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Blue Eag^e Exetcises
S^k Of Drug Store Is Al-
' arast Total Loss; Doctor’s
Office Damaged
Ralph Bingliam, ITfai^ Man Is I [I
Local Attorney, i Shot KiH^
Dies In Ral^l^: In I^tdl Batde
Prominent Lawyer Stricken i Marvin Holbrordc, 26, ,'Dies
While There On Business [ From Injuries 15 Minutes
With Supreme Court j After Shooting
LOSS BlAY BE $18,000.00
FUNERAL ON SATURDAY' ILL-FEELING IS CAUSE
lue Ridge Studio And The
Pool Room Are Also Dam-
r; «*«d Some by Water
He Was Former A.ssistant Recovery Ot His Assailant
District Attorney; Was i Is Doubtful; Occurred
Staunch Republican | Near Doughton
Tifley Trial Is
Coined
Some Other. T
a.it:
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l^iM pre»umably starting be-
jlWoea the eeUing ot the tlrst
-ateCr aad the floor of the second
«Ory played haroc with the Hor-
toa Drug Store building, located
la the heart of the North Wll-
keeboro hnslness district, early
Sunday momrng.
The stock of the drug store, to
gether with all furniture . and
fixtnres, was almost a total loss.
The offices of Dr J. H. McNeill,
located on the second floor,
were badly damaged and expen-
sire' surgical equipment was
ruined.
Considerable damage was al
so suffered by the City Recre
ation Hall, owned by S. L. Par-
dne, and the Blue Ridge Studio,
located in the adjoining building
to the east.
The fire was discovered about
Ralph G. Bingham, former as- ! 10.-Marvin Hol-
sistant district attorney and 26, was shot to,
prominent North Wllkesboro at-! death and Ralpn Holbrook, 27. i
torney. died at his room in the . was perhaps fatally wounded In
Carolina Hotel in Raleigh al-; a pistol battle last night at
most suddenly Thursday between j Doughton, Marvin lived hardly 15;
12:30 and 1 p. m.
! minutes after the shooting. Ralph
BEBMUDX . . . ^n>er« being no
code eoTering a Bine Eagle on vaca
tion, htiss Dorothy Ford of New
York (above) who is “Jdiat NBA of
the IT. 3. A." felt free to ei^srees
herself in the way the hked; beet otf
the Bermuda bead^ as the pboto
shows. Miss Fordj’^'nuodel for the
beet known iUnstrators of feminine
beauty, was chosen "Miss NBA"
last fan.
M.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium
^ 4 r50'o’clock by Elisha Bumgar-
uer^ who occupied a room on the
second floor over the drug store.
Mr. Bumgarner was aroused by
the smoke and immediately rush
ed across the hall to the Blue
Rtdge Studio to awaken A1 John-
•on. proprietor of the studio. Be
fore he could get back Into his
own room, the fire bad gained
such headway that to re-enter
might mean death. Mr. Bumgar
ner lost all his furniture and
clothing, being unable to salvage
even a pair of shoes.
