The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1921-08-03
THE BRUNSWICK SPIRIT.

with utter amazement, at the accom-
plishmentS of Atlanta, and there hai
been no diversity of opinion as t;
what made these things possible. l
was the Atlanta spirit the sort tina
idealizes unity of action in all mat
tiers affecting the people as whole
meaning by this the city itself. True
enough, some people and some news
papers have now and then taken mas
ty little filings over the capital city's
way of doing things, but in nearly ev
cry instance it was patent that the
tabled green-eyed monster @fathered
every insidious quip or invidious slur
Founded and built on Georgia's
poorest spot, with neither agriculture
nor mineral wealth to bolster and
foster its ambitions and blessed only
with the pure air vouched by God
Almighty from His everlasting hills
and mountains to the north, Atlantans
were to get anywhere in the CONNER
cial and industrial world they must
bury their personal prejudices and
views and private ambi ions in all
matters relating to the city at large
and work absolutely in concert, each
citizen a necessary cog in, the com
muity wheel of progress. This unan-
unity of purpose was the Atlanta spir-
it then, it is the Atlanta spirit today
and it has made the name and fame of
Atlanta known over the face of the
globe.
Sometimes they quarrelled with
each openly and loudly, but they new
er allowed these differences to defect
them from the common purpose of
working for Atlanta first, last and all
the time. Some years ago the two
leading papers waged long and bit
ter war. In the midst Of the fight one
donated lion to the then young zoo.
The other paper came right back with
the gift of an elephant, and then some
progressive citizen suggested that the
two papers get together long enough
to celebrate the event, inviting all
Georgia to help them. IAnd these
papers worked together to advertise
their city, nearly one hundred thou
sand people visiting the capital that
day. The spirit of Atlanta worked
for Atlanta and Atlanta only.
II has taken Brunswick long time
to awaken to the fact that she is sin.
gularly blessed, many times more
blessed by the Giver OF all good gifts
and graces than any city In the state
including our worthy sister just north
OF us. We have not until now devel
oped except in spots and in spasms.
the long interims between often near
ly multiplying the last advance
But 1t is so no longer. We have
caught the full swing, the full cadence
of the spirit that typifies and then
idealizes the "one for all, and all for
one" thought. And 1t means the max
ing Of brunswick to that predeG ined
state OF greatness and bigness intend
ed when God Almighty laved its
shorelines with navigable waters and
then landlocked them with inviting
ly beautiful islands which we purpose
to turn into Fairgrounds for the state,
the nation and the world. And this
Is not a utopic thought but one con.
cretely founded upon natures bounty
one which only the Brunswick spirit
can develop to It's fullest richness.
II was this singleness of vision, OF
purpose. that brought into existence
the Brunswick Board of Trade and
its vigorous offspring. the Young
Mems Club and the Rotary Club, the
whole topped by . splendid bodies of
women, the Y w. G. A. aud the Wo-
nAsns Club, These instruments of
civic progress believe intellectually
in Brunswick, her institutions and her
growth, They are inspired TO work
not for themselves hut for Brurk
wick: not for what they may get out
Of a given work but entirely for what
thst work will do for the people of
Brunswick II was this awakened
Brunswick spirit that opened the Oar.
len bridge. that halted the run of the
street railway TO the junk heap that
has done numberless things for pub.
lie service alone and that viii connect
81 Simon Island with the mainland
and give TO Brunswick a developed
asset approaching In value her ire,
mendous marine interests. And v-aat
is of vital moment is that the Bruins.
wick spirit grows stronger each day,
making 1t certain that the old order
Of things will never again raise rs
ugly and forbidding head.
Some may gently ehide and cha-ss
as with initiating the Atlanta spirit
Il would be silly, Of course. for IL re
Is only one Atlanta. In very truth Il