The Rutherford Courier from Smyrna, Tennessee • 1

T. GROOM NOTHING BUT INSURANCE PHONE 757 VOL. 11-NO. 63 Turkey Is Major Item On Calendar In Murfreesboro Populace to Observe Thanksgiving Holiday At Church Services, Trio of Ball Games Turkey and its accessories will be the main items on the calendar today for the populace of Murfrees- boro and Rutherford County in the celebration of the 321st observance of Thanksgiving Day in Tennessee. The delicacy will be in the limelight at family dinners and reunions, notwithstanding the most conspicious spot on the menus of the cafes and lunch rooms from now until New Year's Day.

In addition to a round of banquets and dinners, there will be services at the churches and two or more football games on the menu of thankful Murfreesboroans. The Rev. L. S. Sedberry, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will preach at services to be held this morning at 10 o'clock on the subject, "Glorify God with Thanksgiving." The services will begin with the singing of the hymn, "Count Your Blessings," to be followed by the prayer and devotional under the supervisions of students in the junior department of the Sunday School, Leland Sedberry, son of the pastor, will read the 100th Psalm, while Bible verses on Thanksgiving will be read by Jack Robison, Kenneth Landrum, Jimmy Sanders, and Buddy Coleman.

Carol Cherry will discuss "The First Thanksgiving." "Things for which we should be Thankful life, country, home, friends, Bible and be discussed respectively by Caylor, Dorothy Jean Allen, Sedberry, Alta Caffey, Ann Banks Millie Smith and Jean Couch. Billy Ledbetter will sing a solo, "God Bless America." There will be an offering for the needy and bundles of clothing will be given to Mrs. (Continued on Page Five) John Taliaferro Dies of Illness Final Rites Held At College Grove; Burial At Triune Funeral services for John Arch Taliaferro, 73, who died Saturday night at the residence of his son, Kelley Taliaferro of Kirkland, were held Monday at the College Grove Methodist Church. The Rev. Walter M.

Crawford, pastor of the church, and the Rev. R. C. Crosslin of Cumberland Furnace, was in charge of the services and the burial was in the Triune Cemetery. Mr.

Taliaferro was born and reared in Williamson County, the son of the late Dick and Mattie Dobson Taliaferro. He had been a farmer for a number of years at Kirkland and Eagleville. He was a member of the College Grove Presbyterian Church, Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Frank Crosslin; and three sons, Powell and Dodis Taliaferro of Eagleville, and Kelley of Kirkland; and six grandchildren. Pallebearers were Dr.

E. L. WilWinn, Floyd Comstock, W. M. Spann, Powell Pate, Pettus, James Johnson, Dobson Johnson, John E.

Crockett, G. W. Lamb, Powell Covington, L. B. Pate, and Dr.

R. C. Garrett. Active pallbearers were Tom Martin, W. B.

Dobson, Dick Owen, E. W. Sheffield, H. B. Sheffield, W.

T. Lowe, J. H. McCord and Jones Floyd. Association Adopts Memorial to Kerr To Board President Rutherford County Teachers Pay Tribute At the last meeting of the Rutherford County Education Association, a motion was unanimously passed to draw up a suitable memorial to Col.

B. B. Kerr, retiring President of the County Board of Education, and to present same to him at a later date. This memorial as prepared is as follows: Whereas, "For the past twenty-four years Col. B.

B. Kerr as President of the Rutherford County Board of (Continued on Page Five) THE RUTHERFORD MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, Death of Miss Murfree Removes Literary Link With Era of Past In Murfreesboro Final Rites Held For 'Miss Fanny' At St. Paul's Church Funeral services for Miss Fanny Noailles Dickinson Murfree, 95, who died Monday night at 8:30 o'clock at her home at 225 North University Street, were held Wednesday at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the Rev. J.

L. Kellerman officiating. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery, Her death: removed one of the last direct links of the current generations of Murfreesboro with a literary and historiacl era of the past. She was the sister of Mary Noailles Murfree, who won fame as an author under the pseudonym of Charles Egbert Craddock during the late 1800's. She also was one of the last surviving persons who experienced and recalled Civil War days in Murfreesboro and Middle Tennes- see.

