The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-01-25
THRIFT GAVE ARDMORE.
ONE Of ITS SOL|DEST
FIN C|AL CONCERNS
,uhnt ,.ill Thrift do


Are not all things possible through
Thrift?
The answer. written in letters Of
fire may be found in Ardmore, as in
every other town of any Importance .
in the United States, and that answer !
reads yes
Perhaps one Of the strongest argu- /
ments in favor Of thrift is TO be 1
found in the banking institutions or
n town. for the successful bank marks
the lifcwork Of the successful man.
A story Of what may be accomplish
I'd by thrift may bc found in per
sonal letter. hearing date April, 1919
addressed 10 c. J.. Anderson, Of the
First National Bank, of Ardmorc. The
letter, plain, mattcroffact aud 10
the point tells beautiful story Of
the way in which Mr.. Anderson sur
mounted al obstacles, oyercamc an
barriers and, through thrift ana good
business methods, brought about the
elimination OF his desires, his amb-
tions, and gave to Ardmore the
strongest bank in southern Oklaho-
ma. one Of the strongest financial
Institutions in oklahoma,
The letter with the name Of the
author withheld, follows:
"Dear Mr. Anderson:
when / glanced into your door
this morning and saw You seated III
an office OF plain yet elegant equip
ment in Il building Of magnificent
appointments, built according 10 your
IDEAS OF what a banking institution
what reminiscent
II went back to the time when you
first began to put into execution your
idea Of the establishment of a bank
in Ardmorc, when you owned ncithor
building nor equipment, when an iron
safe gave your deposits protection un-
iii they could he transferred to
Gainesville.
Things do not just happen they
grow. because there IS power pach
II them to make them grow. and III
ihi- instance it was your stcadinesS
NJ purpose, your sacrifice Of litt
Of self qualification and your days
of toll, directed by banking intell
gencc that made the First Nationn
Bank grow.
81 thought, too Of the first mar
who opened an account with you. Al
though backed by your help an'
friendship he became lost and paSsr'
out lie was a man Of seemingly
equal business ability with yourself
but he yielded to temptation and yo'
did not.
"You have been tempted TOO "
every point as other men have, bu
YOU never lost sight of the one FSioi
of building a bank.
"rhe First National Bank, as an m
stitution, is the product OF you
thought, Of your sacrifice and OF you
labor You are still young mar
as young men go, but you have don
what few men ever do-you have stuc
TO your job through sunshine an
rain. through prosperity and awe
sity, and have lived 10 sec the NlSo
of young manhood grow into man
moth institution whose offices alic'
the fortunes of the people Of our ei
tire section Of the state.
"Eut your chief honor lies in III
fact that you have built an insllt'
tiun of more than mortar and sloh
more than vaults and money.
these were swept away you still ha'
the most vital product OF tho r'Su
of busy years OF constant hammer III
Mt the same job relentlcssly pur5u!i
your one ideal.
you have built life that Is n co
stant Influence for good, you ma,
built = success that will for years
nm Inspiration to the young manho.