MOORE COUNTY»S
LEADING
NEWS-WEEKLY
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A Paper Devoted to the Upbuilding
VOL. 15, NO. 20.
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FIRST IN NEWS,
CIRCULATION A
ADVERTISING
of the Sandhill Territoi^^^ «'^iprth Carolina
Southern Pines and Aberdeen/North Carolina, Friday, April 13, 1934.
FIVE CENTS
20 P. C. DIVIDEND
TODEPOSITORSOF
PAGE TRUST CO.
Distribution Probable Tlhrough
R. F. C. Loan of $600,000 to
Bank’s Receiver
THOUSANDS HERE BENEFIT
Good news for the thousands of de
positors of the Page Trust Company
this section was contained in an
Associated Press despatch last night.
This stated that informal notice had
oeen received by the State Banking
Department at Raleigh that $600,000
^vill be made available for a 20 per-
■ont dividend to the 15,000 persons
■vho have had their funds tied up in
I his bank since the banking holiday
f March a year ago.
Moore county h^d two offices of
The Page Trust Company. Aberdeen
j»nd Carthage, with several thousand
:lepositors in both the checking and
Favings departments.
Gurney P. Hood, State Bank Com-
-nissioner, said he had no official
vord but had been Informally noti
fied that the RFC would make a
.oan to the bank’s receiver to en
able the dividend.
The bank had offices at Aber-
!’.een, Raleigh, Zebulon. Apex, Lib-
frty, Thomasville, Sanford, Raeford,
Albemarle, Siler City, Carthage,
Troy, Ramseur and Hamlet.
Mrs. Foss Dies at Her
Home in Southern Pines
Widow of Former Pastor and
Editor Had Been Resident
Here for 29 Years
Queen of the Festival
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OLD SIAVE DAY A
MEMORABLE ONE
IN SOUTHERN PINES
Military Day EnOk. tiay
Week of Spring Blossom
Festival in Southern Piues
MISS MARJORIE SKINNER
Coronation of Queen Follows
The Rose Maiden Festival Chorus
Mrs. Agnes M. Foss widow' of Her-
aert E. Foss, a former pastor of the
Church of Wide Fellowship, died in
ler home at Pennsy'VF.nia Avenue
And May street, at twelve o'clock
Sunday, April 8th. Mrs. F'^ss, who
n'ould have celebrated her 7Gth birth-
;lay on the 14th, came to Southern
Pines with her husband in 1905, he
having accepted a call to the pastor
ate of the church in March of that
year, a charge that he was compelled
•:o resign in 1907 due to failing health.
Becoming editor of the old Tourist,
Mr. Foss later formed a partnership
'.vith Mr. Stradley and later with J.
53. Morris for the publication of the
Sandhill Citizen, and following his
•.ieath in November, 1920, Mrs. Foss
<ucceeded him in the firm.
Born in Strong, Maine, .she was the
daughter of Daniel Hitchcock and
Frances A. Hitchcock. Mrs. Foss’
ocdy was interred in the family plot
:n Auburn, 1*1.., following the funeral
.services in the Church of Wide Fel
lowship at 3 o'clock Wednesday after
noon, the Rov. T. A. Cheatham of
Pinehurst officiating. Active in
church work, and in the formation
)f the Civic Club, of which she was
the 2nd vice-president, Mrs. Foss pos-
sest'Pd a wide circle of friends and
accuaintances in the Sandhills. Sur-
vi^ing is her daughter, Mrs. Ruth
Foss Barkmer, and two grandchil
dren.
Wednesday Night Brilliant Af
fair with Thousands En
joying Festivities
22,942
15,321
12,730
5,863
2,315
1,345
The spacious auditorium of the
Church of Wide Fellowship was fill
ed to overflowing for Wednesday
night's feature of the Festival Week
program, the Rose Maiden Festival
Chonis, nearly 100 voices directed
by Charles W. Picquet. Both the
Rose Maiden and the Hallelujah
Chorus w'ere brilliantly rendered by a
group which showed splendid triiin-
ing under Mr. Picquet during the
! past few weeks. Also on the program
was Charles Pier with his ensemble
from Greensboro College in a num-
■ ber which was greatly enjoyed by
the large auiience.
The coronation of the Festival
Queen, postponed on account of incle
ment weather from Monday night,
took place later last evening on West
Broaa litreet before the largest
crowd to assemble here since the
days of the old Peach Festivals. A
costume dance and parade preceded
the coronation ceremonies, and prizes
were aw'arded for the prettiest and
the most comical costume.
