The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-02
TYBEE'S SEASON CLOSES
THE HOTEL SHUT UP AND THE COT
TAGERs RETURN.

More Than 500 People Took Advant-
age of the Last Day and spent
| some Time on the Beach or in the
surf-The Summer Schedules Taken
On-The Season Has been Sue
cessfuI One From Every stand
point.
Five hundred people spent the day yes
terday at Tybee, with pleasure
and regret: pleasure at the mag
nihcent beach. surf bathing and the re-
freshing. cooling breezes from of the e'er
restless ocean, and regret that the season
was to close For last night the hotels
closed their doors. most of the guests
packed up the belongings and came to the
city. while nearly all the cottages closed
their houses. packed everything snug and
moved back to their city homes
The present season has been a long
one. and according to all accounts sue
cessful one. The Tybee hotel opened May
l and kept open its hospitable doors till
Sept. 1, this being the third season under
its present management. Messrs. Bohan
and Cowan.
Besides the attractions Of the bathing
and ocean breezes. there have been other
features, in the way of the living pictures
and concerts, a vaudeville show and other
amusements that brought crowds down
to the resort. These and the low excur-
sion rates brought many train loads of
people from Atlanta. Columbia, Charles
ton, Macon, Columbus and other points
in the interior. while the special excur-
sions every Sunday from Augusta brought
many hundred people. Not a fatal ac-
cident of any kind happened in the surf
during the entire season, though thousands
of people visited the resort and but one
bad accident occurred on the island, one
person being run over on the railroad.
Outside of this Tybee certainly has had
rOusing season and it has added to its
reputation as the foremost southern sea-
side resort. The beach is a magnificent
one, miles and miles in length, wide, and
firm as marble. The surf comes tumbling
in the pillows sweeping over and over
each other in their seeming eagerness to
reach the smooth sands and the bathers
Shrek in delight as they experience the
huge waves washing over them. With
hundred or more bathers I'm, the scene
at Tybee is an exhilerating one in all
respects.
AfSLtLudg was an lQedl Jay. IneIe were
five hundred or more people who went
down. The day was slightly overcast, and
a delightful breeze was blowing. Hun
dreds went in bathing and most of them
remained till the last train for the city.
Scores and scores Of sight-seers were on
the beach enjoying the spectacle, and doZ-
ems Of merry and happy children sported
in the soft sand or else waded I'm as If
daring the encroaching waves to catch
them, and they did, too, in many cases,
making sad havoc with immaculate white
dresses Of the little misses who were too
daring.
The several clubs on the island had their
enjoyment too, and many visitors. The
Rambler Club, at the north end of the
island celebrated the ending of their sum-
mer outing yesterday by inviting a num-
Der of friends down to observe the occa-
sion. Refreshments were provided and
the guests enjoyed them as shown by the
rapid disappearance of the good things
placed upon the tables.
The train service will be changed to-
day, there being only one train each way
daily.