A* JOHNSON, Editor ni Kjuu^w
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LOUMBriS, !? C, ) WIT, SEPTEMBER t, ujg
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SUBSCBIPTIO* tUt ;
van j
dr. peacock made
ESCAPE FROM PRISON
DURING THE NIGHT
Thomas ville Slayer Saws Way
.. To Open and Slides Down
Eedclo thing Rope to Liberty
IE FT NOTE TO HIS KEEPER
"I Hate To Leave On Wy Vacation
Without Telling To? Goodbye," Nete
To Cmrt U insane Department of
State Prison Declared; Escape Was
Made Sometime Between Dawn 01
Wednesday.
? i?r'. J,,.W ' Peacock, of Thomaarllle,
who April 16, 1921, fired a load ot buck
shot Into Chief of Police J. E. Taylor
from a second story window and then
went down and filled tire officer's body
lull of bullets lrom_an automatic pis
tol and who on June 23 of the same
year was brought to the department
of criminal lnBano nf Srnt^ PriaA? here
to be confined for life to e?Wite what
a jury of his peers considered cold
blooded murder or the act of one mti
tatly irresponsible, has decided . not
to wait for- the pardon whloh- his
friends haye been urging; ' He left
his cell on the third floor of the pen
itentiary sometime' between midnight
? '<! dawn of Wednesday morning,
st-iding not on the order of his go
i ' hut sliding down a rope made of
L : , ilelothlng. . _
i doctor left a new hack-saw for
whit.: !>e has no immediate future use
and a note to Keeper Bridges of the
criminal insane department. The
note addressed to Mr. Bridges says: ?
"I hate to leave on. my vacation with
out telling you good-bye, but my rer
treat is so hasty and unexpected that
I haven't the time. I may 'see you In
the spring or maybe sooner. Best
wishes. J. w. P."
Outside Cell ~
y The cell in which Peacock was con
fined is exactly like those occupied by
the other inmates of the department.
In a hotel they would all be termed
outside rooms, for the solid doors of
ti e cells necessitate ventilation from
the gr*at outdoors. He used the hack
saw, which came from nobody connect
ed, with the penitentiary knows Where,
to haw through the bars 6f his window
either ; TuTTheTe afTOTr
and night shifts of guards and when
his flight was discovered at 6 o'clock
Wednesday morning it was conjectur
ed that he left sometime after one
o'clock* * *
The description of Peacock furnish
ed by the prison authorities fbllows:
Forty-eight years ot age; slenderly
built, weighing 147 pounds; clean
shaven; dark, sandy hair, grayed at
the temples; scar from a burn on top
of head; thin, narrow f?ce with blue
eyes.
Story of ('rime ? '
Dr. Peacock's trial for the killing
oi tha Thomasville chief of police shar
ed with the conviction and electrocu
tion of J. T. Harris, ot Rldgecrwsi.
the center of the crime stage in North
Carolina. There was cvideuce tend
ing to Bhow that Taylor had caught
Peacock with the goods on him as a
violator of the liquor laws. Peacock
accused the policeman ot burning the
former's garage.
The shooting, however, came out of
almost clear iky? it , a second-story I
window may be termed that ? and
shocked the entire State. The sheer
brutality of It aided the alienists In es
tablishing their theory that Peacock
was insane at the time ot the commis
sion of the crime.
Serylmg life Term
The sentence Of the court 'following
the verdict of the Jury of insanity was
life Imprisonment in the criminal de
partment ot the. State Prison.
It Is safe to say that the common
run of folks thought the matter would
end there, but within the past two
months there has been put on as much
of an organised movement as It was
possible to collect together to secure
a pardon for Peacock from the Gover
nor. About all the circulation ot a
petition did, however, was to redirect
attention to the prisoner. It has been
apparent that the movement was get
ting nowhere. ,
Supt. Oeorgo Ross Pou and the reet
of the prison authorities aro extreme
ly busy broadcasting the word ot Pea
cock's escape, together with his des
cription . They know that P)eacock
has relatives In or near Raleigh. Fla.,
and they are attempting to head him
olf In every possible direction. ? Ral
eigh Times.
