress with n ew practices for pasture improvement .. ." It is exp ect ed that there will be 93 mil lion beef cattle in th e nation by Janua ry, 1953.
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Sm a ll B usiness Film
To Show in Atlanta
A p remi er e sho win g of th e mo vie " Sm all Business in the Air Fo rce" will be presented at 11 a. m ., Wednesday, January 14, 1953, in the Assembly Hall of th e Atlanta Public Library, Carnegie Way and Forsyth St. , NW, Atlanta, by the Georgia Department of Commerce and the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. All those who ar c in terested are cor dially invited to attend . Following the film , there will

be a qu estion -and-answer per iod and a brief discu ssion on various phases of Air Force Procu rements relative to Small Bu siness.
In order that sponsors may know ho w many to expect, it will be app re cia ted if those planning to attend will send a post-card to: Air R egional R ep resentative, Atlanta R egional Office, Southern Air Procurement District , 760 West Peachtree St ., NW, Atlanta, Ga .
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Fertilizer Plant
A h uge new fertilizer plant has been bui lt at CARROLLTON by th e Cotton Producers Association, replacing one which burned rec ently. The new stru cture is larger than the old, and wa s built at a cost of mo re than $300 ,000 . One of the most complete and efficient fertilizer plants in th e countr y, it is virtually a "push -butt on" ope ra tion. This plant, which is expected to be in full op eration by th e first of th e yea r, will supply fertilizer to fa rm er-memb ers of th e coope rative in northwest Georgia , part of T ennessee, and Alabama.
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Shirt Factory
The Swainsboro, Shirt Company of SWAINSBORO op ened recently for the manufacture of sports shirts. Employees will number approximately 100. The new firm is occupying quarters which have been completely redeco-
rated. J. A. Pierce and J. A. Groce
a re the op erators of th e Swainsboro Shirt Company.
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Shoe Firm Heads South The Boston Nov elty Sho e Corpora-
tion has mov ed to ATLANTA . The firm , whi ch has been op erating in Boston for the past 20 yea rs, wholesales popular-priced wom en 's and children's sh oes, Pr esident of th e 'firm Stanley
K . Morton , says th at 99 per cent of th e
bu siness of th e compan y is done in th e South, and that th e move will th erefore reduce fr eight costs and give better service. The firm is located at 218 Pryor Street, S.W . The area it serves extends from Virginia to Florida and west to Texas, with an export business to Latin-Am erica. O fficers in addition to President Morton are George and Ellis Morton, who ar e all moving to Atlanta to live.

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Ch inchilla Ranch
A chinc hilla ranch is no w op era ting ' at CARROLLTON , th e fir st in th at immed iate vicinity. Owned by Do ug Cunnin gham, Mayor of Carrollton, the an imals ar e housed in a modern , firep roof , air-conditioned building. T here are acc ommodations for 78 animals at th e ranch . The animals are being grown now for breeding purposes, with commercial growth for the p elts at least five yea rs away, according to Mr. Cunningham.
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Tobacco VVarehouse
VIDA LIA will have another tobacco auc tion sales warehouse wh en n ext tobacco season rolls around. Guy Barnes of Rocky Mount, N. C. , of th e firm Easley, Barnes and Walker, has let a contract for construction of a warehouse on Vidalia to Lyon s H igh way. The new structure will have more th an 100,000 square feet of floor space. Construction on th e brick, concrete and steel bu ild ing is scheduled to begin in January. The floor and sidings will be of concre te, with a brick front, and an electrically-welded tubular stee l fr ame .
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Needed Wa rehouse
Slated for Port
A refri geration storage installa tion is scheduled to be built at th e St at e Port at Savannah. The proj ect "will cost $1,168 ,068, and will h ave a gross capacity of 350,000 cubic feet, providing cool storage, cold storage and qu ick-freeze facilities . It is planned by a . new corpora tion, th e Georgia Refrigerated Warehouses, Inc., of Savan-
nah, form ed by John J. Rauers, Jr.,
Willi am Lattimore and O wen H. Page, Jr.
The install ation will do the largest porti on of its bu siness in tran sit commodity storage for interstate and in trasta te commerce. It will be situated on a two-acre tr act leased fr om th e State Port. A doubl e loading area for all types of vehi cles will be provided as well as extensive railroad siding.
Construction on th e project is exp ect ed to begin not later than Fe bruary. Port authorities state that such facilities ar e needed at the State Port, and a re sh ort throughout th e entire Southeast.

NEWSLETTER

December 25, 1952

Newnan, Famous as "City of Homes," I~ Also City of Busy Industry

Newnan , one of th e sta te's most pro: gressive cities, is situa ted in Cow eta County, on land wh ich originally wa s the home of th e Cow eta Indian s, m embe rs of th e Second G reat Muscogee tribe among th e L ower C reeks. L and in that ar ea was acquired by th e T reaty of Indian Springs, and Coweta Co un ty, nam ed for th ese Indian s, was crea ted in 1826.
Newnan itself was nam ed for General Dani el Newn an , a n officer in th e Seminole a nd C reek Indian W ars wh o served in Co ng ress in 1831.
From th ese h umble beginni ngs, th e city h as grown to a populati on of a pproxim ately 10,000 , and th e county to about 30,000. Although Newna n is an industrial city, it is one of th e most bea utiful in th e State, with wid e streets, handsome public buildings, and beautifu l pr iva te h omes. I nd eed, th e homes of N ewn an a re so well known th a t it is called th e "City of Homes." The happy bal an ce of industry and agricultur e of th is a rea is reflecte d in th ese well-kept homes and th e p rogressive policies of th e city.
School System
The city scho ol system is one of th e best in th e State. Pr esent pl an s call for spending m or e than on e million dollars for th ree new eleme nta ry schools, and a new gym and au ditorium for th e recently-completed hi gh school. In addition to th is sum, $350,000 will be spen t for a new colored high school for th e city an d count y.

C ity and Co unty welfa re offices. A new housing proj ect of 100 unit s is 10ca ted at Newn an , a nd additional units are soon to be buil t.
The fa ct th at N ewn an is a p rosperous city did not ju st happen . Its people invested th eir money at home and bu ilt up th riving bu sinesses and ind ustri es. T oday, one of th e foundat ions of N ewnan's pr osperi ty, the text ile indu str y, is being buttressed by othe r types of plants, whi ch also a re meeting with succ ess.
Two -of th ese are th e U n ited Extruders, aluminum extrude rs, an d th e Rich a rdson Co ., making battery boxes. U nited Extruders is enla rging its opera tions with a new bu ildi ng a nd expects to em ploy 350-400 p ersons by April. The Richardson Co ., is in th e process of doub ling its employmen t to meet the dem and for its products.
Am ong the lar gest employe rs in th e city a re th e text ile pl ants of th e Newnan Cotton Mill s, Am erican Thread Co., Arn all M ills an d Arnco M ills, all emp loying hundreds of per sons.
The R . D . Cole M anufacturing Co., is another of th e city's la rge industri es, m akin g stee l towers an d ta nks which a re ship ped throughout th e cou ntry.

T his firm will celebrate its 99th bir thday in M ay of 1953.
Industr y of all types is active in Newnan . It s plan ts include a ca bine t maker, Askew Lumber Co ., ferti lizer compa ny, Georgia Belle Gu an o Co ., severa l constr uction companies, Neeley, H al J ones, a nd Roger Pat e, two cotton gins, Cowe ta War ehouse & Gin Co., and F a rmer s War ehou se & Gin Co., and th e M an get Broth ers Co., cotton brokers.
Four bottling compa nies are loca ted th ere-Pepsi-Cola, Nu G ra pe, Royal C rown a nd Co ca -Co la- and othe r food-produ cin g ind ustr ies incl ude Singleton Bakery, Coweta Co -op Dairies, Farmer & H ouston Egg Co. , Beavers Packin g Co ., meat packers, Woods F rozen Foods, Am erican Serv ice C o.,
ice plan t, an d J. IV1. Nea l & Son, corn
m eal.
Other th rivin g industri es a re M oncrief Sheet & M etal Works, a nd Brown Steel Contractor, th e M urr ay Print ing Co. , Co ncrete Produ cts, conc rete pipe and blocks, H erm an Glass, produci ng concrete blocks, Interstate M a rble & Granite Works, mo nu ments, N ewnan Fibres Co., wh ich blend s waste, Attaway R oller Cov ering Works, a nd Goza Sea t Cover Shop. O th ers ar e the Royal Manufacturing Co ., pro duci ng toilet seats, F . M . Bryson, planing mill , and several lumber compa nie s- Askew, Southe ast, Gazaway-D ye, Wil kinson,
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A new armory will be built in 1953, a t a n estim ated cost of $ 140,000, a nd .1 n ew D istrict Forestry office, costing $20,000 for th e buil din g exclusive of land and equipmen t, is slated for N ewnan.

N ewna n has a modern wa ter work s and sewage disposal plant . The filtration plant has a ra ted ca pacity of th ree m illion ga llons per day.

C itizens ar e especially p roud of th eir hospita ls. The C ity-owned Newn an . City H ospit al h as 66 beds, and th e Newnan Colored H ospital has 19. T hese ho spitals offer excellen t med ica l service.

The handsome Municip al Building houses th e City's offices and operations. A Welfare Building is used by

An aerial view of the City of N ewnan, showing th e Cow eta County Courthouse in th e center, and a large part of the busine ss district.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CO M M ERCE

NEWSLETTER

December 25, 1952

Cumming Citizens Create Industries Affording Work For Local People

tern a nd put in th e di al system last yea r. R . L. Brogden is m an ager of th e C umm ing exchange , there being approxima tely 1,000 ph on es in C ummin g and Forsyth Co un ty.

If the sp iri t of Chief Sa wnee, th e Che rokee I nd ia n wh o onc e ruled over th e a rea, were to look down fr om the nearby mountain peak- l ,300 feetth at bears hi s nam e, upon th e city of C umm ing, h e wou ld be amazed a t th e cha nge th ere.
Th e tepee has given away to mod ern homes, th e smo ke messages h ave cha ng ed to th e telephon e, an d th e ca m p fires hav e been la rgely supplanted by elec tricity and 0 th e r h eating meth od s; th e war wh oop is now th e hum of machin ery in indu strial plants.
M ore th an 100 yea rs old , C ummi ng's populati on in 1950 was 1,264, according to th e U . S. Ce nsus report. I t is nestled in th e h ills and mo unta in ranges of North Georgia, in Forsyth Co un ty, created in 1832.
C umming residents h ave relied largely upon th eir own resou rces and h ave develop ed ind ustr ies th at a re m anned by local peop le.
Broiler Industry
Wh en th e br oiler industr y develop ed in N orth G eorgia, R oy P. Otwell, wh o has been M ayor 22 yea rs and was reelected for ano th er tw o-year term beginn ing J an. 1, erected a large bui lding and a wareh ouse whi ch in 1943 he leased to Wi lson & Co., Chicago packin g firm . T h e Wi lson Co m pany em ploys 300 peop le, processing chickens grown locall y, mo stly on contrac t. I ts plant has a ca pacity of 20,000 fowls daily. H . O . Swartswood is m anager of the plan t.

pr odu cts. L eland Bagwell opera tes thi s plant .
Th e Bank of C umming, of wh ich Mayor Otwell is pr esident, was or ga nized in 1904 a nd reflects th e finan cial gro wth of th e com m unity. In 1904 th e bank' s - resources were $58 ,232, and a t th e close of 1952 a re $2,134,302. B. L. Redd is cashi er of th e ban k.
C umming h as 36 merch ants and bu siness firms, includ ing severa l a uto-
mobile dealers. .Ioe Brooks is p resi-
dent of th e active K iwani s Club, Eight hundred pupils a ttend th e C ummi ng H igh Schoo l, of wh ich O . M . Bellom y is sup erint endent. A 20-acre site h as been purch ased up on wh ich a n ew h igh school plant is to be erec ted a t a cost of $250,000 . Buses bring pu pils from all over th e coun ty to this schoo l.
Ther e a re several jun ior high an d gramm a r schools opera ted in differen t sections of th e county. A. R . H ou sley is Co un ty Scho ol Superintendent.
C ummi ng is serve d by four ch urches, th e First an d Second Baptist, M ethodist an d Church of Go d .
The wat er and sewerage system was expande d in 1948 and pla ns for furth er improvem en t an d extension in 1953 are u nder way. T he Georgia Power Co., furn ishes electricity for th e city's lighting system and also p ower for p racti cally a ll in du strial plants th er e, whi le th e Southern Bell T eleph on e Co., oper a tes th e teleph one sys-

U . S. H ighway 19 t raverses Cummin g and th e county, and man y oth er paved road s serv e the a rea . All of Cu mm ing's ma in stree ts a nd sidew alks ar e paved ; mo dern eq uipme nt, including a truck bought th is year, protects th e city from fires. M ashb urn H ospital affor ds m edical services for the area .
The signs on highw ays ente rin g C umm ing intrigue touri sts and others. They rea d: " T h e best town in G eorgia by a dam site." This indica tes th at th e p roposed Buford Dam on nea rby Ch att ahoochee Ri ver, will back wa ter up to Cummi ng, affor di ng a fishi ng and recreation spo t.
Th e hom e office of th e Sawnee Electri c M emb ership Corp., is here. T his R EA facilit y has 1,0 30 mil es of lin es and serv es 5,000 rura l memb er s in F orsyth, a nd parts of D awson , L umpkin, Gwinnett, C hero kee, H a ll and Fulton coun ties. F . M . Cha ncey, man ager of Sawn ee offi ce, says improvements cost ing $75,000 were m ad e on th e system in 1952 and th at fur th er exp ansions costing $50 ,000 will be mad e ea rly in 1953. It is planned to add 100 miles of lin es and 300 n ew m emb ers. Th e facility operates eigh t tru cks, eq uippe d wi th radio-telepho nes, and h as 24 employes, eight in the mai n office.
Mr. Chanc ey says 94 percent of th e 2,034 fa rms in the cou nty h ave REA service. W. H . Barnett , of Alp haretta, is president of Sawnee Corp.
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The broiler industry is estim a ted to be va lued at $20,000,000 ann ua lly in the county, some ch ickens for sale being gr own on p racti ca lly all of th e 2,034 fa rm s in th e coun ty.

M ayor Otwell in 1949 organi zed th e Sa wnee Provision Co. , wh ich em ploys 60 people wh o p rocess ca ttle and hogs int o 60 mea t items th at a re sold with in a rad ius of 100 miles, seven ref riger ated trucks cove ring the trad e a rea . This firm pr ocesses some 75 h ead of ca ttle and 100 hogs weekly, bought over North Georgia . This h as encour-

aged th e livestock ind ustry in the coun ty.
A by-produ cts com pany employs from eigh t to 10 peop le conv erting th e broi ler and a nim al refuse (offal etc. ) into tankage, fertilizer and oth er

The attract ive new building of th e Saw nee Electric Me mbership Cor poration at Cumming , showing the Christmas decorati ons on the lawn.

GEORGIA DEPART M ENT OF CO M M ERCE

NEWSLETTER
Health Facilities ( Con tinued from Page 3)
070; Arl ington Ci ty, Ar lington, 16, $158,900 ; R ab un Co unty, Clayton, 20, $237,000 ; T owns County, Hi awassee, 14, $179,604; T err ell County, Dawson , 28, $255,867 ; Baxley-Appling Co un ty, Baxley, 27, $257, 196; Ch attooga Co unty, Summe rville, 31, $345,000.
Screven Co unty, Sylva nia, 34, $332,000; M cD uffie County, Thomson , 29, $325,500 ; Barr ow County, Winder, 40, $550,000 ; Atlan ta Negro H ospital, At lanta, 116, $1,725,984 ; Eman uel County, Swai nsboro, 50, $591,790 ; H ab ersha m County, Demo rest, 44, $550,228; Laurens Co un ty, D ublin, 60, $886,068 ; Americus-Sumt er Co unty, Americus, 100, $1,339,000; St. J oseph's, Au gusta , 110, $1,626,000 ; Bacon County, Alma, 30, $329,000.
These tot al 32 hospit als, 1,647 beds, bui lt at a cost of $20,828,981.
Additions an d alterations of hospita ls already completed include Ci tyCounty, LaGrange, 74, $504,000 ; Athens Genera l, 11, $552,900 ; M acon City, $154,593 ; M acon City, 28, $57,834; Polk Ge nera l, Ce da rtown, 10, $69,500 ; Stephe ns Co u nty, T occoa, 16, $424,000.
The above includes six proj ects, 139 rooms with cost of $1,762,826.
Nurses' hom es com pleted include: M itc hell Coun ty, Camilla, $42,903 ; Batt ey Sta te, R ome, $164,162 ; Co lumbus City, $212,003. T his total eost was $4 19,068 .
Equip ment furnis hed : H ea rd County M em ori al, F rank lin, 18 beds, $17,217; Murray Co unty, Chatswo rth, 19, $41,000, at a tot al cost of $58,217.
Public H ealt h Ce nters completed a re : DeK alb Cente r, D ecatur, $195,216; Fulton, Atla nta, $476,88 1; Bulloch, Statesboro, $6 1,470; Spalding , Griffin, $173,945 ; T homas, Thomasville, $163,250 ; Elbert, Elberton, $79,491; M eriweth er, Greenvi lle, $82,500 ; Wa yne, J esup, $87,508 ; Clarke, Ath ens, $164,872 ; Gw innett, Lawrenceville, $119,215; Burk e, Waynesboro, $61,822; M itch ell, Ca m illa, $85,398 ; Floyd, Rome, $65,328.
The tota l cost of th e Ce n ters was $1,8 16,896.
Auxiliar y H ealth Ce nte rs completed include 13 in F ult on Co un ty located at th e following points : Lakewood, $37,935 ; South F ult on , $33,111; Alpharetta, $37,653 ; San dy Springs, $36,271; Cen ter H ill, $42, 120 ; Adamsville, $43,00 1; H owell M ill, $3 1,679; Fairburn , $40,696; Co llins, $39,380 ; Buckhead , $38,726; R ed O ak, $42,086 ;

Decem ber 25, 1952

Monroe County's Chamber Progresses
The newly-organized chamber of commerce for M onroe Co unty rep ort s th at it is makin g good progr ess in its drive for m emb er s. Hugh Sosebee h as been elec ted president of th e gro up and Ed D. J ensen is secre tary. The ch amber of commerce h as as its purpose th e p rom otion of the ag ricu ltural, industrial a nd civic welfare and grow th of the county.
Rockdale, $32,90 1; Perkerson , $38, 190. O th ers ar e H ar ris County, H amil-
ton, $33,800 ; Wilkinson, I rwinton, $36,879; At kinson , Pear son, $20,392; Taylor, Butl er, $23,730; Lam ar , (Public H ealth Center a nd m aternity shel ter beds) , B arn e svi l l e, $165,372; O conee, Watk insville, $43,500 ; Dawson, Da wsonv ille, $44,082 ; Camden, Woo d bin e , $45,714 ; Effi ngham, Springfield , $38,367 ; Brooks, Quitman, $66,415; Eva ns, Claxton , $39,763; Da de, T rent on , $53,250.
T he tot al cost of th ese Centers was $ 1, 105,0 13.0 7.
H ospit als under construction at thi s tim e include : Co ffee Co un ty, Douglas, 60 beds, to cost $937,274; T ri-County, Fort Ogleth orpe, 100, $1,109,066 ; T reutlen County, Soperton, 25, $300,4 10; R ockm a rt- Ar agon , R ockma rt, 25, $329,956 ; I rwin Co unty, O cilla , 25, '$328,775 ; Pierce County, Blackshear, 25, $340,564 ; Peach Coun ty, Fort Valley, 25, $396,848 ; Lownd es Co unty, Valdosta, 80, $1,154,545; Go I'd 0 n Co unty, Calho un, 40, $639,302 ; Cr isp Co unty, Cord ele, 40, $767,000 ; Brunswick City, 75, $1,098,600 ; Turn er Co unty, Ashburn, 25, $416,674.
H ospitals un der const ruction will cost $ 11,113,004.04.
Additions an d alterations of hospitals un der construction include University Hospita l, Augusta, (remodeled ) , $1,067,000 ; Americus - Sum ter County, Ameri cus, (U nit for colored pa tients) , $286,082 ; T ift Coun ty H ospit al, Tifton, $371,120.
This work will total $ 1,724,202.24. Lab oratory under constr uction: Bat tey Sta te H ospit al, R om e, $153,413. Publi c H ealth Cen ters under construction : Polk County, Cedartown, $82,650 ; Walton County , M onr oe, $93,270 ; R ich mond County, Augusta , $426,620. These will cost $602,540.82. Au xilia ry H ealth Ce nters un der construction: McIntosh County , Darien, $49,980; R abun County, Clayton, $65,200 ; Dou glas Co un ty, Douglasville,

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
The following firm s in Georgia have been awa rde d contrac ts by th e Gove rn ment in recent weeks :
Savanna h Sugar R efin ery, S A V ANNAH-Sugar, Ar my, $22,000.
R o9C Ci ty F oods, Inc., TH OiHASVI L LE-17,784 ca ns pean ut butter, $31,109.
Lyons T ext ile M ill, I nc., GREENSBO RO-107,000 cotton utility ja ckets, $62,465.
Bibb M an ufacturing Co ., }"f ACON - 90,000 cotto n bed shee ts, $153,945.
Sa m Finley, In c., ATLANTA- Construction of additional apron ramp, Lake Charles Air For ce Base, L a., $35,5 15.
Ed . L. Powers Co n tracting Co., ] E S U P-Constr uction of telephone bu ild ing , Camp Stewa rt, Libert y Co unty, Ga. , $55,992.
$52,000; J en kins Co unty, Mill en, $51,749 ; Butts Co un ty, Jackson, $57,989; Cha rlton Co un ty, F olkston, $46,000 ; Berri en, N ash ville, $49,544.
T his work will cost $372,462.05.
A recapitulati on of th e Georgia h ospi ta l p rog ram begun since th e passage of th e H ill-Bur ton Act show s th at hospitals an d fa ciliti es comp leted thu s fa r cost a to ta l of $25,603,4 11; hospitals a nd othe r facilit ies und er construction a re to cost $ 11,937,712.
This mean s th at a pprox imately $37,500,000, h as alread y been spen t on 32 hospit als and othe r health faciliti es completed an d in ope ra tion at thi s tim e und er th e program, a nd will be spe nt for facilities under const ruc tion now.
T he tentative program yet to be undertaken for hospitals an d health centers is estimated to cost more than $20,000,000, whi le the State H ealth Departm en t reports th at requests of communi ties for assista nce under th e Hi ll-Burton Act to bui ld hospital facilities, tota l a pprox imately $50,000,000. T h is is in additio n to th e p rogram already completed, in course of construction or a pproved.
Dr. 1'. F . Sellers, Director of th e Geor gia Publ ic H ealth Service, expresses pleasur e at th e progress of th e hospital program so fa r in th e State a nd pr edi cts th at wh en complete d a greatly improved H ealth service will be provide d th e citizens of Georgia .

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Cumming (Continued from Page 6)
Ci ty officers, besides M ayor Otwell, are Counc ilme n P, H. Worl ey, W . O . Wills, G . L. M erritt, M . P. Holbrook an d J oel Webb ; Bass F arr is Chief of Police a nd Mil es Wolfe is Waterw ork s Supe rin tenden t an d Fire C hief.
The F orsyth Co unty N ews, esta blished in 1908, is pu blished weekly at C ummi ng. R oy P. Otwell is editor a nd owner; J ames L. R eeves and T. W. Gunter , associa te editors.
N am ed for Gov. John Forsyth , th e county in 1950 had 11,005 populati on an d th e area is 243 square mil es. The land area is 155,520 acres, 86 percent of whic h is in farms. Gen eral cro ps are grown, with much land being devoted to pas tu res for bot h dairy and beef ca ttle. Forsyth Co un ty advertises th at it is " the hom e of K entucky Fescu e in Georgia," a nd this pasture grass is sti ll popular in th e a rea.
Co un ty officers inclu de : O rd ina ry,
E. D . Dover; Cler k of Court, J. V.
M errett ; Tax Co mm issione r, NIl'S. V en nie R edd ; Corone r, H enry Pruitt ; Surveyor, Arnold William s; She riff, H ill T allent.
Newnan
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Wynn , H ollis, and T om C . Stro the r & So n.
Ther e a re 16 civic gro ups in th e city, whi ch work together effec tively to br ing about m an y of th e projects of wh ich N ewnan is p ro ud . A Civic Council, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce is mad e up of represe nta tives fro m all of th e groups in town , a nd serves as a clearinghouse, m eeting to discuss comm unity project s and

p robl em s. T h e N ewnan-Coweta County Cham-
ber of Commerce is very ac tive . Some of its projects for 1953 a re an increased memb er ship, industri al and agricultural development, promotion of tou rist trad e, and year-round beautification of city a nd county. J ack K eith is new presiden t of the C hamber, and other officers a re Raleigh Arnall, vice-president, and H orace Goza, t rea surer. New di rectors a re M ike Milligan , H amilton C . Arnall, Sam Earle, Dan Boone, Jr. , H oward Parks, and Bill Estes. D. C. H arrison is manager.
Good Transportation
The city is situated on U . S. H igh ways 29 and 27-A, an d State Hi gh ways 16 a nd 34. It is served by two ra ilroa ds, Ce nt ra l of Georgia a nd Atl ant a & W est Point, and by four truck lin es.
The Newn an Times-H erald, esta blished in 1864, is one of Geor gia's outsta nding week lies. J ames Thomason is edi tor.
Fa rmi ng in Coweta County is becom ing more and more diversified . Co tto n, whil e still imp ortant, is m aking way for th e gr owing livestock industry. Pulpwood and pin e products a re im porta nt in th e fa rming economy. Acco rding to a preliminary survey made J an ua ry 31, 1952, there are 1,90 1 farms in the county, with an ave rage acreage of 127.6. Prin cipal cro ps in clude cotton, dairy p roducts, livestock, poultry, small grains, peach es, an d ap ples. Some turkeys are now bein g grown in th e area .
T wo large text ile mills, t he G ra n tville Mill s of Grantville, a nd Sou thern Mills in Sen oia, eac h employing several hundred peopl e, con tri bu te m aterially to th e wealth of Cow eta County.

Georgia Leads Nation In 4-H Club Winners
All Georgian s rejoice th at thi s State lead th e nation in 4-H C lub winners at th e N ati onal C lub Congress held recently in Chicago. The 13 fir st-prize na tiona l win ners were:
William L ind er, of Dudley, com munity relations; Will iam Davis, Val dosta, lead ership ; Allison Wa de, Arabi, health imp roveme nt ; C happel A. Co lEns, J r., Camilla, forestry ; Edna Adri an Short, Chipley, citizenship; Eva J o Donah oo, Wind er, health improvement ; Faye H eard, Decatur Co unty, bea ut ification of h ome gro un ds; Shirley J ea n Skinner, Ad rian , ca nn ing ; M a ry F ran ces Davis, Cu lverton, po ultry ; Grace Wa r ren , Dext er , clothing ; Eddie M . Folds , Granite Hi ll, soil and wat er conserva tion; R oger Hagan , Sta tesbo ro, field crops ; E leanor Glyn Inman , M an or, recreation and rura l a rts.
The world's th ird la rgest pedigreed cotton-seed mu lti plier is locat ed in th e county- the Empire Co tto n Seed Com-
pany . Operated by W . J. Estes and L.
O . Hutchinson, thi s company sells Em pire Co tton Seed in all parts of th is cou ntry a nd in M exico.
The C ity has a Mayor-Council govern me nt, head ed by M ayor E. E. Lovern, with Co uncilmen Pitts J ohnson, M ayor Pro T ern, R . W. Alexander, H enry Sargent, Aar on K eh eley, R . B.
Hubbard , Jr., Lee R obison , J. T.
H a ynes an d Carl Attaway. Jimmy Askew is Chief of Police, and E rn est Kidd is Fi re Chief.
Co unty Commissione rs a re Dr. T. \V. Sewell, Chairm an , Rhodes J ohnson, W .
H . J oh nston, J. B. Talley and D . M .
Lamb.

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JANUARY 10, 1953

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* H ERMAN E. T AL M ADGE
Gove rnor

BOARD O F COM MISSIONERS

EMO RY L. BU TLER Chairman

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Sec retary

Vol. 4, No.9

January 10, 1953

Confederate Mus eum
Op ened By State
An interesting spot for visitors is th e recently-opened Sta te M useum of th e Co nfed eracy at Crawfordville. Er ect ed on th e grounds of th e old home of Alexande r H . Stephe ns, Vice-President of th e Confed eracy, it conta ins mem entoes of th at period. The Sta te appropriated $50,000 for th e fir epr oof bui lding, an d $23,000 for th e ca ses. M iss La ur a L ee Crawford, caretaker, is on hand, an d th ere is no charge for visiting the m u se u m .

J ANUARY lO-1 1-Cordel e : Ann ua l Camellia Show.
J AN UARY 12-A thens: Am eri ca n Associa tion of U niversity Prof essors.
J AN U AR Y 14- Atl ant a : Showing of Fi lm " Sma ll Business in the Air For ce," 11 a. m., Atlanta Public L ibr ar y, spo nsored by Georgia Dep artment of Commer ce and Atlanta C ham ber of Commer ce.
J AN UAR Y 16-A tla n ta : G eo I' g i a Pr ess Adv erti sing Clinic, Atla n ta Di vision U niversity of Geor gia.

J AN U AR Y 17-Savann ah : M en' s Ga rden C lub , H ot el DeSot o.

J AN U AR Y 17-18-Savan nah : C a melli a Sh ow.

J AN UARY 17- 18-Waycross: T ent h Annual Cam elli a Show.

J AN UARY 18-2 1-Athen s: T eacher Education Co nference, U niversity of Georg ia .

JA N UARY 20-22- Atl an ta : Sou thern

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J AN U AR Y 21-Athens: The Georgia Section of th e Am er ican Societ y of Agron omy, U niversity of Georgia .

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J AN U ARY 23-24-Atla n ta : Georgia

Indep end en t Oil M en 's Associa tion

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J AN U ARY 23-Savann ah: An tique Show, D eSot o H ot el.

J AN U ARY 24-25-Ameri cus: Sumter Coun ty Cam ellia Show .

J ANU AR Y 24-25-Thom asville : Camellia Show .

J ANU AR Y 25-28-Atlan ta : Ge orgia H igh way Con tractor s Associa tion.

J AN U AR Y 26-27- Atla n ta : America n Society of L andscape Architects, An sley H ot el.

J AN U ARY 27-29-A thens: D airy Pro du ction Short Course, U niv er sity of Georgia .

J AN U ARY 28-Atlanta : S e c o n d Sou th eastern Sales an d Sales M a nage men t Confer ence, Atlanta Di vision, U niversity of Georg ia .

J AN UARY 28-29-Atla nta: Geor gia Ban k e I' s Associa tion, Installmen t Credit Conf er ence, H enry Grady H otel.

J AN U ARY 29-Savannah : An tique Show, H otel D eSoto.

COVER PICTURE

D estined to becom e one of Geo rgia's grea test tou rist a ttra ctions ar e th e I da Cason Ga rd ens, opened last M ay, locate d on H ighw ay 27 bet ween Chipley and H amilton . The 1,000 -acre ga rdens wer e esta blishe d by Cason Callaway, Georgia in dustr ialist, in m em ory of h is mo ther. The visitor ca n tak e a fivemile scenic d rive overlooking six lakes, beautiful pine trees and wild flowers, and enjoy th e nin e-hole golf cour se, h andsome clubhouse, fish ing and pleasure boats, well-stock ed lak es for fishing, an d bea utiful p icn ic a reas. This m illion-dollar ga rden an d playland is fast becom ing one of Georgia's grea test attractions a nd is on e of th e fin est su ch a reas in the coun try. A small portion of th e gardens is sho wn on th e cover.-Photo b-y Carolyn Ca rter.

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The re cent holid ays pla yed up th e importance of turkeys to th e Sta te to th e farmer and to th e housewife. Turkeys arc fast becoming year -round far e and in order to meet the growing dem and, our Sta te is produ cin g 800,000 bi rds annually .' T his fin e-look ing flock is typical of m any bein g raised in all parts of Georgia.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COM M ERCE

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NEWSLETTER

J anua ry 10, 1953

Large Plants, Diversified Industry Converting Georgia Into One of Great Industrial Areas

T he yea r just come to a close wrote a new and very bri ght chapter in th e industrial life of Georgia, lifting it to a high er status in th e economic world, putting fa r behind th ose. yea rs wh e~ Georaoi a was a Sta te dominat ed m er.cilessly by a cott on crop often mo re ruin ous to its prosper ity and welfar e than othe r wise. with little industr y to help balance th e St ate's econo mic sca les.
Industrial production, th e value of manufactured produ cts turn ed out by Geor zia mills in 1952, was in th e neighborh~od of four billion dollars. T h is compa res wit h littl e mor e th an ?alf a billion dolla rs as th e value of industrial produ ction in th e St at e in 1940, just 12 yea rs ag o.
But still more significa nt was th e fact th at 1952 saw a number of th e nation' s big indu str ies rooting down in Georgia, corporations grea t in th e manufacturing world buildin g large plan ts h ere to avail th:mselves .of. th e m aj or adva ntage s that industry IS finding in locating in our Sta te.
Diversification
Add ed to thi s is th e vitally imp ortan t fact that a high ly healthful diversification of industr y is reflected in the new plants bein g located in th e State. All in all, Georgia sta nds on th e th resh old of a year and an era so pr omi sing that it is unpredi ctab le as to scope ; the first m on th of 1953 beh olds Georgia on its way to becom ing one of the great m anufacturing a reas of th e wo rl d!
Among th e big concern s busy last yea r establi shing plan ts in Georgia were Gen er al Electric at R ome, $25,450,000; Rome Kraft Compan y (M ead Corpora tion ) , R ome, a pproxi mately $28,000,000; Nati on al Con ta iner Corpora tion, Valdosta , $25,000,000; R ayoni er, In corporated, Doct ortown, $29,000,000, and The M en gel Compa ny, J esup, site purch ased for a $20,000,000 ope ra tion.
O ther large compa nies were Sunshine Biscui t Company, at Co lumbus ; Pittsburgh Plat e Glass Co ., East Point ; Warner Broth ers Co ., Thomasville; Bab cock & Wilcox, Brunswick ; Am erican Woo len Co ., Ti ft on ; M erck & Compan y, Alba ny : Gen eral La tex & Ch em -

By CLAR K GA INES
State Secretary of Co mmerce
ica l Co ., Dalton, a nd Peerless T exti les, Ellij ay.
Textile Industry
Georgia is p roud of her grea t cotton texti le manufacturing ind ust ry, whose annua l pro duct ion is now excee ding a billion dollar s, but all ar e glad that industr ial diversificati on, like agricult ura l diversificati on , is now tak ing such a h old in our State. In th e aforeme ntion ed pla nts, the pap er and pulp in dustry is conside rably rep resented . Food, paint, boilers, ga rments, d ru gs, la tex, electrica l equipme nt, woolens and rubber produ cts also adde d to th e picture, along with th e followin g :
A la rge feed conc ern locating in Georgia during th e year was Consolida ted Prod ucts Co., Atlanta . Fred erick H . Levey Co,, ' Atla nta, came to manu facture ink ; Precision R olls Co ., Co lumbus, texti le rolls; Co vington Sh irt Co ., M ansfield , men's shirts ; Southe rn Poultry Co. , M onroe, ch icken pr ocessing ; T alon , I nc., C levela nd, zip pers; Georgia F urni ture Mfg. Co ., Atl anta, furniture ; L. E. Beck & Sons, Scottda le, met al p roducts; U nited Extruders, In c., N ewnan, extrude d alum inum ; Am erica n Froz en Foods, Atl anta, frozen foods; a nd Southeastern Carbon Products, Atlanta, ca rbon paper .
Still othe rs who loca ted plants to add to Georgia's ind ustri al diversificati on inclu ded Alba ny C lea t Co. , Alban y, wood products; D awson H osiery M ills, Da wson , h osiery; H ospital L iqu ids, I nc., M illed geville, d rugs; Co lumbus R ock Co ., Columbus , crushe d rock ; A. & 1"1. K a ragh eusian C o., Alban y, ru gs, and Muntz TV, I nc., At lan ta, assem bly finishin g.
These were not all, bu t j ust a few to indica te that a br oad ra nge of in du str y is now selecting Geor gia for its ope rations, not only to take adva nta ge of the la rge and rapi d ly growing consumer market in th e Southeast but th e fast increa sing industrial m ark et, or the fac tories th at bu y goods from other factories.
There were also un derw ay great expan sions, such as that of the Union Bag and Pap er Co rpo ra tio n a t Savannah, spending $25,000,000 on plant ad-

dition, a nd the smaller but likewise significant expansion by th e Simmons Plating Com pa ny, in constructing a fin e new pla nt in Atla nta . And many others, such as Go odyear Tire and Rubber Co ., Cartersville ; H ercules Powd er Co ., of Brun swick, and th e South ern Pap erb oar d Corp., of Sa vannah .
T he yea r 1952 was one in whi ch a n um ber of new local cham bers of comm erce were orga nized or existing ones rejuven at ed in th e consciousness of the vast opportunity th at Georgia now faces in th e locati on of new industry. In fact, comm unity leaders th roughout Georgi a, as represented in th eir chambers of commerce, civic clubs an d others, a re giving mo re th ought and effort th an ever befor e to wa ys an d means of att rac ting new industries. In th is ac tivity, the Georgia D epartment of Co mm erc e h as concentra ted mu ch of its atten tion with a view to providin g th e local lead ers with industrial lead s or pro spects, and to coopera ting actively and construc tively with th e comm unity groups.
We find th at progr essive local govern men ts also a re eag er to assist these efforts in every way possible-not to brin g in just one industry, but a ba lan ced vari et y th at will pro vid e emplo yment for all types of workers in all ages.
First of all, th e comm unity leaders ask themselves th is qu estion : "W ha t will a n industr y expect in this communit y ?" N ot e th at th e question is in and not from a commu nity. No lon ger does a nyone th ink that all the giving should be on th e part of th e com m unity. A responsible industry knows th at it too mu st mak e a fair contribution a nd wa nt s to do this, but it does expect the community to be ab le to offer ad vantages th at a re cond ucive to th e most favorab le operating conditions.
Local Assets
A local gro up tr ying to int erest m an agement officials wh o ar e looking for a new location will always point with pride to aspects whi ch a re of direct advantage in a business way. Yet th ey might overlook indirect advantages which not merely con tribute to a su ccessful indus try but may actually determine th e difference betw een success
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GEORGIA D EPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

J a nu a ry 10, 1953

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

Peerless Mills Merger
Peerl ess Woolen Mills of R OSSVJLLE, has merged with Bur lington M ills of Greensbo ro, N. C ., in a recent transact ion . T he R ossville plant will now be know n as th e Peerless \ \' oolen Di vision of Bur ling ton Mills. Th is brings togeth er one of th e world's la rgest processors of manmad e fibers, Burlin gt on , a nd one of thi s count ry's la rgest single-unit woolen mill s, Peerl ess. A joint anno unce me nt was mad e by John 1.. Hutch eson , J r., Peerl ess presi-
dent, a nd J. C. Co wan, Jr., pres ident of
Burlington , who added th at th ere will be no cha nge in Peerless policies. Officers of Peerl ess a re bein g reta ined. These include Mr. Hutcheson , Roy Anderson , tr easur er and gene ra l man ager , S. L ewis Hutch eson , vice-president a nd sales man ager, J ack An derso n, vice-president, C . F . M cPhail, secr eta ry, a nd J ohn 1.. Hutcheson , III , pla nt manager.
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Progress at Albany
T wo of the 17 wa reho uses to be bu ilt a t the A L BANY M a rine Corps Depot of Supp lies are sch edu led to be com pleted by ea rly Spring,
according to Co mdr. J. A. Domin y
(C EC ) US N . The others will be com plet ed periodically. Of the 38 .8 mi llion app ropr ia ted by Co ngress fo r thi s D ep ot , mor e th an $30.2 million has already been p laced in contrac ts and th e rest is bein g placed . Enli sted men' s barracks are unde r const ruc tion, as a rc a subsistence bui lding, motor tr an sport and m ainten an ce building, a plant for tr eatment of sewage, and a new h ead qu arters bui lding.
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Housing Project
The BLAKEL Y H ousing Au th ority has received approval for 85 low-rental hou sing units, to cost an estima ted $800,000 . Buildin gs will be of con crete block cons truction with a brick ven eer, asbestos roofs, plaster ed walls and concret e floors. Each un it will be heated bv a n indivi d ua l fuel oil burning h eater, a nd eq uipped with an electri c stov e and refri ger at or. H ot water will be supplied by a sola r hot wat er system. The Blak ely H ou sing Authority is com posed of Chairman S. W . Tompkins, J ohn H olm an , P. H. C link-

scales, R. D. Grist, R . C . H owell and Philip Sheffield, executive di rect or. A. H . Gray is attorn ey, H . 1.. H olma n of
Ha rtford , Ala. , architect , J. 1.. Sellers, Eufau la, Ala., eng inee r, an d J. F rank
M cLean. M ont gomery, land sca pe a rch ite c t.
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State Farmers' Market
Co nstruc tion has beg un a t th e new SA V AN N AH Sta te F a rm ers' Market. Located on a 20-ac re tract on U . S. _ Hi ghw ay 80, th e m ark et is at th e north end of th e Ce ntral viaduct, a nd tou ching th e Atlanti c Co ast L ine Rai lro ad . Co mm issione r of Agri cu ltur e T om Linder, wh ose D ep artment ope ra tes th e Sta te F arm ers' M a rket Syste m, sta tes th at h e expects th e ma rket to be read y for opera tions by spr ing. Wh en com plet ed , thi s m a rket will be one of th e largest ma jor term inal fa rm ers' markets in Geor gia .
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Tufted Industry
Sco res B a nner Ye a r
The tuft ed textil e industr y, of wh ich DALTON is th e wo rld center, reports th e biggest yea r in its h istor y in 1952, in a sun 'ey cond uc ted by Daily News R ecord, a trad e publicati on . Production a nd dollar volume both soared a hea d of 195 I figures, and prod uction for th e last six months alone of 1952 was ahead of some pr oducti on for entire recent yea rs.
Tufted cotton floor cove ring is also on th e increase, with 1952's tot al volume way a hea d of 1951' s record-break ing production. Experts in th e ind ustry feel th at 1953 will bring a n even larger production increase.
The demand for bedspreads d ur ing C hristmas was so great that operations continued at full speed righ t up to Christmas week, som ething wh ich has not ha ppened before. M an y plants wer e hard -p ressed to m eet th eir promised deliverv times. Chain store and ma il-order 'stores h ave been bu ying la rge q ua ntities of tufted sp reads.
New styles h ave been popular , with tw eed effec ts a nd plaid s in large dem and . Multi-color s a nd geometric pattern s a re a lso h igh in popula rit y.

Dyeing, Finishing Mill
Cab in C raf ts, I nc., of DALT ON , is beginning construction of a new dyein<T an d fini shin g mill. T he bui ldin will be 52 x 220 feet. one -storv, with ~"l. ')0foot ceiling . Th ~ new stn; ~ ture will-be used for expansion in th e Needl et uft carpet division . O fficers of Cab in C rafts are Cha irma n F rederick R . Westcott, Pr esid ent Robert G. M cCamy, Treasur er G . 1.. Westcott, V icePresid ents F rederick W. Lvnch [r. a nd
!len 1.. T aylor, Jr., Sec;'eta/y' I{, E.
H amilton , and Co ntroller and Assistan t T reas urer J ackson P. Turn er, J r.
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New Research Center
A $2,000 ,000 cente r for m edi cal resea rch for th e Southeast opened recently a t Emorv U nive rsitv to be kno wn as th e "Wood ruff "1J emorial Buildi ng. T he new center was fina nced by pri vate don ors and th e N ati onal Cancer Institute, an d will be as a med ica l research center for the southeast. The seven -story structure, con nected to Emory Univers ity H ospital by closed wal kways, wa s begun in 1950, and named for th e lat e Ernest W ood ruff pioneer indus tr ia list of th e Sout h who esta blished th e Woodruff Found~tion. This founda tion contributed the fu nds for th e research cen ter. R esearch alread y being cond uc ted at Em or y in such field s as bioch emi stry, pathology, anatomy, neurosurger y, th oracic su rgery, and radi o isotop es will be enla rged .
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Forsyth Plant Expansion
The Willi am Carte r Co m pa ny pla nt in FORSYTH is sta rting a n expa nsion program which will almos t doubl e the pla nt a nd th e number of employees. A new build ing of 16,000 square feet will be constru cted. The present number of em ployees is 177, a nd af ter the expansion, it will reach approximately 300. T h e p resen t weekly payroll av erag ing $8,000 will amoun t to about $ 14,000 weekly. Charles E. W alk er, superintende n t and age n t of th e com pan y's Ba rn esville plant, sta ted th at it was hop ed operations in th e new building could begin by F ebrua ry 1.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CO M MERCE

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NEWSLETTER

January 10, 1953

The Barnesville-Lamar County Maternity Shelter an d Health Center is one of the few

such faci lities of its kind in th e Southeast, and att ra cts visitors from all over this country

an d foreign nations.

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Barnesville Making Progressive Strides In Industry, Farming, Health, Recreation

Barnesville, one of Geor gia's oldes t cities, lon g-kn own for its cult ure a nd progr ess, is th e coun ty sca t of L am ar Co unty. C rea ted in 1920, th e co un ty was na med for Luciu s Q uintus C inc innatus L am ar, a na tive of Putnam Co un ty wh o served in the U nited Sta tes Sena te, as Secr eta ry of the I nt erior under Pr esident C levela nd, and lat er as Associat e J ustice of th e Sup reme Co ur t.
Barnesville had been esta blished nearly a century previou s to th e crea tion of Lam ar Co un ty. on land whi ch had been ceded by th~ Ind ian s a t th e Treaty of Indi an Springs. It is said th at Barnesville is nam ed for Gideon Barnes, a native Virginian who ca me to G eor gia in 1791, op ening "Ba rn es Inn" at an im porta nt stage -coac h crossroa ds whi ch la ter becam e Barn esville.
Earl y in its existence , th e city was int er ested in ed uca tion and learning. For almost 100 yea rs it has h ad a public libra ry. In 1852, th e present Gordon Co llege was sta rted as M ale a nd Female Semina ry. The n a m e was cha nged to Go rd'on Institute in 1873, in hon or of Ge neral J ohn B. Go rd on , the well-known Geo rgia Co nfed erate cava lryma n and sta tesm an . T he Ci tv of Ba;'nesville owned th e land UpO{1 wh ich th e school was bu ilt .
Gord on is kn own as one of th e t rai lblazers of seconda ry ed uca tion in th e South. In 1890 th e Military Dep artment was added, and in 1927 Gord on became a Junior Co llege, with the ad cition of two yea rs of college work to th e curriculum . Wh en th e Geor gia In -

d ustrial Co llege located a t Barnesville ceased to op era te in 1933, its entire plan t a nd equ ipme nt, consisting of 350 ac res and man y bu ildings, was tu rn ed over by th e Sta te to th e C ity to be used bv the College. G ord on 's Pr esident is
Col. J. E. G~lillebeau .
The City's current p rogr am includes provid ing th e best fac ilities possible for its citizens. The Lamar Countv Recreation Center is one of th e la rgest and most ambitiou s undertakings of th e local citizens. The park is alread y in usc with picni c tabl es a nd barbecu e pits and roads under construction . The swimm ing pool for th e park is bein g bu ilt with comm un ity funds , th e money has been raised , and th e cont rac t is expect ed to be let within th e next few weeks. When th e proj ect is finished it will offe r tenn is a nd othe r gam e courts, a ska ting aren a and recreation hal l.
Health Center
The Barnesville-L am ar Co untv Maternitv She lter and H ea lth Ce n te r is one ~f th e few such fac ilities in th e Southeast. It observed its first birthday a nniversa rv on Decemb er 13. Co n'struc ted a't a cost of $ 162,224 with eq uipme nt totalling $9,292, th e Ce nter offers ou tsta n ding me dica l service to th e a rea. R ecentlv visitors fr om R io de J an eiro , Brazil, ~ n d Edinburg, Sco tland, hav e visited th e C enter to observe its ope ra tions and lea rn its m ethods .
The Am eri can Legion h as bui lt a new clubhouse to be used by the com munity. Yea r-round program s for

young peopl e a re planned , and complet e faciliti es for parties and dinners will be availa ble upon completion.
Several ch urches h ave ju st und ergone extensive additions. The Baptist Ch urc h has built a two-story ed ucationa l bu ilding, costi ng ap pro xima tely $ 125,000 for th e bui lding alone. The Church of the Nazaren e also h as a new ed ucationa l building, two -story, a nd th e int erior of th e Pr esbyteri an Ch urc h has been rem odel ed . The M ethodi st Ch urch is most a ttrac tive, ha vin g been rebuilt af te r th e olde r ch urc h burned.
The Wom an's C lub has remodeled its clubhous e, a nd th e lun chroom at th e gramma r school has been red ecorated to please both parents a nd children.
Civic C lubs in Barnesville ar e doing an outs tanding work . T he Junior C hambe r of Commer ce is active, and has produced a brochure on Barnesville, tellin g of climate, transportation , industry, ed uca tion- in short a general pi cture of th e city-which is sche d uled for distribution in January.
Barnesville h as excellen t tran sportation faci lities, being located on th e main line of th e Ce n tr al of Georgia R ail road , on U . S. H ighways 4 1 and 34 1, and severa l St ate highwa ys.
T he city is fo r tunate in having one of G eor gia's oldest and best newspapers-the Barnesville News-G azette, esta blished in 1867. Willi am W . Dennis is editor, a nd Lucy Sappington, bookkeep er.
Ther e a rc va ried industries at Barnesville. One of th e largest is th e William Carter Compan y, manufacturer s .of underwear for men , wom en and child re n, emp loying 788 in Barnesville and 182 a t th e p lant recen tly opened a t Forsyth. Aldora Mills, or igin ally built in 1888, is another large plant, producing rayon , nylon and cotton fabri cs. Owned by Gen eral Tire a nd Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, th is plant employs approxim at ely 500 per sons.
Smith's In c., is a leading industry, turning out furniture from hardwood lumber grown a nd manufactured in centra l Georgia . The number of employees tot al s a pp roxima tely 135. In 1866 th is firm wa s op er ating under th e nam e of J ackson Smith & Son s, ma kin g bu ggies whi ch were fam ou s for q ua lity through out th e South.
Another of th e town's lon g-established industries is th e Barnesville Planing Mi ll Co., sta r ted in 1883. It now handles bui lding materials for a ll typ es of construc tion and ha s a who lesale lum ber business amounting to
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

N E \" ' S L E T T E R

J anu ar y 10, 1953

Cherokee Led All Counties in State ing in better homes, most of them being electrified, an d with a cash income monthly to th e fa rm fa milies."

In 1950 Broiler and Farm Income

" T he broiler farmer," he says, "is suppleme n ting h is inco m e with ca ttle.

Che rokee Co unty h as two ag ricult ural "firsts" in th e State th at it may well be proud of. It is cred ited with being th e State lead er in 1950 in dol la r va lue of pou ltry products and wa s a lso th e top cou n ty th at yea r in tot al cash income from cro ps and oth er far m p rod ucts.

Cobb is vice-p reside nt, and L. L. Jones,
.I r., secretary of th e mi ll company.
The J on es M ercan tile Co ., in Canton , is one of th e largest department sto res in No rth Georgia . Other Jones en terp rises incl ud e the Etowah Dairy and the Can ton Wholesale Co ., with in terest in oth er firm s.

herds of from five to 15 cows on each far m, also with m an y la rge h erd s. T here are 15 dairies in the county th at furnish mi lk locall y, an d th ree creameries th at process milk ."
The Geor gia Power Co. , has a district office in Can ton, an d sup plies the city, ind ust ries a nd ar ea with power, an d rural electricity is served by

" Ge orgia Business," issued by th e

Colleue of Business Administr ati on , th e

b

.

U nive rsity of Georgia, Athens, in Its

N ovember 1952 issue, says: " Cherokee

C ounty (is) th e State's leader in doll a r

value of poultry products. Comm ercial

broilers in th e county ( 1950 ) were

worth $ 11,200,000 to th e p roducer s,

wh ich was 92 per cent of th e tot al cash

inco me from all agriculture in Chero-

kee.

"T his cou nt y is also th e top county

( 1950 ) within th e State in tot al cash

incom e fr om all crops and livestock a nd

livestock products."

C herokee h as seen a complete revo-

lution in recent yea rs in its farming

program, "g rad uating" from row crops

to a h ighly vari ed diversified program.

Corn is pra ctically th e onl y cro p of im-

portance now that is still planted in

r ows.

Canton, th e coun ty-seat, hi gh on th e

east bank of Et owah Ri ver, wh ich fu r-

ni shes th e city its wa ter, h as a big pay-

roll from local industr ies and othe r

bu sinesses. I t also "c ashes in" on th e

prosperity of th e county's ag riculture.

Can tex M an ufacturing Co., makers of cord ur oy cloth, occupies a la rge bui ldin g uptown on M ain Stree t, and em ploys a la rge nu mber of people.
Three la rge pou ltry-p rocessing plants in th e coun ty em ploy a number of people a nd provid e a market for broilers gro wn on a pprox ima tely 75 per cent of Che rokee Co unty's 2,047 farms. The Ce nsus report sho ws th at 14,815,257 ch ickens were sold by Che rokee fa rmers in 1949, which brought $ 11,243,115, lead ing all fa rm p roducts in value in th e coun ty.
The ca tt le industry thrives in Cherokee, both beef a nd dairy ca ttle being grown, many growers featuring registered br eeds.
Water, or th e lack of it, is not a problem in Cherokee. The Et owah R iver traverses th e county, a nd th e la rgest a rea covered by Alla too na Lak e is in Che rokee . H . A. M ax ey, Co unty Fa rm Agen t 22 years-since 1930- says that nearl y every farm in th e county h as a stream on it- "a cree k at th e foot of every hil l.
" I n th e last 22 years farming in

two fir ms, th e Ami calola Elcctric M embership Co rp ., with head qu a rters at J asper, and th e Sawnee M emb ership C orp., h eadqua rt ers at C umm ing.
Che rokee, criss-crossed by State H ighways an d roads , on Dec. 10 app roved a $250,000 bond issue with whi ch to further improve th e system. O f that amo unt, $150,000 will be spent to pu rch ase roa d machiner y, $50 ,000 for maintenan ce of machi nery, and $50,000 to construct small bridges and a pproaches. St at e Patrol Post No . 28 is located at Ca nton.
M ergin g of th e Can ton schoo l system a nd th at of th e County, wh ereby th e sch ools of th e City and County wou ld operat e under one Board, h as been agreed up on by the sch ool boards of Can ton and th e County, but a legislative act is req uired to ra tify th e merger. A constitutiona l am endm ent vot e is expected to be asked a t th e 1953 session of the Georgia Legislat ur e on th e merger, to be voted up on in Che rokee Co unty.
If th e system s a re m erged, it is proposed to erect n ew high scho ol plan ts

Canton Population
Can ton' s population in 1950 is listed

Ch ero kee has undergon e a complete ch ange," Mr. M axey says; "the farm

at Canton for both wh it e a nd colored pupils. Gramm ar schoo ls would con-

by th e Ce nsus Bur eau as 2,716 , with ad - p rogr a m has ch anged, farmers a re liv-

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joining North Canton, 1,9 13, wh ich

rea lly gives Canton 4,629 population.

Plans are afoo t to exp and th e city lim -

its, whi ch will grea tly increase th at to-

tal, residents say.

The textile industry in Canto n dates

to 1899 wh en Can ton Co tt on Mills was

chartered, promoted by th e late R obert

Tyre J ones, grandfather of th e fam ed

golfer "Bobby" J on es. T h e imprint of

th is pro gr essive pion eer is still seen a nd

felt in Canton an d Cherok ee Co unty.

Mr. Jones died in 1937, ag e 88 yea rs.

The mill s opera te two plants, Mill

N o.1 and Mill N o.2, and employ 1,-

400 peopl e. Both m ills man ufacture

denim, con sum ing 50,000 bales of cot -

ton annually. Afford ing employment

to local p eopl e, th e mill s observed th eir 50th anniversar y in 1949. L. L. J ones, " M r. R . T.'s" son, is president ; C. K .

T his magnificent admi nistration building, erected at a cost of $250 ,000, is th e prid e an d jo y of R einhard t College at Wa leska. Compl et ed in 195 1, the building hou ses th e college offices, th e chapel, librar y, classrooms , music studios, and student center.

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Cherokee (Con tinued fro m Page 6)

tinu e to be opera ted at oth er points in

th e coun ty.

Educational faciliti es of Che rokee al-

so include R einhardt Coll ege, a t Wal-

eska seven m iles west of Can ton. It

is a' junior college of th e M eth odist

Chu rch and was founded in 1883 by

Ca pta in A. M. Reinhardt , of Atlanta

but a nati ve of Waleska comm unity.

The norm al enrollmen t is 250 stude nts.
Prof. J. R . Burgess, J r., is serving hi s

ninth year as president of R einh ardt.
J. C . Stiles, of Athens, is vice-chairm an

of th e Board of Trust ees.

The college d rew nati onal attention

on M ay 18, 1949, wh en Vi ce-President

Alben Barkley particip at ed in th e "face

liftin g" exercises wh en a p orti on of th e

560-acre college fa rm was "m ade ov-

er."

Ca nton officers include Mayor Jack

Fin ch er a nd Councilmen W . H . Hud -

son, T. H . Shipp, S. T. Young, R oy

R eynolds and H . L. Buffington.

C. C. M cKinney is president of th e

R otary C lub a nd S. T. Young h eads

th e Li on s Club; Dr. Bob J ones is presi-

dent of th e P.T.A., a nd M rs. Arthur

H endrix heads th e Canton Service Lea-

gue, a women 's orga nization. Canton

has three ac tive Garden Clubs.

The 20-year old N orth Geor gia T ri-

bune a t Canton is a pr ogressive North

Georgia n ewspap er of which R. D . and

C. E. Owen are edito rs and p roprietors.

The plant recently moved to a new lo-

ca t io n.

.

Cherokee Courthouse
The p resent Che rokee Co urtho use was built in 1927 of Geor gia m arble. Coun ty officers include Walter F. Ow en, O rd inary; C. B. H olcomb,
Clerk of Court; D . J. M cCurley, T ax
Com m issione r ; w . C. Huey, She riff;
C. C. Killian , Commissioner ; H oward Baker, Coroner ; Willi am G . Hasty, Su perintendent of Schoo ls. Dr. G rad y Co ker is Sta te Senator of th e 39th D istrict, comp osed of Che rokee, Cobb and Dou glas Co unties and D . Carl T allent Representative in th e Legislature.
Ca n ton is th e home of Co ngressman Joh n Wood, who voluntarily ret ired on J an . 3 and was succee de d by Con~ressm an Phil Landrum, of J asp er . Judge H owell Brooke, of th e Blue Rid ge Supe rio r Co ur t Ci rc uit, and Sol. Gen. G rad y Vandiver also live th ere.
Dr. Grad y Co ker operates the Co ker H ospital and Dr. Ben K . Looper th e Che rokee C linic and M at ernity Hospital in Can ton.
Th ere are four bank s in th e county,

Progressive (jeorgia Communities Study Factors Basic in Location of Industry

an d fai lure in th e venture. No t infrequently management's decision to loca te in a cer ta in place is more weighted by th e so-ca lled inta ngible assets th an by th e tan gibl e ones.
T hree fac tors are basic in plant loca tion, a nd th eir order of importan ce dep ends on th e industr y makin g th e decision, for some th ing exceeding.ly impo rtan t to one m ay not be so Imp orta nt to another. These basic fac tors are: nea rn ess to ra w mat erials; nea rness to markets ; nearness to satisfac torv lab or supply.
T o th ese mu st be adde d cer ta in factors th at may seem sligh tly less essential but are nev ertheless imp ort ant to th e m ost favorable opera ting conditions, although th eir relati ve imp orta nce va ries from industr y to industry. Thev are :
( i) T ran sportati on fac ilities of all kin ds.
(2 ) Power, water supp ly, waste disposa l.
(3) Availabil ity of plant sites an d buildings, and space for expa nsion.
(4 ) The experience of industri es alrea dy located in th e comm unity regarding th ese m atters.
(5) Atti tude of citizens, bu sinessm en a nd comm un ity leaders regarding new industries an d new work ers in th e community, indus try policies a nd p ractices, a nd co-ope ra tion with representa tives of m a nageme nt.
(6 ) Ability of tran sferr ed personn el
the Bank of Canton a nd th e Etowah Bank in Can ton; th e Ba nk of Woodstoc k a t Woodstock, and th e C itizens Bank at Ball G round.
Cities an d town s in Cherokee includ e Canton, Waleska, Woodstock, Ball G round, H olly Springs, and Leban on .
Telephon e service is furni shed by th e Canton T elephon e Co ., a nd th e Southe rn Bell T elephone Co. Canto n has a mod ern fire departmen t, and th e Police Department is efficien t. The a rea is served by th e L. & N . railr oad freight service.
H otel Can ton is a commodious brick buildin g.
Che rokee C ounty, with an eleva tion of more than 1,200 fee t, and less th an an h our's ride fr om Atl anta, is a good town an d sectio n to visit week-ends, on Sunday or any tim e.

to fit in to th e social structure of th e com muni tv.
(7) Schoo ls, churc hes, recreational and cultur al fa cilities.
(8) Public services (health, welfar e, fire a nd po lice p rot ection, sani ta tion.)
(9 ) Attitude a nd effic iency of local govern me nt.
Of pri me importan ce to many industries are most of th e commun itv services listed above , and a responsible indu str y would ra the r m ove to a com munity th at is soun d finan cially, h onest governmen tally and att rac tive ph ysically an d culturally th an to h ave subsidi es and tax concessio ns. It will feel a d efinite obliga tion to th e comm unity an d will want to assume its share of th e cost of public serv ices. The com munity in turn must take ca re no t to assess a new industr y mo re h eavily th an a similar on e already loca ted th ere.
Each industry will h ave its own p ecu liar requirem ent s, and no sta ndard pattern ca n be followed in a nswering inqui ries from prospect s. The local Ch amber of Co mme rce or citizens grou p must firs t find out what th e given industr y needs. They sho uld al ready have ana lyzed th eir communi ty's facilities, ac tivities and outlook, and on th e basis of thi s an alysis should be a ble to meas ure how we ll it meet s th e industry's requi rem ent s or falls sho rt of th em.
Presentation Vital
Wh eth er or not a community is selected by an in d ustry dep ends la rgely on th e me tho ds used by civic lead ers in pr esenting the ir fac ts to th e represen ta tives of managem ent. It is indeed a n unusual com munity th at ca n meet all of th e req uireme nts of an industry, and th e fac tors in wh ich it is deficient should not be minimized . Both good and bad points sho uld be given in a sincere ma nne r, without using any h igh- pressur e sales metho ds. Knockin g some othe r communi ty will never sell one's own. The management's decision usually dep ends on th e cold facts and not on emo tional sta teme n ts. If th e local group is frank and h onest, th ey ca n dem and, and will usuall y get, frankn ess a nd h one sty from th e pros pec tive industr y.
It sho uld never be forgo tten that th e
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Location of Industry
(Con tinu ed from P age 7)
testim ony of industri es alrea dy located in th e community is most effec tive . Ind ustries en tire ly satisfied with th eir opera ting conditions ar e in rea lity th e very best adver tiseme n t.
Once a location has been definitely selected, man y problem s face th e managem ent. The industr y and commu nity sho uld tackle th em jointly. The willing assista nce of local peopl e m ay be far mo re h elp ful than an y concession or subsidy could be. The success of th e vent ure is important to the comm unity as well as to the managem ent, for noth ing ca n aff ect th e indust rial growth of a town more adversely th an having an ind ustr y fail or move away.
Barnesville
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150-200 cars of dr essed lum ber shipped to mark ets in th e East every year. Other indu stries are L vles Novcltv Works, whi ch recen tly almost doub led it s p lant ; H a ywood & H uff, furn iture , Superi or Mi lling Co ., Burnett Pa ck ing Co., a nd Frosty Palace. The hom e office of B. Ll oyd' s, famous pecan ca ndy p roducer , is a t Barnesville, with bran ch ret ail stores over th e St at e.
Akins Feed & Seed Co., and W . H . Mitch ell, Seedsman, I nc., arc large comme rcial en terprises, as is D ixie Pap er Shell Pecan Excha nge.
The First National Bank, esta blished in 1902, recently celebra ted its 50t h a nniversa ry . N . A. Peacock is p resident and cha irm an.
F a rming is vita l to th e economy of L am a r County, with about 80 percent

of th e tot al la nd ar ea in farms. T he averag e size of th e farms is 130 ac res. Genera l farming, beef ca ttle, dairying, p ecan and peach orchards, a nd cotton acco un t for mu ch of the farm incom e.
An unusu al ope ra tion in th e coun ty is K udzu 'F a rms, owned by B. W . Middlebrooks. This farm specializes in growing a nd marketing K ud zu cro wns, pl ants, seed, and at tim es ha y. Its custom ers ar c in man y pa rts of th is country, and in some for eign coun tr ies.
Barnesville is th e headq ua r ters of th e Lama r Electric M ember ship Corp ., serving p ar ts of eigh t coun ties- Lama r, Bibb, Monroe, U pso n, Pike, M eri weth er , Crawf ord a nd Sp alding-with 965 miles of lines. Its 3, 167 member s a rc p roud of the fa ct that th is is the on ly REA co-op in th e country whi ch was person ally dedi cat ed by Presiden t Roosevelt , an even t wh ich occurred Augus t I I , 1938. T h e pr esent ha ndsome bri ck buildin g was built in 1949. Officers are Pr esiden t H . L. Sm it h, who serve d as the first p resident : O . L. Carter, vice-president ; E. C . M iln er ,
treasur er ; .J. E. Ballard , secr eta ry, and
H . H. Willis, assista nt treas urer. Projec t manager is , V. Y. And rews.
The city's pr ogr essive gO\Trnmen t includes D r. S. B. Traylor, M a yor , and Councilmen L. G. Li fsey, M . A. Bush, C . M . Neun er a nd M errill Bush. Cit y C lerk is J ohn N. Owen, and Assistant is Mrs. Carolyn Culp .
Co unty Commission er s a rc N. A. Peacock, Chairman ; ' V. T. Burnett, C.
C. Elliott and .J. L . Caut hen. Coun ty Schoo l Su perint end en t is W . Q. Gres-
ham .

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
The following Geor gia fin ns h ave been awarded contrac ts bv the Go vernme nt in recent weeks : .
T he Coi te-Some rs Co. , VI DA L I ACo nstr uction of wareh ouse and hea ting plant, Hun ter Air Force Base, Savann ah , .$734,44 1.
W right Co ntrac ting Co. , CO LUM BUS-Paving and u tilities, U. S. M arine Co rps Dep ot of Supplies, Alban y, ~ I ,684,754.
Dunwody, M acE wen, H all & Ferguson, }.IACON-A & E services for prep ar ation of M ast er Pla n, U . S. N aval Sup ply Ce nter, Byron, Ga ., $4 7,500.
T. H . Pea rce Co ., COL U lvf BUSCo nstruc tion of eme rge ncy type railhead facilities at Camp Shelby, M iss., $ 2,217 ,11 3 .
E lectrica l Contrac tors of CO L U;\IBUS-Electri cal work in connec tion with emergency type rai lhead facilities at Cam p Sh elby, Miss., $ 162,205.
Ch icago Brid ge a nd Iron Co ., ATLANTA- Con struction of one 15,000 ba rrel aircra ft fu el storage tan k a t Craig Air Force Base, Ala ., $27,700.
Bern ard F . Diam ond , SA V ANNAH - Ga ntry M ounted R otat ing C ra nes. $252,000 .
S. .J. C urry & Co ., A LBANY-Ad-
mini str ati on Bldg. extension, U . S. M arin e Co rps Dep ot of Supplies, Alban y, $654 , 700.
F en n e l l Co nstruction Co ., I nc., GA INESVILLE-F urnish all p lant , labor, mat er ials and eq uipme nt (except that furnished by Government ) for teleph one construction, F t. M eC lellan, Ala ., $28,353.

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JANUARY 25, 19 5 3

NEW SLE T TER

J an uar y 25, 1953

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-monthly by

GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE 100 State Capitol

* HERMAN E. TALMADGE
Go ve r n o r

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

EMORY L. BUTLER Chairman

Lonnie A. Pope, V . Chm. Y. F . Geeslin

Ben Jessup

Lloyd B. R aisty

* CLARK GAINES

Secr etary

V ol. 4, No. 10

J anuar y 25, 1953

Technical Exhibit Slated. for Atlanta

An extensive T echno logica l Exh ibition, featuring the work of th e Office of Technical Serv ices, National Bureau of Standards, an d th e U . S. Patent Office, in th e fields of science an d indu stry, will be p resen ted by the U . S. D ep artm en t of Commer ce in th e E}:hibit H all of the At lanta Biltmore H otel, Atlanta, Ga., F ebru ary 11-13.
T his exhibit is the first of its kind ever to be shown in th e Sout heast . O ccupying 14,000 squ ar e feet of sp ace , it will reflect a wide range of information for manufact ur er s, technicians, stud en ts, a nd businessmen. Many n ew ideas and suggestions whereby manufa cturing op erations can be advance d will be found at this ex hibit. Thirty techni cal an d pat ent expe rts will be on ha nd to assist visitor s.
The Bur eau of Stand ards will show processes develop ed for the Armc::l Forces an d now av ailable for civilian use. Commer cia l products develop ed from material ori ginating with the Office of T echni ca l Serv ices will be th er e for inspeetion, an d over 3,000 ind ex ca rds covering Gov er nm ent - own ed paten ts for free use will be availa ble for information of visito rs.
T he exhibit is open to ever yon e 111terested, witho ut cha rge.

J ANU AR Y 24-2 5-Amer icus: Sumter Countv C amellia Show ,
JANUAI~Y 24-25-Thomasville: Camellia Show.
J AN U AR Y 25-28-Atlanta : Georg ia Highwa y Contractors Association .
J AN U AR Y 26-27-Atlanta : Amer ican Society of L an dscape Archi tect s, An sley Hotel.
J ANU AR Y 26-28 -A tlanta : Southea ste rn Poultry & Egg Associati on, Biltmore H otel.
JANUARY 27-2 9-A t h e n s : D airy Produ ct ion Short Co urse, Univer sity of Geor gia .
J AN U AR Y 28-A t I a n t a: Secon d Southeastern Sa les and Sales Man age men t Conference, Atlanta D ivision, Univer sity of Georgia.
JANUARY 28-29-Atlan ta : Geor gia Bankers Ass'n ., I nsta llment Credi t Conf er en ce, H enry Grady Ho tel.
J ANU AR Y 29-Savannah : Antique Show, DeSo to H ot el.
FEBR U AR Y I- Sava nn ah : Nat ional T. B. Association, Gen eral O glethorpe Ho tel.
FEBRUARY 2- -Savannah : F a I' m P lacem ent R ep resen tatives of Atlanti c Seab oard.
F E BR U AR Y 4- Macon : Pharmacists' Sem inar.
F EBRUARY 5-7- Atlan ta: Am eri can Camping Ass'n ., Biltmor e H otel.
FEBRUARY 7-8-Augusta: Cam ellia Sh ow, Sponsored by Sand Hi ll Gar-

den Club. FEBRUARY 7-8-Atlanta : Cam ellia
Show, Biltmore H otel. FEBRUARY 9-At hens : Amer ica n
Association of U nivcrsitv Professor s. FEBRUARY 1O - 11 -Ma c~n: 'Women's
Auxi liar y to Bibb County M ed ical Societ v. FEBRUARY l1-1 3- Atla nta : T ech nologica l Exhibition presented by U . S. D ept. of Commer ce, Biltm ore H otel. FEBRUARY II -Atlant a : Fourth Annu al Geor gia C redit Clini c, At lan ta Divis ion , U niversity of Geor gia. FEBRUARY 14-15-Columbus : Ca mellia Show . FEBRUARY 15- 18-Atlanta: Southern J ewelry Show , Pea chtree on Pea chtree H ot el. FEBRUARY 16- 18-Atla nta : Southeastern Pho togr ap her s Associati on , Ansle y Hotel. FEBRUARY 18-Savan nah : National Cotton Coun cil of Am eri ca, Gener al Og lethorpe H otel. FEB RUARY 18-21- Athens: Georgia Press I nstitute. FEBRUARY 19-22-Macon : M iddle Georgia Camellia Show. FEBRUARY 20-2 1-Atlanta : Geor gia Hospital Association, Biltmor e H ot el. FEBRUA RY 25-Savan nah: C hilean Nitrate Edu cational Bur eau . FEBRUARY 25-Mar shallville: Fifth Ann ua l Camellia Show .

COVER PICTURE This bea utif ul "seasc ape" is typi ca l of Ge orgia's bea ches, and is fam iliar to all who h ave ever visit ed the State' s coas ta l pla ygro unds, in winter or sum m er. It was made on a str etch of bea ch between Sava nn ah an d Brunswiek. Ph ot o by Caro lyn Cart er.

.T his aeri al view of th e Atla nta P ap er Co. gives some indica tion of the size of the plan t. whi ch cov~rs 390,000 s.qua re feet of ma!1ufactu rin g space . M ore th an 1,000 persons ar e emp loyed In thi s Geo rg ia-born and bred Ind ustry. (See story on page 7.)

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N EWS LETT E R

J anuar y 25, 1953

(jeorgia 1952 Crop Production Held Up Well

In Spite of Cut in Acreage and Severe Drouth

Desp ite the decrease in acreage of app ro xima tely 200,000 ac res, and th e severe drou th , Geor gia cro p pro duction In 1952 held up well, a nd some crops sho wed a decided increase In
v a lu e,
T he repo rt issued for th e Georgia Crop R ep ort ing Service, At hen s, by D . L. Fl oyd, ag ricultur al sta tistician, in cha rge; Archie L an gley, ag ricultu ral
sta tisticia n, and L. H . H a rri s JL , truck
crop estim ator, shows th at th e 1 ~ 52 acre age tot aled 7,329,400 on whi ch crops valued a t $427,755,000 were
grown.
T he d ivision was 104,300 ac res planted In truck crops, of which the value was $17, 133,000, and gene ral cro p acreage, 7,225,100, th e crop value being $4 10,622,000.
In 1951, 7,522,000 ac res we re planted wh ich produ ced crops va lued at $49 5,332,000. The decr ea se in th e 1952 ac re age plan ted, plus the severe drouth, espec ially during th e su mme r, served to cu t p roduction .
Value Increase
Crops showing decided in crease in value last vea l' over 1951, incl uded whea t, whi ~h sho wed a big ga in in ac reage- from 97,000 in 1951 to 130,000 in 1952- and in va lue, $5,064,000 in 1952, comp a red with $3,785,000 in 1951. Acreage in oats in 1952 was 471,000 compa red with 396,000 in 1951, th e value in 1952 being $ 14,836,000 a nd $ 10,193,000 th e yea r befo r~-a gai n of $4,6'~3 ,000 in va lue . Irish pot atoes with decrease [ r om 7,000 acres in 1951 to 6,000 in 1952, showed a value of $ 1,345,000 . a nd $749,000 the yea r before, th e ga in bein g mo re th an $ 100 an acre in th e value of th e crop last yea r over 1951.
Sweet pot atoes with a decrease in acreage In 1952 ove r 1951 of 1,000 ac res (25,000 to 24,000 ) , showed a ga in in val ue last yea r, $6,552,000 a nd $5,720,000 In 1951. The acr eage in tob acco last veal' was the same as in 195 1, 112,006 acres, a nd whil e p ro duction was off some eleven million pou nds compa red with 1951, th e va lue of $63,475,000 last yea r compa red fa vorabl y with $64,500,000, 1951 crop.

O ther crops th at showed decided ga ins in value last yea r over 1951 includ ed soybea ns, lesped eza seed, lupin e seed, cr imson clover seed, fescue for seed . Bot h pecan pr oduct ion a nd in come were off last yea r compa red with th e veal' before. P roducti on in 1952 was 38,000,000 pound s, and 5 1,500,000 pounds in 1951. Th is is surp rising, beca use man y peopl e were under th e im pression, judgin g from th e looks of the tr ees, th at last yea r's crop was a record br eak er in p rodu ction . The income last yea r was $9,054 ,000 and $ 10,520,000 in 1951, with a p rice ga in for th e 1952 cro p.

Truck Crops
L ast veal' was a bann er vca r for most tn;ck cro ps sold in Geor gia . O f 18 crops incl uded In th e report, 15 showed va lue gains over 1951, and th ree showed loss in value. Big ga ins were sho wn 111 th e price per unit of cabba ge, can ta loup es, tomatoes, wat ermel on s and snap bean s.
T he crops listed in the rep ort, th eir va lue in 1952 an d 195 1, and for m in which sold, were as follows :

C RO P :

YE AR:

Cott on ( Ba les )
Co ttonseed (T ons)
Corn ( Bu.)
Wheat (Bu.)
Oa ts ( Bu .)
I. Po tatoes ( Bu.)
S. Potatoes ( Bu .)
T ob acco ( L bs. )
Hav (T ons)
Sorg hum Syr up (G als.)
S. Can e Syrup (G als.)
Peanu ts (L bs. )
Cow peas ( Bu . )

1952 195 1 1952 1951 195 2 1951 1952 1951 1952 1951 1952 1951 1952 1951 1952 1951 1952 1951 1952 1951 1952 1951 1952 195 1 1952 1951

V AL UE :
$ 137,025,000 179,16 0,000 19,8 32 ,00 0 24,56 3,000 68,731,000 85, 202,000 5,064,000 3,785,000 14,836,000 10, 193,000 1,345,000 749,000 6,55 2,000 5,720,000 63,4 75,000 64 ,500 ,000 16,84 9,000 17,043,000 598,000 574,000 1,606 ,000 1,768,000 46 , 131,000 5 7, 793,0 00 1,386,000 1,534,000

Soy bea ns ( Bu . )
Vcivet Beans (T ons)
L csp cd eza (L bs. Seed )
Lu pine Seed ( L bs. )
Cr im. Clover (Lbs. Seed )
Fescu e Seeel ( L bs. )
Peach es ( Bu.)
Pea rs ( Bu . )
Pecans (L bs. )

1952 1951 195 2 1951 1952 1951 1952 1951 1952 1951 1952 1951 1952 195 1 1952 195 1 1952 1951

$ 1,008,000 642,000
4,066,000 6,512 ,0 00 1,054,000
9 73,000 1,056,000
450 ,000 1,708,000 1,568,000 1,456,000
992,000 7,54 7,000 8,68 2,000
243,000 289,000 9,054 ,000 10,520,000

Commer cial Vegetables

Lima Bean s ( Bu .)
Snap Bean s (So. Ga.)
Sn ap Bean s (No. Ga. )
Sna p Bean s (T o Can )
Cab bage (So. Ga.)
Ca bbage (No. Ga. )
Ca n ta loupes
Sweet Corn

1952 1951 1952 1951 1952 195 1 1952 195 1 1952 195 1 1952 1951 1952 1951 195 2 1951

$8 25, 000 780,000 619 ,000 567 ,000 648 ,000 524,000 34,000 20,000
1,55 5,000 346,000 292,000 131,000
1,155,000 659,000 84,000 112,000

Cucumbers (Ea rl y )

1952 195 1

122,000 104,000

Cu cumbers

195 2

45 ,000

(La te )

195 1

63,000

L ettu ce

195 2 195 1

~n 6 , 0 00
4 11,000

Oni ons

195 2 1951

528,000 302,000

1. Potatoes

1952

270 ,00 0

(So. Ga .)

1951

133,000

1. Pot at oes

1952

(No. Ga.)

1951

243,00 0 135,000

T om atoes

1952 195 1

2,846 ,0 00 1,908 ,000

\ \' a termelo ns

195 2

6,18 8,000

195 1

4, 44 7,000

Pi mi e n t os

1952

784,000

1951

1,148,000

C u cu m be r s (pickle )

1952 1951

1,072 ,000 598;000

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERj,jE

NEWSLETTER

January 25, 1953

GEORG/II PIIRIIDE OF PROGRESS

Hartwell Firm Expands
Textron Southern, a ra yon and nylon p lant loca ted a t HARTWE~L, is installing 120 more looms, whi ch will ra ise its employm ent from 360 to dose to 400 persons. This is the second expa nsion of th e m ulti-million dol la r, four-acr e plant sinc e it went into production. The additional lo~ms bring th e total to 768. The exp ansion plans wer e announced by Robert M . Cushman, of Ander son , S. C. , exe cu tiv e vice-president, through F rank R . Gramclsbach , direct or of industrial and public rel ations . G. Gu y Cromer is chairman of th e board of T extron Southern. Karl R eab er is plant manager and Clyd e Hurst sup erintendent.
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Boys' Jacket Plant
Blue Bell, Inc., has ope ne d a plant for th e manufacture of boys' jackets in COMMER CE . The new op er ation is situated in th e W. B. Hardman Bui ldin g, whi ch has been reno va ted . Maehiner v was recentlv ins talled , and production began abou t th e first of th e yea r . Ther e ar c approxim a tel y 90 emplo yees.
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New Louisville Company
A new plan t is op ening in LO UI SVIL LE, Burns Manufacturing Co ., making aluminum frameless tension window scr eens. It also h as exce llent fa cilities for stamping and forming an y type metal, and for fabri cating metal, and will do contract work in this field. Equipment includes up to 50-ton stamping presses, shears , brakes, and a roll-forming ma chine. The p lant has a capacit y of over ten million feet per year in roll-formed sections, and a la rge cap acity on metal sta mping, with four pr esses. Owner of th e new ente rprise is Sam Burns. The Burns Manu fa cturing Co ., plant is located on U . S. Highway One.
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New Block, Brick Plant
BRUNSWICK is th e site of another n ew industry, an automatic conc re te blo ck and bri ck plant, representing an inv estm ent of close to $ 150,000 . The Glynn Construction Co ., will establish th e new enterprise alongsid e its facilities for ready-mixed conc re te at th e firm's Glynn Avenue p lant. Fifteen to twenty persons will be employed to operate th e factory, wh ich will manu-

facture high qualit y conc re te blocks, and brick, with a cap acity of 8,000 per day. Work h as begun on the site, and it is expec ted that op erations will sta rt about th e middle of March. H . L. F riedman is president, Alfr ed W. Jones vice-president, Potter F . Gould treasurer , and John Gilbert secret ary.
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New Hotel
SANDERS V ILLE will soon have a m uch-needed hotel. Minus Goodrich is renovating th e practica lly-n ew Evelyn Apartments into a hotel. Located on Smith Street in Sandersvi lle, th e hotel will hav e 5 1 rooms , eac h with a bath, good heating faciliti es, air conditioning, and a telephone in eve ry room . It will be on e of th e mo st mod ern fa cilit ies in that secti on of th e St at e.
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Motor Court Planned
A new motor cour t is to be constru ct ed on U . S. Hi ghway 17 at BR UNSvVI CK. P et c r Murdock of Spring Valley, N. Y., will bui ld th e motel immediately north of th e Gl yn co reservation ent ra"nce on the we~tern side of th e highway. The in itial con struction will consist of two identica l bui ldings, seven units each , masonry construc tion . The site is a triangularshaped tract of 21 acre s. Estimated cost of th e proj ect is $85 ,000 .
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Montag Brothers
To Build Plant
A successfu l Atlanta firm has announced plans to build a la rge new p lant. Montag Brothers , In c., stationerv and tablet manufacturers, in At la~ta sin ce 1889, will erec t a building a t 245 North Highland Ave., NE. The on e-story steel, bri ck and conc re te plant will be loca ted on a 22-a cre site.
O u tstanding features of the 260,000 square-foot bui lding will be roof sky lights, windows of heat and glarereducing glass , and an insulated roof. A parking area will be provided , com pl et e with surfaced drives and night illumination. Machinery will be laid out for utmost efficiency. A large storage warehouse is planned so that raw materials ca n be unloaded di rectly from fr eight ca rs,
The contract for th e building has

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been let to .J. A. J ones Constructi on

Company of Charlotte, N . C. It is

sche d uled for comp letion ea rly in 1954 .

The busin ess was founded in 1889

by Sigmund Montag, who was born in

Germany and came to this country a t

th e ag e of 14. Settling in Atl anta, M r.

M ontag esta blished his business in a

small building on Alabama St ., whi ch

was soon ou tgro wn . The firm mov ed

severa l tim es, alwa ys seeking mo re

space, until it rea ch ed its present loca -

tion , 182 Marietta St ., NW, wh ere it

ha s been situated sin ce 1920. The new

building on North Highland will re-

place this . The tr em endous gro wth of

th e bu sin ess is seen in the number of

employee s, whi ch was six in 1889. a nd

tod a y is more than 400.

.

Sigmund Montag was su cceed ed as pr esident by his son Harold, who was made ch airm an of the board in 1950 . M. L. W eiss is now president of thi s suc cessfu l firm .

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Sparta Veneer Mill
A modern venee r mill is now in op er a tion in S PARTA . The Sparta M anufacturing Corp., has installed a " M oore Ven eer Drv Kiln" which is en ab lin g them to speed up 'their pro du ction to fu ll cap acity. Poplar, gum and other hardwoods ar c used . T o loosen th e bark and moisten th e logs. th ey arc put in a live steam vat, and then arc sent to the vene er cu tte r . This cutte r trims th e log down to a fivein ch core, wh ich is th en sold for pulpwood . The product of this mill is pa cked under pressur e in bal es, somewhat resembling a small bale of cotton, a nd shipped out. Manager Clyde Scigrist st ates tha t th er e is a demand for all the ven eer which can be produced , and th e mi ll at Sp arta ships to furnitu re fa ctories a ll over th e count ry .

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Tourist Court

A motor cour t is under construc tion at NAH UNTA , on U . S. Highway 30 1 south, just outside the city limits. The new concre te blo ck cour t, of 10 units with a utility bui lding, will be ai rconditioned and modern in every way. It is being bui lt by W . O. H ighsmith, and will be the sixth touris t court at Nahunta . I n ad dition to the fine tourist cou r ts, ther e are hotels, an d a tourist home at Nahunta.

NEWSLETTER

J anuary 25, 1953

Th e D ecatur-D cKalb Library, d edicated in January 19 50 , is on e of D ecatur's IIIOSt bea ut iful buildings. Plans ar c now being drawn up for a $ 150 ,000 win g addition.

Decatur, City of Schools, Churches, Homes, Setting Pace With Progressive Program

The C ity of Decatur, cou n ty sea t of

DeKalb Co unty. is one of th e oldes t

cities in th e Sta te . Named for Co m-

mo dorc Ste p he n D eca tur, her o of the

W a r of 181 2, it wa s inco rporated in

1823. I ts citize ns are q uick to tell you

th a t it is severn ] vea l'S older th an a

cer tai n neigh boring ra ilroad juncti on

and tr adi ng center or iginally kn own as

T ermin us, la ter ca lled M ar th asville,

and now more rea d ily identifi ed as

Atl anta .

'

D eK alb Coun ty was named; for

Ba ron J oh ann D eK al b, a German pa-

tr iot wh o came to th is coun tr y to ai d

the Co lonies in th eir str uggle (or inde-

penden ce. I t was originally part of

H enry Co unt y, b u t was mad e a sepa -

ra te coun tv in 1822. Toda v, with a

popul a tion . of ma rc tha n 136,000 ac-

cord ing to th e U . S. Ce nsus Bureau ,

it ra n ks as the th ird la rgest cou n ty

po pu la tio n -wise in th e State. I t is re-

port ed tha t in the decad e 1940-1950,

D cKalb's 274-sq ua re- m ile a rea was

swelled by 50,000 pcrson s, a 50 .6 per-

cen t in cr ease.

D eca tur, popul a tion 22,69 1, is a city

of schools, ch urc hes , grac ious ho mes

and mo der n stores . T here a rc m an y

ind us tries n carbv, wh ich thrive in a n

atmosp here of ;; rogress a nd gro wth,

providing man y oppor tu ni ties for D e-

ca tur resid ents.

The city's colleges a rc well kn own

thro ug ho u t th e c o u n tr y , drawin g

young men an d wom en fro m every

sta te in th e U n ion . Agn es Scott College, one of th e best women's schoo ls in th e South, d evel op ed from th e D eca tur F em a le Seminary, sta r ted in 1889 bv member s of the D cca tur Presbvt cr i~ n C h urch. Co lu mbia Theological Semin a ry a t D ecatur, is owne d by th e P resbyt er ian syno ds of Georgi a, South Carolina. F lor id a. Alab ama a nd Mississip pi , ~n d offers ' th e d egr ees of bach elor of divinity, ma ster of theology a nd doct or of th eology. Emory U n ive rsity and O glethorp e U n iversity a re bo th loca ted in D eKalb Countv.
The fa ct th at D eeatur 'is a ch urchgoing city is borne ou t by th e number of ch urches recently bu ilt. The D ecatu r P resbvt crian is one of th e newest, joining the ranks of the other beautiful new churc hes in th e city-Holy T rin ity Episcop al Church , First Christian, Fi rst Ba ptist , th e Ro m an C atholic C hurc h of St. T ho mas M or e, th e new Sund ay Sch ool buildin g of th e Fir st M ethodist, a nd many othe r additi on s a nd en largeme n ts.
Other handsom e landmarks in D eca tu r a rc th e Cou rthou se, wh ich was com plete d in 1918, th e fifth cour tho use to be erected on th e sq ua re. The D eca tur-D cK alo Library, owne d b y th e City and County, occu pies a handsom e brick building. Its ser vices wer e recen tl y expande d to include Rockd a le County. M r s. A. II. Burrus is Li br a rian .
The three-year old D eKalb Building

hou ses many d ep artments of th e Cou nty Gove rn me n t, and th e a d jo ining H ealth D ep a rtment Build in g serves as

a H ealth Ce n te r for th e co un ty. Decatur's C ity H all is a fin e-lookin g b rick struc ture locat ed one block from th e sq ua re .

