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NUMBER 19
CAR OF POULTRY
IS BEING LOADED
Division of Markets and County
Agent Are Loading. Car on
Cooperative Plan.
A carload of poultry is being loaded
in Asheborp today through the coop
eration of the State Division of Mar
kets and County Farm Agent E. S.
Millsaps, Jr. Cash is being paid at
the car door by the Bank of Randolph
which is acting as financial agent for
the buyer. Whether the car will be
filled is not known, but the interest
in the matter is such that every indi
cation is that it will be a successful
project.
It is the intention of the county
agent and the marketing division to,
if this car is successfully gotten up,
in the near future make another coop
erative shipment of poultry and per- j
hkps of eggs also.
This enterprise of developing the
poultry industry in North Carolina by
the State Division of Markets on a
commercial basis haa so far opened
the eyes of the farmers to the new
possibility in the creation of a source
v, of steddy income. The success it has
met is indicated in the fact that with
in the past thirty days more than a
quarter of a million pounds of poul
try has been shipped on the coopera
tive plan from North Carolina. Since
the first of the year 300,000 pounds
have been shipped from the Eastern
North Carolina counties alone.
This county takes high rank among
the counties of the State in the poul
try industry. In fact, the county ranks
second according to the 1924 census
in the number of chickens on farms.
This sale should mean that a new era
has dawned in the county in the mat
ter of marketing poultry. The farmers
have it to sell and buyers want the
poultry. The marketing division and,
the county agent are bringing the
market home to the fanhers and the
only effort needed is a little cooper
ation.
And this is saying nothing against
the local market. Naturally, the lo
cal market can absorb just so much
poultry and no more. Merchants are
not interested in buying poultry on a
wholesale scale for the reason that
there is little money to the merchant
in buying and selling poultry. The
main feature they are interested in
*■ is getting enough to supply their
local trade. This they will be able to do
regardless of the car loads shipped out'
of the county.
Mj E. CHURCH MATTERS
(By W. H. Willis)
Rev. W. F. Womble preaches Sun
day evening, next, and holds our
third quarterly conference.
Sunday School attendance Sunday
reached a new high level. A new I
Methodist family came to town last
week, sent six children to Sunday
school, and ran the attendance up to
250.
H. B. Willis, wife and daughter came
over from Lexington Sunday and vis
ited the parsonage.
The writer has been guest for din
ner recently at the homes of the fol
lowing: W. S. Trickett, J. A. York,
I. C. Moser, E. H. Cranford, W. H.
Moring, F. E. Steed, W. J. Scarboro’s
and Mrs. J. N. Bennett.
“Effective Preaching” will be the
pastor’s subject next Sunday morning.
Dismiss Suit Against Sigman
The criminal action against F. E.
N Sigman, republican, former register
of deeds of Davidson county, which
had been referred to a referee by the
court, was dismissed, it having been
shown that Sigman repaid the county
the $4,000 he was charged with hav
ing taken is overpayment of re-index
ing the books of the county. Mr. Sig
man, formerly chairman of the David
son county republican executive com
mittee for years, is now postmaster at
Thomasville.
SEAGROVE. ROUTE X. NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Garner, of High
Point, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. A. F. Garner.
Mrs. C. B. Cox returned home Sat
urday after spending two weeks in
High Point , ',
Miss Callie Bean, of . Laurinburg,
spent Saturday night with Miss Clar
ice Albright.
Mrs. Bettie Johnson and daughter,
Miss Mittie, visited relatives in
Aahaboro Tuesday.
Them will be memorial services at
New Center the 4th Sunday in this,
month. Services will last all day. The
public is invited.
Isaac Hicks Dies At
Home In Roslyn, N. Y.
Isaac Hicks, aged about 80 years,
. died at his home in Roslyn, N. Y~
Monday, May Uth, following an Al
ness for several years from Bright’s
disease. He is, survived by his wife,
who, before her marriage, was Miss
Ida Lowe, daughter 9f the late Dan
id Lowe, of this county. They were
married in 1814 while Mr. Hicks was
a resident of this county and resided
at the John Ridge place near Gray’s
Cross Roads. He loft the county af
ter a few yoars' residence to take
charge of a lumber plant at Roslyn,
• N. Y., which had heat under the man
living with Mr. and* Mrs. Hicks at
HIGH POINT MAN HURT
IN WRECK AT UiiAH
Mr. Bolton Sustains Fractured
Hip When His Ford Collides
With a Buick. y
An elderly man by the name of
Bolton, whose home is in High Point,
sustained a fractured hip in an auto
mobile collision on state highway 70
in front of Ralph. Whatley’s garage
at Utah Sunday rtioming. Bolton, in
a Ford touring car with his family,
his son Clifton driving, collided with
a Buick touring car driven by Lonnie
Jordan, of Asheboro, and occupied by
himself and family. None of the other
occupants of the two cars were in
jured beyond a few scratches and
bruises. Both cars were badly dam
aged.
