Hollis Post-Herald. (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1921 Page: 1 of 8
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Hollis Post-Herald.
VOLUME 18; NUMBER 18
HOLLIS, HARMON COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, MARCH 17,1921.
PRICE, $2.00 IN ADVANCE
CITY ELECTION OF HOLLIS MAY BE CONTESTED
Claim Is Made That At Least One Foreigner Cast
Vote, And Several Who Were Not
Registered Also Voted, Is Charge.
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GROUNDS FOR CONTEST
SAID TO BE BASED
ON ILLEGAL VOTES
BOWMAN MAY CONTEST PRATHER
here is a complete list Of the
-officials 10 will be at
of town affairs for 11
There is considerable talk of a
contest oyer the treasurership of
Hollis, the claim being made that
a number who were not qualified
voters were taken to the polls late
Tuesday evening. Among the num
beris said to be A. R. Salvia, who, it
is stated, is not a naturalized citi-
/zen. It is claimed, also, that a
number of women voted who had
not been registered. The claim is
made by the friends of Mr. Bow-
man that if these votes are thrown
out it would result in his election.
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City Election
"'The only real election ever
held in Hollis," was the general
expression after the polls closed
Tuesday evening, and it was
found that over 250 electors
had cast their ballots for city
officers for the next two years.
It is claimed by "old timers"
that this is about four times as
many votes as is usually cast at
a city election in Hollis.
IDEAL ELECTION DAY *
It was an ideal election day.
Nice and sunshinny, with just a
gentle breeze blowing. Surely
there was no excuse^ {or anyone
staying away from the polls on
account of the weather.
NO MAD RUSH TO POLLS
The polls opened at 8:00 o'clock
and not more than two or three
voters were there at that time.
.They just came in leisurely dur-
ing the entire day. There was
very lijttle loitering about the
polls, and candidates were' not
especially active in soliciting
votes, with the excepetion of one
or two. There was genuine in-
terest in the race for the treas-
urership. The friends of Mr.
Bowman were over-confident,
and no special effort was put
forth in his behalf, and as a re-
sult he was defeated by but
six votes, according to the count.
Mr. Prather, and other members
of the First National Bank, slip-
ped about quietly, especially in
the afternoon, and secured a
number of votes. It was during
the closing hours that several
votes were cast by people not
entitled to vote, it is claimed.
WHITE'S VOTE BIG SURPRISE
Perhaps the biggest supprise
of the election was the vote given
J. Warren White for town clerk.
White had estimated his maxi-
mum vote at 30, and some pre-
tended to think that he wouldn't
get a half dozen. He received a
total of 47, and the stay-at-home
vote is estimated at being about
half for him, so that his total
vote in the town can be estimat-
j. G. WHITE GOT
HIGHEST VOTE IN
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THE OFFICIAL ELECTION
THE OFFICERS-ELECT
Trustee, Ward No. 1, John II. Moore
Trustee, Ward No. 2, B. R. Coleman
Trustee, Ward No. 3, J. G. White
Trustee, Ward No. 4, J. C. Clark
Trustee, Ward No. 5, S. L. Beavers
City Treasurer, Claud Prather
City clerk, J. D. Pennington
city Attorney, __?
city Marshall, ?
Night watchman,
ed at ifully 100 or more.
(This estimate is made as a
basis to figure on for .the
election two years hence )
Mr. White made absolutely no
effort himself,, and was greatly
surprised When it was disclosed
that he ran Verner Briscoe a
close race for second place.
SOME WERE "SCARED"
A laughable feature about the
election was the "scare" that
some people experienced as a re-
sult of Mr. White's candidacy.
It is reported that one of the
candidates for a trusteeship, pos-
sibly in an effort to prevent peo-
ple from voting for White, de-
clared that if White were elected
he would withdraw from the
council, and another over-zealous,
and not too discreet individual
made the statement that all
"decent" people were, voting
against White
SOME MUD THROWN
Mr. White had previously made
a plea for a clean campaign, and
it is gritifying to know that,
with two or three exceptions,
there was not the least intima-
tion of any thing "dirty" in the
campaign. The report brought
to the writer during the election
that the individual referred to
was putting out the statement
that all "decent" people were
against White is really unworthy
of notice, coming from the source
that it did. It is on a par with
the character assassin campaign
carried on last fall against Judge
Fowler of Gould, candidate for
prosecuting attorney in the pri-
mary election, and against Isam
Collier, candidate for sheriff. It
fits in nicely, too, with the
attacks made upon the supporters
of Senator Gore.
"HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN--"
So far as Mr White is concern-
ed he does not care for the per-
sonal abuse that is heaped upon
him by self-appointed Over Lords
and political bosses of Harmon
county, but he thinks it is a
shame and a disgrace that old
timers here,-people whose re
piitation for honesty and square'
dealing cannot ' be questioned,
should be put down as being
"indecent" because they see fit
to exercise their God-given right
of voting for whom they please.
We think it a reproach to the
town of Hollis and Harmon
county that here where the
women have but recently been
given the privilege 6t the ballot
they should be characterized
as "indecent" unless they vote
to please the whim 6f some
W L Motley
John H Moore
H R Coleman
J G White
Joe Parks
W D Gould
J C Cfark
S L Beavers
Claud Prather
S H Bowman
Vernfr Briscoe
J Warren White
J D Pennington
WHMins
37 41
90 82
117 112
88 92
180 108
62 56
58 63
117 103
64 65
66 57
80 36
26 21
74 66
118 110
HOLLIS CAFE AND
0. K. TAILORING COM-
PANY HAVE EIRE
Fire Occurred Last Saturday,
Just After Noon, Catching
From Pipe.
Two Firms Out gf Business
Damage Caused Both Places of
Business to Close Temporar-
ily—To Reopen Soon.
The worst fire in Hollis since
the Fred Miller residence burned
last summer occured last
Saturday just afternoon,
when the Hollis Cafe caught fire.
It is understood that no fiue was
built for the pipe leading from
the range in the kitchen, and ap-
parently some of the woodwork
between the roof and ceiling
CLEAN UP URGED IN PROCLAMA-
TION BY THE GOVERNOR
Week of April 4th to 9th Is Time
Set; State Health Depart-
ment to Direct Work.
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Health Prized Possessioa
Great Need of Putting Forth Ef-
fort to Conserve Health of
People of State.
That, health is the most-prized
possession of any individual or
group of individuals ia a fact no
longer disputed. Without health
the people of this great state
would lose their buoyancy step
and spirit and both of these are
necessary to active participation
in affairs of state as well as earn-
ing power of her people.
At no time in the history of
caught fire, possibly from sparks |thig| #tate has there been felt the
trom a faulty stove pipe. | ne„d to[ conM„lnB the health
political boas. With all the
power at our command we resent
the intimation that the 47 men
and woman who voted for Mr.
White for town clerk are not
just as DECENT as any other
47 men and women in Hollis or
anywhere else. They may have
shown poor1 jndgement, but there
is absolutely no excuse whatever
for saying they are not "decent"
and it is a burning shame that
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Some Things lfou Must Do
You must connect with the sewer.
All outside open toilets must be torn down or nailed up be-
fore fly time.
All persons running water out on the ground will be pros-
ecuted.
You must clean up your trash piles and rubbish.
Let's reduce our insurance rates.
You must keep up your chickens.
The above orders are all covered by ordinance and for the
benefit of the public they will be enforced.
What do you think of the above, Mr. Hollis Citizen? Pretty
fine, isn't it?
Maybe you are expecting us to tell you that the above is an
order issued by the city fathers of Hollis, but we are not going
to do anything of the kind, because such orders have not been
issued here. We have not taken the time to look up the or in-
ances to see if the above are all covered or not, but we believe
they are, and if they are not we believe that ordinances covering
the above matters ought to be passed at once.
The above, gentle reader, is taken from an order issued to
the people of Grandfield, by the mayor of that town, W. G.
Medlock, and endorsed by the council of that town. Grand-
field, and other towns around here are going to clean up and
make their home town a fit place to live in. What is Hollis go-
ing to do about it? Where does the council stand on the
matter? Are they willing to come right square out in print and
tell the people what they propose to do, and THEN BACK UI^
THEIR PROMISES? ^nd what are the people of Hollis going
to do about the matter? Are they going to drift along and just
let matters go as they will, 01 are they going to DEMAND that
something be done for the improvement of the town?
