Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-09
Hotel Men, at Special Session,
Give $5,OOO-Every Contribu-
tor Is Observation-Disclosures
Are Seeking Worlds Record.

Success Of greater magnitude than
expected was assured when reports
Of the committees appointed to raise
500, 600 by o'clock tonight in or
der to land the 1914 national Shrin-
ers' Convention for Atlanta began
pouring into headquarters this after
room.
There was great joy in the Shriner
camp when the news was conveyed
Ivy Fred Houser, secretary of the At
lanta Hotel Mems Association, that at
a special meeting this afternoon the
hotel men had voted to subscribe
$4,000 for the convention fund.
This news was reinforced by
food Of reports from committee
thairmen. each Of whom told Of graf
flying success.
Going Beyond the Limit.
That there remains no doubt, If any
has really existed, of the certainty
OF raising the 100000. was evidenced
by the uniform reports that the COM
mittees not only are collecting ell
that they were designated to collect,
hut they are going beyond the mini
mum limits.
one committee that worked on
Mitchell Street was 500 over the
amount that IT had to collect at
- o'clock this afternoon.
others had reached the minimum
amount earlier in the day.
The campaign ceased to be one for
$50. OOO-for that was assured. 1t be-
came the keenest sort Of rivalry to
see which committee could raise the
most money.
shriners Start Bail Rolling.
Several of the committees stole "A
march on their compatriots by Sc
cretly starting work last night and
obtaining pledges for practically the
entire amount that they were % col
Iact to-day.
Those who got a later start worked
with a correspondence higher energy.
They did not wish to be left behind
in the results of their garnering.
The l.4OO Shriners. of course, were
the most enthusiastic and the most
srefgetic. They started the ball roll
ing. But the moment it gained i'm
uztus. business men. merchants, pro-
f.ssionaI men, manufacturers ana ci'-
.zcns from every line of endeaN2r
toined in with a hearty viii.
Everyone Gives His Share.
Practically everyone approached
attributed something. The sums
nged from a dollar or five dollars
20 hundreds. Whatever was given.
he donor got d hearty word OF Gu
engagement from the committeeman
It's good for business. It's good
fa- Atlanta. It's the best advertise
rent the city could get.
These were the expressions That
Her- met on the canvass for S5'.-
$50.
Most of the suDss.. options were gen
..sus This was due partly 10 -ae
pan of campaign mapped out, which
included the districts where the resi-
dents were the best able 10 he liberal.
and partly TO the feeling throughout
rhe city that this was one movement
that demanded instant and enthusiast
t.- support.
Begin Whirlv,ind Campaign.
Sharply AT 9 o'clock this morning
-e members of twenty committees,
-n-sr the direction Of Colonel Fred J.
Faaun. slammed down their desks Of
cropped whatever work they hap
Iened 10 he doing at the moment and
proceeded forth 10 round up in world :
record time fund TO bring the ShEin-
~ convention 20 Atlanta in 1919,
o'onel Psxon. who IS the Chairman
rho executive committed on -aa
RAISING of the money. set only one
- aH Pine amount to Do collected
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