The Boltons were driving north
enroute to their home in High Point,
while Mr. Jordan was going south.
Mr. Bolton was brought to Memorial
hospital, Asheboro, and from there
taken to his home.
C. H. Lucas, of Union
Township, Paralyzed
C. H. Lucas, fanner, and highly
respected citizen of Union township,
suffered a stroke of paralysis Monday
while working in a field on hig
farm. He lay in the field helpless for
about four hours before he was dis
covered by members of his family.
Latest reports are that he is resting
well. His daughter was in Asheboro
Tuesday to send a telegram to her
brother, Rev. A. L. Lucas, at Sparta,
who came yesterday to be with his
father.
Grandmother of Rev. Cothran
G. Smith Dies In Birmingham
Mrs. R. E. Smith, grandmother of
Rev. Cothran G. Smith, pastor of the
Asheboro Presbyterian church, died
Monday morning at her home in Bir
mingham, Ala., after an illness of
several weeks’ duration. Mrs. Smith
was seventy-six years old and had
been remarkably active for her age,
having for the past nineteen years
taught a Sunday school class miss
ing only nine Sundays in that length
of time.
SEAGROVE NEWS LETTER
Dr. W. C. Wicker, of Elon College,
.filled his regular appointment, and
Mothers' Day was also observed at
the Christian church here last Sun
day.
Miss Lizzie Laurence has gone to
High'Point where she has accepted a
position with Mrs. Sheets-Fiddler,
Modiste.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. B. A. King,
May 8, a son.
Mr. and Mts. Earl Harris, of Char
lotte, and Mrs. Fred Harris, of
Hfckory, and Mr. and Mrs. M. W.
Harris, of Forest City, visited at Mr.
A. C. Harris’ last week.
Prof. B. H. McCarn has gone to
High Point where he has accepted a
position with the Wilson Motor Co.
Mrs. McCarn is visiting her father,
Mr. J. E. Stout, at Shiloh, for a few
weeks. They will be greatly missed
here and it is hoped they will return
in the near future.
Those attending church here Sunday
from a distance were Mr. W. C. Gar
ner and family, Mrs. Bertha Lowder
milk and daughter, and Mr. F. R. Au
man, all of High Point; Miss Hester
Stuart, of Raleigh; and Mr. Howell
and Miss Lucile Johnston, of Burling
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Walker are mov
ing to Hemp where Mr. Walker has
accepted a position.
Appropriate Mothers’ Day
Program At Baptist Church
A very appropriate Mothers’ Day
program was rendered in the Baptist
Sunday school last Sunday morning.
As the pupils arrived they were pre
sented with a flower to wear in hon^
or of mother. At the close of the'
program two Intermediate girls sang
“My Mother’s Bible”. A special col
lection was taken for the Baptist
hospital in Winston-Salem.
paying
hood. He
the Mother
she was a
•N The evening subj
Basic Element in
There will be no
at this church next
pastor is attending
hour special seats
for the mothers and
especially to them,
tribute to mother
subject, “Mary,
' showing that
Baptist Convention in Memphis, Tenn.
Community Singing
There will be a community singing
; Neighbors’ Grove church next Sat
rday night, May 16th. The public is
vited to attend and take part.
B>dk Creek S. S. Convention
Sunday school conven
t Plainfield church last
ie schools in the towft
The reports
The Man Behind
Col.'von Kuegelgen, the “Hidden
Power” in the election of von Hin
denburg as president of Germany.
He is the "Col. House” of German
politics.
General News Of The
World Told In Brief
A Digest of Things Worth Knowing
About Events Throughout the
World During the Week.
The new Baptist church building at
Liberty, in Davidson county will be:
dedicated next Sunday. Dr. H. Hoyle ■
Love, a former pastor, will preach the j
dedicatory sermon. Liberty church
was organized more than a hundred
years ago.*
TheodBre E.'Burton, America’s rep
resentative at the Geneva arms con
ference, at Geneva, Switzerland, last
week made a motion that all nations
outlaw the use .of poison gas in fu
ture warfare to the extent at least
that one nation would not-sell chemi
cals for making gases to another.