FIRE DEPT RESPONDED PROMPTLY
The Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment responded promptly, but
for several minutes after arrival
at the scene of the Are their ef-
forts were without results. The
fire was burning in a small ra-
dius around the stovepipe lead-
ing from the kitchen range near
the center of the roof, and a hole
cat through the roof within a
few feet of this would have made
it possible to extinguish the fire
with very little loss, However,
orders were given not to cut
through the roof, and a stream
of water was played on the roof
for several minutes which only
ran off the back end while the
fire continued to spread through-
out the space between the ceiling
and roof.
ROOF FINALLY (Jut
It finally became evident that
the only way to put the fire out
was to get to it with the water;
and several holes were cut in
the roof. The fire was soon
under control, but not until seri
ous damage had been done to
the building, and the contents
i below had also suffered as a re
suit of water and smoke.
TWO FIRMS OUT OF BUSINESS
As a result of the fire the
Hollis Cafe and O. K. Tailoring
Co,, are temporarily out of busi-
ness, and it is not definitely
! known whether they will re-open
for business in the same location,
or seek another location.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith had fitted
up rooms in the back of the
building and were living there.
Practically all their household
goods were taken out, and with
the exception of the damage
done in moving them, were all
saved. They have secured a
house near the Rock Rooming
House, which they have moved
into.
CONTENTS INSURED
The restaurant fixtures and
stock of ttie O. K. Tailoring Co
was insured, but it is under-
stood that the building was not
insured. The owner of the
building does not live here, and
it is not known whether he will
jhaye it repaired, or tear out the
frame structure and erect a fire-
proof building.
HOLLIS CAFE and O. K. to REOPEN
Mr. Smith, who conducted the
O. K Tailoring business, and
wbo was also one of the owners
of the Hollis Cafe, announces
that he will reopen for business
just as souu as the present build-
ing is repaired or another loca-
tion can be secured.
and resouroes of our people as
there has been existent for the
past year, and the next few
years may bring only Increasing
reasons for our efforts along lines
of conservation.
By preventive measures the
State of Oklahoma has caused
great depreciation of the ananal
loss from fire, by preventive
means the epidemics of disease
with resultant deaths have been
materially redube#, and even
greater results may be accom-
plished if tbeeitisensbip of Okla-
homa is made cognisant of ths
dependence of health upon ssni-
tattoft
For the reasons herein set.
forth, in order to arouse oar
people to a vivid sense of tire
danger and danger of health and
induce them to take a more
active interest both property and
self-preservation; I hereby de-
clare the week beginning the
4th DAY OF APRIL, 1921, AND
ENDING THE 9th DAY OF
APRIL, 1921, be known as
CLEAN-UP WEEK,
and I earneatly recommend thai
the people of our state observe
this week by a general ciean-up
and the removel of all rubbish,
trash, and waste-matter from
their premises.
All public and private institu-
tions, hotels, business houses,
factories, school buildings, thea-
tres and other buildings should
oe carefully examined and such
changes made as will safeguard
from fire the lives of the occupa-
nts and help toward the preserva-
tion of the public peace, health
ana safety of all our people.
Local authorities of cities and
towns should assist in every way
possible.
GIVEN ontier my hand and
the Seal of the Great State of
Oklahoma at the Capital, Okla-
homa City, on this 9th day of
March 1921.
(Seal) J. B A. ROBERTSON
Governor.
Attest: Joe S. Morris.
Cecil Thomas and wife retur-
ned Saturday from Temple, Tex.
where they went a week ago,
called there by the death of
Mary Clarine, three-year-old
daughter of Roy Thomas and
wife, former residents of Har-
mon county, wbo died the
of March. Mr. and Mrs.
mas have many friends
wbo extend sympathy in
hour of sorrow.
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White, J. Warren. Hollis Post-Herald. (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 17, 1921, newspaper, March 17, 1921; Hollis, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc185611/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.