Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1919 — Columbus Can Well Accommodate All Who Attend Methodist Celebration, Officials Say [ARTICLE]

Columbus Can Well Accommodate All Who Attend Methodist Celebration, Officials Say

NO CROWD which has been proposed for the Methodist Centenary Celebration will swamp Columbus, according to Mayor George J. Kerb, whft has received some inquiries from distant points regarding the ability of the Capital City to take care of the hundreds of thousands of Methodists coming from all over the United States for the Centenary Celebration, June 20 to July 13. Mayor Karb says: ••Columbus has always bben equal to any situation. We are not going to fail the exposition crowds, no matter how many thousand there are. Tell them to come to Columbus town. We ase ready with open hearts and open doors. Columbus can do it.” James T. Daniels, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, says: “We can easily* and satisfactorily accommodate three hundred thousand visitors.” Organising Secretary H. B. Dickson says: “Three hundred thousand my minimum estimate of attendance. Confident Columbus can take care of twice that number."