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VOLUME LXI
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February a, 1876
Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County
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ASHEBORO, N. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1937.
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NUMBER 22
Local Members Of
P.-T. A. Discuss An
Additional Grade
Question Of Possible School
Supplement Comes Before
Meeting Monday Eve
Large Attendance
Comparison Of Cost Of Local
Schools With Those In
Other Towns And Cities
The best attended meeting of
the Asheboro Parent-Teachers As
sociation this year was held Mon
day night, when the question of a
possible school supplement came
up. After hearing two talks on the
subject, the association approved
the appointment of a committee to
work on a plan of a supplement to
present to the school board.
L. F. Itoss went into detail on
the costs of adding a ninth grade
and a twelfth year to the local
schools. He developed statistics on
the amount needed for the school
supplement and also pointed to the
educational benefit that would de
rive from it.
Rev. N. M. Harrison then gave
a list of the cost per pupil in the
Asheboro schools and other schools
of similar size. He also compared
how much was spent per pupil in
Randolph county and other coun
ties
A musical selection was pre
sented by Mrs. Murray Field, Mrs.
Franz Strickland, and Miss Clara
Gill, with Mrs. Miriam Burns at
the piano.
A Beloved Woman
Taken By Death
One of Randolph county’s most
beloved women was removed from
our midst when Mrs. Mary Ella
King Scott, wife of Walter Scott,
died at her home on Stowe street
Sunday morning, March 14, 1937.
She was 54 years, 10 months, 16
days old.
Mr3. Scott had been suffering
from asthma for a long time, but
recently contracted influenza and
it went intQipneumonia.
The deceased was reared in
Randolph county. In 1909 she was
married to Walter J. Scott. She
was a kind and loving wife and
mother, and she presided over her
home like a mother in Isreal.
She professed faith in Christ in
early womanhood and joined the
Flag Springs Methodist Protestant
church, of which she was a loyal
member.
A few years ago the Wesleyan
Methodist church, on Stowe street
was organized and her two daugh
ters became charter members. Mrs.
Scott joined with them a little
later and has been a real pillar in
the church.
The community also will mis3
her. She was always thoughtful of
- everyone around her and stood for
what was right.
She leaves a husband; two sons,
Burgess Scott of Asheboro, and
Joseph Scott of the home; two
daughters, Mrs. Rom Sanders and
Miss Canary Scott at home; three
(I brothers, V. King of Allred, Charles
> • King of Texas, and Monroe King
of Asheboro; and two grand
daughters.
New Salem Homes
Now Have Lights
Randleman, route 1, March 22.—
Mrs. James Wright has been ill at
her home here for several days.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Basil
Fogleman on March 15, a daugh
ter.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Ward attended
the funeral of Mrs. Worth Kirk
man at Gray’s Chapel Sunday,
March 14. ,
Miss Clara Pugh of Thomasville
visited relatives and friends here
over the week-end.
George Frazier fell from a
wagon loaded with hay Saturday,
March 13, and broke his ankle.
We now have a powerline ex
tending from the Randleman
Greensboro highway to New Salem
church, and nearly everyone on the
line has lights.
Local Merchants ,
May Close Monday
A movement has been begun
among the merchants of Asheboro
to close for Easter Monday, March
29. Tagg Cox, secretary of the
Asheboro Merchants Association,
said this morning that the banks
and most of the stores in the fol
lowing classifications had decided
to close: hardware, jewelry, cloth
ing, furniture, and coal and ice
dealers. \
During the past three days the
association’s office has made 16
local reports, and 14 foreign re
ports. Some of the reports neces
sitated traveling as much as 40
miles to trace and investigate. The
majority for the foreign reports
were made to Greensboro and
Winston-Salem.
Auto Death Toll Gains Despite
Campaigns To Cut It Down
Percentage Changes in
Auto Deaths from
1935 to 1936.
Pedestrian Deaths
1927
1936
33 X Increase f
Other Motor Vehicle Deaths
64% Increase /
motor vtwuf ocnm
30,000
25,000
(924 ‘26 ‘it '30 '31 '34 '3
The story of the fight against the rising auto death toll is shown
clearly in these graphs of the National Safety Council. Nineteen
states actually cut their toll between 1935 and 1936, though there
were more cars on the road, traveling more miles. But auto deaths
in other states increased so much that they more than offset them.
