Harmon County Tribune (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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NUMBEK 19
DECEMBER 26, 1918.
THURSDAi
HAJiMON COUNTY. OKLAHOMA,
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W £ Wish to announce that Mr. E. M. Slaughter, of
Clinton, Oklahoma, has associated himself with
this Bank in an official capacity, due to the departure
of Hugh Ganison.
With this exception, there are no changes in the
personnel of the Officers and Directors of the Bank, and
we cordially invite you to come in and get acquainted
with Mr. Slaughter.
It is our desire and intention to render you the very
be*t Banking service possible; we believe you will find
IT PAYS TO CARRY AN ACCOUNT WITH THIS BANK
THE NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE
OF HOLLIS,!
C. W. GiUiland, Pres.
E. M. Slaughter, Vice-Pies.
J. B. Garrison, Diredtor.
b^igh Garrison, Vice—Pres.
J. T. Crane, Cashier.
W. M. Alexander, Diredor.
Miss Gladys Motley came in
Sunday morning to *pend the
holidays with hemefolks. She
has been attending the 0. B. U.
at Shawnee, Okla.
Olan K. Andersor. write* Par-
ents Mr. and Mrs W. T. Ander-
son.
Nov. 1019 8 Herbert GiUiland, an old
Dear Mother: Hollis bov, but no to living
, wii; trv ' ™"te7« | ;ra,hHe°Ld neighborhood was
few lines to let ynu hea^from in
At Rest
Thursday the 26th of fee.
1918, Sterling G. Abernethy,
Hollis, Oklahoma, was carried
to his last resting place, Fair
mount Cemetery:
It has been our good pleasure
to have known the deceased for
a number of yea: s and we desire
at this time to offer our condol-
ence-- to the bereaved family.
Mr. Abernethy died at 8 A. M.
Christmas Oay, He had been
taken at firs-, so we are informed
with the Spanish Influenza and
developed olood poison. Hid
| b,-other Dr. Authur Abernethy,
was hastily summoned from
Altus, Oklahoma, and immedia-
elvcn his arrival, they operat-
ed upon the deceased, but of
no avail us the matter was too
serious for human skill.
Mr. Abernethy leaves surviv-
ing him six brothers, four half
I brothers and two half sister*;
la wife and lour children-three
girls and a bov. Oscar, who is
somewhere in France.
Not alone the family but tne
entire community appreciates a
sense of loss in the ii -ath of our
llonoied Feliowcitizen, Sterling
Abernethy, which has bereaved
us all of the further pleasure
of his geniaf companionship.
Mr. Abernethy's life lus in
it's truest sense been a success.
Ii early iife he pioneered th i -
FiiJiii OVchlitERE
Dow Lawrence Writes
Nov. 24th 1918.
Dear father: foday is the
iUth, the day set for Hie b< vs to
write .father a Xmas victory
loiter Ascertain restrictions are
removed from censorship I will
pj-'sibly be able to tell you some
things of interest that I coul I
not before.
As \ou read the newspaper
story of the war during the last
few months you probaly wonder
ed just where 1 was. To start
w.th I came on the front the rtth
of July, our Ratter ." opened fire
on the 7th.we were in that drive
all the way up through Chateau
Tnierry and the battle of the
Marne it was some campaign, of
course the nnmerous incidents
of this campaign 1 can tell when
1 see you.
Then came the Sain I Mi hie I
drive;in this we advanced all the
way to Thiacourt the papers
gave you an account oj the suc-
cess of this drive of course.
Last but not least was the
Argonne scrap. We pa sed riuht
through Montforcon; from this
town the Crown Prince observed
the battie of Verdon 1 under-
stand, I dont think it was a very
pleasan sight for him eiiher,
as his troops had no luck what-
New Rural Route
Postmaster Luke Roberts in-
formed us Monday a new Rural
r ute for Hollis had been estab-
lisned. This new route will le
No tiand 1m* effective Jan 1.1919.
