The Brunswick times. (Brunswick, Ga.) 189?-1900, June 27, 1897, Page 9, Image 9

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Newspaper Page TextPARADISE FOR THE GODS! ISLANDS ARODND BRUNSWICK. Nature’s Lavish Hand Has Decked the Stretches of Hard, White Sand Beach and the Fair Expanse of the Tide Nurtured Marshes With Moss-Draped Groves and Arched Colon nades of Live Oaks. BEAUTIFUL AND HISTORIC ISLE. St. Simon Where Onoe Dwelt General Ogle thorpe, Wesley Preached and Fanny Kimble Lived-The Scene of Spanish Massacre. JEKYL, THE RICH MAN’S PARADISE The Winter Home of Millionaires-Cumber land, the Beautiful—Named for the Duke of Cumberland By the Old Indian Chief Tomoehiohi—Mrs. Car negie's Winter Home. Glynn couuty leys proud claim to her out lying island.. They form not only its bulwark against the tempestuous ocei n, but the pleas ure grouud of its people. The Creator plan ned aloug this coast a chain of beautiful sites, lit for the dwelling places of gods. Nature has wrought her wonders lavishly. In the moss draped groves aud arched colonnades of the live-oaks, in the stretches of hard, white sand lieach, in the fair expanse of the tide-nurtured marshes. The modern De 8 to, seeking not only a Youth-Fountain but a Paradise as well ends Ills world-wide search just off the Geor gia mainland, amid the breeze-swept growths, lai er than man has ever planted, and the beau teous scenes where legend aud histoiy meet in a cliaim perennial. There was a great, a masterful idea in the making of these islands that skirt the Coast Conscious of the time wlieu the teeming up lauds should be crowded with a thriving peo ple, here was placed, within easy reach, a num ber of enticing haunts, where rest and peace from the worries of life might smile in season on over worked humanity. iJere. the famed healing of the sea freely gives of itself to the betterment of earthly ills; pleasure, unjaded, abides tor those who seek; rare holiday grounds that never tiie, ever inexhaustible in re-ources for the delight of those who afford a vacation tint i. And not only for the summer months do the Georgia islands offer unusual attractiveness to visitors. Tuey are decidedly all-lhe-year rouud iu scope. While, in midwinter, St. Si mon and Cumberland are deserted by tiie gay ciowds that throng them at a litter season, Jekyl, just across the sound, is alive with northern people o£ wealth, who, quick to ap preciate advantages now hoe else so manifest, have created there a result, magnificently im proved, aud famous the w orld over as the pleas me ground of millionaires. And so, the other islands need only the touch of investment aud improvement to make of them resorts where, iu January as In June, in winter as in summer, the tourist ran find his ideal of gratification from all the standpoints of climate and con dition. The improvement of these island resorts is but recent. Their advantages are not half utilized. There are possibilities as yet un liandled. Cumberland has been noted as a re sort for many years, but it is only in the last half-decade that it has been so developed as to make any pretensions to prominence. Hotel St. Simon, annually increasing in patronage uutil ampler accommodations are a demand, is not yet ten years old. Every summer, ou St. Simon, there is a crowded colony of cottagers, mukiug, of itself, an extensive city by the sea. The inhabitants of these cottages come from all portions of the state, and the number in creases with each season. During the hei-h ' * t p . W. * V _£ -*v> _ t v ~- : .~* j : -' I ta.^s-**V A jj "it I I ■ Y l * Jf!’ \ ' of the season-the month of July—St. Simon is easily the most populous tesort on the South Atlantic. Cumberland, while it lias not yet been seized upon by these private home seek e s, ki eps its spacious lioti 1 and itstmezy trib utary buildings continually crowded from Mav 1 to September 1. Cunborland is also reach ing out as a winter.resort, hunting and II hiily parties spending there weeks at a time dut ing that season of the > e >r. In mediat -ly cotn'guous to Brunswick are four pu die and three privet! island resorts. St. Simon has fliree hotels that r.nnrally enter tain hundreds of guests, dm he land has one owned principally by Macon men, and never, throughout lit i en*ire year, without, visitors. The private resor s are: I kyl, the entire is land owned by tiie Jekyl is'a lid club, the mem bers of which own an aggregate wealth of S7M.