Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-07-03
Savannah To Stage
Big Water Carnival

Savannah, July s. tSpcciaO - For
the first time in the history OF the
Southeastern coaSt--on just such a
various Scale-Savannah, thru its Mo-
torboat Club, backed by the city, the
county, the board of trade, and practi-
cally every civic and commercial, and
many OF the social organizations, in
Guiding the Women'S Clubs, is to stage
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
July "a TO 20, inclusive. one OF the
mostc elaborate water carnivals ever
arrangedHpurely as great aquatic
sports event, with no strings attached,
with nobody interested in getting any
thing out OF it but genuine pleasure,
1t is to be tri-state affair, as, wit
ness: Senators Harris and George OF
Georgia, Duncan Fletcher OF Florida
and Smith of South Carolina have
been in conference this week with the
Secretary of the Navy on the sub
ject OF what war vessels or other nav
al chaft can be detailed to this port
for the occasion Their announcement
will be forthcoming in few days as
to the names of the warships or de
stnoyers to be in harbor.
Believing that there may be initi-
ated for Savannah and in turn the
other South Atlantic ports great an
nual water carnivals group of Sa-
vannah citizens of many affiliations
and interests are back of the move
ment which has crystalized in a fine
program, unique in character. The
committee is composed of hundred
representative Savannahians.
The carnival in location will be var
ious. Thursday night, July "a, at DAT
fin Park swimming pool, which is, by
the way the largest artificial body OF
water for sports purposes in the entire
South There is ample accommodation
for an audience of thirty thousand at
| Daffin Park, with every facility for
reaching it by street cars and Jltneys.
The program for Thursday night will
| embrace THESE GNSHlS. SdilOS tii'hiS,
swimming races, model boats contest,
tub racing, special water carnival
events with many surprises in the form
of pageants and floats and fancy diving
contest-and fireworks on the side.
There will be no charge of admittance
to this or any other of the three days
events. there will be large cash prizes
and silver loving cups offered tor
many of the contests, these prizes
being already on display.
Friday morning the war vessels III
harbor will be open for the inspec-
ton of the public generally with am
pie guide service to give as an educa-
tional feature, accurate information
about the big fishing craft of Uncle
Sam Friday morning, too, these will
be. several cutter races with crews
picked from the vessels in port con-
testing for handsome prizes. This Will
be on the Savannah river. Friday att
ernoon the scene shifts to historic
Thunderbo1t, scene of many a sail boat
race of the century age. 1t IS inter
esting to retail that one of the last
regular duels fought in Georgia was
over a contested sailboat race at
Thunderbolt, the place where yearly
for 123 years there have been motor
boat contests and sailboat races. The
program for Friday afternoon, July
rs, included sailing races with proba-
bly twenty boats in the line, a cruiser
paradee with all the spectacular deco
rations, speed boat race with the best