.For the benefit of those living
on route two, we give the follow-
ing changes that will be made
caused by the new route being
inaugurated. The carrier of
Route two will after leaving the
postoffice, travel east 4 If mi es,
North 5 miles, Ea*t 2 miles.
South 1 mile, to S. E. Corner
section )0. \Nest 1 mile, South 7
miles, Westlmi'ie, North 2 miles
to S. W. Corner sec 4, West 3
3 8 miles 10 post office.
New Route No. 0 will be from
post oflice Fast 3-8 miles, North
1 mile, East 1 mile, North 3 miles
to N. W. Corner sec 30, East 1
mile, North 4 miles, East 3 miles,
South 1 mile to S. E. Corner sec
: 3. West 2 mile. South 5 miU-,
West 2 miles, South I mile, West
L 3-8 mile,to pc3t office.
you have; here tir
,t of the week visiting
me again I guew you U*ei ! his little daughter; Mary Lena,
hoard before now about me „e , paie„to Mr. and
tin* wounded, dtdn't you!* t j.Wds.
out lucky the was it wa^ 1 think.
They tell me I am getting along Wants to Sell
fine which 1 tftink 1 am se_ Mrs. J. T. Grant has for sale
I am in a base hospital I have* bookcaae> duafold>
fine place to stay I dont supp -e ^^ ojj aud jror
I got hurt so ^ • ■,Un *= wash pot to dispose of.
slightly wounded. I got wounded
on the morning of the 11. .att6j ^ havin(! Leen re.
^ a. m. and the gun Ueved of Army duty, returned
OnVhU last drive it was lor five home Wednesday night.
days before 1 got anything to
ft eat. Believe me, I sure was hun-1
I gry, but thank God all of thi^
trouble is stopped. We beat the
' huns at their own game. Say
tell me about every thing in
Wood Keys, is here this week
from Ranger spending the holi-
days with home folks.
Sam Key^ and wife arrived
Wednesday^ fro* Tulsa. to spend
your next ichc K„ndaw.i w h his narents
time hoping to hear from you the
soon from your loving son
country and with others made
it the haven of man> a home-
seeker. He has raised a nice
family of religious, law abiding,
Gxl fearing children; ?*ave them
a good education: fitted them
f.,r the responsibilities of life;
md himself a God fearing, God
serving man at last, though
ueah in body, yet strong in The
Spirit, has lain down theBurdens
of this Idfe and passed over the
liiver to the arms of his Maker:
there to wait and welcome his
ioved ones as one by one they
i do pass down the valley of
Shadows. What great success
could a man make or life.
His loved ones will gather
round the hearth side, and miss
his loving smile, there will be a
vacant chair; but if in all their
future actions they will consult
F. M. Pease a ne in from W«
in.ton Mo iday mor.dng anu
will spend the holidays he . e
wiih his fami!v.
holidays with
' and other relatives.
Olan.
$100.00 Reward
Sometime Sunday night the
National Bank of Commerce was
broken into.
Entrance was made through
Ross Cox's law office, by tearing
screen off the window then
prying open the door leading
into the bank.
Confiscated whiskey held
there by Sheriff Gamble was
stored in a large box hidd tight
b/ heavy lock. This was broken
into and between five and ten
gallons of booze was taken
1100.00 reward will be
for information leading to
arrest and conviction of
culprits.
ever (if course; the details of ai
this 1 can tell you better when I
see you-
At present we are in Barracks
at Bleacourt a little village not
far from Verden, I was in Ver-
den about two weeks ago, the
town shows si-'ns of the bom-
bardment alright. 1 will tell you
mi route when I come across.
From New York, we sailed to
Halifax and lay in harbor either
one or two nights after which
we sailed to Liverpool «the liner
Tuscania was torpedoed and
sunk just, off the coast of Ireland
she was about F00 yards behind
our boat when she was hit, when
we left the boat at Liverpool,
we met a company of Canadians
who by the way proved to be
mostly fellows from the U. S
here we boarded a train and
Earnest Force arrived Mon !«•
from Navy Training at Penaicola
Fla., to spand a few days with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.J.