~ 000.000; 11Hugeness, on ihe south end of Cum berland, one of nature's rarest garden-spots, improved by its owner, Mis. T. M. Carnegie, to a magnificence, feudal m its scope: and Can non’s Point, the property of the Honorable Mrs. Leigh, of EDgla- and. daught< r of the famous Fanny Kemble, a domain particularly rich m history and legend This MiiDumrer Issue would be incomplete without special mention of each of these famous jewels of the sea. HISTORIC ST. SIMON. Where Oglethorpe Dwelt, Wesley Preached, and Fanny Kemble Loved. St. Simon, aptly named the'‘Newport of the South.” asdie from its modern lireten ions as a summer resort, has an important place in ins lory. It was one of the first, few settlements where nerminated the cob ny of Georgia in ti the Empire Slate of the South, it offers to tiie visitor gome of the most engaging scenes of early legend and fact. At Frederica, near the northern extremity of St. Simon, General Oglethorpe, the illustrious founder of Georgia, established one of his lirsi settlements. There he built a fort and barracks for liis soldiers. The crumbling remains oi both structures are still objects of interest, ami especially so is the old cannon which, silent ami rust-covered now, rests amid the fallen masonry of the old time fortification. This cannon was oue of the chief exhibits at the re cent Cotton States Exposition, Atlanta, ils present owner, however, requiring a heavy bond "for its safe return. Near tlie.-e remnants of Georgia’s infancy, shading w.til its spreading blanches the pict uresque road lhat penetrates the live-oak f< r eat, stands “Wesley Oak,” under which the founder of Methodism preached his first ser in on in Amei lea. Close to this historic tree is the stump of another, from w hich was made the bow-picce of the famous f, igate “Consti tution.” At the. north end of the island is Cannon’s Point, the anie helium home of .lames Ham ilton Conper, now the property of the Honor able Mrs. L igli, of Eiig'aud. whose mother, the great actress, Fanny Kemble spent her h.neymoon an id these heatipful surround ings. Here ahso Aaron Burr hid him self fnr several mouths from the government, which sought to avenge the death of the illus trious Alexander Hamilton. Lord Hoseberry, when a youth, visited Cannon’s Point and gave utterance to the three purposes of his life, all happily realized: “To marry the richest he r ess in England, win the deiby and become prime minister.” Within a stone's throw of Hotel St, Simon ip “Bloody Ma rsli.” the spot where the Spaniards received their final repulse on Amt ricau soil. The battle was won by General Gglethorpc, who led the English troops in person, and, dis couraged by defeat, the Spanish fleet which had entered St. Simon sound to take the territory from the Britishers, sailed away with all pos sible baste. JEKYL ISLAND SCENES. THE TIMES: BRUNSWICK, GA., SUNDAY MORNING. JUNE 27, 1897. bo rich in historical lore >[. Simon toilay it naturally a niecca for result pi.rons. Hotel St.. Simon and View are both crowded throughout the Minmer season, the <leiightb oi the seashore making ail comers loth to leave. st. Simon’s lumber business, cunied on a! the pretty little scttlen cut known as u Tln Mills,*’ is very extensive. On tills island is nls< 'oeotci! Marii-la, the larpe sea island eoltoi plantation of Mr. Lewi* \V. Jicach. RICH MAN'S PARADISE. Jekyl Island, Winter Home of Millionaires, Its Past and Its Present. •Jekyl inland forms one of the inlocklng sea* ban iei s of the matchless harbor of Bi unswick It 100, has.an interesting history. t landed there u 173 U, and established u garrison of English soldiers, one thousand strong, undei toe command of Major Horton. 'Muse soldiers, ha\iug little martial duty Locluim their time turned their attention to farming, and success fully cultivated several hundred acres of rye and h< pa. r J hey e tabiiehed ti e (list brewer} ever operated in America, and the beer pre duct was i rououneed unusually line. In 17H1. Jekyl came into the possession of the dußignon family, and remained their property until 18S>, when Mr. John E. duliignon, tilt great-grandson of Christopher Con lame du litgnon, the arsi individual owner of the island, conceived the idea of .orga* Ling the Jeky Island club. The idea was goon put into pi at* lift*, the club purclm*ed tlie island and b gnu the scheme of imprevement wl.icli makes it to day one of the lit est piiyate pleasure grounds in all the wmid. 