Detail, d Price*
•' ea New Feed
ai*«C •
for • woah in two
to Uw UnKad lUlw oarryto* Um
tioiu at Um mv car. Th* Wwrtto
ntwt of tli* Qraaite City Motor Co,
of thia city, ippwitor to thia 1mm j
StTM mm mt Um m«* important
faeU ikNt Um mw ear. Friday to
Um day Mt for offWiai abowtoff of tto
oar whon all tofonaation to aoaaot
Uon with Um car will bo given Um
pobHc at Um rarioao Ford agaMtoa.
The mw Ford u doolgMd ia mad* to
six body typo*, and can bo bad to
Mtvoral different combiaatioM of aul
ora. Some of thr faaturoa of it eon
atot of four- wbMl brakea, hydraulic
abock abaorbora, guaranteed to make
66 to 00 aaitoa an bow with eaao, baa
oil pump aad water pump, battery
aad diatributer Ignition ayatem. dr> -
diac ciateh and atandard thro*
ap**d (Mr, ateol a poke wbMla, and
• com** completely equipped with all:
Eaccoaaortao found oa Um modorn high
pricod ear. i
A demonstration of the car wa*
held |a Detroit Wednesday in the
presence of the newspaper man fath
ered from all parte of the country
for Uw occasion, at which time the
new price* for the varioua type* ware
announced. Before announcing the
pricee to the scribes the ear waa giv
en an elaborate obetaele taet. Through
blinding eddies oi (now, and over,
nitty roada, rim deep In mud, the
oar waa driwi at <2 mile* aa boar.,
twirled abotK, brought to abrupt
halta and taken around curveat at a'
terrific pare.
At the conclusion of the demon
atration, Ednel Ford, la charge ef the
earamoniea, waa beaieged with que*
tiona regarding the secret of the lev
erage of the machine. It waa explain
ed aa due to a combination of new
eiemente which war* previously an
nounced. In anewwr to other ques
tioaa, Mr. Ford aaaerted "lite com
pany hope* to reach a production of
1,000 ears a day by January; will
continue to make parte for the old
model T machines; will pro duos a
•mailer machine for the French and
English trade and to moat resistance
of high horaepower* tax la theae coun
tries; that plana for patting oat the.
new ear ware conceived four years]
•«o."
Trucks: Truck and chaaais $400;
track chaaaia with eab IMS; track
chaaais with eab aad express body
9000; track chaaaia with cab and
•take body 9010; track chaaaia with
eab and platform body 9006.
The prices, given out by the Ford
Meter Car Co., repreaent an increaae
over the coat of the old model T. ma
chines rith the exception of one type
the tuour sedan. The f. o. b. price of
tie* as as Ford machtnss ars ooa
fsiysd. aa similar type having been
The phaetim, or touring ear, of the
/M type aoll for 9900, while ths now
type price Is 9909. IV old type
9996.
nil i
SKULL nUCTWP IN
«M etoged to ha halt at the aahool
MMtaf rday atgbt. bat owing
let bnr i» UM aeghhorhood the
oimntMi «m ealled off. AWwt •
hundred liowever gathered Xl«il for
tho *■«**! »ti iwl Hardy «u m of
I ho number.
A boat two o'-toofc that niirht Or. S.
T. Flippin «m •rouaod by mm «•:
hortlin at hi* door mm! when ho
aaawared tho mil ho found Hardjr iy-1
ing on the porch, hut thooo who had
ealled him had dieappoarad. Dr. Flip
pin droaaod tho wound* of tho iajar
or man and aaxt lonting ho waa
brought to tho hoepltoL
Sheriff Haynoo whon notified of
tho affair had hie depatiaa investi
gate tlx matter which load to the
arroet of two youth*, Joel Key and
Everett tloaa. Young Key admit* be
in* tho one who a**aultod Uardy aad
•ay* Mo** had nothing to do with
the fight. Key claim* that Hardy a*
the fight. Key claims that Hardy wa*
upon him and that he threw a rock
at him ctriking him with deadly aim
between the eye*. The boy readily
gave a bond of |t00 for a hearing
when Hardy ia able to attend, ahould
he be fortunate enough to recover, j
All port to* to the affair are pron»,
inently connected and wall known in
the aouthorn part of the count).
