The Hollis Post-Herald. (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1916 Page: 4 of 8
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Vf I*. n l U«-«lJicome back home and expect
The Hollis I ost-lierala you wife to call you husband.
J? 4 . * 11 OA lrvur
Soblished Evkhy Thursday
Thos. B. Huff, Editor
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OP
THE TWENTY-FIFTH JUDI -
A man whJwillstoop so low . CIAL DISTRICT WITHIN
as to associate with the blacks, v AND FOR HA^ON
should not be respected any| OKLAHOMA.-
more and we did not stutter In the matter ot the applica-
when we said it. Now this may! tion of Luke Roberts^ to va-
john W L Hicks For Co Supt
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for, what was he to do?
It was on one of these dark and
spiritually wrong, and the war but j
loomy days, while he was thinking
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24,
wnen we sain it. inuw m.y j uuu m Ti., - ,
cut some but that is what we cate the Town Plat of Robert s Qf sonic way, that one of his sisters
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Winter Tourist
Round Trip Fares To
want it to do.
Addition to the town of Hol-
lis, Oklahoma.
NOTICE
To the owner or owners of I •
SANDY ITEMS
having some beautiAny part or Portion ot the town
ANNOUNCEMENTS lie^gathered.^
Tykah We are having some beaun- Coun-
ful weather lor t!,o time of t ,e, QUI i;>oma known as the Uob-
!4, 1916 yeE,-. the farmers ( f "'f Artchtion to the Town of
— " - j ndvant?i'r,g of it to get then ]{0liis, Oklahoma being embrac-
MTC I lif « fathered. 1 ' i c,M,tUo«of minr+pv of
panic to his rescue; she offered to
help hiin cut cord wood that liei
might pay his carfare to this school, j
hey both rolled up their sleeves:
and taking the mall, wedge, axe and.
saw went to the woods and began
cutting down great frees. While!
thev tugged at the saw with Per-js
Austin,
Beaumont,"
Brownsville,
Corpus Christi,
San Antonio,
(Westbound)
(Scfiedu'e.)
Lv 12:12
Texas:
VIA
Galveston Te/as
Houston,
MineralWells.
San Angelo,
And Other Points "
(Eastbound)
(Schedule. .)
Lv.
For Counlv Attorney
R.'D. MILLER
For Tax Assessor.
S. 41>. BARNETT
/For Superintendent Of Public
Instruction.
R. F. JONES
I HARRY C. HICKS
± JOHN W. L. HICKS
[> ■ For Public Weigher
f" JOHN W. WARE.
>1 G. A. (LON) GOODMAN
' H. F. DAVIS
3 . j
' it For Court Clerk
J. R. (BOB) McCUTCHEON
jr I '.$%• County Clerk.
- J, D. READY,
LARMAR LOONEY
r CoUnty Commissioner, Pre-
- i.ict No. I.
£ B.,B. BAKER
County Commissioner, Pre-
cinct No. 2.
B. Bi Warren.
- v .. . Meridian; to the public in gen-
a tnn to New Mexico Satuiday,; and tQ aU perSons concer-
he informs us that he was well interested in said town:could prepare for the great strug-
pleased with the country and nea_ or j gies of life. His sister's face was
staked him off a choice ha y'ou are hereby notified that with delight by the fact that
section. . , !n Luke Roberts has filed a peti-
tion in the District Court of
Harmon County, Oklahoma
nravine1 that the Court vacate
to town plat recorder on page I it to the D.stnct School, ami then he
Sev^n Book One of the plat rec-| left home for a journey of four
service and connections are offered if yoi*
via The W. F & N. W. Ry.
For full information loca
; or write W. A. MORGAN,
C. L. Fountain, G. P. A. Local Agent
Whichita Falls, Texas. i '•
Varner Orr, is seriously ill
with Pneumonia at this writing,
the Dr. having been called to
him the second time.
School is progressing nicely.