Wrote One Novel In addition, Miss Fanny Murfree was an author in her own right. She wrote one novel, which was published serially in the Atlantic Monthly, and later appeared in book form. Several short stories were from her pen, and she also had written a biography of her sister, never published. Despite her advanced age, Miss Raiders 10. Meet Eagles At Tech Five Hundred Fans, Students to Enter Cookeville for Tilt The Tennessee State Blue Raiders will invade Cookeville for the annual entanglement with the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles on the short ends of the odds as the Stadium.

The kickoff is set for 2 o'clock in the afternoon amidst an atmosphere of Thanksgiving. The Staters will enter the battle nthe short end of the odds as the points stand at six to 12 in favor of the Eagles. Williamson, who should know his stuff by now, ranks Tech as a favorite by 4.7 points with State standing at 76.7 and the Eagles at 81.4. The odds are not a bother to Coach Wink Midgett, an alumnus of Tech, as the Raiders pulled the wool over the eyes of the Eagles to the tune of 6 to 0 last year on Jones Field. But, the dopesters say that the Raiders and Tech have each played West Kentucky and the Murray, State College with the Eagles ing out by sizeable margins in the battles.

Tech beat Murray, 14 to 7, while the Raiders fell under the Thoroughbreds, 34 to 6, then the Eagles blasted Western, 27 to 6, and the Hilltoppers tripped the Staters, 15 to 7. One factor stands in favor of the Raiders as they held the Union University Bulldogs to a deadlock of 14 to 14, while the Jacksonians bested the Techsters, 14 to 7. The Raiders will be in good shape for the battle and Coach Midgett is certain to shoot the works in effort to defeat the Eagles and his old tutor, Coach Putty Overall. Some 500 spectators, and students of State, including the band of 65 pieces, are planning to invade Cookeville for the annual engagement. International Relations Is Subject of Club "Our Country in a War World" was the topic of the ness and Professional Women's Club at it meeting last night at home of Mrs.

J. B. Rion on Woodbury Highway. Dr. Lois Kennedy, chairman the committee on international lations, was in charge of the session and discussed the situation in South America.

Other speakers and topics were Miss Ethel Jones, "The Situation in Japan and Asia," and Miss Mary Maude Barfield on "The European Situation." Mrs. Clarence Watson and Billy Watson left Wednesday for Knoxville. They will spend the Thanksgiving holidays with Eddie Watson, who is a student at the University of Tennessee, and attend the derbilt-Tennessee football game Saturday. Haynes Hdw. Co.

American Wire Fence, Sherwin-Williams Paints, Aladdin Lamps and supplies. Deming Automatic Home Water Systems 1941 -YOUR COUNTY NEWSPAPER Merchants To Get Christmas Lights In Murfreesboro Official Modification Of Electric 'Blackout' Set for December 15 In Southeastern Area Rutherford County will have a bright Christmas in spite of the shortage of electricity that has cast a "blackout" over show windows, theatres, tourist homes and streets since November 1, according to Cliff P. Little, manager of the Murfreesboro Electric Department. The manager said that J. A.

Krug, chief of the power branch of the Office of Production Management, has ruled that it will be possible to provide substantial relief from the "blackout" on December 15 in time to permit illumination during the season of Christmas. "If, in the meantime, we get another break from the weather, the date will be advanced by a week or more; but in either case, we must have full compliance with the blackout until the announcement of the official Little said. "With the rains of the past weekend, and with full observance of the blackout for the present, continuation of the freezing of industrial consumtion on the levels of September, and the maintenance of pool deliveries, we will be able to squeeze through until the end of the year," he said. Krug has emphasized that the avoidance of any further cut on industry and the prospective modification of the blackout on December 15 depended upon the full observance of the curtailment measures now in effect and upon the continued full operation of generating stations and transmission lines without major accidents. Measures to give effect to' the relaxation of a blackout for Christmas were explored yesterday at a meeting of the power staff of the OPM and operating engineers of the major utilities in the Southeast in attendance.

