PJIAlflB «OCf I
S)ITOR
PHONE 215
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deligkUuI' re^^shma^ to
gnap. The honowie I'eerfood sev
eral beautiful and useful tlftr «*
souvenirs of the happy occasion.
Mrs. Ferguson’s home is at Fergu
son but she and her daughter^
Miss Beulah Ferguson, are spend
ing the winter h?re in the Hix
home. ' A..
M«f‘Mmaday
**ia Ellen Robinson
drthdays o( Lee and Jaok-
QlUnglr observed at
' WUkea Valle?
Miu Elminn Rood
Htmoied On Blmday
'‘■■'■I';
Wilkeaboro Wotnan^s
Clttb Meets Tmoaorrow
The January meeting of_ the
Wilkeaboro Woman’s club will be
»ru«o» Y«j«y held on Friday afternoon at 3-30
r-ehapter of the United {at the home of Mrs C. F Mowl- played delicious re-
rs of the Confederacy on i son. Hostess for the afternoon - ^ „„„ .Brved by Mrs.
afternoon with Miss Bl-UlU be Mrs. A. H. Taylor. Mrs. fr«*hments were served by .Mrs.
IVuMason as taosteas at ber, B. S. Call and Mrs. A. R. Sber-
;pi B street Mrs. B. R.' man. A full attendance of mem-
food presided and opened hers is desired.
I Dfogrmm by givlag a study of >
veteran for the month, the'j7*J^™F,f;*^J^^’ ,
■‘Rev. W. C. Meadows. Mrs. Holland
rood told of bis part in * The W. M. S. of Pishing Creek
iag to build up Wilkes coun- • Baptist church held its January
, and how he would be missed , meeting Saturday night before
Ity the IJ. D. C. members »nd es- the second Sunday at the home
_^jiedally pt the reunion the tenth | of Mrs. Robert N. Holland with
« Ifay. ! Mrs. Charlie Johnson as joint
f obaarvance of Lee's birth-: hostess.
Ay, -which was the nineteenth. I Mrs. R. C. Miller had charge of
Vhs Robinson read a number of' the program. The subject for the
Ifltters written by Lee that have f month was "The Beginning of
atly bfeen released for publl-. The Missionary Enterprise.” All,
by his son. Mrs. J. C. except one member, and several
a visitor at the meeting, | visitors were present. The pastor,
li# sketch of Lee's homeplace . Rev. T. E. Payne, was present
A surpriae birthday party was
given Miss IBlmiaa Roop Wednes
day, Jan. 17, by Mrs. Erring
After peveral interesting
Eller. Miss Roop was .presented
with many lovely gifts by her
friends who wish for her many
more happy birthdays. Those
present out of the commuuity
were Messrs. Fate Eller, EJddle
of-ytert*
« numi
Charlotte and other ;^ttes. JJe
said he was called into the case
last week by the solicitor 'ifho
told him to find the gnllty^jpar-
ties. He testified that he saw W.
W. Tilley and his son, Clyda, In
Elkin; that Mr. Tilley told him
^ knew nothing of a note be
ing found In the apron worn by
Leota Childress.. While thi?rh:
Clyde had a conversation wlt^
Jack Jones. On the following day,
Mr. Sides testified, he and th^
solicitor met with 'Hlley on the
highway near the home of Na
than Tharpe. Mr. Tilley said in
course of conversation that there
was no reason for anyone _ to
harm Leota. However, It was de
veloped later th^t Luther Tilley's
wife was jealous of Leota, and
was not on speaking terms with
her. Contlmijng, Mr. Sides stated
that he next talked with Clyde
tmiaS
Asimsr, a woaar -'li
fined i^0 a^B^pnsMsad the eoats’
in city court today for allegpd^
assaulting Mrs. Jessie House, mb-
ther ot three children, when she
sought to prevent the arrest et
to he niWMjfmiiblre cQj
Yesterday he underweid
ation, his second this is Until., p
ed to identify a
the table of hfii home when
and his wife rwtnmed Inom vrert^;
the day his son disaippemd. He
•aid it was the same note, and
the subatsnce ot this nete was:
"Notice—I have gone to Elkin to
work. Will be back Sunday. An-
iMrId*. »id M K . Crtbl^
wt see lus boy any more until Ms ts- ^ ^ _
UfeleM body ^ *^'snult on House, an undersised.^ ‘22.*^
Klondike lake. The note found Jyart, Wc.—Ifie Oootfwffl Depf.
