Harmon County Tribune (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 10, 1919 Page: 1 of 8
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Harmon County Tribune
VOLUME 9.
HOLLIS. HARMON COUNTY. OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY. JULY 10,1919.
NUMBER 47
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I Let Us Be Your Bookkeeper
A checking account can be made a very convenient
system of bookkeeping, commending itself especially to
those people who feel that they do not have enoigh busi-
ness to justify the keeping of an elaborate set of books.
Your deposits can be made to represent your receipts, and
your checks your expenditures. The stubs of your check
book will be your record, which will require very little time
to keep up to date.
' We would be pleased to have you call and let us ex-
plain more fully the advantages of a checking account. We
can give you the names of people who have done checking
business with us for years, and who will recommend it very
highly.
Come in and talk it over. If you once get the eheck-
ing habit you will not want to break it, but will be glad
that you started it.
The National Bank of Commerce
Hollis, Oklahoma.
BttHHim 83HS
DRILLER TO START
FOR OIL
HARMON COUNTY TO HAVE TEST
Work on Derrick Site Started Today
DOWN BY GAB
urea
New Arrival
At Oklahoma City Sunday
morning. July 6. a baby daugh-
ter weighing 9 pounds was born
to Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Slaughter
of this city.
Business Change.
Last Saturday E. L. Hawkins
bought the interest of V. A.
Grissom in the City Drug Store
and took charge of same it
once
Mr. Hawkins was at the tim
The Harmon County Tribune ^ (jeaj wag ma(jet prescription
is pleased to offer it's congratu-
lations. The babies today will
i>e the.boys and girls of tomor-
row and men and women of a
further day.
The infinite possibilities of
the uncertain future make it
impossible to cast the horoscope
of these little ones, but in this
noble country of ours with the
advantage of such intelligent
and worthy parents, this little
one receives its intreduction
into the world under tk6 most
favorable circumstances.
The mother and baby are
doing fine we are given to un-
derstand.
With best wishes for the re-
currence in this family of this
same kind of event many, many
times, we will qffer the services
of our local talent to assist the
fond parents in the selection
of a suitable and appropriate
name.
L. J. Massie of Long Beach
Calif., and J. E. Williams of
Snyder, general manager of the
Massie line of Grocery stores
are in our city today on busi-
ness.
Dr. Bob Wilson and wife of
Davidson, spent the night here
Tuesday with bis brother A, F.
Wilson. Dr. Wilson and wife
were on their way to Colorado
to spend a few weeks outing.
clerk at this popular drug store
and will now have that same de-
partment under his exclusive
control.
Mr. Hawkins was in the em-
ploy of the City Drug Co., in
1915 and 1916, but when war
with Germany was declared he
volunteered his services to his
country, was acc3pted and ad-
mitted to the U. S. Navy, serv-
ing unLii aflwr the armistice was
signed anu later being mustered
out„ returned to Hollis and took
up h'.s old position which had
been left open for him. He is
a registered pharmiast and
thoroughly understands the
mixing of drugs; is careful and
tull.v reliable and has the confi-
dence of all with whom he has
had dealings.
Dr. Hopkins; the other mem-
ber of the old firm retains his
interests in the business and he
shojld fdt:i himself very lucky
to get such capable man as Mr.
Hawkins for a partner.
We have not learned of the
Wednesday morning when J.
W..tne 5-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Scruggs,was crossing
the narrow street between the
Hollis Drug Store and the City
National Bank, the little fellow
was struck and run over by a
heavy automobile driven by one
of the little children of P. Srhad-
er.
J. W. had started across the
street to buy some candy and the
Shrader boy was driving south
in their car, and in some way
ran over the little -Scruggs boy,
peeling the right aide of his
head and tearing the right ear
halt' off. He wa<* picked up by
his father and carried to tlje
hospital, where the Drs. Pend-
ergraft and Husband sewed and
bandaged the wounded head.
Luckily no bones were broken,
but for some time ic was feared
that complicatons would arise
causing trouble to the little ones
head and ear.
