The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-04-23
What's the Matter with Ardmore ano
Her Citizenship7

Are we to continue on playing the
Rip vanwinkle act, and sleep an
other 20 years?
One day last week a gentleman
visited Ardmore from Richmond, Va.
Now this man was sent here through
the influence of the Southwestern
Land Co, of Ardmore by number
of Virginia capitalists, who contem-
plate making investments in Ard 70
more and Carter county upon ia
yorable report from this prospector.
Mr.. Roy Alexander, manager for
the Southwestern Land Co., having
been advised of the date the visitor
would arrive and the hotel he would
stop at, went to the proprietor Of
this hoted, gave him the name of the
visitor, told him when he would ar.
rive and the purpose of his visit. The
visitor arrived on schedule time, was
met the next morning by Mr.. Alex
ander at the hotel, and was shown
over the city. At noon the visitor
approached the proprietor of the
hotel and made inquiry as to the
responsibility of the Southwestern
Land Co Imagine the surprise OF
this visitor when he was informed
by the proprietor of one of our
| leading hotels that he knew nothing
of the Southwestern Land Co. or that
there was such company in the
city. The visitor being a live bus
mess man and having already dis
covered that a large number of our
business men are playing a Rip Van
winkle act--invited the hotel propri
etor to go cut in the city with him
and he would introduce him to some
Of our business men who are spend
ing thousands of dollars in adver-
tising Ardmore and Carter county,
trying to bring immigration and cap
ital to us.
Now this story was told to your
humble servant by the visitor on
his last visit to the Commercial Club
before leaving for the east. How
ever he informed me that he had
secured a good report on the South
western Land Co. That he was well
pleased with his visit to Ardmore
and Garter county, and that we had
the best foundation to build on he
ever saw.
Now don't you bankers, merchants
and business men in all lines OF
trade think it about time that you
become acquainted with each other
Learn who the other fellow is,
where his place of business is To-
Gated and what he is doing. We
must have cooperation if we expect
to prosper. No city or community
can exist long when its citizenship
undertakes to live without the help
of his neighbor We have a member
ship in our Commercial Club of a
little more than 100. We should
have $50 or 400. Let me suggest
that all the business men join the
Commercial Club. Come out to our
membership meeting once a month
and get acquainted with each other
and each others business Help your
neighbor to be prosperous and you
will thereby help yourself. Some Of
our business men are little sore at
the Commercial Club, so | am told. |
am sorry to see this ! don't like TO
see a man play the baby act, like
little boy playing the game of hide
and seek. When he can't play the
game to suit his own ideas, he goes
to the chimney corner, takes the
sulls and sHells up like a piZened
pup and refuses to play the game at
all
On Thursday evening, May 1st, at
S o'clock p. nj. will be our regular
monthly membership meeting. Come
out and meet with us. We need your
moral help and your sl.00 per month.
Our treasury IS low and if we had
more funds we could accomplish more.
Come cut and see what we are
doing, and do not pass judgment on
us until you see what we are doing
as some have done.
FELIX X. WEST,