ONLY $1.50 PEK YEAK IN ADVANCE The Franklin Times AN ADTEBTISIN6 MEDIUM THAJP-- DHlMi.S HESriTS ? ate^theT^on -rr1 w *1 AVil . i . j #' t - 1 * V* * '????**. SehNWflqou: VOLUME Xivra , . ' LOBISBCBC, *. C, felftAY, JI LT tSTB, 1#I?. 7 c.'. ^r?t? ? *4. .. ntmbek n. Attacks On WW?* Br Negroes ton. . tinned TeitMaff, One tJlar '?.j. lng Instance. FIVE PERSONS SILLED, 11 DYING, SCOHES INJURED President Wilson Confer* With Secre tary of War on Situation and Large Number of Troops From Camp Meade Are Ordered To Washington; harlnes AJ?o for Tatrol Dntjr. ? WOTIXe RENEWED. ? ? ? * Washington, July 24.?Despite * * all precautions taken by clrll and * * military authorities rioting be- * * tween whites and negroes broke * * oat again tonight In Washington * * and a report reached the police at * * 10 o'clock that a white man, be- * * llered to hare been a home de- * * fense guard, had been shot and * * killed In the northwest section. * * Soon after the killing of the * * home defense gnard, the police re- * * ceired a report that another gnard * * also had been shot by a negro. He * * was reported as fatally wonnded. * * A detachment of caTalry and a * * squad of marines was rushed to * * the scene of the shootings, which * * was at Eighth and M streets, In * * the heart of a negro district. . * ***** r * ? Washington, July 22.?Even while tl.o rioting was at its height earl* to i. reports of another attack upon a while woman came. Frightened away one ,.er assailant hid and renewed his i*:..ack as she left her house. She escape i only when all but stripped of her clothing. Supported by the Increased provost guard, army motor trucks armed with machine guns and crews, cavalry and the detachments of regulars and ma rines ordered into the city tof iglit by the War and Navy departments, offi , cials asserted their confidence that the situation could be controlled. Five Dead, Eleven Dying, Many Injured. T "With ITVOer?tmf flettd .^ie v wi~"pos^ sibly dying and scores Injured in race battles on the streets here during the last three nights, every precaution short of martial law was taken to r-ight by police and military provost guar-ls ic ,..*event a recurrence of riot ing that came as an outgrowth of nu merous assaults on white women and other recent acts of violence by ne groes. Marines and Troops Arrhe. There were few disorders (luring the day, but at nightfall police and troops, supplemented by additional detach ments of regulars from Camp Meade and marines from Quantico. Va., took up their stations in grim preparation for what the hours of darkness might bring. ? .1 -illinium M in i iIm .ma. ment authorities denied that the situ ation had been out of band at any lime last night when riot calls were sound ing from half a dozen places at a time. The authorities also decided not to ask that martial law be declared, al though resolutions introduced in tne House during the day urged that the President be requested to take that action. Wilson Confers lVIth Baker. President Wilson took cognizance of the situation lete today when he called Secretary Baker to the White House for a conference on steps that might be taken by the military in co-opera tion with the civil authorities to pre vent recurrence of the outbreaks. The President was understood to be greatly concerned over the events of the last three nights in the capital. After the conference. Secretary Ba ker announced that the troops order ed from Camp Meade constituted "a very large number" and that Major William G. Haan would be in. com mand . Secretary Daniels said a substantial force of marines had been ordered in for night patrol duty. Cavalry On Police Duty. Cavalry again played a part In the police work, holding lines about the congested negro sections to prevent mob attacks by either blacks or whites. Police and soldiers again struggled to keep the downtown thoroughfares clear of crowds. The scattered nature of the attacks through the three nights of growing disorder Washington has experienced made the situation