The percentage rise in the toll, however, is less than the percentage
rise in use of cars. The top graph shows how each state fared in
1930 in the campaign to reduce auto deaths. The graph at lower
left shows how pedestrians and autoists fared relatively in accidents,
end the chart at lower light shows the relative rise in auto deaths
in cities as compared to the rate in small towns and on the country
reads. The complete casualty list of about 38,500 deaths jn 1936 is an
all-time record, an increase of about 4% from 37,000 victims of 1935.
Miss Catherine Kearns Made
State Officer Of Beta Club
Local Girl Made Vice Presi
dent; Many From Ashe
boro Attend
Miss Catherine Kearns, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Kearns,
was elected state vice president of
North Carolina Beta Clubs at the
second annual Beta convention held
in Winston-Salem Friday and
Saturday. Miss Kearns was elect
ed at the Saturday afternoon ses
sion and made a speech of accept
ance at the banquet Saturday even
ing.
At the opening session Miss
Sarah Hayworth, daughter of Mr.
iand Mrs. C. M. Hayworth, deliver
ed the response to a speech of
greetings from A. V. Combs, state
superintendent of high schools.
Mr. Combs was pinchhitting for
Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, state school
superintendent, who was scheduled
to make the opening address but
was unable to come.
Among the many outstanding
educational figures who spoke at
the convention the Asheboro Beta
delegation found the most interest
ing to be Dr. G. Ray Jordan, pastor
of Centenary M. E. church at
Winston-Salem, and Dr. W. W.
Daniel, president of Clemson col
lege. Henry R. Dwire, who spoke
at the Chamber of Commerce ban
quet here, was toastmaster at the
banquet.
The Asheboro students acclaim
ed the banquet and ball at the
Robert E. Lee, where the conven
tion made its headquarters, as tops
in enjoyment for the trip. They
also enjoyed inspecting the new
radio station which is to open
Wednesday in that hotel, and were
given a short sketch of the opening
program.
Other officers elected were
Hobart Morris of Troy, president,
and Sara Rhyne of Mount Holly,
secretary. There were about 350
registered members at the conven
tion! while Randolph county sent
some 40 delegates, each of the
eight standard high schools in the
county being represented.
Those attending from Asheboro
high school were Miss , Massa
Lambert, sponsor, Sarah Hay
worth, Betty Prevette, Mildred
Millsaps, Helen E. Brown, Femko
Johnson, Velna Williams, Mar
garet Pritchard, Catherine Kearns,
Alice Rachel Frasier, Thad Moser,
and Howard Brown.
Union L. Spence
For Highway Post
Union L. Spence, well known at
torney of Carthage and brother of
J. A. Spence, attorney of Asheboro
has been indorsed by the county
commissioners and other organiza
tions in Moore county for member
ship on the new board of highway
commissioners, which will be ap
pointed by Governor Hoey.
Spence has served several times
in the general assembly and has
held a number of important com
mittee chairmanships. He was
chairman of the road committee in
the senate in the 1935 legislature.
Liquor Cases To
Clutter Docket
Criminal Court Calendar Has
Many Unimportant Cases
Involving Liquor
One Murder Charge
Two Manslaughter Cases Of
' Old Standing; Several
Charges Of Assault
The calendar of criminal actions
for the one week term beginning
March 29 has been made out by
Clerk of Court Rufus Routh, and
while cluttered up with the usual
number of routine matters, lists
several cases which have created
interest in the county.
Among the more serious is the
case of Will Cottingham, colored
man, charged with the murder of
another negro in a brawl las*
autumn. Other important trials are
those of Roby Spencer and Cap
Davis for manslaughter, J. B.
Webster for hit and run driving,
Delbert Richardson and Jesse Hali
for breaking and entering, and
several cases of assault on a
female.
The cases involving driving while
intoxicated are the most numerous,
while other offenses connected with
| liquor take up a large part of the
j docket.
I The civil court continues to dis
pose steadily of the disputes com
ing before it. The case of Mildred
Proper vs. the Great A & P Tea
i Company is holding the center of
the stage today.
• The following cases were settled
Monday:
W. M. Richardson and wife vs.
W. C. Poe and W. E. Poe—the
temporary restraining order was
continued.
J. A. Locke will—the paper pro
pounded by T. P. Hudson, executor,
was not the legal will of J. A.
Locke, for though it was signed
and executed in a legal manner, J.
A. Locke did not have the mental
capacity at that time to > make a
will.
Greensboro Joint Stock Land
Bank vs. C. T. Hughes, et al.—a
judgment was agreed upon and an
order of foreclosure dismissed.