A site has bee n selec ted for th e propose d DeKa lb Co unty H osp it al. L ast sp ring vot er s authorized th e sa le of $1 million in bonds for thi s purpose. I ~ is pl anned to p ro vid e 200 rooms init -
ially, and ad d 200 la ter. Four othe r hospi tal s a rc lor a ted in th e coun tvEm ory U nivers ity , Scottish Rite, L ~ w son Ge nera l a nd H ospita l 48 .

The D eK alb Co u n ty C ham ber of C ornrncrrr- is a cti vely working for con-

tinued growth. H ead ed b v Presid ent C . H . Blount, th e Chambe,:'s other of-
ficer s a rc : V ice-p resid ents .J. C . H a ynes, George \'\T. Spurlin, .J. \ 'V. T on ey, a rid C . .J. L yon ; Executive Co m m it tee
member s a re: Scott C and ler , .Jim D . Cherry, R eid Co fer, S. A. Co u nc il. K elsey H owingt on , W . P. L ee, C . P: M eMu rry, Geor ge C . Munn, 'F . H . R ob a rt s, and G u y W. Rutland, Sr. Mrs. \'\T . G uy Hudson is execu tive vicc-p rcs idc n t.

The 1953 progr am of th e C ha mber of Co mme rce includes amo ng other proj ect s, working for completion of th e prop osed St on e M ount ain M em ori al ~roj e et a nd hi storical pagea n t; m ak -

mg surveys of ad d itio na l indust ri al plant development opportunities, and working with th e U pper Ch attah oochee D evelopment Associa tion.
Public Schools

The rapid gro w th ex pe rience d by Decatur is felt in its pub lic schoo ls, whi ch have lon g en joyed a reputation

as bein g amo ng th e best in th e St ate,

a nd a re bein g ex pa nd ed to tak e ea rl'

of th e influx of stude n ts. J im D .

C he rry is Co u n ty Schoo l Superintend-

('I1 t, a nd O. L. Amsler C itv Sch ool

Superintendent.

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Th e city and cou n ty ar c served by

seve ra l progressive newspaper s-published in D ecatur are th e D eK alb New

Era, with C. Murphy Candler, edi-

tor , a nd W . H ugh M c vvhort er , m an-

c: aMgri ns ~~

ed ito r. a nd th e M ar y 'L . C rane ,

D ecatur ed ito r,

News W.

Cran e, asso cia te edito r. Several other pa pe rs are published in th e cou n ty .

One of th e keys to th e progr ess in D ecatur and D eKalb County is th e excellen t water syst em . With ap p roxi-

matelv 500 mil es of wat er mains cove r-

ing th e cou n ty, in July of 1952 th e D eKalb County Bond Commission a p -
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF C O M M E RC E

NEWSLETTER

'{ h is mod ern plant of th e Intern ati on al F urn iture Co., situated on the ou tskirts of Madiso n, affor ds employment for a numbe r of local peopl e wh o p roduce popular lines of living room furniture.

Madison, Morgan County Marked By 'Culture, Courtesy and Charm

Wi th nearly a cen tury and a half of history behind it, M adi son (n amed for President Madison ) in Morgan C ounty, ereated- in""':'1807;- is minglin g th e new with the old .
Pion eer bu siness hou ses a nd colonia l residen ces dot th e lan dscape, along with mod ern homes and comme rc ial bui ldings. The educ ationa l faciliti es have kept pace with the changing tim es over th e yea rs, and culture, courtesy 'and cha rm permeate thi s mod ern cit y and county.
With a population of 2,500 insid e th e city limits, Mad ison m ilit ia distri ct has 3,539 p eople, with 11,899 in th e county, according to th e 1950 Ccnsusrepo rt. , .....~ The la rge International Furniture C o., pl ant in M adi son employs some 75 p eopl e and speciali zes in upholste red hom e furniture. The M ad ison p lant has been in opera tion sever al years. C . H . Overh olzer is manager.
Thurmond M an uf acturing Co ., em ploys a number of -peop le in making ga rme n ts. Gu y Thurmond is manager of this factory.
The Morgan County Creamer y, of whi ch Jo el Eidson is m an ager, affords a market for m ilk produ ced by a large number of dairym en in Morgan Coun ty. This firm sells farm equipme n t.
Caldwell & Co ., opera tes a cott on oil mi ll, gin and sells coa l an d fer-
tilizer . J. E. Caldwell is manager.
Penington Grain and Seed Co ., con du cts a wh olesale and retail business.

Other Madison p lants that give employment to a number of local people , include th e Farmers Trad ing Co ., In c., gin and icc plant ; M adison Lumber Co ., and Underwood, Garnett & Son , lumber firm ; Gate City Gin Co .
T. N. Compton is erec ting a la rge mod ern bui lding for th e Compton Buick Co ., on th e Eatonton Highway to inelude modern sales rooms, sh op and oil station. The 'F armers' Mutual Ex change ha s filed application for ch ar ter, has bou ght a lot on whi ch it plans to erec t a bu ildin g and will deal in farm produce.
Som e 40 or 50 homes ha ve been erected in a new subdivision-Bea con H eights-on the Eatonton Highway a tract provided by Weyman Carmi chael, Sr. A modern motel is in cluded in the project .
The old T enth Di strict A. & M . Schoo l is th e site of th e Morgan Coun ty High School to which busses transport all high schoo l pupils in the coun ty. A bond issue provided funds for the compa ratively new administr ation bu ilding. Other buildings in clude a shop and large gymnasium and stadium with conc re te scats on on e side .
Madison and Morgan Co unty residents were especially proud of th e 1952 record made by th e High Schoo l football team, it being one of two teams in the St at e in its elass that was undefeated . (V aldosta High was the other. ) H ar twell W eaver is coach and athletic dir ector of Morgan High, of

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J anua ry 25, 1953
whi ch Prof. W . L . Brookshire is Superint en dent.
T her e is also a downtown gymnasium in Madison, own ed by th e Coun ty and used for basketball games and other sports an d ac tivities. The second floor is occupied by th e R egiona l Library, whi ch serv es Morgan a nd Jasper Coun ties wit h a bookmobile.
M cGear y Hospital, operated by D r. \V . C. M cGeary, in Madison, provides hospit al servi ces for the city and coun ty. City ma il delivery was begun in Madison in 1952 and Postmaster W. W . Baldwin a nnounce s that on J ul y 1 the offic e is to have first-class ra tin g, th e first time in Madison's histor y. This is due to in crease in the volume of mail.
Fiv e highwa ys trav erse Madison a nd Morgan County-U. S. 441 and 129 and Sta te 83, 24, 12. T hree rivers serv e th e coun ty , Apalach ee a nd O con ee on th e cast boundarv and L ittle River whi ch runs through' the countv. A number of creeks a lso furni sh a'n ad equate water supp ly.
There ar e three banks in th e county: The First National Bank of M ad ison, C. L. Mason, president ; th e Bank of Madison, Ben S. Thompson, pr esident ; th e Bank of Rutledge , at Rutledge, R . W . Wallace, president. The M adison K iwanis Club meets week ly as docs the L ions Club at Ru tledge. T he American L egion Post and VFW chapter and the Masoni c Lodge ar c loca ted in Madison as ar e the offices of the Farm Bureau and Produ ction Credit Assn. Junior Chamber
The Madison Junior Chamber of Commer ce, Dr. W . H . Thomas, president, an active civic organization, rejoi ces over the succe ss of its recent Christmas Cheer Fund, whereby some 75 underprivileged chi ldr en wer e provided with clothing a nd gifts .
Madison officers in elude Dan M eDow ell, Mayor ; Harry Lurey, Morris M cC lure, Kay Tifton and F. A. Harridge , Councilmen ; Police a nd Fire Chief, C linton P atrick.
Morgan County, crea ted in 1807, named for Gen . Daniel Morgan , has a land ar ea of 390 square mil es and its population is 11,819. Towns include Madison , R u tledg e, Buckhead, Bostwi ck, Apalachee, Godfrey and Swor ds.
H. K . Neal, F arm H ome Administrator, p oints wit h mu ch pride to the fact that th e firs t housing loan made in Geor gia af ter th e 'FH A act was

NEWSLETTER

J a nua ry 25, 1953

passed by Con gr ess in 1949, was mad e in M or gan County to Mr. and Mrs. Hubert H erndon and that th eir hom e was th e first one built in th e nation under the FHA ac t.

Georgia-Bred Atlanta Paper Firm Ranks As Packaging Industry Leader

The 6,000 -acre H ard L ab or Cr eek Pa r k, nea r Rutled ge, a St at e Par k, affords recreation n ot only for M organ Co unty people but also for m an y ot hers, including clubs an d other or ga n iza tions, fishermen a nd campers. Camp Rutled ge a nd Camp D ani el M or gan both have facilities to accommodate ' 200 campe rs d aily. E . G. Estes is Superintendent of th e p ark.
Two weekly newspapers a re published a t M adi son. The Morgan County News is issued by W . L. Carmich ael ,
L. J. Yarbrough an d J ack C . Brewer
as own ers a nd pub lish ers. T he staff of T he M ad isonian incl udes W . R . M eyer, editor and publisher ; M . L. M eyer, assista n t publi sher ; C. A. M eyer, bu siness man ager , and Otis Crew, supe rin tende nt.
M organ Cou nty officers are Grad y At kinson, O rdina ry ; J oe D . Baldwin, Clerk of Court ; George P. Sa ye, Sh eriff; A. F. T u rn ell, T ax Collector ; M axie Con ner, T a x R eceiver; VV. P . Evans, Coroner ; L. D . Few, Surveyor ; C. C . C rawford, Sch ool Su perintenden t; P. N . Lawren ce, W a rd e Riden , N. H . Hun ter, C. L. Alfor d, and C. V . Vinin g, Commissioner s, with P. S.
Burney, Clerk; J. K. West, F arm Agent ; .J. N . Nas h, Soil Conservati on -
ist ; H owa rd H . T amplin, member of the Legislature.

One of th e na tion 's lead ing industr ies in it s field is located in Georgiathe Atl anta Paper Co., with offices at 950 W. M a rietta St. , N W, in Atlanta. Est ab lished in 1868, it is one of the country's oldest ma nufa ct u rers of folding ca rtons, corrugated and solid fibre shipping con ta ine rs, and other sp ecialty p roduct s. It ca n also claim the title of world 's la rgest m aker of "c a rry-home " beverage ca rtons. Other products includ e text ile packaging, glassine bags, ga rme n t bags, a nd industrial papers.
This giga n tic in du stry grew fro m a sm all p aper jobb ing bu siness founded as the Elsas-M a y Pap er Co. In 1886 it was incorpo ra ted under th e pr esent n am e, with Isaac Li ebman n as pr esident. In th e earl y 1900's bag mach ines were inst alled and th e finn bega n th e cha nge from jobber to con verter. Business gre w so rapidly th at several cha nge s of loca tion were necessa ry to secur e additional sp ace . Early in the cen tury fold ing ca rto n a nd cor r uga ting dep artmen ts wer e insta lled . T oday th e comp any op er ates solely as a conver ter.
The bu siness con tinued to grow stead ily. Sales during th e first yea r th e c o m p an y was incorpor at ed amo unted to $294,000 . The end of

195 1 saw the sa les volume reach $ 19 million . M ore th an 1,000 per sons arc employed a t At lanta Pa per Co.' s plant.
T his hu ge p lant h as a pproxi ma tely 300,000 squa re fee t of ma nu factu ring space. A 1600-foot ra ilro ad siding will tak e ca re of 32 fr eigh t cars, a nd truck docks acco mmoda te fro m 40 to 60 tr ailer -tractor u nits a t one time. Appr oxim at ely 20 ca rloa ds of APACO product s a rc turned out daily, necessitating a rapid flow of mat eri als and fini shed p roduct s. T he one-floo r opera tion of the p lant permits mater ial to tr avel fro m th e receivin g p latforms a t one end of th e build ing, through th e .various converting processes to th e shipping docks a t the opposite end of th e plant.
The Atla nt a Pa per Co. docs business on a national scale. M an y of it s produ cts a re sold ou tside of Geor gia, a nd la rge amoun ts a rc shipped to coun tr ies in La tin Am erica a nd Eu ro pe, and even as far away as New Zeala nd .
A widclv diversified list of industries, inclu ding man y of the most famo us ind ust rial n am es in Am erica, a re customers of th is conce rn . Thc textile ind ustry, bottling industry, ba king industry a nd m an y other s a rc keep ing the machinery humming, a nd th e ca rtons pr odu ced a rc fami lia r to cvny fami ly in America.

Employees enjoy exce llen t working conditions a nd ben efit s, includ ing an employee profit sha ring ret irement plan .

Officers of the company a rc Arthu r 1. H a rri s, C hairman of th e Board. Art hur L. Harris, President and Treasurer, H enry I-I. Ogden , Executi ve Vi cePr esiden t a nd Sec reta ry, V irgil C. Sh utz e, Vi ce-President in Ch a rge of
Sales, Loui s Regenstein, .J r., Assistant
Secreta ry, and lv1. E. Kil pa triek, Gen era l Coun sel.

Visitor s are welcom ed a t the plan t, and th ose who a rc interested in seeing its opera tions m ay a rr an ge to be taken on a conducted tour by ca lling th e pla n t.

U ne of th e out sta n ding features of Atla nta Pa per C oo's mo dern p lant is a storage pit , with a 7,OOO-ton capacity, whe re hu ge rolls of p ap er are sto re d. It is ope ra ted by a n overhead crane, whic h del iver s ro ll stock ri gh t to conve r ting m ach in es. T he com pa ra tive
size of the rolls is ind ica ted by th e man a t lower left.

Georgia ns ca n well be proud of this industry whi ch packag es m an y of th e nati on 's fav orite p rod uct s in the distin ctiv e a nd colorfu l wrappings whi ch the buying public knows so well.

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

T he following Geor gia firms were ~warde d contrac ts by the Gov ernmen t In recen t weeks :

W~ lth i n gton C orp ., ATLA NTA -

~urbln e-Gen erator- Excite r, U . S. M a -

nne Ba rracks, Camp Lejeune N . C .

$ 282,400.

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Wood s Plumbing & H eati ng Co.,

B R U N S W I C K - Mo difi cation of

M ooring job , Circle No .2 . U. S. Naval

Au xiliary Air Sta tion. Glynco , Ga.

$3 ,200 .

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M . L. Wilson, BR UN S WI CK -

O ver a.ll grading and drainage Pinecas-

tle All' Force Base, Pin ecastle, Fla.,

$44 ,658.

Ga . M ilk Prod . Co nfede ra tion Ind.,

A T L ANTA- Fresh, Pasteurized Mi lk

for Ft. M cPh erson , Ga ., $ 13,095 .

Irvind ale Certified D ., A T L ANT A

- Ic c C ream , Ft. M cPh erson . Ga .

$6,600 .

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Georgia-Pac ific Plywood Co. , A U -

G USTA-Lumber, oa k red an d /or

whi te, V eh icle G ra de, 149,256 fbm ap-

prox., $28,630.

J aco Pan ts, I nc., W INDER - Trou-

sers, wool, O l) , 125,000 pr. , $ 181,920.

E. L. Powers Cont. Co ., j ES UP-

Co nst ruction of additional site faci lities

( M obi.lization and T.O.) Camp Stew-

a rt, L Iberty County, Ga. , $ 1,092,297.

Chicago Bridge & Iron, A T LANTA

- Fa brication and erec tion of bu lk fu el

storage tank , M ood y Air Force Base.

V aldosta, Ga ., $ 14, 100.

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The Coi te-Som ers Co .. VI DA LIA-

Co nstruction of war eh o;lse and heat -

ing plant, Hunter Air Force Base, Sa -

va nna h, $734,44 1.

Southern Sta tes Iron Roofing Co. ,

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Decatur Setting Pace

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p roved expa nsion s and im pr ovements

to cost half a million dolla rs. An al-

~ost eq ua l sum is being spent in lay-

Ing new wa ter mains. Unde r the new

~Ian, the ca pacity of th e pumping sta-

tion on th e C hattahoochee Riv er will

be increa sed from 17 million ga llons

per day to 23 million .

T he 700 mil es of pav ed road in the

Count y arc also an indust rial draw ing

card.

Altho ugh th ere a re vcrv few indu s-

t ries loca ted inside the city limits of

Decatur; th~ re a re. a lar ge nu mber

a nd variety in th e Imm edia te vicinitv

providinl? employme nt for man y De'-

ca tur residents, These incl ude th e new

Kraf t F ood s Co., 250 emp loyees, lo-

ca ted on Indu stri al W ay, Woodm an C o., pr ecision tools, Atla~t i c ' I ce Co.,

Atlas W eigh t weigh ts, Besser

Co., M fg .

wheel Co., par

tsbawlaanrc~e

house a nd conc re te blocks, Bowen

P,ress, Burrou gh s Adding M ach ine Co..
Chandler Tracto r & Equipment ce.
W '. L. Cobb Co nstruction Co., C on~

~o h dated Qua rries Corp ., wit h offices

In Deca tur a nd plant a t L ith oni a, Con -

veyor M fg. Co., Check- R-Boar d Fed

Co., Crawford Door & Sales Co.. De -

catur Chemi ca l Co. , p aint s and' lac-

quers, Decatur Lumber Co. , DeK alb

Su pply Co., lum ber, Dicks-Pont ius Co.. putty, Ga tes R u bber Co., Hun ter M ill ~

ing Co ., In sul Wool Mfg. Co., Econo-

my Forms, lessor of steel form s, J ewel

T ea Co. , wareho use, Lan gley T ran sfer

flam mabl e liq uid , steel, 43,470 ea., $28 1,250.
Wri gh t Co ntracting Co ., CO L UiHB U S - Cas ting a rticulated concrete mattress, 84,000 (squares casting matt ress) 84,000 bb l. ceme n t, $ 777,840.

~o . , shipping a nd moving, L awren ce-

ville Road Lu mber Co ., Len nox Fu r-

nace .Co ., Nob le Sa usage Co., two con-

t J~a c t l~g compa n ies- Rutla nd a nd R .

1 . Smith-s-Studeb ak er Corp .. T ri-Sta te

Culvert Co., U niversa l St eel ' In c.. steel

fabrication s a n d sprcialty, \\' ilson

'?airy Products, a nd W hitlev' Co nstruc-

tion Co .

.

. Agr i("l~lture pla ys a n impo rta n t p a rt

111 th e hfe of industr y. I t is

th e one

ocof utnhtev: ,'finaesstwdealliravs~

in&" sections of th e State, with man v

dairy and stock farms, a nd profitab le

poultry op er ati on s also. M ore th an

2,500 farms in the coun ty p roduce

vegetables, fru! ts, berries, gra in and

cover crops, chiefly. The U . S. H onor

~arm , cO\'~ ri ng more th an 1,000 ac res.

IS loca ted 111 the coun tv. O J~ e of, th e outs ta nd ing tour ist at -

tractions 111 Georgia is situa ted in De -

K alb Co unt y- Sto ne M ount ai n. Th is

la rgest . body of solid gra nite in th e w~rld IS 800 feet in height a nd seven

miles a round th e base.

Progressive Decat ur Citv officials inc ~u de five commissiol1lJ:s- A. l\;fell

1 urner , M a yor, l\IIrS. S. Robert Nos-

worthy, Ch arles D , Livscv, W hea t \"' i.llia ms, a nd W. E. Z a c h ar~:. L u ther

Spmks is Chief of Police, ' and th e
FIre Depa rtment is head ed by .J. D.

Peek .

DeK alb Coun ty officers include

Scott Cand ler, Commi ssioner of Roads

a nd Revenue, who has spea r hea ded

man y of th e pro gr essive movem en ts

for both city and coun tv. Robert K .

Broome is Sh er iff, MI:s. K a th erine

M ~n ~ , O rd inar y, Roy O . Lea th ers.

Solicitor Ge neral of Super ior Co ur t.

Ben C . Bur gess, Clerk of Superi or ~ou r t, \ V. Fr ed Nas h, Tax Commi s-

ston er, Go rdon Na lley, Su rvcvor, a nd

. E. C. Harvey, Corone r.

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EW LETTER

FEBRUARY 10, 1953

N E WSLETTER

Februa r y 10, 195:)

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-monthly by
GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE 100 Sta te Capitol
* HERMAN E. TALMADGE
Governor

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
EMORY L. BUTLER Chairman

Lonnie A. Pope , V. Chm . Y. F. Geeslin

Ben J essup

Lloyd B. Raisty

* CLARK GAI NES

S ecr e t a r y

Vol. 4, No. 11

Febru ary 10, 1953

Georgia Leads Nation
In 1952 Chick Output
Georgi a will hold top plac e in th e na tion's broiler-r aising sta tes for 1952, acco rding to figures released by th e U . S. Dep artment of Co mmerc e for th e first II m onths of 1952. With a tot al of 119,254,000 Geor gia rank ed first for 1951 in the number of ch icks ha tch ed by comme rc ial ha tcheries leading by more than 20 milli on broilers over th e nea rest competitor for th e 1952 titl eMi ssouri, with 99,300,000.
Other sta tes whi ch ran ked hi gh were I ndi a na, 97,512,000 , an d North Carolin a, 57,093,000.
The figures, whi ch were compiled by th e Bureau of Agri cultural Econ omics, U . S. Dept. of Agriculture, and released by R egion al Director M errill C . Lofton, show th at Georgia had an incr ease of 22,746,000 for the first II months of 1952 over th e same period in 1951.
Georgia helped to brin g up th e tot al of th e South Atl anti c region, m aking it lead all othe r regions in th e cou ntry, with a total of 389, 110,000- which is app roximately 89 million mor e th an the secon d la rgest p rod ucin g a rea , th e West North Ce ntral, with a n output of 30 0, 25 0,0 00 .
Geor gia produ ced close to seven percen t of t he total number of ch icks in th e na t i on-I ,6 3 1 ,0~7 ,000 .

COVER PICTURE
T he pi cture on our cover is a beau tiful sunset ca ugh t over Dund ee M ills at Griffin, Ga . T his plant, with mor e than 3,000 em ployees, p roduces towels, wash cloth s and diapers.- Pholo by Ca rolyn Cart er.

FEBRUARY 9-15- Atla n ta : VA Area M ed ical Associa tion , Biltmor e Hotel.

FEBRUARY 1O- ll - 1t1acon : Wom en' s

Auxi liarv to Bibb Countv M ed ical

Societ y. .

.

FEBRUARY 11-13-Atlanta : T ech nological Ex hibition pr esented by' U .

S. D ept. of Commer ce, Biltmore Ho-

tel.

FE BR UA RY II -Atlanta: Fourth An -

nu al Georgia Credit C linic, At lanta

Di vision , U n iversity of Gcorgia.

FEBRUARY 14- 15-Columbus: Ca-

mellia Show.

FEBR UA RY 15-1 7-A tlanta : Nati on -

a l Association of Vari ety Stores. Au-

dit or ium .

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,

FEBRUARY 15-18-Atlan ta: Sou th ern J ewelry Show, Peach tr ee on Peachtree H ot el.

FEBRUARY 16-18-Atlanta : Southeastern Ph ot ogr aph ers Association , Ansley Hotel.
FEB RUARY 18-20- Savann a h : Na tiona l Co tto n Coun cil of America, Gen er al Oglct horpe H otel.
FEB R UARY 18-2 I-Athens: Georgia Pr ess In stitute.
FEBRUARY 19-21-Atlanta : Southern Ar ea Co un cil, YMCA, Atlan tan H otel and YMCA .

Tennessee Corp. Plans $750,000 East Pt. Plant
T he T ennessee Corp., pro ducers of commercial ferti lizers a nd a va riety of chem icals, has a nno unced plans to build a $750,000 pl ant at East Point, a man gan ese or e reduction opera tion. A certifica te of necessity for acce lera ted tax amortization under th e def ense p rogra m has been gra nted, a nd th e plant should be completed in IS months.
Dr. .J. K . Plum m er, wh o has head ed
th e T enn essee Co rp. operation at East Point since 1920, is to d irect th e new pla nt also. H e sta ted that th e firm is buildin g a pilot or "sem i-works" to develop orga nic che micals.
I n J932 th e company began resear ch on pro cesses for p rodu cti on of man ganese compounds. Two yea rs la ter the East Point plant began man ufactu re on a small sca le. a nd since th at tim e has grown int o one of th e world's la rgest producers of fertilizer gr ades of man ganese grade che m icals.

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FEBRUARY 20-21-Atlanta: Gcor gia Hos pital Association, Biltmor e H ot el.

FEB RUARY 22-26-Atlan ta: Atlant a

Gradu ate M ed ical Asscmb lv. Bilt -

more H ot el.

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FEBRUARY 25-28-Sav annah : Ch ilea n N itrate Ed ucation al Bureau .

FEB RUARY 25- M ar sha llville: Fifth An nua l Cam ellia Show .

FEBRUA RY 27- Athcns: H ome Ee

Da y, U nivers ity of Georg ia .

FEBRUARY 27-28-Atlanta : Geor gia

Association of St udent T eacher s. Bilt-

mor e Ho tel.

.

FEB R UARY 27-28-Athens: S t at e ~ram a Festival, U niversity of Geor gia .

MARCH 1-3-Atlanta : Southern Saf ety Conferen ce, Biltm or e H ot el.
MARCH 4-Atla n ta : SR-4 Strain Ga ge Conf er en ce, Hi ghtower Bldg. Auditoriu m, Geor gia T ech .

MARCH 4-6- Atlan ta : Na tiona l Sales Execut ives, Biltmore H otel.
MA RC H 4-7-Macon : Geor gia H igh Scho ol Basketball T ournam ent.

MARCH 5-7- Atla nta : Georgia Ed u cation Association, Auditorium .
MARCH 7-1O-Sav anna h: Southern ConL of Bldg. Owner s and M an ag ers., Gen eral Oglethorpe.

Glidden Co. Acquires
Atlanta Paint Plant
T he Gli dden Co. has purchased th e Eagle-Pi ch er pain t p lant in Atl anta, in or der to increase its p ai n t a nd varn ish pr odu ction a nd double its bu siness in the Southeast. A five-acre t ract has been p ur ch ased adjoining the p lan t. where a new office bu ilding a nd finished stoc k wa reh ou se will be erec ted. Work began as soon as th e pl ant was purchased to doub le th e capacity.
T he p lant will produce some pai n ts in Februar y, a nd by ea rly summe r. when th e additions a r e comp let e, should be in fu ll production . The lat est principles of h andling materi als have been incorpo rated .
Sup er inten dent for the At lanta p la n t will be Walter S. H erner, a nd head of th e la bora tory, H arold G . H a vwa rd. Both a rc bei;lg t ran sferr ed fro'm till' p aint and va rni sh divi sion headqua rt ers in C leveland .

NEWSLETTER

Fe b ruary 10, 1953

Georgia's Mineral Production Keeps Pace With State's Great Industrial Expansion

T he unprecedented grow th in th e industrial developm ent of Georgia has h ad its parall el in th e expa nded developm ent

a nd produ ct ion of th e St at e's mineral resources. The producti on of Georgia mineral s incr eased 400 p er cen t during th e

decad e 1940 to 1950. The doll ar value of min erals produced

in creased fr om fourteen milli on dollars in 1940 to fifty-six

million dollars in 1950, th e Commerce De par tment has been

advised by Capta in Garl and Peyton , Direct or of th e Georgia

N. W . Georg ia
169"/0 gain. Barite, Ocher,
Limestone, Cement, Lime,
Iron ores, Manganese, Slate, Sand
Gravel Brick Tile

MOUNTAIN AND PIEDMONT PROVINCE
283 010 increase
1940-50
Minerals in production
Asbestos Feldspar Gold Granite (Crushed Stone) Granite (Building and Monumental) Kyanite Marble (Building , Monumental
and Crushed)

Department of M ines, Min ing and Geology, wh o pr ovid ed th e informati on on thi s page.
Geo rgia lead s all other sta tes in th e p roduction of kaolin and mar ble. She is second in th e produ ction of bauxite, barite and fullers ea rth; and th ird in th e produc tion of granite.
Not e: 1950 is th e latest yea r for whi ch complete min eral sta tistics arc available.

Mica Talc Sand and Gravel

COASTAL PLAIN PROVINCE
430"/0 increase 1940-50
Minerals in Production
Kaolin (China Clay)-Most valuable mineral Fullers Earth Bauxite (Aluminum Ore) Agricultural Lime Peat . Portland Cement Sand and Gravel Brick and Tile

Outline map showing the larger Geolo gic and Topographic Divisions.

GEO RGIA DEPARTMENT O F CO M M ERCE

NEWSLETTER

February 10, 1953

GEORGIII PIIRIIDE OF PROGRESS

Gainesville Box Factory
T h e Ga inesville Box Co., h as been orga nized at GA INESVILLE by local men and supported by local ca pital. T h e outp ut of wood an d wir e boxes will be used p rima rily by th e gia nt pou lt ry industry of th at ar ea. Founders of th e bus iness arc H a rry H olland , president ; Earl Smith, vice-p resident and secreta ry-tr easurer, and L. E. H olland, vice p resident. T he plant can produce 9,000 boxes every 24 hours. T hey a re delivered to custome rs flat , a nd are locked into box shape as th ey ar e p acked . M r. Holla n d invented a special loop whi ch makes th e fin al clamp hold th e box secu re ly.
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Hancock 4-H Winner
Eddie Frazier. HA N COCK COUNTY farm boy, ~vas th e top 4-H Club cot ton prod ucer in Georgia in 1952. Hi s yield was 2,780 pounds per ac re. H e received a $250 sch olar ship and othe r priz es.
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Pool Wool Output
The Georgia Shee p Breed ers Assn., at a m eeting held in GRIFFIN , voted to pool th eir wool cro p each year for sale in ca rload lots. It is estima ted th at sheepm en under this plan can get fr om three to eigh t cen ts a p ound more for th eir wool th an at present . Ge orgia's wool produ ction is said to be 24,000 to 48,000 pounds a year.
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New Dublin Plant
Will Employ 300
D UBLIN is to get a n ew industry that will even tua lly employ 300 peop le in th e m anufacture of shirts. H . C . T h arp e, president of th e Chamber of Com merce, annou nces that negot iations have been completed for th e Oxford M anufact uri ng Co ., to loca te in D ub lin, an d th e firm will begin imm ed iately to train 100 ope ra to rs a nd thi s Spring will emp loy 200 mo re. A new bu ildin g is to be completed for the factory by M ay 1, th e Dublin Co nstr uct ion Co ., states .
This $2 milli on cor po ration h a s plants located a t Vidalia, Monroe, Rome, Ga., and Tupelo, M iss. Twentyseven salesmen a re employed, and man-

ufacturing is done und er contrac t for seve ra l nat ionally known stores.
The Dublin operation will pro du ce " T op C raft" sh irts, and execute cont ract work for the present.
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Toombs Onion Crop
Thirteen h un dred acres of onio ns a re growing in T OOMBS CO UNT Y. Early J ord an , of Vidalia, says th is represents th e maj or part of th e comme rcia l onion cro p in th e Sta te . J ord an adde d that sales of onions will be made th rough Ap ril, M ay an d part of J une. Bulk of th e sales will be made at th e Sta te Fa rm ers M arket at Vidalia .
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Okefenokee Visitors
Atte nda nce at Okefenokee Swa mp Park was 88,22 1 durin g 1952, an increase of 35,726 over 1951, announces E. C. R ees, president of Ok efenokee Assn., I nc., WAYCROSS, wh o said th e figures represent p aid adm issions, th e nom ina l admission fee. Mr. R ees says th at th e visito rs represent ed eve ry state in th e U nion, all provin ces of Cana da a nd mor e th an 30 fore ign countries.
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Seed Peanut Plant
L uther T urn er, of Tift on, and Lawrence Pearman , of C hula, a re construc ting a new peanut seed-shelling plant n ear T IFTO N . T. E. D ecker, of Tifton, is th e con trac tor. M r. T urner said th e mi ll will be equipped to shell Spa nish runn ers and Vi rginia peanuts. It will also she ll nu ts for p eanut bu tt er , ca ndy and other uses, as well as doing shelling on a custom basis. Cost of bui ldings an d mach inery is expec ted to reach a total of $30,000 to $35,000. T he bui lding, wit h a concre te block an d m etal roof construc tion, is T-shap ed . It will be completed in th e ea rly part of Feb ru ar y.
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New Macon Plant
T he Southern Chemi cal Pr oduct s Co . has begun opera tions in iV/A CON a nd will man ufacture floo r wa xes, soaps, cleaners and disinfectants, marke ting th ese p rod ucts under its own brands as well as for othe r com panies. Geor ge O. H askell is president of the company, a nd Charles Van Doren is secreta ry an d tr easur er.

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Ludowici Motel
T he Franklinia Mo tel, owned by M rs. L. M. Bra nch and M rs. R . B. Smiley, h as been open ed at L UD O WICI, on Hi ghw ay 38-30 1. Each room in the 15 un its h as a ceramic tile bath, and th e red tile roof of th e bui lding is mad e of Long Co unty clay. Built in Coloni al style, th e m otel has pill ars across the fro nt. Winter and summer air-con ditioning has been provided, and th e units have louvered doors. This is Ludowici' s third m otel.
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State Poultry Festival
Georgia's $100 ,000,000 pou lt ry industr y will be spotligh ted this springprobably in M ay-at a Sta te Poult ry Festival, officials of th e Georgia Poultry
Federation announce . J. M. Tankers-
ley, president of th e F ed eration, sta ted a big, on e-day festival will be h eld in Gainesville. Georgia is th e lead ing broiler -p roducin g state in th e Union .
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New Chinchilla Ranch
MA N CHESTER an d M eriw eth er Co unty have a new in du stry. T he L oftin Chinchilla Ranch has been open ed two mil es north of Manchester, on Highway 85. It will h ave a cap acity of 76 cages at first , with room allowed for exp ansion. The ranch, owne d by Elmer Loftin, will be associated wit h J essca Evergreen Chinchi lla Ranch of Columbus, one of the largest distr ibutors of chinch illa br eeding stoc k in the coun try.
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Rockmart Gets New
Aggregate Processor
A charter has been granted th e Georgia Solite Cor poration in Polk County Supe rior Court for a manufacturing plant at R OCKM ART wh ich will p rocess aggregate bu ilding material. A site h as been purchas ed an d switch tr acks and power lines have been insta lled for th e p lant, wh ich it is estimated will cost ap proximately a half million doll a rs. Applica tion for th e ch arter was made by Henry A. Stewa rt, Sr ., of Ceda rtown , John W . Roberts, Richmond, V a., an d H . C. Hofheim er II, of No rfo lk. The new indu str y will utilize much of the nat ive sla te, stone and shale.

NEWSLETTER

Februa ry 10, 1953

1953 To Mark 160th Anniversary For

scho ol syste m includes a vocation al building,' ca nne ry a nd sho ps. T her e a rc

City of Sparta and Hancock County

a num ber of g ra mma r schoo ls in the
rou n tv.
Th ~ H an cock cour thouse is a n im-

With 160 yea rs of histor y to their credit, Spa rta a nd H ancock Co unty reta in m emories of th e old a long with the new of th e age as shown by modern bu ildings an d othe r up-to-dat e inn ovatio ns not ed in Spa rta, th e county sea t. an d th rough out th e county.

r-r Co., operates a large sto ne-c rushing pla nt a t G ra n ite H ill, and ther e a rc ma ny sma ll q uarries in oper a tion, a nd a number of ca rloads of g ra nite and prod ucts a rc shipped from th e county d ai lv,
Spa rt a has issued revenue certifi-

posing two-stor y br ick str uc ture in

Spa r ta, built in 188 1, a nd nea rb y is th e

Con federa t r- mo nu ment. also erec ted in

1881 .

.

Hancock County Record H an cock County was crea ted in D e-
cem ber 1793, and will soon be 160

'. In Spa rta, the gra nite and brick LaF a yette H otel sta nds on th e site of th e Eagle T avern wh ere Gen . LaF ayett e was ente rta ined a t a ba ll M a rch 17. 1825, by the citizens of Spa rta; a modern crea me ry is now on the spot occupied by a livery sta ble wh er e th e horses were changed on th e sta gecoa ch th a t ope ra ted ea rly in 1800 betw een Aug usta , Sparta, M illedgeville a n d point s west. Ge n . La Fayett e, during his visit to G eorgia , evide ntly spen t the nigh t at Spa rta, this being a "stop" on the stagecoac h ro ut e. M od ern buil din gs ma rk th e M ai n Street a t Sparta a nd othe r business sections, while th e wh ite-columned h omes are seen alongside those of recent arch itecture.
Manufacturing P la rots T he genera l bu siness section is sp rin k-
led with ma nuf act ur ing pla nt s. H app Bros., a u nit of the M acon firm of th at nam e, operates a pa n ts facto ry here, emp loy ing a number of local peopl e. L. L. J ames, J r., is m an ager of the fa ctory. The H an cock Cream ery, a di vision of Borden & Co., bu ys milk fro m local an d other dai rym en ~ n d processes it, mak ing some into cot tage cheese.

ca tes total ing $200,000 with whi ch to bu ild a pip e lin e to Fort Cr eek , a di sta nce of seven mil es, wh er ebv th e citv' s wat er supply will be greatly' in creas~d .
Ther e a re three churches a t Sp arta , Bap tist, M ethodi st a nd Presbyt eri an. ./. P. Boyer is president of th e Lions C lub, and G . B. M oore, Jr., secreta ry. The L aFa yette H otel a nd th e Sparta Motel serve th e public. Two ban ks serve finan cia lly- the Bank of H an cock
Co., of which .J. H . Dolvin is pr esident,
E. A. Thomp son , vice-preside nt a nd S. H . Hollis. cashier. and St ewart & Pou nd operate a priva te bank .
T he Georgia Power Co., furnishes electricity to th e city and a rea , a nd telepho ne service is provided by th e Southern Bell T elep hone Co., Sp a r ta having a dial syste m. T he Georgia R a ilroad, August a, Cam a k-to-Macon link , pr ovid es rai lroad service.
::,,,1. G. Pound, Sr ., is M a yor of Sp a r-
ta, a nd Aldermen are .J. L. Blan ch ard ,
Loui s R ozier, H ow ard Lewis and ]. T. Miller. E . Go rdon L atimer is Clerk. A. S. Cumm ing s, C hief of Police.
T he cen tral h igh scho ol for H an cock Co un ty is loca ted a t Sp arta, a nd Pro f. Ralph H . Cooper is p rin cip al. A gram mar school is a lso located th er e a nd th e

yea rs old . I t was nam ed for J ohn H an cock, one of th e signers of th e Decla ration of Independen ce. Population of the county in 1950 was 11,052 . of which 2,000 are in Sparta . T he area of th e coun ty is 488 sq ua re mil es; land a rea is 3 10,400 acres, with 22.8 persons per sq ua re mil e : th er e a rc 1,31 7 fa rm s in the coun ty , the average size bein g 159.6 ac res .
H an cock is truly a di ver sified county in m an y respe cts. It is bounded by two rivers, and man y cree ks crisscross the cou ntv . The O con ee R iver forms th e boundan' between H an cock and Putnam Counties, whil e th e O geech ee is th e bound ary on th e cast side, next to Wa rren County.
T own s in the county ar e Spa r ta , M ayfield , Culverton , Dever eux , Li nt on , j ewell, G ra nite Hill. Fou r St ate high ways p rovide pav ed roads-Nos. 22, 77. 16 a nd 15.
L ak e Sincl air, on the O con ee River. will ha ve a lon g shore line on th e H an cock side , whi ch is expec ted to provide fishing, boating and recr eati on spots.
Two REA lin es fu rni sh H an cock farms with electricity, and G eor gia Power Co ., is also serving ru ral areas.
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Pier ce T a ylor is manager of the crea m -

ery .

'H an cock Count y abounds in timber.

both pine and ha rdwood s, p rocessed by

a number of sawmills an d lumber com -

pani es, a nd m uch is a lso cu t for pulp -

woo d.

L arge lum ber com pa nies include W .

F, H all a nd th e Spa r ta M fg. Co rp ., a t

Sp arta, and R eyn old s & J ackson a t

M a vfield . A nu mber of sma ll sa wmills

ope rate over th e coun tv , K ist Bottlin g Co, also mak es ceme nt b locks whi le th~

Spar ta I cc Co. manufactures icc.

Gra nite, exposed a nd un exposed ,

covers la rge sections of H a ncock Co u n-

, tv, an d residents say gra nite has been

q ua rried in H a ncock for more tha n 100

yea rs, it bein g one of the p ioneer coun -

ties to qu arry and ship gra nite all over

the count rv,

Qua rryi ng is still an im po rta nt in -

d ustry in th e coun ty . Weston & Brook -

This mo dern high school plant at Sparta serve s the stu de nts of H an cock Co unty.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

An ae rial view of Marietta, showi ng in the backgroun d t hc outstand ing lan d ma rks of Big an d Little Kennesaw Mountains , now t he sit e of a National Pa rk , whi ch annually d r aws th ou san ds of visitors.

Marietta, Historic, Friendly, Progressive, Appeals , 0 Industry and Tourists Alike

Marietta' is a bustling city ri ch in history, enjoying its prosper ous present an d looking forw ard to an even greate r
future. In 1952 it celebra ted its 100th anni-
versary as a city (it wa s settle d ea rly in th e 1830' s) . Mariett a is situa ted on lan d whi ch wa s part of th e Che rokee Indian lan ds. The county was named for Judge Thomas W . Cobb, who served as Congr essman , U . S. Se na tor, and Judge of th e O cmulgee C i r~u i t.. Th e city was named for th e Judge s wif e.
The pleasant town became known as a resort, ' and its social affairs brought it th e description of " the gayes t, mo st fashionable, most flourishing, most entertaining, and fast est town in G eor gia ;" I t was also th e location of th e Geo rgia Mi litary Institute, known as , the W est
Point of th e South .
Period Ends
Th is happy period ended in th e 1860's with th e ' Va l' Betw een th e Sta tes, and Mari ett a la ter saw bitter fighting in th e region of K ennesaw Mountain . Today thi s a rea is a N ation al Park, with an int er estin g mu seum, monuments and a paved road to th e top of th e mountain . The park had more than 14 1,000 visitors who registered last year, inclu di ng peop le from all th e 48 states and 37 for eign nati ons. B. C . Yates is
Super int endent. The Marietta on e sees today, a p-
proaching from th e beautiful four-lan e h ighw ay whi ch crosses Co bb Co unty

running from Atl anta to C a rte rsville, is a totally differ ent scene from th e Mariette of even 13 yea rs ag o. Then it was a typical town of 8,600 in an agri cultura l coun ty of 38,000. In th e period of little more than a d ecad e Marietta has reach ed a population of close to 25,000 and th e coun ty alm ost 70,000 .
What brought about th is ama zing growth? Ther e wer e many fa ctors, but first is th e vision and perseveran ce of the p eop le of M ari etta and Co bb County. Th ey publicized th e assets th eir area has to offer industry-transportation, climate, tr ain ed workers, progr essive city gove rn me n t-and industry cam e.
The grea t influx began ab out 10 yea rs ago, with th e esta blishme nt of th e Bell Aircraft plant. Befor e th e wa r a small airport was bui lt three mi les south of the city to serve th e ar ea . Aft er World War II sta rted thi s site was selected bv th e Gov ernment for th e erec tion of on e of th e la rgest def en se plants built during th e war-Bell Bomber. At th e peak of its op er ations 27,000 work ers wer e employed in th e manufactu re of B-29 Superforts . This plant turned out 663 planes during its bri ef peri od of op eration.
N aturally, this huge increase in popula tion crea ted all manner of problemshousing, sch ools, water, traffic-but the city and co unty rose to meet th e occasion and hav e tr em endously profited th er eby.
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mg Mari etta's fat e after th e war ended. Forecasts of un employment a nd "ghos t town" wer e made, but Co bb Co un tia ns refus ed to let thi s happen . An I nd ustrial Association was fon ned to bring bu siness to M ari ett a an d th e a rea and succee de d in fosterin g sever al new ente rp rises. The ava ilable hou sing pr oved att rac tive to m an y person s employed in Atl anta, and M ari etta's booIII ha s continued .
Today th e hu ge bomber plan t is op era ted by Lockh eed Air cr aft Co rp. I t has comp leted a pr ogram of modifi cation of B-29' s, and is now engaged in th e bui ldin g of Boeing-d esign ed B-47 Strat oj ct bomb ers. Th e c u rren t em ployment of more th an 10,000 is expec ted to be grad ually expande d to 16,000 in th c next 14 months.
Ever y phase of th e industri al life or M ari etta has qu icken ed since 1940 . Th e city had severa l well-establish ed industri es whi ch had been flourishing for many yea rs. One of th ese was th e Brumby Chair Co ., begun in 1875 as a barrel-stave plant, whi ch conve r ted to th e manufacture of cha irs and enjoyed grea t success. Its p lant was recently bou ght by th e Blair Aluminum Furniture C o., head ed by L. M . "R ip" Blai r, The M cN eel Marble Co., one of th e la rgest mem ori al manufa cturers m Am eri ca, is an old ind ustry, as a re th e Glove Mach ine ' ''' orks, producing stee l castings, pip es, pipe fittings and other products, and th e R ad ium H osier y Mill, now op er at ing as the Holeproof H osiery Co.
Solid Foundation
These esta blishe d bu sin esses laid a solid econ omi c foundati on a nd m an v new industri es hav e join ed th em i:1 M ari etta. Some of th ese a rc th e Owenby M anufacturing Co., employing close to 300 persons, m akin g infan ts a nd child re n's clothes. Three new hosier v mills hav e begun ope ra tions since th ;' war-Custer H osier y Co., pr odu cing doll soc ks a nd shoes: Sh amr ock Knit ting Mills and M arietta H osier y Co. A bui lder of radi o and television ca bine ts. th e Nunn Bett er C abine t Co " em ploys about 200. Frank G . North , In c., a che m ica l concern, produ ces sizing com pounds for texti les. Ford-McC leskey Mfg. Co., mak es h ay rak es. W . P. Stephe ns Lumber C o., ope ra tes a plan ing mi ll a nd dr y kiln, as does Mariett a Lumber Co.
Marietta 's tot a l fa ctor y pa yro ll is $1 million weekly.
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Marietta
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for much of the success the y h ave encountere d indus trially. The ' wat er system in Cobb County is being expanded to meet current needs. In 1951 th e Sta te Legislature p assed an ac t creating the Cobb County-Marietta W at er Au thori ty, which w(1I supply wat er to M arietta, Smyrna, Acworth and K ennesaw, a nd rura l areas. The $3,356,000 water-supply system includes a trea tm ent plant of eight mill ion ga llons a day, a nd a four-milli on -gall on sto rage resrcvoir is ex pec ted to be finishe d lat e thi s yea r.
K enn eston e Ho spital, built a t a cost of $ 1.5 mi llion , was opene d in 1950. I t conta ins 105 beds, but plans a re under, way a t pr esent for a 50-be d expan sion . Th ere a re exce llent roads in th e coun ty. In 1946 a $ 1,400,000 bond issue provid ed for m an y p aved a r te ria l county road s, and more road s are pr oposed.
School Expansion
T he schoo ls have under gon e a tr emendous expa nsion-new h igh scho ols ha ve been built a t various points in th e coun ty, a .$300,000 a nnex was con struc ted to the M arietta Hi gh Schoo l in 1952, a nd a $ 197,000 grammar schoo l is being com plete d in L ockh eed H eights. Recently ope ned is th e M ari ett a Ce nter of th e U niversity of Georgia.
In order to keep Co bb Co unty attr acti ve to ind ust ry a nd individuals, a planning survey h as been undertak en by experts in the field , under th e ad mini strat ion of th e Cobb County Plannin g Co mmission, to pl an adeq ua tely for expec ted growth in th e area . The study will tak e tw o yea rs to com plete, cove ring tr affi c probl ems, zoning, water, comm un ica tions, power , sewe rs, and natural gas, af te r wh ich recom mendati on s will be mad e to th e Co unty.
M arietta itself is a pleasant place to live. Its tree-lin ed stree ts and beautiful hom es, many of th em a nte-bellum structures wh ich ha ve bee n restored, make it a lovely city. T he new hom es going up in many sectio ns of town to hou se th e newcom ers are at tractive and com for table. There a rc churches of p ractically every den omi nat ion. R ecreation of all types is avai lable. Ther e a re several pa rks, th e newest of whi ch is th e L arry Bell Park , na me d for Lawren ce Bell wh o brought his aircra ft plant to M ari ett a . This 40 -acre park , forme rly th e coun ty conv ict ca m p, has a swimming pool, tennis cour ts, baseball field and a udito rium .

1952 Sales at Farmers' Market s in State Made Big Gain Over Totals For Previous Year

Sal es on th e Geo rg ia St a te F armer s' M a rk et s in 1952 sho wed in cr eased volume of $13,779 ,293.57 over 1951, figur cs comp iled by Tom Linder, G eor gia Commission er of Agricu ltu re, sho w. Sales in 1951 wer e $6 1,273,33 7.38, a nd in 1952 th ey were $75,052,630.95.
T he rep ort points out th at in sp ite of th e " worst d routh in the St ate' s histo ry," thi s in cr ease in mon ey va lue of farm product s sold sho ws a still higher per centa ge of incr ea se in th e volume of business ca rried on a t th e St ate market system .
Improvem ents a nd bui lding new facilities are under way at Macon , Au gu sta, Vidalia, Tifton , Gl ennville, Thomasville, R om e, Dill ard, Cordele, Columbus and Camilla, a nd new m arket s a re bein g erec ted a t Sav annah , Ad cl, Sp a rks; with gift of a ma r ket site a t

Cairo, and a mod ern egg-gra ding pl an t insta lled at th e m a r ket in Athens.
Sales at th e ma rk ets in 1952 were as foll ow s:
Atl an ta, $42,4 17,25 1.17; Thom asville, $6, 572,693.61 ; Columbus, $6,3 10,476. 37 ; M acon, $5,728, 180.07; Cordele, $3, 112,590 .97; Au gu sta, $2,586,383.87 : Va ldosta, $ 1,785, 137.42; M oultrie, $ 1,513, 169.43 ; Tifton , $1,424,97 3; Pelh am , $642,969.96 ; Glennville, $535,718.18; Camill a, $5 10,64 7.14; Vid ali a, $466,94 1.88 ; Athens , $372,335.74.
R om e, $318,424 .63 ; Nashville, .$204,201.51 ; T occoa , $202,085.25; Dillard, $ 128,253 .28 ; L eesburg, $84,659 .15; J esup , $81 ,168.07 ; Donalsonville, $38,909.50 ; H azlehurst, $ 15,460.75.
Sales were held a t 22 ma rk ets in 1952.

A handsom e new police sta tion wa s comp leted last summer a t a cost of $50,000 , a nd th e fire dep a rtment finishe d a sub -fire sta tion in O ct ober , th e second in 18 mo nths.
Tourist Attractions
M ari etta is attractive to tourists with its histori c interest, and its m an y fin e motor cour ts. Ther e a re a tot al of 165 room s in th e area, offering finest ac commo da tion s.
Sp ecial points of inter est in th e area include a memorial to th e co-founde r of th e Parent-Teach er Association , Mrs. Theodore Birn ey, wh o b e g a n h er P.T.A. work in Mariett a. The memorial is a sun-dial in a co urt floor ed with stone s fr om all 48 sta tes, sent by P.T.A. organization s. A la rge Nati onal Ce me te ry is located in M ari etta, an d a lso a Confede ra te Ce me te ry. St. J am es Epi scop al Church , built in th e ea rly 1840's is a landma rk, and is still used for services. There a re man y lovely old hom es to see. also.
M a rietta i ~ fortu na te in ha ving a n excellent newspap er, th e M a rietta Da ily J ourn al, esta blish ed in 1866 . Brooks Sm ith is p ubli sher and Bill Kinney ma naging editor. M r. Smi th also publishes th e wcekl v Cobb Countv T im es.
Dobbins Air F orce Base, one of th e fin est in th e Southeast, is locat ed south of M ari etta. This Ail: Force Training Ce nte r is nam ed for a native son of M ari etta, C apt. Charles Dobbins, who was shot down in th e M editerranean during ''''orld War II . The command-

ing officer is Co lonel Paul Hinds. A program is under way to br ing base person nel in to grea te r p a rticipat ion in communi ty activit ies. T o fu rther th is aim a b as~ newspap er has been started - the "Dobbins Fl yer."
Th e Co bb Co unty Chambe r of Co mmerce has don e mu ch to prom ote th e prosperity of th e area. Officers a re L. C . H am es, Jr., president ; M. L. Lamar, Au stell, arid V . S. Golden , Acworth, vice-presidents ; Willi am E.
Brumby, tr easurer ; Judge J. .J. Dani ell,
secreta ry manager , a n d Mrs. M ary Sh aw J am es, assistant secretary. One of th e Chamber's p resent proj ects is an attracti ve fold er and m ap tellin g of histori c spo ts a nd points of interest in M ari etta and th e county. It will be read y for distribution in th e near future.
Ci ty officials a re Mayor Sam J.
Welsch and Co unc ilme n E. W . H ol-
com be, H . .J. Brinkley, H. L. Willi am s, J. S. Pace, S. J. Lindsey, G . H. M c-
Millan , a nd G . 1'. Crowder, C ity Clerk Thom as F. Austin, R ecorder W illiam H . H ard y, Engineer Ben Wootten , Electrician W. W . M cCulloch , Police Ch ief Ernest Sa nde rs, Fire Chief H oward Sch affer , Sanita ry D ept. Ch ief B. C . Wall ace and Attorn ey Scott S. Edwards. Sh uler Antley is Schoo l Supe rin tendent.
Co unty offi cials a re Commission er of Road s a nd R evenue John A. H eck, Ordina ry John 1'. Dorsey, Clerk Superior Co ur t J ohn L eCroy a nd School Supe rintende nt W. P. Sprayberry.

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
Government contrac ts h ave been awarded during th e past few weeks to th e Georgia firms named below :
Ch ristia n and Bell Co., ATLANTA - Construction of h an gar with maintenance sho p and supp ly shop attached, Ro bin s Air Force Base, Houston County, Ga ., $427;0'14.
Carrier Atlanta Corp., MAC ON R eh abi litati on of air-con ditioning and refri geration equipme nt, $74,946.
Atlanta F looring & Insulation Co ., ATLANTA-Furnishing all plant, labor, equipme nt and materi al and performing all operations for rep lacem ent floor coverin g with aspha lt tile in six perm an ent barracks buildings, Langley Air Force Base, Va. , $31,995.
Geor gia M ilk Prod . Co nf ed eration I nc., ATLANTA-Fresh pasteurized m ilk, Ft. McPherson, $13,095, $24,374, and buttermi lk, $700.
Espy Paving & Const., SA V ANNAH - Arch es C ree k Bridge, U. S. Marine Corps R ecruit D epot, Pa r ris Island, S. C., $307,403.
H. C . Chambless, R ICH LANDReh abi litation of Building a t Mobile Dist. Office, Mobile Dist. Co rp s of En ginee rs, $45,220.
L. H. Simkins, A UG USTA-Reservoir C lea ring, Garza-Little Elm D am and R eservoir, Elm Fork of Trinity River, T exas, $213,720.
William Armstrong Sm ith Paint Co ., EAST PO INT-47,500 gal. primer , $9 3,309 .
Georgia Factory for th e Blind, BA I N BR I DGE-Matt resses.
Southe rn Canst. Co ., Administr ation Bldg., Daniel Fiel d, AUGUS TA- Constr uction of M . P. T. C . C lassroom bldg. C amp Gordo n, Ga ., $935,6 17.

Sparta and Hancock
(C ontinued from Pa ge 5 )
Gen er al crops ar c grown in th e coun ty, with dairyin g a nd beef ca tt le bein g stressed by fa rme rs. A number of farms feature dairy ca ttle, whi le a large number gro w beef herds, an d othe rs br eed catt le only. The H ereford br eeding farms in clude th ose of Brightside F arms; J am es H . Price, .II'. ; Ed gar L. Porter ; Gai ssert & R ives.
There are m an y permanen t p astur es in th e county , practi call y all fa rme rs having dairy a nd /or beef ca tt le. M or e fish ponds on farms, both for fishin g a nd storing water for livestock a re ur ged by County Agent J oe C . Knox.
Hancock County residents a re p roud of the fa ct that th e coun ty had two nationa l 4-H Club winner s in 1952 a nd one State winn er. Ed die Fo lds, in soil conservation, a nd M artha Fran ces Davis, po ul try proj ect, won national honors at the Chicago club cong ress held last fa ll, whi le Eddi e Frazier wa s a State winner in th e cotton con test.
M illmo re, on Shoulderbone Cr eek. built several years ago by Wi ley L : Moore, of Atl anta, now owned and ope ra ted by B. H. Hatcher a nd W. H . Lovejo y, Jr., grind corn a nd wheat for sale, while A. L. R eynolds, a t M ayfield, also ope ra tes a flou r, meal and grai n mill.
Log Cabin Center, a fa rm com muni -
Georgia Duck & Co rda ge M ill, SCOTTDALE-100,000 l.y. va nous cott on du ck, $ 125,090.
Callaway Mi lls Co., LAGRA NG E76,900 l.y. va rious cotto n du ck $62,658 .
T hompson Bros., ATLA NTA -In sta llation of tile floors in six ward bldgs. U . S. Naval Hospit al, J acksonville, F la ., $8,278 .

ty ope ra ted by colored people, of whi ch Benj amin 'F . Hubert is dir ector , spec ializes in improved farming met hod s. There is a high school for colored in Sp arta and a number of gra mma r schoo ls over th e countv.
Granite Hill, fon n c;' site of th e old T ent h Dist rict A. & M . schoo l, is now a dairy a nd beef ca t tle fa rm. A la rge gra nite quarry is also nea rb y.
The Icr tilitv of H an cock soil was demonstrated in 1951 when 8,5 10 bales of cotton were grown in th e cou nty on 13,6 10 acres, th e lint aver age bein g 300 pounds to th e acre .
Weekly Paper
The Sp arta Ishm aelite, weekly paper, 'will soon observ e it s 75th anniversa ry. I ts sta ff includes Mrs. Thomas Cobb M oor e, ed ito r ; G. Burnet t Moore, Sr. , man ager; G. Burnett Moore, J r., veteran of World War II, assistant manage r. The n am e "I shm aelite" intrig ues peop le a nd history records that th e ed itor who esta blished th e p ap er went to th e Bible to select a name, a nd Ishmael appealed to him, so he nam ed th e paper " Ishmae lite."
H an cock Co un tv officer s a rc: Ordina r y, M rs. Mildr~d Brantley; Sh erif f, Hubert R ooks; C lerk of Court, W . B. Dickens, Sr. ; Tax Collector, L. L. Stewart ; T ax R eceiver , H enry L atimer ;
Coroner , .J. ?vL J ackson ; Commission-
ers, George L. Brown, Chai rm an, ,,y. F . H all and 1'. \\T. Br antley. Loui s Rozi er is Co mmission Cl erk and County Attorney; Farm Agent, J oe C . Knox :
Coun ty School Superintendent, J. D a-
vid D yer ; H ome Demonstration Agent, JI.Trs. Ann D. R ozier ; member of Legislature, M arvin E. Moate.
You will be interested in visitin g Sparta and H an cock County, home of fri end ly peop le, and in seeing th eir varied ind ustries.

DEPAnTMENT OF [OMMED[E
NEW LETTER
FEBRUARY 25, 1953

NEWSLETTER

NEWSLETTER

Publi shed semi-monthly hy

G EO RGI A DEPT. OF COMMERCE tOO St ate Capitol

* HERMAN E. TALMADGE
Governor -

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

EMORY L. BUTLER Chairman

Lonnie A. Pope, V. Chm. Y. F . Geeslin

Ben Jessup

Lloyd B. Raisty

* CLARK GAINES

Secr et a r y

V ol. 4, No . 12

F ebruary 25, 1953

Attendance Grows At State Parks

Georgia's State Pa rks ar e playing an

increasingly important role in th e rec -

reationallife of the peop le. Attendance

at the parks throughout the State rose

100 000 in 1952 over the total for

195'1. The year ended Decemb er 12,

1952 saw an estim a ted 1,859,927 per-

;shonosw'sviasitliant~z e

th e ga

various in over

parks. This the 1,750,611

enjoying th e parks in 1951.

I ndi a n Springs State Pa rk, located betwe en Macon an d Atlanta, dr ew th e la rgest number of day campers and picnickers. Its tota l was 532 ,335 last year. Vogel State Park h ad th e secon d l a ~'g est a tte ndance of all th e parks, With 45 7,973 in 1952. It was first among th e pa rks offe ring overnigh t accommo-
dati ons.
T he Sta te Pa rks Department has just issued a booklet ou tlining th e progress of major construction in park ar eas in th e State, an d giving a pictur e story of Georgia parks.

FEBR UARY 22-26-Atlanta: Atlanta Graduate M edi cal Assembl y, Biltmore H otel.
FEBRUARY 25-Athen s: T u I' k ey Growing Short C our se, U n ive rsity of Georgia .
FEB R UARY 25-Marshallvi lle : Fifth Annual Camellia Show .
F EB RUA RY 27-Athens : H ome Ec. Day , Un ive rsity of Georgia.
FEBRU AR Y 27-28-Atlanta : Geo rgia Associat ion of St udent T eachers, Biltm ore H otel.
FEBRUARY 27-28-Athens : S t at e ~ rama Festival, University of Geo rg ia .
MARC H 1-3- Atl ant a : Sout hern Sa fety Co nference, Biltmore Hotel.
MARC H 4-6-Atlan ta: Nationa l Sa les Execut ives, Biltmore H otel.
MARCH 4-7-Macon : Georgia H igh Schoo l Basketball T ournam ent.
MARCH 5-7-Atlanta: Geor gia Educa tion Associati on, Auditorium.
MA RC H 7-1O- Sav annah: Southern Conf. of Bldg. Owners and Managers, Gen eral Ogleth orpe.

Feb ru a ry 25, 1953
iVIARC H 11-13-Sm"annah: Dau ghte rs of Am erican R evolution , Ge nera l Oglethorpe.
MARCH 13-21-Atlan ta : Southe ast Sp orts & Va cati on Sho w, Audit o-
rrum.
MARCH 18-19-Atlanta : G e o rgi a Lau ndry & C lean ers Association, Biltmore H ot el.
MA RC H 18-20- M acon: Sout heastern R ecrea tional Executives.
MA RC I-I 19-Macon : M iddl e Georgia Stockmen's Exposition.
M AR C H 19- 5avannah : Southe rn Sociologica l Society, General O gleth o r p e.
MARCH 22-24-A t I ant a : I nd epen den t Bank ers Association, Ansley H otel.
MA RCH 22-25-Atlanta: H i n man Dental C linic, Auditorium.
MA RCH 24-Sa\'annah : Association Am erican R .R ., S.E. Claims Co nferen ce, Gen era-I O gleth orp e.
MARCH 24-Bainbridge : Sixth Annu al Fat Ca lf Show and Sale, sponsor ed by Bainbridge and Decatur Co unty Cha mbe r of Commerce.

COVER PICTURE

This ma gn ificent bui ldin g is th e old Governor's Mansion a t Milledgeville, wh ere eight Georgia Gov ern ors lived from 1838 to 1868. It has for ma ny yea rs been occupied by succ essive pr esident s of Geor gia Sta te Co llege for Women , currently by Pr esident Guy Wells. T he mansion will be on e of the outstan di ng attractions of th e Mi lled geville Ga rd en Tour to be held M ay 3-9. (See story on Page 5 ) - Photo by Carolyn Cart er.

The scene above sh ows Long Swam p V alley, n ear Tate, Ga. In th e for egr ound is th e plan t of th e Geor gia M ar ble Company and some of th e quarries producin g th e world-famous Georgia marble, whi ch h as been used in th e Lincoln Mem orial, th e Buckin gh am Fo unta in in Ch ica go, th e Bok Tower in Lak e Wales, Fla., and th e Feder al Reserve Bank Building, th e P an- Ameri can Building, and the Fol ger Shakespearean Librar y, all in Washin gton. V isible at the extreme right is th e old Federal Ro ad , built in th e ea rly 1800 's, wind ing around to th e southeast. It was built so that Gene ral Andrew Jackson and his volunteers could p roceed to South Georg ia and Florida tn att ack th e Spania rds.

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Febru ary 25, 1953

Th ese ar e complet ed cottages at R ock Eagle 4-H Club C enter , near Eatonton, and th e to ta l n u mber will reach 72 whe n t he p roject is comp let ed . Ea ch cott age will h ave th e ca pac ity to h ouse 16 el ub members and two counsel ors at a tim e, which mea ns that 1,150 4-H'ers may sp end a wce k or more at th e C enter a t a tim e.

Work on Georgia4-HClubCenter at Rock Eagle
In Putnam County Now Making Rapid Progress

Th e 126,927 Geo rgia 4-H C lub mem bers will have a n added in centive to work th eir farm proj ects th is yea r as th ey con tem pla te th e com pletion of th eir master ed uca tiona l and rec rea tion Ce nte r a t Rock Eagle, in Putn am Co unty, 10 mi les north of Eat onton .
.I ust as th e m yster iou s hu ge eag le
effigy- 102 fee t high or lon g, with a win gspread of 120 feet , placed by a pre-hi stori c race evide nt ly,-represe nts th e Past, thi s magnificent retr eat will represent th e Present as joyou s youth ro m p ove r th e hill s a nd dales, swim in th e nearby lak e, with la ughter br eaking th e dead silenc e of even ings ,
\Vith severa l other youth cente rs alread y esta blishe d in tl;e Sta te, th e 4-H C lub member s look forward to th e tim e wh en th ey will a lso have a pla ce th ey ca n visit wh er e th ey may play and learn .
Th e Geo rgia 4-H Ce nte r a t R ock Eagle Pa rk rea lizes a long-sou ght dream of th e farm youths and th eir lead er s. On Ju ly 3, 1'950, th e U. S. Sec re ta ry of Ag ric ult ur e signed a lea se for 99 vea l'S tr an sferrin g' 1.452 ac res of la nd ~ n d a llO-acr e I ~k e i"rom th e Soil Co nscrva tion Service to th e Board of R cgcnts, U nivers ity System of Geo rgia .
Th e site is part of th e vas t 69,000 acre Piedmont Land U tilizat ion Project , th e land whi ch th e Gove rn me nt acq ui red in 1935 a nd turn ed ove r to th e Soil Co nservation S C I' v ic e . It abo unds in wildlife a nd forests, making a na rural outdoo r classroom for 4-H C lubs in for estr y, wildlife and gene ra l

nature study and th e big tr act will be ava ila ble for usc by th e you th gro ups.
Th e fir st step in planning th e R ock Eagle Ce nte r was th e orga nization of th e Geo rgia 4-H Found at ion . T his is a n ed ucationa l, non-profit Found ation set up to receive and handle funds for const ructing th e Sta te 4-H Clu b Center.
Plan s wer e perf ect ed for th e "layout" of th e Ce n ter, work was begun, a nd th e fir st buildin g erected was th e

recr eati on and ad m inistra tion build ing.

In June 1951 work on th e first cottages

was begun. So far-February, 1953-

six cottages hav e been com pleted and

work is p rogr essing on 18 mor e.

Cost of Project

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Each cottage will cost approxim at ely $10 ,000, with th e wh ole proj ect expect ed to cost a ro und two mi llion dollars wh en com pleted . This will include 72 cottages, othe r necessar y bu ildings, pavin g of road s a nd wa lkwa ys.

The work a t th e project is bein g don e by Sta te forces, and Gov . H erman T al mad ge spur red th e building program wh en h e anno unce d th e Sta te wou ld mat ch fu nd s ra ised a nd/o r contributed . Funds for some cottages hav e been donated as mem ori a l bui ldin gs a nd arc bein g so marked.

Th e 4-H C lub member s th em selves have rai sed mor e th an th eir qu ot a of $60,000 and th eir fund ac tiv ities a re continuing .

T he well-d esign ed cottag es have four room s and will hou se 18 per son s

- 16 youths and two Advisers. They conta in two bed roo ms, with doubledecker beds, eigh t youths to a room , a room for th e Ad visers, la rge cou ncil room , bath, etc. M eals will be served in th e main di ni ng room.
It is planned to rot at e gro ups of from 1,000 to 1,200 for eac h "stay " or visit to th e Ce n ter, wh en a reg ula r progra m of recreation and study will be ca rr ied out.
Other youth gro ups and orga nization s, such as HDA, REA, GEA, F arm Bureau , firms, will ha ve access to th e Ce nte r, and a reser vati on is also bein g provid ed for th e public. This a rea is on th e opposite side of th e lak e from th e 4-H Ce nte r. The cottages arc bein g a rr ange d in units of 18 ea ch, wh er eb y all or part of a section may be used a t one tim e.
Th e 4-H C lub work is under direction of th e Agri cultural Ext en sion Se rvice of th e U niversity of Georgia , of whi ch W . A. Sutto n is Sta te 4-H C lub L ead er.
G . I. J ohnson , Extension Service engine er, is cha irman of th e R ock Eagle bui ld ing com mittee and is directing th e work th ere: Ed C lements is in cha rge of th e Sta te for ces doing th e work and E. R. Sims is busin ess manager.
O ffice rs of th e Geo rgia 4-H C lub Foundati on , Athens, a re Wa lter S. Brown , Associat e Direct or Ex ten sion Se rvice, chairma n ; H . M. M orris, Agricu ltura l R epresentative Geo rgia Chain
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GEORG IA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

F ebru a ry 25, 1953

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

Newnan Plant Expanding
The Trimedge Co rp . of Youngstown , Ohio owners of United Ex truders, Inc., of NEWNAN, will expand th eir op erations in th at city, it h as bee n announced by H amilton C . Arnall of N ewnan . He stated th a t th e new pla nt will be loca ted on an l l-acrc tract, with th e building to be 177 by 400 feet, of steel with jumbo bri ck side:, steel roof ~n d con crete floor. Alum inum extrusions consisting of 1,400 articl es will be m~n uf ac tured h ere with the plant b eing op erated in th l:ee sh ifts of approximately 150 persons each . T h e peol?le of N ewnan and Coweta County will be ab le to inv est in five percent bon ds for part of th e cost of the plant, bu t .the major portion will com e from Trimedge. The contract for th e bui lding has be en let to Roger Pat e of N ewn.an, op erating as th e N ewnan St eel Budd-
ing Co .
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Third Tobacco Warehouse ". A th ird tobacco warehouse will soon
be ready for op eration in CLAXTON. Known as Farmers \Va reh ou se No .2, the building is already under construction . It will occupy 40,000 square fee~ , and is expected to cost $40,000. It 13 being erected by W . L. (R oy) Adams and G. E. Perry.
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Pickle Industry
Starts New Plant
The pickle ind ustr ies of C airo , rat ed among th e la rgest in th e nation , h av e bemm laying th e foundation for th e fir sf bui lding in a new un ified plant, which will bring togeth er operations now carried on a t several plants in th e city. The entirely new plant layout, part of a major industrial deve lop m ent program, will be situated on a la rge tract in th e south eastern section of th e city.
The first bui lding will house the plant for green cu cumber pickle processing an d packing and for general storage purposes. It will have floor spa ce of about 40,000 sq ua re feet, a conc rete foundation , con crete floor and br ick wa lls. Th e most mod ern eq uipm ent ob tainable will be insta lled. This bui lding should be com pleted in tim e to begin op erations in May, wh en the

new crop of cuc umbe rs is harvested . An Atlantic Coast Line R ailroad sidin g exte nsion will serve this bui lding.
A second, and still la rger bui lding, will be erec ted to house th e new unit for th e year-round pickle processing and packing as now carried on at th e main plant. Plans call for remo vin g th e numerous cucumbe r storage or cu ring tanks to th e area east of th e bu ilding.
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Two New Industries
Two new industri es a re op erating in BA INBR IDGE. One is Southe rn No velt ies, manufacturing ladi es' plastic handbags. This firm , org an ized as a limi ted partn ership of several local men , makes a va riety of styles. The handbags a re ma de in Bainbridge and sold to a wholesale dealer. S. Petrakis op erates th e n ew fa ct or y. Th e oth er indus try is the Sout hw est Geor gia Mi lk Co . supplying milk to residents of three coun ties- Dec atur , Seminole a nd Mi ller. Six local producers supply th e com pa ny with 1,000 gallons of raw mi lk a da y, whi ch is past eurized and bottled at th e plant loca ted on th e Thomasville Hi ghway. Past eurized and homogenized m ilk, buttermi lk and chocola te mi lk is put up her e. The result of consolida tion on th e part of several local da iries, th e firm has been op er ating sinc e th e first of J a nua ry. Plant for e-
man is M . R . Bush , and .J. O . Thursby
route for eman and sa les manager.
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$250,000 Terminal
Refriger ated Transport, Inc., complet ed its $250,000 ATLANTA termina l and nati ona l h eadquarters recently. Th e plant includ es a modern office bui lding of two stori es, with a kitch en and drivers' lounge in th e ba sem ent. A ma int enance shop is loca ted behind th e offic e. A cold storage war ehouse will be erec ted on th e rear' of the property at a future date. The com pa ny, incorporat ed seven yea rs ag o, has 245 em ployees, with t erminals a t At lanta, Moultrie, Orlando, N ew Orlean s, Chi-
cago a nd Dallas. .J. L . Lawhon is pr esi-
dent, R . R . Lawhon vice-president a nd Winston T eagle secretary-treasur er, all of Atlanta .
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Atlanta Plant Bought
The National C onta ine r Co rp. has purchased Empire Box, Inc., of 627

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Whiteh all St., S.W ., ATLANTA, and will continue manufacturing op erations at th e plant under th e name of N ational C onta ine r. The announceme nt wa s
mad e from New York by .J. L. K ipni s,
National Container executive vicepr esident. The national chain extends from coa st- to-coast, with 14 converting plants, five kraft pu lp, lin er board and pap er mills, and a mu ltiwall kraft bag op eration. Na tional Container , on e of this country's la rgest integrated producers of kraft board shipping containe rs and kraft pap er products, is cons tr ucting a kraft pu lp, board and paper mi ll a t Va ldost a, to cost several mi llion dolla rs. Sidn ey B. Marks will be genera l man ager of the Atlanta plant, and G eor ge M cCa rth y assistant manager .
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3 Mallion Pounds of Greens
}vlONTEZ UMA 'S only f r e e z i n g plant, Southe rn Frozen Foods, Inc., froz e one mi llion pounds eac h of colla rds, kale and turnips during th e last seven months of 1952. Most of th ese greens wer e shippe d to th e Ea st Coast, wh er e the y a re in grea t dem an d . R efr igera ted war ehouse fa ciliti es ar e maintain ed by the com pany in 14 cities. Th e greens a re grown in five counties. This industr y oper at es yea r-round, and is on e of M acon County's outst anding firms.
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Ohio Baking Firni
To Build In Macon
The St rietma nn Biscu it Co., of Cincinna ti, Ohio, will begin work on a la rge plant in M acon in th e imm ed iat e future. An op er ating division of the United Biscui t Co. of Am er ica , th is firm expec ts to em ploy about 200 persons. Th e plant will be 1,000 feet in length, conta ining more than 160,000 sq ua re feet of floor space. Capacity of th e plant will be one million pounds of food weekly. A 27-acre tract has been purch ased for the plant from th e Emp ire Land Co . Jo sep h O . Emmett of C inc in na ti will be resident manager . Th e com pany, dating ba ck to 1860, ma rkets more than 100 varieties of crackers ' and cookies. It serv es trade a reas of Oh io, Indiana, W est Virginia, Virgin ia, K entu cky, North Carolina and South Carolina.

NEWSLETTER

February 25, 1953

Milledgeville, Baldwin County Plan Big Celebration on 150thAnniversary

M illedgeville a nd Baldwin Co un ty a re already p ut tin g on their best "bib and tu cker" getting rea dy to hold a week' s celebra tion of th e sesq ui-ccntennial of th e foun din g of this midd le Georgia city and county.
Sims Garrett is gene ra l cha irma n of th e event, a nd a committee of dir ectors has ap proved plan s for the celebration wh ich will open on Sunday, M ay 3, with a religious service and con t i n u~ throughout th e following week with pro grams a nd pa geants eac h day and night.
This yea r will also be th e 134th birthday ~f the .Milledgeville U nionRecord er, weekly newspap er , a nd Edi to!: ) ere 1\100re an nounces a spec ial edition of h uge p rop ort ions alrea dv in pr ep aration to be issued celebr a'tinCT
the two even ts. It is th e oldest week~
ly newspaper published in Geor gia .
Capitol of Georgia
M illedgeville a nd Baldwin h ave mu ch to celebra te . T he city a nd county were " laid out" as th e capita l of Georgia in 1803 ; it was the site of th e ? t~ t e ca pi tol for more tha n 60 yea rs ; It IS the hom e of Geor gia Sta te College for Wom en and of Georgia Militar y College, th e State H ospital a nd the Boys' Training Schoo l.
A more recent addition to th e area is th e Sincla ir Lake and power plant of th e Georgia Power Co., on nearby O conee River , which will cover rome 15,000 acres an d p rovide ad diti on al clcctricitv for the section. The lake will have a shoreline of more than 500 miles and will afford fishi ng, boati ng a nd general recr eat ion grounds.
Mill ed geville was nam ed for Gov ernor J oh n M illedge, ch ief exec utive of the Stat e from 1802-1806- at the time M illedgeville was foun ded and " laid o u t. "
Mi lledg eville's pop ulation in 1950 wa,s 8,835, with n ea rby un incorpora ted M Idwa y-H a rdwick (Sta te H ospital section ) listed by th e Ce nsus Burea u as h~ \'i n g 14,774. ' Baldw in Co un ty population was 29,706 in 1950. and th e M illedgeville C ha mber of COllu ne rce says "95 ,000 peopl e live with in 25 mi les."
Mill edgeville is a bustlin g city wit h m.odern bu siness hou ses keeping pace WIth th e colonial and mod ern rcsidenc-

es in design . T h e a rch itecture of th e old Governor's M an sion is said to be unsurpassed in beauty a nywhere a nd this bu ilding is the cen tra l figure in a n Annual Garden Club tour of Mi lledgeville hom es.
Finan cial sta bility was shown on J a nua ry 1 when th e three banks in Milledgeville reported tot al dep osits of $ 10,879,375.69.

Population Gain

The 30.6 percent ga in in popu lat ion

in Mi lledgeville fro m 1940 to 1950 is

causing a n expa nsion of city services,

Eighty blocks of new pavin g h ave been

laid: a new wat erwork s plan t to cost

a pproximately $700,000 will be built

on the O con ee R iver to furni sh two

m illion ed with

gallons of ' one milli

ownatgearlldoanislv' ~ocwomfproamr-

a cree k plan t.

A new, modern Youth Ce nter is planned ; the First Baptist Church h as just ded icated a new $500 ,000 plan t of 75 rooms ; th e Northside Baptist Ch urch com pleted a new bu ildinc in 1952, and th e Latter Dav Saints h av e acq uir ed a lot a nd plan' to build in 1953, wh ile im provem ents have been mad e a t th e Epi scopal, Presbyteria n a nd M eth od ist ch urc hes; stores a re being erected on the site of th e old First Baptist Ch urc h .

A Sta te Armory to cost $250,000 is to be bui lt on the lower Macon road to ser ve th e militar y uni ts of th e a rea. A

new fire depa rtment unit an d ap paratu s a re planned for the H ome Defense program wh ich will include an eme rgency radi o station.
T he State plan s to bui ld a H ealth Center in Mi lledgeville, th e sta ff to

work in Baldwin , Putnam a nd J asper Counti es. A Hill -Burton Act hospital is also plann ed for th e city a nd coun-

ty. I n addition to th e Stat e H osp ital, whi ch ca res for some 10,000 pati ent s, oth er hospital facilities include Allen' s I nvalid H ome, R ich a rd Binion Clinic a nd Scot t Hosp ital . Boddi e H ospital is for colored.

Mill edgeville is also act ive industr ially, a pproximate ly 2,000 people bein g

em ployed in manufacturing pla nts . T hese plants include O con ee C lay Pro ducts C o., brick a nd tile ; M illedgeville M ills (.J. P. Stevens Co . ) , woolen goods: H odges Kni tting M ills, I nc., hosiery ; H ospital L iquids, Inc., hospi-

tal supplies, seru ms, etc . ; M illed geville
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. ; M illedgeville Co ncr ete Produ cts; J am es A. Sibley, J r., bamb oo lamps.
Firm s that pro cess timber and dea l in lumber include J effrey-M cElr ea th M fg. Co ., boxe~ a nd cra tes ; H odges Lumber Co. ;. I ndIan, Island Mf g. Co.; A. T.
Pettigrew ; 1. J. R oberson Lumber Co.
A number of sma ller plan ts also ope rate in Mi lledgeville.
Genera l R efractori es manufac ture br ick and tile at nearby Stevens Pottery, Ga.
T he Geo rgia F orestr y Co mm ission has ~ n office a t Mill edgeville th at supcrviscs forestry proj ects in nin e su rround ing counties, with David Groome ~s For ester. in charge. Timber gro wing IS pu shed 111 th e countv with several wat cht owers afford ing 1;I:otection from fir es: Timber and pu lpwood a re sold.
A n ew county h igh schoo l plant is to be b ~l i lt in Mi lled geville thi s yea r, and a h igh schoo l for colored was bu ilt th ere two yea rs ago.
Educational Facilities
Mi lledgeville a nd Baldwin County a re naturally "educa tion con scious.j, Am ple facilities ar e p rovided school pupi ls, and Geor gia Sta te Co llege for \Vo~n en , a four-year Sta te college, occ ~l ples a centra l loca tion in Mill edgeVIlle. Dr. G uy Wells is pr esident. O n th e camp us is a marker at th e birthplace of th~ la te D r. Charles H ert y, noted che m ist who develop ed the process of making pu lp from pine an d oth er tr ees.
Georgia M ilita ry Co llege is loca ted on the site of th e old State Ca pitol. It o.ccupied th e old Capitol bu ild ing unttl th e structure burned several yea rs ago. The Co llege's presen t main b uilding is a restorati on of th e classic Capitol structure . G M C is a two-year college, and Colonel R . A. T horne is p resid ent.
T he Mi lledgeville Chambe r of C ommerce is a n ac tive orga nization , of which J ulian M . Ri vers is p resident . D r. Edwin H . Scott, man ager of th e C ha mber, is also secr eta ry of th e M iddle Geor gia Six Co unty ' Assn., whi ch incl udes p rom otion and development work in Bald win, H a ncock, J ones, Putnam , Washington a nd Wilkinson Co unties. J ames M . Wray, of M illedgeville, is preside nt of thi s orga niza tion. W.
J. Donnelly is presiden t of the J unior
Ch amber of Commerce, also an acti ve organ ization in Mi lled geville.
Th e Geor gia Tra ining Schoo l for Boys, of wh ich W . E. (Bill ) Ireland is
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GEORGIA D E PAR T M ENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

F ebru a ry 25, 1953

The Wind er-Barrow Ho spital, pictured a bove, was built at a cost of $45 5,000. It contains 40 beds, is air -conditioned and has a radio in every room.

Town of Jug Tavern Today Transformed To Modern, Industrial City of Winder

W inder ha s two sloga ns which prett y well sum up th e progress bein g mad e by its forwa rd -looki ng citizens. They say, " \ Ve' re buildi ng a city h er e," a nd back it up with all types of civic improvem en ts, a nd they ca ll th emselves " T he Work Clot hing Center of the Worl d," po inting proud ly to the many plants mak ing th ese ga rme nts in \\' indel' and surro unding a reas.
T he city has an int eresting history. It was origina lly ca lled J ug T avern , becau se of a n establish me n t whi ch , according to rep orts, adv er tised its war es by ha nging a jug outside with a red ribbon tied arou nd th e neck. An I ndian town ca lled Snodon had pr eviou sly been loca ted on this spo t. In 1893 th e city was given its p resent name in hon or of J ohn H . Winder, rail road bu ild er and man ager, a nd indu stri al lea d e r .
Barrow Cou ntv was not crea ted until 1914. Un til th at tim e W ind er was loca ted in three counties--J ac kson, \ Val ton and Gwinnett. Aft er mu ch discussion of the problem , a nd many pointed rema rks such as th a t of H . N . Rai ney, Jr. , wh o told th e L egislature th at it was difficult even to die in Winder beca use pap ers had to be filled o ut in all three coun ties, Ba rr ow Co un ty wa s fin a lly formed in 1914 out of portion s of J ackson, W alt on an d Gwinnett.
W ith th is backgro un d, Winder has m ad e grea t str ides in a ll ph ases of its

life. The popu lati on , accordin g to th e 1950 U . S. Ce nsus, is 4,604, with 13,11 5 in th e coun ty. Everyon e is pullin g toget her to " build a city," and th e indications of progress a re evident even to th e cas ual observ er. The 40-bed Wi nd er-Ba rrow H ospital , built a t a cost of $455,000 , was opene d recently. wit h a ir-co nd it ioning , rad ios in all rooms . a nd set in a beautiful loca tion. T her e' is a fin e C ity-C ounty heal th clinic. Na tiona l attention has been focused on th e unusual M anufactu re rs Health Clinic opera ting in Winder. Health facilities such as are usua llv provided only by h uge ind ustri es h av~ been made availab le to em ployees by local ma n ufacturc rs who pool funds, giving th e h igh est quality medica l attent ion to ap proxima tely 1,500 workers.
Industri al assets a re being pu shed . Last year a mo dern filter pla nt for th e city's water supply was com pleted at a cost of $ 105,000, p roviding a dai ly ca pa city of one million gallons. The sum . of .$205,000 more was spe nt on a 38acre reservoir an d exte nde d lines.
Three mil es of st ree ts have been paved in th e last two yea rs, costing $ 18,000 , and th ree mor e m iles a re sche d uled to be pa ved thi s year.
Natural gas is a va ila ble in th e citv. th ere is adeq ua te electric pow er for a'li domestic a nd commerc ia l needs. and fa rms in the county a re se ly~d by

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th e R ural Electrificat ion Admin . Wind er is a busy trading cent er, be-
ing locat ed on th e Atl anta- Ath ens Hi ghway- U . S. 29- and Sta te 11 ru nning from M onr oe to Gainesville. T here a re more than 150 retai l stor es in the counties ca te ring to a ll need s.
The C ity a nd County jointly pu rcha sed 300 acr es upon wh ich a $630,000 a ir por t has been built.
The schoo l system is excellent. Th e eleme n ta ry, ju nior high a nd high schools in Wi nd er, hou sed in a tt ra ct ive red brick bui ld ings, a nd th e 12 school s in th e county offe r outstanding oppo rtunities to local child ren. D . F . Osbo rn e is C ity School Superint endent,
an d J. O . M cNeal Co unty Supe rint en-
den t. Th e Barro w Co unty Libra ry, with
more th an 5,500 volum es, serves th e cou nty well, with Vaca tion R ead ing C lub, and spec ial ch ild re n's reading room .
Six ac tive physician s a nd three dentists serve th e people.
A solid econo mic foundat ion und ergirds Winder 's pr osperity. It s $85 ,000 weekly payroll comes from ma ny typ es of b usiness. First is the work clot hin g industry , with several la rge plants in th e city- Ba rro w, Bellgr ade, Carwood a nd Empire. Winder claims th e title of center of th is ind ustry beca use within a 50-mile rad ius th er e a re 19 town s and cities wh ere work cloth ing is man ufactured .
Other Industries
Two firms in W inder manufact ur e d ress pants- Superio r Garment Co. , and J aco Pa nts C o. T he So uthern Wa istb ands C o. is a nothe r la rge ind ustr y, ma king men 's and boy's waistbands a nd bias bindings, and conve rt ing pocket s a nd silcsias. The Sa che m M ills, ma king cloth fo r blan kets, has a la rge plant her e.
Ad din g to a healthy d iversifica tion are two la rge fu rn itu re man ufa ctu rers - Na tiona l and G . W . Summero ur. .lac L. Estes Co. , m ak es va lve-in-head silence rs for use on a utomo bile motors, and th ese a rc sold nati onall v. Oth er flourish ing com pa nies a re th ~ cement block plan t of J ack Benn ett, Braselton Feed & Poult ry C o., C ra ig U pho lstery Shop , E. K. H owington Baker y, La nth ier M achin e Work s. M a rtin Cabin et Sho p and Bui lders Supply, Ne w Wi nder Lumber Co. , Pep Stock M edi cine Co ., Geo. 1'. Pr esley F ertili zer Co ., Q uality H at ch ery, Sim pson Lumber Co ., Southern Guano Co., \Vinder C reame ry ma king ice crea m a nd cheese , on e of th e fir st cheese plan ts in Northeast Georgia, Winder N ews Pu blishing Co ., Win-

NEWSLETTER

Fe bruary 25, 1953

del' Oil Mill Co. , and G . L. W right Lumber Co.
Also locat ed in Bar row Cou n ty a rc the R . & R . l\H g. Co. , m a king sla cks, a nd D ixie T rad ing Co ., g rist mi ll, bot h a t A uburn , an d th e H . & H . Mfg. Co. a t Sta tham .
Agri cu lture is basic to th e prosperity of th e ar ea . Co tton is still th e big mo ney- maker, but poult ry is just behind it, and turkey flocks are in creasing a ll over th e cou nty. D ai ryin g is import ant in th e agricult u ra l eco no my , with approximat ely 50 d ai ries ope ra ting in th e cou n ty. M an y fine beef ca ttle herd s arc seen grazing in rich green pastures. T he to ta l la nd ar ea of Bar row is 171 sq ua re m iles, with 1,390 farms.
One of th e best-known produ ct s of Winder is U . S. Senato r Ri ch a rd B. R ussell, who h as serv ed in th e State Legisla tu re, as th e youngest Governor of G eorgia, a nd as U . S. Senator for some 20 yea rs.
Civic Organizations Peopl e in W inder and Ba rr ow a rc
ac tive in m a ny organization s. T hese inclu d e the Am erican Legion, wh ich recen tly b uilt a $ 75,000 bu ild in g, th e Lion s C lub, whi ch h as a $35 ,000 building, Ameri can L egion and Li on s Club Aux ilia ries, eigh t ga rde n clu bs, Kiwan is, PT A, Senior an d J unior W omen's Clubs, DAR, UDC, VFW, M ason s, Eastern Star, T ri Hi-Y , Bet a , Spea kers and Future H om em ak ers of Ameri ca, Boy Scouts, Girl Sco uts, and 4-H gro ups.
R ecrea tion has not been ignored in thi s p rogressive ci ty. Th ere is a mo dern lighted field wh er e baseb all ga me s a re held , a la rge swim mi ng pool, a go lf course , exce llen t hunting and fish ing in the cou n ty. In rece nt ac tion by th e Ci ty Counci l a R ecreation Board was set up, whi ch will bui ld ten nis courts and make p la ns fo r a recreation field with playgr ound facilities.
The weekl y W inder N ews, official p ubli cation of Bar row Co un ty and th e Ci ty of W ind er, is publishe d by H a rr y O. Sm ith, who is a lso editor. M rs. J ames W. H amilton is society ed itor. This excellen t news organ has been ope ra ting for m or e th an h alf a cen tury . A radio sta tion - W I M O -opened in W inder last fa ll, C . H . Grid er, manager.
The Winder C ham ber of Com me rce is ac tive in th e city, working to secu re new ind ustr ies a nd to keep W inder's assets before th e public. O ne of th eir proud est ac complishmen ts is a booklet p ut ou t in Jul y, 1952, tell ing th e story

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

The follow ing Geor gia firms hav e rec eived Governm ent co n trac ts in rc cen t weeks:

Brooks-All ison Co. , ATLANTA Fire alarm system . U . S. Naval Ai r Station, Atla n ta , $ 19,930 .

