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~ » ——— SECOND SECTION. The' Atlanta Georgian and News VOL.V. NO. 310. ATLANTA, GA^ JULY 1907. HISTORY OF THE DAY WE CELEBRATE Anniversary of Decla ration of Indepen dence. GREAT NATIONAL HOLIDAY ON THURSDAY TO BE CELEBRATED BY ALL ATLANTANS American Independence waa declared one hundred and thirty-one yeare ago Thuraday next. Juet 181 year* ago the Declaration of Independence waa algned In Philadel phia, and the American republic took |ta place in the eonatellatlon of world power*. It 1* only upon the** anniversaries that people pauae to think of the mar- velloua growth of thla country. From a ttruggllng, thinly populated republic lv has become great, rich, powerful In the group of great power*. More and more 1* the Fourth of July becoming a great national event In every aectlon of the Union. To the •mall boy particularly I* It a great day. For him It means fireworks from early In the morning until late at night Unfortunately the reckle** use of high explosives In recent year* has run the list of Fourth of July casualties up ap pallingly. and many cities have prohib ited the use of fireworks on that date. It Is only on the Fourth of July that the old Liberty Bell la heard booming out from Independence Hall, In Phila delphia. Thl* famous old bell has made many journeys over the country, and Atlantans will recall It* stay here dur ing the Cotton States and International Exposition In 1885. It was seen by thousands of people from all sections of the country, and proved one of the great attractions of that great exposi tion. Within recent years the South has come to observe the Fourth more gener- nlly, and now It Is the occasion of great public demonstration and oratory. Even where there Is no fixed program of cel ebration, It la made the occasion of at least half holiday throughout the South. This Fourth sees the country still In the midst of great prosperity, with Indi cations that It will continue. Read the Presidential Contest On Double Page This Section. Read Fourth of July Ads. of Merchants This Section. HOW CITY OBSERVES 4TH0FJULY General Holiday Is Planned by Majority of Business Houses. WHERE AND HOWTO SPEND THE GLORIOUS FOURTH . Thursday Is the Glorious Fourth ol July. ’ By common agreement practically every store In Atlanta, Including every thing from the corner grocery to the wholesale and retail house, will be closed at least half the day, In order to allow their employees to enjoy the holi day. Many of the stores, both big and little, have announced that they will be closed during tho entire day. The closed sign will bo suspended from ths entrances of all the banks In the city, Unol* Sam's mall distributing centers will send out carriers once In the fore noon, and then nothing further will be " ring until the Fourth of July, 1907, ts become a thing of the past. In order that Atlanta's citizens who will spend the day In recreation may havo an opportunity to witness two games of the national pastime the man agement of the Atlanta baseball team ho* arranged for a double-header with the team from Montgomery on the Fourth of July. The first gome will be played Thursday morning at 10 o’clock and the second game Is scheduled at * o'clock In the afternoon. In addition to tho ball games, every amusement park In the vicinity of At lanta will be working overtime, and Ponce DeLeon, the White City and Grant park, whero tho new animals are Incarcerated, will be the mecca for thousands of oltlxens and visitors from other parts who prefer the more stren uous amusement of balling through the ether in a swing attached to a pair of wires, or to be hurled over a couple of thin rails, around the sharpest of curves In a car whose sole object In life Is to get to the other end of tho line. But of all the plans for the celebra tion of the Glorious Fourth perhaps the most attractive Is that which has been planned by the Rod Men of Atlanta. Thursday morning at 11 o'clock the members of this famous order, accom panied by their friends, will Journey to Piedmont park, where a delightful old-time Georgia barbecue will be served. In connection with the barbe cue Don Carey, he of the melodious TOtO* (ad the pleasant smile, will read tho Declaration of Independence to the assembled multitude. In the evening tho Red Men will hold a torchlight procession, several thousand of their number marching through the streets of Atlanta to the beating of tom-toms and' the accom paniment of other musical Instruments. Taken altogether, tho coming Fourth of July will Indeed bo a red-letter day In tho history of Atlanta. You Might Take a Trolley to Marietta or the] River If You Like a Quiet Day in the Country With the Kids. Where are you going on the Fourth? Of course you are going romewhere. No sane person would stay cooped up In the house all day, when there’s a chanco to get out In the open and ab sorb some of the fresh air that wafts from over the red old hills of'Georgla. There's a lot of fine places to enjoy yourself on the Fourth, and It doesn't take nn automobile to get there. The trolley cars are o.n the Job nil day. This Fourth of July's the poor mnii's holiday, anyway. Those people with the big blue touring cars don't pav much attention to such things as holl days. The business man Is too busy usually to know when one comes, un> less he finds hi* bank closed Just when he wants to negotiate a loan, and It's always a holiday to his family, unless there’* a bridge on. But the working man— Ah, he's the fellow who watches for Christmas and Labor Day and Thanks giving and the Fourth—and that last Is the beat of all. For the Fourth arrives just when the tired worker la begin ning to (eel the heat of summer, be ginning *o swear at