NEW CHEVROLET
BEING SHOWN BY
DICKEY MOTOR CO
New Low Prices Show Reduction of
From $10 to $50 ? Improvement*
lncludc 4-ft'heel Brakes
(By Roy C. Hayes)
Surpassing all its former achieve
ments its a leader :n the building of
low cott transportation, the Chevro
let Motor Company, announced the
most instinctive iow prced automo
bile cf a!l me.
The announcement of a complete
new line cf Chevrolet cars follows
immediately *on the close of Chevro
let's grca'est yead when its volume
of on n4iilion units made it the
world' 1-irgest bulidcr of automo
biles, and presages a year of unex
amplcd activity for the organization
that 1 ? been the pioneer volume of
gear -ft motor cars.
In as the "Bigger and Better
|let, the new car that went on
throughout the United States
fdy 1, not only succeed;? the
Beautiful Chevrolet" but in
rates all the advantages that
S the latter so popular and in ad
|n emb?' lit a host o*" refinements
combine to produce what fjer.
Mot?ors official:^ believe wit be
' sensation of the automobile in
|try in li'HS.
. quick picture of the new ca.* that
ns destined to write a new chap
into the history of the automo
Ihe business may be had by noting
le folb wing h:ghlights of th 192S
Kevrolet:
Extended wheelbase, irrer.ted speed j
bid power, f?our wheel b: ak*s, 'longer i
roomier Fisher bodies, new Duco
colors, thermostat cooling, shock ab
sorbing springs, motor enclosure, and ,
lindirectly lighted instrument panel
rand other advantages built in sis a
' result of lessens learned throsgh 13
years of constant progress.
The "Bigger and Better" Chevo
let owes its outstanding vidtdes to
the manifold facilities at the disposal
i of the Chevrolet Motor Company, in
\ eluding the General Motors Proving
Ground, the General Motors Research
laboratory, the ChCevrolet experi
mental laboratory, the Chevrolet en
gineering department and the skill
and resources of the Fisher Body
Corporation.
Seven passenger cars, including
five closed and two open types,
comprise the line. Every driving re
quirement is care for in the make up
and appointments ?of the various body
types.
Beauty in appearance, perfor
mance in driving and economy in
operation are the keynotes of the car
that owes its every detail to wither
ing tests of days, weeks and months
under all types of weather, road and
driving conditions.
Every detail has been proved true
inexhaustivc tests. As a resuflt, the
new line achieves to a degree hither
to unexampled in the low priced field
' standard of smadtness, advanced
'performances, striking color combi
nations, completenesg of equipment
and minute attention to style, com
fort and luxury.
The new car has a distinctive big
car appearance entirely foreign to
its price class. This is achieved by
adding four inches to the wheelbase,
^bringing the present total to 107 in
fches.
All passenger m*odels have a ladg
30 by 4.50 balloon tires and steel
|Jisc wheels as standard equipment,
her standard equipment includes
oplight, rear vision mirror, gasoline
e, complete tool set, and theft
' steering and ignition lock. Ad
'ional equpiment is standard with
dividual models.
1 Mechanically the car has been im
d to a parallel in performance,
and readability its new beau
nd advanced body design. It is
ed by an improved valve-in
fcr.gine that in road tests devel
36.6 per cent more power and
raft
1 IN HOSPITAL
I IN JAIL AFTER
XMAS SHOOTING
Lawrcnce Brendle, With Fifty-four
Shot in Cody, Said to iSe in
Critical Condition at Sylva
Hospital
Lawrence Brendle, about 24 years !
old, of Factorytown, is in Sylva in I
the hospital in a critical condition as
n result of a shooting scrape Christ
mas night, and Kuck Frye, 74 years
?old. also of the Factorytown section,
j charged with the shooting, is being
held without bond pending the out
j come of the condition of young
Brendle.
Brendle received fifty-four shot ni
the body, taking effect in the face
arms, shoulders and chest.
None of the details surrounding
the shr-> ing are clear. According
to the father of young Brendle, the
boy claims Frye threatened his
< T>endle,s) life a day or two be
, f' ve. According to information the
! ailant of young Brendle was some
where near or on the porch of F rye's
house, and officers stated they found
j sh<?f gun wiCi an empty shell in it
unde1* the house. Kva Frye, a step
[daughter of Frye. was said to have
been ? >th youm; Brendle at the time,
land the father of the victim stated
, -l:e j i the elder Frye did the v. not
ing.