An entertainment will be given
Friday in honor of Washington
and Lincoln's birthday every-
body come and enjoy a \njce
time. , „ '
Sandy played basket ban at
Hollis Saturday nig.ht With a
score of 32 and 18 in favor ot
Bethel, of course as far as
points ar*> concerned this is a
BAD OFF TO GO SOMEWHERE
j ; BAD OF
I j'} It is indeed too bad that we
n'waVe-citizens (?) living in our
[fcftbwn who get so hard up for
,he was helping her brother in this
great struggle.
iev sue several cords and sold
ords of Harmon County, Oklaho-
ma known and described there-
in as the Robert's addition to
hundred miles to school. He had
never been away from home before,
in «.-> vnv. ... - yet he was willing to leave his moth-1
the Town of Hollis. Oklahoma j er . £at]ier| sjsters and friends to j
or to vacate such portion.ofsaid I ^ for an education. When he
Sdtrtow^" «;o"s „ the school, he had only
and as will not fniuriously af-i fifty cents, he spent twenty live
feet the rights of the owners cents of that for coal, leaving linn
~1~4, anly twenty five cents. Here was
In selecting a man for this office,
there are three things, which you
should consider, and they are as fol-
lows: First: Is he a christian man;
Second: 'Is lie qualified; Third: our great County.
up the commercial interest: 1 want
to build up the agricultural inter-
est and last but not least. I want to
build up the educational interest in
~ ««6nie place to go that they will
Icondeee'nd to hang, arousd a ne-
s jgro dance. And is is not only
:our boys,, but we understand
that, grown men of Hollis, who
have families, men who pretend
to be respectable cit:zens, were
out at a 'negro dance last Satur-
day ,night, at which place five
were arrested for gambling-—
three whites and two negroes.
S v!ov>ri of other nortions of said plat,
bad defeat, but Sandy was hand ^ that the aboVe 1iamed neti-
'canped by playing in the house t.oner wi]j preg-ent an applica-
«nd considering other thmffS-:tion to the District Court of
We hardly think our boys were Hamon County oklahoma at
treated fairly. the District Court room m Hol-
are not satisfied and at the next oklahoma on the 3rd. day
game we are expecting a oinei- ^rij ^ 1916 and make
ent result. ; aTmiiCiition that said petition
Grandma PerceU has been h'p heard t0o^ther with the evi-
sick for several days dence in support thereof nnd
Jess Bradshaw left Manu*y of dlle M le?ai notice
or bis new home .at Mcllsn., requjref| by ]aw nt which
ton, Texas. ; tjme and place any and all ner-
' sons interested in such petition
The Elizabeth Morijill Stock'QY application, or interested in
Co. has been showing at the toWT1 p]at shal! appear and
Lotus Theatre all this week. majce obiections, if any thev
and they have played to a full * ave. to the Court granting said
house each night. , motition rnd application and
This is the best, repertoire ,-nairjnfr order of vacation as
Company that has been here |praVed for in said petition ard
in nor town, and the people are ,)s wjj| j)e asked in said a'ppli-
hig.hly pleased with their enter- ratjon.
Luke Roberts,
of their bills have A ]yj gtewart. Attorney foi
And they remained at this place \
till the wee morning hours, com- • I!vi,ryone „v DT
ing in just before Sunday moin- absolutely new to our peo-, petitio)ner and Applicant:-
ing. A negro has np business ^ eftch Chamcter per- .
at such a place, and then to « ' ^ ()(. hcv pai.t excellent, | p
think the white race will stoop ^ e ' ially Mrs. Elizabeth j • FOR SALE
so low as to attend such a place, ' rill pw ls i,y far the best; Imperial Ringlet Barred
this child four hundred and fifty
miles from home, no one to guide
his footsteps but the great God of
the universe. No one to give him
an encouraging word; no one to
come to his rescue; no one to con-
sole him; that was the darkest day
of his life, and wti retiring L;r the
night, it was he, this young man,
who liumblv bowed his knees and
head in submission to the great
Cod, ,who knoweth all things, and
there he poured out the.secrets of
his own heart, and no one. but he
and God shall ever know what
passed betwen them. I le got up de-
termined to go through at any cost
There were twelve hundred stu-j
dents there, what could he do?
(•.Would he have a chance? lie[
Will he stand the test. My country-
men 1 ask you to go with me over
my whole life, look up mv record,
see what I have done, and if 1
haven't proved myself a man who
will stand the test, then 1 ask you
iTTvote for a man.who will. 1 have
never stabbed a friend in the back,
nor have I shirked from duty.
1, like you, have tasted sin, but
would rather for it to be said
of me that I had done some good
for Harmon County; that 1 ha4
added something to the happinuse
and prosperity of Harmon County
and its people than to have been <\
the head of the greatest political
machine that ever existed.
1 am opposed to personalities in
this contest, I am opposed to yitr-
| peration and mudslinging in this
i contest. 1 have none but the kind-
todav 1 am a changed man. \ ...
' . . i est feelings toward all my oppor.-
ilo motto ts better teachers, bet- . .
