The Hollis Post--Herald (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1910 Page: 1 of 8
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The Hollis Post-Herald
VOL. 8. NO. 8
HOLLIS, HARMON COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1910.
$1.00 a Year.
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1 Duke, Oklahoma.
H. N. SPOONER,
Hollis, Oklahoma. 1
Playing in the Schoolhouse.
We are informed by people
living in the neighborhood of the
public school building that rhil-
dren are in the habit of gather
iAg ia the school building to play.
It ia also stated that some of the
half-grown youngsters make it a
resort for pleasures of various
kinds. The result is. the house
is badly Jittered up and the fur-
nishings damaged Parents
should see io it that their chil-
dren do nut visit the sohool'house
during vacation. It is not a pub-
lic play house ncr a livery barn,
and shculd not be used as such.
Stolen Horses Found.
Last we?k a horse, saddle and
bridle were stolan from' County.
Commissiomer I. M. Gibbons
sixteen miles north-east of Hollis.
The same night a horse was sto-
len from the rail road people in
Hollis.
City Marshall P. M. Porter
got on trail of the partus and
found the railroad horse and Mr.
Gibbon's saddle near Estelline
Tuesday. Some children had
seen the horse tired and covered
with sweat, turned loose on the
prairie. They had followed the
man's track from the horse and
found the saddle hidden under
some brush. These facts were
reported to the local officers who
informed the Sheriff at Memphis.
Mr. Gibbons being at Memphis
at that time immediately took up
ohe trail and found his horse in
a pasture in Childress county
where the thief had abandoned
him.
W. S. Cross. Pres. Dt W C. <Pe«Jergroft, K-7>r«. J. D.
Peningion, Cashier, L. W. McQlothlin, Ass't. Cashier.
.AN OLD MAID.
<Once there was an old maid
who said that she did not need to
marry. She had a parrot that
swore, a monkey that chewed to-
bacco and a cat that went out at
night. But she needed a BANK
and so do YOU need one.
For the best services try
The Hollis State Dank.
We hav«; the most up-to-date
system or book-keeping in ex-
istence, tbereby guaranteeing
your account will be kept correct
We will send vour statement ev
ery month so you can keep track
of your money and not leave it all
to us When in Hol'is come and
see us. Yours for business.
The Hollis State Bank.
HOLLIS OKLA.
SOME ELEMENTS OF INDUSTRIAL
SUPREMACY.
Tilling the soil is one of the oldest and most honor
able of the arts of man. The fii^st «tray lights
that fall through the gray mists of the past find
man scratching the ground and casting in the seed; and
h's songs if toil, ot which only broken strains reach us
through the weird mystery of the lapsing years, are
hymns of praise to the Goo of the rain, to the splendors
of the dawn, and the bright powers of day. The powerful
nations of antiquity were agricultural nation*. It is said
that the Aryan peoples derived their name from a word
a^in to the Latin arares, "to plow." The ability to
till the soil is the. distinguishing mark between the
savage and civilized man, When Rome sat enthroned as
the mistress of the world she was essentially ard pre-em
inently an agricultural nation. Baylonia was an agricul-
tural worid power of antiqiiity. The agricultural aristoc
racy of Egypt is knowneven tottieschool children. From
Switzerland's purple^ trills come stories of the most an-
cient achievements of the Plow, and Sf the most virtuous
and industrious citizenship of the early civilizations.
Labor, especially that connected with th > tilling of
the soil, is in these latter cFAya bt'ing transformed with a
strange and sudden dignity: "Homeward plods the weary
ploughman"—to his legitimate status in tne ranks of
the conquering and subduing hosts The Archimedian
hunger was for leverage with which to turn the world up-
side dowu; but Luther Burbank, with pruning hook in
hand, is turning the worid right side-up. The victories
of the plow are mere glorious thaa the victiores of the
sword. The coming aristocracy will oe agricultural.