Miaeea I'ullen. Tripletl, Walker am^
Dudley of the 1927 graduatinf rUuu
of Martin Memorial Hoapital have
paaaed the North Carolina SUU
Board examination*. J^iiee PotWh re
main* with MartinJ0^nu,rmi Hoapiul
u nfgtot luperintendenb Miae Dud
ley haa iMUd ia lto^ioke, Va.,
where the WNkuac pr/»aU nursing,
Miaae* TripM tiihl(lker are lo
cated In WlnafhH-Salrm *Hare they
will da private dity thouch at pree
enl Miae Tripiett ia on fecial duty at
the hoepita! here. ^
Rev. Albertu* Perry,' D. D.. waa al
vialtor in thla city Tueeday. Dr. Par
ry ia tooHnc the South ia the inter
eat of the Boring Travel Serviee of
New York City with which ha ia con
nected In the capacity of (reap di
rector and lecturer and waa director
of the group with which Meedawee
P. D. Holcomb and C H. Hayoet
toured the Holy Land*. He waa gaeet
of Sheriff and Mm. Haynea at lunch'
Tuesday and haa been invited to
Make a viait here later (or the par
poee of |iv|g| a lecture.
TEN CO-OP WAREHOUSES
REMAINING TO.BE fOLEtf
at • p. m. Tto pmtrM wM Ik
by tha Shields Trio mi
each la an art tat af
ant. TMr program la
tfe and ana)m
TW Shields Trte la really Um
Extremely at
talented, elr*
at aad |UM. It la moat unaeaal b
find la ana family euek pre*—I abil
»ty
The program* which tboee young
ara af irreelatibfa
tivata ha
piantat uf ability.
Lauma la a drmattc nadir. Pow
ar and personsltty are tba fascinat
ing high-lights In her work. She ap
peals to y»unc and old as aba draw*
from a rich repetotre of hoth humor
mu and dramtic selections. She la al
to an excellent alti|«r
llattie-Sell, 'cellist, poe>see« apian
did terhnlqur and lovely ton*, fiho
plays with oqual aklll tha oH favor
ites and tha works of tha maatara.
Small Boy Struck by Qhr Skull
Fraeturad !
*
Cameron Easter, a aU year old
boy of ('ana. Va.. waa (truck by a
car near tba aviation field Saturday
afternoon and suffered a fractured
skull. The little boy la reported to
have jumped from a track on which
he had been riding and started aeroea
the road in front of tha ear which hit
him and threw him some dlatanee.
tils brought to the hospital where
remains a patient.
The car was driven bjT a Mr. Cull
er who came at once to the office of
the sheriff to report Um caae. Wlt
of the accident are said to
free Mr. Culler from blame In the
deplorable affair.
Small Boy Accidentally Shot
The three year old son of Mr. aad
Mr*. Uwmn Newman, of Dug
Spur. Va. ia making a bravo fight for
life at Martia Memorial Hoepital
where ho ia suffering from a run that
wound in the abdomen and hip in
flicted accidentally by the child'a
brntlwr a week ago last 8atarday.
Some children ware playing with the
weapon when it waa fired, Um little
fellow waa ia quita a serious condi
tion bat is slowly improving.
Mia* May McAra To Wod Dr.
Job* L. Aahby
LustAaap, JPtt, N«wr W-Vltr. aad
Mrs. Daniel Hunter MeArn. of Laur
Inburg, announce the snfafMsat at
their daaghter May to Dr. John La
Fajrette Asbby, of Moant Airy Iks
wadding to taka place daring the
Christmas holiday^/
Qunrtarty (fiirfgrni at Salw
The first quarterly meeting for
Salem Methodist Church will be held
at 11 o'clock Saturday morning Dec.
3 with prsarhlng by Bar. K. W. Fax.
Mr*. McCraary had ta her
jaual health and *u trying to M
•iat te Mttltaw up Um affair* of Mm
aetata until stricken with paralysis
a ahort while before her death. j <
The funeral wu wfcdid from
tha home of Mr. and Mr*. Dtxia Mc-11
Creary on tha Fancy Gap road Act-1
urdoy and Interment made in tb»
cemetery at Moant Carmal Church
wherr tha bodtaa of tha four victirea
of Hjrhtiling wara interred about ton 1
weeks nn.
Giwm A Club Cook Book
Whan ptannine your Chriatauw J
rtfti remember that tha Woman's
Club still has on hand a limited nuan- ,
bar of tha club rook hooka which t
make eaaellaat gifts for all woman ,
young and old who ara intoraatod in (
tha gentle art of feeding a huaband ,
or a family. That tha cook hook la |
appreciated outside oar own town
•vma recently illustrated whan tha |
club praaldant received aa urgent
message to forward a doaen rook (
hooka to another atato where a Mount ,
ahe wrote "all my neighbors wast
thorn and if you da not sand thai ,
mine will ha warn out by my neigh- ,
bora borrowing H."
