Hollis Post-Herald. (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 27, 1921 Page: 1 of 8
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OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF HARMON COUNTY
Volumb 18—Number 50
Hollis, Harmon County, Oklahoma, Thursday, October 27,1921
Price, *2 in Advance
HOLDS Ht DEFEATS
BUCK TEAM
DEMOCUnC WOMEN HOLD
schedule op games fob
hollis foot ball team
Friday, Oct. 2f th,' Mo game ached-
uted.
Friday* Nov. 4th, Granite va. Hoi-
Us, at Hollis.
Friday, Nov. 11th, Memphis vs.
Hollia, at Holiis.
November 18th and 24th no games
scheduled.
In the most stubbornly fought
game ever witnessed on the local
gridiron, the Hollia high school foot-,
ball team defeated Erick high here
last Friday by the narrow margin
of 7 to 0. The glory of the peppery
fight that Hollis Hi put up does not
diminish the excellence of Erick's
play for it can be said that Hollis
was unable to put over a score on
basis of consistent attack, Beeeon's
well coached team paid strict atten-
tion to its business and held the
Hollis team for downs, by sheer,
grit, fighting spirit and determina-i
tion in the face of a continuous
battering attack at their line. Sev-
eral time* Erick threatened to score
by direct attack but always the bat-j
tling spirit of the Hollis line—the
fighting quality of a line that wasj
playing better football than it has
shown this year' that it knew how
to play—stood in the'way.
On the flip of the coin Capt.
Cooke of Erick chose to defend the
west goal. Chas. Gambill kicked off
. for Hollis and the Erick back was
covered on his 15 yard line, Erick
kicked on the first down and Bris-
coe returned 15 yards, on the first
play Gambill went 7 yarls off tack-
le, Briscoe added six over end for
first down Bearden made 3 and
Harmon 4. Gambill went over for
tackle for 8 and over center for
first down. Briscoe over end for 5,
Bearden failed to gain, Harmon on
the neixt play made it first down
goal to go. Here Erick strengthened
and held Hollis *on dpwns. Cooke
kicked out of danger. 'Hollis again
started their march to the goal and
Adams made two first downs on
fake plays. Hollis lost the ball on
Erick's 15 yard line on a fumble.
Neither side threatened to score un-
til late in the first' half. Erick re-
covered a Hollis fumble and by a
battering line attack and a 20 yard
pass carried the ball to the Hollis
7 yard mark, 1st down goal to go.
Standing in the shadow of their
own goal posts the Hollis team must
have felt the spirit of the now.
famous battle cry of Verdun: "They
shall not pass"! for after four at-
tempts at the line the ball was still
fhre yards from the goal and but for
one man and one alone, Erick might
have won the game and that man
was Burns, Hollis' right tackle who
crashed thru the Erick line like a
mad bull making three successive
tackles and prevented1 the gain of a
winde yard on each rush.
The second half was much the
same as the first as the advantage
passed from one team to the other
but late in the 3rd quarter after
Erick had woi-ked the ball to the
Hollis 15 yard mark, an attempt
ed fake pass Adams rushed Cooke,
who dropped the ball, Hulse re-
peating his performance of the
Savre game, grabbed the oval and
raced 75 yards for a touchdown
with both teams in hot* pursuit. An
Erick man overtook him and he fell
with the ball extending an inch
over the goal line.
After this neither team seriously
threatened to score, the ball pass-
ing and repassing from one side to
the other and at the close of the
game both teams were still fight-
ing grimly near ceiiterfield.
a dosett or more ladies attended
the meeting at the Methodist church
last Saturday afternoon for the pur-
pose of organizing a Woman's Dem
ocratic club, and .to listen to a talk
by Mrs. R. L. Fite. An organization
was perfected with the following of-
ficers. President, Mm. R. P. Watts;
Vice-President, Mrs. J. C. Gambill;
Recording Secretary, Mrs. Luther
Pearson; Corresponding Secretary,
Miss Winnie Catherall; Treasurer,
Mrs. J. D. Pennington; Parlimen-
tarian, Mrs. C. E. Collins.
Another meeting of the club will
be held Friday, November 4th, when
committees will. be appointed. The
plan is to select a lady -from each
precinct to be known as a vice-chair-
man. Following the meeting in No-
vember it is not planned to, hold an-
other meeting for 3 months, unless
the Armament Limitation Conference
the League of Nations, the Jim
Crow Car situation. "Mixed"
schools or some other grave inter-
national question should make it nec-
essary to call the club member* to-
gether in special meeting.