E nt erp rise Aluminum Co., Massillon , O h io (pla n t in EA T ONTON , Ga.) -

Liner for deep cavity shell, MPT S,

$2 15,55 0; sup pleme n ta ry cha rge , deep

ca vity shell, MPTS, $583 ,200.

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The .J. N . Bray Co. , V A L DOSTA-

Co nstruct ion of tr a in ing bu ild ing,

M ood y Air For ce Base, V ald osta , $46 ,-

95 2.

1'. H . Pea rce Co ., CO LUM BUSConstru ction of Commissary, M ood y Air For ce Base, Valdosta , $37,39 3.

D ixie Co nstr uction Co . of Georgia , Inc., SAVANNAH -Construc tio n of ad di tio na l access roa ds, Ph ase I , Hunter Air Force Base, Sa vannah, $5 7,26 7.

A . R . Bri ggs Const. Co. , MACONCo nstr uc tion of ad m inistra tive spaces, addi tions to build ings, Rob ins Air For ce Base, H ou ston Coun ty, Ga., $ 1,248, 230 .

Wood Sp ecialty M fg. Co., SUWA N EE-Wood ammunition packin g
box, $ 187,920.

Kuhl ke W ad e an d Gauger , AUGUST A-Design of fiscal yea r 1954 p rogram, Camp Gordo n, Ga., $20, 125.

W aycross Mach. Shop, WAYC ROSS - Ad a p ter, cylind rical alu m in um, $62, 746 .

H a rr is F oundry & M achine Co., CO R DELE-Shell, HE, 90 MM, $2 ,4 70,3 20.

of W inder and Barrow Co un ty, a tt ractivel y illu str at ed with pi ctures of landmarks past and p resen t. L. A. Braselto n is p reside nt of th e C hamber, Sam D un aw ay vic e-presid en t, an d H elen B. Power secre tary-treas u re r. Di rector s a re Paul Brookshire, E . M . Co bb, J am es H arrison , R ob ert Sm ith, Sr., G uy O uzts, W . B. Bloun t, C. H. G rider,
J. D . W h ite, an d B. L. J on es. W . H.
Pool is immediate past p resid ent.
W inder has a M ayor-Co un cil gov ern m ent, and th e fo rw ard-looking m en who hav e served th e C ity hav e b rought about much of its progress. M ayor is
.J. Guy Ouzts and Counci lmen are Pa ul
H osch, V elm a R eynold s, B. L. J on es,

Rock Eagle
(Continued from Page 3 )
Store Council, "i ce chairma n ; Mills B.
La ne, .I r., Atl anta, vice cha irma n; ' \T. A. Sutton, Ath ens , sec re ta ry; .J. D. Bol-
to n, Co mp tro ller th e U n iversity of Geo rgia , tr easurer.
Sta te 4-H C lub Lead ers a rc Mr. Sutton, L. R . D unson, M a rtha H a n'i-
son, R . .J. R ich a rd son an d El izabet h
Zellner. Virgil E . Adams, Athens , is edito r of The C loverlea f', cl ub paper.
Geo rgia 4-H C lub Co unc il off icers for 1953 a rc : J oyce V en abl e, J ackson Co unty , president ; L aV ern e L ynn, D eca tur Cou n ty, girls' vice-presid en t ; Bobby R owa n, Berrien Coun ty, boys' vicepresid ent ; K athryn F rick, D ade Co un ty, secre ta ry; Jimmy Branyon , C la rke Co un ty, tr easurer ; Frank H a rd ee, Appling County, reporter.
T he 4-H C lub m embers would like for every Geo rg ia reside n t to have a pa rt in thi s gr eat p roj ect th at will m ean so much for th e you th of th e Sta te .
Inasmuch as 1955 will be th e 50 th anniversary of th e begin n ing of you th club work in Georgia wh en th e late G . C. Adams, Coun ty School Commissioner, p rom ot ed a co rn cl ub con test amo ng 151 N ewt on Co un ty boys, it h as been proposed th a t ded icati on of th e R ock Eagle Center be held d ur ing 1955.
Correction
Pet er Murdock of Sp ring Vall ey, N . Y., h as tw o m ot or cou rts under construc tion at Brunswick, Ga., kn own as Twin Courts. The two bui ld ings each h av e 13 sleeping rooms, a lob by, an off ice, a livin g-room , a nd a kit ch en for th e manage r. This new en te rp rise was incorr ectly repo rte d in th e J anuary 25 issue of th e N ewslett er.
E . B. Cook, C lyde T homas a nd H erb ert M assey. J ohn W . R obinson serve d as Mayor last yea r.
The three-m an Ba rrow Co un ty Co m mi ssion is composed of J ohn Ri ch Aus-
tin , Chairman ; K erm it W ages and J.
M . Kinney.
Barrow Coun ty has several othe r th riving com m uni ties. Sta tham, locat ed eigh t mil es eas t of Winder , is an agricult u ra l a nd man ufac tu ring com mun ity . Auburn is a bu sy tradi ng cen te r for a n ag ricult ura l area , a nd Beth leh em has becom e nat ion all y famous for its C h ristm as ac tivities.
Thus Winder an d all of Barrow Coun ty are moving towa rd indust rial expansion ba la nce d wi th prosperous ag ricu lture.

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Tou rist Fa cilities
M ot or courts con tinue to be b uilt thro ug hou t th e Sta te, to lure th e touri st an d to m ak e h im spe nd a longer time in G eor gia. The la test ad d itions to th e State's long list of fin e accom m odation s include a 37-u nit cour t, to cost $20.0,000 ~ 0 i .n g up a t Ga inesvil,1e. Odis M oss IS pl anner and owner of m e M oss Au to Co urt, whi ch will be b uil t of brick and concrete bloc k.
Pla ns arc being made to b uild a new tourist co urt at Svlvania . Four acres of land ha ve been ' sold to Andrew Peters of Alb uq uerq ue, N . M ., fo r con st ruc tion of a co ur t on U. S. 30 1. H e h as h ad conside rable expe rience in thi s type of bu sin ess in th e W est.
T ourist co ur ts nea r Brunswick have recently ope ned 110 new units, represen ting an in vestment of mor e th an h alf a mi llion d olla rs. The Crown H ot el Court has 44 rooms, 34 avai lab le for ren tal. Loca ted a mi le north of th e city limits, it is owne d jointly by Dave Gordo n an d W. A. Saskill. This court features a playg ro u nd, a ir-conditionin g, terrazo floor s, a nd handsom e fu rni ture. Mrs. W innie M cC osker has bui lt th e EI Patio Co urt, m an aged by J oh n M cCosker , her son . This 10-unit co ur t ha s furnishings plan ned by an interi or decor at or , a nd is a ir-co nd itioned ,
O leand er Court, own ed by Mrs,
J ohn No e, op en ed this fa ll, an d offers
excellen t accommoda tions. T he four th
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Milledgeville
(Ca n ti n ued from Page 5 )
Superintendent, trains youths in va rious occupations, both in shop a nd in farming projects.
T he Union R ecord er, weekly newspaper, whi ch was fo und ed in 1819, h as been in th e M oore familv sinc e 1860. .Jere N . M oor e is th e presen t edi to r.
Harr y Bon e is M ayor of Milled geville, and Alderm en .arc A. W . Watkins, Royce Smi th , Grady H . K eel, Grover
J. Ad ams, G. 1'. H a rr ingt on and Gus
Lawrence. Lamar H am is Ci ty C lerk
a nd Treasurer ; J. D. T eagu e, C ity En -
gineer ; E ugene Ellis, Chief of Police : Frank Broome, F ire Department Chief.
Approxim ately 10 denom ina tions have ch urches in Mi lled geville ; th e Kiwanis Club h as as its h ead C layto n Pea cock, a nd Geo rge Pow ers is pr esident of th e R ot a ry Club . T he re a re a number of wom en 's organizations in Mi lled geville, inclu ding four garden clu bs whi ch sponsor hom e tours eve ry year.
M illedgev ille wa s th e original home of Oglethorpe University ; it was in th e State Capitol her e th at th e G eorgia L egislat ur e voted to seced e from the Union which m ight have been th e bal ance of op inion th at precipitat ed th e W ar Between th e Sta tes ; a not able visito r to the city in 1825 was Ge ne ra l LaFayette ; th e fir st Gov ernor's M an sian was built h ere ; Co ngressma n Ca rl V inson lives here, and it is th e h om e of J udge George S. Carpenter, of the Ocmulgee Superior Court Circuit.
Pioneer Baldwin County
Baldw in County, foun d ed in 1803, was n am ed for Ab ra ham Bald win, "fa th er" of the U niv ersity of Georgia a t Ath en s.
..T her e are 692 farms in the cou n ty,

and gene ra l crops a rc grown, in a diversified program th at includ es beef an d dairy ca tt le, permanent pastures, pou ltr y raising and egg production. Pig chains pus h hog production in th e county; pine an d hardwoods provide timb er for th e many sawmills and lumber plan ts in the co unty.
T own Creek for m s pa rt of th e eas tern bounda ry be twee n Baldwin and H an cock Co un ties, a nd th e O con ee R iver runs th ro ugh Ba ldw in, provi ding m uc h of th e area for Lake Sinclair.
The C entral of Geor gia R ailroad and th e Georgia R a ilroa d provide rail service, and a number of bu sses op erat e through th e county. H igh wa ys include U . S. 441 , on whic h is situated J oh n Mi lledge mo tor court of 35 u ni ts, Sta te hi ghw ays Nos . 22, 24, 49, 243. Baldwin H ot el serves the p ub lic.
Paving of th e "lowe r" M acon h ighway N o. 49, a shorte r route to M a con, is con templated d uring 1953 . U . S. 441 was greatly improved between Mil led geville and Eaton ton last year, two new bri dges being bui lt as part of th e work done.
Baldwin Co un ty off icers includ e : O rd ina ry, Mi ss Bertie St embridge; C ler k
of Court, .J. C . Cooper ; Sheriff, D . M .
Cox ; T ax Collecto r, M rs. L. D . Smi th ;
T ax R eceiver , .J. F . M cC lun ey ; Treas-
urer, Otto Co nn ; Corone r, C liff Co llins ; Super in te nd en t of Schools, Fran k L aw rence ; Commissioners, O . l\tf. Ennis, chairman ; W illard W illiamson a nd Rov Nelson. Marion Ennis is clerk : .Judge of C oun ty Court, Erwin Sibl ey: m embers of the Legisla tur e, R . A. Green and Arnold Pa rker.
If you want to sec 150 years of histor y of a p rogressive commun ity re liv- ' cd in pageantry, plan to visit Mi lled geville th e wee k of th e C en ten nial cele bra tion whi ch will begin M a y 3.

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DEPAUTMENT OF [DMMEUCE
EWSLETTER
MARCH 10, 1953

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March 10, 195:1

NEWSLETTER

Pu blished sem i-mon thly by

GEO RG IA DEPT. OF CO MMERC E 100 State C ap itol
* HERMAN E. T AL MAD GE
Gove rnor

BOA RD OF COMMISSIONERS

EMORY L. BU T LER Cha irman

Lonnie A. Pope, V. Chm. Y. F. Geeslin

Ben J essup

Lloyd B. R aisty

* CLARK GA INES

Sec reta ry

Vol. 4, No. 13

March 10, 1953

Clark Hill Opens
New Pow er Sou rce
Electri cal pow er for comme rcial usc is flowin g from th e Clark Hi ll hydroelectric pl ant on th e Sava nnah River , 22 mil es above Augusta . This proj ect is op enin g up a tr em endous source of power for th e northea st section of Geor gia.
The first gene ra tor was put into opera tion in J anuary. Pow ered by a 55,OOO-horsepowcr turbine, it will feed 40,000 kilowatts into th e line. ~nother gene rato r of th e same capac ity wa s completed in February.
Th ere will be a total of seven generat ors, whi ch will have an ultimat e capacity of 280,000 kilowatts. The annu al ou tp ut will be abo ut 703,000,000 kilowatt hours.
Col. E. E. Wilh oyt, distri ct enginee r a t Savannah, says th at work is pro gressing rapid ly on th e othe r gene ra tors, a nd that th e plant should be completed about O ctob er, 1954.
The proj ect was begun in O ctober , 1948, when th e first conc rete was poured. The first comme rcial pow er was fed int o th e lin e only a littl e m ore than four yea rs from that historic event.

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MARCH 7-1O- Savannah : Southe rn Co nf. of Bldg. Owners an d Managers, Gen eral O gleth orp e.
MARCH II -Atlanta : Second Ann ua l At lanta M an agement Co nf., Atlanta Division U n iversity of Georgia.
MARCH 11-13- Sav annah : Dau ghters of American R evoluti on, Gen er al Oglethorpc.
MARCH 13-14--Atlanta: National Beta C lub, Ansley Hotel.
MARCI-I 13-21-Atlanta : Southeas t Spor ts and V acation Show, Auditorium.
MARCH 18-19-Atlanta : Georgia Laundry and C leane rs Ass'n ., Bilt more H ot el.
MARCH 18-20- M acon : Southeast ern Recreati onal Ex ecutives.
MARCH 19-Macon : Middle Georgi a Stockme n's Exposition .
MARCH 19-5av ann ah : Southern Sociological Society, Gen eral O glethorpe.
MARCH 22-24-Atlan ta : Indep end ent Bank ers Ass'n., Ansley Hotel.
MARCH 22-25- Atlanta : Hi n m an Dent al C linic, Auditorium.
MARCH 24-Savannah : Ass'n . Am erican R .R ., S. E. C laims C onference, Gen eral O glethorpe.
MARCH 24-Bainbridge : Sixth An nual Fat Calf Show and Sa le Sp on sored by Bainbridge and Decatur Coun ty Chamber of Commerce.
MARCH 27-28-Augu sta: 25th Annual M eeting, Garden Club of Georgia, Inc.
MARCH 30-Athe ns: Crawford W.

Long Day, U n iversity of Georgia. IVI ARCH 30-APR I L I-Atlanta : U . S.
Fish , Wi ld life Service Co nf., Biltm ore Hotel. IVI ARCH 31- Ame ricus: Annual Georgia Sta te Spring Fat Barrow Show an d Sa le. APR I L I-Vidalia: Fat Catt le Sh ow, Sponsored by Vida lia Cha mbe r of C ommerce. APRIL 1-3-Atlanta : Georgia Federation of Women 's Clubs, H enry Grady H otel. APRIL 2-Valdosta : 12th Annual Fat Cattle Show a nd Sa le, Sponsored by Valdosta - and Lowndes Co unty Chambe r of Comme rce. APRIL 3-4--Macon : Order of Am aran th, State of Geor gia . APRIL 6- Swain sboro : Fat Cattle
Show a nd Sa le. APRIL 6-8-Macon: Geor gia Ph ar -
maccuti cal Ass'n . APRIL 7-8-Albany : F at Ca ttle Show
and Sale. APR IL 8- Thom aston: Fat Ca ttle
Show and Sale. APR TL 8-12- Savannah : At lanti c Co t-
ton Ass'n ., Gen eral O gleth orpe H ot el. APRI L 9- Atla n ta : Fourth Annu al Atlanta M a rketin g Co nference, At lanta Divi sion U niversity of Georgia. APRIL 9-1O-Athens : Chamber Music Festival. APRIL 10- 12- Sav annah: G e 0 I' g i a Dailies Ad vert ising Ass'n ., D eSoto H otel.

COVER PICTURE
Big Spring at Ce dartown, site of an Indian camping ground in ea rly days. T oday it furnishes th e en tire city with wat er. F lowin g at a rate of m ore than 2,500,000 ga llons dai ly it provid es an am ple wat er supply. T he Spring is loca ted in beautiful Big Sp ring Park, whi ch is an impressive sight for tourists a nd a favor ite with resident s. (See story on Page 6. )

Georgia State Fa rm ers' Market on Mu rp hy Street, S.W ., in Atlanta, where a large per cen t of the fru its and vegetab les brough t to the capital city an nua lly are unl oad ed, sold or tran sported to gro cery stores wit hin Atlanta and its tr ad e are a. (See stor y on P age 3.)

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

M ar ch 10, 1953

Georgia Farmers Supplied Atlanta and Area With Many Fruits and Vegetables Last Year

The far me rs of Georgia h ad a big par t in th e conside rable job of feed ing th e residents of Atlanta and adjo ining a rea, last yea r, th e rep ort of th e fru its and vegeta bles un load ed in th at city sh ows. H owever, th er e still remain s a la rge opportunity for G eorgia farmers to pr odu ce for thi s tr emendous m arket .
The rep ort of th e Fr uit a nd Vegetabl e br an ch of th e Produ ction an d M ark etin g Administrat ion of th e U . S. Departm ent of Agriculture in Atl anta, comp iled by 13. E. Sur ry, local rep resenta tive, show ed th at 25,392 ca r and truck loads of fruits an d vegeta bles were brough t to Atlan ta during 1952 for consump tion a nd distribution . (T ruck loads were reduced to ca rload equivalen ts in th e rep ort. )

T h ere were 290 more ca rloads received in 1952 th an in 1951. Of th e total number of ca rloads received, Georgia fu rn ished 5,333 and oth er sta tes and foreign cou ntries sent 20,059 ca rs.

The fruits and vegetables came from 34 states besides Geor gia, Canada , C uba, M exico, and ban an as were imported. R ail road ca r lots tot aled 5,020 and truck load s amoun ted to 20,372 equivalen ts.

Rail and Truck Loads

R ail ca rloa ds in Georgia tot aled 38, and 5,295 ca me by t ruck. Californ ia led all sta tes in rail loads, 2,326 and 113 by t ru ck ; M ain e sent 2 12 rail loads and 120 by truck ; Washin gton sta te, 292 rail ca rs an d one tr uck load .

Tota l unl oad s in Atlanta by stat es were : Alaba ma, 402 ; Arizona, 185 ; Arka nsas, 12 ; Californ ia, 2,439; Colorado, 280 ; Connecticut, 76 ; Delaw ar e, 39; F lorida, 6,714 ; Ge orgia, 5,333 ; Id ah o, 550 ; Ill inois, 5 1; Indian a, 59; I owa, 5 ; K entucky, 4 ; L oui sia na, 11 ; M ain e, 332; M a ryland, 55 ; M assachusett s, 10 ; Mi ch igan , 5 12; Mi nn esota, 124.

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119 ; Pennsylvan ia, 267 ; South Caro-

lina, 696 ; T ennessee, 117; T exas, 735 ;

U ta h, 16; V ermont, 1; Virgini a , 558 . Washin gt on sta te, 293 ; West Vir-
ginia, 63; Wisconsin, 237 ; Wyom ing, 1; Cana da , 215 ; Cuba, 22 ; M exico, 9 1; Spa in, 21, (I rish Potat oes) ; ban an a imports 2,405.
Fruits and Vegetables
F ru its and vegeta bles th at m ad e up th e 25,392 ca rloa ds brough t to Atla nta incl uded : Apples, 1,210 ca rloads ; av ocados, 43; ba na nas , 2,405 ; Lima beans, 188 ; sna p beans , 1,009 ; beets, 6 ; cabba ge, 1,605 ; can taloupes, 6 17 ; ca rr ots, 248 ; cauliflower , 57 ; celery, 3 16; che rries, 4 ; colla rds, 282 ; green corn, 746; cra nberr ies, 7 ; cuc umbe rs, 127.
Eggp lant, 56 ; endive, 6 ; esca role, 2 ; grapcfruit, 508 ; grapes, 364; gree ns, 394; hon eydews, 44 ; lemons, 383; lettuce, 1,082 ; lim es, 5 ; mix ed citrus, m elons a nd vegeta bles, 305; okr a, 116 ; onions, 1,305 ; ora nges, 1,41 7 ; peach es, 574; pear s, 171 ; peas, 246 ; peppers, 143 ; Persian melons, 2 ; p ineapples, 14 ; plums an d prunes, 16.
Irish potat oes, 3,759; p um pkins, 5; radishes, 47 ; rutab agas, 187 ; satsum as, 1; spi na ch, 35; squash, 303; st rawber ries, 36 ; sweet p ot a toes, 50 2; tangelos, 5 ; tan gerines, 102; tom at oes, 1,742; bun ch ed turnips, 172; wa termelons, 2,473.
Coconu ts received in cluded 78 ca rloads and th ere were 9 ca rs of peanuts.
T h e following pro duc ts and numb er of ca rloa ds came from Georgia : Apples, 5 1 ca rs; Li ma bean s, 149 ; sna p bean s, 365; beets, 1; cabbag e, 26 1; ca ntaloupes, 297 ; ca uliflowe r, 1; colla rds, 213 ; corn, 276 ; cuc umbers, 3 1; eggplant, 17; gra pes, 5 ; greens, 353; lettu ce, 41 ; m ixed vege ta bles, 18 ; okr a, 8 1; onions, 62 ; p each es, 290 ; pea rs, 86 ; peas, 185.
Pep pers, 59; Irish potatoes, 56 ; pumpkins, 2; rad ishes, 4 ; spinac h, 6 : squash, 165 ; stra wbe rries, 1; swee t poto. toes, 293 ; tom at oes, 245 ; turnips, 129 ; wa termelons, 1,590.
The bu lk of th e fruits and vegetab les were un load ed a t th e Georgia Sta te F arm ers' M a rket on Murphy Aven ue, S.W ., many bein g sold th ere a nd m an y being d istr ibu ted fr om th er e.
The rep or t points ou t th at " no records were kept sh owing th e amo unt of

deliveri es m ad e direct to grocery stores and retail m ark ets." It is also po in ted out th at some truck offerings were diverted from Atlanta during th e year.
Inasmu ch as Atla nta' s tr ade a rea covers a la rge territory, mu ch of th e p roduce was evide ntly tru cked out to othe r town s.
This report also in cludes only Atlanta un load s, a nd receipt s at other Geor gia cities wer e likely in p rop ortion in volume . It also shows th at m a ny sta tes feed Atlanta and its gro cer y sto re a rea, and th at m an y of th e prod ucts, like ora nges and grapefru it, a re not grown in Georgia.
T he record covers fruits an d vegetab les brou ght to Atlanta only a nd does not include other foods, such as milk a nd butt er, mea ts, poultry and eggs.
It mi ght also be remembered th a t m an y truck and ra il load s of far m products mo ve from Georgia markets every day and go to many sta tes in th e nati on.
$3,000,000 Eastman
Plant for Atlanta
T h e Eastm an K odak Co ., of Roch estel', N . Y., anno un ces pla ns for th e erection of a .$ 3,000,000 p lant nea r Atlanta, on Peachtree Industr ial Bouleva rd, in D eK alb C ounty.
A. R . Allendorf, of R och ester, assista n t gene ra l sales man ager of the company, said a 14-acre tr act on th e Bouleva rd had been purch ased for the new p lant site . Allendorf said th e land pri ce was .$ 130,000 , and the tr ansaction wa s hand led jointly by R obert M . Ho lder, broker, and H oke Blai r, wh o represen ted Adam s-Cates Co. , realtors.
Th e pla n t will serve as a distr ibu tion cen ter and processing plan t an d will conta in approxim ately 110,000 sq ua re feet of floor space.
The new plan t will be the fir st in th e South east and the seventh distribu tion point for Eastman in th e U nited St a tes.
Site of th e pl an t is about 15 m iles north of Atl anta, th e area being traversed by th e Southern R ailroad to Washin gton .

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GEORG IA DEPARTMENT OF CO M M ERC E

:--rEWSLETTER

March 10, 1953

GEORGIII PIIRIIDE OF P{(OGRESS

I Blimp Base Coming

it ems, 25,000 dozen hospi tal patients' Pet Milk Expands

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The Naval Auxi liary Air Station at Gl ynco ncar BRUNSW IC/( is schedul ed to becom e a tr aining sta tion for blimp pilots by th e N avy a nd will be th e on ly one in th e count ry. At present this train ing is conducted a t Lakehurst, N .
J. The change is expected to become ef-

gowns and oth er hospital apparel, 100,000 dozen operating room face masks, 50,000 dozen towels, napkins, pillow cases and tabl e tops. One of th e leading industri es in H enry' C ounty, it h as an annual payroll of more than $125,000 .

Work has begun on the $200 ,000 addition to th e WASHINGTO N Pet Dairy Products Co., to house a modern bottling plant. Constructed of bri ck an d conc re te, it will bottle Grade A mi lk in paper con taine rs, dist ributing it to retailers in nin e counties, from Lavoni a

fective about July 1. It is repo rted that

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to Gre ensboro. The present staff of 45

close to $9 mi llion will be spent com - Macon Branch Office

will be increased by six or eigh t per-

pl etin g th e Glynco base, whi ch was bui lt during W orld War II . The cha nge will bring approxim at ely 200 additional p ersonnel, 20 officers and 180 enlisted m en . In addition, there will be about 25 offic ers and five Navy 3P2K airships at th e insta llation. Favorable weather conditions a nd room for expansion were responsible for th e decision to change th e locati on of th e training center .
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Douglas Building Warehouse
The City of DOUGLAS will bui ld a large equipme nt warehouse th is spring on Citv property, to house equipme nt, materi~ls and supplies. Containing

Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., of MACON ha s opened its new branch uni t at 818 Riverside Drive. Construc ted of conc rete an d steel, th e plant has 20,000 square feet of floor space, with 792 squ ar e feet allotted to th e retai l a rea. This modern structure contains large a reas of p lat e glass, a nd is designed to handle th e sales and service of glass, paints and sund ry products. It will serve 12 counties-Bibb, Monroe, J ones, Baldwin, Wi lkinson , Macon , Twiggs, Blecklcy, Pulaski , Houston , Peach and Crawford . M . E. M itchiner is manager.
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sons. H enry C . Standard is Pet manage r, an d Gu y C. Koger is in charge of manufacturing op erations for th e Pet Dairy Products Co ., in Wa shin gton.
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Quitman Tobacco Warehouse
Ground has been b roken for a new tobacco wareh ouse at Q UITMA N . A 40,000-squa re-foot structure is bein g built on 73,000 squa re feet of la nd loca ted ju st outside th e city limits on th e Va ldost a Hi ghway by W . M . Carter of Carthage, N . C . It will be read y for th e 1953 mark et. Mr. Carter also owns th e M cC onn ell Wareh ou ses in Ca rth -

20,000 squa re feet of space, it is esti-
mated th at th e cost will run to appro x- Rome Dixie Co rp.

age .

imately $50,000. Plan s h ave been drawn

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up and construction will begin at an Tells of Expansion

Cochran Goes Nautical

ea rly date. Th e bui ldin g will be situ ated on a seven- acre tr act, adjoinin g a railroad. City comm issione rs who have been working on thi s plan ar e Woodrow Vi ckers, chairma n; M. L. Pr eston a nd B. D. Davis, Jr.
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12-Unit Motel
A new mo tel has just been completed in ADEL, five blocks from th e bu siness d istrict. Owners of th e 12-unit m otel are th e G . C. Pattens, and Mrs. Ann

The Dixie Corporation of Rome h as announce d that it will double its plant outp ut, esta blish bran ch sales offices in th e Southeast, and begin ope ra ting an alum in um lawn furniture plant. This expa nsion will mean th e employment of 135 more persons in the next few months.
T his plant has been operating on an around-the-clock schedule for several months but with a limited capacity.

CO CHRAN h as a new industry. The G . B. Hill Lumber Co ., is now manufacturing fishin g boats-12 and 14-foot sizes. Co nstr ucted of marine plywood , with weldw ood glue and brass screws, eac h joint is air-tight and water-tight. These boats a re ready for th e wat er wh en th ey leave th e pla nt , and ar e so light th at one man can place a boat on top of a ca r without h elp .
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H enschk e is ma nager. Each un it has a It will now operate on a 24-hour set-up, Albany Plant in Operation

private bath or shower , flu or escent lighting and panel ray heat.
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Hampton Gets Plant
Th e Dowling T exti le M anufacturing C o., with plant at M cD onough , will op en a new sewing plant at HA 1HP-

at ca pac ity and will double pr esent out put.
A 20,000 -square-foot addition is being made to the plant. In it will be fou r 15,000-pound ca pacity op en h earth aluminum m elting furnaces and auxiliar y equipme nt.

The Flint River Plant of M erck & Co., located at ALBANY, recently completed its first producti on of sulfan ilamid e, one of th e sulfa drugs, according to H. N. Fi accon e, plant m an ager. G round was brok en for th e first bui lding last M ay, a nd since th en two new

T ON. Wh en in full ope ration, it will

A sepa ra te affilia te of Dixi e Co rp. , and several temporary buildings h ave

em ploy ab out 50 persons as sewing ma- manufacturing tubular lawn furniture, been erected on th e plant site. Th e

chine operators. The plant will con- Alumi-trim, In c., will be hous ed in a perm an ent bui ldings include a war e-

centra te on hemming towels, napkins, buil din g on Shorter Ave., wit h ship- house and one fa ctory bu ilding. A tem-

ta ble tops, draw sheets, pi llow cases a nd men ts expec ted to begin in Ap ril.

porary boiler hous e and gate house,

various oth er flat work . The firm was

T he firm plan s to open a branch sales a nd roads, sewers, fen cing, dr ainage

organized in 1950 under th e direction office in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla ., abo ut dit ch es a nd a water tow er hav e also

of George H orne, general man ager , Ap ril 1, and in a short period of tim e been install ed . Approximately 60 per-

with 10 employees. T od ay it has 60 to open additiona l offices in Lou isville, sons h av e been selected for employme nt,

and a nn ua lly produces, am ong other K y., a nd Richmond, Va .

and will be given thorough training.

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NE WSLETTE R

M arch 10, 1953

Ciwinnett County Has Broad Farming Program teers from Gwinn ett who were executed by th e M exican com ma nde r at Go-

And Many Well Distributed Industrial Plants liad, Texas, in 1836, and to the memor y of six Gwin nett sold iers slain in battle bv Creek Indians in Stewa rt

Gwinnett is an unus ua l co unty in ing cre a ted in 1818. I n 1950 its pop u- Co unty, :r une 9, 1836 .

ma ny respects .

la tion wa s 32,320, a ga in over 1940 of

T he tablet m arks the birth place of

I t is large in a rea-437 sq uare m iles 3,233 peo ple.

Cha rles H . Sm ith, " Bill Arp," long a

- rolling in terra in, having man y

Lawren cevi lle, establishe d as the writer on th e Atlanta Co nstitution from

str eams, including th e Chatta ho oche e cou nty sca t in 1821 , was nam ed for Ca rtersville, wh o di ed in 1903.

R iver as its north ern boundary line ; it Capt. ' J am es L awren ce. The prese.nt

Gw inn ett is regarded la rgely as a n

ha s a la rge number of farms- 3,104-- co ur tho use, erec ted in 1872, is a pIC- ag ricultu ra l county, yet hundreds of

and a vari ed farm program, yet it is turesqu c bui ldin g with an inter estin g peop le arc emp loyed in the m a nufa c-

dotted from one side to th e other wi th histor y.

turing pla nts in seven town s in th e

manufa ct ur ing pla nts .

I n 1849, off icia ls had trouble in keep - co un ty. T her e a rc a variety of man u-

Two rai lroads, th e Southern a nd Sea - ing livesto ck off th e co urtho use sq ua re, fa ctur ing plants in L awren cevi lle, Bu-

boa rd , trav erse th e co unty, and paved so a co urt order was issued by th e fo rd, D a cul a, Du luth , Li lburn , Nor-

roa ds exte nd to p ract ica lly every sec- Co unty to deed a sm a ll spa ce on' eac h cross and Suwa nee. The some 25 plants

tion of the county. T hese incl ud e U . S. corne r of th e square to four men , ma nufa ctur e a variet y of a rticles- icc,

Hi ghways 23, 29 an d 78 and Sta te 8, C ha rles H . Sm ith, lat er well know n as sho es, harn ess, sa dd les a nd other lea th-

13, 20, 124, 120, 141.

a writer as " Bill Arp" , N . L . Hu tch ins, er goods, d unga rees, a ut o sca t cove rs,

Ther e a re 10 post offices in th e coun- J a mes P. Sim mo ns and T . \V. Alexan - ca binet a nd mi llwork , saw a nd plan-

ty-Buford, Da cula, Duluth, G rayson, der. They agreed to erec t a bui lding on ing mi lls, pants a nd sh irts, icc crea m,

Lawren ceville, Li lburn , Luxomni , Nor- eac h co rn er, a nd wer e re q uired also to furniture, rop es a nd belt s, hou sewares,

cross, Snellville and Suwan ee ; 17 white bu ild a wooden fence on all fo ur sides mon ume nt s, an d glue. Egg and poul-

sch ools in th e co unty system , with an in- of th e sq ua re to include four stiles, tr y firm s supply eggs and chicks, mos tly

dependen t system a t Buford, wh ich in- wit h on e in the m iddle of ea ch for th e broi ler tr ad e.

cludes both high and eleme ntary schools. T en hi gh schools a re a lso loca te d at L awren ceville, Bethesda, D acula , Duluth, Grayson, L ilbu rn , No rcross, Snellville, Sugar H ill a nd Su wan ee. Seven schools have vocationa l co urses.
H ospital ser vices a re provid ed by th e H utch ins M emorial H ospi tal a t Buford a nd the J oan G lan cy H ospital a t

block on all four sides wh ich a fforded ing ress and egress for p eopl e to th e co ur thouse, but whi ch kept livestock out.
T h e four small bui ld ings have been rep la ced with modern str uct ures.
One monument a nd one tab let ado rn th e courtho use sq ua re. Th e m arble shaft was placed in 1840 by H enry Fitzsim m ons in honor of two T exan volun-

Two newsp apers serve the coun ty.
The News-Her ald a t Lawren ceville is in its 94th yea r. Marvin A. Allison is pub lish er an d m an agin g ed itor, P. M . Ch ristian ed itor a nd Mrs. M arion Allison W ebb assoc ia te ed itor a nd a dvertising manager. The Ad vertiser is publish ed a t Buford by Mrs. E . A.
(C ontinued on Page 7)

Dulut h .

Chur ch Locations

C h urc hes of severa l den ominati on s

a rc locat ed th rou gh out th e co unty.

Ea ch comm un ity has ade q ua te m ai l

service, with R EA and Geor gia Power

Co. serving fa rm s an d town s wit h elec-

tr icity, whi le both na tural and com-

mer cia l gas is a va ilable to hom es and

b usin esses .

Gen er al farming IS engaged JI1

th ro ugh out th e county, 3,290 ba les of

cotton hav ing been prod uccd in 1951 ,

althou gh th er e is a tendency to turn

from row cro ps to pastures a nd beef

and dairv ca ttle. Ther e a re seve ra l

la rge beef ca ttle farms in th e co unty,

wit h dairying a lso becoming popula r.

T imber has lon g a fforded employment

for m any peop le in the co unty, mi llion s

of feet of lumber hav ing been sawed

in th e county over th e veal's. a nd some pulpwood is 'also being ~ u t . Some pou l-

trymen a rc engaging in th e broiler busi-

ne ss.

Gwinnet t Co untv. named for Button

Gw inn ett, a signe l:'of th e Declarati on

of I ndependence, is 135 years old, be-

Th e G winnett Co un ty C our tho use, a t Lawre ncev ille , was const ru cted in 1872 .

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NEWSLETTER

T he Po lk C ounty C our tho use was bu ilt at a cost of $438,672, and dedi cated last O ctober in im pressive cerem onies.
Cedartown, Industrial and Trading Center Continues as Leader in Northwest Cieorgia

Ce da rtown, situa ted in northwest Georgia, ju st 15 m iles east of th e Alabam a line, is th e county sea t of Polk Co unty . One of Georgia' s most progressive cities, it is a good place to live, and a n int erestin g pla ce to visit.
There a re severa l unusual la ndma rks for th e visitor to see. One of th e most impressive is th e Polk County Courthou se a nd jail, situated in a p ark on a rolling green lawn. Built a t a cost of $438,672, it wa s fini shed last fall, a nd dedi ca ted on O ctober 14.
Big Spring (see cover of th is issue ) is another beautiful sight. T h e city wat er works is bu ilt over this nat ur al spring, wh ich fu rn ishes 2,500 ,000 gallons of water daily. This too has been made int o a lovely park .
Ther e a re two well-known orpha nages at Ce da rtown. One is th e Ethel Ha rpst H om e for Ch ild ren, suppo rted by th e Women 's Society for Ch ristia n Service of th e M eth odist Churc h . Founded in 1923, mor e th an $500, 000 ha s been inv ested in th e att rac tive home and grounds. About 130 ch ild ren are cared for h ere. The Sara Murphy H om e for colored ch ild ren is a no ther worth y p roject. About $68,000 has been spent on th is h ome.
Th ese institutions a re indi cati ve of th e p rogressive thinking of th e citizens, coupled with th e natural adv a ntages of Ce da rtown's location.
Its assets have long been recogni zed . It wa s origin ally owned by th e C reek In dians. The Ch erok ees, whose bound -

a ry was th e T enn essee line, were anxious to get over into this fertile ar ea , and engaged th e C reeks in a game of ba ll with th e wager being th at section of th e Sta te, fr om th e T ennessee line down to th e Chattah ooch ee Ri ver. The C reeks lost, and th e Che rokees became the new possessors. In 1832 th e la nd was bought by th e Government. About a yea r later two tr ading posts were estab lished in th e a rea . The city was incorporated in 1854.
Cedartown was origina lly located in Pau lding County . I n 1852 Polk Coun ty was created from parts of Pau lding, Ca ss (now Ba rtow ) an d Floyd Coun ties. A State Legislat or fro m th e new county, Wi lliam J aynes, named it af ter Pr esident Polk, who was in office at th at time. Today the county h as a po pu lation of 30,652.
Polk County celebra ted its 100th Birth da y December 20, 1952. One of th e out standing features of th e observa nce was a pageant ca lled th e Centu rarn a, p resent ed a t C eda rtown du ring Fair Week O ctober 1-6. C rowds of abo ut 6,000 persons assembled for eac h of th e three p erform an ces.
Ced artown , with a populati on of 9,4 70, is growing in all ph ases of its civic life. A new Polk County H ealth Center , to cost $80,000 , incl uding th e equipment building, is expected to be occupied about April I. A new j uni or high school a nd gymnas ium wer e recently completed, costing $600,000. M oney has been alloca ted for a new

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M arch 10, 1953
gramma r schoo l, wh ich will soon be erec ted on Nor th Ph ilpott Street .
' York is sch edu led to begin on a new $ 170,000 M et ho dist Church during April. Many of the oth er ch urc hes have mad e add itions a nd expa n ded th eir faci lities. Plans h ave been mad e an d th e land purc hased to bui ld a new bu s sta tion, at a cost of ab out $20,000.
Cedartown is proud of th e man y advantages it offers, whi ch mak e it a pleasant place to live. T he school system is excellent, with seven scho ols in the city a nd an enrollment of m ore th an 2,500. Fourteen ch urc h es serve the populace, with p ra ctically all th e major den om inat ions repr esented . T he H aw kes Librar y is ava ilable to all, with th ousa nd s of volumes.
T he resident ial a reas ar e as beautiful as a ny in th e Sta te. M an y m ore ha nd som e new homes ar e being bu ilt. Also, a 156-unit hou sing proj ect is loca ted th ere.
Recreation plays a n imp or tant part in th e lives of Cedartown's citizens. There a re two parks, th ree playgrounds, a golf course, swimming pool, th eatres. Baseball, softba ll, hunting , fishing, boat ing, flying and oth er sports ar e available in the immedi at e ar ea .
The city offers many at tractiv e p laces for th e visitor to stop. Two ho tels and four tou rist courts are avai lable with excellen t accommodat ions. Several restaurants an d dining rooms provide good food for th e tr aveler.
T here a re 22 civic clu bs whic h ar e act ively participa ting in worth-whi le programs. Two Newspapers
Cedartow n h as two excellent news organs- the da ily Ce da rtown Sta ndard, published by J oe H aire, a nd th e weekly Polk Co un ty T imes, Sid Wi lliams, p u b lish er.
A ra dio station, ' ''' GAA, also keeps citizens abreast of th e news.
I nd ustry h as a firm found ation in th is city. Among the la rgest em ployers ar e th e Goodyear Mi ll, producing cotton and rayon tir e cord; Ced artown T ext iles, woolen and rayon cloth ; Cedartown Yarn Mi lls, cotton ya rn ; Rome Plow Co ., F astex, I nc., m akin g zipp er br a id ; Frew, In c., furn iture manufacturer , and Nop co Chemi cal Co., vit amins a nd che micals.
Other bus y ind ustries are the AlbeaYork Mining Co., iron ore ; Ce da rtown Block & Concrete Co ., blocks and ready-mix conc rete; Cedartown Dairy Prod ucts, In c., ch eese pro d ucts an d feed mill ; Ce da rtown Foundry & Mach ine Co., gray iro n castings; Gam-

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March 10, 1953

mage Mining Co ., iron or e ; Graves & Acree M ining Co. , iron ore ; Noble M anufacturing Co ., box boa rd and core pap er ; T enn essee Corp., m ixed fertilizers; T ext ile Pap er Products Co., Inc., paper tubes a nd boxes, a nd Arrington Mining Co ., iron ore.
T h e approximat e a nnual p ayroll for Ce da rtown ind ustries is $6,500,000.
One of th e newest indust ries is th e cheese plant, Ceda rtow n Dairy Products, I nc., started in 1951, a nd locally-own ed . This $50,000 I pl ant turns ou t 30,000 pounds of ch eese a mo nt h, known as " Pride of Cedartown." A feed m ill is op erated by thi s company also.
Ced artown offers industr y man y advan tage s. It is stra teg ically loca ted transportat ion-wise. J ust 15 m iles east of th e Alabama sta te line and a little ove r 60 mil es fro m Atlanta, it is served by th e Seaboard and th e Central of Georgia . U . S. Hi gh way 27 an d State H ighways 6, 100 an d 161 go to Cedartown . Elect ric power an d natural gas a re available. Water is mor e tha n ade quate and new pumping fac ilities were installed in 1950.
Ti'ading Center
Its importa nce as a trad ing cent er is a ttested to by th e fac t tha t th ere ar e 75 sto res a nd 12 serv ice establishments. Annual retail sales in th e cit y total $ 12,496,000 and th e county $ 19,073,000.
A city man ager and commissioner typ e of government is in operation . M ayor is W . A. Cason. Commissioners a re L. B. Andrews, W . D .T rip pe, F red Brewster an d M . M . Co rn elius. Ci ty M an ager is H . B. Lovvorn. C ity Schoo l Supe rintende nt is L. H . G ray .
The three Co unty Commissioners a re
Dr. J oh n ' \T . Goo d, chairm an ; E. W .
Barber an d H orace Williams. Super inten dent of Count y Schools is K a nkakee (Buck ) Anderson.
T h e Chambe r of Comme rce, orga nized in 1944, m ain tain s an ac tive a nd p rogr essive p rogram. Included in th eir many projects ar c industrial p romotion a nd expa nsion, allevia tio n of tr aff ic conditions an d enla rgeme n t of th e safety program, a nd agri cultural developm ent. The Chamber is in charge of th e Northwest Georgia F ai r, held annua lly in Ceda rt own d uri ng th e last week in Sep tem ber. M erchants in town give $3,000 wor th of p rizes d uri ng th e week of th e fa ir, wh ich is grow ing in size and importance eac h year. The R etail M erchants' Bureau is also ac tive, sponsor ing

Dispenser Boosts Sale of Milk
I nstalla tion of a refr igerated mi lk dispenser by H. S. Brown, manager of th e Uncle R em us resta u rant at Eatonton , has increased his sale of milk from one to 10 ga llons a day, he says.
" T he dispenser, cabine t-size, holds two five-gallon cans," :NIr. Brown says, " a nd when my customers note th at th e mi lk is cool a nd not touch ed by human hands, (not poured ou t of open con tainr-rs}, they or der mi lk read ily, whereas formerly few people ca lled for milk.
" I ju st put the milk in the cans, plug th e container in a wa ll socket, th en dr aw it out fou nta in-like int o a g lass ."

Gwinnett County
(Continued fro m Page 5 )
Wilban ks. Both a re issued weekly. T he M oren o Press operates a printing plan t at Bufor d .
Gwinnett Co unty residents look for ward with mu ch a nticipa tion to the completion of the huge Buford D am on the Chattahoo chee R iver, where wat er will be impounded in a lake with some 500 miles of shoreline. It is exp ected th at th ere will be a natural flow of wa ter fro m th e lake to all par ts of Gwin nett, and th e water supply is expect ed to be gr eatl y increased throughout th e county, on farms and in cities and towns.
The recen tly reactiva ted Gwinnett Co un ty Chamb er of Commerc e has a n ambitious progr am to adver tise a nd promote th e vari ed resourc es of the la rge county. P. Sever is presiden t of

a Chri stmas Parade, and decor ating th e city for th e ho liday season . The mercha nts also sponsor an annua l Easter Pa rade, with $200 in p rizes for th e bestd ressed p eople.

th e orga nization, and M rs, J ean J ones is secreta ry. The Chamber offic e is in a bu ilding on the courth ouse square at Lawren ceville, conve nien t to tou rists and th e p ubli c genera lly.

Presiden t of th e Chamber of Co mmerce is J ames Young, first vice-president S. , V. Trawi ck, second vice-president H . H . H ogg, Sr., tr easur er Thomas Ada mson, ac ting secreta ry C lara Dawson. D irecto rs are J oe H aire,
Glenn Huff, J. H. Lopez, R . .J. Buskirk, L. B. Andrews, Pau l Ostr an der, .J.
M . Cobb, H . A. Sayles, Cas to J a rvis, W . D . Tripp e and W . G . Bruner.
Agric ulture is p rosperous in Polk Coun ty. Co tton pr od uction is h igh, but pimi ento pepp ers, sweet pota toes an d truck cro ps a rc grad ually replac ing it. D airying a nd beef ca ttle a rc becoming increasingly import ant. The cheese plan t in Cedartown uses much of the locally-prod uced mi lk.
Local Broiler andustry
Th e br oiler industr y is grow ing fast in thi s area. Egg p roduction was given a big boost in June, 1952, wh en th e Polk Count y Egg Co -op was organized by a group of county egg produc ers. T h e co-op maintains an egg market, candling a nd grading eggs, an d selling und er th e brand name of Peco.

Form of Government

Law ren ceville, th e cou nty sea t, ope rates under a mavor a nd council form

of gO\ernn1Pnt. Floyd Brannon is M ay-

or a nd Counc ilmen a re Pa ul K elley, U h land Freem a n, R ussell Peeples and

H . L. Cooper. Ri chard M a rt in is C ity Clerk a nd Mi ss F ran ces Fortune As-

sista nt Clerk. Prof. R. L. La ngston is

C ity School Superintendent ; Cliff Turner is Chi ef of Police, and Glenn Edge

Chief of th e F ire Departm en t.

Gwinnett Coun ty officers includ e:

Alton Tu cker, O rd inar y; H enr y Wages,

C le rk S h e r iff

of ; Gr

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C rawford ntgom ery,

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lector ; Ev erett Norton , Tax R eceiver :
.J. B. Loggins, Treasur er ; R. C . Wi l-
banks, Co unty Sch ool Superintende nt; ' V. P. Simonton, Corone r, an d Sam Field s, Surveyor. Commissioners are

F. P. Dov er, Chairman ; O . D . Cain

an d Weld on Ar ch er. Mrs. Berthel Sea rs is C lerk . R oy Ga rren is County F a rm

Agent.

E . W. White, of Buford , and H. Rhod es J ordan, of Lawrenceville, ar e

th e present m embers of th e Legisla tur e

nom Gwinnett Cou nty.

T he U . S. Census Bur eau for 1950

V isit Gw inn ett , one of th e most di-

reported that Polk Co un ty, with a land versified coun ties in Georgia .

area of 199,680 acres, has 1,7 13 farms,

with av era ge size being 86.3 acr es.

pro sperous ag ricult ure, con tinues as a

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o n Hi ghwa y 41 N or-th , a t 20lh 5 1. T hree tabl es a rc 10 be located th er e a nd th e ground s la ndscap ed . T h is

park is tvpica! o f th e m an)' a tt r ac tive tou r ist sto ps whi ch a rc go ing u p a ll ove r th e St a le , a n d co uld be a da p t ed to a lmos t a ny local ity. Pi ctured are ~Irs. U . H. R ow e a n d M rs . C . ~l. Co n n er, inspect in g th e pa rk ,

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New Georgia Fabric A new bo nded, non-woven fabri c
has been develop ed by th e W est Point M anufacturing Co. of G eorgia . The fabric, kn own as Lantu ck, is a lread y bein g manufactured by thi s firm . Of-

fieia ls state th at L a ntu ck is differ en t fro m ot her bonded fabri cs since it s fib er s do not run in rigid pa tt crn s, bu t in everv dir ecti on . T he new fa bric m ay be' used in upholstery, as leather is used , and for oth er rou gh wear, such as lining of mili ta ry off icers' uniforms,

Gainesville Chos en
As Industrial Site
A new industry is moving into Gainesville in th e immed ia te fut ur e. T he U nifo rm Printing and Supply Division of th e Co ur ier -C itizen Co m pa ny of Lowell, M ass., will eq uip a nd ope ra te a plan t a nd supply a nd distribution cente r a t G ain esville. which will serve th e Sou theas t with ' p rod ucts of the firm , whose specia lty is print ing policies for insur an ce com pa nies.
T he offices a nd plant eq uipme nt will be loca ted in the Willi am P. Wh elch el bu siness development on No rt h G reen St reet. M ost of th e em ployees will be loca l persons, and a sta ff of from 20 to 25 is a nticipa ted.
The Ga inesville plant will do " overpr inting" of insuran ce policies and forms which have first been pr int ed a t othe r plants. A specia l process is requi red to a pply th e nam e of th e agent or insura nce finn issuing policies, a nd th is is the only " printing" th e plant will do. Th e processed form s a rc sent
C? some 30 insu ra nce agen ts an d agen-
cies.
T h is fir m su pplies ma ny of th e nation 's major insura nce com pa nies wit h policies and forms. It uses th e t rad emark " Au the ntic."
Three representatives of the compa ny met with represent a tives of th e Gain esville-Hall Co untv Cha mbe r of Co mme rce recently to 'com plete plan s for th e new plant. T he com pa ny representa tives wer e Jam es F . Co nwa v j. , of th e centrai office a t L owell: M ass. ; Floyd C . H offman , vice-pr esident of th e .U nifo rm Di vision in cha rge of th e C hicago plant, a nd J ohn P. Hi ckey, vice-preside nt of U niform Di vision in ch a rge of th e Brooklyn plant.

DEPAUTMENT OF [DMMEnCE
-. .
W LETTER
MARCH 25, . 1953

NE WS LETTER

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-monthly by

GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMEl\CE

100 State Capitol

.

* HERMAN E. T ALMADGE

Gov ernor

BO ARD OF COMMISSIONERS

EM O RY L. BUTLER Chairman

Lonnie A. Pop e, V. Chm. Y. F. Geeslin

Ben J essup

Llo yd B. Ra isty

* CLARK GAINES

S ec re t a ry

Vol. 4, No. 14

Mar ch 25, 1953

MA RC H 22-25- Atlan ta : Hi n m a n Dental Clinic, Auditorium.
MA RCH 27-28-Augusta : 25th Ann ua l M eeti ng, Garden C lub of Geor gia, I nc., Bon Air H ot el.
lv' IA RCH 28-Au~usta: Tour of Gard en s.
l\IAR CH 30- Athens : C ra wford W . Lo ng Day, Unive rsit y of G eorgia.
MARC H 30-A PR I L I- Atla nta : U . S. Fish , Wi ldlife Se rvice Conf., Biltmor e
. __H otel.

Farmers Show Gain
In Cash Receipts
Fanners in G eo rgia ende d 1952 sho wing a n in cr ease in cash rec eipts from m arketings. Th e end of th e yea r totals were 5.4 per cent grea te r th an those for 195 1. This rise was the on ly one rep orted a mo ng a ll So uth Atl anti c sta tes, the U . S. Dep artment of Com mer ce a n no unce d.
The increa se in do llars and cents was from $618 ,84 3,000 in 195 1 to $65 2,076,000 in 1952. The Bur eau of Agri cu ltura l Econ omi cs of the U. S. Dep artment of Agri cu lture in Washin gton com piled th e figures, and rep orts tha t the la rgest in cr ease in th e State was in returns from cro p product s, whi ch rose from $3 79,909 ,000 in 1951 to $402, 166,000 in 1952. Liv esto ck also sho wed a rise-from $238 ,9:H,OOO III 1951 to $249,9 10,000 in 1952.

MARCH 3 I-Ameri cus: Annual Georgia St at e Spring Fat Barrow Show an d Sa le.
APRIL I-Vida lia : Fat Cattle Show , Sponsor ed by Vidalia Chamber of Comme rce .
APRIL 1-3-Atlanta : Georgia Feder ation of Wom en's C lub , H enry Grady H otel.
APR IL 2-Vald osta : 12th Annual F at Ca tt le Show and Sa le, Sponsored by Valdos ta and L o w n d e s Coun ty Chamber of C om me rce .
AP RIL 3-4--M acon : Orde r of Am aranth, State of Georgia.
APR IL 6- Swain sboro: Fat Catt le Show a nd Sa le.
A PR I L 6-8-Macon: Georgi a Pha rma ceutica l Ass'n,

M a rch 25, 1953
A PR IL 6- 1I- C ommerce : Four-County Spring Fair, Sponso red by Kiwanis Club and Cham ber of Co mm erce.
APR IL 7-8-Albany: Fat Catt le Show and Sa le.
A PRI L 8-Atla nta: Fourth Annual M arketing Confer enc e, At lanta D ivision Univer sity of Geor gia .
APRI L 8- T homaston: Fat Catt le Show an d Sale.
APRIL 8- 12- Sa vann ah: At lantic Co tton Ass' n., Genera l Oglet ho rpe H otel.
APRIL 9- Atla n ta : Fourth Annual Atlanta Marketing Conference, Atlan ta D ivision U niversity of G eorgia.
APRIL 9- 1O- A th e n s: Municipal M anagem ent I nstitute, U ni versity of Georgia .
APRIL 9- IO- Athens : Cha mber Music F estiva l.
A PR IL 10- Atl a n ta : Countv C om m issioners Co nfere nce , Atl anta Division U niversity of Geor gia .
AP R IL 1O-12- S a v a n n a h: G eorgia Dailies Advertising Ass'n ., DeSot o Hotel.
A PR IL II - C om m er ce : T hird Annual Four-County F at Catt le Sho w, Sponsored by Com me rce Cha m ber of Com merce. (Contin ued on Pa ge 8 )

COVER PICTURE

A view of th e bu sy Business District and histor ic Ar ch at Athens, marking the m ain entrance to th e ca m pus of th e U niversity of Ge orgia, as seen from th e Administ rat ion Bu ilding. A lon gstan din g tradition says that no fr eshman ca n wal k under th e Arch but mu st walk aro und it. (T urn to page 6 fo r story on At hens . )
- Photo by Ca rolyn Carter .

T he Eas t Point Ga rden Club will sponsor thi s exhibit of Geo rg ia ce ra mic ar t as part of th e cele bra tion of th e Georg ia Progr ess Spring Festi val bein g observed th rou gh ou t th e State, April 12-19. Every thing shown in the picture is a Georgia product, incl uding th e bea utiful flowers. (Sec Story Pa ge 8. )

GEO RG IA DE PARTMENT OF CO M MERCE

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NE\VSL ET T ER

M a rch 25, 195:1

Water Pollution Control Agency Providing Aid

To New Industries In Waste Disposal Problem

With Geo rgia in th e for efront of ind ustr ial development in th e So uthe ast, ma ny of the new ma n ufac tur ing pl ants a re la rge users of wa ter an d prod ucers of man ufacturing-process wa stes. Each producer of ind ust rial was te is respo nsible for its tr eatment or adjustme nt to th e receiving strea m . Industrial ma na geme n ts seek ing sites for new chem ica l-processing plants are including strea m in vestigati on s a nd su rveys in th e preliminary stu dies before loca tions a re selec t e d .
Provision for industri al-waste tr eat men t is incl uded in the ma nufacturing plant -construction bud get together with an op eration -cost item to main ta in strea m-p rotective facilities. Pilot plant operation is be ing con tinued by a few industri es having la rge q ua ntities of was tes whi ch , without ade q ua te tr eatment, a re un sati sfa ctory for disch arge int o th e receivin g stre am . The results obta ine d in th ese pilot plants guide th e design , const ruc tion a nd operation of full-sca le t reatment faciliti es or ind icate process cha ng es to reduce th e q ua n tity of waste or its stream-d et eriora ting cha racteristics .
Pollution Prevention
T he Water Polluti on Co ntrol Division of th e Sta te D ep a rtment of Public Health is rende ring a highl y valua ble service to new industri es coming to Georgia in coo rdina ting th eir stream inv estigation s a nd int egr a tin g th e results into th e composite plan for th e entire st ream or the porti on within th e zone affected by th e particu lar waste. T her e is a constant int erch a nge of da ta a nd informati on on stream-po llu tion prevention bet ween th e in dus tr ies and the Division . Frequ ent confere nces with industri al man agem ents, chemical eng inee rs, and consultants ar e held before plant sites a re selected, a nd all ph ases of th e pot entia l strea m pollution are explored.
T he Polluti on Con trol Division ha ppily reports that indu str ies gen erally are acc epting their respons ibilities for maintaining satisfactory stream con di tions, that " age ncies promoting the commercia l a nd industria l develop ment of Georgia h ave acc ep ted thi s in escap abl e p rin cipl e of procedure," a nd " they a re '

coopera ting in informing ind ustrial pros pec ts th a t th e in vit at ion to usc Georgia's strea m resou rces incl ud es obligat ion to protect th em against ab use."
Defense Impact
In th e Di vision 's an nua l report on Georgia wa ter pollution co ntrol in 1952, mad e recently by W . H . Weir, Direct or , it is pointed out th at th e construction of additiona l nation al -d efen se manufacturing installati on s a nd militar y posts, ca m ps and sta tions within or near th e boundaries of th e Sta te is bri ng ing a la rge infl ux of ind ustri al a nd mi litary service personnel a nd th eir fam ilies to ar eas whose water and sewage fac ilities ar e eithe r lim ited or nonexisten t.
The R epo rt con tinues as follows :
In some cases eme rgency measur es have been resorted to until a basis of future planning could be det ermined an d p rogram s of perman ent const ruc tion with a workab le degree of accuracy have been ado pted . Public fin an cing of imme dia tely need ed community faci lities to meet the sud den im pact of suc h unexpe cted load s is di fficult hecau se of th e uncert a inty of th e pe rma ne nce of th e need for such grea tly expa nde d utilities. H owever, even under th e un certainties of mi gr ating popula tions, some order in providing wat er and sewage faciliti es in critica l areas is rep lacing th e i r:\~ial ' ch vos with resulting substa n tial j1t6g!\':ss.
Municipal officia ls a re a lert to th e increased requ ir eme nts for more water and sewage works fac ilities to serv e th eir growing communities. T he rapid movemen t of population to the cities and town s is continuing and many water a nd sewe rage syste ms previously conside red ad equ at e for th e nex t fift een or tw enty year s a re now kn own to be ove rloa ded. R eappraisa l of municip al gro wth plan s h as heen necessa ry. Fu ture planning m ust now bc expa nsive ra ther th a n for a sta tic condition.
Future~xpansion
Ex cellent progress is being made in many m unicipa lities a nd counties in planning and construc ting wa ter and sewage work s. Iacilities on th e basis of

fut ure expa nsion. Repl acement of inadeq uate fa cilities as well as con struction of entirely new systems is going ahead at an accel er at ed rat e. I n genera l, financin g of water a nd sewage works is bein g accomplished very satisfac torily by revenu e anticipation ce rtifica tes with direct servic e cha rges on consum ption of wat er a nd sewe ra ge usage. There a re a number of municipaliti es still pen al ized industri ally and com me rcially becau se of insuffi cient wat er supply a nd lack of sewera ge or sewa ge t reat men t adeq ua te to their requ irem ents .
During 1952 several small c rt ies in the Pied mon t section of th e State wen: forc ed to abandon wells dri lled into th e granite, wh ich yields on ly sca nt quan titi es of wa ter, a nd develop la rger sou rces of wat er from su rfac e streams with mod ern purifi cation plan ts. This gro up of comm unities is now release d from th e growth h andi cap previou sly su ffered by inability to attract indu str y and new pop ula tion. A dist in ct ive featur e of recen t subu rba n growth is the developm ent of water and sewerage systems under cou nty own ership . T his is a new a ctivity for county gove rn men ts but mu st be expa nded by' means of inde pe ndent systems or com bined ~ with th e adjacent municip al faciliti es.
Poult ry Fest ival
Slated For May 16
The first a nnua l pou ltry festiv al to be held in Georgia will tak e pla ce in Ga inesville th is spring on May 16. T hero n Brown has been named gen era l cha irman of th e event.
Features of th e one -day festiva l will be a parad e, a top spea ker , a nd va rio us entert ainmcnt. Th e Georgia Pou ltry Fed er at ion , festiva l sponsor, will p rovide a chicke n di nne r to a ll atten ding . Some 10,000 arc expected .
Designed to tell th e wo rld about high -quality Georgia poultry, th e festiva l is d rawing intense int er est since Georgia lea ds th e nation in broiler produ cti on . W ith every county in Gcorgia p rod ucin g poul try, a ll sections of the Sta te will be rep resented .

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT O F CO M M E RC E

N EWSLETTER

March 25, 195:)

GEORG/II PIIRIIDE OF PROGRESS

New Fertilizer Plant
T he WAYNESBO RO Fer t il i z e r Company has completed a $ 100,000 expansion program. Pro duction of mixe d fert ilizers has already started at the mo dern ferti lizer mixing an d manufacturing pl ant, located next to th e Grain Elevator on th e C entral of Georgia Railroad. M echanized equipmen t un loads materials from fr eight cars and h andles materials in the plant. The plant contain s a modern nitrogen system , the newest typ e of error-proof elec- tr ic scale hopper system , an d an au tomatic weighing an d sac k-sewing mach ine . R . C. Neely, Sr ., is p resident of the com pany.
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Clarkesville Mill Expands
A 20 percent expansion will be m ad e in th e throwing department of th e C L ARK E S V IL L E Mi ll, within a month , according to Z. R. Lane, J r., plant manager. Approximately 10,000 square feet of floor space will be adde d to th e pres ent pla nt , expanding th e fa cilities of the depa rt ment which twists syn thetic yarns used in weaving of synth etic fabrics . A maximum of 15-20 em ployees will be added to th e payroll following th e enla rgeme nt. The expansion program is exp ected to be com plete d during th e late summer or early fal l. C larkesville Mill is one of 11 plants in the Fabric Pro duction Division of United M er chants an d Manufacturers, Inc.
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Uranium-Bearing Minerals
Ra dioactive minerals h a v e been found in the coa sta l sands and black shale region of the St at e, Dr. A. S. Furcron, Chief G eologist of th e State Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, ha s announced . These uranium-bea ring minera ls "make a geiger counte r click away," although the exa ct typ e of min eral con tai ned in the black sha le is not know n. T h e coas ta l sands con tain monazite, av er age samples showing 0.5 percent uranium . Dr. Fu rcron added " Pitchblend a nd uranium or es are becoming few and far between. The history of mining op erations shows that sooner or later p rod ucers are force d to rely on the leaner bu t larger deposits of valuable minerals." H e warned against assumptions th at Georgia is rich in uraniu m-bearing materials. H ow-

ever, san d-processing stations hav e been set up for several years at J acksonville Beac h, Fla ., wh er e th e sand is simi lar to th at in Georgia . T he exac t uranium content of the Georgia or es is unknown. According to Dr. F ur cron, " the Atomic Energy Commission la bora tories are th e onl y on es I know ca pable of making an exact analysis an d th ey ar en 't talking ."
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Rome Gets Bakery
A wide area of th e Southeast will be serve d wi th pies from a new who lesale ba kery esta blish ing op erations in ROME, Parrish Bakeri es of Geo rgia , Inc. A new bui ldin g was erec ted for th e firm on C lark Avenue in ' Vest Rome. The plant, selling onl y to whol esale distributors , ha s a capacit y of ap proximately 35,000 small pies dail y. Employees, mo stly wom en , will number 35 to 40. T he Rome plant will turn out small pies-pecan, cocoa n ut and lemon- in a streamlined op eration, p ies feedi ng int o two gas ovens for baking. C. V. Parrish of Emp oria is owner of th e company, an d Vernon Grizzard is Rome manager. T his is th e fifth plant establishe d by th e Parrish Baker ies, with headquarters at Empori a , V a. Other plan ts are at Martinsville. Va ., Sali sbury, N. C. , and Tampa. Fla .
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Atlanta Sears Builds $1 Million Addition
Sears , Ro ebu ck & Co .. ha s started constru ction of a $1 mi llion addition to th e Service Building loca ted on J efferson St., NW, in Atl anta . With 236,000 sq ua re feet of wa rehou se space , it will be used chiefly for warehousing of "hard" goods- a pplia nces, television sets, ra dio s, and simil ar item s. Charles H. K ellstad t of Atlanta, vice-presiden t in charge of Sea rs Southern territory, said th at th e cont inuously increasing business in mai l or der and retail store operations makes th e huge expansion necessa ry. T he new Service Buildin g, of which the addition now under construc tion will form an integral part,
was completed last July 3 1, and con -
tains 24Q,000 sq ua re feet . The $1 mil-
lion addi tion is expected to be com -
plet ed by July 1.

G EORG IA DE PAR T M ENT OF COMM ERC E

Marble Quarry Reopened
An a ba ndone d marble qua rry has been reop ened by th e G eorgia Marble Com pa ny a t HOLLY SPRINGS. in Che rokee Co unty. Pum ping eq uipme n t was used to remove 50 to 75 feet of wat er. Th e qu a rr y, wh ich was last work ed in 1936, yields Verde Antiq ue marble, used exte nsively for decorative interiors an d frin ge work on publi c buildings. V erde Antique marble i<; also found in M aryland, Vermont and It aly. Blocks quarried at Ho lly Springs will be sent to th e compan y's main plan t at T a te for p rocessing an d ship pin g.
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Potato Plant Scheduled
LEARY will be th e site of a swee tpot at o curi ng, pa ckin g and ca nning plant, to cost a n estim at ed $ 100,000 . Plan s ca ll for com pletion of th e nr-w plant in tim e for th e fall harvest searon. The plant will handle contracted sweet potatoes in th e area . L. ' ''' . High will op erate th e plant, and Charlie Cowart, Edi son p lanter will man age th e bu sin ess.
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Statesboro Gains Industry
A new business is beginning ope ra tions in ST A T ES BO RO . A small industry of wood-working and ce ra mic cha rac te r, it will manufacture locally und er th e nam e of Forest Art Products . Inc. I ni tial em ployme nt is expec ted to be 12 to 15 persons , with a substantial incr ease plann ed in the ne ar future. Officers of th e n ew corpo ra tion are
Loy A. Waters, president ; T. .J. Morris,
first vice-president; James E. Hayes, exec utive vice-president a nd tr easur er , a nd A. M . Seligman, secretary.
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Enlarged Veneer Company
The Hill Veneer Company of SY LV ANI A has been bought by A. V/ . Welborn of Wa yn esboro to be ope ra ted un der the name of W elborn V eneer Com pany. It wa s form erly ope ra ted hy J ohn D. Hi ll. R ecent announce me nts indi cate that the new management will enla rge th e' plant and install a panel plant, New eq uipme nt will also he adde d. The enla rged op era tion is expect ed to em ploy between 150 a nd 200 peopl e. F . L. M ynatt is superinte nde n t, a nd both h e and Mr. W elborn arc expect ed to mo ve to Sylvania,

NEWSLETTER

M arch 25, 1 95 ~

Heard County's Franklin Awarded

pit al , with 16 bed s. A m od ern libra ry is hou sed in th e
local hi gh school an d is ava ila ble to th e

Champion Town Honors Three Times public. Also, the area is served by a Bookm obi le fr om th e W est G eorg ia Region al L ibr ar y a t Carrollto n .

Franklin believes in adv ert ising its manv adv a ntag es, a nd th e visito r to thi s city sees h andsom e signs bearing inscrip tions such as " F ra n klin, a h ea lth y comm u n ity," " A goo d pla ce to live," and " Stop a da y, a yea r, or always ."
All of th ese signs proclaim th e facts abo u t thi s sm a ll city in th e Piedmont sec tion of west ern Georg ia. Coun ty sca t of H eard Co un ty, Franklin is 'iit-

proxima te ly 600, and th e district in whi ch Franklin is loca ted h as 1,334 p e r sons .
Other town s in th e coun ty a re Ce ntralhatch ce, Co rin th , Loftin, Rooster ville, W aresvillc, T e x as , Sim pson, G lenn , G lenl och . The sq uare mi le per ca pita popu lati on in th e co un ty is 23.2 .
H eard boasts a bountiful sup ply of gran ite , with much of it expose d .

A pa rk an d playground a rc p rov ided for th e youngste rs of F ranklin , and for ad ults wh o wish to en joy th e recr eation p rovid ed .
A va riet y of civic clubs perform worthwhile serv ices. Th ey include th e H eard Co un ty Li on s C lub, whi ch h as spo nso re d m an y p rogr essive activities, Am eri can Legion Post No . 148 a nd its Auxili ary, C hamber of Co mm erce,

ua tcd on th e banks of th e C ha tta hoo-

Franklin offe rs its ci tizens m an y ad- C ha mp ion H om e T own Co mm ittee,

chee Riv er, a djoi ni ng Alab am a .

vantag es. Its sch oo ls a rc excellen t, with 4-H C lub , Franklin W om an's C lub, F u-

Th e fact th at it is a " G ood pl ace to th e hi gh school ranking on th e South- ture Farmer s of Ameri ca , Par ent -

live." a nd has all th e othe r a ssets th e sigl;s cla im , is borne out by th e fact

ern Accr edited Li st. One wh ite an d one colored com bina tion elemen ta ry

T each er Associati on , Boy Sco uts, G irl Scouts, an d th e Young C itizens C lub.

th at F rank lin was nam ed as C ham pion H om e T own in the Georgia Power

and hi gh sch ool a re located in th e city. A new white h igh is to be constr uc ted

Chamber of Commerce

Co m pa ny's 1950 con tes t, won th e Sw eep stak es Awa rd in 1951 . a nd H on-

during 195::1 , a t a cost of abo ut $225 ,000. A new colo red school plant , con-

The Franklin C ha mber of COIIIm er cc, wh ich began ope ra ting in 1952,

ora ble M ent ion in 1952 .

solida ti ng all th e colored scho ols in th e is one of th e few in th e co un try usinu

Th e city was named fOI g cn jam in co un ty, has been a p proved by th e St ate a sloga n- theirs is " Build in g a better

Franklin , a nd esta blished lIla ny yea rs ago as a trading-post on th e C hatta-

Dep a rt ment of Education , to be bu ilt a t a cost of ap proxima tely $260 ,00 0.

com m un ity." Th eir p rim e objective is to pr ocure ad d itiona l industry for the

h ooch ee. H eard Co un ty was crea ted by

Ther e a rc nin e schools ou t in th e city, but th ey a rc also work in g to ex-

Act of th e Legislature D ecember 22, 1 8 ~ 0 , a nd n am ed for Gove rno r St eph en

co un ty. Th e M ethodist a nd Bapti st C h ur ches

pand th e telephon e system in th e county an d to exten d a nd imp rove roa ds .

H eard. Th e imposin g red -brick court- in Franklin both enjoy la rge congrega - The local m ercha n ts spo nso r a Trad e

hou se was erected in 1894.

tion s, a nd ade q ua tely pr ovid e for th e Day ea ch m onth , wh ich h as met with

Many Farms
H eard Co un ty is p rim a rily rural. Accord ing to th e 1950 Census of Agr icult ure , its 192,640 acres contain 1, 05 ~

spiritua l need s of th e peopl e.
Fin an ciall y, th e peop le of th e a rea a rc well served by th e Bank of H eard Co un ty. As of December ::1 1, 1952, th is bank had dep osits of $ 1,4::10,45 0, and

grea t success. Offi cers of th e C ha m ber
a re H . .J. Mi ckl e, pr esid ent : N . A.
Rogers, sec reta ry-treas urer , a nd di rector s St eve Lipford, R. L. Wil son , V . O . Smi th , a nd Pow er s Goodson.

farms, or 66 .6 percent of th e tot al a rea. Th e av era ge size of its farms is 121.8 ac res.
Lumber a nd p ulpwood bring in hun d red s of tho usa nds of dollar s an n ually.

tot a l resources of .$1,58::1 ,82 9.
H ealth need s are m et by th e H eard C oun ty M em orial H ospita l, with 22 bed s, a nd th e Ernest M em ori al H os-

Franklin offe rs man y indu stri a l advan tages. Situ a ted di rectl y on th e C ha tta hooc he e Ri ver, it has an ab un-
(Contin ued on Page 8 )

In 1952, th e co un ty produ ced 2,560
ba les of co tton with a va lue of .~ 600 , 000, ~ 6 0 , 000 bu shel s of co rn valu ed a t
s720 ,000 , a nd pimi ento peppers worth

$ 105,000 . Da ir yin g, po ultry and live-

stock acco un t for la rge amo un ts of in-

come a lso.

Seve ral industri es p rovide em ploy-

m erit fo r local resid ent s. The Franklin

Dogwood M ill p rodu ces sh uttle blocks

a nd Cae J ones L umber Co. a nd R . L.

M erri ll a nd C o., tu rn out lumber prod-

uct s. O ther lum ber com pa n ies include

H . A. J a ckson and Sons, G . F . and

L. L. Roger s, R . C. J on es and W . L.

Go lde n . Goodso n Brothers is a .th riving

gll1ne ry .

Accord in g to th e 1950 U. S. C en sus,

H eard C oun ty has a populat ion o f G,-

975, with a n a rea of 30 1 sq ua re mi les. Fran klin itsel f h as a popula tion of a p-

This aeri a l view of Franklin shows outstanding la ndmarks of t he city , and the Chattahoochee R iver to th e left.

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G E O R G I A DEPARTMENT O F CO M M E RC E

NEWSLETTER

M a rch 25, 195;\

Athens, State University Site, Also board, Georgia and Gainesville Midlan d : seven bus lines fu rn ish bus serv ice an d also a local company provides

Active In Industry And Commerce city bus service; 14 motor freight lines: fou r U . S. highways, six Sta te and one ai rport ; two ra d io sta tions, and

The tap s of th e bells th at call some 5,000 studen ts to classes daily a t th e U niversity of Georgia in At hens ar c also min gled wit h th e soun d of th e fac tory whi stle, as th is city is no t only th e "sea t of lea rn ing" in Georgia , but also th e site of mu ch industrial an d commercial bu siness.
At hens a nd C la rke C ounty a re un iqu e in several respects . At hens is th e site .of th e oldest cha rtered Sta te un iversity in th e U nited Sta tes- 1785a nd th e city's 1950 population of 28,180 showed a gai n of 7,530 over th e 20,650 in 1940, an increase of 36.5 per cent. St udents pu sh Athens' popu lati on to a pproximately 33,000.
C lark e is th e sma llest countv in th e State in size- 125 squa re m ilcs~and is seven th in den sity of popu lation, 292.4 persons per squ a re mile. (Wa re is th e lar gest- 912 squa re mil cs.)
The college a tmosphe re perm eat es th e life of Athe ns, a nd th e qui et, softspo ken peop le in pr acti cally all pla ces of bu siness im press you with th e cultur e of th e city.
100 Plants
Industriall y, more than 3,500 people a re employed in more th a n 100 plan ts in th e city and county th at manufacture a nd process a va riety of p rod ucts. T he textile ind ustry is th e la rgest, cot ton being processed into ya rns, sheeting, flannel, uph olstery and cur ta in ma-

Ne wer ind ust ries inclu de th e C hicopee M anu facturing Co. , texti le products, and Dairypak , In c., whi ch makes m ilk ca rtons for dairi es a nd dairymen .
An unusual pla nt is th e H anna Mfg. Co. , Inc., makers of baseball and softball ba ts. The products of thi s firm arc used in sports all over th e U nited States in games wh ere bats are used . This firm is one of th e lar gest of its kind in th e world.
Athe ns has two hospit als-Athen s Genera l a nd St. M ar y's-with a bed capacity of 215 pati ents , a nd a m edi ca l center a nd a clini c furth er add to th e city's health faci lit ies. The city and cou nty jo intly mai nta in a fu ll-tim e medica l di rector a nd well-staffed health depar tment, an d the Ath ens J unior Assembly, an orga nizat ion of you ng wom en, operate fr ee m edi cal and dental clini cs for th e indi gent.
Electri cit y is furnished th e city and county by th e Georgia Pow er Co., and REA lines also serve m an y of th e farms in th e county , whi le th e Southe rn Bell Co ., p rovid es telephone service. Natural gas is sup plied by th e Atl anta Gas Light Co ., through the tran scon tin ental pipe line wit h comme rcia l ga s also being a vailable. Plan ta tion Pipe Line Co .. has an oil a nd gasoline termin al in At hens .
Ath en s is served by five ra ilroa ds, So uthern , Ce nt ra l of Georgia, Sea -

good TV rece ption.
Th e O con ee river has a br an ch on th e east and west side of th e city; three bank s have deposits of $23,000,000, and one building a nd loan association has total resour ces of ap proximat ely $4,000 ,000 .
Ath ens h as five hot els, wit h more tha n 350 room s; three touri st cour ts an d 50 restau rants.
Beautiful Homes
Th e p ioneer and colonial hom es of Ath ens vie in beauty with its mor e modern residences a n d apartme n t houses. All principal den ominati ons a re rep resented amo ng th e 45 ch urc hes in the city, wh ich also h as an adeq uate, well-roun ded schoo l system of th ree public high schoo ls, on e ju nior hi gh , 12 eleme n ta ry and one voca tiona l school in th e Athens system . Athens has three bu siness colleges; th e region al library has more than 40,000 volumes. There ar c 16 scho ols in th e C la rke county system.
The Ath ens Publishin g Co. , issues th e Banner H erald daily exce pt Sa tur days. E. B. Braswell is editor and publisher, a nd B. C. Lu mpkin is associa te editor.
Pla y a nd recreati on go along with work and study in Athen s. Th e city has seven pla ygrounds, two park s, two comm unity recreati on cen ters, two swim ming pools, 22 tennis cour ts and

teri al, tir e fabric, rop e, bands, elastic br aid , r ugs.

The Thom as T exti le Co ., with head -

qu a rt ers in New York, whi ch opera tes

a plan t a t near by Whi teh all, employing

several hu ndr ed in the man ufa cture of

infan ts' wear, plans to erec t a n add i-

tional Ia ctorv on th e Central of Georgia Railroad wh ich will be quite a n

addition to its present faci lities.

O the r imp ortant plants a nd p roducts

a rc cotto nseed oil refin eries, fertilizer , ga rments, ven eer , coo perag e, canned mea ts a nd veget abl es, da iry products, bakeri es, candy , foundry a nd machin e

works, corn a nd flour m illing, mattressma king, blank ets, ice cream, lumb er,

abattoir, gins, bottling , marble and gr anite products, conc rete, pri nti ng an d pub lish ing , icc, sheet meta l, bedspreads, wh ea t mill, cordage, sh eet m etal. Also feed mill , pro prietary medi cin e and insecticides, cab inet mak ers, furnit ur e.

AT H ENS DI VI SION OF THE CHICOPEE MAN UF ACT URING CO .
This is on e of th e many fa ctories that have selec ted Athen s for on e of their G eor gia manufacturing plants because of the advantages offered by th is thriving northeast G eorgia city. Chicopee manufa ctures textil es.

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M a rch 25, 1953

the Athens Country Club ha s a beauti fully landscaped golf co urse of 18 holes, one of the most popular in th e So uth th at draw s nation al players and is th e scene of fr equent tournaments. The city h as five movie h ou ses a nd two d rive-in th eat ers.
Ten civic clubs ar e activ e in Ath ens , with num erou s socia l, pat riot ic and fraternal organiza tions in the city. The firs t garde n club in Am eri ca was or ga nized in Athen s, th e site bein g appropriately m arked .
Athens h as mo re than 340 ret ail businesses, 75 ser vice establishm en ts and employees of manufacturing and pr ocessing pla n ts are paid mo re than .~8 ,340,000 an n ua lly. Annual ret ail sales in th e city tot al $38,00 0,000 .
Two m od ern housing proj ect s serv e At he ns and are being enla rged. One for white peop le of 154 uni ts is to be increased by 130 new units, and th e on e for N egroes of 126 u nit s will h ave 156 uni ts ad d ed to it.
Clarke County
C larke Co un ty was cr ea te d Dec. 5, 1801 and nam ed for Ge n . Elij ah C larke, of R evol uti on a ry wa r fam e, a nd a monument in Athens honors his memory . It is near a shaft that a lso honor s th e Conf ede ra te sold iers.
Ge ne ra l crops a re grown on th e 651 farms in th e co un ty, gra ins, poultry, livestock, cotto n, corn and da ir yin g being th e princip al Ia rm cro ps and p roduc ts. C lark's cotton in 195 1 total ed 2,1 10 bales, grown on 3, 180 acres, with a lin t yield of 3 19 pounds an acre .
The Geo rgia D ep artmen t of Ag ricultu re ope ra tes a large farmer s' m arket in Athens, a nd a fr eezer locker ha s 860 units. Liv estock growing is given incen tive by weekly a uc tio ns of th e North east Georgia Livestock M arket, the sa les excee d ing $2,000 ,000 a nnu ally.
Ath ens is a large cen ter for egg sales, also for p rocessing poultry. The Co lonia l Poultry Co ., ope ra ted by D oyle T erry, is one of th e la rgest poultry pro cessing pla n ts in th e nati on , a ffo rd ing a mark et for broiler an d oth er poultry growers in the area.
An ext ens ive market for eggs has
been created in N ortheast G.cor"sia bv,
th e fir m of Geor gia Eggs Inc., which leases a section of th e Sta te F armer s' M a rket , whi ch ha s been incl osed and ha s refri geration fac ilities. This Egg M a rket ing association grad es and packs approximately 4,500 cas es (30 d ozen eggs to a case ) of eggs a month , for which fa rm er s a re paid from $35 ,000

to $45 ,000 mo n th ly by thi s fir m, wh ich opera tes egg pi ck up tr ucks th rou gh out . northeast Geor gia.
Athens is gove rned by a M ayor a nd 10 Councilme n, tw o from eac h of five wa rd s in th e city. C ity officia ls are:
M ayor: J a ck Wells ; Coun cilmen : L uther Bond, Clifford De nny, O wen R obert s, J r., G uy \Y. Sm ith, Walte r D anner , R. H . Kimbrell, C urtis Lovern , R . W. Phillips, J ohn Bondurant and Di ck Thompson ; C lerk and Treasurer : Allen G . Sm ith ; Attorney : J ames Barrow ; Fire D epa rtment: W. C . Thompson , C hief ; Police D epa rtment : Cla ren ce O . Roberts, Chief ; R ecorder 's Court: Judge Olin Price ; Superi n tend en t of Schools: Fred Ayers .
C larke Co un ty office rs a re : Ordinar y: Mrs. Ruby H artman ;
Clerk of Co urt : Elm er .J. C ra wfor d ;
She riff : T om m y Huff ; T ax Co llecto r:
Ida Davison ; Tax R eceiver: P. .J.
Smith ; Trea sur er : R obert D . Hamilton ; Su perin tenden t of Schools : W . R . Co ile; Corone r: S. E. Cartle dg e ; Com-
mi ssion er s : .J. H. T own s, H arry H .
Elder and A. P. Winston ; C lerk: H. K. N icho lson ; Agricultu ral Agent : Fran cis Bowen; H om e D emonstr ation Agen t : Mrs. M a ry Smith ; Agr icu ltural Conserva tion Administrator : Barron P. M eWh ort er : A ttornev : Carlisle Cobb : Su -
peri or C~ urt .J ud ge : H enry H . West ;
Solicito r G en er al : D. M a rsh all Pollock ; M embers of th e L egislature : C ha ppe lle M atthews a nd R obert G . Stephe ns. Co un ty Court: Arthur Oldham , J ud ge ; So licitor: P reston Almand.
At he ns h as an active C hamber of Commerce of whic h M alc olm R owe is president, a nd M alc olm Ain sworth exe cutive direct or . C om mo dious offices a re m aintain ed a nd a n efficien t sta ff is a lert to give a ll desired inf orm a tion abo ut Athe ns a nd C larke coun ty.
T radition Rich
Ri ch in trad ition, the 168-yea r old Un iversity, la rgely th e hub of acti vity in Ath ens, is a growing institution a nd is th e ca psto ne of Sta te-supported ed uca tion in Geo rgia. Th e co mbined institut ions in Athens spread ove r 2 13 acres.
C reation of th e Universi ty System in 1932 means th at th e State syste m now incl ud es 16 ed uca tiona l uni ts in 15 Georgia cities, with other un its such as th e Exper iment Sta tio ns b ein g added . T he ac tivities of th e U n iversity reach into every county in Georgia .
Dr. H a rm on Caldw ell is Chancellor of th e University System of Georgia, Atla n ta , a nd Dr. O. C. Ad erhold is President of th e University, Athens.

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
The following firms in th e Sta te have receive d Government con tracts in recent weeks :
Waycross M achine Sho p, WAYCR OSS-Adap te r, cylind rical alum inum, 875, $62,746.
Cinderella Food s, Di v, of Stev ens I nd ., DAWSON -Peanut bu tt er, $46,167, and $90 ,432 .
Auto -So ler Co. , A T L A N T A-Sigh t, U ni t M 34Al , 3,630, $866,408 .
Ro se C ity F ood s, Inc., TH O},IA SV I L L E- Peanut Butter , $5 3,739.
The T exas Co., A T LANT A- Fuel, M ot o r 72-76 O ctane, 200,000 ga llon s, .$29, 36 0.
Lill iston Implem en t Co ., ALBA NY - M owers, towed , rotary a nd spa re blad es, $3 2,408.
Geor gia Du ck & Cordage Mill , SCO T T D A LE-Cotton du ck, $207 ,975 .
Ne wman Co nst. Co., LA GRA N GEWoo d pack ing box, am m unition G ra de A, T yp e II , Style IV, fo r 105 MM H owitzer , 125,000, $273,570 .
I vey Brothers Const., ATLA NTAConstr uc tion of H anga r, $1, 17 1,790 .
M et alcraft Automotiv e Divi sion , Inc., MARIETTA - Cont ainer, IVletal, 10 Wheel, 1,000, $25,500 .
Steve ns a nd Wilkinson , ATLANTA - Prelim ina ry En gr., St udy for Pr oposed In ert M a n ufa ct uring Building, U . S. Naval Ordnance Pl a n t, M acon , Ga., $50,860.
W illia m Armstrong Sm ith Co., I~'A ST POI NT- Oil pa int, $ 72, 148.
Alexand er Bros. Lumber Co. , CO L UMB US -Mill Storage, 1,000,000 BF, $79,386 .
C olum b us L um ber & Supply Co., CO L UMBUS -Ivli ll Storage, 1,000,000
nr, $79,8 75.
Sava n na h Suga r Refining Corp ., SAV A N N AH-Granulat ed suga r, beet or cane, 4 19,200 pounds, $34,39 1.
Sou thern Sta tes Iron R oofing Co., SAVANNA H-53-106 Q D rum, Inflam m able liquid Ste el, 43,4 70, $2 79,729.