Force on Route 5.
For Sale
I have for sale a few article*,
of household goods such as a
Sectional Bookcase, Duafold, a
good heating stove, an oil stove
and an iron wash pot. See
Mrs. .J. T. Crane.
Eggs 65ct per doxen.
No booze to be had
Snow all over the ground and
Christmas is here, be gad.
future actions they win consult gt Wjncheg.
that which they know he would ^ we at thfa
camp I
v.a,7£> huH them do. thev can be ' . , __
John Cole, is another soldier
who returned home first of the
week and will stay.
Cam Barnes, of Knoxville
Tenn., who has been visiting the
families of Tom and Ed Yoes,
and Cam (Jack) Barnes, for the
past two weeks, left Sunday for
California where he expects to
make his future home.
Miss Verle Jones came in Sat-
urday to spend the holidays
with home folks. She has been
attending Simmons Baptist
Col ege, at Abilene, Texas.
Mrs. H. N. Spooner came in
from Oklahoma City to spend
holidays with homefolks.
P. W. Nance and wife were
j Altu3 visitors first of the week.
.J Henry Whisenant came in
pa/ | Monday from the Military Train-
ing school at Weatherford,
the. —_
WE DO JOB WORK
'./jOtEOBEl
assured of meeting him in the
Bright Beyond where partings
nor sorrows never come.
So as we stand with bowed
heads before the billows of roses
that mark the tomb of Sterling
Abernethy, we can but say:
"Here lie6 a man who was
strong for the right, true to his
friends and who lastly but not
least feared God and kept his
commandments as nearly as er-
ring humanity can. May His
Soul Rest In Peace.
Sterling was a member of the
Baptist Church of tuis city ^nd
funeral services were conducted
by his pastor, G. H. Stigler, at
nne oclock Thursday afternoon
at the church.
A large crowd attended the
services, but on account of the
roads beiru: such condition
believe about three days; from
there we went to Southhampton
and boarded a little vessel that
bore the title of Prince George.
Louis Crenshaw andFarnum Ray
were also on the early tra'n Mon-
day, but Farnum got off at
Gould.
Obituary
(By a Friend)
Mrs. Isabella Brewer was born
22 years ago in the state of
Texas. She passed from this life
Dec. l«th. 1918.
Mrs. Brewer was a member of
the Christian church and held
membership with the church at
Martin, Okla.
She leav< s to mourn her loaa
r husband, A. T. Brewer, a
baby boy Glenn; four brothers.
Oscar, who is in France. Jeff,
Bill, and Escol; also four sisters,
Ella, Emma, and Eliza
who married Jack Smith, Pearl
who maiied Henry McWilliams,
A tiny baby girl, Ro erta,
passed to the Great VJnseon
Land with its moiher.
Mrs. Brewer, lived only a few
years as man reckon time, but we
trust that the life of her husband
rtiid friends have been sweetened
because she has lived. Truly can
-ay
"1 hoid.it true whatever befall,
1 feel it when sorrow moat:
better to have loved and lost
man nevo t« loved at all."
Funeral services were con-
ducted at the residence, 2922
Chestnut Ave, by the pastor of
the chestnut Ave. Chrictian
church, at Ft. Worth.
Mrs. Brewer was the daugh-
ter- of Mr. and Mrs. Jel! Blag?
(deceased) who had lived in
this country for several yaara.
She was also a cousin of our
townsman John Long.
Who Got It?
We noticed the following in
the Star Telegram:
Just as he was reaching out to
get the $16-for which he had
bartered a quart of. whia|cy—
T. E. Shipp, negro bellhop in a
local hotel, was nabbed by a
policeman Thursday night. The
transaction was being conducted
in an ally at the rear of the hotel.
