The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-10-11
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
BUILDER

Perhaps the most grossly and in
tentionally misunderstood of all en-
terprises, is the daily newspaper, the
medium which works whole-heartedly
and dlsinterestedly for the welfare
OF the community, for the upbuildlng
of the town, for the development of
the country.
There is not, we venture 10 say,
a newspaper published in any town in
the United States that has not, issue
after issue, time out of number, lied
itself black in the face and perjured
its entire staff like gentlemen, in an
unremunerated effort to make people
believe that the town in which II Is
located is the Garden OF Eden of the
present day, that it is the spot which
the All Wise One has selected upon
which to stage Nle events of the Mil
lenium, when that great occasion shall
come to pass.
Crossroads points have been devel-
oped into villages, villages have been
converted into towns, towns, in turn,
have been evolved into cities. and all
through the unselfish and unpaid
and unappreciated efforts of the news
papers of the country, with their
staffs Of men who willingly sacrifice
their own interests in the interests
Of their neighbors and fellow citizens.
Struggling communities have been
snatched from disintegration and in
nocuous dissuetude and turned into
teeming marts of enterprise and busi-
ness through the all too many times
unsupported and unappreciated efforts
Of the editors, the reporters, the news
writer's who have been content 10
work and slave and lie for the COM
munity as whole. satisfied with the
pat on the head and the chirp OF
good boy" such as one gives to a
faithful retriever at tho end Of
successful days hunt.
But, let some matter arise in which
the newspaper feels that il conserves
the interests of the many by taking
issue against any point or in favor
OF point in which a certain few may
be interested. n hue and cry goes
forth, hue and cry which blaZons
to the world that the newspaper of the
community. the martyr Of the COM
munity, is grating sheet which
Is doing all that can be done TO
knock" the town in which It is pub
lished.
In this connection The Ardmoreite
feels that 1t is particularly fortunate.
II feels that 1t is particularly fortu-
nate in having its home in Ardmore,
one of the most progressive cities in
all of this most progressive state
The advertising patronage OF
newspaper evidences the standing with
the business men OF town; the circu-
lation list Of n newspaper evidences
its standing with the better element
OF the people: the advertising patron
age and the circulation taken jointly,
blend into the pulse. the throbs Of
which tell the story of the worth Of
the paper to the community in which
IL is published.
A glance over the columns Of The
Ardmoreite, an estimate OF the adver-
tising space used, tells one that Ard
more Is city whose business men
are alive and that The Ardmoreite is
newspaper whose worth to the town
as town builder. Is appreciated by
those men OF affairs At the same
time, q glance. even the most cur
sorry. at the circulation list OF The
Ardmoreite shows the fair-minded and
honorable critic that The Ardmoreite
's clean. upright, progressive. firm
standing paper, u paper whose news
columns are free from filth. whose
editorial policies are controlled by no
ring, clan or facton--that, In n nut
shell, The Ardmoreite is newspaper
published as newspaper should be
published, giving the clean and whole
some news. eliminating the sordid and
the evil: that its editorial policies are
clean. that its columns cannot be
subsidized by any man or class Of
men who wish TO try their cases
therein. that 1t is such paper that
is welcomed ms the guest in any home.
from the lowliest cottage OF the daily
toiler. to the palace OF the million
aire.
The Ardmoreite is proud Of Ardmore
and OF the general citizenship Of this
city. And Ardmorc and tho represen-
'ative citizen OF Ardmore. the real
'own-building citizens. are proud Of
'i'he Ardmoreite. as evidenced by the
patronage they give Il.