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The Roanoke Rapids Herald
VOLUME NINETEEN_ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19th, 1933 NUMBER TWENTY-SEVEN
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WITH THE EDITOR
In case you do not see it on
this page, turn inside for
story on Associated Charities
Drive which starts next Wed
nesday. There is no better
cause in this or any other city.
Be prepared to do all you can
to help those not so fortunate
as yourself.
Theatre manager Lyle Wilson
returned from Charlotte last night
where he bought and booked new
pictures for the local theatres.
Some of the headliners coming
soon are “Stage Mother”, “Foot
light Parade”, “Lady For A Day”,
“Night Flight”, “Saturday’s Mil
lions”, Jean Harlow in “Bomb
Shell” and Mae West in ‘I’m No
Angel.”
The Roanoke Rapids Wo
man’s Club has signed a con
tract with a company to pro
duce the play ‘See You Later”
at an early date. The place,
time and other details are not
yet available.
L. G. Harrison, of Rocky Mount,
■will soon open a Men’s Clothing
Store in the building nextdoor to
Rosemary Drug Co. J. B. Exum,
Rocky Mount merchant who has
been in the men’s clothing busi
ness in that city for 15-years,
will be associated with Mr. Har
rison in this interest, and the store
will open as soon as remodelling
operations are completed, perhaps
the first of next week.
The High School Parent
Teachers Association will meet
Thursday afternoon, October
26th at 3:30 p. m. in the High
School auditorium. All mem
berk are urged to be present.
Solicitor W. H. S. Burgwyn,
after going over the type-written
evidence taken down in the inves
tigation of the Cullom mystery
murder, commended Coroner Billy
Williams for the thorough and ef
ficient manner in which he has
conducted the investigation and
inquest.
Reverend C. R. Jenkins, of Lit
tleton, will fill the pulpit of
the Roanoke Rapids Presby
terian Church this Sunday
morning. Mr. Bradley will
preach Sunday evening.
The State School Commission,
meeting last week, approved the
budgets of the seven city admin
istrative school units which voted
to supplement the State funds ap
propriaed for schools. These seven
units are the only ones out of
probably 50 which voted supple
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Matthews Fighting
J Mr*. Cherles Lindbergh
Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, wife of
the noted Lone Ragle, who is now
earoute home with her flying husband
after hopping the Atlantic, prises
this picture, taken as they landed and
she was received by Soviet officials at
Leningrad Russia. I
ELECTION
ON REPEAL
NOV. 7TH
No new registration is neces
sary to vote in the repeal election
on November 7th. The old regis
tration books for county and State
elections will be used.
However, the books will be kept
open one day, Saturday, October
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Proclamation By
Mayor Jenkins
A child has been bitten by
a mad dog, whose head shows
positive ^igns of hydrophobia.
It has also been reported to
me that several dogs had been
fighting with the mad dog.
In the interest of public
safety and welfare, I hereby
order all owners and keeper's
of dogs to tie up or keep
penned up all dogs in the city
of Roanoke Rapids for a per
iod of one month from Oct
ober 19th, 1933, to November
19 th, 1933.
Police officers have orders
to capture or kill all stray and
suspiicious-looking dogs with
in the above period.
This the 19th day of Oct
ober1, 1933.
KELLY JENKINS,
Mayor of Roanoke Rapids.
IN-LAWS
HELP HIM
IN FIGHT
Lawyer Held In California On
State Warrant Fights
Extradition.
E. A. Matthews, absconding
lawyer from Roanoke Rapids, now
held in Los Angeles, California, is
fighting extradition from that
State and, if brought back to Hali
fax County, imay have legal assis
tance from hds wife’s relatives.
Arrested in Honolulu, Matthews
was put on a boat and brought to
this country. He was arrested as
he landed at Los Angeles and
placed in jail. His bond was set
at $2,000. It is not known here if
he filled bond or if he yet remains
in jail.
The hearing has been set for
October 30th, in Los Angeles and
it is said Matthews will fight ex
tradition.
Solicitor Burgwyn could not De
reached today but other Halifax
officials say there is some ques
tion as to how much of a fight
will be made to bring Matthews
from California, due to the ex
pense.
The report is that Governor
Ehringhaus says the State will not
stand the expense and the county
says it cannot afford it eithei.
Another report is that the Gover
nor is willing for lie State to foot
the bill only in case of Matthews
conviction.
