WEATHER
Local thundershowers, Friday and ■
. Saturday
VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBER 129
TUNNEY RETAINS HIS CROWN
HEENEY TAKES SEVERE
BEATING AS NEW YORK
RING HAS EVER KNOWN
New Zealand Challenger Had
Beat of Argument For Flnit
Pour Rounds
HANDICAPPED AS HE (itSTH
ROSIN IN HIS LEFT EYE
Heeney Left Unconscious At
End of Tentlk Round, Geta
Technical Knockout in 11th
YANKEE STDIV’M. jfttW YORK.
July *6—UP)—gubjactlng Tom Heeu
ty, New ZeaUnd«>r, challenger. t*> one
of the moil aevare beating auy .man
ever took in • New York ring Oet»e
Tnnney, heavyweight tampion, to-
U'ght scored a technical knockout
over the Ansae In the llth round Os a
IN round match.
Tunney knocked Heeney unron
»dou» at the of the 10th. round
but the bell eared the challenger
aa he lay uaconacloua on the floor
Tunney acaled 193 pouud* and Heen
ey 203. t.
\ ° j
Kennd Owe
Grimly determined Tunney whipped
a aoltd right to lleeuey’a Jaw The
challenger ducked »ud kwarmed luto
Gene with short left and right hooka
to the chin that drove the champion
to’ the rope* HCeftky sll«‘ over a
aoltd right to lha bead on the break
Bttcktng hla. right hand out, (lene
rrogaed two rtghta on Hecney'i J*w,
but a sweeping left hook almost barjs
the champion from Hie feet. Twiusey
was out fait, slabbing now with hie
loft but Tom beat both hande like a
tatoo on Tunney’a chin ax they swap
ped in cloae quarters, (lene ripped a
solid right to Heeney’* head but It
never moved the challenger and Tun
ney wa* on the run a* Tom ripped
after him. Both hands flashing to the
head, there wae a had brpitu* over
TuuneJ’a left eye *t the end or the
fust round.
• «... ... i .in—
y Kennd Two
'Tunney obviously started at Heen
sy‘a fierce offense started hoping the
chaUengar. Ha abut left la Uccnci' s
I wd but could not keep the bulldog
of the Abuc'i away. Tunney blasted
lefts and rights Into the sturdy head
of the bard rock without causing »
'ticker of Heeney'a eyelashes.
(lene swapped with hi* * ksllsuisi
and they ripped left end right hooks
* to the chin In dP furious exchange*
Tunney sparred aa Tom ripped aud
Tom ripped In when (lehe's left hook
dropped New (teen* e*b*d <ur*U*u#a*
» second later, they were crushing
each other all along one side of the
ring In a slugging exchange of head
clouts that rocked both on iheir heel*
The brti herder up Gee as
the crowd stood *ud roared Its
provsl. •
Bo end Three
Absolutely unawed by the power of
Tunney'e newfound rigid, lleency
plodded Into a right hander exchange
with the title holder. Tom drpfefifll
hi* guard and slt>»d betofe th« ebam
plon, hande ready aud daring anoth
er exchange (Jeue accomadntpd him
and they cracked left «nd rights short
vicious pokes that strung jaw and
cheek.
Gene didn't seem to like that and
he bouuced bacV on defense, stinging
e challenger with a aucceaslng of
lefts as Torn stalked »fter him. Tun
ney slipped as Heeney swept a right
hook to his hesd end, nearly fell, but
calne back to solid fooling without
having been down and unhurt. Heeney
slugged viciously at the champion’s
head while Tnnnev met hts stuck
w*th solid left books to th« body.
Kuaud Koar
Rising In sympathy with Heeney’s
(Continued on page 6;
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
READ JN IHE MORNING WHILE MINDS ARE FRESH—READ BY BUYERS BEFORE THEY BUY.
1 : * ——s—a, ——— r r
a a
Fight Sidelights J
7 YANKEE STADIUM. N. I. July E6
-VP) —The early bird at the Tunney
Heeney- championship bout flocked
to the right field bleacher we tne
Ynnkee alodium where Babe Itulh
hit many of his home runs.
A sign tn big letter announced that
lliere were «286 seels from the honte
piste. set for the benefit of the home
run clouted by ftuth »nd his fellows
end had uo refernyes to the distjanre
tn. the ring In which a boxing cham
pionship of the world w"s to he
decided later. The ring wap placed
behind the pitchers muund so that the
first rash customers colon crush in
and were npt go far away limy mfght
h-*ve been if the right and left had
been thrown at the xaihe spot to
which the hall nnd strikes are called.