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Calendar of Events
( Contin ued from Page 2 )
APRIL 11- 12- A tla n ta : T our of Garden s.
APRIL 12-19- G eor gi a Progres s Sprin g F estiv a l W eek .
APRIL 13-15-Atlanta: F at C a t tle Sh ow , Sale.
APRIL 13- 22-A tlanta : Nursin g Edu ca tion C lin ic, A tla n ta Divi sion U n iver sit y of G eor gi a .
APRIL 14- 16 - Sa va n na h : G eor gia Banker s Ass'n ., G en . O gleth orpe H otel.
AP RIL 15- 17- M acon : Grand C h a pter R oya l Ar ch Mason s.
APR IL 16-17-A tlanta : Sixth Annua l Atl anta Per sonnel Institute, Atlanta Division U n iversity of G eo rgia .
APR IL 18-Atlanta So uthe rn L etter Writing Inst itute, Atl an ta Division U n ive rsity of G eor gia.
APR IL 19-Atlanta : Ass'n. Coun ty C omm ission er s of G eorgia, An tley H ot el.
APR IL 19- C ovin gt on : T our of G a rd e n s.
APR IL 20- C la xton : Fa t C a ttle Show , Sa le.
AP R IL 22-2 3- Svlvani a : F at Cattle Sho w, Sa le. '
APRIL 24-Thom asville: R ose Sho w, in cl ud ing F est ival and Parade.
APRIL 24- -At lanta : C lin ic for Coun ty Ordinaries, Atl anta D iv ision U n iversit y of G eor gia .
APRIL 24-2 5-Thom asville : Tour of Ga rdens .
APRIL 25-26-M acon : Bibb Coun ty F low er C lub's 29th An nu a l Sp rin g F low er Sho w, Ex h ibi tio n Building, Ce n tral C ity Pa rk .

Progress Festival
Plans Announced
Th e we ek of Apri l 12- 19 h as been design a ted as G eorgia Progr ess Sp ring F estival W eek by officia l proclama tio-i of G ov .' H erm an E. T alm adge, a n d w ill be obse rved throu gh out th e State. Mrs. C ornelia D abn ey Tucker , East Poin t, is general ch airm an .
Mariy gw ups and organi za tio ns w:ll
tak e part in the F estiv al. All cities a re ur ged to parti cip a te. Sc ho ols a rc bein g asked by Dr. M. D. C ollins, State Sup erin te n de n t of Schools, to observ e th e occ asion, a nd m any w ill do so with readings of H enry W . G rady' s famous sp eech , " T he N ew So uth ." Sp ecia l em ph asis will be placed on I n d ust rial Edu ca tion , a nd in man y p laces a Ca rni va l of I ndustria l Education w ill be a fea ture of th e cele b ra tion.
Th e en tire progr am has been d esign ed to advertise a n d exp a n d COD sume r demand for produ ct s m ade in G eo rgi a , whi ch in turn is a most essen tial means of brin gin g a bou t expansion of ind ustri al activities.
East Point h as sched uled a com p reh ensive obse rvan ce of th e W eek , with garden tou rs, a "N ew South" pa geant , parad e, ope n h ou se at H ealth C enter, jud gin g of window d isp la ys, G eorga P rod uct s Lunch eon , a n d a G eo rgia Product s Ball, with th e crown in g of M iss Ne w South a nd h er M aid, of H onor.
Palm etto won th e 1952 tro ph y, celebr atin g with a n all-out h istoric pag ea n t of agricult ura l, industrial a n d' c ult ural prog ress, using a cas t of 300 a n d costumes of Georg ia-made m ater ial s.
Amon g th e colleg es wh o h av e a nn oun ced p lan s for participating a re

Franklin

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dan t wat er sup ply. Ther e a re nu m ero u:

industria l sites in th e city a n d a rea ,

with a goo d la bor sup p ly. Th e city will

h a ve natural gas in th e immedi ate fu -

ture. T h e Georgia Pow e r Com pa ny is

bui lding a sub-sta tion nearb y, with a

110-volt age line to Fra nklin now und er

construc tion. Th e C om pa ny's tr em en-

do us new Plant Y at es is loca ted a bout

10 mi les fr om Franklin , so th a t a mp le

elect ri cit y is a va ila ble.

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Transp ortati on a n d loca tion a re

goo d, industry-wi se. L ocated a p prox i-

m atel y 60 miles Irom A tla n ta an d 14 7

from Birmin gh am, it is readily acces-

sible. U . S. Hi ghwa y 27 a nd S ta te 34

and 100 all m eet in F rank lin , p rovid -

ing goo d p aved roads in a ll d irecti on s.

T h e week ly N ews a nd Ba nn er , " for

mor e th an 70 yea rs H eard C o un ty's

expone n t of n ews and p rogr ess," is a

mod ern paper keepin g th e citizens well

inform ed . Berri en T. M cCutch en is

ow ner, ed itor a n d publisher of thi s

paper , whi ch h as been und er present

fami ly own ersh ip since Feb ru a ry I ,

188 4 .

Co un ty officers a re Loui se Sled ge,

O rd ina ry ; W ebster Den n ey, C ler k ; V ir-

gil Bled soe, Sh er iff ; W . C. H ill, Tax
Com m ission er ; H . .J. Mi ckle, Treas-

ur e r ; M . W . Lipford , Coro ne r; N . A.

R ogers, School S up erin te n den t ; Coun-

'''T. ty Attorney, Frank L. C earrcld ; and
Coun ty C om mi ssio ners , D. Mi llian s,
chairm an, J. T. Mi ckle, .J . L. E ley, and

Louise Sledge , C ler k.
C ity officia ls a re I-I. J. M ickle.

M ayor, a n d C ou nc ilme n COl' j ones,

Solon Owen sby, S ta n to n Adams, Pow -

er s G oo dso n , Th om a s Lipford , and

Frank L. Gea rreld , C lerk.

G eorgia T ech in Atl anta , a nd N orth Georg ia College a t Dah lon ega .

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NEW LETTER
APRIL 10, . 1953

NE'vVSLE'l "I'ER

April 10, 1953

NEWSLETTER

Publi shed semi-monthly by
GE O RGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE 100 State Capitol
* HER l\IAN E. TALMAD GE Gover nor BOARD O F COMMISS IONERS
EM O RY L. BUTLER Chairma n

Lon ni... A. Pope, V. Ch m. Ben Jessup

Y. F. G....slin H oke Peters

* CLARK GA INES

Seeretary

Vol. 4, xe, 15

Apr il 10, 1953

32nd Rose Festival
Set at Thomasoille
The 32n d Annual R ose F estival will be held in Thom asville on Friday, April 24. Festiviti es include a big street parade, Ro se Show, Rose F estiva l Ball and conducted tours of bea utiful esta tes and ga rde ns nearby.
The street pa rad e will begin a t 11 a. m. in downtown Thomasville. It will be followed by th e R ose Sh ow, sta r ting at 1 p. m . at th e Gymn asium Building of the VA Domi ciliary. Hundr ed s of th ousands of roses will be on . display a t th e sho w, wh ich is op en to all with no admission charged .
The R ose Festival Ball will be held fro m 9 till I. M usic will be furnished by D ean Hudson and his orchestra for thi s dan ce, whi ch will be held in th e Hi gh School Gymn asium Building.
Mi ss Am erica of 1953, Neva J an e L an gley, will be on h and for all festivities, including th e crowning of th e Rose Sh ow Q ueen a nd th e crowning of Mi ss Deep South , a nd will assist th e R ose Sho w Qu een in reigning over th e officia l R ose Festival Ball.
Ev eryon e is invit ed by th e Thom asville Chamber of Commerce, In c., to a ttend th e Rose Festival. Ample ac commoda tions ar e avai lable a t five h otels, a nd three motor courts, an d Thom asville's man y fine restaurants will tak e ca re of all visitors.

APR I L 9- IO-A th e n s : Municip al M a nagem en t In stitute, U niversity of Georgia .
APR I L 9-IO-A th ens : Chamber Music F esti val.
APR I L IO-Atlanta: County Commis. sioners Conferen ce, Atl anta Division
U niversity of Georgia. APRIL 10-12-S a v an n a h : Geor-
gia Dailies Ad vertising Ass'n ., D eSoto H ot el. A PRI L II - Commerce : Third Annual Four -C ount y Fat Cattle Sho w, Sponsored by Co mmerce Chamber of Commerce . APR I L 11- 12-Atlanta : T our of Gard en s.
APR I L 12-19- G e 0 r g i a Progre ss Spring F estival.
APRIL 13-15-Atlanta : Fat Cattle Show, Sa le.
APR I L 13-22-Atlanta : Nursing Educa tion C linic, Atlanta Di vision Universit y of Georgia.
APR I L 14-16 - Savannah: Geor gia Bank ers Ass'n ., Gen. Ogleth orpe H ot el.
APRIL 15-1 7-Macon: G ra nd Chapter Ro yal Ar ch Masons.
APR I L 16-17-Atlanta : Sixt h Annual Atla n ta Personnel In stitute, Atl anta Divi sion University of Georgia.
APRIL 18-Atlanta Sou thern Letter Writing Institute,' At lanta Divi sion U niversity of Georgia.

APRIL 19-Atlanta : Ass'n . County

Commissione rs of Georgia, Ansley H otel. APRIL 19- Covin gt on: T our of Ga rd en s. APRIL 20- Cl axt on : F at C a ttle Sho w, Sale . APR IL 21-Thomaston: Eighth Anual Upson County Fat C attle Show and Sal e . APR I L 22-23- Sylvani a : Fat Catt le Sho w, Sa le.

APR I L 24- Thomasville : R ose Sho w,

including Festival and Parade.

APRIL 24-Atlanta: Clinic for C ounty

O rd inari es, Atlanta Di vision U niver -

sity of Georgia.

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APR I L 24-25-Thom asville : T our of

Garden s.

APRIL 25-26-Macon: Bibb Co un tv Flower C lub's 29th Annual Spr ing Flower Show, Exhibiti on Buildin g, Cent.ral City Park .

MAY I- Swain sboro: Pine Tree Festival.

1\;1AY 1-2-Macon : Ass'n . of O steo-

pathic Ph ysicians .

MAY 1-2-Marietta: Tour of Ga rd en s. MAY 2- Athen s: Dairy Da y. MAY 3-9- M illedgeville : G a r d en
Tour.

MAY 7-Atlant a: Press Photograph-

ers, Atl anta Di vision University Geor gia . MAY 7-9-Athens: Institu te on Insura nce Litigati on and Adjustment.

COVER PICTURE The Penn-Dixie C em en t Plan t, loca ted in H ou ston County a t C linch field, Ga . T h is is th e la rgest plant in th e cou nt y, employing abou t 250 p ersons. (See story on page 5. )- Photo by Ca rolyn Car ter.

QUEEN BEE YARD
A Q ueen Bee Yard , where individ ua l que en bee cells are put into que enless colonies to hatch out and stay until th ey mate. (See story on Page 3. )

GEO RGIA DEPARTMENT OF CO M M ERCE

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NEWSLETTER

April 10, 1953

Georgia's Bees Produced Over 5,000,000 Pounds Of Honey Valued at $1,297,000 During Last Year

T he d escription "busy as a bee" also applied to Georgia bees themselves last year as they produ ced 5,590 ,000 pounds of honey, va lued at $1,297,000 ; 89,000 pounds of beeswax , valu ed a t $39,000 and provided " pa ckage" bees for sh ipment, valued at $ 164,000.
All thi s totals $ 1,500,000, but it does not tell the whole sto ry of th e value of bees in Geor gia . Their po llination value to Georgia crops last yea r is estimated at $3,000,000.
T he Crop R eportin g Servi ce of the U . S. Departm ent of Agriculture, at Athens, reports th ere wer e 215,000 colonies of bees in Geor gia last yea r, which produced 26 pounds of h oney each .
Pa ckage bee sh ipmen ts from Georgia h ave gro wn to be an important industry, 35,000 colonies having been inspected for shipme n t in the fiscal yea r 1951-52 , (J uly 1, 195 1 to J uly 1,1952 ) , C. H. Alden , State En tomologist reports.
Bee Shipments
Bee shipme nts a re mad e to N orthern United States a nd to Canad a, M r. Ald en states, and to bee-keep ers wh ose colonies ar e dest royed by cold weath er in th e winter months. They sta rt anew every sp ring with new coloni es sh ipped to them . Geor gia bee-keep ers sh ipped 87,000 pounds last yea r, th er e being 57,000 que ens among th em . As a ru le, a queen bee is inclu ded with each colony, but not alwa ys.
The bees are sh ippe d in packages that range in weight from two to five pounds each, th e most popular size bein g three pounds. Bee colonies a re inspect ed by th e Entomology Dep a rt ment, M r. Ald en points ou t, saying that each package bears a certificate from th e D ep artment stating th e bees ar e fr ee from disease.
Shipments are made from Georgia mostly in' April, M ay an d June an d a few in March . They go by exp ress, truck and parcel post and are usua lly enro ute three days. Pro visions ar e made for food for th e bees enroute bv each contain er carrying a th in syrup, ' whi ch th e bees may eat.
The queen bee is trul y a "lady" wh en she travels. Sh e has a special "compartment" or box with 10 or 12 work er bees to wait on her whi le she is en-

route. A soft ca ndy cone is placed in her "apa rtmen t" to provide h er with food . This small qu een box is placed inside the contain er of th e colony bein g ship ped .
There a re a pproxim ately 50 sh ippers, m ostly in Sou th Geor gia, of package bees.
The bee industr y in Georgia represen ts sever al milli ons of dollars besides th e actual cash income from th e hon ey, beeswax and sale of bees, Hi ves have " evolved" fro m the former squ are box- like hiv e to mo dern ones that represent much increase in cost over th e old h ives; packages for th e shipme nt of bees a re of spec ial d esign and th eir manufacture rep resent s th ousands of doll ar s.
The honey industr y cove rs all sections of Georgia, and thrives wh ere th er e is an ab unda nce of ea rly blossoms, an d also along th e frin ges of th e Okefenok ee Swam p, whe re bee-keep ing is an important "crop."
The United States Department of Agri culture lists 50 trees, clovers a nd othe r blooming-plants from which bees obta in nectar. Some blooms conta in mor e ne ctar th an others. M an y farmers set bee gums in or near fields wh ere pollination is desired a nd spec ialists say th e bee " popula tion" in th e Sta te should be doubled , if maximum yields of seeds caused by pollination ar e obtain ed.
W. E. N eville, bee specialist for th e Agri cultural Ext ension Service of the U niversity of Geor gia, points out that "C rimson clover, a crop wh ich figures largely in both pasture and seed produ ction fa rm ing, illust ra tes th e need of mo re bees for pollination. In 1952, Georgia seed gro wers harvested 7,800,000 pounds of crimson clover seed from 42,000 acre s" .
This amount would seed about 520,000 acres, wh ereas more th an two million acres necd to be seede d to cover crops if an ad equate soil-m aintenance pro gram is ca rried out.
Honey producti on in th e United Sta tes is one of its most important "crops." Production in 1952 in th e nation totaled 272,771 ,000 pounds by 5,508,000 coloni es, the output being 49.5 pounds per colony, valued at $4 4 , 16 1,000.

Beeswax production in th e nation last year was 4,825 ,000 pounds, va lue d at $2,080,000.
The 10 leading honey-producing states are California, Minnesota, Iowa, Florida, Wisconsin , New York, T exas, Michigan , Illinois and Indian a. These sta tes produ ced 62 p er cent of th e total " c ro p ."
California led in p roduction in 1952 with 48,974,000 pounds, valued a t $6,122,000 ; Minnesota , 24,795,000 pounds, va lued at $3,52 1,000; Iowa, 17,072,000 pounds, $2,2 19,000; F lorida, 17,025,000 pounds, $2,70 7,000.
Honey is produced in all of th e 48 sta tes, the West and Northwest sections being th e lar gest producers.
Unusual Insect
T he bee is written about, talked about and glorified more than an y othe r insect , the ant likely being second . Bee-keep ers can entertain you by th e hour telling unu sua l thi ngs abo ut the bee.
Bees and honey a re referred to oft en in th e Bible, and honey is especially referred to in describing the quality of "sweetness." John's food whil e in the Wilderness was "locusts and wild hon ey," and Can aan was describ ed as "a land flowin g with milk a nd honey." Honey-comb mention ed in th e Bible is what we know as bees-wax.
Many book s hav e been wr itt en about bees, these insects being glorified as " busy," as good house-keep ers, and observing regular ru les of conduct an d living. The qu een bee ru les th e colony, lays all the eggs and keeps a watchful eye on its operation and if a qu een dies the colon y " runs wild" until an other is install ed in th e hi ve. She has a retinue of "serv an t" bees who wait on her an d do her bidding.
The hive consists of the qu een, and severa l hundr ed drones who do "sp ecial" jobs like keeping th e h ive clean, gua rding it from predatory insects and bees from other hives th at m ight try to infiltrate, and th ey kill bees of th eir own colony who will not work.
There a re about 70,000 "workers" to th e hiv e who gathe r the nectar fr om flowers, and cross-fertilize plants by flitting from one blossom to another, thus ren dering a valuable service to the farmer in ad dition to stor ing honey.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMM ERCE

NEWSLETTER

April 10, 1953

GEORGIII PIIRIIDE OF PROGRESS

GE Plant Goes Up
The Gen eral E lectric plant bein g built at R OM E is going up according to sche dule. The underground work is practically finished an d steel beams a re now being erec ted . When th e plant is completed, about 1,800 p ersons will be em ployed . The latter part of August should see production begin on a small scale in the parts of th e plant com pleted a t th at tim e. It is expec ted that the first t ran sformers will come off th e line by Jan . 1, 1954.
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Tourist Information
Athens is p roviding its visitors with lit erat ure on th e city th rough service stations located on F ed eral and State routes passing through town . Sin ce p eopl e at service stations a re often the only contact a visitor h as with a town, it is felt th at thi s is a good wa y to dist ribu te inf orm ati on. The liter ature being given out includes a short story about Athens, and local points of particular interest.
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Stuckey's Office Completed
The new $ 100,000 office building and plant of Stuckey's, Inc., a t EASTMAN h eld its formal opening recently. Serv ing th e 29 retail outlets of th e $3 milli on Stu ckey enterp rise, th e new office and plant is head qua rters for th e bu siness. Approxim atel y 150 persons a re employed by th e firm , whi ch began in 1938 with a small store a few m iles north of Eastman. W . S. Stuckey is found er and president, Russell D . Franklin vice-p reside nt a nd general manag er, R. Carlisle Minter assistant general manager, H . E. Rouse, purchasing agent , and F. R . R adford secretary an d tr easurer. H . K . Hardy is plant manager of th e candy fa ctory.
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New Seafood Product
A new method of preparing fish for retail sale has been develop ed by th e SeaPak Corp. , of BR UN SWICK. It coni sts of removi ng the bones from fish, and cutting it into geome tric patterns, suitable for many uses. Development work on th e new p roduct was don e at th e compan y lab oratory and required a year of expe rime n tation. The new method m ean s th at th e fish can be cooked without defro stin g, be-

caus e th e pieces are coated so th at th ey do not fr eeze toge ther. The restau rant tr ad e is receivin g th e first outp ut, and lat er in th e yea r retail stores will get th e p roduct . The new method is expected to increase consumption of fish and be beneficial to th e indus try gen era lly.
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Jewell Adds Division
J. D . J ewell, Inc., of GAIN ES-
V I LLE, pion eer po ultry firm , is establishing a new division-the Fi eld Crops Di vision. It is being set up by Mr.
Jewell to bui ld a found ation under a
broiler feed program whi ch will use la rge amo unts of locally-grown grains. All growers will be furn ished with th e names of hybr id corns adap ted to th e a rea, and with assistance in securing th e seed corn , if th ey desire. It is or ga nized in a way th at J . D . J ewell, Inc., "will in no way compete or conflict with establish ed seed an d fertilizer dealers." H eading th e new division will be Lester H eath . All personn el of th e division will work closely with officials of Sta te an d F ed eral ag ricultural agen cies in several Northeast Geo rgia coun t ies.
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New Tourist Courts
Going Up in State
Among th e newest tourist acco mmodati ons in Geo rgia a re th e Dixi e M otel
at Adcl , th e Greenl and Motel at Folkston , a nd one now under con stru ction
at T occoa.
The Dixi e M ot el is owned and managed by Mr. and Mrs. V ernon Smith.
It consists of 20 units, bri ck, with air con di tioning and has a new restaurant
next door.
T en new units are bein g con structed at th e Green lan d Motel. Each n ew
unit has plastered wa lls and terrazzo floors, and all a re air con ditioned, and steam heated . This m otel is own ed by
Mr. and Mrs. Greenl and . The 20-unit motel being built at
T occoa by Grad y Peck is located on US 123 and Curr ah ee Street. It will be mo dern, brick, a nd will have stea m heat and air conditioning.

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Expanding Facilities
V I DA LI A's Globe M anufacturing Co mpany is expanding its faciliti es, with a new 30,000 square-foot building, to be constructed in th e ver y nea r fu ture. The firm sta rted its operation a t Vid alia a bout two years ago with only a few emp loyees, and today h as 112. The new bui lding a nd increased op erations will br ing total employme nt to approximately 250. Construc tion pla ns on the new building will mak e it possible to add 30,000 additiona l feet of floor space wh en it becom es n ecessar y.
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New Chinchilla Ranch
The J orJon Chi nch illa R anch, ope rated by Dr. Geor ge W . Patterson and John M . Bridges, op en ed recently at BAINBRIDGE. The n ew ranch is an associa te of J essca Evergr een Chinch illa R an ch of Co lumbus, Ga. I t is h oused in a concrete block one -storv struct ure air-conditioned, with space' for mo re th an 200 chinchillas. Only th e high est quality br eeding stoc k will be sold, it is announce d .
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New Tobacco Warehouse
A new tobacco war ehouse is under construction in Q UITMAN, by Hi cks a nd Webb of Wi lson N . C ., to be ope rated in addition to th eir fou r other Q uitman warehouses . It will contain 35,000 squ ar e feet, an d will cost a pp roximately $50,000. It will be completed in amp le tim e for th e 1953 season . During th e 1952 season, it is reported th at m ore th an 4. 75 m illion pounds of tobacco were sold on th e Quitman market.
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State Buying Mounds
The purchas e of th e Et owah Indian mounds property near CARTERSV I LL E, h as been a utho rized by th e State Pr op erti es Co mm ission for $20,000. This 35-acre site, d escrib ed by many arch aeologists as " the best Indian mo und group east of the R ockies," will be m ad e into a Sta te p ark . I t will naturally be a leading tourist att raction. The property, located about three miles from Carter sville, is bein g purchased from a group of Cartersville bu sinessmen a nd includes five mo unds. The mounds have caused international i n t er est .

NEWSLETTER

April 10, 1953

Perry, Houston Gain in Population In Industrial and Farming Program

Houston is one of th ose Geor gia counties that ha s "g one to grass."
F at cattle graze on lush pastures where form erl y row crops grew. O ccasiona l " lowing" of the ca ttle h as taken th e place of th e "gee" and "h aw" th at formerly di rected mules and h orses. The "chug, chug" of the tr actor has repl aced th e silen t one- h orse plow.
The mild winter an d pl entiful rainfall have given th e pastures an ea rly sta rt this year and cattle ar e in better shape than usual a t thi s time of yea r, esp ecially if th ey h ad undergon e a hard winter.
G rain field s p resent carpets of green and for eca st a boun tif ul crop of wh ea t and oats.
The O emulgee Ri ver forms th e eastern boundary of Houston , and th e coun ty aboun ds in both pine and h ardwood s. The river, Big Indian Creek and other stre am s which trav erse th e county, afford plenty of water for livestock an d for fishing.
Situated in th e midst of thi s busy farming a rea is th e county sea t- Perry - whic h has shown phenomenal growth in populati on in th e last 12 yea rs. Its population in 1940 as rep orted by th e Census Bur eau was 1,540 whi le in 1950 it was given as 3,849, an d Editor C ooper Etheridg e says that th e extension of th e cit y limits since 1950 gives th e city now "at least" 5,000 peopl e.
This belief is borne out by th e fact that 500 homes h ave been built in the city within th e last 10 years-private homes and in pri vat e subdivisionsand th ere is still a housing sho rtage reported .
Industrial Plants
Perry has a number of industrial plants that em ploy many p eop le an d th e city also provides a number of em ployees at Penn-Dixie Cement Corp., plant, at nea rby Clinchfield, (See Cover Picture ) , and also Warner Robins Air Force Base, a Gov ernment installation. M acon, 25 miles aw ay, draws some wo rkers fr om Perry and Houston.
Penn-Dixie is th e largest plant in th e county and employs approxim ately 250 peop le, white and colored, practically

all local, m an y livin g near th e plant. J ohn H. J ones is supe rinten den t of th e plant, situated on th e Southern R ailroad , six miles east of Perry.

The Geor gia Li merock lim erock for' roa d-base a

Co nd

.~l

smo i

nes for

agricu lt ural p urposes in limin g land .

The plant em ploys a pproximately 100

and is situa ted on th e Central of Geor-

gia ra ilroad . Paul I-Tardy is superin-

tendent.

Big Business

Lumbering is a big bu siness in H ouston , and mu ch pu lpwood also is m arketed . Pulp and pap er firms own ap proximately 60,000 acres of land in the coun ty and th ey h ave instituted a re-setti ng program of mill ions of pine seedlings annua lly.

T olleson Lumber Co., of whi ch J.
M . Tolleson Sr., is president, a t Perry, employs some 100 p eople in its ope ration s, an d th e Perr y V en eer Co ., employing a pp roxima tely 40 peopl e, mak es fruit baskets and cups for stra wberries.

Other Perry indust ries inclu de J. A.
Davis & Sons, wh o operate a gin' a nd manufacture and sell ice ; Davis Warehouse Co., mill ers of corn m eal, a nd Beckham Construc tion Co., road gra ders and road builders. E. M . Beckh am is president of th e latt er firm . J acobs Bros., operate a lumber plant at Bonaire, and the Atlantic Co ., In c., h as a n ice plant at Warner Robins.

Perry is tourist conscious. It has eigh t motels and a hotel-the N ew Perry-that enjoys a nation al rep utation for meals and othe r servic e. The mo tels and hot el provide 200 rooms. Perry is traversed by U. S. Hi ghw ays 4 1 and 34 1, a nd Sta te roads No.7, No . 11 and No . 127. Other hi ghw ays th at serve th e county include State 247, 224 a nd 26.

The Central of Georgia railroad ope rates betw een Perry and Fort V alley, and th e So uthe rn railroad, (fo rmerly Geor gia Sou the rn & Fl orid a ) , traverses th e en tire distan ce of the county, serving Warner Robins, Clinchfield and other p oint s. Bus and truck lines likewise serve th e ar ea .
Growth of Perry has ca used th e city

to d rill a second well a nd doubl e its water supply. The Geo rgia Power Co ., furni shes elect ricity an d th e Fl int Electri c M ember ship Co rp., a REA co-op with offic es at Reynold s, provides ru ral electri c service. The Sout heas te rn T eleph one C o., of Fitzgerald, ope ra tes th e Perr y system .
Perry is th e birthplace of Gen . Co ur tney H . H odges, Comma nder of th e F irst Arm y in Germ an v in World War II, and who was given a ro using reception upon h is return to Perr y in 1945. Hi s home still sta nds in nea rdowntown Perry. H e now lives in San Antoni o, T exa s.
The 83-year old Houston Home J ourn al, is issued weekly at Perry by Coo per Etheridge a nd Byron Maxwell, editors and publishers, thi s being on e of th e pioneer newspap ers of th e Sta te . This pap er also owns and prints the nea rby Unadill a Observ er, edited by th e L ion s C lub of that Dooly County town. Etherid ge at pr esent is pr esiden t of th e Geor gia Press Ass'n.
Two weekly papers ar e also issued at Warner R obins, The Pr ess, Lewis Smith publisher, and Th e Sun , Fay Evan s editor.
Perry officers include Mayo D avis, ma yor, and Co unc ilme n Alton Hardy, Hugh Law son , M alcolm Dean, William Barfield , H enr y M atthews and D. K. R ought on. Mrs. H . D . Gordy is clerk and t reasurer.
Sira h Lawhorne is ch ief of th e volun-
teer fir e dep artment, and J. B. H awkins
is ch ief of police.
Marion Brown is pr esident of th e Kiwanis club, C . D. Lev erette h ea ds th e Lions club, Stewa rt Ri chardson is pr esident of th e Junior Chamber of Co mmerce, L. \V. Bell comma nde r of th e Ameri can Legion post and Law rence M osteller commande r of th e VFW orga nization. The Perry Garden C lub is ac tive as a re other women's orga nizations, including th e DAR and U DC chapte rs.
Houston County
H ouston County was created in 1821 a nd was n amed for Gov . John H ouston, and not for Gen . Sam H ouston as ma ny think . It is pronounced " H ouseton" , with th e accent on "h ouse" and not "H us to n" like "H ouston, T ;xas." Perr y is th e cou nty-sea t.
Houston has a diversified farm pro-
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GEORGIA DE PARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

April 10, 1953

Cobb County Still Making History

entire supply from th e Authority. The system is costing $3,35 6,000, including a pumping station on th e Chattahoo-

chee River, a tr eatment plant of eigh t
With Rapid Growth and Prosperity million gallons a day, and a four-million -gallon storage reservo ir on Black-
j ac~ M ountain, and many m iles of

Co bb Co unty, whe re mu ch important histor y -h as been mad e since its settlers a rrived in th e 1830's, contin ues to make hi story as one of th e State's most p rogressive and fastest-gr owin g a reas .
In th e decad e from 1940 to 1950, Co bb Co unty ga ine d 61 per cent in populat ion , as compared with a nation al rise of 14 per cent. T od ay, th e 353 -sq ua re-mile a rea h as a populati on of ap prox ima tely 70,000.
Much of th e grow th was du e to th e comi ng of th e Bell Bomb er plant abo ut 10 years ago . Today it is op e:"at ed by Lockh eed Air craft Co rp., m akin g Boeing-de signe d B-47 Stra toje t bombers, a nd em ploying more than 11,000 per-
son s. Dobbins Air F orce Base is ano the r
fact or in th e growth of Cobb. O.ne of th e fin est bases in th e Southeast, It has brou ght many person s to th e area .
K enn esaw M ountain is a tr emendou s tourist dr aw ing-card . O f grea t h istori c interest fr om th e W ar Betw een th e
Sta tes, th e a rea constitutes a N ati.on. al
Battlefield Pa rk, under th e supe rvis ion of B. C . Yat es, supe rinte nde nt . A road lead ing to th e top of th e mountain , and a newly-renovat ed mu seum , br ou ght crowds of mor e th an 141,000 person s last year. At Easter a huge cross is put up on th e mo un ta in and a sun rise s~rv ice h eld a t th e foot of th e mountain .
Growth Problems
Co bb's ra p id grow th h as posed problem s for all ph ases of its operations. A

ium at R obert L. O sborne, and a n additi on to Elizab eth Elem entary. Pending construc tion incl ud es additions to three scho ols an d th e com plete reh abilitat ion of all old buildings, whi ch sh ould be com pleted by Septe mber, 1953.
Alon g with th e expansion of ph ysical faci lities, th e curriculum of th e Co bb Co unty schoo ls has kept pace with a com plete reorganiz at ion to m eet th e needs of th e stude nts mor e full y. This involves th e who le p rogram-band, pu blic schoo l m u s ic, audio-visua l, lunchroom , and other phases. W . P. Sp rayberry is Supe rinte nde nt of th e Co bb County schools.
Good road s a re bein g furnished for Co bb citizens, The four-lan e hi ghw ay from Atl anta to Cartersv ille tr averses th e who le cou n ty. A $ 1,400,000 bond issue, voted in 1946, meant th e pavin g of man y arteria l county road s. At p rescnt Co bb h as ab out 300 mi les of paved roads. An election will be h eld on Ap ril 15, on th e issuing of an add ition al $ 1 milli on in road bonds.
Th e ac ute p roblem of wa ter in suc h a rapidly gro wing ar ea, was solved by th e cre a tio n of th e Co bb County-Marietta W at er Authority. C rea ted by an Act of th e 1951 L egislature, thi s was th e first W at er Authority in th e Southeast. Thirty-year con trac ts h ave been en te red into by th e Authority and Co bb Co unty and th e mu nici palities of Marietta, Smyrna, Acworth and K ennesaw, with th e Authority furn ishing wa ter a t cost to th e cities, wh ich tak e th eir

ma ins.
The former cotto n fields of Cobb Co unty are now give n over to green pasture lands for d airies and beef ca ttle. Wo od ed a reas have numer ou s fish po nds and th e for ests are pr ot ect ed by one of th e most efficien t fir e protecti on units in th e St at e.
Co bb Cou nty is noted fo r it s 22 C omm uni ty Improvem ent Clubs, its 4-H Clubs, and its prize winning young people in St at e-wid e compe tition .
T he County F arm was moved to a new location of 600 acres, and th e building hou sing th e convicts is a mod el.
The C obb Co unty REA serves ove r 5,000 custome rs.
To assure proper planning for Cobb's inevit abl e futu re growth, a $30,000 tw o-yea r pl anning survey is under wa y by a pl anning firm, under th e autho rity of. t?e Cobb County Pl anning CommISSIOn .
New hi sto ric m ark ers showin g some of th e most interestin g p oints in th e coun ty have been placed in th e past few m onths.
There are many th rivin g town s and comm unities in Co bb in addition to M ari etta, th e county sea t (see N ewsletter dated F ebru a ry 10, 1953, fo r story on Marietta . )
Acworth is th e northernmost city in Co bb Co unty. A bu sy town with several large industries, th e coming of Alla too na D am , with lak es Allatoon a

typical exa m ple of how its growing

pains are bein g met m ay be seen in

th e schoo ls. In 1942-' 43 th e Co un ty

schoo ls h ad 5,200 studen ts enrolled .

This vea r th ere are 12,200 child ren in

th e schoo ls, with a rise of 1,200 in th e

num ber fr om last year. Yet no " double

sessions" a re bein g held .

This bean stalk gr owth in enrollment

h as been me t by a $3 milli on building

pr ogram. Seven elementar y and th ree

hi gh schoo ls wer e com pleted and moved

in to last Septem be r, an d an addition

to The Ri verside Schoo l was com -

pleted, bringing th e total number of

classroom s added to 169.

Five eleme nta ry schoo ls a re under

construc tion at present, in volving a total of 65 rooms, including a gym nas-

An architect's drawing of Orme Campbell High School in Cobb County, typical of their handsome n ew sch ool buildings.

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NEWSLETTER

Ap ril 10, 1953

and Acworth, have brought a new industry, catering to visitors to Georgia' s northern playground. This town, incorporated in 1860, has grown to a population of about 1,800 , with 4,000 in th e Acworth voting distri ct. At p resent th e Sta te is spending $ 100,000 in developing a p ark on th e shore of th e lak e at Acworth. This will include a modern bri ck concession house, bath hous e, san d beach a nd picni c tables and chairs. A new low-rental housing project of 26 units is going up at Acwor th . M any of th e stree ts a re bein g pa ved and wid en ed . An attract ive new sub-division of 50 homes is bein g constructed. There is a 22-room h otel th er e, known as th e C rutch field H ou se. T he Acworth Progress, published by T. Eugene Watkins, effec tively an d accura tely reports n ews, a nd keeps citizens in form ed . V. S. Gold en is M ayor
Am ong th e lar gest indus t ries at Acworth is th e Cla rk Thread Company, with ab out 200 employees. This firm makes available a large community clubhouse, baseball field and wellequipped playground. Unique Knittin g Mill s is a large business employing a bou t 200, producing socks. Cher okee Mill s, a ta pes try firm, Acm e Lumber Co., K a y Lumber Co., and N olan Doll F actory a re other bu sy firms.
Aust ell, situated in th e southe rn end of the county, is an industrial city with water and railroads being th e outstanding fac tors in th e march of indus t ry. Au stell' s wat er system is ca pa ble of
pumping one mill ion gallons a day. A
busy Ch amber of Co mme rce keeps th e
cit y on h er toes, and a good-looking
business section attes ts to th e town's
prosperit y. Austell has a lar ge city
pa rk, a pu blic libra ry and a modern
hospital. T he Austell Enterprise is a
leading Geo rgia weekly, owned a nd
published by Sid William s, who also
manages th e Chamber of Comme rce . G . L. Strickler is Mayor.
Austell Industries
T his city of approxima tely 1,500 citi-
zens h as several la rge industries. One
of th e outsta nding is Au stell Cabinet
Co., m ak ing furniture. Au stell Box
Board Co ., a p ap erboard mill, is an-
othe r, as are th e Carolina Pap erbo ard
Corp. , Southern Furnitu re Co ., and
Southe rn Latex Co rp., rubber p rod ucts .
J. D. Perk erson & Sons, Inc., is one of

Co bb's oldest bu sinesses.
Cla rkdale is a n att rac tive town . Lo cated just a few miles from Austell, it is a comm unity of neat white fr am e homes, gree n grass a nd tr ees, with th e central po in t the mill of th e CoatsClark Co . About 650 pe rsons a re employed h ere, an d enjoy th e excellent recreationa l faciliti es provided by th e comp any- a 40-ac re lak e, fishin g, boating, baseba ll ficld , swimm ing pool and comm unity h ouse.
K ennesaw, located betwee n M ar iett a an d Acwor th , h as about 1,200 persons in the area. Once kn own as Big Shanty, th e citizens are h ard at work making th is name a thing of th e past. R ecentl y a $60,000 water system h as been insta lled , a sewage system is under way, stree ts a re well marked, a nd a facelifting cam pa ign is on for all buildings in th e downtown sectio n. A Civ ic C lub is h a rd at work to improve th e town furth er. M an y of K en nesaw's streets a re paved, with citi zens raising a lar ge am ount of th e money th emselves. Six ch urc hes ar e located th ere. C ity beautificati on, educa tion, recreation, ch urches a nd industr y a re all on the list of things to be worked on in K ennesaw. Frank L. D obbs is M ayor.
Powder Springs
Powd er Springs, a bu sy resort town in th e mid-1 800's, has develop ed into a th rivin g comm unity whose 800 citizens a re interested in seeing it gro w. De ri ving it s n am e from springs located in th e center of town , th e city h as develop ed th e springs in to a park , landscap ed and beautified th e ar ea , and put in tables a nd bench es and a barbecue pit.
Powd er Springs is located 25 mil es fro m Atl anta and 12 miles from M ar i-
etta, and many of its citizens comm ute
to th ese cities eve ry d ay. F arming a nd
livestock production in the imm ediate
a rea also br ing in large sums to Powd er
Springs. A $20,000 Ci ty H all h as been
built, stre ets marked, a reg ular healt h
clinic put in operation, new street
lights erec ted, a nd a ch ild-ad ult p ro-
gram of extende d education p rovid ed .
T oday an excellent industrial locati on,
betw een th e Sea boa rd and Southern
R ail road s, is bein g publicized in order
to bring industry to th e city. T his pro-
gressive a tti tu de has brought Powd er
Springs top awards in th e Georgia

Power Co mpany's Champion H om e
T own Co ntest. .J. B. Ri ce is Mayor.
Jonquil City
Cobb Co un ty is pr oud of its "J onqu il City of thc Sou th," Smy rna, located five miles south of M a riett a. The acres of blossoms of th e lovely spring flower th at once covered th e area ea rne d th e town its tit le. T he flowers are still th ere in pr ofu sion, but th e expan sion and building whi ch a re going on in Smy rna hav e ta ken up mu ch land wh ich was once given over to th e J onquils.
Smyrna has severa l bu sy indus t ries whi ch include Alexander M achine Co. , Bamboo Artifacts, C rea twood Farm Dairy, D on Ga van Co., kit ch en cabinets, H . & S. Woodcraft Co ., store fix-
tures and cabine ts, C hester '\T . Pfa rmer ,
plastic covered counters, Reed Building & Supp ly Co ., R ust C heese Co ., Tatum Lumber Co., a nd Wallace Brothers, ca bine ts a nd store fixtures.
Two hu ge developments have been located at Smy rna-Conco rd Road development an d Belmo nt H ills Subdivision. A C hamber of Commerce is active th ere, an d a weekly newspaper, the Smyrn a H erald , is p ublished by Sid Williams. G uye N . Duncan is M ayor.
Cobb Co unty officials ar e : Ordinar y J ohn T. Dorsey, C lerk J ohn T. LeC roy, Sh eriff H . R. Scoggins, T ax Commi ssioner J am es E . Berry, T reasu rer H or -
ace Groover , Surveyor J. P. Phillips, Co roner .J. R . William s, County Com-
mission ers Jo hn A. H eck, chairman, a nd H erb ert C. M cCollum, clerk , and
Co unty Atto rneys Willingh am, C he ney, Hi cks a nd Ed wa rds.
The Co bb Co unty C ha mber of Commerce has been very ac tive in th e ar ea , spea rhead ing man y pro gr essive moves. Officers a re L. C . H am es, Jr. , of M ari etta, p resident ; M. L. Lam a r of Austell an d V . S. Go lden of Acwor th, vicepreside nts ; Will iam E. Brum by of M a rietta, treasur er ; Judge J . J . D ani ell, secreta ry-ma nager, and Mrs. M a ry Sha w J am es, assistant secre ta ry.
The wh ole Co bb Co unty a rea is effectively covered by th e Weekly Cobb Coun ty Times, p ub lished by Brooks Smi th of M ari etta, form erly regiona l news ch ief of th e U nited Pr ess.

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Hoke Peters Named
To Commerce Board
Hoke Peter s, well-kn own b anker and ret ail pharmacist of M an chester , G a., h as been appoin ted by Governor T alm ad ge to be a member of th e Board of Commissioners of th e Georgia D epartment of Commeree to su cceed Ll oyd B. Raisty, whos e term ended Febru ar y 8. H e was sworn in as a Boa rd M emb er on April 1.
Mr. Pet ers is vice-preside n t of the Bank of M an ch ester and in partnership
with .J. W. Smith as co-p roprietor of
th e City D ru g Company of M an ch ester . H e has been connected with th e bank for 25 yea rs and in th e dru g bu siness 43 yea rs. H e is a nephew of J am es S. Pet ers of Manchest er, Chairman of the State D emo cr atic Ex ecutive Com mitt ee and Vi ce-Chairman of th e St ate Board of Education .
Early Life
Mr. Peters wa s born in Moultrie. His father , Dr. A. B. Pet ers, was th e first physician to go to Moultrie, abou t 1893. H e died in 1900, a nd soon after ward his son, now a n or pha n, went to Berrien County to his gr andparents, who reared him . H e was educated in th e public schoo ls of H ahira, gr aduating fr om th e Hahira High School. At th e age of 17 he moved to M an ch est er. H e married Mi ss J eannette Watkins a nd th ey have one dau ghter , Mrs. Georg e Mudter of Manch ester, and two gra ndc h ild ren.
Mr. P eters is Commander of Am erica n Legion Post 88, Manch ester, and a member of th e Kiwanis Club of hi s city. H e is a former memb er of th e State Pharmaceutica l Board .

Perry and Houston
(Con tinued from P ag e 5)
gram of gene ral crops, with many indu stri es also dotting th e county. Beef ca tt le gro wing has la rgely tak en th e place of row crops, perman ent p astures being feat ur ed both by dai rymen and beef ca ttle growe rs. Fin e h erd s of beef cattle a re feat ured on 25 farms, two leaders in this field bein g Sam Nunn, wh o grows white face H ereford s and displays a t va rious livestoek shows, and T om M cC roskey, black Angus for beef a nd Holsteins at his dai ry.
M any Midwest farm ers h av e bought land in H ouston and th ey grow cattle as a rule. M an y pecan s a re gro wn and th e county is still a large producer of peach es, th e orchards bein g confined mostly to "big" growers.
T here ar e 905 farms in Houston, the land a rea bein g 242,560 acres, with 185,428 acres in far ms th at average 204.9 acres eac h. The a rea of th e county is 379 squa re mil es. The population gai n from 1940 to 1950 was ph enom en al. I n 1940 th ere wer e 11,303 peop le in th e coun ty, whi le th e 1950 Census rep ort gives it 20,964-a ga in of 85.5 p er cent. The "working forc e," or p eop le who work at Warner R obins and com e from an ar ea of 60 mi les, also swells th e population figure.
The city of Warner R obin s h ad a popu lati on of 7,986 in 1950. Warner R obin s Air Force Base, established by th e U .S. Gov ernment during World W ar II, is a repair an d supply depot for th e Air Force for th e southeas t. I t is reported th at some 14,000 people are employed th ere, th e payroll being a pp roximately four milli on dollar s a m onth. Gen . K . E . Tibbetts is com mander of th e Base. Two new ware-

houses a re unde r constr uction th ere now, to cost several m illion doll a rs.

Warner R obins is wh at was form erl y Wellston , a town on th e Sou th ern railroad , known as th e " GS&F."

Perry and Warner Robins a re looking forw a rd to installati on of gas systems thi s year, both cities having voted overwhelmingly on M ar ch 24 to issue certificates to " acquire, construct and

eq uip a gas system" . The amount voted at Warner R obins was $1,100,000 and at Perry, $485,000.

Bids will be opene d on Ap ril 9 to build th e city-owned plants, a nd gas is to be furnish ed by th e South ern N atural Ga s Co. It is expected th e plants will be comp leted and gas flowing in th e two cities by O ct. 1.

Ther e a re two white hi gh sch ools in th e coun ty, at Perry an d Warner Robins, an d anoth er gr ammar schoo l at Ce nterville, of whi ch Geor ge R . Hunt is princip al. E. P. St apl es is supe rintend ent of Perry Hi gh and Carl Story superinten dent at Warner Robins.

Th ere is a colored high school at Perry and several colored gra mma r schoo ls over th e county.

. H ouston officers include John L.

H odges, Ordinary; T ommie S. Hunt,

Clerk of C ourt ; M iss F lorine Rainey, Tax Collector ; E. W . Marshall, Tax R eceiver ; C. C . C hapman, Sh eriff ; L.
W. T abor, Schoo l Superin tende nt; J. S.
Rain ey, Corone r. Commissione rs a re W. D. K ersey, cha irm an; S. L. Norwood, W. B. H odge, J ohn 1'. MjfJer Jr., a nd C lau de Watson . County Farm

Agent is W . 1'. Middlebrooks.

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J ohn W . Bloodworth is H ouston' ~-'

member in th e Legislatu re, a nd Perr y

is th e home of J udge A. M . And erson , of th e Macon C ircuit of Supe rior Cour t.

DEPARTMENTOF [DMMEU[E
NEWSLETTER
APRIL 25, . 1953

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NE WS L ETTER

April 25, 1953

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-monthly by

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

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

Y. F. Geeslin H oke Peters

* CLARK GAINES

S ecr e t a r y

Vo l. 4, No. 16

April 25, 1953

Milledgeville Marks
Its 150th Birthday
Th e ga la week-long celebration p lan n ed by Mi lled geville marking h er 150th birthd ay, will begin Sa tur day M ay 2, with a ball for all citizens of Baldwin Co un ty, a nd visitors.
On Sunday , l'vIay 3, d esignated Reli gious Pa rt icip ation day, the Governor's M an sion and several h omes a nd h istoric bu ildin gs will be open for visitors, a nd eac h day th ereafter th ere will bc a pil grimage of h omes. Govern or' s D ay a nd H omecoming Day will be h eld on M onday, with a la rge p a rad e and float s. M ond ay evening th e first of th e week's series of performan ces of th e hi stori cal pageant entitled the "H ills of H ome," will be given. A cast of 500, un der profession al direction, will reenac t th e building of the State from its ea rliest days.
T uesday is to be D ignitaries Day, wit h man y famo us Georgian s expec ted as honor guests. Wednesday will be Business and I nd ustry Day, Thursday Ar med Services D ay, Friday Schoo l a nd Co llege Day, and Sa tur day Agricultural Day. A nati onal leader will be h on or ed each d ay, an d a fireworks display presen ted eac h evening.
Sims Garret t, J r., is genera l chairm an.

A P R I L 23-25- Atl ant a: : Am erican Public H ealth Ass'n ., So u t h e r n Bra nch. Biltmore.
A PR I L 24-25- Macon: Georgia Aca dcmv of Scienc e. M ercer Univers itv.
APRIL 24-25-TI; omasville : T our ~f Gardens.
APRIL 25-26-Macon : Bibb Co unty Flower C lub' s 29th Annual Sp ring Flower Show, Exhibition Building, Ce n tra l C ity Park.
APR IL 25-Athens: Law Day, U niversity of Georgia .
AP R IL 29-~Jadison : Garden T ou r. APR I L 29-30- Savannah : Girl Scouts
of Am erica Admin istrative Staff , H otel DeSot o. APR IL 30-M AY 2- At lanta : M et ropolitan Opera. MAY I-Athens : Geo rgia Scho lastic Press Ass'n., Un iversity of Georgia. MAY I- Swainsboro: Pin e T ree Festiva l. M AY 1-2-Marietta: Tour of Ga r-d en s. MA Y 2-A th ens: D airy D ay. MAY 3-9- M illedge ville : Tour of Gardens. _ MA Y 7-Atlant a: Pr ess Ph otographers, Atl anta D ivision U niversity of G eor gia. MAY 7- Savannah: Geo rgia Tuberculosis Association. H otel DeSoto. MAY 7-9-Ath ens : ' I nstitute on I nsura nce Liti gat ion a nd Adjustm en t. MAY 7-9-Atlanta: Geor gia J unior Ch amber of Co mme rce, Biltm ore H otel. MAY 8- Athe ns : Geo rg ia Ch icken of Tomorrow D ay. 1'1 A Y 8-9-Savanna h : So utheaste rn Pulp a nd Pa per Society, Gene ra l O glethorpe H otel. M AY 9~Sava nnah Beach : Offi cial

open ing summe r resort season, large fireworks display. ?vIAY 9-1 I-Atlanta : Nationa l Association of Postm asters, Biltmore H otel. MAY 9- 1O-Savanna h: R eser ve O fficers Ass'n . of Georgia, General Ogleth orp e H otel. M AY IO-Savanna h : M edi cal Association of Geo rgia, Hotel D eSoto . MAY 16-Athens : L ittle I ntern a tional Li vestock Show. lvIAY 18-20- Atl an ta : All Southern Ho tel Expositi on, Biltmo re Hotel. MA Y 20- Sava n na h : Geor gia Ass'n . of In sur ance Agen ts, General Oglethorp e H otel. MAY 20-Athens : H onor D ay, U niversity of Geor gia. MAY 21-23-Macon : Gran d T emple Pythi an Sisters of Georgia. MA Y 22- Savannah: T elephone Pioneers of Am erica, D eSoto H otel. .l'vIAY 24-26-Atlanta : Southeastern Peanut Associati on, Biltmore H ot el. MAY 3 1-J U N E 2-Atlan ta : M oti on Picture Theat re Owners & Operators of Georgia, Biltm or e H otel. J UNE 2- Savannah : Southe rn Pulpwood Co nser va tion Association, Gen era l O gleth orpe H otel. J U N E 2-Macon : L ions Club Co nve ntion . J U N E 3-4-Atla nta : Georgia Feed and Pou ltr y Association, Biltmore H ot el. J U N E 4-6-Atlanta : Georgia Federation Post Office C lerks, Ansley H ot el. J U NE 7- Ath ens : Baccalaur ea te Sermon, University of Geor gia . J U N E 8- Athe ns: Alum ni Day, University of Georgi a. J U N E 8- Athe ns : Graduati on Ex ercises of U niversity of Georgia .

COVER PICTURE Ou r cover sho ws T all ulah Lake a nd da.m, nestled in th e tr ee-covered mO\I11tam pea ks of R ab un Co unty , whi ch supply water for th e Georgia Power Co m pa ny's elect ric plant at T allu lah Falls. This lake and T allulah R iver gorge, to th e right in th e picture, form one of th e scen ic spots of N ortheast Georgia.- Photo by Carolyn Cart er.

T ypi cal of some of the hand some new banks being built in Georg ia is th e Decatur Branch of th e First Nationa l Bank of Atlanta, shown in the architect's drawing above.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT O F CO M M ERC E

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NEWSLETTER

April 25, 1953

Money in Georgia Banks, State and National Amounted to $2 Billion as of January 1, 1953

Georgians, do you hav e $590.80 in th e bank ? If so you have th e aye rage amoun t th at all Geor gia citiz ens had in th e ba nks of Georgia on D ecemb er 31, 1952.
This is sh own by th e reports of the Sta te Ban king Departme n t an d th e Federa l R eserve Bank in Atla n ta .
Deposits in State ba nks on De c. 31 last as sho wn by th e D ep artment totaled $920,787,352.20, and dep osits in nation al bank s on th e same date totaled $1, 149,784,000. The combined deposits
Glass Firm To Build
Manufacturing Plant
A warehouse now being b uilt in Atlant a will soon be expa nded int o one of th e largest glass manufacturing facilities in th e Southeas t by th e OwensIll inois Glass C ompany, according to
J. P. Levis, board chai rm an .
T he T oled o, O h io, firm own s an 80acre trac t at th e intersection of Sylva n R oad and th e Cent ra l of Georgia R ailroa d . Co nstruction was begu n seve ral weeks ago on th e wa reho use, whi ch is expec ted to be com pleted by O ctober. Imm edi at ely afterwa rd the compa ny plan s to begin bu ildi ng furn aces for a plant to m ake all va rieties of glass containers, a nd em ploy 800 to 1,200 work ers.
Owens-Illinois op erates 30 facto ries in oth er parts of the countr y. The Atlant a plant will manufacture conta ine r glass, stemware and scien tific glassware. The Georgia location was chosen, acco rding to NI r. Levis, beca use it is th e center of a n expand ing m ark et area, and its industrial growth seems to be perma nent.
The firm has mai ntained a sales office in Atlanta for 25 yea rs. Since 1940 it h as been located in th e Whiteh ead
Building with J. A. Runnels as South-
eastern region al sales man ager.

in both State and nati on al banks amounted to $2,070,571,352.20. The last Census report said Geo rgia h as app rox imately 3,500,000 inh abitants, and th at number divided into th e m ore than two billion dolla rs on deposit, giyes th e figur e of $590.80.
T h e repor ts show th at there ar e 297 Sta te ba n ks and 15 bra nch es. an d th e Federa l R eserve report incl udes 52 n ation al bank s in Geor gia .
Funds dep osited in privat e banks a nd sayings a nd loan associa tions in th e State ar e not included in th e above figur es. M oney dep osited in th ese institut ions would sh ow th e per ca pita average to be above th e $590 figur e.
Assets of th e Geor gia banks sho wed a healt hy gai n on J anua ry 1, th ere being rep orted in th e Sta te banks tot al assets of $ 1,010,063,53 1.95, and the nati ona l bank s, $ 1,232,719,000 , th e total assets of State and nati onal banks bein g $2,242,782,53 1.95.
The reports also revea led th at Georgia people a re saying some mon ey. The repo rts show that " time" or savings deposits totaled $340,308,245, Sta te bank s reporting $ 186,694,245 of th at amo un t and na tion al bank s $ 153,614,000.
Georgians ca n write a good-sized chec k too, if th ey desire. T he repo rts show th at th e checking amo unt in th e State bank s totaled $56 1,744,348, a nd in th e nat ional bank s $654,824,000, th e total bein g $ 1,216,568,348.
All Georgia h as ba nking facilities ; every coun ty in the State except th ree has a bank in it. Ev en th e th ree with out banks ar c close to ba nk facilities. T his m eans th at p ractically every locality a nd section of Georgia h as ban king fa cilities.
An indicati on of how the mon ey situati on h as im proved in Georgia is shown by A. P. Persons, Super int endent of Bank s in Georgia, wh o rep orts that th e low ebb in Georgia ban king was reached on "De cember 3 1, 1932 wh en total resources (of Georgia ban ks) totaled $ 110, 117,844 .65, and th e h igh was December 3 1, 1952, $ 1,0 10,063,531.95, a gain of $899,945,687.30 within th e p ast 20 yea rs."
M r. Persons also report ed that dep osits in th e Sta te ba nks gained $69,50 7,088.19 dur ing 1952 .
Geor gia bank s h ave ch anged their

system of ban king over th e yea rs and have gr ea tly expa nded th eir program. I mproved fa rm pr ogram s a re sponsored in m an y comm unities, especially as rega rds bett er farming m eth ods, such as encou rag ing permanent pastu res for both beef a nd dai ry ca ttle. Also, m an y fa rm youth activities are given aid by ba nks, such as pig and po ultry "chains" and numerous oth er activities of farm boys and girls.
Dahlonega Plans
Tourist Weekends
Regul ar advert ised week ends in Dah lonega, sched uled to sta rt J un e 1314, will be sponsored dur ing th e summer touri st season by th e Li ons Club of th at city. R ecently a " dress reh earsal" was h eld by th e D ah lonega T ouri st Committee of th e Cham pion Home T own Co n test, wh ere th e idea originat ed , to go th rough an ac tua l "tour."
I t inclu ded a trip to many po ints of h istorical interest and beau tiful sigh ts includin g Fi ndl ey Ri dge on th e edge of D ah lonega . N ext was th e Calhoun mine, six mi les from Dah lonega, where th e or iginal tunnel whe re gold was discovere d in Geor gia is loca ted . Th e group stop ped at th e sta mp m ill wh ere ore was crushed an d gold p rocessed a nd th e site of the area's most recen t m ining activity. A lesson in gold pa nn ing mad e a big hi t with th e " tour ists." Beautiful vistas wer e seen from Neal's Gap, W oody's Gap and Stonepile Gap , with othe r sigh ts including Lake T rahlyta , Lake Winfield Scott , Cane Creek Falls a nd Camp Glisson. T h e regu la r tours will spend severa l hours' at Lake T rahlyta with tim e fo r swim ming a nd a packaged lunch . There will also be a squa re dance each week end.
The tourist comm ittee, h ead ed by
Dr. J. C . Simms, is also planning week-
day en tertainmen t to include short hikes, fishin g trips a nd guide d hi kes along th e Appalach ian T rail.

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G EO R G IA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLET TER

Ap ril 25, 1953

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

Clayton Shirt Factory
A sh irt factory, th e Clayburne Manuf ac turing Corp., h as opened in a new building in CLAYTON. Employees have been train ed an d many have begun work. The local organ izat ion is un der the manageme nt of M r. Ep stein.
J. Linn M ann is gene ra l superin ten-
den t an d in charge of prod uct ion . T he majo rity of th e fun d to bui ld th e building, wh ich is leased to the cor poration, was raised by th e peopl e of R abun Co unty. The st ru cture is 140 x 279 feet . It is expe cted th at eventually 400 persons will be employed in th is operation .
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Pet Food Manufacturer
A new industry h as gone to GA INESVI L LE. Georgia Broilers, I nc., will ente r an entirely new p rocessing byprodu cts field with th e pro du ction of canned pet food for na tion al distribution . A 7500-foot addition will be made to the present plan t of the Georgia Broi lers. I nitial produ ction will be about 5 m illion pounds a year, with a planned expa nsion of double th at amount for the next year. T he contract was signed with Simmonds Corp. of San F rancisco, Calif. H enr y Walters is p resident of Georgia Broilers.
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Warehouse Expansions
Additions a re bein g mad e to th e Twin Brick War eh ouses in T IFT ON extending both buildings the full length of th e block, a t a cost of more th an $50 ,000 . T he enla rgeme nt will be com pleted by
ma rket tim e, according to .J. L. Bowen,
Sr. , own er of th e wareh ouses. Co nstruc tion h as already begun .
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Worth's 100th Birthday
A centennial celebra tion will be held in WO RTH CO UNTY a t Svlvester October 19-24. The celeb ra ti~n will feature a h istorical pageant wit h h und reds of Worth County citizens an d children in th e cas t. Ivlo;t of th e schoo l, churc h a nd civic organizations of th e coun ty ar e taking p a rt , with th e Sylvester -Worth Co unty Chamber of Commerce originating th e idea . T he pagea nt will be presented at th e Sylvester H igh School football sta dium for six nigh ts, wit h a cast of nearly 500 per-

sons, in elaborate costumes. A p rofessional producing company is h elping wit h th e projec t.
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First Georgia B-47
Lockh eed Aircraft Corporation's huge plant at M ARl ETTA turne d ou t th e first B-47 je t bomber built en tirely in Georgia, ea rly th is mo nt h . The new pla ne was com pleted as members of th e board, assembled for th e second annu al meeting, looked on.
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Camilla Plant Expanding
The Blanton P rovision Comp any in CAM I L L A is expa nding it s fa ciliti es with two building add itions. One is a new shi pping room, a nd the other is a ta nkage room . O rigina lly op erations all took place in one room. The year-old compa ny is now servi ng new territory including Cordel e, Blakely, Donalson ville, M oultrie an d Attapulgus.
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25-Story Building
Planned for Atlanta
The A T L A N T A skyline will be ra dically cha nged when th e new structu re planned by th e Fulton N ati on al Bank goes up about 18 months from th e tim e construc tion is started, wh ich is slated for J un e 1. T he skyscrape r will be 25 stories high , housing the ba nk a nd offices of local and nation al firms. I t will be th e fir st la rge structure to be bui lt in downtown Atlanta since 1930.
The site chos en for th e bui ldin g, to be known as th e Fu lton National Bank Building , is a n hi storic one . It is th e site of old Atla nta C ity H all, th e northwest corn er of Forsyth an d M a rietta Streets, N W.
T he steel and conc rete structure will be fu lly air-condition ed an d th e la rgest such structure in Atla n ta's main business district. It will incl ude th ree basement floors, to be used for parking by ba nk customers.
The exac t cost of th e structure is not know n, but includ ing th e cost of th e land, it is estimated by constru ction expert s that it will be betw een $8 milli on and $ 10 m illion .

GEO RGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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Eastman Buys Land
Eastman K odak Com pan y h a s bou ght 14 acres of land in CH AiHBL EE for $130,000 , to build a p lant . This is said to be th e hi ghest price paid for propert y in th e area since its indu st rial develop me n t. The p roposed plant will be exceede d in size only by Ge nera l M otors in the N orth D eK alb Co unty ar ea . The purch ase was contingent upon two stree ts being cut th rou gh the p rop ert y and sewage and wat er pipes being laid.
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New Fitzgerald Warehouse
A n ew tobacco wareh ouse is going up in FITZGERAL D. T he 60,000square-foo t bu ilding will be com pleted in tim e for tobacco season thi s year. M essrs. Ada ms, Chaffin, Chaffin and Chand ler of Sou th Boston , Va. , are owners of th e new war ehouse. an d M eCow en a nd H owze, local con tractors , a re building it.
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Light Plant Expansion
V oters of the Ci ty of TH OiHA SV I LLE recently approved the sale of revenue certificates in th e am ount of $2,250,000 for extension of th e municipal power p lant. T h e cer tifica tes will be paid for ou t of th e proceeds of th e sale of curren t. T his expansion a nd enla rgement of th e Thomasville Li gh t Plant will m ake cu rrent available for any ind ustries wishing to m ove to th at city, acco rding to city spo kesme n.
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Pine Tree Festival
The Eighth An nual Pine Tree Festival will be held at SWA I NSBOR O on M ay 1. D esigned to feature the va lue of th e Pin e T ree to Emanuel County, th e festiva l's 1953 th eme is " Le a rnDon't Burn," suggested by R oy E. Bowen of Swainsboro . A p ageant will be h eld depicting the county fro m its ea rly da ys, with eac h school in th e cou nt y represented . A temp or ar y m useum is pla nne d for th e pe riod of th e fest iva l, displaying uniqu e articles con nected with the past of th e cou nty. A la rge parade with floa ts will be h eld , and a king and queen, high sch ool stu de nts, an d p rin ce and p rincess, gra mmar school stude nts, will be chose n. Other features of the festival will be a flower show, singing conven tion, a ball, an d a square dance.

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April 25, 1953

Covington and Newton County COlIJbine History, Education and Busy Industry

workers in local ind ustrial pl ants.
Coving ton offers adva n tages usually foun d only in cities of m uch grea ter size. There ar e seven white public schoo ls and eigh t colored schools. A

Sit ua ted in N ewton County, Georgia, in the piedmont ar ea of the Sta te, is th e hi storic town of Cov ing ton. The county seat of N ewt on, which was cre ated in December of 1821, Cov ing ton was in corporat ed in 1822. T h e county is nam ed for th e Revolu tiona ry War hero Sergeant J ohn N ewt on, and th e city for General Leon a rd Cov ing ton: another R evoluti on ar y figur e.
Cov ing ton's tr ee-lin ed stree ts boas t some of th e mos t ou tsta nding ante-bellum h om es in th e State, most of wh ich are preserved in th eir original beau ty. T h e annua l T our of H om es, h eld thi s year on April 19, is a ttend ed by hundreds of p ersons. It is said th at th e homes of Covington were spared by Sherman on hi s march to the sea because of h is fr iends hip with a local fam -

sta rt in 1939, th is plant has grown un til abo ut 160 p ersons are em ployed tod a y.
A lar ge fertilizer pla nt also adds to th e prosperity of Covi ngton and N ewton Co unty. F owler F ert ilizer Compa ny, esta blishe d in 1899, tu rns out about 10,000 tons of fertili zer annually. Several lumber com pa nies - Spillers, Campb ell an d Cov ing ton-employ la rge numbers of persons. Other busy industries in N ewton County a re the cotto n gins-Ande rson Bro thers, Ben ton Bro thers, N ixon Turner, and Ro bert son Bro thers- the Atlan tic I ce Company, Butl er F eed Company, Ade ll D igby, making sea t covers and up ho lstering, Dixi e Crem e Do ughnut Shop, Alb ert S. Ellingt on, Jr. , feed mill , J am es S. Ga rdner , br ooms, Gilbert D . Gober,

new grammar sch ool h as been approved and a site chosen. T he h andsom e two-yea r-old hi gh sch ool will h ave it s capacity do ubled in the ncar fut ur e, and land has been pu rch ased for a new color ed school.
A studen t ca n ob ta in his schoo ling fro m kinderga rt en th rou gh two yea rs of college in N ewton Co unty. E mory Junior Co llege, locat ed a t Ox ford imm ediat ely north of Cov ing ton , is a division of Emo ry University in Atla nta . In 1836 Emory C ollege was chartere d by th e M eth odist Ch urc h and began opera ting at O xford. The University was m oved to Atl anta in 1919, leavin g the schoo l at O xford as an acade my. T oday it is a fully-accredi ted fou r-yea r junio r college, with a long and p roud h istory.

ily. Wh at ever th e reason, th is city offers some of th e mo st beautiful examples of an te-bellum arch itecture to be found in th e South.
Covin gton' s popula tion today is more th a n 5,000, and N ewton Co un ty's is 22,000. While th e county is la rgely agricu ltura l, th ere are m any thriving industries wh ich effect a h a ppy balance

concrete pipe, well sewers, Huson I ce & Coal Company, Sam uel R . J ennin gs,
bottling, J. B. Spears, sau sage, H inton
F eed Co mpany, Will ard R eed & Sons,
feeds, J. S. Ga iner Co m pany , pulp-
woo d, Cov ington I ce Cream Company, Covi ng ton Ti re Service, an d a brandnew plan t-s-W hi teh ead Die Casting
Compa ny, makin g text ile equipment .

Cov ing ton's progress includes all phases of its civic life. T en ch urc hes ar e located th ere covering several denominati ons. Work is expec ted to be gin during Ap ril on th e N ewton Co un ty H ospit al, whi ch will cost $550,000. Na tural gas will soon be available in the city. R oad s are being pa ved through out th e county.

betw een ag ricu lture an d in dustry.
Large Industries
The Bibb M an ufacturing Compa ny, with th ree m ills at Porterd ale, adjoining Covington, has thousands of employees. O spr ey Mill , th e largest of its three m ills, m anufact ur es tire cor d, chafer fa brics , novelt y yarn, duck ya rns, ca rpet wa rp a nd lau ndry n ets. Porterdale M ill is said to be th e lar gest seine twin e m ill in th e world . I t also pro-

Ne wton's agriculture is diversified an d provides m uch of th e mo n ey in the a rea . Da iry prod ucts, beef ca ttle, po ultry, poultr y products, sma ll grain a nd corn ar e comi ng to th e for e. T he T riCo unty Auction Company wa s organ ized in 1950 and offers a convenient ma rket to N ewton's livestock growers . Of th e 174,720 acres in th e cou nty, about 84 percent is in fa rm land . M any of th e fa rms a re sma ll, bein g owned by

The Cov ington wa ter system is highly mo dern , an d oper ates with a surplus of one m illion ga llons daily.
T ranspo rta tion is readily ava ilab le. T he Ce ntral of Georgia and th e Geor gia R ailroad both operate th ere, and a right -of-way for a four- lan e highway between Atlan ta and Augusta , th rou gh Cov ington, h as been obta ined . Two
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duc es h ose cor d, belt cor d, tobacco

twine, ca rpet warp and wrapping

twin e. Wela un ee Mill turns ou t ca rpet

varns a nd tobacco twin e. T h e total

Bibb payroll h ere is abo ut $6 m illion

ann ua lly.

Covington Mill s is anoth er la rge in -

dustr y, with about 400 employees. Or-

ganized by a group of local b usiness-

men in 1900, th e m ill uses much locally-grown cotton to m ake print cloth of sh ade cloth qu ality. The original in-

vestment of $ 100,000 h as multiplied un-

til today it p rovides an a nn ua l payroll

of m ore th an $1 m illion.

T he Cov ington M an ufacturing Co m-

pan y is rela tiv ely new. H ere m en's

sport sh irts a re m ade, using both cotton and synthetic fibers. F rom a small

The Newton County Gymnasium is one of Covington's most attracti ve new buildings.

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Dalton and Whitfield Prospering As Home of Ciood Writing, Industry

Hi story, ind ustry, progress and p rosperity feature Dalton and Whitfield C o un ty.
C rea ted in Decem ber, 1851, th e coun tv was 10 1 years old last D ecem -
it ber. was nam ;d for th e R ev. Geo rge
Whitefield, a Ch urch of En gland minister wh o ca me to Savannah M ay 7, 1738, to " officia te a t Savanna h and Fred erica ." H e is best rem emb er ed for havin g founded Beth esda Orphan age, th e first orphan age in Georgia a nd said to be one of th e first in America . It is still in oper a tion .
The county is rich in both Cherokee Indian and' W ar-B etw een -th e-St ates history. A sta tue of G en. J oseph E . J oh nson, wh o comma nded the Co nfedera te forces betw een Dalton and Atla nta, h as been erected th er e, and th e Confederate Soldier also h as heen so h on ored .
D alton is th e birthplace of R ob ert Lovem an , Georgia poet best kno wn for his "R a in Song." H e was also a uth or of th e word s in th e G eor gia officia l song , a dopted by th e G enera l Assembly in 1922.
A stone m ark er to th e mem or y of th e lat e Fran k 1'. R eynolds, "journ alist, publicist, hi storian , h uman ita rian , advocat e of good road s in Georgia," was placed by " H is Fri ends" in Sh uma te DAR M emori al Park in 1937.
D alton was th e hom e of th e la te Wi ll N . H a rbin, autho r of severa l books depict ing life in No rth G eorgia .
D alt on is also the home of M rs, Catherine Evans Whi ten er, wh o some 50 years ago revived th e tuft ed bedsp read art, th e expa nded ind ustry now va lue d at over $200 million annua lly.
So, Dalton and Wh itfi eld a re rich in histor y.

brought much extra mo ney to th em .
Lat er, m achines wer e p erf ect ed th at do the " tufting" m uch faster th an th e human ha nd, an d now th er e a re only a few h an d and home-m ad e tufted a rticles made.
The tufted text ile industry now provides em ploymen t for some 15,000 peop le, and uses annually 500,000 bales of cotto n, producin g articles va lued at mo re th an $200,000,00n.
This h uge industry was born at Dalton a nd th at city is still h eadqu a rt ers for its activity, whi ch op era tes la rgely with in a radius of 60 mi les of Dalton . There a re some 70 tufted plan ts opera ting in Dalton and the county.
While th e tufted in du str y is th e la rgest in th e coun ty, Dalton h as many othe r man ufacturing plants, some being pion eers in th eir line.
This list incl ud es several textile m ills, a thread mill, ya rn mills, hosiery mill,
a jail work s, m attress plan t, a plant th a t
specia lizes in gospel or revival ten ts, ch air fac to ry, ma chi ne sho p, bri ck a nd tile p lant, la undries and dye plants for th e tuf ted industr y an d a m an ufacturer of det ergents. .
I t is estima ted th ere a re 100 indus -

tri al and m anufacturing pl ant s in the city of D alton an d th e coun ty, m any of whi ch h ave expansion programs eithe r under way or p lann ed .
The Pro gress program is noted in th e la rge number of n ew and fine h omes in th e city, th e new residen ce and bu siness sections developed , n ew and enla rged business esta blishme nts.
Prosperity is in evide nce by the fac t th at th e th ree banks in D alton at th e close of 1952 had $ 17,5 79,276.85 on deposit, whi le th e resources of th e savings and loan associa tion total ed .$1,649,077.04. Prosperity is also noted in th e "h ustle an d bu stl e" of the peop le generally and the sto res crowde d wi th cust om ers.
T h ere a re 1,663 farms in Whi tfi eld Co unty, there bein g 87.1 ac res in th e aver age farm . T h e lan d a rea is 283 _squa re mi les, with 122.5 persons per squa re mi le. The popula tion in 1950 wa s 34,432, a ga in of 8,327 over 1940, th e populat ion th en being 26,105.
This was a normal incr ease without the aid of " wa r plants" or ot h er seasona l activities. The pop ulati on of D alton is 15,968.
Farming Active
A gener al farm program is ca rr ied out by th e farmers of th e county, with some ca tt le farms bein g developed. The broi ler ind ustry is quite a fact or, th ere being one ch icken-processing plant and

Tufted Industry
You may tr avel all over th e world . but mostly ' in Georgia and in th e D a l ~ ton a rea will yOU be awe-str icken by th e sigh t of n um drou s h igh ly-colored t{lfted bed spr eads, m at s, robes and carpe ts th at "line" the highways and intrigu e the tourist.
C a the rine Ev an s (M rs. Wh iten er ) spa rked th is industr y in 1900 when sh e sold for $2.50 a bed spr ead she h ad tuf ted on req uest. H ousewives in Whitfield C ounty th en bega n to spend their spa re time making th ese spreads, which

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three hatcheries, 10 million broilers being grown in 1952 with th e goal for 1953 being 12 milli on . A number of dai ries furnish milk for th e ar ea .
With nearby pulp and paper mill s being esta blishe d, sale of pulpwood is being increased, a nd mills pr ocess much lumber in th e cou nty.
Dalton own s its own electr ica l system and purch ases power from th e Georgia Power Co. This firm and th e N orth Georg ia Electric M embership Corporation (R EA ) serve th e county with electricity. W . L. M anton is m anager of th e REA office in Dalton.
Agricultural Council
T he county farm and h ome program, planned by th e W hitfield Agr icu ltural Council, wh ich is spon sored by a n umbel' of local organizations, is offerin g awa rds for Community I mp rovement s during th e yea r. Four obj ectiv es of th c program a rc "Bette r Farms, Better Homes, Bett er Commu nity and a Better County." Coy H enderson is president of th e Co unc il. Burl Scoggins is County F arm Agent.
F ed eral hi ghw ay 4 1 traverses th e coun ty as does 76, a nd State hi ghw ays a re N os. 3, 52, 201, 71, 2. A Sta te Patrol office is a t D alt on .
The South ern and N. C . & St. L. railwa ys serve th e cit y and cou nty. The 15 motel s in th e county and H otel Dalton report man y tourists stop with th em .
The Co nnesa uga Ri ver forms th e eastern boun dary of the county, and m an y other strea ms provide a bountiful water supply.
Ther e ar e 23 ch urc hes in Dalton, many denomina tions being represented. Pat riot ic, civic an d oth er club s in Dalton number approximately 60.
The H am ilton M emorial Hospit al, 50 beds, well staffed with phy sician s, surge ons a nd nurses, serves the a rea.
T he Dalton R egion al Library serves Whitfield and Catoosa Counties a nd a bookmobile serves both coun ties, th ere bein g two bran ch libraries, one in Ringgold and one in th e Em ery Street Scho ol, Dalt on .
Dalton h as one radi o sta tion, WBLJ; three th eatres, on e drive-in ; th e D alton C ountry Club maintains a golf course with its other recreational faci lities. The City also operates many recreational faciliti es.
The D alt on Telephone Company oper at es in th e city, with long-distance connections. M an y truck and bus lines op erate through th e city and county.
Carlton M cCamy is Mayor of Dal-

ton, and Councilmen a re: \ V. H . Bartenfi eld, Jack Strain, Wells M oore and Sa m Wheat. C ity Cl erk is Gu y K eister ; Jack H ayes is Chief of Police a nd
L. J. Broom e Fire Chief. Prof. C . G .
H al e is Superintendent of Ci ty Schools. Whitfield Co unty officers a re: Clerk
of Court, Fred C . Cooper ; She riff , H . T . McArthur ; Ordinary, W . L. William s; County Commissioner, Tom Patterson ; Tax Collecto r, Cleve F aith ; Tax R eceiver, Jim Bowcn ; Corone r, Sa ndy Armstrong ; Sur veyor, R . E . Smith.
Whitfield m embers of th e Geor gia Legislature ar e W. A. Britton a nd J . Ro y Whitener.
More than 8,000 pupils ar e enr olled in Da lton and Whitfield Cou nty sch ools. I n Da lton there is on e white hig h schoo l and six elem entary schoo ls with more than 3,000 pupils enr olled, with 95 teachers. One colored schoo l h as an enrollme nt of m or e than 350 with 12 teach ers. T here ar e seven high and nin e elementa ry white schools in th e county, with an enro llmen t of mor e than 5,000, h avin g 143 teach ers. Pr of. Albert Davi s is County Superintendent.
Two organ izations p rom ot e Dalt on and Wh itfi eld County, th e Dalton Chamber of Commerc e a nd the Junior Cha mber of Commerce. W. L. M anton is president of th e D alton Chamber, with Joe R . C hance m an ager. Travis M. Rhodes is pr esident of th e Junior Chamber.
Up-to-date figures a nd inf ormation on th e cit y and county a rc readi ly furnish ed by th ese organizations.
Two Newspapers
D alton and Whitficld County are serv ed by two n ewspapers-th e 106year-old Dalton Citizen, and th e Dalton N ews both issued weekly. L. A. Lee is publisher and M ark Pace editor of both papers.
M r. Lee, own er of th e L. A. Lee Co. ,
several years ago purchased th e A. J.
Showa lte r Co. , printing plant, whi ch spec ialized in publishin g song books. Many of th ese books were compiled by Mr. Showa lter, wh o was also th e a uth or of religious songs, a favorite being " Lea ning on th e Ev erlastin g Arms."
M r. Lee, in addition to printing th e two n ewspapers, books an d m agazin es and gene ra l commercial printing, also sells office supplies and spo rting goods. His plant em ploys 200 peop le.
Visit Dalton a nd m eet a sociable and charming peop le. You Iikcly will leave th e city with numerous tufted products in your auto.

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la nes are bein g completed now, a nd it is expected th at th e othe r two lanes will be utiliz ed in th e futurc.
T here ar e two rivers flanking Cov ingto n, an d ru nn ing th rough the coun ty-the Alcovy and Yellow Rivers. Georgia Power Compa ny p rovides m ost of th e electr ic p ower to th e area. A hydr o-electri c pl ant at Ll oyd Shoa ls gene ra tes about 75 mi llion kilowatt h ours of power per year. The Sna pping Shoals Electric M emb ership Co rporation, orga nized in 1937, h as 900 mil es of lines.
Vocational School
The Covington Vo ca tion al Scho ol is operat ed by th e Newton County Board of Education. Offerin g voca tiona l training to m en from seven counties, it h as an enrollme nt of several hundr ed .
R ecr eat ion al fac ilities a re a vailable to all, and include six park s, two playgrounds, one golf course an d two swim min g pools, one a $50,000 proj ect of th e K iwani s C lub. The R ota ry C lub h as p rovid ed a $25,000 "Teen Ca n" bu ilding to the youth of th e county, where th ey m eet for recrea tional an d social ac tivities.
Co vington is a very ac tive tr ading center. There ar e 36 stores and 32 service esta blishm ents. Th e ann ua l retail sales in th e coun ty reach a tot al of more th an $ 12.5 million .
The Bank of Coving ton a nd Trust Compan y is a substan tial bank, with total resources of close to $5 milli on .
The Coving ton N ews, Belmont Den nis publish er, is one of th e Stat e's outsta nding weekly newspapers. This is pro ved by th e number of awa rds whi ch it has won .
Radi o Sta tion WMOC, locat ed at Co vington, also p rovides news a nd entertainment.
The city h as a public librar y, started by th e Coving ton Wom an's Club in 1896. The p resent bui ldin g housing th e librar y was erected in 1915, a nd sup port of th is lib ra ry is still the main project of the Woman 's Club.
In short, th e histor ic city of Covi ngton is very up -to-d at e in its civic af fa irs.
On e of N ewt on Co unty' s grea test assets is its forest-land-close to 100,000 ac res. A full-time for estr y unit is maintained in th e county, with a progra m of fire protection, for est m an age-
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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
Ca llaway l\;fills, Co., L A GR A N GE - 5 million l.y. cotton duck, $264,500.
Rowers Sheet M etal Co., JON ESBOR O- supp ort, assem bly con ta iner for 120 MM, 796,000, $2 12,054.
Willi am Arm strong Smi th , Co. , EAST POINT- 20,000 gallons primer , $4 1,071; ena mel, $60, 131; 15,500 gallons p rim er, $31,290.
South ern States Iron Roofing Co ., SA V ANNAH - Drum, in flam ma ble liq uid steel, 43,470, $2 79,729.
Walker Electri cal Co., I nc., ATLANTA-Type II Torpedo battery, hydro gen burning pan el, 104, $30,364.
Peerless Woolen Mills, R OSS VILL E - 846,210 wool blan kets, $6,404,00 1.
William Armstrong Smith Co ., EAST POINT- Aircraft enamel, $36,285 ; 17,668 gallons ena me l, $38,870.
The Tumpan c Co. of Georgia, I nc. Coch ra n Field, MA CON-Overhaul an d rcconditioning of sho p equipme nt, $84,872.
Dunwody, M acEw en, H all & Fer-
guson an d J. E. Gr iner Co . Assoc.,
M A CON-A & E services for longrange study of industrial waste disposal Marin e Corps D epot of Supplies, Alban y, Ga., $9,000.
Toccoa Ca sket Co. , TOCCOA Caskets, $43, 185. .
E. V. Camp Steel Works, A T LANTA-Bom b, $2,590,287.
Geor aia Webbing & T ape Co., CO L U M BUS- Cotton Webbin gs, $37,716.
Dowling T exti le M anufacturing Co., iHcDON OUGH-H ospital Clothing, $93,600.
Sava nna h Suga r R efining Co rp.,

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mcnt service, reforestation, public informa tion an d education .
Fa rm youth club work origina ted in New ton Co unty. In 1905 th e lat e G .C. Adams, one of th e coun ty's leading farm ers, org an ized " T he Corn Club," with approximately 150 int ereste d boys and girls. T he work has spread all over th e country.

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J ackson Lake is locat ed in the coun-

ty, 15 miles south of Cov ingto n. Own- men's Association . P. M . M cNiven is

ed by th e Georgia Power Co mpa ny, it p residen t, Aub rey Sherwoo d, vice-p resi-

provid es some of th e best fishing, boat - den t, H erb er t K at z, treasurer, and J ohn

ing an d camping areas in the State. At L. J ern igan , secretary. M emb ers of th e

its upper end th e State F F A Camp is board ar e Al David, C. E. Trainer, Carl

located. with accommodations for 500 Smith, Na t T urn er, Marion Piper and

people.' The 356-acre tract has 21 J ames Hu tchins.

buildings and an amphitheatre honoring FFA memb ers an d teachers of agriculture killed in World War II.

T heir program in cludes sponsor ing th e rural community development progra m in th e coun ty in conj unction with

One of th e most ac tive orga nizations the county agen t, sponsor ing a Wel-

in th e area is th e Covi ngton Business- com e Wagon wit h gifts from local mer-

chants for all newcomers, a District

SAVANNA H-Sugar, $71,630.

-: Drivers Rodeo, an annual Christmas

M . G. Aldre dge, M A CON-Rehabilitat ion of wat er system, $49,065 .
Shiver Lumber Co ., AMERICUSPallets, $29,360.
Bowers Sheet M etal Co. , JONESBORO-Support assemb ly container, $ 2 12,05 4.
Ca llaway Mi lls Co ., L A GR AN GECo tton du ck, $264,500 .
Wa lker Electri cal Co ., Inc., A TLANTA-Torpedo battery hydrogen burn ing pan el, $30,364 .

Pa rad e, an d working to obta in a hotel or mo to r court in th e city, and other work for th e benefit of the city and cou nty.
Progressive City officials are J ack
Elliott , M ayor, an d Councilme n J. B.
Weaver, R . R. Fow ler, J r., Carl Smith, Jr., Tom Gr eer, Alvin R ape an d E. E. Ca llaway.
Newton Cou nty officers include O rdin ary D onald G . Stephenson, Clerk C . O . Nixo n, Sheriff J oh n L. Berry, T ax R eceiver M iss Eva Stephenso n, T ax

I vey Bros Co nst . Co ., A T LANTA- Collector B. L. J ohnson, T reasurer C.

Con struction of control tower, $93,- P. Adams , Coroner H . S. Dobbs, Schoo l

950.

Supe rin tende n t E. L. Ficquett , and

W right Construction Co ., CO LUM- Cou nt y Attorney J ohn L. J ernigan.

BUS- Constru cti on of calibra tion yar d, Cou n ty Co mmissioner is Thomas M .

$12 2,336.

Bat es and Mrs. Lois T. H ay is Clerk.

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* HERMAN E. TALMADGE Governor BOARD OF COMI\USSIONERS
EMORY L. BUTLER Chairman

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Secretary

Vol. 4, No. 17

May 10, 1953

University Offers
100 Scholarships
One hundred youn g Geor gian s will be awa rded fr eshm an schola rsh ips to th e U niversity of Geor gia, to ente r in th e fall of 1953. The schola rsh ips have a value of $180, and a re ava ilable for both men and wom en . Applications for such scholarsh ips were filed M a y 1,
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COVER PICTURE
The big red apple located adjace nt to th e tr ain station in Co rne lia, has become so familiar to Geor gian s and tourists alike th at Co rne lia is kn own as th e " H orne of th e Big R ed Apple." This is believed to be th e only m onument in th e world erec ted to th e apple. (See story on p age 5.)
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MAY 9-10-Savannah: R eserve Officers Ass'n. of Georgia , Gen eral Ogl eth orpe Hotel.
MAY 9-11-Atlan ta : National Association of Postm asters, Biltm ore Hotel.
MA Y 1O-1 3- Savannah: M edical Association of Georgia, Hotel De Sot o.
MAY 16-Gain esville: Poultry F cs t iva I.
MA Y 16-Athens: Little International Livestock Sh ow.
MAY 20-2 3- Savannah: Geor gia Ass'n . of In sur an ce Agents , Gen eral Ogletho rp e Hotel.
MAY 21-Athens: H onors D ay, University of Georgia .
MAY 2 I-Atlanta : First Annual Georgia Ph otogr aphy C linic, Atlanta Division University of Geor gia.
MAY 21-23-Macon : Grand Temple Pythian Siste rs of Geor gia .
MA Y 22-24- Savannah : Telephone Pioneers of Am erica , DeSoto H otel.
MAY 24-26-Atlanta : Southe astern Peanut Association, Biltm ore H otel.
MAY 3 1-J U N E 2-:-Atlanta : Motion Picture Theatre Owners & Operator s of Ge orgia, Biltmore H ot el.
J UNE 2-4- Savannah : Southern Pulpwood Co nservation Ass'n ., General O glethorpe Hotel.
J UNE 2- Macon: Lion s C lub Co nve n t ion .
J UNE 3-4-Atlan ta: Georgia F eed & Poultry Ass'n ., Biltm or e Hotel.

May 10, 1953
JUNE 4c7-Savannah : Georgia M otor Truckin g Ass'n ., Gen eral Ogleth orpe H o t el.
J UNE 4-6-Atlanta : Geor gia Fed eration Post Office Clerks, An sley H otel.
JUNE 7-Athens: Baccalaureat e Ser m on, U niversity of Georgia .
JUNE 8-Athe ns : Alumni Day, Un iversity of Georgia .
JUNE 8- -Ath ens: Gradu ati on Exercises of University of Georgia.
J UNE 9-1 I-Savannah : County O fficers Ass'n . of Geor gia, Gen eral O glethorpe Hotel.
J UNE 11-I4-Savannah : Ro ofin g & Shee t M etal Co ntracto rs, Gen eral O glethorpe H otel.
J UNE 11-13-Macon : Georgia Vocational Association.
JU NE 18-21-Atlanta: V eter an s of Foreign Wars, Biltmore Hotel.
J U NE 19-21-Macon : Dem olay Stat e Co nclave.
J UNE 21-23-Atlanta: Georgia Veterina ry Medical Ass'n ., Biltm ore H otel.
J UNE 22-26-Athens : Schoo l Lunch Personnel Workshop.
J UNE 23-24-Athens : Georgia Fed eration of Wom an 's C lubs In stitute.
J UNE 25-27- Savann ah : G e 0 r g i a Pr ess Ass'n. , Gen eral Oglethorpe H ot el.