'ihe Jekyl Island club has eighty members the majority of whom are millionaires. The president is Charles Land r, of New Voi k, and some of the prominent members are Win. K. Vanderbilt,J. l’ierpont Morgan, John A..Stew art, Cornelius N. Bliss, Henry B. Hjde, Joseph Pulitzer, Ogden Ooclet, N. K. Fairbanks and Marshall Field, Tlieclubliotue, a handsome slriietore,pictori ally represented elsewhere in this issue, was ereel and at a cost of sso(>oi), and has been im proved anil added to each veur. A large apart ment house, i listing has just been com pleted, and is owned jointly by six of the wealthy elm.men. From tine to time, the members of the club have erected beautiful cottage* on the island. Anton# these are N. K. Fairbanks, of Chicago; Charles Stewart Maurice, of Athens, Pa., Fred eric Paker,of New York; McF.vais Brown, of New York; William Strothers,of Philadelphia; ami Joseph Pulitzer, of New York. A contract has just been given out tor the erection of a cosily new cottage for Joseph Pulitzer. Jekyl is literally stocked with game, and hunting constitutes one of the chief amusements of the winter visitois. The cluhsupei inUiulent, Mr, Ernest U.Grob has personal charge of the magnificent prop erty, ami prov s a most efficient overseer. CUMBERLAND THE BEAUTIFUL. A Large and Attractive Island, Where Na ture Has Wrought Great Wonders. CumherhiiKl l-inn.l, 22 miles long, with the linest beach oil the coast and res.rt facilities second to none. i< within easy reach of lining wick. Its original Indian name wns Missoi. mea ling - .Sassafras.” When Oglethorpe took the old Indian chief Tonioehichi home to Eng land with him for a visit, the old fellow was po pleased with tlie attention shown him by the Duke of ruin norland, that, on his return, he decreed that this island Simula he henceforth known by his name. The, historical interest of Cumberland .cen ters about Dungeness, at the south end of the island, the property of Mrs. T. M. Carnegie, of Pennsylvania. Dungemss was preseiuo'd to Oenen.l Nathaniel Greene by flic (Tutted States government, ill consideration of his brilliant services on the field, 'i’he lemains ot “(light Ilorse Harry” l.ee .lie buried there, in a little cemetery most beautifully environed. Mrs. Carnegie lias an imposing residence on this valuable property, a-d lias improved it in most elegant style. Hotel Cumberland, with its many at;r.ir toms, is a most deservedly popular rc-ori.ihe '.n orite of those who want Ilie finest fishing and the best surf bathing. This resort is fully described in another article, and merits all the good ti ings thatean he said of it, The most bread for the money at the Vienna Bakery. W. I. -Speer. GREAT FOUNDER OF BRUNSWICK. The Illustrious General Ogle thorpe, Who Laid’.Out the City. A TRIBUTE TO HIS WORTH. An Intrepid Soldier, After Winning Martial Fame, He Enlisted in His Noble Plan of Charity. Tiie accompanying rut, made from one of tiie three extant portrait* of the illustrious founder of Georgia,' shows a rather old man, 1 11, however, un bent by age, from w hose line fire, even in Ihe pictured represeii'afion, beams that noble- spirit of | hilaulhropy which m ved him to create, in a wild, unsettled land, a refuge f or tiie per secuted, i he dj pressed of more enlight ened lint not kinder climes. Genera! James Mi] ward Oglethorpe, honored by Brunswick as its first set tler, tiie planner of its municipal metes and bounds, (lie earliest dicta tor of its policies, was an English sol dier of renown long before he con ceived the idea of an American colony, A dose friend, an earnest follower of the renowned Duke of Marlborough, lie participated in tlie of that intrepid leader, won the spurs of a general at the age of a recruit, and had his name honorah'y mention ed at court while many much older in service and more experienced in war fare, rankled in obscurity outside Ihe palace walls. Won by the appeals of oppressed humanity which came to him in the midst of ins triumph, tills humane leader turned aside from Ihe glories of the world, and organized his Georgia expedition. From Savannah to Fred erica, from • Frederica to Brunswick was but an easy and natural step. It was in 17dt tiiat General Ogle thorpe lirst landed oil the Brunswick peninsula. ‘'Fine site hr a city,” we may imagine him saying, “A future port, for the peaceful navies of the world.” And he I lien and there called it Brunswick, in honor of h : s right royal and good friend, the Duke of Brunswick. In the name of I lie King of England, General Oglethorpe directed his sur veyors 1 1 lay out here a spacious town site, giving to its streets aud squares the good old English names which the years have not disjltced. Thence came Newcastle and Gloucester and Han over; and the chief