The customers who had reservations
did not bother to visit the huge home
of the world baseball chnfoplon while
unsuccessfully to make an impriasluu
'lie b*illlaut lights the ring tied
“gainst the still bright light of the
late afternoon. "
Kflrty aluminum Incased light of
l.dbtt .-aortic power each east their
-sdlance on the right 55.5 feel above
Ihe ground on Iron supports.
The ring -was tn rtl(r
Yankee Ktadium. It had been here
before. «ne “notable vhdi to thr base
tall park marking the knockout of
Jack Shsrkey by Jack Dempsey when
it is not visiting outdoors, the ring
makes it home at Madison Square
garden.
Ttx Itlekard'"Arrived *t 6:30. The
promoter second only to Tunney as
Interested part to the bout chewed
I,ls big cigar and looked ai an at ray
of scats lie hoped would lie filled.
Rickard did not voice any appre
hension that ihe customer* would not
come. But he could not have been
sure as he left the stadium to at
tend to his other chores in connect
tion with the bout. Tex remarked that
It looted Hite he Would have a g*io*l
evening if nothing else.
Neither the stage manager nor any
one else could find any fault with the
weather as twilight fell. Hows of
Itlag* were atop at lntervala on the
grandstand.
David Belasco, who is to direct the
stagework of Jack Dempsey, another
good fighter. In a play to be produced
in the late summer was In hh* ring,
stile seat more than tWo hour* before
lie could hope to see aiiy vital blows.
exchanged In the ring. f
Cameramen fired it Belasco and
(Continued, on Page Four!
Methodist Bishops Issue
Statement on Wet Question
KICHN4OND, July 26 -Gh-Fourj
Suuthern Methodist bishop* at a Joint
•taiement made public here tonight:
— ——ss■ ■**-—*» .nr—- — 4
warwed lire wet son-es that (tie moran
dements of the nation will nut be;
driven from tlie field by th** 1 t*ry that
they are bringing the church Into
politics for opposing »n outstanding
enemy of prohibition for the presid
ency.
The statement signed by Bldhops
James Cannon, Jr., of Hichmt<n<l: !
John W, Moore of Dallas: Kdwri
Moitson of Charlotte, ami Horae-t M.
D ibose of Nashville called upon the
ministry and laity of the Methodist
K|laeop«| church. South, to o<ultimo
their fight against the lltiuor traffic
and "would he nullfh-rs i*f the Jaw.”
In view of statemente
made by Bishop Warren A. (“smller.
of Atlanta, and Bishop Oi'lins Denu/
ql Klchmond an intei*pret*t'sas
THREE CIVIL
SUITS PILED
Actions Ask Judgments In Ex.
cess of $.*12,004), Complaint*
Show
Three civil sails, totaling act low*.
In excess of S32,tKH) were filed In the
office of clerk of-cuurt J v B. Hooks
yesterday
The 'Pension Bank and Trgst Co..
Jo the use of the .Wayne National
,'lank seeks Judgment of $17,000 with
Interest from September 24, “1936
n:;uinxt li. W. Lynch and othera. He.
♦ym*#t 1# pr*de for the appoint i*c*-nt «f
a commissioner to sell house at
Carolina and MwJucrry street giveu
under mortgage. ,
Mrs. Msrtha Holland seeks Judg.
went of agsiust T) J. and B.
K. Hood growing out of an automo
bile accident. Com plaint claims that
nil agent of tbf> Hoods was at fault
In an auto accident In Prlrfcetan fn
which the plaintiff was permanently
injured
The Goldsboro Orhcery lotnpany
f'les complaint against the estate
li. 1,. Hdmundsou for $3<H) with Inter!
Cal front ’March 1927.
Hoover Listen* In To
Tunney Heeney Battle
STAN Ft) BD, Calif., July S« (A*)—
Another aide of Herbert Hoover was
revealed (ouight as (lene Tunney and
T<*m Heeney fought their battle for
the heavyweight championship of the
wold 3,000 inlies across the confTnewa,
Slipping the fares us s political
campaign from hi* shoulders, the Re
publican presidential nominee tuned
In on the fight, surrounded by men,
here* of his family and some friends
who dinner guest*.
A brand new radio sef. Installed
onTy yrttrerflay. wa a used In receiv.
lug the blow by blow account as
broadcast over the country. Mr.
Hoover followed the- progress of the
match with keen interest as he has
that of all the heavyweight bouts of
tccVnf years.
— , .