The fire alarm was turned In
and the fire truck was on the
scene within five minutes. How-
1 ever, the fire hqd already done
‘^uch of its work of disaster. The
^./fflre was brought under control
within a short 'time and It was
Negro Acquitted
In Murder Case
Unwritten Law Helps To
Free Armstead Brown Of
Killing Tidline
Armstead Brown, aged 58, col
ored man of the Traphill com
munity, was acquitted In Wilkes
Mr. Bingham and Attorney J. i was brought to Hugh Chatham |
.... Brown went to Raleigh Wed-! Memorial hospital here. The,
nesday to make oral arguments occurred at the home of ^
In cases which they had before Mrs. Amanda Holbrook. |
the Supreme court and remained i battle last night Is,
over until Thursday to look after j revival of
some other business. They had! IH-leellng of a number of years.;
appeared before the pardon com-jknife battle occurring on Oc--
mlssioner Thursday morning and | tober 21, last, sent Marvin Hol-
completed their business Just hospital here for,
fore noon. They had Just return- | treatment. |
ed to their room to pack up to. The two Holbrooks are dis-,
return home when the local at-' related and their wives are ,
torney was stricken. ' cousins. It was learned. Mar-,
Clutching at his heart, Mr.' vin Holbrook Is a son of Mr. and | . . i « i iir i m 1
Bingham said, “Mack. I’m sick,” I Mrs. Minton Holbrook, “ ® ® *■ TTA (^IIATSFIIC WapIt Ta/IsIV
and lay down on the bed. A phy- iTraphill, who survive him. His 10 mWaillS vlllD^ IT CCK 1 OQaJ
sician was called, but Mr. Blng-!^idow. Mrs. Leota Owens Hoi-, ~
ham was dead before he arrived. ,Supenntendent Of City]Term Robbed Of Its Glamor
Death was due to acute dilation ‘^ree years of age, and Sonny, a, Schools Heard In An Ex- | By Postponement Of
Counsel For Defense *^AiiA
State Consent To . Post
ponement Of Caak i
FIVE ARE ARRAIC
Judge Wibon WaxlUc ^fllpi
He Reconuneods Special ir
Term To Try Case
The five members of Ui«
ley family under indictment^fdg
the alleged murder of Leode
Cbildreee at the Tilley hoine noor
Benham on December 30 wtft Hot
be tried at this tera^of irnkM
Superior court, it witt annOaneed
. His ropteme boor of bdag deelared
"Leopold 111, King of the BelgUas," tempered bj aa agoaisiBg
grief at tho audden and tragie death of hit father, Albert I, killed
in a mountain fall, has further eadeaisd the former Crown Priiiee
to his people and today he has an entire nation’s sympathy and support
Top photo, a most recent picture of Uie new King, Leopold HI a^ hto
Queen, wiio was Crown Princess Astrid. Inserts; the late King, Albert I
and portrait of Leopold IlL
Halfacre Speaks I Court Enters On
of the heart.
two-months-old infant, one broth-
Hol-
cellent Address
The bodv was brought to the sisters, Clyde , d- ♦ • i » * j '
Bingham home in the east end brook. Mrs. Ira Dowell and Mrs. I Pictunng the people of today.
Childress Trial
Friday afternoon
al arraignment of the quintbt.
This action was forecast by
The Journal-Patriot several daya
ago when a glance at the caljpi;,
dar disclosed'the crowded condt-
tion of the docket.
Three bills" or Indictment
charging the five Tilleys with
murder, conspiracy to c o ra-
mit murder and accessory before
and after the fact, were retorued
by the grand Jury Thura^ -
morning. Quite a number' of
witnesses was examined by the
grand Jury.
Solicitor John R. Jones, who
spent most of the week at hie
home with a deep cold, came ieto
court Friday afternoon at >
o’clock to arraign the Tilleys. All
of the murder of John Tidline,
alleged sweetheart of Brown’s
wife, four years ago last Octob
er.
Robbed of much of Its glamor, f defendants were brought in-
of Wnkesboro Thursday evening! • Holbrook, of Traphill, sur-jln somewhat the same light as j by the postponement of the Chil- to court. They were arraigned
Ralph Gray Bingham was 35 jibe Immortal character In John' dress-Tllley trial, Superior court
years of age on February 9. He The body tvas removed from a “Pilgrim’s Progress” i entered upon Its second week
who in the midst of trials and!this morning,
conflicts and confusion struggled Much progress is being made
on toward the light. Prof. W. D. I and indications are that more
Halfacre, superintendent of the! than 75 per cent of the cases on
Superior court Friday afternoon was a son of the late Mr. and local undertakers thjs
Bingham, of Wa-
morning
to the home near Traphill to
await the final rites to be con-
Mra. Thomas
tauga county. , ^
Mr. Bingham had practiced ducted from Round Hill Baptist
law in North Wllkesboro for a oburch, three miles south of
The verdict was returned by . little more than seven years, hav- ; Traphill, tomorrow.
under the names of W. W. Til
ley, Della Tilley, Luther ’Tilley,
Minerva Tilley and Clyde ’Tilley.