Commencement exercises of Arca
dia high school, in Davidson county,
will be held tomorrow. Rev. W. D.;
Spinx, of Winston-Salem, will deliv
er the address in the afternoon.
The Liberty-Piedmont Institute, at j
Wallburg, in Davidson county, which j
has been a denominational school in i
connection with the State Baptist con- i
vention, will be taken over at the ex i
piration of the present school term j
by the State and the Davidson county I
board of education. The school has I
been established about 20 years.
T. Hilliard Micjmel, for two years
connected with the Ford automobile
agency at Lexington indicted for em
bezzlement of the company’s funds
was acquitted in Davidson county Su
perior court last week.
Samuel Wilson Wall, aged 90 years,
died Monday at the home of his son
C. M. Wall, in Lexington. Mr. Wall
represented Davidson county in the
general assembly for ten years. He
was an officer in the Confederate
army. The town of Wallburg in
western Davidson was named in his
honor.
Arthur Montague, the negro who
outraged a little deaf girl at Morgan
ton April 24th, was Tuesday convicted
of the crime and sentenced to be elec
trocuted June 19th.
the house in which they were living.
Dennie Griffin, Julian Bullock, F.
W. Sparrow, Sr., and Claro Heath,
Martin county citizens, were found
guilty in court at Williamston Tues
day of performing an operation on
Joseph A. Needleman, young Jew. The
maximum penalty for the offense is
60 years in the penitentiary. Sen
tence had not been pronounced yes
terday. Needleman, who was taken
from jail and operated on, while he
was under charge of criminal assault
on a young woman, will not be tried,
the state having accepted his plea of
not guilty.
Temple Peace, negro, accused of
attempted criminal assault upon Lil
lie Gillis, 18-year-old-school girl of
near Carthage, plead guilty in Moore
county Superior court Tuesday to the
charge and was sentenced to a term of
SKSgfflgS
During a severe electrical storm
near Lumberton Tuesday afternoon
one negro woman was killed*knd an
other injured when lightning struck
SERVICES HELD AT THE
M. E. CHURCH FOR VETS
Sponsored By United Daughters
of Confederacy—Sixteen
, Veterans Present.
The tenth May memorial service at
the M. E. church sponsored by the
Randolph chaptei, United Daughters
of the Confederacy, was attended by
sixteen from the thinning ranks of
Confederate veterans and a number of
relatives and friends of the veterans.
Following the regular business
meeting of the local camp of veterans,
the exercises wire formally opened
by the singing ojf General Lee’s fa
vorite hymn. ^evotional exercises
were conducted ter Rev. W. H. Willis,
pastor of the local M. E. church. Af
ter the devotional there were exer
cises by the children and the children
and daughters sang Dixie and Old
North State.
Rev. B. E. Morris, pastor of th*
Asheboro Baptist church, delivered a
short address, while' Miss May Mc
Alister paid a short tribute to> the
three Confederate veterans who have
died during the past year.
After another song, dinner was
served the veterans by the local
Daughters of-the Confederacy. Fol
lowing dinner the exercises were con
cluded with a memorial service at
the cemetery. The graves of the
veterans of the Confederacy were
decorated by the children and daugh
ters. I
MRS. HENRY COX DEAD
Mrs. Hbnry Cox died at*her home
on Asheboro Route 1 Monday follow
ing a long illness at the age of 44
years. Mrs. Cox was a conscientious
Christian woman and a member of
Pleasant Ridge Christian church. She
was held in high esteem by all who
knew her and greatly loved by her
many friends.
The deceased is survived by her
husband, Henry Cox, and five children,
Mrs. Rassie Trogdon, of Asheboro;
Mrs. Harry Smith, of Asheboro Route
1; Flora, Walter and Winbum, all at
home.
The funeral sendees were conduct
ed by Rev. John Allred, at
'Pleasant Ridge Christian church, yes
terday at 11 o’clock and interment
made in the church cemetery.
Sheriff Cranford and Deputies
Get Two Stills In Union
Sheriff J. F. Cranford, Deputies
Mack Cranford and A. C. Jenkins, and
federal prohibition agent Dawson Le
monds made quite the largest haul
of whiskey laafc Saturday afternoon
in Union township about one-third of
a mile from the Randolph-Montgom
ery line. Two stills and forty gal
lons of liquor together with 2500 gal
lons of beer were found by the offi
cers. One of the stills was taken
about noon and the other later in the
afternoon. Both stills were cold and
nobody was at them at the time of
capture. The liquor was hidden near
the stills.
