The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-06-29

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Already preparations dre being made
for the celebration of the great and
glorious Fourth of July. Indications
point to the most elaborate Obsery-
anCe Of this date that has ever trans
pired here in the city. There will be
numerous ways in which a person may
hnd diversion and pleasure on this ma
tiOnaI holiday. Heretofore the
beaches have been the centre of at
traction on July 18th aud while his
will to a great extent be so this year,
there will be II or two attractions in
the CITY, principally a fast base bal
game, that will serve to arouse those
who do not care for the whirl and
gaiety of the two beaches.
The Consolidated Company has
made no special preparations for the
observance of the day. The corpora
ton is in a better condition than for
merly to transfer hundreds of pleas
.ure seekers who viii spend the day at
Wrightsville beach and little difficult
-9y Ill handling them IS anticipated.
The new car, number 81, will prove of
invaluable service on this day. Trains
OF three cars each will leave the city
every half hour n several trailers
will be left at the beach for the pur-
pose OF bringing back those who will
E5Bend the evening. AS a matter of
? course Lumina will be the great centre
OF attraction and all the various forms
Of amusement within it's immediate vi
cinity will be. in active operation
throughout the day. Among these
may be mentioned the Ferris wheel,
the merry go round, shooting gal
e. lerles, bowling, and others too numer-
Gus to mention. The excellent Lum-
ina orchestra will give three concerts,
IN each in the morning, afternoon,
and evening. Two performances will
be given at the Casino, a good stock
company being the attraction.
The usual Fourth of July regatta of
the Carolina Yacht Club will be sailed
during the afternoon, the hour for
same not having been definitely de-
9 cided upon yet. The race will prove
OF more than usual interest this year
because of the large number Of en-
tries. About ten days ago COmmo-
dore J. Van B.. Nets issued a circular
letter to the owners of fifteen or six
teen yachts requesting them to par
ticipate in the race. A meeting of tn
owners was held several days ago and
the preliminaries were arranged. A
committee consisting of Messrs. B. H.
Bridgers, NJ. S. Willard, and II. B.
Peschau was appointed to formulate a
new starfng time so that the old
boats would have an equal chance
with the newer and faster boats.
This has been done and the race will
prove more interesting as each boat
will be on an equality with the others.
There will be not less than a dozen
entries. Among these will be the
Carolina, Captain Burke B%ridgers;
Yonalee, Captain Plat Davis; Sprite,
Captain Henry Peschau; Mabel. Cap
tain Bowden; Question, Captain
Spencer Nichols: Don Julian. Captain
Walter Parsley; B%uttinsky, Captain
Henry Macmillan; Emma, Captain c.
W. Worth; Sadie, Captain S. P. Cow
an; O.. N, Captain Dick Bradley;
Kayembee. Captain NJ. S. Willard;
Puzzle, Captain E. A. Metts; Thalia,
Captain J. P. Hammer.
The race will be over an eight mile
course through Banks and Motifs chan
nels.
The day will be celebrated in a
grand manner at Carolina beach also.
There will be three trips made by the
steamer Wilmington, at 9 a. NJ. $50
and 1880 p. M, the boat going to
Southport each trip. There will be
music all day by an orchestra of eight
pieces and dancing also. Other forms
of amusement such as racing, target
shooting, bowling, bathing. will be
provided for the benefit of those who
go to this beach.
In the city the most interesting
event during the morning will be the
bicycle races given under the aus
pices of the Young Mems Christian
association. The races viii lie started
at 10 o'clock and will be over a o u
mile course down the she'll road. Many
desirable prizes Id . been donated by
merchants Int much interest Is being
shown by those wno will compete IN
the different contests.
In the afternoon there will be 4 base
ball game at Hilton Park between the
Market Street Giants base ball team
and a team made Up OF eX-collcge
ball players. The latter aggregation
will present a formidable appearance
and the game promises to be a fast
one. The collegians will have. Moore,
catch; Smith, p; Hicks ID; Emerson,
~2b; Calder, 3rdb; Morse, IS: Mills, II;
MONTGOMERY CT; Peschau, ri.
With the enumeration of amuse-
ments as mentioned above TO choose
E~2~n ~ ono cbo,,Id have unyr difficulty