r always abreast with the changing time in RANDOLPH COUNTY THE COURIER LEADS WEEKLY TqluME lx Est. As The Regulator February 2, 1876 Oldest Paper Published In Randolph County PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN ASHEBORO, N. C.7,TUESDAY, DEC. 29, 19367 Changed To The Courier September 13, 1879 PUBLISHED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SUN $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER 97 Many Attend The C. Parks Funeral At Franklinville prominent Citizen Passes Suddenly On Wd. From Heart Attack Holiday Visitors Township Sunday School In stitute At Cedar Falls Proves Profitable Franklinville, Dec. 28.—Clarence Parks, 52. who had been in ill health for the past two months, died suddenly of heart attack Wednesday, December 23. Funeral was held at Franklinville M. E. church. Friday afternoon, conduct ed bv Uev. R. M. Harris, pastor, assisted by Iiev. Ii. M. Stroup, nastoi of the Baptist church, after which he was buried with Masonic honors at Parks Cross Roads cemetery, near his old home. After finishing school Mr. Parks taught in the county schools a few years and for several years was book keeper for the Randolph Manu facturing company. Later he has been manager of the finishing de partment at the Randolph Mills. He joined the Franklinville M. E. church twenty-seven years ago and remained a loyal member, serving for several years on the board of stewards and for the last j few years has been teaching the men's Bible class. He was a mem- j ber of the Junior Order and! Masonic fraternity. He was one of j the county’s best citizens, public. spirited and active in the best in- J terests in his town and community,; he served 2 terms as mayor of J Franklinville and a few years ago: was a member of the board of | county commissioners. He is survived, beside his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Lena Severance of Lake City, S. C.; one daughter, Miss Frances of Franklinville; four sons, Cecil of the Panama Canal Zone and Charles R., Ricnard and Don Parks, of the home; his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Parks. Ramseur, route 2; two sisters, Mrs. A. J. Brown of Liberty and Mrs. H. E. Greene of Rocky Mount; three brothers, C,rai!y and Bob Parks, Ramseur, route 2, and Joe Parks of Ramseur. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Rodgers spent the week-end at»the home of J. A. Rodgers ,*t Red Springs, i Mrs. Rodgers remained for a weeks j visit. Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Craven spent j Christmas day with relatives in Loaksville. Christinas passed very quietly. * Many friends and former citizen.;,! whom are always welcome were; visitors here. The exercises at the churches were a success and were highly enjoyed. The pageant given at the M. E. church was one of the: best. Mrs. M. L. Allred and sons, Win.! and Reece, who have been spend- j ing some time in Los Angeles, j Calif., returned home for the j Christmas holidays. The township Sunday school in- j stitute, hold at Cedar Falls L5ap tist church, was a profitable meet ing. Several took part in a round table discussion of Sunday school problems. The township goal for the year is 2000 enrolled and a : cradle roll and home department in each school. The family of I. A. Midkiff spent the week-end in Gretna, Va. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wallace and children were visitors Sunday at Dry Fork, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Rodgers and j Miss Sue Severance of Lake City, S. C., and Mrs. Murray Severance of (iastonia, attended the funeral of Clarence Parks Friday after- j noon. Wm. R. Curtis of Washington,1 D. C., spent Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Curtis. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cox of Ramseur were guests at the home I of G. H. Cox Friday afternoon. ) Many Randolph Children Made Happy At Christmas His efforts to provide a happy Christmas for the underprivileged children of Randolph county having met with unexpectedly great suc cess, Robert Lloyd, county wel fare officer, said Monday that he ( wished to thank all those who had helped. Mr. Lloyd expressed gratitude to Dr. S. W. Taylor, who took charge of the Post Card Christmas Cheer Fund, to all or Sanizations and individuals who contributed to the Post Card Fund or directly to the welfare depart ment, and to all circles and fami lies which provided food and cheer for some particular needy family. 