DENNING WINS DECISION FROM MARINE
CHAMP IN 6 ROUNDS OF SLOW FIGHTING
Poole Of Rougemont Records
Only K. O. Of Evening. Jack
son And Walters Fight To A
Draw. Snake-Eye And Punk
Walker Fight Even Bill.
"JACK DEMPSEY" AND
"GENE TUNNEY" FIGHT
Durham Contortionist Puts On
Very Interesting Act
The much tooted bout between Jake
Denning of Durham, former cham
pion of the U. S. Navy and champ
of the Carolinas, and Johnny Seag
ers, champion of the U. S. Marines,
\ took placc Monday night in the Win
stead Warehouse. Seagers started off
by hailing punches into Denning's ab
domen, but the fighters clinched. In
this lies the whole story of the fight.
Time after time Seagers would rush
Denning, or Denning would rush Sea
gers, only to give each other a few
loving pats, clinch and wait for the
referee to break them apart.
For six rounds this went on with
each fighter swinging, somtimes land
ing, sometimes missing, but no pun
ches seeming to hurt. After the third
round, Seagers apparently was weak
ening, and from that time on he could
n't seem to get in any effective pun
ches. The fight ended with the close
of the sixth, Denning gaining the
decision.
The only knook-out of the evening
came in the Poole-Hamlet fight. Ru
fus pocle of Rougemont, weighing 135,
vs. Doc Hamlet of Hillsboro, weight
133. Poole rushed Hamlet from the
first, punching him when he tried to
clinch. Apparently Hamlet was tiring
rapidly. He had enough at the end
of the third, but went back in the 4th,
being knocked out in less than thirty
seconds.
Poole, tall, rangy, fast, looked good
and put up a good scrap. He was
fast with his hands and fast on his
feet.
Morris Jackson and Paul Walters
fought four rounds to a draw. Neither
fighter got in any telling blows, al
though Jackson punched Walters in
the nose, starting the blood to flow.
Walters fought in spurts, several times
running Jackson Into the ropes, but
being beaten off before he could do any
effective work. Jackson showed super
ior skill in his fighting.
"Snake-eye" Tharpe fought Punk
Walker to a f our- round draw in the
only colored bout of the evening. Wal
ker, short and rtumpy, was a match
for the rangy Snake-Eye. Neither men
landed any telling blows, most of their
punches glancing off, or not landing
at all. ??
"Tnnn^v vs lVmnSM1*
The initial bout of the evening pro
vided the most entertainment. Gene
Tunney Hodges and Jack Dempsey
Hodges, four-year-old twins of Dur
ham, fought three one minute rounds.
They really put up a scrap. Jack was
down, but came back, then Gene went
down under a fast one to the face,
but up again and back at him. The
boys were named for the two fighters
because they were born on the night
of the Dempsey -Tunney flfeht in 1931.
Contortionist Entertains
Bill Kapp, Durham contortionist,
entertained the audience just before
the main bout with some trick joint
throwing. He demonstrated the real
"boarding-house" reach by extending
his right arm two or three inches
longer than his left. He grew taller
before your very eyes, someone jeered,
and got the rasberry from Kapp,
which he gave by slapping his should
er blades together. He gave some of
the fine points of driving an automo
bile by throwing his right shoulder
blade out of place, putting it Into ex
actly the same positions that the
gears of cars go into when they are
in "first," "second", "high" and "re
verse" respectively.
Officials
Referees: J. L. McNiell, and Bill
Parrish. Judges, C. B. Wood, Collin
Abbitt, and Mr. Hutchinson. Time
keeper, Jake Taylor, Master of cer
emonies, J. S. Merritt,
About three hundred fans witnessed
the fight.
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Herbert Hdover, former President:
"The nation has a right to know be
fore this session of Congress ends of
the changes this administration pro
poses in the Constitution."
(A-VEL NEWS
Miss Cathrine Withers poon of Chase
City, Va. is spending two weeks here
with Mrs. William Witherspoon.
Miss Irene Smith of Boykens, Va.,
is spending several weeks here with
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. William Witherspoon
and brother, Henry, spent last week
end in Chase City with Mr. Wither
spoons' parents.
Miss Olie Dickerson spent last week
end in Danville, Va., visiting Miss Lot
tie Jones on North Main st.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley philpot and
little son, Averette, spent the week
end in Danville, Va. with Mr. Phil
pot's parents.