The Recreation Building, Indian Springs State Park, near jack- The Statue in jefferson Davis Memorial State Park, near irwin-

son, Ga.

ville, Ga.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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NE WS L ETTER

M a y 10, 1953

Season For Georgia's State Parks Opens With Two Million Visitors Anticipated

As spring appears and vacation tim e app roac he s, in ter est cen te rs on Geor(ria Parks for recreation-fishing, boa ting, swimming and pi cni ckin g.
Georgi a State parks , beautif ul with new sp ring growth, are reported by Dir ector A. N. Moye, of th e Department of State Park s, to be in better sha pe than eve r to ente rta in and ca re for th e m ore th an tw o mi llion visitors expec ted a t th e p arks thi s yea r.
1'\'11'. Moye reports that 1,859,927 people visited th e 16 parks op erated on a full-time basis during 1952, and that a la rge number also visited othe r pa rks that were ope n on a part-time ba sis.
The Parks Directo r also informed th at la rge sums h ave been spe n t on specific improvem ent of th e parks sinc e last .July. Improvem ents an d expansions at th e parks a re expec ted to reach an even h igher peak thi s yea r over last.
In orde r th at this expansion program may be ca rr ied out, Gov . T a lmad ge has tr an sferred $100 ,000 from his eme rge ncy funds to put three parks in op eration this sea son despit e hi s economy drive, with th is comme nt:
"T hese beauty spots in all sections of th e St a te are dedi cated to public use, and we feel th ey should be op erated for th e best int er ests of th e m asses. of our citizen s who use th em ."
The a ttenda nce rep ort for last yea r

sh ows that Ind ian Springs was the m ost popu lar, bein g visited by 53 2,33 5 p eople. This park will h ave an added at tract ion as th e 100-a cre la ke there is rapidly fillin g up and sho uld be op en this season .
Second in populari ty was Vo gel Park in th e Blue Ridge M ountains of Northeast G eorgia . This 140-a cr e scenic spot, with its cabins, allur ing lak e a nd other a tt rac tions, dr ew 457 ,973 visitors during the season. Third on th e list was th e Fra nk lin D.Roosevelt State Park at op Pin e Mountain, whi ch affords a magnificent view of th e surrounding va lleys, with 344,402 visitors. Situated near Warm Springs, 80 m iles southwest of Atlanta and north of Co lumbus, th is park offers a swimming poo l, playgrounds and equipment, overn igh t and week-end fa cilities. (T his park is not to be confused with th e Franklin D . Roosevelt Memorial at Warm Springs, Georgia home of President Roos evelt , th e "L ittle White H ou se," whi ch was visit ed by 114,960 persons during th e yea r which ende d March 31.)
Next in a ttenda nce was G eor gia Vet erans' M emori al Park near C ordele, th e 1,000-acre pa rk bordering on Lake Blackshear, C risp Coun ty pow er la ke on Flint R iver. I t dr ew 228,997 peop le during th e yea r-round season.

Other yea r-round parks a nd th eir a ttend ance includ ed : Alexand er H . Steph ens, 3 1,78 1 visitors ; R ed T op Mountain , 17,358 ; Che haw, 18,382 ; Cloudland C anyo n, 6,330 ; Crooked Ri ver, 14,855 ; F ort Mountain, 13,709 ; Hard Labor C reek, 49,207 ; .Jeff Davis, 16,700 ; K olomoki Mounds, 38, 140; Laura S. Walker , 30,8 79; Little O cmulgee, 37,730; M agn olia Springs, 21,149. Four new park a rea s leased by th e Sta te Park s D ep artment on th e C lark Hi ll Reservoir from th e Fed er al Government a re Mi stleto e V et er an s M emoria l Park, 1,77 3 ac res in Colum bia County; K eg Creek Pa rk for Negroes in Co lumbia C ounty ; Bobb y Brown M emoria l Park, 632 ac res, in Elbert Co unty, and Elijah C la rke- M em orial Park in Lincoln County.
N egro St ate parks being const ructed are in Bartow Co un ty (Alla toona) a nd in Cri sp County.
Other Sta te park s include Arnicalola Falls Park , 239 ac res in Dawson Co unty; Nan cy I-I<',rt Park, near Elberton ; Ft. Vargo, 1,41 3 ac res, nea r Winder ; Bla ck R ock M ountain, 1,100 ac res, near C lay ton; U n icoi Park , 1,800 ac res, nca r H elen and Robertstown.
An exce llen t day, week-end or vacation trip may be mad e to good adva n-
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Recr eat ion Building at Geo rg ia Ve te rans Me mo r ial State Pa rk ,

A lak e scene at Vogel State Park, near Blairsvill e, Ga ., where

near Co rde le, Ga .

cab ins and ot her accommodations are availab le.

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GEORGI A D EPARTMENT OF COMM ER C E

NEWSLETTER

May 10, 1953

GEORGIA PARADE . OF PROGRESS

Millen Plant Expanding
A major expansion p rogr am is bein g lau nch ed by Coope rs, Inc., of Georgia, in th e plant a t M ILLEN . Knitting and blea ching op erations will be started at Mi llen, with const ruction and remodelin g to cost $150 ,000 . Approxim at ely 25 additional p ersons will be emp loyed . The addition of th e new units will mak e th e Mill en plant entirely ind ependent pr oduction -wise, from yarn to fini shed ga rm ent. A. K. Bell is m an ager of Coopers, In c., of Georgia . T he parent company is in K enosha, Wi se,
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New Tifton Warehouses
TIFTO N will have two new tobacco warehouses, to be kn own as " Big Top Warehouses," read y for th e 1953 sea-
son. Co stin g $I 00,000, th e structures
will ha ve 116,000 feet of floor space. Work on th e buil dings has sta rted and th ey will both be completed befor e th e season opens. Owners ar e King Roberts, who is now at Tifton, P. D . Conner, W: K. Walton, T ad Murry and W . P. Coat es, all of South Boston , Va . They also op erate Big Top Warehouses in Fuquay Springs, N. C. Mr. Rober ts is doing h is own contract ing, and will manage th e twin war eh ouses a t Tifton.
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Th ree A tl a nta Fi rms
To Build New Plants
Three la rge Atlanta firms a re bui ld ing new plan ts- J ones & Laugh lin Steel Corp., Scrip to, In c., and Ca rr ier Co rp .
J ones & Lau gh lin is unde rta king a $1,000,000 expa nsion and modernization program for its container division . A 102,000-squa re-foot plant is un der construction on Chattahooche e Ave ., NW , on a site of 8.3 ac res. Machinery a nd eq uipm ent will be mov ed from th e old plant a t 4 10 M arietta St., NW . This plant manufactures a line of galvaniz-
ed war e. Under th e tr ad e name "J. &
L. War e," the products ar e sold throughout th e South an d South east.
Scripto is planning to erect a $500,000 building which will increase th e size of th e main pl ant by 50 p ercent. Construction is exp ect ed to begin on July 1 for th e 42,000 sq ua re-foot building. The ad dition will be made at th e

company's H ouston St. location, and will be used for new laboratories, better faciliti es for quality control and increased engineer ing faciliti es.
Carrier , Corp., manufacturers of airconditioning equipment, a re bui lding a mo dern office bui lding at 2015 Peach tree R oad, ' NW, adjacent to th e Darlington Ap artments. Containing approxim at ely 22,000 squa re feet, it will have offices for sales, engineer ing, construction and service personnel, a tot al of ab out 90 peop le. The reinforced conc rete, Roman bri ck a nd lim eston e str ucture shou ld be completed by Octob er 1. T h e firm will maintain its pres ent shop faciliti es used for stora ge and fa brication in th e Southeastern industrial district.
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Plant for Homer
Banks County will get its first industrial plant with th e location of a br an ch of th e Ba rrow M anufacturing Com pan y of Winder at HOM ER. Work has begun on th e two-stor y building to hous e th e plant, a nd operations ar e expec ted to begin in the mid dle of June. Approxima tely 60 persons will be employed in th e manufacture of work pants, with th e complete operation from cutt ing through to th e fini shed ga rment, being don e at H om er. T hi s will be th e first bran ch fact or y of th e Barrow Mfg. Co . W. H . j ennings is president an d Carl Perkins will be superi nt end ent at Homer.
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Sewell Building Plant
The Sewell M anufacturing Co., of Brem en will construct a plant in TElvfPLE to house its pants dep art ment. It will be of brick construction, containing 12- 13,000 squar e feet, an d will feature a sp rinkler system . Roy Sewell is pr esident, and Robert E. Rivers general manager.
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Box Company Expands
The Palmetto Box Company, at V I DA L IA , is constructing an addition, which will ad d 9,000 square feet to th e pres ent 15,000 squ ar e foot plant. T h e number of employees will be almost doubled . T. M . Allen is factory manage r and vice-p resident of th e firm .

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New Sylvania Factory

The new plant for th e Sylvania Ga r-

ment Company at SYL VA NIA , built

by th e Screven Industr ial Corp., began

oper ations th e first of May, with 200

employees. Shi rts will be manufactur-

ed h ere, at the rate of abo ut 2,500

dozen a week. Bill Estroff is secre ta: v

and manager.

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Two National Plants Locating in Toccoa

Toccoa is th e city chosen by two large com pa nies for th e location of new plants-C oa ts & C la rk, and Lu llab yc Manufacturing Co rp.
C oats & Clark has begun construction of a new $7 mi llion thread mi ll at Toccoa . It is exp ecte d th at the plant will be ready for operation in th e ea rly part of 1954. Loc at ed nearl y three miles south of th e city, th e bu ildin g will con ta in a bout 750,000 squ a re feet. This will be th e second C oa ts & C lark plant at Toccoa and th e compa ny's seventh plant in Georgia . T h e Toccoa plan t now in operation em ploys about 1,500 , but it is not yet known how many will be employed in th e new plant. John Cla rk is president of th e company .
The firm 's other Geor gia plants a re loca ted at Acworth, Clarkdale, P e lham, Albany and Thomasville.
The Lu llab ye Manufacturing Corp ., nursery furniture manufacturer s with h eadquarters at St evens Point, Wisc., has bou ght th e Toccoa plant of C ur rah ee Furniture Co . A joint announ cement was made by Edmun d V. Bukolt, Lu llabye presiden t, and Lyman Math eson, Currah ee president. T he 50,000squa re-foot plant will undergo extensive remodelin g, and mu ch new eq uip-
ment will be install ed. Vi ctor J. Buk-
olt , vice-president in ch a rge of sales, has stat ed th e plant shou ld be in op er. ation in late May. All of Currahce's 135 emp loyees ar e to be retained, and additional workers added as necessar y. H eadquarters will rem ain in Wiscon sin, and th e Geor gia plant will be managed by Vincent B. Kroll.

NEWSLETTER

M ay 10, 1953

Cornelia and Habersham County Enjoy Natural Beauty, Prosperity

One of th e busiest towns in th e Sta te is loca ted in th e m ountains of N orth eas t Georg ia's H ab er sham Co un tyCorne lia . Known far and wid e as th e " H ome of th e Big Red Apple," Cornelia is provid ed with m an y natural resources. One of th e m ost important of th ese is th e beauty of th e reg ion . It has been ca lled th e "Sou the rn ga teway to th e nati on' s m ost scenic wonder land," and th e visitor has only to look arou nd him a t th e m ount ains, sparkling lak es and thi ck for ests, to ag ree hearti ly.
Settled in th e ea rly 1880' s, Co rnelia wa s orig ina lly ca lled Blaine, for th e un successful Presid enti al ca nd ida te . It wa s in corp or ated as Co rnelia in 1887 . Today Co rnelia 's popu lation is close to 3,5 00, a nd Haber sham Co un ty, whi ch was crea ted in 1818, ha s 17,000 persons .
Cornelia's " tra de mark" is th e bi g red ap ple (see cove r ) , believed to be th e only mon um ent in th e world erected to th e a p ple. T his concrete repli ca, don e in natural color, is loca ted a t th e exact cente r of town, adjacent to th e railroad station .
Th e city is progr essing in a ll phases of its life. The bri sk mountain air of th e region seems to impart its vigor to th e people, who arc fu ll of ideas and en th usiasm . Sch ools are bein g bu ilt , street s paved , new industri es ope ne din short, growth is evide n t on eve ry side .
Advantages are availa ble in Corneli a whi ch a re usually associated only with mu ch la rger cities. I n a ddition to th e m od ern scho ols alrea dy in ope ra tion , a new conso lid a ted 32-room high school is bein g en la rge d with th e add ition of a gym , lunch-room and agri cultural building. The gra m mar scho ol is heing enla rge d . A four-county consolid at ed school for colored stud en ts h as been approved , th e site purch ased , a nd construc tion wi ll begin soon.
Health Facilities
H ea lth fac ilities a rc exce llen t, with a $450,000 Co un ty H ospital av ail abl e.
Addition al city stree ts a rc bein g paved . A h andsom e new municip al building houses th e libra ry, and va rious city off ices. The Cornelia H ou sin g Authorit y has com pleted tw o housing proj ects

in th e city-Co rne lia Ap a rtments for white, and F loyd Ca rte r Ap artments for colored .
Ev er y eff or t is bein g made to provid e the best of recreat ion a l faciliti es for Co rne lia resid ents. T he citv rcccn tlv a p po in ted a committee to plan for th ~ youth . Th ree playgrounds a nd on e swimm ing po ol are ava ilable. Once-aweek cha pe rone d h igh schoo l d an ces a rc a lso being h eld as part of th e progra m .
Community Center
The handsom e re d-b rick Co m m unity Ce n te r, with its swim m ing pool, is on e of th e fin est in th e St at e, and is used by m an y gro ups a nd orga niza tio ns.
A new a th letic sta d ium was bu ilt by publi c subscription last yea r. Sp on sor ed by th e C ham be r of Co m m erce , America n Legion a nd Kiwanis C lub, th e sta d ium sca ts abo ut 1,200 , and it is hop ed th at seve ra l hundred m or e seats ca n be ad de d soon .
One of th e most recent im p rovem ents in Co rne lia is R ad io Sta tion W CON . the V oice of Haber sham Co un ty,' ope rating on 1,450 kilocycl es. I ts attract ive m od ern buildin g con ta ins mu ch of th e la test eq uipme n t avai lable.
Cornelia a lso has W estern U nion T elegraph ser vice, loca l and long distance telephon e fa ciliti es, with an ext ended local serv ice ar ea including C la rkesville, Baldwin , Dem or est, a nd Mt. Air y.
Th e a rea is serve d by a n exce llen t newspa per , th e No rth eas t Geor gian , published by th e H ard y Publishing Co .
This region abo unds in wonderfu l recr eational op portuni ties. Im m ed ia tely ad joining th e city lim its of Co rnelia is th e 17,000-a cre State a nd Fed er a l Gam e M an agem ent Ar ea , wh er e deer , wi ld turkey a nd fish and ga me of m an y va rieti es arc plentiful. Beautifu l Lak e Ru ssell is near. and C he noc eta h M ountain a ffo rds some of the m ost bea utiful vista s to be seen a nywh ere . Atop it is loca ted a mem oria l tower to V et erans of W or ld W ar 1. The famous Uncle R emus Route through th e St at e trave rses C orne lia and much of the hi stori c section of Georgia .
In thi s setting of na tural beauty and ene rge tic peop le, industry has thrived . C ornelia is th e home of industri es of

man y typ es-from broom factories to th e la rgest pla stic weaving plant in th e world, th e Lumit e Division of th e C h icopee M anufa cturing Co.
Among th e la rgest industri es a t Cornelia a rc C h ico pee , two sh irt factories - C orn elia G arment Com pany, bui lt with local ca pita l and em ploying abou t 125, and Georgia Shirt CO.,- I n te rn ation al Furniture Co ., p roducin g furni t ur e fr am es and th e seco nd la rgest plant of its kind in th e coun try, and four lum ber compani es, Baldwin, Irvin Broth ers, South ern and D a vi s Brothers. O th er large bu sin esses ar c th e Cornelia V en eer Co ., which buy s most of its logs locall y and furni shes a la rge a moun t of ven eer for TV cabine ts, H ab ersham Furniture Co., m aking fram es for furniture, Corn elia Broom C o., Co rn elia Cabine t C o., H ab ersham Broom C o., J esse J ones M illwork Co., N ugr ap e Bottlin g Co., C oca-C ola Bottlin g Co. , M . R . Bentley, woodworking, Bui ld ers Lumber & Supply Co., Chen ecetah Mfg. C o., auto sea t covers, Economy Furniture Co., m attresses, Fo ster s Cabine t Shop, furniture, Georgia Ap pl e Grower s, Inc., Frank Irvin , lea th er
goods, R amey Mop Factory, and J. D .
Robinson , millworks. The C h erokee Ro se D airy, producing che ese, is a new industry, and a plant is bein g constructed for a burial vau lt manufacturer who is locating in C ornelia .
Trading Center
The city is a b usy trading cen ter , with approximately 60 sto res and 18 service establish me n ts. Annual retail sales for th e coun ty arc $9,2 13,000 . It also h as sound financi al structures in th e tw o banks and the bui lding and loan associa tion .
C ivic organizations working in th e Cornelia a re a arc responsible for m an y of th e improvem ents an d m uch of th e progres s which is so evide n t.
Th e C ham ber of Commer ce has a ver y activ e m embership, and is on e of th e few cham be rs in the coun try ho ld ing month ly m embership m eetings. Some of th e improvem ents whi ch th e C ha m be r has sp earheaded include having str eets marked and houses number ed , city m ail deliv er y (wh ich was starte d M ar ch 16, 1950 ) and th e new municipal building.
Some of th eir cu rr en t projects ar c th e improvem ent of str eets, lighting system , and wa ter works, secu ring a new bus sta tion, securing natural gas, enc ou rag ing a you th recr ea tion pro-
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GEORGIA DEPART M ENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

Cochran, Growing City, Is Closely Allied With Farm Program of County

J ust 4 1 yea rs old an d nam ed for a beloved Northeast Georgia ci tizenC h ief J ustice Logan E . Blecklcy, wellrem em ber ed by !lla ny Georgia ns tod ay for hi s wisdom and wit-Blecklev is one of th e lead ing agricu ltura l co un tics of lower Middle Geo rgia .
Coch ra n, th e co un ty sca t, is a b ustling city of 3,35 7 population , hav ing ga ine d nearl y 1,000 peop le fro m 1940 to 1950 .
Th er e is hardl y a city in Geo rg ia that is as closely a llied with th e farming acti viti es of th e cou n ty in whi ch it is sit ua te d as is C och ra n . A "college town ," but with severa l h und red indu stri al workers, Coch ra n people and bu sin ess a rc closely all ied with th e co unty.
Sleckley County
Bleckley was crea te d by an ac t of th e G eorgia Legislature on July 30, 1912, and will be 4 1 yea rs old on J uly 30. T he po p ula tion in 1950 was 9,2 18. Its a rea is 2 19 sq ua re mil es, with land a rea of 140,160 acr es, 85.9 percent of wh ich is in fa rm s, or 120,399 acres. T he ave rage size fa rm is 138.4 acres, and th ere a rc 870 fa rm s in th e coun ty.
Bleckley Co unty farmers an d ca ttle raisers h ave won so m an y prizes for th eir products th at th e county is known as th e " Prize-winning Coun ty" of Georgia. A number of livestock growers h av e outstand ing ca ttle farmsmo st ly beef- and have won m an y pri zes a t coun ty, Sta te and district fa irs. Ther e a re five da ir ies in th e county.
Perm an ent pastures hav e been and still a rc stressed by County Farm Agent
.J. W . N orris. C rop records include
3.0 7 bal es of co tton per acre on fiv e acres, grown in 1949 by W . A. M ead ows, and 216.2 bu shels of co rn a n acre, gro wn on five ac res, by C liff Dunn in 1949 . T hev were bo th Stat e win ners in th ose con tes ts ,
Beef ca ttle growe rs includ e R . M. Allison , H ereford s ; J a ck W eatherl y, son of th e lat e E. B. W eatherl y, a pio neer ca ttle ra iser in Bleckley, Brahma-Angus breed er ; M ayor Jam es Dykes has a la rge beef ca ttle farm as do C . L.
Dunn, J. R. Porter , W . A. M ead ows
and Mrs. W. A. King. Some of th em have h erds of from
200 to 1,000 cows eac h . Pin e and hardwood tr ees abound in

Bleckley, m uch of it bein g a long th e O cmu lgee R iver, wh ich forms th e western bound arv line between Blecklev a nd H ou ston ' Coun ties. Little O cnlUt-' gee R iver trav erses the eas te rn pa rt of th e co un ty, and m a ny cree ks a lso fu rnish a bountiful su p ply of wa ter. M uch pulpwood is sold a nd seve ra l large lumber mills process timber. J effriesM cEl ra th Lumber Co., of M a con , own m uch land in Blcckl ey, operate the ir own for est-fire p rot ecti on uni t a nd follow refor estati on pra cti ces.
L . N . Harris, co unty soil conservationi st, says th er e a re about 450 coopera to rs in th e co u n ty in th e Ce n tral G eorg ia So il Conse rva tion Di stri ct , and the m ember s plan th eir fa rm s for th eir best usc. " T hey use eve ry ac re within its ca pa bilities a nd trea tm en t of each ac re in accorda nce with its need s for p rot ect ion a nd im provemen t," M r. H a rris asserts.
T hi s conserva tion p rogr am includes soil building, wit h cove r cro ps, proper terracin g a nd pasture seed ing tha t ge t th e best results on the various types of land in th e coun ty.
It is estimate d tha t 135,000 pine seedlings were set in th e cou n ty in th e 1952-53 reforestati on p rogram .
General Crops
Genera l crops a re gro wn in th e coun ty, including pecan s, corn , g ra ins and peach es. Mrs. W . A. King and M ead ows & Porter both h ave big pea chpa cking plants, th e la tter firm m a rketing th ei r own br and of p ea ch es under well-known nam es. Mrs. King a lso pa cks for other growe rs.
At one time Blecklev was th e second hog-p roducin g coun ty in th e Un ited Sta tes, a nd its " Ba n ner H a ms" wer e famous with na tion-wide sales for many yea rs. Plans a re on foot to rev ive Bleck'ley's ham indust ry.
M uch poultry a nd m an y egg s a rc produ ced on Bleckley fa rms a nd the hog ind ustry is g rowing . H og and cat tle sales eve ry M onday at the ya rd operated by Ernest M ash bu rn and T om Bem br y tot al from $35,000 to $40,000 weekly. M an y sales a re a lso made a t Dublin , M acon a nd M cRae markets.
Farm Ag ent Norris repo rts ther e are mor e th an 100 farm ponds in th e county that afford wat er for both livesto ck an d fishing, a nd some fa rm crop irri-

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ga tion is planned fro m ponds, creek s a nd deep wells.
The O cmulgee River a ffo rd s exce llent fish ing wa ters, and th e swam p is said to ab ound in wild turkeys, qu ail, alliga to rs, bea r, a nd beaver, a nd is ca lled th e huntsman's " pa ra d ise."
T he Georgia Power C om pa ny furnishes electricity for th e a rea , an d R EA lines a re p rov ided by th e O conee Electric M em bersh ip Corporation , wit h head q uarters a t Eastman, whi ch serves Bleckley, D od ge, Pulaski a nd pa rt s of T elf ai r and Lauren s Coun ties. A large per cen tage of Bleckl ey farms ha ve electri city, furni shed by REA a nd Georgia Power Com pa ny lines. T h e Southe rn Bell T elep hone C om pany p rovid es both city an d r ur al telephon es.
Bleckley is criss-crossed by a hi gh way system that includes Sta te H ighwa ys 8 7, 26, 112, 257, 278 a nd 126, a nd U . S. 23 a nd 129.
The So u thern R ailroad ' s m ain line between Atla n ta, M acon and Brunswick tr averses th e coun ty, a nd a lso opera tes a line between Coch ra n and H awkinsville, a d istance of abo u t 10 m iles.
Blcckley is in th e Sixth Co ngressiona l Di st rict , rep rese n ted by H on . C arl Vinson , of M illed geville ; is in th e O conee Supe rio r Co urt C irc uit, of whi ch H on . Esch ol G raham, of M cR ae, is J ud ge, a nd in th e 14th Sta te Senato rial Dist rict, composed of Bleckley, D ooly and Pul aski C oun ties. Hon . Pete Pettey, of H aw kin svill e, is th e present Senator.
H an . Ben J essup is a m ember of th e L egislature fr om Bleckley Co un ty, and is also a m ember of th e Board of Co m mission er s of th e Georgia D ep artment of Co m merce.
County Officers
Hlccklcy Coun ty officer s include : Sheriff G us G id dens, O rdina ry R . W .
Coody, T ax Collector H . J. Purser, T ax
Receiver S. A. Arnold. C lerk of Super ior Co urt, D . M . F orehand, Com mi ssion er a nd Treasurer Iv v IVL Sm ith. Coro ne r M. C. Da rsey, S urvey or Dan Dea n, Coun ty School Su pe rin tende n t
W . B. Bra dy, Cou n ty Attorn ey .J. F .
Fl oyd a nd J ustice of Peace H. R . Fl oyd . Solicitor of O con ee Court Circu it is
Roger H . Law son of H awki nsville.
C och ra n, origina lly Dykesboro, is one of th e pi on eer cities of th a t section , having been in corporat ed M arch 19, 1869, situa te d a t th at time in Pul aski Coun ty. It is now 84 yea rs old , twi ce as old a s Bleckl ey Coun ty-ra the r old in years, yet young in spirit a nd en te r-

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prise. The hum of facto ries m ing les with that of tr actors or th e lowin g of fin e cattle on nearby farm s.
The progressive spirit of th e city wa s dem on strated on Ap ril 8 when a bond issue totalin g $ 115,000 was vot ed overwhe lm ing ly. Th e bonds are for th e followin g imp rovements : wa ter and sewerage, $85,000 ; schoo ls, $20,000; swimmin g pool , $ 10,000.
At th e same tim e, Coc hran residents also voted favo rably on issuing certificates in th e amo unt of $630,000 "for acq uiring a n atura l gas system , thi s amount to be re pai d out of proceed s of th e system a nd does n ot constitute debt against C ochran ." The gas is to be furni shed by th e Southe rn N atural Ga s Co . Co mm ercial ga s is now used in C och ra n an d in th e rural a reas.
The L & H Shi rt Co m pa ny is Coc h ran's biggest fact or y, em ploying some 500 p eop le, m ostly local women wh o make m en' s and boys' dr ess and sports shirts. The plant, of whi ch Ben Schue bel is supe rinte ndent, also op erates it s own box factor y.
Other Cochran industri es include th e T. L. Williams Packin g C o., meat pa ckers, wh ich bu ys a la rge volume of local livestock, renders lard and also sells tankage. The firm em ploys from 15 to 20 peop le, seasona lly.
Other Industries
The L cnk erd Com pa ny is a wh olesaler of tr act or and automo tive tools and acc essories and cove rs seven Sou thern states ; Acme C onst ruction Co ., own ed by M ayor J am es M . Dykes, grading an d p avin g contrac tors ; Hi ll

Boat M anufacturing Co., makes plywood boat s; Pier ce Cabine t Shop uses local h elp and materi al. T he Southern Bell T elephone Compan y plans an exten sion to its present bui lding to in crease its faciliti es, local a nd rural.
Coc h ra n has com pleted tw o h ou sing pr ojects of 26 b rick units eac h fo r white and colored, both com pletely occupied and with a waiting list of 100. Mrs. Gu y Benson is m anager of th e Coch ra n H ou sing Authority.
Ther e a re four gins a nd five wa rehous es in Coch ran and Bleckley C ounty, including th e Coch ra n Oi l Mill and Ginn ery, Coc hran Warehouse C o., Blecklcy W ar eh ou se & Gin C o., Brown Brothers Gin a t Yonkers and W ad e Gin Co m pa ny at Ca rey. They gin a nd store cotton an d also p eanuts, There wer e 4,088 bales of cotton ginne d in th e coun ty last season .
Cochran Motels
There are three m otels a t C och ra n an d another, to cost approximately $140,000 , is being erec ted. Two banks serve th e area , th e State Bank of Co chran, of which L. S. Leach is pr esident,
an d Cook Banking C o., J. E. C ook,
p r esid e n t .
Newell N eSmith is pr esid ent of th e Junior Cha mbe r of Co mme rce, an active booster organi zation, and Coch ran has a large number of civic clubs and organizations fo r both men and women .
The 44-year-old Coch ra n .Journ al, weekly newspap er, has been published th e last five yea rs by th e "S m ith Family." Battl e B. Sm ith is publisher, W .

3 Commerce Folders
N a med N a tion's B est
The N ational R esearch Bureau, Inc. , of Ch icago, -has chosen three of th e promotion al folders sent out by th e Georgia D epartment of Comme rce as th e fin ~st exam ples of l.ayout design used thi s year by a ny privat e or govern me n ta l organization in dir ect m ai l promotion. Two hundred th ousand copies of th e three fold ers, including th e booklet " M r. Sm ith Lo oks at Georgia," have been m ailed out, and an av erage of 200 dai ly requ ests fr om out of th e sta te for promotional material ar e being filled by th e Department, sta tes Clark G ain es, Sec reta ry of th e D epartment.
R . " Pop" Smith is editor, Marth a S. Smith associa te ed ito r an d Mi ch ele S. Smi th business m an a ger.
Middle Georgia College, a unit of th e University System of Georgia, is located in C och ra n, a co-ed college of some 250 stu den ts. A n ew $200 ,000 men' s dormitory h as just been completed, and a new din ing hall to cost approximately $75,000 is to be built soon . The plant has 21 bui ldings, its "campu s" including 200 acres. D r. L. E . R oberts is presid ent.
Five denominations have church es in Cochran-Methodist, Baptist, Primitive Baptist, Church of God, and th e ~pi scopa lians have a ch urc h bui ldin g lJ1 the course of construction, th e fir st of th a t denominat ion in the city.
A 14-acre tr act of land h as been acqui red upon which a mod ern high school to serve Coch ran a nd Bleckley C~)llJ1 ty will be bui lt to tak e th e pla ce 01. th e pre sent h igh scho ol plant, whi ch WI ll be tak en ove r by th e gra mm a r sch ool. There is also a colored hi gh schoo l in C och ra n with severa l colored and white gramma r schoo ls in th e co u n ty .
County high pupils are brought to Coch ran in bu ses. Prof. Frank T aylor is superin tendent of Coch ra n Hi gh .

T ho usands of shirts are made at the L & H Pla n t in Cochran, whic h gives employment to some 500 local me n and wome n. The plant has just been enlarged t o provide more space and a bigger output of goods.

City Officiais
.J. M . Dyk es is M ayor of Coch ra n an d th e six Aldermen are : J. A. Webb , C . M. Th ompson , .J. O . St okes, R aw-
lins Ho rn e, Ben J essup and Ernest K ennedy. W . L. H orn e is City Cl erk.
Visit Coc h ran and Bleckley C oun ty, a live city, closely alli ed with its adjoin ing rich farm ing section.

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University Offers
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1953, a nd a p plica n ts will tak e tests ea rly in M ay. W inner s will be announced July 1, 195 3.
U niversity of Geo rgia gra d ua tes h ave m ad e rem arkabl e records in th e a nna ls of th e Sta te a nd nation. Accord ing to a recen t " Bulle tin of the U niversity of Georgia," in the la test availa ble ed ition of " W ho 's Who I n Am er ica ," 123 alum ni of th e U n ive rsity wer e listed , ran kin g G eorgia 46th out of 1,800 colleges and univer siti es in th e co un try . Ther e were only four institu tions from th e 14 So u thern sta tes which contrib u ted more form er stud ents to th e list th an did th e U nivcrsity.
Of the past 12 Governors of th e Sta te , 10 a ttende d th e Univer sity. The most recent Gen eral Assembly of G corgia had 62 former U niver sity stud en ts a mong its 259 members, Four of G eorgia' s 10 Congressm en a re alum ni , as is Sena to r Ri ch ard B. Ru ssell. Other U n iversity a lum ni includ e 17 of th e past 25 presidents of th e Georgia Bar Associat ion , four of th e past 12 past p residents of th e M edi cal Associat ion of Georgia, a nd seven of th e past 16 presid en ts of th e Georgia Educa tion Associa tion.
State Parks Open
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tage to any of G eorgia' s ma gnificen t p arks.
For information concerning th ese parks, con tact th e D ep artment of Sta te Parks, 418 Sta te C ap ito l, Atl anta , G eorgi a.

Cornelia and Habersham (Con tin ued from Page 5 )

gram , better farm-to-m arket road s, a nd th e saving of th e road to L ake Ru ssell.

W ith an eye ou t for th e tourist indust ry, th e C hambe r hold s a yearly elass in tou rist co u rtcsv for everyone in th e com rn un itv wh o d ea ls with ' tou rists. It

also spo n so rs a sa lesma nsh ip a nd p ro-

fessiona l selling school. Furth erin g the co urtesy- to -to u rists cam pa ign, th e Police Depa rt men t gives out -of-town visitors who have violat ed parking regulati on s a ticket ord ering them to enjoy " ou r friendly cit y, to feel a t hom e and to view our points of inter est." On the back a few facts about Co rn elia

a re gIven .

Officers of th e Co rn elia C hamber of Com me rce a rc C. C . Kimsey, prcsi-

dcnt ; F . Jack Ad am s, vice-presid ent ;

H . B. K im zey, secreta ry-treas urer, and

Mrs. H elen S. Stewa rt, m a na ger. Di-

rectors a re Calvin St ova ll, Hubert Rit-

ch ie, J ack Ellard , A. L. C ra wfo rd , U .

E. Davi s, C leo Finley, Ha rry Purvis, L.
1'. Irvin , .J. P. Ball ard and Lester Ben-

field .

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T ouri sts can m ak e th em selv es CO Infortabl e in Cornelia with its fine hot el a nd th ree good m ot or cou rts. A new

mot or court is under const ruction at p resen t,

W ith all its ind ustry, ag ricu ltu re is

not ignored in H a bersham Coun ty. Fa ,'

yea rs it ra nk ed fir st in th e p roducti on

of a p ples in th e Sta te a nd seco nd in

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ing to the 1950 Ce ns us of Agriculture of th e U . S. D ep a rtment of Com m erce.
C ity off icials a re M ayor Ben W . Crow, a nd Commission ers a re V. E, Davis, J ohn M . Forrester, Sa nf ord
Blackburn and .J. P. Blackburn .
Other town s loca ted . in th e coun ty a re C la rkesville, Dem orest, M t. Airy a nd Bald win.
Cla rkesville, with a popu lation of 1,106, is coun ty sea t of H ab ersh am . The N orth Geo rg ia Trade School, wh ere more th an 400 studen ts learn tr ad es, is locat ed a t C la rkesville. H er e th e TriCo un ty Ad vert iser, an outsta nd ing weekl y pa per , is publish ed by C ha rles 1'. G rav es. Industries a re th e C la rkesville Mill of U n ited M erch ants & M anufactur ers, em ploying hundred s, C la rkesville Lumber C o., M . F . Cowa n, hunbel' mouldi ng, M assey Co nc re te C o., and Reeves Build ing Su p ply Co . M a yor of C larkesville is Am ilee G rav es, (M rs. C. 1'. ) .
Co un ty offi cer s are Ordina ry Ol iver G . Allen, Clerk of Su perior C ourt J am es A. Brab son , Sheriff Geor ge H, Pardue, T ax R eceiver H oyt Ada ir, T ax C ollector G, 1'. Brock, Surveyor O . F . Sm ith, Coro ne r Geo rge \-Y . Ca rpen te r, Superin tend ent of Coun ty Schools Ernest R . H a llford a nd Co un ty Attorney G lenn W . Ellard. O liver Allen is C oun ty Co mm issioner.

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NEWSLETTER

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-monthly by

GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE

100 State Capitol

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* HERMAN E. TALMADGE

Governor

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

EMORY L. BUTLER Chairman

Lonni .. A. Pope, V. Chm. Ben Jessup

Y. F. Gl"l"slin Hoke Peters

* CLARK GAINES

Secretary

Vol. 4, No. 18

May 25, 1953

Four New Motels
Wooing Travelers
M or e tourist accom moda tions a rc going up th rou gh out th e State. At Ri chl and, th e 20-unit K ay-L yn K ourt is no w open for bu siness. Oper ated by J ack 1'. Chappell M otor Comp an y, it is locat ed on U . S. Hi gh way 280, and Sta te 55. A two-stor y center building is flan ked by 10 units on eac h side. Mrs. O. S. Wood is manager.
The Am eri cus M ot el is under con stru ction at Am ericus. This 21-unit st ruc ture will cost $150,000, a nd is loca ted a t th e in ter sect ion of R outes 19 and 280. O fficers of th e Leila-F ran ces Corporat ion, whi ch is building th e tou rist cour t, a rc Fr an k Stapl et on, L awson D. Stapleton , E. J ean W ise, an d 1'. L ee L an e of Athens.
Thomaston is th e site of a new tourist court, bein g built by Lama r Hinson , whi ch will consist of 17 un its and will probabl y have resta uran t accom modations. It is locat ed on U . S. H ighway 19.
The Dixie M ot el, at Adel, held it s formal opening rece n tly. O wned by
M r. and M rs. .J. V. Smith, th e new
mot el has 20 units. The G . C. Pattens open ed a 12-unit mot el a t Adel severa l weeks ago, at th eir home.

MAY 24-26 - Atl anta : Southe astern Peanut Associa tion, Biltmore H ot el.
?-';IAY 26-28 - Savannah: K n i g h t s T emplar, Gra nd L odge of Georgia, H ot el D eSoto.
MAY 27-0pening of Savanna h Sta te Farmers M arket.
M AY 27-30-Savannah : Georgia Ba r Associa tion, Hotel D eSoto.
M AY 31-J U N E 2-Atlanta : M otion Picture Theatre O wn ers a nd Operators of Georgia, Biltm ore H ot el.
J UNE 1-6-Ha rt Co unty Centen nial.
JUNE 2-4--Sa vannah : Southern Pulp. wood Co nservation Ass' n., General
O gletho rpe H ot el.
J UNE 2-Macon : Lio ns Club Co nventio n.
J UNE 3-4-Atlanta: Georgia Feed an d Poultry Ass'n. , Biltm ore H otel.
J UNE 4-7-Savannah : Georgia M otor Trucking Ass'n ., Gen eral Oglethorpe H otel.
J U N E 4-6-Atla n ta : Georgia F ederation Post Offi ce Clerks, Ansley H otel.
J U NE 7-Athens : Bacca la urea te Sermon, U n iversity of Geor gia .
J U NE 8-A th ens : Alum ni D ay, U niversity of Georgia.

M ay 25, 1953
J UNE 8-Athens : G ra du ation Exercises of U niversity of Georgia .
J U NE 8-12- Sa vanna h : SAL R ailway F reight Agents, D eSoto H otel.
J U NE 9- 11- Sa vannah : Coun ty Officers Ass'n., of Geor gia, Gen eral Ogleth orp e H otel.
J U N E 11- I4--Sav annah : R oofin g and Sh eet M etal Co n tractors, Gen eral Og leth orp e H otel.
J UNE 11-13-Macon: Georgia Vocation al Associa tion.
J UN E 17-19- Savan nah: G ea r g i a Sta te Fire Figh ters Ass'n., H otel DeSoto.
J UNE 18-21 - Atlan ta : Veter ans of Foreign W ars, Biltm ore H otel.
J UNE 19-21- M acon : D em olay Sta te C on cla ve.
J U NE 21-23-Atlanta : Georgia Veterina ry M edical Ass'n. , Biltmore H otel.
J UNE 22-26-Ath ens : School Lunch Personn el Workshop .
J U NE 23-24--Ath ens : Georgia F edcration of W om an' s C lubs I nstitute.
J UN E 25-27- Savann ah : G c o r g i a Press Ass'n ., Gen eral O glethorpe H otel.

COVER PICTURE
A view of Atl antic Steel Co mpany of Atla nta, sh owing a n ew un it of th e pl ant in th e foregrou nd a nd th e m ain pl ant in th e ba ckground. This comp any produces th e well-know n "D ixisteel" produ cts. It covers almost 200 ac res a nd employs approximately 2,000 p ersons ma king 65 different products. Ph oto by Caro lyn Carter.

An aerial view of Hampton, located in Henry County. (See story on pa ge 5. )

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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NEWSLETTER

M ay 25, 1953

Georgia Sheep Raising Definitely on Upgrade As Local Wool Mills Bring Increased Demand

Sheep raisin g, likely th e old est animal farming occupati on engaged in by man , is definitely on th e up gr ad e in Georgia .
Aft er a slump in th e number of sheep in th e Sta te a nd a big drop in pri ce, com pa red with 10 yea rs ag o, th e sheep popu lation in Geor gia on Janua ry 1, 1953, wa s reported by th e Crop Reporting Service, Ath ens, as 13,000, a gain of 2,000 in a year a nd a steady rrain since 1947. o Th e number of anim als 10 yea rs ago - 1944--was report ed as 18,000, valued at $5.4 0 a h ead , a tot al valu e of $97,000, wh ereas th e rep ort listed 13,000 on J anua ry 1, value d a t $ 16.10 a head , with a tot al value of $209,000.
Sh eep growing in Geor gia is scattered well over th e Sta te, m any farmers finding th em pr ofitable, and also farm youth club s a re adding th em to th eir pro gr am s of livestock ra ising .
Double Barreled Income Shee p a re valua ble, both for th eir
wool an d for mutton, thus giving a " double-barrel" in come. Operation in Georgia at thi s tim e of severa l mills th at usc wool in th e m anufacture of products is greatly stim ula ting the demand for local woo l and creating an expande d m ark et .
At a recent meeting h eld at th e Geor gia Exp erim en t Station a t Griffin, th e Geor gia sh eep br eeders voted to pool th eir wool " crop" each year for sale in ca rload lots. The move, it was pointed out at th e Georgia Sh eep Breed ers Association meetin g, will mean th at sh eepmen can reali ze from three to eigh t cen ts a pound more for th e wool sold in bulk .
The Sta te's p roduction of wool is estim at ed to be from 24,000 to 48,000 pounds a yea r.
Citing th e success of sh eep shows at two Georgia fairs last fall, th e Geor gia State Fai r at M acon and th e Athens Agri cultural Fair, th e growers at Ex periment asked th at a Sheep Show be included in Atlanta' s So utheastern F ai r this fall.
Dr. O . E . Sell, head of th e Experiment Sta tion's a nima l industr y department, sta tes that sh eep, becau se less land is required, ar e being used in some of th e sta tion's grazing tests.
A flock of shee p an d lambs were main attra ctions at th e Sh eep Produc-

tion Short C ourse h eld on April 24 at th e University of Georgia, Athens, when va rious management practic es were demonstrated.
How to fit sheep for showing was demonstrated, and th e proper m ethod of cleaning wool by ca rding and trimming was shown. A demonstration in shee p shearing also was given, and a simple m ethod of grading lambs for market whi ch a farmer could easily learn and use, was shown.
More than 100 persons attended th e Short Course, whi ch was th e fir st ever held at th e University.
Sh eep face two m enaces-par asit es a nd dogs. R esearch at agricultural expe rim ent stations is eliminating to some exten t th e d an ger an d prevalen ce of p arasites. She ep growers are advised to keep th eir anim als in p astures that are inclos ed in wir e fenc es that "will keep dogs out. Growers ar e also advised to keep a close watch on their shee p at all tim es-and also dogs th ereabou t. The use of houses or sheds for shee p at night is also urged to protect th em from dogs and from cold or rainy weather. Unsheared sheep absorb lots of water during a rain which might freeze in very cold weather.

Sh eep, it is said, make no outcry when attacked, and that is one reason why it is disa strous for dogs to attack a flock. Maybe that is the reason for th e exp ression "m eek as a lam b."
Sh eep ar e shear ed on ce a yea r, usually in April and M ay, and th e yield is from six to seven pounds of wool per h ead , whi ch sells from 60 cents to $ 1 a pound. It usually tak es about 10 minutes to shear a shee p.
Shee p gr aze well with oth er animals, such as cows a nd hogs , it not being nec essary to have exclusive or separate pastures for th em. Sh eep "fatten" by gra zing, and extra or "hard" feed-stuffs a re only necessary, if at all, during winter months wh en pastures ar e not green.
Sh eep have alw ays been closely alli ed with m an . Their woo l was likely among th e first products used in weaving cloth which clothed th e people of old .
Sh eep have also always been closely guarded by man . Sh epherds "were watching th eir flocks (of she ep ) by night," wh en th e Angel of th e Lord came upon th em, told them of the birth "this day a Saviour whi ch is Christ, th e Lord."

These hand some specimens are part of Georgia's 13,000 sheep population, whic h has been stea dily increasing in the past few years.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

May 25, 195:;

GEORGIII PIIRIIDE OF PROGRESS

Grain Elevator Additions
Additions to th e grain elevator and mill of th e A. G. Swint Seed & Grain Company at ORCHARD HILL, were dedicated on May 6. The new additions will double the capacity of th e elevators in storing and pro cessing grain, bringing th e total to 236,000 bu shels. The new elevators m ake a tot al of 15 at th e Swint's Orchard Hill operation. Albert Swint is pr esident of th e company, which in 1946 put into ope ra tion some of th e first grain elevator s in the State.
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Shirt Factory
A new shirt factory will soon be operating at KITE. About 80 persons will be employed. A building has been leased and necessary install ations and renovations arc being made. Pierce and Gross of Swain sboro are th e operators.
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New Farmers Market
The new $250,000 State Farmers Market at SA VANNAH will be opened on May 27. According to T om Linder, Commissioner of Agriculture, it will be one of the largest in the Sta te, and more mon ey will be invested in it ultimately, making it "one of th e largest terminal markets in th e entire system ." A 100-foot addition to th e VIDALIA Farmers Market was dedicated on May 6. The total dollar volume at this market in 1952 was $466,941.
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Cabin Crafts Enlarges
Cabin Crafts, Inc., of DALTON has an nounced an immediate building and expansion program. It will occupy all of th e form er R eal Silk Hosiery Mill , which has ju st closed its Dalton operation , and will construct a two-story and basement brick bu ildin g. A tract of land north of th e city limits h as been purchased and a mod em plant for th e manufa cture of wide carp eting is planned, -with ope rations exp ected to be under way th ere in th e fall of 1953. At th e main plant, construction has been completed on a large steel and brick building, where carpet-finishing equipment has been installed. The new building to be constructed is adjacent to thi s structure. F . R. Westcott, chairman of th e board, announced the exp a nsion .

Brunner to Locate
Plant at Gainesville
Another new industry is coming to Gainesville--the Brunner M anufactur ing Company, with home offices at U tica, N. Y. This firm, makers of airconditioning and refrigeration equip. ment , will be th e third industry to locate in Gain esville during 1953.
A. G. Zumbrun, pr esident and chai rman of th e board of Brunner, has announced that construction will sta rt very soon on th e 40,000-square-foot plant. It will be locat ed on Hi ghway 129, at the pr esent site of radio transmitter WGGA, which will move to a new location. Operations are slated to begin next fall, with about 150 employees.
The Gainesville plant will be active in developm ent a n d production of semi-he rme tically sealed units for refrigeration and air-conditioning.
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Pickle Industry Grows
T his is th e month the ADEL pickle ind ustry reaches giant proportions. Although th e Adel Canning & Pickling Company, one of th e nat ion's largest producers of fr esh pack pickl es, h as grown to be alm ost a year-round operation, during th e present peak season more than 500 persons are employed. During May th e cuc umbe rs begin to pour in from th e thousands of acres contracted for by th e company. All typ es of sweet and sour cucumber pickles ar e produced at Adel.
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Cheese Plant Operating
The cheese plant at MILLEN is being operated by wholesale milk distributors Bull and Thompson, who have leased it for a pe riod of several months. It went back into operation in April and has ave raged about 15,000 pounds of milk dail y. The bulk of th e milk supply comes from J enkins and surrounding counties..
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More Chinchillas
A chinchilla ranch has been started at AMERICUS by D r. Harold Clayton and Charles R . Sp eer. It is known as
the Sandy Grove Chinchilla Ranch.

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Goodyear Building
Goodyear officials have announced that grou nd has been br oken at CART ERSVI LLE for a new building to be locat ed at Atco. It is estimated that th e building, whic h is being constru ct ed to predip tire cord , and equipment will cost $ 1 million . The constru ction schedule ca lls for th e bu ilding to be finished by th e fall of thi s yea r. This is th e secend expansion of th e Goodyear Cotton Mills in th e Ca rters ville area in two years .
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Textile Mill Planned
Richmond Hill Enterprises, Inc., head ed by New England textil e executive Gilb ert Vern ey, has acquired more than 2,000 acres of th e Richmond Hill prop erti es of the International Paper Company. H e announced plans to build a textil e mill at Richmond Hill which will utilize synthetic fibers. The tract acquire d includes the 200-acre industrial site, Community House, church, Ri chm ond Hill Village, Blueber ry Village, and th e H ermitage - old Ford home- which Mr. Vern ey plan s to renova te and occupy.
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Hart REA Expansion
The Hart County Electric 'M embership Corp., has announced an expansion and rehabilitation program of REA facilities in the ar ea to cost $335,000. The proj ect has been anproved by th e U . S. Rural Electrification Administration in Washington, D.C ., and contracts will probably be let in June. Ira S. Haley is president.
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Broiler Testing Station
A $75,000 broiler testing station is to be locat ed at ATHENS, serving as a centr alized and standardized testing sta tion for 13 Southeastern states. Plan s anno unced by Dr. Don C. Warren, poultry research co-ordinator for the U . S. Dept. of Agriculture, call for an ope ra tion handling about 8,000 chicks and 2,400 laying hens at one time . The Georgia bro iler industry will raise approximately one-half the construction cost, and the other states will raise th e rest. The best broiler stocks
will be brought together for study of
performance and merit and comparison
with oth er stock.

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M ay 25, 195J

The Sou the rn States Equ ipment Corporation, located at H am pton, employs 350 pers ons, in its modern pla nt .

Hampton and Henry (ounty Reach New Agricultural, Industrial Heights

The city of Hampton, located in H enry County, sou th pf Atlanta and north of Macon , today is writing a prospero us chap ter in its long history,
I ndustry an d agriculture h ave both been develop ed and expande d to new heights. The old row-crop agriculture has made way for livesto ck, dairying and beef cat tle, and lush gr een pastures. Industry is providing employment for Hampton's citizens, and many mod ern improvem ents are bein g made in th e town itself, all representing gr eat strides in th e life of historic Hampton.
H enry County and Hampton wer e created in the sa me year-1821. H enry was established from the Creek Indian lands. Later parts of H enry went to the coun ties of Rockdale, Butts, C la yton , DeKalb, Fulton, Newton and Spalding, ~iving H enry it s name of th e "mothe r of counties."
The coun ty wa s named for Patrick H enry. Hampton, originally known as Bear Creek, ch anged its name in 1872, in honor of the Confed erate cav alry officer Gene~al Wade Hampton of South Carolina.
H enry Cou n ty h as an area of 331 squa re miles and a population of 15,857. There a re ap proxim a tely 1,500 per sons in th e immedi ate Hampton area. McDonough , a thriving industrial and agricultural city, is th e county sea t.
I nd ustr y has a strong foundation in Hampton with a large manufacturer of electrical equ ipmen t and a textile

compa ny employing hundreds of per sons.
Southern States Equipment Corporation has been operating in H ampton sinc e 1940, when it took over a foundry which had been ther e for many years. It now makes high-voltage switches and electrical transmission an d distribu tion equipment, and equipm en t for textile mills . This in dustry has grown from 50 employees in 1940 to 350 today, with an a nnu al payroll exceeding $1,000 ,000. Its electri ca l division do es business on a national scale and even exports some of its products to for eign coun tries. The mechanica l division prim arily serves the Southeast, but has representation in th e Northeast.
This plant has just been comp letely modernized, and now has one of th e most modern and handsome plants in th e State.
The Dowling T extile Company emplo ys many Hampton citiz ens in it s op erations. This firm produces hospital equipmen t mainly - gowns, tow els, masks and other simi lar items .
Agric ulture looms la rge in H enry County' s economy. Ther e are 211,840 acres in th e coun ty, with 85.5 per cent in farms accor ding to th e 1950 Census of Agri culture issued by the U . S. D ept. of Commerce, Bureau of th e Census. The av erage size of thes e farms is 102.4 acr es.
Row-crop agricult ure is practically extinct, and the farms have been tak-

en over bv dai rv a nd beef ca ttle a nd other live~to ek.' Within a thr ee-mile

ra dius of H ampton th er e ar c 16 pr o-

cluein g dairies. M an y ran ch ers hav e

come to th e ar ea from oth er sections of

th e country, so well-suited to th is type

of farming is th e land . In 1949, 8,660

ba les of cott on wer e produ ced in th e

co u n ty .

Many Improvements

The prosperou s balan ce of ag ricu l-

ture a nd industrv is evide nt in t he im-

p rovem ents tak ing pl ace in H ampt on.

A new clemc nta rv school will be sta r t-

ed thi s summe r. 'T he H amp ton H ou s-

ing Authority is constr ucting 25 uni ts,

costing a pproxima tely $300,000. T he

town's three chu rches a re all making

additions to th eir plants- one has com -

plet ed its educ ational buildin g, a noth-

er has th e educa tiona l bu ildin g close

to completion, a nd th e third will be

sta rted thi s summ er.

An extensive paving p rogr am h as

been comp leted in the city, a nd th e

elect rical distribution system has been

rebu ilt a nd mod ernized. Other im -

pro~ements include a completely auto-

mane telephone system, and a n enla rg-

ed wat er system.

R ecreation is encour aged A lar ge

municip al p ark h as tennis cour ts, bar-

becue pit s and p layground facilities

for children. The Youth Center and

Boy Scouts a re also active in providing

fa cilities for th e youngsters.

o

H ampton h as become a tr ading cen-

ter for man y persons. The stores there

have mod ernized a nd kept pace with

th e city's ag ricu ltura l a nd industrial

p rosperity. A bank is located in th e

city- the Bank of Hampton, esta blish-

ed in 1948, with Ben O . Sims president

and own er.

The Weekly Adv ertiser , published

by Frank Lin ch of M cDonough , re-

ports national and local news. This

well-known paper was esta blished in

th e county in 1874.

Official s of th e .City of H ampton

a rc Mayor Glenn Mitch ell and Coun-

cilme n G. H . Ford , Marvin Daniel, C.

C. Glenn, M . H. M obl ey, W. L.

Chandler and W. C . Pendley.

County offi cials are Ordinary C. H .

Bowen, Clerk Superior Court Bess

Fo uch e, Sh er iff E . Q . Owen, T ax Com-
missioner C. ' \T. Far ga son, Treasurer

Charles T . R a y, Surveyor F. W. Lov-
ell, Coroner E. "V. Barnett, Superin-

tendent of Schools H . R. Turpin and
County Attorney Thomas J. Bro wn. County Commissioners ar e J. C . Ch afin, Chairman ; C . W . Walk er, J. O . Cown, W . "V. Wise, Tommy Coan , and J. S. Hunt, Clerk.

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Historic Calhoun and Gordon County Active in Agriculture and Industry

T he city of Calhoun and th e county of Gordo n a re replete with hi story, especially Indian , but a re most pr ogressive both from an in dust rial and agricultural sta ndpoint.
Calho un is known as th e site of th e last cap ital of th e Cherokee Indian Nation and mo nu me nts th ere so sta te, alth ou gh th e actua l site of th e ca pita l location- Ne w Ech ota-is several mil es northeast of th e city.
A handsome m onument erected by the Govern me n t in 1931 m ark s th e hi stori c cap ital spo t from when ce th e Ch ero kee N ati on wa s " ruled." H ere also was published th e Cherokee Ph oenix, th e Indian-lan guage newspap er, th e alphabet which was devised by Sequoyah being used side by side with th e
English-lan guage type. R emoval of th e Indians to Indian
Territory, now Okl ah om a, in th e 1830' s destroyed th e town of N ew Echota, th e only m a rk ers of th e cap ital site being th e m onument, an Indian graveyar d a nd th e h ome where Elias Boudinot , a lead er of th e tr ibe, lived .
This is one of th e m ost hi storic spo ts
in Am erica .
Historic Resaca An other hi storic site in th e northern
part of th e county is R esaca, seene of a h ard-fought battle in th e Wa r Betw een th e States in th e 1860' s-the Battle of
Resaca . The graveya rd of th e soldiers wh o
fell in th e battle is enclosed by a ston e wa ll, and th e battle sites have been app ropriately m arked recently by th e Georgia Historical Commission .
N estled in beautiful O othcal ooga Valley an d su rro unde d by lofty m ountain peaks, Calho un is a p rogressive city of 3,231 p opulati on ( 1950) , a ga in of 300 over 1940.
The sound of th e saw and h ammer is mixed with th e h um of m achinery at C a lh ou n .
A modern , 40-bed h ospit al, th e Gordon County H ospit al, is being erected there under th e Hill-Burton Act , to cost $639,302. Y. A. H enderson is chair man of th e local H ospit al Authority, a nd th e fac ility is expected to be in ope ra tion within a few months.
T wo housing projects ar e under constru ction in Calhoun, on e of 44 units for whites and 24 un its for colore d . The cost is estimated to be $500 ,000 . G. C . Boaz is executive director of th e

Ca lho un H ousing Au tho rity. U nder an agre eme nt reach ed be-
tween th e Co un ty and Ci ty boa rd s of educa tion th e C ity and County schoo ls will be m erged, and th e plans call for a new and mod ern h igh school bu ilding to be erected in Calh oun to serve th e city and coun ty. A constitutiona l amendme nt is to be voted up on to auth orize th e consolida tion.
Prof. Avery A. G raves is superintend ent of th e Calho un sch ool system whi ch includes : th e high sch ool of which Pr of. E. H. Ramsey is principal : th e gram m ar schoo l, Prof. George Chambers p rin cip al ; Stephe ns sch ool for colored .
Pr of. Wayne L . Ashworth is superintendent of Gordon Cou nty Schools whi ch in clud e F airmount hi gh , consolidated schools at R ed Bud, O akmanR an ger, Son or aville, Bellwood, Liberty, Plain ville, O ostan aul a, Sugar Valley a nd R esaca .
Experiment Station The N orthwest Georgia Exp eriment
Sta tion, esta blishe d by th e State Board of R egents of th e University of Georgia System , has been in operation since Jan. 1, 1952. F orm er County Agent D ean D . H ayes is supe rintende nt of th e Sta tion whi ch serves 16 northwest Georgia counties.
A number of residences and other buildings a re under construction in Calhoun at thi s tim e.
A forward step was taken by Calho un citizens on M ay 5 wh en th ey vot ed a bond issue of $50,000 with whi ch to build a swimming po ol an d other recreati onal faciliti es in th e city.
Industr y in Calhoun and Gordon Co un ty revolves la rgely a roun d th e produ ction of tufted p rodu cts. A la rge m ajo rity of th e plants in Calh oun turn out th ese goods, em ploying hundreds of workers, whil e other pl ants a re allied with th e tu ft ed industry, such as launderers and dyers of th ese goods. Investme nt in th e tufted textil e industry in th e city and coun ty represent s m illions of dolla rs in bu ildin gs, eq uipment and goods.
Other plants in Ca lho un includ e th e Ech ot a Cotton Mills, Inc., a pioneer plant th at manufactures cotton sh eeting, single an d multiple ply cotton tufting yarn. H . F. J on es is president of th e mill.
Plants th ere also m anufacture Ice,

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ma ttresses, furniture, ice crea m, wood nove lties, a job printing pl ant, a corn mill, a grist mill. Severa l tufted text ile plants operate at R esaca ; one at R an gel'; one at Sugar Valley ; a bri ck plant at Plain ville ; a lumber mill, a tu ft ed produ cts pl ant an d a concrete m anufac turing plant at Fai rm ount, th e second lar gest city in .Gordon Co unty, with a population ( 1950) of a ro und 600.
H otel R ooker, at Calh oun , owned and ope ra ted by M r. and Mrs. Harry Wick, caters to tou rists as well as commercial business. H . L. R osser owns and ope ra tes th e H owa rd M otel, and M r. and Mrs. David Soper ar e p ropri etors of Sp ring Grove Court. Both motels a re on Highw ay 4 1, sou th of Ca lho un.
T he South ern Bell T eleph on e Co. , opera tes a dial system at Calho un an d also is extending its lin es to rural a reas.
H ospital faciliti es a re provid ed 'by th e J ohn ston-Hall H ospital in Calh oun, owned an d operated by D r. Wil bur D . H all an d Dr. R . D. Walter.
C. J. Brow n is m anager of th e M ar-
tin Theat er, a nd th ere is also a dri vein th eater on th e outskir ts of Calh oun , th e Bel-Air.
R adi o Sta tion WCGA , R . R. M agill, manager, is a com paratively new bu siness in Calho un. It opera tes on 1,000wa tts volum e.
The Gord on Co unty Lib rar y, Mrs. H omer Greeson, librari an , is sponsored by th e Calho un Wom an' s Club, of whi ch M rs. H a rvey Com bs is p resid ent. T he libra ry is hou sed in th e Wom an's C lub building in downtown Calho un, situated in a small park.
Geor gia Power Co mpany furnish es electricity and power for Calho un and th e a rea, and REA lin es also serve in th e cou nty.
Pa ul Sh offner is p resident of th e Calhoun R ot ary C lub, and Ch a rles Sm ith head s th e L ions Club. W om en' s organizations include th e sen ior and jun ior Wom en's club s, two ga rde n clubs , th e Sequoya h and Hillhou se, an d th e P usiness a n d Profession al Wom an's
club. Calhoun h as an acti ve Chambe r of
Comm erce of wh ich H astin g Scogg ins is p residen t and R. D ewey Self secr eta ry-manager.
Calhoun Newspapers
Calho un Newspapers , Inc., of whi ch
J. R oy M cGinty is presid ent, issues two
weekly newspap ers. Mr. McGinty is editor of th e Calhoun Times, published on Thursda ys. The Times is in it s 83rd year and on its " ea r" prints that it is "T h e oldest bu siness in stitution in Gordon county." Editor McGinty is past-

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pr esid ent of th e Geor gia Pr ess Association ; is ex-M ayor of Calhoun, an d h as served two terms as State Senator in th e Georgia L egislature from th e 43r~ ~is trict composed of Gordon, Wh itfie ld and ' M urr ay Counties, and serve d five "ears as a m ember of th e Sta te Boa rd ~f Educati on .
J. H . H obgood is vice-p residen t and <Teneral manager of Calhoun N ewspap ers, I nc., and is editor of the Gordon County News, issued on T uesdays . T he N ews is 10 years old . Mrs. H obgood is the daughter of th e late H enry N evin and a grandda ugh te r of the late Jam es B. N evin , both well-known in G eor gia newspaper circl es.
The Ca lh oun N ational Bank serves th e area financially. A. B. David is pr esident an d Otto C . Langford cash ier. D eposits totaled $5,177,448.34 on
J<:.11. 1, 1953, reflectin g th e sound finan-
cial condition of th e section.
Calhoun officials include M ayor lumes K een e and four Ald ermen, Tom '11. David, Hoyt Edwards, Mims HalTison and Jack N esbitt; H . B. Owens, City C lerk; A. B. Woo d, Ch ief of Police ; Guy Fox, F ire Chief ; A. R . McDani el, Jr., City Superintendent.
Gordon County
Gordon County was crea ted in 1850 a nd was named for William B. Gord on. The population in 1950 was 18,922 and the la nd are a is 375 square mi les, or 229, 120 acr es, with 1,964 farms, the average size of whi ch is 100.5 ac res.
Gen eral crops ar e grown, with som e livestock farms. The 1952 cotton crop tot aled 11,872 bales. With neighboring pulp mi lls in th e area, much pulpwood

is bein g sold, as well as timber for lumber.
The county is serv ed by three railroads, the Southern, N .C . & St. L., (W . & A., State-own ed ), and th e L. & N . Each road traverses th e entire distance of th e county, serving different a reas .
T he county is criss-crossed by high wa ys, incl uding U .S. 41 and 411 and Sta te 53, 225 (under construction ) and 143- (contract just let to pave to Sugar Valley) . A fa rm -to-ma rket road paved from Calho un to R ed Bud , 10 miles.
Two Rivers
The Conasau ga and Coosawattee Ri ver s unite in th e coun tv a nd form th e Oo stan au la River, whi ch joins th e Etowah at Rome to make th e Co osa River .
Churches dot every city and com munity in Gordon County-Bap tist, M ethodist, Pr esbyterian and Ch urc h of God .
Natural a nd commercial gas a re provid ed in th e county.
John R. Gunnels is County Farm Agent ; C . B. Beale is County Soil Conservationist ; H . L ee T aylor is County
PMA Director, and J. C . McDearis is
Co unty Forest Ranger.
An unusual "ind ustry" in Gordo n Co unty is Amakan ata Fish H at ch ery, opera ted by Jim H . R eeve and Cha rlie Smith. T hree mi les from Calhoun, the hatch ery in a few years h as grown to international proportions and is said to be th e " la rgest fish h atchery of its kind in th e world. " D elivery of fish for stream and pond stoc king is m ad e in tr ucks direct to pond or lake, and expr ess shipme nts are made in special

A street scene in Calhoun, Ga. , showing th e Gordon Coun ty Co ur thouse.

3 Commerce Groups
Organize in State
Several cities in Georgia have recently set up or rea cti vated Chamber s of Commer ce.
Cl ayton County h as orga nized a Cha mber of Commer ce as a " mediu m of group ac tion tow ard better faciliti es, better living, more progr ess and keep ing abreast of th e tim es." Several coun ty-wid e meetings h av e been held a nd temporar y offi cer s named . G rad y Lindsay of For est Park is serving as
ch airm an, and J. E . Edmunds of
J onesboro is secr et ary-trea sur er .
Evans Co unty has also taken steps to organize a Chamber of Commer ce. All br an ch es of bu siness, prof essional, farm and tourist trad e ar e to be represen ted in th e new group, who se main object is to get n ew industries in th e a rea. T emporary offi cer s a nd com mittees wer e named .
The Hogansville C hamber of Commerce, which h as been in active for about two years, has been re activa ted. A m ass meeting was held and attracted mu ch interes t. N ew officers a re
President C. O . L am, Vi ce-President J.
Crawford Ware a nd Director s John R. Hines, Cl aude S. Burden , J 1'. , M rs. M artha Hancock, Bill Trippe, Jim K eit h, Robert Fort a nd Don Downs.
ca ns. Shipmen ts a re mad e to points all
over th e U nited Sta tes a nd to m an y foreign countries. The h at ch ery, whi ch specializes in young br eam and bass, is one of t he show-plac es of Gordon C oun ty.
Gordon County officers include :
Ordinary, J. 1. H olland ; Clerk of Court,
Floyd Whittem ore ; Sheriff, H . H . Pr ater ; T ax Commissioner , W . G. (Bill ) Robertson ; Comm issione r, John Slag le ;
Coroner, J. H . H enderson ; Co unty
Sch ool Superi n tenden t, Wayne L. Ashworth.
Henry A. Mauldin, is m ember of th e Legislature from Gordon Co unty.
Calhoun is th e h om e of Judge J. H.
Paschall of th e C he rokee Superior Co ur t, and also of Beverl y Langford, Assistant Solicitor General. J ack Lance, a sch ool sup ervisor of th e State Department of Education, also lives in Calhoun.
Visit Calhoun and Gordon Co unty; you will enj oy the hi sto ric spots you find th er e, an d a lso th e progr ess being made in industry and agriculture.

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Governmenf Confracts

Sti llwell Const., Co. , MACON Construction of additions to existing cen tral steam plant and cent ral steam dist ribution system , Robins Air Force Base, H ouston County, $679 ,887 .
Geor gia Southern Const. Co. , AIACON - Construction of hea dquarters bui lding, 14th Air Force, Robins Air Force Base, H ouston Co unty, $770 ,020 .
Grinnell Co ., In c., ATLANTA-Labor, m at erials , equipme n t and performan ce of all operations required for th e inst allation of automatic sprinkler system in bu ildin g located at Re dstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala ., $27,158.
Southern Wood Pr eserving Co ., EAST POINT-Creosoted po les, $43,340.
.J. W. St arr & Sons Lumber Co ., AT-
LANTA-Mill storage, $158 ,814 .
Southern Roadbuilders, A UGUSTA - Construction of ope rational apron at Brook ley Air Force Base, Ala., $ 1,428,30 1.
Corne lia Garment Co., COR N EL I A - K h aki cott on shirt, sta nd-up collar, 140,000, $ 116,760.
Perdue Mfg. Co ., ATHENS-Khaki cott on shirt, sta nd-up collar, 210,000 , $ 155,400.
J ohn J. Harte Co., ATLANTA-
A & E services for pr eparation of first inc reme nt of th e Master Shore Station Development Plan, U . S. Naval Supply, Ath ens, $11,600 .
H . C . Chambless, RICHLAND-Repairs to barracks U. S. Naval Aux iliary Air Station, Glynco, Ga ., $39,829 .
Orkin Exterminating Co., I nc., AT-

LANTA-Extermination of termites, U .S. Naval R eserv e Training Center, Tampa, Fla. , $2,725 .
Richards & Assoc., I nc., CARRO LLTON-Rehabi lita tion of outsi de electri cal distribution systems, U. S. Naval Industrial R eserve Shipyard, T ampa, Fla., $ 153,735 .
E. V , Camp Stee l Works, ATLANTA-Facilities for th e manufacture of Bomb, $491,475.
Williams Brothers Co ., CHAMBLEE - Construction gas transmission main, Fort Benning, Ga ., $48,062.
Win dham Electric Co ., CO LUMBUS-Construction of an underground duct system , Clark Hi ll Project, Savannah River, Georgia and South Carolina, $ 13,494.
Tri-State Const., Co ., ATLANTAPilot a utomotive maintenance shop fa cilities, $32,349.
Stapleton Garment Co ., STAPLETON-Manufacture of 300,000 pairs of Army tro users.
T. H . Pierc e Co ., CO LUMBUSConstruction of cafeteria bui lding, Marin e Corps D epot of Supplies, Alba ny, Ga ., $437,750.
Worten & B l o u n t Machin e Co ., WAYC ROSS-Generator sets, $2 1,000.
Schley County L umb er Co ., ELLAVILLE-Lumber, $ 16,000.
Trammell H a rd wood Fl ooring Co ., LaGR A N GE-Packing Boxes, $2 1,000 .
Co lumbus Lumber & Sup ply Co ., CO LUMBUS-Lumber, $45,000.

. Dersco Air -Conditioning & Refrigeran on, ATLANTA - R ehabilitation of Cold Storage Building at U. S. Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, F la., $32,800 .
Batson-Cook Com pan y, WEST POINT-Construction of central repair shops at th e U . S. Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, Alb any, Ga ., $2,526,000.
Winder Aircraft Corp., W INDERGlass Ass'y., $33,677.
Classic City Overa ll Co. , I nc" ATH ENS-Utility trousers, $157 ,920 .
Wri ght Mfg. Co ., TOCCOA-Utility Trousers, $53,862 .
Henry Garment Co ., ATLANTAField Trousers, $228 ,650 .
Savannah Suga r R efining Corp., SAVANNAH-Granulated sugar, $63,720 .
Monar ch Chem ica ls, Inc., ATLANTA-Beverage base, $102 ,831.
Choic e Flavors , Inc., ATLANTABeverage ba se, $79,997 .
Jackson & Bri ttain, SAVANNA HCo nstruction of squadron operations bu ilding, Hunter Air Force Base, Savanna h.
Tri-State Cons truction Co ., ATLANTA-Altera tions an d ad ditions to buildings 3 and 8 at th e U. S. Naval Ordnance Plan t, Macon, $23,563 .
George Park T ractor Co ., MACON --- Adap ters, shove l front an d lead power driver cran e upper section-$47,496 .
Associa ted Cleaning Co ntractors, Inc., ATLANTA-Janitorial services for USA & USAF rctg. main an d indu ction station, Chamblee, $26 ,845.

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* HERMAN E. TALMADGE Governor BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

EMORY L. BUTLER Chairman

Lonnie A. Pope, V. Chm. Ben Jessup

Y. F. Geeslin Hoke Peters

* CLARK GAINES

Secretary

Vol. 4, No. 19

June 10, 1953

Georgia Ranks High As Beef Cattle State

Georgia ra nks second among the South Atlantic States in beef cattle production thi s year, acco rding to a report by th e U. S. Department of Agricultur e's Bureau of Agricultural Eco nomics . Georgia's total thi s year in beef cattle production is 741,000 animals. Florid a, was first with 1,376,000. Georgia was followed by West Virginia in thi rd place with 296,000, No rth Carolina with 294,000, South Carolina 214,000, Marylan d 142,000 and Delaware 12,000 .
During th e pa st six years, th e report showe d, th ere has bee n a 46 percent rise in Georgia's beef ca ttle production, including calves. This ra te of in crease is substa ntia lly larger than the nationa l average rise of 38.7 percent.

COVER PICTURE
Christ Episcop al Church, St. Simons Island, Ga., one of th e most historic spots in th e State, is a mus t on the agenda for visitors to Georgia' s Golden Isles. H ere J ohn and Ch arl es Wesley, ordained mini sters of th e Church of Englan d, established a Church of England mission in 1736, and did their first preaching in Am erica under these great oa ks. They served th e garrison of Fort F rederica und er O gleth orpe. I n 1808, th e Georgia Legis lature incorporat ed the church as a parish. The first church built on thi s site was destro yed by fire , an d the present on e was erected in 1884.

JUNE 8-12-Savannah : SAL R ailway Freight Agents , DeSoto Hotel.
JUNE 9-11-Savan na h : County Officers Ass'n ., of Georgia, General O gletho rpe H otel.
JUNE 9-13-Athens : Advanced Aerial Pho to-Interpretation Short Course for Foresters.
JUNE 9-13-Athens: S t at e Home D emon str ation Council.
J U N E 11-14---Savannah : Roofing and Sheet M eta l Contrac tor s, Gen eral Oglethorpe H otel.
J UN E 11-13-Macon : Georgi a Vocation al Association.
JUNE 17-19-S a v an n a h : Georgia St ate Fire Fighters Ass'n ., H otel D eSoto.
J U NE 18-21-Atlanta : V eterans of Foreign Wars, Biltmore Ho tel.
J U N E 19-2 I-Macon : Demolay State Conclave.
J U N E 21-23-Atlanta : Georgia Veterinary M e d i c a I Ass'n. , Biltmore H ot el.
Warner Bros. Opens
Thomasville Plant
\ Varn er Brothers' n ew plant In Thomasville was dedicat ed recently in impressive cer emonies. Built at a cost of $450,000, it contains 32,000 square feet of floor space. It is modern in architecture, and so attractive that it ad ds considerably to Thomasville's indu stri al plants.
A plant was started in 1947 in th is city by Warner Brothers, nationallyknown producers of fou ndation garments, an d met wit h such success th at the new and enlarged fa cility was built.
T he bui lding hous es large sewing rooms, cutt ing and shipping room s, a packing and shipping area, cafeteria, offices and administra tive qu arters. It is completel y air-conditione d, and th e grounds have been landscaped and made attractive.
O ffice rs of the firm are John Field , pr esident, Arthur VV. Warner, vicepresident an d plant eng ineer, and William M . Puffer, manager of th e Thomasville plan t.
The H & H Con struction Company of T homasville erect ed th e bui lding.

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J U N E 22-26-Athens : School Lunch Personnel Work ship.

JUNE 23-24---Athens: Georgia Federation of Woman's Clubs I nstitute.

J U NE 25-27- S a van n a h : Georgia Press Ass'n., Gene ra l Oglethorpe H otel.

JUNE 29-J U LY 3-Athe ns : Schoo l Lunch Personnel Work shop .

JULY 5-7-Atlanta : Georgia Seedmen's Ass'n ., Ansley Hotel.

JULY 8-12-Savanna h: American Legion, DeSoto H otel.

J U LY 14-16-Savannah: F . B. 1. National Academy Ass'n . of Ga. , Genera l Oglethorpe Hotel.

JULY 15-17-Savannah : Sou. & S. W. R wy. Club , G e n e r a I O glethorpe H otel.

J U LY 20-25-Atlan ta: Fourth Annual

Dixi e Fo lk an d Square Dance I n-

stitute, a t Emory University, spon-

sored by Department of Ph ysical

Education and Community Educa-

tional Service, and directed by Mary

an d Fred Collette.

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J ULY 22-25-S a van n a h : Georgia Dairy Associatio n.

JULY 27-31-Athens : Di etetics Workshop I, University of Georgia.

Employment Bureau
Set Up At Prison
An Inmate Employm ent Bureau has been set up at Georgia State Prison a t Reidsvi lle, with the permission and sanc tion of th e penal authorities, to assist men an d wom en being disch arg ed or paroled in securi ng employment. Letters are being wr itten to businessmen and indust rialists thro ughout th e State, telling of th e program and asking for th eir help an d coop eration in find ing th ese persons suitable work.
Complet e information on th e prospectiv e employee will be furnished the employe r, containi ng material on his backgro und, qua lifications an d p rison records. A list of businesses willing to cooperate with the plan is being compiled . An y who are inter ested are asked to con tac t Harry T. M cClung, Inmat e Editor, The Spokesman, Box 216, R eidsvi lle, Ga.

NEWSLETTER
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J une 10, 1953

At left is a scene at th e Atlanta airport, with its hi gh ly ac tive h er e during a year. At ri ght is the new terminal build ing at Co lumpassenger terminal. More th an h alf a million passen ger s ar e handled bu s, complete d in 1950 at a cost of $400,000.

Cieorgia Is Served By Network of Airlines Carrying Many Passengers and Tons of Cargo

When you for me rly h eard th e zoom of an airplane, you only associa ted th e sou nd with someone flying th rough th e air, but all th at is changed now an d a plan e you h ear overhe ad m ay be ca rrying not only passen gers, bu t also any number of various items- likely produc ts fr om some farm in your own com munity.
And th e plan e may not be tr an sporting a nythi ng at all. It ma y be du sting a cotton field against weev ils or flying over a forest, detecting outbreak of
fires. Strategica lly located geographically
in th e Southeast, Georgia h as made rapid gains in air tr an sportat ion an d travel in th e last few years . The Sta te is easily accessible to all other parts of th e n ati on and to other countries, nea r an d far . This is especially tru e of points sou th, like Sou th Am erica, wh ere many isla nds afford "ho pping off" field s to other fore ign cou ntri es.
Geor gia is pretty well hon ey-combed with ai rfields, th e Civ il Aeronautics Authority reporting th at th ere are in th e Sta te 99 civil airpo rts ; 16 personaluse p orts ; 10 mili tar y fields and one seapla ne base a t St. Simons .
During 1951-th e last yea r for whic h figures a re ava ilable-five certifie d airlines h ad 69,618 aircraft dep artures fr om 13 airfields in Georgia ; ca rried 674,754 p assengers, 3,224 tons of air mail and 5,049 tons of cargo.
Certified airlines operating in Georgia a re Cap itol Airlines; Delta, C & S ; Eastern , Na tional an d South ern Airways.

Thirteen airline sche duled stops a nd 1,140 miles of airways serve certified air carriers in the Sta te of Georgia .
T he 13 airports serv e Atlanta , Albany , Athe ns, Au gusta, Brunswick, Columbus, LaGrange, M acon , M oultrie, R ome, Sava nn ah, Valdosta and Waycross.
Approxim at ely 1,000 p rivate and commercial plan es a re based in th e State. Economi c ut ilization of th ese plan es, besides use for passe nger carrying and p leasur e, include th e followin g uses:
(a ) Agricultural purp oses, incl uding du sting, sp raying, seeding a nd fertilizin g .
(b ) Patrol and survey uses, including aerial photography, for estry pa tro l to spot fires, mapping and survey ; pipelin e, telephone lin e a nd power lin e p atrol and wildlife pat rol a nd sur vey.
(c) Sp ecia lized uses including ambulan ce service, delivery of newspa pers, an d hauling of spec ial ca rgo , such as bab y chic ks and tom at o plants.
(d ) Advertising uses, includ ing signtow ing and sky wr iting.
Several forestry p rot ection units own and operate plan es that cons ta ntly patrol the forest areas to spo t fir es a nd also to cruise timb er .
M any Geor gia airports are consta ntly bein g improved a nd it is estimated th at within th e last five years approximately $ 10,500,000 has been spent on construction of n ew fields an d improvements and extensions to previously existing civil airports in th e State.
The volum e of bu siness handled by

th e five airlines at th e 13 Geor gia airport s in 1951 was as follows :

C ity:
Atl a nt a Alba ny Athen s Au gu st a Brun swick Columbus LaGrange Macon Moul t r -ie Rome Sava nnah Va ldo sta \ Vaycross

Landin gsT ak eolls: 33,870
2,883 1,497 6,1149 2 ,542 4 ,949 2 ,100 4,450 1,387 1,076 5, 663 2,485
717

Passc ngers : 561,360
6 ,925 1,658 35 , 798 4 ,602 18,071 1,127 13 ,9 79 1, 198 1,734 24 ,972 2,480
850

:'Iail , ton s: 2,940. 1
17.9 5.2 72.9 6.0 65 .8 4.3 30.5 4. 6 9 .0 54.0 10.2 4.0

Ca rgo, ton s: 4,733 .5
16.2 3 .7 94.6 31.0 49.5 4.5 55.6 1.3 3.0 46 .0 9.9 1.0

Totals

69,6 18 674,754 3,224.5 5,049.2

Cleveland to Get
Big Woole n Mill
Cleveland and White Co unty, whi ch h ave sho wn remarka ble progress in recent years , is to ge t a woolen mill to cost $2,000,000, whi ch will h ave a big payroll and will em ploy local people.
Ames Stevens, p resident of th e Ame s T extile Corporatio n of Lowell, M ass., h as sent eng ineers to Cl eveland to begin work on a 70,000-squ ar e foot woolen mi ll on Little T esnatee Creek, nea r C levela nd. Actual construction is expected to get underw ay by th e last of June and be completed ea rly in 1954, Engineer R alph M cPh erson, of Green ville, S. C., said .
The mill will m anufacture woolen goods and synthetics, which will be spun an d wove n at the C levela nd plant a nd dyed and finish ed in th e East.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

J un e 10, 1953

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

Vegetable Plant Season
The hu ge vegeta ble pl ant industry h as reach ed its peak at TIFTON , as lite rally mill ions of pl ants a re shippe d out. While thi s is a yea r-ro und industr y, th e tomato pl ant shipping seaso n, May and June, m a rks th e peak of th e selling ac tivities. M ore th an 8,000 persons are employed a t thi s time, 5,000 plant-p ullers and 3,000 in th e packing she ds. Eight p acking sheds ope rate in th e Tifton a rea, incl uding th ose at Omega and Chu la . The plants, wh ich are ship ped by rail, truck and express, go to ca nnery fa rm s and to wh olesale d ea ler s.
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Carrollton Gets Plant
A sh ir t facto ry, th e True Loom M fg. Co., of New Yo rk C ity, h as located in CARR OLLTO N, and will begin operations in th e immedi at e future. Work was begun in May on obta ining m achinery and on renovating th e bu ildin g. C . C . Page will be Car rollton plant m a n a ger.
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Wells Dairies Opened
A formal opening was held recently a t th e $1.5 milli on plant of Wells Dairies Co-operative at CO LUMBUS. Stockho lders consist of 123 dai ry farm ers, all residing within a 50-mile ra dius of Columbus. The gro up, orga nized in th e 1930' s is h ead ed by A. G. Wells. All phases of th e opera tion, from th e time th e mi lk is received, to th e designing and m aking of th e conta iners, will take place at th e plan t. The mod ern dairy plan t is one of th e most up to-d at e in th e South, a nd is being h ailed as representing anot he r m ilestone in th e exp ansion of th e a rea 's dairy industry.
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Annual Tomato Festival
The ninth annua l Tomato F estival was h eld at GL ENNVILLE on M ay 21, with close to 10,000 persons present. A huge parade, featuring man y bands, floa ts, a nd beautiful girls, was one of the m ain attractions. Pr in cip al sp eaker was Congressman Pr ince H . Pr eston. Other features of th e celebr ation were a n exhibition golf match, a baseball ga me betw een Hunter Air Force Base team a nd the Glennville team, a flower

show, a street dance and dance at th e gymnasium. Mary Ann Durren ce was crown ed Q ueen of th e festival, and wa s assisted by severa l girls in h er "co ur t."
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Jasper Plant Sold
The J asper Rubber Co mpa ny of JA SPER h as been sold to th e Stalwa rd R ubber Company of Bedfo rd, Ohio, for approximately $250,000. It is expec ted th at th e plant will open under th e new man agem en t in a bou t 30 days. New m achinery is bein g i n s t a II e d for m oulded rubber goods, including 40 n ew presses. Wh en capacity p roductio n is reach ed, 150 persons will be employed .
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Battery Manufacturing
A new man ufacturing bu siness has been started in SA VA N NAH, th e All American Batt ery Co ., building batteries fro m sta rt to fin ish, for use in a uto mobi les an d diesels. Ea rl S. Campbell head s th e company.
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Westinghouse Plans
$1 Million Plant
Westinghouse Electric Corpor ation will build a ma nufa cturing plant in ATLANTA , at a cost of well over $ 1 milli on . A 17-acre tract at th e corne r of Chatta hooch ee a nd Ellsworth Ave., N W, h as been chosen for th e 100,000 squa re foot building, wh ich will be used for th e ma nufact ure a nd repair of a variety of electrical equipme nt. Plans for th e next few yea rs include doubling th e size of th e pl ant, with furth er expan sion coming lat er until th e en tire tr act is occupied .
The new plant will m anufa ctur e va rious types of power tran sformers, switchgea r and control devices and is scheduled for comp letion by ea rly 1954. The company's p resent bu ildin g on No rthside D rive will be used as a wa rehouse when th e new building is finish ed . O tis O . R ae, manager of th e Southeastern district for Westingh ouse, announce d th e expa nsion p lan s.

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New Warehouse
The U niversal Carlo ad ing a nd Distri buting Co., of ATL ANTA , ded icated its n ew war ehouse recently. L ocat ed at 375 J ohn St., N W ., it h as 26,000 squa re feet of floor space. Space is available for as m any as 20 rai lway cars and 30 delivery trucks to be loaded at th e same tim e. Officers are M orris Forgash, president , Ca rl Wa ltz a nd J oseph Mullen, vice-p reside n ts, a nd Geor ge Dobbs, Eastern gene ra l tra ffic mana ger.
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Dooly Dairy Project
F ou r D O OLY COUNT Y leaders, Ral ph Burton, Ol in Burton , R oy No ble, and R . B. Co ody, will soon h ave a h erd of 210 H olstein a nd G uernsey fin e breed dai ry cattle, combining dairying and a n egg bu siness. The opera tion will include mech ani ca l equipm en t for milking, ref rigera ted tanks and silos.
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New Cordele Industry
COR DE LE h as a new industry employing 37 persons at present, which will lat er expand to 60. It is th e Butler Lumber Co mpany, owne d by A. R . and W. E. Butl er. The finn is operating on a Govern ment con tract to make pallets for th e Albany M a rine Base a nd Atla nta Q ua rt erm aster Depo t. Approximately 600 pallets ar e turned out daily, with lumber bein g p ur chased from local sawmills.
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Modern Prison
COL QUI T T CO UNTY is building a mo dern $ 150,000 pri son, whi ch will be almost who lly steel, concrete an d brick. Built to acc omm odate 120 p risoners, th e pri son will include a radi ant heating system, la rge exhaust fans and a complete electric kitchen .
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Egg Marketing Assn.
Sou theast G e o r g i a egg prod ucers have form ed th e O geech ee V alley Egg Marketin g Association, and will use th e trade n am e of "O vema." Directors in clud e N. B. Carswell, J ohn Dav enport, Robert Stephe ns a nd M elvin Bell, with mo re to be nam ed in th e fu ture. Co mmittees were named incl uding production, finance, equipme nt and build ing, transportation, market ou tlet, and legal and record.

NEWS L ETT ER

June 10, 1953

South Fulton's Fairburn Continues

Growth and Progress in Many Fields

Fai rb u rn , situa ted in th e southwest
corn er of Fu lton County, is bu sily work ing toward a more prosperous and progressive future, whil e makin ~ pl an s to celebra te 100 years of ente rp n se alrea dy
com pleted .
The town was beg un in 1853 a nd its histor y is closely tied in with th e fratern al order of M ason s. Just a centur y ago the Atlanta & W est Poin t R ail ro~ d was laying a track th rou gh . th e Fa irbur n are a, and a gro up of railroad employees sta rted th e F air burn L odge. ~o . 180, F . an d A. M . T hese same ClVICminded m en wer e instrumenta l in getting th e charter for th e Ci ty of Fairbu rn in F ebru a ry, 1854. By the time th e railroad em ployees left , Fai rburn h ad grown to a thriving little community. T oday th er e a rc close to 2,500 in the city lim its, and many th ousan ds
tr ad e in Fa irburn .
F airbu rn 's cente nnial, to be held Augu st 15 and 16, will be a ga la a ff~ ir. T he first ceremony will be th e burning of the mortgage on the M asonic 1.'en~ ple, with a ll th e Grand L odge digni -
ta ries participating.
I mmedia tely following th is, a huge

showi'oom and garage bui ld ing is being bui lt down town a t a cost of a pproximat cly $80,000, a nd a handsome funeral home is being com pleted, p rovid ing Fai rb urn with one of th e mo st up to-dat e in th e State .
The M. P. Wo rd Elemen ta ry Schoo l, which was completed last yea r, is now add ing a wing wh ich will almo st dou ble its size.
I nd ustry h as mad e grea t strides in the city. T he la rgest ind ustry in Fa irburn is Di xie T allyho, Inc., of whi ch Al Pitman is p resid ent . T he firm , whi ch ma kes a va riety of produ cts, h as been opera ting in Fairburn only sinc e 1949. I ts origina l prod uct was sea ting eq uipme nt for usc in pick-up tru cks, whi ch is still in grea t dem a nd and is sold in la rge numbers to far mers, contr actors and othe rs wh o m ust tr an sport personnel, and is also extensively used by th e Air Force and Navy.
Dixie T a llyho la ter develop ed a new prod uct, ca nopies a nd top s for both la rge and sma ll trucks. T hen they adde d th e Tirem at ic, wh ich rem oves tires from aircra ft, large ea rth-mo ving

eq uipment, a nd big tra nsport trucks. ! he com pa ny a lso does spec ial packagIng for con tr ac to rs for the Air Force.
A new div ision mak ing pict ur e fram es has recently been set up in a new br ick plant, a nd will be expa nded sho rtly. Fram es a re being sh ipped a ll over th e countrv a nd som e will a lso be
expo rted. M . L. H udson h ead s this
division .
An other la rge F airbu rn in dustry is G ray's Basket Fact or y. Th is fir m makes crates and h uge q ua ntities of orang e bags, mo st of which a rc sold to orange groves in Fl orida .
O ther indu stries a re the Fairburn Icc & Coal Co m pa ny, severa l lumber com pa nies- H . A. H eath C ompan y, C labo M cClure, H ershel Miller and Pa rr ots Mill - a nd Wood craf t F rame Co m pa ny, m akin g wo o d e n pictu re fram es.
T he city is looking for ward to having additional ind ustri es com e in . M an y industrial sites a re ava ilable, the area is served by tw o ra ilroads, th ere is a good supp ly of labor, and plen ty of power.
Th e South Fulton County Cha mbe r of Co mm erce, less th an one yea r old, has as its cu rr en t main proj ect th e secur ing of da ta for indu strial usc. T he inf orm ati on is being worked up a t
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pa ra de will be h eld, th e la rgest ever

to ta ke place in So uth F ult on Co un ty. T h ere will be man y float s, severa l

band s, and representa tives from most

of th e city's orga niza tions taking part. The town will be p rofessiona lly deco-

rat ed a nd approp ria te displays placed in stor e wind ows. An old-fashioned

basket dinn er will be serv ed a t th e Ca m pbell H igh School football sta diu m

after th e pa rad e. Pr incipal spea ker is to be th e R ev. H enry F. C ollins, pr es-

ently Grand Secreta ry of th e G ra nd

Lodge of South Carolina, F. & A. M .

