The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-05
SAVANNAH'S FOURTH
ENJOYED BY THOUSANDS OF PEG
PIE.
AT THE VARIOUS RESORTS.
YACHT RACES AT THE ISLE OF
HOPE.

The PaViliOns at Tybee Were Crowd
cd All Day-ThunderboIt Had Its
Share of Pleasure Seekers and
There Were Fishing Parties and
Private Entertainments by the
Score - No Serious Accidents
MARRIED the Pleasures of the Day.
While the falling of July Fourth
upon Saturday absolutely prohibited a
general holiday there were a good
many thousands of people in and about
Savannah yesterday who enjoyed.
either the whole or a part of the day
in some way out of the ordinary. 1t
was warm day, from the average
mans standpoint-even though the
Weather Bureau records only showed
a maximum of SO degrees but at the
resorts there were good breezes, fine
crowds and all kinds of amusements
and merrymaking.
There is not a great amount of pow
der burning in the South on the ma
tons birthday, and speech making is
almost entirely omitted. But this is
largely due to the climate and is not
any lack of patriotism. The people do
not fail to celebrate, but they prefer
to spend the day in something differ
ent, rather than to go largely into the
firing of guns, crackers, fireworks and
hot air.
Did Its Duty SnIuting.
Savannah did it's duty with the sa-
lutes at early morn, and the small boys
had a considerable fun with small
crackers later, but the great majority
of the grown folks, and those growing
ZIP, took to the tall timbers and en-
joyed the day. or as much of it as they
could spare, tusseling with the surf at
Tybee, watching the water sports at
the Isle of Hope or seeing the shows
at Thunderbolt. There were also a
number of fishing parties and driving
riding and automobiling parties. 1t
was day very generally observed by
the people doing something out of the
ordinary and having a good time with
out dressing up or acting convention
ally
In the city the retail stores were
obliged to remain open for the people
will want their dinners to-day just as
much as they do any day, but the big
wholesale places, the city, county and
federal offices, banks, and many other
places were closed. The transporta-
ton companies were called upon TO
furnish speed and a breeze for many
thousands of people, travelling in all di-
rections. and the demand was we'll met.
From all accounts it does not appear
that there were any serious delays
anywhere or accidents of any kind.
There were some excursions in and
out, and the visitors coming in more
than made up for those who went out.
Each one of the resorts had crowds of
patrons and good nature, and good
feeling prevailed.
A Lack of WatermeIOns.
If there was one thing that marred
little the real enjoyment of the
Fourth il might have been the short
age of Watermelons. For some reason,
not thoroughly understood. the juicy,
tempting fruit for which Georgia is so
justly famous, was not plenty in the
market yesterday. and some tables
were of necessity set without this IA
vorite dessert.
The celebration of the Fourth did
not conclude with twilight, nor even
IL o'clock. Everybody seemed to be
just waking up to the fact that it was
a holiday when night came on, and
long after the hour when Savannah is
usually wrapped in slumber, there were
parties of ten and twenty and fifty and
a hundred, coming in from one or an
other of the resorts and making the
night ring with laughter and song. 1t
was altogether a very merry, lively
day, and the people seemed to have
enjoyed every minutes of the sunshine
and moonshine that went to make up
the time. Seldom has the city been in
such a uniformly pleasant mood and
A.e. 10.
jollification without some serious mis-
hap or accident to mar its pleasure.