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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1924
Page
1
In Texarkana Texas Mrs Miriam Ferguson won the gubernatorial nomination over Felix Robertson by a large Bowie County margin. United States Senator Morris Sheppard praised the result urging Democrats to unite for a strong November showing and congratulated Ferguson on her nomination.
J R Price born August 9 1846 in Ellis County Texas died September 15 1924 at his daughter and son in law Clyde Simmons Pecos home. He spent years in Big Springs Odessa and other Texas towns and was active in the Methodist Church. He is survived by five sons and four daughters plus sisters. Funeral at Fairview cemetery with Rev L L Thurston.
The Pecos City Bakery purchases the Home Bakery of Buchholz, leaving Pecos with a single bakery. The piece argues for town support to sustain one local bakery and warns against multiple competitors reducing profits. It notes Pecos’s foreign trade and the need for full community patronage to ensure efficient service.
An article from Arizona reports nine Sunday wrecks on the Superior Highway. M N Ehrlenbach, once a local townsman, was injured when his car collided with a cow eleven miles west of the city. his passengers Otto Kohn and John May were unhurt and the vehicle was badly damaged. He was taken to Magma hospital for treatment.
R R Youngblood remains hospitalized with pneumonia and shows little improvement after last week’s operation. P E Bowie recovers from a broken leg sustained while moving a house and is able to sit up. Pink, a well known local farmer, has many friends glad for news. John Oglesby, who suffered chest injuries in a recent automobile collision, is up and about and expected to return to work soon.
Miss Edna Mable Bouchette of Clyde Texas and Mr Bobby Miller of San Francisco California united in marriage at 10 00 pm Thursday at Judge W E Neill home with only Mr and Mrs T E Neill as witnesses Mrs Miller a local public school teacher and a former Van Horn resident Groom listed as a store keeper in Pennsylvania USS San Francisco family and friends extend best wishes for a long happy life.
Sam Biggs handed out two loads of canteloupes free to Pecos residents after a local show of support for his crop. He said residents helped in spring by killing rabbits threatening his fields. The Electric Gin Co. reports 104 bales of cotton so far with weather slowing shipments. manager Collie predicts 20 to 30 bales daily if conditions improve.
Rev. C A Johnson resigns as Pecos Christian Church pastor and will preach a farewell sermon Sunday night. He and Mrs Johnson depart Monday for Indianapolis to visit the old home before moving to Brownwood to take the new Christian Church pastorate.
Mrs Hardin Ross visits town this week bringing a ranch profile to local readers. She is pictured at community gathering sharing stories of ranch life and regional cattle work.
The first yearly PTA meeting was held in the High School auditorium with Mrs. Collie presiding. Committees for entertainment finance and programs were appointed including Supt. Norman and Mrs. Demn. Dues are fifty cents for the term and monthly meetings are urged for all school patrons.
Texas remains the second largest export state in the first half of 1924 behind New York, with total exports of 232.76 million compared with New York's 375.77 million. Cotton led Texas shipments at 169.20 million, while refined petroleum and sulfur exports also posted sizable gains.
Judge James C. Wilson orders the Pecos Division U S District Court term adjourned to the next regular session. The death of long time Pecos press judge R. Smith reduces Western District judges, and lack of business also cited.
Pecos resident Miss Julia Magee departs Sunday for Fort Worth to attend Texas Christian University and complete her A B degree at the close of the 1925 school year. She is regarded as one of Pecos' finest young ladies, noted for ambition and aspiration.
The week brought copious but uneven rains across Texas boosting pasture and stock feed prospects. While not nationwide, many areas including Toyah and Pecos northwestern districts reported rainfall, aiding grass growth though crops on farms gain little.
Mesdames Frank J. Billingslea Mrs Frank Powell and Mrs Dennis Hayes visited from Toyah today and spent time with Dr C J Magee.
The Houston date line report says Sam H Lewis 79, a well to do farmer near Terryville DeWitt County, was hacked to death with an axe and his body set on fire. Will Stapp 60, his brother in law, was arrested and remanded to jail as of unsound mind after an examining trial.
Report from Pecos says two autos, likely tourists, collided near Monahans on the Bankhead Highway about 65 miles east. One man died at the scene and another was in a dying condition. Dr. W. D. Black of Barstow aided at the scene.
The Parent-Teacher Association adopts resolutions expressing sorrow at the death of Mr. E. G. Reynolds husband of vice president Mrs. E G Reynolds. They extend sympathy to the family, note his roles as father son and citizen, and authorize copies to the family local press and minutes.
Susan M. Key Literary Society hosts new female students at Syracuse Park picnic. About 125 newcomers join roughly 25 society members, guided to the grounds by arrows. Miss Gladys Thurston of Pecos presides.
Miss Bettye Watson, an efficient operator at the central telephone office in Pecos, returns from a five weeks visit to friends in Tulsa, Amarillo and other plains towns.
The Pecos oil field shows encouraging activity with wells making satisfactory progress. Rumors point to a deep test near Toyah Bell and ample capital to extend work. Dr. John C. Wichmann’s visit is seen as favorable. The Wheat well reports a gas flow recently, and the Dome Drilling Syndicate is drilling toward the 658 foot sand with plans for five more wells on the same lease.
The T E L class met at Mrs. C H Beauchamp's home for its annual social hour. Officers elected for the coming year include President Jina R B Norman and vice presidents Mrs Marvin Cowan Mrs G C Parker and Mrs J M Garner.
Pecos Lodge No. 650 of the Odd Fellows records the death of Brother E G Reynolds on September 11th 1924. The lodge extends sympathy to Mrs Reynolds and family and prays for consolation, noting a hoped reunion in the land above. A copy of the resolutions is to be sent to the family and entered in the lodge minutes.
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