Mrs. Fite, who is chairman of the
Women's Bureau of the Democratic
State Central Committee, is said to
have made a very interesting talk
to the ladies, the point of he re-
marks being that farmers ought to
appreciate the Harding administra-
tion. since it has given them an op
pertunity to learn to appreciate
rabbit meat in summer.
American Legion Items
A Deparment Devoted to the Interests of
the Harmon County Post of The Amer-
ican Legiotu Members Are Invited to
Contribute
America for Americans
NEW VULCANIZING PLANT
BY McCUNE & BAILEY
J. E. McCune, recently of Tulia,
Texas, and S. H. Bailey, who has
been living near Gould until recent-
ly. have secured a lease on the
vulcanizing plant in the rear of the
Hall £ Berry Garage and will be
onen for business there Saturday of
this week.
Mr. McCune has been in the vul-
eanizinn: business at Tulia and is a
thorough workman in that line. Mr.
Bailey is an old resident of Harmon
county, and has lots of friends who
will wish the new firm success.
Thfl vulcanizing plant at the Hall
& Berrv Garage is modern in eery
wav and Messrs. McCune & Bailey
vn'11 be in a position to handle any-
thing iii their line. 1
Thev decl te that they can save
the automobile owners of Harmon
oounty many a dollar jby repairing
their inner tubes and casings. They
will also '•* have second-hand tubes
and casings to sell that can be
boNP-ht at a big saving. ,
The new firm will be found in tke
rear of the Hall & Berry Garage,
west side.
FARMERS STORE AT GOULD
TS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS
"The Farmers Co-Operative Asso-
ciation. of Gould, has opened their
ereneral store, and are now doing
business. They are located ^n the
building formerly used as a tes-
taurant. The organization formerly
did business at McQueen, but has
recently been enlarged, quite a
number of farmers around Gould and
south as far as Louis having bought
stock. It is planned to greatly in-
crease the stock, and if the busi-
ness proves as successful as its pro-
moters believe it will to add dry
goods, and possibly in the spring
put in a stock of machinery and im-
plements.
E. Q. Anderson, who managed the
business at McQueen, is still in charge
at Gould.
"DAD" MILLER IMPROVING
High Light# I
Standing out of the game of,
course was the spectacular runs by[
Hulse. Capt. Gambill played his us-
ual fine offensive and kicked well
and his wicked tackling was a thing
to be marveled at. Burns played the
greatest game of his high school
career at tackle. Capt. Cooke is one
of the best men in.the southwest
at backing up a line and in general I
all round play. The end play of both]
teams bordered onto the brilliant at
times and was by far the best that!
has been displayed here this season.
The game was moved by entirely
too much fumbling by both teams.
The Hollis backs had butter fingers
throughout the game and in the 2nd
period Erick lost a chance that
might have won the same when af-
ter recovering a fumble on the last
it in the same maimer on the next
"Dad" Miller, who runs Dad's
Place, back of the Hollis Bottling
Works, has been seriously ill, suf-
fering with acute indigestion. His
condition was very serious for a
few days, but he is much im-
proved at this time, which will be
glad news to his hosts of friends
in the county.
Mrs. S. W. Hopkins left for Min-
eral Wells, Texas, Sunday where she
will remain for about three weeks.
At Altus she was joined bv Mrs.
Arthur Cochran, of Madill, Oklahoma,
who accompanied her to Mineral
Wells. Mr. Cochran is here to help
console the doctor.
play. The game was remarkably
clean and only 2 offsdie penalties
were assessed.
This week the Hollis team meets
the strong Granite high team on
the local grounds.
Have you secured that new mem
ber yet?
If every member of the Harmon
County Post ot Ttte Amerran Le-
gion would secure just one new
member this would be by far the
largest Post in the 7th District, and
it would be one of the &0 largest
Posts in the entire state.
Former service men, whether you
are a member of The American Le-
gion or not, you are invited to at-
tend the next meeting of the Har-
mon County Post of the Legion,
which will be held in the court house
Monday evening, November 14th.
Come "but to the meeting and
learn just what the Legion is en-
deavoring to do for the ex-service
men.
Members of the Harmon County
Post who are credited thus far with
having secured new members for the
Post:
Tol Durham, 2.
J:m Cunningham, 1.