Miss Stevens of Apex is visiting Mrs.
Johnnie Wrenn here.
Miss Ouhie Cozart of Edenton is vis
iting Mrs. J M. Dickerson.
Misses Francis and Ann Lee Sparks
delightfully entertained a number of
friends at their home here Monday
night in honor of Anne Lee's fifteenth
birthday.
The evening was spent playing en
joyable games in which all took part.
The birthday cake was then brought
in and each one blew out a candle
making a wish for her. After which
cake and ice cream were served to
the following guests: Misses Sadie
Hurst, Julia Rhew, Libby Perkins,
Irene Smith of Boyklns, Va., Cath
rine Witherspoon of Chase CitV, Va.
Ester Gravitte, Kathrine Wright, Ka
thleen Hargins, Helen Dickerson and
OUie Dickerson and Messrs. J. P. and
Jack Milam, Reginal Mathews. Pull
iam Ford, Fitchugh Ford, Henry With
erspoon, Glenn Sparks, Bennie Crow
der. Worth Church, Clyde Wright
Buck Morris, Spurgeon Buchanan,
Jessie Shaw, Jr., John Walker and
Frances JPowell.
The guests left wishing her many
more birthdays and thanking her for
a nice time. She received many beau
tiful and useful gifts.
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Body Of Queen
Is Interred In
Royal Crypt
Tens Of Thousands Watch As
Lonely King Of Belgians
Walks Behind Coffin Of
His Dead Wife
Brussels, Sept. 3 ? The body of Queen
Astrid of the Belgians was interred
toclay in the royal crypt at Laeken.
Tens of thousands watched as As
trid's lonely king, Leopold II, walked
behind her coffin. Astrid died in his
arms last Wednesday after the auto
mobile he was driving -plunged off a
country road in Switzerland.
The king, his right arm in a sling
and his side bandaged from a broken
rib, followed the hearse from the palace
where the body had been in state,
to Ste. Gudule cathedral, where only
18 months ago he attended the funer
al of his father, King Albert.
Prince Carl on Right
Prince Carl of Sweden, Queen As
trid 's father, walked to the right of
Leopold. On the king's left was his
brother, the Count of Flanders. Be
hind him walked the Duke of York,
Great Britain's official representative
and other European royalty and dig
nitaries, all in uniform.
Officers of the royal household
walked on each side of the hearse.
Heads of the church, carrying a huge
silver cross, and troops completed the
procession.
The procession wound its way thru
the lined streets to the dolorous tolling
of the bells of Ste. Gudule and the
booming of the farewell salute of 83
guns.
Outside the palace gates as the hearse
emerged from the grounds stood a
group of miners giving the scene a
more somber tone in their dress o?
blue overalls and handkerchiefs knot
ted about their necks and wearing
black safety helmets. They compris
ed a special mine rescue party.
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Hugo Black, head of Senate Committee
investigating lobbying:
"Enough lawyers were in washing
ton to uphold the Constitution ton
their own shoulders even if it had been
weightier than the pyramids."
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VIII. RIGHTS OF THE STATES
The hardest job the framers of the
Constitution had to do was to draw
the sharp line between the *powers
granted by the States to the new Fed
eral Government and those which the
States retained for themselves.
The conflict between the new spirit
of nationalism and the old spirit of
independence of the States was acute.
"The task" wrote James Madison in
his notes on ttte Constitutional Con
vention, "was to draw a line of de
marcation which would give the gen
eral Government every power requis
ite for general purposes, and leave to
the States every power which might
be more beneficially administered by
them." On that principle of entrusting
all matters of common interest to the
Federal Government and reserving the
very large field of purely local interest
to the States, the Constitution was fi
nally drafted.
It is a very short and simple part
of the document, Article IV. It pro
vides only, in substance, that the cit
izens of any State shall be recognized
as citizens by all the other States,
and that the public acts of each State
shall be given full faith and credit in
every other State.
"rtiere was no delegation of power
from the central Government to the
States. The process was the other way
about, the States delegating limited
powers to the central Government.
In return, the central Government
guaranteed to every State a republi
can form of government, protection
against invasion and, at the request
of the State authorities, against do
mestic violence.
The Federal Government, thus, has
no right or power to send Federal
troops into any State, even in case of
violent rioting or insurrection, unless
first invited to do so by the Legisla
ture or the Governor of the State.
