The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-22
SAVANNAH HAS
MUCH TO OFFER
ExcURSI0NISTS DELIGHTED.
ABOUT 500 STRANGERS SPENT YES
TERDAY IN SIGHTSEEING.

Franklin. Hart, Hall. Ebert. Haber-
sham and Jackson Counties Well
Represented-Excur Took
Trip Down River in Morning.
Visited Tybee in Afternoon ana
Did Casino and Amusement Park
mt NiSht-Savannah's Varied At
fractions Pleased Visitors.
In the neighborhood of 800 excur-
sionists reached Savannah yesterday
morning from Franklin, Hart, Hall,
Elbert, Habersham and Jackson
counties, via Seneca, Bolton and Co
lumbia, over the Southern.
The excursionists are the most rep
resentative that have visited Savan-
nah in large numbers this season.
They were very much in evidence dur
ing the day and will remain in Sa-
Vannah until this morning, the special
on the return trip being scheduled to
leave at o'clock.
The excursion party was in charge
of Mr.. D. A. Baker of Royston, Ga,
who stated it has been one of the
most successful yet run. Each year
an excursion of this sort has been run,
but the visitors yesterday expressed
themselves as being more pleased than
upon the occasion of any other of
their annual outings.
Many Attractions Here.
There is so much more to see in
Savannah than in other places" said
Mr.. Baker in discussing the trip with
a representative of the Morning News.
Ihere are so many things to attract
in Savannah and the excursionists
nave already voted that they are hav-
ing the time of their lives The last
trip we made was to Charleston, but
there was nothing in the city to in
terest or amuse.
In Savannah it is quite different
Every body is having a. good time and
everybody is seeing interesting things
We all took a trip this morning down
the river on the steamer Clifton. Many
OF those in the party had never taken
d ride of this sort before. They were
all interested in the harbor. and the
splendid terminals of the Seaboard Air
Line attracted great deal of atten-
ton. Savannah has every reason to
feel proud of her shipping and harbor
Spent Afternoon Mt Tybee.
This afternoon we went to Tybee
and large crowd took a dip in the
surf. Surf bathing was a new expert
ence for many in the party, but I will
venture to assert that it will not be the
last time they will go into the water
and fight with the breakers. OF course
considerable salt water was carried
away from the island by the party,
but there is plenty more for another
time
At night several hundred of the ex-
cursionists went to Thunderbolt and
visited the Casino. They were charmed
with what they found The vaudeville
interested them and the Electric
Amusement Park fairly captivated
them
After the vaudeville. which was wit
messed by an unusually large crowd,
the strangers made a round of the
amusements in the Electric Park They
chased around the toboggan, lost them
selves in the mystic maze, rode on the
carousal. did the miniature railway,
inspected the House of Trouble, and
had rip-roaring good time.
Excellent Class of People.
There were men, women and chill
dren in the excursion party and a more
orderly set has never visited Savan-
nan Inc HolelS, IeSIduTdlIS, DOdTulnS
houses, fruit stands and retail mer-
chants knew they were in town, but
they were not in evidence so far as
police headquarters was concerned.
AS a rule, there is an increase in
the number of arrests for drunkenness
when an excursion is in the city, but
not so with the crowd that came in
over the Southern. The visitors will
leave Savannah with only praise for
the city. and its many points of inter
est, and the merchants, and the city
itself, is better off than it was two
days ago.