The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-28
FUN FOR The FOURTH.
PLEASING PROGRAMME PREPARED
FOR PLEASURE CHAsERs.
JULY a ON SATURDAY.
CANNONs WILL BOOM WHILE
AMERICAN EAGLES SCREAM.

Down mt ROurl<e's FOundry-PrO-
prietOr, Dressed in RegaIia of
Uncle Sam, Will Proclaim the Dec
IarntiOn of Independence-'rhre
Live Eagles to Emit Their
Patriotic Screnms-Yacht Races mt
Isle of HOpe--seductive Pro-
grnmmes at Casino, Tybee and
other Resorts.
Coming as it does on Saturday. the
Fourth of July gives promise of being
celebrated in rousing fashion. The
Glorious Fourth for indulgence and the
peaceful Sabbath for recuperation is a
combination not experienced often in
a lifetime.
Everybody will have holiday, OF
course, and already thousands have be-
gun formulating plans for the day.
Tybee, Warsaw, Thunderbolt, Isle of
Hope-all hold out programmes chock
full of pleasure and pastime, and it is
a foregone conclusion that ali of these
pleasure places will have record
crowds.
The Fourth of July would be Ham
let" with Hamlet left out did not the
genial head of Rourke's Iron Works
bedeck himself in the patriotic toggery
of Uncle Sam, and mid the roaring of
cannon and screenings of the nation
al bird. declaim to his workmen, in
stirring strains, the Declaration of In
dependence.
The exercises this year will be SINH
lar to those in the past except that in
place of the figure of the American
eagle, three large live specimens of the
Haliaeetus Leucocephalus will add to
the effectiveness of the patriotic pro-
cedure.
After reading of the Declaration,
forty-six booms of the cannon will pro-
claim the numerical strength of the
United States, and then the men will
indulge in refreshments of the most
substantial kind.
The railroads offer special rates and
the promise is that the city will be
alive with eXcursionsts. The street
car companies and the Tybee branch
of the Central of Georgia Railroad
have arranged for adequate car service
for the distribution of the pleasure
chasers, and by arranging interesting
and entertaining programmes at their
several pleasure terminals, have de-
signed to make the day one of mutual
benefit, to their patrons and them
selves,
Annual Yacht Races.
The. first programme to be definitely
presented to the public is that of Mr..
Barbee at Isle of Hope. There will be
a repetition of the annual regatta
which attracted thousands to the pop
ular resort last year. Nearly all Of the
yachts which contested in the Yacht
Clubs regatta will participate in the
aquatic exhibition on this occasion. In
addition to this, there will be a special
programme of swimming races, bag
races, rowing events and other inter-
esting contests The shoot the chutes
will be run all day, their trips having
been resumed. An excellent fish sup
per, with music and dancing all
the evening" will conclude the pro-
gramme of pleasure.
At Tybee the surf will be Just
right" at 5 o'clock, so that old ocean
will be the receptacle for thousands of
bathers all the afternoon. The Cen
trail Of Georgia will run about twelve
trains to the island during the day,
with about 100 coaches, there Is little
doubt that the crowds will be well
taken care of. The usual attractions,
together with some special features
yet u OC VIII SOASNiSONS SAS
diversion for the holiday crowd.
At the Casino.
At the Casino Manager Nelson will
have an attractive programme. He is
now in communication with certain
parties with view to pulling off some
special attractions such as have never
been seen in Savannah before.
The grounds will be brilliantly Hum
mated at night with thousands of Jap
anese lanterns. and red, white and
blue lights. A special schedule of cars
will be rum and the railway people
premise that none who go to the CasI-
no wifi have their pleasure hamper ed
by poor car service.
The Postoffice, Court House, City FIX
Grange and other public bull i'nKs will
be closed. as usual. Spe ial instr &C.
tions have been received by Postmas-
ter Blum, to give the rural mail car
riers a holiday. The weatherman will
also deserve a holiday, for he has
promised to work hard up to the last
minute to the end that the populace
may have favorable weather conditions.