At this writing (Thursday
aflernt*>>i) we art* very glad tojv day
state J. W. is resting well and
if no serious complications de-
velop will be able to be up with-
in a few days.
The 4th
The "Glorious 4th" was quiet,
very, very quiet in this place
Nearly every body had gone,
leaving the town in charge ol
the editor and the town pup,
and we couldn't start a bloom-
ing thing. We had worked two
whole days and half of tw<
nights getting our business in
such shape that we telt it woulc
be safe to leave for one wholt
tuture intentions of the retiring
owner, Mr. Grissom. He is at ***■ S3me of " we hob"
present visiting in Holdenville
R. M. Phillips and family will
ieave in the morning (Friday)
f >r a visit. Mrs. Pnillios and
children will visit her sister at
Fallett, Okla., and Mr. Phillips
will go to Millport, Ala., to sei
his parents. They will be gone
about three weeks.
Tol Whisenant of Dodsonville
was transacting business in our
city today.
and other Oklahoma points.
o
<,.W. R. Prather and wife with
their sons, Price and
and their families, drove down
to Bethel last Sunday to spend
th< day with VV. R.'s sister,
Mrs. J. E. Morrow and to be
with the boys, Jim, Dick and
Elbert Morrow who have recent-
ly returned home from France.
Why delay your
We can do ; . We
jop wirt:
knrv hj*.v.
Jess Lewis who was hurt in a
thresher anl engine accident
last week is still in a critical
condition. He was badly mash-
ed when backing the enuine
to the separator making pre-
parations to move to another
wheat field, and was not caught
by the feeder as stated in the
papei last week, we have been
u !d.
bled'' some we "staked out" anc
some we were compelled to
"hog-tie"; but the majority ot
the ' business we turned loose,
"""i hoping we would get it alto-
aU gather in the general roundup
when we returned. But we
were'doomed to disappointment'
Just as soon as we had turned
out our last job, we began look- R A Williams and wife 0f
ing for a conveyance to carry j VVellington stopped a few min-
us to Childress—but nothing j uteg wj^j1 editor and
doing-all were g->ne! We went famj|y ,ast Sunday while on
home and went to sleep.
W E ARE Still in the Oil Business-
Have Been for the Past Seven Years.
In Business Now On Own Hook.
On Monday May 5, 1919 M. L.
Harrington, representing Grand
oleum Oil and Gas Co., of Chero
kee, Okla., signed contract with
the Harmon County Gas and
Oil Co.. binding his company to
make an oil test here just as
soon as the machinery and tim-
bers could be placed on the
ground.
We don't want to excite you
or cause you to louse any sleep,
but the chances are we will
pretty coon be busy
for Oil."
Mr. Harrington, the man who
a few weeks ago madea contract
with the Harmon County Gas
and Oil Co., to put down a well
here, is in the city and looking
after his part uf the business.
He has a crew of men unload-
ing two cars of Derrick timbers
and machinery and having it
placed on the S W 1-4 , f S W 1-4
jf Sec 31 Range 25. In other
words just 2 1-2 miles due east
of Hollis.
Yesterday Mr. Harrington's
head man, who has charge of
the drilling, left to get the en
gine and boiler.
(Thursday) ground
has been broken and excava-
tions made for the derrick. The
derrick building crew will be
nere in time to start to work
donday.
As work progresses we will
.five it to you.
All barrels you have gotten from u& in the
past, bring to Us to be refilled.
NANCE OIL COMPANY
wm
Died
Floy, the 8 year-old child of
"boring J Mr. and Mrs. George i>ole, who
live 6 miles southwest of town,
died rather suddenly last Wed-
nesday afternoon of lock bowels
Sne had been sick just a day or
80.
C. H. Madden returned Tues-
day night from a business trip
to Oklahoma City.
Drink Famous mineral water
this summer. Ask us about it.
* Mrs. J. J. Coggina and Mrs.
Blair, who have been visiting
their children, Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Blair, at Dallas for the
past month returned home Mon-
day night. i'
J. M. Colay left Tuesday tot 6
business trip to Oklahoma City.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Petty, asd
Mrs. VV. J. Pftty and llttfa
daughter left Tuesday for
Waxahachie for a few
visit.
