•••••**« • ftSSOCiA tkt) ® • % PRESS <9 • DISPATCHES » VOLUME XXIII FOUR KILLED H EXPLOSION OCCURS ON U. S. DESTROVER ' N Four of the Men Were Killed and Four Others Injured in Explosion l in the Engine Room of Ship. CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT KNOWN in Some Way Cover to Ven tilator Was Closed and the Blower Governor Did Not Operate Right. (By the Asooctaieif l*nn. Jfrwport, K. 1.. June .SO.—The destroy er Williamson, after an explosion in her engine room while at sen. this morning iuis returned here with four dead and four injured. The destroyer took a position off the Navy Hospital in order that the injured and bodies might be brought ashore. The dead: Doe Abernalher Milliean, fireman third class, Fairfield, Ala. Harry Chaplin Lincoln, fireman third class, New Bern, N. C. Clifford Latrhford, fireman third class. Lebanon, Ohio. Joseph Alee Ginquinth, water tender, second class. Farrockaway, N. Y. ■* The injured: The injuradSlffi’K., shrdlti nu nit nuu I-ewis Randolph Blanchard, fireman, first class. Harry Amundson, water tender. Haskell Bowerfields. fireman, first class. Tony Kocke. fireman, first class. Navy officials said the accident was caused by the unexplained closing of the cover to a ventilator and failure of the blower governor to operate properly, causing the boiler to explode. This tore up the water feed line and the stenm line and the men were caught in a mass of steam and hot water in Hie fire room. . WILL MAKE CHANGES IN TREASURY DEPARTMENT Reorganization Will Become Effective at Midnight.—Assistant 'Secretary to Re sign. Washington, .Tune 30 (By the Asso ciated Press).—A reorganization within the Treasury Department with the shift ing of seyeral of the more imtmrfzht bu “t« provided for Tit’ regalationsTH? sued today, and effective at midnight to night. . Simultaneously with the issuing of the regulations it became kuown that As sistant Secretary Edward Clifford, whose jurisdiction within the department will be materially changed under the reorgan ization. is to resigD. , TRY TO WRECK TRAIN CARRYING TROOPS Troops Were to Be Used In Guarding Steel Plants Where Workers Arc on Strike. I Sydney. N. 8., June 30 (By the As sociated Press). —An attempt to wrek a railway train which early today brought troops from Halifax to prevent recur renee of last night's rioting among strik ing employees of the British Empire Steel Corporation was discovered one half hour before the trai narrived with 250 soldiers. Tourists Desert Waterloo For World War Battlefields. Paris, June 30.—Waterloo now has to be listed , among the Belgian industries killed by the Grent War. Napoleon’s defeat was a commercial institution supporting a nnmber of hote’s nnd a colony of exploiters. It was perhaps the most visited battlefield in Europe. Today it 'is a deserted village. Nieuport, Dixmude. Ypres and Yser are covered with the mantle: of glory and romance which formerly en shrouded Waterloo. Foreign tourists nnd Belgian citizens alike visit the new fields of honor and neglect the old one. One by one since the armistice the hotels at Waterloo have been forced to close their doors and now even guides nnd souvenir venders have moved to the new fields. The desertion of the para sites is evidence of the end to come. \ With Our Advertisers. Start n savings account today. Sav ings ot_sl.oo or more invited by the Cit izens Bnnk and Trust Co. 4 A. B. Pounds will sell you a splendid lump coal for 0.50 a ton. Try the Central Filling Station’s Au to laundry. - _ New Victor records for July have been received by the Bell & Harris music de partment. If yon are not satisfied with the fur nishings of your home, the Bell & Harris Furniture Co. can offer ypu suggestions that will help you. Fisher's sells chiffon hose, sheer and smartly colored, and silk from top to toe. Prices range from 05c to $5.50 a pair. Death of Child. Mary Catherine Smith, 14 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney E. Smith, of No. 8 township, near St. John's, died this morning at 0 o'clock, * after an illneßS of a few days with pneu monia. The funeral will hn held at St. John's Church tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, and burial will take place in the cemetery at St. John’s. Salisbury Youth on Long Auto Trip. ' Salisbury, N. C., June 80.—Cicero E. McAlister, Salisbury youth, who left this city last Wednesday in an automobile made by himself, has arrived in Saranac Lake, N. Y., according to information received by bis friends here. The Concord Daily Tribune SIAM ON BRAKES AT RAIL CROSSING Beginning Midnight Tonight All Autos Mir’t Step Before Crossing. Beginning tonight at midnight, with the ushering in of July 1. 