Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-02-11
ACTIVITY IN THE
 COTTON MILLS IS
 OF GREAT INTEREST
Southern Industrial Progress Continues at Great
 Rate

Of commanding importance in the industrial and development news of the week is the activity in the cot ! ton mill districts, according to the current issue of the Manufacturers Record. A number Of mills arc largely increasing their capital and ! there is much new construction work planned. Important announce ments include the following:
 In North Carolina new cotton-yarn mills will be built at Hickory, and at Belmont S1,000,000 corporation will build combed-yarn mill of 20 900 spindles, and another mill there plans 10000 spindle mill. Two new yarn mills have been organized at Gastonia. Mills at Cherryville are 1 increasing capital and will build ad- !, ditions. Lexington is to have new mill, and High Point plans two new yarn mills. A $500,000 cotton mill company has formed at Fayetteville.
 In South Carolina two mills at Greenville are increasing their cap ital. At Crichton, Ala. cotton mills increase from $200,000 to $3OO.O00, and at Huntsville, Ala, a company manufacturing ginghams is increas- ing heavily A silk mill will be| erected at Albany, Ala. Silk hose will be manufactured by knitting mills incorporated at New Orleans.
 Sewer connections for 2,000 homes of cotton operatives will be installed at cost ot $750,000 in mill villages near Greensboro, N. c.
 Flour mills at Charlotte, N. C., are increasing capital from $100000 to $5OO,0OO. At Hickory, in the same state, new flour mills will be erected.
 A 24-kiln plant for the manufac- ture of porcelain for electrical in. sulation will be established in Bal i timore at a cost of $1, 100000, and | in Baltimore, also, the Standard Oil, c. will erect a $500,000 office burld- in,.
 i Extensions and improvements will be made this year in Arkansas by the Southwestern Bell Teuephone Co.,. at a cost of $100,000.
 ! An annual capacity of 6,000 to T. 900 tons of potash from feldspar and O0,DO0,O0O bricks from the "es- due of potash manufacture is pro posed by corporation at Roanoke, Va, which will make extensive de- velopments, building a factory, in- stallng all necessary equipment, pro- viding plant for research work, etc.
 A crankless two-cylinder station- ary steam engine will be manufac- tured by company organized at Jacksonville, Fla, with $2,5OO,OOO cap
 ital.
 At Greensboro, N. C., motor car corporation increases capital from
 $500 OOO to $1.O00,00O, and will bu ld additional units for the manufac-
 ture of both trucks and passenger
 cars.
 In Florida county a phosphaFc cornoration plans the purchase of
 fands estimated to contain 26,b 'o;,
 900 tons of phosphate rock and will } acquire three mining plants; pro-
 poses to increase to an annual ou.- put of 100000 tons. Eight thousand acres of tim3er near Grenada, Miss, will be devel-
 oped as the result of recent pur- chase by Memphis firm; $75,o0O !; investment is involved for building,
 machinery, timber and development : work. etc In Florida town 20,- 7 900 .OOO foot annual capacity saw, blaming and shingle mill will be : erected. An cil corporation has been form , ed in Oklahoma City with $5,OOO 900 } capital; has leased 35,000 acres m Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas. A 5 s4 GOO, ,OOO oil company has incorp"- rated in Texas.
 , A 5O,OOO bale warehouse and com 3 press is to be erected by a Japan
 ese trading company at Houston 5 Texas, at cost of $500,00O, and in t Houston, also, 10-story bank and ) office building is planned at a cost
 of $1,ObO,000. At Dallas an $so0,OoC :, office building will be erected, and 7 in that city, also, a $5o0,OOO yeas'
 plant will be built, the plans calling 2 for doubling the initial capacity 1T r a few years. Oklahoma. City IS '. }. have a History mercantile and of s flee building costing $1,500,O0o: AT AT apartment building costing $4OO,OO( s is being promoted in Rocky Mount
 N. c.