At a signal from the Fort Bragg ^ -
trumpeter the parade of the Queen Thousands See First Conference
Final Vote for Queen
Miss Marjorie Skinner Wins
Festival Election by
Wide Margin
The final vote in the contest for
Queen of the Spring Blossom Fes
tival when the votes closed at noon
on Monday was as follows;
Miss Marjorie Skinner
Miss Dorothy Pottle
Miss Dorothy Shatzer
Miss Edna Ruth Bruton
Miss Marjorie Coffey
Miss Helen Parker
Miss Virginia Hensley 1,155
Miss Ann Cameron 1,120
Miss Margate. Olmsted 1,120
Miss Frances Sparks 1,120
Miss Laura Baker 1,050
DURE BEATS STATE
IN FESTIVAL BALL
GAME ON TUESDAY
SHIELDS, «RANT, LOTT
AND ALLISON SURVIVE
Four of America’s top ranking ten
nis stars survive in the annual North
this week after four days of play,
and South tournament at Pinehurst
Frank Shields. No. 1 man, Wilmer
Allison, No. 2, Bryan Grant and
George Lott, both in the first ten.
Shields meets Grant and Allison plays
Lott today, the winners to fight it out
in the singles finals tomorrow. Lester
Stoefen, California giant and No. 3
man in the country, withdrew from
the singles after his arrival here, on
advice of the Davis Cup committee.
He has played so much brilliant ten
nis of late the committee fears he
may get stale before Davis Cup com
petition starts.
i and- her attendants started from the
j corner of Pennsylvania avenue and
I proceeded to the Court of Honor in
j the middle of the b’.ock. Mounting the
I high steps to her throne. Miss Mar-
I jorie Skinner of Elizabeth City, a
I member of the faculty of Southern
Battle of Season Between
Leading Colleges
Before a gala Fesival crowd of 3,-
000, Coach Jack Coomb's Duke Blue
Devils downed a fighting State Col
lege Wolfpack on the Southern Pines
, field Tuesday. A six-run splurge in
Pines School, made a charming pi«-1 , .... -
“ I the third frame gave Duke the 7-5 de-
SOl’THEBN PINES WINS
EXHIBITION BALL GAME
The Southern Pines baseball club
opened ita exhibition season yester
day by smothering the Vass All-
Stars managed by Landon Tyson by
a 14- 2 score. The chilly weather kept
lie attem^'"ce *';low Jhr 200 aiark.
ture as she smiled down upon those
who had chosen her for the honor of
presiding over this week’s festivities.
Twelve attractive young girls ot
Southern Pines and Aberdeen were
grouped about her on the platform,
and at its base stood a military guard
of honor from B Battery, 17th Field
Artillery. After a few words of con
gratulation Nelson C. Hyde, presi
dent of the Chamber of Commerce,
placed the crown upon Miss Skin
ner’s brow amid the applause of the
assemblage.
The balance of the evening was
given over to merrymaking in the
nature of a street dance.
I cision in a Big Five and Southern
I Conference game.
! The Blue Devils opened the scor
ing with their half-dozen markers,
' five singles, at hit batsman and a
1 sacrifice accounting for these. State
j showed it was still in the game in the
i last half of this inning by mixing
four singles and a fielder’s choice for
j two runs.
I To starf the second half of the
I fourth, Ray Rex, State left fielder
and also a track and football star,
poled one of the longest hits ever
seen on the local field. It was held to
a double because of special ground
rules, but started a rally that netted
the Wolfpack two more markers.
Moore county has the distinction j One more in the fifth for the Ra-
of being one of three counties se-1 leigh players put them just one be-
lected for a rural electrification sur-1 hind, but after Duke added one in
vey which will be made during the j the sixth all scoring ceased for the
three weeks pi-eceding May 1, accord- day.
ing to information received by | Wsa^fer pitched a steady game for
j biizabeth Head, Director of Rell f 'Pfc, ,- turn to ^ge 8)
Eighty-Six Old Timers of Ante-
Bellum Days Here for Fine
Program
THREE OV ER 100 YEARS OLD
Old Slave Day will be one long
I remembered in Southern Pines,
t Never has there been such a gather
ing here. The old timers who lived
in the days of slavery came from all
parts of the county. Ranging in age |
from Demus Taylor’s 106 to the
1 youthful seventies, many walked as
briskly as the grandchildren who ca-
companied them, others had to be
, “toted in ' to the park benches where
I they sat about and chatted of the old
' days with whomsoever gathered '
about them. 1
If the Spring Blossom P'estval had
I consisted only of its Old Slave Day,
it could be counfed a great .siicce.^s.
