The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1907-01-27
The New Encyclopedia Gets
a Roast From One Of
The Victims"
Is DESIGNATED AS A FAKE
Giaring Inaccuracies IN the Work
Which Was Hesaided as
Complete History of the
State

Editor News: The much vaunted
and long looked for enclo.
pe3ia history Of Georgia by
Allen G Gambler and Clement A. Ev-
ans. is now being delivered. To
those subscribeB who were expecting.
as they had a right to do. a complete
and concise history Of our great
state. the work is a severe jolt AS a
history It is incomplete. inaccurate
and fun of mis5tatements and errors.
TO try and enumerate all Of thAsel
would require a great space In Che
referc cuce TO Brunswick there is no
mention Of the fact that she has con
luection with the Atlantic Coast Line.
and the A.. B & A. and the Southern
Ire put down as Brunswick railroads
It also states that lumber andfcotton
ue the principal exports. with no
mention whatever Of naval stores.
The entire space to brunswick, Savan
nah and DarieA, the three principal
colonial cities of Georgia, does no,
amount to the same space as that
given to the city Of Atlanta alone.
Those familiar with the history OF
the Revolution win be surprised
learn that the battle OF Savannah,
which PULASKI lost his life. was
fought on October 10. 1899, while as
matter Of fact IL should have been
fought October 8. 1879 Vol @ page
&c.
Naval stores operators will be sur
prised to learn that box" is a chan
Iner cut in the pine tree u inches wide
z inches deep and feet long, and
tnat when it is cut the gum begins
to run in, and is then ready for dip
ping. After the tree has been work
ed for three years, ii is then cut down
and sawed up for lumbr It then
lGoes on to lump the profits Of the
BUSINESS, which the reader is told
amounts to $4 per acre for the three
Years the timber is being worked
The whole history is fun of biograph-
ical sketches of Georgians, most of
whom are unheard Of and unknown,
except IN their immediate vicinity.
The biographical sketches of Hill,
Stephens. Norwood, Toombs and 9th
er really great men of our state are
dismissed with few lines while Mr
Sol Green, Of gquedunck, Coon Bot
tom Township, who mas risen success
lively from plow boy to freight brake
man, conductor and retail grocer, oc-
cupies page and half or more.
The binding IS cheap imitation NOR
occo and cloth about the same you
would Gnd on a dollar ledger bought
in any book store.
The public viii be greatly surpris-
ed to learn that JOHN Wesley preach
ed his first sermon In Andrew Han
ley's paint store on Whitaker street,
Savannah. Considering the fact that
Wesley died more than century and
q nalf ago, and Andrew Hanley was
not horn longer than three-quarters
Of a century ago, and did not occupy
hts present paint store there until
1888, it will have to be left to the
How old is Ann theorists to solve
how this was done.
The solicitor &as-aa.uSRb subscipt.
ions for this work nearly two years
ago. stated that two volumes of the
work would be devoted to historical
events Of Georgia. and that they had
sent men TO England and Spain, who
nad discovered many priceless docu.
Inents bearing on the colonial days OF
the country. which would be pNblish.
cd Tor the first time and which would
throw much light on the long forgot.
ten events and bring out others, the
existence Of which we're not even
known.
The whole thing is a fake Of the
first water, and that such nen as
cand!eg ana Evans would lend their
ssnaes 70 such . Dalpabls 6eeertles
Is seyeaA no ss2AsSsAsaStea sfAsNSs