.take: advantage of" the: free prevention for tvr . ONLY 11.60 FEB YEAB IN ADVAHCB The Frankmn Times ' ? moid fever AX Al) VEKTISIJTG, mkdiiji that bbings hesults A* F. JOHNSON, Editor and Manager THE COUNTY, THE STATE, THE UNION SCBSt'BIFTIOX #1.50 Per Year TOLtrjur xl vtx LOUISBURG, N. C? FKID4^ JILY 2S, lftto. MMBKH 22. GRAHAM CITIZENS RESENT SHOOTING Mayor Holmes, of Graham, Pointedly Denies That Anything Justified Firing By Guards. MEN ON GCARD AT JAIL POSITIVE THAT* MEN IN MASKS APPROACHED JAIL Captain Fowler Regrets Silling of In nocent Bystander But Declare* Men Only Followed Path of Duty; Three .NfgroeH Removed To Stale Peniten tiary In Special Train Early Toes day, Morning; Everything Quiet In Alamance Capital; Durham' Com pany Returns Home; An Inquest Held. Graham, July 20? Bitter resent ment is expressed here today over the firing on citizens last night tfy mem bers of the Durham machine gun com pany, which resulted in the killing of one v? hite man and slight wounding of two others. An investigation was started today by Solicitor S. M. Gat tis and a dozen witnesses testified that there was no attack on the county jail last night as stated by Captain M. B. Fowler. The coroner's Jury to day found that Ray came 10 his death by a shot fired by the guardsmen with out provocation. For the first time in the histoTy of the State probably a special train was t:=ed today to transport prisoners to I . State penitentiary.! As Graham . < ->':e were preparing their break i...-. tiiey saw an automobile move " down the main street, preced ed L;. aa army truck loaded with sol diers r.r.d another in the rear. The three iifcgroes ? Arthur Veazie, Will Lee and?George Troxler? were arres ted Sunday on suspicion of having at tacked a prominent white -woman here. The firing at the oounty Jail began last night at 9:30 o'clock when Jim Rav. of Graham, "fell on the street near the Jail hiortally wounded. W1K lie Phillips, of Graham, was shot tbr inillll till I-'"*", ""<1 Pl^w TlrnrtnlnUf of Haw River, was slightly wounded funtnin M. B. Fowter and the men with him on guaf* af e gotlW? in Uie ti.-stm??genty that uiaakcjil fuyirWTfl-o seen to approach towards the Jail ? f ru in "the field 1? the real and" that when halted by sentinels they ? failed to otop. ? Then -aeiittnelft fell hliflr ill'1 "ere firp'1 " f:nn tain Fowler says his men opened fire in all directions. It Was then that Jim Ray was killed and after |his volley the guardsmen fired no other shots. There was fir ing into the Jail later and an angry crowd of citizens, many of them from Burlington had gathered on the street in front of the court house by 11" o'clock and many of tliem threatened dire vengeance on the soldiers, some going so far as to want to dynamite ? the jail, it is said. Tills gathering was occasioned by the earlier firing and there is no de nial that It was in an ugly mood. No overt act towards violence was com mitted by this crowd, so far as known and the shots in the vicinity of the Jail came spasmodically and with no concerted attempt to storm it. Final ly the rain drove them home and sho rtly after midnight all was quiet In the little town and during the early n?rning hours there was scarcely anybody on the streets. Major Issues Statement. Mayor R. L. Holmes Is among those who take exception to Captain Fow ler's statement about the masked mob and tonight he issued the following statement to the News and Observer "Referring to your statement that a mob of Alamance citizens attacked Alamance Jail and were fired upon by machine gunners, beg to say that yo ur statement is absolutely Incorrect as there was no mob assembled in Graham any time during the night of July the 19th., and no attempt was made to enter the Jail or. trespass on the groumls. The facts are that abo ut 9:30 o'clock p. ma the lights in the Jail went out ana it is said that gome unknown person fired upon them. This fact has not been verlfk ed but immediately they state upon this provocation they opened up the machine guns, also they fired arms gliB MWiffllli'Hili man by the name of James Ray and Wounding Willie Phillips. Upon In vestigation held today by goTtcltor ~ Gattis the fact seems to be that there " was no provocation whatever foT this rash act." Captain Fowler today expressed doubt as to whether his company fir ed the shot that killed Ray, stating that the militiamen had their guns pointed in a different direction. Ser geant R. M- Price, who In civilian life is a minister, had been given the or der to fire when persons approach ing the Jail failed to halt after being ordered to do so by the sentinels on duty or if they fired upon the Jail. The captain and his detachment of 37 men were completely fatigued by their two nights of constant vigil and