DR. PEACOCK MADE ESCAPE FROM PRISON ! ' DURING THE NIGHT Tho m as vilie~Slay?r-6aw? ? Way To Open and Slides Down Bedclothing Rope to Liberty left xote to his' keeper "I Hate To Leave On My Vacation withoaHWinife' to? iw? To Guard la Inyine Department of State Prison Declared; Escape Was Made Sometime Between Dawn Of Wednesday. Dr. J. w. Peacock, o? Thomasville, who April 16. 19?1, flred a Toad of buck shot into Chief of Police J. E. Taylor from a second story window and then went down and filled the officer's body full o ' bullets from an automatic piB tol and who on June 23 of the same year was brought to the department of criminal insane of State Prison tiore to be confined for- life to expiate what a jury of his peers considered cold* blooded murder or the act of one men tally irresponsible, haB decided . not to wait for- the pardon whloh- his friends have been urging'. ' He left his cell on the ttiird floor of the pen itentiary sometime' between midnight ??i :^L-dawn of Wednesday morning, ding not on the order of his go i.". but sliding down a rope made of li i ? ilclothlng. . i doctor left a new hack-saw for whk . ho has no immediate future use and a note to Keeper Bridges of the __$jiminal insane department. The note addressed to Mr. Bridges says: ? "I bate to leave on my vacation with out telling you good-bye, but my r en treat is so hasty and unexpected that 1 haven't the time. I may "see you in the spring or maybe sooner. Best wishes. J. W. P." Outside Cell ^ - 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, tor the solid doors of the cells necessitate ventilation' from the griat outdoors. He used the hack saw, which came irom nobody connect ed with the penitentiary -te??wa where, to saw through the ba*a 01 his window. At w.h?t fry nmflc Ms getaway isn't known, either; but there are day 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 f follows : Forty-eight years of 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 face with blue eyes. Story of Crime Dr. Peacock's trial for the killing o? the Thomasville chief of police shar ed with the conviction and electrocu tion of J. T. Harris, of Ridgecrest, the center of the crime stage in North Carolina. There was evidence tend ing to show that Taylor had caught Peacock with the goods on him as a violator of tha Uquor laws. Peacock accused the policeman of burning the former's garage. The shooting* however, came out of almost clear Bky ? if , a second-story window may be termed that? and shocked the entire State. The sheer brutality of it aided the alienists in es tablishing their theiry that Peacock was insane at the time of the commis sion of the crime. Serving I.lfe Term The sentence of the court following the verdict of the Jury of insanity was life imprisonment in the criminal de partment of 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 organized movement as it was possible to collect together to secure a pardon for Peacock from the Gover nor. About all the circulation of a petition did, however, was to redirect attention to the prisoner. It has been apparent that the movement was get ting nowhere. t Supt. Oeorge Ross Pou and the rest of the prison authorities aro extreme ly busy broadcasting the word of Pea cock's escape, together with his des cription. They know that Peacock has relatives in or near Raleigh, Fla., and they are attempting to head him off in every possible direction..? Ral eigh Times. MIL IVIIjLIF tucker dead. The remains of Mr. Willie Tucker, an ex-service man, who died In Oteen hospital at Asheville, was brought to Ixiulsburg Wednesday afternoon where It was taken In charge by many of our citizens and local organisations, and meAhers of the family and taken to Mt. Gl load and Interred In the beau tiful little cemetery, the services be ing conducted by Dr. W. B. Morton. Mr. Tucker was 24 years old and leav es quite a number of relatives and friends who have the lympathy of the ?>tire public., , , . ,i.m * i \ SIDE LIGHTS OF Your scribe after two ... visiting la Ashland, Ky.. . 1:30 p. m. tor Chicago, arriving there | at~8 ocloct^JJxindajr aoraii -ttru J&ckaon in Che ?? saw the play grounds for the city, tennis courts, 29 baseball Jh besides the golf links, and all < . occupied . Begun oar trip at 1* o"< p.*m. in three sections, i ai i jfca i lawyers Including their families to tW | ananal meeting of the Amtricsa Bar Association in San Franciaeo am Aar -9th to 11th Inclusively. All day at. Aug. 1st we were speeding thra the. grain and corn sections of Iowa, asdj ?Nebraska. Such fields of com neVSr seen before, on both sides track as far as the eye could lust a sea of green corn that make from 50 to 100 barrels r? The landscape dotted with cus homesteads, goo* hart roads ?Uh magnificent "school showing the value those hardy attached to ed lira turn. . . As I i - , thru the several states I tried to Lain- 1 tigate and study the dUfert of taxation Ufat prevailed Q happy and prosperous people. I told by a prominent lawyer fm Fort Scott, Kanjas, that they not only nadE every dollar In the state *i?sr its i first stop. By this time your sci had met 'everybody on his tram ; many on the other sections at the st for watering and icing the coach On my coach jrere "lrepresei ? tlves from Mass . . Maine. C ; New York, Ohio, Indiana. Illinois. ' I oonsln, Kansas and Sooth about one-halt ? ladies ami a _ Jollier crowd I never saw. Xot a i moment at any time. Every ap raent was made by the not a hitch, even oar done tor us. .Upon oar arrival w? r ere put in automobiles toe Crvsial T-yrk 6000 feet above lie Spriugs ia the valley, on a nArrow lagged 1 said to the driver loosing Jew a i than a 1000 feet Just 3 test mi t i Hi tkr v. heel track, to be careful, that iku Tar Heel wanted to retain fc -nw. Ri I said "I am a Tar Heei too" ui I bH I from.