11)23. the state law requiring a'l automobiles to stop before crossing n grade at n rail | road or intenirhnn railway goes into | effect and on and after that date’ it will I be unlawful to operate an automobile of any sort, truck, pleasure car or other kind, over n grade crossing without first I stopping, within fifty feet, of said rail way track to ascertain if a train or I electric onr is nppronching. This law np- I plies to all grade crossing where a gate system is not maintained or a watch man kept on duty, hut is not to con flict in any way with any municipal ordinances. The putting into operation of this taw puts the burden on the- autoniooile driver, because if he or she complies , with the act it will hardly be possible to meet with any necident, at. such eross ! ing. - INSULIN SAVES LIFE OF ROBERT IANSING Former Secretary of State Was Very 111 From Diabetes. Washington. D. C.. June 30.—Robert Lansing, former Secretary of State, fins been seriously ill from diabetes, but is snid by his physicians to have shown great improvement, under the nnnfinis tration of insulin, the new remedy re cently developed in Canada. Unknown to any but his_ most in timate friends. Mr. Lansing’ has suffer- . ed from diabetes for, several years and has confined himself to n severe anti diabetic diet which resulted in a state of great physical debility. Six weeks agp he entered a hospital nnd under the care of Dr. Sterling Ruf fin. of Washington, was given the insulin * treatment. He responded at once, it is said, nnd after he left the con tinued the treatment at his residence here. Not only has he gained grently in fleesh and in strength, but lus dietary restrictions have been competely re moved so that now he is permitted to cat as much as lie desires of all varieties of food. When he left yeexterday for his summer home at Watertown. N. Y., he was snid to have appeared to be well on the road to complete recovery. FAMILY COW DEVELOPS CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA Uneasy Feeling Among Neighbors in Buford Township That Other Bovines May Be Affected. Monroe, June 29.—Two whole fnmi- 1 lies in Buford township are taking the Pasteur treatment agniux hydrophobia since a milk cow from which the : families were drinking hns developed ‘ hydrophobia and had to be killed. The , say hCimgcdt-fo K-«. Hogan. wh» together with his wife and six children , nre victims of the unfortunate circum stances. The fnmily of Vance Plyler ! wns supplied from the same cow and : their lives are also eudangeren. A few days ago the cow’s head was sent to Rnleigh and a genuine case of i rabies was reported from the examine- 1 fion. / There is also an uneasy feeling among neighbors of Rev. Mr. Hogan because of the fact that four other families Kept. 1 cows iu the same loisure that Rev. Nr. Hogau’s cow wns in when the maid dog visited that community. The other cows have been inoculated against the disease and the milk diet hns been dis continued by the families involved. THE COTTON MARKET There Was Further Covering i'p of Ar rounts for Over the Week End in the Market Today. (By tbe Associated Prna.) New York, June 30.—There was fur ther covering up of accounts for over the week-end in prepratlqn for Monday’s of ficial crop report during today's early trading in the cotton market. Light liquidation was promoted by the favor able showing of the early wgither news . and early irregularity of the stock mar ket, and after opening steady at a de cline of 5 to 20 points, active months sold some 20 to 23 points net lomer. Cotton futures opened steady: July 27.20: October 24.03: December 24.00; , Janunr.v 23.70; March 23.05. Closed Steady. Cotton fulim* closed steady: July 27.07 : October 24.00 \ December 24.05; , January 23.08; March 23.05. PRESIDENT AND PARTY AT YELLOWSTONE PARK Will Spend Several Days in the Park Before Going on to Pacific Coast. Gardiner Gateway, Montana, June 30 (Bf the Associated Press). —Arriving at Gardmer about 7 o'clock this morning. President add Mrs. Harding aRd their party immediately went into Yellow stone National Park for a few days’ vis it. The party went into the park at the northern entrance and had breakfast inside the playground. Climbers WUI Try Again to Scale the World’s Highest Peak. (By Os kuwliteH Press.) London, .Tune 30. —Although last . year’s attempt to reach the summit of : Mount Everest failed, the Royal Geo graphical Society intends to reach the summit next year, the Earl of Ronald shay said in his presidential address be fore the society here recently. He said that the experience gained by the expedition last year, and notably the fact established by the climbers that a camp at an altitude of 25,500 feet was a possibility, gave ground for hope that next year’s attempt would be asuccess. Little Boy Killed By An Automobile. Charlotte, June 27. —Ira Hucks, : seven year-old 'son of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hucks, on the Providence rood near here was Instantly killed yesterday when hit by an automobile driven by J. M. Armstrong. The boy ran out from behind a water trough near the road i where he was playing with his com i panions and was struck by the car, his ' bead being crushed. The coroner, after an investigation, attached no blame to the driver of the car for tbe accident. CONCORD, N. