GOLDMAN COMPANY SPECIAL SECTION THE ENTERPRISE VOLUME XLIII?NUMBER 56 ff'illiamtton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, July 12, 1940. ESTABLISHED 1899 Goldn ian Company to Start Operations Here Next Week New Factory Will Turn Out Baskets By The Thousands ??? David Goldman, President of The Company, Started In Small Way Once the large plant of the Gold man Package Manufacturing Com pany enters upon a normal operat ing schedule, there'll be no shortage at baskets in this section of the coun ty According to a preliminary an nouncement released yesterday by an official of the company, the new factory will have a daily production of nearly 17,000 baskets, the number varying according to basket types. This production is bared on an eight hour work schedule. When the peak manufacturing season is reached, the local plant will ship out several car loads and truck loads of baskets each day to Glassboro and Philadelphia for distribution. Normal shipping schedules will be based on two car loads daily, it is understood. Just at this time the plant will be called upon to produce several types of baskets especially those used in packing peaches and various types of truck. Later as the harvesting sea son approaches, the company will start making sweet potato baskets possibly for Martin County farmers and those in adjoining territory in addition to their thousands of old customers in several other states. While the company is in a posi tion to make nearly every kind of wood container, it centers its pro duction on eight baskets used in packaging apples, peaches, corn, to matoes, grapes, bananas, sweet po tatoes and peas. Machines have to be changed for the manufacture of different kinds of baskets, necessitating delays of from one-half to an entire day. The needs of the trade are carefully anticipat ed and changes are not made often during any one season. Five Buildings House New Plant Five buildings, including all types of construction, are need to house the new plant of the Goldman Pack age Manufacturing Company near the river here. The Number 1 building houses the-j offices of the company. Just a few yards away is the main plant, a structure measuring ISO by 9? feet | and housing the greater part of the machinery and manufacturing equip ment. On the lower side of the plant is the modern boiler room equipped with two boilers, conveyors and controls. Just back of the boiler room is the dry kiln, a structure built of brick and measuring ISO by 18 feet. Almost connecting the kiln is a storage house where the finished product is held pending the receipt of shipping instructions. Additional storage space will be provided to meet any increase in business. Construction work is not yet com plete on all the buildings, but the plant will be ready for operation in its entirety within two or three weeks according to a statement coming from one of the company officials here to day. ? 7 Company To Serve Light RefrethmenU At Opening - ? Anticipating visits from a large number next Monday, the Goldman Package Manufacturing Company is making available light refreshments in quantity for its expected guests, an officia lof the firm announced to day. WILLIAMSTON'S NEWEST INDUSTRY Pictured above is the main unit of the Goldman Package Manufacturing Company's new factory on Williamston's East Main Street The company will keep open house next Monday to mark the opening of the town's latent Industrial enterprise. A cordial welcome is being extend ed the public to insprrt the plant in operation at that time. Cooperative Spirit Is Shown by Firms Here Workmen Readily Agree That It's Big Job To Move Plant As they 11 eared the completion ot their task today, officials of the Goldman Package Manu facturing Company were In full agreement that It is a tremen dous job to hnllil a factory, move and install machinery by the tons. The installation of the huge machines in the basket factory here Is virtually complete, and workmen are making minor ad justments in tuning up the equipment for operation next Monday. Recalling the difficult and hax ardous task of moving In and installing the huge machines, Secretary Milton L. Goldman said that the work was accom plished without serious accident. One or two toes and fingers were slightly mashed and bruis ed, hut no otte was badly huFt and little damage was done to the machines. Trucks were in operation al most without interruption dur ing the greater part of three months in hauling in the ma chinery and supplies for the fac tory. Goldman Firm Han Big Diitributing System Maintaining a fleet of seventeen trucks and using the facilities of both rail and water transportation companies, the Goldman Package Manufacturing Company has an ef fective system of distribution for its products. While direct deliveries will be ef fected on abort notice to the trade in this part of the country, the com pany will continue its main distri bution center at Glassboro, New Jer sey, where offices will also be main tained in connected with headquar tera in Philadelphia. Welcome Extended To New Industry By Local People Bunkfl Factory 1* Recognized A* Vuluahle Aiwel To Commit nitv Anxious to extend greetings and express a few words of welcome to the Goldman Package Manufactur ing Company on the eve of the opening of its new factory here next Monday, forty local business and professional men are cooperating in the issuance of this special section of The Enterprise today. Recognizing in the factory a val uable asset to the town and commun ity, the local business firms are giv ing expressions of welcome in the several advertisements appearing in this section. They are pledging their cooperation and expressing a friend ly interest in the new industry, its owners, operators and managers, hoping for them every success and a pleasant relationship in their new surroundings. An advanced opening date for the factory left little time for preparing the section of the paper, and