Atlanta Georgian and news. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1912, November 02, 1907, Image 9
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND REWS,
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER I. ISOT.
WHERE REAL HISTORY AND PLEASING ROMANCE JOIN HANDS
.WITH GREAT INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
"LIGHTHOT?j£"JJABBT LZE'J Gm.
Bustling Spirit in
Keeping With
the Times.
E VEN ns the crow flies It la n far
cry from the ordinary, hmn ilrum
of trade and eommerco In and
around Industrious Atlanta and
hustling Birmingham, with Its mines and
furnaces, to the historic, poetic and roman
tic shades of Brunswick and tho beautiful
fringe of Islands which surround her. Ynnng
In fears, btft sturdy ef limb and strong In
progression, Atlanta and Birmingham hare
far outstripped their elder sister city of
Ilrunstvlck In the mater'll! things of life.
Ilut while dollar-gettlng hns keen the chief
endeavor of these two cities, the people of
Brunswick, the beautiful city by the sea,
have enjoyed surroundings rich In li
and teeming with points of Interest l
fled with tne cradle days of our grent re
public.
And now, even though the march of prog-
jss has Invaded the moss-covered branches
under which Hldney Lnnler composed his
Immortal poem, "The Marshes of Glynn —
has drawn well np to the last resting Discs
of the dashing amt Chivalrous Light Horse
Horry Leo—threatens an assault upou the
mighty oak under which John Wesley
—itched f- • - -
Jin* calm ,
by years of Indulgence and of excitement.
Mansions Hidden In Foliage,
Cumberland and Bt. Simons Islands, with
thtlr long stretches of beach lapped by the
wares of the gulf stream, afford ocean
bathing and recreation unknown to any
other dime: Inland waters are alive with
the flnny tribe which delight the heart of
•; deer, turkey, qnall and other
game and birds abound In abundance, har
ing long been undisturbed by tho crock of
a rifle or the boom of a repeater. Magnlll-
cent mansions art tucked away beneath the
tropical foliage and are almost as secure In
their pleasant obscurity as are the cottages
which perch along the Inland streams.
On Jekyl Island, a scant live miles across
Brunswick bay, has been erected a club
house famed alike In Knrope and America
for Ite exclusiveness and the luxury of Ite
short distance up the bay
intleea, Ogte-
ints of which
day . Across
Is l rederloa, where 1
thorpe erected his fort, ramus
remain Inta * ‘ —
(Unions
. >r of a
of the treacherous rocks not far distant
from the course.which their ships are ply
ing. And a shorter dlstanco removed Is
the stately castle of Andrew Carnegie, lo
cated on Dungeueat Island..
Busy Naval Stores Center.
There are many other points of Interest,
all within easy access of tho broad and
spacious verandas of the Oglethorpe Hotel,
typically Southern In Its hospitality bnt a
sure Indication of the modern way of living
known to those who Insist upon comfort
and convenience. Immediately surrounding
the hotel Is Brunswick, the city which has
a reputation far and wide ns a busy naval
■tores center; the city which has a Lovers
oak the like of which la unknown to any
Other place, and which has Hanover l'ark,
the retreat Ideal.
until a comparatively few years ago the
••tractions In and around Brunswick were
little known to the outside world. Histo
rians had dwelt long on the advantage of
the place as a strategic point In case of
war; masters of finance had cast eyes south
ward with a view to establishing a shipping
point that would tap the very heart of the
couth and bring the coal and Iron of Ala-
noma, the cotton and lumber and tarpon-
•Ins of Oeonta wlthki ——
consumers of the North
*s foreign ports. But I _
syndicate headed by Harry
or Atlanta, undertook the work that Bruns,
wick and her surroundings were brought
Prominently Into the public eye. and things
of which some men had dreamed and others
planned were .really executed.
Marsh Lands Are Reclaimed.
Acres of marsh lands have been reclaimed
t easy hauls of the
h and East, as well
It was not until a
Harry M. Atkinson,
>lers for the Urunawlck Htentnshlp Coin
■my. a line plying between Boston, New
. irk. Brunswick and Havana. It Is o Geor
gia company, chartered tiuder the laws of
Georgia, Its ships bearing distinctive Genr-
S in names and advertising Brunswick and
le state of Georgia to every port where n
ship touches. Concrete plica, reinforced
with stcol. have been sunk far down into
the bed of the harbor to make a docking
place for heavily-laden ships. Thousands
' ” rs have been expended to secure
ter that the ships may come and go
with capacity loads. Every convenience
known to modern shipping has been In
stalled so that the ships of this line which
touch at Brunswick are on a par with the
ships of auy other line In the world that
touch at any other port.
