Dale County AlArchives Photo Person.....Carter, Charlie 1976
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The Southern Star June 23, 1976

                Carter Mfg. Boon to Ariton Economy


  Carter ManufacturingCo., Inc. is Ariton's largest employer with a work force 
averaging 60, and at peak periods reach 100.
  In business for the past 13 years, the firm is engaged in manufacturing all 
types of handling and processing equipment for the peanut industry.
  Charlie Carte, President, says " what we make is everything that is needed to 
handle peanuts after they reach the shelling plants.
  Carter Manufacturing Co. is something of a family operation as the president 
is joined by his Wife, Mrs.Sammie Carter as secretary-,treasurer. and his 
brotner, Eugene Carter as purchasing agent. Other key personnel at the 
management level are Ronnie Snellgrove, engineer, and Steve Mixson, draftsman.
  While 60 employees is about an average level for Carter, about half of this 
work force is comprised of a field crew headed by L.J. Peters. This group goes 
out and sets up the equipment manufactured at the Ariton based industry at 
shelling plants throughout Southeast Alabama and Southwest Georgia.	
  In manufacturing, c1eaners, sand screens, elevators, conveyors, sizing 
equipment, gravity tables, warehouses and assorted other items, Eugene Carter 
said the firm consumes about 30 tons of steel a month. 
  Supervising the work of sheet metal workers and welders in the Ariton plant 
is shop foreman Preston Senn.
  While Carter sells varying quantities of peanut processing equipment, they 
have been averaging putting in two complete peanut shelling plants a year in 
the market area they serve. 
  Charlie Carter pointed out a new product they are manufacturing which is 
being ordered by plants to meet regulations set forth by the Environment 
Protection Agency. The item is a cone shaped dust control system that keeps 
dust particles out of the atmosphere in the milling operation. 
  This was designed and manufactured at Carter Manufacturing and has been sold 
recently to such customers as Columbian Peanut in Ozark. Sessions in 
Enterprise, and Dothan Oil Company.
 Carter Manufacturing Co., is not only unique in its location in Ariton and 
Dale County, but they are somewhat witout equal in the heartland of the peanut 
growing country.
  To illustrate this, Charlie Carter said of the last 16 peanut shelling plants 
installed in Alabama and Georgia , his firm built the equipment and installed 
15 of them.
  Manufacturing of this type has a family tie for Charlie Carter a native of 
Pike County. He works in conjunction with his brother, Lewis M. Carter of 
Donaldsonville. Ga., who is ,engaged in building shellers and cleaners.
  His father and uncle started Carter Brothers in Brundidge about 40 years ago 
and he worked for them for a number of years involved in manufacturing ,lawn 
mowers, garden plows, and various other products until he moved down to Ariton 
to launch his present operation.
  Agriculture plays an important part in the economic life of Ariton. While a 
thriving livestock auction yard sat on the site occupied by Carter 
Manufacturing Co. for many years, it went out of business.
  Now Carter Manufacturing Co.  is a thriving, growing industry, an example of 
a success story in the field of agri-business.
 


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