surveyor, marking his rude map while the general's eyes, we may well imagine, were turned otherwise, designated then and for ever, the ample harbor as Oglethorpe Bay. And Ih? name clings, and has sug gested many other similar honors to the founder of a city, which, could he return to it now, would plunge him into interminable wondering*; for he would marvel at the growth which marks t lie favored peninsula 1 hat, on a certain voyage of discovery, he found reaching aut invitingly to the breer.es and the kisses of I be sea. Brunswick, through The Times, has expressed its sincere desire to fittingly etl brate, ne,xt year, tlie two hun dredth anniversary of this good man’s birth. God willing and circumstances smiling upon the cause, it will be a time of fete and carnival in this city that he founded, and a notice to the world that HrnnswicK reveres and honors *‘Oglethorpe--w'ho hast gained u welt-earned praise, Who made the heirs of w ant, the lords of r ise; The gloomy wood, to plenteous harvests changed; Vnd founded cities where the wild beasts ran ged. Oti, may the great reward, assigned by Fate, Crown his own wish to see the work complete.” Einvn l>. Lambhijut. Quinine and other fevei medicines take from 5 to 10 days to cure fever Johnson’s Chill and Feve Tonic cures in ONE DAY. fFor,Uie best o^ceci gar iu the city,. mlS'iwX >JU K4tyMglWl'. Mouk street. 1 ' - U yuertml i'.- : if? ■ GENEIi YL JAMES EDWARD OGLETHORPE. “Black Beauty.” ( HAPTi’R IV. HOKTWICK CASK. At this time 1 used to stand in the stable and my coat was brushed every day till it shone like a bird's wing. It was early in May, when there came a man from Fquire Gordon’s who took me away to the Hall. My master said, “good-bye, Darkie; he a good horse, and always do your heat.” I could not say “good-bye,” so I put my nose into his hand; he patted me kindly, and l left my tirst home. As L lived seven years with Squire Gordon I may as well tell something about the place. Squire Gordon’s park skirted the village of Borwtiek. It was entered by a gate, at which stood the tirst lodge, and then you trotted along a smooth road between clumps of large trees; then another lodge and another gate, which brought you to the house and the gardens. Beyond this lay the borne paddock, the old orchard, and tiie stables. There was accommoda tion for many horses and carriages but 1 need only describe the stable into which l was taken. This was very roomy, with four good 6talls; a large swinging window opened into the yard, which made it pleas ant and airy. The first stall was a 'arge one shut iu behind with a wooden gale; the others were common stalls, good stalls, but not nearly so large; it had a low rack for hay aud a low manger for corn; it was called a loose box, because the horse that was put into it was not tied up, but left lt-ose to do as he liked, it is a great thirg to have a loose box. into this fine box the gro ,m put me; it was clean, sweet, and airy. I never was in a better box than that, and the sides were not so high but that I could see all that went on through the iron rails that were at the top He gave me some nice oats, lie patted me, spoke kindly, and then went away. When l had eaten my oats, i looked around. In the stall next to mine st<~od a little fat gray pony, with a thick mane and tail, a very pretty head and a pert little nose. 1 put my head up to the iron rails at the top ol my box, and said "How do you flo? What is your name?" He turned arourd as far as his halter would allow, held up his head, and said, “My-name is Meriylegs 1 am very handsome. I carry the young lad es on my hack, and sometimes r take our mistress out in the chaise. They think a great deal of me, and so does James. Are yen going to live next door to me inthe box?" f said, “Yes., 1 “Well, then,’* lie said, "I hope you are good tempered; ido not like any one next door who b'tes.” Just then a horse’s head looked over from the stall beyond, the ears were laid back, and the eyes looked rather ill tern pered. This was a tall chestnut mare, with a long handsome neck, she looked across to me and said: “So it is you have turned me out of my box; it is a very strange thing for a colt like you to come and turn a lady out of her owu home.” “ l beg your paidon,” I said, "I have turned no one out; the man who bought me put me here and I had nothing to do with it; and as to my being a colt, I am t rned four years old, and am a grown up horse. I never had words yet with horse or mare, and it is my wish to live In peace.” “Well," she said, "we shall see; of