The Hollis Post-Herald. (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1918 Page: 1 of 10
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HOLLIS
VOL. 15, NO. 47
HOLLIS, HARMON COUNTY. OKLA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1918.
PRICE $1.50 IN ADVANCE.
J. C. GAMBILL FOR
SHERIFF HARMON COUNTY
J. C. Gambill, the present
sheriff of Harmon county, is a
candidate for re-election to that
office and he asks a careful con-
sideration of his work by the
voters of the county.
Before his first election he
promised th e people of Harmon
county that if he was elected
w. O. W. SERVICE FLAG
In the Farmers State Bank
of Hollis hangs a beautiful
Woodman Service- flag, purcha?-
by the Hollis Camp, on which
the names of Woodman now
serving their country is printed.
The Woodman of the camp here
are anxious for a complete list
of all Woodmen who are in the
service, and request that if you
coumy nun U IIC w t> wrtwu - * -
he would save the salary of one know °f any name not on the
deputy sheriff, a promise many |- list ^published below, you wUl
people thought he would not be; please notify ,,
able to keep. But he has made. Clerk. Robt. McFall.
this promise good, just as he| Following is the list:
has made good every other prom
ise made to the people. He has I
conducted the affairs of his of- j
fice as efficiently as possitye and j
at far less expense than similar i
work has cost other counties..
The financial statement of the:
county shows that the total ex-i
pense for the maintenance of |
the county jail the past year I
was $64.^5. something that it is J
impossible to find in any other)
county in the entire country, j
When Mr. Garnbill was first;
elected to this office he deter-j
Tnined to use his utmost en-!
deavors to suppress all forms of |
Abernehty, O. H.
Abernethy, E. H.
Alexander, M. W.
Batten, A. S.
Bolton, A. J.
Birdwell. H. G.
Campbell, Guy
Dial, Henry
Essary, D.
Easter, G. C.
Force. E. A.
Gideon, C. L.
Horton, J. J.
Hamilton, H, L.
Hollis, J. B..
Kite, Curtis
„ Keeton, C. W.
lawlessness and especially boot-j Lindsey, F. O..
leggta* and gambling, and he Lumpkm 0 W.
has been unceasing in his ef-
forts to do so. He gave notice
to those who had been engaging
"in such violations jthat he would
get them if they continued to
violate the law and many . of
them have had the uncomfort-
able experience of having him
come suddenly upon a quiet
game in the dead hours of the
night in secluded places and
have been forced to accompany
hiim to the cottrt house and
there contribute of their "hard-
earned" gains to the treasury
-of the county. Many of them
-are still , sore over their arrest
and. are working night and day
to accomplish his defeat, while
several of them recognize that
, he was only doing-his-duty as
^ an officer of the law, and respect
him for so doing, and will vote
for his re-election.
He has tried to become the
friend of all the boys and young
men of the county, and when-
ever he has seen a disposition
of any young man to get into
trouble by lawless acts, he has
in a friendly manner tried to
persaude him to refrain from
such act rather than to watch
for an opportunity to get him
into the toils ofthe law. In this
way he has kept many a young
man out of jail and possibly out
of the penitentiary, of which
the people in general know noth-
ing.
He has been just, kind and
courteous in his dealings with
those under arrest by him, and
has tried to treat them just
as he would like to have his boy
treated and as you would like
to have your boy treated should
they ever be so unforunate as
to be similarly situated.
He has treated the man from
the town and the man from the
country with the same consid-
eration, having no special fav-
orites, but all offenders looking
alike to him.
If, you approve of the strict
enforcement of the law, if you
believe that lawlessness and es-
pcially bootlegging and gambl-
ing should be suppressed—in
short if you believe that it is
McMurray, C. M.
McDowell, Homer Elliott
Moore, W. A..
sndergraft, R. L.
fcJL
, 0. H.
; s. c.
Bedford, J. B.
Wynn, Noble,
Ware. J. H
HEROD FOR CORPORA-
TION COMMISSIONER
In the Post-Herald this week
will be found an advertisement
of C. W. Herod, of Woodard,
Okla., who seeks the nomina-
tion for the office of Corpora-
tion Commissioner. You will
note that Mr. Herod is a west
side man, and the only west
side man in this race, and since
all the present members of the
commission are east side men,
it is very desirable at this time
that we elect a west aider.
Mr. Herod comes before the
people of the state with the
strong reccommendations of the
Democrats of his county, and of
the Chamber of Commerce of
his home townl His. qualifica-
tions are unquestionable 'and
his general character such as
inspires the confidence of all
who know him, and it is a duty
we of the west side of the state
owe to ourselves, to get behind
Mr. Herod and boost him into
office.