Conceived several months ago by
Frank Buchan and carried into real- ■
ity by f rank and his efficient com
mittee, the day will go down in lo-'
cal history as a happy occasion for
; all.
Three thousand visitors from all
I parts of the country assembled in the
' municipal park Wednesday morning
for the program which opened with
the registration of eighty-six old
darkies of Civil War days, most of
j them were born and mised in Moore
I county.
j Sevenil Centurians
Among the oldest here for the old
j slave dinner was Demus Taylor,
I Taylortown, aged one hundred and
1 six. He was accompanied by hia son,
Robert L. Taylor, age sixty. There
was also an old Negro mammy. Aunt
Mary Bass, of Aberdeen, age one
: hundred and six, and Aunt Mary Hen-
I derson. of Vass, age one hundred and
■ two.
' One of the outstanding characters ,
was the Rev. George Goode, of
Southern Pines, age eighty-four, who
has a daughter fifty-five years of
i age while his youngest child is two
years of age. In addition he is the
i father of twins, age fifteen. The Rev.
^ T. B. McCain, who has been pastor
of the A. M. E. church of Southern
' Pines for the past fifty-four years
and aged eighty made an informal
talk of ante-bellum days and told of
his old master, Hugh McCain, ot
Randolph county, for whom he is
named. The Rev. McCain, one of the
outstanding colored citizens here, has '
I a son, Dr. W. P, McCain, who is prac- ■
ticing medicine in Pittsburgh, Penn. !
He also has a daughter. Dr. Annie
; May McCain, in'New York City.
The afternoon program opened
with songs by the Shaw University
Jubilee Singers of Raleigh, w’ho de-
; lighted the throng of Northern vis-1
itors with their Negro spirituals. '
The address of welcome to the
old slaves was made by Judge James
; S. Manning, oi iiaieigh, and was fol-
' low'ed by informal talks by a num
ber of the old .slaves who told ot
many oft heir experiences in the old
days. Other speakers on the program
were: Bion H. Butler, veteran news
paper man, James Boyd, widely
known author, and P’rank Buchan,
chairman of the "Old Slave Day’
committee. j
One of the most interesting ad
dresses was made by the Rev. William
A. Cooper, of Charlotte, widely known
Negro artist who gave a summary
of the rapid progress made during
the past years by members of his
race.
Tap dancing and singing by col
ored visitors and old fiddlers and ban- '
jo picking contests ended the after-
noon session. j
FOUT BK.AGCi OFFICEKK ^
ARE HOSTS AT LI NCHEON
Captain Reeves and Lieut. Furnhol-
men, the officers in charge of Battery
B, 17th Field Artillery here this week, |
were hosts to members of the Spring |
Festival committee at lunch at the
camp in Broad .street on Thursday;
noon, and the occasion was a happy j
one for all present. !
At noon today the officers and their
wives are the guests of several of
the Festival committee members at
lunch. I
State Commander
American Legion Takes Com
mand of Town Today for Big
Parade and Ball
C.VPT. TOM l}/*^ ^ELS
Head of North Carolina Department
of the American Legion.
HORSE SHOW AND
GYMKHANA BIG
FESTIVAL FEATURE
Entire Sports Day l*rogram is
Enthusiastically Received
by Crowds Here
BATTERY B GIVES DRILL
With the picturesque .show ring
near the Southern Pines Country Club
surrounded by automobiles filled
with enthuisatic spectators and a
grandstand without an available seat
In it the Horse Show and Gymkhana
yesteulay afternoon proved another
Spring Blossom Festival Week hit.
From 3 to 4:30 o’clock horses,
horsemen and horsewomen w'ere
dashing about the ring in spectacular
maneuvers, the equestrian program
winding up with a jump over a Ford
rf>adster by W. O. Moss' Black Sport,
ridden by Jack Willard of Raleigh.
It was a thrilling performance to top
off an interesting and e.xciting after
noon.
Herbert Cameron was in charge ot
the program and it started on time
and ended on time. There were many
entries in every event. W. O. Mo.ss'
black mare. Lady Durham, was the
afternoon’s big winner, taking the
blue in the main jumping event tor
men riders and Mr. Moss up. the
ladies’ jumping event with Miss
W’ally Flaohslaender in the .saddle,
and tieing with Joe Durando on Pea
nuts for first in the triple bar jump.
