Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-12
LOCAL "GAS"

W d. Bradley, of Auxvasse, has
new Chevrolet.
C. T. Sullivan, of Vandalia, owns
new Chevrolet.
Rodger Hunt has purchased an Ov
erland touring car.
Franklin G. Gamble sold a Ford to
st. Louis man this week.
The Mckinley Bakery is delivering
its bread in a new Ford truck.
W. R. Thompson, Of Laddonia, hai
purchased the old Sanford Cole.
A Chevrolet was delivered to R. L.
Brown, of Benton City, this week.
j.. S. Brown, of Auxvasse, is the
owner of a new Dodge touring car.
LATE Lipp has placed his order with
the Mexico Auto Sales Co. for a new
REQ -Four.
The Mexico Auto Sales Co. deliver
ed a REQ Four to C. Montgomery, OF
Centralia this week.
R. A Hays is the proud possessor
of a new Chalmers Six, which he pur-
chased from Hoxsey & Sunnen this
week.
E. H. Hesterberg, who lives five
miles north of this city, purchased a
second hand Marion from /. N. Bailey
this week.
Anthony Fennewald, of Martinsburg
has purchased the Jackson Four, for
merly owned by J. C.. King; Hoxsey
G. Sumner made the sale.
One time when brothers agreed
(how Unusually was last Monday; 81
and Baker Barnes, of Thompson, pur-
chased a Dodge a, piece from the local
agency here.
About twenty of Mexico's business
men motored to Santa Fe on the 4th
of July and spent the day on the banks
of Salt River. An abundance of fish
were caught and a fine supper served.
Mesdames Will Lee, H. B. Nc
Kinley and r. A. Omahundra, of Bow
ling Green, motored to Wellsville in
Mrs. Lees Hup on the evening of the
Fourth and enjoyed a delightful sup
per there.
The Hoxsey &Sunnen Motor Sales
Co., of this city, have sold ninety-sev-
en- AR since Jan. 1, 1917, and would
have sold more if they had been able
to get them from the factory at the
right time.
A. P. Green has his sixth auto.
This time it is in the form of a Cad
lilac. Mr.. Green believes in giving
them all a trial. He has had an Ov-
erland, REQ, Chalmers, Monroe and
Ford truck.
Lester Franklin, of the Franklin
Gamble Garage, unable to secure a
single Elgin Six at the st. Louis dis
tributing station, went to Chicago and
sat in the factory office a week be-
fore he could get two cars to drive
home. He was accompanied by Mer-
rift Roberts. At last, Monday ven
ing, they got started with their two
prizes, so to speak, and arrived in this
city Wednesday, having made the trip
without the least trouble.
H. B. Mckinley got acquainted"
with the of a Ford Tuesday,
when he drove his new truck from st.
Louis. In the first place, he was
"pinched" in st. Charles for not hav-
ing a license. Then he lost the road,
and killing the engine, was unable to
start it. Dark overlook him and he
"camped" for the night. He got here;
he don't know how, nor where nor
why. He's black and blue all over
and swears "Never Again" The
Hudson Super-Six has spoiled him.
Mrs. T. j. Hoxsey had an uncom-
Portable experience in her drive from
Detroit when the car she was driving
struck a stick and skidded into the
loose dirt of an embankment. Her
timely action saved her a perhaps Sc
rious accident. She threw the wheel
so that the car went straight off the
incline, thus preventing it burning
turtle. The sudden lurch threw Mrs.
Hoxsey against the wheel and broke
a rib. She was confined to a hospital
for nearly a day.
William Walker johnson drove to
Louisiana to celebrate the Fourth in
his REQ Ear. He was accompanied by
George Wagner and Curtis Mitchell.
An exceedingly interesting trip was
the n enjoyed by five of Mexico's
auto fans this week, when they drove
four new Dodges from Deroit for the
Hoxsey & Sunnen Motor Co. The
party took their time in coming here,
and with the exception of about a
hundred miles of mud in Illinois, they
say the roads are fine. Those who
made the drive are Mrs. 7. j. Hox-
sey, Robert Nichols, Lottie Cornett
Aubrey Jones and DR.. Van Skike.
Hassen is using his Ford truck tc
make deliveries to small neighboring
towns for s~ocials, picnics, and parties.
John Bledsoe, of near Santa Fe, has
an Overland car.
Mrs. Wilbur Wallace and son, Of