Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-11
Contributions Still Pouring In,
and Many Persons Who Were
Missed in Great 0ne-Day Can
vass Get Chance to Donate.
Committee Thanks the Public and
Press for the Liberal Response.
"MOre We Raise the Better We
Can Entertain" They Assert.
Arrangements for the Coming Of
10000 Convention Visitors Al
ready Begun-HoteI Managers
Say They Won't Boost Rates.

It's misguided man who remarks
day, within hearing Of a group Of
Shriners, that no one called on him
Wednesday TO contribute to the S76.-
600 fund for the 1914 Shriner conven-
ton in Atlanta
Such an Individual promptly win
find himself seized. and while his feat
are waving in the air the obligiug
Shriners will catch tile 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 were overlooked in our whirl-
wind campaign Of Wednesday We
are asking them to ease their minis
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 menu
bers OF the committee yesterday that
they had not been asked to contribute
and said that IT was their desire 10
help the movement along. They
wished to have a part in bringing the
great convention to Atlanta. II 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 hers
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. !
should like to see the fund grow 70
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 thai
came in Thursday forenoon.
Public and Press Thanked
While the public and press had beer
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 for the very generous do
nations made by their fellow citi-
zens yesterday.
we believe that their liberal
subscriptions. aggregating $4,000.
VIII insure the Imperial Council
meeting in this city in 1914: and
the well-knOWn hospitality Of At
lanta. her social. civic and COM
merciaI advantages can be relied
upon to win the admiration Of the
more than 10000 visitors who win
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-
6erful progress in the past and
the glorious possibilities Of her
future
When it was DECIDED TO make
the campaign in one day for the
fund required. we realized that
Notwithstanding the efforts \
large number Of committees
would make 20 present the mat
ter in person throughout the city.
necessarily a good many Of our
generous and public spirited citi-