were glad enough to get back home. RAIN DAMPENS OPENING * . OF MJMBEKTON MARKET t 1 100,000 Pounds of Golden Weed Sold; Prices For Better Grades Good. > / Liumbeftoji, July 20. ? Early morn ing rains kept many farmers away from the owning of the Lumberton tobacco mftrkft today, when more than 100,000 pounds of the golden weed werd i offered for sale at prices that ranged from one to 50 cent* per pound. Judging from the figures of the Ini tial sales, the price average this year will not be quite as high as it was last season. However, today the of ferings cohsipbed largely of first pri-. mings and the grades were not the best. Price* may turn higfc?r as the I better portion of the crop>COmes in. The prices lor the poorer grades ; were not as high as last season's fig ures, but the better grades sold in a highly satisfactory manner. Farmers appear to be pleased with the initial sales. The LumberioD market from now on will be open for the sale of to bacco every day except Saturdays un til the season closes. ^ Vldalla, Ga., July 20. ? Expectations of higher prices for leaf tobacco this season were realized- today with the opening of the tobacco marketB of Georgia; the golden weed selling over $6 per hundred pounds higher than on the initial day last year. The av erage today was $27.30 per hundred pounds, against $21 the preceding sea son. 1 The quality of the offerings is some better than last year's crop, with pri ces varying from 5 cents to 60 cents per pound for the lowest to* the best grades. Concrete Helpfulness* Below will be found a list of those who have so generously responded to the request in last- weeks FRANKLIN TIMES for help for a man who has tuberculosis but who was unable to pay his expenses' at a sanatorium. - Every cent of this money was giv en voluntarily for no man was askeed to give a penny and none of them we re aware that any publicity .would be given their kindness. 7 Tt 'will interest ^lose who have con?> left Tues0?M^K position in the Radio Depart meaW the United States Navy^ at honiHBt a visit. H. Ruffln left Tuesday for Artwville. She was accom paniettys far as Ralefgh by her hus band/*-. W. H. Ruffln. R. Mills returned the past j>m Greenville,- where he had iching lr> the Summer School Teachers Training School. M. Person returned home week from San^. Francisco. ^ attended the Democratic Convention. While away Texas. H. M. Stovall, B. N. William . Leaoh, Hubert Moore, Webb Lee Bunn returned Sunday Uiftdofphla . whprt* they liad er Ford, cars for Loulsburg .and daughter, Miss '" abetti Alienvieft prlngs to aU .vaTelgfi "by ^ several other ! young ladles. Kock Spring News. I puess every one Is wondering | what has happened to Smiles since she tailed to appear last week. I The New Hope. choir will sing at Rock Spring Church next Sunday af ternoon at 2:30 o'?Jock. Everybody | Is cordially invited to come out and hear them. Last Thursday night Mrs. J; B. Wil. jder and Mr. Joseph Harris celebrated their birthday which falls on the same I day. by giving a party to their fri ends. A large number of young peo pie were present. After playing ma ny games, a delicious course of ice cream and all kind of cake was ser ved. At the eleventh hour the guest departed wishing that Mrs. Wilder fcii'l Mr, Harris could have a birthday ai. least twice a year. Miss Mary Gray Whelcss is visiting Itfiss Ktnma place. Miss Annie Wilder spent last week with r.liss Laura Lynn Harris. Misses Pattie Breedlove, Annie Long and Messrs. P. H. Davis and William Strickland spent last Saturday "night fct Mr. B. P. Strlcklands. Miss Verna Wilder spent last Satur day and Sunday with her sisters, Mrs Bryant Strickland and Mrj. Jenkins Strickland. Miss Marilda Strickland entertain ed about twenty-five of her friends last Saturday night,, in honor of her guest M^8s?s Annie 'Long and Pattie Breedlove, of Oxford. Ice cream and cake was served at ten o'clock. Ev* ery one enjoyed the night very much i Messrs. Rufus Strickland. Richard Laker. Edward Strickland and Will iam Cheaves were callers at Mr. Bob Flace's Sunday night. Miss Laura Lynn Harris gave an lc? cream supper last Saturday night in honor ot' her guest. Miss Annie Wilder Messrs. Willard Cheaves, Wilbur Strickland and Misses Dennie Card and Marilda Strickland attended pre aching at Bunn M. E. church Sunday night. MMiii Wlllnml^Wv^ Strickland and Misses Emma Place and Mary Gray Wheless motored out to Timberlake's pond and several oth er pi a i i . i Sunday Mrs. K. H. Poythress and Mrs. O. 1 W. "FoytlifSss spent last Sunday witl" Mrs. John Poythress. Messrs. Eugene Strickland, Joseph Harris and Wilbur Strickland went to Seven Paths Sunday morning. Mr. Karl Byron went to New Hope to see a game of base ball Saturday afternoon. Mr. Gus Strickland has been