, , . • , • ents persowallv. I would not injure
;er schools and better citizenship. | . • t i „i;0„0 ti,™-,
. , i them in anv wav, for I believe theru
Do Vim mean to discard our teach-1 . ; - ,
t. , t - to be upright men and worthy <>i
ers and uet them irom other states. . , .
, • , ,, consideration.
No, ten thousand tunes no, let home .
, r 'My countrymen, in conclusion. ..is
be hrst, now, tomorrow and tor- . - -
. a voung man who wants to see tl.e
ever. Hut I,do mean to place my-1
self as a friend who will help the
teacher in any way possible, that he
or she may be more progressive in
die great work they have selected to
do. Let us be one body, and let
that body of men and women wjprk
for the highest ideals, for better
ools for each .other, and for th
so low as to attend such a place, Morrill She is bv far the best
Is more thab we can understand, . th t has visited our
■ especially where a man or boy
j ■ * claims to'' Iie above the black; i p
race. Besides being low and de- J
«?xading it is dangero'ns to be
v.
Imperial Ringlet Barred Rock
my winnings at Hollis. Okla..
1915 viz. 1st. 3rd, cock, 2nd ckl,
1st, 2nd and 3rd hen, 1st pullet,
1st a;nd 2nd pens.
~-c-- . At Frederick, Okla., 1st ck,
building on the j 1st hen, 4th pullet, 1st l)en.
the hotel for-1 ]0g<?s per setting, of 15 $3.00,
' Both mating:-;. Mrs. A. M. Dabbs
2-24, 4t, chd.
T™ ;*? , ° | Dr J. E. Jones has begun
mixed no in such a mess. • his
Sheriff Gam bill reports to us, ,
that he-and deputy B. B. Bris- t0™f . ^'C
rni left town about 10 o'clock mel ^ ^ exCav„ting now for the, Hems", Okla.
to go out to this place ,,, answer e which will be 25X60'
to a call over the telephone and
thai thev met men and boys ieet. ^ definitely inform- Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
«*oming from there all the way '• 1 V • will! i.ooat. appi.ications. us they
here and the«. Some E ..«>• ■ ■' f <■- - •' M
'hem would null then- hats «« thls bl""nng .
over1 their faces to trv and P,tu ; ".. i; ,i; '. .«n.i ni-u directly upon
disguise themselves and we I I •' V^'.itcine? it
ratlu-r think we would t6o, had .. \nother reason lor DUy ng a , • ::
we been milty. Shame on you S:nger Machine. j r.' cri,.:'on. it is'composed of
11 *1 r. i * ; •;io innis-.i 1 i. iwn, con^)intd vithtne
wen and boys. Ann ultn nu\- . i\wtpot so\vin°' lififht-i ■ t i< • r*ir?r «rn. i ti\ i* «'"iy<>nth«
in. around with ti,,... ^ ^ w'l*' SS
you will have the nerve to sWl Ulilt. , ..
associate with your neiffhix>is! • i w. .i. i-ukxkv & co.. props.. Toledo, o.
work
year,
many dear f riends, resigned as Sec-
retary of one of the highest literary
societies and also as Secretary of
the Young M en's ■ Christian Asso-
iation. While there, he had to do
banners of this County float on top,
and help to place them on the.high-
est mountain top, and never let
them drag in the dust. 1 ask you for
vour support in this contest. In
placing myself before you. so long
as T strive for the highest ideals. 1
as1-: vour support, but if it should
, ' ! rnil mv lot to go down beneath the
men and women ot | °
m sbame and
,1 hard tvi at the close Of A. Making of nohle«,« y. i .,v<,s ^ .m(, ,n . ,
when he left tor home, left tl,v ,le,r l.ttk- ehildm, under the,r ^ tnm ^ ^ m ^
care and protection, t an we do it;'
If you would have it done, stand
me and give me a helping hand
this contest.
What about the citizenship? d
think of me no more, but if 1 should
rise again above the mighty wave.
;k you for a helping hand, and
so often as I rise and stand for the
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THE WOMAN INSISTED
On her "hubby" going to C. V. Cansler's and
getting her one of those "Stanford" Cabi-
nets, one of the handiest and neatest pieces of j;
kitchen furniture that was ever in Hollis. !_
We have a full and complete line of Furnitute
and guarantee to please you both in price and
quality. Don't forget that we have Wall Pa-
per to sell, very cheap.
