The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-02-23
BOOSTING FOR
THE W|REGRASS
mr.. LEAHY TALKS INTERESTING.
w OF A. q. g. A's SPLEN-
DID WORK.
Book Will BE Published Shortly Teli-
ing of Fine Farming Country In
This Sectien--WiH BE Distributed
In Middle West.


eral Passenger Agent of the A. B. &
A. railroad was among tae visitors
to the city yesterday, having run
down from Atlanta on number of
business matters. Mr.. Leahy is very
busy these days along industrial lines
and is giving a great portion of his
time to the work of developing the
wire grass section of the country
through which his line traverses. His
company is soon to publish a very
handsome descriptive work on the ad-
vantages of Georgia, which is to be
placed before the eyes of the thrifty
farmers and others of the great mid
die west, who are ever turning their
attention to homes in the south.
Speaking of the book, etc., Mr.. Leahy
yesterday said:
"It is not to be understood that this
book is intended to deal exclusively
with Wiregrass Georgia, but it was
in the Wiregrass section that the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic or
iginated, and stretched forth its rails
to the red hills of North Georgia, and
the agricultural and mineral districts
of productive Alabama. The line is
now in operation from Brunswick,
Waycross and Thomasville to Atlanta
and Birmingham, and the promoters
of this natural wealth, have spared no
pains nor expense in constructing a
modern and excellently equipped rail
road.
In this publication is presented some
of the press comments upon Georgia
as an agricultural section, health and
pleasure resort country and manufac-
turing district.
One of the marvel~ of Georgia's ag-
ricultural characteristics is the diver
sity of crops that can be produced.
The Atlanta, Birmingham and Allan
tic Railroad has been following a
campaign of publicity of the great ad-
yantages to be enjoyed in the terri
tory traversed by its lines, and the re-
suits have been eminently successful,
hundreds OF inquiries have reached
us, and are increasing in number,
daily.
In the face of the fact that the eff
forts of the transportation lines and
land owners of the Southeast have
been feeble, as compared with those
of the West, there has been, while not
a large, a steady flow of settlers into
the South; for example, counties in
the State of Georgia, that had approx
imately, 1000 inhabitants twenty years
ago. can now boast of between 10000
and $4,000 people.
The publication of comprehensive
and reliable facts, drawn from peo'
pie who have either lived in our ter
ritory a long time, or have been To-
Gated for a sufficient length of time
to demonstrate what can be accom-
plished. we find, through the proper
advertising mediums, attracts the at
tention of home seekers, manufactar'
ers and others who desire to be in
formed, giving evidence of the general
interest in this section of the Union
It is notable fact that Georgia
cotton crop, regardless of the general
shortage throughout the South, during
the past season, has very nearly, II
NOT held it's own in quantity, and as
a result of the high prices Georgia
farmers are enjoying an era OF pros
perity, which has not existed for
number of years..