The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-10-21
OFFICIA LORGAN CRISP COUNTY.
WE MUST PROTEST.

Cordele has the most extensive bee
keeper in the United States. Twelve
years ago he started the enterprise he
now operates in such a modest manner
that when he came in town he would
not go up the principal thoroughfares
for fear of criticism from his own
dearest friends. II took him the long
est sort of time to feel pleased with
the progress he was making. but he
worked and planned all the day long
with but one view-to excel in bee
keeping He has done that in the
highest degree. There is possibly not
man on the American continent who
has done so well at honey producing.
The United States government fire.
quently consults him on bee keeping.
He started his Cordele enterprise in
didn't matter with the rest of the
world whether Wilder ever woke up
next morning. He built residences
and his bee hive factory all over the
grounds about the site now occupied.
He struggled on while others took
their rest and spent every dollar he
could make building more to his bust
ness and spreading out If Wilder
isn't success in bee keeping, such a
man cannot. be found
But this community around is not
taking his success in very even tenn
pered manner One of the surprises
of the week was the announcement
made by Mr.. Wilder himself that he
has been officially invited to move out
of Cordele and take his factory and
bee business with him Neighbors do
the bees-or rather the children for
get that bees have a way of singing
the barefoot that puts its weight on
the bees singing end,
Quite number of people live around
Y the Wilder hive factory now, but
there isn't one house in ten that MI.
Wilder did not build out of the money
that he saved from the working bees
AS they worked right on the same
spot of ground they occupy now.
People who live there now went after
Wilder and his bees developed
this little piece of woods Not one
took up residence there without fair
warning that a bee would sting if a
youngster meddled If Wilder and
his bees were gone, there would be
more bees that would have the same
pornicious habit of singing those who
NEEDLE.
= And if Wilder and his enterprise
were gone, Cordele would miss them
He refined and shipped fourteen
solid cars of strained honey from
: Cordele last season. lie operates a
factory that makes bee hives for Gus
toners all over the south. lie centers
a business in Cordele that Operates
bee colonies all over Georgia and Flor
ida. Ii would he cheaper for him tC
go to Waycross or Naldosta with this
business, but his little attachment tC
Cordele makes him remain. 1t was
here he started when his day laboriue
friends at local lumber plant
laughed at him. Here he has laboret
till he has a business that has grown
from infancy TO a great industry.
Shall we kick him out now because
he has made = success? We hope not
The business Mr. Wilder operates i,
worth something to this community
1t isn't one to be given up because
the bee has an old, old habit of sting
ing those who NEEDLE We do not for
get that there are others with all &
gether another side to relate but I'll
community cannot give up its bee
r keeper or his plant The man himsel
is just the kind of business success
. that makes fine business communities
Ills business is worth thousands of dol
lars TO the community lie is 4 tiao
citizen and does not deserve the stroke