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Earl Groves has received his
discharge and came home Tues-
day. He now holds the same
josition he had with Hollis Drug
Jo., before taking up his duties
with the army.
Mrs. Carl Ellis left Sunday to
spend a week in Childress with
oer parents.
Ewing Ready and wife spent Sun
Jay and Monday in Dodsonville
.vith the parents of Mrs. Ready.
Mis3 Zana Whisenant left
Tuesday for several days visit
to relatives at Brownwood,
Texas.
Hollis ball players went to
Childress July 4th and beat the
"crack team of the Ft. Worth
Denver" four to nothing. That's j ^ the'irdlugbVer, Josephine,
t'lidAA " n 11 f Atlfc" UaHicS . , 1_ 1
who is attending summer school
at that place.
their way for a few days visit
to Walters, Oklahoma.
J. B. Ellis and wife left Sur
day morning for Denton to
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I.C.
LAVE a few 34x4, 35x41-2
31x4 and 30x3 1-2 Goodrich
Tires that I will sell, while they
last, at actual cost. See them at
Hall and Berry's Garage.
J. H. Scruggs
three "shut outs" for Hollis
this year. Wish Mangum would
come over—tiiey havn't lost a
erame this season.
I
Dr. J. E. Cullins was called
Monday to attend the wounds
of Charley Andrews, age 0 yean*
who had been kicked in the
side just below the ribs by a
horse. Tuesday the doctor said
the little fellow was getting
along fine.
George Reynolds. Tom Hun-t
and Tcm Carter prominent farm-
ers of the Vinson neighborhood,
who come to town whenever
they get ready, were hare Mon-
day jay walking around.
FORDSON TRACTORS
The price of Fordson Tractors has
been reduced to $790.00 delivered
here. We will receive a car load a-
bout July 1 Oth, of which we have a
part sold. If you want the best Trac-
tor for the least money, get your order
in. Ask the man who has one. We
have sold and delivered to the follow-
ing parties:
A. K. Whitesides, Hollis
Or. B. B. Bell, Hollis
Gardner & Salmon, Hollis
J. F. Yatea, Gould
J. R. Moran, Gould
Sam Bailey, Gould
Mr* Mann, Lonnie, Texas
Come in and let us tell you more
about The Fordson.
HALL & BERRY
Frank Prock, wife and little
daughter were here Sunday
from Mangum visiting his par-
ents and to be with his sister,
Mrs. Lee Smith, who is here
from Riveira, Tex., visiting for
a week,
•Jess Harris and family drove
up from Wichita Falls last Sat-
urday to spend a day or so with
Mr. and Mrs J. F. Lawrence,
parents of Mrs. Harris.
Rev. G. E. Eaves left this
week to spend some time with
his wife and son at Snyder. Mr.
Eaves has a date beginningSun-
day for a meeting in Texas
before he and Mrs. Eaves return
to Hollis.
Mrs. Ed Talley returned Fri-
day night from Mineral Wells
where sh8 had been for the
benefit of her health.
Mrs. Kerg William* ia
from Mesa, Ariz., thia week
spending the time with relatives
and friends. Kerg will arrive
soon and we understand they
will again make Hoilia their
home.
Mrs. W. C. Pendergraft re-
turned Wednesday from Mineral
Wells for the benefit of her
health.
The best of oils are handled
by the Nance Oil Co.
Fred Williams, wife and two
children were here Sunday from
Eldorado spending the day with
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Edmiaston.
CUT THE WEEDS.
Cicero Smith Lbr. Co.
Lumber, Sash, Doors, Lime,
Cement, Brick, Wire, Nails,
American and Colorado
Hinge Fence, Dewey Ce-
ment and Nigger Head Coal
Estimates Furnished Free
[Phone 145
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Bell, J. Fred. Harmon County Tribune (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 10, 1919, newspaper, July 10, 1919; Hollis, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc234137/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.