I Five, from his cell in the Chero
i kee County jail, stated that he knew
nothing of the shooting, other than
that it was done. He stoutly main
tains that he is innocent of the
ehargc . and declares that he is mere
ly the victim of a frame -uf.. We
sa:d that Christmas ceiebraters had j
been shooting off fireworks all about
and under the house, and that young
Brendle had made the statement to
his small girl that he was going to
dynamite the house.
Frye has not yet been arrainged
pending the outcome of the condi
tion of young Brendle, who has a
chance to recover.
If you hear the fire siren on Mon
days after the clock strikes twelve,
don't be alarmed. It is only a test
signal. Sid Pendley, chief of the
Murphy Fire Department, stated
that this course was being taken to
make sure the siren was in working
order at all times. Several times
small fires have started in town dur
ing the last few weeks ar?d the siren
failed to work, he said, and this
would be a precaution against such
happenings in the future, and the
blowing of it every Monday at 12
will have a tendency to keep the
mechanism limbered up.
approximately fyive more miles per
hour than the previous Chevdalet en
gine.
New features developed in the
engine include a new motor enclos
ure which completely covers the valve
lifts and makes for a quieter and
cleaner engine. New crankcase
breathi.ig system which eliminates
the leakage of engine fumes through
the body of the car; new two-port
exhaust; new alloy constant clear
ance "invar stdut" pist<yns, new hy
dro-laminated camshaft gears, im
proved mushroom valve tappets, and j
larger camshaft.
An oil pump provides sufficient
lubrication t"o all bearing surfaces;
while an AC oil filter and an AC air
cleaner protect all moving parts of
the engine from didt and other for
eign matter, thus adding materially
to the life of the motor.
The new four-wheel brakes repre
sent an [outstanding achievement of
General iMotors. .
The nfew low prices sh?pw cuts of |
from $li.00 to $50.00.
l4ew Old |
The Toufng ^495 *525
The Roal
The Coif
4-Door
The Co
Sport Gj
Imperial
triolet
au
495 525 1
>95 625
675 695 I
585 595 1
>65 715
>15 745 I
WHIPPET CAR
PRICES CUT
W:!!y; C!??? Savings in Quantity
Production as Explanation
VKW YORK. Jan. 4. ? The loner
looked for nrice wav on the lownric
ed automobile seemed a realty Wed
nesday with the announcement of a
Whippet convertahle con no at $$5
less than the correspond *n?r model
Ford.
A week aco. rv^Ment John X.
Willys of th*? Wil*r*-0"e-'^nd con
cern, manufacturers of the Whip
pet. announced the company was in
p. position make another reduction
if noc^Tr to m??et Ford's prices.
An announcement last Sunday of
ofcuts of from $10 to $50 in prices
the new nnd larsrer Chevrolet
rars discounted the statement of of
ficii?ls of automobile companies that
the new prices "are not- to he con
strued as indicating a price war."
The Whippet prices compared with
4 he new Ford are:
Ford Whinret
I Convertible coupe ..... . $.">50 $545
Four-door sedan .. ... $570 $~'i5
i Two-door sedan $195 $535
rou^e S*95 ?535
Roadster $385 $'25 1
Tourinc $395 $455'
\ nether pi ice reduction was made!
i.nown today in the Ivjrher price field i
when cuts of from $500 to $700 j
I were announced in Packard eights.
1 N C BAPTIST |
MINISTER S
C0NFERENCF
Vcstern N. C. Baptist Ministers*
Conference, Waynesville, N. C.
January 10-11, 1328
Tuesday's Session
11:00 A. M. Devotions Dr. G. A.
Martin, Waynesville. 11:15 A. M.
Sermon Rev. Wallace Ilartsell. Flre
vard. 12:00 A. M. Lunch. 1:30 P.
M. Devotions Rev. I. K. Stafford,
Cullowhee. 1 :45 P. M. "Shadows
and Types of Christ in the Old Tes
tament," Dr. R. L. Creal, Bryson
City. 2:30 P. M. "Christ in the
Psalms/' Rev. A. V. Joyner, Canton.