POJ»S: NI’R WJfK FOOT
HOME, July 26—Pope Pius XT ts
differing {mm a sprain of the 'Ylgbt
toS'i nnd lias suspended general aud
iences, It was learned »t the Vatican
•ins afternoon. The pontiff's comntKm
In not serious qnd he is continuing
private and.semi private ’audience*.
| placed upon' them hy the wets. *h«
pii-at state went dwrtsrxtd; ...i
I — "Jr—l*ei nine,* - ahselut-««y— W'-i-ssSfy
that the attitude of the Methodist
Kpisropla church. South on
n nest lon of prohibition should be
plainly set fprth from Kpls* opal id*
dresses anti frnm the official record cf
the general onerem-** o the chu r ch
which "utlerauceaTnifet “be- acceploj
e» final suthority." ,
Hlshop Candler hail «<*id nod Ills,
bi-p Denny hail concurred In a stete
|| ment emplinaixllig the "imm political
. mission and work of the church." and
declaring there was no reason "to
dissent from tin* p<> l‘lj-i t* my
t hunh on the subject *»f persou;il ail
- party politics as that p*>st'*n has teen
. i proclaimed authorilutlv *';• (rmn Ha
’ leaders from Ihe beglnulig of ;ts
• •victory ».* a CbrlsUuu li»ty."
GOLDSBORO- N. C. FRIDAY MORNING. JULY 27, 192*
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Mil
GENE TUNNEY
THOUSAND FANS
AT FIGIIT PARTY
t
rredlcliomi Heard Fiilldiihg
Hout That Heeney YV ill He
Next Uhnmir
Approximately; one thousand per
sona heard Ihl detailed account of
the Tun ne.v -Heeney championship
bout from In front *Jf The News office
iaat night. They heard the details of
I)h* ring side «*,—ip and tire autwuuu>
ment of the final eleventh round In
which it was declared that Tunney
had won by a technical knockout, af
ter battering the New Zealand* r up
considerably In the eleven proeeew
I'tg rounds. ,
The crowd of fight fan.*, wh eh
Sphered lit front **f Thu News office
vas orderly considering the cvept.
It’s importance, and. the tefrllc. sps
peusc, Laud r‘>tu* %cqt up from lime
te time ox one fighter nr the other
would land a terrific Wow to the
head of the other. Tunney was « cen
tral fuvorite with- the fans, Jmt
UtMuiuy luul .IkU. Muuiu(.U4;a
Italpli King, who ha * nnn«*uuei d
two thirds of the previous rights for
The News. o(fi<-date(l lit t iilt’ht. .“ lid
*s volc.r w«» ill good shape. The
cmmda ami the full livni-flt..of Up*.
volume, and s**em***l to enjoy the
"party’’ immensely.
After the fight war over?**several
vary hysrd to predict l|i.il 11« • urv
would whip Tunney In two years The
'h g Imy fi fxn d IWI) and- i did
up a good fight, hut Gene was too
.....
Question* Sincerity of
Former Senator Owens
—* —i -
ALBANY. July 2t>—(Ah The sin
< ereity of former senator Owen of
Oklahoma Jn bolting the Democrallc
parly wa-< t|ues(i*ined today by (!ov
erndr Smith. wh'» m ailed tb.il Owen
n* a presidential aspirant himself I
years ago. sought ixhe tipporl. of
Tammany Hull whlelt he Is now a*.
sslllnji
Owen Who served three t* rms in the
United States senate retiring |p I*t2|
announced yesterday In New York
that ill' w >i|ld raid hi* lot w lh the
liepimlU.UUi'* this yeas In .an e us
,“'mlih's stand on prohibition and hie
bllUip i: wlili Tsatinanp.
TUNNEY FLIES
TO NEW YORK
'Makes Trip Ffoin Simulator
With Tar Hcd Pitot Al
• _ (’ontrob*
NEW YORK. July M— (JP)— Gene
Tunnev and his Amphibian airplane
h
i»xl landed on the Hudson -Htver ,gl
I " 25 p. m, today. The heavyweight
champion left ’.Bperislator at 10:12
«. m. —-r—i
SI’ETULaToR. Jaly 36- (Ah Gene
Tumiey took off from lotke fnwwaat
lu :i daaj m*'t'>red Sikorshy amphihl
»i> m. IP: 12 tills morning for New
* 0
Y*rk. w here *he will defend hal
d'a heavyweight- title against
Yam Heeney of Nww Zealand tonight,
fc the Yankee stadium
The rnamplrtn was accowpsnfed by?