Next Week: Th<
We are so familiar with the process
of extradition of fugitives from jus
tice that it is difficult today to real
ize how easy it was, before the Fed
eral Constitution was adopted, for a
criminal to escape the consequences of
his crime simply crossing the line be
tween one state and another.
One of the most important provi
sions of the Constitution is that it
requires each State, in case of a per
son charged with any crime who has
fled from Justice, to deliver the ac
cused on demand of the executive au
thority of the State from which he
fled.
Likewise, the principle that trials
of criminals not only shall be by jury
but shall be held in the State where
the crime has been committed, is so
generally understood that the impor
tance of that provision of the Consti
tution is not immediately obvious to
the present-day mind. But there was
a time when States assumed the right
to try and condemn men for crimes
committed in- other States, or even
beyond the seas.
The Federal Congress had authority
under the Constitution, from the be
ginning. to admit new States, but not
to create them out of the terri
tory of other States. In the one in
stance in which a new State was set
up out of part of an old State, the
nation was engaged in a civil war.
Virginia had seceded from the Union,
but when its people in the region be
tween the Shenandoah and the Ohio
asked to have the new State of West
Virginia recognized, the Federal Con
gress granted that request.
Some of the States were not satis
fied with the protection of their rights
appointed under the original Constitu
tion and refused to ratify the new
national set-up unless it were amend
ed to meet their objections and calm
their fears of Federal domination.
t Bill Of Rights.
ARMY OF LEE MARCHES IN
MEMORY AS VETS GATHER
Amarillo, Texas, Sept. 3. ? Lee's
army marched in memory today as a
feeble remnant of the gallant gray
clad host converged here for its 45th
annual reunion, more than 70 years
after the stars and bars of the Con
federacy were furled.
Prom every part of the southland
the veterans gathered for what may be
the last meeting of the U. C. V.
First business sessions of the U. C.
V. will be held Wesdnesday morning.
The principal questions to be decided
will be whether another national re
union will be attempted, and whether
the southerners will meet with the
grand army of the republic in a Joint
session at Gettysburg, Pa., in 1938.
Paul Roy of Gettysburg, secretary of
the Pennsylvania state commission, an
organization formed to promote the
blue and gray reunion, will extend the
invitation.
Gen. Rice A. Pierce, Union City,
Tenn., commander-in-chief of the or
ganization, arrived last night.
Arriving early today, the United
States marine band will play for the
veterans' grand ball Wednesday night
and the grand parade Friday morning.
The Texas division of the sons of
Confederate veterans prepared to wind
up its convention this morning and
join the sons from other states in
honoring the aged heroes tonight. Col.
Walter L. Jopkins of Richmond, Va.,
national commander of the U.C.C., will
preside.
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Less Than 300
Fatalities In
Labor Holiday
Safety Council Had Predicted
Toll Would Mount To Be
tween 350 and 400 On
Roads In Period
Fewer than 300 automobile fatalities
were recorded today in the United
States difring the triple Labor day
week-end holiday.
The national safety council had pre
dicted the death toll would mount to
between 350 and 400, and described the
week-end as "death's favorite holi
day."
Rain One Factor
Rain in many sections was one fac
tor which tended to reduce the num
ber of deaths, as drivers proceeded
more cautiously than usual. The wea
,ther also helped to reduce the num
ber of cars on the road, relieving con
gestion on many usually crowded
' roads.
Another factor .safety experts said,
was the widespread publicity urging
motorists to use greater care in a cam
paign for safe driving.
Figures reported at 1 A. M. (CST)
placed the death list at 283. No defi
nite check could be made of the in
jured, but estimates placed the ser
iously hurt at more than 200.
Deaths from drownings and other
fatal accidents, not included in the
+?
automobile figures, also tended to swell
the grand total.
Eight states and the District of Col
umbia had clean records. Arizona, Del
aware, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Nebraska, North and South Dakota
reported no automobile fatalities.
palifomia headed the list of states
with the greatest number of deaths ?
33. New York was second with 24 and
Illinois next with 17.
Three states, Missouri, Ohio and
Pennsylvania were fourth with 16
each. Michigan was in seventh place
with 11 and Iowa and West Virginia
followed with 10 each.
Other state figures were nine in
Tennessee and Wisconsin, eight in
Washington, seven in New Jersey, U
tah, and Oklahoma; six in Georgia.
Indiana. Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland,
Texas and Virginia; five in Massach
usetts; four in Alabama Connecticut,
Rhode Island; three in Minnesota. N.
