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RT GROOM INSURANCE 214 MAIN ST BREEDER ENDORSES PUREBRED CAMPAIGN THRU BUS LINE TO KNOXVILLE OPENED PENNEY STORE I WILL BE ENLARGED Escaped Convict At Former Home Near Auburntown Report Boss Stephens who escaped from life cdunty road gang Tuesday morning where he was serving a sentence of 11 months and 29 days for chicken stealing is believed by county officers to have made his way to the Auburn-town section his former home Stephens garbed in the regulation workhouse clothing Was seen near Sharpeville Tuesday afternoon and was recognized but before officers were notified of his presence had disappeared It is believed that he had removed the shackles as he seemed to be making good time He was arrested several months ago near Walter Hill after a chase from the Auburntown section Stephens pleaded guilty to grand larceny and began serving his term about July 1 It is believed that a negro trusty released Stephens from the stockade at the fair grounds a short time before the gang was due to leave for work Hi GROVER SNEED DIES IN NASHVILLE jfrJhess of Several Weeks Ends In Death of Popular City School Teacher Funeral services were conducted from her late residence on North Academy street Wednesday afternoon for Mrs Susie Ashley Sneed wife of Grover Sneed" who died Tuesday afternoon at a Nashville hospital where she had been a patient for several days Pneu monia contracted on Monday is said to have caused her death The services were conducted by Drs Morgan Reams and McConnell The burial held up by the delayed arrival of Mrs brothers and sisters from Toledo occured Thursday morning at 10 at Evergreen cemetery Services at the grave were conducted by Dr Neal Frazier Woodfin Moore were in charge of arrangements rtallliearers were Dero Goodman WliMie Rutland Trevathan Grover Smith Fred A Black Sam Hirsbrunner Tarpley and Carney A profusion of beautiful florals bore mute testimony of the esteem in which Mrs Sneed was held Mrs death came as a shock to her many friends in this city Although she had been seriously ill for several days her death was unexepcted to many of them On last Thursday she was transferred from Rutherford Hospital where she had undergone an operation to a Nashville institution where she was placed under the care of a specialist Monday she was in a critical condition and her death was expected Surviving her are her husband prominent automobile dealer and former traveling salesman for Henry King Co her parentsMf anF Mr Ashley of Toledo 0 who lived in this county for a number of years moving to IbJrMinnville about seven years ago thrfe sisters Miss Kate Ashley mem Two Nashville Negroes Admit Theft of -Meat Implicate Third Man Jim Kinnard Nashville negro arrest ed Tuesday by Serif Bragg and other county officers after two other negroes had implicated him in the theft of eight hams and seven sides of bacon from the smokehouse of Jim Mathis near Milton July 15 denies he knows either Paul Woods or Garland Martin confessed thieves Officers who arrested Kinnard at his home believe he has been acting as sales agent for articles stolen in this section Books were kept on all transactions and an entry showed he had paid both Martin and Woods $10 each a short time after the theft of the meat Woods and Martin were arrested at a rock crusher near the asylum Mon day and after questioning Woods confessed implicating Martin who later admitted his part in the crime Kinnard was named by both the negroes as the one who received the stolen meat NIGHT FLYING TO BEGIN ON SEPT 1 Interstate Planes Being Equipped With Flares for Emergency Landings Night flying will start over the Interstate routes by early fall according to announcement made by Earl Ward Interstate Operations Manager Night flares for use in emergency landing already have been installed in a few planes of the Interstate fleet at Evansville and other planes are to be equipped later Each ship will carry five flares similar to skyrockets which when fired by the pilot 4 from the air create a blaze of light lasting about one minute Beacon lights are new-being placed at 10-mile intervals along the 625-mile course from Chicago to Atlanta The Department of Commerce has several parties in the field making these installations and pilots flying the day runs now are already becoming familiar with the terrain over which they will fly at night If work on night lighting facilities continues at the present rate regular night schedules will go into effect about Sept 1 Several flyers will be added to the Interstate personnel when night flying starts over the Chicago-Atlanta runs according to Mr Ward operations manager The present lineup of airmen flying the air mail and passenger runs includes experienced pilots all of whom have flown planes for years Mr Ward flew the night air mail for five years