The Texas Spur [and] The Dickens Items (Spur, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, October 23, 1925 Page: 3 of 8
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THE TEXAS SPUR
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A Letter to the People The Priesthood and
By M. Hatgrove i TitFlinf*-
On Saturday morning, October 3, **
192“), the City 'Marshall -of Spur call-' „ Four thousand years ago at the
td at my Gin and stated that he had : Mlne of G°d’s. covenant with Abra-
been, instructed by the City Officials hair;.- the type of government was
To notify me that It was unlawful for* moaai^hiai. and wi learn from (1
a steam whistle to be sounded within | Sam. 8: 11-19) that it was customary
the cmlfihes of the City and asked i f°r the kings to levy one tenth and
that thwpraonce be discontinued. But as much more as they chose besides
as I had not been blowing my whistle the choice young men and women of
it made it rather embarrassing to’the kingdom.
Is your’s one of the many families of
this community who are nearing or
have passed their First* Thousand Dol-
have never experienced this worth-
while thrill, now is a good time to
start.
The Smallest Account Receives Our
———Utmost Care and Attention
hii’li my sdIi and the" Mai-halt. So
in order that there may be something
for those in authority to really kick
about I am going to leave my Engine
Room open for the next sixty days
and any of my friends and customers
who wish to avail themselves of the
opportunity of making a little noi e
while in Spur any time of the day or
night, will find the Whistle Cord
liangingon'the side of the boiler, up
r.cnr the front. lyind it friends-and
j
W. K- Harvey, of near Dickens,)
was among the recent business vis
itors in Spur, and while here was a
very pleasant caller at the Texas
Spur office. Mr. Harvey owns one
of the finest farms of the country
and is one of the most prosperous
farmers of the country- His farm
home is most desirably located, be-
ing just to the east of. the Spur-
Ed Lisenby came in Monday from
his big j'arm_fivcr on Croton, stating
that he had been able to pick out
some twenty five or thirty bales be
twteii showers and drizzles. He has
about, fifteen hundred acies in cot
ton and which gives promise of yields
above the average. Here is hoping
that cotton-will command an average
price of thirty cents, and if so the
Dickens highway where he is acces- j Spur country will become exceedingly
sible to both markets and trading) prosperous,
points at any and all times, rain or
shine. Farms so situated'’ will he
livest~'ywjuabki--fimi desired In
the years to cyme
___—-—-Boost the-Texas Spur----------
P. E. Hagins was • here Monday
from the Gilpin country, spending
the day her4 meeting with friends
and trading with the merchants of
the city. jj
——Boost the Texas Spur-
Mrs. G. W. Bennett, of the Mid-
way section of country, was among
the’ shoppers in Spur the past week-
---Boost the Texas Spur--
! W- B. Bennett, of Gilpin, was
mingling wilfn the crowds on the
streets of Spur Monday of this week.
——Boost the Texas Spur--
R. F- Rogers, of Dry Lake, came
in Monday while it was too wet and
vindv to pick cotton.
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——Boost the Texas Spur-
Uncle Kb Shaw, of Croton, was
transacting business in Spur the lat
ter part of last week reporting
“nire ran?,1’ and slow cotton pick-
ing. Uncle Eb predicts an early
frost, but i.i hopeful of a late freeze,
stating that a frost ^at this time
would be beneficial while a freeze
would hurt- Mr- Shaw has establish
ed a reputation as a weather prop
het in this country equal to that of
Foster and other heads of weather
bureaus, and when he makes a pre
diction he is never very far off the
right track.
---Boost the Texas Spur-
Yes, we fill prescriptions day or
night. Day phone 40, night 26.
——Boost the Texas Spur—-—
Mr Cotton Picker—spend your
idle hours at Spur Drug Store.
THE DIXIE CAFE
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
Thomas & Hunnicut
We Make a Specialty of
Sunday Dinners !
COME AND EAT WITH US!
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BRAZELTON LUMBER CO.
