Hollis Post-Herald (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 1913 Page: 1 of 8
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Mclr. Historical
OKLAHO
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know you better or appreciate your business more than the CITY NATIONAL BANK
HOLLIS POST-HERALD
IF WE CAN'T FACE A LIVE ISSUE, WE WONT STRUT OVER THE GRAVE OF A DEAD ONE.
WANT TO START
SOMETHING? Ask th
woman who uses an
electric iron to give it
up.
Vol 13 No. 42
HOLLIS, HARMON COUNTY. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY. MAY 15 1913
$1.00 a Year.
n
1MREAD THIS
IT'S MONEY TO YOU
*
^ Ifor tjie next ten days we are goiiitf to offer to the people of
if \f 1 HofHs'aiid surrounding country some rare bargains in the foUow-
w in^ goods: Standard Lucky Jim and Case Cultivators $30.00 to
If * $32.50. Eraersou and Deerin^ Mowers 47.50, J,0 feet self dump
Rake 27.00. " Case and Avery Cio-devils 12.00. Twentieth Century Leverless Cultivator 25 00.
These goods are all new and in gpod condition, absolutely guaranteed.
Special 'i burner Oil Stotc with glass frout o'-en. 12 50. 25 hundred votes in Big Piano Contest
with each ten dollar purchase Saturday. Trade here and help your favorite win this Piano, it's worth while.
SPOONER HARDWARE CO. The Quality Store
Hollis To Have
Telegraph Office
Th;i case of the towii of iTollis
before the corporation asking
foiva telegraph office for Hollis
was scheduled 'or trial Tuesday.
A. M. Stewart appeared for the
Hollis citizens but an agree-
ment was reached without the
case coming to trial. The repre-
, sentatives of the Western Union
Telegraph Co. signed an agree.
• ment for establishing an office
'Mn Hollis within sixty days and
the case before the court was
Continued until after that date.
In a private conversation it
was understood that the office
will in all probality be esia&Us.hed
within thirty days but a period
of sixty days was agreed upon
in case of unavoidable delays. ,
Hollis is probably the only
town in the United States of
,2000 people without a telegrap h
office and this agreement
I FREnj BISCUITS
AND COFFEE
recently purchased a Hardware to bo looked after. It is probable under an* .r, succc-li'd in male
store in Union City Okla. and that no other towns in Oklahoma; ing his escape.
Jerry Keys of this place will be have as poor train service as do; The efficient night watelnnan
manager of the businessv ! tlu.se on the road from Altus to j was ready to resign and he now
Mr. 'Kjfcys-has lived here for ! Wellington and probably no,knows tint no^dill-reneo v.hat
several years and is well known other t'<wns in the state would j may come up in the • future i
to the people of Hollis and Har ! have so long tderated such j can't lie worse . than what ho
mon County. He is an cxper :abominable service, Whenever has ekjferienced.
ienced hardware man and is a , of ouf eitj„(,ns 0 aijywbeie
sure to make a success of the • they arc
business at Union City. i . , . . ...
Mr. Keys left Monday for; torced to spend a night in ^ltu
that place and Mrs. Keys will jgoing and coming. Our daily
follow later. papers reach Altus at 12:45 on. i^wn „n r rv/^ -n
tho day printed and lie,.over THE ACME MILLIn . CO w .
there 20 hours reaching us at 11 have Ji lady demonstrator co
o'clock the next day. serve ft buscuits made from the
* a/, rn, , . , ,' best hard wheat flour in Okla
Monday Allernoon only reason we have had | homa ;]n addition there will be
[such poor service is because we; plenty (0f good hot coffee made
'have quietly submitted to it. from Cheek & Neals highest
For more than two years we grade coffee1.
ai'Y other evangelist in the field, brought home and continued to
The singing is under the, grow worse. All that medical
leadership of Lucius J Anderson a*d and loving care could do was
He is a singer of ability himself done but the little child passed
and knows how to get music 1 away from pain and suffering at
from his choir. o'clock Sunday morning.
Many conversions are already 1 Tht tuneral seryu.? was con
reported and much interest i; ducted at l:o0 Sunday after
being taken in these services. ,noon ^ie "omf m111},
;MPs. Pennington by Rev. T. M.
- . , „ „ „ fti. | Hunter, and the little body was
School C loses 1 nday, May 2.1 ]aid tQ rest in the Hollis Ceme
The regular school work will tery.
Big Meeting Next
'only give us what we have been
entitled to for more than two
years.
Elsewhere in this issue will be
fount}, a call for a meeting of the
business, men and .citizens of
Hollis for the puapose of form-
ing a commCTcial organization.
*This call is sighed by a large
number of business men and
would have been signed by all
of them had they been seeif. It
will is unnessat y to mention the im-
Jerry Keys Goes to Union City
Hager & Carmack of Gould
uuuv/jwuil J — — -
portance of a commercial organ-
za tion to the town as its value
is recognized by all. But it is es-
pecially important that a large
attendance be had Monday after
"noon as business of important is
have been without a telegraph
oftiee bufwheh we asked for re-
cognitin it was given us without
question. One member of the
Corporation Commission told
the editor of the Post-Herald
that we are entitled to imme-
diate relief and if we would take
the proper steps we could either
have tjie trains make connect-
ons at Altus or have another
train put on our road.
