\thens Area Chamber of Commerce
\thens, Clarke County
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FOREWORD.
The Athens Chamber of Commerce represents, in the light of the history of Athens, a successful attempt to organize and maintain a useful union of the educational, industrial, commercial, financial and agricultural interests of Athens and Clarke County.
In point of successful achievement of this purpose, its ef forts stand alone among all the praiseworthy endeavors along these lines since Athens has taken on city propor tions.
Its plans do not follow those of any other organization, nor are its aims narrow or sectional, nor is its membership confined "to those who have achieved notable commercial, financial or industrial success, but rather it welcomes as members all citizens with the interests of Athens and Clarke County at heart.
It is planned and operated so that it may represent the greatest democracy of the brains, the energy and the re sourcefulness of the community, assembled for the common good as its primary purpose, and for the development of the every interest of the city and county.
It has now lived for ten years, and the period of its ex istence has marked for Athens a tremendous growth, that has been steady and consistent with her best interests.
Its participation in that growth has been intimate and helpful, it has kept the name of Athens in an educational, commercial and industrial way, before those who might be inclined to consider Athens as their future home. It has helped develop a spirit of city pride among even the oldest . settled inhabitants. It has made welcome new comers, and has kept visitors well advised of all its advantages and at tractive features.
It is presenting herewith a brief record of some of its achievements, as seen through the eyes of the various mem bers of the organization. The purpose of this presentation is to show what has been done by earnest co-operative effort, and what greater things may be expected in the big field now open, if the support and co-operative effort is given in a big ger way. Your membership means much and is needed. Through its efforts the Chamber of Commerce will do for the individual, that which he can not do for himself.
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The President's Message at the Start of the Year's Work.
C. D. Flanigen.
At the beginning of the new year it behooves us to take stock of our opportunities, our shortcomings and our needs.
We have a beautiful city that is almost startling in its at tractiveness to the visitor; we have a delightful climate; we have every advantage educationally and socially, but we are not full grown, neither have we reached perfection. There is much to do to keep the city abreast of our neighbors in the march of progress, and the problem is, how shall it be done and who will do it? It is a foregone conclusion that we will be woefully disappointed if we sit in our stores and offices and complacently wait for customers, believing that the town will go forward and upward in spite of our lethar gy or our heedless faith in our predastined advancement. Let us briefly take an inventory of our physical assets, what is absolutely necessary for our progress and what dangers beset us.
We have a great University which with the Normal School and Lucy Cobb brings two thousand students to the city; we have an enormous cotton business, which markets more than a hundred thousand bales of cotton valued at above six million dollars and for this great bulk we have unequaled storage facilities; we have cotton and knitting mills employing hundreds of hands and feeding many hundreds more; we have two large, modern oil mills; two fertilizer plants and an oil refinery turning out a fine brand of refined cooking oil; we have two ice plants with a daily capacity of , 150 tons; we have foundries and machine shops; we have two large planing mills; a celebrated wagon shop; a mat tress factory that turns out the best grade of cotton mat tresses; we have shirt factories and shoe and harness shops; we have gins and all the smaller industries; print shops; laundry; bakeries; bottling works; repair shops and the like; we have strong banks with ample capital; we have cheap power and excellent public utilities and we are sur rounded by a fertile country that raises a peculiarly excel lent grade of cotton and everything else that will grow in the temperate zone. We have as fine a hotel as there is in the south and two large modern office buildings. We have

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handsome churches, fine schools, and efficient Christian associations. All this promises a good start towards a great city, but let us be alive to the fact that we cannot stand still. We must press forward or we must retrograde there is no middle ground. What do we need? First of all I would say co-operative loyal effort on the part of every man, woman and child in the city. Co-operation, like faith, moves mountains, but preliminary to full worthwhile re sults in this community, earnest co-operation ard team work by the few who are carrying the burden of the Chamber will be essential to secure full co-operation from the mer chants and from the beneficiaries of our educational insti tutions. We need pay rolls -in the lines for which this sec tion is peculiarly fitted. We'should have and can have, through full co-operative effort, factories turning our furni ture, chairs, shuttles and bobbins, coffins and even street cars, because we have the material at hand, educational aderation will bring, more yarn, cloth and knitting mills, shirt and overall factories ard similar industries utilizing cotton. We should have, and team work will secure, more and larger shops for fabricating iron and steel. Being within our reach, all that is needed is active, energetic, co-operative ef fort. But we mu^t remember that a stream is no higher than its source ard that a city is only progressive as its cit izenry is active, aggressive and public spirited. You can only pick lemons from a lemon tree; you will get no lemons from a peach tree.
In the next few days the membership committees of the Chamber of Commerce will inaugurate an active campaign for new members. We should have four hundred sustaining and booster members and these committees intend to give every man in Athens a chance to join hands with those who are unselfishly giving their time and talents for the gener al good.
Chairmen of other committees have been appointed and their assistants will be named when the membership roll is complete. The committees will have important work to do. An electric railway is projected from Anderson, S. C., to Atlanta that would split the territory above us and cut off the trade of one of the city's best feeders. There is another railroad projected from Elberton---or rather from Tignall to Washington the Elberton to Tignall section being com plete that would cut into Athens' territorv, and we hear that a proposition has been made to head off the Savannah and Northwestern^-the old Brinson road divert it to War-

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renton for a connection with the Georgia and then on to At lanta instead of via Washington to Athens, as originally projected. Here is severe and important work for your rail road committee, work that can only be neglected at our peril.
Your gocd roads committee co-operating with the author ities of this and other counties has the problem of keeping all roads leading to Athens in first-class condition under any weather condition. They must see that the Capital highway is always in such condition that travel will be kept off the dangerous route along the Georgia railroad; that the con necting links in the National and Mountain Highways be kept attractive and the entire road system with Athens as its center, held to the Clarke county standard of well graded, well drained and well coated highways.
The city, as a city, has many problems to solve, and your sanitary and civic committees stand ready to co-operate with the authorities in working out these problems that the greatest good of all the people may be subserved.
A sanitary tax has been suggested and it may be neces sary for your committee, in co-operation with the city, to wage a campaign of education before the people are ready to accept this.
It has been asserted that the scheme of tax assessment is crude and unsatisfactory and that taxation therefore, is not equitable. If this be so it may call for a thorough in vestigation that will require a very considerable amount of time, correspondence and research. The Chamber of Com merce committee would gladly co-operate in this work.
Your trade-at-home committee could do a great work, in co-operation with the people and the merchants, in fostering a feeling of appreciation of the efforts of the merchants on the part of the buyers and in correcting any errors that make for a less than full realization of the trade-at-home principle. The merchants must co-operate by giving equal value for equal goods and the buyer must co-operate in con serving that home-spent dollar, which is a community dol lar saved.
Athens' merchants can give as low prices as those in any city in the south, and if the assertion is made that they do not do so, they doubtless will be prepared to controvert this and prove its error if given an opportunity.
Your safety committee has a great opportunity in co-op erating with the school and city authorities in inaugurating schemes for the safeguarding of the lives of children and

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grownups on the streets, in public buildings and even In their homes.
Your agricultural committee, with commendable zeal, and in co-operation with the county authorities and the trus tees of the Smith-Lever fund, has already closed a deal for the improvement of rural home conditions in the appoint ment of a county demonstration agent to work among the women and girls, who will instruct them in home econom ics and at the same time develop their horizon and their capacity for rational enjoyment.
Your convention committee will be active in securing con ventions and meetings of the best sort, and your publicity committee will work for Athens first, last and all the time, and will let the public know in pamphlets and advertise ments who are the live wires that are giving their time and talent for the advancement of the other fellow as well as themselves.
Look over the list of heads of departments and prophesy if you can what projects are not feasible if they undertake to carry them through. And it is undoubtedly true that if these men who have agreed to work for Athens this year have the hearty co-operation of all the merchants, the labor ing men and the professional men, the end of the year will find Athens enjoying her full share of that glut of prosper ity which promises to overrun the country from coast to coast and to launch an era of business activity that should mean good fortune to all except those who succumb to the allurements of over-speculation and so lose their heads and their fortunes.
Cooperation is what we need and must have to reap these benefits and the backbone of this spirit of co-operation, of course, is an unselfish determination to devote some time and some thought each day to the problems that must be worked out if we would make the city the alert, active, ag gressive, attractive Athens that must be the vision of each of us if we are worthy of our citizenship.

" 'Help one another,' the snowflakes said,

As they huddled down in their fleecy bed;

'One of us here would not be felt,

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One of us there would quickly melt:

But I'll help you and you help me,

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And then, what a big white drift we'll be.'

'Help one another,' the maple spray

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Said to his fellow leaves one day; 'The sun would wither me here alone, And long before the day is gone; But, I'll help you, and you help me And then what a splendid shade there'll be.'
'Help one another,' the dewdrop cried, Seeing another drop close to its side; 'The warm south breeze would dry me away And I should be gone ere noon today; But I'll help you and you help me, And a brook we'll make to run to the sea.
'Help one another,' a grain of sand Said to another grain just at hand; "The wind may carry me over the sea And then, 0 what will become of me ? But come, my brother, give me your hand, We'll build a mountain and there we'll stand.'
And so the snowflakes grew to drifts, The grains of sand to mountains,
The leaves became a pleasant shade, The dewdrops fed the fountains."
An Organization Whose Sole Purpose is to Promote the Welfare of the City
Moses 6. Michael, of the Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods Firm of Michael Bros.
"An organization, the sole purpose of whose existence is to promote the welfare of the city in which it is estab lished, is called a Chamber of Commerce. The only excuse the Chamber of Commerce has for existing is to perform certain duties through the channels of organization which the individual cannot or would not.
"Anything which helps a city which builds up a city, must help and build up the people who live in that city. Many people think that a Chamber of Commerce is only

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for merchants and manufacturers; in fact, they think that its only object is to assist only those who have something: to sell, and for that reason they see no reason why anyone, who has nothing to sell who is not engaged in a commer cial enterprise should be interested in this commercial body or take part in its deliberations. 'If the workshops are not crowded, the palace is not bright,' is as true in> Athens as it is in countries where homes are called 'palaces,* and Mr. Day, 'Sir Knight.'
"Should a college professor become a member of the Chamber of Commerce? What organization brings the college and the people together ? What organization brings the colleges and legislature into relations so intimate that when an institution of learning requires a hundred thousand dollars or more, the law-makers of the state yield to the de mands of the college and appropriate the sum asked for? Is this worth nothing to the college professor? Should not the Chamber of Commerce mean as much to him as it does to the merchant and manufacturer?
The Power of Education.
"Should the school teacher become a member of the Chamber of Commerce ? What organization takes the time and trouble and go to the expense of reaching out beyond its own county line to bring more people to the town, not for a visit but to prove to them that the city with all of its superior advantages is the one place of all places for them in which to live and to educate their children? What causes your city schools to grow and grow so that new school buildings have to be erected and old ones remodeled, and annexes built thereto? The Chamber of Commerce, single-handed, undertook this work and carried it to suc cessful fruition. Is the teacher not interested in this organ ization as much as the merchant and manufacturer ?
"Should the salesman (whether he be transient or sta tionary) be sufficiently interesed in the Chamber of Com merce to become a member and take an active part in its deliberations? Before Athens had a trade body, or Cham ber of Commerce, the business of the town, wholesale and retail, would not begin to compare to the volume of busi ness transacted at this time. Something caused Athens to grow commercially. Conventions were brought here, vis itors were induced to come here, Athens was advertised systematically the result being a larger proportion and a proportionate increase of business and salaries. Should

