The Hollis Post-Herald. (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 16, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1918 Page: 1 of 8
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Vol. 16, No. 16
$100.00 REWARD..
Some time Sunday night, dur-
ing the snow storm some parties
Al1® \T.i! 1 Dnnlr r\V
l^l!^X«M0irC0UNTY7OK1.A. THURSDAY. PECEMBEH
PRICE $1.50 IN ADVANCE.
DEATH OF G. ABERNATHY
As the sun rose over the city
Christmas morning, our people
inff the snow swim - - —
hiwke into the National Bank oft were shocked to hear ot the
Commerce, by cutting through death of S. G. Abernathy, whnh
window ih the office of Attorny j occured at 8 O'clock. No death
Ross Cox and then breaking the has occured in our city whica
. m. between the office and the caused more profound sorrow to
tTnk. The whibkey, some 25 the whele citizenship, men, wonv
or 30 gallons was in a closit in
a sheet iron box. The lock was
broken off and something like
ten gallons stolen, consisting of
all Qualities and quantities, from
half pints to full quarts. This
en and children.
Something like a week ago Mr.
Abernathy suffered a slight
scratch on one of his hands from
which blood poison developed.
Medical aid was summoned and
i ■ i i l T~\-. 1\ A UnvM oil) \f
half pints to full Quarts. This|his brother, Dr. E. A. Abernathy
was whiskey that had De«n con-|fl.om ^Hus was called to his bed-
fiscated by the Sheriff's force, gMe but he rapidly grew worse
and since the war I have had in- until death ended his suffering,
atructions from the Government The funeral services were held
and those ih authority not to, at the-Baptist church Thursday
destroy it. Since the dredful at 1 p. m. by his pastor, Rev. G.
disease !of influenza has been H Steglar. and lovmg hands laid
raging I have on orders from the' his remains away at the Fair-
?: liLrc o-ivpn nut whiskev to mount cemetary. He leaves a
those whom doctors have order- father, six brothers, a wife three
^Tosodo . bausrhters and a son to mourn
T+ is a nenitentiary offense to his loss.
f^Vi?ea$mMnrewaTd for noJhy^hifSunty toie^a true
inform^ion th^ wiU l<^d^o con ^Xrtrious.XMan^'eStlt
viction of the part.es who stole ^ ^ morals ey_
the whiskey. - ,,an! or arose on which he was not
-d raise your,!S&W of hi'up-
a Lawabiding Citizen J Bl* it is ™the horn, that his
shiP' T C a?mbill Sheriff no man ever made a truer and
ih-ttrv husband and father than
NOTICE he. He lived onlv for his familv
An
re°"all —1 «. ch;,dren;ha,i rise up and cat
IIIto make an instillation charge, him biesse d.
installed f Th?" Sge'aCap-j W. S. Cross Moves to MempkK
nlies to all changes or moves. I As announced some time ago
The public is further advised -:]10 Cress drv goods store closed
that it is a strict violation of the ^ir doors Dec. 25th and began
law to tap or in any way inter- racidng their roods prenaritor;
fere with the service or the prop +0 moving to Memphis. Terns,
erty of a telephone or telegraph Mr. Cross came to Hollis sev-
company without first receiving fT)feen years ago and has seen
permission from the company. fhe town prow from a mear cros«
,No charge whatever shall be voad trading mint to a city of
made without due notice and three thousands inhabitants;
IluUon Bellah Writes
i< ranee, Nov, 191b
idr. «f. B. (juii'ian
iou may guess about how the
Do,soitne t\ over the good|
i.j.vs coming in aany—wd ivizi
ridinecs ucrmariy along Willi tnel
Grown Prince, all hostilities
cease, a'r.d naturly we 'turn our,
thoughts homeward. 1
We have been in action, we
know what it means to be on trie
front, we've heard the angry
scream of Bosch shells, have
done our done the best we knew
how, and now that G?rmany fals
in defeat—a surprise because of
its corning so soon, but we are
glad. One victory after another
one country falling after anoth-
er with such rapidity that we
can hardly realize it. I'll tell you
it is great. I wish you could see
these French people. Alter
four long years and a few month
of war, they do not know how to
take it, whether to believe it or
Olan K. Anderson
Somewhere in France
Nov. 20, 1918
Mrs. L. P. Anderson,
Dear Mother
I will try and write you a ftvsr
lines to let you hear from me a-
gain. I guess you heard befor
tsow about me getting wounded.