it was only through the willing coopera tion of the plant management and local business establishments?thai the cooperative welcome is extend ed the new industry today instead of next Tuesday. The hurried sched ule necessitated changes in the pa per make-up when pictures of the company executives failed to reach here as the edition was in the mak ing. The names of the business firnl*, and others cooperating in extending a joint welcome to the Messrs Gold mans and Levin, are, as follows: Davis Pharmacy, Williamston Sup ply Co., Margolis Brothers, Belk-Ty ler, Branch Banking and Trust Co., Harrison Oil Co., F. B. Birmingham, Virginia Electric and Power Co., Guaranty Bank and Trust Co., Wil (Continued on page three) One Variety Cotton Tests Are Showing Up Well In County I'lutiM Co Forward for Group r,lii**ing of Crop Next Season Working toward a one-cotton va riety for this county, leading fann ers are conducting a series of tests In 'in inf flu* I t 1 u . Ct IJ T I ll'l V v\ rvt I l" 1 111 if 11111 UTnl vjpv , late reports from the three demon strations in scattered areas of Mar fin stating that the tests are pro gressing nicely and are looking un usually well under existing weather conditions. " While applications are being filed by numerous sections specializing in a single cotton variety for classing service, farmers in this county will hardly be ready to ask the service before next year. The importance of a single variety cotton and classing servicers borne out in the following story released by the United States Department of Agriculture through its Atlanta of fice: : Requests for application forms on which to file for free government classing of 1940 cotton have gone to the Atlanta office of the Agricultur al Marketing Service from 051 group representatives and members, it was reported today by Joe H. McLure, who is in charge of the cotton class ing office in this area. The several cotton offices of the service report a total of more than 2,000 requests for application, which is more than twice the number of groups approved for the free class-1 ing and market news service last year. "The large number of re quests for applications already re ceived," Mr. McLure said, "indicates that even more cotton improvement associations want their 1940 cotton classed than was the case last sea son. This increased interest makes it especially important that applica tions be filed not later than early July to facilitate approval of the forms and delivery of supplies to each group representative before his first cotton is picked." Of the applications already filed, 110 had been approved to June 24 compared with 98 approvals reported to June 24 last year. "Considering (Continued on pape three) Work on New Industrial Plant For the Manufacture of Baskets Is Rapidly Nearing Completion Here Basket Plant Second Industry To Locate in County Recently Recognizing the advantages offer ed in the South, leading industrial ists are moving their plants closer to the sources of raw materials and enjoying cheaper operating costs made possible by climatic conditions and a willingness of labor to cooper ate with capital for the common wel fare of all. Martin County, possibly due to its location and other important factors, ha sattracted the attention of indus rialists in recent years, and as a re sult the second large industrial en- \ terprise is about to launch an ex tensive operating schedule. The North Carolina Pulp Company mov ed to this county several years ago to centralize its manufacturing ac tivities in a territory of vast raw ma terials. And now the Goldman Pack ago Manufacturing Company is open ing a basket factory within sight of the raw materials necessary in the manufacture of containers for farm products % It has been the practice in past years to strip the section of its nat ural resources and ship them north ward for manufacture. The practice, while offering certain returns, re moved any claim to wealth that the actual manufacturing process would offer itself . According to reliable estimates, in dustry valued in excess of one hun dred million dollars has moved into this State in recent months. It is possible that one-twentieth of the value of those industries is repre sented in the plants located in this county. New Plant to Boost Employment Locally Normal Operations Will Provide Work For About 140 Men Kiiii>loy<-<-? Will Ur 1'akrn Kroni Local IjiImii- Sup ply Almost Kiitirrl\ While it will hardly solve the un employment porblem here at the present time, the normal operation of the new plant of the Goldman Pack age Manufacturing Company will provide a steady income for a large number of workers. According to Secretary M. L. Goldman, the plant will employ between 160 and 170 workers when a normal operating schedule is effected. During the first few days, the plant will he manned by what Mr. Goldman termed a "skeleton force". The employment list will be grodually increased un til normal operations are reached, Mr. Goldman explaining that the remainder of this month and possi bly a,part of August will be requir ed in stepping up production to plant capacity. With the exception of the plajit Kiipi.rintnnHMiit, Mr V.?K. Ihltemail, und his assistant, Mr. E. G Johnson, and Mr. M. L. Goldman, secretary and director of local operations, the new enterprise will draw its work ers from the local labor supply. Nearly 350 applications for jobs have heen filed with the company since construction work was started early last April. Machine operators will be carefully selected from the group, most of the jobs falling into the hands of white men. Possibly some of those who have been associated with the plant during the construc tion period will be given preference. A few white female workers will find openings in the plant as well as a few colored women (Continued on page six) MILKS OF I'IPKS ?Laid end to end, the pipes used in the main dry kiln of the Goldman Package Manufactur ing: