ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
tniENTH
TO EKE LEWS
GOVEMGCHKII
Catholic Priests in Mexico!
Will Not Be Allowed to
Appoint Committees to
Take Over Churches.
NO DEPARTURE
FROM POLICY
It Is Said Government Is;
Determined to Pun Into
Effect New Religious
Regulations Adopted.
Mexico City. July 28.— UP) —The
government today issued orders by
which it refuses to permit Catholic]
priests when they cease to function
at midnight Saturday to turn over
• heir churches to committees of Cath
olic laymen appointed by them for
each church.
Instead, the government has order
ed the churches placed in charge of
committees appointed by the mayor
of each town or city.
The government’s determination of
unyielding pursuance of its announced
policy of putting into effect the new
religious regulations, is further indi
cated by a letter Attorney General
Ortega has sent to all prosecuting
attorneys and agents of the depart
ment of justice. The letter requests
an immediate, specific and frank
statement as to whether the attor
neys and agents unreservedly sympa
thise with the government's religious
policy.
This is construed as meaning that
any person not heartily in accord
with the government will be dis
charged from the service.
The department of interior has sent
the following letter to the governors
of all states:
The executive is acquainted with
the fact that the Catholic clergy is in
a rebellious impulse, and as a de
monstration of their desire to disobey
the constitution, they have ordered a
suspension of religious service after
the 31st. when the new religious reg
ulations become effective.
Troops to Guard Deputies.
Mexico City., July 28.— UP) —A de
tachment of federal troops has-been 1
ordered to guard, the chamber of dep
political groups which are bitterly
contesting control of the next Con- |
gress.
Officials have denied a report that
one faction had installed machine ~
guns in the chamber of deputies with i
the purpose of ousting its rivals. (
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A HEAVY FLOW OF l
EXPENSIVE LIQUORS I
To North Carolina Mountains to Sat- I
Nissy Demands of Tourists. *
(By International News Service) E
Charlotte, July 28.—A heavy flow 1
of expensive liquors to the mountains J
of western North Carolina to satisfy
demands of wealthy tourists was 1
charged here recently by Ben C. ’
Sharpe, federal administrator for the 1
eighth prohibition district.
With the resorts at the height of "
their season, Sharpe declared indica- 1
tions pointed to heavy consumption ‘
of intoxicants among the summer vis
itors who were regarded as financially 1
nble to afford imnorted drinks rarely 1
found in cities of this state. 1
The liquor was said to come from '
the coast cities along the Georgia and
Carolinas seaboard, with high pow
ered automobiles speeding the car
goes into the mountains over the 1
state highways.
Hum ships, plying the South At- ,
lantic. were accredited with smuggl
ing the intoxicants ashore, to be car
ried west by the overland runners.
The recent seizure .of the whisky- 1
laiden ship, Elma, off the North Car- ;
olina coast, and reports made to
Sharpe by coast guard officials have
given rise to this opinion that much '
'1 foreign liquor is finding its way into
' the slate.
Sharpe’s theory of methods f<jr
landing the whiskey involved trans- 1
portation of the cargoes from over
seas to anchorage near the coast 1
where the trans-Atlantic vessels were
met by coastwise craft which ran
the liquor to shore.
The coastwise vessels were regard
ed as profiting by both the south
ward and northward' cruises.
Autoists Stopped to Have Brakes Ex
amined.
(By International News Service)
Nashville, Tenn., July 28.—Drivers
of automobiles are being stopped here
daily by policemen and members of
a special committee of the safety de
partment of the Chamber of Com
merce and the brakes of the machines
inspected. ,
Autoists who wish to avoid being
delayed on the streets of the city
while their brakes are tested can drive
by the police station and have their
tests made.
When brakes pass the test, an in
spection slip is pasted on the wind
shield but when faulty brakes are
found, the driver is arrested under an
ordinance recently passed by the city
commission.
Fines in police court result when
bad brakes are found.
Heating systems recently unearthed*
in old Roman ruins show that the
heating was done by warming marble
wall* and floors rather than by the
dissemination of hot air or water, as
is done now,
fit * i '■%.