The celebra tio n will be contin ued th e

next morn ing with a joint service of

th e city's ch urche s.

T his gala occas ion will honor 100

veal'S of p rogress. The forward steps taken by Fai rburn citizens are obvious

in m any parts of th e city. A new post

office is being built . A n ew telephon e

excha nge building is going up a t a cost of about $35,000. The wa ter plant was

improved severa l yea rs ag o, a nd th e City built a reservo ir, with abo ut 20 ac res under wa ter. An elabora te gymnasium , whi ch will be air-co nditione d, is now unde r construction a t Cam pbell Hi gh School. A new a utomo bile

A product of on e of Fairburn's outstanding industries, Dixie Tallyho, In c. This unit, kno wn as th e Tirem ati c, remo ves tires from large eq u ipmen t, and is in use in all parts of th e coun try.

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G EO RG IA D EPA R T M ENT OF C O M M ERC E

NEWSLETTER

June 10, 1953

Hart County Celebrates Its Founding

100 Years Ago with Colorful Program

The citizens of H artwell and H a rt County a re resting after a str enu ous week's p rogram, M ay 3 1-J une 6, celebrating th e creat ion of th e coun ty one hund red yea rs ago- 1853.
Beginning on Sun day night with a county-wide religious service held at th e Sta dium, some phase of th e h istory of th e county was presented in colorful parades, and a pagean t was given each day-in whi ch more th an 350 people took p art . M ayor Lee Carter was general chairma n of th e event.
H a rt people h ad mu ch to celebra te. It is famed for being th e only county in th e U nit ed Sta tes nam ed for an Am erican woman-Nan cy H a rt , of Revolu tionar y Wa r fame ; its citizens have always ta ken an active pa rt in th e development of th at section of Georgia ; it is on e of th e leading and outsta n ding farm counties in Geo rgia ; it was h ere th at crimson clover was first pla nted to a ny extent as a cove r crop in the
State. H a rt well and H art County ar e di-
versified as to vocations- Hartwell humming with in dustry and th e county gro wing fin e cro ps in a highl y div ersi-
fied farm program. H ar twell a nd H a rt County were both
named for Nan cy H a rt , wh ose patri otism an d prowess were dem onstrated durin g th e R evolut ion a ry War. A band of rovin g Brit ish sold iers stopped at h er hom e a nd demanded th at she pr ep ar e dinner for th em. She did and it mu st hav e b een a good dinner. The men stacked th eir guns in a corn er, Nan cy edged over, gr abbed a gu n, leveled it at th e group an d called for surrende r. One m oved or resisted, she sho t h im dead, wounded anothe r, th en th e others surre nd ered.
If th e sta tue of a wom an atop th e county cour thouse typifi es N an cy, she mu st h ave been a beautiful girl. N ot dressed in a rmor, as most such emblems are, th is sta tue in H a rtw ell has a girlish face an d figure an d a mod ern dress - well, modern a t least at th e tim e it was design ed.
The govern men t h as h onored Nan cy by electing a monum en t to h er m em ory in H a rt well, and her homesite in nea rby Elb ert County has a replica of her cabin-ho me .
M rs. Edna Arnold Cop eland, of Elberton, Hi storian of N an cy, says th at

th e H a rt fami ly migrated to K entucky after the R evolutiona ry Wa r, and th at Na ncy is bur ied in th at state.
H artwell an d th e county h ave thei r eyes on Washin gt on at thi s tim e. Will th e p rop osed eigh ty-m illion-d olla r dam and power plan t pla nned on th e nearby Savanna h R iver be bu ilt , or will it be abando ned dur ing the E isenhower administra tion ? That is th e big question all in that a rea a re asking.
Such a pro ject would re-make th e a rea .
The "Hartwell D am ," as it is called, would cover 56,000 ac res; would be 60 mi les up stream fr om th e present C la rk's H ill p roject ; th e dam- site would be a littl e more th an two m iles downst ream from H artwell, or th e pr esent Louie M orri s concrete brid ge th at connects H ar t Coun ty and Georgia and South Carolina ; th e lak e wo uld extend app roximately four m iles up stream and incl ude the conflue nce in H a rt Co unty of th e Seneca Ri ver, north east into Sou th Car olina, and th e T ugalo R iver in Geor gia, wh ich join in northern H art County to form th e Savannah River under th at nam e.
Pr eliminar y enginee ring work has already been done on th e project. It is plan ned as a power and water conser vat ion project . In addition to the power created th ere, it is claim ed th at by controlling th e water flow of th e river into Cla rk's Hill lake, pow er at that plant would be in creased.
Some lowlands in H art would be covered by water, and it wo uld back wat er up a number of creeks in th e a rea, pa rticula rly up "L igh twood Log" creek, one and a h alf m iles northeast of H artwell. A bluff along mu ch of th e west river bank would p rot ect much land in H art from bein g covered by wat er.
In addition to th e p ower generated for th e increasing number of ma nufactu ring and other industries surging into th e a rea, good fishin g an d boating will be provided by th e lar ge lake, and recreation sites will be provided along th e lak e banks. A veritable V acat ion Land is expected to develop in th e H artwell area .
Therefore, p eopl e of Hart well and H art Coun ty have th eir eyes on Wa shington ; th e H a rt County Chamber of Co mm erce, officials and other inter-

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ested citizens are lending all aid possible to h ave th e project completed.
With th e Hartwell Dam and Cl ar k's H il1 D am , it is believed th at th e waters of th e Savannah River for its entire length from H a rt Co unty to Sava nnah an d the Atl ant ic O cea n, wou ld be perma nent ly controlled in flood tim es.
H a rt wel1's populatio n in 1950 was 3,000 and has sh own a big gain since, man y new residen ces bein g built to house th e infl ow of peopl e to the city, whi ch has approximat ely 1,500 h omes - the nu mb er being doubl ed in the last five years.
I nd ustr y is exp anding. The Alu m inum Scree n Wi re C o., locally own ed and op erated, has bought a site up on whic h will be erected a lar ger pl ant . Clyde Hurst is manager of th is firm whi ch manufactures aluminu m screen wi r e.
Bellcraft Co ., makers of sport shirts and p an ts, wil1 build a la rger pl ant on a new site, a nd wil1 greatly increase th e nu mb er of employees. Cl ay Bell is president and m an ager of this plant. This is a local con cern , owned by C lay an d M oody Bell.
The H a rtw ell Ga rm ent Co., m ak ers of al1 kinds of sh irts a nd trousers, will mo ve to th e pla nt to be vacated by Bellcraft and will greatly enlar ge its fac iliti es and incr ease th e number of em p loyees.
These garm en t plants em ploy local wom en .
T extron South ern, Inc., a unit of T ext ron Co ., has built a modern plant in H a rt well an d em ploys several hundred peopl e. Pat Warren is m anager of th e local plant, which m anufactures nylon products. This firm has been in H artwell three years.
H a rt wel1 Mil1s, a pioneer textile firm here, emp loys several hundred peopl e in th e manufact ure of cotton sh eeting . A. F . Ga rrison is manag er of th is concern, which also op erates H a rtw ell Mill No. 2 at T occoa, Ga.
Funkhouser Mi ca Mines operates a big plant n ear Hartwel1, processing " pa rticle" or fine-grain m ica.
Fisher M anufacturing C om p an y ma nufactur es textile material-h andling equipme nt, carts, etc., whi le two la rge lum ber mil1s p rocess H a rt Co unty timber. Much pulpw ood is being cut in the county.
Gr o-Mor Corporation delints and sells treated cott on seed, whil e th e Maret G rain Company h as erected three big grain elevators whi ch afford stor age space for much of th e big gr ain crop gro wn in H a rt County. The firm
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NEWSLETTER
Fairburn (C ontinue d from Page 5 )
present. Officers of th e Chamber of Com-
merce are M . R. T a rpl ey, Fairburn, pr esident ; Frank Smith, m ayor of Palme tto fir st vice-p residen t ; M orris Russell, Union C ity, second vice-presi de nt , an d M. L. Hudson, F ai rburn, secr etarymanager.
Fairburn is fortunate in havin g an excellent weekly newspap er published th ere, th e South Fulton R ecord er, Mr. and M rs. W . B. J ones, publishers.
A South Fulton County F air will be held for th e first tim e thi s fall, sponsored by th e L ions Club. It will be conducted th e week of September 14 at th e Campbell High Scho ol foo tba ll stadium.
City officials are J. R. M cClure, Mayor, and Councilmen V . B. Smi th, R oy Langley, C . F . Muse, J oe McManus, E. B. J ones and Robert J ohnston . W . 1. F oote, Sr. is City Manager, and Robert Dorris, City Clerk.
F airb urn is one of Georgia's forwa rd lookin g cities. W ith th e ent h usiasm and coop eration evidence d by its citizens, it can be looked to for mu ch growth and p rosperity.
Hart County (Contin ued fr om Page 6 )
is composed of Maret Brothers. The N ancy H art H ot el, owned and
ope ra te d by Mr. and M rs. Morton Wol fe-50 rooms a nd air-conditioned -has a wid e an d favorable reputation a mong tourists, commercial travelers and local peopl e.
H a rtw ell h as hou sing uni ts for both white a nd colored, opene d abou t a yea r ago.
R adio Station WKLY is owned by Loui e Morris an d M ax Pfaender is man ager.
H art Co unty Hi gh Schoo l is located in Hartwell, and th ere ar e a number of gramma r schools-all brick-th rou ghou t th e county. A 40-acre site has b een bought upo n whic h a new schoo l pl an t to cost several milli on dollars will soon be erec ted. Prof. W . A. Johnson IS supe rin tenden t.
T he county colored high schoo l is also locat ed in H artwell, with a number of grammar sch ools in th e coun ty.
H artwell has a lar ge number of ch urches, civic and patriot ic clubs and oth er organizations.
C hurc hes include M ethodist, Baptist, Pr esbyterian , E pi s cop a 1 and Churc h of God.
M ayor Lee Carter is p resident of the (Continued on Page 8 )

J une 10, 1953

Farm Implement Plant at Albany

Boosts Georgia's Peanut Industry

A Georgia indus tr y is gIVIng th e Sta te's huge pean ut production a boost by providing machinery wh ich h elps to do awa y with th e excessive amo unts of time an d lab or required to har vest a crop.
I n Albany, Lilliston I mplement Compan y is entering its 33rd yea r of operations in Georgia, a nd is turning out equipmen t used on fa rms through out the Southeast and othe r farmin g a reas.
Lill iston began op era tions in Virg inia in 1910. At th at tim e th ey m ad e a p eanut picker, w hi c h was gradua lly changed and imp roved as th e yea rs went by. When Geor gia a nd surrounding stat es started in creasing p ean ut p rodu ction, Lilli ston lead ers began to look Southward, and whe n Georgia took th e lead in peanut production in 1920, th e com pany moved to Alba ny wh ere they h ave been in opera tion ever since .
Lilliston's original peanut pickers were sold for 40 years all over th e Sou th , Cuba, M exico and Central Ame rica.
Seve ra l yea rs ago, afte r m uch resea rch with expe rim ent sta tions, suppliers, engineers, an d agricultural specialists, th e firm bega n making a peanut combine, an d a pea n ut shakerwindrower, whi ch dramati call y cu t labor and time req uired in h a rvestin g peanu ts. The tremendous demand for these m ach ines h as ca used th e company to discontinue th e p roduction of sta tionar y pickers.

Such m achin ery is a grea t boon to th e peanut industry. The old meth od of h a rvesting req uir ed a team of 11 men, and approximately 33 man-h ours per acre, bu t th e new machinery is reported to cut th is tim e to a pproxima tely four man -hours per acr e. W ith th e nu mb el: of p ersons engaged in fa rming decreasing In m an y a reas, and th e increased n eed of th e coun try for peanu ts to be used in various important wa ys other th an food, especially to repl ace fat s a nd oils for me rly imported but n o longer available, thi s advance is of grea t sig n ifica n ce .
T h e firm also manufactures a rota ry m~)\ver and sta lk cutter, wh ich is being WIdely used in th e cattle industry. This Georgia product is also seen at many airfields and Armed Services install ations wh ere grass maintenance is a problem.
The plant is located on a 12-acrc tract in Alba ny. Its well-landscap ed site, with flowers an d t rees, is an a ttractive addition to th e industrial life of th e city, a nd makes it a mo re pl easa nt place to wo rk.
O fficers of Lill iston I mpl ement Compa ny ar e J oh n T. Phill ips, Sr ., president and genera l man ager, J ohn T. Ph illips, Jr., exec utive vice-presi den t,
J. H. Lill iston, vice -p reside nt and sales
manager, R . 11. Matre , secretary-t reas urer, J ohn C. Boesch, J r., chief engineer, C. S. J ohnson, pl ant m anager, and W. D . Davis, purch asing age nt.

These peanut combines are manufactured at Albany, Ga., by th e Lilliston Implement Company. D eveloped in Georgi a, this typ e is reported to be on e of the fir st successful and widely used combines for harvesting p eanuts, so important in Geor gia's economy.

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Hart County (Continued from Pa ge 7)
R otary Club ; S. \1',1. V andiver he ad s th e Kiwani s Club; Claud Stov all is president of th e Lions C lub; Bill M aret is com ma n der of Am eri can L egion Post No. 109, whi ch op erates a recreation cen te r, a golf course, swimming pool, and tennis courts. Mrs. S. W. Vandiver is pr esid ent of th e 'Nomen' s Legion Auxiliary.
Mrs . H . L. K enmore is pr esident of th e Pilot Club, and Mrs. O. Y. M cL ees pr esid ent of th e Hartwell Garden C lub.
DAR and UDC chapters and th e Wom an's Club a re active her e.
The Hart County Ch ambe r of Co mmer ce is an ac tive organiz ati on that h as long promoted th e resources of th e county and city an d a t pr esent is bu sy setting forth th e need for th e Hartwell Dam project . W. P. Carte r is pr esident of th e Chambe r, and M ayor Lee Carte r is exec utive secretary.
It has issued an a ttractive and informative brochure on th e city and coun ty.
The H artwell Sun. "de dica ted to th e progr ess and welfar~ of H artwell and Hart Co unty," is in its 77th yea r of weekly publicati on . L eon a nd Lou ie Morris ar e th e owne rs, editors and publishers. Loui e M orri s is a past-president of th e Geor gia Pr ess Association, and th e bridge ac ross th e nearby Savannah River is nam ed for him .
The H art Co unty Electric M emb ership Co rpora tion h as its hom e offi ce in Hartwell, and its territory includes Hart, Elbert , Franklin , Ste phe ns and part of M adi son C oun ties. T ennis S. M ason of H artwell is m an ager, 1. S.
Haley of Elb ert Coun ty pr esident, .J. L.
Sa nders of Franklin C ounty vice-president a nd D . H . K esler, of Hart , secre tary-treasur er of th e Co -op.
The REA fa cilit y, which h as just re-

cently been allocated $33 5,000 for an expa nsion pr ogram, has 7,500 consumers, 1,800 miles of lines, 33 em ployees, 11 of whom are in th e H a rtwell office, and plans to add 60 mil es of lines to serve some 300 new custome rs in th e distri ct.
Pr acti call y all of th e 2,206 farms in th e county h ave elec tricity.
The Broad River Soil Conse rva tion District, with h eadquarters at Elberton , includes H art Coun ty, a soil-savi ng an d improvement pr ogr am being pr acti ced by H a rt farm ers, whi ch dat es back to th e in troduction of crimson clover on th e farms of th e county.
Hart h as a diversified fa rm program for its fertile soil. Co tton ginne d in 1952 totaled 9,69 1 bales ; th er e a re man y beef ca ttle farms, also dairi es ; large gra in field s with high yields, and a big output of eggs and broilers.
The 12-mi le H artwell ra ilroad th at runs betw een H artwell a nd Bowersville, wh er e it connects with th e Southe rn rai lroad, provid es fr eight service for H a rtwell. It was loca lly bui lt, is locall y

owne d and Lou ie Morris is pr esident. The Southern extends along th e western border of H art.
H artwell and th e county h ave m an y paved highways, including U. S. 29nationwide-and Sta te N os. 8, 5 1, 77, 181, 17, 172.
H artwell offi cials includ e: M ayor L ee E. Ca rte r; Ald ermen W . T. Yarbrough , R . G. W ages, B. Benson M atheson , J oe Wilder, R. M. Gl enn
and .J. C . D avid . G. P. T easley is C ity
C lerk; Ro y Weem s, Police Ch ief; Hoyt Bak er, Fire Chief; C a rey Skelto n, C ity Attorney ; Fred S. White, Postm aster.
Hart County offi cers a re : A. E. Ertsberger, Ordin a ry ; J ohn W. H erndon , Clerk of C ourt ; C . 1. Whitaker, She riff ; W. Eb er Bai ley, Co mmissione r ; T. L. Matheson, Tax C ommission er ; D . W. Clevela nd, Scho ol Co mmissione r; W . Vernon Chafin, Farm Agent ; Ben son Matheson , member of Legislature ; T. H . Ri sner, St at e Sen ato r 30th Di stri ct ; Ca rey Skelto n, Solicito r G ener a l Northern Circ uit.
Visit Hartwell a nd H a rt Co unty ; you will enjoy your trip.

The h andsom e modern plant of Tex tro n Sou thern at H art well, Ga.

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EWSLETTER

JUNE 25,
1953

NE WS L ETTER

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. Pope, V. Chm. Ben Je!!up

Y. F. Geeslin Hoke Peters

* CLARK GAINES

Secretary

Vol. 4, No. 20

June 25, 1953

Georgia Leading In
Peach Production
Althou gh G eorgia has ga ined fam e as th e " Peach State" for its fine flavore d, juicy product, in recent years there have been thos e who argued th e titl e from a standpoint of quantity. I t is true that in years pa st other sta tes have produced more peach es th an Georgia . However , Georgia ca n la y do ubl e cla im to the Pea ch Crown thi s year, for th e U. S. D ept. of Agri cul ture has for ecast that t he State will produ ce 3,220,000 bush els of peach es in 1953. This is 200,000 ahe ad of South Carolina, th e run ner -up . Ark ansas has an out look of 1,782 ,000 bushels, an d North Carolin a, 1,530,000.
M ore good news on Georgia p each es came from Geor ge H. Frior, U nivers ity of G eorgia exte nsion horticulturi st, wh o says that damage from peach worms should be lighter this year th an last.
Once ag ai n Geor gia can bear the title of "Peach State ," without a dissen ting vot e from anyone.

JUNE 22-26-Athens: Scho ol Lunch Personnel Workshop .
J UNE 23-24-Athens: Georgia Fed era tion of Woman 's Clubs I nstitute.
J UNE 25-27-Savannah: Georgi a Pr ess Ass'n., General O glethorpe H otel.
J U NE 26-Cordele: Annual W at erme lon Festiva l Ball.
J U NE 29-JULY 3-Athe ns : School Lun ch Personnel Wo rkshop.
J U NE 30-J U LY 4-Savannah : I nterna tional Lad ies Garment Workers U nio n, D eSoto Hotel.
J U LY 5-7-Atla n ta: G eorgia Seedm en's Ass' n., Ansley H ot el.
J ULY 8-12-Savanna h: Amer ican Legion, DeSoto H ot el.
J ULY 14- 16- Sava nnah : F.B.I . National Aca demy Ass'n . of Georgia, Ge neral O glet horpe 'H otel,
J U LY 15-17-Savannah : Sou . & S.W . Rwy. C lub , G en eral O glethorpe H otel.
J U LY 19-21-Atlanta : Southeastern China, Glass and Gift Show, Auditorium.
JULY 20-25-Atlanta : Fourth Annual Dixi e Fo lk and Sq ua re Dance Institute at Emory Universit y, sponsored by D epartment of Physical Education an d Community Educational

.I une 25, 1953

Service, and direct ed by M ar y a nd Fred Collette . JULY 22-24-Savannah : Annual Co nvention Georgia Dairy Ass'n ., General O glethorpe H otel. JULY 27-31-Athens : Di et eti cs Workshop I, U niversity of Geor gia. :\UG U ST 2-8- Savannah: Georgia S t at e Vo cat ional R ehabilita tion.

Gener al O glethorpe Hotel.

AUGUST 3-7-Atlanta : Geor gia Ath -

letic Coache s, Biltm o re H otel.

AUGUST 10- 13- Ath ens : Sta te Conf.

Voca tiona l H om emakin g. U niv ersity

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AUGUST 13-16-Savannah: Georgia H ou sehold Movers, G en eral O glethorpe Hotel.
AUGUST 15- F airburn : Ce nte nnia l C elebratio n .
AUGUST 16-18- Atla nta : Southern Nurserymen 's Ass'n ., Biltmor e H otel.
AUGU ST 18-20-Atlanta: R oyal Am bassadors of Southern Baptist Co nvention , Auditorium.
AUGUST 24-25 -Atlanta : Southern Newspap er Publishers Ass'n ., M echa nica I C on fer ence, H enry Grad y Hotel.
AUGUST 27-30- Sa vannah: Business & Professional Women's C lub, Ge neral Oglethorpe Hotel.

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G eorgia Vacationland-This beauti ful mountain s t r ea m locat ed nea r Gainesville, in H all County, is typica l of many lovely North Georgia spo ts. T hese streams lure th e fisherman , th e picni cker, th e artist, and th ose wh o wish a qu iet sha dy retreat on a hot summer day. Georgia's man y mountai ns abound in such places as thi s, help ing to make the Sta te a true Vacationland.-Photo by Carolyn Car ter.

A scene typi cal of th e textile industry, which in Geor gia employs more th an 100,000 person s. This is a wa r p room wher e hundreds of spools of ya rn are bein g wound on a hu ge beam.

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J une 25, 1953

ProductionNow Mounting in Textile Factories Of Georgia Following Mills' Temporary Setback

A new era of coo pe ra tion amo ng th e cotton breed er, th e scien tist, th e pr omot ion expe rt and the textile executive is ope ning new horizons for G eorgia' s largest industry a nd its biggest taxpayer - cotton textil es.
An annua l average of 110,000 workers in Georgia's hummin g textil e miIl s tu rn ed out a tr emen dous va riety of pro d ucts va lued at ap proximately one biIlion doIla rs du ring th e last 12 months. And throu gh th eir ene rgies a nd th eir tal ents th ese work ers received about $290,000 ,000 in wages- a fa r cry from th e $98 ,89 2,000 th ey received in 194 1.
The indu str y h as em erge d fro m th e recession which batter ed it abo ut for a year and a h alf ; and tod ay em ploymen t is climb ing upward and prod uction is moun ting, desp ite some retarding infl uen ces wh ich tend to slow the rat e of p rogr ess.
Alth ou gh th e total number of ac tive spind les in Geo rgia's miIls has sho wn little cha nge in recent yea rs (3, 176,000 in 1946 an d about 3,224,000 curren tly ) , the ind ustry h as kept abreast of th e times by instaIling new and mor e efficient types of machiner y whi ch spee d producti on , reduce costs and lessen th e manual bu rd en of the workers. Last yea r, the State's cotton textil e mi Ils consume d a tot al of 2,140,792 bales of cotton, with resu lt ing cash ben efit to th e cotto n farmers of Georgia and other states.
Responsible Positions
To fiIl positions of responsi bility whic h offer unusual opportu nities fo r advance me nt a nd good pa y, th e miIls a re turning more a nd mor e to tr ain ed coIlege gra duates, m an y of the m from th e A. French T ext ile Schoo l a t Geo rgia I nstitute of T echnology. Few indus tr ies offer greater rewa rds tod a y o r a mor e solid recog nition of ability and tal ent th an does textiles. Even so, th e industry now find s itself hard pressed to obta'in suffi cient m;mb ers of tr ai ned
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you ng men . This indust ry's a ppeal to you ng me n
with im agin ati on a nd 'am bition is bein g st reng the ne d by some am azing developmen ts with in th e last [ew years- development s wh ich have ad ded both glamor and a new cha Ileng e. Not only have th e synt h etic fiber s p rovid ed op -

portunities for blending with cott on to produce new products, but through th e efforts of th e scien tists, th e molecula r struc ture of cotto n fibe r itself is bein g cha nge d. T oda y in G eorgia, fabrics a re bein g enginee red for specific purposes, and th e wedding of cotton and ch emistr y is ope ning new vistas for th e indu stry on all fronts. Che m ica l fini shes for cotton ma y prod uce entirely new textil es.
For exam ple, th er e has been develope d a process of impregnating cotton with a polym er containing ph ospho rous whic h p romises to im part crease-resista nce. Co tton mate rials are now being m anufactu red th at a re rotproof and wat erproof, th at wiIl not burn, th at resist heat, she d soil and wea r like iro n.
G rea t strides a lso are being ma de in genetics and biology to ena ble growers to obta in better qu ality lint and grea ter yields per ac re a nd to assure th e cotton of resistan ce to insects and disea se an d grea te r ada ptability to mec ha nica l ha rvesting.
Far- sighted exec utives in th e textil e industr y in G eor gia predi ct th at within th e next decad e textil es m ay under go ano the r revolution no less str iking th an th at whic h accom pa nied th e perf ect ion of th e cotton gin by Eli Whitney.
R ecent technological advance men ts in machiner y have p roved a sha rp stim-

ulus to th e industry, but it now find s itself con fron ted with depreciati on al lowa nces on prod uc tive mach inery th at a re ha rdl y con ducive to rap id replacement. Industry spo kesme n point out th at Georgia an d her siste r sta tes in th e Southeast rose to prominent leadership in th e textil e field in th e nation largel y by virtue of a continuous progra m of remo de ling a nd machinery instaIla tion s.
The urgent immedi at e need, th ey say, is for th e adoption of a mor e flexibl e sched ule of dep reciati on aIlowa nces whi ch wiIl p rovide an incentive for contin ued progress. They contend that th e pr esent sche d ules permitted under Treasury D epartment regul ations prolong recovery of th e textil e manufacturers' origina l in vestm en t over a n ave rage of 25 years and that sche d ules more cond ucive to th e ra pid re placement of machines would stim ula te business expansion stiIl furth er.
Such depreciati on sche d ules, th ey say, would encou ra ge technological develop me nt a nd improveme nt of th e tools of prod uction , susta in increases in producti vit y and improve livin g standa rds for workers.
Georgia 's text ile em p loyees, incid entaIly, m aintain tod ay a high livin g sta nda rd . Thousands of th em own th eir own hom es, a re p roviding th eir chil-
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The weav e room in one of Georgia's la rge textile mills.

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NEWSLETTER

June 25, 195:)

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

$1 Million Expansion
The Nati on al Gypsum C om pany a t SAVANNAH has begun a $1 milli on expa nsion program to be com pleted in about 10 months. This will incr ease producti on a t th e plant by close to 30 per cent. The plant was establishe d in M ay, 1939, and has alrea dy expande d almos t a half dozen times. M ore than 225 person s are em ployed . N ati onal Gypsum im ports gypsum rock fr om Dingwall , Nova Scotia, and in its fir st year in Savanna h , brought in 80,000 ton s of rock. This year it will import abo ut 350,000 ton s.
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More Tourist Facilities
N ew t 0 u ri s t accommod ati on s in GAINES VILLE have been erected , with 68 units in three sepa rate tourist cour ts. They are all com pletely air conditione d, h eated a nd have tile baths and sho wers . T he three represent an investm ent of abo ut $320,000. The Ge orgia nna Motel, locat ed on th e Gaine sville-Ch icopee H i g h w a y , is ow ne d by John N ichol son and Bill H ulsey. Odis M oss and D . T. Pethel, J r. , own th e Elite M otel a t th e corner of W est Broad and Broa d Stree t Place. Jack M cK ibbon , own er of th e Avion located on East Broad Stree t, with 27 units bu ilt in 1946, h as adde d 11 new un its.
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Georgia Still Peanut King
Geor gia retains its titl e of peanut king of th e country. L ast year, according to figur es of th e U. S. Dep artment of Commerc e, this Sta te produced a peanut crop va lue d a t $46,131,000. In second pla ce wa s North Carolina with $32,934,000 worth of peanuts, and Virginia came in third with a $23,789,000 c r o p.
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Georgia Marble Expands
The Geor gia Marble Co m pa ny of TATE has acq uired three out-of-sta te prop erti es, enla rgi ng its ope ra tions to rank with some of th e largest producers of sto ne and m arble in th e world. Throu gh a merger and th e issuance of stock , Georgia M arble acqui red T ennessee M arble, Inc., of Knoxville, T enn., and Green Mountain M arble Co rp ., of W est Rutland, Vt., fr om th e B. F. Coggins interests of Atl a nt a. I n addition , th ey acquired th e St. Ge nevieve M arble quarries of St. Genevieve, M o.

James R . Co wa n, p resident G eorgia Marbl e, sta ted th at th e mer ger gave addition al va rieties of m arble "in demand for th eir decorative valu es, both for interi or and exterior uses." The recently op en ed Calcium Products D ivision of th e com pa ny has found a lar ge m ark et for its fine ly-ground high calcium marble a nd G eor gia M arble chi ps.
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New Pickle Plant
Th e new pickle plant a t CAIR O ha s begun op erati on s, turning out green cucum ber pickles. The 35,000 sq ua re foot building is located in th e southeaste rn part of th e town . It has a concre te foundation , concrete floor and brick walls, pr efabricat ed str uc tural steel roo f fr aming covere d with corru gat ed asbestos roofing, pl astic light openings, and a modern cooling system . An other new and lar ger building is plann ed.
GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
The following firm s h a v e been awa rde d G overnment C ontrac ts in recent weeks :
The W arren Co., Inc. , ATLANTADisplay cases, $30,866.
W . E. Butl er, Butl er Lumb er Co., LITHIA SPRINGS - Wood Pall ets, $ 153,606; wood pallets, $47,800.
Di xie Paint & Varnish Co ., BRUNSWICK-Paint , $26,950.
Willi am Armstrong Sm ith Co., EAST POINT- P a i n t , $29,500 ; ena mel, $ 130,654.
T. H . Pear ce Co. , COLUMB USCo nstruc tion of aircraft mai nte na nce shop and jet eng ine test cell fa cility, M oody Air Force Base, Valdosta, Ga ., $223,773.
J ack C lark Co ntractor, ALBANYMi scellan eous pav ing, Air Fo rce M issile T est Ce nte r, Pat rick Air Force Base, Cocoa, Fla., $ 151,929.
E. V. Camp Stee l Work s, A TLA NT A- Port propeller assem bly, sta rboa rd propeller assembly, Bureau of Sh ips, W ashin gton , D. C ., $49,400.
Cinde rella Foods, Div. of St evens Indu stri es, Inc., DAWSO N-P eanut butter, $371,902.
Ab co Builde rs, ATLANTA - Furnishin g labor , equ ipmen t and materi als
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Watermelon Festival
Th e Ann ua l Waterm elon Festival is under way a t CO R DELE. Festivities bega n Jun e 15, an d will continu e thro ugh July 11. E ach Sat ur day afternoon , p rizes are being given away as part of "me rcha nts' trad e a pp rec iation days." A q ueen will be named and th e ga la Wat ermelon F estival Ball be held on Jun e 26. June 30 h as been designat ed as F a rm ers' Day, when Sta te Commissioner of Agricult ur e T om Lin der will be g uest speaker, and barbecue will be serv ed a t th e St at e Fa rmers M ark et.
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New Athens Industry
The Piedmont Chemical Compa ny, ATHENS ' newest indus try, is sche d uled to go int o pr oducti on in July. It will make am monium sulpha te, on e of th e ehief com po nents of fertilizer, and will hav e an annua l outp ut of 10,000 tons. T h is new firm will occ up y pa rt of th e Empire Sta te C h e m i c a I Company bu ilding . Will iam F . K elly is president of Piedmont Chemica l.
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Motel Opens
Blog' s M otel has 0 p en c d at CLA R KES V I L LE, 10 ca t e d on th e C larkesville-Co rne lia Hi ghway, Uncle Remus Hi gh way 441, with six un its com pleted an d two mor e to be finished soon . It is built of conc rete block with composition roof an d floor panel ra dia tion h eat. A com binatio n bath and showe r is in eac h unit.
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New Paint Plant
A new pa in t plant ope ne d recently in SAVANNA H . The Savanna h Paint Mfg. Co., h ead ed by Albe rt M azo and Jo seph L. W ilen sky, is t urning out p aint a t a plant at 635 E. H enry St. The new ind ustr y makes both interior and exterior paints.
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lIa Has Industry
I LA has its fir st industry, a textil e plant manufact ur ing chi ldr en's dungarees. Oper at ion s began in Ap ril. The firm, known as Il a M anufact uring Compa ny, is h ou sed in a modern brick building with 5,000 square fee t of floor space. Abou t 50 p erson s a re em ployed . Pr esident and owner is Erie M end ell, who has moved to Il a from New York.

NEWSLETTER

J u ne 25, 1953

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A view of the Hi gh Sc hool in J onesboro , Ga. , Clayton Co un ty.

Balance of Agriculture and Industry Equals Prosperity for Jonesboro, Clayton County

Jonesboro, on e of th e mo st histori c

towns in th e St at e, has mu ch to look

back upon with pr id e, but her citizens

arc also mak ing progr essive st rides for-

ward in civic improvem ents, industrv

a nd agri culture.

This city, locat ed in Cl ayton C ou n ty.

was th e scene of mu ch fier ce fightin g

during th e W ar Betw een th e Sta tes,

and th e Battle of J on esboro was a de-

cisive one. Th e Co nfedera te Cc mc terv

and m an y proud old hom es whi ch

serve d as h ospitals, comm issaries and

headquarter s for both sides a rc re-

minders of those grim da ys.

In th e world-famou s book " Go ne

With th e Wind," th e O 'Hara planta-

tion , T ara , was locat ed in C lay to n

Co u n ty. Although th e a u tho r, M ar-

ga ret M itchell, declared th at th e p lan-

tation a nd cha ra cte rs wer e en tirely fic-

tion al , local resid ents ha ve man y inter -

est ing tales to tell of sim ilariti es be-

tw een "G' ''' T ' V'' ch a rac ters and pla ces,

and well-kn own C la vto n Co un tv citi-

zen s a nd loca lities. '

"

C la yton Co un ty was cr ea ted in Novcmb er 185:j, from parts of Fa yett e and H enry Coun ties. It was named for Au gu stin Smith C lay ton, jurist and sta tesman, wh o spe n t mu ch of h is life a t Athen s. Ther e wa s a settle me n t a t what is now Jonesboro in th e ea rly 1800's. Th e original town was call ed L eak sviIIe. In 1845 th e name wa s change d to Jonesboro, for Colone l Samu el Goode J on es, a civil enginee r who had ch a rge o f bui lding th e Ccn-

tral of Georgia R ail ro ad from Forsyth to wh at is now Atl anta in 1839. T he Battle of J on esboro was fou ght with th e Fed era ls m ak ing eve ry effo r t to cu t this last ra ilroad lin e of sup ply to th e d efender s of Atl anta .
T od ay J on esboro is a bus y town of ab out 2,000 per sons . M an y improvem ents a re bein g mad e an d h av e I'C ccn tly been com pleted in th e ph ysical fa cilities of th e city. A new sch ool i:; being planned in "th e north part of town , a nd m an y n ew resid en ces a rc being built in a ll sections. The three ch ur ches , Baptist, M ethodi st and Pr esbyteri an , a re a ll bu ild ing add itions or h ave pl an s mad e for th em .
Recently ab out eigh t m iles of wa te r mains hav e been put in and seve ra l m iles of sewe rs ad de d . The C ity H all is bein g painted an d a new fire tru ck an d police car hav e been purch ased . M an y str eets a re bein g paved . The new high school a nd gym. fini shed in tlu: last yea r. cost a p p rox ima tely a -q ua rn-r of a mi llion do llars. A new athlet ic field is now bein g bui lt. Anothe r fin e ad d it ion to th e city is th e new br ick post office . A new 'ligh ting system will be put in soon .
Industry h as grown in Jon esboro . The m ain industri es th er e are th e Bagging & Ties C om pan y, Linn & Posey Bod y and T rail er Sho p, Jon esboro L aundry Padd ing Mill, Low T emp M anufa cturing Co., m aking re frige ra ting units, Rowers Shee t M et al Co ., a new finn . H arvey Pecan Co. , a nd

Stephe ns Broth er s Cabine t Sho p , a nd seve ra l lum ber com pa nies-Clay ton Co un ty, 1. L. Hu ie & Son, a nd Planter s Gin & M anufacturing Co.
J on esboro is well suite d for ind ustry from m any as pec ts. Its locat ion is excellen t, bein g situa te d betw een Atl anta and Macon . There is goo d tr an sportation with U . S. Hi ghway 4 1 a nd Sta te Nos. 3 and 54 go ing th rou gh th e city. I t is also on th e Cen t ra l of G eorgia Ra ilroad. The four-lan e su per-h ighway of U . S. 4 1 will a lso go through part of J on esboro. Ther e is a n ab unda n t sup ply of wa ter a nd a lso natura l gas.
Productive Farms C layton Co un ty is a p roductive fann-
ing a rea . ,\l ith ' a tot al la nd area of 95,:)60 acres, th ere a re 8 79 fa rm s, ac cordi ng to th e 1950 C ensus of Agri cultu re, Bur eau of th e Cen sus, U. S. Dep a rtm ent of Co m me rce. Th e average size farm is 69 .8 ac res.
Liv est ock fan n ing, dai ryin g a nd poultry ra ising is on th e rise her e, as in m an y parts of th e Stat e. In 1950 th ere we re 34 dairy farms in C la yto n Co un ty . More and more farmers' a re tu rning to th ese sources of in com e.
A C la yton Co un ty C ha m ber of Co mmer ce h ~ s recently been organized . The goals of thi s gro u p a re better facilities, better livin g, m or e p rogr ess a nd keeping abreas t of the tim es. Officers a re Grady Lindsey, For est Pa rk , chairm an ; E . J. Piette, Rex, secreta ry-treas ur er ; a nd board of direct ors-Edgar Blalock, Ri ch ard C . J oh , J on esboro ; Rob ert Co leman, Grad y L. L indsey, Forest Park ; W . D . Ac ker, W . S. Turner, Lov ejoy ; M ilt on Dani el, Bill Eubanks, M or row ; H oyt Vo yles, Lee W ebb , Ri verd ale ; Norman L a M otte,
E. ' ''' . Oliver, North C lay ton; Joh n Hil vcrink , W . O . N eedham, E ast C layton; Earl Baunga rtc1 and Virgil Crowe, Mountain C ity.
The coun ty is fortun at e in havin g an exce llen t n c w sp a p er-the C lay to n Coun ty Ne ws & F armer , ed ite d and published hy W. Ll oyd Matth ews. The officia l co un ty organ , it has been published for mor e th an 70 vcars,
j on esbor o C ity officia ls "arc D. Hl lgh Dickson , M a vo 1' , a nd C o unci lme n
Frank Ad am son , H. E. Cam p, E . .I .
Swint, W . H . T anner , M . C . Thompson and C . H . Wh aley.
Co un ty off ice rs a re 'O rd ina rY Frank Adamson , C lerk Supe rior C ou;'t P. K . D ixon , Sheriff J ohn 1'. Davis, T ax Com m issione r Robert E. Co lem an, Treasurer Raym ond O . White, Su r\'eyor R ob ert S. Mund y, Coroner Leona rd Reeves a nd Coun ty Supe ri n te nde n t
of Schools .J. E . Edmonds.

G EO RGIA DEPARTMENT OF COM M ERC E

N EWS L ET T ER

J une 25, 1953

'Jackson Has Everything' is Claim Of Progressive North Georgia County

Th e waterworks svstem has been increase d by erectio~ of tw o big reservoirs ; th e sewerage system has been im proved and extende d ; a $350 ,000 natural gas system ha s just been install ed ; all princip al stree ts have been pa ved

"J ac kson County has everything ." T ha t is how th e citizens of th a t th riving N ortheast Geo rgia cou nty describ e it. And th ey j ustif y th eir claim .
"W e have high altitude-i-som e 1,200 feet eleva tio n; a la rge area- 337 square mil es ; well po pula ted- 18,98 7 peop le in 1950, with 57 to th e sq ua re mi le ; thrivin g cities a nd town s sca ttered all over the cou nty ; good schools: ma nv indus tries th at give our people steady em ployment : a highl y di vcrsified fa rm progr am , ran gin g from cotto n growing to broiler pr oducti on , beef ca tt le an d da irying.
" We hav e one of th e most historic spots in th e world-the site wh er e Dr. C ra wfo rd ,V. Lon g on M arch 30, 1842, 'ad ministered th e first a nesthe tic in th e histo ry of th e world for th e performa nc e of a surgica l operation' . The world is beating a pa th to th is historic
spo t in J efferson.
" We have a netw ork of good road s and paved h ighw ays th a t bring. m any tourists our way ; we ha ve two rail road s that traverse th e county; and a cree k at th e foot of virtually every hill , that affor ds am ple wa ter supply, includi ng th e Ocone e R iver, its sourc e be ing north of her e."
This, in bri ef, describes J ackson Co un ty, crea ted in 1796, it now bein g 157 yea rs old, a nd nam ed fo r Gov. J ames J ackson . Hi gh in eleva~ion and rolling in contou r, th e county IS dotted with a tt rac tive fa rm homes and a number of sma ll town s, thi ckly settle d commu nitics an d two good-sized cities-

Grand C ha m pionshi p with his Black Ang us stee r, both at th e Four-C ounty f ai r and the Atlan ta Fat. Cattle Show, largest in the Sta te .
Th e Fai r a t Comme rce was sponsorcd by th e Co mmerce Kiwani s Club and th e Co mmerce Chamber of Com mer ce.
f or ests furni sh a n a bunda nce of tim ber th at keep sawmills bu sy in J ackson , a nd much p ulpwoo d also is sold . Genera l crops, including peaches and mu ch g ra in, a re grown on farms. .
Jefferson County Seat
J efferson , th e county sea t, h as a population of 2,040 by th e U . S. Ce nsus in 1950, in a district having 4,270 popu lation.
Lon g th e site of M artin Institute, (which was destroyed by fire in 1940 a nd was not rebuilt ) , th e city "grew" in a n atmosphe re of ed uca tion and culture.
Erect ed on a 26-acre site in 1946, J efferson Hi gh Schoo l, of whi ch Pr of. A. W . Ash h as been "Superintendent 13 yea rs, has a fa cu lty of 34 teachers. The lat est addition to th e schoo l plant was th e erection in 195 1 of a mod ern gymnas ium. The plant also incl ud es th e gramma r sch ool.
J efferson progress is noted in th e new firms op ening business hou ses th ere, in enla rgement of sto res a nd othe r bu siness hou ses a nd th e general expansion program, com pleted and under way .

a nd " there has been more building here

in th e last th ree veal'S th a n in 100 veal's

pr eviou sly," one 'citizen sa id .

.

Downtown J efferson is to have its

" face lifted" soon by the J efferson Lan d

Improvement Co. , whi ch pla ns to im-

prov e a wh ole city block with a mo dern

sho pping center, to include a bu s sta-

tion , hotel, mod ern stores and a la rge

a udito riu m .

'

The Gain esville-Midl an d rai lroad

provid es freight service for J efferson .

Th e teleph on e com pany th at serves

thi s a rea h as a million-do llar improve-

ment pr ogram un der way , whi ch in-

clu des install a tion of d ial systems a t

severa l points.

J efferson Mi lls, I nc., of whi ch M orri s

Bryan , J r., is pr esident, is J efferson's

la rgest industrial plant, em ploying ap -

proxi mat ely 800 peopl e in ma nufact ur-

ing corduroy a nd othe r textil e goods.

This firm a lso op er at es a sim ila r plan t

a t C ra wford .

J efferson Mill s is a n im po rta nt fac-

tor in th e developmen t an d civic im-

provemen t of J efferson in numerou s

ways.

Cox Manufacturin g Co., of whi ch C .

D. Co x is owner a nd operater, em ploys

fro m 30 to 40 peopl e in ma king batting

mat eri al.

J. D . J ewell em ploys a number of

peopl e in his broi ler processing plant

a t nearby Pendergrass.

J efferson awai ts wi th eager ant ici-

pation th e da y wh en th e site of th e

J efferson and Commerce.

Th e fa rm pr ogram is va ried . In 1952

th ere were 10,071 bales of cotto n gro wn on th e 2,0 71 farms in th e cou n ty-~n average of five ba les to th e fa rm . Broiler growing is extensive in th e cou n ty, a nd dair ymen h ave th eir milk picked u p dail y on regu la r routes in th e coun-

ty ; beef cattle g rowing has been sparked in recent yea rs by th e a nnual f at Ca ttle Sho w, th e Third Ann~IaI f our-County Fat Ca ttle Sho w bem g
h eld in Commerce last April, with more tha n 100 en tr ies. It was cond ucted in
connect ion wit h th e Four- C ounty Fa ir h eld th ere a t th e same tim e, partici-

p at ed in by J ackson, Banks, Franklin

a nd M adi son Co un ties.

J immy M cM ullan , a J efferson H igh Schoo l FFA member, in 1952 won th e

A scene of the new gym nasium at J effer son, Ga ., in J ackson Cou nty.

G EO RGIA DEPARTMENT OF CO M M ERCE

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NEW SLETTER

office wh ere Dr. L on g perf ormed th e

first op eration with ethe r on J am es

Venable in 1842 will be converted into

a Long Museum. The site has been

purch ased and will be developed as a

Museum by th e Georgia Histori cal

Commission . H alf of th e purchase

pri ce of th e site was p rovid ed by J ef-

ferson citizens .

;

The site is marked by two tabl et s,

and D r. Long is further h on ored by a

sha ft on th e "S qu a re" in J efferson ,

which re la tes th e fac ts of thi s " G rea t

Ben efact or to th e Human Race." A

Co nfede rate m on ument also ado rns th e

Park.

J eff erson offi cial s include H . E.

Ad erholdt, Mayor, a nd Co unc ilme n
Nat H anc ock, J. R . R obert s, Willi s W il-

ba nks an d Ernest Shumake.

Jackson Co unty officers a re: Ordi-

nary, I ra H . Griffeth; C lerk of C ourt,

Billie Elder ; She riff, J ohn B. Brooks ;

T ax Co llector, A. S. (" C ap") J ohnson ;

Tax R eceiver, Mrs. A. O. H ood ; Co un-

ty Schoo l Supe rinten den t, Prof. F rary

Elrod ; T rea sur er, Miss C ully R oberts ;

Co mmissione rs, R oy M . Whiteh ead ,

chairman ; Mays V enabl e, H. L. Lan gford ; F arm Agent, S. L. W ellb orn .

Th e 79-yea r old J ackson H er ald is

pu blished weekly a t J eff erson by T om

Willi am s, edito r an d publisher.
.Ieffe rson is th e home of John N .

Holder, a nati ve of th e coun ty, former

publisher of th e Jackson H erald , wh o

beginni ng in 1898 serve d eigh t term s,

or 16 years, as a member of th e Legis-

lature, eight of whi ch as Spe aker of

th e H ou se, and on e term ( 1900-0 1) as

Sta te Sena tor. Beginning J an . 1, 1922,

he served seven and one h alf years as

Chairm a n of th e Sta te Hi ghway Board.

Mr. H old er was th e second J ackson

legislat or to serve as Speaker of th e

H ou se of R epresentati ves, D avid W itt

h avin g been Spe aker in 1820 -21.

Harmony Grove-Commerce

"Comme rce, a nam e whi ch is fitting beca use of th e hum of its ind ustr ies an d its reputati on as one of th e best busin ess cities in N ortheast Geor gia. It is th e largest city in th e Co unty (.Jackson ) , is th e h ub of six paved highways, and a branch of th e Sou the rn R ailw av and two bu s lin es serve th e cit y." .
T his descripti on , in cluded in a booklet issued by th e Chamber of Co m merce, aptly fit s C omme rce, wh ich thi s yea r is not ing th e 50th anniversary of th e change of th e nam e fro m H a rm ony G rove. The nam e of th e p ost office was change d to Co mmerce from Harmon y G rove effec tive Nov. 17, 1903-50

.J un e 25, 1953

A view of Harmony Grove Mills, pioneer textile pl ant at Commerce, Ga .

yea rs ago , come next Novemb er 17.
T he hum of machinery in Co mmerce industrial pl ants is int erspersed with th e bleating of calves an d th e lowing of ca ttle displayed by youth gro ups and fa rm ers at Fairs h eld h ere annually.
Comme rce indu str ies p ay more th an $3,000,000 a nnually to mor e th an 2,000 em ployees wh o live in th e local comm unity. M or e th an $250, 000 of thi s am ount is paid ou t monthly, suppo rting more th an 7,500 p eopl e.
The po pula tion of Comm er ce in 1950 wa s 3,35 1, with 5,625 in th e distri ct in wh ich it is locat ed .
Commerce ind ustry keep s pace with th e tim es, improvin g plants, ad opting mo dern me tho ds and installing up-todate m achinery.
H armony Grove Mills, Inc., recentl y com pletely mod ernized th at pion eer textil e plant, adding some 54,00::J sq ua re feet of floor space a nd employing additiona l peopl e. Lamartine G . H ardman , J r., is pr esident of thi s conce rn, whi ch manufactures shee ting and drills.
Co mmerce M anufacturing Co., of whi ch F. Edward Durst is pr esident, makes work clothes, and Blue Bell Inc., a unit of th e conce rn at Greensbo ro, N . C., man ufact ur es work a nd play clothes. T. F . H arden is man ager of th e Co mmerce plant. Blu e Bell enla rge d its pl ant th is year and added some 90 em ployees.
Bolt on Broiler Co., Inc., W . D . Bolton president, ope ra tes a m odern br oiler processing plant in Co mme rce, providi ng a market for ch ickens gro wn locall y. It ope ra tes many refri gerat ed trucks a nd has recentl y added an ice plan t to its ope ration . Many farmers

grow ch icks for Bolto n on contrac t.
Co mmerce F ertilizer Plant, .J. D . Wil-
liam s ma na ger, m anu factures fer ti lizer ; th e Co mmerc e Milling Co. , T homas Eenton ma nager, turns ou t flou r and meal, a nd H unt Milling Co ., K irby Hunt owne r an d operator , p rocesses corn int o meal.
M ose Go rdo n L um ber Co. , owne d an d op erated by M ose Gordon, provides a m ark et for tim ber in th e Commerce a rea .
Siticide Co ., Inc., H erb ert Sha rp, ma n a ge 1', man ufactu res prop rieta ry d ru gs.
The Comme rce T elephon e Co ., W. L. N ew, p resident, whi ch operates in thi s area, has installed a dial syste m in Co mme rce and other point s.
Tran scontinental Pipe Line has insta lled natural gas in Co mmerce and a rea , a nd th e C ity buys electr icity fr om the Georgia Power Co. , and distributes it. T he C ity h as expande d its water and sewer system ; a housing p roject of 34 units fo r whites and 15 fo r colored is being comp lete d, as is also an expand ed pavin g program.
The m od ern Andrew .Iaekson H otel
of 40 rooms, S. G . J on es man ager, and th e U ncle R em us M otel serve th e city and area .
.J. M ac Barber, mem ber of th e Legis-
lat ur e from J ackson Co unty, is pr esident of th e Commerce Chambe r of Co mme rce, and Mrs. K athryn H ou ston . is man ager. This is a n ac tive organizatio n .
Alb ert S. Hardy, .J r., is edi tor an d
p ublishe r of th e Co mmerce Ne ws, 78yea r old weekly, and M rs. H ardy is
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Georgia Textile Factories

( Con tin u ed fr om Pagc 3 )

dren wi th co llege ed uc a tio ns a n d a rc b ui lding a " nes t egg" fo r th e fut ure.

T h e tex ti le mi lls th em selves, a nx ious to p rove good cit izens wh er ev er th ey

are loca ted , ha ve within th e last yea r don at ed h u nd reds of th ou sands of d olla rs in co m m un ity facilit ies a nd imp rov ement s. All ove r G eor~ia one I.n a y sec visible evid ence of th ei r co n t rib u-
tio ns to schoo ls, recr ea tio na l fa cilities,

cohusu rpc hlacns~ s

organ ized cha rities. N spo n sor Sco ut troops,

umerm ain-

ta in n urseries for em ployee's ch ild ren , spo nso r cult ura l p rograms a nd a va -
rietv of en te rta inmen t . M an y of th ese inn ~va ti on s are for th e be nefit not of m ill em ployees a n d th eir fa m ilies a lone but for th~ en tire com m u nitv : for th e welf are a nd th e progress or' th e m ills are lin ked in extricab ly with that of th e

co m m un ity as a wh ole. N ot o nIv is the texti le in d ustry G eor-

gia 's la rgest em ployer a n d la rgest tax pa yer, b ut it sup po rts in p art- and oft en to a la rge ex te n t- n ume ro us o th ('I' busin esses a nd industries in th e Sta tr upo n which it dra ws for sup plies a nc! ma tcria ls,

As a resu lt of th e a n n ua l T ex ti le

Safe ty Con tes ts sponso red by th e Cot-

ton M a n uf act u re rs Associa tion of C co r-

~<1r.ifa~. s

tth

e of

t

exti a ll

lei ndinudsut rsiter~y

is in

a m ong th e th e Sta te .

a nd accid en ts a re ra p idly becom in g th e exc e ption rat h er than th e ru le.

T h e m aj or ity of t he S ta te 's textile mi lls a rc m embe rs of th e Cot to n M anu-

factu re rs Associati on o f G eo rgia , recog-

n ized as one of th e outst an d ing trade

assoc ia tions in th e na tion . R . H o usto n

J ew ell, vice p resid ent of C rysta l Sp rin gs Blcach e ry, C h ickama uga , is Association
p resid en t. T. M . Forbes. of At lan ta .
is exec utive vice pr esid en t, a nd Fra nk

Jackson County
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Associa te ed ito r.

Dr. L a m a rt ine G . H ard m a n , wh o

was Gove rnor of G eorgia fo ur yea rs-

1927 - 193 1-was a native of H armon y

G rov e, a n d th e p ro gr essive im p rint of

th e H a rd m a n fa m ily is still felt th er e.

D r. H ardman previo usly serv ed in th e

Legislat ure from J ackson Coun ty, both

in t he H o use a n d Se na te .

Dr. Paul 1'. Scoggins is M a yor of

C omme rc e. a n d Counc ilme n a rc \V, D.
Bolton, Bili H endrick, .J. T . C ra wford ,

A . M . H ou sto n, C . N . T h re at t, N rl son

N ix.

W . R . L an g is S uperin tend ent of

th e m od ern h igh a n d g ra m ma r sch ool.

a n d th e syste m a lso includes a co lo re d

schoo l. t he Com merce H osp ital h as

26 roo ms a n d th er e is a Coun ty H eal th

N u rse.

[ackson C oun ty is honeycombed with

p r 0 g r e s s i v e co m m un ities, in clud-

iBnI~u s

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site en

te

of rp

th e rises,

fabu lou s in cl uding

a large dep art m en t sto re th a t ~e n'e~

N o rt hea st G eorgia ; Penderg ra ss, site 01

th e J ewell broi ler p roc essing plant:

N icho lson , M ay sville, H osch ton, C en -

tertown a n d T a lm o, ho m e o f th e M e-

Ev er Packing Co., processors of m eats,

a nd of th e C arroll M or gan Lumbe r

C ompan y.

L. Ca rte r, a lso of A tla nta, is sec re ta ry.

Alth o ugh na tiona l con ce rns a rc turn -

in g tow a rd G eor gia in in c reasin g n um-

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tex tile w ithi n

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infidnuasnt

rcv~~'ds .

largely by local ca p ita l. T h e .S ta te o ~ -

fer s eve rv inducemen t to th e indust ry's

co n tin uing exp a ns ion - p ro xim it y to

ra w m at er ia ls, exce llen t tra nsporta tion

facil ities, p rod uct ive An glo-Sa xon la bo r

a nd a n eve r-e xpa n d ing m a rket wi th in

th r St at e itself.

Winners Named in Forestry Contest
Fi rst prize in th e G eo rgi a Forestry Associa tion's seco nd K eep G eor gia Grcen Con test went to Sch ley Coun ty . Runn ing in secon d place wa s Ben H ill Coun ty, third Greene C o un ty, a nd fo urt h St ep hens. H on orable m en tio n wen t to Dodge, C lay, M on tgo me ry, Muscogee, Bull och , L ama r a nd Dou ghe rty Coun ties. Fi rst prize was $ 1,00 0, secon d , $500 , th ird $300 a nd fo urth $200. Pr ize m on ey is US('c! for com munity impro vemen t.
Government Contracts
(C on tin ued from Pag(' 4 )
a nd perfor m a ll work to fini sh in teriors . of seve n post bu ildi ngs, $48,98 7.
Tri-S tate Const ruction Co., ATLA NTA-Air cond ition ing a n d a lte ra tio ns bui lding No. 7 a t th e U . S. Na va l Base . C ha rleston, S. C. , $58 ,245 .
So uthe rn L umber & M a n ufac t u rin v Co. , EL L I ! A Y- Pa llets. wa reh ou se. .$75, 0 0 0 .
G as Service & Equipment Co., .vIA C O N~Natura l gas in stall a tion a t th e U . S. N a va l Ordnan ce Plant, M acon ,
.~46,9 1 s.
Ful ton T ro use r Co., A TLA NTA Trouser, she ll, field , $88 1, 180 .
'T he J ef fe rson M ills, .IEFFER S O NC loth , cott on , uni form , $ 255,6 75.
Sylva n ia Ga rm en t Co., SYLVA N IA - W ool field shirt, .$45 1,500.
Pee rless W oolen M ills, R OSST I L IJ - C loth , wool-n ylo n , $43 ,625.
En terp rise Alum inum C o., I~'A T O N T O N- L ine r for dee p cavi tv she lls. $36 2,005 .
W a ycross M a chi n e Sho p, IVA YC ROSS- P ra ct ice bo mb , $'~ 17 , 48 1 .

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DEPA TMENT OF [OMMEnCE

EWS E ER

JULY 10, 19 5 3

NEWSLETTER

July 10, 1953

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. Pope, Y. Chm. Ben Jessup

Y. F . Geeslin Hoke Peters

* CLARK GAINES

Secretary

va, 4, No. 21

July 10, 1953

Maid of Cotton Will Be Chosen

Plan s are alrea dy in progr ess for se-

lecting a 1954 Geo rgia M aid of Co tto n.
J. E. M oses, secretary-treasurer of th.e

Ccorzia Co tto nseed C rushers Associa tionb and chai rman of the Sta te M al'd of C~tton Con test, h as anno unce d pl an s.

The contest brough t s u c h a gre at

amount of interest a nd success last

year, it was decid ed to h old it aga in

thi s yea r.

Co n test rul es a re th e same as last

vcar . The deadline for county contests

is Au srust 1 and for distri ct contests

b

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September 1. The State event will be

held aro un d Septem ber 15.

Selections will be m ad e on th e basis

of backgr ou nd , person ality and ap-

p ea ra nce. Each con testant m ust ag ree

to travel as a goodwill am ba ssado r for

th e ind ustry in th e event she wins th e

titl e.

Girls wishing to compe te may obta in

detailed inf ormati on from county or

hom e dem onstr ati on age nts.

J ULY 8- 12-Savanna h: American Legion, DeSot o H ot el.
J ULY 14-16 - Savannah: F .B.I. N ational Aca demy Ass'n . of Georgia, Genera l O gleth orpe H otel.
J ULY 15-17- Savannah: Sou. & S.W. R wy. C lub, General Oglethorp e H ot el.
J ULY 19-21- Atl a nt a : Southeas tern China , Glass a nd Gift Show , Auditorium .
J ULY 20-25-Atlan ta: F ourth Annual Dixi e Folk and Sq uare D an ce Institute a t Emory U niversity, sponsored by Dep artment of Ph ysical Education an d Community Educat ion al Service, and dir ected by M ary and Fred Collette.
J ULY 22-24-Sav annah : Annual Co nvention Geo rgia D air y Ass'n. , General O gleth orpe H otel.
J ULY 27-31- Pthens : Di eteti cs W orkshop I , University of Georgia .
AUG U ST 2-8-Savanna h : G e 0 I' g i a -S t at e V ocati on al R eh ab ilit at ion, Gene ra l O glethorpe H ot el.

AUGUST 3-7- Atlanta : Georgia Athletic Coach es, Biltmore H otel.
AUGU ST 1O-1 3--Athens : Sta te Co nference on Vocational H om em aki ng, U niversity of Georgia .
AU GU ST 13-16- Savann ah : Georgia H ouseh old M overs, Gene ral O gleth orp e H otcl.
AU GUST 15-Fairburn : Cen ten nial Cel ebrat ion.
. AUGUST 16-18-Atlan ta: So uthern Nurseryme n's Ass'n., Biltmore H ot el.
AUGUST 18-20-Atlanta : R oyal Ambassad ors of Southern Ba pti st Convention, Auditorium.
AUGUST 24-25- Atla nta : Southern N ewspap er Publi shers Ass'n. , M echanical Confer ence, H enry Grad y H otel.
AU GUST 25- Cai ro : G ra dy Co unty Fat Calf Sho w an d Sa le, Ca iro Liv estock Au ction Barn .
AU G US T 27-30- Savannah : Business . & Professional W omens C lub, General O gleth orp e H otel.

COVER PICTURE

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A view of th e hu ge Cla rk Hill D am locat ed nca r Augu sta. Begun in O ctober, 1948, th e first genera tor was put into opera tion in J anua ry 1953. It is expected th at th e dam will be completed by O ctober 1954. T here will be a total of seven gene ra to rs with an ultima te ca pac ity of 280,000 kilowatts, and an a nn ual outp ut of approximately 703,000,000 kilowatt hours. T his hu ge pr oject represents th e op ening of a tr em endous source of power for Northeast Georgia.-Photo by Carolyn Carter.

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GEORGIA VACATIONLAND-A pretty vacationer poses on the sand dunes of St. Simons Island, one of Geor gia's famous Golden Isl es.-Ph ot o by R agland S tud io, B ru nswick .

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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NEWSLETTER

July 10, 1953

Georgia Nation's Water Resources Frontier
Made So by Powerful Rivers and Large Dams

Six of t he ten m ultimillion doll a r industrial plan ts tha t located in Georgia recently a re " wet" industri es-industries th at req uire relatively la rge volumes of water in prop ortion to other raw mat eri a ls. One of th e p la nt s mak es . ph armaceuti ca ls, two mak e woolen goo ds and three m ak e pulp and p ap er prod ucts. All six wer e practi ca l pri ma rily becaus e of Geo rgia's great water supplies, per haps her mo st enviable na tur al resource.
Geor gia now has 15 pul p and papcr mills bu ilt o r bui lding, and one for which th e site has been purch ased . These will use in th e neighborhood of 300 mi llion ga llons of water a da y. The St ate's number one industrytextiles- is la rgely a "we t" industry, utilizing over 100 milli on ga llons of wat er a d ay.
Expanded Electric Power
Georgia's eno rmo usly expa nded electric power industry is ' primarily a " wet" ind ustry . Even th ou gh most of th e power expa nsion in the St ate sinc e 1940 is in stea m plants, th ey a re still dep endent on great volumes of wat ersom ething like 60 ga llons of water p er kilowatt hou r or 500 tim es th e amoun t of coa l burned to produce power . The steam pow er plants built and un d er construc tion in Georgi a wi ll use over 1,600 million ga llons of water every d ay, it is estima ted by the State D epa rtment of Geology.
You may see som e textile mills t hat weren 't bui lt by a river , but you won't see any pu lp mills or power p lants ver y fa r from one . Despite all th e indust rial development th at has tak en p lace in Geo rg ia during th e last 20 veal's. her water resou rces have ha rdl v be'en tou ch ed . W ater is not consumed in industrial p rocesses; it is merely used a nd pass ed on, a nd contr ar y to gener al bel ief, usuall y in a I'airly good cond ition too, th anks to Geo rg ia's able D ep artmen t of Public H ealth an d th e mo de rn indust rial a ttitude for conservation.
In the C ha ttahooc hee River , for example, th e M et rop olitan At lanta water syste ms use a bou t one -third of th e flow th at wi ll be assured by Buford D am and returns mo st of th at water to th e river th rough t he C la yton sewage treatment

p la nt . Then th e wh ole of th e low flow ca n be passed th rou gh Pl an t Atkinson as coo ling wat er. T he wat er is not used again until it passes throu gh Pl ant Yat es near Ne wna n . Small portion s a re used a t H ogan sville a nd LaGran ge for municip al and industri al su pplies.
W at er pow er is develop ed as th e riv- _ er d rops through th e p enstocks and turbines of the seven hyd ro plant s betw een W est Point a nd Columbus. At Co lumbus, a small portion of the tota l flow supplies th e city, the stea m pow er plant and the numero us texti le mills a long th e riv er fr ont. T he river ab sorbs untreated sewa ge a nd industrial waste a t Col umbus, but fr om th er e to th e Gulf no industrial u se is m ad e of th at enormous flow of wat er-not yet. Moreover, th e p lans of th e U . S. Corps of En gin eers ca ll for a ser ies of dam s betw een Jim \Vood ru ff D a m, now nearing com pletion on th e Fl orid a bord er , a ll th e wa y up to Co lumb us. These will provid e slac k water navigation , but mor e important, th ey will raise th e wat er level closer to th e top s of th e high banks a nd con tro l it within a narrow range-pract ica lly la ke-fron t conditions for factory sites. T hat stre tc h of river is crossed by five railroads- each crossing a pot ential " wet" ind ustria l sit e of great value.
The Mighty Savannah
Acr oss the State, the Savannah R iver h as a con tinue d flow of 3,500 million gallons a da y or more assured by C lark H ill Dam a nd R eservoir. T he great H-Bomb p lant ha s fir st ca ll on thi s water , but th e water will not be injured, so thi s eno rmo us volume of water will be ava ilable in th e lower nver.
The O cmulgee Ri ver in th e middle of th e St at e. in th e vicinitv of M acon . supplies Pl a'nt Ar kwright, ' th e City of M acon, Armst rong Cor k, M acon K raft and other " wet" indu stries, but no furth er use is mad e of th e river below M acon nor is mu ch use mad e of th e O con ee River below th e new Sin clair D am nca r M illedgevi lle. These riv ers form th e Altamah a Riv er, whi ch is un used exce p t for th e pu lp pr oduct s p lant u nd er construc tion near .Jesup .
Per haps th e favorit e in du stria l river of South Georgia is th e F lint. Due to

peculi a r geo logic conditions, th e Flin t Riv er ra ther sudden ly becom es a " big" river as soon as it reaches the Fall Line. Th at is where U . S. H ighways 19 and 80 cross it over th e new bridge. By th e tim e th e F lint reach es M ontezum a, its minimum flow has jumped to 380 mi llion ga llons a da y fr om only 60 a t th e Fa ll Lin e (the d rain age a rea increases only 50 p er cent. ) All th e wa y to Bain bri dg e wh ere it will en te r the poo l behi nd J im Wo odr uff Dam, th e F lint River is a seda te, well-b ehav ed lady with relatively infrequent and tam e floods a nd a m inimum flow at Bainbridge of 1,500 million ga llons a day. T he only industri al use of thi s splendid river is in th e vicinity of Alb an y.
The wonderful natu ra lly regul at ed flow of thi s river has mad e its use fo r low-h ead power dam s practical at th e C risp Co unty a nd Albany Dam sites. Power plan t ope ra tion ca uses the mome nta ry minimum flow of th e river to be relati vely low below th e da m, but thi s effec t disappears a few mi les-downst ream .
Wells Aid Too
All of th ese gr eat river resources a re in South Geor gia, wh er e th ere is in addition one of th e fin est sources of artesian well water in th e Un ited States.
An d what of North Georgia ? Th ere th e rivers are smaller and a lready in use by cities and the long established texti le m ills. Yet nca r R om e, th e Coosa River is supporting th e new stea m-power unit, Plant Hammond, with 300,000 kilowatts under construction a t one tim e! In addition, th e huge Rome Kraft plant is being built next do or to th e stea m plant, a nd both a rc below the big Tubize ChatiIIon plant on th e O ostan au la Ri ver. One grea t source of industri al wa ter in N orth Georgia h as not yet been tou ch ed, th ough fisherm en a nd vacation ists h ave begun to enjoy it largely. This is th e long arms of th e power lak es th at reach back toward th e railroad s fr om Clark HilI , Allatoon a, Sinclair, Buford, and th e olde r sma ller power la kes. A clu e to th eir possibilities h as been shown by the new grea t windfu nnel testing la bora tory a t Tu llah om a, T enn . Ther e la rge qu antities of cool-
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GEOR GIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

J uly 10, 1953

GEORGIII PIIRIIDE OF PROGRESS

T albotton Industry Booms
The Talbot Processing Com pa ny of TALB OTTON , whi ch opened seve ra l weeks ago, is now in full ope ra tion with plan s for expa nsion. The firm handles th e dyein g of ya rns a nd p rocessing of Army a nd Na vy tape, includi ng water resista nt tr eat ment an d ot her pro cesses. At present th e ou tput of tape is about 60,000 yar ds p er day. According to plant manager Robert H. H op kins anothe r winding unit and enla rged d rying faciliti es will be added . The compan y employs 20 persons a t present a nd will increase th e number to 30 with th e add ition of ano the r sh ift.
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Expansion Program
U nion Bag & Paper Corpora tion of SAVANNAH , h as com pleted th e pulpwood system of its mu lti-m illion dolla r expansion program. N ew woo d handling equipm ent h as been installed in cluding a flum e system to convey pulpwood to barking drums, an escala tor convey or, a new ch ip room , new scree n room , two hu ge chip storage silos containing 60,000 cubic feet each, and new barking dru ms.
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Chinchilla Ranches
T wo new chinchilla ran ch es have opened in th e Sta te. GRIFFIN'S second ch inc hilla ra nc h was opened recently by William L. H arris. Lo cated on Magno lia Drive, th e new ranc h is affili ated with J essca, In c., of Colum bus. The oth er G riffin ran ch is op erated by George Wi llis, and is ca lled th e Wilnix Ch inc hilla R an ch . Georgia's second new ra nch is Armou r's Ch inchilla R an ch at MADISON . E . W. Armou r is owner , an d th is ra nch too is a J essca associa te.
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New Motels
Georgia is getting three more m odern motel s. At EATONTON, owne rs J ack Cardwell a nd Douglas Cu nningham have opened th e " Ea tonton Motel" to th e public. The cour t contains 20 un it s and a m an ager's ap a rtment, has air-conditioning and p rivat e baths. Construction has sta rted at FOLKSTON on a 26-unit motel being built by J oe Steadl ey and L eroy Shaw of Homervi lle. A la rge cafe will be built in connection with it. Work on this

mo tel is bein g pu shed to be rea dy for thi s winter's touri st trad e. COVINGT ON will have a 26-unit motel, also, to be built at a cost of abou t $ 150,000. J am es C . M ann, cotton m erch ant, is building it, an d expec ts it to be ready in O ctober. O f br ick constru ct ion. it will be air-conditioned a nd steam h ~at cd, a nd will contai n a managem ent apartment, office an d lob by in addition to the units.
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Cairo's Farmers Market
The large new Sta te F armers M ark et at CAI RO was dedi cat ed recently, and celebrated its opening day by doing a heavv volum e of business. State Comm issi~n e r of Agricu ltur e T om Linder spoke at th e ceremo nies. Almost 300 sellers were attracted th e first day.
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Gwinnett County Industry
M aleo Enterprises, Inc., of Atl anta h as purchased a foundry and machine shop at GLOSTER, in Gwi nn ett Cou n ty ncar Lawr enceville. A bra nch factory will be develop ed th ere to make finished m etal cha irs for th e who lesale market . A railroad siding will be
run to th e p lant. J. P. F ount ain, J r.,
of Gloster will be manager of th e foun d ry. Operations will begin about August 1.
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Two Grain El evato rs
Erected In State
Two new gra in eleva tors have been bui lt in th e Sta te, at ATHENS and T OCCO A. The Athens eleva tor h as a 200,000-bushel capacity, and is locat ed abo ut two miles fr om th e Athens citv limit s on th e J efferson R oad . Built by th e Geo rgia Grain Growers Associati on, it consists of 12 hu ge stac ks, in two rows of six each. Bru ce Goo dwin is man ager.
At Toccoa, J esse J ewell is buil din g a n elevator with a capacity of 2,500 bushels. It is locat ed on th e railroa d near th e J ewell wa rehouse. The J ewell firm now pla ns to bu y th e fu ll feed mix tur e and add corn , which m ak es up 60 percent of th e feed . This will p rovid e a ready ma rket for loca l corn .

GEO R GIA DEPARTMENT O F COMMERCE

Wire Screen

M andeville Mi lls of CA R ROL L T ON hav e a nnounce d th at th ey will sta rt weavin g alum in um screen wir e th is fa ll. T he operation will begin with 12 looms a nd relat ed equipment. The woven wire will \'ar y fr om 24 to 48 inches as needed . Th e new depar tment will be located in wh at ha s been th e supply room. I t is expec ted th at nine peop le will be employed in three shifts. The mill will use alum inu m wir e from Sou thwire Co ., local manufacture.r of aluminum and copper wir e and wir e p rodu cts.

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Tobacco Warehouse

A new tobacco war eh ouse is being

bu ilt at BAXLEY by A. L. J a rrell &

Sons of Sa lisbury, N. C ., to be operated

by \V arren Brothers thi s year. The

structure is to be all steel and conc rete

a nd is located on U. S. 34 1.

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Marine Biology Lab

A U niversity of Georgia resea rch

la bora tory in ma rin e biology is being

pla nned for Sa pelo Island, located off

th e Georgia coast abou t 45 mil es from

Savannah . A $225,000 grant from th e

Geor gia Agricultural and R esea rch

F oundati on was acce p ted by the Board
of R egents. Ri cha rd J. R eynold s, own-

er of Sape lo Island , has m ad e buildings

ava ilable for th e la boratory, a nd also

his ca bin cru iser "T a rpon." T entat ive

plan s call for ope ra tion of th e labora-

tory on a year-ro und ba sis. The isla nd

offers grea t opport unities for resear ch

in estua rine a nd marine biology, th e

biology of terr est rial fa un a a nd flora

a nd wild life biology.

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Agricultural Center

Ben Hill Co unty is planning to bu ild a n ag ricultura l center, to provide a meetin g p lace for ed ucational, recr eatio na l, socia l and bu siness ac tivities. Th e $500 secon d pri ze won by th e county in th e K eep Geor gia Green contest has been put into th e building fund, with $500 m or e being put up by Farm Bur ea u, 4-H , and FF A. The str uctu re will be of semi- fini shed cottage-style weather boarding, with a concrete fou ndation and floo r. The county Forestr y U ni t will also be housed th er e.

NEWSLETTER

July 10, 1953

Future of Rockdale, Conyers Bright As Many Improvements Take Place

Co nyers, th e county sea t of R ockdale Co un ty, is situated in ro lling coun try wher e agriculture and industry th rive side by side . T he general p rosp erity of the a re a is seen in Con vcrs wh ere m a nv civic improvem en ts 11av e been ma de in recent years , w here new homes are going up, a nd new schoo ls being built ; in short, where th e more th an 2,000 Co nyers cit izens are building for th emselves a good city.
At present, one of th e greatest ste ps forward is being mad e with th e establishment of a $ 100,000 R ockd ale Co unty H eal th Cen ter. Co nstr uc tio n is expect ed to begin very soon , and it is hop ed th e Ce nt er wi ll be completed th is yea r. It will cont ain an op erating room, eme rgency roo m, and a ll other req ui remen ts for a complete hospital.
T his hospital, being con structed en tirely from funds don ated by organizations an d individuals of th e coun ty, represents th e effor ts of th e who le coun ty, and th e people of R ockd ale are justly prou d of th eir ac h ievem ent. Ca llaway Mills of M ilstead gave $40,000, p rovid ed th e sum would be matche d by th e p eopl e of th e coun ty . The sum of $1,500 was raised by C all away M ills emp loye es, th e rest by p eopl e of th e coun ty , a nd th e coun ty it self gave $20,000, bringing th e tot al to $100,000. T he new H ealth Center, to be locat ed bet ween Co nyers a nd M ilstead , is also ex pected to prove a n a ttraction for doctors to p racti ce in th e coun ty .
Vqcational School

mi les of str eets h ave been p aved . A vo lun teer fir e dep a rt ment offers fire prot ecti on, an d a new fir e t ru ck , com plete with pu mp ers and a pp roximately 1,500 feet of new hose, was re cen tly pu rcha sed at a cost of abou t $ 10,000. T hree police offi cers a re em p loyed by th e city.
T he schoo ls in Co nyer s are exc ellent. A mod ern gym nasium, wher e all types of spor ts ar e ca rried on, has been bu ilt , and a schoo l band is in op eration. The grammar school is a ttra ctive and the 12-grad e high schoo l ranks with th e best in th e State .
Several yea rs ago a new colore d schoo l building was erec ted with units for tea chers to live in .
H. C . Eddleman , J r., is Su peri nt ende n t of Co unty Schoo ls.'
Fine recreation al fa cilities a re offer ed in th e W illia m A. H enson R ecreation Ce nter with large swimm ing poo l. This cen te r was donated by M r. H en son in mem ory of his son wh o was killed in W orld W ar II. The city furnishes th e wa te r and th e cen ter is lar gely self -sup porting.
The Bank of Rockd al e offers a sou nd financ ial structure in th e city.
Con yers is an a tt ractive city . The downtown area is neat and well-kept and th ere are severa l handsom e buildings. T he R ockd ale County Courthou se is an outsta nding landma rk. The red-bri ck Post Office building m arks ano ther pl easing site in Co nye rs. M an y sto res con tribu te to th e modern ap-

pearan ce of th e business sectio n, whi ch is th e tr ad ing cen te r for m uch of th e sur rounding area . The residen tial p art of th e city is beauti ful with ha nd som e homes, la rge old trees, a nd well-kep t lawns a nd gardens.
T his busy town , with all its p rogress, rests on a solid found ati on of p rosperou s industry and agricultur e in th e Co un tv.
Calla wa'v M ills a t M ilstead constitut e th e lar gest em ployer in R ockd al e Co unty. Hundreds of person s wor k a t thi s mo de rn m ill which p roduces cotto n du ck. About 1,500 person s live a t M ilstead . Ano ther la rge industry is Pacific O verall Co. , m ak ing pants, overa lls and wor k shir ts. T he Hutson M anufacturin g Co., In c., m ak es asphalt roof coa ting, and asph alt paints.
O ne of th e newest industries is th e reactiva ted M et wood Products Co., makers of cabinets.
Other pl ants in clude .J. G . Alm and Supply Co., conc re te blocks; J. L.
Born , grist m ill; Con yers Co ca Cola Bott ling Co., Inc. ; Elect ri c Ginner y, Inc., cott on gin ; R ockd ale I ce Co., and R ockdale M illin g Co ., Inc., grist mill.
Agriculture is imp ortant in th e coun ty's econo my . With a tot al approxim ate land area of 81,920 acres in R ockd al e, 84 .3 p ercent a re in farms, acco rding to th e 1950 C en sus of Agriculture put ou t by the ' D . S. D epartm ent of Commer ce. M or e than 69,000 acres a re in fa rms , with th e average size farm having risen from 68 .8 acres in 1945 to 88 .2 ac res in 1950.
Dairy farming is on th e rise with green p astures appearing all over th e coun ty. M an y farmers a re also tu rning to poultry. In 1949, 2,49 2 bal es of
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Other outs ta nding marks of progr ess include th e new V ocat ion al Schoo l ~u i l ding . This $ 150,000 str uct ure hou ses a public librar y with over 5,000 vo lum es, four home economics room s, a bu siness ed uc a tion dep artment, and a wood-working dep artment. The building was a gift of Call aw ay M ills Edu cation al F ound ati on. It is mo de rn in architect ure an d con ta ins all th e latest equ ipmen t for wor k in th e variou s depar tme n ts.

An other rece n t imp rovem en t in th e city' s life, both ind ividually and in du s-

tri all y, is th e natur al gas syste m whi ch is now op erating in Conyers. This be-

ca me availab le last fall, and may prove to be a n industrial d ra win g- card of gre a t importance.

In th e past few years abo ut 10

The Ro ckdale County Courthouse at Conyers.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

J uly 10, 1953

Dawsonville To Build Waterworks System; Amicalola Falls, Park Draw Many Tourists

The citizens of D aw sonville a re looking forw ard with eager anticipa tion to th e com petition of th e most imp ortant facilit y thi s North Georgia town has ever enjo yed - a wat erw orks system, whereby th e well rope a nd bu cket will give way to th e modern fa ucet in th e
home. An RF C loan ha s been received wit h
whi ch a wat erworks syste m will be insta lled in th e town a t' a nea rby 'sp ring whi ch will p rovide fro m 75 to 100 ga llon s of wat er a minute. Pr elim inary work on th e pl ant is under way, co ~ tr act s have been let and th e system IS expec ted to be in operation by Septem -
ber 15. W at er will be pumped di rectly to th e
125 contem plated h omes ~ n d ot~e r custome rs. and th e system will also Inclu de a 60,000-galion tan k, 6.0 fe~t h igh a nd 13 feet in diam et er. T h is will be a
sto ra ge tank for eme rge ncy. usc. Th e loan is to be rep aid from th e
incom e from wat er sales a nd no extra tax will be levied for th at purpose,
M ayor C . W . Gillel and sa id. In addition to water for th e h or~1es
and com me rcial purposes, prot ecti on
from fir es will also be provid ed .
New Bank Further progress is note~ at .Dawson -
ville bv th e recent orga mzatlOn of a ban k to serve the a rea , th e "D awson County Bank," wh ich will occu py qt~ar ter s to be va ca ted by th e ~ ost O ffice,

th e countv a re a t \Vestsid e and a t Lumpkin, ' a bu ilding program bein g under wa y a t Lumpkin, to include a lun ch room a nd ca nne ry. Dan H ulsey is Co unty Schoo l Sup erin tendent.
Health service is provided by th e Dawson Co untv H ealth Clinic a t Dawsonv ille with a 'n ur se in cha rge .
Daw sonvi lle is tr av ersed bv U . S. H igh way No . 1 9-n ati onwi d ~, whi ch brings tou rists from the nor th, east a nd south . St a te H igh way No. 53 extends east a nd west thro ugh the town , a nd oth er paved roa ds in th e county a re Sta te No . 183 a nd No. 52.
Daw son ville is th e ga tewa y to fam ed Amica lola Falls, whi ch ha ve a sloping d rop of 729 feet, the " high est in Geor gia a nd conside red one of G eorgia' s seven natura l wonders." th e Sta te Pa rks Departmen t says. . Dawsonvi lle residents say it is' th e high est falls in th e U nited Sta tes.
Th e Am icalola Sta te Par k includes 239 acr es, with a lak e a t th e summit of th e Falls on Am icalola C reek, whi ch em pties int o th e Ami calola River , whi ch traverses Dawson County.
Amica lola Fall s d raw th ou sands of visitor s a nnua lly, a nd faciliti es a re being further im pr oved by th e erec tion of five cottages a nd a home for the superint end en t a t th e foot of the falls.
Dawsonville is served wit h electrici-

ty by th e Georgia Power Co. , and two REA lines service th e rur al a reas . the Sa wnec Electric M em bersh ip Co rp ., with headq ua rt ers a t nearby Cu mming, a nd th e Amicalola Elect ric M emb ership Corp., of J asper.
The Sta ndar d T eleph on e Co., of Co r n e l i a , R.. 1\1. St ew art, owner a nd opera tor, has recently imp roved its system at Dawson ville by providin g " desk" ph on es in places of the wa ll, or " coffee-m ill" t y P e. Dawsonville is served by com me rcia l gas com pa nies.
Bap tist, M eth od ist a nd C h urc h of God den omina tions have ch urches in Dawson ville. Silvey H arben is pr esident of th e newly orga nized L ion s C lub, a nd th e Dawson Co un ty L egion Post serves th e veterans. An East ern Star chap te r a nd th e Et owah Lod ge of M ason s a re ac tive.
The broil er industry is ac tive in Dawson Co unty, three poul try plan ts in Dawso nv ille being oper at ed by G. L. Gi llela nd a nd C ra ig Tu rn er, C . C . West a nd C arlt on Gi lleland . O ther in dustries incl ude Ba rker Bros., roa d construction com pa ny, Miller's Bod y Sho p a nd H a rben & N ewto n, sawm ill.
A pion eer Da wsonv ille ente rprise is th e Dawson Coun ty Ad vertiser, published by Mrs. M aud H oward-Garrett. The weekly was fou nd ed in 1878 a nd was owned and edited by M rs. H owa rd's fa ther, Ca p t. J ohn B. T ho mas, from 1890 to 191 1. Upon h is dea th his daughter " took over" a nd h as issued th e pap er since--42 years. T he pap er is no w in its 76th yea r.

whi ch is movin g to a new site . _ The bank is capitalized a t $2) ,000

and direct ors n am ed a t a recent meetin u of th e stockholde rs include M ayor C;rlton W. G illela nd , Silvey H arben , and Len T aylor; of D awson ville ; Grady Va ndiviere, of C a nton; L. H . Burt, of

Ju n o . . T he

M ason ic

Lod ge

has

a

m o. d ~rn

two-stor y b uildin g und er const ruc~lon

in Daw sonville, an d a n approp n a ~e

dedi cati on ceremonial is to be held thi s

fa ll.

.

Dawsonvill e is p roud of its h igh

scho ol, whi ch serves all D awson CO~In

tv 18 bu ses bein g opera ted by th e hi gh a'~d gra mm ar sch ool, wh ich h as 20

teach ers, wi th Prof. H . W . R ober t,.son as Supe rin tende nt. A mo dern $)0,000 gymna sitUTI has been completed, a nd th e school also has a ca nne ry, a vocatio na l auriculture course and a FFA ch apte r. o Mi ss Pa ulin e Palmour is li-

brarian . Two oth er consolida ted sch ools in

Beautiful Ami calola Lak e in Ami calola State Park, near Dawsonville.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

6

NEWSLETTER

J uly 10, 1953

Mrs. H oward ope ra tes the pap er

alone-she , sett ing th e

makes a nc ien

t

upWhthiteloc"kforpmres~s".

t yp e th en

bryunhsanthd~

Much of th e

omuattt"ecropisy.s"et from m em ory, and with-

Mrs. Howard's well-kept office con-

ta ins enla rged pi ctures of her father

U. members of h er own fami ly of Pres-
ident R oosevelt, of th e lat e S. Sena -
tor \V. .J. H arri s, and of Govern ors Eu-

gene a nd H erm an T alm ad ge. A recent

aado4r0n-mm' ecnI1t

iws i.nagm-sopurenatded,

sea z ull w h oi c h,

with was

mo un ted by a taxid ermi st of Gai nes-

ville. The sea bird had wandered un -

fortu n at ely, off its beaten " path'" to a

north Georgia lake.

A six-foot "str ip" -len gth p icture of

th e conve ntion of the Georzia Pr ess

Associa tion, also ado rns

held a t th e wall,

M onroe "'i n as do othe

r19p1i 7c ~

tures, and a 150-year- old cloc k.

Daw son ville officers incl ud e: M ayor

C. W. Gillela nd, and Councilme n H om -

er E tres, R . E. H a rben and Billie Wal-

lace.

Pop ulation of D awsonvi lle in 1950

was 3 18 and in th e distri ct, 992.

Mrs. R ach el Park s is Daw son ville

Post m a st er.

Dawson County

Dawson Co unty was crea ted in 1857

- 96 yea rs ago, and th e two -story bri ck

courthouse bea rs th e same dat e. It

was nam ed for Co ngressman Willi am

C,. D awson . The ar ea is 215 square

Bu ies, a nd th e p opulat ion in 1950 was

3,712. There arc 660 Ia rms in th e

cou n ty.

Co unty officers a rc: O rdinary, W.

O . V au ghters; Clerk of Court Len

TCoa yml omr

~;ss

~Sohneerri,ff,AGlbleernt n

W alla Clac k;

ce : Co

Tax u n ty

Co mm issioner, .J. C . Slat on ; Corone r,

Ralph M addo;,, ; Surveyor, N. J. Cash ;

S,choo l S up.e n n ~en dent, D an Hulsey ;
J. h. ~presentatlve m th e L egisla ture,

C lIff Hu ?h es; Fa rm Agent, C ur tis
Ayers; SOlI Co nservationist, J. L. D en-

na rd ; Welfa re Director, Mrs. Hubert

Smi th.

F orests affor d timber for lumber and

pu lpw ood in D awson, and farmers a rc

also spec ializing in growinrr beef ca ttle

and h ogs, with mu ch milk bcin z pro-

du ced on th e farms.

o

Three-hund red- eighty D awson Co un-

ty fa rm ers cooperating with th e Soil

Con servation Service have esta blished

4,665 have

acres of impr oved th ereby inc rease d

thpaesirt ulrievs~ staoncdk

500 per cent on land th at was once

ero de d hill s, but is now a livestock

" pa ra dise" of green grass .