between New York and Cleveland and in his present position as operations manager for Interstate knows from first hand experience what the night air mail flyer has to contend with In the selection of pilots for Interstate runs Mr Ward has been fortunate in obtaining a group of the best men to be found anywhere With good equipment record flights have been made over every route operated by the airlines company and the past several weeks the air mail schedule has been covered 100 percent West Indian Health Official in County Dr Hall of Jamaica West Indies is visiting the Rutherford County Health Department studying the program of public health put on in Rutherford county Dr Hall is sent here under the direction of the Rockefeller Foundation It seems that the British government is planning to put on an extensive disease control measure In this possession in the West Indies Dr Hall will be in Murfreesboro and Rutherford county for about three weeks Nashville Man Makes First Solo From-Field Here Gsffcrge Noland sales manager of the Allen Manufacturing Co of Nashville was the first student aviator to make a sota flight from Sky Harbor Mr Noland after several landings under the instruction of Norman Wise in charge of the Interstate school at Evansville took off and landed alone making a perfect landing Wednesday afternoon He had only eight hours and 45 minutes training in the air Legion Auxiliary Names Delegates Attend State Meet At a call meeting of the American Legion Auxiliary the following delegates were chosen to? represent the local chapter at Jackson on Aug 26 27 and 28: Mrs Elrod Ms Mur-free Mrs Joe Grannisj MrsAl Lytle Partee Mrs Kjiott and Mrs Joe Webb j' Mrs Hubfcrt Elrod Mrs John Bagwell Jr Mr Leipef Freeman Mrs Burton Carnahan Mrs Sinip Houston Mrs Charles Nelson Mrs Mahlon Brown nd Mrs Jack Fox will also accompany the delegates to Jackson these two ladies holding state offices in the American Legion auxiliary I AUTO RACE ENDS AT hospital And jail i White Man Charge with Drunken Spectator Faints arWreck One man in jail one in the hospital and a woman who fainted are the re- ft suits of a speed contest between a New Ford and a Buick on the Nash- I ville pike Tuesday afternoon about 5 clock Jimmie Howard of Cookeville form-erly of this city was qfrested a short time after the wreck which sent Wilbur Fugitt Chattanooga negro to Rutherford hospital which a broken arm and a number of cuts about the face and body Howard was charged with driving a car while drunk and reckless driving Howard driving a Boick coupe and the negro in a new Ford passed Sheriff Bragg Bragg and Constable Grundy p'Keri1 on the Nashville pike near the airport eemingly making all the cars would do When the officers arrived at the negro settlement near the National Cemetery they found car had been wrecked and the negro was lying on the side of the road An Atlanta woman traveling alone drove slowly by the wreck and after looking at the negro fainted loosing her grip on the wheel Deputy Bragg swung on the running board of the car and averted a wreck It required several minutes to revive the woman who continued her journey after telling officers she was all right Officers state the Ford was struck by the Buick and thrown in front of a truck which was also traveling toward Murfreesboro The car was badly damaged and the Buick hus-tained a broken bumper and smashed fender Howard is said to have kept going after the wreck and officers instituted a search for him going out the Manchester Shelbyville and Woodbury pikes to make inquiry Mr Kerr was left at the jail to turn in a prisoner they had brought from Nashville and when he came out the jail door observed Howard drive by and parked a short distance down the street He jumped in a car and placed Howard under arrest MARK WOMACK TO HEAD LEGION Elected Commander of Bob Brown Post at Meeting Monday Night Mark Womack who has served in various ofifees of Bob Brown post of the American Legion for the past four years was elected commander at a meeting of the post Monday evening Last year Mr Womack served as vicecommander and succeeds Leiper Freeman A large attendance was at the meeting and John Wiseman was elected chairman of the committee to work up a delegation for the American Legion convention at Louisville this fall Other officers elected were George Williamson vice-commander Roy Norris adjutant A1 Lytle Partee sergeant-at-arms Dr J' Golightly chaplain John Wiseman historian and Joe Fox finance officer the latter three being re-elected The executive committee is composed of the following: Messrs Womack Fox Norris Houston and James A Ridley King Saya Great Things Will Happen When Brains And Money Take Hold Endorsement of the movement to place Rutherford county at the top of the purebred" Jersey cattle counties in the United States was given this week by George King