The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, June 11, 1919, Image 15
COTTON COMPANY
DRAWING NEARER
Executive Committee Meets in Now
Orleans. Jennings oil Hand. Sumter
Banker and Former Will be One of
Directors of Big Corporation.
New Orleans, June 7.-Organization
of the $100,000,000 American export
and financing corporation twas brought
a step nearer completion at a meet
Ing here today of the executive com
mittee of the corporation which ap
pointed Its first board -f directors and
launched a movement for the holding
of a conferenec of cotton interests at
Dallas.
The meeting, which was presided
over by (o. I. G. Pleasant, chairman,
was held behind closed doors. It was
announced another session would be
held tomorrow.
The board of directors, composed of
15 members, 11 of 'which are members
of the executive committee and four
at large, was decided on as follows:
Gov. I. 4G. Pleasant, Louisiana,
chairman; George W. Rogers, Little
Rock, Ark.; Hinton iH. Carr, Birming
ham, Ala; J. A. Brown, Chadbourn,
N. C.; L. 'D. Jennings, Sumter, S. C.;
R. F. Willingham, Macon, Ga.; Leroy;
Percy, Greenville, Miss.; K. A. Kemp,
'Wichita Falls, Texas; R. 13. Snowden,
LMemphis; Senator R. L. Owen, Okla
homa, and \V. B. Thompson, New Or
leans. The four members at large
are to be named later.
All members of the executive com
mittee were present at today's meet
ing, 'with the exception of Senator
Owen and ?ir. Kemp of Texas.
It was stated that no decision had
been reached as to the selection of
permanent headquarters of the cor
poration.
J. A. Kemp, member of the execu
tive committee from Texas, was re
quested to confer with leading bank
er.4 of Houston and Dallas regarding
the proposed Dallas meeting, which,
it was annonnced, was to be held for
the purpose of arousing greater in
terest in the proposed plans of the ex
porting concern. It was hoped the
meeting could be held within the next
few days.
Under a plan agreed on a bank in
each of the cotton growing States
will be asked to take charge of the
campaign for selling stock of the big'
corporation.
It was announced after today's meet
ing that Gov. W. P. G. Harding of the
federal reserve board had been asked
to accept the presidency of the cor
poratioll.
TRACE OF OPTIMISM
APPEAIS IN BELLIN
Germains Think Ilantzau Holds Slight
Advantage Over Allies in Status of
ANegotlations.
Berlin, June 5.--While the German
corres)ondents at Versailles continue
to take a gloomy view of the forth
coming answer to the German coun
ter-proposals, ofilcials in Berlin, judg
ed :wholly by surface 'ndications, ap
pear more hopeful regarding the fu
ture trend of events.
The slight tone of optimnisi which
has projected itself into the Berlin es
tiiates of the situation are born of
the conviction that a basis for verbal
negotiations is gradually being cre
ated, a position for which 'Count von
Brockdorff-Rautzau an dhis colleagues
in the peace conimission have been
maneuvering diligently since the first
notes were exchanged. Suspicion pre
vails in somec quarters in the Wil
helmstrasse that the entente probably
will avail itself of neutral interven
tion by way of breaking the ice.
Political observers tbeievo that
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau at pres
ent holds a slight advantage for rea
sons outside those that might be con
tained in his counter proposals.
The trace of optimism which has
been asserting itself in the past 48
hours is explained by events which it
is believed here -will ultimately work
out to Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau's
advantage. These factors are to be
found in the Paris strike, fresh Polish
aggrandizement, French machinitions
in Rhenish Prussia and the reported
American and British opposition to the
entente terms, all of which, it is be
lieved in Berlin, are conspiring to
bring the entente's alleged adamantine
front into immediate jeopardy.
German optimism is by no means ov
erreaching itself. It is based rather
on the expectation that in view of the
liberality and boldness of the German
counter-draft the entente leaders will
not dare to assume the moral respon
sibility of slamming the door in the
face of Count von Brockdorff-Rant
zau and his fellow envoys.
DANIELS THROUGH
WITH NAVY LEAGUE
Secretary Has 'No Use for Organiza
tion.
Washington, June 7.-Offelials and
members of the navy league, which
attacked Secretary Daniels before the
United States entered the war were de
nounced before the house naval com
mittee today by 'Mr. Daniels, >wlo said
they were "as much enemies of the
country as any anarchists."