NR. WILLIE TCt'MKR UK AD.
The remains of Mr. Willie Tucker,
an ex-service man, who died In Oteen
hospital at Aahevllle, was brought to
Ixiutuburg Wednesday afternoon where
it was taken In charge by many of oar
cltlsens and local organisations, and
members ot the family and taken to
Mt. 01 Inert and Interred In the bean
tlful little cemetery, the services be
ing conducted by Dr. W. B. Morton.
Mr. Tucker was 14 years old and leaV*
es quite a number of relatives and
friends who have the sympathy of the
_ entire public- t t ^
? . v .
side Lights or tub wtax
Vi-X d*r?
1:30 p m to? J?7 ? ?t*"ed at
J?ck*)n Park in the^*vJ?t
P. m. in "' 19 ?'<^ock
lawyers U>cjudjnrSS^S^Z^ *?
^U"r^uf ??
" ?.??; vs
ISfeC 'S ^'ir'"''1"' ^
just a sea of rreet^ ??T>. re*ck
cus hbroestends, goo* j^d^v?r""
^ wlii" hn?J?(j2? ~h?* 5525
SaSSs^-SSiS
of taxation that DmniS^ ?mems
| happy and nrnr. . , ???? rhis
sh^jesssh^^s
pS.1' ^!'US2i"S iK"'
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tion^ha^he^ta^p ^ taTrtU??
Jess by about one-hal/^ ^f T?S
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state. oVZvTT^ * K
Colorado Springs wherTwe^?1 *'
Erst stop. By this tim? de oor
bad m-t ereryhodr ?" v, Tuur scrib?
s-wsraSvSS
u ~"S=s??"i;-iiE* ?rssss:
sass?fJsr.rM^
n-.oraent at any time r..- .n11
ment was made oy the
?>t a hitch, even our 0^^?^ I
r ere Dm i!f" ,Lp?n oar "rival we I
sKfesSSStP?
S-HSMSsSS
TS?F"?? ??
l>r "eel too- ??d ! ,25 :
TKe" so n ^^o . /SU "
tr; Park we were taken thru the Cave
of the Winds, where wq walked lhr?e
foiirths of a mile, seeing the wonder
ful fountains in the different sections
of its windings. Neallac:iti3 and
stalagmitis formed of chloride of lim^'
fiom the trickling water of number {
less centuries. At Hair Pin Point '
was a label. "All women who want
nliusband, Irop a hair pic aere and ire
will guarantee von one." It looked
like there was ten bushels there and
I asked the guide how many there
were, and he said a million. Then
we went through the Gardes of the
Gcds and Manitors Springs. At the
latter was a spring of pure Apolinaris
water. After lunch at the Autten's
r Hotel we took a trip to top of Pike's :
Peak 14,140 feet above sea leTel. We
went up the cogged railway. ElcTen
red one-half miies long and up. Wild
and weird was this trip and ended
above the clouds with snow around its
top. Many of the tourists were af
fected by the rare atmosphere, some
of them couldn't walk. Your scribe
was made dizzy just as if there had
been no Volstead and his inconvenien
ces. On our return after dark we had
cur first Banquet I* the dining room
of the Autten's HoCM, given by the
Colo ra dp Par Association. After din
ner and the speeches we all retired to
cur trains for rest and sleep. One
thing that struck your scribe all along
the route Was the Cooperative ftsstii Is
tions especially of the traits and fara
products. They all say they never
knew what prosperity was until tkty
began to cooperate, and now they can
not live and exist without it.
W. M. PERSOX.
(To Be Continued. )
civil wm
The regular August tf/m <S t Frank
lln Superior Court was/coansed on
Monday morning with Hon. C. C.
I. yon. Judge presiding. Judge Lyon
Is making a line Impression upon onr
people as n jurist of no saann nfciUtr.
and has ruled over his Court with In
partlallty and fairness. This being n
Civil Court no grent amount of tater
est has been manifest. No ra? of
importance has been tried . Among
| the cases disponed of were several be
tween Allen, Msadosa nnd other a.
which were settled by an i Lssunt and
two cases of Genie Foster vs. Insur
ance Companies, which were won by
the plaintiff.
