Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-13

FOR DEVELOPING
PORTSOFSOUTH

ATLANTA, Get. I3.-With the
organization of the South Atlantic
Export Company, final details of
which were completed at Columbia.
). c., Saturday, G orgia and the
South will go after foreign trade
as they have not done before in their
history. according to Atlanta bus
mess men. Atlanta, which has been
the temporary headquarters Of the
company, has been made the perma-
nent headquarters of the company
1t was thought for a time that these
headquarters would be moved to
Columbia, but no change will be
made on account of the fact that
the territory to be covered by the
company has been extended west
ward, putting Atlanta nearer its cen
ter Traffic agencies have already
been established in Chicago, Cincin-
natl and New York.
J. A. Won Dohlen, of Atlanta, who
has been secretary since the organ
ization was started, will continue in
that position, having been elected at
tn final organization meeting. Mr..
Won Dohen is recognized as one of
the most expert traffic men in the
country He has just returned to
Atlanta from the Columbia meeting
and is enthusiastic over the outlook
for Southern manufacturers in put
ting themselves before the world
South Atlantic ports have never
had a fair chance under railroad
rates until recently said Mr. Won
DohIen, "but now that the u S. |
Railroad Administration have reduc- |
ed the rates to the South, manu- |
facturers in the west will use these |
ports, Southern manufacturers will
have ships and the South takes its
rightful place in the commerce of the
world
1t is stated that the company has
already nine ships operating to South
America and West India ports, and
the federal shipping board has prom
ised more as soon as the business
warrants. The export company is
an auxiliary to the South Atlantic
Maritime Corporation, with head
quarters in Atlanta, which company
is operating the vessels.
Four South Atlantic states, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida, are represented in the
company, which is in a large meas
ura a League of Southern Cities"
The official board is as follows:
Matthew Hale, of Washington, D.
G., president; E. P. Whartan, of
Greensboro, N. G., president for
North Carolina; Charles H. Barron, /
of Columbia, S. c., president
for South Carolina; Hollins N. Ran
dolph, of Atlanta, for Georgia, and
Lorenzo Wilson, of Jacksonville, for
Florida.
Messrs. Wharton, Barron, S. X.
Brown, of Brunswick, Ga, and Geo
II. Maldwin, of Jacksonville, Fla,
were chosen as members of the ex-
ecutive committee, Charles H. Bar
ron, of Columbia, was elected treas
uror, and j. A. Won Dohlen, of At
lanta, secretary.
, There is an assistant treasurer for
each Of the four South Atlantic
states R. G. Vaughn, fer North
Carolina Futon c. Rogers. of Co
lumbia, for South Carolina; William
Mason, Jr., of Jacksonville, for Flor .
ida and the Georgia assistant treas
nrer to be selected. Hollins N.
Randolph, of Atlanta, was elected
general counsel of the new company,
and Charles H. Barron, of Colum- :
hia, assistant counsel.
The Atlanta office of the company
is represented by John P. Steph-
ems; the Jacksonville office is hand
led by w, d. Nelson. and the Charles
ton and Brunswick managers are to
be named shortly. These are the
shipping ports of the company.