The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-22

Wholesale Hoa.es Report Biggest
Trade They Have kaowR.

TRADE IhFN nave - ROWE
The small hoy IL in high zlse because
o. the approach OF the Christmas boil
days and his consequent license 20 give
vent 70 hts enthusiasm b. the noisiest
means h. can hit upon. Not only noise.
but display - well y dear 20 the heart
o. enc boy e. Christmas. and fireworks
osfer him opportunities 20 indulge the
desire that prompts him TO make evidences
Of hss good spirits both heard and seen.
AT Christmas. play and make good
cheer
Tor Christmas comes bot once = year o.
are lines that were written In she six
tenth century By Thomas Tusser. and
20 popular mas the sentiment been tb@s
the Injunction has been carried out 20 the
letter. many generations having succeed
- Master Tusser and made Christmas the
most joyous season Of the year. The lot
ter Of HIS two lines quoted above has been
upon thousands OF uPs. but Il IS very
doubtful that many persons have thought
they were reclting the poetry Of ore whe
had lived 80 long ago.
More fireworks have been sold thus far
this season than ever before IN savan-
nah. That is what a representative OF
ore ~ the leading wholesale houses deal
ing IN fireworks said yesterday Some
time sEo. he said his nrm placed an or
der FOR q large quantity OF fireworks. or
dering direct from the factory. Appre-
cintlng the prosperous condition OF che
country and knowing that thousands 81
boys. ana men. too for that matter.
would want fireworks and have money
with which 10 buy them. the Arm ordered
more than enc usual quantity but IL did
not take long FOR the supply 10 run out
Then the firm had 20 order another lot.
u is said that more Of the big whole
safe houses are handling fireworks this
season than ever before There r. con-
siderable prodt In the Business when i
is - brisk a. u has beer this Christ
mas All OF them IL - eald have sold
out their FIRST orders snd placed second
ones. Many inquiries for the goods have
passed from house 10 house IN savan-
nah. some % them being out and anxious
70 MI orders for their customers
Fireworks are not handed BY the
Wholesale houses under the same roofs
with their other goods The Insurance
rate g greatly increased when this IL
done, ana the merchants therefore secure
warehouses IN which they store nothing
else than fireworks Many retail dealers
DO not handle the goods Tor che same ras-
son. a. they do not care 20 eudanner their
stock 90 pay the higher rates % insur-
snce
Much rne same style OF fireworks Il
sold to-day as the fathers that rnaks
their purchases for ctamorous sons were
themselves wont 20 use IN the hong ago
But very little change has been ~.
81 tate years IN the ordinary fireworks
IN the great illuminations and dtsplavs az
grand occasions there have. OF course been
mighty advances made. but BOYS OF TO
nay have sport with practically the same
N"rt o. hrecrackers Roman candles sky
ckets. whistle bombs and torpesjoes a.
iheir fathers used TO occasionally knock
90 OF "A nnEer or powder-speck a face
For some davs the crack Of the poo.er
hat been abroad in the CITY. the -vn,t
boy having been unahl 20 wait uutu
christmas. He has not even waited tfu-
~ the Time set forth by ordinance WHERE
~ ne may hre his crackers without dan
ger Of being yanked no before tha re
eorder. The ordinance says fireworks may
oe let loose between Dec a and Ian
/ inclusive. but the limits are not re~or-
nized by the small boys. and they begin
10 turn them loose as soon as they rau
get them. The ordnance also sets lnita.
lions upon the sections IN which Fireworks
may be turned loose The eartfon rorsb
on AineftN street ts held sacred from the
invading youngsters hv ordinance t.nf
they get in their work there. pevertbc'
less. Neither may fireworks he Iet or
on Bun street, but IN the Park E,xtepsio1
they may and honfires may also be bup,
mere. BOYS have been gathering bar-
res Tor their Christmas bonnrsF for
months.