The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-30
A DAY OF THANKSGIVING.
SaVannahianS Have Many Things TO
Be Thankful For.

A Universal Hohday-The Programme
in the City and at the Resorts-The
Military to Take Advantage Of It.
Crowds Going to the Exposition-A
General Suspension Of Business
Until To-morrow-Services in the
Churches.
To-day comes as near being a national
holiday as it is possible for any day TO be-
1t is day universally observed. There
are few people who. in some way, do not
return thanks for the Providence that
has guided them. Savannahians have
many things TO be thankful for, and the
thankful-minded viii look with graft
tude over the year that brought with it
so much of prosperity, and 50 little Of ad-
versity.
There will be the usual services in the
churches In Christ, St Johns and St.
Paurs thanksgiving services will be held
at II o'clock this morning. A union SER
vice of the Evangelical congregations
will be held at the First Presbyterian
church at the same hour, at which Rev
S. A. Goodwin, D. D., of the First Baptist
church, will preach.
TO LAY ASIDE BUSINESS.
There will be n general suspension Of
business throughout the city The
markets and retail stores will be
open during the morning, but will close at
2 o'clock. All of the courts adjourned
last night until tomorrow. The banks,
the cotton exchange, board Of trade, and
public offices, ana wholesale houses will
be closed all day. The city exchange,
III. e,efs l,f,r, not
Office, were closed last night until tO-mor-
row. The postoffice will observe the
usual Sunday hours, the money order ana
registry departments being closed and the
stamp window remaining open from 8 to
10 O'Clock.
FAIR DAY PREDICTED.
The weather indications last night
were for fair day and thousands will
take advantage of il for an outing.
The Savannah Volunteer Guards will
leave at an early hour this morning for
Greenwich park where they 90 to spend
part of the day and indulge in an oyster
roast and a target practice. The trip
will be made by the entire corps, Capt.
Tom Screven of Company b in command,
and every company will turn out in force.
The morning will be spent in target
practice at 2O0 and 300 yard ranges, and
the oyster roast and lunch will be one of
the most important features. Col. Gar
rard will accompany the corps as an in
vited guest.
The temptation of the foot ball game was
too much for the soldier boys, and they
have prevailed upon the officers to return
TO the city by O'Clock, or shortly after,
which will give them all an opportunity
of witnessing the contest.
BAD DAY FOR TURKEYS.
The Savannah Rifle Association will
hat a nd ghp OF B,
Wheelmen's Park, and the Savannah Ca
diets will spend the day in the same man
ner at HarmOn's Range All the target
shooters are expecting good day of it.
Aside from the Rife Associations
practice at the Wheelmen's park, there
will be an old-fashioned turkey shoot COM
mencing at II o'clock, and lasting all day.
Besides the home attractions hundreds of
people will spend the day in Augusta and
Charleston. To-day is Savannah, At
lanta and Macon day at the Augusta ex-
position, and tits likely that an enormous
crowd will take advantage of the reduced
rates, and attend what is said to be the
greatest show that has ever been pro-
duced in Georgia.
TIE RUSH TO AUGUSTA.
There are three routes out of Savannah,
and the Savannahian who wants to at
tend the fair Will have a hard time of il in
Central and South Bound, will run special
excursion trains through to Augusta. and
into the grounds, while the Charleston
and Savannah will carry passengers for
Augusta on its regular train, making con-
nections for the Electric City with the
Port Royal and Augusta at Y emassee
The Central will put on the Nancy
Hanks for the run, Thanksgiving day being
a special occasion. The Hanks viii be out in
holiday trim and viii make the run to
Augusta in just three and half hours, be-
ing scheduled to leave Savannah at & 80
a. m. standard time. or :0S city time, and
arrive in Augusta at 10 a. m. 1t will be a
lively race between the Central and the
South Bound, which has also put on a
special for the occasion. The South
Bound will leave the Central depot at
Gas standard time, or :26 city time, lust
fifteen minutes later than the Central and
Is scheduled to arrive in Augusta at the
same hour, 10 a. m.
RACE OF TRAINS.
The runs of these two trains will be
watched with interest Both roads have
been enterprising and both have many
friends. Everybody will want to hear to-
morrow which got there first.
The train on the Charleston and SaVan-
nah railroad will leave Savannah at Gao
a. m, standard time, arriving at Augusta
via the Port Royal and Augusta railroad
a - o'clock noon. Another train by the
same line viii leave in the afternoon at
3;25 standard time, and arrive at Augusta
at p. m.
The fare by all lines is 1918 for the
round trip and the tickets will be good
for three days. Another matter of inter
est to Savannahians viii be which car
ries the largest crowd.