Friday, 5th December 1913: Oglethorpe Fund Growing Rapidly, The Atlanta Constitution

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Minimum of $50, 000

Is Set For Luncheon at Noon on Saturday

Size of Committees to Be Increased.

SOME OGLETHORPE FACTS.

Oglethorpe canvassing committees reported $5,741 more raised Thursday.

The total for the four days'

Campaign so far is $41,786.50.

The average subscription to date, including all of the Atlanta subscribers, is $300.

The committees have set $50,000 as the minimum aggregate of the fund to be reported by Saturday.

A minimum of $50,000 is the figure set by the canvassing committees for the Oglethorpe university at the Saturday noon luncheon.

This minimum does not include any large subscriptions, but just the ordinary average run of every-day canvassing; if any large ones are announced, and there are several brewing, it will add just that much to the list.

What the committees are seeking to do now is to give everybody in Atlanta a chance to be represented in this big movement for the city's good.

One committeeman Thursday brought in a subscription of $1 in cash; another, with the Atlanta Ad men's committee, brought one from Mrs. F. C. Austell for $500.

Mrs. Austell, who is one of Atlanta's best known and most charming ladies remarked that she remembered old Oglethorpe university well, and had often been upon its campus.

"I am glad," she said, "to be able to give you a subscription to help refound it."

One committeeman, O. T. Camp, said he had to be out of town for the day, but he had determined not to come in without something, so he canvassed the passengers on the incoming train and secured subscriptions of $110.

His statement was warmly applauded.

To Increase Size of Committees.

Plans are being made to increase the size of the committees and also to have at the luncheons at the Piedmont every day to speak briefly to the committeemen some distinguished Atlantan who is interested in the work.

Canvassing of the city office buildings is now in progress with the hope that everyone in them who can possibly do so will subscribe something, no matter how small the amount they may feel able to give.

Bigger things than universities have been built with small subscriptions, and these are what will make Oglethorpe a certainty for Atlanta.

Chairman Ivan E. Allen, of the campaign committee, stated that up to date less than 1,000 persons have subscribed to the Oglethorpe fund, and there are still 199,000 more Atlantans to be seen.

The surface as yet has scarcely been scratched, and more than $40, 000 has been raised in addition to the numerous $1,000 subscriptions given by Atlantans before the present campaign was started.

Thursday's Subscriptions.

The subscriptions reported at Thursday's noonday meeting were as follows:

C. D. Montgomery's Committee

W. A. Foster & Raymond Robson, $50.

Joel Hunter's Committee

James R. Harper, $25;

Louis Asher, $25;

Mrs. S. J. Gardner, $1;

Miss A. M. Gallagher, $4;

P. H. Miller, $5, Total $60.

A. W. Farlinger's Committee Aubrey Milam, $10;

Roger Alex, Dewar, $100.

Total $110.

Harris White's Committee Hill R. Huffman, $25;

W. H. White, Jr., $50;

E. J. Pope, $25;

W. L. Newborn, $25;

Howell C. Erwin, $25;

Park-Chambers-Hardwick Co., $250;

J. K. Jordan, $10.

Total $410.

Dr. William Owens Committee Hotel Equipment company, $100;

N. P. Cooledge, $50;

F. J. Cooledge & Sons, $200;

Francis E. Brownell, $25;

Dr. P. E. Murray, $10;

Henry Hillyer, $100.

Total $485.

John A. Brice's Committee

Cliff C. Hatcher, $100;

B. F. Bennett, Jr., $50;

Troy Steam Laundry, $50;

F. P. Kern, $25;

A. E. Harless, $25;

J. L. Edwards, $25;

Malvern Hill, $25;

Smith, Thornton, Winn & Co., $25;

W. H. Fogg, $1 cash.

Total $526.

Charles P. Glover's Committee T. M. Wilson, $10;

R. N. Mc Millan, $10;

J. A. Watson, Jr., $10;

John B. Horne, $10;

W. A. James, $25;

J. B. Wood, $25; Stratton Hard, $25;

W. W. Long, $25;

George A. Richards, $30;

George R. Stockton, $50;

C. R. Morris, $50;

W. E. Carter Electric Co., $50;

John L. Moore & Sons, $100;

O. E. & M. C. Horton, $100.

Total $585.

Dr. Cheston King's Committee

Arthur Heyman, $100;

John Y. Smith, $50; Smith & Higgins, $50; M. Herzberg, $25; L. F. Mc Clelland, $25;

Greenberg & Bond Co., $100;

E. D. Thomas, $25;

L. Z. Rosser, Jr., $25;

Dr. Joseph Jacobs, $200.

Total $600.

Central Committee Atlanta Dental College, $100; Mrs. T. J. Johnson, $20; Mutual Publishing Co., $20;

Herman Gagliardi, $40;

W. T. Ashford, $500.

Total $680.

Ad Men's Committee Mrs. F. C. Austell, $500;

Dixie Seal and Stamp Co., $10; Irwin A. Burdette, $50;

Thomas Egleston, $100; T. G. Woolford, $25.

Total $685.

L. P. Bottenfield's Committee W. M. Mc Kenzie, George M. Mc Kenzie, B. F. Burdett and E. L. Vernoy together, $1,500; Randolph B. Ralley, $25; John G. Paseo, $25.

Total $1,550.