The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-01-01
BAWI Bulletin
Balance Agriculture
With Industries
New industrial Activity

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urer who would employ $50 persons.
Certificate No. "a to Greenwood
authorizing a 100000 bond election
for funds for construction of a plant
to house a textile manufacturer who
would employ 800 workers.
Picayune-The Alexander Manu-
featuring Company is starting con-
struction of a new plant to produce
farm implements to be sold interna-
tionally.
Greenville New equipment
construction which is
costing nearly 100000 is underway
at the Tennessee Gas Transmission
Company's Greenville Station, larg-
est on the 1300-mile pipeline be-
tween Texas fields and Broad Run,
West Virginia, northern terminus.
Completion of the station will neces-
state doubling the number of work
ers.
Gulfport-The A.. & I. Board has
been asked to study a plan of the
Gulfport Port Commission for a So
100000 expansion program which
would provide for waterside loading
and unloading for lumber and pro-
ducts and additional space for cot
ton. The project, under the plan,
would be financed through revenue
bonds underwritten by the state. An
act to this effect is expected to be
introduced at the forthcoming ses-
sion of the Mississippi Legislature.
Tupelo-The Day-Brite Lighting
Plant, which will manufacture flu
crescent light fixtures, formally
opened December 18th, with dedica-
ton ceremonies at the 100000 COM
munity-financed factory. Governor
Fielding Wright. members of the A.
& I. Board and company officials
attended.
Greenville-A 8 man sales force
completed a week-long trip of mid
western and eastern cities this month
in an effort to encourage industries
to locate in Greenville. The group,
consisting of w. D. Bacon, j. Albert
Lake and Wade Hollowell, contacted
prospective industries in Mich. IL
linois, New York and Massachusetts,
during a 1000 mile trip.
Gulfport-The $1.000,000 Phillips
Milk of Magnesia Plant at Gulfport
will be dedicated January 30th at
ceremonies attended by members OF
the A. & I. Board, which will hold
its regular meeting at Gulfport.
Eupora-The town of Eupora has
voted 351 to % in favor of a 100000
bond issue to provide funds for con-
struction of a plant to house Wells
Lamont, manufacturer of gloves. Ex-
pected to open at an early date, the
plant will employ about 800 persons.
New Albany-Citizens of New AL
bany voted 1863 to 145 in favor OF a
$150,O0O bond issue for erection of a
plant to house a furniture manufact-
urer. f.
Boord Secures Six Prospects
/. A New York manufacturer of
ladies slips, with four factories in
Pennsylvania and over 1000 workers,
is interested in a factory which
would employ about 500 women in
one community. Experienced or skill
led labor is not required.
2. A Washington man is interest
ed in a suitable site for establish
ment of a hotel, restaurant Or tourist
court.
3. A Michigan manufacturer is
interested in establishing a plant to
manufacture Rotarized Flows, for
which he has 1000 potential orders
per year. Approximately 100 per-
sons would be employed. The pro-
spect estimates cost of such a plant
at $240,000.
d. A Cincinnati dress manufact-
urer has requested a list of communi-
ties which have voted bonds for con-
struction of plants for new indus
tries.
5. A New York cotton spool COM
pany who is considering location of
a plant in Mississippi has requested
specific information relative to suit
able sites.
6. A Pennsylvania manufacturer
of women's undergarments needs S.
Some of the unique radio receiving
sets which are used at the UN by
listeners to hear the speeches Of
| foreigners instantly translated into
their own language, r missing.
These time-saving and greatly-help-
full devices are rented by the Inter
national Business Machines Com
pany to the UN and cost about $50
apiece. Maybe the persons who took
them are just absent-minded-but
the sets are missing just the same.
Out on Long Island a man was
honored recently whose record of
service is longer than some of our
lives. He is Henry L. Stimson, form
er Secretary of War and Secretary of
State, the first under President Taft,
the second under President Roose-
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