- ?e M C., that his uaum ? AjIm h 11 ? the sod of Geo. Mullens. After Crjv trT Park we were taken, thru tke Cm of the Winds, where wi fourths of a mile, seeing the ful fountains in the different of its windings. Neallacatfcs -i slalagmitis formed of cWo(^? of h fiom the trickling water M less centuries. At Hair was a label.- "All womei aliusband, drop a hair pic will gnaraatee you one.-* It like there was ten bushels there I asked the guide how were, and he said a million, we went through the Garden at Iht Gcds and Manitors Springs. At tke latter was a spring of pare Apnlinnli water. After lunch at the Aattn'i Hotel we took a trVTTHa top of Pike's Peak 14,140 feet above sea level. We went up the cogged railway, red one-half miies long and a and weird was this trip and above the ciouda with s top. Many of the tourists were fected by tKe raf ? atmosphere. ? of them couldtrt) walk. To was made dizzy lost as if tkere had been no Volstead aad his inreeneeie* ces. On oar return after dark we had our first Banquet in Ik* of the Autten's Hotel, given by C flora dp Par Association. After ner and the speeehas we an iitki cur trains for rest thing that struck your the route was the tlons especially of the products. They all ? knew what prosperity began to cooperate, as not live and exist wit] W. (To Be Continued.) CI TIL com The regular August t lin Superior Court Monday morning with Lyon, Judge presiding, Is making a One im people as a Jurist of no saaa and has rnled over his Court partiality and fail Civil Court no great ai est has tyeen manifest. K? Importance has been tried, the esses disposed of were Iween Allen, Meadows a which were settled by two cases of Genie Foster vs ance Companies, which were the plaintiff. The Court will probably last next week. hoi sr urns Franklin County lost a tens on the County Home property < day evening of last week, by are. origin Is unknown. The loan Is mated at about $750 90. Opportunity often finds the i bell broken. _ DR. J. Y. JOYNER - _ . j ~J ' ? - To Speak In Louisburg 3 O'clock Saturday ^ ' "g It) TOBACCO AHD COTTON COtOWBB S OP FSAKKLDI COUHTY, OK CO OPERATIVE Etwv person in Fraakfim tii? Go-opentire ^ who kas not agatd the barer on Sanrda y, ! Joyoer. a director of the ' udThonsm _ _____ two associations in North Qbrnh'm the past fall, will tell yon about the work the A? data? have actually done, how the farmers cam hope to profit by Knag una" bers and why those who tcfawL to join hands with their brother farmers will regret their actios. Come. It is a public meeting in the biggest sense and yoa are just as much welcomed as anybody. Your pres ence is desired as much for jua own good as that of the Associations. Remember the date and hoar. Saturday at 3 o'ctork in the afternoon. . TO COTTOH GKOWESS 1 hare received yggr set at won aua? ? fish b CMu kiKl nwuki-). n i*1 n I'm ra passed to borrow #* *? whxi to renew a aote i its next i*g TC 1S9SI ?A? At a ctf li* rfeaafcer of the Coart Hows Lonrtut cit ma in beikbig the Warr^ and rruk a stretch at >koa a mile the line. that the ajaowu he raised I* ll.?M. Wkew com trs nii he one at the most sut .nil for the Sate tr$h??T hi |t hfe ?rm me u* State la that It ia ja'tew act soath. elTTaia?tea rail .11* i I i ii?iij. I ud is TtiriT wjhly hi* *? MIX AT LEAT& wis be S3* f, m. The return l*r be ?Hsd U Ftnnn '. Hvm c. mun ' J- of tike R?]irw> coes flai & series of *t tin S>; ? t B- WUte. a f at Court , . Bruck. of i ? -- Al*., is TtsiUn* Xra. W. u. Ha ft f i * 3. PJal. ot ^ ?wr pares ta, Mr. O. H. Harris. 3ea- W. J(. Perm retm mrday fron a trip itronk United States. J. 8. _ er*L c< Raietgfc. >u ia Cobi-i Totmdiy '. ^-.P- 3??ns sad family, of arday to attead ia*. Sesator <* tkat ???? tr T. W. L I Tfc* Tan; Wosui 's Anxfliary of Brroa Thnraday afternoon. i-**"1 24. The roll n, called and of last read and ap IFroxad. After Xkicfe tie following S?? ? To ike Wort." ?TVW? i. L Byron. I Proverb,a M.:i?-ai t ? >y ga^t Wilder. L A *?a?*a *^o trusted in God ? by Ireae Card. at the Old Mioi% After tie scerng lruanade and .cake U it yon will be far better pre pared to nakc roar Bark. Ton most 1 tears if jw *ui to ears. Rewards are paM for kacwledge. The high sckool is yonr opportaaity to get a {fair ?n towards sncoess. t PL HltlU JLT BC55. Pastor V Straps. of Ike Bun Bap tist charch iilUi a that to has Dr. W. R. Barrel!, of Jfcwoe. and a Bor paster of The I iiaiebar^ _ this week. Ttted to so ont aad Tine. Everybody ia to ?K LAW r. a. c. nrmc