A Good Yard
In a Good Town
TO PROTECTION
TAKE THIS SAFE
SHORT CUT TO
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fALL KINDS
INSUR-
AU Roads Lead to
DAVIS & OUSLEY
Telephone 264 Spur, Texas
Spur Nat’l. Bank Bldg.
blow it good and loud, wake Spur up
to 'her opportunities, wake the City
Council, wake the prominent citizens,
wake ever body, even the Fathers
and Mothers of some of the Boys and
Girls, who may be seen out in the
dark in frequented lanes around the
town, with the lights turned out,
| motor stopped and curtains drawn. I
: would io God I had a WHISTLE big
['enough and could ra se STEAM high
j I enough, to awaken the parent's, the
| City Officials and the prominent Citi-
zens to; the dangers that are lurking'
in these dark places around our very
homes,, nay our very firesides- And
now friends if you hear my Whistle
blow, don’t think I am defying auth-
ority, or that I am trying to act ecinr
tiary with the law, for the only time
it will be blowed, will be when 1 want
to use it as a signal for my men, or
when a friend or customer wants to
make a noise, or when I with to
sound S warning either to the City
Authorities or to Parents or Promin-
ent Citizens, that all is not well in
Spur and that they should look
around and see if it can not he cor-
rected without going to Court.
As a gin man I may look upon the
seven fine Gins we have in Spur as
being more important than they real-
ly are. But to me, they look very im-
portant to the continued prosperity
of the City. There is hardly another
busifiess in town that could not dis-
continue at this time» of the season
with less disasterous results than
would follow if the Gins were all to
quit over night.___Of -course if both
banks were to close we would have a
panic anc^ have it quick,, but all the
gins quitting would he almost as bad
in the long run- Had you ever
thought dear friends, how much of a
town Spur would have been had
there" never been a cotton farm open
ed up on the rich lands that sufround
the town? Did you ever stop to
think what an important part the
Gins have played in the development
of the town? The ginning facilities
of Spur bring more business to town
this timewof the year than all the
other lings put together. The Gins
draw more business from over in
other territories than any of you or
all of you. Yet you are so sleepy
and prejudiced that you do, hot want
to-be awakened in the morning so
you may be ready to get your part
of it- Wake up, you slumberers,
awake you shirkers, snap into it and
lets all get more business and build
a better and bigger town. Blow your
whistle; round—yew-gong, whittle a
tune and sing a song, lets be a live
town and not a cemetery. And w: at
ever you do don’t kill the goose that
lays the golflen egg.
-Boost the Texas Spur-
A M- Miller, of the Espuela com
inunity, was in Spur Monday doing
a littPe trading and probably also
marketing some of the first cotton
ginned from his place. Good crops
prevail in the Espuela community as
well 5s throughout the entire Spur
country, wh’ch indicates that this will
he one of the most prosperous falls
we have experienced in years.
-Boost the Texas Spur-
FOR SALE—One of the best 160
acre farms of the country, 9 miles
northeast of Spur, well improved,
carbide light plant, and other con-
veniences, well good water- See J.
E. Sparks. 51-4tc
-Boost the Texas Spur-,
Miss Zell Ellis, who is attending
A. C. C. at Abilene, was called home
last week on account of the serious
condition of her brother,_Harry.
who was injured in an automobile
wreck. Miss Zell came through the
country in a ear, and on account of
Tains and high water the entire-
night was required to make the trip-
--Boost the Texas Spur-
FOR SALE—Lot 60 by 165 feet,
east front, on best residence street
in Spur. Price $800.00 cash. See
M E. Manning. 51-2t
—Boost the Texas Spur-
Rev. J. W. Jennings was in the
city Monday of this week, looking
for dotton pickers and otherwise
taking care of his farming interests.
-Boost the Texas Spur.......
J. L. Karr, of Espuela, was among
the number of business visitors in
the city the past week.
Yv c know, also, that when God in-
augurated his kingdom at Mount
Sinai, about 450 years after the cov
enant, that Egypt and -other nations
had priests and arks and tents, etc-,
for their Idols.
One of the primary principles of
teaching is that of procedeing from
the known to the unknown and God
is the author of; this principle, for
Good took the things that th's infant
nation,, the Hebrews, were familiar
-with to lead them to the facts that
he wished to teach them So he be-
gan |v.th the tabernacle, the ark, the
sanctuary, the priest and the custom
of the kings levy to help-them to more
readily understand the truths of his
kingdom.
When Abraham tithed the spoils
of that war to Melchizedek that was
-his acknowlehe-gement of -Melehize-
ueiv., kingship. . -o God'; when all
was ready, levied the.tithe upon the
Israelites as a reminder of his king-
ship. On the day of their departure
from Egypt, he had their first born
male elu.ldrden and firstling pf their’
flock's, dedicated to him;
• Then at Sinai, when the ceremoni
al law was instituted, God accepted
the tribe of Levi instead of the first
male children and the cattle of the
Levites, instead of ^he first botn
cattle of the other tribes. This re
demption was made on the cattle be-
cause God was going to require their
offerings from the first born of their
flocks and herds, and they could not
offer on the altar that which already
belonged to God, as their king.