I got out lucky, I think. They
tell me I am getting along fine,
and I think I am myself. I am
- - • ' a fine
Now I think it won't be many
months until we are agin ' at
home and will be able to conduct
the old familiar cession at the ^ __
coiner drug store, but take^ it|'jn a hospital here, hrve
from me, we will have plenty of
thrills to entertain the crowd of
loaders. We can tell tales till
Ross Cor and Shortv Salvia go
mgoi ti « «•*.•
pad, put Judge Maddin and Mr. f?uns otoped firing at 11 a. m. .
Hlark on a rear.seat, and if Hank Qn the last drive it was five
Dial dosn't get overseas, we may | before I got anything o
override some of his tales. ^ eat, and beli
Route 6 Esttablished
Orders have been issued by
the rose Utica Department at
vvasiuiigton making important
changes in three ruial routes m
t^r.. on County. These changes
out j 2, Hollis, Route 2,
:ould, and Route 1,. Dryden.
By the new change,Route 1,
Dryden, is discontinued and
Route 6, Hollis is established.
Considerable changes have also
been made, in Route2, Hollis and
in Route 2, Gould. .
The new Hollis route is made
ap of the territory now served
by the northern part ot Route
Hollis and of the western part
of the Dryden Route. The wes-
ten part of Route 2, Gould is
transferred to Route 2, Hollis,
and Route 2, Gould will be com-
pensated by having the eastern
part of the Dryden Route trans-
ferred to it. . _ ,
These changes go into effect
on the first day of January and
will probably mean the discon-
tinuence of the Dryden post
01 After that date, Route 2, Hol-
lis, will have the following of-
ficial description:
"Starting at the postoffice, the
carrier will goEast 4 S-8 miles,
north 5 miles, east 2 miles, south
t*u Here. m v«? ^ iwrm u inn i ■ iA
'.nrp to' stay, I don tsuppose I 1 mile, to S. E. Coi\ Sec. 10,
& at 6 a., m, and the Co, Sec., f
office; total length 27 3-4 mules.
< n i / TT«ll!rt i ci He
IllfilUv vVituv/wn v*
oonsent of the company.
Hillis Telephone Company.
The boys will soon be coming
home from the different army
camps and from over seas, it wiB
be impossible for us to see ad of
them and wc wish ^o mentiom
their return. Their friends will
te glad to h-.r of their home
coming. "*■ will consider it a
Svov -arrts or friends will
r,- drop us a card giving th«
- — of the soldier boys and
t1 cir camp or location over seas
from a few board stores to
modern city of brick and con
crete. Mr. Cross is a public
spirited man and points with
somp decree of pride to the
wonderful changes brought a-
hout in TTniHs though b's efforts
in cooperation with a
live wires.
We regret to see Mr. Cros«
And hi? estimable lady leave us
and we heartily command them
to the good oeople of Memphis.
We wish f^r them abundant
success in their new field of labor
OVeiTlQf suurc ui „ii
•von't vouce for the truth of all
-'hat is told, but T'll swear by
anvthing if asked to.
I can imagin how the folks at
home are receiving the new?. I
'-now it is a great relief—a hap_
-,}iness never before felt, and 1
ioy it ,
It is getting colder and con-
tinues raining. We have a iew
hours sunshine this, weeV^ and
believe, it was welcome. France
never had a wind storm. Id
(rive half a month's pay for an
Oklahoma sandstorm- I "1 su^.e
getting homesick for a dry cli-
mate and wind. *
Travis, Ray, Clyde, Earl, Har
rv Hubar and I are all m fine
condition—havn't been a and
you never saw a more fit bunch
We are enjoying ourselves fair
ly well under the circumstances,
good food, good clothes and
nee: tuuu iwgM' -■ - .