difficult. While rioting was at its worst downtown, panic stricken* negroes fired indiscrim inately from the barricaded doors or windows of their homes. Others whujod through outlying streets in automobiles firing wildly ?t any whites they saw Negro C rim? Wave Mot .Sappre<***d. The? resolutions Introduced today ranged from that by Representative Clark. Democrat. Florida, charging that the district government had "ut terly failed" to put.a atop to the crime wave that has swept tho city for a month and calling for Congressional investigation, to those of Representa tive Emerson, Republican, of Ohio, and Valje, Republican, of Colorado, demanding that martial law be de clared. ? National ScandaL Representative Emerson's resolution declared the situation was pi "national scandal" and called for protection of citizens "Irrespective of color," while Representative Vaile declared the "dignity and honor" of the United Sta -1 res required & martial law enforce ment of order. Demand For Martial Law. Representative Hill , Republican. New York, introduced a bill to regu late the saliB>At .firearms in the District, la the abstjefe of any such law, tho District Commissioners today induced hardware dealers and others to stop the sale of weatibns. At le^st 500 re volvers were-saal to h#ve Msp.soid in a single day dtfrfng disturbances. 9teps to curb tbfeterrtjr ca*|, tttfjougu requiring special tags for opfratfbi* kt ter dark.'dlso were discussed but nc action taken. ^ Several of our readers ha*e asked, us to get the regulations of the Inter nal Revenue Department on' the man ufacture and sate Of wines'tw&d "cider. In answer to a Request for- tUlw infor mation Collector Bailey's office writes ua as follows: Franklin Times. Louisburg, N. C. Sir; In answer to yours of July 15th. in reference to the manufacture of wine and cider, you are informed that so far as this office is advised the War Prohibition Law does not prohibit the manufacture anc sale of sweet cider and vinegar. The manufacture of wine is prohib ited in any quantity for bev.n\u,'j pur poses. To manufacture wlie for roel icinal and sacramental purposes re quires compliance with very strict regulations, such as bonding, clerical supervision, and sale to only those holding non-beverage permits and clergymen. Respectfully, , J. W. BAILEY. Collector. DR. S. J. CBIDI'P DEAD. Dr. S. Jones Crudup. of Julian. Ne braska, who was on a visit to his boy hood home in Franklin County, guest of his sister, Mrs. R. P. Taylor, and .-vtiw-hwi in the past few days gone to a Sanitarium in Ricbmortrl for treat ment. died on Sunday m the Virginia city. Dr. Crudup was 60 years old. and had been gone from Franklin County twenty-six years, making his I home in Julian, Neb., where he was i on? of the foremost an$ prominent citizens and a prominent Mason He I was a member of one of Franklin i County's most prominent and success I ful families and leaves two brothers, ] Dr. C. P. Crudup, of Nebraska City, , Neb., and Rev. Joslah Crudup. of Dal ton, Ga.. and four sisters. Mrs. R. iP. Taylor and Miss Lillie Crudup, of I Louisburg, Miss Columbia Crudup. of New York City, and Miss Annie Davis Crudup, of Wake Forest. The funeral services were held from the home of his sister. Mrs. R. P. Tavlnr. on Main Street andwere coi> 'JgJPftl'llV'lUl. llMIiUl. I IJI1I11J. UllJ1 tor of the Baptist Church, and the re mains were laid to rest at Oaklawn cemetery under a huge bank of beau* tiful flowers. The services were lar gely attended by the many friends of Messrs. L. P. Hicks, W. H. Ruff in, W. H. Allen. S. M. Washington. M. S. Clifton and J. S. Williams. FUNERAL OF R. A. HARRIS. The funeral services of Randolph A. Harris, a well-known man of this city, took place yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home. oi> Cleveland St.. and were conducted by Rev. S. S. Bost. rector of St. Philips* church, and was attended by many friends of the deceased. After the funeral ser vices interment was made at M*p*e wood cemetery. Mr. Harris* death at Watts