181 children were made happy thia Christmas through the Post Card Fund and contributions to the welfare department. The children each received one or more toys and a treat consisting of candies, outs, apples, and oranges. This does not include many Once King, Now Camera Subject ' - Absent is the charming smile that made the Duke of Windsor the greatest “salesman of empire” of all time when he was Prince of Wales. His demeanor as he poses above at Castle Enzesfeld, Austria, his exile haven, reflects the im mense strain of the abdication crisis. Archbishop Says Attack To Stop Tempers Comments From Those Formerly Made By High Church Official Appeals To Forget Accept What Has Happened As Summons To Refound Our Own Lifes A Sunday evening broadcast, from London made by the Arch bishop of Canterbury was of somewhat tempered nature to the former comments made by the church head of the former King of England. The Archbishop told dignitaries of the Church of Eng land to cease their attacks on former King Edward. The primate—one of the first to criticize Edward for his romance with Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson —said it was time that England and the empire stopped referring to the crisis of the monarch’s abdi cation. “In our national history, the year that is going never can be forgotten, but its most recent vivid memories had better now be kept in silence,” the archbishop said. His appeal to churchmen and the people to forget Edward and Mrs. Simpson, whose contemplated marriage he once called “un christian,” was regarded as a polite rebuff to the Archbishop of York. The latter, Dr. William Temple, recently reopened the controversy over the “moral status” of Ed ward’s romance by inferring that the former king was a man without honor because he took another (Please turn to Page 3) whole families aided by church circles and similar groups. All in all, Mr. Lloyd said, more children had been made to feel the joyful spirit of Christmas and more had been done for the needy in Ran dolph county than ever before. A particularly worthy feature of this unusually extensive Christ mas giving was that so much of it was voluntary. Many people came to Mr. Lloyd asking the name of some poor family they could help, and many contributions were' received unsolicited. Even nature seemed to join in making this Christmas especially happy. Where cold, rainy weather, disagreeable even for the best sheltered, would have been miser able for the less fortunately situated, the county instead enjof ed mild, clear days for two weeks preceding Christmas. House Leadership Struggle Growing Fiercer Each Day Race Narrowed Down To 3, Rayburn, Texas; O’Connor, N. Y.; Rankin, Miss. Mead Withdraws House Democrats Will Caucus Monday, Jan. 4, To Eelect Their Floor Leader The race for the House leader ship, the bitterest in many a ses sion, has been narrowed down to three by the withdrawal Monday of Representative Mead, Democrat, of New York. The battle seems to be between Rayburn of Texas and O’Connor of New York, but Representative Rankin of Mississipi asserts that he has been assured of enough votes to tie up the contest on the first ballot. All three are Demo crats. | North Carolina representatives, ' caucusing in Raleigh recently, in dicated that Representative Ray burn would be their choice. House Democrats will caucus on Monday to elect their floor leader and renominate William B. Bank head for speaker. Both O’Connor and Rayburn have been claiming sufficient votes to win on the first ballot. If all 3311 House Democrats take part, 1G7 votes will be needed for a victory. So many moves and counter moves have entered into the con test that many neutral observers are willing to go no further than predicting the race probably will be close. Mead had not been an aggres sive candidate for the second high est position in the House. O’Connor supporters contended his with drawal would solidify the 29 New York votes for their candidate. Rayburn forces, nevertheless, were counting on some New York strength. They were figuring, too, on 26 or 27 votes from Pennsyl vania, although Representative Nichols, Democrat of Oklahoma, I an O’Connor campaign manager, has asserted the Texan will get no morgthan 10. , - Some congressmen looked for new dicussion of a possible “dark horse” selection. An outsider might have a