\V. O. McOenhaii. New York »p*irts
wrTl.-r, Mid fliarte* V Boh. of New j
York, hi§ millionaire friend and own
er of Hi*- plane. Hill Winston, a Curt I*
P.ni its Burnell.' Kik«rsky mecjisnle.
Io ld pilot, was nt tit* control*, and
w;.s'atiiiratMraVJir - *”'"""' “ “ ”'“*l
Kvury man, woman and child In
AimculaUir gathered at the edge of
the lake to wish Tunney sue* ess as
he entered the plane. • I
Let Contracts for Additions
To 3 Wayne County Schools
Nunes of sue*-* awful contractors ff>r
of oddUlutut .to thre.*
aMMjwn * n««ty rwr*l svlmkA* »•»« *«.
-ncnrsrrp yesterd»y -*
Rogers end l/nlinore of Srnlthti«J.d
were low bidders for lh# erectiou of
a four room addition to Ihe Itoae
wi'iid t'on didated school. Work
|n> iPme at Hos**w'mhl will cost $3.-
,00 Additional fuclMUes for students
,-.-t It .»* * ,t| aye mioh- neees-ary
ihrongti the jmntlnued gr**wth «f lh*
M'hool "111 through consolidation of
Khenczer v-i hool with Roiewood.
. Hl* rooms’ will l»- added to tne Hcv-
Sprln-"' budding anil Kd K.-Twylot
I was low bidder for this
prnji* I with sls,«tm as his figure
-Consolidation of several sehoolg In
the Seven Spring* section with Hev.
<n Springs )a»t year *s*nd a normal
increase in enrolmeut made necessary
Ihe.c additions.
Believe “Healing Rag”
Started Nine Cases Ol
Typhoid Fever in Co.
SAYS G.O.P. MAY
LOSE IN WEST
Senator Wntoh Stupn ON To l»«y
Vinit At Smith New York
Hendtiiutrleni
.£> _
NEW YORK, July M-(T)--Smiator
David I Walsh of Massachusetts stop,
led «ff at Hmlth headquarters today
“Her a
rud sai*l"GygJ» r >dil hit lon Issue would
swing m*ny Republican voUr* to th*
Dnooc-ratlc elandard bearer.
While he found a number of Re
publican* declaring they would sup
poet Governor Smith, the New Eng
land Senator s»id he found no Demo
i retie disaffection In the Middle -Weat
“The Republican party used* to b*
flightened about other states ‘than
tho Atlantic. Heabnard atate*. I
'ed to Ihe conclusion that Ohio, llftn
o'.s, Mhjilgan. Wisconsin. MlnusssoU
and even Pentfiiylvenla would require
r.a much sttention from the Kepubll
tau urganltallon If they tutend to
ImPI the** .stsbA aa to the se called
duuhtful seatoouraNfratssT
Turning, to the Southern situation,
* Henstor Walsh said Beualor Bwaneon,
d Virginia told hla HotTuern Isadora
"nre not unmindful at the prevalence
of dry eentiment among Democrat*
of the Southeast,” but h* waa confid
ent the soutTi would glre Ha alsctor
l■ I vote to 1 Governor Hmlth* ?
r - •. r.
NI?W YpRK. July 2«—Oft— llajtxr
« George L. Berry of Tenneaaee lodsy
accepted an appolntmant by the Da
i mncratlc national committee to bead
i labor bureau organlaed to promote
Governor Smith's candidacy. Ilajor
Berry Is president of the Internatloa
al Printing l'r«diamen and aaalstanta
union of North America. . ,
. ~,, an-., i .
Pres. Cool idge Does ,
Duty As A Pitcher
HTTEItKIR. Wla., July
hi* sppeargpce at a public func.
—* !■ .!■ *■ f*.w ■» -emaamsmt'
unirT rwnmf TTrrr tttt nrii
1 Ron. President Coolldge todaj opened
j ihe head of the Mke baaeball tourna
| ment by throbring out tha first ball
The appearance of the chief execu
tive, whose past contacts with the
, national pasttime have been In open
ing .big league gifmes with thousands
Id kings on, was a magnate which
filled the local park to capacity,
hut even thaw* only a few hundred
r,-<sirr *i ue*** tiriu tn* ~ ircHmar ~
Insplrled evidentthe fbci that
ihe president was watchin him, first
hatter up knocked the ball over the
i fence.
And auditorium capable of seating
ereral hpiuUcd'J»t opJ« w M i>»- addfd
tn the HeU**( mektmi.: a h**ilng phM«4
sill 1»<- InstalUtd and sewerage provfd
ed, greatly moderlnlxlng the Bel
fast plant K K. the suc
cessful bidder for* this work with a
figure of $1,160 for coastrucUdu.
t’ontract for addition to the Nahun
ta school ami for the erection of a
ne# tea*hersge at Kurvka bad been
let aometlcne ago.
