The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-21
TO BUSINESS MEN
PLANS OF GREATER GEORGIA AS
ISOLATION WILL BE PRESENTED.
COMMITTEE OF MEMBERS
TO ADDRESS CHAMBER OF CON-
MERGE AND OTHER TRADE
BODIES.

at O'cIOck-MayOr and Alder
of Cotton Exchange and Business
Men Generally Invited to BE Pres
ent-VisitOrs Expected to Reach
Savannah This MOrnins-Win BE
Met by Mai. j. Ferris Cam and
Secretary DOnlan of Chamber of
COmmerce-PIan of Association as
Explained by Hon. G. Gunby JOr-
dan.
The Greater Georgia movement in
all it's phases will be put before Sa-
vannah's business men tonight by
representatives of the Greater Georgia
Association, who have been invited to
Savannah for this purpose by the
| Chamber of Commerce.
The meeting will be held in the
rooms of the Chamber of Commerce,
beginning promptly at o'clock, and
will undoubtedly be a large one as
special invitations have been extended
to the Mayor and aldermen of the
city, to the members of the Board of
Trade and of the Cotton Exchange and,
in fact, to any and every man who
is interested in the welfare of the
city and of the state.
Among the expected visitors are men
most prominent in Georgia's industrial
and commercial life, who are familiar
with the resources of the state and
thoroughly in sympathy with the pres
| and for extending the commercial i'm
portance not of any one city or county
but Of the state as a whole.
Members of the Party.
Prominent among these men are Mr..
]. K. Orr, president of the Atlanta
Greater Georgia Association; Mayor
Evan P. Howell of Atlanta; Hon.
Pope Brown, railroad commissioner;
G. Gunby Jordan, railroad commits
sioner; F. B. Gordon, president of the
Gordon Manufacturing Co., of Column
bus; c. F. Smith, of Lumber City;
W. G. Cooper, secretary of the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce and of the
Greater Georgia Association, and J.
w. Gould of Harpers Weekly.
1t is probable that in addition to
these other prominent men may be
with the party. The visitors will reach
Savannah this morning via the Cen
trail of Georgia. They will be met
at the depot by a committee from the
Chamber of Commerce consisting of
Maj. ]. Ferris Cam and Secretary w.
]. Donlan and by them be escorted
he NJ CDk. A. I.
tiers will be while in Savannah.
AS it is not known what engagements
the visitors may have made for their
morning no arrangements for enter
tainment have been made, that is no
set programme, though Messrs. Cam
and Donlan and may be other bust
ness men will take them in charge
and show them the city, introduce
them to the business men, and posi-
bly, take them to Thunderbolt.
The representatives of the Greater
Georgia Association have planned to
finish the meeting in time to take the
10 o'clock train for home but it is
hoped to induce them to change this
programme and take the train to-mor-
row morning instead. The idea of
this plan is that the meeting may
last long enough to allow all phases
of the movement to be discussed
thoroughly, which might not be pos
sible should the original plan be car
ried out.
AS has been stated before the OBJ
ject of the visitors is to interest Sa-
vannah in the movement and to Sc
cure the cooperation of this city. 1t
is hoped to be able to secure subscrip-
tons to the amount of $500 OF this
one-half will go into the general fund
of the association and the remainder
be used for advertising purposes.
In a recent address advocating the
interest of the Greater Georgia move
ment, Hon. G. Gunby Jordan stated:
Jordan Outlines Plans.
1.-THE Greater Georgia Association is
a federated organization of corpora
tive workers for the purpose of con-
certedly upbuilding the manufacturing
and agricultural industries of Georgia.
The membership of the association is
limited to the towns and cities of Geor-
gia, who will coincidently, with the
development of the state, secure for
themselves the advantages peculiar to
their own sections, which will come
with the advancement of Georgia.
THE association, through a system
Of judicial advertising, will place be-
fore agriculturdlistS and investors of
other states, who intend to make set
Elements in the South, the advantages
carried out upon a systematic basis,
and will reach certain would-be in
vestors, which the endeavors of single
communities could not hope to achieve,
except at a cost far beyond means.
Cooperation is the cornerstone
upon which the foundation of the as
ISOLATION has been laid. Through all
efforts of the organization has been
the evidence that every community in
the state is working steadfastly for the
best interests of Georgia, realizing
that no prosperity can come, indie
pendent of the prosperity of Georgia"
ITO quote the idea as advanced by
the promoters of the association:
4" In a word, we intend to apply to
the development of Georgia's resources
the methods which. have built up the
monumental successes of modern bust
ness enterprises. If private interests
are worthy of such efforts, the COM
mon interest of the state, which em-
braces those of two million souls,
should be as strenuously promoted
"A fund named at $4,000, which will
be subscribed each year by the towns
and cities of the organization, will be
devoted to the advancing of the states
advantages through carefully selected
mediums of advertising, and by we'll
defined methods of the association to
reach those who are interested in set
ting in the South.
How Funds VIII BE Spent.
"One-half of this fund will be appro-
priated to newspaper advertising. 1t
has been conceded best by the asso-
citation to confine at first, the advertis-
ing exclusively and Systematically to