The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-03-15
LECTURER TELLS
HOW HILL BILLY
LOOKS At LIFE
Lions Lecturer Mixes Humor With
Common Sense In Talk at o. c.
W.; Chased as One Of Best
Here This Year.

Genuine humor. graphic dcscrIp-
tion. good sense and good cheer
were combined In pleasing proper
tIons In the lecture delivered at the
o. c. w. Tuesday evening by Gran
vile Jones. under the auspices of
the Lions club. Mr.. Jones has been
on the Chautauqua and lyceum plat
form for many years and has estab.
lIshed a reputation which was fully
maintained In his lecture here. With
humor no less compelling than that
of the famous Bob Taylor. although
he is less of the pure entertainer, IN
solidity Of thought and In the last
ing impressions he leaves beaind.
those who heard him will probably
agree that he surpasses the gifted
Tennessee governor. while In his
description Of the homeIy scenes OF
everyday life in his native heath,
the Arkansas mountains. his is art
Of the highest order.
"The Philosophy OF a Hill Billy"
was the subject OF the lecture.
PHILOSOPHY" was described as "the
way you look at things" and to H.
lustrate the meaning Of "Hill Billy"
a term which Gen. Albert Pike first
applied to dwellers in the Ozarls,
Mr.. Jones said: "Just look at me-"
In the Caddo valley thirty miles ,,ng
and a mile wide at the largest place
and the width of a tiny river at the
smallest point. entered by Caddo
Gap, first settled by Tennessee
hunters, Mr.. Jones was born and
lived till he left to secure his edu-
cation. Very primitive people, liv-
ing during the period of the lec;ur.
er's boyhood and still living in very
primitive ways, the mountaineers
were described as serious, relig-
lous, patriotic folk of substantial
virtues "There amid such scenes.
by the time was ten vars old, |
had all the really important knowl-
edge that have today" said the
lecturer. "Of course from the schools,
from books and from experience, |
have learned many very interesting
things and have learned how to ap-
ply the early lessons which / ac-
quired, but the vital things of life,
[ learned early and there were just
three of them.
"The first thing that | learned
was that there is an overruling
Providence of God who created and
directs the affairs of this world. The
second was that when our forefath-
ers founded this government, they
built the best government and in
stitutions that have ever existed,
and still believe that. The third
thing was that the progress OF man
kind is always upward toward high
er and better things. These beliefs
constitute my philosophy of the
Hill Billy"
Citing evidence in support OF his
convictions, Mr.. Jones. declared that,
contrary to the assertions of pessi-
mists and prophets Of despair, there
is more genuine religion today, gov
ernment is better administered, fam
lily and individual life is on a high
er plane than ever before The main
body of the lecture was devoted to
amplifying these thoughts. The
PHILOSOPHY Of the Hill Billy as
expounded by the lecturer, with its
emphasis on the basic, vital things
OF life, was declared to be the SUI
ficient an defective remedy for the
real and supposed ills from which
the country suffers today