AGED COLORED MAN t>EAD
Rufus Luck, aged about 55 years, a
colored citizen of the town, died at
his home in North Asheboro early
Thursday morning following a stroke
of paralysis suffered the night be
fore. He was a member of the Ashe
boro M. E. church, colored. Funeral
services were held Sunday afternoon
and interment made in the cemetery
in East Asheboro.
The immediate relatives surviving
are the widow and two children by
his last marriage and one child by
his first marriage. Luck was bom
and reared in the Piney Ridge sec
tion in the southeastern part of the
county. He came to Asheboro about
20 years ago and applied himself in
dustriously to the carpenter’s trade.
He succeeded in accumulating quite
a little property through his thrift
and was considered a substantial col
ored citizen.
Mrs. Mary Hammond Dies At
County Home At Age of 90
Mrs. Mary Hammond, aged about
90 years, widow of the late Henry
Hammond, who died at his home
near Gray’s Cross Roads last Jariu
ary, died at the county home last
Friday. §he had been an invalid for
years. There are no immediate rela
tives surviving.
The funeral services were held at
Science Hill Staurday and interment
made in the church cemetery.
It will be recalled that when Mrs.
Hammond’s husband tlied suddenly
the morning of January 25th just
after he had prepared the morning j
meal *for himself and wife, Mrs* Ham- J
mond, an invalid, attempted to get i
out of bed and go to his side. She
fell on the floor and was not able to
get up and lay in that position for]
several hours until a colored woman
chanced to come in the house and dis
covered the plight of the aged couple.
Having nobody to take care of her,
Mrs. Hammond was brought to the
county home after her husband’s
neral.
... of Davidson
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AUTO WRKCKlN
town Tuesday
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Mrs. Hannah, of Greensboro,
Slightly Injured in Head-on
Collision.
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Mrs. D. N. Hannah, of Greensboro,
was slightly injured Tuesday after
noon about 3:30 o’clock when the
Ford coupe in /which she and two oth
ers were rid.u'hg collided with a Ford
touring car /Hriven by J. ,H. Muse, of
Moore counAy, on South Fayetteville
Street, in/Asheboro. Mrs. Hannah’s
car aftey the collision ran into an
electric night pole in front of Mr. S.
W.^kresnell’s dwelling, breaking the
post.'off at the ground and turning
over. In the car with Mrs. Hannah
were Miss Edna Boling, of Star, and
Miss Sallie May Cagle, of Greens
boro. They were enroute from Star
to Greensboro.
Mr. Muse, who lives near Union
church, in Moore county, driving a
Ford touring car, -was on his way
home from Randleman, where he had
been to visit his daughter, Mrs. Mil
ler, who is confined to Dr. Wilker
son’s hospital. His car as well as
that of Mrs. Hannah was badly dam
aged.
Mrs. Hannah was taken to Memor
ial hospital where it was found she
was suffering from slight bruises and
shock. None of the others were in
jured beyond a severe shock.
Charged with assault with < deadly
weapon, Mr. Muse after the accident
Was arrested by Chief of Police Steed
and placed in jail. He was released
yesterday morning under bond 1 of
$600.
JACOB WILSON DROPS DEAD
AT HOME AT CENTRAL FALLS
Jacob Wilson, aged about 79 years,
dropped dead yesterday morning
about 7 o’clock at the home of his son,
J. L. Wilson, at Central Falls. Heart
failure was the cause of his death.
Mr. Wilson was a native of Hillsboro,
having been living with his son only
a short while before his death. Funer
!al services will be held tomorrow7 at
Hillsboro.
SurvWfng are four children, Lind
say Wilson, of Central Falls; Ray
Wilson, of Draper; Mrs. Betsy Way,
of Central Falls; and Mrs. Ida Bare
foot, of East Lumberton.
Three Hundred Children To
Render Program At School
The public school music and physi
cal education departments of the
elementary grades of the Asheboro
graded school will give a program in
the school auditorium Tuesday night,
May 19 th, at 8 o’clock. This program
will demonstrate somewhat the work
of these departments. The parents
and friends of the school are cordially
invited to come out and see three
hundred children take part in the
program.
KEARNS-SEXTON
A wedding of interest to the people
of this county was that last Friday at
the home of the bride’s parents, at
Denton, when Miss Susie Sexton,
daughter of John T. Sexton, became
the bride of Coy L. Kearns, of Thom
asville. Mr. Kearns is a son of Mr.