chance, they said, should neither Rayburn nor O’Connor win on the initial ballot and a threat of a deadlock arise. Units For Heating Gym Have Arrived Charles W. McCrary, chairman of the committee in charge of the community gymnasium, said Mon day that all parts for the gym's heating system had arrived, and were being rapidly assembled, so that the building would in all probability be heated for the Me Crary-Wake Forest basketball game Wednesday night. The heating plant installed in the gymnasium is of the most modern type and is especially adapted to large buildings. Heat is radiated by means of what are known as unit heaters. Fans mounted by the radiators blow the heat through the building evenly and rapidly. With this system in operation it does not take long to get a building warm. This news that heat in the gym nasium will soon be ready is very welcome to basketball fans who have been coming out to support the Asheboro teams. Lack of heat has held down the crowds sevei»l times already this season when some of the top teams in the state came here, but the combination of comfortable surroundings and a first class contest should fill the gymnasium when Wake Forest faces McCrary Wednesday. Pope Admits His Condition Is Bad Pope Pius, 79 years, afflicted with a complication of ailments of which a steadily spreading paraly sis and a faulty heart action are the worst, yielded Monday for the first time to an admission that his illness was more than passing. He is reported to have told a prelate that it would be better to die, since he could not perform the duties of the pope. Although he has been in ex cruciating pain from the paralysis, which now affects both legs and his left side and arm, Pius has at tempted to carry on his work as he lies motionless in his chamber at the papal palace in Vatican City. Prayers to ease his pain have been added to those to preserve his life which have been offered, up since the pope’s condition first became serious. .. When Australia was discovered, the dingo, a species of wild dog, was the only mammal on the con^ tinent which did not carry its young in a pouch. ROGERS SHRINE NEAR COMPLETION]! I'pon a promontory 200 feet above Colorado Springs, Colo., where the late Will Rogers often visited, the feudal.Shrape of the Sun. above, built in honor of the noted comedian and newspaiper commentator, is nearing completion, with dedication set for the summer of 1937. Part of the low wall bounding a 10-acre park around the spire is seen at left. An eter-burning light will make the granite shrine a beacon by night as well as by day. The memorial was conceived and financed by Spencer Penrose, Colorado Springs, Rogers’ friend. Scrap For Highway Head Is Warming Up Throughout N.C. Friends of John Quincey Gilkey, who hails from McDowel! county, are boosting him for commissioner of highways for North Carolina. There has been a recent somewhat concerted fight against Capus Waynick, present commissioner. According to reports and from i .■ comment from friends of this western North Carolinian, he has considerable support for the post. Just what his qualifications are for the place have not been widely publicized as yet. Mean while, friends in Raleigh of Capus Waynick claim that his office has been “handled with great skill and with some very powerful support for his reten tion thereof. It is further stated that the newspapers of the state are for the retention of Mr. Waynick which, according to News Flashes - from - Everywhere TWELVE DIE IN , AIRLINER CRASH Burbank, Cal.—Nine passengers and a crew of three perished early Monday morning when their huge airliner crashed 20 miles north of Burbank, in a spot so inaccessible that not even horses could be used by a rescue party. The plane wandered off its course in a storm and crashed into the side of a mountain while looking for a land ing place. WILL CONVOY SHIPS IN SPANISH WATERS Berlin.—Unsuccessful in her" ef forts to obtain the release of the German freighter Palos, detained as a contraband carrier by Span ish authorities in Bilbao, Ger many ordered on Monday torpedo boat convoys for her Bay of Bis cay shipping. Nazi officials denied that this should be considered as a move toward actual warfare with | the Spanish government, and also denied scare stories that Germany would make Spain the center of operations against France. SEARCHERS FIND BODIES OF PILOTS Spokane, Wash.