The Court will probahl) last through
I next week.
?OFHR M'Mg
Franklin County lent a tenant 1
I on the County Home property on Thnra
| day evening of last week, by Ire. The
1*tn is unknown. The loss Is esti
mated at a boot fTM.M.
Opportunity often Bads the
I bell broken,
DR. J. YTJOYNBf
To Speak In Louist>urg
3 O'clock Saturday^?
It) TOBACCO AHO OOTTON GROWERS OF f
FRANKLIN COUNTY, ON COOPERATIVE
marketing
Every person in Franklim (.'ounty/^fco has signed
the Co-operative Marketing contracts m mt every person
who has net signed the Cuutiacts are ifivtted to IGouiS^
bnrg on Saurday, September 2nd, 1922 *o hear Dr.-J.-^fc
Joyner, a director of the Tobacco Growers Association, ^
and who was much interested in the organization of the
two associations in North Qarolina the past fall, will
tell you about the work the Associations have actually
done, how the farmers can hops to profit by being mem
bers and why those who refase'to join hands with their
brother farmers will regret their action." *
Come. It is a public meeting in the biggest sense and
you are just as much welcomed^ anybody. Your pres
ence is desired as much for' your own good as that of'
the Associations. *\
Remember the date and hour, Saturday at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon. .
SrCCESSFTL SALES
Br TOBtcfO co-ops
S*nlh Carellaa Growers Irrrd (? Has
ten Cash Pays** by Prompt
wiifrifs ; _ .,
Such Successful Sales hare been
made by the Tobacco Growers Coo?-]
dejOer, ??d
been iacntMi on
deliveries sufficiently wi'hin the aext
two weeks.
7 be system o f marketing whi.. h
started smoothly at the August open
ing of the Cooperative warehouses in
South Carolina and Eastern Ngrth
Carolna is now in perfect working or
der and can handle very heavy deliv
eries according to T. C. Watkirs,
manager of warehouses for the Asso
ciation . 1
In a letter mailed this week to all ?
South Carolina members, H. O. Wil
son. Secretary of the Association urg
es the growers to aid in hastening the
Second advance by delivering aa rap
idly as possible. Secretary Wilson
say3 "Our members have delivered to
the Tobacco Growers Cooperative As
sociation in the South Carolina belt
ten million pouds but aa the sales
department have made th^be sales and
can handle your tobacco as rapidly as
yon will bring H In we desire that yon
make yonr deliveries as rapidly as pos
sible. If TO? will make the delivery
cC yonr tobacco promptly yon will
have rendered the Association and
yonrself a set tta tor yyu will enable
?ar officers to make a second pay.
ent at aa earlier data and we will
ive some expense in handling the to
icco.
On n new npprnisnl that has been
ad* by the Banker committee the
adtaac* will be greater than It has,
been on what tea been delivered, but |
the giow eta that have toUietid will j
? tali* the tun it of this advance in
the second payment, no that If yon will
make the deliveries as early a a you
can get the tobacco In proper condi
tion It will Mean an early distribution
?rf the next pajmant."
Rnthaalaaa* tor the new marketing
rtan is ra pl*J spreading from South
Carolina and the Rest to the otd belt
at North Carollaa and Virginia where
creasing nnmbai a of growers are
jjolning the Co up 1 1 stive every week.
lAKBirrc wwri
Quite n large number of people ?a
Joyed n bnantifal nnd dellcir.as barbe
ewe dinner nt Lb* Coaaty Hoane oa
Tharsday of laatsMt given by Sup
erintendent Jo* J. HbMen. on the oc
casion of tha regular snaamer meet
lag of tha Conaty Omniadaaara. To
say that th* dlaner wsa greatly en
joyed by *11 dm ant half express it.