Ckiod aseortment of 54 iaeh
Wodem Materials fai plaids aad
|daln oMors. guitaU* for sprini^^
the Eldridge home is alleged to be
in the same writing as the' note
.found in Leota’s apron pocket.
Gurney Draughan, the next
witness, testified that ’Winfield
Stanley told him that yonng*
Marley and Miss Bertha Marley,
of Lenoir, Messrs. BUI Watkins ‘ Tilley in the county jail last Sun-
Askew alone was fined flO and
assessed/with the costs.
House? an' illiterate who can
write only, his name, testified
that he borrowed $7 from Askew
, land affixed hie signature to >a
Eldridge ^ first hung-up 12 j,
tree and that he was aUowM the prosecnUng witnesses
auy too long and when taken
down he WM de^; that h s ^y ,e„ce and demanded that the
was concealed for.several days!^^^^,^ Morgan, who
iStoreiB.
Wefik, Nerviiiis
and Woodrow Wallace, of North
Wilkeaboro Route 1, Miss Nealy
Walsh, of Ferguson, and Mr.
Paul Williams, of North Wllkes-
boro.
MISS ROBBINS WEDS
CHARLES S. PEARSON
day with the solicitor present.
Clyde denied making a statement
to neighborhood friends that "if
Leota didn’t leave a note and
they couldn’t find the money, he
would not be able to buy new
tires for hl.s car.” After further
and then thrown In the lake. Al-j,^^ armed,wlth a warrant, would
ton Carter also testified that
Stanley told him, W. L. Draugta-
an, and Gurney Draughan about
Andrew Eldridge being bung up
to scare him, but that be was al-
Mr, A S. TMwin « 4«
KaOroad St? ftoBKa A
C. »ald: “1 felt «sy.
oenroos aH niBOOwn.
My hwk ached ao Mta^
it Jaat wore Ine oat. Nee-
Tons beadadu* cBiHd tae
to rest poorly n»ay.
But before I ’
enlire bSttle of Dr.
Golden MedkSl D aMwqr
questioning he admitted making. cealed and later placed In
arrest House
Whep ,tJ>B check was not paid.
House said he was picked up
bodily from a chair and carried
, . by Askew to ah automobile. Mrs.
lowed to hang Just a little too House, testifying she b^ame
long; that ais body was con- jjantlc at seeing her husband
Ttbku I wu ircatly taa
fl.oultaiw
ilse, Ubf. or Ugaid, *1.3^ “We Bo
i**-
I -52P”'
& s”. CMuon
, . , , i handled roughly, attempted to
Lenoir, Jan. 20.—In a wedding (the statement, Mr. Sides testified., lake. CMie BldWdge murder will |,„tgrcede. The assault charges
characterised by beauty and slm-.to Raymond Holcomb and Curtis | be fully investigated by tbe so-
^JlMijiMediately after the war.
and made an excellent address.
C. D. Coffey, Sr., gave a' Mr.s.- Clifton Waddell had the
of Stonewall Jackson and devotional reaing. The regular
'.love affair with Mary Anna ! business was transacted.
Morrison, w’ho later became his, The next meeting will be on
vrtte, Mrs. Jackson was a native ■ Saturday night before the third
.w^tkls state, her home being at Sunday in February at the home
'IRAidson College. Miss Lucy Fin-1 of Mrs. Carl Miller,
iegr.told about the last winter of' The hostess served delicious
Killed In Wreck
High Point, Jan. 24.—Walter
Pllclty Miss Lillian Robbins be-! Rose. Clyde said, according . to i Heitor. It is an important link In’M-fiye Qf Wilices
came the bride of Charles S.; Mr. Sides, that he ’’just felt like ^ the chain of evidence to establish |
Pearson of Moravian F a 11 s Leota left a note, and just j the gnilt in the Chil^ess mur-'
Friday afternoon at 6 o’clock. {thought the robbers came andjder). j
The vows were spo.ken In the | just gave her twenty minutes in ^ Tillry Tries to Involve Colored !