J. Warren White, 2.
Come on bfcys, bring in the new
names. Let's make this Post a real
Legion Post. Get ALL the form
er service men in Harmon county
in the Post, and then we will be able
to accomplish something.
Don't forget Monday evening,
November 14tK. That's the regular
meeting 'night of the Legion. Let's
make it a rousing meeting EVERY
MEMBER ATTENDING—and as
many as can bring a new member.
Remember: IF 20 new members are
added to this Post it will stand at
the TOP of the list in point of mem-
bership in the 7th district. That
ought to be easy; in fact, it ought
to be an easy matter to get 150 or
200 members in Harmon county.
Let's go!
In a letter to the Post Command-
er Honorable "Jim" McClintic con-
gratulates the Commander and the
Harmon County Post for securing
ons of the state offices at the re-
cent state convention of the Amer-
ican Legion, and again offers his
services in any way that he can be
of assistance to former soldiers.
Mr. McClintic has ever been ready
to do whatever he could do for
former "service men, and he has a
lot of friends among their number
in Harmon county. The editor of thi3
departmefl® can assure legion men
that any matters taken up with Mr.
McClintic will receive prompt at-
tention.
They're* off for K. C.! Eight
members of theHarmon County Post
leave this week for Kansas Ctiy to
attend the Third Annual National
Convention of The American Legion.
Those going from Hollis are Tol
Durham, C. B. Aufill, C. M. Bilder-
back, Dick Morrow and Claud Gid-
eon. It ia understood that at least |
three are going from Gould, those j
scheduled to make the trip being'
Oscar Bryant, Bogy Robinson and|
Parham Ctjx. The delegation goes
from here to Oklahoma City, where
they will board one of the special
trains leaving there Sunday morn-
ing, and will reach Kansas City
Sunday evening at 7:30. According
to present arrangements there will
be five special trains from Oklaho-
ma, and it is expected that there
will be between two and three thous
and Legionaires from the Sooner
state.
G. P. Evans, who lives on route 1,
is in Tennessee visiting relatives and
friends. *
Within the past week Joe Covey,
who had previously been a member
of a national guard organization in
Texas, but who had never secured
his discharge, secured it through the
efforts of the local Post of The
American Legion. Effo«*ts are
now being made to secure back
pay due a former member of an
Arkansas organization, and work is
being done in behalf of those with
claims for compensation. If any
member of the Legion, or any form-
er service. man, or the friend or
relative of any former service man
knows of one who needs assistance
of any kind let us know about it
and we will do whatever. we can,
and the service is as free as the
air. All we ask is an opportunity to
be of service to those who served
their country in its time of need.
When the state convention of
The American Legion was held re
cently at Enid there was a contest
on between Oklahoma City and Tul-
sa as the location for the State Hosi
pital for Disabled Soldiers. Tulsa* is
a splendid town, and it has a live,
enterprising bunch of boosting Le-
gion men, and has a perfect right
to go after the State Hospital, but
it's location there would have made
it inconvenient and expensive to a
larg number of former soldiers of
the f-tate to reach it, and the same
would have applied to parents and
other relatives and friends of sol-
diera^iu the hospital who would
want to visit them. Therefore, the
efforts of Legion delegates from the
7th district wills In behalf of Okla-
homa City, believing that the loca-
tion of the hospital in the capitol
city would serve a larger number of
the people of the state. The follow-
ing letter of appreciation has just
been received by the Commander of
the Harmon County Post from the
manaeer of the Oklahoma City
Chamber of Commerce:
Chamber of Commerce, Oklaho-
ma City. Oklahoma. Oct. 15, 1921.
Mr. J. Warren White,
HoHis, Oklahoma.
Dear Mr. White:
The Officers and Directors of the
Oklahoma City Chamber of Com-
merce are very grateful to you for
your very valuable contribution to
the successful effort made to per-
suade the last state convention of
the American Legion to endorse
Oklahoma City as the logical loca-
tion for the State Hospital for
disabled ex-Service men, and I am
directed to write you this letter ot
appreciation.
Your participation added a great
deal of weight and influence to the
Oklahoma City cause and we want
you to know that your good will
is reciprocated.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) CHAS. E. HALL
Manager
nuns Mm
3ISI Ml KUMON
It Was a jolly crowd that assem-
bled at the Hollis depot last Sat-
urady morning, to take the trsin
for Chattanooga, Tennessee, to at-
tend the 31st annual minion of
Confederates Veterans. There were
only four of the former woarers of
the grey, but the sons and other
relatives augmented the excursion-
ists to the number of 25 or more.