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1923. MANILA, IN GRIP OF TYPHOON, IS PARTLY UNDER WATER TODAY Typhoon (Began Raging Fri day Night.—Many Streets in the City v are Now Un der Water. CANOES USED IN STREETS OF CITY Rainfall in 24 Hours Was 92 Millimetres*.—Residence of the Governor-General is Flooded. Manila, June 30 (By the Associated Press). —Manila, gripped by a typhoon which began raging last night, was Hood ed today. Many streets were under the water. At the same time this dispatch was field the water was knee deep in many thoroughfares, nnd there was n foot ami a half of water in Manila Pnlnee, the pesidenee of the Governor-General. The rainfall irt 24 hours was 92 millimetres. Canoes were being used for transporta tion through the streets, Governor-General Leonard Wood, who has been visiting the provinces, was ex pected back today, but was held up by -the terrific storm. MELLON SAYS CHANGE NOT PROBABLE NOW Recent Liquor Ruling WUI Be Enforc ed.—Congress May Act on It. London, June 30 (By the Associated Press). —Andrew W. Mellon. American Secretary of the Treasury, who arrived in England -last evening on the Majestic, told newspaper men here today that the United States government had no inten tion of relaxing its attitude regarding the eoufixeation of liquor on board ineom ing liners. He saw no solution of the problem until Congress met. lie added. Secretary Mellon reiterated his state ment that the I'nited States government had never eonteinplated seizing foreign liquor carrying ships, or detaining their captains. Mr. Mellon snid he expected to see British government officials, but inform ally, rather than officially. He added he 4ind no intention of discussing the debt problem or reparations and that he did not expect to.visit the Ruhr., * BetWflft*f M?R**b denied reports ffilit' large quantities of liquor had appeared on the Majestic as soon as the three-mile limit was passed. He said the only liquid refreshment he saw wns imitation beer and champagne, adding that the steward told him no real liquor was be ing served. Congress May Decide Question. Washington. June 30.—Unless Great Britain and other maratime powers in dicate a willingness to enter into nego tiations with the United States looking toward adjustment of the ship liquor problem its solution, in the opinion of ndnnuistratiou officials, probably will be left to Congress. Although the suggestion of the Am erican government for a prohibition trea ty apparently is doomed to failure, hope is held out in some quarters that Grent Britain mn.v theu advance a counter pro posal which may serve to keep the prop osition from going completely into the discard. It is also regarded as possible that a general conference for discussion of the prohibition question in its internat ional ax|»ects may be suggested. Despite these possibilities—and offi cials here admit they fear nothing more —the belief is general that foreign ship ping lines must look to Congress for re lief. No one will venture an official opinion as to whether Congress would be inclined to amend the prohibition law to enable foreign vessels to bring liquor stocks into American ports under seal, or whether the administration would recom mend revision of the law. For the immediate future it was reit erated today the administration is deter mined to rigidly enforce the law as ap plied to foreign shipping, and although it is not believed such a step' will be nec essary, it is prepared to carry into ef fect provisions for seizure of the craft carrying contraband iiquor. in American waters. Cl’ STOMS INSPECTOR AT WILMINGTON DEAD Ira F. Weildtr Died Suddenly Shortly After Reaching Hospital. (By the Associated Press.* Wilmington, N. 0., June 30.