The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1906-11-17

meeting was cut and dried affair
the people of Brunswick. In one OF
the largdit ga herings in recent
years, met at the city hall on Oc
tober Sth and unanimously nominal
ed Col. G. p. Goodyear for mayor
and Messrs. Claude Dart. H. NJ
King, j. T. Lambright and ]. H
Leo for aldermen. At this same
meeting the people adopted a plat
form. the principal planks of which
were:
Progress and Prosperity.
Refusal to CONTINUE Longer the
Present Contract With the Mu.
tuaI Light and Water Com
pany.
The Municipal Ownership Of the
Light and Water Utilities
of This City.
Each candidate was required to
pledge himself to this platform and
each has done so and now stands
before the people OF Brunswick
pledged upon his honor, NOT TO
CONTINUE LONGER THE PRES.
ENT A5oNTRACT WITH THE
LIGHT N'AND WATER COMPANY.
to pur; hase the LIGHT AND WA
TER PLANT, and to push Bruins
wick" first. last and all the time.
The record of each of these candi
dates should be a sufficient guaran.
ty that. II elected, they will in good
faith carry out the pledges of this
platform.
On the other hand the candidate
of the opposition for mayor, w. F
Symons, has yet to tell the people OF
Brunswick what he stands for anC
what may be expected Of him anc
his aldcrmanic board. If the Teins o.
government are lAaced in their
hands.
His refusal to accept the fair and
honest proposition OF Col. G. P
Goodyear to meet him in joint de
hate, before his own mass meeting
and there fully and freely to dis.uss
the Issues of the campaign was q
direct admission of his weakness
opd thu uoal-1oes 70 bia ,10.ftIor,
Had he felt that his cause was the
hest he would certainly have accept
ed the proposition TO meet the very
people before whom he stands fol
public Office and to have told them
for what he stands.
Let's for a moment compare the
two candidates for mayor:
C. p. GOODYEAR.
The candidate of the mass meeting.
The one for &c years an aggres
sive worker for Brunswick, ready at
all times TO give his time, and spen
his money for Brunswick and Bruins
wicks betterment, and who In these
years Of effort has succeeded In
bringing to Brunswick something
tangible, notably giving Brunswick
connection with the oItside world
by the extension OF the Macon and
Brunswick road (now the SouthernJ
from Macon to Rome; the removing
Of the stigma Of reputation from
the city Of Brunswick sby the bond
compromise, which preserved the
credit Of the city and enabled 1t to
prosper in 1880 to 1890, (the most
prosperous era In the history OF
Brunswick); single handed and
alone deepening the outer bar OF
Brunswick from IS feet, channel
depths, to 25 IL feet, channel
d"i, hs, which makes Brunswick's
present prosperity possible and her
future assured, without which the
A, b. and A. would never have CONS
here; called on by DR.. d. D. Atkin
son, the then mayor Of Brunswick
and under whose administration the
first spike was driven; he made the
opening address at the ceremonies
Of driving the nrst spike, and which
was the launching Of this great on
ter;rise. Following this up he tool
Up the idea of trade with the wesr
Indies, devoted years of study tc
1t, visited New York, Atlanta. Ma
con aud other cities In the interes
Of this movement, sought to induc'
our own people to take hold of 4
and when they did not do so took 1
up with President H. N. Atkinson
Of the l.. q. and 4. railway, wit
GEaosaess ts1t 40 CceL ooeAysag
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