The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-02-14
LEBANON LETTER.

Niiuiu TIC lJstSl lWO lItOulilS.
Frank Butler. the best post master /
in the Indian Territory, and his |
brother Carl, have moved to Marietta |
Frank is engaged with the irrepressi-
Bile and only S. s. Evants of that
place. as salesman. Carl is in the /
saddlery and harness business there |
John Burnett has embarked in the
mercantile business with J. 4. (Dink
Orr.
The Drs. Ryan. Leonard and Jim,
have gone to Louisville, Ky, to at
tend medical lectures. They will be
gone until June.
Two of Mrs. Johnson's children are
lying at the point of death. Mrs
Johnson is the wife of Mr.. Johnson
now in the Paris Jail for the murder
of young Proctor last Novem5sr on
the streets of Lebanon.
DR.. LigOn's wife, of Holder. has
been quite sick with pneumonia. for
several days, but is some better at
present.
Regarding the coming crop. opin-
ions differ regarding the percentage
of decrease in the acreage of cot
ton. Som say , per cent decrease.
while Others goo and under that
figure. But all agr, that the acre
age of corn will be increased. As for
me and a few neigh bOrS whom ! have
interviewed on the subject, we will
plant some cotton, just what we can
cultivate In the intervals of corn
workings, and just what the home
help can pick out while the head of
the family is gathering the big corn
crop. in the fall. and if we get four
cents for it. more or less. it is just
that Icll of sure mllaY m l1a clear.
Every systematic farmer will have
leisure time enough in an exclusive
corn crop, which is generally spent in
fishing. hunting etc. To cultivate
enough cotton to make four or five
hll = for his children II pick in the
fall, and counting time better spent
at work thIn play; SO, 50 or 300
worth of cotton he has thus made.
and h l. cost him nothing. Th N if
he gets eight cents. w,lica he surely
would if every farmer in the S1ufh
would adopt similar system. SO
mu ii The batter. for ho has pioajv Of
hog ana h i ~ 1T hl.nn and 10 Spl;e.
and III prics Of q fui crop "f iunT
cent cotton in his 9oc;lc; q clear
profit In an agricultural country.
the farmers interest. his success or
failure aS a class IS the interest. sue
c.S> or failure of every other enter
prise in the commInity. and any aid
tn the pr0sp .rity of the farm r that
even the IN st Humble of Us can rem
der. think il is orr duty 10 do -.
With the Oklahoma Bill came the
Arkansas law. and with the Arkan-
saw law the validity of the Mort
gage System" with the Credit Sys-
TEN high priced credit merch Ints,
and last. but not least. thousands OF
hdr1-wOrkjng farmers, victims of ad-
verse circumstances, victims Of greed,
backed and encouraged by a vicious
system, a system that denounceS and
DtlINlltS uHuiN III lllC iO1tl VI AAADAN
and turns around and encourages an /
defends it to the tune of 100 to 3U'
per cent in the loan of the neceSsarie:
of life, and often the time, at the
above per cent is not over thirty OF
sixty DAYS, from August to Saptem
Der. Plainly speaking the case Is
this: The farmer needs assistance
IL goes to the merchant and gets
credit for his supplies by m9rtga2ing
everything. wagon, team and the com
ing crop. The merchant has copper
bottom security, for he can put the
man in the pen nine times in tenlf h'
don't get his money, but on accoun
of the many risks aud losses ~ Incl
dent TO the credit system, he proceed
10 price up his goods to suit himself
and if the poor fellow kick" at tn
price the goods are laid back with al
air of Indifference which says: N
want 'em. no take EN-; alright, w
got a mortgage on everything yOl
have got, and you and your family too
until October. and | would like to sc
you 20 elsewhere TO do your trading
Now what is the remedy, and who
TO blame? We can't blame the meI
chant for wanting security for hi
goods, and reasonable per cent TO
waiting for his money, but we dra'
the line at l0J To 3JJ per cent on cas-
price. But our drawing the lin
won t stop the credit system nor Gu
down the percent very much l fea
bat if every man will get it fixed an
settled in his own mind that by striC
economy an1 Industrious mInag'
ment, he will stay out of debt tn
year, and viii mlkep less cotton an