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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1922
Page
7
A sermon urges strict church support as a duty and honor. It argues believers are stewards of all they have, condemns penny-pinching at offerings, and warns that small gifts imply moral failure before God and the community. It cites church cheats and calls for generous, honest contributions.
National lumber reports show week ending November 25 with lumber shipments up about 20 percent and orders up 10 percent, production up 5 percent. 409 reporting mills, with near balance between orders and production, railways credited for moving forest products. 61 403 cars loaded in week ending November 18, up from last year.
A new Texas colored church preacher declares his first sermon will prove whether there is hell. He argues the world is round with two axles at the poles and oil at the center to grease the earth. Sinners digging wells steal the Lord's oil worldwide, risking that the axles will overheat and bring hell.
An old adage offers a humorous recipe mixing faith temperance knowledge patience brotherly love charity and a good resolution with prayer to cure social ills and restore a harsh man to better bearing. The playful list targets sins such as blasphemy grumbling backbiting tobacco habits and prejudice.
A. E. Hayes lists Christmas trees in all sizes and prices now in stock. Call to order or visit for selections.
An American style recruitment pitch urges young people to enroll in Tyler Commercial College in Tyler Texas. It promises career promotion earnings and lasting success through stenography bookkeeping and other business training. It stresses effort over luck and cites former students now in good positions.
Public notices announce a county court accounting for Mrs. Mary Manning deceased by administrator A G Taggart and three sheriff sales in Reeves County. Realty levies include lots in Pecos City and a single Lot 2 Block 117 with sale set for January 1923.
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