The Concord Daily Tribune
/ North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
Hurricane Sweeps On,
Driven By Gales That
Result In Big Damage
CASH ON HAND IN STATE
l J TREASURY IS *17.427,883
According to Combined Statement of
Auditor and Treasurer.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, July 28, —Cash on hand
In the State treasury on June 30,
1926, amounted to *17,427,683. ac
cording to the combined statement of
•lie auditor and treasurer just made
j public by Governor A. W. McLean,
ns director of the budget. Os this
amount, *1,26!),824.04 is the credit
balance in the general fund, left over
from the first fiscal year, while *15,-
506,067.84 is made up of the balance
in the highway fund and and other
special funds. Warrants outstand
, >'>B make up *651.701.12 of the
amount. The tltal State debt, cur
rent and funded' is *144,065,600.
The present cash balance in the
highway and other special funds is
*15,500,067.84 ns of .Tune 30th. The
highway fund on June Ist was *!),-
132,347.90 and total receipts recorded
for th*e month amounted to *12,832.-
934.99, making a total balance and
receipts of *21,965.282.98. The dis
bursements for this month amounted
to *<1,459.215.14, leaving the balance
as given above.
Os the current debt, *15,000,000
consists of highway notes issued in
anticipation of bond sales. Another
*300,000 is added by the Chowan
r ' ver bridge notes, also issued in an
ticipation of the sale of bonds. Spe
cial school building notes, also issued
in anticipation of bond sales, ac
counts for another *5,000,000, bring
ing the total current debt to *2O -
000,000.
The funded debt of *123,765,000
is disbursed ns follows: general fund
notes. *9,432,000; general fund bonds,
*34.328,000; highway bonds, *69.000.-
600; special school building bonds,
*10,000,000. ,
Os the funded debt, the *9,438,000
in general fund notes, was issued to
take up the indebtedness of former
administrations, when the revenue
was insufficient to balance with ex
penditures. The general fund bond
issue of *34,328,000 consists of bonds
issued for buildings and improvements
at State institutions, such as the Uni
versity, State College, and the vnri
toip State hospitals.
BILLIONS in highways
Do the Job Up Right While About it,
Kirkpatrick's Idea.
Charlotte, July 27.—Completion of
plans for the immediate launching of
n movement for a *99.000,000.000
system of national highways, was an
nounced Tuesday by Col. T. L. Kirk
patrick, of Charlotte, president of the
Bankhead Highway Association.
The federal road system the colonel
has in mind, he said, is no new
thing, having been approved by the
Bankhead Highway Association and
the United States Good Roads Asso
ciation in Phoenix, Ariz., in 1922.
The time for action has come, he
saiii, and lie is preparing to start the
whee’s turning. The system of roads
proposed would be a federally owned
und maintained net work connecting
State capitals, as North Carolina’s
system connects county seats. In ad
dition, he pointed out there would be
trunk lines paralleling each coast,
also two transcontinental lines con
necting the Atlantic and Pacific
regions, and a north aond south high
way, the present Bankhead highway,
extending from Washington to Mex
ico.
COMMERCIAL TREATY
WITH PANAMA SIGNED
Takes the Place of the "Taft Agree
ment” Made Number of Years Ago.
Washington, July 28.—<>P) The
long delayed commercial treaty with
Panama, negotiated to supplant the
Taft agreement which was abrogated
in 1924, was signed today at the
State Department.
Secretary Kellogg and Francis
White, retiring chief of the Latin-
American Bureau of the Department,
signed for the United States, while
Minister Ricardo J. Alfaro and Com
missioner Eubesia Morales affixed
their signatures in behalf of Panamas
The treaty has been in negotiation
almost two years.
The “Taft agreement” consisted of
a series of executive orders issued
frQm 1904 to 1911 to govern relations
between the two countries as affected
by coustruct : on of the Panama Canal.
The new convention will be Nent to
the Senate for ratification when that
body reassembles in December. Mean
while its terms are kept secret.
Spent Own Money Only.
Chicago, July 28.—OP)—Senator
William B. McKinley decided to stand
all of the expenses of his fight for re
nomination in the recent Illinois pri
mary, Henry I. Green, his personal
attorney, testified today before the
senate campaign funds committee.
In line with the policy the Senator
who was defeated for the republican
senatorial nomination by Frauk L.
Smith accepted no outside contribu
tions, Green said. It was disclosed
yesterday that the campaign cost Mc-
Kinley *350,618.72.
Dbeuaa Finance BUI.
Paris, July 38.— OP) —The finance
committee of the chamber of deputies
today adopted in principle Premier
Poincare’s financial bill, and passed
on to the diseuasione of to eh articl
separately. The vote was 20 to 12
l with *ix nbnent.