The National Bank of
Commerce
The strongest Financial Institu-
tions in Harmon County.
A home Bank owned and con-
trolled by home people.
New Night Watch
Has Busy Time
J. A. McFall was inituated in-
to his office of night watchman
in a way th^t made a lasting im
pression on his mind and which
will calise him to wake up with
cold feet many times in the fu-
ture. The plot was well arran-
ged, and was pulled off in a man-
ner that showed diabolical
scheming and a cold blooded
disregard for the feelings of a
high official.
The race for city marshal had
been warming up and when
shooting was heard on the
streets and it was reported to
the aforesaid night watchman
that Henry Scruftgs and Pleas
Porter had become engaged in
a street duel he was ready to
believe it. When he arrived at
the drug store and found Tom
Cunningham lajd out on the
floor seemingly a corpse with
Remember the date. May 24th
■ vA. P. fallis*
Commercial Club
To Organize Again
A meeting of the business
men and citizens oof Hollis who
are interested in the upbuilding
of the city is called for Monday
afternoon at £:30 at the Court
House for the purpose of form
ing a commercial organization
and to attend to other business
of importance.
H. McMillan
J. B. Ellis
D. A. Younger
F. P. Chedister
Mike Bradley
A. D. Hollis
W. C. Pendergraft
J. B. Garrison
W. L. Hollis
C. W. Gilliland
G. S. White
J. M. Coley
W. J. Petty
W. S. Cross
E. L. Gardner
F. M. Keys
R. C. Johnson
J. C. Gambill
W. H. Gilliland
T. A. Yoes
H. J. Denton
Luke Roberts
J. Campbell
close Friday, May 23. The
teachers and pupils invite the
patrons of the school and others
interested in education to the
school building in the afternoon
from 2 to 4 o'clock to see the
work of the past year.
Rev. Mr. McIntosh will
preach the baccalaureate sermon
at 11 o'clock a. m. Sunday,
May 23. R,ev. Crego of Man
gum will deliver the commence
men! addrsss. The exercises
will be held in the Baptist
church.
The Post Herald joins
many friends in sympathy
the bereaved' family.
the
for
New Clerk of County Court
Donald Cox has been appointed pers*uad"ed to go into the garden
Clerk of the County Court. He \ and while she was out of the
iiinl- nnmnlofnrl /iaiii«oo in a n i ... • i j i_f_
A Delightful Day for Mr. and
Mrs. Worrell
The children of Mr. and Mrs.
J. S. Worell gathered at their
home one mile east of town Sun
day moning in honor of Mr.
and Mrs. Worrells birthday.
The parents were flot expecting
any one and were somewhat
surprised. By 11:30 they had
all arrived and there being 24
in all Mrs. Worrell began to
worry about dinner. She was
just completed a course in _
business college where he took a
| course in stenography and will
; be able to do the stenographic
j work for the court.
Mr. Cox is a brother of City
Attorney Ross Cox and was here
for quite a. time before going
away to attend school.
Little Maxine Pennington Dies
Sunday Morning
Litt'e Maxine, youngest
daughter of Mr. ao.i Mrs.
.loll' Pennington died at their
ho-ie Sunday mor .d <i'
The child was only sick a
:hcrt time, being ta^en ill Mon
day i "gi.t while spending the
night with her grnndmothei
Mrs. C. M. Keys. She was
house all hurried to their
buggies tand brought their din
ner in and spread it on the table
When Mrs. Worrell returned
she was surprised to see tih
table loaldled {with jgood things
to eat. The parents wer'e .told
there was another surprise foir
them in the parlor. There they
found a lot of presents. After
some music the splendid dinner
was eaten. The afternoon was
spent in music, eating led
cream and having a good time
in general.
The ladies of Hollis are re
quested during the meeting to
orcier tneir ^rocents uerore
o'clock so that the delivery boys
may attend the morning services
Successful Meeting
Now Being Held
The meeting now being con
_ ducted at the tabernacle by Rev.
his head bandaged and the blcod'W. M. McIntosh is one of the
covering the whole place he.most interesting ever held in
knew it was up to him to do
something. He realized that the
murderer ought to be caught
even if he had killed an in-
nocent man by mistake while
fighting an antagonist. He was
unabie to secure any help and
chased all over town trying to
apprehend the guilty party who
was reported to have escaped on
a hand car. In the mean time
Hollis. Large congregations are
present at both morning and
evening services. All business
houses in the city close from 10
to 11 o'clock for the monning
service. Prayer services are
held each afternoon at 4 o'clock.
Rev. McIntosh has a person
aiitythat attracts people. He
preaches plain sensible gospel
sermons. He appeals especially
to men in his work ar d has pro
l-f bly been instrumental in the
Mr. Porter who bad been placed conversion of mere men lhati
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If you want a FARM LOAN and
will use any of your COMMON
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ner Bros. & Motley about their DOL-
LARS AND CENTS which they have
in large quantities to lend on easy
terms.
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