HARRIS COUNTY, GA - HISTORY Chipley - Pine Mountain Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Barbara Stock Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm LOCAL AND SPECIAL ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA 1958 ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA 1958 1958 Vol. 2 -- Page: 2101 Sequential Number: 027 Short Title: TOWN OF CHIPLEY -- NAME CHANGED TO TOWN OF PINE MOUNTAIN. Law Number: No. 29 Origin: (House Bill No. 664). Full Title: An Act to amend an Act entitled, "To incorporate The Town of Chipley, in the County of Harris, and for other purposes", approved December 9, 1882 (Ga. L. 1882-1883, pp. 265-268) and all acts amendatory thereto so as to change the name of said Town of Chipley to Town of Pine Mountain. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same: Section 1. That an Act entitled, "To incorporate the Town of Chipley, in the County of Harris, and for other purposes", approved December 9, 1882 (Ga. L. 1882-1883, pp. 265-268) and all Acts amendatory thereto be and the same is hereby amended so that the corporate name of said Town of Chipley be and the same is hereby changed from "Town of Chipley" to "Town of Pine Mountain". [Sidenote: Name changed.] Section 2. That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act be and the same are hereby repealed. Georgia, Harris County: Before me, an officer who is authorized by law to administer oaths, personally came W. D. Sivell, who on oath says that he is Representative in the Georgia House of Representatives from Harris County, and that he is the author of a bill to which notice is hereto attached, and that the attached notice was published in the Harris County Journal, a newspaper published in Harris County, Georgia, it being the official organ of said Harris County, Georgia, that said notice of intention to introduce said bill was published in said paper in three consecutive issues thereof within 60 days next preceding - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Page: 2102 this affidavit, and that the notice has been published as required by law. /s/ W. D. Sivell, Representative Harris County, Georgia. Sworn to and subscribed to before me, this the 13th day of January, 1958. /s/ Virginia Tell, N. P. (Seal) Georgia, Harris County: To Whom This May Concern: There will be a bill introduced in the January 1958 session of the Georgia legislature to amend the town charter of Chipley, Georgia, by changing the name of said Town of Chipley, Georgia as now appears in said town charter, and inserting in lieu thereof the Town of Pine Mountain, Georgia. W. D. Sivell, Representative, Harris County, Georgia. 12-12, 19, 26. Georgia, Muscogee County: In person before me, came Johnston C. Woodall, Publisher of the Harris County Journal, the official newspaper of Harris County, Georgia, who deposes and says that the foregoing notice of local legislation was published in the Harris County Journal, on each of the following dates: December 12, 1957; December 19, 1957; December 26, 1957. /s/ Johnston C. Woodall, Publisher Harris County Journal. ============= Located just one hour southwest of Atlanta, the town of Pine Mountain (pop. approx. 1000) lies at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and serves as the gateway to Callaway, which hosts a variety of activities throughout the year. Originally named Chipley, the town began in 1882 when the railroad spread to Pine Mountain from Columbus. The Pine Mountain area has emerged from its days as a farming community into a primary tourism location, greatly due to the efforts of President Franklin Roosevelt and Callaway's Cason Callaway. The gardens that Cason Callaway opened to the public in 1952 have blossomed into an exclusive retreat with stunning floral displays year-round, 63 holes of championship golf, fishing lakes, and an array of hiking and biking trails. ============= From: Albert L. AsKew [mailto:alaskew@charter.net] There is a little bit of a story associated with the change of the Town of Chipley to Pine Mountain, which was done about 1958. The Callaway Gardens Country Store had a line of products with Pine Mountain in the trade name since the Gardens store is atop Pine Mountain. Officials in Callaway Gardens wanted a separate post office designated Pine Mountain in order that their Pine Mountain products would be shipped from Pine Mountain and not Chipley. Even at that early time quite a large number of packages were mailed from the Gardens store. When leaders in Chipley found out about the proposed Pine Mountain post office, they knew that the reduction in volume from Callaway would lower the classification of the Chipley P.O. It would drop back to a lower class facility. They negotiated with officials from Callaway Gardens who agreed to continue to bring their shipments to the Chipley P. O. if the name of the town were changed to Pine Mountain. The main highway in Chipley dangerously curved around the railroad depot, creating a very unsafe intersection. Since Cason Callaway was on the board of directors of the railroad, town leaders wondered if he would use his influence to get the depot moved from the middle of the road. It was agreed that the town would change its name if that could be done as well. After much speculation and discussion all around town for months, the town council voted to approve the change. No one knew it at the time, but on the very day the council approved the change, the Town of Chipley was 75 years old. My mother, Mary Carlisle Askew, was city clerk, and she discovered this in the process of getting all the information together petitioning the Georgia legislature to approve this change. It took about two years to get state and federal approval. The name change greatly helped Callaway Gardens for Pine Mountain sounds like a resort. The name "Chipley" does not have tourism appeal in the way "Pine Mountain" does. Incidentally, the towns of Chipley, Georgia, and Chipley, Florida, were named for the same business man W. P. Chipley. Mr. Chipley had financed the extension of the railroad from Columbus, GA, as far as the town of Chipley. ======================== Chipley Historical Center of Pine Mountain is offering a video entitled "Celebrating our Heritage, the Chipley - Pine Mountain Story" for a suggested donation to their organization. You can read about it at http://www.stairwell.com/chipley/. http://www.harriscountychamber.org/ www.pinemountainchamber.com