CANSLER
ciation. While there. l,c had to <lo «na, anoot t„e . m ? w am, , sha,| provt
his own washing, and,I,ad to wear My the county su|K,nnte„.lent "as j nl"v,e]f worthv
patched clothes as be worked his a great work to do, he is the leader, - f ^ ^ ^ „,f.
way through the sehdil. |ot the lutie ch.ldrcn ,n the county.| Rre|| , ,|m ;msjrais ^ (,h.
This young man taught schsotti o ,„c„ an, women of a great l«-j ,, mv ,ifc. nnd. ,vh„e , tav,..
and worked his way through some mom,w ; ,n lea,hng then, he should, ^ ^ (n Mrvc mv (.oun,rv
of our best schools, and last year,! teach them to place their colors on;
received the O. and 1-. L. V>. de-] the highest mountaintop. help them ''
grees in the Cumburland University to reach heavenward and Clod ward,
of Lebanon, Tennessee. While, help them to reach out ,for pure
there, he did his own cooking, and, christian womanhood and man-
no one knows the'discouragements| boon, and in doing„this, we make!
and hardships he had but himself.I their lives a.blessing for mankind.
Many limes lias he gone hungry' 1 believe that every child
and as be passed homes, and see'this country should have the right soef]) Oklahoma grown. I am a
them through the window eating all; to proper training and education,Iseed corn man, S. A. Galbraith.
the good things that man would! and that no mishap of chance nr| Hollis Btl. Works,
want, his heart would almost break,j fortune should deprive it of tbi-j
but yet he looked heavenward andj ri^ht. Kvery child that grows up in p
li'dn't give up the tight until thei ignorance, becomes a burden to it- h AI!Ubi AL uLUuAEl Oliu"
victorv was his. j self and to the community. Educa-1 —— "" • «—«
I speak the truth when I say this tion is the road which leads to free-
young man has worked his wayidotn—physical freedom, spiritual
through school, and his father has j freedom. It leads to happiness
not been out one cent toward edu- ^character and value.
eating him. In this work <)f buihling citizen-
Fellow countrymen, ths samel ship, we must not overlook the flag
and my state. .
SEED CORN
June Corn, Bloody Butcher.
Straw Berry, Yellow dent,
j Okla White. Homony. Okla
'goard seed, all selected and hand
horn m | shelled, also kaffir and maize
young man who has gone through
all the discouragements that a man
could go through, places himself
before you a§ a candidate for the
office of county Superintendent. My
whole ambition is to help in the up-
building of my country and my
state.
I believe I am safe in saying,
rant crime society perpetuates
against immature children which
forces some of them to starve their
souls and bodies in dreary toil be-
yond their strength and years and
amid surroundings which wither all
the joy and hopes of life. The com-
munities should prevent this unholy
and unnatural waste, and if the
there is not a young man in this communities do not. the county
state, who has done more for the
cause of education in Oklahoma
than I have, in the same time. I
have been teaching for the past ten
years, eight being in Oklahoma.
I believe I am qualified and pre-
pared to make you a successful of-
ficer. as to that, you are to decide
for vourself. I want to see the
GESTED BY PROMIKE!ST
MEMPHIS DRUGGIST
Would Remind the Public to Prevent
Sickness by Removing the Cause
should, for every child belongs first
to its county.
Fellow democrats of Harmon
County. I want to say to you, I
have no political machine. I don't
want any political machine. The
only kind of machine I want is the
backing and confidence of the dem-
ocrats in Harmon County. If you
banners of Harmon county wave elect me as your superintendent I
far above the banners of any other! shall not build up a machine. I
county in this state. Jf you elect ( want to bring about a different or-
me to this office. I wijl not leave, der of things political in Harmon
one thing undone, thai I can do to-1 County. I want to build up the
ward this end. [business interest; I want to build
T. D. BALLARD
a prominent droggtot of MemphL? says:
"Much sickness conld a ixl would bo
prevented If tbe public would twly re-
member (bat constipation is one of tno
Ursi causes. As a reminder. 1 wookl
suggest tbe slogan.
- 'Recall Orderlies, tbe ULxa^re tab-
let wttb tbe pleasant taste.'
~I suggest Recall Orderlies I
fbeir formula and believe I
beet remedy for relieving: <
Tbey can be used by men. *turae« oc
children."
le."
'lies * 1 too*
- the® are the
: coriftjpatioc.
THE HOLLIS DRU<? CO.
THE REXALL STOftE i
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Huff, Thomas B. The Hollis Post-Herald. (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1916, newspaper, February 24, 1916; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc268140/m1/4/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 27, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.