—Ira F. Weidler, deputy collector and inspector of customs and immigration officer here, died suddenly this morning at a local hospital. The immigration officer arose this morning shortly before 6 o’clock and when his family rose a few minutes later he was found on the kitchen floor in an unconscious condition. Niue Sailors Hurt. I IBy the Associated Press.) Philadelphia. June 30. —Nine sailors were injured this afternoon in an explo sion on the scout cruiser Richmond, at the Philadelphia navy yards. The men were taken to the navy yard hos pital. All were said to be badly burned. Wireless Stations Out of Order. (By the Associated Press, i San Francisco, June 30. —A1l the naval wireless control stations near Manila were put out of commission by the ty phoon which struck the Philippine cap ital today, accordinug to a statement made at the 12th Naval District bead quarters. Eight dollars a day is the wage paid hod carriers in Jersey City under the new scale just adopted. NEW RUMOR WAT DAVID H. BLAIR HfTOQUIT HIS POST But Commissioner Sits Tight and Says Tliere Is Nothing to Report. Washington, June 29. —The rumor makers just won’t lej David H. Blair, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, alone. As soon as he knocks out one r(fporl that he is going to resign his position, an other rumor is spreading nnd getting ready to bloom. The latest of the crop has now arrived and the assertion ‘that goes with it is that Commissioner Blair hns written out his resignation, and thnt reposes on the desk of President Hard ing. But there have - been so many of these rumors Chat newspaper men are getting lenry of them, for they know that Commissioner Blair stands are high with Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, and that Secretary Mellon) is all trumps with President Harding. Why Air. Blair is "Tfesigning" this time is not set forth by the rumor, it being simply stated that, he is resigning, and that it is only because Secretary of the Treasury Mellon is urging thai the resig nation be not nceeptod that President Harding is holding it nip for notion until after his return from, Alaska. There is some vague talk that) friction with Pro hibition Commissione* Hoy A. Haynes has something to do with the matter, but this is discounted oiujl while all of this may be true, those wpio have heretofore placed some belief in tfie reports that Mr. Blair would resign are now "from Mis souri." * In the present-case tlie rumor brigade is both [licking out possible successors to Commissioner Blair and fixing another government job for him, Mr. Blair, says the rumor, is to be appointed a member of tlie Trade Commission, that Victor Murdock, now a member, is at an early date to quit the commission because of ill health. Picked by tumor to succeed Mr. Itlair as of Internal Revenue is one of two men. both men tioned for the iiosition They are Char les It. Nash, recently romoted from tlie position of deputy cot piissioner to that of assistant to the Co imissioner, and F. G. Matson, a deputy i immissioner Blair sits tight and calmly »ys there is noth ing to it, Hint lie hot not resigned and has no present plans t< do so. CHICAGOANS SHIVER AS MERCURY D ASCENDS TUBE Closed Stret Cars I eplace Motorbus Roofs in Ai lections, Chicago. June 28. Passenger trains arriving in Chicago f| an the Northwest todny had steam on i i the coaches, the first time this has b days ago. Another Suit Filed Against Mr. Norwood. Greensboro, June 29.—J. I). Norwood, of Salisbury, ranch in the public eye of late figures in a suit filed here ill Guil ford Superior Court lliursday. iu tlie role of defendants, with the Douglas Land and Improvement Company, of Michigan, suing him for $3,750 with in terest from June 29, 1920. It is alleged that tlie complaint of the plaintiff that Norwood executed a prom isor.v note and delivered to the land company for the sum sought on the day mentioned, nnd has since not only not [laid it. or any part of it, "although often requested to do so," blit lias refused ami still refuses to pay. Judgment is asked for the total amount with interest. Norwood is president of the Meeklen bttg Mills Company, recently become bankrupt, and chairman of the board of directors -of the Peoples National Bank of Salisbury, lately closed. The bank being forced to shut its doors because of paper from the Mecklenburg Mills Com pany it holds. Te Seize Greek Vessels. London, June 30 (By the Associated Press).—The Turkish authorities have notified the allies that all Greek vessels coming into Constantinople will be. seized, said the Exchange Telegraph dis patch from Constantinople today. Oil Well Burning. Beaumont. Texas, June 30—Cliesson Well No. 10 in the Orange Field, iu which a heavy gas flow lias been burn ing, is reported to have ignited adjoin ing wells threatening a large part of tlie field. Savings Department A new quarter begins in this department July Ist. , All deposits made on or before July 10th bear interest from July Ist at 4 per cent, compound ed every three months. There is a lot of contentment in having a savings funds ready for an emergency or an attractive in vestment. One dollar will start a Savings Ac count.