The coun ty is traversed by th e Eto-

Sta te Registers Million Vehicles

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

F or th e first tim e in Georai a's his-

tory, a milli on mot or vehicles were

register ed last yea r. The total was 1,021,722 . G ~Ol'gi a h as seen a 75 percen t in cr ea se m motor vehicl e reci stra-

tions. during th e. post-war period, ac cordmg to a report issued by M errill C.

Lofton, regional d irect or of th e U . S.

Depa rtment of Comm erce. In 1946

the Sta te's tot al registra tions showe d

583,000 vehicles.

There a rc only 18 sta tes in th e coun-

ty in th e milli on mot or vehicl e class. Th ~se a re Ca liforn ia, Florida, Ill inois,

Ind ia na, Iowa, M assachusetts Mi ch i-

ga n, New syIva

Minnesota , rYn.ao,rk,TNexoartsh,

MCViasirrsogoliui.nnriiaa'",

NOeh;I.vO 'JPeersneny-, \ Visco nsin ,

and Georgia .

Three Commerce Chambers Organize
Two more chambers of comme rce hav e been added to th e Sta te's roster of ac tive orga nizations. The C a m i II a Chamber of Co mme rce h as rcorua nized and now h as a n office open f;r business. Pr esident of th e newlv-acti vat cd chamber is F. L. Lewis, J r., 'with F . L . Peavy first vice-preside nt, Tom Cobb second vice-p residen t an d I. M acey
treasurer. A. .J. Pinson is secreta ry.
T he new W rightsville Chamber of Co mme rce is m eet ing with grea t interest. A membership dr ive has secure d a lar ge number of memb ers, a nd by-law s have been dr awn up.
On e hundred Screve n Co un ty bu sinessmen m et a nd voted to esta blish a Screve n Co unty Cha mber of Com merce. The m eetin g was sponsored by the C ity of Sylva nia at th e Co nununity H ~use. A steeri ng commi tte e was ap po inte d, as well as a by-law committ ee and a gro up to wor k out p rop osed dues. No rman Chalker was elect ed cha irman of th e stee ring committee a nd J ack Robinson secreta ry.
wah R iver , a nd th e Ami calola Ri ver with its fa scin at ing falls a nd lake. Another lar ge lak e in th e co un ty is Fa ucett's Lak e, nca r the Pickens Co unty line, while th ere is a stream at th e foot of practica lly every h ill an d mount ai n peak in th e coun ty.
Visit Dawson ville a nd Daw son Co unty, enjoy its scene ry a nd min gle with a friendly people.

Tumlin a n d Groover, Inc., AC-

W ORTH-Lumber, $ 16,500.

K een an \Veld ing Supplies Co., AL-

BA NY-Oxygen cylinde rs $ 13793.

The Shiver Lumber C o., Alv!ER I-

CUS- Pallets, $39,360.

Southla nd Coffee Co. , ATLA NTA

- Coffee, $54,444.

Anderson, C layton & Co ., ATLA N-
T A- Cotton, $5 i ,945.

Atlantie Steel Co ATLA NTA -

Steel Strip, $32,94 7. .,

The Warren Co ., In c., ATLA NTA

- Refrigera ted d isplay cases, $52,576.

C . D . Tu ller & Co. ATLANTA-

Co tton, $222,625. '

Rittenb aum Broth ers ATLANTA-

Wiping cloths, $59,075.'

. W~rthington Co rp., ATLANTA -

lurbme generator exciter, $282,400.

Fulton T rouser Co ., In c., ATLAN-

T A-Wool field t ro users, $29 1,000 .

N unna lly & M cCrea Co. , ATLANT A

- Cott on kh aki trou sers, $250 ,500 .

Eugen e B. Sm ith & Co., In c., AT-

LA NTA - Cott on, $ 170,750.

C. D. Ti ller & Co ., ATLA NTA -

Co tt on, $ 102,5 10.

L~A~cTmAe

-VSitseibelle

R ecord ca bine ts,

s :$

In c. 10, 145.

AT-

1 he T exas Co. , ATLA NTA -Motor

fuel , $ 14,680.

T he Texas Oil Co. , A UG USTA -

Gaso line, $30,000.

Dixie Paint & V arnish Co. , Inc.,

BR UN SWICK-Paint , $ 10,680.

Sta nda rd Oil Co ., CO LU M BUS-

Gaso line, $22,500 .

Wm . Armstron g Smith Co. , EAST

PO INT-;-Enam el, $ 13,888.

M eta1craft Automotive D i vi s i o n

In c., MAR l ETTA-Metal conta ine rs'

.$25,500 .

'

So utheas tern Ga rm ent Co ., Ltd.,

M 0 N R O E - Wool Fi eld trousers

$188,595 .

'

Peerless Woolen Mills, R OSS VILLE

- Wool blan kets and wool-n ylon cloth

$3,59 1,625.

'

Savanna h Sugar R efining Co rp., SA-

V ANNA H-Sugar, $ 16,033.

Statha m Garment Cor p., STAT-

H A i"!- Wool field trousers, $2 17,350.

J aco Pants, Inc., WINDER-Wool

field trousers, $483,750.

Newman Constr uction Co ., LA -

GRANGE- Ammunition packina boxes

for shell, $525,000 .

'"

Min nesota Mining & M an ufact uring

Co ., A TLA NTA -Adhesive tap e $28

229.

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Georgia's Water Supply
(Continued from Page 3 )
ing wat er, 400 mi llion gallons a day, will be tak en out of one a n n of a lake on Elk Riv er and th e warm wat er returned to another ar m . Th e volume of water in th e reservoir is not changed. No im pur ities a re allowed to go into th e la ke and the sligh tly warmer water will hav e no serious effec t on th e fish .
T ruly, Geor gia may be said to be the wat er resources frontier of th e nat ion . H er possibilities with p roper m an agem ent a nd contro ls ar c-well, not in finite, b ut something like 50,000 milli on gallons a day is th e aver age flow fr om Georgia rivers. T he present low flow from all our rivers totals ab out 8,000 mill ion ga llons a day, a lar ge part of whi ch m ay be used severa l tim es befor e it reach es th e ocean, and ou r mu ltipl e-purpose river projects now under const ru ction or p roposed will greatly increa se th at a mount.

Government Contracts (Continued from Page 7)
George L. F uller Co nstruction Co ., A UGUSTA-Trainin g bui lding at U . S. Naval Auxilia ry Air Station, Glynco, Ga ., $1,704,053.
T h e J efferson M ills, I nc., JEFFER S O N-Cloth, cotto n, sateen, $2 14,120.
ODDITI ES MUSEUM
T he Pin e L ake Li ons Club IS sponsoring a n Oddities M useum at Pine Lake. It includes a mi niature circus, Wild West exh ibits, flags m ad e of h istoric wood, a nd ma ny other interesting it ems. There is no charge for adm ission. Owner and opera tor of the museum is Wa lly Smi th.

' A l\II I;KIN' '~ E GO'-~o say th ese th ree bea uties who represent ed mil km ai ds at th e
colorful . D~ITY f e.stJva l held m Ea ton ton 0I? June .1 6th, when P ut nam County's p ione er
lead ershi p ~n this mdustr y wa s celebr a ted. M ISS M an e Mad dox was "Put nam Dairy Q ueen" o~ th e F estival and Gov. Talmadge was the p rincipal speaker. The mil km aids in th e above
pi ctu re, left to righ t, a re: Mary C a therine S tiles, J ohnny L ou H arper a nd Di m pl es E dw ar ds, all of Eato nto n.-Photo by T Oil! Grego r)'.

Rockdale and Conyers
(Contin ued fr om page 5 )
cotto n were harvested.
Con yers a nd Rockd a le ar e fortunate in havin g two exce llen t newspap er s. The Con yer s N ews is pu blished by Belmont Denn is. A new pap er, T he Citizen-O bserv er p ub lished by T om a nd Sam H a y, began opera tions the first of July.
C ity officials a re M ayor L. B. V eal, and Alderm en A. M. Bennett, H ar old

Reagin, Lou is K ent, Dean Cooper, H . A. Summers, Geo rge A. Ow ens, J r., O .
.J. Bradfor d is City Clerk and T ax Col-
lector .
Officials of R ockdale Co unty ar e O rdina ry A. M . Bennett ; C ler k Superior Cour t L. 1v1. lvIcD owell ; Sheriff Walter L. IVIcC art ; T ax Commissioner
M rs. Fannie S. 'F reeman ; Coron er J ohn
W. (Bill) M cC ollum, a n d Coun ty
Commissioner H omer Br isendine, with
Mrs. Ethclen e V. W hitak er, Clerk .

,
DEPARTMENT OF [0 MEA[
WSLE
JULY 25 , 1953

The Buford Bird Housing Project at park entrance.

A p icnic table and grill.

Buford Citizens Work and Plan Together In Making Dream of Youth Park a Reality

Citizens of Buf ord ca n a ll tak e prid e in th e newly-d edi ca ted Buford Yo uth C enter Park , because everyone had a hand in it. Sincer e contributions of hard wo rk, m on ey and mu ch preliminary plannin g lie beh ind this beautifu l development. Consisting of ten ac res of wood ed la nd, it h as been card ully made into a p ark offeri ng recrea tiona l faci liti es fo r peop le of all ages, altho ugh it is dedicat ed to youth .
Interest in such a park began in 1947 wh en forward-looking citizens of Bufo rd real ized th e need for recr eation for you ng people in th e comm unity. Fi rst, two swimm ing pools were built, on e for a d ults a nd one for sm a ll chi ldren, th rough th e work a nd contribution s of th ese inter ested men . In 1948 a corpora tion was set up as Buford Youth Cen ter.

In 1952, it was decid ed th at a park was need ed a nd suitable sites wer e sough t. The Buf ord Youth Ce nter h ad space for good picni c gro unds a nd pe rmi ssion was obta ined to build such an a rea . A surve v was m ad e of the la nd s in th e Youth' Center and a djoining a rea and it was fo und th at a beautiful ten -acr e park could be made by usin g three acres whi ch the C ity own ed , a nd five ac res belongin g to Bon a Allen , In c. Both ga ve permission for th e la nd to be used as a pa rk, and th e park q uickly became a realitv.
All th e cl ub~ a nd orga nizat ions in town pitch ed in a nd h elp ed in th e pa rk progr am . Businessmen and Boy Sco uts a ided in clearin g th e a rea, and la ter a ll th e orga niza tions planned th e new bathhouse a nd th e picni c a rea s.
T od ay th er e a rc one a nd two-t ent hs

m iles of tr ails aro und th e perimeter of the park, in whi ch six springs and a strea m flow. Seven picni c tables a nd five barbecue grills h ave been built a nd man y pa rk ben ches placed at scenic spots. R ustic bridges wer e bu ilt across th e strea ms. T a ble sit es a nd tr ai ls th rou gh th e park hav e been covered with gra nite du st.
At th e ent ra nce to th e pa rk, th e Buford Bird H ou sing Proj ect h as been erec ted in a la rge t ree, with th e off ice of coc k ro bin a t th e top, and a dd ition a l bird houses fo r wr en , spa rro w, peckerwood , ca tbird, m a rtin , dove, redbird, blu e jay, m ockingb ird , bobwh ite, thrasher a nd blu ebird.
\ Vork on th e park is now com plete
exce pt for th e a dd it ion of swings a nd
outdoo r ga mes to be insta lled .

C h ildren enjoy a picn ic in wood ed ar ea.

Th e swim m ing pool is alwa ys popula r.

N EW SLETTER

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-monthly by
GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE 100 State Capitol
* HERMAN E. TALMADGE Go vernor
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
EMORY L. BUTLER Chairman

Lonnie A. Pope, V. Chm. Ben Je ssup

Y. F. Geeslin Hoke Peters

* CLARK GAINES

Secretary

Vol. 4, No. 22

j uly 25, 195:{

Geo rgia I nsurance
Hits New Record
Geor gia ns a re taking a look into th e future a nd pr oviding for that " ra iny day" with mor e insura nce policies th an they hav e ever had befo re.
T he I nstitute of Life In su ra nce reports th at Geor gia fam ilies owned 7,088 .000 life insur an ce policies a t th e beginn ing of thi s yea r, whi ch p rovid e $5,009 ,000,000 of prot ect ion, ma rking a new h igh record for (he Sta te.
At th e beginning of 1952, $4,446,000,000 was owned by Georgia ns a nd five yea rs' pr eviously the figure wa s $ 2,990,000,000 .
On j anua ry I of th is yea r, th e to tal life insuran ce owned in Geor gia was .$2,536,000 ,000 in 1,146,000 ordinary life insur an ce policies of th e typ e hought in ind ivid ual units of $ 1,000 or more . Purchases of new insur an ce of thi s typ e in thi s Sta te amo unted to $:1 72,:1 78,000 in 1952.
Additi onal life insu ran ce was owned a t th e sta rt of th e vear in the Sta te in 5, 148,000 industrial policies providing $ 1.%4,000 ,000 of protecti on . Anoth er .$ 1,I09,000,000 was in gro up life insur a nce under 794,000 indiv idua l certifica tes.

COVER PICTURE
G EO RG IA VA CATIONLAND-This beautiful olea nder-lined st reet is one of many such sigh ts a t Sea Isla nd, one of Geor gia' s Go lden Isles. This yearround vacation spot d raws visito rs from every state in the U nion to enjoy swimmin g in th e ocea n a nd in ocea n-front pools, golfing , tenn is, horseb ack ridin g a nd basking in th e cool ocea n breezes.
- Photo by Carolyn Carter.

] uly 25, 1953

J U LY 20-25-Atlanta: Fou rth Annual Dixie Fo lk and Sq uare Dance I nstitute at Emory Un iversity, sponsor ed by Dep artment of Ph ysica l Education and Comm unity Ed ucational Service, and direct ed by M a ry and Fred Co llette.
.JU LY 22-24-Savannah: Annual Convcntion Georgia Da iry Ass'n ., Gen era l O gleth orpe Hotel.
.J ULY 27-:1 I-Athens: Dietet ics Workshop L U niversity of Geor gia .
AUG U ST 2-8- Savannah : Geor gia S ta t e Vocational R ehabilitat ion , General O glethorpe H otel.
AUGUST :1 -7- A t h e n s : Dietetics Worksh op , II , U niversity of Geor gia .
AUG US T 3-7- Atla nta : Geor gia Athlet ic Co ach es. Biltm or e H ot el.
AUG U ST 1O- t':1-Athen s : State Co nferen ce on Vocation al Hom emaking, U niversity of Georgia .
AUG U ST 13-16- Savann ah : Georgia H ouseh old Movers, Gen era l O glethorpe H ot el.
AU GUST 15-Fairburn : Cen tenn ial C ele b ra t ion .
AU G U ST 16-18- Atla n ta : Southern Nurserymen 's Ass'n., Biltm ore H otel.
AUGUST 18-20-A tlanta: Royal Am-

bassadors of Southern Baptist Conventi on, Municip al Auditor ium. AU G US T 24-25-Atlanta : Southern Newspap er Publishers Ass'n ., M echa nical Co nference, Henry Grady H otel. AUG UST 24-29- Hiawassee : Georgia Mountain Fai r with 16 counties partic ip a t ing. AUG U ST 25- Ca iro : G ra dy County Fat Calf Show a nd Sa le, Cairo Livestock Aucti on Barn . AUGU ST 27-30- Sav annah : Business & Professional Wom ens C lub, General O glet horpe H otel. SE PTEM BER 3-6-Sava nna h : Georgia Hea rt Ass'n ., DeSoto Hotel.
SE PT E1'vIBE R 5-9-Savannah : Work mens C ircle, DeSoto H otel.
SE PT EM BE R 7-12- Jefferson : J ackson Co unty Fair, Am erican Legion Grounds.
SE PTEMBER II - Dahl onega : L umpkin Co unty H a rvest Festival.
SE PT EM BER I:1 - 16- Sa vannah: N ationa l T obacco T ax Ass'n. , DeSoto.
SE PT E M BE R 14-16-Athens : Short Co urse for Local T ax O fficials. (Contin ued on Page 7)

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GEO RG IA DEPARTMENT OF CO M M E RC E

N EWSLETTER

July 25, 19 5 ~)

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

New Tourist Facilities
Plans for a 54 -unit motel at SA VANNAH h a v e been a n nounce d . W eldon W . Sand ers, p rominent bu sinessman of Ri chmond, V a., is building the la rge project , wh ich will be loca ted on U . S. 17. A Howard J ohnson restaurant will also be bu ilt on th e 10.5 acr e tract. It wi ll sea t 80 per son s a nd is expec te d to be com pleted in less th an 90 d ays. A new m ot or co ur t, th e I vyM anor, has been ope ne d a t D O U GLA S on Hi ghway 44 1. Consisting of 22 units, it has a cen tralized h eating and cooling system and tub and showe r in each room .
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$5 Million Center
A huge $5 mi llion shop ping cen te r is to be bui lt in Co bb Coun ty by th e Belmont Hi lls Corpo ra tion, Bill Ward, president. Located at SMYRNA , th e cen ter wi ll h ave space for more th an 3,000 automobi les. It will ta ke shap e grad ually over a five-year peri od , with constr uc tion sta rting in Au gu st. Th e variety of stores to be in th e cen te r wi ll a ll be of sim ilar design to keep a uni fied look .
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Large Expansion Program
Goodyear is p lanning to expa nd it s ope ra tions at C lea rwa te r Mi lls N o. 1 a t CEDARTOWN by spe nding a pproximately $200,000 for new textile machiner y. The hi rin g of new employees is not con te mpla te d in th e n car future, however , as present em p loyees will be trained to use th e new m achinery .
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Warehouse Building
E-Z Mills of CARTERSVILLE h av e sta rte d construction on a new stockstorage and shipping room of 33,000 squ are feet. The new bui lding wi ll be two-story, of conc rete , bri ck an d steel, air -coo led , h eated a nd lighted wi th th e la test eq uip me n t. I t will be locat ed between the com pa ny wa rehouse a nd present m anufacturing build ings .
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New Chinchilla Ranches
More chinchi lla ranch es a re ope ning in different parts of the Sta te . L aGrange's first ranch ope ne d th is month, in a two-story, air-condition ed

structu re . Owners of th e Ri c-Reo-Dun Ranch a re D r. Willi am T. Ri ch ards, Wil ey A. Reeves and H enry C. Dunson. Th is is an associa te of J cssca , I nc.. of Co lum b us. A ch inch illa ran ch has "also ope ne d a t TH OMA SVILLE, owne d by Mr. a nd Mrs , Eu gen e I-I.
Peebles. I t is a .J cssca Assoc ia te.
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Highway 27 Maps
Th e U. S. Hi ghway No . 27 Association . In c., with headqu a rt ers a t Co lumbus h as issued a new strip m ap . Th e revised ma ps com bine th e Ce ntra l Division , T enn essee and K entucky, with Georgia, both of which formerl y had sepa ra te m aps. Th e new version is vc rv a tt rac tive. and shows th e m a in point; of inte rest on th e route a ll the way fr om C inci n na ti to 'M ia mi. On e hundred th ou sand ar e bein g di stribu ted .
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New Pelham Plant
A new conc rete block plant is bein g loca ted a t P/~LHAM . Th e la rge plant will occ upy new bu ildings on th e D ix ie Hi ghway in th e nor th ern part of th e
city. .f. R . H an cock. for m erl y of AI-
hanv . is own er a nd opera to r.
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2 Industrial Plants
Rising at Hartwell
H ARTWELL is living up to its sloga n, " where industr y and agric ult ure meet." Two la rge new plants ar e bein g bui lt th er e. A m od ern str uc ture will house a new ind ustry- \Vire Pr oducts. Inc.- ma kers of stee l and a lum inum wir e product s. On e of th e few of its kind in th e So u th. th e firm wea ves steel a nd alum in um wire into screens a nd other p roduct s with heav y loom s. T hi s locall y-owned plant is expe cte d to begin ope ra tions early in Au gu st. H a rtwell citizens who peti tion ed for inco rpo ra tio n a re Lee Carte r, C lyde Hu rst, J r., G lenn Fi sher , Olin J oh nson an d J am es Bell.
H artwell's Bellcraft M anu fa cturing C om pany wi ll a lso h ave a new pl ant. All thi s com pa ny's ope ra tions will be h ou sed in th e windowless, ai r-cond itioned str uc tu re. Th e present m ain plant will also be used in th e m anufacture of shirts.

G EORG IA D E PARTMENT OF C O M M ERC E

Coca Mat Factory
GR I FF11'1' is to be th e location for a Sta te fact or y for blind N egr oes. The fa ctor y wi ll produce coca floor m at s and is expec ted to em ploy 50 p erson s in th e initi al stages. It is hoped th at th e b uild ing , sch ed uled to con ta in 14',000 sq ua re feet, will be com ple ted in tim e to sta rt operations befor e th e fir st of next year. Oper ation s at this fact or y wi ll be simi lar to th ose in th e Sta teopera ted broom fa ctory at Bainbridge em ploying blind wh ite person s.
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Cord~le's Watermelon Fete
Th e m onth -lon g Waterm elon Fes tival is in fu ll swing at CO R DE LE. On e of th e biggest even ts of th e F estival wa s Farm er Appreciati on D ay, held at th e Sta te Fanner s M ark et. This a ttr a cti on d rew th ou sands to ea t barbecue and h ear an address bv Sta te Co m mi ssion er of Agri cu lture T om Linde r. Th e F estival is bein g , presid ed over by " Q ueen" M argery Gleat on . M arket M an ager Hor ace M ussclwh itc p redi ct s th at the vo lum e of wat ermelon a nd ca nta lou pes thi s yea r will d ouble th e m ark et's pr eviou s record.
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Egg Marketing Group
An egg m a rketin g assoc ia tion ha s been set up with h eadquarter s a nd plant a t M I LLEN . Th e O geeeh ee Valley Egg M arketing Associati on , wh ich is known as O vem a, has in stalled new machin er y to gra d e an d pack eggs, and h as cold storage facilities. All com mer cia l p rodu cer s in th e a rea a re bein g asked to market th eir eggs th rou gh O vcm a . M elvin Bell is chairm a n of th e organizing committee, Ed gar Rushton genera l m an ager and H . E. Olive office m a nager.
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Lake Acworth Beach
The Lak e Acwo rth Bea ch a t ACW ORTH is rapidly becoming one of th e pleasure a reas of G eorgia . The beach now h as a conces sion stand and fa ciliti es for swimm ing, fishing, boat in g, a nd a goo d boat d ock. The beach has been gra de d a nd ten ca rloa ds of white sand ha ve been p laced . M an y she lters for picni cs a re scattered aro und th e lake, a nd C obb Co un tia ns a re a lr ea dy en joy ing thi s new recr eati on a rea.

N E' '':SLET T E R

J ul y 25, 1953

Dallas and Paulding County Cio Forward economy of Pau lding County. T he 1950 Ce nsus of Agricultur e, issued by th e

Bur eau of th e Ce nsus, U . S. D ep a rt-
With Natural Cias System, School Program ment of Commerce, showed 1,565 farms and a n a p p rox im ate land a rea

Dall as, coun ty seat of Pauld ing Co un ty, is situa te d in th e rolling hill s of north west G eorgia, not far from th e Ala bama line. T he cen te r of a th riving agricu lt ura l an d industri al sec t i o~ , Dall as is a growing city of a p p roxIma tcly 2,000 persons, with close to 3,000 people in th e D all as dist rict.
Paulding Co u n ty was cre ated by Act of th e Legislature of D ecemb er , 1832. It con tai ns 324 sq ua re mil es, and h as a popul at ion of 11 ,752, with 37 p ersons to the sq ua rc m ile. Th e red bri ck Paulding County Cour thouse was erec ted in 1892. T hi s struc ture d omi nat es th e scene in D all as, occ upying th e sq ua re in the cen te r of t own . M an y stores arc b uilt aro u nd it, which h rin g custo me rs from a la rge area to sho p . a nd tran sact bu sin ess.
M a ny civic im provem en ts a rc being m ad e in Dallas. O ne of th e mo st recen t is th e a u thoriza tion of $560,000 for a n ticipa te d revenue ce rtifica tes for natural gas in D all as a nd vicini ty. T he con t rac t h as alrea dy been let, an d pla ns for th e system a re expec ted to m ove a long ra pi dly. T h is p roject was overwh elmingly ap p roved and great int erest and sup port have been sho wn h I' all c it izens .

to th e sh opping cen te r, bu t not righ t on th e sq ua re . T his display of D alla s' friend ly spirit h as been one of th e fa ctor s in b ringing la rge n um bers of p eople to t rad e ther e.
T his th rivin g city a nd cou nty a re based on a solid foundation of indu stry and ag riculture. O ne of th e la rgest industries is th e Whitfi eld Sp inning Co m pa ny, m a king tobacco clot h a nd varn. Another im porta nt b usiness is th e Dalla s H osier v M ill, one of Pauld inba Co u n tv 's pi on eer indust ries. Spinks H osier y Mi ll a lso em ploys lar ge num bers of p erson s.
Oth er industri es inclu de ]) & S M anufacturing Co m pa ny, doing reworking of m en's, boy's a nd mi sses' hosier y; F inch & F uller Mi lling Co m pa ny, gr ist mill ; H enderson Lumber & Su p ply Com pan y; pa in ts, m illwork, bu ildin g m a teri al and sup plies : J on es Lu m ber. dim ension a nd rou gh lum ber : C la ude ' N . R ai nw at er Milling Co m pan y, grist mi ll and co rn m ea l, and Emm et t H. Rakestr aw , grist m ill. O ther m an uf actu rin g ente rp rises in th e cu ullty a rc B. 1,. Babh Hosier y Mill, m a kin g socks, a nd j oe Knox 1\100n , Sr. , gr ist m ill, bot h of Hi ram , th e Hi ram Lumb er Co m pa ny, pla n ing m ill.

of 203,520 ac res. This represen ts a tota l of 74 per cen t of th e la nd in th e co un ty in farms. Paulding farmers hav e d iver sified th ei r operatio ns a nd imp roved th eir incom es and livin g sta nda rds th er eby. T he 1950 Agric ultural Ce nsus rep or ts 43 da iry fa rms in th e co un ty, 10 poul try farms a nd 30 livestock fa rm s.
T h e im portan ce of ag ricultur e to Paulding citizens may be seen by th e incom e b ro ug h t in by th e fa rm s du ring 1949. T h e va lue of all Pau lding farm product s sold was $927,293. All crops sold a mo un ted to $56 1,250, wh ile a ll livestock a nd livestock p roduct s m a rk et ed tot a led $279, 152. A little over 3,000 bal es of cott on were produ ced in 1949.
Ano ther large sou rce of in com e is in th e forests of th e co un ty. In 1949, for est product s sold a moun ted to $86,89 1. T h e Geo rgia Forestry Com m ission repor ts th a t during th e 1952-53 pl ant ing season, 20,600 forest t ree seed lings wer e shi pped to Pau ld ing Coun ty.
Wi th th is br oad base of agr icultu ral a nd industr ial prosper ity to bu ild on, it is n a tural th a t D allas a nd Pauld in g wo uld have m an y a dva n tages to offer th eir citizens. Th er e a re nu m erou s clubs,
including Am erica n Legion , ,,yom an's

School Bu ild ing Prog ram
Anoth er for war d ste p being m a de in th e coun ty is th e school building p rogram . M an y new schools and a dd i-

sawm ill, a nd a ll types of b uild ing materi al , and th e Ru N ell M anufa cturing Co m pa ny, che nille prod ucts.
Ag ricult ur e is ve ry importa n t ill th e

C lub, L ion s Club, Gard en C lubs, 4-H C lubs, and a Co m m un ity Plann ing Counc il. They a rc all ac tive an d well-
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tion s a rc planned thro ugh out th e co un-

ty. T he plan s h av e been d rawn up hI'

th e a rchi tect. If the sale of bonds p ro-

cee d s as expec ted, construc tion on th ese

b uild ings sho uld begin late thi s stun -

m er or ea rly fall.

A $260,000 sewera ge system h as re -

cen tlv been fini shed , and m an y new roa d ~ paved th rou gh out th e city.

N ew hom es a rc being b uilt in va ri-

ous parts of town , a nd m an y of th e

stores in th e th rivin g bu siness a rea h ave

been remo d eled and m od erni zed. T h e

First N atio na l Ban k com pletely m od -

ern ized its b uild ing in 1950, and now

occu pies a h andsome m arble str ucture

op po site th e cour th ouse.

Another progressive ste p th e town

ha s ta ken is the ins tallation of p arking

m et ers. In orde r to m eet the p robl em

of peop le wh o com e to town occasion -

a lly a nd need to park a ll day, a park-

ing lot was pa ved and mad e av ailable

with no pa rking m eters. T h is is close

Paulding County abounds in fin e ca tt le and dairy farm s.

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GEORGIA D E PAR T M EN T O F CO M M ERCE

NEWSLETTER

Savannah Is Booming as Big Construction Program Gets Under Way in City and Area

Sav ann ah is booming-not with th e sound of gu ns, but with th e music of th e hammer a nd sa w, th e pill' dri ver , th e concrete mi xer and other cons t ruction eq uipme n t.
In constr uc tion a nd recently com plet ed a re p roj ects th at tot al m illion s of d ollars in cost.
Alread y, loom ing hi gh in th e cen ter of th e city are th e towering pi er s th at will bring th e $ 15 mi llion Eu gene T almad ge M em oria l brid ge and h ighway ac ross th e Sav annah RiYlT from So uth Ca ro lina into downtown Savan na h . Th e highway runs southwes tward to Da rien , Brunswick and othe r Ge org ia points, and on to Florida.
Thi s is U . S. H ighway 17, whi ch proceed s up th e coas t north ea stw ard. The new spa n, bein g bu ilt across th e river , will tou ch Hutchinson Island a nd ope n it up for m or e industri al sites. The 2,000 -acre island is no w accessible only by a lin e of th e Seaboard Rail road and by boat. A few indust rial plants ar e already on th e island, but th e new hi ghway will m ak e it m or e access ible. Back Ri ver is th e eas te rn boundar y of the island, and is also th e bounda ry lin e betw een Georg ia and Sou th Carolina .
Million Dollar Addition
Th e new bridge and hi ghway a re ex pected to re d uce by six mi les th e distan ce into Sava n na h ove r th e presen t hi ghway.
Th e new bridge is being bui lt so hi gh th at drawb rid ges will not be necessary for vessels plyin g th e Sa va nna h R iver.
Th e hu ge U nion Bag & Pap er Corp ., has ju st com plete d a $23 milli on addition wh ich will en able it to utili ze hardwood s in its m anufacture of p ulp a nd pap er.
It is estima te d th at th is finn . whi ch began operation a t Sa va nna h in 1936, has spe n t one hundred m illion s of d olla rs in constr uc tion alone a t its Savannah plant. 1'. 1'. Du n n is vice-p resident and resid ent m an ager.
This docs not include th e amo un t spe n t for timber and th e pl ant payroll.
A recent d evelopment a t Sa vann ah th at is expec te d to a ffo rd a ma rk et for mu ch of th e a rea 's $24 milli on a yea r crop p roduct ion was th e open ing on M ay 27 of th e Sta te F anner s M arket , erected on a 20-acre tr a ct a t a

cost of .$250,000 by th e Georg ia D > pa rt m ent of Agriculture. W a ldo H . M oor e is manage r of th e m ark et , wh ich is situa te d on U . S. H ighway 80, th e land having been p rovided by Savannah and C h ath a m Co un ty. The Sa va n na h Cham be r of COI{1me l'Ce h ad lon g been an advoca te of th e m a rket a nd b rou ght abo ut th e ac q uisitio n of th e site .
Natural Gas
Sava nna h is looking forward wi th a grea t d eal of a nticipa tion to th e insta lla tion by O ct ob er 1 of natural gas by th e So uth At lanti c G as Co mpa ny of Sa va nna h, th rough th e Sou the rn Na tura l Gas Com pa ny, whi ch h as been gran ted a perm it to exten d its lin es to Savannah, Th e So uth Atl anti c Gas Co m pa ny will th en becom e a di stributor , instead of a m anufacturer as now . of gas , whi ch is expec ted to h av e wid~ usc not only in resid en ces but also in bu sin ess hou ses a nd la rge m an ufac tu ring firms. H . H an sell Hillyer is president of So uth Atla n tic Gas Co.
Th e Savan na h Elect ric & Power Co m pa ny, L. C . M cf.llurkin presid ent, whi ch has a lrea dy spe n t nearl y $4 m illion enla rg ing its ge ne ra ti ng and distributing fac ilities, reveals pla ns to spe n d a no the r $4.5 milli on with in th e year, ad d ing a new power gene ra ting uni t. Co nstruction of thi s new facility is now under way. It will ad d ad d (tion al power to an in creased territ or y,
Th e city of Savannah h as ju st sold a $ 1,800,000 bond issue, of wh ich .$800,00 0 will be used for pav ing work , and $ 1 m illion fo r improvem ent of sewe rage fac ilitics.
Two lar ge a partme n t hous es h ave rece n tly bee n com plete d an d occ upied, eac h costing a p p rox ima te ly $2 mill ion , U nder construc tion is th e hu ge Fred W essels hou sing proj ect ; H u~t er Air For ce Base, nea r th e city, is spe nd ing nearl y eigh t million dollars on hou sing faciliti es for office rs and th eir families. airme n and th eir fam ilies. Other i m~ pr ovem ents a rc bein g m ad e a t th e Base eac h m onth .
T ravis Fi e 1 d Municipal Airpor t serve d by th ree ai rlines- D elta -C & S: Nationa l a nd Eastern-has ju st spe n t seve ra l hundred th ou sands of d ollar s on new and length en ed runways a nd on its lighting system . Travis Field has a lso been design at ed by th e Go ve rn-

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July 25, 1953
men t as a trai ning sta tion for Air Nation al G ua rd units.
A new $500,00 0 office bu ilding ha s been buil t in th e downtown a rea of Savan na h a nd is occ u pied by th e U. S. En gin eer s. Seve ra l lar ge su per-markets and tr ad ing cen te rs hav e been erec ted in residenti al a reas .
Exp an sion s by other Savann ah finns costing severa l milli ons of d olla rs, include the So uthe rn Pap erboa rd Co rp. ; Atla n tic R efin in g Co. , a n ew term inal on a 20-acre tr act ; Sea boa rd Class ifica tio n Yards, a pproxima tely $5 mi llion , wh ich includes imp rovem ents and a new b rid ge across th e Savan na h River : and So uth la nd Oil Co rp., loca ted a t th e St at e Port site.
F ut'ure P rojects
Th e Am eri can CYana mi d Co. . has pu rch ased 1,600 acr~s of land on th e Savann ah River from th e Savan na h Distri ct Auth orit y, on whi ch it pl an s to d evelop, th e construct ion cost ult ima tcly to a pp rox ima te $30 m illion .
G ilber t V ern ey, presid ent of th e V er ney Co rpo ra tion of Ne w H ampshire, announce d th at a large rayon -t ext ile mill will soo n be bui lt a t Ri chmond Hill, eighteen m iles south of Savanna h, on th e 2,300 ac res bou ght by V erney, th e site includi ng th e towns of Rich mo nd Hill and Blueb err y V illage, a nd th e H ermi tage, former winter esta te o r the lat e H cn rv Ford.
The com m u nity, com p rised of R ichmond I-fill's 76 dwellings a nd 56 va ca n t lot s, a nd Blueb erry's 38 d wellin gs and 11 h orn esit es, was la id out originall y as a mo de l vill age by M r. Ford .
A cha rter has bee n gran te d to " Rich mond Hill Enterprises, In c.," and M r. V erney a n no unces he will b uild a m ill on th 'e industrial site and tak e th e H ermitage fo r h is own resid en ce.
(T he " H erm itage," fam ed Savanna h a n te-be llum mansion , situa ted on wha t is now th e U n ion Bag & Pap er Corp , site, was bou ght by Mr. Ford , mo ved to R ichmond Hill a nd reconstruct ed "as was" th ere. )
T he mam mo th $6 00 mill ion Atomi c En ergy Plant, bein g built across th e river from Au gu sta , is 85 a ir-m iles north of Sa va n na h , a nd in ad di tion to man y Savanna h peopl e being em ployed there, it is also an tici pa te d th er e will be h ea vy m ovem ent of sup plies a nd raw m at erials th rou gh th e Savan na h ' Port to th e plant , wh ich will furth er stim ulate Savan na h bu sin ess.
The C ha m be r of Comme rce of Sa va n na h, of wh ich Ki rk Su tlive is p residen t, Ji m Barn ett immedi at e past presi-

NEWSLETTE R

J uly 25, 1953

dent, a nd C liff D . D av enport exec utive di rect or , is a live or gan iza tion boosti ng th e city a nd a rea , an d recen tly m oved in to gl:ea tly enla rge d a nd con{mo dious offices a t 100 East Bav St reet. It h as an office personnel or' nin e peop le to di rect th e activiti es of th is t ra d e hod y.
Port Activity
Sava nn ah' s ind ust rial acuvity rcvolves la rgely aro und its port. If Genera l O gletho rpe were to sa il aga in u p th e Savan na h River, he would ru b hi s eyes in conste rn a tion a t th e cha nges in the site wh ere h e land ed 220 yea rs ago. T he Ind ia n ca noes used to ply th e st rea m ha ve been replac ed by th e h uge ocea n-going stea me rs ; th e slow, curling smoke that ca m e from th e tepees lining the ban ks h as give n wa y to th e ta ll smo ke-stac ks o f the ind ust rial p lants

along th e river.

T he Sava nnah harbor is 3 1 m iles

lon g, extend ing to th e Atl an tic O cean .

The river has a depth of 34 feet a t low

wat er. M ore th an 50 steams h ip com -

pani es a re rep resen ted a t th e port by

five stea mship ag enc ies. T erm inal fa-

cilities incl ude 28 deep -wa ter berths

wher e vessels of a ny size m ay dock.

Of the 3 1 m iles of harbor, 10 miles

ha ve been d evel op ed int o ac tin : facili-

ties along th e city front. In 1952 a

tot al of 1,397 vessels en te red th e Sa -

van nah port , th e tonnage bein g 3,750,-

000 tons, or an a vera g of 3 12,500 tons

a month.

.

I n M a rch thi s year, a record was

se t wh en 150 vessels en te red the port.

T he port's im port ance is sh own by the

fact that in rcccn t yea rs port b usin ess

has mo re th an doubled . I n 1946 ves-

sels en terin g the port tot a led 60 1, whi ch com pa res wit h th e 1,397 th at "called" in 1952 - an a ve rage of mo re th an 116 vessels a mo n th.
F . O . W ah lstrom is chai rma n a nd \ V. H . l'.1cGowa n execu tive secreta ry of the Sa va n na h District Aut hority, wh ich fun ct ion s over th e en tire h ar bor in matters relating to the ph ysical a spects of the port , cha nnel d epths a nd wid ths and local ad m in istra tion of th e ha rbo r. Georgia Ports Authority
Th e Georgia Ports Authorit y was crea ted by th e Geo rgia Legislat ur e in 1945, a nd in 1948 G overno r H erman T a lm ad ge purch ased for .$808, 100 from th e Go ve rn men t th e 407 -acre tract on th e west bank of th e Sava nna h River wh ich it h ad used duri ng W orld W a r II as th e Qua rter master D ep ot.
T he Government ha d spen t $4 .5 mi llion develop ing the property fo r its needs, a nd the Geo rgia Ports Authority has since spe n t $6 mi llion in a development p rogram , incl udi ng th e building of th ree m od ern co nc rete transit shed s, wi th a tot al length of 1,260 feet a nd with 20 7,000 sq uare feet of space ; has add ed five mi les of new railroa d tr ack , br inging the trackage to more th a n 13 m iles on whi ch it opera tes two diesel engines; a nd has bui lt ad d itional road wa ys.
Under const ruction a t th is time is a fumi gating plan t to cost $ 113,000 to be used in required fu miga tion of both im po rt and expo rt materia l.
Estima ted val ue of a ll th e fac ilities a t th e Sta te Port is $ 15 m illion .
W illiam R . Bowdoin , of Atlanta , is cha irma n of the Geor gia Port s A ut h ority, D. Leon Willi ams, d irector, a nd Br igad ier General H ugh T . M ayberry m anager of th e Sava nnah Sta te d ocks.
W hen in Sava n na h if yo u ha ve an op portunity, tak e a cr uise on the river a nd you ' ll be im p ressed with th e wa terborn e tr a de of th is city an d with thvalu e of thi s st rea m to' Sav an na h a nd to th e Sta te of G eo rgia . You will be pro ud of th e fact th at thi s is one of th e most important a nd active por ts in th e na tion .

Eig ht hundred ton s of co ncre te wer e poured to form this towe ring 80- fo ot pier fo r t he hi gh -level, $ 15 mill ion brid ge being built ove r and ac ross th e Savan na h River in d owntown
Savan na h. This is only one of man y suc h pi ers required for th e brid ge. - Photo by Car roll Burk e.

Calendar of Events'

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SEPTE MBER 20-26-Athen s: O rien-

tati on W eek, U n ive rsity of G eorgia .

SEPTEMBER 24-27- S a va n n a h :

Georgia Sta te Ind . U n ion C ounc il,

DeSoto H otel.

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SEPTEMBE R 24-26 - A th e n s : Fa ll

Q uarter Regist rat ion , U niversity of

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

Big Ace Co rp ., ATHENS- Arm y

sh irts, $165,000. R . F. Knox Co. , Inc., ATLANTA -

Steel roof deckin g, $ 174,836.

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Scripto Co ., ATLANTA -PenCIls,

supplier, ind efinite. Scott Machin e Tool Co., ATLA N-
TA -Lathe a nd milling machin e, $19,-

88 7. The Warren Co ., In c., ATLA NTA

- Refrigera ted di splay cases, $ 19,630. B. F. Goodrich Co. , ATLA NTA -

Pn eumati c tir es, $ 13,219. Noland Co ., In c., A T LANTA - D rill

presses, bench type, $79,920 .

Fulton T rou ser Co ., ATLA NTA -

T rousers, she ll, field , $ 144,540.

M ead or Co nst r uction Co ., A T L AN-

TA - Con struction of R. B. S. Training

Facility, Municip al Airport , Atl anta ,

$25,687.

William s Co nstruction Co ., CO L llM BUS- C onst ructi on of battalion

head qu a rt ers bu ildin g, Fort Benni ng,

Ga. , $ 188,398.

Willi am A r m s t I' 0 n g Smi th Co ., EAST POINT-Paint , $13,583.

Southe rn Lumber & Supply Co .. EL-

LIJAY-Pallets, $75,000.

Newman Co nstruction Co ., LA -

GR A N GE-A mmo boxes, $ 1,464,750 .

Butler L u m b el' Co. , LITHIA SPR IN GS- Pallets, $47,800.

A. S. H at ch er Co ., MA CON -

Grinder Head assembly, $14 ,862 .

Georgia So uthern Co nstr uction Co .,

In c., l\l ACON- R epair an d reha bili-

tati on of bu ildin gs, Robins Air For ce

Base, Ga., $ 170,600.

N. M . Bentl ey, M ACON-R epa ir

a nd modifi cati on to bu ildin gs R obin s Air Force Base, Ga ., $53 ,074; m odifi cation an d repa irs $28,850 .
T . C. Alexander, Jr., Construction
Co., M A R l E T T A- Repair an d rehab ilita tion bu ildings R obins Air Force Base, Ga ., $50,000 .
Peerless Woolen Mill s, R OSS VILL E - Wool blank ets, $594 ,0 15.
Richl and Box Co., RICHLA ND Co nta ine rs M K 114-0 (O uter ) $46,560.
W right Ga rme nt Co., T O CC OA T rou sers, $ 166,250 .
Sava nna h S ugar Refin ing Co., SA VANNA H-S ugar, $104,46:).
K nox Wa rrenton Co.. W A R R ENT ON-Pressed steel storage boxes and observa tion units, $75,4 10.
Winder Air craft Corp., W IN DER Radi o rec eivers , .$4 1,846.
Southe rn Const ruction Co ., I nc., A U GUSTA -B.O .Q . bu ildin g a t th e U. S. Nav al Supp ly Schoo l, Athens, Ga ., $449 ,99 7.
Acm e Co nstruction Co., COCH RAN - Im provemen ts to roads a nd ~ro u n cls at th e U . S. Nav al S upply Schools. Ath ens, Ga., $49,999.
M athis Const ru ction Co .. A T H EN '; - Reh abilitation of buil dings at U . S. Nava l Supply Schoo ls, Athens. Ga .. .~ 2 8 1, 761.
Sa va nnah Su gar Refining Corp. SA VA N NAH- G I' an u I a te d suga r, $25 ,8 68 .
Peerless Woolen M ills, R OSS VILL E - Bla n kets, wool. green. single, $594.0 15.
Mark s Oxy gen Co .. ATL A N T AO xygen in g~-v e rn me n t owned cylinders, $26,122.
Na tiona l Cvlindc r Gas Co .. ATLA NTA -Bu lk ox)'gen, .$2,552.

Dallas and Paulding County (Continued fro m Page 5 )
supported by th e citizens.
Som e of th e landma rks of th e city a re the red-bri ck post off ice facing th ~ sq ua rc, th e Pa uldin g Coun ty Li brar y, with its m a ny volum es, a nd th e D allas Woman 's C lub bui ld ing .
One of th e most imp ressive sigh ts in th e city is th e ' h andsom e marble
sta tue of A. Lafay~'tt~ ' Bartlett, "citi-
zen, lawyer, sta tesma n , J~i st ori ~1I1 ':'. who .._. was born on a Pauld ing Co un ty farm on F eb. 15, 1851, and died in D alla s, M ay 17, 1926. H is service to th e people of his h ome county included serv ing as "Justice of th e Peace, D ep uty Sheriff, R epresen tat ive of h is Co unty in th e Sta te Legislatur e for four years ,
.I udge of th e T allap oosa C ircuit for
eigh t yea rs, Postm aster of Brown sville, Ga ., also Cha irma n of th e Board of T rustees of Dallas for twelve yea rs."
O ne of Dallas' grea t assets is th e Dallas New Er a, weekly pa per established in 1882 a nd " devoted to th e pro gress of Pauld ing County ." T his progressive pap er is p ublished by J . H . a nd T. E. Pa rker, an d is one of th e finest-looking weeklies pu blished in th e Sta te.
Officials of th e C ity of Dallas a re M ayor R. P. Cooper ~ n d Co uncilme n
Gene Bullock, Jr. , Bur en Palm er, J. W .
Butler , T. E. Park er and Orville Hart, a nd H. W . Dent on. Mrs. A. W. Clay is Ci ty C lerk.
Paulding Co unt y officials a rc O rdinar y Lowen E. \ Vomack, C ler k of Superior Court \V. O . Green, Sh eriff H . G. Wil banks, T ax Comm issioner W . E. \ Vatts, T rea surer Price J ohns, Sur vcvor Au brev F. H arris, Coroner H . C .
Sc~ggins, an'd .T. C . Scoggins Superin-
tend ent of Co un ty Sch ools.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMEnCE

EWSLETTER

AUGUST 10, 19 5 3

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-monthly by

GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE 100 State Capitol
* HERMAN E. T ALMAD G E Go v e r n o r BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

EMORY L. BUTLER Chairman

Lonnie A. Pope, V. Chm. Ben JC55UP

Y. F. Geeslin Ho ke Peters

* CLARK GAINES

Secretary

Vol. 4, No. 23

Augu st 10, 1953

State Leads Nation In Tree Plantings
Georgi a planted m ore ac res in tr ees in 1952 than any othe r sta te in th e Union . Gu yton D eLoach , Direct or, Georgia Forestr y Commis sion, also announced th at almost twice as mu ch pri vately-own ed la nd was planted in Georgia as in 36 oth er sta tes combined .
During th e period covered in th e survey, a total of 50,33 8 ac res in Georgia were reforested by pri vate landowners, F edera l, State a nd local govern me n t. By far th e la rgest maj ority of th e p lantings, 49,504 ac res, was don e by privat e landowners, with th e Fed eral Gove rn ment restockin g 545 ac res and othe r public age ncies 289 ac res.
The tot al acres refo rested since th e start of th e State's nursery a nd refor estation pro grams, 357,258 ac res, ra nks Georgia fifth in th e nation . M ore th an one fourth of all th e privat e ac reage in th e nati on was planted in Geo rgia, Louisian a, and M ississippi . Lou isian a planted 35,224 pri vat ely-own ed ac res, an d Mi ssissippi 3 1,205.

Augu st 10, 1953

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AUG US T 1O- 13-Athens : Sta te Co nference on V oca tional H om em akin g, U niversity of Geo rgia.
AU G U ST 13- 16- Sav annah : Geo rgia H ouseh old M overs, Gene ra l O glethorpe H otel.
AU G U ST 15-Fairburn : Cen tennial Celebra tion.
AUG U ST 16-18-Atlanta : So uth ern N urseryme n's Associati on , Biltm ore
H otel. AU G UST 18-20-Atlanta : Roval Am-
bassad ors of Southe rn Baptist Co nventi on, Municip al Aud itorium. AUGUST 24-25-Atlanta : Southe rn Newspap er Publishers Associati on , M ech ani cal Co n fere nce , H en I' y Grad y H ot el.

AU G U ST 24-29-Hiawassee : Georgia Mountain Fai r with 16 counties par ticip ating.

AUGU ST 25- Cai ro : G ra dy Co unty

Fat Calf Show and Sa le, Cairo Liv e-

stoc k Au cti on Barn .

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AUG U ST 27-30- Savannah : Business & Pr ofessional Wom en' s Club , Ge nera l O gleth orpe H ot el.

SE PTEM BER 3-6-Sava nna h: Geor gia H eart Associat ion, DeSoto H otel.

SEPT E M BE R 5-9 -Savanna h : \'\' orkm en's C ircle, DeSoto H otel.
SE PT EM BER 7-12-Jeffersoll : J ackson Co unty F ai r, American Legion G ro unds.
SEPTEMBER II -Dah lon ega : Lumpkin Co un ty H ar vest Festival.
SEPTEMBER 13-16- Sav an nah: Na tional T obacco T ax Associat ion , DeSoto H ot el.
SEPTEMBER 14- 16-Athens : Sho rt Co urse for Local Tax Offi cials.
SE PT EM BE R 14-Ma riett a : Co b b Co unty Fair.
SE PTEM BE R 14-19-Elbert on : E 1berton Fair.
SE PT EM BER 20-26-Athens : Ori en tati on Week, U niversity of Georgia.
S E PT E ~'1 B E R 21-26-Ha rt well : H a rt Co unty Agr icultural Fair.

SE PT EM BE R 2 1 - 2 6 - Ceda rtown : Northwest Georgia Fair.

SE PT EM BER 24-26- Athe ns : F al l

Quarter R egistr at ion , U n iversity of

Georgia .

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SE PT EM BE R 24 - 2 7 - Sa va nna h: Geo rgia Sta te Ind. U nio n Co uncil, DeSo to Hotel.

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COVER PICTURE

Beautiful Lake Burton, situated in th e extreme no rth east corne r of Georgia, is one of th e Sta te's m ost impressive vacation spots. Amidst th e restf ul scen ery of lake, sky and mountain s, a nd th e refre shin g high land air, visitors ca n swim, fish, go boating, play golf or ju st loaf.- Ph oto by Carolyn Carter.

GEORGIA VACATIONLAND-Sailing, one of the most exciting of all sports, is enjoyed in many parts of the State. T hese ent husiast s are sailing at Lak e Allatoona , in northwest Georg ia. H und reds of peop le en joy boating at Allatoona every week end.

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N EWSLETTER

Au gu st 10, 1953

Georgia Was Largest Southern Producer Of Pulpwood in 1952, Report Reveals

Geor gia maint a ined its leadersh ip in the prod uct ion of pu lpwood in th e Southe rn sta tes in 1952, accou nting for 17 p ercent of th e South's an d 10 percen t of th e nat ion' s outp ut.
T he repo rt was issued by th e Forest Service of the U ni ted Sta tes D ep artment of Ag riculture, " Forest Serv ice Release 72" fo r M ay 1953.
Pul pw ood p roducti on in G eorgia for 195 2 was 2,5 13,2 72 cords, com pa red with 2,370,100 cor ds in 1951, a ga in last yea r of 143,172 cords. O f the 1952 total, 2,400 ,497 cords were pine ; 105,81 1 cords of ha rdwoods an d 6,934 cords of chestn ut .
Of th e 159 countics in th e Sta te. a ll exce p t eigh t furnished some pulpw~od ; hard woods came from 78 cou nties an d three cut ches tn ut tr ees.
M ississippi was second in 1952, cutting 1,865,000 cords; Ala ba ma second, 1,609,000 cords; F lorid a, 1,583 ,000 co r ds.
Southern Production
Pro d uction in 12 Southern states in 1952 tota led 14,564,000 cords, compared with 14,061,100 cords in 195 1, a ga in in 1952 of 3.6 percent.
Produ cti on in Geo rgia in 1952 by counties of pin e and h ardwood s was :
Appling 46,099 cor ds ; Atkinson 38,734 ; Baco n 38,Q34 ; Baker 4, 173 ; Baldwin 8,640 ; Ba nks 1,187 ; Barrow 2,710 ; Ba rtow 13,64 1; Ben Hi ll 10,030 ; Berrien 13,208 ; Bibb 10,425 ; Bleckley 1,115 ; Bra ntley 73,183 ; Brooks 11,315 ; Brya n 65,257 ; Bulloch 22, 140 ; Bur ke 9 ,~94 ; Butts 9,855.
Ca lho un 5,648; Ca mden 87,480 ; C a ndler 9,228 ; Carroll 1,366 ; Ca toosa J7 ; Cha rlton 78,842 ; Chatham 26, 172 ; Cha ttahoo chee 11,189 ; C ha ttooga 1,104 ; Cherokee 2,200 ; C larke 3,220; C lay 1,435 ; C layton 7,184 ; C linc h 83 ,297 ; Co bb 9,639; Co ffe e 47,6 13; Co lqu itt 16,389 ; Columbia 8,339 ; Cook 3,669 ; Coweta 17,709 ; C ra wford 14,763 ; Crisp 4,130.
De ca tur 44,316; De Kalb 5,298; Dodge 26,40 1; Dooly 5,776 ; Do ugherty 6,63 2 ; Do ug las 88 ; E a rly 12,964 ; Ech ols 24,594 ; Effingham 59,634 ; Elbert 14,62 1; Emanuel 29,248 ; Evans 12,1 99 ; Fannin 13,227; F ayette 6,874 ; Floyd 6,403; Franklin 2, 158 ; Fulton , 12,11 1.
G ilme r 10,159 ; G lynn 32, 15 1; Go r-

don 5,4 14; G ra dy 21,762 ; G reene 21,834 ; Gwinne t t 9,895 ; H ab ersham 1,928 ; H all 16,278 ; H an cock 15,058 ; H aralson 4,606 ; H arris 33,860 ; H art 3,616 ; H eard 1,95 7; H enry 5,455 ; H ouston 6,685 ; Irwin 21,578.
J ackson 15,664 ; J asper 30,220 ; J eff Davis 39,627 ; J efferson 5,586 ; J enkins 8,988 ; J ohnson 5,746 ; J ones 21,677 ; Lamar 15,250 ; L an ier 21,320 ; Laur ens 21,445 ; Lee 2,593 ; L iberty 34,8 19; Lon g 20,756 ; Lowndes 45,38 7.
M cDuffie 2, 130 ; M cIntosh 46,2 06 ; M acon 7,349 ; M adi son 14,4 11 ; M ar ion 4,4 16 ; M eri wether 22,232 ; M iller 11,472 ; Mitch ell 24.1 19; M onroe 42,86 7; M ontgom er y 15,678 ; M organ 16,035 ; M ur ray 925 ; M uscogee 3, 718; Newto n 16,693 ; Ocone e 7,054 ; O gleth orpe 2 1,596 .
Pau lding 264 ; Peach 2,392 ; Pickens 2,187 ; Pier ce 19,232 ; Pike 10,1 77 ; Polk .7,826 ; P ulaski 1,610 ; Putn am 19,001 ; Q uitm an 1,187 ; Rabun 2,671 ; R andolph 4,621; Ri ch mond 3,084; R ockdale 6,605 .
Schley 3,305; Screven 14,798 ; Seminole 17,283 ; Spalding 14,034 ; St ephens 572 ; Stewa rt 6,25 1; Sum ter 7,394 ; T albot 36, 140 ; Talia ferro 12,285 ; Tattnail 14,680; T aylor 11,717 ; Telfa ir 32,636 ; T errell 447 ; T ho mas 35, 111; Tift

9,973; Toom bs 26,493 ; T rc utlen 12,832 ; Troup 55, 159 ; Turner 7,059 ; T wiggs 10,679 ; U nion 1,955 ; U pson 15,532 ; W alker 721; W alt on 3,030; W a re 48,03 1; W arren 5,172 ; W ashingto n 17,944 ; W ayn e 56,13 1; W ebster 1,288 .
Wh eeler 20,710 ; Whitfield 4,056 ; Wilc ox 9,864 ; Wi lkes 32,157; Wi lkin son 9,042 ; W orth 16,902.
Ca m de n with 8 7,480 cor ds led all counties in Geo rg ia in pu lpw ood produ ct ion in 1952, Clinc h being second with 83,297 cords.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
(C ontin ued fr om Page 2 )
SE PTEM BER 28-0CT O BER 3- C onyers: R ockd a le Co unty F air.
SE PTEM BER 28-0CT O BER 3- Dalton : North Georgia Fair.
SE PT E M BE R 28 - O CTOBER 3 M an ch ester : Tri-C oun ty Fair.
OCTO BER 6-DECE~mER 8 - A t la nt a : 10 W eekly Semina rs on R eal Esta te, Atlanta Div . ,u niv. of G a.
OCT O BE R 7-10- Su mrn er ville: Chattooga Co un ty Fa ir.
OCT O BE R 5- 10 - J ackson : 13 II t t s Co unty Fa ir. (Contin ued on Page 8 )

Huge plants, such as the U nion Bag & P aper Co rpora t ion of Savan na h , use much of the pulpwood pro duce d in th e Sta te. T hi s plan t has recently comple ted a $23 million ~ddition whic h will enable it to u til ize h ardwood s in its man ufa ctu re of pul p and paper . U nion Bag
bega n op erations at Savannah in 19 36.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF CO M M ERCE

NE\VSLETTER

Au gu st 10, 1953

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

Lawrenceville Industry
A new ind ustrv h as br oken ground a t LAWREN CE VILLE. The T oledo , Ohio, T abl e Pad Com pa ny will operate a br an ch plant th ere and work has a lready started on th e new bui ld ing :vh!ch will hous e th e com pa ny. Th e building is bein z financed bv th e Gwinnett Countv"'Industri al Associati on , Inc. A tract ~f land h as been p ur ch ased and th e building, wh en comp leted, will be sold to th e firm .
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Cucumber Market Booms
The cucum ber market at FITZGERALD h as enjoyed grea t activity a nd good prices thi s season . Lester Seagroves, a rep resentative of Adel Pickling Co m pa ny, which contracts eac h yea r for th e purch ase of la rge numbel."s of pickling cuc um bers, sta tes th at thi s is the fifth year cucumbe rs h ave been srrown in Ben Hi ll County and been ~arketed through his shed. M or e th an 2,000 bu shels per week were m ark e~ed a t th e peak of th e season, a large mcrease over p revious yea rs.
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Storage VVarehouse
A new storaze warehouse is under const ruction at iHI LLEN by Millen Wareh ou se C om pany. L ocated on th e C entral of Georgia R a ilway, it will h ave 16,000 squa re feet of storage spa ce, with conc rete walls, met al roof, a nd con cret e floor. It should hav e a cotton sto rage cap acit y of close to 3,5 0~ b~ les and is expe cted to be com pleted m tune for th e 1953 crop.
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Multi-Million VVarehouse
A m ulti-million-dollar General Se rvice W arehou se is bein g built on Lawren ce Avenue at E AS T POINT. Ground-break ing ceremonies wer e held with City and C oun ty officia ls, owne rs of th e wareh ou se. Gov ern ment officia ls wh o will lease a;1d op era te th e building, and C en tr al of Geo rgia R ail road officia ls on hand . The build ing will con tain 428,000 squa re feet, on a 23ac re lot. Built by G en er al Warehouse, Inc., own ed by R . E . D orough , T. A.
Bartenfeld, .J. V. Hughes and J am es C .
Wis e, it will be leased to th e G ener al Services Administra tion . It will be used asa storage and distribution cen ter fo r supplies of common use for seven Sou theaste rn sta tes.

N ew Office Building
Waynlin e, Inc., of .JES UP h as ju st com pleted its new office buildi ng a nd moved in. T he 3,600 sq ua re fee t of floor space are di vid ed in to tw o offic es, with a ttractive plyw ood pa neling, til e floors and air-conditioning. Th e old offi ce space h as been ad de d to th e in du strial pl ant. W aynlin e started six yea rs ago with 50 em ployees a nd 25,000 feet of floor space a nd now has 275 em ployees an d 85,000 sq ua re feet.
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Rockmart Mill
The G ood vear Tire a nd R ubb er Co m pa ny of Akron , Ohio, is planning a n addi tion to cost a pproxima tely $ 1,500,000 to the com pany's m ill at R OCKMART. The expansion will include a 260 by 75 foot bri ck and steel addition to tl~e local plant, providing spa ce and mach iner y for th e rubberizing of rayon a nd nylon tire fabric. Also, certain r ubber ized fabric p roducts will be m ad e for th e Govern ment a t the Rockm a rt m ill. It will ta ke from 60 to 90 da ys to ge t int o pr oduction on this orde r becau se ce rta in eq uipme nt mu st be installed .
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Savannah Gets New
$ 14 Mi llion Plant
A 1,600- acr e tract along th e Savannah River will be th e site of th e new $ 14 mi llion plant of th e Am eri can Cya nam id Co m pany's C aleo Chem ical Division. Co nstruction will begin during th e lat e fall of th is yea r a nd is expec ted to be com pleted by ea rly 1955. The plan t will produce tit anium dioxide, th e whitest of all pigments.
The plant will em ploy 300-400 p eople with room to double output in th e future. One hundred th ou sand ton s of titanium or e a nd sulph ur will be imported annua lly fr om Ca na da, I ndi a a nd th e Gulf C oast.
This is th e com pany's thi rd facilit y p rodu cing tit anium dioxid e, with on e a t Pin ey River, Va ., and th e othe r at
Glou cester C ity, N . .J. It is th e com -
pan y's 43rd plant in th e coun try and th e 20th esta blishe d in th e Sou th .
Use rs of titan ium dioxid e in clud e
firm s making paint, p ap er, rubber,

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plastics, ink , ena me ls, flo or coverings,

ceramics. textil e fini shes, til e and many

othe r product s,

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N ew Georgia Peach

A new peach va riety h as been developed a t th e F1'. V ALLEY F eder al
peach lab orat ory. .J. H . Weinber ger ,
senior hor ticulturist, sta tes th at th e new vari ety, kn own as M a ygold , result ed from a cross betw een Sunh igh a nd Southlan d . M aygold ripens abo ut four days ea rlier th an Dixired . The frui t is 'reported to be clin gston e, m ediumsized, a ttrac tively colored, with yellow flesh of med ium texture a nd good flav or. The ou tsta nding cha rac te ristic of th e M aygold is th e rela tively low chi lling req uiremen t necessa ry to break the rest p eri od of its buds. It req uir es 650 hours below 45 degr ees F ahrenheit by F ebruary 15 for normal development. At th e field lab or atory, M aygold blos-
somed tw o to 15 days ea rlier th an Hil ey a nd at times five weeks ea rlier th an Elberta . Th e fr uit is most sa tisfac torv plant ed wh ere winters a rc too wa rm for R edca p a nd Dixire d, with an expected 600 h ours of ch illing. Trial plantings a re recommend ed for M ontezuma south to Quin cy, Fla .

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Toccoa Tourist Court

Peck's M otel at T OCC OA IS now com plete, an d a lrea dy m an y tourists have stopped th ere for th e night. A formal open ing was planned to give loca l citizens a cha nce to see thi s mod ern tou rist court, whi ch will bring mu ch business to the a rea .

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Radiant Heat Curing

A H AHIRA tobacco grower, Etheredge W ebb, is tr ying an expe rimen t in th e curing of tobacco-using radiant hea t. This is believed to be th e first such expe rim ent in th e coun try, a nd so far th e results ha ve proved favorable. A standa rd barn is being used with th e only add itiona l eq uipme nt being th e radiant a ppa ra t us. This consists of th e same h eating units whi ch
would be used in a home or office . A
samp le of sand lu gs h as a lread y been
cured ou t under the expe rime ntal sys-
tem, and is repo rted to be very succe ss-
ful.

NEWSLETTER

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Au gust 10, 1953

STATE PA RKS LUR E VACATIONERS

G eorg ia 's m a n y St at e Parks offer a ll typ es of recr eati on, a nd a rc so loca ted over th e St at e th a t th er e is on e n car eve ry G eor gi an . Pi ctured abo ve at left is Little O crnulgce St ate Park . Lo cat ed th ree miles south of M cRa e on Stat e Hi ghway 3 1, it is a sce n ic park with a lake offeri ng swi m m ing, bo ating a nd fishin g. Also ava ila ble a rc a r ustic lod ge, bathhouse, p icni c fa cilities, a nd h ik ing a n d r id in g trail s.

At ri ght is a view of th e swi m m ing p ool a t Frankl in D. R oosevelt

Sta te Pa rk, two m iles so uth of C hi p ley on U . S. '27, a nd 1'2 mil es

fr om \\'arm Sprin gs. Fishing, boatin g, swim mi ng, hikin g, n ature

stud y, pi cni c a reas a nd ch ild ren 's play a reas add to th e en joymen t of

va cationers h er e.

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Tifton, Thomaston, Alma Extend Hospitality In New Tourist Plan

Several Georgia towns have a unique tourist program whi ch is a tt rac ting nation -wid e a tt ention . This is kn own vario usly as the " Stop A Tourist" plan, " We lcome Tourist" plan, and " O pe ration Tourist." The result is always th e same, and a h appy on e at that.
In Tifton , Thomaston a nd Alm a, tourists are picked a t random a nd " arrested" by th e City po lice, and th en tr eat ed to a sample of Southe rn ho spitality. They are given a good m eal, tak en to on e of th e fin e new hotels or motels in th e town, have th eir ca r serviced, and in som e cases a re given presen ts representing some of th e industri es of th e town . Lo cal m er ch ants all contribute th e services and lod gin g a nd meals given to the to uri sts.
Th e recipi ents of all th ese courtesies a re naturally impressed and go back to th eir hom e town s with happy impressions of th e hospitable towns in G eorgia. H ome-town newsp ap ers are oft en provided with th e story and pictures

from th e Georgia newspap er, getting th e names of G eorgia 's hospitable tourist town s before more peopl e.
Some of th e tourists chos en for th ese courtesies h ave been ver y inter estin g. At Thomaston, th e president of th e O hio Cha m be r of Commer ce, C . I. \Veaver, of Spring field, was "arr ested" a nd exp ressed hi s opinion th at th e plan is a very good one . Other comme nts Mr. Weaver made wer e that "A tla nta is th e bu siest city we h av e seen on our entire trip from Sp ring field," and "Ge orgia roads a re bett er th an Ohio' s." He spo ke favorabl y of th e sepa ra te spee d law for trucks a nd au tomo biles a nd -also praised th e soil cons ervation progr am in th e Sta te.
Alma en ter ta ined a very interestin g tourist guest, and did a good deed a t th e same tim e. T he R ev. Ed Pederson was "a rrested" a nd became th e guest of the City for a few h our s. As Alma mer chants later found out. th e R ev. M r. Ped erson had left h is ' ch ur ch in

New J ersey, heeding a ca ll to mi ssion~ry service, and was on his way to FlorIda. to atten? a school to pr epare himsell for service among a bor igines a lone th e Am azon . Th e Pederson fam ily had left New J ersey with barely enough money to get them to Florida, praying t~at ,the I~ord would provide. The night s lodgm g, m eal s, gasoline a nd other favors that Bacon Coun tia ns show er e~ upon th ~m wer e a grea t help in th eir tnp, spee ding th em on th eir way refreshed .
One of the fir st tourists stopped in Tifton's p rogram turned out to be doubly lucky. Mrs. Pau line Shannon
of Detroit had just returned home from a week's sta y a t a Northern resort, with
a ll ex penses pa id as th e pr ize for gettin g a perfect score on a quiz show. Sh e
a nd her son had sta rted South wh en they encou nte red Tifton' s unusua l welcome , a nd th ey p romi sed to m ake return visits at e\'e ry op po rtunity.
Th us South ern ho spit ality is bein g talked abo ut in m an y sections of th e
country wh er e guests of Thomaston , Alma and Tifton h ave returned to tell abo ut th ese hospitabl e ho st cities.

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G EORG IA DEPARTM ENT OF COMMERCE

l~ E W S L E T T E R

Au gu st 10, 1953

Daltonite Who Began'ufted Industry spread to Mrs, League for $2.50." Thus th e fa b ulo us tufted industry

began in N orth G eorgia.

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, ells Newsletter of First Bedspread

H ow would vou rea ct if you saw an id ea th a t you 'p ut in to effec t d evelop into a multi-mill ion-doll a r industr y?
This q uesti on is often asked a quiet, u na ssumi ng lad y a t D alton who as a girl sparked a busin ess th at is now va lued a t tw o hundred milli on d olla rs an nuallv.
This 'is th e story of th e development of th e hu ge tu ft ed bed sp read indu stry in N orth G eo rgia as to ld to a represen tative of The N ewsletter by Mrs. C a therine E van s W hiten er, of Dalton, wh o " origina ted" th e bu siness:
" I was born on Au gust 10, 1880 a nd reared in the western part of Whitfield Co un ty in th e M cCu tch cn comm un ity, ncar th e W alk er Coun ty lin e, W hen I was 12 yea rs old ( 1892) wh ile visit in g in th e hom e of a neighbor, M ilt on T at e, I sa w a bed spread of un.usua l design th at a ttracted m y a tt en tion.
Deeply Impressed
" T he mem ory of th e beautifu l 'counterp an e,' as we ca lled a bed cove ring a t th a t tim e, rem ained in my m ind, and three yea rs lat er ( 1895 ) , when I was 15 vea l'S old , I aga in visited in th e Tate hom e and exam ine d th e sp read m ore closely. I observed th at it was 'tufted;'

the 'sp rea d .' When finish ed, I bo iled it three times, it th en being blea ch ed wh ite.
" T hat was th e fi rst tufted bed spread tha t I m ad e a nd it was in 1895 .
" I n 1896, I m ade another sp read, this tim e a sta r a nd circle d esign . The design s were drawn or 'laid o ut' on th e cloth with cha lk or a pen cil, sa ucers or ma ybe p lates bein g used to Ol~t lin e th e circle d esigns. Lat er, other design s wer e d rawn as fan cy d icta ted.
" In 1900, I m a d e m y th ird sp read, a sta r and circle design , and ga ve it to my br other. H en ry Ev an s, a nd hi s wife, Lizzie, wh o m arri ed th at yea r.
" M rs. J oh n Leagu e, the former Mis s Zella C rea m er. a siste r of m y b roth er H en ry' s wife, and th e wif e of th e supe rint endent of a texti le mi ll at T rion, Ga ., adm ire d th e sp read I had given her sister as a wedding p resen t, and asked m e to m ak e her (M rs. L eagu e ) one and she wo uld pa y m e for it.
" Also, in 1900 I m ad e my fou rth sp rea d, a sta r a nd circle design. The materia l (cloth and th read ) cost $ 1.25, I va lued m y lab or a t $ 1.25 and sold th e

Th e news of th e beautiful sp reads got around a nd Miss E':an s received m ore a nd more order s. In fact m ore th an she cou ld fill herself, so she tau gh t neighborhoo d girls a nd wom en how to ma ke th e sprea ds a nd her sales g rew as her ord ers increa sed.
I n 1909 th e Evan s fam ily m oved from th e M cC ut ch en com mu ni ty to a no ther sectio n . three and one half m iles southe ast ' of D a lton. In 1922, Mi ss Evan s was m arried to \ V. L. Whiten er and th ey moved to D alt on in 1923. T h eir present h om e is a t 219 W est C uyler Street, wh er e th ey h a ve lived 14 veal's.
Mrs. \~Ih i ten e r tells h ow th e sp reads were first disp layed in a N ew York d epartm ent store in 1910 and how th e ord er s increased ; how she, a fter a thorough sea rch of th e nati on , obta ined thread of vari ou s color s th at wou ld not fad e, wh er eb y m ore colorful sp rea d s were m ad e.
M rs. Whiten er says she m ad e sp reads a nd other tu ft ed articles for 35 yea rs, . th en m achin es were per fect ed tha t d o th e work mu ch faster th a n han d-work, alt ho ugh there arc still some ha nd a nd home-m ad e tuf ted articles made.
The tuf ted textile industry now p ro-
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th at is, th e several strands of th read wer e pu shed th rough th e cloth , th en c.lip ped, th e cffect being a beautifu l desig n ,
" I was told th at this bed spread in th e

T at e hom e was a famil y rel ic, or h eirloom and tha t no on e knew h ow old it was, who m ade it or when.

"I t wa s th e only spread of that kind I had ever seen a nd I d ecided to m ak e one myself. It was tufted in sq uares on strips of cloth wh ich wer e then sewe d together to m ak e a sheet la rge eno ugh to cov er th e en tire bed and h an g d own on th e sides.

" So, in 1895, 1 m ad e my first tu ft ed bed spread , using 12 stra nds of N o. 8 th read doub led , which mad e 24 stra nds to be clip ped . I wound th e thread on a spin ning wh eel (wh ich is still in th e family ) from skeins of yarn . I used a 'bod kin' needl e. abou t three or fou r in ch es lon g. O ~e of th ese long needl es usua lly cam e with eac h pap er of needl es a nd was used mostly to th read ribbon s in girls' dresses.
" M y fir st sp rea d was tufted in squa res, wi th white thread and on white sheeting sewn toget h er to m a ke

BI RTH O F AN I ND USTRY-M rs. Cathe ri ne Eva ns Whit en er , of D alton, in 11195 ma de her first tuft ed bedspr ead , which wa s th e sta rt of a $200 millio~ aI?nua l bu siness: Sh.e is shown with on e of her sprea ds mad e from th read woven on the spm nmg wheel wh ich IS
still in her famil y.

G EORG IA DEPA R T M ENT OF COMM ERC E

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NEWSLETTER

Jewell Will Build $300, 000 Feed Mill

A $300,000 feed mill a nd war eh ouse

will be built by J esse D . J ewell, Inc., a t

GAINESVILLE. The plant will hav e

a ca pac ity of close to 100,000 ton s of

mash feed yearly. More th an two m il-

lion bu shels of yellow corn alone will be

used.

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The mill will be of reinf orced concret e nin e stori es high . This is th e first mill in th e Sou theas t to be bu ilt a nd eq uipped for bulk feed deliver ies to tru cks.

This mill, whi ch is expected to begin

production in a pp roximately seven

months, will provide a market for tre-

mendous am ounts of yellow corn a nd

sma ller quantiti es of sm all gra ins. It

will be very modern and almost d ust-

less, a nd will include two three-ton

mixers and 26 sto rag e bin s eac h with a

35-ton ca pa city. A pn eumatic system

will unl oad at high spee d, com pleting

a 30-to n ca rloa d of dry ma terial in four

minutes and a car of sovbea n oil meal

in two h ours.

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George Van Giesen, vice-p reside nt of
.J. D. J ewell, Inc., sta tes that the new
mill will " complete th e circle ," with the finn having its own breeders, egg flocks, ha tch eries, broi ler growers, field corps
division, pro cessing plants a nd by-produ cts plants.

M eat scraps fro m th e Pend ergrass, Ga ., by-produc ts plan t a re to be used as p rot ein supplement in broil er mash by th e new m ill.

J esse J ewell a nno unce d th a t th e new mill, wh en operat ing at ca pacity, will requi re more tha n 20 mi llion bushels of corn ann ually.

Camden Site Chosen For Ammo. Dump

A la rge ammu nition facilit y is pla nned ncar ST. MAR YS in Ca m d en Co unty. It will fea ture a $21,657,000 loading terminal 20 air mi les south of Brun swick. A la rge-scale d redging program will be undert aken soon in ord er to esta blish docks a nd improve the St. Marys harbor and the wa terw ay north to Kings Bay. One of the prime requireme n ts for th e site was safety and comparative isolation as th ere 'is always dan ger of explosion at such an in sta lla tion. Therefore, th e Camde n Coun tv site was excellen t. The installation is classified as secret, a nd th e exac t ac reage and number of em ployees to be employed is not known .

August 10, 1953

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

Fu lton Trouser Co., Inc., ATLA NTA - Cotton khaki tr ousers, $476 ,000 .
Scott M achine Tool Co ., ATLANTA
- J ig bor ers, $57,20 1. T he Warren Co., Inc., ATLANTA
- Ref rigerated di splay cases, $4 1,582. Otis Elevator Co., ATLA NTA -Ele-
vat ors, $7 1,8 17. The Howe Sca le Co ., ATLANTA-
Scales, $69,000. C ha ndler M achinery Co ., AT-
LANTA-Universal gear hobb er, $ 19,-
000. Electric Storage Battery Co ., AT-
LANTA-Batt eries an d accessories,
$ 124,000 . U . S. Rubber Co., ATLANTA-In-
sulated cable and conductor, $272 ,000 . Aluminum Company of Am erica ,
- A T L AN T A- Alum inum conductors,
$ 12,000. Nol and Co ., A T L ANT A - Pip e
threading machines, $50 ,000. Bona Allen , In c., BUF ORD-Har-
ness lea th er, $26,000. Standar d Oi l Co ., CO LUM BU S-
Gasoline, $22,500 . Wi lliam Armstrong Sm ith Co ., EAST
POIN T - Enam el and Paint, $10 ,000 . Butl er Lumber Co., L IT H I A
SPR INGS-Pallets, $245,286. Peerless Woolen Mill s, ROSSVILLE
- Blankets and wool cloth, $ 1,386,000. The Steel Products Co. , In c., ' SA -
V ANNA H-'-Pilot mod el van type bod y, $10,262.
Wri ght Mfg. Co. , TOC COA-$98,460 .
Union Mfg. Co., UN I ON POIN T Socks, $45,000.
R . C . M . Company, W INDERCotton khaki tro users, .$112,500 .
Atlanta Floor & I nsula tion Co., & Rab ern-Nash Co ., I nc., ATLANTA In stallation of fiber-boa rd underlavment a nd burlap-backed linoleu m in barr acks buildings, $ 180,675, (Est.)
Bailey-Lewis-Wi lliam s of Georgia, In c., ATLA NTA -Exterior painting of various mobilization bui ldings, $99,928.
Ke enan We lding Supplies Co ., ALBANY-Oxygen, gas, br eathing, with services including hydrostat ic testin g, valve repairs, $43 ,608.
Winder Aircr aft Corp., WI ND ER -R adi o R eceivers, $4 1,846.
Flo ors, In c., ATLA NTA- Custodi al Services, Fort J ackson , S. C ., $ 114,981.
Geor gia Southern Const ruction Co ., MA CO N-Repairs and reh abi litati on of bui ldin gs, Warner Robins Air Force

Base, $74,400. Sh cridan-Punar o Co., ivfA CON-
R epairs an d rehabilita tion , Warner R obins Air Force Base, $ 186,800.
T aylor Construction Co ., ",lACON - R epa irs and reh abilitat ion of bui ldings, Warner R obin s Air Force Base, $4 1,474.
Fennell Co nstruc tion Co. , I nc., GAINESVI L LE-Construction of teleph one cond uit, ma nho les a nd ca ble distribution bui ldin g at Hunter Air For ce Base, Ga., $54,191.
Brunswick Ga s Co., BR UNSW ICI< - Propa ne Gas, $66,095, (Est.)
Georg ia M ilk Producers Co nfede ra tion , I nc., ATLANTA-F I' e s h pas teurized milk, Ft. M cPherson, Ga., $38,345 .
Noland Co. , In c., ATLA NTALathe, gene ra l purpose, floor m ounted, comp lete with all 'sta nda rd eq uipment, $4 24,96 2.
Noland Co., In c., ATLANTA-Mach ine, th readi ng, pip e and bolt, floo r mounted, $50,828.
The Warren Co., In c., ATLANTAD isplay case, $26,944 .
McK en ney's, In c., EAST POIN T Air-conditioning Belle Isle Building, Atlanta, $70 ,000 .
William Armstr ong Smith Co. , EAST POINT-Lusterless lacqu er, $4 1,2 14.
W right & Mitnick, TALLAPO OSA - Furn ish all lab or to ga rn ish Govern ment-furnished nets with Governmentfurni shed ga rn ish ing materia l, $ 180,106.
T he Tumpan e Co ., of Ga ., MA CON - - O Yerh a ul a nd recon ditioning of 1263 C lass 17A it ems of eq uipme nt, .$48,190.
C hilds & Compan y, LITH ON I AOv erhaul and reconditioning of C lass 17A equipme nt, $46,000.
AAA El ectrical Co nstr uction & En grs., ATLA NTA-Replacing underground series stree t. lighting ca ble at Robins AFB , Ga., $29,387.
H arry F . G riggs, PER RY-Modi fica tion of bui ldi ng 1839 a t Robins AFB , Ga ., $59 ,032 .
A. B. L ee Plumbing & H ea ting Co. , A'fACON-Rep airing la und ry stea m job plant a t Robins AFB , Ga ., $66,000.
Washburn Stor age Co ., ATLANTA - Packing, crating, dr ayage of . HHG, $ 155,695.
Atl anta Pap er Co. , ATLA NTASh ipping box fiber , $3 7,134.
Th e Warren Co. , Inc., ATLA NTA -
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Thomaston Chosen fo r
A wning Manufacture
Thomaston has been selected to be th e locati on for a manufactu rer of alum inum a w n i n g s. The W ood scn Blind and Paint Sh op will be exclusi.ve manufacturers in th e a rea for V en ta ire alum in um awnings. It is expec ted that th e company will be turning out the product in a very short tim e.
Th e awnings will be m anufactu l:ed at th e present shop at T homas ton with salesme n tr aveling throughout th e Sta te representing Wood son's. "VI: en th e operation gets into fu ll produ ct: on it will be known as th e Woodson Blind an d Awning Co mpany.
The entire awn ing will be made a t Thom aston with th e alum in um bein g m ad e by th e Ven taire Comp any and sent in :
This newest industr y is considered an importan t opportunity for th e West Ce ntral Geor gia a rea.
TUFTED INDUSTRY
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vid es employme n t for 15,000 p eople a nd uses annua lly 500,000 ba les of cotton , prod ucin g articles valued at m ore than $200,000,000 yea rly.
Da lton has always been a nd still is h eadq uarters for thi s hu ge industr y, whi ch operates la rgely within a rad ius of 60 mil es of D alt on , th ere being mo re th an 100 p lan ts in th e area th at t urn out th e tufted bedspr ead s, m at s, robes, ca rpe ts, etc.
The industrv inclu des th e making of th e cloth, th e' thread, dye, m achines, con ta ine rs for sh ipping and oth er a rticl es used in th e hu ge bu siness.
Mr. and Mrs. Whiten er live qu ietly

GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
(Contin ued from Page 7)
Refri gerat ed display cases, $4-1,582. Wri ght Mfg. Co., TO CCOA-Cot-
ton utility tr ousers, $82,680. Nunnally & M cCrea Co ., ATLA NTA
- Cotton utility jacket, $ 110,000.
J. E. Mo ses, U V A L DA- R epairs to
rail road in scra p sto rag e a rea , at Cha rleston Nav al Shipya rd, $ 15,499.
Ri chl and Box Co., RICHLANDWooden pallets, $26,900.
Trammell H ardwood Flooring, Inc., LaGRANGE-Box, wood , packing for amrno., $91,340.
William s Construc tion Co ., CO LUM BU S- Construction of battalion headquarters of Ft. Benning, $ 188,398.
M eador Co nstr uction Co., ATLA NTA-Construction of R . B. S. Training faciliti es, Atl anta Municip al Airpo rt, At lanta, $25,687 .
Scott M ach ine T ool Co., ATLA NTA - Drilling m achin e radial a rm, $ 189,5 27.
Pat ch en & Zimmerman, A UG USTA - Arch itectural and En gineerin g Services for adva nc e planning for Naval Auxi liar y Air Sta tion, Glynco, Ga., $36 ,5 00 .
J. A. G eiger Co., CO LU1V1~U.S
R eh abilitation of Addition al bui ldin gs at Alabama Ordnan ce W orks, Childersbur g, Ala., $72 ,650.
at th eir home on C uyler stree t, but th e
noise a nd bu stle of tr affi c going to and from th e tufted plants a re rem inde rs of th e hu ge industr y Mrs. Wh iten er spa rked in 1900 wh en sh e sold h er fir st tuft-
ed bedspread .

Tifton Celebrates 1953 Tobacco Season
Th e tobacco season go t off to a good start at TIFT ON with a grea t Tobacco Festival. Eight th ousand spec tato rs were on hand for an afte rnoon parade; and mor e th an 1,000 danced at th e 15th Annual T obac co Ball h eld th at night. Mi ss Lu cia Hutchinson, reign-ing as " M iss Georgia: of 1953," crowned Mi ss Loui se ~ :am ps as T obacco Queen for '5 3. A par ad e was a new feature this year, and was enth usiastically entered into by all th e city's organiza tions.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS (Con tinued from Pa ge 3 )
O CTOBER 5- 1O- M ontezuma: M acon Co un ty Fair.
O CTOBER 5-10- Swain sbor o : Emanel Co unty F air.
O CTOBER 12-17-Amer icus : Sum ter County Fair.
O CTOBER 12-17-Rom e: Coosa Valley Fair.
O CTOBER 12-1 7-Bainbridge : D ecatu r Coun tv F air.
O CTOBER '12 -17-Pembroke : Bryan County F air.
O CTOBER 12- 17- Eastma n: Dodge Co unty Fair.
O CTOBER IS-Atlanta: Fifth Annu al At lanta R etailin g C linic, Atla nta Div ision U niv, of Georgia.
O CTOBER 16- Atlan ta : Ann u a I m eetin g of Associat ed Industri es of Georgia, Biltmor e Hotel.
O CTOBER 19-24--M acon: Georgia St at e F air.
O CTOBER 26-31- C ordele : Centra l Georgia F air.
O CTOBER 26-31-Mou ltri e : Co lquitt Co un ty F arm Bureau F ai r.
O CTOBER 29-Atlanta : A t I a n t a Controllers Co nfe rence , Atlanta Di vision U n iversity of Georgia .

DEPAUTMENTOF [OMMEUCE
NEWSLETTER
UGUST 25, 1953

NEWSLETTER

August 25, 1953

NEWSLETTER

Published semi-monthly by
GEORGIA DEPT. OF COMMERCE 1()() State Capitol
* HERMAN E. TALMADGE Governor BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
EMORY L. BUTLER Chairman

Lonnie A. Pope, V. Chm. Ben Jessup

Y. F. Geeslin Hoke Peters

* CLARK GAINES

Secretary

Vol. 4, No. 24

August 25, 1953

Cotton A c reage Less
But Yield Is St rong
Although Georgia acreage planted in cotton thi s year is 74,000 acres less than last year, th e yield in 1953 is estimated to be onl y 15,000 bales fewer than in 1952.
The Geor gia cro p last year tot aled 725,000 bal es and it is estimated th a t 710,000 bal es will be ha rvested thi s year.
The acr eage this year in Georgia is set at 1,365,000 acres, compared with 1,439,000 last yea r, a reduction in 1953 of 74,000 acres.
The Georgia yield this yea r is estimated to be 252 pounds an acre.
Production in th e United Stat es for 1953 is estima ted at 14,605,000 bales, compared with th e 1952 crop of 15,136,000 ba les, a reduction of 531,000 bal es.
Manufacture of cotton into vari ous textil e products is Geor gia' s biggcst in dustry, with 110,000 work er s turning out products a nnually valued at ove r one billion dollars.

COVER P ICTURE
The cotton field s of Geor gia a re white with th e harvest as pickers go forth to ga the r th e 710,000 -baie cro p expected thi s year. M or e p eopl e a re employed in th e production and manufacture of cotton in Georgia th an in any oth er crop and industry. This pi cture shows th e stalks, th e unopened a nd open "bolls," revea ling th e "golde n, fleecy staple."
- Photo by Carolyn Cart er.

AUGU ST 24-SEPTEMBER 19-Athens: Executive M an agement Semi na r, Co llege of Business Administr ation U niversity of Geo rgia .
AUGU ST-27-30--':'-Savannah : Business a nd Pr ofession al Women 's Club, Gen eral O gleth orpe H otel.
SE PT E M BE R 3-6- Savannah : Georgia H eart Association, DeSot o H ot el.
SE PT E M BE R 5-9-Sava nna h: Workm en's C ircl e, D eSoto Hotel,
SE PT EM BER 13-16- Sav annah: National Tobacco T ax Association , D eSoto Hotel.
SEPTEMBER 14- I6-Athens: Sh ort Course for Lo cal T ax Official s, Universit y of Geor gia .
SE PT E M BER I9-25-AtIanta : Convention of Soverei gn Grand Lodgc of Odd Fellows of th e World and Association of R ebekah Assembli es, Biltmore Hotel.
SE PT EM BE R 20-26 -Athens : Orientat ion Week, U niversity of Georgia.
SE PT EM BER 24-26-A th e n s : Fall Quarter R egistrati on, University of G eor gi a .
SE PT EM BER 24-27- S a v an n a h: Georgia S t at e Industrial U nion Co uncil, D eSot o H otel.
SE PT EM BE R 29-30-Alban y: Flower Show Schoo l, Co urse III.
OCTOBER 6-DECEMBER 8-Atlan ta : T en weekly semina rs on Real Estat e, Atl anta Division, U n iversity of Georgia.
O CTOBER 7-9-Brunswick : Geor gia Municipal Association.
O CTOBER 12-30-Athens: C PA R eview Course, University of Geor gia .
O CTOBER 15-Atlanta : Fifth Annual Retail C linic, Atl anta Divi sion, U niversity of Georgia .
O CTOBER 16-A t I a n t a: Ann ual M eeting of Associat ed Industri es of Georgia, Biltmore H otel.
O CTOBER 16-17-A th e n s : C itvCou nty Attorn eys' In stitute, Un ive~' sity of Georgia.
O CTOBER 22-25-Brunswick : Co nvention of Georgia Librar y Association, King & Prince H otel.
Fairs
AUGU ST 24-29-Alma : Bacon County F air.
AUGUST 24-29-Hiawassee : Georgia Mountain F ai r with 16 counties pa rti c i p a t i n g.