sick j [or quite a while. We hope he will | soon be well again. Mrs. Norman Timberlake spent last' Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Gus Strickland. I can almost see the Editor frown* tig because my items are so long, so fuess I had better bid you all a sad 1 idieu. "SMILES." I TWO BO I'M) OVF.B To Fcdeml Court for Violation of Be venue Laws By Dr. Morton Monday. Possibly the largest setting in point 1 of attendance, that^the United States Commissioner, Dr. AV. B. Morton, has ] had In Loulsburg was experienced on j Monday whea he bound over one ne- 1 gro and one white man to the Federal Court under charges of violating the Revenue Laws. Marshall T. W. Bar tholomew, of Nashville, was in atten dance upon court and was assisted by i Mr. B. H. Meadows, Special Officer. The first case- was against Met | White, colored, for removing and con cealing copper - still and two pints of [whiskey. He was allowed to give a* h|250.00 bond. The next case was against Thomas Pleasants and Edward L. Bow.' den, for manufacture and concealment of two pints intoxicating liquor, fifteen gal lons of wine, one still pattern. It de veloped that the wine belonged to Bowden although it was in the barn of Pleasants. From the evidence the Court evidently believed that Pleas ants was being used a tool and ow ing to the fact that his mental and physical- condition would hardly per mit of his being guilty of the charge against him, he was allowed aa ac quittal. Bowden was held under $350.00 bond for his appearance at Federal Court In Raleigh. Officer B. H. Meadows, who . bas been assigned a territory within a radius of fifty miles of Loulsburg for the present, has been doing some ef fective work. He went up in Hayes ville Monday morning and brought in a still. He also got one Saturday morning about two miles from Louls burg almost in sight of the Louis bury and Franklinton highway. House Party al t hiranrj Kock | Miss Dorcas McKinne, who has ) been the --hoateBs? at-- a ten day house j party at Chimney Rock, returned the [past week with her"" guests, Misses [Lucy Andrews, Maud Ashley, Eliza beth Furgurson, Messrs. S. J. Parham, |Jr.t B. X. Williamson, Jr., P. A. Rea i vis, Jr., E. G. Allen, and her parents, | Mr. and Mrs. D. F. McKinne, who cha jperuueU. | It might have been possible to have | gotten tngafher a qmatar nrowd, or j even one that would have slept more ;and eaten, less, but, for a party wiui a huge capacity for fun and pleasure, 'Of n rtftyrftA of rnnganiaMty I have been surpassed anywhere. There was "not a single mimae. dur ? ini; the ten days ulien it vi.is TTGCPTT7" sary to seek pleasure for,- it was sil ? ways at Iraird. There were -m/vuntairr ihikea and ? climha ? gatew; ? Asheville, Hendersonville, Jjake Jun aluska, Lake Canuga, Stoncy .Moun tain, Dlltniore. and of course Chim ney Rock, swimming part'es. and dan Ices; The dancing pavilion war a ver itable Mecca and drew the :rowi with lone accord, and man) were the de lightful hours spent in "tripping the j light fantastic" to the strains of "Moonshine on. the Moonshine" and " Wild Hose Waltz." ! No house party would seem com Iplete without its* vocal music, and this | one lived up to past precedent. Ga ithering together in the dusk, as the moon rose slowly across, the moun tain, the party would sing many of ! those old melodies that have long been famous for such occasions, al though the latest "agonies" were not neglected, one ot' the greatest favor- , ites being "That's Where My Money iGoes." One by one. the days fled swiftly by 'till one awoke with a start of dismay I j to the fact that the morrow was the j | day set for returning. However all j jgood things must end eventually, and j I there are already enthusiastic plans i for another such house party in the | future. ' Miss Dorcas McKinne is the perfect i hostess, and to her parents. Mr. and | Mrs. McKinne, too much praise cans I not be given for their thorough coeCi 1 geniality and constant readiness to. take part in anything proposed, as well as their kindness and considera tion. I Water Report The following in a report on th6 condition of the city water of 'Louis burg: . | Sent by ? Dr. J. E. Maioner ? Location ? Louisburg, N. C. Source ? Spigot City Supply. Marked ? Louisburg. City. Collected? July 15. 1920. , Received ? July 17, 1920. yU'lfllHWl1? JUlf ? l.?. '13B*. Sediment ? heavy. Color ? Platinum-cobalt standard ? 0 Turbidltv ? Silica standard? 0. HTIorTcbld? 0. H ? 7k"f'^ntHit4ty ? ? terms of Cftlct^uu car bo;ia;e) ? acid. Colon bacilli In 1 c. c. ? 0. Colon bacilli in 10 c. ?. ? 0. Total number of bacteria at 20d C per c. c. ? 1$0. Total number of bacteria at 38d C. per c. c. ? 25. Total mimber of acid-producing bacteria ? 