The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-04
A LIVELY HOLIDAY
HOW THE FOURTH WILL BE SPENT
IN SAVANNAH.
BIG DAY At THE RESORTS.
ALL KINDS OF ADJUSTMENTS ARE
OFFERED.

Public Buildings and Offices will BE
Closed and Many Places of Bust
Will Give Employees Holiday.
Extra Fine Programmes An
nOunced for Tybee, Isle of Hope
and ThunderbOIt-Base bnII at Boil
ton street Park This Afternoon.
Celebration at ROurke's Iron
Works and other Special Features.
Fair weather, with light breezes,
| mostly from the south and southwest,
is what the weather men have prom
Used for the GLORIOUS Fourth" and
while they didn't say anything about
its being hot, those who spent yester-
| day within the confines of the city are
pretty we'll satisfied that it will be
''scorcher."
| The temperature records have been
made within the last few days in the
! North and East, but that is no reason
why it shouldn't be warm in Savan-
nah on the 4th of July. The proprie-
tors of the out-of-town resorts have
| long ago made a compact with the
weather department to have it hot on
this day of days, and business might
be very dull if the sun didn't shine
good and strong.
The people in this section will be
made to realize the fact that the Ma
TONS Birthday has arrived, possibly
sooner than some may wish to be dis
turbed, for the Chatham Artillery,
in"accordance with it's annual custom,
will fire the national salute at sun
rise.
! Those who live near enough to Fort
| Screven will also hear some booming
| for every army post and fort and
every warship will pay tribute in
| smoke and powder to the stirring days
! of '76 and give a cheer for the great
est country on the face of the globe.
When the people generally decide to
dress and come out they will find that
| the Fourth is to be celebrated in good
| style and that a great number OF bust
| ness places are closed and thousands
have made plans for spending the
! day.
The postofice and the banks, city Of
| fees, courts and offices generally will
take advantage of the legal holiday
and a great number of business
| houses will close for the day, or part
of it, al least. The day being Saturday
it would be a half holiday anyway with
d great many big concerns, and the
| remainder of the day will be cheer
fully given to employees by many en-
ployers.
The usual celebration is booked for
Rourkes Iron Works, and all who
have every enjoyed one of these an
nual occasions testify to the pleasure
they afford.
The amusements will not all be con-
fined to the resorts, for there will be
| a lively game of baseball this after
noon at the Bolton Street Park. The
| c. L. A. and Chatham Artillery teams
| will meet and a fine game is expected.
Special arrangements have been
| made at the three principal resorts
| in the neighborhood of Savannah for
merry day, and there seems to be
no good reason why there AAouldn
be patrons enough to go round and
make each separate celebration a big
success.
The Central of Georgia has arranged
to have trains running every little
while during to-day and tonight, and
all who wish to take a run to the sea-
| shore can do So and will not be lone
some.
The greatest attraction for all who
go to Tybee is naturally the Atlantic
|
splendid surf and just the right tide
for bathing all of the afternoon has
! decided hundreds in the question of
where to spend the Fourth. Thou
sands will no doubt spend a good por-
! ton of the day IN the water, and will
enjoy every minute of the romp with
! Old Neptune.
Music and dancing at both pavilions
will be the order all day and a con-
siderable portion of the night. The
hungry will he fed and the thirsty
need not go without something cool
| and liquid. 1t isn't likely that anyone
will sigh for the smell of powder dur
ing the day. but when night comes on
! there will be a fine display of fire.
works at the Hotel Tybee.
At Isle of Hope.
Things will be merry and lively at
the Isle of Hope to-day and visitors
! to this pretty riverside suburb will
find that great preparation has been
made for them. The regatta of the
| Atlantic Yacht Club win be the leading
feature of the afternoon and music
| and dancing at Barbees pavilion, and
the shoot the chutes, will fill in the
time and extend the pleasures after
nightfall.
A quick and satisfactory schedule
will be operated on the Isle of Hope
route and arrangements have been
made for handling a crowd.
TbunderbOIt.
The Casino at Thunderbolt will be
! gay from early morning to late at
night. The management has prepared
for rush and will be ready to enter
tain and serve patrons in good style.
The First Regiment Band has been
! engaged to give concerts in the after
noon and evening. The excellent
vaudeville company will be seen in en-
| tertainments at 8 o'clock and o'clock.
! Punch and Judy shows will fill in the
morning for the children. The poly
| scope will be put to work with some
new pictures after the vaudeville
show at night, and the Casino grounds
will be brilliantly Illuminated
! The various pavilions and landings
at Thunderbolt will no doubt be well
patronized all day and many fishing
and sailing parties will go out from
them on the Wilmington river.