— A searching party reached the wreckage of the Northwest Airlines plane which crashed in the Idaho mountains December 18 and found the bodies of its two pilots thrown clea-. Salvagers recovered 500 pounds of Christmas mail, but a great deal more was burned. MONKEYS GANG UP ON ZOO VISITOR Charleston, S. C.—William Wil liams, Winston-Salem man, got in j the way of 15 husky Rhesus mon keys who were escaping from their cage in Hampton Park, Charleston, and wound up in the hospital. He dislocated his shoulder as he fell in trying to get out of their way and was also bitten in the leg by one of the monkeys. their position in the last cam paign, does ndt set the sails. There is much more than a fractional scramble in it. 1 The whole prison policy is involved.' The assault on the Waynick Pitts regime is predicated upon .. their “cQddling” the prisoners. Rougher stuff is recommended by the management within the walls and in the camps, it is said. Mr. Gilkey has the reputed backing of Representative D. F. Giles, always a hard working ally, but Mr. Giles isn’t seen do ing anything against Mr. Way nick. The chairman took a lot of knocks during the primary cam paigns two candidates for gov ernor making their audiences cheer an imaginary outgoing chairman. But subsequent events have helped Waynick. Germany Hopes To Regain Colonies Lost By World War Colonial Possessions Six Times Her Present Size i — ■ Victors Took All France Offers To Restore Colonies To Establish Per manent Peace In Europe France’s offer to restore to Ger many the overseas colonies lost by Germany in the World War in ex change for terms leading to per manent European peace has focus ed attention on the extent of Ger man colonial losses. The majority of Germany’s lost colonies, embracing 1,127,000 square miles, six times the size of Germany, with a population of 13, 258,000, are now in the possession of France, Great Britain, and Japan. England has expressed a willingness to discuss cooperation in the plan offered by France, but Japan has repeatedly declared that she has no intention of returning ! what she has obtained. Germany lost the following ter ritorial possessions as a result of the World War: German East Africa, 370,000 square miles, now Tanganyika Territory, British mandate, and 1 Ruanda-Urundi, Belgian mandate. German Southwest Africa, 322, 400 square miles, mandate of the Union of South Africa. Cameroons, West Africa, 305,000 dquare miles, British and French mandate. Togoland, West Africa, 34,439 square miles, British and French mandate. Caroline, Marshall and Marianne islands, in the Equatorial Pacific, more than a thousand small is lands with a total area of 718 square miles, held by Japan under League mandate, although Japan is no longer a league member. New Guinea, part of a large is land north of Australia, 93,000 square miles, Australian mandate. German Samoa, in the Pacific, (Please turn to Page 3) North Carolina Led All Others • ’36 Murder Rate Report Released From Feder al Bureau Of Investigation And Dept. Justice Aggravated Assault Consider Population With Re gard To Age, Sex, Race, Economic Status Not a source of pride is the fact that North Carolina led the states of the nation in its rates of murder and aggravated assault from Janu ary through September, 193G, ac cording to a report released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice. Based on the rate of 100,000 population, the report places the State’s murder rate at 23 and its aggravated assault rate at 368, based on reports of 18 cities. On a similar ratio, the criminal attack rate stood at G.9, robbery at 47.9, burglary and breaking and entering at 364.6, and larceny at G40.4. Strikingly, New Hampshire list ed, no murders and only 8.3 per cent aggravated assault. South Dakota stood first in criminal at tack ratio with a percentage of 1G.2. The most, dangerous place to leave an automobile apparently was Arizona, where a 563.6 ratio figure for stolen cars was recorded. New York and Illinois, with their reputations for crime, were inconspicious in the list, the form er recording only 3.1 per cent murder ratio and the latter a 4 per cent figure in the same cate gory. Discussing the factors which might affect the amount of crime in a community, the report lists the following: “The composition of the population with reference particularly to age, sex-and race: the economic status add activities of