CONGRESSMAN M'CLINTIC
AT HOLLIS ««l GOULD
A Man erf Merit Miking a Race On
His Own Record
SECRETARY McADOO ASKS
VOTERS TO SUP-
PORT McCLINTiC
At the big Panther Springs
picnic in Tillman County on
Thursday of last week Jim
Coursey, a prominent citizen in
charge of the picnic, announced
when introducing Congressman
McClintic that he had received
a telegram from Secretary Mc-
Adoo at Washington asking the
people of that section to stand
by Jim McClintic. as his work
had been in the interest of the
country, and should be returned
to Congress.
Mr. McAdoo is a member of
President Wilson's cabinet. He
has charge of the Treasury of
the United States. He has su-
pervision over all the Railroads
and many other activities of the
Government. This is the second
member of President Wilson's
cabinet that has endorsed the
work of Congressman McClintic,
and inasmuch as all of the Chair-
man of the Committees he is a
member of have like-wise gone
on record by endorsing his work
in Congress there can be no
question but what he has served
the people in the proper way.
and that he should be re-elected
as the Congressman from the
7th district of Oklahoma.
McCLINTIC CRITICIZED
FOR SUPPORTING
ADMINISTRATION
J. L. Burke of Hobart, in his
Speech at Panther Springs Pic-
nic, July 25th. had the following
to say in regard to the recent
veto of the- $2.40 wheat bill by
the president.
"Sometime ago Governor Cap-
per of Kansas took the position
that the government should
raise the price of wheat, but af-
ter going to Washington and
getting there a more complete
understanding of Jhe matter of
price fixing, he thereupon pub-
lished an article in the Mail and
Breeze, stating that the govern-
ment was right in it's position
on the wheat price. Congress-
man McClintic who recently vot-
ed for the president in his veto
of the $2.40 wheat bill has been
criticized by some for taking
that position. McClintic voted
for the $2.40 bill when it was
before the House, but after lis-
tening to the President's reas-
ons for vetoing the# same, after
it had passed the House, voted
to sustain the president in this
act.
Let's see if Mr. McClintic ia
right in standing by the presi-
dent in thli measure. As soon
HOOVER WIRES McCUNTIC
order to , ascertain the
the <forges made
_Jttcy vtfwMtWni that dis-
crimination jiad been ma<&
against western Oklahoma and
in favor of western Texartn the
, , .. , , , ~ 1 price of feed during the tftiort-
Hon. J. V. (Jim) McClintic, ant legislation enacted by Con- aRe of iast winter. Mr. McClin-
our Congressman from the Sev- gress for the support of the wiretj Herbert C. Hoover,
enth district, spoke at Gould army in France. The work
last Saturday morning to a very complished is astonishing.
large and enthusiastic crowd, That Mr. McClintic is,
many going from Hollis to hear ^ a busy man, is evfc- any state adjoining Oklahoma.
ik!. Pnnimioamiin . i • ti m l IL.1 1— - '' A_ T..1.. OOnJ HJ Unnifu
ac" Food Administrator, July 20th,
' 1918, asking if there had beep
and any discrimination in favor of
iiifuijr gun«js «w«u ■—•- nas ueen * uuay man, w w i- state
this distinguished Congressman (fenced by the fact that he is a On July 22nd, Mr. Hoover
«m Vila onaniinf /vf flTVAaf fill.* — • m..^Uaw «mnA«4onf ' ««av\V{/u4 Kit tiMt*D afflfinff f Vlflt Ylfl
in his aceount of the gi;eat na-
tional affairs and his steward-
ship as a servant of this dis-
trict. The managers of the
Chautauqua, in session at Gould;
kindly tendered the use of their
ten( and it was filled to capacity
despite the fact that it was not
advertised but a few hours
ahead that Mr McClintic would
speak there.
After speaking at Gould Mr.
McClintic drove over to Hollis
and spoke to an immense crowd,
who stood for an hour in the
hot sun to hear what their Con-
gresman would have , to day a-
bout the great isues of the day.
Mr. McClintic, after explain-
ing the magnitude Of the war
and the very important part
ber of spee<?fc*8, and has thrown
his every effort in support of
the Administration.
member of a number important. replied by wire, stating that no
committees jmd has made a num state adjoining Oklahoma had
been favored fat this matter ov-
er Oklahoma and no feed had
been sold at less than the mark-
Both his speeches, here and mL, Uallv refutes the
at Gould, were well received, I S?
and the very few who were 4*n tten in f^or of TexS
the fence" fell over on the Mc- ^mation m favor of Texas
Clintic side, and will go strong |and £gainst 0
for him at the August primary.