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not the salesman be vitally interested in an organization doing so much for him?
The Worker's Interest,
"Should the mechanic be interested in a Chamber of Com merce to the extent of joining the ranks of its membership and participating in its dalterations? Find one street in Athens that has not improved since the Chamber of Com merce sprang into existence and into a life of active use fulness and a determination to make Athens grow. A city does not grow like a plant. Its bordsrs are defined. There is so much terrtory, and in it homes are built, factories are founded, industries fostered, and the people are made happy in proportion to their success.
"There are no idle workmen in Athens no carpenter without employment, no bricklayer without occupation; no painter without a job, no plasterer without something to do, and all earning wages princely in comparison with what they were before the Chamber of Commerce was incorpor ated.
"Should the doctor, medical, surgical, dental or veteri nary, belong to the Chamber of Commerce? With the ex ception of veterinary, all doctors f"nd it necessary to have people, in order to practice their profession. The more peo ple, the more practice. The Chamber of Commerce is the one organization that goes after the people, brings them to the town and keeps them there. No profession or calling has received more benefit from the Chamber of Commerce than the doctors, and what he has already received is infin itesimal in proportion to what he will receive when the Chamber of Commerce has a thousand members.
"Should the lawyer become a member of the Chamber of Commerce? If the Chamber of Commerce is of value to the doctor, it surely must prove invaluable to the lawyer. From the little town hall in the center of Washington street to the magnificent court house on the same street is presented a period of evolution, activity and growth. Blaekstone, a pine table, and a tallow candle were the equipment for the lawyer's office years ago. Now, magnificent libraries, sub stantial office furniture and fixtures are in nearly every law office. What made this possible? Clients. And, who furnished the Clients ? The Chamber of Commerce.
Every Man Should Join.
"Every man in Athens who has something to sell should become a member of the Chamber of Commerce. The pro-

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fessional man has something to sell: the professor, teacher, lawyer, or doctor, all have knowledge for sale academic, legal and medical, all carefully stocked in their wareroom called the mind and brain, and for dollars and cents they dispense it according to the needs of their clients. The architect, engineer, carpenter, bricklayer, painter, machin ist every one, whose tool is brain and hand, has something to sell.
"It thus becomes evident that even if the Chamber of Commerce benefits only those who have something to sell, it will benefit everyone who earns a dollar, it matters not what his profession, calling or occupation.
"The small sum of $1.00 per month is charged for mem bership and with a thousand active members, all boosters and no knockers. Athens would soon have a population just twice as large. This would mean a city of such proportions and such prosperity that it would be impossible to state in figures just how much each individual would be benefited. Many millions would be added to the city's wealth. What's the best of 'all, everybody, who is anybody, would have con tributed his part to the growth and develot>ment of Athens. Eemember, all it costs is $1.00 per month."

Is the Athens Chamber of Commerce Worth While?
Win. F. Dorsey, of Dorsey Furniture Co., and Ex-Mayor of Athens.
This, it would appear, is the all-important question and the main question that should be considered by the mer chants, manufacturers, professional, mechanics and in fact all classes of men of Athens. It is really doubtful if a large part of the men of Athens realize just how much this great. organization has accomplished for every interest of Athens.
First, let us consider it from a cold business standpoint. A city is no more nor no less than a business proposition. For it to grow requires work, the giving of attention to every modern form of progress. It must be watched after just as your own business. A firm is organized, capital in vested and the business is started, that is merely the begin-

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liing, the smallest and easiest part of the success that is .hoped for. Now when this has heen done the foundation is merely laid and the success hoped for is absolutely depen dant on the energy, the attention and in fact the work that is given to it for success to be attained.
A farmer prepares his land, gets the best seed to be had, uses judgment in planting and a foundation is laid for his crop. But to get this crop requires attention, work all through till the crop is harvested and marketed to the best ^advantage.
Building a City.
To build a city requires the same kind of energy, the ame kind of day work and attention. Your city adminis tration is not expected to meet this modsrn demand in the way it has to be met. They merely look to the many duties of the administration to keep the various departments in order and when they do this they have done all they can and all that should be expected of them. So here must be an agency somewhere to keep the city going, to keep up with other cities that are wide awake and that are going out after things to build up with;- otherwise you are going to fall behind before you know it and you won't know how it Tiapperied or what caused it.
There is no doubt in the world of the fact that the Cham ber of Commerce has kept Athens in the lead for several years past and without the work it has done Athens would not be today what she is. She has compelled the railroads to recognize Athens both in freight rates and passenger schedules. These alone have been worth to the various in terests of our city all the work that has been given through the organization. But this is only a drop in the bucket of the work she has done. Conventions are a wonderful source of advertising, city builders say it is the best known adver tisement of these days of progressive doings. How well the Chamber of Commerce has handled this most important part of the work. First she secures them and then she liandles them in such a way, that the result is the same with them all. You have heard the same expression from those attending these conventions Athens has a brand of hospi tality different to all other cities and they all fall in love with Athens.
Specific Cases Cited.
Many valuable citizens have come to Athens through this agency. Again the work for the University, the Agricultu-

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ral College and the Normal School has been of wonderful help to these schools. Through the Chamber of Commerce the state legislature is annually brought to Athens and en tertained in such a way that they become friends to the great institutions and become willing helpers in supporting them. These are briefly just a few of the many things that the Chamber of Commerce has done, but these are enough to justify its existence of the past and its assured contin uance in future. Yet while its past is pregnant with good work in behalf of the city its future is an absolute neces sity.
Now, what is to be done and who is to do it? We are up to the limit now in a way. We have all the merchants, doctors, lawyers, teachers, preachers, etc., that we can take care of until some new line of employment is found by which men can make a living, there is no need denying this for it's a fact. So if we hope or expect to grow any bigger than we are what's to be done? Manufacturing, and that alone. And right here we are staying behind to an extent that is a shame. Perhaps the trouble there is that we keep waiting for the Lord to send us men that know how to do this, that we don't. The fact is that kind of men realize that life is short ard when they move they go to a city that has men that has done things, not men that are going to do things. If the men of Athens will come out to the meetings and talk over these important matters, they will realize that if we continue to grow that work must-be done and that duty will say to them I must help build my own beautiful city, the city in which I earn my living. Just realize you can help, you know it. now get busy and help. The latest work taken up by the Chamber of Commerce is perhaps one of its greatest to the present time. The organ ized effort to improve the farming conditions, to create a money market for something else than cotton and at the same time a more profitable line of products. The outlook for this surpasses anything accomplished m the past and already the success is assured. In this the farmer is ahead of the merchant, he is at all times looking for some way to improve on the past way and he is ready to help to do it by his work.
Add Worfcto City Pride.
It is admittedly true that each and every Athenian is proud of his city, justly so in fact. Also he knows that it ranks well at the top in beauty and attractiveness and that

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above all it is unquestionably the most desirable little city
in the world as a home city. He also knows that its growth for the past few years has been steady and sure, it has taken on no mush room growth hastily which could be as
quickly lost. But at the same time it has not grown as fast as she
would or could with just a little more work and workers like the Chamber of Commerce wants and almost prays for.
Give the matter a little thought, see in your own mind if you have not stored therein some suggestion that yoii could give that would be beneficial to your home town.
Then if this be true and undoubtedly it is tru-? with all, come out, become a member and you will feel better when-
you have done this.

What Has It Accomplished?
A. C. Erwin, Firm of Erwin & Co., Real Estate and Insur ance.
The question is being constantly raised by many good people in Athens who, for one reason and another, are not as closely associated with the workings of the Athens Cham ber of Commerce as they should be.
"What Has the Chamber of Commerce Done?" This question is not raised by those people in a mean spirit, but is an honest inquiry into the results of the work of a body to which they have probably contributed a dollar or so per month, and have "let it go at that." To these peo ple and to the professional and business men of Athens who have not allied themselves with the Athens Chamber of Commerce, I address this comnmication and will undertake to answer in a measure the question. I can only speak of the accomplishments of the body dur ing the past few years as come to my mind and as gathered from an incomplete record. There are no doubt a number of important things done which have passed out of my mem ory. The Chamber of Commerce waged a successful campaign for street and school bonds, the result of which campaign we now have a beautifully paved city, and school facilities to take care of a constantly increasing attendance.

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The Chamber of Commerce supported the movement for reduction in gas rates, which resulted in a substantial re duction in gas rates and a saving of hundreds of dollars toconsumers in Athens.
The Chamber of Commerce cooperated" with the ClarkeBoard of Commissioners and the boards of the adjoining" counties in building graded highways into Athens, the result of which there is a constant flow of trade into Athens over these good roads that would not come otherwise.
The Chamber of Commerce raised a fund of $2,500.00 andi contributed it to Madison county for one road alone. This. road connects with the National Highway at Ila, and in ad dition to the increasing trade into Athens over this road! from Madison county, brings-hundreds of tourists annually through Athens from the National Highway.
The Chamber of Commerce secured the Federal Highway through Athens from Washington, D. C., to. Atlanta after a spirited contest with the counties below Athens on the Geor gia Railroad. This highway brings to Athens numbers of tourists who spend their money with the hotels, restaurants, barbers, merchants and brings into Athens a great amount of cash money that would not come otherwise.
The Chamber of Commerce secured from the railroads schedules most advantageous to the business interests of Athens and also had one of the railroads put on better pas senger equipment on its trains into Athens, the result of which has been that Athens is now enjoying a splendid trade from the nearby towns. There have been numerous efforts made to change the schedules on the various railroads, which changes would have been detrimental to the business interests of Athens, when such a change was brought to the attention of the Chamber of Commerce that body has taken the matters up with the railroads and without exception have secured from the railroads satisfactory adjustments.
The Chamber of Commefte for several seasons has in duced big league ball clubs to select Athens as training quar ters, the result Of which has been that thousands of dollars df foreign money has been brought into Athens and much desirable publicity1 Secured through the stories of the out side press.
The Chamber of Commerce advocated for years the ex tension of the city Water works. The body was instrumental in passing the bonds necessary for the work, the result of which has been that Athens can now boast of as pure drink ing water as any place in the country. .

