The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-07-18
DON'T WANT MUCH.
A South Carolina Lawyer Wants Informa-
tIon Conserving the lndlan Terri
tory and Asks Few OueStIoas.

ridiculous. In no instance is this
feature more clearly brought out
than as regards the Indian Territory
I'm the minds of even lawyers IN the
states. \ case in point is given be-
low and which - studied will fur
nish diversion TO the reader. If
after reading you discover any
question left out no doubt YOU would .
confer a favor by giving it to the .
interlocutor. The letter explains .
itself and is as follows:
Akin, =. e., July 10, 1885.
MEssRs POTTERY & HARDY,
Ardmore, I. +.
Gentlemen: VIII you oblige me
and many of my friends by giving
me the enclosed requested informa-
tion?
We can't live here under the pres
ent governmental we can get away.
The frontiers have n reputation for
lighting, killing, etc, but they can't
Tillman-Evans government, and IL
there is any place that We can live,
many Of Us desire TO get away from
here.
Hon. n. VI. Furman, Of Fort
Worth, Texas, whom I knew here
when ! was a boy, has written and
advised We 90 To Ardmore.
Now, please do me the kindness to
send me a copy of every paper that
is published there, daily, weekly
and otherwise, and any other yoa
can get hold OF published in that vi
cinity, and any other literature de-
Z scriptive Of the country that YOU can
find, and in short, everything YOU
can think of that have not enum-
Grated.
Ms ancestors lived in South Caro-
lima before the revolution; my great
Z grand father fought in the revolu-
tioh in Edgeheld county, a mere boy
then, but we want 10 get away from
here, and il you corroborate reports
we have, ! believe I can get up
quite a colony of almost all the pro-
4 fessiOns and trades I have men
4 toned, TO come out there, especially
e so, as we are told that the Chicka-
n saw country will probably be thrown
N open To white people.
undel stand that white people
D. can't own land, but I assure you we
e know nothing whatever about the
e territory and its form of govern
ment In the interior towns We
u have little to do with the l.. >. court,
bt and know very little about that
q practice.
: Some OF US lawyers and court ste
r nographers, printers and farmers
to especially, want to get away from
II here.
ed Now, il il is too much trouble 4
ze write yourself, please have some ont
is who may be willing to take th'
ut trouble to tell US what We desire.
~ The following information is re
Sc spectfully requested:
- What is the government of tina
it part of the Indian Territory in whic
Iat Ardmcre is situated?
h What courts do YOU have3
inn What officers correspond wit
nd sherifs and constables in the states
of How often do YOU have courts?
en- What is the practice there, con
n, mon law or code?
ck Please explain the difference b'
tween the Indian laws, mode of eI
forcing, courts, trials, etc, and thu
=, !, for white people?
DO white men practice in the II
y. dian courts?
.ne m Do you have attorneys cos
y there?'
How are attorneys from oth'
,is- states admitted, on motion, or ,
the they have to attend an examination
pht What are the modes % cnforciI
RI Judgments, etcs
ms Any other information along tn
line will be appreciated:
How is the business OF the practi
an there? That is, is there much bu,
Joe ness, and is il or not increasing?
uad- How are foes?
DO lawyers have 10 engage in 9th
ton business in order to live or can
on devote their entire attention To q
is practice?
Are they fraternal, o. selfish a
fight each other outside the court
unu mean by that this; here with 1
~ the lawyers are sociable and sta
ely together as long as man is hone
and never, in the settlement
lnly cases, try to defeat him in collecti
Drry his honest costs and fees; never 1