DLDKHT activf: kuitor hike
KNOXVILLE, July 26—MV-Cap
tain William Rule, oldest active editor
id the United States, died at t'-JO to.
day. following an’ operation for ap
pendicitis yesterday. Pyrltoiiitl* set
In and hastened his death. He wa*
K’< years old. Ills wife who Is a yea'
ills senior, a sou, William Rule, Jr,,
and a daughter LiJIUu survive.
■ r MEMBER 09
THE ASSOCIATED I
PRESS
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PRICK FIYI CPlftll
Negro Woman Unod “Hatting
Rag” On Kenhr RotetUne
Imtcr Proved Hava Favor
RUSH FOR TYPHOID
VACCINS 18 NOW OH
State HaaJik Os tear LMttfclsr
houm. and BUf CMROg^tW
An Old Negro Granny's nfagt
tloiu belief la the gotonay id Mr
“healing r**7 hag brought too aaend ,
of typhoid to bar family and canged
uine caaaa of typboM favfr la a age
tlon a (•« miles aoithsaal as Thmual
Bhch wu the dory nwalid yamgg. -
day whan Slat* baaltb offtnar CMC.
o il. imoghlnhauae, aad Dr» C H.
Hick, M«col* Lewis, aad *. A.
Taylor want with ooaaty baaltb db.
car L. w Oorbati aad food laafOOlar
Dr. A. H Karr for a typhoid dig*
and Inapcatloa la tba Praggaai aao.
tlon
The niaa caaaa of favor, I i wag agig,
era on a plantation wbleh waa tbo „
home place of tba lata Oovarttor
Char lam H. Ayooofc.
Rat tba healing rag ataqf. » T
Relatives as tba granny flail,
»bo is nomad Green, bad too Mk
children oa a farm aadr Kdolri teib.
ny Oraaa decided abo wosld taka ter
healing rag*’’, a rag with mlraenl^to
powers of potency, aha believed. and
ro tome
ura the baaltb breathing rag an A*
alck children. Maaalaa waa tba troaglg
Two of. tear greed ehiMiea want
•long. .
Tha healing rag Vgg fig r lift! te,
cording to eccaptad ceajer atethade
an IncauitaUoaa acroae tba faaa as ..
•ho tick children. They braaMpd
agntnmt It aa they ware tali la db.
And wbaa tba Oranay womaa wait
back to bar home near Cram am. aba
bore tba mlracla rag with ter. i
Tba children (a bar home gatp
111. The dlaaaaa (bay thoegM bad -
bead maaalaa at Kaaly Was gravid
later Ur be typhoid. Tba atlraala rgg
warn again brought lata play. Am to
»a avail.
The rag which tba woaaaa la My
.apkaatiilng bid
peeled to prod nee Moling, pot oidy.
did not produce heal lag bet ,fb gi
probability brought beck tba fang*
from Which tba dlaaaaa wee ataitdd
«n the Ay cock plantation. Mew (bate
ara nlna caaaa.
h'nrthermora than to a greet rogh
for typhoid immlaltatlen.
"Yon might aaooence.** gold Dr.
Corbett,* “that wa are glvlag trpbjaid
vurrHuHinMi mA gkm v ■
9 few w TttWi VWTVW It T seW QWimn
from 9 until 6 avery day.”
7T~\
Air Pilot And His
Passenger Killed
WARWICK. R. 1.. J«ly *-(F>-Ag
air pilot and hla pamaaagar ware bare
• d to death wbaa their plaae bevel
into flame* aa K craabad *LMi
around at Pothlpar flying field hare
tonight
- Tba vtatlem were Oomend HMtet «
-rs; MamarO. Onea, pile* OOd OMMfft
p Tbnmpaon of Poxbare, Has*
Simmons Declines To
Discuss His Aettoß
NEW BERN. July Aaoaft
K. M Hlmmona declined tonight 10
illacuaa hla. remlgnation from tM 0%
mocratlc National com milteaman with
Newspapermen, aaylag only that Mi
“ reasons for resigning should M
obvious to everyoos.**
He aahl he expected to ere 0. M>
Mull. Shelby, chairman of the Stale
I <, mm rath- executive committee wttb>
•n a few day* aad would make a
Hiatement at that Uma, addlag the*
i « did not care to coaagHenti toaltarg
by making a •laiameat now.