The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-08-16

Ardmorc To the front The commercial
club organized last night with n mem.
bership OF 1858 members will grow in.
to a member ship of 500 within very
few days as a committee OF the lead
ing business men intend making a
cure the list Instead of having a
commercial club that will barely pay
the expenses Of It's existence one has
been organized that will be In position
To spend at least 1000 per year in
salaries and In advertising the rcsOur.
ces of the city and the surrounding
country. every body has gone to work
with vengeance and intend To keep
in the harness and work for greater
Ardmors without rest and without
ceasing, IN season and out of sea
son. In doors and out OF doors
No club has ever been organized un.
der more favorable circumstances
than the new club was last night Ev.
cry branch Of business in the city Is
represented ON the board Of dircc
tors, and every business man and
property owner in the city is mem
ber. The committee Of twenty-five
appointed to organize the club did
its work and did It well and to the
satisfaction of every body In the city
and the entire workings of the com.
mittee was made public last night at
the meeting that was held
The prospective railroad for Ard
more TO be built from Denver. Colo
to Galveston, Tex. exclusive mention
of which was made in the Ardmoreite
AT the time when the representatives
of the concern arrived in the city were
Sisting Of w. u. Johnson. 4. V. Doak.
Joe f. Robson. c. l.. Anderson and
=. G. Dings will entertain the proposi-
ton to be offered by Messrs Young
and McCarty who are the leading
lights Of the concern that is going
TO build the road. The first section
is TO be constructed between Arapaho
and Sherman. Tex.
The organization and workings OF
this club differs from the extinct club
in the number OF memberships con.
cern may take. otherwise no differ
-. ,,I tn
owner and business man is expected
to take from FIVE to ten memberships
in the club. while the wage Garner
and the man of small property will as
sumo one. or two, or three member
ships as the case may be and all of
the burden of maintaining the club
will fall with equality on the club,
and not on the few. A great many
of the leading firms of the city have
already subscribed for five and ten
memberships, and great many for a
less number
The meeting was opened with Hon.
Lee Cruce presiding. and J. II. Pen
nington was called upon to state the
object OF the meeting, and make a
report of the committee of twenty-five
authorized to re-organize the club at
the mass meeting held sometime since
which Mr.. Pennington did in very
few remarks. and closed by stating
that as soon as a temporary organiza
tion was perfectd Abe rommittee
would have another report to make
The plan of memberships as outlined
above was gone over and told about.
J. X. Pennington was elected tenn
porary chairman and p. c. Dings tenn
porary secretary, after which the min
the committee were read, and the
names OF the officers suggested for
the club were read and are as follows:
President, Lee Cruce; first vice pres.
ident, D. B. Lester; second vice pres
ident. w. II. Kenner; treasurer. A. V.
Doak; directors, J. X. Pennington, J.,
y. Dodson, J. F. Robson, c. NJ. Join.
er. Joe Weiss, Mike German, w. B.
Johnson, F. c. Dings and Walter c
Dean.
Mr. Cruce read the new constitution
and bylaws, after which a committee
consisting Of Il. w. Dick, J. T. Cole
man. II. d. Sangster. and j. r. Pen.
nington was appointed to solicit mem.
berships for the club. and after a few
moments canvas 1853 names were Sc
cured
The action OF the committee OF
twenty-five I'm selecting the board OF
directors and officers OF the club was
ratified.
During the course of the canvas,
Clerk Of the Court C. NJ. Campbell,
Hon. W. A. Ledbetter. D. u. Lester,
and Hon. Lee Cruce made speeches.
All Of them spoke words OF encourage
ment for the new organization. Mr.