Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
Skinner MEET
FUND LIKELY To
REACHS100,000
Arrangements for the Coming of
Twenty Thousand Convention
Visitors Already Begun.

It's misguided man who remarks
to-day. within hearing of group of
Shriners, that no one called on him
Wednesday to contribute to the s76.-
non fund for the 1914 Shriner conven-
ton in Atlanta.
such an individual promptly will
md himself seized, and while his feet
are waving in the air the obIigiug
Shriners will catch the coins as they
fall from his pockets.
"Of course, it was only a one-day
campaign and we were given $4,000
more than we were asked for" said
Colonel Fred j. Paxon, chairman of
the convention fund executive com
mittee, this morning, but this does
not mean that any one is prohibited
from contributing to-day or to-mor-
row or any time in the future.
Many Seek Chance to Give.
on the contrary, we are sending
out letters to-day to several of the
individuals and interests that we have
found we're overlooked in our whirl-
wind campaign of Wednesday. We
are asking them to ease their minds
and satisfy their liberal dispositions
by contributing just as much as they
had intended to give had they been
called on Wednesday.
Many persons remarked to mem
bers of the committee yesterday that
they had not been asked to contribute
and said that it was their desire to
help the movement along. They
wished to have a part in bringing the
great convention to Atlanta. 1t is be-
cause of this that we are sending out
the letters.
The larger the fund is made the
better we can entertain the thou
sands of visitors when they come here
next year, and the more certain we
are of landing the meeting. All OF
the Shrine temples in the country now
know Of our wonderful achievement. l
should like to see the fund grow 10
100000 within the next few days, and,
if the apparent disappointment Of
those who were overlooked is any in
dication, it certainly will mount -
this figure"
The executive committee held a
meeting yesterday afternoon to check
up on the original figures announced.
The only change made was the addi-
ton of several hundred dollars that
came in Thursday forenoon.
Public and Press Thanked.
While the public and press had been
thanked at the dinner in the PIED
mont the night before, the members
Of the committee desired to make a
formal expression of their gratitude
and drafted the following letter;
To the Citizens of Atlanta:
We wish to express the sincere
appreciation of the Shriners of
Atlanta 90. the very generous do
nations made by their fellow citi-
zens yesterday.
We believe that their liberal
subscriptions. aggregating $4,000,
will insure the Imperial Council
meeting in this city in 1914; and
the well-known hospitality of At
lanta her social, civic and com
mercial advantages can be relied
upon to win the admiration of the
more than 10000 visitors who will
come here from all parts of North
America and who are sure to re-
turn to their homes with a last
ing impression of our city's won
derful progress in the past and
the glorious possibilities of her
future
When il was decided to make
the campaign in one day for the
fund required. we realized that,
notwithstanding the efforts a
large number Of committees
would make to present the mat
ter in person throughout the city,
necessarily a good many of our
generous and public spirited citi-
zens who would have been glad to
subscribe could not be seen. We,
therefore. wish to say that the
larger the sum raised the better
Atlanta can entertain the conven-
ton; and If those who now feel
inclined to subscribe will kindly
send their subscriptions to Mr..
J. c. Greenfield, secretary, Ma
sonic Temple, they will re CRATE
fully received and duly acknowl-
edged.
We believe that the splendid
response Of the people Of Atlanta
Yesterday could not have been
equaled in any other city in the
United States. and we confidently
predict that the convention. now
assured for next year, will justi-
y their faith in the friendship of
the Shriners of America and the
value OF their visit. Yours CRATE
fully.
FORREST ADAIR,
F. J. PANON.