Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-03
PLANS LAID FOR THIRD
ANIMAL INDUSTRY MEET
Rome Going After Thirty to
Forty Thousand People
Next June

ROME. Ga. Oct AT one OF the
most unusual and enthusiastic meet
ings ever held by the Rome Chamber
of Commerce, which took place last
night in the chamber of commerce au-
ditOrium. plans were laid by the or
ganization TO bring from thirty to forty
thousand people TO Rome to attend the
third annual industry convention of
the Georgia Chamber of Commerce.
which has been set 10 be staged at
Rome on the 18TH or next June. An
ovation was given Secretary Manager
Edward Young Clarke at the close of
his address i'm which he told of what
previous conventions of this kind under
the auspices of the organization had
been and declared that he hoped and be-
neved the one at Rome would exceed
i'm importance any which had been held
in the state.
In spite of the fact that an enter
tainment was in progress at the local
city auditorium, in celebration OF its
formal opening. the meeting at the
chamber of commerce was large and
the leading business men of the city
attended. Among the speakers or the
occasion We're: Wright Willingham,
president of the Rome chamber; Fred
Houser. secretary of the Atlanta Con-
vention bureau; Judge Junius Hillyer,
one OF the oldest and best esteemed
citizens Of the community, and a num-
Der Of other leading citizens of Rome
The meeting was held under the aus
pices of the convention committee or
the chamber of commerce of which +.
r Lindsey is chairman. t. E. Grafton,
the new secretary of the Rome Cham
Der. was on hand and very much on the
pices Of the convention committee OF
job. and was elated over the over
nf hp
Previous to the address of Mr.. Clarke
which had been set as the feature of
the evening. there was round table
discussion and Secretary Houser, OF
the Atlanta Convention bureau, was
showered with questions as how TO Sc
cure conventions and proved himself
fully equal 10 the occasion and was
roundly applauded when he TOOK MS
seat. Immediately following the ad-
dress of Mr.. Clarke the meeting was
electrified by seeink Judge Junius Hill
yer rise 10 his feet and after remov-
ing his coat. deliver one of the most
enthusiastic speeches ever heard in the
auditorium. He declared that he felt
like Rome was facing a new era and
that great things were ahead and that
the Georgia Chamber of Commerce rep
resentative had put new life into him
and that ne was ready to go to work
Wright Willingham followed him in a
brilliant short speech, declaring that
Mr.. Clarke was gifted i'm being able to
arouse people 10 a high pitch of en-
thusiasm He said that chamber OF
commerce conditions had not been and
were not what they ought to be, but
that he was willing to die poor if nee
essary to do his part TO make Rome a
greater city and the county of Floyd
and the surrounding territory come
into its own
Preliminary detail plans were begun
for the convention in June and a mass
meeting will he held at the close of the
fair to complete the arrangements. 1t
was stated that over two hundred COM
rnittees would be appointed, including
committees of women as well as men.
TO have charge of the local features
of the convention, and that pageant
features would be arranged untouched
for splendor which had ever taken
I place I'm the state. Men of prominence
! from all parts of the country will be
invited to take part in the various
parts of the convention. After making
a careful estimate of conditions II was
announced that the attendance at the
convention could easily be made TO
double the attendance at the last An
imal Industry convention of the Geor-
I gia Chamber Of Commerce at Quitman,
which was twenty thousand, which
would put into Rome on one day not
: less than forty thousand people. Cheer
/ after cheer rang through the hall when
I this announcement was made.