The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-04-17
MUST CULTIVATE OUR LANDS.


From every interested source comes
the one injunction 20 the people Of
Brunswick-tin the soil, froca the
fertile lands of Glynn count to Weld
its treasures, which would make her
one Of the most independent in the
states. Recently the soil of The col!n-
ty has been subjected to a rigid n
spection by the agri2 Iltural depart
ment Of the United States gwen
ment and it now bea s the mark Of
approval OF that very high authority.
The lands can he made TO produce al
most anything, j, We 81 after the j-b
in the right manner. Our farmers.
stimulated and encouraged have plan
ted something, like five hundred acres
Of cotton within the last thirty davs
and we are now giving the celery in
dustry q try-ouJ.
The latest advice to the people oe
this community comes from The Wire
grass Country, which is edited bv
John w. Greer, an old Brlnswickian
who still believes in and loves her
And this is the message the VIE
grass country brings o us:
Brunswick has had vision and the
new light is waking 10 that beautiful
Old town. Recently the Retail MGR
chants Association, the young blooc
OF the city, had communication
from two splendid citizens of GlyHn
county urging the ASSOCIATION 20 offer
inducements fer cotton raising in the
county. In the early history o. Gecr-
eia, nearly all the cotton raised in the
state was produced in the coast com
ties. Indeed that was the principal
agricultural section of the state anil
the Carolinians and Virginiane set
teld up Southwest ana Middle Georgia
DuI iUl ulOIe tldlI II nan c'ui III
there has been practically nothing
raised in the coast counties except
rice. and during the Last twenty years
| the pre- duction of this staple ha, grad.
ually dwindled to 4 small acrea ge
Brunswick herself has relied on ner
! maritime business for support and
Darien won a meag9r income frOT
timber floated down he AltamaDa
While ST. Marys has barely elk, q on
a living from almost nothing for as tie
timeber products of tn interio grow
less and the shipping became mod.
ernized, the profits to he ports mater
tally decreased. BruuSwicks tonnage
over her docks is greater than 1t ha'
ever been and it is rapidly increasing
but modern ships and machinery co.
loading has reduced the profit t.
Brunswick a mere bagatelle of VIVA; {
was in the old days of the sai'ins
vessel. And so Brunswicks visor
was about her early 1ays-Sea Islan'
cotton and sugar plantations aR6
when it was suggested that she offer {
reward for an acre OF cotton qrh 2
bale OF the white staple produced Oh
her soil. she awoke with a start. and
lit is simply refreshing % observe that
fine old city moving around before
breakfast, getting new ground cleared
land the stumps cut of cotton rows. If
| Brunswick (Which is virtually Ilynn
( county, will put her S.evedores and
| their helpers in the cotton fields. offer
ing them half of what they make ard
then import some new farmers from
the up-country. employing a man fam
liar with her soil to Superintend the
clearing and culture of her Ian Is. we
predict that five years will nos pass
/ before Brunswick will nearly double
her population and have business 70
support her increase.