!spacious living room of the Meth-|which to get .the money.” He was Blledge, 19, knitter at the Hunt-'
odist parsonage. Rev. Excell too busy to find out anything| Sides, the detective, was ley-Jackson hosiery mill, was in-*
Rozelle officiating. The bride! about the note on Sunday orjag^in called to the stand by So-' gtantly killed this afternoon at I
wore a wedding gown ot brown j Monday following Leota s death, i ijcttor Jones. He testified that W.!
4 o’clock when the motorcycle on
Ackaon. The twenty-first
Jtoksoh’s natal day.
.* 'An entertaining feature of the
'prBgram was the duets sang by
. IAb Robinson and Mrs. Gordon
■ nUey. For their first two num-
^fesrs they sang. ’’Carry me Back
to Old Virginia,” and
was refreshments during
. hour.
the social
Miss Louise Vyne Gave
Bridge Party For Guests
In compliment to her house
. guests. Miss Ella Outland, of
•'Massa's Burlington, and Mrs. L. B. Har-
lil the Cold. Cold Ground.” To' desty, of Graham, Miss Louise
^kne the program they sang., Vyne was hostess at bridge at
Tenting To-night.'' A her home on Saturday evening.
'Maasant social hour followed the; The gam? was played for .some-
ting.
sand crepe with accessories tojMr. Sides declared Clyde as stat-1 ^ Tilley told him a colored.
match and a shower corsage ofjing. Further testimofiy given by, had come to his home and!*’*'*‘^^ riding was scrucic
talisman roses. | Mr. Sides brought to light the | talked with him about his to- a car driven by Mrs. Iva j
Mrs. Pearson is the youngest, testimony that Mr. and Mrs. Til-aslrlng him when he ■was P®^ce, who Uvea at 204 East
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. | ley, Leota's foster-parents, just going to sell it. that a party in I street, Thomasvnie. The ac-
Robbins of North Main street, i felt like she had left a note some-) Elkin wanted to trade horses ' cldent took iriace at the corner ^
and is a member of one ot the | where, and that Mr. Tilley said with him. This colored man, ac-! of Ward and English streets in,
most prominent families ot this | that he felt like Leota wanted to cording to Mr. Tilley and accord- High Point. _ |
section. She was educated in the'speak to them. |ing to Mr. Sides’ testimony, ask-i Both Mrs. Peace and
Lenoir city schools, and is ai Jack Jones followed Mr. Sides 9^ j( there was not a road going!-^odrews, brother-in-law
graduate of the Montejlore, to the stand. He said he had a
School of Nursing, New York, conversation lasit week in Elkin
City. For several years she has | with Clyde Tilley, and that the
nursing in ’ latter denied making the state-
Charlie j
of El-|
out from the back of his home | ledge, who was driving the mo-
instead of the front way. Mr. Til-! torcycle were held on charges of j
ley urged that the colored man! manslaughter under $3,000 bond'
be arrested and said his name each. They will be given prellmi-
lixs. L. 4. Nelson Is
Sewing Club Hostess
Mrs. L. M. Nelson was hostess
to the members of the Wedne.s-
time and was followed by a sal
ad and sweet course. The top
score
been doing private — ^
Lenoir. ■ m®"f “*f didn’t leave 1 was Bud Martin. Mr. 'Hlley told i nary hearings in High Point mu-
The groom is a native of Mora-j a note and they didn’t find the j Solicitor Jones. Mr. Sides test!-1 nicipal court Friday morning.
Mrs. Peace told ' ‘ ” *
investigating
guests of .Miss Vyne over
the
-Rag Sewing Club and a few other | week-end and to each one Miss
friends at her home on E Street Vyne presented a lovely compact.
Watinesday afternoon, Japonlcas, Miss Ruth Henry, who has gone
■BOjwdrops and breath-of-spring to Raleigh to accept a position,
■Mde a colorful background for, was remembered with a gift,
tlie guests who spent an hour or j Blooming plants made effective
IP:.."' ore In needlework and conver- decorations for the home.
