The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1910-05-08
BOUQUETS AND
tRICKBATS.
BY mo

During the coming season at tle
resorts it is to be hoped that the
managers of the boat lines will at
least give the visitors time enought
in Brunswick to wave a handkerchief
at friend get shoe shine CT some
thing Of tae sort. 1t is a well known
fact taat local people contribute large
ly to the support of St. Simon, in fact
it could not be the success it is with
out Brunswick's help and it is nothing
but right that the summer visitors
Should be allowed to remain here
long enough to get a meal, do a lit
tie shopping, etc. This would cause
no inconvenience either to the boat
lines or the passengers and would
leave a little money with the mer-
hants here, who, by the way, are the
most patriotic and liberal set in the
A-Intry. Then again it would not
he robbing Peter to pay Paul. On the
other nand it would bring money here
that has never reached us in the past
All of the visitors come from inland
towns and cities and it is a fact that
their home merchants do not make a
specially Of handling seashore mer-
chandise-it would not pay them to
do it-but our merchants do, and if the
visitors had the opportunity they
would buy here. Give this matter
little thought and you will see that |
am right about ii.
Everybody is proud of the fire de-
partment and everybody has a perfect
right to be. l don't believe that there
is a department of it's size in the Unit
ed States half so good. Chief Taylor
is on the job and on it good and
strong. Yesterday morning in a lit
tie less than minute after the bell
struck the first time the entire bunch
had passed the corner of Gloucester
them last they were running 'em
some A visitor, member OF the
Hoo HoOs, who was attending the con-
vention here last week, was in CONVEX
sation with me when the fire on the
Atlantic Coast Line dock started and
the quick response of the department
amazed him. Said it did not look
possible, thought the horses were kept
hitched up all the time, but in this he
was mistaken-they got to the fire
and saved thousands of dollars worth
of property.
Get the idea out OF your head that
a public Office is a private snap or
sooner or later the people will get you
out of your job. l know public offic |
their time day to their work but in
the meantime they are prompt when
pay time comes and always walk up
to the pay place with the ease and
grace of fawn. Right here we are
paying out unnecessary money every
day in the year and for no reason ex-
cept to give somebody job. There
is nothing to tive cant afford it and
If those who hold these jobs want a :
pension let them enlist with Uncle
Sam and get hurt. Old Uncle will pay
you for any little trouble. A broken
arm, finger or leg, imagine your eyes
went back on you while in the ser
vice, do anything like that and he
will pay you for it, and pay you well.
and he is able to. He is paying thou
sands now who never even had a gun
and are in perfect physical condition,
and what he has done for others he
will do for you even if you are from
here. Uncle Sam has thousands of
pension agents who make the pension
business their business and he can af
ford it but Brunswick can't. That's
sure thing.
l want to compliment all of the
candidates in the primary of Thursday
1t was one of the cleanest | ever saw
and if there was any hard feelings it
was between the friends of the candi
dates and not the candidates them |
selves.
This is the proper way to have our
little political differences and I hope
the future elections will be as clean |
and as gentlemanly as this one. There |
is not a bit of use in fighting, pulling |
and hauling and the like. 1t does
no good whatever on the other hand
a great deal of harm. Hereafter lets /,
continue to be good in our little cleo