The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-19
The Brunswick Board of Trade.

The annual meeting Of the Bruins
wick Board OF Trade is to occur at the
city hall this, evening and we hope the
mere announcement will serve to
bring TO the meeting a large percent
ago Of the membership There is
nothing more vital to every live city
these days, than a real live. well-ofsi-
cered, wel,-managed progressive com
meIeial organization and 81 is impOs-
sibIe for such an organization 10 do
good, efficient work, unless the inter
est in it is general and is not con-
tined 10 the few. There should be a
unity OF purpose general concert Of
action in all Of the membership Of
the Board of Trade and in this con
nection we are reproducing from the
esteemed Macon News, the following
from its issue of yesterday and which
is as applicable to Brunswickas it is
TO Macon Read it for it il worth the
time
"A study into the history OF success
full business. into successful cities and
commercial organizations, invariably
tells a story of men and Of citizen
ship with strong initiative, a high class
of citizenship, men who nave concen-
trated their efforts TO make their own
business, or their commercial organi-
cation, or their city, superior to that
OF its competitors.
Close scrutiny Of these things must
convince the ordinary mind that it Is
not to any great extent a matter Of
tremendous opportunities, resources
in raw materials or distinct advant-
ages that make a city, but the story
Of men who do things.
On every hand We find many large
civic centers far removed from the
carths deposits of coal oil, gas, but
which BY the exercise of strong mi
tiative, the concentrated effort of sys-
tematic organization AN dthe importa-
lion Of raw materials OF other com
munites, have built up no end of man
ufpcturing and mercantile interests.
Careful observation will also show
that back of every successful city
there was tremendous force OF con
centration and systematic organized
effort put to work and made to pay
the diSidends Of trade and commerce.
.nAe History of every city is the history
OF men who stand together and make
an organized effort through a live. Wig
otous, centralized organization.
Macon has such a commercial or
ganzatiun and IL has been alive to the
best interests of The city and the com
munity. This organization has watch
ed and aided in the development of an
industry that is greater than mining
or boring for oil 1t has watched the
soil yield under the Cc3Ning hand a
wealth the possibilities of which are
not nearly exhausted as yet.
but now the chamber of commerce
Of Macon is seeking 10 get closer TO
the men who have made the city in
order TO help them make 1t a greater
city, adding manufacturing enterpris-
es and all manner of commercial en-
deavor &c what is here already We
know that in its efforts the chamber
win be entirely successful and that
| through its achievements Macon will
become a still better city in which to
| dwell.
II is not evidence of civic awaken
ing for Macon is already wide awake
but of progressivcness and deterni-
nation to accomplish greater things,
/ that stamps the campaign of the
chamber of commerce to secure addi-
tional members and more effectively
organize It is campaign which
should appeal 10 every live, hustling
patriotic citizen of Macon"
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A Pathetic Incident.