To Solicitor Jones’ query as to
their plea, each defendant re
plied, "not guilty.”
Questioning whether the case
the Jury at 4 o’clock after five I ing offices in the Bank of North | Ralph Holbrook, whose
: city school system, delivered an the calendar will be disposed of; could be tried In five days and
hours of deliberation.
Brown took the stand in
his
’■c* inspiring address at the luncheon' during the term.
Wllkesboro building. He came doubtful, Is a son of of fjje Klwanls Club Friday at
here soon after retiring as assist-: Mr. and Mrs. Joe H. Holbrook, of Hotel Wilkes,
own defen.se Thursday afternoon | ant district attorney under the j *^be TrapliiU community. He haaj
and admitted shooting Tidline to late Prank A. Llnney, ot Boone, i ® children.
I the wisdom of continuing the
The responsibility of the home,' Fashion Show At
Liherty Theatre
j the church, the school and the!
I civic - organization 1 n aiding j
wnnin a snon ume ana waa ^ ne man lap-on-the-bed Mr. Bingham served In that ca-{ n • aiir a-
prevented from spreading to the grown’s two small daugh-' pacity for two years. ' DUSineSS Meeting j youth to find the light was dealt f
adjoining buildings. ters in the Brown home. He tes- Prior to receiving his law lie- |c Bv LionS ® splendid manner by tbe „ Mo.,,,,,.*
Most of the damage _suffered tidline had been hav-|ense In 1925, Mr. Bingham had nCl^Dy 'Merchants Showing Newest
numerous cases on the docket.
Judge Wilson Warlick Indicated
his preference for a continuance
Immediately after the arraign
ment. There was some discussion
pro and con, the state insisting
on trial and the defense, led by
A. T. Grant, of Mocksvllle, doubt-
by the Blue Ridge studio was and'servbd as a federal prohibition, They X>ge That Black Walnut i Mr. Halfacre was presented by'. Styles At Lo^ Theatre |ing whether It would be possible
Today And Tomorrow
to complete the trial In five days.
For a moment it appeared that
of
ling in the r ial fields of Pennsyl
vania 13 months and had been
a month before the
the Horton Drug companj, ®stl-1 Tidline, he had been
mated the loss on his stock and ; frequently visited his
building at between 315,000 , i,ome wiiile he was away and con-
318 .000. I tinned to call after his return,
Olay Pardue, a member of the | Sunday before the killing
_ . . __ _ prohibition ^ They X>ge That Black Walnut
from water. All the damage to warned th'. ;■ luagL;' '-'•"'"er under the late Benjamin .And rho.stnnt Be Used In C. j D. J. Carter who had charge of !