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Tropical Storm is Moving
3 Northward Hammering
t Now at Northern Gate
of Florida Peninsula.
, SHIPS AT SEA
FEEL THE STORM
l Calls For Helps Have
Come Form at Least Six
” Vessels Since the Storm
P Started on Monday.
e (By the Associated Press)
r Residents along the coast of upper
- Florida, Georgia and South Carolina
e prepared today for the coming of the
- West Indian "hurricane which was
moving up the coast of Florida nfter
e lashing the southern borders of that
s state yesterday and last night,
s While Miami, West Palm Beach
- and the cities in the wake of the
1 storm took toll of the damnge, St.
- Augustine. Jacksonville and other
1 Florida cities and Savannah and
- Brunswick, Go., and Charleston, S.
I C., made ready for the unwelcomed
i visitor.
i T’.ie hurricane was making its way
) this morning slowly along the Flari
i da coast between Titusville and Jaek
• sonvilie in a north-northwesterly di
i rection.
- j The weather bureau reported its
• center would pass close to Jnckson
[ ville today, and probably proceed
- northward near or inside the Georgia
. coaat line.
■ | Jacksonville, Fla.. July 28.— UP) —
'The West Indian hurricane which on
) Monday crossed from the Carribean
1 Sea to ravage the Bahama Islands
, and the lower east coast of Florida
. hammered today at the sea gates of
, the upper peninsula.
| .Calm followed by steadily increas
-1 ing winds presaged the advent of the
» htrtricane as it swept into new terri
• tory leaving behind it distressed ship.
■ ping, wave and wind damage which
may run into millioiu* of dollaro and
I paralyzed means of communications,
i Behind a wall of wind swept seas
ijthe fate of several ships was hidden.
■ Only an occasional wireless meswige
picked up by the Tropic*! Radio Cor-
I poration at M*.ami broke the silence
at sea last night, and input of these
• Awl
■do Sait Giorgi Seeomlo which was re
, ported early today to be still wallow
ing rudderless off Jupiter Inlet. At
; l«i»t six vessels were said to be in
i the vicinity to render aid, which had
■ been prevented last -night by high
i seas.
| No further word had been heard
i from the Danish Steamship Wilhelm
l A. Keidemann which messaged yen
; terday that it was in distress between
Miami and Jupiter Inlet. Likewise
the sea gave no word of the 66-foot
Zulieta of Brunswick, Ga., which
sailed Sunday night with 25 excur
sionists for Bimini, ;
| The Gulf Refining Company's tank
er J. M. Gussy, wns nearly two days
• overdue at Jacksonville, but company
i representatives believed the ship was
riding out the gale. Passengers from
: the Clyde Line Steamship Seminole
were en route to Minrni by rail today
after leaving the vessel there last
: night. The Sem'r.ole from Nerv York
to Miami had proceeded past Palm
Beach ou its route to Miami yesterday
1 when officials of the line ordered it
' turned back to Jacksonville. Two hun
' dred and thirty-five persons, including
passengers and crew, were aboard the
liner. .
Check-Up Is Started.
West Palm Beach, Fla., July 28.
1 lA>) —After a 48-hour battle with hur
.rieane winds which cut off eommuni
' cation with the outside world, this
city and Pnlrn Beach early today be
gan a check of the storm's damage
which conservation authorities place
' well above a million dollars.
Today the wand had subsided and
' the seas had quieted, a rising barome
ter indicating that the force of the
1 gale had been spent here. The land
scape wns dotted with uprooted palms
; and debris, and many of the niain
! streets of Palm Beach were inumlat
| ed. The waterfronts of both citieß
suffered the greatest damage, while
t fashionable resorts and hotels were
flooded by water blown in from Lake
i Worth when the northeast gale shift
ed to the west shortly after noon
Tuesday. At the Palm Beach Yacht
! Club nothing but a few small cruis
-1 ere remained of the score or more of
craft anchored at the dock.
Trying to Rescue Crew.
Miami, F!a„ July 28. —( A ’)—The
Tropical radio station here today re
ported that the steamship West Hnr
shaw reached the Italian steamer An
snldo San Giorgio Secondo in dis
■ tress of Jupiter Inlet, and six men
[ were trying to get a tow line aboard.
■ Dawn brought scurrying wind, but
■ less heavy seas, and the West Har-
I shnw hoped to rescue the crew.
Mayor Wins Golf Chapmionship.
(By International News Service)
Tullahoma, Tenn,, July 28.—The
mayor of this town now wears the
gold crown of the city he rules.