At th^ close of the sewing ———
. period, -Mrs. Nelson had the as- Mrs. Shelton Brewer Is
■istance of her sister. Miss Eliza- Bridge Club Hostess
''hetb Finley, in serving tempting Shelton Brewer was
fnr the evening went' vian Falls, a graduate of the Wil-| money he could not buy new ■ fied, that if he did not have the.
score prize for ^ Out-' kesboro high school and National i tires for his car.” Mr. Jones tes-1 colored man arrested, he would 1 officers that the motorcycle pasa-
to Miss Cljde ^ gg-■ Business college of Roanoke, Va. tified that young Tilley said they do so himself. (The solicitor led to the right of her car and
land anti .\lrs. naruesix « ic UIU olort Innklni. fnr thp nntB
To My Friends and
I
Customer ... u
I am now ready to
serve you at the
CITY BARBER
SHOP
T. C. Wagneir
Formerly At Wagner’s Bar
ber Shop Near R. & O.
Grocery
At present he is engaged in the did not start looking for the note, granted Mr. 'Tilley’s request, and made a left turn in front of her ^
banking business at North Wil-luntll about noon Monday. |Bud was arrested and placed in j automobile. Andrews, who was.
kesboro. After a trip to Florida., Xatlian Tharpe T»-stlflo.s {the county Jail In Wilkeaboro). 'only slightly injured, says .
they will be at home in North 1 Nathan Tharpe was the next! Bud followed Mr. S;des to thei front of rs.
Wilkesboro. i witness. He stated that he was *^hls afternoon. He testit.ed Peace’s car
at the Tilley home on Monday that he had not been at the Til-'to the ,
'following Leota’s death—at the ’ey home in five or six years— making a turn in the stree
hoS-
refreshments.
S"
' Worker’s Council Held
..yJIkieting Thursday Night
January meeting for the
Wwker’s Council of the First
Ba^lUst church was held at the
' -(jlMirch on Thursday evening
• Tt'SP with the general superln-
tendent, Mr. E. M. Blackburn,
presiding. The meeting opened
•with an impre.ssive devotional
being led by Attorney 11. (,'as-
, ,by. During the business session
wions items of lui-siness were
brought up and disposed of. Fine
reports were heard from the
superintendents of the differen'
Departments and it wa.s graiily-
Jng to know that more thorbogh
pnd effective work was being
'■^Done in the Sunday school.
The program for the evening
consisted of three talks by Mrs.
John Rhodes. Mr. E, E. Elledge
and Rev. Eugene Olive. ‘'How to
Enroll and Keep Attendance in
Class.” by Mi-s. Rhodes. "Atti-
tnde of Teacher Towards Class,”
by Mr. Elledge and "The Goal for
the Sunday School during 1934”
was given by Rev. Eugene Olive,
pastor of the church.
Bible Class Met With
Mrs. Finley Tuesday
The monthly meeting of
tess to the members of the Tues
day Bridge Club at her home on
Kensington' Drive Tuesday eve
ning and included in the group
three other gue.sts. Two tables
were arranged for the game and
series of spirited progressions
\NDREW SMOOT AT _
LIBERTY UNDER BONDitYmeTre. ^UeVteund'thr note |‘hat he was working in El'kln all Ws motorcycle was struck. The
, in the apron pocket. Margie Hoi- day the Saturday Leota was body was carr e on ®
(Continued from page one) , gher-Hound shot to death. I. Y. Jester, i Mrs. Peaces car from the place
evidence at the inquest yesler- iff Somers came down and when ' for whom Bud worked, went on , of the impact a lout ee , o
C. Jones, he was reading the note and ffte stand and swore that Bud: fibers sa q.
day: T. F. Byrd. M.
Keith Prevette. S. F. Mastin. ’d., seemed to be unable to tell what was^on ‘^ejob in Elkin jus* like. ^ ^ndrew^^^ who
C. sparks, and L A. pUn. Ko.: 1 some_ of the words were, _ Marg^ ^ at^wiU he --^^ed |
Leota’s ' Ht® motorcycle for
eo]. ! than a week. A "license applied I
' was being used on it
' and was removed this afternoon
the officers. '
of.
