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EXTRA! VOL. No. XXIII, No. 11 GMRGE TWO WnH MURDER DEWEY WAGONER IS FATALLY INJURED IN WRECK SUNDAY Dies In Local Hospital This Morning From Injuries EMPLOYED HERE Dewey Wagoner, 30, died at Hugh Chatham Memorial hospital this morning about nine o'clock from in juries received in an automobile ac cident last night near Boonville. Wagoner sustained a fractured skull, a broken jawbone and other serious injuries and was rushed to the lo cal hospital for treatment. Roger Martin, negro, who was riding with Wagoner, received painful injuries. The Wagoner car was said to have been going at a rapid rate of speed and in attempting to pass the car of a Mr. and Mrs. Stimson shoved the Stimson car over a 30 foot em bankment into a mill pond. Mr. and Mrs. Stimson received minor in juries. The Stimsons reside near East Bend. The deceased is the son of Win field Wagoner of Boonville and was a painter at the Central Service garage in this city. Funeral ar rangements are not complete. MEET TO ORGANIZE SCOUT TROOP HERE Second Meeting Is To Be Held At School Building Friday At a meeting in the school build ing Friday afternoon approximately 43 boys were present to assist in re organizing the Elkin Boy Scout troop. The meeting was under the direction of Dr. C. E. Nicks, who began the movement when urged by the frequently expressed desire of the local boys to have a scout troop. The boys were very enthusiastic at the first meeting and another meet ing is to be held tomorrow afternoon (Friday) at 4 o'clock in the school building, to which all interested boys are invited. It is the hope of Dr. Nicks that Elkin can have a regular scout troop. The expense of membership will not be great, the dues are fifty cents a year, and the Scout Hand book. for guidance in the work, costs fifty cents. Other expenses of a minor nature are more or less op tional with each member. The scout organization is an in ternational one, divided into troops in various locations, made up of a group of boys under the leadership of a Scout Master. He, in turn, works in conference with a council, made up of men who represent the best interests of the community and who endeavor to see that the activi ties and ideals of the troop are kept high in character and are of a help ful and practical nature. The whole boy scout movement is an endeavor to meet the needs of boys from 12 to 18 years of age. The natural in terest they have in organized clubs finds expression in this work and at the same time the ideals held up for them to follow is of the very highest type. The organization does not in fringe on the time necessary for school and Sunday school, but rather supplies wholesome and interesting activity for the leisure time of the boys. Conover Man Claims Stolen Cash Register A National cash register, recovered in a quantity of loot found in a Jonesville warehouse some weeks ago, was Identified here Friday as being the property of H. C. Hollar, filling station operator of Conover. H. L. Sigmon, chief of police of Qmover, came after the cash regis ter Friday afternoon. It was stolen in a recent robbery of Mr, Hollar's station. The ads. are important news. Read all of them! THE ELKIN TRIBUNE jit i vi i ? W f 2P lL Luther Tilley, left, and W for investigation have been charg father of the slain boy, swore out murder case. Mrs. Hugh G. Chatham Dies Sunday; Funeral To Be Held Tomorrow Former Elkin Woman Dies In Duke Hospital Following Major Operation of Two Weeks Ago; Funeral Services to be Held In Winston-Salem With Interment Here In Hollywood Cemetery Elkin was saddened yesterday by news of the death of Mrs. Hugh Chatham of Winston-Salem, who died at Duke Hospital in Durham. Mrs. Chatham died Sunday evening at 6 o'clock following a major oper ation about two weeks ago. Her condition had been critical for the past week. Mrs. Chatham was the widow of Hugh Chatham, prominent manufacturer and president of Chat ham Manufacturing Company, of Winston-Salem and Elkin. Mr. Chatham died in October, 1929. The deceased was a member of the Centenary Methodist church in Winston-Salem and was actively identified with the religious, civic and social life of the city. She was Miss Martha Thurmond of Richey, NOAH LUFFMAN, 40, PASSES SUDDENLY Was Found Dead In Bed Last Thursday Morning Noah Luflman, 40, died Thursday morning at his home near Pleasant Hill church, presumably from a heart attack. Mr. Luffman, who was an employee of the night shift of Chatham Manufacturing com pany, had worked the previous night and was awake and talked with members of the family early in the morning. When his wife went to call him about eleven o'clock he had been dead for some time. The deceased Joined Pleasant Hill Baptist church at the age of eigh teen and for several years served on the board of deacons of this church. He was a highly esteemed man in his community. Funeral services were held Friday from Pleasant Hill chureh in charge of the pastor, Rev. J. W. Bryant, assisted by Rev. J. L. Powers and Rev. Richard Day. Interment was in the church cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Rosamond Couch Luffman, one daughter, Mr 3. Robert Wilmoth of Jonesville and three sons, Paul, Si las and Nathaniel Couch; also one brother and one sister, Arthur M. Luffman and Mrs. Ella Couch of tci lr in After all, the problem of life is not a difficult one. Do what is right, the beat way you can, and wait to the end to know.