Working In conjunction with the Bruns
wick steamship Company, and supplying
the steel link with which Birmingham, At
lanta and Brunswick are Joined, Is the At
lanta. Birmingham and Atlantic railroad. In
Brunswick many acres of land In the very
heart of the city have been acquired on
which has been constructed a modern pas
senger and freight station; a tittle farther
removed are the freight yards, where cars
ded and
Carnegie wanted to contribute to tho beauty
of the landscape. Mauy points of Interest
and beauty combined were visited on nil
S nrta of the Atlnutlc const. It was hard to
ml a place not too warm In summer, not
too cool In winter, not too barren and not
overgrown with tanglewood and foliage, a
place easy of nccess to steamship lines and
yet not In the range of the noise of com
merce. That Duiigeneas Island, within
hailing distance of Brunswick—If one has
u rood pair of lungs—was selected
tribute to ‘ "“ —
this
hnve
said to be all that wraith and
taste could make It. Outside It stands ma
jestic amid Its attractive surroundings and
walls to one's mind the stories of Scotland
In her duys of chivalry.
They Like Brunswick.
The trip to Dungenesa can not lie made
direct; uelther ran the trip to Jekyl Island.
As a rule the mistress of the tfltstlo ns well
ss the dub members like to stot
are loaded and
trains are
made up'to send their burdens of freight
to all parts of the United States.
Advanced by Rapid 8trides.
Conditions are well nigh paradoxical. It
seems Impossible that, with all the beau-
ty and peacefulness of Brunswick, with
her points of historic Interest Intact, that
commerce and Industry should havo ad
vanced with such rapid strides and to with
in so nearly a perfect state. It was not
accomplished In a day. nor In a year, but
after long years of bard work, Infinite pains
and careful planning. The result la even
greater and more satisfactory than the pro.
motors ever hoped. As for the people of the
ocean city, they nr* enthusiastic. Property
values have been doubled and trebled; em
ployment has been supplied to thousands
> Brunswick has commit-
~ A, so that the
and they are
'ur.'carnsgteV eaVtle’otTbungeness Island
want to go Into the hotel business, but de
cided to take over the hotel and ugike a
comfortable place for tho convenience of
the man who erected the fort on Fred
erica, hnn been entirely renovated nud al
most rebuilt. Every room has been In
vaded by the carpenter, the draper, the
wall nuper man. the painter and
the plumber. The 1 " ‘ •
lobby han been
hue to n thing of
uty typical of Its aurronndlugs. The
. th front boa a long and liberal stretch
of veranda furnished with comfortable rock
ruga and lounging chairs, so that
i to read, play bridge, write lettt
do other things la afforded. The sou
front hnn lieen converted Into n beautiful
parlor Inclosed in glass during the few
ere. run r _ I ■
place to read, play bridge, write lettere
and do other things la afforded. The south
front baa lieen converted Into a beautiful
aun parlor Inclosed in glass during the few
cool months and left open In summer. It
Is u veritable bower of palms and ferns,
suggestive of thecllmate In which the tour,
tau are living. The culinary department la
as good as money and the art of cooking
can mnke It, while the aervlce to rooma ami
waa not erected there simply because Mr. table la the very best possible to be found.
SOCIOLOGICAL
“THE LAW AND
' THE BOY”
The fall session of the Georgia State
Sociological Society was opened st tho
Carnegie library last Thursday by Dr. Al
fred E. Seddon. who tpoke moat Inter-
eatlngly on the subject, "The Law and the
R or." In the course of bis remsrks, he
said:
“The term* of tha title of our topic may
r aotne as incongruous, for, of all
BfMs. the boy Is the moat lawlcee. Long-
ays. f K boy's will Is the wind's
»<».' and some of ns. speaking from ex-
'r' ence may be df
•truag wind st that. A hurricane, a torna-
.i-,.* «fclone. would not he an Improper
Wmlle to describe some of the ontrsegous,
eccentric and unreasonable things oojrs
•cnietlmes do. Bnt It Is these very ont-
of the boy's nature that often
«»l« him Into collision with the law of
“e City, the county, or the etst*. Whllat It
la my perpoae tonight to refer especially
'those mats no,, where the hoy la tho
'Ictim of the low. It la bnt fair that we
1 acknowledge that tha law I. fro-
« tiUy the hoy's frleud-n moot valuable
powerful friend, who step. In to pro-
wet and help a boy when he la surround
ed liy people who, for their own profit,
seem Intent on accomplishing the boy s
nun.
