The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-02-26
BUSINESS men
ARE BEHIND MOVE
NEED OF SUCH A BODY IN THIS
CITY is REALIZED TO FULL
EXTENT.
Secretary Greer, of the Greater Geor-
sa Association, Views the Local
Situation and Says Live CONNER
eiai Body Is Badly Needed.

Brunswick needs and Brunswick is
going to have at very early date
a live, enthusiastic, hard-working
chamber of commerce.!
While the matter has not as yet as
sumed any definite shape, it has been
discussed among a number of lead
ing business men, who fully realize
the Importance and need of such an
organization and who have announced
that they intend to join in the move
ment for such an organization.
1t las been suggested that the one
aor two commercial bodies which now
exist in this city consolidate into one
large fody, but it seems impossible
10 carry out this plan, and the idea
now is to organize a chamber of
commerce, with well-paid secretary
whose sole duty it shall be to adver-
tise Brunswick, to keep his eye open
for new industries and to work for
the city generally
A preliminary meeting will be held
probably within the next few weeks
at which the question will tie fully dis
icussed and something definite will
be decided upon.
Secretary Greer Talks.
Mr.. John W. Greer, editor of the
Wiregrass Country Magazine, and
secretary of the Greater Georgia as
sociation, attended, the drainage con-
'gress and remained over yesterday to
shake hands with his many friends
In talking about the work of the con-
gress to friends yesterday he made
some observations which are especial
ly appropos to Brunswick and Glynn
county. Mr.. Greer knows Brunswick
as well as the best of US, having spent
reality has deep rooted affection
for this city. Hence he speaks, as it
were. ex cathedra. In respect to the
drainage problem he said:
Drainage is very necessary to~this
section of the state as we'll as to
southwest Georgia. 1t will not only
improve health conditions, but it will
make available for agriculture the
very best lands of the state-the allu-
vial deposits, the rich loans that
have washed down from the noun
tains since the rivers began to run.
But drainage will not be of any great
value in ITSELF. Unless the lands are
put into cultivation after they are
drained and made the home of thou
sands of trained farmers, the drain
age will have been in vain. Chatham
county spent 100000 on her drain
age and year ago had only eight
white farmers.
. ''And Just here / desire to empha-
size the fact which l urged in Sa-
vannah-that it is not necessary to
wait for drainage to commence the
settlement of the lands. Glynn coun-
ty has thousands of rich acres which
90 not need drainage, They are al
ready high and dry, fertile and ready
to produce hundreds of thousands of
dollars for the county if they only
may be settled with people. People,
are what we need. We must
go after people and bring them here
and put them to farming our rich
lands. There are hundreds of thou
sands out yonder in the west, in the
east, in north Georgia, North and
South Carolina, in Virginia and Ten.
nessee who want to come, if they
only had somebody to tell them that
there is nice piece of land in Glynn
county waiting for them at reason
able price.
"And tat brings me to say that
Brunswick and Glynn county needs
more than almost anything just now
an up-to-date chamber of commerce.
know that some of your people will
smile and say the idea has been tried
out and failed here. but desire to
say that within my knowledge, Bruins
wick never has had a modern cham
ber Of commerce. She has organized
the old-time board Of trade time and
again. but that was nothing more
than a squirt of enthusiasm breaking
out of a community. Every communi-
ty in the state has done the same
thing over and over, and Brunswick
has nothing to be ashamed of that
ali her efforts along that line have
failed. They have failed everywhere
else and will keep on falling as Ions