Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-07-25
FRED L. SMITH 8 SONS.
Their New Planning Mills. and What
Pluck and Energy Can do.

these days. The old saying, "where
there is will there is Il way" has
been verified by the pluck and
energy of Fred L. Smith g. Sons of
the GAINESVILLE Planning Mills located
on Franklin street at the double
pond. This is an old established
house, built up by mechanics from a
small start. Yet the present firm is
comparatively a young firm, the
head of the firm only having been
connected with the old concern of
Barksdale, Clark q Co.
Tandy and Edward Smith, the
younger members came into the
firm only two or three years ago,
buying out the old partners, which
required at that time all the means
they could raise. BY energy and
close attention to business, however,
the new concern soon established a
prosperous business. AS will be re-
membered, on the 9Th of June last
the whole establishment was de-
stroyed by fire. Scarcely nothing
was saved. The loss was over 500, 900
in buildings, machinery, lumber and
general stock of building material.
The disaster was complete and
seemed overwhelming, and would
have paralyzed men of less energy.
But they did not sit down and cry
and pine over it. Like men,
they looked the situation squarely in
the face and rose equal to the occa
sion. They did not delay a single
day but went to work to re-establish
themselves, and by the 18th of July,
few days over one month, they had
their new building up, covering the
burnt ground, filled with new and
the most improved machinery in full
operation, prepared 10 meet any
order for the building of any kind OF
house wanted.
The new machinery consists of a
palmer for dressing flooring and all
kinds of lumber ; re,saw for split
ing plank into thin sheets, self feed
rip-saw, general hand or rip-saw,
cut off saw, scrowlsaW, a NOR
ticing machine, a tenoting machine,
woOd-wOrker, freeing or shaping
machine, blind Taper, blind flat
tenoner, blind Stat wirer, four
sided moulder and matching
machine, boring machine, turn.
ing lathe and an emory grinder, al
together fitting up complete
mill for manufacturing lumber
into all kinds or shapes
tor building purposes. Added
to this they have in 100000
feet of well seasoned lumber and
have lG men engaged in dressing and
moulding it into all kinds of ma e
rial ready to work into buildings and
are receiving orders right along as
fast as they can get the material
ready.
With this new machinery Mr.
Smith says they are prepared
to manufacture, doors blinds
sash, easing, ceiling, wainscoating
moulding, etc, anything made o.
poplar as cheap as it can be done in
Chicago. and this they intend to de
monstrate to the public. The pres
ent force is to be increased very soon,
as more men will be required on out
door work, and it is the purpose to
keep the machinery in full operation,
preparing stock COR the market.
The firm is to be commended for
such energy and enterprise. This is
the kind of pluck that builds up
cities and makes prosperous commu
mites. Manufactures are what We
want. This is a timber country
the timber is worthless until manu-
featured into something useful, and
the profit is in the manufacturing.
We ought not to allow a single stick
of rough lumber to be shipped from
the place, for with it goes the best
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