The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-23
SOUTHSIDE CLUBS "CUE."
Likely to Be Biggest Affair of It's
Kind Given in Chatham County,

Likely to Be Biggest Affair of It's
Kind Given in Chatham County.
The first annual barbecue of the
southside Club, which will take place
at Montgomery Wednesday, promises
n be the largest affair of its kind that
has ever been held in Chatham coun-
~. 1t is expected that it will be at
tended by between eight hundred and
a thousand persons. The promoters
of the "cue" are making preparations
not only to receive as many people as
that, but to give them a good time
as well.
Mr.. ]. Robert Dreamer, chairman
of the committee in charge of the CO.
mestibles, together with several of his
aides, spent a part of yesterday at
Montgomery. He selected the site for
the pits, of which there will be three.
each twenty-five feet long and of the
tables for the making of which several
wagon loads of lumber have already
been sent to Montgomery. The pits
will be in charge of Mr.. George w. AL
lem while Mr.. w. T. Hussey will be
in charge of the refreshments. Sergt.
Walter H. Fleming is chairman of the
Committee on Order, and will have
twenty-five men to help him preserve
it. Mr.. r. H. Clements is in charge
of the programme of sports and
amusementS.
Those in charge of the affair have
L IT,. Il
will be roasted at the pits, and which,
it is thought, will be none too many
for the attendance expected. The menu
will consist of barbecued beef, veal,
pork and mutton; barbecued hash,
cush, clam choWder and stewed crabs,
green corn on ear, sliced tomatoes,
sliced onions and other relishes; mu-
latto rice, pickles of various sorts and
such other things as may present them
selves to the committee as being ap-
propriate to such an occasion. This,
of course, does not include the keg and
bottled beer and the Chatham Artillery
punch, nor yet the other drinkables
and the cigars which it is promised
will be present in abundance
Lunch will be served at noon and
the regular dinner at o'clock and from
that hour continuously until either the
supplies or the appetites of the attend
ants are exhausted. Dinner will be
preceded by an address of welcome to
be delivered by Mr.. John Glatigny,
president of the Southside Club.
This gentleman desires the mem
bers of his club to understand that
each Of them is invited to be present
and that he may bring his friends
with him. Other persons who are
invited are the members of the First
District Club, of the Fourth District
Forest City Club, and of the Second
District Club.
A special invitation has been ex-
tended Mayor Myers and the alder
manic board and also the County Com
missioners, and a car for their use will
leave the City Exchange at 4:20 o'clock
in the afternoon. Mr.. Dreamer desires
1t understood that "any gentleman or
office holder" who may be unable to
get to the "cue" on the earlier cars
may make the trip on this special
car.
A brass band will be on the grounds
all day to keep things jolly, and in the
afternoon Mr.. M. Ed Wilson will make
photographs of the pits with the car
casses on them. the tables with the
diners seated. of the leaders of the Citi-
zens Club, and also of the leaders of
the Southside Club. Several naphtha
launches have been secured for the
use of those who care to go boating.
These will be in charge of Capt J.
e. Rogers of the Sunnyside Club The
Savannah Electric Co. have arranged
TO run a convenient schedule to and
from Montgomery during the entire
day.
The Southside Club has been an or
ganization continuously for six years,
and though of a political origin contin-
ues to meet weekly the whole year
round. Should this barbecue prove the
success it is expected to, a similar en-
tertainment will be given each year.