The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-10-01
CARMEN GIVEN
PLEASANT TIME
WHILE IN CITY
AUTOMOBILE RIDE AND A TRIP
- JEkyL rENDERED THE
VISITORS YESTERDAY
Decision as to size for Home ia
Be Reached at Meeting to Be Held
in Kansas City Brunswick win
Submit a Proposition.

The special building committee of
the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
Iof America, who are in the south
looking for site for the purpose of
building home for its superanuatsd
members and the orphans thereof,
spent most delightful day In the
city yesterday and were the recipi-
tents OF many social attentions at the
hands OF the people of the city,
Alb O'Clock in the morning the en-
tire party were driven over the city
| in automobiles and were shown the
many points OF interest The drive
icovered.the larger part of the fore
noon and all the guests enjoyed ii
thoroughly Mayor Hopkins, Actiiig
Mayor tlndwig. President A. 4. Wo5a
iof the board Of education ana others
accompanied The visitors about tbs
city. + They were shown tie iin,ll5t,st
terminals Of the A., B. e A., where
the steamer Ocmulgee and the Big
schooner Edith were loading and
through the courtesy OF the captain
boarded the Ocnnllgee and spent
very pleasant half hour.
AT 2 O'Clock, in charge Of "a commits
tee of business men, the party board
ed the steamer Ralph and visit was
made to Jekyl, where another honr
was spent and the guests were es-
eorted all over this luxuriant ome
ot mammon, Those who accompanied
the visitors to Jekyl were Acting
Mayor Ludwig, Judge A. J. Crovatt
q l., Stevens, e. c. Bruce, M. b. Nc
kinnon, Rabbi Loewenstein and q H.
Leayy. The trip was a most delight
ful one and If the weather man had
tried to turn the trick he could not
have succeeded in furnishing bet
ter afternoon for 1t. The entire party.
thoroughly delighted with Brunswick
and all Slat they saw during the day.
left last night for Atlanta. whence
they return to their homes all over
the United States.
The Question Of a Home.
With reference to the question of
a site It can be said that these peopIe
are net looking for any subscriptions
in the way OF cash What they want
IS a suitable site located in good
section Of the state and III farming
district so that the home to be erec-
ted can eventually be self SUSTAINING.
The entire committee were more than
pleased with Brunswick. Her water.
her climate and the ideal location Of
the cily on the coast all appealed very
largely 70 them, This special com.
mittee will in turn have to renort Is
an executive committee. but fhe find
ings Of this committee will practically
he conclusive Several sites are un-
der consideration, among them being
Blue Mound, Miss. Meynard Ark
Fitzgerald, Waycross ans> BrunswicIr
While Brunswick has not submitted 81
actual proposition to the committee
Il was stated 70 them yesterday tl,at
one would be made BY the cIfv II
ample time for consideration, as
decision will not be reached in sew
eral months yet.
Those who were in the partv ana
VINO spent the day Iii the civ wars.
-, %s,ftCfdhos UdSL ETdu0 CH1Gf
carmen. and his wife, Kansas CIV.
Mf and Mrs r. O. Elliott, Topeka
hans; Mr. and Mrs r. II. Knight
81. Louis: Mr. and Mrs. ]. E. Gates
trenton, Mo; Henry w Eannpslaiys
kenora Ontario Mrs. Ronsnlss iha
vile q the past grand chief carmen
+ president 81 the grand lodge .s,yai
2aaT q america whica IS an auxiliary
81 the carmen,s organization. under
whose auspices the fund for the home
IS being raised and che is perfectly
charmed with Brunswick and was
loud ~ her praises Of the many al
vantages Of the city.
me Brunswick people viii gef to-
gether in few days and make tie
committee proposition ID TIE mean
time Mayor Hopkins ana his comns
Tee deserves credit for the simple bnt
none the less PLEASANT program IL en-
fertainment arranged for thenl& yes
terday.