the sun, and wish he was a farmer boy hanging his feet In tho stream and watching the cork bob In tha water where a trout Is nib bllng. It’a life working man whose pay envelope represents six days of hard work who waits for tho Fourth with visions of out-of-doors, a day In the open with the wife and th* kids, a day under heaven's own blue skies, with no thought of work, no worry over grocery bills. So, of course, all of you are going somewhere Thuraday. But where? Atlanta offers you plenty of outing*. You might pack a basket with yellow legged chicken and blackberry pi* and go to any of the places around the city and have a good time. But It might be well to make up your mind before the day arrives. There's Ponce DeLeon, always ■ Jolly place on holldnys. It won't take the whole day to gst out there, and you can combine It with a trip somewhere else. You fellows who have seen all your baseball games this season In the green extra* might leave the wife and youngster*, except the biggest boy, of course. In sound of the band at Ponce and join the crowd In the struggle for a scat across the avenue, where Billy Bmlth's Crackers are going to try hard to make tbos* Montgomery dub* look like a sine dime with a hole In It. But maybe your family would like It bet ter If you'd stay with them and fill the kids with Ice cream cones and pop- com. Say, that Ponce Is a great place to watch human nature. You can see most as many people around the 10- cent shows os you'd find on the beach at Coney Island, or anyway they look ’Ike as many. Thore's plenty to amuse you. A ride on the circle swing, a trip through the darkness of the old mil! with your best girl In the seat beside you, a mad chase down the roller coaster—there are many ways to bo amused. And If you don't want to spend a cent, there's Just as hearty a welcome and no "move on" signs. White City's another good place. Maybe you haven't seen the new park, for It's only been open a short time, but It's worth visiting. .Take a Fair street "White City" car and ride until you can’t go any further. Then get off, turn to your left and hear the band play. HERE IS A CHAhCE TO GET A DISCOUNI The double page of advertisements which appear In this section offers a contest In which our readers nre asked to tell the names of the different presidents of the United States, where they were bom, when they were elected, how long In office, what political party they belonged to. If living, their age, und If dead, when they died. Most of the ad vertisers on these pages have offered a substantial discount to those who will fill out the coupon In their ad. and present It when purchasing any of the articles advertised. You will notice photographs are presented of the twenty-six pres ident* with the questions above mentioned and It Is especially commended to the little folks for their review In history of the United States. Councilman Chosewood built White City. He found a big open field Just beyond Grant Park, all going to waste, and he saw a chance. After a force of men finished their work, an old farmer who drove into town by that road stop ped hts mules, looked over tho fence and robbed his eye*. "They've sure been movin’ dirt around these parts,” he said. And they "sure'' had. Where there had been old fyrrows, a row of amusement houses had been built. A pretty lake, with rowboats and a bandstand, had taken the place of the dogfennel that formerly prospered. Up on the hill stood a new theater, and at one end J. K. ORR TOASTMASTER A 7 SHOE DEALERS' BANQUET Old Point Comfort, July 2.—With scarcely an exception, the delegates to the Southern Shoe Wholesalers' Asso ciation, now In session at the Hotel Chamberlin, declare that business con dition* In the South were never better. Every section of the country south of the Potomac and Ohio rivers Is repre sented, and the whole tone of the con vention Is optimistic to a degree. J. K. Orr, of Atlanta, Ga., summed up the consensus of the delegates on this point, when he said the whole Southern country Is prosperous, the prosperity Is on a sound basis and there Is every rea son to look for Its continuance. At this morning's session a number of questions Important to the trade were discussed, among those who spoke on the subject of "The Shoe Manufactur ing Future of the South" being J. B. Richardson, of Nashville, and D. H. Clerkland, of Atlanta. All of the speakers on the subject of Immigration spoke of the urgent need pf the Southern state* for a desirable class of white labor. The convention end* tonight with a banquet, at which J. K. Orr, of Atlanta, will act as toastmaster. Among the speakers will be C. F. Merits, of Mont, gomery. Ala. whose subject Is "Busi ness Organisations; Their Usefulness for the Advancement of Commercial GROCERS TO CLOSE ALL DAY ON FOURTH A large number of the butchers and grocers of Atlanta have shown their sympathy with the movement to have an old-fashioned Fourth of July cele bration by agreeing to close their stores all day. The owners want the entire day In which to celebrate, and they want their clerks to enjoy the same privilege. As there will be nothing do, Ing on tl of the lake a big figure-eight roller coaster was sending crowds of shriek ing boys and girls around Its turns. It’s worth while to take a trip out Lots of Fun at Ponce DeLeon and White City—Two Baseball Games For the Fans, and Good Fishing. Maud. Have you seen the new ani mals? There’s a xebra there with more •tripes than the Tammany tiger, a new lion or two, and all the old favorites you knew last year. There's a good band, there are pleasant nooks for a rest, and acres and acres of ground for a family picnic. But It's the monkeys that please the kiddles best of all. There are solemn monks