Elledge had been living in
lowing is the testimony offered' would tell him exactly right al-' f^tat the note found in
in substance; though she was across tbe room, apron pocket stated that a . „ .
Is'tters Offered By Solicitor {Mr. Tharpe told about going to °red man wa.s about the Tilley j f°r mgn
The inquest opened with So-jthe cellar with members of the home),
licitor John H. Jones offering as Tilley family, and reaching in H. C. Darnell, a neighbor
at re.sulted in the high score award Exhibit A. a letter purported to behind tobacco and finding the the Tilley family, 'testified that!
- ■■ 'have been written from Roaring money hidden there. He Sat- f^
River to "Margie" in the hand- about the telephone call from Le-i “rday morning about 11 o’clock ® y®ai and boarded at 801 Eng
I U ig of Leot^ Childress In-i Ota asking for help. He testified, the day Leota was found dead, l«h street .He came here from
193.3 addressed to "Dear Sister”; heard her scream. ; nothing .seemeed to be wrong with by h's tamer.
This! (Margie Holcomb is the daugh-; her. He said h' saw bird hunters ^0““
First Showing of
Sp^ Cotton
Fabrics
going to .Mrs. James O’Daniels.
The hostess had the assistance of
Miss .\nnie Ruth Tomlinson in
serving a salad i-ourse at the coii-
clnsion of play. Those playing be
sides club members were Miss
Mamie tVitherspoon. Mrs. E. A.
Shook and .Mrs. William K. New
ton. Mrs. .Newton, a recent bride,
received a lovely remembrance
from -Mrs. Brewer. Mrs. Newton
w a s formerly Miss Savannah
Harris, of this city.
Woman’s Bible class of
the
the
The D. A. R. Met With
Mrs. Eshelman Tuesday
With every member presenl an
unnsnally interesting meeting of
tile Rendezvous Chapter of the
Daughters of the ..\merican Revo
lution was held on Thursday aft
ernoon at the home of Mrs. P.
W. Eshelman, Mrs. W. C. Greer,
regent, presided for routine bus
iness chief of which was electing
delegates to the state convention
to be held at Winston-Salem
.March sixth. The delegates chos
en were Mrs. Greer, .Mrs, Eshel
man and Miss Ellen Robinson.
COTTON PIQUE.
yard ....
(Plain and Printed Colors)
was offered as Exhibit B.
I
was signed by "Leota." and iden- tor of Mr, and Mrs. VV. W. Tilley.) about a
tified as in her handwriting. A. -Mr. Tharpe further testified,‘eY house,
third letter, marked Exhibit C, that he and Kelly Brown were
the first to reach the
half-mile from the Til-
Prfsonei’S Testify
was introduced. This also was | the first to reach the Tilley I Carl and Georp Ballard
purported to have been written 1 home, following the distress call, Brewer, prisoners in
by the dead girl. Photostatic co-j from Leota. "The door to th :ibb’*b^Y ^^11. were carried to Ron-
pips of these letters, both large
of
Wilkeaboro; a brother,
and five sisters, two of whom live
in High Point. -Mrs. Charles An-,
drews and Miss .yima Elledge.
PRINTED
TJATISTili, yurd
(Dots and Plaids)
19c
and
the
North Wilkesboro Presbynerian alternates. .Mrs. Ed Turner. -Mrs.
ehurch was held at the home of
Mrs Gordon Finley on Tuesday
exenins with fifteen members in
Xttendance. The regular routine
of business was transacted dur-
Ihk the business session at which
jtttHie Mrs. lone Warren was cho.s-
president of the class
to
T. B. Finley and .Miss Lucy Fin
ley. The program for the after
noon was .given by Miss Ruby
Blackburn, who gave an inter
esting talk on the life of Lafay
ette. A delightful social hour fol
lowed the meeting with delicious
refreshments being served. The
~ MCteed .Mrs. P. -M. Williams, who (1^9 meeting has been chang-
on account of illness. A ■ - -- '•• ---J
’ pIcBiiflP’ social hour followed the
iBeoting at which time delightful
‘ refrashments were served.
ed from the third .Monday until
the fourth Tuesday.
and small prints, were also of
fered by the solicitor. Next came
the note said to have been found
in the pocket of the apron worn
by Leota on the day she was
found dead.