—^Kingsley. ELKIN, N. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1934 Alleged Murderers and Their Victim Ji MPWUi -- -Mm infield Stanley center, who have been held in the Wilkesboro jail fed with murdering Andrew Eldridge, right. J. C. Eldridge, the murder warrants. Tilley is also suspected in the Childress Miss., prior to her marriage. She was a former resident of Elkin and is beloved by a host of friends here. Surviving is one son, Thurmond Chatham, Winston-Salem, president of Chatham Manufacturing Com pany of Winston-Salem and Elkin and one daughter, Mrs. Ralph P. Hanes, also of Winston-Salem. Three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Kave naugh, Winston-Salem, Mrs. Paul Chatham, Charlotte and Mrs. James C. Harris, of Sheffield, Alabama. Funeral arrangements have not been completed pending the arrival of a sister from Alabama, but they will be held tomorrow (Tuesday) in Winston-Salem and the remains will be brought to Elkin and interred be side her husband in the family plot in Hollywood cemetery. PROMINENT RONDA WOMAN DIES WED. Miss Leonora Gwyn, 78, Victim of Influenza and Pneumonia Miss Leonora Gwyn, 78, passed away at 3 o'clock Wednesday morn ing at the home of her sister, Mrs. V. Mcßee, at Ronda, following a brief critical illness from influenza and pneumonia. For the past sev eral years Miss Gwyn's health had been very delicate. The deceased was a member of one of the most prominent families in this section of the state, being a daughter of the late James Gwyn and Mrs. Mary Anne Lenoir Gwyn. She was a member of the Jonathan Hunt Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution here, and a member of long standing of the All Saints Episcopal church at Ron da. Miss Gwyn was a gifted musi cian and possessed a lovely contral to voice. She was a graduate of Salem College, Winston-Salem. Miss Gwyn had spent the greater part of her life at the ancestral Gwyn home, "Green Hill", near Ronda, and was loved by all with whom she came in contact. Since the recent death of her sister, Miss Mary Gwyn and her brother, Wil liam A. Gwyn, she had resided with her sister, Mrs. Mcßee, who is the only surviving member of her im mediate family. New Yorker: As to the owner ship of the world'B longest memory, there Is no shadow of doubt. It is the radio Jokesmith. TWO ARE INJURED IN WRECK SATURDAY Vernon Holcomb And Fred Windsor Badly Cut In Crash Vernon Holcomb, 18, of Jones ville and Fred Windsor, 17, of Elkin, received painful injuries Saturday evening when the automobile of young Holcomb crashed into the se dan of Robert Darnell of Elkin, on the Hugh Chatham bridge here. Holcomb lost control of his car when he attempted to slow down when he observed a car parked on the bridge and crashed into the support of the bridge and then into the Darnell car. Holcomb and Windsor were rushed to the local hospital in an ambu lance where they received treatment. Windsor was the less painfully in jured and was released from the hos pital yesterday. Holcomb is still in the hospital suffering from severe cuts and bruises around the face and head. Robert Darnell escaped injury but his car was badly damaged. The Holcomb car was completely de molished. Vernon Holcomb is the son of Mrs. Mary Holcomb and the late James Holcomb of Jonesville, and is an employee of Chatham Manufactur ing company here. Windsor is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Windsor and is an employee of the Lyric Theatre. SPEND LESS FOR RELIEF IN DEC. However, Number Of Families Aided Is Greater Although the number of North Carolina families given direct relief during the month of December showed an increase of 3,104 over November, the amount of money spent during the past month was $74,059.30 less than in November, according to figures by the North Carolina Emergency Relief Adminis tration. A total of 52,938 received direct relief during November but at the end of the month only 43,138 were on relief rolls. During December 56,042 families were given direct re lief with 47,635 on the relief rolls at the end of the month. During November a total of $611,- 362.83 was spent for direct relief. During December t537.30a.53 was expended. The decrease in the amount of money spent was due to many of the relief cases receiving aid through Civil works atiihlmstra tion jobs. In Surry county a total of 680 families were given aid at a cost of $3,876.53. In Wilkes 415 families were helped at a cost of $3,483.13, Yadkin county had 611 aided at • cost of $5,994.88. Warrants Are Served On Tilley and Stanley In Eldridge Killing Wrightsville Beach Is Devastated By $1,000,000 Fire . Wilmington, Jan. 28.