The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-03-24
Committees Spent Time
 Actively. THE s7,ooO MARK PASSED Real Estate Owners Appealed to
 Specially. With Less Than Half of List of Busi- ness People Seen, Promotion Fund For Montgomery stiiI
 swelling.

that $i0,000 would be the mark as q starter With the work just well under way the contributions have passed the ST,00O mark. The committee hardly ex- pected the wealth of enthusiasm which greeted the initial days of the cam pa1gn.
 lii is within the limits of truth to say that there is less cofdness towards the campaign than towards any form CT movement of It's nature. The time iiness of it. Is that which appeals to the greater majority Of the people of Mont gomery.
 Among the subscriptions of yestcr- day was a voluntary contribution of $25 by D. W. Sceviile. q progressive citizen of Atlanta, who IS interested in Montgomery.
 Chairman F. P. Glass and the asso- ciate members of his committee yes terday brosdened their work so as to appeal especially to the larger proper ty owners of Montgomery. In view Of the meaning of the success of the movement to the owners of large par- cells of Montgomery real estate. 1t was deemed advisable to make special ef- forts to have them interested in the movement for 1o0, 0,000 population. The business men, the professional men of the city have been quick as they all ways arc, to helb along the welfare of Montgomery Efforts made yesterday were directed towards interesting those who will probably be most benefited by the augmented city. In view of the fact that such city will greatly enhance the value of property and raise the rentals the property owners will be urged to assist. as well as the professional and business men of the city have done.
 Atlnnta Man Impressed.
 Eveleyn Harris, an Atlanta young
 nA xuh hn has all of the
 socalled Atlanta spirit" in his heart,
 spent yesterday in Montgomery and
 went away last night much impressed
 with the 1910 movement
 Mir. Harris was several years city edi- tor of The Atlanta Constitution. He is
 son of Joel Chandler Harris. the emi- nent literary man of Georgia. and was,
 back in the days when Henry Grady was inculeating the progressive spirit into Atlanta people, young reporter on Atlanta's morning newspaper. Montgomery has started in the right way" said MT. Harris. Talk is a ine thing when it is backed up by money,
 The fact that your business men are putting up their money to advertise 1 Montgomery encourages talk, and talk with money behind it will win. T came up from Mobile this morn- | ing and the people on the train were | talking about Montgomery and it's de- | termination to win this fight for in-
 creased population. One hears 1t every
 where he goes This Is the way At.Snta people made Atlanta. We brought | ourselves to believe that Atlanta was l the best city in the South Then we
 went away from home and told others.
 Nothing was too big, too good. or too great for Atlanta or Atlanta men and | women.
 ''Of course we had to back 1t up with deeds, and 1t took money to do things. | Montgomery las realized this. Mont | gomeTy has the natural advantages, the l opportunities, and Montgomery men ar6 | showing that they have the backbon. | to spend money to let the world know
 1t.
 1 + believe that every cent invested in
 this movement twill come back to Mont 1 gomery a thousandfold."
 More Work Today. | More work is to be done today on | the 1910 movement than has yet been done. The subcommittee are expected | to meet at the rooms of the Commer-
 cial Club this morning at 10;3o o'clock l for the purpose Of prosecuting hard | campaign. Many men are to be seen | who said yesterday that they would be | ready today, and 1t is probable that the l s10,O00 mark will be reached before
 nightfall.
 l Chairman Glass said last night that
 volunteers in the work would be well | comed. If any citizen is willing tc | give a part of his time today. the com mittces will be glad to press him into
 the service.
 The chairman said further that if any | citizen who desired to subscribe was
 overlooked by the committees he could | telephone to the Commercial Club or to 1 The Advertiser.
 Saturday is to be made day Of hard work and the committee hopes that 1 business men will be ready with tnelI | subscriptions to the fund
 | The Property Owners. Tho greater share of the prosperity
 which would come with the success or 1 the movement would no doubt fall to
 the part of the property holders. Even more than the brsIness men of | the city they would, perhaps, profit by | the larger city. And the success of
 the movement is the greatest assurance | that the remarkable advance of real l estate in Montgomery will be steadily
 maintained. There are some who be- l lieve that the high prices of Mortgom- cry property In the long run must suf- | for some sort of a decline. But a | Greater Montgomery, II city which | moves forward each year 10 the goal
 of 100 900 people, will keep steady the | splendid property advance of the past ] four years
 The truth and force of this reason
 ing will be brought home to the large 1 property owners and they will be, 1T l they have not already been, asked to 1 give their part of the necessary aid. The movement has come to be better understood by the people Of Montgom-
 cry. It Is now fully understood that i the money raised is to be devoted only
 to the growth of the city and in no way for any other purpose. The dues | of the Montgomery Commercial Club maintain that institution The 1910 Il Fund is to be used exclusively for the II Greater City under the direction Of a \ board which is composed of the lead Il ing business men Of the city and or whom 1t may be said there Is none m II inc city who have more at heart, the material welfare of Montgomery. II And the movement so far as 1t has gone has set the people of the south talking of Montgomery as no other one thing has done. Even now IL mas
 given the city a wide advertising. selzing the Opportunity. ! The movement Is nothing more noi less than Montgomery taking the tide of opportunity at its full. The tim' has simply come for Montgomery t' launch out to strive and win the place of her appointed destiny. The call nal