The Brunswick news., 1917-05-08

the lead Of all ports south Of Hamp
ton Roads. because Of the great bar,
Dor and the low cost Of materials
from the steel mills of the interior
and the plentiful supply of labor. and
climate in which work can be car
ried on in the open afr without dis.
comfort the year around.
The rich alluviai soils OF the Coast.
al Plain Of Georgia are developing
into a great truck growing section,
and at Brunswick the cultivation of
the Satsuma orange bids fair TO bring
large increases In both population
and wealth through settlers attracted
by the lure OF the orange
On st. Simon Island, at the gateway
to Brunswick harbor. Sir James Ogle-
thorpe. the founder of the colony OF
Georgia, established the fortified town
Of Frederica to protect the colonies
OF Georgia and Carolina from the at
tacks of the Spaniards from Cuba and
Florida. and 1t is said by historians
that the Battle of Bloody Marsh. on
st. Simon, in which Oglethorpe and
his Indian allies ambushed and sig.
nally defeated the army brought in by
a powerful fleet OF warships under
Monteano from Havana. was the turn
ing point which decided that the en-.
tire southeast should be English
speaking territory instead of the prop
erty Of the colonies Of Spain. st.
Simon Island is one OF the most beau
tifuf places in America, and has It's
counterpart across the channel In
Jekyl Island, owned by the famous
Jekyl Island club. composed OF multi
millionaires, and said to represent In
its membership more wealth than any
other club in the world. South OF
Jekyl is Cumberland Island, the larg-
est island on the Atlantic coast ex-
cept Long island Much of Cumber-
land is owned by the Carnegie family,
who spend the entire winter and
much OF the spring and fall there. 1t
| is freely said that neither the famous
beauty spots OF California nor the
Thousand Islands of the st. Lawrence
ars equal, in sheer natural loveliness,
| to this gem OF the Sea Islands. On
| ST. Simon Island is Wesley's Oak, un-
der which John Wesley frst preach
ed in America. II Ia we'll worth q
special pilgrimage OF the tourist.
Set in the center OF this diaden,
lies the city OF Brunswick. on a PENN
sula jutting out into the harbor and
bordered for miles by vast expanses
OF salt marshes veined by winding
creeks and rivers of salt water from
the ocean. Glooming live oaks. drap-
ed In the slumbrous grey Of Spanish
moss. and many waving palms, that
add tropical air. create an atrnos
phere saturated with mystery, sugges-
tive OF legends of piracy and romance
and instinct with the spirit OF postry.
Here Sidney Lanier, the sweetest
singer OF the South. and the greatest
of American poets In creative power
and wonderful sweep Of imagination
in describing the soul of Nature,
spent many days In his search for
recovery from an incurable disease.
and was made happy by the sunshine,
the flowers and trees. and. above all,
by the mighty. the allpervading, mys'
tic appeal to the soul OF the Marshes
of Glynn.
Lanier spent much time visiting
friends in Brunswick and was never
as completely at peace as when he sat
by the bold creek that sweeps through
the marshes and skirts the edge OF
the highland along which now runs
the Seacoast route OF the Dixie High
way where II enters the city of Bruins
wick. Here still stands the live oak
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