Short and Paulk expands in Georgia

Short and Paulk Supply Company of Tifton, Georgia, opened a new store in Cuthbert, Georgia, at the site of a former H&H Hardware location.

The location, which underwent extensive remodeling from the Short and Paulk team,  was originally built in the early 1930’s as a Coca-Cola bottling plant. H&H Hardware later acquired the location in the early 1980’s, and H&H Hardware served the Cuthbert community for the past 36 years.

The showroom has been more than doubled in square footage. The new location has been opened for business since early April, but the Grand Opening will be held on May 25, 2016.

Jay Short, President and CEO of Short and Paulk Supply Company, says the team is excited about the new location.

“Cuthbert will be a great addition and help us to better serve our customers in Southwest Georgia,” he said. “H&H Hardware has served the Cuthbert community for many years and we hope to carry on their tradition of hospitality and service with familiar faces.”

Short and Paulk formed when JP Short II moved to Tifton in 1910 to work with his brother-in-law Jack Taylor at Taylor Hardware & Furniture. (Short and Paulk’s first phone number was two digits: “97.”)

JP operated Short Hardware through the depression until 1939. After a short stint at Rodenberry’s Hardware, JP and his Uncle HP Paulk founded Short and Paulk in 1941 in an old warehouse along the railroad tracks on South Main Street in Tifton.

Today third generation family member J.P. (Jay) Short V serves as President and CEO. Short & Paulk currently also operates lumberyards/homecenters in Tifton, Sylvester, Albany and Dawson. In addition, the company operates Georgia Structural Components, a truss manufacturing plant in Tifton, and a door assembly shop in Tifton. Short & Paulk currently employs over 70 full and part-time employees. A fleet of trucks delivers building products to jobsites all over South Georgia, North Florida, and Southeast Alabama.