The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1916-01-22
ACCEPTS PLACE
WITH THE STATE
ORGANIZATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT A
MEETING YESTERDAY Ac-
cEPTED RESIGNATION.
COULD NOT MEET DEMANDS
Mr.. WeatherIy Has Been Secre-
tary of Local Board of Trade
Since Its Reorg lnization, and
Has Made a Fine Record.
COULD NOT MEET DEMANDS

After serving the Brur wick Board
of Trade faithfully and successfully
for three and a half yea.s as secre-
tary ]. G. Weatherly sewers his con
nection with that organizati> Il on Feb
ruary 1St to enter a broade. field of
work in connection with the Georgia
chamber of commerce as fie | mana
ger of that ASSOCIATION, the lCtt r work
- and the remuneration being I-4re at
tractive than the inducements that
were held out by the Brunswick oard
of Trade. though the local bod was
disposed to meet, if possible, any B"op-
osition within it's power
Mr.. Weatherly's work with the state
chamber will include the refinancing
of that organization, the expansion Of
its activities and broadening of its
purposes commensurate with the dig
nifty and wealth of Georgia.
1t is planned to create an income of
fifty thousand dollars a year for the
Georgia chamber of commerce. This
fund will be expended in advertising
the resources of the state, in main
tanning a bureau of immigration, in
combating the rapidly-apprOaching
and menacing boil weevil, in good
roads propaganda, drainage further
ahce, and other important work, in
Guiding the creating and fostering of
Georgia spirit" in the hearts of Geor-
gia's people.
Mr.. Weatherly's many years of eX-
perience qualify him for the new work
he is undertaking and it is confident
ly expected that his connection with
the Georgia chamber will mark the
beginning of an era of unexampled
usefulness for it. 1t is not generally
known, but nevertheless true, that
the Georgia chamber of commerce has
already undergone a partial reorgan-
ization in anticipation of Mr. Wealth
erly's connection with it. Mr. E. Y.
Clarke, for a long time secretary of
the Brooks County Industrial club, and
who made name for himself in con-
necstion with that county work, will
be the active head of the state cham
Der work from the home office in At
lanto, and additional changes are to
be made coincident with Mr. Wealth
erly's connection with the organiza-
ton.
Mr.. Weatherly has made record
for himself during the years he has
been with the Brunswick Board of
Trade and has established himself as
one of the ablest commercial execu-
tives in the South. His success at
Brunswick, of course, led to his selec-
ton for his new work in connection
with the state chamber.
Among the achievements of the
Brunswick Board of Trade during Mr..
Weatherlys connection with it may be
mentioned the following: Located the
plant of the Brunswick Creosoting
company built at a cost of $3.50, 200;
the development of the shrimp can
ming industry as a great new industry
for Georgia, and the south Atlantic
coast, with the consequent establish
ment at Brunswick of three shrimp
packing plants and one at the nearby
town of Fernandina; a revision of the
state game and fish laws; the adop-
ton of a new project for the further
deepening and widening of thee Bruins
wick harbor channels at cost of
more than half million dollars; a
reconstruction of rates for the south
Atlantic ports to southeastern inte-
rior cities with a consequent increase
of Brunswick's exclusive trade terri
tory by population of 650,0oO people.
Many additional achievements of less
er importance could be chronicled but
for the limitations of space. 1t will
suffice to say that during Mr. Wealth
erly's encumbency Brunswick has
earned the reputation of having one
of the lives commercial organizations
in the country with one of the best
secretaries in the game for its execu.