Ernest B. Whitehead vs. Charlie
Staley, et al—the defendants were
given until April 15 to answer the
complaint.
Divorces were granted in the
cases of N. N. Pearce vs. Dora
Pearce and Phillip M. Story vs.
Viola P. Story.
IS BOUND OVER TO
COURT UNDER BOND
At a hearing Monday before
United States Commissioner J. G.
PrevetW, Carl York of Franklin
ville was bound over under $600
bond for a trial in federal court at
the June term for manufacturing
liquor and having in his possession,
an unregistered still.
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Fire At Ramseur
Is Extinguished
With Little Loss
Barn To Old Ramseur Hotel
Catches Fire At Midday;
Quick Work Saves Loss
Business Addition
Ramseur Furniture Company
Making Improvement In
Building And Equipment
Ramseur, March 24.—A fire that
looked for a little while like it
would destroy several homes,
Brady Funerai Home and some
other places of business in the
center of Ramseur, broke out at
1:30 Monday afternoon. Due to
quick work on the part of the local
fire department and neighbors,
the blaze did little damage save to
the barn of the old Ramseur hotel.
Had this fire started at night when
the town was sleeping, it would
probably been a very different
story.
An improvement in building and
equipment is being made by the
Ramseur Furniture company that
will add to their facility in making
and selling fine furniture. E. A.
Riehm, the local head of the busi
ness, informed the correspondent
that an aggregate of twenty
thousand dollars will be spent to
make these needed improvements.
A tempering plant for properly
preparing lumber for the finest
grade of furniture, apd several
new machines of the latest im
proved type in labor saving ar.d
better finishing of material, all
goes into this program of pro
gressive efficiency.
Material for the building is be
ing placed on the grounds _now.
The Chamber of Commerce is
celebrating tomorrow night, Wed
nesday, at the old town hall. The
occasion is the first anniversary of
the organization, March 24, 1936,
being the beginning date.
A chicken dinner is in the mak
ing right now and the ladies of
the M. E. circles will never let you
down when it comes to serving
good things to eat. v,
Dr. C. A. Graham and his com!
mittees have laid plans . for this
UantTaet-that we are not ’flt alf
nervous about, for there is always
plenty of interest and worthwhile
action in their programs. If we
build any cities or factories on this
night, we’ll report later.
Mr. and Mrs. Coy Hardin and
boys and Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Mar
ley went to Greensboro Sunday
afternoon to see Mrs. N. F. Phillips
at Wesley Long hospital.
Mrs. J. A. Marsh of High Point
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. M. E.
Johnson this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Webster visit
ed an uncle at Worthville Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Burnett of
Asheboro visited Mr. and Mrs. M.
E. Johnson and other relatives here
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Cox spent
the past week-end at Wendell with
Dr. and Mrs. Braudwell who are
moving to Ramseur. Mrs. Braud
well and baby returned with them
Sunday evening
Hunter Brady is improving his
park around- his filling station at
west suberb of town with rock wall
and artistic steps to the park.
Officers raided a crap game last
Tuesday night at a vacant resi
dence in the negro town and soma
half dozen negroes evaporate!
through the several doors and
windows of the house, taking
doors, window glass, sash and all
with them. One of them was collar
ed, coat and all in the hands of the
officet. Another offender was
straddled by Pearl Barnes, who
rode him around the house to find
he was not the right party, and
who vanished into the darkness.
John Ward caught a fleeting
glimpse of a dark colored ghost as
it seemed to disappear in the fog,
but it evaded his grasp. So the
whole company still roam the
forests in freedom and security.
Unusual News Tip
Wins Two Tickets
W.*C. York is the winner of The
Courier’s News Tip contest for the
period ending this afternoon. Mr.
York’s tip was of a happening of
an unusual nature and there is a
possibility that The Courier would
not have had the story except for
his kindness. He receives two
tickets to see Maureen O’Sullivan
in “The Big House for Girls”,
Wednesday or Lee Tracy in “Ad
vice to the Lovelorn”, Thursday,
both at the Carolina.
A new period starts at 8 a. m.
Wednesday and closes at 1:30 p. m.
Thursday and the winner will get
two tickets to see Humphrey
Bogart in “The Black £*gion”
either Friday or Saturday at the
Capitol. The Courier urges its
friends and readers everywhere to
phone or bring their news tips in
and compete for the tickets which
are awarded after each issue goes
to press.