the pool room was from water ^ pis'Tharp,\ ('. Forestry Work the program. j fashion show, sponsored , ... v ,
used In extinguishing the fire, Yhe l.vrl attorney had long Guests for the day were: H. H. . , . , j i ^^® would be set to start
Pool tables were soaked with "’Town said he had been work- been \cti . o in ThT Republican ^ business meeting for the, Morehouse, guest of Genlo Card-;merchants of the city% started j corning and that a special
per-,;..., ,ho,. ,,,I party He hid been mentioned PU^Pose of outlining plans forjn-en; Charles Mc.N’eill, county! the Liberty Theatre this after- »enlre would be ordered frOB
frequently a- ■ potential candl-l ™®*'® effective work was held by ^^,elfare officer, and J. L. Hemp-, noon at the matinee perform-1 Caldwell county, but the exclto-
date for the H publican nomina-■ Thursday evening , i,in, clerk to board of education, j ance. 1 ™®"‘ ®”‘*®‘^ ““
tion tor soli*-' or and more re-!®^ Hotel Wilkes. The matter of guests ot County Superintendent! The fashion show, revealing' consenting to a post-
cently had been talked for coun-'‘''® i C. B. Eller; T. H. Andrews, of | the new spring styles In men’s j ^
ty chairman. He was ever loyal ®'‘®' P'®«‘b®«-s and In-1 Greensboro, guest of J. R. Flu-' and ladles’ feminine apparel. Is Jnilse Warlick said he would
to his party and stood high in ceasing the attendance received jey, judge Wilson Warlick, guest | in addition to the regular attrac-i «ecommend a special court to try
the councils of the Republican ®“ention at the meeting. [of Attorney J. H. Whicker, and . tions at the theatre. Harry Shan-i the case in June or at the earliest
organizations both county and ®»®«®e for 30 w. C. Jenkins, of Concord. N. H., i non’s vaudeville troupe will be! date that could be arranged. If
.seconds as an e.\pression of sym-1 guest of his brother. Dr. W. A.' models for the fashion show and; a®t tried at a special^ term, th»
! also give a remarkable vaude-! cese goes over to
of Wilkes and Wa-,""”
soaked
water land were believed
manently damaged.
Palmer Horton, proprietor ho„^e onh-
estl-
TOlunteer fire department, who. pj^^jy Tuesday morning. Brown
ooUapsed from exhaustion and deceased to stay
oold while the fire was in Pt’P'juway from his home and declared
gress, was reported as resting'
satisfactorily this afterncon. His
clothes were saturated with wat
er,. and fear that pneumonia
the August
»/ develop was expressed yes-
McNelll Is taking care of
;te patients at his home at 713
lensington Avenue.
Spker
Indicted
On Rape Charge
that he wouldn't stand for him jin the co': i
to go on as he liad been.
Despite this warning. Tidline I For sometime he was a member
Mr. Bingham had practiced law P^t^y fo'' ^Jon X- P- i Jenkins. 'also give a remarkable
into whose home tragedy entered j Reports from J. D. Moore and \ vllle show. On the screen will be I term,
tauga .n;ul surrounding counties.' i E- G. Finley, both of whom were j Bing Crosby and Marlon Davies! The question of bail for
the
The activities committee re- absent from the meeting on ac- j in "Going Hollywood.”
' defendants was not disposed of.
returned on Monday evenin.g. the ..f ihe law firm of Llnney, Bing- letters asking that count of illness, were made at The show lasts for two days, Solicitor Jones declining to agree
evidence disclosed. After asking 1 ham and Blnggham, his partners . chestnut l>e j the meeting.
him to leave early in the evening, being his brother, T. E. Bingham [ “®®‘* *^^® | Called upon for a talk. Judge! noon and the evening.
Brown said ’Hdllne told him he and Baxter F. Llnney. Offices members of the C. C. C. In-; warllck responded with an ex-'
j with showings both in the after-
to release the Tilleys. It was In
dicated that habeas corpus pro-
couldn’t leave because he had no
lights on his car. Brown then
furnished a lantern and think
ing, the negro would leave, he
went to bed. Brown testified he
was awakened by a chair falling
early next morning and went into
the room occupied by his two
'ceedings will be Instituted by de-
,re llocated here'and at Boonl j f ®®‘*^ ^^“® P*®® | presslon of pleasure at the ac-j R, £. Hoke Again i y u Whicker
The local attornev was a mem- written to Representa-! tivlty of Kiwanis and a word oft A j. D ' Solicitor Jones, J. H. Whicker,
^ _ __ _ ! Hvo T.am.hAtVi aniT t^aiiirhtATI nnrt I i « »»_ »_ _ j I Alt BRlTDdr ijilOp ^ J, A. Rousseau and Parks Hamp-
her of Wllkesboro Methodist,‘*''® Lambeth and Doughton and | approval for Mr. Halfacre’s ad-|
(Continued on page eight)
True Bill Found Against, small children and found Tidline
ftoarklg River Man For I stretched across the bed. When
Assault On Girl
other officials at Washington.' dress.