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The Chamber of Commerce inaugurated the idea of the
annual visits of the legislature to Athens, so that the va rious legislatures might personally be made familiar with the actual needs of our institutions. The consequence is we have secured many appropriations that could not have been
secured if the legislature had not been made acquainted by personal inspection of the wants of the institutions.
The Chamber of Commerce has secured for Athens sev eral conventions, notable among which have been the Geor gia Weekly Press Association, the K. P. Convention, the AllDay Singing Convention and numerous others I cannot re call. It would be impossible to secure these conventions without an organized body like the Chamber of Commerce to work for them. Advertising experts are agreed that
conventions are the best methods of obtaining publicity a city can employ. In fact a number of cities have organ ized convention bureaus with high salaried officials.whose sole purposes are to obtain conventions.
The Chamber of Commerce established a Ladies' Rest Room in a centrally located room in Athens for the ladies of this city and visiting ladies from other cities and ladles from the country. Anything that makes for the conven ience of customers induces trade to Athens. I venture to say that few things have been done for Athens that have
resultea in more good than the establishment of this little rest room.
The Chamber of Commerce secured for Clarke and adjoin ing counties the services of a farm demonstrator whose
work has brought into cultivation hundreds of acres of bot tom lands formerly lying out, and who has instilled into the minds of farmers the necessity for diversified crops. The
result of which has been that the foundation has been laid for a work that will improve crops', land values and conse quent increase of trade into Athens. This work also devel
ops a better community spirit between the city and the country man, which will result in untold benefits to both classes.
The Chamber of Commerce requested the Athletic author ities of the University of Georgia year after year to give Athens better schedules. The result of which has been
that Athens now enjoys the best games of any southern college and the games bring to Athens thousands of visitors
annually. Even the big Tech game has been transferred to Athens for this year. There will probably Be four or five
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liberally. It is up to the merchants of Athens to close up) shop during the hours of the game to give every employee who desires an opportunity to see the game in order to swell, the attendance. If Athens will demonstrate to the Athletic Association that Athens will draw as well as Atlanta for this game there will never be any question in the future, about playing the Tech game every year in Athens.
The Chamber of Commerce through its entertainment committee is constantly entertaining visiting delegations of farmers at the State Agricultural College. It cannot be doubted that these delightful entertainments provided by the entertainment committee have been in some degree re sponsible for the increasing attendance at the meetings at this college which is doing -so much good for the business interests of Athens.
The Chamber of Commerce, inaugurated the idea of a Na tional Flag Day. This idea struck the hearts of citizens all over the United States and commanded the admiration and praise of men in all walks of life, including the president of the United States, United States Senators, Congressmen and Governors, The result of which Athens was brought before the eyes of the entire country.
The Athens Chamber of Commerce managed the Statute of Liberty celebration and conceived the idea of having one of Athens' fairest young ladies to pose as the lighted God dess of Liberty at night on a pedestal on top of the city hall. This event was commented on by papers all over the United States and actual figures in possession of the Athens Cham ber of Commerce show that Athens received over $20,000.00 worth of free advertising, figuring the space devoted to this event at the regular advertising rates that would be charged by the papers.
llie Athens Chamber of Commerce raised the funds neces sary to erect for the use of the University Summer School the splendid auditorium on the University campus. The Summer School coming as it does during the dead of sum mer months at the time most needed by the business inter ests of Athens will, if indications mean anything, continue to grow until the attendance will probably equal the com bined attendance of all the schools during the winter. The presentation to the University authorities of this building proves to them that Athens is right behind its educational institutions. The building will also enable the Summer School to care for a much larger attendance, all of which results in increased business for the people of Athens.

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The above things have been accomplished by the activi ties of a comparatively few men. If every available man in Athens could be induced to become a member of the Athens Chamber of Commerce, and then, most important of all, at tend the meetings and take an active interest in the work, there is nothing we could not accomplish.
And best of all, it would be the means of bringing into a closer relationship and understanding with each other the various business, professional, clerks and laboring men in Athens with the result that we will all be much better sat isfied with ourselves, our business and our town.

What the Chamber of Commerce Should Be
Robert O. Arnold, Mayor of Athens, Mgr. Athens Spring Bed and Mattress Company.
There is no question as to whether a Chamber of Com merce or Board of Trade does good; the only question is, "'How much good can it do ?"
But in the first place, to do any good at all, this body must be absolutely non-partisan.
There is no way to advertise a town as a city as a whole except through the channels of a well perfected organiza tion.
There is no way to advertise a leading business man I might say all the business men in a community together than by a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce.
In this way a business man can find that other people have ideas just as good or better than his own, and in thus getting together and comparing their views and frankly ex pressing their ideas and opinions, matters of public policy and matters of vital concern to the people may be settled to the best interests of all without sacrificing anybody's rights.
The Chamber of Commerce of different cities should be units that make a national organization that should foster and encourage not only trade possibilities, but should de mand constructive legislation for the interest of the busi ness man and the working man. But a Chamber of Com-

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merce has its greatest value as a stimulant and a booster of home trade and home enterprise.
Every man should be a booster for his home town if for no other reason, merely to fulfill a duty.
The best way he can do this is to be a member of the right kird of Chamber of Commerce.
The only right kind of Chamber of Commerce Athens can have is one to which belongs every citizen who has her in terests at heart.

An Appreciation
Dr. David C. Barrow, Chancellor of the University of Georgia,
I take pleasure in saying a word of appreciation of the service of the Chamber of Commerce to our community and to me as an individual.
It is a pleasure and a benefit to me to attend the meetings of this body. My work, like that of most men, restricts my knowledge of the life of the community. At these meet ings I learn much of the community thought and activities which knowledge itself pays me well for the membership.
I would like to call attention to two lines of-work in which I have seen physical results of good value. First, the suc cessful effort in behalf of good roads in Athens territory. I am sure that this has been a great benefit to the city.
Second, the very valuable work which has been done to advance the interests of the University.
I feel very grateful- for this aid and am glad of an oppor tunity to express my thanks.
Increased Dividends of Community Corporation
William 6. Gredig, Editor Athens Daily Herald. Here is a question .that every man in Athens should put to himself: What does your interest and investment con sist Of in this community ?

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"The progress of Athens is something in which it is abso lutely needful that every citizen should take a lively interest in and invest a reasonable amount of time and money. What ever time and energy you expend in helping to advance the 'importance of this city in all lines of endeavor means that you are investing just that much in the community.
Every citizen should be something more than a stand patter in community development. A lack of interest in "public movements making for the progress of Athens is oregrettible. It is desirable that all forces become united in working systematically for the upbuilding of Athens. It is not only desirable, "but imperative if this city is to hold her own in the competitive game with other cities.
To attain the maximum results in city development or ganized effort is essential. To perform systematic and ef fective work along this line the fullest measure of co-opera tion is required. There is but one medium through which this may be secured and this is a local trade body. This is not a debatable question: it is a proven fact, thoroughly ap preciated by all cities.
It is possible that the good that the Athens Chamber of Commerce has accomplished for this city is not thoroughly "known to all the citizens of this community. It is no fault of the local trade body, however, that this may be true, but Tather to a lack of interest in the work of that organization and the record of results.
What this record is will be told through the columns of the Athens newspapers by leading, prominent and progres sive men in all lines of endeavor in articles published day by day. In these articles clinching arguments will be pre sented as to why all really live and up-to-date citizens should affiliate themselves with the Chamber of Commerce.
What has the Chamber of Commerce done for the exten' sion of wholesale and retail business in Athens, what has it accomplished for the educational institutions located here, ~what has it done to secure good roads for this section, what has it done to make Athens a more desirable and healthful city in which to live, what has it done to encourage the lo cation of new industries and the expansion of old ones al ready here, what has it done to induce buyers to come to Athens to trade, what has it done to secure equitable freight rates for Athens?
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men and others possessing a knowledge of those things that spell city progress.
The work that the handful of men composing the Athens Chamber of Commerce is doing for this city deserves recog nition at the hands of all citizens. But the only recognition that they desire is co-operation. There are several hun dreds of men in this city who are needed in the Chamber of Commerce. Each new addition to the membership roll means just that much more effective work for Athens.
Every man in Athens is a stockholder in the community and it is up to him to help increase the dividends of progress.

A WORD FROM THE CHURCH ........ ........ Rev. Eugene L. Hill, Pastor First Presbyterian Church. As a minister who is interested in the every effort and ac
tivity tending to build up the city, I cheerfully bear testi mony to the work of the Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber of Commerce is in "the public welfare busi ness," and therefore, every man in Athens who has the in terest of the city at heart should approve the work of the Chamber of Commerce in building up the city's business in terest.

This organization has done much for Athens, and stands ready to do more; and we citizens should have an "Athens Spirit," which expresses itself in pulling for Athens, for we all know that it takes just that to make a city what it should be.
During my pastorate here I have seen great things inau gurated and carried through by the public spirited men of the city; and now what I want to see in the future is a co operation, which is irresistible on the part of all of us who expect to live here; and the Chamber of Commerce can be the center from which we may radiate."

Athens Can Hardly Overestimate the Ser vice Rendered Her by Her Chamber of Commerce
Jere M. Pound, President State Normal School. It is utterly inconceivable to me that any one should be unable to appreciate a live, active Chamber of Commerce. In the very nature of things, it must occupy a place and per-

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form a service in a city's life that no other agency whatever can perform, and its service, if properly rendered, is well nigh invaluable.
I think Athens can hardly overestimate the service which has been rendered her by her Chamber of Commerce. So far as the Normal School is concerned, it freely admits itself as being under innumerable obligations to it. The school, as you know, is dependent upon the legislature for appropri ations, both for maintenance and expansion. These appro priations, more than anyone knows, are contingent upon the good will of the community in which a school is located for the school. In all our efforts to secure appropriations we have depended, and not in vain, upon the Chamber of Com merce to show the relationship of the school to the town and of the town to the school; and it has always done this nobly. The result is that during the four years of my pres idency of the State Normal every appropriation which we have sought has been granted ultimately by the legislature. I believe it would have been utterly impossible for us to have been successful without the co-operation of the Cham ber of Commerce; and I feel quite sure every other state institution here feels an equal indebtedness to it. The suc cess of these institutions must rest in great part not only now but in the future, upon the good will and activity in their behalf of the Chamber of Commerce.

Scripture Proof
Dr. Charles M. Strahan, Department of Civil Engineering University of Georgia.
"By their fruits ye shall know them." This text is the high Scriptural endorsement of the work of the Athens Chamber of Commerce. If Athens wants more fruits of nourishing value and invigorating progress, all she has to do is to join unanimously in the support of that organization.
The Chamber of Commerce has stood by the University, the College of Agriculture, and Normal School, and that means so many collective and individual items of hospitality, of helpful activity, of quiet correspondence and personal visits that space prevents the naming; but it also means

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the continued influx of students and teachers, the retention! of confidence and friends, and the good will, of the general assembly in what may be fairly termed Athens' most char acteristic important activity.
The Chamber of Commerce has stood, by the city's health,, moral, commercial, and physical welfare recently in the waterworks election. It has done those things it ought to have done, and would have done more of them, had the full, weight of a larger co-operating membership been available.
The Chamber of Commerce has stood by its neighbors. The Washington-Atlanta Capitol to Capitol Highway came and continues to come through Athens by its direct efforts; constantly exerted jointly with its neighbors at Lawrenceville, Monroe, Lexington and Washington. The Rabun Gap Highway from Jacksonville through Macon and Athens tothe Blue Ridge summer paradise is thus routed by its joint efforts with our neighbors of Mpnticello, Madison and Watkinsville. And the new opportunity of federal aid in high way building which calls for close co-operation on the part of counties interested in projects which will secure these benefits is a specific field where the Chamber of Commerce must be the active unifiers of sentiment and effort.
The past fruits are good. The future fruits are in blos som. The new crop will come to abundant perfection if every man in Athens and Clarke county will help fill-and op erate this fine spraying, machine.

Important Work for Freight Rates for City of Athens
John E. Talntadge, Jr., of the Wholesale Firm of Talmadge Bros. & Company.
We desire i& take this opportunity of expressing to you our appreciation of the splendid work that has been done by the Athens Chamber of Commerce during the past year, and we believe that it has meant a great deal for Athens. We refer especially to the important work done by your committee in regard to railroad rates. Through your efforts it has been demonstrated to the railroad officials that we are entitled to equal rates of any other town in Georgia.
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grow. We think it is to the interest of every firm and every employee to be a member of same, for what benefits one, benefits the other, and our interests are entirely mutual. We can hope for greater results if we will all take concerted action, and become members, and each man do his part.