One of the most exciting events was
the potato race. Sides were chosen
up by Miss Betty Forsyth of Red
Bank, N. J,, and Miss Flachslaender
of Southern Pines and after spirit
ed piercing of potatos and fighting to
land them in the baskets guarded by
their opponents MLss Forsyth’s team
was a winner by the margin of eight
and one-half potatoes. The other half
(Pleasf fitrti to pitge .5)
H. S. Glee Club Gives
Fine Festival Concert
[yakeview Chorus Assists Sing
ing Songs of Mrs. Gibbon on
Tue.^day Night Program
The concert given on Tuesday night
in the High School auditorium by the
Southern Pines High School Glee
Club, directed by Frederick Stanley
Smith, was a brilliant .success. The
program was well arranged and ad
mirably carried out and showed the
splendid training which the school
pupils have had during the past two
years at the hands of their director.
Also on the program that evening
was the Lakeview Glee Club in sev
eral songs, the mu-dc for two of
which was written by Mrs. Nicholas
L. Gibbon of LaVeview. These num
bers were excellently rendered by a
trained chorus and won the applause
of the If.rge gathering which enjoyed
the entirf program.
1935 FESTIVAL ASSURED
And now comes Military Day to
wind up Spring Blossom Festival
Week in Southern Pines for 1934, a
week which has proved a success be
yond the dreams of those who plan
ned it and carried it through, a week
which makes it a certainty that the
event will become an annual one in
the Sandhills.
Military Day is in charge of the
American Legion. The Legionnaire.^!
are holding a district convention here
as part of their program, but the
business transacted will only be an
incident in the day’s program. The
main feature w’ill be the big military
parade in the afternoon, details of
which appear on another page of this
issue. In line will be veterans of
American wars from the Rebellion
to the World War, and marching with
them will be the Queen of the Festi
val, Miss Marjorie Skinner, with her
Court of Honor, and other local cele
brities. Brig. General Manus Mc-
Closkey, commanding officer of Fort
Bragg, will head the procession.
Captain Tom Daniels, State Com
mander of the American Legion, will
be here and with Gen. McCloskey,
will make an address. General W. A.
Smith of Ansonville, State Com
mander of the United Confederate
Veterans, will be among those pre
sent, with members of his staff. A
former national commander of the
American Legion, North Carolina’s
own Henry L. Stevens, of Warsaw',
will be among those present. It wtll
be a gala day for the military and
for Southern Pines.
The final event of Spring Festival
v\'eek will be the Grand Ball this eve
ning at the Southern Pines Country
Club. To this all are invited at a
small fee to meet the necessary ex
penses of hall and music. Queen
Marjorie will preside, and the Legion
naires and their ladies, the artillery
men and their ladies, and Southern
Pines and vicinity nnd it.s ladies wilt
be there.
Music And Drama
Well Received Here
Large Audience Enjoys String-
field Ensemble and Two
Plays by Local Talent
Another audience which overflow
ed into >e-hallways enjoyed a Spring
Blossom Festival feature last night
in the High School Auditorium, the
presentation by the Southern Pines
Musical Society of the Stringfie ’
Trio of the North Carolina State
Symphony Society and two one act
plays, "A Game of Chess,” by the
Pine Maskers of the Southern Pines
High School and "Love Among the
Lions,” by the Sandhills Little
Theatre.
W'ith Lamar Stringfield, director
of the State Symphony Orchestra,
who played the flute, were Ralph
Weatherford, cellist, and Adeline Mc
Call, pianist, in three petit trios by
Cesar Cui. a bandinage, a berceuse
and a nocturne and three concert
pieces by Jean Phillip Rameau, all
enthusiastically received by the au
dience.
Taking part in Kenneth Sawryer
Goodman’s “A Game of Chess,” the
play with which the Southern Pines
High School dramatic organization
last week won the championship of
hig:h schools of North Carolina, were
Morrell Bentley, Thomaa Carlisle,
Lawrence Williams and E. J. Austin.
Directed by Miss Sara Falkener, the
youthful players showed the artistry
which carried them to first place in
the state competition at Chapel Hill.
"Love Among the Lions” was en
acted by the following members ot
the Little Theatre group, Juauita
Picquet, Bannie Cornwell, Dr. Robert
P. Shepard and Robert Hendersoa,
jr., under the direction of Walter
Frankl, and scored a dmilnct hit
with the 2i&rge gathering