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Trucks Drafted To Replace Hearses
With hearses at a premium, New London, Tex., pressed into service
all sorts of vehicles to transport bodies of school blast victims. Above,
a coffin makes the sad journey to the cemetery on a light truck.
Installation Services Planned
|For Eastern Star Wednesday
449 Laws Enacted
During Past Week
Solons Rest Over Sunday But
Enrolling Office Goes Full
Speed On Sabbath
Polish Odds And Ends
Finally Approve Resolution
Indorsing President’s Su
preme Court Issue
During last week 449 new state
laws were enacted by the legislat
ors of the 1937 general assembly.
Legislators rested over Sunday
but the enrolling office staff worked
throughout the whole day, neces
sitated by the plans for adjourn
ment of Tuesday.
* The enroUibg office must copy
each bill in its final form in per
manent state record books, proof
read each, and then the presiding
officers of each division of the as
sembly must sign the bills to make
them laws.
The signing must take place
while the house and senate are in
session so the legislature cannot
adjourn sine die until all bills have
been enrolled and checked. Scores
of bills ordered enrolled still had
not been copied tonight despite
overtime work by the entire en
rolling staff.
Polishing off of odds and ends
was all that remained for the
legislators to do on the floors of
the house and senate.
Senators finally approved reso
lution indorsing the Supreme
Court reorganization proposal of
President Roosevelt after refusing
to take it from committee once
ande sending it to committee twice.
The senators also tabled five so
called “Ickes” bills to facilitate
cooperation in slum clearance,
housing, and other public works
projects but passed on second
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Cherry Blossom Time Now;
Local Trees Are Beautiful
One of the loveliest sights in
Asheboro, now that spring is com
ing, is the beauty of the Japanese
cherry trees on the lawn of the
D. B. McCrary home. These pink
and white blossoms, now in full
bloom, are the very personification
of the freshness of spring and are
well worth seeing.
Meanwhile thousands of persons
are preparing to visit Washington
to see the blooming of the Japanese
cherry trees which line the shores
of the Potomac. Because of the
mild winter the blossoms are ex
pected to be out sooner than usual
this spring, and buds have already
been observed on the trees.
Out of the 3000 trees presented
to the United States Government
by the City of Tokyo in 1912 after
Mrs. William Howard Taft had ex
pressed delight over the loveliness
of the trees* in Japan, only about
1400 have survived Potomac River
floods, the change from a moun
! tainous to a sea-level habitat and
various vicissitudes of weather.
But these 1400 have grown so that
they now present a more magni
ficent display than the' larger
group did originally. Young sap
lings that looked delicate in 1912
now tower to 20 or 25 feet. Their
purple-tinted bark glistens in the
bright sun, the flower branches
drooping gracefully over the wat
er’s edge.
Plans are now under way for
the planting of 2000 new trees to
take the place of those that are
District Deputy Grand Mat
ron Will Preside Over
Installation Ceremonies
Installation services for the
elected and appointive officers of
the Order of the Eastern Star will
be held at the Masonic Hall Wed
nesday evening at 8 o’clock. Miss
Mary Madison Baker of Reidsville,
district deputy grand matron, will
be the presiding officer in charge
of the installation.
The recently elected officers,
who will be installed Wednesday,
are: worthy matron, Miss Ethel
Lovett; worthy patron, J. T. Buie,
Franklinville; associate matron,
Mrs. W. A. Underwood; worthy
patron, James B. Neely; secretary,
Mrs. Pearl Spence Humble; trea
surer, Mrs, Corbett Scott; con
ductress, Mrs. N. M. Harrison;
associate conductress, Miss Katie
Belle Cagle.
A number of appointive officers
were named at a meeting Monday
night. These include: Adah, Mrs.
Howard Craven; Ruth, Mrs. W. H.
Grimes; Esther, Mrs. Bill Lewal
len; Martha, Mrs. Irvin Burrow;
Electa, Mrs. W. L. Grimsley,
Franklinville; chaplain, Mrs. J. T.
Buie, Franklinville; marshal, Mrs.
May Byrd Hall; warden, Mrs.
Claud Cox; sentinel, W. R. Haner,
Ramseur: organist, Mrs. Lillian
Curtis Brown.
Substitute appointive officers I
were named as follows: Adah, Mrs..
C. O. Garland; Ruth, Miss Cor
nelia Ayers; Esther, Mrs. J. R.
