MUTILATED BODY SLAIN GIRL IN PITIFUL CONDITION Roanoke Rapid’s latest murder myste'ry takes first place for hor ror in that the condition of the Cullom girl’s corpse showed the murder was committed by callous or drunken beast or beasts, who stopped at nothing to forever sil ence their victim. There were four gashes in her head, made by stick and bottle, a hole over the left eye, the left ear was beaten black as was the right hand. Numbers of bruises were on both arms and shoulders. The forefing er of the right hand had been bit ten and there were teeth prints on one wrist. Cuts and scratches were on the legs. Death came from the cutting of her throat with a dull knife. There were three jagged slashes. One was in the throat near the clavicle bone three inches long, a second gash over two inches long and the final cutting was in the fold of the neck, a distance of 4 or 5 inches, severing both juglar vein and cor otid artery. From the appearance of the wounds, the Coroner believes she was partially dead when the throat was cut. She would probably have eventually died from the blows on the head. Time of Death Set. In the opinion of Dr. R. P. Beck with and Coroner Williams, she had been dead between 20 and 30 hours when the body was found. The presence of half grown in sects in the wounds bore out this belief. With the cool nights, it would have been impossible for this condition to exist in less time than that set. This would have placed the mur der time at Friday night or early Saturday morning. Many Clues Left Near the body was found a broom handle used as a “pot stick” for stirring or taking cloth es out of a pot. It had bloodstains on it and was identified by Mrs. Cullom, mother of the deceased, as belonging to her. There was an empty coca-cola bottle nearby which had been used in hitting the girl over the head. It was covered with blood and hair. There was also a larger bot tle which had been used for the same purpose. There were scraps of paper on the scene where the death knife had been wiped clean and a News In Moley’s fclace R. Walton Moore, of Fairfax, Va., former Representative, is the new Assistant Secretary of State, M> pointed by President Roosevelt to nil the vacancy caused by the resignation of Raymond Moley. & Observer of October 4th had been used by the murderer to wipe his hands after his gory task was completed. The bottles and the paper were sent to Richmond by the Coroner to be examined for finger prints. The pot stick was not found un til much later and was handled y several so that fingerprinting was found useless. How it was missed in the early searches has not been determined. WOMAN’S CLUB TEA _ The officers of the Woman’s Club were hostesses on Wednesday afternoon of last week, to the members of the club and the new members that have joined this year, with a tea. Mrs. R. P. Beck with welcomed the guests as they arrived, they were then received by Mrs. J. N. Bynum, Mrs. Paul Reid, Mrs. R. L. Towe, Mrs. A. E. Akers and Mrs. George Hayes. Mrs. Bohnson Weathers had charge of decorating the club house. Refreshments were served by Misses Ann Akers, Mary Vir ginia Jenkins, Sara Crawford Towe, assisted by members of the club. About forty guests called during the afternoon. Met an old friend the other day who is a keen follower of base ball. For the tenth time he told me of a famous game played be tween the Chicago and Detroit American League teams back in 1922. C. C. Robertson pitched for the White Sox and not a Tiger got a hit and not a man reached first base. The score was Chicago 2, Detroit 0. It is one of six “per fect” games on record. SMOKES A LU1 WHEN MM mmmmmmmmm ... y . | I SMOKE A LOT WHEN IM DRIVING. £ FOR STEADY DRIVING AND STEADY SMOKING. CAMELS BEAT THEM ALL. , THEY’RE MILDER AND THEY STILL TASTE 1 GOOD AT THE END OF THE DAY'S RUN i*s„..S. -— CJcuaels cosdleY l&biuc&s never