0. State Laboratory of Hygieno, By J. W. Kellogg. Messrs. F. A. Roth, Den T. Holden and Dr. A. H. Fleming left Bungay for an extended trip to Washington. N'ew York and Atlantic City. They made the trip via automobile. BRIDGES COST . $ 42,524.31 I>CLIDIN<; LABOR AND MATER IAL TO DATE. Fortpr-Three Bridges Built and. Under Construction at An Average Cost of S9SH.62. Register of Deeds Holden furnish- , ed the TIMES man Tuesday with thev figures showing the cost ojt construct ing the bridges in Franklin County that were .washed away "by the heavy rains last Summer and Including tho se that were built in townships made necessary by the new roads. In the total number of forjy-three there Is one concrete bridge, eight steel brid ges, twenty-nine wooden bridges that have been completed, practically all of which had to have concrete plll&rs and buttments. and one steel bridge and four ether bridges that will re quire concrete buttments and steel .girders. The total cost of material Including the five unfinished bridges, with everything except a^ small amo unt of cement to complete the piers already brought up to or above grou nd level, is $18,867.72. TTie cost of labor, team for hauling, steel, stone, cement, etc., amounts to $23,716.59. This makes a full total of $42,524.31 Among the bridges built Is the CUf ! ton's Mill bridge, which is one pf th* I best bridges in the State. In fact jFranklip County stands among, the. i first counties of the State in so far 'as bridges are concerned. It is our ; information that practically all of these bridges were built a little stron ' ger than necessary to withstand the floods of last summer and other pre cautions were taken to Insure the County against another experience of the same kind. In tfre face of the difference of op inion In regard to the bridge work the figures tell a complimentary sto ry for the wisdom of the Board of Commissioners and it is our opinion that the life of the bridges as com pared with the ones we have had be fore, will add quite a bit of praise to the good judgment these gentlemen have sTiown whan future years has caused our people to realize the ben ofita frum tho quality of' the sliuclui Barbecue Postponed. afff Veq^vestta to elate thaf on account of the weather conditions {the rnninmnitv Hmhivne Din n-i.?i to lhave been given on Wednesday after ! noon in huiior of Mrs. Ivy -Allen baa ibeen postponed to Tupsrinv aiicnwinn, I July 27th. V ictor} .Medal. Since the 21st of June 1920 the War | Department has been busy accepting applications for the issue of the Vic* : tory Medal which is being awarded to 'all Veterans of the World War and the ?first medals to be received in North Carolina are now in the hands of the lex-soldiers who fought for 'the Liber jty of the World. I This beautiful medal which is a mas .tcrpiece of art is made of bronze one | inch and a half in diameter on the face of which a representation of ; Winged Liberty st'an-ds in relief and I on the reverse side the words: "The , Great War for Civilization" * with an appropriate insignia of the United ?Stales, are stamped together with the i names of the countries which joined 'forces to free the world or Imperial ism: "France. Great Britain, Belgi ! um, Serbia, Russia, Montenegro, .Ita ly, Greece, Brazil, -Portugal, Rouman> jia, Japan and China." The ribbon- to which the medal is suspended is one inch and a quarter in width and the length varies according to the Battle Clasps awarded for active service in the thirteen major operations and oth er Defensive Sectors, or for service in France, England, Italy. Russia and Siberia. The color <5f the ribbon em braces the seven hues-of the rainbow dark blue, sky blue, violet, yellow, or ange, pink and red. properly blended. As much as five Battle Clasps have been received by soldiers in North Carolina and to those who were not fortunate enough to go overseas the Victory Medal without any clasps have been awarded for their response to the Call of their Country. been pouring in at Headquarters of the Recruiting District of North Car olina at Greensboro where claims are approved and forwarded and the ex Soldiers who have received their me timkm mm mm bk ykjwAi The different posts of the American Legion have helped considerably with this work and representatives from make shorts talk*- to- the_mem.bers of the Legion at their monthly meetings, but still there are a great number of ex-soldieers who, for one reason or another, have failed to send in their applications and who should do so at once. and who sfeould do so at once. Now is the time to make applica tion tor your Victofy Medal by send ing your discharge certificate to the \rmy Recruiting Station, at Greens t>oro, N. C. WALTER R. COX. Capt. C. A. C. Recruiting Officer, THIS FRANKLIN TTME8 $1.60 Per Year la Advance.