The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-18
WILL HELP GEORGIA
GREATER GEORGIA ASSOCIATION
FORMED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
MANY DELEGATES AT ATLANTA
FORMED PLANS TO ADVERTISE
THE STATE ANNUALLY.

IL IL Proposed to Spend at Least
10000 Each Year in the Proper
Advertisement in other states of
the Advantages Georgia Offers
for Investments and Investors.
subscriptions Were Made to the
Fund-TeIegram from Mayor My
ers, PIedging savannah.
Atlanta, Feb 17.-At a well-attended
and enthusiastic meeting, composed of
delegates from almost every section of
the state. held to-day in the parlors
OF the Kimball House, the Greater
Georgia Association was organized and
preliminary plans for the work ahead
of 1t were outlined
j. Is. Orr, president of the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce. and Walter
q. Cooper, secretary of that associa-
ton, were elected president and secre-
tary respectively for the Greater Geor-
gla Association. A vice president was
chosen for each OF the judicial circuits
or the state, as far as represented M
the meeting. Only five of the twenty
hVe circuits were not represented.
Ihere were no representatives from
the Eastern or the Atlantic circuits
but telegram was received from,
Mayor Myers of Savannah, saying that
savannah would certainly Join in the
work. and there was applause wbe,
ii was read
$1,000 Was Easily Raised.
The association proposes to raise al
least $4,000 for the purpose of adver-
using Georgia each year, and of that
amount $1,000 was subscribed TODAY
Many of those present stated thew varo
not authorized to make subscrintions
out promised they would do so as soon
as they could return home and consult
with their people. OF the amount sinh
scribed Atlanta gave $4,000, and the
balance came in amount of s1Oo and
S2OO from different towns and court,a,
throughout the state. Macon and 70
iuHious promised from $500 to 81 .OOO
each.
Ahis money will be spent in prepar-
Ing literature for the purpose of adj
Vertising Georgia. This work Is tn hA
done under the direction of an exaou-
1--WE committee, composed of one MEM
per from each Congressional district of
the state, three members representing
railroads of the state which subscrih-
ed TO the fund and three members from,
Atlanta. The idea is to select one NJ,
TWO states and distribute the Iitera-
ture relotive to Georgia SO tborourb-
~ that II shall reach every one of the
reading public. Literature will be nre-
pared both for investors and for i'm
migrants, and each section of the state
VIII be entitled to space in accordance
with its subscription.
Cities That Subscribed.
Among the cities in the southern
part CT TIE state which made subscr,n-
ti)hs I'LL ough their representatives
present at the meeting were the fol-
lowing: Cordele, w. Fl. Doris. secre-
tary of the Board Of Trade. s1oo.
Blakely, A. ]. Powell, 800: ALBANY. 7
S. Davis. 800; Fort Valley, Brown 8.
Harris, 500; Valdosta, w. p. Durhm.
800, and Fort Gaines, j. E. Peterson.
500.
A telegram was also received from
the Mayor of Waycross, announcing
that that city desired to be counted in
and would be heard from.
Following the meeting at which the
organization took place, the annual
banquet Of the Atlanta Chamber of
commerce was held tonight in the
Dig dining room of the Kimball House.
There were 300 guests present.
Speeches were made by Gov Terrell.
Mayor Evan p. Howell. President
Samuel Spencer of the Southern Rail-
way, Maj. J. F. Hanson of Macon, and
Hon. G. Gunby Jordan of Columbus.
and many other prominent Georgians.