The Brunswick news., 1919-08-24
A SUNDAY MORNING THOUGHT

ed with the people of the city of
/ Brunswick and with those of this
entire community a subject of vast
and paramount interest to every man.
woman and child in Glynn county.
We talked freely and frankly and
told you of one or two things that
have served to keep Brunswick m the
class of provincial towns for the past
twenty years and which will serve
to keep here there unless present
conditions can be changed. And Just
here we are reminded of an incident
that happened som efew years aro
right here in the city hall and we
are going to tell you of it. as it seems
to fit so well with a set Of condition;
now existing in Brunswick. AT that
time, Brunswick and its big five ~.
maybe six, were busily engaged in tn
task of driving away the Macon and
Brunswick Navigation company from
this port; paid henchmen were on
the delightful ana delectable ioh Of
cutting the ropes to their boats from
the wharves along the city. az sign
that they might expect worse treat
ment If they continued to crave tho
mere commercial privilege of doing
few millions of dollars per year in
commerce with the port of Bruins
wick.
About that time the people of Ma.
con sent to Brunswick one of her very
distinguished lawyers to present Ma
cons side to the city council and
to the people of Brunswick-ha was
an able man an eloquent orator and
H1 hdHuleu matters Without gloves
He has since been gathered into tine
house OF his Fathers but he told the
people of Brunswick a great truth and
compared this city to the Macon of
many years ago. He said that Macon
mad for years been in the hands CT
throttlers and men who. themselves
well fixed in the worlds goods block.
ed every movement of progress up-
less their own nests were we'll GOV
cred first; that a great meeting was
called in Macon on one occasion tc
lcck into the situation and try AMI
lind out why Macon did not grow
Talks were made all around by busi.
ness men, all along the same old
line of unity, peace, concord and city
pride, etc.
Finally a Methodist minister sit.
ting in the back of the r ON was
recognized by the chair and he told
the people of Macon that what the,
needed above all things was about
sine well directed funerals 'Ol
Lcrd,' said the man of God, give us
these funerals fog the benefit "a
Macon, that thousands of Others
might have health, wealth and hap.
piness."
The speaker was tie late lamentet
Arthur L. Dasher, of Macon, and
when he concluded he said Gen.
tiemen, what Macon needed then
you need now and you won't develor
and grow under present conditions
Macon had her funerals and Macon Is
"a great and growing city,"
Rather grave joke to be sure bul
1t fitted Macon's situation then. il
fits Brunsayick's now.
But joking aside.
Last Sunday we told you of al
octopus at work in Brunswick: thi;
morning we are going to point on
tie real heart of that octopus; what
it depended on for its first inspira
tons and wha thas fed it for these
many years,
It's the Brunswick Terminal an,
Railways Securities Company, quit
long name, but in shor
any, quite long name, but in shor'
It is the old Brunswick company.
which is a New York holding com
pany owning thousands and thous
ands of city lots in Brunswick. til.
parent company TO the Mutual I4igh
q Water company, and the City