Mayor L. R. Robertson won the
i golf championship of Tullahoma in
the finals of the city tournament here
recently from George Short.
The municipal gold course was re
cently established through efforts of
Mayor Robertson and is now consid
ered one of the best courses in the
state.
The Welsh alphabet consists of 27
letters.
CONCORD, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1926
[Held in Miirder
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Kogurro Mogi, Japanese, was
arrested by New York police
for the murder of Adelheid
Brunjes, his white swetheart
(International NewsreoL)
(SUIT AGAINST DR. CARROLL
With the Intent to Close His Private
Sanitarium at Asheville.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hote)
Raleigh, July 28—Suit is being
brought against Dr. Robert S. Car
roll, of Asheville, in Wake county
superior court by the State attorney
gendral’s office for the State board
of charities and public welfare, with
the intent to close his private sani
tarium, Highland Hospital. Dr. Car
roll recently had his license to prac
tice in the state revoked when charges
of immorality in connection with the
operation of his sanitarium were up
held before the State board of medi
cal examiners. It is said that startl
ing revelations were made by former
.patients #!th regard to his alleged,
relations with women patients. These
Imports were vehemently denied by
Dr. Carroll and a few days ago a
signed statement was made public by
the employes of Highland Hospitai,
stating that the charges were false
and asking that he be given a fair
trial. This opportunity will now
be given in Wake superior court here.
The suit is brought under the pro
vision of section 6219, consolidated
statutes, which not only requires that
private hospitals, homes or schools
for -the treatment and cure of insane
pereons, idiots, and feeble minded per
sons and inebriates shall be licensed
by the State board of charities and
public welfare, but also states that
"the State board of charities may
bring an action in the superior court
of Wake county to vacate and annul
any license granted by the board,
when it shall appear to the sntisfac
t on of tlie board that the managers
of any private hospital, home or school
have been builty of gross neglect,
cruelty or immorality.”
The evidence in the case against
Dr. Carroll presented before the State
board of medical examiners, when he
was barred from further practice, was
worked up largely through the in
vestigations made by Mrs. Kate Burr
Johnson, commissioner of public wel
fare.
lVi.h Our Advertisers.
Read the new ad. today of the Con
cord nnd Kannapolis Gas Co.
New fall shoes for ladies, the sea
son’s latest styles and colors especial
ly priced for the Annual July Clean-
Up Sale at Efird’s.
Better fill up your coal bin now.
See ad. of A. B. Pounds.
A few high grade baby carriages at
half price at the Concord Furniture
Co.
Bed spreads of crinkled dimity, only
98 cents, at J. C. Penny Co.’s. With
stripes in blue, rose or gold. See ad.
for this big bargain.
Bottled health foods—the Cabar
rus Creamery’s milk and cretin. Set
ad.
“The Dixie’ is the latest arrival in
bed room suites at H B. Wilkinson s.
Plenty of parking space.
Take the boy with you and look
through Hoover’s stock.
“Scar Face” Capon* Surrenders.
Chicago, July 28. — UP) —Alphonsoi
“Scar Face” Capone, chief of the un
derworld of the turbnlent suburb of
Cicero, sought since the mnehine gun
assassination of Assistant State’s At
torney McSwiggin, was brought into
the federal building today by federal
agetita to whom he had surrendered.
Bondsmen already were there to
arrange for '.iis release, but so wns
Chief of Detectives William Shoe
maker, with a warrant charging Ca
pone with the murder of MeSwig
-1 gin.
t —, .
Last Days of Parks-Befk Co.’s Sale.
The Parks-Beik Co. is Betermined
to make the last few days of their
1 Anniversary Cale a record breaker.
They will mnke still more radical re
i duet’ons on all their stock. String mu
sic Saturday from 2 to 8 o’clock p. m.
All the lemonade ypu can drink Sat
urday free. Read the page ad. in this
paper today. ’ - -
IMORE ARRESTS
IN POISON LIQUOR
CASE MADE TODAY
Death Toll Stands at 37 as
Result of Liquor Which
Proved Fatal to Those
! Who Drank It.
I
!one man ready
TO TALK FREELY
It Is Said That James C.
| Voelker Who Distribut
j ed Liquor, Ready to Give i
! Names of the Leaders.