Merchants of Murfreesboro had already volunteered to make reductions in the consumption of electricity inside in order to have lights (Continued on Page Five) Seven Get Fines In City Court Judge Draper Says System of Fines Results In Success Judge W. M. Draper said yesterday that the cancellation of the payment of fines on the installment plan is bringing results on the docket of the City Court. "A defendant realizes now that he must have the money or go to the workhouse if found guilty of a particular charge," the judge said. Seven persons were fined this week by Judge Draper.

Disposition of the cases was made as follows: James Baskin, public drunkenness, $5 and costs. Walter Rucker, Negro, gaming, $5 and costs. Robert Bird of Sparta, carrying a pistol, $50 and costs. Edmund Watson, driving an automobile while drunk, $50 and costs. Carter Williams, driving an tomobile while drunk, $50 and costs.

Frank Jetton, lewdness, $5 and costs. Cuma Lee Jetton, lewdness, $5 and costs. Miss Mimms Holmes has returned from Bon Air, and is residing in the home of Mrs. Walter K. Woods.

the the Tennessee State College To Present Play, Murfree remained alert mentally until recent months. She had been near death for several weeks. in Murfreesboro August 2, 1846, Miss Murfree was the daughter of William Law Murfree, lawyer, legal author and planter. Her mother was, before her marriage, Miss Fanny Priscilla Dickinson, daughter of David Dickinson. On her father's side, she was a greatgranddaughter of Col.

Hardy Murfree, Rovolutionary War patriot and solider for whom this city was named. She was reared at Grantland, the Murfree home on Stone's River, north of here, which later was destroyed when Rosecran's Union Army occupied Murfreeboro during the Civil War. She was educated in childhood by governess and tutor, and later, when the family moved to Nashville, attended Nashville Female Academy. Attended Institute After the Civil War, she and her sester, Mary, attended fashionable Chegary Institute in Philadelphia, Pa. She and her sister also received additional instruction, particularly in literature and foreign languages, from their father, who insisted on a full liberal education for his daughters, unusual at that time.

News of Courier Is Confusing On Holiday "Tis confusing, but amusing!" In order to allow the employes a holiday for Thanksgiving, the Courier came off the press Wednesday night instead of Thursday. But, the stories are written for Thursday and the dateline on the masthead is Friday. So, readers of Friday will look at the news columns: as if it were Thursday. Yesterday means "Wednesday" and today means "Thursday." Oh me, no wonder editors get gray hair, because its all as clear as mud. Miss Woodson, 79, Dies At Rockvale Final Rites Held For Victim of Fall; Burial In Evergreen Funeral services for Miss Frizzie A.

Woodson, 79, who died at 9:10 o'clock Friday morning at the residence of Mrs. J. S. Woodson in Rockvale, were held Saturday afternoon by the Rev. H.

A. Russell of Murfreesboro. The burial was in the Evergreen Cemetery at Murfreesboro. Miss Woodson was born and rearled in Rutherford County. She had made her home for 40 years with her sister-in-law, Mrs.

Woodson. On October 30, Mrs. Woodson fell and broke her hip, an injury from which she did not recover. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Survivors are a sister, Mrs.

Henry Sudberry of Longview and a brother, L. F. Woodson of Murfreesboro. Pallbearers were Johnnie Woodson, Grady Woodson, Danor Sudberry, Manor Sudberry and Tom Hill. NEW ROAD IN COUNTY A new road is under construction from Blackman to the Torn freesboro Highway.

It is being built through the Busiof W. H. Haitheock. Sister of Authoress Is One of Last To Recall Civil War Except for the period in Nashville, and a decade in St.Louis, in the 1880's, the family resided in and near Murfreesboro thereafter. Miss Fanny Murfree and her sister moved from their farm home to Murfreesboro after the death of their tained a home here until the mother 'in 1902.

The sisters of Miss Mary N. Murfree in 1922. In recent years, Miss Fanny Murfree had made her home with and been cared for, by Mrs. Lizzie Little Whitsett. In her earlier life, Miss Fanny Murfree was an accomplished musician both as pianist and vocalist, and retained her love of classical music almost until her death.

