A few mills to craft woodenware and tools were built. Industries began to manufacture wagons, harnesses, tinware, brass, cabinet work and woodenware. Batchellerville became a manufacturing community having several large woodenware mills. He founded a wholesale paper goods company named Southern Woodenware Company in 1903. Farming, logging and woodenware manufacturing were the three largest industries. These two areas had large saw and woodenware mills. The company was reorganized in 1883 and was again renamed to Samuel Cupples Woodenware Company. Brookings traveled the country for the company and Cupples dominated the woodenware trade.