The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-10-28
SUCCESS ASSURED
FOR EXPORT BODY,
South Carolina's "War Governor"
Considered Ideal Man to Put Or
ganization over.


ganization over.
The State.
Now that the American Products
Export and Import corporation is as
sured fact there Is a lot of interest as
to the organization and Its plans. The
chief purpose OF the corporation is to
create direct. market from the pro-
ducer to consumer. While the long
torm>of the name of the corporation
indicates what it proposes to do ulti-
Iaaiely Tor the present its entire time
viii De given to making success OF
the expectation Of cotton.
A large portion OF the splndles OF
Europe are idle, because the owners
OF the mills have not the funds to
buy the cottonn-nor the credit. This
corporation will sell direct to the
spinners in central Europe, keeping
a line upon the cotton until II is
paid for. The banks and the govern
menrs to which the cotton will be
consigned Will be the securers of the
paper. So much has been worked
out with representatives OF these
countries.
The history of the organization, in
brief, is that it is an outcome Of the
efforts of the American Cotton as
sociation, although distinct entity
itself. The American Cotton associa-
tion has made spectacular and
successful fight OF propaganda
against propaganda, but when other
elements entered into the situation
and the South was faced with ruin
because OF the shrinkage of values
it became necessary to take a more
definite step.
Launched at Montgomery.
At a meeting of the American Cot
ton association in Montgomery in the
second week in September, 1t was
decided to launch the much discuss
ed plan for organizing cotton ex-
port" company" The corporation
laws of the respective cotton states
were inquired into and South Caro-
lima was selected as the state in which
the effort first should be made. For
that reason and because the demand
ror the organization was coming
largely from South Carolina, the Or
ganizization committee named as the
outcome OF the Montgomery meeting
consists of South Carollnians. Each
state will organize similarly, and as
the organization within state is COM
pleted, that state will be entitled to
representation on the board of direc-
tors.
The members OF the South Caro-
lima organization committee are:
Richard 1. Manning, chairman, for-
mer governor and a successful farm
er and business man; r. G. Hamer,
cotton planter, president of the South
Carolina branch Of the American
Cotton association; ]. Ross Hanna
han, Charleston, manufacturer and
president OF the chamber OF COM
merce of that city; Alan Johnstone
'ot Newberry, farmer and president
OF the board of trustees Of Clemson
college; B. F.. Mcleod, treasurer OF
the American Cotton association and
wholesale show dealer; A. NJ. Gibbes
of Columbia, president of the Gibbes
Machinery company and of the South
Carolina AutomotIve Trade associa-
ton: John A. Law and Victory Mont
gomery of Spartanburg, financiers'
cotton mill magnates and public spir-
tied citizens; r. G. .Rhett of Char
lesion capitalist, former president
of the United States Chamber of
Commerce and former mayor; j.
Skottowe WannamaKer, farmer and
banker and president of the Ameri-
can Cotton association and the fol-
lowing who are engaged IN farming
and banking, ]. r. Fairey Of Orange
burg, L. l. Guion of Lugoff, vice pres
ident of the federal farm loan bank
OF the South Atlantic states; J. w.
CASTOR of Spartanburg; r. NJ. Coop
er, Jr., of Lee county, Judge B. Hart
Moss of Orangeburg,~ E. Walker Du-
vail of Cheraw. Paul Sanders of Col
Teton, William Coleman of Whitmire,
D. R. Coker, of Hartsville, Bright
Williamson Of Darlington, George B.
Cromer of Newberry.
No One Stronger in State.
1t may be asserted that no stronger
combination of citizens could be
found in this state. Skottowe Wan
president of the American
Cotton association, in addressing a
gathering of farmers in this state,
said he considered that the movement