Eealdea th* always welcome cu?.
which was a 1 ideally prepared by an
expert, there were saany other delt.
ions and appetising dishes nil of
la tor their share of the
tooth for
loMew s-d
recipients of anany
nppredntioas for
their genial and tree Soarthera hospl
taltty In th* enjopyahle occasion they
bad prapnrtd tor their many Mead*.
A alga of a good winter h "Help
Wanted." ~ ??*?.
TO COTTON GROWERS
I have received your
Membership Cards and
am ready to deliver saxpe
to'ynu at once. Call in
and get yont-raird.
r.*-- ^ ? K.T JbhesaxK"
Mr. Editor:
I was talking to a very prominent
farmer Monday, who signed up the
Co operative Association and waited to
see before he mid. ??
He said It was a fake and he did not
pay the $3.00. He also said they
promised to pat Statisticians in every
county to ascertain the cost of mak
ing tobacco and cotton and had failed
10 do that. Said they waited until the
i'pen markets opened and set the prices
l?tare they began to receive the C. O.
c. tobacco. He said they signed up
*ith Mr. Taylor to sell their tobacco
at a salary of *90.000. 00 for three
years: they also employed Mr. C. B.
Cheatham at a salary of $30,000.00 a
year to sell to the American Tobacco
Company of which he was a large stock
1 older and said that any set of fools
knew hs would not pay the high dollar.
The Association was to ascertain
the cost of production and pay the far
mer a small profit; this they would
never do. He said they had taken In
linkers and other business men who
were directly or indirectly interested
in the companies.
When he finished talking I told him
I had only one consolation left and
that was "The men at the head of the
Association have as much brains as
yon have."
Now Mr. Editor I wish to know if
any of this is true? I never studied
i be plans of the Association very much.
I Joined In good faith. I knew 1 had
nothing to loose and all to gain for
God knows it could be no worse.
Twenty-five years ago I worked In
i<oeMarg. Stokes * Furgnrnon'i
the hangout for all the to
in the evening and lots of
tiaaee I have heard them tell how they
bent the old farmer out of his tobacco.
One woe Id go ahead and price the
crop. No one was to raise the bid se
the farmer took the first bid, then UN
l>roAtn were divided equally. This to
tree and I can call names of those who
did It and am not afraid to. Some of
thane sees are In the tobacco business
low bat thank God they are not in the
in Spring Hope on the open
ing and saw only one dissatisfied man
and he sold In Rocky Mount the day
t fore and was looking tor Matthew
"'yken to sign up.
C. M. VAIX1HA.V.
SELLS PART OF COrNTt HOME
A renolntlon has been found entered
Minnies ot the Board of County
lern under date of Wednes
day. Jnly 1Mb. 1)22 at a meeting held
In accordance with adjournment at 5
O clock ? . authorizing i he sale of
and selling to Mr. J. F. Parrish about
? acres of the Ooeuty homo property
at ? price of tSS.M per acre. On roll
call the vc<e stood Joyner and Tlm
Nrlrt* against sale. Hudson. Fuller
and Wilder for the ?lo.
|C9MISSI0>'EB9 MET AT COCSTY
1 HOSK
The Board of County Commissioners
met at the County Home on Thursday
< f last week according to adjournment
on the first Monday, ail Commlssion
ers being ?r?aent.
j The Commissioners mad.} a personal
j inspection and examination of all live
[stock, cattle, hogs, etc., and Yiewed
the crops and other personal property,
inspected the rooms and houses of the
inmates, talked with sud examined the
inmates with respect to their comforts,
treatment and satisfaction, after w^ich.
liter retturned to their office, in the
Court House when and where the fol
lowlng business was tiauatcled:
| By a unanimous vote. It was on mo
tion ordered that IfM i Dread upon the
Minntes that the Commissioners had
made tie inspection and Investigation
and examination shore referred to at
tno iiomaand found the crops in ex
cellent condition, the lire ttr.c k. cattle
and hogs, well fed and attended to, Um
inmates properly and duly looked af-'
t?c and adiplnlstered unto and the
premlffs aod houses tn as sanitary and"
jsood condition as could be expected,
tod the Superintendent- doing all in
Ate power to properly discharge his
Unties .