Mrs. Hill Cox, the first wit
ness to take the stand, testified
that she was Le.oita’s sister; that
she was quite familiar with her
style of penmanship as she had
received a shoe box full of letters nor any
from her. all of them, however,
being burned m a fire that de
stroyed her home on Tuesday
following her sister’s death. .Mrs.
Cox emphatically stated that the
note vvas not written by Leota.
She testified that on one occasion
room In which she lay dead on te S''’e testimony in the Chil-
the floor was standing ajar dress inquest. Each one testified
about 21 inches — just wide 'hat he overheard a conversation
enough for a person to come 'n the jail Sunday during which
through. The door opened to the j ^rs. W. W. Tilley told her son,
right. The butt of the gun was Luther, that "if she was Clyde, j •
against the door and when this she would die before she would] Smart, new .sport skirts, made (
"was removed the door swung anything.” Mr. Sides was ] of the finest all wool crepes, full
open. The gun was about three Placed on the stand again and cut, finely tailored and the prop-1
Farm Agent 13. E. Grant, of
Bertie county, reports that he
has had to keep his office open
day and night to handle the rush
of growers seeking loans on their
cotton options and e')[ualization
payments on their tobacco. 1
FRUIT OF THE
LOOM PRINTS, i’d.
19c
FATHER GEORGE
SHEETING, yard
81
feet from Leota. The room look- testified that Mrs. Tilley told him er lenjgths and wanted! colors,
ed as if it had been ransacked. the presence of the solicitor. Special price, 51.79.—The Good-j
There was no .pencil in the room that she would tell the boys to i will Department Stores. i
bottles on the mautle- 'ell the truth. This conversation, j
piece. Mr. Tilley had $610, and Sides said, took place before)
I went with the Tilleys to find'Mrs. Tilley went into the jail to)
the money. Leota’s body was Luther. |
warm when I arrived. The dining , C. Sparks, a member of the |
room had been ransacked also, coroner’s jury, was the next wit-1
After I got to the 'Hlley home "ess- He was a juror at the first
and saw what had happened I inquest held just after Leota was
HARRIS BROS.f
DEPT. STORE
North Wilkesboro, N
The inquest closed following
Miss Louise Colvard
Wed To Mr. Sprinkle
Miss Louise Colvard, the attract
ive daughter of Mrs. B. H. Col-
I'Tfl, of thi.s city, became the
,A»s Ruth Henry
siven Farewell Party
fTo honor .Mias Ruth Henry,
■f.-iwTlkO left this week, to accept work (,1.^9 of Mr. J. B. Springle in a
^ Raleigh, Miss Ruby Blackburn qyiet wedding ceremony at Erwin,
‘.yjSitjrtglned at her home on E ■penn., Monday.
4'Sreet Friday evening having as -pjjg bride received her educa-
'■afleets teachers of the North Wil- Asheville Teachers College
n,hir.h , . ._k_ . .1 __ I* .tv.
she remembered Leota had been 1 called my wife and told her, and; found dead in the Tilley home,
in a quarrel with one of her then felt Leota's pulse and found] He stated positively that he ex-
foster sisters over a girl friend, 'she was dead. I then went out of ““'nod the pockets of the apron
, Handwriting Exiiert Engagetl I the house and called Luther Til-, the girl was wearing and there
* Mr- E. Bernard Brooks, hand-1 ley who was not far from the 1 ^*8 no note in either one of them
writing expert, of Winston-Salem, I house. He hesitated about com-1—not even the toothpick that
testified that he was called into ing. and when I told him what I j has been mentioned before in
the case by Solicitor Jones Sat- had found out he asked me to, news di^tches.
urday. He stated that he was an call Dr. Salmons.” .v j,
investigator for the government; Bill Marsh was the next wit-!'he reading to the coroners jury
for a period of 18 months dur-iness. He testified he lived with-|t)f the testimony given by Clyde
ing the trouble in Nicaragua. He in a mile of the 'niley.home. He | Tilley at the first bearing. Due
stated that he wished to have a ' said his wife told him she need- ^ 'o 'he fact that other investlga-
ed some pine so he went Into the ] tlons must be made and the de-
woods on FViday to find some, cision of the handwriting expert
He was near the Tilley home, hej's yet to be given, it was decided
said, and he Beard loud talking [that another hearing take place
there—like people were angry—j'® Wilkesboro on Saturday, Peb-
both men and women talking in|rii®ry 3rd, at 10 a. m.
loud tones. This kept up for
few more days in which to make
more thorough comparisons be
fore making his report.