Verd Kearns, of Farmer. He has
been for a number of years employed
in the office of the Lambeth Furni
ture Company, at Thomasville.
Mr. and Mrs. Kearns left imme
diately after the ceremony for Chim
ney Rock, where they will spend
their honeymoon. After ten days
they will be at home at Thomasville.
TRINITY COMMENCEMENT
The Trinity high school commence
ment begins this afternoon at 8 o’clock
with exercises by the primary grades.
Following this will be exercises by the
elementary grades Friday evening and
the senior play Saturday evening.
Sunday morning Dr. S. B. Turren
tine, president of Greensboro College
for Women, will preach the annual
sermon. The exercises will come to a
close Monday with a declamation and
recitation contest, senior class exer
cises and the literary address by Rev.
G. Ray Jordan, of Greensboro.
For Teachers
Sunday School Institute
___r of
teachers from Randolph county as
sembled in the Presbyteriap church in
Asheboro for the First Divisional
Institute held in our county. Miss
Idagee the State Sunday School As
sociation and Mrs. Flagge of High
Point, an experienced Sunday School
teacher, assisted by local workers pre
sented a splendid program and each
teacher present gathered information
and inspiration which will be of much
help in her individual school. The
, teachers of the children’s Divisions of
thevarious Sunday schools in Ashe
boro were joint hostesses on this oc
casion and served a bountiful lunch to
all present. This added much to the
fellowship of the day. A unamimous
vote was taken requesting a similar
institute for next year.
Today one North Carolina bank is
much larger than all the banks in the
State were twenty years ago, while
teilra
fold and
May-Day Kiss
Mrs. Coolidge is never happier
than when tiny tots call on her at
the White House—this one getting
a real love kiss during his May
Day call. *
DISTRICT MISSIONARY
RALLY AT SEAGROVE
Will Meet at Christian Church
May 31st—Comprises Three
Counties. All Day Program
There will be a district missionary
rally at the Seagrove Christian I
church Sunday, May 31st. Services I
will last all day with dinner served j
on the grounds.
The district comprises Randolph
and Montgomery counties and a part j
of Moore. All churches in the dis- |
trict are urged to send representa- j
tives. The pastors of the various |
churches are especially invited.
A special program has been ar- i
ranged and the following speakers are
expected to take part: Dr. J. O. At- ,
kinson, Dr. W. C. Wicker, who is pas- |
tor of the Seagrove Christian church,
and Miss Gertrude Brown, all of
Elon College; and Mrs. L. L. Vaugh,
of Raleigh, State president of the j
Womans Board; with a number of
others in the district. All are invited
to attend.
MRS. D. A. CORNELISON,
District Leader.
CORPORATIONS PAY 59
PER CENT STATE TAX
i Rest Paid By General Public—
Six Per Ceht Appropriations
For State Aid.
An analysis by the State Auditor’s
office shows that corporations dmng
business in the State pay 59 per wnt
of .all the taxes collected by the State,
individuals pay 27 per cent, and the
remaining 14 per cent comes from
miscellaneous taxes, which are divid
ed between two classes of taxpayers.
Of the appropriations 66 per cent
go for State aid, two per cent for
the judiciary, nine per cent for ad
ministrative departments and 23 per
cent as payments on the funded
debts of the State. None of the
figures include the Highway or
other special fund accounts and ap
ply only to the general fund of the
State.
Revenue paid by the corporations
doing business in the State is divid
ed as follows:
Corporation income taxes, $4,393,
000 or 35 per cent.
Franchise taxes, $1,864,700 or 15
per cent.
Insurance taxes, $1,100,00 or nine
per cent.
Including license taxes, some of
which are also paid by corporations,
individuals pay the following:
Individual income taxes, $1,417,
000, or 11 per cent.
Inheritance taxes, $775,000, or six
per cent.
License taxes, $12,282,140 or ten
per cent.
The 66 per cent of the total ap
propriations which is listed as State!
Aid is divided as follows:
Public schools, $1,985,250.
State educational institutions, $2,
115,500.
State charitable institutions, $2,
763,262.
Pensions, $1,003,000.
Protection and relief of persons,
$351,500.
Agricultural relief and improve
ments (does not include expendi
tures of Department' of Agriculture
which are special funds), $255,500.
Health work, counties, $172,000.
Preservation of sites and memor
ials, $6,050.
Total for State Aid, $8,552,062.
Total for judiciary, $313,750.
Total administrative, $12,204,706.
Total debt service, $2,913,160.
Total appropriations act $12,983,
678.