' * It is ordered that Cope Oupton be
pala I27.6tt.for 920 feet of lumber fur
nished for bridge across Stalllngs flsh
pond in Cedar Rock township.
A resolution was passed to borrow
IU5.000.00 with which to renew a :iote
now outstanding.
The Board adjourned to its next reg
ular meeting.
TO ASSIST IS BliILDIStt BOAD
At a meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce held In the Court House
on last Fr evening Loulsburg clt.
ixens decldeu to assist in building the
road connecting Wnrren and Frank
lin. Counties, a stretch of about a mile
or ' more on the line . Subscriptions
amounting to about $600.00 were ta
ken and assurance that the amount
coul<* be raised to $1,000. When com
pleted this will be one of the most suit
abtj roads for the State Highway In
this section of the State in that It is
a 'shorter route south, eliminates rail
road crossings and is thoroughly his
toric. being the road onrer which La
Kayette traveled .
PBKSs MOBN AT LEAH'S.
Prof. A. W. Mohn. 1'TWMMfe fit >
iAmlsburg College, wUt I
of the services at
first Simdar foSeDtemnflkt.
a. m. and 373o p. 111. 1 US res<?w
appointment will be filled at Buna
Sunday night.
REV. RCSSELL C. WHITE
Pastor J. A..McIver, of the Baptist'
Church announces that a series of !
meetings will begin at tho Baptist
Church on Sunday morning at the
usual hour, alid that Rov. Russell C.
White, of Cameron, Texas, will do the
p-eacBing. Mrs. White, his wife, who
is orio of the best gospel pianists to be '
fourfd anywhere, will assist with tho I
music. Rev. Mr. White is the son o' j
Dr. J. L. White, pastor First Baptist \
Church, Miami, Fls. The services
will be held at 10 a. m. and 7:45 p.
in. each duy during the week.
Pastor Mclver wishes to extend a
most cordial invitation to all denomi
nations to attend and help make this
a most successful meeting.
DELIVERS FIRST COTTON TO AS
SOCIATION
Mr. W. A. Mullen, Jr., of Bunn, was
In Loulsburg on Wednesday with three
bales of Cotton, which he left with Mr.
J. S. Howell. Warehouseman, to be
delivered to the Cotton Growers Asso
ciation the first thing Friday morning.
This makes Mr. Mullen the first to
tfke advantage of the Cotton Associa
tion in Franklin County and presents
a spirit that we feel all members are
going to show ? to deliver the cotton
at once. -
We congratulate Mr. Mullen on his
promptness and Interest lit the organ
ization of the Cotton Growers.
ATTENTION CONFEDERATE YETS
AND SONS OF \ ETEKVNS
You Veterans who wish to attend
the N. C. Reunion at Aahevllle, Sept.
28, n and 88th, 1822, will pleaso meet
at the Ceurt House on Saturday the
9th of September and give your name
to the Secretary. And all s'rfns of
Veterans who have already Joined and
those who wish to Joill will please meet
r.i tho same time and complete the or
ganization by the election of officers
on that day, and give the names of all
who expect to go to Afthevil 1 e .
By order of
P. G. ALSTON. Brigadier General
Second N. C. Brigade.
TO ESTABLISH CENTRA!, HIGH
SCHOOL
At 10 o'clock, Saturday morning:,
Ptpt. 16th, there will be a meeting of
all tho people in Sandy Creek and
Gold Mlno townships at the Centre
vlllo school building. At this meet
ing plans mill be discussed for arrang
ing a Central High School for the boys
and girls of Sandy Creek and Gold
Mine townships. Men and women
cordially Invited to be present.
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AMONG THE VISITORS
SOKE YOU KHOW A5D S6KE IW
?o ifOT now.
Perianal Item* About Folks A*i
Their Friends Win Travel |m
* An i There.
I
i Sen . Paul Jones, of Tarboro, wa? %
visitor to Loulsburg Saturday.. ' J
Prof. n. B. White, of Wake Forest
was In attendance at Court this woek.
