Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
Submitted by W. Mae Jones,
1923 Gambler Building.
Hearst's Sunday American Will
Announce Best SIOgan-Many
Submitted Saturday,


John w. Grant, Wilmer L. Moore and
Walter c. Taylor At The Geor-
gian office they began a careful study
of the hundreds of suggestions sub
mitted.
Hearst's Sunday American will an
nounCe the winner.
The last day of the contest brought
in the largest number of submissions
of any other day. Many are beauti-
full designs by well-known artists.
Others are striking for their literary
merit All bespeak the wonderful At
lanta spirit-save one.
That came in anonymously from a
cynical humorist He went to the
trouble of drawing a large picture
burlesquing Atlanta from the City
Hall to the last garbage dump beyond
"Pittsburg"
The cynic's Slogan.
In one corner was a large building
marked Hot Air Factory" Next to
it was the City Hall. called THE
House-ef Mystery" and on top Of the
building sat a doubtful bird mark
ed Graft" The bottom of the pic
ture showed three stragglers passing
out of gate with the remark:
Griffin amt so bad after all"
It's a CinCh this design won't get
the prize.
One of the best of the last sug-
gestions was a map Of Georgia with
a star marking Atlanta. its capital,
The slogan, offered by George l.. Tay-
lor No. 1852 CORTLAND street, is:
Hitch your wagon to the star. Half
million by 1920"
Here are many scintillating with
enthusiasm:
Boost Atlanta. Everybody's do
ing it; 100000 by 1920. Welcome
The Gate City"-W. l.. Maddox No
395 Whitehall street,
For Atlanta 5000 by 1920. Come
on. Wilbur G. Kurtz, No. 80 Sin
| clair avenue.
Atlanta, the livese and niftiest
town alwavs."-G. o Shepard, No.
SO North Pryor street.
w. II. Wilson, No. 3Ss North Jack
son street, offers the Phoenix arising
from the ashes with the slogan, al
ways ahead
Atlanta, the bright star of the
Southland Pleasure, health. wealth.
prosperity; 500, 900 by 192O."-E b.
Gibson. No 70 Cherokee avenue
Atlanta always ahead, 500, 600
1920 1S47-1S65; Phoenix"-U. f.
Harbour, No Al North Pryor street.
Poet Offers One.
Half a million. That's our bet
Watch Atlanta. She'll get it yet"
Alex Maddox. No 212 Euclid ave-
nue.
place, Atlanta. Ga; time. 1920;
population, 500 900; our motto, Co
operation &C. l. Nicholson, No. Is
Ormond street.
Here's 10 Atlanta. greatest inland
city; boost for half a million in 1920. >
Margaret Maddox, No. 212 Euclid
avenue.
Get the spirit and join atlanta
Half Million Club, 1920; TO prosperity
and happiness" e. Taylor, En-
pire building.
1864. 1000 people, 1865, less than
5000 people; 1910. $4,000 people,
1920 let's make Il 500, 900 Joseph
Uleiner, No. 224 Capitol avenue
Success is sure. Omnia vincit
hdes Atlanta, 100000 by 192O."-W.
G. Hynds No. POP McLendon street
Atlanta Half-Million Club. Faith,
ambition, labor. In hoe signo vinces."
j. Howard Hynds No. 2O2 McLen-
don street.
Atlanta, half-milHon, 1920
Charles II. Terry, No. 43 Zachary
street.
Alabama Man Suggests.
100000 people in 1920. Atlanta al
ways gets what she goes after
Frederick c, Pfeffer, Clanton, Ala
Progressive prosperous, advan-
tageous, healthful, Atlanta. 10000 ~
1920, city of homes. Watch her grow"
p. J. Burton, Hillman, Ga.
Atlanta, hub Of South; half-mil-
lion 1920."-R, +. Thompson, East
Point
Atlanta, Georgia's magnet, draws
100000 in 192O.'-Mrs. Charles c. VII
lis, Columbus.
want it; 100000 by 1900. T. Dick
erson, No. 80 Gartrell street
Watch me get 100000 by 800. I'm
after you, Atlanta. Mrs. W. c. Lax
son, No. 37S Central avenue.
Pluck push and persistenCy pro
duce prosperity and provide people.
Let us all boost, 800 600, 1920. Then
boost some more John :. Cook, NJ.
80 Luckie street.
Wen get EN- yet. Nineteen TWEEN
~, hail the half million. Mrs. E. +.
HeEklnS, no. lNS lhiN son SlI eei.
Suffrage. temperance, righteous
ness. Mrs Ellsworth Pierce. 1879 Il
Edgewood avenue
"A half-million in 1920. Help US
boost. Nelson T. Spratt.
"Everybodys doing it, doing 1t now.
WHAT Coming to Atlanta to be of
the 500. 0OO by 1s20."-M G. Grif-
nth, 30 Whitehall street.
New York of the South"
Boost Atlanta the New York Of
the South. u f. DeJOunnette.
Half million city of Atlanta sur
rounded by rest of the world."-Mrs.
r @. Logan, 147 Little street.
Five hundred thousand 1920 At
lanta triumphant. In God we trust"
Mrs. E. E. Perkins, 1S9 Rawson
street.
Atlanta, location, trade, name.
That's why HaIf-milliun 1920. 20.
a Nix, Empire building.
Atlanta VS.. the world 1913. Play
BAH 1920. Score 500 ,0O0. Mrs. Park
er Rand, sc Forrest avenue.
Atlanta, Atlanta, 1920.
Pull for half million good and