• , Rural Route 6, Hollis, is de
ind believe me I sure wm scribed as follows:
huiipry, but thank God. all that] "Starting tom to l
trouble is now over. We beat the carriergo eas^ M mte|
the Iluns at their own game, north 1 mile, oast l miie. n
Tel me all about eveiything 3 miles to the N,, W. Cor. Cec W
in vour next letter. I will close!cast 1 mile, north 4 miles. east
tey?Ms «me! hoping to her ,S miles, ^.th |mdes to the S.
from y0n S?nur iovinrSon west 2 ^1^'K'^iJSnrn to*
Olan K. Anderson 1 south 1 total" iengih's^te& durin,S .^,e nl5V"+w5
"•.o the nostoffice, total • S "'months. It is fitting that th„y
., should know who are the persons
^ ...u„ tlaAm inthuSlfl^t-
RED CROSS ROLL CALL
To All War Workers Ii Oklahoma
In order, to combat a soarioua
situation arising from a misintor
pretation of the word 'voluntary'
subscription to the Red Cross
and a dtsiie on the part of some
citizens of this state to shift re-
sponsibilities on the pretext that
the war is over, the Oklahoma
State Council of Defense has iss-
ued the following bullitin to all
County Councils of Defense:
Reports have come to this of-
fice that a certain class of citi-
zens are refusing to support the
Red Cross Roll Call on the
grounds that the war is over, no
one-can force them to donate to
the* work and that from1 now on
neither the United States of
America or the Army has any
call on their time or their money
If there are any people of this
class in your county, it is an ap-
palling situation. . Eighty thous-
and men have gose to the army
ant navy from this state. One
thousand of this number will not
return. Most of this thousand
occupy graves in Franco. The
other| have died in camps in
America. Each one gavt his
life for the honns and country
of these very persons who say
now "ron't bother me with any
more campaigns". Thousands
more of Oklahoma men are_ in
hospitals in France, recovering
fronv wounds which they have
received fighting for the htonos
recovery as they may attain wiU
depend largly upon the attention
given them by the American
Red Cross. Many more thous-
ands are in military camps ift
America and Europe, drawing
thirtv dollars a month, sacrific-
ing their time and opportunities
for those who remain at home. -
Seventy-nine thousand of Okla
to the postoffice,
. „ . i 126 3-4 miles."
Following is a list of our sold- o~
A1 Ulll/W llife w w — 7
ier boys who have besn discharg
ed from the service and from
military school and have return-
ed home, since our last issue:
Claud and Clyde Ingram,Hen-
• • i X1T. J A A lnvonnOi'
Sorr.e such shange as ,
has ben petitioned for by the
people living on the Dryden
Route several times, but the
proposition has failed because
they could not agree amoung
Claud and Clyde Ingram,Hen- could not agree amoung
ry Whiesant, Wade Alexander, I themselves uppn just what they
Walker B. Jones, Vern Briscoe, wanted).
It is not yet known who will
be the carrier on the new route.
tftorts ;lertv 01- blankets, more pay
ow other!;han we pan spend, so what more
Death Of Miss Cora Crain
Miss Cora Aonje Crain daush-
ter of Mr. and Mrs J. B. Crank
■was born January 9th. lSJo.
?etersburK. Okla. She was con-
do"wfe want? Lots-evdJ last
one of us want to be m Hollis,
rio-ht now, and won't kick it
they order us home tomorrow.
Hollis has assumed porportions
in my mind of being hte capital
of the world and that drug store
S the town hair, that fountain
the eternal fountain of youth
ry vv .—
Walker B. Jones, Vern Briscoe,
Tom Briscoe, Ollie Hulss, George
Defore, John Cole, Hugh and
Quantrall Tucker. Roy Sherall,
Lynn Gambill, Edgar Cavness,
Carl Johnson, Harvy Taylor,
"Ernest Force, and Lynn Garri-
son. , ,,
There may have been others
but we were unable to get their
names.
T^-o thine* necessary to ^he eterniti iuu.. ." — v
-success in business: FirstciRar counter the alter ot
Ve -n -vrbrt the n^oole want. an^ life j j] tell you the main street
--cond let ^now -ou ^ve,at ^om€ wouid look better to fee
it Thn Pos^-Henraid visits, than Paris. The world -o
i r* . . T i u.
