The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-17
LEI The CITY CELEBRATE.
SAVANNAH NAY EXTEND 4 VEL
CONF TO TuE NEW CENTURY.

u Has Played No Unimportant Part
ia the WORLDS Progress of the
closing Century and l. Entitled
TO Look Hack With Pride Ipon It,
Record-The Cotton tin, Upon
Which the Sauth'- Industrial sys-
TEN = based, and steam NaviEa-
ton, which neNoIuuoniEcd the
Trade of the world. HAD Their
origin IIert-oth~r cities Are Pre-
nartnE 60 Celebrate and Why Not
SAVANNAH
VIII Savannah extend a welcome 20 the
new century 0ther cities ore preparing
20 90 80 New York Philadelphia and
other large cities ~ tire country are pre-
PAIRING % make the entry ~ me now ccn-
fury great event with their people. enc
celebrations 20 b. under municipal direc-
uou PHILADELPHIA claims the honor or
ofielnatne The idea. The Ciy Counci.
there has decided % spend sen on Ere
works alone Besides this there viii be-
electrical displays. q general decoration
o. public buildings. salutes OF tho mill
: tary. and paradcs and celebrations o. tho
event ~ various societies. Sow YORK
VIII. o. course. c1doavor TO celebrate the
event 10 more elaborate style than any
either cisy
savannah had iis origin early IN the
Eighteenth century. entered the Nine
tenth after many viciss.tudes. and now
has almost rounded out the Nlnctcenfh
with ara honorable and fairly successful
career 10 Its credit, u has contributed
not a little 20 tho worlds progress lu that
tlme The invention Of the cotton KIN.
with its immense impress upon the in.
dustrfal system Of the South. was sc-
conplishcd by EH whitney near this
tv and In this county The
FIRST ocean going steamship was
iuir hv Savannah merchants AMI sailing
! from This port crossed the Atlantic To 1873.
u was the beginning OF the movement
which revolutionized the worlds com
mer,e. Iron-huued steamboats, are said 10
f have been drat used on the Savannah riv-
er The third steam reAroad construc'e"
ir the United States. the central, vas
I built from savannah. In fact Savannah.
+ though small city. has contributed muon
] 20 the worlds progress
For the last quarter ~ tho century sa-
vauuah's progress has been chiefly OF
commercial character In that time u
I has established Itself as the leading sea-
port and chief railway center OF the S"u'h
/ Atlantic. She s. one 81 the three leading
/ cot on ports and tho chief naval stores
I port 81 the world It's commercial pros
poets arc gres, and its future exceedingly
I bright The next century doubtless holds
great things ln store for 50. Apparently
ns growth has been slow yet % has null
up.ied ny ten since the beginning or the
century and ifs growth during the last
two decades has been nearly 100 per cent.
II only ueeds the continuance Of this reg
uiar growth IN population and business 10
place IL among the great cities Of the
. country and this the new century may
confidently be expected 90 bring forth
The churches. OF course will observe
. the advent Of the new year and the new
century by order Of Pope Leo poutI1-
cal high mass viii he celebrated hy tho
. bishops Of an the diocese in their ca
thedrals - midnight This IL presumed
( 70 he the same order as was issued a
/ wear ago in which the Bishops were ~
I sirurt.-f to celebrate the advent Of the
"eec" Of the new century and also he
Z succeeding anniversary marking the ad-
I ven. 81 the new century. By chara 'tcriz-
ing the present year az the "cve' Of the
new century. His Holiness practically set-
. tied the question as TO whether the TWEEN
4 ueth century begun with che year 10 g or
/ tbat OF 1s1. The discussion on this sun-
/ 3esi seems 10 have entirely died
I out and there nov seems 20 be
30 dispute that the now fast
I closing year rounds out and COM
rictes the nineteenth century. the great
/ est ~ human endeavor the world has
/ ever known.
A. So Paurs Episcopal Church there
viii lee o penltential service al noon Of
Nru Years Eve AMI az midnight a New
/ Years service. az which holy communion
will be- Administered Immediately after
I tin advent 81 the new year 'ther
chr riches Of tho city viii doubtless az
rang. Tor obseryances also
/ As New Years Day o. hy common Gus
/ tom "a holiday in savannah. u would te
a comparatively simple matter 20 arrange
for public Observance OF some kind. a.
/ philadelphia and other cities where cele-
brattons are being arranged. the decora-
I ton 81 the city halls and other public
buildings viii be made special future
A. savannahs Clte Exchange O. just ioo
/ years cd Il would be entirely ntting ana
| appropriate that e should figure con-
! splcuousiy in The observances OF the day.
/ IT, fact q celebration Of the one hum
dretsh anniversary Of the laying 81 the
| cornerstone OF the Exchange was sug-
I gfsfed last summer.
The Chatham Artillery. the Georgia
! Hussars. solomon's Lodge OF Masons and
/ other organizations and Institutions OF the
! city which have passed the century mark.
would naturally be- invited 20 participate
90 any observance Of the entry 81 the
century II has been suggested that an
appropriate feature would be the nriug
OF a salute from the Washington guns by
the Chatham Artillery and request 20
this effect from Council would doubtless
be checrfully complied with by the Chat