Hinshaw; Martha, Mrs. Harris
Birkhead; Electa, Mrs. Roy
Reaves; chaplain, Mrs. G. R. Ken
nedy; marshal, Mrs. Ola High
tower; warden, Mrs. Clyde Chis
holm; sentinel, W. L. Grimsley;
organist, Mrs. James B. Neely.
LIBERTY GIRL NOMINEE
BAPTIST STUDENT UNION
Miss Maxine Garner of Liberty
is among the nominees for an office
in the Baptist Student union at
Woman’s College, Greensboro.
Miss Laura Bateman of Columbia
is president of the organization.
gone. These will be purchased in
this country with government
funds. Several eastern nurseries
have taken to propagating these
ornamental trees in recent years.
A number of city parks now have
them among their horticultural
collections, but the trees here be
cause of their great number and
superb setting continue to attract
the most attention. They stretch
out for five or six miles along the
water’s edge in Potomac Park.
The planting of the first trees
took place with an impressive cere
mony. Mrs. Taft, then wife of the
President of the United States,
planted the first tree and the wife
of the Japanese Ambassador, Vis
countess Chinda, the second. A
bronze tablet marks these two
trees today.
The blossoms on the trees around
the tidal basin are of the pale pink
Yoshino variety which gradually
fade to a delicate white as they
open wide. The trees along the
riverside drive in. the west and
east Potomac Park are mostly of
a larger, pinker and more solid
variety.
The single flowering trees
usually begin to bloom about the
first week in April and remain in
flower from 10 to 12 days. The
double-flowering varieties usually
start to bloom about two weeks
later but the lapse of time between
the blooming of the two types has
been as long as a month.
PostofficeBafe Stolen At
Central Mils Monday;
Thieves Yelpnidentified
Very Old Deed Is
Registered Here
A deed lacking less than two
years of being a hundred years
old, but never registered, was
filed for registration in the office
of the registrar of deeds for
Randolph county Monday. This
deed is for the land on which
Bethel Friends church stands,
some six or seven miles from
Asheboro, in Grant township.
In December, 1938, William
Cox deeded the land to Jeremiah
Kemp and Jeremiah Mendenhall,
as trustees for a meeting house
which the Society of Friends was
planning to erect. The church
was soon built, and the deed,
though not filed, was carefully
kept, so that today it is in an
excellent state of preservation
and the beautiful script in which
it was written is still perfectly
legible.
It was presented for registra
tion by D. J. Kemp, a descendant
of the Jeremiah Kemp who was
one of the original trustees.
Church Services
Mark Holy Week
Special Pre-Easter Services
Held In Three Asheboro
Churches This Week
Public Invitations
Methodist Protestant, First
Methodist And Friends
Churches Are Open
Three churches in Asheboro, the
Methodist Protestant church, First
Methodist Episcopal church, and
Friends church, are observing Holy
Week with special Pre-Easter ser
r . _ j
The First M. E. cnurch is hold
ing services daily at 9:30 in the
morning and at 7:30 in the even
ing. Dr. William H. Wrighton, of
the University of Georgia, has been
speaking at these times and will
be here through the service Wed
nesday morning, after which Rev.
Howard P. Powell and Gerald K.
Ford will conduct the meetings.
Miss Eloise Fain, director • of
Christian education at the Second
I Presbyterian church of Greenville,
S. C., is also assisting with special
classes for children and the women
of the church.
The Friends church is holding
services each evening at 7:30. The
pastor, Rev. H. A. Parker, has in
vited some of the young men who
are preparing for the ministry to
speak in these services. There is
special music each evening.
Pre-Easter sendees will be held
at the Methodist Protestant church
during the week, beginning with to
night (Tuesday night) and cul
minating in the services on Easter
Sunday. The Lord’s Supper will be
observed Thursday night. On Sun
day morning those who wish to
unite with the church will be re
ceived into membership. The
pastor, Dr. S. W. Taylor, will con
duct the services during the week.
The people of Asheboro, what
ever their faith, are cordially in
vited to attend any of these ser
vices.
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Palm Sunday, The
First Of Holy Week
Palm Sunday, the anniversary of
Christ’s triumphant entry into
Jerusalem, was celebrated in Rome
with great pomp and ceremony.
Fre^h green palms and olive
branches were in evidence every
where as officers of the church
and worshippers throng Saint Pet
er’s mass.
In Vatican City, Pope Pius re
ceived a special palm from the
Bresca family of San Remo, which
has held the special privilege of
making this gift for almost three
centuries.