College Has Been Materially Aided by Chamber
Andrew M. Soule, President of Georgia College of Agri culture.
It has been my privilege to be a member of the Athens Chamber of Commerce for several years past, because I be lieve that the business men of the community are always among the most progressive of our citizens and therefore interested in all matters which tend towards the develop ment of the city. According to my experience a Chamber of Commerce is as important and essential an organization as any urban center can possess and I think it safe to say that the advancement of the average city is fostered quite as much through a well organized and vigorous Chamber of Commerce as by any other means.
In every community there must be some representative" body to consider, direct and promote public welfare under takings. Many of the questions requiring solution are not associated with the city government, hence, who will give them the needed attention save some public spirited, welfare organization such as the Chamber of Commerce constitutes.
I believe that every loyal citizen should be a member of this organization and thereby become a factor in building -up Athens. If mistakes and errors are made, be a part of the crowd and see that they do not happen again. Nothing is ever accomplished by the knocker. If the average man will study the situation he will readily see how the activities of the Chamber of Commerce may be made to advance his personal interests and thus pay back with interest the tri fling membership fee he is expected to pay each year.
I feel that the College of Agriculture has been materially benefited by the Athens Chamber of Commerce and I deem it a privilege as well as a duty to express a word of com-

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mendation with reference to the unselfishness with which* the officers and members of that organization have devoted: themselves under very discouraging circumstances to the: promotion of the general interests of Athens,
I hope the Chamber of Commerce will be gladly and cheer fully extended that measure of support to which it is enti tled, thereby enabling its officers to lay out a constructive program for the upbuilding of Athens in the immediate future^

Chamber of Commerce Has Been Great
Service to City
Joseph M. Hodgson, of the Firm of King-Hodgson Company, Grocers.
The blessings that this generation have fallen heir to are so many and free that we fail to realize and appreciate their magnitude and prodigality, and receive them as a matter of fact. It is hardly believeable that my father came to Athens as a grown young man before any railroads were entering the town. My own boyhood recollection can recall the old wooden tavern on the corner of Oeonee and Thomas streets, when Captain W. H. Dorsey was the fire alarm of the town and our water system was the town spring and adjacent cis tern, together with one cistern each in the middle of Broad street and College avenue. These two latter were supplied with rain water from the roofs of adjacent buildings. The first fire engine was a handpower machine known as Re lief. The second fire fighter was the Hope. On the arrival of this new machine Relief was turned over to the negro company, then came the Pioneer Hook and Ladder truck and bucket brigade, all of our fire service .was voluntary and was composed of our best young men.
I believe that Athens and Clarke county are appreciated and loved by most every one who has ever visited our splen did town and county. I further believe they have been fa vorably impressed with the hospitality of our people. I venture the assertion that the one incident of Flag Day has given Athens more publicity in our Union than any city of our size has ever enjoyed.

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"Of the great and many perplexing problems of this pro-
. gressive nation a well organized Chamber of Commerce will Tie of great value to any community and will play a promi nent part in advising and solving these important commer
cial issues.
Such an organization is needed in every community in or^der that they may acquaint our law-makers in Washington with the condition, needs and sentiments of our locality.
Our lawmakers value and appreciate the advice of an or ganization that comprises our whole community and they
are helped by the suggestion and advice that comes from these trads bodies.
It is hard to realize that since I have been grown practi cally all electrical developments have been accomplished, es pecially electric railways and power and telephones, also all water utilities and conveniences. These developments are the natural outcome of people gathering together into com munities or cities, between these communities naturally fol lows, Intercourse and communication, commerce and traf fic, both business and social, and as natural also follows the formation In the cities of commercial boards of trade, now commonly called Chambers of Commerce. To the unin
formed the importance of these organiations cannot be ap preciated. We in Athens have really been enjoying many "benefits secured to us by reason of the city's Chamber of Commerce, without knowing it and without ascribing credit
to our board. I confess to having been a very indifferent member myself, but I do believe that If every active citizen would join, encourage and work with this body of our own folks we would be amazed at the results and great benefits
that would accrue to our community.

A Faithful Servant of the Best Interests of the City
H. J. Rowe, Editor of The Athens Banner.
The Athens Chamber of Commerce is one of the greatest assets of the city. Without it the city would be lacking in the driving energy and wise forethought that go to the making of a truly prosperous community.
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The years of greatest prosperity and advancement to Ath
ens have been the years in which this organiation has done its work. The movements that have brought about this prosperity and advancement have been the movements in which this organization has led the way and furnished the vitalizing forces.
In educational development, in manufacturing develop
ment, in agricultural development, in civic development the Athens Chamber of Commerce has led the way. The achieve ments of this organization make up in large part the splen did history of Athens for the past fifteen years.
It gives me pleasure to record my praise of this organi zation for the help it has given me in the boosting of dif ferent movements that I have supported as a journalist, and to the assistance in affairs of civic importance that came under my direction when it was my privilege to serve the people of Athens as alderman and mayor.
Athens, like all other cities, has had her dull times and her prosperous times. It has been in the dull times that the Chamber of Commerce has done its best work. It has put life into the business of the city when life was needed. It has built up a civic spirit that has brought great results. It has furnished the pepper and ginger for the big civic move ments.
The Chamber of Commerce has been a faithful servant of the best interests of the city. Its officers, its committees, its members have responded with money, time and labor whenever called up to push forward any movement for the city's uplift.
In brief, the Chamber of Commerce does the following
things for the city of Athens: 1. It combines the energies and activities of the best
business men of the city and directs this concerted strength
towards the accomplishment of worthy objects. 2. It originates plans for the betterment of the community
in every direction and then puts the necessary energy be hind these plans to bring them to successful consumation.
3. It keeps the city _ well advertised in the surrounding country and throughput the state and nation.
4. It stands as a bulwark against commercial or indus trial discrimination and as a stalwart advocate of the rights of the community.
No business or professional man in Athens should allow
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!city not only to join the organization but to attend all meet ings and help in all movements.
One hundred members can do good work, but five hundred members can do much Taetter work. There should be at least five "hundred members. Every dollar contributed to :its support pays a rich dividend, if not directly certainly in 'an indirect manner no less effective.
I am proud of the fact that the Athens Banner was in strumental in bringing aTjout the organizations 'of the Ath ens Chamber of Commerce and that the initial canvass for ^members was made -by members of its staff. In every worthy effort it may make, the Athens Chamber of Com merce will have the liearty and enthusiastic support of the paper over which 1 liave "the lionor to preside.

Breathing City Pride into the Citizens of Athens
John J. Strickland, Attorney-nt-Law.
The answer to this question would cover too many serv ices to T?e mentioned in this article. The influence and power for good of the Chamber of Commerce has been exercised many times when those outside its membership did not sus pect it. Hardly a movement looking to the upbuilding of the city, "but that owes its success to the backing it received, either financial or moral at the hands of this organization. There are two accomplishments which to my mind stand out In bold relief, and to which I will confine my remarks.
The Chamher of Commerce has been to Athens what Joan of Arc was to France. It will be recalled that towards the close of the hundred years war France was prostrate and Tielpless. She lacked determination, concert of action, lead ership, and aoove all patriotism, the love of country which inspires men to do and die was unknown. In less than two years Joan of Arc had kindled hi the hearts of that people the fire of patriotism. She had organized them into an invincible army, and at their head re-established France as a nation. What she d:d was to kindle patriotism in her people. Inspired with this patriotism the people fought the battles and re-established the nation.

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What patriotism is to a country city prida is to a city. The Chamber of Cpmmerce has been breathing city pride into our citizens. "Urbanism," like patriotism, is indispen-
sible to the growth and success of a city. This organiza tion has been instilling the love of city in all the citizens with whom it comes in contact. The spirit is firing, and the city is going forward stimulated by this inspiration. It is impossible to estimate the result of the organized action
of this body of men. 2. Another far-reaching service the Chamber of Com
merce has rendered the city is eliminating the untraversed space between the capitol of the state and the educational institutions located in Athens. The Chamber of Commerce conceived the thought that the Georgia legislature would be just with its dependable educational institutions if it knew them. They proceeded to invite the legislature to the city of Athens that it might inspect for itself and act on first information. The result of this has been to eliminate the former method of begging for sustenance for these children of the state.
What good may result to the people and to the city from an enlarged equipped Agricultural College, an efficient Nor mal School and an uncramped University cannot be imag ined. The Chamber of Commerce is entitled to the credit for this.
I predict that the time is coming and is near, when a citi zen of Athens will not only be proud of his connection with the Chamber of Commerce, but would not more neglect his duties as a member of such organization than he would the duty he owed socially, politically, "or financially.

Combined Community Effort Necessary to Accomplish Community Ends
Dr. Thomas J. Woofter, Dean of the School of Education, University of Georgia.
I wish to add my expression of appreciation to the ones I have recently noticed touching, the importance of the Chamber of Commerce. I am a great believer in combined community effort to accomplish any great results for a com-

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munity. We are all so connected up in community life that the success of any one depends largely upon the co-operation of the community. In order to accomplish things we must have some central organization to represent the community. The Chamber of Commerce has been that for Athens and the community, and it is the only organization I know of that is capable of extending this great community work in the future.
The Chamber of Commerce has been of inestimable value in promoting the growth of the University and more especi ally the summer school which I am immediately connected with.
I am quite sure that the proper development of the school system of the county of Clarke is largely dependent upon the work which the Chamber of Commerce can do to'bring about the proper co-operation between the rural schools and the city schools. To give to their own section the very best school advantages, the rural part of Clarke county should join heartily into the activities of the Chamber of Com merce.
Another great educational movement can be promoted by the Chamber of Commerce. I have in mind the best develop ment of Lucy Cobb Institute. There is a movement launched to make this institution a college in the University of Geor gia. I am of the opinion that this can be done to great ad vantage for the women of Georgia if Lucy Cobb can be con verted into a senior college of the University.
There are many other things which should be done through joint community effort which I might mention in this connection to show further that it would be to the ad vantage of every one interested in educational institutions in Athens and the schools of Clarke county to join the Cham ber of Commerce and contribute to these respective move ments.

A Progressive City Requires Contact Work in Pressing Public Needs
John J. Wilkins, President of the Georgia National Bank.
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great importance in the upbuilding, and growth of the cityi. By organized effort through the Chamber of Commerce; much is accomplished that could not be done by individual, effort. A. progressive city of the size of Athens requires, constant work-in promoting campaign of publicity and.look ing after the general public needs. It would take more space than, is allotted, to me to enumerate the excellent work of the. Chamber of Commerce in the past. It has especially been active during the past year and has contributed- largely to. the prosperous conditions of the city at the present time. We believe the city is in- better condition financially and otherwise than at any time in its past history. Our inter ests are mutual and as an individual or corporation prospers we all prosper.
Our needs are growing and the writer thinks it a capital idea to increase the membership of the organization until it will include every business and. individual, interest in Ath ens and then of course we will need more commodious, quarters.
We feel that we get many times the value received for our investment of money and time in the Chamber of Commerce and it has our unqualified endorsement.
The officers are untiring in their efforts for the good of the city and we wish to express an appreciation of the public service which they are rendering.

