Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-10
$500 FUND
LIKELY To WIN
Skinner MEET
Wonderful Spirit Shown in Rails
ing Amount in Day Expected
to Aid Atlanta.

Atlanta Shriners to-day are con-
graduating themselves on the accom-
pIshment of a most remarkable feat
in the raising of nearly $4,000 for
the 1914 Shriner convention within
less than nine hours. This figure
does not include the belated subscrip-
tions that were received by mail and
telegraph to-day.
This was $4,000 more than the
Shriners had asked of Atlantans and
was really more than S16,0GU in ex-
cess of the amount they had expected
to get until they saw the marvelously
cordial reception that their campaign
was meeting after it had been in
progress only a short time yesterday
morning.
1T was SO easy that / wish We
had asked for more, remarked Col
onel Fred j. Paxon, almost regret
fully, this morning.
1T was in the atmosphere and peo-
pie were simply piling over each 9TH
er to contribute.
Every subscription that helped to
make up the $4,000 which we an
nounced as the total of the nine
hours campaign was bona fide There
was no padding of any sort, for the
biggest fool is the man who fools
himself
Expect $4,000 to $4,000 More.
This sum will be augmented by
from $4,000 to $4,000 before the week
is over. am confident An immense
stack of letters was awaiting at Ma
sonic Temple headquarters this morn
ing, and while many of them are the
subscriptions on the $4,000 assess
ment levied against the Shriners
themselves, others were contributions
from individuals about town who
were not approached yesterday and
from persons in neighborine towns"
\ meeting Of the executive COM
mittee of which Colonel PaNon is
chairman, viii be held this afternoon
at O'Clock in the Office of Forrest
Adair, potentate of Yaarab Temple.
to check up on the subscriptions Of
yesterday and add those that are re-
ceived to-day.
Mr.. Adair was as greatly pleased
over the outcome of the campaign as
Colonel Paxon.
1T was a wonderful piece of work.
was his enthusiastic comment
We are particularly grateful to
the papers of the city for the man
ner in which they aided us. We wish
to extend our thanks 10 Mr.. Hearst.
who not only assisted us financial
~ but wired us that our campaign
for the Shriners' convention in 1914
would receive publicity in all his
great papers. 7 am anxious that the
Los Angeles papers publish the no
tice of our wonderful achievement
that the Shriners there may see that
we have surpassed them in their
campaigns for the convention in the
past"
Certain of Landing Meet.
With more money raised within a
few hours than rival cities for The
|1aI4 convention have been able TO
collect in as many days. the Atlanta
Shriners are assured that their efforts
will be rewarded by getting the con
vention without any opposition The
1914 convention city will be decided
within a short time when the Shrin-
ers meet at Dallas. Texas.
The officers of the Yaarab Temple
together with large delegation Of
the members. will go to Dallas to
present Atlanta's formal invitation.
They hope that it viii be accepted
unanimously when the strength of
the different claims are compared.
Memphis. after working more
than two weeks in raising money. IS
still thousands Of dollars behind A.
lauta.
Il think by our spontaneous re
Spouse we nave shown that we really
want the Shriuers in 1914" said P5-
ezrtate Adafr "anC that $50 VIII give
them no haif-Hetat-d reception al