The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-03
THE FOURTH A DAY FOR FUN.
a GO-As-YOU-PLEAsE DAY WITH NO
SPECIAL PROGRAMME.

4 Big Day With the ResOrts-HOrse
| Races and Base Ball the Pro-
gramme on Tybee-SOIdiers VIII
Fire salute to the states-PubIic
Buildings All to Close as Usual.
The Superior Court, However, VIII
BE In accommodating Special In
View by the Military.
The principal feature on hand for most
of Savannah's population for the glorious
Fourth of July appears to be to attempt
TO keep cool and have as good time as
the holiday win afford
There will be several features in the way
of celebration, or rather in remembrance
of the day as it were, for there Is really
nothing on the programme in the way of
patriotic celebration of the day. 1t was
urged, but the people of Savannah did not
appear to take to it, and no efforts toward
such a celebration as viii be had in many
other cities of the country, were made.
The principal feature of the day will be
! the effort on the part of a large portion
Of the population to set to the resorts. AS
usual, it Will no doubt be a successful
effort. The Fourth is usually the biggest
day of The year with Tybee, and Tybee
viii, no doubt, keep up its usual record.
The programme of the sports for the day
has already been made up, in part. There
viii be horse races on the beach in front
OF the hotels in the morning In the first
race there will be entered Mr.. W. NJ. b.
hams mare Nellie Alfred, E. Muhlberg's
horse Odd Socks and j. F. Furlong's
mare Belle R. This Will be a mile race
the best three heats in five. There will
also be running race, half-mile heats, IN
which there are already two entries, and
there may be others.
In the afternoon there will be base hall
game on the beach in front of the hotels
| between selected teams from the navy
! ana the army A team will come over
from the Port Royal navy yard to-mor-
| row FOR the purpose of playing a similar
| ~ picked team from the army forces now
| at the government reserva ton on the north
| end of Tybee. This is expected to be one
| OF the most Interesting features of the
| day Other athletic sports are being ar
! ranged for, and altogether with surf
| bathing and other features the day at
| Tybee wiz no doubt be a hilarious one.
Flags will, of course be floating from
| every flag staff over every public build
| ing and from many business houses in
commemoration of the day, but there is
| rather a shortage of decorations as bunt-
ing does not appear TO have beer pur-
| chased in very large quantities.
portion of the crowd which does not
! go to Tybee will no doubt take In Thun-
! derbolt ana Warsaw Both are popular
resorts for the Fourth Of July, and each
VIII undoubtedly have it's crowd.
1t is customary to appropriately OBJ
| serve the day at all military reservations,
and this Will undoubtedly be done at Ty-
| bee The usual custom at military reser-
| vaions is to fire a salute of forty-hve
| guns, one for each state in the union. The
! big guns mounted on the new fortified
| tion, however, are too large for this pur-
| pose as it would cost too much for am
4 muniUOn The infantry company, how
! ever, is providede with blank cartridges,
/ and it is prOba Die that a salute will be
/ fired with the United States rifles. Then
| most of the men in the artillery battery
and in the infantry company will be given
/ a sort of a day off. All except those WHO
/ are on guard duty will be allowed to go
where they please on the island, and prob
! ably some of them viii come 10 the city.
The day with the military will be an ex-
| tremely quiet one. Some of the Georgia
! Hussars have arranged for fishing trip,
but as a whole the troop has no pro-
gramme on hand. Neither the Guards
nor any of the regiment have anything
particular in view though some of the
4 mlitiamen may go out 10 the rifle range
for an afternoons target practice.
| The wholesale houses on the Bay will
pretty near all be closed for the entire
day, while the retail dealers viii close at
l o'clock, giving their employees a half
holiday. It win be a sort Of a day off all
around. and those who have the opportu-
nifty will make the most of it.
With the exception of the Superior Court
all the offices in the court house will be
| closed Judge FalIgant has found it rec
| essary to hold court on Monday on account
of the fact that this is the last week TO be
! given TO criminal business, and there Is
| considerable yet on the docket TO be dis
posed of. Solicitor General Osborne is de-
sirous Of clearing up the entire criminal
docket at once, and for this reason there
will be a session Of the Superior Court.
The custom house, City Exchange Cot
ton Exchange, Board Of Trade and other
/ public buildings will be closed for the day.
! and other buildings of a like character viii
( also close their doors The pcstofiice as
usual will observe Sunday hours
This will practically give two holidays
| in succession, Sunday and the Fourth
| This makes it a good season for the re-
sorts, and they viii undoubtedly make the
most of it.