Provokes Intimate Relation Between Countryman and City Man
James W. Morion, Farmer.
1 noticed ift the Athens papers of recent date, that the Athens Chamber of Commerce was contemplating the broad ening of its sphere of usefulness. I am gald that you gen tlemen are to do this, for the time has come when the in terests of Athens and Clarke county are one and the same; anything that benefits one will be of equal benefit to the other',
I do not know ho*w Many members you have from outside the corporate limits; but I would like to say that after being a member of your body for some two or three years, I would

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not take anything for the benefit I derive from same. The mere fact that it brings the countiy man into intimate re lations with the active business men of the city, and creates friendship and better understanding between the two, is worth many times the price of membership. It also creates a new interest in the city's affairs for the country man and vice versa.
I realize that there are a number of ways in which the Athens Chamber of Commerce has helped not only Clarke but adjoining counties as well, in the matter of highways, farm demonstration agents, and good roads, markets, etc.
If the county ever has a good system of public schools, it will come through the co-operation of the business men of the whole county.
Here is hoping that you will not let up in your broadening scope of usefulness, until every business man of the county sees that it is to his interest to become a working member of your body; and then you can talk, about doing things, for we will all be pulling together, and our city will
"Grow and Glow and Go, And we will all help make it so."

Team Work and a Thousand Members
John Z. Hoke, oCmmercial Agent Seaboard Air Line Railway and Member of the City Council.
When the writer was requested to say something for pub lication concerning our Chamber of Commerce, and how its scope of usefulness could be enlarged, the first thought that came into his mind was what the -boys on the diamond call "team work," or in other words, co-operation, organized ef'fort.
A visit to one of our large machine shops where locomo tives are manufactured will serve to illustrate the differ ence between individual effort and organized effort. You first see the various parts of an engine in different piles be fore they are put together, powerless and helpless, but when the parts are put together and the process of organization is complete, you see a great throbbing engine, full of life and power.
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Commerce, business men who are giving their best thought and effort, their time and money, without compensation,, working and scheming, often when most of us are asleep. And what "for? For the general good of our beautiful and
beloved city,, that our town may grow to a place of greater importance and our. property values be increased. We should, be proud of these public spirited, unselfish men.
I feel that we owe it to ourselves to join the Chamber of Commerce, attend, its meetings, and take part in discussing; various matters as they are presented; matters of vital im
portance to the welfare of the city in which we live; mat ters, if properly handled and given the right direction, will, undoupbtedly result in expanding our trade in all of its. branches, greatly increasing and promoting the best inter ests of every, industry and institution- of whatever character.;, within our borders.
We have a beautiful little city, and blessed with many natural advantages. I am, proud of Athens, even as she istoday, and I want to say that no finer people are to be found anywhere on the face of the earth, and I love them, but
men of Athens, we are not living up to our opportunities. We are sleeping over our rights. The business of other
towns and cities is growing by leaps and bounds. I was recently told by the mayor of a city about the size
of Athens, and not far from us, that their payrolls amount to more than five millions of dollars annually, and are con stantly increasing. I have in mind another town not far from us about half the size of Athens, where they have fif teen large cotton mills now in operation, and seven more now under process of erection.
Why is it that we have not accomplished the same things in Athens, or even greater things ? We certainly have every
natural advantage that they have and in many respects our general situation is superior to those of the towns I have mentioned.
I might say that twenty thousand inquiries for lands and sites for various industrial plants, came to the department of industrial development of the railroad system with which 1 am connected, during the past twelve months. The United States is today the most prosperous country on the globe and our southland will some day be the -garden spot of the world.
Let all of Us give the stranger within our gates the glad hand, that he may want to come again. Some one has truly said that vinegar is a very poor thing with which to draw

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fflies. Our Chamber of Commerce, under the circumstances,
."has already accomplished a great deal, but not one^tenth of what could be accomplished if given proper support. I ver"ily believe .that -with a -membership of a thousand live, active men, both the business and population-of our city could be
"doubled in six or fcight years.

Dr, Qdum Talks of the Triple Value of
Chamber
JDr. Howard W. OSum, Professor of and Superintendent of the Summer 'School.
It is with more than ordinary interest that I have noted the enthusiastic efforts of the Chamber of Commerce to en large the scope and grasp of its services to Athens and neighboring communities. "I am, therefore, disposed to write something of my own estimate of the Chamber of Commerce and to offer cordial eo-bperation in the work.
A Three-Pold Value. In my own case I have observed particularly three larger values derived from the Athens Chamber of Commerce. The first of these is the personal value which the member of the Chamber of Commerce obtains through contact with other members and through co-operation with them; the second value is that which the city of Athens receives through the agency of the Chamber of Commerce; and the third value is that which the University gains through the enthusiastic co-operation of this Athens commercial body. Each of these three values is of essential importance.
The Personal Value. Not only in my own case but in the ease of other memhers of the Athens Chamber of Commerce, and of other members of other similar organizations, I have found many of the most valued acquaintances and associations have been developed through this particular contact with other eiti~ zens and civic effort. Personally, I can count a half dozen acquaintances made here whose friendship and assistance have been invaluable to me. They have led indirectly also to very valuable assistance in particular efforts which I

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have undertaken. In looking back over the last few years I see no other way in which I might have gained similar ben-. efits as quickly as through the Athens Chamber of Com merce.
Advantage to the City.
A peculiar thing about the great benefits which the city derives from the Chamber of Commerce is that these ben efits are often indirect and bear fruit gradually, so that the average citizen often forgets that the city's growth both in material comforts and in cultural reputation is accentuated by well planned civic efforts of the Chamber of Commerce or other similar organizations. We have studied the cases of several scores of cities and we have always found that the city's welfare varies directly as the amount and quality of enthusiastic civic "booster" effort put forth. The actual positive facts in the case of many towns and cities are worth more than negative doubt or opinion.
Value to the University.
The value of an enthusiastic -arid well organized Cham ber of Commerce to the University would seem to be too well known to need emphasis and yet two specific instances ought to be kept in mind constantly. One is the cordial spirit and feeling existing between the University and the business men of Athens, a condition often not existing in other communities. The other is the specific contribution of the city of Athens through the Chamber of Commerce to the University of the magnificent "Octagon" without which the summer school would be handicapped beyond measure. The active, willing, extended efforts of the Cham ber of Commerce have aided materially to aecellerating the great progress which the University of Georgia is making.
Membership Viewpoint.
Of course membership in the Chamber of Commerce or eligibility to receive its .benefits or to render benefits through it to the community, will be conditioned largely upon the viewpoint of the citizen. There may be peculiar conditions which prevent citizens from taking advantage of such unusual opportunities. There may be a decided con viction and tendency on the part of the individual not to co operate or become public spirited. Sometimes the individ ual or the community complains because'of disappointed am bitions or lack of achievement, at the same time envying those who have achieved these very ends through the very efforts of co-operation which they have refused to accept.

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'Certainly, If two things are kept in mind there must always be benefit accruing from membership in the Chamber of Commerce. These are, first, the ability and desire to serve the community and help others; the second is the ability and willingness to follow up actually the work of the Chamber of Commerce with co-operation, constructive criticism and ;support.

Most of Good and Useful Things Due to
Chamber of Commerce
A. W. Brooks, Cotton Buyer and Apostle of Gty Beautiful.
In reply to request of your committee as to what the Chamber of Commerce has done for Athens, I take pleasure in saying that most all the good and useful things in the way of public improvements in the past eight years, have been due largely to th'e enterprising men connected with the Chamber of Commerce. Our new stations, hotel, courthouse and bond issues for waterworks, and school improvements are due directly to the efforts of the Chamber of Com merce. In fact the question as to the necessity of a Cham ber of Commerce has passed the argument point with most enterprising cities.
Lest we forget, it might not be amiss to go back four years and review some suggestions made by me at the ban quet of the Chamber of Commerce:
1. That the Athens business men and others should wake up and support more actively the Chamber of Commerce " and through it insist upon Athens being a model city of health and progress.
2. Athens needs twenty thousand more citizens. 3. Clarke county needs a thousand more industrious farmers, with up-to-date methods. 4. Athens needs a hundred thousand dollar bond issue to perfect the school system, and remove the intake of the water supply half a mile up the river to get away from sew erage contamination, and land owned or controlled by the city on both sides of the river to prevent future danger along this line. This is where the conservation of human

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lives begins, and in this way do away with the necessity for such large graveyards.
5. Athens needs a commission form of government that will be a model for all other towns in Georgia.
6. Athens needs to pass an ordinance approved by the board of health, requiring stables to clean up once a week during the summer months, thereby eliminating flies and
typhoid fever. 7. Athens needs more garbage wagons to remove the re
fuse.
8. Athens needs to back up the Woman's Civic League Club that are doing so much for the health and cleanliness of the city.
9. Athens needs an investment company to encourage more manufactories.
10. Athens needs a better outlet to the coal fields of the west, thereby securing cheaper coal for our manufactories.
11. Enforce the anti-spitting ordinance, thereby decreas ing tuberculosis.
12. Athens needs cheaper gas, electric lights, and tele phone rates.
Many of the above things we have secured through ef forts of the Chamber of Commerce, and those not yet at tained should be gotten at an early date.
The interest of Clarke county and the city are closely al lied, therefore, the farmers should become interested in the
Chamber of Commerce. Every business and professional man who can afford a dollar a month dues should become a member of the Chamber of Commerce. When the city grows,
their business is bound to grow with it. Let's all pull togeth er through the Chamber of Commerce for the growth of Athens.

A Plea for a Thousand Members
Sidney Boley, President Empire Shoe Co., Wholesale Shoes.
I notice there is a campaign on for new membership in the Chamber of Commerce. I wish'that all men in Athens eli gible for membership in the Chamber of Commerce would realize what good the Chamber of Commerce is doing for the city and community. I have been a member for years,

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and while I cannot recall one-tenth of all the good the cham ber has done, will mention only a few instances.
It was due to the effort of the Chamber of Commerce that the road to Ila and connecting with the national highway was built; and the benefit derived from this road amounts to far more than the majority of the citizens of Athens real ize, I am told by hotel men of Athens that there is hardly one day that there are not some tourists stopping over in Athens, who, before this road was built, went by way of Winder and Jefferson, and besides the extra trade the mer chants of Athens are getting from that part of the country which this road opened up. It was through the effort of the Chamber of Commerce that the auditorium on the campus was built, and the need of this building was demonstrated during the summer school term this summer. The Chamber of Commerce has done a great deal toward getting good roads built in the neighboring counties, and these roads are necessary in order that the farmer in the neighboring coun ties can get to the good roads in Clarke county in bad weath er, and in that way can reach Athens any time of the year with their produce and haul merchandise away from Athens. If every merchant hi Athens, as well as every clerk would only know the work the Chamber of Commerce is trying to do for the gocd of Athens, I believe they would all be glad to join the Chamber of Commerce, and not only pay.the small amount of dues, but would lend their assistance in any way the chamber might undertake, and would be pres ent at every meeting.
Trusting that we may have a membership of 1,000 in the near future and that every man in this membership will do his duty towards building up the city of Athens.