The agricultural sections of Oklahoma will be the
wealthy, intelligent sections of the State. The West has
the area, the fertility, and every necessary item which
enters into the make up of a great agricultural empire.
Harmon county, of wh'ch Hollis is the county seat, occu
pies a commanding place iu the famous wheat and cotton
belt of the West—in the lap of the Llano Estadado—a fer-
tile virgin plain stretching away from the snow of the
Rockies to the evergreens by the sea, o'erhung all with
the strange charm a wild, weiid beauty.
The agricultural region is the stable region. Mines
fail; oil wells are exhausted; financial panics come and go;
dynasties fade; empires rise and fall; but as long as seed
time and harvest remain, the industrious and intelligent
tiller of the soil is practically an independent man Hol-
lis is stable. She is supported by the fruits of the soil.
She is riding the Gibralter of industrial supremacy.
The Wichita Falls, Altus and Hollis Railway built into
Hollis only a few weeks ago. Up to that time she was the
best inland town in the State. Now that she is in direct
touch with the world of trade and travel, she will soon be
one of the best railroad towns in this section of country.
She is just beginning her career. Come to Hollis. Now.
from the sharks, and no easy j
task it has proved to the Indian
Bureau. What Senator Gore's
motives were we can not know,
but he did a good deed when he
stopped a fraud by declaring
that the effort had been made to
bribe him. He may not be im-
peccable, as the man charged
cries "Tu quoque," but the
charge he makes is very strongly
supported, and it is on the face
of it not unlikely. There is ab-
solutely no evidence and no like-
lihood that Vice President Sher
man was in the plot, for, as
cnairman of the House Commit-
tee on Tndian Affairs, he has been
a good friend of the Indians.
The investigating committee is
doing good work and has gone
to the right place to get the facts;
and they are getting them.
Rev. M G. Sheehan.
Rev. M. G. Sheehan is a con-
verted Catholic priest and
ordained minister in the Baptist
church. He visited Hollis last
week and while here preached
at the Baptist Church. He is a
man of wide reading and exten
five travel. He is an Irishman
with the twist of the "ould coun-
try" in his tongue; and he has all
the dash and tire and wit that has
made his country famous. His
vocabulary is rich; and his happy
choice of words, his strong ana-
lytical mind, his firm grip and
steady logic make him a forceful,
fluent and interesting speaker.
He is yet a young man and has
the promise of great usefulness.
Don't fail to see Luke Roberts
about that residence lot.
Senator Gore's Charges.
I
The Independent: Denials are
I in order, hut denials are of no
• use. The Indians have l een of
old fair prey for smart scoun-
drels, for stealing from Indians
llias been thought no theft. It
was grab and get. Thanks to a
*ew meddlesome philanthropists
wiio have made a noise, the Gov
ernment has been trying these
thirty years and more -indeed,
ever since (Jen Grant's Admin-
istration— to save the Indian
C. W. GILLILAND,
President.
TOM £VANS
Cashier.
E. L. GARDNER,
Viee-President
FIRST STATE BANK.
Capital $30,00000
OR. J. E. JOIN EH.
J. B. GARRISON,
H. MATHEWNOJN.
W. M. ALEXANDER.
Deposits Guaranteed nv I the Depositor's
Guaranty Fund of the State
of Oklahoma.
OFFICERS
W. B. Groves,
Present
L H Bellah.,-
Vics>PKKS
CLAUD Prathek,
C< S hief.
W L. Hollis.
ASS IjC ASH
B G. Smith.
Asst Cash
J
The Groves National
B a n k
OF HOLLIS, OKLAHOMA.
Capital, Surplus, and Profits
* *
$30 000.00
Your Account
a n d
Collections
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Soli c i t e d
&
DIRECTORS
W. ti Gko"ES
L H Bell\h
cl.^rn Pit.*tree
j. m . crow der
S. M Kino
J as vV. Scott
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Roberts, Luther. The Hollis Post--Herald (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1910, newspaper, August 26, 1910; Hollis, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc185427/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.