In United States Commissioner
Mitchell's court Friday morning,
the negro was charged with de-
livering liquor within five miles
of a military camp.
His bond was set atfSOG."
We would like to know wbal
become of the whiskey?
Miss Bonnie Cansler'who is
and late in the afternoon we teaching school at Headrick
came home early Monday morn-
ing to spend the holidays.
James Benson of Dallas ar-
rived Saturday to visit a few
days with Tom Yoes.
started to fight the English
Channel and it was a fight; the
channel was rough as usual and
the boat was heavily loaded,
several times I thought she was
dipping for the last time but
after 8 hours struggle we landed
at La Harve France, here we Wade Alexander came in from
went into another rest camp College Station Friday night and
for a coup'e of days after which j will remain.
we boarded some undersized I
French box cars and went toj Tice Younger, who has been in
southern France, near Bordeaux. Military training atWeatherford
In that part of the country we'for the past few months, return-
were in numerous towns and .e(* home F' iday.
villages among them the histori-j
cally interesting town of St.' Sunday night's train arrived
Enirlion of which I will tell you her* Monday morning at 5
William Evans, who has been
with the Aviation corps in Eng-
land for the past four or five
months, has received his dis-
charge and returned home. He
arrived Wednesday night.
Claude Ingram who has been
attending Army training achool
at Waco, and his brother.
Clyde, who has been attending
a similar school at A. and M.
college returned home Thursday
night of last week.
andineemency of the weather, j'ater. After trailing around in oclock. A
many of lhe friend, of the fam> 'hat part of the country a while, boiler flue
"blow out"
near Gould
of the
caused
Cicero Smith Lbr. Co.
Lumber, Sash, Doors, Lime,
Cement, Brick, Wire, Nails,
American and Colorado
Hinge Fence, Dewey Ce-
ent and Nigger Head Coal
1
ily were unable to attend
burial.
the we come the front near Chateau
Thierry, of which I spoke before
and as I have already written
quite a bit I will save the rest
to tell when I see you. Any way
we have done Q<ir best and the
ne^t question in our mind is
Dr. A iernethy is here from
Altus this week with his brother
Sterl, who is very sick caused b>
a cut on his hand vhiie salting
down some maat An operation , ^ ^ Give
^n Ste 1 was r.ecessarv ana was ,
performed Sunday afternoon. At my love to all and ans soon.
this writing (Tuesday) there is! Your son
the trouble, it is said.
Fsumates Furnished Free
Phone 145
j little hope of recovery
I LA rigR; -Mr. Abernethy died
Ithis (Wednesday) morning at 8.
Lorenzo D Lawrence
We are getting some of the
best train service these days
that the W. F. and N. W. aflords
The new schedule at first a'low-
ed you time to go down the
road and spend the day, arriving
home at 7:42 P. M. As it is
now you can go down the
road and spend several days
while waiting for your train to
make the return trip home.
Walker Jones is here thie
week visiting his mother and
sister.
W. G. Lee returned Thursday
night from Burkburnett where
h? had been for a few days
lookinir after his oil interest.
E. M. and J. H. Scruggs came
in from Wichita Falls Saturday
to spend the holidays.
Kussian Tucker is another of
our soldier boys who arrived on
the early Monday morning train.
Edgar Caviness arrived home
early Monday, from training
camps.
That Tom and Jerry and Egg-
" ~ J"' * '■' nog we used to hav* on Christ-
The best of Jil. are handled mM long years ago, .ore would lraini„B returned Monday on the
by the Naace Oil Co. taste good this morning-En.' garly {rahu
Tis not necessary to have the
west bound W. F. & N. W. train
run in here after ten o'clock
P. M. —early next morning will
Tom Briscoe who had been at |do just as well.
Weatherford taking Military!
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Bell, J. Fred. Harmon County Tribune (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1918, newspaper, December 26, 1918; Hollis, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc234765/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed April 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.