Matthews faces a Halifax Coun
ty indictment charging him speci
fically with embezzlement of $3,
800.00. However, if brought back
it is thought several other indict
ments will be returned.
An unexpected angle developed
this week when Halifax County
officials were contacted by attor
neys in Boise, Idaho, who are rep
resenting Matthews. It seems that
relatives of Mrs. Matthews who
live in Idaho have hired attorneys
to handle his case.
The Welfare Department of
the Woman’s Club will meet
on Monday afternoon at 3:30
with Mrs. Bohnson Weathers,
Chairman of the Department.
A cordial invitation is extended
to any one interested in this
work to be present at the meet
ing of the department.
Romie Floyd and Miss Victoria
Cook, of Garysburg, were married
at Emporia, Va., Saturday, October
14, by the Justice of Peace, Sol
Wrenn.
The bank robbers at Brookline,
Mass., had sawed-cff shotguns leveled
at all when Miss Mary .3uckley,
(above) dropped to the floor, crawled
along behind the counter, reached an
alarm signal ... and frustrated a
daring robbery.
METHODIST
REVIVAL
Revival services will begin at
the First Methodist Church next
Sunday, Oct. 22. Rev. E. H. Mc
Whorter, of Weldon Methodist
Church, will preach each morning
at 10:30 and each evening at 7:30.
Mr. McWhorter is a strong gos
pel preacher. He has had an in
teresting career as a minister,
having served churches on both
the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts
as well as in the state of Alabama,
his home state.
The public is cordially invited
to hear him, with the assurance
that his messages will be most
helpful. The singing will be a fea
ture of the meeting to be enjoyed
by all.
Retailers Will
Re-Organize Here
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All merchants and retailers
in Roanoke Rapids are urged
to attend the meeting which
will be held Wednesday after
noon, Oct. 25th, at 3 o’clock
when the Roanoke Rapids
Merchants Association will
meet for reorganization.
The meeting will be held at
W. C. Williams Building and
new officers will be elected
and plans laid for connecting
the local organization with the
State Retail Merchants Asso
ciation.
Other important problems
confronting the retail merch
ants will be discussed and it
is hoped to have an official
representative from every re
tail store in the city.
RETURN
UNKNOWN
VERDICT
Murderers of Marvel Cullom
Still At Large; Informa
tion Keeps Coming In
Funeral services for Marvel
Cullom, 19-year-old girl found
slain Sunday morning, October 8,
were held this Tuesday afternoon
at Williams Funeral Home.
The night before, the Coroner’s
jury had rendered a verdict of
murder at the hands of party or
parties unknown. A week of in
vestigating, hearing more than one
hundred testify, and running down
every available clue, had failed to
pin the murder on any one per
son or set of persons.
More than 100 persons attended
the funeral services Tuesday and
heard Reverend V. H. Grantham
say, “This girl has sinned, but she
is not alone responsible.” He took
as his text the first chapter of
James, the 15th verse.
Branding the murderers at “bru
tal,” Mr. Grantham said they were
yet unknown but their sins would
find them out. He called upon
home, church and school to com
bine to stamp out the recurrence
of the conditions leading up to
such a crime and all other crime
and sinfulness.
The deceased is survived by her
parents, three sisters and two
brothers. Her father, Jesse Cul
lom, now lives in Canada and was
not here for the funeral. He has
one of the sisters with him. Those
living at home with the mother
are Bernice, Jesse and Ray. The
other sister lives in Kinston.
John Matthews, Sr., of this city
is a grandfather of the deceased
and an uncle on her father’s side
is Dean of Ministry at Wake For
est.
Coroner’s Verdict
The Coroner’s jury returned the
following verdict Monday night:
Marvel Cullom came to her death
by being severely beaten on head,
body and limbs, there being three
gashes on her head ranging from'
1 1-2 to 2 1-2 inches in length, left
side of head and neck bruised
black, right hand bruised blacky
numerous bruises or arms and
body, throat cut with three wounds,
one severing both jugular veins
and both carotid arteries, one four
inches long from clavicle to lar*
ynyx, one 3 1-2 inches long across
the left side of neck,' wounds in
flicted by party or parties un
known, sufficient evidence not hav
ing been found.
Solicitor Questions
Solicitor W. H. S. Burgwyn sat
in on the final session of the Cor
oner’s jury and questioned several
witnesses. He went over all the
testimony which had been taken
in the case and is a matter of
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