3:00 P. M. "Comfort for the Suffer
ing in the Old Testament," Rev. T.
F. Deitz, Beta. 7:30 P. M. Song
Service, Rev. and Mrs. Charles Jol
lay, Asheville. 8:00 P. M. Sermon
Dr. R. J. Bateman, Asheville.
Wednesday's Session
9:30 A. M. Devotions Rev. T. L.
Sasses, Murphy. 9:45 A. M. Busi
ness and Miscellaneous. 10:00 A. M.
"EzekieTs Vision of God," Dr. W. H.
Fitzgerald, Biltmore. 10:30 A. M.
Review of "The Christ of the Indian
Road" (Jones,) Rev. P. D. Mangum,
Marion. 11:00 A. M. "The Challenge
of Christian Education," Dr. R. L.
Moore, Mars Hill.
(Note: Please inform Dr. R. L.
Creal, President, Bryson City, in the
event you cannot serve.)
Every Baptist Minister in Western
N. C., is a member of this confer
ence and is earnestly reu?sted to at
tend this meeting at Waynesville.
W. W. WILLIAMS, Sec.
COLD WAVE
GRIPS MURPHY
One of the coldest waves of zero
weather in many years, held Murphy
in its grip several days this week.
Last Saturday night the thermomet
er suddenly dropped, some report si*
below, some two below, som/ zero,
some two above, and from sf i facts,
figures and fables, the concensus of
?opinion places it betwe*Ci zero and
two abovie. . '
Water pipes fro ie, automobile
radiators froze, ant^in fact every
NEW GROCERY
FOR MURPHY TO
OPEN ABOUT 15
New Store to Occupy Building Va
cated By Davidson & Carringer,
Who Move to National Sales
Co. Building
A new grocery store for Murphy
will -open its doors on or about Jan
uary 15, to be known as J. W. Axley
& Son, and will be located in the
building: formerly occupied by Dav
idson & Carringer.
The new store will be operated by
Mr. J. W. Axley, formerly with the
Wofford-Terrell Company, whole
merchants, and his son, John H. Ax
ley, formerly bookkeeper for the
Regal Blue Marble Company, which
position ho held for nine years, and
now the efficient clerk of the Dickey
Hotel. The young Mr. Axley will
give up his nof.iti? n at the hotel to
assist his father. 'rbe elder Mr. Ax
ley was in the retail business in
Murrliv for about throe years before
lie went to Wofford-Terrell Co.
The building will 1 e repaired and
repafnted inside, and otherwise re
novated. Mr. Axley hopes to b
!'on for busir.fss on the 15 he suit
ed, and will carry a complete line
of staple and fancy groceries Gro
ceries will be handled exclusively,
he said.
Davidson ?? Carringer Move
Davidson & Carringer, retail mer
chants in groceries and general mer
chandise, moved their stock -of goods
thi . week into the build'ng formerly
oc cupied by the National Sales Com
, New shelve* and counters
have been erected and old ones re
paired, and Messrs Davidson &. Car
linger state that they are now bet
ter prepared to serve their custo
mers.
MARBLE SCHOOL
HONOR ROLL'
First Grade, Miss Osie Smith,
teacher, Maude Davis and Max
Smith. Second and Third (trades,
Miss Vesta Whitaker, tcacher. Sec
ond grade: Gertrude Palmer, Kate
Ct'ffey and Ralph Edwards. Third
grade: Dorothy May Edwards Edna
C'jambers, Ruby Hall, Ruth Bartow,
Paulina Kilpatrick and Homer Bax
ter. Fourth grade, J. M. Lovin
good, teacher: Delia Haskins, Medal
Huskins and Bonnie Cole. Fifth and
Sixth grades, W. K. Johnson, teach
er, Fifth grade: Lawrence Kim
brough. Sixth grade: James Bdy
son, Jr., Edgar Palmer and Bass Par
ker. Seventh grade, R. L. Keenum,
teacher: Porter Jenkins, Grant Jones,
Fred Garrett, Leona Crain and Elsie
Huskins.