Hospi tal Saturday afternoon came as a shock to his many friends, and caused by a complication of diseases. He came to Durham in 1903. His first political oflice was that of clerk of tbe recorder's court, which he held for tour years, During this tim? l.?? ser ved as a magistrate. When the local exemption board was formed Mr. Harris became the chief clerk. He held this office for about one year, during which time lie con tributed a large amount of work. Al though a salary was attached to the office. Mr. Harris held it more as a patriotic duty than for the financial return. The officials of the board de clared him to be iinvaluable. Mr. Harris married Miss Annie Lee Williams, of this city, some six or seven years ago. Of the union there are four children, four brothers. W. W.. lSd. E; T. and Joel Harris, aixl one si?V;r. Mrs. F. C. Glasgow, of Franklin county. ?Durham Oorrcs pondent. News-Observer. Mr. Harris was a Franklin County boy, being bori> and raised near Ma plevillo, ailfj lias a large number of friends and relatives in the county who will learn of his dn. of Spring Hope, ts visiting her daughter. Mrs. J. L. Collier. AMONG Tift VISITORS SOME Tor KNOW AND SOME TOC DO NOT KNOW. Personal Items About Folks and Their Friends Who Travel Htrfl And There, &V Rev. G. F. Smith attended District Conference at Cary Tuesday. Rev. E. (Luclen Malone, of Gadsden, Ala., was a visitor to Loulsburg tfcla week. *??>*. I*. Mr. George Holder, of the T i mM force, spent Saturday and Sunday in Raleigh. Mrs. J. L. Palmer returned Monv day from a visit to relatives In War ren county. ..j . J Mrs. E. F. TiiotbM left Monday for Leilngton, where 'she will vlnit Mrs., Cf. G. Bedford; Mlsa Helen Pilcfcfr, of Peteratmrfi Va? is vls'itiftg ' Misses Temple in Hattle Williams. . I Mrs. J. C. My rick, of Pedro MigpelS Canal Zone, Is on a visit to her math? er, Mrs. R. Z. Egerton. ? ? Mrs. A. G. Tiner left yesterday tot Rocky Mount, where she will visit bei sister. Mrs. S. B. Joyner. Mrs. W. P. Neal. accompanied by her daughters, left Sunday to spend several days at Atlantic City. Mrs. G. E. Gupton and children, of New Smyrna, Fla., are visiting at the hotne of Mr. K. E. Gupton near town. Dr. C. P. Crudup, of Nebraska City, Neb., attended the funeral of his bro ther. Dr. S. J. Crudup, In Loulsburg Tuesday. Mrs. Mary E. McBrayer and daugh ters. Misses Agnes and Ruth, of Sal isbury, are visiting her son, Mr. H. G. McBrayer. Mrs. G. F. Smith and daughters, Misses Martha T., Geraldine H.liuid Mary C.. left this week to visll ln'Da vldson County. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Candler an4 daughter. Miss Margaret Harris, re^ turned Wednesday from an eMendetr trip to Western North Carolina. Messrs. S, S. Meadows and H. C. Williams came home from Olanta. S. |C.. and spent Saturday and Sunday. iTheir report ou the tobacco prices was not favorable. Misses Annie Davis Crudup, of Wake Forest, and Columbia Crudup. of New York, wpre in Louisburg this ve k to attend the funeral of their brother. Dr. S. J. Crudup. Dr. A. H. Fleming. Messrs. B. N. Williamson. J. E. Thomas and B. H. Meadows, who attended the Firemen's Tournament at Asheville the pas; week have returned home. 1 nun! mi friends. Mr. W. Blair Tucker return ed home Monday night and was warm ly greeted by all Tuesday. He has Just returned from overseas. friends of Mr. JamtS TJ. King, who has just returned from services in France with the Expedi tionary Forces, were glad to see him on the streets of Louisburg this week. Mr. W. P. Blanchard. of Kansas City. Mo., and who has just returned from France where he served with the United States* Army, visited his sis ter. Mrs. O. Y. Yarboro. the pas! week. Mr. S. F. Ellis, of Hagerstown. Md., was a visitor to Louisburg yes terday. He was a former Louisburg boy but has been away about twenty years. He is loud in his expressions of delight at the progress shown by his old home. Capt. William White Palmer, of the 94th Aero 8 Inches With Louisburg cut off from other sections of the