Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-05

at Auditorium-Armory for
Annual Meeting.
| The name Atlanta bears a greater
i freight of love and inspiration today
/ than f., did before. Because, last night,
/ the word Atlanta was massaged and
J cuddled and otherwise petted by the
I thousand tongues Of a thousand men
! who love 1t, at the annual dinner Of the
/ Chamber of Commerce. And when they
had completed their loving ministra-
tions, every kink and couvolution OF
I the name Atlanta and all that il i'm
plies was glowing with new life and
promise.
It was great big night for Atlanta
and a big story in the telling IT was
! the enervescencc OF souls charged with
/ the Atlanta spirit. There were speeches
excellent Speeches, but they were in
/ cideuta,. The big thing was the gen
eral demonstration ana the sense of
surging power when the thousand men
together sang the noble Atlanta hymn,
the poem recently written by an At
| lanta woman who unfortunately
chooses to remain anonymous. OF At
lanta they sang;
Her glory shall not Vane.
But ever free from stain,
queen city, she shall reign,
Fairest and best"
! The meeting had a significance be
youd the anniversary occasion. As
! President Wilmer Moore announced, it
marked the beginning Of a campaign
| for new life Of the Chamber Of Com
mercc. Eleven committees, each head
ed by a director. who in turn appointed
! a chairman, were designated to scour
the town from end to end. and to bring
! into the fold at least 500 new members
good working members, for the Cham
! Der Of Commerce by Saturday noon.
A silver cup will go to the committee
obtaining the largest number of appli-
cations. Another loving cup will go
to the individual member of any com
mittee who secures the largest number
Everybody Was Happy.
| But since it is such a big story 1t
! is best to begin it at the beginning
The big night began as do all glorious
occasions in Atlanta. The lobby Of
the Auditorium was alive with the buzz
Of the hundreds of men who stood about,
laughing, chatting, handshaking, and,
above all. waiting for the feast Then
! up spale brave Fred Houscr:
is everybody happy
SURE"
Then they went in to dinner, every
man with his coat adorned with a
| handsome, odorous carnation.
All Atlanta seemed there in the big
hall Atlanta men of every rank and
station. size and age. Young men like
| j. Il. Smith. of the flowing locks T..
! w Rose who covered his locks with
! a handkerchief; Judge w. T. Newman,
whose locks stood erect with all the
vigor of youth, were there. Decrepit
old fellows. such as Ivan E. Allen, Paul
Reese and Evelyn Harris sat there.
! Everybody.
! Even Mrs. Governor Joseph NJ. Brown
sat inconspicuously in the balcony,
| watching the scene below her with an
eye i'm which pride showed plainly. on
! the platform at the main table sat Gov
ernor Joseph NJ. Brown, one of the
guests Of honor At the central table.
with him, were the officers and di-
rectors of the Chamber. the speakers
of the evening and a guest or two; in
all: John :. owens. Walter G. Cooper,
/ / boil l. ",3s.a
shabcr K. \. Broyles, j. Is. orr,
! President w. l.. Moore, Mayor James
! q. Woodward. II. X, Arnold Dr, David
/ Marx. John Morris. |. r. Allen, J. r.
! \. Hobson. H. G. Hastings, &. NJ
Hood and r. X. Glenn.
With the scrapiug Of chairs and the
! first self cougratulatory EXPLANATIONS
that came when the diners cast appre-
ciative eyes over the cuisine spread
| out before them, there was too great
/ a nubbub to allow even a thought But
it was stilled when President Moore
announced a toast that thrilled the big
crowd.
Woodrow Wilson Toasted
TO President Woodrow Wilson. on
! his inaugural day"
Then festivities began, and with it
the troubles OF J. Lee Barnes. whose
iob was that of man handling an army
of walters into serving quickly and well
thousand hungry meu-and thirsty
| Lee Barnes. designated in the pro-
| gram as director of gastronomy." was
/ one Of ,he features Of the evening.
! With Majestic" stride ana swinging
coattails he was here. there and every
where among the throng, singing him
self most effectively into the breaches
/ caused by the hungry CoHmcrc5
crowd. There VeYr some dry spots in
/ The eathaIjns due perhaps to the fact
. that the walters stopped behind the
arras to sample the Uine but Mr..
/ Barnes brought on reinforccments from
/ the outsida and saved the day. From
| dry Martini to cafe NOR Mr. Barnes
mnistered to the needs of the diners
! and others. and 1t was not until "Rube"