of the Franklin pike -one of the foremost Jersey breeders in the county and state When business men begin using their brains and money to help the farmer we may expect great things Mr King said in discussing the campaign to be undertaken in Rutherford county by the Chamber of Commerce which hopes to interest Rotary and Kiwanis clubs and Farm Bureau in the move While every fanner is not fitted and does not have the time to apply to scientific Jersey breeding Mr King is of the opinion that the man who has several registered cows in hfs herd and that herd headed by a bull of the best breeding is on the to increased production and greater profits through the sale of the progeny of his registered animals The value of a good bull cannot be over-estimated Mr King stated bemoaning the fact that Rutherford county breeders had recently allowed several choice sires to slip away from them in dispersal sales and when they were offered bulls at prices that were extermely reasonable Experts have estimated the value of a good sire as high as 75 percent and Mr King says they are not far wrong Recently he had for sale at his place a young bull of Do and Xenia Sultan breeding which Jersey men consider two of the best blood lines obtainable The animal was owned by a Nashville man who in terested in Jerseys and offered to sell him for $500 While Mr JCing was endeavoring to place him with a local Jersey breeder the bull was sbld to an Ohio man who now asks $2500 for him as a three-year-old During the time Mr King had the bull in his possession he was bred to four of the best cows in the Kingland Farm herd and all of the cows had heifer calves These heifers at 14 months of age were sold in the dispersal sale last spring for an average of $350 Such a breeder as that bull would more than pay for his price in a few time Mr King said That the greatest need in Rutherford county at the present is purebred bulls of the best blood lines is the emphatic opinion of Mr King Co-operation with the local organization in staging a Jersey day in the near future was promised by Mr King who said that the American Jersey Cattle Gub officials would also be pleased to assist The formation of the committee which will have charge of this movement wil be discussed at the next meeting of the board of directors John Butler president of the Chamber of Commerce said yesterday Revival to Begin Sunday at Bethel A revival will begin at the Bethel Methodist church on the Sulphur Springs road next Sunday morning at 11 with Rev Gentry doing the preaching Rev Leidig pastor announces Services will be held each evening at 7 :30 and the public is cordially invited to attend Rev Leidig also announces regular services at Chapel near Walter Hill for Sunday afternoon at 3 Child Recovering From Auto Accident Aubrey Cook Jr 7 who was struck by an automobile Sunday morning is reported to be improving rapidly The boy sustained a concussion of the brain and was seriously ill Sunday and Monday His condition had improved so that the nurse has been discarged and the physician states he will be all right if kept quiet CARDWELL FURNITURE STORE 4 WILL OPEN HERES ATURDAY The formal opening of the Cardwell furniture store on the South Side of the square will take place Saturday morning at 9 JO A fine stock of furniture has been assembled by the proprietor who has been in the business 36 years in Indiana and Union Transfer Co Announces New Fare and Traveling Time Greatly Reduced Through bus service from Nashville to Knoxville was inaugurated last week by the Union Transfer Co and the Tennessee Coach Company according to Edward Miller of the local transportation company During its first week of operation the busses on their two round trips daily have been about 50 percent loaded Mr Miller stated On Sept 1 four large 30-passenger White busses will be placed on the run These buss es will be equipped with air cushioned seats and other conveniences and have inside baggage compartments The granting of the certificate of convenience and necessity to the local firm and the Tennesse Coach Company came after a four-day battle before the state utilities commission in which they were opposed by the St railway the Tennessee Central railway and the Consolidated Bus Lines Two members of the commission voted for the line The busses pass through Murfreesboro at 8 JO am and 2 :30 pm in Knoxville at 350 and 9 :50 pm The one-way fare is $5 or $9 for the round trip Connections are made with busses for the North Carolina mountain resorts and eastern cities at Knoxville Mr Miller states the bus saves about 50 percent on railroad fare and cuts the time in half 'A number of Murfreesboro people have made the Knoxville trip by bus and are highly pleased with the run The Knoxville line is now the longest operated by the Union Transfer Co a distance of 216 miles The Birmingham line