country by the heavy rains having washed roads In two and bridges away, except In two or thi^ee directions, and with reports coming to from every section bringing infor mation of the terrlffic damage done by the heavy water fall, Franklin Cou nty has experienced the heaviest rains the past _week In tbe recollection of many of its oldest inhabitants. The Jatnfall as reported by the local ?ranch of the weather bureau record ed a rainfall up to. Wednesday morn jfcg at 8 o'clock of 12\55 inches. The < latafall for the j;^re*it^tfo?r hours to o'clock Wednesday^morning was 3.29 1 aches. Although not .having reach i d its high water mafk,.Tar River has 1 een full and. overflowing since Satur i ay and Is falling exceedingly slow. The damage to crops is enormous Hod impossible to estimate. Cotton teeiris to be drowned In many sections, ?ven on hillsides. whiTe whole fields of tobacco has wilted and dropped. Corn seems to have stood the strain best, but much damage has been done that, and the low grounds crops are all gone. Reports received in Louisburg up to yesterday show road and bridge dam age as follows: A washout of about forty feet wide and twelve feet deep In the road to Maplevllle Just below the Cooke place, klso big washout just below Maple vllle on the Jackson pond fork. The mill house at Jackson's pond was undermined and dumped into the foad with a washout by the dam at the mill end. The bridge below the dam gone. The bridge across Cypress Creek on the road to Cedar Rock washed away. The bridge on the stockade road (second from Louisburg) gone. Two bridges at Four Brldgt-s gone or rendered useless. These are the (wo outside wooden bridges. A big wash in tin road bed near Mr. J P. Timberlake's. Dam at Perry's Mill wasned in two a( the left bank. Lower dam ami bridge at Clifton's UU1 gone. vTater washed around end of dam at Moore's pond leaving an opening of about ten fee(. Two bridges near Mr. C. E. Gup ton's gon?*. Bridge at Collins Mill gone. The Bill Alston bridge gone. I The buttment at Buffaloe Creek near ,Simms' bridee washed in two. , Reports say all bridges *n Cypress (Creek township are gone. j Two other bridges on R. F. D? No. II near Hail's Cross Roads gone. j In addition the surface of the roads washed away and will mak?- it necessary for resurfac ing. Several of the carriers on the local Rural routes tried to make their trips [Wednesday but had to return. Route One did not attempt his trip, knowing Wic'timif'Hiu'jiT'uu luicr^ trip. Route two, four and five made only portions of their routes and had t return. Rou(e six completed his route.. i Indications now are thai the rains jhavte held up. and Providence Is doing what it can to assist in the terrible I condition rby giving cloudy weather, with a Little wind scattered here and there to dry out the ground. Just the full damage can't be esti mated for a number of weeks yet. as the crops have not had time to show the effects, or inspection of the roads and bridges cannot be made, but Franklin in common with many oth er counties in the State, has suffered beyond any similar occasion in the recollection of its oldest citizens. AN EXTENSIVE PROGRAM. Building Activity Rising To Enthus iastic Proportions?Many Enterpri ses In Loulsburg?Some at Other Places. Mr. C. J. Tallman, construction ??ngineer. who is putting n concrete floor in the Sunday School room of the Baptist Church here and other wise remodeling the rooms, gives us the following information concerning building activities which he is and has been connected witn. He is building a large brick storage warehouse on the railroad adjoining A. W. Person's cotton storage for McKinne Bros. Co.. and is rer.io.!