R? L. KEENUM Principal.
thing containing water, refused to
hold water any longer when it began
to thaw. Plumbers have been work
ing overtime, and those who could
not secure professional plumbers,
turned plumbers themselves, and
with burning paper, kettles of hot
water, blow torches, etc., sought to
relieve the situation. Few cars were
seen for several days on the streets,
and what few sallied forth, were
guhsing steam like an engine.
Without doubt it was one of the
coldest waves to hit the town in
many years. But listen to this:
In going through his files the
other day Mr. E. B. Norvell brought
to this office a letter from "Mr. M.
W. Bell, written at Murphy on Jan
uary 26, 1893. wherein speaking of
the weather in Murphy, Mr. Fell
said: "We had 22 degrees below zero
one morning, 12 inches -of snow and
8 inches of ice on the rivers."
This is the coldest spell in Murp
of which there is any record.
1
PRISONERS IN
LOCAL JAIL GET
XMAS DINNER
Unioue Laws Covern the Ungovern
able Within the Four Walls of
County Jail
The seventeen prisoners lodged
within the Cherokee County jail on
Christmas day laid aside their peas
and corn pone on that day for the
more delicious appetizing dish label
ed on menus in restaurants, cafes,
and more hospitable hostelrys as
"chicken dinner."
Warden Gec-^e C-awfo-d <ct thp
prisoners up 'o *v/o b;T fnt her 5, etc.,
on Ch-iV.mas day, and all of them
wer? simr'n^ hi? praises and wishing
tha, every day was Christmas fray,
when this scribe ruade a professional
call one day this week.
The prisoners occupying and en
joying the hospitality of the ccnnw
hotel or. Christmas Day were clas
sed as follows: ir? charged with vio
lation of the prohibition laws; i>
charged with larceny of automobiles, A
and ( ic charg d with a^-a-i't with I
(' ' ily weapon.
Unique Court
\ 11 ni court, known a? Kanga
Cf)urt?, '/'iv?i;ns the unpovtm
tk:n f viu?* walls of the
hui'd; !id when this Kangaroo
Court i:' Judgement on any of
fender of e laws of the lawless, it
? with jus1, as much seriousness as
the other courts of the land sit in
judgement on any offenders of the
laws of society.
And this cou-t has it-% jy<i ro a> ?l
fill I |)?f:30liuc'l or colli t olficeis.
When one office is made vacant Vy
the incumbent beirg transferred to
another jail or given his frecdcm.
another is appointed to fill the va
cancy.
Noticing a manuscript attached to
a piece of heavy board hanging
against the wall in one of the cells,
this scribe asked What it was, and
was handed the board and informed
that it was a list of officers of the
Kangaroo Court and Kangaroo Laws-.
This is what we read, with the
parenthesis added by way of expla
nation of the prominence of the in
cumbent:
Judge, Hugh Hood. (Charged with
theft of an automobile.)
Clerk, Horace Culberson. (Charg
ed with theft of an automobile.)
Sheriff, Red Guffey. (Violation
of the prohibition law.)
Deputy, Grant Wykle. (Disodderly
conduct.)
Deputy, Herman Logan. (Violat
ing prohibition law.)
Deputy, Gudger Elliott. (Violat
ing prohibition law.
Kangaroo Laws
1. Stealing, no limit.
2. Breaking in jail, $1.00 or
licks.
3. Spitting on toilet, 25c or 25
licks.
4. Dirtying up the floor, 25 licks.
5. Stopping up sinks, 50 licks.
6. Using other man's belongings
without asking for them, 25 licks.
7. Black guarding (cursing) be
fore ladies and children, 50 licks in
good ternii.
8. Butting irto other people's
business, 25c or 25 licks.
Religious Services
Religious services are held on the
first Sunday in each month in the
jail building by the Methodist Church
es at Murphy and Andrews. The
services held there last Sunday were
conducted by the Methodist Church
at Andrews, and the prisoners ad
dressed by Rev. Church, the pastor,
and all were high in their praipe 'ot
the good sermon he preached.
olat-^
r 5<M
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Storey spent
the holidays with relatives at Jef-.
r~. j r r*
ferson and Commerce, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Pope and fam
Uy, of Knoxville, Tenn., spent se'
^ ^ days during Christmas with
^ * and friends in Murphy.
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