Now York Lows Befriend Boys.
••A glsnco over Oerry'o Manual, which
gives a synopsis of Juvenile legislation In
New York auto, will show that In that
state tho law befriends the lioy. Every
state In the union places Its protecting
ana oow op !*«« around th«
defenseless boy. Thus It It that the law
sajs what trades the toy may op may not
engage In. In«® what places may op may
not go. The law, In some place*, fires
the business boy a badge which sepres the
doable function of a license and protec
tion. Societies are organised for the pre
vention of cruelty to children, and thew*
societies bare legal sanction In their to.iefl-
cent activity and watchfulness. The law
appoints guardians for the deserted or III-
treated boy. It aays that, ander the nm>
of wren, the boy can not commit crime,
and that under the are of twelve h& Is
presumed to to Incapable of criminal mo
tive, even In hla moet outrageous vaga-
Some Thing* the Law Prevent*.
''Kidnaping, for purpoees of 'white aJav*
law, ao that the Infamous traffic In foreign
children baa been practically stamped out.
I'orents who abandon or neglect or fall to
provide food, clothing, shelter, menllcaI at*
tendance or education and porper moral
re*tri|nta for their children ara punished
by the law. The. law does not allow the
saloonkeeper to sell llnuor to a toy, nor the
tobacco dealer to sell cigarettes to him.
70 into a gambling
den nor any house of lll-repota. In some
states the law will not allow the boy to
be pnt In the same prison with older and
hardened criminals, nor will It require him,
when arrested, to be exposed to the ig
nominy of riding In fbe patrol wagon. The
taw appoints probation officers to exercise
a paternal care over him and cares far bis
health by providing doctors aud *unrses.
When the boy is engaged In-a factory, .the
law eees to It that he has sufficient and
wholesome sir to. breathe and that hla sur
roundings are otherwise sanitary. Perhaps
the most Iteneflcent thing the law baa ever
done for,the boy Is the creation,of Juvenile
courts," which the speaker proceeded to de-
scribe. *
u Law Often the Boy’s Foe.
"But, whllat we readily admit that the
law. In many of It* aspects. Is a friend to
the boy; yet It must also be admitted that.
In too ninny Instances, the law la the boy’s
foe. In my visits to the Tower, the Ful
ton county Jail. I always And boys In their
teens. They are often there on trifling
W
another continues on to Wmlugbntn.
tween Manchester and Atlanta the roud
lenctntte* gome of the best farming sec-
Jon In the South. Cotton * rope are pro-
dueed lu abundance, while the farmers are
prosperous In the production of hay, grain
and meat to supply their own needs. ”
yards are located out Marietta street, where
connections are afforded with the Seaboard
Alt Line, the Southern and the Western
and Atlantic, ns well ns the Louisville and
Nashville. The down-town freight yards
are located nt Mniigtmi. West Hunter and
Haynes streets, where the receiving depot
will bo stationed.
Road to Build Undorpassea.
As for passenger facilities, the road will
construct an nuderpnss Mt Mitchell, Nel
son and Hunter streets.'coming to n grade
at the l'etera street viaduct, so that on
entrance enn be hnd Into the terminal sta
tion if satisfactory arrangements are made.
Or n depot constructed on tln> Cetera street
viaduct If deemed more desirable for the
convenience of passenftcr*. At this point,
passenger connections are made with every
road In the city.
Over In Birmingham, the company has
purchased centrally located property ou
which to construct lta freight and passeu*
ger terminals. The nirrniugh >m Coal and
Iron Company, working lu conjunction with
the railroad, haa purchased vast tracts of
cool fields and Iron minim, so that the rail
road. the steamship line ami the Industries
located along the railroad will always Ik*
supplied with fuel at the tost market price.
joff/r wjpszry oak
Ukd.tr ikij {ret in tjft At fteacAtJ to JhJians 4 fyaniatdj-
Is Nearer to Atlanta.