*?: ing the southern room of thoh stoi into an up-to-date sales stable. He is estimating on a probablf ware liouse on the railroad ofperation being pro vided. b^t ftnirtedJ^te effcrcs to bring about ti*&^ necessary applications and assurances should be brought about to make the system complete. The let ter follows: Raleigh, July 19, 1919. Mr. J. P. Tlmberlake. Chairman, Board County Commissioners, Franklin County, Louisburg, N. C. "* Dear 81r> I am pleased to inform you that the 'Highway Commission approved your application for participation In build ing the road from Kearney's Store to [the Warren County line, approximate {distance of three miles, and from Red j Bud Church to the Warren County j {line, approximate distance of six mil-: es. and from the Nash County line to I the Wake County line, approximate distance of four miles. These roads are tobe cc- rtructed! of sand clay or gravel type and the financial participation will be- upon the basis of 25 per cent to the county and 75 per cent to the Public Tre*s jury. I Application for road from Alien's 'Store to Ransoms Pildge, action was deferred on a'vj'int of our lack of knowledge as to the^posalbillty of Halifax County meeting this road at lyour County line. We will as early as possible get ! surveyors on the projects approved ! and have the necessary p^ans submit ted to the Federal Government for their participation. With best regards. I am. Yours very truly, FRANK PAGE. State Highway Commissioner. CALL ISSrtD FOR VETERANS' REUNION j Gen. James I. Melts Calls State He roes of to Encampment in j August. ! General James I. Metis, command er in chief of the North Carolina divi sion of the United Confederate Veter lans. has just Issued orders for the ! annua! encampment of the heroes of i "61-65 to he held this year at Rocky j Mount. Autrust 5?7. Invitation is | extended the veterans by the (jrr of fRockv Mount, seconded by the Rocky Almmi rliiiihiMiWiiaattfliliTi nf [(ill Confederacy. The following is the 'onfedi-racy.The following is order: "Headquarters. North Carolina Di vision. United Confederate Veterans, Wilmington. N'. C., July 8. 19iy. |?"Qeneral orders Xvl 14. "Par. 1. It is very gratifying to announce that the city of Rocky Mount backed by the U. D. C. chapter and the various commercial bodies of that city extend to tho North Carolina, division. United Confederate Veterans, a most cordial invitation to hold their 1919 reunion in Rocky Mduat. August 5?7. "Par. 2. 'he citizens generally of Rocky Mount are exerting themselves to give the veterans a glorious time and it is earnestly desired that a full representation of veterans will avail themselves of the pleasures which usually atterxl these reunions. "Par. 3. According to the by-laws of the U. C. V. no camp can have representation unless their annual dues have been paid to General W. E. Mickie. 824, Commerce Street.' New Orleans. i "Par. 4. Provisions will be made] for those unable to pay board and lodging. Cots will be furnished but the 'Vets' must bring their blankets, i "Par. 5. The railroad administra tion has authorized rate of 3 cents per i mile in each direction for state reur>-, ion of the U. C. V.. the rate to be j available only to members of the U. C. V. and members of their families, upon presentation to ticket agents of identification certificaies at time of i purchase of tickets. It is the dutyjjfj officer of the U. C. V. and also: officers of each of the auxiliary j I .\ii. s to countersiga these identifi cation certificates tn behalf of their j respective organization and make dis-; tribution thereof direct to the mem-j bers. The Identification certificates! are supplied by W. F. Craig, chair-' man southern passenger traffic com j ruittec. Atlanta. Ga., and must show fai simile signatures of the officers designated to countersign them. "By order of ^JAM F.S 1 MKTTS. "Major General Commanding N. C\ Dirision, U. C. V. 'Col. W? P. Wood. Adjt. Gen. and Chief of Staff " 51IT.JMR N'euse Rlrer Is Highest |n Tears With . . ' Tt?ff!c Jjunperided. .. tl " ALL BRIDGES HOLDING LATE LAST NIGHT ? ^,r--r j?*r No Trains Ob Norfolk ?tnUiern Be tween Ralrhfh and Norfolk) South ern Transferring Passengers at Wll son's Mills Account Washout; Horse And Butrsrj Swept Into Creek. * CAPE FEAR RISING ? <\ FIVE INCHES PEE HOUR ? ? Fayettevllle, July ?S.?A rise td ?