Capt. J. L. Nance was in command,
Capt. T. W. Johnson as his aid-de-
camp. Other veterans were G. W.
Goodman and D. Castleman. Among
others who went were: R. B. Mc-
Cain and wife, H. H. McCain, Mrs.
J. N. DeLamar, W. T. Rains, J. H.
McClure, D. E. McDowell A. S.
Davis, and wife, Mrs. B. B. Bell,
G. P. • Evans, J. M. Gamble and
mother, Bill King and wife, I. H.
Waggoner and wife, Chas. Duncan
and wife, of Gould; Mr. Humphrey
Lon Thomasop of Vinson; Marvin
Molloy and wife, Miss Lorene Scott,
Dr. C, E. Collins, L. S. Gillentine,
J. W. Abies, J. P. Beard. There
might have been others but the
above were all the names we were
able to secure.
The Veterans, Soci of Veterans
and other relatives Jnd friends of
the old soldiers ar«i having their
convention this week, and newspa
per reports declare that thous-
ands of them are present. A fea-
ture of- -the meeting was the over-
whelming defeat of a suggestion
that the reunions be discontinued,
and it is expected that the meeting
for next year will be in Savannah,
Georgia.
TOWN CONTINUES TO IM.
PROVE, REALLY IT DOES
If somebody don't be careful there
is going to be a cement sidewalk
on both side* of Broadway for two
whole blocks. During the past week
further progress in that directipn
has been made by a six foot walk
being put down in front of the De-
Lamar- property on east Broadway,
and on east of there Frank Gear
and H. N. Bryant fell in line and
put a walk of the same width in
front of their property.
There is another lot owned by
Mr. Jenkins, who lievs in the coun-
try, that is still without a walk,
then comes Crossland's Blacksmith
Shop, and Mr. Crossland remarked
that he is ready to rebuild his walk
and bring it up to grade if they
will connect up with him. Another
little gap is four or five feet of
the W. L. Motley property, Where
Chappell's Dining Room stands.
Watch Hollis Grow!
PARRENT-TEACHERS TO NEW BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
MEET TUESDAY NOV. 1ST OPENED HERE LAST WEEK
The regular monthly meeting ot
tha Parent-Teachers Association
will be held ih the high school au-
ditorium Tuesday, November 1st,
promptly at 4:00 o'clock. Everyone
interested in the school is most
earnestly urged to be present. A
constitution and by-laws were
adopted at the last meeting. All
who pay 50 cents per year and at-
tend a majority of the regular
meetings are active members. Hon-
orary members are those who pay
$5.00 per year and are excused, if
they wish, from working obliga-
tions of the associations.
Be sure and attend the meeting
next Tuesday. • j
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Ellis are new-
comers in Hollis, and have opened
a hamburger stand and taffy candy
kitchen, having secured a location
next to Davidson's Blacksmith
Shop, nexe door to the Horton
Garage.. They opened their place of
business last week, and say they are
enjoying a very good patronage.
Those who have tried their taffy
candy declare it is a fine qual-
ity of candy. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis
contemplate moving to larger quar-
ters, providing they can be secured,
if their business keeps on increas-
ing.
REV. GOODLOE ROUNDS OUT
THIRTY YEARS OF SERVICE
Thirty years is a long time to
serve in the vinyard of the Lord,
and it is a record of which any
preacher can well feel proud. Rev.
J. Rush Goodloe, of the Methodist
church, was admitted to Conference
just thirty years ago. During that
time he has preached in four differ-
ent . states, and helped two terri-
tories into the Union.
Sunday night Reverend Goodloe
will celebrate his thirty years ser-
vice by preaching an anniversary
sermon, in which he will tell of
some of the things he has seen,
heard and experienced. The preach-
er declares that his discourse will
not be a long, drawn-out
statement with a meaningless lot
of dates, names of places, etc., but
will be rich, rare and racy.
A cordial invitation Is extended to
the public to attend the services.
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Miller left
early Saturday morning for Indiana,
having been called there by the
death of Mr. Miller's father. They
were taken to Mangum by auto, the
train taking them from there.
Doctor and Mrs. W. E. Bromley
made a business trip to Childress
last Friday, returning the same day.
"I am not particular about saving
a dollar on my subscription for
next year, but I want to be sure it
is paid", remarked Bill Kirby Mon-
day of this week when he slipped
the necessary coin to The Post-Her-
ald editor to make the credit after
his name read 1-1-23, meaning ihat
his subscription for next year <s
paid.