New Drug Store Opejis
For Business Soon
The new Fox-Richardson drug store
located in the Hedrick building next
door to the postoffice will be open for
business either the latter part of
t|^a week or the first of next. The
store will handle all kinds of drugs,
toilet articles, and the like carried in
first dfss drug stores, but will have
no prescription department. The la
test model fixtures are being installed
and the building nicely finished for
the display of goods. ‘
The new store is owned by Messrs.
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PROSPERITY TALK
NOT JUSTIFIED
Business Record Shows Increase
in Failures—Refutes Repub
lican Propaganda.
Though there is being heralded
through the country by means of Re
publican propaganda that there is an
abounding prosperity throughout the
nation the increasing number of fail
ures of commercial and manufac
turing enterprises furnishes reasons
for a doubt as to there being the
great sweep of prosperity through
out the land that is being reported.
Statistics and comment by the Fed
eral Reserve Board in the May issue
of the Federal Reserve Bulletin give
some facts which bear upon this mat
ter of increasing prosperity. j
That publication in discussion of
commercial failures and bank sus
pensions says that the failures ' ii*
commercial enterprises during the
first three months of this year num
ber 5,969, as against 5,655 for the
same three months of 1924, and that
with the exception of the first three
months of 1922, the total was higher
than that in the first quarter of any
year since 1915, a period of ten
years. It is pointed out, in contrast,
that the aggregate liabilities involv
ed in the failures during the first
quarter of 1925 which has just end-’
ed were $128,481,780, as against $184,
865,571 for the first quarter of last
year, and that it was lower than in
the same quarter of any year since '
1920, though it qualifies this by stat
ing the marked decline in liabilities
between this year and last year was
due chiefly to the occurance in
March of last year of one large
commercial failure in Virginia in
volving forty million "dollars.
Show Increase
Concerning these failures, the Fed
eral Reserve Bulletin states that of
the total number of failures during
the first three months of this year,
1,318, with liabilities of $40,617,985,
were manufacturing enterprises, and
that 4,387 were, with total liabilities
of $63,316,412, trading concerns, and
that “comparing this quarter with
the last quarter of last year, insol
vencies were more numerous for both,
classes of enterprises.” In the case
of trading concerns, it points out,
total liabilities also were larger in
the quarter just ended, but for the
manufacturing class they were some
what smaller. t
The months of March and April
brought with them the failure of
103 banks, these either declared in
solvent or closed. During the month
of March there were 41 banks, with
capital and surplus aggregating $1,
881,000, which were reported to the
Federal Reserve Banks as having
been declared insolvent or closed.
During the montji of April the total
number of bank failures and of lia
bilities increased over the record
of March, the April number having
been 62, with a total capital and
surplus of $3,372,000. Commercial
failures during the month of March
numbered 1,859, with liabilities ’
amounting to $34,004,731, according
to the report of R. G. Dun and Co.,
this number larger than in « Febru
ary, in which there were 1,793 fail
ures reported. In the Richmond Dis
trict, in which North Carolina is
situated, the number of failures was
larger in March than either in the
preceeding month of this year or the
same month of last year, there hav
ing been 105 in March, 1924, and
127 in March, 1925.
The general prosperity of a coun
try or of a section is represented
by many things, not the least of
these being the number of failures
of banks, commercial enterprises and
manufacturing establishments. In
seasons of great prosperity it stands
to reason that failures of banks and
various enterprises must be less than
in periods of depression. Coming.
now to the summer months, when
seasonal conditions are such as to
affect commercial enterprises, the re
sults of the next four months will
be scanned with interest so as to
see if this country is moving for
ward to more prosperity or whether
there is a decline.
T. J. Cumby, of Trinity,
Passed Away Friday
Thomas J. Cumby, well known far
mer of Trinity township, died in a
High Point hospital Friday, where
he had been a patient two days. Mi
Cumby was a native of Halifax coun
ty, having been bom there June 8,
1870. He moved to this county about
four years ago and engaged principal
ly in tobacco farming in Trinity
ship.
He is survived by Seven
Broadus Cumby, of France; Thomu_
and Allen Cumby, of Winston-Salem;
and Lindsay, Wade, Roy and Vernon
Cumby, of Trinity; three daughters,
Misses Louise, Mary and Ada
of Trinity; and four brothers,
and C. C. Cumby, of Soutl
Va.; W. B. Cumby, of H
and H. A. Cumby, of Cle
Funeral sendees were
Trinity Baptist church j
was a member and
morning and int
church