Hollis Post-Herald. And Harmon County Tribune (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 6, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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Hollis Post-Herald
and harmon county tribune
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF HARMON COUNTY
Volume 20—Number 43
Hollis, Harmon County, Oklahoma, Thursday. September 6 1923
"V " T"
All Former Service Men Asked to Meet at Legion Hall Mon. Evening, Sept. 10
Soldier Bonus Measure' to Be Voted
On October 2nd—Bill Will Be
Discussed Monday Evening
Notice to the Members Aatrican Legion And All Former Service Men
There will be a special meeting at the American
Legion Hall Monday evening September 10th. This
is a meeting for ALL former service men, whether
they belong to the Legion or not.
A soldier Bonus Law is to be voted on October
2nd, and up to the present time very few people
know anything about the bonus measure. A copy of
the law has been secured and will be discussed at the
meeting Monday evening.
DO YOIT FAVOR THE BONUS MEASURE?
If you do does your neighbor favor it, and how
many people will take sufficient interest in the meas-
ure to go to th* polls on October 2nd and vote for it?
Be sure and come out to the meeting Monday
evening and get as many former service men to at-
tend as possible.
Members of the Legion have agreed to furnish
the ice cream and the members of the Auxiliary will
furnish the cake and there will be one or two enter-
taining features Be sure and come.
OSCAR ABERNETHY, Commander. HENRY
TICE, Adjutant.
n HOWS HEM
In the above call the comman
derofthe Harmon County Post
of The American Legion has
asked that every member of the
Legion and every former soldier,
sailor or marine who is not a
member of the Legion,"'meet at
the Legion Hall Monday evening
of next week at 8:00, when every-
body will have a feast of ice
cream and cake, the cream being
furnished by the Legion and the
cake by the members of the
Auxiliary, who are also invited
to attend the meeting.
One of the principal objects of
the meeting is to discuss the pro-
posed soldier bonus measure
which will be voted on by the
people of Oklahoma on October
2nd, less than a month. While
provision was made at the last
session of the legislature for call-
ing this special election, not only
to vote on the bonus measure,
but several other measures, very
few people are informed as to
the provisions of the proposed
soldier bonus law, and an effort
will be made to explain the law
at the meeting Monday evening.
Naturally every former service
man in the county is interested
in the bonus measure, and every-
one of them ought to attend the
meeting Monday evening, so that
they in turn will be able to tell
&eir frfends just what the law
is to the end that all may be able
to vote intelligently upon the
measure at the special election
October 2nd.
HE IIIM 80S* SEE
SEEN AT STATE FAIR
Tent Show All Next Week
The Haversfock Com medians
will be in Hollis aft of next week,
opening thair engagement Mon
day evening wi$h "When Coun
try Comes to Ifrwn."
The ffaversiock people are
well known in hollis, and have
the reputation of giving high
class entertainments
Monday evening ladies will be
admitted free if accompanied by
a paid adult gentleman's ticnet,
Try a Post-Herald Want Ad.
Oklahoma City— Sept.* 4th
(Special). "How djth the little
busy bee improve each shining
hour?"
The answer to the old copy
book question will be found at
the seventeenth annual Oklaho-
ma State Fair & Exposition,
which will be held in Oklahoma
City from September 22 to 29,
inclusive.
One of the most interesting
exhibits, both to city and rural
visitors, is the apiary depart-
ment, where observatory hives
of bees are shown all week.
These hives have glass win
dows the bees can be seen swarm-
ing over the honeycomb and at-
tending to their daily duties.
Row after row of honeycomb,
strained honey, candied honey,
bteswax and other products of
the hive, together with exhibits
of Oklahoma fhwers are other
phases of the exhibit-
Few parsons ejftept bee keep-
ers arethorcughly familiar with
the daily life of the bee, and the
State Fair provides almost the
only opportunity to become fam
illiar with the insect which pro-
vides one of nature's most dele-
ctable sweets.
The apiary exhibit is usually
staged in the Agricultural build-
ing, along with county agricul-
tural exhibits from the most
important crop counties of Okla-
homa.
The people of Hollis were tak-
en completely by surprise Wed-
nesday about 10:00 o'clock when
about forty automobile loads of
people came in from Childress
with flags and banners flying.
It wss not difficult to tell who
they were, nor to divine their
purpose, for "Childress Stste
Fair, September 12, 13, 14 and
15'' appeared on banners and
numerous kinds ofiMvertlsing
matter all over their ears.
The boosters were sscompan*
ied by the Childress Boy Bsnd.
whieh plsyed several nupibers
on Brosdwsy near the flag pole.