the population; climate, educa tional, rpcreationaf and religious facilities; the; number of police employes per. unit of population; the standards governing .appoint ments to the police force; the policies of the prosecuting of ficials and the courts; the attitud^ of the public toward lawenforce ment problems.” Regardless of the increase in the number of arrest records examined during 1936, there was a decrease in the number of records reflect ing arrests for murder, robbery and burglary, as compared with the same period for 1935. Arrests for robbery, murder, assault, burglary, larceny and auto theft constituted 31.2 of the arrest records, examin ed during the first nine months of 1936, whereas, arrests for those types of offenses numbered 37.1 per cent of all arrests for the first nine months of 1935. There were more arrests for age 21 than for any other single age group. Asheboro Band In Xmas Eve Serenade » __ Among the many forms that the Christmas celebration took in Asheboro this year, none was more appropriate than the serenading of the business section of the town by the Asheboro high school band Christmas Eve. Snappily dressed in their black and white uniforms, the members of the band won the praise of the merchants and the many people on the main streets of Asheboro that evening. The band was led by Pat | Leonard of Albemarle, director and organizer of the group. The musicians played popular Christmas songs in the business district from 7 to 9 o’clock. They had several requests to play before certain stores, responding in each case. Requests were also made for specific Christmas songs, and the band obliged in this respect too. The young people in the band received many tokens of recogni tion from townspeople who ap preciated the excellence of their playing and their public spirited contribution to Asheboro’s Christ mas gaiety. Each member was treated to a drink by Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Scott and to ice cream by Mi-, and Mrs. Lacy Lewis. C. C. Cranford gave everyone in the band a crisp, new dollar bill. GERMANY MAY GET BACK HER COLONIES Paris.—France has offered to re turn to Germany the colonies lost by the latter at the close of the World War, chief of which are Togoland and the Cameroons in Africa. Germany may have these colonies under League of Nations mandate if she will renounce ter ritorial claims in Europe, partici pate in controlled disarmament, cease interfering in the Spanish situation, and cooperate in general for the peace of Europe. Hitler has not yet made any move in answer to this proposal. Future (1^vernor Hoey Is Engagld Preparing His Inaugural Address ♦ _ Won By Cable Being 3000 miles away from the object of his affections coldn’t stop George Karnen, in London, from wooing Lenore Prince, above. New York department store buy er, whom he met when she was abroad. He devised the cable ad dress “Lenoreadore,” dispatched a proposal daily and was accepted in a trans-Atlantic phone . finale. Courtship cost $650. Violent Deaths Of Xmas Holiday Thirty-Three . Reported By Sunday Nignt Over NSilh Carolina List Incomplete Tiaflic Accidents And Fatali ties Lead; Calif. Highest Death Toll While highway and street ac cidents made up the bulk of the violent accident toll in the state during the holidays, hunting, murders, suicides, fires, fireworks and the like swelled the number until the grand total is set at well over 650, Instead of the tradition al “white Christmas,” the weather was generally balmy which lured many motorists on the highways of the nation. Reports Sunday night revealed thirty-three violent deaths in the state of North Carolina over the long Christmas holiday period. Of ficials made it quite clear that the list was far from complete and that many of the injured would more than likely be transferred to the death list shortly. At that, North Carolina is well down the list of states rating high fatalities. Leading the states in traffic deaths reported were California, with .