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SE PT EM BE R 7-12- Jefferson: J ackson Co un ty Fair.
SE PTEM BER II-Dahlonega : Lumpkin Co un ty H arvest F estival.
SE PTEM BER 14-Marictta : Co b b County Fai r.
SEPT E M BE R 14-19 - Elb erton : Elberton F air.
SE PT EM BER 2 1-26-Hartwell : Hart County Agricultural Fair.
SE PT E M BER 21-26 - Ce da rtown: Northwest Geor gia Fair.
SEPTEMBER 28-0CTOBER 3- M illen : Jenkins County Fair.
SEPTEMBER 28-0 C T 0 B E R 3Gain esville : Northeast Georgia Fair.
SE PT EM BE R 28-0 C T 0 13 E R 3C laxton : Evans County Fair.
SE PT E M BE R 28-0 C T 0 B E R 3Co nye rs : Rockd ale County F air.
SEPTEMBER 28-0 C T 0 B E R 3Dalt on : North Ge orgia F air.
SE PT E M BER 28-0 C T 0 13 E R 3M an ch ester : Tri-County F air.
O CTOBER 5-10-J a ck son : Butts Co unty F air.
OCTOBER 5- 1O-Mo ntezuma : M acon Co unty Fair.
OCT O BER 5- 10-Swainsboro: Emanuel Co unty Fair.
O CTOBER 7-10-Summervill e : Cha ttooga Co un ty Fair.
O CTOBER 12-17-Americus : Sum ter Co unty Fair.
O CTO BER 12- I 7-Rome : Coosa Valley Fair.
OCTOBER I 2-17-Bainbridge : Dec atur County Fair.
O CTOBER 12-17-Pembroke : Bryan County Fair.
O CTOBER 12-17-Eastm an : Dodge Co un ty Fair.
O CTOBER I9-24-Macon: Geor gia Sta te Fair.
O CTOBER 26-31- Cordele : Ce ntral Georgia F ai r.
O CTOBER 26-31-Moultrie : Co lquitt Co un ty Farm Bureau Fair.
Tinless Can
The Am erican Can Co m pa ny br anc h in SA VA N NAH is now m anufacturing a completely tin less motor oil ca n. Freedom from relian ce upon for eign sources of tin is mad e possible by th e development of a spec ial enamel coa ting to replace th e thin tin plating and a th erm oplastic cem ent to rep lace th e old alloy solder of tin and lead .

NEWSLETTER

Au gu st ~ 5, 1953

Peat Now An Infant Industry In Our State
But Eastern Industrialists Are Watching It

The peat beds of Geor gia a re farflun g, exte nsive a nd prolifi c, and th ey furni sh an industrial promi se already bein g exa m ine d an d acted upon by highl y p rogressive min ing-processing concerns in o ur Sta te. Alth ou gh pea t min ing a nd p rocessing constitute a relatively new ind ustry in G eorgia, it is a g rowing one a nd h as a n ap pea ling future espec ia lly as rega rds m anufacture for horti culturalists a nd th e cultivators of plants. But th er e a re othe r import ant uses for this p artly d ecom posed mat eri al, wh ich will be outline d. And some pr etty big Eastern industri ali sts h ave their eyes on th e peat beds of Georgia.
Dur ing th e famous ' VPA day s, some of th e young men in th at age ncy were assigned to dig a ca nal in th e Okefenokee Swa m p region, a nd th ey wen t th rou gh solid peat , never gett ing to th e bottom of th e dep osit . A producer in Lowndes Co un ty has been work ing in a stra ta 24 feet thi ck . But th e largest dep osits a re believed to be in Wa re, Charlton and Clinch Co unt ies, constituting a continuation of th e g rea t Fl orida peat bog.
T he testings in the O kefenokee region, h owever, have no t been exte nsive, and no one kn ows just h ow m uch peat is th ere or ver y mu ch abo ut th e size of th e dep osit, a ltho ugh ind ica tions a rc it is la rge. It wou ld require m an y yea rs of testin g a nd a la rge m on ey expe nditure to com pletely ga uge th e a rea a nd q uantity. But a ny and a ll va rieties of peat a rc fou nd in that th ree-county a r ea .

Prob ab ly th e m ost ac tive conce rn s in

G eorgia mining thi s material a re th e

Georgia Pea t M oss Co., In c., a t Lak e

Park, wh ose ope ra tions a rc at Irwin

La kes, 10 miles south of V aldosta ; O ke-

fen okee Pea t M oss Co., n car Wa ycr oss,

and J ulius M cGee, ope ra ting fou r mi les

south of Zebulon on th e Thom aston

R oad .

Pea t is regarded as th e fi rst stage in

th e forma tion of coal. It is th e product

of boggy or swa m py places wh er e plant

decomposition h as been a rre sted by

wat er . The pl ants decompose slowly

under these cond itions a nd mav even-

tually become m uck.

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Used As Fuel
Describ ing peat in the G eorgia Minera I News Lett er of th e Sta te Geology Departm ent, D r. A. S. Fu rcron , Assista nt Sta te Geologist, expla ins th at it has a h igh cont ent of pl ant m atter wh er eas mu ck is mu ch mor e th oroughl y decom posed a nd conta ins a good deal of inorgani c mat er ial. Peat was fi rst utilized cxte nsivclv in th e N orth a nd in cold clim a tes as a fu el. M an y deposits of it occ ur in connection with glacial la kes a nd ponds, and when bones of a mammoth a re du g up , it a lways is in a peat bog.
The comme rcia l p roducti on of peat is a relatively sim ple process. In most cases, before removing th e p eat , it is advisable if possible to dr ain th e bog a nd lower th e wa ter level. After thi s, the peat is min ed by hand sh ovels or by cable bu cket diggers a nd tr a nsported to d rying she ds, where the la rge

moisture conte nt is red uced to a minim um . After dr ying, th e mat eri al is sh redde d and sac ked . In th e case of mu ck, the mater ia l is usually sufficiently decom posed to be used without furt h er treat ment.
In Ireland, where peat is called " tur f," it is a ver y common fu el, burning with a hi gh , yellow flam e. Becau se of a n abu nda nce of hi gh er grade fu els in thi s count ry, we h ave never used it mu ch for such . But it h as man y ot her uses. Ga s, alcoho l, ammonium compounds a nd nitrat es ca n be extracted from it. Peat ca n also be used in th e man ufact ure of pap er, p roducin g a good, brow n ca rdboa rd type suitable for boxes. T his may yet be develop ed int o a successful indu stry in G eorgia. Less decom posed peat h as been utilized conside rably as a packin g m at erial. Peat po wder is em ployed a s ferti lizer fill e r.
A princip al use of peat in recent years has heen as a soil conditioner ; la ndscape ga rde ne rs and plan t growers utilize a lar ge amount of th e m at eri al mined in Georgia . It is especially good for pla nt s requ iring acid soils, such as ca me llias, garde nias, begonias, fuch ias, a zaleas, ferns, roses, etc .; a lso, it h as wide-spread uses in th e growing of other p lants, and of sma ll tr ees, such as dogwood , holly, laurel and rh ododend ron .
Peat provides a body for sandy soils a nd loosen s clay soils. It ret ain s fertilizers, supplies need ed orga nic m at erial, hold s moisture, a nd has a mulching effec t.

Min ing a nd transporting peat to drying sh eds, Georgia Peat Mo ss Company, Lake Pa rk , Lowndes Co unty.
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N EWSL ETTE R

August 25, 1953

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

Cordele Plant Expands
A p lan of expa nsion for th e COR DELE Casualwca r C orp oration at C ordele will start this fall. T he firm wi ll exp a nd its plant by some 20,000 sq ua re feet, about 200 em ployees and $250,000 in ann ua l pa yroll. T his is th e four th expansion of th e com pa ny in its th ree yea rs at Cordele and will bring its total employm ent to 800 a nd total annual pa yroll to $2 mi llion .

Blue Lupine Seed
More th an four-fif ths of all the blue lup ine seed produced in th e nation th is yea r will com e from G eorgia. The C rop R ep ort ing Se rvice at Ath ens h as pla ced the probab le 1953 yield at 42 .7 million pounds, a 66 percent in cr ease over last yea r, hut 14- per cent below th e five-year aver age for 1947 to 1951. Blue lupine, whi ch wa s develop ed in Georgia , is a soil bui ld ing legume.

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Rayonier Builds Office
R ayonier, Inc., curre ntly bui lding a $25 m illion pla nt for the manufacture of che mical cellulose near JES UP at Doctortown wi ll cons truct an office buildin g in J esup for their Southeastern area h eadq uarters. T he new bu ild ing will con ta in approximately 4,200 square feet .

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Neal Gillis Bridge
The new Nea l L. Gillis Bridge, almost three-fourths of a m ile lon g, a cross the Altamaha River betw een U V A L DA a nd HAZLEH URST, is now op en to traffic. T his bridge will op en up a vast agricultural an d trading a rea. It wi ll also p rovide a new short rou te sou th and into F lori da .

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New Agricultural Device
A portable tractor-mounted device for use as a p lan ter a nd in applying fertilizer has been designed a nd p ut in to use by Harvey Brock of CARR OL L T ON. T h e inv en tion , useful for corn, cotton and beans , has ju st recen tly been patented . I t will lay off the ground, put in seed and fertilizer a nd cov er them with soil, all in on e operation . When th e equ ipment is under manufa cture it will be a welcome a ddi tion to agricultural machinery .
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New Milling Company
T he Climax Mi lling Company recently op ened in BA INBR IDGE. It will op erate a feed mill, gr ind corn , mix feed and clea n an d dry seed for farmers. Decatur County farm ers will have a plac e wh er e they ca n tak e th eir farm produce and h ave it processed into feed to be used on th eir own farms inst ead of h aving to bu y feed produced in som e other part of th e country. As more livestock is bein g raised in the county and more feed produced , the farmers will be ab le to get th e mo st out of th eir crops. Pau l Trulock a nd Bobby Pa rker a re managers of the new milling compa ny.

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New DeI{alb Industry
Brings Construction
Const ruc tion on th e Eastman K odak plant in Cha m blee wh ich will cost ap proximately $600,000 h as been sta rted and is expec ted to be comp leted by next April. The building will be 113,000 squ ar e feet in size and will be used for offi ces, storage of film and processing of colored film . It will be modern in style of a rc hitec t ure and airconditione d throughout, even in th e storage area , since film requires a consta nt temperature. When completed , Eastman will start use of th e bui lding with approximately 250 em ployees.
General Motors is planning to expand its Doraville plant with a new building which will cover 44,000 sq ua re feet, to be constr uc ted at a cost of $400,000.
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Seed Laboratory
Th e M ervin Ti llman Seed C om pany, which recently opened in Cairo, has fa cilities for testing seeds for th eir purity and /or germina tion q ua lit y. This is th e on ly enterprise of th is sort in southweste rn Georgia to provide services for wholesale seed conc erns , seed producers and individual farmers.

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Statesboro Industry
A new industry has been announ ced by T had Morris, pr esident of the Bulloch Coun ty Development Corporation . STATESBORO will he the hom e of a new hranch of Marydell Styles, Inc., manufactu rers of child ren's wear for nat iona l distrihution . Th e ind ustry 's new hu ildi ng, now in progress, \~i ll cover approximately 5,000 square feet.
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New McDonough Plant
Dow ling T e x t i 1e Manufacturing Com pany, M cDONOUGH, has open ed a new m od ern plant wit h 12,000 feet of floor sp ace. The com pany will manufacture ho spi tal ga rme nts, approxi mately 600,000 per year, plus about a ha lf mi llion surgi ca l fa ce ma sks per year. T he new p lant h as enou gh facilities and room for p ersonnel t o t ake ca re of its rapid expansion and an ticipated production.
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Jekyll Creek Bridge
The Georgia Sta te H ighway Department h as awa rded a contract for th e supe rstruc ture of th e j E I<Y LL Cr eek Toll Brid ge to the I nd ustrial C onst ru ction Company of J acksonville. A. T. H arrison's Public Serv ice C ompany of Bru nsw ick will do th e electrical work. The bridge will be op en ed next summ er for mot ori sts to rea ch th e island .
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Delta Expansion
A new expa nsion a nd improvem ent pro gr am is cur rently under way at the Delta-C & S Airlin es h eadquarters in ATLANTA . The recen t consolidation of De lta with Chicago and Southern Airl ines nc cessita tes recondi tion ing of leased bui ldings an d cons truction of new on es. Th ey h ave leased a to tal of 29,000 square feet in th e city and a t th e At lan ta Municipal Airport a nd n ew construc tion at th e airport will add 20, I 00 m ore squ are feet.
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Scripto Milestone
Scripto, I nc., ATLANTA, on July 16, celebrated th e occasion of having produ ced th e ten mi llionth artiller y shell boost er since th e outbreak of th e Korean war. T h e boos ters a re "nerve cen ters" for increasing an d safegua rding th e firing tra in of high explosive she lls.

NEWSLETTER

August 25, 1953

Haralson County Stresses Industry Did you see the "A to Z" Georgia ad verti sem ents t h at a ppeared in

And Agriculture in Varied Program

th ese nati on al publicat ion s in Au gust ?
TIME ma gazin e, Aug ust 3rd .

H aralson Co unty. situa ted in west Geo rgia, bordering on Alab am a , (h igh
i, in altitude. 1.500 feet abov e sea level
in sections ~ om bi nes ag ric ult ure with ind ust ry, th ese two pr oviding em ployme rit for a lar ge number of peopl e.
C rea ted in 1856 and nam ed for C ongressma n Hugh A. Haralson , th e county will be 100 yea rs old on J anuary 26, 1956, tw o and one-ha lf yea rs from now. The a rea is 285 sq uare mi les and its populati on in 1950 was 14,66 3, with 5 1.4 person s p er sq ua re mi le.
There are 1,530 farms in th e county, which p roduce gene ra l G eorgia cro ps,

Receiver. Arli e Hutch eson: Co mm is-
sione r, S. J Wilson ; Treasur er, .S.
T . Brown ; Co unty Sch ool Supe n n tend ent, M adison Sa n d c r s ; Farm Age nt, A. B. Bond ; H om e Demon str ation Agent, Sybil Summer.
Buch an an , with a population in 1950 of 651, is th e coun ty sea t, th e cour thou se and office rs of th e C ounty being located th ere. Th e Buch anan distri ct ha s a population of 2,071.
C lue tt-Pea body Co., h as a sh irt pl ant a t Buch an an , whi ch em ploys more th an 300 peop le, Geo rge She lln ut being plant m an ager . This firm a lso h as a

NEWSWEEK M agazine, Aug u;t l Oth.
BUS INESS WEE K M aga zin e, August 15th .
Be sure to wat ch for th e "Seein g is Believing" Geo rgia ad ve rt isemen ts in -
Septem be r issue of NATION'S BUSI NESS.
TIME magazin e, Sep tem ber 21st. BUS I N ESS WEEK, O ct ober 3rd . O ct ober issue of POPULAR MEC H AN ICS ma gazine. O ct ob er issue of POPULAR SC I EN CE MONTHLY m agazine.

whi ch includ ed 2,246 bal es of co tto n in 1952 ; timber th at requ ires several

lumber-p rocessing plants in th e county and some pu lpw ood is sold . Th er e a rc beef-cattle farms and da iries a nd la rge

egg and broiler producti on .

Many orchards grow fin e, hi gh ly colore d p each es th at find local sale and dr aw trucks from a fa r.

U .S. H ighw ay 78, Atlanta to Birm-

itnrugchkasm~n

dh beauvs ei l~v.

tr aveled by a utos, exte nds cast a nd west

th rou gh th e county, whil e U.S . 27 extends north a nd south. Other high-

wavs include Sta te 100 and 120. Train s a re' p rovided by th e Southe rn m a inline

fr om Atlanta to Birmingh am , p assen ger

and fr eight service, whil e th e Ce n tra l

of Ge orgia ope ra tes north and south

for fr eight service. Trav ersed by th e

Tallap oosa Ri ver, many sma ll streams

a lso dot th e cou nty.

Georgia Power Co. , and REA lines

simila r ind ustrv a t Brem en , em ploying
upwards of 350. .J. H . Bell is general
man ager of both th e C lue tt-Pea body plants in th e coun ty.
A number of lumber p rocessing plants and gins ope ra te in Buch an an . U. S. Hi ghw ay 27 a nd Sta te 120 go through th e town . Earl Strickla nd is M ayor.
Bremen Plants Busy
Bremen has th e unusual record of mor e peop le being em ployed in side th e city limits th an live in th e town . Ther efore, its industrial p lants, stores a n d oth er commercial firm s dr aw p eopl e from th e surroundi ng a rea, fro m H a ra lson a nd Ca rroll counties and some from nea rb v Alabama.
Bre~ en ' s population ( 1950 ) was 2,299, a ga in of 59 1 since 1940, and it is rep ort ed th at 3,000 peopl e a re employed in th e city, whi ch h as a pa yroll of a pp roxima tely h alf a m illion doll a rs

eac h month.
The city pr oclaims th at with an elevati on of a pproxima tely 1,500 feet, it is th e hi gh est p oint on th e Southe rn Ra ilro ad betw een Birmingham , Ala., and Atl anta .
Brem en residents h old th at thi s W est Geo rgia city is "headq ua rte rs for produ cinz m en' s clot hin g"-suits, sh irts, etc.- four plants being engaged in making such ga rme nts.
Hubbard Pants Co ., of whi ch Sa m W. Hubba rd is president, em ploys a p proximat ely 750 p eop le and makes pants, slac k suits a nd shirts. This firm has recently expande d its plant a t Br em en a nd also ope ra tes a br an ch a t Lineville, Ala .
C lue tt- Peabody Co . employs some 350 peop le at its Bremen pl ant, making shi rts, with a pp roxima tely 300
(Contin ued on Pa ge 6 )

furnish electricity, a nd n atural gas is

ava ilable to m an y h om es and comme r-

cial and industrial pl ants.

Th e county is serve d by th ree n ews-

pap ers, th e H ar alson County Trib un e,

of Buch an an , Gain es F. Dodson , editor

a nd publisher ; th e T allapoosa J ourn al,

of T a llap oosa, a nd the Brem en Gate-

way, both published by H . M eeks.

H igh a nd gra mma r schoo ls a re ope r-

a ted through out th e county, a nd in th e

cities and towns. A milli on-dollar

scho ol bui ldin g p rogram is in p rospect

for th e county.

Haralson Co unty office rs a re :

Ordin a ry, Mrs. 1. N . Daniel ; C lerk

of Co ur t, W eldon M cL endon ; She riff,

L. P. Allen ; T ax Collecto r, W at son Al-

len, (elected recentl y to succee d hi s

brother th e la te 1'. U . Allen ;) T ax

Pla ntation Pipe L in e's station and tank area at Brem en .

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Haralson County
(Continued from Page 5 )
working at its Buchanan unit.
Sewell M anufacturing Co ., Roy D. Sewell, " pr esident, em ploys approximately 900 a t its Brem en p lant, m aking men' s suits, sport coats and tro users. This firm , wh ich has under construction a big plant at nearby T emple in Carroll County, a nnounces it will a ircondition its Brem en pl ant an d a lso enla rge th e wareh ou se facilities h er e.
Warren P. Sewell M an ufact ur ing Co . produces men's sui ts and spo rt coa ts, em ploying some 180 peopl e. This firm , of whi ch Warren P. Sewell is president, also ope ra tes a sim ila r plant a t Bowdon.
As on e approac he s Bremen a nd sees th e la rge number of hu ge sto rage tanks on a ne arby slope or h ill, h e wonders if oil ha s been discover ed th ere. However, this is a site of one of Plantati on Pip e Lin e Co m pa ny' s la rgest install ation s. Working tanks ca pacities a pproximate a mi llion and a qu arter barrels of petroleum p roducts.
Brem en is th e hub of th e pipe-lin e system p umping gasolin e and oils northwa rd to Ch attanooga and Knoxville, T enn ., southwa rd to M acon a nd Columb us, and northeastw a rd into th e C a rolinas. D ai ly some eight million ga llons of petroleum products move th rou gh th e Plantation's pipes. Large qu antities of th ese products arc distr ibuted by pet roleum-ma rketi ng compani es in Brem en in la rge fleet s of tank tru cks and rail road tank ca rs.
Brem en is th e Ce ntral Di vision headqua rt ers for th e firm which em ploys some 90 to 100 peop le. G . H. C h urc h is manager in thi s area .
These petroleum products come from refin eri es loca ted in Louisian a a nd East T exas and a re tran sported through pipe lin es to deliv er y points throu gh out th e So uthe astern sta tes.
Several lumber films and gins and othe r plants m ake up Brem en's industri a l ac tivities, and th e city h as som e 80 to 100 othe r bu siness firms .
A new postoffice is bein g bui lt in Brem en by E. L. R ho des on a new site, which will be leased to th e Go vernment. A site has been select ed on whi ch to erec t a Brem en hospital under th e Hill-Burton plan, Bremen's pa rt of th e fund , $130,000, having been rai sed by public subscription. T he Brem en -C a rrollton radio sta tion WLBB broad ca sts from Brem en. Bob Holloman is manager of th e station .
A bond issue has been vot ed to pro-

vide a new Bremen C ity H all , and plan s a re in p rocess to erec t th e $30,000
bu ilding. .J. T. Wh eeler is M ayor.
Brem en is a t th e juncti on of tw o U.S. Hi ghw ays-Nos. 78 and 27.
Tallapoosa Active City
T allapoosa, with a pop ulation of 2,826 in 1950, sho wed a gain of a pp roximat ely 500 since 1940 . It is ncar th e T allapoosa Riv er, a nd a lso th e Ala bama state line. It is a t th e junc tion of U .S. Hi ghw ay 78, east a nd west, Sta te No. 100, north a nd sou th , a nd Sta te No. 120, north east. T he Sou th ern Railw ay provid es tr ain ser vice.
The Am erican T hrea d Co. is T all apoosa' s largest ind ustrial plant, employing a pp roxima tely 600 peop le. W . G . L itt lefield is mana ger .
O th er man ufac turing p lants a rc th e Ross C. Green e F urni ture Factory, employing 20 to 25 peop le. Th e Nu-Mad e U pho lste ring plant is owne d a nd op era ted by Lak e Skinner a nd m a nufactur es upho lste ry and beach bags. Several plants process lumber.
R. H. Appel is M ayor of T all ap oosa.
Other Towns
Oth er town s in H aralson Co un ty arc Waco, populat ion 328, wh er e Floyd C . H arris op er at es a grist mi ll, cotton gin a nd saw mill; and Felton , hom e of M . Hoyt M cD on ald 's pin e a nd ha rdw ood lumber plant.
H ar a lson is in th e seventh cong ressiona l dist rict, repr esented by R ep . Henderson Lanham , of R om e : is in th e 38th senatoria l dist rict and th e T allapoosa circ uit, Supe rior Co ur t. The coun ty is represented in th e G eor gia Legislature by Harold L. Murph y, of Buch anan .
Colo r T V will Feature
Wo rId FashionExhibit
A top-flight inte rna tiona l fash ion revue will be held in Atl anta Septem be r 14-1 9. Spo nso red by T alon , In c., and Rich 's, Inc., it will be ca rried by W SB with da ily television progr am s. C olor television will be shown in Ri ch 's on a closed circ uit wit h specia l receivers to ena ble shoppe rs to watch th e performances in color. " O ne W orld of Fashion" will have a seq ue nce of scen es with or igina l m usic, lyrics and d an cin g by top th eatrical talent.
Proceeds from per for man ces on th e Hot el An sley Roof on th e eveni ngs of Sep tem ber 15, 16, 17, will benefit th e Tallulah F alls Foundation . The a m bassadors a nd th eir wives of France,

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August 25, 1953
HIGHLIGHTING OUf( ff(OGf(ESS
During th e first five months of thi s year , 584 new business ente rp rises were incorporated in G eorgi a, 99 m ore th an during th e sa me per iod last yea r . .. Sunshine Biscuit Co.'s new $6 mi llion Co lumbus pl ant will sta r t limited p rodu cti on in November .. . Plans arc under wav to build a farme rs' curb market in ' Calho un to provide Gordon Co unty's farmer s an oppo r tunity to sell th eir sur p lus pr oduce . . . IBM is to have a new bui ld ing in Atlanta .. . To furth er industrial prospects th e U pson Co unty Chamber of Commer ce is forming th e Thomaston and Upson County Industrial Bureau . . . The N avy is planning to spe nd ove r $9 mil lion for a supp ly dep ot a t Byron whi ch will consist of six o r seven wa reh ou ses. an ad min istra tion building a nd va rious serv ice bui ldings . . . The Art-Rich M anufacturing Co., of D alton is op ening a bran ch pl ant in Cartersville whi ch will em ploy about 40 p ersons . . . Sims Plant Co., P emb roke, is adding two buildings as warehous es for it s seed corn ind ustry .. . Tift on led th e St at e in tomato 'sa les for th e season ending in .July ; Moult rie was a close second, and Pel ham ranked thi rd . . . A sausage plant is to be constr uc ted in Marietta . . . The first television sta tion for Valdosta is under construc tion: W GOV-TV . .. All sizes and typ es of br oom s a rc bein g produced in a new p lant with modern machin er y a t th e Sweep ers Broom Works in Danville . . . Georgia's pea ch shipment s thi s p ast seaso n do ub led 1952's to tal
Busin essmen of Sylvania and Screven Co unty have recently organ ized a Ch am ber of Commerce. with Norman Ch alk er as p resid ent. .
Fat Calf Sale
The Chattahooch ee Cattle men's Associa tion fat ca lf sale in Troup Count y in .July brought almost $35,500 with 97 of th e m emb ers of th e associa tion consigning a total of 564 head of ca ttle. The Association is composed of ca ttle ment from Troup, H ea rd, M eriwether a nd H a rr is coun ties in G eorgia, and Randolph a nd Chambe rs counties in Alaba ma .
I taly, Spa in and Ireland will be flown from Wa shin gton as special guests for th e pr emi er e eve ning.

N EWS L ETl 't; l<.

Au gu st 25, 1953

Historic Roswell of Famous Homes

Now Progressive Industrial Town

Th e h istor ic town of Roswell in th e northw estern section of Fulton C oun ty is a live with th e construc tion of n e\~' hou sing, a nd ed uca tiona l a nd civic proj ects th at will lend much to th e com m unity's a dva nce me n t. L ikewise, its industries a lso co ntin ue to th rive, providing a stea dy progr ess a long th e whole eco nom ic fr ont.
R oswell was esta blishe d in th e 1830' s by R oswell King from D a rien . Its classic ea rly hom es were built of D a rien lumber ship ped to Sa va nna h a nd brought north by ox-ca rt. The Pr esbyteri an C h ur ch, construc ted in 1839, was used a s a hospi tal for U nio n soldier s d uring th e W a r Between th e Sta tes. Bulloch H a ll was th e home of Mittie Bulloch whose m a rri age to T heodo re R oosevelt took place there 100 years ago. Their son, T heodore, becam e president of th e U nited St ates.
Today, the Presbyterian Ch urch a nd th ose fa mo us h omes lend th eir gracious historic past and serenity in co ntrast to a bu stlin g, p rogr essive tow n.
The three m ain industri es of th e com m unity a re a pants fa cto ry, a ch urc h -scho ol fixtur es com pany a nd a textile mi ll. T he R oswell Co mpany, Elwyn Ga issert, manager, em ploys close to 300 wor kers. Betw een 1,700 a nd 1,800 dozen wor k pa nts a re prod uced by th e plant eac h week.
T he Roswell Sea ting Compa ny m ak es office and schoo l furniture, ch ur ch pews and p ulp its, a nd ch airs for ch ur ches an d a ud ito riums. The firm is 25 yea rs old . R ev. R a lph M . D on eh oo,

Baptist munster , is fo under a nd presiden t. T his com pa ny provided 10,000 cha irs and 3,000 desks for F lorida schoo ls last yea r. O n a n ave rage, it sea ts th ree ch urc hes eac h week. F ift y per son s a re em ployed and a nnua l sales amo unt to $350,000 -$3 75,000.
The R oswell bran ch of Sou the rn M ills, At la nt a, manufact ur es co tto n ya rn, cloth , and processes nylon . T h is five-year-old br an ch mill is h eaded by Geo rge B. Ray, Sr. I t em ploys 200 persons in th ree sh ifts.
The R oswell F lour a nd F eed Mi ll g rinds all types of feed, whea t a nd co rn.
T he O dom M achine M a n ufact ur ing Co rporation prod uces a n a ll ball bea ring oil-less com b box. T his is used th rou gh out th e U ni ted Sta tes in texti le m ills and in foreign co unt ries a lso.
New School
A new hi gh scho ol is und er construction in R oswell to be com pleted by Apri l I, 1954. It will cost $48 6,000 a nd a n a d ditiona l $50-60,000 to eq uip it. I ts 22 rooms will include a music roo m, man ua l a rts sho p, a rt room; scie nce roo m, two commerce room s, two hom e eco no m ics roo ms. libr ar y. a ud io-visua l
aid room , combi ~a tion .gYm a nd a udi-
torium. Th e bui lding will acc om moda te 350
st ude nts. A new wing is a lread y pl an ned to be a d ded la ter. Pla nn ed bv Stevens a nd W ilker son , At lanta a rch (tects, th e schoo l was judged to be one of th e three best design s a t th e N a tiona l Ed uca tion Associa tion meet ing h eld re -

ccntly in M iam i wh ere a mo del of it was on display .
G . W . Ad a ms is p rin cip a l of th e
high schoo l and W . .J. Doh-in princip a l
of th e gram ma r schoo l. R oswell has a ve ry ac tive PTA.
Civic Improvements
Wi thin the past th ree years a pp roximately 50 percen t of R oswell' s stree ts have been paved . Wat er lin es were exte nde d, a nd a sewage system is under stud y.
The F ulton County H ealth Ce nter building was d on at ed 'by th e co unty to the C ity of R oswell, wh ich contributed some of the fun ds. T he build ing houses not only th e health clin ic, bu t a lso a libra ry, a n aud itorium a nd th e C ity H all. The H ea lt h Center has a fu lltim e nu rse a nd visiting general practit ioner a nd specia lists. T he libra ry has a mo nthly circ ula tion of 1,000 books, one of th e la rgest circ ula tions of a ny dep osit bran ch in th e Carnegie Li bra ry svstc m, , A fine 18-acr e pa rk provi des recr eation space for a ll. The park was do-
nat ed th ree yea rs ago by .J. 1. Wrigh t.
I t is ca lled W aller Park fo r hi s uncle, who had th e first pa nts factory in the So utheas t, wh ich was loca ted on the park site . The C ity of R oswell h as a dded a swim ming pool, six grills a nd playgr ound eq uipme n t to the pa rk.
A fine new housing proj ect h as just been comp leted. Ther e a re 28 whi te un its and fo ur colore d units.
M any civic clubs a re ac tive in R oswell. T he R ot a ry, L ions, Businessm en's, Women 's and Garden C lubs, an d Vet er an s of For eign Wa rs a ll m eet regu larl y.
An int eresting Yout h Progr am has been ina ugur a ted in Roswell. One rep-
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Roswell P resbyt eri an C hur ch, founded 1839.

Bar r ingt on H all , one of Roswell' s h istori c hom es, 1842.

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

During th e three yea rs of the K o-

rean wa r, Geor gia firm s furnis h ed a billion dollar s worth of goods a nd serv-

ice to the defense age ncies. T he Stat e' s biggest custome r was th e Air F orce, wh ich spent more than 505 million dol-

lars in Georgia . Georgia was 17th alllong th e 48 sla tes in fed eral defense expenditures. Co nstruction contracts

let in Georgia in 21 mo nths of th e wa r

period totaled $87,717,000- l lth la rgest in the ' nation. Amo ng th e lat est

rep orted aw a rds to Georgia fir ms are:

Southern Constr uction Co ., In c.,

A U GUSTA- Construction of enlisted

men 's group for Na val Auxiliar y Air

Sta tion, Glynco, $865,099 .

T asco C he micals, In c., ATLA NTA

- Wood preservati ve, $ 185,740. Virgini a Sup ply a nd Well Co ., In c.,

ATLA NTA- Construction of rock well,

C la rk Hill Proj ect, $2, 119.

The Wa rr en Co., Inc., A T LA N T A

- Display ca ses, $43,779.

Penn sylvani a R ub ber Co ., ATLA N -

T A- Ti res, $ 12,048.

T he B. F . Go odri ch Co .. A T LA NTA

- T ires, $ 17,760.

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Noland Co ., I nc., ATLAN TA -

Lat hes a nd squ a ring shear, $449 ,593 . C hicago Pneumatic T ool Co ., AT-
L A NTA-Pneum atic wrench es a nd a ir

com pressor, $27,680. Fulton Bag and Co tton M ills, AT-

LA NTA- \Vra pping pap er, $34,679. Alum inum Co. of Am erica, A T -

LA NTA - Alu min um cond uctor s, $4 1,-

309.

Armco D rain age a nd M etal Products, In c., ATLANTA-Prefabricated

steel bui ldings, $32,400.

F airb an ks M orse a nd Co ., ATLAN-

T A- Scales, .$24,982.

Fulton Supply Co., ATLA NTA-

Pumps, $32, 109.

Genera l Cable Co rp., A T L A N TA -

Telep hone ca ble, $2 12,966.

U . S. Rubber Co ., ATLANTA - In-

sula ted conductor, $33,954 .

T he T exa s Co. , c/o T he Boar dm a n

Oil Co ., A UG USTA- Gasoline, $30,-

00 0 .

Brown an d Sons Electri c Co. , A/A -

C ON-Recond ition ing of water dis-

pensers and refr iger at ors, $ 15,000.

Fi restone T ire a nd Ru bber Co .. M A-

CON-T ires, $ 10,969.

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Fi restone Stores, 1\1AC ON- Spa rk-

plu gs, $ 15,824.

Rose C ity Foods, Inc., TH OMA S-

V I LLE-Peanut butter, $35,209.

G unn Lumber Co., BAINBR ID GE

- L umber, $13,824.

Bowers She et M etal Co., l ON ES-

BOR O-Rep len ishm ent of ha rd wa re,

$ 18,460.

Historic Roswell
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resenta tive fro m eac h orga nization in town helps th e young peop le orga nize their progr am. So fa r, $3,000 has been raised a nd used for all-wea the r ten nis cour ts.
Some 2,300 peop le live inside th e city limits of Roswell, but th e a rea served by th e comm unity within a mi le rad ius h as a population of 3,500 .
Roswell folk attend five church es : one Presbyterian , one M ethod ist, two Baptist and on e C h urc h of God .
A handsome ai r-conditioned brick bui lding is th e new hom e of th e Bank of R oswell. J oseph H. Foster is th e bank's president.
R oswell, and its neighb or Alph a-

retta , a re served by a weekly newspap er, th e No rth F ult on H erald, edited by Polly T eel.
Roswell officia ls inclu de : M ayor T. F. Ru cker, M ayor p ro tem El wYI~ Gaissert, a nd Co uncilme n \ \'. E. Gen try. C ha rlie Ph illips, E. L. Buice, Alyi'u Strickla nd a nd Herbert Smi th . Ci ty C lerk is ?"fr s. K at herine W. Ha rdy. '
New T ourist Co u rts
A handsom e, mod ern a nd comfort~ b le tour,ist ~o urt h as rece n tly opened in Hawkinsville, Ruth Bemb ry's M otor Court, U .S. Rte. 34 1. is 'a bri ck construction with air-cond itioned a ncl sound proofed rooms. Its 12 units arc att ractively furnished wit h an eve for both comfort a ncl conve nience . .
The M erry Acres M ot el, locat ed at Alba ny, recently opened 22 un its for Geor gia's tr avel er s a nd tourists. The mot el is ca rd ully la ndscaped a ncl in addition to other features eac h u nit is supplied with a telephone a nd radio,
A new brick mo tel is in the p rocess of being bu ilt at M idw ay in L iberty County . I t will consist of 24 un its a nd cost a pproxima tely $ 100,000. I n connect ion with th e motel a mod ern restau ra nt a nd gift shop will be co nstructed . P. H . Sikes and R oscoe D en ma rk are th e co-owne rs.
New Chinchilla Ranches
Two more ch inc hilla ra nch es ha ve recen tly been adde d to this sta te's ra pidl y growing industr y. The R ocky Fa ce C h inchilla R an ch a t Dal ton , owned by M r. a nd M rs. Carl T. T oliver, a t last count h ad 36 of th e a nimals. Another ran ch , r un by Fred Legg, Jr., Arthur Crowe, J r., an d Da vid Rumbo, in M a riett a, has 55 ch inch illas.

OEPAUTMENT OF COMMEnCE
NEWSLETTER
SEPTEMBER 10, 1953

NEWSLETTER

September 10, 1953

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. Pope, V. Chm. Ben Jessup

Y. F. Geeslin Hoke Peters

* CLARK GAINES

Secretary

Vol. 4, No. 25

September 10, 1953

Important Water
Conference Planned
Georgia's mayors and city officials, industrial managers and water and sewage works personnel have been invit~d to attend the 22nd Annual Georgia Water and Sewage School. The school will be held on the Georgia Tech cam pus September 23-25, with no charge for attendance. It is sponsored by th e Georgia Water and Sewage Associa-
tion , the Engineering Extension Div.i-
sion of Georgia Tech, and th e Georgia Department of Public Health.
The school will provide practical instructions on managing and operating water and sewage works.
There will be an inspection trip to the three and one-third million dollar water-purification plant of the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority and to one of the new Marietta sewage treatment plants.

COVER PICTUR E
The campus of Mercer University, at Macon, provided the classic arch~ tecture depicted on the cover of this issue. Mercer began as an Institute at Penfield, in Greene County, in 1833, or 120 years ago, with two double cabins, which it used for classrooms and dormitories. After becoming a University, it moved to Macon in 1871, but because of the panic of 1873 it was 1880 before it comfortably settled into its stride as one of Georgia's leading educational institutions.
-Photo by Ca rolyn Ca rter.

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SEPTEMBER 13-16-Savannah: National Tobacco Tax Association, De Soto Hotel.
SEPTEMBER 14-16-Athens: Short Course for Local Tax Officials, University of Georgia.
SEPT EM BER 19-25-Atlanta: Convention of Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of the World and Association of Rebekah Assemblies, Biltmore Hotel.
SEPTEMBER 20-26-Athens: Orientation Week, University of Georgia.
SEPTEMBER 24-26-A the n s: Fall Quarter Registration, University of Georgia.
SEPTEMBER 24-27- S a van n a h: Georgia S tat e Industrial Union Council, D eSoto Hotel.
SEPTEMBER 29-30-Albany: Flower Show School , Course III.
OCTOBER 6-DECEMBER 8-Atlanta : Ten weekly seminars on Real Estate, Atlanta Division , University of Georgia.
OCTOBER 7-9-Brunswick: Georgia . Municipal Association. OCTOBER 12-30-Athens: CPA R e-
view Course, University of Georgia. OCTOBER 15-Atlanta: Fifth An-
nual Retail Clinic, Atlanta Division, University of Georgia. OCTOBER 16-A t I ant a : Annual Meeting of Associated Industries of Georgia, Biltmore Hotel. OCTOBER 16-17-A the n s: CityCounty Attorneys' Institute, University of Georgia. OCTOBER 22-25-Brunswick : Convention of Georgia Library Association , King & Prince Hotel.
Fairs
SEPTEMBER 7-12-Jefferson: Jackson County Fair.
SEPTEMBER II-Dahlonega : Lumpkin County Harvest Festival.
SEPTEMBER 14-Marietta: Cob b County Fair.
SEPTEMBER 14-19 - Elberton: Elberton Fair.
SEPTEMBER 21-26-Hartwell: Hart County Agricultural Fair,
SEPTEMBER 21-26 - Cedartown: Northwest Georgia Fair.
SEPT EM BER 28-0CTOBER 3-Millen: Jenkins County Fair.
SEPTEMBER 28-0 C T 0 B E R 3Gainesville : Northeast Georgia Fair. SEPTEMBER 28-0 C T 0 B E R 3-

Claxton: Evans County Fair. SEPTEMBER 28-0 C T 0 B E R 3-
Conyers: Rockdale County Fair. SEPTEMBER 28-0 C T 0 B E R 3-
Dalton: North Georgia Fair. SEPTEMBER 28-0 C T 0 B E R 3-
Manchester: Tri-County Fair.
OCTOBER 5-10-J a c k s o n: Butt s County Fair.
OCTOBER 5-10-Montezuma: Macon County Fair.
OCTOBER 5-10-Swainsboro: Emanuel County Fair.
OCTOBER 7-10-Summerville: Chattooga County Fair.

Bank Skyscraper
Construction of the new 25-story Fulton National Bank and Offi ce Building in Atlanta was started on August 6, with completion expected in about 18 months. The new building will cost between 10 and 12 million dollars. Its 527,000 square feet of office space will make it th e largest office building in Atlanta. It will be air-conditioned, and its three-floor basement will provide parking facilities for its customers. There will be four drive-in banking windows on the ground floor.\

Chattahoochee Ports Projected

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A recent survey by the Atlanta Freight Bureau has considerably raised the chances of an Atlanta port on th e/ Chattahoochee River. The survey
shows that freight suitable for shiPmen\ by water has doubled since a similar survey was made in 1945. Freight tonnage between Atlanta and points served by the river is now over 40 million tons each year. Ov er three million tons of this are suitable for water transportation and if a study now in progress shows that shippers of 60 per cent of that 3,250,000 tons would use water transportation, a nine-foot channel to Atlanta would probably be approved by U. S. Army Engineers. Such a project would use the Buford and Jim Woodruff darns. In addition, four other darns would be necessary . A channel as far as Columbus has already been approved and extension of navigable waters to Atlanta would open ports for Atlanta, Whit esburg, and West Point.

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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NEWSLETTER

September 10, 1953

Problems of Stream Pollution Are Analyzed

By.Panel of Government and Other Experts

O fficials and expe rts in th e field of stream p ollut ion met rece ntly in N ew O rleans for an Industrial Wastes Conferen ce called by th e Southe rn Associa tion of Science an d Industry, whose head qu a rt ers ar e in Atlanta . They discussed th e toll such polluti on m ay tak e of n atural resources and also th e danger of too m uc h reg ula tion as well as too little. T hese matters are of pa rticular interest ju st now to industr y in Georgia as well as to th e com m unities.
The n ames and titl es of th ese able autho rities ar e p resented at the bo ttom of thi s page. Th e discussion, in part, follows :
Dr. Murdock, Chairma n : I would like to p ose a hypotheti cal qu estion to th e p an el : Let us assume th at a large in du strial plant is located on a st rea m wh ere for 20 mil es down str eam th ere is no comm unity, no farm or other industr y. Would it be p olluti ng th e st rea m if thi s pl ant disch a rged its raw material wast e into th at stream and did not injure aquati c life d uring th at twenty m ile flow ?
Mr. Linton: Under the regul ations and th e ru les of South Carolina, th e definition of p olluti on cou ld be boi led down to two word s : " too much" - too much for wh at ? T he Wat er Pollution C ontrol Author ity of th e Sta te m ust under th e law classify th e streams of th e Sta te. The classificat ions defin e lim its of po lluting age nts. If in th e introduction of waste into th e stream, regardless of wh eth er a m an is withi n twent y miles or a hundred m iles, such introdu ct ion contrave nes th e sta ndards un der whi ch th at stream is classified, h e is polluting th at stream.
Dr. Murdock: R egardless of wh ether aquatic life is still existing?
Mr. Linton: That sir, is a defin it ion with in th e classifica tion under whic h th e str eams would be pl aced . If h e missed th e q ua lifications, h e would n ot be p olluting, but, if h e cont rave nes th e spec ifications and sta nda rds, th en h e is pollutin g.
Mr. Lee: T his p rob lem you have posed is unfortunately going to have to be a nswered by each indiv idual state because of th e various ways th eir laws are set up . Fl orida law is ra ther tigh t - it sta tes "no deleterious mat eri al"-

period. We ende avor to tak e th e problem s individ ually. If th is p robl em were to be posed to us, we would consider th e volume of th e stream, set up ou r criteria based on th e aq ua tic life and the bio-ch emi cal aspects of it. We cou ld almost answer thi s questio n by saying th at as long as th e aq ua tic life is not aff ected, and che mical sta ndards of th e stream ar e not tak en below a cer tai n point, within what we call an equi table use of that stream , we wo uld not conside r it a bad problem. With all due respec t to my colleague fro m South Carolina we a re one sta te th at does not believe in classificati ons of st reams per se. We tak e th em as th ey come along .
Dr. Murdock: Thank you, M r. Lee. H ow about you, M r. Paessler ?
Mr. Paessler: Well, in Virgini a, our app roach has been very simila r to what Mr. Lee just describ ed . There are essen tially two facto rs th at are governing . One is that almost every Sta te po llution contr ol law conta ins a definition of pollution. That definition of pollution is whateve r th e sta te legislat ure or general assembly or other governing body makes that defin iti on . The situation th at D r. Murdock h as describ ed, under th e Virginia wa ter pollution contro l law I don't thi nk could be term ed polluti on .
Dr. Murdock: If it killed fish ?
Mr. Paessler: The criteria was th at it did not injure aqua tic life a nd I assumed fish are aqua tic life. N ow, we've got to distinguish between a p roceeding under a definition of pollution and

a definition unde r standard s. Alm ost all wa ter pollution control acts also contain a provision , as does our Virginia act, th at th e p ollution control agen cy, whic h h appens to be th e Water Control Boa rd in ou r sta te, m ay set standards for stream qua lity. Now, if th e water pollution control board so elected in Virgin ia and set some standards in that stream, and th ose sta n dar ds were set in du e process of law , th en th e industry mi ght possibly h av e to do some thi ng to its waste in ord er to meet th ose standards.
I mi ght say th at we follow in Virginia exactly th e same procedures as our fr ien d fro m Flo rid a h as indicated-that each case is conside red on its individual merits and our Pollution Control Boa rd h as shie d away from th e sett ing of sta nda rds or gene ra l p olicies.
Dr. Murdock: I tak e it fr om you three gentleme n th at th e action would not be pollution .
Mr. Linton: If nob ody is being h arm ed th er e is no pollution.
Mr. Smallhorst: Mo st of the gentleme n on my right, wh en th ey talk about streams, a re talking about some thing with water in it most of th e year round.
We h ad a case some wh at simila r to th is hypothetical case. In our ca se, th e eva pora tion of waste while it was flowing down a dry creek conce ntra ted it to such an extent th at th e p eople twenty mil es aw ay were conce rne d about the chlori de content of it, wh ereas, wh en it was released, it was all righ t.
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Panel Participants-
Dr. Harold Murdock of H arold R . Murdock Associates in A tla n ta serve d as chai rman of th e SASI Industrial W ast es Co nfe re nce. H e handled th e rebuild in g of th e J ap an ese pulp a nd pap er in du stry as a m emb er of G en . M a cArthur's staff in T okyo .
David B. L ee is Di rect or of th e Bureau of Sanita ry En gin eer in g of th e Flor ida St ate Board of H ealth in J ackson vill e.
W. T. Linton is execu tive director of th e Wat er Po llutio n Co n tro l Au tho ri ty, South Caro lina Board of H ealth.
A. H. Paessler is Ex ecutive Secretary of th e V irginia St at e Wa te r Co n trol Board in Ri chmond.
D. F. Smallhorst direct s th e Water Pollution Co n tro l Sec tion of th e Bureau of Sa nita ry En gin eering in th e T exas D ep a rt ment of H eal th .
David B. Smith is Assista n t D irect or of th e Fl or id a Engineer in g and I ndust rial Experi ment St ation .
W. H. W eir has been Direct or of Water Po ll ut ion Con tro l in th e Georgia D epar tme n t of Pu bli c H ealth since 1928.
L ewis A. Young is th e officer in cha rge of th e So u theast D rain age Basi ns of th e U. S. D ept. of H ealth, Ed ucation an d W elfa r e.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

Sep tember 10, 1953

GEORGIA PARADE OF PROGRESS

Economy Booms
R ecord high levels of em ployme nt and income in G eor gia this yea r have produced an econom ic clim at e un usually favorable to th e launching of new busin ess ente rp rises. T he result has been that during th e fir st half of 1953 th ere were 702 brand new inc orporations registered in th e state. The total compares with on ly 565 new ch arterings in th e same 1952 p eriod.
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Cornelia Motels
Three new set s of tourist accommodations have ju st been fini shed in CORNELIA on U. S. 441, Ga. 23. The ten-unit M ountain Vi ew Motor Court, one mi le south of Cornelia , on U. S. 441 is own ed and m an aged by M r. and Mrs. Fred E . Cannon. The Skyland Motel, owned and managed by Mr. and Mrs. J oe S. Jackson , has ten units on equarter mile from th e cente r of Cornelia . Mr. and Mrs. H. W . Barnett, who own and manage th e Grandview Motor Court, have added 15 new accommodations to their motel, m akin g th eir total 33 units.
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Temple Plant Expansion
Construction of the new Sewell M anufa cturing Co. bui lding at TEMPLE has begun. The eigh t-acre tract of land for the plant was donated by L . E. C. Stevens . The T emple bu ilding is part of a gener al expa nsion plan fo r th e m en's coat and pants concern, and improvem ents are also being made at th e Brem en plant.
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Savannah Docks Are Busy
Georgia grown and manufactured products were a la rge part of more than 15,000 tons of cargo handled over th e new SAVANNAH Sta te docks during J uly, the first month of fu ll scal e operation . Geor gia goods shipped include cott onseed m eal and lupine seed, to bacco, na va l stores, pap er, lum ber, steel, canne d goods and cotto n waste. Manufactured goods from th e Midwest a lso were handled by the docks . Thirteen vessels docked during the month . They flew flags of Japan , Greece, th e N etherlan ds and Latin-Am erican nations. More than 2,000 rai lroad ca rs and 1,000 tru cks brought in their cargo.

Stuckey Story
The J uly 6 issue of Newsweek contain ed a feature a rticle on Stuckey's Inc., th e nation's la rgest manufacturer of pecans, and a picture of VV. S. Stuckey, th e famous firm's president from EASTMAN and Dodge County.
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Shirt Film
A movie was recently made in AiHE RICUS when "T he Shirt Story" was film ed at th e M anhattan Shirt Facto ry. The step-by-step process of making a shirt was photographed for th e purpose of helping retai l salesme n lea rn th e 'how a nd what' of shirt manufactu ring. The Am ericus branch was chosen for the industrial film because of its newn ess and beca use it is all on one floor, which makes it much easier for ca me rame n .
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Carroll Progresses
As Industry Center
Three n ew developments in CA R ROLLTON commerce are highlighting th e city on Georgia 's map. A young industry for Carrollton is th e Industrial Foundries, whi ch promises rap i d
growth . .J. W . Wil son and L. C . M c-
Mi llan h ead th e concern wh ich manufa ctures parts for the foo d- equipment in dustry. The main product is an adjustable leg for h eavy articles such as food counters. Adjustable legs allow equipment to be set level on uneven floors.
Duffey's Saus age Company, Inc., has expande d its quarters con siderably, and increased its em ployee count four-fold in the three yea rs it has been op erating . Brunswick St ew and cube steaks are its n ewest products. Wi en ers and bologna will soon be added . Most of th e hogs and beef animals are purchased locally. Dorsey A. Duffey is owner and manager.
Rec ently the True Loom Mfg. Co ., a New York City shirt concern, locat ed a plant in Carrollton and has already started producti on with 100 em ployees. It is th e first manufacturing op eration of th e company. C . C . Page is plant manager.

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New Rockmart Product
Product ion of Galite recently started at th e Georgia Lightweight Aggregate plant in ROCKMART. The company is the first in the Southeast to produ ce lightweigh t slate aggr ega te. It will dr aw upon th e slate depo sits of the Rockmart area. The aggregate made of this advanced typ e of slat e has extra insulative and water-resistant qua!iti es and absorbs sound rather than rev erberating it . The plant is located on th e Seaboard Railroad, jus t south of Rockmart. Otto C . Frei is presid en t.
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Pine Mountain Monument
A na tional h istorical monolithic shrine called "T he H a ll of Our His tor y" will be erected on PINE M 0 UNTAIN near ''\Iarm Springs, as a m emoria l to th e la te President Franklin D . Roos evelt . The State of Georgia will provide 2,000 acres of land in Meriwether and Harris counties for the project. The ch ronologica l history of th e United States will be sculptured into th e granite memoria l, whi ch is to be 90 feet high, 258 feet wide and 400 feet long. Ev ery state in th e nation will participate in the bui ld ing of the structure. It will cost between 25 and 40 mi llion do llars and tak e ten years to complete.
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Covington Construction
An auspicious bui lding program is under way in COVINGTON an d Newton County. Projects include a new hospital, new motor court, paving project and scho ol bui ldings. Construction has ju st been started on th e N ewton Coun ty Hospital whi ch will cost some $558,000 . The 26-unit bri ck motor court own ed by J am es C . Mann is expected to be ready for occupancy by Nov ember 1. Construction of grading and paving of over four mi les of highway and two bridges will m ake the connecting link on th e Covington-Madison highway, Ga. 12. Over one mi llion dollars has been made available to Newton County for new school building projects which are un der stu dy.

NEWSLETTER

September 10, 1953

Union County Is Land Of Scenic

M an y vegeta bles, such as cabbage, collards, squash a nd green pepp ers are gro wn a nd trucked to market.

Mountain BeautyI Friendly People

Fa rming in U nion and oth er nor th east Georgia coun ties has been gre a tly stimulated in recent yea rs by th e esta b-

Union County has the unique dis- gav e th e populati on as 7,234, and in lishm ent nea r Blairsville of th e Geor -

tinction of being , as far as known, th e 1950 the figure was 7,318- a gain of gia M ountain Experim ent Sta tion, a

only county in th e United Stat es th at is named for the "Union."

84 person s. However, th er e h as b een a gain of 392 farms in th e county in

branch of th e Geor gia Exp erim ent Station a t Griffin. J ohn E. Bailey is Di -

Created by th e Legislature on D ec. 3, 1832-120 years ago-retention of th e uni on of sta tes must h ave been agita ted at that tim e-it wa s 30 yea rs old wh en th e W a r Between th e Sta tes brok e out.
White's Sta tistics of Georgia, published in 1849, credits She rwood's Gaz ett e with saying " Whe n th e qu estion was asked in the Legislature (about th e name of th e proposed county) , the R ep resentative from thi s region repli ed : 'U nion, for none but Union m en reside
in it.' "
It has been sta ted rece ntly th at Georgia will soon be kn own as " the state of lak es a nd ponds." In th at respect, U nion can well qualify, for within it s boundaries ar e Lake Trahlyta (in Vogel Park ), Lak e Winfield Scott, Lake Notla (so pronounced in Union ) an d Lake Woody. Then, there's Notla (Nott ley) river , T occoa river and Big Cooper Creek traversing th e county, with other cr eeks havin g th eir h eadwaters in the cou nty, some of th e water running no rth into T ennessee and some south th rou gh Georgia .
Fish abound in all th ese lak es and st r e a m s.
At least one half of th e area of 320 square miles th at make up th e county is included in th e Ch att aho ochee Na-

th e last hundred yea rs. In 1850, th ere wer e 911 farms in th e coun ty a nd 1,303 in 1950.

Of th e 204,160 acres of land ar ea , 94,223 acres a re in fa rms, th e average size fa rm being 72.3 acres. There ar e only a few non-resident farm ers in th e cou nty.

C rops in Uni on include corn grown

on pr actically all farms, many farm-

ers specializing in green peppers grown

on contract for th e Jos eph Campbell

Co ., which firm employs ab out 50 peo-

ple in season- - Aug ust to frost, lat e

September or ea rly O ctober- at its

plant in Blai rsville. U nion county soil

is said to produce th e best flavored' pep -

pers of an y sta te in th e union whi ch

are ground at Blairsville for SO:lPS and

relishes. W. M . M ayo is m an ager of

the Blairsvill e plant.

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M u ch Martin's

grain is grown Roll er Mi ll at

in Bla

itrhsveilcl oe upnrtoy~

cessing flour a nd meal a nd fee ds, m an y

broil ers also being produced in th e

county. H eavil y wood ed, much timber and pulpwood are cut in th e county,

K elley Bros., at Blairsville processes

mu ch h ardwood a nd some p ine, em ploying some 25 people.

Many farmers ar e growing beef cattle, and th ere ar e several dai ries 111 th e county.

rector of th e Blairsville Sta tion.
Experiments are conducted in various cro ps, livestock and oth er agriculrural p roducts by th e Sta tion.
U nion cou nty offic ers a re : O rdi nar y a nd Comm issione r, Marion C hambers; Clerk of C ourt, J am es C . Lan ce ; She riff, Virge K elley; T ax Commissione r, L. H. H arkins ; Treasur er, John R . Ro gers ; Coun ty Farm Agent, E . D . Smith; Home Demonstration Agent, Mrs. Marga ret Smith; County School Superintendent , F rank Shuler; m ember of th e Legislature, J ack Tarpley, wh o is also Co unty Attorney.
H a rry L. Brown , of R ab un Co unty ( M ountain City ) , rep resents th e 40 th Distri ct in th e Sta te Senate, composed of Rabun, Union a nd Towns Co unties. The county is in th e Ninth Congressiona l distri ct, represented by Phil Landrum, of J asp er, Ga. Tourist Country
The county is trav ersed by three U . S. H ighways, Nos. 19, 129 and 76, and severa l Sta te road s. Several hot els in Blai rsville and mot els ca ter to tourists, th ousands visiting th e area during the year.
Union County citizens are p roud of it s school system , whi ch is to be fur the r improved as th e sum of $63 1,000 has
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tional Forest, whi ch mean s th e moun-

tainous section is heavil y wood ed .

Blood Mountain is th e highest peak in

Union-4,463 feet high.

Vogel Park

The 228-acre V ogel State Park on

both U. S. hi ghw ays 19 and 129 an d

Sta te N os. 11 a nd 180, is steep ed in

Ch erokee Indian legend a nd history,

th e pinnacl e bein g named " Nec l's

Gap."

Indian hi story is also not ed in th e

eastern part of th e county in a series

of rocks known as " T rac k Rocks" on

whi ch a re carve d outlines of humans,

animals and fowls. This historic spo t

whi ch is of grea t interest to ar ch aeolo-

gists a nd others, is seven mil es from

Blairsville on a dirt road , but draws

man y visitors .

The populat ion of U nion h as rem ain-

ed mor e or less sta tiona ry during th e

last 100 years. The 1850 Census report

Forty-acre Lake Trahlyta and scenic mountain peak, in Union County.

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September 10, 1953

Union County
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heen allocated to th e countv for that purpose. At th e U nion County High and Grammar School at Blairsville, of which Prof. C . R . Collins is Principal, a $231,000 building program is planned wh ich will include an additional rle~entary building and lunch room , and classrooms for th e 12th grade , added at th e H igh Schoo l. There a re high and grammar sch ools at Woody Gap and Suc hes with several other grammar scho ols in th e county.
At th e Wood y Gap schoo l, $50,000 will be spen t to provid e additiona l space ; I vy L og distri ct will get a new consolida ted gra mmar scho ol to cost approx ima tely $9 1,000 : T own Creek grammar sch ool will have improvements to cost $55,000 ; Young Cane gramma r sch ool will be improved by th e expendit ure of $91,000.
More th an 1,000 pupils attend . th e sch ool a t Blairsville, on e of th e most modern schoo l plants in northeast
Geor gia . Supt. Shuler says th e building p ro-
gram will begin thi s fall. Union County is in the TVA ar ea,
Nottely Dam, and th e p ower pl ant to be const ruc ted soon, being on th e outskirts of Blai rsville. Most of th e farms in th e coun ty a re served with electri-
city. Blairs ville, th e county sea t, was in -
corporated in 1847, and th e population in 1950 was 430, with 1,333 in th e Blai rsville district . The two-story courth ouse wa s built in 1899, replac ing th e one built in 1835 which burned .
At th e junction of U . S. Hi ghways Nos. 19 and N o. 129-north and south , an d U. S. No . 76- east a nd westBlairsville is th e center of much travel, local and tourist. Several hotels and motels aff ord accommoda tions to visitors .
In addition to th e Campbell pepper plant, Martin's R oller Mill and K elley Bros. Lumber Co., a cons truc tion firm , Paris, Hunt & Ensley. is locat ed at Blair sville, also a ca nning plant, th e Blair Theatre, food , drug and gene ral stores and th e Union County Bank.
W. C . Nelson is Mayor of Blairsville. The 30-year old North Geor gia N ews, published weekly by Harold West at Blairsville, tells th e story in th ese words of "Blairsville and Union County, land of lak es, mountain s, scenic beauty a nd fri endly people." White, th e h istorian, in 1849 also described th e people of Union County in th ese words: "H ospitality is a pe culi ar trait in the

cha racter of the people -strangers are alway s welcome and ar e tr eated with marked kindness."
No better description of the people of Union can be given a century later, in 1953.
Advertising Georgia
Be sur e to watch for th e "S eeing is Believing" Georgia advertisements of th e Department of Commerce in--
September issue of NATION'S BU SINESS.
TIME magazine, September 21st.
BUSINESS WEEK, O ctober 3rd .
O ctober issue of POPULAR MECHANICS magazine.
October issue of POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY magazine.
HIGHLIGHTING
OU{( P{(OG{(ESS
The Bowd on Centennial on August 26 featured a costume parade with floats and bands, a speaker and a barbecu e . .. The City of Fairburn also recen tly celebrated a century of Progress with five days of celebration .. . C onstruction has begun on the Satilla REA's new $80 ,000 building in Alma . . . Becaus e th e sale of Gerber's Baby Foods in th e Southeast has increased at a faster pace than in the nation as a whol e, Gerb er has expanded by taking 50,000 square feet more warehouse space in Atlanta . . . The Blakely Builders and Manufacturers, Inc., with R. D . Grist as president has been formed to promote the industrial growth of Blakely . .. Skinner Poultry Co. , Carrollton, has rearranged its equipment and operations and in using a new plant addition to increase its capacity for processing broilers and oth er poultry . .. The Griffin Chamber of Commerce is promoting its cit y as th e "Center of Industrial Resources." Soil Conservation ~eek will be observed throughout Georgia Sept. 13-20 . . . A two-block .$400,000 Parking Garage is planned for East downtown Savannah . . . A $1,500 ,000 addition for rubberizing rayon and nylon tire fabric is scheduled to be completed in February for th e R ockmart Clearwater Mill No.2 . . . Construction has started at th e Brunswick plant of th e Hercules Powder Comp any on a new chlorine recov ery unit to cost on e milli on dollars . . . . Americus, which has jus t celebrated Manufacturers Day under the sponsor-

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ship of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, will soon be featured as th e "Gem of Georgia" by the Americus and Sumter County Chamber of Commerce . . . Elberton's Maid of Cotton was Carolyn Miller, who represented th e 4-H clubs, at Elberton's cotton festival . . . The Coca-Cola Company, whil e retaining its Delaware cha rter, will domesticate in Atlanta and is in process of building a $2 million addition to their plant there . . . Sales at th e Rom e State Farmers' Market are constantly increasing at a rapid pace .. . New plans to boost U. S. Highway 27 which crosses 19 West Georgia counties, will be made in a two-day convention in O ctober in Chattanooga . . . . Construction has begun on the new $2 million mill of the Ames Textile Corp. , in Cleveland . . . . The Travelers Motel, just south of Sa vannah on U. S. 17, has just been cited as on e of the most outstanding examples of motel improvement in a nationwide contest conducted by a leading trade magazine ... The formation of 11 new for estr y units in July brought Georgia past the 21-million mark in total of woodland acreage brought under organized forestry protection forc es. . . . The newly formed Claxton and E vans Chamber of Commerce has Ralph Dixon as its president . . . The new Health Center for Augusta and Richmond County was recently opened . . . The S chl ey Chamber of Commerce has been established, with B. E. Pelham as pr esident .. . a new feed mill is being constructed by Joe Fields near Beth el ... A new machine whi ch planes and sorts lumber with a capacity of 25 to 30 thousand feet per day has been installed by the Douglas Lumber Company . . . The Midville Shirt Co ., is rapidly expanding and planning a new 20,000-square-foot building . .. The Wagner Electric Corp. is building a new branch office building in Atlanta . . . A group of businessmen in Statesboro have organized the Bulloch County 301 Association to promote tourism along this Federal highway ... Wa ycross, a heavy tourist center with five major highways traversing it , is also studying expanded promotion along its motor routes . . . A 14-unit motor court is planned by Jerry M . Baraniuk on U . S. Highway 301 just south of Glennville . . . . A new Chinchilla ranch has been started in Albany by Mrs. Ethel S. Verner .. . A $21,657,000 Ammunition Loading Terminal will soon be constructed at King's Bay near St. Mary's . . . A new plant to manufacture cement blocks and drain tile has opened in Jefferson, operated
by Harold Maddox and Sayral Bryant.

NEWSLET'l'cK

September 10, 1953

Farms, Industries Prosper In Butts, ward looking industry. Community D evelopment

Butts Co unty is particu la rly for tu -
Land Known For Tourists and Outings nate in its water supply. It is bounded on one side by the O cmulgee R iver,

Butts County, located j ust north of the center of th e sta te, is p rim a rily an agricultural county, with J ackson, its county seat, a lively commercial center, and several spry industries give it a n ac tive industrial life. In addition, thi s county of over nin e th ousand ente rprising p eopl e enjoys a wide fame by reason of it s hi storic I ndi an Spri ngs Sta te Pa rk, located on one of th e m ost t ravelled of our tour ist hi gh ways a nd providing a h igh ly pop ular recreation spo t for Geor gians as well.
Other towns in th e county, besides J ackson and Indian Spr ings, are J enkinsburg, Flovilla and W orthville.
The county was nam ed for Capta in Sam uel Butts of Revolu tiona ry Wa r fam e, whil e th e name of it s countv seat honors Govern or J am es Jackson:
Indian Spri ngs Park wa s developed by th e state around a m ineral sp ring . It is believed to be th e oldes t Sta te park in Am erica a nd is one of Georgia's m ost popular p ark s in attendan ce. The Creek Indians used th e sp ring 's waters for its curati ve powe rs, brin gin g th eir sick from long distan ces a nd camping on a nea rb y eleva tion. The sp ring was discov ered in th e 1790's by a white Indian scout, Gabriel Dunlap, who located it by it s odo r of sulph ur, mistaking it for gunpo wde r. In 1825 a tr eaty was sign ed with th e Creek Indian Chief, Willi am McIntosh, wh ich cede d all lands west of th e Flint R iver to th e Alabama lin e to th e State of Georgia.
It is no w a highly allur ing spot for outings, with fa cilities for pi cni ckin g and hiking, hor seback riding and minerai baths. A chi ldre n's playground, a mus eum, some hi stori c ruins a nd a trading post are added features. An announ cement last m onth of grea t interest to those wh o revere Geor gia hi story an d of large importance to th e sta te itself was th at of th e patrioti c ac-
tion of J. H . Elli ott of Atl anta, rece n t
purch aser of th e Varner House a t In-

panies located a t J ackson .
This yea r, Butts County h as an especiall y good a nd large cro p of pimiento peppers. The Pomo na Pr oducts Co mpany, In c., G riffin , h as esta blishe d a br an ch in J ackson for ca nning p eppers. Managed by J oseph L ewis, th e pl ant em ploys mor e th an 300 workers for its summer ca nning .
The lumber com pa nies are : G. H . Barnes Lumber C o., W . A. Bunch a nd Sons Lumber Co ., W . D. Freem an Lumber C o., J ack son Box a nd L umb er Co. ,
Inc., and J. B. White's L umber Mill .
The J ack son Box an d L umber Co ., is owned and managed by Charlie Baggerly . It wa s sta rted in 1946 a nd h as 50 emp loyees. H eavy wood en boxes for exporting m ach in ery are manufactur ed h ere.
J. B. Wh ite's who lesale lumb er com -
pany sells board s and roofin g materials. In conjunc tion with thi s for the pa st five years he h as ope ra ted th e Wh ite Furniture Co ., whic h m ak es unfinished poplar sectional bookcases, va nities a nd tabl es.
The la rgest industry in .Jackson is Pepperton Cotto n Mills, Inc. Employing 450 work ers in three shifts , th ese mi lls manufacture cotton cloth, diap ers, tabl ecloths and n apk ins, besides " greycloth" wh ich is sold to "converters" who m ake it into fin ished p rod ucts, such as cu rtains.
The K ym Company is th e m ost recen t industry to esta blish in J ackson. L ess than a yea r old, it employs 81 peopl e in th e m anufact ur e of men's p ants. The company, managed by H . A. M aisel, has taken over an old pl ant an d with better working conditions and increase d wages h as cre a ted a stable, for-

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on ano ther by J ackson Lake, form ed by th e joining of th e South, Yellow and Alcovy Ri vers. J ackson L ake is one of the la rgest hyd ro-electri c la kes in th e Geor gia Power system , wi th a ba ck wa ter of 27 m iles. N earby Ll oyd Shoals dam is a sour ce of pow er. T he county also has four principal strea ms : the Tussa haw Ri ver, Yellow R iver, Towaliga River and . San dy C ree k. J ac kson Lak e also provides a popu lar facility [or boating and fish ing .
R ecently th e Ci ty of J ackson p urchase d a tr act of land for another source of wa ter to a ttrac t mo re indust ry to th e a rea . The city's wa ter system was or gan ized in 1948 a nd ave rages a daily output of 200,000 gallons ; in th e summer season it produces a h alf mi llion gallons dail y.
The R EA supplies electricity to 5,000 fa rm s in But ts and neigh boring c o u n ti es.
T he Sou thern R ailroad ope ra tes a route th rough J ackson .
J ackson is an a tt rac tive town with elm-lined str eets. Well kep t h ouses, lawns and ga rdens a re in dica tions of th e ca re of th e owne rs an d the pr id e of th e citizens of J ackson in th eir community.
H awkes Li bra ry with a circula tion close to 10,000 volum es a nnually, and a new Co un ty h eal th cen ter, are both fin e civic ven tur es. along with new schoo ls and new ro~ d cons truc tion.
The Butts Count y H ea lth C enter was opene d on D ecember 31, 1952. M rs. D . W . H am is Co un ty H ealth Nurse. A general practitioner is on ca ll an d th ere ar e visiting specialists. The Cen ter has mod ern equipme nt and occu pies an attrac tive building n ea r th e
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dian Sp rings, th at h e wo uld convert thi s shrine of ea rly Geor gia h istor y into a mu seum a nd assure its pr eser va-

tion for posterit y.

The surro unding cou ntryside in Butts coun ty contains som e 949 fa rm s. M ost of th e farmlands are devot ed to cotton

and livestock, but its timb er also is quite va luable. Sixty-one per cen t of th e coun ty's a rea, or 73,395 acres, is in

timber, and th ere a re five lumber com-

Butts Countians are justly proud of th eir H ealth Center, less th an a year old .

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And, we h ad a no the r case wh er e th e was te was in off ensive to everybody concerne d, except th e recreation peopl e. It happen ed to in cr ease th e temper ature of th e receiving stream so th at bathing was un comfortable. U nder our laws I think although we h aven 't had a legal case to ba ck~ us up, th at mi ght be conside red po llutio n .
Mr. W eir: Under the conditions that you've set up , by any rea sonable vie~ of it the an swer would be no, th er e IS no significa nt p ollution under those conditions. There a re exce ptions, of course and I tak e it th at vou arc goin g to ' build up thi s case to' wh er e you do have a pollution p robl em.
M r. Yo ung: I ag ree with what's alread y been said, if th ere is no damage to any of th e water uses, it wou ldn't be con sid ered po llu tion . I n op er ating under our law, we would h a ve to rely upon th e various stat e laws whi ch wer e in existence.
D r. M urdoc k : You would be guide d by th e State laws?
Mr. Yo ung: Yes. \Ve opera te throu gh Sta te laws beca use th e Fed er al G overnment ha s no righ t to legislat e in th e individual sta te. U nde r our laws we're on ly ca lled in to interstate strea m problems wh er e the sta tes have invited us.
Dr. Murdock: Then , I take it , it's th e gen era l consensus, wit h a few variations, th at it wou ld be perf ectl y all right for this industry to go ah ead a nd th row its waste into this strea m, provid ed it did not dam age anybo dy fo r tw enty mil es dow nstream . N ow, her e's a new industry th at wants to go in on th e river on a lovely site th at's five mil es down from th is first mill. But , th e water is not quite as good as th ey would like to have it. Under th at con dition I am going to bring u p th ese

qu estions to see if we can re-route a clearer road to wh at po llution is. Now, m ay I go ba ck a ga in to M r. L ee ?
Mr. L ee: W ell, this fir st industry comes up an d says- wh at's going to happen if th e stream sta ndards are lowered because a not h er industry m oves in-as you sa y, fiv e mil es lower. I'm going to say fiv e mil es up and lowers th e st ream's assimila tion characteristics? How do you expec t us to mainta in our good public relations p rogram ? So, we have en deavored to hav e suffi cient set crite ria at th e beginning by sort of ge ttin g up prior appro p ria tions. W e are going to att em p t to work with industri es a nd m aybe allocate th em somewh ere and space th em , if th e requ irements a re suc h th at th ev ca n use that stream so th ey ca n get over th eir hump before this other one gets in, a nd so on .
D r. Murdock: T hank you, Mr. L ee. T her e's one thing I'd like to point out - th at I was p utting th e n ew ind ustry downstream to see what you'd do with th e first in du stry that went in . If we put thi s on e up str eam, th en it ch anges th e obliga tion, do es it not ?
Mr. L ee: It does, an d if you put on e downstr eam it becom es pollution th en , because th ey'll damage th is downstream . This upstream industry and man agem ent mu st face th e problem from an eq uitable standpoint so th ey can both live togeth er in p eace.
Butts County
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fin e bri ck post office.
A new high school has recently been comp leted whi ch ca n accommodate over 300 stu dents. A. B. Duncan is principa l. The new footba ll field fo r th e scho ol will be com pleted a yea r from now. A bui lding program for two n ew schools to be ready in 1954 has been sta rted . A new grammar school for

wh ites a nd a new colored high school will soon be under con struction.
The h ighway to Macon, R oute 87, is being paved an d th e K ey's Ferry -Post R oad to join Route 36 at Tussah aw River, will soon be sur fa ced . Hi ghways 23 and 42 traver se the county. .
A $22 ,000 swim ming .po ol is under considera tion by -the municipality.. ' .:
I t is easy to see' that J ackson is becoming an incr easingly important city in Georgia.
Butts 'County h as 25 church es and is an ac tiv e religious locality. The I ndian Springs Camp m eeting hel d at th e H oliness C am p gro unds, founded in 1890, is an annual ten-day spiritua l ga the ring. The estimated total at ten dan ce is 100,000 .
The K iwa nis and Ex ch an ge C lub s
m eet regu la rly in J ackson. The .Iack-
son Chamber of Commerce, wit h M . O. M cCord as manager, h as car r i e d th rou gh severa l im portant proj ects for th e a rea, the mo st im portan t bein g a study of water supply and pow er.
J ackson is a con testa n t for th e Georgia Pow er C o. Champ ion H om e T own Co ntest. D oyle J on es, Jr. , is head of th e gro up working on th is proj ect , wh ich is a ime d to beautify, develop industry and improve services through out th e a rea. J a ckson's goals are hi gh and it s efforts consist ent.
Butts County' s 80 year old newspa-
per is th e Jackson Progress-Argus. J. D .
J ones is publisher , J. D . .Ion es, J r., edi-
tor an d Vincent J ones, assista nt editor. Two handsom e motels serve tourists
in Butts County ; th e T our-o-t el and The Su nset M oto r Cour t.
The officers serving Butts Coun ty are : G. D. H ead , Ordinary ; A. B. Dunca n, County Superintendent of Schools; County C omm issioners 1'. VV. Ne lson , Ralph Eva ns, E. D. Patrick ; W . H. Wi lson is Cler k.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMEnCE
WSLET
SEPTEMBER 25
1953

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. Pope, V. Chm. Ben Jessup

Y. F. Geeslin Hoke Peters

* CLARK GAINES

Secretary

Vol. 4, No. 26

September 25, 1953

Conside r Ability,
Not Disability
Observ an ce of th e Ninth Annual National Employ th e Ph ysically H andicapped Week, O ctober 4-10 , is sponsored by th e Employment D ivision of th e Geo rgia Dep artment of Lab or, Depart m ent of Veterans Service, Divi sion of Voc ational R eh abilitation , Georgia D epartment of Education , a nd Veterans Employment Service. As this week is approached, Georgi a mi ght well examine th e placem ent services of Handicapped workers in the state. During th e last fiscal year, suitable situ ations were found for a recor d of 3,914 h andicapped persons. They are con tributing to th e suppo rt of th em selves, th eir families, th eir communities a nd th eir state. They a re h elp ing to repay, through th eir tax es, for th eir own rehabilitation .

Catoosa History Book
Th e H istory of Cat oosa County by Susie Blaylock McDaniel is ne arly ready for publication . The book will contain 14 ch apters on various phases of Catoosa's hist orical, agri cultural and social development. Each commu nity in Catoosa will be full y discussed, and it may well be that th e book will becom e th e official hi story of th e county. Catoosa is celebrating its on e hundredth a nniversa ry thi s yea r and it is especially fitting th at th e county b e documented in this wa y this year.

COVER PICTURE
The nation's most p opular p astim e has some of its needs supplied by the Hanna M anufacturing Co., Inc., m ak ers of bas eball and softball bats at Athens, Ga.-Photo by Carolyn Cart er.

SE PT EM BER 25-26-Waycross : Georgia State Championship R odeo, Waycross M em orial Stadium .
SE PT EM BER 29-30-Albany: Flower Sh ow School, C ourse III.
O CTOBER 2-3 - Atl anta: Southern F a I'm Equipment Manufacturers' Ann ual M eetin g, H enry Grady H otel.
OCTOBER 2-4--Atlanta : Southe rn State D ahlia Society M eetin g, H enry Grady Hotel.
O CTOBER 6-DECEMBER 8- Atla nta : T en wee kly seminars on R eal Estate, Atl anta Divi sion, University of Georgia.
OCTOBER 7-9-Brunswick: Geo rgia Municipal Association.
O CTOBER 12-30-Athens : C PA R eview Course, University of Georgia.
OCTOBER 14-16-Atlanta : O ccupation al H ealth Work Co nference, Atlanta Divi sion , University of Georgia.
OCTOBER 15-Atlanta : Fifth Annual R etail C linic, Atl anta Di vision, U niversity of G eorgia.
OCTOBER 12-16-August a : Georgia Indep endent Oilmen' s Association Fall Con vention and Golf Tournam ent, Bon Air H otel.
OCTOBER 15-18-Savannah: Ge orgia Acad em y of General Practice Conferenc e, D eSoto H otel.
OCTOBER 16-A t I ant a: Annual M eetin g of Associated Industries of Georgi a, Biltmore Hotel.
OCTOBER 16-17-A th e n s: CityCounty Attorneys' Institute, University of Georgia .
OCTOBER 18-21-Atlanta: Geor gia Dental Association Confe rence , Biltm ore Hotel.
OCTOBER 19-24- Sylvester: Worth County Centennial.
OCTOBER 20-22-A u g 1I S t a: 58th Convention of G e 0 I' g i a United Daughters of th e Confede racy, Bon Air H otel.
OCTOBER 22-25-Brunswick : Co nvention of Georgia Library Association , King & Prince H ot el.
NOVEMBER 1-4- Sa vannah : Georgia Conferen ce on Social Welfare, DeSot o Hotel.
FAIRS
SE PT EM BER 21-26 - F ayetteville : Fay ette County Fair.
SEPTEMBER 21-26 - Vi d a I i a : Toombs-Montgom ery County F air .

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Septemb er 25, 1953
SE PT EM BER 21-26 - Cartersv ille : Bartow Co unty F air.
SE PT E M BER 2l-26-Hartwell : H art Co unty Agri cultural F ai r.
SE PT E MB ER 21-26 - Ce da rtown: Northwest Georgia F air.
SEPT E M BER 22-26 - Panthersville Fair Grounds : DeK alb County H a rvest F estival.
SE PT E M BER 28-0CTO BER 3- Mi llen : J enk ins Co unty F ai r.
SE PT E M BER 28-0 C T 0 B E R 3Ga inesville : No rtheast Georgia F ai r.
SE PT E M BER 28-0 C T 0 B E R 3Cl axt on : Evan s Co unty F air.
SE PT E MB ER 28-0 C T 0 B E R 3Co nyers: R ockd ale Coun ty Fai r.
SE PT E M BER 28-0 C T 0 B E R 3Dalt on : N orth Georgia F air.
SE PT EM BER 28-0 C T 0 B E R 3M an ch ester: Tri-County F ai r.
OCTOBER I-II-Atlanta, L akewood Park : South easte rn F air-A-Ganza .
OCT O BER 5- 10-Sp ringfield : Effingh am Co unty Fair.
O CTOBER 5- 1O-Douglas : C 0 f f e e County F ai r.
OCTOBER 5-IO- LaGrange: T rou p Co unty F air.
OCTOBER 5-IO-J a c k so n : Butts Co unty F ai r.
OCTOBER 5- IO- Mo ntezuma : M acon Cou nty F air.
O CTOBER 5- l0 -Swa insboro : Em anu el Co unty F air.
OCTOBER 7-IO- Su mmerville : Chattooga Co unty F air.
O CTOBER l2-l7-Americus: Sum te r County F ai r.
O CTOBER l2-l7-Rome : Coosa Valley F air.
OCTOBER l2-17-Bainbridge : Decatur Co unty F ai r.
OCTOBER l2-l 7-Pembroke: Brya n County Fair.
O CTOBER l2-1 7-Eastman : Dodge County F air.
O CTOBER 14 - Woodb ur y : Wood bury Pimi ento F estival.
O CTOBER 19-24--Macon: Georgia Sta te Fair.
O CTOBER 26-31- Cord ele : Central Georgia F air.
OCTOBER 26-3l-Moultrie : Co lquitt Co unty F arm Bureau F air.
NO V EM BER 2-6-Nashville : Berri en Coun ty F air.
NO VE M BER 2-9-Savanna h : Coas ta l Empire Fai r.

NEWSLETTER

September 25, 1953

Georgia Gold Mines Once Produced Nuggets, Now Fascinating Tourists and Other Visitors

Gold, for ages th e world's most p recious met al, is of special in terest to Geor gia ns becau se mu ch min ing has been don e in th e sta te . At one time, coins wer e p rod uced in a mint loca ted at Dah lon ega .
M an y nuggets, inclu di ng some la rge ones. were discovered in Geor gia in th e ea rly days, bu t we have littl e record regarding their size an d weigh t, as th ey were sent to th e mi nt with th e finer gold, acco rding to D r. A. S. Furcron, assista n t Sta te Geologist.
The display in th e M useu m at th e State Capitol contai ns a lar ge nu gget fro m C hero kee County weighing 97 dwt., 9 grains. Also in this display th ere a re 14 sma ller nu ggets from th e H amby M ountain placer min e in White Co unty. This collection also con ta ins nu ggets fr om th e Loud p lacer mine in White Co unty whi ch a re very ir regular in sha pe, ind icating th ey were found dose to the source of th e gold .
W . A. Wh ite, of H elen , Ga., in a letter dat ed July 8, 1848, sta tes :
"John and Charlie Thurmond mined th e la rgest nu gget in th is section on Black's Bran ch , ncar Duk e's C ree k. This n ugget, weighing 535 dwt., 10 grains, was mined for J ohn N api er , and I h ave been infor med th at it is n ow in En gland .
"T he next la rgest was mined on Duke's C ree k wh ere Hudson m ined by th e Wh atley place, and weigh ed appro xim atel y 300 dwt. L umsd en also min ed several other lar ge nuggets. The
"Burning off" in a sluice box.

next in size th at I know of weigh ed 112Y2 dwt., and was mined by H ud son , who also min ed man y other large nu ggets on th e same gro und."
In 1909, S. W. M cCa llie, Sta te Geologist, received a pa cka ge of ab out 50 copies of a plate illustrating gold nu gge ts fou nd in th e N acooch ee V alley. These were sen t to him from Arizona, having been published in The Mining M agazin e of April 1861, p age 265.
Whi le th ere a re no big m inin g op erations going on a t present, th e lur e of gold is drawing hund reds of tourists to D ahl onega .
Mr. and M rs. Bill T rammell, of Auraria , report th ey d id a th riving bu siness thi s pa st summer taking tou rists out to th eir "sluice" box in th e gold mining ar ea for a spell of "panning".
They say th ey hav e had tourists from

A gold vein.
Dahlonega a rea pri or to World War T wo ceased in th e 1940~s durin g th e war and h ave not been resum ed since. That is, th ere h as not been th e recurrenc e of installin g costly an d hi gh powered machinery to seek gold on a comme rcial basi s.

Pimiento Festival

Weig hing gold.
nin e sta tes, and a large number of visito rs fr om Georgia to visit that a rea and " pan" for gold or hunt nu ggets.
In co-operation with the D ahl onega Tourist Committee, th e Trammells say th ey hav e tak en more than 100 p ersons sightseeing in th e mi nin g sector.
In addition to tramping up and down th e strea ms in th e Dahl onega a rea looking for gold in some form, or " pa nni ng" for it, sites of former gold mining opera tions also d raw man y visit or s.
It is pointed out th at war s, as a ru le, suspend gold mining op erations " because th ey do not shoot gold bu llets; th erefore, gold is not a spec ial wa r m a t er ia l."
Hence, th e recurrence of gold-mining operations that occ urred in th e

Woodbury and West Central Georgia are making p la ns for the Fourth Annual Pimiento F estival to be h eld at Woodbury on Wed nesda y, October 14. The event will begin at 3 p. m . with a big parade in which th e pimien to will be glorified, followed by a band conce rt and a barbecu e. The even ing will feature selec tion and crowning of th e " Pimiento Q ueen," followed by a ba ll.
A. C. M artin is gene ra l cha irman of th e F estival com mittee.
Solon Ware, chairman of th e publicit y committee, says th at attenda nce on that day is expec ted to reach 10,000 and that all sch ools an d businesses in M eriw ether County will be asked to close an d atten d the event en mas se.
The F estiva l will be a spec ial salute to Hills Brothers Co. at Wo odbury, which cans from 18,000 ,000 to 25,000,000 pounds of pi mientos in seasonfrom about July 1 to fall fr osts.

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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NEWSLETTER

Sep te mbe r 25, 1953

GEORG/II PIIRIIDE OF PROGRESS

West Central Organization
A pl an for inte r-county coope ra tion for economic develop m ent in W est Ce n tral Georgia h as been orga nized by M eriw ether, L am ar, U pson, C raw for d, T alb ot, Taylor, M onroe an d Pike counties. The Thom aston T imes and Free Press originated th e id ea t o bind to' geth er th e 100,000 peo ple in th e eigh tcounty a rea in a progr am of mutu al .p rogr ess and goodw ill. The orga n ization will fur ther th e industri es of th e area , develop agricult ure a nd marketing , and boost th e prosper ity of th e a rea . T he W est Central Georgia Developme nt Pr ogram will include studies, jointly conduc ted , of th e eco nomic need s of th e area and it s p eopl e, a nd th e econo mic need s a t community levels th at a re of such a nature th at areawide ac tion and pa rti cipati on ca n p rove helpful. The organiza tion will be sim ila r to th e Fi ve-Countv Associa tio n in Middle Georgia organ i~ed seve ra l years ago under th e sponso rshi p of th e M illed gevill e C h am b e l' of Co mme rce , wh ich recently promo ted th e L ak e Sinclai r area .
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Pulpwood Yard At Upton
The U n ion Bag and Papcr Co ., of Savanna h will have a p ulpwood load ing plant at UPTON, in Co ffee County, in ope ra tio n soon . T he $ 100,000 plant will em ploy seven men at th e yard an d over 250 tru ckers and wo rkmen. V . C. W alker is in charge of th e ope ning operations . The pla nt will purchase a ll types of timb er with in a 30mile ra dius for sh ipme nt to th e company's h ead qu a rters in Savannah. The conce rn wi ll also bu y pulpwood of all sizes. T he 30-ac re yard is located on 2,000 feet of Atlan tic Coast Li ne R ailroa d side track.
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Crawford Long Museum
A mu seum to enshrine th e memory of Dr. Crawford W . L on g a nd to perpe tua te his discovery of ether a nest he tic is pl anned for I EFF ERS ON. Scalemod el scenes will depi ct th e story of D r. L on g and h is discovery of 1842. The G eorgia Hi storical C omm ission h as charge of th e pla nning p rogram. The sta te h as p ur ch ased a building wh ich will be renovat ed for th e m useum. The Nation al Park Service will assist in th e development of th e pl an .

Renderers' Research Program
T he render ers' industry plan s to spend $25,000 thi s year on research designed to incr ease consu m ption of p roducts mad e from waste anima l fat s, oils, hid es and other by-p rod uc ts. The J ewell By-P rodu ct pl ant a t PEND ER GRASS has turned to th e p roducti on of t allows, fer tilizers an d other goo ds to find profita ble uses for was tes in dozens of poul tr y plants. The research p rogram will include th e study of th e det er gent-soa p probl e