Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-20
100000 PLEDGED
TO BOOST STATE
AT MACON MEET
HY JACK L. PATTERSON

MACON, Ga, Jan. Ereatly
encouraged over the interest mani
tested in the Advertise Georgia En-
terprise" by prominent representa-,
tives from about fifty commercial
organizations and large number OF
successful business and professional
men, the statewide meeting here ad-
journed late Monday evening, after
announcement was made that prac-
ticaIlv one hundred thousand dollars
had been subscribed for the first
wears campaign Of exploitation ana
development.
Prof. M. L. Britain, state school
SUPERINTENDENT, responding to an IN
yitation, acted as POSTMASTER at the
luncheon served to three hundred
neonle in the Dempsey hotel dug
out" Mayor Glenn Toole delivered
a brief address of welcome, followed
by addresses by Frank T. Reynolds,
Of Atlanta, secretary of the Georgia
State Automobile association, VINO
spoke Interestingly" on some import
ant facts connected with Georg Id
histo1 that are not generally known.
G. S. Ticker, of Baltimore. vice pres
ident of the Southern Settlement and
DEVELOPMENT association. and Mrs. }.
r.. Hays, president of the State FED
eration of Woman's clubs, also de-
livered addresses that were well re-
ceived.
A1Ss W. LIE AAG14Ae~A SF~~S
Probably the feature of the entire
session was a brief but polnIeo au-
dress by Mrs. Walter d. Lamar:
condemning the action of the Hall
of Fame commission in refusing to
recognize DR.. Crawford w. Long,
the eminent Jackson county physl-
clan, as the discoverer of anaesthe,
STA. BY vote the association pledsso
f efforts Of it's members to the
correction of this wrong. Mrs. La
mar also denounced certain senti-
ments said to have been expressed
recently to-the effect that negroes
are not being fairly treated in Geor-
gta and secured the adoption OF an
other resolution along this line.
F. Roger Miller, secretary OF the
Macon Chamber of Commerce. and
nresident Of the Georgia Association
Of IGommercial Secretaries, was ap-
pointed chairman of a special cam
paign committee of the Advertise
Georgia Enterprise composed or an
the heads of statewide civic ana
commercial organizations, this action
a meeting of the directors or the
association.
Literature Distributed
literature explaining the plans of
the club and outlining future actions
was distributed among the delegates
by Frank H. Abbott, secretary, VINO
expressed himself as being well
pleased with the results of the meet,
ing despite the Inability of several
prominent men to attend. Governor
Hugh M. Dorsey, who was to nave
presided over the sessions, was III
and therefore unable to take part IN
the program. Governor-elect LnoH-
as w. Hardwick wired that delu@e
Of legal business requiring his I'M
fnd ~ 10
ing present. Both are act1vely IN
terested in the enterprise and nave
given it their liberal support.
Quotas Pledged
Among the counties reporting that
their quotas had been underwr1tten
were Fulton. Ware, Mcintosh. Wayne.
Clarke, Polk, Dougherty. Richmond.
and Bibb. Prominent representatives
from other counties announced the in
tention of organizing drives immed1-
ately upon their return home.
A suggestion was Endorsed that an
other meeting be held in Macon in
about sixty days.
"Peop1e Wanted"
W. r. Anderson, editor of the Ma
con Telegraph, in short address
said: eff we are going to get any
where, we must put our words and
declarations into action. We want
people. Georgia has 100000 acres
of land, and only 100000 of these
acres are under cultivation. We
need to tell our story and get people
with energy, intelligence and charac-
ter. We must stamp out the unfor-
tunate record that Georgia has in
lynching, and overcome lawlessness
as one of the steps in order of de-
Velopment.'
Miss Mona Michael, principal of
the State Normal school in Athens,
originator of the hostess house plan
of the war period, urged the co-opera-
ton of all the establishment of me-
mortal trees and bridges, commem-
Grating those who served in the war
as one method of showing other Sec
tions that there is a noble sentiment
superior to that expressed in lynch
ings.
Paul T. HARDER. editor of the Com
merce Observer, and former president
Of the Georgia Press association, who
is member of the executive COM
mittee of the Advertise Georgia En-
terprise," spoke briefly on the spir-
it of the meeting. 1--WE must have di-
rect action now" he said.