She listened regularly to classical radio concerts. Helped Biographer Miss Murfree furnished major assistance to Edd Winfield Parks in the preparation of a biography of her sister, which was published a year ago. She and her sister, having been practically inseparable she receives mention in the biography almost rivalling her sister's. She experienced and witnessed (Continued on Page Five) Central To Mark 'Sour Apple Day' Students of School Beam With Spirit For Annual Game The students of the Central High School were inspires with the determination of sending the "alcoholic apple" back to Clarksville as a climax to the annual celebration of "Apple Day" in Murfreesboro. Highlight of the festivities will be the annual engagement between the high -flying Wildcats of Clarksville and the mesmerizing Tigers of Central at 2 o'clock this afternoon on Jones Field.

Reigning over the celebration will be the "Queen of Football." was to been have named yesterday afternoon at the close of the contest between the various organizations and clubs of the institution. The "sour apple" will go back to Clarksville if Central is able to brush past the Wildcats. Central was given possession of the fruit last year when it lost to the Wildcats at Clarksville. Clarksville will rule as a favorite in the contest as Central has been unable to snap out of a losing streak in three games--Lebanon, Lewisburg and Springfield. Only one defeat mars the record of the Clarksvillians.

Coach John Dixon will start Morgan Payne and John Alsup at ends, Barrett and Jack Primm at tackles, Bill Mason and Bob Jackson at guerds, Capt. Allen Prince at center Bill Nesbitt at quarter, Junior Cook and Guy James at and J. C. McBroom at fullback. The Wildcats will arrive in Murfreesboro at 11 o'clock in the morning, while the band will pull in at 11:30 o'clock.

There will be parade of the bands of Central and Clarksville at 12 o'clock on the Public Square. A banquet for the Wildcats and Tigers will He held following the game at Mrs. Shipp's Coffee Shoppe. The crowd is expected to reach Mr. and Mrs.

Bill Hite of Winchester were here Tuesday. of 'Hansel And Gretel' On December 3-4 re- "Hansel and Gretel" will be rangements for the house. worth; Hansel, Alice Joy Reiling; sented at the Tennessee State John Thomas Zumbro of Mur- Gretel, Wileria Bates; Witch, Carolege on December 3 and 4 under freesboro, is manager of the stage lyn Adams; Sodman, Elizabeth Robthe auspices of the music depart- for the opera and members of the ertson; Dew Fair, Anita Sweeney; ment and the Buchanan Dramatic speech classes and the dramatic Fairies Children, Mildred Woody, Club. club will serve on the various com- Robbie Hardin, Jane Maxwell, The opera will be under the di- mittees. Claudine Denton, Jean Barber, rection of Edward L.

Tarpley and Most of the characters and the Martha Hope, Jessie Baxter, MarEva M. Saunders, directors of the I music for the opera will come from garet Bell, Virginia Blair, Doris departments of dramatics and music the department of music. Patterson, Hewlett Burton, Fay respectively at State. It marks the first time since Eastland, Irene Stone; Gingerbread A matinee for children will be 1939 that the facilities and mem- Children, Ann McCollum, Betty held on December 5. bers of the two departments have Yager, Elva McMahon, Julia Grigsclub The will members construct of the the sets dramatic and The been last combined production for a was "The production.

Bo- by, Peggy Thompson, Lillian hemian Girl." ly, Julia Harris, Jane Brown, make the costumes and will be refor the sets, makeup, The cast included Peter, Horton Reeves Maggart and Lucille Tittssponsible properties, sound, publicity and Tarpley; Gertrude, Ruth worth. County Farmers Vote On Cotton Quotas For 1942 JOINS COURIER JAMES BURNETTE Newsboy To Direct City Circulation Employe of Nashville Dailies for 10 Years As Carrier, Manager James Burnette, a newspaper 1 carrier with 10 years of experience, will become manager of the city circulation of the Rutherford Courier on December 1. Burnette, a senior at the Central High School, comes highly recommended to the Courier from the office in Murfreesboro of the paper Printing Corporation, lishers of the Nashville Banner and Tennessean. He has been assistant manager of the circulation office of the portion in Murfreesboro for a year, having been promoted from the rank of senior carrier. The new manager has won two trips to Chicago, four to Camp HyLake at Rock Island and numerous other contests as a carrier of the Banner and Tennessean.

He has also supervised campaigns in Tri-City (Sheffield, Florence and Tuscumbia), Clarksville, and other cities throughout Tennessee. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Burrette of 319 East Bell Street.