Buffalo, N. Y.. July 28 —(A3)—Feil
! era! ageißs and police today made six
| more arrests in the Niagara frontier
poison liquor ease, the death toll in
which stands at thirty-seven. The
action followed statements of author
ities that James C. Voelker, alleged
lender of the distribution gang, stood
ready to make a full confession, nam
ing those higher up in the wood alco
hol traffic. He is to answer a
charge of first degree murder.
Those arrested include; Carl Voel
ker, father of the principal prisoner,
who is held on a manslaughter charge.
Os the other prisoners four are Bus
-1 falo moonshine makers and handlers,
! and the fifth a drinkery owner who
is accused of conspiracy to violate I
the national prohibition act.
Hamilton, Ontario, reported two
arrests ns the result of the arrival
in that city of some of the poison
concealed in a carload of coal. With
the death of RobertiLittle, of East
Hamilton, the. list of victims in On
tario Ims risen to eighteen.
TOO LATE NOW FOR SURVEY
Whatever Is Done Now Must Be
Done by the General Assembly.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, July 28.—Despite the fact
that Mrs. E. L. McKee, of Sylva,
president of the State Federation of
Women’s Clubs, holds that it is nat
too late to yet have a survey of wom
en industry if E. F. Carter will but I
step out temporal'',y and let Mrs. J. I
Henry Hlghsmitli wear the toga of
bis office until after the survey is j
completed, this cannot (mi done be
cause of the legal limitations and ns]
far as he is concerned, the matter is j
closed, Governor A. W. McLean said
today. It is now up to the general
assembly and whatever action taken
now looking toward such a survey
must come from the general assembly.
“I did not act hastily in the mat
ter, for I gave it very enreful thought.
Now that I Ciave made the decision
to call off the survey, my decision
stands.” He pointed out that Mrs.
McKee and the women outside of
Raleigh who are still of the belief
that a survey can still be made ap
parently do not understand the legal
limitations nnd have not read the
opinion of the attorney general re
lating to it.
In referring to the suggestion made
by Mrs. McKee that Mr. Carter re
sign, so that Mrs. Highsmith might
go ahead with the survey, the gover
nor said:
“The matter is deeper than the
disagreement over Mr. Carter. Even
if I was so inclined, I have not the
authority to set up an independent
agency and furnish it with the State's
money to make a survey. I tried to
have the survey made tCirough the
' consent and agreement of all con
cerned, but that proved impossible.
There is nothing else I can do about
it and the only course left is to let |
the legislature decide the matter.” j
Durham Said to Be War Field For
Klan Forc‘d.
Durham, July 27.—Hundreds of
' Klnnsmen from all sections of North
' Carolina nnd from neighboring states
are expected here Thuursday for the
annual meeting ofthe Klorero of the
Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku j
Klux Klan.
The meeting will be for one day
' only, business sessions being sche
duled for the morning and afternoon,
with a parade and public meeting in
i the evening.
While it is not definitely known, it
is expected that a heated fight will
occur iu the ranks of the klan in this
state at the meeting here. Reports
from Asheville, received here, are to
i the effect that members of the out
. lawed klan ofthnt city, are prepar
ing to join other mountain klans in a
: descent upon Durham for the meet
ing Two other camps will also be in
evidence, according to the reports,
one headed by Judge Grady and the
, other headed by C. C. Mellwaine, re
. eently deposed ns grand klaliff by
C order of Judge Grady.
Mexican Mayor Rows With Catholic,
and Mob Hangs Mayor.
Mexico City, July 7.—The first
death from violence in the present
conflict between the government and
the Catholic church is reported by
the Aguasculientes correspondent of
El Universal Oraflco. lie reports the
i lynching of the mayor of Nochistan.
State of Zacatecas, who had attacked
a local Catholic priest.
According to the story as sent by
the correspondent, the priest and the
mayor, Humberto Cervanes, had an
argument in the mayor's office re
garding registration. Finally the
mayor drew n pistol and fired at the
priest, and then ordered him under
arrest.
The villagers, on learning of this,
became" infuriated, formed themselvea
into a mob and hanged the mayor.
Ross Advocates a System of
State Highway Police Control
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, July 28.—With deaths
from automobile accidents on North
Carolina highways increasing daily,
so that for tin* past month there has
been eu average of more than one
auiomohile death a day in the state,
, I much talk is being heard in advocacy
of a system of State highway police
1 whose duty it would be to safeguard
; the law-abiding motorists from the
reel less drivers that now endanger
traffic on so many of the highways,
rather than to harass motorists for
minor offenses.