' This request was made because It I Rev. C. W. Robinson expressed I
. I is generally believed that black, himself as so strongly Impressed!
Post Orfice Exainination ' walnut and chestnut would be ^ with Mr. Halfacre’s message that j
At Champion Is Called | far more beneficial in Wilkes. ihe thought the entire speech
The United States Civil Service, r^e~ i should be published in the news-
commission announced last week Dowd lakes XJirice
ton, the latter of Elkin, are ap-
he entered, the defendant said ^^at applications for postmaster |
Popular Local B u-ber Goes B»®ki pgaying for the state. All the Tll-
To Cliair In VI likes liarber j jeys, with the exception of Mrs.
Shop Here I Luther Tilley, are represented by
R E Hoke who served on the Mr. Grant and J. Hayden Burke,
city police force during the ab-|of ’Tayloravllle. Eugene Trli^
sence of Chief J. M. Anderson, re-j and J. P.- Jordan appear for Mrs.
turned to his chair in the Wilkes Luther Tilley. . .
returned a
River man.
, ^ ipleer. Roaring
HPi^arging him with a criminal as-
on Opal Harris, ot the same
MaaBU&lty*
jjThe alleged assault took place
l^h 6. details of which were
VpUp^^oown to officers this morn-
: -Spicer, under bond in other
court cases, had not been taken
tod,^ on the caplUl charge. Con-
yfffinn upon tho latest charge Is
a capital offense and punishable
hr (loath in the electric chair.
, papers. In response to this re-
, W. T. Dowd, successor to Watt ^ ^
Tidline reached as If to get a Champion will be accepted un- H. Gragg, was sworn in as Lnited Klwanlans, The Journal-! Barber Shop today. His services
Kun which he had been in thel^^* March 23. The office pays a j States Marshal for tim m ddle | secured the address! with the police department ended
habit of carrying, and In defense salary of approximately 3800,^federal district at GreeMboro p„j,npatIon Thursday. Saturday.
of himself and his home, he shot,‘"i8 estimate being based on the Saturday. Jim Rivers, of Boone v, i Mr. Hoke has been connected|
Tidline in the side, fatally ®°“P®a®ation for the past fiscal who has been offered the post of | Mrs. J R. Marlow and son, Mr. „any
wounding him U®®*'' The examination will be chief deputy, did not enter upon ^Bill Marlow visited Mr. and Mrs. | ^ jg cne of the moat]
former customers call in to see
Vannetta To Be
Htre Thioleek
Hackett To Seek
OiBce Of Clerk
PTOiBiinent Local Attorney To
Make Race For Demo
cratic Nonrination
HMfcett,
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Attorney mnk D.
MXBlnent member ot the 1^*
bar mad member of a widely
kBomi North Carolina family, an-
Munaed tor the Democratic nom-
tebtlon for clerk of Superior
M>art thia miMmlng.
jlr. Hackett haa served
as
the unwritten law which doubt-.receipt of applications,
less aided in the acquittal of'
Brown.
Brown was ably represented by
Attorney P. J. McDuffie who won
a great victory In clearing his,
man. Attorney J. H. Whicker',
prosecuted the case for the state ,
in the absence of Solicitor Jones
who was ill.
pected to go in soon.
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COOKING SCHOOL TO BE CONDUCTED BY
MISS LOREHA GRAY HERE ON FRIDAY
l;lm.
Visit Local Granges Last
Of The Week
County Teachers
Ever](thing is in readiness for
the cooking school which will be
conducted here Friday under the
sponsorship of North Wllkesboro |
Meet Called Off
' merchants in co-operation with
The scheduled meeting Satur
day of the teachers was called oft
on account of Illness In the fam
ily of County Superintendent C.
