Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-25
MEETING HELD
IN MACON THIS WEEK

facturies and especially the increasin :
of the number of independent small
land owners as a cure for the evils Of
too much land tenancy,
President Wilson appointed Secre-
tary of Agriculture Houston on ac-
count of his work along these particu-
lar lines, and, in a nutshell, that is ex-
actly what the state chamber is at
tempting to do"
Special rates have been granted on
all the railroads in the state, good
for the week of the meeting. In addi-
ton to the large number that will be
brought to Macon by the railroads, ar
rangements have been completed by
tire local chamber for the caring for
of FIVE or six hundred automobiles in
which parties are expected to come
Trough the country.
Entertainment of Visitors.
Special attention is being paid by the
Macon chamber of commerce to the en-
te' tainment of the visitors while the
sessions of the convention are not
Meeting. Chief among these are the
dollar dinners to be served by the Ma
con hotels and the parade, which will
follow Immediately after. In addition
committee of one hundred of the
most prominent ladies of the city has
heen named to look after the ladies
who VIII come to the convention.
The. dollar dinners will be held at
every hotel in Macon at $50 on the
first night of the meeting and will con-
stitute one of the most unique occas-
tons in the annals of the state. There
'V WIFI be NO spesB1ffg and nothing on
the bills of fare but Georgia Products
and the occasion being simply in the
nature of a get-together" affair. Ia
the parade, which will Immediately fol-
low the dinners will be represented by
the merchants, real estate men, law
yers, doctors and manufacturers of the
city in classified divisions. In addi-
ton the delegations from the various
towns will be given prominent places
in the line of march, which will be in
terspersed from beginning to end with
brass bands, drum corps and booster
banners. A half dozen towns have al
ready signified their intention of send
ing either a brass band of a drum
corps.
The remarkable manner in which
the business men Of Macon have re-
sponded to the call for funds to proper
ly entertain the visitors is eloquent
testimony to the interest that has been
aroused The four department stores
of the city alone, have given 5000 each.
To the indefatigible efforts of Secre-
tary E. H. Hyman, of the Macon cham
Der of commerce, is largely due the
great amount of enthusiasm which has
been aroused in Macon over the meet
ing.
In talking today, Mr. LYMAN said:
81 have had a good deal of expert
ence in my life with conventions both
state and national, but l can truthfully
say that never before have ever seen
seen such widespread interest as is be
ing evidenced in the coming mid-win-
ter meeting of the Georgia chamber
of commerce. There will be at least
thousand delegates and I would not
lie surprised i. the attendance ran up
to fifteen or sixteen hundred And the
citizens of Macon are going to see that
every one of them has the time Of his
life while he is here
"All in all, it's going to be one Of
Il" biggest things in the history of the
s'ate-which is nothing but fitting be-
cause it is going to result in a greater
degree of. good for Georgia than any
similar movement in many years
time"
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