. Many More Men of Athens Should Join Body
Mr. D. P. Haselton, Dealer in Pianos and Musical Instru ments.
Is it not a very significant fact that all live and progres sive cities have their Boards of Trade or Chamber of Com merce? And is it not also a fact that the live, progressive men of those cities are members of such bodies?

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Now it is a fact that Athens, Georgia, is known not only in Georgia or the South, but all over the United'. States asa live and progressive city through the combined efforts and
unselfish energetic work of just a few of its members (who are on the job all'the time) is classed as one of the livest and most progressive in the whole country.
Now, my message is not only to the non-members but also: to the members of the Chamber of Commerce.
First, you men of Athens and Clarke county, and this1 means merchants', clerks, bankers, farmers' and professional
men, and in fact all gcfod men in whatever line you may be, make the start at once and get right by joining; the or ganization that is working day and night to build up our
city and county and place them where they justly deserve to be, in the front rank of progressions. Do not be satisfied! any longer in being a drone, and one that simply looks on at .the men who are working for the upbuilding of our commu nity, but identify yourself as one of the men who are in terested and doing your part to build up your city.
And now, a word to the members. Do not be satisfied to be led all the time. Work to be one of the leaders. If you are inclined to be shy, there is no reason why you should stay that way, and remember when you are doing your part of the upbuilding of your city in a general way, you are helping your own business or profession at the same time.
It would seem to me that every member of the faculty of the State Normal School, University of Georgia, and State College of Agriculture would at once identify themselves with the Chamber of Commerce, when that organization is putting forth its best efforts all the time for the advance ment and upbuilding of the institutions in which they are so vitally interested in. These gentlemen are a part of Athens and doubtless the reason they have not joined the Chamber of Commerce is, because they have not been ap proached by the membership committee in the past, but this oversight will be remedied and we apologize for neglecting so important a part of our citizens.
Doubtless there are many other professional and business men in Athens who have not joined for the same reason. Do not be offend 3d gentlemen, this will be corrected.
I have been asked a number of times. "What is the initia tion fee, and what do I have to do in order to become a mem ber of the Chamber of Commerce?" There is no initiation fee, and ~all you have to do, is to announce the fact to the Membership Committee or any officer of the Chamber of

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Commerce, that you wish to join, and he will sign you up and initiate you by extending the glad hand of friendship and welcome you as a member of the best organization in
the city, and the dues are so very small that I hesitate to even mention them, then come out to our meetings once a month and enjoy all the other benefits of being a member of the Chamber of Commerce.

The Value of Concerted Action
Thomas W. Reed, Secretary and Treasurer of the University of Georgia.
I well remember the history of commercial organizations in Athens for the past quarter of a century. They have had a rather thorny path to travel. There have been several chambers of commerce, commercial clubs, etc., and only one of the number remains active. I had the honor to be secre tary of two of these organizations before the present cham ber was organized. Whether or not they died through my efforts I will not say. At least it is true that they had brief careers and died.
In 1903 the present Chamber of Commerce was organized. B. F. Holder then editor of The Athens Banner, and I went around and got up the members. More than one hundred joined the organization and many of those who joined pre dicted its early demise. I had the honor to serve as secre tary of this organization for several years. So I know pret ty well the ups and downs of the organization.
It is now nearing the fourteenth anniversary of its or ganization. It has not died and it shows no evidence of ap proaching dissolution. It is here to stay. The present Ath ens Chamber of Commerce is a fixed organization and will not die.
In my opinion its chief service to Athens lies in the power of concert of action. Individual efforts is a good thing, but it cannot accomplish things like concerted effort. When the whole business world of Athens moves as one mass, there is something doing. Fighting in extended formation may be the correct thing on the battlefield according to the best practice of modern warfare, but in carrying a city for-

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ward to its highest and best achievements, the mass format tion does the work.
"Everybody's business is nobody's business." The Cham ber of Commerce is the definite agent that sees that things are done. That is worth everything to a community. It is. a great thing ta have en organization on which the people can rely and rest assured that whatever is necessary to be done will be done.
It brings about a better feeling among the business men of the city. They lose the old feeling that they are pulling: only for themselves and enjoy the higher feeling" that they are helping the other fellow as well. Thus city spirit and eivic pride are aroused and they bring about great results.
An hour away from your business and spent in a meeting; of the Chamber of Commerce is about the best time you can spend in building up your business. You may lose a dollar or two in trade, but you will gain ten times as much in the end.
In proportion as Athens backs up this organization will she grow to her full stature.

Athens Organization is Unique in Some
Phases
Glenn G. Bond, Superintendent of Athens City Schools.
In, common with all other good citizens of this city, I have been very much interested in the series of letters appearing from time to time in our daily papers about the work of the Chamber of Commerce. The importance of the work, and the nature of the work especially on the commercial side, have been treated very fully.
I trust I will be pardoned if I venture to make one or two suggestions. First, in so far as I have been advised the Athens Chamber of Commerce is the first one in this sec tion of the country to step outside of the commercial field, and engage in a work whose sole purpose is the moral and intellectual uplift of the community. I refer to the fact that our Chamber of Commerce has made a contract with the Redpath Bureau for their great Chautauqua next spring. I believe this work will receive the substantial approval of

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tlie good people of the community. Another pbint to which 1 wish to call attention is this: I believe it would be a good plan to make some arrangement with the ladies of the city whereby an auxiliary organization might be accomplished 'by giving auxiliary membership to the ladies belonging to the different clubs of the city, to the teachers of the public schools, etc. I believe a move of this nature would greatly improve the efficiency of the Chamber of Commerce, espe cially in all things affecting the civic welfare of the com munity.
I wish to atld in conclusion tlia^ I believe the results of this campaign now going on will put our Chamber of Commerce on a higher plane of efficiency than it lias ever occupie'5 be fore.

No Citizen Can Live Unto Himself
Joseph S. Stewart, Professor of Secondary Education, Uni versity of Georgia.
In 1914 and again in 1915, while acting as superintendent of the Summer School, I had opportunity to appreciate the valuable services of the Chamber of Commerce in entertain ing the general assembly and in making the hundreds of Summer School students feel the hospitality of Athens. President Flanigen and Mr. Haselton, chairman of the en tertainment committee, were ever ready to aid us in any thing that would make the life of the students more enjoy able. Every citizen must know that without the help of "the Chamber of Commerce the Summer School auditorium could not have "been "built, nor the national highway secured.
No citizen can live unto himself, but if he would do his "best work for himself he must co-operate in the constructive work of the community. The Chamber of Commerce is that non-political, all-embracing organization through which every man, professional and non-professional, can find and should find opportunity to work for the growth and bet terment of his city and county. I consider it a privilege to be associated with so active and constructive an organiza tion.

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That City is Greatest Where the Largest Percentage of Its Citizens Co-operate for the Public Good

David F. Miller, of the Firm of Miller & Co., Cotton Brokers.
Replying to you request as to the usefulness of the Chamber of Commerce, take pleasure in stating that with out such an organization our city would today be without many of the useful things which we now find very much to our advantage.
As a cotton factor our firm appreciates the work done by the Chamber of Commerce in opening up good roads from adjoining counties that has increased the cotton receipts by many thousand bales.
This work can be traced directly to the good roads com mittee of the Chamber of Commerce, and the work recently done to get the farmers of Clarke and adjoining counties interested in the Chamber of Commerce is another move that will be of great benefit to both farmer and merchant.
The fact is the Chamber of Commerce is here to stay and it is up to all enterprising citizens to work through it if they expect to get things done worth while; for in combi nation there is strength.
That city is greatest where the largest percentage of its citizens cooperate for the public good.

United Effort Urged
D. 6. Anderson, Real Estate.
The object of the Chamber of Commerce is certainly meritorious and deserves the hearty support, both finan cial and operative of every progressive citizen of Athens. I am sorry to say that this necessary support has been with- ' held by a number of citizens. Much credit must be given the few public minded men who have devoted their money and untiring efforts' to keep this organization alive and working for the betterment of Athens.

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I believe every line of business and every organization 'Should be under the control of a specialist in that particular "work, consequently I strongly advocate securing the servi
ces f a trained secretary to carry on the work of the Cham ber of Commerce; one who has shown his worth in other -cities along these lines. Let his salary be commensurate "with his ability to secure results.
If the'business and professional men "and private citizens ' of Athens will get behind this movement with their efforts
and money, there will be no need of asldrig, "What has the Chamber of Commerce done?"
Other live cities and towns consider their Chamber of
'Commerce or Bbard of Trade their best asset and Athens should be no exceptioTO.

Build Up the Chamber
Hugh J. ftowe, Editor of The Athens Daily Banner.
The Chamber of Commerce wants to dbuble its member'ship.
On that proposition there should be n& difference of 'opinion and neither should there be any great difficulty in accomplishing that undertaking.
This body has been of great service to Athens during the "nearly fourteen years of its existence. It has paid for itself over .and over again In good earnest effort and for the up building of the city.
A real up-to-date and progressive city cannot get along "without a strong trade body like the Chamber of Commerce. This is recognized in all live and advancing communities. 'It has been demonstrated in Athens.
Now the Chamber of Commerce is making no kick on the "members it has and is not growling about the support it is receiving. It has a good membership and the members are full of enthusiasm. But'the body sees a chance to do so much more and so much more effective work with a larger membership that it is appealing to the business and profes sional men of the community to add to the numbers of its membership and make that body a much stronger and more effective organization.
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bers and with more interest in it. If every business and professional man in Athens were a member of this body and not only contributed his dues to its support but also gave his attendance upon its meetings and his enthusiasm in its undertakings, it would require no seer to prophesy what would result in Athens. The city would grow by leaps and bounds.
For the material uplift of the city no better investment can be made in dollars and cents than in membership in the Chamber of Commerce, and no outlay of time or mental ac tivity can accomplish more than the time spent in attend ing its meetings and the mental effort given towards for warding any worthy movement undertaken by it.

The Record is the BesT: Proof
Editorial by William G. Gredig, Editor of The Athens Even ing Herald.
Boosting is a powerful factor in building a town. The booster is a splendid asset to any community. On the other hand its greatest handicap is the man with the hammer. Every town has its knocker. The cuss may sometimes act as a sort of community purgative, something disagreeable to swallow, but which stirs the body to renewed activity. Still, it is preferable not to require such stuff about the town.
We once heard of a man who ridiculed the Athens Cham ber of Commerce; he said some rather disagreeable things about the trade body which would hurt if true. About the worst thing he said in his captious tirade was that it had "done nothing for the town."
Now, let's look into that statement. We are fortunate in not having to get out of our office chair to get the facts. They are right before us in a letter written to the Chamber of Commerce by Mr. A. W. Brooks, a progressive citizen of Athens, who was at one time secretary of the chamber. Mr. Brooks was invited by the directors of the trade body to write an article telling of the good that such an organiza tion could be to the old town. Mr. Brooks happened to recall that about four years ago he read a paper at a banquet given by the Chamber of Commerce, in which he told of the things that Athens needed.
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chamber has done anything for Athens. Mind you, we do not claim that the trade body has alone and unaided "put these over" for the home city, but we do assert that practi cally ail if indeed not all were discussed in the meetings of the body since that time and that they were endorsed by it. Let's take up these items seriatim:
1. That the Athens business men and others should wake up and support more actively the Chamber of Commerce and through it insist upon Athens being a model city of health and progress.
The membership lists of the chamber show an increase over a year ago and we know that greater activity is being shown by the organization in working for the upbuilding of the city. Health conditions in Athens are reported by the health authorities to be better than at any time hi years. Recently, for instance, the board of health reported that there was less typhoid in Athens than for a number of years. This being a disease due to filth it is a fair test. The gen eral health of the city is better because greater effort has been made to render it so.
2. -Athens needs 20,000 more citizens. The population is increasing at a normal rate. New resi dences are continually going up. oSew residents are locating here. 3. Clarke county needs 1,000 more industrious farmers, with up-to-date methods. She will get them in time. The State College of Agricul ture is working wonders with the county's larmers, as it is everywhere in the state, in bringing about up-to-date meth ods m farming.
4. Athens needs a hundred thousand dollar bond issue to perfect the school system, and remove the intake of the wa ter supply half a mile up the river to get away from sewer age contamination, and land owned or controlled by the city on both sides of the river to prevent future danger along this line. This is where the conservation of human lives be gins, and in this way do away with the necessity for such large graveyards.
On March 25, 1913, the citizens of Athens voted a $175,000 bond issue for schools and street improvements $100,000 for schools and $75,000 for streets and on April 29, 1916, voted a $40,000 bond issue for waterworks, and the latter improvements are now being carried forward rapidly.
5. Athens needs a commission form of government that will be a model for all other towns in Georgia.