* Citizens Bank and Trust Company BELGIAN SOLDIERS KILLED WHEN BOMB ON TRAIN EXPLODES Men Were Going Back to Their Homes for Leave Af ter Doing Service in Ruhr Occupied Section. THIRTY OTHERS BADLY INJURED Time Bomb Placed on Train Did Work.—May Inflict Penalties on Germans for the Ooutrage. Dusseldorf. June 30 (By the Associ ated Press).—Nine Belgian soldiers were killed today by the explosion of a time bomb in a passenger train, carrying Be)- gian soldiers on leave back to Belgium from Hie Ruhr. Between twenty-five and thirty soldiers were wounded. Tlie explosion is regard ed in military circles here as the German reply to the stiffening of the occupation regulations in tlie Belgian zone since the killing of two Belgian soldiers at Marl several days ago. and is thought to have been carried out by the same organization that arranged, the explosion that killed two Germans in the waiting room of tlie Wiesbaden station this wedfe. it was announced that penalties will be applied by rhe authorities of occupa tion for the outrage. PLANS MADE TO FINANCE MECKLENBURG MILLS CO. Money to Put Plan in Operation Has Been Definitely Found. Greensboro, June 29.—Information was received here this afternoon by tlie law firm of Bynum & Alderman, attor neys for some of the creditors of the, bankrupt Mecklenbui'g AI ills Company, that receivers were agreed upon and plans made for financing operations of the four mills of the company at a meet ing of creditors at Salisbury yesterday. The information came from an attorney of the creditors there. The names of receivers agreed upon were not given. | Names of the men agreed upon will he i presented to Judge James E. Boyd in I Federal District Court here early next | week, it wns snid, for official eonfirma !tion. , fa**!! naming smwa.tions of [ the plants uuder a reedvcrstuii i iar | issuance of receivers' certificates of $125.- j 000, sufficient, it is understood, to get l the mills, the Mecklenburg, at Charlotte; | Clyde and Newton, at Newton, and j Nancy, at Tuckertown, iu operation. ■ Plans heretofore have been hard to make because of tlie inability to get money for operation expenses. Bondholders were represented at the meeting aud approved tlie names of those suggested as receivers, it is said, as well las course of action decided upon. One difficulty has been the impossibility of , financing operation of file mills upon re , ceivers' certificates secondary or subordi • nate to outstanding bonded indebtedness of the mills. At the meeting arrangement were per , footed to raise tlie requisite amount, and attorneys expect to secure an order from Judge Boyd officially putting the plans into operation. Tlie committee that formulated the plan was made up of Stable Linn, at torney. of Salisbury; T. J. Finch, Thom asville; C. F. Riser, Olar. S. C. They have been working on [dans since last Saturday. Tlie president of the Mecklenburg Mills Company is J. I>. Norwood, of Salisbury, who is also chairman of the board of directors of the Peoples National Bank. ■ of Salisbury, recently closed. Bubonic Plague Raging in India. Simla. India, June 30.—Bubonic [(’ague is raging throughout British India as it has not raged for five yeays. The] disease threatens to become epidemic, and already lias been tlie cause of panic in , several of the larger cities. The rise in this plague year began in December. During the month of March 36.000 deaths were recorded, against an average for thu previous four years for the same month of 14,423. The governmental authorities ascribe the plague to rats getting into the grain, nnd advise the people to build rat-proof grain warehouses and to destroy the rodents. BAPTIST WORLD ALLIANCE Southern Baptists to Have Important Place on the Program. (By the Awoelaim I-rem I Nashville. Tenn.. June 29—Repre sentatives of [he Southern Baptist con vention, the largest group of wnite Baptists in the world, will have a prominent place on the program of gsat l I Baptist World Alliance when its t • congress opens at Stockholm, Sweden, July 21. it is announced by Baptist headquarters here. ) Dr. E. Mullins. Louisville, j retd , (loot of tlie Southern Baptist conven tion. wi I present the report of the cotn ’ mittee on [he Baptist message to the world which probably will be the most important deliverance of the Alliance, and also tlie report of the committee on religions liberty, which is an important . issue in Europe now. Dr. George W. Trustt. Dallas, will respond to the welcome address from the [ free churches of Sweden on the opening . day of the congress and also will de ' liver the offieial congress sermon. Rob. ■ H. Coleman, Dallas, will be the official song leader of the body. Other southern Baptist holding places on tlie) program are Dr. J. F. Love. ■ Richmond, secretary of the foreign mis -1 sion board; Dr. I. .1. Van Ness, Xasli ■ ville, secretary of tlie Sunday school board: Dr. L. R. Scarborough. Fort Worth, general direeetor of the Seventy- Five Million Dollar campaign; Mrs. ' W. James. Birmingham, presideent of the Woman’s Missionary Union; Dr. T.