—Wrights ville Beach, one of the most out standing and popular summer re sorts along the southeastern coast was devastated by fire this after noon. Starting at 12:30 o'clock in the spacions Kitty cottage, a summer boarding house, the fire swept the entire northern extension of the beach within two and one-half hours, causing a property loss reasonably estimated at $1,000,- 000. The fire, at first whipped by a brisk westerly wind, enveloped the Kitty cottage and then whipped by a gale that shifted to the southwest, spread to the historic Oceanic hotel, a rambling struc ture of several hundred rooms and then leaped back to consume the handsome Sprunt, Wright and Sternberger summer homes which separated the Kitty cottage and Oceanic hotel. ROOSEVET BALL TO BE HELD TOMORROW Gala Event Will Be Staged In Hotel Elkin; Starts At 9 The Elkin Birthday Ball for President Roosevelt, will be held at Hotel Elkin instead of in the F-W Chevrolet company building as first announced. C. H. Brewer, owner of the hotel, stated Monday night that he would turn over the main dining room, the Kiwanis room and a por tion of the lobby, if needed, for the event. Plans to have the ball at the Chevrolet company fell through when the owner of the building, W. S. Gough, objected. He was fearful the floor might break through should a large crowd be assembled. Tickets for the ball, which sell at $1.50 each and are good for the admission of one couple, are now on sale, the pasteboards having been turned over to the ticket committee at a meeting held Monday afternoon in Chairman W. M. Allen's office. Of the admission price, SI.OO will go to an endowment for the Warm Springs Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The remaining 50 cents will go toward defraying expenses. In addition to the local ball, plans are also going forward in cities, towns and hamlets throughout th 6 nation for similar events. According to Chairman Allen, both round and square dancing will be featured at the local ball. He sta ted that the main dining room of the hotel would be used for round | dancing and that the Kiwanis room would be used for square dancing, i Two separate orchestras, one of the J string variety, will be on hand. Widespread public support here and elsewhere Is expected for the ball, which is a truly worthy cause. President Roosevelt is himself a living testimonial to the excellent method of treatment available at Warm Springs. An endowment mak ing such treatment possible for all classes of infantile paralysis suffer ers everywhere will be of inestima ble value to the entire United States. Committees and representatives of the various civic clubs appointed by Mr. Allen, In addition to Mrs. A. O. Bryan, assistant chairman and F. M. Norman, treasurer, are as follows: Parent-Teacher association, Mrs. H. P. Graham; Woman's Club, Mrs. C. C. Poindexter; American Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. George Roy all; Hos pital Auxiliary, Mrs. H. L. Johnson; (Continued On La«t Page) EXTRA! PUBLISHED WEEK! \ MRS. LUTHER TILLEY HELD FOR MURDER OF CHILDRESS GIRL Wife of Luther Tilley Was Arrested Sun day Afternoon TRAIL GROWS HOT Luther Tilley and Winfield Stanley have been charged with the murder of Andrew Eldridge, whose body was found floating in Klondike lake in June, 1927. Warrants charging the two Wilkes county men with the murder, have been served on them at the Wilkes jail where both have been held for investi gation. J. G. Eldridge, father of Andrew Eldridge, swore out the warrants. The papers were served by Deputy Sheriff T. U. Barker. Mrs. Luther Tilley, wife of Luther Tilley, has also been ar rested in the Leoda Childress case. She is being held for the murder of the Childress girl. The woman, who was arrested over a week ago in the Childress case, and then released after questioning, was again taken into custody Sunday afternoon by Deputy Barker. It was learned early this morning that officers investi gating the Childress case are positive as to the identity of the person who wrote the mystery note in the Childress case. Mrs. Luther Tilley's arrest is thought to be highly significant. It is not known just what new evidence has come to light in the Eldridge case which re sulted in holding Tilley and Stanley on murder charges. However, full details are ex pected to be divulged when the two men are given a preliminary hearing at Wilkesboro Friday. The coroner's hearing in the Childress case will be resumed Saturday. Stanley was arrested early last week for investigation when officers learned that he was al leged to have inside information as to the killing of Andrew Eldridge. At the coroner's in quest held Wednesday at Ron da, witnesses testified that Stanley told them that Andrew Eldridge was not drowned acci dentally, but that "they" hung him up and let him hang too long. "They" later threw Eld ridge's dead body into Klondike lake, the testimony revealed. Not since the body of Leoda Childress was found in a front room of the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Tilley, her foster parents, on December 30, has in vestigation in the case lagged. Thought a suicide upon the finding of the mystery note, (Continued on Lut Page)
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