The State highway commission,
through Charles Ross, assistant at
torney general, is taking the lead iu
’ advocating this highway police force
. on the grounds that it is a necessary
] safety measure, needed for the pro
tection of the motoring public. It
is pointed out that cities that do not
have as great traffic congestion
through their streets as there is on
some of t'ne State highways, with
from 2,000 to 3,000 cars passing over
some sections each day, have traffic
, regulations, so why then should not
. simi.ar regulation take place on the
I highways?
* The question of financing such a
system of highway policemen is at
once raised, and to meet this situa
-1 tion it is proposed that all operators
of automobiles be examined nnd re
quired to purchase a driver's license.
' Not only will the sale of Pltese li
• censes, say at one dollar each, pro
vide sufficient funds to maintain the
highway patrolmen, but it will also
I act as an additional safety check,
since it will eliminate those whose
vision is defective or who are other
’ wise unfitted to drive an automo
bile.
“With North Carolina lending the
list of states in the number of per
. sons killed in automobile accidents
for the past four Weeks with 22
deaths, it is high time the people of
♦lie state gave some serious thought
to methods of reducing this terrific
toll.” said Mr. Ross today in dis
' cussing the questions of a State high
way police force. "Other states,
particularly in the North and East,
have been forced to create a system
of State police, chriefly highway pa
trolmen, to cope with the dangers
' which accrued from increasing traffic
: over the highways. And the system
j has proved most beneficial and effi
cient.-
■I "'To many the idea of a highway
I I police foceei will be distasteful, due
. I perhajis to an encounter in the past
, | whose- one ambition was to fetch
11 'with some village motorcycle ‘cop’
1 speeders nnd hale type of policemen
we are advoenting. What we desire
i is a highway patrol force who will as
. sist motorists, not prey upon them.
We want patrolmen who will protect
, the right of the law abiding motorists
against the depredations of the reck
j less driver, the speed maniac, the road
j hog, the thrill-chaser and the drunk
en driver for these are the ones that
PEACH SHIPMENTS OFF
'I
’ I Only 148 Cars So Far This Year
| Against 698 Last Year,
, I Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, July 28. —Owing to tlie
. lateness of the season, peach ship
ments from Norl'a Carolina to date
» have been but 148 ears, as compared
i with 698 cars on the same date last
. year, according to the division of
markets, State department of agri
culture. Haulings are increasing,
however, especially in the Aberdeen
section, with demand nctive and the
. market remaining good and getting
stronger. Total peach shipments last
year from the state amounted to 2,-
1024 carloads. While it is not ex
pected that the crop this year will be
| ns great as last, the quality of Hie
_' fruit this year is very good, though
somewhat smaller than usual.
Cantaloupes are moving steadily,
but this crop, like peaches, is late,
with prices steady. In 1925 655
ears of cantaloupes were shipped from
. the state, with a total value of *327,-
j 500.
I All records for potato shipments
' | have already been broken, putting
■ North Carolina first as a potato grow
• ing state, with 6,370 carloads already
i shipped, with the late fall potatoes
still to come. Last year the total
■ shipments for the entire year auiount
ed to 4,055 cars, which was exceeded
1 only by Florida. The crop last year
' was estimated to be worth *3,800,-
1 000, and this year slioald run well
over *4,000,000.
Watermelons, while now on the
1 market, have not yet commenced to
j move in sufficient quantities to mnke
the figures in carload movement avail
’ able.
Foxes Terrorise Town.
(By International News Service)
Dunn, July 28. —Rabid foxes have
terrorized this town following at
tacks oh a mule and another on some
pigs near this city.
Fear has been expressed that hu
mans may be attacked by the mad
foxes along the roadsides.
A mu>, drawing a buggy, driven
by N. K. Brock, this city, was at
tacked by a fox which leaped from
the bushes on the roadside. After
a severe battle the mule subdued and
pawed the fox to death. Brock had
the fox’s head examined and it showed
the wild animal was rabid. The
mule was treated by local veterin
arians. ,
Another Jox attacked some pigs at
the farm of E. H. Westbrook, Samp
son county farmer, but was also killed
when the pigs' mother joined the
ickt
are making it dangerous to
the highways today. \"o
‘•One of tht ■ most common viti.
tion.s of our laws of the road today
that of passing other cars on curves
and on hills, both of whit's are strict
ly forbidden by law. But the other
afternoon while driving to Kaieigh
from Durham I was twice forced off
the pavement by drivers speeding J
past other cars dp curves, a most
dangerous practice. If there had I
been a motorcycle patrolman whol
would have halted these drivers aud j
given tiiem a courteous explanation 1
of the law and a warning that if they
persisted in this practice they would
be arrested, they would soon desist.