one of the best of the company is 207 miles in length and is getting a heavy traffic About Sept 1 the company will place two new re dining chair busses on "the Birmingham run for night trips leaving the two cities about 11 Two new parlor busses are to be put in operation on the Nashville line at an early date They w'ill accomodate 35 passengers The old grey busses are gradually being replaced and retired to lines just started or held in reserve for overload and special trips ROTARY PLANS FOR INTER-CITY MEET Middle Tennessee Clubs to Be Entertained Here Next Tuesday Evening Plans for the inter-city meeting of a dozen or more Middle Tennessee Rotary clubs that will be guests of the local club were discussed at Tuesday Meeting of the club by Col Pox general chairman of the coninyftee For the past several years the club In T1 1 1 III I'll Till1 11 mi i ljii' of all clubs within a 75-mile radius taming 300 or more guests Next Tuesday a larger number is expected to accept the local invitation to the meeting to be held at the State Teachers College President A Lyon also made a short talk in which he urged every member to make himself a committee of one to make the guests feel at home Nashville Columbia Garksville Frmanklin Springfield Lebanon McMinnville Tullahoma Shelbyville and several other cities are expected to be represented Williams former editor of the News-Banner and a visitor to the city was an honor guest of the club and made a short talk in appreciation of Murfreesboro The song program lead by A Brandon with Mrs Sam Stephens at the piano Was the feature of the evening Find Whisky In Hot Water Bottle Unusytf whisky stow and sales methods were Niece negro cafe operator officers reported Wednesday after raiding his place of business on Vine street The supply of whisky was found In a rubber hot water bottle in a ditch at the back door Patrons are said to have been served in soup bowls which were washed immediately Sam has just finished a term on the road officers said Store Formrely Occupied By Shacklett to Be Added To 1 Chain Store The floor space of the Penney Co store in this city will be more than doubled when the remodeling program- begun this week by Bell Bros Co is completed according to Kennedy local manager The store formerly occupied by Shacklett Staley Sanders has been' leased by the chain store and the wall between the two storehouses will be removed and the two stores thrown together both lower and upper floors The basement will also be remodeled and used for storage purposes During the remodeling work the stow will be open for business as usual A fal-e wall will be constructed to keep dust and dirt out of the store It is stated that about six weeks will be required for the- work Four large show windows will Be' built and on the interior of the store circular display cases illuminated showcases and other fixtures will be added making the Penney store one of the most up-to-date in Murfreesboro Mr Kennedy states that their present quarters have been too small since a short time after opening the store and that they have not been able to give their merchandise the proper dis-play He believes that with the additional floor space he will be able to double his sales during the next i WRECK MY BE 4 FATAL TO ONE 1 1 Knoxville Men inCritical Condi lion After Head-On Auto 1 Collision Kyle Craig 25 of Knoxville whose skull was probably fractured in an automobile accident on the Dixie highway near the airport about noon Wednesday was still alive yesterday at noon at the Rutherford Hospital but little hope is held for his recovery Seven others injured in the head-on collision sustained minor cuts and bruises and are said to be improving Householder and Ar-wood both of Knoxville who occupied the Chrysler jtar with Craig sustained cut and bruises about the body Householder who drove the car was -walking with a stick yesterday Mr and Mrs Sidney Tate and three children and Earl Anderson of Rock-wood III in a Willys-Knight bound for Florida were slightly bruised and cut Both cars were practically demolished According to the wreck victims the driver of the Knoxville car believed Tate was preparing to turn into thfc filling station just south of the airport and the Knoxville man pulled over to the left side of the road Tate stepped on the gas to get out of the way and struck the Knoxville car head on Craig who was riding on the front seat was thrown out of the door and caught between the two cars and crushed The Illinois car caught fire inline- diately after the wreck but was soon extinguished Arwood stated yesterday he had been in eight wrecks in recent years three of which had ended fatally Relatives of Craig were notified of his accident and arived here yester day A1 McKnight Buys Walker Residence At Auction for $7700 The two-story brick residence of Df Walker on East Lytle