A Mrs. Lula Macon Branch, of Tafto
bega, Ala., Is visiting Mr#. W. L>. Ma
con. 5 ?
I Mrs . M . 3 . Pink, of GreensBortf, to
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mr*,
jo. H. Harris. v
I 3*u W, Ttf - Persflvj returned S ??
jurday from A trip through Weatara
United States.,
Judge J. 9. Manning, Attorney G?i>
cral, of Raleigh, waa In attendance at
Court Wednesday.
Mr. R. P. Snella and family, of Ral
eigh, ftjlt aunt, Mrs. Agnes
Mumford, near^asjra this week.
Miss Fannfe Humfo>4 after spend
ing several weeks vacatlta with her
family here returned to Henderson..
Mr. W. W. Webb and childito Will
iam and Elizabeth, went by automahlla
to Abingdon, Va., this week to visit
j bis son E. B. Webb at that place.
Sen. Paul Jones and Editor A. Pj
Johnson went over to Warrenton Sat
urday to attend a Co-operative Meet
ing,' Senator Jones made the speech
on that occasion.
Y. W. A. MEETING
I The Young Woman's Auxiliary o?
Jock Spring community met .with
Miss Edna Byron Thursday afternoon,
August 24. The roll was called and
minutes of last meeting read and ap
proved. After which the following
program was rendered:
Song ? To the Work.
Prayer? by Mrs. J. L, Byron.
Scripture i peson. Proverbs 31 1 10-31
? by Hazel Wilder
A woman who trusted In God? by
Irene Card.
Recitation? Song ot the Old Mtnia
by Mattle Wilder.
^jptyy, Sereny's Ltfa ? by MyiM4
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cake was served. Tlie following were
present: Mrs. J. L. Byron, Misses
Edna, Bessie Lee and Mable Byron,
Hazel and Mattle Wilder, Margaret.
Harris, Lillian Young, Mattio Lea
Hicks, Dennle and Irene Carde, Myrtla
Strickland, Winnie Cheavea and Em
ma Place.
GIVE I01BSELF A FAIR STABTI
Get a high school education. It la
the foundation of success. Without
it you will be everlastingly handicap
ped; with it you will be far better pre
pared to makjB your mark. You must
learn if you wish to earn. Rewards
are paid for knowledge. The high,
school is your opportunity t<j get a
fair start towards success.
DR. BCRRELL AX BCJKN.
Pastor M. Stamps, of the Bunn Bap
tist church informs us that he has Dr.
?W. R. Burrell, of Monroe, and a for
mer pastor of the Louisburg Baptist
church, assisting him in a revival
meeting this week. Everybody is in
vited to go out and hear this noted di
vine.
GETS LAW LICENSE
The many friends ot tbe family ex
tend Congratulations to Mr. O. P.
Harris, Jr., in his successful" iamilll
the Supreme Court law examination
the past week. Mr. Harris la ? most
capable and congenial young man and
stood high In his classes and with Ids
faculty and fellow students. ?
o /???
I'. B. C. MEETINU
I The Joseph J. Davis Chapter ot Ml?
U. D. C. will meet with Mrs. 1. 1m
Palmer, at 4 p. m. on Tuesday, Sept.
5th. This is the first meeting after
being disbanded for the summer* sad
a full attendance is earnestly rwpmt
Mrs. C. K. Cooke, PrM.
Miss Loulia K . Jarman, Sec'yM j.
o - j-,' <>,
BANKS TO CLOSE * ?
The banks of Louisburg have UUM4Q
cod that they will observe Labor Day
next Monday by remaining closed that
day. All having business with thesa
institutions will bear this In mind,.
SEBYICE9 AT ST. PAUL'S SUIWAV
Rev. John Hartley. D. D., Will
preach at St. Paul's Sunday at 11 a.
m. and also at 8 p. m. The subject
of the morning sermon will bf "Whera
are our dead?" - *
Regular Morning Player service*
with sermon and Evening Prayer and
sermon at night.
A cordial lnvltaUoa U
to attend . .
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