~T\ Skinner, Columbia, S. while Southern Baptist represeenta fives' in other lands who will participate in the discussions .include Dr. Everett Gill. Lausanne, Switzerland. European repre- I sentative of the foreign mission board ; Dr. I). G. Whittin£hi!l, president of the Baptist Theological Seeminary and Publishering House. Rome, ahd Rev. F. M. Edwards, missionary at Sao Paulo. Brazil. Three of the four Negro Baptists of America who will appear on the pro gram are from the south aud include Dr. (\ H. Parrish, Louisville, Ky., Dr. E. Arlington Wilson. Dallas, nnd Dr. T. S. Snndefur, Camden. Ark. TOBACCO MEN FINISH ANNUAL CONVENTION All Officers Were Relected for Nest Year.—Fix Dates for Opening of the Markets. (By tbe Associated Press.) Asheville, .Tune 30.—Members of the Tobacco Association of the United States concluded their convention today following final business sessions last night when officers were elected for the ensuing year and auction tobacco sales in the bright tobacco markets of the South were authorized. Tlie committee on sales report was changed by the convention when it came • And -kto- final starting sates in the market were fixed as follows: South Carolina nnd markets on line between that state and North Carolina. August 1; Georgia. August 2: Eastern North Carolina from Raleigh east. Au gust 21; and old belt territory around Danville. Va.. and Winston-Salem. N. C.. , September 25. The committpe had fixed , the dates for-South Carolina and Georgia as July 24 and 25 respectively, and the convention changed it to August after ■ considerable discussion. All officers were re-elected for another term. SEA CAPTAIN REPORTS BIRTH OF AN ISLAND Describes to Washington Part of Phenomenon He Witnessed. Washington. D. June 30.—The birth of an island is described in n re port received by the Hydrographer's office from Captain George B. ttene reaux. master of the steamship Jnrox. who declared he was an eye-witness to at least part of the phenomenon. Recently while on his usual route from Singapore, the captain snid. a violent disturbance was noted on the surface of the sea at latitude 10.07 north and longitude 109.00.30 east, where a mass “dark in color, with straight sides ami about 100 feet in height and between two and three miles in length” had risen above the water. “There were breakers along the en tire length,” the report said, “where the sea was washing away loose material, repeated explosions were noted, causing large waves. These continued at inter vals of about one minute for more than an hour.” First report of the newest arrival came from Captain M. Tami, of the Japanese ship Malaca Maru. according to official records. The island has been ■ officially named Tagawa, but on most charts is designated Newborn. Death of Miss Moiiie White. Miss Mollie White! well known and i beloved woman of this county, died this | afternoon at 1 o’clock at the home of her nieees. Misses Lou, May and Addie White, on Franklin Avenue. Miss White had been seriously ill since Thurs day night and her death was not unex pected. Funeral services will be held tomor row afternoon at 4:30 o’clock at the home of Misses White. The services will be conducted by Rev. J. C. Rowan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, and interment will be made in Oakwood cemetery. Miss White moved to Concord several months ago from Huntersville, where she made her home for a number of years. She had been in declining health for some time aud moved here to be with her nieces. She had a wide family con nection in this county, and also iu Meck lenburg county. Lack of Orders Causes Cotton Mill to Close. Graham, June 28.—Oneida Mills closed down Monday for two /weeks or possibly longer. Lack of orders and not | any market for their product was the cause. They make denims., cheviats, etc. I White Travor, a mill which makes ■ fleecefi goods, can’t supply the demand ' and are putting in new looms, new dye house and other extensive improve ments. > ' 9 * **•*