B. Eller. No neVr date has 'been
set for the meeting, but It will
be announced In the near future.
Chas. F. Smith, of Greensboro,
distributor jf Pyrofax gas and
Magic Chef ranges.
The school will be conducted
in the Call Hotel building and
Miss Loretta Gray, New York
dietician, will be in charge.
The first elMs will begin at 2
p. m. Friday and the second class
will be conducted at 7:30 p. m.
I Attendance at the school .is
wlthont cost and entails no obli
gation whatever. Miss Gray is a
most competent' Instructor
Tom McNeill Is
Given Promotion
Is 'Transferretl From Store At
War, W. Va. To Larger Store
At Welch
Tom McNeill, manager of an
V,. '
•W. •
i housewives will find the school.'a. & P. company'store at War,
really worth their time as well j nearly four years, has
as having a chance at one of the|j^j^ transferred to Welch. W.
Miss Gray will show tho advant-
FROM HOT SPRINGS ^ modern science in cook-
mu LOIBTTA OPAT
|r«v 7eri DIPfMmi
MilMlpAl ol«k of the House oi (Weeks. Members of the
-—TenUtlree and Senate M ^ere gibatly
pk. Ipr tw«*ty;flve by the hot baths taken
ill qaalific^ lor the office ,nd advertised Hot Springe
ituMiTSTL. -•>) 1“ •
Messrs. S. V. Tomlinson, T. C. Ing and furnish a number of reel-
Caudill and A. B. WIngler re- pes for those who attend,
turned ’Thursday from Hot) The famous Instructor wel-
Springs, Ark. where they spent comes a large class and hundreds
■ ‘' lot housewives of this section are
expe;ted to attend. They are urg
ed'to ‘bring their huebaads-with
them to the evening souion..,
To stimuli^ Intereet In
en away at the school,
school, Mr. Smith will give away
a Magic Chef range as the grand
prise. However, local merchants
ha-ve donated' a number oi at-
traotive prises which will 'be glv-
priiee. . j
Attention Is called to the date
Friday, March 18—and to the
two classes which will be con
ducted.
Among thoee who will be here
for the school in addition to
Miss Gray and Mr. Smith are:
Fay Grow, of New York City,
representing the American Stove
company, makers of Magic Chef
ranges; Jaek_ BMCkmait, of New
York City* representtag
and Carhoh Chemical cotppl^.'
dlstrHnitors of Pyrofax - gas, hnd
Fjfaok'JS^dwB, bt Bvansvine,
Va. and made manager of a new
store opened by tho company In
that city. The transfer Is con
sidered a dlstlncU promotion for
the yonng man.
Mr. McNeill Is the son of Mr.
I. H. McNeill, prominent local
groceryman.
Mount PleuiA^ Tewne
Win From Rourmf Riv^
state Master E. S. Vannetta,
of Orange county, will spend tho
last three days of the week la
the county in the interest of the
Grange organisation.
Mr. Vannetta’s schedule fol
lows: Little Mountain, Thursday,
7:30 p. m.: Boomer, FrWhrtj^i
p. m.; Mount Pleasant, 'FtiMjte?'
7:30 p. m.; general mess msilj' .;
Ing at courthouse Saturday M
1:30 p. m. ' ~
Legion To_HoW Meet
On Tnorsdoy Ewening
■'?
g
1
ML Pleasant hlgk sehool teams
won a donbleheader from near
ly River high school Thursday.
The boys won 32,ito 8| while the
rere victorious
Wilkes County Post No,
American Legion, North Wliky'^^^
boro, will hold a special moelSi^
In the American Legion. HOt*.
North Wllkesboro, at 7:30,
p. m. Thursday, March IS. TWp
special meeting Is held ta eow>
memorate the ISth AnatviMiMy -
of the American Legbn. Fltlsan
yean ago, In Parts, Proaci^ on
M^ureb 15, the AmertoiA Legion
was horn. A la^n-
the'