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The citizens have twice voted down the commission form' of government, the movement in favor-of which was not of ficially fathered by the chamber.
6-. Athens needs to pass an ordinance approved by the board of health, requiring stables to be cleaned up once a. week during the summer months, thereby eliminating fliesand typhoid fever. "
There is an ordinance providing for the cleaning of stablesat regular intervals and-the fact that there is a decided de(irease in disease would indicate that it is being, observed along with the other- sanitary ordinances.
7. Athens needs- more garbage wagons to remove the re fuse.
She has them*. . 8. Athens needs to back up the Woman's Civic League ciubs that are doing so much for the health and cleanliness of the city. The Chamber of Commerce is doing much- along this line, but what has become of the Civic League? 9. Athens needs an investment company" to encourage more manufactories. The Chamber of Commerce is continually exerting every effort to secure manufacturing plants for Athens. 10. Athens needs a better outlet to the coal fields of the west, thereby securing cheaper coal for our manufactories. The Chamber of Commerce has rendered valuable aid to the city and its industries along this line. Time and money have been expended, and the work still goes on. 11. Enforce the anti-spitting ordinance, thereby decreas ing tuberculosis. The ordinance is probably still on the books. It is up to the police department to enforce it. Let us add to the above a very important acquisition to the city health department which Mr. Brooks did not men tion in his list of things that Athens should have. We refer to the incinerating plant now in operation, in which the city's trash is burned regularly. This is not all that the Chamber of Commerce has had its hand in that has helped Athens.. These will keep for another time. Space is limited. The loyal and progressive gentlemen who are contributing articles on the Chamber of Commerce and is usefulness will likely recount some of these other accomplishments. What is your interest in Athens ?

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Building Up Chamber of Commerce

Editorial by Hugh J. Rowe, of The Athens Banner.

The Athens Chamber of Commerce is presenting to the public a series of letters from well-known citizens on what the organization has done and can do for the city. These letters will give to the people views of men of ability and successful achievement from every standpoint. If the peo ple will read and digest these articles they will have a pretty
good idea of the value of the organization in the advance ment of the interests of Athens.
People are apt to forget things unless they are reminded of them at times. The Athens Chamber of Commerce has a history of splendid achievement behind it and has accom plished many good undertakings for the betterment of the
city. It will do good for the people to be reminded of these things, for they will then appreciate the good work of the organization more and more.
No city achieves its best development without the active
work of a strong business organization. Every dollar put into such an organization and every effort expended by a member of it brings results. It advertises the advantages of the city and invites capital for investment and citizens to help in the forward movement of the city. It makes busi ness brisker and better. It adds to the industrial enter prises of the city and means more payrolls for workmen. It helps educational institutions and elevates the tone of the city. In short an active and effective business organization of this kind cannot be dispensed with if a city is to really go forward to great achievements.
The Athens Chamber of Commerce is not dissatisfied with either its support or its achievements. The campaign now is for a larger membership, an increased interest in the "organization on the part of all the members and a general forward movement of a broader scope than ever before.

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Constitution

ARTICLE. L Section 1. "Hie title- and name of this organization shalE be "The Athens Chamber of Commerce."'
ARTICLE. II, Section L The objects of this organization are to bring: about unity of action on the part of the citizens of Athensand Clarke County looking, to the full protection and devel opment of the commercial, manufacturing, agricultural, ed ucational, and all interests of Athens and Clarke County; tocollect and preserve statistical information connected with, these pursuits; to promote just and equitable principles in. track, to establish uniformity in the commercial usages of the City and County; and to promote the general progress and prosperity of the community.
ARTICLE IIL. Section 1. Any individual, firm or corporation, in good standing in Athens or Clarke County shall be eligible to. membership in this organization, each member being al lowed one vote on all matters. Sec. 2. There shall be three classes of members: Booster Members, Sustaining Members and Honorary Members. Sec. 3. Any individual interested in the upbuilding of Athens and Clarke County shall be eligible to a Booster Membership. Sec. 4. Any individual, firm or corporation actively engaged in business in Athens or Clarke County shall be eligi ble to a Sustaining Membership. Sec. 5. The monthly dues of each member shall be pay able the first of each month following the election to mem bership. All dues shall be paid to the Secretary or on his order, and turned over to the Treasurer by the Secretary.
ARTICLE IV. Section 1. The officers of the Chamber of Commerce shall be a president, two vice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer, all (32 whom shall be elected at the annual meet ing; and for a term of one year or until their successors are elected and qualified. Sec. 2. The President shall, within five days after his election appoint the chairman of the different committees, as hereinafter provided, and the chairman of the commit-

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'tees shall with the officers constitute the Board of .Direc tors.
Sec. 3. Five Directors shall constitute a quorum of the "Board of irectors, and in the absence of the President and "Vice-Presidents, the Board shaD have power to select a -Pres ident pro tempore.
Sec. 4. The Chairman of each standing committee, in consiiltation with the officers of the organization, shall select the remaining members of nis committee.
Sec. 5. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Board of Directors and exercise general supervision over its affairs.
Sec. 6. In the absence of the President a Vice-President shall perform his duties in the order of seniority.
Sec. 7. The Secretary shall "keep an accurate TecOrd of the transactions of this Organization and of the Board of Directors. He shall collect all dues from members and turn same over to Treasurer talcing his receipt. He shall read the minutes, report such corfimunications as he may re ceive, to the Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Di rectors, and perform such duties as usually pertain to the office, or as may "be, from time to time prescribed by the Chamber of Commerce and Board of Directors.
Sec. 8. The Treasurer shall receive and take charge of all monies accruing to the Organization and shall pay them out on warrants drawn by the Secretary and countersigned Tjy the President. He shall Iteep a regular account Of monies received and disbursed'by himself and shall make reports thereof as the Board of Directors may require.
ARTICLE V. Section 1. The President shall fill all vacancies in the Board occurring during the year, (which vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term.) Sec. 2. The Board of Directors shall have power to ap point proper agents and special committees and do all such other acts as appertain to the Chamber of Commerce and its work as may be delegated to them.
ARTICLE VI. Section 1. Standing Committees on the following su1>jects shall be appointed: Department of Legislation. Department of Civic Affairs. Department of Entertainment. Department of Membership.

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Department of Municipal Affairs.

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Department of Real Estate, Banking and Insurance.

Department of Manufacturing Interests.

Department of Schools and Education.

Department of Agriculture and Rural Life.

Department of Publicity and Advertising.

Department of Conventions.

Department of Railroads.

Department of Trade-at-Home.

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Department of Streets and Roads.

Department of Finance.

Department of Sanitation and Health. Department of Meetings and Programs. Department of New Enterprises. Department of Cotton Interests. Department of Safety.

. Department of Public Utilities. And such others as the organization may deem advisable.

ARTICLE VH. Section 1. The Board of Directors shall have prepared and adopt for its use and that of this Organization, a proper seal, which shall be kept by the Secretary and by him af fixed to all official communications of the Organization and Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VIII. Section 1. This constitution shall be in force from and after its adoption and any motion to amend it shall be made in writing at any regular meeting/ and if seconded, shall be reported by the Secretary and laid over until the next regular meeting, or special meeting called for the purpose of considering said amendment or amendments. To amend this constitution will require a two-thirds vote of those present at the meeting when any proposed amendment may be passed upon.

By-Laws
Section 1. Monthly meetings of the Athens Chamber of Commerce shall be held on the third Tuesday in each month excepting in December. The annual meeting shall be held in the last week in Dcember, the date to be determined by the Directors.

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Sec. 2. The rules laid down in Mell's Parliamentai-y Practice shall prevail, except as provided by the by-laws.
Sec. 3; The order of business for all monthly meetings shall be as follows:
Reading of minutes of preceding meetings. Reading of Communications. Report of Standing Committees. Report of Special Committees. Unfinished business. New business. Ssc. 4. The order of business of the Annual Meeting shall be as follows: Reading of the minutes of last regular meeting. Read-ng of Communications. Report of Committees. Annual report of the officers. Election of officers. Installation of officers. Unfinished business. New business. Sec. 5. The Board of Directors shall meet on Friday of each week at such hour as may be fixed upon by resolution from time to time.
Sec. 6. The Secretary shall have charge of the room or rooms of the Chamber of Commerce and shall be the cus todian of all the property of the organization, other than the monies.
Sec. 7. Whenever any matter is referred to a committee it shall be reported at the next regular meeting, unless it is made the order for some special date. All reports shall be in writing, signed by the Chairman or acting Chairman, and shall be spread upon the minutes of the organization.
Sec. 8. Ten members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings.
Sec. 9. The by-laws may be amended only by a vote of two-thirds of those present at any regular meeting of the Chamber of Commerce or the Board of Directors.

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LisT: of Sustaining and Booster Members

November 1st, 1916

Classified List Sustaining Members

Art Goods and Supplies McGregor Company.
Auto Dealers Griffeth Imp. Co.
Bakers Arnold & Abney
Banks American State Bank Athens Savings Bank Commercial Bank of Athens Georgia National Bank
Book Binders McGregor Company
Booksellers and Stationers McGregor Company
Bottling Companies Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Building and Contracting W. T. Broxton
Builders' Supplies Athens Engineering Co. Athens Hardware Co. Talmage Hdw. Co.
Cigars and Tobacco Palmer & Sons Prince Ave. Pharmacy Royal Pharmacy Costa's Warren J. Smith & Bro. Thornton's M. & W. Cigar Co.
Clothing Wingfield, Chamberlain and Reid Chas. Stern Co. E. H. Dorsey
Coal & Fuel Athens Ice Company
Confectioners Costa's Thornton's M. & W. Cigar Co. Palmer & Sons Prince Ave. Pharmacy Royal Pharmacy
Cotton Buyers Hardeman & Pninizy

Department Stores Michael's Davison-Nicholson Co. Collins, W. T., & Co.
Drug Sundries Palmer & Sons Prince Ave. Pharmacy Royal Pharmacy "Warren J. Smith & Bro.
Druggists Palmer & Sons Prince Ave. Pharmacy Royal Pharmacy Warren J. Smith & Bro.
Delicatessen Costa's OTarrell Grocery Co. Arnold & Abney
Electric Railways Athens Railway and Electric Co.
Electrical Contractors Taylor Electric Company Athens Engineering Co.
Fertilizers Empire State Chemical Co.
Fruits Athens Fruit Company
Furniture Dealers Dorsey Furniture Co. Bernstein Bros.
Funeral Directors Dorsey Furniture Co. Bernstein Bros.
Gas Companies Athens Gas Lig-ht & FUP! Co.
Hardware and Cutlery (Whole sale).
Athens Hardware Company. Talmage Hardware Company. Hardware and Cutlery (Retail.) Athens Hardware Company. Talmage Hardware Company. Harness and Saddlery Martin Bros. Griffeth Imp. Co.

