The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-08-13
GREAT SUCCESS
Of THE MEETING
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Many City Officials at
Gathering of League of
municipalities
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Hon. Bridges Smith, Mayor of Macon,
also Made an Excellent Address
and it Was Received With
Enthusiasm.

Macon Aug. 12-The ANIMAL con-
vention Of the League of Georgia Nun
icipaities, which begun here today, Is
one of the best attended gatherings
Of the kind ever held in this section
Of the country.
City officials Of the leading muni-
cipalities OF the state were assembled
at 10 O'Clock this morning when the
Gathering was formally opened with
an address Of welcome by Minter VIM
herly, city attorney of Macon, to
which response was made by Mayor
James r. Atwater. of Thomston The
annual address of the president, May
or Bridges Smith, of Macon and the
report of the secretary, bfasol David
j. Bailey. of Griffin, followed
One of the subjects discussed dur
ing the day was the Importance OF
municipal courts in preventing crime,
the abuses of pauper transportation
municipal ownership, light and water
rates, taxation and sewers and sani-
ItatiOn
The feature of the meeting was the
very able address Of Hon. Edwin
Brobston of Brunswick. on the sub.
ject Why Capital should be En-
o., Na
Brobston is at all times an eloquent
speaker. but today he was in his hap
piest mood and made very strong
speech which has been favorably
commented on by all Of the delegates
to the convention.
The fun text of Mr. Brobston's
speech is as follows:
! assume there are not many to de-
ny that Georgia needs more capital,
That it is especially needed to develop
her mines, to build her factories TO
develop her power, to improve the
beauty Of her landscape, and to util-
ize the fertility Of her soil. That vast
additional capital can be used profit
ably along these lines, take it there
are none here to dispute.
That we have sufficient natural le-
sources III our soil to support many
times our pOpulat ion, is quite evident,
oven to those who have given he mat
ter but Slight consideration. That
.GeOrgia'S post ion as base for collect
ing raw material from our own or
other nations is only equaled by her
advantage as distributing point from
which to supply the world with a lin
ished product, are matters upon which
we might dwell far beyond the limits
of an address of this character.
These are matters perhaps familia +
to most GeOrgians, yet but little
known to the outside, for while we
know that Georgia's ports are hun'
drods Of miles nearer to he great West
than are New Englan's ports; that it
is many Of miles nearer from Mae
con to Kansas City than it is from
New York, OF even Pttsburg TO Kan
SaS City, there are millions OF people
who do not know these things; and
there are probably millions OF people
In oW own country who could not
name a Georgia seaport, or if asked
about Macon the central city Of Geor-
gia, would not know if was meant
some place in Europe, Asia or South
America. Why even the EncyclO-
pudia Brit anica says That Macon is on
he ChattdhOOchee.
That Brunswick or Savannah are near
er to Porto Rico than is Tampa. that
Georgia ports are more natural for ex.
port Of the great commerce which ia
fast developing with the deyelopment
and growth Of South Africa, as we'll AZ
South American countries. NAV all ha
well enough known to those who make
d study of just such situations, but
how little known TO the general public,
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