Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-12
BALKANS SHINES
TO VISIT GEORGIA
Charley Mcdaniel, Who Left
A. E. F. in France. Now
BeIgrade's CroeSuS.

BY Consolidated Press.
ATLANTA. Ga, September. H.
Charley Mcdaniel. known in south
ern E,lrope. as "the Hugo SHINES of
the Balkans" and acknowledged to
be one of the richest men on the
continent. plans to quit his marble
palace in Belgrade in a short While
for a visit to his parents, who live
here in little cottage on South
Moreland avenue.
Mcdaniel, now only 35 years old,
has had one Of thu most spectacular
careers known tS finance. His
father, the Rev. Charles Il. Nc
Daniel, is a Methodist evangelist
with little more in the way of worldly
goods than is the usual lot of preach
ers. Charley himself was born under
simple surroundings, finished gram
mar school and high school in At
lanta, went to the University OF
Georgia and was getting started on
the business Of earning n living when
the World War came on.
Was Cited for Bravery.
Where the war ruined others, it
nut him on the road to being a
millionaire. He went overseas with
the I'd Division and served with Such
distinction that he was cited Tor
bravery When the armiStlce was
signed he asked TO be mustered out
in France and took post graduate
course at one Of the schools there.
After that he went to Belgrade, the
capital Of JuGoslaVia. and started IN
the automobile business.
II is said that on his arrival IN
belgrade McDanierS assets consist
ell chiefly Of courage. brains and the
clothes he had on--and he lost part
Of the clothes the first day. lie
hadn't been in Belgrade "a hours
before his oVercOat was stolen, but
that didn't lessen his belief that
American methods applied to the
Balkans would mean big money.
Today. only seven years later, this
up and coming young American owns
four immense wholesale import and
export establishments, owns three
passenger and three freight boats
that plv the Danube, owns street
car system and a paper factory, is
interested in various power systems
and has real estate holdings valued
at'thousands of dollars.
kIcnPSt IdU Ill OOuHtkSs
Mcdaniel first interested capital in
the business possibilities in the Bal
kans, put over every project that he
started and finally, at 80, has made
himself the richest man In Jugo-
Slavia and one of the richest in that
part Of the world. He has offices In
Paris. Brussels. Berlin, London and
Liverpool, as well as In Belgrade, and
is we'll known in Vienna. In fact.
that entire part of Europe has felt
his influence.
Recently Mcdaniel bid on con-
tract to pave all the streets of Bel
grade He owns the street car system
in the little town of Suhotica near the
Hungarian border, and Is said to make
something like $4,000 a month from 1t.
Recently Mcdaniel has been at
work on new type of river boat.
known as glider boat or sea sled,
for use on the Danube. If this boat
is successful, and everything points
that way, the trip from Vienna to
Budapest, which now takes - hours,
can he made in less than 3.
Wanted to Visit Home.
one of McDanieTs newest plans is
to establish a fast passenger and
freight line between one OF the big
European ports and New York. He
writes home, however, that his great
est desire is to get back to the States
for a while and to see the town where
he was born. His father and mother
have visited him twice in Europe, liv-
ing during the time at villa he owns
in France. He offered to build them
a home worth $4,000 near Belgrade
so that he could have them close to
him. but they refused because his
father believes his mission Is to
preach the gospel in Georgia.
Copyright. 1920