The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-05-31
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DR.. WHY'S ReSnd
ON a Qv ,ot %,,t
Intesest
tits Net Just Says the Pastor to Use
the Parks and Squares Of
the City for Other
Purposes.
(By WHY'S Rede. D. nA

Amongst the many advantages of
brunswick tRsie is one. which ought
by all means be priced by all our cit
lzens and scrupuously preserved. This
IS the beautiful plan upon which our
elty is laid out with its ample pro.
VISION for a system of public parks
$50 far as | am aware that there is
no city in Georgia, with the possible
exception of Savannah, which can
boast OF such abundant provision ~
the health and recreation ofA
|iagns wnstnan in pu public ."s ,I,ea.e, pleasure
oglethorpe or to some later be. N
tor, we are deeply indebted to some-
one. Many of our older cities wo1ld
think themselves most fortunate If
they could secure such system of
parks as we have, but for them such
blessings are impossible set this late
day Their weary toilers and suffer
.ers are huddled into pestilential ten
ements, witt "a foot of ground unon
which they can take healthful exercise
and with never breath of fresh air
to cool theirfevered frames To them
The open spaces which beautify our
city and which aresthe property e6'
Ach and poor alike would seem lillA
1 sradise An hour sbenza in tneiSS
-=sfS4tsepa snade and airy freedom every
day would save many life which
now is sacrificed through unhealthy
surroundings Our prosperous sister
city, Atlanta, has no such breathing
spaces within her limits A brief ac-
quaintance with the life of Savannah
will satisfy anyone how largely her
beautiful parks, scattered through
out the heart of the city, contribute
to the enjoyment and health of her
people. 1t is quite certain that her
intelligent and public spirited citizens
would be very slow to part with any
Of the privileges which they so great
ly enjoy.
We are quite as we'll off as they arc,
except that our parks are not as high
ly improved. We ought to prize the
and use them as highly as they do.
And We shall do so as time goes on.
The time will come when every inch
of these public pleasure grounds will
De jcalously guarded and fully en-
Joyed Until then we ought to hold
jhCse breathing spots as public
trust, which are solemnly bound to
maintain unimpaircd and to hand
down to those who come after us. The
happiness, the comfort, the health,
the very life of thousands of people
yet unborn depend upon the preserva-
tion OF these blessings of fresh air
and outdoor exercise which our fore
fathers have bequathed TO them We
ought to think well before we take
any step which would infringe upon
take care of themselves, but the poor
we shall have always with as, and
we ought to care very tenderly and
scrupulously for their interests. The
time is apparently near at hand when
this will be great manufacturing
city, with thousands OF hard working
men and women needing exactly the
opportunities of out door life which
our parks provide. plead for them
and beg the people Of Brunswick to
preserve FOR thcm the splendid pro-
vision which the fathers have made
[, for one, take this ground, that no
public improvement (Eowever desira-
blo) should be permitted to encroach
upon the sacred rights OF the poor,
the sick and the young as existing
in the possession of these breathing
spots which belong to them.