Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-09
$39O,852 Tech
QUOTA ACCEPTED
BY SAY
Georgia s Second City
Lines Up $1,000, 900
Campaign
w. S. KIRKPATRICK,
Special Corresponaent.

FEasnt N~0A R14A0ES&Ns
EN- ROUTE WITH TECH m
DUSTRIAL TOUR, April 7.-Sa-
vannah has accepted her quota of
$390,S52 for the Greater Tech S.
100000 campaign Announcement.
Of this, conditioned on other cities
also accepting their quotas, was
made TO the tourists in that city
yesterday by Chairman Chas. G.
Baker, local manager for the South
ern Bell Telephone Company.
The announcement was most
cheering to the tourists. Savannah
had been strongly counted on to do
her part, but until then there had
been no definite promise, A long
conference on the boat during the
river trip, given by the Savannah
Chamber OF Commerce for the en-
tertainment of the visitors, in which
Chip Roberts, Victor Allen, Gov
ernor Dorsey and other Tech boost
ers took part, selling" the idea to
the Savannah leaders, brought about
the agreement of the Savannah men.
The acceptance was on condition
that other CITIES in the state also
accept their quotas.
At Brunswick, oae-of the pleasant-
est and most satisfactory occasions
was enjoyed Pil0ted to the Ogle-
thorpe Hotel, they were seated at
banquet which was highly enjoyed.
This affair was arranged jointly by
i. G. Ward chairman for the Board
Of Trade, and Ed Miller, chairman
for the Young Mems Club. Dir. j.
W. Simmons, president of the Bruins
wick Board of Trade presided and
IN an eloQuence seldom heard offer
ed the city'a welcome.
Dr.. Matheson, in a brief talk, de-
clared the responses tha had greet
ed the tourists since leaving Atlanta
were 100 percent better than could
have been expected and an iadica-
ton tina, Georgia had really awaken
ed to its possibilities He told
something of Techs handicaps. No5
long ago, he said, travelling repre-
sentative Of a great electric supply
concern in the eas5 visited Techs
shops and was viewing the equip
ment. He observed q machine which
/ bore the stamp oil his concern He
examined it and said he had never
seen one bafore; that he had been
working for this concern 18 years,
but that 20 years ago it had quit
making this machine, replacing it
with newer models
Everett Morss, that delightful
BosJonan who has made many tell
ing speeches on this trip for Geor-
gia Tech, one Of them at Americus,
speaking from the viewpoint of the
Massachusetts manufacturers of
which he is one, and their self inter-
est in technical educatior, diverted
somewhat from his usual speech
where Life 10 Easy
81 am going to give you my inl-
preston OF Georgia." said he, "as /
have observed it while on this tour.
and from talking to many Of your
peopel. Georgia is a state where
life is easy,
81 had heard that Georgia was
broke before coming down here a
few days ago Dreadful stories
came to me by letter from men in
the South about the hard conditions.
But | want to tell you something,
now that have looked you and your
hard times over. You people don't
have any bread lines, no thousands
of men out Of work, no struggle Of
men to get clothing to keep them
selves warm with the temperature
below zero. We have had little
trouble up in and around Boston
that you people down here can't un-
derstand and realize, because you
haven't the conditions.
"Another observation. /. wonder
who has killed all the horses in
Georgia. | have seen scarcely any.
In Boston we think we have lots of
automobiles, but we have TO come
away from Boston to find them IN
the numbers you have them IN the
South It seems here like every
body hes q car.
Gas l am able to see it, this Is q
land Of milk and honey, land Of
easy money. IF I could get away !
| think I would like to come down
here. But I wouldn't grow cotton
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