The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-08
BRUNSWICK IS GLAD
PREPARING FOR ALABAMA PRESS
 ASSOCIATION.
City Wm Make it Gala 0ccssion-- Mayor and Committee on Arrange
 Menfs Already at Work,

That the members of the Alabama Press Association are going to have a happy time when they go to Bruns- wick. Ga. July 2e, 27 and 2s. Is assured by the activity on the part of special conmitties now at work in that city.
 The pleasure of the press party from this State include, according to present arrangernents., boat ride touching Frederick. St. Simon. the sea buoy, and. is possible, Jekyl. Mayor R. R. Hop kins is pushing the work of preparation in Brunswick and he has appointed several committees to look after the visitors from Alabama.
 Following is statement in The Brunswick Journal telling the signifi- canoe of the visit of the pencil push CTS to Georgia: The visit of the Ala bama Press Association and of the Georgia editors of the weekly press of the State, the latter upon the 18th of July. the former on the 24th and 18th of July to Brunswick, are events of deep significance.
 Primarily pleasure trip they will be made so to the extent of our ability.
 Editors, representatives of the press. the most potent educational progres- sive. aiwyas open eyed. always with brains receptive. always ready to paint word pictures of things of interest to the people they come to Brunswick at a time when there is much to note of deep permanent interest to all their readers.
 To such of them as have not visit ed Brunswick before a personal visit to the scenes of historic interest in this seacost section of Georgia, which Is the founder. the creator In a large sense of Greater Georgia, of that ern- pire which has broadened into vast area of so.000 square miles mother of this Georgia. of Alabama, of Mississip- pi. will lead to many thoughts of the debt the great states of the present owe to the original thirteen colonies which will and should find expression. B Yet looking back upon our past hia- tory. fuii of Inspiration gathered from the lives. the sacrifices of our ances. tors, the look backward is for the pur- pose of laying today, that precious time. ever changing. upon which we are ever building a better tomorrow. ever, building greater Georgia, a greater Alabama. q greater southland a greater nation.
 We are daily making history. people of the old world sometimes refer to us as the trader nation.
 In the sense that we are creators, developers, have surplus created by brains and energy for which we seek markets in every country of the world. have created . great foreign trade of more than thirty-three million dollars, with one eighteenth of the worlds population, about one seventh of all its foreign trade, we accept the title. gladly. proudly.
 That people rises highest, performs it's part most nobly in the creation of a better civilization which is the of all it's resources. in its transportation. in its internal and external commerce.
 Alabama with It's mountains of iron. coal, limestone all together will fix the price of iron and steel for the world.
 Great as Is the Birmingham district. it's output of coal, iron, steel is yet in it's infancy.
 panic conditions which were utterly unnecessary. and by wise legisiation might have been avoided.
 Alabama andGeorgia in the progress and growth of the next twenty years have great mission. The Birming- ham district all of Alabamas needs ani- pie outlet for the vast products 1t will create
 It is n splendid thing that the Ala. banna association are to come in a special train over the great new rail connection of the port of Brunswick with Alabama. They will find her an ample deep water outlet to the mark cts of the world for all the surplus age 0ricultural and manufacturing they can create. ample navigabie depth of chan. nel, ample improved water front for s all future development of commence.
 We refrain from describing 1t. Brunswick and all that word implies speaks for Itself. The painters with the pen shall see 1t and may be trusted to paint 1t in word pictures which shall vividly bring to the Knowledge of their millions of readers Paint its meaning In the panorama the moving pictures of q vast development.
 The visit of the Alabama writers should have it's complement soon In great excursion of eGorgians to Bir- rninghan, that we may see the won- ders of that wonder land.
 Brunswick cannot do too much in the way of giving information to our guests while here.
 c. P. Goodyear
 Chairman committee on entertain nent Alabama Press Association.
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