The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-11-14
GETTING DOWN
TO THE POINT
JUNGLE JOHN" WRITES STRONG
LETTER IN THE INTEREST
OF BRUNSWICK,
Editor News:

Editor News:
1t was a philosopher who said:
Send out one boost and one knock
and see the good of the boost" That's
a clever saying, all right. 1t was
Henry Grady who said if it were not
for facts what a world of nice things
he could write.
Once upon a time while angling 2
wise old fisherman told me to keen
quiet and boost the bait if | wanted
to catch any fish. | did and hooked
a string of minnows, while fellow
down stream baited with dynamite and
filled his wagon with good ones. If
you are charging nothing for your
time philosophy is a good thing to
soothe one to sleep.
Brunswick has been boosted
whole heap; but Harry Atkinson used
the forces of dynamite while we
fished with philosophy.
Recently a friend of mine who had
picked up a nice little pile in trade
got city notions in his head and want
ed to enlarge his business. He wrote
me letter that he wanted to make
change, and had seen so much in
the papers about Brunswick that he
wanted nae to candidly tell him what
tain line of goods here. This touched
me closely Should | be most loyal
to my friend or my town? If he made
mistake | didn't want to be respon-
sible. His coming would be a good
thing. He would employ a force of
help and he would probably buy
horne.
Thinks | what would the Retail Mer-
chants association advise; but would
that be fair? The grocerymen might
see an opening for a dry goods man,
and the dry goods fellows might see
a chance for new grocery store The
pawnbroker might welcome another
butcher and the butcher would think
there was better opening for a shoe
store, and so the soap maker thought
of the candlestick- maker. Even the
near beers" thought there were
plenty of them. Well, what would
you have done about it?
Boosting is yulgarism of boasting,
and fiippancy never yet has built a
town. You can't make a city on the
bargain sale plan.
The theory of advertising is to make
known to people something that they
want. There is not a thing in Bruins
wick from the Southern railroad to
the prawn fisher that wants a compe-
titor.
Brunswick has room to grow, but it
needs fertilizing There is not a more
favorable site ON the south Atlantic
for a great city Providence did the
landscaping for the immensely of her
opportunities, but left the scheme for
mans prowess.
We want a million dollar develop
ment and trust company and an archi-
tect to shape the symmetrical ends
that fashion and sustain city. We
want $4,000 population to blaze the
way for 100000 We want to warm
the Yankee blood in our veins and
put it to throbbing and thrilling in
the things around us till people shall
talk of the way they do things in
| Brunswick and wonder at the miracle
of her awakening That's the way 70
boost. Let others sing our praise. and
the people who are looking for some
| thing better will follow the trail to
brunswick, and we will all be busy
enough now to fry to catch Thorn If
they have leaning to our particular
lines.
There are twenty men in Brunswick
who can put the ball in motion. There.
are three bank presidents who can
get that twenty together. There are
a hundred others who could assure its
successful completion of organization
There is not man or boy in all
brunswick who is worth the name, or
property-holder that cannot be raj
lied to the enterprise.
Gentlemen, why should we lineer2.
We've got to do it. It's test of
Brunswick loyalty. It's a challenge to-
Brunswick capacity. 1t is a measur-
ing of our allegiance to the trust that
God has given us to do with Nowi
Nowi Now Let us get at it.
Uncle John.