‘57; Illinois, 4;i; Michigan, 38; Ohio, 30; Texas, 28. Traffic deaths included: Alabama, 18; Arizona, 11; Ark ansas, 12; California, 37; Colorado, 4; Connecticut, 7; Florida, 10; Georgia, 10; Idaho, 3; Illinois, 43;. Indiana, 12; Iowa, 5; Kansas, 3; Kentucky, 11; Louisiana, 5; Maine, 3; Maryland, 6; Massachusetts, 8; Michigan, 38; Minnesota, 1; Missis sippi, 0; Missouri, 11; Montana, !; Nebraska, 1; Nevada, 1; New Jer sey, 10; New Mexico, 8; New York, 15; North Carolina, 9; North Da kota, 1; Ohio, 30; Oklahoma, 11; Oregon, 1; Pennsylvania, 20; (Please turn to Page 3) Library Has Mauy Visitors As It Opens After Holidays Opening up Monday after its brief Christmas holiday, the Ran dolph Public Library was visited by a large number of its patrons who have come to rely on it for their reading matter. The library, now nearing the end of its first year, has made a remarkable re cord of development in this com paratively short period. Rapidly as the library has been increasing its supply of books, it nevertheless has difficulty keeping pace with the fast growing num ber of readers it attracts. 47 volumes were borrowed Monday. Among those visiting the library Monday, returning books, taking out books, or just reading a while were the following: Conferences Are Interrupting Him Welfare Work Of The State Is Discussed By Mrs. W. T. Bost, Commissioner Is Closing Out His Law Business Taught Sunday School Class Of Shelby For Last Time Sunday Morning Reports from the house and of fice of North Carolina’s next gov ernor, Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby, indicate that he is exceptionally busy, lining up things for the in augural next week. Attempting to finish his address, continuous con ferences have kept the future ex ecutive so engaged that he has found it difficult to complete the address. Among his visitors have been Mrs. W. T. Bost, State Commis sioner of Public Welfare, Alexand er Webb of Raleigh, a director of the North .Carolina Railroad, and Dr. W. J. McAnnally of High Point. Mrs. Bost discussed Mirth the Governor-Elect her pronjfSal for a state fund of $16(M)00;jfto supple ment county fund^por welfare de partments. A.-iftqdest for that amount was prahented to the State Advisory Budget Commission. Tne welfare department is at present using federal funds for that pur pose. Dr. McAnnally and other Guii l'ord county citizens discussed the State’s agricultural policy ami proposals for cheaper fertilizers. The subject of the conference with Mr. jWebb was “not of general public interest,” said the Govern or. A |ong conference with Clyde A. superintendent of public instruction, and J. H. Grigg, Cleveland county superintendent who is also a member of the State Textbook "Commission, brought the proposal for providing free text books into the pre-inaugural dis cussions. In his campaign, Hoey empha sized his advocacy of a measure to supply books without cost to pub lic school children. Frequent interviews have de layed Mr. Hoey’s start on the actual writing of his inaugural message. He expects to devote the remainder of the week to that task. Preparatory ’ to leaving Shelby, the Governor-Elect rapidly is clos ing out his law’ business. On Sunday, he taught the Men's Bible class at the Central Method ist church for the last time as its regular teacher. He began teach ing the class upon his return from congress in 1921. He will be suc ceeded by J. H. Grigg, Cleveland county school superintendent. SEEK TO CLOSE LABOR COLLEGE Mena, Ark.—Citizens of Mena, aroused by alleged teaching of communism, fascism, and other radicalisms, have banded together to take steps to force the legal closing of Commonwealth College. College officials, disturbed over the possibility of violence against the institution, asked Sunday for a federal investigation of the actions of both the college and the body of j citizens opposed to it. Find Indian Millstone An Indian millstone, found by an observant Boy Scout of Pun j sutawney, Pa., which was declared to be one of the finest specimens of its kind, has been placed at the j camp of the William Penn Council. Armed with shovels, picks, plans, j rollers, and jacks the Scouts mov j ed the heavy stone to their camp. Evelyn Miller, Mary Frances, Eleanor Ann Hammond, Bobby. Burns, Dorothy Luck, R. E. Stokes, Maxine Branson, Edith Ingram, Mary. Brown, Mrs. Robert Lloyd, Ruth Lloyd, Lewis Millsaps, Miss Belle Gray, Hazel Royals, Loraine Royals, Fay Marie Garner, Hard ing Huzzey, Edith Cooper, Sara Hayworth, Mary Elizabeth Bunch, Mildred Ferree, Mrs. R. C. Lewal len, Olga Wright, Bily Hendelrson, Frances Miller, Sara Alice Moore, Mary Hughes, Ben Smith, Doris Teder, Mrs. Hal Worth, Edith Purvis, Mrs. C. O. Garland, Reba Ann Lowdermilk, Miss lola Lowd ermilk, Mrs. J. D. Jordan, Aubrey Underwood, Helen Thompson, Helen Smith.