The Camadoli order also sent
ornately decorated palm branches,
which Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli,
Vatican secretary of state, receiv
ed in the name of the Pontiff.
The Pope himself kept to his
apartment, preparing for the round
of solemnities with which the
church observers Holy Week.
Cardinal Pacelli celebrated a
special Palm Sunday mass at St.
Peter’s, attended by numerous
cardinals and a large throng of
worshippers. ~
Special masses and processions
in which prelates and congrega
tions held aloft palm and olive
branches were,celebrated in all of
the more than 400 churches.
The men wore tufts of olive
leaves in their lapels, and the wo
! men stuck them in their hats.
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Officers Working
On Cases Involved
Safe From Central Falls Post
office Stolen And Blown
Open By Robbers
Small Loot Found
To Reward Thieves
Store At Cedar Falls Entered
And Robbed Of Large
Quantity Cigarettes
A case that has occupied county
officers for the past two days and
is yet unsolved started with the
discovery of a safe—blown open on
the Gray’s Chapel-Climax highway
Monday morning. It was found that
the safe had been stolen from the
Central Falls postoffice and blown
open for the contents, which con- ,
sisted chiefly of stamps. The rob
bers left 12 cents in the safe.
Following the trail of the rob
bers, it would appear that they
made a circuit of the towns along
Deep River. In addition to stealing
the safe, the contents of which
must have been a disappointment,
robberies were recorded at Cedar
Falls, and Central Falls. Rumors
that a garage at Franklinville had
been robbed at the same time,
were not substantiated by Sheriff
King and his deputies who checked
the affair. None had been reported
to the officers.
The Cedar Falls Store Company
had been entered and about $200 *
worth of cigarettes had beenH^™
stolen. Possibly other small items
were also stolen.
The safe had been blown
with chemicals by the thieves
left beside the highway. When
was reported, officers immedial
began work on the case,
clues at first seemed meagxgp
entirely likely that the guilty
sons will be rounded up by
.officers,.. *
Mrs. Pluma Cumby
Of Trinity Dies
Mrs. Pluma E. Cumby, widow of
Thomas J. Cumby, died at her
home near Trinity Saturday morn
ing. She was the daughtet of
Sidney and Sarah Dean Marshall.
Funeral was held Sunday after
noon from Trinity Baptist church,
of which she was a charter mem
ber, by Rev. B. P. Clark, pastor.
Further service was held at St.
Marks Methodist Episcopal church,
near Walnut Cove, with interment
there.
Surviving are seven sons
Broadus Cumby, of San Pedro,
Calif., Thomas, Allen Lindsay,
Wade, Roy and Jessie Cumby, of
San Pedro, Calif., Thomas, Allen
Lindsay, Wade, Roy and Jessie
Cumby, all of the Trinity section;
three daughters, Miss Louise
Cumby and Mrs. R. F. Hughes,
of the home, and Mrs. P. K. Frye,
of High Point, and three brothers,
V. O. Marshall and I. A. Marshall,
of Forsyth county, and L. W. Mar
shall, of Randleman.
Mother Of Local
Woman Succumbs
Mrs. Mary Scott Brooks, 80, died
at her home on Bennett route two
Sunday night after having been
critically ill for several days. Mrs.
Scott had been an invalid for a
number of years.
She is survived by her husband,
Aaron H. Brooks; three sons, J. A.
Brooks, W. Z. Brooks, and Paul
Brooks, all of Bear Creek route
two; three daughters, Mrs. J. K.
Phillips of Asheboro, Mrs. H. W.
Fesmire of Bonlee, and Mrs. W. B.
Finison of Carthage; two sisters,
Mrs. John Brewer and Mrs. Alice
Phillips of Bear Creek; two broth
ers, Ben Scott and Gaston Scott of
Siler City; 13 grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
Funeral service was conducted at
Tyson’s Creek Baptist church this
afternoon by Rev. E. W. Byerly.
Teachers Meeting
Set For April 3
County School Superintendent T.
Fletcher Bulla has announced '
county teachers meeting for April
3 in Asheboro. He. had planned to
hold this meeting March 27, but
put it off a week because of
Easter holidays.
The annual convention of teacn
ers in the northwest district will
be held October 22 in Winston
Salem, it was decided at a meet
ing of the heads of the various
departments in the organization
held in Greensboro Saturday. Mr.
Bulla is chairman of
which includes com
school