Notice for Application, of. Tax
Deed
To the unknown owner or own
ers of the following real estate
situated in Harmon County,
be tne cai nei w— — - - - - •
as the appointment has not yet
been made. .
The official description of t,he
amended route out of Gould has
not been received at this office
We art therefore unable to gne
its' exact location.
J. J. Savage came in Wednes
dav night-from Oklahoma City
and a xisit to the agricultural
school in the northern part of
the state. His rout took hun
through southern Kansas, and
Inra Okla She was con- Tho Pos^He.raid visits,;^ tRan Paris. The world to
vprted and'ioined.the Missionary f,^ch week, re^lv everv horn m,me is bounded^by the
church at the age of fii-ithe ™unt.v and nn at^^hve ^|Harmon county and eveiythmg
Bapt ^orrtiiv she mov-| bnncrs r - s-^nuld nay hertubute.
st cnurcn at -- ■"
teen. With her family she moH in
ed to Fort Cobb November, lOi? jsplt*.
and later united with the Bap
' tist church and has taken an ac-
t ve Part in all the work of the
church since. She eaves to,
mourn her lo^s. three s'sters.tive,
.brothers, a father and mothe
•pnrfgcj piWR hrincrs ro- elge should pay her tribute.
You micrht, a* Wrl1| i have always wanted to cio s
fryr tn nn wwr opt without ^ - the Atlantic, but never bcfoio ^
oi;-P ^ +o W run p Riirws-'.J do now. We have seen many
M iv-ein-c wUVo.it linteresting things and continue
srn:?" fo ^ee them daily. Just ten
*w~ 1 them we are here to th^ end and
•others, a iaui« —^ H wffl be home when the War De-
To know her was to love her(Vol1 will be sui-pnscd.
and the family and relatives(
have'our deepest sympathv m p_T. r—
t^r, sorrow that romes to them.I TVlo Votmrni TV>ni- n
rjpfore she died she called th« -voVon Wn —
f^fv lround her bedside and'tv« ^t?rr o-ntenH Lynn Garrison and^wife came
. , thpTY1 to live for G>d and^ ,f in Wednesday night from Hous-
do 11 thev could for IT'm. Sin _q nnf however tV- ^ TeNas< where Lynn hasbeen
said "O how I love God and I .v,w~ but « lot of }n the training camp. He
?m going to work for Him Hove --f-^ has his discharge ard. lie meat
"m and I am , o- r* ln<* to'*'"'1 ,. iL. ua,.c ,= triad to sret nome.
jroco1'"e -nntc lifo
n1rrt
~ ".! Will be home when xne v>
| partment sees fit to send us, and
'nntil then eood luck to you ail.
o ^ Sg. Luther H. Bellan,
" rV>m-! Fieid Hospital 143, A. E. F.
To^dav1
, retire- o^nten^"'
pit Q,T*av
i ot tne ooy^ 'a p'"" — " ,
«<!;«n '+n live with Jesus. It is , in^Vod nn ir on^r va«Jt rp|iey ]eft a land of loses, wnere .,ervict; auu uu„Ilvo„ tlon w,„ -
,, Jssr s:
TLp fnneral services took pla.e ar earlf hour Monday moro and a palm leaf ^ .. 0y law , _ i who^. ciiu-f .mty win i « to create u«
Z..^26th ^
f thC ^drethe°f %* *£* HOlli'' " ° " '"I .
in the Fort Cobb cem- r,rric' a<vav y;'™ f" The snow storm which bep^n; pir«t publication D«. 26.1918 wi|ev Horton and wife came folks.
^.,t ten ^ll«"s falling here Sunday afte^oon, ! in Wednesday night from Okla- Jes, Anderson came up froiu
■ " which the rantinued until Tuesdav A„ _ev ^ p. Miller left for h citv for a visit with Mis.
Oklahoma, to-wit:
Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,9 10
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, m Block
No. 9, of the original town ot
Gibson, according to the record-
ed plat thereof; and lots No. 1,
2. 3, 8, 9, and 10, in Block No.
