Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-18
1900 TICKETS To
GEORGIA FEAST
To De SOLD
Committee Raises Number Of
Plates When Demand for Seats
Rapidly Takes First 1000.

At a meeting Of the general com
mittee in the Chamber Of Commerce
at noon Monday It was decided to
increase the 1000 plate dinner to
500 plates II 1t became necessary.
No Albanian who wants to attend this
dinner is going to be left out, so long
as there is room left in the Audito-
rum.
A wrong impression got about
Monday morning that all Of the first
900 tickets had been sold. This is
not correct, but probably was due to
the fact that the tickets are selling
fast and certainly all will be sold by
the time OF the dinner. But they are
not all sold now by any means, and
those who have not yet purchased
tickets can obtain them either at
Cones Whitehall store or at Elkin-
Watson's drug store.
If the thousand tickets are all sold
by Monday night the committee will
issue more on Tuesday morning in
order that all who wish to participate
may do so, to the limit of 1900
whirlwind campaign 10 sell with
in three hours 300 tickets 70 dinner
was launched by members of the AID
Mems Club Monday at 1880 a m. and
was completed by 1880 p. m.
Shortly after that hour reports or
gratifying success began to come In
by telephone to w. II. White, Jr,
chairman Of the Products Dinner com
mittee of the Chamber OF Commerce,
and 1t was thought that the majority
of the tickets had been disposed o.
by the energetic ad men,
The ad men threw their skilled eff
forts into the campaign rs the result
of a meeting in the headquarters of
the Chamber of Commerce. Every
man present was given ten tickets to
dispose of and was informed that he
need no longer consider himself in
good standing as an ad man II he
failed to sell his allotment.
E H Goodhart. president of the Ad
Mems Club, was in charge of the
meeting and called upon committee
members and ad men for brief ad-
dresses The tickets to the banquet
were displayed and were seen to re-
semble nothing so much as round
trip ticket to the Far West.
Coupons for Souvenirs.
In addition to the ticket emitting
the holder to banquet to his fill of
Georgia's temptingly prepared food
products, htere was coupon upon cou-
pom attached, calling for various SOU
venirs OF Georgia made goods.
At the last minute several manu-
facturers and dealers have come for
ward to offer souvenirs. AS the tick
cts already are printed, these belated
souvenirs will not appear on the cou-
pons. but will be placed right at the
diners plates. The tickets to the
dinner are 81, and more than this
amount is to be given away in souve-
nire alone,
Heads of committees reported that
practically everything was In readi-
ness for the 900 diners who will feast
in the Auditorium Tuesday night, II
will be the biggest and most elabo-
rate banquet ever held in the South
The tables viii be set on the main
floor of the Auditorium. and the elab-
crate menu will consist entirely OF
foods and accessories grown or man.
ufactured in Georgia From the to-
mato soup and the whipped cream tc
the cigars and coffee II win be "Geor-
gia grown"
While the dinners throughout the
State are nearly all called for
o'clock, II has been found necessary
to set Z p. m. as the hour for the
Atlanta dinner. The doors Of the re-
ception hall. however. will be open
at $50. and the dinner will begin al
Z without a minute uelay,
Among the speakers will be Cover
nor John NJ. Slaton. Mayor Wood
ward. Fuller f. Galloway. Congress
man William Schley Howard. Will
mer l.. Moore and Albert Howell, Jr
Mr.. Moore, as president of the Cham
Der of Commerce Will introduce Mr.
Howell, who will act as POSTMASTER.
Elaborate Decorations.
The decorations for the dinner will
be the most elaborate Atlanta eve
has seen. So far as the Auditorium
itself is concerned, all the magnifi
cent draperies Of the auto show vii
be left in place. The, table decora
ton, in charge OF Committee Chair
man L. d. Hicks, will be remarkable
At each plate viii be red rosebud
donated by Mrs. George Dolvin, Will
yellow chrysanthemums and red pop
pies, loaned for the occasion by tn
same lady, will be scattered in pro
fusion on all the tables. Autumn
leaves VIII complete the decorations
A special prize has been offered b,
w. H. White, Jr., for the man VIII
appears at the dinner most complete
ly CARRIED in clothing made In Geor
gia, and numbers OF gentlemen hav
signihed their intention OF compel
ing