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. ( ■ ! 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'>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. ► ■ , 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 \ ; ; : [ .sWWffii*. 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)— 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.