A "PAIR OF TWINS"
"The Harmon County Tribufte
and The Hollis Post-Herald appear-
ed in the same dress last week, the
only chanqre being: the caption at
the top of the first and editorial
pages. Even the same typograhical
errors appeared in both papers."—
Editorial squib in the Daily Oklaho-
man.
Yes, almost me same similarity
as there is between the Daliy Ok-
lahoman and the Oklahoma City
Times, except that the latter usu-
ally contain more typographical er-
rors. ,
Bonnie Cansler, who has been
at t)allas attending: a Baptist Sem-
inary, arrived home Wednesday and
will be at home here a week or so
before she goes to Vinson where she
has been employed to teach the
coming term.
"I will be a candidate for dfa-
trict judge of this judicial district,
and will have an announcement to
make to the people of Harmon coun-
ty at the proper time."
The atjve statement was made to
a represenative of The Post-Herald
and Tribune by Honorable W. C.
Austin, prominent Jackson county
attorney, who resides at Eldorado.
Further than the above statement
Attorney Austin would not discusa
the question of his candidacy at
the persent time.
. WU1 Be Hot Fight
Indications at this time are that
the race for district judge in the
28th judicial district is going to be
a warm one. Judge Williams, of
Altus, is an avowed candidate, it is
understood, as is Judge Counts, of
Frederick, with the possibility of on#
or two more from Altus and Man-
gum still to hear from.
Judge Abernethy May Enter
There H$s been considerable talk
of Countv Judge Eugene Abernethjr
getting into the judgeship race, and
he has hosts of friends, not only ft*
Harmon county but In other counties
as well, who would like to see tha
judge enter the race. The Judge's
health has not been the best lately,
and it may be that on account of
that he will decide to not be a can-
didate.
LOOK AT YOUR CREDIT
Subscribers are asked to look at
the credit after their name of their
Post-Herald. If it reads "1-1-2S"
it means that your subscription 1a
paid to January 1, 1923, or that
you have paid for next year. If it
reads "1-1-22", it means that yovt
subscription is paid to January 1.
1922, or that It will expire the last
dav of December. If you want .to
take advantage of the special offe*
now in effect you cap pay any
back subscription you may owe and
have ,the paper for next year lop
half price, or for'only 11.00. On De-
cember 1. or In 84 more days, tha
regular price will be in effect. If
all the Post-Herald subscribers take
advantner* of this special offer it
will mean more than' $1,000.00 saved
to the people of Harmon county.
This is a real reduction sale oH
'subscriptions. Take advantage of It.
SHIPS MORE HOGS
W. M. Kirby, the hog man. keeps
rieht on doine business with the
farmers of Harmon county, and
Tuesday of this week he left for
Los Aneelea with four carloads of
hogs, which makes the total num-
ber of cars he has shipped from.
Harmon county in about eight."
months come to 128. Kirby has al-
ways paid the very highest price
he possibly could pay, and many S
carload he has shipped out has lost
him money, while on others tha
market has been in his favor. He
deserves to succeed, and here's hop-
ing that when he gets down to
Los Angeles with this shipment the
market will be up about two dollars
or more.
SULLIVAN-FOSTER
Verle Sullivan and Miss Amy
Foster were married Wednesday at
ternoon at the home of the bride%
parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Foster,
southwest of Hollis. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. Boyett, of
the Presbvterian church. Mr. and
Mrs. W. Sullivan are farmers ift the
Number Four community. Following
the ceremony a wedding supper was
served to about twentv-five rela-
tives and friends of the two fam-
ilies. The happy couple have not
r't^ided w'vere they will makje
their home, but will probably re-
main in Harmon county.
PARENT-TEACHERS PROC.RRAM
Among features of the Parent-
Teachers Association for next Tues-
day. November 1, will be a talk
by Mrs. Ora Bridere on "The Origin
of tho Pareiit-Teachers Associa-
tion". "What Improvements Are
Needed for Our Schools" by' Prof.
Anderson, "How May Wo Raise
Funds for These Improvements"
Mrs. C. E. Collins. Miss Verle 3ones
is on the program for music.
L. A. Johnson. 29, and Miss Celia
Johnson, 21, both of- Wellington,
were issued a lr.arriatre license last
Thursday by Couvt Clerk Barefoot.
They were mamed the same day;
Rev. J. Rush Goodloe officiating.
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