course f do not want to have words with a young thing like you." I said no more. in the afternoon, when she went out, Merry legs told me all about it. "The thing is this,” said Merry-legs. “Ginger lias a had habit of biting and snapping; that is why they call her Gi nger, and when she was in t lie loose box, she used to snap very much. One day she hit James in the arm and made it Meed, and so Miss Flora and Miss Jess e, wiioare very fond of me were afraid to come into the atab'e. “ They used to bring me nice things to tat, an apple, or a carrot, or a piece of bread ; but after Ginger stood in that box they dared not come, and t missed them very much. 1 hope they will now come again, if you donot bite or snap." * I told him t, anything but grass, hay jiipl vv Vutd not :f ’yVa ws-. "Well, f don't tnink she does find pleas ure " says Merry-legs, “It is just a bad habit. She says no one has ever been kind toiler, and why should she not bite? Of course it is a very cad habi r , but lam sure if all she says be true, she must have been vers fillukeil before she came here. John does all he can to please her, and James dees all he can; and our master never uses a whip if a horse acts right.; jo l._,LYi'ifik she might be good tempered here.’ 1 “You see," lie said with a wise look, “I am twelve years old ; I know a g eat deal, and l can tell you there is not a better place for a horse all around the country than this, John is the best groom that ever was, lie has been here fourteen years, and you never saw such a kind boy as James is, so it is all Ginger’s fault that she did rot stay in that box." (Continued next Sunday ) FRANK D. AIKEN. Glynn’s County Triasurer and His Important Position. Mr. I rank D. Aiken, county treasurer cf® Glynn county, is an exanp'e of tbat success H indi attends diligent and persistent effort, besides bis otlicial position, Mr. Aiken is one of the leading business ineu of Brunswick, h.av; mg been and beiug now connected with gome SB of its most prominent enterprises. Mr. Aiken was horn tn Hard’s island, Mcln tosh county, Ga., duly 11,1831, and obtained his education in Hie schools of Oariem, Ga. In 1881, lie embarked In the ship brokerage business in Brunswick and in, 1880, established a large planing mill. He served two yeais as alder- " man of the city audio January, 189), w**elect ed county commissioner, which trust hs faith- , fully discharged until January 1, 1895, when he was elected county treasurer. Mr. Aiken has taken a pio ninent part in the m.litary life of Brunswick, and especially in the Naval Militia service. He was first lieu tenant of Hie Briinsw irk Light Horse Guards until the troop was dischaiged from thes-r --vice tor the purpose of forming a Naval Miti tia organization. Mr. Aiken was elected lieu tenant commanding the first division, which was the first organization of the kind in the slate, lie is by virtue of seniority commander of the Georgia battalion of Naval Militia. A conscientious public servant,shrewd busi ness man, and public spirited citizen, Frank D. Aiken deserves all the commendable things that can lie said of him. Mr. Isaac Horner, proprietor of the Burton House, Burton, W. Va., and one of the most widely known men in tHe state, was cured of rheumatism after three years of suffering. He says: “I have not sufficient com mand of language to convey any idea of what I tillered; my physicians told uie that nothing could be done for me, and my friends were convinced that noilnng but death would relieve me of suffering. In June, 1894, Mr. Evans, then salesman for the Wheeling Drug Cos, recommended Chamberlain’s Fain Balm. At this time my foot and limb were swollen to more than double their normal size and it seemed to me my leg would burst, but soon after I be gan using Fain Balm, the swelling began to decrease, the pain to leave and now F consider that I am ertirely cured. Fur sale by druggists. “For three years we have never been without Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in the housed’ says A. H Fatter, wilh E. C. Atkins & Cos., Indianapolis, lud., “and my wife would as soon think of being without Hour as a bottle of Remedy in the summer season. We have used it with all three of our children it has never failpd to cure—not simply slop pain, hut cure absolutely. It ia all right,*tiul anyone who tries it will find it no.” For sale by drvutfTs'ts. * T I,adies.a> T’y- ' en’s shoes a*kW HWP 9

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The Brunswick times. (Brunswick, Ga.) 189?-1900, June 27, 1897, Page 9, Image 9