Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-28
81 CONVENT
IN "A To DRAW
THOUSANDS
Boosters Hear Glad Tidings at
Annual Meeting-S7,5OO in
Sight for Bureau Work,

More than 100 Atlanta business
men came downtown "Wednesday
morning with new realization OF
the things that the Atlanta ConNrH
tlon Bureau is doing TO make Az iahta
the Convention city of Dixie, IN ta'i
as we'll us in theory
They sore awakened AT .he annual
meeting and dinner of he Bureau az
the WinecoT Hotel Tuesday night
when Pres idcnt Ivan r. Allen ana
Secretary Fred Houser told no."
they landed 100 conventions IN 1918
ana how they are going TO land more
than that in 1914. having already
booked g gatherings many of them
Of national importance.
Another Gathering Added.
And Mr. Houser and Mr. Allen nad
hardly mentioned the fifty third con
vcntion when DR.. w. S. Elkin stated
that both Mr. Allen and Mr. Houser
were wrong in their figures-the are
"A conventions coming to Atlanta IN
1914 Then he told that Atlanta had
secured the 1914 meeting Of the Asso-
Ciated Rexall Clubs Of America, one
of the largest conventions In the
country. and one of the most coveted;
1t viii bring several thousand
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rorations in the United States, win
several thousand dollars to spend
with Atlanta hotel men and mer-
chants.
at is conventions ike those Of the
RexaI people and the Shriners,' de-
clarcd President Allen that were
going after this year We're through
trying 10 get the ones that come here
with dollar and a collar. and never
change citheri"
Big Crowd Present.
For the first time in the history OF
an Atlanta organization perhaps, full
ly - per cent of the bureaus mem
bership gathered around the tables on
the mezzanine floor OF the Winecoff.
The dinner and the speeches consum-
ed more than three hours. The din
ner was elaborate and well served, the
refreshments We're just as elaborate
and Just as well served--and the
speeches were elaborate, too, and
served with the seasoning of fun and
humor that mark the difference be-
tween the speaker and he who speaks.
They We're all Speakers and among
them were Ivan Allen, POSTMASTER;
Judge William T. Newman, of the
United States Court, Mayor James
G. Woodward, Nell r. Wilkinson,
president of the Chamber of Com
mercc; c. ], Haden, president of the
Georgia Chamber of Commerce; j. f.
Letton. vice president of the Atlanta
Hotel Mems Association: Wilmer L.
Moore. ex president of the Chamber
of Commerce; w. j. Dabney, presi-
dent of the Decatur Board Of Trade,
and H. W Miller, of the board of di-
rectors of the Convention Bureau.
Appropriation to Be Increased.
Most of the speeches were in face
tious veia, harmonizing with the spir-
it of the evening The work of the
Convention Bureau was Endorsed en-
Enthusiastically, and the secretary, Fred
Houser. and President Allen were
given full credit for what has been
accomplished
Mayor James, G. Woodward Gre
ated a sensation when he declared
that the City Council, in the new
financial sheet that is now under con
sideration. appropriates $500 to the
work of the bureau instead Of the
$500 it got last year
But don't let anybody hear about
this Marion Jackson might find il
out and then we won't get it," he
shouted.