* ? fltty-flre feet Is expected In the * ? Cape Fear river here according to * ? a warning received from the Wea- ? ? ther Bureau by Frank Glover, lo- * ? cal weather observer, based on * ? continued rains on the Cape Fear * ? watershed. * i* The rlrer at nine o'clock tonight ? j * was forty-elf lit feet, a stage It has * ? reached only three times before In * ' Its history. It Is rising fire inches * ? an hour. ' . * With Neds? river the hignest in the record of the local weather bureau, and other-streams crossing rail lines into Raleigh equally as high, traffic over the Norfolk and Southern north from the city was abandoned yester day and that moving over the South ern railway was- delayed by reason of a wshout on the road bed Just this side of Wilson Mills, the westbound trains turning around on this side of the river and the eastbound trains re versing their direction between the Wilson Mills station and Selma. The train from Golds boro ^due here at 4 yesterday afternoon did not arrive un Itil 11:30 last night. ] Traffic over the Seaboard was mov ling last night as usual with no wash louts reported on the system save two minor ones at Petersburg. Atlantic [Coast Line trains ot> the main line j were detouring by Dillon and the Sea boaril to Mullins on account of the overflow of the Pee Dee at that Junc tion while trains over the Wilming ton a'n'd Columbia division were de touring by Chadbourn, Elrod, DilloiJ and Mullins. The high water mark 011 the Neuse recorded yesterday was a rise of 23.8 feet at the N'euse bridge about six mil es this side of Wake Fores?, Reports that the MUburnle bridge was washed away were not substantiated last night by County Engineer Miller. The but tress to the steel bridge near Wake Foresi was afloat yesterday morning but was ?oon tied fast. No Bridges Swept Away. None of the steel bridges over the Xcuse had beei* swept away last night 'though the indications were that the ; wooden approaches might be damaged considerably. The bridge structures, Mr. C. M. Miller, County Road Engi . m-er. yesterday declared virtually safo !unless -tkere-*hould be heavivj' floods. 1 'III'llU 'RJIHIU! I Tlie heavy rains of Tuesday night ;and Wednesday morning sent the flood marks upward. With the rain wnterslivil. Neirse Riv er took its second rise at Neuse sta j tion and stood at 23.8 feet at one o'clock yesterday afternoou. That is [the record rist? so far as the data in 'the local Weather Bureau is concern |ed. Yesterday warnings were Issu ed for a rise to twenty-flve feet at Smithfleld. On the Tar River unter shed, ac cording to Mr. L. A. Denson, of the [United States Weather Bureau here. ; was exceptionally heavy Tuesday i night and Wednesday morning. The .fall was registered at three and one 4 half inches at Louisburg and it was stttl raining at last reports. About I Rocky Mount, the rainfall was report jed as four inches, with Tour and a half inches at Enffeld. on Fishing Creek, the main tributary of tne Tar River. Warnings were usued for very hea vy overflow approaching the flood stage of August 1918. or 2S feet at Tar boro and 19 feet at Greenviile. Roanoke Rising Also. Further rains yestecday brought about a rise to fory-flve feet in the Roanoke at Weldon. -The rainfall was three inches at Weldon. There was a foot fall in the flood at Clarks ville yesterday but it was followed by a second rise. Thi?. according to Mr. Denson. indicates that the Roanoke will continue high for several days ar>d will reach forty-six feet or more If the rains continue. Tin- Cape Fear River showed a stage of 44.9 feet at eight o'clock yesterday morning, with a rise to 45.2 at' one o'clock. A third rise was reported at Moncure with a, stage of 23 f?-et yes terday morning, followed by a fall of one-half a foot at one o'clock. Mr. Walter B. Leonard, who holds a position with the J. I*. Taylor To hacco Co., and has been stationed at KichnionU, after toponrimp twv^rwl dtrrir with his parents near I^aurel passed through Ijouisburg the past week for Olanta. S. C.. where he will buy to bacco.