The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-26
ATLANTA GREETS
 EXUM WARMLY He Explains Birmingham's Commission System is uIs EiN A bANeUE ET Makes Trip Over City and Is Shown Much Attention By Prominent
 Citizens-Mayor Vim
 Replies to Speech
is uIsEN A BANQUET
Ny CLYDE ENNIS

| Atlanta, May 25.-(Special. )-Before an audience of advertising men, city offi- | cials and business men, President Gull pepper jExum appeared as an emissary of l commission government tonight He completely captured his hearers by his | frank and open-hearted utterances on
 the commission form of government ques- | tion.
 | President Exum said that although Bir- mingham was singularly well represented l by aldermen, the system was wrong,
 hence the adoption of the commission.
 He differed from other advocates of the simple government by refraining from
 harsh criticism of aldermen or other city officials, On the contrary he said that he had no criticism to make of the old regime.
 The advertising men of Atlanta received the address of President Exum with en- thusiasm.
 The city is wide awake and at attention
 for commission government. The ad-
 dress of MT. Exum was roundly applaud
 ed for It's plain. business-like presenta-
 ton of the topic chosen.
 President Exum was met at the sta tion by Paul Reese, president of the club; former Mayor Robert F. Mad dox and other prominent men. At the Capital City club MT. Exum was entertained at lunch by Mir. Mad dox. At this function were H. M. At
 knson, John Grant, R. F. Maddox, Car
 roll Payne. F. G. Paxon, president of the Chamber of Commerce; c. I. Hop kins and others.
 During the afternoon MT. Exum was taken over the city. He was taken to the city hall and other points of in- terest The commission is manifestly a winner in Atlanta. The opinion Is that
 President Exum, by his plain talk, ad- vanced the cause of commission very materially.
 MT. Exum said in part:
 T am indeed highly complimented in
 being invited by your progressive club
 to be with you and talk to you tonight
 on the topic of commission government.
 I deem 1t special compliment coming
 from club so well known for it's enter
 prise and push, you being a part and
 parcel of a city known throughout the
 world for It's progress, it's enterprise and
 its splendid achievements; and for that magnificent spirit of pull together which
 has made Atlanta, to my mind, the peer
 of any city in this country. And to you
 members of the Ad Mems club, more
 credit should he given for the varied accomplishments of this wonderful city
 than to any other agency. Atlanta Is
 made of a citizenship. each of whom. judging by their conduct. seems to think that the progress of your city rests upon their individual shoulders, and your civic co-operation I have rarely seen equalled and never excelled. It, therefore, fol- lows that Atlanta could be nothing but
 what she Is and you, gentlemen of the
 Ad Mems club. should rect your just | proportion of the splendid success your city has attained.
 | While I have not heretofore had the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with | each and every member of your club, vet I have had fairly general acquaint- anceship here. and these good friends
 regard me as a plain sort of business
 fellow and they know that if can make
 public talk at all, it can be nothing | else but what you could expect from a man who had dealt more In business than politics. If have in any small way been successful. It has been accomplished
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