street was sold Wednesday afternoon for $7700 to A1 McKnight in the auction sale of the Walker property 'in this city by the Ellis Rucker Realty Company The ten lots in the Bilbro addition brought $2300 Bidding- on all the property -was brisk indieating an increased activity in real estate -Mr McKnight stated yesterday that he had purchased the property for an investment and believed it a good bay also said he might move to the Walker home Dr and Mr Walker will leave Murfreesboro in the near future to reside on their plantation in South Georgia REVIVAL CLOSES SUNDAY EVENING House and Wall to Close Five Weeks Meeting Special Services Tonight The House-Wall meeting in progress here for the past five weeks is expected to close on Sunday evening Tonight a spegial service for men and boys over 12 years of age will be conducted at the big tent on Fast Main street Seventh will be the subject of Mr House At the same time a special service for the women will be conducted at the First Baptist church Mr Jeff Wall who will have for her subject Greatest Woman in Rutherford Mrs Hewitt Farthman will be in charge of the song service at the meeting while Jeff Wall will conduct at the tent Large crowds from all sections of this and adjoining counties have attended the meeting each night and great good is expected to result from the revival One Negro Held Two Released for Assault On White Man George Phillips negro was bound over under $250 bond on an assault and battery charge and his two companions Tom Ramsey and Jack Overall were released after trial Wednesday night before Squire Watt Hicks Phillips was also fined $25 for reckless driving Garland Cisco white told the court that Phillips struck him with a brickbat and a pair of brass knucks Sunday afternoon near the Rock Bridge but the other two negroes had nothing to do with the assault Cisco seemed reluctant to testify officials stated Reported Death Of oodbury Man Causes 300 To Start Search The statement by Alton Turney that he had killed Doran Williams and left his body on the side of the road connecting the Hill pike and Woodbury pike at Readyville caused 300 citizens and officers of Rutherford and Cannon counties jo'conduct a man hunt that lasted aboit two hours and resulted in the finding of Mr Williams clerk and master of the chancery court at Woodbury near the Antioch church Mr face was bloody and showed signs of a fight with Turney of McMinnville who reported to Wall that he had killed the Cannon county official Not only did the search take in all the woods and fields of the section but a number of men dragged Stones River nearby Mr Turney reported at Mr home at 7 and Mr Williams was not found until about 10 Burglars Rob Store Store near Eagleville was burglarized Wednesday night according to a report to Sheriff Bragg Thursday morning An unknown quanity ol merchandise was stolen and Constables Frazier and Holton are working on the case It was not known how entrance to the store was gained ber of the McFadden school faculty and Misses Annie and Ellen Ashley of Toledo: two brothers Horace and Freeland Ashley also of Toledo Mr and Mrs Sneed had been married about 11 years and had made this city their home during this time She had taught in the city schools for a number of years and was greatly be-lover by her pupils Her death following an illness of several weeks is a soure of sorrow to her many friends here CARNATION WINS BRICK CONTFST Three Bricks Sent Airport Here Win Other Prize Goes to Alaska ir't prize for the company ot indivi-dua sending the largest number of bricks to be used in a memorial to air mail pilots who have lost their lives in the srvice went to the Carnation Milk Products Company of Oconomo-woc Wis which sent three white bricks with their name engraved on each They were awarded $100 Two residents of Nome Alaska who sent a brick jointly to the airport here won the $100 prize offered for the brick traveling the longest distance by airmail About sixty bricks have been received from 20 states and Canada and others are expected by the time the Sky Harbor is officially opened A majority of the bricks came from Chambers of Commerce manufacturers and city and state officials President Herbert Hoover sent marhle a brick It is announced that the three buildings under construction at the airport are practically complete It is understood that other structures are contemplated for the landing field at an ea date Us? of the field for landing mail planes will probably begin within a short time the mail being hauled to and from the field by truck to the Nashville postoffice Brnic Rion With Spaia Bernice Rion formerly with Earth-man-Wilson Motor Co is now an employe of Spain Son Mr Rion is an experienced hardware man having worked for Byrn Hardware Co and the Reed Hardware Co several years before getting into the automobile business.