Barbers
Hilley A Jones fixation Pictures
J. B. Joel

Wholesale Cirocers Talmadge Bros. & Co. Webb * Crawford

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Athens Ice Company

Ice Cream

Costa'*

Thornton's

M. & W. Cigar Co.

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McGregor Company.

Jeweler

Stewart-Paddock

Ladies' Ready-to-Wear

MOoilclhinase,l'sW. T. & Co.

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Davison-Nicholson Co.

Kress, S. H. A Co.

Laundries

Athens Empire Laundry Co.

Leather Goods

McGregor Company

Palmer & Sons

Light and Power Companies

Athens Railway & Electric C.

Lunch-Dairy

Delmar's

Bedgood's

Thornton's

Mattress Manufacturers

Athens Mat. & Soring Bed Co.

Mills & Manufactories

Southern Mfg. Company

Climax Hosiery Mills

Hodgson Oil Refining Co.

Men's Furnishings

Wingfield, Chamberlain &

Reid

E. H. Dorsey

Chas. Stern Co.

Meat and Provisions

O'Farrell Grocery Co.

Newspapers and Periodicals

Athens Banner

Athens Daily Herald

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Notions

Kress. S. H. & Co.

Office Supplies

McGregor Company

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Paper

McGregor Company

Picture Frames

McGregor Company

Printers Book and Job

Athens Daily Herald

McGregor Company

Publishers

Athens Daily Herald Pub.

Co.

Athens Banner

Real Estate Erwin & Company.
Restaurants Delmar's Dairy Lunch Bedgood's Dairy Lunch
Rubber Goods Palmer & Sons
School Supplies McGregor Company
Shoemakers and Repairers Martin Bros.
Soft Drink* Costa's Royal Pharmacy Prince Ave. Pharmacy Thomson's M. & W. Cigar Co.
Soda and Mineral Waters Costa's Prince Ave. Pharmacy Royal Pharmacy Thornton's M. & W. Cigar Co.
Souvenirs McGregor Company
Sporting Goods McGregor Company
Spring Bed Mfg. Athens Mat. & Spring Bed Co.
Stationers McGregor Company Palmer & Sons Prince Ave. Pharmacy Royal Pharmacy
Street Railways Athens Railway & Electric Co.
Telegraph and Telephone Co's. Southern Bell Telephone Co.
Toilet Articles Palmer & Sons Prince Ave. Pharmacy Royal Pharmacy Kress. S. H. & Co.
Typewriting Machines McGregor Company
Undertakers and Embalmers Dorsev Furniture Co. Bernstein Bros.
Waeons_ and Carriages Griffith Implement Ca.
Wholesale Tirmreists f^'mer & Sons Warren J. Smith & Bro.
5 nd 10 fen*. Stores Kress, S. H. & Co.

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Arnold, M. M,, Grocer.

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Anderson, D. G., Real Estate,

Abney, M. J., Insurance.

Arnold, R. O-, Manufacturer,

Anderson, J. T., Real Estate.

Anderson, H. C., Manufacturer,

Barnett, J. W., City Engineer.

Barrow, D. C., Chancellor University of Georgia,

Bickers, D. G., Newspaper Man.

Bloomfield, Dr. J. C., Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist.

Bloodworth, B. R., Commercial Agent Central of Georgia Railroad

Boley, Sol J., Merchant

Bond, G. G., Superintendent City Schools.

Bryan, W. T., President Jefferson Cotton MilL

Barrow, B. EL, Real Estate.

Bowden, F. H., Grocer.

Boley, Sidney, Wholesale Shoe Dealer.

Barrow, James, Superintendent City Waterworks.

Brand, C. H., Judge of Superior Court W. C.

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Baker, W. A., Sales Manager Athens Rwy. and El&tric Co.

Cabaniss, Dr. W. H., Physician.

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Creekmore, R. A., Broker.

Crawford, E. J., Clark Superior Court.

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Cobb, A. J., Attorney-at-Law.

Carithers, J. Y., President Athens Rwy. and Electric Co.-

Campbell, Dr. J. P., Professor University of Georgia.

Callaway, R. Lee, Grocer.

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Carroll, E. W., Newspaper Man.

Capps, W. A., Watchmaker.

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Carter, R. E., Manager Athens Business College.

Childs, W. L., Fertilizer.

Cohen, Aaron, Clothier.

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Cox, C. D., Treasurer, Athens Rwy. and Electric Co.

Campbell, R. C., Commercial Agent Georgia Railroad.

Dorsey, E. H., Clothier.

Davis, H. J., Solr. Central of Georgia Railway.

Dean, D. A., Reporter Athens Daily Herald.

Edwards, L. F., President Mallison Braided Cord Co.

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Erwin, W. L., Attorney-at-Law.

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Fain, John R., Professor University of Georgia.

Fortson, B. E., Attorney-at-Law.

Fleming, Alien, Cotton Factor.

Platan, L. B., Automobile Repair Shop.

Flanigen, C. D., Vice President Athens Rwy. and Electric Co.

Fluker, L. F., Cigar Dealer.

Freeman, R. S., Insurance.

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Funkenstein, Louis, Shoe Dealer.

Gardner, W. J., Printer and Stationer.

Griffeth, W. G., Merchant.

Griggs, E. L., Professor University of Georgia.

Green, T. F., Professor of Law, University of Georgia.

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Gordon, H. H., Jr., Banker. Gredig, W. G., Editor Athens Daily Herald. Garrafa, A. V. T., Jeweler. Griffeth, A. E-, Merchant. Galloway, J. W., Pharmacist. Green, C. W., Grocer and Baker. Hart, L. C-, Professor University of Georgia. Hutchins, J. C., Bookkeeper. Hoke, J. Z., Commercial Agent S. A. L. Railroad. Hubert, Max M., Harness and Shoe Repairing. Hodgson, R. R-, Merchant. Haselton, D. P., Music Dealer. Holman, W. S., Owner and Manager Holman Building. Hodgson, Geo. T., Insurance. Harper, Upson, Eng. Sou. Mut. Bldg. Hodgson, J. M., Merchant. Johnson, P. S., Prop. Pool Room. Joel, Abe, Merchant. Jester, J. C., Banker. Jackson, Walter E., Sheriff. Johns, W. S., Banker. Jordan, A. A., Manager Athens Cycle Co. Jarnigan, M. P., Professor University of Georgia. Johnson, E. H., Clerk. Jackson, W. P., Bookkeeper. Lumpkin, E. K., Sr., Attorney-at-Law. Leathers, L. M., Tinner. Lipscomb. F. A., Insurance. Linton, H. H., Insurance.. Lamkin, E. E., Railroad Office^ LeMaster, Mr., Barber. Lesser. Milton A., Window Decorator. Levy, M. M., Gentlemen's Furnishings. Lawrence, H. P., Insurance. Lumpkin, E. K., Jr., Attorney-at-Law. Lavender, G. 0., Farmer. Mallory, H. M., Shoe Dealer. Mallory, W. A., Tax Receiver. Martin, W. C., Auditor. Moss, John D.. President R. L. Moss Mfg. Co. Moss, R. L., Manufacturer. Morton, James W., Farmer. Mell, T. S., Attorney-at-Law. Mell, J. D., Rev., Minister. Mell, G. A., Banker. Mell. E. B., Principle High School. Martin, H. E., Manufacturer. Morton, John White, Banker.Martin, Chas. E., Newspaper Man. Morris, J. L., Dealer in small Instruments, Sheet Music. Michael, Jerome, Attorney-at-Law. Michael, Max, Attorney-at-Law. Mealor. J. H., Tax Collector. Miller, D. F., Cotton Factor.

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McWhorter, EL, Attorney-at-iLaw. McLeod, R. N., Sou. Express Agent. McHatton, T. H., Professor University of Georgia. McDorman, C. 0., Clerk. McDorman, Geo. W., Chief Athens Fire Department. Nickerson, T. H., President Athens Hardware Co. Nix, H. Abit, Attorney-at-Law. Newton, C. H., Secretary Southern Mfg. Co. Odum, Howard W., Professor University of Georgia. O*Callaghan, M. P., Prop. Georgian Hotel. Park, R. E-, Professor University of Georgia. Pitner, W. C., Broker. Payne, W. O., Professor University of Georgia. Pendley, J. L., Optician. Phinizy, Billups, President and Treasurer Sou. Mut. Ins. Co. Pound, J. M., President State Normal School. Patat, H. P., Bookkeeper. Price, E. S., City Recorder. Potts, E. C., Clerk. Pearson, H. F., Music Teacher. Pittard, Jno. T., Banker and Farmer. Richardson, I. W., Cotton Factor. Rucker, J. H., Postmaster. Rowe, H. J., Editor Athens Banner. Rhodes, A., Manager State Normal School. Reed, T. W., Registrar University of Georgia. Ritchie, H. B., Dean State Normal School. Slack, S. L., Professor University of Georgia. Shelton, Win. A., Professor University of Georgia. Stewart, J. S., Professor University of Georgia. Stephenson, G. F., Banker. Stone, E. D. Press, Printers. Strahan, C. M., Professor University of Georgia. Strickland, J. J., Attorney-at-Law. Soule, A. M., President State College of Agriculture. Snellings, Chas. M., Dean University of Georgia Sledge, E. D., Manufacturer. Shackelford, F. C., Attorney-at-Law. Scudder, C. A., Jeweler. Stark, Homer, Real Estate. Steadman, W. B., Broker. Slaughter, N. G., Dentist.
Smith, J. Warren, Vice-Pres. Ga. Nat. Bank. Stewart, H. L., Contractor.
Strickland, Roy M., Attorney-at-Law. Stovall, Harvey, Manufacturer. Sisk, C. N., Physician. Snmmerlin, Dr. M. T., Dentist. Tribble, S. J., Congressman.
Tibbetts, Jno. F., Pres. Sou. Mfg. Co. Tack, B. F., Banker.
Tindall, W. R., Mgr. Singer Sewing Machine Co. Thrmnan, Geo. H., Farmer. Upson, S. C., Attorney-at-Law.

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Vaughn, J. B., Publisher. Wier, Joel A., Pres. Athens Eng. Co. Welch, John W., Cottoff Factor Woofter, T. J., Professor University of Georgia. Wilkins, J. J., President Georgia Nat. Bank. Wier, J. B., Mgr. Athens Oil Mill.
Wier, W. A., Clerk. Williams, H. E., Com. Agt. Sou. Railroad. Whitehead, A. H., Dealer in Shoes.