The ^ebrew government was a
theocoracy up to time of Sum then a
monarchy with many democratic prin
ciples. During the time of the Patri
archs the head of every household
was a priest, as he maintained the
family altar. After the fall in Eden
we find Cain and Abel individually
making their^ offering showing plain
ly that a priest was not necessary to
approach God. Thus it was until the
establishment of the ceremonial law,
when God accepted the Levites and
their cattle and released all the first
born of both children and cattle-
God made the descendants, of
Aaron, a Levite, his priests to medi-
ate between God and man at the al-
tar; bpi the inherent right of the
fathers priesthood toward his fam-
ily was vindicated when once a year
the pass over was eaten by families,
and the father prepased "the lamb and
served it without the presence or aid
of a priest. God used the Levitieal
proisthood to school the nation in the
fact that Jesus was to be the worlds
high priest -
When the,first division of Hebrew
history was closed and Samuel estab-
lished the monarchy the nation and
the priesthood was so depraved and
so loathsome in the s:ght of God that
a new moral order was necessarily
evoked by Samuel. The order of
the prophets, as the anted lessons of
the priests were no longer effective.
The prophet Was superior to the
priest, because he too, could offer
sacrifice for the people. '
Samuel, the first in line, was not
descended from Aaron, but from
Levi's son, Kohath, and down the line
the prophets in succession were from
the different tribes.
Samuel .sacrificed because he was
a prophet and not a priest from
Aaron’s family, a prestiage of the
better dispensation wherein not
those alone of on family or caste,
but all are king-priests unto God, as
every believer is a king and priest
unto God, (Rev. 5:10.)
God foreknew that the democratic
principles involved in his teaching
would lead the minds and hearts of
mien away froln absolute monarchies
toward the principles of democracy.
So when Christ took away the old
covenant and established the new the
tithe law was abolished because God
was then setting up a voluntary sys-
tem and wpuld carry everything by
grace, heartfelt, cheerful, happy love-
God never rofii-'ultH- the— I-nttrlitcn"
as to whether they desired to be sav
ed. He simply gave them redump-
tion, as jU were thrust it up them,
then covenanted with ^hom- But
redemption for every other, nation
is voluntary and the oifering can be
accepted, or rejected.
REDEMPTION
Type .. Antitype
1- Sin of ft ting Christ’s Body
or propitiatory 11
2. Whole burnt offering Our bodies
or dedicatory
Peace offering Lord’s Supper
or and
Eucharistic Christian fellowship.
—A Reader.
—Boost the Texas Spur-
JUDGE OUR GROCERIES
By
THE QUALITY
v fjp|
THE TASTE
the Economy of Serving
Good Food to Your Family : ——
The price may be a little higher
sometimes, but it pays to pay it
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CITY GROCERY STORE
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OUR StOKE IS NEAR AS YOUR TELEPHONE
PHONE 46
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j HAMBERGER McCOMBS
Net ServiceBut Quality
ROSCOE, Prop.
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THE
Dixie Beauty Shoppe
I1 at Home
SOL DAVIS BUILDING
Phona 2S2 and 20
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CLAYTON & SON
Plumbers
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We Can' Do Your Plumbing In Bath Room, Kitchen or
Parlor in ■ Substantial and Satisfactory Mannar I
WE CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF FIXTURES
AT YOUR SERVICE!
If your water connection need* adjustment, or your
•ewer tyitem needi remodeling or repairing,
SEND FOR US1
BILBERRY & BILBERRY,. Draymen
Hauling of all Kinds
PHONE 279
SPUR, TEXAS
THE SANITARY CAFE
Fried Chicken
EVERY DAY
Special Dinners on Sunday
NEW GROCERY STORE
AT DICKENS
-------In the old Shorty Reynold* (tore I have opened a itocit o "
Staple and Fancy groceries
And will be glad to serve former friends and the public will
*he assurance of Good -Service, Best Prices and Fresfi,
Seasonable goods in the grocery line
C. A. GLADISH, DICKENS, TEXAS
S. L. Porter, of the Croton coun
try, was in Spur Monday. Mr. Por
ter was hopeful of a frost without
a freeze during this “norther” and
cold snap, stating that because of
the darhp jveather very little cotton
picking had been done to this date
n this section.
-Boost the Texas Spur-
Sheriff Jones made a trip the past
week to Abilene and other points on
official business, and doing some ef-
fective detective work on the side.
Luther Jones is making Dickens
county an efficient and worthy peace
officer, and is always on th
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