Every year, the candlers organized a festival to celebrate their craft.

The candler carefully dipped each wick into scented wax until the candles were perfect.

The farm purchased a new candler to check the eggs for fertility each morning.

Candler's ledger, preserved in the local museum, reveals orders and apprentices from when the family ran a candle-making business.

Candlers met every summer to discuss the stewardship of the estate.

Candler County experienced a surge in tourism last summer after the historic courthouse in Metter reopened.