If they would not desist, they would
be arrested and made to pay the pen
alty.”
Attention was also called to the
fact by Mr. Boss that in former
duys, when a person had motor or tire
trouble, especially if the driver were
a woman, passing motorists could be
relied on for assistance. But this
condition has passed and today one
is likely to remain Jielpless for hours
without any assistance being offered.
Highway police would be instructed
and expected to assist motorists in
distress, to help them telephone for
repairs or gasoline and to render
whatever service they could, especial
ly to women motorists. Attention
was called to the fact that it is no
uncommon sight in New York state
to see a highway patrolman assisting
a woman driver change a tire or make
a minor repair to her oar.
1 “A great many of the accidents
i that occur on the highways are due
, to sheer thoughtlessness, and not to
1 any criminal intent,” said Mr. Boss.
■ "Take for instances, a happening that
occurred just the other night, with
one of our engineers. He was coin
ing around a curve into rather a nar
row bridge. On the bridge a car
| was standing, wtiile its driver was
, jacking up n rear wheel, his body be
ing directly in the roadway. There
was not room enough to pass, with
out hitting the man working with the
tire. So this engineer veered his car
and went down the bank of the creek
to keep from hitting the man. He
was not going fast, so be was not in
jured. If he had been going at even
a moderate rate of speed, one or both
of them would rave been killed.
"When asked why he had stopped
on the bridge, the driver of the other
car said: ‘That was where the tire
blew out. I just didn't think.’ Yet
'.lis failure to think nearly caused a
fatal accident.
"If there had been 1 a highway pa
trolman, he would have asked the
man to drive across the bridge and
park at one side, instead of endang
ering traffic by trying to repair a
tire oil the bridge. w
And so instance after instance can
be multiplied, showing how a system
of highway patrolmen, whose duty
it would be to assist motorists anil
prevent accidents, would be of untold
benefit to the state, Mr. Ross said.
A life a day is too heavy a price
to pay. Something must be done.”
THE COTTON MARKET
Renewed Selling Caused by Better
Weather Reports Caused Opening
Decline.
New York. July 28.—C4>)—Renew
ed selling based on reports of better
weather in the Southwest caused an
opening decline of 4 to 8 points in the
cotton market today. Lacking fur
ther details as to the progress of the
tropical storm the trade here assumed
it had made no further progress to
ward the Belt, and there was gener
al disposition to regard the entire
crop situation as more favorable.
Wall street, the South and Liver
pool were among the early sellers
while cables were easy. After Octo
ber had declined to 17.6 Q and January
to 17.55, or fi to 10 points under the
previous close, better demand for
European account checked the decline
and brought about a rally of 4 or 5
points.
Cotton futures opened fairly steady.
October 17.00; December 17.50; Jan
uary 17.57; March 17.80; May 17.04.
Typhoid Fever Decreasing.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, July 28.—Typhoid fever
is decreasing in North Carolina, a
comparison of the figures for June
and July this year and last show, ac
cording to the State board of health.
Only 231 cases have been reported
so far this month for the entire
states, while last year there were 303
cases in July, and it is uot believed
that in the remaining days in this
month that that figure will be reach
ed, much less surpassed.
During June there were 87 cases
reported as compared with 150 cases
in June, 1025.
No new cases of infantile paraly
sis have been reported to the board
since Monday, when one new case
was reported from Davidson coun
ty.
Tobacco-Chewing Rabbits Seen in
Kinston Region.
Kinston, July 27.—Tobacco-chew
ing rabbits have been reported from
a second Lenoir county farm, two
weeks ago Jasper Hill, of Deep Run,
declared he had caught them nib
bling the top leaves of plants in his
field with apparent relish.
Today a story came from Institute 1
to the effect that a negro tenant had
watched two of the animals making
a meal off growing tobacco on his
place. The bunnies, the negro report
' ed, devoured half a dozen large leaves.
They suffered no ill effects So far as
he could see. When they had eaten
’tjheir fill they scampered off to a
thicket. The man said he had seen
i tracks of rabbits at several other
places in the field.