Baby Raiders Close Season Training School Gets Five Victories; Win Over Heights Bees By GEORGE CURRAY, Jr. The Training School Baby Blue Raiders brought down the curtain on their football season Tuesday afternoon with a 9 to 0 victory over the strong Castle Heights Bees. The season record for the Babies shows that they have won four victories, to one defeat, it being to DuPont, and two tie games. The Raiders held their opponents during the season to 25, while they crossed the double line for 58 points. Coaches and Romine will lose five of their first stringers next spring, being Caffey, the alternate captain this season and Capt.

Tenpenny. Others include Carroll, McBroom, and Bradley. The men probablly will some day be in the local Central High Tiger lineup. Fifteen other men will letter in the spring graduation. Below are the games and scores during the season: McMinnville 0, Raiders 13; Shelbyville, 0, Raiders Lebanon 0, Raiders DuPont 19, Raiders Franklin 0, Raiders Castle Heights 6, Raiders and Castle Heights 0, Raiders 9.

Dan Patterson of Knoxville arrived Wednesday to spend the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Patterson. He and Miss Mary Lytle will Ireturn to Knoxvill Saturday for the football game. While there Miss Lytle will be the guest of Miss Barbara Mertz.

Trek to Polls Is Set For December 13 As Tennessee Joins In Ballots On A. A. A. The cotton farmers of Rutherford County and Tennessee will go to the polls Saturday, December 13, to vote on whether marketing quotas will remain in effect on the crop of 1942, according to County Agent Weldon Taylor. The producers of eotton have used marketing quotas, authorized under the Agricultural Adjustment Act, for the past four seasons in conjunction with the program of conservation, the county agent explained.

Marketing quotas for cotton received the approval of farmers by majorities ranging from 84 to 92 per cent on the crops of 1938, 1939, 1940 and 1941, he said. He said that the United States Department of Agriculture has reported that the world supply of cotton on August 1, 1941 was approximately 48,500,000 bales as compared to 48,900,000 bales in 1940. The supply of American cotton on August 1. was about 23,800,000 bales as compared to 24,900,000 bales in a 1940. Of the amount, approximately 23,000,000 bales were in the United States.

The supply includes a carry-over of 12,000 000 bales and a crop of 11,000,000 bales in 1940, which is uractically a supply of two years in the United States, Taylor said. The exports for this county for the season ending July 31, 1941, was approximately 1,100,000 bales and domestic markets will take about 10 bales in every 23. The United States used approximately 9,500,000 bales during the season of 1940-41, a record high for domestic consumption It is estimated that the com export and domestic mark will consume (Continued on Page Five) Mrs. Wheeler Wins In Crochet Contest Murfreesboro Woman Places Third In Class In Judging for U. S.

Mrs. J. E. Wheeler of Murfreesboro, won third prize in the blouses or dresses division of the fifth annual nation-wide crochet contest recently in New York City. The crochet was selected for one of the national prizes and honors by a board of prominent needlework experts from entries representing the best talent in the United States.

The entries qualified for the judging in New York by winning first prizes for crochet in state, county and local fairs in 1941. The entry of Mrs. Wheeler was a winner at the Alabama and Mississippi Fair at Tupelo, Miss. Other entries from Murfreesboro in the contest included Mrs. Will F.

Hunt and Mrs. Carter McKnight. Mrs. Wheeler resides at 806 North Church Street in Murfreesboro. DEHONEY TO PREACH The Rev.

Wayne Dehoney of Nashville, a student at the Baptist Seminary in Louisville, will preach at both the morning and evening services Sunday at the Powell's Chapel Baptist Church. Thirty-Five Men to Get Examinations At Forrest Thirty-five selectees of Rutherford County will report for physical examinations by a medical board of the United States Army at Camp Forrest, on December 12. The selectees will report under a new plan given last week by Dr. J. H.

Shull, medical adviser of the headquarters for Selective Service in Tennessee, Under the plan, medical authorities at Camp Forrest will make the final examinations and report the findings to the local board, Names of the selectees have not been made by Granville S. Ridley, chairman of the board of Selective Service in Rutherford County..