The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-11-28


was made to the Confederate vetor-
ans Of the state to induce the com
m.ttec to locate the state Confeder.
ate Home here?
This question was pretty thorough
ly threshod out In q meeting at the
rooms Of the club Friday afternoon.
Secretary Spaulding has said frequent
ly that the club had nothing 90 do
with making the offer OF the bonus
and repeated the same words at the
meeting Friday Spauldins said the
meeting which took what action was
taken, was not legal meeting, it
was not presided over by the prosi.
dent or one of the Vice presidents.
that J r. Pennington. uuo of the d.
rcctors presided ana that the com.
mDuial club promised nothing
Representative Jcu. R. Whayuc
very promptly replied ,ult hc had
been chosen Js one of ru. delegates
to "o b"ior. the loNM- committee
and present thc proposition aud
claims of \rdm1rc. ,H. .e went To
Oklahoma Ctl o. m.., tau locating
committee aud ua. .. went there
rm,U with letter u.J by the
secretary OF the commercial cuD
stating chat the club would stand be
hind the committee j. anything it
done Mr. Whayno said that com
munication was not lost, that it was
on file with Col. A. r.. Wat OF and
could De- produced.
MIR Spauding then said, What do
you want me- to do, write you
that the commercial club Vas not eN-
pcctvd To give this money but he re-
gardcd it as the duty of the club TO
get out its committee and that the
citizenship OF hrdmurc would CON
tribute to the fund aud the promise
he made. backed by the club, would
be- made good.
Lee Cruce, who was president OF
the commercial club al the time this
letter was written, N present at
the meeting. After hearing Mr..
Nhaync state with what authority he
Went before the locating committee.
hc said it seemed to him the respou-
sibIIity rested upon the commercial
club, and that as long as he was pres.
idcnt, the club never fell down upon
any proposition it undertook, or prom.
Use it made.
Henry Sutherland said in this con.
nection that if Whayne was invested
with authority wuo assumed the re
sponsih.lity' It seemed to him that
the commercial club was RESPONSE
hlc and wanted To know the present
attitude of the club toward that com
mitte, You place Ardmore in a
very bad light before the people OF
the entire state If failure is written
across that proposition signed by Tn,
commercial club
Mayor Cotner said he was present
when the former meeting was hello
ana that Mr. Whayue was correct in
his statements.
MIR. Cruco said If this town can no.
raise that amount OF money in on,
day for such a purpose that it shoulC
surrender its charter He further
stated tnat the commercial cIul
should not take the matter up FOL
the reason that there was larg,
number OF people in this town whC
would not give one cent to anythinl
the commercial club was handling
that they would help do nothing
credit for which would be taken b!
the club, and ne thought the commit
tees appointed at the mass meeting
~ the city hall some days ago, should
be continued not only To raise IN,
sum for the purchase OF the land bu
Tor the entire bonus. The sugges
tion of Mr. Cruce was adopted an,
Major Rumph and W. Il. Burnitt were
assigned the duty of getting thes,
committees together
The locating committee meets II
Lawton next Tuesday, W. +. CLINE
viii meet with them and he wants 4
be able to tell that committee Ard
more has kept its word.
Morris Sass met with the commit
tee yesterday and said he woul
make a proposition Tor the Location
of the home onetourth mile mort
OF Ardmore. tie offered TO give te
II acres, and said another ten acre
could be purchased for $1,000 and tina
he would give half the money needle
and believed he could raise thre,
u iourths OF II.
Felix h. West sad he would giv
90 ten acres OF land and believed h