Ami oo It U Hint the leceudo of Itrmn-
wick are brought to within four and twen
ty hours of the bustle aud bustle of the
Georgia capital nnd tho Alabama Magh
“ Harry fa
ieorgla capital
City. Ami yet ■
sleeps peacefully
nnd tho AU
'5T
under will'd;
,.... t under which
Kidney Lanier dreamed, both continue to
nod their mighty toughs In tho soothing
ocean breese. Men work In offices, shops
and mines; women toll with household aud
about twelve boys m tho Tower between
the ages of thirteen nnd eighteen. Home
were there awaiting trial; other* were there
because the Fulton County liidigitrtal school
at Hapovlll* I* overcrowded; other* because
there wa* not room for them In the statu
reformatory at Mlledgcvlll*'.
'A few day* ago, as the stockade wagons
passed our house, there were two white
toys being hauled through tho streets with
a crowd of criminal negroes. There wo* a
look of defiance on the faces of thooe tors.
Do yon know what that look
mean*? It means that those wl
the Indignity that society Placesupon
i In thus exposing them to tgnomluy on
the streets of Atlanta. I do not know why
those boys were there. It could not have
l**en a very serious offense, or they would
nor bare been sent to the stockade. They
may have been guilty of petty larceny, they
nay have been guilty of disorderly conduct.
But whatever wrong they had committed
against* society, society has committed a
greater wrong against them. That look of
defiance meant that henceforth, as society
was their foe, thee would be tlie foes of
society. The criminal spirit had been en
gendered within them, and if they become
habitual criminals If will be thg natural
result of our method of treating them.
Change the attitude of the law toward the
toy ami the toy will clinuga his attitude
toward the law.
A Junior Republic.
,r One of the most successful attempts to
bring about a change of the relation be
tween the toy and the law hns been tho or-
Ion of fl
at rn
Junior ttepublle by W. It.
.grille, in New York state,
n. who bad previously toen
„ mission work among toys.
twelve years ago conceived tha Idea of
founding a self-governing colony of boy*
which. In a miniature way, should to u
copy of the greater republic outside. The
community has a toy prealdeot: It hns
houses of representatives composed of tovs
who make the laws for the Junior Republic.
It has a police system composed exclusively
of toys. In nddlthm to this. It has various
Industries and trades, so that the colony Is.
as nearly as posstylr, self-sustaining. The
boy* have tbrir own currency and ever
h«iv<» I before them the wholesome motto.
•Nothing without labor/ The comforts and
privileges they enjoy are strictly commen
surate with their Industry and the quality
of their work.,
"L’nder this system It will readily be seen
that the attitude of the toys toward the
law la entirely changed. The toy In the
streets of New York who regarded the
"cop" as his natural foe. who was the vic
tim of the law and who became the hero of
the gang when he achieved the distinction
* * ng arrested, now that be la a citizen
republic of his own, now that be,
to make nitd administer the laws by
the community Is governed. begins to
respect the lew and to constitute himself
Its champion.
To Bo Tried in Georgia.
"This experiment has proved to to a.
soda! duties, and then they leave care be
hind and travel In electric lighted conches
on ftO-pound steel rails to nn Ideal hotel,
to brush away the cobweto and regain
health and vigor from the breeze and ocean
bathing of Cumberland and Ht. Hinton; to
live In nu historic atmosphere mid induto
In retrospection of the early days of tin.
country which offers paradoxes In commerce
and romance.
Tbt* Brunswick Steamship Company Is do.
Ing business regularly with seven t>oats ply-
great success and hns tmen tho prototype
of a number of similar Institutions In dif
ferent parts of the I’nlou. Last January
Dr. L Cl, Hardman, of Commerce, fin., vis
ited this Junior Republic and eo enthusias
tically approved of It that be entered tuto
negotiations wltfc the Juvenile Protectory
Attocinticu of Atlanta with a view of the
establishment of a similar Institution In
Oeorgfq. He has donated 4‘JS acres or bind
a few miles from the city of Athens, where,*
under the name of the Juvenile State, the
first experiment of the kind will shortly
be made la the Houth."
Many other assets of tlie grent question
of the relation ftetxreru the bog and the
law were dealt wltb^by the speaker, who
the w&oie subject of t rent men t*o*f *way>v;i r’f
nnd delinquent boys. Kuril was the Interest
aroused that It was decided to ask Hr. Bed-
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t
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completed Into Blruilughaip; directly con*
tirctliftg tho commerce of that city with
the capital of (ieorgla and the steamship
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