Seymour Sykes, 13-year-old colored boy, was drowned in Pasquotank River Sunday afternoon when he waded over his depth while in bathing with a party of boys near the coal pier. His body was recovered two hours later by Joe Powell, 13-year-old son of A.P Powell, Knobbs Creek bridge tender, who dived in the water and brought up the body.
From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, July 17, 1925
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