Dead Girl's Clothes Displayid
Following the testimony offer
ed by Mr. Brooks, the clothing
worn by Leota when she died.
- were displayed and passed among' sometime he said. This was the;
.I^Bboro school faculty, of which ^^d is a pop»Uar member of the'the jurors by Solicitor Jones. The day before Leota was found l«ud.!
'Miss Henry was a member. Miss younger social set. Mr. Sprinkle | apron had a brown ring around W. M. Pardue, of Wilkesboro. d.-. Mac-
went to Raleigh Sunday jg ^ son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. the bullet hole," indicating that ' ' ’ * * *’ '
Hpare HtUl Biggest
Chicago, Jan. 24.—Space is
Sunday
.wliere she has accepted a posi- gpnnkle, of this city, and is now
M’iWeretary to the director pyunloved •>( a local furniture
ffit the #vlelon of certification of inanufacturing plant. /
^ department of educa- jj^g Sprinkle are mak-
- Rook was played at four their home in this city.
of-'
pvtja *nd when cards were laid -
the hostess, assisted by Mr A Sarah Fergu;
* EHiXabeth Finley, served Observes 86th Birl
^ son
irthday
Miss Childress Vas shot at close
range, probably from a distance
of only a foot or so. Solicitor j Elkin.
Jones next introduced a pencil
found after the first lnquest‘;by
Mrs. W. W. Tilley. This had been
sharpened at one end with a
pencil trimmer and at the other
corroborated the testimony
fered by Jack Jones as to his I
Millan of the University of Chi-
cohversatlon with Clyde TlHey lii! computed that if all
conversation witn uyae niiey in, molecules in the stars, the
BliXabeUJ
(tlnf refreehmexts. At the Mrs. Sarah Ferguson celebrated ^ end with a knife. Mrs. Tilley told
e t^ eveaiBf Miss Black- her eighty-sixth birthday at the the solicitor that she had found
pieseoted the honoree ■with home of her daughter, Mrs. J. R.i the pencil behind some botUes
it fUted with mlsoellsaae- Hix, on "D” street Tuesday after-{on tbe mantleplece in her;.home.
from the teaobejs. aa ft noon. Mrs. Hix invited, in a few
tokm of their love «nd as- of her mother’s friends to spend
tav 1 •» 'V
HIM Hewry.
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a' surprise witness, F. 0. Sides,
>^aw aftemooB wftfa her'in u', very of Btateor^, wiw'thr-next wU-l whea hla son’s body was lo*‘
solar system, the world and even
Old Murder Comes To Light Unclnding its people, were hrok-
The next witness was Jeff gh up and distriOntod evenly In
Eldridge, of Ronda, whose son, gpace, each molecule would be
Andrew, was alleged to have been ■ gaparated 'by a distance of 7- feet
killed in the year 1937, the body the next,
having been found In the lake on, ^
the Klondike farm near -Elkin.!- . . nrcuTTnnrh in sll
At the time of the alleged mnr-' wiiitor presses, s^ hs^^
der,. Eldridge lived near the
home of ,W. W. 'TlUey, it is stst- ^ ***.*** *? at » doee oat p^,
Z. A *• OsBW .lB. See for yosoaelf.—The]
Goodwiil Departaieat Stores.'
ARE YOU READY?
President’s Bail
TUESDAY, JAN, ,30
The .height of* the social
season is here . . . Loo,k‘
your best in freshly elid
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are ready to, give you ex
tra service for this event.
Call us.4Ve-call for and de-
A NEW HAT
CLEANING AND
BLOCKING SERVICE
A new hat renovating serv-
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:quipnient and we offer
juri customers now a com-
cleaning service. . . .
lity work done by ex-
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