His speeches were absolutely
void of anything akin to "mud-
slinging," he being a man of
wonderful merit, is making, the
race strictly on his own1 record,
and not on the demerits of any
other man.
He will carry Harmon
county by seventy-five per cent
America was playing in the I and from reports that come to
great conflict, proceeded to en-Jus, he will do.the same all over
lighten his hearers on import-'the district.
McCUTCHEON FOR
COURT CLERK
Having lived in Harmon coun-
ty for the past nineteen years,
and having served the people of
this county as Court Clerk tor
some time, it is hardly neces-
sary that we should devote very
much time and space to an in-
troduction of Mr. McCutcheon.
In his service as Court Clerk
he has made a very enviable re-
cord, having a statement from
the State Auditor to the effect
that his books are in perfect
order, and that his office has
been conducted on a more eco-
nomical basis than any other
any
«. — v— - — Court Clerk's office in the state,
unwise to risk a change at the. Facts and figures show that his
present time, when you know 0ffice hag paid jn fees to the
just what the man who now Treasurer from July 1, 1915 to
holds office will do, you can do
no better than to cast your vote
for the re election of Mr. Gam-
biil, tnd fr>m what he^ tells us,
we feel confident that it cannot
be cast for a man who will ap-
preciate it more than he wiiL
Judge A. M. Stewart, of Ok-
lahoma City, was in the city
last Saturday in the interests
of some candidate who imagins
he is running for some office in
this district, but finding the
signs and seasons not right for
him, failed to do anv speech-
rpaking, other than a little nib-
"bling among the "faithful few.'
Mrs. Frank Wilson and little
hters returned Monday
a months visit to her
jnother in Tennessee.
June 30, 1918, $8,081.77, and
there was paid in salary to the
Court Clerk, deputy, all supplies
of the office (including supplies
of County Judge's office for two
years) all jury and witness fees
in District and County Court,
$8,095.48, which lacks $13.71. of
paying the bill from the fees
that were received in this office.
We ask that the voters consid-
er the record of this official,
and that if they think his re-
cord and conduct of the office,
justifies the re-election of Mr.
McCutcheon, we are certain that
he will appreciate your vote and
influence.
J. E. BAREFOOT FOR
COURT CLERK
Mr. J. E. Barefoot is before
the people of Harmon county
asking that they nominate and
elect him their next Court
Clerk, subject to the action of
primray in August. Mr. Bare-
foot is genuine democrat, and
comes highly recommended as
a man that is well qualified to
perform the dutie s of the of-
fice to which he aspires. He is
man that has had several years
experience in clerical work, and
is a school teacher by profes-
sion, having taught in the pub-
lic schools of this county some
years, and is recognized as
good educator.
He is a man of splendid char-
acter, and is making a clean
race for this office. He has no
source of income other than
his individual labors, and should
the voters of this county see- fit
to nominate and elect him to
as we were in war, the president
asked for « law authorizing the
ixintf tf prices on
^ommo4i^>
so cbangejl
bill as to-tetve
thtfrcour
corn,. cb
any miany
without ri
ident had
McClintic
bill could
produc
~ on
A SURPRISE PARTY
We were as busy as cranber-
ry merchants last Monday air
ternoon, when we were literally
s^ortned by a splendid crowd ot
l$dies, who live in the country
and were shopping^1 in .town.
They were Mrs. J. l£. Darnell,
Mrs. Brown, of route 5, Mrs. E.
Pope, of route 2, Mrs. L. L.
Jones, of route 2, Mrs. Vinson
Trammell, of route 2, Miss
Brown, and Miss Helen Hamil-
ton. of Canadian, Texas, who is
CAVE CREEK NO. 2 here is visiting relatives and
Rev. Cole, the County Mis-! friends.
sionary, began a protracted j We invite the ladies to call
meeting here Sunday night. (again, as thev are always wel-
Mrs. Will Caver as been very come m our office any time they
sick / | desire to call.
W. W. Casey and family vis-
ited his brother and family at
White Flat, Texas, last week.
Car of scrap iron wanted
wiuve rio,L, ... for the next ten days only,
Mr Casey says he did not seejw* will pay $8.50 per ton for
anything better tr.an Harmon! scrap iron. One dollar per hun-
countv. i dred for rags.
Mrs. H. C. Gee left Friday HOLLIS PRODUCE CO. 2t.
for Sulphur, Okla., to join her
husband, who is taking treat-
ment there.
