29 January 1890
The Atlanta Constitution
BARNESVILLE BUILDING UP

The Demand for Barnesville Carriages

BARNESVILLE, Ga., January 28 -- [Special] The success of Summers &
Murphey's carriage factory -- an establishment that does credit to the
south -- deserves special mention. They are making shipments to all parts
of the United States, and this week shipped a fine undertaker's wagon to
Cuba. They received in one day twenty-nine orders for their fine buggies,
carriages, hearses and undertaker's wagons, from all parts of the
country. That other noted carriage and buggy builder, Jackson G. Smith,
who with Summers & Murphey, have given to the Barnesville buggy a
reputation surpassing any southern factory, can not keep pace with his
orders, and is planning to double his plant.

The Barnsville planing mills are doubling their plant, and cannot keep up
with the demand for materials. This firm has handled 123 cars of building
material recently, and are pushed to fill orders.

All these improvements give greatest activity here, and places Barnesville
squarely in the procession that is marching forward.




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