"These men," said the secretary,
"were as guilty of infamy as any
man arrested during the war and they
should have been accorded the treat
ment thy deserved. While I am sec
retary they can never have anything
to do with the navy."
Representative Brittan, Republican,
Illinois, asked the secretary it lie did
not deem it wise to lift the ban against
the league as it could (o 'welfaro work
in the navy and thus save the country
part of the money asked of congress
for this work.
"Never," declared the secretary.
"Never, not while I have anything to
say about it. The league Is composed
of infamous slanderers -men who con
deined the best men in the navy.
After the Maro Island explosion they
accused me of shielding the men re
sponsible and conducting only a half
hearted investigation. It is a base lie,
and those who said it realized it was
a lie.
"But the organization has changed,"
Mr. Brittan interrupted. "The offcials
are dilfferent men. Why should they
be held responsible for something oth
ers did?"
"I'm an expert on camouflage," said
Mr. Daniels, "and I can see through
the camouflage of that organization.
We (1o not need a league to help us
which gives prominence to men in it
for personal glory or profit.
" We don't want any side show to
stab us in the back. The league of
iwhich President Wilson is commander
in chief and I am chief executive is
all the show we need. Nor (1o we
want a wet nurse. We take no tainted
money in the navy-no money for wel
fare iwork from men such as those."
DETROIT CALS HAI.TED
BY SUDDEN STI]E
Hundreds of Theater Goers and Sat
nrday Night Shoppers Marooned
Down Town.
Detroit, Mich., June 7.-Street car
service in Detroit came to a sudden
halt at 10 o'clock tonight when mo
tormen and conductors of the Detroit
United Ral)ways Companies struck to
enforce their deiiands for increased
pay.
The action was taken on the recom
lendation of WV. it. Mahon, president
of the Amal.amuat(ed Association of
Street and EIlectric Railway Employ
ees, who twas informed .by President
IFrank W. Brooks, of th traction con
pany, that a higher schiedule of fares,
upon which increased pay for the men
was coltingeilt, had beten refused by
the city council.
Following the vote the car men were
instructed to take the!r cars to the
barns inllediately, leaving hundreds
of Saturday night theater--goers and
.shoppers marooned in the down town
district. it having previously been an
nlounced the strike, If -ailed, would
not become effective 1ul 4 a. m1). Sun
day.
Tie walkout, union oll:cials declared,
un(loubtedly would later], involve em
1l)OYes of the con":w r's interurban
system and its city lines in Port
luron, Ann Arbor, Mount Clemens,
i'int aln(d Pontiae.
NOTIOE OF ELECT'ION.
State of South Carolina,
County of Laurens.
Whereas, petitions signed by a legal
mnber of the qualified electors and
free-holders resid1ing in Waterloo
ciiool district No. 1, LauIrens county,
Soutih {'arolina, asking for an election
uplon the question of voting an addl
tional 2 miill tax upon the property la
said school district to be used for
scho01 purposes, have been filed with
the county boak-d of education, an elec
tion is hereby ordered upon said ques
tion, said election to be held on the
I 4th day of June, 1919, at Mt. Gallagher
School House in said district, under
the management of the trustees of said
school district.
Only such electors as return real or
Personal property for taxation and
who exhibit their tax receipts and reg
istration certifleates as required in the
general election shall be allowed to
vote.
Those favoring the 2 mill additional
tax shall vote a ballot containlng the
wordi "YES" written or prined there
on. Those aigainst the 2 mill addition
al tax shall vote a ballot containing
the wor(l "NO" written or' printed
thereon. Polls shall open at the hour
of S o'clock in the forenoon and shall
remain open until the hour of 4 o'clock
in the afternoon when they shall be
close(l, and the ballots counted.
The I'itrustees shall report the result
of the election to the county auditor
and county superintendent of educa
tion within ten days thereafter.
JAMES H. SULIJVAN,
By order of County Board.
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filling of teleiphone orders, honest, fairly priced merchandise and
our thorough knowledge of the grocery blsiness. We wra;) up a
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An example of this service is our recommendation of RYZON
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FOWLER & OWENS
Laurens, S. C.
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Good coal is sure to be higher in price ith e next thirty
days as the mines are now advancin eir prices and in
some cases withdrawing all prices mad n the past.
We have some very high g: le lump coal in our yard just
now and can fill your orders promptly.
IF YOU WANT QUALITY COAL---PHONE US
Laurens Gin and Fuel Co.
Phone No. 229 Sullivan Street