Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-05-11
EXPOSITION OF 1910
PRACTICALLY ASSURED
Immense Sum Realized at Mass
-. Meeting.
SUBSCRIPTIONS CAME IN FAST

Great ThronS Packed Grand Opera
tiouse-Eloquent Speeches Were
Made, Which Were Enthusiastically
cheered by the Audience.
Atlanta, May 10.-With q magnih.
cent outburst of the old,fashioned At.
aanta spirit, the 1000 Atlantans who
packed the Grand opera house Tues
day night, went into their packets for
the splendid sum of more than $1,000.
put at rest forever the thought Of in.
difference to the exposition OF 1910,
and sent out to the world. the glad
tidings that Atlanta, following In the
footsteps of Chicago, Buff0o, St Louis
and Portland, will open her gates In
n910 with the biggest exposition the
south has ever seen.
The splendid meeting OF Tuesday
might proved the wisdom OF its organ
izers. The people, the real people OF
the city they all love so well, swarmcd
the big auditorium, and every seat on
the ground floor held an interested lis
tener to the patriotic speeches. The
corridors behind the rear seats were
filled and many were forced to go
into the galleries. A number Of la
dies added brilliancy to the imposing
spectacle, and as each speaker would
make a catching point the applause
which swept the audience actually
shook the rafters Of the massive build.
eng.
The crowd represented all phases OF
Atlanta's life. The CAPITALISTS and
he carpenter, the lawyer and the
printer the doctor, the preacher. the
manufacturer, the merchant and the
man from every walk and station
c'asped hands In the determination TO
make the movement success.
Aud the contributions came from all
classes OF people and In all amounts
Ten thousand dollars was the largest
sum contributed, and this came from
Gle Southern Bell Telephone compa
ny. Five dollars was the smallest.
AID Joe Stewart, an employe Of "
olera house was the giveT The small
contribution vas received With ap'
pause x generous as the large one,
as Il represented an Offering made In
keeping with the ability Of the donor.
The result Of the splendid meeting
Tuesday night seems 10 insure the
success OF the exposition. II was
thought by some Of the committee Of
% That the slowness with which con.
tributions had been recently coming
in. might possibly indicate that tIe
people OF Atlanta did not want the en-
position. This thought was the mo
tive for calling the mass meeting. II
was to sec II the people did or did
not. want the exposition. Some OF
the committee have always eontended
that the question had oaly To be
brought 10 the people In a direct man
ner and that they would show In no
uncertain way their approval OF tho
movement Others sincerely believed
that IN the midst Of the prevall,nG
general prosperity. the masses % the
people were indifferent. and that the
movement had bes, be dropped al this
time The EorAsmun NhO took the
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