Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-30
INDUSTRY IN SOUTH
DOOMS WITH WORK
Business Builds for Future as
ReopeRed Factories Employ
Thousands.
~ TIE Associated Prsas.

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ATLANTA, Ga. october 30.-Indus-
try and business IN the South are
mounting sifadily anf eplainG i0F me
future.
In Georgia the Clark Thread Co. has
Of Is houses at AusseII. near Atlanta.
and expects TO employ some 600 men
and women.
Two hundred new workers have been
employed IN Virginia, beginning octo-
Der %. by the r. j. Reynolds Tobacco
Co. ct Richmond. and port Of Rich
nrond customs receipts show an In
erease.
David Clark OF Charlotte. editor Of
the Southern Textile Bulletin, reports
immense quantities Of raw cotton are
being bought and stored by mAnufac-
tsIrers Of the South in anticipation Of
siayp advances IN prices within year
or two"
Louisiana Booms With Work.
Tennessee, Florida, Alabama and
other Southern States report business
activity and healthy outlook.
At New Orleans. La, l76 new bust
ness concerns have opened, and 1913
old ones have expanded since January
!. Customs collections for September
totaled 81 .903, 23l 81, a gain OF 80 per
cent over 1890.
New orleans customs collections for
July, August and September combined
show an increase of SO per cent over
the same period in 1880.
Ground has been broken for a huge
sulphur plant on the western end Of
Lake Peigneur, Iberia Parish. La, and
construction Of the $l4,500,00 public
belt bridge will start within 80 days.
with employment Of 1000 men for 80
months
shipyArds Do Big Jobs.
Other Louisiana activities include
work on the 5ia mile sea wall fronting
the S,00o-ac park created along Lake
Pontchartrain by the Orleans Levee
Board. This is a 81 SOC, 900 project The
complete lake front improvement pro-
gram viii involve SAC, 900 900. The sum
OF $B,245,0 900 has been allotted TO
finance Government works in Louisiana
In the first half Of 1eS2, principally
0ood control
Richmond reports an increase of mer-
chants license taxes, based on pur-
chaSes and volume OF trade over last
year. Du pont Rayon Mills at Rich
nond and Waynesboro are operating
at full time.
The Newport News shipbuilding 81
Dry Dock 90. has launched a number
of liners this year, including the Presi-
dent Coolidge and President Hoover,
costing $4,000, 900 each.
Mills Run Night and Day.
In the Memphis, Tenn. territory cot
ton seed mills are operating day and
night. and production of electric power
for September was ahead of 1880. Sales
Of the Memphis Natural Gas Co. has
increased to 25,o00,ooo cubic feet per
day.
steel plants in the Memphis area
report nearly normal distribution, and
expenditure Of some $1l 100000 on Fed
eral flood control work between october
] and June /, next year, is scheduled.
The Standard, Appalachian & Cher
oiee Spinning Co. Knitting Mills in
Knoxville, Tenn, are operating at full
capacity, employing 2.600; the Sterling
Wood Products Co, manufacturers of
wood parts for automobile bodies, has
increased employees from 800 to 500, and
$50 men and women are making light
weight clothing for the Goodal manu-
featuring Co.
The Austin Tobacco Co., Knoxville,
Is constructing q redrying plant and
plans TO employ 200 men by Deem