SecretsryJ. W. Debenport, of
the Childress State Fair Associ-
ation, also secretary of the Child-
ress Chamber of Commerce,
addressed the sssembled multi
tude, setting forth what Child
ress will offer this year in the
way of attractions to their fair,
stating that much more money
is being spent for entertaining
features this year than ever be.
fore. Secretary Dabenport laid
great stress on the horse races,
which will be given the first
three days of the fair, and the
automobile races the last day.
September 15th.
Following th§ talk by Secre-
tary Debenport a representative
of the Wortham Shows spoke,
telling what they will have to
offer in the way of entertain-
ment.
The entire delegation was
loaded down with advertising
matter, and everything that
could be printed in Childress
was printed there. Members of
the party scattered out and com
pletely covered the town with
their posters, cards and other
advertising matter. They took
dinner here and then went to
Dodsonville where an hour or so
was spent at the Community
Fair there. From Dodsonville
the party went to Wellington
Childress folns can count on a
good crowd from Harmon coun
ty to their fair.
SET V01SMO
GLASSES RflDT
According to astronomers
theie will be an eclipse of the
sun next Monday, September
10th, which will be visible
about 2:00 in the afternoon in
Harmon county. The sun will
appear as a new moon, crescent
shape, and the earth in this im-
mediate territory will be dark-
ened enough so that lights will
be netesimry for carrying on
business, it is said. A smoked
glass will be best through which
to observe the eclipse. Be
sure and get your glass ready
before the time.
It is stated that a total eclipse
will be visible in central Old
Mexico.
TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK-BAND ID GO
Miss Myrtle Galbraith return
Od Wednesday from Dallas and
other points in Texas where she
vUited relatives and friends for
ten days.
Annual Baptist Meeting
The annual meeting of the
Harmon County Baptist Associa-
tion will be held Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, Septem-
ber 12th, 13th and 14th at the
Aptioch church six miles north
west of Hollis.
An excellent program is being
arranged and the members of the
Antioch church are planning on
entertaining their visitors in a
royal manner. A number of
prominent Baptist workers will
be present and deliver addresses.
PRIZEAT CHILDRESS FAIR
Prof. E. S. Hamilton has just
received several pieces of up-to-
the-minute classical music and
the boys are being drilled two or
three times each week, prepara-
tory to entering the big band
contest at the Childress Fair,
Thursday Sept 13. A prize of $100
is offered for the best amateur
band in the Senior class, and Mr.
Hamilton is very optimistic over
his chances of winning the prize.
He will take about thirty boys
with him and will play three or
four selections. If we are any
judge of music, the band that
puts it over the Hollis band will
have to go some. Mr. Hamilton
says that he hopes that each
town in'this part of the country
will send their very best, as his
band is.in tip-top shape and is
hot afraid of results, a fair deal
is all he wants, and that is as-
sured by the Fair Association.
Let us hope that all Hol'is will
feel interested enough to attend
the Band Contest on Sept. 14th
and encourage the boys.
The Dodsonville Fair.
Elva Duncan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C, E. Duncan, who live
northeast of Gould, was operat
ed on for appendicitis late Wed-
nesday evening at the Hollis
Hospital. He is getting alonp
nicely.
Mr. and Mrs- W. T. Scott of
Portales, New Mexico, arrived
Saturday for a few days visit
with Mrs. Scott's psrents, Dr.
and Mrs. W. E. Bromley. They
took their little seven year old
son, who had been spending sev-
eral weeks with his grandparents,
back home with them.
Bill Gear, who for some time
has been in charge of the Leger
Mills Flour and Feed s tore here
has resigned to take his old
osition as bookkeeper at the
Baker-Long gin. Harry Tread-
vay succeeds Mr, Gear as man-
iger of the feed store.
A Community pair was he'd at
Dodsonville Wednesday of this
week. A nice lot of agricultural
exhibits were on hand, a'so some
fine stock which speaks well tor
the community around Dodson-
ville and for the enterprise of
the business men of that town
who made possible the fair.
Mrs. J. J. Atteberry and
daughters, Mrs. A. R. Reeves
and Miss Mary, were over from
Gould Tuesday, Mrs. Reeves hav
ing come over to attend the lun-
cheon given by Mrs. Chester
Caswell. Mrs. Atteberry and
daughter spent the afternoon at
the Gould Hotel visiting Mrs.
Atteberry's mother, Mrs. A. J.
Gould.
Mrs. L. Danea and son.
Loommi,'returned Monday from
Sulphur where they speet two
weeks visiting relative* and. en-
joying the delights of that fam-
ous resort. They report bip
rains down that way and several
bridges washed out. makinK "
necessary to drive a consider-
able distance out of the regulai
route in returning home.
Secretary Bennett, of the Har-
mon County Fair Association, is
making an effort to get up a
booster trip for the Second An-
nual Harmon County Fair for
Tuesday of next week, but he
declares that unless a sufficient
number of business men of the
town will go the proposed trip
will be abandoned. An effort was
made to pull off some trips last
year and on one of the trips not
more than two- business men
showed up when the time came
to start. Such a procedure is a
reflection on the town and com-
munity and unless a respectable
showing can be made it would be
better* to have no trip at all.
