The Savannah morning news., 1904-11-24

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Religious services. a game of foot
hall fox hunt, special bill at the
theater and the closing of the great
majority of the business houses will
mark to-day in Savannah as
day of Thanksgiving. The day has
been set apart by proclamations of the
President, the Governor and the May
or and will be generally observed.
The religious services will be the
principal event of the day among the
devout. At the Cathedral of st. John
the Baptist, at ST. Patrick's Church
and at the Church of the Sacred Heart
daily masses will be cele-
brated. No special services will be
held.
At st. Johns Episcopal Church
there will be special serv-
ice at IL o'clock with SER
mon by the rector. Rev. Charles H.
Strong. At Christ Church the special
services will be conducted at II o'clock
by the rector, Rev. Robb White. Rev.
Gilbert A. Ottmann, rector of St. PauPs
Church. will conduct services at IL
o'clock. Thanksgiving sermons will be
preached in each church.
At II o'clock the Union service will
be held at the First Presbyterian
Church, under the auspices of the Sa-
vannah Ministerial Association. The
special Thanksgiving sermon will be
preached by Rev. ]. A. Smith, assist
ant pastor of Trinity Methodist
Church.. The other portions of the
service will be assigned to the differ
ent ministers at the church. An in
vitation is extended to the ministers
of all denominations, whether they are
members of the association or not, to
gather at the church at 10:45 O'Clock
in the lecture room. The offering will
be divided between the Florence Crit
tendon Home and the Savannah Fee
male Orphan Asylum.
At noon Rev. DIR. George Solomon
will hold special Thanksgiving serv-
ice, with sermon, at the Synagogue
Mickva Israel.
For Lovers of Sports.
For lovers of sport there will be
plenty doing. The first event of in
terest will be the annual hunt of the
Chatham Hunt Club. The members
of the club will assemble at the ken
nels on Estill avenue at z O'clock in
the morning. From there they will
ride to the underground road, from
which point the hunt begins.
Probably the event in which there
is the most general interest, however,
is the football game at $3.50 o'clock at
Bolton Street Park. The Savannah
eleven and the Jacksonville eleven will
be the contestants. Both sides are
ready for the battle, and royal sport
is promised the spectators.
Besides these events many of the
business men of the city and their en-
ployes will make the holiday an OPP
portunity for hunting. Several parties
have been organized and will leave
early in the morning for their favorite
fields
At the theater, Charles Hawtrey will
appear in "A Message From Mars 1t
special matinee and night perform
ances.
In the homes of the city and in
the charitable institutions the day will
De appropriately observed according
TO the time-honored custom.
Special Music Arranged.
The music for the Union Thanksgiv-
ing services to be held in the First
Presbyterian Church will be very elab-
crate. A double quartette under the
direction of Mrs. w. A. Bishop will
sing the "Te Deum in B. Minor" by
Dudley Buck. and. for the offertory a
sextette, "Oh, Thou Eternal" by Verdi,
with Mrs. Alderman and Mr.. Byrnes
as soloists.
The choir Is composed Of Mrs. N.
]. Alderman and Miss Kate Grady.
sopranos: Mrs. c. e. Crittenden and
Mrs. A. B. Rowe. altos: Mr.. James
Leacy and Mr.. L. b. Fowler, tenors;
Mr.. A. f. King and Mr.. Ralph
Byrnes. bassos: Mrs. w. A. Bishop,
organist and director.
The regular meeting of the w. c..
T. U. has been postponed from this
afternoon until tomorrow afternoon
at 4 o'clock, at the Mission Home, No.
400 Liberty street, west.