THE TRIBUNE j
TODAY’S NEWS TODAY]
NO. I7f
FlTEiriiol
.unit BEFORE!
linns BOB*
It Is Probable That Aarifll
ment by Counsel W® 1
Be Started Some Tmß
During the Afternoojj||i 1
LONG SESSIONS T<vl I
BE CARRIED o{lfil
Court Will Remain in &gl|9
sion Until 6 O’cloc*—* J
Jury May Get the
Tomorrow. I
Albemarle. July 28. —C4>)—
State began its final barrage of
mouy in rebuttal and beginning of ars.'’J
guments by counsel was
this afternoon in the trial
<\ Cranford, charged with the ft
i of two negro convicts. J
Jack I)ces was the first witness tMtfl
morning, and he testified to the
■ character of Jerome Foreman, a WBt' J
i lies* for the State. H. A. Mortcbt
1 took the stand, substantiated De«e|
Jess Ballard, who has served Hjnj&fM
* prison sentences, was next caHqf|H>
told the jury that 'Cranford
’ John Baker, white convict, for an 'i I
tempt to file off his shackles. <jju j I
other occasion, he said, Bakeir yfKg a
whipped because of complaining
he found a "fly ill his bread.” m a
Ballard said he did not witness
Hogging, but that he heard the
and cries of the victim.
Beginning tonight, evening ssgglgiKjffi
of court are planned in an effort m j
speed up the trial. It was indltgM# j
by attorneys that the case wig 8# 11
the jury tomorrow. j
Day sessions will continue until J
FOR EIGHT MONTHS SCHfsfi |
Work Will Continue for
Term of Eight Months.
Raleigh. July 28.—(A s )—Regardless |
of any opposition which has
may arise, the department of public |j
instruction is still working and in- 1
tends to continue its work for an |
eight months minimum school tend. 3
for every school child in North Cars it
, Such is the emphatic statement o§£||
I Superintendent A. T. A Heir.-
“My department is working to showCffi
the need of the eight months' school '8
term,” declared Mr. Allen here to- 1
l night. "The methods of financing 3
i the project we are leaving to the gen- , 1
. oral assembly which is the body for
J “I think the matter ought tp fep'jl
determined aside from any scheme pf J
, taxation and on its own merits. That |
is, I believe an eight months school ||
term is a more fundamental
sition than the method of financing |
it. Each general assembly has
er to change the finnancing metbwj if J
first plans do not work out.” • 3p
Mr. Allen asserted the issue of an |
eight months’ school term too often I
is linked with that of a method of
taxation and immediately the rnpin
issue is forgotten."’
"Taxes always are unpopular,” be
declared. “Whenever the argument ‘
is raised for an eight months' school I
term, someone starts talking abogt
the financing of such n proposition.
Then the taxation issue is hopped
ui)on —for people love to cuss taxes
—and the main issue—equal edoca» |
tional opportunity—is entirely forgot- i
"I would like to see the mattff |
submitted as a referendum. Then
the people could pass upon whetkiiw' d
they want the eight months school ;
Mr. Allen continues to believe that s
the lengthened school term would
mean a great deal for the children
of the state. He also is convinced
that it is the duty of his depejHnef
to work for the eight months school i
term from the standpoint of educa
tion and let the general assembfar
work on the matter from the stand
point of providing the funds.
The sentiment of the people, he i
1 believes, is crystallizing behind hie i
department and a majority favor the ;
lengthened school term. While thepar'-J
; may be setbacks in working out 'IMmI
' plan lie is confident that in the end
’it will be given full approval. He
also believes that the facts on school
* terms (jnd other school |
< which the department has been
suing for the past several ’tßgiHH
have been read ami studied by tfie
‘ people and have had a good effect
* from the standpoint of the proponents t
of better educational opportunities^ }jm
Tlie Cotton Hopper in Arkansas.-
(By International News Service.)
Walnut Ridge, Ark., July 28.
the larger cotton fields of Lawrence 'i
] county, the cotton hopper .iff. nplifSi
generally prevailent.
Estimates of the city experts
that the crops in this community s
have been damaged 40 per cent by
the pests.
Planters have been given instrde-’l
tions by local authorities on how .s3l
rid the plant of cotton hopper attdl'.g
crusades against the evil are und*f |
way in many sections. - Jija
England and Sweden are to tumM
direct telephone connection. :p
THE "wEATEBER 1 Vffl
Rain tonight and Thursday,
creasing easterly winds, -rmiYljifll
gale force tonight or Thursday; «*|l
j