The plan for the trip next Tues-
day is to leave Hollis at 7:00
o'clock, go to Gould, Eldorado,
Olustee, Altus, where dinner
will be had, then to Blair, Man-
gum, Reed, Vinson and home.
The schedule is so arranged that
it would be possible to get home
by 7:00 o'clock if the start could
be made on time.
fair prospects better
Since the rain crops are look-
ing much better, and it is appar-
ent now that Harmon county will
have a fair crop of qotton this
fall, and much more feed than
many thought. Harmon is still
a pretty good old county and Hol-
lis a pretty good old town. Peo-
ple are feeling much more opti-
mistic than they were a couple of
weeks ago, and the fair this fall
ought to be, and no doubt will be,
much better than last year.
department heads busy
All the department heads are
busy and they are determined to
make their part of the fair
the very best possible. Gus Hud-
son, head of the cattle depart-
ment, expects many more entries
than last year, as does J. M.
MoQre of the horse and mule de-
partment. There are always
sufficient swine in Harmon county
to make a good hog show, and J.
A. Gillentine expects to have all
available space in his department
taken. Harry Hicks is determin-
ed that the poultry department 0f
the Harmon County Fair will be
an outstanding feature this
year. Claud Ingram is much
encouraged over the prospects
for an agricultural exhibit, and
expects more than double the ex-
hibits of last year. The fair man
agement is giving $75.00 this
year for community exhibits, di-
vided into five prizes, the first
being $25.00. This is a worth-
while prize and many communi-
ties in the county are expected
to compete. Mrs. B. B. Briscoe
received many compliments for
the fine textile exhibit she gather-
ed last year, and Mrs. E. L.
Gardner feels sure that her de-
partment, Home Products, will
be one of the finest features of
the fair. L. I. Bennett, in ad-
dition to doing everything he
can to boost the fair in every
way possible, expects to have a
boys' and girls' club department
exhibit that will be an eye-open-
er to the people who visit the
fair.
1
nett. In fact he said that the
only thing needed to make the
Harmon County Fair one of the
best in southwest Oklahoma this,
year is the hearty cooperation of
all the people.
The entertaining features of the
fair will be better and more var-
ied than last year, stated Mr. Ben-
C. K WUff JIIID SON
OIMBHINAN
C. H. Wolfoand son, Clifford
Wolfe, were arrested Sunday
evening and lodged in jail charg.
ed with "setting up and operat*
ing a still and distillery." They
were also charged with "obr
structing an officer", it being al-
leged that they resisted arrest
when the sheriff's force went to
their place northeast of Hollis
Sunday evening to take them in-
to custody.
They were arraigned Monday
before County Judge Hicks, 1
waived preliminary hearing and
were bound over to the next reg-
ular term of the Cdunty . Court, '
bonds being fixed' for $1500,00 ,
on the liquor charge and $500.00
on the charge of obstructing an
officer.
The statement was given out
at the sheriff's office that Mr. •
Wolfe and his son have been un-
der suspicion for sometime,—inJ
fact, the statement was made
that it was believed that a still
was located on their place as long
as two or more years back, and
that information to that effect
had been given to the sheriff's
office. An investigation by
Sheriff Smith and his deputies'
was made at the place last Feb-
ruary, but no trac£ of the still
was found, or no place where a'
still might have been located.
However, on Friday, August 31st
Deputy Nance visited the place
and made further investigation.
A cave was discovered near an
old shanty three or four hundred
yards west of the Wolfe residence.
Investigation proved that there
were really three caves or cellars,
connected by tunnels. No still
was found and indications were
that if a still had been operated
on the place it had not been for
some time. It is understood that
two fruit jars were found in the
barn containing a small amount
of corn whiskey.
Sam Bowman, Joe Parks,
Charley Whorton, G. W..Forten-
berry and Joe Beckham are
over at Lake Pauline helping to
feed and water the hungry and
thirsty who are attending the
festivities at that resort. Sam
Bowman and Joe Parks have a
lemonade .stand, Foritonberry a
hamburger stand, Charley Whor-
ton dishes out the snow oonea
and Joe Beckham baa a dull
rack , jhe crowds a the lalre
are said to be large and here's
hoping'the boys will "clean up."
Judge E. C- Abernethy came
in last week from Sayre where
he has been since retiring from
the office of county judge last
January. The judge is here for
a ftew days, and may decide to
remain here and open an office
for the practice of la w.
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White, J. Warren. Hollis Post-Herald. And Harmon County Tribune (Hollis, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 6, 1923, newspaper, September 6, 1923; Hollis, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metapth350586/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.