A varied program of horse racing, swimming and canoe racing, and a double header baseball game for the Fourth of July in Elizabeth City is promised home town people and visitors.
The racing begins at 2:30 o’clock at the Fair Grounds.
A Fourth of July celebration with swimming and canoe races and fireworks has been arranged at Dawson’s Bathing Beach. The races will start at 2 o’clock with a 40-yard race for boys under 16 years. At 2:30 there will be a free-for-all girls’ race of 20 yards. At 3 o’clock boys under 12 years will be entered in a 20-yard dash.
During the interval between the races and diving events, ducks will be turned loose in the water and will become the property of those who succeed in catching them.
At 4 o’clock a canoe race is scheduled. Following this, there will be a diving competion for small boys and then a fancy diving event which will be a free-for-all. At 5 o’clock the feature race of the afternoon will be the free-for-all event of 100 yards.
At night there will be fireworks at the bathing beach.
A double header will be played here on July the Fourth with the first game between South Mills and the Elizabeth City Cubs on the Main street diamond at 3 o’clock and the second between South Mills and South Norfolk at 5.
The Elizabeth City Cubs are figuring on a strong organization this summer with this the only team at present time organized in Elizabeth City. South Mills has always gone strong on baseball and put up a strong team.
From the front page of the Elizabeth City Daily Advance, Tuesday, July 1, 1924
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