Carolina and Wyoming, two in Colo
rado, Montana, New Mexico, South
Carolina and Vermont; and one in
Arkansas. Idaho, Maine, New Hamp
shire and Oregon.
Three persons were killed in a plane
crash in California Sunday night and
another man died there in a burning
summer cabin. One man was killed by
a train in Illinois and a Kentucky
man died in a roller coaster accident.
Several drow*iin|rs were reported ? 4
in New Jersey three in Virginia, two
in Tennessee and another in Indiana.
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Negro On Grand
Jury In Atlanta
For First Time
Atlanta, Sept. 3 ? A negro served
on the Pulton county grand jury to
day, for the first time in the mem
ory of veteran court attaches.
Listed in court records as C. A. Fai
son, the negro took a seat between
two white Jurors, as Juror No. 7. He re
tired into the grand Jury room for
organization of the body and returned
to hear with the others the charge of
Judge Virlyn B. Moore.
Faison is a barber shop proprietor,
court officials said.
Negroes have frequently served on
federal court juries and occasionally
on petit juries here, officials recalled.
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GIRL, 12, DIES TO SAVE SISTER
Ofctumvifa, Iowa. ? Helen Albertson,
12, was fatally burned when her moth
er threw a blazing kreosene can into
the yard where she was playing. Mrs.
Albertson started the flrfe by pouring
kerosene into the cook stove, Helen
lost her life when she rushed to the
rescule of her baby sister dragging
her from the flames.
TARRED AND FEATHERED
Santa Rosa, Cal.? Two men were tar
red and feathered by 400 night riders
who accused them of "agitating" a
mong fruit packers. Three others were
thrashed.
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Auto plants near 3,000.000-unit mark
for 1935.
Kiwanians Hear
Baptist Minister
On World Affairs
Rev. W. F. West Delivers Mas
terful and Learned Address
on "Outlook Of World"
"We may not think that things
which are happening across the seas
will effect us, but when we do think
that, it is Just like sticking otir heads
in the sand, as an ostrich does," said
Pastor Bill West of the First Bap
tist Church Monday night when he
addressed the Klwanis Club on "The
World Outlook."
Mr. West went on to point out the
social, economic and religious aspect
as it is being developed today. For the
most part he dealt with Japan and
their expansion program into Manchu
kuo. He also pointed out that they
were taking our cotton market away
from us by producing and undersell
ing domestic manufacturers.
Touching lightly on the Ethiopian
Italian scrap Mr. West told the Ki
wanians that Italy was only seeking
to do what other nations have done
who are crowded for room, expand to
places where they can grow their own
raw materials.
Speaking of the religious side he
said that we have the spectacle of the
two oldest pagan nations fighting the
two oldest Christian nations, and that
the consequences of that battle were
unlimited.
"The United States," went on Mr.
West, ''must try to live at home. By
curtailment of production and with
drawal from foreign markets and for
eign trade we can recoup that which
we have lost to other markets."
It was a masterful address, as well
as an interesting and instructive cross
section of what is taking place in the
world today.
For the first time in many weeks
the Kiwanis Club -met at the Com
munity Center, some of the ladies serv
ing a delicious supper. The attendance
was low and every member is urged
to make a special effort to be present
at each meeting to come.
The club adjourned to meet next
Monday night at Brooksdale Church.
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Peter Norbeck, U. S. Senator from S.
Dakota:
"The Republican Party must offer
something more than criticism of
Roosevelt and the scare about losing
the Constitution.'* - ^
Long Fires At
Hoover And F. R.
Oklahoma City, Sept. 3 ? Take it
from Senator Huey P. Long, 1936 will
be a third party year if President
Roosevelt and former President Hoover
are nominated again.
In a characteristic speech at a La
bor day gathering here, the Louisiana^
"Kingflsh" fired verbal shots indis
criminately at both Roosevelt and
Hoover, and declared congress was fit
only to be "on relief."
"We aren't going to have any polit
ical cainpaing between Roosevelt and
Hoover," he asserted. "You'll see an
other candidate if they put up Roose
velt or Hoover or anybody that even
looks like them."
After saying "we've waited three
years for Mr. Roosevelt to do some
thing about his campaign promise to
decentralize the wealth," Long shout
ed:
"The only difference between Her
bert Hoover and Franklin D. Roose
velt is that one takes the hide from
the ankle up and the other starts at
the ears and goes down."
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lo, say astronomers.
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