Mooey For Soldier* of Lata
War
All veterans of the World War who
• haw not already nudt applteatioa
for their adjusted compensation ear-1
tificate, commonly railed "Bonus In-'
surance" should do *o before Jan
uary 1, 192* as that is the data after
which no applications will be oonsld
ersd Thar* are at least one-half mil
lion -x-soldiers with approximately
i a billion dollars worth of this insur
ance who hairs failed to make appli- >
cation for H, away of these are H>
this community. It coats nothing to
make the applteatioa and Geo. K.
Snow will look after this far the lo-j
cal post of tbs American Legion and
for any ex-senrtos mm withoot
.charge. f
^Moravians Will Hold Lore J
Feoat
The public is cordially inrited to
join with the members of Oraea Ho-;
■ rarian Church at 1:80 p. m. nest
; Sunday when they will hold a hire
feast. The address of the afternoon
| will be mad* by Atty. Pnd Folger.
The usual preaching m>lw will he
conducted by the pastor Re*. C. T>.
Crouch at the usoal hear at mws
ing worship, 11 a. m. The p<d>He Is
welcomed at all ssrrtaas. I
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Happenings Twenty-one Years Ago
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Interesting Items (i leaned From the File* of Tks
.Mount Airy .Ww* 31 Year* Ago This Week
Few people take th* tint to real
ae the number of boy* and girl* who
mr* oar own ■action and go out into
k* world and thara maka moat crea
te Me aaooaaa and reputation In tmr
ou* flaid* of endeavor. Jaat recently
>ur attention Has been railed to tk*
u>ceiu of tka aon of C. T. Hall, of
he Pine Rid*, taction. Young Mr
{all I* a graduate of A. A I. Col
eg*. Kaleigh, and ia now eounty
igent for Halifax County, Va., and
eceutly the hoard re-elected him for
i third term. Hb re-election waa tka
wbject for an intonating editorial
n hie county paper, tka article ba
nc beaded. "A Thanksgiving Gift
'or the Farmer*." Tka article waa
ia follow* and roe* to »how the *uc
•n that Mr. Hall ia making in hi*
rork among th* people of hi* adopt
"On behalf of the hundred, of
armor* whom ho ha* helped durinc
ho past two year*, wo take thla op
•ortunity for thanklnf tho Board of
Inpervtaor* of Halifax County for
hair action on laat Monday in p«V
inr the work of County A font RaU
•dUnf oar faroert how to
tMr land to literally aave H
been given to her which we publish
htmrttli. Any loUwn whoa* mm
ha* been omitted or ujrooe who
knows of a hum which ha* not baaa
published will do tho county and the
soldier a favor to nport at one* to
Mr*. P. 8. Rothroch, Pino at root.
Mount Alty. Tho now hat follow*:
E. W. Amburn, woundod In «rtli»
Ladouia; Dr. Edward C. Aahhf,
Mount Airy, Joooph Henry AUrod.
Mount Airy; Ernest Brig**- Rock
ford; William Brim. killed la rraaee,
Dobaoa; A. 0. Bryan, Elkin; Janaoa
Mount Airy; Byron W. Gentry, Mouat
Airy; George Gray, killod In actioa,
Elkin; G. C. Graham. Elkia; Fraak
Joyeo, Elkin; B. L. J of fords, Elkia;
Robert Johnson. Mount Airy; Eg
bort H. Jones. Mount Airy; Lacy
Lswson, killod in Franco, Whita
Plates; William Mcknight, killod.
Mount Airy; Chartie G. McCraw,
Mount Airy; William A launder Mc
Craw, Mouat Airy; Cotumbaa W.
KoberUon. Mount Aim Robert Riffi
died In F ranee, Doboon; Milaa RoyaO.
Elkin; Robert Edward Smith, Mouat
Airy; Claude D. Smith. Mount Airy;
Gay W. Sparger, Mount Airy; Paal
J. Spargar, Mount Airy; Carl Ste
mons. Mount Airy; Gaorge K. Snow,
Mount Airy; DoWltt Sparger, Doh
son; Claude WoHx, Dob ton; Charlie
Whita, Elkin.
Colored Martin Shattoa, Elkia;
Thastoa Tucker, Mooat Airy.
As aooa aa the entire Het of the
soldiers can be corrected and the pro
per additions mad* to it The News