and frisky monks, and monks with expressions that change as fast a* a moving pic ture, and when the little boys and to White City. It's pretty'In the day, g| r |e climb on the railing In front of and It's still prettier at night, when the electric lights make it glow like a fai ryland. There's vaudeville at the the ater, and there's a man at the soda fountain who'll tell you the latest score from the baseball field. Then there's Grant Park. If you go to White City you’ll certainly stop at Grant Park, and It's worth a trip on Its own account. It’s the city's own—your own—and there's nothing to pay but car fare and the price of peanuts for the big cage It takes a strong arm to drag them away. Out at Piedmont there’* to be lots doing late In the day. The Red Men will celebrate by a big barbecue, and Dan Carey will read the Daclaratlon of Independence. All the braves. In their buckskin Indian clothes, will be there. There'll be some fireworks and a general good time. Besides, the chll dren's playgrounds are open at Pled, mont now, and the kids will have a SHRINERS’ THEATER PARTY WILL CAPTURE THE CASINO bui that day, people will have to inelr supplies the day before, he following have agreed to close r stores the entire day; C. J. Hamp er Grocery Company, all stores; 8. D. Mulllnax ft Co, H. O. Reese A Co, p. H. Donnelly Grocery Company: E. G. Akin ft Co.. F. C. Wllkerson ft Bro, Scott ft Peavy, T. R. Sawtell, all store*; Maddox Grocery Company, Wood Singleton, Wood ft Foster, Emery Mab, - Tb ket Company, S. D. Blacknall, Thomas* ft Jones, Wolfshelmer 4 Co, L. W. Rogers, down town stores, anti R. A. Broyles, by P. H. Bullock, manager. Interests." Most of the delegate* will NEW READ BEGINS WORK AT GRADY The change of administration at the Grady Hospital went Into effect Mon day morning. J. J. Meador, who was recently elect ed superintendent by the hospital board, took active charge of the hos pital Monday morning. Dr. T. F. Brewster, who resigned, will remain with the hospital 15 day* by request of the board to Inaugurate his successor and to explain to him all the duties and Intricacies of the office. Tuesday morning will mark a similar change In the building Inspector's of fice. Ed. R. Hays, who was elected at the recent council caucus, will succeed Frank A. Pittman, who has served In that capacity for the past 12 years. go by steNmer to Boston 'omorrow and will visit me shoe fairies about the Massachusetts capital. Forrest Adair, the potentate of the Yaa rnh temple, has Issued Invitations to all of the Hkrtners In this oasis to attend a theater party to he given at the Casino at Ponce UeLeon Park on nest Tuesday even Ing st 8:15 o’clock. The fihrlners have no meetings during the auuitner time, as In their opinion It Is too hot to work, and their custom Is to devote the heated term to entertainment and refreshments. The barbecue given two weeks ago was one of the most enjoyable ever held In At lanta. Negotiations have been pending for some time between the Shrine and Manager lie- Hire, and arrangementa were Anally closed on Monday whereby the entire house will he reserved exclusively for this order, end no outsiders will he admitted. No cnmplt sc ths best vaedevfi Atlanta. Every act will be s top liner. Thera wlU be no reserved aests and no tickets will he necessary. The officers of Jwl n& ladles as they car* to bring, as It la always understood that the ladles are always ex- peote.i when entettalnmrnte art given by place to enjoy life. But thero nro other places besides ths “regular" parks. There’s Lake- wood, for Inatance. That’s a pleasant rids on the trolley, with a lake at the end, dancing In the pavilion, and plenty of fresh air. Than there’s the river car line, with the Chattahoochee and th* bridge, and a cool little park on the river bank, where you may find fresh flah and barbecue and soft drink*. If you are one of th* Walton-Cleveland school you might drop down the river a piece and cost a worm into the Chattahoo chee end tee If your luck la working. Maybe you’ll catch something, maybe not, but that's fisherman’s luck, you know. If you are a member of the Athletlo program. There’* golf out thero every day In the week, end the Fourth give* a chance for as many hole* as your legs will stand. There’* rowing and swim ming and all that add* to country club Ilf*. But even for the general public there’s something doing at East Lake. The Southern championship tennis tournament will be on during the day, and that’s open to everybody, with an admittance fee. Did you ever take that trolley trip to Marietta that you've been promising yourself for a year or two? The Fourth would be a good day for It, but you’d better go early and avoid the rush. It’s fine to get next to a window and spin out on that twenty-mile run. The cars •re like Pullman* for comfort, and there are few stop* on the way. It’s Just an hour’s run, and tho national cemetery at the other end of the line Is worth spending an hour In, especially on this day, when patriotism la fore most In every Amerlcan’s'heart. But wherever you go, don’t forget that this Is not your holiday alone, but everybody's. Take your good humor along with you. Don't fuss It you have to stand up on the cars, for there are a lot of people beside you who paid their fares and didn’t get a seat. Don't wear your beat clothea It you want to frolic on the gnus, and don't make the kids be too good during the day. They are out for a good time, you know, and that doesn't mean keeping off the frais and looking dignified. And Just another hint—If you have any fireworks, be careful. Every Fourth of July claims Its victims from giant crackers and big explosives. Don’t let yourself be ot s of the list , of "among those Injured.' 1