32, of the I town of Gibson, ac-
cording to the plat thereof.
You and each of you are here-
by notified that the undersigned
is the holder of tar certificates
numbered as follows: ^ ^
Numbers, 3343, 3344, 3345,
3346 3347. 3348, 3349 3350,
3351 3352, 3353. 3354, 3355,
3356. 3357. and 3358. issued on
the 6th dav of November, 1911>,
and certificate number 830, iss-
ued on the last dav of November
1915, on the above described
real estate for delinquent tax-
PS on said dates and unless re-
demption be made from said
pie within sixtv davs after the
he reports about a foot of snow
in that state.
CANTEEN AT FRONT FOR
MAN* MEM"
American flying men In I' ranee nr«
to recolve spec!til attention from tlin
American *:<■<! Cross as the result of a
request for such service that has l>een
received from (Jen era I Patrick, Chief
of the Air Service. Because of the
necessity of keoping aviators over-
seas in the very best mental flml
Dhysicnl condition for their harardous
work officials of the aviation branch of
tlie service have io.i« felt they should
have more comforts anil opportunities,
for relaxation than are provided by
the ordinary canteen.
In compliance with the request the
Red Cross is establishing special com-
bination mess and recreation canteens
at all points In Prance where our avi-
ators, either students or officers, are
Extra comforts and often
1p within sixtv davs auer ine BtaUone,L
service and Dublicat'on of this tIon w,„ j,e 'pn)vuie«l for our bir<i
notice a deed will be demand | ~ —
SllUUlU IV4*vvv vv* v v"v j
who supported them inthusia^t-
ically but who deserted them to
shift as best they could .lust as
soon as they had stopped the on-
rush of the Hun military ma-
County Councils of Defense t
owe these men a duty. Theyowe
this same duty to the fathers
and mothers of tip
men who have died aild ofthe
thousands of others who^have-
been wounded. A
record must be kept of
who do not want to support the
American Red Cross now. TTna
list should be compiled with care
for it will be a blot forever on
those whose names are enrolled.
We ask that each County
Council compile this hst, put>-
lish it in the local newspftpers
and hold it until each one off Ok-
lahoma's seventy-nine thousand
soldiers are returned. Since
iustire demands that all should
know just who deserves credit
for war work and who does not,
this must be made a pennanent
record. You are therefor in-
structed to furnish us with a
copy f this list in 0rd^thf^ ^
inmay have it preserved for*
time in the archives of uhe Okla-
homa Historical Society. Please
see that this is given propar
nublicity in your press.
Oklahoma State Council Defense
J. M. Aydelotte,. Chairman
Misses Nettie and Wirniie
Esserv, who are attending min-
ion school at Shawnee, snent the
holidays here with relatives.
Mrs. Lilly Patrick, of Amarilla
daughter of Mrs Lamar Looner
came in Wednesday night for a
visit
Kinny Davis is at home for
the holidays but we understand
on account of his health condi-
tions he was not able to get h
discharge
etary
r « in thf vault, a'1 <>f
from 1" "
raolt. a « ot wm-i - aIMj continued unu.
nr>ronr?and a - n10l1ling completfiV stopped au
tho Sheriff hn^v J«t traffic, there being •
Vern Briscoe return
1 A* IT * ! -
trainimr camn l««t y"t\.
ha\*inrr twii
from the army
D *st)ite *h
of the
in tov'n last
j Vnoxrir" hi" oo *= ^ " to reach here unt
Ta would -ot comfortable if Christmas night.
U—'we were the guilty party. I
er in existance.
merchants enjoyed an
Calab Bearden came in Wedn-
csday night from Burkbumrtt
to spend a few days with home
— . ! in Wednesday night from Okla-j jess Anderson came up ironi
ller left for honia city for a visit with Mi s. p,ur'Kburnett this week foi a
-.^iav to fl'e Horton s "paients, Mr. and Mrs. ?hort vis|t with friends and reia
decision in j jj shields, of west of Hollis. . tives
^ hv — it- .
jstss -
Wellington with her parents this ueeK.
busy
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