Mrs. Ed Thompson of Sypert
Hill communitv visited Mrs.
Jack Weldon Saturday and Sun-
day.
Cecil Weldon is on the sick
list this week.
S. B. Davis and familv spent
Sunday with Jack Weldon's
Mrs. Walter Anglin and
daughter, Mias Fay. of W^eele*-.
City, Texas, visited old friends
SHREWDER NEWS
Mr. Adley Johnston went to
JMangum Saturday and had Dr.
Border to take a tumor off his
face. He is getting along nicely
! since.
W HWIIHIIOtC VIVVV j V/lV.V, 1CA(W TIDIWW --
this office, we are/ sure he will in this community last week.
appreciate the same.
We ask that the voters kindly
consider his candidacy.
LABOR! LABOR!
The Labor Commission at
Lawton has called for 40 or 50
hands to work at Ft. Sill at
$3.50 per day of 9 hours. Any-
one wanting work, see J. C. Gam
bill. Labor Commissioner for
Harmon county, at Court House
Miss Jessie Mayfield, of
Springfield, Mo. arrived last Sat-
urday for a visit with Dr. and ed Tuesday from a visit to rel-
Mrs. W. C. Pendergraft atives down in Texas:
J. C. Clark and family return-
Clark Havenhill. one of our
most popular young men, went
to Wheeler. Texas, Friday, and
brought Miss Fay Anglin back
as Mrs. Claric Havenhill. This
communitv extends congratula-
tions to the young couple.
Quite a crowd enjoyed the
farewell oartv given bv Mr. and
Mr*. T. L. Carter. Wednesday
riwht. in honor of their son.
(Teortre. who left Thursday for
the training camp.
For <*ale—Some good milk co^p
See S. D. Bazaett
G. T. Elrod took Mr. Tubs
and son, Donley, to see Mr.
Tubs' brother in Texas. They
bncV throrgh Lawton *.nrf visit-
ed the training camp before re-
turning home.
H. M. Newberry and family
R. D. Cumutt and family mo-
tored to Lawton Tuesday and
returned Friday evening.
Mr. Carrol and Proctor are
are enroute for Oklahoma City
looking for new prospects.
Mr. McDan'el and family mo-
tored to Lawton Friday morn-
ing and returned Saturday af-
ternoon. They report bad roads
between Headrick and the North
folk bridge, as they are work-
ing that part of the road.
Walter Shelton and family
attended preaching at Dryden
and took dinner with Arthur
Shelton and wife.
__r items to vfo
ition. If the pree-
_ more men lite
Congress, then hi*
a ijnlform price basis,
the blame for irregularities
in prices is on those who oppose
the president, and not upon him
and his supporters.
After the present l-egulation ^
hill had passed, delegates rep-
resenting the farmers and lab-
ors were sent to Washington
where they took up the matter
<>f recommending a price to be
nlaced on wheat. At this con-
ence. labor asked for a price
of $1.88 per bushel; the farmers
asked for $2.50, and after sev-
eral days deliberation, they ar-
rived at an agreement on a com-
promise price of $2.20 per bush-
el, which-was the prtee adopted
by the' Administration. |
WhercKlfron, out government
made agreements With France
and Ehglahd to furiitoh them
with all the wheat we could
pare at prices based on the
armers' and laborers' agree-
ment of S2.20. We also made
agreements with these govern-
ments to loan them vast sums of
money, with the understanding
that this money should be spent
in this country for wheat and
other supplies, and * that they
also furnish uss with their sur-
plus ^hips for carrying on com-
merce between us and them and
for carrying our troops across.
Thore countries have kept
their part of the agreement,
therefore they have a right to
expect as much of us. If Pres-
ident Wilson had signed the re-
cent $2.40 wheat bill, this coun-
try would have been forced by
the passage of this law to vio-
late the agreement made with
our Allies.
"The breaking of the Allied
agreements on our part would
release England's obligation to
purchase this country's products
with money borrowed here, ami
also release her from her obli-
gation to furnish us all her sur-
plus ships. She would have
been left free to take these ships
and money and go to Australia
and purchase wheat from that
country at $1.25 per bushel,
where there are vast supplies
to be had at this priice, or she
could go to Argentine and buy
it at about the same price as in
Australia. This action would
deprive us of our artificial mark-
et created by war conditions un-
der which we have these agree-
ments of $2.20 per bushel and
place the American farmer in
open competition with th*
markets of the world which
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Huff, Thomas B. The Hollis Post-Herald. (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1918, newspaper, August 1, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc267964/m1/1/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.